Great Great Great Aunt Mary Foust, her dog pen, and her loom in Foust Hollow, Anderson Co., Tennessee

Mary Foust was the daughter of Daniel Foust. She never left East Tennessee and lived to be around 100 years old. When former President Teddy Roosevelt was visiting Tennessee she was considered the oldest living American at the time and he traveled to meet her and eat one of her home cooked meals. Sis and Coon were her children and her dog was named Pen. An American chestnut tree can be seen in the upper right hand corner of the photo. Mary was famous for living an unchanged lifestyle that was a living window into past.

Mary was my grandmother's (Myrtle Foust) great aunt. She told the following story to me: " sometimes when I was a little girl I would take mail to Aunt Mary and her dog would chase me. Mary would scream out &quot here Pen, here Pen" and the dog would stop chasing me&quot.

Her loom is now in the "Museum of Appalachia" near where she once lived. My Great Great Grandfather (her brother), Christopher Columbus Foust Sr., raised sheep and I would assume wool was weaved on her loom. Myrtle Foust stated: “my papaw was a strong man, he could carry two full grown sheep at once, one under each arm.

Mary's mother was Sarah Humphries the sister of the Pelham Humphries of this article:
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Taken in: United States / Tennessee / Andersonville (show map)

Taken on: January 8, 2008

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