Whole life lol

I didn't have the best upbring (not as hard as him) but some events stick to you for life. If I was to run into him I would treat him a good dinner

I don't blame him. People are selfish idiots.

Would me too. 10c for a hot doggy, a nickel for a pop. I'd never forget that either if my Uncle sat thur eaten when I was hungry.

Ah yes childhood trauma

Me too. I hope Mark went up to see it after the interview. It would have meant the world to him.

Wow lucky you, he's so nice, you should record the stories and make a book or a podcast !

He's lovely 😊 and doesn't look 90, fresh air and home grown food sure has its benefits!

You should make a channel for him.

@emily Howard You are truly lucky and blessed !!!! I will keep him in my prayers

US CONSERVATIVES ARE PROUD OF GOOD PEOPLE LIKE HIM ...

Me too!

exact. thought that too

True

He looks wonderful for his age. God bless him!

100% Most of the time I see people saying things like this they’re off. But I had no idea this guy was gonna say 90!

I wanna buy him a hot dog and soda pop!

I am Ed Wilson's daughter. I love your uncle Lehmann and my mom and his sister, Fern, were very good friends.

What a wonderful rich family history you have

I wanted to see his 225 year old house though

I'm glad he shared his story with everyone. He definitely seems like a great person who's had a hard, but meaningful life .

This!!!!

Yes!

Right? I could listen to him four hours.

drug addicts can be too

A lot of older people just want to talk and tell their story the sad thing is the younger generation rarely finds time to listen

I did. He reminded me so much of my great uncle, great aunt and grandmother. All wonderful hard working people that taught me so much with the wonderful stories of their lives. I enjoyed hearing every single one of them even if I had heard them before. If anyone is blessed to have had just one relative like this I hope they know how fortunate they were. We aren't producing many people like this anymore and it is truly sad.

Yes

Yes!

Yes!! I live in an old two story farm house and couldn't be happier. I want a simple life.

His uncle needed a dadgum beatdown, that's exactly what. That makes me sick. Evil man.

@@simplyme9016 Must have been a very good reason his mom didn't take it up with the uncle. It would have taken me @ least a day before I was able to deal with the uncle civilly!!!

No doubt! Shoot I'm almost 49 and don't have 1/2 the memory as he does.

FACTS‼️💯

Absolutely the honest truth!

Amen

Didn't he bullshit his way into the army?

There were no minimum wages back then, My Grandfather told me about working for 25 or 50 cents a day and was thankful for it.

@@kennethkeeton6560 usually taught them how to manage, money or at least my grandpa says that

So ruthless... How does a person like that sleep... Breaks my heart, so disgusting... Bless that man's heart, he wasn't even vindictive when he told his story...💕🙏

@@brigittevourtos2512 yeah, not vindictive, but he never forgot that treatment

I agree with Jill. 🙂. That was heartless maybe ? even. evil 💀. To do that to a boy trying to be a Man 💪🏽. - that is a sorry son of ££€%# - show a boy how to be a man with compassion common sense discretion

He has a lawyer daughter, I bet she is loving his soul to death... he seems like a good heart.

He always goes dressed up so clean.

He i handsome and interesting. A very good example for his folks🤍

I luv him! ❤

...and treated with snobbery by some around him...3:50

@JILL WILSON l

I would love to see that house. I think he should have filmed it.

Please show us the house , he is so proud of his roots.

What a lovely old gentleman.

I know, I’d love to see it too! Plus the bed he was born in. That’s fantastic that it’s still there. It should be made into a historic facility

Proud legacy.

God bless the three of you.

I know I was looking forwards to seeing all the antiques x

Yeah really! Wanted to see the house!

I was actually looking forward to that too... And seeing the bed he and his sister were born in, he said it was still there. What an interesting man he was to listen to. ❤

I'm sure they have an Appalachian pipeline and they all know Mark is good people!

That’s just the way it is with us country ppl

@@donnasmith6312 @ hello yes I’m Canadian country lol I now live in the city of Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 but u can the the child out of the country but you CANT TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT IF THE CHILD! 🙏🏽 and I’m STILL COUNTRY❤️ we still help& respect our neighbours. We still love one another. And are thankful for what we have. We still share! Love&Light 🙏🏽🦋🇨🇦

I'm raised in Michigan and I love feeding people 😁, you don't leave my house hungry.

