2 10 18 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8e4b9be7925291467d1e7e75394f1db8.jpg f475ffeafcab5c8a2c0f8b10633be4b7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (1) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to cover and unnumbered page 1 of From the Beginning] From the Beginning Verna Cushman Bergandine [cover photo: Verna Cushman Bergandine] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/afcbdec0914f4c2095cf3165dc1acc08.jpg ff863baf1208c730d9fe6065b7db015f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (2) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to inside cover and unnumbered page 2 of From the Beginning] [illustration:Community Library Bookplate] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/832c8ec3406a911cc4697a8c77cbb328.jpg 7cef1abdf473aac01ebc156ef7fcef83 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (3) Description An account of the resource {corresponds to title page and unnumbered page 3 of From the Beginning] From the Beginning Verna Cushman Bergandine [photo: Verna Cushman Bergandine] Community Library 1996 Verna C. Bergandine [signature] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/993e49b47a82ce6873e142c9fbd5e30a.jpg a7ef9345b20ef1dba6b0bdf9f4188e3a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (4) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 2 of From the Beginning] Land in Champaign Co., Ohio known as the Darby Plains was purchased by parties from the New England States in 1819. After considering Hartford for the settlers from Connecticut, New Albany for the New Yorkers, the name Woodstock was chosen for so many arriving from Vermont. After a while the Yankee School District became the Woodstock School District. Five families from Connecticut came in 1819, among them William Gifford. The following year five more families joined the Colony including Harvey Cushman. These two names of early settlers are the ones that are of interest to me. Harvey Cushman was a direct descendent of Robert Cushman of London , business agent for the Pilgrims. He and wife Lucinda Bennett Sears brought their young son, four year old Franklin, with them from Massachusetts. Harvey was a man of many interests. He was a farmer, Attorney, Physician and Inn Keeper. He built the first Hotel in Woodstock. In the old History of Woodstock, I found this account. "In 1835 Harvey Cushman built a hotel on the east portion of lot 15. In those days the ceremony of of "raising" a house was attended with the consumption of vast quantities of corn whiskey. On the day that frame work of the Cushman Hotel was raised, every man present, except Sylvanus Smith, was drinking, and most were decidedly under the influence of the whiskey. When the framework was finally up, it was decided to christen the future hotel in some such manner as battleships are christened. A bottle of whiskey was provided the soberest man, who climbed to the top, took a drink of the contents, then threw the bottle, dripping its contents enroute over the building. Thus was christened the Woodstock Hotel. A heated discussion took place following the christening. Some said that hotel was spelled with one I and others insisted that two were needed. The question was referred to Sylvanus Smith, he being the only sober man in the crowd. Smith surveyed the crowd around him and rendered his decision - If this was a sample of what the hotel was to be, it should be spelled "hot-hell". It proved to be that for three or four years. Gangs of hoodlums gathered there on Saturday afternoons, staying until midnight, terrifying the people with their demoniacal yells, fighting and running horses on the street. The local residents finally put a stop to the weekly orgies. A vigilante committtee gathered many eggs and let them age in the sun. The next Saturday night when the "gang" emerged from the hotel the conspirators turned loose a volley of eggs. A man has to be pretty drunk not to resent meeting an aged egg face to face. The men in charge of the egg brigade must have had practice, for the mob beat a hasty retreat. The hotel came in for a share of the omelet, and the next morning presented a grotesque yellow appearance. The proprietor decided http://66.213.124.233/files/original/404e939f65b889d7c954a19048290a4b.jpg 01e5e0bb9f96ca2a59fca8c75dd43016 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (5) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 3 of From the Beginning] to confine his liquor sales to travelers, and the hotel became a very respectable tavern. In the early days no social gathering was fully complete and enjoyable without dancing. Several terms of Dancing School were taught in the hotel soon after it was completed. Seldom a Fourth of July or New Years passed without having a Grand Ball in the hotel ballroom on the second floor." For many year, after the hotel was no longer used for travelers, it was a private dwelling. It was torn down a few years ago, one of the oldest landmarks. In 1837 Franklin Cushman married Susan Brown Gifford, daughter of William Gifford. They had five children, Julius Jehiel, Charles Anthony, Lucy Lucinda, Warren Sibley, and Daniel Harvey. Daniel died in infancy. Franklin died in 1848 leaving the young widow to raise the children. In 1857 another New England family came to Woodstock to make their home. Samuel Standish set out from N.Y., N.Y. for Illinois with his family. Not finding that area to their liking, after three years, came back east as far as Woodstock. Samuel, a direct descendant of Miles Standish of Plymouth the first white child born on Manhattan Island, India, where his father Miles was a Methodist Missionary. There were five children in the Standish family. [insert] News from Our Files Fifty Years Ago - 1863 February 25, 1927 Sixty four years ago on the 18th day of February in the little village of Woodstock, the wedding bells rang out to announce the marriage of Charles Cushman and Julia Standish. Both are old pioneer stock. The bride, a descendent of the gruff old captain, Miles Standish, of Plymouth, was a charming vivacious member of a group of young people, who make life merry and pleasant not withstanding the dark days of the civil war that were upon the land. Charles Cushman was one of the first to enlist in 1861. Two sons, Arthur and Charles are veterans of the Spanish-American war and a grandson, Frank Cushman of the World war. They have nine living children, Mrs. George Standish, Urbana; Mrs. John McCarty, Mrs. Asa Owen, Arthur and Charles Cushman, Jr., of Woodstock; Warren Cushman, Dayton; and Frank, Julius and Jared Cushman of California. [Clipping from the Marysville Tribune] [right photo: Woodstock Hotel -1935] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/89cd1ed854336383508b49ed21956cdc.jpg 89202c9ae436a72bbdfcb8cedc04a470 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (6) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 4 of From the Beginning] Samuel, Mark, Miles, Josephine and Julia Augusta. In 1863 Julia married Charles Anthony Cushman. Up to now, I have written about some of my ancestors all of whom I had to become acquainted with through genealogies and books written about the history of the town where I was born. Now we are in the period of time when I grew up, I knew the characters in this drama. Of course I didn't know Julia Standish when she married during the Civil War, but much later when she was my grandmother I had the privilege of spending time with her. I never tired of asking questions about her journey from N.Y. in a covered wagon to the time she finally arrived in Woodstock, Ohio. She was a petite, gentile lady with a twinkle in her eye that told of her zest for life. Always busy with projects she was working on. Sewing, knitting, crocheting lace and working crossword puzzles. Always a student she was well read. She had taught school when she was 16. Of course when I knew her, she was in her declining years. She had raised her family of 13 children and knew the heartache of losing 3 of them. Harriette died of whooping cough when she was 4: Sara, at birth; and Robert died of spinal meningitis when he was 19. Arthur Garfield was her 9th child, born in 1880. He was my father. Between his Junior and Senior years in high school he enlisted in the Spanish American War along with his brother Charles. They were sent to the Everglades, Florida to train; but the war [photo lower left: Arthur G. Cushman and Charles W. Cushman - 1998] [top right photo: Julia (Standish) and Charles A. Cushman - 1928] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7854f03a91ac0b2b6fbc47537d0b3135.jpg 523aafc27b1060e29cd4e7a1bfdff891 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (7) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 5 of From the Beginning] ended before they went any farther. He was back in time to finish high school with his class of 1899. He went on to Buchtel College in Akron on a scholarship. It was Universalist College, the denomination of his church in Woodstock. One summer when he was home between classes, he was working in the General Store where he met Mary Ellen Blake from Milford Center. She was visiting a friend who insisted that she go with her to the store so she could introduce them. It was a successful attempt at match- making. They were married in 1903. Unlike growing up with relatives on the Cushman side of the family, we saw mom's family only now and then. Milford Center is 5 miles from Woodstock. In the days before cars were commonplace we occasionally went by train. I remember once when my sister and I were permitted to go by ourselves. I'm not sure what the occasion was. We spent the afternoon visiting relatives and then caught the train at 6:00 p.m. to return home. I know I kept worrying about what time it was, afraid we might miss our train. Mom's brother Uncle Johnny Blake always had a nice car and would drive over on Sunday afternoon. Grandma Blake died before I was old enough to remember her. [insert] PROGRAMME TENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE Woodstock Public Schools UNIVERSALIST CHURCH ON Wednesday Evening, May 24 , '99 "Non Honores, sed Honor." Music-"On the Sea"............................................Buck Apollo Quartet Invocation........................................... Rev. Colgrove "Education"....................................Arthur Cushman "Alexander Hamilton"........................John Houser "Effects of the Late War"............Leonard Kidder "Sunshine"......................................Mabelle Kimball Music-"Gay Hearts".......................................Macy Apollo Quartette "Clara Barton"......................................Elsie Lincoln "Monuments of the Ages"..............Nelle Martin "Grant and Lee"........................Nelson McClellan Music-Jenk's Vegetable Compound........Macy Apollo Quartette "Environments"..............................Howard Sharp "Oh Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud?".. .....................................................................Lena Smith "Not Honors, but Honor".................Nena Smith Music-"Ben Bolt"............................................Wiske Apollo Quartette Address........................................Hon. O.T. Corson Presentation of Diplomas Music-"Home, Sweet Home"......................Buck Apollo Quartette "Benediction"..................................Rev. Colgrove NEWS PRINT, MECHANICSBURG, O. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1cbce44d164b5cd590345e38919d538a.jpg 5ce84cf536cf276311575a8f59937319 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (8) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 6 of From the Beginning] [photo] Cushman Family Reunion - 1910 Great-Gradfather Stanish in the Center [photo] Great Grandma Wetzel's 100th Birthday Party Milford Center - 1910 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/04f6a09f4ae1a75dc249674cd134dc8c.jpg 346300911d14dff08e4125d5e24090a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (9) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 7 of From the Beginning] William Henry Blake, my grandfather came to Milford Center sometime in the 1800's He fought in the Civil War. He married Emma Parthmore who came from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her parents and sister, Great Aunt Hattie Parthamore. The Parthamores came to America in the 1700's. One of them fought in the Revolutionary War. This I learned from research a distant cousin had done on the Parthamore family tree. Great Grandma Wetzel lived to be 100. The picture is of her birthday party at the Blake home in Milford Center in 1919, My mother had three sisters, Carrie, Bertha, and Alice. Her Two brother Henry and John served World War I. I was born on November 14, 1914, the sixth child in a family of 11 - We were named for aunts and uncles from both my parents families. Starting with the oldest, Elsie Margaret, Robert Henry, William Howard, Bertha Lucille, Julia Virginia, Verna Louise then Susan who lived only a few days, having been born with a heart defect. Josephine Martha was next and then the three little boys as we called them when referring to them collectively, Charles Blake, John Franklin and Arthur Garfield. Naming the boys came out just right since the last one bore the name of my father. It was a very happy childhood for all of us. My father was firm but fair. The boys were kept busy with chores and work that went with his occupation. He worked for the railroad and also had a large tract of land for truck farming. The soil in that area was a rich black loam which with know how and hard work grew very good crops. He raised all kinds of vegetables for sale as well as providing a wonderful diet for the family. His hot beds in the early spring were the source of plants for most of the gardens in town. Nearly everyone had a little plot. Also tomatoes were canned in the W. G. Lincoln factory. He not only raised many of the plants for the farmers who grew them but he also produced several acres of them himself. I must not forget to mention the green beans. that is where we girls came in. I didn't mind it so much unless swimming and a picnic had been planned for the day the beans needed to be picked. then I would pray for rain, which was a little shortsighted of me, because if it rained we wouldn't be going on the picnic anyway. We girls all did babysitting and housework for some of the families for our spending money and some of our clothes. I would describe my mother as being easy going, always happy to turn the disciplining of us over to my father. We all knew instinctively the things we would probably not be allowed to do. If something came up we wanted to do that was questionable, we would first ask Mom. She would say that we'd have to ask Pop. All in all we were given much latitude, knowing that the consequences for any infractions would be ours to deal with. [photo] Charles A. and Julia Cushman - 1923 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5637e4935e83af9cd8a99addb94b2e9a.jpg 6d69a78ab1e83a987429195ef64a7df2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (10) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 8 of From the Beginning] I stared to school in 1920. Broshes, Clark, Conner, Corbett, Cushman. That was the order of seating in the first row in my class, grades one through 12. During those years things went along pretty much the same in the village also. For the most part the inhabitants were four or five generations from the early settlers. It was a thriving community, population three hundred. "Downtown Woodstock" boasted a Post Office, 2 banks, 3 groceries, hardware, drugstore, restaurant, 2 garages (one in the livery stable of days gone by), a Taxi Service (consisting of a Model T Ford Coup), Pennsylvania R.R. Station, grain elevator, family doctor, 3 churches, grade school and high school and later electric shop and furniture store. I like to think of Woodstock as I knew it. To my way of thinking just about the best place on earth! I wouldn't have changed a thing. I knew everyone I would meet on the streets and where they lived. But alas, an event over which no one had any control occurred in 1933 that was to be the beginning of the end of the town as we knew it. President Roosevelt declared a moratorium on the banks. Ours closed and never reopened. In due time the villages nearby were to profit by the commerce which formerly was done in Woodstock. The loss of the bank combined with the times of the depression resulted in business failures. After a time not even a grocery store was doing business there. [top right photo: Verna in Grade School] [bottom left photo: 1929 Back row left to right: Bill, Robert, Bertha, Mom, Julia, Pop, Verna, Elsie Front row: Josephine, Charles, John and Arthur] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d81985ac227123e8fdfd3fd9acde2b0c.jpg 0325b92e70826748691fdf8e9ecbde59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (11) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 9 of From the Beginning] I remember the oldest inhabitants fondly. A few of them still wore the lace trimmed high neck blouses and long dark skirts. One old gentleman still wore a long black cape when he sallied forth in winter. They were kindly folks some of whom we called Aunts and Uncles. Often times when we couldn't think of any thing to do we went to "Aunt Mayme's and Uncle Winn's" house to listen to the phonograph with the horn. We never asked; but he would ask us if we would like to hear it, knowing of course that was the reason for our visit. When I was about twelve we moved to the country. At the time my father went to farming full time. My sister Elsie moved to Columbus where she went to Ohio State University and worked part time for Ohio Bell Telephone Co. as a long distance operator. Robert was next to go to the University where he made the wrestling team. The matches were broadcast on radio. We heard them on a set with two ear phones at my uncle's house. He and my father listened and reported to us what was going on. The team traveled by train. On the return trip when they had been to Indiana or Illinois, Robert threw off a note tied to a cake of soap as they went through Woodstock on the Pennsylvania Railroad. One of the section hands would find it and bring it to our house. That created much excitement in our little town. Robert nicknamed "Shrimp", wrestled in the lightest weight class. Even if it appears that I am bragging, I must say he won most of his matches. Bill also went O.S.U. One of his courses was in Forestry. He and a friend decided to go to Montana to work in the fire season as a lookout. They did that for two summers coming back home for the winter quarter. Always an outdoors person, hunting and fishing, he decided that Montana was where he wanted to hive. He worked for many years in the Forest Service taking courses in winter at the University in Missoula. He was married there and returned to Ohio only occasionally for a visit. Bertha studied Horticulture. She also worked at Ohio Bell when she was in school. Julia and I came along in 1930 and 32 when the depression was a big factor in everything one might want to do. College was put on hold for us. After a time both of us married. I forgot my hopes of becoming a teacher. Josephine went to business school in Columbus. Charles, upon graduation left the next day for Ft. Bragg, N.C. as a Second Lieutenent in the Army. The year was 1942. John was starting his second year when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He left school and enlisted in the Marines. Arthur was the youngest and the only one at home helping run the farm. At that time my father bought a smaller farm, one that he and a hired man could manage. Art was off serving as paratrooper in the 101 st Airborne. The two older boys, although married and with families also enlisted in World War II, Robert in the Navy and Bill in the CB's. When we asked of my mother if she weren't worried with all five boys in the service, she replied, "I expect them all to come home." That says much about her wonderful way of looking of at life. Always cheerful and not wearing her innermost concerns on her sleeve. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/24522f7a13e719dbe46c3156667bafea.jpg f72b3605f525314f7ffb0ee990129e75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (12) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 10 of From the Beginning] And now I must go back to my high school days. I always liked school and all my teachers. One I especially admired was my Music Teacher, Adah Madden. Every spring she conducted an operetta wherein all the students participated in one way or another. If not chosen for a major roll, she made chorus seem very important to the production. She knew how to get the best out of all of us. Our high school girls sextet was called upon to sing for many occasions. The one I shall never forget was a funeral. It was for a young mother who died and left six children. The funeral was held in the little tenant house where they lived. The oldest girl, about twelve, sat holding the baby. There didn't seem to be any other family members present only the distraught father and a few neighbors. Rather than sing, I felt more like crying. Somehow we managed to get through it. The man expressed his appreciation to us for our part in the service. To say the least, it was a very sobering experience for us who were usually so happy go lucky. Basketball was the highlight in winter months. When I was a freshman as a lowly substitute, I wore the bloomers and middy blouse that were handed down through the years. My oldest sister, Elsie, then Bertha and finally Julia had worn them before me. That year new suits were purchased for the first team. Julia's team was the first [photo:'28-'29 Junior Julia is second from left in front row Freshman Verna is fourth from left in second row] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dc76746f5f4ead4f759ca261d62dce94.jpg 80cd34b49cc6f0ac1f5d7368d6fb2dd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (13) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 11 of From the Beginning] to appear in the "shorts". They came to the knees but after being so fully clothed they seemed downright risque. How important it was to look one's best out on the floor! We rushed home from school on Friday, washed our tennis shoe strings and curled our hair with a curling iron. The iron was heated by inserting it in the chimney of a coal oil lamp. Woe to the blonde girls who turned the wick up too high! She could count on a few black streaks. No chance for me and my friends to get into the game until our sisters had graduated. Then we were the first team! My younger sister Josephine also played basketball. soon after she graduated, all the county schools dropped girl's basketball from the curriculum. [photo:The Woodstock girls Leah B. Lincoln of North Lewisburg loaned the Citizen this photograph of the Woodstock girls basketball team in their 1931-32 season. With some married names added, the first row, seated, are from left Mary Rhodes Stittings, Mildred Lucas, Verna Cushman Bergandine, Ruby Lucas, Harriet Lincoln West and Darlene Westfall Seaver. The second row from left are Winifred Clark Raff, Leah Broshes Lincoln, Coach Willis Pond, Erelene Westfall Simpson and Mary Connor Tackman.] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4e75577a6364f232548569caaee7ac5e.jpg cf2b0e35833214960a89018ad5578a4a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (14) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 12 of From the Beginning] In the summer the favorite pastime was swimming. Brush lake, located two miles, from town was the place to go. there were no swimming pools until later, consequently the young people from towns around were there frequently. We knew many of them from seeing them at events where our schools competed in sports. At any rate that was the highlight of the week when we could spend Sunday afternoon at the lake. One Sunday when I was still in high school, Julia and I met these two fellows from Marysville, Bob Orahood and Frank Bergandine. Julia and Bob were married in 1932. Frank's family lived in Union Co., starting with his Grandfather, Samuel Bergandine where in the mid eighteen hundreds he bought a farm in Allen Township. Jesse, Frank's father, was born there and married Myrtle Burroughs. Their five children were born there also. When Frank, the youngest child was three years old, they left the farm and moved to Marysville. Frank's mother's family also settled in that general area. His great grandmother Holycross lived to be 104. I didn't know Frank's father. He died in 1930. [top left photo: Brush Lake - 1929 Bert, Judy, Josephine, Verna] [top right photo: School Picnic at Darby Creek - 1930 Verna, Julia] [bottom left photo: My Last Day of School] middle right photo: Woodstock High School] ] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/424dac9233eddba5a84aa4679d429c4f.jpg 175aa5d2dc1abcfc3ee80a481b2a5fcb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (15) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 13 of From the Beginning] Frank had graduated from Marysville High in 1929. A fine athlete, he especially liked playing basketball. In his Junior and Senior years they won the district Championship. Jobs were hard to come by at that time. It so happened that the Plant Manager for the Nestle Co., Mr. Grout was an avid basketball fan. He followed the team and had gotten to know the boys. Frank applied at the Milk Plant and Mr. Grout found a place for him. That is where he was working when we were married in Dec. 1934. Julia and Bob were living in a double at the time, and we were able to rent the other side. We spent evenings playing bridge and making popcorn which came from home. Rarely could we come up with the price of a movie on the small paychecks. That summer Julia and I would be waiting with sandwiches when the boys came home from work and off to Millcreek we would go. I don't think there were any real keepers where we fished, but it was great fun. As neighbors we borrowed not only the proverbial cup of sugar from each other but anything else we needed that the other one had. I used her food grinder as often as she did. When Frank and I later moved to Sunbury, she presented me with a gift, a food grinder, a cherished possession which I still use from time to time even though I have a more up to date food processor. Annual Commencement Woodstock High School May 19, 1932 Reflections From The Operas Huffer Orchestra Invocation Mrs. Hulda Kimball The Old Refrain Kreisler Girls Senior Sextett Objectives of Education Health and Fundamental Processes Worthy Use of Leisure Winfred Clark Citizenship Mary Lininger Vesper Bells Are Ringing Van Norman Boys Senior Sextette Santus Schubert Junior High School Chorus Vocations Leah Broshes Character and Home Membership Mary Connor Nightfall In Granada Bueno High School Chorus Listen To The Lambs Dett Nash High School Chorus Goodbye Old Hi Moore Boys Senior Sexette Presentation of Class Memorial Clarence Barnette Acceptance of Memorial Harriette Lincoln Out of Dusk to you Zamenik Girls Senior Sexette Presentation of Diplomas W. V. Pond [top left photo: Frank - 1926] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/35a06fb7089559600aa40fb50eac44ca.jpg cdbec89f7d55d410cc2dedad72ac1066 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (16) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 14 of From the Beginning] In September 1935, Anne was born at home, She was delivered by Bertha's husband, Dr. Henry W. Katter of Dublin. Two weeks later Frank underwent a tonsillectomy. An operation that usually causes a very sore throat for a few days but not a long recovery. Not so with Frank. After surgery and for over a week following he continued to hemorrhage. We later learned that the excessive bleeding was caused by an abnormality known as Von Wilobrandt's Disease. Of our eight children, all but two of them also have that tendency. The Doctor came to the house many times to try and stem the bleeding with stitches in his throat. Frank was so weak from the loss of blood that it was nearly a month before he was able to be up. Had it occurred today, he would been in the hospital and would have been given transfusions. With his throat so sore from all the stitches, about the only thing he could swallow was jello. Small wonder that from time on he didn't care much for jello. Luckily, Julia and Bob were close at hand to see us through the ordeal and help with taking care of Anne. Uncle Henry came to the same address in Sept. 1937, and delivered Susie. By this time Frank was working in the Research and Control Laboratory where they were experimenting with a new product, Nescafé. By 1939 they were trying it out in the Sunbury Plant and before the year was over, were producing it there. Frank had been driving back and forth from Marysville. In April 1940 we moved to 185 Letts Avenue. [upper right photo: Anne, 7 months Old, West Second Street Marysville, Ohio - 1936] [lower left photo: Anne and Susie - 1938] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c0baa50d6034d46e1816658f163728db.jpg 2bbf775f0bb8cea49b62a5c3e387c889 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (17) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 15 of From the Beginning] My first trip to Sunbury was very reassuring. It would be pretty hard to get a negative impression of the town when one of the first things I saw was the old Town Hall. Chuck Nettelhorst was the first person I met when he came to the house to hook up our gas stove. Mary Ellen Miller delivered milk to us. When she stopped to collect, we would always have a little chat. Louise Sheets had just opened "The Little Shoppe". When doing other errands, I would stop in for a visit with her. The shop was full of so many interesting things. Anne and Susie noticed the pretty earrings she always wore. Seeing the case full of them, they asked if she put on a new pair everyday and then put them back in the case. Luretta Day welcomed the little girls when I took them to the Methodist Sunday School. I was invited to join Search Light Club. It didn't take long for us to feel that we belonged here. Anne started School in the fall of 1941. Susie, age four, missed her very much. Several times a day she asked when Anne would be coming home. Mr Strosnider, our neighbor, was putting sidewalks in front of our house. She spent the day watching. He later told me that she had announced to him a coming event. She was wearing a pair of blue coveralls that had been Anne's. She told him she was saving hers for the brother. In April 1942 Uncle Henry came to the house once more and delivered a baby girl, instead. We named her Barbara. During Anne's first year in school she was having tonsillitis often. In the summer she had a tonsillectomy and was hospitalized for bleeding. Frank and my sister Elsie were the same blood type as hers. She had a pint from each of them. My blood went to replace a pint in the hospital blood bank. That was before the Red Cross started the blood donor program. Susie suffered the same fate as Anne when she had a tonsillectomy the following year and also needed transfusions. Same blood type, same donors. After that we decided enough was enough with tonsils. Somehow the others survived the sore throats without going through the ordeal with surgery. In Nov. 1943 , it was Dr. M. W. Livingston who came to the house and this time delivered the "brother", John Franklin. This year the Sunbury Plant received the Army Navy E. Award given for outstanding accomplishment in the war effort. Nescafé was packed in the K Rations of the armed Forces. The company, feeling the need for increased production, purchased an old Brewery in Granite City, Illinois, and converted it into a coffee plant. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9a6925014f04ac28a5c38dbae6790dfc.jpg 5d25b4a3bd93ad6be4b1110c582a1a02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (18) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 16 of From the Beginning] Mr. E. C. Teut was the plant manger here. He left in February to start up the new facility taking Frank along as Asst. Manager. Little did we know it was to be in October before suitable housing could be found. It was a nice old house in Edwardsville, fifteen miles from Granite City. Anne had started fourth grade and Susie second grade in Sunbury. Barbara was two and half years old. John 10 months when we set out for Illinois. Once more Julia came to the rescue. She went along to help with the children and to help get us settled. I had not seen the house at 215 N. Kansas St. before the day we arrived. I was more than pleased with what I found. The neighborhood was all I could have asked for. Grade school within the block, the Presbyterian Church two doors from us and neighbors who soon became good friends. After leaving Julia at the train in St. Louis to return home, we didn't see anyone from home for more than a year, with gasoline rationing. The first Thanksgiving we invited all the Nestle "strays" who had moved there from other places and were unable to get home to be with their families Charlie joined our little group in Feb. 1946. He was born in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Granite City. Arriving about a month before he was expected, Charlie was the smallest of the children weighing in at 5 lb. 5 oz. He was more interested in sleeping than in taking in nourishment. I worried about his slow weight gain. By the time he was a month old he was awake more and hungry. He just needed a little more time to get caught up. By Christmas he was pulling himself up and walking around the play pen, [top right photo: Grandma Bergandine with Susie, John, Anne, and Barbara at 185 Letts Avenue Before We Moved To Edwardsville, Illinois - 1944] [ bottom left photo: Visit to Ohio in Summer of 1946] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/178a72098ef6363af0a97356498cd9be.jpg e8c0c600802d250601a5e7fb24a32cdf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (19) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 17 of From the Beginning] Santa had brought John a little tool box containing saw and hammer. He discovered the rungs of the pen were easy to saw. Charlie soon the opening for his get-away. When I found him crawling around outside the pen, I confiscated the saw and pushed the pen against the wall on the side where the damage was done. To this day John is very good with the saw. His hobby is working with wood. He has turned out some beautiful pieces of furniture. One of them, a little table with cabriole legs, was made from the walnut tree that had been next to our driveway. It sits in my living room. In 1948, Mr. Teut left to start Nescafé production in another plant, and Frank was made Plant Manager. About that time he discovered that he was diabetic. With a change in his diet he was able to control it for a time without insulin. With St Louis only some 20 odd miles from Edwardsville, we were able to go there occasionally for some entertainment and shopping. The children enjoyed the zoo. [top right photo: John in Wooden Jeep Made During Wartime - 1947] [middle right photo: A trip to St. Louis for Barbara, Susie, Anna, B Orahood, Dick Orahood, and John] [bottom left photo: Charlie at Christmas - 1949] [bottom right photo: Grandma Widicus with Charlie, John, Barbara - 1947} http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b630e5cf0cfe8be50c097f288b50d5e5.jpg bf7d18f6be15d4366ffffa3012df6388 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (20) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 18 of From the Beginning] Three times during the school year, the Jr. High went by bus to hear the St Louis Symphony. Susie wanted to be first getting her money in so she would be sure to get a seat on the bus. In summer the Municipal Outdoor Theatre at Forest Park put on some very good light opera. Ice Hockey with the St. Louis Flyers and the Cardinal Baseball team were two special attractions. At the 8th grade picnic, Anne fell and injured her leg. The bone was bruised, an osteomyelitis developed. She was on penicillin and crutches for most of the summer. When she was able to walk without the crutches, she wanted to see the Cardinals play. She knew Billy Southworth in Sunbury. He was manager of the Cardinals. Before he left home for Spring Training he would stop for her when he was taking Carole to school. She and Frank waited by the dugout. It was quite a thrill for her when Billy emerged and talked to them. He was a thoroughly likeable person. When Barbara was about six years old, she and her friend Virginia Kinsman were fascinated with weddings. Virginia's father was minister of the First Presbyterian Church. He would permit the girls to quietly observe the [top left photo: Virginia Kinsman John Barbara - 1945] [top right photo: John, Barbara - 1947] [bottom right photo: Barbara with the New Look. Gone Are the Braids. Her First "Toni" Given by Her Beautician Mom - 1949] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b5b14ff5fad68d94598ca39111421586.jpg dff689ebc997f80b866dadce279ddebb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (21) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 18 of From the Beginning] ceremonies from the balcony. They took it very seriously in their Sunday best, wearing white gloves, their Easter bonnets and carrying their pocketbooks. They felt as much a part of it as if they had been invited guests seated below. The fact that I lived close to the church and was usually at home, I was occasionally called upon to witness a marriage. One day my friend and next door neighbor Lucille Harrison, asked me what was going on. She saw me hanging clothes on the line, and in a matter of minutes I was walking down the street toward the church wearing a dress, heels and lipstick. The next thing she knew I was hanging up clothes again. Seeing me at the clothesline was not unusual, in fact hanging diapers on the line was almost a daily ritual. It was the sudden departure that caused her to wonder. When Mrs. Kinsman called, not wanting to keep the bride and groom waiting, I would get there as soon as possible. Speaking of churches, the Christian church was on the other side of us. Twice during our stay in Edwardsville, young couples thinking our house to be the parsonage, rang our door bell. They asked if the minister was in. They wanted to get married. On the other side of town the Baptist Minister caused us a certain amount of involvement. His name was Boergadine. We received many of his Christmas cards and one year a lovely plant was delivered to our door with a note thinking him for burying her husband. I called the florist and told him the flower was not intended for this address. He insisted that perhaps I didn't remember the lady but he was sure that Rev. Boergadine would know her. I finally convinced him that the Bergandines lived at this address, not the Boergadines. The itinerants passing through town found our door with a certain degree of regularity. One man we particularly came to expect on Christmas morning. On this occasion and in the spirit of the day, I came up with ham and Swiss Cheese sandwiches and a few goodies that I wanted to share. It finally dawned on me the reason they knocked on my door instead of the neighbors, they too thought it was the parsonage. In September 1950, Jim was born in St. Joseph Hospital, Alton, Illinois. The other children all brought their friends home to show him off. Charlie's little friend Jamie Kinsman knocked on the door and asked if she could see the baby. Jamie was a little younger than Charlie, and he sometimes treated her as if he were a little superior. After hesitating he told her she could come in but she was not to touch the baby because he was sterilized. She was used to Charlie's rebuffs. If he told her he didn't want to come out and play, she would go home and come back the next day. [bottom right photo: Charlie, Jamie Kinsman, Jim, John Edwardsville - 1959] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/372bb88a5d07d5d14cd45920a6a86fe2.jpg 74d6a06d44f82d915a5eee4fe2ce0f3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (22) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 20 of From the Beginning] Our good friends. Les and Leanore Marks and daughters, lived across the street. Les was a funeral director. They lived on the second floor in a large old brick Victorian house that sat way back from the street surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Once when Suzanne and Linda Marks with Susie and Barbara were playing house under one of the large evergreens, sweeping the pine needles and sending the dust flying, Susie had an attack of asthma. That night she could scarcely breath. We called the doctor. He came and gave her a shot of adrenalin and left a syringe for another dose. He recommended that we take her next day to a specialist in St. Louis which we did and also at regular intervals for about six months. The treatment worked and she has not been bothered by asthma since. The Marks girls came to our house to play when there was a funeral going on across the street. [top left photo: Back Row: Anne, Susie, Linda Marks, Barbara Front Row: Suzanne Marks, John Across the street at the Mark's in 1946] [bottom photo: Anne Susie Charlie Barbara John 1950] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cd158491a535677c1a5d976a2b2a79a4.jpg 89986df480b9a61da23e4a2b5cb00a65 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (23) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 21 of From the Beginning] The girls had gone from Girl Scouts and Jr. High activities to band and choir in High School. Anne played French Horn which she liked all except the part about carrying the horn to and from school. The director required practice at home. It was quite a walk to the high school. It was always a keen competition for first chair between her and Tommy Reilly. Susie played clarinet in Jr. High but going into high school her interest was in choir. In the tryouts, she was one of the two freshmen to be chosen for the Acappella Choir. As we go into the year 1953, I remember it as one that tested my abilities to cope. First of all in January on a beautiful crisp Sunday morning, snow on the ground, I realized that I would be going to Alton to St. Joseph Hospital. I got the little ones ready for Sunday School and informed Anne she would be in charge until Frank returned later. The little ones did not know that I wouldn't be there when they came home. In a few hours, Frank called home and Anne was able to tell them that they had a a new baby brother, Robert Steven. In March Frank was to leave us for a time once more. The company decided rather than do a complete overhaul on the boilers in the old building in Granite City, they would close the plant. Frank returned to the Sunbury Plant. It being Anne's senior year we planned to wait till June to move. On morning in April, Susie came down stairs with a persistent pain in her side. The doctor suspicioned appendicitis and told me to take her to St Joseph Hospital. He was right. She had surgery that afternoon. All week while [top left photo: Linda Marks, Barbara, Charlie, Jim - 1951] [bottom right photo: Charlie, John , Barbara, Bob, 4 Months, Verna, and Jim Edwardsville, Illinois - 1953] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f0b03ef087333893e007d91f5f0320c7.jpg 7c7f601bbfc4df7ac85a2c49ffbf6769 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (24) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 22 of From the Beginning] she was in the hospital, I went to see her everyday. We managed to keep things going at home with a little babysitting help from my dear neighbors. Bob survived, showing no ill effects with someone feeding him and still another person burping him. My efforts then turned to getting ready for Anne's graduation. A trip to St. Louis shopping was necessary. Frank came for graduation, and we had one week to prepare for the movers. The older children weren't thrilled with leaving their friends. John had but one request. That was that our new place would have some boys to play ball with. He had had it with all the girls. I knew that there was much I would miss about Edwardsville, mainly the people; but if Frank was to be transferred anywhere, I was glad it was to return to Sunbury. Coming back to Ohio we were bringing three boys who were not with us on our trip west. Anne and Susie left by train the day before. when the big moving van pulled away from 215 N. Kansas St. and our car was packed and we were ready to leave, there was quite a group gathered around us to say goodbye and to wish us well. The Marks, Kinsmans, Harrisons and Lucille's mother Grandma Widicus and even the old bachelor, Henry Weidey. It was then that I was made aware of the great impact they had all had on our nine and a half years spent among them. We couldn't have been happier! Frank had been looking for a house in Sunbury from the time he arrived in March. It wasn't until two weeks before we were wanting to move that one became available. An elderly man had died, and his daughter barely had time to close out his belongings before we were here. She assured me that anything I wanted to do to redecorate would be fine. It was a nice old 2 story house, but it did take some doing the next few years to make it seem like home. It was on the corner of High and Harrison Sts. and yes, John got his wish. There were boys in the neighborhood. The boys soon found way to occupy their time. The girls missed their friends, and the routine they had left behind. We bought our first television set which added a new dimension to their summer. After school started Susie got a job working at the drugstore for Mr. Hill some evenings and on Saturdays. Anne started college at Otterbein only nine miles away, but after leaving her there we faced the realization that for the first time she wouldn't be coming home with us and we would just have to get used to it. To close a very busy and eventful year my parents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Christmas Day 1953, with all of their ten children and their spouses. I was especially glad to be back home in Ohio and able to visit them a few more http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c458a16856deaf0d3c72272b13e6d8e.jpg dacccce0c6ac8527b841f6c57c899e66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (25) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 23 of From the Beginning] times in Woodstock before my father died in March, 1954, after surgery for cancer. In the spring John, age 9, was operated on at Grant Hospital for appendicitis. Running true to form he also had prolonged bleeding after surgery. The pattern seemed to be that it took just so long for the bleeding to stop no matter what measures were taken. What a relief it was when finally there were no more episodes, and he was able to come home. By the end of the year we were back nto the swing of things. With all the familiar faces at P.T.A., church and Searchlight Club, it was almost as if we had never left Sunbury. Anne took a summer job at Lazarus, leaving town each morning on the Greyhound Bus to Columbus at 7:00 and returning in the evening at 6:30. The boys playing in the neighborhood knew when they heard the Nestlé whistle that it was 12:00, time for them to be home, hands washed and ready for lunch when their father would be home. [left top photo: Golden Wedding - 1958] [top right photo: Mom and Pop - 1942] [bottom right photo: In Marysville at Aunt Judy's - 1953 Bob is 6 Months] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e59bda87a41ffff182921a6a1da6739c.jpg 6477c8dee13aedabb4a7159a3030fef7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (26) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 24 of From the Beginning] In December Frank celebrated his 25th year with the company. He and I left by train from Columbus at 9:30 p.m. and arrived at Grand Central station, N.Y. at 7:30 next morning. We stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel. Frank had been to N.Y. several times on business, but this was my first trip and what a grand time of year to see the City! To say that it was decorated for the holidays was an understatement. We were met by one of the men from the corporate office from the Manufacturing Dept. who frequently visited the Sunbury Plant, and each day another couple, acted as our hosts to show us the city. The first day we visited the United Nations, then had lunch at the Rockefeller Plaza looking out at the skaters and the huge decorated Christmas Tree. The view of the city from the top of the Empire State Building minimized the size of everything below. Another time we had dinner at the Stork Club. Sherman Billingsley, the owner seated at a table near us, recognized the couple who was with us and had a bottle of Champagne sent to our table with his compliments. After we saw the play, "Can Can" with the original cast. Guy Lombardo was celebrating his 25th year playing at the Roosevelt Grill. We dined and danced to his music with the Warren Bullocks and Harold Colvins. The last evening we were in N.Y. we attended the Annual Christmas Party at Glenn Island Casino. It was a large affair with 600 guests, [photo: Nestle Christmas Party in 1954 at Glenn Island Casino, New York} http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bc029d6379df07c5bae39072bacdaf1c.jpg 9ffefb3c543469b72741c9667f99d3a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (27) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 25 of From the Beginning] the office staff and their spouses. We were seated next to the President, Mr. Dan Notion. It was than that Frank was recognized for his 25 years of service and presented with a gold watch. I have been to N. Y. several times and always enjoyed it but this trip I remember best, five days of pure fun and excitement. We arrived home on the 17th with just enough time to make ready for Santa Caus. I am indebted to my mother. She stayed with the children so that I could go with Frank and also Julia who took Bob, who was not quite two years old. Susie graduated from high school in 1955. Her interest was always in music. In the fall she started at Ohio University. By the end of the first semester she was disappointed in the the music program. She came home and the following year enrolled at O.S.U. About that time when Jim was in the first grade our neighbor, an old gentleman whose name escapes me, died. the previous summer when he was sitting on his porch, Jim and Bob would go over and talk to him. I answered Jim's questions about the funeral and burial and also added that his soul went to heaven. Later I heard Jim explaining it all to Bob who didn't understand about how he was to get to heaven. Jim gave it some serious thought and then said, "They just take the gravity off." Bob said, "Oh". We lost two of our family members in 1956. Grandma Bergandine died in August, having lived to be 78 years old. She was in a wheel chair the last few years. always a joy to be with, the children loved it when she came to visit. In spite of all the commotion that was ever present, ours was the place she enjoyed the most. My sister Elsie Bowerman died the 26th of December. She was 52 years old. She had been wanting ice skates and found a pair under the tree that Christmas. She and her two daughters, who were students O.S.U. went to the skating rink the next evening. She had no sooner started skating when she fell to the ice and was gone almost immediately of an aneurysm in the brain. Elsie was a Phys. E. Major in college and always excelled in sports. She was captain of her basketball team and was an excellent swimmer. Our holidays ended on a very sad note. [photo: Sisters Bertha, Julia, Verna, Mom, Josephine, Elsie Memorial Day -1955] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a8eac62ca9a7fe0260dd3ac5d3b50395.jpg 9a33da98d5926523b7163d63d654907f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (28) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 26 of From the Beginning] Barbara went with members of the Big Walnut Choir to a summer camp at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. She returned home to find that another brother had taken up residence with us. Jeffrey Miles was born on August 5th, 1957 , at White Cross Hospital. Frank had scarcely returned home from White Cross when it was necessary to take Susie to University Hospital. She had had a wisdom tooth pulled several weeks before. There had been some bleeding from time to time, but at this point it continued to bleed in earnest. The eight days that I was required to be in the hospital, Frank went from seeing mother and child to being with Susie while the bleeding continued. Her face swollen with the huge clot that formed. Doctors were undecided as to what should be done as this was most unusual. Finally they did remove the clot and a day after Frank brought Jeff and me home, Susie was able to come home. Having had so many shots she needed a pillow to be able to sit at the kitchen table. Frank was glad to have us all around the kitchen table after eight days of shuttling back and forth between hospitals and the anxious moments he went through with Susie. I laid Jeffrey on the davenport when we came home. Bob was four and a half at the time and remembers running in to check on Jeff several times while we were having lunch. He was fascinated with the little newcomer. Up until now he had been the center of attention. [top right photo: Jeff Gets a Bath on Christmas Morning - 1957] [middle left photo: Bob, John, Jim, Charlie - Christmas 1957] [bottom right photo: Jeff Playing John's Drums] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/20895fdce5bdb9b2a714b7c46ecb19a6.jpg 327d0eff8a1c71c00831a01f5cdde220 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (29) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 27 of From the Beginning] Many exciting events were to come in the next few years. Anne graduated from O.S.U. in June, 1958, and went to Elyria in the fall to teach 4th grade. Outside at recess with the class, she fell on the ice and broke her arm. Unfortunately, being left handed it was her left arm. Bob started to school in 1959. Jeffrey was asked what he would do now that Bob was in School. He said, "I pay wid Wayme". Rayme Saunders was a neighbor and friend of Bob. Once again I was left with just one little one at home till my boys in grade school came trooping home at noon for lunch with their father. Frank was offered the Nestlé Plant in Freehold, N. Jersey to manage. It was presented in a way that left Frank to decide. The opening there came up and since it was a larger plant, they told him it was his if he wanted it. It would have had some advantages at this time. It was actually Barbara who made the decision final for him when she said, "Money isn't everything, Dad." with a pleading look that was not possible for Frank to ignore. [top right photo: Queen Barbara and Her Court at Homecoming - 1958 Her Football Escort Duncan Whitney to Her Left] [middle left photo: Bob, First Grade] [middle right photo: Bob sharing Cake on His 6th Birthday with Neighborhood Friends Left to Right: Jim, Amy Stockwell, Bob, Doug Crowl, Mary Ault, Jeff Tom Crowl, Tom Ruthg, Booby Chaffin] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e99ccd67743c1d837b46cdf6fa1fc5f.jpg f8b0eab3d9b98b1c5164b1033bc8217e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (30) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 28 of From the Beginning] [top left photo: Jim and Bob Sunday School bound in 1958] [top right photo: The Boys in New Christmas Sweats - 1959] [middle photo: Bob, Frank, Jeff, Verna, John, Barbara, Anne, Susie, Charlie January 2, 1959] [bottom left photo: Bob, Jeff at Aunt Judy's 1960] [bottom right photo: Jeff First Grade] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bef6389ce9e9a440512d66e264170a92.jpg 59ca3154b859d150b7710fa72f5d4a4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (31) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 29 of From the Beginning] Sunbury Plant was their Research Plant and Frank was told that this was the decision they had hoped would make. sometimes it took a balancing act to meet production demands and also work out scheduling trial runs for the Laboratory. It required cooperation and the company appreciated Frank's ability to make things run smoothly. In March 1960, Susie graduated from O.S.U. She started teaching Music at Bellville in the fall. We had two graduates that year with Barbara from Big Walnut. That fall she started at O.S.U. John was next to graduate in 1961. He also went to O.S.U. Over the next three years there were three weddings. First Susie to Ed O'Bryan in April 1961; Anne to Larry Stockert in July, 1962; and John and Polly Reynolds in January, 1963. A rather sudden change in the household. Although Anne and Susie were at home only summers, it was not the same without them. John had driven to school from home, and his absence was felt even more. Frank and I were given a three week cruise to the Caribbean by the Nestle Co. As we were basking in the sun from one island to the other we learned on the ship's daily newspaper of the extreme cold in Columbus, Ohio - 25 degrees below zero. Our itinerary included stops at San Juan, St Thomas, St. Lucia, Nevis, St Kitts and Barbados. Always when we went ashore the natives greeting us with music from their steel bands. We left the ship at Port of Spain., Trinidad, the hottest place I have ever been, to spend three nights there with the Nestlé people hosting our stay and showing us around the island. After a picnic on the beach Frank had a case of sun poisoning with swollen hands so that he had to call off a golf game scheduled for the next day. By contrast, coming into the hotel out of the sun, the lobby was so cold it almost made your teeth chatter. The one main road on the island was built by the G. I.'s. during World War II. [photo: Frank in Nestlé's News - May 1961] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/066043f0c5536a8b4eb007ed830a19d2.jpg c7663da688c3c9d149c1d7d53440b737 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (32) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 30 of From the Beginning] We flew from Trinidad to Kingston, Jamaica. The Director of Nestlé Operations, Mr. Hay, an Englishman, met us; and he and his wife showed us many interesting places the three days we spent there. The Straw Market and a visit to the Governor's Rose Gardens were some of the places. Mrs. Hay was a good friend of the Governor's wife. I didn't get to meet her as she was as they say, "On holiday in England." I must say that roses do beautifully in Jamaica, but then the climate is ideal for both roses and people. One evening the Nestlé driver drove us and Mr. and Mrs. Hay to Blue Mt. Inn for dinner. Our table was before a fire on the hearth and dessert was the famous strawberries grown on the hillside. I remember Arthur Godfrey on his radio show telling about his experience there and commenting on how great the strawberries were. He was right! Mr. Hay showed Frank some of the Nestlé facilities. Our stay in Kingston went very fast and next we were driven about 3 hours to the northern shore to Ocho Rios where we stayed three more days at the Plantation Inn. One thing I noticed on all the islands where we had dinner, it was always served in the open under the stars. Their insect control must have been very effective because I never saw a fly or mosquito which always seem to want to share in the fun on our outdoor events here. At ocho Rios on the beach I polished off my already very deep suntan. In fact when all the kids came to the airport to meet us, they recognized Frank as we came down the steps of the plane; but they wondered who he had brought back with him. [photo: Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1963] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a5466e581fef09a1dd13c36a8604de6f.jpg 7bc92b93d2e995eec260c9206e55240a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (33) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 31 of From the Beginning] We were driven to Montego Bay where we took a plane to Miami and on home by evening. Susie and Ed and one month old Christopher stayed with the children while we were gone. It was at this time we bought my first clothes dryer. With all my eight children, it had to be my first grandchild whose diapers were dried in it. Of all the housewifely duties I performed through the years, I think I enjoyed washing most and that included hanging clothes on the line. However, I soon realized the dryer was a better way. I wondered how many miles of clothesline full of socks I had fastened to the line with clothespins. The Surgeon General of the United States came on T.V. with the long awaited announcement of the findings of the Cancer Society on the direct connection between smoking and lung cancer. The date was Saturday Jan. 11, 1964. Frank and I had decided before hand that if what he had to say was bad news we would give up the habit. It was bad news, and we did not buy any more cigarettes. With only ten left in the house we made them last till Monday morning, and that was it! Frank had taken up smoking out of boredom in 1944 when he was in Illinois for several months with the family. Later in 1949, I decided to give it a try, being convinced by the advertising that claimed if you only "reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet" maybe I could lose a few pounds. Trouble was there would be days go by that I would forget to smoke. Finally I learned to enjoy them. Most of my friends had smoked for years, but I had had no desire to try it. Smoking was never spoken of as being harmful to health. At least people now are fully informed about why they should not smoke. It took two weeks before I didn't want a cigarette. I started new projects that would keep my mind and hands occupied. Frank's battle with kicking the habit required much more strength of character as he was surrounded by smokers everyday. Charlie was next to graduate from high school. The following February on Valentine's Day, he was struck by a car on the square in Galena. He had stopped his car and had gone around behind it when a classmate thinking to give Charlie a scare pulled in toward him. Charlie looked up to see headlights in his eyes and at that moment was pinned between the two cars. Obviously the boy's judgement in executing the prank was faulty to say the least. On impact Charlie's car was pushed up the incline onto the grass on the other side of the sidewalk. His glasses and shoes were found several feet away. Deep cuts in both legs, one to the bone continued to bleed for several day. Many blood transfusions were required. He didn't lack for donors. Friends came forth to offer their blood for him. It was nip and tuck for a time before the bleeding stopped. It http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1c08dc3b2dc9c95e1b313d5809da8441.jpg df7a360e9af22dbf5eccb8766fc3f28e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (34) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 32 of From the Beginning] was three weeks before he was able to come home from Riverside Hospital. I++t took a little time before his legs wanted to function as usual. I remember him telling how scarry it was the first time he started across the street downtown with the green light and hoping to get there before the light changed. In March 1966 my mother died. She was 82 and until the last few months had always been well and very active. Flowers in her garden was her delight in summer. Always a fresh bowl of sweet peas on her kitchen table. "The way to keep them blooming is to pick them everyday", she said. All my sisters and I enjoyed gardening as much as she did. She had the advantage of having rich black loam soil which didn't require as much coaxing to get the best results. A little manure from the barn and her dahlias, gladiolas and asters, which she called fall roses, were real prize winners. Anyone who stopped by always left with and armful of whatever was ready in her garden. I think that describes her best. Her generosity was seen in all her actions. She said, "I enjoy them more if others have some of them, too". When the children were small and I had little time for flowers I was content with the offerings the little boys brought to me. I probably had the first dandelions and violets spotted in the neighborhood. How pleased they were when I made a fuss over their bouquets and would look for just the right glass to hold their little short stems! We started our new house at 217 High St. in August. It can honestly be said that this house was "built upon a rock." It took several days to dig the basement with a bulldozer and truckloads of rocks were hauled away. We moved in on the 15th of December, 1966. Only the three younger boys were at home. Charlie did not move with us as he and Cheryl Saunders were married a few days [upper right photo: Mom at Her 80th Birthday Party April 16, 1964] [bottom right photo: Digging the Basement at 217 High Street - August 1966] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cbd71ed8f652a177140c706403839d0c.jpg f22a33cfc6e93714eb0dd3249cfe0fe0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (35) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 33 of From the Beginning] before. It was an exciting time to be settled in the new house and have the children and grandchildren here for Christmas that first year. The large family room in basement was more than adequate. Barbara and Duncan weren't able to be with us until the next day. She was working in the University Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. where Duncan was in law school at the University. We were glad to have them for a few days after Christmas. The next two years were busy ones for Frank. A new product has many problems to solve before the first batch comes off the line. Several engineers were hired to get the equipment ready with the bugs ironed out before Tasters' Choice, a freeze dried instant coffee was in production. Heavily insulated suits and boots were required for the workers in the "Cold Room". The men spent a limited amount of time on that detail because of the extreme low temperature before they were relieved by the next shift. The Sunbury Plant produced the first Nescafé in 1939, Nestea in 1946 and now in 1968 Taster's Choice made it's debut on the market. In 1969 Jim graduated from Big Walnut then started school at C. I. T. Bob in 1971 and on to O. S. U. When Jim and Julia Dudas were married it was just Bob and Jeff at home. The sun did not set on the day of the wedding before Bob had moved all his belongings from the room he had shared with Jeff into Jim's room. Bob looked at the wedding not so much as losing a brother around the house but as a joyous occasion when he acquired his own room. The feeling was mutual as Jeff expressed much satisfaction in having his own space, also. Jeff was the last to graduate from Big Walnut. From Sept. 1941 when Anne started to school it was 34 years of contact with the schools. I had mixed emotions with it all coming to an end. No more PTA. When 7th and 8th grades were in Galena Building it meant membership in two of them. Always room mother for one of the children, programs to attend when on of the children performed, Band, boosters and so many other reasons to be involved. Almost half my life to that point keeping schedules and seeing that the children of all ages were where they were supposed to be and on time. Not only grade school but also high school and college to say nothing of always a little one keeping me company at home until Jeff started to school. And now looking back over the years that were so important to me, I have to think that I must have been about the happiest person alive in all this tangled web of activity that some how seemed perfectly normal to me at the time. I suppose one can say that from this phase of my life I had arrived at retirement the same year that Frank retired from the Nestlé Co. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f026976f7b47a5e3bd175082fa7dd375.jpg ff3d68025a4ed2a85edc55367025522c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (36) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 34 of From the Beginning] [top left photo: Anne - '53] [top middle photo: Susie '55] [top right photo : Barbara '60] [ middle left photo: John '61] GRADS [middle right photo: Charlie '64] [bottom left photo: Jim '69] [bottom middle photo: Bob '71] [bottom right photo: Jeff '75] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e5db17c898c31499f1d4e27c580f138f.jpg 1ed537383b1a8ddd60312710d2b1cbd0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (37) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 35 of From the Beginning] Blue Chip Profile Sunbury Executive Heads Two Organizations Frank D Bergandine heads up two large organizations in nearby Sunbury, Ohio: his family with eight children and 11 grandchildren and the Nestle Co. Inc. plant of 240 employes. Bergandine, 63, has been Nestle plant manager since 1953. He stands as Sunbury's leading industrialist. On average the company employs one of every nine Sunbury residents. In former years, soft-spoken Bergandine has served as president of Sunbury Lion's Club, which another businessman said is as close to a chamber of commerce as the town has, and the Big Walnut Band Boosters Association. He and Verna, his wife, served on the committee that coordinated Sunbury's sesquicentennial celebration in 1966. Mrs. Bergandine is the former Verna Cushman of Woodstock in Champaign County. She a former president of Sunbury PTA and now serves on the official board of Sunbury United Methodist Church. A lot of Bergadine's leisure time goes to golf. He is a member of Sunbury and Blackhawk golf clubs. AS OF TODAY, Bergandine has been with Nestle exactly 44 years. It was in 1929 that he took a factory job at Nestle's plant in Marysville. He had worked two months before that for Scott Seed Co. after graduation from Marysville High School. He worked in production five years, then spent four more in the control and research laboratory. In 1940, Bergandine was transferred to Sunbury in charge of the plant's laboratory. Four years passed and when Nestle opened a plant in Granite City, Ill., Bergandine went there as assistant plant manger, becoming manager in 1947. He returned to Sunbury as plant manager six years later. Four of the Bergandine children are graduates of Ohio State University and fifth is a junior there now. THE NESTLE Co. has owned the plant since 1918, when Nestle's only business was milk products. Until that year , the plant was the Sunbury Creamery, founded circa 1895. Nestle, whose parent company is headquartered in Bevy, Switzerland, has corporate U.S. offices in White Plains, N.Y. Since 1967, when major rebuilding was done at the plant, main product from Sunbury has been freeze-dried, instant coffee. Bergandine said the process was developed for production between staffs at Sunbury and Marysville Nestle plants and was an industry first. Bergandine said the facility, in 1939, started the first successful, commercial production of instant coffee, a lot of which went into Army K rations during World War II, and its instant tea was probably first in the industry. BESIDES FREEZE-dried coffee, the operation today produces a non-dairy creamer and fills containers with some products shipped from other company plants. Coffee beans for the plant come from abroad. But Bergandine gets questions about producing his own. A seven-foot tall coffee tree, given to him as a seedling by an employee, is nearing the ceiling of his paneled office. (R. N. Moore) [photo: F. D. Bergandine] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/54881a1df5b783e77b35feaa5b58b69b.jpg 29ee0b7bd1d5c47fd3b2879df61a0c45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (38) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 36 of From the Beginning] In Retirement [top left photo: 1975] [middle right photo: Nestlé Quarter Century Party 1976] [bottom left photo: Frank in Nestlé Golf Tournament 1978] [bottom right photo: Two Nestlé Men Frank and Jeff] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a5363f6a6632de7a59c6be5ae8be5c1f.jpg 8dfc44a2a07220f6f30df514f33f1381 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (39) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 37 of From the Beginning] Jeff was off to O.S.U. where he made the Marching Band and had the thrill of playing at the Rose Bowl. We were off to Europe on a three week tour which the Nestlé Co. provided for Frank's 46 years of service. Our itinerary was planned to the smallest detail. We knew before we left home where we would be and which of our Nestlé friends would be showing us the sights in each country. When the men from the plants in Europe visited the U.S. they always spent some time in Sunbury, it being their experimental plant. Our first stop was London. We arrived there a day before our luggage. Luckily our carry on bags contained all the essentials. They delivered our bags to the hotel the next morning. In London Don and Patricia Cunliffe were our hosts. Don was Plant Manager at the Hayes Factory. Patricia had accompanied him the summer before on his visit to the U.S. and they spent several days in Sunbury. They were very gracious and one evening invited their close friends to join us for dinner at their home. For sightseeing a tour guide picked us all up in her car every morning for the day's agenda of places we wanted to visit, then back to the hotel to dress for dinner. Near the end of our stay, I jokingly said to Patricia that I thought the English had taken a bum wrap from some who accused them of eating only roast beef an boiled potatoes. She asked me if I had not noticed that we had dined each evening in French restaurants known for their fine cuisine. At any rate, there were no complaints about the fare. Frank and Patricia managed a game of golf. Neither Don nor I are golfers so we dropped them off at the Country Club and with their six year old son, Adam, he and I toured a couple of very old churches in the country side near by. One of them was [photo inserted into article: Frank D. Bergandine] Nestle Plant Manager Retires After 46 Years of Service Frank D. Bergandine, who has been plant manager of The Nestle Company's soluble coffee plant at Sunbury for the past 22 years will retire Sept. 1. He has been with Nestle a total of 46 years and during that time became involved in the production of many Nestle's " firsts" which have positioned the company as a major soluble coffee and tea manufacturer. Bergandine started as a general factory worker in 1929 at Nestle's Marysville plant which at the time made condensed and evaporated milk and milk powders. In 1935 he joined the plant's Quality Control Research Laboratory. Five years later he was promoted to supervisor of both the laboratory and of manufacturing at the Sunbury plant, which had been built in 1939 for the first manufacture of Nescafe. Since then this product has become the world's largest selling brand of instant coffee in the world. When Nestle build a new plant at Granite City. Ill., in 1943 to produce Nescafe instant coffee for World War II armed forces, Bergandine first became its assistant plant manger in 1944 and then plant manager in 1947. Bergandine returned to Sunbury in 1953 to take over as plant manager, and was responsible for the first US manufacture of Taster's Choice freeze-dried coffee in the 1960's. This is now the top-selling freeze dried coffee in the country. And he also managed the first production of Taster's Choice Decaffeinated in 1971, now the leading brand of decaffeinated freeze dried coffee in the country. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2241ff19abecce0d2b2bf440ab9c3073.jpg e1f5c3360d0b1df24ee17cc3f94d914f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (40) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 38 of From the Beginning] 500 years old, made of stone and still in use. The graveyard was interesting with the old tombstones, one of them was Sir Thomas Moore, author of "Ellegy, Written in a Country Courtyard". This being the Sunday for Celebration of the Harvest, the altar was laden with produce and according to tradition was to be distributed among the widows of the Parish. I remember fondly the beautiful countryside and the little hamlets we drove through on that day in the fall of 1975. When it was time to bid farewell to England we left from New Haven where we boarded the boat to take us across the channel to Dieppe, France. By the time we were settled in the hotel I began having a strange feeling in my chest. It didn't get any better and by 10:00 o'clock Frank called the desk and asked for a Doctor. There was a decided communication gap between his English and my French but he decided a shot of valium was needed. It must have been a strong dose because I was in slow motion for a couple of days. However the pain left and I managed to get dressed and accompany Frank to lunch the next day which had been planned for us with the management of the Nestlé Plant. The French really know how to entertain. I was sorry I couldn't show a little more enthusiasm at the five course luncheon. The best I could manage was a few nibbles. They served a different wine with each course and were very hospitable and entertaining. They took me back to my room and I slept all afternoon and most of the next day. The following day we left by train for Paris. I had to leave Dieppe with exploring the town and sights nearby. We were met at the station by a gentleman we didn't know but he and Frank had mutual friends in the company. He was very helpful in getting us settled in our hotel and then took us to dinner. The next evening he and his wife accompanied us to dinner, at the Eiffel Tower. We spent almost an entire day at the Louvre. It was only a block from the Concorde Louvre Hotel where we were staying. I was getting awfully tired but I thought the chance that I might pass that way again was nil and I just had to see as much as I possibly could. Another evening we went to the Lido for dinner and saw a show that was a real extravaganza. The tables were arranged around the stage on three sides. The show opened with cowboys riding horses racing down the center stage for a wild west act. Then the floor changed to ice and the skaters put on a show. A desert scene with camels and veiled women entertained. Topless dancers descended the stairs with their ornate headdresses of feathers so tall that it looked as if it were a real feat for the girls to keep from toppling over. Another day of sightseeing in Paris and then we left from Orly Field for Barcelona, Spain. We were met by Juan Roccomora. I saw this handsome man standing alone, I told Frank that he was was our host. Frank said, "What makes you thing so?' I told http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f1c71fdd9890dc000837fb7acfb6fe3d.jpg 2817d7adfe7e94bcf8374b86b028a68c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (41) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 39 of From the Beginning] him that he was definitely a Spaniard and he was looking for someone. When our eyes met he came forward and asked if we were the Bergandines. From that moment he was in charge of seeing to it that our stay in Barcelona was most enjoyable. He and his wife Carmen picked us up each morning at the Diplomat Hotel and we were off for the day. Along the Costa Brava we stopped at a little Inn and had a fisherman's lunch. Traveling in another direction along the Mediterranean the scenery was spectacular against the deep blue of the water. In Barcelona Harbor we saw Christopher Columbus pointing west and the Castle where Queen Isabella knighted him on his return from his voyage to the New World. The Roccomoras planned to visit the U.S. in 1977 to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. To prepare for it Carmen and their two teenage sons were being tutored in English. When we rode along together in the back seat on our tours Carmen would ask me to repeat words so she could hear me pronounce them. She said her teacher was good but when she spoke in English it still sounded like Spanish. We looked forward to seeing them again and for the opportunity to show them around our area. Unfortunately about a year after we had seen them we received a letter from Juan saying Carmen had died of cancer. Although our acquaintance with them was of short duration they lift a lasting impression with us. Our next stop was Nice, France where we spent a couple of nights along the Riviera. Then on to Geneva, Switzerland. The old hotel where we stayed in Vevey, the Trois Couronnes, had quite a history. Built on Lake Leman in 1840 on the site of a 13th Century Castle, it boasted a roster of guests that contained names of crowned heads of governments as well as many important travelers. On leaving we were presented with a book from the hotel containing pictures and signatures of many of them. One of them was Paderewski shown practicing on one of the grand pianos in the ballroom for a music festival in 1913. The scenes that met the eye from our window was one I am not likely to forget. In the distance the misty Alps majestically pointed skyward changing reflections on the lake as the sun changed positions throughout the day. The first evening we were there Dr. Carl Angst, head of the Nestlé Co., drove us to a quaint Mountain Inn for dinner. Saddle of deer was the specialty that evening - a new taste for me which I thought was quite good. The next few days we spent touring the countryside with different hosts stopping at places of interest. One day at a very high elevation we came to Gruyere Castle. looking down at the valley below at the cattle and goats, their tinkling bells playing a tune as they grazed on the hillside is the picture that comes to my mind when I think of Switzerland. We had lunch in a little restaurant on a road leading up to the castle. We chose the http://66.213.124.233/files/original/25a87a5f40fa899254a57c82468e7458.jpg 15c56694bd1a239af83f816c27efc32f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (42) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 40 of From the Beginning] one that offered only a Swiss Menu. A slab of Gruyere Cheese on a toaster of sorts was placed on the table from which we scraped slightly melted cheese onto the smallest of red potatoes, boiled with the skins on, and served with small sweet gherkins, delicious hot bread and butter, strawberries and cream and of course wine. The cheese was made in the village nearby and was out of this world. We visited the large Corporate Office of the worldwide Nestlé Co. Frank, having spent his entire working life in it's service, really enjoyed seeing where the important decisions were made that were responsible for all it's fine products. To top off Frank's enjoyment of our visit Switzerland, Dr. Angst had arranged for a game of golf on our last day. Unfortunately it rained the entire day. We left for Rome that evening with a rain check for a game at Black Hawk on his next trip to Sunbury. We spent the last two days of our tour viewing the ruins of the Ancient City, many of which I recognized from pictures in my Latin book. I mention this because my teacher, Miss Hunter, had been to Rome and enjoyed telling the class about what she had seen. When our translation had to do with a particular building we would ask the right questions we could get her started on that. We always expressed a great interest in learning how it was. That reduced the time for translation. If we really hadn't studied our vocabulary for the day we didn't have to expose our lack of preparedness. Miss Hunter was near retirement age and was probably on to our scheme but she was a good sport and made Latin more interesting. It happened that we were there on Sunday and on the visit to the Vatican we saw the Pope making his appearance from the window and blessing the huge crowds of people. And Miss Hunter, whenever you are, I do thank you for whetting my interest in Rome with your stories. I enjoyed seeing the Old Colosseum and could picture in my mind all the events that took place when Julius Caesar watched from the stands. Veni, vidi, vici - We left for home with the feeling that I came, I saw, I conquered. As I write this account of our trip I like to remember all the wonderful sights we enjoyed and the hospitality that was shown us where ever we went. And now back home in Sunbury with the laundry and mail caught up I decided I had better go see Dr. M. W. Liningston about why I wasn't feeling just right. He took an Electrocardiogram. He told me I had had a heart attack and that I should go home and do nothing. Frank took over with the house hold chores. I went in for tests at regular intervals and by April the Electrocardiograms showed much improvement and there didn't seem to be any damage to my heart. As soon as possible I started walking and have continued ever since. It has become so much a part of my early http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2ffea66d2f48a2890b906c19a7a36951.jpg c42fc5b309338240e256a72037a08dba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (43) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 41 of From the Beginning] morning routine that I hate it when the weather is bad. Annette Roberts comes along at 6:30 and our route takes us about 2 miles. When Judy Morris was living she joined us on Greenbrier and the three of us solved many of the world's problems in our discussions as we walked along. We both lost a dear friend. The Bicentennial year was celebrated with several events. One of them was a Tour of Homes sponsored by the Community Library Friends. Six homes were open to the public as a fund raiser on May 16, 1976. From 1 to 6 p.m. over 500 signatures were recorded in the guest book at our house. At this writing we are coming upon Memorial Day which has always loomed large in my life experience. From the time we were children old enough to walk from the church to the cemetery, we formed lines behind my father and Uncle Charlie. With flowers handed us by the women of the church we followed up the hill and hunted a grave with the little American flag on it to lay them on. My father, after seeing to it that no soldier's gave was missed, led us to the spot where one of our leading citizens would tell us why we should always honor our men who served their country. The band that played as we started out in step to the cadence of the drum beat consisted of three old men playing fife, bugle and drum. To this day when I hear the music of a drum and bugle corp I fancy myself in my best summer dress and black patent leather slippers - bouquet in hand. With the exception of the years when I had children in the Big Walnut High School Band, I have always gone "Over home" for Memorial Day. During World War II with the railroad running along beside the cemetery, the speaker and special music always had to stop and wait for trains to to pass, sometimes twice what with all the hauling by rail for the war effort. A large monument stands in the Woodstock Cemetery since 1895. It was built by my great uncle, Warren S. Cushman to commemorate the family and all the men who volunteered in the Civil War from Woodstock. Names of 140 soldiers are etched on a scroll on one side where above them the sculptor's profile is shown with his bugle. He was the company bugler. On the base of the monument are carved the three main branches on the family tree- Cushman, Hewitt and Gifford. On one end is Julius Cushman, brother of the artist in a military fatigue uniform. He was the first Woodcock soldier to die in battle. Beside the scroll of names is the third brother, Charles Anthony, one of the first to enlist in 1861. Warren stands beside the family history on the other side. Members of Woodstock families who have long since moved away come back to see their soldiers names carved on the monument. Time and weather have not been kind to the Portland Cement from which it was made. It has required constant repair to fill the cracks by the artist's two great grand daughters. A few years ago my brother and cousin Bailey Cushman replaced the time worn names in the cement with marble slabs which will be there for time to come. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/aa12de0ebb6a92e4f8d24331a51a0c63.jpg ef4b37e5f467ebf650027dc8bba3b0a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (44) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 42 of From the Beginning] A word about the artist. He was born in 1844, died in 1926 with over 1000 paintings to his credit. He studied at the Corchoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. His portrait of President Rutherford B. Hayes was hung in the Nation's capitol. He exhibited "Spanish Dancing Girls" at the World's fair in Chicago in 1893. The painting later sold for $10,000. Each year at the cemetery on Memorial Day half of the people I see are relatives although none of them reside in Woodstock anymore. There are only two houses where I can name the residents. My sisters and I join my brother in Mechanicsburg for a potluck at noon. In July there is a much larger reunion at Goshen Park and this year we will celebrate Robert's 90th birthday. He is the Patriarch of the family. The tradition of reunion started with the first families of Cushman, Hewett and Gifford. Now it is only the Cushmans who are within range and some of them come from quite a distance. In 1979 we attended Frank's 50th High School alumni Banquet in Marysville. His class was one of those exceptional classes of students that produced several good athletes as well as many strong ties of friendships that continued through the years. His High School Principal, Miss Fern Mills was present, ninety years old at the time, and his baseball coach, Whitney Dutton. It was quite a party that prompted Miss Mills to comment that she was gad to see that nothing had changed their behavior. In 1982. I had another slight heart attack and this time was advised to have an angiogram. It showed a complete blockage of a small artery and also evidence of the [photo: Cushman, Hewitt, Gifford Monument in Woodstock Cemetery] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bd0f131aad42265858caa881eff42e82.jpg 981f82baa2cdc2da698ef6fce134fa32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (45) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 43 of From the Beginning] one suffered in 1975 on a main artery. Medication was prescribed which I have taken even since. Frank had an angiogram two weeks after mine. We told the doctor about his bleeding tendency and was assured by him that of the hundreds of procedures he had performed not one of them had ever bled. Well, he can't make that statement anymore. Frank was scheduled to go home the same day but just before he was to be dismissed his bandages and bedding were soaked with blood. They kept him overnight. The hemorrhaging continued with at least one episode per day for several days. When it was the night of my 50th High School Alumni Banquet he didn't want to run the risk of having to make a sudden exit so Susie drove us to Delaware where we left Frank in the good hands of Nurse Barbara. Susie had the "pleasure" of accompanying me to the party where she met all my classmates about whom she had heard stories through the years. Frank got along through the evening with no problems, but about 2 a.m. we were up changing the dressing. As with the tonsils the little one inch incision at the elbow finally healed. Our annual family Christmas party fell on the 20th of December this year, our 48th wedding date. The children surprised us with a wedding cake, presents and all the trappings of a golden wedding celebration. It was our last one. On June 26th, 1983 Frank died suddenly. At that moment for me the whole world seemed to have stopped. Disbelief and numbness finally gave way to the thankful realization that he did not suffer an extended illness. While I didn't fail to count my blessings for the 48 years of happiness with Frank the wonderful memories made my loss harder to accept. That is where my children came in to help me through this period that I can't imagine facing without them. He had taught well by example. They were there with help, many times even before I would think of needing it. Surely I have been blessed. With eight children, fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren there is always a happening taking place. Birthdays, graduations, weddings, new babies and all sorts of important occasions in between. We never lack for reasons to celebrate. Frank lived to see all but one grandchild, Jim's daughter, Amy. Our first great grandchild, Susie's granddaughter, Brooke Elizabeth was born in 1986. Frank was denied the privilege of knowing any of the great grandchildren. Until last July it was six of one and half dozen of the other. Anne's granddaughter, Olivia Lucille was born in Dearborn, Mi., making it 7 girls and six boys. We looked forward to a little change of scenery in summer when Frank had vacation from work. The years we lived in Illinois we spent that time in Ohio visiting friends and family. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7faf41af120116ed7285a735539d6045.jpg 8d0d945357155d5339befa3ff728f8c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (46) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 44 of From the Beginning] It was exciting when we set forth on the trip. I filled the Coleman Cooler with ham sandwiches, potato salad, cake and fruit. We stopped at a rest area just east of Indianapolis. It was over half way to journey's end, a good time to let the little ones play in the little creek that ran through the park. After that, it didn't seem so long till we came to the Ohio line and were in Ohio Country. the older children still talk about the fun they had at Knightstown, Indiana. After seeing everyone and having such a good time we were all just as eager to start the trip home. Later on in the summer, a trip to Florida with Jim, Bob and Jeff was the destination for our get-away. By then the girls, also John and Charlie, had summer jobs. After they were married some of them moved out of state. We visited them which took us to N. Carolina, Michigan, Virginia and New Mexico. Jeff at an early age could spot the Holiday Inn signs a mile down the road. After riding for what seemed to him like a very long time, he looked forward to a swim in the pool. Also, he pointed out all the Golden Arches that he spied up ahead. And many times during these trips, we heard the question, "Are we almost there?" After the children had all left the nest, Frank and I spent a couple of weeks in Florida each winter. That was as long as we cared to stay. Even with the snow and cold, Ohio was the place we wanted to be. Frank was the last surviving brother-in-law. After he died my three sisters and I spent time together at Siesta Key. Long walks on the beautiful, white beach was how we started the day with sunning and swimming till noon. Evenings we played euchre. Josephine, not an avid card fan, would have no part of bridge which was the game three or us enjoyed playing: so euchre was a compromise. By the time our two weeks were up, we were caught up on family news and much of the past had been gone over. Mostly about people and events that took us back to Woodstock. The next year we would start all over again. We do not go to Florida any more, but each spring the four of us plan something together closer to home. If it is any distance, we have drivers who are willing to see that we get there intact. Susie and Carolyn, Bertha's daughter, are willing to listen to the same old stories and our arguing about events being discussed as to whether it was this way or that. Otherwise Josephine is the "designated" driver. She has [photo: Spring Break 1990 in Siesta Key, Florida Josephine, Julia, Verna, Bertha] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5815f83e173b6d5df6c7689a87790c90.jpg b7fab888bc9e7ae2da5e9d3fb088194e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (47) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 45 of From the Beginning] come many times and driven us to Indiana to her house and brought us back home. She being the youngest of the four, we absolutely forbid her to get old. We were saddened by the loss of two of our young men when accidents claimed their lives. On April 16, 1988, Scott, Charlie's son, met with death on his way to work in his truck. He was not far from the Golf course where he was working when he failed to make the turn. In 1991 on May 10th, Christopher, Susie's son, was on his way home from work at Honda when he was crossing a seldom used railroad with inadequate marking. A train came along at a fast rate of speed and carried his car down the track. Chris was 28 and left his wife Vicki, daughter Brooke, age 5 years, and son Blake, 2 years old. Scott was just through school and on his first job which he liked very much. The loss to all of us left a large void which is hard to understand, but we can only remind ourselves of the joy that they had brought into our lives. They are always with us when we think of the smiles and winning ways of two handsome, tall, blond young men who were very dear to us. Life does not always go along as planned. Divorce results from marriages which were probably not meant to have been. It is never an easy time when that seems to be the only solution but somehow life goes on. Five of my children found themselves in this unfortunate situation. Four of them have since remarried. Charlie and Karen Stevens, from Ostrander, bring Natalie and Angie Stevens into our family. Jim married Debra Winters of Delaware and have a daughter Amy. John and Darcie Dunzwiler from Zanesville married last summer, and Susie and Steve Churchill of Columbus were just married June 15th. Steve has two children, Susan and Steve III. Anne also is divorced and living in Rockwood, Michigan enjoying her children and grandchildren. When my children are happy, I am happy for them. As I bring my story to a close, it occurs to me that there is a side of my personality that I haven't mentioned. and that is the need I have always had to create something with my hands. I wasn't until the children were no longer young before I could find the time to pursue my interests. Perhaps if I had been content to stick to one thing, I could have achieved more success. No sooner than I finish one project I want to start something new. [top right photo: Verna 1990] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e07a335f091c508431bf5ba61eb20aa8.jpg edfece4a2e63ab687a73c398e460f340 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (48) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 46 of From the Beginning] [top left photo: Out to Lunch on my 74th Birthday - 1988 Judy Morris, Betty Jo Guidotti and Me] [top right photo: 75th Birthday Party at Lindeys - 1989] [middle photo: My 80th Birthday Party In Front: Barbara, Susie, Me, Anne, Karen In Back: Charles, John, Jeff, Bob, Duncan, Debbie, Jim] [bottom photo: Sisters Julia, Verna, Josephine At My 80th Birthday Luncheon At Barbara's 1994] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bda9c298a105ffe287583a80bf9b04e3.jpg 283279f761e99838358fb9095cff4c68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (49) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 47 of From the Beginning] However, I always finish what I start. A hooked rug or crocheted lace tablecloth might have taken a year. But I was driven by the desire to see how it turned out. For a few years I was very much in to quilting which was truly a creative process. From the selection of the calico prints that required going from store to store to find, to arranging them as to color. That makes the quilt one of a kind which definitely reflects one's own artistry even though others may use the same pattern. When the adult evening classes in Art were offered at the high school with teacher Bill Fraley, I signed up and spent many happy hours with some of my good friends with similar interests. We were working in oil, and later I had a few sessions in water color with Ruth Firestone. I mean to get out the paints again; and if some other project doesn't get in the way, I probably will. The trees we planted in the yard 30 years ago have grown so tall they shade my flower beds. I must hunt for a sunny spot here and there to plant any thing at all. I love the trees and have to accept the fact that I can't have it both ways, but I do miss the variety of cut flowers from which I can pick and choose to make arrangements for my tables. Also the last summer that my friend, Judy Morris was with us, I enjoyed seeing her face light up when I took flowers to her. From the time I started collecting antiques, I have spent hours removing paint and varnish with all seemed worthwhile when the final finish was being smoothed out and the beauty of the wood came through. I have brought home items from auction sales which had definitely seen better days. In fact at times Frank would doubt my judgement or lack of it. However, he would set to work although grudgingly, on the drawers making them glide smoothly and any other repair that was needed. With the removal of the old finish and the results of my labors in restoring the piece, he was as excited as I was over the transformation. I believe that this sums up the important events in my life that I recall. Although I put off starting it for one reason or another, I have actually enjoyed remembering details that I hadn't thought of until I needed to put them in writing. As much as I enjoyed the places and people I came to know in moving where Frank's work took us, I feel privileged to have spent so much of my life in Sunbury. a good place for family, and friends that make life exciting and worthwhile. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c21027d6343a87f7d8ae83fb6c77faf.jpg 13282fb32c46668002a510cccef1cfeb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (50) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to numbered page 48 of From the Beginning] [photo: Shep and I September 1996] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/79f6fa997eff8b05b7da94b2e99868ed.jpg b287d149cb36aa96a371eed9a17e7da9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning (51) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From the Beginning Description An account of the resource This family history tells the stories of the Bergandine and Cushman families, the Bergandine's world travels, and how it came to pass that Mr. Bergandine became the manager of the Sunbury Nestlé plant. Many photographs are included. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Mrs. Verna Cushman Bergandine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31103203 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Subject The topic of the resource Bergandine family--Genealogy Cushman family--Genealogy Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury--History Verna Bergandine--Personal Narratives--1914-2016 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Community Library, Sunbury, Ohio http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e46eff005a45ecc2fda19f669bb01709.jpg 7affcf99ee85165e7bb252ab3603134b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to front cover of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] William and Anna Bennett Heartlines from Connecticut to Ohio Everett B. Chambers Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 1) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7450ffa3dad97abaa0e3f71437e4e21c.jpg 3e6938517a77e5f91aa3eff6cf1b57d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] William and Anna Bennett Heartlines from Connecticut to Ohio Everett B. Chambers Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 2) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e6528f8a5cfa3f7a91b40f81c09a0cf2.jpg 9167c2c1cf0daaa716aa6e9f5e94dd5a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] William and Anna Bennett HEARTLINES FROM CONNECTICUT TO OHIO Letters of aged parents in Connecticut to their three pioneer daughters in Delaware County, Ohio 1820 - 1845 Everett B. Chambers 7271 Dustin Road Galena, Ohio, 43021 1992 Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 3) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a42f1646e45971c4cb80ec13f4e82020.jpg 67757ffcbd51f6f25642f573e6e0716b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 4 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Acknowledgements grateful appreciation to . . . . . . Mrs. Alice Heath Baker of the Delaware County, Ohio Genealogy Society for her initial suggestion that I embark upon this pro- ject and for her suggestions and encouragement. Miss Roberta Smith and Mrs. Ethel Larkin, of the Mansfield, CT Historical Society for information so willingly provided. First Baptist Church, Sunbury, for the use of their copier. Mr. George Cryder of the Delaware County Historical Society, for his binding of the booklets. The Mansfield CT, Historical Society for permission to use the doctors' pictures from CHRONOLOGY OF MANSFIELD, CONNECTICUT. 1702 -1972 (compiled by the History Workshop of that society). Also, help from the following publications of the Mansfield Society: THAT SACRED PLAN OF PARADISE, Jack Hall Lamb, 1975, Parou- sia Press, Storrs , CT. ON THE TRAIL OF A LEGEND, James H. and Esther D. Barrett, 1978, Parousia Press, Storrs. LISTEN TO THE ECHOES, ROBERTA K. SMITH, 1983, Parousia Press, Storrs. THE DELAWARE GENEALOGIST, SPRING 1989 map. This map and re- search was done by Alice Heath Baker of the Delaware Genealogy Society. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 4) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5a17a7e7b88b570a660efca734b707d1.jpg 30ec4f566a75045e5c7dc31165d6871a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 5 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] "The lines are are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage." Psalm 16:6 Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 5) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1884c699b89fd7fd4f6534a8b67c7d9d.jpg 34b70a3e565ffb9cecdfdc967f719fb7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 6) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 1 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] INTRODUCTION Most of the twenty-three letters which comprise this booklet were written by an elderly Connecticut couple, William and Anna Bennett (my great, great, great grandparents), to their three daughters and families, who had emigrated to Orange Township in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1818. Many of the descendants of the three daughters still live in Delaware County. Among the county surnames of the descendants include Ross, Crowl, Rae, Roy Walk- er, Bailey, Ward, Fisher Howard, Buell, Wigton, Powell, Nisbet, and Chambers. The background of these letters is fascinating. The bundle of letters was found in the attic of the home that Nathaniel Barr- rows built ca.1840 on the east side of Alum Creek in Orange Twp. The letters remained in the attic of the Barrow home for 130 years or so. It would seem probable that the letters were sel- dom or never read during this period, given the excellent state of preservation of the missives. The letters were found by the last occupant of the house, Mrs. Bertha Ferson (great, great granddaughter of the Bennetts) in the late 1960's. She, having little interest in such things, gave them to my aunt, Mrs. Laura Barrows (whose husband, Kyle, was descended from Nathaniel Bar- rows' brother, Orrin, who is frequently mentioned in the letters). Although Mrs. Barrows was intensely interested in local history, she turned the letters over to me, inasmuch, as I am descended from the Bennetts, but neither she nor her husband was. I read the letters with great interest, but was unable to do anything with then until I retired a few years ago. To prevent further deterioration, I encapsulated each page between two sheets of polyester. Finally the letters have been typed and bound as a booklet, along with this introductory material. The letters are 16 inches by 8 inches. They were so folded that each letter consisted of two pages, with both sides used. Every inch of space was utilized and often a letter contained several messages from Connecticut family members, or more than one letter, written on the letter itself, as no envelope was used. They were sealed with an orangish wax, which can still be seen on the orig- inal letters. The postage during the period covered by the letters, was twenty five cents. (Note the "25" on many of the addresses). The cost- ly postal fee was paid by the recipient, not the sender, and must have been a hardship at times. The handwriting (note sample page) was very legible, always black ink and carefully written. Apparently, they didn't feel the need to hurry as we often do. I feel privileged to possess these letters and realize anew the heritage that is mine. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d6d53d91aba3e253ab256b058bb0c872.jpg ca77fac7f234dbf32dea435b6bfbe052 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 7) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 2 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] BACKGROUND OF THE WILLIAM BENNETTS William Bennett and family lived on a farm in the town^1 of Mansfield, Connecticut. The location of the farm had been determined and the stone foundations of the house and outbuildings are apparent. The cellar can be seen (which was considerably smaller than the house itself) with the step to the outside. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Larkin, local history enthusiasts who live near the site, have explored the area, which is now grown up to woods. The have measured, photographed, and drawn the layout of the house and other build- ings. They have discovered that the house stood as late as 1957. A doctor was the last occupant. Apparently, the house was rather elegant for a farm family. Mrs Larkin recently talked with an elderly woman who has lived next door to the old Bennett farm since 1930. In a letter to me, Mrs. Larkin describes the house as the neighbor remembers it: "It was a beautiful, big charming house. Every room had a fireplace, the house was paneled, and the kitchen had big stone central chimney with a bake oven. It had an ell, and that is what is left now. In the ell was a summer kitchen and a shed beyond that. The house was two stories high and sat on a knoll. A doctor owned it . . . and he sold the paneling to a builder, who she (the neighbor) thought came from Hartford. The house was torn down and there was also a fire. The foundation of the original house was all filled in, including the chimney base, which was as large as a room. Her comment: 'Somebody of means must have built that house.' " The area of Mansfield town where the house and farm was located is known by the strange name of "Mansfield City, and, in fact, the road on which it was located was Mansfield City Rd. The name is strange because the area is completely wooded. Only the stone walls, made from stones gathered from nearby fields many decades ago, remind us that this was once an agri- cultural community. but never was anything resembling a city. Many references in the letters remind us that, indeed, this was a farm family, as most of the populace were. William speaks of his livestock, crops, fruits, vegetables, maple syrup, cider and other food products and we can imagine their cellar overflowing with that which the fields produced. 1. A town in Connecticut is comparable to a township in Ohio http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1ff3f1874e0e9b0c68f681df0f39044b.jpg b24e0225b52d972dccd1612fb80a0424 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 8) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 3 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] The Mansfield area was early known for its silk production. Silk proved to be a great cash crop for the money-starved farmers. The letters mention the silk industry on several occasions, and, indeed, that part of Connecticut was the center of the silk production for the new republic. The first silk mill in the nation was located in Mansfield. The building was relocated to Dearborn, Michigan in 1930, and is now a part of Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. As for Mansfield, and the Ben- netts in particular, one can picture the wives and children of the extended family picking the mulberry leaves to feed the silk worms. In the early part of the nineteenth century, especially after the War of 1812, "Western Fever" hit the people of New England. As for the reason why three daughters of the Bennetts, along with their husbands, and at least one small child, would abandon the security of Connecticut for the dangers and uncertainties of the Ohio frontier on 1818, Ethel Larkin writes: ^2 "Going west was not easy, but the land was so much easier to farm. the blight which killed the mulberry trees changed Mansfield forever." Of special interest to me, having served as an American Baptist pastor for almost 35 years, is the fact that the Bennetts were devout Christians. Early records indicate that William Bennett joined the Baptist Church in Mansfield in 1789. At that time the state church in New England was the Congregational Church. The Mansfield congregation of the established church was the First Church of Christ. Since there was no separation of church and state yet in Connecticut, all citizens were required to pay taxes to support the established church. The only way this could be avoided was for a certification from a dissenting church to be given. William was given such a certification: "This may certify that William Bennett of Mansfield hath joined to the Baptist Society in Mansfield and doth attend meetings with the Baptist Chh and contribute for the support of the same according to their order of said chh. Mansfield, July 16, 1789 Eleazar Wright, Clerk of the chh 1. My Aunt Laura Barrow often spoke of the "silk room", one of the bedrooms of the rambling home built by Orrin Barrows and in which lived. Apparently, silk making continued in Delaware County, Ohio, for a short time. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7a8596de09e0e14e9d2622610c4a357d.jpg ce4ceb37cc7cefb8c8a16187387a6a68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 9) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 4 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] In 1809 William and Anna Bennett became charter members of the Spring Hill Baptist Church in Mansfield, now the First Baptist Church. The former church was doubtlessly a separatist church as there was separatist church in Mansfield from 1745 to 1769. Since the terms "Baptist" and "separatist" were often used interchangeably, probably the 1789 church was more of a separatist church, which died out in a few years. In 1811 William was appointed as the second deacon and later was licensed to preach. The title of "deacon" was carried by William the remainder of his life. His will and his tombstone both designate him as Deacon William Bennett. From the letters we learn how important the church was to this Connecticut family. Scripture is frequently quoted and after grandson, Blake Barrows, age 19 , visited his Connecticut grandparents for the first and only time, Grandfather Bennett wrote him a tender letter, urging him to follow the ways of the Lord and to remember his Creator in the days of youth. Although the Presbyterian Church was the dominant church on Alum Creek, we know that some of the descendants of the Bennetts embraced the Baptist faith. For instance, grandson, Aaron Buell (son of Jeremiah and Emelia Buell) was memorialized upon his death in the Cheshire Baptist Church and had been a member of the Free Baptist Church at Rome Corners in Berkshire Township for many years. The lives of William and Anna Bennett and their children were to a great extent influenced by the Baptist Church of Spring Hill. John Hunt, pastor of the church from 1830 to 1835, is surely a relative to Anna Hunt Bennett. It is my guess that he was her brother. But the Bennetts, Hunts, and Barrows were all a significant part of the church on the hill. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f69b0b246a4f7b97e417de2226f4f3ee.jpg 36bb6257e8208feae23466deb45046b0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 10) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 5 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] GENEALOGY OF THE WILLIAM BENNETT FAMILY Nathaniel Bennett - Mary_______ b. 1720 b. ? d. 18 Oct. 1800 d. 22 July 1813 Moved from Stonington , CT to Mansfield , CT in 1750 __________________________ | William Bennett, Sr. b. 16 Dec. 1762 d. 12 Nov. 1839 m. 3 May 1787 John Hunt - Mary Abbe b. ? b. 10 Oct 1744 d. ? d. ? m. 24 Mar 1763 ___________________________ | Anna Hunt b. 27 Jan. 1764 d. 14 Apr. 1848 Children of William and Anna Bennett: *1. Emelia BUELL b. 29 Oct. 1789 d. 1861 m. to Jeremiah Buell, 30 Oct. 1820 *2. Mary BARROWS b. 25 Mar. 1793 d. 29 Apr. 1862 m. to Nathaniel Barrows, 2 Feb. 1817 3. William Bennett, Jr. b. 9 Nov. 1795 d. 5 June 1880 m. To Harriet Dunham, 5 Jan. 1817 *4. Ann Harriet Waters b. 21 Apr. 1799 d. 1839 m. to Charles Waters 5. Theoda Crane (Crain) b. 24 Apr. 1803 d. 31 Mar. 1890 m. to Charles Crain, 4 Nov. 1821 * Emigrated to Delaware Co., Ohio. Emelia, as a single girl was in the party that emigrated to Ohio in 1818. Ann Harriet was not in the party and apparently moved to Ohio prior to 1818. Mary and husband Nathaniel were in the 1818 group, along with his parents, Soloman and Prudence Barrows. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ebbfd9c54f96596f511b61f2089d24d1.jpg 04bf77ebe161e5c901011eb2dc8691f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 11) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 6 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] The home of Lt. Thomas Barrows (1716-1802), Tolland County, Connecticut (town of Mansfield). Thomas was the father of Soloman Barrows (1752-1833). The house was built ca 1787. It is possible that this is the home that Soloman left when he came to Ohio in 1818. He surely lived in it some of the years of his life in Connecticut. The picture came down to me from Grandma Chambers, a great, great granddaughter of Lt. Thomas. During a reunion of the Barrows in 1902, held at the home of Philo Barrows, several of these pictures were given out to representatives of various families present. The pictures were gift of John W. Barrows of Denver, Colorado. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b48d75227e4c11c571c0783f3045d187.jpg f29da11de0c9f54b11731a5e5cb2f4cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 12) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL WALES BARROWS AND MARY BENNETT BARROWS Top: Orville, 1820-1898. Served as mayor of Marshalltown, Iowa, from 1874 to 1877: Betsey Jane, 1826-1907, m. William Bockoven. Bottom: Harriet Ann, 1828-1903, m. Gustin Havens; no picture was available for Blake Wales, 1817-1878, m. Charlotte Janes, moved to Iowa, d. there. The paper five-cent pieces were found in the Havens family Bible. Writing is that of sister Harriet. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d008502f46ef145cb9a790edf472ea55.jpg dbe6d4a5582fa51de207c8071f865fa7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 13) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 7 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] MORE DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL AND MARY BENNET BARROWS. Those indicated by an * are of that blood line. Back Row: Blake Haven*, Mrs. Blake Havens (Clara McKinnie), Octavius Chambers, holding baby Lester Chambers*, Mrs. Octavius (Mary Jane Havens*), Front Row: Flora Chambers Clymer*, Gustin Havens, Mrs. Gustin Havens (Harriet Barrows)*, Ethel Chambers Rofenfels*, Mrs. William Bockoven (Betsey Jane Barrows)*, William Bockoven, Clara Chambers Ross*, Lettie Chambers*. Helen Havens Jaynes* is back of Clara Chambers Ross. The photo was taken in front of the Nathaniel Barrows home, more recently known as the Havens Homestead. Picture was taken in summer of 1886 or 1887. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7549a1cee598a218bdb0e5e24a5c759e.jpg 2dfb83ec0f3d37df8fa93b564eac0ee8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 14) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 8 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] The house that was built by Nathaniel Barrows before 1840. It was in the attic of this home that the Bennet letters were found. The original cabin (1818 or soon thereafter) was built on the east bank of Alum Creek, but due to the dampness of the location the larger home pictured here, was built on high ground. It was located next to the home of his brother, Orrin Barrows. both were located on what was known as the Cheshire -Africa road, now under the waters of Alum creek Reservoir. Five generations occupied the Nathaniel Barrows home, later known as the "Havens Homestead". These occupants were: 1. Nathaniel and Mary (Bennett) Barrows and children: Mary Anna, Blake, Orville, Betsey Jane, and Harriet A. 2. Gustin and Harriet (Barrows) Havens and children: Helen Louisa (Jaynes), Mary Jane (Chambers), Albert Holland, Blake Wales. 3. Blake and Clara (McKinnie) Havens and daughter, Bertha Muriel (Ferson). 4. Bertha (Havens) Ferson and children: John, Harriet (after death of husband, Frank Ferson). 5. Jerry and Harriet (Ferson) Rymer and children. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d8a218d66e0ddf428d8b89fd9650eada.jpg 5d5ed071bfc9db1b022282cb6a8386d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 15) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 9 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] "O, my dear sisters, I cannot tell you my feelings with this poor pen and ink. I want to see you and converse with you face to face . . . . . I hope there is an indisoluable knot between us that neither silence nor distance can break in pieces." -Family members in Connecticut to loved one in Ohio. Here are people communicating at the heart level. Far from the stereotypical New Englander - cold, unemotional - the Bennetts communicated love, warmth, and a deep and intense longing for one another. The lines that connected them with their pioneer families in Ohio were indeed fragile ones. Letter delivery was uncertain at best and took weeks. There were no telephone conversations to buoy the spirits - to give relief from their intense desire to communicate. There were no fly-ins to spend a few precious days together. There were no Thanksgivings shared, now Christmases spent together. No picnics, no family gatherings, no sharing of family secrets, no laughter together, nor comforting in the time of sorrow. All they had were the heart - lines - lines made possible by a postal system that was less that adequate, but which provided much needed, if minimal, communication . . . . . . . . . . . http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2993bb7a1a7bd0a28001aed0c08641cb.jpg 89a6c8f645293b2bba6efe9cac54d7f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 16) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 10 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 1 January - February 1820 Nathaniel W Barrows Esq Orange Delaware County Lewis Settlement Alum Creek Ohio to be left at Berkshire post office Mansfield - January the 27th in the year of our Lord 1820. Beloved sister, It is with pleasure that I now spend a few moments of time in writ- ing to you to inform you of my health which through the blessing of God is very good. Hoping these lines will find you enjoying the same rich blessing. We receive a letter from you January the 11. We wrote one to you I think in December. We was very glad to re- ceive your letter but you some very unexpected news in it. I had flattered myself that you would come home next spring to live. But now expect that I shall be disappointed. I hope that you will answer your own mind and I have know reason to think but what you will. You cannot imagine how much I do want to see you and I hope that you will have come home after your things. If you should come home next spring and stay through the summer, you could get you everything that you wanted. Sally is going to live with us another year and think if you would come and spend the summer with us we should take a great deal of comfort, but I must not think to much about it. If I do, I shall certainly be disappointed. I am now at school. I have been two days. I don't know but I shall go three of four weeks. We have had very cold weather this winter. there has been snow on the ground this several weeks and it is beaut- iful slaying as I ever see. I don't know as I have much knews that I can write to you, but if I could see you, I could tell you a great deal. I want to see the girls very much and their children. Emel- ia, I was in hope that when you had your visit you would come home and let me go, but I am afraid that shall loose my visit to Ohio. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e2540805d7d09f274d8fcb1bb876fc8d.jpg f679e99b5fc143a2458e213dbdaa070b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 17) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 11 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 1 (Continued) It is quite a healthy time with us now. I don't know of but a few people that are sick about here. I would inform you that Les- ter Colman is married. He called to our house with his lady. Her native place is East Hartford. She is quite smart looking. Her name is Mabill Hills. He inquired after you very particular. I believe that Lolima was married before you went away. She is very sick. She has convulsion fits. Storrs Hovey is married to Ester Cogswell. Tell brother Charles his caution was very good but needless for I think you have got the tidde (?) of dancing in the pigs trough to perfection. I don't see but what I am like to left an only daug- hter. I am in no hurry for there is no danger of my getting into the hogs trough but supposing their was, I should as ever be their as anywhere else. I want to see Harriet in her habitation with her great boy very much. I know how Mary's children look, but I don't know nothing about Harriet. Calvin Shumway is married to Almyra Robertson - I would inform you that Dea. Groves wife is dead. Mr. Stephen Webb is dead. Mr. Jonathan Sloniel died in a few weeks after you went away and Whitman Clark's wife. Erastus Storrs died yesterday. He was unwell four days. Alven and Ira Bennet's wives are just as they was when you went away. I don't know as their is any al- teration in them. I want to see you all more than pen can describe or tongue express. Do all write to me often. Please give my love to brother Wales. Esq., and Mary, Charles, and Harriet. Sally remembers her love to you and says you must remember the spoons. So tell Mary and Harriet to write me one letter and write everything and not slow it up one bit. Charles remembers his love to you and now I must leave room for others and I come to a close by charging you to write often. I remain you sincere friend. T. B. Please to give my unacquainted respects to Mr. J. B. Emelia, I want you should come home to be married very much and I wait on you as handsomely as I know how. Do come. February the 3, 1820. Emelia, I take this opportunity to write a few lines to you to in- form you of my health. I was taken quite unwell the first of Sep- tember and did but very little of anything for three or four months, but I enjoy a comfortable state of health for which I have great reason to be thankful. I was exceeding glad to receive your letter. I understand by your writing that you are going to http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5c0bff8c30784bad2fe6dc7d6f93869a.jpg a17a2249c44fe9355d2081073f2627d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 18) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 12 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 1 (continued) change your situation in life, which is a matter that ought to be well considered and I was in hopes that you would come home again to live but I am willing you should answer you own mind. You wrote you should need your things by next fall. I wish you would come home next summer and help make your things, if you can make it convenient. We have spoke for your feathers. I have made you one flannel blanket. We have the last piece of woollen cloth in the loom when we received your letter, or I would have made you more, but I will try to have your things ready by next fall. I don't see how you can get your things except you come home and we would give Mr. Benict (Buel?) a hearty invitation to come with you. I wish you would spend one summer more with us and help fix your things yourself if you can. If not, I wish you would come in the fall. I think a great deal about you and the rest of my children and the little grandchildren, but it is a great comfort to me to hear that you are all a doing well. I want to come and see you very much and visit you in your new habitations., but whether I every shall or not I cannot tell. Your grandmother enjoys her health as well as usual this winter. She remembers her love to you all. Remember my love to my children and the rest of our friends. I want you should write to me soon as you receive this one. Write when you think you shall come and so I remain your af fectionate mother and well wisher until death. Anna Bennett Old Mrs. Dodge is dead. She died yesterday. Dear brother, (Nathaniel Barrows) I now take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you to let you know of my situation at present. As to my health, it is as it was when you left Mansfield. I had quite a sick time of it last fall, but have since recovered. I must now draw to a close by subscribing myself your friend. Wm Bennett, Jr. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/53c0ca01b21bc7061c8979a9312b26a5.jpg 0726fd089eec31afc84071061d99c413 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 19) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 13 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] February 12, 1820 Ever Near and Dear Children and Friends one and all, I sit down this evening to write a few lines in answer to your let- ters which I recd. the first December 29th, dated December 7th in which you wished me to collect $182 in cash and carry to David Dag- get of New Haven. Accordingly, I thought it best to apply to Capt. Storrs and whilst he was gone to Norwich after the money, I received another from you January 13th, dated December 18th , in which you wish me to collect $318 Dollars more, making in the whole $500. I shew him the letter after he got home. He said if he had a known it, he would have got the whole sum and then applied it to Mr. Turn- er and he has paid $50 all I could get of him. I had a line from Mr. Dagget, wishing to know whither I would expect the orders or not. I wrote back to him that I would and wishing him to inform whither he would be at Hartford at the seting of the Superior Court. Accord- ly, he wrote that he would be there February 8 and 9th and on the 8th of February instant I found him in Hartford and paid him $250 and took up the small order with his receipt on the back of it and he held the rest on the other order and says that he shall be at Hartford all next week and if it is a possible thing, I intend that he shall have the money and take up the other order. Charles wrote in his letter wishing me to go to Waterbury when I went to Newhaven, but I intend to do the business at Hartford. It is so much nearer and the traveling so bad. We have a very severe winter. I believe the snow is all 3 feet deep in the woods and very much drifted in open land. Roads remarkable blocked up and we have had severe cold weather most of the winter. It is agreed on all hands that we have not had such a winter since the year 1780, forty years past. I have seen Doctor Adams ^1 and he says that the understanding was that you was to take your pay in the state of Ohio. viz, Charles was and says that he will write to him soon. Charles wanted to know whither he was obliged to take land for debts in this state. The fact is, if you can find no personal property, you can take the the body or land, just as you please. If you take the body and commit it to jail, he must maintain himself there so long as he has real estate. but if you levy on the land, you must eventually take it at the appraisal of indifferent men. When you write to me again, please to leave the esq. out, for I am not known by that, although I am authorized to give the title. 1. Presumably, Dr. Jabez Adams. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e4b10c147f0873fdbe5753f3c18e5465.jpg 5a6aa78b7a8a22da813f3d615f6b6070 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 20) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 14 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] I had like to forgot to inform you that I am as well as usual for me and hope these lines will find you and yours, too. (to) Nathaniel W. Barrows, Esq. from Wm. Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/614c5013846c74681cbc3f78e4d05ddf.jpg 2036a33de318bffa3c87af7eafb97e9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 21) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 15 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 2 May 20, 1820 Mr. Charles Waters Berkshire Lewis Settlement Delaware County Alum Creek Ohio To Emelia: Though Providence hath separated us, yet it is a privilege that we both have that we can go to the throne of grace for our selves and one another. The providence of the Lord extends itself to every - thing but there is a special providence over the children of God. The providence of God to the children of God are sanctified prov- idences. Soul Providences they are instruments of good to their souls. Again, the providences of the Lord steer the children of God heavenwards. This, my child, I hope is your happiness, that you realized that you are under the eye and tuition of a fatherly and special providence. Let us answer the call of providence which is to watch and pray and believe. And let us expect good things from a good God through our faithful and dear Mediator who ever lives to make intercession for us. If you change your situation in life, I hope it will be for the better. But pray, don't flatter yourself of happiness on this side of the grave, for this world promises a great deal but it never performs. It is like a jackalantern, it is always a little ahead but we never arrive to it. I know this by experience for I have tried it almost 60 years. We shall be glad to see you one and all in Connecticut when God in providence opens the door. You will all perceive that I have been pretty misselanous in writ- ing but I have let my pen follow my thoughts and not haveing time nor matter to fill a sheet for each one and expecting that you live so compact that you can all have the advantage of reading, I thought best to write in this form and direct to Charles. And now I must draw to a close by requesting an interest in all your prayers that God would enable me to to serve my generation by the will of God that I may be gathered to my fathers in peace, meet all of you in that blest world where parting shall be no more and spend a boundless and Ever- ending eternity in worshiping Fa- ther, Son, and Divine Spirit, that this may be the happy lot and portion of each of us. May God grant for the Redeemer's sake, so I remain yours. Emelia Bennett Wm Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f2505e333833a1e64300ecde90d6704b.jpg 941de237fcac6b0a8d7f5bf46f365f5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 22) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 16 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] These lines I expect will be conveyed by Mr. Harding Hovey who says that he is a going to your settlement. Please all of you to write as often as you can. Some one as soon as you receive this. Mansfield - May 20th 1820 Ever near and dear children: I now sit down this evening to write a few lines just to let you know that I have not forgot you. I am in comfortable state of health at present, thanks be to God therefor. I hope these lines will fall into your hands in a time of health, wealth, and prosperity - I have no news worth a writeing only hard times and money scarce, which perhaps is no news to you from what you have wrote heretofore. I have not been to Newhaven since I recd. your letter and of course not to Waterbury, but I have con- versed with Doctor Adams a number of times on the subject and if I am not mistaken he has had correspondance with the man at Water- bury for he informed me that they did incline to take his note for what reasons he did not say. But I concluded from our conver- sation he did not wish to have them. I have delayed writing untill now, expecting a letter from some of you and should have waited longer, but as Harding Hovey is going to start soon for Ohio, I thought that I would write a few lines. I saw Elder Goodwin this day. He says he remembers his love to you all and wished me to tell Charles that he had never recd. that long letter that you promised him. As to my own mind, faint yet pursue- ing the same as heretofore, I find it a hard thing to exercise faith when I have most need of it. Please give my respect to your mother. So I remain yours in sincerity. Charles Waters Wm. Bennett Loving child, I understand that you have a son and have named him after myself. Whether I shall ever see him or not on earth I can- not tell, but I pray that God may give you grace and wisdom to train him up in wisdom's ways, always remembering that wisdom"s ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. Harriot, always remember that you are born to die and that three things will prepare you for it (viz) repentence toward God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and sincere and universal obedience. I wish you to write me the stateof your mind if agreeable and in so doing you will oblige an aged parent. Yours in the best of bonds, Harriot Waters Wm. Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f4e0dbecc506facc2c38703b6029111b.jpg a2e7ccbbba53a18582a1bf391a0e8e07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 23) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 17 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] To Nathaniel W. Barrows You will perceive by the first page of this that I enjoy a usual state of health for an old man, but I find that the lighting down of the grasshopper becomes a burthen to me. I have no special news to write. Theoda has wrote a letter wherein I expect that she had informed of the deaths and situation of the people in these parts, as far as my knowledge extends. We have had a very severe winter and dry springs. No rain of any consequence until last night. I expect some of you here before another winter. Please to give my best regards to your father and father and moth- er ^1, Orrin and wife, and also Blake in particular. Tell him that grandpa wants to play with this hay season as he did two years ago. I wrote you since I paid $250 to David Dagget which was Feb- ruary the 8th and March the 8th. I paid the $250 and had orders receipted on the back of them and have them by me. It being late in the evening and I am very tired, I must draw to a close by subscribing myself your well wisher through time and eternity. Nathaniel W. Barrows Wm Bennett To Mary - I hope there is an indisoluble knot between us that nei- ther silence nor distance can break in pieces. I mean the unity of the Spirit. Ever remember to keep the head of the vessel to- ward the desired part and if you have contrary winds to drive back, you will arrive safe, for Jesus stands at helm. He is our Priest,, He is our surety, He is our advocate at the right hand of the Father- er. O, let us prise and praise Him to eternity. To the Lord's almighty protection and most gracious favour, I commit you and yours. Remaining your affectionate parent until we meet again, Farewell. Mary Barrows Wm Bennett 1. Soloman and Prudence Barrows http://66.213.124.233/files/original/24fa451604c2ece03acd607e6ff1f5f6.jpg bedf02037d5c5be9daa2f03a9f332ab7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 24) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 18 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 3 September 12, 1820 Mr. Nathaniel W Barrows Orange Delaware Co Ohio Mansfield Sept. 12, 1820 Dear Sir, I recd. a line by hand of Charles Waters wishing me to procure some articles for you. Accordingly I collected thirty dollars and thirty eight cents of Elijah Turner, all there was due from him to you, and bought 16# of Hyson Skin (?) Tea at Hartford for 62 cts. per # 9.92 4# of Shushong at 42 cts. per #, Bohea there was none 1.68 12 1/4 yd of full cloth at 1 $ per yd 12.25 8 yds of flannel at 42 cts per yd 3.36 27.21 I shall send the remainder of the money by Charles Waters which is three dollars seventeen cts 3.17 $30.34 That money that is due from Bentley and the Traeyes you re- quested me likewise to collect and send on by Charles. I paid immediate attention to it and recd. only thirty five dollars on the note as yet that I send on by Charles. There in now due on said note about forty eight dollars which I think is best to collect and put where you can have it when you send again. I would observe that there is due to to you from Capt. Storrs one hundred fifty six dollars, which I believe is safe and he says that he will pay it when you send for it. Tell Blake that grandfather has not forgot him and in token thereof has sent him a hat and he must be a good boy. I have sent you at your request trammel to the crane and hooks rag wheel to the loom and hand iron - the bellows and toasting iron Charles says that he cannot carry. I would just inform you that we are as well at present as us- ual for us and I hope that these lines will find you and yours in health and prosperity. The last letter that we had was from Harriot and Emelia dated July. Then we understood that your http://66.213.124.233/files/original/43f23e6358cd674783495cc2ae31bb61.jpg a990a790e23970aaab2627aa4058435b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 25) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 19 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] health was gaining and we have been very anxious to hear since. But not one syllable have we heard. We expect that Charles and Wm will start tomorrow morning and carry this letter, and if they live to arrive at Ohio they can tell more than I can write and so through the hurry of business I must draw to a close, wishing the blessings of heaven to rest on you and yours in this world and that which is to come. Please to remember me to all friends, children in particular. Farewell Nathaniel W. Barrows Wm Bennett Mother has sent her three daughters each of them cloth for a gown, six # of neagerauger and 1# of alum to be divided between them and likewise has sent to Maryanne cloth for two frocks and ribbon and a string of beeds and would have sent more but our silk failed this year. We made but eleven pounds and sends her love to you all. We have sold no articles that you left with us except the quill (quilt?) wheel and mother says that she has sent the silk by Charles. To Emelia. I have sent you all the articles that you sent for as far I recollect and seven dollars and eighteen cents in cash by Charles. To one and all please to write as often as you can. . Wm Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d2ae14a02aea3ec53ea860c537c62310.jpg 7a331bef351ce7f844fc104d70a233e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 26) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 20 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 4 February - March 1822 Mr. Nathaniel Wm Barrow Bitshire County of Delaware 25 State of Delaware Mansfield, Feb. the 28, 1822 Dear brother and sister, I being some time since I have either written or heard from any of you, I now according to your request will attempt to write a few lines, hoping that you will have the perrusal of the same. As to our health through blessings of a merciful God, I can inform you is good. As to the weather this winter the ground has been bare for the most part of the time. We have good sleighing for about 18 or 20 days. We have had some very cold weather but the cold has been of short duration. As for new I would inform you that Mr. Bangs (?) Dunham is dead. Sally Smith is married to Joseph Martinsun (?). Moriah Smith is married to Rufus Burnham. Morrin Huntington to Lois Thomp- son. Uncle Samuel King died last fall. His widow has gone back to live with her children. Capt. Robert Barrows' wife died not long ago . Jabez Commings is married to Orpha Park- er. Burnham Hibbird (?) married Clima Barrows on Monday Feb. the 14. Henry Adams called at the door and left three letters from the Ohio. We were greatly rejoiced on hearing from you and hearing that you enjoyed a comfortable state of health. Tell Blake and Lanman that intend send them some picture books the first opertunity. I have not forgotten the little children but the thought is agravated, seeing I cannot see them. We re- ceived a letter Mr. I. Toplift about 2 months after you wrote it. Often do I think when by myself of the visit I made you, of the pleasing hours spent by your firesides in pleasing con- versation. But the time is over. Let us throw by this melan- choly thoughts and awake to a more lively theme. Let us consider it is but a short before we meet in another world. O that it might be our happy lot to meet in that world to where sighing and sorrow shall be no more. I do believe that the greatest thing that we can do in this world is to be prepared for another which may God grant is the prayer of your friend. To Wales and Mary Barrows http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b347b35931361f0ac51bdbb4274ff223.jpg d0cd6febabae468b93b7f919d53858a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 27) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 21 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] N. B. Please to give my love to Orrin and family, Charles and family. Jeremiah and Emelia and all enquiring friends. Wm. Bennet, Jr. March the 2 Dear children, I once more take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know that I enjoy a comfortable state of health at present. We talk of coming to see you if we can find any company to come with us. We do not think if safe to set out so long a journey alone. Charles and Theoda were married the 4 day of last Nov- ember. They will commence housekeeping the first of April. Your father has let out his farm to Charles and William. I have hired Abigail Crain to help do my work this summer. She is twelve years old. Charles writes that there is an overuleing hand of providence that is very true, but I don't think that kind of providence will ever call you to move to Illinois, Mis- sourie or Indiana. If you should, it would bring me down with sorrows. I don' t think that his kind disposition can ever do it and Harriet, I know you never can. Emelia, you write that it is hard getting money. If you cannot pay for your farms you must come back to Connecticut. There is room enough in old Mansfield for all of you and I will promise you a hearty well- come. Emelia, you wrote that you had a little daughter and how much you set by her. I dare say you do, but we must re- member the giver. Wales, you wrote that you thought some of coming in the fall. If we go to Ohio this summer you must come back with us. But if we do not you must certainly come, and bring Mary if she can come. Please to remember my love to your father and mother*. Orrin and wife and so I remain you kind parent. March 4, 1822 Wm and Mother, having wrote what they wished to and the third page being left, I thought I would write a few lines to let my children know that I had not forgot them. No, you are all as placed in different circumstances in this life, yet the same being protects us one and all. I am enjoying a comfortable *Soloman and Prudence Barrows Anna Bennet http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e64ef9cdde08a7e58f73e2466870e7c5.jpg 5a0280d1a17123682aa5f1f221783450 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 28) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 22 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] state of health at present for a man of my years and am cal- culing to build a house this spring for wood wagon and silk worms, 36 feet by 18. If I should get my house done and have some company and providence should open a door otherways, I have thoughts of comeing to Ohio but I have not calculate much upon it and I would not have you least we should both be disa- pointed. But if I don't come, it won't be because that I don't want to, for I want to see all my children and grandchildren on this world if it be God's will, but if He has otherwise de- termined, I pray that we may all have reconciliation thereto. Time and paper fails me to address you singly. Therefore, I shall draw to a close by informing that your friends are all well in these part as my knowledge extends. A general time of health among us at present although several aged people have died the year past. As to religion rather a cold time amongst all professors at present. I think you had better come and take care of your money when you can make is convenient. Please to remember me to your father and mother, Orrin and wife. Tell father that his brother Lemuel* has made a visit in there parts this win- ter and was well and left his family so. And now, children, let us all remember the path of duty is always a safe path to travel through life and may we all follow it that we may land in realms of glory. Above is the prayer of your friend untill death. Please to write when you recd. this. To Nathaniel and Mary Barrows Wm Bennett Please remember me to sister Waters if living. *Lemuel Barrows http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d013572b0c55e6422df40d58058b7b78.jpg bb4bec3183883de7ed7b1a241d56ca99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 29) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 23 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 5 July 27. 1823 Mr. Nathaniel H Barrows Town of Orange County of Delaware, State Ohio Dear Cousin, Having an opportunity to write a few lines to you to inform how we fare. We are all in tolerable good health and our circum- stances as good as we can expect. I must apologize a little for mother's not answering your letter in due time. Your letter was received about the time that brother Joseph's wife died, and hav- ing so much to think of that, she delayed writing. Your letter was received with great satisfaction. We was glad to hear that you was in good circumstances and contented there and did not re- gret your moving to that country, which I believe is a fine count- ry of land, and can live easier there than we do here, although I expect that we have many privileges here that you have not there. Mother received a letter from cousin Susan Dunham last week that informed us of there circumstances and afflictions since they moved to that country. It seems as if God had visited them with sick- ness and death. I expect that you have heard that Joseph has buried his wife. She died two years ago the eighth of this month. She left one son nineteen months old that they call Waldo. She died with the con- sumption. Mother takes care of Joseph's child and he makes it his home with mother and so does Sumner. Mother has Charles and her little Waldo and herself in a steady family. Joseph and Sumner are to work in Hebron. They are doing very well. As for my fam- ily, I have myself, husband, and two children. I have two fine boys that I call Nathan and Edward. The oldest will be four years old next September and the youngest a year old last March. Both of them healthy and well. Aunt Palmer is well and her family. Uncle Denison moved to New Berlin in York state last fall. We have not heard from him since. Aunt Palmer received a letter from Uncle Blake in April last that informed us that he was well and his family. He had been much out of health but it is restored to him once more. Cousin Peter and Philena visited Aunt Lucretia Barrows last fall. They found them http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3fa64c09bd7c204987a79949a848e9a1.jpg 257bc81c284171c79e9f172affad82c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 30) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 24 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] all well and under good circumstances. Aunt Lucretia has ten children living. Aunt Wales family are all in good health ex- cepting Nathaniel. A year ago last spring he had several hard fits, and his health is not perfectly restored. I don't know but I have wrote as much as you will have patience to read. Mother wishes to be remembered to your family and in particular to your father and mother and wants to see you all. Do remem- ber me to Orrin and his family and tell his wife that I don't know anything but that her father and mother, brothers and sis- ters are all well. You don't know how much I want to see your father and mother and you and your wife, and your children. I think if I could see one of you it would do me a great deal of good. I have thought that Orrin and his wife would visit here again on account of seeing her friends and still hope they will, so I remain your cousin, Abigail Cheney Mr. Nathaniel Barrow, July 22nd, 1823 P.S. Do write and let me know how you all are. Our fam- ily all remembers their love to all your family and Orrin and his wife. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c2a48d78216a4f857298c2d8e1d9296.jpg 48450db6fce71499c1715ece1dea9868 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 31) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 25 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 6 August 31, 1825 Mary Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio Dear friends, I once more embrace this opportunity to converse with our absent children with pen and ink. I wish to inform you that your fath- er and mother are enjoying a comfortable state of health at pre- sent for people of our age, although we find that we are in the decline of life and a-going down hill as fast as time can roll us along. A general time of health among us at present, although some are sick and some are dead since I wrote last. I expected that Will- iam would have wrote you a letter until almost the last minute, as there were 3 of us to write and 3 to write to. But Miss Hanks informed us that you said that you was coming to Connecticut this fall. Therefore, we look for you every hour. Theoda has wrote to Emelia. Therefore, Wm. said that he had no news to write, but remember his love with Harriot's to you and all in- quiring friends. Your friends are all well as far as I know. Your Uncle Asa Ben- net fails as to the use of his limbs but is able to ride about in his waggon as yet. I have wrote a letter to Charles, expect- ing that Wm. would write this, which letter I shall refer you to for particulars and as it is time that our letters was seald and sent on to Miss Hanks, I must draw to a close by wishing by wish- ing to remember our love to you and Jeremiah and Emelia, Orrin and wife, sister Barrows and all enquiring friends, if any there be. If you fail of comeing this fall write immediately after receiving this for we have not heard a single word from you since January last. Only the remote information that Miss Hanks gave. We still remember your loving parents until death. Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows Wm. and Anna Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1bd751de6987b4f81c3627bdf9cc605d.jpg a4538990875aa53f9bb68f684326c43b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 32) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 26 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut Letter7 April 9, 1826 Nathaniel W Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio To be Left at Berkshire Post office offic Mansfield Ct Mansfiendo office Loving Friends, A father's and mother's affections are not lost for their child- ren through the distance of way between them. Although 7 hun- dred miles of road lies between us, yet you are not forgotten by us. Your father and mother enjoy a comfortable state of health at present for people of our age and we hope these lines will fall into your hand when you are enjoying the same blessing. We recd. your letter dated Sept. 14th and was glad to hear from our child- ren once more. I will assure you we have had a very open winter, no snow of any consequence. Most of the time mild weather for Connecticut. Two or 3 days very cold, 1 in December 6 on Tuesday, 1 in January on Tuesday. Very foggy weather which I believe has caused a great many people amongst us to be unwell. Scarcely a family or person that escapes, some confined with fever. Charles Crain had the barn burnt on the farm where he lived on the 14th day of September past about 3 o clock P.M. Charles was not at home. Eleazar Baldwin, their nearest neighbor, took a skillet full of live coals of fire, went into the barn, threw it on the hay mow and it was in a blaze in a moment. Consumed about 16 tons of hay and all his corn fodder lost and the house very narrowly escaped. It caught fire a great many time. They carried the things out of the house into the highway and the sparks of fire alighting on them burnt holes in the most of them. the neighbors collecting and by their exertions saved the house. Baldwin was taken and tried before John Salter, Esq. and bound over to court in a $1000 bond carryed to goal, tarryed there about 4 or 5 weeks, was brought back to Mansfield and put into the poor house and died in a few days. I asked him when at court what made him burn the barn. He said it was because the devil was in him. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8aadb6034a382df71536d6419890ff17.jpg 28649a1087cd1f81474cfceaac033eac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 33) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 27 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Charles has moved to the Widow Barrows, works for us one half of the time. This summer he has the up country fever by turns, but I believe it leans toward the state of New York. Wm Bennett Crain has got to be a stout lively boy. Your mother and I paid Charles a visit sometime about the 1st of January. Our horse stood in the cold the afternoon. We started for home, just be- fore the sun set. The sd. horse soon became rather unmanagea- ble. Went to go by another waggon that was before us, overset the waggon that we was in. It gave me some slight wounds. Hurt your mother more, especially in her right wrist. Broke no bones but misplaced some. Painful and lame for six weeks. Since that, began to use it some but lame with it yet. You wrote in your letter that you wished us to write how Alvin and Ira Bennet's wives did. Alvin Bennett was at my house since and said that I might write that his wife had not borne her weight on her feet for ten years. Ira's wife we hope is on the gaining hand as to her health but very slowly. I wrote a letter to you, dated March 2nd, carryed it part of the way to the post office and had a letter handed me from Emelia which gladdened my heart and returned home with both of them, I thought then that I should write soon, but I have delayed until now. She informed us of her trials by sickness. We pity and pray for her. That is all we can do for her at so great a distance. Mother thinks if she cannot enjoy her health where she is, she had better return to her native land and I will assure her that I am willing to intend to write her the next letter. Asa Bennett, Jr. of Homer (?) died the 9th of December last with the Consumption. Elijah Abbe died some time in January. Jesse Bennett died also in January last , 83 years. You wished to know how grandmother Hunt got along. Very well for an old lady. Lives almost or quite alone. You wished me to excuse you for not writing oftener. I shall for this time but I fear I shall not if you transgress in like manner again. *Your mother, we understand, is gone and left you. Pray remember that we shall soon follow. Your uncle Asa Bennett is quite un- well and we fear that he has got the consumption and will never be no better. The rest of your friends are well as far as I re- collect. We wish you one and all to pay us a visit as soon as you can. I don't know that I shall ever see Ohio. I am an old man. Was I twenty years younger I should, if it was the will of the Lord. sometimes I wish that I was there with all my proper- ty, children and grandchildren, but alas! that don't carry me there. We wish to be remembered to all our children and grandchildren, Orrin and wife and as many more as may enquire after us. My sheet is drawing to a close. I must leave some room for others to write. So I must leave you one and all in the hands of Him who ruleth in the armies of heaven about and among the inhab- *Prudence Barrows http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2900ba1e7606a608f464b97b03355cd7.jpg 4670f2278449429fa5d0a4f079717dbe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 34) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 28 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] itants of this lower world while I pray for your prosperity in this world and happiness in the world to come. Farewell. Nathaniel W. Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett and Mary Barrows Mansfield - April 9, 1826 Dearly beloved brothers and sisters: I once more take my pen in hand to write a few lines to you, although it is but a few moments since I knew of the opportunity. But I feel quite willing to improve it, seeing it is the only way that we can converse with each other. I enjoy my health very well this spring, but I am not one of the tuff sort and I never expect to be. I have to take my work as I can hold it, but I get along without hiring any and I think that I have not reason to complain. We cannot expect none of us to go through this unfriendly world with some trouble. Father mentioned that we had our barn burned last fall. You may well suppose that I was not a little frightened. The villian came immediately into the house. He threatened our lives and used the most profane language that I ever heard come out of any person's mouth. I felt thankful that I was not alone. Uncle Asa Crain moved his wife and two children in with us last spring, one a girl fourteen years of age, the other an infant three weeks younger than William. He himself went into the country and staid untill fall and then come back and moved his family. He married Polly Balch for his first wife. Had I been alone I don't know what I would have done. We sent the girl immediately to the neigh- bours and went to clearing the house. The wind being very high and exactly write to bring the fire and smoke write on to the house. We expected every moment when it would all be in blaze. But the neighbors soon collected and we had a little shower of rain which altogether saved the house but injured our things very much. But I must leave this subject. William and Harriet are well. They had a daughter born last No- vember. She is a lively little thing, and as white as a lilly. They call her Harriet Jane. Mother thinks a great deal about you and especially Emelia because she is sick so much. Dear sister, I do not believe that the climate agrees with you and I would not stay there. Why not come back to Connecticut? Mother says that you must be careful and not use to much maple sweetening. O, how I want to see you all and your children. William is fat and hearty and as full of mischief as can be. He likes to go to grandpahs very well. But I must stop writing and leave room for Charles. Do write to us as soon as you receive this. I shall write again before long and write to Harriett. This from your sister. Theoda Crain. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e76860dccbecdfb174322e52a0cbf493.jpg ee4bd5bc5130ac2c01eb8683e54344c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 35) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 29 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Friends in Ohio. I now take pen to write a few words since Father B has me- tioned my loss last fall. I often think of what C. Waters said that he should be glad to have some of his neighbors go with him some. He was thankful he was a going to leave in Mansfield, such as Sam Wm (?) and Baldwins. I have experienced the effects of living near E. Baldwin. He is dead and had very few mourners. I taught school last winter. I sold my stock. I must draw to a close and subscribe myself your well wisher. Wm and H.B. sends their love to you. C. Crain C. Crain Father mentioned that we have moved. We had very good luck a moving and I think that I shall enjoy myself here very well. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/23d1b9c9e316f6d6a411a0ffbd0aa01a.jpg 1ce51900b6c77a518a846e5a8aeafb24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 36) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 30 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 8 October 15, 1827 (Address lost) Ever Loving children, I once more attempt to write a few lines just to let you know that I have not forgotten you. Your father and mother still en- joy a comfortable state of health for people of our age. We hope these lines will find you and yours in health both in body and mind. A general time of health in Mansfield as your brother Orrin can inform you concerning that and other things more at large than I can write. I sent you by Orrin two hundred and eleven dollars in cash that was your due. All the money that I have of yours and likewise all the receipts that I took of David Dagget of New Haven amounting to five hundred dollars. Seventy five dollars of your money I put into land and I will do the best for you that I can concerning that. I thought that I had better have the land than nothing. I expect that you will pay us a visit next spring and we shall have no difficulty between us concerning that. I shall send one pound H.S. Tea by Orrin to Mary as a token that I have not forgotten her and like wise 6 quarts of high (?) wine. Orrin must have enough of it to pay for carrying. Mother sends Mary some articles as a present, done up in a bundle, her name wrote on a piece a paper and put into the bundle. Your mother and I did not think it best to set out with Orrin for Ohio this fall. We expect you will pay us a visit next spring and whither we shall go back with you or not we cannot tell so long beforehand. Our crops of hay come in exceeding well land a fine time to get it. Rye about middleing. Corn I believe the same. I shall re- fer you to your brother for particulars and draw to a close by wishing you both health, wealth and prosperity in this world and in the world to come Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Please to write oftener than you have the year past. Farewell. Your Uncle Asa Bennett died August 21. Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/78d579316c1513599647722b0170b9a4.jpg d2a82870a5949e57cb3bec2b93e9715d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 37) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 31 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 9 February 10, 13, 25, 1828 Mansfield Center Feby 13th 1828 Nathaniel Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio to be left at Berkshire Post Office Mansfield - February the 10 Sunday evening Much beloved brother and sister, Haveing an unexpected oppertunity to write a few lines to you, I gladly improve it , hopeing by this to hear from you, as we have not heard one word from you since Orin went away. We some- times think that your letters have been lost on route, but we are more apt to think that some of you are very sick, but if it is the case, I hope that you will write and ese our anxious minds. Our family are all well. William goes to school very steady this winter and learns to read well. He tells a great deal about his Ohio cousins and says when he gets to be a man, he shall go and see them. We talk of going home to live with father and mother in the spring. William is a going to have the large building that was put up for a silkhouse moved across the road and made into a dwelling house for him. He has got his celler partly dug. I think when it is finished it will be a very elegant building. Father and mother don't feel willing to have us go into the count- ry at present and so long as they feel unwilling, I don't feel as though it was our duty to go. Mother's health is not so good this winter but I am in hopes that her cough will get better in the spring. She always has a bad cough every winter. She wants to see you all very much and I feel in hopes, brother and sister, if there is know hindrances in the way that you will come home next season and spend the summer with us and if father and mother are well, I think they will go back with you. They talk more and more about it. I think they would gone back with Orrin if it had not been so in the fall, but I don't feel willing to have them set out alone. You must, some of you, come home next summer. I http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f09c2a5635c6051731c5bb66997048c0.jpg 0bedb1728e35a636cf46ad1799c7b59d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 38) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 32 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] should be very glad to see Orrin and his wife. Please to give my love to them and tell them we should be very glad to receive a letter from them. Remember my love to all my brothers and sis- ters and tell them I want they should all write to us. I sent three letters by Orrin, one to each of my sisters and this will make the fourth. I feel very anxious to hear from Emelia. It is late in the evening and I must draw to a close. Charles remembers his love to you all. He is confined in the school house every winter. He has got a most tired of keeping school. He has from 60 to 70 schollars in a day and it keeps him very busy. Please to overlook all mistakes as I have wrote this in a hurry. This from you sister and well wisher untill death. Wales and Mary Barrows Theoda Crain Feby 13th, 1828 Mansfield. Ever beloved children I have thought it best to write once more to you if you won't to me. When Orrin left Mansfield, I though that he agreed to write as soon as he arrived at home, but 4 long months are past and gone since we have heard a word from you. I have waited and waited untill I have concluded that Orrin had forgot his promise or that his letter had miscarryed or that he has never got home., but are still very anxious to hear from you all and what luck he had in returning back to Ohio. I enjoy a comfortable state of health at present for a man of my years, thanks to Almighty God. Therefor, your mother is trou- bled with asthma disorder this winter. More than usual has a very heavy cough, but keeps about house the most of the time and does the most of her house work. Theoda helps her some at turns about her washing. As to the weather, an uncommon winter so far. November was a severe month. for the most part of it, we had a snow and cold weather which began about the 6th or 7th which lasted mostly through the month. We had our potatoes dug and the last cheese of cyder on the press, but there was some potatoes lost. Since that we have had but very little sleigh- ing and sleding. Our snow storms begin and quick turn to rain which makes a little icy crust on the earth. But warm weather soon follows and the very muddy and bad traveling. We want to come and visit you all very much more than pen can des- cribe, but whither or no we ever shall God only knows. We talk about it almost every day and dream some about it at night. If we ever come it must be before many years as we are a growing old and that passage in Holy Writ begins to be realized by us; "The lighting down of the grasshopper becomes a burthen." If http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bb210aeef64147914801f89f65b93257.jpg b1a1241e970b83c5c309b8c3f514e454 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 39) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 33 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] we should think it best and providence should open the door, I believe it will be best for us to come by water. Please to write in as soon as you receive this how near we can get to you by wa- ter. I expect that Charles Crain will improve the most of my land the year to come. You must not look for us untill you see us for it is uncertain whither we ever see Ohio or our children again, but we wish to be reconciled to that providence that governs all things for the best. But if we never meet again on this earthly ball, my heart's desire is that we may so live and conduct the few remaining moments that is allotted us on earth that we may all meet in that blest world where parting is no more. Your Grandmother Hunt* enjoys as comfortable a state of health as can be expected for a woman of her age. The last time that I saw Alvin Bennett he told me that his wife could walk from the bed to the fire. Ira Bennet's wife is no poorer and we hope gains her health some. As to religion, a very low time in general in those parts, par- ticularly in Mansfield. Elder Godwin is here yet. Some say that he is going away the 1st of next April. How that is, I cannot tell. I believe that his usefulness is done here. Wm and Anna Bennet February 25th After all the trials that we have been called to pass through in chh affairs, if my heart don't deceive me, I think I can say with the prophet Naum, "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble and He knoweth them that put their trust in Him." Zion's God still lives and the government is on his shoulders. Don't let us be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. The Lord has set His furnace in Zion and He will purify His children. But pure gold never looses nothing by going through the fire. It is only the dross that is burnt off. We send our love to all our children and grandchildren, Orrin and wife and all enquiring friends, if any there be. So I must draw to a close for want of room, wishing you all the best of heaven's blessing in this world and everlasting happiness in the world to come. This from your parents and well wishers untill death. Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett Please to direct your letters to Mansfield Central post office. *Mary (Abbe) Hunt, wife of John Hunt, Jr. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/298f6f2ef49faee3f1d6c842181af599.jpg ee89ec2b278ce304c4ca7317d33615a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 40) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 34 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Mansfield, February the 10 Dear brother and sister, Having an opportunity to write a few lines in father's letter, I now gladly embrace it. Myself and family are enjoying a good state of health at present. We have had two weakly infant children to attend to but they have of late become quite healthy. I have had to get out of bed twice almost very night to nurse one of them on the bottle while my wife nursed the other one the breast. But I find that they are gaining my affection very fast. But may I never be left to set my affections altogether upon my children, knowing they are but lent blessings. We long to hear from you very much, having not heard a word from you this 4 long months. Orrin also promising to write when he got home. it causes many anxious feelings. Sometimes we think some of you are sick the reason you have not written. sometimes we imagine the letter (if you have wrote one) has miscarried. Do write on the receipt of and let us know the reason and quiet our anxious fear. Please to accept myself and companion our best respects and well wishes to all the brothers and sisters, Orrin and wife and all enquiring friends. Emelia, you wrote that you wished to receive a letter from me. You and Jeremiah will write me a letter I will write you return. So I remain friend and bro- ther. To Wales and Mary Barrows Wm Bennett, Jr. Our twins, we weighed them today. They weighed 12 lb. each. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a2cc8c9000e0dd40c3d21378b6075703.jpg aa02585714b79db15fdb45200ab55a9e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 41) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 35 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 10 August 22, 1828 (Address lost) Mansfield - Aug. 22nd 1828 Kind Brother and Sisters, With a degree of satisfaction, I take my pen to write to you, thinking probable it is the last time I ever shall have this priv- ilege. Dear brother Nathaniel, affections inclines us to regard each other's person and welfare. The distance that separates us is great, not probable we ever shall meet in this world. The al- lotment of divine providence doth divide near friends here on earth. But it is of the greatest moment to be prepared to meet in that world of bliss when the whole assembled universe shall be called together. O my friends, _____________ in with the overtures of mercy and grace on Gospel terms, that we may have part in the first resurrection on which the second death shall have no __________. The most particular information I have had since your removal to Ohio is by the way of Dea. William Bennett of Mansfield. I hope these lines may reach you some time or other, but when I ______________ not the cause of this letter being dated at Mansfield is on account of my being here as I am out of health, taken unwell the last of Aug- ust one year ago, and I am the last of Oct pretty much confined to the house through the winter. On the 12th of May started from house at Greentown and I have spent this summer in Mansfield and by the salt water and on Long Island and prepare soon to go on my journey for Greentown as it is being almost four months since I left my family. I am anxious to see them. My health is _________ but feeble and what is desired for me in __________lengthen out of my days is unknown to me. I sometimes almost conclude my time is very short here on earth. Let that be as it may. O that I may do the work of the day while life doth last. I must acquaint you with all my family. My wife is in a low declining state of health with the consumption. I have five children, the 3 eldest daughter are married. I have but one son and my youngest daughter lives at home. (My circumstances are comfortable) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/421fe9996e096a39c9cfec09fad028ce.jpg dc9dc308975e19642e7b60794609a386 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 42) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 36 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] O my brother and sister, prepare to meet God. Your days as well as mine are almost finished and it is of the greatest moment to exchange worlds. It is in general a time of health in this country. The Lord is gathering in a great harvest of souls in Mansfield - unto the lib- erty and enjoyment of the truth. While writing these lines this morning sister Elizabeth sends her love to you. I wish you to give my love to your sons and their families. Tell them to write to me, if any oppertunity presents, and other ways by the mail. I live in Greenton, county of Oneida, state of New York. I come to a close from your affectionate brother. Lemuel Barrows Mr. and Mrs. Soloman Barrows Ohio http://66.213.124.233/files/original/278eca9c3f62173f87cdcf0d8af1ac9b.jpg 128c78d0839737364346b16b3e5cadfb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 43) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 37 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 11 September 5, 26, 1831 Mr. Nathaniel W Barrows Union Post Office Delaware County Ohio Mansfield - September 5th, 1831 Ever beloved and much respected children one and all, I once more sit down to take pen in hand to write a few lines to those who are at a great distance in body but not in mind, for you are as fresh in our minds as when you left your native land. We can assure you, your mother and myself, through the blessing of that God who has preserved us all our life long to this present moment, enjoy a comfortable state of health for people of our age. And we hope that these lines will find you in health and prosperity. I received a letter from you the 1st Monday of January, dated December 17, 1930. I have not heard from any of you since I wrote a letter to Ohio and directed it to Jeremiah Buel, dated February 17th, 1831, and expected one in return long before this. But as none has arrived and have waited and waited untill I concluded that the letter has either miscarried or you one and all have forgot your parents. If you have not, I shall expect a letter very soon after you receive this. You wrote I thought as though you had an idea of visiting us and and we some expected you but we are disappointed. I hope we shall not be the year to come if our lives are spared. Oliver Bingham shew me a letter that he rec'd from Isaac Waters informing him that his sister Ruth lived nearby him. The letter was dated July 1831, Peoria Lake, Illinois. Charles Crain has bought the building and 9 acres of land that Joshua Parker owned at his decease a mile south of Robert Barrows, where Mr. Eleazar Wright formerly lived. His health has returned in a good degree. He began to labour in July and gained slowly ever since. Our crop of grass is very good. We have had a very hot summer http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0842b13d97dfdf8602414277439453df.jpg 9b00774efea6f20b6797bdb2e6a6aa8b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 44) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 38 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] and plenty of rain. Our crops of rye a little blasted. Corn I believe about middleing. Not a very good summer for silk. We have made only 26#. Our daughters will wish to know the state of religion amongst us. No alteration in the Baptist chh for the better as yet. Elder John Hunt removed here with his family the 1st of last April. He paid me a visit about 10 days past. Come about 9 o'clock in the morning and tarryed un- till 4 p.m. Appears to be a very agreeable man. He stated that is was his wish and all the members of the chh that he had conversed with that I should go with the chh, but I cannot go a free man untill the chh removes some things out of the way and I believe some part of the chh are of the same mind for they have told me so. Last day in August Elder Hunt changed with Elder Esek Brown of Lebanon and we have not had two such sermons since Eld. Brunson left Mansfield. He stated that the oldest inhabitant of Lebanon never saw such a reformation be- fore as there then was in Lebanon. He appeared like a man that come out of a fire and his heart all on fire with love to God and fellow men. We gave him a very attentive hearing and when he had done preaching he called on some of the brethren to pray, waited a while and got up, prayed himself. So you may judge the situation the Baptist Chh is in. Although re- formation all around us, not only at Lebanon, but likewise at Windham at the state where factories are and also Ashford. Mother Hunt removed the 1st of last April to her grandson, Eli- sha Hunt. Was very well for her the last that we heard from her. Alvin Bennet and wife was at my house two weeks ago to- day. His wife is pretty hearty. Does all her housework. Since last March Ira Bennett's wife remains very much as she was when you left Mansfield. It has been a general time of health with us the season past. Storrs - Dimmick on the 1st Monday of April went to his nearest neighbors, but a few rods, asked for a draft of cyder, drank it, went home took a rope went to his barn, hung himself. Was found a corpse. John Salt- er, Esq. died in June. Had been unwell for some months. The the doctors could tell what ailed him. Enoch Barrow, Ger- shom Barrows' son, died in August with a fever. I must draw to a close and leave room for others to write. Your father and mother desire to be remembered to all their children and grandchildren, Orrin (Barrows) and wife and all enquiring friends if any there be. Farewell. Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows William and Anna Bennett September the 26 Much respected friends, I now sit down to write a few lines to you. You will see by our http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cbf4a3f23903fcdadec9ca43bf5d38a8.jpg f814b53238440f1f3564b815c8f9705e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 45) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 39 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] dates that it is some time since this letter was begun, but we have delayed sending it until now, thinking that it might be possible that brother Wales and sister Mary were on the road to Connecticut, but it is got to be so late in the season, that we have given up all hopes of their coming this fall. We are enjoying a comfortable stat of health, excepting Amel- ia, our little babe. She is quite unwell with the diarrhea, something like the disentary, but not so bad. I need not tell you that she is another darling with us all. She creeps all over the house, but she is only a lent blessing to us and, O, May the Lord help us to remember it and not love her too well. William grows very fast. He is a very hearty, well child. He has been to school four months this summer and has learnt well. He says I must give his love to all his cousins in Ohio. Char- les' health is not so good as it was before he was sick, but he keeps to work all the time. Father mentioned that we have bought us a piece of land. The house is as good as this where we now live and as much room in it, if not more, and a good barn and silkhouse and mulberry trees enough for 10 or 12 pounds of silk. It was sold at vandae (?). We gave four hundred and fifty dollars. People in general say it is well worth five hundred. William and his family are well. He enjoys his health much bet- ter than he used to. I think that health is the greatest bless- ing that we can enjoy here in this life. Do write to us as soon as you receive this. I suppose that it is the case with you as it is with me since I have had a family to take care of. I have always something to keep me busy. I can't get time to write but I must hasten, for Mother will be tired of tending Amelia. Give my love to Orrin (Barrows) and his wife. Mother feels anxious to hear from Mary as she was quite unwell the last time we heard from her. When you have not wrote for a long time we always think that some of you are sick. Mother and I think and talk a deal about you all. Please to except of Charles and my love and best wishes. I want to write more but Amelia is so worrisome that I cannot. This from your sister. Theoda Crain http://66.213.124.233/files/original/84c44efd1d5d8542db8e5be22a47c874.jpg 231605a3bb162a475096b62bec50bd6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 46) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 40 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 12 May 16, 26, 1833 Mr. Nathaniel W Barrows Orange Delaware County, Ohio Mansfield, May 16th, 1833 I once more take pen in hand to converse with absent friends. Dear children and grandchildren one and all, I will inform that we are still living, the spared monuments of God's mercy. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Therefore, father and mother are enjoying in general as comfort- state of health as can be expected for people of our age in gen- eral, although your mother was taken a few week past with weak- ness in her eyes but has got better. Death reigns amongst us yet. Edmund Freeman, Esq. died about 5 or 6 weeks past. I believe his death was in some measure caused by intemperance. Old Mrs. Hall, widow of Greshom Hall, died 2 or 3 weeks past with old age, more than 90 years old. Samuel Storrs died about 2 months ago. Had a sore on his foot which proved a mortification. Daniel Clark's wife of Chaplin was buried last Sunday, an old lady, sister to James Slate of Mansfield. She took a shaving to light her pipe, and had on cotton clothes that took fire. Burnt her so that she lived but bout 2 days. I don't know but you was acquainted. Guiles Stebbins of Ashford died 6 or 8 weeks past, caused by the sin of intemperence. And so we go one after another. God grant that we may prepared for that important change. Mr Marvin Fenton's wife was put to bed 2 or three months past. The child is dead. I saw him today. He says his folks are all well. 25th. I wish you would write me a letter and make a statement how the accounts stand between you and myself as to worldly matters. When I received the notes of you I thought I would keep an exact memorandum. Accordingly, I began but through the multiplicity of business or carelessness, the paper I cannot find. It is likely that you have kept the account and wish you to make a statement that shall answer your own mind. I recieved letter from Charles Waters dated January 20th and Feb- ruary 17th and was glad to hear from you. I expected until then http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f3172ef70ade8bbcac0902c6c94b586a.jpg bc573c2f4768ba83b355126b96b184a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 47) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 41 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] that you and Mary would make us a visit this season, but he in- formed me that you had undertaken to build a school house. I hope you won't undertake one next year, for I shall expect to see you both in Connecticut if our lives are spared until that time. As to visiting you, it is not likely we ever shall whilst here in the body, although I sometimes mount Fancie's airy horse, to to Ohio and pay a visit to you and Mary and likewise Charles and Harriet, form an acquaintance with my son-in-law Buel and renew the acquaintance with Emelia and all your children. but, alas, when the reverie is over, I am still in old Connecticut just where I was before my mind took its flight. Perhaps the girls would wish to know something about the state of religion. Very low in old Mansfield, although we still main- tain an outward visibility. Elder Hunt remains with us yet and preaches on Sundays. Masonary and Antimasonary runs pretty high amongst us at present. Temperance societies are forming pretty generally, which makes a bustle with some people. We live in a very eventfull day. I advise myself and everybody else to be calm and wait and judge nothing before the time, for we are informed all things work together for good to those that love God. As to my mind, I realize by times I hope that I have a short time to spend here on earth at the longest and not matter how short if I am prepared for that important change of death. I had like to forget to mention the death of Elisha Hunt, a hearty robust man. Worked on Saturday, was take in the evening follow- ing with cramp convulsions, thought by some to be the collera. Died the night following. Your grandmother Hunt enjoys a very comfortable state of health, the last we heard from, say ten days past. May 29th. I received 3 letters yesterday, said to be conveyed by D. Bingham. I was glad to hear from Ohio. I have not seen the man but intend to pretty soon. Elder Bradley paid us a visit sometime the last of March. Staid with us all night. Inquired whereabouts in the state of Ohio you lived. Said he would pay you a visit. Uncle Soloman Abbe is yet living for aught I know but no better the last we heard from him. Elisha Hunt died some time in March. I had this letter wrote mostly before I heard of the arrival of Mr. Bingham and thought I would send it on and write again when he returned. Your mother's health will not ad- mit setting out such a journey at present. I am well persuad- ed although she says that she wishes she was there. We one and all send our love to our children and grandchildren, Mr. Orrin Barrows and wife, Mr, Fenton and family and enquiring friends, if any there be. Yours in the best of bonds, Farewell Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/82a76205a366452c29bfa1b1c8624e72.jpg c8f3c6c599dc2c11be612db85e222372 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 48) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 42 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Sunday morning, May 26th, 1833 Dear brothers and sisters, Having an opportunity of writing a few lines in Father's letter, I now improve it. It is now past 12 years since I have seen any of your faces. Yet, having been with you in years past, I can imagine something how you look, but imaginary things are far from realities. There has been great alterations in Mansfield since you left the place. Death has mown down many of its inhabitants, yet we are still monuments of the spared mercy of God. There have been many mal- adies around about us. A great many children have had the canker or scarlet fever. The measels have been in Mansfield over a year, but we as yet have had none of these destempars (?) except Theoda and her children. Theoda had them very hard. Left her in a very low state of health last year. Sr. now recovering her usual heal- th. We were glad to recieve a few lines from Blake and Ann (Barrows).* I have not forgotten the children. We hope they will write again. We hope, too that your children will visit your native land. Do come and see your aged parents once, if no more, if it is possible. You cannot imagine how much father and mother want to see you and your children. Uncle Soloman Abbe is very sick if living. As to my own health, I am trouble yet with the catarrh, but I am able to labor most of the time. My children are very healthy which is a great blessing. Accept of my best wishes for your prosperity together with my wife. Give my best respects to Orrin Barrows and family, Mr. Fen- ton and all inquiring friends if any. Wm Bennett, Jr. *Mary Anna, b. 16 Dec., 1818. since the party left Connecticut in early fall of that year, Mary Barrows must have been far a- long in her pregnancy at the time of the long journey west. 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Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 49) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 43 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 13 September 28, November 28, 1833 Mr Nathaniel W Barrows Orange Delaware county Ohio Mansfield Connecticut Nov 28th Mansfield, Sept. 28, 1833 Ever near and dear children one and all: Having an oppertunity as I expect to send a letter to you free expense, I set down to write a few lines to inform you that Fa- ther and Mother are enjoying a comfortable state of health at present for people of our age and hopeing that these lines will find you and yours enjoying the same blessing. I recd. a letter from Charles dated August 21st and was glad to hear that you were all well. But it is so long since I rec. one from you that I can not recollect the date. He informed that he was disappointed that we not come with the Illinois men but not more so then we was that no one of you paid us a visit this fall. Charles wrote that he wished me to inform him something about the Black Laws of Connecticut. I have not got information enough yet to judge the matter but give it my opinion that the law respecting the people of colour is a limb of monarchy made by men professing themselves democrats. We visited your grandmother Hunt yesterday. She was well and quite spry for a woman of her age. Your cousin, Thomas Barrows is un- well, has done no work all summer. I fear he has got the consumpt- ion. Theda is unwell. She has a maid to do her house work. Has never been well since she had the meazles last spring. As to the produce of the earth: grass not a heavy crop. Corn some say not more than half a crop in these parts. Oats pretty heavy. Rye very good in general. Fruit a great plenty. I believe that we had apples enough for more than 200 b. of cyder if we saved them but that is impossible. Cyder worth from 45 to 50 cts B. Some people offer their apples to anyone that will pick them up and carry them off. Other offer the use of their cyder mill grat- is. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c138d50ac435888643f88c23f5aec64d.jpg f47655ea3b16db67babe8dc6dc2171e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 50) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 44 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] But I must draw to a close and leave room for others to write. Perhaps this may be the last time that I shall ever write to any of you since death reigns yet. Elder Eiseck (Is sac?) Brown, Baptist minister at Lebanon, died about 2 weeks since with the Typhus fever, sick but a short time, I shall expect you will write as soon as you read this. Father and Mother sends their love to all their children, grandchildren, Mr. Orrin Barrows and wife, and all enquiring friend if any there be. And, O, that we may one and all so conduct the few remaining moments that we have to spend here on earth that when time with us shall be no more, we may meet in that blest world, where parting will be no more. Yours in the best of bonds, Nathaniel W. and Mary Barrows Wm. and Anna Bennett Dear Brother and Sister, Having an oppertunity of writing a few lines to you, I now set down with pen, ink and paper to converse with absent friends. As to my health, it is comfortably good although not so good health as people in general. My family are all well. I have five boys and two girls. One of the girls live with her grand- father Dunham the most of the time and Jane with mother. I think if I was in Ohio with my family, it would be much bet- ter for me, but I don't know as providence will ever open a door. My wife thinks it would be a great undertaking to go with so large a family so great a distance. I often think of the pleas- ing visit I made you twelve years ago. But since that time there has been great changes. We anticipated much of seeing some of you there this fall, but was disappointed and when we shall see each other again the Lord only knows. We got a comfortable liv- ing but have to work hard. Our children are not large enough to help much but hope if their lives are spared, they will help some. They are all healthy children. Our youngest is most three months old. We call his name Wm Henry. We have made most 30 pounds of silk. Mother was much disappoint- ed not seeing some of you this fall. They could not get ready to so long a journey in so short a time as to go with Mr. Bingham. I expect that there has been great alterations in your neighborhood since I was with you. Yet I think I can something how you are lo- cated. I do not as yet give up the idea. If our lives are spared we shall see one another faces this side of eternity, but the Lord only knows. And, dear relative, may it be our prayer that we may be reconciled to the will of Divine Providence in whatsoever sit- uation we may be pleased to have a well grounded that it shall be well with us beyond the grave. Let us not trust to uncertainties, but may we know by happy experience that we have passed from death unto life, we have been born again for such and those only can en- ter the kingdom of heaven. I think the longer I live in this vain world, the more I see the necessity of being prepared for another. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0e241b21f46ddb479d9728832cb4adbf.jpg 7da4246a6bfe3a4392258356514dcbf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 51) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 45 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] And now, my dear friends one and all, if it should be our lot to meet again on the shores of time, may meet in that world above where parting is no more and so I must draw to a close by sub scibing myself your brother, Wm Bennett, Jr. to Nathaniel and Mary Barrows P.S. I believe that Mr. Fenton's friends are all well. Give my best repects to O. Barrows and family. November 27th, 1833 I wrote that I expected to send this letter by a private convey- ance as I was informed that a man was a going from Hampton right down to Ohio. I sent the letter there and it has lately return- ed. I shall put it into the post office. Nothing very interest- ing taken place since I wrote. Charles Crain is a keeping school in this district. Theoda health is better than it was when I wrote. I must leave writing as I have an opportunity to send it to the post office. Farewell yours till death. Wm Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/33926d612810428edaee516db5748127.jpg c3ea8f5616f95eef4f2c7a916026895f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 52) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 46 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 14 May 22, 1835 Nathaniel W. & Oren Barrows Orange Delaware Co Dear Brothers. It is with pleasure I take my pen to inform you of our health that we are all well as we generally are, likewise Brother Storrs family. Blake and Amelia are at my house. Blake is going to Agdenbugh (?) tomorrow to take the steam boat to go the Ohio and and if he should not come to you direct when he should stop he will mail these lines, with such additions as he should think proper. Lorenzo left home the 2 day of this month to go to see you and see if he could get a school. If he has got there I want he should write and let me know if I can sell a good span of horses toward land. We want Lorenzo to write particular about his health. I hope it will be for his health in going there. Asa Barrows May 22th, 1835 N. W. and Oren Barrows Lorenzo Barrows Mary 23rd. We have a good frost this morning. My corn just com- ing out of ground and it looks sorry. You may depend I have got sick wintering here in the summer. I want to see you all. Asa Barrows http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6aa5170710c09130b479ab1f795f9376.jpg 1b31ce98d5096abed3d6d9c3107527e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 53) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 47 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 15 June 24, 25, 1836 Wm Mary Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio Mansfield, June 24, 1836 We received a letter from Ohio dated February 21st 1836 which informed us of the death of one who was near and dear to us but nearer to you. We feel to mourn and sympathise with you but know not as yet what it is to part with a near and dear loving companion. How soon we may experience such a trial, God only knows. But in all our afflictions we have a Father to go to that meets out all the dispensations of His providence and grace in infinite mercy and wisdom to all his creatures. And O, that you, my dear child, may have grace given you to acquiesce in all the troubles and trials that you are called to pass through in this wilderness world, realizing this is not our abiding home. We, while here, have to experience the truth of what our blessed Lord and Savior left as legacy to all his followers where He says: "In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good comfort I have overcome the world," And my prayer is that you may be enabled to kiss the rod and bless Him that hath appointed it. We short sighted creatures cannot comprehend one of a thousands of the dispensations of God to the children of men, but let it suffice us to be enabled to be able to apprehend that for which we are apprehended of in Christ Jesus. I have wrote that which was uppermost in my mind first, but will inform you that your father and mother are still living and en- joying a comfortable state of health at present for people of our age, although your mother is a good deal run down as to bod- ily health, but yet is able to do our house work as yet. Wm's oldest girl is quite unwell and has been so for some time taken with a slow fever. The doctor has pretty much broke that but still she remains in a feeble state. The rest of Wm's folk are well and also Charlies. Liet. James Slate is dead. He died I believe some time in the month of April last. Pretty much with old age. He was about 85 years old and so one goes after anoth- er. Whose turn it will be to called next we don't know and it http://66.213.124.233/files/original/323b47b0abcf7f1f570508fc839ae0d6.jpg a48bcc8f23ca168187a4ca8869c5a1e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 54) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 48 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] is no matter if we are prepared. I have got to be almost the oldest man that attends our meeting and some hard of hearing. But I thank God I can yet hear the preaching when the Gospel in sounds in the likeness of the Apostles' preaching with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven. Other kind of preaching does but little good in our world in my opinion. I well remember the place where Wales and I gave each other the parting hand. We could neither of us speak, although we enter- tained hopes that we should see one another in this world. But, alas; the wise ruler of the universe has ordered it other wise and now let us look away from time things and by a hand of faith take hold of the glorious promises that we find recorded in the volumes of our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There we are informed that all things work together for good to those that love God and likewise those afflictions which are but for a moment (when compared with eternity) worketh not for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we look not at the things which are seen which are temporal, but at the things which are not seen, which are eternal. You can plead precious promises that you could not when your companion was alive. For He hath said that He would be a God to the widow and fatherless. David says in Psalm 68 and 5 verse, a father of the the fatherless and a judge of the widow is God. David has also informed us He relieveth the fatherless and widow. You are not brought as yet into so trying circumstances as Job was and he says: "Though He slay me, yet I will trust in Him." I need not mention no more; the Bible is full of precious promises to those that love God Mother sends her love to you in particular and says that she thinks a great deal about you in lonesome situation. You write that you wish Father and Mother was with you in Ohio. We wish the same, but it is not very likely we ever shall be for we have arrived to that age that the lighting down of the grass- hopper has become a burden to what it was once. But we wish you to pay us a visit if God in His providence should open the door. If you ever expect to see us again in the land of the living. And now Father and Mother send their love to all their children and grandchildren, Mr. Orrin Barrows and wife and other enquiring friends, if any there be. And so we recommend you child, to God - who can supply all our wants as he sees best out of His fullness. We still remain your loving parents until death. W. Mary Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett We wish you to write soon. I believe that Mr. Fenton's folks are well. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b883046afa5437c05b336c612f3b4abe.jpg a834e46d484ade9a426ffc3aef79bc4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 55) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 49 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] June 25th Kind Sir, As I received a letter from you as you will perceive on the first page of this and as I had nothing more in particular to write to Mary, I will write a few lines to you. We have had a very hard, cold winter, a backward spring, very dry the most of the month of May. Wind 1st days northeast at one time but no rain. Our corn came up very poorly in general. Had to to plant the most of it the second time. But within a few days past a plenty of rain. Wind northeast again and very cold for the time of year. I tell you the prospects of we farmers looks very dubious at present. Corn and rye is selling at 1.23 per bushel, oats from 55 cts. to 60. Our crops of rye and grass on the ground not very promising but all this is of a worldly nature. As to the Baptist Chh here, you have described very correctly in your letter. Elder Wm Bowen, an Englishman 38 years of age, has a wife but no children, has agreed to preach with us one year from the 1st of last April. He preaching strict Calvin- istic doctrine (but not rigid). He appears to be much engaged in the preaching of the Gospel and I hope that the Lord will assist him and if He does, we shall have a reformation among us and not without. I believe that there is hireling clergymen. But please to cast your eye upon the apostle in Philippians 1st chapter from 15 to 19th verses. I believe that the enemy is a comeing in like a flood, but we informed that the spir- it of the Lord shall lift up a standard against Him. As to my own mind, rather cold and stupid, but I trust the Lord opened to my view the plan of salvation by Jesus Christ (56 years last December). It attracted all the powers and faculties of soul and I have not been much shaken in principle since. Dear sir, I wish you to pay us a visit and bring Harriot, Mary, Emelia and her companion and I believe that will pay the most if not all that you owe me. The widow Irena King is dead, James King's widow. It is a very shakeing time. It appears that everything right and wrong is bought forward at this day, all which points out to me that we are bordering on the latter day glory when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, when the light of the morn shall become as the light of the sun and the light of the sun seven-fold. Let you and I be co-workers together with God and we shall get the blessing. And now I desire to recommend myself with all my children and grandchildren and the whole Zion of God and all the world of mankind into the hands of Him who will do right by all His creatures. And so I remain your unworthy Father until death. Farewell. Please to write again as soon as you receive this. Charles Waters William Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3ec692a36a34cf054f16422c67960e99.jpg 1ab7d814816d2a59460602c24823f40d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 56) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 50 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 16 August 16, 1837 Widow Mary Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio Mansfield, August 16th, 1837 Dear Children, one and all: I once more sit down with pleasure and take my pen in hand to con- verse with absent friends who are as dear and near to me as when I last saw your faces. Your father and mother are yet living on these mortal shores and enjoying a comfortable state of health for people of our age, thanks to Almighty God. Therefor, although we are in some measure sensible that we are drawing towards the close of life, When and where is not so much matters as it is to be prepared therefor. Your friends are all well for aught I know, except Jane, William's oldest daughter, who is very sick, has not been well for nearly a year, but was able to be about until sometime last winter. Was taken down and confined to the house and for some months past to the bed and now all the while except some one holds her in their arms while another makes the bed. Doctor Brigham attends upon her every day and we have had another doctor to consult with him three of four times. Wm has so large a family that it was thought best to remove her to our house. Accordingly, Doctor B. took her in his arms and brought to her grandpa's by her request, in order to have her more remote from noise. How long she will continue is uncertain with us, but perfectly known to God. Be we gained a comfortable hope some weeks past that it will well with her af- ter her spirit leaves the body. Her disorder is what the doctors call "Dispepsia vis a Disorder in the stomach", said by some the poorest person in flesh that they ever saw. It comes pretty hard upon her grandparents. She was born in our house and always has eat and drank with us just when she pleased. She set a great deal by grandmaw and grandmaw by her. Grandmaw laid very great depend- ence upon her in her old age. When her grandmaw said anything a- bout going to Ohio (year past), Jane said she intended to go if grandmaw did go to see you. I could tell you a great deal more about it than I can write but I will leave the subject with Jane in the hands of Him who does all things right. Pray . . . (Illegible) . . . . thereto. I received a letter from Charles dated July 7th and was glad to http://66.213.124.233/files/original/739cbd65ad5ab5491803596a07846bcd.jpg 46bdded696c2aae1463cd4bff14dfaf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 57) Subject The topic of the resource [corresponds to page 51 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Hear that you were all well. You tell Charles that he need not give himself no uneasiness about the note. I should never have mentioned it, but he had wrote to me about it in the first place. As to religion, a very low time with all denominations among us at the present. Elder Wm Bowen, the Englishman who has been preaching with us nearly two years past, asked the chh and soci- ety to dismiss him. Accordingly, they did and he has left us. We have no stated preaching among us at present, but have wrote on to a man to make us a visit and preach with us if he and we like. We hold meetings on Sundays and brethren improve their gifts. You perhaps feel something of the pressure of the times in Ohio as well as we do in Connecticut, but I expect that provisions are more plenty and cheaper than they are here. Flour from 10 dollars to 12 dollars per barrel, corn, 1.50, rye 1.50, oats 55cts. Crops of rye have come in rather light. Corn not very promising for the season. Hay comes in very heavy. We have had a very cold spring and summer so far. It has been no weather to get our hay for about two weeks. People amongst us have not more than half done haying, but we must conclude that the weath- er is perfectly right because it is ordered by infinite wisdom, which cannot err. And it is our happiness to be reconciled there- to. I understand that you have enough of this world to make you com- fortable, but that don't make up for the loss of near and dear friends. But I must draw to a close and leave room for others to write. Perhaps you wish to know how Father and Mother gets along. You may judge from what is written that we have some trials and afflictions, but I hope the Lord will deliver us out of them all in His own due time. I wish some of you to write soon. We are always glad to receive a letter from Ohio. Father and Mother sends their love to all their children and grandchildren, Mr. Orrin Barrows and wife and all enquiring friends, if any there be. Therefore, I shall direct the let- ter to you. Farewell, perhaps for the last time. W. Mary Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett Mansfield, August 16, 1837 Beloved Sisters: I once more take my pen to write a few lines to you but my mind is so full of care and anxiety that I hardly know what to write. Our family are all well at present and that is a great blessing and I sometimes think that I know how to prize it. Charles is at home now. He was unwell and come home the 10th of http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba2c2475ccd7d171c9c6e1318a1852ad.jpg ee39aa2032bd094669d114e978bfb512 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 58) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 52 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] July. He is to work for Father and Wm, he thinks about buying a piece of land, but has not made up his mind yet. Mother Crain has been quite unwell for a few weeks past, but is some better. She is inclining to the Dropsy and that is a complaint that is not very easily cured. Dear sisters, I never have thought more of you nor felt more an- xious to see you than I have for a few months past. Mother and I have talked about you a great many hours. Mother says I must tell Amelia that Jane is in the same room where she lay so long, and if her life is spared, it will be a great while before she can gain so as to feel better. I think she needs the most peculiar care of any sick person that I ever see. She takes none for food, the juice of fresh meat three or four teaspoonsfulls once in two hours. I broil it on the gridiron and then squeeze out the juice, but one thing don't answer but a few days before it gets to be an old sto- ry and don't do any good and then we have to try something else, and it is just so with her medicine, but if the Lord sees fit He is certainly able to restore her to health and strength again, but it is not in the power of man to do it. August 17th: Have been thinking some about taking a ride in a steamboat to New York this fall. I think it would be for my heal- th, but I don's know as it will be possible for me to leave home. If I should, when I get there I should want to keep on a few hun- dred miles further. I do not give up the idea but what I shall visit you yet, but when I cannot tell. Charles remembers his love to you all and says he should be glad to see you. Please to re- member me to Orrin B. and his wife. Tell her I have not forgotten her and likewise to all of your children. How glad I should be to see them. I do wish that you would be a little more particular a- bout writing oftener. We are always glad to hear from you. I am in great haste and must draw to a close, this from your sister. Theoda Crane I believe that Mr. Fenton's family are all well. Dr. Norman Brigham, popular Mansfield doctor mentioned on page 47. He lived at Mansfield Depot. [photo: Dr. Norman Brigham] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/98204cf1b1fb2d6f1075c8ab9902ec88.jpg 4f12196e982bfadb00122e12c953ab24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 59) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 53 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 17 November 11, 1838 Mrs Mary Barrows Berlin Township Union Rd Delaware Ohio Mansfield - Nov. 11th 1838 Dear Sisters, It is with pleasure I now sit down to converse with you by pen and ink as this is the only way of communication, but it is so long since I have used a pen that I barely know how to hold it. As to my health, it is quite good at present and the rest of the family are well, which I think is a great blessing. Father once more enjoys comfortable health so that he rides about andgoes to meeting, but he has been quite sick the most part of time since last April. Three times we have expected that he would soon leave us. In the first place he was taken with the bil- ious fever and for a number of days his symptoms were very bad. I staid with him until his fever left him and he began to feel better. And then he had sores on his bowels, the worst kind that I ever saw. The doctor called them ant bed sores. They would come full of little holes and then work into one. It was a great deal of work to take care of him day and night. One time in particular his sore was struck with mortification. The doctor though that he could not live forty eight hours. Mother felt very bad and we all did, but his time had not yet come. They could not be willing to have me leave them and I hir- ed a girl to take care of my family and staid with them untill he got better and was able to ride out. And then he was taken with the dysentary or camp (?) distemper, which brought him very low again and then I staid with him some time and took care of him. Mother's health is not very good but she works hard and she has had a very trying scene to pass through. But for the most part of the time she has kept up good courage. How many times I have thought the season past that if I only one sister left in Mansfield that could go home and see Father and Mother. I would take a great care off my mind and I almost http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ee6b162ffde29e0bab244b90d6a8bdd6.jpg 7cc05d37c96ae0ce6a8bb65701282d04 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 60) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 54 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] had faith to believe that you would some of you come home this fall. I think that if you felt as anxious to see your parents as they do to see you, that you would try hard to come. Father received a letter from you, dated August 17. We were very glad to hear from you all and to hear that you were all enjoying a comfortable state of health. I expect that Father wrote to you that we have bought a farm. It is good land and we like very well. It is quite near enough to the meeting house. But I feel as though it was a great privilege to live near meeting. Our children go every Sunday. We have raised one hundred bushels of corn this season and two hundred of potatoes. Every kind of produce is very high. We sold twenty weight of butter the other day for 25 cents a pound. The cold weather has come on very early this fall. It has been very cold the most of the time. Three weeks past we have had some snow and a great deal of rain. Apples are very plenty and a great many have froze under the trees. We have so far been blessed with comforts of life but we have to work hard. It has made it very hard for me leaving my family and going home much the season past. You all know by experi- ence that where there is sick folks there is a great deal of hard work besides the care of the sick. But my strength has been equal to my day and I feel thankful that the situation of my family has been such that I could leave them and go home a few days at a time and try to comfort my parents in there old age. Father and Moth- er are growing old very fast and to all appearance they cannot stay here but a little while longer and I feel as though I wanted to do my duty. whether they outlive me or not, our lives are all uncertain. We have no promise of tomorrow and we know not what a day will bring forth. And my desire has been for a few years past, O Lord, teach me what is right and give me a disposition to do it. O, my dear sister, I cannot tell you my feelings with this poor pen and ink. I want to see you and converse with you face to face. Father says he should be glad to receive a letter from brother Charles (Waters). He has not wrote for a long time. We should be glad to hear from him again. Charles (Crain) and his father have bought together. Father owns one third of the place. We both live in one house, but in separate families. Mother Crain does not enjoy good health, but she has two girls at home with her yet, Abby and Morilla (Crain). Maryan was married last spring to Enoch Freeman. They live with his father. It is a general time of health in this place. I hope you will not feel over anxious about Father and Mother. They have all the com- forts of this life but Mother's work is quite too hard for her. I think they need someone of their children to live in the house with them. They would enjoy themselves better than they would to leave their home and go live with their children. William is willing to do all he can for them but he has a great family and he has always enjoyed poor health. They are as well as usual. His oldest boy http://66.213.124.233/files/original/af143bf6ad88436c626ce09aaa1c7e8d.jpg 5f9dfedf56dc3de4bad375ab4b11177d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 61) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 55 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] does not enjoy good health. He has had a cough and pain in his side the most of the time for a year past but he is about all the time and we are in hopes he will outgrow it. Harriet's mother met with an accident last June. She came down to William's (Bennett, Jr.) on a visit and a going home her horse became unmanageable and flung her out of the wagon and broke her thigh. She has not walked a step since. I believe the last time I wrote to you I gave you some encourage- ment of making you a visit, but our bying this place has brought a debt and I don't see but we shall have to bone down to hard work untill we get it paid for. It is called as good land as any their is in Mansfield and I think if we are well we we shall make out to pay for it in time. I find the best way is that in whatsoever sit- uation I am in there with to be content. But my sheet is about full and I must think drawing to a close. Please remember my love to all our friends and Charles (Crain) says the same. Do some of you write as soon as you receive this. We always look for a letter a great while before we receive one and I suppose you do the same. We always feel anxious to hear from you. I have thought a great deal about Emelia's daughter that has been sick so much and should be glad to hear from her. I always forget which I wrote to last, but when I write to one, I mean it for all three of you. Mother Crain remembers her love to you all. Don't borrow no trouble about Father and Mother. When they are well they appear to enjoy themselves well and if they are sick we shall do all we can for them. This from your affectionate sister, Theoda Crain http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c6ff34178bccf5bfbc387eb37b4f7921.jpg f752fd097f7d799b204bc6123865fd56 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 62) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 56 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 18 January 31, 1839 Note: the first page of this letter is missing. The second page picks up as follows: ....but she now eats and drinks and sleeps and has gained a little strength, but I mus leave this subject or I shall fill my paper with it. We have had a very open winter so far, a great deal of rain and but little snow. Produce is very low of all kinds. We milked eight cows last summer, but after I was taken sick, I thought it would be too much for Amelia (Crain) to do the work and make the cheese so we gave our milk to the hogs. My girls are a great help to me. Amelia is larger than I am. she does most of the washing. Her health is good, but she has to work very hard when I am sick and that has been the most of the time for a year past. As to religion, it is a very low time. With us, we keep up the form. The society is a going to build a new meeting house next spring - - - Brother William and his family are well. We should be very glad to see you. Mother says tell Emelia she must try to come and see her once more. I wish you would. I think sometimes if only I could see Emelia (Buell) and Mary (Barrows) and talk with them, it would do me a great deal of good. I t is hard work for me to write, my eyes are very weak. Do write soon, we are anxious to hear from you. Charles (Crain) says that I must give his best respects to you all and tell you he should be glad to see you here. Mother and the children send their love to you all. I should be glad to write more, but I am very tired. I must draw to a close. This from your affet. sister, To E.B. and M. B. Theoda Crain Mary Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio [illegible] PO http://66.213.124.233/files/original/198ab64a2089758275b2756da81b5030.jpg 7caa33ab219dce7d72ad251832bd67e1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 63) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 57 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 19 May 29 Mansfield Center To Orvil Barrow Orange Township Delaware County, Ohio May 29, 1839 Unison Post Office Dear Brother, I for the first time take pen in hand in inform you and the rest of the friends that we arrived in Mansfield on Tuesday the 28 day of May, after a pleasant journey of twenty two days. We had pleas- ant weather for traveling . We had two days that it rained part of each day but not so as to keep us from traveling. It was very cool except for three or four days. Mother and I enjoyed good health all the time with the exception of having the hipo (?) a verry little. I found it more expensive traveling than I had expected. My fees for gates and ferry's was seven dollars and twelve cents. We feel very anxious to hear from you to know if all are well. We found all the friends well that we have seen. Please inform Mr. Fenton that Daniel Reed's wife died about two weeks ago. I believe Mrs. Reed was Mr Fenton's sister. It may be that he will hear of her death before you receive this. The horse looks well at this time. He had two spells of being quite lame, of about two days each in the course of our journey. The least that I went either day was 25 miles and the most was for- ty miles, but on an average we went about thirty two miles a day. Mother says she has not forgot you and if providence permit we shall be back in a few weeks. We shall start back in three or four weeks. I think I shall come back by the lake and go and see Aunt Betsy.** the National Pike was very hard for the horse. We arrived at grand- father Bennets on Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock. They did not know who we were and after they found out who we were, they could hardly believe it. People are preparing for planting potatoes. The corn has come up. The land looks very gloomy and barren to me. I did not go through New York as I expected when I left home. I found it was more expensive traveling through that way and I went to Newburg, and from thence to Hartford. I thought when I left home that I should be contented to stay five or six weeks, but I feel now as if I was ready to start back at any time when Mother is ready. * Augusta Read or Read ** Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, lived in New York state. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fb1cfe8bd0bf8e26dde98cfa10bac9e5.jpg 1d7aedc878db567ffb17f3533b0de2bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 64) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 58 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] I should like to know how the crops look with you. I saw some fine looking fields of grain in Pennsylvania and some that did not look very well. Oats on the east side of the mountains was worth one dollar per bushel. We did not see any person that we knew from the time that we left Newark till we got here, neither did we have any company on the road. We met a great number of movers going to the west who came from most all parts of the eastern states. Horses bring a great price in Penn. and New Jersey. I think Uncle Orrin's colts would bring three hundred dollars in the city of New York if they were fitted for market. I saw a span of bay horses in New Jersey that was about such horses as Daniel Nettleton's, except they were fitted for market and they told me that they would fetch four hundred and fifty dollars in Philadelphia. Oxen are worth four hundred and fifty dollars in Philadelphia. Oxen are worth from $100 to $150 per yoke, cows from 30 to 50 dollars per head. Alfred Bennett is to preach at the meeting house on Friday. Con- necticut, what I have seen of it, does not look as rough and bar- ron as I expected, but I should not think that I could get a liv- ing here by farming. While we were traveling we generally found very good taverns with the exception of two or three. You need not look for us until you see us coming. I do not think of any thing more to write that would be worth reading. Therefore, I shall draw to a close by wishing you all health and prosperity. Orvil Barrows Blake W. Barrows - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - May 29th, 1839 Dear Children and Grandchildren, one and all: As Blake invites me to write some in a letter, I will embrace the opportunity, although I have nothing special to write. Our Ohio friends arrived on Tuesday morning quite unexpected, although a happy meeting on our part and we believe so on theirs. Found us all enjoying a state of health. Your father and mother, grand- father and grandmaw, have got to be old folks, but you cannot form the idea of the feeling of a parent to receive a child that they had not seen for 20 years, not never will until you experience it. We have been young and now are old, but still have our reason. Still think we know what is best for youth, middle age, and old age. And we invite you one and all to attend to the admonition of this wise man, viz, fear God and keep His commandments, for that is the du- ty of all rational beings. Since we are all traveling swiftly through time into a boundless and never end eternity, it stands each of us in hand to be prepared to exchange worlds. Your friends are all well as usual for ought we know. As I state in the beginning, I had nothing material to write. We send our love to one and all, wishing you wealth, health, and a prosperity in this world and in the next life ever lasting. So we remain your well wishers until death. Wm and Anna Bennett http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a72de60824a0e42655f61ddc6e110949.jpg 56fd12b7483d49066165775cfe3bf41f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 65) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 59 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] 1839 Trip to Connecticut [image of map] The above map is a composite that shows the likely routes Blake Barrows and his Mother would have traveled on their round trip from Orange township, Delaware County, OH., part over the National Road, to Mansfield Center, Connecticut and back via the lake route. A Tour to New Connecticut in 1811: the Narrative of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, edited by Phillip R. Shiver, 1985 has a map inside the covers that shows the stops made on a similiar round trip in 1811 from Connecticut to Cleveland and back. For the stops made in Ohio I used Woodruff's "Travellers Guide Through Ohio", 1835. When the Barrows reached Pennsylvania they probably left the National Road and went north to Pittsburgh as the National Road dips south into Maryland and heads for Baltimore and Washington D. C. ________________________________________________________ The Delaware Genealogist Spring 1989 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/84e88e5ccc77953e6521de191d897a01.jpg 956d550876d7347ab989c9551665e4f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 66) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 60 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 20 August 19, 20, 1839 Mansfield Center Aug 22 and 25 Blake W Barrows Orange Delaware County Ohio Mansfield, August 19th 1839 Dear Children and Grandchildren, I once more sit down with pleasure to answer your request in your letter that I received in the fore part of this month, dated July 12th 1839. You requested me to write soon. I send the same re- quest back again, hopeing that you will comply with it. Your father and mother are living, our health much as it was when you was here. Only bordering towards the grave. You informed us that you had a safe journey home and found your family all well which caused you reason of thankfulness. Some go from home and never return and some when they return find one or more of their family gone the way of all the earth. We shall ever remember your kindness in paying so much attention to your aged parents as to make then a visit while on these mortal shores. I have no particular news to write as I recollect at present. The old widow Slate died since you was here. She had the jaundice, aged 79. Isaac Arnold's wife was struck with the numbpalsey. She had two shocks on Saturday the 17 instant. She was buried. Mr. Res- cum Coggeshall is very sick , doubtful whether he ever recovers. I believe he has got the consumption. I don't recollect of any other acquaintances that are sick or dead. A general time of health a- mong us at present. You wrote that you should esteem it a privilege if you lived where you could visit us often. I believe that the privilege would be as great to us as it would to you. But since providence has ordered it otherwise, it is our happiness to be reconciled thereto, but in a short time I hope to meet you all where parting will be no more, where we shall be enabled to sing the song Free Grace, saying "Worthy is the Lamb that has redeemed us by His blood and has made us kings and priests to the most high God and we shall reign with Him forever and ever." But there is no promise short of those that endure to the end. Those that do believe will receive a hearty wel- http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a53450cced0ee94132c3cfe89fbdc715.jpg 7814a3edf477e74e7f722cfb1ac33a5b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 67) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 61 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] come and will be admitted to mansions that Jesus has prepared for them. Farewell. Wd. Mary Barrows W. and Anna Bennett - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - August 20 Dear Friends: I received a few lines from you and was very glad to hear of your safe arrival and that your health and your mother's was improving by reason of your journey and since we had a very agreeable opper- tunity on my part of forming acquaintance. I have thought of you a great deal since you left Mansfield. And, kind sir, I don't wish to hurt your feelings in the least, but a word of advice can hurt none if it be taken kindly. Old men for council and young men for war. I have been young, but now I am old. When I see young men seting out in the world, I have my fears that the en- emy of all righteousness will entice them to leave wisdom's ways, whose ways are ways of plesantness and all her paths are peace. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and to depart from iniquity is understanding. And now, dear friend, I advise you to take the Holy Bible for a rule of conduct through life. Jesus Christ says, "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal Life and they are them which testify of me.". I well re- member that I for one searched them to find some place that would give me some liberty to indulge myself in a little carnal mirth untill I come to the 8th chapter Ecclesiasticus where the wise man appears to give some liberty where he say, "Rejoice, O young man in thy youth and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and insight of thine eyes, but know thou for all these things God will bring thee into judgment." There is a judgment day a comeing when we shall all need be clothed with that robe of righteousness that Jesus Christ has wrought out. the poet beautifully gives the idea: "And least the shadow of a spot Should on my soul be found He took the robe the Savior wrought and cast it all around". You informed us that your crops of grain look promising of which I was glad to hear. Our rye and oats come in very good. Corn was promising a crop until last week. We had a very high wind with rain that leand our corn down. What the event will be I cannot tell as yet. Our crops of hay comes in rather light. We have not done haying as yet, grass was late. People in general waited for it to grow before they began to cut it. Give my respects to your Uncle Orrin Barrows and inform him that I have been to see Mr. Phillip Barrows, administrator on the es- http://66.213.124.233/files/original/893426e9b1f5de8ce8e4796ec04ecbcd.jpg dc2486ae03e147c42e0642cbe2986f50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 68) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 62 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] tate of Elizabeth Barrows deceased and there is about $30 due to his father's heirs, $20 in cash and $10 in moveables and he is willing to pay it over to anyone that can give him a safe discharge for the same. It draws no interest where it is. And now, dear friend, write me again and inform me that you take the advice I have given in good part, for I assure you, it was well meant. Good by. Blake W. Barrows Wm and Anna Bennett - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - -- -- - -- Amelia, I have room to write a few lines more and I will direct them to you to let you know that we have not forgotten you in our old age. We have to be old folks but we are yet blest with our reason which we esteem a very great blessing. We are still blest with all this world, can afford as to victuals and drink and clothing. But when we look forward if we should live to the time that we should not be capable of taking care of ourselves, I don't know what will become of us. But we don't mean to borrow any trouble. Theoda has a sprightly girl 4 or 5 months old. She calls her name Anna, and if she live longer than grandmother, she is to have her beads. Amelia, you don't know how we want to see you. If it was possible we should like to have a visit from you and Mr. (Jeremiah) Buel. But if it is otherwise determined in providence we wish you to write and inform us how you get along. As to spirituals and temporals, I understand by many that you had the comforts of life. If that is the case, it is all you can have in this world. Old Agun's (?) prayer was perfectly right: "give me neither poverty of riches". You have had a great deal of sick- ness since you left Mansfield, as well as before and we are inform- ed that all things work together for good to those that love God and those that are called according to His purpose. And the poet informs us: our trials and our troubles here will only make us richer there when we arrive at home. Tell Charles and Harriet that I have no room to write to them but if they will write me a letter, I will endeavor to answer it when you write, inform how you get along and to spirituals and tempor- als. And now I must close my lettr, wishing you one and all health and happiness in this life and in the comeing world life everlasting. Father and Mother, Wm and Harriet remember their love to you one and all, not forgetting Mr. Orrin Barrows and wife. Charles and Theoda send their love, Wm and Anna Bennett I saw Uncle Soloman Abbe about three weeks since. He is almost run down , 96 yrs, old yet goes about with a staff. It was loud preach- ing to me. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c79f7da35ac34d5739fae17a5ce1fcae.jpg f212388a7926ddbfec3e237c601432cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 69) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 63 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 21 Mansfield, Dec 8, 1839 Mansfield Cental Ct December 12 W Mary Barrows Orange Delaware O. Ohio Dear Brothers and Sisters: Father Bennet received a letter from Amelia, informing us of the death of our sister Harriet, which was very heavy news to us all, especially to Father and Mother and we realize it must be a trying scene to her remaining sisters. But alas, we are not exempt from sickness and death. Our father W. Bennet is no more, he died Nov. 12 half past seven o'clock a.m. He was taken ill about the first of Sept. Not so but that he rode out several times, went to meeting the first Sunday in Sept. His appetite seem to fail him and he was sick to his stomach so as to vomit. This seem to fol- low and increase day and night, until one week before he died it ceased. He was in no great pain. He was able to walk from the bed to the fire untill ten days before he died. Lucas Fenton took care with Wm's assistance and Mother's. Theoda and I were over as often as we could be. The rest of our friends are all well as us- ual. As to religion, it is peace and love with us here in Mansfield. As to my situation where I lived when Mary and Blake was here, I have sold and bought where W. Barrows used to live. And as Mother Ben- net was left alone we thought it best to move in this fall with Mother Bennet. We moved Nov. 21. My stock and hay I shall not move till April. Father Crain takes care of them. Tell Blake about 75 bushels of corn, not a very heavy crop of potatoes, rye and oats were very good. As to the Multicaulas trees that were on my land when Blake was at Mansfield, were sold in the summer for $26 1/4 a hundred, which fell and decreased in value as low as $5 to $6 per hundred trees. The men who purchased the trees were loth to take them. Money is very hard to be had. No banks will discount. Stock is not so high as last spring. Grain is not so high. Corn and rye one dollar for bu. Oats 43 cts - per bu. Beef $6 to 7 dollars per hundred, pork the same. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ca49cfe2c2fb182d1e55927737c3e6ea.jpg d845037c5363996ddac17ccfea418e27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 70) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 64 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] I make this apology for not writing before, I have been moving. Thanksgiving and other business has taken up so much time. Res- com Coggshall died Oct. 14. Needham Slate's mother died last sum- mer. Marvin Fenton's family are all well and I must draw to a close and leave room for Theoda to write and subscribe myself your friend. To Mary Barrows Charles Crain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Brothers and Sisters: I take my pen to write a few lines to you. Charles has informed you of the death of our beloved father. He has gone to be here no more. His seat is empty, and we miss his company very much, but we have one consolation. We believe that our loss is his gain. When he heard of sister Harriet's death, he said that the judge of all the earth did perfectly right, he should soon follow her. There never was a murmering word escaped his lips through all his sickness. Everything we did for him was right. He would sometimes say that clouds and darkness hung over his mind, but he said that in the darkest time he could see one bright spot and that was Jesus Christ. It was very distressing to see him for a number of weeks before he died. He puked almost all the time, day and night. The doctor thought that the passage between his stom- ach and bowels was closing up. The friday before he died had a very distrest day, but toward night he got more easy and rested well through the night. He got more easy and rested well through the night saturday I went home. I told them if there was an alter- ation to let me know it. He continued much the same until monday. He began to grow very restless and distrest. They sent for us. We immediately, but when we got there, he appeared to know us but could not speak nor swallow. He continued in great distress untill about two hours before he died. He folded his hands on his breast and never mover them again. His breath grew shorter untill he had done breathing. Mr. Bromley preached his funeral sermon from there words: "By faith Jacob when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph and wor- shiped, leaning upon the top of his staff." Mother has bourne up under her trouble beyond all of our expectation. She staid by Fath- er day and night and every time that he was a little more comfort- able she would take new courage, so great was her anxiety to have him get well. She felt as though she could not give him up. She says that Charles and Mary know her feelings, they have passed through the same trying scene. Yes, Brother Charles, we often think of you. It is very seldom that I take my babe into my arms to nurse it without thinking of your little motherless infant. I think that you have been called to drink deep of the cup of affliction. You have a great family of little ones around you that need a mother's care, but we think that our Heavenly Father does all things right. Tell Morilla (Waters) she must try to be a mother to the http://66.213.124.233/files/original/66fdf8ab93a7d5dc7ba2cb22ae87f7de.jpg 9d3e5f679e6fb2302daa14dcfe6cd8f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 71) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 65 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] younger children and I think Emelia and Mary will try to assist by all they can. When our friends are dead and buried we can do no more for them, but it is our duty to try to take care of the living. Mother's health is not very good - she just overdone taking care of father and trouble of mind and altogether has been quite too hard for her. But we shall try to do all we can to make her life easy and comfortable. She eats with us. I think we shall live together. If she don't feel willing to leave her house and move with us in the spring we shall hire out our place and stay with her. There is a great deal to be done here this winter and Moth- er felt as though she wanted someone to take the care off her mind. Father left a will. In the first place he gave all his stock of cattle and house hold furniture to Mother, the rest of his estate, both real and personal, was to be equally divided be- tween Mother and William, and he appointed William executor on his will. Everything has got to be appraised. My sheet is almost full and I must draw to a close. I must ac- knowledge that we have done wrong in not writing to you before, but every moment of my time has been taken up. Mother, Br. Will- iam and S. Harriet remember their love to you all. Little Anna has been cutting teeth but she is well now. This from your un- worthy sister. Theoda Crain http://66.213.124.233/files/original/15e982ab5042d612170d497cfa0bb6b0.jpg 50e20cecac83fe82c61a1c990e56fbf9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 72) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 66 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 22 February 6, 18, 21, 1842 W. Mary Barrows Town of Orange Berlin Post Office Delaware Town Ohio Mansfield, February 6th 1842 Dear Sister: I once more take pen in hand to converse with absent friends. We are all enjoying usual health at present. Br. William received a letter from you last fall, and I have been waiting for him to answer it. But thinking that you will feel anxious to hear from us, I thought it not best to wait any longer. As for news, I must write that first that I think the most about. The Lord in great mercy has visited His people in this in this place, sometime during the early part of October. As there were indications that the Lord was about to appear among us, a series of evening meetings were commenced, which have continued with few interruptions until the present time. A spirit of penitence, con- fession and prayer have been in happy exercise. But what has characterized the revival has been deep and anxious solicitude for the salvation of souls. The members of the church - instead of looking for some great instrumentality to be employed for the pro- motion of a revival, felt their individual responsibility and fer- vently implored the blessing of God upon the ordinary means of grace, prayer, the Word of God. Visiting and personal conversati- ion were the direct means of carrying on the work . It was a time of God's power, all ages and all classes. From the child to the man of sixty years have shared in the rich blessing among whom are many heads of families. And quite a number of young men, about sixty, have expressed hope in Christ. Some are still inquiring what they shall do to be saved. Br. Bromley's health failed him for a few weeks, but he is now able to preach. Twenty five have followed their Savior down the banks of Jordan. William is one of the number and Mary Bennet. A number more are still waiting. We had no whirlwind or earthquake in our meetings, but the still small voice has been whispering in the ear of the sinner to re- pent of their sins and turn to the Lord. Often we have seen child- ren arise and request the prayers of Christians for their parents http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4b161bb41ca8d826096d60a30b1e2862.jpg d0ae9041cde4725c4f91f5407f4b62af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 73) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 67 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] and parents for their children, husbands for their wifes, and wives for their husbands. In some meetings the time has been mostly spent in prayer and thanks be to God He does hear and answer prayer. Prayer was appointed to convey the blessings God designs to give. Long as they live should Christians pray, for only while they pray they live. I have a comfortable hope for Amelia. She feels to re- joice in a Savior's love. O, the goodness of God to me, a poor sinful worm of the dust. His tender mercies have been over me all my past life. Charles has enjoyed his mind well. For weeks he spent the most of his time in going from house to house and conversing with those that were weighed down under a sense of their sins and those who are rejoicing in God their Savior. It has truly been a Pentecost season to our souls. I suppose you would like to know something about our temporal concerns, but I hardly know what to tell you. I believe our crops come in about as usual last fall. We have had a very warm wet winter, no sleighing. Sometimes the ground breaks in and makes it very bad traveling. Hard times for people who are in debt. We cannot sell anything. Money is very scarce, but the Lord reigns. Let the earth rejoice and the inhabitants there- of be glad. Mother enjoys comfortable health. She feels the infirmities of old age gaining upon her. She has a great desire to see Emelia once more this side of the grave. I wish she could contrive some way to come and spend the summer with us, and her husband with her. We feel very anxious to hear from Br. Charles and his fam- ily. We heard by the way of Mr. Fenton's son that he still has trials to pass through, but I have a word of encouragement for him. They that have their robes washed and made white in the blood of the lamb were those that came ou t of great tribulation. Tell him not to faint be the way, but to hold out a little long- er. It will be but a shout time before he will again be united with the companion of his youth and his dear little one. There tear shall be wiped away. O, blessed thought to sing redeeming grace and dying love through as never ending eternity. I wish that Morilla would write tome. I think that it would seem almost like having a letter from the hand of her mother. I think that she will try to be as near a mother as she can to her younger sis- ter and brothers, but there is no one that can ever fill the place of a mother. We live at so great a distance that we cannot know each other's joy or sorrow. But we have the same God to go to and we can feel safe to put our trust in Him. We was very glad to receive a few lines from Cousin Blake and his companion.* I should be very glad to here from them again. Tell them not to place their affection too much upon their little one, ** for she is only a lent blessing. * Charlotte Janes, B. 1820; d. 1877 ** Mary Ann, b. 5 Feb. 1841. Married George Messenger, d. in Boone Co., NB. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2ba5ef25e59409d80c520d8a0c28b6ef.jpg f1e80563730f1e07605d9fd5c86639e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 74) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 68 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Our children are all well. Anna is a diversion to her grandmoth- er. Br. William and his family are well. He has enjoyed his mind since the commencement of the revival. His whole soul has been in the work. Feb. 18 - You will see by dates that it has been sometime since I began this letter, but I have a large family which takes up the most of my time, and we have such good meetings that I must go some. Last Sunday seven more were baptized. Others are still waiting. I hear a great deal said about the second comeing of Christ. Some think the time is very near, but of that hour know- eth no man, no not the angels that are in heaven. But I think that it stands us all in hand to have our lamps trimmed and burn- ing and the oil of grace in our hearts and be ready. For as a thief in the night will it come to those who are not prepared. I wish you to write as soon as you receive this and let us know how Br. Charles gets along with his family. I should be glad to receive a letter from him. Mother sends much love to you all. She feels the loss of Father's company but I think she is as con- tented as any can expect. There are but a few liveing in this town that are near her age. She says that her old acquaintance and companions of her youth are a most all gone and left her. She has enjoyed her mind very well the season past. Remember my love to all our connections and friends. And now, dear sisters, I would ask you to pray much for discharge every duty incumbent upon me in the fear of God, seeing that I must one day give an account thereof. This from your unworthy sister. Theoda Crain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mansfield, February 21 Since Theoda has wrote all the new I have not much room nor a great deal to say. We all enjoy a good degree of health and I am very busy in attending meetings for the Lord is among up and bless- ed be His name. Such a time as I have never witnessed in Mansfield before. When young men take me by the hand and beg me to pray for them, you might judge how I felt when I come before the throne to plead by way of prayer for souls sinking under a weight of sin. I have town business to do being one of the select men for the town and my own affairs find me employ for all the of time. I now draw to a close. Please give my love to all enquiring friends. To Sister Mary Barrows Charles Crain To Blake Barrows: For blue ink: Take indigo, put into blue dye in form to color in a bag. Let it lie 24 hours, then rub the bag in your hand till soft. Then squeeze the liquor into a vial. C. Crain http://66.213.124.233/files/original/191be5daee3a59f19c4dac556ab793fe.jpg a8be415b9a08b9b103d1776a4e9a439a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 75) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 69 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Letter 23 January 31, 1845 W Mary Barrows Orange Delaware county Ohio PO Mansfield, Jan. the 31st, 1845 Dear Sisters, I once more take my pen in hand to answer your letter containing the news of the death of Br. C. Waters. It was sorrowful news to us and we feel to sympathize with his afflicted children. I was then recovering from a bed of sickness to which I had been confined for a few weeks with the lung fever. Our children were sick at the same with the whooping cough. Harriet had a fever set in. She was very sick. William had it hard, the other ones kept about and when warm weather came we all got better and con- tinued so untill the 5 of July. I was taken with the Erysipelas Fever and of all the sickness I every had, that was the most dis- tressing. I swelled all over from my head to to my feet and my flesh was a dark purple and such a burning heat. I could compare it to nothing else but being dipt into a tub of scalding water. I continued in this state about ten days. I then began to come out in white blisters and spread all over me. I was entirely helpless for a few days. My fever then left me and my flesh heal- ed very fast and then a thick skin pealed off all over me and I be- gun to gain strength and we all felt encouraged (for my life had been despaired of). But it was like putting new wine into old bottles, for my new skin had not strength enough to come into act- ion and I soon ran down. My flesh was very cold and I sweat all the time and began to have sinking turns. They then begin to stimulate me but it was 4 weeks before I was able to sit up and it was 4 months from the time I was first taken sick that I began to think that I know how to prize it. I suppose by this time you are impatient to hear something about Mother. She enjoys comfortable health, all excepting the sore on her nose. That is very painful sometimes. She has always told me not to write anything about it, but she now says it may be that Emelia will think of something that will cure it. We have tried everything that we thought could do any good. She says I must tell http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a0dc19d6c050c2d3abb8be8245f3e351.jpg 195ace13099b03aa42c62bae63783704 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 76) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 70 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] You that she has all the comforts of this life. We are alone the most of the time through the day. Our children all go to school. I work untill I am tired and then I go in and smoke a pipe with Mother and we take comfort. Sickness will come and old age will creep on upon us. It is of no use to complain, but try in what- ever situation we are in therewith to be content. We think a great deal about Harriet's children. I wish Marilla would write to us and let us know how she gets along with her family. Marvin Fenton's wife died last fall with a cancer on her breast. Benjamin Dunham's wife is sick the same complaint. Capt. Mathewson died last March very sudden. I think likely that you have heard about their daughter that has been sick ten years past. There has been a number of pieces printed in newspapers about her and thousands of people have flocked to see her. Last spring she failed very fast and for two or three days it was thought that ev- ery hour would be her last when one evening she dropped asleep, as her friends supposed. She lay quiet for half an hour. When she came to, her disease had all left her. Although she was weak and could not move her limbs, she seemed perfectly happy. She said she had died and been where she had seen the gate of heaven, and heard singing, but was told to came back and do her work and then she should enter. It was a long time before her friends could persuade to take food. for 14 week she took nothing, but cold water and very little tea and talked all the time and was never tired. But now she eats and drinks and sleeps and has gain- ed a little strength. Must leave this subject or I shall my pa- per with it. We have a very open winter so far, a great deal of rain and but little snow. Produce is very low of all kinds. We milked eight cows last summer, but after I was taken sick I though It would be too much for Amelia to do the work and make the cheese so we gave our milk to the hogs. My girls are a great help to me. Amelia is larger than I am. She does the most of the washing. Her health is good, but she has to work very hard when I am sick and that has been the most of the time for a year past. As to religion, it is a very low time with us. We keep up the form. The society are going to build a new meeting house next spring. Brother Wm and his family are well. We should be very happy to see you. Mother says tell Emelia she must try to come and see her once more. I wish you would. I think sometimes if only I could see Emelia and Mary and talk with them, it would do me a great deal of good. It is hard work for me to write. My eyes are very weak. Do write soon, we are anxious to hear from you. Charles says that I must give his best respects to you all and tell you that he should be glad to see you here. Mother and the children send their love to you all. I should be glad to write more, but I am very tired and must draw to a close. This from your affectionate sister, To: E. B. and M. B Theoda Crain http://66.213.124.233/files/original/29632d6094b795e304c8d1a7c3d63aed.jpg 11ee5f78952ea743246d7bf402d4b6ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 77) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 71 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Appendix I Agreement between Nathaniel Barrows at al, and Edmund Freeman This agreement made and entered into this 12th day of April, 1812, by and between Nath. W. Barrows, Oren Barrows, and Elijah A Fenton, all of Mansfield, on the one part, and Edmund Freeman of sd. Mans- field on the other part., witnesseth, that the sd. Nath W. , Orren, and Elijah A., covenant and agree on their part, for and in con- sideration of fifty-five dollars, to be paid as herein stipulated, to do and perform for sd. Freeman the following service and labour on his, the sd. Freeman's house, viz, to clapboard what of sd. house is now unclapboarded, to make the doors both inside and outside of sd. house and to case the same, putting in suitable threshold and to hang and put latches on all of sd. doors - ten of sd. doors to be made, with four panels to each of sd. doors and 6 of sd. doors to be batten doors - to fit the window sashes to the frame, pin and trim the same, prime and paint, make the putty and set the glass and to case the windows to sd. house - eight of sd. windows to be cased back of the studs and nine of them to be cased with edge cas- ing , to joint and lay the lower and chamber floors to sd. house, lining the same - to make chamber and cellar stairs - to make a buttery closet and cupboard agreeable to sd. Freeman's direction, to put up eight hundred feet of ceiling in sd. house, and to put up plank to partition sd. house into suitable apartments - to put chair braces around the two front rooms and mop boards to all the rooms in sd. house, and to make firepieces to the fireplaces on the lower floor, in a style suitable to sd. house - Finally, to do and perform all the aforementioned work and any oth- er work and any other, tho not particularly mentioned, which shall be necessary to have the lower part of sd. house every way prepared for lathing - and we do jointly and severally promise to do and per- form the aforesd. work in all and every part in a plain, neat work- manlike manner and to have the compleated by the first day of June next. And the sd. Freeman, on the other part covenants and agrees to pro- cure all the materials necessary for the aforesd. work - to board, lodge, and wash for the sd. Nath. W., Orren and Elijah A., the time they shall be in performing the aforesd. labour - and to pay to them, the sd. Nath E. Barrows, Orren Barrows, and Elijah A. Fen- ton twenty seven and half dollars in six months from the time they shall have performed the whole of the aforesd. labour and twenty seven and half dollars in one year from the time sd. labour is com- pleated. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, the day and date aforementioned. Edm. Freeman Nathl. W. Barrows E. A. Fenton In presence of: Jerusha Babcock Samuel Dimmiock http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3003cfd0e59ef4ca58e1c08160765998.jpg d632abd2409d06f453ce0a1b064ca5d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 78) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 72 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] (The following was on the back of the preceding document) Recd. Mansfield, May 29th, 1812, of Edmund Freeman, the notes of hand agreeable to the tenure of the written covenant which in full when paid for our labour for sd. Freeman agreeable to within con- tract and this covenant and agreement is no longer binding on him, Recc., Freeman - witness our hand. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ec5496984644bd3ca054e28c07413dcc.jpg b2ad42b0d1fca8d2cf06068ae2a5301a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 79) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 73 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Appendix II The letters of this booklet were delivered by private individuals who happened to be going to Ohio or through Ohio. There were no postage stamps until 1847, so none of these letters had stamps on them. Two of the 1820 letters were directed to the "Lewis Settlement", which was probably the beginnings of what is now the hamlet of Lewis Center in Orange Township. The postoffice is still there. Letters of 1820, 1822, 1826, and 1828 were directed to Berkshire, that is , "to be left at Berkshire". Berkshire was established by Moses Byxbe, who was one of the first settlers of Delaware County, came to the area in 1804. His early aim and ambition was to not only make Berkshire the county seat of Delaware County, but also the capital of the state of Ohio. The village flourished for a few decades, but is a hamlet of a few houses today with no stores, and no postoffice. However, the postoffice was early established and continued into the twentieth century. One can understand why letters meant for Orange Township would be directed to Berkshire Postoffice. The Granville Road, now state route 37, was a main artery for settlers coming into this part of Ohio. This road, which passed through Berkshire, was connected with the national Road at Granville. Alum Creek is another part of the address on some of the early letters. According to Ohio Ghost Towns, Delaware County, (1) the Alum Creek Post Office was housed in a private home, located about a half mile west of the State Route 37 bridge which spans the creek a few miles west of Berkshire. From 1831 on, most of the letters were sent through the Unison Post Office. In a letter to his brother, John Ferson (2) indicates in 1830 that a post office had been established in Berlin Town- ship. He writes: "A private post office is established in Berlin. Capt. Lewis in P. M. As mail carrier he goes to Del and once a week and brings all letters for the neighborhood and has the postage for his compensation. It is called Unison post office. Hereafter you will direct your letters to us 'Unison P Office, Delaware County, via Del P Office' or 'Orange, Del Co via Del P O to be left at U P O.' '' Note that this was not a United States Post Office, but one that a person set up in his home for the convenience of neighbors. Given the complexity of the crude postal system, it is a marvel that the early settlers and their incoming mail ever met. 1. Ohio Ghost Towns, Delaware County, published by The Center for Ghost Town Research in Ohio, Galena, Ohio, 1987, Richard Helwig. 2. 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Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 80) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 74 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Index of Persons Abbe, Elijah - 27 Solomon - 41, 42, 62 Adams, Henry - 20 Jabez, Dr. - 13, 16 (picture - 10) Arnold, Mrs. Isaac - 60 Babcock, Jerusha - 71 Bailey - 1 Balch, Polly - 28 Baldwin, Eleazar - 26 , 29 Barrows, Asa - 46 Betsey Jane (Bockoven) - 6, 7, 8 (picture - 6, 7) Blake Wales - 4, 8, 17, 18, 20, 42, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67, 68 Clima - 20: Edward - 23 Elizabeth - 36, 62 Enoch - 38 Gershom - 38 Harriet, Alice (Havens) - 6, 7, 8 (picture: 6, 7) Kyle - 1 Lanman - 20 Laura (Mrs. Kyle) - 1, 2 Lemuel - 22, 36 Lucretia - 23, 24 Lorenzo - 46 Mary Bennett - Many references Mary Ann (Messenger) - 67 Mary Anna (d/o Nath.) - 8, 19, 42 Nathan - 23 Nathaniel Wales - Many ref. Orrin (Oren) - Many references Orville (Orvil ) - 7, 8, 58 (picture - 7) Phillip - 61 Prudence - 5, 17, 21, 27, 36 Robert, Capt. - 20 Robert - 37 Thomas - 43 Soloman - 5. 17, 21 36 Widow - 27 Bennett, Alfred - 58 Alvin - 11, 27, 33, 38 Alvin, Mrs. - 38 Asa - 25, 27, 30 Asa, Jr. - 27 Harriet Jane - 28, 44, 47, 50, 52 Harriet (Mrs. Wm.) - 28, 65 Harriet's mother - 55 Ira - 11, 27, 33, 38 Jane - See Harriet Jane Jesse - 27 Bennett (continued) Mary - 66 Mary (Mrs. Nathaniel) - 5 Nathaniel - 5 Sally -10 William, Jr. - Many references William Henry - 44 Bentley - 18 Bingham, Mr. - 44 D. - 41 Oliver - 37 Bockoven, Betsey Jane Barrows - 6 (picture - 6, 7) Bockoven, William - 6 (picture) Bowen, William - 49, 51 Bradley, Elder - 41 Brigham, Norman, Dr. - 50 (picture - 52) Bromley, Mr. - 64, 66 Brown Elder Esek (Eiseck) - 38, 4 Brunson, Elder - 38 Buell (Buel) - 1 Aaron - 4 Emelia (Amelia) Many refere Jeremiah - 7, 11, 12, 21, 26, 34 37, 41, 49, 62 Burnham, Rufus - 20 Byxbe, Moses -73 Chambers - 1 Lester - 6 (picture) Lettie - 6 (picture) Octavius - 6 (picture) Mary Jane (Mrs. Octavius) - 8 (picture - 6) Cheney, Abigail -24 Edward -23 Nathan -23 Clark, Daniel -40 Mrs. Daniel -40 Whitman -11 Clymer, Flora Chambers - 6 (pictu Coggeshall, Rescum - 60, 64 Cogswell, Ester - 11 Colman, Lester - 11 Commings, Jabez -20 Crain (Crane Abby -54 Abigail -21 Amelia - 39, 56, 67, 70 Anna - 62, 65, 68 Asa -28 Charles - Many references Charles' father - 54, 63 Charlies' mother - 52, 54, 55 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1115ed395dd48709af557bb5b6233c4e.jpg 52595337c797be3eea5784074999adbd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 81) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 75 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Harriot - 49 Maryan -54 Morilla - 54, 70 Theoda (Theda) - Many references William Bennett - 27, 28, 31, 39 Crowl - 1 Daggett, David - 13, 17, 30 Dean, Mrs. Elizabeth -57 Dimmick, Samuel - 71 Storrs -38 Dodge, Mrs. - 12 Dunham, Bangs - 20 Benjamin - 70 Harriet (Bennett) - 5 Harriet, father of - 44 Harriet, mother of - 55 Susan - 23 Fenton, Elijah A. - 41, 42, 45, 48, 52, 57, 67, 71 Lucas - 63 Marvin -64 Marvin, Mrs. - 70, 40 Ferson, Bertha Muriel - 1, 8 Frank - 8 John (s/o Bertha) - 8 John - 73 Fisher - 1 Ford, Henry - 3 Freeman, Edmund, Esq. - 40, 71, 72 Enoch - 54 Groves, Deacon - 11 Goodwin, Elder - 16, 33 Hall, Gershom - 40 Mrs. Gershom - 40 Hanks, Miss - 25 Havens, Albert - 8 Blake Wal;es - 7, 8 (Picture) - 6 Clara, (Mrs. Blake) - 8 (picture - 6) Gustin - 8 picture - 6) Harriet Alice - 6, 7, 8 (picture - 6) Helwig Richard - 73 Hibbard, Burnham - 20 Hills, Mabill -11 Lolima - 11 Howard - 1 Hovey, Storrs - 11 Harding -16 Hunt, Anna (Bennett) - 5 Elisha - 38, 41 John Jr. - 5, 33 Mrs. John, Jr. - 5, 27, 33, 38, 4 Huntington, Morrin - 20 Janes, Charlotte - 7, 67 Jaynes, Helen Louisa (Havens) - (picture - 6 ) King, Irena - 20, 49 James - 49 Samuel - 20 Larkin, Ethel - 2, 3 Lawrence - 2 Lewis, Capt. - 73 Matthewson, Capt. - 70 Martinsun, Joseph - 20 Messenger, George - 67 Nisbet - 1 Nettleton, Daniel - 58 Powell - 1 Parker - Joshua - 37 Orpha -20 Rae - 1 Read (Reed), Mrs. Daniel - 57 Robertson, Almyra - 11 Rodenfels, Ethel Chambers - 6 (p Ross -1 Rymer, Harriet - 8 Rymer Jerry - 8 Salter, John, Esq. - 26, 38 Shumway, Calvin - 11 Slate, Lt. James - 40 , 47 Needham - 64 Sloniel, Jonathan - 11 Smith, Moriah - 20 Smith, Sally - 20 Stebbins, Guiles - 40 Storrs, Brother - 46 Storrs, Capt. - 13, 18 Erastus - 11 Samuel - 40 Thompson, Lois - 20 Toplift, I. - 20 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/28fecec1c3ee82cd8e4f94e1b1903625.jpg a017d9ced0e7504ad9ff02e9affd229c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut (p. 82) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 76 of William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut] Turner - 13 Elijah - 18 Traeyes - 18 Walker - 1 Ward -1 Waters -Ann Harriet - Many ref. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William and Anna Bennett of Mansfield, Connecticut Description An account of the resource This family history chronicles the ancestry and descendants of the Bennett, Barrows, Buell, and Waters families. The book contains letters from the Bennett's in Connecticut to their three daughters who settled in Delaware County, Ohio. The letters were written between 1820-1845. The book has a table of contents, an index, and photocopied photos from originals. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Everett B. 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Subject The topic of the resource Ault family--Genealogy Main family--Genealogy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rosella Main Tibbits Buchanan Ault Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31114110 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5d45c15a62d91845ceafce99e0244523.jpg 5d3fcee3fe4c096a66b448da7dc2676b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.2) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to inside cover of It Started with These Two] [bookplate] Community Library Sunbury, Ohio [bookplate] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/aef0954a0ccb4cc3a6d1bac11e7736f0.jpg eaa42f44d468c9d5f1ae5e378b113672 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.3) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 1 of It Started with These Two] It Started with these Two Josie and Wilbur Main By Rosella Main Tibbits Buchanan Ault Community Library Sunbury, Ohio April 1998 [photo: Josie and Wilbur Main] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/262002cf8b2ddbc6224454db62b07138.jpg c4d20603d17a4d8941e53919b76f6df1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.4) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 2 of It Started with These Two] To anyone who may read this it suddenly dawned on me that I need an introduction. Some of my friends and family, Polly Horn, the Director of the Sunbury Community Library, and suggestions in Bob Greene's book To Our Children's Children's Children provided the encouragement and suggestions as how to proceed. Since this work was started in April of 1996 and not finished up until September or October, of 1997, there may be some repetitions. If so, please forgive me. My life started with the union of these two, Mother and Dad. They are the reason for my being. So for the title of this endeavor, IT STARTED WITH THESE TWO They were very good parents. They were the exception rather then the rule. [photo: Wilbur and Josie Main August 29, 1909] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5631bbfa21af1ba856f8b8e4f95d2182.jpg 7e40dfce719d3dd193e61e7bb68c5c32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.5) Description An account of the resource [ corresponds to page 3 of It Started with These Two] This work is for our daughter Mary, and her husband Tom, our granddaughter Melody, and her husband Dennis, and their children, Brittny, Zak, and Brandon, but most of all for my husband Harold. My name is Rosella Jane Main Tibbitts Buchanan Ault. I'll explain as the story of my life progresses. Our present address is 14150 Centerburg Road, Sunbury, Ohio 43074 during the spring, summer and fall. Box 312. Our winter address is 1604 Illinois Street, Bradenton, Florida, a mobile home park, Trailer Estates, 34281. P.O. box 5736. I was born on a farm on Horseshoe Road in Delaware county Ohio, zip now 43015 at home on the election of Warren G. Harding while Dad was at the polls. This makes me 75 years old, and my birthday is November 2, 1920. I'll soon be 76. [photo: Rosella was born here in 1920 but brought to 521] My parents were Josie Bishop Main and Wilbur John Main. They were married on August 29, 1909; and according to the Delaware Gazette, it was the social event of the season. Dad used to say if you don't like a situation, change it. We are the person responsible to make those changes. I believe that much of my characteristics I inherited from Dad. Mother never was one to rock the boat. Long ago I learned that prayer is the glue that holds us together, and that people who have Bibles falling apart are generally owned by people who are not. Dad always believed in doing things first class as it only cost a little more. I guess I made lots of changes in my life and remembered what Dad believed. It's true. In high school, I took Latin, and I remember all Gaul was divided into 3 parts. In college, I took both French and German; but unfortunately, I only speak English. Last December the 10th, I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I have a hearing loss, ringing in the ear, vertigo, and an imbalance problem. Harold tells everyone it's hardening of the arteries. Having a November birthday, my astrological sign is Scorpio which is often associated with persons who have strong and right opinions. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0bb60daa123910a6c9b700e79ee3cebe.jpg 77145481bc6cf6276915adf8eaa287b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.6) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 4 of It Started with These Two] [top left photo: Rodney, Mrs. Carpenter, Rosella, 1 year old ] [top right photo: Rosella at 3] [bottom left photo: Rosella - Winter of 1923] [bottom right photo: Poppa Bishop, Momma Bishop, Robert and Rosella] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5c496774fac7ba232d530bc10ca0dfee.jpg 86038d625673a6a657b0a75615954335 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.7) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 5 of It Started with These Two] 46 F Bradenton Trlr Park P.O. B etc - Florida Dear Aults, Dec. 1970 Feeling that it was time to do this, I am at it Every day is lovely here so there is no use to say- "Isn't this a nice day- be- cause all days are alike Sunshine is so plentiful here I wonder how they can sell it so high. Everything here comes from somewhere else, including a marvel- ous numbers of Michi- ganders who escaped from ice, and are found here. I am getting ashamed of myself for being here seem- ing hereextend an ex- sistence- apparently useless to the despair of heirs who might otherwise enjoy better cars, and other things more wished for than act- ually needed. So just come down here, we en- joy visitors even if re- latives as relatives are thrust upon us fortunate- ly we can choose our friends. I am counting the days now until I have a chance to see a little ice. That old Buick runs like a kitten and I will buy gas. Love- Dad http://66.213.124.233/files/original/91cce4df14a5aeb2e132df36f45f9aac.jpg ba76db130b40d20610af07fd39f56ee0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 6 of It Started with These Two] On the news today on channel 4 they were talking of interpreting one's dreams. And speaking of Dad not to long ago I dreamed that dad and I were riding a motorcycle home from Florida. It was so real. Dad was riding in behind me and he had a 10 quart bucket in his right hand. Every so often we would stop and pick up rocks and yet it never got to be fuller than 1/4 full. In another dream, Mary Hervey and I were pushing Mom and Dad up along flight of steps in wheelchairs and yet it wasn't difficult at all. I'm 5' 5" tall and weigh 150 lbs. and have dark brown eyes and hair. My beautician told one of her other clients who inquired about my thick hair it was all mine and had never been dyed. When she cut my hair, she even displayed the long braid as proof. Our daughter Mary works for Sunoptics in Palmetto and makes my corrective bi-focal glasses. Dr. Welkinson tells me she is great at her profession. My social security number is [redacted] getting it in 1936 when I went to work part-time at the local Woolworth store on McMillian Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. My maiden name was Rosella Jane Main, but at the present time I'm married to Harold J. Ault, formerly of Marshallsville in Wayne County Ohio. We were married at the old Sunbury United Methodist Church on North Columbus Street on March 22, 1959 in Sunbury, Ohio. We have one daughter Mary, married to Tom Hickson. and they live at [redacted]. We talk each Sunday morning, Tom and Mary had 1 daughter Melody Sue Hickson who is married to Dennis Hughes, and they have 3 children - our great-grandchildren, beautiful Brittny 6 years old and the twins Brandon and Zachary, lively 3 year olds. For 30 years I was an elementary teacher, in the summer I taught severely retarded children whose IQ's were below 50. For 14 years I was a second grade teacher, and the last 16 years I was in Westerville as the primary educational teacher of handicapped children. My last year of teaching I was honored by the Westerville Teacher's Association as the primary teacher of the year, and I am listed in the 1976 National Teacher of the Year book. Josie and Wilbur Main were blessed with 7 children: John Wesley, born January 10, 1911; George, born on January 6, 1913; Robert, born April 9, 1915; Rodney, born January 22, 1917; James, stillborn in 1919; my birth on November 2, 1920; and a sister Verona, born February 18, 1923. Even though my parents were Baptist, I belong to the Methodist Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.8) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba68e90f1baf9eab898ae9b46adce2a9.jpg 84f744ad9cb3ea591870ae4b0a35d9f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.9) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 7 of It Started with These Two] denomination and the Sunbury United Methodist Church. I am a lay delegate for 3 years to the East Ohio Annual Conference. when I presented the annual report. I mentioned that 44 years ago, I was also a delegate for West Ohio when Mary was just 2 months old. I am a staunch and ardent Republican following in my parents' footsteps. I started out living in the country, then lived in Cincinnati and the small town of Sunbury, and now Harold and I are back on a small acreage, living in a little brown house that we built in 1988 on Centerburg Road. We have lots of evergreens around the house, walnut trees, weeping willows, maples, buckeye, oak, peach, tulip, and others. Geese roam the woods and enjoy a pond and creek. We see a deer occasionally. It's just 4 miles from Sunbury and 6 miles from Centerburg. We vote at a little town 3 miles from our house called Olive Green. Recently, we had 2 Dalmatian dogs, Bo and Little Girl. However, they are both dead now; and we miss them. I remember them well. [top left photo: Entrance to 14150 Centerburg Road] [side right photo: Harold with Little Girl and Beau - 1990] [bottom left photo: Rocks from the creek] [bottom right photo: Large rock brought in from the field by Ray Facemeyer] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9b280d57805912afa39789b0d1f27545.jpg ff3a4ac5bdf9afb21063b27c618385c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.10) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 8 of It Started with These Two] While I was writing this on Saturday evening, August 17, 1996, Harold came in and said you may not want to hear this, but our neighbor doing a good deed for another neighbor left the gate unlocked and the big black huskie dog was in the geese pen and was hurting some of them as she pulled the dog off. Harold just happened to be looking out the back deck windows and saw what was happening. He ran out to help. This Sunday morning, August 18th, I went out to feed and water them with fear as to what I would find. They were all 5 still alive. Hopefully they all will live. Our 5 guineas were better protected with chicken wire covering their whole pen so that they couldn't fly away until they had grown some and become used to the feeding area so they would stay around, however wild animals killed all of them. My grandparents on Mother's side were Addie Rosella Jacoby Bishop and Wesley Bishop. they are buried at Marlboro, Delaware County, Ohio. My grandmother on my father's side was Christina Schaub Main, who was born in Anweil, Switzerland and came to America when she was 5. She had a maiden sister, Rosina who was in a wheelchair and used to hold me. They are buried at Oak Grove in Delaware, Ohio. Alonza Eleezar Main, a doctor, who was high up in the Masons and who is buried in Ringgold, Georgia, died before I was born in August 1916. He was my grandfather. Addie and Wesley bishop lived on Price Road near a little place called Waterhill. I remember we had to call them Mama and Papa Bishop. They were embarrassed by our large family. Mama Bishop was an artist and painted pictures in oil, and Papa Bishop raised registered Merino sheep and Percheron horses. Papa Bishop called Addie "Pet". They lost their home because he tried to please her by building a three story house, one like her cousin down in Clintonville, now a suburb of Columbus. It even had an elevator. Brother John said he lived as a child after coming from Cleveland after Dad resigned his Chief Yeoman rank in the Navy at our grandparents' tenant house. One of their registered Percheron horses was World Grand Champion at St. Louis and sold to a Japanese for $10,000. His name was Clemenso. His valuable stable of horses were found floundered in a wet clover field one morning. Dad tried to save the farm but was not successful. They had a son, Harley, who died after a a trip west to buy Merino breeding [photo: Deer and Game in the side yard] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f9e0dcbfaef02118ce9892b0433ac352.jpg 1dbae2816bbf9ba6fe03015974e0ae68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.11) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 9 of It Started with These Two] stock. He contracted Typhoid Fever. They also had our mother Josie, a son Archie, a school teacher, and Violet Townley. Dad had a brother Dr. E. F. Main, a horse doctor. His wife was Ora White Main. they had 4 children, Francis, Edna, Nina, and Harold. Only Harold is still living in Cardington, Ohio and Florida. In 1920 after Dad was elected County Auditor, we moved into Delaware and lived at 408 West William Street. I went to kindergarten and 1st grade there. My first grade teacher was Effie Weaver. In 1927 we moved back to the farm on Horseshoe Road, and we attended the upper Horseshoe one room school. It is still standing among weeds. Helen Hardin Allen was my 2nd grade teacher, and we were friends until she died in 1989. She was my inspiration as well as my mother who would keep saying "get a good education; it's the only thing that can't be taken from you". Miss Dukes, the 3rd grade teacher, made us learn a Bible verse every time we were late for school. Again, Helen Allen was my my 4th grade teacher at the Conger School, then known as the East School. They are the only teachers I remember by name. In 1930 the school was closed, and we were transported by bus to Delaware. I played clarinet in the grade school band. Not much happened between then and 1936 when Dad was sent to Cincinnati, Ohio as a state examiner for Joseph Tracey. I was a junior and sister, Verona, a freshman at Hughes High School on Ludwig Avenue and West McMillian Street on the hilltop in Cincinnati. There were 770 in our graduating class as we marched 7 abreast to the tune "Pomp and Circumstance" down the large main aisle of the Cincinnati Music Hall, on June 17, 1938 for our diplomas. During 1939 working part-time at Sears, I attended MillerBusiness school. It was to learn typing which was a big help, also shorthand; and I still know how to [top photo: Horseshoe Road School 1927-1928, 2nd and 3rd Grades] [bottom photo: Helen Allen - 2nd and 4th grade Teacher 1988] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bb095dd5e0179858bec1af0d1a596559.jpg 6867ecde4f992316ae259bbd0b7b4725 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.12) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 10 of It Started with These Two] write and understand it. Starting to the University of Cincinnati wasn't a big change from high school as it too was just a block away from our home at 148 West McMillian Street. Tuition in the early 1940's was $45.00 a semester. In January of 1943 my friend Tom Tibbits left for March Field in California as a radio man and gunner, and I went to work at Wright Patterson airplane factory in Lockland. In November, Tom got a leave and on November 6th of that year we were married in the Christ Episcopal Church on 4th Street in Cincinnati. In early 1944 Tom was stationed in Medford, Oregon and before he was to go to the Aleutian Islands I made a trip west. Before I returned I was happy to know that I was pregnant. I went back to work at Wright Patterson before Thomas Palmer Tibbits, Jr. was born on November 20, 1944. the little boy was born with a congenital club foot. His foot was in a cast 3 times before he died at 2 years, 3 months and 9 days old on January 29, 1947 at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati from a fall from his crib. After getting home from the service, Tom had a drinking problem and went home to live with his parents, George and Bessie Tibbits, two wonderful [top photo: 5th Grade Elementary School Band- about 1931. Rosella at the end of second row] [middle photo: Hughes High School - Cincinnati - 1938] [bottom photo: Rosella's Graduation, Hughes High School-1938] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c465a2167c4f75a90251913316ccd137.jpg 5aa5ed4e6f91e5db141df3f6c934c55a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.13) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 11 of It Started with These Two] people, in Rochester, New York. On October 30, 1946 I received a divorce on grounds of incompatibility. [top left photo: Tom Tibbetts - 1944] [top right photo: Elizabeth, Tommy and Tom Tibbitts, January 1945] [bottom left photo: Rosella and Tommy - Spring 1945] [photo: Dad and Tommy, September 1946] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/442c826f06fa87c3ed9d77ecfd3b8b5b.jpg ba0126340f47befefec818aaeb3988d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.14) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 12 of It Started with These Two] At the time of my son's death, I was working two jobs, morning and evening at the Clifton Pantry as a waitress and during the day at the Jergens Soap and Cosmetic Plant as a supervisor in quality control. One night a week I attended the University of Cincinnati night school taking courses under Dr. Falau on building your vocabulary. One evening after class on my way home walking with a friend Alberta Peet, not knowing the professor was behind us, we were discussing how intelligent he was and it would be terrible living with such a smart individual. At our next class he started out by saying, for the 2 young ladies he had overheard the week before, living with him wasn't a prerequisite for passing his course. Were we two embarrassed? Grandpa Bishop loved horses as did George. One of the good things I remember about our Aunt Ora and Uncle Ernest was that they came to Waverly and stayed with me a month after Mary was born and until school was out. Also hewent with me to a sale of [top right photo: Dad and Tommy, September 1946 Chapel Road and the horse, "Old Dolly"] [bottom left photo: Old Dolly and Rosella - 1952] [bottom right photo: Old Dolly - 1952 ] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/908c161f69f0c257fcaea545a67d8f32.jpg 985055dcadc47496778ab95bc7f8806d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.15) Subject The topic of the resource [corresponds to page 13 of It Started with These Two] thoroughbreds in Columbus and picked Dolly for me. She had a bad tooth and the auctioneer warned people that she was dangerous. After Uncle Ernest pulled the tooth, she became a gentle spirited, but not a dangerous, horse. She had a foal "Princess" who later got a fistula and had to be put to sleep by the Ohio State Veterinary Clinic. Mary and I used to visit her, and the young medical students said she only whinnied when we were walking in the stable door. [photocopy of Rosella's Ohio teaching certificate 08/31/87 ] [bottom photo: Harrison Street School 2nd Grade School Teacher Here for 8 Years] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4bc0f112cfc436e0a1dfb59d467c3961.jpg b941a54b8dea40cc4bcf50297fefb072 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.16) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 14 of It Started with These Two] [top photo: The Public Opinion - Westerville, Ohio - May 8, 1974 - Page 3 Teachers of the Year --Honored as "Teacher of the Year" by the Westerville Education Assn. were (left to right) Tom Crane, high school; Alice Gremshaw, Central College; Rosella Ault, Whittier; Terri Hokansan, Annehurst; Dorothy Deibel, Blendon; Dave Liggitt, Blendon; Jim Gould, Hanby; and Rick Ball, high school. (Photo by Robbie Miller)] [bottom photo: 1974 class of E.M.R. Debbie Shaw Died] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a796cae45b23f999cd4103f04e002f7e.jpg b2b991a3096b73e76770e4934c857606 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.17) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 15 of It Started with These Two] [photo] Appreciation Day- Whittier PTA presented a corsage to each staff member at Whittier Elementary School to express their appreciation for a job well done. Mrs. Magilla, president of PTA, center, pins a corsage onto Mrs. Linda Thompson, left who is straightening a corsage on Mrs. Rosella Ault. A total of 40 corsages were given. [photo] This is to certify that Rosella Main Ault has been selected as an Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America for 1974 in recognition of contributions to the advancement of elementary education and service to community V. Gilbert Beers, PhD., Director [top: newspaper photo: Whittier PTA honors staff members ] [bottom: photocopy: Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America ] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e8b27544762e4c4fed69af319edfcff8.jpg 29589fd9673adf117e4f9b8df710332b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.18) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 16 of It Started with These Two] At one time after buying 14150 Centerburg Road, we had 5 horses and "Trina" was Mary's 4-H project. The judge asked her how she got her horse so shiny; and without hesitating she said, "Dad rubbed her down with fly spray." He didn't take any points off because it didn't dawn on her to lie. I told Harold before I die I hope to have 1 or 2 horses for the great-grandchildren. There is an expression "You can fly your cares away on the back of a horse." How true! Uncle Archie, Mother's brother, was a school teacher at Harpster and Moral most recently. His first wife, Aunt Flossie, died suddenly as did a 5 year old son Owen Archie. They had 2 other children, Wesley and Jane. I can still hear Aunt Flossie saying "You can do a lot with a little arranging". She was very attractive. His second wife was Esther and I never related as well with her as with Aunt Flossie. There was Violet, Mother's sister, who was 20 years younger and is still living at 93 years old. She and Cecil had a son Marshall killed by a log truck across from the feed store on Granville Street and two other sons, Dr. Norman Townley and Marshton Townley. When we lived on Horseshoe Road, we attended the Hard Shell Baptist Church. Sunday dinners were potluck and all day services. We went to Sunday School at the Delaware Reformed Church on the corner of Franklin and West Central Avenue in Delaware, Ohio. During Dad's years as a County Auditor, Veley Main was the County Sheriff. Each Christmas the Courthouse employees had an oyster supper. Veley's son Vern later owned a drug store on the east side of the square in Sunbury. When Verona [photo: Reformed Church at Franklin and West Central in Delaware Sunday School from 1922-1936 ] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d48a08519d66ac2d00770aeda55fd7b8.jpg f3aa79c7af2cae199260e3e185038073 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.19) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 17 of It Started with These Two] was about 4 and I was 6, Vern and my brother George locked us between 2 doors in the jail. The prisoners could not reach us to physically harm us, but they shouted at us through the bars. We were petrified. When I asked Mother why we never had pictures when we were growing up, she told me that Violet had taken their expensive camera on a date and it was stolen. She never thought of replacing it. Maybe that is why I take so many pictures of my friends, family and small livestock, geese today. You would say we were a very caring and religious family. Dad once told me he didn't care how late I stayed out on Saturday night, but I better be ready for Sunday School and church on Sunday. My best friend Virginia Wenger Weisgerber was Catholic, and I went with her to 12:00 p.m. Mass Saturday night. Tommy Tibbits, Jr. was buried on Saturday morning January 29, 1947, and we were in church on Sunday morning. I went back to work at Andrew Jergens 2 weeks after he was buried. In Cincinnati, I belonged to the Christ Episcopal Church on 4th Street and later the Methodist Church on Ludwig Avenue. [top left photo: Old County Jail - December 1929] [bottom right photo: Tommy Tibbitts and Bobby Miller December 1946] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c78c94f634fba8e05ee8791229677b8f.jpg 9b02d83d9bdae565e7c79bf23464e606 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.20) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 18 of It Started with These Two] Mom and Dad were now living back on Horseshoe Road and on a weekend back in Delaware, my car slipped on the ice into a telephone pole and killed the nerve in one of my front teeth. Dr. Virgil Turner in Cincinnati capped it, and it's always been whiter than the others much to my embarrassment. Dad graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in Business Administration. Dad started out his adult work as a school teacher at Thompson Township one room school in western Delaware County. He then worked for O. M. Scott, a seed company in Marysville before he joined the United States Navy as a Chief Yeoman as a recruiter in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1908 he went around the world with Teddy Roosevelt. Mother and he were married when he was stationed in Cleveland, and they lived there until my brother John Wesley was born on January 10, 1911. Mother worked in a millinery shop designing hats in Cleveland and after that they lived on Main Road off U.S. 23 north before spending a year in Papa Bishop's tenant house. Dad Goes to Sea According to a historical paper it says "Bill Main goes to sea." Wilbur Main had just graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Business College in May of 1905 and was thinking about what to do with his future. He was almost 24 years old, born in Bryan, Ohio, in Williams County a far north western county in Ohio, on June 16th, 1881. Wilbur was a handsome young single man standing 5'8" tall and weighed 135 lbs. He had been raised on the good farm land near central Ohio. He had taught school in Thompson Township and worked for O. M. Scott in Marysville, Ohio, but the lure of going to sea and to see the world intrigued him. One day Wilbur traveled to Sandusky, Ohio to talk to a Navy recruiter. On May 19th he was appointed a Yeoman to be assigned to sea duty. (Yeoman is a Navy term for a recorder of bookkeeper). On the 20th he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, for his physical and was one of two men out of 8 that passed the exam. In a letter to his friend (who later became my mother) Josie Bishop, Wilbur described how he traveled from Cleveland through Pittsburgh to Washington, D. C. by first class rail. He saw the White House, the Capital and other interesting sites. On the following day, it was on to Norfolk, Virginia, where they arrived at the Receiving Ship the "Franklin". After several days he was reassigned to the gunboat, [photo: Dad in Navy Uniform 1907] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0699cb07ae16eefe899a08bfa66be4b3.jpg 65ffb0ff1d76c65f776f234355ea7d97 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.21) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 19 of It Started with These Two] the "Hancock," which was docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yards in New York. It was here he was examined, vaccinated, and outfitted with uniforms. In a letter to Mother in July dad described life on the "Hancock". For breakfast he had bread, butter, 3 hard boiled eggs; for lunch he had mashed potatoes, gravy, roast pork and succotash. For desert, there was cake unheard of and pie then unknown. Dad was one of the five petty officers on the ship. On August 30th, this same year, Dad was transferred to the U.S.S. "Franklin" which was docked at the Norfolk Navy yard in Virginia. He stated in his letter in November that "My present pay is $35.00 a month but it is all clear of any expenses. He also stated that he missed the good home cooking and in his opinion he would farm in Ohio in their future. In a letter to mother written in January of 1906 Dad said he could sleep in his office on shore but that he would rather "swing" in his hammock on the Franklin. At 8:00 P.M. the Boatswain blows taps and sings out "Turn in your Hammocks". At 5:30 A. M. the Boatswain says "Rise and shine. In his next letter to Mother in February, he described hunting, horse back riding and touring through Virginia. He also stated that he had not been "seasick, homesick or lovesick". In May Dad was transferred to the battleship, the U. S. S. Virginia. It was stationed in Norfolk. During the summer, the Virginia steamed up and down the Atlantic coast. It dropped anchor at Newport, Rhode Island, Rockland Maine, and Havana, Cuba. He stated in a letter in November that "I am satisfied to leave the ill-smelling harbor of Havana and these childish, troublesome Cubans". The remainder of 1906 and through 1907, Dad steamed in and out with the U.S.S. Virginia. during this time he was promoted to Yeoman 1st Class in October 1906 and to Chief Yeoman in November 1907. In November of 1907 Wilbur was to finally embark on his big adventure. President Teddy Roosevelt made a typical bold Roosevelt decision. To assure the world understood that he and the United States carried a "Big Stick" Roosevelt [photo: Dad in Navy Uniform Australia - 1908] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8be3d8373b525b84475df299fa4285a1.jpg 5622981f7b2dd1f40e40dd4e49590685 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.22) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 20 of It Started with These Two] decided to send a large fleet of battle ships with their support ships around the world. The Atlantic fleet was selected for the mission. Dad's battleship, the U.S. S. Virginia, was one of the sixteen battleships, six torpedo boats and six auxiliary ships to perform this mission. The following tells of the fourteen month trip around the world: The U. S. S. Virginia stopped at the following ports, Port O'Spain, Trinidad: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, (here Dad met a young man from Delaware. The young man hugged Dad and said "My God, it's Main". What a small world we live in. Puntas, Chile; Callae, Peru; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Puget Sound, Washington; Honolulu, Hawaii; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Albany, Australia; Manilia, Philippines; Yokohama, Japan; Amoy, China; Colombo, Ceylon; Suez, Egypt; Port Said, Egypt; Beirut, Syria; Smyrna, Turkey; Gibraltar and then home Hampton Roads, Virginia. The trip started on December 16th, 1907 and was completed on February the 22nd, 1909. During these fourteen months, the fleet covered more the 43,643 miles. When Dad's ship docked at Suez, Wilbur and several buddies were given shore leave. During this three week period, they went to Cairo and saw the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other sites. During this time the ship had moved up through the Suez Canal and they rejoined it at Port Said, Egypt. At most ports Dad sent home many pictures and postcards. At this time Wilbur volunteered for Recruiting Duty in Ohio and May 18th, 1909 was appointed to the Navy Recruiting office in Cleveland, Ohio. Here he was close to Mother, his future wife, and they were married on August the 29th, 1909. According to an article in the Delaware Gazette, it was the social event of the season. Mother and Dad got an apartment in Cleveland and he recruited Navy men and she worked in a millinery house making fancy hats. Dad's mind had been made up. He now wanted to have a family, to farm, and to return to Delaware, Ohio. The days of going to sea and to see the world were now history. Mother and Dad didn't have a spectacular meeting as youth as their parents' farms were close to each other at a little place called "Waterhill" just over the bridge at the north end of Horseshoe Road. Dad said even though he was only a year and a half older than Mother, he remembered thinking what a beautiful girl she was but it wasn't until she was 28 and Dad, 29, that they married. Dad was supporting his mother and his maiden aunt Rosina when they tried to tell him there would be children, expenses, and he told them that he hoped there would be. What wonderful parents they were. Always encouraging one to get a good education and to do only what was right. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c5e3a2f19eb8269935f657b0a36fa22a.jpg ea1296ba20e028515ba471ec75064430 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.23) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 21 of It Started with These Two] [photo: Robert, Rodney, and George Main on the Farm 1930 ] [photo: Brothers John and George in 1922] [photo: Brothers Rodney, George and Robert on Welsh Pony] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cc328aaa0b5e1785d369aaa4c12ba09f.jpg 00eeb2549b6341f8151db003bccd1e52 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.24) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 22 of It Started with These Two] I have visited Grandfather Main's grave several times on our way to Florida and saw where he had his doctor's office. Grandmother Main lived on U.S. 23 north at Main road. It was sold to the U. S. government for the Delaware Dam. Brother John walked cross country from U.S. 23 north at Inskeeps Corner and visited the sight of the remains of the Wesley Bishop property on Price Road. John is able to help with times and locations. Papa and Mama Bishop were very loving. I have ridden with him to Ashley in a buggy with his horse, Pet. They were living on Horseshoe Road across from the Bob Barret home at on time. We have always had family reunions, Main and Jacoby, and since marrying Harold, the Ault and Shisher reunion. In 1920 Dad was elected the Delaware County Auditor and was for 2 terms. After not running for a third term, he took a civil service exam and became a state examiner with Joseph Tracy and worked at Kenton, Findlay, Chardon, and Columbus and retired form the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati in 1946. He then returned to the farm on Horseshoe Road in Delaware County. I was named Rosella after Mama Bishop, Addie Rosella Bishop, and Aunt Jane Jacoby Fisk. there was no pressure or influence because of having them as my namesake. I remember eating oatmeal cooked all night long in a double boiler on a large wood cook stove at the Bishops'. The 6 Main children lived average teenage lives with no special problems. We were not to play on Sunday. One time we were playing baseball, and Rodney slid into third base and broke his ankle. We were in real trouble. We rode bikes; and the boys, motorcycles. We were considered average on finances but above average in the encouragement for reading, studying and getting an education. College was to be expected. As for Dad's handwriting, here is sample birthday card that I received from my parents. Birthdays and all anniversaries were very special. I remember we didn't have a telephone, radio, or newspaper; but we were taken to the library often in place of these. We never felt abused or poor or neglected - just a fortunate and loving family, I believe because of the religious and Christian upbringing. One summer day, Rodney took Verona and me to the Olentangy River at upper Horseshoe. He told mother he wasn't bringing us home until we both had learned to swim and dive from the bank. In the fall of 1935, George rode a bus home from Ohio University with the mumps. Mother caught them, she was very sick. Dr. Davis told us how she was very sick and she might die. It was on Christmas Eve, and we always had oyster stew. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a228503464ccb3598884cb7852fc32b6.jpg d29afa65ae5efe3907e49e50906e7c65 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.25) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 23 of It Started with These Two] I'll never forget that night. In the summer of 1936, we moved to Cincinnati. I started my junior year at Hughes High School on west McMillan Street. Since I had worked hard on the farm milking cows, helping to plow and make hay, I had lots of strength in my right hand. In gym class, I broke the gripper to measure strength. I again was embarrassed. On June 17, 1938, I graduated from Hughes High School with honors. C. M. Merry was the principal that signed the award. There were 770 in the graduation class. The Senior Class took a boat to Coney Island. My date that night was Eddie Becker. He was a friend of Virginia Dwenger's date. He was a Jewish boy and worked where they made Panama suits. We never dated again until after my divorce from Tom Tibbitts. He was providing for his widowed mother, and she didn't encourage him to date a divorcee and the mother of a little boy. I never really considered our relationship seriously. While I was working at the Clifton Pantry before and after working at Andrew Jergens during the day, I met John Buchanan. I remember his telling me "Young lady, I didn't order this" when I had brought him a dish of corn. Eventually we started to date and married in April, 1947 in Magnolia, Mississippi. We bought a 73 acre farm at Waverly on Cline Chapel Read, and I joined the Grange so I could attend with Mom and Dad when I came to Sunbury. We built a 40 X 80 dairy barn with a milking parlor after Ohio State University had sent us the plans. We had registered Holsteins and sent the milk to Borden's in Portsmouth. Fred Wallin was the farm hand. We had 100 breeding Shropshire ewes and also Leghorn chickens. We also raised a big garden. I got a job teaching the 2nd grade in Bainbridge, Ohio. J. Mason Jones was the principal. That winter was really cold, and we had lots of snow. When I tried to drive over Pots Hill to our place on Cline Chapel Road, the pickup truck stopped half way up the hill. It was then I rode to the top of the hill on a road scraper. At Nipgen, I got in an Omar bread truck and rode to Summit Hill. Our milk man, Fred Wallin, came and took me the rest of the way home. We had 18 inches of snow and 29 degrees below zero weather. I remember one child, Jimmy Duffield, that kept punching his clay. He said "This is my Dad; see me punch him like he punches my mother." After moving to Sunbury many years later, I read in the Columbus Dispatch that he was shot and killed after a card game in Bainbridge, and he was accused of cheating. During the 3 years I taught at Bainbridge, each spring I would take my second grade class for a train ride on the D T & I (Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton). After getting back one time, a little boy named Manuel patted me on my backside and said, "Teacher, that was more fun than recess." http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1a0853b9c650ab97b3f18a45b23d8686.jpg f6259d4ffd66c936f89e739a0d1d93cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.26) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 24 of It Started with These Two] At Christmas Jack Bartrom was the science teacher and a Methodist Sunday School teacher. His wife was Jehovah Witness. He asked if their 7 year old girl Pam could help me take down the tree. His wife sent me a very nice gift, not a Christmas one she reminded me but an appreciation for making Pam feel so special. Also, all of the children who didn't miss a day of school were brought to Columbus to visit the old Historical Society on North High Street and the zoo. The janitor's 2 boys got on the bus barefooted. The 6 teachers and the bus driver wondered if we should buy them shoes but voted against it since he made more than each of us. About 30 family friends and those who worked at the IGA came to the farm at Waverly for the 4th of July get-together. John Warner said birds carried knapsacks when they flew over Pike County. He was sure surprised when he saw the 40 X 80 dairy barn, 2 ponds, a diversion ditch half way up the hillside, alfalfa growing in one field and fescue on the hillside. There was a walled cemetery at the top of hill for a family of Gladstones who had died during a typhoid epidemic. The kitchen was modern, with a dishwasher and nice bathroom. As you may know, I like to cook and use dishes, not paper products, so sent them all home to Delaware County and was left with lot of dirty dishes. With all the toilet flushing, the well went dry and I had to go to the creek to get water to heat on the stove and do the dishes by hand. I still enjoyed the day very much. One Christmas 3 of the children's fathers were in prison for small things, like cheating on welfare, disorderly conduct, and obscene behavior. Ross County sent them to Orient up in Franklin County. This also occurred in the other 5 classes and the teachers, instead of exchanging gifts or having a faculty party went together and provided a Christmas for each child. Gregg's Drug Store helped with special discounts and extra toys. Across the street was a barber shop run by an African-American, and his grandson, Michael Gage, was the only black child in the school and in my second grade class. Across the street, too, from the drug store was a restaurant that had wonderful pork tenderloin sandwiches. They were so good. It was 18 miles across country to Bainbridge from our place on Cline Chapel. A little boy up the road saw me riding by one day in a fancy English outfit and motioned for me to stop. I was riding old Dolly, and he said, "My, you hold your age well". I don't know how old he thought I was. He was in a wheelchair from having had polio. I have always worried about young children carrying babies. The Alexanders who couldn't have their own children adopted a beautiful baby girl. Mrs. Genevieve Alexander's 12 year old sister dropped the baby, and she too was in a wheel chair like the Cline boy. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6bd2cc8447022d5bf37f73d689aaaa82.jpg af42b2e0beb42403e98e60721075b8de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.27) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 25 of It Started with These Two] In the fall of 1951, a Mrs. Barta came to the Bainbridge school with a sheriff's deputy and took one of my children to the Children's Home in Chillicothe. When I was trying to comfort him, he said, "But teacher, I love my mom." He brought sandwiches made of biscuits with fried potatoes as filling. Their cat had eaten the vittles from the kitchen table. In talking with the welfare department in Chillicothe, I told of my desire to adopt a baby since I was not able to have anymore. So Mrs. Barta kept me in mind; and on April 29, being at a P.T.A. meeting the night Mary Martha was born on the 28th, I received the happy news that a beautiful little girl had been born and that I could bring her home on the 30th from the old Chillicothe Hospital. She came a month early but still weighed 8 lbs and was 21 " long. When I went after school, I had to stop at the department store, for a clothes basket and baby clothes, since I had ordered these items from the Sears mail order catalog. She grabbed hold of my little finger, and I was hooked for life. She is our pride and joy. I told you earlier why Aunt Ora and Uncle Ernest were so dear to me. In the spring of 1953 when Mary was 1 year old, Josephine Sturgill came to live with us and stay with Mary during the day. On a Monday night while going to a P.T.A. meeting, I had driven most of the way; but at Nipgen, I turned around and went back home as I felt something was wrong. Josephine was sitting out with her boy friend, Jr. Clifford. When I went in the house, the chair and carpet outside of Mary's bedroom was burning, Josephine was not supposed to have smoked in the house; but after I left, she had called Jr. to come. Her cigarette had fallen into the chair. The two of them helped put out the fire. They seemed really sorry. They were our neighbors. We had another bad and snowy winter. A large family just down the road from us had a 14 year old boy who went forward to the altar on the World Day of Prayer at the little Cline Chapel Methodist Church. He asked if he could come live with us, and he did for over a year until I moved to Sunbury. I often wonder where he is and how he is doing. His name was Charles Johnson, and his aunt and uncle were Hadd and Nettie Osborn. On August 16, 1956, when I got my degree from Ohio University, they went with us to Athens. They belonged to the Grange and Cline Chapel Church, too. I received a B.S. in education. When I taught 2nd grade Bainbridge, I had between 46 and 54 children. Today they feel put upon if they have 25 students. I realize children were then easier to reach and teach. In the summer of 1953, we traveled to North Carolina to visit John's sister, Mary and Claude Leavitte. John's sister Mary cut our Mary Martha's pretty curls and said just imagine a man of 72 years old adopting a baby. I was in shock. He had said when we married that 1947 he was 46, and I had no reason to doubt his word. He http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cb27537a7a0ac0707faec0a25e937a8a.jpg fec002233162362a7240e1186a15e95d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.28) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 26 of It Started with These Two] acted and dressed such. We flew home to Waverly from Southern Pines, North Carolina, and I started a second grade position. I was hired by Marvin Miller, and Gladys and I became good friends and had remained so until her death last year. On March 6, 1956, I took the state real estate board exams at the old Virginia Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. I received word that I had passed March 16, 1956. I have been licensed with Richard Day, Forest Day, Glen Hoover, and presently with Ted Foreman. I have been a licensed sales person for over 40 years. [photocopy-left] Honored Realtors (Licensed Twenty-five Years or More) Timothy W. Ackley Rosella Ault Lorna Davis Rodney Disbennett Ted Foreman Martha Lobdell Leroy N. Randolph Harley E. Rouda [photocopy-right] ENTERTAINMENT COCKTAIL HOUR Bills Bells of William Church Duet by Dr. Nancy M. Gomso and Dr. Camaron Bennett DINNER MUSIC Olentangy High School "Key Notes" Nancy Notes, Director LATE SHOW Comedian Rodney Russ of "Class Acts" EVENING DANCING DJ Ty Higgins Throughout the evening there will be drawing for Door Prizes and also a Realtor Prize and an Affiliate Prize. GOOD LUCK!! http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5589dbadd3862b7ffe3deec72256969f.jpg 83e56fadbbc8d175cd094c003d20225f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.29) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 27 of It Started with These Two] I bought Jessie Sims', Betty Jo Guidotti's mother, furniture and took over her apartment on the east side of the square above the gift wrapping store and lived there until March of 1956. So that Mary would have a yard, Dad bought the duplex at 174 Harrison Street for us. John and Evelyn Warner kept Mary during school day, Mary called them "More Mommy" and "More Daddy". They were just great people, and we became close friends. I kept my legal residence in Pike County even though I might have been just a minority as to my politics. People actually paid to teach in Pike County so rather than do this I taught at Bainbridge in Ross County. A. E. Grover was the Ross County Superintendent, and J. Mason Jones was my principal. They were two very nice men as well as their families. We lived at 174 Harrison Street, and I walked up Otis to Rainbow to drop off Mary at the Warners. Evelyn also cared for Linda and Becky Breece and their two girls, Marileee (Meme) and Shelia (Sheshe) according to Mary. I then walked across the playground to a room on the 2nd floor of what is now known as the Harrison Street School. Harold Tippet was the principal. When Mary was 7, I transferred to the Galena School for 3 years before securing a position in Westerville teaching the Primary E.M.R. children at the high school for a year (no playground or equipment, and the children had to be watched carefully as students were coming and going in their cars). I joined charter ARC 24. In April of 1961, I got up the nerve to tell Carrol Biggs, the superintendent, formerly of Ashley, that I was resigning the 1962 school year unless we could be in an elementary building. In September our classroom was in the new addition to Whitter School. There I met many wonderful teachers that I still get together with the first Tuesday of each month. Most of the teachers that I taught with in Galena are now dead, Pat Wilson, Helen Kohberger, and Lousie Cooley for sure and the other 2 I don't have their addresses - Zenabell Cross Philips lives in Brooksville, Florida. She had 3 sons and lived across from the old Methodist Church. As teenagers they gave her lots of grief, but all three graduated from college and have responsible positions. One is a Wesleyan Methodist minister. I see her once a year when we go up to Brooksville to take visiting friends in Florida to see Roberts Christmas Tree Houses. These are 7 [top photo: House at 174 Harrison Street in Sunbury Moved here August 4, 1956] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ccff87a55f5c9fbf8b85816c42e1d5c4.jpg 4e8e60b0e810b621a95b8b906169fc40 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.30) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 28 of It Started with These Two] little houses joined by walkways, and they are open every day in the year except Christmas. Their gifts are exceptional and expensive. On the 7th of August, 1957, I received a divorce from John Buchanan on the grounds he was unfaithful and had lied about his age. During the fall, I dated Rev. George Pringle who was the minister of our old church at 100 North Columbus Street. It was never very serious, but I understand some of the members were upset that he was dating a twice divorcee. He had very bad eyesight, and he loved cats which I don't. He got in trouble with the neighbors, the Brakes, when his cat killed their pet squirrel. Later I dated Burton Richardson who had a 155 acre farm father out on Centerburg Road east of Condit. He had a brother Malcom, and they were very nice to both Mary and me. Burton was a Mason and a Knight of the York Cross of Honor. He graduated from Penn State. It was Burton that Mary asked, "Man why don't you shave?" She was always along. Once coming back from Mount Vernon since we didn't have to be in a hurry, he was stopped by the highway patrol for driving too slow. When he explained who we were, showed a valid driver's license, and with Mary asleep on the back seat the patrolman just waved us along. But it wasn't until Zelma Young persuaded Harold Ault to join the Pythians and I was the one to escort him around the hall above the Fling Hardware store in the fall of 1958 that I knew he would be just a good loving farm boy. He was one of 6 children of Ruth and Stanley Ault of Marshallville. I too, was from a farm family of 6 children. Before it had been a Rochester city boy, a Southern person from Southern Pines, North Carolina, and we had nothing in common. One day after my 38th birthday, Mary told Luretta Day ( Forest was my real estate broker) that one of mother's boyfriends gave her a hair dryer for her birthday. It made me think seriously about Mary's and my future. We attended church and Sunday School, but I thought I was a real Christian. I didn't lie or cheat or sleep without being married to the man. But one evening, on November 14, I got down on my knees and prayed. "God, I've made such a mess of my life and now I have this beautiful little [bottom photo: Harold, Mary and Rosella - February 1959] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0b1a57f86882b9f40544b9c45031834c.jpg c63d6dce4f15f3c0fb22be4c2d3cf220 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.31) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 29 of It Started with These Two] 6 year old girl to instill a good life in; please help me and take over from here on", and He has. Harold and Mary and I went on our first date to a fish fry on the 3rd floor of the town hall put on by the Stars and Masons. George and Earl Duston were going to a sale of champions later at The Delaware County Fair, and they persuaded Harold to go along. In February, 1959 Harold took Mary and me to their farm at Marshallsville to meet his family. I don't think they were too impressed, but Harold had always said he was going to marry a school teacher, and he did. We were married March 22, 1959. [top-right photo: Harold's Family - March 22, 1959 Harold, Melvin, Lloyd, Stanley, June, Pearl, Pat, Ruth] [bottom photo: Ault Family on February 6, 1994 Harold, Melvin, Lloyd, June Pearl, Pat] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9e7eafb8979deb43925c33479204b9c5.jpg f575ab4e1bbaac8d82157131cd31bd5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.32) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 30 of It Started with These Two] Harold and Rosella March 22, 1959 [top photo: Stanley and Ruth Ault, Harold, Rosella and Mary Josie and Wilbur Main] [bottom left photo: Harold, Mary, Rosella] [bottom right photo: Harold, Rev. Pringle, Rosella] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e72e00786621fba9519a51f51ffa3ed9.jpg 94f09ce89b1db767fdb8adb95cd80b79 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.33) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 31 of It Started with These Two] Youth Fellowship Pictured Below at the Wedding Reception March 22, 1959 [top photo: Bobby Miller, Lloyd Ault, Melvin Ault, Verona Miller, Mary, Harold and Rosella] [ bottom photo: Back Row; Hayes, Miller, Sparks, Garee, Millls, Warner Front Row: Sparks, Metzger, Phillips, Hayes Hayes, Warner, Reece] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bb2e9b46deecf245e258db734bfffecf.jpg b0e48efa8a40cec9f64a80a6182994b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.34) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 32 of It Started with These Two] In 1960 Harold joined Sparrow Lodge F. & A. M. #400. By then they had moved into their new building on Morning Street. He also joined the Eastern Star in 1962 after Cathryn Wilson had been elected to go through Grand Chapter and would be the W. G. Matron in 1966. Some of Cathryn's pages in 1966 were the past Matrons of Columbia Chapter #33 here in Sunbury, I believe only Joan Farris, Maxine Buckingham, Mary Satterfield, and I are still living. That was 30 years ago. We still meet the 3rd Sunday in July at the Olde Summit Towne Inn Restaurant in Summit Station far out on East Broad Street. Etta Main would be the President in 1998 and I in 1999 if God is willing. I reminded Catherine that I would be 79 years old, and she reminded me that each one of us has a birthday each year. [top photo: Masonic Temple 87 N. Morning Street in Sunbury] [bottom left photo: 1965 Installation Harold and Rosella ] [bottom right photo: Eastern Star Reception in Ostrander - 1965 Harold, Mary, and Rosella] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2dbe1a4d33d085e7210ce5a3f330d1b7.jpg e092e5f28ddb78cc22455c68f0236d03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.35) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 33 of It Started with These Two] This was not to be as Etta died on the 15th of June 1997, and I was elected to be president in 1998. On September 26, 1959 shortly after we were married, Harold's father was killed in front of the Chapel of the Cross at North Lawrence, Ohio by 2 kids drag racing. He had been working on the church bulletin board. Ruth was in the basement preparing to take food down to the Otterbein Home when she came out and found his body. It must have been an awful shock. He and Ruth are both buried in the cemetery behind the church. That same year, on October 19, Verona's son Bobby Miller was killed after being thrown from a car on Hartford Road. It was unfortunate, too, that Bob Miller, working for the undertaker Bill Slack, was sent to pick him up. This has really influenced the life of his brother, Rick, who was 5 at the time. [top right photo: 1990 Installation] [bottom left photo; Harold and Rosella Plant Eastern Stars Tree on Square - 1991] [bottom right photo:The Three of Us - 1965 Rosella, Mary, Harold ] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bcbea5b4299f9680bce524acd371ef82.jpg 1a3f7b17679e2dab4728ba1d0d2237ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.36) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 34 of It Started with These Two] Harold's mother died on February 5, a day after Pearl's birthday in 1994. She was at a nursing home in Orrville. We were called home from Florida and got within about 10 miles of Orrville when something went wrong with the transmission, and we coasted in with the emergency lights flashing at about 20 miles an hour. Gladys Ault brought us back to Sunbury to pick up our van. I don't subscribe to many magazines but I do get Billy Graham's "Decision", "Air Fare- WOSU", and "Life Study Fellowship". This little magazine has a Bible verse in it for each day and 3 prayers, morning, noon, and night, to be united with others all over the world. "Prayer changes things." Most of my time is spent reading: Peck's books, Anne Edwards about President's wives and books that are up-lifting. I skip novels with a lot of 4 letter words. Knitting for the family is enjoyable. Sweaters for each of the great- grandchildren for Christmas are hanging in the closet. They are precious. We have never kept the twins all night at our mobile home, but Brittny loves to come and go to church with us and play at the organ. In the spring of 1963 we bought 33 acres of Ben Dever's at 14191 Centerburg Road just across from our home that we built in the fall of 1987 and the spring of 1988. (We moved in on the 4th of July, 1988.) Ned foreman was the general contractor. We had the land surveyed into 4 parcels, one on Fredericks Road one on the north side to the east, and a 3 acre parcel across the creek at the end of Fredericks Road, and our remaining 20 acres. We have a pond, creek, and lots of trees, evergreens up close to the house and along the drive and oak, tulip, and maple farther from the house so we don't have to rake the leaves. Harold had earlier built a 42' X 45" shed to the rear. [top right photo: Pearl Ault] [bottom left photo: Ted Forman and Harold Planning Where the House Would Be] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f99cec7ede619a52f0c15644da73db46.jpg 1b6a109c9b8a7c460768cc40be103a88 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.37) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 35 of It Started with These Two] 14150 Centerburg Road Sunbury, Ohio In 1973 we bought a mobile home at 1803 Ohio Avenue, Trailer Estates in Bradenton, Florida that Mother, Don and Verona stayed in. Our present winter quarters are at 1604 Illinois, Trailer Estates, Bradenton, and it is next door to Verona and Carl Bell at 1606 Illinois. We spent lots of evenings eating together. During the years that I taught in Westerville, I enrolled at Ohio State University in graduate school and on September 6, 1966 received my Master's Degree in Exceptional Children. We always had a unit on the food groups, time and money. Each year Mary helped me take the girls one evening and the boys one evening to eat at the MCL. They knew they could each buy 4 items plus their drink. We were always so proud of their behavior and good judgement in choosing their food. The reason we divided them by gender was so there would be no hard feelings if a girl or boy were chosen to eat with the early or later group. We didn't have teacher aids or playground help, and we ate lunch with our children. [top left photo: Spring of 1988] [top right photo: Harold and the New Shed Extension] [middle photo: Present House in 1977] [bottom photo: Rosella Ault - Sept. 7, 1966 Master's Picture] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f23b2d669a1a86a881d1f5f8ed25fea7.jpg 894fb6df9ccb30810fe6a58bfdbe0f5a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.38) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 36 of It Started with These Two] Mary once asked how do you take these children day after day and on an 8 week summer program. I reminded her that I had them for just 7 hours a day, and the parents the other 17 hours. These children in most instances tried very hard to please. I retired when Columbus took in 800 Westerville students and a younger special ed teacher would have lost her job. Recently in our paper, it told of Maria Spangler's death. Mary took piano lessons from Marian Whitney and organ lessons from Maria for 8 years. In 1956 I joined the Pythian Sisters and was an officer until we disbanded because of the steps. In 1958 I joined the Columbia Chapter #33 Ohio Order of Eastern Stars and began a move to be the Worthy Matron and Harold the Worthy Patron in 1965. Cathryn Wilson was to be the Worthy Grand Matron in 1966. On November 6, 1965, we had reception at the old high school. Our officers were George and Etta Main, Dorothy Buell, Maxine Buckingham, Mardell Shultz, Virginia Buell, Joan Farris, Mary Hervey, Mary Satterfield, Mona Lee Arthur, Judith Morris, Hattie Sparks, Helen Farris, Deana Searles, Joann Adkins, and Larry Buell. The pages were Melissa Ogden, Hallie Day, Mabel Strider Florence Olinger, Janet Lake, Vera Paul, Wilma Ward, and Minnie Linnabary. Our officers' lace dresses were pale green, and the pages' were pale blue and cost just $23.00. Mrs. Conrad came down from Loudenville to fit each one. She owned a bridal shop there. It was a busy and exiting year with a 13 year old daughter who got hurt on a ski trip, teaching and working on my master's degree at Ohio State. I was often going to bed exhausted but never was I discouraged. Everyone worked together to make it a very enjoyable year. Tonight, September the 9th around 6:45 I received a call from Venice, Florida from the Sparks family that my very best friend, Hattie Sparks, had just died. As I had mentioned she was a very good neighbor for 17 years and a faithful Eastern Star member and officer for Harold and I in 1965 and again in 1991. We will again be giving a donation to the First Baptist Church building fund as we had done for her husband, Theodore, who died on May 13, 1995. Her daughter is Vonda Clark and her husband is Robert and their son is Rondall Sparks whose wife is Margaret. They live in Radnor. I will miss Hattie very much. [photo: Good Friends- Theodore and Hattie Sparks] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/468bd93df2e11d4c657dfe421cc84f63.jpg fde4b65c4ae7b7c33a60309c4f1578be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.39) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 37 of It Started with These Two] Aults and Sparks The only one person that I asked to be an officer that refused was a relative. To soothe my feelings, my dad who was a very astute gentleman told me that we can choose our friends but our relatives were thrust upon us. It was my dad, too, that I called upon for moral support. He would go with me down to the Ohio State Arps [top left photo: Rosella and Hattie Warner - Winter of 1995] [top right photo: Hattie and Rosella - March 1997] [middle photo: Theodore, Hattie, Rosella, Harold Leaving for Florida] [bottom photo: Harold and Theodore Kentucky Colonel Award - July 4th, 1994] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ececab73a23d423bbca20056b9a40a2d.jpg ce45428c16b1b5b3f04f0a5a0f40fde9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.40) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 38 of It Started with These Two] Hall library and read while I got the reference materials I needed. He died on November 12, 1971 after I told him in the morning that Mother had said he was a very good and loving husband and a wonderful father to us. He only said, "Do you really think so?" I assured him I did. On March 22, 1976, our wedding anniversary, Mary Hervey a good friend died. I played the organ for her funeral. She wanted especially for me to play "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "I Want to Teach the World to Sing". Mary in a quiet way did so much good for those in need. She didn't brag about her generosity. I still miss her. She could relate to the young people very well, especially our Mary and her husband Tom. She always dressed with class and looked nice. After my school retirement I went to help out Paula Shade in her restaurant out at the halfway house between Sunbury and Delaware. I was also the director for 3 years of the Delaware County Retarded Citizens. I was one of 5 area workers (Powell, Ostrander, Delaware, Ashley and Sunbury) employed by Supportive Services to take senior citizens for doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, and other essential places. It was phased out because of the 146 pages of paperwork to receive the grant funding money. I also drove a bus for Hickory Knoll and Leads Head Start. Since we spend 4 months each winter in Florida where the family lives year round, sister, husband and her family. I have given up gainful employment and settled down to just enjoying our house, the garden, geese. I spend lots of time knitting and making gifts for friends and family and cooking for Harold. Mother died at the Sarah Moore home on December 5, 1985, five days past her 103rd birthday. She was a real sweet lady, and I was holding her hand when she died. I have never told this to anyone: but when I felt her slipping, I heard her say, "Jesus, please take my hand." In 1986 I wrote a book on the 66 books of the Holy Bible and dedicated it to my brother George who died also November 12, but 15 years later than Dad, I also dedicated it to our granddaughter Melody Hickson Hughes. [top photo: November 13th, 1971 - Day After Dad Died] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e7f629d59389b13583dd64e08979e53d.jpg 14510a66d6e3c0bc4acb995724fc6143 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.41) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 39 of It Started with These Two] On March 9, 1993 brother Rodney died on his way back to Sunbury. His son Mark was driving and his wife Ruth and Harold were with him. The 911 medics pronounced him dead at Wendy's parking lot just west of the I-71 freeway. The same year on May 19th, Harold had a heart attack. It was Grange night at Bill and Mary Louise Sheets, and 911 called and said Harold was on his way to Grady. Our minister, Rev. Gene Taylor, and Shirley came over soon after I arrived. We really appreciate their friendship. We are watching his diet to help keep his cholesterol level down. He is on Cardisone C.M. Last year in 1995, Lockie Norman died in March, Bea Tharp in July, and Gladys Miller in October. They were a part of the Saturday morning Sunbury women's friends breakfast group. We all miss them. On July 15, Carl Bell and sister Verona were married in her Whitfield Presbyterian Church in Bradenton, Florida. On July 22, Harold and I had a reception for them at Carl's Sunbury Church of Christ. From June 17 to June 21, Margaret Garee and I were at Lakeside for the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Gene and Shirley were returned to our church. Life is so precious but uncertain. