Achsa Beatrice (Perrett) Moon - This blog is dedicated to her!

In this photo is Achsa holding my mother (Ava as an infant). On her right is Lena and on her left is Clady. I believe that Achsa had a very hard life - with 15 pregnancies and none of the modern conveniences of today. What struck me as I scanned these two photos is that I am relatively sure she is wearing the same dress in both pictures - but as you can see from the photos, she has aged tremendously over the time span.

It is easy to see that Achsa had a baby on her lap for a period of 25-26 years - all during a time when babies were born at home and there was no such thing as pre-natal care or disposable diapers or formula in a can. It was also during a time when none of the modern conveniences we have today were available and what conveniences existed, were not a commodity a poor family with many children had access to. As a woman, I cannot find the words to describe the total exhaustion she must have felt; yet I can readily see it in her face on the few pictures I am fortunate to have. I heard my mother refer to the hard life tht her mother had endured, yet Achsa strived to bring up her children to know and do right. Husband, Ed, died several years prior to Achsa, leaving her with young children to provide for. I have heard my mother speak many times about how her older siblings stepped up to help raise her - providing clothes and a chance to get an education. Achsa Beatrice Perrett is the real reason that I became interested in our family tree and old pictures and stories behind the pictures. By my take, she was an extraordinary woman. Ed was around 10 years older than her and I understand could be a real pain to put up with! (Yes, I can say that - he was my Grandfather). It is the hard times that make us stronger people. This blog is dedicated to the loving memory of Achsa Beatrice Perrett.

Achsa Beatrice Perrett born March 23, 1880 is the daughter of Sarah "Sallie" (Johnson) Perrett and Daniel Kirkman Perrett; the sister of Zeno Franklin Perrett, Walter Kenneth perrett, Virgil Addison Perrett, Luther August Perrett and Salem Perrett.

Achsa married Henry E. Moon. She died December 18, 1935. Achsa is the mother of 15 children, several of which were infant deaths. Living included: Penie Elizabeth, Dallie, Clady, Flossie, Lena, Ava, Sam, John, James and Wade.

Achsa died at the age of 55 at her residence in Snow Camp, N. C. She is buried at South Fork Friends Church in Snow Camp.

Achsa is my (Sue McVey Ward) grandmother.