Country Living: ; Family's Roots Go Deep in Roane County; Woman and Children Enjoying Life On Farm

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IT was a cold winter day when I brought my three pampered suburban children to live in rural West Virginia. The farmhouse was 100 years old, there was snow on the ground, and the heat was sparse - as was the insulation. The floors weren't even, either.

My then 12-year-old son walked in the door and said, "You've brought us to this slanted little house to die." Even I wondered what we were doing there. I just knew I was looking for home.

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Country Living: ; Family's Roots Go Deep in Roane County; Woman and Children Enjoying Life On Farm

My family goes back 200 years in Roane County. When I was a little girl, my father took us there every summer to an old cabin...

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