@@hellosweetheart3350 @ hello , hello sweetheart thsts the same as a Nova Scotian I’m born & raised in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦 but I live in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. I’m the same way!! I NEVER THROW FOOD OUT, I’ve worked with homeless since 2004, I love my job! ❤️🙏🏽🇨🇦

My dad used to use not eating dinner as a punishment. It makes no sense. I told my child about that abs she could not fathom having your dinner taken away as punishment

OMG Some people have no freaking heart, makes me sick

I cried when he said that just so heartless

Humanity? 😞

My uncle docked me a days pay 3:50 an hour for a Drs. Visit. He was wealthy. Needles to say I have nothing to do with his children. He is long gone. Money is thicker than Blood for some.

It's a white home you would never know it was that old. They keep it up so nice.

Yes show that house

@Charles Hall like i don't care what you think

@Charles Hall no matter how many messages you send I still don't care what you think

@Charles Hall nope

Me too!

I was hoping it would be at the end of the interview Smh...Mark dropped the ball.

Same!!

SAME. I bet that place is fascinating.

Me too! He seemed very proud of his house.

Amen

Great story Teller we can learn from him alot of knowledge

a true pioneer.

Love the army. I was raised by the government myself.

@@ebeneezerscrooge2942 love it or hate it, itll make a man outta you and instill confidence and give you the tools to overcome almost any challenge in yr way.

A real man!

Raised by a military father, work work work, my kids can't pour themself water either, not for trying hard, it's their mothers codling

You guys, I love your comments, gave me some good chuckles in this trying time. 😄 My granddaughter wants to join the Army out of high school. She's a tough cookie, but she's in for a surprise when she doesn't get to argue about things. She needs to learn humility.

@@jefferyepstein9210 Yes it was. My father joined also partially for the same reason, to not burden his parents during that time of not enough food in the years of a depression in our country. But he was not 13, he was 18. Many of the young men joining did so not only for country but believing they wouldn't feel hunger. My fathers uniform kept in the basement closet had a waist size of 28". He was 6'1" tall. Very thin. Thank you for your reply. ✌🌷

he said he went to the south pacific as well, which I cant even imagine at that age.

@@jefferyepstein9210 thought someone suicided you bro

Honey ur pix clix!!! If that's u then I'll buy the ticket here in London Town by river Thames where I'm raised though I've been through Appalachia . The senior man lived active kept his senses spirit alive . No big pharma in his vein . Raised lived natural eat natural do natural no TV rotting his sharp brain . Kept his body strong . Hats 🎩 off to him . A lesson for sure. Anyhow Honey 🍯 bear 😉 👋🏼

@@andrewnicholas4951 lol, it is me but I admit I'm unsure what you mean by buying the ticket lol?

Yeah, wow… hard to imagine.

🤎🌹

I didn't know that was possible.

Lol,very true!

Buss

So cruel for one of your own people to do this to you... Very purposefully mean... Especially by Appalachian standards... Hunger is Real there.

A kid at that

Oh yeah it happens! Parts of family that are better educated and/or wealthy do look down on you. It definitely happened to me when I was a young girl. & it still happens. Sometimes family just sucks! I come from a small town on the outskirts of Northern Appalachia.

I know .That story makes me cry and makes me so angry

CLEARLY HE'D ALREADY EARNED $0.15 but dude planned to hurt him and seemingly enjoyed this kid's pain. Scrooge committed textbook "Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress" to which there's a high burden of proof; uncle/boss makes that easy to prove as this man clearly remembers 77 years ago like it was just yesterday!! This Uncle better not have a Will & Testament; this may set a precedent!🤣

It is possible. Maybe you are just making the statement because you were in awe like me lol. I started doing the math when I heard it. I just guessed at his father being 18 when he entered the military, if he entered when the war started and didn't fabricate his age to get in, like his son. That would have made him 50 when his son was born, and 60 when he died. I don't know what the age requirement was back during the Spanish American War, but he could have been younger than my calculations.