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. So let's make the most of each day. Verona and I often wonder how Mother found the time to memorize all of the many Bible verses, "A soft answer turneth away wrath", etc. and she said in her long lifetime, she never had a headache. Maybe the answer was she confined herself to being Wilbur's wife and the mother of her children. She knew she was secure in her faith and the love of her family. I Never realized how short she was until I look at a big 24 X 36 picture of Mom and Dad taken in our dining room at 174 Harrison Street in Sunbury on his 90th birthday party. The modern day woman is torn in many directions, children to dance classes, boys and girls to band, soccer, basketball, football, track, 4H and other activities. She said she and Dad were the happiest at church, Grange, Historical Society and the Farm Bureau Council. They got season tickets to the events at Ohio Wesleyan. One evening Lockie Norman and I took Mother to Gray Chapel to hear Norman Vincent Peale. She was 100, and she took notes on his lecture. Mother and Dad were at Gray Chapel the evening Frank B. Willis was stricken with a heart attack. It might have changed the history of our nation and Delaware County in particular if he could have run for President and been elected. Yesterday (August 27, 1996) it took four 100 foot hoses to reach the most http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e244bd596d156a168d985dfbcce63b76.jpg 1974a767128bb873ff191d5fe8bca199 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.42) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 40 in It Started with These Two] recently planted evergreens along our drive. So much spring rain and now at one time this summer, we went for 27 days without it. In a week or so Harold will be going to Grady for an upper GI, whatever the initials stand for. He seems to be having problems swallowing some foods. If Dad were alive today, he would say I liked to plan, make definite decisions and was a good former teacher, Grange member, a devoted family member, an ardent Christian and full of energy that was until I got thrown a curve last December. It was then that a Grange member asked if I had been drinking because when as lecturer, I was slurring my words and was unsteady on my feet. It was Meniere's disease. [middle photo: Grange Get-together - 1996] [bottom left photo: Grange Booth - September 1995 Delaware County Fair] [bottom right photo: Delaware County Fair - September 1992] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3f5335f6a76fe24a1f2f6b9212066505.jpg 486f6cffd94516f73d7aea3c42f15ac3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.43) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 41 in It Started with These Two] I was especially proud of the Pomona Grange Booth that received a grade of 100 that I designed and carried out the 50th Jug theme. In April 1985 we bought 15 baby ducks from Griffith's feed store in Centerburg and raised them in the shed until they were almost grown and then out into a 24 X 24 pen with a white male goose who took over as mother. This same white goose stood guard around the geese pen again this year of 1996 and 1997. Our Kingston Grange disbanded in the end of 1995 due to the lack and age of its members. Mother and Father used to say it hurt to see their contemporaries dying and now I know exactly what they meant. On August 28, Verona and I attended grave side services for a former Horseshoe Road neighbor and friend that attended the one room schoolhouse and then rode the bus when it closed. Electricity only came along Horseshoe Road in the early 1940's On July 8, Kelley, Jessica (my niece Nancy and Rod Harkinson's 2 girls), Harold and I went to Lane, Ohio, to the Ridgeway Hatchery and bought 5 baby guineas and 6 baby geese. We fed them 20 lbs of turkey feed and then put them on chick starter and cracked corn. Our pens were just makeshift with chicken wire to protect them. The guineas were very skittish from the start. After the neighbor's dog got in the pen, there were 3 geese. On August 28 in the evening, Harold pulled the wire fence away; and the 5 guineas came out but stayed close to the feed and water pans as we watched before dark. Harold suggested that I do the same thing this afternoon, August 29, to let the geese run fee. The large geese make a bee line for the far end of the pond several times a day. The geese like to walk up onto the decks so it is necessary to keep 10" boards across the bottom steps and a large painted screen door at the cellar way. Each year we have to replace at least 10 evergreens. Harold tells me they should be planted in the fall, instead of the spring. it takes four 100' hoses to reach those down at the road. When I was little we lived on a 48 acre farm on Horseshoe Road. Our house had 4 bedrooms - no bath or electric- a cook stove, living room, large kitchen, and dining room. Brother Rodney tied me to a ladder at the barn as it was being built. It was large. We had a pond and raised ducks and chickens. There was a bulk head where we took corn down to feed the ducks. We rode a white farm horse, old Bill who was blind. We had lots of company on Sundays. Instead of a playpen, we used a large brown packing box. Brother George would, according to Mother, keep saying, "Now Rosella". http://66.213.124.233/files/original/94f5286b70126bb007735463e037908f.jpg 5bc5349799e95f0baa27cc069566f3c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.44) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 42 in It Started with These Two] We had a large coal and wood heater in the dining room and a player piano in the front room. It was always kept clean and picked up. We always had a large garden raising potatoes, corn, beans, peas, tomatoes, etc. Our yard was also large, and I mowed it by a narrow push mower. We lived here before going to 408 West William Street and again after I was 7 years old. We went down the road to a one room brick schoolhouse. We rode a bus into Delaware. Neil Olds was the driver. We took our lunches in brown bags. They took us to the East School on East William Street. It is now known at Conger Elementary School. It has just been rebuilt and the first day of school was Tuesday, August 18, 1996. I remember weeding in the garden when the neighbor children would be going into town for holidays and parades and fireworks, but then I would equate our Sundays with Sunday School and church and Sunday School picnics. We raised sheep, too, but never hogs. We had milk cows. One year Verona and I took our registered twin Jersey calves to the Ohio State Fair. They were called Fair Play Augusts and Augusts Fair Play. She got a 13th award, and I only got a 26 ribbon. There were lots of entries in the class. When we left Cincinnati, I weighed about what I weigh today. School days because of my weight weren't always too pleasant. They let me drive before licenses were necessary. We had a 1928 Pontiac. Dad evidently thought since the boys and I had driven a Fordson tractor, we knew all about driving. On my 14th birthday, Dad let me drive into Delaware to pick up brother John. I drove down Horseshoe, Lake Street, East Central and made a left turn at Central and Sandusky and before I pulled into a parking spot, drove right up on the sidewalk. John was watching, and Dad kept shouting, "My God, stop this thing". It was right in front of Graff's Shoe store. John drove us home. When I was 5 years old I was in the Grady Hospital, then on the corner of Franklin and West Winter Streets. Our neighbors were the 4 Ufferman children, James, Albert, Gale and Betty. the Lenbergers lived on one side, Jane, Harold and Rosemary. A nice couple close by were the Werlines. Then the Smothers daughter, Shirley and the Milligan children, Gladys and Harold. We had lots of company and friends in. We had a collie dog, Patsy, and Rodney really loved her, but she got into our flock of sheep and had to be put to sleep. It was a bad day for us all. On Halloween we upset shocks of corn, nothing dangerous or illegal. When they had Mother's sale, I was in Riverside Hospital with a sinus http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a5da281c37db33e125ac90fd910668c2.jpg ec00faeab341a90e551fb45c578f1ff6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.45) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 43 in It Started with These Two] operation, and Mary Hervey bid on the two kerosene lamps and her tea cart for me. Other family members had other preferences. It was in 1975 when Mother came to live with us. Dad had died in 1971. She was 93 then. She stayed in Florida with Verona during the winter months and came back to 174 Harrison Street in the spring for summer and fall. Before coming to Sunbury we had lived at the 73 acre farm on Cline Chapel Road. The house had 7 large maple trees around the yard, and it was called Maple Knoll. It was 6 miles from Waverly, 18 miles from Bainbridge, about 20 miles from Chillicothe, and 86 miles from Athens. I drove it for 4 summers before graduating from Ohio University on August 7, 1956. By then I had already been teaching at the Harrison Street school for 3 years. At home on Horseshoe Road, we had lots of chicken dinners, but I remember the donuts that Mother and George made were really good. During the depression, Mother would trade a dozen eggs 9 cents for a loaf of bread from a breadman that came once a week. In April, 1978, Mother went to live at the Sarah Moore Home on East William Street in Delaware and lived until December 5, 1985. she loved to have me take her out in the wheelchair to see the house that she lived in on Michaels Street in Delaware, just off of South Union, where she and her brother Hartley had rooms when she went to high school. Then we would go to Buns for pie and coffee. She would always say, "This is the place your Dad loved to eat best." For my 75th birthday my sister Verona and Carl had a surprise party for me with family, neighbors and card playing friends. There was cake, ice cream and gifts. On Harold's birthday, our anniversary or my birthday, we eat at the Branding Iron, a steak place on Stratford Road in Delaware. Generally, the family is not available in November as they are in Arizona and Florida. When we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, we had 2 real nice parties, one with friends at the Branding Iron and one in a restaurant near Marshallsville with Harold's family. [bottom right photo: 75th Birthday Party - November 2, 1995] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/be599119c10d8a13a33760b0113f7909.jpg e19fd9fd7f7c91faf8052be8817d99f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.46) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 44 in It Started with These Two] In our real estate transactions, we have been very fortunate, first in buying a house at 307 W. Central, after the Centerburg house and land. Dad always said to buy north, and in most cases we have. Then we bought 121 W Central and 80 North Liberty Street in Delaware. Harold tore off the 3rd apartment, an old frame house close to the corner, to provide parking for the 2 houses on the corner of Liberty and W. Central. We also bought a house at 29 N. Liberty Street. We bought a mobile home, 1803 Ohio Avenue, Trailer Estates, Bradenton, Florida, for our use and one for Tom, Mary, and Melody at 6547 Kansas in the same park. In April, 1988, we purchased the mobile home at 1604 Illinois, next door to my sister Verona. Several years later, we bought a duplex or twin single at 1211 3rd Avenue, E. for Melody, Dennis, Brittany and the twins to rent. We own a lot in Port Charlotte at the corner of Madelyn and McArthur. In 1976 Verona sold 5 acres of our 33 acres to Carl and Emogene Bell. They built a brick home at 4760 Fredericks Rd. Emogene died on May 5, 1994 We sold the little house and barn with about 4 1/2 acres to George and Gail Guenter. They moved to Cincinnati, and they sold it to Tim and Julie Scott. They have 2 little girls, Kelly and Courtney. Tim was in a very serious accident on his motorcycle up on a hillside when he came head on with his friend riding a 3 wheeler. I saw Julie across the street and took a knitted baby blanket for the new baby and a pair of knitted slippers to Kelley. Sunday, September 8, I took pictures of Tim at home. After Harold adopted Mary, we had our lawyer, make provisions for part of our estate to go to Harold's former church, the Chapel of the Cross at North Lawrence, Ohio, and to our present Sunbury United Methodist Church. Harold has also been active in community affairs. In 1996 he was treasurer of the Sesquicentennial Committee. He was on both the Delaware County and Joint Vocational School Boards for 12 years. He was President of the Lions Club in 1970. That year, Lillie Kempton, Mary Hervey, Etta Main and I prepared 200 lbs of potato salad for the ox roast using 15 stalks of celery, 5 lbs of onions, 30 dozen eggs, salt, 3 gal. of mayonnaise, and 1 gal. of mustard. It must have been good. It sold out in a hurry. We also baked 36 pumpkin and fruit pies. These days, they buy the potato salad and 100 pies, and the wives of Lions are to furnish 3 pies. Things change. School starts in August now. Just this morning, August 26, the bus stopped across the street for Kelley Scott. The geese are really growing. We think when this last bag of cracked corn is gone, they will be big enough to let out of the pens. On July 3, 1996, Verona fell on the basement steps and broke her left hip. Dr. O. Shoban set it on July 4. Nancy, Rod and the girls were here on vacation. Our great-granddaughter, Brittany Hughes, started back to school in the first http://66.213.124.233/files/original/36e7660f36333851bb45566cd63cbdfc.jpg e5b4d87814780c4947a27a025b986b1d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.47) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 45 in It Started with These Two] grade at the new school in Oneco, Florida. It is close to Dennis and Melody's home in East Bradenton. Since she is the first on in her wheelchair, the handicap bus would be picking her up 6:15 a.m., so Melody drives her to school, She was born with cerebral palsy. Fortunately, only her legs are affected, not her intelligence. Her grandfather asked how Brittny started, and she said, "Ba-Be B." He said, "I think its Z" and she said. "I think you are confused. Our Mary was always saying things to get me into trouble. One morning in going up the old post office steps where Ed Saver has his antique shop, she asked an old maid school teacher, "Lady, do you smoke cigarettes?" The woman turned around and very sternly asked, "And why do you ask?" Two Eastern Star ladies who were going to serve refreshments at the Temple in June of 1965 met Mary and me to see how it was done. When we got home that night, I didn't know Mary was listening and told Harold that I didn't think they even knew how to boil water. Later, Mary asked us in church if those were the 2 ladies that didn't know how to boil water. When I went out to list some properties, we stopped at Burton Richardson's and she said, "Man why don't you shave?" I helped him study for a R.E. License, and he and Forest Day opened up the Heart of Ohio R.E. office in Centerburg. He died out in the barnyard from a heart attack and Mary, Harold and I went to his funeral calling hours at Moreland in Centerburg. Once after a family reunion at Pike Lake, Mary came home and hugged me and said, "I'm so glad you adopted me or I would have become one of those dumb southern Ohio hillbillies. It was strange that her mother Dorothy and sister Vickie had lived over in Delaware on Curtis Street and had a hard time financially, George and Dutch Strosnider saw them in Delaware after Mary and Tom moved to Florida. Mary's father had died in a car accident before Mary was born. She was the youngest of 2 boys and 5 girls. S In the fall of 1980, Vickie Frey, Mary's sister who was just 10 months older than Mary, called about 6:00 p.m. and asked if she could be Mary's sister and if she could get in touch with Mary. I had a church meeting that night and took her number and said after talking with Harold, Mary and the pastor, I would have Mary contact her if she wished to do so. She did. Tom and Mary were just 16 and 18 when they were married by a Methodist minister in Clintwood, Virginia on February 26, 1968. They arrived home on a Monday evening. Harold was at the church for a Lions club, and Mary Hervey and I were having dinner out at Walter Borchers' L. K. Restaurant at the freeway. They had 3 cents between them and they were starved as they had been eating so called junk food for 3 days. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/05a97ba1c3eb26d4ccdeb119d1d37b42.jpg f9f482df94d7816b11c8058134fe1797 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.48) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 46 in It Started with These Two] They have made a good marriage. Tom's parents are Virgil and Nellie Hickson, and they are always so supportive of the two. I bless Nellie every time I see her for being so good to our daughter. Many older marriages, Mary reminds me, have not been so fortunate. Melody and Dennis were married on July the 30th, 1988 at the Palmetto United Methodist Church. I bless Melody and Dennis, too. They dated in high school, and Dennis was in the Air force being sent to Hawaii when Melody graduated. Melody was one of 16 out of 3300 Manatee County graduates to receive the Golden Herald Award presented by the Bradenton Herald Newspaper. It was based on academic achievement and citizenship and personality. When twin girls were born prematurely on December 11, 1989, at 1 1/2 lbs. each, only Brittnny survived. Stephanie died 2 days later. They now have 3 year old twin boys, Zachary and Brandon. Melody and Dennis are wonderful loving young parents. Each and every day, I count my blessings. Harold and I are so fortunate. There have been many times of sadness, but I am firmly convinced that God doesn't permit one to handle more than their shoulders can bear. But, occasionally one wonders why God thinks one has such broad shoulders. This morning, August 30, 1996, Harold had an upper GI test. His throat, according to the tests, is crooked and that causes food to lodge before it reaches his stomach. Next Thursday, September 2, he is to have X-rays and barium tests. Harold picked up the keys from Mansfield Plumbing as they had just put in a new furnace at 80 North Liberty. Mark and Donna Ensign and their 7 year old daughter may be the new tenants. According to Paul Baller, Jr. in "Presidential Wives", Marion President Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865 and won the election on November 2, 1920. Until I read about his life style, being born on his birthday seemed to be great but no longer. In 1992 Lockie Norman, Bea Tharp, Etta Main and I ate in Blands in Mount Vernon and bought the original 4 grown geese. We now have 9 adult geese and the 5 baby geese that we purchased from Ridgeway Hatchery. Helen Hardin Allen, who was born in 1906 and died in 1989, was about 20 when she come to teach at Upper Horseshoe one room school. She didn't drive so her brother Buss Hardin brought her and came after her. Her folks had the Hardin Hotel on South Sandusky. Sometimes she would take Gladys Shirley Poole and me home with her for the weekends. It was such a treat. Also, Helen Allen saw that we had hot lunches. We had lots of milk and the children all brought potatoes, tomatoes and vegetables, and she would fix soup for us each day on the pot bellied stove in the center of the room. She was born to be a good caring teacher. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5c49d62e495281725c22a9dc02253c00.jpg bc029c9cdf02de6bbaec23d0aaae48d7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.49) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 47 in It Started with These Two] The teacher that followed was as different in the lack of caring as Helen was in caring. The county schools had spelling and writing contests. This is what we practiced to have judged on this special day: "True worth is being, not seeming to be doing each day that goes by some little good not in dreaming of some great thing by and by." I had mentioned that most of the time we were fortunate in our renters. At 29 North Liberty, one time this was not so. It was a 4 bedroom and 2 baths house with 2 large living rooms, a large kitchen, back porch and and a back yard with a chain link fence. They got behind $2100 in their rent; and our lawyer sent them eviction notices, and a court date was set. The wife, when she had to be out in 3 days, feigned a heart attack. Emergency 911 was called. We had to go down through the judge's chambers to keep from stepping over her. It was a fake according to Grady. When we finally got possession, they had chopped the bathroom fixtures, and they had to be replaced. At 121 West Central we had to have a family evicted. It took 3 exterminator visits to get rid of the roaches. There were 55 trash bags of junk in the basement. I remember Harold and I one Thanksgiving were working trying to clean it up, and Betty Mackley came and got us for a very delicious dinner at her house. Betty was born in 1912 and died in October, 1989. She was in George's class, and he sat behind her in high school. She thought he was an only child. Our folks always saw that we had sufficient clean clothing even though they certainly weren't rich. Two ladies that I still am in touch with occasionally are Jean Wickham and Nancy Frankenburg. They are both loving and caring and efficient women. We worked in different capacities and offices at 38 South Franklin street in Delaware. Harold and I have been able to travel extensively. We went on a 23 day trip to Alaska, Tokyo, Hong Kong, China and Hawaii for the Lions Club International meeting with Mr. Bryant from Dalton, Ohio. There were 800 from Ohio. It was in the summer of 1969. Our granddaughter Melody was born when we were in Tokyo. We also went on a Lions Club tour to Europe, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. We also went to Mexico on a Lions Club tour. Dutch Strosnider and Glenn Evans were there, too. Harold got Montezuma's complaint and was gone so long from the Ohio luncheon that I asked a friend to go and check on him. We also went to San Francisco with George and Etta Main and Donna and Glenn Evans for the California Lions Club annual meeting. Lorraine and Kenny Crowl, George and Etta and Harold and I were on the trip east to Atlantic City. We came back through Lancaster , Pennsylvania. I am proud of Harold for all of his community activities. In addition to being a past president of the Sunbury Lions Club and member of the Delaware County and the JVS boards for 12 years, he was a former Masonic Worshipful Master and http://66.213.124.233/files/original/74a13df6e7f44ebbdcc312a46d9b9000.jpg 456c2cd845b199c73bd6167ff4921f4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.50) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 48 in It Started with These Two] a past patron of Columbus Chapter 4 times, a member of the Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, and a treasurer for several years of the Delaware County Shrine Club. Harold can do most everything. He likes to be outside on his John Deere tractor or cutting up trees or moving around our place. I really appreciate him. He is a good, loving, caring family man. We didn't get to see much of our only granddaughter, Melody, when she was growing up as Tom an Mary lived in Florida and we were still working in Ohio. However, we do see Melody and Dennis' 3 children. We grandparents have agreed to not buy them any more toys, but clothes. We spend 4 months in Florida now. Brittny has cerebral palsy, but she's not retarded. One night when she was sleeping in the big double bed between us, we had a terrible storm. Eventually she patted my cheeks and said, "Grandmother, is it safe to go to sleep now?" Today, Virgil and Nellie Hickson came to spend Labor Day with us. Harold was working cleaning off tables on the shady east side of the Lions Club food tent. As always the ox sandwiches were tender and delicious. They spent the night with us and left after breakfast. Maybe I'll never become a Grandma Moses, but I'd like to learn a little about painting. For the third time since the first August sweat bees or yellow jackets have gotten into the attic and chewed down through the hall and 2 bedroom ceilings. Raid spray kills them, but the odor in the house is overpowering, and we took our afternoon naps in the downstairs bedroom. This happened to us 3 years ago. Harold has tried to seal up the holes on the outside of the house. It is too warm for him to get up into the attic. The clean up left me slipping down the 7 steps on my backside yesterday. No permanent damage. We are enjoying seeing all of the 14 geese moving around the yard. Not a joy is seeing ground hogs carrying off tomatoes form the garden. When I met the retired teachers at Westerville at the Ponderosa, I went on down to the Christian Armory. They didn't have any of Bob Ross's "Joy of Painting" but suggested Michael's Gift and Craft Store just down the mall. I really shot my wad by buying a 14 X 24 canvas, paint cleaner, easel, 8 paints, sponge knife and several different kinds of brushes recommended by Ross and a palette. Now I'm scared to get started. He is on Channel 34 at 1:00 p. m. weekdays. He died last year at 55 of cancer, but he has more than 30 different books out with 14 explained paintings in each and videos are still available. I just read the Scorpio's words for Thursday, September 6 and quote, "Your indecision may be the only thing standing between you and rousing success. The time has come for you to fish or cut bait." http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3626692eacb0d94c3ec7c0370750de6d.jpg 60aea02ba0da590ff0a0db690c58fe58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.51) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 49 in It Started with These Two] Harold and I don't have cable. We watch Channel 34 to hear the "Frugal Gourmet", "Wild America", Billy Graham, food shows like Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cooking", Channel 10 for "Wheel of Fortune", their news at 6 and 11, "Chicago Hope", "Murder, She Wrote", "Diagnosis Murder", and "E.R." We take the "Delaware Gazette", "Ohio Farmer" and "Buckeye Farm News". We do like the library. I walk daily with Jesus. Mary, Tom, Harold, Melody, Dennis and the 3 children and other family and friends know that I pray sincerely for them each day. I, too, know that some day I'll see Mother and Dad, little Tommy, Bobbie, brothers George and Rodney and my relatives and friends. I hope to see Lockie, Bea and Gladys Miller too, because I've asked God through Jesus to forgive my sins. I trust in the Lord with all my heart, and He is my personal Savior. I have turned around and repented all of my sins. Mother and Dad didn't have a spectacular meeting as their parents' farms, at a little place called Waterhill, were close. Dad says even though he was only a year and a half older than Mother, he remembers sitting on the living room floor and playing with her and thinking what a beautiful girl she was. But, it wasn't until they were 28 and 29 years old that they became serious. Dad was supporting his mother and his Aunt Rosina. When they tried to tell him there would be children and expenses, he hoped there would be. Tom's parents were George and Bessie Tibbitts. George worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as the secretary of the president. Bessie was a worker at the Rochester Library. Tom was their only child. He came to the University of Cincinnati to study to be an electrical engineer, but he was called up by the draft in January, 1943. He looked just like the actor Van Johnson. He was a radio man and a gunner and won the purple heart. After the divorce, we remained good friends, even after Tommy, Jr. died. After we adopted Mary, they were too happy to see Mary and me and were generous in their love and gifts. Maybe, I've always been a little too independent because I was able to support myself and I wanted things to be definite. [top photo: Retired Teachers and Friends at Royal American Golf Club] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d7c54cd502ab504cce2cc92958d08b5c.jpg a4ea5ddfa0fccc9e832965fb5fc7fd02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.52) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 50 in It Started with These Two] Tommy fell out of his bed when we were living in an apartment owned by John and Mary Morrison in Clifton Heights close to the University of Cincinnati. I was working 2 jobs. Early morning, I worked at the Clifton Pantry for Dorothy Kassens. During the day I worked at Andrew Jergens as a quality control supervisor. After day work, I went back to the Clifton Pantry. Two nights a week I went to the University working the first 2 years which eventually led to a B.S. at Ohio University in 1956. Tommy was buried January 31, 1947 in the old cemetery and later moved in June, to the present Marlboro Cemetery. After our marriage on March 22, 1959, Harold and I bought a house at 174 Harrison Street. It was a duplex that Harold turned into an 11 room, 2 and 1/2 baths home. We remodeled it in 1968 and built a 2 car garage, and a beautiful corner stone fireplace. We used it when we had the blizzard in 1978. Mother was living with us then after Dad had died on November 12, 1971. We bought 33 acres, 4 miles out on Centerburg Road in the summer of 1963. We sold 5 acres to Carl Bell on 4760 Frederick Road and 4 acres with the house and barn to George and Gail Genthner. Before this in the early 1960's Mary had up 5 horses. One young horse, Dawn, would sit down whenever anyone got on her back. She was sold to a man from Portsmouth who said he would train her out of doing this. In the middle 1950's Verona lived on Route 605 and kept ponies and our horse, Dolly. She ran under a tree with Bobbie on her back, and he fell off and broke his leg. Bobbie died in a car accident on Hartford Road on October 19, 1959. Harold' father had died on September 29, also as a result of a car running off the road on a Saturday afternoon as he was working on the bulletin board in front of the Chapel of the Cross at North Lawrence, Ohio. In September, 1987, Ned foreman, general contractor, started our house out on Centerburg Road. In the spring of 1988, we started moving things into Harold's new 42 X 45 tool shed and then in the summer moved furniture into the house. We moved everything - beds, organ, living room and dining room furniture - on a little pickup truck. We spent our first night, after it had been blessed by Rev. Gary Klempenaur, on July 4, 1988. On May 19, 1993, Harold had a heart attack. The Family, Tom, Mary, Dennis Melody and their 3 children, Brittny, Brandon and Zachary, came from Florida for 2 weeks. On December 11, 1989, Melody and Dennis were living in Hawaii. I had kept the baby basket that we brought Mary home from the Chillicothe Hospital on April 30, 1952. I made a new mattress and decorated the sided with lace. Ken Crowl took it across the counter on a Saturday morning. It cost $26.00 to mail it. Melody picked it up the following Monday afternoon in Honolulu. She was called the million dollar baby as she was a cerebral palsy 1 and 1/2 lb. baby girl. She was still on oxygen until they came back to the States in July, 1990. From 1991 to 1994, Harold and I were active with the Lions Club, Grange, http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c91ad09728df13ffd7a32b37caf1ec3a.jpg e122a5e97b717520a58247b5ddf3cfe5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.53) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 51 in It Started with These Two] church, Masons and Eastern Stars. The Worthy Grand Matron appointed me as our district 11 Heart Representative to tell the 15 chapters in the 4 counties, Logan Union, Marion and Delaware, about Heart and to raise money for research. During this same time I was president of Big Walnut Area Church women United - 7 local churches joined to help the local Friends Who Share. We have 3 meetings a year, the first Friday in March, May and November to celebrate. In November 1993, I attended the 127th National Grange Convention in Cleveland, Ohio and received the Sixth and Seventh Grange Degrees. In September, 1995, I designed the 50th Anniversary Brown Jug and Pomona Delaware County Fair Grange Booth. Kingston and Ashley were responsible for its being in place. As the lecturer of Kingston Grange and Delaware County Pomona Grange, it was my job to provide entertaining as well as instructional programs, such as the 3 crosses, old Blue Church, History of the Grange and holiday games and music. Kingston Grange disbanded in December, 1995. Such good grangers as Frank Dailey, Cliff Boyd, Orville Tuller, Joseph Bartok, Mom and Dad had died and other members were not able to get out for the meetings. In the downstairs apartment Ned foreman, our general contractor, has built 7 shelf book cases along the north and east walls for our library. Books that I enjoyed reading many times over in the past and present are: The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck. The New Road Less Traveled (Forget his latest As in Heaven as on Earth Peck's whole attitude and language has changed.) Your God is Too Small by J. B. Phillips Who Moved the Stone by Frank Morrison The Call to Glory by Jeanne Dixon I Came to Love You Too late, His Stubborn Love, Irregular People, and 12 other books by Joyce Landorf. They are easily read inspirational books. A Rustle of Angels by Marilyn and William Webber Billy Graham and Robert Schuller books that I give away He Still Moves Stones - No Wonder They Call Him Savior by Max Lucado My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers Daily Devotions We also have a large number of tapes and videos. Harold says he doesn't remember the Sunday evening when Rita Miller Young and our daughter Mary had ridden the 2 quarter horses over to Edward's at Kilbourne for an afternoon horse show. It began to get dark, and they hadn't returned to our place on Centerburg Road; so we got in the truck and found the 2 girls on the west side of the I-71 bridge on State Route 521. The horses refused to cross over, so Harold put a burlap bag over their heads and led them across. We followed the girls on horses home. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ff8d9c72f6723545a3b6307e5178ef2a.jpg af25fb8da4c71e675d27e9e43eb59879 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.54) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 52 in It Started with These Two] We had some neighbor boys who were very cruel and called Mary "illegitimate" and adopted. She'd come and sit on Harold's lap and cry. We'd reassure her that it was true that she was chosen but not illegitimate. She was the youngest of 7 children, 5 girls and 2 boys. She was loved from the very minute she grabbed hold of my little finger and held on for dear life. On a Father's Day, she bought Harold a plaque with an antique car on it that said "You're everything a Dad should be". What a testimony! Each summer our family had a large garden and animals to feed and cows to milk. We took just 2 one day trips - one Lakeside and a visit with Aunt Jane Jacoby Fisk, and one to the Ohio State Fair with Dad, Mother and all 6 of us children. For days afterwards, Mother would count 6. She was so afraid one of us would get lost. Harold's family came farther from Marshallsville and spent the week at the Fair and vacations in Michigan at the Havener's. I can remember my brother Rodney riding me on his bicycle down West William Street in Delaware to the Kindergarten and 1st grade at West School. We got in trouble as he raced a neighbor in a car down the hill. We also had a big convertible touring car that was an embarrassment to my brother John who was in high school. He is today dealing with the fact he encouraged Dad to move us back to the country on Horseshoe Road, and he feels we didn't have the same opportunities for education if we had remained at 408 W. William Street in Delaware. Maybe sister Verona didn't at the one room school and starting at 5 and 1/2 years old. Personally, it was great for me. When I was in high school, I used to baby sit for Duke Moffets and Roger Manthey who lived in the same apartment building at 145 West McMillan Street in Cincinnati. My best friends in high school were Virginia Dwenger and Esther Bartling, We came back to our apartment and studied. Math and physics were my hard subjects. I remember getting a 38 on a final in physics, but because of the daily lessons turned in correctly, passed the course. My first 2 years of college were at the University of Cincinnati. After marrying John Buchanan and buying the farm at Waverly, I attended the Ohio University branch at Chillicothe. After the 3 summers at the University in Athens, I received my B.S. degree in 1956. When Mr. Lane at the graduate school was interviewing me, Mary was sitting on my lap. He said, "You're a damn maverick. You've been to every college in Ohio." Mary hugged me and said, "Is the man mad at you, Mommy?" After the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, Otterbein, Ashland and Ohio Wesleyan, I received a Masters at Ohio State in 1966. My father was a Chief Yeoman in the Navy before he and Mother married http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cc9159bc1fd23da80b214f7a61da2aa8.jpg c681e0fa38e070a419719bf481c4e897 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.55) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 53 in It Started with These Two] in 1909. My brother John was in the Navy, George in the Cavalry, Robert a doctor in the Navy, and Rodney a pilot in the Aleutian islands. They all returned safely home from the war zones without a scratch. Mother always believed her daily prayers saved them. The year I retired the Westerville teachers went on strike. They, according to the police, were more vicious than the students on the Ohio State campus 10 years earlier, like putting nails on the road to cause flats. At the same time Harold was on the Delaware County Board, and I firmly believed it was wrong, and the Westerville Board was treating the teachers fairly. So I was glad not to be involved. Taking courses by correspondence can be frustrating and detrimental to your mental health. In the fall of 1954 I signed up for a course that I had to have for graduation from O.U. It was called "Physical World". All I remember about it is Uranium 235. Norman Townley secured me a Capital University graduate to tutor me and explain the 36 lessons. Joanne Hoover, Mary and I met the young man every Wednesday after school at the library in Marion. We spent an hour going over the questions and then on the way home stopped for dinner. We made it a party instead of going off and leaving her at home with a baby sitter. Now you know why she would ask, "Momma, do you have to study tonight?" I don't remember the young man's name. It was important for me to get the 36 lessons sent to O.U. to pass the final. So that I could graduate in the summer of 1956, in the fall of 1955, I took a correspondence course in "Teaching Physical Education". That year there were 20 boys and 10 girls in the classroom. Batons must have been cheap for each girl received a baton to cheer on her red or blue team. The boys team were decided by picking their names out of a basket so that no boy would be left to be picked last for their playing skill. A boy who was self-conscious because of his eyesight was made a catcher for one of the teams. On a trip to a sports store, we bought a catcher's mask. His mother thanked me for his being able to be a catcher and improve his self- confidence. All went well. The children loved baseball as well as the special attention. The final examination was sent to Harold Tippett, and when I sat down, all of the questions were foreign to me. One I remember was "What is Williams platform?" I handed the exam back Mr. Tippett and said, "I don't know the answer to any of these question." Can you imagine how frustrated and confused I was? It was returned to O.U., and they had made a mistake and sent the wrong examination. After receiving the proper one for the course, Harold and I had a good many laughs when he said I looked completely devastated when I handed it back to him and said, "I don't know any of these answers." No wonder Mary would say I don't want to be a teacher. I just want to be a Mom. Maybe at least one thing good is Mary really likes to read. When she's home as was the case in the summer of 1995 with Brittny, they read books from our library http://66.213.124.233/files/original/45485ac6a314ea7830bf001627496000.jpg b5f9ad174981f3aadf02a88e2e69603e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.56) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 54 in It Started with These Two] that Harold and I had read to her. It wasn't easy - 2 years in high school in Delaware and then my junior and senior years Hughes High School was easy, but college was a different matter. Dad and Mother had 3 boys at O.U. when I started at U. of Cin., George, Robert and Rodney. I worked part time Mabley Carew, Penney's and Sears. Then they had special $1.00 days. Umbrellas and purses were just $1.00, and they brought in a lot of college girls for these sales. After 2 years at the U. of Cin., I transferred to the branch at O.U. With 2 years training I secured a 2nd grade teaching job at Bainbridge. J. Mason Jones was the principal, and A.E. Gower was county school superintendent. At that time, I had 100 breeding Shropshire ewes. J. Mason said he was happy to hire me after seeing how well I cared for my sheep. During the week on Wednesday night, a neighbor and teacher took classes at the O.U. branch at Chillicothe. After her dog got into our flock of sheep and the sheriff destroyed their dog, it spoiled our friendship. Each of 3 summers I drove the 86 miles in 90 minutes from the farm to O.U. Sister Verona kept Mary, and her 2 older children went with me to pre-school and kindergarten at the college. One summer we lived in a Quonset hut. It was so hot and the flies were terrible, so the other 3 drove back and forth from Waverly across county. August 7, 1956 was a happy day when I received my B.S. from Ohio U. After Harold had his heart attack on May 19, 1993, I bought him a 2000 piece country scene puzzle. We put all the leaves in the dining room table, and he worked on it there. Tom's Uncle Roy Hickson made him a glass and frame. For our last wall hanging, Harold made a pretty antique frame. Marvin Miller, then the superintendent, had hired me on the condition of securing the degree. He was married to Gladys and the father of Lee Ellen, Pat and Matthew. The 2 girls are both teachers. [bottom right photo: Rosella and Mary at Ohio University Graduation B.S. in Education - 1956] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/baa97174accc03f905fb9d25fe4c8651.jpg f5e8d453a0d7d90eaba63dfbea8cac1f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.57) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 55 in It Started with These Two] Something that I did with my hands is my little rocking chair. I put a cane seat on it. Verona was living in Delaware, and we went to the Parks and Recreation Canning program. Verona put the seat in a large rocker. When we were little, we sat in it backwards and rocked all over the dining room. It was lots of fun. Then we made our own entertainment. One of the questions the Bob Greene's book asked if you ever did a remodeling job. Did we ever? Harold, one February, started knocking out a wall between the two sides of the duplex. We took out a kitchen, added a new furnace, fireplace, lowered the ceiling, added a new 12' x 30' upstairs bedroom and a half bath for Mary to use for having her overnight friends in. The house was torn up and dusty until the fall of 1968. Our first entertainment was our Thanksgiving Dinner for the family. The building of our home here on Centerburg Road was a joy. We have pictures all the steps of the way. Ned Foreman, the general contractor, and we are still very good friends. Some people when they retire move to town , but we have the best of both worlds. We are just 4 miles from Sunbury and 6 from Centerburg, and I can go out to feed the geese in my pajamas. It is quiet and peaceful. It gives Harold work with his John Deere, the Toro riding mower, and a small garden. We've especially enjoyed the tomatoes, zucchini, acorn squash and beets and are looking forward to the pumpkin patch. Life is good. We shop at Buehler's in Delaware and enjoy their dining room and its reasonable prices. We also shop at Atzingers in Centerburg as we like their Reiters buttermilk and milk and their meat and produce. The Intown Restaurant in Centerburg also has good food at reasonable prices. We spend about $75.00 a week for groceries. We eat well, not much junk food or soft drinks. Although we have credit cards for Lazarus, Penneys, Kohl's, Sears, B.P., Citgo Master Card and Visa, we both are thrifty people. We like to make sure we have the finances to go or do or buy what we want. All of the family are very special. In the winter the Christmas Eve dinner at Virgil and Nellie Hickson's with Tom, Mary, Dennis, Melody, the children, Harold and I have a warm and friendly relationship. Christmas Day is at Dennis and Melody's with the Hicksons, Dennis' family, and us Aults. The food is plentiful, and the gifts well thought out. Now instead of the toys the children get clothing from the adults and the toys from Santa Claus. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9588103a2abbcbfa119c7286597dd2bc.jpg 952adb06718f1958c5b762a6ad996b52 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.58) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 56 in It Started with These Two] New Year's Day is at our house. All of the family and Verona's family and the Hyatts from Columbus are there. We have both beef and pork, 2 kinds of pie, sauerkraut, black eyed peas, 2 kinds of potatoes, salad and lots of punch and coffee, but no alcoholic beverages. The new year needs a good beginning. The night before we've written out resolutions, Mary and Harold used to sign them upside down. I have finally realized it was to let me know life isn't or shouldn't be too serious. Life is Good when the family is happy and love one another. Yes, I read the Bible daily and the Fellowship verse for each day and the morning, noon, and evening prayers. Mary and Melody know they can count on the prayers. I certainly make lists for meeting times and dates, grocery lists and ideas for shopping trips. I get teased about being so organized, but I tell them that those who fail to plan, plan to fail. I check the calendar to see what meeting are scheduled for each day. When Mary was 6 in 1958, we took a little boy from the Children's Home in Delaware. His name was Jeffry Blair. His mother had been scalded to death by the father. The father was in prison. He came to Delaware from a northern county. He was in kindergarten at Smith School in Delaware and Verda Borders was his teacher and Albert Hogue was the principal. He liked to tease Mary and called her "Mary Oink." His IQ was about 75. He was so cute when he called me "Momme" but they convinced us he would be better off in an only child farm family. They said "Momme" is cute now but what about when he is 18. We heard he was adopted by a farm family over in Union County. It's strange how very best friends lose touch with one another. In 1949 a wonderful couple, Bill and Mabel Houston, came from Dayton and brought acreage just down the Cline Chapel Road from our 73 acres, built a 5000 broiler plant and a large brick house. One time the broilers all got coccidos and they had to be destroyed. The litter they brought from North Carolina. The house was a large long brick house. Bill was a brick mason. Visitors who lived back in Dayton with a little girl, asked Mabel if she should use the near bathroom or the far bathroom. Sad to say they lost all their property because of the chicken loss and went back to an apartment in Dayton. We went to the same little country Methodist Church. Bill played the guitar and sang hymns beautifully. The summer of 1968 we took Helen Allen, my second and fourth grade teacher, and Harold's mother, Ruth, to Tucson Arizona. Helen had no biological children but lots of school children. Like Luretta Day, she was a born teacher. Helen had enrolled in the University and we came out to visit Harold's brother, Lloyd and his family. We got to see Yellowstone, Salt Lake City and some famous landmarks in Colorado and other western states. We also visited Harold's sister, Pat, and her husband, Dick, in Parker, Colorado, and Pikes Peak, and Colorado Springs. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/983d699b2250ecf3d975dc65c275cfb3.jpg d92963ba0b6cce44ecd1402392731e13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.59) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 57 in It Started with These Two] Helen's brother Buss, who I dated for awhile, worked at the Deshler Wallack Hotel as desk clerk and we attended dances at the hotel. It was exciting. The last week of summer school, Helen wasn't able to get him on the phone so she got permission to take finals early and she came home and she found he had died of a heart attack. Life is uncertain. Every once in a while, especially in the middle of the night when I can't sleep because of the ringing in my ears, I have some thought about what it really means to be a Christian. I came up with this reasoning. To be a religious it means more than being a human trying to do good. It means the effort toward perfecting our humanity without being prideful or self righteous about it. I realize how brief is our earthly life and yet how we are called upon to make some momentous decisions. Life is good! One wonders how different would my life have been if I had joined the Navy during world War II. If Tommy had lived? If I had gone to Palmer, Alaska to teach? If Harold and I had children? If my sister and parents hadn't gone to Florida? What if? and then you come to the stark realization that what is in the past and we should let those thoughts be gone and get on with the present. It is here we meet our real selves as we were cast upon our own resources in the overall scheme of things and if we truly believe in God's providence. We seem to learn over a long period of time you cannot have a free will and not use it, it leaves a debris of aging promises of what might have been. In the late 60s after getting my masters in September of 1966, I took up knitting the first major project was a black dress. Helen Allen, this same wonderful lady had a yarn shop on the second floor above Mills Restaurant on North High Street in Columbus. I think this might have cemented the [bottom photo: Green Dress I knitted Took 20 Minutes To Go Around the Bottom Row] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e16fa5b36284ea244b60343091f5a5f4.jpg afcb932408389753aa3f3107e7686559 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.60) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 58 in It Started with These Two] friendship closer. The second project is the 3 piece light green outfit that I am wearing in the picture. With a blouse this is perfect for Florida winter temperatures. Imagine - I'm wearing it 30 years later - and it took 20 minutes to go around the bottom rows of the skirt. While Harold watched TV or came out to Centerburg Road in the evenings, I knitted. There are 4 little size 5 and 6 sweaters hanging in our downstairs closet for Rick's little boy, Matthew, and for Brittny and the twins Zachary and Brandon. Also on the floor 24 toilet tissue covers for friends Christmas party favors. Some of my friends and sister Verona like to play cards. Bridge is beyond my scope of intelligence. Euchre is too fast. Mother used to say, "Solitaire is such a waste of time. Do something constructive." She like to read and so did Dad. She also liked yard work and hated weeds and dandelions. When we were growing up we had the cleanest fields and lawn. Dad paid us a penny a dandelion or thistle that we dug up. Today Harold has a yard sprayer that he pulls behind the Toro yard Tractor and if I see on or two strays, I stoop down and pick them and say, "Mother, this is for you." Mother and Dad were such loveable parents, so full of encouragement and love. Right after high school, Verona and I both worked at Crosley Radio. We met the nurse, Alberta Peet Kaufman, and have remained good fiends. she lives in a Cincinnati suburb of Westwood. A good friend from the days that I worked at Andrew Jergens was Dorothy Kennedy. I have driven a lot of places in my life time and believe there must be a guardian angel looking after me. On one trip, Nancy Lindsey and I were on I-71 on the way to Dorothy Kennedy's installation as an officer of Eastern Star in the Westwood Chapter. The car stopped and Dale McClain, formerly of Sunbury and lived just down the street from us on Harrison, came by in his truck and fixed it. We attended the meeting and at about 11 P.M. in a little suburb of Blue Ash we had a flat tire. This time a perfect stranger stopped and changed the tire and we arrived safely in Sunbury. I have good memories of Cincinnati, Ohio. Brother George had a way with Dad - Mother and Dad always attended lectures at the Netherland Plaza Hotel. Dad never liked to spend money on himself and George told Dad the people at the hotel probably thought he came in to get out of the cold. Dad and Mother went the next day and got him a new overcoat. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bf2928887631812c0255b92f941d7998.jpg 9ab6841ccfcedd3533b5b93ddaa3991f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.61) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 59 in It Started with These Two] After Pearl Harbor started me thinking about the war so I started to work as a machinist at Wrights Lockland, Ohio making bushing for the airplane industry. I worked on a big lathe cutting out the centers. We used calipers to get the exact dimensions. Working with a lot of men was a rude awakening. Their language was something not to be desired. I never did pick up the habit of using foul language or drink or smoke. Dad and Mother were both mild mannered individuals and good language was also spoken in our home. Sister Verona and Carl Bell were married at the Whitefield Presbyterian Church in Bradenton, Florida on Saturday, July 15th, 1995. They came back to Carl's home on Frederick Road for the Spring and Summer and fall months. Patty, Verona's daughter who lives in Tallahassee, Florida, is coming soon and Wilma Jean, Carl's daughter, will be seeing each other after many years. Mother had so many sayings, such as "rain before 7, quit before 11" and if you notice it generally does. It was just that way today (Monday morning) even though our local weather channels tell us it should rain all day even into Tuesday morning. Also, if it "rains on Monday, it will rain 3 days in this week". [middle left photo: Carl and Verona Bell's Wedding July 15th. 1995] [bottom left and right photos: Carl and Verona - 1997] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/744fb0932cbb198af82ea091cb89bfb4.jpg 3ee637706d8b5d8e41193e5021af2b58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.62) Description An account of the resource Family Memories [corresponds to page 60 in It Started with These Two] [top left photo: Brother John and Velma - Summer 1997] [top right photo: Brother Dr. Bob and Wife Bernie - 1997] [middle left photo: Harold, Ruth and Rod Main At Masonic Home in Springfield] [middle right photo: George and Etta -1966] [bottom right photo: Etta, Brandon and Zachary - January 1995] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a6ade2ed6726315d8d38f0ec5961b31f.jpg c1aa5873001819a46d1ce1b6d45345ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.63) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 61 in It Started with These Two] [top photo: Mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary - August 29, 1959 George, Rosella, Robert, Dad , Mother, John Verona, Rodney] [bottom photo: Rhonda Main, Linda Main Clark, Marsha Main Jones, Debbie Main Smith, Patti Miller Chapin, Penny Main Bradfield, Tom Main, Bobby Miller, David Main, John Main, Mark Main, Bill Main, Rick Miller, Theresa Main, Mary Ault Hickson, and Nancy Miller] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3063c217778ba75e22159a3ef0bd5a8b.jpg 0227352ed25bd3957bff356a0d610c39 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.64) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 62 in It Started with These Two] [top photo: Mother and Dad's 60th Anniversary, August 29th, 1969, in the old Grange Hall Front Row: Velma, Ruth, Mother, Dad, Bernie, Verona, Rosella Back Row: John, Rodney, George, Etta, Robert, and Harold] [bottom left photo: Main Reunion of the 6 of Us Robert, Verona, George, Rosella, John, and Rodney] [bottom right photo: 1990 Reunion Rod and Ruth Main] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8f0f85381f79b75491dd31e96a2ecc2c.jpg bab5809a2a7c7d99a2b743f389a74c86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.65) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 63 in It Started with These Two] [top photo: Main Reunion 1991] [middle photo: Dr. Bob, Verona and John at Brother Rodney's Funeral, March 13th, 1993] [bottom photo: Reunion 1996 Velma, Krissy, and John Main] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c70f8f7eee29f393d299f6a29daba2a6.jpg 569ab39841ad3c560a01659a7ce3f5e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.66) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 64 in It Started with These Two] Dad was so proud of Mother. She was little and pretty. In 1959, they celebrated their 50th anniversary at the house on 521. their 60th Anniversary was at the old Grange Hall on North Galena Road. Neither Dad or Mother never had a headache, and they had few illnesses. Dad did have a prostate operation, and Mother for a a blood clot. Mother always wore pretty hats to church. I think I mentioned earlier that after Mom and Dad were married, Mother worked in a millinery store making fancy hats in Cleveland. [top photo: Mother's 100th Birthday - November 29th, 1982 Verona, George, Mother, John, Rosella, and Rodney] [bottom photo; Grandchildren and Great-Grand Children Mother's 100th Birthday At the Holiday Inn in Delaware, Ohio] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b06c15b61dce5718a90ce752760e2f2a.jpg dbbfbf9f2878b40ecbc5c403442bb2d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.67) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 65 in It Started with These Two] in the summer of 1939, Rod came home from O.U. and got a summer job working at the downtown Kroger store, 5th Street or Government Square. I worked at Sears. On Sundays, we went to church, ate lunch at Mills Cafeteria on 4th Street, and with a Sunday street car pass, rode west almost to the Indiana and Ohio borders and north and east as far as the tracks took us. One Sunday, Rod and I were just visiting parks and we ended up in Ault park, way before I knew an Ault. As we walked along the edge of the fountain, I drug my foot in the water and laughingly said I was cleansing my soul (sole). Rodney pushed me in. He didn't seem to think it was very funny. I got all wet and had to go home and change clothes before we went to Youth Fellowship. After devotions and refreshments, we danced the Big Apple and the Lambeth Walk. As for the other members of the family, John had married Velma in Columbus. Bob and Bernie , who were married in 1936, now had a a boy they named Robbie. They lived in Athens. George was still looking for Etta. Rodney was still at Ohio University and dating Ruth. Verona was still in Hughes High School. She graduated in June, 1940. I was going to Miller's Business College. I really didn't want to be a secretary, but shorthand and typing helped me later in my office jobs at Crosleys and Andre Jergens. Tom came in September, 1941 for the start of the fall semester. We had just met a few weeks before Pearl harbor. I was a freshman, too, at the University of Cincinnati. Until I was listening to a program on WOSU, channel 34, talking about how special education teachers and regular teachers cooperate to help special students achieve success in the classroom, did it really dawn on me that it had been 20 years since I was a special education teacher. At my last Easter Break in 1976, a grandmother and uncle came in an accused me of beating their little granddaughter and niece with a razor strap. Of course, I had never touched the child in a harmful way, only to give her an encouraging hug. My Easter break in Florida was ruined. They threatened to sue the principal and me. I never received an apology, but they called the secretary and confessed it was the child's father. [middle right photo: 6 of Us - 1943-1944 George and Rodney in the Service] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9996a4181169b7f35522c3397229b7fa.jpg 7a1af9ef3fea6d25d434cb1ec67f03b3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.68) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 66 in It Started with These Two] Today, September 18, 1996, I made a start at painting. The sky and clouds look real professional but the bridge, rocks and trees need lots of improvement. After attending a church finance committee meeting, I agree with the statement I just read, "Most churches seem to have more in common with big business that they do with Jesus and His disciples." How true! Patty Chapin, sister Verona's daughter, who lives in Tallahassee is coming to visit the family. I had Patty in the second grade, and I had to walk on eggs to show no preference. After Tommy died, Verona let me take Patty with me to Chicago for 6 weeks as we were living in a high rise hotel in North Lawrence. The doorman called her princess. She's like a second daughter. Another time I had taken Patty with me to join Virginia Dwenger Weisgirber and her little boy for lunch at Mills. The waitress as she was pouring their milk spilled it on the table. Patty looked up at me and said, "Mommies spill milk sometimes, too, don't they, Aunt Rosella?" Some interesting things, I have recently read about Jesus, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. It was John Mark's - the writer of the second Gospel - that they held the Last Supper, the upper room as we know it. John Mark was the son of Mary. He and Peter ended up in Rome. He also wrote Revelations. Many feel that his Gospel is the most accurate. The shrine of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is one of the most beautiful in the world. Next there was Matthew, a tax collector, who wrote the first Gospel. It is thought that he was put to death in Persia about 20 years after the Crucifixion. Andrew, Peter's brother, was martyred in 17 A. D. in Patrae. James was executed by Herod Agrippa. He is the Patron Saint of Spain. Phillip and Nathanael (also known as Bartholomew) are in the story of nothing good coming out of Nazareth and the loaves and the fishes. They were put to death in Arabia. Thomas was known as the skeptical one. He was supposed to have been martyred at Mylapore. James the Less became a Bishop and was thrown from the roof of the Temple. Jude was a carpenter and was killed. Simon, the Zealot, was killed in Persia. Judas Iscariot came from Kerioth and was the treasurer and is the one who took 30 pieces of silver for betraying Jesus, and he was supposed to have hung himself. All 12 disciples were so very different and with Jesus have changed the world with peoples of every age and race. I may be wrong in what happened to the 12. Life is such a mystery. When one is flying in a big 747 jet, one wonders what is keeping it up, and the simple answer is, it is the resistance of air that raises the wing. Sometimes with the ringing in my left ear it is difficult to get to sleep and I remember some things that happened many years ago. Mary was 4 years old and the IGA store was on Harrison Street. The Rev. Richard Burns was the pastor, and Hallie Jo was his wife. They lived in the Methodist parsonage at 100 North Columbus Street. It was the Rev. Burns first charge. He had been painting the parsonage and ran over to the store for milk when Mary spotted him and in her childish voice said, "Momma, there goes the God man." Twenty years later, her daughter Melody saw Rev. Don Newland and made the same comment, only it was "Grandmother, there goes the God man." When the Chapel of the Cross (the church Harold attended http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ede575d2a0acc1ac02dc58aaca576404.jpg 1fef6025d8d992b0d62afea64bcf7013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.69) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 67 in It Started with These Two] when he was at his home in Marshallville) in the Canton district was having a mortgage burning celebration, Rev. Burns was their district superintendent. He reminded us of the incident 30 years before. Tonight on the 22nd, I covered up the bridge and rocks of the first painting I started on the 18th. Harold said the bridge looked like it was falling down, and I realized I had gotten carried away with too many big rocks in the creek. The white paint will have to dry before I can make some changes. Maybe, a hill and a small cottage will be next. In January, 1983, I wrote a poem I titled "Dear Lord, I Just Want to Thank You". Dear Lord< I just want to thank you For this satisfying life of mine, And for this house I call my home For the memories in it are so fine. From the moment in the morning When I rise up from my bed, I'll trust you, Lord, to guide me, And by You, my Savior, I'll be led. Please watch over my friends and family, All who are a source of pride and pleasure to me, Keep them safe and free from harm, For everyone is a real treasure, You see. Thank You, too, for my parents so dear As they taught me right from wrong, For as they grew more precious with each new year As they helped me to grow in love and how to be brave and strong, So let me offer service and comfort to my fellow man, As I travel along Your Highway, let it be my plan. For by my own faith and by Your grace May I reach Your kingdom some day and be able to thank you face to face. Before Madelyn Murray O'Hare outlawed prayer in school, the children in my classes had 2 prayers each - their teacher 3 - at school: Help us, Lord to be kind today, Very kind in all our play. Make us helpful, make us strong, Show us what is right and wrong, These things, Lord, we ask of Thee, So that a better world there will be. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/954a95d2595475406aa503079615be24.jpg 4870a3bb9425f278ae4bf7fe5bed5466 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.70) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 68 in It Started with These Two] God is great; God is good. And we thank Him for our food. By His Goodness we all are fed. We thank the Lord for our daily bread. And my prayer before school was "The Teacher" by Leslie Hill: Lord, who am I to teach the way to these little children day by day, When I am so prone myself to go astray. Though I teach them love for all mankind And for all of God's creatures and yet I find, Sometimes my own love comes lagging far behind. So, if their guide I still may be Lord, oh let the little children see Their teacher leaning hard on Thee. Brother John once asked if I thought about going into the ministry. And brother Robert said when I pray I sound like my Aunt Ora who was always very specific. I don't think God wants a general canned prayer. Maybe I should explain something about how children are eligible for a special class. Those with below a 50 I.Q. are in the County program and normally attend school the year round. For 8 summers Mary helped me teach these children in Franklin County. For 16 years I taught those with a 50 to 75 I.Q. in the Public School program and were mainstreamed for music and physical education. In the spring of 1974 a little 8 year old girl named Debbie Shaw contracted encephalitis and died in Children's Hospital. The custodian Eddie Birchem helped the children accept her death by giving a very loving talk and removing the flowers that we had placed on her desk and removing them both. A little boy named Jerry Wally was frightened by a dog and climbed to the top of the slide and fell off and broke his arm. This happened at Bainbridge and another second grade boy named Jerry Williams did the same thing on the Galena playground. Bobby Slack fell and cut his leg wading in the creek on the last day of school. These were the 3 most serious accidents during the 30 years that I taught. This summer had definitely not been a good summer and fall for sister Verona, who broke her hip on July 3rd, and her husband Carl. Yesterday when she and I came home from breakfast, the emergency and fire trucks were in the drive. Carl takes so much pride in the home. He was down at the creek repairing his foot bridge when he fell into the water and hit his head. He was able to get to the house to call 911. They kept him overnight at Grady after stitching and cleaning him up. The kitchen was a mess when we went in later that night. We think the personnel at Grady Hospital are very caring and loving. Winter came in early this year. We had 32 degrees for 2 mornings and Harold covered the tomatoes. The pumpkin vines still had blossoms on them. One time http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fa7443910b0ac332a6dcc6bb904ae075.jpg 6410a9670bb2274c474e900dd9523823 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.71) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 69 in It Started with These Two] when Mary and Tom were home from Florida, Mary said, "Mom, you have every tree almost but no Buckeye." Well, we remedied that. This year we bought two Buckeyes. We do have over 100 evergreens, willows, burning bush, peach, dogwood, oak, maple, tulip, sycamore, elm, walnut, smoke tree, Osage orange, and grape vines with the evergreen close to the house so I don't have to worry about a tree falling on the roof or having to rake leaves. Dennis' firm sent Melody, the twins and Brittny with him to Ashville, North Carolina for Dennis's job. He is a whiz at computers as well as being a good father. For Christmas, 1989, 5 days after Brittny and a twin sister Stephanie were born, we flew Tom and Mary to Honolulu. We missed being with them for Christmas, but we knew Dennis and Melody needed some family support. Stephanie died Dec. 13th, and she was cremated. They have her ashes in a little gold teddy bear. I think I've mentioned before they are such good young loving parents. If one notices there are so many twins being born today. My nephew William and his wife Kathleen in January 1993 had twins, a boy and a girl. Our own granddaughter had twins in December 1989 and again 1993. A minister laughingly explained that in this hectic world today they were afraid to come in alone. In the summer or 1947, Genieve Cole, Mother and Dad organized the Delaware County Historical Society. On October 2, 1996, Brother Bob, Carl Verona and I visited the East William Street house and museum. When I was president of the Past Grand Appointed officers in 1991, Karen Bartholmew and Virginia were the program. I wrote a poem for the luncheon. It is titled "This I Pledge". If I could give you what I'd like today, Only happiness I would bring, Enough to last the whole year through. I would make it wonderful - some precious thing, Flawless, beautiful and everlasting, But this we mortals cannot give, So I pledge to you instead A perpetual friendship, one that' true, Strong enough to span all the years that lie ahead. I will try to make it shine and keep it wisdom-fed. Music has been a important part of our lives. We have always had a piano or organ in our home and every once in a while I think I'll start taking lessons again. While waiting for Harold to finish dressing on Sunday morning for church, I'll play 2 hymns, one for Dad, "The Little Brown Church in the Wildwood" and for Mother, "In the Sweet By and By." These were their favorites. A year after Dad died, Mother furnished the church bulletins and said the 3 places Dad like best were Farm Bureau Council, the Grange, and his church and that he was always a good example and influence for his family. Mother was likewise. Her favorite expression was, "If http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ed71d80dd1b4a0d245a763f64060bd24.jpg 7bc87c245e13acde680d2f482b0e47aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.72) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 70 in It Started with These Two] you can't say something good about that person, don't say it." We went with Melody on a visit with Brittny to the All children's Hospital in January, 1994, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The doctor asked her to raise her left leg, and she did quickly and then to raise her right leg and she said, "I can't". Again he said to raise your right leg, and she took her two hands and pulled it up and the doctor laughed and said, "Brittny, that is cheating." The doctor said she was too frail for an operation. There is an expression that some have a sound mind but a weak back. Thank heavens, this is the case with Brittny. She is so loveable and the twin are so mischievous. The doctor at the Trippler Army Hospital in Hawaii called Brittny their million dollar baby. We continually express our appreciation, to Melody and Dennis for being such good young parents. Harold reminded me that instead of 6 bags of shelled corn we need 12 since we have 14 geese now instead of 9. We do not have good luck in raising them, as wild animals raid their nests and eat the geese and also they kill our young ones. We have to put boards across the bottom step to the deck to keep the geese from coming up on the deck. On Mother's 100th birthday (November 29, 1982) we held a celebration at the Delaware Hotel. Ken Mackley took the pictures that turned out very well. Verona stayed with Mother for 4 days at the hotel. Mother was in a wheelchair but really enjoyed meeting her church and Grange friends plus being with the family. The family and Dad were so important to her. Our Mary and Melody flew up from Florida, and I think only 1 or 2 of the 16 grandchildren weren't able to make it. This year Jim Thorpe plowed and got the ground ready for the garden. We enjoyed acorn squash, tomatoes, green peppers, melons and a few pumpkins. At this late date in the first part of October, they have lots of blossoms on the vines. We have one quart of beets and 6 quarts of salsa and 4 quarts of tomato juice which we'll carry to Florida. The salsa makes wonderful chili. When I was younger and more energetic, I brought rocks from our creek in a wheelbarrow to make a wall at the edge of the drive. When our niece Patty asked [top right photo: Brother John - 13 years old] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0f79bb402e5a5be8ab35db02515288e1.jpg 9aa9a6feea155ed3a88831f189b22d12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.73) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 71 in It Started with These Two] if she could do anything, her Uncle Harold said she could carry the rocks back to the creek. In 1991 when Harold and I were Worthy Matron and Patron of Columbia Chapter of Eastern Stars and Sunbury was celebrating its 175th year, we were privileged to plant a tree on the east side of the town square. Yesterday I started painting a picture of our large rocks, house, and Harold's 66' shed. It is clear full of bicycles, a motorcycle, lawn mowers, his power tools, tractors, flower pots and extra doors from a house he tore down. There is a pet electric fence that Harold put inside the wire fence to keep in the 2 Dalmatians that we used to have. My second "Joy of Painting" was anything but a joy. It was a disaster. Even though I took the easel out and hung it on the stepladder, the perspective was all wrong. The house took up too much room for Harold's 66' shed. There was no way I could show all of the evergreens along the drive and around the house on the large deck. Next time, it will be just a nature scene. The pictures of John on the swing and the boys with their pony and cart give a good indication of the fun we had in growing up. We always had an old plow horse to ride. Not a whole lot of money, but lots of love. Four of us took off for a Florida vacation, Harold was still working. It was Gladys Collins, Bernice Morgan, Gladys Miller and myself. We took the usual route 77 to 301 into Bradenton. After a week Gladys Miller got sick and had to fly home. The three of us came up through Plains, Georgia, and Gladys Collins and Bernice Morgan got to get their pictures taken with Rosalind and President Jimmy Carter. I wasn't so lucky since I'm the camera man. We attended church services and Jimmy taught the Sunday School class. He teaches 36 Sundays ouy of the year. Lots of time he is with Habitat for Humanity building homes for low income families. In the early 1980's I had read 3 books by Joyce Landorf. They were "The Stubborn Heart", "I came to know You too Late" and "Irregular People". Dusting the book shelves in our downstairs library, I came across them again. Her thoughts seem so ever new as well as Max Lucado's books "He Still Moves Stones" and "No Wonder They Call Him Savior". Much of my reading and knitting gets done as I sit in my chair beside Harold's in the evening as he watches the rough police shows on T.V. He especially likes "Law and Order" and "Walker", and I like "Touched by an Angel" and any show without so much violence. In David Roper's "A Beacon in the Darkness" there is a very profound short statement. - "God's words spoken in quiet confidence moves heaven and earth." Another inspiration book is "The Cry of a Passionate Heart" by David Roper. Another thought by Roper is "Without a preoccupation with worship we have nothing to give a cynical, unhappy, unsettled world. Only God can bring salvation to our world." http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e3aeca3a325039f199288ae2e492c779.jpg d55db4e4b77bca8e60fd0ed1759b72c6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.74) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 72 in It Started with These Two] Verona's husband Carl was able to come home this afternoon, October 15, 1996. He realizes he can't do all the repairing, mowing and other things around the house that he could do when he was younger. Age does seem to have a way of catching up with us and causing us to change our life styles. I've mentioned him before but probably called him Uncle Ernest. He was a licensed veterinarian, and specialized in fixing horses' teeth. About 1945 he wrote a pamphlet entitled "My 3 Score Years of Experience." It is not dated, so if he were born in 1885, I figured it must be in the middle 40's. He mentions T.V.'s. His life was so different than my father's. When he was in his late teens he painted the 2 gold crosses above St. Mary' s Catholic Church in Delaware. He left his wife Ora, daughter Nina and sons Frances and Harold at Mom and Dad's for over a year while he went to get his degree. Can you imagine cooking for 4 extra persons plus your own 4 boys and a husband? Dad said Mother never once complained. We still don't know how she could memorize so many Bible verses, especially Proverbs. Maybe that is what kept her sweet and happy with so much physical labor. Most people, they say, don't get sick from what they eat but what's eating them. Hard work that has a purpose doesn't seem hard. Long hours of courses taken for additional credit or degrees all had a reason. One Wednesday evening in 1965, I was in the parking lot of Arps Hall for a course in writing a thesis when I fell on the ice. As I lay there with no help, I said, "God, what am I dong here? I really don't have to write that paper." The straw that almost broke the camel's back was when about 30 of us gathered outside a room on the 2nd floor. No professor had been assigned to teach the course. One young student actually reached the president home and really being very angry said the college had let him sign up for the course at 5 P.M. that same evening. You can be sure a professor was lined up for the following Wednesday evening. As it turned out I really didn't need the course. My advisor, Mr. Calvin, said it was too much of an Indictment of the State Education Department and had me do a study of mongolism. On Father's Day about 5 years ago, I bought Harold a wooden mother pig and a baby pig. Our brother-in-law Jake Ward gave him a front and back end of a cow, and now they need painting. As I was finished using the black enamel paint after putting the lid on and hammering it down, it sprayed all over my face and neck and on the side of the blouse I was wearing. Turpentine took it off but what an oily smell. Harold's family raised steers and hogs which they took to the Wayne County Fair in Wooster. Our family raised sheep and Jersey cows. After high school Harold went to work at the mill in Marshallsville. One day he decided to crack a book instead of his back so he went to college in Wooster and graduated in accounting. That is how he came to Sunbury and was hired by Dale Bailey, the Landmark manager, in April, 1956. Zelma Young, who was the secretary, persuaded him to join The Knights of Pythias, and the Pythian Sisters where we met. Earl Duston, who worked for George, and he became good friends. As they say "you can take a person out of the country but you can't take the love of the country out of that person, especially boys". Harold likes almost nothing http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cdc80959d11104c9a9f775e4e187e1d5.jpg 10e8733cdd79b51155f2231020488f34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.75) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 73 in It Started with These Two] better than to be out on his John Deere tractor on a brisk fall or spring day. Since so many elm trees died from a blight, there are lots of small trees to cut down and haul to the brush pile. I like gardening, lawn mowing, making crafts for my family and friends and trying out new recipes from the farm magazines. A new one is with bulk sausage, onions green peppers, shredded potatoes, canned mushrooms and mushroom soup. About a week before Memorial Day we buy trays of flowers from Raymond Bryant and make our way with peat moss and shovels and decorate the graves of our friends and relatives at Condit, Sunbury, Marlboro and Oak Grove in Delaware. At the last Memorial Day in 1996, we decorated 18 graves. We realize they are not really there but it does so much for us to just be able to trim the evergreens that we have planted and plant new plants each year. This afternoon we are taking a new evergreen to Marlboro Cemetery for brother Jame's grave. For some reason it has died. The family seems to like Pumpkin Bread or Zucchini Bread. This recipe from Chapel of the Cross cookbook is easy and makes 3 nice size loaves. Here are the ingredients. 3 eggs, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup oil, 2 tsp. vanilla 3 cups of flours, 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. nutmeg, 1 cup of nuts, 1 cup raisins, 2 cups pumpkin or zucchini cooked and put through my salad shooter. All the ingredients are mixed together and put into 3 oiled loaf pans. Cook about 35 or 40 minutes at 350 degrees. I have altered it a bit by using brown sugar instead of the their recipe of of only 2 cups of white sugar. I found it was tastier and that is what cooking is all about to make things the best they can be. This is the first year that Harold and I have both been retired so that we can attend the Pumpkin Show in Circleville. The Shriners are in the 8 P.M. parade on Friday evening. It rained continually all day so we hope to be able to go in 1997. The Shriners do so much good with their Burn and Cripple Children's Hospital. In 1993 Melody and Dennis took our little great-granddaughter Brittny to the Tampa Hospital and had the spastic muscles in both legs cut so she can stand flat footed on both feet. I feel so much pain when she says, "Grandmother, I want to stand up" and yet she still isn't able to walk and uses as she tells it her "motorized chair". She has such a sweet disposition. We love her family dearly. Only 1 other little boy in a wheelchair is in her regular 1st grade class at Oneco School. Some of the things that families like to know about their parents relationship can best be conveyed in some letters Father sent to Mother on his trip around the world with Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet. Dad, born June 16, 1881, and Mother, born November 29, 1882, were not impulsive teenagers. They were married on August 29, 1909. Dad would have been 18 and Mother 27. Mother's brother Hartley had died, and Mother was still at home to help her parents in their grieving, Grandfather or Pap Bishop felt sad because he had sent Hartley west to buy some Merino sheep. I have always liked sheep and as I have mentioned before had 100 breeding ewes when I lived on the farm at Waverly. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/673afe2844d9c9a47d2786e4b6e1c89b.jpg 08c6c09eac19279b7a5cd99e839e0f49 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.76) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 74 in It Started with These Two] Maybe I had inherited his love, also for horses. Dad's mother Christina Main was living on the farm on what was then known as the Marion Road, just north of the Main Road with his maiden sister Rosina who was in a wheelchair following a stroke. They tried to tell him he'd have expenses and babies and he told them he truly hoped so. At one time there were hitching rails in front of the formerly located Marlboro Church. Grandpa Bishop said there will always be people coming with horses and buggies to their church. He would be so hurt since no one comes even in cars to the wonderful Memorial Day services with little children carrying flags and peonies to decorate the soldiers' graves. Now Memorial Day is for races and cook- outs. Many just can't find the time or inclination to attend Memorial Services. Our Sunbury services are such an inspiration. In 1906 Larry and Rachel Edward's son gave a very short but impressive speech. Ed Hoke had been the leader for 25 years and now the America Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars take turns in heading up and preparing the program. Fewer and fewer Legion members and Lions Club members are able to attend., Dutch Strosnider and brother George were always attending. It makes me sad when I see someone desecrating or burning the flag when i realize how many loyal Americans have given their lives to protect our freedom. On Saturday, October 19, we went up to the Chapel of the Cross bazaar. This in the church Harold attended when he was at home. It was before the merger with a United Brethren Church. The women of the church, starting in February, begin making crafts. This year I found beautifully decorated T-shirts and other things. We bought Carl two bales of straw that the Roberts' had brought in for sale to cover his strawberry plants. The women put them in large trash bags. They were happy that they came south with Harold. When we were young, on some hot Sunday afternoons sometimes we rode our bicycles to Ashley about 7 miles from our home on Horseshoe Road to play in a dance band and to get ice cream cones. I remember when the fair was held at Ashley, and I baked cakes and we took live stock there before taking the calves to the Ohio State Fair. Brother Bob said yesterday he remembers going with Papa Bishop taking 8 registered Percherons for 10 days to the Ohio State Fair. In the summer of 1947 Genieve Cole, her son Joe, a Delaware real estate broker, and Mom and Dad organized the first Delaware County Historical Society. In 1997 it will 50 be years and I hope there can be some celebration and we can give the Society a large painting of the old Blue Church that was painted in 1970 for Mother and Dad for their house in Florida as a Christmas present. Will Cleveland is the artist who painted the picture. On Tuesday, October 22, 1994, Louise Whipkey, Gladys Collins and I joined some 4000 other enthusiastic people at a rally for Senator Bob Dole. I was at Rikes http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b69fac7813355f4e90d1cbea38a0d20f.jpg f6ed6a0528384290300f2fee5a7530be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.77) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 75 in It Started with These Two] gym in Westerville. Many had to be kept outside and heard and saw by remote. Governor Voinovich and John Kasich spoke. Some disgruntled Clinton fans even held a small group outside. I saw a sign on the way home from the North Lawrence Church on Saturday which read, "Why would a Christian vote for Bill Clinton?" my sentiments exactly. About 5 years ago Harold and I had Living Wills made. I reminded Harold this morning that they should go with us as we drive to Florida. Sweet and loving families get emotional and might use extraordinary measures to keep a dying or injured person alive but not really living. Since videos have come in our slide projector has seen little use. Most of the pictures of Mary taken when she was small were either by Olan Mills or on our 8mm camera. She has both the film and the projector and asked that I bring our large screen to Florida. Harold also took lots of slide pictures. That is one of the 16 items on the list to pack. Mary had a large red Chow dog we called Patsy. Our lawn at Waverly was large with 7 maple trees and on nice days she would be in her play pen and I would be studying for courses at either Ohio University branch in Chillicothe or correspondence courses or on campus courses. When neighbor children would come in the yard., Patsy wouldn't let them near Mary until I said it was O.K. Patsy was killed by a car on the road in front of the house, and we had to have a funeral, grave and a cross. In our family dogs seemed to be preferred to cat. I have lots of pictures with Harold and the 2 Dalmatians that died. Since I have a loud continuous ringing in my left ear much of my thoughts are being written down during the night time hours. It is difficult to sleep. When the Methodist Church was built on the corner of 3 and 36/37, Harold purchased the stained glass window on the right of the altar in memory and honor of our parents. Mary Hervey bought the window on the left in memory of the Herveys. In Florida we have a very friendly Christian Church in the park and Bible study weekly, but I miss the folks at Sunbury. When the weather cools in Ohio, it likewise seems to cool off in Florida. One Christmas Eve, we had snow flakes and a low of 33 degrees. Some people who live year round in Florida tell me they now miss the season changes in Ohio. Dad used to say they went to Florida for the winter and they generally found it. I was blessed with great parents and 4 wonderful brothers and a sister. Brother John was a statistician with the Ohio Welfare Department and was http://66.213.124.233/files/original/68113fd568761ed9cd97f111a0c42126.jpg 8981c6ea385493b0e7c9c01e3c31aa79 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.78) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 76 in It Started with These Two] instrumental in getting the I.G.A. Store started in Sunbury and later in Johnstown. They live in Scottsdale, Arizona in the winter. Brother George managed the I. G. A. Store and at his death had 15 horses that ran at Scioto Downs and the County Fairs. Brother Robert was a Medical Doctor for many years before moving from a farm in Athens County growing evergreen trees, later into Athens and recently into an apartment at Friendship Village in Dublin. Brother Rodney worked for the department of taxation for the State of Ohio and was very active in the Walnut Hills Masonic Lodge, Past Master and their Secretary for over 30 years preparing and mailing out over 800 newsletters a month with the help of his wife, Ruth. Sister Verona obtained a Real Estate License in March 1956 and worked in Johnstown for Brian Scofield before moving to Florida after her son Robert was killed on October the 19th, 1959. She cared for Dad as his favorite nurse after he had his stroke in October of 1971. She took Mother to spend the winters in Florida with her. We had exceptionally good neighbors, as we do now, when we lived on Harrison Street - the Andersons, Clara Smith, Margarite Williamson, Ida Gammel, Ilo Owens, Lockie Norman, but especially Hattie and Theodore Sparks. We lived side by side for 17 years and we never had cross words. Our children respected each others property and didn't make paths through like they did in later years. Luretta Day lived just across on High Street. Many times I'd pick her up to sub in either Sunbury or Galena schools. Hattie was one of my officers in 1965 and again in 1991. Four women you could count on were Dorothy Owen, Mary Hervey, Mary Cring and Hattie Sparks. They were great friends. On the 4th of July, 1995, Theodore was 75, and Harold presented him with a Kentucky Colonel's badge and certificate. These are given for worthwhile family lives and are a great honor since not too many are handed out by the Governor of Kentucky. Theodore and Hattie move to Florida to be with their daughter Vonda. The two deer standing in our yard were at one time at 412 Perfect Drive. Theodore, Hattie and Vonda came up from Venice on March 2, 1995, to our Sunbury Day in Bradenton at the Olive Garden. Church ties are strong and so are lodge and chapter ties. We were saddened when Theodore died this summer, and we made a donation to the First Baptist Church building fund in his memory. I am looking forward to the installation of officers for Eastern Star on November 30. Also on the 4th of December the Ruth Circle trip to Der Dutchman up on 71 and the December 7th Christmas on the Square. I also have a luncheon for about 22 - 24 friends just before we leave for Florida. They seem to like taco's that they fix themselves and cookies and ice cream for dessert. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/95e0b0e892263a915d0af9ebecee9879.jpg ab71bd7fdbba8bf7e292ddb9e82ba4c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.79) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 77 in It Started with These Two] We used to have monthly birthday parties for the Saturday morning Sunbury friends; but with some moving and others dying, we just don' seem to have the heart to celebrate any more. Tom Tibbits and his mother Bessie came to the funeral in Cincinnati of his son and her grandson. It was held around the corner from my apartment at the Faucett Whiting Funeral Home. The Faucetts had the home, too, on East William Street across from the Rutherford B. Hayes, small marker. Our grandmother Christina Schaub Main was buried from the Faucett Funeral Home. She is buried with her parents and sister at Oak Grave Cemetery in Delaware in April, 1933. Tommy was buried on a lot belonging to my parents on January 31, 1947. Family friends from Delaware asked to have the casket opened, and I remember seeing snow flakes falling in on his tiny body. As I mentioned before this was a Saturday, and we were in church on Sunday. Strong Christian parents, relatives, and friends helped me survive and also a good position to return to and night classes at the University of Cincinnati helped me to keep my sanity. I finished reading "Who Moved the Stone" by Frank Morrison, an English journalist who was at first skeptical about Jesus as the Messiah and His resurrection. At the end he presents some very convincing arguments as to its authenticity and truthfulness. It reminds me each time as I drive in our driveway with the large stone. The stone is so large that many years ago brother George and Harold used 2 tractors and lifts to bring it out of the hole and were unsuccessful, but it took Roy Facemeyers with his heavy equipment to lift it out of the hole and bring it up to the drive. Harold tells me that was my birthday present last year. Bill Fisher used to tease us about the other big stone, from a replaced bridge, on the other side of the driveway. Did you ever try to peel a pumpkin? Harold in his subtle way said he thought the largest pumpkin would make a good pie. Well, I cut my thumb twice, and I tried so hard to cut away, cutting it up in small chunks. It still took 4 hours to become soft. It looked so pale, but I assured Harold with some brown sugar, eggs and spices it would look like his mother's pumpkin pies - almost. Genevieve Beaver gave me a recipe using pumpkin, yellow cake mix, milk, eggs, sugar, spices, butter and nuts which helped to use up the extra pumpkin mix, and I believe I prefer it to the regular pumpkin pie. You don't have the worry of a bad crust or it getting too brown. Mother and Dad started going to Florida and bought a mobile home in the Bradenton Trailer Park in the early 60's. they followed Verona and her family there. On October 19, 1959, their oldest child Robert, 16 years old, was killed out on Hartford Road not too far from their home on 605. They left Ohio in the summer of 1960 and bought a home in Bradenton. The Howard Warners lived in Bradenton, too, also other Ohio and 605 friends. In our Trailer Estates you'll find the Bells, Mains, Ghents, Heils, Laytons, Mosleys, Evans, Hatfields and some renters from the Sunbury area. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cc3b6cb2e22a01ac8e04dd6c912d33ff.jpg b1491ec14dd29240f3e75eb1b27486ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.80) Subject The topic of the resource Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 78 in It Started with These Two] In the early part of the '90's Harold and I were active in the Lions Club, our church, Scottish Rite, Delaware Shrine Club, Masons and the Stars, and the Kingston Grange. During the same time I was appointed the District 11 Heart Representative to tell those members in the 15 Chapters in the 4 counties of Logan, Union, Marion, and Delaware about Heart Research and to earn money to support these projects. The Big Walnut Area Church Women united with 7 local churches joining together to promote Christian Fellowship and help local organizations like People in Need and Friends Who Share. We meet 3 times a year on the first Friday in March, May and November. After my stroke in December of 1955, Barbara Hartman is now the president. In November of 1993 the Delaware Pomona Grange chartered a bus for the [top left photo: Harold and Rosella in Hong Kong, China, with the the Lions Club - 1969] [top right photo: Dutch Strosnider, Harold and Rosella Ault with the Lions Club in Mexico City, July 1985] [bottom photo: Lions Club at Atlantic City Kenny Crowl, George Main, Lorraine Crowl, Etta Main, Rosella Ault, Harold Ault] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/309900eaa4223c95491b6b86fa056fa2.jpg 96c2533e1e5a1d642fda20735fabb91a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.81) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 79 in It Started with These Two] 127th National Grange Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and I received the 6th and 7th Grange Degrees. It was in September of 1995, which was the 50th anniversary of the Little Brown Jug when I planned and designed the Delaware County Pomona Grange Booth. Our Kingdom Grange with the Assistance of the Ashley Grange were responsible for its being in place. Harlan Hall was the judge and gave us a perfect score. In December of 1995 Kingston Grange disbanded. Such good Grange members as Frank Daily, Cliff Boyd, Orville Tuller, Joseph Bartok, mother and Dad had died and the grange members were no longer able to get out to the meetings. For my 75th birthday in November of 1995, Carl and my sister, Verona, had a very nice surprise party for me with family, neighbors and card playing friends. There was cake, ice cream and gifts. On Harold's birthday, my birthday and on our anniversary we eat steak at the Branding Iron on Stratford Road in Delaware. We really don't eat out much as I like to cook especially for the family and friends. Our Mary was always saying things to get me into hot water. One morning in going up the old post office steps (where Ed Savor has his antique store) she asked a maiden school teacher "Lady, do you smoke cigarettes?" And the lady said, "No, I don't and why do ask?" At another time in June of 1965 2 Eastern Star women met us at the Masonic Temple to see how to serve refreshments and to make the coffee and when we got home that afternoon, I didn't know that Mary was listening and I told Harold that I didn't think they even knew how to boil water. The next Sunday at church she asked if these 2 women were the ones who didn't know how to boil water. One day when I went out to list some real estate properties we stopped at Burton Richardson's and she asked him "Man, why don't you shave?" He wasn't offended by her question and later I helped him study for an Ohio Real Estate License and he and my broker opened up an office in Centerburg, called the Heart of Ohio. Burton died from a heart attack out in his barn yard. Harold, Mary and I went to Morelands Funeral Home in Centerburg for his calling hours. Carl, after his fall from his foot bridge and his 10 day hospital stay, has had to go back to Grady for pneumonia and then to Arbors for rehab. He is such a good man and nice neighbor. Getting our garden in late, the pumpkins came on and there were blossoms on them still when we had the first frost. They tell me if one seeds the pumpkin, an easy way to cook them is to bake them in the oven, scoop out the pulp and run it through a sieve. We will see. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ea2d0a8c25e3076f8bc36749b90dffd3.jpg 354a49403bed0d51273e3f96be7e200d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.82) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 80 in It Started with These Two] Sunday evening, the 2 quarts started working, and I emptied it out in a sauce pan. It smelled terrible, and I eventually dumped it in the trash bag. So much effort for nothing to show for it. Yesterday, I tried again. This time cooking it on the stove, cut in small pieces and peeled it, and now its being frozen in the top of the refrigerator. Yesterday morning, too, after getting up early, I finished my 3rd painting. It is of the Old Blue Church, I had Will Cleveland's painting to go by. I've taken the easel and paints and packed them for Florida. On our kitchen table is a list of things to go to Bradenton. Since the family is in Florida, our car is always packed full with gifts, etc. I'm reading a book by Lenard LeSourd, Catherine Marshall's second husband, titled "A Cloud Walk". We especially liked the T.V. show based on her book "Christy". "A closer Walk is so inspirational and up lifting. she died March 18, 1987. [top right photo: Spring of 1997] [middle left photo: Blue Church - Spring 1997] [bottom photo: Pictures Spring 1996] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c19be5853c1d63253a2b13cd0d4d6cca.jpg 74f7f08fb2a03c3be6bbf643fceb4ac1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.83) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 81 in It Started with These Two] Today is the day the retired Whittier school teachers have lunch at the Ponderrosa in Westerville. Many of them have either died or become too disabled to attend, but it's always nice to see those who can. I think I've mentioned ealier about taking 3 Westerville friends to Florida and then coming home through Plains, Georgia, and listening to former President Jimmy Carter teach Sunday School. Maybe I should explain more about my marriage to Tom Tibbitts. His father was George Tibbitts, a secretary to the President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and a painter with pictures in the New York Art Gallery. We have 2 hanging on our walls. Tom's mother was Bessie Palmer Tibbitts and had an executive position with Kodak in Rochester. As a little country girl, I was probably intimidated by their social standing in the community. We named our son Thomas Palmer Tibbitts II. Tom was an only child sent to Cincinnati University to get an education where we met. [top photo: Pictures 1996 in Trailer in Florida] [bottom photo; Bernice Morgan, Rosilyn Carter, president Jimmy Carter, Gladys Collins Plains, Georgia, March 15th, 1992] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bacc429b1821d1aea4481c3b3615b73d.jpg 475fed25c0ba37ad21894350ed419f64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.84) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 82 in It Started with These Two] In the early 80's I took a driver's test to secure a CDL, commercial driver's license, to drive a bus for Hickory Knoll and later for Head Start. It was also necessary to pass a Red Cross course on CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver. In the early 60's I had also taken the course, and we had no thought of AIDS when we did the mouth to mouth resuscitation. Now precautions are taken. Laura Jean, Leo and Jerry Young's mother was in the class at Berkshire Township house. These health saving techniques remind me of the little boy named Ora Elliott that had a seizure in my second grade class at Bainbridge. After talking with the mother, she said she guessed she should have warned me but was afraid I wouldn't love him like the other children if I knew. Maybe now college courses deal with such things but not then. Last evening Margaret Garee and I attended a meeting in Shelby, Ohio, on closing Camp Wesley and Camp Zimmerman. Somebody used his power to do so. Now only because someone made a motion at the '96 Annual Conference to delay it and such meetings are to be held with 20 present plus the committee. This seemed a bit like locking the barn door after the horse runs away. Coming home about 10 P. M. from Delaware in my van, after driving a bus, as I leaned over to change radio stations, I must have gone onto the berm. A highway patrol stopped me and asked if I had been drinking. That was on the west side of Alum Creek. This same night I hit and killed a deer 36/37 at the Bent Tree Country Club. It shattered the front end of the van, but thank heaven for Nationwide and Glenn Evans Insurance. I have so many wonderful memories. My family were so loving and so full of support. As I may have said before when I would question Dad how he never gave up on me, he would just say we love and serve those we love. My parents were real parents. My 4 brothers, John, George, Robert and Rodney and my sister Verona, might have thought I had made a mess of my life but they never told me so. It is funny how many things that happened long ago keep returning. Each time I come across 521 and the I-71 bridge I remember how worried I was when Mary and Rita Young still hadn't gotten back to the barn on Centerburg Road. On a Sunday afternoon they had ridden our 2 horses over to Edwards, (just this side of Kilbourne) for a Horse Show. It began to get dark so we got into the truck and found the two girls on the west side of the bridge because the light of the freeway scared the horses and they refused to cross the freeway until we put burlap bags over their eyes and we led them across. The story of the woman having her horse killed near Kilbourne brought it all back again and what might have happened. When I went to pick up Mary at the Old Chillicothe Hospital and how she grabbed hold of my little finger and held on. She was just 2 days old. I remember Brother Rodney when he was in the second grade and I was in kindergarten at the old West School and he was riding me on his bike down the William Street hill and Dad and brother John saw us. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/23d9015bf58819cfc0ddd796c2121eaa.jpg 4de0c849c2497162851d7ae68d008b8b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.85) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 83 in It Started with These Two] Playing in the band at Governor Davis' inauguration. It was very cold January day. I remember our Sunday afternoons with family and friends. Especially the Sunday when they took pictures of 13 on the Ford. I remember the day in 1987 that Ned Foreman and Harold stood on a little mound of dirt where our house now stands. Virgil and Nellie Hickson gave us a plaque that says "Sweet Country Home" and the night the Grange and Rev. Klempnaurer came for a dinner and the minister blessed our house. Since our marriage in 1959, Harold's dad had died, Bobby Miller, Melody and Dennis twin baby girl, Stephania, Mother and Dad, Mary and Bud Hervey, Dan and Betty Mackley, Harold's mother, Ruth, Brother Rodney, Brother George, Gladys Miller, Bea Tharp, Lockie Norman, Lillie Kempton, Emogene Bell and Etta Main, also Cecil Norman, and life goes on but we do miss their presence. Our minister, Rev. Gene Taylor and his wife, Shirley, retired to their home at Dresden, Ohio, at the East Ohio Conference held at lakeside in June of 1997, after 5 years here. Rev. Suzanne and David Hill are the new ministers. We wish for them and their family only good things in the future. In 1960 Mary and I started sending $15.00 a month to the Christian Childrens Fund for a little Indian Girl in New Mexico named "Pretty Paint". She sent us interesting letters about her home life and her school work. In 1968, when Helen Allen, Harold's mother Ruth, Harold and I went west we stopped and visited with the family. The father was tending sheep, the mother spinning wool, Pretty Paint was to watch her little brother. Her hair was dark and braided and her dress red and purple velvet and she was wearing blue tennis shoes. Harold took a picture of Helen Allen and me holding the baby with Pretty Paint. We sent money west she graduated from High School and got married. I am looking for that picture. Brother Rodney's granddaughter, Kristy Main, the daughter of Mark and Linda Main, recently sent me a picture of Rodney and me taken with a Mrs. Carpenter, on our back porch steps at the house on Horseshoe Road. Mrs. Carpenter came to our home and took care of mother as a live-in. My brother John should be given lots of credit for helping us and encouraging us to get a good education, along with mother and Dad. Every day I thank God for my family and loved ones. When we were at Dennis and Melodys, Harold took a picture of the four generations of women for me to send back to the church for the Mothers Day dinner. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f46a7ed5c5a5b09ce0b8a18cb4fbbdf4.jpg 8d1d307b61e9edfcaaedcd8077fccfef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.86) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 84 in It Started with These Two] When we are in Florida we like to have Brittny spend the week-ends with us and go to church at the park on Sunday morning. We generally meet Dennis and Melody and the twins for lunch. Brittny told her mother that "only old people go to church." That is especially true in our park where one has to be 55 or older to live there. Two Turtle Doves tried to build a nest between the 2 outside lights. They tell me that Turtle Doves mate for life and that is a happy thought. We went with Brittny, Melody and Mary to an open installation of the Bradenton Eastern Stars. It is a bit different than ours in Ohio but sill reverent and beautiful. I like to take pictures of Harold mowing our lawn on New Years Day and send them north. We have lots of trimming to do, windows to wash when we are in a mobile home. Harold likes to go to the recreation hall for bingo on Wednesday and Sunday evenings and I like ceramics, crafts and Bible study and the teacher get- togethers. The life style in Florida is so different. Our park is caring and look out for one another and laid hack. In the north there are so many meetings to attend yard work to be done and trips into town. We do lots walking and the shops and grocery stores are near by in Bradenton. We did have a lot of excitement when a man by the name of Larry Creech was holding the sheriffs at bay for 4 hours saying he had dynamite strapped to his body and was going to blow himself up. We made NBC, CBS, and ABC evening news. The swat team took him to a mental hospital. I finished my painting of the Chambers Road bridge. I'm not going to enter it in the Art show at the park on Sunday, the 9th. Our Mary told me she was proud of my art work but that I probably never would be famous like Grand Ma Moses. Ruth and Frank Fisher went with us to Ruskin to visit Arlie and Virginia Hammons. I had hope to stop at the Coffee Cup Restaurant where Mother and Dad and Verona liked to eat in the 70's but they convinced me that it had deteriorated and wasn't clean like it was earlier and so the best I got was a picture out the window as Harold drove by. I do have pictures of the Fishers picking lemons and oranges for us to take home. We kept hearing that Etta was having problems with her health and we kept calling and sending her get well cards. We enjoyed Christmas, New Years, and twins 4th birthday party with the family before we started home on the 25th of March, as we wanted to be home for Easter. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a90f33a06cfca52a470968c99b35fdfd.jpg 2480ae56adbf6b0ef28edf93d9456d83 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.87) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 85 in It Started with These Two] Brother George's widow, Etta, died on the 15th of June. The Eastern Star Service and her funeral were difficult times. I would like to include the poem that I read at her funeral. I believe it is the wish of most Christians when they die. And the poem RELEASE ME, MISS ME, ME BUT LET ME GO When I come to the end of this life of pain And the sun has finally been set for me, I want no service in a gloom filled room Why weep and cry for my soul has been set free. Miss me a little bit but for not too long And not with your head bowed low. Remember the love and the good times we shared Miss me for just a little while, but let me go. For this is a journey we all must take And each must go all the way alone. It's all a part of the Master's plan A step on a journey and the long road home. When you stand by my grave for a last good-bye Release me, Miss me but let me go Weep if you must but I will know Life is for each one of us is for just a short while A friendship like ours should end with smile. When you are lonely and sick at heart Go to those we all used to know, Miss me but let me go. And bury your sorrows for me in doing good deeds Miss me for a little while but let me go. The author is unknown I found this list of resolutions that is good for any year. 1. Thou shall be happy 2. Thou shall use thy talents to make others glad. 3. Thou shall rise above defeat and trouble. 4. Thou shall look upon each day as a new day. 5. Thou shall always do thy best and leave the rest to God. 6. Thou shall not waste thy time and energy in useless worry. 7. Thou shall look only on the bright side of life. 8. Thou shall not be afraid of tomorrow. 9. Thou shall have a kind word and a kind deed for everyone, 10. Thou shall say every morning, I am a child of God and nothing can hurt me. As I mentioned earlier that 45 years ago I had attended West Ohio Conference with Rev. Rolfe Pool, pastor of our Cline Chapel Methodist Church where Mary was baptized on Mothers Day in 1952. There wasn't a dry eye in the church. Off and on during the years since joining the Sunbury Methodist Church I http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7850c9c0dc522dc054ed01411bde3451.jpg 836187125c60d7c9718b35b5dd26f497 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.88) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 86 in It Started with These Two] have been elected the Lay Delegate to the East Ohio Conference. Margaret Garee, a good friend, also a past lay delegate to the Conference has attended with me the past several years and hopes to do so again at Lakeside in June of 1998. This year was an especially sad one as Etta Main died on the first day, June 15th. I returned home for the Eastern Star service on Tuesday and for her funeral on Wednesday morning, June 18th, 1997. We met the new Bishop Jonathan Keaton and his family on the elevator at the Fountain Inn Hotel, and were privileged to say goodbye as we left on Friday noon. He wished us well and asked us to continue to serve the United Methodist Church. At the conference we got to see Rev. Donald Newland, say good-bye to Dr. Gene and Shirley Taylor, meet and welcome the new pastors, the Rev. Suzanne and David Hill. We also got to see a former Galena minister, Rev. Kenneth Bibbee and his wife, Marie, who will be moving back from Mississippi to the Retirement Center at Copeland Oaks in September. We visited with the Rev. Francis and Ileen Norris also a minister at Galena. On the 12th of June 1997, 16 members of the Ruth Circle of the Sunbury Church traveled to Dresden to eat at Popeyes, have our picture taken in front of the World's Largest Longeberger Basket and spend the afternoon at Taylors beautiful secluded home. As I was looking through my papers I found another poem that I wrote on July the 16th, 1984. It is titled "I Found God Today' I've shut and closed the door on yesterday, And I've even thrown away the keys. For tomorrow and what it may bring It has no fears or doubts for me. I found God today How can I have such perfect peace, you ask For now I trust my God to guide me And let His blessings on me rest For I know that God alone knows best. I found God today. Harold sold our 1929 antique Ford. We have had it for about 25 years. He said it needed a lot of work to make it authentic. On August the 15th, 1997, Brittny got her new motorized wheelchair. It weighs 147 pounds. On the 16th bought her family a 92 Chevy van with a wheel chair lift. It is so customized that Brittny can get in and out of it by herself by just punching buttons. By the time she won't need it any longer, I probably will. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/da0b947e9cec45f7f1e7aadba661da9f.jpg c5a4dcf164392e5c26188199ee1033c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.89) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 87 in It Started with These Two] On the first of April I went out to the Humane Society on 36-37 west of the freeway and got a little 4 month old Dalmatian-Beagle mix puppy. Brittny and the twins wanted me to call her "Precious Little Girl", after a puppy in the movie 101 Dalmatians, She is now 8 months old and really growing. She is to have the back seat when we go to Florida this December. Precious seems to me to be a little much for an animal but for the great-grandchildren I do. In August the Worthy Matron of E astern Star is planning a night out and only the car divers will know where we will be eating and spending the evening. She has made 1997 a special year for the members. As we sit at our kitchen table we can see 2 and 3 Humming Birds dive bombing each other to get to the feeder. It takes a refill every 2 days. As I have mentioned that I think that families are pretty wonderful. Growing up in the Main family was a pleasant experience. I never recall that Mother and Dad had any disagreements in front of the children. They taught us to work hard, be productive for as Mother would say, "Idle hands are the work of the devil". They instilled in us the principles of doing for others for as Dad would say "You are to serve others and not to expect a reward" and to be a participating part of the organizations you belong to and to the church and to your community where you live. Maybe because of living the golden rule they both said they never had a headache or an ache or a pain, and lived to be 90 and 103. There isn't room to tell of all the good qualities of Mom and Dad or my 4 brothers and 1 sister. I may be repeating myself, but Mother and Dad had 7 children in the following order: John, born January the 10th, married to Velma Dennis and they had 4 children. They are Marsha, Debbie, Penny and John Jr. George was born on January the 6th, 1913, married to Etta Maxwell and they had no biological children but treated all 40 of their nieces and nephews as their own. Robert was born on April the 9th, 1915 married Bergandine Sprague and they had 5 children. They are Robbie, Thomas, Linda, William and Theresa. [photo top left: "Precious Little Girl" September 1997] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2490f7a1bd5b64d17a5dfcc6570bdcf9.jpg bc69df1eab08c07306ca004c3fe23b6a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.90) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 88 in It Started with These Two] Rodney was born on February the 22nd, 1917 married to Ruth Shertzer. They had 2 sons David and Mark. In February of 1919 James was stillborn. I was born on November the 2nd, 1920 and when I was married to Tom Tibbitts had a son born with a congenital club foot who died on January the 29th, 1947 from a fall from his crib. I still remember Dad comforting me by saying all little children should be able to run and jump in Heaven so he could. We have a daughter Mary who lived in Palmetto, Florida. Sister Verona was born on February the 18th, 1923. She had 4 children. Bobbie Miller, who was killed in an auto accident on October the 19th, 1959. Two daughters are Patty and Nancy and a son Richard. Patty had a son Jason also killed in an auto accident. A husband's family also has a big influence on your life. Ruth and Stanley Ault had 6 children. My husband Harold is the oldest of the 6. We have one daughter Mary who gave her Dad a walnut plaque with an antique car on it and a writing that says "you are everything that a Dad should be". Isn't that a nice statement? Next in the family is Melvin, married to Gladys Benson and they have 4 children, Marilyn, Janice, Linda and David. A sister June, married to Jake Ward. She has 3 children, Roy, Richard and Renee. Next is Pearl with no husband or children. She is a "great aunt' to her nieces and nephews. A sister Patricia is married to Dick Quinn and they have no children. A brother Lloyd married Veronica Speck and they have 3 children. They are Jeffrey, Jennifer and Jason. During the summer vacations we would have nieces and nephews come for visits (as long as 10 days) to give Mary a feeling of siblings and to give their parents some free time. They were so well behaved and it was a joy to have them. We always have 2 tables set and card tables handy so we have lots of family and friend get togethers. I like to cook and make table favors. Extra food is quick and easy to prepare. In 1991 we had an Ault family reunion with 36 present. They filled every corner of our little house but with all of my knick-knacks on open shelves there were no accidents of mishaps. I think the parents must have reminded the children that http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b322c4553fc7aa2d9af221b71842bcc9.jpg c450e77cd7cd6bc795f361e9c1db6c0e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.91) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 89 in It Started with These Two] Aunt Rosella was a school teacher. In a perfect world all children would be brought up in a loving family relationship, free of mental or physical abuse, enough of the material things to be healthy,encouragement to learn and be instilled with good ethical and moral principles in a safe environment and as added bonus pets to care for, a creek to wade in and a horse to ride. I truly hope that Mary and Melody and their families believe that is what Harold and I have tried to provide for them. It is a sad commentary that many children in our society today lack much in the way of Christian training, lack proper food, shelter, encouragement to learn and a safe community to live in. In the fall of 1985 a nice Jewish lady by the name of Helen Cohen, who lives in East Columbus near the Eastland Mall asked if I would drive her to West Palm Beach. This neighborhood was changing so she was afraid to venture out especially at night. this is the same area where Nancy Lindsey was mugged by two African American young men who had followed her home from the Big Bear Grocery where she had bought groceries and had a check cashed to bring up to her daughter Lee Ellen whose 17 day-old baby girl had died. Doctors thought the baby had been licked by their dog. Before Nancy could come to Centerburg she had to have an ear stitched on that had been cut off when she had fallen on a concrete planter. That was a very sad funeral. To continue with the trip south with Helen Cohen. She was moving there permanently. We had to wait until the moving van was loaded so she could turn in the key to the landlord. It was a t least 5 p.m. so we only drove to Lexington, Ky.. and stopped at the Holiday Inn. She was to pay all of my expenses, give me $100.00 and provide a plane ticket back to Columbus from Tampa. It worked out just fine. We spent three night on the road going down I-75 and then across Alligator Alley in Florida. the second and third nights we stayed in Ramada Inns. They were cheaper and had Denny Restaurants attached. Helen said the pork products I ordered looked so good and she liked my attitude and the prayers before traveling and the before meals prayers. She asked if I would teach her to pray as she had always been so occupied and concentrated on acquiring material things. Tom and Mary came to West Palm Beach to pick me up to catch the plane. back to Columbus. It was a nice experience. Our Christmas party for the neighbor friends started back on Harrison Street in 1960's. All of those guests are now dead. They were Imo Owen, Ida Gammill, Marguerite Williamson, Vera Paul, Lillie Kempton, Mary Hervey, Janet Lake, Wilma Ward, Mother and Dad and others. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/864562ce4bb9b928791e8ae381091d61.jpg 5a56e5c21902e4638a0fe59f40374bd4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.92) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 90 in It Started with These Two] [top left photo: Dad and Mother in Cincinnati -1938] [top right: article from Faith Magazine] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c8e3a64abf7a9a44c650e78615c13556.jpg 2367ce316c5e7b667f26d216604da3f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.93) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 91 in It Started with These Two] [left image: September - Fellowship's Daily Prayers] [right image: September - My Daily Bible Verses] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/52de0e91f20135540ede8a5e3d9432b7.jpg 19c6b56818a3f40ff0875c526c16c149 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.94) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 92 in It Started with These Two] At the 2:30 meeting at The Sunbury Community Library with the Director Polly Horn and the book by Bob Greene for suggestions, "Our Childrens, Children Children". I hope to get my book finished with many pictures form the time I was 2 or 3 years old until the present time. Brother John and brother Dr. Robert are taping their lives. They being a little older their lives are centered more about horses, the one room school on Horse Road and Momma and Poppa Bishop. Verona is still giving it some thought. Brother George and brother, Rodney's deaths were so sudden that there was no time to think about writing up their memories. There were 6 of us and now there are 4 of us. Since Robert and Bernie moved to Friendship Village in Dublin and John and Velma in Pickerington and Carl and Verona just around the corner on Fredericks Road we get to talk and see each other often. There are so many things that I keep recalling but this book has to come to an end and so it does in September of 1997. 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Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.95) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 93 in It Started with These Two] Things Which Have Occupied Harold's Time Since Retirement [top left photo: Memorial Day 1997 Verona and Rosella At Mother and Dad's Grave] middle right photo: Harold Mowing our Florida Lawn January 1, 1992] [bottom photo : Our Florida Home at 1604 Illinois Trailer Estates, Bradenton, Florida] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/199f96a9ce587aa68d0db8be194bd8d6.jpg 029fce84411c577bea93e721cb7f7f34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.98) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 96 in It Started with These Two] Things That Have Occupied My Time Since Retiring as a Teacher [top right photo: Celebrating My Getting My Commercial Driver's License - 1980] [middle left photo: Rosella in Trailer Estates Pool - 1995] [middle right photo: Heart Start Bus and V.W. Bug] [bottom left photo: Security Key Chain House, P.O., and Car Keys] [bottom right photo: Large Bible Written in 1986 and 1987 66 Books of My thoughts as a Layman] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/aa37917a46baccbae5dec7760ae595a4.jpg 5c39e56511bfff434c9ed1aea710c51b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two (p.103) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 101 in It Started with These Two] [top photo: Ruth Circle at Dresden, Ohio June 12th, 1997] [middle photo: no caption] [bottom photo: Saturday Morning Breakfast Woman Etta Main (deceased), Ginny Beaver, Gladys Miller (deceased), Frances Loar Maxine Longshore, Verna Bergandine, and Mary Kay Cochran] http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f452ebd77e7ee6f8eb8f084728ca6c24.jpg c22564143400a7e267b7d05ff7e9062e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It Started With These Two Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Rosella Main Tibbits Buchanan Ault Subject The topic of the resource Ault family--Genealogy Main family--Genealogy Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury--History Rosella Ault--Personal narratives (1920-2020) Description An account of the resource This book is an autobiography prepared by Rosella Ault, longtime Sunbury resident. In it she discusses her parents, siblings, children and grand-children, the importance of education, her teaching career, and her faith in God. 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Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 1) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to front cover of When Our Mother Was a Little Girl] WHEN OUR MOTHER WAS A LITTLE GIRL by Mrs. A Baldwin copyright 1888 (original in vault) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/14faa8e14c854f65e4621d258d3900e7.jpg 1885830ba624bbb5d8ce2b19cb07ff00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 2) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to introduction of When Our Mother was A Little Girl] This book was written by Mrs. A. Baldwin, who was the daughter of Mahalia Rosecrans, daughter of Abraham Rosecrans and Susan Patrick Rosecrans. These stories were told by Mahalia to her grandson (Mrs. Baldwin's son). Mrs. Baldwin thought them interesting so put them in print about 1888. My father John Landon, and Charles Patrick each bought a copy. The cousins asked me many times if I could get some copies made up but not until 1955 did I take the time to do so. As a child this book was read to me many times and I have read it several times each year. I never tire going through its pages. My father who was born in 1832, knew most of the folks mentioned in the book and I used to hear him tell of meeting them. I hope the reader will enjoy the book half as much as I have. Joseph B. Landon 84 Winthrop Road Columbus 14, Ohio Nov. 25, 1964 http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5e507e5729b53b264f6c31aae5d32721.jpg 4091a2d66ca1f96d56a79298633bbe99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 3) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 1 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] When Our Mother Was A Little Girl Copyright, 1888. Mrs. A. Baldwin Part 1 "What are you thinking about, Jack?" said Grandma. "I'm not Jack. I'm George Washington: and I'm thinking about Indians. Tell me about when you were a little girl and the Indians came." "Ah!" said Grandma, "George Washington saw more Indians in his day than I ever did in mine, and Block-houses, too, for that matter; but he never saw our Block-house; and I will tell you about that. A block-house is a large square house, the logs are round and rough on the outside, but hewn on the inside; and all around at intervals, are little holes." "For birds' nest?" said Jack. 'No, indeed; they are for guns. At these the men would stand and fire, and the women down below would cling together, and the children would cry: and outside, the Indians, all covered with paint, would yell and dance and fire their arrows. But I never saw anything of this kind, for they were all friendly Indians when I was a little girl; though once, when I was a baby and my father was away in Delaware- town, making roads for the army, and all the men were with him , a woman came run- ning across the fields, crying, "Susan, Susan! the Injuns! Run to the Block- House!' My mother who was never afraid of any thing, said she would not go. But when Uncle Isaac's wife came by, with her bed and her clothes in a wagon and her children on top of them, mother was persuaded to pack her things on, too, and taking me in her arms, she walked to the Block-house, which was three miles away, close by Uncle Jim Starke's. There they all spent the night, but the next day, not seeing any Indians or hearing any more about them, they went home, and that was the last time the old Block-house was ever used; but it stood many years, a peaceful place for the chil- dren to play in and perhaps after all, the birds did build their nests in the gun holes. "There was once a camp-meeting in that same Delawaretown where father made the roads, and the people invited the Indians from Sandusky to meet with them. Several hundreds of them accepted the invitation and came marching into town; the Chiefs and warriors ahead, the young men following, and the women straggling along, in the rear, loaded down with the wigwams and cooking utensils. Such an array was alarming. Had they come for good or evil? Uncle Jake, who was a class-leader, said it was all for good; that they were led by the Spirit; that the heathen were our inheritance; and he sang with more fervor than ever, that he hoped to shout glory when the world was on fire. But father said they had come because they had nothing else to do; and no doubt he was right, for these Indians were the last of the old Hurons; their forefathers had been powerful allies of the French; in more then one fight they had conquered the Iroquois; and now their glory had departed and they were restless and discontented in their narrow precincts on the shores of Lake Erie. We were all anxious to see them and father took us in his wagon to their encampment. I was a very little girl, and the only thing that I remember was a http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fccb78e3db19bbe0f8d9b8fa4d03d8b3.jpg 27b3f5a57a1207b3004a1da8375ec2dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 4) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 2 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] curious kind of cradle. It was made of a blanket, with each of the four corners tied to a tree; when the wind blew the cradle would rock; and the old squaws could put in half a dozen babies and go off to hear the preaching. I thought it would be an excellent idea for the twins, and proposed it to mother one day when Uncle Jake's children came over to help us pull flax, and was so offended at her refusal, I left Sophronia alone in a fence corner, where the poor little thing cried herself almost to death; but mother never found it out, and I said nothing more about the cradle. I hope, Jack, that you will be better to your little sister than I was to mine, and always tell your mother the truth." "Like George Washington? But I don't want to hear about babies, I want to hear about Indians." "Why, there are baby Indians, as well as big Indians, and they call them Pappooses. When a pappoose's mother is going on a journey she does not strap her baby up softly and carry it in her arms, but she straps it on a board and the board on their back, and marches along. Once an old squaw came to Uncle Abner Ayres' tavern, in Fredericktown, and she stopped outside the door and un- strapped her pappoose, and set the board, pappoose and all, against the side of the house, while she went to get some whiskey. When she came out, there was no baby left, for a dreadful old sow had eaten it all up. But you like to hear about fighting Indians, do you, with paint on their faces and feathers in their hair? They do very well to talk about, but how would you like to see some of them walking in here tonight? Once, when father and mother had gone to a funeral and we children were at home alone, we saw a party of them coming up the road, with guns in their hands and knives and tomahawks in their belts. We were scared enough. Some of the children ran under the bed and some under the table, and Maranda crawled into a bag; but Uncle Daniel's boy- Uncle Daniel was General Rosecrans' grand- father - armed himself with a poker and stood in the doorway to protect us. He was a little fellow about 9 years old, but his dark eyes were full of courage and his young heart beat stoutly under his homespun shirt. The odds were des- perate, one against many; an old poker against guns and tomahawks. No neigh- bor was within call. Around us lay a little patch of cleared land, and beyond that, the woods. We were all alone, and our only defense was the little boy, with his poker in the cabin doorway. The Indians, armed and painted, came nearer and nearer; but when within a few yards of the house they stopped and began talking gesticulating in a frightful manner. Were they planning to fire the house and scalp the inmates? We shook with fear in our hiding places. But great was our relief when they turned back, and we, peeping cautiously out, saw them lay down their guns, stick their knives and tomahawks into the fence, and then return to the house, making signs that they were friendly and only wanted something to eat. We came timidly out from under the beds and tables, and Maranda crept out of her bag, and we gave them all the bread and venison we could find in the house, and were happy enough when they marched off, one after another, Indian fashion, down the road." "If they had burned the house, then what? I guess your father and mother would have been sorry they went to a funeral. I don't like funerals." "They did not, either, but they always went to them. In those times every man within 10 miles was a neighbor and every neighbor was a friend and when any- one died, a boy was sent on horseback from house to house to tell the sad tidings. On the day of the funeral, all the men and women in the country round laid aside their work, however important, and attended it. Rough wagons, with boards across http://66.213.124.233/files/original/82e91e5afdd9333d63cf5953695185c5.jpg dff84c3ad7dd3297e78bec1ed5e9ee23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 5) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 3 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl] for seats, perhaps with a chair for some old grandmother, formed the procession, followed often by men on horseback with their wives behind them. They had no hearse and the best wagon of the settlement held the coffin and a homespun blanket answered for a pall. I have seen many grand processions since then. Once I saw a city hung with mourning, and thousands of soldiers marching with muffled drums and all the people mourning a great man. But I have never seen anything that seemed to me so solemn as those wagons winding through the forests and over the rough roads to the half-cleared grave-yard of that new country." But Grandma is thinking her own thoughts and has wondered far away from her Indian stories. Now I will tell you one more and then we will light the lamp and get ready for supper. We were never afraid of Indians when father was at home for father was a mighty hunter, and we were proud of him. I can see him now, as he looked to me when I was a child. Tall and erect, with black hair and eyes so keen, no thing escaped them. He wore cloth trousers, foxed below the knee with deer skin; a hunting shirt of striped flannel, with fringe around the bottom. His powder horn and shot-bag were slung across his shoulders, and his hunting knife was in his belt. There never was a doubt in our minds about his being able to protect us, and I think there never was in his, for he was a man of courage. And so this morning that I am going to you about, we were not in the least frightened, when we saw a large party of Indians approaching the house. Father went out to meet them, and they made signs that they wanted breakfast. Friend or foe was always made welcome to our table, so he brought them in, and mother cooked more meat and baked more cakes on the griddle, and they feasted to their satisfaction. After they had gotten through and mother was clearing the table, she said to father "What shall I do with this bread?" "O, give it to them! I don't want to eat after red dogs!" They went away, and the circumstance was forgotten when, several years after, father was in Delawaretown, and an old chief invited him to take a drink, Father consented, and politely requested him to drink first. But he said, "No, You, you no like to drink after the red dogs" and then reminded him of his remark about the bread, which he had perfectly understood. No, we never were afraid when father was home. But two or three times a year he went to Chillicothe to get his corn ground; that was a long journey and he was away several days. One stormy night we were sitting 'round our fire enjoying its warmth and comfort."-- "Just like our fire, Grandma?" "No, not very much like ours. That fireplace was three times as large; and instead of brass fire-irons they had great black stones; called "nigger heads", and on these were piled logs, so large and heavy, it took two men to role them in, with hand-spikes; and every night men went from house to house, helping one another build the fires. When the family went to bed the blaze was carefully covered with ashes so the fire seldom went out; for we had no matches, and it was difficult to kindle with flint, that rather than do it, I have known people who go a long distance to 'borrow' a brand or a shovelful of coals. Well, we were sitting 'round one of these great fires. Mother was spinning flax at her little wheel, the older girls were knitting, and the children were listening to stories of Wyoming and mother's childhood, when the door suddenly opened and in walked two big Indians. Indians never knock, and our door had only a wooden latch, and the leather latch-string hung outside. So there they came, without any warning. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d1ca9dc805dbb664d0e3a4eb1cceed1b.jpg 1b874c63a189be4372f9d635ecd85cd6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 6) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 4 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl] "We were very much frightened and huddled close together, but mother rose from her wheel, and without a sign of fear, asked them what they wanted. They made her understand, by motions, that they expected to spend the night. She could not refuse them, it was more dangerous to send them away than it was to keep them, so she placed chairs for them before the fire and made them as welcome as she could. They were not pleasant to look at as they sat in our midst wrapped in their blankets, silent and motionless. The more we looked at the them, the more frightened we became, and mother was glad to take us into the next room (we had two rooms) and put us in our beds. Then she covered the fire and told the Indians that they could go to sleep when they liked. "They made ready to by lying down on the floor, with their heads to the fire and their tomahawks for pillows, while their guns were placed carefully by their sides. Our fears were soon forgotten, but who can tell what our mother thought and felt during the long hours of that winter night. She was up early in the morn- ing and gave them their breakfast, and they were gone before the children were awake, and even now, I can scarcely convince myself that it was not all a dream. "Perhaps they were thankful to my mother. I know some Indians once re- turned after receiving a kindness and brought baskets to the children, and one of them gave my sister an Indian nose-ring. It was, in shape and size, very much like the bowl of a large spoon, and would have hung over the mouth in the most in- convenient manner. The gift seemed of no consequence to us, but when my sister sold it a peddler for a silver dollar, we realized its value and envied her accordingly. Fifty cents was a large sum of money to possess in those days and Sophronia never thought of spending it, but rubbed it bright with vinegar and ashes and put it carefully away in a box, bringing it out as a great treasure when our cousins and the neighbor children came to visit us. "And that reminds me of a piece of money I had given to me when I was a little girl, and all the trouble it made me." "Money don't make me trouble," said Jack. "But I'm not a girl. Tell me about it. "There was no hotels in Kingston in those early times, and travelers were obliged to depend on the hospi- tality of the settlers, and it soon became known far and near that anyone stop- ping at Abram Rosecrans' would be certain of a place to sleep and something to eat, so it was no unusual thing to see a stranger riding up and hear him ask if he could spend the night. Father had always one answer - "You must take care of your own horse. There's the stable and plenty of feed. And if you go before breakfast, you'll have to pay but if you stay to breakfast, I shall not charge you anything." Of course the traveler, whoever he was, stayed to breakfast, and of course, father never took any pay for his entertainment. And father's answer was considered by us all a most excellent joke. "I was very fond of horses then , as I am now and when a fine horse came, it was my delight to lead him to the trough and water him and sometimes, to steal a ride upon his back. I liked that much better than helping mother get supper. And although my sisters cut the bread and set the table and turned the griddle cakes, I was always the favorite, and it was to me that one of these travelers, on going away, gave a silver quarter of a dollar. "I think I must have been the first child in the family to receive money, or my brothers and my sisters would not have treated me as they did. Or, perhaps I was proud, and as you say, 'Took on airs'. - I no sooner received that money than I was made to feel myself an outcast. When I went to help Maranda wash the dishes, http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d97f61d73b880e6485bb0f011ed1129.jpg 03a1bc0e6cca71e03efce3ea09bbbc43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 7) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 5 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] she said she had rather wash them alone; that rich folks didn't need to wash dishes. And when I joined the twins, who were picking up chips, they went off on the other side of the woodpile and left me alone. I did not care about the work, but nobody would play with me and that was hard to bear. "That afternoon Uncle Jake's children were coming over and we were going for nuts. There had been a big frost the night before, and we could hear the nuts rattling down in the woods and the prickly burrs were thick under the chestnut trees. This first nutting expedition was a great event to us and we had talked of nothing else for a week. Mother had made us each a linen bag and had woven tape on purpose for strings. And when I saw the children coming, I forgot all about my money and ran to show them my bag. But one of the girls got ahead of me and I heard her say "Oh! she feels so big," and then they went off and whispered among themselves "I went with them for the nuts, but nobody wanted to walk with me or talk with me, and they had secrets together and laughed and made signs. I filled my bag alone and walked home alone and was very unhappy". Every night , after we were washed and made ready for bed, we said our prayers. Mother had not time to hear us one by one, as your mother does, so we all knelt in a row around the bed and prayed silently. But that night I could not remember anything to say, I was so busy thinking about my money; and I could not sleep after I went to bed. What should I buy with it? I had everything I wanted. I had new shoes, laced with leather strings; and white lined stockings, that mother had knit me to wear to church; and a pair of gloves that she knit; and a pink calico dress, with a ruffle in it; and a pocket handkerchief with a border; and a silk bonnet that Mrs. Prince had made from a piece of one her dresses. I could not think of anything else. I might buy something for my sisters, and I took great comfort thinking how ashamed they would be when they saw how generous I was. But then my sisters had everything I had, eve to the bonnet, for Mrs. Princes dress had answered for us all. The silk was changeable, red in one light and green in another, and we presented a gay appearance and were much envied, when the six of us rode to church in the wagon, three on a seat. No, my sisters had everything and I had everything; but I must spend my money, for it made me so un- happy to keep it. I had put it for safety under one of the stones on the hearth; but every time I awakened, I seemed to see it shining like an eye, and once or twice I got up and lifted the stone to assure myself it was there. I had a wretched night, very early heard my mother stirring in the kitchen. I am an old lady now, but that sound comes back to me -- our mother, in the half darkness, working for her children. My troubles were over. I sprang from my bed, seized my money and ran to the kitchen. Take it! I cried, as I threw myself on her. Take it! Buy tea with it, or snuff for Aunt Thankfull, anything so I don't have it. How easy it was. Now the girls would love me just the same and everything would be pleasant. The new day was dawning as I ran to call father to breakfast. He heard me singing and said, What makes you so happy this morning? Oh, I have given away my money, that's what makes me happy. Don't you like money? he said, laughing. No, I don't, and I hope I'll never have any more. But you have had money, said Jack. Yes, but none that ever caused me so much trouble as that silver quarter; and after all my happiness has come in giving it away. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ac926bb8be1619be00b1b29b8ab9f2b2.jpg 95e1d63ab44d0d65261cf3a7332ca447 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 8) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 6 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] Part II The driving sleet beats against the window, and the pine trees outside are heavy with snow. Long icicles hang from the piazza roof, and the little stone dog that guards the door lies in a bed whiter than himself. The lake roars like the ocean, and the wind whistles wildly around the house. On a night like this, two years ago, a little bird came and knocked at our window, asking as plainly as a bird could ask, to be let in. Its feathers were sodden; its wing was wounded, and it scarcely fluttered as we warmed it in our hand, and nursed it into life. It seemed to trust us. But, alas! friends at night were enemies in the morning, in the eyes of that little bird, and it flew away without a chipper gratitude. Jack was a baby then, although he is a a big boy now, he will yet stand at the window watching, as he often does on nights like these, for the return of that un- grateful bird. Jack has had a trying day, for the precincts of a house are a contracted field for a mighty hunter like Daniel Boone -- and Jack is Daniel Boone. He has been all day on the chase and his legs are tired going up and down in quest of game. He has had a frightful time with a growling bear in a cave under the bed. He had tracked the deer to their salt licks in the kitchen, and has killed the owl on the bookcase, till it is as dead as an owl can be, and his work is done and here comes Grandma, knitting and all, to their camping-ground on the hearth rug. "Grandma, I killed a bear today. Did you ever see a man before that killed a bear?" and Jack elevated his small figure and put on a look of great fierceness. Grandma laughed as she looked at her little boy, and said, "Why, yes I have seen a man that killed a bear; but he brought his bear home with him, we had bear steak for supper, I wonder if your bear's meat will be as tough as ours was! Sit down in your little chair and I will tell you about it. "It was a winter evening, though not so cold as it is to-night; we were through supper and the girls were washing the dishes, and mother was mixing the 'corn pone' for breakfast. She always made this at night and put it into a baking kettle, with an iron cover. This she set in a bed of coals, with coals on the lid, then covered it all with ashes, and in the morning the pone was baked brown. With wild honey or maple molasses, it made a dish fit for a king. Father was sitting before the fire, and perhaps he heard us taking about breakfast, for all at once he got up and said, 'I think I'd better go and kill a deer, we are about out of venison,' and taking his gun down from the wall, he hung his shot-bag and powder- horn on his shoulder, put his knife in his belt, and started for the Deer Lick. This was a salt spring, where the deer came to drink, and was about a quarter of a mile from the house. Near the spring was a tree, and father climbed up among the branches, feeling sure that a deer would come before bed-time. He was obliged to keep perfectly quiet, and it was cold work waiting, hour after hour, so he was glad enough when he heard a rustling among the bushes. He cautiously raised his gun, to be ready. But what was his surprise to see, instead of a deer, a great black bear! It came slowly and clumsily along, growling in an ugly, sullen way. Many a man would have been frightened; but father only thought, 'Now I must do my best; for if I miss him, or slightly wound him, he will be on me before I can re- load.' So he took careful aim and fired. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/442193223d2542832af43992dffb28b8.jpg c00691c68a08197fee2c2cc726fca90f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 9) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 7 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] "We heard the report of the gun, and, the next minute, father's call for the dogs. For some reason, the dogs refused to go. Again we heard the call. The case was urgent, something must be done! So two boys who were spending the night with us , seized the dogs, and, lifting them on their backs, ran with them to the lick. There they found father with his knife in his hand, the snow red with blood, and the bear dead. He had killed it the first shot; but uncertain of it, had called the dogs to help, in case of a struggle. The boys came home, hitched the oxen to the bob-sled, and went back for the bear. We children flocked out to see it, and I remember it looked like a great black cow in the moonlight. "In the morning all the neighbors came, and word went far and near that Abram Rosecrans had killed a bear-- the first and last ever killed in our township. We took great delight in hearing father tell the story over and over again, and tried our best to think bear's meat better than venison, but it was so strong and tough we could not really like it." "Did he kill a deer the next night?" "I don't remember about that. But he never had any trouble killing deer: he would often kill three or four in a day, and come home with the skins and the best part of the meat slung over his saddle. Mother would cook all she wanted, and father would usually jerk the rest. Jerking was cutting it into narrow strips, smoking it a little, and then drying it. Father always took jerked venison and parched corn when he went hunting, and we had it for our dinner at school. Our little school-house was a mile away, and we carried our dinners with us. There were pegs driven 'round the school-room, over our seats, and on these we hung our baskets. "One day I lost my dinner, and how do you think it happened? It was a warm summer day, and I was trying to study, -- but from my window I could see the woods full of wild flowers and birds and squirrels and all manner of pleasant things, and it seemed as if noon never would come, -- when, all at once, I heard a scream, and looking up, I saw, right before me, hanging by its tail from the ceiling, an immense black snake! Its head was in my basket, and it was eating my dinner with great satisfaction. Oh, how we ran! -- the teacher and all. The school-house was cleared in a minute! And then, two of the big boys went in with clubs and killed it. We did not measure it, but we always said, 'it was as long as a rail.' "Yes, I lost my dinner, but it came out right, for the other children divided with me and the teacher gave us an extra play hour. "That school teacher's name was Polly Taylor. She was pretty, sweet girl, and a great favorite with her scholars. "Susan Skeels, another teacher, never thought of anything but study. How we did dislike her! She was an old maid, and had very strict notions about the bring- ing up of children. We had to stand with our toes exactly to the crack when we recited: had to hold a heavy Dictionary at arms-length for a punishment, and were feruled for the the slightest cause. The time came, though when we had our revenge, and I will tell you about it. "One summer's day we were gathered in the school-house, studying and recit- ing, when suddenly, to our great terror, the sun seemed blotted from the sky and the darkness of midnight settled upon us. There was a whirring, roaring noise, http://66.213.124.233/files/original/107f16397bab5e5e3d0ecacfcf81ac8b.jpg dad098ef762c4d81118add7703755042 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 10) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 8 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] and then the rain fell in torrents. I cannot tell how long it lasted, but when it ceased, we found that the little brook between us and our homes had become a rushing river and the foot bridge was in danger of being washed away. We dared not cross it alone, and were greatly relieved when we saw father coming to help us over. Miss Susan was very fat, and she did not like to trust herself on the log, but after father had taken the children over, she was persuaded to try it. She got on very well until she neared the middle, where the current was swiftest, when, for some reason, she lost her courage, and, with a wild cry, threw her arms around father, and they tumbled together into the water. "Then was our chance. 'Good for her! good for her!' we cried. 'Look at her; look at her now' as she came struggling up, the water dripping from her sun bonnet, and her clothes clinging to her stout figure. 'Keep your toes to the crack, Susan; don't forget your manners! Cross your i's, dot your t's, and spell ablel! Three cheers for teacher! and laughed, and cheered, and hurrahed, and one boy, in his excitement, threw his cap into the brook and it floated away after Miss Susan's dinner-basket. "Father finally dragged her to the land, and a sad sight she was, as he hurried her along the path to our house. Mother gave her some dry clothes, and a bowl of camomile tea, and she was none the worse for her wetting. But after that she never seemed quite happy in school and soon made way for Polly Taylor. "I was very fond of play when I was a little girl. I am afraid I liked it too well, and I often got into mischief. I remember one day mother said I might go to Uncle Joe's; the way to Uncle Joe's was right through the woods, and that I liked, for I never was afraid and I always found something to interest me. On this day, a herd of deer ran across my path, a dozen of them, with branching horns and bright beautiful eyes, and little farther on, an old wild turkey flew out from behind a clump of bushes. I was curious to see what she had been doing, and creeping cautiously 'round, I came to a next of turkey eggs. that was a trea- sure indeed! I had no basket, but what could be better than a sun-bonnet! I filled it full, tied the string together for a handle, and hurried on to show my prize to Uncle Joe's children. They were delighted, and proposed that we should set the eggs and raise our own turkeys. Fortunately, they had several sitting hens, and we had only to lift them carefully, take out the hens' eggs, and put in the turkey eggs. Aunt Sarah wondered why her hens were so long com- ing off, and she wondered still more when they did come off, and instead of a brood of young chickens, they were followed about by long-legged, half feathered turkeys. I thought the hens, themselves, must have been surprised at their queer looking children; but were just as kind as they would have been to their own yellow chickens, and scratched for them and clucked to them in the most motherly manner. But turkeys have no gratitude: and as soon as they could pick for them- selves, they ran away to the woods and were seen no more. "I always liked to go to Uncle Joe's, but there was no place we enjoyed quite so much as Uncle Isaac's. Aunt Mary had died before I could remember, and the children kept house. "In those day children could not do as much damage as they can now. There was little furniture to injure and no carpets to wear out. I recollect, when Uncle Jim Starke's last wife made a rag carpet (I was quite a big girl then) how all the people talked about her extravagance. It was said the rags would have made six good 'coverlids,' and 'what a waste it was to put them on the floor to http://66.213.124.233/files/original/57e9af0fa3c91ddf98d8c914306e7d6c.jpg 00bb7533f804a8f4ca457ca0afce5cd0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 11) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 9 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] be walked on! It was almost wicked.' No, there was no furniture or carpets to spoil and no windows to break. When a man built a house, he cut out the logs , to leave open spaces, two or three feet long. In these he put a kind of frame and pasted paper over it; this paper was greased on the outside, so the rain would not injure it, and the light came through better than you would think. The first window glass I ever saw was a great curiosity. Dr. Skeels had it in his new house, and father took us to see it. He had two windows, with four panes in each window. That we could see in and see out was wonderful! I went outside and Maranda inside, and we pressed our faces against the glass and tried to touch and kiss on another. We could not understand it; - a piece of that glass would have more precious than diamonds. "But I was going to tell you a little story about a visit to Uncle Isaac's. One day, as a special favor, father said I might take the gray mare and ride over to see my cousins, but that I must come home before night, for Uncle Isaac had no room to stable the mare, and it was too cold to leave her in the field. I was al- ways fond of horseback riding and I went off with great joy. The children gave me a warm welcome, and especially glad to see me, because their father had gone to 'quarterly-meeting' and they were alone; they insisted that I should stay all night and cousin John said he would look out for the mare. Uncle Isaac was building an addition to his house, and the rooms were floored, but not entirely finished, and into one of these rooms he put the mare. "After evening meeting, Uncle Isaac came home bringing a minister with him, and they went to bed. Sometime in the night, he wakened us by calling, 'John! John! Get up! There are horses in the yard! and there might have been a dozen, such a whinnying and tramping of hoofs as we heard. But John was sleepy, and he called back, 'Oh! never mind , father, It is only Uncle Abram's old mare in the bedroom!' "Uncle Isaac was satisfied and went back to bed; but I have often wondered if the minister thought that was where we always kept our horses. "Uncle Jake's children were our most constant playfellows, their farm ad- joined ours, and between our house and theirs was only a little woods and a slash, as we called the brook so the two families were always together. "One night, I remember, father and mother and Aunt Polly and Uncle Jake were invited to a party at Mrs. Blackman's. Mrs. Blackman came from Newtown, and was looked upon as authority in all matters of taste and fashion. She had no children and lived luxuriously in a double log-house, with an entry between. She baked beans just as they did in Boston, and made real Connecticut pumpkin pies. One of her parties was quite an event. This night Uncle Jake and Aunt Polly were going with father and mother, and as the snow was deep, father thought he had better drive the oxen. He put fresh straw in the sled, for mother was going to wear her dove-colored silk, and that required care. Mother had brought that dress with her from Wyoming, ten years before, but it was still considered a handsome dress and was only worn on great occasions. They bade us good-by, promising to bring us some cake, if we were good chil- dren; and we watched them, slowly wending their way through the clearing, till fairly out of sight. Then on went our hoods and cloaks, and away we went, through the snow, to Uncle Jake's. Their children had promised to spend the evening with us, and we were to help them carry over the baby. Poor little thing! it was cruel http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ec3090792714ff9a0379661755416b62.jpg 8d74cab0d7196855f8a1cdd723a66162 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 12) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 10 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] to take it out of its warm cradle. But we wrapped it up well, and took turns run- ning with it, and were soon home. On the way one of the boys called out, 'There are Mother Hess's dogs!' and saw several of the great black creatures run out of the woods, and thought no more of it. "We gave the baby some milk and were commencing our games, when we were startled by hearing howls in the distance. We listened. The sound came nearer and nearer, and louder and louder, and the the boys cried out, 'It's wolves! It's wolves! and they're coming to the house! "Sure enough, in a minute there they were! -- before the doors, under the win- dows, and all around the house -- filling the air with howls. Then we knew it was wolves we had seen in the woods, and were frightened enough when we thought of the little baby and our escape. We felt quite safe in the house, and after a time were tempted to take a peep at them; so we opened the door a little crack and took turns looking out. I remember how, in the dark, their eyes gleamed like coals of fire. "The boys thought they would scare them, by throwing fire-brands in their midst, but they only ran off a little way and came back fiercer than ever. Then John Poole took down father's shot-gun. There was a keg of powder handy, under the bed, and he put in a good, heavy charge, poked a hole in the window paper and fired away. This amused us, but did not scare the wolves, and we finally got tired and went to bed. "When father came home they were gone, but the snow 'round the house was covered with tracks. Uncle Jake and Aunt Polly were so glad to find the children safe, they forgot to scold us about taking out the baby, and we had our cake all the same. "Wolves were very troublesome in those days, and we were obliged to have the sheep-pen adjoining the house, and covered over. The calf-pen was a little farther off; and once, in broad daylight, a wolf climbed on the pen and would have seized the poor little calf, had not mother called the children and told us to scream, all at once, as loud as we could.The noise we made was more than any wolf could stand, and he ran away. "The men had wolf-pens all through the woods. These were made of logs with a trap-door on the top. A piece of meat inside tempted the wolf, and when he jumped in to get it, the door fell and he was caught. "One day, I was playing with my cousins and we came across one of these pens. I proposed that we should get into it and have it for a house. They were ready for anything, so in we climbed, when, suddenly, down came the cover, and we were fast enough. Fortunately, there was some one outside to go for help, or in those deep forests they might have hunted for days and not found us. 