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Joe Wood a longtime Athens cook born a slave
Joe Wood born in Greenbrier County West Virginia March 14 1886 grew to a famed cook in Athens. He has baked corn bread for railroad laborers mine workers and river roustabouts and served meals for overboat guests from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. He remembers Civil War era scenes near Lenisbury and recalls life on his old master’s farm. He has worked in hotel kitchens in Ohio and West Virginia and now tends a small garden and fruit trees on Hanlin Avenue. He has voted in every presidential election since Garfield and reads The Athens Messenger daily. He lives alone, helps neighbors, and plans many years more of life and work.
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Charles Densmore
Jos Wood
Hanlin Avenue
Athens
Joe
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Athens Coynety
Ohio
West Virginia
Reaidente
Greenbrier County
Wva
Joseph Geamster
Doe
Gramster
Lenisburye
Ridee
Mar
Haze
Maple Grove
Sugar Grove
Sime Grove
Wiliam Garfield
Athens Messenger
Jon
Iving