Gentry's Farm in Franklin, TN
We have a new fall tradition in our family. It's an annual trip to Gentry's Farm in Franklin, TN. We visited for the first time this year, and it was a ton of fun.
There is so much to do here it's amazing to me that we have not been there before. Fall is my favorite part of the year and I think this is the perfect way to spend a Saturday with your children. In addition to the fall fun, you'll find interesting history and well.
- There are several log structures, with the first being built in the early 1800's.
- The main house is a brick structure that was begun by Samuel Fielding Glass, Jr. before the Civil War. Receipts for finishing materials are dated for the first few years after the war.
- There have been seven generations who have owned this farm and it is still an working farm today.
- Today the farming efforts include pumpkins, corn, hay, straw, and beef cattle.
The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, so if you do plan to go make sure you give yourself plenty of time to enjoy it. The activities (for children of all ages) include:
- A four-acre cornfield maze - I didn't do this one personally, because I saw the movie Children of the Corn when I was a kid. Enough said.
- Farm Animals - goats, chickens, and a turkey. They're behind a fence, so you can't touch them. It's a closer look than I'd ever had before.
- Three Barns - filled with activities for children.
- Pumpkins - obviously.
- Hayrides - this was fun because you don't actually have to sit in hay to ride on these wagons. I don't know who ever decided that sitting in hay would be fun, but if you've done it - you know it's not. The hayride actually takes you past their beef cattle, up close and personal. I don't like to see it before I eat it, so I didn't like that part - but the kids seemed to enjoy it.
David, my grandmother was Winnie Davis Glass - her father was Robert David Glass; I'm going thru the geneology that Winnie and Francis Ann Thwing Glass (Fanny?) collaberated on in 1965. I've got many letters from an Agnes in Franklin, Tn. to my mother, Ethel Blomquist Thurman, if you're interested. They tell of various members of the Glass family in Tn. My phone number (living in Lubbock) is 806-224-5464 if you'd like to talk; or you can email me - would like to get this particular geneology more up to date if possible.
Ingrid Simmons
Just wanted to say hello from a cousin in Austin, Texas.I have been to your place with my wife ,kids and my father Ralph Glass.His father James Turner Glass also got to give to the home place were his father grew up,Robert David Glass my great grandfather. He was a Texas Ranger from about 1858-1868.If you ever have any family reunions please let me know.There is several of us that would like to get to know more of the Tenn. side of the family. David Glass 512-285-4026 x101