'We were quite excited, at one time, about a large gray wolf that prowled for weeks around the neighborhood and eluded out best hunters. It had only three paws, one of them having been cut off by a trap. Morning after morning we could find its tracks around our pens, and once in a while a sheep would be missing. One evening, just at dusk, Mrs. Blackman was out, bringing in her clothes, when this old, three- footed wolf chased her into the house. That was going a little too far, and father said he would take the matter in had. So he killed a sheep and place it in such http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b1c4588af46dbd8af42c303657008e55.jpg 3a9e11833239c1e5efb00f483eec485c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 13) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 11 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] a life-like position on the trap, that no wolf could resist it, and the old fellow was caught the very first night. "That is all the wolf stories I remember. But as you have been shooting owls today, I will tell you an owl story. "John Poole, the boy who fired at the wolves the night of Mrs. Blackman's party, was the son of a widow who lived neighbor to us. "One night, a few months after the party, father and mother were awakened from their sleep by a violent knocking and pounding at the door and some one crying, 'Help! help!' Father sprang quickly out of bed, drew back the great, wooden bolt and called out, "Who's there? What's the matter?' "A voice in the darkness answered, "It's me! it's me!" and the Devil is in my bedroom!' and the owner of the voice, whoever he was, staggered through the door and fell on the floor. "By that time we were all aroused, and very much alarmed. Mother hastily blew up a coal and lighted a candle, and there on the floor, lay John Poole. His curly hair was torn and matted; his face was scratched, and the blood was streaming down. He was a frightful object, and so exhausted by fear and running, he could scarcely speak. Mother bathed his face, and after a time he managed to tell his story. "The Pooles lives in a cabin, with one room below and a loft above. Mrs. Poole slept in the lower room and John in the upper. He had taken his candle, as usual , and climbed the ladder but no sooner had he stepped into his room, than he heard a frightful noise, and the Devil, himself, jumped out at him, and seized him by the hair, and blew out his candle, and beat him on the head and scratched him, -- all the time calling him dreadful names, in a language he could not understand. It was only by a miracle that he escaped and jumped down the ladder, and never stopped running till he had reached our house. "Our hair stood on end as we listened. Bears and panthers were bad enough! But a Devil, was too awful for anything! And father took down his gun, we all cried, and begged him not to go. But he went off laughing, saying that he would kill the Devil and bring him home with him. "In half an hour he came back, carrying an immense white owl! John was very much mortified, and it was many years before he heard the last of his Devil." http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d85e652dadfae1dfd135acac5c1b335f.jpg 77467310ae5fdd444da2c220c5eb2ccc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 14) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 12 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] Part III The sun shone bright and clear the morning after the storm, and Jack looked from his window on a world of whiteness. The sleighs, with their jingling bells, were not yet out, and the deep snow muffled the noises of the street. To the out- ward ear, all was silence, --but it was the silence of intense life. The snow dazzled; the icicles glistened; the sun shot forth his rays, and the very air sparkled. A child lives close to nature; and Jack' eyes grew bright, and his pulses quickened under the influences of the morning. He laughed aloud as a flock of "wax- wings" swooped down on the "mountain ash," scattering the snow, in search of their breakfast of berries. And a moment after, Jack was a "wax-wing" himself, in red mittens, flying here and there through the snow-drifts with a heart as free from care as any bird of them all. But alas! legs are not wings, at will, and snow- covered ice is treacherous. For with a cry, poor little Jack falls helpless. The birds fly away; the children troop along to school; the sleighs go merri- ly by, while Jack lies on the sofa in the parlor. but he is Jack no longer: he is a soldier, wounded in the great Rebellion. His army coat hangs by his side, the buttons are tarnished and the shoulder-straps are faded; -- Virginia suns and the dampness of Virginia trenches have left their marks upon them. On his head is an old cap, the regulation blue is dimmed and visor is defaced, but Jack takes pride -- and well he may -- in the golden letters that adorn the front. Over his shoulders is a sash that once was crimson, and on his breast he wears a badge bear- ing the names of "Petersburgh," and "Spottsylvania," and "Cold Harbor." Grandma is the nurse in charge, and tells her patient many stories of hospitals and wounded men. "Women have to take care of men; don't they, Grandma? They can't fight and wear uniforms and get wounded." "No, they don't wear uniforms, and don't generally fight. But I know one man who was wounded, and wounded by a soldier. Her father kept a tavern on Wyoming Flats, and when she was a little girl, about as old as you are, some Revo- lutionary soldiers stopped at their house to spend the night. One of them careless- ly laid his gun in a corner of the room; in some way it was knocked over and it went off, shooting the little girl in the leg. Her wound was so severe they were obliged to cut off her leg, and she had weeks of suffering. But the Government gave her a pension, and she got on very well with her wooden leg. Mother told me a funny story about that leg. "The Hilman's came to Ohio the same time with our people and old Mrs. Hilman rode horseback nearly all the way. One night they stopped at a tavern, and the landlord came out to help Mrs. Hillman from her horse. He had on high boots with his pants tucked into them. He offered his hand, Mrs. Hillman gave a spring, and by some chance her wooden leg went inside of his boot. They both fell to the ground, and the leg was so wedged in, it required a great effort on the part of the bystanders to get them apart. "Mrs. Hillman was the tailor of the neighborhood, and went from house to house cutting and making clothes for the men and boys. We were always delighted when she came to us, for she had seen Washington and Lafayette, and she told us many stories: but especially, there was a fascination and a mystery about her wooden leg that never lost its interest. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f4e3284af26160ec7ed697dd2c6b0b33.jpg 4e0bad9bdcb2c17e726b197b79d2b642 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 15) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 13 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] Yes, my grandfather came from "Wyoming Flats, too. He owned a good farm there, with a house and barn and everything comfortable. But he had four sons, Abram, Isaac, and Jacob and John, and two daughters, Sarah and Rebecca; and to see them all settled in life was more to him than houses or land, or ease and comfort. So he sold all that he had, bade good-by to the scenes of his early life, and with the remnant of his household goods packed in two wagons, and their sons with their wives and children following, he set forth upon a journey through forests almost unbroken, over streams dangerous to ford, and among a people savage and cruel; -- a journey whose only limit was the little bag of money, hidden, perhaps like Joseph's cup, in a sack of grain, for grandfather had decided on the number of his acres, and would travel on until the price accorded with his means. "With him were three brothers -- Carpenter by name, the Taylor family, the Hillmans, and the Sturtevants. Old Mrs. Sturtevant was a resourceful shiftless sort of a woman, but only one little circumstance made her famous as a manger and the envy of her neighbors. At starting she had hung her churn behind the wagon, And every night when she milked her cow -- they all brought cows -- she put her milk in her churn and the jolting of the wagon churned it, and she had fresh butter all the way, and buttermilk to treat her friends. "My mother lived to be a very old woman, but to the day of her death she blamed herself for her want of management, and spoke mournfully of the butter she might have made. "Why they chose Kingston township for their home I cannot tell. It was sever- al miles from any settlement, and had only two inhabitants, --old George Hess and Mother Hess, his wife; but Kingston was their Canaan, and there grandfather bought his land, paying one dollar and a half an acre, and there he built his house, and there my father and my uncles built their houses. "They were rude enough. Sawmills were unknown, and hewing boards form solid trees was slow work. We had a puncheon floor, and the ceiling overhead was elm- bark, the stump of a tree, left standing in a corner of the room, made a solid table, and my cradle -- for I was the first baby born in the new home -- was a little maple trough. "Mother had brought with her chests of clothes and cloth enough to last us until the land was cleared and our first crop of flax grown; but our chief diffi- culty was in getting corn for bread. Several times a year father was obliged to take a long journey to Chillicothe -- his bridle-path marked by blazed trees -- for the purpose of buying corn. "Near our house was the samp mortar, -- a stump hollowed out with a weight, suspended by a sweep, -- and here the men of the neighborhood came, in turn, to pound their corn. Years after Norton's mill was built, and all the men for thirty miles around took their provisions with them and went to the 'raising.' To hear father tell, in his return, of the height of it, and the width of it, and the size of the hopper, and the weight of the stone, was like the wonders of Aladdin. "Old George Hess was a very important man in our neighborhood; for he had a cleared farm and had raised potatotes, and had seed wheat to sell. "But more important than George Hess was George's wife, who was known to us all as Mother Hess. She was a stout little woman, in a short gown and petticoat. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/71ed1a3266fdbd210968364ee5db88a4.jpg f040f2db1f9003dd9936899daeb0d6a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 16) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 14 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] with a man's hat upon; her head; and her constant companions were three big black dogs. They had no children, so they adopted three, or rather she adopted two, and George one. "Dave was George's boy, and Moze and Julie were claimed by Mrs. Hess. George had all the care and responsibility of his child, and she of her two. If Dave was sick in the night, George had to get up and attend to him; but if it were Moze or ornaments of their house was a large looking-glass, but having found Julie looking in it, more than she thought was good for her Mother Hess took it down, -- when she died, twenty years after, it was unpacked from one of her great chests. "George was a frugal man and drove a close bargain. Walter Dunham once went to him to buy some wheat. Walter was a poor man, and the price was so exorbitant, he felt he could not pay it, and was turning dejectedly away, when old Mrs. Hess followed him and whispered "'You come back when George is not at home.' "And he did go back, and she filled his bags without charge and sent him off happy. "Another time, this same Walter Dunham had all his sheep killed by wolves. The day following, father had a rolling and Mrs. Hess came to help mother cook for the men. At the table they were lamenting Mr. Dunham's ill luck. "I'm sorry, too,' said Mrs. Hess, 'I'm sorry one sheep. How sorry are you?' and she appealed to each in turn, and not to be outdone by a woman, every man had to be sorry a sheep. The next day all met at Mr. Dunham's and Mother Hess was with them, leading the finest of her flock. She was a great Whig and her influence among a poor class of squatters called 'Taways,' controlled the election. She would often walk ten miles to Delawaretown to hear a political speech, a dislike of riding be- ing one of her peculiarities. Her horses were like children to her. Their names were all written in the family Bible, and at her death, thirty were caught and sold that had never known a bridle. "George died first. But, years before his death, they had equally divided the property. George left his to Dave, but hers went to Moze and Julie. These two had fortunately married one another, and as long as lived they made a happy home for Mother Hess. "In less than a year after mother came to the country, she was followed by her three brothers, Uncle Newman and Uncle Joe and Uncle Ben. Uncle Josh came many years later. He had been a sargeant in the Continental Army and a soldier in the War of 'Eighteen hundred and twelve'. Uncle Joe was a great man, an office holder in the county and a member of the Legislature. But Uncle Ben, the black sheep of our family, was our favorite. "Uncle Ben was in many ways remarkable. He is the only man I have ever known who had double front teeth. They were white and even, and the peculiarity was scarcely noticeable; but they were double all around, and strong beyond be- lief. He was very eccentric in his dress, never wearing a coat, even in the http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1401ae0e273989125e9483970d3179c4.jpg 27f236d3919385295b66e382b77f4e41 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 17) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 15 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] coldest weather. His shirts were made of calico, a little open in the front and ruffled around the neck. His eyes were gray, and his expression kind and pleasant. His wife lived in Pennsylvania; but Uncle Ben's home was wherever he happened to be, and his money belonged to any one who needed it. "He had been a Methodist preacher -- and his knowledge of the Scriptures and his mighty voice made him welcome at revivals and camp meetings -- but he fell from grace so often, the Conference could not trust him; and when we knew him, he was a veritable 'Jack-of-all-trades.' "He brought a set of tools with him, and under his skillful hand our house became quite elegant, in comparison with our neighbors. We had a planed door with a latch and wooden bolt, two bedsteads made of cherry wood, and best of all, a chest of drawers. That was a piece of furniture to be proud of, and we little girls felt rich with half a drawer apiece. "Uncle Ben made coffins, too. Once there was a freshet, and the waters of the 'Big-belly' rose so high that the ford became impassable, and the foot-bridge was washed away. Uncle Ben had a coffin to deliver on the other side, and how to get it over became a serious question. The hour of the funeral drew near; the case was urgent; and at last Uncle Ben solved the difficulty by boldly launching it upon the water and paddling it across. "Poor Uncle Ben! How many stories, the old people used to tell of him! He did not keep himself unspotted from the world, but he visited the widow and the father- less, and the cause of the poor he searched out. Once I saw him take the shoes from off his feet and give them to a wretched woman; and he had to buy a cow for a family left in poverty. By his example he taught us to be generous, and his gifts of dresses and ribbons and pretty things, made room for him in all our hearts. Girls loved pretty dresses then, as girls do now, and mother did her best to please us. And her best, what did that involve! -- shopping 'round in pleasant stores and seeking after styles and fashions? No, indeed! It was climbing up the ladder to the cabin loft and bringing down the bag of flaxseed. It was the planting in the springtime; the anxious watching for the flowers in summer; the directing of the children as they pulled it in the fall; the raking and the binding and the rotting; the breaking and the skutching and the hetcheling; the carding of the tow and the spinning on the big wheel; the winding of the distaff and spinning on on the little wheel; the reeling and the quilling; the rinsing of some skeins in lye to bleach them, and the coloring of others. Last, and most difficult of all, the weaving and the cloth was done, -- some white, some unbleached, striped and checked with coppers and blue, -- and now, after months of labor and anxiety, the dresses could be cut and made; and not dresses only, but shirts and sheets and pillow-cases, the ticking for our feather beds, table cloths, towels, curtains, and even cloth to sell. the girls were taught to spin as soon as they were old enough, and a little sister, more ambitious than the others, had a little bench on which she jumped to reach the wheel. "The loop-shop was the first addition to our house, and mother was noted for her weaving. In one day she wove fourteen yards of yard-wide cloth, and carried it to Berkshire and traded it out at Judge Brown's store. The first one-horse wagon in our township, --no carriage has ever seemed to me so fine as that, -- she bought and paid for with proceeds of her loom. "In the evenings, as a kind of fancy work, she wove tape (buttons were a luxury, and we used tape instead), and father twisted rope for harnesses and bed- cords. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1d55270883798717dd1af461865d4d21.jpg 7b065c450fe6482d5272d32cdd9c3d63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 18) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 16 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] "Our cherry bedsteads had corded bottoms and high posts, reaching nearly to the ceiling. these, curtained off, made spare chambers for our guests, and two or three in a room were no disadvantage. 'Round mother's were curtains of gay chintz from Pennsylvania, and the other were of linen, woven by herself. These were finished at the top by a valance or ruffle, pleated and fastened on with pins. For these pins I sighed! Cousin Beck suggested that thorns were just as good as pins for curtains; and one day when mother was busy in the loom-shop, and the children were off playing, I dragged out one of the big chests, put a chair on top of it, mounted the chair, and, carefully withdrawing the pins, substituted long sharp thorns. My stock in trade gave me a great advantage and I played pin till all the school was bankrupt. When mother cleaned house, months after, she discovered the deception and questioned all the older children, but never thought of me, I was so little and so innocent. "Yes, mother had a busy life. When the land was cleared and father had pasture for the sheep, she made woolen goods as well as linen, and she bought cotton by the bunch, mixed it with the wool and wove a cloth called jeans, twilled and heavy , for the men and boys. We took great pride in our first woolen clothes. Our undergarments were colored red with bran and madder; and our dresses brown, with butternut bark, or green, with peach leaves. "One night when Elim Brown was keeping company with my sister, I slipped from bed and walked around the room, for the purpose of displaying my night- gown of red flannel. My sister was horrified, and I suffered for my vanity by being sent off in disgrace. There was work in plenty for both men and women; everything we ate and everything we wore came from the hand. I was almost grown before I saw any sugar except that made in our own camp. Occasionally we had a treat of store tea, but generally drank rye coffee and tea made of sage. The first genuine coffee I ever tasted was at Uncle Dan'els. "Uncle Dan'el was a doctor, and with his pill-bag on his saddle rode every- where about the country. On one of his trips he had either bought or been pre- sented with some coffee; -- it was a great luxury, but Aunt Thankful said, 'Massy!' -- she always prefaced everything with 'Massy!'--'Massy! Children will enjoy it more'n grown folks!' and paying no attention to Uncle Dan'el's remonstrances, but talking to herself all the time, she bustled about, browned it in the skillet pounded it in the mortar, and then giving it a good, hard boil to get the strength out, poured it into our cups. The first taste! I remember it now, and Aunt Thankful's enjoyment of it all, as passed the cream and sugar saying, 'Massy! children, help yourselves; there's plenty of it.' "Yes, that was my first coffee. It seems strange to think about it now; but then even such common things as pepper and spice and soda were unknown, and our salt was brought sixty miles on horseback. Mother pounded dill and sassafras root for flavoring; and we raised red peppers in the garden, and cooked little pieces with our food to season it. Soda--saleratus we called it--mother made by burning corn-cobs on the griddle. "Work, work in every direction. Their pleasures were only work under another name, work made play by the sympathy of friends. The rollings and the raisings and the huskings, the quilting-bees and the pumpkin-parings and the apple-parings http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6259e679b2c52b2df3e0e584883d28a5.jpg a3eb75f28c7412ee5206eb6b2212a872 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 19) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 17 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] were called merrymakings; but they were, in reality, hard work done in company. The spinning-bees were best of all, and had a double value. Was any woman sick or burdened with unusual cares, her flax and tow were divided out among her neighbors. the work was done, and her recovery, perhaps, was celebrated by a party. Provisions were sent in, and each one came, bringing with her the yarn that she had spun. "It was almost impossible to get work done for money. Sometimes a Taway would hire for a few days. And there was a queer old man, who appeared every winter, and went from house to house spinning for his board and clothes. We called him 'Jimmy the Spinner'; but where he came from, no one knew, or why he had chosen that strange way of life. He was a quiet little man. He had no stories to tell about his wanderings, and but little interest in the life around him; but he had a store of plaintive love songs, and he sang them as he spun, in a weak, quavering voice. Year after year, he went his rounds, coming in the fall and leaving in the spring;--he was part of the season to us. We knew that winter was coming, for 'Jimmy the spinner' sat in our kitchen corner, and that spring was at hand when he said good-by. "One year we watched for him in vain. The leaves had fallen and the nuts been gathered, but still he did not come. And he never came again. From first to last he was a mystery. "Another singular character was 'Johnny Appleseed'--a small wiry man, with keen black eyes and long black hair. For years he had gone up and down through Ohio and Indiana, doing and finally sacrificed his life. He was chosen, he said, to make the wilderness blossom; to plant, that others might eat of the fruit. At the cider mills in Pennsylvania he gathered apple-seeds; filling a bag, he took it on his back and started westward. Carefully choosing places where the soil was fertile and the outlook pleasant, he would clear the ground and plant his seeds. These clearings would, perhaps, be miles from any habitation and often in the midst of forests, but the locality was well marked in his mind and year after year they were re-visited and cultivated, and became, under his care, nurseries for the surrounding country. "His devotion and enthusiasm inspired many of the early settlers to lay out orchards. He advised and helped them in the transplanting of the trees, and then his work was done. They blossomed and bore fruit, and Johnny was far away, still doing his 'duty' in the advance of civilization. "He lived to be an old man. One night he asked for shelter at a cabin, in western Indiana. They gave him food and offered him a bed, but he preferred the floor, --and with his bag beside him, went to sleep. In the morning they found that he was dying. He was unconscious, but a look of perfect peace was on his face. Perhaps he saw the Tree of Life. "The love of this man for the trees that he planted was like that of a father for a child. He could not bear to have them pruned or grafted. To cut them, seemed inflicting pain. His heart was full of tenderness toward everything except himself. He went cold and hungry; walked barefooted, through the snows of winter, and bore the heat of summer; but he could not see an animal or an insect suffer, and the little money that he had, he spent in providing home for crippled and ill- treated horses. He loved all children, and carried in his bag bright bits of calico and ribbon for the little girls. It was said that he would http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cf75d4b8a9b2d441d3c203d7732ed267.jpg e447ffb06558e5e04b2acad84901042a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 20) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 18 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] never eat at any house, till he would ask and be assured that there was plenty for children. "Grandfather's house was generally his stopping place, and over the kitchen fire they held long arguments; for Johnny held strange views, called Swedenborgian, and grandfather was a Wesleyan Methodist. The first prayer-meeting I ever attended was at grandfather's. Their house had but one room, which was warmed and lighted by the fireplace at the end,--a fireplace so large, they sometimes hauled in with a horse, the logs to fill it. Against the opposite walls were two curtained beds; and in one corner was a cupboard, filled with blue flowered dishes and big pewter platters. Bunches of herbs were drying overhead, and hams of venison and links of sausages hung against the chimney. "When the people came to prayer-meeting, and all the chairs and chests and beds were occupied, they bought in rough benches from outside, and soon the room was filled. Some of the women had babies in their arms and children holding to their skirts. Uncle Isaac and Uncle Jake were class leaders, and they prayed and spoke and 'occupied the time', while Aunt Thankful led the singing, in a high- pitched voice. "Uncle Dan'el -- much to Aunt Thankful's grief was -- a Universalist. Once he invited a Universalist preacher to hold service at his house. Aunt Thankful was offended and refused to go into the room. But after the sermon was over and the preacher was going away, Aunt Thankful called out, 'Massy, Dan'el! You're not going to let him go without a cup of tea.' The good soul had had the kettle boiling all the time, her hospitable heart being stronger than her theology. "I was a large girl before we had any church building. but meetings were regularly held in the houses of the neighborhood: and after Mr. Carpenter built his barn, we met there in pleasant weather. There was room for all on the large thrashing floor, and a barrel answered for a pulpit. Here the Word was expounded, prayers offered and and arrangement made for works of charity and mercy the ensuing week. Was any one sick, the preacher would announce it and ask for watchers and for workers -- who would go on Sunday night! Who would wash on Monday! Could some- one take the ironing home, and send a baking in? One after another would volun- teer, until the week was filled, and the care and comfort of their neighbor was insured. Had any poor come to their midst, they were provided for in the same way, and for over fifty years not one poor person, man or child, came on the town. "There were some Episcopalians in our neighborhood. Mrs. Blackman, who came from Newtown--the one who gave the party--was an Episcopalian and so was her neighbor, Mrs. Curtis. They always went to Berkshire to church riding on pillions, behind their husbands. In Berkshire the 'Princes' lived,--and I must tell you about them, for they were our best friends. "Judge Prince and his brother were the first settlers in Berkshire township. They came from Connecticut, bringing with them old Kate and Toney, two colored people, who had been slaves to their father. Toney and Kate were cousins. When their master died, he left his little boys in their care, and they had been, as best they could, father and mother to them, and finally, in their old age came with them to their new home in Ohio. "All this happened before I was born or Kingston settled. But Toney, a gray-haired old darky, was very fond of telling the story, and I heard it again http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7268e4d25251b76bada37cfb1320e67f.jpg ba879e39aaf5fdca81226fbfd7252cbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 21) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 19 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] and again when I was a little girl. Toney was a favorite with the children, and the redcheeked apples that he brought us were as great a rarity and as highly prized, as oranges or bananas, by the children of the present day. "By this time Mr. Prince--the elder brother--had married Judge Brown's daughter and become a judge himself, and when Mrs. Blackman and Mrs. Curtis rode to Berkshire on their pillions, he read the service from the Prayer-book at the schoolhouse; and one or twice a year Bishop Chase, himself, came for Confirma- tion. He, of course, stayed with the Princes. "I remember hearing Mrs. Prince tell mother, how, on one of his visits, he had accidentally broken her only china bowl. But she said it did not matter, for the Bishop always liked to drink out of a gourd better than anything else. "Even at that time, people found it difficult to buy things. Mrs. Prince once sent to our house, a distance of two miles and a half, for a needle that she had left there the day before; but after a few years her father opened a store in Berkshire, and it was there that mother sold the fourteen yards of cloth that she had woven in one day. "One experience of my life made a deep impression on my mind, and the circumstances of it are vivid to this hour. It was a fall day and mother had gone to Berkshire and left me in charge of the house. Once a year Joseph Prince took a drove of hogs to New York and mother always helped his sister-in-law--the Judge's wife-- to get him ready for the trip. He went horseback, following his hogs. The journey was long and tedious, and required a stock of good, warm mittens, thick winter stockings and heavy overalls packed closely in his saddlebags. "We can scarcely imagine such a journey now. Hogs are 'pig-headed' animals to drive, and in the woods, especially, needed constant care and patience. they would take their time; there was no use trying to hurry them, and the hundred miles to the Lake must have seemed interminable. At Sandusky they took a boat to Buffalo, and then on foot again to New York city. "Well, father and mother had gone to say 'Good-by' to Joseph, as people nowadays go on board a European steamer; and , as I told you, I was left to keep the house. there was an unusual excitement in our neighborhood that day, in regard to some suspicious characters that had been seen in company with Palmer-- Mr. Taylor's son-in-law. This Palmer had come a stranger to the settlement, and being a showy, talkative young man, had won the heart of Mr. Taylor's daughter and married her. They had a little baby and she stayed at home, but he always away on what he called 'business'. This time, on his return, he brought two or three men with him, and suspicion gained ground that his 'business' was making 'counterfeit money'. A smoke had been seen rising above the forest trees and several of the neighbors, Uncle Jake and Uncle Dan'el among the number, came for father to go with them on the search. I told them that father was in Berkshire, and they left me anxious and distressed. We had no daily papers then, to make crime familiar to us,--the Delaware Gazette was the only paper I had ever seen, two or three families clubbed together and subscribed for that, but it was filled with local politics, a love story now and then, and original poems in the Poet's Corner',--and the thought that counterfeiters might be in our woods--even then at work!--was dreadful and terrified me so, I scarcely dared to stay alone. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1ba9570ace3381660f8a57af4596a5ca.jpg 24db35f972de157c00eae6de0281ef41 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 22) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 20 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] "The hours passed on, I undressed the little children and put them into their bed, and was sitting sewing when the door flew open, and a man dashed by, saying, 'For heaven's sake, hide this, or I'm a ruined man!' and before I had time to breathe he was gone, and at my feet was a bag of something. I heard steps out- side, and scarcely knowing what I did, I seized the bag and threw it into the oven, the door of which stood open. "The next instant Uncle Jake and Uncle Daniel and all the men came in, out of breath, crying, "Did Palmer come in here! Have you seen Palmer?' "I trembled with fear, but answered boldly: "No! I have not seen him. He has not been through here.' "And taking my word, they hurried on. They caught him somewhere near the hay stacks, and held him under arrest, while they searched for evidence. But they never found it and were obliged to let him go. "It seems they had followed the smoke and came upon the gang at work, but in some way the alarm was given, and Palmer, who was remarkable for his fleetness, seized the bag of dies and escaped with them. "I hope to never pass another such a night. I could find no place secret enough to hide the bag. I tried to go to sleep with it under my bed, but it haunted me like an evil spirit, and I finally got up and buried it in a barrel of bran. "Months after, when Palmer had left the country, I took courage and told father. The bag disappeared form the barrel, but the remembrance of that dread- ful night and the lie that I told, troubled me for many a year. "We always went to father when we were in trouble. Father was a loving easy-going man, as men given to hunting often are, and was never in hurry. He managed his farm very well, but there was little inducement to raise more than we could use ourselves. There was no market for the grain and no means of transpor- tation. Father once took a load of wheat to Mt. Vernon, thirty miles away, but could not sell it at any price, -- and rather than haul it home again, he took it 'round the town and gave it to the poor people. "I remember a man, whose house had been burned down, coming to us for help. Father offered him ten bushels of wheat but he replied that he was not taking wheat any more. "A good cow and calf were sold for five dollars. Father brought the money home in his mitten and gave it to me to count. The most of it was 'split money,' silver dollars cut in two, four and eight pieces. "Where there was little to sell, there was little to buy, even our shoes father learned to make by ripping up an old one, stitch by stitch, and cutting off a pattern. He made them of wild hog skin. The woods were full of wild hogs, some of them quite savage. One boar, especially, with enormous tusks, was so ferocious, the men went in company to hunt him, and it was said that his hide was so tough, it turned a bullet. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8af9f2548b0408e5fb4829f88980acb0.jpg 892b7d0fdcbad0c9b346a411aadff9ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 23) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 21 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] "No , we could live and spend very little money. The taxes were the greatest trouble, and to meet these, father depended chiefly on his wolf scalps (for each of which he received a bounty of a dollar) and his coon skins; these were always salable. One young man, a neighbor of ours, had cleared his land and built his cabin and wanted to be married. The bride was ready. She had her dower of feather-beds, and homespun linen, and nothing was wanting but money enough to buy the license. Coons were scarce, it was anxious time for the young lovers, but finally love prevailed. Coons were caught and skinned and sold, the license granted, and another home was founded. "Father took great pleasure in his garden. His vegetables were excellent, but the flowers were his pride. Such a bed of pinks was never seen; and 'stur- tians' of every color; sweet peas and gilly flowers and roses, hollyhocks and mari- golds! The yard was brilliant with color, and the house covered with vines. The neighbors said they could smell our pinks a quarter of a mile. We had a bed of tulips that was gorgeous. The bulbs were a present from Mother Hess, and she said that the variety of color came from sewing them through and through with sewing silk. The tiger-lily was father's favorite flower. When he was a very old man, and had gone with Charles to Illinois, he had one planted under his bedroom win- dow, so when he could walk no longer, he could see it from his bed. "Mother's energy and vigor did everything for us. It sent us to school, it made us study, it taught us to work and fitted us to struggle with the world; but father's gentleness and sympathy , his love of natural things, was, to our lives, what the vines and flowers were to our cabin. A beauty was given to common things; a grace to labor; a sacredness to the very soil, which held the bloom and fragrance of the rose. We were taught to work, but at the same time we were taught to ob- serve the lily, which toils not, neither doth it spin." Grandma ceased to speak and a silence fell upon the circle gathered around her. Jack was long ago asleep and "children of a larger growth" had been listen- ing to the stories of their mother's childhood. Never again in all the world could such an experience be repeated. The spirit of "Jimmy the Spinner" would look in vain for flax-wheels in the chimney corner, and a young man's hope would be deferred if it depended upon coon skins; the men could not be found who was taking wheat no longer, or a Bishop who preferred a gourd to drink from. No, those days are gone, and their experiences can never be repeated; but remembering the labor and sacrifice of our mother's life and that of our mother's mother may that experience blossom into patience, and patience work out hope. Their endur- ance and fortitude is our inheritance, and we deny our birthright when we submit to discouragements or cease to hope. The shadows of evening gather 'round us and the fire burns low upon the hearth, the sleeping child upon the sofa, with his "army things around him, speaks of Peace that comes through conflict, and is a fitting emblem of this Christmas- time, and with our father and mother in our midst, we, their children, may well sing the song of "Glory to the Highest, and Good Will To Men". http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e3a7db848cb7b8c48a84a01b40ce57e.jpg 5c39633859d0a0503d369e75fa5be677 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 24) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 22 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] A Brief History of the Patrick Family. Jacob Patrick, a native of Ireland, born 1733, came to America with his parents and settled in Massachusetts in 1735. He had one son by his first wife, Mathew by name. His second wife was Zeruah Rogers, a descendant of John Rogers who was burned at the stake in England (1555) on account of religion. This marriage produced nine children, seven boys and two girls. Their names in order of their birth were; Joshua, Jacob, Mary, Sheperd, Susan, William, Benjamin, Norman and Joseph. Their ages varied from 66 to 90 years at time of death.* Matthew and Joshua served throughout the Revolutionary War. Benjamin and Joshua served in the War of 1812. Joshua was shot through the hand by an Indian three days before Hull's Surrender, he received a pension to the time of his death. Matthew married and settled in New York State, nothing is known of his family. Joshua married twice and two sons by his first wife, Cepter and Charles: four by his second wife, Poeba, Holms, Washington and Lafayette. There was little known of Jacob, as he left home at an early day and was never seen by his brother Joseph. A son of his visited the Patricks' of Delaware County, in 1835. Mary married Jacob Flowers, a soldier of the Revolution: they had three girls and five boys. Shepard married Kate Goodwin and had 2 girls and a boy. Susan married Abraham Rosecrans, 8 girls and 2 boys, namely Calista, Zeruah, Miranda Mahala, Elizabeth, Mariah, Almon, Sefrona, Charles and Susan. Elizabeth and Mariah were twins. William was supposed to have settled in Michigan, nothing is known of his history. Benjamin's first wife, a Miss Atherton, two girls and one boy, namely Elizabeth, Malvina, and Charles. His second wife, a widow by name of Burger, they had one son Benjamin. Norman married a Sarah Williams, 3 girls and 3 boys, namely Keziah, Norman Huldah, Matilda, George and John. (George was nicknamed Bunk). Joseph married Sarah Taylor, six girls and two boys namely Eliza (married Oliver Stark), Emilia, (married George Landon), Charles, Mary and Elizabeth, Julia, Porter and Zeruah. *Susan, Benjamin, Norman and Joseph emigrated from Luzerne County, Pa. to Delaware County, Ohio in 1809. My children will have a more complete history of the Patrick Family). Joseph B. Landon Charles Patrick married Lydia Murphy had six children as follows: Sarah who married Tom Fredricks. Thomas (Tom) married Melissa Parnes Jane who married _____ Walker. Two other children - Thomas died as a baby Joseph who married Annie Fredricks. before Thomas 2nd. was born. Lydia died as a baby. Mary Fitzpatrick married _____ Raymond and had one child Lenora Mary Patrick married ______ Raymond and had one child Lenora who married Geo Wilcox. Elizabeth married John Rooney and had Louellen-Eugene and Allen. Julia married Geo. Benton, two children, both died young. Porter married Phoebe McFalls Zeruah married Roswell Fowler for 1st. husband- children Junnia and Lydia, Junnia married Oren Barcus. Lydia married Wilbur Roberts. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7a26a842d906e1454a6ee56e44908d20.jpg 24efdcb77847cecdadb8c20db198772c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 25) Subject The topic of the resource [corresponds to page 23 of When Our Mother was a Little Girl ] (A) Abraham Rosecrans Farm *Where bear was killed. (B) Sam Rosecrans Farm (L) Joseph Patrick Farm (D) Cemetery where some of these folks are buried. (C) Norman Patrick Farm (purchased in 1814). http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d763556fa34f0f8141c9d8a68e89df1f.jpg 5cdaf7e572221c06a0faf23beeb6b742 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl (p. 26) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource When Our Mother was a Little Girl Subject The topic of the resource Landon family--Genealogy Ohio--Delaware County--Kingston Township--History Patrick family--Genealogy Rosecrans family--Genealogy Description An account of the resource This book is a collection of early settlement stories of Berkshire and Kingston townships in Delaware county, OH. The stories are told by Mahalia Rosecrans to her grandson, son of the author, Mrs. A. Baldwin. Topics include early settlement culture, encounters with Native Americans and Native American culture, the ups and downs of having money, farming, hunting, education, prayer meetings and religion. The book includes a history of the Perfect family (Mrs. Baldwin's maternal line) and a map showing the locations of events pertinent to the stories in the book. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Mrs. A. Baldwin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31153866 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joseph B. 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Description An account of the resource [corresponds to inside cover of Day by Day] [illustration] Community Library Sunbury, Ohio Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 2) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dfcc23fdf0cc638614a5c2afe5611379.jpg 6a30d98429842230146627c70ec8b2dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page of Day by Day] Day by Day [illustration] Doris Davidson Day Community Library Sunbury, Ohio 1995 Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 3) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f1f9516813d03c31b772c8648270704d.jpg fa3e3dbea5a40da32361de3f1078b53b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 1 of Day by Day] Grandchild Child of my child Heart of my heart Your smile bridges the years between us - I am young again discovering the world through your eyes. You have the time to listen and I have the time to spend Delighted to gaze at familiar loved features, made new to in your eyes again. Through you, I'll see the future. Through me, you'll know the past. In the present we'll love one another As long as these moments shall last. - Perfect pleasures Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 4) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/66d3157b91e4c38a3ff75e5a36547f60.jpg 60179f03495d42fe3f1098d7dff75c56 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 2 of Day by Day] Preface Many of us in our lifetime have been a part of, or know of, a 5-generation family because it represents a span of about 80 years. We have had 8 generations of our family living since the early 1900's to now. If all the grandparents back to 1750 were still living you would have several million grandmas and grandpas and wouldn't that be a pretty kettle of fish. Talk about being spoiled! Of course, you have only a few grandparents living EXCEPT - you have little bits and pieces of all these other grandparents in you. and that is what sets you apart as unique. Perhaps one of you got grandpa's red hair, or grandma's blue eyes, or a mind for math, a dread disease, a gimpy knee. Thank, or blame, your ancestors. I want to begin by honoring your grandparents by writing what I know, or have heard about them. I will then tell of my married life from my perception, taking it up to the time our children were married. From there you will have to have them write their history for you. I hope you'll enjoy my reflections on childhood, marriage, work, joys and sorrow of what, looking back, seems a long, long time. .2. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 5) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6a894b1bbdc7fe24c056c6d35ade8a07.jpg 96b5013bcb8119adf07e00b8b98d57b0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 6] [corresponds to page 3 of Day by Day] The Family Tree Great-Great-Great- Grandparents Mrs. Dixon ? ? ? Mary J. Covert Davidson Thomas Davidson Great -Great Grandparents Middleton and Sarah Day William and Mary Glenn Annie C. Davidson Cline Spencer and Maggie Cowell Great Grandparents Truman and Katie Day Cliff and Maye Davidson Grandparents Wendell and Doris Davidson Day (PaBee) and (Bee) .3. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 6) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/76814c7fb82d9347aad351e15f555cc8.jpg 8b73ed7c046dadb041063b8d65a1ba59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 4 of Day by Day] I grew up thinking that I only had two sets of grandparents. Mom and Dad had never mentioned having any grandparents, so I guess I assumed that older people didn't have any. As I grew older and learned about ancestors, I did ask a few questions but received no answers that helped so it was stored away some where in my brain never to be thought of again. We were down at Grandma Clines one day in 1940 for a family dinner when something came up about grandparents and Grandma quite casually remarked that her former mother-in-law was still living. We were shocked, amazed and questioning at the announcement. Perhaps stunned is a better word - after all I was 23 with 2 children of my own and I had never heard one word about her. Great-Great-Great-grandmother Dixon with Shirley, Terry, Joan [photo] Immediately we all decided we would like to meet her, and Grandma made the arrangements for us to go to Jericho. How it was accomplished I do not know - I don't believe Grandma had spoken to Mrs. Dixon since the divorce 40 years before. Anyway, one Sunday morning several carloads of .4. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 7) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d66d3525a933416a3e95b50df98d6d0.jpg 1b06f4257313f180ad5c2cfee2d18286 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 5 of Day by Day] Davidsons (who should have been Dixons - explanation later,) set sail for Jericho in southeastern Ohio. She was there to greet us when we arrived - a small, frail woman, very quiet and bearing a not- very-welcoming look. There were no hugs, kisses or even an intimation of being glad to see us. We were not invited into the house, all the conversations took part in the yard where where we finally posed for a 5-generation picture. Five generations: Kathleen Davidson, Leland Davidson, Grandmother Doris Day, Great-Great-Great Grandmother Dixon, Great Great Grandmother Cline, Great-Grandfather Cliff Davidson holding Virginia Davidson Front: Shirley Day, Terry Day Roland Davidson holding Joan Davidson and Wendell Davidson. [photo] It was so awkward and I was so embarrassed for Dad (she didn't even welcome him) that all I wanted was OUT. We left with no thought of returning and no invitation to return, and I never thought of her again until I began writing this little history. Now I wonder - was she quiet and reserved because it was her natural way? Did she resent us being there: if so, why did she agree to the meeting? Was it because she realized, and could not cope with, the fact of how much human contact .5. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 8) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/831fcd74e1ef451d89e83ae9d7787424.jpg 8c6c0b2a75c3d835eddb21e38c850c9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 6 of Day by Day] she had denied herself or been denied by someone else? Whatever the reasons, we left and never contacted her again - nor did she contact us. Great-Great Grandparents My great-great-great grandmother Covert, of the same generation as Mrs. Dixon, lived with my Grandma Cline after she moved to Galena. She had helped Grandma for several years when Grandma boarded river workers. Great-Great-Great=Grandmother Mary J. Covert Davidson [photo] Grandma Cline was divorced in 1899 from the father of her two young sons, Floyd and Clifford. Her husband had left and never returned, leaving her to raise the boys alone in an impoverished section of Ohio. Grandma was a large handsome woman with great coloring, snapping brown eyes, intelligent, very independent and a caring - but not loving- grandmother. she was extremely neat, a wonderful cook and one of her chief pleasures was to host a family dinner for about 50 people consisting of her son and his family, 3 stepchildren and their families and her son with her second marriage. She enjoyed church and always dressed in her "good black dress" wearing a string of black beads. She was a soprano who often sang solos for funerals. She asked very little for herself and even today I could draw a picture of house with every stick of furniture because she never bought anything new. .6. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 9) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/075382e61d26741394ec40476b61915b.jpg df51c3c5549e7af5b11e4aedd07581d9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 7 of Day by Day] Grandma and I were always at odds. It stemmed from a visit our family had made in Woodsfield. she rode with us. I was less than 4 years old and the trip was tiring me when she began to hassle me, each of us getting more and more argumentative as the trip went on. Finally we arrived and things had quieted down when suddenly she began telling the host what a "brat" I had been. I had had it and dredging up from heavens knows where, I pulled out a few choice words and let it be be known that I wanted her to "leave me alone." Great-Great-Grandfather William Dixon [photo] I remember Dad pulling me up by one arm, grabbing a light with the other, and taking me to the basement where I got the whipping of my life. I thought at the time that was highly unfair. Older people sometimes used these same words when they were very angry and they seemed to achieve the desired results; mine didn't. Never having used a swear word before, I decided I needed more practice. Needless to say, Grandma was not impressed with me, and it gave just one more reason to favor my sister over me and influenced her family to do the same. My chief source of comfort as a child, other than books, was my Grandma Cowell who loved me unconditionally and I returned that love. I spent a lot of time there as a child because she had the kind of house a kid enjoys - boxes of buttons, lacy .7. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 10) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5233adae10153f343a1cc8bd0ed9566f.jpg 108e1b4884a95734306f81cf90272979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 8 of Day by Day] 3-D valentines and calendars, a coffee mill which we used to grind the coffee, a deep featherbed you could bury yourself in, magazines by the the score, and the kind of food we liked - coffee and crackers for breakfast ! DEE-LICIOUS, even though the coffee was so strong it could have walked to the table. Outdoors, it was just as fascinating. She grew a huge rambler rose which covered the fence and which was an attraction to everyone going by, especially, it seemed, to the gypsies who came every summer. She had a henhouse full of chickens, some of them setting hens which were hatching chicks, duck with broods of ducklings, a peahen, banty roosters and noisy guineas. It was an experience to gather eggs - you never knew which fowl was going to guard whose eggs. There was also the most accessible haymow I ever saw and it was here we played when the fragrant hay was first mowed and here where we looked for "stray' nests of eggs. Grandpa Cowell was very quiet, curt to the point of rudeness but I knew he was sick and I excused a lot just to be with Grandma. He was a severe asthmatic who was not able to sleep at night except in a reclining chair or on a fainting couch. Even then, we would hear him up many times at night trying to find something to help him breathe. It was at Grandma's that I first heard 2 sounds that always made me think of loneliness- the sound of the old train whistle as it went through Condit and the ticking of her Seth Thomas clock. Wendell's grandparents were William and Mary Glenn and Middleton and Sarah Day. He knew none of them. His grandmother died when Katie was quite small and she was raised by Abe and Della McKenney. The McKenneys lived in a neat little .8. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 11) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/51b3441b8c3faa0a0af156342b3c162c.jpg 02f6d22f80653fa19ab3fe073d43a63e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 8 of Day by Day] house in Newark. Uncle Abe raised produce for the Newark markets and Aunt Della was a housekeeper, immaculate, always in a dark dress with a crisp white apron. Middleton Day Great-Great-Grandfather [photo] Middleton Day was a prominent farmer in Trenton Township and Sarah kept up with him until she became desperately ill with "brain fever" and was given no hope of recovery. The family could not lose "dear Mother Day" and they prayed long, hard for her recovery. You remember the old saying "be careful what you pray for, your prayers might be answered." Well they were answered. Sarah recovered and became a a source of great embarrassment to the family. We think now that she probably had encephalitis and the disease damaged her brain for many of her actions from then on were on the weird side. I had on neighbor tell me that she used to put the chamber pot upside down on her head to go visiting the neighbors. Great Grandparents Pa Bee's parents were Truman and Katie Day. I've already told you Katie was raised by Aunt Della, a little dumpling of a woman who was as neat, organized and precise as they come. If you could come up with 3 adjectives to define just the opposite, that would be Katie. i don' know if life just beat her down or what the problem, but when I knew her she was the most disorganized person you could imaging. Rooms never got cleaned, drawers never sorted, meals never planned, laundry .9. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 12) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1cc3fcac79afc1736065ef55839818a2.jpg 652d3f923f446d80c0f1b08b0b4bf8b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 10 of Day by Day] The Day Family Truman Jr., Katie, Forest, Wendell [photo] never done, etc., etc. It's hard to believe Aunt Della raised her. She would not learn to drive, did not care for reading, did not go to church or go shopping or entertain herself in any way. She was very difficult to live with. Wendell's dad, until 1918, was considered an outstanding community man. He was probably more noted for his singing ability than anything, Possessed of perfect pitch, he could give the note and key to his fellow quartet members so they didn't need a pitchpipe. Further he could pick up a new song and sing it using scale notes instead of words. He was proud of his farm building, he was happy to serve on the school board and as a trustee, but shortly after his 12 year old daughter died, he began drinking and to an extent that changed his life and that of everyone who came in contact with him in ways that could not have been foreseen by anyone. Great-Grandfather Comes to Ohio The year was 1909. He was 13 years old. He stood there in the drive next to a spring wagon hitched to a team of horses and looked back at the building that had been his home for all of his 13 years. He had awakened especially early that morning for he had to take his mother, grandmother, stepfather and assorted step-siblings down to the .10. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 13) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/aa8b31ad57632f04a8da3e38d80086d5.jpg 7a43fe54690e25c25128dbb0e094394c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 11 of Day by Day] river to catch the train to Columbus. Great-Grandfather Clifford Davidson [photo] He was very familiar with the Ohio River for after his mother's divorce at the turn of the century she and her mother had survived by furnishing room, board and laundry service to river boatmen, and it had been his job to drive workers down to the river each morning and return in the evening to bring them home. When asked once how he could see to drive at night, he said the road was lit up all the way like a city because of the many flaring gas wells in Monroe County. The distance to the river was 6-8 miles, so it left him little time to enjoy much schooling; livestock had to be fed, chickens raised to provide food, gardens hoed to furnish vegetables, and potato patch carefully tended because potatoes were the mainstay of their diet. Sometimes he was free to stay at the river awhile and that was when he would lay his fishing line, baited with chicken necks, to return the next morning to pick up the large catfish which would supplement their diet. He was well acquainted with the huge wharf rats which he later describes as being "large as most cats" and with the enormous mud turtles, so ugly that they left him with a lifelong aversion to turtles, turtle meat or even turtle soup. As he stood there now, he remembered other things - how his grandmother had always been with him always there for him, a guiding influence in his life; how hard his mother had had to work to give them food and some sort of home; how "old Mr. Pettay" had delighted, amazed and enlightened him with his many Civil War stories; how most of his .11. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 14) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/456fc535fe2e15506d1c1e2d3e82b60f.jpg 050db1a8b4ba828c06fa6b38340f7965 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 12 of Day by Day] uncles, aunts and cousins had already departed Monroe County for the oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. Now he, too, was leaving and even though he was excited, he still felt a pang at leaving all he had ever known. Would he ever see his boyhood chums again? Or a certain little girl, prettier than most, who lived on the top of a hill? Why, he wondered, had his mother decided to leave? What was the new farm going to be like? Were there hills in eastern Delaware County? Or rivers? More immediate worries came to mind. The spring wagon was loaded to the hilt; Nothing more could be added, not even grandmother's spinning wheel which was left in the front room. What would happen if he should upset the wagon? Or what if a horse threw a shoe? Or if the wagon lost a wheel? Or if he became mired in mud? Or if it poured rain or if or if or- But now decision time was here and as he looked around, he said a silent goodbye to his little home, the hills, Mr. Pettay, his friends, smacked the lines across the team's rumps and began his long, long journey. He followed a route he knew well, up through Barnesville and Woodsfield. From there he was supposed to hit Route 40 and head west. He had nothing for his horses to eat and very little for himself. In those days of horse drawn vehicles it was a very common thing for anyone driving through the countryside to be offered food or water, and even food and bedding for their horses. And so it was with the 13 year old boy. He was helped many times by people who took care of his horse, sometimes offering him a sandwich or a haymow to sleep in. One kind hearted couple had even invited him into their home, allowed him to .12. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 15) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/702960a95c750b32990fbe249d388484.jpg b44a57bd9a3237fcc8df8cf170cfea0c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 13 of Day by Day] wash up, gave him a hearty dinner and a bed to sleep in. Next morning after a country breakfast he was ready to go again with his rested team. He never forgot their kindness nor the homes that housed these people and for years afterward he would point out each one as traveled "down the hills" to our reunions. His trip remained uneventful until he reached the "Y" bridge at Zanesville. There the horse refused to cross the bridge and once more he had to rely on the kindness of strangers. A Zanesville policeman, after several suggestions had failed, finally got some blankets, threw them over the horses' heads and led them across. The boy began to feel his journey would soon be coming to an end. And so it was. After 4 days and 3 nights, he and his faithful team pulled into the barnyard on Trenton Road "saddle" sore and weary, but where that night he could rest in his own bed, his tummy full, and satisfied that he had succeeded well in finishing a pretty daunting task. The 13 year old old was great-great grandfather Clifford Davidson and his trip to Galena was an omen of how hard he would tackle anything and of how well he would do it. My mother was just as industrious as Dad and never missed a chance to to take on Wedding Photograph of Cliff Davidson and Maye Cowell [photo] .13. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 16) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ee57032647d3f7d0d044ba6c86951c8f.jpg 1ad4874081804f61252ee102808eb01e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 14 of Day by Day] anything that would make their life and ours easier, nicer and better. Great Grandmother Maye Davidson [photo] I know little about her early life; she never talked about her forbearers either. I do know that Dad soon forgot his pretty little girl in the hills because he had found what he called "The pettiest girl I ever saw." I can just remember Mom in a red flapper dress and white shoes that buttoned on the side, her long dark hair done up in a bun at the nape of her neck. One day I went to Centerburg with her and once there I sat in an outer room while she went inside. When she came I had to look twice - her hair was gone! You have to understand that in the mid-20's this was a daring thing to do, and I didn't know what to say. She was very quiet going home and I noticed she seemed more and more nervous as she neared home. But as far as I know, I don't think she got a negative reaction from Dad. But her shingle bob was just one small sign of her progressive thinking. On her own in later life she developed an egg- poultry route in Columbus to help with income. As with every new project that one of us thought of, it meant a lot more work for some of us. And so it was with mom's "egg route." For a number of years I was at my folks every Friday to help dress out chickens and later, turkeys. I would return in the evening to help wash, candle and crate eggs. This was all done in the hardest way possible - boiling water in a large pot into which we scalded the chickens, removed the feathers and .14. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 17) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2a549b8e3c51f5eaed0270e1accdf657.jpg d15dc6f365ffde4bd3a69505564ef584 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 15 of Day by Day] dressed them out. Several years later, in a small effort to modernize the operation, my folks purchased a "de-featherer." once dressed, the fowl were put on ice, the egg crates loaded into the car trunk, and the next day Mom and one of us drove to Columbus where we unloaded our produce at various stores and to regular customers. Many things about Mom will come up as I talk about growing up but right now I want to leave you 2 recipes which I consider mom's, not mine, although you've eaten them at my house not her's. Tapioca Pudding 1 box of Pearl Tapioca- Soak overnight in tepid water Beat 5 egg yolks Add 3/4 c. sugar 1/2t. salt Heat 1 1/2 quarts of milk and tapioca to almost boiling. Pour in egg mixture, stirring constantly, and bring to boil. If necessary add more milk, After it boils should be the consistency of unbeaten whipping cream. Remove from stove and add 3/4 TBS vanilla. Noodles Make a well in 1 1/2 c. flour. Add 3 egg yolks 2 whole eggs 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vinegar Blend until it makes a ball you can roll out. May be necessary to add more flour. Roll out thin, let dry then cut for noodles. .15. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 18) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/eacd7a84f87848d1fd6601636a432391.jpg d98c214159ce6dd29f4d253e6b60ac64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 16 of Day by Day] Mom was a wonderful cook, and most of her life baked using wood burning stove. The temperature of the oven read "Low," Med," and "Hi," and her way of testing it for baking was to put her hand in the oven for just an instant, and this way she was able to tell whether it was right for cakes or bread, meringues or cookies and she hardly ever had a bad baking day. One thing I remember about Mom is that after supper was over and we kids would be occupied with homework, she would lower the oven door and sit on it for warmth in the wintertime. it seemed we were always cold prior to 1950, and I've often said since that if I had to choose between eating and being warm I would choose to be warm. The Davidsons Doris M, Roland, Kathleen, Leland [photo] Washing day was another trial in living then. Early in the morning a huge tub of water was brought to a boil, then the clothes thrown in and stirred occasionally. They were then transferred to cooler water where they were hand scrubbed, rinsed and hung out to dry. Who does not remember frozen clothes standing at attention on every clothesline or going upstairs to find frozen clothing draped on stair railings, etc. When I was first married it was necessary that laundry needed to be done by hand washing. In .16. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 19) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1af2d0cb56d3dbe3e12d261a2d399e38.jpg c7bef878f826106dfcd55f2abfa53bc6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 17 of Day by Day] Those cold 1930 days many times we used what was called a double blanket, about 70" by 140" which I would challenge any one of you to wash by hand. From washing this way, we graduated to a "Bass" washer which rocked the clothes clean then you hand cranked them through the wringer. Later with electricity, you simply fed the clothes through the wringer. And then, heaven be praised, came the automatic washer and dryers. No wounder one of my friends said she'd trade her husband rather than lose her washer! Our first soaps were the homemade lye soaps; the we graduated to Fels Naptha, the soap on every homemaker's shopping list. Later came the wonderful scented soaps and the detergents we have today, small things in the greater scheme, but great for their added effectiveness in cleaning and for their convenience. The life that I describe as mine in childhood was very similar to that of PaBee's; it was farm living and everything that one family did then was like everyone else's work. But in order to write of childhood, I must write in first person. One of my earliest memories in that of being bundled up like an Eskimo and riding on the school wagon pulled by two teams of horses, which was driven by dad. Everyone in those days wore long underwear - heaven when you first put them on, then something quite different after the first washing. They stretched so you had to lap the leg over, then try to put on long stockings over that bunch of material, then add lace-up shoes. On the outside we wore a heavy coat, muffler, gloves and a hat that covered everything but our nose. Even so we were frozen when we reached school, after following a route on a mud road so rutted the wheels sank to .17. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 20) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/24ccd718c96174c9b48a172a709fcbf5.jpg ff1155273f98ffb3e5970840ff4ad22b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 18 of Day by Day] School Bus of Half Century Ago . . . [photo] To School We Go - One of the first school buses in this area is pictured in the above picture taken this time of year in 1921. This horse drawn bus was operated by Clifford Davidson, who lives just across the Delaware Licking County Line on the Croton Road, who hauled pupils from that area into Hartford School at Croton. Article from the Sunbury News the axle, then following a route through school and, down Hogue road and into Croton. Dad and I had no chance to warm ourselves as we returned and headed home. In addition to that route, Dad had already been up 2-3 hours doing chores, thawing pipes, pumping water, milking, then harnessing the team for the trip. And this process was repeated at night in reverse. I hated this part of winter - the baby lambs, pigs and calves that had to be warmed with hand- Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 21) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c249e1475da0c71b0c423614b8c98f31.jpg c5b50ceedce380db0148f359aef471fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 19 of Day by Day] held bottles or even brought into the house. I hated the smell of winter in the icy cold rooms before the stove was fired, and everyone in the country hated nature's call to the bleak outhouses. When I was in high school, I had only one friend who lived in the country and who had a bathroom. I hated the kerosene lamps we used and the chimneys we used to clean wadding up old newspapers and wiping the soot from inside. But I loved the snowslide the neighborhood boys always made on Searles hill - it seemed, once made, to last all winter. I loved the books I could read in winter, the corn we popped, the time spent around the kitchen table doing our homework. As soon as supper was over we cleared the table, grabbed an apple and did our homework helping each other. One of winter's big tasks was butchering - a chore that involved all of us. We were not involved with actual killing of one of our animals. Sometimes the beef would even come from another man's herd. Beef could not be consumed as readily as pork, so unless one had a HUGE family, it was customary to choose and pay for either a front or hind quarter or a side of beef. We used little hamburger - so the meat was cut into roasts and steaks and small pieces were sorted out, cut into bite size bits and canned. Butchering took place on the coldest day possible, because of spoilage. A beef was usually shot, then hauled up by block and tackle to hang so that it could be gutted, the skin removed and the quarters divided so they could be handled easily. A pig was usually strung up, its throat cut, then dressed out. Pork was made into hams, shoulders, loins, while small pieces were ground into sausage, then canned as patties of put into .19. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 22) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e80a31baaa01738c63b11dbecd4a548e.jpg 8938fecc0355a455670ef6226a4f260d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 20 of Day by Day] Casings for link sausage. Small fat pieces were kept out of sausage and rendered down to make the lard which was our source of shortening for baking and frying. After rendering, the fat pieces were known as "cracklings." The whole family joined in turning the grinder, cutting up meat, getting cans ready. The entire kitchen was taken over for this task, even the kitchen table. It was necessary to work, fast because we had no refrigeration. Our first meal was usually liver and onions because you couldn't can it or give it away. We, as all farm folk did, used almost every part of the pork including heart, tongue, and sweetbreads. Remembering those hectic times, I will say I'm happy to buy my meat from the counter. Winter was a good time for Dad to take the horses down to the blacksmith shop to be shod. What heaven to walk into Curt's little shop where a blazing fire was always going. I've watched him shape the shoe, then nail it on the horses. This always made me shudder because I felt it hurt them, not knowing that hooves do not feel pain. Once in a while I got to ride to Condit or Croton with him when he took in the cream which we had separated from the milk. Back then you received a premium price for butterfat. Having our own cream and eggs meant that, if homemade ice cream was on the menu, we could just skim the pot and have cream in abundance, thus making jillions of little fat cells for us to carry around a lifetime! This same cream was used to make butter. It seemed to me our little arms was always moving - churning butter, making ice cream, whipping icing, picking up potatoes, beating rugs, hanging clothes, blackening stoves, carrying water and PUMPING .20. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 23) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ac4ea02f40bac05e7ca24d751af12791.jpg 95275b253926852140551dcb9613a4e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 21 of Day by Day] WATER! The latter was a never-ending task. We pumped and carried water for cooking and drinking, for laundry and rinsing, for watering thirsty garden plants, for field hands and harvest help, for bathing and cleaning and above all for the cattle. Can you imagine 20 -30 cows trekking across the Sahara Desert all day each wanting her share of water right now? One big slurp and there went all the water we'd spent 20 minutes pumping. Today we turn a tap for all that. Spring it meant shedding "longies" and looking forward to new birth. Grandma Cowell and most farm women raised chickens by letting "setting" hens hatch them. My mother, however had a heated incubator which was stationed just outside our bedroom. In it she placed her eggs, and every night I would see her turning the eggs, dipping her fingertips in water now and then. What a miracle to see these little bedraggled creatures break out of the egg, shake themselves and turn into a little yellow fluff ball. But that's the only time they're pretty. Chickens are dumber than a wire fence. It they get cold, they pile on top of one another and smother themselves; if it rains, they don't know enough to come inside; if they get into a tree, they roost on the highest branch; if you plant one plant into the ground, they will smell it out and scratch it out. I grew to hate them except for eating. When they appear on my table, I feel like saying, "Aha! Gotcha!" Summer was a hectic time on all farms. the entire season was spent in sowing, planting, and preserving food for livestock and ourselves. After breaking one's back growing a garden, then came the hot, hard task of getting everything .21. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 24) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d95f5d910e5c860b1a6c542e1fb5eaf.jpg 152b98d45fc2fa339460a59ca2ecdc01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 22 of Day by Day] into a can. The first step meant going to the cellar (the expression all farm people use for basement) and bring up the fruit jars. They were washed in hot water, rinsed, then put into boiling water to kill all bacteria. Our produce - which ranged from all kinds of berries to apples, cherries peaches, plums, beans, beets, carrots, tomatoes and other -was then put into jars and cold packed. My mother once canned a quart of yellow string beans which she placed in the can one by one making a can of beans as beautiful as a painting. She entered it for years in the local fair's canning exhibit and won at least 6 blue ribbons for it. We kids picked the berries that were canned, and for blackberrying we really protected ourselves. We all wore long sleeves, long pants, heavy shoes and a hat, trying to avoid thorns, sweat flies and bees. It was hot sticky work but how proud we felt when we each delivered out pail of berries to Mom. We also used to go with Dad to hunt, mushrooms, and we'd bring home a big pail of sponge mushrooms which were simmered in butter and served on oven- toasted bread for a real treat. Dad could always find mushrooms, and I guess I assumed one could always find them, so I never asked where they were found and he never told me. Nutting was another experience we looked forward to; we'd pack in the car, go south looking for open fields which held walnut, hickory and chestnut trees. Sometimes we'd even find hazelnuts. No one ever chased us out of a field but it wouldn't work that way today. Nuts were very important to us for use in salads, cakes and pies as well as to enjoy just in eating. My folks would make a picnic out of driving to .22. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 25) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/15238e1a139adc7d397b0e0eebeb2ef6.jpg f6ec3442a26becb49f0f1490d49b7e68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 23 of Day by Day] Clyde to buy cherries; in fact picnics were a common thing during our summers. We would drive to Indian Lake for visits or to Cedar Point where we would be allowed to ask a friend to go along. The folks always enjoyed all the local fairs, the Hartford Fair especially being enjoyed as an all- day outing which family picnics all over the grounds. We always went back for the Davidson reunion in Southern Ohio (another picnic) and my folks were always visiting or having visitors in during the busy summers. Dad, in summer, was just as busy outside, he was one of the first to own and operate a corn husker and threshing machine. Later on he owned an ensilage cutter and later still a combine. It was not until the coming of the self- propelled combine that country women were relieved of one of summers biggest concerns - that of feeding 12-20 men three of four times a year during harvesting season. The men had already tied, bond and shocked the wheat and oats before threshing, and, also, later, shocked, the corn. Then came the chore of getting the grain into storage bins and this meant extra help and food! With no refrigeration, the woman's day usually began with a hasty trip to town to purchase meat, then home to prepare baked goods from scratch, peel a peck of potatoes and get a balanced meal on by noon. We only failed once. One time the men had already been called in, and while Mom was attempting to drain the potatoes for mashing, the lid came loose and the cooked potatoes fell on the ground. Hired help couldn't have a meal without potatoes so back to the field they went while we hurriedly began peeling a second peck of potatoes. .23. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 26) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9cd6dcbe770b9f78873feccbd3616d63.jpg 67c21e0fd967f41b40d2599c2f5a6699 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 24 of Day by Day] Haying had to be the dirtiest, hottest work of all. It occurred in the hottest months and on the sunniest days, and if the hay had been rained on after having been mowed it was the dirtiest. Before the days of balers, we used to mow the hay ( heavenly fragrance), rake it, then load it on to wagons by using a hay loader, spreading it evenly on the wagon until we had a full load, then take it to the barn. There a large fork was pulled down from the mow, set into the hay, the fork then pulled back into the mow and dropped the hay to be mowed away in different sections of the haymow. No matter how careful you were you always worried about spontaneous combustion for about 2 weeks after haying time was over. Then came the baler, and while several steps of haying were eliminated, so also was much of the fun and companionship of old time haying. In time, as horses were no longer an every day farm animal and as large dairies became obsolete, so also did haying as one knew it. As a child, other than the fun things we did with our parents, I enjoyed 4-H Club, Condit Church and music, both our player piano and piano lessons. We never did much in our 4-H cooking club. I only remember making white sauce and serving it on crackers. UGH! But 4-H did give me one of the nicest experiences I had as a child, that of attending 4-H camp. The camp was near Utica and going there was my first experience sleeping with a group of young girls, sharing my meals with them and enjoying tall stories told around the campfire. It cost $5.00 a week and I don't know yet how my folks could have sent me, but it was a wonderful, invaluable experience. Our player piano was always in use by us and our friends, We learned timing and how to carry a .24. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 27) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2f9f60f6bfb1f08480e6f1e480371337.jpg 3b2077649f062a4162c023c3302b9878 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 25 of Day by Day] tune from it, so that my few piano lessons were not too difficult for me - I just wish I'd had more of them. We went to Condit Church with a carload of the Saunders children, attended Sunday School and church where it was difficult for Lolly and me to restrain our giggling at some of the atrocious hats worn by the older women. I began playing piano for Christian Endeavor at age 11, and until 1976 played piano or organ for Sunday School or church a good share of the time. I remember the church before the various restorations. I also remember serving rabbit dinners during hunting season, Thanksgiving turkey dinners, ox roasts and now smorgasbords. Mabel and Wendell going to School [photo] PaBee was living much the same life that I had had until he was about 6 years old. He attended grade school at Sinkey schoolhouse on Ross Road, Opal Stockwell, teacher. He later entered the Sunbury School to which he drove for several years, he was a good student and could have been an excellent student had he received any encouragement at home. His one great area of enthusiasm in high school was his baseball team - undefeated in the four years he played on the team. That interest in baseball stayed with him his entire life and he held an especial love for the Cincinnati Reds until the week he died. .25. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 28) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8d3cd72c781a8c4016275142c7e60669.jpg e962f02711573508878edd12698e3d28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 29) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 26 of Day by Day] Neither of his parents attended his high school graduation and he left home shortly after to go live with an aunt and uncle in Columbus while he attempted to finish a business course at Bliss College. This schooling was cut short because of his father's continuing alcoholism and he was called home to help with the farm and to care for his mother. I wish I could tell you that he had a happy, carefree childhood, or even that he enjoyed an upbringing with lots of hard work interspersed with joyous times, or that he had the support of loving grandparents or caring relatives, but he had none of these. Still, he turned out to be a loving, proud, supportive father and grandfather and I guess that's all you really need to know. * * * * My school days on the other hand were very happy. I've already told you how my parents liked to go places, see people and enjoy living, and it kinda rubbed off on me. School work was very easy for me - my one big trouble was that I couldn't see. Back in the days when airplanes were a novelty, one flew over our house one day and we all ran out to have a look. I could not see it; my folks couldn't accept this and and accused me of being "difficult" so nothing was done for several years. Finally it was so bad that I could see nothing on the blackboard at school and when I finally saw an oculist he was shocked - and so were my parents - that my eyes were so bad. As a result, I've worn glasses all my life. However those early days days forced me to read a lot and that served me well in school. One of my major bragging points to my kids was that I came in second in an all county spelling bee and later was valedictorian of my class. I think I was .26. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3d37b5096a2e29565fb5cb8cb32c2807.jpg 7280f0f5b12b0f51084e71be6d8d2c51 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 30) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 27 of Day by Day] prouder, though, of the fact that I made the second team all-county basketball team twice while in high school. School, as I said, was really easy for me; I skipped first grade, something that I later felt was a mistake because it place in a group 1 1/2 years older than I, but I seemed to fit in reasonably well. From reading to choir work, from class plays to group parties, form math to basketball, everything interested me, even all girls baseball team which played four years and never won a game! It was the fellowship that was important to us. School was a time when we began to reach out and make friendships and do things which did not necessarily include our family. Prior to entering high school, we entertained ourselves mostly with neighborhood kids and with activities that took no money but did sometimes require a little creativity. I remember our old "swimming hole" and really the name tells it all. The boys would dam up a certain part of the creek each year to make a small pond perhaps 8 feet across, about 10 feet long and maybe 5 feet deep. As I remember it now, I wonder how our parents could ever have allowed us to swim in such a place. Cows waded across it leaving all kinds of bacteria, the bottom was slimy with thick mud oozing up between our toes and invariably, when you go out you took 2 or 3 leeches off your feet and legs. Makes me shiver now to think of it! Croquet was one of our favorite games, and most of the summer, there would be a ferocious contest going on in our side yard, with frequent yells and fights and accusations the "you moved the peg' or "you didn't even nick it." .27. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9af6da9ef446a1c624800e18502f50c3.jpg 7db9c7c8987c9cf9fe90e7c07999409a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 31) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 28 of Day by Day] We also played "red rover," "Annie Over the House," 'tag," "hide the Thimble" among other simple games. We were not coddled in learning; I learned to ride a bicycle when my brother took me to the top of a hill, and gave me a push. The fact that I hit an iron bridge was inconsequential, I had ridden a bicycle, by golly! The same thing happened with a horse; I was put on its back, bareback. No saddle or stirrups, just a rein and and a mane and away I went (after a good healthy swat on its rump) holding on for dear life. Wendall Day Graduation [photo] Doris Davidson Day Graduation [photo] Our entertainment was family-oriented and very simple, but we thought nothing of it because all the kids we knew lived the same way. The Depression hit in 1929 and although we .28. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/952fbdbf619c327dc697635508934d49.jpg 3ffc8532db173c80fcfe74b88478221e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 32) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 29 of Day by Day] were shielded from wanting for food or clothing, it did affect us in many ways. There simply was no money for anything other than survival. We ate only because we raised almost everything on the farm. But our class could not order rings, we had no Jr-Sr Prom, clothes were made to last for years. There seemed to be no future in furthering your education and few could afford it anyway. 1930 began the worst decade I've lived through. Marriage Wendell and I married young, settled on a farm, which was strike one for me; I never wanted to be on a farm - I dreamed of living in a small town large enough to have a library, swimming pool, movie theater and some shopping. Our family began with the birth of Terry, one of the nicest things to ever happen to us, but shortly after his birth our disasters began. We lived in an old ramshackle house, barely furnished, and returned home one bitterly cold, snowy night to find 6 inches of snow across our bed. We decided to sleep in the room where the stove was and laid Terry down on a small settee nearby. About 2:30 I was awakened by a peculiar noise and shook Wendell to awaken him. He stumbled over to the door just behind the settee and immediately a sheet of flame shot about 6 feet across the room. I grabbed Terry, ran out barefoot clad only in a thin nightgown, into about about a foot of snow. I ran downhill, put him in the car and ran back to get Wendell who groggy, was lacing his shows. It was impossible to get any clothes - they were in the back room where the fire was blazing - so we got in the car. 15 minutes later the house fell in. Along with our clothes, we lost everything else we owned. .29. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1861ced0d2ef8f238c3e9bdb30091d71.jpg ae1585bce4814d9f8fe267cf62a4d1c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 33) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 30 of Day by Day] We later discovered that the sound which had awakened me was mice. Our house was a true salt box with one-half the rear forming a bedroom, and also a catch-all back shed which had an opening to a dirt floor cellar. It was from this cellar that mice were running and squealing because they were being burned alive. There was no place to go but his folks. People say that you can find humor in any situation or that you can always make "the best of any situation." My answer to that is that these people have never lived with an alcoholic who becomes progressively meaner as he drinks. By the time we moved there, PaBee's dad was 62 and an incurable alcoholic, miserable and with the disposition of a cross-eyed rattlesnake. Katie was 50, both of them young enough to be doing a lot of work. That was not the case. Trum arose early in the morning (he catnapped all day) turned on the radio to the Early Worm whose theme song "The Music goes Down and Around" blasted through the house. If I even hear the beginnings of this song to this day, I get almost physically ill and very depressed because it reminds me again of a time that took so much away from me. I did not know it at the time of the fire, but I was pregnant with Shirley, therefore doubly miserable. Shortly after the fire and already living with less than nothing, someone stole our only source of any spending money - 35 large hens which provided us with eggs to sell. As if all this weren't enough. Truman took our car to go to Kentucky to bring back an expectant mother, her husband and 2 year old son to to move in with us. Usually Trum sat by the radio until noon, then .30. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba85b5725fdf41d20e080a4a991a50b7.jpg d9650b2bc17a304d01b68d2399e493d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 34) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 31 of Day by Day] went to town to drink all afternoon, coming home abusive and raving. I remember one day in particular as I was cleaning the kitchen cupboard, a large area that filled one wall of the kitchen, that among umpteen dishes of old potatoes and cooked beans I came across something so foul- smelling that I pitched it on the spot. All hell broke loose that night when Trum couldn't find his favorite chunk of limburger cheese! Shirley and Terry in 1936 [photo] It all became too much for me and with pressure from Wendell, his folks moved down the road and we stayed in the 'white house' - but at a price. displaying his benevolent nature yet again Truman insisted we could not stay without a hired hand and be bestowed upon us the sorriest human specimen I've ever known, and for 4 years he shared every meal with us plus giving us no privacy. I was wondering what I had ever done to deserve a life like this, and decided the only way to have a .31. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4b432df448ef2da963a7006ede2114c1.jpg 1bbe834a73338aba7cc06f28f92f7036 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 35) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 32 of Day by Day] life was to buy the farm, leave and try to find work elsewhere or leave on my own. Thru OW Whitney, Sr. , who contacted a friend in Delaware we were able to get a loan that a bank would not have given us in a million years, and with it bought the farm and got rid of a great deal of baggage at the same time. Evidently PaBee had been thinking along the same lines as I had because, unknown to me, he had enrolled in a correspondence course in Air Conditioning. When he went to Youngstown for his diploma, they were so impressed with him that they offered him a lifetime teaching job starting at $100.00 a month. It was a fortune at that time and we'd have grabbed it except now we had a farm to run. It was not to be the last time I wished we'd never heard of farming. In addition to his A/C course, PaBee was working for ASCS measuring fields in eastern Delaware County for map work for agricultural use. Burt the most important thing he did in the late 1930's was work to sign up eastern Delaware County to get REA lines to the country. My folks had electricity brought in in the late '20s and one of my strongest memories of home is of looking into the awestruck face of my mother when she looked up at one bare bulb hanging down from the ceiling and saw it light up with electricity. The coming of electricity changed the farmers' lives more than anything else ever had or ever would. When I married, we had Delco system which furnished electricity until about 8:30 at night than was off until morning for recharging. So Wendell worked long and hard trying to get signups from residents or to get easements where necessary. some farmers absolutely did not want any lines near their place, but after the company went around them .32. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bf6f0053de3bc4f2a48cd67140757388.jpg 4627958247154e67deb6d1900917dc75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 36) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 33 of Day by Day] and they began to see the merits of electricity use, they begged to be allowed in. Electricity did come to us and almost the first thing we did was to buy a refrigerator replacing the old icebox which dripped over the back porch. We also got an electric stove to replace the wood-burning stove I'd used for canning and cooking and a washer so I would not have to hand wash ever again. All in all by the end of the 30's life was looking better, but it was a time that hurts me even now to look back on and a period in my life that I never want to live over. The coming of electricity also helped the men's work greatly. From pumping water to milkers for cows, it shortened their hours considerably. Most men jumped at the chance to quit hand milking and instead put on milkers. Then stood back to watch electricity do the work. Motors in every conceivable piece of machinery took the hard labor out of loading, pumping water, filling bins, and emptying grain. In time, electricity did almost everything on the dairy except call the cow home. It also warmed farrowing pens and kept heat lamps on baby lambs and calves. In short, it was a godsend. The 40's saw Terry and Shirley beginning school where both were to have many enjoyable times. In late 1941, however, came Pearl Harbor and a drastic change in our lives. PaBee went to work at Curtiss Wright, and most of our close friends left the farm for the city jobs that represented a new life for them. Rationing began immediately, and since gas was being rationed, it was necessary if you drove that you share your car, so Wendell took a carload to work. I was left without a car and with a farm to halfway manage while he worked. .33. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/386494e9e0b96db88fdab497e0664032.jpg 378a40f4910cc5295246e5db600ff3b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 37) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 34 of Day by Day] With the war came rationing which applied to coffee, sugar, butter, shoes and many other necessities. We couldn't do without coffee so we traded sugar stamps for coffee stamps and made other adjustments to get along. I found it very difficult to get silk hose and bananas were virtually unavailable to us. PaBee's brother, a gunner on a warplane, was was shot down in late 1944 and was MIA for almost 11 months and held prisoner, we later learned, in a Russian war camp. He returned in early November 1945, the same week Rick was born, and I returned home from the hospital to find that Katie had deposited him on my doorstep, the visit to last for the next 6 months. I had been through an emergency appendectomy just 5 weeks before Rick was born, so I was not what you would call overjoyed to take on this extra burden of caring for one more person. Rick at 6 months [photo] .34. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9541c9a1e414596c87da1497b367ca87.jpg 6568207b17f05b5bf025a47bc453aa59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 38) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 35 of Day by Day] The kind of house we always bought. [photo] We were working very hard, both of us working off the debts we had incurred. We paid them by never buying an unnecessary item, hand fed all kinds of baby animals (sheep, pigs, calves) sometimes bringing them into the house, sitting up all night with a farrowing sow and getting up 2-3 times a night to check on baby chicks. Our House - 1958 [photo] We did all of our own painting and wall papering and even some re- modeling. We had a wall storage unit in our kitchen the front of which went almost to the ceiling leaving a space of about 8 inches. Behind this 8 inch gap was a foot drop, the perfect catch-all for everything you wanted to get rid of and absolutely best place in the world .35. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ebcfc1407e7077ae01be7b76305dfbdc.jpg a4c2a0759a2426de794855d0a1a1ff64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 39) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 36 of Day by Day] for a mouse to run. I always felt that dirt was sifting down through this cabinet so one day when I was alone I took a stepladder in and began tearing it down. The cupboard was gone and the kitchen floor was full of boards when PaBee came home, but he set about helping to carry out the wood. I will say that whenever we did anything - and there were many remodeling jobs after that - he would go along with it if I started it. We did the kitchen, later on added a bathroom, then did the front part of the house. Wallpapering was an every other year job for most rooms because we heated with coal and paper soon became dirty. PaBee handled the ceiling and I did the cutting and the sidewalls. On this particular day we had papered the dining room and were pleased with the nice bright paper and the way it looked. Wendell went to bed in preparation for his graveyard shift and I stood in the kitchen ironing. At midnight I started toward the bedroom to awaken him. As I started into the dining room I heard a faint noise and looked up to see, on top of the porch door, two HUGE eyes glaring down at me. I screamed, Wendell came running and switched on the light. By that time the thing was in motion, and in the light we saw that it was a hug barn owl that had come down through our sooty chimney. He was even more alarmed than I was, flying all over the room and depositing soot on everything his feet or feathers touched. After several minutes, we caught him, threw him out, then looked around. Our new paper, ceiling and all was covered with sooty marks. We could not and would not re-paper so I cleaned it as well as I could and called it a bad day. I also remember another situation when soot .36. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7fa2efa71b48504e4c9b911216c6baae.jpg a07d70706c6d439ecde90c56dc946a9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 40) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 37 of Day by Day] was a major issue for us. I looked out my kitchen window one evening to notice PaBee getting out of the car very slowly. Then I noticed his arm in a sling, he came home with a broken right arm. That day he had climbed a 10-foot ladder in order to do some electrical work on an A/C unit in a top-level recess. As he backed out to start down the ladder, a bare wire on the drill cord touched an electric wire and he blacked out and fell toward the cement floor 10 feet below. He could have been electrocuted, but the fall broke the current connection, and then he was lucky a second time. A colored man just happened to be passing by and saw him and caught him, preventing a serious injury or possibly even death. So a broken arm was a good exchange for a crushed skull or electrocution. By the time he had told me all this, we were seated at the table when all of a sudden we heard a loud "whoomp" from the basement. I knew immediately what had happened and tore downstairs only to find it full of black smoke and 2 pieces of pipe blown apart. I couldn't get them together, Wendell was no help and black smoke kept puffing out the pipe. When we finally got it fixed, we just stood and looked at one another. Our faces and hands were black, his white coat was black, but it was when we went upstairs that I just stood and cried; every thing was black - walls, curtains, bed clothes, food, anything you could name. The only things not covered with soot were either under the top bedcovering or behind closed doors. I know now that the insurance company will bear the expense of cleaning up. I spent weeks trying to clean rugs, curtains, clothes and dishes. It was not a good day in any way. Furnaces have always caused us trouble, and once the stoker-fired furnaces was almost the cause .37. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c7e61706f0d2fe9ef30255859f653770.jpg f8bcf9ee425a5e3ee7356bc8c8370681 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 41) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 38 of Day by Day] of a house fire. Our entire family was away one night, each of us to a different meeting. I was next to the last coming home and when I entered the kitchen, a blast of very hot air hit me in the face. I flew to the basement where I found the furnace and pipes so hot that beams were popping and crackling. I had no time to call anyone; I just picked up a hose and directed it at the beams. The water from that fell on the furnace where it steamed. Eventually I could manage to open the furnace and found the source of the tremendous heat. The firebox was full to the top, the fire was just a red hot mass the stoker was still showing coal in. I knew I would crack the firebox by using water, but I had no choice so I directed a mist onto the top of the hot coals and continued to soak until some of the coals turned gray. Luckily, the firebox did not crack. I discovered later that one of the kids came home, thought the house too cool so instead of turning the furnace up one degree, turned it all the way over so that the stoker ran continuously, filling the furnace to the brim. It was now the late 40's and we were still driving a 1934 Chevy because cars, too, had been in short supply, so one day we decided to refurbish it and give it chipped, faded coat a new coat of paint. What we were able to get was not a pretty shade of green, but it worked and we were reasonably proud of it, so a friend of ours, Griff, decided he'd paint his old car also. So he chose his paint carefully applied it, went to bed and awoke the next morning to find it covered - simply covered - with small flying insects. You can see life was not too easy during the war years. Wendell continued to work at North American, then later was asked to join Huffman Wolfe, a major .38. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/969a5b2fb99155cdb3f75e6861761f7f.jpg da29309a73690a0473a314c49d27096a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 42) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 39 of Day by Day] contracting company, as foreman for the A/C department. During his time here, he worked for almost all the large Columbus establishments (OSU, Battelle, Big Bear, The Union Co., Meat packers) as well as in factories along the Ohio River and for NASA at Goddard Air Force Base in Maryland. Later in life he received a patent for a control which he developed. He also developed a "chill table" for OSU at the time of the equine encephalitis outbreak. This table was used to almost freeze various species of mosquitos so they could be used over long periods of time to help determine which ones carried the disease. I was very gratified once at a Union meeting where I heard several men talking saying that "PaBee was the best A/C man in the State of Ohio." I always felt that if he had been able to get an engineering degree, he could have developed something very worthwhile. It was in the 40's that one of the greatest changes in all our lives began to appear in numerous homes. TV had arrived and life would never be the same again. I'll never forget the excitement engendered by a little 6x6 screen whenever OSU played football. Almost everything passed for entertainment - even the showing of the stations logo. But it also brought much more; we, for the first time could see all those marvelous people who had been our radio friends; we could watch our government in action; we were exposed to sports we had never known. In short, television brought the world to our living room. Only 50 years previously, our grandparents had to rely on word of mouth taken by horse and buggy, Then came the telephone that brought voices into the home. Soon came the radio which gave us hours .39. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/170afb458e545713065297ade7f36528.jpg ef9de2d9d8f94209a476d56141506510 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 43) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 40 of Day by Day] of news and music. Now we could see, hear and make judgments on almost anything that happened in the world. I still think of TV as a miracle even with all the trash it now presents. Just as the 30's were terrible for us, the 50's seemed to be good. Terry and Shirley were doing very well in school, Rick had started school and I picked up two new careers in the decade. First of all, an electric organ was installed in our church one Tuesday and I was supposed to play it the following Sunday. I did play for Sunday service but this particular instrument caused me much frustration for several years. First of all, I practiced in an unheated church in winter, and one without cooling in the summer. I had no organ at home to work with so the adjustment to stops, foot pedals was a long time coming. In addition, I had no relief on Sundays. Then when I began working at Sunbury Savings in the late 50's, my free time was further shortened and I began to rebel at having to be there EVERY Sunday. After all, I was not the minister! So I resigned, only to return to it later. Terry had graduated as valedictorian of his class and entered OSU where he made the OSU marching band as a freshman. We were immensely proud of him and so pleased that in his second year OSU played in the Rose Bowl. He, too , married young. Marge Ross and he presented us with our first grandchild, Pam, a precocious child and one who has always been close to us. Trying to find a way to help him stay in school and still live on campus, we invested in a huge rooming house on E. 16th Avenue, and our work really began. At one time, the house had held as .40. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/79ecd621d6124687e069bd48c7f9808b.jpg 7d5f9e21ab55d593b77d61dd58a65093 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 44) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 41 of Day by Day] many as 40 students, but in a short time we decided to cut the number of students to 22. This still represented 22 beds to be made and changed each week, rooms to be painted, all kinds of repairs to be made constantly, plus a full basement of shower stalls, storage rooms, etc. all of which needed non-ending paint jobs. Chery and Pam Day [photo] When school was in session, Wendell would take me down to E 16th on his way to work. There I would work all day trying to help keep rooms and equipment in order. We would return on Saturday, work until noon, the cross campus for the OSU football game. By this time, Shirley was working for Woody Hayes. You've always heard that Woody lost his temper often; well, Shirley would take just so much, then her temper would flare. One day when he threw something she picked up the phone book and threw it back at him, shattering the glass stopped desk. Ann, Woody's wife, had a big laugh about it - thought it served Woody right, and evidently he thought so, too, because she continued to work there. .41. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b9d37f6a8c305a9145b92f3023f182f0.jpg a59272d174828fdedb86818a336af3c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 45) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 42 of Day by Day] He knew we loved football and gave us some pretty privileged seating spots for several years. It was also nice to follow Jerry Lucas - Havilcek and Siegfried through their marvelous years of OSU basketball. During these years I also became a member of the Searchlight Club, an organization which had brought me many interesting looks into all sorts of topics as well as many new friends. It was with them that I saw my first stage production "My Fair Lady." It was marvelous and has always remained, after seeing many , many, stage shows, my very favorite play with "The Music Man" a close second. That experience encouraged us to to attend Kenley productions as will as Mershon shows and even one show at the Hartman Building. All in all we must have seen 50-60 productions in the next few years. So with Rick in high school, Terry in college, Shirley in Woody's office and with involvement in the church, the school board, the rooming house, farm and our two jobs, we were exceptionally busy. Terry Day, Wendall Day, Katie Day, Doris Day, Marge Day holding Kim, Pam and Chery Day in front [photo] When the 60's came in it was easy to see a decided change in the morals, the thinking and conformity in this country. It was a time kids began questioning the authority of parents and teachers; it was a time of the hippies and flower children; it was a time when our country began sliding downhill. .42. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/eacf9b39bbb9c83688da065043c2e5ba.jpg f6cd63ace6436dd0c4d198fbf622cd1f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 46) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 43 of Day by Day] It was also a time of tragedy for us and one of great tragedy for our country. A young president was killed, and I, who had voted against him, could not leave the TV. I saw the actual killing (not a rerun) of Oswald and my scream woke Wendell and brought him charging from the bedroom. Our personal tragdy was the death of my brother, Leland, who died 3 months after a massive heart attack. We had been hit before; Marge had developed gestational diabetes and lost a child in 1958 shortly after its birth. Terry then developed diabetes in his first year of dental school and a few years later Pam was hit with the same disease. Kim Day [photo] I went to work full-time shortly after Terry left OSU and Rick graduated from high school. Cheryl and Kim had joined Terry's family, and Terry and Marge lost another baby in 1968. My mother, who had been ailing for years with respiratory problems, was failing fast. We had had a grand 50th wedding anniversary celebration for them in 1963, but from then on she was on a downhill course and died in the summer of 1966. Rick married Carol Walker and Scott, who had brought us so much joy, was born. Several years later Lisa came along. Lisa walks to her own drumbeat, but you'll never find a kinder person. She would take in any stray animal in a heartbeat and Richard Scott Day [photo] .43. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0d1c53c674608085a24a8bb68e18d166.jpg 6519f1e93d3263f654bcd46a09f2a9ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 47) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 44 of Day by Day] Clifton and Lisa Day [photo] she's just as concerned about any human she meets. During 1968, I began having health problems which finally affected me so that I could scarcely work. I was diagnosed with severe anemia - maybe even leukemia - at a time when my next door neighbor, who had suffered from the same symptoms as I all winter, was diagnosed with leukemia. Kathryn, who had been a second mother to Rick, died in 1969. Later that year, after being denied my normal day off and and after some co-workers had taken as much as a week off, I walked out of the home again. In the meantime and after a very long illness, my mother died in 1966, but not before she got to see the satellite circling the earth. She did not live to see the moon landing, but Dad did and remarked an the many changes he had seen in his lifetime. Starting with the trek to Galena with horse and wagon, he had seen automobiles revolutionize the USA, had seen the tremendous train and ocean travel, had witnessed the birth of the airplane's reign and now had seen a man stand on the moon. By the 70's Terry was well established in his Lee Alessio [photo] .44. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9b335e3067db6f561841c4133b5b3d8f.jpg cd910d8e7317a4831e2f65ca15603c6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 48) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 45 of Day by Day] practice, Shirley and Gina married and Lee was born, and Rick and Carole divorced. We had purchased a farm on 605 with Terry as co-owner. My brother in real estate had informed me that Chamberlain's were selling their farm, and I asked him to put in a bid at the full price for us. He laughed and told me it was already sold, that the buyer could get the money easily, and that we had little chance of getting it! However, I insisted and we did get it - we simply didn't have sense enough to stay out of hard work. Gino and Lisa at home. [photo] Wendell's mother died in late 1974 and left a small bequest to her two sons. When Wendell remained undecided about what he wanted to do with it, I suggested that he think about getting a trailer so that we might travel a little. He literally jumped at the idea and we answered an ad for a trailer. We were babes in the woods in so far as trailers were concerned and how we managed to "luck out" as we did is beyond me. We went to see an Avion which could well have been a Model T for all we knew. We loved it, bought it and thus began a phase in our lives which was different, enjoyable and a godsend for Wendell who had never enjoyed much of what is commonly known as just "pure pleasure." .45. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cd7998760565c3b706606a18574dbaff.jpg 27ae22aff2ee4aecc389d4f5a0415ecc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 49) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 46 of Day by Day] We decided to go to Florida. Pam was a freshman at OSU and could get away by mid-November and Chery thought she could leave school at that time, too. So the four of us started out, knowing not where we were going, knowing nothing about camping but willing to learn. We lucked out again. We parked right on the beach at Turtle beach and the girls and I did beach combing everyday. Just before Christmas, we were told our spot had been reserved and we would have to leave for another camp. We found a spot at Sun n Fun where we were to stay for the next 17 years. Florida was unlike anything we'd ever experienced. The other campers were like our closest neighbors - when you parked, they were out to help you hook up the gas and water, roll out the awning, and make sure the trailer was level. When you were ill, they were there with soup, light desserts or just words of cheer. There was a church on the grounds; there were bicycle paths to ride; there was a huge swimming pool, horseshoe, shuffleboard, square and round dancing and friendly campfires and card playing groups. The people became so close that there were always tears when you left, and anticipation to return when fall came next year. The girls were having a ball. We had taken some of our sand dollars and made Christmas ornaments out of them. They thought I should send one each to my card club group; it was finally decided that I'd send them home with the girls, and they would deliver them. For our trailer, lacking Christmas decorations, they scavenged the throwaways at the cemetery where they found some beautiful ribbon. We had plenty of pine trees for greenery and pine cones to use, so our Christmas .46. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/07733bd4fc419c7d3d2c3c5ca3628e3d.jpg b3c8a62aebfb5223e6ae6675cece745e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 50) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 47 of Day by Day] wreath on the front of our trailer was homemade and beautiful! PaBee and Bee [photo] Christmas came our entire family was there for several days. The weather did not cooperate too well; as it often does in Florida when Christmas comes the weather turns cold, even though beautiful, sunshiny weather was the norm until then. In the 70's both Wendell and I began new work. Wendell became associated with 7-Limers, an outfit that sold farm bins and equipment, and I passed a realtor's test to work with my brother in real estate, work which I found fascinating. Through 7-Limers, Wendell won a trip to Hawaii for two, so much as I hated to fly, I swallowed hard and went. When the clerk in Chicago asked if we wanted "smoking" cabins, I answered before Wendell could speak and said 'non-smoking." This little ruse got us to the 1st class cabin on our .47. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fefdbe697d20c14d6bdd1c6e0ea4d32a.jpg 4e04d918d2dce512a16c29fb18d739a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 51) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 48 of Day by Day] flight to Hawaii, but the rest of our group was so disgruntled by our good fortune that on the way home we rode in cabin class. There really is a difference between flying cabin or 1st class! Just as our stage production enlarged our cultural experience, so also did our various trips we took with the 7-Limers Group. First, of course, was Hawaii and nothing I ever read quite prepared me for it. I fell in love with Hawaii when they first put a lei around my neck and kissed me on both cheeks, and the love affair took off when we entered our room and found a freshly cut pineapple sitting in its own juice. All the usual tourist spots - Punchbowl Cemetery, Pearl Harbor, their tiered mall - either intrigued, enticed or caused you to fall into a feeling of deepest awe and respect. My favorite part of Hawaii was when we and one other couple took a car trip around the entire island of Oahu. We saw the bluest water we'd ever seen, magnificent cliffs covered with trees, pineapple plantations and the Queen's palace. I was most impressed with Polynesian Village, where a village as used by long ago Polynesians was erected. It was built around a huge open square, with buildings on all four side opening on the inside court. Here children could play, women could wash and talk with friends, and men could also meet there to discuss their business. What a sensible way to live. Children were safe, no one was ever lonely, and all were safer as a group than they would have been living alone. Although the group offered trips to Spain, to San Francisco, the Barbados and other places, I only want to tell you about Mexico. We left Sarasota, went to Tampa and flew to Dallas. for a good part of this trip we could see .46. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ae2cad659b0dc3cf332ca93375a80ee2.jpg 9e5a069b2f009bfa05126e368413fba9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 52) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 49 of Day by Day] Florida and its coastline below us and one could only marvel when seeing it how the early explorers' maps were almost precisely what we saw from the air. We left Dallas for Mexico City, a book in itself with charming little sidewalk shops, tiny children begging on every corner, beautiful Mexican strings playing, gorgeous murals on many buildings, sidewalk food which looked delicious but which we were forbidden to eat, huge old churches with gold icons inside and also as the guards told us "a thief inside for every religious artifact you saw." It was was at one of the large churches, now sinking into the soft undersoil of Mexico City, that we saw the faithful coming into the church, sometimes having come from miles away and walking always on their knees even across the paved brick courtyard of the church. It was here that we rode out to the pyramid past homes of such poverty and desolation that you wonder how people could survive. It looked worse than the shabbiest pens we used to erect for farrowing sheds. But the pyramid was magnificent! The steps to the top were very, very narrow and only a few of our group made it - and only by placing their feet sideways on the step. The underground of the pyramid was the great surprise. It showed a city complete with streets, canals to bring water into the city and a sewer to dispose of wastes. It was unbelievable. Added to our bewilderment was the fact that the hieroglyphics on the wall looked Egyptian and one wondered if, indeed, at one time North and South America were linked together. We finished our tour in Acapulco, just as pretty as Hawaii, but much less fun because the people there did not like us. You could tell their .49. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d831843b087a40ffbdb62891a0b5271.jpg 60337baa3bd5a2ec9f8226f5dfcab697 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 53) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 50 of Day by Day] dislike in everything they did for us. But it was in Acapulco that we went one night and watched the cliff divers. We had seen it on TV, but nothing had prepared us for the narrowness of the gorge or the steepness of the cliff which the diver climbed. It was also at Acapulco that I first observed para-sailing. Back at the hotel, I told PaBee I'd seen something I was going to try. When I told him it involved heights, he just hooted, getting up on a stepladder makes me dizzy. Never the less I was insistent, and by this time about four others were interested so we looked for the place where the para-sailing began. The person going up is on the beach. Here, he or she is fit into a pair of coveralls attached to a parachute sail, and is told that when the boat started that person was to start running, at which point you soar into the air. Upon completion of the ride, the boat coming into the beach begins to slow and as it goes slower and slower, one begins to descend and finally is set down gently as a feather. Well, I tried it and loved it. You go up so quickly that you can't realize you've left the ground and from there on you soar - it must be the same feeling a bird has as it soars. You descend so gently that you wouldn't know you were descending if you hadn't noticed the trees getting smaller, and when you land you take 2 or 3 steps and that's all. When returned to Florida we found these sailings were prohibited in Florida because they were so dangerous - some people had been killed in para-sailing. Lesson: what you don't know will hurt you! In the spring of 1976, I was hospitalized with high blood pressure and had returned home on May .50. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0b41839ac771ef98037e29add21356a5.jpg ba6f9781b398c92302dc977913c68d86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 54) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 51 of Day by Day] 29th. I called Terry to say I was home and Kim answered and said she would give them the message, That was the last time I ever spoke to her. She was staying with a friend when they decided to call a boy to take them to a party. This was never suppose to happen: Marge was very careful about controlling Kim's guests and she expected the same of parents where Kim stayed. Never the less, the three set out for the party. rounding a curve on Centerburg Road, the van went out of control, went down in the road ditch and went some distance before it hit a tree head on. Kim was killed instantly. We were shattered, I had picked her up just two weeks previously because Marge was in Washington and wanted assurance she would be taken care of. I'll never forget how she looked at me, giggling and repeating a story Mrs. Searles had told her about how we used to beg for pennies to buy a gallon of gas. She didn't believe that her grandmother could have done such a thing - been so silly - but I just told her we do crazy things when we are young. While the whole family grieved long and sadly for Kim, life had a habit of just going on and so it was for us. Farm work had to be done, and in the early spring and summer months of 1978 it began to seem as though this cycle might fail. It had rained constantly, it was now almost June and the planting had not been done. One day I offered to help work ground on our farm on Rosecrans Road, and getting out of a large tractor that was unfamiliar to me, something went wrong and I fell, lighting on my back on the packed, hard ground. I knew immediately something was wrong because of the "prickles" in my spine and I lay as quietly as possible until PaBee found me. In the hospital I was told i had chipped one .51. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/050d085865644f174dadace33b51dde6.jpg 6935bcb6e39b9600c810363e7917fc61 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 55) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 52 of Day by Day] vertebra and compressed two other. I was home in a short while, fortunate to be walking but in much pain for a year afterward. Even today, it bothers me. P. S. I was never on a tractor after that. The 80's were also a decade I would not want to live through again; this, although many wonderful things happened to us in those 10 years. It began with the farm crises which were going on all over the country. Farm prices had dropped drastically, forcing many farmers to borrow money at an exorbitant rate of interest, and causing them to go further behind each year. We were no exception; the fellows had overextended the farming and we were working harder and going deeper in debt with every move we made. I thought perhaps that all our years of hard work had been done for nothing. 1980 - Sue, following the birth of Kaleisha, was found to have incurable cancer. Kathleen and I visited her many times at University Hospital, and twice in the next 9 months she was released for 2-3 days at a time, time which she spent with me and her baby. She died on April 15th, 1981 on the same day that Tyler was born to Rick and Shelley. The day she was buried, my dad suffered his first heart attack. When i called to inform Terry, Marge told me that Pam had just been told she needed laser surgery on her eye. The operation was not a success and she lost the vision in that eye. She and Marge made several trips to John Hopkins Hospital where she was treated further, but by the end of 1981, she was essentially blind. Her kidneys began to fail and it was necessary that she .52. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/27d6ba03708405d2715a4d57569ecb73.jpg 9fb0494cbbeffaf81358a01ff2e3a609 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 56) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 53 of Day by Day] go on dialysis, a very harsh experience. Dad entered the hospital in July and was never well again, dying in late December. 1983 was the year from hell: Kathleen fell and broke her hip - was in Zanesville hospital, a long trip for us to go to see her. Chery donated a kidney to Pam, operation taking place at OSU hospital. At the same time I was losing two of my closest friends to cancer. I, too, was facing major surgery and returned from the doctor one day to find a thunderstorm approaching. I heard a terrific clap of thunder, and not too long after PaBee called to tell me that he, Scott and 2 of Scott's friends had been hit with lightning. One of Scott's friends died that evening at Mt. Carmel. I had surgery later that summer. In 1984 Kathleen, just beginning to recuperate from hip surgery, was hit with cancer. Then began chemotherapy with all the bad side effects and I spent innumerable hours going back and forth to Mt. Vernon. 1985 came along with our golden wedding. Both Kathleen and Roland came, both looking terrible. Roland entered the hospital in July and died very late in the year. 1986 and 1987 brought our greatest sorrow. Terry had been very ill for a long time but he visited us in Florida in January and, although I cried bitter tears after he left, I had not thought of the possibility of death. He had been planning to start a dairy - don't ask me why - but he died very suddenly one night after visiting Shirley. He was such an ideal son, such a loved person, such a good person that I'll never be able to understand a loss like this. In 1988 we received another real blow when Gerry died unexpectedly. She and Wayne had been a .53. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ef1c98e9455b6b8959d61318cdddc36f.jpg e6c46962ef9981efc6df81671c155b82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 57) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 54 of Day by Day] close part of our lives for a long time and it was hard to imagine being without her. In 1989, we celebrated Kathleen's 5 year remission from cancer. This was in April; in October, she was told the disease had returned and she had 2-3 months to live. She died on Christmas Eve 1989. This terrible time ended with illness on my part. A severe leg pain was diagnosed (after a year) as being spinal stenosis with affects the sciatic nerve. That was followed by a year of severe dizziness which was never diagnosed, although numerous tests were made. So finally the 1980's came to an end. In that whole decade, there were few weeks when we did not have someone in the hospital, seriously ill. Without our friends and participation in outside activities, the above years could have buried us, but with our friends we did manage to have some nice times. First of course, was the crowd at Sun N Fun. there was always someone there to talk to, eat with, go fishing with, or just sit with. We participated in church and choir and that alone kept us busy. The camp also put on a variety show each winter, and that kept us busy for several weeks during January and February. When we returned home in the spring, we resumed our activities with the TTT camping club. We were such an odd assortment of people (all ages and occupations) that you would have thought we'd find no common meeting ground, but we had a ball together. One of the older members was the sprightliest one quiet one did beautiful needle work; the former school coach was a great storyteller; all of us were good eaters. We always .54. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d2a12a4c656e6626c0da012243620bf1.jpg 561234c643ed8d1eb7354999bac2ccc6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 58) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 55 of Day by Day] had one great potluck dinner and then had leftovers for Sunday dinner. At our house once, I asked each member to come prepared with a program item and not one failed to come up with either a reading, a quiz, a magic trick, a poem, a silly game, or a musical rendition. At Christmas time we always had a special dinner prepared by us and held in a beautiful old house in Granville. Gifts were exchanged, and then we left to meet again in early spring. The group still meets occasionally, but the camping ceased after the death of some of most loved members. The Sunbury News, Thurs, May 2, 1985 Wendall Days Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Day [photo] .55. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/69f9171d5c727be0f95f9ba9f65b8df8.jpg 8698c80d5dd46ec2baa52f7ff594eba1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 59) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 56 of Day by Day] Then there was our golden wedding in the 80's. Unknown to us, our kids met one night while we were in Florida and planned a party, even going so far as to make up an invitation, a copy of which is on the next page. We were reluctant to have anything done for us, because it would occur one month after we returned from Florida and we felt it would be a really rushed time. But the kids prevailed, so the day came. It was beautiful, the food was delicious, and the people who attended just amazed me, all of the TTT club was there, many church friends, neighbors, children of old friends of ours, work-related friends and many friends from Sun N Fun including some from Indiana, Michigan, Canton, and many places in central Ohio. It was a marvelous day and one which we relived and remembered many times. Golden Wedding Anniversary May 5, 1985 [photo] .56. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/48c194f5995e7adb0d4618041789c173.jpg 408f08919be675b7a05b5ed100122abb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 60) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 57 of Day by Day] [image] .57. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f018433a35936cd6f0a40a4e776004ef.jpg 247a31be7b58012b319cdb2450455d89 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 61) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 58 of Day by Day] During the 80's we also took several trips with Wendell's company. We were anxious to go to the Barbados, and much as I hate flying, I will have to say our flight there and back was beautiful. As soon as we landed in Barbados, however, I was ready to leave. I cannot understand what the Britishers see in it. It's very small, has none of the lush tropical growth you would expect, has birds that fly into the restaurants and sit on your table, has snakes that crawl in bushes over your head, and does not have nice beaches. One of our group went swimming close to the shoreline and was washed repeatedly against the sharp, rocky crags found there. He was injured quite badly. Do you get the feeling that we didn't appreciate Barbados? You're right. The Repparts had come down to Florida to keep our dog "Sugar" while we were gone. We drove to Miami in the motorhome and left the Honda for them. They used the car once, lost the key, and were stranded in camp for a week; we parked about a mile from the terminal in Miami and returned to find the motorhome wouldn't start; neither of us cared for our Barbados vacation. You'll discover that some vacations are like that. The Houses We've Owned My first home was a rather small house for what was, for the most of my life at home, a home for six. It consisted of a nice sized kitchen, a very narrow room that was called a dining room with a closet at one end, an ample bedroom, small living room and two upstairs bedrooms with the tiniest closets ever made. My folks began by remodeling the kitchen, getting running water for the first time in the early 1930's. Later, they enclosed part of a porch to make a nice dining room, and .58. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/48e64b242d8fca964e9c4f8366bac72b.jpg 7739af14e4beef4867163aa5e704adaf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 62) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 59 of Day by Day] later added several feet on the west side to enlarge the living room and put in a bath. I never enjoyed this last addition I was married and living in the poor little house which burned. We then moved to the "white" house which we remodeled, doing the kitchen first, later adding a bath and later redid the front part of the house. Every house I had lived in until then was miserably cold. At home we carried heated sad irons to bed to warm our feet so we could fall asleep. To go to bed each night we carried a lantern to light our way and one night I turned it upside down to blow out the flame. Needless to say, flames shot out and our screams brought Dad up the stairs in record time. The miserable cold did not subside in the white house because it was not insulated and the windows were so loose they rattled. Each morning when I picked up Terry his little hands looked like swollen sausage links because he had gotten so cold in the night. Just when we got this house renewed we moved down to the gray house and began restoration all over again, this time stripping the downstairs rooms, insulating it well and installing an automatic furnace. It was during the late 50's that we also built a large cement block swimming pool which was a major source of enjoyment for many years. We lived there for many years but work in houses did not cease for we bought the rooming house which was endless work, but it provided a home for Terry and Marge while he finished his education. Houses 5 and 6 were those on the Chamberlin farm, and while we did not remodel them, our hammers and paintbrushes were always in reach. .59. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7ca5276ecdb23dde6803dcbe22195227.jpg 94d9a66677634aa06ace4962675c6754 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 63) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 60 of Day by Day] When we purchased property on Rosecrans Road and restored house no. 7, I decided I'd had enough. We had improved every house we had owned, spending hours and hours in hard, dirty work. And it was a task repeated over and over, because some of this was rental property and each time a tenant moved out, almost always we had a major renovation facing us. Then even my little Florida home betrayed me. Dad died at Christmas time in 1982 and we stayed home that winter. We always stored our trailer in a field near the camp, taking the precaution of using plenty of insecticide and mildew killer. We wrote down asking the owner of the field to take our check and renew the bug and mildew preparations. But when we walked into the trailer on an exetremely hot day in mid-October 1983, we almost turned and ran. Everything we could see was either covered with dirt or had been chewed by something. George Main had often told us that we could use his place at any time and we really had no choice at this time. We started with garbage sacks and removed EVERYTHING from the trailer, every towel, bed linen, drapery, curtain, small clothing items went into sacks and were taken to the laundry where we spent 3 full days just washing, drying, and folding. We stayed at Main's home for three nights but decided we had to move the trailer so that we could obtain hot water and electricity. We proceeded to wash down every square inch of the trailer, washed every utensil, dish, piece of silverware and finally after 4 days of hard, sweltering work, we cleaned and swept the carpet. Then little by little, we replaced our laundered items. .60. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/66f646a68c5d04a81db2c76ee208e06e.jpg 912c4fafb2f1e038949528f26de73f3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 64) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 61 of Day by Day] We do not know what caused the damage - Florida has some hideous flying insects that could have been what chewed some of the linens. What I do know is that we never trusted that particular guy with our trailer again. It was only when we built that I was able to move into a clean, warm house for the first time and what a blessing it was, and is for me. No remodeling, no painting, no snow on my bed, no unwanted mice in my basement! I love it! Remembering Sights, Sounds, and Smells If someone were to blindfold me and lead me into an old time school cloak room I would know it at once by its smell - a mixture of damp woolen mittens and coats, boots and the ever present smell of bananas and peanut butter sandwiches in lunch pails. Peanut butter in those days must have been blended with glue - one bite and your jaw locked. Many of the boys in our school trapped animals for their fur which would sell for a small sum. Every once in a while they would come to the classroom after having tangled with a skunk and would have to be sent home by the teacher with orders to become bearable before returning. Smells that I remember; fragrant new-mown hay; the hot iron smell in Curt's blacksmith shop; the smell of bees and honey, freshly turned earth, cold ashes in the ash pan. I especially remember the smell of freshly baked yeast roll, and will always remember how grandma hid her bananas in the closet and we found them by their odor. Among the beautiful things we've experienced on the farm have been the phenomena of Nature. It has .61. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/084822949dc2af68b7d88ab261506a6c.jpg cb48bd7dd2405d0d405fd20db15bd1dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 65) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 62 of Day by Day] been years since I've seen a showing of "northern Lights" but I remember one night in the 1950's when Wendell and I sat in our side yard and witnessed the bright white light that lit up the sky, Old Mother Nature outdid herself throwing bight orange, green and blue streamers halfway across the sky. One frosty winter night Wendall called me to "come look" at something. Going outside, I looked up at a full moon which was completely encircled by a large rainbow-colored corona. The corona was so far from the moon that they seemed to have no relation, even though you know that the moonlight shining on frost crystals had caused it. Another unforgettable sight happened as we were going over Murphy's Hill. Wendell was driving and as I looked to my right I saw this bright thing, larger than a star, with a long streamer behind sailing across the sky. I yelled but Wendall was unable to get the car stopped until just shortly before it hit ground. Even so he was impressed with his first sighting of a 'meteor' and I was almost speechless. It was a lot more breathtaking than my first glance at the satellite we all followed. We used to shock corn in the days before combines. The corn was cut and tied into small bundles which were than set into standing shocks. There is nothing more mysterious or beautiful than a large field of shocked corn under a bright, full October moon. They always reminded me of rows of tepees, and I could imagine that I could almost see Indians creeping across the field much as they did .62. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/10b5472485e0ef7dc29e575a315692bd.jpg 1c82f2582fdb2f7f0e04e39315eed4a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 66) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 63 of Day by Day] Hundreds of years ago when they left their spearpoints, pestles, axes, and grinding stones for us to find! One of the prettier farm sights is that of a field of rowed soybeans just beginning to bush out a little. Since the advent of pesticides, which enable one to overcome the large weeds that smother beans, farmers have gone back to drilled beans which aren't nearly as pretty. Wheat and oats are always gorgeous. Bright green just as we enter winter and again in earliest spring, they then turn into a beautiful golden color in summer. when the wind is gentle with them, the stalks bend and ripple like a giant wave. It used to be that we threshed wheat, separating the grain from the straw and putting the grain on wagons or in sacks and thrusting the straw out of the machine and into a large stack. We couldn't wait for the stack to form so that we could climb to the top and slide down the shiny side. Of course with the coming of combines, it meant that farmers could harvest their crops at the time they wished without waiting their turn in the "threshing ring." And the wives could celebrate also - they no longer had to prepare those monstrous dinners that the men remember so fondly. Flashback and Feedbacks We had a big laugh at Lee's expense, when he went fishing in Canada and stayed in a rustic log cabin. Along with usual inconveniences such as no electricity, running water, etc. they were using something that he had never seen before and which in his words absolutely "grossed him out." It .63. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e14dabe2c0c4319e2e7d2458817a01b4.jpg 9f5521113b2f0ef8b27961da767893f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 67) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 64 of Day by Day] turned out it was a fly strip, an item which used to hang in every farm kitchen. You open it and as the narrow mucilaged strip unrolled it caught and trapped flies in its sticky mess. Revolting, yes, but it saved a lot of swatting! Flies were one of the worst things we endured as children. They lit on you when you were hot and sweaty, they crawled on you as you tried to sleep. They bedeviled the cows and horses beyond bearing causing the cows to switch the milkers and even to hold up their milk. They blackened screen doors before a storm. And worst, they crawled on every bit of exposed food, ruining picnics and family get-togethers. It was a time of rejoicing when DDT finally got rid of most of them. Mosquitos and ticks didn't seem to be the pests then as much as now. Maybe because we went to bed early, thus missing the mosquitos. What we did have to hurt us, because we were forced to go barefoot, were the thorns, rusty nails, pitchforks, and barbed wire pieces all of which were as attracted to my feet as if I had a large magnet in each foot. I remember one summer I hobbled on a badly infected foot caused by stepping on a stone. Finally came the day when I could go outdoors again, and almost the first thing I did was step on a pitchfork! I hated doctors, because each time I saw one, the remedy was either castor oil or a puncture of a foot wound. As I said in the beginning, these things I have written are remembrances of our life together. For your parent's childhood, you'll have to get them to write them down. However, in looking back, I think of many things I do not wish to forget. .64. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3439e5bd6cda6b1be07bf8eee76e21f4.jpg 51e412add7665006f33312b302168fec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 68) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 65 of Day by Day] When Terry and Shirley were little, they became known to one another as "Bus" and "Baby" and those names stuck through high school. We did not have anything to do with the names being used and where they came up with them, I do not know. Shirley did not have to talk early; Terry anticipated everything she wanted and they seemed to develop a language of their own. When we could not understand her, he interpreted her words. RicK was anxious to get going in the world; he's still impatient. He never crawled and when we got him a walker at 6 months he turned our kitchen into a racing track. He could charge full speed ahead and turn on a dime and he learned to walk at 9 months. We lived in a drive back about 100 feet from the road and just across a narrow road; at the foot of the lane stood 2 full grown trees just wide enough apart to get a tractor through. One day after parking the car on top of the hill, wheels turned slightly to the bank, we entered the house for a cup of coffee. Shortly afterward, we looked out and our car was gone! Running out, we finally spotted it across the road in the field south of the house. We ran down see how much damage had been done to the car. Inconceivable as it might seem if you had ever seen those trees and how close they were, there was no a mark on the car. Even more inconceivable was that on the back floor of the car, Shirley and Terry were still playing with something. Evidently when they got in and shut the door, that was enough to start the car downhill. But I think I'd be safe in saying that if one were to park a car on the exact same spot, the chances .65. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2588de35e2a1caec22313e618a760f17.jpg a00730639c84b7e385001144f6fa0e1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 69) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 66 of Day by Day] would be about one in a thousand that it would go through those two trees unmarked. Terry used to stand by the east dining room window every morning and when the milk truck drove in he'd always say, "ere goes-a milka tuck". He spoke slowly and distinctly and we understood everything he said, but he couldn't explain that Italian accent. He also said, "bi-sa-ca-shew" for bicycle. You figure! Pam could not say "horse." Over and over the word came "force." One day PaBee tried to help her with her pronunciation, teaching her the "ho" sound and forcing her lips into the position to make the sound. Over and over they tried with Pam making the sound. Then he said, "Say I see a horse." And Pam said, "I see a force." I guess it's something you just out grow. Lee and Gina weren't with us as much when real small, but PaBee never forgot one sight of Lee. We walked into their kitchen shortly after Pearl had given him a Sugar Daddy and in Wendell's words "That kid had chocolate from his head to his feet" and Pearl was just standing there laughing. Shirley, Geno Jr., were 2 beautiful babies with their dark curls, one with blue, one with brown eyes and their wonderful complexions. I wish I'd had a color camera when Shirley was small. Chery was always the quiet, thoughtful one in the family. She didn't argue, and she would usually go along with anything Pam suggested but once in a while she would dig in her heels and .66. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/274f938b5e45685c34963f0d74a9a240.jpg 46abd200d465b4055eb047623ea2c4c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 70) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 67 of Day by Day] resist. Chery is till the very organized person in the family. Lee and Scott had the knack of our generation, that of creating one's own entertainment. They use to take twine and hitch up a pretend plow (a stick), then plow a ditch and plant seeds. They once used twine string to tie 3 pretty large boards together which they imagined was an airplane. The next thing we knew they were "flying" out a second story window. And do you remember the time they found an old lantern and were filling it with gasoline in preparation for a campfire? That lighting would have buried half our farms. Lisa was always the independent child and as she grew older, tended to impress or shock you with her insight or actions. But I'll never forget one day at home she invited a few kids in to play in our motor home. Hanging in the trailer was a beautiful Della Robbia wreath bought at the Twig bazaar and so loved by me that I took it to Florida with me. When I entered the trailer an hour or so later, there sat four kids at my table each with a cereal bowl, the bowls full of cherries, grapes raspberries and every other fruit from my wreath which they had dismantled. Lisa probably recalls to this day my first look and the words, "you kids are not leaving here until every grape is back on the vines and all the wreath is put back as it was." Of course, they couldn't do it, but spent a few hours of trying and possibly learned a lesson in the process. .67. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f2a2f46ea43a62cb1c3b753c9a3ed052.jpg ef10cc400c1e4d962292ad99d040fcd3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 71) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 68 of Day by Day] Tyler Day [photo] Tyler Day was the last of our grandchildren, a little red-head who made a good impression upon everyone who saw him. He stayed with us many times when small, and I miss him greatly since he moved to Findlay. Tyler had some speech problems which lasted well into his second grade, but he's a great student and a great kid. We never allowed our children and grandchildren to sleep with us. One night when Scott was about 3 years of age, and staying over with us, a terrific thunderstorm came up. It awakened me and I hear Scott, who was on the sofa just outside our bedroom, begin to stir. Finally I heard him creep over to our door but he didn't say anything. I waited then called out, "Scott do you want to come in here with us?" With one bound, he was in our room saying, "Funder scares me to deaf." Snuggled between us, he was soon sound asleep, his fears of "funder" forgotten. A farm is not only long hours of hard dirty work, but a place of many accidents and dangers. Within 2 1/2 miles of our farm, I could think of 17 major accidents, 13 of them resulting in death most of them were very young people, only 2 of these 13 being adults. On of the saddest funerals I ever played for was for a small boy who was playing in the pasture .68. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a39766c6dec80b9f4873e01bbe057c79.jpg 25df1bb3a5bf67aad868be2d1d8c6a77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 72) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 69 of Day by Day] and fell into an iron stake set out to hold a salt block. He died in his father's arms a few minutes later. Another child fell from a silo, one caught his hands in the moving gears of a grain drill, another suffocated under loose saw dust. There were tractor upsets, chain-saw accidents, car accidents, mowing machine and combine worries. Each piece of machinery on the farm could become a death instrument in a flash, so it was small wonder that one was continually admonishing everyone else to "be careful." The Chamberlain farm and its owners have been especially hard hit, with major accidents which included four deaths. After the lightning strike on our farm, PaBee never cared to go back out to the farm. However, both of us did help Terry try to get his dairy herd in order in 1987. He died just a week after we were there to help, and both Wendell and I lost all interest in the farm. I still own a part of it, but it's rented out and I see little of it. Did you ever wonder why you call your grandparents "Bee" and PaBee"? Well, here's the answer. I had always wanted a nickname but the name "Doris" is not the easiest name in the world to use to coin a nickname, so I was always known by my my full name, "Doris Marie." Then when I was twelve, we welcomed into our family my kid brother, also known by the name of Wendell. When he began talking tried to get my attention, it was impossible for him to enunciate .69. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/10c30179ea0272064cf894243a87f96d.jpg b222e6b30300515041d8ed008ed4a136 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 73) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 70 of Day by Day] my full name, calling me instead "Do Bee." Later he shortened it to Bee, has called me that all his life, and finally gave me a nickname that stuck, because most of my family used it in addressing me as did your grandfather, my Wendell. I was made a grandmother at a young age and had no objection until a neighbor, 25 years my senior, began referring to me as "grandma." so when Pam began talking, I encouraged her to call me "Bee." That was fine until she began calling Wendell "MaBee" at which time he asked her to call him "PaBee." To this day, all the grandchildren, some of our nieces and nephews and even some of their young friends address us this way. And that , Lee, is why when your teacher asked you to tell something about your grandparents you told her "I don't have any grandma or grandpa - just Nani and Nuner, Bee and Pabee!" My life as you can see has not been glamorous or exciting, but one of much hard work and, at times, one of frustration. But along the way, there had been so much to enjoy - friends, music, church, family books for learning and pleasure, fairly good health, a sound mind - that I can't complain. To those of you who thought this writing was on genealogy, no. That was not the purpose of this. But about a month ago I found a writing done by one of my ancestors in the mid 1700's and I'm having a copy made for the back of the book so that you can read it and truly appreciate how much you have. .70. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ea29295725a133c33ca2836fb396836b.jpg d48f6645adf01046a40b18253d74a84c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 74) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 71 of Day by Day] I would remind you, too, that I'm glad: You don't pump water for a dairy - a turn of the tap does it. You don't do hand washing - you have automatic washers. You don't hang up wet clothes - you use a dryer. You don't stoke the furnace several times a day - it's automatic heat. You don't light candles or lamps - a flip of the switch make light, etc., etc. In addition, mixes of all kinds have shortened cooking immensely. Supermarkets hold all kinds of canned fruits and vegetables or even fresh produce. It's hard to believe that we rarely saw celery or lettuce when I was a child, and an orange in our Christmas stocking was a real treat. It's been an amazing change that I've seen in my lifetime in everything from transportation to clothing, education to morals, foods to indoor conveniences. As someone said, "Enjoy today. You are living better than any king lived a century ago." In conclusion, I have just a word for you, my grandchildren. We've enjoyed each and everyone of you regardless of whose genes you wound up with. We've shared your illnesses (cried many tears over you), your good times, your first word, your first step. We've rocked you, singing "Rock-a-Bye Baby" ten thousand times, changed you, consoled you, hugged you, argued with you, yelled at you and yes, even spanked one of you once. And through it all, we had a ball. Hope you did, too. Love, Bee and PaBee .71. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/54f0e1a47127e356e4fcd3b8c1e84b7a.jpg c82dc757d5550b04ec4e7cfc151fc24e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 75) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 72 of Day by Day] Our First Great-Grandchildren Erik Day [photo] Ryan Day [photo] 4 Generations Rick, Wendell, Scott, and baby Erik [photo] .72. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9c5bf7b55e47324de20be4ee75b083d3.jpg 3dccdeb8c032fb3cda25ab9c2d090651 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 76) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to page 73 of Day by Day] Our Family Today Birthday Gathering for Doris 1991 1st Row: Marge Day, Scott Day, Pam Day Given 2nd Row: Juanita Day, Doris Day, Wendell Day 3rd Row: Chery Ortlieb, Shirley Alessio, Lisa Day, Rick Day 4th Row: Jim Ortlieb, Gino Alessio, Mott Given .73. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/86c86e3f6a1f802b41202ddac607aa43.jpg 01d3236b68f5ef5ba42c906df0306d07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 77) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 74 of Day by Day] Lewis H. Davidson. The following sketch from the pen of Rev. Lewis H. Davidson, of Washington township, a few additions, appeared in the Freeport Press of April 16, 1890. It shows some of the many hardships endured by the pioneers in general, and this truly representative family in particular. "My great-grandfather, William Davidson, was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in very early days, and after being married, and having four sons, was captured by the Indians before the Revolutionary War, and was lost to all knowledge of his friends. My grandfather, William Davidson (second), on my father's side, was born November 20, 1747. He was married first to Rosanna Hutchinson, who was born in Wales. This union resulted in five children - three sons and two daughters. His second marriage was with Barbara McDale; result eight children - five sons and three daughters. My father, Lewis Davidson, was of the first set of children, and was born in Fayette County, Penn., March 23, 1773. My mother, Mary Davidson, daughter of Lewis Davidson, full brother of William (second), was born in Allegany County, Md., September 23, 1778. Her mother's name was Nancy Todd, and she was born in England. My mother was one of fourteen children, all full brothers and sisters. My father and mother were married in Fayette County, Penn., in July 1798, by Rev. James Roberts. the result of this union was twelve children - eight sons and four daughters - namely: William. Nancy, Rosanna, John S., Mordecai W., Lewis H., Susanna., Mary., Jesse., Thomas L., Joseph C., and Jonathan S. In 1802 my father and mother , with a number of other families moved down the Ohio river in large canoes fastened together, and landed on the west side of the Ohio river opposite where Catlettsburg is now located. After remaining there about one year, my father bought land in French grant, in Scioto County, Ohio, where they remained until March 1909. I was born at that place February 23, 1809. This location proved to be sickly - chills and fever. Here two of their children died: Nancy and Rosanna. My parents proposed to move back to Pennsylvania, and having sold their land, and the weather becoming fine the last week of March, they commenced the tedious journey, packing all they intended to move on two mares. My mother carried me in her arms on horseback, and an older brother, John S., behind her and Mordecai W. was in father's arms on the other mare, and William who was in is tenth year walked. They come to the Muskingham River at Zanesville, April 2, 1809, and my mother forded that river with me in her arms. They had fine weather to travel in, and all went well until they reached the big Stillwater Creek, between where now in Smyrna and Moorefield. One of their mares, being very warm, drank too much water, and by the time they reached the John lamb farm, one mile east of Moorefield, she was so sick they stopped, and there she died. This stopped them in their journey to Pennsylvania. "My father rented a small cabin nearby and remained there that summer and next winter. During that time he entered the quarter section of land which L. D. Latham now occupies, three miles west of Freeport. On March 10, 1810, my father moved his family down on the east side of Big Stillwater, and stopped with Daniel McGloughlin, who then lived where the widow Bevans now lives. In a few days he erected a cabin on his own land, and soon moved into it. It had a "cat-and-clay" chimney, split puncheons for a floor, clapboards pinned together with wooden pins for a door to keep out wolves, as well as everything else, but which did not prevent us from hearing the wolves howling a few yards from the door. We were also surrounded with other wild game, such as bears, deer, turkeys, and smaller game, which were much used for food by families, the hides of the deer dressed for clothing. Those were trying times, indeed! Daniel Esley had a little mill at that time, built of small logs, standing where the Hess mill is now located. The dam was built of brush and dirt, and very leaky at that, and when it was very dry weather we often had to pound out corn into meal in a hominy block, and live on potatoes, squashes, pumpkins roasting ears, and beans. In 1812 my father erected the first hewed-log and shingle-roofed house that was ever built in the valley of Crab Orchard, carrying nails for the roof from Newellstown (now St. Clairsville) in a sack on horseback, and paying a high price for them. But just when the new inhabitants had cleared a few patches to raise corn and potatoes, the http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a0b986b886d735de219f5fc3ddde764e.jpg c113b6f853c3665f6e0cc3f134a5a85e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 78) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 74 of Day by Day] distressing War of 1812 called all the able bodied men in Ohio to arms; as it is well known that Ohio and the western frontier suffered more than any other part of the United States, on account of the alliance between the British and Indians, the British offering the Indians a high price for every white scalp they would produce. At this time father was suffering badly with rheumatism as to be unable to work, having lost the entire used of his legs, yet he did not escape the 'draft,' and I remember well his being carried from the house by two strong men to be put on horse back to ride to New Philadelphia to answer his name, and prove his inability to go to the front. I can not recollect the excitement when word reached this part of the State that Shipley and Warnock were killed by the Indians about forty miles from this place. Immediately following this report the entire neighborhood about Freeport was alarmed over a rumor that an Indian attack was to be made upon them; and from far and near families flocked to the village for safety, which was found in a house of huge round logs that had been erected for the very purpose it was called to serve. Our family was among those who hastily sought this shelter, and while en route on horseback, riding behind my father, I remember falling from the horse and rolling down a steep embankment, which so hurt me as to cause me to cry aloud. My outcry was only hushed when warned that unless I would cease the Indians would hear me and come and massacre us all. Some two days in doubt and expectancy were passed in the village, when, the fears of the settlers subsiding, they returned to their homes. When the war closed, this part of the State settled up rapidly, and soon the people became prosperous in their undertakings. "We soon had churches in Freeport, and church organizations, good preachers and good congregations. In early life I became interested in the Christian religion, my father and mother being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On April 15, 1827 I united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Freeport, Ohio, two sisters, Susanna and Mary, uniting at the same time. Thus we joined hands that we would walk with God during natural lives, long or short. My sister, Mary, has gone to the spirit land, dying in the faith of the Son of God. My sister, Susanna Latham, it still lingering on the stage of action, but with good hope of eternal life beyond the grave. She is greatly blessed with a daughter and son-in-law to take care of her in her declining years. In 1829 I bought 100 acres of land in Washington Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. On January 7 1830, I was united in marriage to Lucinda Latham near Moorefield, Ohio: she was born in Fauquier County, Va., September 18, 1910. The result of this union was seven children - four sons and three daughters-namely: Isiah, Mary, Lucy, James M., Latham A., Sarah E., and Alexander J. Three of theses, Isiah, Lucy and Sarah, died in Infancy: James M. volunteered in the United State service August 9, 1862, and became a member of Company F, Ninety-eight regiment, O.V.I. (he was mortally wounded September 20, 1863, in the memorable battle of Chickamauga, and was lost to all knowledge of his friends). My daughter, Mary McPeck, lives near Jewett, Ohio. Latham A. is living in West Milford, Harrison Co., W. Va. Alexander J. is living near Tucson, Ariz. "In September, 1830, my wife and I went to that wild woodland that I had purchased in Tuscarawas County, to fix upon a location for a cabin, and after wading through the high weeds and brush for awhile, we located the site near a spring. I had my ax in hand, ready to cut down the large oaks that stood all around. I looked at my better half, and asked if she thought we could make a living in that place. Her eyes began to fill with tears, and turning her back to me , she walked off to a large oak tree down, the one I had intended for the foundation of my house, this being the first break on those 100 acres. I soon had my cabin up, and I soon finished my chimney, then commenced grubbing for my next summer corn field. When there was snow on the ground I would chop rail timber, and when there was no snow I either split rails or grubbed, so when the time came for planting corn I had three and a quarter acres cleared and well fenced; also in the meantime had made 2,000 rails for my neighbors. I will also say my wife was often seen picking the small brush on the clearing after working the http://66.213.124.233/files/original/462c4e8fed2daff3a96819d2dcfd8899.jpg 33417009195b8e75293b9c772139409c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 79) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 75 of Day by Day] little garden that I had prepared soon after we had moved to that place. We continued on this place until December 1, 1835. During our stay there I cleared and fenced about twenty-five acres of land, and made about 8,000 rails for my neighbors. I made oak rails at twenty-five cents, and chestnut rails at twenty cents per hundred. "In the fall of 1835, my health failed, and during much of the time I was prostrated. This was the cause of our selling our land at that place and moving to Freeport on the first day of December, 1835. In April, 1836, I bought some goods and went into mercantile business on a small scale. In the summer of 1837 I changed my business, and moved out on the Crab Orchard Creek. In October 1837, I, in company with a brother, went to Blackford County, Ind., and bought eighty acres of land. In November I rented what was called the Dewey Farm, on Crab Orchard Creek. Here we remained for seventeen months. In 1839, having bought the interest of some of the heirs of the farm on which I was reared, I erected a house, where L. D. Latham now lives, and moved to that place. On May 8, 1842 I received, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, license to exhort, and on February 8, 1845, to preach the gospel. On June 23, 1850, I received a deacon's orders by the hand of Bishop Janes, an elder's orders on March 20, 1864, by the hand of Bishop Scott. In December, 1845, I rented the mill property belonging to Nelson Driggs, moved to that place, and remained there until the day of April, 1847, when we moved to what was known as the Barrett Mill, having bought an interest in that property. "Here we remained until the first of April, 1851, when , having sold my interest in the mill property, we moved back to the mill and farm property of Nelson Driggs. About the time we had our corn planted, Driggs sold his mill and farm to Andrew Stewart, and came to me and requested that I release the rent on the farm, and he would pay damage. Stewart wished to repair the mill, but wished me to continue to farm and cut the hay and tend the corn. In December, 1851, Driggs put a nice lot of goods in the house where Turner now keeps his meat shop, and requested me to move into that house on the 8th of December, 1851, and took charge of his goods. In March , 1852, Driggs sold all his store goods on both sides of the street to Isaac Holloway and Benjamion Parsons, and they placed all the goods in the brick house where Peairs Bros. now have their store, employing me to sell their goods for one year. About one month after I took possession of the goods Sheriff Boyd of Cadiz came and demanded the key of the store- house in favor Driggs' Eastern creditors. I had then the privilege of being idle awhile. The owners of the good replevined them, it soon passed though the court, and the goods passed back to Holloway & Parsons, and I began in my former business. We remained in the store until April 1853. For the past two years we had been receiving rent from a farm of eighty acres near Tippicanoe, which I had bought in 1851. In 1851 I rented a small farm from Samuel Green, and moved there in April. On January1, 1854, I bought from John Vandota the farm we now occupy, and moved upon it March 1, 1854. On the 4th January, that year, I was appointed by Presiding Elder J. G. Samson, to take charge as pastor, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sewellsville and Salem, and there I labored nearly six months, and received into the church over fifty members . Soon after I finished my labors there we attached ourselves to the Tippecanoe Class, Deersville Circuit; I was called upon to preach to the people. In 1855, in a quarterly conference at the Valley Church, a resolution was offered and unanimously passed that my family and I should be exempt from paying quarterage. This exemption continued for a while, and I thought, lest there be some jealous feelings toward me by my brethren, I would propose a change in the matter. I addressed the following letter to the quarterly conference, I being sick and not able to attend: Tippecanoe, August 27, 1858 Dear Brethren of the Quarterly Conference of Deersville Circuit, Pittsburgh Conference: Whereas, at the quarterly conference, held at Pleasant Valley, there was a resolution unanimously adopted that myself and my family be exempt from paying quarterage, and while I highly appreciate and shall ever feel bound to appreciate the act of my brethren in passing this resolution unanimously as a a compliment to me, I move that the above resolution be rescinded, and the names of myself and my family be place among the paying members of the circuit. Yours fraternally, L. H. Davidson "On September 16, 1857, I was http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d26dde7a4a52edb45b708906fcc28755.jpg 94cfb0eb4d56362ad8298a65db7d504d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 80) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unnumbered page 76 of Day by Day] appointed agent of the American Bible Society for Guernsey County, Ohio commencing the 16th day of September and ending the 29 day of January, 1858. Number of families visited, 894: number of days engaged, 104: whole amount of cash received, $402.19: number of addresses delivered, 28: value of Bibles and Testaments given to destitute families, $17.66. A few years ago we attached ourselves to a class in Freeport on account of the convenience, as we are in our declining years. I have been appointed executor of administrator of the estate of the following persons: My Father, Susanna Buffington, Robert A Latham, Mary L. Hill. Asa Miller, John McCormick, Amanda Bargar, Reuben Allen, James B. Jenkins, and Guardian for Ham Hogue's heirs and William McCormick. Up to date, January 18, 1891, I have solemnized marriage contracts between ninety-eight couples. My work is now almost finished. There are a few of my early acquaintances with me living on the stage of action; Elijah Carver, Samuel Wilson, James Kerr, widow John Phillipps, Zera Davidson and wife, Robert Mears, Bazil Steel, John Miller, William Perdue, Robert Wilkin, Robert Tedrick, Mary A. Stewart, widow of Andrew Stewart: all these our youth met each other with warm hearts and friendly hands, but soon these hands and hearts will be cold in death. But if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him, and shall change our vile bodies that they may be alike fashioned unto His glorious body." Taken from a book on Harrison County, Ohio held in The Licking county Genealogical society. http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6a1294e7203c9a6f9757fe2f30821d9d.jpg 8f95d58a3b09b778326e7e21be06348b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day (p. 81) Description An account of the resource [corresponds to back cover of Day by Day} Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Day by Day Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Doris Davidson Day Subject The topic of the resource Davidson family--Genealogy Day family--Genealogy Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury--History Personal narratives--Doris Davidson Day (1917-2010) Description An account of the resource This family history provides general histories of 5 generations of the Davidson, Day, Glenn, Cline, and Cowell families, from 1899-1995. Author Doris Davidson Day puts into print memories of her childhood, marriage, work, joys, and sorrows. 