Florida Vital Statistics Death Index: Sarah Adeline Bauknight, Alachua County, Female, White, Volume 910, Certificate #16848, 1940.
Addie was only four days old at her mother's death. Because of this fact, her father gave her the name of her mother. Her chances of survival were very small. She was a very tiny baby. She was later told that a wedding ring would fit her thighs. In that day, orphaned tiny babies usually died, as formulas and sterilization were unknown. Grandfather refused to part with her. He had a robust slave woman with a baby about the same age, so he brought her into the house to nurse the little baby, as well as her own child. She had plenty of milk for both babies. This continued until little Addie was old enough to eat solid food.
She thrived and became the tallest of the six girls and lived longer than any of them. She was 5 feet, 5 inches tall and was of average weight. She had black hair and gray eyes, resembling her mother very much.
Addie was only four days old at her mother's death. Because of this fact, her father gave her the name of her mother. Her chances of survival were very small. She was a very tiny baby. She was later told that a wedding ring would fit her thighs. In that day, orphaned tiny babies usually died, as formulas and sterilization were unknown. Grandfather refused to part with her. He had a robust slave woman with a baby about the same age, so he brought her into the house to nurse the little baby, as well as her own child. She had plenty of milk for both babies. This continued until little Addie was old enough to eat solid food.
She thrived and became the tallest of the six girls and lived longer than any of them. She was 5 feet, 5 inches tall and was of average weight. She had black hair and gray eyes, resembling her mother very much.
Florida Vital Statistics Death Index: Sarah Adeline Bauknight, Alachua County, Female, White, Volume 910, Certificate #16848, 1940.
Addie was only four days old at her mother's death. Because of this fact, her father gave her the name of her mother. Her chances of survival were very small. She was a very tiny baby. She was later told that a wedding ring would fit her thighs. In that day, orphaned tiny babies usually died, as formulas and sterilization were unknown. Grandfather refused to part with her. He had a robust slave woman with a baby about the same age, so he brought her into the house to nurse the little baby, as well as her own child. She had plenty of milk for both babies. This continued until little Addie was old enough to eat solid food.
She thrived and became the tallest of the six girls and lived longer than any of them. She was 5 feet, 5 inches tall and was of average weight. She had black hair and gray eyes, resembling her mother very much.
Addie was only four days old at her mother's death. Because of this fact, her father gave her the name of her mother. Her chances of survival were very small. She was a very tiny baby. She was later told that a wedding ring would fit her thighs. In that day, orphaned tiny babies usually died, as formulas and sterilization were unknown. Grandfather refused to part with her. He had a robust slave woman with a baby about the same age, so he brought her into the house to nurse the little baby, as well as her own child. She had plenty of milk for both babies. This continued until little Addie was old enough to eat solid food.
She thrived and became the tallest of the six girls and lived longer than any of them. She was 5 feet, 5 inches tall and was of average weight. She had black hair and gray eyes, resembling her mother very much.
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ADELINE BAUKNIGHT
Oct. 30, 1856 - Sept. 4, 1940
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