Appalachias Triplets: Essie Bessie & Dessie

Appalachias Triplets: Essie Bessie & Dessie
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Photos courtesy of Kevin Haynes and members of Essie, Bessie and Dessies families. Thank you all so much!

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[@user-kv6tz9kb3q]

You did a wonderful job telling the story of the triplets.😊 Essie was my grandmother...my mom's mother. They were all characters even up to the end.💗💗💗

[@whispermcgaughy7251]

I damn near cried seeing them as they aged.. It's truly miraculous that all 3 lived,thrived and made it to old age.. ❤

[@ritagilbert7535]

Dessie was my great grandmother. I loved visiting her and papaw Nix growing up. They had a fruit stand in front of their house on 64 before you turn up Gilliam mountain Road . At one time they had a store and a cafe their also. Mamaw (Dessie) Nix would some times get Essie or Bessie to watch the store for her if she had somewhere she needed to go. People would come in and think she was there not realizing that it was one of her sisters. Mamaw was a great cook and very nice. I was blessed to get to spend one summer with her there. She told me about her and Bessie and Essie swapping dates without the boys knowing that they did. Her and papaw's oldest son Herman was my grandfather. I never knew him he was murdered on the Alabama produce market before I was born. I miss mamaw and papaw Nix they were wonderful great grandparents.

[@amanderomin3043]

I am a natural triplet born in 1969 from Detroit, Michigan. They didn't have ultrasounds yet and the doctor only heard one heart beat, so it was a surprise for both my mom and dad. A nurse came out into the hallway where my dad was waiting and said that a lady just delivered triplets. He looked around and saw another man there and asked him if it was his wife, but the man said no. My dad satrted feeling nervous and when the nurse came out again he grabbed her to find out about the triplets. As it turned out, they were his triplets, all premature but healthy: Mandie, Melissa, and Michelle. We were also in the Detroit News and FreePress. 🤗

[@bobbersg8058]

I bought two photographs in an Asheville, NC antique store in 1998. One was of the Justice triplets. On the back was written: Essie, Dessie, and Bessie, Edneyville. The other photograph showed the triplets with their mother, brother, and baby sibling in the doorway of their home. I never thought I would find out anything more about the Justice triplets. Thank you for this video.

[@dreamagood8321]

My grandma was a twin , her name was Bessie & her sisters name was Dessie ! How crazy is that !

[@renayejthompson7469]

Essie was my grandmother. My mom's mother. A few of the pictures I haven't seen before, so this brought memories of my granny Williams.

[@conradbezo5530]

Essie was my great grandmother . When I was a kid she lived next door to me .

[@hellohellohello111]

Did ya know: My grandfather was a famous Appalachian mountain doctor who would take care of the folks there for free and was a 32 year Navy veteran as well. Dr. Sayers.

[@Tammissa]

My goodness that poor woman, how many kids did she have? 10? 12? 14? Kids? This mother needs a medal.

[@hollyegee2199]

It’s so wonderful to see all the comments stating they were relatives of the triplets. I hope you all can connect with each other!

[@banana99914]

in that times, to have triplets was rare and to have all 3 survive was truly a miracle

[@cherokeedancer8448]

What an endearing story. My great great grandmother who lived in WVA had 22 pregnancies with19 children surviving. No triplets but she did have 2 sets of twins and all survived.

[@92buckinbroncomann]

Essie was my great-grandmother! This is wonderful to see!

[@sarahporter9541]

What an amazing family! My mom went to the Frontier Nursing School back in the 40s..was a midwife..and rode horseback out too the hills of Kentucky to deliver babies..and help people. She later went to Africa as a single missionary. And delivered many babies. Years later after marrying my dad...she had my twin sis and I.

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

I loved it when Tom jr kept coming to his dad about the birth of girls . That had to been something indeed Triplets back in the day .

[@MissyJPHD]

My great grandmother passed away giving birth to triplets who also passed. This was in the late 1920s-30s. It’s so wonderful to hear triplets thriving and living long lives around the same time.

[@mindyenglish5305]

The best part of these videos is the comments section. You can usually find family members and acquaintances telling more stories. I can't stop til I've read them all.💜💜💜

[@cindyoswald4416]

My grandmother was a triplet. Their names was Bessie, Essie, and Lessie. That was a common name in the 1920.