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Description An account of the resource [page 1] [corresponds to title page of Pages of Our Lives] Pages of Our Lives [image] Farming a Way of Life by Rachel Murphy Buxton Community Library Sunbury, Ohio 2005 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 1) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4280896fa5ecab52394386217b1bfb45.jpg c02dc31b7fe03c4b341ff42f5e33e96c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 2] [corresponds to page -i- of Pages of Our Lives] Table of Contents Rachel's Story My Childhood .............................................. 1 Maple Syrup Making at the Murphy Woods .................... 7 Condit Presbyterian Church ................................ 8 Other Childhood Memories .................................. 9 Rachel's School Days ...................................... 12 More Childhood Memories ................................... 20 Threshing and Silo Filling Rings .......................... 21 Memories of Dad ............................................ 22 Memories of Mom............................................. 24 Tom Enters My Life.......................................... 27 Tom Buxton.......................................................... 29 Jerry Edwards............................................... 31 Tom's First Florida Trip.................................... 32 Marriage............................................................ 34 Children............................................................. 35 Family Homes Thomas Buxton House......................................... 36 Rex and Joy Buxton's House.................................. 39 Vacations........................................................... 40 Medical History Rachel's Medical History.................................... 43 Tom's Medical History....................................... 48 Cancer in My Family......................................... 50 Memorable Moments in Our Family..................................... 50 Appendix Other Papers by Rachel Program for Friendly Club ................................... 51 My Great Uncle Lovett ....................................... 54 By Other Murpheys Lovett Taft Murphy ...................................... 56 What May Be Done to Improve the Social, Moral and Intellectual Condition of the Farm by L.T Murphy ............................ 59 Ella Murphy's Tape ........................................ 62 Letter from Abram and Mary Ann Adams to Linnie Murphy ..... 72 Letter to Melinda Ball Murphey ...............................73 Abram and Mary Ann Adams Epilogue .............................75 Grace Chadwick Murphey's Memorial Service .....................76 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Velma Murphy McCall Creech ...84 Lovett Murphy: A Step Back in Time ...........................101 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... 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Description An account of the resource [page 3] [corresponds to page -ii- of Pages of Our Lives] Rachel Murphy's Ancestors ............................................... 103 Murphy Family Tree ...................................................... 105 My Ancestors ..................................................... 106 The Murphy Tree by Grace Chadwick Murphy ......................... 107 Murphy Family History ............................................ 111 Farrah Murphy's Papers ........................................... 127 History of Trenton Township by Farrah Murphy ................. 129 Scenes from My Childhood by Farrah Murphy .................... 134 Farrah C. Murphy by Ella Murphy Taylor ........................... 135 Chadwick and Loren Family Tree .......................................... 138 Loren History .................................................... 139 Loren History by Grace C. Murphy ................................. 140 Chadwick Family History .......................................... 143 Chadwick Family for Sunbury Bicentennial ......................... 144 Carnes and Olmsted Family Tree .......................................... 149 Emmitt and Melissa Carnes Family History ......................... 150 Joe Carnes ....................................................... 156 Maple Crest Farm ................................................. 158 Olmsted Family History ........................................... 159 Willis Buxton Family .................................................... 163 Marvin Buxton's Descendants ...................................... 164 Buxton Family History ............................................ 165 Buxton Family Photos ............................................. 167 John and Mary Jackson's Descendants ..................................... 169 Jackson and White Family History ........................................ 170 Thornton and Neal Family History ........................................ 171 Green Family History .................................................... 173 Callan Family History ................................................... 174 Wayne Buxton ...................................................... 175 Lucille Buxton .................................................... 181 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 3) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0b9045b7a7f7cd3c5ebf163315ca07d6.jpg d832b251ebe8704c67deae8cc9a1a954 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 4] [corresponds to page 1 of Pages of Our Lives] My Childhood [photo] [photo caption] Home of Rachel Murphy Buxton 140 acres on the north side of road 105 acres on the side of road is 50 acre wood and 55 acres farm land only the house, garage and chicken house behind the house remain in 2005 I, Rachel Leola Murphy, was born Feb. 26, 1933 at home in the 1st house on Murphy Road where I lived all my childhood. I was a happy child at home, never getting angry except I hated to be teased. The kids on the school bus would call me "Little Art" as looked like Daddy. Another time my brother, Lovett, teased me and I chased him around our house with a butcher knife. Mother was afraid I would fall on it as I was pigeon-toes. I had to wear shoes to correct it. They were always kept under the bed in the tiny downstairs bedroom in the southwest corner of the house. I loved to clean so many times I was sweeping the stone around the back porch, where the eaves ran down, to make them look neater. One time I found some old money (Indian heads) while sweeping. We had a fenced in chicken lot to the north of the house which had the chicken house, fruit orchard, and the back house in it. The back house had two holes, one large and one small. This was our only toilet until we had an inside toilet put in Sept. 1944 with one stool upstairs and a small bathroom downstairs out of the little bedroom. I loved to sickle the weeds in the chicken lot as I didn't like the looks of the big nettle weeds which liked to grow there. Dad only cut the bull thistles. One day I was sickling too hard and ran the point of the sickle into the side on my left knee. I also had trouble going to the toilet in the back house as the roosters and cross ganders would always chase me when I was little so I always had to get someone to walk with me. I remember when they had to have our chickens vaccinated for cocidiosis. It took a long time to catch every chicken to vaccinate and put a leg leg band on them. We always fed the chickens boughten oyster shells besides our own ear corn which we had to shell. We had to carry ear corn from the corn crib across the road south of the house clear up the long yard and down the path to the chicken house each day. We had a large yard with the house sitting at the top of a big even rolling bank going [photo] [photo caption] Rachel Leola Murphy -1- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 4) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ea7f5e50de3088f93543e720173a97af.jpg c1c41cd75fdb6a366f4956714645aa6a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 5] [corresponds to page 2 of Pages of Our Lives] south down to the road and then real sharp, short banks going up to the the road. We would stand in the road and let the lawn mower go down the hill and then pull it back up. We would repeat this on the bank clear across the south side of the yard. It took us three kids all day Saturday to mow the yard and we took turns pushing the hand lawnmower around the big rectangle patch that we mowed. We had a old day bed with wire springs that we played on while out folks milked. We would also go round and around a pole in the milking parlor. I never learned to be a good hand miler as I was too young. I remember helping Daddy with the milking after my sister, Velma went to Cadet Nurses' Training in 1945 at Muskingum College and Bethesda Hospital for 3 years. We used the 2 five gallon stainless steel buckets with the De La Val milking machine. Dad and I would carry 2 or 3 milk can, strainer and the 2 milk buckets down the hill to milk. We would put the strainer pad in the strainer, set it in the milk can and start milking. Dad always squeezed the milk out of the dirty strainer pad and fed the barn cats milk when we were done milking. Then we had to carry all the cans and equipment back up the hill to the milk house. We rinsed the milkers with cold water at night but they had to washed with hot water and soap each morning. The full ten gallon milk cans were hard to carry up the sharp rocky path to the milk house and then set them into the cement water tank to cool before the milk man picked them up each day. Later we got the ice bank milk cooler to cool the milk. It was hard to lift the cans in and out of the cooler ever though the milk cooler was set lower in the cement floor of the milk house. I used to sing all the while we milked as I always listened to the hit parade on the barn radio. I knew all the popular songs by heart many sang by Frank Sinatra. Sometimes Dad would help me with my homework especially algebra if I had a problem, while milking. We put a pail full of ground feed, using an old 5 gallon calf a pail, into each of the six wooden stanchions. We would call the cows each in separately to milk two cows at a time. The cows knew their names and came in in the same order each milking. There was a long cutout place in the cement on the floor back of the cows that we called the gutter to catch and hold the cow manure. Each morning I swept the milking parlor floor which we limed and cleaned the gutter out with a scoop shovel. The walls of the milking parlor were white-washed every year or two especially if the milk inspector ordered it done. In 1962 when Dad was sick in the hospital with his cancer, the man hired to milk tried to drive the cows into the milking parlor to milk. The hired man had so much trouble I got all the names of the cows from Dad and I called them in and helped milk Dad got home. Cows habits are hard to change. We had one cow who would take her tongue and lick open the sliding barn door that fastened with a metal ring that hooked over a bolt sticking out of the cement sidewall. One very cold day her tongue froze to the metal ring. She never tried to open the door to eat feed again. I have many happy memories of helping Daddy milk as loved the cows and made pets out of all the heifer calves that we raised. We always had calves to feed. We [photo] [photo caption] Rachel with pet calf in front of coal house in the backyard -2- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 5) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b06d339194b68b1de1be3b476da083d4.jpg c7fa5b78a639f4908049cfb43c7fd3f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 6] [corresponds to page 3 of Pages of Our Lives] mixed water with the dry calf feed called Calf A for the little calves in place of milk which we fed the calves as soon as we could sell their mothers milk. The mother's milk was fed to the newly born calves which contained colustrum for the first four to six days after freshening. We kids took turns in the summer time walking the cows down the long lane to the woods for the day. It took about a half an hour to do this. Then at night we would turn the cows across the road from the barn into the pasture field north west of our house after we milked. I never liked to watch the cows in the clover field west of the barn when it was in hay. We had to watch them usually an hour. There were no fences at the east end of the field so we and to sit and wait while the cows ate they would not get out and into the cornfield across the barn lot. One taste of corn and you could not keep them in the clover field. In the winter we had to throw down the loose straw from the straw mow in the barn above the cows to bed the cows. Then we had to throw down the loose hay from the hay mow to feed them in the manger and also had to climb the ribbed wooden silo rings and shovel out silage into a cart. Then push the cart in front of the long row of stanchions along the north wall of the barn. We would pitch a shovel silage in for each cow along with hay we had carried over to the mangers. The cows were kept in the barn all winter this made a lot of manure mixed with the straw to haul out in the manure spreader to spread on the fields. Dad Pitched the packed manure into the manure spreader with a 4-tined pitch fork. We each got a bottle of homemade canned root beer when we helped Dad pitch a load of manure. It meant a lot in later years when a neighbor, Charles Chamberlin, was paid to load the manure spreader with his tractor with a manure bucket in the front as Dad might have 100 loads of manure to haul in the spring. We ate a lot of rabbits and squirrels during the hunting season. Many times we had chickens when they were killed on the road as cars would pop over the hill from the east and hit them. The hill in the road was widened and the hill lowered in 1996. We butchered a beef each year sometimes a hog. We rented a food locker in Delaware, Ohio, and then later rented a locker in Sunbury after one was built there. We had a grocery man who came every two weeks. We would order our sugar, salt, flour, spices, vanilla, cocoa and peanut butter. My sister , Velma, liked to help mother can food and cook while I liked to work in the garden and clean. When we had to clean our rooms each weekend, I would have mine done early and Velma always waited until she had to do it. When Velma would cook and bake and make lots of dirty dishes I would wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen. I remember staying Grandma Murphys on the hill. I liked to sort the funny papers (we didn't get a paper) out in their old northeast unfinished store room on the ground level. Grandma always liked to work crossword puzzles and study the Bible. In later life she became a Christian Scientist. One time I stayed while the rest of our family to the Coney Island as I had to go to much to take on a trip. Grandma and I lay down one afternoon for a nap and she said, "Let's see who can go to sleep first." Of [photo] [photo caption] Grace Chadwick Murphy, 1930] -3- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 6) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/118314a5bdbdc02549d2e220f99eb70a.jpg 25e817a836316d9dc0f1d6906b90184e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 7] [corresponds to page 4 of Pages of Our Lives] course it was me. As a family we always went to Delaware once a month to get our meat from the locker, have an ice cream cone on the way and maybe see a movie at the Strand Theater. In late years we went to Dorsey Theatre in Johnstown. I always had to sit in the end seat so I could go to the restroom with disturbing everyone during the movie. I couldn't go to Centerburg movies as they didn't have a restroom. We picked always picked up hickory nut each fall in our woods as a family. In the spring we went to the woods to see the spring flowers and gather pawpaws to eat. In the summer we went our wood s to pick black- berries for mom to can and later years to sell. Mother had an electric Maytag washer and used a big square metal tub sitting on a small wooden table to rinse the clothes in. This same rinse tub was used for our weekly bath when we were little. We all used the same water, just adding hot water as it cooled down. We had lots of pets when we were young, I remember 2 dogs, Bobbie and Bingo which were both small black and white, short haired dogs. Lovett had some coon dogs and a pet crow. I also had a pet lamb and pet mouse. We had no pet cats as we just had what we called barn cats. I especially remember Mary Ellen who lived to be 25 years old with not teeth but still had kittens every year. When Wilma Carnes, my second cousin, and I played, one day in the sand pit at the bottom of the hill, we had slid down it so much on our seats we decided to wash our panties in the water tank in the milk house. I don't remember Dad ever scolding me for it. When us 3 kids would climb the ladder up to the haymow from the barn floor my legs were too short and I had a hard climbing the steps when we came to the big beam with no steps, but I never fell. As children, my sister, brother and I were not allowed to have a bicycle since our neighbor on 605, Charles Barton, was killed on his bike in an automobile accident. We played games with Ted Gray, our neighbor who also lived on 605. He was a year older than my brother. We played hide and seek, and Velma and Lovett got to ride his bike and horse in our yard. I didn't get to do as many things since I was the baby being 5 yrs. younger than Velma and 2 years younger than Lovett. One time time I went with Lovett to check his traps and he caught a skunk which we carried home. Mother made us change our clothes in the backhouse we smelled so bad. Every day when I got home from school I'd run upstairs and listen to my radio shows. I also loved to listen to Let's Pretend on Saturdays. I never got to stay all night with classmates except two times. Once with Nancy Williamson and once with Mary Lou Forgraves. they both lived in Sunbury. Mary Lou then got to stay at our house one night. I still remember how afraid she was of our chickens as she had never been in the country before. Our family never ate out so one time when I got to buy my lunch at school in downtown Sunbury with Joan Crowl it was very special. I had never had a boughten hamburger or milk shake before. I also remember of being in our Church's Prince of Peace speaking contests in the 8th and 9th grades. It was a 10 minute speech we memorized and spoke up front in a contest held at [photo] [photo caption] I remember getting burned with my first permanent which was given like this. I was in the 5th grade. -4- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 7) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7f4383a7fffe08bb3c6fc4e42d1b7f3d.jpg b928563bc44db5f9767743db517c6a45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 8] [corresponds to page 5 of Pages of Our Lives] Condit Church. My 9th grade speech I remember getting a mid-calf, black flaired skirt to wear for the contest. Mother made most of my skirts so this was special. I did not win but enjoyed being in the contests. The skirt length was in complete contrast with my 4th school year when the 8th grade girls across the school hall wore mid-thigh length dresses. I was very little as a child until I started to gain weight rapidly after the 2nd grade. By the time I was in the seventh grade I weighed 152 pounds and was 32" around my waist. I was so tired of being called "Chubby", "block buster", etc., that I made up my mind to lose wight that summer. I ate less and touched my toes 200 times a day. When I started back to school in the 8th grad I had lost 20 pounds and 6" around the waist which vowed never to gain back. I still enjoy exercising and have exercised daily since the early 1970's when I first started running and doing floor exercised. I changed to at least 15 minutes daily walking nightly floor exercises. I never missed the floor exercises but did miss walking when it was too cold before going to Florida in the fall. When we had our 2 siamese cats for 16 years, I never missed a night as they would wait for me to do the floor exercises so I would hold them for a few minutes. In 1995, I added weight lifting. I started slowly with 3 lb. weights which I lifted in seven different motions increasing to 20 times each way. Then I slowly added 5 lb weights, then 8 lb and sometimes I even use my 10 or 11 lb weights but it seems to take too long so I very seldom us the 10 or 11 lb. weights. I have 2 sets of 3, 5 and 8 lb. wights so I have one set on the bathroom counter and the other set in the motor home. I look forward to Listening to Deliah on Sunny 95 radio when I lift weights in the bathroom and watch T. V. when I lift weights in the motor home. My junior year I went Y-Teen Camp for a week. As children Dad always played rook, carrom, checkers and later euchre with us especially in the winter evenings. We were not allowed to learn to play poker as this was considered a gambling game. I never liked to read like my sister, Velma did. In the 4th grade I read the reading circle books only to get the certificate. I was so disappointed one Christmas when Aunt Ruth and Uncle Raymond Chadwick gave me a book for Christmas that I cut a circle around the pages of the book. Sometimes in the 1980's, my daughter, Tina gave me some Harlequin romance books and I enjoyed reading them. Then I read "Ashes in the Wind" by Kathleen Woodsworth about the Civil War. This got me interested in reading good books that I enjoyed and felt I also learned something. I now have many authors which I enjoy reading their books. I usually read 15 or 20 long books the four months each winter when we are in Florida. I find the thicker, best selling books are usually very good. We had a lot of sledding and ice skating parties on Grandpa's hill and pond in the pasture field. I din't learn to ice skate until I got my new shoe skate my freshman year in high school in 1948. The slip-on skates that you put on your shoes did not give any ankle support. I remember how us kids used to hunt for our Christmas gifts early. One year we finally found them in the back of the piano. I remember how pleased I was when our gas man's, Nick Nichol's wife , made me a little cloth divan and chair with lift up lids for Christmas. One year we bought a live Christmas tree in a ball of dirt. It was not very well branched but we made it look nice by decorating in the holes between the branches. This Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 8) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6dc991d5fb13fcd245b19be506867c7e.jpg afa7811241dc773774b1247a412d4c3f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 9] [corresponds to page 6 of Pages of Our Lives] odd-shaped tree is still growing in front yard of our home place on Murphy road. The road going east past our house was lined on both sides with locust trees which touched together in places smelling so good when they bloomed. We had to walk up to the bottom of the hill to get our mail each day. I loved the walk up the road at night as it was so pretty. I also like to walk and climb up the big hill in the pasture fields east of the pond at night and sit and look at the stars and the moon shining on the pond. We three kids each had our room upstairs. Velma had the east room, Lovett had the northwest room and I had the southwest room where the stairway came up in it. We liked to walk around the ledge around the stairway. Sometimes we would play in what we called the poke hole closet with its door just to the right of the top of the step upstairs. This closet ran along the west side of the southwest room with very little width space. It was so hard to walk as you had to bend over and it was dark as there was no light except the light from the door opening. We got our first T. V. when I was a freshman in high school in 1947. Emmie Van Sickle, an older second cousin we often visited when I was young, lived on a mud road near Sparta, Ohio. Several times, my folks got our car stuck on this road. I'm still afraid of muddy places. Emmie had always been sickly until she had her gall bladder out. She made this beautiful hair picture when bedfast for 2 years with rheumatic fever at age 13 years. It was made with horse, human and baby hairs wrapped around fine wires to form different flowers which were attached to a red velvet background. It is housed in a deep two foot square wooden glass frame. I received 1st place on this picture at the Hartford Independent Fair at Croton, Ohio. Our family ate our meals together sitting around a round table in the west end of our big kitchen. The table was covered with an oil cloth with a big clear double-handled sugar bowl in the center we always talk about everything during our meals. We even talked about the boys I had dated. Our family exchanged Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner with Aunt Ernistine and and Uncle Darrel who lived just north of Sunbury off route 61. Aunt Ernistine always made her three-layered square hickory nut cake with a hickory nut, sugar and cream thickened filling and topped with confectionary sugar, butter and vanilla frosting which always ran over the sides of the cake. Later when we three kids were married, we had our Christmas dinners at my sister's, Velma and Allan McCall's house in Delaware. Our last Christmas eve, Dec. 24, 1960, before Dad died we were at the home place waiting for Dad to get done milking so the kids could open their presents. We didn't know Dad had cancer and why it took him so long to do the chores. My father got us a nice step-stool which we still have and I wore a black and white corduroy skirt which I also still have. We usually had our Murphy reunions in the summer outside some where often at uncle Darrel's Woods or by a creek where the kids could swim and men could fish. We always had so much fun when all the cousins got together. when us kids were older we made a lot of candy. We sometimes had taffy pulls and then would put the pulled taffy on the buttered marble dresser top of Mom's Jenny Lynn bedroom suite in the enclosed back porch bedroom. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 9) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7393f5efd41f92659decde2310f5a832.jpg 12ff1fe348d5f97ec2b272cb79259065 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 10] [corresponds to page 7 of Pages of Our Lives] [photo] [photo caption] Arthur and Ethel Murphy's 25th Wedding Anniversary and Annual Picnic At Darrel Murphy's August 29, 1948 Allan McCall, Darrel C. Murphy, Grace L. Murphy Farrah C. Murphy Harriet Vogelsang, Erma McCall, Rachel L. Murphy, Ethel I Murphy, Mary Ell Murphy, Arthur B. Murphy, Mary Carnes, Ernistine Murphy, Ella L. Taylor, David Taylor holding Grace Taylor Children in front are John Taylor, Jon Carnes and Ralph Murphy Maple Syrup Making at the Murphy Woods (about 1938-1950) My sister's and brother's and my birthday are on Feb. 24,25, and 26. This time of year always marked the beginning of maple syrup making season. Some seasons were much longer than others. The weather played such an important role in syrup making. When the weather turned warm for several days and night freezing ceased, the maple buds came on the trees and the sap would have a budding taste and the sugar making season was over for another year. All the sap buckets and spiles were stored in the granary over the milking parlor. They had to be washed and taken to the sugar camp which was a clearing in the woods with a small wooden structure housing the necessary equipment to make maple syrup. This structure was located at the northwest section of the woods, closest to our house which was less than a mile away. The firewood, which had been cut during the winter, was stored near the camp. The wood was used to keep the fire burning under the three big evaporating pans. Next the sugar maple trees in the woods had to have a small hole bored, with a brace and bit, into the bark about four feet up from the ground and a spile tapped into the hole. A spile was a hollow piece of wood or metal later which formed a trough to allow the sap to come out of the tree into the pail. Real big trees could have two or three spiles in them. The cleaned sap buckets were then hung on the spiles. The next job was to hitch two horses onto the double tree attached to the sled which held the deep round gathering tank. The horses pulled the two-logged bottom sled through Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 10) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fe71319ebcd4b2df5e1c41569ee6d8ea.jpg 2286a8e55f7e624c6da2b94dc6e47707 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 11] [corresponds to page 8 of Pages of Our Lives] the muddy, rutted path in and around the tapped trees so the pails could be dumped into the gathering tank. The sap would again run through the spiles and drop, drip by drip, into the pail after the next freeze and thaw. The sap had to be gathered every day or it could sour. The filled tank of sugar water was parked on the higher hillside on the northeast side of the sugar camp. The pout was let down and the sap would run down through pipes to the evaporating pans inside the sugar camp. Then the fire under the pan was started. the steam would roll up and out of the opened sided roof as the sap boiled down. When the sap in the first pan got to a certain degree of sweetness it was syphoned into the next pan until it reached the finishing pan. Then a special test was done with a hydrometer tester which was floated in the sap. When it tested right the boiling maple syrup was run through a thick, dense wool-filled bag into the new square one-gallon maple syrup cans Dad bought and put his name labels on before he sold them. The caps were screwed onto the hot syrup-filled cans. Mother would top off the cans at the house before they were sold as the cans were not sealed. It took between 40-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup so a lot of fire wood was needed. As a season got nearly done the finished maple syrup would be darker in color and get a budding taste. This syrup we would keep and not sell. dad would start a a batch early in the morning after milking the cows and it might not be finished until midnight. He would get 6 to 8 gallons per batch. The sweetness of the sap affected the length of time per batch and amount of work. We kids like to have parties at the sugar camp. We often roasted potatoes and meat in the hot ashes and boiled eggs in the sap. We have a picture of the Condit Presbyterian Sunday School class party held at the sugar camp taken about 1938. When I was in the second grade in 1940 I broke my left wrist during recess at the Sunbury grade school. The school called my Grandpa Murphy as they had a phone. Grandma blew her big couch shell to let Dad know to come home. It could be heard clear down at the woods from up on the hill where Marv Monroe now owns. Dad came to house and got the message. He took me to Sunbury so Dr. Spiro could set my arm bones when I placed it behind the screen. The set was O.K. so I got to go home after the cast was on it. We also made a lot of maple syrup candy by just boiling maple syrup to soft ball stage (when a teaspoon of hot syrup would just go under in a cup of cold water and float our of teaspoon.) Many time we added peanut butter to the syrup before beat it and put it in a buttered glass square pan. Boughten candy was a treat. One time when Wilma Carnes and I were at Grandma Carnes East Liberty home, we were playing in their bedroom and found a box of candy. We each ate a piece of a candy and never told Grandma. Condit Presbyterian Church My parents never went to church because my father was forced to go to church until he was 21 years old and he said he was not going to church after he was married. Mom did not go by herself and I was not going to do the same when I married. As a child I started going to Sunday School with Grandpa Murphy and continued as I grew older. I also remember going to the Guild meetings at the church with grandpa. As a child I remember being in the big west Sunday School room and each class sitting in their row. We got a cupcake for our birthday. I remember Grace Condit and Mable Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 11) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dac4596bcbc8a9654a7ee429c3101c4e.jpg ed6e5ac72039deb3b5235a0287b6f85b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 12] [corresponds to page 9 of Pages of Our Lives] Comstock, "Doc" McOwen and wife, Mary McOwen and Jim Wilson as teachers. When I was in high school, Wendall Days picked me up for choir practice so I got to sing in the choir. I was never very good at singing part but one time Faye thorn and I sang a duet for church. I ended up singing the melody and Faye, the alto as I could't stay on the alto part of "In the Garden". I went Wooster Church Camp which really was a high light in my life. I still remember our last nigh communion and all walking back to the dorm, singing "Only Believe". Then I gave a camp report at the Condit Presbyterian Church where I was a member. When I was about 16 years old, during the Easter Church service, the minister asked if anyone wanted to join the church and I stood up. I remember the Elders taking to me before I was baptized and joined the church. Another special day was the day I was ordained as an Elder. I especially remember how heavy all the other Elder's hands were on my head during the laying on hands service. Our Youth Fellowship was led by Wayne and Jerry Reppart. It was very special as did so many things I had never done before. We did roller skating and swimming parties so I learned roller skate and swim. [photo] [photo caption] Rachel - 16 years old I joined the church in 1949. Tom went to church with me once in awhile after we were married in 1952 but often I went alone. After our kids were born, I took them and my brother's children every Sunday and often taught Sunday School. I was pleased when Tom joined our church in 1996 after Ted Gray invited him to join. I started teaching Sunday School when Tina was 3 years old by helping Mildred Morton teach her class. I moved up with Tina until she graduated. Then I taught in Perry and Rex's classes. I also lead the group opening for Sunday School for several years. Our women's group started meeting at the Rest Home and helping with crafts when Mrs. Crawford had her rest home in Berkshire. We then went Morning View Care Center in Condit after it was built. I helped with crafts one day a week for several year. Then changed to bingo as more patients could join in. Ann Ross and Grace Wilson also helped as it takes several to help the patients play. Then we have a cover-all and the winner gets a $1 bell. Ann Ross, her sister, Louise, and I had bingo several years for the patients. The church had always been very important to me my whole life. I enjoy going to Sunday School and church, singing in the choir, attending our day sewing and study circle, going to our working group called "The Friendly Club", working on different committees, and helping with Bible School and church meals and teaching Sunday School. [photo] [photo caption] Rachel Buxton and Velma McCall for Church's 150 Celebration in 1986 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 12) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/38c26e420541ad6105fd572462779729.jpg 1983f238de8ad178db98df4571a3ea38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 13] [corresponds to page 10 of Pages of Our Lives] Other Childhood Memories Lovett and I both had pink eye when Mom was in the hospital. Helen Williams and baby son, Dickie, took care of us. We had to soak our eyes open in the morning and get the burning medicine of argeral put in them every day. I always loved to sew. I started making doll clothes in the 4th grade. By the 8th grade I made myself a full, pleated skirt on a dropped hip line top. I remember the pride I felt when Mother let me wall-paper the pantry by myself and it looked so nice when I got done. I remember staying all night at Grandpa and Carnes and his new wife Harriett Vogelsang, when Mom was in the hospital. I must have played in the dirt as Grandma told me to wash my feet in a pan of water before supper. While I was washing my feet, Grandma went outside to call Grandpa in for supper. I remember her yelling when she found Grandpa dead hanging from a rope in the barn. I was sent immediately across the road to the neighbors where I stayed all night until Dad could get me the next day. I shelled corn by hand for the chickens. O remember getting to shell corn on Grandpa Murphy's corn sheller that he used for shelling corn for his shelling his corn for his sheep. It was so much fun to put an ear of corn in the font hole, turning the handle and the corn come out the bottom and the cob out the other side. When I was in Sunbury grade school, each morning all the classes lined up by the flag pole with the 8th grade first going down to the first grade. The eighth graders seemed so old and grown up to the younger kids. I remember Terry Day play taps on his bugle for the flag rising before went to our rooms to start our day. The first eight grades were in the western part of the old Sunbury school house. We went to high school in the east side of the same building. My 1951 class went to the Sunbury High school building for our senior year, which included Sunbury and Galena but was called Big Walnut. In 1952 the Big Walnut High School including Sunbury, Galena and Harlem and the students got to use the new Big Walnut high school building. All twelve years of school my brother, sister and I rode the school bus. We were on of the first kids to get on the bus in the morning and last ones of at night. I was always anxious for school to start. I went to Sunbury grade school and Sunbury High School. Mr first grade teacher was Miss Tathem. We enjoyed our gold fish we had at school in the back of the room. My 2nd grade teach, Miss Bond, was very strict and we learned a lot. She had divided reading classes. I was in center reading class. There were six in 1st class. We were sent to the black board in small groups and had to stay until we knew our words. We also had to count to 200. My 3rd grade teacher, Miss Love, let the kids who got their work done play a lot. My fourth grade teacher, Miss Hogue, was strict but when we got our work done we could play in the back room making things out of orange crates. I worked hard on reading books to get my reading certificate but did not enjoy reading like my sister Velma did. My fifth grade teacher, Miss Beatty, was an older woman but made us work. I enjoyed having a speaking part in a musical play that 4th, 5th and 6th grade kids were in. My 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Grumlick, was an excellent teacher and we learned our parts of speech well. It was in this class when we heard World War 2 was over in 1945. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 13) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/73746a6e20fe30577cf859a7c5898fc9.jpg 2e2b4b91e60bb88218ad611b34a10cb2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 14] [corresponds to page 11 of Pages of Our Lives] My 7th grade teacher, Mr. Crawford, tried hard but always got along better with the girls than the boys. We traded some classes with the 8th grade and our class always beat the 8th graders in parts of speech in English. My 8th grade teacher, Mr. Neilson, was an excellent teacher and really made me work. He was very patriotic. Every morning we sang patriotic songs, pledged allegiance to the flag, repeated memory verses and had a prayer. I was excited I got to be Aunt Polly in a Tom Sawyer play we put on. I also remember my beautiful wool long sleeved green dress I got for our first class party. We also enjoyed our last day trip of school Oshonasee Dam. We took a packed lunch and just had fun all being together. My biggest trouble was I liked to talk too much and ask too many questions. Our memory verses I still remember. (1) There Are Bridges to Cross and the Way Seems too Long. (2) For when the one Great Scorer Comes to Write Against Your Name. I was the only one who memorized the long poem, The Ship of State, and recited it for the class. [photo] [photo caption] Certificate I earned in the 8th Grade Following is a paper I wrote my freshman year in English Class. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 14) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/22c2f9d43d76a359566c539fcfc52e23.jpg 0634e468c5a51a4bac9735a0efe6f6a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 15] [corresponds to page 12 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] I was born on my fathers farm near Condit on February 26, 1933. Because I was the youngest of three children my brother two years older and my sister five years older, they both liked to tease me and make me cry. Even though they did tease me we also had fun together especially in winter because we have a very high hill to slide down and a large pond to skate on. At the age of six I started to Sunbury school. In the second grade I broke my arm running on the cement walk in front of the school building, where we were not supposed to be playing. In the third grade since I and some others were good students we were permitted to build articles out of orange crates. We also gave a play using the articiles we made. In the fourth grade I was once caught copying spelling words, after getting a good bawling out I never copied again. In the seventh grade I was Mr. Crawford's secretary. When Mr. Nielson Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 15) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9a391a76457287447fdfe5205e203d18.jpg 423c90d9dd8116df39ac50063476b928 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 16] [corresponds to page 13 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] taught the seventh grade English I was his secretary too. Then in the eight grade I was vice president. I had a part in both of the plays which were put were put on by Mr. Neilson. In the Christmas play I had the part of Faith. In our commencement play I had one of the leading parts. The play was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". I had the part of Aunt Polly. In the eighth grade state test I was fifteenth in the county in all my subjects and first in the county in science. I am news reporter for the Condit Presbyterian church's West Minister Fellowship. It's lots of work but also fun. When the West Minister Fellowship went to Glengary on a swimming party I learned to swim. When we went to Rollerland on a skating party I learned to roller skate. I am also learning to ice skate on our pond since we got the dam fixed last summer. We again have many ice skating parties on the pond. This year I have learned most of the rules for baseball and football. I am hoping to learn Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 16) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bae7194353f44fa7ffe2c5a3dbbb8f21.jpg 702af8378385a25e7e4ea5de07d52e33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 17] [corresponds to page 14 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] more about basketball too. I like very much to go to the football, baseball and basketball games of our school. When I was ten my cousins and I went Youngtown [sic] with our great aunt. there we saw may steel pants but what I liked seeing much better was the huge rock garden which we drove around in the car. This rock garden was simply beautiful with all it's different colors and designs. I have also been to New Concord, Zanesville and Akron seeing my sister who is a cadet nurse. When she was taking her college work at New Concord she took me over the college grounds. It really took a lot of energy because the college is all located on hills. When she was on her affitiation [sic] in Akron I went up on the bus and stayed with her on her day off. I had a grand time while I was there. I soon made friends with all the other cadet nurses there. It was so interesting Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 17) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5e42d63483d1cfd498fff24a2527d671.jpg 7d4dddcbe7c885b15d391c5ce0522333 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 18] [corresponds to page 15 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] to talk to cadet nurses from other states. In the summer I usually get three or four days vacation from helping milk twenty cows night and morning at some of my relations. When I visited my Aunt and Uncle in Delaware we went swimming, downtown ect. [sic] but when I visited my Aunt and Uncle near Berlin I took care of their little boy while they milked, put up hay ect. They were both though quite a change from what I had been used to doing. This summer when my sister got her vacation form nursing school we had so much fun together. We baked a grand anniversary cake for our parents wedding anniversary. Besides basking it we also frosted and decorated it to a T. I like sewing just as well as cooking though. When I see something in a magazine I like real well that isn't too hard to make. I cut the pattern of paper then Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... 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I have quite a tan from helping make hay, mowing our 1/4 acre lawn, weeding our garden ect., Besides out door work I also like to help my Mother with in indoors work such as cooking and cleaning house. when Mother went on a weeks vacation in Toledo I did all the cooking for my Father and Brother besides the house cleaning and school work. I am now a freshman in Sunbury High School working hard for the future. By Rachel Murphy My freshman year was so exciting. I took Home Ec., Latin, algebra, English and Science. My sophomore year I too World History, Typing, Hygiene, Biology and Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 19) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/41fb66f6fdd23b38832c6fb5e34ab258.jpg a84b87f5b34b292286b545274f000023 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 20] [corresponds to page 17 of Pages of Our Lives] My Short but Enjoyable Vacation My Vacation was when I went to Akron visiting my sister who is a cadet nurse, she was on affiliation in Akron. Velma called us at my grandparents, since we didn't have a phone, but their phone was out so she had her girl friend Darlene Woodburn call up her boy friend Doniven Justice. It was on Sunday night at ten o'clock that Mr. Justice came over and said Darlene called and said I was to come to Akron on the bus the next day at eleven-thirty o'clock. That morning I got up at five- fifteen to go milk. After eating we washed the dishes and milkers. I then start the washing. We got done with the washing at ten-thirty that gave me forty five minutes to get ready. I was ready and waiting for Daddy at eleven ten. He was painting on the barn roof. Finally we were on our way to Sunbury to meet the bus. We got there at eleven thirty. The bus came in ten minute so I din't have long to wait. The seats on the bus were full so I stood up. A lady near me got off after about three miles so I got a seat. At Wooster we had a rest period. The bus station was real nice there. when I go to Akron a girl said are you Rachel and I said yes. It was Dorthy Hostetler a cadet nurse in Velma's group who happened to be off in time to meet me. I was hot and tired and we had about a half hour Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 20) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/49584c0287a079b1cd2db7610f503a04.jpg d29031c63b5f3658953a44c736e55ef5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 21] [corresponds to page 18 of Pages of Our Lives] walk to the hospital grounds. The girls Nursing Home is right beside the hospital joined by a hall. That night I had some time learning how their cafeteria system worked. After supper five of us girls went to see the show called "The Husters" I thought the show was good but I liked Wild osker better. He was the man who played organ while you sing words which were written on the screen. Later that night Velma, Darlene, and I went to a little cafe near the hospital for milk shakes, sundaes, and donuts. Because Velma and I talked till two-thirty I didn't get up until ten-thirty that day. I did nothing but read and rest all day. That night Vel and others walked to bus station with me. Dad and Mom were waiting for me at Condit so I soon got home. By Rachel Murphy My junior year I took English, History, Typing and Public Speaking. I got a C in typing as we could not type any time except class time and I felt so bad my folks got me a Royal typewriter for Christmas. My senior year I took Senior Math, Problems of Democracy, Chemistry and English and Civics. I graduated from Big Walnut High School in Sunbury, Ohio, In May 1951 2nd in Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 21) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1e2e58e688df99937773596c97dd7ed3.jpg 61e9d5fac706d82b04d359b679fc1593 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 22] [corresponds to page 19 of Pages of Our Lives] my class of 42 students. I loved to study, tutor other kids and wanted to get good grades. [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel Murphy class of 1951 Salutatorian [Image] [Image caption] First Big Walnut Graduating Class Graduation Program, Class of 1951 [Image] [Image caption] 41 Grads Receive First Big Walnut Diplomas "Choose ideas to fit you the best. Do not follow the crowd. Go your individual way to accomplish something of purpose," the Rev. Homer E. Felty of Ironton told the first Big Walnut High School graduating class at com- mencement last Thursday evening. Win High Honors Normand Townsley won highest honors in the first Big Walnut graduating class with a four year average of 3.89. Rachel Murphy was second with an average of 3.78. Normand is the son of Mayor and Mrs. Cecil Townley and plans to attend College. Rachel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy and will enter White Cross School Nursing in the fall. Normand Townley presented the valedictory and Rachel Murphy the salutatory. Supt. Marvin Miller presented certificates to graduates placing high in state scholarship tests. Principal Hylen Souders turned the class over to Owen Meredith, school board president who congratulated the forty-one graduates and presented diplomas. A large crowd attended commencement in the school auditorium here. Music was furnished by the school band and mixed chorus. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 22) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8424dd0342f0ff48724f9106357d92ab.jpg 8b71bbda3f3045dc8503cb743669d482 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 23] [corresponds to page 20 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] More Childhood Memories Us kids used to play and dress up in Dad's baseball clothes and great aunt Lynn's tiny high button shoes which were kept in a dresser drawer upstairs. When I was 11 years and cousin Mary Ellen Murphy was 13 years old we went back to Youngstown with Great aunt Goldie to visit. Then came home on the bus. Another summer we went to Aunt Ella Murphy Taylors. After the first night Aunt Ella wouldn't let Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 23) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a5bf9a2b9490bd9c2359076158f09afb.jpg 33c6845722c91326f63a097578f63d9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 24] [corresponds to page 21 of Pages of Our Lives] us sleep together as we giggled and talked all night but we still had a big time. They were building their house themselves when we were there. We enjoyed listening to Aunt Ella play the piano and Uncle David his violin together. My brother, Lovett, and I went to Robbins lake one summer. We swam out to the raft. I had a hard time swimming back as the raft had drifted out farther into the lake. I had to rest floating several times to get back to shore. We slipped in under the fence as we really were trespassing. My sister always wanted a big wedding. She planned a lawn wedding but changed her mind and was married in Condit Presbyterian Church. It was a lucky change as it poured down rain all day the day of the wedding. We had to run into the church. Jane Lattimer, Velma's girl friend who lived just up the road, was maid of honor. Mary Ellen Murphy and I were brides maids. Velma had a very nice long satin dress with a long train. We just replaced the sidewalk on the north side of our church in 2005. I remember when this was install in 1948 after my sister's June wedding. I jumped over the mud, as it rained so hard that day, when I ran into the church to get my bridesmaid dress on before the wedding. [Photo] [Photo caption] Velma Victoria Murphy and Robert Allan McCall's Wedding June 6, 1948 Threshing and Silo Filling Rings My father, Arthur Murphy, was in the neighborhood threshing and silo filling rings. In the summer when the wheat was about ripe, Dad would cut the wheat with a binder. This machine could be pulled with horses or tractor. It cut the wheat with a sickle cutter which bunched the stems of wheat together to make a a bundle called a sheave. The sheave was tied around the center with binder twine and then was pushed and dumped on the ground. The next job was to shock the wheat sheaves. You would shock one sheave cut side down on the ground and put sheaves around it in a circle. Then bend one sheave over your arm to crease it and place it on top to help the rain to run off the top of the shock until the wheat was dried and ready for threshing. When it was your turn to thresh, wagons were used to load the sheaves. One man would pick up the sheaves from the shocks in the field and pitch the sheaves to a man on the wagon to load. The loaded wagons were brought to the Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 24) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0d49ece9a235da52a8524a523c10898c.jpg 5753a8b1b752f8bc86a04503b4ebf7d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 25] [corresponds to page 22 of Pages of Our Lives] threshing machine usually set up near the barn so the straw could be blown into the upper barn mow. A man had to pitch each sheave into the threshing machine with a fork making sure the wheat heads were headed the correct way. The wheat came out one side to be bagged in cloth grain sacks and the straw was blown into the straw mow or into a pile on the ground when the mow was full. The straw was used to bed the animals in the barn during the winter months when they were shut in. Threshing was a very dirty, dusty job. In the fall when the corn was about milk stage, the silo filling would begin. The groups of men would take big wagons to the field and a forage cutter cut the corn stalks off close to the ground, and ground the whole stalk and ear up and shot it back into the forage wagons. The wagons were then taken to near the silo base where the silage was dumped slowly into a silo blower which carried the silage to the top of the silo. It was dangerous to get into the silo to level off the silage after a day or two as orange gases would form which would kill you if breathed, so the blower had to be run to clear the air before entering the silo. Both of these rings, as we called them, would have around 12 men who would go from farm to farm until all the work was done. The women had a big job as the men worked hard and had a big appetite for the noon meal which the women prepared. I remember Mother and Aunt Martha Elroy cooking for these meals. The table had to be set and lots of meats, mashed potatoes and pies. Then there were all the dishes and pans to wash as no paper products were used. I also remember helping with the unloading of loose hay as a child. The hay was moved with a mowing machine, then raked with a hay rake. The rows of hay were loaded with a high hay loader which was pulled behind a flat bed wagon for the hay to fall on to. The loaded wagons were taken to the side of the tallest part of the barn a metal track was attached. A double-pranged harpoon fork with a long heavy rope attached would follow this track to different parts of the barn, and the rope was tripped to dump the batch of hay in the mow. My Grandfather Murphy would set the fork in the loose hay on the wagon, and my brother would drive a team of horses outside the barn pulling the rope to pull the bunch of hay up from the wagon through the barn window and across the barn where my father would trip the hay and spread out the dumped batch of hay with a pitch fork. It was my job to pull the rope back to the edge of the barn so it would not be so hard for Grandpa on the wagon to pull the rope all the way back to reset the fork for the next dump of hay. I remember my brother, Lovett Murphy, got $.10 a load , and I only got $.01 a load. There would be several batches to dump in each load. Memories of Dad Dad enjoyed his hunting, fishing and trapping. He belonged to the Sunbury Hunters' club. I remember helping to hold the hind legs of the muskrats and minks as Dad skinned them. Then he would tack them a a special flat board to dry before he sold them. I also learned how to clean squirrels and soak them in salt water over- night before cooking them. Dad shot a snow goose one winter and we dressed it in the house. Feathers went everywhere but it was good eating. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 25) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3d6df7405406a7f0954948109bae8d32.jpg 7c39d7ba80703fc629bbe120339a7a4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 26] [corresponds to page 23 of Pages of Our Lives] Dad also loved his baseball games. He played baseball when he was a freshman in college with the Cincinnati Reds. Every Sunday afternoon he always listened to some kind of ball game on the radio so Mother and I would go to great Aunt Hal and Great Uncle Grant Murphy's many times on Sundays up Murphy road about a mile east and way back a long lane on the south side of the woods and gather hickory nuts in the woods. Many a winter night Dad would hold Mom's old flat iron upside down between his knees and crack hickory nuts with a hammer for Mom to pick out. Dad would also play Rock (a card game) with us kids as we were not allowed to play euchre as it was considered a betting game. Mother and Dad like to play euchre with Pearl and Nick Nichols, Virgie and Alvin Horn, and Emogene and Sig Pugerud. Dad also played checkers and carrom with us kids using his big wooden board with checkers on one side and carrom on the other side. It had four webbed corner pockets to catch the putts. [Photo] [Photo caption] Arthur Bradley Murphy May 1902 - 10 months [Photo] [Photo caption] Arthur Murphy 2 years old - 1903 Dad had a nut bowl and he liked to crack pecans, nigger toes, and other mixed nuts with hand cracker. Dad loved his cream and always used cream on his cereals, bananas or strawberries. He enjoyed his weekly pies, many of them with whipped cream on top of them. He always ate mayonnaise on his fresh tomatoes. He like to dip his little green onions from the garden in salt before eating them. He like limburger cheese on his crackers. He loved his ripe bananas so he would come home from the store with a big bag of cheap ripe bananas at $.10 a lb. We had many a meal of ripe bananas of strawberries and homemade bread. We used skim milk as the cream was saved for Dad or for whipping or to make butter cheese. Dad's worst habit was smoking cigarettes all his life. He rolled his own for several years. Sometimes he chewed tobacco when we went to Delaware. I remember when he spit out the front car window, we would get tobacco juice in the face in the back seat. We had no car air conditioner so the windows were all open in the summer. We kids would fight over had sit behind Dad. I can only remember Dad getting angry twice. The one time when my brother Lovett put water in Dad's knee high slip on gum boots that he wore with moccasins to the barn. Lovett said I put the water in his boots! Of course, I said I didn't do it. I said Lovett put the water in the boots so we both got spanked with Dad's slipper. The other time was when Grandma Harriet Carnes (second wife of Leonard) slept with my sister, Velma. They were taking Velma's east upstairs bedroom. Lovett and I both got spanked again with Dad's slipper as we were told to quit talking and to sleep but kept talking anyway as Velma and Harriet were still talk- ing. I slept in the southwest bedroom and Lovett slept in northwest bedroom upstairs. Mom and Dad slept in the little downstairs southwest bedroom until it was made into a bathroom in 1944. Then the north back porch was enclosed and used as their bedroom. My folks also had a bed in the garage as with the high grounds on the east side wall of the garage it was much cooler in the summer time. Mom and Dad lived on Murphy road for 39 years when he died of cancer at 61 on Oct. 1, 1962. He found out he had cancer in Riverside Hospital on Feb. 26, 1962. He had his bone morrow Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 26) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/752522e78c8a0b1603b40709040c7fa5.jpg 3c2a3b3f0040ae385f9ceec818e65abe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 27] [corresponds to page 24 of Pages of Our Lives] test the day John Glenn went into space. Dad stayed at home seven months until he died. He had glandular glaucoma and took no treatments since it was wide- spread. My sister and I stayed the last two weeks with Mother before Dad died. He stayed in bad all the time and had a catheter for his urine but was able to go to the bathroom once a day. The last day he went to the bathroom he started to hurt so bad he called for Velma to give him a shot for pain. He died before she could get the needle boiled. His pain tolerance was high as he never com- plained of any pain before. [Photo] [Photo caption] Arthur Bradley Murphy Spring 1919 - 18 years [Images] [Image captions] Arthur Murphy's Graduation from Sunbury High School - Class of 1919 Memories of Mom Each morning Dad would get up early to take the ashes out of the kitchen cook stove and kindle the fire before he went to the barn to milk. The cook stove would them be hot for Mother to cook our oatmeal of pancakes for breakfast before we went to school when they were done milking. We had a path that went to the barn through the weeds as Mom always took us to the barn night and morning while the hand-milked as high as 21 cows. She never left us alone at the house. Mother and Dad always raised a big garden besides their large fruit orchard. They had permanent plants of rhubarb, asparagus, goose berries, ground cherries, currents, Logan berry, big red raspberry, black raspberry, black berries big white white grapes, blue grapes, huckleberries and elderberries. In their orchard were several apple trees including yellow transparent, jonathan northern spy, winter apple, sweet apple and crabapple. Other trees in the orchard were sweet cherry, sour cherry, pear, three apricot, black walnut, chestnut, green gage plum, blue damson plum, white peach and yellow peach. In their garden they raised potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, peas, all kinds of beans, corn, peppers, pumpkin, squash, onion, beets, spinach and strawberries. Mother always canned 100 qt. each of several fruits especially peaches, cherries, and black berries. She always baked several pies each weekend as Daddy loved his pies. Mother also churned butter, made cottage cheese, lye soap, catsup, root beer pop, sweet and dill pickles, mincemeat, homemade bread and canned meat. Mother did a lot of sewing and mending. she made Aunt Martha's (Dad's sister) school clothes for the first grade the first year she and Dad were married and lived with Dad's Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 27) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2ff3c1bba4641c09c12df5a4fcfdf288.jpg a86068a380afdaa64eb2c9d9ff027b74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 28] [corresponds to page 25 of Pages of Our Lives] parents up on the hill. Mother made about all of Velmas's clothes when when started first grade in the fall of 1933 as Velma was such a big girl for five years of age. She also made a lot of my skirts in grade school. They were 3 tiers gathered onto a belt. Mother also enjoyed crocheting. She did some quilting, too as I have one quilt she made. Mother was a good homemaker and cook. she later cooked at the Sunbury Restaurant for about a year. One winter when she and Dad went to Florida, Mother cooked at Mullet Key Island now called Fort DeSoto Park since the spur from the Sunshine Highway made a road to it. After Dad died she cooked one winter for a man in Delaware, OH. Mother washed clothes on Monday, ironed on Tuesday and mended on Wednesday and baked pies on Fridays. My mother, Ethel Carnes Murphy loved flowers. These are the flowers and bushes in our yard on Murphy Road when I was growing up. 1. White lilac tree 1. Tiger lilies 2. Pink lilac bush 2. Bleeding heart 3. Snow ball bush 3. Tulips 4. Hydrangea 4. Hyacinths 5. Passion vine 5. Peonies (white, pink, and red ones) 6. Weigela 6. Amerillis 7. Trumpet vine 7. Morning glory 8. Forsythia 8. Hen and chicken 9. Flowering almond 9. Bee balm 10. Dwarf white hard rose bush 10. Yucca 11. white spirea (little tiny white flowers ) 11. Lily of the valley 12. regular spirea 12. mock orange 14. Wisteria 13. Holly hocks 15. Rose of Sharon 16. Spice bush In Oct. 1963, Mother at age 54 years married Val Anderson from Florida. The lived in St. Petersburg, Fl., [Photo] [Photo caption] Val and Ethel in Florida-1964 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel and Val in 1976 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel and Val Anderson 1964 right after their marriage Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 28) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f25b2d1f3de6e7178a1f8e0f01fdba93.jpg 28586a5a097081e30b36e65b2696a7ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 29] [corresponds to page 26 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Val Anderson making nets by the big oak tree [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Anderson 1979 - age 70 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel and Val Anderson's Florida home of 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in St. Peterburg Mother Lived here 23 years from 1964 till her death in 1987 for 23 years until died in Aug. 1985 after being unconscious for two weeks in a rest home. Mother continued to live with a renter the last two years because she was afraid to stay alone. She had such fear of being alone or being in a rest home. She died Feb. 1,1987. We were glad we were in Florida when Mother got sick and died within three days. Tom and I had gone camping in our motor home over the weekend at Venture Out (B's RV Camp) near Clermont, Fla. where we joined the membership campground system. The following Wednesday night, Mother, her renter (Ken Adams) and Tom and I went to my nieces, Alice and Kurt Schusters in St. Petersburg for supper. Mother seemed to be feeling all right then. Thursday morning when I came into the house from our motor home she had a temperature and her lower back hurt so bad. I gave her aspirin every four hours to keep her temperature down. She was not any better on Friday and we took her to the doctor. The Doctor could not find anything really wrong except her temperature was still high as her back pain was gone. The Dr. gave her medicine for temperature and an antibiotic. Friday night she fell off her kitchen chair by the table. It took Tom and Ken both to get her up. Sat. morning she fell out of bed and seemed so stiff that I called an ambulance. She didn't want to go to the hospital so I had to sign for her to be taken. My sister, Velma, came from Dade city. Velma, Mother's brother, Wilbur Carnes who lived next door and Tom and I stayed with Mother at the hospital all day. We kept cold compresses on her head as her high temperature continued. We had not been home very long when the hospital called at 10:00 P.M. Saturday night that she had died. It was hard to believe as she did not seem that sick. Mother's funeral plans to be cremated were all plnned and prepaid. We bought her urn of ashes home from Florida to Ohio. On May 5, 1927 we had planned a memorial service at the Condit Presbyterian Church and a grave side service at the Trenton Cemetery at South Condit, but the weather was so wet [Image] [Image caption] Died Feb 1, 1987 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Irene Carnes Murphy Anderson Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 29) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/620c1d74643eb7d0e0e13d5b6cd4fcc5.jpg a18c629ccc6de2a95ca474840eec317c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 30] [corresponds to page 27 of Pages of Our Lives] and cold we had all the service at the church. Tom took her urn of ashes to the cemetery for burial on her grave site beside her first husband, Arthur Bradley Murphy. A very nice dinner was served for everyone in the church basement following the service. My sister, Velma, and I were co-executors of Mother's Living Trust. It took us four years to finish it as we could not get Mother's house in St. Petersburg sold. It was costing us $200 a month to keep it so we had even made plans to give her house to the St. Petersburg Presbyterian Church. The 4th realtor finally got it sold for $20,000. It had been appraised for $45,000 in 1987 but no one who wanted it could get a loan. We felt lucky that the church had bought Mother's lots next to the church and the renter's in Mother's trailer in Dade city bought her trailer. Velma, Tom and I worked several weeks getting everything sorted. Mother was a keeper and liked a full look. She enjoyed having knick-knacks, pictures, etc. We filled up our brothers station wagon, Velma's station wagon, and our Toyota pick-up truck to bring to Ohio. We sold furniture to neighbors, gave her clothes to the church and sold to an antique dealer. Then we had a sales barn come in and they got 3 big van loads that they sold in boxes at their Auction Barn for a percentage of the sales. Tom Enters My Life In the spring of my senior year, the night of my best friend, Mary Alice Richardson's father's funeral, mother and I were doing the dishes and were crying and talking about the funeral and someone knocked at out door. This boy asked if he could take me out for supper the next night. I didn't know what to say so said "yes" This was my first date with husband, Tom Buxton. We went together all summer. We ate out, went to movies, went square dancing and went swimming. By August we were in love. I will never forget when Tom and I were going together. We were so proud of the big bull frogs that we had caught in our pond that we took them into the garage to show them to Mom and Dad, they slept there when summer temperature was high. A frog got loose and jumped into bed with them. [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel and Tom August 1951 [Photo] [Photo image] Rachel Murphy and Tom Buxton 1950 My sister, Velma, was a cadet nurse during World War II the last class to graduate after the war ended and I wanted to be a nurse, too. Tom gave me my engagement ring the day I left in September 1951 for nurses training at White Cross Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, now called Riverside. I could not wear my ring due to regulations and after the first weekend could not go home but Tom could call on Wednesday night. I stayed in Henderson Hall. We had classes daily and hospital floor duty either 7-9 morning care or 7-9 night care. I really enjoyed my training and had a nice roommate from Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 30) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f7b51f1c48d2ed428def87c563fad12e.jpg c0f8fbc9f9eba7525ddc70ab7aa8a44c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 31] [corresponds to page 28 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel in nursing uniform at White Cross Hospital Fall 1951 Willard, Ohio, Margene Buckingham (now Mrs. James Harper). We started out with floor duty in the hospital from 7-9 morning care or 7-9 nite for evening care of patients besides our daily classes. We had such good hospital food with many fruits and vegetables which I really enjoyed. Our teachers were strict but we learned. Mrs. Matson, 6 mo. pregnant, was our health nurse and Miss Shoemaker taught how to make a bed and Miss Owens had our microbiology and counted off on tests for any misspelled words. Rev. Johnson was our chaplain. I got good grades and enjoyed my studies and loved the hospital duty time. I finished my first year and received my books for the second year before I married Thomas Edward Buxton Mar. 16, 1952. We had become engaged in September 1951 but nursing students could not marry then. Rev. William Bingman married us at Condit Presbyterian Church where I had become a member when I was 16 years old. We had only our immediate family present and my brother Lovett Murphy and his wife Angie stood up with us. I wanted to be married in our church but no fuss so only Tom's parents and Grandma Buxton and my parents, my sister and husband, my brother and wife, who stood up with us were present for our wedding. Tom wore his brown suit and I wore a knee length thin blue dress trimmed in black. We came back to Mother's and Dad's house, first house on Murphy Road and had a lunch. My sister, Velma, had made grilled meat toasted sandwiches in the oven. Later in the afternoon we left for Washington D.C. where we stayed all night. [Image] [Image caption] Condit Installation Service for Rev. William Bingman who married Rachel and Tom We stayed our first night in Wheeling, West Virginia. The weather was cold and the roads were very icy. Tom was worried about his dad's new Mercury he was driving. The second night we stayed at Hagerstown, Maryland at my second cousin's, Elsie & Lincoln Cox. the following day we toured Washington D. C. and stayed there that night before leaving for home the next day. We stopped in Zanesville and got our first groceries on our way home to 13105 Clover Valley where Tom carried me over the door step. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 31) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9bb1653ea9df71fcb96ba3064899c71e.jpg 34b73dbb86b908ae3459ebeb034d55eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 32] [corresponds to page 29 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo's caption] 13105 Clover Valley Road, Croton, Ohio Thomas and Rachel Buxton's home for 13 years [Photo] [Photo caption] Thomas Edward Buxton Tom Buxton Thomas Edward Buxton was born Dec. 15, 1930 at home at 13105 Clover Valley Road to Wayne and Lucille Buxton. The milk man had come in the morning and as he was lifting the milk cans into the truck, he heard a baby cry. His folks would sit Tom beside a corn stalk so he wouldn't get cold as they husked corn by hand nearby when he was little. Tom was very close to his Grandma Buxton as he had stayed 22 months with her when his mother was sick with tuberculosis. She had gone to a sanitarium in Newark and had surgery at the university to collapse her lung. She was very sick and it was believed she might die. Grandma Buxton lived in Croton on Main Street, east of Hartford Grade school (the last house before the railroad crossing, on the right side of the road, on the corner). Tom was able to walk to school. They had no car because she sold her model T after her husband died in 1934. She and Tom would walk to Johnstown Croton Road to catch the hack (or taxi) when they wanted to go to Alexandria to visit her other son, (Tom's uncle) Claude. Then they had to be at a certain place to catch it when they came back home. Each July for almost five years, Tom Frank James, Jack Clayton, Gilbert Duncan & Jack Holland would go camping for a week (or until they got rained out) on Forest Canaday pasture field east of Croton. They rode their bikes to the fence and threw over before walking to their camp site. There they would tie a rope between two trees and hang a tarp over it. Everyone brought food. They would cook over an open [Photo] [Photo caption] Ida Mae Green Buxton Wayne Buxton's mother Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 32) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d92282dbe6f43c62261e75ce846857ad.jpg f0d26e6670b141caeff0c3a8c18e1a62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 33] [corresponds to page 30 of Pages of Our Lives] campfire and sometimes cooked mud rolled potatoes in the ashes. They walked about 1/4 mile to Eddie Booher's for their milk. They washed their metal pie pans that they ate on in the creek and they used a can opener to open cans of beans and other food. Jack Clayton was the oldest, so he was the main cook. At age ten, Tom drove the horses to unload hay which would be unloaded by using a set fork. the hay would then be dumped in the hay mow when the man on the wagon tripped the rope. About the same time, Tom picked up potatoes each fall for two years for P.E. Grub. He was 12 years old when he disked with a tractor and wasn't strong enough to get the clutch pulled back to stop very quickly. [Photo] [Photo caption] P.E. Grube's DeKalb seed corn plant at Croton His home on left side and Mexican migrant homes on right rear side - Wayne Buxton raised seed corn for Mr. Grube for several years Tom at the age of 13, plowed a few rounds with a 2 bottom plow when his folks were away. When his dad saw the uneven ridges he told him he needed to learn how to adjust the plow as it would take 2-3 years for the ridges to freeze out. Tom was running the Oliver combine to combine wheat for P. E. Grube when he was 16. Grube owned the Delkalb seed corn plant in the Croton area. the men at the plant adjusted the settings on the combine for Tom so he did a good job. Tom got his drivers permit when he was 15 years old in 1945. He got his license in Dec. 1946 when he was 16 years old. He drove his dad's truck and started dating Barbara Callan. They often went to the Midland picture show in Newark or Dorsey Theater in Johnstown. They also went roller skating in Utica. Tom took Barbara to help her set up the Grange booth at the Ohio State Fair in the summer of 1947. In 1947, Tom's dad got Tom a used 1946 blue Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup truck with stock racks. It had 6,000 miles on it and cost 1,200. A year late, Tom's dad traded in the '46 for a new 1948 1/2 ton for Tom costing $1,300. Tom's dad let him use gas out of the tractor's gas tank and his mom gave him $5 whenever he went a date. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 33) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/87fea076a604835f80d56751a188f6e5.jpg bd14fbd7c8dd1ec8a0aac6aa1ab5005d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 34] [corresponds to page 31 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Tom's Freshman Class Top row: Richard Higgins, Jimmy Butt, Donald Mitchell, Tom Buxton, Robert Fawn Middle Row: miss Judy-teacher, Barbara Callum, Martha Denty, Laura Jean Denty Kenneth Snyder, Howard Seigsmund Bottom row: Priscilla Morris, Donna June Hess, Patti Booher, Glenola Potter, Gladys Cramer In the fall of 1948 both Tom and Barbara were freshman at Hartford High School when Barbara found out she was pregnant. Right after Thanksgiving, Tom's Mother went with them to be married in Kentucky. They lived in Robert's road house in the early spring of 1949 and did the chores for two weeks while Tom's folks went to Florida for the first time with Frank and Elsie Ross in the Rosses 2 door, 1947 Fleetline Chevrolet car. Jerry Edward All seemed to be going well for them when Jerry Edward Buxton was born in White Cross Hospital in Columbus May 24, 1949. Wayne remodeled the house on Clover Valley Road in the early summer of 1949 so they could move in and start house keeping. By mid July, Tom & Barbara were having problems. Helen Callan's, Barbara's mother was constantly coming to get Jerry and many times, Barbara went home with them and things would not be as well when Barbara came back. At wheat combining time in July, Tom was driving on Murphy Road and he saw me, Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 34) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6c3f36bd65389d5bd49cd86b70c97a65.jpg 8ccbd97812997debc1d8798b9d1e139d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 35] [corresponds to page 32 of Pages of Our Lives] Rachel Buxton, in the yard and thought "I don't want to live like this" They broke up the end of of 1949 and Tom's folks hired Joseph Fittsgiven, a lawyer from Newark. The divorce was final in November of 1949. Tom and his folks did agreed to let Ralph and Helen (Barbara's parent's) adopt Jerry after Tom had so many problems trying to visit Jerry during the custody fight due to Helen Callan's aggressive desire to have Jerry. Tom's grandma Buxton wanted to help raise Jerry but they all knew there would be constant trouble for Jerry as her was growing up if Tom didn't agree to the adoption. Mrs. Callan, renamed the baby Jerry Edward Callan and Tom never got to see him again to talk for 40 years. Tom and I went to Ed's High school graduation in 1967 at Utica High School but did not get to see him after the program as it was going to cause trouble. In June 1989, Ed came to visit us and wanted to know his father. Ed and wife, Ann, then started coming to our November Christmas dinner and August family Fair picnic. [Photo] [Photo caption] Steven and Janice Harris Janice is Ed Callan's daughter - 1994 We went to visit Ed's only child, Janice and her new husband, Steve Harris that same year after Ed's visit with us. They showed us their recent wedding pictures. They also came to our family dinners. Janice and Steve were divorced in November 1987. [date incorrect?] Janice married Dennis Koivula Feb. 14, 1999 which we missed because we were in Florida. [Photo] [Photo caption] Fall dinner Rachel Buxton, Edward Callen, Thomas Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] 1949 Chevrolet Truck [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Tom 1949 Florida Camping Trip Tom's First Florida Trip In the fall of 1949, when Tom was sowing wheat alone for the first time, he saw his mom and dad drive up with his new 1949 Deluxe Chevolet 1/2 ton pickup truck with side windows. Tom's folks thought Tom needed a change after all the court fighting so a Florida camping trip was planned. Tom and Wayne built a rack over the pickup bed and covered it with special built canvas that flipped up at the back so they could keep warmer when sleeping on the mattress inside. Tom had never been to Florida and this Wayne's second trip. They both enjoyed their 2 week, 3,600 mile trip to key west, Florida. The next fall, 1950, [Photo] [Photo caption] Tom and Wayne in Florida - 1949 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 35) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c02eac0644db3418ce404e1a0ba45393.jpg 04c539b0591d989f71b746ba3da77295 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 36] [corresponds to page 33 of Pages of Our Lives] Wayne, Lucille & Tom all went to Florida in Wayne's new 1952 Mercury 2 door car. They stayed at Fitch Dixon's rental unit Sarasota, Florida. Tom was very closed mouthed about himself all his life. The special saying about Tom in the 1948 Hartford-Hi-lights 1st year book was "like clam". While Tom was told something once, expected to listen, not ask questions, and to mind (which he usually did). tom learned that you only needed to say something once and that you shouldn't talk about people. Tom had asthma, pneumonia, boils on the lower legs and a severe case of chicken pox as a child. When Tom was 12 years old he shot close range with his B.B. gun at a dynamite cap with metal pieces hitting 32 places on his body - one piece staying 30 years in the white of his eye before festering and coming out. Tom always liked to stay with his Uncle Claude at his fishing camp in Williams Port (back a lane near Deer Creek) several days before school started each year. One year Claude was taking Tom, who was about 8 years old at the time, for a ride on his back while walking with his wadding boats on across mossy rocks when he slipped and Tom went under water before Claud caught his balance. Farming has always been Tom's life and still works in the barn and shop keeping the machinery in good condition. It's hard for Tom not to be busy in the shop or going somewhere in his truck. Tom enjoys reading the Columbus Dispatch in the morning and the Newark Advocate in the evening. However, he doesn't read books or magazines unless they are about machinery or car sales. Tom was always good at repairing and maintaining all his equipment as he was taught to take care of his toys and the equipment. Tom, Wayne, Lucille & Grandma Jackson all have strong tempers but Tom get's over his quickly while his dad would bunk (not talk) for several days sometimes. Tom hated Sunday's and Holidays as a child because his dad was a Sunday Alcoholic and usually got mad about something when drinking. Tom and I do not smoke of drink after seeing all the damage it can do. Tom is backward and feels he can't do anything right in front of anyone. book learning was hard for him yet he is talented in many other ways. Tom joined the Condit Presbyterian Church on June 6, 1996. He was too shy to join in the regular church service and so Rev. Carol Weiss made it easier for him to join after had attended the new members' classes in this special way. She arranged for Tom's ceremony in the church basement with the minister and other elders. I'll always remember this special night. A light colored man named Grant Morgan who lived in Croton and like horses was a friend of Wayne Buxton. Grant walked 6 miles round trip to the Burley Marble farm on Rhodeback Road where he worked. He never learned to drive a car. Grant sometimes went with Tom's folks and Tom on Sunday afternoon drives. They were often invited into people's parlors to visit about their horses. Morgan gave Tom his big wooden chest and nice little parlor table when he died as he know that Tom would take care of them. Grandma Jackson gave Tom her hand crank Victrola that she got when she worked on East Livingston Drive in Columbus. Grandma and Grandpa Jackson worked on a farm Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 36) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1a1fbc592445c28affa68276d20bcc52.jpg 1791ab29b34e4a79359bd52f2581b7b7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 37] [corresponds to page 34 of Pages of Our Lives] near there on East Main Street before they bought their farm at 2341 S. Street, Route 605, Galena, Ohio, where their grandson David and Belinda Jackson now live. Tom is always thinking of a faster and easier way of doing things. He doesn't like the slow fixing jobs like I do as I never get mad and have lots of patience. We work well together. I do the book keeping and he does the mechanical jobs which I am not talented in. One of Tom's most endearing traits is that always think- ing of the other person before himself. Marriage I enjoyed helping Tom keep the farm records, milking the cows, opening seed corn bags at planting time, mixing chemicals for farm spraying, mowing the lawn, raising fruit, and tending the vegetable and flower gardens. I picked a lot of strawberries and red raspberries. I especially like cleaning house and usually swept every day. I enjoyed sewing, which included mending clothes, boots shoes, combine canvas, toys, pool cover, air conditioner cover, etc. I liked fixing clothes better than making new ones. We got our first television in 1953. I remember when Tom and I got our first automatic washing machine after we had Tina in 1956. Tom's mother always washed Tom's diapers and baby clothes each day by hand as she only had 1 dozen diapers. Washing by hand was hard for me so I really was pleased with my new new washer. [Photo] I did not know how to cook as I had always cleaned [Photo caption] and my 5 year older sister, Velma, had always did the Our first TV in 1953 cooking with mother. I had a wonderful mother-in-law, Lucille Lalla Jackson Buxton, who helped me and of course the Ohio Grange cookbook helped too. I always took pride in keeping a clean house. Every Saturday I cleaned our house from top to bottom, and Tom and I would eat out Saturday night and I'd get my groceries in Mt Vernon, Ohio. [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Tom and Rachel in Roush Tom and Rachel Rachel and Tom Hardware in Westerville Married 24 years Married 34 years One day when Velma lived in Delaware and worked at Jane M. Case Hospital, she always came home to Mothers on her day off. We were getting ready to make a cake. Velma was putting the beaters into the mixer and someone plugged in the extension cord at the other Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 37) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e010a7c58efd25debf954a728f245d3f.jpg f545eda195febb8ef44f8673b8d08c1d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 38] [corresponds to page 35 of Pages of Our Lives] side of the room and her fingers were caught in the blades on one hand. We could not get them out and had to take her Alvin Horn's filing station at Condit for him to cut them out. We felt lucky with all the excitement that I didn't go into labor with Tina as she was just due or Velma's friend who came with her didn't have a convulsion that she often had if her temperature rose any. Children We were married married 4 1/2 years before we had Tina on December 28, 1956. then Perry was born November 16, 1958 and Rex on December 8, 1964. I never had a sick day with any of the pregnancies but after I had them I had post partem blues and couldn't sleep well. With Tina I weighed 135 lb. when I got pregnant and only 147 lbs. the day I delivered. I had an easy delivery with Tina. We were keeping Grandmother Buxton who was sick, from November 7th when Tom's folks went to Florida, until I went to the hospital. I had my first pain and went to bathroom at 3 in morning so Tom took me to the hospital before he milked in the morning. Tina was born very easily with no anesthetic until delivery with caudal block just as she was born at 10:30. In early fall we moved to the big house where the cows were at and closed our house for the winter each year when Tom's folks went to Florida. The year Perry was due I had gone to Dr. Merryman on Friday and he said I was close to delivery. We moved on Saturday and Perry was born Sunday afternoon. We were to have dinner with Grandma Buxton and we were turning the cows across the road to pasture about 7:30 in the morning and I had my first pain so Tom told Grandma we couldn't come and we dumped Tina in her sleeper with Mom and Dad on our way to the hospital. Perry was born at 2:30 in the afternoon. I had lost weight with Perry also but never had a sick day. With Rex it was a different story as I was RH negative so delivery was forced. I milked cows Sunday morning, Dec. 6, taught Sunday School and Tom took me to the hospital in the afternoon. Monday morning, Dec. 7 they started an IV drip early and I had pains every three minutes all day. My water was broken and even caudal block given to try to relax me but Rex didn't come so 10:30 P.M. Monday night they took out the IV and gave me a sleeping pill and said they would start again in the morning and sent Tom home. I went into labor on my own around 11:30 and they would not give me anything for fear it would stop my labor. I had very hard pains until midnight when Rex was born and they put me out. I had my tubes tied while in the hospital and the Doctor also took out my appendix. So my four days stay in the hospital I didn't get any good food as Dr. Merryman wanted liquid diet and then only light food after having my appendix out. I had enjoyed my food, heat lamp and security of hospital on my other 2 stays. Tina weighed 6 lbs. 9 1/4 oz. and Perry 6lb. 3 oz. and Rex 5 lb. 12 oz. Rex was born early Tuesday morning and seemed to be doing O.K. but each day got a little more yellow. On Friday they took him to Children's Hospital and he had his blood changed 1 1/2 times due to RH factor. Tom and I had to go to Children's and get Rex after I got home from the hospital. After each child I was so worn out and I stayed a week at Mom's with Tina. Tom's folks came home from Florida and got Grandma Buxton. Tom and I took Tina over one night to show them baby before they went back to Florida with Grandma Buxton. With Perry I stayed a Mother's one week. With Rex, Mom kept Tina and Perry and Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 38) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ec34e264e2a69515e8a3c3d1a740f519.jpg 018d93bdc5abcd076886a2926edf4952 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 39] [corresponds to page 36 of Pages of Our Lives] I stayed 2 weeks with my sister, Velma. It took an hour to feed Rex and then in 2 hours he was ready to eat again but would go right to sleep so we worked to get only an ounce of milk each feeding down him. With Tina I tried to nurse and I had milk but I was so nervous she was not doing well so I had to put her on a bottle. With Perry and Rex, I just started them both with bottles. When Perry and I came home to Mom's and Dad's we put him in a bassinet and put a hot water bottle in with him. He had constant diarrhea and took him to Dr. Livingston and he put on soft curd regular milk and it helped him. We had to take him in every week to get his heel cut to get his blood test as his blood was so low but not so low they had to change it. Finally the first of January it still was not increasing so Dr. told me to start feeding him every thing soft and his blood count finally started to come up. On the weight charts Tina was always below average, Perry always over, and Rex about in normal weight and height. Perry had his tonsils out when 6 years old and Rex had double hernia at 10 months and I had D and C all the same year in 1965. [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel holding Perry who is not quite 1 Tom holding Tina who is not quite 3 - 1959 Tina broke the little bone in her foot when in 7th grade walking in Grandma Jackson's garden. It was very hard for her to miss her cheerleading. Rex fell down the basement stairs when 6 years old and broke his right wrist. He punctured his eye when we were remodeling our house in 1969 as he flipped some- thing into his eye while playing outside in 1969 which made a second pupil in his eye. Had to stay in hospital over night. Rex also broke his left humerus and had to wear a loose sling to hang his arm in. Thomas Buxton House Our 6 bedroom house on 12567 Roberts Road was built in 1904 by Will Sinkey for $52,000. The four upstairs bedrooms had large closets for hired hands to live in and keep all their belongings in. A small room upstairs for a bath was not completed. In 1969 we completely remodeled the kitchen and installed Monsanta plastic siding on all the outside, cemented the front porch, and added new porch railings and supports. We completed the upstairs bathroom that had never been finished. The kitchen remodeling included fruitwood oak Quaker cupboards, lowered ceiling, vinyl floor covering, and a new south window. I wanted lot of counter [Photo] [Photo caption] Thomas Buxton Home on Roberts Road in 1949, two years after Wayne Buxton bought it Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 39) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/12a767d2e65d345c5aa64ba6c9f644ff.jpg 2071132fbc7cf19fa753eaf0d2dad2ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 40] [corresponds to page 37 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Thomas Buxton's Barn in 1949 work areas as the old kitchen had none with the west wall from floor to ceiling being cupboards leaving a square area room with 4 doors and 1 floor length window and open nook. This small nook had a place for coats, boots and the entrance to the cellar steps. The second downstairs bedroom and the closet that connected to the west kitchen nook, we made into a utility room which included a mud room, small toilet room, a sewing area, ironing board area, washer and dryer area, clothes hamper and sink. I also wanted a big bathroom with lots of storage. In the old toilet room, as I call it, off the kitchen door, and the corner hand sink. There was a little window over the toilet and a small medicine cabinet over the sink. We had a new downstairs bathroom built on the south east side of the house. Later we had a new metal [valleys] put on our slate roof, we dry walled the ceiling in the dinning room, the living room and 3 of the 4 bed rooms upstairs. All the rooms were then painted. Gail Sinkey, Will's son, married my great aunt Goldie Chadwick who was my paternal grandmother, Grace Chadwick's sister. Gail's son William Sinkey, was born in this house. We have a picture of Will Sinkey, his wife, 3 children, dog and horse standing in front of their newly built house Wayne Buxton bought the house from Jasper Thompson in 1947 with 142 acres for $18,000. Wayne and Lucille Buxton lived in this house from 1947 until 1965, when they switched houses [Picture caption] Sinkey School House at the corner of Tagg and Roberts Road in Croton, Ohio, - door is facing east [Picture] [Picture caption] First picture of house built in 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Will Sinkey and children. Dorothy, Artie, and Gail, who married Rachel's Great aunt Goldie Chadwick [Picture] [Picture caption] Thomas Buxton home in 1995 [Picture] [Picture caption] House when owned by J. N. Thompson Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 40) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/565f2b4f61ecf75617aa0e64972a470e.jpg b1c790e7e08d83027879fcf6f2e2d3f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 41] [corresponds to page 38 of Pages of Our Lives] With Tom and Rachel. We still live here in 2005. [Picture] [Picture caption] Aerial view of Thomas Buxton Family Farm Showing Sinkey School House in left foreground [Picture] [Picture caption] Mystery Farm No. 46 Here is Mystery Farm No. 46, do you know to whom it belongs or who operates it - either being all right if they are different people. Why don't you join the many who farm contest. There is a $25 prize for the one who answers the most, each week take part in this new Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 41) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3fac69771b7ce0bf3be53d44ab623360.jpg 7bff27966820a09e2e51ba0b1b13d929 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 42] [corresponds to page 39 of Pages of Our Lives] [Picture] [Picture caption] Thomas Buxton Farm - 2005 Rex & Joy Buxton's House History 1 1/2 miles west of Croton on 13105 Clover Valley Road Croton, Ohio 43013 This house was where Ida and Clarence Green lived with their parents, Newell and Rachel Green. It was moved there around 1900 or earlier from south of the little Gould cemetery which is just south of Perry and Mary Buxton's house at 13031 Clover Valley Road. this corner was known as the Newell Green corner where Foundation Road From Croton runs into Clover Valley Rd. and makes a T-Shaped road. Many accidents on this corner have been reported by every family who have lived in this house. Ed Buxton and Ida Mae Green were married March 25, 1894 and lived here. They had the barn built for $1600 by Jim Conkle. When Wayne Buxton was around 3 years, we have a picture of him with his [Picture] [Picture caption] Home of Mr. and Mrs. Newell Green on Clover Valley Road, Croton, Ohio - 1899 Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vinoster, Mr. and Mrs. Newell Green, Ed and Ida Buxton behind Wayne, Clarence Green, Fred and Stella Williams with son Roy, girl is unknown Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 42) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b5e93bd101a5ff6703bed9aac803a880.jpg 6be0b11232e0da98b791821640a22c68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 43] [corresponds to page 40 of Pages of Our Lives] family standing in front of the house with Ida's parents. Wayne Buxton can remember when he was around 12 years old in 1913 when he watched his father cement the basement lantern light. Wayne and Lucille Buxton lived in this house when Tom Buxton was born at home in 1930. They lived here until 1947 when moved to the Thompson Farm. The house was the remodeled in 1949 for Tom Buxton and Barbara Callan when they were married. They were living here when Jerry Edward Buxton was born on May 24, 1949. After Tom was divorced in the fall of 1949, the house was rented until 1952. The house was remodeled again for Tom Buxton and Rachel Murphy before their marriage on March 16, 1952 and they lived there until June of 1965. Wayne and Lucille lived here from June 1965 until October 1974 when Lucille died and then Wayne lived here alone off and on until Perry Buxton and Mary Lewis were married in July, 1978 and moved into their new house that they had built just south at 13031 Clover Valley Road. The house was completely remodeled again in summer of 1994 by Jay Zarley. Rex Buxton and Joy Harber Buxton moved in September 1994 and are still living here in 2005. [Insert] [Insert info] House at Newell Green corners now called 13105 clover Valley Rd., Croton, Ohio Newell and Rachel Green lived here 1850 est Ed and Ida Buxton 1894-1929 est Wayne and Lucille Buxton 1829-1947 Tom and Barbara Buxton 1949- Renters 1950-1952 Tom and Rachel Buxton 1952-1965 Wayne and Lucille Buxton 1965-1974 Wayne Buxton 1974-1978 Perry and Mary Buxton 1978-1993 Rec and Joy Buxton 1994-to present Vacations Tom and I were very fortunate to have a Florida vacation about every year after we were married in 1952 except the three years our children were born in 1956, 1958, and 1964 and the year Tom's legs were broken in 1984. We went for a month after the crops were harvested in the fall or sometimes in August. The year we went to Florida when Tina was 3 years old and Perry stayed home with my folks, I bought Tina a pair of shoe strings at Sarasota shoping cent during their grand opening. Their prize was a new comet car which I won on my one ticket. Tom and I drove to Florida in the spring of 1953. We stayed in Sarasota in a kitchenette apartment. It was my first Florida trip. We had such a good time going to the beach in the evenings as Tom burned so easy. We liked walking along the beach wooded areas. We also went to Ringling Museum. We went to Florida since Tom's folks had a winter home in Sarasota, my sister, Velma McCall, had a winter trailer home in Dade City, and my mother, Ethel Murphy Anderson and Uncle Wilbur Carnes both lived full time in St. Petersburg. We usually flew Eastern Airlines to Tampa Florida and then took the limousine to my [Photo] [Photo image] Rachel and Tina standing in front of new 1961 Comet Rachel won in Florida Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 43) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a6a3c3b0215d92eb8ee5873dfb21d7f6.jpg e5588b6f151d92ce59c8d935fa3280da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 44] [corresponds to page 41 of Pages of Our Lives] mother' and step dad's home in St. Petersburg When I visited mother in St. Petersburg during the Christmas vacation, I had our 3 kids and usually another of my brother Lovett Murphy's kids with us. We always had a lot of luggage with us. One time when we unloaded our bags at mothers we had 15 bags instead of 13. The two look alike bags had to be taken back to the airport the next day. Tina always loved to fly, even the 1st time we flew when she was about 6 years old. She sat with a little girl in the back of the plane and they got to playing with a pillow and it broke. She still had feather on her when we got to mother's. She latter became an airline flight attendant for United Airlines in 1992. [Photo image] [Photo caption] Tina White December 2, 1992 flight attendant for United Airlines When I look back I never realized how much work mom went to when 5-7 people stayed for sometimes 2 weeks. She always had enough beds, pillows and covers for all of us. I always helped mom cook and clean up but there was a lot of extra work for her. We also visited my sister Velma & Allen McCall in Dade City Fl. Who lived in the winter months in their park model trailer. We always went Webster Flea Market near them when we were there. We also visited my Uncle Wilbur Carnes and his wife Sarah who lived next door to Mother in St. Petersburg. A few times we visited 2nd cousin Jean Somyk in Sarasota and my niece Alice and Karl Schuster and family in St. Petersburg. [Photo image] [Photo image] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Rachel Buxton, Ollie Durfee and Velma Rachel, Ollie and Velma - 1982 McCall in Hawaii - 1982 In August 1982 my sister Velma McCall and her friend, Olive Durfee and I went on a Hawaii cruise. In 1985 Tom and I went with my sister, Velma McCall, on a senior citizen trip from Zanesville, Ohio by bus to Chicago and then by plane to California and bus trips from there to Las Vegas, Mexico, and Hoover Dam before returning home by plane and bus. In 1986 Tom and I went on a tour bur trip to Louisville, Ky. In 1970 we bought our 1969 19-foot Terry trailer which we camped in the first year at different near-by campgrounds so we could go home to milk. Then the next few years we parked it at Walter Bishops Camp near Alexandria, Ohio. In 1980 we bought our 25 foot 1978 Good Life mini motor home with 12,400 miles on it. Bill Fishers invited us to join their tri-county comping group which included the following couples from our Condit Presbyterian Church; William Fishers, Raymond Saunders, Wendall Days, Dudley Townleys and Wayne and Gerry Reppart. We were in this camping club until it discontinued int he early 1990's. All six [Photo image] [Photo caption] Our 1979 Good Life 24' mini motorhome Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 44) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b7233d9428d2498567c98ee5b69170a9.jpg 187deef40c154ace2a50aa693e59cac4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 45] [corresponds to page 42 of Pages of Our Lives] of us were elders in the Condit Presbyterian Church. In 1984 Tina, Gary, and children, Logan and Renee White went with us in our mini motor homes to St. Petersburg, Florida, and then flew back home to Centerburg, Ohio. In 1985, my brother Lovett, Tom and I were at Mother's in Florida when Robert and Thersa Olmsted joined us. Robert is Ray and Helen Olmsted's son. [Photo image] [Photo image] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Wilber Carnes, Lovett Murphy, Thomas Lovett Murphy, Thomas Buxton, Robert Buxton and Robert Olmsted, Florida Olmstead at Mother's in St. Petersburg, in 1985 1985 In 1990 we bought our 1988 34' Pace Arrow motor home which had 13,574 miles and 118.6 hr. on generator. [Photo image] [Photo image] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Camping in Rio Grande Park Tom and Rachel's motor home in 2004 Jan. 27, 1987, we joined membership campground system at B's R.V. Resort near Clermont, Fl. We rotated in our motor home every two weeks between B's RV and American Adventure RV Resort in Kissimmee, Fl. for 4 months each winter from 1988-1996. On Jan. 5, 1996 when American Adventure RV Resort discontinued their membership Campground camping, we changed to 3 Flags RV Resort, Wildwood, Fl., to alternate with B's R.V. camp. Since 1996 we have stayed at Clermont and Wildwood R.V. camps each winter for four months in our motor home. [Photo image] [Photo caption] Aerial view of B's R.V. Resort, built in 1982 In 1988 we joined membership campground members assoc. group to help fight fraud in membership camping. This group started with 700 members but it is down to around 20 couples in 1999 who just go to the rallies for a reunion of friends. This group had two rallies Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 45) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/55ef293fce3642f50f426feecce0a989.jpg 85fb54ad913e5e3f84cf209ce03de899 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 46] [corresponds to page 43 of Pages of Our Lives] each year the winter rally held in January in Florida and the summer one held in the different states where our members are from. Here are the list of rallies: 1. Jul. 1988 -Turtle Lake R.V. (AA) Michigan 2. Jan. 1989 -Lake Okeechobee (AA) Okeechobee, Fla. 3. Jul. 1989 -Woods and Waters (AA) White Cloud, Mich. 4. Jan. 1990 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 5. July 1990 -Walley World R. V. Loudonville, OH. 6. Jan. 1991 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 7. July 1991 -Walley World R. V. Loudonville, OH. 8. Jan. 1992 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 9. Jul. 1992 -Blossom Run RV (TA) Onamia, Minn. 10. Jan. 1993 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 11. July 1993 -Lake Paradise RV Lone Jack, Missouri 12. Jan. 1994 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 13. Sept 1944 (?1994) -Farm at Gettyburg, (OW) Dover, Pa. 14. Feb. 1995 -American World (AA) Kissimee, Fl. 15. Sept. 1995 -Lake France (AS) New Paris, Oh. 16. Feb. 1996 -Tropical Palms RV Kissimee, Fl. 17. Sept. 1996 The Landings RV Canal Fulton, Oh. 18. Jan. 1997 Citrus Tower, Clermont, Fl. 19. Sept 1997 -Twin Lakes(TA) Wapakoneta, Oh. 20. Jan. 1998 -Three Flags RV Wildwood, Fl. 21. Sept. 1998 -Natural High RV Lebon, Maine 22. Jan. 1999 -Three Flags RV Wildwood, Fl. 23. Sept 1999 -Round Out Valley RV, Accord, New York 24. Jan. 2000 -Three Flags RV Wildwood, Fl. 25. Jan. 2001 -Three Flags RV Wildwood, Fl. 26. Jan. 2002 -Three Flags RV Wildwood, Fl. 27. Jan. 2003 -Tropical Palms 28. Jan. 2004 -Eat out at Golden Corral 29. Jan. 2005 -Eat out at Golden Corral Tom and I have gone to all the rallies since the group started in 1988. In 1991, ten couple of our membership campground members association group left from American World Resort in Kissimee, Florida by bus to Port Canaveral, Florida, where we got our Carnival Cruise boat for the Bahamas stopping at St, Thomas and Freeport. In 1994 Steve and Ruth Rinke and Tom and Rachel Buxton, each driving his own motor home, went to Niagara Falls. In 1997 Tom and Rachel Buxton went with the Licking County Extension group farm bus tour to Washington, D.C. Baltimore, Md., and Gettysburg, Pa., stopping at a big dairy farm, White House, lima bean farm and Gettysburg. Rachel's Medical History I broke my left arm falling on cement at school when I was in the second grade. One day when Uncle Wilbur and Aunt Mary Carnes were at our house for supper, we were washing the dishes. I stepped down hard on the edge of a used while running Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 46) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/eea72165eca03bdba520ccb40e5f4166.jpg 30574fc7864fe68ebf3d88286bbdc8af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 47] [corresponds to page 44 of Pages of Our Lives] out to the fence to dump the dishwater. The can had fallen on the yard side of the fence when it hit the clothes line and missed landing in the junk pile in the chicken lot where we threw all our old tin cans. The can cut a three inch flap in the arch of my left foot. It took a long time to heal but by soaking my foot in epson salts it healed down nice and never bothered me. Today I would have had several stitches in it but then you didn't go to a doctor for just a cut. On Sept. 6, 1944, at the age of 11 1/2 Years, I had my first period and continued normal, never heavy periods until in 1982 when I had missed a few periods and was getting hot flashes so my Doctor started me on premarin alone, Provera was was added around 1990 which were both continued until my hysterectomy in 2000. When only premarin was needed I had very bad cramps on the first day about every period and many times during school had to to lay down in the sick room. After having my children my cramps were less painful. I always had to frequently go to the bathroom as I went between each period during the day at school. This problem had continued all my life. In about 1998, I started not being able to completely empty my bladder and had to sit and wait a few minutes at least once each time to finish urinating. I never had any trouble with my bowels as always went regular each morning. I had imbedded tonsils out when 13 yrs. old and didn't talk for a week as vocal cords were so swollen. Mom worried I wouldn't talk. I was so anemic after this I had to take lots of iron medicine. After we were married, I have been in the hospital for three kids birth, D and C, toe lump removed in Delaware, 2 biopsies on left breast, complete hysterectomy in June 200, fallen bladder surgery in July 2002, hip replacement in July 2003. My uterus and bladder dropped in the fall of 1999 and surgery was needed I had a complete hysterectomy on June 23, 2000, to remove my uterus, both ovaries and fallopian tubes. My bladder was tacked up and several adhesions removed. These adhesians were from my previous surgery immediately following our son, Rex's birth birth in 1964. when Dr. William B. Merryman cut a 3 inch vertical incision on my lower center stomach to remove a piece out of each fallopian tube to prevent another pregnancy. He also removed my appendix since he was close to it. I was afraid of another pregnancy as Tina's blood was alright, Perry's blood very low for 2 months and Rex's blood had to be changed 1 1/2 times. A fourth child could even have had brain damage since the blood from B (CDE) R.H. negative blood and Tom's positive blood would get worse with each pregnancy. My hysterectomy was done by Dr. Brian Becher at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, I stayed in the hospital for two days. I was thankful when bowels moved on the fourth day after surgery. I really felt pretty well, only needing to take my percoset pain medicine for 3 days. Then I took Over-the-counter Aleve for pain. I went back to the doctor's office 6 days later to have the 14 staples removed from the 6-inch incision across my lower stomach. I was not allowed to drive a car for two weeks, no lifting over 13 lbs. for 3 weeks, no vacuuming with a sweeper for 4 weeks and no floor exercises for 4 weeks and complete pelvis rest for 4 weeks. Tom was really glad when my 4 weeks were up as he had never swept our house and was glad to give the job up. My 2002 Year Surgeries I started having upper right leg pain around 1994 when we were looking a motorhomes and checking roofs on them. We were climbing up the back ladder to look at Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 47) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/69ee18a2d9324a64df623bed50a9bdf5.jpg a14aeaab0b723efc1862ed9a461532db Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 48] [corresponds to page 45 of Pages of Our Lives] the top of the motor homes. all the first bottom steps were high and I thought I had just strained my leg muscle but I continued to have some pain even when just walking. My chiropractor took x-rays of both hips in 1995 and they showed that I had some arthritis in both hop joints with the left one showing the most ligament damage. At this time only my right leg bothered me. Later my right leg quit hurting and my left leg hurt. In the fall of 1999 my family doctor, Dr. Scott Merryman, started me on Naproxen 500 2 times a day arthritis medicine as his x-rays showed more arthritis. I took this for only a month as I side affects of itching and dry skin of my knees and elbows. I continued to have pain when walking so I went to Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Schlonsky in the spring of 2001. His examination showed I had too good a range of motion to need surgery so he tried me on different new arthritis medicine, Vioxx 25 mg a day worked the best which I took for 11 months along with Glucisamine/Chondroitin. In the spring of 2002 I was having side affects of diarrhea and quit all medicine. This made me hurt more. I had more x-rays in the spring of 2002 with Dr. Schlonsky and they showed that in 18 months my left hip ligament was gone between the joints but my right side had stayed the same. He advised complete hip replacement of the left hip but he felt I needed to have my bladder problem taken care of first as I had to lean forward to urinate. So on July 5, 2002, I had cystocele bladder repair surgery at Riverside hospital by Dr. Becker with no incision needed. I was in hospital only 2 days. This surgery corrected the need to bend over to urinate but did not change the bladder not emptying completely or my rectal cystocele. I became allergic to delandid pain medicine as I got instant dry mouth, got hot and got hives on my back but continued on it with Benadryl added during my stay in the hospital. I gave blood July 26, 2002 and August 2, 2002 for my planned hip replacement surgery. Thursday August 15, 2002, we arrived at Mt. Carmel East Hospital at 5:45 a.m. I got to surgery waiting at 6:15. I had my 1 1/2 hour left hip replacement surgery and got back at 11:15 from the recovery room to my hospital room. I had foot air pumps and coumadin pills to prevent blood clots plus elastic hose, IV in right arm, nose oxygen and a big foam wedge between legs. I ate a full regular meal at 1:00 p.m. as I had not eaten for 13 hours and I have never thrown up in my life except in 2nd grade when I broke my wrist. I was on and off the bedpan 4 times before they inserted a foley catheter at 9:00 p.m. which had not been inserted during surgery. I had morphine 10 minute intervals push for pain which I used 8 times. My back hurt the most as I was not gotten up out of bed all day. On Friday the 1st day after surgery I had percoset for pain which I could have 2 every 4 hours. I only needed 1 every 6 hours. They got me up early for bath and therapy in A.M. and I sat in the chair for lunch staying up for 2 hours. I was helped out of bed again to sit in the chair for supper at 6:00 and therapy to walk to hall and back. The 2nd day, Saturday, in the hospital I had my therapy and sat in the chair for meals. I still had percoset for pain but Benadryl was added as I had a reaction to it. I was also given ancef antibiotic in my IV. My urine catheter was removed at 10:00 a.m. so I got up and walked myself with my walker from chair to bathroom several times during the day. My surgeon said my surgery went well and I had a healthy bone to work with and only osteoarthritis caused the problem. On Sunday the 3rd day, I was up from 6:30-12:30 with bath, eating, therapy, and Doctor visit. I was released at 2:00 p.m. but rested in bed all p.m. while waiting for medibus as I was too tired from being up too long. the medibus driver got me loaded at 8:00 p.m. sitting a wheel chair for a bumpy 45 minute ride arriving at Heartland Care Center in Centerburg at Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 48) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/57f4a6e2087047a78f485442d9abf68e.jpg 3a9baad3ffeb4c8315ec6bb96d250738 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 49] [corresponds to page 46 of Pages of Our Lives] 8:45. I was soon settled in my room with a bedside commode which worked well as I had decided I had to get my feet out of bed by myself. I knew I'd have to be up at least 5 times during the night due to my bladder retention problem. I stayed 20 days at Heartland for my 2 hour 5 day a week therapy. I learned the things that we had to do to prevent my new hip from coming out of the socket until the tissue, bone and muscles are completely healed. This is a least 6 months and some doctors say a year. The therapy consisted of the things not to do, how to use a walker and later a cane, balance, muscle strengthening, dressing, getting in and out of car and caring for my feet when you aren't allowed to reach them. Here is a list of all the things you have to not do for 6 months to a year: 1. Do not cross legs or ankles past center line of body with operated hip when standing, sitting or in bed when sleeping. 2. Do not bend over more than a 90 degree angle (the L shape) so have to use picker to pick up things from the floor & use sock dresser of feet 3. Do not twist the hip, like when turning to look behind you 4. Always extend your operated leg when rising from sitting position as you tend to bend forward when rising and you loose the 90 degree angle 5. Always have your hips higher than your knees when sitting or rising or getting in and out of a car. Use extended toilet seats for year. 6. You must sleep on your back with legs at least 10" apart. Later can sleep on operated side. The following medicine were given at Heartland during my 20 day stay 1. Colace - 100 mg twice daily for rectal cystocile as bowel softener 2. Topra XL - 50 mg twice daily for high blood pressure. Coumindin - 5 mg last day and for 5 days after going home. 4. Vicodin - 5/500 one and two every 6 hours as needed for pain 5. Aleve - one tablet as needed for pain after off vicodin 6. Multi vitamin 7. Darvoset- first day at rest home made me floaty and tight chested 8. Rocephin - one gm injection antibotic for incision redness before 28 staples removed. My 2003 Surgery My right Leg gradually began hurting me before my left hip was healed from my hip replacement surgery in 2002. By six months I needed to use a walker to help the pain in my hip and upper leg. I also had pain when laying down and if I even moved my right foot or toe it would send pain up my leg causing many sleepless nights. With my left hip I had pain only with walking or climbing steps. In April 2003 my x-rays at Dr. Schlosky's showed that my ligament was nearly gone in my right hip so I planned to have surgery. I went to a new doctor for a second opinion and liked him so well I decided to have do my surgery as all he did was hip and knee surgery at Mt Carmel East Hospital (and was a young doctor). July 7, 2004, I had my complete right hip replacement surgery by Dr. Joel Politi staying in the hospital 3 days and also 20 days at Heartland Centerburg to continue my therapy. On Monday morning, July 7th, we left home at &:15 arriving at Mt. Carmel East Hospital at 8:00 AM. I got into admitting room quickly where I signed my name, and my social security card and picture ID were checked. Then I went to pre-admitting room in a Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 49) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a703b96c51dc769a0fb3a741c064186e.jpg 1e019ff8a1cb38f6d0571cb07b8b4709 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 50] [corresponds to page 47 of Pages of Our Lives] Wheelchair. In a few minutes I was wheeled to the surgery waiting room and Tom had to leave. My blood pressure and temperature were taken. My blood pressure was 170/99 so I was not as calm as I thought I was as I had taken my blood pressure medicines earlier with a sip of water. I had had nothing to eat or drink after midnight. I next changed into a hospital gown. An IV was put in my hand and I was given pepsin and reglan with a sip of water to clear my stomach. An antibiotic was put in my IV. I talked to my surgeon, Dr Joel Politi, and also my anaesthetist before my surgery. Next, support hose were put on my left leg and I was given a a sedative in my IV. The sedative worked as I don't even remember being taken into surgery. My surgery lasted 1 hour with only a 4" incision being needed with self dissolving stitches and a washable patch applied over it. I was in recovery room for 2 hours where full support hose were put on both legs and foot pumps put on both feet to make pressure up and down my feet to help prevent blood clots. I arrived at 353, a single room in the hospital, at 1:15 PM. I still had my IV in and foam wedge between my legs. The doctor had ordered the first three meals to be liquid. I chewed two cups of ice and drank 3 cups of water during the day as my surgery catheter was working well. I had a morphine pump which I could push ever 10 minutes for pain but I only needed it about every 3 hrs. as I had little pain. My elastic hose & foot pumps bothered me the most. They did change my long hose to knee support hose which really helped. I was wide awake all Monday P.M. with little pain. At 10 PM on percuset did help me sleep from 11:00 til 3:00 AM. After sitting on edge of bed for a little while and also getting my first stool softener. I took my 2nd percuset at 3:00 AM and then slept from 4:00 till 6:00 AM. My catheter was taken out at &:00 AM Tuesday morning. They helped me get up and then I got to sit in a chair for an hour while I drank my breakfast at 8:00 PM. Monday P.M. they got me up and I passed out for few seconds as my blood pressure dropped to 66-44 so I got put back in bed and 2 IV's were given real fast and the house doctor called. then I was on bed pan about every 1 1/2 hrs. Finally let me up to go to the bathroom. I was catherized at midnight as bladder only part way emptied as usual. I slept good till 3:00 AM Wednesday morning. They helped me up to bathroom and I slept from 3:30 - 5:30 AM. Up in chair for breakfast and I walked to bathroom by myself with walker and bowels moved for 1st time. On Wednesday noon the aide left my foot pumps off so I could get out of bed by myself and use walker to go to bathroom & I could call the nurse to help me get back in bed as I could not lift my operated leg up into the bed. On Wednesday I had therapy of walking in halls in AM. And PM. and did my 9 exercised in bed. Wednesday night I got up to go to the bathroom at 10:00 PM., 12 & 4:30 PM. Then nurses helped me back to bed. Thursday morning both doctors were in for my discharge. I did all my own bath except my legs which the aide did. I ate an early 11:45 dinner in chair. At noon I was able to get back in bed for the first time by myself. The little Mt. Carmel East Ambulance picked me up at 1:15. I layed on a soft cot with head pillow, arriving at Heartland of Centerburg at 2:00 PM. I got to bed at 4:15. I was tired and my right hip and thigh were swollen quite a bit. The Heartland of Centerburg nurse did her tests. I ate good supper and I was weighed in at 160 lb. Tom, Rex and Tina all were in to help me get settled in. Since my leg was swollen, I did not start therapy until Monday when morning and afternoon therapy began. I could walk with walker, so I wanted more work on lift exercises. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 50) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/39243285e40f441c71667d9e84828603.jpg 99eeab3b3aa8b2c9aaf89498bd23120c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 51] [corresponds to page 48 of Pages of Our Lives] and going up and down steps as I wanted to be able to climb steps which I had not been able to do for nearly 2 years. I soon was going up and down their cement steps from the basement to 1st floor 4 times a day before going home July 20, 2003, in our truck. Tom's Medical History Tom had his appendix out after were were married and also his tonsils later. He also had a stone come out of navel after using bread and milk poultices. On Nov. 21, 1984 Tom came in at 4:30 P.M. and went to the bathroom and went back to unload dryer with beans into a wagon. I began cutting up turkey as I had cooked my turkey the day before Thanksgiving. Perry had driven paper truck all night and combined soy beans all day and he was leaving for home to sleep when we heard Tom yell just as Perry opened the house door to leave for home. We ran out to the dryer Perry got there first and said, "I think Dad's legs are broken." he covered him with a blanket and stayed with him while I called Croton Emergency. Before I could get Tina called and clothes changed the squad was here. Doris Wilson rode with Tom in squad van and we followed them to Mt. Carmel East Hospital and got there around 6:00. Since it was the night before Thanksgiving only one operating room was open. It was in use and a small staff on emergency call. Luck would have it that Dr. Rutherford, a bone specialist, was there on duty. The kids and I stayed with Tom until they took him to surgery around 11:00 when I told them to go on home. I worked folding laundry in the laundry room so I'd have something to do while waiting. He left leg was crushed from knee to his ankle and his right leg was broken from knee to ankle in over 8 places. All the doctor could do was clean out the wounds leaving in the biggest pieces of bone and putting gauze packing back in around the bones. I slept on a couch in the waiting room. Tina came in the morning and took me home showing me the easiest way to come the next day to the hospital. On Friday they took Tom back to surgery and took out the gauze packing and put in wick packing. Then Saturday they took out wick packing in his room and his left leg were soft like a spoiled orange. He was cast from hip to toe on both legs. The following Friday they did third surgery and tried to clean out more around bones and recast him. The cast hit a pressure point on a nerve and piece had to be cut out of the cast around his knee. He was given a total of 7 pints of blood. I drove the 22 miles to the hospital every day. He was on IV's and antibiotics for 2 weeks as Doctor said he could lose both legs. The antibiotics worked and his temperature did come down. Then he had to learn to slide from hospital bed to wheel chair before they let him come home after being in hospital for a month. He was glad to get home to his rented hospital bed with arm rails to pull himself around and the electric air mattress that moved all the time so he didn't get bed sores. I got 15 different pillow so block his legs at night so he could get comfortable. He would turn on his light when he needed help to turn of move as his leg casts were so heavy. He had to go in every 2 weeks for x-rays which was quite a job as it took several men to get him and his wheel chair down porch steps and into the car to sit sideways with casts on the set. After 3 months in the full hip to toe straight casts the Doctor took the casts off and put him in full casts but knees open and had a metal rod that went to plastic strips that went around thighs so they did bend a little and he could learn to walk. he got to take his first shower at 6 months when the casts taken off and full Vicrose wraps put on with steel supports in them were used so he could walk and not put stress on his legs. He wore these for six months. We went to Florida July 28th when my step dad had his heart attack and Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 51) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ec5c19a5e76333f8c062a7335d70d275.jpg e2eecab6a75cfd16d2228529ddf418f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 52] [corresponds to page 49 of Pages of Our Lives] was unconscious in the hospital and Mom needed help. We flew to Florida. Tom was able to get around with his full braces on and to go to the church memorial services when Val dies Aug. 12th, 1985. After a year he gradually began to wear smaller braces until finally only a knee brace. By this time the nerves were healing and he had to start using his tens unit (Trascutaneous electrical nerve stimulator) which helped control the pain in his legs and knees. We had to cash-rent the farm out as Tom was not able to walk and carry any weight. Tom Buxton had asthma as a child. When he was 6 years old he could remember his grandmother burning something in a pail for him to breathe. It got better as he grew up but he would still have an attack if he shoveled snow, ran etc. We were married 1952 and he didn't have many attacks. I he did Dr. Godshall prescribed little white pill which stopped it. In 1989 Tom had his polyps removed from his sinus in his nose so he could breathe through his nose. In 1989 Tom got a bad sinus infection and his asthma came on strong putting him in the hospital in Florida in fall of 1989 and again in Ohio in the spring of of 1999. He was then a on a maintenance medicine Theo Dur 300 mg @ 2 a day and then later on 3 a day which helped prevent more attacks. In 1998 he started getting choked when he ate certain foods. This increased in 1990 as he had developed a pouch in his esophagus, Here food would catch causing him to choke and get food in his lungs. This choking increased his asthma attacks. On July 2, 1999, Dr. Bailey in Marion operated and removed this pouch and cut places in sphenter muscle to help his reflux. Tom got along well with his surgery and 4 day hospital stay. The next six months he had very little asthma even without taking any Theo Dur as he didn't seem to need it. On Dec. 20, 1999 while in Florida Tom was in dust and cigarette smoke at a thrift shop. The next day his sinus stared draining. He took decongestants but it didn't help very much. By January 1 his asthma was bad. We went to Clermont, FL. doctor three times for breathing treatments, antibiotics and steroids and new inhalers. Nothing seemed to help very much. On Jan. 8, 2000 he was in wood smoke at our campgrounds in Wildwood and two puffs on ventilator-inhaler would only last two hours. By Thursday morning, Jan 13th at 5:30 a.m. we went the to Leesburg Regional Medical Center emergency room. We got there in 25 minutes. Tom was so low on air he had a hard time walking. He was given immediate treatment while I filled out papers. The Emergency Room continued to get busier all day. Tom did get a room by 5:00 p.m. There were still 16 emergency rooms full, 8 beds in emergency hallway and the waiting room was full. He had 7 breathing treatments IV steroids, 4 antibiotics and breathing treatments around the clock every four hours. He stayed in the Hospital Thursday, Friday and he came home Saturday at 3:00 P.M. After only three days at home Tom was worse again and had to go back to the emergency room Tuesday night at 10:00 P.M. He got a room by Wednesday morning at 2:30 a.m. I had two hours sleep in the third floor lounge as the third floor in the hospital was all men with breathing problems so I couldn't sleep in his room. Friday afternoon after he got to breathing better I decided I had to drive home myself instead of calling friends to get me. I got home OK so then each day I drove in at 8:30 and left at 3:00 p.m. This time they kept him 7 days and he got home Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 52) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/775ce1b00682e0ec80408cbb9d025abd.jpg 3e7cf15ad34aefc559a7a952aa0b3ae0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 53] [corresponds to page 50 of Pages of Our Lives] Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at 2:00 P. M. His catscan showed his lungs full but xray showed no pneumonia. He was not able to cough up any phlegm until the 4th day after using breathing pulsator and beating on his back finally loosened it and he was stronger. The phlegm test showed it was a streptococci bacteria infection. The home health nurses came out to the motor home Jan. 27, 28, 29 and Feb 1st. Each one helped us learn different things to help his asthma. After being very careful to stay out of the things which trigger his asthma attacks (wood smoke, cigar smoke, perfume, car fumes, cleaning chemicals) we arrived home safely in Ohio March 19, 2000. Tom had his low functioning no stones gall bladder removed at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on May 7, 2004. the 45 minute surgery by Dr. Jason Keith went well with only 4 small holes needed but he did stay ovenight in the hospital. Also, in 2004, Tom had anesthetic for a colonoscopy and later a throat exploration clear into his stomach. All the tests were normal but still he has stomach pain off and on after he eats. In 2005, he had a small bowel follow study which was normal with no blockage. Cancer in My Family Here is a list of those who had cancer in my father's family and their children who also had cancer. My father, Arthur Murphy died of lympho sarcoma Cancer at the age of 61 years. His son, Lovett Murphy died of colon cancer at the age of 60. My father's sister, Ella Murphy Taylor died late in life of Breast Cancer. She was 92. Her daughter, Grace Taylor Bell had had breast cancer. My father's sister, Martha Murphy McElroy died of breast cancer latter in life. Her daughter, Rose Ella McElroy Grove has thyroid cancer. And Martha's son, Donald McElroy also had cancer. My father's brother Darrel Murphy did not have cancer, but Darrel's daughter, Mary Ellen Murphy Lynne had lung cancer. My Father's aunt on his Mother's side, Goldie Sinkey had breast cancer. Memorable Moments in Our Family Tina's Graduation First Great Grandchildren [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo Caption] [Photo caption] Attending Tina's Graduation From Cara Maryann Taylor Jenna Marie Cox Bowling Green University in 1978 11 weeks, Oct. 29, 2005 Born Sept. 24, 2005 7 lb. 13 oz. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 53) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a55951d2a5c87874bdfa49fcb2968d5c.jpg 73ff3f7b3f8b445dd27c13f606838340 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 54] [corresponds to page 51 of Pages of Our Lives] Other Papers of Rachel Murphy Buxton Program for Friendly Club of Condit Presbyterian Church May 7, 1997 By Rachel Murphy Buxton There were many teachers in our family history, thus education and teaching played an important roll in our family. The teachers on my mother's side 1. My great uncle, Frank Olmstead Cox, who was a missionary in Africa for many years. 2. My second cousin, Elsie Olmsted Cox, who was director and teacher at the Seventh Day Advent Academy in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The teachers on my father's side 1. My grandfather, Farrah Murphy, was a teacher and an educator all his life. 2. My grandmother, Grace Chadwick Murphy was a teacher at the Perfect School District School for 2 years before she married Grandpa. 3. My great aunt Goldie Chadwick Sinkey was a teacher in Youngstown, Ohio all her life. 4. My aunt Ella Murphy Taylor taught all her life in Berlin High School. 5. My second cousin, Nellie Murphy, was a teacher all her life. 6. My great aunt, Cora Murphy, was a professor of Bible at Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware, Ohio. She went to grade school at Condit, then 4 years Ohio Wesleyan for her BA in 1905. She had her Bachelor of Divinity plus several post-graduate schools. 7. My second cousin, Margaret Murphy Gillis, graduated from Sunbury High High School. Received her B. A. from Ohio Wesleyan. She also got degrees from University of Chicago and took courses at University of Florida, Ohio State University, Bowling Green University, and St. Petersburg, Fl. college. She was a teacher all her life and her last 8 years she was principal and teacher at American Legion Hospital for Crippled Children. 8. My Great Grandmother Chadwick was a school teacher. I'm the sixth generation to have lived on Murphy Hill Farm in the house just west of where Marve and Pat Monroe live Murphy Road. My grandfather, Farrah Carl Murphy (known as F.C.) was born April 13, 1874 and died June 26, 1966 at age 92 years. He went to Trenton Township School his first 9 years. The 9th grade was a college preparatory grade which most schools did not have. Then he went to Ohio State University for a 2 yr. agricultural course. When he went to Ohio State at this time in 1892 it was held on the edge of Columbus in an open field with only about 400 students. Then Farrah Murphy at age 23 yr. taught school for a while at the North Condit School for $20 a month. He had a special tonic he gave his students so they wouldn't fake an illness and miss school. It contained quinine, castor oil, drop of turpentine, a touch of coal Appendix-51 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 54) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/db925e4b3786fbe2d68962813ee95a9b.jpg ecb6dfdfc18d0ea1798159d207c56084 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 55] [corresponds to page 52 of Pages of Our Lives] tar, and capsicum which was very hot. It was a very effective cure and the kids never faked an illness again. Farrah was interested in Granges. He served as head master of Condit Grange for many years. He helped organize several other granges in the county and was honored in 1949 for his service to the Grange. In 1900 Farrah married Grace Chadwick of Condit. Her father owned and operated a tile mill in North Condit and it was widely known for its fine tile. Grace also taught school at Perfect School District which is the red brick building that still stands on the old 3 C Highway. They had four children; (1) Arthur (my father who lived in the first house on the north side of Murphy Road just off 605 road; (2) Darrell Murphy (Known as Pat) who lived on Beacom road just of 61 north of Sunbury, (3) Ella Murphy Taylor who lived near Berlin and taught school there, (4)Martha Murphy McElroy lived on Ross road north from Murphy road. Farrah Murphy was always interested in education, and was an advocate for consolidation of the county on-room schools in the Sunbury district, and it finally was accomplished about 1920. In 1918 Farrah helped form and was secretary of the first cooperative elevator in Delaware County, located at Condit. It was a tremendous undertaking and he and Mr. Charles Comstock spent many a sleepless night before it was accomplished. Farrah was a member of the County Board of Education for 14 years. It was during this time that the Sunbury News editor, Bill Whitney, was hunting for a name for the school district. Mr. Whitney was talking Mr Murphy and asked him if he had any ideas for a name. Mr. Murphy said that Big Walnut Creek runs through the district so why not call it Big Walnut. So that became its name. Besides farming, Mr Murphy and his sister, Cora Murphy, Who was a Bible professor at Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware, Ohio, traveled through England, Europe and the Holy Lands. This was the high light of his life and he enjoyed telling of his experiences there. Mr. Charles Green (a neighbor of Farrah) and Goldie McQue, a friend of Cora, went with them. Farrah gained information which he used when he lectured at the Farmers Institute and later wrote a book. Farrah taught the young men's Bible Sunday School class at Condit Presbyterian Church for over 20 years and he always enjoyed the services there. Although Farrah was a busy man, he was a good neighbor and a fine father. He took time to play with his children with a walk in the woods, a trip to the store, or even a skating party on the pond. Farrah and Grace had daily devotions in the home for the whole family. Farrah believed in discipline in the home one time when the kids were noisy in the room when Farrah and Grace were studying the Bible, Aunt Ella had to sit in the corner and couldn't talk for an hour. Another time, aunt Martha and her cousin, Harold Sinkey, who came to visit each summer, transplanted corn plants in Grandpa Murphy's garden which were about a foot high as they had seen tomatoes, cabbage, etc. plants being transplanted. Since they were only 4-6 yr. old, they had a very stern lecture. Farrah Murphy could not have a accomplished what he did had it not the many sacrifices of fine Christian wife, grace, as she stayed home during his tour of Europe and Appendix-52 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 55) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ff79f1f2fd9ce449190cb5ccc5c04cea.jpg b3255fda01fcd6e489f045132aa0122e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 56] [corresponds to page 53 of Pages of Our Lives] with the help of her two sons, did the farm work that summer. Grace Loren Chadwick was born in Sunbury in 1878 and her father was a salesman. When she was 2 years old they moved to a new house at Condit Station. Mr. Chadwick, along with a partner, operated a tile mill. Grace soon had a baby brother named Garfield, then 7 years later a brother, Loren and after 14 more years a sister named Goldie. Three years later a sister, Mildred, and finally two years later another brother named Raymond. This made her youngest brother, Raymond, 18 years younger than Grace. Grace Chadwick was small for her age and had long blond hair. She had to wear glasses at the age of 11 years. She was also the oldest granddaughter in the family. Grace took care of her 5 brothers and sisters many times when her mother was sick. Farrah Murphy had three brothers who died of flu; Glenn Murphy, 7 mos. old in 1868, Delano Abram Murphy, 22 years old in 1886 and Ernest Thornton Murphy, 22. yr. in 1894. They had all three died before the big influenza epidemic of 1918. I never understood how the Murphys got the money to buy all their farm land, as nearly all the sons were given a farm, until I studied the Murphy family tree. Tax records show that in 1806 William, 2nd, and Benjamin paid taxes in Pleasant Twp. Edward Murphy in Richmond Twp. William Murphy I and his 3 sons, William II, Benjamin and Edward came to Ohio near Buckeye Lake. William Murphy I, the father, was 50 years old and a widower. He married Mary Ball who was 18 years old in 1803. William I and Mary Ball had Bazzil Murphy who was Farrah Murphy's grandfather. When Bazzil's father died his mother, Mary Ball Murphy, brought her son, Bazzil, to Delaware, Ohio. Bazzil Murphy courted and married a wealthy girl in Delaware, Ohio, named Rachel Algire. Rachel's father, W. K. Algire bought a woolen mill enterprise in 1873 which had started in Delaware. His stock company was worth $30,000. He built a 40 x 90 foot brick building and supplied with machinery for manufacturing of woolen goods in general, but it was not in operation as written in Delaware County History. In 1828 Bazzil Murphy and Rachel Algire were married and the same year bought the Jenny Green farm which is about 1 mile south of the Condit Presbyterian Church on 605 highway. Bazzil also bought 100 acres at auction across Murphy Road, south of Marve and Pat Monroe's house for $5 an acre. Bazzil and Rachel's son, Charles Leif Murphy, who married Martha Adam, whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower boat, came to Vans Valley and Murphy Hill and bought the north side of Murphy Road known Murphy Hill Farm. Charles and Martha built the first brick house here in 1870 with money Charles made from wool he sold at $1.00 per lb. during the Civil War. He also dug the pond with a dam on the west side where the water was the deepest. I remember how my father kept fixing the dam in later years as the muskrats kept making it leak. The house burned when I was 4 years old in February 1939 but I still remember rocking on my knees in our rocking chair and watching out the glass of our east living door at the fire and smoke as the house smoldered in the attic where the fire had started. I also remember later that summer when my grandparents, Farrah and Grace Murphy, lived in the garage while the house was being rebuilt. I remember how bad the catalpa worms were that summer with the worms crawling all over the ground under the catalpa tree just south of the garage. Appendix -53- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 56) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a675096227dd2049b9ace122d31d6b7e.jpg 8daef1d4ffb3efd398b3919fcf945faa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 57] [corresponds to page 54 of Pages of Our Lives] Charles and Martha Murphy gave their nine children a chance to get a good education and develop their inherited talents which led several of them to distinguished careers away from the farm. l. Arthur Murphy (Farrah's Murphy's oldest brother) graduated from law college and was a lawyer in the District Attorney's office in Bowling Green, Ohio. 2. Lovett Murphy was a renowned traveler, photographer, journalist and publisher. He combined three newspapers to start the paper now known as The Sunbury News. 3. Cora Murphy who graduated from Ohio Wesleyan College plus several other college courses, was a Bible Professor at Ohio Wesleyan. 4. Farrah Murphy who graduated from Ohio State College was a teacher, farmer, lecturer, and author. 5. Gertrude Murphy who helped her husband in the publishing business with her brother, Lovett Murphy. 6. Grant Murphy inherited 75 acres of woodland from his father, Charles and built a large 2-story house and a big barn after clearing some of the land. On may 6, 1941 the barn blew down during one of the worst wind and hail storms in years. Hail stones as large as baseballs fell followed by severe winds. My husband Thomas Edward Buxton, said he can remember when he was 11 yrs. old this storm. It was at graduation time and it knocked the north windows out of the Croton School House. Grant Murphy's oldest son, Mac Murphy, lived to be 104 years old and died in 2001. He was a renowned submarine electrical engineer in both World War I and World War II with many metals of honor and lived in California. After Grant Murphy's death, his children sold the farm in 1960. The other 2 brothers died young of the flu so did not get to live to their potential. Charles and Martha Murphy gave the land north of Murphy Road to their son, Farrah Murphy and daughter, Cora Murphy. The land south of the road that Charles's father, Bazzil Murphy, bought was given to Charles and then Charles left his part to sons, Lovett and Grant Murphy. Later Farrah Murphy bought his sister, Cora's land and his brother, Lovett's land. North of the road land went to Farrah's daughter, Ella Murphy Taylor and the smaller house on the northwest went Farrah's daughter-in-law, Ethel Murphy Anderson, as Arthur died of cancer in 1962 at 61 years of age. The land on the south side of the road went to Farrah's son, Arthur, then to Arthur and Ethel's son, Lovett Murphy, then to Lovett Murphy's son, Joe Murphy, who still owns the woods and farming ground. The north side of Ella Murphy Taylor's hill house and west pasture was sold to Marvin and Pat Monroe. The north west house Ethel Murphy Anderson sold to Mankins and is now owned by Tom and Nickie Horman. Joe Murphy is the 7th generation of Murphys and is building a new house in the northeast section of the woods in 2005. MY GREAT UNCLE LOVETT Written by Rachel Murphy (Buxton) in 1948 for a school report with Grandpa Murphy's help (Born 1867) My uncle at age 24 years started the Trentor Agitator, a newspaper that favored prohibition in the year 1884. He printed it first in the upstairs of my grandfather's house for several years. Then he built a building in Condit where Bill Ford lives now, to have his newspaper office in. He was there three years. He just got the paper going good when he bought out the Sunbury Monitor, the Centerburg Gazette, and the Croton Independent. All three of these papers were operated under the same management. In a year or two, he sold Appendix -54- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 57) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/89b638d90ef726b6f7aa469551fe186b.jpg bdd225d6f01f84b95ba03af31f20c1c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 58] [corresponds to page 55 of Pages of Our Lives] All three of these papers which later became what we now call the Sunbury News. After he sold these papers out, he bought another paper business in Columbus. It was also a paper which favored prohibition. This paper business which he bought in Columbus he moved to Cleveland. He then sold his interest out in it. After he sold out in Cleveland, he took up a homestead in Michigan. He stayed here until the temperature got down to 40 degrees below zero. He couldn't stand this temperature so he left his homestead and started for the state of Washington (on foot without any money at all). He got his meals by washing dishes in restaurants on the way. He stopped at Basiman, Montana. The editor of this town's paper was sick so Lovett stayed and ran his paper until the editor recovered. From Basiman he went to Seattle, Washington, part on foot and part on train. When in Seattle he learned of Yukon gold rush.He took a boat to Alaska. Instead of mining gold, he and his partner (which he picked up on the way) chopped wood for $6 a chord. After spending the winter in Alaska, he came down to California and worked in the grape vineyards and orange groves for some time. Tiring of California he came back to Ohio with the same amount of money in his pocket, which was about $40, as he had when he left his homestead in Michigan. When he came back to Ohio his father had died and he inherited 40 acres of land which was mostly woods. Here in the middle of the woods he built a round house with his own hands. On one side was a fireplace, in the top was a skylight which was the only light besides the door. (You can still see in our woods where his well was.) Nearly all the walls were lined with books. He even had pet snakes to keep away the rats. He lived here and studied for about for about three years. He studied the Bible and religious philosophy. In 1904, the time of the St. Louis World's Fair, he leased land and built cottages about five miles out of St. Louis which he rented to the tourists who were attending the fair. They even had a big catering place here. After the close of the fair, the houses at Cottage City were freighted to Sunbury and sold. He then took a sudden notion to go South, so he went to New Orleans. All the money he had was $100. One morning when he went to buy his breakfast he found that all his money had been stolen, so he had to wash dishes for the meal. Being he had no money, he got a job working on the railroad as a carpenter. In 1907 he followed the rail of Lewis and Clark and prepared a historical lecture, which he planned to give with pictures he would take on the way. When he got to Seattle, Washington, he took his camera and went on north to Alaska. In Alaska he went beyond the out most trading posts, taking pictures and prospecting for gold. Every day he wrote his geographical descriptions of this part of Alaska. When he and his partner were coming down a cold and very swift river, their Canoe struck a log and over turned. His partner swam to shore. Lovett drowned according to the message sent by his partner, even though he was an excellent swimmer, because he would not take off his boots, the current drug him under. this event happened 150 miles from any settlement, so his body was never recovered. His camera, journal and every thing was lost in the deep, soaring water. Appendix -55- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 58) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f9e5feb1875a4d2ae878f4e5c56307dd.jpg 8c6197b11fbe946399885493baaf7494 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 59] [corresponds to page 56 of Pages of Our Lives] LOVETT TAFT MURPHY, INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH IN ALASKA Mr. Murphy left this part of the country for Seattle in January last. In his trip west he became snowbound in the mountains. Early in the spring he in company with several others, purchased a gasoline launch at Seattle which they had transported to Alaska where they used it to explore many of the Tributaries of the Yukon. In the loss of the departed the County loses on of its most brilliant minds. Letter to Miss Cora Murphy from Fred B. Borden dated 9/19/07, written on steamship enroute to Tacoma. Regarding death of L. T. Murphy on 9/3 he and I with Indian guide had taken our row boat up the Sushitma River and had prospected considerable finding nothing of great value. We ran out of provisions and he and I started down the river in our row boat making 70 miles the first day safely. The second morning after about an hour's travel with Mr. Murphy steering a cross current caught our boat and dashed it against a large log caught on a bar. The boat overturned and got away from us leaving us hanging on the snag. The current here was nearly 10 miles an hour and the shore about 100 yards away. After observing the direction of the current and the best manner of reaching shore we started swim. I barely made it and I am a good swimmer and after I reached shore I was barely able to raise up on my elbow. I could see Mr. Murphy still some distance out gradually being taken down stream. He seemed to be getting weaker but was making a brave fight. The current was too strong however and I finally saw him disappear beneath the water. He was heavily encumbered with clothing including a pair of hip rubber boots which he refused to take off against my advice. The water is extremely cold and he may have been taken by a cramp. As soon as I could walk I went down stream as far as far as possible but could find no trace of him. Luckily an Indian came up the river the next day and I hired him to take me down to the nearest settlement about 70 miles as I had nothing to eat. I waited there 6 days until 2 other parties had come down the river but as they found no trace I came outside. Mr. Murphy had considerable funds on his person including all mine. They were mostly certified checks unendorsed. Letter to Mr. F. C. Conley from Fred B. Borden dated 10/29/07, Tacoma Washington. Yours of the 8 inst received by me today. I was delayed in Valdez by business matters and did not arrive here until yesterday. In reply to your questions I will try and give you what information you ask for. Maynard and Recsci left us about the first of Aug. as they had then had enough of Alaska. Mr. Murphy and I went up the river alone with an Indian guide. We Appendix -56- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 59) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f43333119840681362d2b85dc50c1298.jpg b03fc426a0b0130f34b6c6d228c2ea26 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 60] [corresponds to page 57 of Pages of Our Lives] were on our way out when our accident happened. We could have been down to Sushitma Station in another day. The launch we had run up the Sushitma River and tied it up to the shore while we proceeded up in a row boat. Unfortunately the river raised and as the launch leaked considerable it sunk. I engaged men at Sushitma Station to go up and raise it and bring it down the river. I have since heard they they were successful and that the launch is now at Knik. They will hold the boat as security until the cost of salvaging same is paid. I have written for the bill of same. All of Mr. Murphy's things of any value were on the row boat. This included all clothes, blankets, camera, books and I believe everything. We recovered absolutely nothing although I had the Indian take me all around that portion of the river. The river at this point runs in so many different channels and is so swift and turbid that there is very little hopes of finding either the body or anything that was in the boat. I left orders at Sushitma Station to give a suitable reward to any Indian or other that would bring in anything. I also took some pains to see as many of the Indians as possible and tell them that there would be a good reward for anything they might find. I spoke in particular about the suitcase that contained the journal, books, etc. and the camera. the journal in particular is a big loss as I know that Mr. Murphy took great pains with it and it was complete and very interesting. As you say it is invaluable. The bills unpaid were small in amount. I believe they were as follows. Due Indians for guiding us one month at $2.00 per day - $60.00. 