Well, I’d say his father was probably much older than 32 when he fathered this man if he was actually old enough to also serve in the 1898 war. But there is also a running theme of some tall tales in their family legends. Since they’re not very educated they can tell their youngins almost anything and they’d believe it. And because they’re not educated sometimes the truth gets twisted, even by accident of misremembering, when family history gets passed from generation to generation. They sure do try to instill pride of those mountains in their generations, so I don’t think any of the exaggerations are said with bad intentions. They’re just holding on to their piece of history sprinkled with some fantastical legends. They all seems like good and decent people, just simple. Nothing wrong with that.

@@NativeNYerChicHK math eludes you.

It’s quite possible. I am 48 years old. My dad served in WWII He was 51 years old when I was born. My dad was born in 1921. Ole Lehman here was born around 1930 If his dad joined the army when he was 18 (give or take). That put him being born around 1880. Quite easy that he was around 50 or so when Lehman was born. And his dad died when Lehman was five years old.

@@NativeNYerChicHK Right, except he has a picture of his father in uniform from 1899.

And when you ask them, they aren't struggling one bit.

not kind of uncle to not feed him while eating right in front of him

9:21

These are real americans. Not like the re tarded "interviewer"

I think they are the blood of America. I never look at them as outcasts, anybody that says so will get a piece of my mind. So proud his daughter got that officer straight. ❤

Yes.😊❤

Daddy issues

@@marylougeorge9890 daddy issues

@@therainmanofwallstreet7778 Nah. The man is just interesting. He has a lifetime of knowledge to share. I have geriatric friend who tell me all kinds of interesting facts. Living here most of my life, I gain more history about my home.😊👍

Im sure karma got him.

i’m sobbing right now like it hurts from crying

Breaks my heart

Right

Right?! Makes it blatantly clear how soft and dependable people have become. That’s going to go bad for people….and probably soon

Yes please!!!! We want to see this man's house that he's so proud of!! Do it Mark!!!

I would love to see the house also.

Yea wtf wheres this house? 225yrs my man wanted this displayed

I want to see the bed that him and his sister were born in!! Let's see the house!!

Yes! Need to see the house

Makes me sad that these type of folks are going to be all gone soon. Society has fallen so far away from this.

Happy 85 years!!!! 🤣🤣 from FLORIDA ☀🐊🇺🇸

I to born and raised in West Virginia a little place called Tyler Mtn all people from his and my generation had a daily struggle thru life his story makes me proud to be raised in Appalachia.God bless you.

Has a beautiful tone in his voice...strong & gentle at once

🥰🥰👍👍

❤

💚💚💚your comment made me cry 💚💚💚

@@louisianarainwater ♥️

I laughed so hard when I read your comment because I was thinking the same thing I would love to buy him all the hot dogs and pop he could eat and drink. God bless him.

Lol, yeah, good ole days of child slave labor, his uncle snatching him up as close to as free as possible child labor and even refusing to feed him. Then you move on to the 13 year old boy in a world war killing people for a living. Then on to the coal mines with little to no regulations, insane levels of toxic black lung and cancer, mines caving in, deadly gas exposure, etc. Sounds like an amazing time, would really want to give up all my modern ties to go back and live it. People remember with rose tinted glasses, there was a lot of bad with the good.

That would be a good day

I haven't been that sharp in Years! 😂😂😂

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I’d rather learn things from any of these people vs anyone with college degrees.

And he still remembers how that made him feel, even at 90 years old. Sometimes the smallest things have the most profound impact. I just wish people were kind.

Great point!

Very sad & I wouldn't like to have to answer to God for stingyness like that!

Yeah we'll be there

How greedy! He was a boy with no father. What a bad uncle.

She has an awesome Dad !

I too loved both their stories could listen fir hours!!! I hope they do more interviews of these wonderful people❤️

police officers would rather deal with the attorney. they speak the same language and each know what concessions can be made.

If your innocent or guilty...the first think u should ask is for an attorney.

@@666blindrider I’ve always taught my 9 year old if you’re ever arrested plead. The 5th and ask for an attorney. Scary times we live in

Maybe your grandfather was more muscular when he was a young man. It's hard to tell what an old man looked like as a young man.

Wanted to!!

@@markwilkins9944 huh?

@@dp6970 He was man enough at 13 that he "wanted to" join...

@@markwilkins9944 👍🏽

@@markwilkins9944 What you want at 13 is irrelevant. A 13 year olds brain isn't developed enough to make that decision for himself.

...the most lovely!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