[140] Humphreys County Farm Joins Ranks of State's Century Farms Program

For Release: Oct. 20, 2011
Contact: Caneta Hankins, Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947


HUMPHREYS COUNTY FARM JOINS RANKS OF STATE’S CENTURY FARMS PROGRAM

The Wilbert and Annie Enochs Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions

MURFREESBORO— The Wilbert and Annie Enochs Farm, located in Humphreys County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU.
The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years.
A millhouse included on the National Register of Historic Places, a house built in 1890 and a number of 20th century farm buildings form the picturesque farmstead begun when Enoch Enochs purchased 210 acres four miles from McEwen in 1911. Enoch and his wife, Allie Hendershot Enochs, along with their four children, raised corn, hay, wheat and peanuts.
Wilbert Nathan Enochs acquired his parents’ farm in 1917. Annie May Davis was Wilbert’s wife, and they were the parents of Kenneth, Joyce and Thelma. In addition to managing the farm, which produced corn, hay, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, dairy cattle, chickens and swine, Wilbert also built a dam and millhouse to generate electricity for his family and their neighbors. He also donated land for the Liberty Baptist Church and school, and Wilbert and Annie also purchased a school bus to transport community students to McEwen High School.
Wilbert and Annie’s daughter Joyce acquired the farm in 1980. Married to Ernest Ray Bullington (now deceased), she has two daughters, Patricia and Rebecca. Joyce and Patricia now own the farm. In the 1940s, Joyce was recognized as the Most Outstanding 4-H member for Humphreys County. Patricia who is married to Dorris Davis, and Rebecca also were active in 4-H. Dorris Davis participated in 4-H and FFA, and his and Patricia’s sons, Nathan and Enoch, who represent the next generation of family farmers, were very active in both 4-H and FFA. Joyce and Dorris operate the farm, where the family raises corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, hay, beef and dairy cattle, swine, chickens and hogs. The 1890 house also is operated as the Enochs Farm House Inn Bed and Breakfast.
Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU has been a leader in the important work of documenting Tennessee’s agricultural heritage and history through the Tennessee Century Farms Program.
For more information about the Century Farms Program, please visit www.tncenturyfarms.org. The Center for Historic Preservation also may be contacted at Box 80, MTSU, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37132 or 615-898-2947.

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