100 gal. gasoline purchased at Sushitma Station at $.65 - $65.00. the reason these bills were payable by him was that he was to pay all expenses of the last trip if I was to go with him when the others left. He had some money of mine on him as he acted as the treasurer. I don't know whether this was included in the certified checks or whether it was in cash. I do not know the amount of either. He intended to pay these bills when he got back to the Station. We had no specimens of gold or other mineral with us as we had found nothing of any value when we were forced to come out on account of running out of provisions. He told me once about his timber claim. It is in Clallam Co. this State and consists of 80 acres. I recently sold a claim in that County of 120 acres for $2,500. The claim is probably worth from $1,000 to $1,200. I cannot give you the exact figures as he had forgotten the description of the land. I can look the matter up however and send you the description and cash value of same. These timber lands are sold under the U.S. laws and can be sold at any time. No assessment work or any other work has to be done on them and there are no taxes due until the second year after taking up. If you would care for my advice would say that Clallam timber is good property and well worth hanging on to as the Milwaukee Road intends building through the Section. If the surrounding timber is sold however it is best to sell at once as it is possible to "bottle up" so that no buyer will care Appendix -57- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 60) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bb4d9a78f15c659af8825762391bac54.jpg 880760a5285485e6f66532ca5cc96223 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 61] [corresponds to page 58 of Pages of Our Lives] to take it. It deserves careful attention. My attorney has informed me that the administrator must live in the State in which the property is located. The checks were drawn on the National Bank of Commerce, Seattle and I have the number of one of them. They were unendorsed and can be recovered by the administrator giving a bond to cover. There will be no trouble to get full value on these. Your uncle did not call. ----- Comment - My uncle Lovett was a famous Woodsman, World Traveler, Writer, and Commercial Photographer. this was his second Alaskan adventure. His first trip was in 1897 when the famous Klondike Gold Rush was the lure. I remember him quite well. He always brought presents to my brothers and me when returning form one of his trips. Two I remember were a steam engine that whistled and a gun that he hand carved. I also remember his cabin and clearing where he lived for a couple of years after being taken down by consumption. He grew his own vegetables, hunted for meat and doctored himself with herb and other woods medicines of his own concoctions. He also believed in Christian Science. After his recovery he was often called on by others who were ailing. On this last trip west he mailed me a picture postcard from Chicago which I still have. Very little of his estate was recovered. The railroad through the timber was not built so there was no practical way to get the timber to an eastern market. With no one to look out for it some of the best timber was supposed to have been logged off by poachers and taxes offset the remaining value. Note - On Present day maps the Sushitma River is spelled Susitna. It flows into cook Inlet and has its headwaters near Mr. McKinley National Park. E. M. Murphy This is taken from Earl Macklin Murphy's book "Murphey-Murphy" Appendix -58- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 61) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fcdaa582d3e482450228cca796d50613.jpg 0df544fb71ded0ed7f95976a50375330 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 62] [corresponds to page 59 of Pages of Our Lives] WHAT MAY BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONDITION OF THE FARM L.T. MURPHY, AUTHOR Published in the Sunbury, Ohio News, February 8, 1900 and Read at a Meeting of the Farmers Institute I love solitude. I love a somber forest, whose dreamy shadows make me dream of paradise. I love a lonely mountain path threading deep chasms which echo the thunder of foaming cataracts. I love bold mountains whose jagged peaks puncture the clouds. I love the sea - its vain rage as it battles with the bellowing tempest; its low sobbings as it settles to rest after the storm, seems to mirror my mood - my own fruitless struggles against destiny. I love the laughter of the rollicking brooks, the soft music of summer winds, the glad songs of the birds. I love environs wild and free, unvexed by human art. And yet, a deep instinct, I shall know the need which calls for society and the conditions necessary to meet it. I perceive that my success in life depends upon the faith I have in myself. But I perceive also that this confidence is only conceit until it is confirmed by another. No word can stand save in the mouth of two witnesses. Not the most intoxi- cating landscape - the richest ravishment which nature affords - can give me one atom of delight, until I have confided it to another, and he had approved. In vain royal nectar of the skies until another has sipped also and pronounced it good. society comes to be my witness, to confirm my report, to stand sponsor for my integrity. He who would fulfill this function must be a man of faith. Let no unbeliever essay it. In spite of the contradictions of my conduct, he must hold to the belief of my essential holiness. In the face of any number of failures he must still affirm that I can succeed. I have a stake in all lives. the meanest man mirrors my meanness. I am complimented by the man who hates. I like a good healthy enemy. One man only I can never forget. His name is Hypocrite. The me that you hate, I hate also. So make your indictment and I will sign it. But I cannot live on shadow,. I want a man who can discern in my very defects the handwriting of destiny. this faith cometh not through colleges or culture. He who finds must leave the crowd and seek alone that great still Presence which bounds all being and links all lives in the bonds of universal brotherhood. He must banish blind belief and be at one with that Presence. This At-one-moment is the supreme fact of life. It has well been called the sun. All planets circle round it. When you date your letter A.D. 1900, you witness to your fiend that the old world of sense has circled 1900 times around this luminary. Galileo simply published a local. There is no law of gravitation. Centripetence to this central fact is the only force that holds either molecules or men together. You cannot build a society out of infidels. France wrote in her creed: "O Reason thou art the only god." Then she wrote in the world's sky in letters of blood and fire. "O God, thou art the only reason!" You cannot contend against the Hold Ghost. Deny it the higher planes: it will speak on the lower. You will not believe the "I Am." Then take the "I Was" and the "I Will Be", and mighty sea of sorrow that rolls between them. Your god has gone on a long journey. He will not be back soon; but you have invented a devil to hold the reins through the long Appendix -59- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 62) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dbce68a0bfd0a2fb4a1e18c0aa5a405c.jpg cc17ff494983bcdb996698b15f25e2aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 63] [corresponds to page 60 of Pages of Our Lives] interregnum. You will not have prophets and seers; then put up with preachers and theologians. You do not believe that a man may know; then have your professors and professional men. The Divinity is quite well today, thank you, but you do not believe in a whole divinity; then have your doctors of the divinity. You deny the common wealth, then take private wealth. Let blind greed mass its millions, and hollow-eyed poverty clutch its crust. You deny the Souls expansion. Then you will write expansion in your national creed. You will send out your missionaries to preach it. Englishmen will go down into Africa and butcher a few thousand Boers. Americans will preach it in the Philippines, to music of cannon with death - moans, and midnight murder shrieks for a doxology. And the devil will pronounce the benediction. Hide your ignorance behind titles and diplomas. Hide your meanness and misery behind big houses and luxurious surroundings. for your spiritual birthright take this pottage of material progress, and the colossal conceit that goes with it. You have caught the lightning and harnessed it. Yes like Pat caught the panther. You have such splendid facilities for sending messages. Yes, but you haven't any message. Cushi can outrun Ahemiaz, but the kings heart is breaking and Cushi has no message. You get your newspaper before the ink dry but the news smells musty. Conquests in Africa, conquests in the Philippines, murders, suicides - all that was on in Caesar's time. What's your hurry? If you should get a new idea by any mischance, you could send a man around the world with it on foot, and he would get back in time to take your next. Your swift trains, your improved machinery; you dispatch your work with such speed. do you know the meaning of that principle of mechanics: "That which is gained in time is lost in power?" Do you know what this craze for machinery costs you? Where are your Shakespeares today? They are making mowing machines. Where are your Phidiases? They are making china dolls. Where are you Platos? Making armorplate. Where are your Dantes? They are writing dime novels. where are You Michael Angelos? they are making horseless carriages. Where are your Raphaels? they are inventing rat-traps. Heaven gives only so much fire. You can use it to smelt pig-iron, or to fuse facts into an immortal poem. But you cannot do both. You blot out heaven with the breath of your blast furnaces. You build costly churches but the pews are empty. Your ministers have no message and the people know it. Beat your drums and tambourines on the street. The multitude will pause a moment; they want a live creed; you offer only dead dogmas, then they will go to the slums. Your real confessions of faith is the one you make unconsciously. You sing "The great physician now is near," but I notice you run your horse for the doctor when your sick, and then I know which physician you pin your faith to. It was a rich piece of irony, the fact that the Delaware fire company insured against fire. But I know of one better even that. We have an old church out at Vans Valley. We were afraid God was getting tired of it. We were afraid he would come some night when we were not watching and set fire to it, or hitch one of his tornados to it and tip it over. So we engaged an insurance company to stand surety for the good behavior of the deity for the next 12 months. Our deity is demented, but this company will guard him from doing himself any damage during his mad fits. Appendix -60- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 63) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5784c7114d5a36ad746fb5f1ad47b8da.jpg e598c692b7aa9800c015376f0022b2d7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 64] [corresponds to page 61 of Pages of Our Lives] Men are bound to believe in something but what social intellectual or moral conditions are possible in an age whose God is insane and requires a guardian. Outward conditions are only beliefs materialized. I read your creed in your institutions. Belief builds a city. The same belief sends the boy to the city. Everything in the city confirms that belief. The youth soon loses his identity in the crowd. Mephistopheles puzzled Faust by declaring "I am a part of a part." It is the very essence of diabolism, this being "a part of a part. Only that which is whole can be wholly. The youth is no longer a unity. He is not even a fraction, but only a part of the nation, etc. A fraction whose denominator is multiplied too its numerator is lost in the abyss of earths teeming millions. He learns a trade. But trade too long has adopted the orthodox creed. Division of labor is a very practical way of saying that man is depraved and unholy. He enters a manufacturing plant. Instantly his integrity is challenged. Trade does not believe in wholly me. He is only a fraction and he is not permitted to make anything holy. It is a plant where tin pails are made and he is set to operate a die or crimper. Or it is a shoe plant and he out soles or uppers. He is not a man now but only a hand and an eye. He is not even a machine but only a part of a machine. All his higher faculties are denied. At night he goes into a big library, and instantly his intelligence is challenged. The very existence of such a collection of books is presumption of his ignorance. He had a certain fund of knowledge which seemed to possess a kind of organic unity and draw to it and assimilate new facts, as the plant or animal gathers assimilates its food. And this sense of completeness gave him confidence and courage. But he very atmosphere of this place avers that his faith is only conceit. The book he takes up is interesting, but he knows only a part of its truths. The boo is only a part of the library and the libary is only a part of the world's literature, and all the world's literature is only a drop of the infinite ocean of truth. the thought seems to lift a mental veil disclosing unfathomable abysses of ignorance. He has met Mephistopheles now on a mental plane. He mind is not microcosm then. It is a fraction whose denominator is omniscience. He reads now with a certain feverish haste. He watches the clock. He wears that haunted look which you see so often in the student's face. that fever which throbs through all the arteries of modern life in his veins. It is Sunday and he attends church. the creed which built the city and called him to it is preached to him again. It comes to him with a new emphasis now. This is the creed: man is unholy, depraved. vice is natural, virtue artificial. He is mortgaged to the devil for all he is worth. His only hope a moral bankruptcy law which enables him to make an assignment and prevent foreclosure. He has met Mephistopheles now on a moral plane. He had conceded that he was poor, he had admitted that he was ignorant, but at least he was honest: this conviction had still held him to high ideals. But now his manhood is driven from this last last rampart. He is a criminal out on bail. He is told that his only hope is to fell and leave his bondsman to suffer for his crime. When he has accepted this his self respect has made its last stand. He is seen lost in the crowd. Society is not possible while you hold this creed. Then write in your confessions of faith that every life is an "incarnation." Write that each life is an epitome of all life. Write that the bootblack kneeling on the curbstone is heir to an estate wider than the farthest plant's parallax. Write it in all your institutions. Appendix -61- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 64) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4833a88f20009ba27157837226456614.jpg 2355340db7820bebd742389c38cb4162 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 65] [corresponds to page 62 of Pages of Our Lives] Ella Murphy's Tape My Friendly club June 2, 1999 program was about Ella Murphy Taylor, my father Arthur Murphy's sister. Ella was born and raised on Murphy Hill at 15545 Murphy Road where Marve and Pat Monroe now live. She graduated from Sunbury High School and Ohio Wesleyan University. She obtained a masters degree from Columbia University. She was a teacher and eventually became principal of the Berlin township School. Ella made this tape for nieces and nephews when she was 77 years old. On the tape, Ella talks about her childhood and the lives of parents Farrah and Grace Murphy. After a short illness with breast cancer in 1997, she moved in with her daughter Grace Bell in Sunbury till her death. She was given a 90th birthday party in 1996 and died a year latter on Sept 15th, 1997, at 91 years. [Photo] [Photo caption] Ella's 90th birthday Seated: Rosalyn Taylor, Ella Taylor, Amy Bricker Standing: John Taylor, Grace and Dennis Bell Here is her taped message: Farrah C. Murphy whom may best be remembered for his having suggested the name Big Walnut for the Sunbury School district, lived the grater part of the last century, 1874 to 1966. He lived in an age of change from horse and buggy days to automobile to supersonic space travel to the moon. His maternal grandparents, John Adams and Desire Cook who were two of the very first white children in Harlem Township lived during the greater part of the previous century, and also experienced tremendous changes. They came with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cook to Harlem Township from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 1809 and 1807. They came riding in a wagon pulled by oxen and they lived in an Indian cabin while their houses of cabins were being built. This was rugged life and many changes were coming. They had to make their own clothing and build their own buildings, clear their own land, and kill something for food (wild animals, usually wild turkeys). Their menfolk had to go as far as Chillicothe for salt and grinding of the feed for their animals, and so the women and children had to stay at home and sometimes had Indian visitors. In 1825, F. C. Murphy's grandparents were married and built a cabin back of the Harlem Methodist Church, and for 150 years their descendant played as children on the hillside behind the church. Farrah Murphy, the 7th son of Martha Adams-Murphy and Charles Murphy, was born and raise in a brick house atop Murphy Hill (the highest spot in Delaware County). He and his youngest sister Cora, learned much from their mother as well as from their older brothers. Their brothers, two of whom were publishers of the newspaper called "The Agitator" (that would have been Lovett and Delno) It was from this experience that Farrah practiced writing when he was a lad of 12 and continued both reading and and writing Appendix -62- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 65) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/20f22d7e5ade17a95eb40b595676f8eb.jpg 6ec320776a27e41ef83840cc7f98538c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 66] [corresponds to page 63 of Pages of Our Lives] throughout his lifetime. His brothers were great readers also, as well as his mother who had been a teacher before marriage. Mr. Murphy went to the Trenton Special School District in Condit, Ohio. The little schoolhouse still stands there besides the cemetery, and there he got a better education then many young people do today. He had a beloved teacher, by the name of Russell Bennett, who taught not only the first eight grades, but also the ninth grade and had 45 pupils. It was necessary, therefore, for some of the older pupils to help with the younger ones: and I'm sure that Farrah did his share of that as well as Grace. Farrah went for one year to Ohio Wesleyan after the ninth grade at Condit, and here he stayed with his Aunt Lynn. Then after more or less preparatory work, he went onto Ohio State University Where he studied in the field of Agriculture. At that time the Ohio State University was in an open field at the edge of the city of Columbus and had only 400 pupils or students. Farrah Murphy taught school for a time after he graduated from college. He taught at the North Condit school where he received $20 a month for his services. He recalled a very effective tonic that he administered to his pupils when they faked illness, so they could skip school. He used a mixture of quinine, castor oil, a touch of coal tar, a drop of turpentine, and some capsicum (Cring's Balm) which was very hot; and this remedy was very effective. They never missed a second day unless they were really sick. From young manhood, Mr. Murphy was interested in grange work and community affairs. He served as Master of Condit Grange for many years and helped organized several other granges in the county. For this he was honored in 1949, much to his pleasure. In 1900 Farrah Murphy married Grace Chadwick of Condit. Her father owned and operated a tile mill there, and was widely known throughout the countryside for his fine tile. She also taught school at what is known the perfect district. At present the little red brick school house still stands on the old 3 C highway, not far from 3-C Apple Orchard. This couple lived on Murphy Hill throughout their lives. They worked hard on over 200 acres of land. They raised Jersey cattle, sheep, and hogs; and of course had a few horses, turkeys, and chickens. They had four living children; Arthur (the oldest), Darrel (sometimes called Pat, very close to Arthur), and then after 3 1/2 years, Ella (now Mrs. David Taylor), and then 12 years later, Martha (Mrs. Harvey McElroy). Farrah Murphy was always interested and advocated consolidation of the county's one room schools and especially the one at Condit where he and his children had gone to school. Finally, this consolidation was accomplished. In 1918, he helped form and became the secretary of the first cooperative Elevator in Delaware county at Condit, Ohio. This was a tremendous undertaking for him and for Mr. Comstock who was the president and they spent many sleepless nights wondering whether or not this would succeed, but it did. F.C. as he was often called because his name was so widely misunderstood and misspelled, was a member of the county Board of Education for 14 years and it was at this time that the Sunbury news editor, Mr Oatfield Whitney, was hunting for a name for the present school district. He asked Mr. Murphy if he had any ideas and Farrah replied, "Big Walnut Creek runs through the district, lets call it Big Walnut," and that became its name. Besides farming Farrah Murphy enjoyed traveling and lecturing. In 1926, he and his sister Cora, who was a bible professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, along with Charley Green, a brand new neighbor of Farrah's, and Goldie McQue, a good friend of Aunt Cora's, they went through Europe and onto the holy land, and I suppose this was the highlight of Appendix -63- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 66) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f6d8d6e45a640065691e44f20e5f6651.jpg e5275c1d2c0c725e10357430da837178 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 67] [corresponds to page 64 of Pages of Our Lives] Farrah's life as he never ceased, to talk about his experiences there. He gained much information which he used in the Farmers Institute, lecturing, which he did for several years, also in his writing. He along with his wife, Grace, helped to write a full length religious novel after they reached the age of 70, however, this book was never published. Farrah did the writing while Grace did a lot of the research. Mr. Murphy taught the men's Sunday School, which is called Men's Bible class at the Condit Presbyterian Church for over 20 years and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found a record not long ago of the by-laws of his class and also the names; and practically every man in the community belonged to, there were about 50. Although a busy man, Farrah Murphy was a good neighbor and a fine father, he seemingly had time to play with his children. Whether it was a walk in the woods, a game of horseshoes or croquet, a trip to the Hartford fair, or a skating party on the pond. We had daily devotions in the home and discipline at times. Church and school functions were never neglected. We were encouraged to read good books and learn all that we could. I remember on time when Martha and Harold our cousin, who lived with us, were about 4 and 6 years of age. They went to the garden and pulled up the corn and transplanted it and this made Farrah quite angry. I think he did give them a little switching. They had seen him transplant the tomatoes and cabbage plants and had thought that they were helping out. Another time when Arthur and Darrel were coming home from school and wouldn't carry the lunch box and thought the other ought to carry it. They finally left the lunch box in the woods and came on home. Farrah marched them back and made them walk, each one holding onto the lunch box, as they came back. Farrah Murphy made an indelible impression on me as he was my father. I would like to add that my father could not have accomplished what he did had it not been for his self-sacrificing of his fine Christian wife, Grace Chadwick-Murphy. I will now tell you just a little bit about my mother. Grace Chadwick-Murphy was born in Sunbury in 1878 where her father was a salesman. Then before she 2 years of age, her father and mother, William Wellinton and Nancy Ellen Loren Chadwick moved into a new house at Condit Station where he, along with a partner started to operate a tile mill. Grace soon had a baby bother, Garfield and then after 7 years past, another brother, Loren. After a few years a sister, Goldie. Mildred and Raymond were born when Grace was 15 and 18 years of age. Grace was a small child for her age with long light hair piled high on her head. At age 10 she thought a pile of tile was a red cow, so her father said she should surely have a pair of glasses. Of course she had drops put in her eyes to dilate her pupils, as that was custom in those day. She wore small gold rim glasses until she was past 75 years of age and then it seemed that her eyesight returned, at least she could see to read without her glasses. Grace was the oldest granddaughter in the family and had three doting aunt's who spoiled her. One was Eva Wigton, another Augustus Loren Domigan, and the third Eva Cunningham. These aunts bought her a doll, which she had kept through the years and passed it on to me; and I have given it our daughter, she in turn to her daughter. So we still have the beautiful lighthaired china doll which was given to Grace Chadwick. Grace Chadwick had a very keen mind and she also assumed responsibility at an early age. She worked hard, as her mother was sickly and she soon became the main instructor and boss of the other children. I think she was always old for her age and had little fun as a child. She seldom smiled, even as a grown person. But she assumed the responsibility of 5 younger Appendix -64- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 67) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d7c52e6cf6b8c8d3c41e45849c3d8d1b.jpg 6dc9806de00127eed35f8ba176fd7ca6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 68] [corresponds to page 65 of Pages of Our Lives] children while her mother sewed and baked and kept busy. But she did have a hired girl to do the heavy work at home. Mother was the most self-sacrificing person I have ever known. She always put others before her self, her husband, her children, her relatives, neighbors, and many others. For instant, her husband took a trip to Europe in 1926 and she stayed home and managed the farms along with the help of her 2 nearly grown sons. She always had meals at the convenience of her men folk, rather than for herself. She seldom left the house except to help in the delivery of a neighbor's child or cared for those who were sick. She had company without end. Her sister-in-law, and her own sister Goldie and 2 boys, would come for the summer. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and old time friends of the family made mother's home and table theirs. She had thrashers and silo fillers, foreign students, and especially her sister-in-law who counted the old home place hers, and so on vacations Aunt Cora always came. For Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays she brought not only herself but perhaps 2 or 3 of the college students who had no place to go, along with her. I also added to mother's work. I didn't realize it at the time, but I spent my vacations at home until I was past 30 years of age and she usually did most of the cooking for me. Mother never stopped learning, what a memory she had. She loved to work crossword puzzles and used the dictionary unceasingly. She was called upon for birthday, wedding, and death dates, as well as relationships but I learned some some things to remember as she had over 100 cousins and she knew most of theme. She wrote to many of them too. That was one thing mother did, she did do a lot of writing. The reason she has so many cousins is her father had 11 brothers and sisters and her mother was 1 of 8 children with quite a few half brothers and sisters. Paul Winchel in the Guide Post article says of his mother "she preferred a simple life, I don't need many things" she said. Her interests were outside of herself. She was enriched when she could help troubled friends and neighbors. She was not a taker, but a giver. Grace Chadwick- Murphy was much like that, she received her reward in helping others. Mother like Edith in all in the Family on T.V. series always went a trot rather than a walk. Her heart beat twice as fast as that of her husband and her temperature was normally much higher than his. She lived and worked in high-gear. That is, until she was 50 years of age and then it came to a halt, almost a stop. She punctured her knee with an old needle while scrubbing the dining room room floor and within a few days developed blood poisoning. In spite of this seeming tragedy which almost cost her her life, really it was a blessing in disguise because she had to slow down and she had to learn to live at a slower pace. It gave her time for study, especially her science and health and bible which became the greatest forces in her life. She worked so faithfully at her study and she had a great influence on her family friends. She lived a triumphant life. Of course mother had faults as we all do, her own mother who lived with her for many years of much of the time for the last 15 years of grandmothers life, irritated her and caused mother to be a bit grumpy with her. Mother was not especially a good housekeeper and didn't really appreciate others doing things about the house. Those were small things as she always said that you must make the most important things come first, and that's what she considered the most important. Not housekeeping. Mother's last 7 years were quite different, quite unusual for her after suffering a severe head injury when she fell on the lower step of the stairs in 1953. She injured her brain so the she could not remember. Yet together, with father's help and really he had a lot to do Appendix -65- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 68) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4a37209d97f2028d8deb80924e4641ea.jpg 0e9301a4ca75f6b61fbb3dc52dcf2c02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 69] [corresponds to page 66 of Pages of Our Lives] then and we don't think much about it until we have someone to take care of ourself. But he took care of her for the last 7 years and in 1960 her heart gave out on April the 30th, the birthday of of her oldest daughter Ella. Grace Chadwick really lived her religion and will never be forgotten by her children and friends. She went to her home above and a better life where the lord is her Shepard. The lord is my Shepard, the 23 psalm was her favorite and Uncle Raymond used this very nicely when he preached her funeral sermon. Since there is still a little space left on this tape, I might tell you a little about my childhood. since I am 77 years of age now I guess it is okay for me to tell. When I was 10 years old I walked alone to school about one mile across the field (first you crossed our pasture field, then Mr. Lane's, then Mr. Comstock's woods) I had my book bag across my shoulder and my tin lunchbox in my hand and went swinging along to the little red brick schoolhouse beside the road near South Condit near the cemetery of today. The four years before, I had had my brothers, Arthur and Darrel to go with me. But this year, in the fall of 1916 they both went to Sunbury to school. I didn't mind going alone as I enjoyed seeing the flowers and the interesting things along the way. That 20 minute walk helped me to grow strong and be a happy person. Each morning my mother combed and brushed, and braided my long light hair (it is almost the color of Amy's or Alice's-they have such light hair) I had never had my hair cut, not until I graduated from high school. So it was quite long and I could sit on it when I was 10. I usually had my hair parted in the middle and had two braids, each tied with a hair ribbon in the back, when I went to school. I had a man teacher, whom I liked and who played games with his 30 pupils from age 6 to 14 and at recess at noon time. sometimes we divided up on two side and played Anna over. We used a baseball and one of the old pupils would throw it over the school house. Pupils on the other side would try to catch it and if they did catch it, they would get to go around to the other team and select a person to take back with them. The team having the most members at the end of the period won the game. We also played black base dare base, both quite active and exciting tag games. My favorite game was jumping rope. When I was 6 years old I would try to jump as fast as I could and my brother, Arthur, and Dean Lane would turn the rope as fast as they could and in doing this I tripped once and fell, hitting my new teeth which had just come in, on edge of the stone and broke both teeth, leaving a big gap in the front of my teeth. The dentist said not touch them until I was 15 and then they still said not to touch them or the nerve would die. So I carried that until I had my teeth pulled when I was about 50 years of age. Since the Condit cemetery was next to the school yard, sometime the teacher would let one or two of us go over, especially if we had been good. We just looked looked at the flowers, and the funny gravestones, and maybe saw where our grand- parents were buried. But it was a treat for us to do that, something different. In the springtime, some of the girls would play house behind the school building. We took just a few broken dishes to play with, nothing good or some of the other kids would probably come along and give it a big kick. One day, in the fall as we were playing on the school yard, a big boy with heavy work shoes landed on my big toe. It became so sore that I had to have a hole cut out of my shoe and wear that for a month or more. As a result, I have a large big toe joint on my left foot and have to wear a 1/2 size larger shoe than I would Appendix -66- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 69) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9a9f83beb70ffdf52dfa6a2a4d943f28.jpg ab4de3901e474eb3a10b642e7d6bcc24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 70] [corresponds to page 67 of Pages of Our Lives] otherwise have to wear. Another thing that happened to me when I was around 10 and playing in the school yard, was very painful to me but laughable to the others. A ball had lodged in a large Maple tree and I being rather aggressive and tomboyish agreed to get it. The boys put a long board up against the tree. I climbed up and got the ball and threw it down. Then I had to slide down the board to the ground. There were several big splinters that ran into my hips. So I had a long painful walk home from school, and then had to have my father remove the splinters from my hips. It was rather embarrassing and I think that was the last time I had ever slid down a board. When spring came, about my birthday time, April 30th, our country school was over for the year and the boys could help their father's do the spring farm work. We nearly always had a last day of school picnic. We would all take a basket of food and spread the food on a cloth on the ground, and eat in the school yard or just across in the field nearby. One picnic I remember well, since our teacher had brought about a dozen or so of bananas, that would be a real treat for us, but while the girls were busy getting the food ready, one of the bigger boys, well he wasn't too big, about a 5th or 6th grader, was so famished for bananas that he grabbed the bunch and ran off into the woods with them. I'm not sure how many he ate or whether he got the stomach ache or not. But we never forgave him for taking our picnic treat. I know he would be rather embarrassed about this now. He became a fine business man and rather sedate. I will tell you a little about our school house. It had a vestibule, a small wooden entrance where a heavy rope hung from the belfry. The teacher would pull this rope to ring the big bell which brought us in from recess or at noon. A few times, the rope got pulled so hard that the bell turned upside down and then a boy had to climb up into the belfry and turn it over. That was exciting too, for us. Another time a large owl got inside the place where the bell hung, and I must say it was scary and a bit different for the teacher. Once on Halloween, some of the boys brought a burrow (a small donkey) into the entrance way and left it over night. You can imagine what that place was like on Monday morning. Inside the school room were desks on each side with a big pot belly stove in the middle. At the front was the teacher's larger desk with the black boards behind it. At the back of the room were shelves for our lunch boxes on the left side and hooks on the wall for coats on the other side. There was also a table with a water bucket on it where we would go to exercises and by the time I was 12 the older girl who had played for 2 years was gone and I got to play the old pump organ. I learned much from this experience. I could play all of the songs in our song book, of a 101 famous songs by the time I had completed the 8th grade. I really practiced though on these at home. When 4 o'clock came, we got our lunch boxes, coats and overshoes and marched out the door to our homes. There were no school buses in the country at the time. We had to go 6 or 8 miles even to high school and furnish our own way. My brothers drove a horse to Sunbury for their 1st two years in high school. Then my father got a Ford touring car which they drove. I also drove the Model T Ford when I went to Sunbury high school. I forgot to say that when you needed to go to the toilet at the little brick house you simply went to the outhouse or privy behind the building. There were 2 of these, one for the boys and one for the girls. These rural school houses are all gone now, or practically gone, but all learned a lot and in many ways they are or were as good for the children as some of our larger schools are today. Appendix -67- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 70) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/83267cc99be0f973e5fb4f4b34ef7319.jpg d90881300a331cf2ddefe7dbb81bb951 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 71] [corresponds to page 68 of Pages of Our Lives] We had some very good teachers too. My 1st and 8th grade teachers were women but the rest were men. My 8th grade was poor because we had so little school that year, in 1918. It was dismissed because of Spanish Influenza that year. For many in our community died. Nearly every family had the flu. I didn't get it, but my mother and Arthur were very sick. Martha was a baby then and had to be weaned. I never missed a day of school during my 1st eight grades. So you see, I had been strong and healthy. Of course, I had a cold now and then, and the chicken pox before I started school. But the mumps didn't make me sick and they never knew whether I had measles and whooping cough or not. At least, it was a very light case if I had them. We used a slate to work our problems and our spelling. I'll mention just a little bit about my clothing. I wore button shoes until I was 13. so every morn- ing when I dresses I had to get the button hook and get each button in the right button hole. Nothing was much more provoking than having a button or two come off your shoes when you were getting ready to go someplace. You had to get a big needle, thread, and work difficultly, to get these fastened on. If you were lucky, you got a pair of shoes with buttons patented on, that is they were fastened with metal. Sometimes kids would lose their shoe buttons and have a white or a yellow one on a brown or black and those looked quite silly. Some kids didn't care. But my mother was rather particular about us keeping our shoes looking decent even though I had only one pair at a time and I didn't get more than 3 pairs a year, depending on how fast my feet grew. When I wore the leather soles out or a hole came in it, my father would repair the shoe with a resole. He had a cobbler's tool which had 3 sizes of metal laths, one for the man's shoe, one for a women's shoe, and one for a child's shoe. These irons as I had mentioned were called laths and were used in the shoe, so when the nails were pounded through they would clinch the nail and keep it from running in your stocking or foot. I remember a few times when I could feel the nails. For 5 sets of feet to keep in shoes my father never ran out of a job with his iron laths and shoe nails. When I was 13, my folks took me to Centerburg to get a new pair of shoes, and much to my delight I got my first pair of laced shoes. I wanted them so much that I said they fit fine when I really knew that they were too tight to start. Of course my feet were growing then and I didn't get to wear them long, even though they were very beautiful. I remember another pair of lace shoes, when I was in high school, it was the style to wear very high shoes, lady shoes. I did get a pair of these and I was so proud of those. In the spring and summer, I along with my brothers and most of my friends went barefoot until school started again in the fall. It was painful to have to put shoes on for Sunday school and church, but we did. The thing I really hated about going barefoot was having to wash my feet every night. It wouldn't have been so bad if we had had nice warm water as we do today but since we had to light the stove to heat some water in the tea kettle, we usually just used a bucket full of cold water, sat on the back porch and washed our feet. Another thing I hated about going bare foot was the sore toes, which we usually got during summer and sometimes I would step on a honey bee. That of course was not very pleasant either. I remember going along in the mud and letting the mud come up between my bare toes. I can still feel the ooze of that. Also when we would walk through the dust which was an inch or tow thick, I can remember walking in the dusty roads. When fall came, and it was tie to start to school we usually had a new pair of shoes. Of course our folks got them big enough that our feet had a chance to grow before they got too tight. We also got a new supply of black ribbed stocking. Never more that 3 pair at a Appendix -68- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 71) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f9716fc6334aa1210543375f6f35cf89.jpg f527178841154f752d7dfbdc75448394 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 72] [corresponds to page 69 of Pages of Our Lives] time. These were quite heavy except for the feet which was thinner and they came up above the knees. There were two ways to keep them up. Either you wore a panty waist with long garters fastened by safety pins which came down to the knee and fastened to the stockings in two places or you wore round rubber or wide elastic garters, which fit tight enough above the knee to hold your stocking up. This created a problem as they often became too tight for comfort or the elastic would become too loose and they would slip down below you knee. Of course, our dresses were longer then so our stockings didn't show as much as they would have. I believe I started wearing thinner stockings, and they may have been tan rather than black, when I was a freshman in high school. My first silk stockings were given to me when I graduated from high school in 1923. I received a pair of white ones and a pair of black ones. So I felt quite dressed up in them. The panty waist which I mentioned that held our long garters was without sleeves and had 5 or 6 buttons at the bottom. On these buttons our panties were fastened as they had button holes on the side, both front and back and when we needed to go to the toilet, we had to unbutton the two in the back so that the flap would come down. First bloomers I had, came as a gift when I was in the 8th grade and then when I was a sophomore I had some bloomer type panties which were long enough to come down below the knees and had two rows of elastic. They were known as petty bockers and mine were green satin and I thought they were very fancy. My grandma had a pair of gray silk ones and she wore those for years. Our dresses came fairly close to our ankles that year that I was mentioning, first year in high school, they were mainly pleated skirts and middy blouses, since it was about the time of the war and everybody was dressed more or less in a sailor type style. I wore a large apron often times over my dress to keep it clean and of course I removed it when I went to school. We didn't have any different dresses like people do today and most often they were dark material. In the winter time they were usually wool. In the summer time they were cotton with long sleeves and a high neck to help keep us from being tanned. The women often times, and girls, wore sun bonnets to keep the sun from their faces because it certainly was not the style to be tanned in those days. As I was a bit of a tomboy, I didn't always wear my bonnet like my cousin Dorothy did. She had a beautiful white complexion. Dorothy was 5 days younger than I was so we did play together a lot. She was my closest neighbor and lived - a mile east of us. Her sister Margaret was 2 years older, so the 3 of us were company for one another. They went to a different school house, however, one south and east of them known as the Sinkey School District while I went to the Condit Trenton Special District. My Aunt Cora Murphy was a teacher at Wesleyan, I believed I mentioned that, and when she came to visit us she often times would bring us a small gift, especially for birthdays. Once she brought Dorothy and me each pretty sun bonnets. We had our pictures taken in those. Another time she brought material for dresses, a beautiful dress, pink for Dorothy and blue for me, and how I envied Dorothy with that pink dress. I wanted the pink so much, but Aunt Cora decided that with Dorothy's light skin and dark hair she would look much better in the pink, and the light-haired, tan girl would look better in the blue. I remember my blue dress very well, as my grandmother Chadwick, who is a very fine seamstress made it beautifully for me. She also made me a lovely pink sateen dress for my junior/senior banquet, I never will forget that beautiful dress, and I wore it both my junior and senior years to high school. Apppendix -69- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 72) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7c7e5a341932e738b493c7562f0b19ba.jpg c0a413bae24e2e1e36764d6ab6272426 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 73] [corresponds to page 70 of Pages of Our Lives] My mother made most of my school clothes, often from an old dress of an Aunt's, and I never had a store bought dress until I was 13. I remember it well. It was a navy blue sailor style dress with red braid on a large sailor collar, a middy type. I soon grew out of it though, so I didn't get to wear it long. Mother had a great Aunt come to our home during the summer before I started high school. She came mainly to make me new dresses, and she made them very long. She informed me that now I would be a young lady, and I must wear my dresses longer. I wasn't too happy about that, and soon out grow those dresses too. You may think it's strange that I didn't go to the store and buy dresses like you do today, but there just weren't many stores around where they sold ready made dresses. Most people had them made by dressmakers, if they could not sew themselves. Then we seldom got to Delaware, as it was a 3 hour drive by horse to get there, a distance of 18 miles miles from our house. My grandparents went by train to Columbus, but I had never been there to shop until I was a senior in high school. I well remember the day I went to buy my commencement dress. Well I bought 2 dresses that day, one white for commencement day and cocoa brown dress for baccalaureate sermon. I wore that brown dress nearly all of my first year in college. It was a crepe material, which could stand washing and if we'd stretch it, it would become long enough for me to wear. another dress which I loved and wore for 2 years, was the crepe sateen dress, which I have already mentioned. We always wore long-legged underwear when I was a child, high neck and long sleeved. It was common for many people from 1900 on to wear wool, as our houses were cold, of course they wore that before then too; but a lot of us had to walk a mile or so to school or walk outdoors, and so did need heavy clothing. My brothers and I wore underwear that was fleece lined. It always created a problem with the stockings, as you could get some mighty lumpy or bumpy legs if you were not careful to lap the underwear over before you put the heavy black stockings on your legs. We usually changed this underwear once a week, on Saturday nights when we took our weekly baths. This was an ordeal which we did not like too much, when the weather was cold; but it was necessary, so we did it. We used a galvanized tin tub in the kitchen, near the old cook stove. We filled it, well about 1/2 full, and then scrubbed with soap and water. You can not stretch out in a round tub, and so we had to sit with our knees up. I remember when I was fairly small; we children were bathed in front of the fireplace. We the steamed on one side and froze on the other. We didn't tarry very long in the tub, but soon got a towel around us and in our underclothes as soon as possible. In the summer time, bathing was more fun, as we had our tub with warm water in what we called our washroom, a place just back of the kitchen where we had a cement floor and did our weekly washing. Monday was wash day, and a very busy day it was. All the water had to be heated on the cook stove. Sometimes mother had me fill the copper boiler, which was placed over about 1/2 of the top of the stove, and then when it got boiling hot we would usually put the white clothing, especially the table clothes in to boil for awhile. If there was a berry stain on the tablecloth, we poured boiling water through it to get the stain out. The tub was put on a stool and the washboard was put in the tub, mother and I then began the rubbing of the clothes on this corrugated board, soaking dirt spots freely with laundry soap; this was quite strong and hard on the hands. We first washed the finer white clothes and then the colored. Then finally, usually afternoon, we were still scrubbing on the men's dirty overalls. There was a second tub also on the stool, which was filled with cooler water, and after the items were as clean as we could get them, they were put in this rinse water. The wringing was somewhat of a problem Appendix -70- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 73) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8da2142f24c85925188668f7478db484.jpg 1c276ef30ce8127eed10e21859d790e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 74] [corresponds to page 71 of Pages of Our Lives] too, especially a bedspread. I've known my mother and I to each take a hod of an end and wring form there, it was something else to wring a bedspread; these bedspreads we used everyday, these white bedspreads on all the beds. Tuesday was almost as tiring a day, because we spent most of it ironing, not with an electric iron, but with heavy irons heated on the kitchen stove, and they didn't stay hot very long, or if we got them extremely hot we burned, we scorched. so there was constant changing of the irons, every 5 minutes. We did not iron sheets and many pieces, as my grandmother did at least she had the girl to iron. A funny thing happened on summer, when I was 9 or 10 years of age, we kept our clothes pins from the line, they simply disappeared, and we couldn't find them. Months later, when my older brother climbed up a ladder to clean the eave spout of leaves; he found dozens of clothes pins in the spout, as well as several other small objects. Darrel's pet crow had simple pulled them for the line, and carried them up to the roof of the house and hid them. The last days of Mr. Crow came when he played with the baby chicks. He would pick one up, and then after he would fly a little while, he would let loose and let the little chick flutter to the ground; and then he would pick another one and watch it flutter. When my father saw this then he said, "that crow must go," and despite Darrel's protest, the crow was soon put to rest. I believe Darrel had a funeral for his black pet; he seemed to love that one so much. Speaking of little chickens, we nearly always raised a lot, usually hatched them in an incubator where had a 100 eggs and kept them rolled each day and kept the temperature just right, and after 21 days they would hatch. Fluffy little chicks were then usually put in a brooder for several weeks until they could go it on there own. Of course, we fed them fine chick feed and kept them well watered. We also boiled eggs, and when they were first hatched we would give them boiled eggs and sometimes cottage cheese. Sometimes an old hen would steal her next and hatch her own chicks, and often times this made it real handy because that way we had a few more chickens for fried chicken, and we nearly always did have fried chicken on Sunday and Monday, practically always we'd have drum sticks in our lunch box. My pet when I was young was a little kitten, which I loved. I also had a puppy dog which I carried from my music teacher's when it just about 4 weeks old, we called him Shep. We counted him our pet, and he was well trained, very friendly, and he didn't bark much. So Shep was quite an attachment around our house. Darrel, I believe especially loved Shep, and when died Darrel had his hide tanned and a pair of gloves made from the skin. Another pet, which we all loved, was our pony. He was given to Arthur and Darrel, he was a very young pony, he was given to them on Christmas day and so he really was their pet, but when they were 13 1/2 and 15 they felt to old to care for a middle sized pony, as he was a Shetland pony, and never grew very large; so he became my love. I used to curry comb him in the spring, which shed his long hair, and he was a very rich medium brown in color with a black mane, and he was always nice and plump. Danny was a smart pony and seems to do what we wanted him to do or what I wanted him to do; and since we had to go a half a mile for our mail, I often times rode him bareback to get the mail. One time I went to my cousin's on Danny, and I guess Margaret was, well I'm not sure what happened, but anyways she threw her hat at us and it frightened Danny, and away he went galloping off across the field with me on his back. I wasn't use to a gallop so I soon fell. It made me just a bit sore Appendix -71- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 74) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c0d7f34772b950a575003af047ff57e.jpg ad799fe9ba8441b134ee60eb8872cb99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 75] [corresponds to page 72 of Pages of Our Lives] and quite provoked at Margaret. Danny know how to throw anyone from his back that he didn't want there. We had some city cousins who came once, thinking they could ride anything, and they hadn't much more then got started down the hill, until they just went a flying off of his back. I could usually catch him easily, with a lump of sugar or an apple, put the halter around his neck; but others difficulty. He would grab the apple or lump of sugar or piece of corn, whirl around and make them think he as going to kick them. We all used the pony when we needed to go to the store; or my mother and I when we went to my grandmother's, we usually did go once a week. I drove him also for children's day practice and to Sunday school and various things. We usually kept horseshoes on him, on his feet, as the roads had rough stone on them. Sometimes he would lose a shoe, so my parents let me go occasionally to Mr. Condo's to get him shod. This was quite an experience. Mr. Condo's blacksmith shop was not far from the corner of the grocery store, so I knew the way well; and first he would trim the hoof and then after shaping and fitting the shoe, he would drive the nails at a slant, then bend them back so they would stay. His hoofs were like our finger and toenails, and it didn't hurt to cut them. By the time I was 12, I could harness and hitch the pony to the buggy alone. Of course, when you came home you also had to unhitch and put the harness and the pony away. Danny had his own stall in the barn; there were 4 other horses at that time on the hill; 2 heavy work horses named Ruth and Betsy, and 2 other driving horses, Fanny who was plump and pretty, and Nelly who was thin and homely. There was also an old pony of Aunt Cora's, named Gay; and she called her a pony, but she was almost as tall as a full grown horse. She lived to be 30 years of age, quite old for a horse. Aunt Cora loved her and so she remained out in the pasture field until she died. The doting aunts that gave my grandmother Grace Chadwick Murphy a china doll were: 1. Eva Chadwick Wigton who was Grace's father, William Wellington Chadwick's sister 2. Eva Loren Cunningham was Grace's mother's sister 3. Agustus Loren Domigan who was Grace's mother's sister Copy of letter from Abram & Mary Ann Adams to Miss Linnie B. Murphy (Melinda Ball Murphy) Envelope postmarked Summit, Cal. Dec. 13,1864, Addressed to Vans Valley, Delaware Co., Ohio. Dec. 9, 1864 Dear Sister I have seated myself this evening to drop you a few lines though I hardly know how to interest you after informing you that we are enjoying good health. At present mates health is fine and she is geting fat. I have escaped the Rheumatism until I have not fear of it this winter. We received your letter date Oct 23rd a few days ago and were glad to learn from it that our loved ones at home are all well. Linnie you will discover before you are through Appendix -72- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 75) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/282d9de602e40a57a4e3162f7063cf5a.jpg c80bdc9fff3ede2aff71fea44d1b680e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 76] [corresponds to page 73 of Pages of Our Lives] reading this letter that I am the poorest letter writer in the world but I suppose I had better tell you a little about the weather you can tell how it corresponds with the weather in Ohio. About 28th of last month it commenced raining and after raining about two days it turned to snow. Was about two feet deep and now the ground is bare again and the weather fine and clear. Mate has just come upstairs and as we are both one, she of course had to know what I had written and she thinks that what I have written about her getting fat needs some explanation. I suppose of course it is the high living as we have a fine fat rabbit or rather have every few days and they are none of your little rabbits, I can tell you, but as large as two or three of them and as white as snow. A few days ago while the snow was on, there came a drove of antelope about 15 in number, past just above the house and we of course gave chase, and chasing them up the hill and down again about the fourth or fifth time, we finally killed a fine large one and it was very fat, so you see, we have plenty of venison or antelope meat. Now is not enough to fatten anyone. I think so. I must close as Mate wants to write some. Give my love to all, Father Mother, Charlie, Matt and all our friends, reserving for yourself a liberal share. I remain your loving brother Abe Abrams Letter to Melinda Ball Murphy Dear Sister - How I wish I could have been home when our Cousins were there, not only to have helped with the work but I should have enjoyed visiting with them so much. Aint cousin Seppri a sweet girl. I took a good laugh over Jonnies ideas of so much gold in California. I have never seen but two pieces just as they was taken from the earth and they are some of Calls good luck while mining. He says he expected to get pins put to them for cuff pins for Mat. They would be so nice. I am so hard run to find work to keep me busy. You know I never Could sit and hold my hands. I knit a pair of socks for AD out of that blue yarn & made a nice rug to lay before my bed out of old cloth. I have braided me such a nice foot stool. We have got a Johns built (toilet) at last. I have wanting one ever since I came. I turned sheets, made me a nice pair of pillows for my bed and five Pairs of pillow cases, then I made another pair of pillows of wool so we have in all three pairs of feather and one of wool pillows. Call had a few sheep but the wolves were so hard on them we sheared and killed them before we came so have wool enough to make a cushion for our lounge & one chair & a pair of pillows. Vic says she is going down in the Valley next spring to camp with the boys wile they shoot wild geese enough to pick to make her a feather bed. I dont know what she will do with her young ones. Alma walks all over. I should think she would be so glad as it would be so for one to have tow that could not walk. I do wish I had some of your yarn as I am footing socks with white and it looks so shofery but I comfort myself by thinking white is warmest. I have crocheted and and embroidered some for Vick. I turned my calico dress upside down which I brought from home. I guess it will last all winter. I have worn it week about with my spotted delane ever since I came. My hoop skirt is almost as good as when I left home so you can see I am as easy as ever on my clothes. AD and I want to be as saving as we can so when we come back we can buy us a nice home. We took a horseback ride the other day, went up on the mountains and looked over into a valley called Last Chance. We have one of the easiest riding ponies I ever saw. He is not as large as your pony & rides a great deal easier. I do not ride as much as I use to at home. I have no place to go & if I had I would be afraid to ride alone & AD is always busy so you see I have to stay at home. He Appendix -73- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 76) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b554e62d8a1d9c546cc90d7e3f732b8e.jpg 079fb2edf1803958015d4709da26037a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 77] [corresponds to page 74 of Pages of Our Lives] often tells me to take a ride but I am too much afraid of my neck. Lin, didient I leave the pieces like my silk dress at home; If not they are lost. I did not miss them until the other day. I was going to make me a needle book & went to look for them & could not find them. If they are there send me a piece large enough for one pocket. It is one finger length deep & one & a half wide & if have any other pretty piece send it as I want the pockets all to silk. The back oilcloth lined with red ribbon, it is going to be fancy. Save the pieces like my dress as I will want them when I come home & I am bound to come with three years. It has been almost half a year since I left. The time has been both long and short. I do want to see you all so much. They tell me I will soon neglect to write and next will forget all about home but I know I never will. I have to many dear friends there. However, I will wait until we can get ready to come with patience for I have a good home here & am happy. I feel very thankful my lot is cast in such a pleasant place. The longer I stay here the better I like. It is so healthy and I feel so well I dont believe I ever enjoyed such good health. If I keep on gaining as I have some time past I would like to send you my picture. I have never felt so well as now. I never have the least bit of pain. Our picture came all right. Abes is such a good one but mine looks so old and hard. I will send you a better looking one the first chance I have to have it taken. I have been dreaming about Nerve for two nights past so I am looking for a letter from her quite strong. Cant Mat get some time to write me a scratch or two or does her family duties press as hard as ever. I expect she would like to me sew a while for her. I wish I could come and sew a week. I would do it gladly. There is a young man by the name of if Jo White Head working here for his board. He is so lively always cuting up. He has put some chickens to fat that froze their feet, says we are going to have a roast on Christmas & some oysters. We bought two turkeys the other day, gave five dollars a piece. I became acquainted with an old lady here by the name of Marshall who has a brother in Columbus & one in Winchester by the name of Bartlet. She is quite an intelligent lady, is such good company, is a widow. The men of Cal are mostly bachs & so many of them drink and gambol. I like Ben Boboa and his brother & a few other that I have met but as a general thing they are hard cases. There is Preaching at the Summit tomorrow & we expect to go if doesnt storm. Do you have hard work to read my scribbling. If you do I will try to do better. Write often. Love to all. From your affectionate sister Mate. James Adams has not been here but twice since I came. He gets my letters and sends them to me as our mail carrier got in debt & run away. Footnotes to accompany the letter written Melinda Ball Murphy during the Civil War 1) Turning the sheets was the term used when older, thin sheets were cut down the center and the sides were sewn together. The seam was then in the center of the bed and you could get more wear out of the sheet. 2) turning the skirts meant that you removed the skirt from the waist band and sewed the hem of the skirt to the waist band so newer fabric was over the stomach where there is more wear. 3) This letter was written during the Civil War when traveling east might have been dangerous. Appendix -74- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 77) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1249b64e2c3a10cf765a93ec27a1307e.jpg 441d46bb7f5d7d2a37f743c0c5572c93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 78] [corresponds to page 75 of Pages of Our Lives] ABRAM AND MARY ANN (MURPHEY) ADAMS (Epilogue) Mary Ann Murphy was my paternal great grandfather Charles Leif Murphy's sister. The preceding letter gives us a deep insight into the character of this pioneer girl who journeyed to California with her husband Abram in the wake of the California gold rush. Here they established their home in the Sierra Valley (now located in Sierra County) and near the town of Summit in what is now Plumas County. Her prediction that she would return to Ohio within three years came true but it was not the happy homecoming she anticipated. Abe died a little less than a year after she wrote this letter when in his 40th year. A diary written by Mary Ann and found many years later details the sadness of of her life after Abe's death. She brought him by ship around South America to the Atlantic Coast and the across country to Ohio so she could lay him to rest with his family in the Harlem Cemetery. It was a long and tedious journey. After the funeral we find this entry in her diary - "I weep in vain. The eye is shut. the fountain sealed and there the one we loved so much is but the dust of hopes that were. The eye is closed. The ear is dull. Alas, alas, so beautiful the stars above his grave will keep their vigils. Sadly we return to life, many a tear and one tie left to bind us here." She went to live with her father and mother on the Murphy Hill Farm and later with 'her sister Linn in Delaware. Here she worked as a seamstress and according to the William Street Methodist Church she was very active in the church until the time of her death in 1876 when only 39 years old. In her letter Mary Ann mentions a few nuggets of gold that Cal had found. (This was Abe's brother Calvin). Later they may have found more and they had it made into jewelry some of which was sent to their families in Ohio. Linn Murphy received a watch and chain. My grandmother Martha received a pin. Mary Ann herself had a pin and Abe a belt buckle. After Linn's death the watch and chain were found in her possessions. Nellie Murphy Willis requested and was given the chain. After her death it was given to her maid and through the efforts of Cora and Ella Murphy eventually returned to the Murphy family. I now have a piece of it about three inches long and Ella the rest. Ella also has Mary Ann's pin. Velma Murphy McCall has the pin that belonged to her great grandmother Martha. The watch was given to Lola Sinkey Van Fossen, a granddaughter of Minerva Lin Murphey Sinkey. Lola died in October 1903 when approximately 83 years old. She taught school at Appleton Ohio until she was 80 years old; a remarkable woman. She left the watch to her grand- daughter Fern Sinkey and I have been told that she sold it. James Adams, another of brothers, brought from California a locket for his sister Loretta made from a gold nugget. It is now in possession of Loretta's granddaughter Lois Adams Byers. this nugget has the mark of many little teeth, where babies cut their teeth on it. Appendix -75- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 78) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e258675f4742154d3586bf9415b63b9.jpg 2c328de790c5f665faf75f2a068665b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 79] [corresponds to page 76 of Pages of Our Lives] MEMORIAL SERVICE MRS.GRACE CHADWICK MURPHEY 1878-1960 (Died April 30, 1960 82 yrs.) Conducted by Dr. J. Raymond Chadwick (her brother) (Born 1896 - Died Nov.8, 1961 65 yrs.) Her son (Arthur - Died Oct. 1, 1962 61 yrs.) Her husband (Farrah - Died June 26, 1966 92 yrs.) Slack Funeral Home Sunbury, Ohio May 4, 1960 - 1 P.M. ORDER OF SERVICE ORGAN MUSIC Mrs. Slack "Faith of Our Fathers" "Love Divine All Loves Exceling" "Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go" "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" OPENING SENTENCES "The Eternal God is our refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms, Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made Heaven and earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Be still and know that I am God." INVOCATION Oh thou God of infinite love, Who art the same yesterday, today and forever, We turn to thee this hour, Earnestly beseeching Thee that the sunshine of Thy love May shine through the shadows around bout us. Comfort our hearts which are heavy with sorrow And have compassion upon our weakness Appendix -76- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 79) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8ea6da68b11cdb43ca8b37484caa47a5.jpg 89ed307bb5ac59ba2fae660e4635ff81 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 80] [corresponds to page 77 of Pages of Our Lives] Give to us a vision of eternal of eternal realities And solace us with with the hope of a larger more glorious life Made possible through they infinite love and eternal goodness Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen SCRIPTURE READINGS Selections from Psalm 91 Selections form Psalm 27 II Corinthians 1:3-4 Romans 8:34-34. 37-39 Selections from John 14 ORGAN MUSIC - "Abide With Me" REMARKS The one thing which we desire more than anything else at such an hour as this is the certainty that our good Heavenly Father is right by our side. Therefore, we say in the words associated with the familiar strains of music to which we have just listened: "Abide with me fast falls the eventide The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide When other helpers fail, and comforts flee Help of the helpness, oh abide with me. The Psalmist of old knew that the Great God of Love would fulfill such an earnest prayer, in fact he knew from his own personal experience that his prayer had been fulfilled, for said he in those words, which are probably more familiar than any other passage of scripture: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me, Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over, Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. These enduring words not only soothe our spirits through the beauty of their phraseology, they also exalt our hearts and minds in the assurance that the greatest blessing in life is the guiding hand of the good shepherd. He it is who leads us beside the still waters. He it is who restores our spiritual energies when Appendix -77- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 80) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/38f5cf0acf66d6b06f449c8f735bbf57.jpg 555ddd3d8d21c01d2f543ea0f6017997 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 81] [corresponds to page 78 of Pages of Our Lives] Our reserves have not run low. He it is who not only encourages us to bear the load bravely, but gives us strength to bear our load. He it is who not only rejoices when we walk through the valley with dry eyes, firm lip and steady tread, but knowing ail sorrow and how hard grief is to bear comes to us to support and strengthen us. Many times we can learn a great deal from those who are children. A little girl who had been to Sunday School only a few times was asked by a distinguished clergyman what she had learned in Sunday School this morning. This was her reply: "I learned a passage of scripture which says "The Lord is my shepherd and dat's all I want." The little girl was correct. All that is sufficient is to know that the Lord is our Shepherd and that his promises as revealed in this beautiful Psalm are eternal and ever abiding. That was the faith in which sister Grace lived. She knew that the Lord was her shepherd and that his promises were true for this life and the next. Without this assurance that God is the good shepherd life would be meaningless. With it, however, every trouble may be translated into a triumph; and we may experience in our own hearts this victory today, even as the poet has said. "He Giveth More Grace" He Giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater; He sendeth more strength when the labors increase; To added affliction he addeth his mercy; To multiplied trials he multiplies peace. When we have exhausted our store of endurance, When our strength has failed ere the day is half done, When we reach the end of our hoarded resources, Our Father's full giving is only begun. His love has no limit; his grace has no measure; His power no boundary known unto man; For out of his infinite riches in Jesus He giveth and giveth and giveth again. Annie Johnson Flint The good shepherd also guides our hearts and minds into the folds of victory through the certainty that our loved ones art still with us in spirit through beautiful memories which shall always abide even though their physical presence is no longer with us. Even so, we feel the spirit of Grace Chadwick Murphy very near unto us as we think of all the good and enduring qualities of character which she revealed in her earthly sojourn. Born in Trenton Township Ohio, October 7, 1878, she grew up here in Central Ohio in those days when life was not filled with all the comforts and conveniences which we enjoy today; but when one had an opportunity of learning through the simple rugged life those basic qualities which are essential for noble living upon this earth and which endure throughout all eternity namely, honesty, dependability, faithfulness to duty, ability to see things from the Appendix -78- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 81) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0487221517e1ded7ef2ddc2d037addd0.jpg ae8500ac1a356a1491b516dfafff67d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 82] [corresponds to page 79 of Pages of Our Lives] other persons point of view and the willingness to do her part to make life rich and full and complete. Realizing, however, that she was not equal to life's demands in her own strength, she early sought the help of Almighty God through membership in the church. First, she became a member of the Trenton Presbyterian Church when she was fifteen years of age. Following her marriage she transferred her membership to the Van's Valley Methodist Church in 1900. About thirty years ago she withdrew from the Methodist Church and became a member of the Christian Science Church with membership in the Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts. She was an ardent and faithful member of the Christian Science Church until the end of her earthly sojourn, finding great spiritual strength, peace and power in the teachings of her faith as revealed in numerous underscored passages in her "Science and Health" which she had used daily for the past twenty-five or thirty years, as well as in special quotations written in the fly leaves of this well-worn book. I would like to quote three such passages which especially attracted my attention. the very first sentence in the preface to this book reads as follows: "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings." In the front of this book Grace had written with her own hand: "I am able to impart truth, health and happiness and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing." In the back of her "Science and Health" I also found these words which have the flavor of St. Francis of Assisi: "There is no anger, Hence no pain; There is no hate, Hence no poison; There is no fear, Hence no death; For God is all and God is love." It is no wonder, therefore, that sister Grace made a wonderful mother, exerting in her home for more than sixty years the positive influence of divine lover upon all the members of her household. Married to Farrah C. Murphey, March 8, 1900, to their four children, fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren she left a spiritual heritage which no man can take away. As on thinks of her life he feels that it was motivated by this wholesome bit of philosophy which was the guiding principle of another other: "If we work upon marble, it will perish; Appendix -79- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 82) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/76215960b272da33900d913f80bec913.jpg 1167c9826e491fcade18977208fa0e25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 83] [corresponds to page 80 of Pages of Our Lives] If we work upon brass, time will efface it; If we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; But if we work on immortal souls, If we imbue them with noble principles, With the just fear of God and love of our fellowman, We engrave on those tablets something Which will brighten all eternity." If I might be personal for just a few moments, I would say that I have always considered myself to be very fortunate that I was the youngest in a family where my oldest sister was nearly twenty years my senior. Grace was to me as much a second mother as an elder sister. To go to her home as a small a boy for a week's visit was like being with my own mother. When she would go to the big city I would look forward to the gift she always brought me just as much as I did to the presents which were brought home by my father when he made a similar trip. Even when I was in college her motherly farewell still lingers in my ears; "Raymond don't study too hard." And so I join with Thomas W. Fessendon in paying my tribute to my sister as my second mother, even as I do when I think of my own mother and all Christian mothers everywhere. How appropriate are these words entitled "To Mother" You painted no Madonnas On chapel walls in Rome; But with a touch diviner, You lived one in your home. You wrote no lofty poems That critics counted art; But with a nobler vision, You lived them in your heart. You built no great cathedrals That centuries applaud; But with a grace exquisite, Your life cathedraled God. You carved no shapeless marble To some high soul--design But with a finer sculpture, You shaped this soul of mine. You did not go to battle, To save our own dear land; But lived through daily sacrifice, Appendix -80- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 83) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/80c1692c94a5f27d2c132746080edb3e.jpg 26af81a98a17b10a77394dfa47c967e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 84] [corresponds to page 81 of Pages of Our Lives] The brotherhood of man. Had I the gift of Raphael, Or Michael-Angelo Oh, what a rare Madonna My Mother's life would show, The good shepherd also assures us that such noble spirits for not die for says He "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." This instinctive feeling which the good shepherd has so well voiced is down deep in every human heart. This spark of immortal hope Jesus fanned into a living flame when he said "In my Father's house are many mansions, I go to prepare a place for you. "In other words, a place is already prepared for us by Jesus, the Savior of all mankind. We, therefore, need have no doubt about our beloved sister. We can say with confidence that she is with the Lord. She has entered in to one of those home places prepared by God for all of his children. We know that God has given to her a new means of expression whereby her spirit shall go on throughout all eternity bringing joy and happiness to other in the spirit of infinite love even as she did during her early sojourn. The beautiful victorious transition from this life to the next causes us to join with the wife of one of our bishops who as she approached the lifeless form of her beloved husband said "Put on the hallelujah chorus on the victrola and let us all rejoice and sing." Truly death for the Christian is no time of sadness. It should be a time of great rejoicing because another one of God's children has gained his reward. To me one of the most graphic descriptions of the transition from this life to the next is expressed in there line entitled: I Am Standing On the Seashore I am standing on the seashore. A ship at my side spreads Her white sails to the morning breeze and starts For the blue ocean; she is an object of beauty; And I stand and watch her until at length, She hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea And the sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says; "There she's gone!" Gone where? Gone from my sight--that is all. She is just as large in mast, and hull and spar, As she was when she left my side and just as able to bear Her load of living freight to the place of her destination, Her diminishing size is in me--not in her Appendix -81- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 84) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/895c6672c50a4f8f9fab3073f986e872.jpg a4106466a7b6fb3a016575305f8102fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 85] [corresponds to page 82 of Pages of Our Lives] And just at that moment, when someone at my side says "There! she's gone!" -- there are eyes watching on the opposite shore And voices ready to take up the glad shout saying: "There! She's come!" And that is what we Christians victoriously call dying." Prayer Almighty Father, whose holy purpose is on of infinite love, from whom do come the spirits of all of thy children, with whom they live during this earthly life, and to whom they return when they have finished their mission here among men, we give thee humble and hearty thanks for the good examples of all of those who have finished their course and now have entered in to that larger, more joyous life of eternal love and heavenly grace. Especially do we thank thee for the good qualities which we saw in our beloved sister Grace. Grant, we humbly beseech thee, that her abiding presence may be a constant source of inspiration to all those who knew her, and especially to all those whom she loved most dearly. Take from our hearts all fear of death. Help us to realize that there is no such thing as death, for life is one continuous whole since God in his infinite goodness and eternal love hath linked this world inseparably with the next. Help us all so to live that when the time comes for us to join those who have gone before, we may do it without any sense of uncertainty or dread, but with a whole and happy heart that travels on with cheer because we know that the road's last turn shall be the best. And so may we all enter in to those heavenly home places prepared for us by the God of infinite love and eternal goodness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Benediction And now may the Lord bless you and keep you, May the Lord make his fact to shine upon you and be gracious unto you, May the Lord lift up the light of countenance and give you peace this day and always. Amen. Organ Music Largo from the New World Symphony -- "Going Home" Committal "I am the resurrection and the life", said Jesus "He that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live; And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." Appendix -82- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 85) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ad7de12e20c34132aa26d3baf99dfda6.jpg 58f02f57f0df8775e503a57fa863fa90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 86] [corresponds to page 83 of Pages of Our Lives] Therefore, we can say with the greatest of certainty: Death is only an old door Set in a garden wall. On gentle hinges it gives at dusk When the thrushes call. Along the lintel are green leaves Beyond the light lies still Very willing and weary feet Go over that sill. There is nothing to trouble any heart, Nothing to hurt at all. For death is only an old door, Set in a garden wall. For as much as God in his infinite goodness hath given unto the soul of our sister a new means of expression, we lay her body to rest amid the flowers, with a sure and certain hope that as she has borne the image of the earth, she now bears the image of the heavenly. "And love will dream and faith will trust That somehow some where meet we must." Prayer Oh thou whom we cannot behold with the eye of flesh, help us to steadfastly behold thee with the eye of faith, the we may not faint under the manifold trials and tribulations of this life, but may endure as seeing him who is invisible. And grant that having fulfilled our mission here among men we may enter into all those joys and blessings made possible for us through the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Grant that the peace an security, and the certainty that love is the greatest force in the world; and that the God of love can never be defeated. And so may we all have the experience of victory in our hearts this day and always through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Benediction And now may the grace and peace of Father, Son and holy Spirit rest upon, abide with, sustain and keep each one of us this day and always. Amen. Appendix -83- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 86) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/67e933b3b67a4ecc325ae84ca05a3576.jpg 78421b5c05a6f77fa544dd34a48051d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 87] [corresponds to page 84 of Pages of Our Lives] Yesterday Today and Tomorrow written by Velma Murphy McCall Creech March 1985 Appendix -84- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 87) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4dbe6bed57dcee2b12290f18e894ff59.jpg 54ecc75b364c38221b6413bbc8a87f4a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 88] [corresponds to page 85 of Pages of Our Lives] Love Joins the Past with the Present and Future (Kahlil Gibran) [photo image] [photo caption] Velma Murphy at Grandma Murphy's 1st house on hill before it burned in 1937 I was born February 24, 1928. many changes and new things have occurred in my life time, same as anyone can make that statement that has live 57 year. My roots are from rural America and Delaware County, Ohio to be exact. My family settling there back when my great, great grandfather Murphy came and bought up a section of land there and on top of the hill is where he built his house. Back then the Indians camped at the base of the hill, the evidence still being unearth when I was a girl at home. My father plowed the ground with horses then and it was not uncommon to find arrow heads. We also found the stone that was used to grind their grain, that same soil divulging its secrets of times past. Many of my ancestors, and yours, too, were probably more educated than most at that time, producing an array of teachers, a lawyer, newspaperman, ministers, explorer, and farmers, hunters and trappers. No one was in medicine, but I was to become a R. N., the first in the family, but the is getting ahead of my story. My grandfather spent all of his life on the home place, and reared four children there with My dad, Arthur, being the oldest. He was twenty-two when he was married to a tall gangly very young girl of fourteen and one-half, Ethel Carnes. She was very mature for her age, able to cook and sew to the surprise of his mother. Mother and Dad had a hard time of it with us three children all born in the depression years of 1928, 1931, and 1933. But we worked very hard to make ends meet, as the saying goes. We children had rather unusual birthday; mine was February 24, 1928, my brother's February 25, 1931, and my sister's February 26, 1933. My earliest recollection was when I was 3 years and one day old, when the birth of my brother, Lovett was about to take place. It's hard for me to imagine I was making such fuss about having to go to my grandmother's, when in a few years I was at their house more than I was at home. Of course I was quite a grandma and grandpa's girl; being the first live grandchild, and we just lived down the hill, so I had good reason. I was always large for my age and on the plump side, and still am, for that matter. I don't like to stay fat, but I like to eat better that I like to diet. [photo image] [photo caption] Velma, Cousin Mary Ellen and Lovett Murphy sitting on cement cistern top with coal house in background Appendix -85- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 88) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5523285d2d06109ac6437b7c0d00e1fb.jpg 64d53d6327eb4ccc5f9c82c7aa654549 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 89] [corresponds to page 86 of Pages of Our Lives] [photo image] [photo caption] Lovett and Velma Murphy behind Cousin Mary Ellen Murphy One doesn't realize when he is growing up how lucky they are to have a loving family and have a close relationship with their parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles, but I now and am so thankful. It is was much more common then than now, with all of the broken marriages, and family relationships of today, as hardly anyone got divorced in those days. I was very close to my dad, as I worked with him in the fields and the barn, milking the cows, and any outdoor activity where I could tag along. It made him more of a confidant than my mother, as so much time was spent in his company. My dad was such a friendly, caring man and father. He always had time for a cheerful word or deed, or a few hours to fish if farming and weather permitted, but he loved anything outdoors. When there was illness, or births, we had a leather couch that opened up in the living room and made into a bed, similar to what we have today. That is where mother was for ten days; that's the way it was in those days, and till up until when I was in nurses training, when we started getting them up. [photo image] [photo caption] Cousin Velma ans Marry Ellen Murphy Mother was ill several times and had surgery which made lengthy stays in bed back then. We had some white dish towels that were edged in red, that I made into nurse's cap and I had a white apron trimmed in red bias tape, and that was my first nurse's uniform. Oh, did I feel big! I was 9 or 10 years old I expect. Dad's youngest sister, Martha was 18 years younger than he, so my first experience with courting was watching my Aunt Martha dressing and primping for her dates. Her boy friend and later husband, had an old car, and what a noise it made coming up that steep hill. There was no doubt about it, Harvey McElroy was arriving. While I am on the subject of this aunt, I must tell you about the bologna sandwiches. After we got home from school, on the bus, and I got my clothes changed, up the hill I would go, Aunt Martha always had a big bologna sandwich, and of course, so did I. The meat was delivered to the door, coming once a week, peddled door to door. If he came when we children were home he always gave us a wiener. His name was "Dickey Dowell". I don't know how he made much money if he treated all the kids like he did us. In later years after my aunt was married and away from home, Grandma always gave me stuffed pepper. I must have eaten gallons. Grandma was never much on sweets, so I can't blame her Appendix -86- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 89) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3d7f2c0927fa9e2f2780dfc97c1290d2.jpg 423990aa2f86bd81275dcea1955449fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource page 90] [corresponds to page 87 of Pages of Our Lives] [photo image] [photo captions] Cousins Velma and Mary Ellen Murphy on Murphy Hill for my sweet tooth. In fact, I can only remember once when Grandma baked pies. Grandpa told her they looked like sun baked pies, as they were so pale! Also along in this time span, I believe, was when my grandmother's mother, Ella Chawick, came to stay with her. She was getting quite elderly. When airplanes went over, Great Grandmother always said, "There's a sky buggy" and we would all run out to see the plane go over. That doesn't seem possible with all the air traffic we have this day and age. She would sit by the hours making quilts; I was a receiver of one in the fan pattern and I still use it today. It was all made by hand. I am sorry I didn't learn more about sewing from her but she was beginning to fail each year, but I always went in and sat with her and she told me about old times. She died when I was eleven. In 1937 my grandparent's home was totally destroyed by fire. Just the west wall was left standing. it had been made of brick, homemade brick, as one field was always known as the brick hill field. Someone told me on the school bus, but I wouldn't believe it had burned. I couldn't believe until I saw it. It was like part of me was gone, too. that summer Grandpa and Grandma lived in the garage while their house was being built. That year was the worst year for catalpa worms I ever saw and there was a big old tree that shaded the garage. If you aren't familiar with catalpa worms, you haven't missed anything. they are big and messy but harmless. the new house was again brick and made similar to the old one, but it never held the same place in my heart, with all the upstairs rooms empty rather than filled with all the memorabilia of the past where I had gotten to play and see all those good things. Of course, they were all lost in the fire as that was where the fire started. Since both grandparents were school teachers, if needed any information for my lessons, up the hill I went. They had a set encyclopedias and were very well-read, spending much of their spare time reading. They always had an answer. I sometimes wonder if Mom and Dad felt left out. If I wouldn't work something out in the evening, after I helped milk the cows in the morning, I would hurry up for help before getting breakfast and getting ready for school. Grandma and Grandpa still in bed lots of the times. Why didn't they tire of me? In these days we didn't do much "going". To town for groceries once a week, was done by my Dad, and he usually brought home a big bag of cheap, ripe bananas. On Sunday Mom and Dad would pick me up from church and we would go to my other grand- parents. Mom and Dad didn't go to church. I went faithfully with my grandfather. Mother would have liked to have gone but Dad had been made to go as long as he was at home, and when he had a home of his own, he wasn't going to go, although he lived by his early teachings, and was a good man. About this time Mother's folks wanted me to came and stay a few days with them. They lived in Olive Green. I was to go from Sunday to Sunday. I got too homesick and Grandma sent me home with the bread man who delivered bread door to door. While there though, I learned one very useful thing, and that was to put a knot in my thread when beginning to sew. Appendix -87- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 90) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e7b6e136e231960ce2f321c534c0e6f7.jpg 41209a61a05e4381d41d6f259a59c7b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 91] [corresponds to page 88 of Pages of Our Lives] They had an ice house back of the house; this ice was cut in the winter from the steams and packed in saw dust to keep it from melting. This was a nice place to play, but it must have been hard on the ice. Also at Grandmother's house there was a doorbell. How we loved to ring it; lot of times they remembered to disconnect it so it would not ring. It was like a door knob, and you pulled it out and it was fastened with wire and when you pulled the knob out it clanged against the bell. Grandma Carnes made the best sugar cookies and bread--big cookies with raisin or nut meat in the center. She always put on a red-checked tablecloth for Sunday dinner. I thought that was so nice, as we must not have used a table cloth at home. She always had her yeast sponge in the warming shelf of the old wood stove in the kitchen. We saved the potato water to add to it, as I remember. Those stoves had a reservoir on the end beyond the oven; this water was warm and sometimes hot if you were to fire the stove heavily. Wash water was heated on the stove for washing clothes in a copper boiler. Most folks used kerosene lamps for light after dark, unless you were lucky and had your own delco system which guaranteed your power. We did. We also visited my great grandmother Carnes who lived next door to my grandmother and grandfather Carnes. We also visited my Great Grandmother Olmsted who lived in peerlis; she had a water barrel where the rain water was collected for use for washing, etc. I feel she was glad we didn't come too often as I liked to stir it up and we went on Sunday and the next day was wash day. So I feel sure she had to wash in sooty water, as the soot settled to the bottom of the barrel. And as I had played in it the day before, I doubt it was too clear. I know she certainly didn't want me to play in it. We were one of the lucky ones. We had a Delco system that supplied both my grandparents and our place, so I don't remember washing clothes by hand, but we heated water in the old copper boiler. We got our electricity in 1936. what an exciting time! We soon got a Gibson refrigerator and an electric stove which was on legs in those days. It had an oven on the left side and four burners on the other. No storage space. I don't know what was different about them then, but when there was an electric storm, sometimes the fire just shot out of it. One time in particular, I remember. We three kids were home alone as Dad had taken Mother to Centerburg to get a permanent in her hair. It was a terrible storm, so bad we ran outside rather than stay in and have the fire shooting out of the stove at us. I have since wondered how Mother was able to get her permanent as then you were hooked up to electric cables that clamped onto your rolled up hair, the heat making your hair curl, sometimes too much! Maybe I should say usually. As a little later my parents raised chickens and sold eggs to the hatchery in Delaware. We also got a treat of an ice cream cone on the way as we passed by the Delaware Creamery and they were only a nickel. We also had an adventure raising turkey. We never had as good luck with them. They are rather harder to raise, sometimes they wouldn't have enough sense to eat, prone to disease, and were raised up on wire. On day when my folks were gone a turkey died, so I got it and took it to the house. Dad had gone to college one year at Ohio State University, and he had some instruments that he had used in zoology, and they had always intrigued me. I would get them out look at them, but had never been allowed to use them. This day I operated on that dead turkey on the kitchen table; I did put down a newspaper. I discovered his liver looked diseased. (don't know what that meant), but that was my first surgery unless you count dressing a chicken that had gotten hit by a car that I salvaged one time when Appendix -88- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 91) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6d109652fad2799faacda8b4e74a62ef.jpg 19bea31008f03288bc5960855cb4121f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 92] [corresponds to page 89 of Pages of Our Lives] Mother was sick. In those days, nothing was wasted; that's the way I was taught. Waste not, want not. I always have had a love, for cats, dogs, even the cows we milked; they all had names and were pampered. I started helping milk night and morning when I was six year old. I had a cow named Shirley Temple, the child move star of my day. I gradually milked more helping Mom and Dad all my years at home. My brother have the feeling for cows; he helped some but never like to milk like I did. We milked by hand until the two or three years I was at home, when Dad got a new DeLaval milker. I loved those cows and never minded milking. In 1940, when I was in the seventh grade, Dad got his first tractor, a John Deere. Oh the thrill of getting to drive it. I never was much good plowing, but got along fine for other things. Before that we had a team of dappled mares. I never cared much for the horses. The flies were always bad and it was hot in summer, and the horses' tails always got me in the eyes when they were being hitched up and unhitching them. I have learned to like to see a pretty race horse, but never was sorry when the horses work phased out. As I said earlier, there wasn't much in the way of entertainment, but there were the movies. We really enjoyed going to Johnstown to the Dorsey Theater. We usually went on Thursday night, as it was family night, and was a lot cheaper. Once in while if there was a special movie on in Delaware, we would go there on Sunday for the matinee. That was really something! One thing I remember about going to the movies, and that was my sister's many trips to the bathroom. She was always places on the outside of the row so she wouldn't bother anyone. The more exciting the movie, the more trips to the the bathroom. To this day, she needs close to a bathroom, so there must have been a problem, but it had never caused her any medical problems, just inconvenience. We were all very healthy. I had never been to the doctor's office but once, and that was for sinus infection, until I had to go for an examination for entrance into nursing school. We missed very little school, unless we came down with the measles or some other childhood disease, that even we didn't escape. I started to school the year I was five. That was about the time they decided you had to be six at a certain time before you started to school. Sometime after I started to school, there was a problem about me continuing, as I wasn't the magic age. My folks wanted me to go and, of course, I wanted to keep going, so somehow it was arranged for me to continue as long as I was doing well, and keeping up with My studies, I loved school and had no problems, and always hated for school to be over in May. We had a pond in the pasture field to water the cattle in summer, and we skated on it in winter. I had a pair of double runner skates at an early age and learned to skate. I never could learn to roller skate, though, but ice skated every winter as soon as the ice was thick. Also our hill made pretty fair sledding but it surely was a long ways to walk back up the hill to take another ride down again. Every fall we always spent at least one weekend gathering in our supply of hickory nuts. Dad always went squirrel hunting every fall and he knew when the nuts were down. After our first hard frost we would go get bushels of nuts for winter use. What good hickory nut cookies and cakes we always had. Hickory nut cake with the nut filling is what we always had for our birthdays. These nuts were hung behind our kitchen stove to dry and cure and then put away for later use. We did gather some walnuts and butternuts, but they Appendix -89- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 92) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/18eebc3106346325148ca7c8bc59daf1.jpg 5ab0b3f9ec7a146331c89018c91c3260 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 93] [corresponds to page 90 of Pages of Our Lives] were so messy to hull we relied on hickory nuts. For heat we had a wood cook stove, before electricity, and also a big old wood an coal stove in the living room; It was a Glow Boy. It served us all the years at home; then my brother used it, too. It was enclosed with enamel outside around the actual stove. You couldn't burn your hands; it was much safer than the old pot-belly stove, as many little hand were disfigured by them. Every winter (really toward spring) in February when we had freezing nights and warmer thawing days, was maple syrup time in our lives. We always ran down to the woods when we got home from school and drove the horses to pull the sled carrying a tank that held the sap. We emptied it from the buckets that were hanging on the maple trees. My dad and grandpa drilled holes in the tree on a good day, the buckets ran over and we collected at least twice a day. On the weekend we helped, too. It took about fifty gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. That took a lot of wood to boil it down. It was a steamy place even though the building was made open at the top to let the steam escape. We had parties there, my classmates coming out to see first hand what took place to make that delectable sweet. We also made maple sugar and the most fun of all was a taffy pull; the messiest, too. There was a poor family that lived nearby that had many children. They would come and ask to berry pick when the blackberries were ripe, and they stayed all night in the woods and slept in the car and in the maple syrup house. When it was warmer, Saturday and Sunday were spent in the woods, collecting all the wild flowers we could find. It took a few years to find where each was located. We had white and blue violets, spring beauties, dutchman's britches, turkey Toes, Trilliums, Jack in the Pulpit, mayapples, paw-paws, and probably more, but that is all I can remember now. I had a spot deep in the that was a favorite of mine. It was like a little knoll to sit upon, and a small pool of water beyond. A good place to meditate; when I think of our woods, that place always comes to mind first. We three children occasionally needed discipline. Dad was really pretty patient, but there came a time when it was at an end. His favorite was either a plum sprout you picked yourself or his old Romeo slipper if you had gone to bed and were suppose to go to sleep. Bedtime was early on the farm for everyone as we got up early to get the cows milked, milking parlor swept out, ourselves cleaned up, dressed for school, and breakfast before the bus got there. Dad fed the cows before he came to the house. Lots of changes occurred in caring for the milk, too. My first memories of cooling the milk was in a cooler that the well water flowed inside and the fresh milk was poured over the outside. We always had our tin cup ready for that nice cold milk. Now we wouldn't think it was cold at all. then we had a cement tank that held the cold, fresh pumped well water and the milk cans were set into to cool. Next came the electric cooler that made an ice bank inside and the cans were set in there; that was like a refrigerator. Now there are bulk tanks where the milk goes from the cow to the bulk tank by pipes, where it is cooled and held until the milkman comes with his refrigerated tank truck to haul it to the creamery. We didn't have an allowance, I suppose some kids did, but we did get a little money at hay making time. When we were done making hay, Dad took us to town to buy our fireworks before the fourth of July. Dad set off the big ones, and we had supervision using the smaller ones. That was really an occurrence; in later years we were sometimes taken to town to see the big display of fireworks. Soda pop was not a common drink. I do not Appendix -90- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 93) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/76ff75ad8218dfc2835d7b0c4d4caaa0.jpg 8da361161dc82095dd31d6feffa964cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 94] [corresponds to page 91 of Pages of Our Lives] remember ever having any, but Mom would make our own homemade root beer, using yeast and a base she bought. On a hay making day, Mom would bring over to us a bottle of the rootbeer up from the basement, and it was really cold and good. We only got a half a bottle apiece. Even that was a luxury. Our toilet facilities were primitive- an outside toilet. We just had a two seater, but my uncle had a three seater, and theirs had a moon cut in the door, ours wasn't very fancy! When my sister was two or three, we always had to help her when she went to the toilet. One time we had a pet lamb and he would butt her or us if we didn't watch him. And another time we had some geese and the gander would take a peck at her and we would chase him off. He would really hurt if he got a piece of skin between his bills. Our family had a a big garden, we grew gooseberries, tame berries and also picked many wild berries. Mam canned most of our food, even meat was canned before refrigeration. The fat was made into lard; the sausage was cooked down and covered with the lard and kept in the pantry or basement where it kept cool, and was used up before hot weather arrived. The hams were home cured with Morton' Salt preparation. Our meat supply was also to include rabbits, squirrel, ducks and geese, and, of course, chicken and turkey. We raised banty chickens for our own egg supply as the nice hen eggs were sold. Grains such as wheat and corn were taken to the mill to be ground for flour and corn meal. Most all types of vegetables were also raised and canned. I remember Mother coming from the basement (we called it a cellar) and she would have her arms loaded with potatoes and canned good, all for our evening meal. We had breakfast or pancakes, eggs, sausage, cooked oats, not all of these but we usually had meat with the pancakes and syrup. Our noon meal was dinner and the evening meal was supper on the farm. We think we are busy now, but looking back I don't know how Mother ever got done. She helped Dad when we were kids were little with the milking, farming, plus house work, cooking, and made all of our clothes, She had a schedule as I remember, washing on Monday, ironing on Tuesday, mending on Wednesday. The rest of the week was cleaning and baking. For the weekends she always filled up the old kitchen Hoosier cabinet with all kinds of pie. If she made donuts, she made several kinds, applesauce, chocolate, and plain ones. There were gingerbreads, cakes and cookies, too. No wonder I like sweet things and a meal wasn't complete without dessert. I learned to cook, and bake too, at a young age, and soon was a big help in the kitchen. Later on my sister liked to sew and do yard work, and didn't learn to cook until she was married. I also like to iron, and helped with that. we had to iron everything, as everything was all cotton then, not the wash and wear we have today. I remember the old irons we heated on the stove; They had a handle that we took off and put on the other iron that was heating on the stove. These come after the one piece iron that are so popular for antique collectors now. When I was ten or twelve I suppose, my girl friend and I joined the Four-H. I never cared much for sewing, but learned a little. We walked to and from the meetings that were held in Condit. The first I ever heard of cancer was when I was with my friend and we stopped to see her aunt on the way home from 4-H. She had breast cancer, and it was an open wound and the odor was very bad. Surgery wasn't performed much in those days. This friend took piano lessons, so I teased for lessons, too. Once a week in the summer I took lessons, but I didn't care to practice so never was very accomplished. How I wish Mom had made me practice, it would be so nice to play just for my own pleasure now. I played a clarinet later on in the school band, but always wished it had been a saxophone as they had more melody parts than clarinets. Appendix -91- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 94) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/139b4cfdb53d426a639d069d768a7932.jpg f2ce619a1abdaf00eda0c3be17edf26b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 95] [corresponds to page 92 of Pages of Our Lives] I enjoyed music all through school, but in the 8th grade we had a marvelous man teacher, we learned patriotism, choral music, we put on an operetta, and he made all things interesting. He had that knack. In the seventh grade my grades improved, all because I got glasses. By high school I was getting mostly A's. the way I discovered I needed glasses was because of a test the teacher wrote on the far board, and I couldn't read it at all. I had usually sat up in front, so that I could see better, that was the way that I compensated for my severe near-sightedness. So my eyes got examined, and glasses were needed. I will never forget how clear and shining everything was, and the stars that I had never seen. It was short of a miracle to me to be able to see so much and so clearly. I liked the boys and had a good relationship with them. I was interested in farming and they were mostly farm boys. They were more like brother, than romantically involved with them. My weight problem was a big handicap. Now along came the war, World War II, and the scrap drives, food and gas rationing, and war bonds, and listening to the radio to hear the war news. Every- one was glued to the radio when it was news time. Mother was always pessimist and my Dad an optimist. I can remember so plainly and very often my Dad saying, "Now Ethel, worrying never changes a thing." Mother was always upset over bad news and was afraid we would lose the war. Our class had scrap drives and much old steel and metal was collected; around our farm, alone, old harrows and farm machinery were dug up out of the ground and we had a good collection and felt real patriotic. Dad got a War Bond as often as he could, and everyone else did, too. Food rationing didn't really bother us too much except the sugar. We learned to substitute honey and I suppose that was illegal, but we could trade meat coupons for sugar coupons. My grandmother Murphy really missed green tea as it was unavailable until after the war. She loved her tea. Gas rationing hit everyone hard, but for our class plays, Dad and my friend's mother took turns taking us to practice for the plays, and they would stay in town and wait for the practice to be over and would save gas and one round-trip to town. Our senior trip was cancelled because of the scarcity of gas, but it wasn't a big thing as I remember; by then you all had relatives in the war, and boys you knew in school were leaving for the service. Everyone wanted to do their share to help with the war and get our boys back home. During my senior year, when the school was trying to provide help in our future careers, representatives came around and told us girls about government sponsored Cadet Nurse Program. That gave me a free education, and patriotic touch, too. My mind was made up, nursing came in ahead of teaching. I went home and told my folks I wanted to join the Cadet Nurse Corp, when I got out of school and later planned to be a missionary to China. Programs were offered in Cincinnati and Zanesville, Ohio. I decided to write to Bethesda Hospital in Zanesville as it had connections with Muskingham College. My entrance tests were the same day as my graduation. Dad and I got off to an early start for Zanesville, where I took the tests all day. then we hurried home to milk the cows and to graduation. That was a busy day, May 26, 1945. Six days later, June 1, 1945, we were on our way to Muskingham College where I was starting my nursing studies. That summer was at the college. We weren't allowed home the first month, and after that, one overnight a month. Was I homesick! I wrote home every day. That first year was hard, as remember I had been away Appendix -92- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 95) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b6a93581b192bb96ed9328a781dc9e2d.jpg 2bc355cefa9b4adadf386efaf10f5406 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 96] [corresponds to page 93 of Pages of Our Lives] from home very little. Now I know it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Everyone should leave home and go away to school. You do not appreciate home until you are away from it. I was always a little ashamed of my home; we didn't have things very fashionable, I guess, but it surely looked good when I came and home and I hated going back. To get home I first took a train to Columbus and got a cab from the train depot to the bus station and bus to Sunbury, where my folks met me. Later on after I was at the hospital I took a bus to Hebron and then my folks drove there to meet me. There were 30 of us starting our classes, losing down to 16 the first six months. Some were not able to make the grades or did not like it. I was just 17, the only other girl who was so young as I, was 1 month younger. We were just out of high school. One of us was 37, and she had lost her husband over in Italy, he had been a flyer. She had just made it as the cut-off age was 37. I never did ask, but imagine she had decided that was a good way for her to help the war effort. It must have been very hard for her, she must have felt old among us teenagers. In her place I know I would have, and at that time I don't think that any of fully appreciated the effort she was making to rebuild her life. She had no children so she was really on her own. although she did have some sisters. That August the war was officially over, and we were up in the air as whether we would get to continue our training or not, but we did and we were the last class to get our free education in the Cadet Nursing Corp. If the was had continued until our nurses' training was completed, we obligated to do nursing for the government wherever needed for the duration of the war. That same August I was on my way home and in the cab was a soldier and a WAC I was wearing my rather smart-looking grey uniform, and she asked me where I was stationed and I explained to her I was presently at Muskingham College. That perked up the soldier's ears as his family's farm adjoined the college campus. We were soon at the bus station and I got out proceeded to get my bus home, and never gave him another thought. I enjoyed my overnight stay at my home and was back at College. This was V. J. Day. The war was over. I was preparing to wash my hair that evening when the phone rang and there was a call for me. Yes, you guessed it. It was the soldier that I met in the taxi cab in Columbus, Ohio. We were all allowed off the campus. So we walked and walked. I'll never forget the feeling I had when I saw him waiting for me. He was very fair and blond and he was a baker and cook in the army for Officer Candidate School and had not been out in much sun before coming home. That day he had been helping his uncle thresh wheat, and was red as a lobster, eyes red from the dust. I thought he was drunk! but I soon realized he was just sunburned and had been in the dust all day. I didn't know how he found me, because I had not told him my name. The next day one of the girls asked me if a soldier had called me. She said he had seen her walking with some other girls and thought it was me, and asked her if she lived in Columbus. She told him it wasn't her, and when he questioned her, if she knew anyone who did, she had given him my name. If you think that was strange, his train was delayed and if hadn't been late in arriving in Columbus and going to his sister's who lived there by cab, our paths would not have crossed. He had to go back to camp shortly after our first evening, and so he asked me if I would write and I said I would. We both wrote faithfully until he was discharged in November, 1945. Appendix -93- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 96) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3172ef8bc05fd7fd361f0be25fbfb02a.jpg 1fda6461208c0de6db9a7c44c76f49fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 97] [corresponds to page 94 of Pages of Our Lives] We dated during the remaining years I was in training, usually seeing one another once a week and weeks and months flew along. We became engaged one year later, one year from V. J. Day. I was home that summer on vacation and got the first and last sunburn I have ever had to this day. I drove the tractor to cut wheat and wore shorts and halter. I was burned to a crisp on all sides and had a miserable time trying to sleep. Mother put cold vinegar compresses on me but that didn't help much. I learned a dear lesson. The summer of 1947 was a 3-month affiliation in Akron, Ohio for my pediatrics training at Akron Children's Hospital. Allan took us up, and the brakes went out on the Loudonville hill and was that a scary thrill. It left a permanent mark on our memories. We were given a few more privileges there, and could have an overnight a week and stay out later on weekends, but never got away from the nightly bedchecks. The boys came up once while we were there on a weekend. They stayed at a hotel there, and found a gun under the mattress. One of the highlights while in Akron was the banana splits, they were huge and gooey. They were rather forbidden, as we were not allowed to walk that way unless there were several of us, as it wasn't the best place in town for us to be walking. Also we really enjoyed the movies. They played request on the organ at intermission and we always had several requests like "Peg of My Heart', "White Cliffs of Dover". On the negative side was the water. It was horrible and had the taste of rubber, just as the air was permeated with rubber. Also we had lamb frequently there and never in Zanesville, but the food really was a lot better except for the lamb. For our second and third year at Bethesda, we moved into the nurse's residence which was next to the hospital. It was in an old rambling house and upstairs. When we got to making too much noise the housemother tapped on the ceiling to quiet us down. The first year we were on the fourth floor of the hospital after we came into Zanesville from Muskingum. They could keep better track of us when the Director of Nurses lived in the same area. There wasn't much time for romance, but we all managed. One of our class- mates especially managed! One evening she had a boyfriend in the hospital lobby, one in the nurses residence, and one waiting for her in the car! We were all so close and had such good times; it is just pleasant to write about it, but we worked and studied hard, too. On July fourth, my roommate and I decide we would try sleeping in the nude. It was a hot night, but neither one of us could get to sleep, so we got up and put on our gowns. Lots of close relation ships were made during those year, and we enjoy seeing and writing one another to this day, 40 years later. Graduation was in 1948 at the Presbyterian Church in Zanesville. I hadn't missed any time so was finished May 31. The next stage of my life begins June 6, 1948, the day we picked for our wedding. It was Allan's folks and his oldest brother's anniversary. We had a lovely wedding, but the weather didn't cooperate. It was raining all afternoon, and to make things worse, the sidewalks were being replaced at the Presbyterian Church at Condit where we were married at a 2:30 afternoon ceremony. We went on our honeymoon to Niagara Falls in a "38 Chevy, named the Blue Devil. It had a match stick in its gas tank, to stop a leak. We wouldn't start to town in a car like that Appendix -94- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 97) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/65d8f9ede75291b31a02a5bef0d678d6.jpg bc86ded9392371f8b7badd2c580ab50d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 98] [corresponds to page 95 of Pages of Our Lives] now. that's the way you are when you are young. Cars were still not plentiful then, so soon after the war; you drove what you had. We started out in an old house in New Concord, Ohio, Allan's hometown. We had begun to fix it up before we were married. We had papered the living room and got us a living room suite. The rest of the furniture was in the house. We got a stove and refrigerator a little later for 75 dollars, and that completed our needs, along with all the wedding gifts. And in the meantime, there was a kerosene stove there that I had to cook on till a gas line could be laid, and connected to the gas stove we had just gotten. If you have ever used Kerosene to cook with, you know I burned up all my nice shiny new pans. Also I burned lots of toast, as you had to remember to turn the toast from side to side when it was brown on one side, and then to take it out of the toaster when the other side was done, one time or another, you forget it. Allan weighed about 119 pounds the first year of our marriage and I decided right to fatten him up, but it was me that gained the weight, He didn't gain a pound. while I am talking to you about food, etc. I will mention something I forgot about on our honeymoon. Allan was used to getting up at 5:30 and he liked an early breakfast, but I was ready to sleep in since I had the chance. I still don't like getting up early like he does. Anyway, he wanted to get up at an early hour for breakfast, But I said I din't want to, so he got some rolls, and chocolate milk the night before and put the milk in the window to keep cool, and that is what we had for our early breakfast. he got to eat, and I didn't have to get up early. I didn't realize until now that that is the way our marriage has been - a compromise in most things. I worked hard to get our house fixed up that summer, as it was my folks 25th wedding anniversary. We had a picnic for Mom and Dad, and had all the relatives down to celebrate that August 23, 1948. TV made its appearance after that and Mom and Dad got one, so went up for the weekend. I think I must have had pneumonia but I went anyway. Oh, what a marvel! It was a tiny little screen, that's the way the first ones were made. I was like magic. I was in bed most of the time I was there, but watched TV. In 1959 we moved up home to Delaware County; we lived upstairs at Mom's and Dad's where they fixed us up an apartment. In August that year I got a job at the hospital in Delaware, Jane M. Case Hospital. In 1951 Allan also got a job in Delaware and we got an apartment there, and the next year we bought our house at 295 E. Central Ave. in Delaware. We lived there 10 years before getting the house across the street, that was a one-floor plan. These were happy years, but also frustrating, unhappy years. A few years after years, after we were married, my brother and sister were married and as my nieces and nephews arrived, we still had no children. I loved each one as they arrived like my own, sometimes feeling like I was getting too involved, knowing I had no say in their lives. Yet I worried and loved and enjoyed them as a mother would. On my days off, I would spend the day with my folks and see the children. My job at the hospital paid 180 dollars for a 6 day week, and Allan's paid 200. We got along well and had all the necessities and we seemed to have more than when we made more and things cost more later on. The payments on the house were 75 dollars a month and we were able to get a VA loan since Allan was a veteran. We went fishing in Canada, and at the Delaware Dam, but seems like we mostly Appendix -95- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 98) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9a3ed78f5462ee421bfa79d219067532.jpg c1e227eede479d93a6c6cad855ad88ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 99] [corresponds to page 96 of Pages of Our Lives] worked as I look back on it now, and hoped we would have a baby, but that was not to be. We spent alternate Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with my dad's brother's family when we children were at home. After our immediate family got too big we had our own dinners, usually at Mom and Dad's or sometimes I would have it. The kids would like to come to Aunt Velma's. (We didn't like to go to Aunt Velma's, we loved to go). What a treat it was! I loved having everyone, decorating the house and setting the pretty table. The baking out at my Mother's were some of the nicest Christmas memories. My sister and sister-in-law and I would bake cookies and make candy all day at home. Mom would keep the dishes done up and watch the kids after they arrived. What good times, but they were soon to end, as Dad was ill with cancer but we didn't know it yet, as he just gradually did a little less and never complained. I had the dinner in 1961; that was to be Dad's last Christmas and I have always regretted not getting his pictures. I was all ready to take his picture, when I discovered I had just taken my last one. There were later ones, but after he was starting fail. Dad seldom went to a doctor--for emergencies only. In February, 1962, Mother had quite a surprise when the doctor called to say there was a bed for Dad at Riverside Hospital in Columbus. He was diagnosed there as having lymphosarcoma. It was all through him and he was sent home to die. Maybe he should have had chemotherapy or something, but the didn't do as much then. I was always glad that he was allowed to return home, still able to do a few things he wanted to do, and retain his dignity. He never complained, taking each day as it was given to him to his dying day which was at 4 a.m. Oct 1, 1962. What a hard summer that was seeing Dad go downhill, and Allan going into a severe depression for which he was hospitalized after Dad's death. Also the next summer I had surgery in hopes I might be able to have a baby, I was so miserable taking fertility pills that were just being given on an experimental basis that I had to quit taking them. By 1969 we had lost both of Allan's folks, too. So the 60's passed and we had taken up golf, and enjoyed playing several times a week. We had given up fishing, as not not enough time for both. We had several enjoyable years, and in May 1972 Allan had his first heart attack, and we had a bad summer with Allan not feeling very well, in and out of the hospital and house bound in the cold weather. The doctor advised him to go on disability. Mother had married Val Anderson of Florida October of 1963, so she lived in St Petersburg. So in the fall of 1973 I got brave enough to work in Florida that winter, and go back to Delaware and work that summer. I did this for four years, gradually staying Florida longer and Ohio less, until we decided to sell our house in July, 1978. We had purchased a mobile home in Pasco County outside Dade City, Florida, in the country where we had a big lot, and didn't feel closed in like we did on most where they are crowded together. After we sold our place in Delaware, we spent our summers in New Concord, Ohio with Allan's brother, Raymond, on the McCall home place. In 1983 Raymond started spending the winter months with us in Florida. We seem always to have a car full despite trying to limit the items each way to and from Florida. This last year we all felt like sardines. We had been talking about getting a station wagon the next car we got. By the time we got the dog, 6 canaries and their and their cages, luggage, and our extra things packed, and then ourselves, we were loaded to the gills! So Appendix -96- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 99) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/63bf88464284fb86e0afb4f7628c6a67.jpg 41cec9a747ce908d68ae70feb198a4cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 100] [corresponds to page 97 of Pages of Our Lives] Allan decided to check at the garage where we do business, and they had a Mercury Marquis wagon in use as demonstrator. It was being used by the owner, so we decided to go ahead and get it. It was pretty luxurious for us but we had decided to go ahead and get a larger car, for the comfort of it. We had really noticed coming down from a Pontiac to a smaller Ford. We don't put that many miles on a car anymore, so gas mileage didn't figure too much into it. Some day I would just like to walk out the door with one suitcase and head for home! (I won't hold my breath). This winter of 1984 is the first year that I have not worked, the first since 1950. It is so nice to stay home and do things as I want to, rather than planning every minute how I will get everything done. I've enjoyed cooking and baking and since Mother and Val were not very will, I've tried to spend 5 days at a time in St Pete each month. I go down on the bus and Allan comes after me on Sunday. I try to get the laundry caught up, wash windows, and curtains, bathe dogs and get the extra things done for them. Catch them up, so to speak. They were robbed and beaten in August 1984 and have not ever been as well since. Val was in intensive care for 5 days and Mother had a ruptured eardrum and a partially detached retina. The emotional part may be worse than the physical aspect. They are fearful of every noise and have several locks and alarms on every door, inside and out, a disturbing way to live, and to think it is necessary. A far cry from my early days as doors were never locked, and very places were ever robbed. Food is burglarized more than things. The biggest regret in my life is that we had no children. We did talk some about adoption, but Allan was never wholeheartedly in favor of it and I felt that adoption was one thing that you both had to agree 100 percent. I don't think he would have ever said Completely No, and I always sure that he would have loved an adopted child, but I did not press the issue. I had my work which I enjoyed, and I had my nieces and nephews, that I lavished my love upon. A few things I have found out in my 57 years is that the strange thing about being childless is that you are always being reminded of it. People always ask if you have children when your are young, and ask about grandchildren when you are older. You have nothing to show and tell so the loss continues through the years. One must not dwell on what might have been. I have much to be thankful for having a kind, considerate husband, my loving family, and besides the immediate family there are great aunts and uncles I remember with love and affection. Great Aunt Cora, Great Aunt Goldie, and Great Aunt Ruth and Uncle Raymond, on my Dad's side, and Great Aunt Olive on my mother's side. there were others but these were the ones I was closest to and saw the most. One of my greatest pleasures is all the beauty around me, the sunsets, sunrises, flowers, streams and lakes, mountains, sky, and the fall colors, when I pause to see them, God is very close to me. I love my country; there is no finer place in the world. We take all of our freedoms for granted, I'm afraid. I have worked with different ones from other countries, and it is hard to believe the fear, poverty, and desperation they have lived with. I have learned that money does not buy good health and happiness, live's two greatest assets. Life is too short to hate and hold grudges as you harm yourself more than those you hold the animosity against. As we get caught up in the world, and busy lives, set aside a little time every day for yourself to read your Bible and be alone with God. You will be glad you did; it will let you Appendix -97- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 100) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d88f162cd2cacc1c17a2450efd5593d9.jpg f207d62ed722d6c32cef7956b574e076 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 101] [corresponds to page 98 of Pages of Our Lives] find an inner peace that you otherwise will have missed. As you get older you realize your parents are the last line between the older generations, and that time is passing and it is not wise to wait much longer to ask questions you have about your great grandparents, or others who have gone. they need to be asked as the chances may soon be gone. That is why I have undertaken to write this, as I will soon be the missing link in the chain and I will bee the only one who knew and remembers that older generation. Our lifetime is so fleeting like foot prints in the sand, which the wind will soon erase, unless we give a gift of love to remember us by and I do give you much love. (Signed) Aunt Velma Postscript It is now January 31, 1986, and much has happened since April 1985, when I completed my memoirs for you. Allan, Raymond and I went home to Ohio in April and found spring to have sprung early. The grass was quite high, and much raking was done - in fact 3 1/2 truck loads. Allan used the lawn mower and I the rake! As soon as we got the lawn in shape, fishing was the next priority. We didn't ave much luck early at Seneca Lake, so we decided to find a place at Salt Fork. We fished from the rocks, and returned quite often and spent some lovely days there, giving me many happy memories to treasure. We also picked gallons of wild black raspberries, and seemed to have a special closeness as we spent these hours out in the open. We would rest under the shade of an old tree before walking back to the car. Allan smoking his pipe, and talking about when he was a child, picking berries with his mother here in this same place. We also reflected on the happy times this summer. There were no blackberries, so berry picking was over until red raspberry picking was to start in late August for John White. Before this was to happen though, we received a call that Val Anderson was unconscious, and was being kept alive by life sustaining machines. Rache, Tom and I flew down to Florida to be with Mother. Val was breathing on his own by the time we arrived, but remained comatose until his death 12 days later. We wanted to donate his body to the Anatomical Society and so only a memorial service was held on Friday for him. Mother was in a state of shock, and has not recovered too well, as yet, being quite forgetful at times, and afraid to stay alone. I received a call while at Mother's, that Allan was not feeling well, and returned afternoon to Ohio. He really never felt like his former self after that. We picked red raspberries as planned, but Allan not as perky as usual and then he caught a cold, and finally was feeling pretty good by the time we started back to Florida on October 8, 1985, and we had a good trip back home. We were breathing a sigh of relief, that we had finally gotten the porch windows and things halfway in shape. It had been usually warm, and we could only work early in the mornings. Mother called on a Saturday night, November 2 1985, and wanted me to come down to help her with some business the first of the week. I had just written her that I would come down on the bus on Thursday, but changed my plans and went down Sunday afternoon on Appendix -98- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 101) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e1026ea29e72b250056eafd4b7238c75.jpg 8e96557f88e56cc5188ff028c17f896f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 102] [corresponds to page 99 of Pages of Our Lives] the bus instead. We made plans with Al and Ella Pepping, our next door neighbors, to go to Webster Flea Market the Monday, so Allan, Raymond, All, Ella went ahead as planned, Allan got his first pecans of the season and was looking forward to getting started at his nut cracking for the year. I had slept without waking at Mother's until four A.M., and had not been able to go back to sleep,. I read for a while, and had just gone back to sleep when the phone rang about 6:30 A.M. I got up and answered it and it was Pepping telling me that Allan had been taken to the hospital in the emergency squad and that he had seemed better after they had started some oxygen on him there at home. Raymond had gotten up around 4:30 and found Allan Sleeping/sitting out at the kitchen table, and stated he was having trouble breathing lying down. Raymond went back to bed, and Allan awakened him later and asked him to call the Emergency Squad. He was admitted to the hospital emergency room at 5:30 A.M. As soon as Al called me I had phoned the bus station to find out how soon I could get a bus to Dade City, the phone rang in seconds after I hung up. It was Al again to tell me Allan was dead, and I was to call the emergency room and talk to Dr. Brownlee, our family physician. Dr Brownlee said Allan was in acute pulmonary edema, and they had given him aminophylline and then he went into ventricular fibrillation and they were unable to bring him out of it, and that he was brain dead he felt when he got there. He was pronounced dead at 6:48 A.M. after working on him for a long time. I remained calm, because I had decided years ago that I would never carry on as some did when someone died, as it would change nothing. I went next door to Mother's and told Uncle Wilbur and Sara. they made a call to Rachel and got us plane reservations for that evening. I got packed and helped Mother pack as she had decided to go to Ohio with me. Charlotte and Katherine, Val's sisters who lived up the street, came and helped too, and we got to Dade city around noon. The funeral director came and arrangements were made for here and we ate a bite of lunch. I got Raymond packed and got Allan's clothes together to take home for his funeral. By then it was time to take Cindy Dog next door, as Al and Ella were keeping her for me, and Sarah and Uncle Wilbur took us back to St. Pete to the airport, and we were in Columbus at 10:30 that evening, November 5, 1985. Rachel and Tom, Perry, and Allan's sisters and their husbands met us. Raymond went with them and Mother and I to Rachel's. The next morning was spent at the De Vore Funeral Home. There I had to pick out the casket, the burial vault, music for the service, thank you cards, and other decisions I don't even remember. Also a trip to the florist's to get the flowers for the casket. Then as soon as we were done there, we went to Delaware to the safety deposit box, as soon as the death occured. So we were fortunate that our ex-neighbor and friend was our attorney as he was across the street in less than 5 minutes. He had made arrangement for the auditor to come and take an inventory of the box, and clear the account there so that we could write checks for the funeral expenses. Then back to Rachel's where we spent the evening getting our clothes lined up for Lovett, Mother, Perry, Rex, and oursleves. Thursday morning Rachel's minister from the Condit Presbyterian Church came to the house to make the plans for the service. I had gotten to know him that summer, as I had gone to church there several times that summer, when we had been up to Rachel's. What a Appendix -99- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 102) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/20a9f60e6b56aca118c3ac8abec81a73.jpg 9a2b0caa339c6e5920b226d402bb8f00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 103] [corresponds to page 100 of Pages of Our Lives] Considerate, giving man he is! He talked to us about Allan, and out life together, and from that planned the service and used scripture I had requested. I only wish he had taped it for those who couldn't come. It was very fitting and comforting. Calling hours were from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 7th. So many friends and relatives came that I had not seen for years. How comforting to know they cared enough to come. Over 90 called that evening and 56 more signed the book before the funeral service Friday morning; I was really unprepared for this out-pouring of love and sympathy, as we had been away so many years from the Delaware area. The flowers were beautiful, 13 arrangements and 2 wreaths. I saved the wreaths to use for Memorial Day next May. It had been cold and rainy ever since we got to Ohio. Friday morning for the funeral was the only time it wasn't raining. The sun peeped through for a few minutes. The funeral was at 10:30, November 8, 1985. The American Legion gave a salute at graveside at Trenton Township Cemetery, the Friendly Club served lunch at the church, and it was very nice to be able to have a place to eat and visit, as many were from out of town. I started working on the thank-you notes the afternoon of the funeral and Saturday, too, as there were so many to write, and it kept me busy. We did some cooking for Sunday dinner and made the plane reservations to go back the following Wednesday, November 13. We arrived back in Florida to continued extra warm weather and I plunged into cleaning Allan's clothes and personal things, working at things that needed to be done keep myself busy. My worse moments were Cindy kept wanting outdoors to look and listen for Allan; that was really hard! Christmas was coming , so I made little gifts to help put in the time, and did a lot of baking as usual, and Rachel and Tom got here December 21. I had the Christmas dinner here and enjoyed having everyone. There were many frustrations in filing out the V. A. forms, and Allen's retirement system forms. Each wanted my birth certificate, marriage certificate, so much time was wasted securing a certified copy from Ohio. So, consequently, my first income did not arrive until the latter part of January. I have become more active in the First Presbyterian Church, and have joined the morning circle, also going to Sunday School and just started Bible study. I have found much solace in church and the Christian fellowship. I don't know how I would have survived sometimes without our Lord. I truly believe I was being prepared for Allan's death for more that a year. The T. V. ministry Day of Discovery led to my returning to church, the fulfillment I have found there, the special closeness Allan and I shared this summer, and even my not being home when he died, as I have watched many in pulmonary edema, and have always felt so helpless watching someone unable to breathe and that this was a hard way to die; from the outpouring of friends and family at the time of his death, the many cards that kept coming until they ran into the Christmas cards-all made me feel I was not alone, but being watched over by the Comforter! I am thankful for Allan's love and faithfulness and the 37 years of marriage we shared and especially, the 13 years we had after his first heart attack. Time will heal my wounds and I must tuck Allan into a corner of my heart and go on, and as the sun rises, the tears of the night must be replaced by the hopes, promises, of a new day. Appendix -100- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 103) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/29e56a20f4d6397108e6f5cb7b3f3195.jpg a9980ab0de70fb0f476e9198a999e568 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 104] [corresponds to page 101 of Pages of Our Lives] Lovett Murphy: A Step Back in Time Bearded and bit rough in appearance, Lovett Murphy, a lifetime resident of Sunbury occasionally stops by the Sunbury News office to say "hi" to the staff and to rest for a bit, before heading back home to his Murphy Road residence. To look at the man and listen to him talk, one sometimes wonder if he's related to the legend Daniel Boone, or the famed Davy Crockett, "King of the Wild Frontier," because if the subject is nature related, Murphy seems to know the answer. But then nature seems to be the natural love of Lovett. In fact he admits, "I like to work in the woods, I've generally worked in the woods more than any other job I've ever had." Though Murphy claims to have experienced a variety of jobs over his lifetime, including sawmills, driving a taxi cab loading explosives from boxcars to trucks, and planing logs for log cabin homes, talking about his experiences as an Alaskan firefighter and visitor among his favorites. Murphy says that's because he found the people so interesting back in the year 1960. "People have said the that New York is the melting pot, but those people never saw Fairbanks during that time," he remarks. Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, native Indians, New Yorkers, Canadians, Californians, whites, blacks and others all flocked to Alaska in the late 60s due to the "oil rush" according to Murphy. Amazingly, little to no racial tension existed among the dwellers, even though many lived in tents or out of vans, he says. Although oil wasn't the attraction that drew Murphy to the state, he too ended up in Fairbanks a town that at the time was a somewhere around the 18,000 mark or roughly the size of Delaware, Ohio, he notes. Soon after his arrival "the worst year for fires Alaska or on the North [Photo] [Photo caption] Lovett Murphy American continent" broke out, he explains. "Fires burned all over Alaska" which were causes by "lightening" he continues. "A great deal of them were range fires as opposed to forest fires, he recalls. Range fires tend to smolder more, he says. In need of employment, and having a love for the woods, Murphy says he soon joined in the fire fighting duties. Hours were long and hard as 16 to 20 hour days were frequent, and fire fighters would often be dumped off at a site for weeks at a time, not knowing when someone would be returning for them. Murphy notes that the fires ran fire fighting teams all over Alaska. Much of the time, workers were hauled by bus to the various locations, although at least once, they were transported by helicopter, to a camp established on the top of a flat mountain. Lovett says the "big bosses" were "sore" at most of the workers for a drunken incident that had occurred shortly before being flown out, so when the workers were dropped off, they were told that they were told that their bosses didn't care what they did. "They told us that they didn't even care if we fought fires, but we were going to get awfully hot if we didn't," he laughs. Murphy says he remembers looking over the edge of the mountain at about that time, and seeing the fire approaching from every direction. Taylor Highway, which runs east and west across Alaska, according to Murphy, also carried them some 700 miles to a fire near Eagle, Alaska once. A fire named the "Fishhook Fire" which at the time was labeled the biggest fire to ever burn on the North American continent, according, to Murphy, also had them giving assistance to fire fighting efforts another part of the state. The "Fishhook Fire' finally burned itself out, but Murphy, a squad leader, and one of the oldest fire fighters there, adds that a rain assisted in the effort. He adds that smoke from the fire hampered both fire fighting efforts as it made a dangerous journey for planes carrying water to douse the flames, and stopped other commercial flights from leaving the Fairbanks airport. Workers had only the bare necessities for survival, but that didn't bother Murphy. Most of the time workers ate "C" rations and slept on bed rolls which were placed on plastic, and wore heavy clothing to stay warm. Lovett says some of the men were scared of grizzly bears, which grow to 400- 500 pounds inland, compared to the same bear that reaches weights of 1000 pounds on the coasts due to the plentiful supply of salmon. As a result, some of the men put up tents, although he elected not to do so simply sleeping with his head covered by portion of the bedding. Not all of Murphy's Alaskan adventures were fire oriented. Lovett implies that he enjoyed the beauty of the land in other ways, in the days following his firefighting excursions. He says that he and usually two or three others would trek across the land, using cabins for shelter, if possible. He says they ate available "C" rations and carried light sources of food, such as dried apples and pancake flour. Appendix -101- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 104) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a2bb11f0fee21ab1659d295238b942af.jpg dbb9f34dbfba0df8549d14450a013f8d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 105] [corresponds to page 102 of Pages of Our Lives] The Indians were helpful also, as they showed Murphy and his companions how to roast porcupines and prepare them for eating. He says the trick is to roast the animal first, with the quills still on the hide, and let the fire do all of the work by burning the quills off. Asked how he knew what was safe of good to eat, he grins and replies "if it tasted good, it was edible." Other foods consumed were fresh salmon, cabbage, carrots, goose, graylings, and a species of the grouse family, he notes. Caribou were plentiful but not a preferred food even by the natives, Lovett informs. In fact, the barren-land caribou were hated by the natives and were often shot by the thousands, "just like the buffalo were,' he informs. He claims the animals were hated in part because they leave a lot of manure on the ground, and aren't as "good and meaty" as the wood-land caribou, found mostly in Canada. Lovett say once there must have been nearly 700 of the barren-land caribou grazing on the slopes of Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. He also says that because the animals travel the same paths year after year, he could see where "they'd wore a path right into the granite rock." For a time, Murphy says everyone had to come to Alaska to"pan for gold," something which he also tried. But Alaska probably has more moss than it has gold. Murphy tells that on the tundra, a thick 18-inch layer of moss grows. Even though the ground is frozen, the moss thrives, which makes a natural freezer or refrigerator for the inhabitants would cut through the moss with a axe and place their drinks into the moss, near the frozen ground, to keep it cold. Within ten minutes, it would be extremely cool, and a short time later, frozen, if not removed, he acknowledges. Unlike Ohio and some of the surrounding states, water wells were not available to drink from. Murphy says that the water was pure enough to drink "right from the streams" though. Getting to the water was sometimes a challenge however, as inland water wasn't all that plentiful, and in places like Eagle, Alaska, big slabs of ice rested on the stream banks and water surface "creek banks are all scarred up and grooved from the ice that's been sliding down for thousands of year," he adds. Once, Lovett explains, he was tired and thirsty. He could see Gold Rush Creek in the valley below, but Indian was standing over him holding his (Lovett's) rifle which had been positioned across his chest as he rested. Murphy says the incident "scared" him, but all turned out well, as the Indian simply wanted to know what Lovett was doing in the area. Lovett claims some of the Indian villages were built out of "plywood" left there by the "Army" after fighting "World War II." He states that he finds a certain irony in the fact that in "the coldest climate on the North American continent, a great percentage of the people have no fires at all," because they have nothing to build a fire with. He adds that as a result, "they keep warm by any way possible." Murphy tells other interesting details about the Alaskan environment and its people. Of course there were times of daylight that lasted 21 hours, and days after Thanksgiving where the cycle reversed itself, causing darkness 12 hour periods. These conditions made life much different for the inhabitants of that state, as baseball games would sometimes start at midnight, requiring no additional lighting, states Lovett. One could even read a book at midnight simply from the light coming in through a window, he adds. Continuing along the same line of thought, Murphy says a memorable sight is "standing in in a high place at the midnight hour" and not looking at the moon, but "the sun". Lovett has traveled to several other states in his lifetime from what he says, but notes that Fairbanks, Alaska (in 1969)) was almost "ridiculous" with 22 bars, all located on Third Street. He says that, "without question," the oil people came from all over the northern half of Alaska to trade in a town of 18,000." He claims it was second in size only Anchorage, which had some 99,000 inhabitants, both of which are located in a state without counties, but containing many miles and acres of land and wilderness, divided up instead, into 12 districts. Appendix -102- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 105) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6e97f967b12f81476cc8533a3a98b869.jpg 5a95eb6c052d1a8cee9002664ffbca2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 106] [corresponds to page 103 of Pages of Our Lives] [image] [caption] Rachel Murphy's Ancestors Appendix -103- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... 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Description An account of the resource [page 107] [corresponds to page 104 of Pages of Our Lives] Murphy Side William Murphy 1st - m - Mary Ball and their child Bazzil Murphy - m - Rachel Algire and their child Charles Lief - m - Martha Adams and their child Farrah Carl Murphy - m - Grace Chawick and their child Arthur Bradley Murphy - m- Ethel Irene Carnes and their child Lovett Carnes Murphy - m - Angeline and their child They had 5 girls and Joseph Bradley Murphy (not married) _____________________________________________________ Carnes Side Emmett Cotton Carnes - m - Emily Melissa Catt and their child John Leonard Carnes - m - Alice Leola Olmsted and their child Ethel Irene Carnes - m- Arthur B. Murphy and their children Velma Victoria Murphy - m - Robert Allan McCall Lovett Carnes Murphy - m - Angeline Avenneli Rachel Leola Murphy - m - Thomas E. Buxton There are several set of twins on the Carnes side but none in our line. Emmett and Melissa had 12 children and the doctor never got there in time for any of them. Grandpa couldn't milk, so grandma always milked, and and never missed a milking. He died when I was little, 1929 ? I can remember three of my great grandmothers but none of my great grandfathers. (Aunt Velma) ______________________________________________________ Chadwick side James Chadwick - m- Catherine Slack & their child William Wellington Chadwick - m - Nancy Ellen Loren & their child Grace Lee Chadwick - m- Farrah Carl Murphy & their child Arthur Bradley Murphy - m- Ethel Irene Carnes & their child Rachel Leola Murphy - m - Thomas Edward Buxton & their children Tina Buxton - m- (1) Gary White (2) Rodger Martin Miller II Perry Newell Buxton - m - Mary Lewis Rex Bradley Buxton - m - Joy Ann Haber ______________________________________________________ Olmsted Side Elmer Case Olmsted - m- Louella Alverson & their child Alice Leola Olmsted - m- John Leonard Carnes & their child Ethel Irene Carnes - m- Arthur Bradley Murphy Velma Victoria Murphy - m - Robert Allan McCall Lovett Carnes Murphy - m - Angeline Avenneli Rachel Leola Murphy - m - Thomas E. Buxton Notes of Interest My Great Grandfather Elmer Olmsted was a triplet, one had red hair, one had black hair and one had blond hair. No multiple births in our line. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 107) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/91ffc539e4d5fd21b3f0b956e182f1d1.jpg a28228b0b1083c3b60dc16b145fc0663 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 108] [corresponds to page 105 of Pages of Our Lives] Murphy Family Tree Farrah Murphy's Great Grandparents William Murphy 1st (50 yrs. old widower married in 1803) on Father's side Mary Ball (daughter of John and Lucretia Ball) born about 1785. They had Brazzil Murphy Farrah Murphy's Brazzil Murphy born 1805, died 1882. Married in 1828 Grandparents on Rachel Algire (a wealthy Delaware, Oh., girl) 2nd of 5 his Father's side children (W. K. Algire was her father.) They had Charles Leif Murphy. Farrah Murphy's John Adams came from Luzerne Co., Pa. in 1807-1809 Grandparents on Married in 1825 at Harlem Methodist Church his Mother's side Desire Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benejah Cook. They had Martha Adams. Farrah Murphy's Charles Lief Murphy Born Dec. 5, 1835. Died Dec. 25, 1897 Parents (62 yrs.) Married Martha Adams born 1835. Died Oct. 11, 1896 (61 yrs). (She came over on Mayflower) They had 9 Children. Farrah Murphy was 7th son. Rachel Murphy's Farrah Carl Murphy Born 1874 in Condit Oh. Died June 29 Grandparents on her 1966 (92 Yrs) Married March 8, 1900 in Condit, Oh, father's side Grace Lee Chadwick Born Oct. 7, 1878 in Sunbury Died April 30, 1960 (81 yrs. 7 mo). they had Arthur Bradley Murphy Rachel Murphy Arthur Bradley Murphy Born Jul 25, 1901 in Sunbury, Oh. Buxton's Died Oct. 1, 1962 (61 yrs) Married Aug 29, 1923 in parents Kentucky Ethel Irene Carnes Born Jan. 7, 1909 in Olive Green Died Feb 1, 1987 (78 yrs.) Grandpa and Grandma Murphy My Mom and Dad [photo] [photo] [photo caption] [photo caption] Farrah Carl Murphy and Grace Lee Chadwick Ethel Irene Murphy (39) and Murphy on their 60th Wedding Anniversary Murphy (46) - Married 25 Years in 1948 Appendix -105- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 108) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e19d3d27a82e22265e02540b179507e7.jpg b265c5056d8ea82771776d8cd64d7e63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 109] [corresponds to page 106 of Pages of Our Lives] My Ancestors Murphy, Chadwick, Olmstead and Carnes Chadwicks: Murphys: James Chadwick William Murphy 1st m. Catherine Slack m. Mary Ball c. William Wellington Chadwick c. Brazzil Murphy m. Nancy Ellen Loren m. Rachel Algire c. Grace Lee Chadwick c. Charles Lief Murphy Carnes:* m. Martha Adams Olmsteads: Emmett Cotton Carnes c. Farrah Carl Murphy Elmer Olmstead** m. Emily Melissa Catt m. Grace Lee Chadwick m. Louella Alverson c. John Leonard Carnes c. Arthur Bradley Murphy c. Alice Leola Olmstead --- m. Alice Leola Olmstead m. Ethel Irene Carnes ------------------------------ c.Ethel Irene Carnes c. 1. Velma Victoria Murphy c. 2. Lovette Carnes Murphy My Great Grandma and Grandpa Carnes c. 3. Rachel Leola Murphy [photo] Great Grandpa and Grandma Chadwick [photo caption] [photo] Melissa and Emmett Carnes [photo caption] William Wellington Chadwick and Nancy Ellen Loren Chadwick in front of son, Dr. John My Grandma and Grandpa Carnes Raymond Chadwick [photo] Great Grandma and Grandpa Olmstead [photo caption] [photo] Alice Leola Olmstead Carnes [photo caption] and John Leonard Carnes Louella and Elmer Case Olmstead Appendix -106 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 109) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7d5f96b053d5b6c0ccd7d7c61f888850.jpg a1e7a220c4f6bacac4e7b58a69f6823c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 110] [corresponds to page 107 of Pages of Our Lives] [photo] [photo caption] the Murphey tree Written by Grace Chadwick Murphey Grant E Murphey 6th child of Charles L. and Martha Adams Married Hallie Dell Granger Feb. 12, 1896 at Columbus, Ohio Six children all born on Murphey Road, south of Condit Earl Maclin Murphey Aug 8, 1897 Merlin Granger Murphey Sept. 11, 1899 Charles L. Murphey Sept. 29, 1901 Margaret Martha Murphey Dec. 18, 1903 Dorothy Mildred Murphey June 12, 1906 Ruth Evelyn Murphey July 9. 1914 The family record, dating back to 1775, of John and Lucretia Ball maternal grand parents of Bazzle's father, William Murphey, was destroyed when the Murphey homestead burned in Feb. 1937. Bazzle's Mother, Mary Ball, was the 6th child of John and Lucretia Ball born about 1785. Bazzle's father, William Murphey came from Millersport near Buckeye lake, Licking Co., Ohio Bazzle was born in 1805 - died 1885 in Delaware, Ohio-Buried on Murphey- Algire lot in Del. Bazzle Murphey and Rachel Algire were married in 1828. Rachel died in 1874 and left 5 children Minerva Lin Murphey 1831-1903 72 yrs. 2 sons Frank and Charlie Sinkey John Sinkey was her husband. Charles Lief born 1836 - 1897 married Martha Adams - 9 children Arthur, Lovett, Delano, Gertie, Grant, Ernest, Farrah, Cora Melinda Ball 1841-1927 86 yrs. never married-kept her father until (over) Appendix -107- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 110) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e8e764474119da3f0018fcb153c04f07.jpg 46e7ce9f080487588738628fd6bb9ad0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 111] [corresponds to page 108 of Pages of Our Lives] his death 1885 Mary Ann Murphy 1843-1876 Married Abe Adams (Mothe Murphey's brother). No children. William Algire Murphey 1845 Married Jennie in Texas-one child, Mabel who died at at 4 yrs. Mabel and her mother lived with Aunt Lin about 1 year. Charles L. Murphey & Martha S. Adams married Sept. 2, 1858. Nine children born near Condit, Delaware Co., Ohio. Arthur Bradley M.- Dec 15, 1860, died June 1898-37 1/2 years. Lovett Taft M. - Mch 6, 1862 drowned in Alaska Sept 3, 1907 = 45 1/2 years Delano Abraham M. - Mch 25, 1864 died Aug 29, 1886 (ill 3 days) 22 yrs. Gertrude M. thrall - Oct 18, 1865, died Ded. 20, 1932 67 yrs. Salt Lake City, Utah Glenna M. Feb 27, 1868 died Sept. 12, 1868 - 6 m. 6 days Grant E. M. Feb 17, 1870 Ernest Thornton M. Jan. 1, 1872 died Sept. 12, 1894, 22 years Farrah Carl M. April 13, 1874 Cora Murphey Oct. 16, 1876 Delaware, Ohio 271 N. Washington St. Cora bought her home in 1912. G. E. Murphey, Grant's oldest son. Earl Maclin Married Florence Grace Brooking Feb. 13, 1920 1 son, Bruce Macklin born Feb. 1, 1921-July 1951 Fatally injured in a logging accident, Died in a Medford, Oregon hospital. Rudy and her children are her relatives in Oregon. Bruce's parents live at Santa Rosa Calif. about 150 miles south of Medford, Ore. Bruce married Ruby Zozel Nov. 2, 1940 Children of Bruce and Ruby Zozel Lola Louisa Murphey Oct 9, 1941 Rosalie Ann Murphey Oct. 26, 1942 Born in Oregon Jack Maclin Murphey May 3, 1944 Mark Roger Murphey Dec. 20, 1946 Merlin Garnger Murphey married Letha Grandstaff April 23, 1917 Children Nellie Elizabeth Murphey Nov. 29, 1917 - 3 sons Earl Dean Murphey Oct. 21, 1920 Phillip Gerald Murphey Nov. 26, 1922 2 sons Robert Lee Murphey Jan. 1, 1925 Betty Adell Murphey Feb 23, 1927 4 children Floyd Alva Murphey March 11, 1933 Nellie Elizabeth Murphey and Harry Niniger Paul William Niniger Mar. 15 1936 Wendell Harry Nininger Aug. 23, 1931 Rollin Frederick Nininger Nov. 25, 1937 Betty Adell Murphey married George Small Sept 1944 Evelyn Marie Small Oct. 13, 1945 George Richard Small Sept 23, 1946 Linda Jean Small Jan 12, 1949 John Roger Small Aug 26, 1950 Gerald Murphey & Ardith Hill 2 sons Appendix -108- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 111) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6771e391636d5aa227456bf4bdef267f.jpg 28ebafe2c6b92380f80f1bccc18cf457 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 112] [corresponds to page 109 of Pages of Our Lives] Charles Lief Murphey married Lena Bush June 7, 1927 - No Children Margaret Martha Murphey married Virgil English July 1, 1933 at Aunt Cora's Delaware, Ohio by Dr. Rollin Walker. Divorced John Edwin Feb 20, 1936 Columbus, Ohio Margaret Susan Aug. 11, 1940 Minnesota Margaret M. English married Val Anderson St. Petersburg, Fla. Val Anderson adopted the two English children, John and Susan Dorothy Mildred Murphey married Otto Swigert Sept. 29, 1928 Wanita Mae Swigert Gamson Clyde Swigert Charleston, W. Va. Ruth Evelyn Murphey married Rolland Davidson June 10,1935 divorced 1946 one child Joan Davidson Ruth Davidson married Fred McLaughlin Jan 1947 divorced Aug. 1951 one child Fred McLaughlin Jr. April 19, 1948 'Mickey' B. Dec 15, 1960 A. B. Murphey - Elizabeth Kersher Married Nov., 1893 at Bowling Green, Ohio Died June 1899 Age 37 1/2 years one child - Nellie Fern Murphey - born Jan. 28, 1894 - Married Phil Willis Toledo, Ohio Aug 2, 1918 one child Elizabeth Willis died at birth May, 1919 B. Oct. 16, 1865 Gertrude Murphey - George Thrall 1886 Colorado Springs Died Dec. 20, 1932 - age 67 years. one child - Edwin Thrall - March 1888 - died about 1912 Later in life Gertrude married a Mr. Brown Salt Lake City, Utah. 1 daughter Ruby Brown B. 1906 - She married a Mr. Nathaniels. they had three children, the last we heard from them in 1932; when Ruby wrote of her mothers death (Dec 10,) Gertie was buried in Salt Lake Sity - 67 years old Second son of Martha H. & Charles Lief Murphey Lovett Taft Murphey born March 6, 1862 drowned in Alaska Sept. 3, 1907 45 1/2 years third son Delano A. Murphey born March 25, 1864 died Aug 29, 1886 22 years Ernest T. Murphey born Jan. 1, 1872 died Sept. 12, 1894 22 years Glenn Murphey born Feb.27, 1868 Died Sept 2, 1868 6 months 6 days Appendix-109 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 112) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b9db252205faaad343610b9174da7853.jpg bb8b06ec39c92b56bf7a6c0fe6fdb3fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 113] [corresponds to page 110 of Pages of Our Lives] Pastor of Condit Presbyterian Church by Rev. W. D. Wallace Farrah C. Murphey & Grace Lee Chadwick MD. Mch 8, 1900 Condit Ohio I belonged to Condit Church till after My marriage in 1900. Joined the church when I was 13. Children Arthur Bradley Murphey born July 25, 1901 Daniel Chadwick Murphey born Oct 13, 1902 Ella Loren Murphey born April 30, 1906 Martha Adams Murphey born May 30, 1918 Read by Rev. Lindsay at your marriage service June 6, 1948 Velma & Allan McCall How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, I love the to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal grace, I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by Sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise: I love thee with the passion put to use, In my old griefs, and with my childhood faith; I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, the smiles, the tears of all my life And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Oldest son of FC & Grace Murphy Arthur B. Murphey B. July 25, 1901 & Ethel Irene Carnes B. Jan 9 MD. Aug. 29, 1923 Ky. Children Infant daughter born Mch. 25, 1925 buried om Trenton Cemetery Velma Victoria Murphy born Feb 24,1 1928 Lovett Carnes Murphy born Feb. 25, 1931 Rachel Leda Murphy born Feb. 16, 1933 Velma Murphy married Robert Allan McCall of New Concord Ohio in Condit Presbyterian Church June 6, 1948 Lovett Murphy married Angeline Aveneli Feb. 26, 1952 son Joe Bradley born Feb 27, 1953 Rachel Murphey married Thomas Buxton March 16, 1952 Appendix -110- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 113) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/10c3ba59356170ea641762af8e53ba43.jpg 4fe9d0284ae0aff3b0712030c8a4809d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 114] [corresponds to page 111 of Pages of Our Lives] 2nd son of F.C. and Grace C. Murphey Darrell Chadwick Murphey born 13, 1902 married Jan. 29,1927 Eva Ernsitne Zartman Westerville, Ohio. Lived 1 yr in Licking Co. moved north Sunbury near Fargo in Feb. 1929 Children Carl James Murphey born Feb 24, 1929 died Mch. 24, 1929 buried on Murphey lot in Condit Cemetery Trent Tp Mary Ellen Murphey born Feb 13, 1931 Frank Richard Murphey born July 22, 1935 Ralph Ernest Murphey born April 11, 1937 oldest daughter of Farrah C. and Grace C. Murphey Ella Loren Murphey born April 30, 1906 MD. Mch. 29, 1941 David Lorn Taylor Cheshsire, Ohio by Rev. H. Nathan Frederick Franklin, Ind. Condit Church, former pastor of Presbyterian Children John David Taylor born Mch. 8, 1943 Jane M. Case hospital Delaware, O. Barbara Grace Taylor born Dec 8, 1947 " " (named for her grandmothers). Gracie Barabara youngest child of Grace C. & F. C. Murphey Martha Adams Murphey born May 30, 1918 married Oct 16, 1936 Harvey George Elroy born Nov. 27, 1915 have always lived on Seth Longshores place near Condit Ohio Children Rose Ela Mc Elroy born June 4, 1937 Mary Jane Mc Elroy born May 16, 1939 Donald Harvey Mc Elroy born Sept. 12, 1940 James Earl Mc Elroy born Dec. 16, 1944 Betty Ann Mc Elroy Nov 27, 1946, her daddys 31st birthday Murphy Family History Bazzil Murphy left his home and all his money to Ohio Wesleyan University College in Delaware, Ohio, when he died. His brick home became the first co-op campus for male students. Education was always central in the Murphy family. My Great Aunt Cora Murphy taught religion at Ohio Wesleyan. She lived in Delaware and often kept college students in her home. My Aunt Ella roomed with her in order to go to this college. It was 18 miles from Murphy Hill to Cora Murphy's house in Appendix -111- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 114) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fbf926baeffa192fc41be5d6b891d814.jpg 21fe10e4faeaa194aa1d42c827af3360 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 115] [corresponds to page 112 of Pages of Our Lives] Delaware. It took 3 hours by horse and buggy one way when Ella was a girl. The only available place for Ella to stay was an unheated inclosed porch porch in Cora's house. One winter night Ella was so cold that she went to stand in front of the parlor fireplace and her flannel nightgown caught on fire. She got it out but it really scared her. My cousin, Mary Ellen Murphy also attended Ohio Wesleyan College in 1950. It cost $1,000 for one year at that time. [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel Algire Murphy Rachel Algire Murphy Bazzil Murphy wife of Bazzil Murphy wife of Bazzil Murphy The name Bazzil as I wrote it has been spelled many ways over the years on deeds, etc. It is spelled Bazzel on his tombstone in Oak Grove Cemetery in Delaware, Ohio. Bazzil Murphey, b. 1803 - d. 1882, m. 1828 Rachel Alguire, b. 1809-d. 1871 They had five children who lived. 1. Minerva Lin Murphy (Nerve) B. 1833 - d. 1903, m. John Sinkey b. 1831 - d. 1881. they two sons: 1. Frank Sinkey, B. 1857- d. 1933, m. Mollie condo. They had 3 children 2. Charles Sinkey, b. 1858-d. 1917, m. Persis Payne. They had 5 children. 