Eugene Sutton (Cataloochee Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina) was age 43 when
interviewed. He had a third- or fourth-grade education and was a farmer.
My grandfather came to the Cataloochee when he was a young man, married and settled here
and raised a family of fourteen children. At his death he was ninety-four year, two months
and seven days old, fourteen children, seventy-six grandchildren, a hundred and eighty-six
great grandchildren, fourteen great great grandchildren, and two great great great
grandchildren, and only one of his grandsons made a preacher, the Reverend B. B, Caldwell,
at the present time of Greenville, South Carolina. Naturally Grandfather was kindly proud of
him, that he made a preacher, so he was holding a meeting, a revival, in a small church on the,
over on the mountain. Grandfather was standing up in the pulpit with him, couldn't hear very
well. He was about ninety years old then, and Cousin Brown preaching away, Grandfather atalkin' to the congregation back in the house. Brown would preach, Grandpa would say, "now
pay attention to him there, notice him, you'd better listen at him. He's a-tellin' you the truth,
every word of it." Cousin Brown says, "My good people, I'm a-goin' to tell you, if you don't
quit this way of living, quit living in sin all the days of your life, riding in these old
automobiles, drinking liquor, playing cards, going to dances, and things like that, every one of
you is going to hell." Grandfather spoke up and said, "Yes, and from there to the
penitentiary," said, "They sent four or five of them the other day up there," said, "I was there
and heared them send them," and that's all.