My Valley
FOREWORD
This book was written by my mother between her seventy-fifth and seventy-seventh years. It was originally begun with the idea of entering it in the Atlantic Monthly "I Personally" contest. When mother came to Ft. Thomas in the spring of 1948, she had already written some of it. With the help of a little high school girl to do the typing, she finished it in time for the June deadline. It was rejected on the grounds of being too short and of insufficient general interest. She then decided to add to it and leave it for the information and gratification of her descendants. She engaged another typist the following spring and finished it up. It made a splendid project for her declining years, as well as a wonderful possession to hand down to posterity. She died on November 17, 1949, in her seventy-eighth year, survived by three children, thirteen grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
Mary Gillespie Royce Patton
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