1. Clarence Sinkey, died an Infant 2. Clell Harris Sinkey, b. 1885 - d. 1976 m. Mary Ethel Case. They had: 1. Mary Ann Sinkey m William Arter 2. Fay Elna Sinkey m. Charles Grube 3. Fern Myrtle Sinkey, b. 1887- d. 1970 4. Nola Myrtle Sinkey, B. 1890 - d. 1920 5. John Lewell Sinkey, b. 1897 - d. 1983 2. Charles Lief Murphy (Charlie) b. 1835 - d. 1897, m. Martha Adams (Matt), b. 1834 - d. 1896. They had 9 children (see Murphy History) [Photo] 3. Mary Ann Murphy (mate), b. 1837 - d. 1876, m. [Photo caption] Abraham Adams (Ad), no children Mary Ann Murphy Adams 4. Melinda Ball Murphy (Linnie) b. 1840-d. 1927 - 1837-1876 never married Appendix -112- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 115) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5665aca844a3c74f44fad56e27b35de6.jpg 83581dd3cd6d82f3bf758044a7fa182e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 116] [corresponds to page 113 of Pages of Our Lives] 5. William Algire Murphy, b. 1845, m. Jennie. Had 1 girl Mable Murphy who lived in Texas. In the Adams Family, I found at least 8 children: 1. Abraham Adams 6. Martha Adams 2. James Adams 7. Elijah Adams 3. Elijah Adams 8. John Adams 4. Calvin Adams 5. Loretta Adams Bazzil Murphy and all his family and his wife, Rachel Algires' family are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Delaware, Ohio. A big 25 foot cross monument in the northwest section, near the north fence of the cemetery arks The Murphy area. Each grave has a smaller marker. My second cousin, William Lynne (Mary Ellen Lynne's son) works at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Bazzil Murphy's oldest son was Charles Leif Murphy. Charles Leif Murphy, b. 1835 - d. 1897 married Martha Adams b. 1835 - d. 1896 and they had 9 children: 1. Arthur Murphy, b. 1860 - d. 1898 at 37 1/2, was a lawyer [Photo] and worked on the newspaper when younger. His daughter [Photo caption] Nellie studied most of her life A. B. Murphy [Photo] 2. Lovett Murphy, b. 1862-d. 1907 at 45 1/2 years [Photo caption] was a newspaper editor, speaker, writer, Delno Murphy traveler, and woodsman 3. Delno Abraham Murphy, b. 1864 -d. of flu after 3 day illness, at age 22. He wrote for his brother's newspaper in their parent's home 4. Glen Murphy, b. 1868 died of flu at 6 months, 6 days 5. Gertrude, b. 1865 - d. 1932, married young and moved out west. May have been in silent movies. 6. Ernest Thornton Murphy, b. 1872 died of flu in 1894 at 22 years 7. Grant Murphy, b. 1870, was a farmer, trapper, and fisherman and enjoyed playing cards. Married Hal Granger. they had 6 children: 1. Earl Macklin Murphy, b. 1897 - d. May 31, 2001, m. Florence Grace Brooking on February 13, 1920. They had: 1. Bruce Murphy, b. 1921 d. 1951 in a logging accident, m. Nov, 2 1940 Ruby Zozel. They had 1. Lola Louise Murphy, 1941 2. Rosalie Ann Murphy, 1942 3. Jack Macklin Murphy, 1944 4. Mark Ryder Murphy, 1946 Appendix -113- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 116) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/14ff4c9e2687343eaaa670cbb897a718.jpg 438a5f2d50eceda573f47a6a69191e09 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 117] [corresponds to page 114 of Pages of Our Lives] [Newspaper Article] 2. Merlin Murphy married Letha Grandstaff. They Had 1. Nellie Elizabeth Murphy, b, Nov 29, 1917, m. (1) Nininger and had 3 sons 1. Paul Nininger married Roaslin 2. Wendell Nininger married Bessie 3. Fred Nininger married Louise Nellie Married (2) John Rich [Newspaper Article] 2. Earl Dean Murphy, b. Oct, 1920 3. Phillip Gerald Murphy, b. Nov. 26, 1922, who had 2 sons 4. Robert Lee Murphy, Jan. 1, 1925 5. Betty Murphy , Feb 23, 1927 who married George Small. They had: 1. Evelyn Marie Small, 1945 2. George Richard Small, 1946 3. Linda Jean Small, 1949 4. John Rodger Small, 1950 5. Floyd Alva Murphy, Mar. 11, 1933 [sic 1953] 3. Charles Murphy married Lenna Granger. they had no children but I remember their 15 pound beautiful cat. 4. Margaret Murphy married (1) English. They had two children 1. John English married and divorced. He had 2 daughters and a step daughter. He raised all three girls alone. 2. Susan English married (1) a man who died of face cancer. They had: 1. Pam who was in the Peace Corps 3 years and died young. Pam married and had 2 boys Susan married (2) Vawn. This man had bone cancer. They had: 1. Eric who is about 30 years old in 2004 Margaret married (2) Val Anderson (3) William Gillis 5. Dorothy Murphy married Ott Swager. They had 2 children: 1. Clyde Swager who married and had step-children Appendix -114- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 117) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/48101c07fcfe468c65914f14d27d94f7.jpg 78953bcee58be656d95d2736c7994a08 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 118] [corresponds to page 115 of Pages of Our Lives] 2. Juanita Swager married and had an adopted boy 6. Ruth Murphy married (1) Davison, They had: 1. Joan Mae Davison, b.Oct. 8, 1936. Married (1) Ron McDonnel and had: 1. Mike Mc Donnel married and had 1. Shad McDonnel - shot himself at 16 2. Nicholas McDonnel had downs syndrome 3. Michell McDonnel married and has 1. Ryle 2. Liberty 2. Gary McDonnel married and they have: 1. Amanda McDonnel 2. Brandon McDonnel 3. Tony McDonnel 4. Derick McDonnel 3. Steven McDonnel has no children 4. Debbie McDonnel married and has 2 girls 1. Push 2. Astlon Married (2) Carrel All of Joan's children and grandchildren live in Idaho Ruth Murphy married (2) McGlothen. They had: 1. Mickey Mc Glothen, b. 1946-d. Jul 29, 1987 in car accident He was an artist Ruth married (3) Cartt 8. Farrah Murphy, b. 1874 -d. June 29, 1966, was a speaker, teacher, farmer, raised turkeys and taught men's Sunday School for 20 years at the Condit Presbyterian Church [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo Caption] Grace and F. C. Murphy behind Grace and Farrah Murphy Arthur and Darrel Murphy seated Ella, Arthur, and Taken at Henry Bevans, Oct 1911 Darrel Murphy Farrah Murphy married Grace Chadwick and they had: 1. Arthur Bradley Murphy, b. July 25, 1901 - d. Oct. 1, 1962 2. Darrel Chawick Murphy, b. Oct 13, 1902 - d. Sept 29, 1970 Appendix -115- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 118) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/173889d8522044f91b05c25d53230d85.jpg 8f3a8bbcf0acc6e03c887c9f96c25127 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 119] [corresponds to page 116 of Pages of Our Lives] 3. Ella Loren Murphy, b. April 30 1906 - Sept. 15, 1997 4. Martha Adams Murphy, b. May 30 1918 - d. Dec 18, 1994 [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo Caption] Grace and Farrah Murphy seated before Farrah and Grace Murphy Ella Murphy Taylor, Arthur Murphy, 60th Wedding Anniversary Martha Murphy McElroy, and Darrel Murphy [Newspaper Article] [Photo] [Photo caption] Cora Murphy sister of F. C. Murphy 9. Cora B. 1876 - d. Oct. 21, 1960 was a missionary and college professor of the Bible at Ohio Wesleyan College. She never married. [Photo image] [Photo] Cora Murphy, F. C. Murphy and Grace Cora Murphy on left Murphy Appendix -116- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 119) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c21fa2c158857847b69a16614906d01c.jpg 014f9f5dc1c2e6efdfd4609553fbd874 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 120] [corresponds to page 117 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo image] [Photo caption] Card received by Cora Murphy when in school in Delaware, Ohio (Note) Cora Murphy received Bachelor's Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University at the age of 29 in 1905, Master of Arts at age 31 in 1907, Bachelor of Divinity from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1925. She did post graduate work at the University of Chicago, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. She taught school at Jennings Seminary, Aurora, Illinois; Missionary Training School, Cincinnati; Ohio Wesleyan University; Delaware, Ohio, where she held the position of Associate Professor of English Bible. (Note) In 1933 at the age of 57, Cora Murphy retired from teaching and became Director of Men's Co-Operative Residence at Ohio Wesleyan University which was named Murphy Hall in her honor. [Photo] [Photo caption] Card from Cousin Nell, May 15, 1909 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where Cora Murphy taught religion [Photo] [Photo caption] Cora Murphy's room at Cincinnati Missionary Training School My Dad, Arthur Bradley Murphy, often called Art was a quiet, good natured man who was never comfortable in good clothes. He wore his overalls with his slip on leather slippers in the house and knee high rubber boots to the barn. He loved his sports, especially baseball which he played in college with the Cincinnati Red Socks. He always listened to his ball game on Sunday afternoons. He liked to play horse shoes. He loved eating his pies, baked goods, and his cream on his ripe bananas with homemade bread. He never got overweight. He was always ready to help with our school work. He died of lympho sarcoma. Appendix -117- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 120) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/61427a0a9cd01edade2cc7ecff9df769.jpg e12814502f1196b3bb5dc600fc7ab3e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 121] [corresponds to page 118 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Irene Carnes, fourth from right in third row School Picture 1922 My mother, Ethel Irene Carnes Murphy, was six years older than her brother Wilbur Carnes, so she often took care of her brother when her Mom was hanging wallpaper in someone's home or just outside looking for turkey nests. Mother liked to cook, so often did the cooking very young. Mother met my Dad in the Spring of the year and they ran off and got married in Kentucky in August when Mom was 14 1/2 years old and Dad was 22 years. Her folks thought they were going to the State Fair but they came home married. They lived with Dad's parents on Murphy Hill until Grandpa got the little house fixed up for them to live in west and down the hill from them. Mother was a tall thin 128 pound pretty girl when they were married but later gained a lot of weight when she had Velma. She always stayed fairly heavy all her life. [Photo] [Photo caption] Mrs. A. B. Murphy Age 40, 1949 My Uncle Darrel was a grain and dairy farmer often using government programs. He enjoyed hunting and was a good fisherman often going to Canada to fish. He died when a blood clot got in his heart which was very enlarged, three times normal size. He also had arthritis. Aunt Ernistine was a shoe model as she wore a size 4 shoe. She was a homemaker and was known for her delicious hickory nut cakes and excellent canned pickles. She cracked, picked out and sold hickory nuts in the winter. She died of congestive heart failure. My aunt Ella was school teacher all her life and was principal at Berlin School. She loved her music and gave piano lessons in home. She collected period dolls and often made doll clothes for them as she enjoyed sewing and making craft projects. She was active in Berlin Rural chapel Methodist Church. She lost most of eye sight the last few years and died from breast cancer at 92 years. Uncle David was a farmer and carpenter as Ella and David built their house after they were married. Members of the Condit Presbyterian Church according Ella Murphy Taylor 1. Great Grandpa Chadwick 2. Uncle Raymond Chadwick 3. Grandma Murphy Grace Chadwick Murphy ______________________________ 1. Great Grandma Chadwick not a member 2. Grandpa Murphy Farrah Murphy? Appendix -118- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 121) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e69039d53556858735adb67e14d1e67f.jpg 64272dc4c5ab7d9db892672d95986cdf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 122] [corresponds to page 119 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] [Image caption] Aunt Ella Taylor's Memory Verses Learned at Sunday School He later worked for the State of Ohio in road construction. He enjoyed playing his violin while Ella played on the piano. They were mild tempered. David died from Parkinson disease. My aunt Martha was a homemaker. She liked to cook, bake and can. She enjoyed working in her big garden. She loved her flowers. She often worked crossword puzzles. In later life she enjoyed traveling with her son, Jimmie, and sometimes he would take them to trap shoots (where you shoot at clay pigeons). She died from lung cancer. Uncle Harvey was a farmer and loved his jersey and guernsey cows. He liked to work in their garden. He had 4 pet geese. He was a hunter and went on fox drives. He also enjoyed his travels with their son. He died from strokes. The last one he didn't recover from. [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Irene Carnes Murphy and Arthur Bradley Murphy Wedding August 29, 1923 She was 14 years old and weighed 128 pounds Appendix -119- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 122) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6947c96f600e290cffd46d7869c47c02.jpg 3ef815946d7ad0732a68b7f3c04af836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 123] [corresponds to page 120 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Arthur and Ethel Murphy at his mother's home on Murphy Hill - 1923 [Photo] [Photo caption] Arthur and Ethel Murphy when expecting Velma [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel, Velma, Arthur Murphy - 1928 [Photo] [Photo caption] Velma Victoria Murphy, 6 Rachel Leola Murphy, 1 Lovett Carnes Murphy, 3 February 1934 [Photo] [Photo caption] Lovett, Ethel, Velma, Rachel and Arthur Murphy - 1937 [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Anderson, Velma McCall, Rachel and Tom Buxton November, 1985 when Mother and Velma came from Florida to plan Allan's funeral (1). Arthur Murphy married Ethel Carnes b. Jan. 9, 1909 - d. Feb. 1, 1987 and had 4 children: 1. Florence Cleo Murphy, b. Mar. 25, 1924 - died after birth 2. Velma Victoria Murphy, b. Feb. 24, 1928 married (June 6, 1948) Robert Allan McCall, b. April 10, 1920 - d. Nov. 5, 1985. He is buried in Trenton Cemetery. Appendix -120- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 123) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d1dd2475d7ac3acc9bf0ac051aabec86.jpg de5b401566b944760d2d27d2e889ef38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 124] [corresponds to page 121 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] They had no children. My sister, Velma, was in the cadet nursing program in 1945 to 1948, getting her state board in 1950. She nursed in Jane M. Case hospital now called Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, Ohio and Dade City Hospital in Florida until 1984. She now lives in Stockdale in southern Ohio. [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Anderson, Velma McCall, Rachel Buxton and Lovett Murphy at Cora Lynn Murphy's Wedding to Doug McLurg June 13, 1986 My sister's husband, Allan McCall farmed with his Dad in New Concord, Ohio. Then he farmed with my Dad in Sunbury, Ohio. After getting his boilers license, he worked as a stationary Fireman at the Delaware Girls' Industrial School. Then he was a custodian for Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel Buxton and Velma McCall at Aunt Ella Taylor's - Her dolls on the mantel [Photo] [Photo caption] Lovett Murphy, Thomas Buxton, Allan McCall, Angir Murphy, Rachel Buxton, Velma McCall Christmas at the Buxtons in 1971 [Photo] [Photo caption] Lovett Carnes in Florida - 1985 3. Lovett Carnes Murphy, b. Feb. 25, 1931 - d. Oct. 30, 1991. He married (Feb 27, 1952) Angeline Mary Avenella, B. Feb 13, 1928 in Pennsylvania. They have 6 children: 1. Joseph Bradley Murphy, B. Feb 27, 1953. Married Nancee Edwards, divorced after 1 1/2 years. Joe worked as a tool and die operator at Ranco and North America and also in China for 2 months. He works as a Sunbury policeman and night watchman for the Columbus State Academy. He enjoys his motor bike and hunting in his woods on Murphy. He is very dedicated to his Appendix -121- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 124) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6587eecc5c3e8fe33e4ee9527a04f42d.jpg ba17b94e78102e8291e0d0bf97646c6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 125] [corresponds to page 122 of Pages of Our Lives] nieces and nephews. He is building a new house on the North East corner of his woods on South side of Murphy Road. 2. Mary Ann Murphy, b. June 3, 1954 married (June 30, 1972) Frank Lee Counts, b. Mar. 20, 1952. They have 8 children. 1. Micah Rae counts, b. June 3, 1978 2. Eian Dae Counts, b. Dec. 24, 1980. Married (Oct 30, 2004) Jenna Miller, about 1978 3. Kalyste Fae Counts, b. Jan. 29, 1984 4. Marek Jae Counts, b. Jul. 20, 1987 5. Danya Shea counts, b. Jul. 20, 1987 6. Tamika Mae Counts, b. Nov. 7, 1990 (adopted from Russia) Brother 7. Olga D-Nae Counts, b. Jun. 30, 1989 (adopted from Russia) & sister 8. Aleksandr Sergae Counts, B. Sept 18, 1990 (adopted from Russia) Mary Ann is a registered nurse and taught nursing at Ohio State. she is home schooling all of her 8 children. Frank is head of the blood bank at Ohio State University. 3. Teresa Irene Murphy, b. June 22, 1955 married (April 18, 1987) Allen Paul Rossi, B. Aug 17, 1947. They have 1 child and two from Allen's previous marriage: 1. Alicia Ann Rossi, B. Sep, 1987 2. Paul Allen Rossi, b. Dec. 7, 1972, married (Oct. 13, 1997) Danielle Marie Durand, b. May 15, 1970 3. Cindy Marie Rossi, B. Sept. 28, 1975, married (June 21, 1998) Brian Douglas Teske, B. Aug, 7, 1974 Teresa is a registered nurse and does out patient nursing and home schools her daughter. Al has worked at National Bank in Columbus for 35 years. They are active in their church. 4. Velma Josephine Murphy, b. Jan 18, 1957 has no children. Velma Jo at 13 years old moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, to live with her grandmother, Ethel Murphy Anderson. She joined the Army after high school graduation in 1975 so has been in the service for 30 years. She is a Lieutenant Colonel. She volunteered for the Persian Gulf War in Saudi Arabia where she dispatched trucks. She teaches cadets. She is a life member of the V.F.W. Post 8736. She lives in California where she worked 19 years as a xerox copy machine repair specialist. She enjoys her motor cycle and her cats. 5. Alice Leola Murphy, b. Dec. 17, 1960 married (Sept 20, 1980) Kurt John Schuster, B. June 12, 1957. The have 3 children. 1. Patrick Quaid Schuster, b. Oct. 7 1990 2. Thomas Christian Schuster, b. Mar. 23, 1992 3. Daniel Brain Schuster, B. Aug 18, 1995 Alice moved to Florida after her high school graduation for Sunbury and lived with her grandmother, Ethel Murphy Anderson. She became a registered nurse, married, had her family and worked in a Florida hospital until they sold their home and moved to Ohio in the fall of 2003. They bought a country home with a woods and pond. She is home schooling her 3 boys. Kurt works for Ohio State as a physical therapist. The boys stated public school in Centerburg in 2005. Appendix -122- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 125) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/67c7e1156ffc2811ad23d07243db0ef1.jpg 8b7b7e172ebd8663012ea5b93a635af5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 126] [corresponds to page 123 of Pages of Our Lives] 6. Cora Lynn Murphy, b. Mar. 22, 1967 married (June 14, 1986) Doug McKenzie McLurg, b. Oct. 5, 1964. They have 2 children. 1. Jeryn Mckenzie McLurg, b. Oct. 17, 1987 2. Taylor Lynn McLurg, b. Sept. 1, 1995 Cora Lynn works as manager of a condominium in Columbus, Doug is manager of Wendys in Sunbury. They live in their country home. Taylor enjoys riding horses and Jeryn likes his chickens. My brother Lovett worked for his Dad farming in Sunbury. He worked for the Delaware Farm Bureau at Condit. Then he worked for Griffeth Farm Service in Centerburg. He worked Andy Main Trucking at Sunbury and also worked Delaware County Highway department. He loved the woods. He had a strong temperament that could change quickly. Lovett was tall like the Carnes. He died of cancer. My sister-in-law, Angie, worked at Van Heusen Shirt Factory in Kane, PA, as a presser for several years before her marriage. Angie is 4 feet 11 1/2 inches tall. She is a homemaker and excellent cook. [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Thomas, Rex, Tina, Perry and Rachel Front: Tom and Rachel, Tina White Buxton and Rex Buxton Back: Perry Buxton and Edward Callan 4. Rachel Leola murphy, b. Feb. 26, 1933, married Thomas Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 15, 1930, They have 3 children and a step son: 1. Tina Marie Buxton, b. Dec. 28, 1956, married (1) (Aug. 12, 1978) Gary Lee White, b. April 22, 1951. They have 3 children: 1. Renee Dawn White, b. July 4, 1979 2. Logan Lee White, b. Aug 1, 1982 3. Kale Oliver White, b. Sept 20, 1984 Tina Marie married (2) (June 14, 1997) Rodger Martin Miller, II, b. Feb. 2, 1969 2. Perry Newell Buxton, b. Nov 16, 1958, married (July 12, 1978) Mary Jo Lewis Appendix -123- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 126) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3961bf684aa916c7b15c782f09127498.jpg 75f363d06648af9f69a9bfaa98fabdec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 127] [corresponds to page 124 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Natalie Buxton and Mary Buxton and daughter Paula Brandon Cox visiting Great Grandfather Wayne Buxton in Sarasota, Florida in 1979 [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Perry N. Buxton Paula Buxton and Eric Taylor June 18, 1999 b. Aug. 9, 1962 they have 3 children. 1. Paula Marie Buxton, b. Nov.22 1978, married (May 10, 2003) Eric Normand Taylor, b. Oct 4, 1977 2. Natalie Rachel Buxton, b. Sept 22, 1978, married (July 24, 2004 Brandon David Cox, b. May 19, 1978 3. Perry N. Buxton, b. July 28, 1933 3. Rex Bradley Buxton, b. Dec. 8, 1964, married (June 15, 1990) Joy Ann Harber, b. Nov. 7, 1956. They have a son and stepson: 1. Dakoda Bradley Bunton, b. Sept. 28, 1991 2. Stepson James Harber, b. Aug 3, 1977, married Ginny Miller, b. 1972 and have 3 children (s step): 1. step Caleb Miller, b. Dec. 31 ,1999 2. step Kyra Ann Miller, B. Jan 24, 2000 3. Breianna Reane Haber, b. July 25, 2003 4. Jerry Edward Callan (stepson), b. May 24, 1949 (see Callan History) I helped milk our holstein cows for 35 years until we quit milking in 1983. I keep all the farm and household records. I enjoy sewing, cleaning, record keeping, exercising and my church work and rest home visitations. Tom will always be a farmer at heart. He still works in farm shop, picks up rocks, helps move equipment and gets parts and keeps his car, trucks and tractors running. He enjoys biking, camping, and just going for a drive. (2.) Darrel Chadwick Murphy married (Jan 27, 1927 Eva Ernistine Zartman, b. Aug 18 1906. d. Aug 13, 1981. They had 4 children: 1. Infant son died at birth 2. Mary Ellen Murphy, b. Feb, 1931 - d. Jan. 2005, of congestive heart failure. Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Delaware, OH. Mary Ellen married (Dec. 27, 1953) John James Lynne, B. April 2, 1931 - d. June 10, 1981. They had 4 children: Appendix -124- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 127) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/df95f3adfe63c680e7438a298ef16026.jpg e0b73e7e9f7cdbe2dbefd3bdd562bbd3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 128] [corresponds to page 125 of Pages of Our Lives] 1. Michael Jame Lynne, B. Oct. 1, 1954 - d. Dec. 3, 1954 of pneumonia 2. Eva Jeanette Lynne, B. Dec. 22, 1955, married (1) Charles Wayne Newman They have 4 children: 1. Naomi Ann Newman, b. June 1976 2. Mandi Newman, B. Jan 1981, married and had 1. Girl 2. Boy 3. Girl 3. Christine Newman, b. 1989 4. Brandi Newman, B. 1990 Jeanette Married (2) Charles Mason 3. Debra Anne Lynne, b. Sept. 15, 1962 - not married 4. William Carl Lynne, b. Jan 7, 1968 - not married 2. Frank Richard Murphy, b. July 22, 1935, married 9 July 22, 1961) Nancy Ellen Grube, b. July 14, 1940. They have: 1. Michael Richard Murphy, B. Nov. 14, 1964 m. Feb. 2005 2. Adopted Patrick Stephen Murphy, b. Dec. 6, 1968, Married (April 3, 1992 Tonya Marie Knight, b. June 17, 1971 (now divorced). They have: 1. Step Travis Logan Frazier, b. July 26, 1990 2. Levi Tyler Steven Murphy, b. Oct. 27 1992 3. Chelsea Marie Murphy, b. Dec. 16, 1998 3. Ralph Ernest Murphy, b. April 11, 1937, married (Aug. 24, 1962) Mary Kathryn Chapman, b.June 3, 1937. They have 4 children: 1. Rebecca Lynn Murphy, b. Jan. 3, 1964 married (Oct 24, 1987) Raymond LeBlanc, b. July 14, They have: 1. Troy Alexander LeBlanc, B. Oct 4, 1996 2. Rachel Nicole LeBlanc, B. Oct 4, 1996 2. Elizabeth Ann Murphy, b. Aug 12, 1965 Married (June 26, 1988) Robert William Haepfner, b. Dec. 19, 1995 1. Joseph Karl Haepfner, b. Dec. 19, 1995 3. Robert Gerald Murphy, b. Feb 12, 1968, married (June 20, 2001) Billie Jo Schweiterman, b. Oct 22, 1964. They Have: 1. (step) Justin Smith, b. Feb. 18, 1992 2. (step) Cindy Smith, b. Mar. 27, 1993 4. David Ernest Murphy, b. Jan 17, 1969 - not married (3). Ella Loren Murphy married David Lorn Taylor, b. Aug 30, 1908 - d. Dec. 13, 1984 They had: 1. Grace Barbara Taylor. B. Dec 8, 1947 Married (1969) (1) Ronald Bricker b. Oct 13, 1946. They had: 1. Amy Barbara Bricker, b. Sept 4, 1970 m. (2) Dennis Bell on Oct 29, 1990 2. John David Taylor, b. Mar. 8, 1943, Married (Sept 24, 1966) Roslyn Fay McReney, b. July 2, 1940. They adopted: 1. Lori Taylor, b. 1973. she has Appendix -125- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 128) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1965bc575ce140aba2655e2d520af9d2.jpg aa0b5987b5a8b21f734ed5ef19d5d649 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 129] [corresponds to page 126 of Pages of Our Lives] 1. Tasha Nicole Taylor, b. Aug. 28, 1994 2. Ellana Lorraine Taylor, b. Sept 29, 2001 3. Baby boy in Feb. 2005 (4). Martha Adams Murphy married (Oct. 16, 1936) Harvey George McElory b. Nov. 25, 1915 - d. Dec. 30, 2001. They had: 1. Rose Ella McElroy, b. June 4, 1936, married (June 30, 1963) Robert Lee Grove, b. May 25, 1935. They had: 1. Steven Scott Grove, b. Jan. 31, 1967, married (Nov. 13, 1963) Jennifer Gregory Carroll, b. July 26, 1952 1. (step) Rachel Beth Carroll, B. July 9, 1974 2. (step) Charity Leah Carroll, b. Oct. 12, 1976 1. Emma N. Minor, b. Nov. 6, 2001 3. (step) Amber Nicole Carroll, b. May 21, 1981 Austin James Bertwell, b. Oct. 20, 1997 2. Mary Jane McElroy, b. May 16, 1939, married (June 15, 1957) Oscar Vernon Jones, b. Mar. 27, 1937. They had: 1. Jerry Lee Jones, B. November 26, 1957, married (Sept. 18, 1976) Darleene Cynthia Shively. They had: 1. Preston Lee Jones, B. Oct 2, 1977 2. Jamison Kyle Jones, B. July 29, 1979 3. Jeremy Ray Jones, Aug. 1, 1983 4. Stephanie Lynn Jones, b. Oct. 24, 1985 2. Tami Lynn Jones, b. May 28, 1962, married (May 17, 1997) Samuel Edward Hennis 3. Donald Harvey McElroy, b. Sept. 21, 1940, married. they had: 1. Homer Eastwood McElroy, b. July 5, 1960, married (Oct 17, 2004) Lisa. They have 1. Ashley McElroy 2. Donald Harvey McElroy, b. Feb. 26, 1974 Donald married (2) (June 5, 2002) Maggie Bayonet, b. Mar 16, 1952 They adopted her 2 grandchildren: 1. Ceasar, b. Dec. 24, 1996 2. Marina, b. July 12, 1999 4. James Earl McElroy, B. Dec. 16, 1944, not married 5. Beth Ann McElroy, b. Nov. 27, 1946, married Roger Gardner, b. Jan 6, 1947 They had: 1. Daniel Philip Gardner, b. Sept. 15, 1977 married (Sept. 7, 2002) Mandy Bowers, b. Nov. 6, 1977 2. Emily Diane Gardner, b. May 5, 1980 6. Brenda Kay McElroy, b. Oct. 8, 1958, not married Appendix -126- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 129) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7aa00d638fe3ec6a3800a6a94e962428.jpg 40a8dc4119b7ef1c7e4ba012a0b16b4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 130] [corresponds to page 127 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] [Image caption] Farrah Murphey's Papers Appendix-127 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 130) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/affd105998e70e2164e33c1f81196712.jpg c663a87468ccaede9be0dca436a0d58c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 131] [corresponds to page 128 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image 1] [Image caption] Program Farmer's Institute [Image 2] [Image 3] [Image caption] [from the back cover] Copy of letter of recommendation: Sunbury, Ohio Nov. 28, 1935 Dear Sir: At the last Advisory Council Meeting of the Scioto Valley Co-operative Milk Producers Ass'n. I nominated F. C. Murphy for the director of the Appendix -128- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 131) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/732d2c9e98906a0b0518073fb16da49f.jpg 44b84fdcb5c1ed7ed5be29241e6a12f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 132] [corresponds to page 129 of Pages of Our Lives] association. I am mailing you this letter to tell you of some of his qualifications for office. Mr. Murphy has kept a dairy in this community for 40 years. He was one of the Directors of the Sunbury Co-operative Creamery Co. for many years. At that time it was the largest co-operative creamery in Ohio. He has served of the Delaware County School board and the State Farmer's Institute Force; He has been a teacher for 20 years in the Condit Presbyterian Sunday School. As an advisory councilman from the Trenton Local he is familiar with all the problems confronting the Association. As the Trenton Local has never been represented on the board, I hope you you give this your consideration. Yours Truly, (signed) Roy Comstock Advisory Councilman History of Trenton Township by Farrah Murphy Just how far back should one begin to write a history? I will begin back a few million years so none of you will know whether I am entirely correct or not. Trenton township is made up geologically of disintegrated fine sandstone that crops out along Big Walnut Creek at the extreme western side of the Twp. A few million years ago a great glacier slipped down across the nation of Ohio and ground the surface rocks and hills into powder, leaving in its wake many granite boulders. The largest of these in the state can be seen about two miles west of South Condit. This disintegrated sandstone and the other accumulations of the centuries account for the fertility of the soil of the Twp. As you go eastward this sandstone rock sinks to a depth of 100 to 150 feet. And a few miles farther east, the glaciated area ends with a terminal moraine. Trenton Township is part of the U. S. Military Lands, lands set aside by congress on June first 1796 to be given to the revolutionary soldiers as payment for their services in the war, The townships of the U. S. Military lands are 5 mi. square which is much different from the Twps. of the western part of the country in the Virginia Military District which was surveyed in a haphazard sort of way to suit the desire of the settler. There are four streams that rise in Licking co. and flow westward across the Townships. North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork unite about the middle to form Rattle Snake Creek which empties into Big Walnut just above the bridge on R. 37. Culver Creek flows across the northern part of the twp. and empties into Big Wal. just above the new bridge on 3 C. The First settlers of Trenton Twp. came mostly from the East and South, especially from Penn, New Jersey, and Virginia. Generally speaking , those from New Jersey and Penn. were interested in education and religion more than those from the hills of what is now West Appendix -129- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 132) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7488877a143eae0c9c3124015cfac4f6.jpg d5970164edb3079d6297c790f63ff936 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 133] [corresponds to page 130 of Pages of Our Lives] Va. almost at the beginning they built school houses about every two miles and churches every for miles. Children could walk only about a mile to school and the settlers could drive or ride horseback about two mile to church. The result was seven school districts in the twp. and four churches. There prevailed what we think of now as foolish sectarian differences that caused little cooperation in religious matters. The first that came built their houses of the timber that stood on the ground by cutting logs the desired length, notching with an ax the end on one side and hewing the end of the next log to a "V' shape to fit into the notch so that the logs fit tightly together, then the cracks were chicked with mud, the roof covered with poles and split shingles, the fireplace at one end was made from stones gathered from the fields or hauled from a nearby creek. when a house was to be erected, the neighbors all came to the log rolling with their axes and joined together to help. The next generation built frame buildings when every neighbor bought a pike pole to the "raising" and they all joined together to put the frame together. Ed Post was always invited because he had a tremendous voice, so when he shouted "heave" they all heaved." The free dinner was all the payment expected. At first the ox was the main beast of burden. While unbelievably slow they fitted well into the task of cleaning the fields of trees and logs and plowing the stumpy ground. However, the ox became too slow for the second or third generation and the horse took its place as the cleared fields increased in size and the spring wagon, sleigh, and buggy took the place of the ox cart and sled. The first who settled here made their clothes from wild animal hides and moccasins from deer skins. later the skins of calves and cattle were tanned in Sunbury and boots were made for the boys and men and shoes for the women although the children were expected to go barefoot from spring until snowfall in autumn. (I might add that I spoke my first piece at our "literary" barefoot). The frost on bare feet caused them to crack and bleed. The remedy was to wash them every night in dishwater. I suspect sometimes the dishpan was used. In those days a bathtub had not yet made its appearances in Trenton Twp. As these improvements began to appear there came a demand for other occupations beside farming. Blacksmith shops, a wagon maker's shop, a shoemaker's shop, a saw mill and several stores that sold everything from stick candy to tempt the children to dress goods and tobacco to tempt men and women. As I remember, Mr. Grove had a blacksmith shop at Vans Valley, Simon Pierson one across the creek form his house, Geo. Clark on just across the road from what is not Trenton Cemetery, one at North Condit. James Hannon had a wagon maker's shop at north Condit. Thompson Pierson had a boot and shoe shop at the intersection of what is not the intersection of the Murphy Road and Highway 605. The men and boys went to the shop or he came to the home, took the measurement of their feet and made leather boots to fit. As I remember I took hickory nuts to see him crack them on his calloused knee where he held the boot to drive wooden pegs into the soles. He had but one child of his own and she never married, but he loved children and used to give me waxed thread for fish lines when we came to watch him work. Many of the building that stand today in the Twp. are a tribute to the skill and care of carpenters who build them. Among these are the names of Charles Ginn, Johnnie Payne, Harry Potter, Geo. Ginn, Chas. Jackson. So far as I know Alvin P. Condit had the first sawmill in the Twp. It operated an up and down saw by water power a few hundred feet east of this church. The old mill race can still be seen there. In later years, Truman Culver had a saw mill at Condit Station and Smith Ketcham Appendix -130- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 133) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ac2029be9c7a8240c3e90de9ef0694ad.jpg d361ce782f9f0c58db0a289d663f1eec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 134] [corresponds to page 131 of Pages of Our Lives] one just east of North Condit. I. A. Pierson built the warehouse at Condit. It has changed owners many times. In the closing years of the last century, my brother, Lovett T. Murphy had a printing office in South Condit where he published the Trenton Agitator, a weekly newspaper which had a considerable circulation in the township and the adjoining part of Del. Co. and Licking Co. There was a grocery at Vans Valley corners where Christian Knox sold groceries and kept the PO which received mail twice a week from Delaware. It was later owned by Dave and Ben Chase when it burned and Hi Horlocker built a house in its place, now owned by Forest Shafer. There was a grocery at Condit Station just across the R. R. from the depot operated by Henry Alden and later by Harvey Wheaton. It burned. Another grocery at North Condit was owned by Enoch Condit for many years, later sold to Gorsuch Bros., then to Andrew Meredith and then to Wm. Lane. It, too burned. The present grocery was built by Meeker and has changed hands frequently since its erection. Mary Post ran a grocery store at South Condit, first with Agitator building, then in the present store building just across from the church. It then became the property of Minnie Ringer who left it at her death to Eleanor Condit. Isaac Payne built a store and P. O. on the Licking Co. line near the Bethel Church. It was named by P. O. Dept. McBride. H. H. Cring produced a medicine called Cring's Balm which he made in drug and grocery store a stone's throw east of the Condit Church. He kept a team and wagon busy peddling his balm, extracts and various other medicinal products. His sons, George and Henry, usually did the peddling. His store ,too, burned Oct. 4, 1896. J. A. Caldwell, who lived on the north side of the Sunbury and Croton road where Geo. Justice now lives helped to make and sell maps and directories of the Twps. of Ohio and Penn. There has been a later directory of this twp. made but it is not so elaborate as that made by Mr. Caldwell. I suppose that what was the first telephone in the county was made just east of South Condit. The Cring boys had been reading of the experiments made by Alexander Graham Bell so they took the heads of a drum their father had brought home from the army. One of these they stretched over an opening in the Cring home. The other they stretched over an opening in the neighboring Potter house. In the center of each drum head was placed a rubber button to which was attached a wire strung on poles along the roadside. By tapping the rubber button with a piece of metal like a spoon, the phone was made to ring. A conversation could be carried on this distance of a quarter of a mile with no battery of electrical attachments. The livestock interests of the twp. have gone through four different stages. In the earlier years, they had to be good travelers. The hogs had to be able to gather their own food from the mast in the woods, that is the hickory nuts, chestnuts and beechnuts but before the advent of the R. R. they had to be able to carry their fat on foot over the mts. to Pittsburgh. The same with the sheep and cattle. After the close of the Civil War the livestock farmers turned almost wholly to sheep. Wool sold for $1 a pound. I have been told that Ed Green and his neighbor, Condit, drove a team and spring wagon to Vermont where they bought French Merions, a ram and two ewes for $1000 and hauled them back to their farms east of North Condit. Here they kept the ram much as stallions were later kept. The mating fee was about the same. These Merinos increased greatly the quantity and fineness of the wool fibre. After the price of wool declined Appendix -131- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 134) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f83fbe01d4c048fae7b578b4f0e7b47d.jpg a4f3a1bd8e6596ab622926b548df0d92 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 135] [corresponds to page 132 of Pages of Our Lives] until its production ceased to be profitable the farmers turned to draft horses and some of the best in the state could be found here. Later the tide turned to dairy cattle at the time of the establishment of the Sunbury Creamery. At one time there were more dairy cows milked between Condit and route 37 than in any like distance in Ohio. The creamery built a skimming station at Condit Station which was run by Lewis Ketcham profitably until its sale to the Nestles Co. We are still in the milk production stage but the milk is nearly all sold as whole milk in the city of Columbus. I have failed to dwell on the two institutions that have had most to do with the cultural development of our twp. The churches and the schools. These alone would require my entire time. They will be presented by another speaker. The RR was built across the twp. in the early 1870's. This changed for the better transportation and the marketing facilities as well as to lighten the tax burden of real estate. Few taxpayers appreciate the amount of tax that is assessed against the R. R. I have been told the R.R. Co. pays more for the new H. S. building in this district than the residents of Sunbury. Condit Station became the shipping point for most of the live stock as well as the grain sent out of the county. At threshing time, there could be seen wagon loads of wheat lined up along the road for a quarter of a mile in front of the elevator waiting to unload. I rejoice to be able to say that we have not had a saloon nor a beer parlor in the last 50 years. The first Grange was organized in the seventies and met in the the farm homes. It was No. 998. The Del Co. Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. was the product of the grange. The Farmers Alliance was organized in the twp. house in the early nineties. Just before the coming of the automobile, an interurban line was proposed from Westerville through Sunbury, Croton and Centerburg to Mt. Vernon. Several farmers contributed toward the survey, but the survey was never made. The auto put that out. Not the least contribution to the township was that made by W. W. Chadwick who began the manufacture of tile just south of Condit Station in 1883. At first he was in partnership with Dr. VanKirk, but later he bought and operated the entire plant. Although his contribution is buried beneath the sod it has contributed immeasurably to the agriculture of Trenton Twp. for his tiles are laid in nearly every field of the township. We have produced seven preachers, two missionaries, a college president, a senator, a Judge, several county commissioners, three doctors, 3 dentists, an author of considerable fame, three editors, several nurses and, as I remember, two convicts to the pen. Trenton twp. has produced few military leaders. Not of lack of ability, but because the township was bought off from the draft during the Civil War. Perhaps I should mention the name of Mr. Hoover's brother, Guy who rose to prominence and Mac Murphy who was second in command of the Iowa as it sailed into Tokyo, Japan. I would like to name four or five who have contributed to the music lovers of our twp. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Knox taught singing schools and Mr. Knox taught a brass band at Condit while Mrs. Knox gave music lessons to many. Smith Ketcham, a graduate of Boston Conservatory of Music, taught and led the Condit choir for many years. Later Mrs. Grace Condit, Miss Carrie Wilson took over the leadership in Condit and then Mrs. Wilson in Vans Valley. Some of the songs we sang, not in church, were "Over the Garden Wall", "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "In the Gloaming", "Will You Be My Sweetheart", "Where Did You Get That Hat?" and "Annie Laurie". Women! Thus far I have mentioned mainly the men, but beside every man who has contributed anything worth while there has been a loving, devoted, righteous woman who has Appendix -132- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 135) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/032cffe064fc6b58a14c73996b96ced1.jpg 628c4a59cfe712106a6858c090c04e54 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 136] [corresponds to page 133 of Pages of Our Lives] encouraged and inspired him to nobler and better achievements. I could mention many but I shall name only four -- Aunt Cal Armstrong, Aunt Jake Condit, Aunt Mary Condit, and Marian Rice. To quote Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "They talk about a woman's sphere as if it had a limit. There's not a place in Earth or Heaven, there's not a task to mankind given, there's not a blessing or a woe, there's not a whisper "yes" or "no", there's not a death, a life, a birth, not a feather's weight of worth without a woman in it." I know that when I begin to recall the names of families I shall leave out some that should be recorded. But I shall let my memory roam back through the years and bring to mind those who have been brave and strong, loving and helpful, upright and just. Lives that have been an inspiration to those who have followed them so that our township is a good place to make a home and raise a family of children. Names of those who have left few or none to carry on their traditions. The only record of their lives is a name and two dates on a marble slab or piece of granite in the cemetery and there their strength and beauty of character not indicated by the size of their monument. There comes to mind Armstrong, Bailey, Barton with the club foot, Burrel, Bricker, Brown, Carpenter, Condit, Condo, Clark, Cring, Culver, Cook , Chadwick, DeWolf, Dawes, Davis, Downing, Domigan, Duckworth, Farris, Forwood, Gorsuch, Grove, Green, Hannan, Hite Huff, Harroun, Horlocker, Irwin, Jacobus. Ketcham, the sweet singer Knox, Knerr, Leak, Lewis, Meredith, McNeely, Miles, Owings, Payne, Pierson, Potter, Post, Perfect, Preston, Ringer, Rice, Sinkey, Sunderland, VanDorn, VanKirk, VanHouten, Walker, Whitney, Wilson Wheaton, Williams, Wylie. In closing let me carry you back to my childhood days when I used to come here let me carry you back to my childhood days when I used to come here and saw the crowds that came here to church, especially on Sunday evening, when every boy took his best girl to church. First because it was the custom, but mainly because there was no place else to go. May I paraphrase a few lines from the great epic poem. Like the leaves of the forest when autumn is green That crowd with its banners on Sunday was seen, Like the leaves of the forest when autumn has blown That crowd with its banners lie withered and gone. For the angel of death spread his wings o'er the blast And breathed in the face of the crowd as he passed." About Land in Trenton Township by Farrah Murphy Trenton Township is the part of the U.S. Military Lands. Lands set aside by Congress on June 1, 1796 to be given to the Revolutionary soldiers as payment for their services in the war thirteen years after the war ended. The township of U. S. Military Lands are 5 miles square which is much different from the townships of the western part of the country of the country in the Virginia Military District which were surveyed in haphazard sort of way to suit the desire of the settlers. The Revolutionary War 1775-1783. Fond Scenes of My Childhood "How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood Appendix -133- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 136) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/13dc4477c3cb05583c4158fff9313a93.jpg 13a89ac5318a2be7858d991da52214b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 137] [corresponds to page 134 of Pages of Our Lives] When fond recollections present them to view" The Orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood And every loved spot which my infancy knew." F. C. Murphy, age 90 3/4, while lying in bed at the Ferris Nursing Home in January, 1965, recalls the scenes of his childhood. First in importance is pond where I played with my older brothers in and on a flat bottomed boat which Father had made by Charley Payne. We would paddle around the pond in the boat, and then turn it over and dive from it, spending any carefree hours. Sometimes we would wade in the mud on the shallow east side where the Calamus grew. We pull up a plant at a time and eat the tender inner shoot. Only a calamus eater knows the flavor of this delicacy. Of course, fishing, and trapping and skating were also happy experiences on the pond. The young people would come from miles around for skating parties, and we learned to be good skaters. I was still skating on the pond after passing my 85th birthday. I often used the same skates of my youth which fastened to my shoes and boots with screws. The second scene which comes to mind is of the sand hole south of the road near the path we used to take to the sugar camp. As father had sold sand here, a large hole had been made as it was scooped out of the hillside by the by the wagon load. Here we played at catching toads, which were imprisoned in the pit. We would capture crickets and flies to use as lures for the toads and watch the snap of their tongues as they caught the insects offered them. In early spring the sugar camp called us, where we not only helped bring in the sap and keep the great fire roaring, but we also had our "sugaring off" parties. When I was about 12 years old my older brother, Lovett printed a paper, a semi-monthly news called "The Agitator". It was in the south upstairs bedroom where my brother had the printing press and taught me to set type. I suppose it was due to this experience and also the fact that my older brothers, Arthur, Lovett and Delano were news writers which let me to have an ambition for writing. I have satisfied that desire by writing numerous stories and speeches and a full length religious and historical novel. The latter I accomplished with the help of my wife, Grace, after I was three score years and ten. I remember well the first flock of ducks I so tenderly raised. One spring my cousin, Charley Sinkey, gave me a duck and a drake and I was happy as I had wild dreams of raising a large flock. After a few days an owl caught my duck and drug the remains across the pond. I cried and cried and after Charley heard of it, he laughed at me and made a lot fun over it. Soon he brought me another of his ducks and my project was again in full swing. This time I kept the mother shut in the "Buggy Shed" until she had laid her egg for the day, then I would let her out for a while. She Hatched a dozen beautiful fluffy ducklings. I cared for them with great pride as they were all mine. This was only the first big enterprise in poultry raising. Of course I had great fun sled riding on our own hill, but my greatest pleasure came when we slid on the snow at the Condit School yard. I was eleven years old and the little girl who usually rode with me was eight. Her name was Grace Chadwick. It was then that I fell in love with her, a devotion which lasted for three quarters of a century. I was called "Frog" and she was called "Frog's Girl". The name was attached to me one day when I was jumping up and down. Someone said "You are a toad". I replied, "No I'm a Frog." That nickname Appendix -134- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 137) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8ef6a9ae330d9c8259a0843abf02ab81.jpg 8a9ea49109790c9f3172d7ecb164f627 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 138] [corresponds to page 135 of Pages of Our Lives] stuck. My brother, Grant, was called "General" and Ernie was called "Captain". Cora and I had two very close friends in our neighbors who lived on what is now know as the Frank Williams Glaze place. Minnie and Herman Ringer either passed the summer afternoons with us or we with them. Thus we grew up endearing ourselves to the pond, the sand pit, the woods, the printing room, the school yard, our own back yard, and a path to and from our neighbors' door. These are the most loved and the fondest scenes of my childhood. F. C. Murphy Farrah C. Murphey Written by Ella Murphey Taylor Farrah C. Murphey, who may best be remembered for his having suggested the name "Big Walnut" for the Sunbury School District, lived for the greater part of the last 100 years - 1874- 1966. He lived in an age of change from horse and buggy days to automobile to supersonic space travel to the moon. His maternal grandparents, Desire Cook and John Adams, were two of the first white children in Harlem Tap. - lived during the greater part of the previous century and also experienced tremendous changes. They came with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Benejah Cook and Mr. & Mrs. Adam Harlem Twp. from Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania, in 1807-1809. Desire Cook at 4 years of age rode in a wagon pulled by Owen to the forest Duncan Run where she and her parents lived in a wigwam until they could clear the trees and build a cabin. Both the Cook and Adam children experienced the rugged life of clearing the forest, building cabins, making clothing, driving as far as Chillicothe for salt, living on wild foods such as turkey and raccoon and protecting themselves from Indians and wild beasts. In 1825 F. C. Murphey's grandparents were married and built a cabin back of the lot where the Harlem Methodist Church now stands. For 150 years their descendants have played as children on the hillside behind the church. Farrah Murphey, the 7th son of Martha Adams Murphey and Charles Murphey, was born and raised in a brick house atop "Murphey Hill" in Trenton Twp., the highest spot in Delaware County. There he and his younger sister, Cora were encouraged much by their mother who had been a teacher before marriage. They also profited greatly from their older brothers who were well educated and had many good books. Two of these brothers published a newspaper called "The Agitator". it was from this experience that Farrah practiced writing and reading throughout his lifetime. Mr Murphey went to the Trenton Special School at Condit where he received a better education than many of our youth do today in high school. He along with others, had a beloved teacher named Russel Bennett who taught 9 grades and had over 45 pupils. Some of these were older than the teacher who was past 25 years of age. Following grade school, Farrah went for one year to Ohio Wesleyan College then continued his education at Ohio State University. At this time the University was in an open field on the edge of the city of Appendix -135- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 138) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7661cd68a4bb03a06b0e7865013bb5ac.jpg dfb1c5667e364198521a31b8107b67fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 139] [corresponds to page 136 of Pages of Our Lives] Columbus. During his early years. Mr. Murphey taught school at North Condit. He recalled a very effective tonic which he administered to his pupils when they feigned illness so that they could skip school. He mixed a mixture of Quinine, Castor Oil, a touch coal tar, a drop turpentine, and Cring's Balm (very hot) and it was very effective. In 1900 Farrah Murphey married Grace Chadwick who's father owned and operated "The Condit Tile Mill" - Grace taught school in "The Perfect School" and the little red school house still stands on the old C. C. C. Highway East of Sunbury. This couple lived and worked very hard on the 240 acre farm where they specialized in Jersey cattle as well as raising sheep, hogs, horses, turkeys and chickens. To them were born four children, Arthur, Darrel, ("Pat"), Ella (Mrs. David L. Taylor) and Martha (Mrs. Harvey McElroy). From young manhood Mr. Murphey was interested in Grange work and community affairs. He served as Master of the Condit Grange for many years and helped organize other granges in the County. For this he was honored in 1949 much to his pride and pleasure. In 1918 he helped form and become the secretary of the first Co-operative elevator in Delaware county at Condit, Ohio. This was a tremendous undertaking an caused Mr. Murphey and Mr. Charles Comstock a few sleepless night but the venture did succeed they were proud of their organization. Mr. Murphey was always progressive, especially in education, and early advocated consolidation of the county schools with the Sunbury district. This, with some difficulty, was finally accomplished. F.C. as he was often called, was a member of the County Board of Education for 14 years and it was at this time that the Sunbury New's Editor, Mr. Oatfield Whitney, was hunting for a name for the present school district. He asked Mr. Murphey if he had any ideas and he replied "Big walnut Creek flows through the district so let's call it Big Walnut" and that became it's name. Besides farming Mr. Murphey enjoyed traveling and lecturing. In 1926 he and his sister Cora, who was a Bible professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, traveled through England, Europe, and the Holy land and I suppose this was the high light of his life as he never ceased to talk of his experiences there. He gained much information which he used in Farmer's Institute lecturing and in writing. He, along with his wife's help, wrote a full length religious novel after they reached the age of 70, however it was never published. Mr. Murphey also used his knowledge gained in "The Holy Land" in teaching the Men's Bible Appendix -136- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 139) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/46432ab4ebf290abbaad3489208989c8.jpg 4295f2efe1dc39d61428422071745532 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 140] [corresponds to page 137 of Pages of Our Lives] class of the Condit Presbyterian Church. This service he enjoyed and performed for over 20 years. Although a busy man, Farrah C. Murphey was a good neighbor and father. He always had time to play with his children, whether it was a walk in the woods, a game of horse shoes of croquet, a trip to the Hartford Fair, or a skating party on the pond. We had daily devotions in the home and discipline at times. Church and school functions were never neglected and we were encouraged to read good books and learn all that we could. He offered higher education to his children if they desired to take advantage of it. You see, Farrah Murphey made an indelible impression on my life as he was my father. I would like to add that my father could not have accomplished what he did, had it not been for a very self sacrificing and devoted Christian wife, Grace Chadwick Murphey. Written by Ella Murphey Taylor [Photo] [Photo] [Photo caption] [Photo caption] Four generations Lovett Murphy Family-1966 Mother Tina, Great-Grandmother Murphy Anderson From: Velma Jo, Angie, Alice, Lovett holding Renee (1 year), Grandmother Buxton Back:Teresa, Mary Ann, Joe [Photo] [Photo] [Photo] Lovett's Family in 1976 Velma Murphey McCall Rex Buxton Back Row: Alice, Teresa, Velma Jo, Joe Age 45 - 1973 November 1983 Murphey and Frank Counts Front: Cora Lynn, Angie, Mary Ann Murphey Appendix -137- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 140) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b09413e841ce4c5f83466757a34c4ad6.jpg b21f603225c12d8b28603505a7d889ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 141] [corresponds to page 138 of Pages of Our Lives] Chadwick and Loren Family Tree Grace's Great Jeremiah Loren I born 1780 in Connecticut died in New Grandparents on Mom's York, married Catherine Clark born and died in New Father's side York. they had Jeremiah Loren II Grace's Great Robert Montgomery married Mary Elizabeth Young in Grandfather on Mom's Pennsylvania. They had Charity. Robert died in Ohio Mother's side soon after moving there when Charity was 7 years old. Grace's Grandparents James Chadwick from London England. Born 1792, died on her Dad's side 1854 (62 yrs). Married 1831 Catherine slack of Ashley born 1812 died 1858 (46 yrs). They had William Wellington Chadwick (11th and last child) Grace's parents William Wellington Chadwick Born Oct 12, 1854. Died Mar. 17, 1922 (67 yrs.) married Mar. 16th, 1876 in Sunbury Oh, Nancy Ellen Loren Born Feb. 11, 1854 Died June 3, 1940 (86 yrs.) They had Grace Lee Chadwick. She was the oldest of six children. Rachel Murphy Buxton's Farrah Carl Murphy Born 1874. Died June 29, 1966 (92 Grandparents on her yrs.) married Mar. 8, 1900 at Condit. Grace Lee Chadwick Father's side Born Oct.9, 1878 Died April 30. 1960 (81 Yrs. 7 Mo.). They had Arthur Bradley Murphy, the oldest of 4 children. Rachel Murphy's Arthur Bradley Murphy Born Jul 25, 1901 in Sunbury Oh. parents Died Oct. 1, 1962 (61 yrs.) is buried in Trenton Cemetery. Married Aug 29, 1923 in Kentucky, Ethel Irene Carnes. Born Jan 7, 1909 in Olive Green Oh. Died Feb. 1, 1987 (78 Yrs.)s buried in Trenton Cemetery. They had Rachel Leola Murphy, youngest of 3 children. Rachel Leola Murphy Born Feb. 26, 1933 in Sunbury Oh. Married March 16, 1952 at Condit Presbyterian Church Thomas Edward Buxton Born Dec. 15, 1930 in Croton, Appendix -138- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 141) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2719c46a51a70d93932a3da339ea5194.jpg cc4e617418833423d8d42199e981d86c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 142] [corresponds to page 139 of Pages of Our Lives] Loren History by Rachel Buxton using 1870 and 1900 U. S. Census Delaware County, Oh., and Grace Murphy and Ella Murphy's writings Charity Montgomery was 7 years old and her brothers 9 and 5 years old in 1830 when her Dad, Robert Montgomery, moved his wife and 3 children to Knox County, Ohio from Green County, Pennsylvania. Shortly after this move he died. Mary Elizabeth Montgomery and 3 children soon settles in Harlem Township, Delaware County, Ohio, buying 160 acre farm in 1933. Charity's Mom lived the rest of her life on this farm homestead. She did marry much later Charles Oldham of Harlem Township and they had Nancy and LaAmie Oldham (Charity's two half sisters). Copy of Record from Family Bible: Marriage Charity Montgomery and Jeremiah Loren 11 March 14, 1840 by Daniel Hunt, J.P. at the residence of Charles B. Oldham In Franklin county, at age 16 years and 4 months, Charity Montgomery, my great-great grandmother married 35 year old widower Jeremiah Loren II whose 31 year old wife, Mary Elizabeth Wright and infant had died 5 months before leaving him with 6 children: Peter 16 years, Rachel 11 years, Archibald 8 years, Sibbie 7 years, Catherine 5 years and Pamela (Millie) 3 years old. This young woman took on a heavy load of work. They had 13 children. 1. Infant Loren. 1-31-1840, New Albany, Ohio died at birth 2. Mary Elizabeth Loren, B. 12-18-1843, New Albany, OH, d. 19 months 3. Second infant son B. 2-6-1843 in New Albany, Oh died at birth 4. Theodore F. Loren, B. 2-6-1845 in Harlem Twp. Delaware Co., Oh, D. 4 years 5. John Wesley Loren, B. 11-30-1847 in Harlem Twp, D. 11-15-1931, 81 years 6. James Myers Loren, B. 11-30-1849 in Franklin Co., OH, D. 2-9-1936, 86 years 7. Lucretia Ann Loren, B. 11-17-1851 in Franklin Co., OH, D. 10-31-1913, 64 yrs. 8. Nancy Ellen Loren, B. 2-11-1854 in Harlem Twp., D. 6-23-1940, 86 years 9. Jeremiah Clark Loren. B. 1-6-1856 in Harlem Twp., D. May 1937, 81 years 10. Rebecca Jane Loren, B. 1-31-1858 in Harlem Twp., D. 3-26-1940, 82 years 11. Dora of Isadore Loren, B. 12-24-1860 in Harlem Twp. D. 2 years 12. Eva Rose Loren, B. 4-18-1863 in Harlem Twp., D. 9-14-1946 83 years 13. Josephine Agusta Loren, B. 8-31-1865 in Harlem Twp., D. 5-21-1947, 81 years Charity had a hard life having a child about every 2 years and losing so many children. Infant baby son died in 1840, 2nd infant son died in 1843, Mary Elizabeth died at 19 months in 1843, Theodore died at 4 in 1849, Archibold (stepson) died at 21 years in 1853 and Isadore (Dora) died at 2 years in 1862. They were hard working farmers and helped Charity's mother on her farm which they later bought and their last child August Loren was born in the homestead farm house in 1866. Appendix -139- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 142) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/29805622bb5698988bb185bced88769e.jpg 5bafe3f0cf5a063b80dfd749d5f2bf53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 143] [corresponds to page 140 of Pages of Our Lives] Loren History as Assembled by Grace C. Murphy Jeremiah Loren who was born Aug. 8, 1805 near Hoboken, New Jersey. His parents died when he was a small child. His mother's maiden name was Clark. He was reared by an old lady whom he always called "Granny" McCloud. He married Elizabeth Wright in New Jersey in 1826 when she was 18 and he was 21. Three children were born in New Jersey - Peter, Archie and Rachel - then the family moved to Ohio, Franklin Co., Plain Tp. There Sibbie (1833), Catherine and Millie and an infant were born. The mother and infant and Archie born (1832, died at the age of 21) are buried in Plain Tp. Cemetery. Elizabeth Wright Loren died in 1840. In a few years Grandfather Loren married our grandmother, Charity Montgomery. Four of her children, Theadore (4 yrs.), Mary Elizabeth (19 mos.) and two infants are buried in Plain Twp., Franklin County Cemetery. Uncle Clark Loren had a fence built around the lot a few years before he went to Florida in 1935. Rachel Loren (b. 1830) - Mrs. Jonathan Stauffer had four children Abner Stauffer never married Loma Stauffer Nettleton's oldest son, Charles Nettleton, 1877 Martha Wood, three children Mary Budd (Sherman Budd) no children Sibbie Loren (b. 1833, d. 1896) married Rev. Uriah Wambaugh. 1 son, Uriah Loren Wambaugh. My grandma Loren kept Loren W. while his mother learned the milliner's trade. Loren W. was Aunt Jennie's age. He and his mother lived in Center Village, Harlem Twp., where she had a shop. He married a Center Village girl. All of his later life he lived in Angola, Indiana. Sibbie died 1896. Catherine (b. 1835) married William Orendorf of Center Village who died 1900. Sons Charley, Joie, and Frank. Daughter, Addie M. (Frank) Green. (married later in Calif.) Permelia 'Millie' Loren (b. 1837) married Joe Rarick who died in 1922, of Westerville, Ohio. Ruchie, Allie, and a younger daughter, Janna Jackson, 1 son, Willie Rarick. Uncle Joe and Aunt Millie are buried in Fancher Cemetery. Hannah Jackson lived with Grandma Loren 1 year while her husband, Charley, went to England to claim a family inheritance. There were five Jackson children: Willie, Nellie, Jessie (Mrs. Fred Forgraves), Robert, the youngest. Peter Loren (b. 1825) Jeremiah Loren's oldest went to Missouri and married Betsy Ann Powers there. I, (Ella M. Taylor) remember grandma Chadwick telling how the children watched their brother, Peter, come over the hill as he returned from the Civil War. I believe she was about nine years old at that time. Peter's wife was Betsey Ann Powers - 6 children, sons, Will Loren and Sam Loren. Peter's wife was Betsey Ann Powers - 6 children, sons, Will Loren and Sam Loren. Peter's daughters Manda Loren Combs, Mary Loren Rech, Minnie Loren who died age 10 of snake bite, and Allie Morrison. My Mother, Ella Loren Chadwick, visited Uncle Peters in Centralia, Mo., in 1875. Allie came home with mother and stayed in Ohio 1 year. Uncle Peter visited in Ohio in 1885 or 86. Charity Montgomery (Grandma Loren) Mary Elizabeth Young Montgomery - our great grandmother, moved Green Co., Penna. soon after the death of her husband, Robert Montgomery (about 1830) with three small Appendix -140- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 143) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f176ebf4af02bc580d60caf72d8ec165.jpg eecc53987d15bbb452edf44ad7abf502 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 144] [corresponds to page 141 of Pages of Our Lives] children -- John, 9, Charity, 7 and Myers, 5. She settled in Harlem Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio. Bought 160 A. near the Hunt Schoolhouse and lived there till her death. Then her daughter, Charity, and her husband, Jeremiah Loren II, bought the place. Their youngest child, Gussie, was born there in the old homestead, Aug 1865. Aunt Eva (Mrs. C. D. Wigton) was born on the county line road 1 mile from the Hunt schoolhouse April, 1863, Ella, 1854, Clark 1856, Dora 1860 (2 Yrs.) Jennie 1858 were born where John Triplett lives (1950) south of the Hunt schoolhouse. Theodore (4 yrs.), Mary Elizabeth (19 mos.), John 1847, James 1849, and Lucretia 1851 were born in Plain Twp. Franklin Co., Ohio [Newspaper clipping] [Caption] Mrs Charitt Loren's Obituary in 1892 Mary E. Young Montgomery married Charles Oldham of Harlem Tp., a number of years after she come to Ohio. By him she had two daughters, Nancy and LaAmie. Nancy married Hiram Cockrell and they had four daughters, Mary and Millie died. LeAmie Cockrell married Lake. I knew one of her children, Aimee lake, in Sunbury High School. She lived with James Cockrell. LaAimie Oldham married Whitney -- "Big Dave" first marriage. One child, Tiny Whitney. They are both buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio. Pictures of Tiny and her father are set in the monument. Sister Goldie went to see the stone about 1940. Taken from slips of paper in old Chadwick Bible: Jo Ann Sinkey (Harold's) 12-10-40, Goldie Sinkey's grandchild Ruth Elizabeth Sinkey (William's) 1-31-43, Goldie Sinkey's grandchild John David Taylor (Ells's) 3-8-1943, Grace Murphy's grandchild Paul Richard Sinkey (Harold's) 8-17-'43, Grace Murphy's grandchild John Wm. Sinkey (William's) 5-20-47, Goldie Sinkey's grandchild Grace Barbara Taylor (Ella's) 12-8-1947, 1 daughter, Amy B. 9-4-1970 Brenda Kay McElroy (Martha's) 10-8-1958, Grace Murphy's grandchild Elsie Bierbower, daughter of James Cockerell Bierbower, Columbus, Ohio became an actress with the stage name of Elsie Janis. Her mother travel with her when they left the of "El Jan" in Columbus, Ohio. After her mother's death, she married in New York state. Elsie had one brother, Percy Bierbower, who drowned while crossing the Atlantic. LaAimie Oldham Whitney married, second marriage, Joe Eubanks and had one son, Percy Eubanks, born 1871. Marriages taken from Chadwick family Bible Nancy Ellen Loren (d. 6-23-1940) and William Wellington Chadwick (d. 3-17-1922) Grace L. Chadwick, (d 4-30-1960) and Farrah C. Murphy (died June 29, 1966) Married Mar. 8, 1900 at Condit, Ohio W. Garfield Chadwick and Edna B. Patrick m. July 4, 1901 at Galena, O. Appendix -141- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 144) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/af42ff949747ce2e2469dceadf8fd29a.jpg 06b0682d425f66621c4c5030158ff75c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 145] [corresponds to page 142 of Pages of Our Lives] Goldie M. Chadwick and Gail Sinkey married M. 16, 1913 at Galena. Gail died 6-27-1916. Goldie died 11-20-1946 J. Loren Chadwick and Goldie Ethel Hartsough married Nov. 17, 1921 at Newark. John Raymond Chadwick and Mary Ruth Utley m. June 20, 1923 at Sunbury, O. He died 11-8-1961. John Raymond Chadwick. Jr. died 11-24-1924, age 5 days. Grandson Arthur B. Murphy married Ethel Irene Carnes 8-29-1923 in Ky. He died 10-1-1962, age 61. Darrel Chadwick Murphy and Eva Ernestine Zartman married 1-27-1929 in Ky. Births: William W. Chadwick 10-12-1854 Died 1922 Ella Loren Chadwick 2-11-1854 Died 1940 Grace Lee Chadwick 10-7-1878 Died 1960 W. Garfield Chadwick 10-12-1880 Died 1967 J. Loren Chadwick 11-15-1887 - Goldie Mae Chadwick 7-20-1891 Died 1946 Mildred Eulalie Chadwick 2-17-1894 Died 11-11-1986 John Raymond Chadwick 9-8-1896 Died 1961 Children (Grace's) Arthur B. Murphey B. 7-25-1901 Darrel Chadwick Murphey 10-13-1902 Ella Loren Murphey 4-30-1906 Martha Adams Murphey 5-30-1915 (Garfield's) Doris L. Chadwick 7-31,1905 Thomas Charles Chadwick 8-21-1907 Died 6-27-1940 Maxine Chadwick 10-18-1920 Edward Dean Chadwick 5-5-1925 Died 7-9-1926 (Goldie's) William Daniel Sinkey 2-26-1914 Harold Chadwick Sinkey 2-29-1910 Died Jan. 1973 (Lorens) Paul Frederick Chadwick 10-3-1922 stayed with Murphy at 5 last heard from him 1930 (Arthur's) Velma V. Murphy (A. B. M's daughter) Feb 24, 1928 (Darrel's) Carl James Murphy (D. C. M's son) 2-14-1929 to 3-24-1929 Mary Ellen Murphy (D. C. M's daughter) 2-13-1931- to 1-9-2005 (Arthur's) Lovett Carnes Murphy (Arthur's son) 2-25-1931 to 10-30-1991 Rachel Leola (Arthur's daughter) 2-26-1933 (Darrel's) Frank Richard (DM) 7/22/35 Ralph Ernest 4/11/37 (Martha's) Rose Ella McElroy (Martha's) 6-4-1936 Mary Jane McElroy 5-16-1939 Donald Harvey McElroy 9-21-1940 James Earl McElroy 12-16-1944 Betty Ann McElroy 11-17-1946 Brenda Kay McElroy 1-8-1958 Appendix -142- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 145) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/31b566c6d6cfc8f5c1a90390216cbe3c.jpg 1a20515cd1b5a7c4de69a3bbed571e72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 146] [corresponds to page 143 of Pages of Our Lives] Chadwick Family History James Chadwick 1st, B. 1792-d. 1864 at 62 years, married August 11, 1831 Catherine Slack, b. July 17, 1812 - d. May 10, 1859 at 47 years. They had 10 children: 1. Sarah Chadwick B. 1832, D. July 1912 (80 years) married William A. Wigton they had 7 children. 2. John Chadwick, B. 1834, D. 1899 (65 years) Married Irene Page. They had 3 children 3. Margaret Chadwick, B. 1838, D. 1910 (74 years) Married Alfred Morehouse. They had 3 children 4. Mary Chadwick, B. 1838, D. 1914 (76 Years) Married Edward Wipple. They had 5 children 5. James Chadwich 2nd, B. 1840 married Charlotte?. They had 1 daughter. 6. Joseph Chadwick, B. 1842. Married Barbara Benow. They had 4 children. They built a house near Ashley, Ohio 7. Nancy Chadwick, B. 1844 Married Nathaniel Frost. They had 1 son. 8. Marian Chadwick, B. 1846 Married Moroe Vance. They had 2 children 9. Lottie Chadwick, B, 1851 Married George Wigton, they had one adopted daughter 10. William Wellington Chadwick, B. 1854, D. 3-17-1922 (67 years), Married Nancy Ellen Loren, They had 6 children. 1. Grace Lee Chadwick, B. 1878 - taught school at Condit before marriage D. April 30, 1960 (82 years). 2. William Garfield Chadwick, B. about 1880 lived in Linden, a northeast section of Columbus, OH 3. James Loren Chadwick, B. about 1887 lived at Condit Married 11-17-1921 at Newark, Ohio, Goldie Ethel Hartsbough. They had one son Paul Frederick Chadwick, B. 10-3-1922. Paul lived with his Aunt Grace Murphy the winter of 1927-28. Paul left Murphy Hill April 1928 to visit his mother in Dayton, Ohio. Later he went to Pittsburg, PA. Grace heard from him last in 1930. She said he was the nicest little boy she ever knew. 4. Goldie M. Chadwick, B. 1891, taught school in Youngstown, Ohio, for 23 years. Goldie married Gail Sinkey, the son of William Sinkey who built our house on Roberts Road near Croton, Ohio. Goldie died suddenly of an embolism at age 55 years in 1946. They had: 1. William Sinkey 2. Harold Sinkey William married Margaret?. They had 1. Ruth Elizabeth Sinkey, B. 1-31-1943 2. John William Sinkey, B. 5-20-1947 3. Betsy Sinkey She married Guckeyson Harold married Sadie. They had: 1. Jo Ann Sinkey. B. 12-10-1940 2. Paul Richardson Sinkey, B, 8-17-1943 5. Mildred Chadwick, B. 1893, D. 2 1/2 years 6. John Raymond Chadwick B. 1896 was a minister and president of Iowa Wesleyan University Appendix -143- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 146) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/295f47e21774b396e02182563f0884c9.jpg f29693aef3a417f769bf674e2d4b50b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 147] [corresponds to page 144 of Pages of Our Lives] NOT IN THIS TREE Grace married Farrah Carl Murphy, b. 1874- d. 1866 (92 years). They had: 1. Arthur Bradley Murphy, b. 1901 - d. 1962 2. Darrel Chadwick Murphy, b. 1902 - d. 1988 3. Ella Loren Murphy, b. 1906 - d. 1988 4. Martha Adams Murphy, b. 1918 - d. 1994 (continued in the Murphy Family History) Sarah Chadwick, eldest child of James and Catharine Slack Chadwick was born near Ashley, O. Aug. 27, 1832. She was the oldest of ten children, five have preceded her in death. She was united in marriage William A Wigton June 23, 1852. Seven children were born to them two dying in early childhood. The husband and father passed on April 18,1813 leaving her with care of five young children. She was a most devoted mother never happier than when ministering to her children. She united with the Berkshire Methodist Church under the pastorate of Rev John Whitworth. When she was able to go, she was always found in her place in the church and took an interest in all the work of the church. she was a good neighbor and as long as health and strength permitted was ever ready to lend a helping hand in sickness. Grandma Wigton passed from us Sunday morning July 28, 1912 at the Old Home near Sunbury where she had spent the great part of her married life having lived on the same farm nearly 55 years. Two sisters, two brothers three sons, two daughters and seventeen grandchildren are left to mourn. Her influence as a kind and loving mother and as a consistent Christian still lives. You all knew her. Her pure and noble life tell more words. The pall bearers were W. L. Wigton, M. D. Wigton, Eurolus Wigton, Vernel Wigton, Garfield and Loren Chadwick. Sarah Chadwick Wigton is the sister of Grandmother Murphey's father, W. W. Chadwick. Chadwick Family for the Sunbury Bicentennial W. W. Chadwick's father, James, came as a young man from near London, England and settled close to Ashley, Ohio. Here he met and married Catherine Slack in 1831. To this union were born 11 children, William Wellington being the youngest who arrived a few months after his father's death in 1854. Within 4 years time his mother also died so W. W. as he was called, went to live with his oldest sister, Sarah, wife of Mr. A. Wigton. The Wigton's lived on a large farm a short distance west of Sunbury. This farm was bought by the Cochran family about 1918. Not far from the Wigton home was that of Jeremiah Loren family, and as was fairly common in those days, young people found their mates nearby. Three members of the Loren home married three from the Wigton household, one of them being the marriage of W. W. [Photo] [Photo caption] Nancy Ellen Loren Chadwick Grandma Murphy's Mom Appendix -144- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 147) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/40648413d1276ad921cf1254cbea2e26.jpg 341b88d339d6969250dc6ff077d50029 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 148] [corresponds to page 145 of Pages of Our Lives] Chadwick to Nancy Ellen Loren, a young teacher, in 1876 [Photo] [Photo caption] William Garfield, Goldie Mac, James Loren and John Raymond behind Grace Lee (Rachel's Grandmother) Nancy Ellen Chadwick and William Wellington Chadwick (Rachel's great grandparents) The young couple moved to Sunbury and lived in the old Letts Property here their first child, Grace Chadwick was born in 1878. when she was 2 years of age her father and mother built a new house close to the R. R. Station at Condit. Nearby on the west side of the road W.W. Chadwick built a tile mill where he manufactured tile throughout his lifetime. He died in 1922. Grace Chadwick, along with her younger brother, Garfield, attended Sunbury High School in the City Hall Bldg. where Grace graduated in 1898 in a class of 6 girls. In this group were Maggie Wilson, [Mrs. Dr. Gerehardt,] Grace Schaffer, [Mrs. Milton Utley] Grace Chadwick [Mrs. F. C. Murphy], Edna McVey, Mrs Pearl B. Cocharan and Bertha W. Grace taught school for two years at "the Perfect School" on the old CCC highway, then in 1900 married Mr. F.C. Murphey who was also a teacher at that time. They lived on the Murphey homestead where they raised 4 children - Arthur, Darrel - better known as Pat, Ella (Mrs. David L. Taylor) & Martha (Mrs. Harvey McElroy.) [Photo] [Photo caption] Grace Chadwick Murphy [Photo] [Photo caption] Grace Chadwick Murphy The second Chadwick child, Garfield, became the Secetary of Treasurer of the Sunbury Creamery which stood where the Nestle plant now stands. Garfield was a "whiz" in mathematics and could add in his head two columns of figures faster than the new adding machines of that time. His children, Doris and Charles attended Sunbury schools before going to Columbus. Appendix -145- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 148) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/22c5f49c3ee7262f9a4d99037c76c6d3.jpg cbd50bda5eea2be36f4e690879d926df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 149] [corresponds to page 146 of Pages of Our Lives] The third Child born to Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Chadwick was Goldie, a redhead, who after two years at Ohio Wesleyan University, married Gail W. Sinkey. In three years time Gail died leaving his wife with two small sons to raise. She taught school until her death in 1946, two years were taught in the Sunbury High School in the early thirties. [Photo] [Photo caption] Gail Sinkey, the little Boy in Picture of house, who married Goldie Chadwick Rachel's Great Aunt [Photo] [Photo caption] Goldie Chadwick Sinkey, wife of Gail Sinkey whose Dad built our house on Roberts Road The next Chadwick child was Loren Who served in World War I and helped run the tile mill with his father. [Photo] [Photo caption] James Loren Chadwick Grandma Murphy's brother The youngest son, John Raymond Chadwick, grew up at Condit and also became a teacher before attending O.W.U. where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1920. At the age of 14 Raymond had lost his right hand at the tile mill, but instead of letting this tragic accident ruin his life, he was strengthened by it and compensated by making very good use of his mind. He became a minister of the Methodist Church and President of Iowa Wesleyan College for 10 years prior to his death. In June, 1923 John Raymond Chadwick was married to Mary Ruth Utley, teacher in the primary grades at Sunbury School. Ruth was a great help to her husband as a minister's wife and together they spent their lives helping to educate young people. Mr. W. W. Chadwick, who owned and operated a tile mill at Condit from 1880-1920, was well known throughout the county for his fine tile which still drain. [Photo] [Photo caption] Grandma Murphy's Brother Loren, Garfield, Raymond Chadwick Appendix -146- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 149) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9f344e2ebad6761f999a24ed8b502dfa.jpg 89c09ae66fba28775a53fb880bca3d0b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 150] [corresponds to page 147 of Pages of Our Lives] acres of our farm lands. He was a hard working, honest, and generous man. Many a "hobo" came to his door for a handout and he never went away hungry. Many friends and neighbors left their horses in his barn while the took the train to Columbus or other destinations. [Image] [Image caption] Great Aunt Ruth Chadwick's Father Ella Chadwick, William's wife, also worked from dawn til dark baking, cleaning, sewing, and of course canning and making apple butter. She was a meticulous person about everything she did-her appearance, her lawn with a white picket fence, her house with a beautiful parlor which was used mainly for entertaining the minister, and even the papered outhouse at the end of a well kept grape arbor. She was a beautiful seam-stress and made clothing for the entire family. She also loved to sing the old songs of her youth as she had attended Singing School at Center Village. Ella Chadwick trained her children will in morals, concern for others, and in learning all that they could from books. Both Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick were devout in their religion and usually attended the Methodist Church whenever services were held there. Mr. W. W. Chadwick also attended the Condit Presbyterian Church and usually kept peppermint losingers in his vest pocket for a restless grandchild during the service. (I, Ella Murphey Taylor, sat beside my grandpa and had many a peppermint treat.) [Image] Appendix -147- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 150) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1a8b5dbc0b37521f829f6aab34df2e3b.jpg b7c610b5d7e848194582dbd6a17cd4e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 151] [corresponds to page 148 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] [Image caption] Grandma Murphey's Father The Loren and Chadwick families all had good minds of which they were rightly proud, and they passed this heritage on to their descendants. W. W. Chadwick's Obituary Goldie Sinkey Obituary Hartford News article dated Nov. 28th, 1946 in the Johnstown Independent. Mrs. Goldie Sinkey, 55, widow of Gail Sinkey. A former resident of this community, died at her home in Youngstown Tuesday evening, Nov. 19th and the following relatives from this community survive. Daisy Davidson of Centerburg, Mr. & Mrs. Chell H. Sinkey, Miss Fern Sinkey, Miss Vinnie Sinkey attended the funeral services conducted by Rev. Raymond Chadwick of Allience Michigan. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church in Condit last Saturday afternoon and the burial service in the Trenton Cemetery. [Photo] [Photo caption] Rachel with the bulk milk tank for of milk - 1974 [Photo] [Photo caption] Thomas Buxton Farm - 1982 [Photo] [Photo caption] Tom Buxton and Gator, October 2005 [Photo] [Photo caption] Tina, Perry and Rex with steer pool calves for Hartford Fair - 1974 Appendix -148- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 151) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2a62a1f144b1b6041b3838a19961afa3.jpg 9a2a9aa9c77f865d5eb433b79fe4836a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 152] [corresponds to page 149 of Pages of Our Lives] Carnes and Olmsted Family Tree Rachel's Murphy's Emmitt Cotton Carnes, b. about 1849-d. 1929 or pneumonia Great Grandparents married Emily Melissa Catt b. 1884 - d. 1936. Both buried in on her Mom's East Liberty Cemetery. They had 12 children: Father's side 1. John Leonard Carnes, b. Aug. 18, 1882 - d. 1941 2. Elmer Carnes (oldest) 3. Lenna Carnes 4. Bell Carnes 5. Edith Carnes 6. Mable Carnes 7. Frank Carnes 8. Clarence Carnes 9. Luther Carnes (youngest), b. about Nov 1893 - d. 1946 10. Mandy Carnes 11. ? Carnes 12. ? Carnes Rachel Murphy's Elmer Carl Olmsted married (June 15, 1878) Louella Jean Great Grandparents Alverson. on her Mom's They had 7 children: Mother's side 1. John Francis Olmsted, b. 1880 - d. Nov. 1947 2. Alice Leola Olmsted, b. 1885, d. 1936 3. William Robe Olmsted, b 1883 - d. 1957 4. Elbert Ray Olmsted, b. 1891 5. Hettie Dell Olmsted, b. 1895 6. Charles Dewey Olmsted, b. 1898 7. Olive Lucille Olmsted, b. 1903 - d. Dec. 13, 1979 Rachel's John Leonard Carnes, b. 1882 - d. 1941 married Alice Leola Grandparents on Olmsted, b. 1883 - d. 1936. both are buried East Liberty her Mom's side Cemetery. They had 2 children: 1. Ethel Irene Carnes, b. Juan. 9, 1909 - d. Feb. 1, 1987 Buried in Trenton Cemetery. 2. Willbur Willis Carnes, b. Feb. 2 1915 - d. Jan. 29, 2002. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Waverly, Ohio. He married Mary Conklin and they had 1 child Rachel's Parents Ethel Irene Carnes married (Aug. 19, 1923) Arthur Bradley Murphy, b. Jul 25, 1901 - d. Oct. 1, 1962. Both are buried in Trenton Cemetery. they had 4 children: 1. Florence Cleo Murphy, b. Mar. 25, 1924 (died after birth) 2. Velma Victoria Murphy, b. Feb. 24, 1928 3. Lovett Carnes Murphy, b. Feb 25, 1931 - d. Oct 31, 1991. Buried in Trenton Cemetery 4. Rachel Leola Murphy, b. Feb 26, 1933 Appendix -149- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 152) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/649007e693f89539a7afaf1bec855fb4.jpg fc4a5d993e9d2a6effbe39aa6b9bec11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 153] [corresponds to page 150 of Pages of Our Lives] My Family: Rachel Leola Murphy married (Mar. 16, 1952) Thomas Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 15, 1930. they have 3 children: 1. Tina Marie Buxton, b. Dec. 28, 1956 2. Perry Newell Buxton, B. Nov, 16, 1958 3. Rex Bradley Buxton, b. Dec 8, 1964 4. Stepson Jerry Edward Callen, b. May 24, 1949 [Photo] [Photo caption] Emmett Carnes, Luther Carnes, John Leonard and his wife, Alice Leola Carnes Emmitt and Melissa Carnes Family History Emily Melissa Carnes, my great-grandmother, was a strong, small petite woman The doctor was never able to arrive on time to help with the birth of her 12 children and she never missed milking her cow as grandpa could not milk. Great-grandfather Carnes was a strong boy who wanted to join the army. He was allowed to join the Civil War (1861-1865) at 16 since he could throw this big disk far enough. He was stationed in Brownsvill, Texas. He returned from the war, was married and ran a timber business and horse business and raised 12 children. In his horse business he would buy cheap draft horses (work horses) or plug horses (ones not fed or taken care of) get them in better condition and sell them for a profit. He was a red haired triplet with the other two being blond and dark haired. Appendix -150- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 153) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/21b6843e7f9f27fdbe76d1ca6acb9eea.jpg 7cb6c28aff568559825bd5db27ab10dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 154] [corresponds to page 151 of Pages of Our Lives] Emmitt Cotton Carnes, b. about 1849 - d. 1928 of pneumonia, married Emily Melissa Catt, b. 1884 - d. 1936. both are buried in East Liberty Cemetry. they had 12 children: 1. John Leonard Carnes, b. Aug. 18, 1882 - d. 1941 2. Elmer Carnes (the oldest child) 3. Lenna Carnes 4. Bell Carnes 5. Edith Carnes 6. Mable Carnes 7. Frank Carnes 8. Clarence Carnes 9. Luther Carnes (the youngest child), b. about Nov. 1893 - d. 1946 10. Mandy Carnes 11. ? Carnes 12. ? Carnes, Vedia's mother who died young of T.B. [Photo] [Photo caption] John Leonard Carnes and grandson, Jon, - 1940 [Photo] [Photo caption] John Leonard Carnes [Photo] [Photo caption] Alice Leola Olmsted [Photo] [Photo caption] John Leonard and Alice Leola Carnes [Photo] [Photo caption] Farm where Wilber Carnes was born (1). John Leonard Carnes, b. 1882 - d. 1941 married Alice Leola Olmstead, b. 1884 - d. 1936. Both are buried in East Liberty Cemetery. They had: 1. Ethel Irene Carnes, B. Jan 9, 1909 - d. Feb. 1, 1987. Buried in Trenton Cemetery. 2. Wilbur Willis Carnes, b. Feb 2, 1915 - d. Jan 29, 2002. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Appendix -151- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 154) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3314bdbfcf7aae25e5e1c73d503c7f15.jpg feba0e43d66533643ed1ca08f68df021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 155] [corresponds to page 152 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber Carnes at home in Bell Center, Ohio Grandpa Carnes had a housekeeper named Fannie after his first wife died and before he married (2) Hariet Vogelsang in 1939. He hung himself in the barn while I was staying with them when I was 8 years old. I was sent to the neighbor's and Dad got me the next morning. (1) Ethel married (Aug. 29, 1923 in Kentucky) Arthur Bradley Murphy, b. Jul 25, 1901 - d. Oct. 1, 1962. They had 3 living children (in Murphy History) (2) Wilber married (1938) (1) Mary Conklin, d. Mar. 1972 from cancer. They had 1. Jon Carnes, b. Mar. 25, 1938 - d. Jul. 6, 2004 Buried in South Salem Cemetery. Jon married (1968) Jenna Randsdell, b. 1939. They were both school teachers and active in farm Bureau, school and church. Wilber married 1973 (at Johnstown, Ohio) Sarah Woodruff, b. Sept. 13, 1924. They had both lost their spouses in 1972 and met at the bank where Sarah was working in Waverly, Ohio. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber, Mary and Jon Carnes [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber Carnes (my Mother's brother) and his car [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber Carnes with seatbelt he designed Wilber Carnes installed the 1st seat belts in the cars and trucks where he worked at Atomic energy plant in Piketon, Ohio. He was a 52 year member of the Moose Lodge. Appendix -152- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 155) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1d6c11aabe73e80877eed2d1d3c7bf50.jpg 8fcb59e7d585d283546c25e7b6ec3862 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 156] [corresponds to page 153 of Pages of Our Lives] (2). Elmer Carnes married and Charles who lived in Toledo, Ohio. He also had a girl named Voleta. He was a diabetic and had one leg off. (3). Lenna Carnes married Emmitt Mathews I. They had 5 children: 1. Ralph Mathew married Dorothy 2. Elbert Mathews married Vera Olmsted (In Olmsted History) 3. Emmitt Mathews, II married (1) Blanch, (2) Edith. He had by 1st wife: 1. Kenneth Mathews 2. Clarence Mathews 4. Edith Mathews 5. Hazel Mathews married Virgel Ralson. They had 1. Leta May Ralson 2. Udell Ralson 3. Boy Ralson (4). Bell Carnes married (1) Hicks and they had 1. Charles Hicks 2. Clara Hicks Bell married (2)Browning who was a Major in W. W. II. They had 1. Homer Browning who was in army Special Forces in Vietnam War 2. rose Browning married ? and had (5). Edith Carnes married Price (6). Mable Carnes married Mort Sherman and they had 1. Maynard Sherman married Helen Shafer. They had 1. Robert Sherman married and had 1. Robert Sherman, Jr. 2. William married Sharon and had 1. Ryan Sherman 2. Jason Sherman 3. Nancy Sherman married Larry Kolmer and had 1. Melody Kolmer 2. (boy) Kolmer who lives in California 2. Gordon Sherman married Margaret Watson. He soon went to W. W. II and died in Italy. He was a tail gunner on a B24 bomber. 3. Ronald Sherman, b. 1919 and lived in Centerburg, Ohio. He married Patricia Willis. They had: 1. Susan Sherman, b. Nov. 11, 1943 and lives in Galena, Ohio 2. Jim Sherman, b. Oct 10, 1949. He is a farmer and has a mail route. He married Denice Merise. The had: 1. Robert Sherman, b. Dec. 24, 1979. 2. Thomas Sherman, b. June 1985 Ronald Sherman had diphtheria in the winter if 1929 when he was 10 years old. He recovered OK but they were quarantined for 3 months when his mother Mable Carnes Sherman and sister tested as carriers of diphtheria. They could not sell their milk or eggs so they made ice cream with their extra milk and eggs so they wouldn't go to waste. They used 1 1/2 dozen eggs and 1 1/2 gallons of cream and creek chipped ice to make their ice cream in their hand cranked ice cream freezer. They put ice around the metal container Appendix -153- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 156) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/37938f6bfe945562fde47e5b4fc0d2eb.jpg 17c1361835786265f6e2f2d7170e9533 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 157] [corresponds to page 154 of Pages of Our Lives] holding the cream mixture, and as it melted as you turned the crank handle, the ice cream froze. They ate a lot of rich ice cream that winter. They had plenty of food to eat as they had their canned fruit and vegetables from their garden and orchard and their milk. They butchered their beef for meat. His mother, Mable, did not go to her father's Emmitt Carnes, funeral but did get to view him through the window. He died of pneumonia the same winter when they were all quarantined in 1929. (7) Frank Carnes married and had Harold and a girl named Bessie. Frank was a farmer who milked cows. He married his (1) wife. They had Bessie and Harold then a little girl who died in a car accident and his wife became overly religious in 7th Day Adventist Church. He married (2) Pearl and she was a spiritualist and this also did not last. He married his (3) wife from Michigan. He also had (4) wife. He lived with his brother Luther and his wife on their farm during the Depression years in 1929 and had Lydia Bowser as a girl friend. He died of a stroke. [Photo] [Photo caption] Frank Carnes and his wife (8). Clarence Carnes married (1) Merle VanSickle, a maiden lady who had 2 brothers Clarence and the 2 brothers all worked with the horses and cattle on the same farm. Each farm could defer one man from serving in World War I. Merle would not let 2 brothers go so Clarence went to war. The brother brought Clarence's animals real cheap thinking he might not come back but he did. Clarence would not buy his animals back at the high price the brothers wanted so he left Merle. Clarence married (2) Mary Waldron, an old maid school teacher. She was very smart bit odd. She did not keep things very clean or cook very well and had a little dog in the house but she was fun to be around. They had a hired man who nearly died from eating her tainted cherry pie. Clarence got so upset one day when he came home from town and found all his beer was gone that his face turned beet red. He had bought several cans of beer and had it cooling in the barn water tank for the harvest workers coming soon. While he was gone, Ben Grooms, another hired hand. was so hot while he was working that Mary told him to go out to the barn and get a cold beer. He drank Appendix -154- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 157) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cd04b27899bd37a22dde4aedd3366e54.jpg ff7afaca502d69ce38db9c70869fb393 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 158] [corresponds to page 155 of Pages of Our Lives] them all. Lucille Conklin was visiting them, then, when a girl, and it scared her that he might hit some one but it didn't bother Mary. She said, "Just let him cool down, and he will be alright." After Mary died, Clarence had a heart attack when his niece Wilma Carnes was a senior in high school as she remembers visiting him in the hospital. His roommate was a Mr. Harrington, Edith, Mr. Harrington's wife, visited them often. Later after her husband died, Clarence married (3) Edith Harrington. Her Personality was prim and proper, - just the opposite Mary. Clarence was a farmer in Olive Green. (9). Luther Carnes, b. about Nov. 1893 was the youngest in the family. D. in 1975 by hanging himself. He married (1.) Nellie Lucille Lane who died in 1946. The had 1. Edward Wendall Carnes, B Jan. 24, 1929 2. Wilma Lurene Carnes, b. April 3, 1934 Luther married Lillian Searles in 1949. Luther was a dairy farmer who milked Jersey cows. He made pets out of them. He bedded them knee deep with straw every day. In the winter he had to break the creek ice so the cows could drink when he turned them in to the pasture as had no water in the barn. Wendell Carnes remembers when he was about six years old, his Dad Luther was working in the haymow and accidentally stuck the pitchfork in his knee. It became infected, blood poisoning set in and later gangrene so his Dad finally went to the doctor. Dr Ihle wanted to amputate his leg but Luther said he would die first so a treatment was prescribed. It did heal and his leg was saved. [Photo] [Photo caption] Luther and Lillian Carnes [Photo] [Photo caption] Wendall Carnes and Wilber Carnes Luther and Clarence Carnes were in the same camp in the army in World War I. Luther was very ill with pneumonia. A doctor thought Luther was dead and laid him out with the dead bodies. Clarence came looking for his brother and found him, [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber and 1st Cousin Wendall Carnes Appendix -155- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 158) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9114e7de171080ed65db21bedf92510b.jpg c57819f7dd094e72f284ff627a6ba58d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 159] [corresponds to page 156 of Pages of Our Lives] there, still alive. He got treatment for him which saved his life. (1) Wendell married Pat Boyd in 1956 for 4 1/2 years. Wendall was a pilot for 27 years. He had cancer in 2003. He is very active in Methodist Church in Cardova, Tennessee. He is now (2004) building a new house in Lakeland, Tennessee. (2) Wilma Carnes married Thomas Charles Myers in 1960. They had: 1. Victoria Lynn Myers, b. Jan 21, 1960 Vicki married (1) Scott Hughes about Feb. 1990 Vicki Married (2) Lew Gerrick in 2002 2. Jackie Lee Myers, b. Oct. 11, 1961 Jackie married (1) Randy Warner in 1992 Jackie married (2) Gary Covert in 2000 twins 3. Donald Patrick Myers, b. May 9 1964 Donald married Feb. 24, 1996 Clare Heilig Gress. They had: 1. Lillie Ann, B. April 18, 2003, D. May 4, 2003 2. Ellie Marie, b. June 10, 2004 4. Ronald James Myers, b. 1964. He is not married. (10). Mandy Carnes Married (1) Francis Nutt senior. they had: 1. Francis Nutt, Junior who was a farmer. Francis married and had: 1. Boy 2. boy (11). _________ Carnes (12). Mother of Vedia who married Reginal and had: 1. Audry 2. Boy Vedia's mother died of T.B. when young. She also had a sister who died of T.B. One of the Carnes sisters hung herself Two of the Carnes brothers hung themselves. Jon Carnes (Rachel Murphy Buxton's 1st Cousin) My first cousin Jon Carnes was the only child of Wilbur and Mary Carnes. He was born March 25, 1939 and died July 7, 2004 at the age of 65. His dad Wilbur Carnes, my mother's brother died June 29, 2002 at the age of 87. Jon's mother died of cancer in March 1972. Jon graduated from Delaware High School before his folks moved to Waverly, Ohio where Jon finished his education. Jon Married Jenna in 1968 and taught 4th grade and sometimes 5th and 6th grades for 26 years while Jenna taught juniors and seniors in high school. they were very active in Farm Bureau and school [Photo] [Photo caption] Jon Carnes-1959 Appendix -156- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 159) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b2b033e4a03808c3b159f8b7fa57f772.jpg 5c472e4078fc6613b27bbeb8a91aa5d9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 160] [corresponds to page 157 of Pages of Our Lives] programs as they both loved working with children yet had no children of their own. They were members of Concord Presbyterian Church where Jon was an Elder. The both taught Sunday school and loved to sing at the quaint 200 year old Church near Frankfort, Ohio. [Photo] [Photo caption] Jon Carnes in Arthur Murphy's 1941 car Jenna discovered she had Multiple Sclerosis which gradually grew worse. She continued to teach even though confined to a wheel chair for a wile. Later she was confined her bed. Jon continued to care for her at home with the help of a neighbor couple who had lived in the trailer next door for 11 years. They had helped Jon for 8 years with Jenna's care by coming over twice a day to assist with bathing and feeding. On Friday, July 2, 2004, the neighbor come over as usual and found Jon unconscious. He was taken to Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio where he died 5 days later. He had suffered extensive internal bleeding from a massive stroke in his brain. Pastor Todd Thomas had Jon's funeral as he had been his minister for the last 5 years. Jon was buried at South Salem Cemetery. Afterwards, family and friends gathered at the church for lunch. Jenna was taken on Monday July, 12 2004 to Calcutta Heath Care in East Liverpool, Ohio to be near her life long girl friend Judy Miller. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wilber, Jenna and Jon Carnes - 1973 Appendix -157- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 160) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c32beebbb1ba991e7a41f1eaf899f1ef.jpg 1dcb481b3e153ebcdbdcf862f575a7be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 161] [corresponds to page 158 of Pages of Our Lives] [Image] [Image caption] Delaware , O. Gazette Monday, May 23, 1966 Veteran East-County Residents Recall Porter 'Devil's Strip' Appendix -158- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 161) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e917a8657e791ced1bb8a82b2a10c067.jpg 27d5dcd430af06ffe2f6c6fd49fe4092 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 162] [corresponds to page 159 of Pages of Our Lives] Olmstead Family History The Olmsteds came from Sweden and inter married with Germans. They moved to Pennsylvania and then came to Ohio in a covered wagon. All of the Olmsteds were short and heavy sit. A lot of Olmsteds are buried in Blendon Corners Cemetery near Westerville, Ohio. Emily Jane, the mother of Elmer Case Olmsted, weighed about 300 pounds and had red hair. A special casket was made and couldn't get it through the church door. They took her to the cemetery, buried her and came back and had the service. She was Welch heritage. Elmer Case Olmsted, born in 1855 married (June 15, 1878) Louella Jean Alverson. They had seven children: 1. John Francis Olmsted (Uncle Frank), b. 1880 - d. Nov. 1947 2. Alice Leola Olmsted, b. May 19, 1885, d. 1936 3. William Robe Olmsted (Uncle Will), b. 1883 - d. 1957 4. Ebert Ray Olmsted (Uncle Ray), b. Oct, 1891 5. Hettie Dell Olmsted, B. Jul 21, 1895 6. Charles Dewey Olmsted (Uncle Charles), b. Nov. 28, 1898 7. Olive Lucille Olmsted, B. Mar. 24, 1903 - d. Dec. 13, 1979, buried in Bloomfield Cemetery. (1). John Francis Olmsted married (Aug. 19, 1903) (1) Mary Blanch Irwin. They had 3 children. He married (2) Ethel Peet. He was a missionary for 17 years, part of the time in Africa where he was president of the college. Vera and Elise were born in Africa before his wife got sick and they came back to the U.S. Virgel was born in the U.S. and 16 yrs. old when his Mom died. 1. Vera Lenor Olmsted, b. Jan. 4, 1907. she was a nurse. Vera married (July 17, 1930) Elbert Mathews. They had 4 children: 1. Francis Louis Mathews, b. Dec. 23, 1927 - d. June 10, 1947 by drowning. 2. Richard Eugene Mathews, b. - died of over medication for seizures 3. Phyllis Anne Mathews, B. May 24, 1931 - D. Jan. 10 , 1976 married (1) Roberson (2) Don See 4. Marilyn Josephine Mathews, Sept. 10, 1932 - d. married Henry See 2. Elsie Irene Olmsted, b. Mar. 16, 1909 Elsie Irene married (Nov. 29, 1933) Lincoln McKinley Garfield Cox b. Aug 9, 1901 - d. Aug 8, 1989. they Had 1 child 1. Ruth Elaine Cox, B. Nov. 19, 1936 Elaine m (1) Jim Arrington Elaine m. (Oct 18, 1972) (2) Wayne Wallace, D. Mar. 2004. They had: Adopted I. Ickconna Irene Wallace, b. Jan 6, 1970 Ickconna married Douglas King. They had: [Photo] [Photo image] Seated: Elaine, Darlene, Elsie Behind: Wayne, Leonnie, Lincoln Christmas 1983 Appendix -159- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 162) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e8653d0b664544598c5af457847e91df.jpg d41f5bb99fa37f88657dccd05fc76d35 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 163] [corresponds to page 160 of Pages of Our Lives] 1. Xylon McKinley King b. Jul. 4, 1993 2. La Kota Morgan King, b. Aug. 29, 1996 2. Angelis Darlene Wallace, b. May 31, 1976 Darlene married Mark Robertson. They had 1. Dana Ann Robertson, b. Feb. 26, 1996 Elsie Cox had to verify her U.S. citizenship when entering the U.S. from Canada with group of 7 day advent teachers on a church study trip. At the border they asked Elsie where she was born and she said Africa. They finally let her enter the U.S. but she had to to before a U.S. judge later presenting her U.S. grade cards as proof of U.S. citizenship. Elaine Cox Wallace is a registered nurse who recovered from T.B. that she had when she was in nurses training. She later contracted lupus when she was exposed to extreme cold during an hepatitis vaccination trip to a remote settlement near Barrow, Alaska. A severe storm blew down all the tents and prevented the bush Pilot from returning for them. They had to walk to the only wood building in a white out storm. 3. Virgel Elbert Olmsted, b. April 8,1912 Virgel married (June 23, 1934) Eloise Marie Merkel, B. May 18, 1912 d. Jan. 4, 200. They lived in St. Louis, Missouri, while their children were young. They had: 1. Wendell Lauren Olmsted, B. Aug. 11, 1935 - d. Aug. 5, 1994 married (Oct. 19, 1957) Janet Faye Silveus, b. Jan. 26, 1936. They had: 1. Byron Wendell Olmsted, b. Jan. 19, 1960 married (Aug. 18, 1985) Sherry Shipley. They had 1. Travis Wayne Olmsted, b. Feb. 18, 1989 2. Brandy Nicole Olmsted, b. Jan. 18, 1994 2. Barry Alan Olmsted, b. May 24, 1961 married (April 1986) Marsha Shipley. They had: 1. Andriaunna Elizabeth Olmsted, b. Dec. 12, 1989 2. Shauni Analycia Olmsted, b. June 1, 2001 3. Bradley Steven Olmsted, b. Jul. 24, 1963 married (April 1984) (1) Gayle Collins. They had: 1. Steven Curtis Olmsted, b. Jul 30, 1984 2. Stephanie Nicole Olmsted, b. May 12, 1989 married (2003) (2) Mary Sharp They had: 1. stepson Shane sharp, b. May 11. 1937 2. Gwendolyn Joyce Olmsted, b. May 11, 1937 married (Nov. 25, 1967) Glen Romaine Saunders, b. Mar. 8, 1936. They had no children. They have lived in Louisiana since 1984. (2) Alice Leola Olmsted d. 1936 married (Aug. 15, 1907 in Mr. Gilead) John Leonard Carnes, B. 1882 - d. 1941. She was a beautiful girl girl who got heavier as she got older. She died in her sleep and had a big stomach tumor at the age of 52 years. She hung wall paper and raised turkeys and chickens for extra money as Leonard was in the hospital different times for mental depression. He died by hanging himself in the barn. They had 2 children. Appendix -160- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 163) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1192bbb0314351daa6c9a05a4be0bd99.jpg 59c08c0d73ede27d301974f1dde6bf63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 164] [corresponds to page 161 of Pages of Our Lives] 1. Ethel Irene Carnes, b. Jan. 9, 1900 - d. Feb 1, 1987. Buried in Trenton Cemetery. She married Arthur Bradley Murphy and they have 3 living children (recorded in the Murphy line). 2. Wilber Willis Carnes, B. Feb. 2, 1915 - d. Jan 31, 2002. Buried in Ever Green Cemetery. Me married Mary Conklin and they had 1 child (recorded in the Carnes history). (3) William Robe Olmsted married (Oct. 14, 1922) Blanche Lillian Metzer. They had: 1. Agnes Louise Olmsted, b. April 8, 1908 - d. 1991. Buried in Bloomfield Cemetery. Married Paul Anderson, d. 1991. They had: 1. Stanley Eugene Anderson, b. Oct. 19, 1934, married Joyce Ann. They had: 1. Karen Jean Anderson, b. May 8, 1954 2. Sharon Ann Anderson, b. Jan. 7, 1956 3. Julie Lynn Anderson, b. June 7, 1959 2. Marian Virginia Anderson, b. Sept 28, 1939 married Charles Horn Elkins 2. Leigh Olmsted - drowned Louise Olmsted Anderson worked 29 years as L.P.N. at Harrod Nursing Home in Centerburg, Ohio. [Image] [Image caption] Louise Anderson Obituary (4) Elbert Ray Olmsted married )Sept. 2, 1920) Helen Metzer. They had 3 children and lived in St. Louis where he was a city forester. 1. Robert Elbert Olmsted, B. May 12, 1925 married Theresa. They adopted. 1. Allan Olmsted 2. Vicky Olmsted 2. Faye Lovella Olmsted. B. June 21, 1927 3. Betty Lee Olmsted, B. Aug. 14, 1932 I visited Uncle Ray when I was a junior in High school. They took me to see outdoor opera in St. Louise, Missouri. When they visited us, we all went to Scioto Downs, horse racing place south of Columbus. Betty bet on long shot horses as she to win big is she won but she didn't win. (5) Hettie Del Olmsted. married (Dec. 1910) (1) Benjamin Harrison Dudley in Kentucky. Married Nov. 26, 1919 (2) Hugh Johnson Sr. They had 1. Hugh Johnson, Jr. Married Donna. They had: 1. Carol Ann Johnson (6) Charles Dewey Olmsted married (Sept 16, 1922) Celia Mary Trout. They had 4 children. 1. Charles, Jr., born Oct 13, 1924 married Roberta Pruit. [Photo] [Photo caption] Great Aunt Hettie's son, wife Hugh and Donna Johnson Appendix -161- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 164) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f8fb6b4bd767790e401c1badb070068b.jpg b425320d0a0f59c4b42370b0d45a53f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 165] [corresponds to page 162 of Pages of Our Lives] They had 5 children: 1. Beth Elaine Olmsted 2. Linda Jean Olmsted 3. Randy Olmsted 4. Ce Ann Olmsted 5. Mitchell Olmsted 2. Harold Lee, Jul 18, 1927. Had no children 3. Louella Jean, B. Mar. 19, 1930 was named after her Dad's mother. Had 2 children 1. Michael Leigh Miller, b. April 12, 1955 married Audrey and they had: 1. Christopher Miller, B. Sept 26, 1983 2. Paula Jean Miller, b. Nov. 14, 1981 2. Deborah Rena, b. Jul. 3, 1958 married James White, They had: 1. Julian James White 2. Savannah Jean White, b. Jul 25, 1996 4. Ronald 7. Olive Lucille Olmsted married (Oct. 14, 1922) (1) Frank Swartwood, b. 1894. They owned and operated a store in Peerless. Olive loved her animals. She married (2) Betts [Photo] [Photo caption] Rex Buxton and Terry. Trailer bought in 1970 [Photo] [Photo caption] Snow 1978 Looking north towards Roberts Road while on Clover Valley [Photo] [Photo caption] Velma Jo Murphy, Rex and Tina Buxton with Mom's dogs [Photo] [Photo caption] Our Siamese Cat Cinders and Kittens - August 1968 [Photo] [Photo caption] Our cats Smokey and Ollie Appendix -162- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 165) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/edd839fb350c97994a7bd7ab8559bf5b.jpg 19b4035551a2c8c46dc84ae7c704d68b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 166] [corresponds to page 163 of Pages of Our Lives] Willis-Buxton Family Robert Willis B. 1750 (Scotland) m. Sarah Gibson abt. 1773 George Willis b. 1770 William Willis B. 1970 m. Ruth Jenkins 1880 m. 1. Elizabeth Skinner 1814 2. Eliza Moore 1849 Evan J. Willis b. 1812 Louis K. Willis b. 1852 m. 1. Rachel ? abt. 1830 m. Alice E. Corner 1882 m. 2. Mary A. Stern Elizabeth E. Willis b. 1844-6 Louis E. Willis b. 1883 m. Marvin Buxton abt. 1866 m. Ida May Merwin 1915 Elias Ed Buxton b. 1869 Richard Willis b. 1823 m. Ida Mae Green 1894 Wayne N. Buxton b. 1901 m. Lucille Jackson 1929 Thomas E. Buxton b. 1930 m. Rachel L. Murphy 1952 William Willis family generations are long because of his late second marriage and the marriages of his descendants. [Photo] [Photo caption] Ida Mae Buxton and Rachel Buxton about 1954 [Photo] [Photo Caption] Tina, Rex, Rachel, Perry Buxton December 12, 1970 Appendix -163- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 166) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/79cf364f92242456bc7bb12bac19439e.jpg b35b1c893917b9a1aacfc77f5b6e1c01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 167] [corresponds to page 164 of Pages of Our Lives] Marvin Buxton M. Elizabeth Wells Elias Edward Buxton Delia Buxton Don Buxton b. 1869 died of asthma 1934 m. Frank Catt - m. Laurel m. Ida Me Green 1894 d. 1959 lived W. Shield Hugh Harley Harriet St. Newark, OH died electrician humped back flu in all his m. Lawrence W W I life Rice no Never children married Wayne Buxton Claude Buxton Raymond lived on N. Main St. b. 1901 d. 1983 b. 1900 shot wife 1 mile from parents m. Lucille Jackson and self d. 1948 m. Jessie b. 1907 d. 1974 m. Jane Phillips Margaret Harold Thomas Buxton Doyte Buxton Hazel Buxton girl A boy lived in b 1930 Shot himself m. Paul Gribble girl Indianapolis was m. Rachel Murphy abt. 1983 c. Ronnie Gribble in WWII died of 1952 b. 1933 m. 1. Avenel m. (1) Lavonna Little lung disease Tina c. Boy Buxton c. 1. Robin Grible Perry m. 2. Opal m. Brian Roache '00 Rex c. Jan Buxton c. Briana Riarke '04 m. 3. Betty c. 2. Shawn Gribble m. Brandy Oglefby 1994 c. Stephanie Ogelby 1996 c. 3. Shannan Gribble m. Hofea Hooks 1998 c. Kyle Hooks 1998 c. Kayla Hooks 2001 m. (2) Harvietta Newland 1982 Appendix -164- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 167) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/428f3a7f02ca0825d2e4a5fed00cb941.jpg d302ea3ffb32cc34672ee7d5ff50ef6e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource page 168] [corresponds to page 165 of Pages of Our Lives] Buxton Family History Marvin Buxton, B. 1844-6 d. 1934, married (1866) Elizabeth E. Willis. They had (1.) Donovan V. Buxton, b. July 1868 - d. April 26, 1942 is buried in Hartford Cemetery. Known as Don, he married Laural. They had: 1. Hugh Buxton died of flu in W.W.I and is buried in Hartford Cemetery. 2. Harley Buxton - never married. He did electrical work. He is buried in Hartford Cemetery. 3. Harriet Buxton married Lawrence Rice. They had no children. Harriet had a hump in her upper spine. Both are buried in Hartford Cemetery. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne Buxton, Harley Buxon, Ray and Jessie Catt, Jenette and Claude Buxton Seated: Harriet Buxton, Harold Catt, Doyte Buxton (2.) Elias Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 1869 - d. Mar. 1934 is buried in Hartford Cemetery. He married (1894) Ida Mae Green, B. 1876 - d. 1960 at 84 years. They are buried in Hartford Cemetery. They had: 1. Claude Buxton, b. 1900 - d. 1948, married Janet Phillips, d. 1948. They had: 1. Doyte Buxton, d. 1984 buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH. He also shot himself. Doyte married (1) Avenel and they had a boy He married (2) Opal. They had Jan Buxton He married (3) Betty 2. Hazel Buxton, b. 1920 - d. 2002 of cancer and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH. She married Paul Gribble. They had: 1. Ronald Gribble married (1) (1968) Lavonna Little. They (2.) Elias Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 1869 - d. Mar. 1934 is buried in Hartford Cemetery. He married (1894) Ida Mae Green, b. 1876 - d. 1960 at 84 years. They are buried in Hartford Cemetery. They had: 1. Claude Buxton, b. 1900 - d. 1948, married Janet Phillips, d. 1948. They had: 1. Doyte Buxton, d. 1984 buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH. He also shot himself. Doyte married (1) Avenel and they had a boy He married (2) Opal. they had Jan Buxton He married (3) Betty 2. Hazel Buxton, b. 1920- d. 2002 of cancer and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH. She married Paul Gribble. They had. 1. Ronald Gribble married (1) (1968) Lavonna Little. They had: 1. Robin Jeanette Gribble, b. Jan.2, 1969. Married (May 20, 2000) Brian Roark. They have: Brian Jade Roark, b. Sept. 8, 2004 2. Shawn Marie Gribble, b. Aug. 13, 1972, married (June 14, 1994) Brandy Oglefby. They have: 1. Stephanie Kay Oglefby, b. May 27, 1996 3. Shannan Sue Gribble, b. Aug 13, 1972, married (Aug. 22, 1998) Hofer Hooks. They have 1. Kyle Evan Hooks, b. Jan. 3. 1999 2. Kayla Nicole Hooks, b. Feb. 8, 2001 Ronald married (2) (June 1982) Harvietta Newland, b. June 19, 1946 2. Wayne Newell Buxton, b. 1901 - d. Oct 9, 1983 and is buried in Trenton Cemetery. He married (Mar. 23, 1929) Lucille Lala Jackson, b. Appendix -165- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 168) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b3a3bef62e09df015fb98d873bf32dff.jpg 412eea037b4a8221f9ef2094fdc492c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 169] [corresponds to page 166 of Pages of Our Lives] Mar. 23, 1907 - d. Oct, 1974. Buried in Trenton Cemetery. they had: 1. Thomas Edward Buxton, B. Dec 15, 1930, married (1) 1949 Barbara Ann Callan, b. 1933. They had: 1. Jerry Edward Buxton Callan, b. May 24, 1949. Married (1) Sharon Mossbury. They had 1. Janice Callan b. Jan. 13, 1970 Married (1) 9-24-1989 Steve Harris Married (2) 2-14-1999 Dennis Koivula (2) (Mar. 16, 1953) Rachel Leola Murphy, b. Feb. 26, 1933. They have: 1. Tina Marie Buxton, b. Dec. 28, 1956, married (1) (Aug 12, 1978) Gary Lee White, b. April 22, 1951. They have 3 children: 1. Renee Dawn White, b. July 4, 1970 2. Logan Lee White, b. Aug. 1, 1982 3. Kale Oliver White b. Sept. 20, 1984 Tina Marie married (2) (June 14, 1997) Rodger Martin Miller, II, b. Feb. 2, 1969 2. Perry Newell Buxton, b. Nov. 16, 1958, Married (July 12, 1978) Mary Jo Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1962. they have 3 children: 1. Paula Marie Buxton, B. Nov. 22, 1978 Married (May 10, 2003) Eric Normand Taylor, b. Oct 4, 1977. They have: 1. Cara Maryann Taylor, b. Aug. 12, 2005 2. Natalie Rachel Buxton, B. Sept. 22, 1981 Married (July 24, 2004) Brandon David Cox, B. May 28, 1978. They have: 1. Jenna Marie Cox, b. Sept 24,2005 3. Perry N. Buxton, b. July 28, 1993 3. Rex Bradley Buxton, b. Dec. 8, 1964, married (June 16, 1990) Joy Ann Harber, b. Nov. 7, 1956. They have a son and stepson: 1. Dakoda Bradley Buxton, b. Sept. 28, 1991 2. Stepson James Harber, b. Aug 3, 1977 married Ginny Miller, b. 1972 and have 3 children (2 step): 1. Breiana Reane Haber, B. July 25, 2003 2. step Caleb Miller, b. Dec. 31 1999 3. step Kyra Ann Miller, B. Jan. 24, 2000 (3) Della B. Buxton, b. Dec. 1872 is buried in Homer Cemetery. She married S. Franklin Catt who lived in West shield in Newark, Oh. They had: 1. Raymond Catt who lived at N. Main St. route 13, on mile from his [Photo] [Photo caption] Renee White, Tina Miller, Rachel Buxton - 2005 Appendix -166- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 169) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/06a2465196d766ab8fd82c19eb60f1dd.jpg f00931c1acf2eb6272dae3cd88d4f6bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 170] [corresponds to page 167 of Pages of Our Lives] parents. He worked at the county garage where he lost an eye when a rivet hit his eye. Raymond married Jessie. They had: 1. Margaret Catt who married and had 2 girls 2. Harold Catt who married and had a boy. They lived in Indianapolis, Ind. The boy was in W.W. II and died of lung cancer. Buxton Family Photos [Photo] [Photo caption] Claude and Jennett Buxton Doyte and Hazel (baby) [Photo] [Photo caption] Doyte Buxton and Grandpa Ellis Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] Ed and Doyte Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] Doyte Buxton, Tom's 1st cousin, Son of Claude Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] Tom and Rachel's Children Tina Marie, Perry Newel and Rex Bradley [Photo] [Photo caption] Newark Home of Dell Catt [Photo] [Photo caption] Dell and Frank Catt and his brother Dell Catt is Ellis Buxton's sister Appendix -167- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 170) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/de20051ba5c9fee92b979d6efe8554c0.jpg 19c747fe6b5332805142e1d6f9a7ed1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 171] [corresponds to page 168 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Back row: Ed Buxton, Ida Buxton, Lauren Buxton (Don's wife). and Don Buxton (Ed's brother), Raymond Call (Don and Lauren's son), Jessie Call (Raymond's wife) holding son Harold or daughter Margaret, Dell Buxton Catt (Ed's sister), Jess Walker's wife, Jess Walker's two girls, Jess Walker Seated: Harriet Buxton on lap of unknown man, Newell Green (Ida's Buxton's father), and 2 unknown adults [Photo] [Photo caption] Ethel Murphy Anderson, Velma Murphy McCall Creek, Rachel Murphy Buxton and Lovett Murphy at Cora Lynn Murphy's Wedding to Doug McLurg on June 14, 1986 [Photo] [Photo caption] Tina and Martin's Wedding, June 14, 1997 Thomas Buxton, Tina and Martin Miller, Rachel Buxton Appendix -168- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 171) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3e2378b64e0eeda0ca1c70158ae5b046.jpg f2e4302701c0ac072f16d9a13f352ba4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 172] [corresponds to page 169 of Pages of Our Lives] John and Mary Jackson George Washington Jackson b. 8 Oct. 1879 d. Jul 1965 m. Ada Maye White daughter of William W. and Ruth M. White) 5 Dec. 1903 Donald Dean Jackson b. 14 July 1920 d. 30 May 1980 m. Marie Francis McKenzie 12 Feb. 1944 b. 15 Apr 1924 d. June 1959 David Donald Jackson b. 30 Jan.1952 m. Belinda Arlene Wigton 5 Sept 1952 b. 28 Nov. 1951 Lucille Lala Jackson b. 23 Mar. 1907 d. 16 Oct 1974 m. Wayne Newell Buxton 23 Mar. 1929 b. 23 Sept. 1901 d. 9 Oct. 1983 Thomas Edward Buxton b. 15 Dec. 1930 m. 1. Barbara Ann Callan in 1949 c. Jerry Edward Buxton (Callan) b. 24 May 1949 m. Sharon Mossbury c. Janice Callan b. 13 Jan. 1970 m. 1. Steve Harris 24 Sept. 1989 m. 2 Dennis Koivula 14 Feb. 1999 m. 2. Ann -1979 m. 2. Rachel Leola Murphy 16 Mar. 1952 b. 26 Feb 1983 Tina Marie Buxton b. 28 Dec. 1956 m. 1. Gary White 12 Aug 1978 b. 22 April 1952 c. 1. Renee Dawn White b. 4 July 1979 c. 2. Logan Lee White b. 1 Aug 1982 c. 3. Kale Oliver white b. 20 Sept. 1984 m. 2. Rodger Martin Miller 13 June 1997 b. 2 Feb 1969 Perry Newell Buxton b. 16 Nov, 1958 m. Mary Lewis 12 July 1978 b. 9 Aug 1972 c. 1. Paula Marie Buxton B. 22 Nov. 1978 m. Eric Norman Taylor (b. 10-4-1977) 10 May 2003 c. Cara Maryann Taylor b. Aug. 12, 2005 c. 2. Natalie Rachel Buxton b. 22 Sept. 1981 m. Brandon David cox (b. 5-28-1978) 24 July 2004 c. Jenna Marie Cox, b. Sept. 24, 2005 c. 3. Perry N. Buxton b. 28 July 1993 Rev. Bradley Buxton b. 8 Dec. 1664 m. Joy Ann Habor (b. 11-7-1956) on 16 Jun 1990 c. Dakoda Bradley Buxton b. 28 Sept. 1991 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 172) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fed1a93bea15d2ca37e48f4356abc75b.jpg 2a496e7c52620685df0adf37760764a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 173] [corresponds to page 170 of Pages of Our Lives] Jackson and White Family History There were 12 children in Grandpa Jackson's family and 12 children in Grandma Jackson's (White's) family. Two Jackson brothers married two White sisters as they lived near each other in southern Ohio. Another White sister, Tom's great Aunt Lalla White married William Clark Thronton. They moved into a log cabin on White Hollow Rd near Patriot , Ohio in Galia County. This Thronton log cabin was on top of a mountain with a very steep slate rock drive built around 1857 when Polk was President of the United States as he signed the papers on it. The White family are: The Jackson family: 1. Edmond Levi White, b. Aug. 22, 1869 1. George Jackson family: 2. Nancy Isabel white, b. Oct 17, 1873 2. J. U. Jackson 3. Charles Monroe White, b. Oct. 4, 1874 3. John Jackson 4. James Wilson white b. Mar 31, 1887 4. Mrs. Frank Myers 5. Elmer Emitt White, b. Jul 19, 1879 6. Lottie Jane White, b. Aug. 15, 1881 7. Lalla Faye white, b. Jan. 10, 1884 8. Ada Mae White, b. May 25, 1886 9. Benjamin Franklin White, b. April 16, 1889 10. Minnie Ellen White, b. May 31, 1891 11. Emory White, b. 19,1893 12. Infant - not named [Photo] [Photo caption] Ellis and Myrtle Thornton's Home Patriot, Ohio John Jackson married Mary and they had George Washington Jackson, b. Oct. 8, 1879 - Jul 14, 1965 buried in Green Hill Cemetery William W. White married Rachel M. and they had Ada Mae white, b. May 25, 1886 - d. Sept. 26, 1972 buried Green Hill Cemetery George Washington Jackson married (Dec. 5, 1903) Ada Mae White and they had 1. Lucille Lalla Jackson, b Mar. 23, 1907 - d. Oct. 16, 1974 buried in Trenton Cemetery (1) Married (Mar. 23, 1929) Wayne Newell Buxton, b. Sept. 23, 1901 - d. Oct. 9, 1983, buried in Trenton Cemetery. They had: 1. Thomas Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 15, 1930 Married (Mar. 16, 1952) Rachel Leola Murphy, b. Feb 26, 1933 (continued in Buxton History) 2. Donald Dean Jackson, b. Jul 14, 1920 - d. May 31, 1980 Buried in Green Hill Cemetery (1.) Married (Feb. 12, 1944) Marie Frances McKenzie, b. April 15, 1924 d. June 3, 1959 of cancer, buried in Green Hill Cemetery. They had: 1. David Donald Jackson, b. Jan.30, 1952, married (Sept., 5, 1992) Belinda Arlene Wigton, b. Nov. 28, 1951 Appendix -170- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 173) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b87db652f67f411fe601b13870e5cf5c.jpg f66ec578ebf02a9360f0555eb839c5fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 174] [corresponds to page 171 of Pages of Our Lives] Tom's Grandma Jackson kept a very clean house and was a good cook and raised big gardens. She had a fiery temper while Grandpa Jackson was meek and mild. Both were very hard working farmers. [Photo] [Photo caption] Marie, David and Donald Jackson Donald is Tom Buxton's Uncle on his Mother's side [Image] [Image caption] Lucille Buxton's Father (obituary) Thornton and Neal Family History Lalla Fay White, b. Jan 10, 1884 - d. Oct 25, 1974 married (Nov. 22, 1905) William Clark Thornton, b. Oct. 2, 1878 - d. Nov. 17, 1969. They had: 1. Emory Ellis Thornton, b. Sept. 2, 1912, - d. April 12, 2004, married (June 10, 1945) Myrtle Bernice Jackson, b. May 6, 1921. They had: 1. Nolan Dean Thornton, B. Sept 2, married (Dec. 12, 1964) Wanda Lee Jeffers, b. June 28, 1947. They had: 1. Angela Gail Thornton, b. June 15, 1966, married (Aug. 23, 1981) (1) Michael Ray Arrowood, b. Nov 6, 1964. They had: 1. Seth Michael Arrowood, b. Feb. 28, 1982 2. Tabitha Gail Arrowood, b. July 20, 1988 Angela married (Mar. 29, 2003) [sic] (2) Bruce Kevin King, b. June 23, 1970. Her step children are: 1. Brittany Faith King, b. June 29, 1995 2. Bree Anna King, b. July 26, 1999 2. Charlene Kay Thornton, b. June 1, 1972. Married (Sept. 15, 1989) John Arrowood, Jr., b. Dec. 10, 1971. they had: 1. Agustus Levi Arrowood, b. May 5, 1990 [Photo] [Photo image] Ellis, Lalla Fay and Myrtle Thornton Appendix -171- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 174) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cca86e0f13b8eb5b39a7bd7f03bec2b4.jpg fbef6667fa689c5873a536da6baab64e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 175] [corresponds to page 172 of Pages of Our Lives] 2. Rachel Lee Arrowood, B. Feb 15, 1994 3. Sabrina Dawn Thornton, b. Nov. 9, 1968, married (Sept. 12) 1989) Noel Shannon Stover, b. Sept. 22, 1968. They had: 1. Samantha Nicole Stover, b. Aug. 25, 1995 2. Sidney Marie Stover, b. Oct 25, 2001 4. Jeremy Dean Thornton, b. Dec. 19, 1979 not married (2) Helen Marie Thornton, b. Aug 21, 1915 married (April 26, 1936) Harry Alden Neal, b. Aug. 22, 1911 - D. May 4, 1980. They had: 1. John Richard Neal, b. Oct. 5, 1938, married (Sept. 20, 1959) Joyce Lee Reapp, b. Sept. 13, 1941. They had: 1. Debra Lynn Neal, b. May 11, 1960, married (May 28, 1983) James Henry Ehman, b. Aug. 1, 1956. They have: 1. James Christopher Ehman, b. Dec. 13, 1985 2. Cory Neal Ehman, b. Oct. 3, 1987 2. Teresa Ann Neal, b. Oct 14, 1962, married (Aug. 17, 1983) Gene Alan Layton, b. Sept. 6, 1961. They have: 1. Derrick Ryan Layton, b. Dec. 31, 1984 2. Chelsea Nicole Layton, b. Jan. 10, 1989 3. Melissa Dawn Neal, b. April 7, 1976, married (Dec. 10, 1994) Thomas Kenneth Harding Lambert, b. Feb. 9, 1975. They have: 1. Kaylee Ashlynn Lambert, b. Dec. 9, 1998 2. Kennedey Morgan Lambert b. Jan 28, 2003 [Photo] [Photo caption] Myrtle and Ellis 3. Earl Edward Neal, b. Mar. 10, 1940, married (June 20, 1960) Karen Arlene Parks. b. July 21, 1942. They had: 1. Cara Dawn Neal, b. April 2, 1962, married (June 9, 1990) John Charles Bambenek III, b Jan. 1, 1957. They had: 1. Rachel Neal Bambenek, b. Mar. 29, 1997 2. Jacob Michael Bambenek, b. June 4, 1999 3. Stepson Bambenek, b. ? 2. Christian Shawn Neal, b. Feb. 15, 1965 - d. July 1, 2002, married (Mar. 9, 1989) Charles Letchford. They had: 1. Rebecca Elise Neal, b. July 19, 1989 2. Christian Alexandra Neal, Aug. 29, 1994 3. Treavor Alden Neal, b. April 25, 1997 4. Theodore Paul Neal, b. Sept 28, 1966, married (Dec. 22, 1990) Lisa Carol Haldren, b. Sept. 16, 1970, They had: 1. Mary Elizabeth Neal, b. Dec. 2, 1992 2. Jessica Leigh Neal, b. Mar 21, 1997 [Photo] [Photo caption] Wanda Thornton in back Nolan, Myrtle and Ellis Thornton Appendix -172- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 175) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dd5e15814b39d160ce66cbde3a843681.jpg a478fbe5430c3106283d65b646b4e989 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 176] [corresponds to page 173 of Pages of Our Lives] Green Family History Newell Green married Rachel Clayton. Both are buried in Hartford Cemetery. They had: 3. Ida Mae Green, b. 1874 - d. 1959 of throat cancer. Buried in Hartford Cemetery Married (1894) Elias Edward Buxton, b. 1869 - d. Mar. 1934 of asthma. Buried in Hartford Cemetery. (continue in Buxton Family History) 4. Clarence Green had cancer and died in Baltimore, Ohio. They had 1. Fredrick Green 2. Daughter severely disabled who died about 10 years old 3. Marian Green 4. Ida Mae Green [Photo] [Photo caption] Newell Green Tom Buxton's Great Grandfather [Photo] [Photo caption] Ida Mae Green - born in 1875 Tom Buxton's Grandmother [Photo] [Photo caption] Susan Green Wayne Buxton's maternal Grandmother [Image] [Image caption] Ida Mae Buxton's Obituary - April 1959 Appendix -173- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 176) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/054e388f303c52f053aafc33e3ea3c26.jpg 8e869720a57722cf427e2491e431ab75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 177] [corresponds to page 174 of Pages of Our Lives] Callan Family History Thomas Edward Buxton, b. Dec. 15, 1930 m (1948) Barbara Callam, b. July 1933. They had; 1. Jerry Edward Buxton, b. May 24, 1949. Jerry Edward Buxton was adopted by his grandparents, Ralph and Helen Callan. His name was changed to Jerry Edward Callan in the fall of 1949. Jerry Edward Callan married (1) Sharon Mossbury. They had: 1. Janice Callan, b. Jan. 13,1970 married (1) (Sept. 24. 1989 ) W. Steve Harris Married (2) ( Feb 14, 1999) Dennis Koivula Jerry Edward married (2) Ann in 1979. they divorced in 1997 [Image] [Image] [Image caption] Ed Callan's First Wife [Image] [Image caption] Ed & Sharon's Callan's Wedding [Photo] [Photo caption] Jerry Edward Callan Thomas Buxton's son [Image] [Image caption] Eddie Callan, January Farmer [Image] [Image caption] Janice Callan's Birth January 13, 1970 Appendix -174- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 177) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3fadc0327001951ed44accdc23f0d6f7.jpg 2650c3db471a1d2a3708021adb9b8c6f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 178] [corresponds to page 175 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Jerry Edward Callan on Longhorn Steer Wayne Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne Newell Buxton Wayne Newell Buxton was born Sept. 23, 1901 in Hartford township. He went to school at the Perfect one room school house on Johnstown Croton Pike. The school was torn down around 1982. Wayne's parents went to housekeeping in 1894 on a farm in Homer, Ohio, where Elias had grown up. They later moved to a small farm on Parsons Road about three miles south of Croton where Claude and Wayne were born. Wayne and his year older brother Claude, grew up working on this small farm with their parent Elias & Ida Mae Buxton. Wayne went to Sunday school and church with his family at the Church of Christ in Croton. We have two of his Sunday school pins for perfect attendance. [Photo] [Photo caption] Claude Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] The 7th boy in back row in center of window is Claude Buxton in Sunday School Class at Church of Christ in Croton Appendix -175- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 178) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cc6a4996430d084a0385ecbf4d5e96a3.jpg 990a4ab75ca088539a470ae1c53c2b6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource page 179] [corresponds to page 176 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Men of the Church of Christ at Croton, Ohio Edward Buxton (Tom's Grandfather) is the 4th man from the right in the back row. Due to a childhood accident, Wayne had a bad handicap with his right foot. As when he was a young boy he fell from the hay mow and his foot hit the manager and broke it. His folks carried him to the house. The next day he could hobble around so they never took him a doctor. It healed with a bone lump on his foot behind his toes. He had to pad his shoe so that it didn't bother him as bad. He walked many a mile carrying corn to feed his sheep when roads were closed due to snow. He also walked a lot using his hand seeder to plant his future hay fields. Wayne's first job was sorting boots in Akron, Ohio. Later he worked in the state of Iowa where he had the flu in 1918. Every time he looked out his bedroom window, the hearse was going down the road to the cemetery to bury someone. So many were dying so fast that no funerals services were held. Wayne counts his life to this man where was rooming who gave a laxative to get things going again after his high temperature for several days. He soon came home by train to the north Condit station where his folks picked him up on a cold rainy day. They drove the 10 miles back to their Croton home in an open horse and buggy with everyone covered with a heavy horse blanket. They could only go 6 miles an hour. Wayne married Lucille Lala Jackson in 1929 and received the 72 acre farm at 13105 Clover Valley Rd. a mile west of Croton that his mother Ida Mae received from her parents, Newell and Rachel Green. This corner was call the Newell Green corner for may years. The roads [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille Appendix -176- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 179) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/71fb18d8719e8593e793f629c9a11a8f.jpg ab596167c74db5cac7ad31eeaa45b8b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 180] [corresponds to page 177 of Pages of Our Lives] at this corner are now named Foundation & Clover Valley. They worked very hard together. Using horses to pull the farm equipment, they raised corn, wheat, oats and hay. They also had about 5 milk cows, and a few hogs and sheep. Their only child Tom was born December 15, 1930. Wayne and Lucille Buxton never had running water or a toilet when they lived in their house on Newell Green Corner. They used an outside toilet behind the garage which faced the house. They got their drinking water from a deep hand dug well on the north west side of their house. The horses also drank from this well. Their other water was pumped from a pitcher pump in the kitchen drawing from a hand dug cistern on the south west corner of the house. The day before washing their clothes, They put "old settler' into the cistern to settle the soot which washed off the roof and collected there from the wood burning stoves. This cistern was cemented over when Wayne drilled a well in 1948 and put in a bathroom in 1949 when fixing over the house for Tom and Barbara after their marriage in 1948. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne Buxton Holding Tom Spring 1931 [Photo] [Photo caption] Tom, Lucille and Wayne Buxton On the south east corner of the barn was another hand dug well with a windmill attached to the pump. This pumped the water for the cows and sheep. There was a pin in the pump hand that you put in to stop the pump from pumping, but during a bad wind storm, Wayne would have to climb the windmill to turn the shaft so the blades would not catch the main currant of the wind as it would break the pump. There were 6 dug wells on the 72 acre Newell Green property between Tagg and Clover Valley Road. They soon needed to help his widowed mother Ida Mae farm her 75 acres on Parsons Road. Elias Buxton, Wayne's dad died in 1934 from asthma. Wayne's brother Claude was working as telegraph operator so couldn't help farm. In 1936 Lucille became sick with a very bad cold that never got better. Soon, they found out it was actually T. B. the doctor had to collapse one lung and she had to stay in the Newark Tuberculosis Sanitarium for 22 months until she was well and weighed 145 lbs. After Lucille came home in 1938, they realized they needed a tractor to help with the farm work. They bought a John Deere tractor with lugs on it's metal wheels, a plow, and a disk. This same year a law was passed that you couldn't run tractors with lugs on the road so they had to load the tractor on a flat be truck in order to go the 3 miles between the two farms. It was very dangerous to load unload so they traded in the tractor and bought a Appendix -177- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 180) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2969c380a61410ea171827f353289390.jpg 11270e78b6fbf4716946612091fd6d79 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 181] [corresponds to page 178 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne Buxton's 1st tractor with lugs on back wheels 1940 J. D. tractor with rubber tires. In 1941 they started raising soybeans using a 4 year rotation of corn, soybeans, wheat or oats, & hay in some of the fields. In 1942 Wayne and Lucille bought the 92 acre Buel farm for $4,500. This farm had no house but there was a big 32 by 100 foot barn in the field between Tagg & Clover Valley Roads east of Robert King's house at 1240 Tag Road. This barn was put together with long wooden beams and wooden pegs and is still used today to store equipment. Wayne Weiss painted a picture of this barn for us in 2005. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne Newel Buxton [Photo] [Photo caption] Bailed Straw at Wayne Buxton's In 1945 Wayne bought a new International Combine with a 43 inch cut. Wayne felt lucky to get a permit from the ration board as World War II was just over and many things were still rationed. He did enough custom work on wheat and corn combining to pay for it in two years. In 1947 he got a new model 69 Minneapolis Combine with a 69 inch cut called a 69 Harvester. He kept this combine for 5 years. In 1947 they bought the 142 acre Thompson Farm for $18,000.00 at 12567 Robert's Road. This farm had a beautiful 13 room house with a garage and a barn in 1904. This made 307 acres with 248 tillable. In the fall of 1950, Wayne bought a new Minneapolis tractor which could pull a 14 foot 3 bottom plow for &1,935.00 because he needed help with all the extra work. The next spring, in 1951, he traded in a 5 year old R moline tractor and got a new Z Minneapolis tractor big enough to pull a 14 foot 2 bottom plow and a 4 row cultivator for $1,750. We still had the U and the two Z tractors in 2005. In the three years following his 1947 purchases, he was able to pay for the land by selling his $5 per bushel beans. He stored the beans after harvest in a make shift bin and sold them the next spring. His yield was not very high but relied on his cow manure for fertilizer and plowing to keep the weeds down. [Photo] [Photo caption] Elsie Ross, Margaret Frankleberry, Lucille and Wayne Buxton, Fred Ross Between 1945 & 1950 he had Ben Grooms, a ditcher, installed 17 semi loads of 242 rod to to the load of 4 inch tiles in the newly bought farms which helped improve the ground and yield. After we were married in 1952, Tom and I blew 32 stumps the next summer by drilling holes under the stumps and inserting dynamite in each hole. We packed the hole with Appendix -178- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 181) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/20cbaf29ccb6c01de44da318296bd16e.jpg 087b0615cfc9d82edd50c642956fb4f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 182] [corresponds to page 179 of Pages of Our Lives] mud and lit the wick in field 4 of the Buel farm south of Robert King's house on Tagg Road. Wayne and Lucille went to Florida the first time with Mr. & Mrs. Frank Ross in early 1949. the enjoyed it and started going by themselves for a month during the winter staying at Fitch Dixon's apartment in Sarasota. Lucille would gain some weight and feel better. She was 5' 6" and would get down to around 100 lbs. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille Buxton's 1st Florida winter home in Sarasota in 1955. Wayne and Lucille built their first Florida home in the Sunshine Springs & Garden development in an orange grove just off Bee Ridge Road in 1955 in Sarasota. Now it is completely built up al along this six lane highway. [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille, Ida Mae and Wayne Buxton - in their 1st home in Sarasota in 1956 One year, Burt Horn stayed in their Ohio house and did the milking so Tom and I could help his parents fix up their yard and put flowers and shrubs in their big planter box in their first Florida house in 1955. We also helped dig out a lot of palmetto roots in their new lawn. The second winter they added a Florida room on the back of this house. In 1957 after several heavy rains, they sold their house and built their second house on higher ground in the same development just up the street from their first house. This house had [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille's 2nd Florida home in Sarasota in 1957 [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille's 2nd home in Sarasota when trees and plants are bigger [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille and Wayne in sunporch - 1969 Appendix -179- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 182) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d16564db36390eb3d8503f578ae385f8.jpg 43ab015bbb4626f4390563fd9f12c4f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 183] [corresponds to page 180 of Pages of Our Lives] [Photo] [Photo caption] 1955 Ford Truck big glass doors which opened onto a screened in porch with crotons and other buses in it. The solid glass east side made their living room very sunny and light. One night when we were visiting there, I cleaned the glass doors with glass wax; and they looked nice. The next day when the sun came up, they looked terrible. I liked very plain things do felt lucky that my mother-in-law, Lucille Buxton, also liked her home furnished modestly, as Tom and I lived in their Ohio home 12567 Roberts Road during the month of August (when they went to Florida to mow grass and clean up their winter home in Sarasota) and four months months during the winter. Wayne and Lucille retired and started receiving social security in 1966. Shortly after, Tom, their only child, was deeded the home place on Clover Road. We paid his harents $160 a month out the mild check for as long as they lived. Wayne died in 1983 and Lucille died in 1974. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille Buxton at Ethel and Val Anderson's in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1969 Tom's folks lived winters in their Florida home from 1955 too 1974, when Lucille, Tom's mother, died. Wayne stayed for a while in Florida but later moved to Herod Nursing Home in Centerburg till he died in 1983. He died from choking on a piece of wiener he was eating at the rest home. He was taken to Mt. Vernon Hospital he died the next day. Herod Nursing Home worked well for him as he was able to come and go as he pleased walking to nearby stores. He had to be back at the Nursing Home for meals and bed time and always have a complete weekly bath. His Social Security was enough to pay for his staying there and he didn't want to bother us but needed some help with his medicines as he had, in latter life, developed Parkinsons and Pagents diseases. We had him out on week ends All his life he was really healthy with only 1 surgery when a kidney stone was removed. The old Frank ross property of 34..146 acres on Roberts Road was Sept. 18th, 2004. The 2+ acre lots averaged $19,00 an acre. the price of soybeans is still $5 a bushel. This is forcing many farmers to sell their frontage in order to keep their farms. [Photo] [Photo caption] Wayne and Lucille Summer 1951 [Photo] [Photo caption] February 1974 Appendix -180- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 183) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c03f9d4309516ce8eb032bf88613933.jpg 294e8c9b946b92e2c46dd1cef6a29255 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 184] [corresponds to page 181 of Pages of Our Lives] Lucille Buxton Lucille Lalla Jackson was born March 23, 1907, in Turrow township in Franklin County Ohio. the daughter of George and Ada Jackson, She was a very quiet, shy farm girl. She worked hard on her dad's farm milking the cows by hand, driving the horses, and husking the corn, and other chores along with helping her mother with the gardening, canning, cleaning and caring for her younger brother. Lucille graduated from Harlem High School in 1924 with 8 other class- mates. Verner Green, Nellie Gorsuch, Edith Garee, Dot Strider, Blanche Haughn, Bernadine Kinsel, Dale Mann and James Haughn. Th schools faculty consisted of W. J. Hines, F. W. S. Scudder and W. S. Bingham (Superintendent). After grad- uation she worked in an office in Columbus. [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille Lalla Jackson on her 20th birthday March 23, 1929 Lucille married Wayne Newell Buxton on March 23rd, 1929 (her 22nd birthday) in Delaware Ohio. They worked had together on his 72 acre home place at 13105 Clover Valley Rd. in Croton Ohio. Lucille had naturally curly black hair, stood about 5' 6"' tall and weighed between 95 and 114 lbs. most of her life. She never was a big eater and had a nervous stomach. In 1936 Lucille was diagnosed with T. B. The doctor collapsed on lung trying to save her life and she was sent to the Tuberculosis sanitarium in Newark for 22 months. She looked very nice at her homecoming and weighed 145 lbs. Lucille made a China Cupboard scarf with beautiful tatted inlay on each end while in the sanitarium. She had also hand sewn pieces for a flower garden quilt top which I quilted in 1955 in our Condit Church Quilting Class which was at that time led by Lib Brenner. [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille Buxton with 1948 Chevy Fleetline [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille and her hogs [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille Jackson Buxton about 1940 Lucille was a very good mother-in-law. She helped me learn to cook and listened to my constant chatter. She also kept a very clean and tidy house with very few pictures or what nots. [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille and Ethel Murphy Anderson Appendix -181- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 184) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/737b781841b3d0cdbbd65497153f505b.jpg 854245d2af033c52c4289dc18b959f44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 185] [corresponds to page 182 of Pages of Our Lives] The first 5 years of my marriage to Tom, Lucille and I always did our washing together on Monday morning in the basement of her house on Roberts Rd. We used her electric Maytag wringer washer and rinsed the clothes in a big metal tub that sat on a stand. We usually hung the clothes up outside on the clothes line, or in the winter, over our hot air floor registers. She cooked the starch which we dipped the clean clothes in that needed to be starched. the starched clothes were dried, then sprinkled with warm water, rolled and let lay for a while before ironing. This all changed when Tina was born in 1956 as Tom bought me an automatic washer. Early each morning, Lucille hot mashed her chickens in the chicken house just east of the house. This got the chickens up early to eat more and then laid more eggs which she sold to a man in Columbus. [Photo] {Photo caption] Lucille and Wayne in 1948 Lucille usually ate Sunday noon dinner with her folks at 2341 South St. Rt. 605. Sometimes Tom and I also went to his Grandma Jacksons after Church for Sunday dinner. I always enjoyed the boiled sweet potatoes rolled in a brown sugar and flour mixture and fried in lard topped with her browned flour and lard gravy and served with fried chicken. Grandpa Jackson always had to have his fried egg each meal even on Sunday. It never seemed to hurt him as he lived to be 86 years old. Lucille was in the habit of laying down for a half hour nap each day after lunch on the davenport. She may not have felt very good but she never complained. The clothes wardrobe in our bedroom was bought by Wayne and Lucille in 1935. They ordered it either from Sears or Montgomery Ward and it came into Croton on the train from Chicago. She liked to have me comb her hair. I started cutting her hair after they bought a hair cutting set in 1953 in Florida. It contained electric clipper, barber comb, barber scissors and thinning shears. [Photo] [Phot caption] Lucille and sheep Lucille had hot meals ready for us when we came in from working in the field. The mashed potatoes were kept hot in a double boiler pan which held water in the bottom part. Lucille often helped me milk the cows during harvest time. We had to carry the five gallon milker bottom pails full of milk into the milk house from the 8 station milking parlor before we got the line milker and bulk tank. In early March 1974, Lucille was getting everything packed and ready to leave early the next morning for Ohio but before morning came she woke up with a bad stroke which paralyzed her whole left side. Wayne took her to Sarasota, Florida, hospital. Tom went down in July to help his Dad bring his Mom home from the hospital to their Sarasota home. Her walking was gradually improving enough that sometimes she left her four legged cane another room. I flew to Florida in August to help bring Wayne and Lucille home. The limousine Appendix -182 Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 185) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e842e1d02695a72ef3d22e1ef3425b23.jpg f1c7c82a2db5b962c1a6b113f8e7d84a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 186] [corresponds to page 183 of Pages of Our Lives] took us to the airport where two wheel chairs were needed to get them on the plane. The first of September, six months after her stroke, she was back in the hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where she needed a continuous breathing tube in her throat which she did not want. Several weeks later she was transferred to the nearby nursing home where she died two day later. We did not realize that her one remaining lung was that bad and could not supply her body with enough oxygen without the breathing tube. Her other lung had been deflated 38 years before when she had T. B. in 1936. She died at age 67 years. She must have known that death was near as she asked me to take care of her cat the day before she died. [Photo] [Photo caption] Lucille Lalla Buxton [2 Photos] [Photo caption] Lucille's Cats [Photo] [Photo caption] Tombstones in Trenton Cemetery Wayne and Lucille Buxton and Thomas and Rachel Buxton Appendix -183- Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life (p. 186) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pages of Our Lives... Farming: a Way of Life Description An account of the resource Personal history of the Buxton and Murphy families written by Rachel Murphy Buxton. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 1] [corresponds to cover of I-DENTITY] THIS BICENTENNIAL YEAR OF 1976 In grateful acknowledgement of the sacrifices and perseverance of our forebears; I-DENTITY is dedicated to my children and to Longshore Posterity everywhere. Respectfully submitted by Maxine Longshore Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 1) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/11d43f37fd29252d2637acb971f5271f.jpg 70fd6c5c34492dcb0f446244dedb9579 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 2] [corresponds to page 1 of I-DENTITY] A FORWARD BY THE AUTHOR I-DENTITY was written to satisfy the hunger each of us has to know "who am I and where did I come from?" Perhaps the background will give a sense of direction to the foreground. The following is an explanation of the purpose of this work and is by no means an apology for it. A genealogy is simply an account of family ancestors and rel- atives with their pedigrees. No doubt some will find it dull, dry, boring-while others will think it exciting. In my research, I have found references to different families' occupat- ions, careers, and special projects which are included to add interest. Hopefully each Longshore family will find this work helpful whenever he would like to find out where Great, Great Uncle Harry lived and what he did for a living, who his wife was and how many kids did he have anyway, and why did he leave Ohio (or wherever) in the first place! You will not find all the answers but you may find some valuable clues. I have carefully researched and tried to validate all statements. However, by the very nature of the subject, some data has to be based on tradit- ion, hearsay, and the reliability of someone's memory. Even the census takers made mistakes in their recordings of names and birthdates, partly because at times the respondents themselves did not know how to spell their names, read, or write and oftentimes the early census takers themselves were just one step ahead of the illiterate. So please take any mistakes in stride and try to understand how it could happen even among very conscientious recorders; and make your own corrections and additions. The genuine history student no doubt will thrill as he fits his own ancestor into the proper time slot and location, and his imagination can run riot as he pictures his courageous OWN-striving for religious freedom, fighting the wars, clearing the wilderness, fleeing the Indians, burying their children, strugg- ling to stave off starvation and other privations. He can also envision happy times such as barn dances, family and community gatherings, games and contests, the plain simple family together- ness in work and recreation. Americans have always played, sung their songs, and danced, and most importantly - laughed! Many thanks to each of you who has cooperated so beautifully and contributed in any way. Special gratitude to my father-in-law, Lester Longshore, who patiently racked his brain to answer my persistent questions; Harold and Bessie Longshore who drove to Ohio from Iowa last fall special to bring their data on the Truman Longshore line, compiled in part by the late Homer Longshore and Matilda Longshore Rule; Claire Longshore Raybuck who helped me read tedious microfilm at the libraries; my husband, Russell, who tolerated my meanderings in the cemeteries, and my absent-mindedness while I was focusing on people, dates, and places of yesteryear; but most of all to my daughter, Janet Nuckles Mallett, who gave freely of her expertise and time to photocopy this story. I have loved every minute of this experience, especially the making of new friends. If in any way, my probings into family matters has offended anyone, please forgive. Respectfully Submitted, Maxine [Mrs. Russell] Longshore Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 2) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/73b61bc6a9498889f16655d263fc2418.jpg fd3042642b472775f92359a95f189a3b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 3] [corresponds to page 2 of I-DENTITY] SOURCES OF REFERENCE Family members Delaware County History of 1880 by Baskins History of Bucks County, Pa. by Davis (1905) Early Friends, Families of Upper Bucks by Roberts Memoranda and Diary of Thomas Ellwood Longshore (1835) 1800 Census of Bucks County, Pa. 1850 and 1860 Delaware County Census from Ohio Delaware County Tax Records of 1812 (Ohio) Various deeds and wills from Delaware County, Ohio Delaware County Vital Statistics Wills from Pa Books of Tombstone Inscriptions from Delaware County, Ohio and Muskingum County, Ohio Delaware County Atlas of 1860 Longshore Reunion Records from 1898 World Book Richard Skolnik's Great Heritage Books These various references were found at The Columbus Branch of The Latter Day Saints Library, Ohio Historical Center, Ohio State Library, Westerville Library, Columbus Library, Community Library in Sunbury, Delaware Library, Delaware County Courthouse, and the Probate Court in Doylestown, Pa., Cemeteries at Sunbury, Galena, Condit, and Westerville, Ohio Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 3) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2a62de8f11ee6dd0332df67191bae257.jpg 7138c919c010eca4ab9dbb5a1ce19926 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 4] [corresponds to page 3 of I-DENTITY] Index to the Longshore History Page 1 -11 Possible Pa. ancestry and background 12 Introduction of David Longshore, 1806 Ohio Emigrant 13 - 16 Early Delaware County History 17 Possible Euclydus (II) Longshore descendants 18 Introduction to David Longshore's children 19 IA John Longshore, David's 1st child 19 - 20 IB Introduction of Cyrus' (David's 2nd child) children and Cyrus Longshore's Will 20 Jonathon and Minor Longshore and Charles (Cyrus' sons) 21 Introduction of Charles Longshore's family (Cyrus' son) 21 Introduction of Minor Wm. "Tine" Longshore family (Chas' son) 22 - 24 Minor Longshore's family continued 25 Harlow A. Longshore, Cyrus' son 25 Isaac Newton "I. N." Longshore, Cyrus' son 32 Truman Longshore, Cyrus' son 32 Edson Longshore, Truman's son 32 - 36 William Armanthus Longshore branch (Truman's son) 37 - 43 Clem Longshore branch (Truman's son) 43 - 45 Dean Longshore branch (Truman's son) 46 May Longshore Clevenger (Truman's daughter) 47 - 49 Isaac Newton (Newt) Longshore (Truman's son) 50 - 51 Milo E. Longshore (Truman's son) 52 - 53 Nellie Longshore Clayton (Truman's daughter) 56 IC Warner Longshore, David's 3rd child 57 Norton Longshore, Warner (2nd) son 58 Harriet Longshore Ginn, Warner's 2nd child 58 Tammison Longshore Watters, Warner's 3rd child 59 Mary Longshore, Warner's 4th child 59 Harmon Longshore, Warner's 5th child 60 - 61 Warner Longshore (the 2nd), son of Harmon 61 ID Rachel Longshore Squires, 4th child of David 61 - 62 Longshore Reunion History 63 IE Sarah Longshore Carpenter, 5th child of David 64 IF Charles Longshore, 6th child of David 64 Eugenia Longshore Carpenter, daughter of Charles Longshore 64 - 70 Fred Carpenter Branch, son of Eugenia Carpenter 71 IG David Longshore, Jr., 7th child of David 71 IH 8th child of David's, a daughter, but no data Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 4) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a4ae93481c15ee9fa01cdf887de14547.jpg f5cb2eaefc385c20e9afb306d9601c2d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 5] [corresponds to page 4 of I-DENTITY] Organization and Numbering I have endeavored to keep the numbering system simple for easy, prompt reference. I will attempt to explain the method. The generations will start with Pennsylvania emigrant, David Longshore. Since this is a vertical genealogy; that is each ancestor's descendants follow his introduction, the Roman numerals will represent the generations and will be used for each family grouping. A generation is considered to be roughly a span of 30 years, but sometimes they overlap in the larger families. David Longshore's children will be Generation I, and each of his children will have a Capital letter in order of birth, to set them apart from the later generations. Following generations will have only the Roman numeral with an Aramaic numeral to indicate the birth sequence among the brothers and sisters. For example: David Longshore, emigrant from Pa. in 1806 Issue: I IA John Longshore IB Cyrus Longshore IC Warner Longshore ID Rachel Longshore IE Sarah Longshore IF Charles Longshore IG David Longshore, Jr. IH Daughter Longshore (?) Cyrus IB = second child of David (the first) Truman IIB4 = fourth child of Cyrus Clem IIIB3 = third child of Truman William Bryan IVB1 = first child of Clem Leona Longshore Pratt VB2 = 2nd child of Wm. Bryan Patti Ann Pratt VIB1 = 1st child of Leona Pratt The index will tell which page each family group is on, so the reader can turn immediately to the branch he is particu- larly interested in at the moment, without having to thumb through reams of irrelevant material. It is suggested that corrections and additions be made on the back of the corresponding sheets so as to keep the book legible and neat. Extra sheets can be inserted or added at the back. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 5) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/130e071d1e822d9430f534d139d414a3.jpg 202e6252ca170f84d2b2fdb9b37fc3d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 6] [corresponds to page 5 of I-DENTITY] Possible Pennsylvania Beginnings of Longshores Robert Longshore "Robert Longshore, gentleman"! With all that this word connotes, WHY would Robert ever leave his established, secure, comfortable home in England, to delve into an unknown, untamed land? Perhaps his young blood raced at the thought of making his mark in America, the land of opportunity! Maybe he was simply an adventurous sort wishing to break the bonds of family and tradition. Could be, Robert was seeking religious freedom such as the Quaker, William Penn, had sought in America. Whatever his reasons, the real truth of it will never be known. It is known that many grossly exaggerated stories of America's wealth and opportunities had floated back to England and enticed folk there to migrate to the "land of the free". Consequently, thousands of Europeans sailed to America shortly after Robert's arrival in 1681. Most likely Robert Longshore, a surveyor, had already been commissioned as a deputy surveyor to Thomas Holme before he left his homeland, which would have assured him a measure of security. Robert Longshore did help Holme survey and plan the city of Philadelphia for William Penn. This beautiful port city along the Delaware River became known as the city of Brotherly Love, because its proprieter ruled it and the colony with fairness and love, allowing total freedom of worship. Penn endeavored to treat the Indians fairly also and did not incur their hatred as leaders in other colonies had done. There were 45,333 square miles in this grant of wilderness land which had been given to Penn at his request as settlement of an $80,000 debt owed by King Charles II of England to William Penn's father, Admiral Sir William Penn. William Penn wanted a refuge for himself and his Quaker followers away from the com- pulsory attendance to the church of England. Matter of fact, since he had been jailed several times because of his rebellion and religious fervor, he had become a nuisance to the Crown and an embarrassment to his father; therefore they were relieved to be rid of this rebel, William Penn. Robert Longshore, himself, could have been a part of this Quaker movement! At any rate, this city Robert had helped lay out soon became a cultural center and prospered. It rivaled Boston and was the capital of colonial Pa. Pennsylvania became a leader among the other 12 colonies, namely; Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Hamp- shire, The Carolinas, and Georgia and became known as the Key- stone State because of its location. Pennsylvania and Maryland were the only two proprietary colonies, which meant they were owned by individuals. Robert Longshore situated himself in the center of Phila- delphia on the corner of Market and Front Streets. In due time, this founding father of the American Longshores met and wed Margaret Cock, a daughter of Pieter Larson Cock. Pieter had been among the first Swedish immigrants coming to Pa. in 1641. He was a collector of tolls, imports and exports, for the colonies. He also served a magistrate for New Sweden and later as a deputy governor. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 6) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/11601b86b27bfae312be2062cb2601a2.jpg 028fdece1a7a802ab19baf50ed7e6921 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 7] [corresponds to page 6 of I-DENTITY] Sometime after Robert and Margaret's union, he purchased 500 acres of land in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pa. and settled there. Robert and Margaret probably were born about 1660, give or take a few years. There is no record to show how many children they presented to their new country but most likely they did their duty. A son, Euclydus I, was born about 1690. Not much is known of Euclydus I, except on Jan. 8, 1715, he married Alice Stackhouse (b1699) when she was but 16. Alice was a daughter of Thomas and Grace Heaton Stackhouse, one of 14 children. Alice's father was a descendant of Thomas Stack- house, who arrived on the boat "Welcome"in 1682, and her mother, a daughter of Robert and Alice Heaton of Middletown, Pa. It is said that the 1st generation children of the Stackhouses inter- married with the families of Clark, Stone, Wilson, Longshore, Copeland, Gilbert, Watson, Plumley, Cary, Haring, Janney, Mitchell, Stephenson, Tomlinson, and others and that their descendants are almost legion --. Euclydus I and Alice lived in Middletown, Pa., where he died in 1764. Issue of Euclydus I and Alice Stackhouse Longshore: Robert 10/13/1716 Grace 2/24/1717 - 1726 Thomas 9/13/1721 Margaret 4/21/1724 Alice 7/ 4/1726 Grace (2) 6/18/1728 Euclydus 12/ 4/1730 - 1732 Mary 10/30/1732 - 1734 * Euclydus II 4/27/1735 - 6/14/1804 This descension shows the high death rate among children at that time. Since only five of Euclydus I's children sur- vived him, out of nine produced, sorrow was no stranger to Euclydus and Alice. At this period in the country's history, manpower was needed and so large families were desirable to help with the work, usually on a farm where they could raise their own food; and to offset the death toll. Because of frequent childbirth, hard work, hardships, lack of medical attention, women too fell prey to the grim reaper, and it was not uncommon at all for a man to have two, three, four wives in his life- time. The family line is picked up through Euclydus II and it seems he was the most prolific of the Longshores, fathering 22 children, 11 by each wife. No one could accuse him of showing favoritism! Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 7) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d37ebf74d0785a18f8b5a11fe20af378.jpg 11a07fc19d198b724e1928d5692f95f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 8] [corresponds to page 7 of I-DENTITY] Issue of Euclydus II and Susannah VanHorn who were married 1760 The children's names all started with an "A". Their religion was Quaker. 1 Abner b 1762 m(c)1789 Sarah Powers d 1848 2 Asher b 1764 d before [illegible] 3 Asa b 1766 (c) d before 1804 4 Anna (Gilbert VanHorn) b 1768 (c) 5 Alice (Isiah VanHorn - Cremer) b 1769 (c) m1.1787 2.? 6 Abigal (Minor - Scout) b 1776 7 A 8 A 9 A 10 A 11 A At age 45, Euclydus II on 5/11/1780, married Sarah Gillam, the daughter of Lucas and Anna (Dungan) Gillam, also a Quaker. 