Family

Allen Holt Picklesimer (Grandpa) was born in 1930 in Sitka, Kentucky which is a city located outside the perimeter of Paintsville city limits. His mother was Mallie or Matilda Hitchcock-Picklesimer (1899-1988) and his father’s name was Oakley Picklesimer (1894-1988). His paternal grandfather Nathanial Lindsey Picklesimer (1865-1912) and his spouse Leva Ann LeMaster-Picklesimer (1865-1949). His maternal grandmother was Katherine Salyer-LeMaster (1836-) and his maternal grandfather’s name was Daniel Lemaster(1820-).


Grandpa said his Mom gave birth to him (as well as his siblings) in the Homeplace, with only a midwife. He continued to say that back in that time, and for quite a while, there were no real doctors. There were men who had read books and called themselves doctors. They did not have formal education or even a degree but they were all the rural people had in the way of health care. Grandpa explained that later in his life real doctors came into town with an actual degree and wanted to build up their clientele and would use their educational background to sway them from their rural, non-educated doctors.