1 Sarah d infant 2 Euclydus III 1781 - 1838 md Sarah Cox 1802 3 Margaret 1783 - 1855 md Slack 4 Abraham 1785 md Rhoda Skelton 1807 md Mary White [illegible] 5 Mary 1787 6 Joseph 1788 7 Grace 1790 - d a young woman 8 Rachel L. 1792 - 1865 md Valentine Dickinson 1811 9 Thomas Canby 1794 md Jane Moved-Franklin, 10 James 1797 md Frances 1815 11 _______ The following are copies of the wills of Euclydus I and Euclydus II; Will of Euclydus Longshore I - 1760 Be it remembered that I, Euclydus Longshore of Middletown, in the County of Bucks and Province of Pennsylvania --- Being weak of body but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of this body as also the uncertainity of time do make my last will and testament touching what temporal matters it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me withal in manner and form, following viz: But first and principally recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it. Next my will is that my body be decently buried at the discretion of my dear and well beloved wife. Next my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and discharged by my executors herein and after named. Next to give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Alice Longshore all that my land and plantation whereon we now dwell with the rents, issues, and profits Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 8) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8a976954f6bf753295adcbb8c6a65a21.jpg b8611271fa17d358934be53dda817194 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 9] [corresponds to page 8 of I-DENTITY] thereof during her natural life that is to say the said land is to east and as far westward as the state road and after her decease my will is the above said land and plantation descend immediately unto my son, Euclydus Longshore, to whom I give and bequeath the sum of ____(blurred) to be enjoyed by him and his heirs and assigns forever also I give and bequeath unto my be- loved wife aforesaid, the sum of seventy pounds of lawful money of the province aforesaid to be paid her out of my personal estate as soon as payable after my decease. Next I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Longshore, all my wearing apparel and to be fully discharged of all my demands against him and further I give aforesaid unto him my said son Robert the full sum of four pound lawful money as aforesaid to be paid unto him his heirs or assigns in two full years after my decease Next I give and bequeath my daughter Margarate Atkinson two acres and twenty four ____(parcels or barchos) of land with the appurt- enances thereunto belonging situate at the northwest corner of my land adjoining upon N. Jhamba Cook and laid out by a draft survey by Evan Jonos and the same to be possessed and enjoyed by her and her heirs during her natural life from the day of my decease also my will is that after her decease the same land and premises descend unto my grandson Isaac Pearson and the same to be possessed and enjoyed by him the said Isaac Pearson and his heirs and assigns forever Next I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Longshore all the residue and remaining part of my land and premises situate on the west side of the road leading from Bristol to Newtown supposed to be about fifty acres be the same more or less and the same to be possessed and enjoyed by him my said son Thomas his heirs and assigns forever provided he my said son Thomas render and pay unto his sister Margarate Atkinson aforesaid out of the value thereof of the full sum of five pound money aforesaid within the space of two years after my decease and also to pay aforesaid unto his sister Alice Lamb her heirs and assigns the sum of forty shillings money aforesaid yearly and every year for the space of four years after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Alice afore- said her heirs and assigns the full sum of four pound of money aforesaid to be paid out of my personal estate in two years after my decease and in order to enable my executors to discharge my last will as aforesaid; my will is that my executors hereafter named do sell all that my house and lot be the same and more or less which is now situate near the four lane ends adjoining George Walker's lot and the same to convey to the purchaser or purchasers as I myself might or could do was I personally present and the land and money arising therefrom be the same more or less to be taken from personal estate Also my will is that if any remains of my personal estate appears to be after all my debts and legacies are duly discharged that the same be divided one ____or half part to be paid unto my beloved wife Alice as her rightful property and the other half to be equally divided amongst all my surviving children, son or sons and daughter or daughters share and share alike Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my trusty and well beloved wife and my esteemed friend Thomas Jienks Executor this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disannulling other other and former will or wills heretofore by me made ratifying this andthis only to be my last will and as aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereforth set my hand and seal this eighth day of the eleventh month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Sixty Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 9) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/120ce1677187184c387846f3536df22c.jpg ebedbf7fa0126ebad4b76ee33d7fb2dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 10] [corresponds to page 9 of I-DENTITY] Signed Sealed Published Declared to be the last will and testament of the testator in the presence of: Samuel Sykes, Sam Smith, S___ Cary Signed Euclydus Longshore 1760 Will of Euclydus Longshore (ll) Died 4/28/1804 This twenty eighth day of the fourth month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four I, Euclidus Longshore of Middletown in the County Bucks and state of Pennsylvania being of sound mind but through divine favor calling to mind the mortality of the body and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will and testament touching the disposal of what temporal estate it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life recommending my spirit to God who gave it and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my beloved wife and first my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and dis- charged; secondly I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Longshore all that land on the north side of the great road as it is now laid out likewise that house nearest the house where we live with about three acres of land on the south side of said road be the same more or less to be the same length of chain on the west end as it is; measuring from a large whitoak stump near the house to the north line formerly Woolstons and Martins to have and hold and to bequeath while she remains my widow or if necessity requireth, my will is that she sell the land or any part of said land that she may make her life com- fortable while in a state of widowhood,but if she should marry any other man and be in possession of said land my will is that the land be sold by my executors and divided amongst my eight youngest children and my will is that she my beloved wife may have twenty five pounds in lawful money two feather beds and bedding drawers, cupboards and the pewter; frying pan bake-iron and teakettle with all other articles necessary for keeping house; likewise that she my wife have ____(blurred) and one best cow two best hogs and all the poultry with my tin plate stove and my will is further that my wife have one best frame barrick (barouche, a 4 wheel carriage) and two loads of hay likewise that she have one half the grain that is growing and is gathered, with potatoes for house use; I likewise give and bequeath unto my son Abner Longshore the sum of twenty pounds ($70.00) to be paid one year after my decease I likewise be- queath all the remainder of my estate both real and personal to my eleven other children namely Anna VanHorn, Alice Cremer, Aby Scout, Euclydus, Margaret, Abraham, Joseph, Grace, Rachel, Thomas, and James Longshore, and the same to be sold and equally divided amongst them as they arrive at age but my will is that my three married daughters named Anna Alice and Abi have a de- duction made out of their legacy the amount standing against them; likewise my will is that my son Euclydus have his legacy paid at the discretion of my executors; --- For the due performance hereof I nominate and appoint my beloved friends Simon Gillam and James Wildman to be my true and lawful Exceutor of this will and testament hereby revoking disannulling and making void all other wills Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 10) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1a42c3bd3344db6fcfb12c41b286792d.jpg 8bb9ded208bc6981e0ea733dfe23e825 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 11] [corresponds to page 10 of I-DENTITY] heretofore by me made ratifying and confirming this only to be my last will and testament. Signed seal'd and declared by the said Euclydus Longshore to be his last will and testament in the presence of us John Blakely) William Gillam) Euclydus Longshore and my will is that if any of my younger children should die before they arrive to age or the possession of said estate that the same be divided amonst my last wife's children and likewise the small account I have standing against my son Abner Longshore be deducted out of his legacy before mentioned. Witness present Euclydus Longshore John Blakely William Gillam June 22, 1804 It is to be noted that only twelve of Euclydus II's 22 children survived him, attesting again to the high infant mor- tality rate. As late as 1900 and beyond, the infant mortality rate was 50%. Since most people in the 18th and 19th centuries had to make the caskets used by their family members, a supply in different sizes was generally kept made up ahead. Many infants succumbed to a disease called cholera infantum; typhoid, malaria, & tuberculosis also claimed many lives. Not only did individual families supply their own coffins, they likewise dug the graves; so tragedy made a double impact on them in the early days. According to Thomas Ellwood Longshore, from whom most of the previous data has come and who supplied many records up to 1890, the following is from his compilation regarding Euclydus II's family: Some of Abner Longshore's descendants settled in Ohio Anna Longshore's daughter, Betty Atkinson, lived in Zanesville Margaret Longshore md James Slack Joseph Longshore md Joanna Kelley ch: Amos and Kelley Longshore Rachel Longshore md Valentine Dickerson ch: Sarah, William, John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Ann Dickerson Thomas Canby Longshore md Jane Gaine ch: Jane, Maria, Sally James Longshore md Sarah Roberts - owns a candy & con- fectioner's business in Columbus, Ohio Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 11) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/62a9eab1cec4c8b1a9a6b2f5c7b1b731.jpg 983aa69f92e6d75320b80247583bd253 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 12] [corresponds to page 11 of I-DENTITY] Abraham Longshore md Rhoda Skelton, dau of Joseph and Mary Carey Skelton, of Salvury, Bucks Co.,Pa. on 3/11/1807 ch: Sarah Ann, Joseph S., Mary, Thomas E., Carey, Isaac S., John Watson, William, Samuel C., Elizabeth S., Mary This author wishes to digress at this point from the direct line to follow a sideline. Euclydus Longshore II's son, Abraham's family, had some active, interesting, and distinguished members whose contributions to society will give some insight to the par- ticular line this compiler is pursuing. "Memoranda and Notes of the Longshore Family, Pioneers of Which Settled in Bucks Co., Pa." is also written by the same descendant, Thomas E. Longshore, son ofAbraham Longshore, and was compiled from tradition and the records he had found. Some of his data used in this narration heretofore has been paraphased but this item is verbatim. It will be of interest to the family today because it shows how Thomas E.'s grandfather's and father's families weathered the hard time of the late 1700s and early 1800s when this new country was suffering growing pains follow- ing its independence. Suffice it to say that these gentlemen did not serve in the Revolutionary War probably because they had such large families to support. Many of their descendants served in later wars, proving their patriotism. "Euclydus Longshore, our grandfather, from the impression I have received from different members of the family, was rather an easy, good-natured man with a kind of dry humor. He was of a light, sandy complexion with light brown hair. At the time, Father, (Abraham) was born (11/6/1785), I believe the family was living in a stone, one story house, north of John Watson's farm, in Middletown, Bucks Co.,Pa., on the south side of the road. Grandfather was not much of a farmer but things drifted anyhow. The children went to work as soon as old enough. Father went to James Wildman's to live at age 12, as a "taken" boy * He did not get along satisfactorily with old Adam Adams, their colored hired man, and refused to thresh in the barn with him because of being so abused. Father kept a daily diary as proof of his grievances so he could be freed from his indenture*. Euclydus, my grand- father, died when Father (Abraham) was 19. Father borrowed $1000. to purchase a farm and it was all he could do to pay interest. We all had to do what we could to save money by living poor and dressing in homespun clothing, eating mush, rye bread without butter or molasses, and potatoes, no tea or coffee, or sugar, or even lard, rye pie shortened with smoked pot-skimmings and dried apples so sour we made the less of it answer. Father had gone to school 3 months and learned to read, write, and cipher. He had a good memory and could sing 100 songs. He loved to read, mostly the Bible". (Abraham's father, Euclydus II, died in 1804) *"Apprenticeship in early days was serious business. Articles of indenture were drawn up with all the care of a conveyance of real estate and corresponding obligations of master and apprentice were specifically set forth." (Taken from Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 12) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0bf5856be8e5e376c222846850170d56.jpg f613cbfe25497bd778ac22e8ed64764d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 13] [corresponds to page 12 of I-DENTITY] an early history book). Many time the master was a tyrant dictating every breath his servant took, including his morals and use of his leisure time (what little there was). *Abraham was able by virtue of his diary to obtain a hearing and get out of his obligation to James Wildman. However, in some in- stances, apprenticeship served a good purpose when the "indenturee" was able to learn a trade as well as earn room and board. There were no public schools to teach a trade and most of the common people could not read or write so how else were they to learn! Too often though the masters abused and exploited the trainees. Issue of Abraham and Rhoda Skelton Longshore - 11 children Sarah Ann (Walker-Taylor) 12/26/1808 Joseph S. 9/18/1809 - 1879 Mary 8/16/1811 d @ 2 1/2 Y Thomas Ellwood 11/11/1812 Carey 8/ 1 1814 d 5/24/1888 Langhorne, Isaac S. 8/ 6/1816 d 5/24/1888 . . Pa. John Watson 5/ 5/1818 d 1839 Rock Is.Ill. William 1820 d infancy Samuel C. 11/ 2/1822 Elizabeth S. 4/28/1825 Mary 4/16/1829 The brothers, Carey and Isaac, died the same day, same hour, and buried same service at Friends Grounds in Woodbury, New Jersey Family of Abraham and Rhoda Skelton Longshore Children and Families 1 Sarah Ann md Holcomb Walker ch: Horace, Linford, Caroline, Anna Mary Walker 2 Joseph S. Longshore md Julia LaRue; he was an author, lecturer, and doctor of medicine; no ch. 4 Thomas E. Longshore md Hannah E. Myers ch: Channing md Maria Pierce ch: Elsie and Rudolph Longshore Lucretia md Rudolph Blankenship ch: Julia Blankenship 5 Carey Longshore md Matilda Holcomb ch: Elizabeth, single Sallie md Henry Morrell ch: Emma and Frederick Morrell Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 13) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/059286594f4fcff81341906f2646bd96.jpg b29ac05d96e5cd474c242a4e1f81ff9d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 14] [corresponds to page 13 of I-DENTITY] ch 3: Samuel md Adella LeCompt ch: William, Marian, Clinton, and Horace LeCompt 6 Isaac S. Longshore md Mary Burgess ch: Edward md Debora Smith, M.D. - no ch. Rhoda md Benjamin F. Knowles ch: Bertha and Rhoda Knowles Rhoda's I's second husband - George Mason ch: one son, lives in Kansas ____Mason Rachel md Israel Walton - no ch. Alfred md Mary ___?__ ch: Edward, Joseph, Debora, Emma Longshore 8 William Longshore md ____Hellings, no ch:; 2nd wife ____ ch: Abraham md Hannah Whitson ch: Oscar Longshore Abraham 2nd wife, Adeline Howell of N.Y. ch: H. Walker Longshore, lives in L.A., Cal. Elizabeth md Samuel Watson - no ch. 9 Samuel C. Longshore md Sarah Ann Case - no ch. Samuel's 2nd wife - Rebecca Reynolds - no ch. 10 Elizabeth S. Longshore md William Burgess ch: Frank C. Burgess md Lissie Baker ch: Stella Frank's 2nd wife, Addie Johnson, no ch. Anna Mary Burgess - b&d 1849 Alpheus Burgess (1851) md Ida I. Sheets ch: none Marianna Burgess (1853) unmarried William Watson Burgess (1855) md Mamie Roberts ch: none Charles A. Burgess (1851) md Mamie Roberts Henry Edwin Burgess (1859) unmarried (Of this large family, there was no progeny) 11 Anna Mary Longshore md Lambert H. Potts ch: Emerson J. Potts (1855) md Flora M. Jamieson ch: William Lambert Potts (1882) Charles Jamieson Potts (1887) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 14) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/49096133c800d432dc4a295a8b77fcc3.jpg 330c12e654d1bc1ced804d2556f413ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 15] [corresponds to page 14 of I-DENTITY] Excerpt from HISTORY OF BUCKS CO., PA. by Davis - published 1905 Another son of Abraham Longshore "Among the prominent sons of Middletown, who live in history, Joseph S. Longshore, b 1809 d 1879, is entitled to a niche. He lost partial use of one leg when a boy and was lamed for life. Turning his attention to the medical profession, he graduated in medicine from the University of Pa. at age 24 and practiced several years at Attleborough (later named Langhorne). In 1850, he established a medical College in Philadelphia for women, the first of its kind in the world. He was also an ardent advocate of total abstinence and an active abolitionist, at a period when it required no little courage to declare oneself." Another historical excerpt, this time from EARLY FRIENDS, FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS" by Roberts about a daughter-in-law of Abraham Longshore. "Hannah Myers, daughter of Samuel and Pauline (Iden) Meyers, born in Sandy Springs, Md., 5/30/1819 d 10/18/1901. Graduated from Women's Medical College in Philadelphia, 1851. She was a pioneer woman physician, accumulated a modest forturn. Hannah married Thomas Ellwood Longshore 3/26/1841. He was a son of Abraham and Rhoda (Skelton) Longshore. He was born 11/11/1812 on a farm in Middletown Township, Bucks Co., Pa., died 8/19/1898 in Phil.; he and his wife having moved to that city in 1850. Children: Channing b 11/24/1842 md Sidney Maria Pierce; Lucretia Mott b 5/8/1845 md Rudolph Blankenship. Issue: Channing Longshore (sone of T.E. & Hannah Longshore) Studied medicine and practiced in Sheldon, Iowa ch: T. Ellwood Longshore b 1878 d 1879 Hannah Elsie Longshore b 1881 md Howard Garrett ch: Priscilla and Jane Garrett Rudolph Channing Longhsore b 1883 md Leila ____, lives in Montana ch: Dorothy Lucretia Mott Longshore (dau. of T.E. & Hannah Longshore) born in 1845 at New Lisbon, Ohio while mother was there on a visit to her parents. Lucretia was president of Pa. State Suffrage Association (1892-1908), 1st vice pres. of General Education of Women's Clubs (1912-1914) and a member of the New Century Club, Civic Club, etc. Lucretia md Rudolph Blankenship in 1867. He was one of the originators of the Citizen's Permanent Relief Committee and visited, as its representative, the famine regions of Russia in 1892. He was active in Reform Politics, and was elected as a county commissioner; also served as a Reform Mayor beginning in 1911." Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 15) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/53e4b2bd00a55757566297a5aa3d4385.jpg 8b637bd719a4646e0815dd0b02b7f2ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 16] [corresponds to page 15 of I-DENTITY] Again to deviate from the direct line, here is a presentation from another of Robert's descendants GENERAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE WYOMING & LACKAWANNA VALLEYS, PA. Volume I (published 1906) "Longshore Family, long residents in Pa. Founder of family in Pa. was Robert Longshore, who came from England and settled at Front and Market Sts. in Phila- delphia; later moved to Bucks Co." The name of the person who sent in this biography to the previously mentioned book is not mentioned so there is no way to know which of Isaish Longshore's grandchildren wrote it - "Isaiah Longshore, grandfather, lived at Beach Haven, where he kept a hotel and boarding house, died at age 47 and buried there. Ch: A.B. b 1812 and Alfred R. Alfred was a justice of the peace, had 3 dau., d age 82 Y. A.B. Longshore, M.D. reared at Shickshinny, studied medi- cine with his uncle, A.B. Wildon, graduated from Jeffer- son Medical College in Philadelphia in 1843 with honors. Spoke both English and fluent German, d in 1875, age 63. Practiced medicine in mountain region in Wyoming County. Practice so extensive he called five of his students to assist him in this vast area. 8 ch. - Dr. Wm. R. Longshore only survivor." "Dr. Wm. R. Longshore, M.D., son of Ashbel B. and Maria J. (Righter) Longshore b 9/10/1838 in Beaver Meadows, Pa. Studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College and Pa. College of Medicine from which he graduated March, 1860. Worked as assistant in male department of Pa. Hospital for Insane under Dr. Kirkbride until 1862. Was Commander's assistant surgeon with rank of 1st Lt. in 147th Reg. Pa. Vol- unteers in Sept. 1863 and was promoted to surgeon and rank of major. A Mason. 1 child, Harry Carter Longshore, d at 14; adopted a dau., Jane Martin, md to Wallace Ellerslie Engle and she has a son, William Longshore Engle, who resides in Hazelton." These historic and biographic passages are used for one purpose - to show that some of the early Longshores were human- itarians; vitally interested in their country, in the healing arts, women's rights, foreign aid, and political reform. They were great contributors to their fellow man, be it on a local, state, or national scale; always ready to serve. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 16) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bb1a62d996303f8406641c1dd6f6f322.jpg 7f6b92dca05ff78af6f9e13d6e67d34d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 17] [corresponds to back of page 15 of I-DENTITY, a letter to Mrs. Maxine Longshore] 7224 E.17th St. N. Wichita, KS 67206 August 11, 1991 Dear Mrs. Longshore: join the DAR and wrote to two of her father's cousins, one a Davidson and one a Longshore. She didn't get to join but the letters she re- ceived were very helpful when I started my research. Incidentally, the Longshore cousin she wrote to was James C. who was loving at 1201 Hamlet St. in Columbus at the time. I don't know what year he died but he was elderly at the time-79-and only he and his sister Sarah were still alive. The reason that you don't find a complete list of the children of Euclydus and Susannah Van Horn is that they were married out of meeting. All of the children of that first marriage had names beginning with A. When Euclydus returned to the Quakers he took what children he could back with him and his son Abner was one of the witnesses at his marriage to Sarah Gillam. I was told recently by one of my earlier correspondents that another lady had told him that the David Longshore who married Elizaneth Warner was the son of Cyrus Longshore, who was marred to Mary David and waws the son of Thomas Longshore and Joanna Vance. Thomas Longshore was the son of euclydus Longshore and Alice Stackhouse and was born the 13th day of the 9th month 1721. He was married to Johanna Vance on the 10th day of the 4th month 1742 at the Middletown Monthly Meeting (LDS film 20403, pp.308-9). Thomas' will is file # 1162, Bucks Co., PA. It is dated 11 Jan 1777 and proved 13 Feb 1777. Johanna died between the writing of her will dated 22 d 4m 1792 and the probate date of 14 June 1794 and is file # 2535 Bucks. Co. Her parents are as yet unknown but she has a sister, Jane McLear. the first child of Thomas and Johanna was born less than nine months after their marriage and Thomas became angry with the reprimand of the Quakers. In his will, thomas mentions his wife Johanna, his sons Thomas, cyrus, and euclydus and his daughters, elizabeth Hunter and Margaret Wiley. I found deeds dated 14 Apr 1784, filed 27 Sept 1785, of Cyrus and wife mary and euclydus and wife Jane. They mention that the land came from their father, Thomas. Johanna in her will mentions her sister, Jane McLear, her son Euclydus, her daughters, Elizabeth Hunter (wife of Andrew) and her daughter Margaret Wiley, her grandson Amos (the son of thomas who later married Ann cox) and her granddaughter Jane (the daughter of Cyrus who later married Aaron Cox). These are known facts and I have written to the lady in Iowa to find out the facts on which she bases her conclusions. The death date given for David Longshore is 3 Nov 1859. The 1800 Tax list for Middletown Twp., Bucks Co. shows him as a single man. 20 Jan 1802 david Longshore of Middletown m. Elizabeth Weber/Warner, Isaac Hicks, J.P. then 1810 Tax list in delaware Co., 67A., Range 17, Twp 4, Section 1 and the same in 1814. I will let you know when I hear on what the lady has based her conclusions. Can you suggest any of the other descendants of the branch of David Longshore-Elizabeth Warner to whom I could write to bring other lines down to the present? Is it possible to secure copies of wills, obits, and the other pertinant data? I would pay copying costs if that would help. Sincerely, Elizabeth Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 17) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4ef9d0abbe09481dd8356b5fcb4c1c12.jpg 22658a0cca43488772ba80c4664845cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 18] [corresponds to page 16 of I-DENTITY] To get back on the track - The Ohio progenitor of the Longshores is David Longshore. There is data to prove he came to Ohio in 1806; to Del. Co. with his brother, Euclydus (III), in 1808; purchased land in Delaware County in 1811. Many clues link David to the line of Robert, Euclydus I, Euclydus II; but actually there is no record found, as of this date, to prove a David Longshore, born Jan. 1779, was born to this line or any other line! This author is still researching on this puzzle and if additional information is ever unearthed, it will be attached at the end of the story. It is the considered opinion of this compiler that the "missing link" can be theorized as follows: Perhaps[underlined] David was the youngest child of Euclydus ** and ____Cox Longshore and possibly his mother died at his birth or shortly thereafter. In the con- fusion, his birth was never recorded. This thought is based on his birthdate of Jan. 25, 1779; the fact Euclydus II remarried on May 1780; and his first child by the second wife, Euclydus III, was born in 1781. Since all of the children by Euclydus II's first wife had names beginning with an "A", it could be that David did not like his "A____" name, whatever it was, and decided to use his other given name and change his image when he came to Ohio. At any rate, there is no hint of the "A" in any of his legal papers. The following excerpts are from biographies submitted by one of David's children (Charles) and one of his daughter-in-laws (Margaret) will bear out the fact David did come from Pa. in 1806 and settled in Delaware County, Ohio in 1808. From Baskins 1880 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY "Charles Longshore, farmer: P.O. Condit; is a son of David and Elizabeth (Warner) Longshore; his father was born in Pa. and came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Berkshire Township, west of Sunbury, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Grist, where he lived until his death; it was then a dense forest, there being but one house between Delaware and Johnstown, and that where George Gibson now resides; the only neighbor for some time was a brother; their first nights were spent in the woods around a fire, with a friendly Indian as company." "Margaret Longshore, P.O. Condit; was born July 2, 1804, a daughter of Christian and Sallie (Linderman) Young; her father settled in Ohio about 1816, and farmed near Galena until his death in 1838. She was married June 22, 1826, to Cyrus Longshore, by whom she has had six children, four are now living; her husband was born Nov. 24, 1804, in Muskingum Co., *Ohio, and came with his parents to Delaware Co. about 1808, settling west of Sunbury on a farm now owned by the Landon Brothers, and in 1836 on the farm owned by Mrs. (Margaret) Long- shore; he died May 3, 1870." Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 18) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c56b5fa37e5cfb313216765e9fdf9a80.jpg 71de748a3b709bf2a8ba0d5a6540b7a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 19] [corresponds to page 17 of I-DENTITY] * There is a discrepancy about the place of Cyrus' birth; the 1850 and 1860 Delaware County Census, also his death record, state that he was born in Pa. It is possible David stopped in Muskingum County in 1806 where other relatives lived, on his way to central Ohio. This biography states he came to Delaware County in 1808, which is entirely plausible. Somewhere else there is a reference to David's having lived in Sunbury Township before purchasing his farm in 1811 in Berkshire Township. David Longshore was born three years after the birth of the United States of America, and ten years before George Washington became president in 1789. He arrived in Ohio during the term of Thomas Jefferson, and in Delaware County in time to ['Del. Co. in 1808' handwritten in margin] see Delaware City laid out in 1811, Columbus in 1812, and Sunbury in 1816 and just four years before the War of 1812. At that time Ohio was considered the Crossroads of the Nation. A big busines boom existed immediately following that war. The schedule of prices shown here will show the prosperity that lasted until 1819 when prices slid back to pre-war levels. Pre-war Prices Prices 1812 - 1819 hogs - $1.50 per 100# hogs - $4.00 per 100# oats - .50 per bu. oats - 1.00 per bu. corn - .50 per bu. corn - 1.00 per bu. flour - 1.00 per 100# flour - 4.00 per 100# hay - 10.00 per ton hay - 20.00 per ton Some prices nose-dived to below pre-war values, such as; corn sold for 10-12 cents per bu.; potatoes - 12 cents bu., etc. Rigid economy was practiced by all grades of society - even the wealthy drank rye coffee and distinguished men dressed in blue linsey pantaloons for a time. In 1820 in Columbus, Ohio, over one hundred parcels of real estate were advertised in one ad- vertisement of sheriff's sales! Gradually though the nation recuperated from the recession. One blessing for the white man was that he never again was bothered by the red man in these parts after 1812. David and Euclydus (III) purchased their 134 acres in Range 17, Twp. 4, Lot 4, from Thomas Brown for $268.67 1/2. The 1812 Tax record values it at 67 1/2 cents an acre! In 1816, it seems they sold half of this same land - 67 7/16 acres - for $400., tripling their money. Perhaps this is a further example of the inflation of that period. Later however, in 1819, a quit claim deed is recorded whereby Euclydus (III) and Sarah, of Muskingum County, transferred the east half of 134 7/8 acres for the sum of $202. to David Longshore. Reference to David, in Charles' biography, states that David lived on the land he settled until his death in 1858. At the time this farm was purchased in 1811, there were only 2000 people in the entire county! By 1850, there were 1557 persons in Berkshire Township but this dropped to 1392 in 1860. Nevertheless, it was not over- populated at that time. Following is a copy of the original land purchase by David and Euclydus and their wives. (Euclydus is spelled 2 different ways in this same deed) - Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 19) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/abf5809fefc04ed7f57cfa611a58dd9f.jpg 9b3027447b61446130f6f87a585f9e42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 20] [corresponds to page 18 of I-DENTITY] Thomas Brown Deed to E. & D. Longshore "Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Brown of Berkshire in Delaware County & State of Ohio in consideration of two hundred & Sixty eight dollars eighty seven and an half cents paid me by Euclydus & David Longshore both of Sunbury in the county of aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant sell & convey unto the said Euclydes & David a certain tract of parcel of land lying & being in the first quarter of the fourth Township in the seventeenth Range of U.S. Military land in the State of Ohio & more particularly distinguished as the north part of lot no. eight in the western Tier of lots in the aforesaid quarter agreeable to a sur- vey thereof made by Joseph Eaton in 1806 reference thereto being had & to extend South from the whole length of the North line of the aforesaid lot so far as to contain one hundred and thirty four acres & seven eighths of an acre To have and to hold the afore granted premises to the said Euclydus & David & to their heirs & assigns to their use & Behalf forever & I do covenant with the said Euclydus & David & their heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore granted premises that they are free of all emcumbrances that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the aforesaid Euclydus & David & that I will warrant & defend the same premises to the said Euclydus Longshore & David Longshore & to their heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims of all persons. In witness whereof I the said Thomas Brown & Betsey, my wife in token of her assent & release of dower in the premises have hereunto set our hands & seals the fourth day of Sept 1811 _____________________________________ In presence of Thomas Brown Sophronia Brown Betsy Brown Mary Thurston Be it remembered that on the 11th day of Feb., 1812, personally approved State of Ohio Thomas Brown & Betsey his wife who being Delaware, County examined separate & apart from her hus- band the each acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their free act and deed -- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day above written Soloman Jones J P Received and recorded the forgoing deed this 14 day of Feb 1812 Mert Reuben Lamb, recorder Delaware County (Note) The preceding document was all hand written, of course, with no punctuation or abbreviation except that "and" was always written "&". Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 20) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b16c568ffa0a3cbf40b4c9b69272c1fb.jpg 8c1697673674c26e9ce392caaa2d29d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 21] [corresponds to page 19 of I-DENTITY] From the description in this deed and comparison with a map of this area in 1811 and 1860, it is pretty well determined that David's farm lay west of Sunbury, beginning at the corner of St.Rt. 37 and Twp. Rt. 72, running along the southside of County Rt 72 as far as the Henry Beaver farm. At the corner of RT. 37, in more recent years, this area was known as the Burt Cornell farm, and the old brick house about 1/8 mile west of Rt. 37 on Co. Rt. 72 was the homestead. Remnants of this house still lay there up until about 10 years ago, when a new ranch-style house was built by that grove of trees, and some of that farmland was portioned into building lots. Jon-Jon's Restaurant is on the corner now of Rts. 37 & Twp. Rt. 72. David's son, John, owned land in this same territory which partially adjoined his father's and that land is now owned by the V.M. Green heirs. Before it came into the Green ownership, the land in the general area was owned by Griste and Landon families. The original land purchase passed from Longshore hands before 1860, probably at the time of David's decease in 1858. Coincidentally, before he had any know- ledge of where his ancestors had first settled, a descendant of David's, Russell Longshore, purchased an acreage across the road from the original plot and built a house on it 17 years ago (1959)! At the turn of the 19th century, the land where David took up abode could scarecely be seen for the trees; now the land can scarcely be seen for the houses, shopping center, and commercial buildings: Super highways have replaced the scenic byways and the accelerated pulse of modern civilization - even in this rural area - has supplanted the leisurely heart throb of nature and its wonders. But then, that's progress! Everyone enjoys the modern conveniences but they want the slower pace, and somehow oil and water just don't mix. "Despite technological advances, inventions, and explor- ations that would have seemed miraculous to our grandparents; indeed, that even seem miraculous to us, people are still people. Go back in time - or forward - ten years, a hundred, or a thousand - you'll find people loving, hating, desiring, and fearing the same things as thoday. You'll find people valuing the same things - success, status, comfort, friendship, love." An excerpt from THE MASTERY OF PEOPLE by Auren Uris. In this bicentennial year, it is popular to look back to "the good ole days" and see only the good part; especially when the TV announcer comes on with his "and this is the way it was, 200 years ago" accompanied by a fife and drum playing their version of "Yankee Doodle". A little tingle goes up the spine and one feels a yearning for the peace (?) of bygone days. It is easy then to forget the hardships the pioneers faced each day. It is doubtful if anyone of this generation could accurately define a pioneer hardship because no one nowadays has experienced it; so "starvation", "privation", "Indian massacre" are just words in today's vocabulary. But then, possibly, the pioneer could not define the words of this day, such as: "mugging", "freak-outs", "spaced out", "murder contracts", et cetera. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 21) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7d5ff9a59b4bb479a9c09b2a1f69b8b6.jpg cfabf20676c553fd6100e5d7fb0be4f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 22] [corresponds to page 20 of I-DENTITY] Possible Eucyldus III Family Connections: Muskingum Co. Marriage Records (1804-1835) Longshore, Amos md Lydia Hopkins 4/13/1834 (Brushcreek Twp) Longshore, David to Sarah Ellen Butt 2/14/1826 Longshore, Thomas to Effie Boyd 4/ /1830 Longshore, Elizabeth to Benjamin Berry 1/24/1830 Longshore, Elizabeth to Morris Worstall 12/19/1833 (Brushcreek Twp) Longshore, Ruth to Benjamin Crane 1/ 4/1831 ___________ Longshore, Perry d 1865 A 20 Pvt Co B of 159th O.N.G. (Everhart's History of Muskingum Co.) publ 1882 p.308 ___________ "Bethel Cemetery, Newtown Twp, Muskingum Co., Ohio" In the book was the notation, "sons of Euclidus & S.E. Longshore", but it was not clear which names were the sons. David Longshore b 3/4/1804 d 3/5/1873 Mathilda Scott Longshore b 2/2/1817 d 7/28/1896 Burzellaw Longshore d 1/21/1895 age 26Y 11M 9D John W. Longshore d 11/4/1865 - 1Y12D Thomas Longshore 10/10/1807 d 10/12/1886 Effie Boyd Longshore 3/6/1803 d 4/30/1885 (Daughter of Robert Boyd, Revolutionary War soldier) Other Longshore researchers have additional information on this line, so it would be possible to follow through on this line, if interested. ________________________ And so it has been established that David and Elizabeth (Warner) Longshore emigrated to Ohio in 1806, and came to Del- aware County by 1808, lived in Sunbury (had to be township), and then settled on the farm west of town by 1811. Soon three more boys and three girls were added to the score making a total of eight. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 22) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/713608ad12373f48ae316d2ba98643c6.jpg 6039e6814d184f0e537fe159e866af12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 23] [corresponds to page 21 of I-DENTITY] Zada Longshore, widow of Gail Longshore, contributed the following chart which had been given to Gail by Seth Longshore when Gail was asking him one day about the family history. "David & Sara* Longshore came from Vermont* 1806. Gail's great, great grandfather settled in brick house west of Sunbury." Charles: Eugenie (Carpenter) Warner: Harriett (Ginn), Norton, Allen Allie (Foster) Albert, Noah, Edith Minnie (Budd) Elmine (Youman) Veo, Otis, Gail Cyrus: Truman, Isaac Newton, Charles, Jonathan, Harlow May Clem Seth David Nell Edd Mark Minor Dean Will Sid I.N Molly Jane Milo Dell (This chart noted that David I had 3 daughters-; in major points it agrees with this compiler.) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 23) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6f9ef8c81e5162618cf2ee38586f75d6.jpg eb4e9a33ea6d270e27529c1eb74f8298 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 24] [corresponds to page 22 of I-DENTITY] Family of David Longshore LONGSHORE DAVID b 1/25/1779 d 11/3/1858 Age 79Y 9M 8D md about 1802 to Elizabeth Warner (1/22/1783 d 8/8/1840 Age 57Y 6M 17D They emigrated from Pa. to Ohio in 1806 Settled in Del. Co. Berkshire Twp 1808 Issue: I I A John 1803-1877 b Pa. I B Cyrus 1804-1870 b Pa. I C Warner 1807-1892 b Ohio I D Rachel 1810-1852 b Ohio I E Sarah 1816- b Ohio I F Charles 1818-1904 b Ohio I G David Jr. 1822- b Ohio I H Girl ____ b Ohio Since this compiler has no data on the third girl, at present, all the descendants hereafter mentioned will stem from one of these seven children of David and Elizabeth's. After the first Elizabeth's death in 1840, David married another Elizabeth (Betsey Benton) and she survived him. Apparently David did not leave a will but following is an inventory or schedule of his property, which evidently was done room by room: David Longshore - Oliver Stark Administrator Dec., 10, 1858 12 month support ($200.) to widow Appraisal - 1 set of dishes, 2 chairs, 2 bureaus, brass clock, 1 stand, 1 lott of carpenting, 1 table & oil cloth, 1 pair andirons, 1 tar bucket, 1 cubboard, 1 bedquilt & old carpet, 1 kettle, 1 iron kettle, 2 iron kettles, 1 small brass kettle, 1 feather bed, 1 small brass kettle, 1 feather bed, 1 small brass kettle, feather bed, 1 bed- stead, 1 coverlid, 2 blankets, 2 bedquilts, 2 bedquilts, 4 bedquilts, 3 bedquilts, 1 bedstead, 1 chest of drawers, 1 looking glass, 1 lott of carpeting, 1 looking glass, 1 set of harness, 1 fanning mill, 1 saddle, 1 cream mare Sarah Carpenter (Fester Utley, Roswell F. Fowles, Norman Detrick, appraisors) Appraisal of all chattels & goods Schedule of personal property belonging to widow not accounted for: 1 bed & bedding, 1 table, 6 knives & 6 forks, 6 plates, 6 teacups & saucers, 12 spoons, 1 cook- stove, all clothing of widow & deceased, 6 chairs, library not to exceed $50., 1 family Bible, all ornaments of widow. Notes: S.Carpenter -$23.20; George Benton - $20.00 Personal property sold on Jan. 6, 1859 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 24) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4c4cd8ffd1d7141b626228fc8c4a12d0.jpg 2e308080c04bcc0c92310468cccfadc0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 25] [corresponds to page 23 of I-DENTITY] Sarah Carpenter, Alfred Benton, Norton Longshore, Cyrus Longshore, Alex McD Wlaker, J.D. Wilcox, Wm. McDaniel, David Longshore, J.W. Longshore, John Longshore,Charles Longshore Betsey Longshore received year allowance of $200. John Longshore, first child of David I A John b Pa in 1803 d 3/18/1877 (death due to a tumor) A 74 Clarinda ____ (b 1807 d 1871 b in N.Y.) d A 64 bd Sunbury,O. Issue: II 1 David b 1827 2 Aaron b 1829 d 1855 A 26Y 3 Hannah b 1842 d 1864 A 22 Y I B Cyrus b Pa in 1804 d 1870 of dropsy age 66 bd Trenton Cem. Margaret (Young) md 6/22/1826. To give a clear idea of Cyrus and Margaret's life, her biography is repeated here, although it was used earlier. "Margaret Longshore, P.O.Condit; was born July 2, 1804, a dau. of Christian and Sallie (Linderman) Young; her father settled in Ohio about 1816, and farmed near Galena until his death in 1838. She was married June 22, 1826, to Cyrus Longshore, by whom she has had six children, four are now living; her husband was born Nov. 24, 1804, in Muskingum Co., Ohio, and came with his parents to Delaware Co. about 1808, settling west of Sunbury on a farm owned by Mrs. (Margaret) Longshore; he died May 3, 1870" Issue: 11 six sons all born Ohio 1 - Jonathan Longshore 1827 - 2 - Minor Longshore 1829-1856 3 - Charles Longshore 1830-1921 4 - Truman Longshore 1833-1913 5 - Harlow A. Longshore 1835- 6 - Isaac Newton Longshore 1839-1920 Cyrus farmed east of Sunbury, between Condit and Vans Valley, on what is now State Route 605, on a farm now known as the Ted Gray farm. In the 1860 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 25) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6a2a8daec0f0c251efca429eb7848c9e.jpg ea9bbb3483b0ec632d9119f93a892a7a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 26] [corresponds to page 24 of I-DENTITY] Census, his worth was listed as $5775 Real Estate value and $1000 personal property, which compared to other listings was quite prosperous for farmers in the area. Tradition has it that an old Indian used to stop to visit Cyrus and to trade items for whiskey. The tavern was just about a half mile away where the Zieschang house is. The Indian told that there was a silver mine in that are but none was ever found. Cyrus Longshore's will follows: Will of Cyrus Longshore In the name of the benevolent Father of all I Cyrus Longshore in view of the certainty of Death and the uncertainty of life do make and publish this my last will and testament Item 1 I direct that after my decease all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my Executors out of my estate Item 2 I direct that my beloved wife Margaret Longshore have the entire use and controll of all my estate boath real and personal during her natural life Item 3 I direct that should the rents and incomes of my said estate be not sufficient for her maintainance and support in the style in which we are now living that said estate be sold and so much of the proceed as may be necessary used for her support as aforesaid Item 4 I direct that at the death of my said wife my estate that may be remaining be equally divided among my heirs as follows To wit my sons Charles Truman Harlo A. and Isaac Newton and the heirs of my deceased son J.W. Longshore Item 5 I hereby nominate and appoint my wife Margaret Long- shore and my son Truman Longshore my Executors of this my last will and testament In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth Day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy Cyrus Longshore (his own signature) E.H. Dent John Sinkey We E.H. Dent and John Sinkey hereby certify that Cyrus Longshore signed the foregoing instrument in our presence as his will and that we signed the same in his presence as witnesses E.H. Dent John Sinkey This document was done in beautiful handwriting, with the punctuation (mostly by spacing), capitalization, and spelling popular in that period) _______________________________________________________________ Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 26) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2c62b1b41dc15a9f83beef37c870cc5c.jpg 17c4ad855bf6f45798f9e80a4c0ed68d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 27] [corresponds to page 25 of I-DENTITY] IIB 1 Jonathan Longshore - sone of Cyrus - b 1827 d ____ Born in Ohio md Clarissa Lewis 1852 (3/1) Delaware Co.,b 1833 Issue III 1 - Volney L. b 1853 2 - Truman D. b 1855 3 - Miles N. b 1857 4 - Ida B. b 1859 5 - Ada b 1859 IIB 2 Minor Longshore - son of Cyrus -b 1829 d 6/15/1856 A 27 md Sarah Clark in 1854 (11/16) in Delaware Co., Ohio Issue: III 1 - Harold IIB 3 Charles Longshore - sone of Cyrus - b 11/30/1830 d 3/19/1921 bd Marysville, Union Co., Ohio; he was a Civil War Veteran, lost a leg in the war and wore a wooden leg. md Susan Tracy (b Muskingum County, be Marysville). Susan was a dau of David Tracy II B - 3 Family of Charles Longshore (sone of Cyrus) Issue: III 1 - Sidney Longshore 2 - Mary E. Longshore 3 - Jane Longshore 4 - Bertha Longshore 5 - Minor William Longshore 6 - Molly Longshore 7 - Annie Longshore 8 - David Longshore Note - Glen (grandson of Minor (Tine) and his wife, Cheryl Longshore, of Salem, Oregon, are also researchers. They sent the information on the Charles (Cyrus' son) Longshore family, also the following pictures of Minor and Janetta Longshore and their young family. Glen's father, Irven Longshore, remembers his grandfather, Charles' wooden leg and the fact his father, Minor Wm. (Tine) played at Murphys's Hill near Sunbury, Ohio, as a boy. (The Murphys and Trenton Twp. Longshores lived on farms in the same community. It was always said the two families emigrated to Ohio about the same time. Although one of Charles' children was born in Ill. in 1858, and possibly the family lived there at that time, the family was listed in the Ohio 1860 census with Charles as a farmer worth $7200 real estate and $1000 personal worth; this rated as very prosperous at that time in the Delaware County farming community. His father's worth at that time was Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 27) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8c6d6d048f98dc824e6a5d1eb2ab6595.jpg e59ba6db314ef5a8b7d7eda4c4a3c7c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 28] [corresponds to page 26 of I-DENTITY] estimated to be $5775. At any rate, it is known that Charles was married and a father at the time of the Civil War. Issue: III 1 - Sidney - no info on this 2 - Mary E. - b 1857 3 - Jane - b 1858 in Illinois md Sivey (1) & Arts (2) 4 - Bertha - b ____ md Raymer 5 - Minor Wm.-b 1861 (more about him later) 6 - Molly - b about 1856 d A 46 4/2/1903 (Longshore Reunion Book) md Jaunt Grandstaff. Molly d in Magnetic Springs, Ohio 7 - Annie - b 1871 in Harlem Twp. d A 46 on 11/9/1916 md David Gilbert (Bert) Meddles (d 1921) 8 - Bert - b ____ died age 14 IIB 3 Family of Charles Longshore (son of Cyrus) continued through Charles' son, Minor Wm. Longshore IIIB 5 Minor William (Tine) Longshore b 6/9/1861 in Union Co., O. d 3/29/1943 in Hardin Co., Ohio md Janetta Hites (dau. of Benjamin and Margaret McGinnis Hites - b 8/26/1870 d 4/6/1898 md Janetta in Richwood, Ohio and both Minor and Janetta are bd at Roundhead Cemetery, Roundhead, O. Janetta b McDonald Twp., Hardin Co., Ohio Minor was md before and his lst wife's and child's names are unknown but they are bd in Sunbury Cemetery. It is thought they were either typhoid or TB victims. Issue: IV 8 children 1 Florence May b 2/6/1899 d 7/8/1937 in Ridgeway, O. d Russell Point, O. Md Truman Dunn Herring in 1918 Issue: V Minor, Joan, Russell, Bob Herring 2 Sidney Ray Longshore b 4/28/1902 in McDonald Twp. Hardin Co., O. md Cloa Orth 12/24/1923 in Kenton, O. Issue: V Melvin Longshore 3 Carl Clayton Longshore b 5/9/1904 McDonald Twp spent a year in Kansas where he found his wife and brought her back here. At one time her family had lived in a sod house in his yard for exhibition. As a consequence, there was a big write-up about it in a Sunday Columbus Dispatch a couple years ago, and sightseers go to see it. Prospect, Ohio commissioned him and a crew of men to build one for display in the Park as a bicentennial exhibit. He built that one in 11 days. Carl md Florence Opal Symonton on 9/17/1927 in Colby, Kansas. 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Description An account of the resource [page 29] [corresponds to page 27 of I-DENTITY] Family of Minor William (Tine) Longshore continued ________________________________________________________________________ Issue: V - Vinita, Ralph, and Carlyne Longshore 1 Vinita b 1928 md Earl Tillman Issue: VI 1 Larry Tillman b 1948 2 Ralph Longshore b 1931 md Helen Oathodt Issue: VI 1 Randy b 1966 3 Carlyne Longshore b 3/24/1938 md Garry Massie No ch. 4 Ethel Longshore md Crew Ferguson Issue: VI Robert, Blanche, Dwight, Fred Ferguson IIIB 5 - IV 5 Unnamed Boy d age 10 da either 1907/08 6 Irven Roscoe Longshore b 9/19/1909, McDonald Twp, Hardin Co., Ohio md Vivian Mary Thomas on 6/11/1939 Glendora, Calif. Issue: V 1 Glen Longshore b Lives in Salem, Oregon md Cheryl Frad 7 Juanita Gertrude b 8/29/1911 in Huntsville, Ohio md Wilbur Barnhart Issue: V Patricia, Lester, Richard Barnhart 8 Perry Elwood Longshore b 5/1/1913 md June Harraman Issue: V 1 Harold Eugene Longshore b 9/28/1938 md Issue: VI 1 Cheryl Ann Longshore b 6/21/1958 in Kenton, O. md 5/14/1976 to Darrell Wampler (11/15/1956) son of Eugene and Doris Wampler 2 Linda Lee Longshore b 5/10/1960 in Marysville, Ohio 3 Gary Eugene Longshore b 12/11/1962 in Kenton 4 David Neil Longshore b 8/3/1964 b in Richwood 5 Harold Eugene Longshore, Jr. 7/28/1968 in Sunbury, O. 2 Barbara Longshore md Clifford Conley Issue: Timothy Wayne b about 1965, (adopted when an infant) Conley 3 Nancy Longshore md Bud Yoakam Issue: VI Mike, Tony, Penny Yoakam 4 Jeannie Longshore md Bob Hildreth Issue: VI Ricky and Robin 5 Minor LeRoy d infancy 6 Gary Lee Longshore died in infancy Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 29) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e181ee4757e9fbbd2146e75b7bc21766.jpg cc89123f3a3bcdb0eb6513868aa96014 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 30] [corresponds to page 28 of I-DENTITY] The Family of Cyrus (IB) continues. _________________________________________________________________________ Truman Longshore is the fourth son of Cyrus and should come next but because his line is so prolific, it seems best to skip him for the moment and compile his two younger brothers now. _________________________________________________________________________ II B 5 Harlow A. Longshore, fifth son of Cyrus, b 1835 d ____ He married Massa Linnabary ( b 1843) on 2/8/1864 According to deed transfers at Del. Co. C H in Ohio, Harlow and wife, Massa, purchased land from Sarah E. Longshore (probably Mrs. David Jr.) in 1866 and in 1870 sold this same land to Cyrus Longshore, his father. Evidently they then moved from the area and no further trace has been found to date, by this compiler. In the 1860 Census, he was age 25, living in his father's house, farming. II B 6 Issac Newton Longshore b 6/14/1839 d 5/11/1920 bd Trenton Md Angeline T. Bourne (1840-1936) on 11/23/1865. In the 1880 HISTORY OF DELAWARE CO. by Baskins, it says that I.N. Longshore was very active in the Christian Union Church (Bethel, in Licking Co.), of which he was an Elder and Superintendent of Sunday Schools. The biography also states he once carried mail from Johns- town to Newark daily for one year, worked as a carpen- ter for years, but mostly he farmed. Angeline was born in Ohio just one year after her parents, Almerian and Elizabeth (Jewett) Bourn who were born in Mass., came to Ohio in 1839. "After marriage, I.N. and Angeline settled on the old homestead where their resident still is (in 1880). (This is where the Harvey McElroy farm now is on Ross Rd., Trenton Twp.) In May of 1880, I.N. sold his farm for $1000. cash and soon after bought one of 47 acres at $60.00 an acre from A. C. Bowers; he also worked 83 acres of his mother's (Cyrus' and Margaret's) farm." In late years he retired to a house and lot in Condit across from the schoolhouse and cemetery. His son, Seth, then took over the farming. Issue III: Alvey Seth and Mark 1 - Alvey Seth b. 1867 died 1953 md Estella M. (1872-1952) both buried in Trenton Cemetery, Condit, Ohio. Seth was a farmer. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 30) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba597d4719ac14eb1e648c6b7013d8da.jpg 38c5c0d66dad821d35e0dd98d97cf867 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 31] [corresponds to page 29 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the family of Isaac Newton, the 6th child of Cyrus, Seth and Estella Longshore family ________________________________________ Issue IV Eva, Von, Fern, and Iva Longshore 1 - Eva Longshore b 1891 on 10/26/1923 md Grover Gorsuch (d 1/28/1971) Issue V: 1 - Ceeta Gorsuch b 12/4/1927 md on 12/23/1951 to Lawrence J. Sillan live in Newark Issue VI: 1 - Robert Emory Sillan b 9/1952 2 - Diane Sillan b 1957 2 - Von Longshore b 1896 md Clifton Feasel 10/19/1922 live in Condit, Ohio no ch. [obituary: Lucile Bailey] 3 - Fern b 1893 d 1979 md. Harry Cornell on 6/19/1913 Harry died 1963 from effects of a paralyzing stroke a few years earlier. He was a school bus driver and later a railroader. They had lived in Trenton Twp., Mt. Vernon, and in late years during his invalidism, they lived with son, Alva, in Cincinnati, where Fern kept house for him and his motherless daughters. Harry died there. [obituary: Fern Elizabeth Cornell] Issue: V: Lucille Cornell and Alva Clay Cornell 1 - Lucille Cornell b 4/20/1914 md Dale Bailey 10/10/1934 They live in Trenton Twp. Dale Bailey recently retired as Landmark County Manager Issue: VI- Marvin, Joan, Mary Lou 1. Marvin Bailey b 8/20/1935 md Gwendolyn in 1955 Marvin is an employee of Landmark Inc. They live in Delaware, Ohio Issue: VII Bruce, Keith, Steve Bailey 1 - Bruce Bailey b 9/3/1956 2 - Keith Bailey b 9/5/1958 3 - Steve Bailey b 1/29/1960 2 - Joan Bailey b 5/20/1937 md Richard Moore on 5/29/1955, Richard farms near Johnstown Issue: VII Don, Carolyn, Dianne, Linda, Connie Moore Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 31) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b0c15855119594bdef3c68181b80d696.jpg cff7190d359eb7758094a9f605a0bfac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 32] [corresponds to page 30 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the family of Isaac Newton, the 6th child of Cyrus-Family of Seth and Estella descendants. ____________________________________________________________________________ [obituary: Forest Dale Bailey] 3 - Mary Lou Bailey b 1/17/1940 md Ted C. Harper They live in Columbus Issue VI- 1 - Kenny Dale Harper b 4/23/1964 2 - Lee Orva Harper b 8/23/1965 II B 6 V 2 - Alva Clay Cornell b 9/26/1917 md Ruth McKenzie (III 1) on 2/19/1943 Issue VI- 1 - Charles David Cornell b 1/16/1944 to Ruth Alva and Ruth divorced Alva md Iola Frye (d in 1961) 2 - Alice Jean Cornell b 5/29/1953 3 - Phyllis Marie Cornell b 5/29/1953 Alva md Bina Von Bolborth on 1/3/1969 No children. They live in Cincinnati, Ohio IV 4 Iva Longshore b. md Harold Bailey on 9/30/1920 He farms. They live on Trenton Rd. in Harlem Twp. Delaware County, Ohio Issue V- Marcella Bailey 1 - Marcella Bailey b 5/9/1921 md Forrest Earl Edwards in 1937 Divorced Issue VI Forrest LeRoy (Jack Edwards b 11/19/1937 Marcella md2 George Lynn in 1942 and live Trenton Twp. Delaware County, Ohio Issue VI Carolyn Sue Lynn and Peggy Lorraine 1 - Carolyn Sue Lynn b 5/29/1947 md Robert Smith in 1965 Issue VII: 1 - Bobby Smith 2 - Jodie Smith 3 - Shelly Smith 4 - Jennifer Smith 2 - Peggy Lorraine Lynn b 9/28/1950 Md Robert Berridge live in Harlem Twp. Delaware County Issue VII: 1 - Valerie Berridge 2 - Patricia Berridge Issue III - Mark b. 1868- There is a great mystery in connection with Mark. As a young man, he suddenly decided to take a trip; later writing an affectionate letteer from Wisconsin to his parents expressing regret as to necessary for the trip but still not explaining it. He was never heard from again. His grieving family and fiance could only believe he had met with foul play somewhere. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 32) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/09737ba68ec6fd73d8ed1fea791d52ee.jpg 2e825cf1d4c6cc5520f6bde43b28d87e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 33] [corresponds to page 31 of I-DENTITY] Carlyle once said that "History is the essense of innumerable biographies". An appropriate follow-up might be a statement by Longfellow in which he said, "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have done." Oft times later generations can be inspired by the achievements of those gone on before or be put on guard by their failures. We cannot rest on the laurels of our ancestors; neither are we held to account for their deeds; we can rise above or sink below their character, but the fact remains we are a composite of our ancestors and that is why Susie may "take after" Aunt Mary or Johnny after Uncle Joe or Granddad. Strange how the genes work _______________________________________________________________________________ After the death of Truman's 2nd wife, Lucretia, in 1881, Truman brought his motherless children back to Ohio and he never went out west again. The children were taken in by various family members until old enough to go on their own. Since Harriet (Longshore) and her husband, George Ginn, only had one child, Elmine, at home they took 14 year old Milo into their home. One day when Milo was near 18 years of age, he went downtown to get a loaf of bread for his aunt. Two years later he returned and tossed a loaf of bread on the table, saying, "Here's your loaf of bread!" The 2nd time he left he kept in contact with them. The Ginns also had been in Iowas for three years but George become so homesick they came back to Ohio. This was prior to Truman's tragedy. When Clem Longshore, along with his parents, Truman and Lucretia and their family were traveling out west from Ohio, they used a flat bed wagon. They had a team of horses, two cows, one sow, and a dog. On the wagon was a bed, dresser, and two stoves. The womenfolk rode on the wagon and drove the team while the father and sons walked. When they came to a cabin, it was customary for that family to provide accommodations for the travelers. They fed the family and livestock. The men of the house went outside and slept under the wagon with the traveling men while the women all slept inside the house. When the Longshores arrived at their destination, they turned the horses out to pasture. The horses ran off toward home with the dog. The dog made it on home but the horses stopped at the "big river". Later the horses were found beside a large river (which lay on the homeward route) which evidently they were reluctant to cross. A postcard informed the Longshores of the horses' whereabouts. Truman took a train to retrieve the horses. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 33) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e61228d997504f6f9d513c1853735df8.jpg c6582085e7ac492acfd285dd9a54aa07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 34] [corresponds to page 32 of I-DENTITY] YOUR NAME You got it from your father, It was all he had to give, So it's yours to use and cherish For as long as you may live. If you abuse the watch he gave you, It can always be replaced, But a black mark on your name, Can never be erased. It was clean the day he gave it And a worthy name to bear, When you got it from your father There was no dishonor there. So make sure you guard it wisely, for After all is said and done, You'll be glad the name is spotless When you give it to your son. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 34) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ac4392b214a2ee952beb1bd76b1d4750.jpg f847dc84648d8df574e9d83d696dd32f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 35] [corresponds to page 34 of I-DENTITY] Truman Longshore Fourth Son of Cyrus Longshore II B4 The Truman Longshore line is being recorded out of sequence of Cyrus' sons because his family seemed to be more prolific, plus the fact he and most of his Ohio ancestors and their descendants remained or still live in the particular area where this compiler lives. Therefore, information is more accessible as well as personal knowledge and contact with the subjects and availability of resource material gives more insight to this line. Every effort has been made to research the other lines and all submitted material has been appreciated and used. Consequently an abundance of data follows: possibly Job 14:1-9 expresses what he may have felt at times: "Man is born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble." Truman was one of the four, out of six, sons who survived his father, Cyrus; Jonathan and Minor having died before 1870. He and his mother, Margaret were executors of Cyrus' will. Truman was sort of a jack-of-all-trades, having farmed a great amount, he was a competent teamster, operated a sawmill and tile mill, et cetera. He must have been somewhat of an adventurer considering that he got around considerably for that day of poor traveling facilities. The railroad came to Delaware in 1851 and it was called the "Big Four" since it ran through Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, and Truman could have used its accommodations some of the time. At any rate, get around he did, whether by horseback, carriage, stagecoach, covered wagon, or by rail. To travel by any of these methods required super desire, courage, a strong constitution, and perseverance! Truman may have been enticed to pursue greener pastures by the lectures of Horace Greeley who was a journalist and politician who went around over the country lecturing with the clarion call "Go west, young man!" hinting of riches and acclaim that lay just beyond for the going and claiming. It is known that some of Truman's Longshore cousins also answered this call and went West; perhaps forming a wagon train. Rumblings from some of the wives' grumblings are still being heard of, such as; "Haint no sense to it at all!" The women were content with their lot in life right where they were. The gold rush of 1849 (although Truman at 14 was too young to embark at that time) may have had some appeal although there is no record of any Longshore having found gold! Some of the Longshores must have found something they liked in Illinois and Iowa because some went and stayed. Most of them eventually came back to Ohio and their roots here. It is known that Truman found his first wife, Larusia Bouier, in Peoria, Illinois in 1859. Most likely he lived out there farming before and in the early part of his marriage. His son, Clem, many times told the story of his father's second move out to Illinois. They went by covered wagon. In the late fall, they turned the horses out to open pasture as was the custom there. The horses and dog must have been homesick because they ran off toward Ohio. Later the horses were found beside a large river (which lay on the homeward route) which evidently they were reluctant to cross. The dog left them (as compared to Ohio's at that time) and said that one time he harrowed corn all day and didn't get over the field. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 35) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/41696bccde1ad137f836b87582b81dde.jpg 029b32a32d257469a3158dfa70b6331e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 36] [corresponds to page 35 of I-DENTITY] It is thought that the first three of Truman's children were born in Ohio and the other five in Illinois. It is re- corded that Will was born in Ohio and that Clem was born in a log house on his grandfather Cyrus' farm - possibly the tenant house, in 1865. Truman was back in Ohio at that time and also in 1870 at the time of his father's death. Larusia had died the year before at age 35. She is buried at Condit, Ohio. In 1871, Truman married Lucretia [underlined] Peters. A copy of her father's biography follows: Also taken from Baskins 1880 Delaware County History -- Daniel H. Peters, farmer and stockraiser; P.O. Green, Licking County, Ohio is a son of William and Sarah (Bashford) Peters; his father was of English descent, and born in Maryland; his mother of Irish descent; her father was from Cork, Ireland. Mr. Peters's father emigrated to Ohio about 1816, and his grandfather came to America in 1808, and served awhile in the War of 1812. Mr. Peters was born Jun 26, 1820, in Pickaway County, Ohio and came to Licking Co., in April, 1822. Nov. 27, 1842, he was married to Miss R. Iles; she was born in Licking Co.; they had nine children - Sarah J., Lucretia, James W. Effie, Oliver, Emma, William P., Melissa, and Martha. His wife died Oct. 6, 1863; she was a member of the M.E. Church. Daniel was again married, in 1864, to Mary A., daughter of Edward and Mary Lake, by whom he had six children; five living - Rose D., Frank J., Milton H., Mark M., William S. and John M who died Nov. 21, 1869. He (Daniel) lived, after marriage in Licking Co. four years and then rented his present farm of 124 acres, which he bought two years afterward. About 1859, he learned the carpenter's trade, and has thus been enabled to make his own farm improvements; in 1864, he commenced dealing in Spanish merino sheep, which he supplies to those wanting at fair prices; he has filled his share of the township offices, and is now a member of the Christian Union Church, as are also five members of his family. He has served as Supt. of Sunday School for 25 yrs, and many years as Elder. This church now has membershp of 100. He is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A.F.& M. According to a granddaughter, Daniel Peters score of children reached 17! (Daniel H. Peters: June 26, 1820 - Aug 23, 1900 Mary I. Iles: Jan. 17, 1840 - Nov. 10, 1900 b d in Wapello Cemetery, Iowa After 1871, Truman and Lucretia moved to Ill. with his family of three sons: William, Edson B., and Clem. Soon Dean, Mae, Newton, Milo, and Nellie joined the throng. But again tragedy struck when Lucretia died in 1881 at age 36. A broken man returend to Ohio with a ['covered' crossed out] wagon load of motherless children. Will, the eldest at 21, returned to the West and was married that fall. It is thought that he kept 2 year old Nellie and Newt, age 7. It is not known what 19 yr old Edson did but Clem at age 16 was old enough to do a man's work so he lived with his father's uncle, Warner and Cordelia and daughter, Mary, on the farm. Cordelia passed away in 1882 so then the spinster daughter, Mary, kept house for her father and Clem. Warner's daughter, Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 36) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ab7794617dbc7e7ef7a821adaec9013f.jpg 32bfdbcfb8354f1a365ddd75bba9523f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 37] [corresponds to page 36 of I-DENTITY] Harriett and her husband George Ginn, having only one (at home) child, Elmine aged 9, took five year old Milo to raise. Mae, who was eight went to live with a sister of Lucretia's in Mich. It is not known where Dean, aged 9, stayed, but when he turned 18 he went to Iowa where he settled. So, compassionate relatives "took in" the children and it was such a commendable thing to do. Everyone did the best they could but still the family circle was broken. However the family, though scattered hither and yon, remained close in spirit and all kept in touch, visiting each as often as possible. Most of them eventually settled in Central Ohio. Truman did not set up housekeeping again until Mae was old enough to keep house for him. He then purchased a place in Olive Green in 1886. At that time a Doc Foster and Truman became business partners in a tile mill. All went well until Doc decided to shoot himself dead in a tile kiln. Just one more upheaval in Truman's life. He lived to age 78 and died in 1913. All of his children lived long lives except Nellie, who died at 35. The others averaged out to over 78; Clem lived to be the oldest-passing on at age 90 in 1955. Reading of the trauma that went on in these families' lives reminds one of Elizabeth Akers Allen's poem: Rock Me to Sleep Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight, Make me a child again, just for tonight! Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth a few silver threads out of my hair; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;-- Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! I am so weary of toil and of tears; Toil without recompense, Tears all in vain; Take them, and give me my childhood again! I have grown weary of dust and decay, - Weary of flinging my soul wealth away; Weary of sowing for others to reap; - Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! Elizabeth Akers Allen's poem, "Rock Me to Sleep" 3rd verse Tired of the follow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O Mother, my heart calls for you! Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded, our faces between; Yet with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I tonight for your presence again. Come from the silence so long and so deep; - Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! Over my heart in the days that are flown, No love like mother love ever has shown; No other worship abides and endures, Faithful, unselfish, and patient like yours; None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul, and the world-weary brain, Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 37) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/83ac7fd53847c343825d767c84f8b863.jpg ebe55ce4dbd6ed63a12f9ea500855242 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 38] [corresponds to page 37 of I-DENTITY] Slumber's soft calm o'er my heavy lids creep; - Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! Come let your brown hair, just lighted with gold; Fall on your shoulders again, as of old; Let it drop over my forehead tonight, Shading my faint eyes away from the light; For with its sunny edged shadows once more, Happily will throng the sweet visions of yore; Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep; - Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! Mother, dear Mother, the years have been long Since I last listened your lullaby song; Sing, then unto my soul it shall seem Womanhood's years have been only a dream; Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace, With your light lashes just sweeping my face, Never hereafter to wake or to weep; - Rock me to sleep, Mother, - rock me to sleep! This poem was found in McGuffey's Fifth Reader Revised. It is familiar to the scholars of that era. Many committed it to memory. The data on the Truman Longshore line was supplied mostly by Harold Longshore, son of Homer, and his mother, Bessie, who live in Wapello, Iowa. They have come to the Longshore reunions throughout the years whenever possible and every year recently. They have contributed greatly to the over-all effort to "keep in touch". The Family of Truman Longshore Fourth Son of Cyrus Longshore IB II 4 Truman Longshore b 11/6/1835 d 1/16/1913 md in 1859 to Larusia Bouier (from Peoria Ill.- b 1834 d 2/20/1869 A 35) both bd Trenton Cemetery, Condit, Ohio Issue III: 1 - William Armanthus Longshore 2 - Edson B. Longshore 3 - Steven Clement Longshore III- 2 Edson B. Longshore b 11/6/1863 d 7/19/1944 md Jane Ham in 1909 Jane died 7/22/1913 No issue Edson married Edna Ward on 8/21/1918 Edna d 8/4/1967 No issue Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus line, William Armanthus Longshore Branch. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 38) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/769a767aff84542cbcfa9dee9e5e85e9.jpg bbf70543fcf598a90fd0742bfaf7e5cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 39] [corresponds to page 38 of I-DENTITY] III-1 William Armanthus Longshore (Will) b 10/6/1860 d 10/14/1934 Age 74 settled in Minnesota Most of his descendants live in that general area of Albertlea, Minnesota. md Amy Jane Peters (b 5/19/1862) on 10/6/1881 Will was a tall, big broad shouldered man It is thought that they kept his sister, Nellie and brother, Newt, for awhile. Will was a farmer; the first to raise field corn in the state of Minnesota.Prior to that, Minnesotans raised caffer corn. Will kept visiting Ohio and taking back samples of Ohio corn seed until finally he got a crop started there. Issue IV: - Earl Francis, Louella May, Esther Longshore 1 - Earl Francis Longshore b 12/17/1885 d 7/26/1954 Md Merry Christmas Miller (b 12/25/1885) on Christmas Day, 1905 Issue V: - Beverly Elise, Lois, Miller, William Miller, and Rondald Longshore V-1 Beverly Elise Longshore b 3/8/1907 md 9/29/1925 to Victor James Christensen (b 4/4/1907) Issue: VI - Jeanne Marie, Lloyd LeRoy, Leslie James, Dale Lincoln Christensen VI - 1 Jeanne Marie Christensen b 4/29/1927 md on 2/14/1945 to Carl B. Matthies (b 6/1922) Issue VII: - Steven Carl and Wendy Jeanne Matthies VII - 1 Steven Carl Matthies b 10/15/1945 md on 4/9/1966 to Mary Bruder 2-Wendy Jeanne Matthies b 2/18/1950 VI - 2 Lloyd LeRoy Christensen b 7/13/1930 on 9/19/1954 md Geraldine Bogan Schutz (b 11/10/1934) Issue VII- 1 - Brian Scott Christensen b 9/7/1955 2 - David Loyd Christensen b 6/7/1959 3 - Mark Allen Christensen b 5/7/1962 VI-3 Leslie James Christensen b 7/13/1930 on 12/31/1950 md Yvonne Marie Amlet (b 7/6/1930) Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus line, William Armanthus Longshore Branch Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 39) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f35c34669303d07288af21741537aa7a.jpg 74d7e3f1bab0f71817a5e284ae792c54 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 40] [corresponds to page 39 of I-DENTITY] Issue: VII Cynthia Yvonne, Beth Ann, Leslie Jane, and Donna Ranae Christensen VII-1 Cynthia Yvonne Christensen b 9/30/1951 2 Beth Ann Christensen b 7/17/1953 3 Leslie Jane Christensen b 10/25/1958 4 Donna Ranae Christensen b 8/15/1962 VI- 4 Dale Lincoln Christensen b 9/4/1934 on 8/6/1955 md Martha Judith Bruder (b 6/28/1936) Issue VII Dean Dale and Dianne Lynn Christensen VII-1 Dean Dale Christensen b 12/23/1956 2 Dianne Lynn Christensen b 5/12/1958 V-2 Lois Miller Longshore b 4/29/1915, on 10/19/1933 md Luther LaVern Dillavou - live in Albertlea, Minn. Luther LaVern Dillavou (b 3/4/1906) Issue VI: Romelle Mae, Sandra Sue, Lois Geraldene, and Earl LaVern Dillavou VI-1 Romelle Mae Dillavou b 5/18/1936, on 5/28/1960 md Ernest H. Enderson (b 7/14/1931) - Romelle md her first husband, George Flattum on 7/18/1954, dv in 1957 - 2 children adopted by Ernest Enderson Issue VII - Gary Alvin, Constance Mae, Tomothy Ernest, and Patricia Jean Enderson VII-1 Gary Alvin (Flattum) Enderson b 4/29/1955 2 Constance Mae (Flattum) Enderson b 7/2/1956 3 Tomothy Ernest Enderson b 1/20/1961 4 Patricia Jean Enderson b 4/3/1962 VI-2 Sandra Sue Dillavou b 8/5/1937 on 12/26/1955 md Orin Roisen (b 3/8/1935) Issue VII- Julie Gayle, Donna Lee, David Orrin, and Roger LaVern Roisen VII- 1 Julie Galye [Gayle] Roisen b 7/10/1956 2 Donna Lee Roisen b 12/1/1957 3 David Orrin Roisen b 1/1/1959 4 Roger LaVern Roisen b 4/1/1962 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 40) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/98c09ac2c6c9291624dfa64f166b3906.jpg ebecc389dcedb019ee31a431d15fcb9e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 41] [corresponds to page 40 of I-DENTITY] Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus Longshore, William Armanthus Longshore Branch continued ______________________________________________________________________________ V 2 Clifford C. Hammer b 10/21/1920, on 12/10/1921 md Betty Jean LaValle (b 12/10/1921) Issue VI 1 - Annette Rae Hammer b 8/5/1941, on 6/9/1959 md Roger Alden Walberd (b 9/28/1939) Issue VII 1 - Richard Roger Walberd b 12/10/1961 2 - Suzanne K. Hammer b 1/17/1948 3 - Charles C. Hammer b 3/4/1951 Third child of Wm. A. & Amy J. (Peters) Longshore IV - 3 Esther Elma Longshore b 1/1/0/1893, on 7/18/1908 md Alonzo Wilson Cram (b 9/19/1888 - d 9/11/1955) Issue V: - Raymond Alonzo, Alma Beatrice, William Earl, Amy Jane, Cleon Forrest, Clayton Clair, and Marlene Rea Cram V - 1 Raymond Alonzo Cram b 11/26/1908, on 12/20/1933 md Esther Alvira Anderson (b4/5/1914- d 7/30/1968) Issue VI: 1- Lonene Cram b 10/11/1936 on 8/6/1957 md Vincent Novak (b 1/11/1934) 2- Jack Cram b 6/30/1938, on 11/29/1958 md Mary Alice Pearce (b10/7/1941) V - 2 Alma Beatrice Cram b 1/4/1911, on 3/19/1929 md Manly M. Olson (b 5/13/1909) Issue VI - Doreen, Richard, Arlan, Karelyn Olson 1 - Doreen VonDell Olson b 9/8/1930 on 7/29/1950 md Clifford H. Plaisance (b 9/8/1929) Issue VII 1 - Kim Clifford Plaisance b 8/18/1951 2 - Angelesque Dee Plaisance b 12/2/1954 2 - Richard Olson b 12/11/1931 on 8/9/1952 md Florence Young b 10/10/1931 Issue VII 1 - Cynthia Louise Olson b 7/27/1953 2 - Karen Ann Olson b 5/13/1956 3 - Julie Ann b 7/25/1958 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 41) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b7cc36b5cad544c95f46c26d1e42cbca.jpg ea0a62c518a0e18886ba8a760045ca62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 42] [corresponds to page 41 of I-DENTITY] Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus line, William Armanthus Longshore Branch through the family of his daughter,Esther, his third and last child. _________________________________________________________________________ Issue VI cont. 3 -Arlan Craig Olson b 8/25/1936, on 6/8/1957 md yla Abbott (b 1/24/1937) Issue VII: 1 - Lisa Marie Olson b 4/11/1959 2 - Dayne Lynn Olson b 1/6/1961 4 -Karelyn Kay Olson b 12/2/1938, on 8/3/1958 md Keith Alan Porter (b 6/8/1937) Issue VII: 1 - Kristie Kay Porter b 7/2/1959 2 - Keith Alan Porter, Jr. b 1/14/1961 V - 3 William Earl Cram b 12/15/1915, on 9/22/1934 md Hazel Torgerson (b 10/13/1914) Issue VI: 1 - Lonna Byll Cram b 5/28/1937 d 3/12/1971 2 - Kath E. Cram b 10/7/1954 V - 4 Amy Jane b 5/13/1920 d 2/19/1926 V - 5 Cleon Forrest Cram b 6/11/1922, on 10/16/1942 md Harriett Christenson Issue VI: 1 - Marc A. Cram b 3/12/1946 2 - Todd A. Cram b 9/11/1947 3 - Carol Ann Cram b 7/7/1954 V - 6 Clayton Clair Cram b 9/25/1929, on 9/26/1950 md Marlys Evenson (b 9/20/1930) Issue VI: 1 - Nancy Jo Cram b 11/8/1951 2 - Jane Louise Cram b 11/1953 V - 7 Marlene Rea Cram b 7/7/1935 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 42) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d83c3a04a04ba12b0abffcc348bf03ac.jpg 284bb7517330dd4a91fa4471b8e8f080 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 43] [corresponds to page 42 of I-DENTITY] Line of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus continued _________________________________________________________________ The Longshore train comes back to its Ohio source for a time and visits with the third son of Truman's, Clem Longshore. Depot - Sunbury, Ohio and nearby areas. Clem's three sons all live rural route Sunbury and their children have about all settled nearby. Clem Longshore was born in Ohio; at age 16, he came back from Illinois with his family as the result of his stepmother, Lucretia's death. He lived with his Uncle Warner's family in Trenton twp., Delaware County and worked on the farm there. Later he purchased the farm and remained there the rest of his 90 years. The farm is now owned and operated by his son, Lester, who have lived on it all of his 76 years. Clem was a slightly built man, rather short in stature. Always in good humor. He was a devoted husband caring tenderly for his wife Ella, during her invalidism several years,before her death. He was a widower for 24 years. He enjoyed traveling. His daughter-in-laws were as fond of him as his sons as he treated them with respect. His grandchildren adored him. On his 77th birthday he ice skated on the creek (in February) on his farm (this creek was and still is the recreational spot for the whole family). His grandchildren loved to fish but did not want to clean the small fish so they would give them to Grandpa and he would clean them and fry them crisp and crunch them, bones and all! Although he visited each of his sons every day, he never caused any trouble because he never interfered in their business or took sides in any disagreements. Everyone loved to see him come. When his Great grandson, Jim, was born, Clem walked out across the plowed field (in May, 1954) to where his son, John, was working and announced, "Today I am a rich man" and then told of the birth of his first great grandson (with the Longshore name). This was when he was 89 and he could still get excited over the birth of a child! He enjoyed doing favors for people and many is the time he took someone to the doctor for regular treatments or took someone on an errand. He seemed to enjoy his retirement because he could and did make himself useful. In his late years, his granddaughter, Betty and her husband, Sam Watts, lived with Clem keeping house for him and caring for him when he needed it. His life after age 16was somewhat serene and certainly more settled than his father Truman's had been. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 43) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7616b7289281c3a8ac4cce8e17cb9292.jpg 8b485decb7972776d360c629b5eb5ab0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 44] [corresponds to page 43 of I-DENTITY] Family of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus continued ____________________________________________________________ Steven Clement Longshore The third son of Truman Longshore III - 3 Steven Clement Longshore b 2/22/1865 in Trenton Twp, Delaware County, Ohio - d 10/27/1955 at him home at age 90. On 5/28/1895, md Ella Watts (b 8/2/1862 - d 2/21/1931).Ella was born in Genoa Twp. Delaware County, Ohio, daughter of John and Lavina Ginn Watts, one of eight children. (Ella's Great Great Grandfather (on her mother's side) was killed by the Indians, as well as his wife, daughter and 2 sons during the Revolutionary war. One son, Ella's Grandfather, was released by the Indians so he could tell the sad news.) Obituary of Clement Longshore "Steven Clement Longshore was born Feb. 22, 1865 in Trenton Township. He was the son of Truman and Lurusia Longshore. On May 28, 1895, Clem was united in marriage to Ella Watts. To this union four children were born: William, Bryan, James Lester, and John Glendon. One child died in infancy. His wife, Ella, preceded him in death. She died in 1931." "Clem was a farmer for his active lifetime. He was member of Vans Valley Methodist Church more than 50 years. He passed into the life eternal on Oct. 27, 1955 leaving to mourn his departure his 3 sons, 14 grandchildren, 6 greatgrandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends." Issue IV: William Bryan, James Lester, John Glendon 1 - William Bryan Longshore b 7/20/1896 Trenton Twp., Delaware County, Ohio on 9/2/1922 md Inez Born (b 3/9/1894 d 2/15/1985) Bill worked for 35 years as a foreman in Hamilton Milk Plant in Columbus.(later owned by Borden's) until retirement. Has lived most of his married life in Berkshire Twp., Delaware County, Ohio IV 2 James Lester Longshore b 4/23/1900 Trenton Twp., Delaware County, Ohio On 10/10/1921 md Ina Lillian Adams (b 11/25/1904 - d 4/10/1943). Ina was a daughter of Frank and Mary (Morrison) Adams, b in Ohio. Issue: V V - 1 - Ruth Evelyn Longshore b Columbus, Ohio b 8/1/1924 works as an accountantlives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 44) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c6def2e0b4bb5596bf41dfe7597ddc80.jpg f0663b2701a3e566021d9dfc7de2fbda Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 45] [corresponds to page 44 of I-DENTITY] Family of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus, James Lester and Ina (Adams) Longshore family ______________________________________________________________________ V - 2 Leona May Longshore b 7/25/1928 on 3/8/1949 md John Eli Pratt (b 11/2/1927) Mgr. of General Tire Store West in Columbus. they live in Hilliard, Ohio. Issue VI: 1 - Patti Ann Pratt (b 9/14/1959) Patti will be a senior at Hilliard High and recently (from a scholarship test) rated in the upper 2% of students in United States. 2 - Pamela Ruth Pratt b 8/27/1961 Leona and Ruth both were born in Columbus but moved to Berkshire Twp. in 1930. IV 2 James Lester Longshore b 4/23/1900 d 10/31/1988'Trenton Twp. Ohio. On 10/10/1921 md. Ina Lillian Adams (b 11/25/1904 d 4/10/1943 Ina was a daughter of Frank and Mary (Morrison) Adams, b in Ohio. Issue V: 7 children - Betty Ellen, James Russell, Violet May,Kenneth Lee, Dorothy Lurusia, Margaret Darlene, and Phillip Bruce Longshore. Lester md Beatrice (Glass) Goings (b 4/9/1918) on 6/9/1950 Beatrice had 3 children: Margaret Louise Going b 4/28/1938, in Pagetown, West Virginia, md Donald McGlothlin 12/5/1955 - dv in 1970 - Margaret md2 Jim Fish in 1972,Delaware Issue: Donald McGlothlin Jr. b 11/29/1956 1 - Donald md Teresa Issue: Delisha Dawn McGlothlin 2 - Drema Jean McGlothlin b 12/16/1965 Marjorie Carol Goings b 9/8/1939 md Delano Walker (b 4/10/1937) on 10/5/1955 - live on a farm near Condit in Trenton Twp. Issue: William LeRoy Walker b 1956 Bart Walker b 1960 Nancy L. Goings b 7/19/1942 md Elmer Clayton on 9/5/1958 - dv 1964 Issue: Linda, Michael, and Lisa Clayton Nancy Clayton md Eduardo Quijada Issue: Lisa (Clayton) Quijada b 2/5/1965 adopted by Eduardo Eduardo Quijada, Jr. (Sonny) b 1/25/1968 This family lives in Delaware, Ohio. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 45) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/21adc35b6c956a6e7d8a3dded758aa2b.jpg e4ce7f91fe042c7fbbf40b1a49294a1b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 46] [corresponds to page 45 of I-DENTITY] Line of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus, Family of Clem and Ella Watts Longshore--Lester and Ina Adams Longshore family continued ________________________________________________________________________________ IV 2 V 1 - Betty Ellen Longshore b 11/7/1922 in Trenton Twp. md Charles (Sam) Watts (b 4/16/1919) on 3/17/1942 Sam Watts works for Nestle's Inc. and Betty for The Sunbury News. They live north of Sunbury on a farm. Issue: VI 1 - Steven Bruce Watts b 3/17/1951 Trenton Twp. Steve is a physical education teacher. He works Works with Columbus Parks & Recreation centers.Lives in Columbus, Ohio. 2 - Linda Rene Watts b 7/2/1954 Trenton Twp. md Larry Arthur DeMint on 4/28/1973 Larry is a brick mason contractor. Rene works for Farmers's Bank, Sunbury Issue: V 2- James Russell Longshore b 5/25/1925, on 3/26/1950 md Maxine (Linnabary) Nuckles (b 9/15/1919) Issue VI; Ina Claire, James William, and Craig Thomas Longshore Maxine had three children by a previous marriage: Charles Allen, Janet Carole, and Cheryl Lynne Nuckles VI - 1-Claire Longshore b 5/3/1951, on 8/5/1972 md John Kenneth Raybuck (b 11/19/1949) John is employed by Nationwide Insurance in Columbus. Claire teaches 2nd grade in Gahanna Elementery. They live in Gahanna, Ohio. Claire b Trenton twp. John born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania but grew up in Painesville, Ohio ch: Jennifer, Joshua, Betsy 2- James William Longshore b 5/17/1954 in Trenton Twp. Delaware County Employed by Cellar Lumber Co., Westerville. 3- Thomas Longshore b 6/15/1960 in Berkshire Twp. Delaware County, Ohio. Attends Big Walnut High School in sunbury Russell formerly farmed but is now a Landmark employee Russell's step-children: -- 1 Charles Allen Nuckles b 6/8/1938 md in 1958 to Barbara Jane Satterfield (b 8/1942) Reside in Simi, Calif. (near Los Angeles) Charles employed at Rocketdyn Aircraft Charles b Trenton Twp. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 46) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a2337e0d7b5ccf7c0f8463715d1ab5e7.jpg 139318b32819b034a1d18b4da8c8f0e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 47] [corresponds to page 46 of I-DENTITY] Line of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus, Family of Clem and Ella Watts Longshore-- Russell and Maxine (Linnabary) Longshore family continued ___________________________________________________________________________________ Issue: Dennis Ray Nuckles and Denise Kay Nuckles B 10/18/1958 in Sunbury, Ohio 2 Janet Carole Nuckles b 5/1/1943 in Sunbury md. Bradford Leo Freeman in 1961 dv 1969 Issue: Jeffrey Allen Freeman b 11/13/1961 in Sunbury Angela Eileen Freeman b 8/28/1964 in Westerville Janet md 2 Charles E. Mallett (7/11/1946) on 9/5/1975 - Live in Westerville 3- Cheryl Lynne Nuckles b 4/14/1946 in 1962 md Lawrence Hancock dv 10/1963 Issue: Gina Louise Hancock b 2/4/1963 Cheryl md 2 Edgar Belford 10/10/1964 dv 1970 Issue: Gina Belford (Ed adopted Gina Hancock) Michael Charles Belford b 11/5/1968 Cheryl md 3 Robert Harold Morgan (b 3/25/1945) Live in Whittier, California V 3 Violet Mae Longshore b 2/13/1927 Trenton Twp, in 1946 md Howard (Andy) Cline (b 9/24/1919) He is employed by Limbach Mechanical Contractors. This family lives in Lewis Center, near Delaware, Ohio Issue VI: Jerry Neal, Robert Dean, Larry Edward, Sandra Sue, Ronda Lou, Douglas Wesley 1 - Jerry Neal Cline b 4/26/1947 on 10/12/1968 md Jeanne Beale (b 7/28/1949) Jerry employed by PPG. Issue VII 1 - Jessica Jeanne Cline b 12/17/1974 2 - Jason Nathaniel Cline b 7//1976 2 - Robert Dean Cline 5/24/1949 on 8/2/1969 md Sharon Karshner (b 12/29/1949) They live in Westerville, Ohio and Bob is employed by Ohio Harvestore 3 - Larry Edward Cline b 12/22/1958 Attends Olentangy High School 4 - Sandra Sue Cline b 4/2/1964 student md. 5 - Ronda Lou Cline b 4/2/1964 student 6 - Douglas Wesley Cline b 3/26/1969 student V 4 Kenneth Lee Longshore b 9/16/1932 Trenton Twp., on 11/17/1957 md Julia Keller (b 9/19/1938) They live in Trenton Twp. where Kenny farms. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 47) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7a17fefbddfcbe6d9a18ccdf10e96ad3.jpg 65b15ca27e7b8f80203b5259cfbf0852 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 48] [corresponds to back of page 46 of I-DENTITY] [photo: Clem Longshore Family] L-R - William (Bill) and wife, Inez John and wife, Frances] Lester and 2nd wife, Bea Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 48) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/35b81dd110ff47c168a2d3f1c5896c5d.jpg fe5731934e67d50f5b8da67fcb4e79c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 49] [corresponds to page 47 of I-DENTITY] Line of Truman Longshore, son of Cyrus, Family of Clem and Ella Watts Longshore-- Kenneth and Julia (Keller) Longshore family continued _______________________________________________________________________ Issue VI 1 - Peggy Jo Longshore 4/7/1960 attends B.W. High School 2 - Karen Lyn 10/28/1962 attends B.W. High School V-5 Dorothy Lurusia Longshore b 4/12/1934, Sunbury, Ohio On 8/2/1953 md. Howard Hale (b 5/19/1931 - 9/13/1969) Howard was a farmer in Trenton, where his sons are presently farming his farm. Dorothy is an employee of Dollar Federal Loan in Sunbury. Issue VI: 1 - Howard Wayne Hale b 11/18/1955 student at O.S.U. 2 - David Lee Hale b 9/25/1958 will attend O.S.U. this fall David recently received a unique honor when he was selected as one of four Outstanding Young Citizens in Ohio. He was honored at a ceremony at which Archie Griffin received a similar honor for Outstanding Adult Citizen in Ohio 3 - John Allen Hale b 4/24/1961 student at B.W. High V-6 Margaret Darlene Longshore b 9/20/1938, Sunbury, Ohio Rt #1 On 7/21/1956 md. Robert Kean (b 2/18/1937) Robert is an employee of PPG in Delaware.Darlene is employed by a Delaware bank. The family lives on Longshore Road in Trenton Twp. Issue VI: 1- Debora Marie Kean b 5/1/1957 An employee of Penney's Ins. Co. 2- Diana Esther Kean b 2/16/1960 A student at B.W. High V-7 Phillip Bruce Longshore b 4/17/1941 in Trenton Twp. On 7/18/1959 md Judy Barr (7/18/1942) Phil is a deputy sheriff for Delaware County Judy works for the Delaware Unemployment Bureau This family lives in Trenton Twp. Issue VI: 1-Bruce William Longshore b 5/7/1960 2-Todd Allen Longshore b 2/11/1961 3-Sherri Lynn Longshore b 10/5/1963 4-Heidi Lee Longshore b 1/4/1965 At this writing all are students at B.W. High Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 49) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fe2f089d112ec87504788510ce63843b.jpg 5d3ff24f59b381f88273b6b6bf0f7f99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 50] [corresponds to page 48 of I-DENTITY] IV 3 Third child of Clem and Ella (Watts) Longshore John Glendon Longshore b 4/26/1904 Trenton Twp, on 6/26/1931 md Frances Simms (b 10/31/1907) A farmer presently. In early marriage, lived in Columbus and drove a City Transit Bus. He then moved to Trenton Twp. and farmed but after he sold his dairy cows, he worked as a custodian for Gahanna School System. He has now retired and resumed farming full time. This family also lives on Longshore Road in Trenton Twp., neighbors to his father's farm. Issue: V Donald, Shirley, Carole, Robert, Randy 1- Donald Wayne Longshore b 8/29/1933 on 7/22/1963 md. Diana VanderHout in Milwaukee. Donald is employed by Allis chalmers. This family now lives near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2- Shirley Ann Longshore b 2/9/1936 on 8/22/1959 md William Mertel (b 10/12/1935) live near Cleveland, Ohio. Bill is an Art teacher in a Jewish school. Shirley is a temporarily retired kindergarten teacher. Issue VI: 1 Lori Lynn Mertel b 5/17/1966 2 Lisa Ellen Mertel b 10/21/1969 Students 3- Carole Lynn Longshore b 6/28/1938 On 10/8/1966 md Melvin Bell (b 6/18/1939) Melvin's employed by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric. This family lives near Columbus, Ohio (Gahanna) Issue VI: 1- Lisa Ann b 12/19/1968 4- Robert Lee Longshore b 8/3/1942 Bob farms in Trenton Twp 5- Randy Allen Longshore b 4/5/1952 on 6/8/1973 md Kathy Ann Fuller (b 5/10/1955) Randy is an employee of Landmark, Inc. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 50) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d55a7b8ef783fa9f4fe6ba3331cd90f8.jpg c1244d5f11349e979a15cfc1ce7a65de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 51] [corresponds to page 49 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of Truman & Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Jmaes Dean and Nancy Elizabeth (Ryan) Family ________________________________________________________________________________ III Descendants of Truman & Lucretia Peters Longshore Issue IV: James Dean, Estella May, Isaac Newton,Milo E. & Nellie V. Longshore 1- James Dean b 1/16/1872 d 4/7/1952 Age 80 After age 18 settled in Iowa Born Delaware County, Ohio On 10/30/1894 md. Nancy Elizabeth (Ryan) This is a copy from a clipping out of the Wapello, Iowa newspaper sent to the Longshore Reunion secretary at the time of Dean's death. Obituary James Dean Longshore Born Delaware County, Ohio January 26, 1872. At age 18 went to Iowa to farm. Married on October 30, 1894 to Nancy Elizabeth Ryan. Children: Mattie Melissa, Homer Russell, Ernest Cecil, Bertha May, Mabel Dean, Paul Marion, Lela Valentine, James Vernon, Rollo Raymond, and Leslie Lewis. Elizabeth, his wife, died June 24, 1930. Son of Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore. Lived with Paul. Three sisters and two brothers preceded in death. Survived by two sons,Homer and Paul, and daughter, Mrs. Mabel Murray (Oakville). Survived by two brothers, Milo of Keokuk, Iowa and Clem Longshore of Sunbury, Ohio. Died April 7, 1952. Issue V: 1- Mattie Melissa Longshore b 12/13/1895 d 12/18/1909 d age 14 2- Homer Russell Longshore b 7/3/1897 d 9/21/1971 md Bessie E. Wilson (b 3/18/1906) on 7/3/1927 Issue VI: Harold Dean Longshore b 3/7/1929 LiveS in Wapello, Iowa Both Homer and Harold worked for the state Highway Dept. 3- Ernest Cecil Longshore b 9/20/1898 d 12/8/1927 on 6/28/1921 md Lela May Gunnells b (5/1903) Issue VI: 1 Nellie May b 5/12/1922 d 7/11/1923 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 51) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/41316701d65b0c567f7247ebba678102.jpg 89116342bad039b116702de3503d7786 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 52] [corresponds to page 50 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of Truman & Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line James Dean and Nancy Elizabeth (Ryan) Family __________________________________________________________________________ 2-Marjorie Jean Longshore b 1926 Marjorie was just a little past 1 year of age when her father died, so her aunt adopted her More about this later. 4-Bertha May b 5/11/1903 d 8/13/1923 on 2/1/1922 md James J. McKinney b 12/4/1890 d 12/11/1927) No issue: 5-Mabel Dean Longshore b 10/20/1904 on 6/14/1922 md Ben Murray (b 2/28/1903 d 6/19/1975) Issue: VI 1- Marjorie Jean Murray (adopted 1930 from Lela (Gunnel) Longshore Marjorie Jean Murray b 10/21/1926, on 11/3/1944 md. Allan Gerst (b 3/30/1923) dv 1966. Issue VII: Marlan Allan, Karen Dean, Janice Marie, Lynette Kay Gerst 1-Marlan Allan Gerst b 9/12/1947 md 3/7/1970 to Phyllis Jean Hinrichs(b 8/22/1950) 2- Karen Dean Gerst b 11/1/1949 on 3/20/1970 md Ronald Humphrey (b 7/8/1947) 3-Janice Marie Gerst b 9/29/1951 on 12/20/1969 md Robert V. Hutchinson (b 12/5/1949) Issue VI: Children Nancy b 7/4/1970 Trudi Ann b 12/24/1973 4-Lynette Kay Gerst b 2/16/1954 Marjorie Jean (Murray-Gerst) md2 John Humphries (b 6/18/1924) on 9/22/1966 6.Paul Marion Longshore b 3/15/1906 d 3/12/1970 md on 11/28/1928 to Margaret Ellen Merrick (b 6/1/1903) Paul d age 64 Issue VI: Helen Pauline and Robert LeRoy Longshore 1 Helen Pauline b 1/19/1930 on 2/23/1952 md Richard W. Kenyon (b 6/1/1929) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 52) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba8b0e4520ebb40b132b710d6172e28a.jpg 884fa612547949acba0b9d56fc13b555 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 53] [corresponds to page 51 of I-DENTITY] Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Dean Longshore branch- Family of Paul Marion Longshore family ___________________________________________________________________ Issue VII: 1- Paula Michelle Kenyon b 8/13/1956 2- Richard Bruce Longshore b 4/15/1958 2-Robert LeRoy Longshore b 11/3/1933 On 6/23/1957 md. Mary Lou Hutchcroft Issue VII 1-Kathleen Ann Longshore b 10/20/1958 2-Karen Michelle Longshore b 5/16/1966 7. Lela Valentine Longshore b 2/14/1908 d 2/21/1933 md Ernest Clayton (her 1st cousin) on 12/30/1926 (More on this later) d age 25 - Children: William D., Verlee, & Cecile 8. James Vernon Longshore b 11/16/1910 d 6/24/1929 Age 19 9. Leslie Lewis Longshore b 1/28/1916 d 1/29/1916 10. Rollo Raymond Longshore b 4/13/1918 d 4/14/1918 (Note- This completes the Dean & Elizabeth Ryan Longshore Branch) 10 children: namely - Mattie Melissa, Homer Russell, Ernest Cecil, Bertha May, Mabel Dean, Paul Marion,Lela Valentine, James Vernon, Rollo Vernon [sic Raymond] Longshore This family saw much tragedy as 2 died in infancy; 2 died as teenagers; and 3 in their 20's. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 53) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/aebc6118abae09b844b525f6837a96da.jpg 2f20b6e821a155532b1d7b10cb626c58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 54] [corresponds to page 52 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line IB III __________________________________________________________________________________ IV 2 Estella Mae Longshore b 5/20/1873 d 9/24/1949 md 8/18/1897 to James C. Clevenger (b 3/31/1874 d 5/2/1947) Issue V: Perry T., Carl C., and Eva Louise Clevenger 1 Perry T. Clevenger b 12/19/1898 d 3/22/1924 of TB md 7/23/1921 to Everetta Weaver 2 Carl C. Clevenger b 9/23/1902 md 7/4/1923 d 1988 to Ruth Hazelet (d 7/17/1926) Carl md2 Lois Drutchell (b 1904) 8/20/1927 Carl and Lois formerly lived in Condit, Ohio and moved about 15 years ago to Marysville Carl worked many years as a house painter. He is now retired and the family lives in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio.He is a tall slender man. Issue VI: Bernard, Donna & Norma 1 Bernard Clevenger b 3/12/1928 on 12/16/1950 md Mildred VanLoon dv Issue VII: 1 James Edward Clevenger b 6/11/1952 Bernard Clevenger md2 Frances Pruett Dowis Issue VII: 2 Carla Ann Clevenger b 9/30/1960 2 Donna Mae Clevenger b 3/24/1930 on 8/21/1949 md Lee Crawford b 12/29/1953 Donna owns and manages a Nursing Home in Marysville. Lee Ann is a college student. 3. Norma La Vonne Clevenger b about 1932 Norma has an office job in Columbus, Ohio, lives in Marysville. 3 Eva Louis Clevenger b 12/10/1910 d 1/28/1934 of TB md on 7/22/1930 to Sherman Walter Weiser. It's been said that Jim and Mae clevenger were wonderful people. The kind who were always on hand when a family or neighbor crisis arose; to comfort the bereaved or ailing and to help in a physical sense. "Uncle" Jim always had a bit of candy for the children; endearing himself to them. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 54) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3e05464b3db971e0e6ad62c3614cdbf8.jpg e1cbad50e94a00e70fde41b0cb88f302 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 55] [corresponds to page 53 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Isaac Newton (Newt) and Susan (Roberts) Longshore family ______________________ IB III 3 Isaac Newton Longshore b 9/15/1874 d 11/4/1944 At age 70 on 10/1/1897 md susan C. Roberts (b 5/6/1876 d 7/3/1917) Newt was a slightly built man, known as a good hostler and driver of horses; also farmed in Trenton Twp, then moved to Galena where he worked for the Bennett Lumber Co. Issue IV: Edward B., Ellen W., Alonzo J., Matilda May,William H, Charles, and Mary Frances Longshore. 1 Edward B. Longshore b 2/17/1898 on 12/20/1927 md Letha Huse (b 2/17/1898 d 1/26/1971) No Issue. 2 Ellen W. Longshore b 2/20/1900 on 8/20/1918 md Osco Green (b 12/1/1893 d 12/10/1960) Lived in Mansfield. Issue V: Pearl Louise, Harold Edward, & Beulah Mae Green 1 Pearl Louis Green b 4/8/1921 on 6/6/1942 md Clell Spearman Issue VI: 1 Joseph Allan Spearman b 8/27/1947 2 Kay Ellen Spearman b 11/22/1953 3 Betsy Jane Spearman b 10/17/1954 2 Harold Green b 2/3/1924 on 6/30/1946 md Martha Young (b 8/21/1928) Issue VI: 1 Roger Allan Green b 10/27/1947 2 Ralph Edward Green b 8/24/1949 3 Randy Lea Green b 11/9/1956 4 Robby Lynn Green b 8/23/1958 3 Buelah Mae Green b 4/5/1926 on 12/15/1953 md Clare Tucker Issue VI: 1 Thomas Randal Tucker b 12/18/1955 2 Jerry Eugene Tucker b 12/13/1961 3 Alonzo J. Longshore b 6/6/1902 d 5/6/1960 on 10/3/1923 md Zella Downing (b 5/9/1903) Lived in Mansfield area. Issue V: 1- Neland J. Longshore b 6/14/1924 on 9/1/1946 md Marilyn Ryner [sic Kyner] 4 Matilda Mae Longshore b 2/8/1905 on 6/12/1930 md Clyde Ruhl (b 10/12/1896) Lives in Mansfield, Ohio Issue V: Dale Arnold Ruhl, Robert Eugene, Ruth Irene, Ralph William, and Jean Ruhl 1-Dale Arnold Ruhl b 2/24/1933 d 3/25/1933 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 55) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/356ed2e8cc80a4bac0a0fe7f75daf83b.jpg 449978f142bed7fd805462cf325893a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 56] [corresponds to page 54 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Isaac Newton (Newt) and Susan (Roberts) Longshore family ______________________________________________________________________________ 2-Robert Eugene Ruhl b 7/14/1934 d 8/4/1934 3-Ruth Irene Ruhl b 3/9/1936 on 1/6/1956 md Ronald Dean Brubaker (b 7/17/1936) Issue VI: 1-Michelle Lynn Brubaker b 3/4/1962 2-Cynthia Kay Brubaker b 3/9/1963 3-Donald Douglas Brubaker b 6/14/1966 4-Ralph William Ruhl b 8/20/1939 on 4/29/1961 md Shirley Ludwig (b 12/18/1944) Issue VI: 1 Teresa Marie Ruhl b 8/12/1961 2 William Eugene Ruhl b 5/8/1966 5-Barbara Jean Ruhl b 2/3/1941 on 12/28/1963 md Donald L. Queen (b 10/15/1941) Issue VI: 1 David Harold Queen b 12/19/1966 2 Dianna Kay Queen b 4/27/1971 5 William H. Longshore b 1/20/1909 d 2/18/1930 d age 21 6 Charles Newton Longshore b 5/11/1912 on 11/4/1937 md Nellie DeBolt (b 10/23/1913) Always lived in Galena. Issue V: Juanita Louise, Robert Eugene, Norma Jean, James Lawrence, Charlene, Betty Longshore 1 Juanita Louise (Peggy) Longshore in 1958 md Norman Patrick Lafferty (b 11/21/1937) Issue VI: 1 Leslie Diane Lafferty b 2/25/1959 2 Judy Marie Lafferty b 10/7/1960 3 Michael Patrick Lafferty b 11/2/1961 4 Steven Edward Lafferty b/26/1972 2 Robert Eugene Longshore b 2/3/1946 d 9/14/1948 age 2 1/2 3 Norma Jean Longshore b 2/4/1948 on 11/26/1968 md John Barrick Bowmar (b 11/1/1943) 4 James Lawrence Longshore b 4/7/1949 on 6/18/1972 md Julia Silvers (b 9/15/1948) 5 Charlene Nancy Longshore b 1/14/1952 Died 12/24/1956 age 5 6 Betty Ann Longshore b 3/6/1955 on 12/14/1974 md Armando Munoz (b 8/27/1952) Issue VI: 1 Genaro Carlos Munoz b 1976 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 56) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/de4bcf326a1e69c8a22a09803bedd770.jpg 1ef83af66d0152683ae7cb29886ad8e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Description An account of the resource [page 57] [corresponds to page 55 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Isaac Newton (Newt) and Susan (Roberts) Longshore family ____________________________________________________________________________ 7 (7th child of Isaac Newton & Susan Longshore) Mary Frances Longshore b 4/4/1914 on 2/24/1946 md Arthur Zimmerman (b 4/8/1911) Issue V: 1 Yvonne Sue Zimmerman b 6/18/1947 2 Garry Thomas Zimmerman b 10/28/1948 3 Carl Richard Zimmerman b 3/10/1951 Isaac Newton (Newt) Longshore md2 Eva Penin Green 11/27/1920 d 1/26/1938 Issue V:Earl Dean Longshore b 7/12/1921 on 11/4/1942 md Glenda Murray (Eva Green had 7 children by her previous marriage; William, Jessie, Ray & Roy, Ruby, Edison, and Almont Green) On 2/14/1940, Newt md3 Mildred White Bennett IB II4 III 4 Milo Ernest Longshore 4th child of Truman & Lucretia B 5/8/1867 d 6/17/1954 (A 87) bd Wapello Cemetery, Iowa On 12/10/1902 md Susan F. Wilcox (b 9/16/1881 d 5/14/1926) Issue IV: Leo H., Wilma Lucille, Hallie Rex, Dorothy Marie IV Longshore 1 Leo H. Longshore b 12/5/1903 d 10/8/1966 age 63 on 11/10/1926 md Sara Hoffman (b 8/7/1907) Issue V: Elva Jean, Wilma Maxine, Leo H., Jr., Bethene Audray Longshore 1 Elva Jean Longshore b 2/27/1930 on 3/27/1949 md Richard Hedrick (b 8/27/1928) Issue VI: 1 Lynn Diann Hedrick b 10/20/1956 2 Gail Ann Hedrick b 11/15/1957 2 Wilma Maxine Longshore b 10/3/1931 on 4/30/1950 md Don Harmon (b 9/14/1929) Issue VI: 1 Rebecca Ann Harmon b 5/8/1951 2 Dale Harmon b 3 Leo H. Longshore, Jr. b 4/27/1937 on 8/30/1958 md Patricia Fritzmoser (b 6/6/1938) Issue VI: 1 Nugent Michael Longshore b 7/22/1959 2 Patrick Douglas Longshore b 7/23/1961 3 Theresa Ann Longshore b 5/5/1963 4 Bethane Audray b 5/17/1939 2- Wilma Lucille Longshore b 3/11/1908 d 2/6/1909 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 57) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/265468ad570652618e0fb2707376a960.jpg 5267f44f6a89e956f909b0d1878e7854 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 58] [corresponds to page 56 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line Milo and Susan (Wilcox) Longshore family _________________________________________________________________________ 3- Hallie Rex Longshore, 3rd child of Milo & Susan b 11/21/1912 d 8/6/1941 on 4/24/1932 md Irene Knight (b 8/29/1910) Issue V: 1-Marrye Ann Longshore b 2/5/1933 on 8/27/1950 md Billie D. Hootman Issue VI: Billie D., Dana Marie,Deanna Lynn, & Erin Hootman 1- Billie C. Hootman, Jr. b 1/25/1952 d 1/27/1952 2- Dana Marie Hootman b 6/27/1953 md Patrick Bryan Conner on 5/5/1973 3- Deanna Lynn Hootman b 6/27/1953 on 6/5/1971 md Dennis Hess 4- Erin Hootman b 8/25/1960 2- Linda Irene Longshore b 6/1/1939 on 3/17/1962 md Clifford Eugene Barrett (b 4/27/1931) Issue VI: 1- Shawn Lee Longshore Barrett b 9/1/1959 2-Kelley Joe Barrett b 7/7/1962 3-Stacie Lynne Barrett b 11/22/1963 3- Rose Marie Longshore b 1/1/1942 on 6/12/1963 md Allen Neilsen Issue VI: 1-Rex Allen Neilsen b 6/12/1965 2-Jacalyn Suzette Neilsen b 9/27/1969 4- Hallie Rex Longshore, Jr. b 6/11/1940 on 6/11/1967 md Bonnie Lynne Gorrell Issue VI: 1-Joseph Carl Longshore b 1/16/1969 2-Jacob Longshore b 11/4/1970 Hallie Rex Longshore, Jr. was ordained into Zion Lutheran Church at Hiawatha, Iowa on 6/12/1966. 5- Dorothy Marie Longshore b 5/7/1919 in 1935 md Richard Paul Walker, dv Issue VI: 1-James Walker b 7/20/1937 d 12/5/1984 2- Sharon Kay Walker b 10/31/1940 on 2/7/1959 md William Brenner children Wm. Kent (Rocky) b 12/31/-- Rocky md Carol Lynn Hart 3/17/1989 in Indiana - Anita Louise b 8/4/1962 - Brigitte Ann Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 58) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4dfa23db7b71957201087cb195990ea3.jpg 20956b343f7b3a46a2866d04937670bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 59] [corresponds to page 57 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Lngshore line through Milo and Susan (Wilcox) Longshore family--Dana Marie Walker and Robert Browning cont. _________________________________________________________________________________ 3- Dana Marie Walker b 8/24/1939 md Robert Browning Children: Kathleen b 11/30/58,Margaret (Peg) b 59 Thomas Oliver b 8/2/62,Jeannine Helene (Neena) 4- Vernia b 8/24/1942 (Janis Marie Mezykowski) md Frank F. Banicki Children: 1- John Joseph b 7/16/1960 md Margaret Barbera Children: Michael, Melissa 2- David Alan b 9/30/1961 md Margie Schrump Children: Jennifer, David Jr. 3- Ronald Stanley b 4/15/1963 md Kim Children: Matthew 4- Sharon Guadalupe b 7/9/1964 md James Critchlow Children: Jason, James Jr. 5- Barbara Jean b 7/17/1967 6- Thomas Michael b 9/6/1969 md Alma Children: Amanda 7- Daniel Edward b 10/22/1971 8- Ann Marie b 9/1978 md2 Coy Winters in 1948 dv 1952 Issue VI 5: Susan Winters md Phillip McClain Children Kellie, Kristie md3 Lawrence Cole in 7/28/1958 Issue VI: 6 - Martha Ann Cole b 10/6/1959 d 4/22/1989 3Children 7 - Lawrence Joseph Cole, Jr. b 1961 All the Walker children were born in South Bend, Indiana. Dorothy md Mr. Winters in 1948 and divorced in 1952. She married (2) Mr. Cole in 1958,he died in 1983. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 59) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c3d0a79ffe642963463a672a1a826acd.jpg 188b484c0b7c907308cc5cb4d4e00bcf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 60] [corresponds to page 58 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line ________________________________________________________________________ III V: Nellie V. Longshore - 5th child of Truman & Lucretia Longshore Nellie V. Longshore b 11/16/1879 d 7/4/1914 on 3/17/1898 md Virgil D. (b 12/14/1875 d 1955) Issue IV: Fred, Ethel, Ernest, Harvey, Dave, Forrest,Iva Maude Clayton 1-Fred Clayton b 4/16/1899 d 12/16/1918 age 19 2-Ethel Mae Clayton b 7/30/1900 d 1918 age 18 md William Evans in 1917 Issue: one daughter who died 3-Ernest T. Clayton b 2/15/1902 d 7/16/1979 on 12/20/1926 md Lela V. Longshore --daughter of Dean & Nancy Longshore--(b 2/14/1908 d 2/21/1933 age 25) Issue V: William D. Clayton, Verlee Clayton, Cecile Clayton 1-William D. Clayton b 4/10/1928 on 6/27/1959 md Isabelle Mae Belt (b 11/7/1930) Issue VI: 1 - Anita Marie Clayton b 8/28/1960 md Glenn Hunt 3/10/79 2 - Rebecca Diane Clayton b 6/27/1961 3- Tayna [sic Tanya] b 8/18/77 2a- Elizabeth Verlee Clayton b 11/10/1930 on 10/21/1945 md James D. Lance III, Jr. div Issue VI: James, Linda, Donald Lance 1- James Daniel Lance III b 1/5/1947 md 7/2/1966 to Marilyn Holbrook b 12/5/1951 Issue VII: 1 -Troy DeWayne Lance b 1/12/1967 2 -Samantha Ann Lance b 7/13/1971 2- Linda Lou Lance b 1/16/1948 md 10/15/1961 to Ernest Stanley Gayhart,Jr. (b 6/28/1944) Issue: VII 1-Diana Sue Gayhart b 1/20/1964 2-Brenda Kay Gayhart b 5/15/1965 3- Gayhart b 4/18/1969 3 - Donald Eugene Lance b 10/9/1949 md 2/14/1970 to Pamela Raley (b 2/5/1952) Issue VII: 1-Donald Eugene Patrick Lance b 11/1/1972 2b (Elizabeth) Verlee md2 Grady N. White on 9/2/1951 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 60) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/725c4bae218ce96825d0863ea6a7f40a.jpg 17d68a737d4b6a5b16aca225083d1b7a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 61] [corresponds to page 59 of I-DENTITY] Issue: VI 4 Michael Timothy White b 11/2/1951 5 Lilli Kathleen White b 8/29/1957 6 Grady Edward White b 10/15/1958 7 Tommy Dean White 9/26/1959 ['* ch: * ch:' handwritten in left margin] [page 67] [corresponds to page 53 of I-DENTITY] Truman & Lucretia Longshore Line (II) III Nellie V. Longshore Clayton (5th child) Issue: IV 3 Cecile Viola Clayton b 1/8/1933 on 5/6/1951 md Robert P. Ahr Issue: Robin Pauline Ahr b 4/21/1955 Charles William Ahr b 4/24/1956 Ted Anthony Ahr b 9/8/1972 IV 4 4th child of Nellie V. Longshore Clayton Harvey Clayton b 1/31/1905 d 6/24/1973 md on 2/28/1928 to Vergie Hubbard Issue: V Irene and Giles Letha Irene Clayton b 2/7/1929 md 9/18/1945 to Paul Poe Issue: VI 1 Donna Jean Poe b 3/3/1946 d 8/4/1962 (killed in auto accident) 2 Dale Poe b 10/8/1947 3 Eddie Poe b 1/5/1949 4 Garry Lee Poe b [photograph: unidentified] Giles Raymond Clayton b 5/20/1932 on 12/1/1952 md Jeane Law Issue: VI 1 Ronda clayton b md Issue: VII 2 Randy Clayton b 3 Sherry Clayton Harv md Louise Wilson of Iowa in 1935, no ch., dv. Harvey md Cora Hess (b 10/9/1914) on 5/12/1937 Issue: V Elmer, Arbutus, Merle, Ruth, Kathy Clayton 1 Elmer Clayton b 7/7/1938 on 9/5/1958 md Nancy Goings dv Issue: VI 1 Linda Sue Clayton b 12/6/1959 2 Michael Clayton b 9/5/1961 3 Lisa Sue b 2/5/1965 (later adopted by Eddie Quijada) ['- Nancy's 2nd husband' handwritten) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 61) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/190625e7fd816917aac755332af2cda9.jpg 82ea4430f5ec743fd7eccf13d46a30a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 62] [corresponds to page 60 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line - family of Harvey and Cora (Hess) cont. _______________________________________________ 2- Arbutus Clayton b 1/6/1940 on 10/25/1964 md Everett Swackhammer, a minister Issue VI: Eddie L. Swackhammer 3- Merle Clayton b 3/9/1942 md 8/16/1963 to Janet Harris Issue VI: 1 -Brenda Kay Clayton 4- Ruth Clayton b 7/30/1945 on 4/27/1964 md Roger Ingmire Issue VI: 1- Michelle 2- Melissa 3- Roger Allen 5- Kathy Clayton b 5/1/1951 md David Murphy IV 5 Fifth child of Nellie Longshore and Virgil Clayton Dave Clayton b 1/29/1907 on 12/20/1933 md Nellie Hubbard Issue V: 1- Erwin Edward Clayton b 6/7/1937 on 5/5/1961 md Mary Elizabeth Miller (b 8/13/1938) Issue VI: 1- Dennis Edward Clayton b 12/5/1965 2- David William b 6/5/1967 3- Denise Leanne b 12/5/1969 2- Janet Carole Clayton b 10/12/1938 on 11/9/1953 md William Callan (b 8/29/1938 d 2/18/77 Issue VII: 1- Deborah Lee Callan b 12/5/1954 md Gregory R 2/11/19 2- Robert Eugene Callan b 1/20/1958 md Diana Moss 5/28/1975 IV 6 Sixth child of Nellie Longshore and Virgil Clayton Forrest Alvy Clayton b 3/12/1909 d 7/16/1963 on 9/15/1934 md Erma Alberta Wilson- 12 children Issue V: Foresteen Alberta, Martha Joan, Doris Marie, Elva Elaine, Lola Mae, Patsy Lou, Ralph Franklin, Nancy Beth, Minnie Lea, John Delbert, Forrest Alvy, Jr., Shirley Louise 1- Foresteen Alberta b 7/22/1935 d 7/22/1935 2 - Martha Joan Clayton b 7/18/1936 d 3/28/1937 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 62) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d44f01f4c2c8c7f3ead5e4239d007fe3.jpg 8db036904aa947aa54dbc6fab5fa4b0d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Description An account of the resource [page 63] [corresponds to page 61 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Truman and Lucretia (Peters) Longshore line - family of Nellie Longshore and Virgil Clayton ________________________________________________________________________________ 3- Doris Marie Clayton b 9/8/1937 4- Elva Elaine clayton b 11/20/1938 d. 4/1974 on 6/8/1957 md Donald Fry (b 8/20/1938) Issue: VI 1 - David clayton Fry b 5/3/1960 2 - Stanley Clarence Fry b 7/28/1965 3 - Donald Edward Fry II b 10/7/1966 4 - Sheldon Fry 5-Lola Mae b 12/3/1939 on 12/18/1957 md Pet Evans (10/3/1931) Issue VI: 1 - Foresteen JoAnne Evans b 10/7/1958 2 - Carolyn Marie Evans b 4/10/1963 3 - Harvey Allen b 6/10/1969 6 - Patsy Lou Clayton b 4/8/1941 on 11/19/1961 7 - Ralph Franklin Clayton b 5/4/1942 on 5/4/1942 md Barbara Stevens Issue VI: 1- JoAnne Elizabeth Clayton b 2/8/1962 8 - Nancy Beth Clayton b 4/25/1944 on 1/26/1961 md Tommy Perkins (b 3/4/1941) 9 - Minnie Lea b 11/18/1945 on 11/1963 md David Behrens 10 - John Delbert Clayton b 4/22/1948 on 10/17/1969 md Cathy Reichert 11 - Forrest Alvy Clayton Jr. b 9/11/1949 12 - Shirley Louise Clayton b 11/13/1950 Note - These tabulations complete the Cyrus and Margaret Young Longshore line. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 63) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1e618749dcaa78908b50389785f476d6.jpg 3e2f108a18075771e73af12322ed3a86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 64] [corresponds to page 62 of I-DENTITY] Warner Longshore The Third Child of David and Elizabeth Longshore IC Warner Longshore b 10/18/1807 d 1/1/1892 age 84. Warner was born in Ohio and is buried beside his two wives in Sunbury Memorial Park, Sunbury, Ohio. He settled on a farm east of Sunbury in Trenton Twp, Delaware County, Ohio. This farm is still owned by a Longshore. Lester farms it at present, and his father, Clem, farmed it before him. The farm is situated on Longshore Road. Warner was quite active in the Vans Valley Methodist Church in his community and was a trustee there. His name appears on the church deed. His family of seven children all took part in the work of the church. He and his wife, Cordelia,"took in" his brother Cyrus' grandson, Clem, (Truman's son) at the time of Clem's stepmother's death. Warner and Mary Ann Buxton Longshore (b 11/24/1811 d 2/20/1846) Issue II: Norton, Elizabeth, Allen, Harriett, Tammison After Mary Ann's death, Warner md Cordelia Searles (b 1810 d 1882) on 6/1846 Cordelia was from New York. She died of heart disease Issue II: Mary and Harmon. II 1 Norton Longshore b 9/9/1832 d 2/2/1893 age 60 of pneumonia bd in Trenton Cemetery. Norton farmed on a farm located on what is now Meredith St. Rd. and it is still owned and occupied by a family member, Zada Longshore. Issue III: Edith, Noah, and Albert Longshore 1 - Edith H. Longshore b 7/3/1859 d 6/25/1864 age 5 2 - Noah D. Longshore b 1866 d 1890 bd Trenton Cemetery d age 24 taught school and worked in a nearby sawmill. He lived on what is now the Charlie Lane property North Old 3C Hwy. in Trenton Twp. He was killed in a saw mill accident. His leg was cut off and he bled to death. They had no children. 3 - Albert Longshore b 1857 in Illinois d 1921 a 64 md 8/28/1878 to Emma E. Wright (b 1859) She died of malarial fever bd. Trenton Cemetery. Issue IV: Otis (reared by his grandparents) 1- Otis H. Longshore b 1880 d 1927 never md lived in Cols. was a foreman for many years at Tellings-Mt. Vernon Ice Cream Plant in Columbus, working up until his death of a heart attack at age 46. Albert Longshore md2 Lizzy Curry on 11/20/1884 (d 3/16/1926) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 64) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2a04381360213745f07ed689b18d8a24.jpg 1a79d5967649b5e84beb88559656d3f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 65] [corresponds to page 63 of I-DENTITY] continuation of the Warner Longshore line - Norton and Zada Longshore family. _____________________________________________________________________________ Issue IV: Gail Norton Longshore b 9/30/1907 d 1961 following a few days' illness from a stroke. In 1919 md Zada Freas. Gail was in military training in Columbus for WWI when war ended. He always lived on and farmed the home place. Issue V: 1 Erma Louise Longshore b 2/25/1921 md Don Scott,(b 9/14/1919) from McConnelsville, OH. He was a paratrooper in England during WWII for 2 yrs. He was a school superintendent at a Cleveland, Ohio school until his recent retirement.Erma taught Commercial subjects at Northfield High in Ohio at that time. They now live in Johnson City, Tenn. Issue VI: 1- Randy Scott b 7/24/1949 b at Kirkersville, Ohio, md on 3/1/1969 to Carol Cooper Issue VII: 1-Stephanie b 6/22/1970 Randy Scott was a Marine and served in Japan for 2 yrs. He now lives in Memphis, Tennessee and works for the Naval Intelligence Corps. 2- Linda Scott b 11/3/1953 at Wooster, Ohio. Now teaches kindergarten at Northfield Elementary, near Cleveland, Ohio. The foregoing information was solicited from Zada Longshore _____________________________________________________________________ II 2 Elizabeth Longshore b 1834 d 3/3/1905 md Isaac DeWitt in 1855 (No further information on her.) II 3 Allen Longshore b 1837 d 12/28/1863, age 28 yrs. 11 mo in 1858 md Martha Forwood (b 1831 d 1863 age 32) Issue III: 1-Ella A. b 1859 d 1863, age 3, died 3 wks after father All this family were victims of typhoid fever. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 65) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f2a4b0548dfcaebbbcc522a6dce379b1.jpg a83821c64851f27d03e983ac2c0861af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 66] [corresponds to back of page 63 of I-DENTITY] EZEKIEL BROWN Ezekiel Brown was born March 13, 1760 in Orange County, New York and died April 23, 1841, in Delaware County, Ohio at the home of his daughter, Nancy Brown Leonard. He was married to Jane Smith, Feb. 26, 1786. She was born Sept. 15, 1766 and died Aug. 19, 1821. In 1808 he came to Berkshire Township and settled on land a little northeast of where Galena now is. He came from Lycoming County, PA, where he had been elected to Congress for one or two terms. In 1776 he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and joined the forces under Washington, just after the Battle of Trenton. He participated in several engagements. Two years later, while on a furlough to visit his home, then in what is now Lycoming Co., PA, he was unfortunately captured by the Indians. The incidents, as related by his daughter, Nancy Brown Leonard, are as follows. There had been numerous Indian alarms and the neighbors had gathered at Ezekiel's father's house; a strong, hewed log cabin, which was easy of defense. Here they awaited the onset of the savages, but they did not make the attack when expected. Instead they kept secreted in the neighborhood for days until the settlers, lulled into a false sense of security, went into their homes. As soon as the savages saw their plans succeeding, they rushed in upon the unsuspecting and defenseless settlers, and commenced their work of butchery. Ezekiel's father, mother, and sister's husband were ruthlessly murdered, and himself and sister with her seven children were carried into Indian captivity. The mother was separated from her children, and the children from each other. Ezekiel was forced to pass through the forms preceding adoption into the tribe. Three times during the journey to the main town of the Cayugas, near where Scipio, N.Y. now stands, he was forced to run the gauntlet. The first time, he received a severe wound from a tomahawk. The second time, less fortunate, he received a terrible blow from a war club which felled him to the ground in a fearfully mangled condition. His life seemed ended, but he finally recovered and proceeded with his captors to their destination, where, after another trial, he passed through the fearful ordeal unharmed and was adopted by a family who had lost a son in the war. He was afterwards taken to Canada where he found his sister, and a clue to the whereabouts of her children. He managed to become employed by a trader and bought his freedom,but the ties of kindred were too strong for him to leave his sister in captivity. He at once set about securing her release and that of her children. He had secured all of her seven children but two, when one boy came up with the Indians and claimed his mother, but she told him she was not his mother. He had changed so much and was so dirty she could not own him. She asked him if he had any brothers and he said he had and told their names and said he had an uncle, Ezekiel. Then she had to own him. They now had all the children but one boy twelve years old. It was nearing the time when Ezekiel hoped to return to his friends, that he learned a party of Indians with this boy was about to start for a distant point to hunt. If this should occur, he despaired of ever seeing the child again, and determined to kidnap the boy. Calling the Indians into the trader's cabin, he treated them to liquor. When they became drunk he pushed them out and the boy in, then barred the door and waited the issue. This treatment was not relished by the savages. The resented it by kicks and more forcible attacks upon the door. There were no signs of it yielding, so they had to leave the boy behind. But the lad had become enamored with the wild life of the woods and longed to be with his Indian friends. One day while out playing he saw his opportunity and his Uncle Ezekiel saw him running with all his might to regain his friends. With sinking heart and almost in despair, he started in pursuit. The boy was recaptured and with the whole family returned in 1783 to their friends in PA., after five years of Indian captivity. Seven years later, Ezekiel Brown moved to Ohio and in 1808 to Berkshire Township. Ezekiel Brown was my grandfather and your great grandfather. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 66) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/71b5b6479e59197afea7c5bd531dbf98.jpg 26b6569b272da4508d633d719b1dbc43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 67] [corresponds to page 64 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Warner Longshore line - Harriet Longshore Ginn family __________________________________________________________________________ II 4 Harriett Longshore (1839-5/28/1918) d age 79, bd Galena md George Ginn (1839-11/11/1888) d age 49, This couple raised Milo, Truman's son, along with their three daughters. Issue: III Elmine, Minnie, Allie, and Greddie [Freddie] Ginn Elmine Ginn b 1867 d age 89 md in 1903 to Bert C. Youman (1868-1923) age 55 Issue IV: Zora Elizabeth Youman b 9/3/1904. Zora lived in Westerville, OH. Was educated at Otterbein College,rec'd a degree for teaching but graduated during the depression when there was no market for teachers. She then took a business course and became a secretary at Westerville High. As she says, a career she immensely enjoyed as it put her in touch with the school personnel as well as the students and she often was a confidant of these teenagers. Zora recently retired from her position as sec'y to the principal. She never married. 2. Minnie Ginn (1862-1933), d age 71 md Inman C. Budd (1865-8/6/1929), d age 61. bd Galena Issue IV: Madge Barrows (7/27/1920) 3. Allie Ginn (1850-1927), d age 77, md William Foster Issue V: Anabel and Mike Daugherty Burr Foster md Grace Dill Issue V: Dorothy Foster md Floyd Fickle 4. Freddie Ginn (12/1869-2/23/1871) d age 1 yr 2 months bd Galena II 5 Tammison (Tammy) b 1846, md in 1865 to Isaac Watters Issue III: Will Watters, Frank Watters (d 1915) in Toledo, Ohio, Eva Watters, Gertie Watters, Clinton Watters, Destimona Watters (d 1926) Mary Ann (Buxton) Longshore died in 1846. Warner married Cordelia Searles in 1846. II 6 Mary Longshore (1847-9/28/1926),bd in Sunbury Cemetery She never married, kept house for her father and Clem Longshore,her cousin, in the house where she was born. After Clem and Ella were married, she maintained an apartment within the house. II 7 Harmon Longshore (1851-10/8/1898) died age 46 of typhoid fever, md Abbie Ross (1852-4/4/1939) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 67) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e6d757558c643d6482ddeda85be3c1e6.jpg 70f717275b80c5257d59937e13618c98 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Description An account of the resource [page 68] [corresponds to page 65 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Warner Longshore line - Warner and Cordelia (Searles) Longshore family _________________________________________________________________________ Issue III: Wilbur, Bertha, Warner (II), Clarence,Florence, and Elsie Longshore; Florence, Warner, Clarence were born in Iowa. 1- Wilbur Longshore (1874-5/7/1948) married in 1900 to Edna Mann, dv. md2 Nettie Smith (2/20/1940) Issue IV: Abner Ross Longshore (4/21/1903- 7/1930) died age 27 2 - Bertha Longshore (1875-1952), d age 77, md George Reiselt (1856-1934) Issue IV: Howard Harmon Reiselt (7/1/1897) on 3/17/1917 md Sylvia Mae Huff Issue V: Bernard, Marjorie Jane, Barbara, Kenny,and Hilda Reiselt 1- Bernard Reiselt md Edna Mitchell, ch: Ronald,Clifford, Richard, & Edward Reiselt Issue VI: 1- Ronald Resielt md Nancy Overturf, ch David & Kevin 2- Clifford Reiselt md Sharon Grice, ch Bart Reiselt 3- Richard Reiselt md Mary Smith ch: Cindy Reiselt 4-Edward Reiselt md Sharon Grimes, ch: Jeff & Craig 5-Marjorie Jane Reiselt md Carl Harrington ch: Brenda Harrington md Myron Burdg, ch: Sarah,Julia, and Jason Burdg 6-Barbara Reiselt md Eugene Cahill, ch: Barb (Moller) and Linda (Scheiderer), ch: Tiffany 7- Kenny Reiselt md Charlene Armston, ch: Leslie Reiselt md Charleve Armston, ch: Leslie Reiselt md Susie Kandel 8- Hilda Reiselt md Carroll Kandel, ch: Terry Kandel Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 68) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c711f551a7a6a7840aafc22c90a0ae0d.jpg 034362549eccdefacdd5db89f824cb9f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 69] [corresponds to page 66 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of Warner Longshore Line - Warner and Cordelia (Searles) Longshore Family _____________________________________________________________________ 3. Warner Longshore -2 (1876-3/1/1940) md in 1899 to Alice Miles (1873-1/13/1928) Warner was a rather short, stocky built man, he worked as a log hauler, railroader, and lastly on the State Highway in Ohio. He lived in and around Galena most of his life. Issue IV: Dellena Wave, Kelley Miles, Clyde, Harold, Pearl, and Ralph Longshore 1-Dellena Wave Longshore (b & d 1904) 2- Kelly Miles Longshore (11/9/1905) about 1938 md Gertrude Davison. He was a railroader until retirement. They live in Tuscon, Arizona, no children 3- Clyde Longshore (1908-1975) md Soophia [Sophia] Miles on 12/6/1933;settled in Cardington, Ohio, where he farmed, ch: Marilyn Jean and James Longshore Issue V: 1- Marilyn Longshore (4/28/1938) md Richard Shoemaker, ch: Tony, Larry, and Cindy Shoemaker 2- James Longshore (6/8/1946) 4- Harold Longshore (1910) md Leota Millins [Mullins] in 1931. They live Rural Route Galena, retired from North American Aviation. Issue V: Harold Richard, Donna, Linda, & Larry Longshore 1 - Harold Richard Longshore (8/22/1932) md Jackie Marshall in 1952, dv., ch: Steven (10/29/1955) and Janet Longshore (2/6/1957) H. Richard Longshore md Dee ___, live in Dayton, Ohio, ch: Harold Richard, Jr. (5/3/1958), James (10/23/1960), and Penny Sue (9/3/1962) 2 - Donna Longshore (2/8/1938) md Andrew Gallick (7/18/1955), live Huntsville, Alabama, ch: Mark (3/31/1963), and Sheryl Gallick (1/16/1965) 3 - Linda Longshore (2/16/1944), on 9/13/1963 md Ray Downing (10/23/1943), live in Wash. C.H., Ohio ch: Kevin (4/27/1965) and Karin (12/19/1967) Downing Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 69) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6e55b81c36b3b6a56bac470065ff3c75.jpg 34bf1ceb2202162a9474d89035a2be18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 70] [corresponds to back of page 67 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Warner Longshore line - Warner and Cordelia (Searles) Longshore family through Harold & Leota (Millin) Longshore family ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Larry Michael Longshore (3/27/1951) in 1970 md Debbie Hunter (8/30/1955), live near Westerville ch: Gary Longshore (7/4/1970) III 6 Elsie b about 1884 md Roy Burnett dv She Lives in Cols. Also made her living as a seamstress in downtown stores in Columbus. Elsie, much later, md a Mr. Luminais, dv Issue IV: Frances Burnett b._ _ _ _ _ not married This completes the Warner (I) Longshore line ___________________________________________ Rachel Longshore The Fourth child of the founding father David Longshore (and wife, Elizabeth) I D There is not much evidence to support the fact Rachel Longshore was a child of David's, except it is known they had three daughters; that Rachel was born in the same age bracket;and in the Vital Statistics in Delaware County Library archives, a Rachel Longshore in 1836 md Tallman Squires. The Squires always knew there was a family connection, even though they were not able to trace it down,and in the early days of the Longshore Reunion, which began in 1898, they attended regularly. ___________________________________________________________ A history of how the Longshore Reunion all began follows: ___________________________________________________________ The Longshore Reunion idea was conceived on September 4,1897 at Condit, Ohio in the home of Mrs. Ida Longshore (widow of David's son, Charles). Her daughter, Eugenie Carpenter invited some folks into their home to celebrate Ida's 80th birthday. It was then the well-wishers present decided to organize an annual get-together beginning the next year, planning to have the first meeting in the home of I.N. Longshore the 2nd Thursday of August, 1898. The first Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 70) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bc1cdbd1244985acba09e3bbd9a5cc73.jpg ad29d5f1b90437aff1552aa8e6f6a555 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 71] [corresponds to page 68 of I-DENTITY] president was Seth Longshore, Secretary Burr Squires. The reunion date later was changed to the 2nd Sunday in August. (The old-timers frowned on social activity on Sunday) The reunion has met every year since, making this the 78th one. This Reunion has been a large factor in holding the families together, forming a nucleus, sort of. Although it was always held in central Ohio, since that is the scene that the emigrators picked way back in 1808; family members in various years have come from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota,as well as distant points in Ohio. For many years, the annual affair was held in different private homes; then in Galena Park where Charlie Longshore so faithfully reserved the tables for the picnic; then it met a few times in Mt. Vernon Municipal Park to be nearer the Mt. Vernon, Marion, and Mansfield contingent, but for the past 15 or so years, the group has voted to meet in the beautiful Centerburg Park facilities. It has shelter houses, horseshoe courts, basketball court, and playground equipment in a lush setting beside a little stream. It has been a tradition to serve ice cream in the afternoon following the business meeting. Although everyone is stuffed to the brim with the abundance of good food these excellent cooks turn out, there is always room made for this extra treat. In these days of deep freezers, et cetera, ice cream is not the thrill it once was, but yet the youngsters, who by then have run off their calories, look forward to this part of the program, and yes, even the oldsters enjoy it! Speaking of program, most likely everyone present can recall having taken part in it in one way or another. The program through the years has taken on every aspect in the entertainment field, and as one One that stands out is Bob Cline telling us "That's Good; That's Bad" well --- and Jim Longshore's tale about "No More Squoles". In this annual "talent show" there have been reminiscences by the senior members; guitar and accordian playing; trios and quartets; solos; tap dancing; patriotic readings; you name it, we've had it! Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 71) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9be4959ca7014911f3876c8e51785aba.jpg 5783eab8952dc30662f499e825e96d32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 72] [corresponds to page 69 of I-DENTITY] Some of the young adults remember fun things in their play; such as walking the logs at the Galena Park, or the annual dousing someone's sure to get in the babbling brook at Centerburg Park. Those on the Park Reserve Committee could tell of some near fights over the saving of the shelter houses - times when they have had to spend the night lying or sitting on one of the tables in order to keep it! It is on a first-come-first-served basis for the early bird gets the shelter house. Best of all is the visiting and renewing of old acquaintances and the making of new firends among relatives. "Auld Lang Syne", "Till We Meet Again" ! There were 43 present in that first select group, 19 of them, Longshore by name, but all related or family connected: Mrs Ida (Charles) Longshore Charlie Longshore, Richwood Mrs Eugenie (Longshore) Carpenter Mrs. Harriett Gin, Galena Mrs. Della Carpenter Miss Elmine Ginn Mr. & Mrs. Fred Carpenter Mrs. Minnie Budd Chelsea, Clyde, Kenneth Madge Budd & Frank Carpenter Mrs. Wm. Foster,Sunbury Mr. & Mrs. Seth Longshore, Johnstown Zora, Burr, Wilma Foster Eva,Von, Fern, Iva John Squires, Chesterville Mr. & Mrs. I.N. Longshore, Sunbury Burr Squires Mr. & Mrs. James White Eden Mr. & Mrs. Arton Squires Miss Mary Longshore Vans Valley Mr. & Mrs. Ervin Squires Mr. & Mrs. Clement Longshore Mr. & Mrs. James Clevenger Bryan Longshore Mrs. Abbie Longshore, Galena Florence, Elsie, Clarence Longshore In 1898, 48 were present Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 72) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3f3b04358df381f702361acfabf2e852.jpg 616af58566d06e3c9a590ab5b23615f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 73] [corresponds to page 70 of I-DENTITY] Sarah Longshore The Fifth child of the founding father David Longshore (and wife, Elizabeth) I E Sarah Longshore b 18116 - on 1/28/1836 md Hiram Carpenter in Delaware, Co. Ohio The 1840 census shows the family had 2 children 1 boy, and 1 girl Charles Longshore The Sixth child of the founding father David Longshore (and wife, Elizabeth) I F Charles Longshore b 1818 d 8/1894 a 76, in 1840 md Ida Sharp (b 1817 d 8/23/1901 d a 83) three years afer the birthday party in her honor which start the Longshore Reunion. Ida had a very tragic life, having borne 5 children, three of whom died as young men and one as a small boy. Only the daughter survived. (See preceding biography) Issue II: 1- Cyrus Clinton Longshore b 1845 d 10/3/1848 age 3 2- Jasper W. Longshsore b 1842 d 3/10/1867 Co 96 Reg OVI Served in the Civil War 3- Robert Clark Longshore b 1843 d 7/18/1868 age 25 4- Eugenia Longshore b 1846 d 1920 d age 74 5- James Seth b 1852 - d 3/26/1867 age 15 Charles, of course, shared in all this sadness. He farmed all his life near Condit in Trenton Twp. on N. 3C Hwy. 4- Eugenia Longshore b 1846 d 1920 bd Trenton md Johnson Carpenter b 1836 d 1870 bd Galena. He was in the Civil War 3 years serving as a Cpl. in Co. C of the 32nd Inf. Eugenia was a widow 50 of her 74 years, and lived with her parents, on the farm she later owned. In her late years, she moved to Maryland with her son, Fred, and died there. She is bd in Trenton Cemetery. Issue III: Fred and Frank Carpenter 2 - Frank died at age 26 of TB, md but no children. 1 - Fred b 1868 d 1950 md Cora Fox dv. d age 82 Death Notice of Fred Carpenter "Fred A. Carpenter, son of Eugenia and Johnson Carpenter. Born Trenton Township, Delaware County 1/15/1868 d 2/8/1950 at Kilbourne. Married Cora Fox 2/25/1892. Survived by 3 sons and 2 daughters: Clyde,Kenneth, Elmer, Beatrice, and Florence. Chelsea, Frank, and Earl preceded in death. Survived by 23 grandchildren and 25 great grand- children." Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 73) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a759630114114b69ca9834413386ec81.jpg 971f0e01d5486d2d27fb8bb973519cef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 74] [corresponds to page 71 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Charles & Ida (Sharp) Longshore line Fred was a railroader and in later working years lived in Maryland, taking his mother, Eugenie, and son, Chelsea to live with him. During his retirement years, he lived in Kilbourne. He was a mathematical "whiZ" as he could add several columns of figures at once in his head. Issue IV: Chelsea, Clyde, Frank, Kenneth, Earl, Beatrice, Elmer, Florence IV 1 - Chelsea Carpenter b 1890 d 3/1926 age 36 md Aline Scott,lived in Cheshire, Ohio. At age 7, he went to live with his grandmother, Eugenie Carpenter, and at age 17 moved to Maryland with her to live with his father. Issue V: 1 - Helen Ruth Carpenter b 10/16/1916 md Ralph Alton on 6/1937. After his death she married a Mr. Jolly. They live in California. 2- Merle Scott Carpenter b 1918 d , killed by a fall from a silo, which caused a skull fracture. 3- Cecil Carlyle Carpenter b 1/20/1921 4- Albert Lincoln Carpenter b 6/14/1923, lived with his grandmother, Cora Carpenter, after his father's death when he was 3. The other children were sent to the Children's Home. IV 2 - Clyde Carpenter b 1893 d 8/1950, md Helen Updike Issue V: 1- DeWitt Carpenter 2- Bob Carpenter IV 3 - Frank Carpenter (#2) b 1894 d 6/9/1938 (according to his sister, Bea Barcus, as she says he was age 44 at death - there is a) discrepancy here). He died of a stroke and heart attack, is bd in Trenton Cemetery md 7/3/1915 to Nellie Nash (1897 d 1976) Issue V: Hilda, Frances, George E., Mary, Juanita Jane. 1- Hilda Carpenter b 1916 md Ernest Bennett 1/1938 live in Columbus. Issue VI: Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 74) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a65a6ca0159a8632d8cede64b5dad059.jpg 51b6303b87fae2ba3a3ee2fee4cc657a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 75] [corresponds to page 72 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Fred and Cora (Fox) Carpenter line Emory Bennett b 11/25/1942 md. Dianne Whitehead - no children 2- Frances Carpenter b 1918 on 6/20/1937 md Lauris Bennett (b 8/4/1901) Issue VI: Patricia, Donna, Larry Curtis, and Suzanne - all born Galena where they have always lived 1.Patricia Bennett b 11/27/1938, in 1956 md Ellis Adkins, Jr. Roy, Randolph, Liza Jane, Sarah Marie. Issue VII: 1 Roger Adkins b 12/24/1958 2 RoseMary Adkins b 6/2/1960 3- Judith Ann Adkins b 10/5/1966 4- Ellis Adkins III b 1/20/1964 5- Roy Adkins b 5/14/1966 6- Randolph b 3/14/1970 7- Liza Jane b 8/27/1972 8- Sarah Marie b 8/21/1975 This family lives near Bristol, Virginia 2-Donna Bennett b 8/22/1940 on 3/17/1960 md George Hogg (b 11/24/1938). George is post- master in Galena, Ohio. Issue VII: 5 adopted children 1- Troy Hogg b 4/18/1954 md Patricia 2- Eugene Hogg b 11/30/1961 3- Eugenia Hogg b 11/30/1961 4- Michael Hogg b 1962 5- Richard Hogg b 12/13/1962 3- Larry Curtis Bennett b 1/3/1943 md Phyllis Cookson (b 3/27/1945) on 9/5/1964 Issue VII: 1-Jerry Lee Bennett b 6/8/1866 2-Curtis Allen b 12/8/1970 3-Rebecca Lynn Bennett b 10/22/1972 This family lives in Galena 4-Suzanne Bennett b 9/5/1947 on 11/1968 md Richard Alexander (b 5/22/1944) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 75) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d50862b503ed95f416eda83646a19fb3.jpg a51b08f65ce1b36d18f3d5b12ec9bcfc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 76] [corresponds to page 73 of I-DENTITY] Issue VII: 1-Tammy Sue Alexander b 6/7/1970 2- Richard (Ricky) Alexander b 9/11/1973 V 3- George E. Carpenter b 12/9/1920 the third child of Frank and Nellie Nash Carpenter d 1/1965 of a heart attack age 45 md Bonita Grove dv Issue VI: Raymond Carpenter by #1 Debora Carpenter by #2 1- Raymond Carpenter b 3/1940 md Carol Brinkman (4/19/1938) Issue VII: 1- Gordon Earl Carpenter b 11/17/1960 2- Kristy Kay Carpenter b 9/9/1962 3- Dana Lynn Carpenter b 12/18/1963 4- Brian Henry Carpenter b 2/8/1965 This family lived in Greenwood, Ind. V 4- Mary Carpenter b 1925 md. Harold Fetter, Jr. Issue V: 1- Christine Fetter VI - suzie 2- Sallie Fetter 3- Julia Fetter 4- Franklin Fetter 5- Jennifer Fetter V 5- Juanita Jane Carpenter b 1928 md1 Robert Newberry md2 Lester Murray Live in Columbus, Ohio. Issue V: ' 1- Robert Newberry 2- Theresa Newberry IV -4 Kenneth Carpenter- Fourth son of Fred Carpenter & Cora Carpenter b 1895 d 1976 age 80 md Grace Bennett on 6/4/1917 dv later md2 Iris ____ (d 1963) Kenneth was a Sgt. in the Army during WWI and was in France 1918 & 1919. He was quite versatile in his occupations: having worked as a blacksmith, carpenter, schoolbus driver, driver on a bus for Buckeye Stage lines and in later years was guard at the Ordinance Plant in Marion, Ohio. He died in Marion. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 76) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/027e14fb35759690c2f106d2b7b07d3f.jpg ec8661e864af711f0a5662b253ff0bbb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 77] [corresponds to page 74 of I-DENTITY] Continuation of the Charles Longshore line through daughter Eugenia, family of Fred and Cora Carpenter ____________________________________________________________________________ Issue V: 1- Viola Carpenter b 1921 2- Gladys Carpenter b 1923 V- 1 Viola Marie Carpenter b 2/11/1921, on 3/9/1939 md Webster (Bud) Potts Issue VI: David, Dora, Joyce Elizabeth, Velma Nadine, Verle Potts 1-David Potts b 1940 md Marjorie Hubbard on 5/1960 Issue VII: 1- Kevin Wayne Potts b 2/26/1961 2- Kimberly Wynne b 6/17/1963 2-Dora Potts b 4/14/1942 md Tom Stockdale 8/29/1964 Issue VII: 1-Anna Louise Stockdale b 4/8/1967 2-Alice Lynn Stockdale b 4/8/1968 3-Jason Lloyd Stockdale b 9/17/1969 3-Joyce Elizabeth Potts b 11/11/1944 md Harold Harris on 12/21/1963 Issue VII: 1-Karen Marie Harris b 8/17/1964 2-Gregory Dean Harris b 5/22/1967 3-Christina Lois Harris b 10/22/1969 4-Kelli Nadine Harris b 3/15/1972 4-Velma Nadine Potts b 10/19/1949 md Marshall Hicks on 12/24/1970 Issue VII: 1-John Marshall Hicks b 12/22/1973 2-Rebecca Adele Hicks b 3/9/1975 5-Verle Potts b 3/7/1951 md Kathy Cook on 2/21/1970 Issue VII: 1-Jill Kimberly Potts b 9/8/1970 Verle was in the Marines during the Vietnam War V 2 Gladys Marguerite Carpenter-second daughter of Kenneth & Grace Carpenter - md Coy Green, 1948, dv Issue VI: 1-Coy Green, Jr. b 1949 Gladys m2 Strader Issue VI: 2- Patricia Strader (b 1957) 3- Marguerite Strader (b 1965) Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 77) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9e1859936592c3d4fb1d94eff2ccc08f.jpg d2c305d78c5b205ff8ede14952dce5a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 78] [corresponds to page 75 of I-DENTITY] Continuation Charles Longshore line --Earl Carpenter Family IV 5 -Earl Carpenter b 1900 d 1/1/1936 md 4/10/1924 to Ruth Powless m2 Bernice Rush Earl was killed in a truck accident on New Year's Day Issue V: 1 Betty Jean Carpenter md ____ Biggs, lives in Delaware (She is Earl and Ruth's child) 2 Minnie Margaret Ted Carpenter Loyce Carpenter (These last three, Earl and Bernice's children) IV 6- Beatrice Carpenter b 1903 md Norman Barcus 1921 Lives in Sunbury Issue V: 1- Leonard Gale Barcus b 1923 md Magdalene Skaggs in 1950. They live in Hilliard, Ohio. Gale recenlty retired from Westinghouse, Inc. and will soon become an ordained Methodist minister. Magdalene works for the DynaTrol Corp. Issue VI: Vivian, Norman, Leonard Barcus 1-Vivian Barcus b 1951 md LeRoy Gaines Issue VII: 1 Michael Gaines 2 Shawn Gaines 3 Shannon Gaines 2 Margaret Irene Barcus b 8/1/1925 md Meade Faye Irene and Meade live in Newark Issue VI: 1 Earl William Faye not md., lives in Cleveland, OH 2 Robert Eugene Faye b---- works at New Hope Boys' Ranch, Reynoldsville, Ohio 3 Caroline Sue Faye b---- md Steven Cramer Issue VII: 1- Regina Lynn Cramer b 1974 3 Jean Marie Barcus b 4/21/1930 md William Klick Now live near Sunbury, Ohio; formerly lived in San Diego, California. Issue VII: 1- Karen Klick (adopted) md John Helms II Issue VII: 1-John Helms III b 1976 4 Arthur Milton (Jake) Barcus b 11/24/1932 d 10/1968 md Phyllis Tucker Issue VI: 1 Cathy Jo Barcus b 1959 2 Cindy Leigh Barcus b 5/27/1962 Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 78) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8bc627f128f2157eeb5f1820fd43c01f.jpg a1349f02f93da4be252a5e130f2e5996 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 79] [corresponds to page 76 of I-DENTITY] 3-John Charles Barcus b 7/6/1966 Continuation Charles Longshore line -- Beatrice (Carpenter) & Norman Barcus family __________________________________________________________________________________ 5-Donald Cloise Barcus b 7/27/1934 md Betty Brown dv 1974 Issue VI: 1 David Barcus b 1956 lives in Florida 2 Danny Barcus b 1959 3 Terry Lee Barcus b 8/1966 4 Carman Barcus b 11/ Donald md2 Janet Bullock in 1976 He is a retired Navy Career man, and now lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania IV 7 Elmer George Carpenter - the seventh child of Fred & Cora Carpenter Elmer George Carpenter b 5/3/1905 d 4/9/1967 age 62 md to Lila ---- Issue V: 1- Elmer William Carpenter b 6/1923 2- Floyd Carpenter b 8/24/1927, was in WWII, died during the war from measles contracted while in Japan. 3- Allen Carpenter b 4- Peggy Carpenter b in San Diego, California The following is the death notice of Elmer G. Carpenter from a newspaper clipping: "Elmer G. Carpenter, Croton died Doctor's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio of heart attack 4/9/1967. Retiree Naval Career (electronics); Veteran WWII, Police Reserve Officer in Security. Retired 10/31/1966. Survivors: wife Lila of Croton, 2 sisters, Beatrice Barcus and Florence Huffman, 2 children - Peggy Carpenter of San Diego, Calif. and Allen Carpenter of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Military funeral Service Wednesday Snyder-Melick Funeral Home Interment East Lawn, Centerburg." Elmer had spent his last years in Texas and San Diego and had moved to Croton, Ohio just 2 weeks before his sudden death. IV 8 Florence Carpenter -Last child of Fred and Cora (Fox) Carpenter b 7/1/1907 in Galena md Homer Huffman 1926; they recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. They live in Centerburg. Issue V: 1- Clark E. Huffman b 3/10/1928 2 Mabel Beatrice Huffman b 3/26/1933 md Bob Pruett Issue VI: 1 Cheryl Pruett 2 Michael Pruett 3 Cathy Pruett This completes the Charles and Ida Sharp Longshore Branch (Charles was the 6th child of David and Elizabeth (Warner) Longshore Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 79) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1ebb9070aca7b4916f3065add1fbb133.jpg 989914a6bfd77b20e1febc3ad132184a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 80] [corresponds to page 77 of I-DENTITY] David Longshore, Jr. The Seventh child of David and Elizabeth (Warner) Longshore IG David Longshore, was born 1823 in Ohio md Sarah Shannon Issue 1- Augusta Longshore b. 1849 2- Mary Longshore b. 1850 3- Serepta J. Longshore b. 1853 4- Frank Longshore b 1860 For additional information by Judy (Longshore) Campbell see Addendum _____________________________________________________________________ Girl (Unknown name) Longshore The Eighth child of David and Elziabeth (Warner) Longshore IH The eighth child is a daughter, ----, and so far there is no data on her. Perhaps she was not number eight in the "line-up" but it seems best to put her in that sequence, since no date has been found by this compiler. ______________________________________________________________________ Note - This completes the tabulations of the David and Elizabeth (Warner) Longshore line by this compiler. Every effort has been made to keep the lines straight but if some should have crossed, it is because sometimes there were so many Davids, Charles', et cetera, most without benefit of I, II, Sr., Jr., or whatever. It was the custom to have namesakes in the early days, more then than now, and so babies were named not only after parents and grandparents but also after aunts, uncles, etc., so again a confusion develops - and there's no one to ask in most instances! Also much of this information has been gathered via telephone so again there is a greater margin for error in that type communication. And I may as well admit it - sometimes I "goof" just for no reason at all! Seriously though, all of this compiling has been done with the best of Intentions, and no slights or errors intended. So now, you know "who's who" among the Longshores! -Maxine Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 80) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3aac03e36e9267794c4573c73de34006.jpg b61df6f434744c3d81b9d8efa9dc9765 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 81] [corresponds to page 78 of I-DENTITY] Note - The following material is included because this writer feels it can be fit into the family history somewhere,although she has not been able to find the "hook-up" as of now.(1976) It was submittted by Curtis Longshore of Johnstown, Ohio last October at his home when this compiler visited him there as he was recuperating from surgery. He died a few months later. From the CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF FRANKLIN CO - 1901 "Isaac Longshore, resides in Blendon Twp, born in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio 10/17/1844. His parents being Thomas & Mary A.(Evans) Longshore whose 6 children are: William H., a farmer Pawnee Station, Kansas; George W., a fruit grower in Grand Junction, Colorado; Isaac; Charles, a resident farmer of Missouri; Thomas H a businessman in Kansas City, Missouri; and Margaret A., wife of Martin Brown of Ft. Scott, Kansas. Thomas was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, son of Amos. Thomas, with his father,came to Ohio during early childhood where his family settled on a farm in Hocking Co. where Thomas was reared to manhood. In Muskingum Co., Thomas and Miss Evans (b 1817). Thomas took up abode in Zanesville and operated a sawmill and sale of lumber until late 1850s when he purchased a farm in Perry Co.,Ohio, 6 miles east of New Lexington, until 1884; sold farm and went to Kansas making his home with his children, residing there in his 89th year, well preserved at this time (1901). Thomas is a staunch republican, served as a J.P. and township trustee several years; deacon in Baptist Church. Wife died in 1892 at age 75 (wife of Thomas) Isaac bought the homestead from his father, Thomas. House was over 100 years old. He later married Elizabeth Driggs and moved to Morgan Co., purchased 80 acres of land near Beavertown. He operated the farm there until 8 years later and then came to Blendon Twp., corner of 161 & 3C. Isaac's 5 children: Jeremiah W. (Cincinnati Railway mail service); Archibald A.(1882-1902), agriculturist (broom manufacturer) delivered brooms to penitentiary, wife Minnie Buck; Josephine M., wife of Rev. R.W. Kohr; Edward md Lulu Buck; ---- [Cora] M. at home." Amos Longshore 17---- Thomas 1811 Isaac 1844 - 1930 (couldn't serve in Civil War; couldn't bite cartridges with false teeth.) Archibald C. 1882 - 1962 (Isaac's son) Curtis -1976 Archibald's son 1/2/1962 LONGSHORE A.C. Longshore, age 91, Johnston, Ohio. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Dwight Smith; son, Curtis L. Longshore, Johnstown; sister, Mrs. Josephine Kohr, Pasadena, Calif. Brother, Edward Longshore, Johnstown, Service Thursday 2 p.m. Crouse and Son Funeral Home., Johnstown. Entombment in Otterbein Cemetery Mausoleum, Westerville, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home... Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 81) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d9c98cd6014dcebac3eeb2a356992c92.jpg 375eec4c2ee9dd387a9d261a2467bd32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 82] [corresponds to unnumbered page 79 of I-DENTITY] Additional Longshore Information by Judy (Longshore) Campbell David Longshore (I) lived in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In the 1800 Bucks County Census, he is listed with the unmarried men. He and Elizabeth Weaber were married by Isaac Hicks, J.P. on January 20, 1802 in Middletown Twp., Pennsylvania. Elizabeth is listed as a spinster. (She was 19). Her name on almost all Genealogical records (including, LDS records) is Warner. Her mother's maiden name was Warner and I believe that she took that as her own maiden name after her marriage. The tombstone of David Longshore says that he came to Ohio in 1806. It also states that he was 79 years 9 months 8 days old. Later census records say that he came from Pennsylvania. After his wife Elizabeth (Warner) died on August 8, 1840 he married Elisabeth (Betsy) Benton on June 20th 1842. Betsy and her husband lived on a farm next to the Longshores. David and his brother, Euclydus bought land together in 1811 and David lived in the same place the rest of his life. Family of John Longshore first son of David (1) John Longshore b. 10/9/1802 d 3/18/1877 married Clarinda Benedict b. about 9/7/1807 died 12/2/1871 After the family came to Ohio. John spent his whole life in Delaware County and later owned a farm next to his fathers. Children: 1. David C. Longshore b. 3/16/1827 died 9/05/1907 on 3/12/1851 md Fannie Bailey daughter of James and Eve (Kitts) Bailey. Fannie was born 3/12/1829 and died 6/11/1901. David fought in the civil War for Iowa and moved there to live in 1861. He lived in Valley Junction (Polk County, Iowa), the rest of his life. Children: 1- George b. 1853, Ohio died May 26, 1912, Iowa m. Rosaline 1 daughter - Bessie b 1874 d 12/20/02 2- Julia b 1856, Illinois lived in Iowa 3- Alice b 1/12/1858, Illinois on 1/11/1883 md William Youngerman. She died 10/3/1884 and is buried in Iowa 4- Henry Lee Longshore b 7/26/1860 d? Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 82) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/28c5d27ae11c11748204221fec0f22a0.jpg 7bf7d03d45421f2060ce68d38472b37d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 83] [corresponds to unnumbered page 80 of I-DENTITY] on 9/5/1888 md Anna Bell (Drury) b12/1865 Children: 1- Hazel L. Longshore b 11/19/1890 2- Edith Blanche b 6/5/1892 3- Gladys b. 9/1894 5-Infant b. 2/15/1863* 6-Infant b 4/1867* 7-Edwin Asa Longshore b. 8/21/1868 d 4/21/1935 on 8/21/1890 married Minnie Grace Chittenden (b 12/3/1870 d 3/8/1931) children: 1- Cecil A. Longshore b. 11/21/1891 d 12/4/1971 never married 2- Blanche Marie b. 8/26/1893 d 10/17/75 never married 3- Harold Longshore b 10/12/1898 d 5/28/1960 on 10/12/1929 married Clista Davis (b 6/9/1908) d 4/21/2002) children: Jacqueline md Sam Genovese Harold Jr. - never married 4-Russell Eldon Longshore b 8/18/1901 d 11/30/1973 never married 5- Ellwyn Edwin Longshore b 2/4/1904 d 10/3/1995 on 7/1/1934 md Audrey Lavona Burk children: Judith Elaine David Edwin 2. Aaron Longshore b Apr. 5. 1828 d 1/30/1855 on 10/21/1852 md Lucinda Powell 1 child Phebe who married Noah Coons 3. Hannah Longshore b. 7/8/1842 d. 10/31/1864 on 8/29/1861 md Nathan T. Stanley. Nathan was in the Civil War and away from home when Hannah died. children: 1- John E. Stanley 2- Charles Lee Stanley Note: After Hannah's death, her boys lived with their grandparents John and Elisabeth. John's Will says that James Lampman will be guardian of John E. Longshore (Stanley) and that his son, David Longshore (in Iowa) will be guardian of Charles Lee stanley. Charles Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 83) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3e98e3a00a36e0f8f47b29c9cff90fcd.jpg e7eef3b4ff4ed7344b23f553aec5078a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 84] [corresponds to unnumbered page 81 of I-DENTITY] Stanley and Edwin Longshore married Chittenden sisters. ---My brother - in-law is my cousin? The Family of David Longshore, Jr. The 7th child of David (1) There is more to be told of this family than will be told here. David, Jr. lived with his parents. The rules by which he would take care of them in their old age and thereby inherit their land was written in deed form. After the death of David Sr., David, Jr. sued all his brothers and sisters for the right to the land. In this suit is evidence that Rachel Squires is a sister of this Longshore family. David Jr, sues her children, since she was already dead. David Jr. served in the Civil War. His records show that he enlisted at the end of the War so he wasn't in very long. He served with an Ohio group. David was born about 1822 d 9/5/1871 and on 4/13/1848 married Sarah Ellen Shannon. (b 2/06/1824 d 10/26/1895) Children: 1- Agusta L. b 4/9/1849 d 10/11/1882 on 11/11/1867 md Edward D. Lunt (b 7/11/1844) Children: Charles E., Frank P. Emma L., Inez L. (After her death, Charles remarried and moved to Wapello, Iowa) 2- Margaret Louisa b. 1850 3- Serepta J. b 1851 4- Frank M. b 10/1855 *David Jr. and David, son of John, both ended up living just miles apart in Des Moines, Iowa. They are both buried in the same cemetery in a plot purchased by David Longshore. There is no indication which David. The infants buried there simply state infant of D. Longshore. It cannot be certain which David Longshore family they belong to. After David Jr's death, Sarah lived with her daughter Mary and family. They went west in the late 1800's and she died and is buried in Mountain Home, Idaho. Mark Longshore, son of Isaac Newton Mark Longshore, son of Isaac Newton, was found by this researcher by using the Ancestry.com database. He died in 1945. His death certificate is from Contra Costa County in California. (This includes the San Francisco area. It verifies that Isaac and Angeline (Bourne) were his parents. According to the certificate, he had lived in California for 30 years. At time of death he was working as PBX operator at a San Francisco hotel. Title A name given to the resource I-DENTITY (p. 84) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 1] [corresponds to front cover] Flashback: A Story of Two Families by Dorothy Dillenbeck Burrer as told to Polly Whitney Brehm Horn Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 1) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e559b306265537565f1f2926d6d2d34.jpg 3a54f8fcffc57171ec6b4931dd775d43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 2] [corresponds to inside front cover] [image: Burrer coat of arms] Community Library Sunbury, Ohio Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 2) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3ad497f3afb2dca94bf0f54d90a06da8.jpg 0f5b8ecf7c57ab5664d3567f4f76cdbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 3] [corresponds to front matter] c.1-8-1997 rc 12-14-2004 Flashback: A Story of Two Families The Burrer Family The Dillenbeck Family by Dorothy Dillenbeck Burrer as told to Polly Whitney Brehm Horn BUR 929.21 BURRER c.1 Community Library Sunbury, OH 1996 [Community Library imprint 106212] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 3) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0eccc73a0d7d79850bee52dd0e03ddf2.jpg d20260a73f876f947cc4697c71194129 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 4] [corresponds to page ii of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo:The Burrer Mill barn as it looks from the yard behind the Burrer home.] NO BOOKS Suppose there were no books! No books to read in cozy nooks! No books to feed the hungry mind And teach the art of being kind. To link today with yesterday: No books to charm us for a while, To bring a tear or lure a smile. But here are books, praise God above! If we have books and we have love We can dispose of other things; 'Tis books, not crowns, that make men kings. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 4) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4dcf046879b588fddd7f827b30cc9856.jpg c8c8a6c00d8e6ee7fbc9c16b38a4a11b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 5] [corresponds to page iii of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] PREFACE "There's a quiet movement taking place right now that deserves to become a permanent tradition in this country: the purposeful creation of personal histories that preserve our lives as we grow older, making the details of our time on earth available to our descendants forever. Whether written, spoken into a tape recorder, or recounted to the lens of a video camera, your stories will be eagerly awaited by the most appreciative audience of all-your family. And far into the future, your family will read your words or listen to your voice and be grateful you took the time to put this gift toegether for them." Taken from the back cover of Bob Greene's To Our Children's Children. This book came very close to having never been written. Due to failing eye sight, old age, and a belief that (according to my personal credo), I could not write about myself. My long time friend, Polly Horn, who is very competent on the mysterious computer, said she would put my answers to her questions on the computer. So here you have many flashbacks to the life styles of two families, genealogy and all. It was great luck to be born with parents who loved each other, my brother and me. It was great luck to meet Carleton Burrer at a dance in New York and end up in Sunbury, Ohio, where I have been part of a loving family, had a meaningful career, and a full life. Although this book was begun after Carleton's death, many parts of it are taken directly from words he had written at different times in his life. Polly and I fondly call him our ghost writer and we are happy to be getting many of his writings together into one book. Since we are each a mix of genes of all the ancestors before us, perhaps each of you-my son, my grandchildren and their heirs will learn a little more about yourself from reading these flashbacks. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 5) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/298f419c8e258681447ab8cfc858c1a1.jpg 6e76ca51c3f089e22d8fcbec07951984 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 6] [corresponds to page iv of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Table of Contents I. The Burrers 1 A. The Ancestors 2 1. Christoph Friedrich Burrer II 2 2. John Jacob Burrer 2 a. The Old Mills 3 (1) F.B. Sprague 4 b. New Burrer Mill 5 B. Johan's Sons 1. John E. Burrer 6 2. Gottleib Jacob Burrer 6 3. Frank Burrer 8 C. Gottleib Jacob (Jakie) and Amy Ann Burrer 6 1. Electricity 11 2. Their Family 16 a. Sprague Gammill Burrer 9 b. Karl Ormand and Daisy Sperry Burrer 24 c. Paul ParkerBurrer 35 d. Rudolph Burrer 37 e. Gordon Jacob Burrer 39 D.Carleton Sperry Burrer 46 1. Sunbury Electric Shop 55 II. Dillenbecks 58 A. The Ancestors 59 1. Captain Andrew Dillenbeck and Oriskany 60 2. Rev. Lambert Swackhammer 66 B. Andrew Luther and Pearl Whitbeck Dillenbeck 75 C. Dorothy MacNaughton Dillenbeck Burrer 79 III. Carleton and Dillie Burrer 104 A. John Dillen Burrer 107 B. Community Library 110 c. Sunbury Electric Shop Burns 115 D.Farmers bank 118 E. Grandchildren 121 F. Retirement 129 IV. Appendix Index 155 A. Burrers in Germany 156 B. Gammill Family 160 C. Sperry Family 166 D. Van Wie Family 173 E. Pages from Burrer Bible 177 F. John E. Burrer Family from Esther Burrer 179 G. Nannie E. Burrer Family from Owen Warren 180 H. Paul Barker Family 181 I. Gordon Burrer Family from Don Burrer 182 J. Historical Data on Two Burrer Homes 186 The following articles were written by Carleton S. Burrer: K. Origin of the Name of Sunbury 189 L. The Burrers from The People Book 198 M. Early Delaware County, Sunbury and Communnity 209 N. Sunbury and Galena Communities and how they were in 1938 When Sunbury Lions Originated 222 O. Why I Enjoy Living in Sunbury, Delaware County, 235 V. Bibliography 239 VI. Index 240 Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 6) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d27d7b35f0b37d1edca065185adcba07.jpg 659852bbb81fa1b1981df9bc9b1db29a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 7] [corresponds to unnumbered page] FLASHBACK: EARLY BURRERS [three images] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 7) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f01fd1acb2926e29d586c21547ae7651.jpg ed679b0c85ec4f772eb5665635ae5af7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 8] [corresponds to page 1 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Carelton Burrer's Ancestors .1.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 8) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d4f85c284b221245726930d60f9d6093.jpg dafa19440c708f0093a9258c6c7aa540 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 9] [corresponds to page 2 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Sunbury's Burrer family has been traced back to Hans Burrer born 1530 of Cleebronn (spelled Kleebron in the old church records) in Germany. The name passed through the sons as follows: Hans (1530) to Christoph (1590) to Christoph (1628-1684) to Hans Jakob (1622-1715) to Johann Jakob (1701-1751) married to Sabrina Cathrina Wehrer, to Christoph Friedrich (January 5, 1744-May 26, 1772). Christoph Friedrich Burrer II Christoph Friedrich who married Elizabetha Margaretha Fischer November 17, 1767 in Cleebronn, had at least 2 sons Gottlieb Johannes (1768-1827) and Christoph Friedrich II (December 20, 1770-October 30, 1829). Gottlieb married Susanna Barbara Eberlen October 30, 1792 in Botenheim, Germany and they had 10 children: some were to stay in Germany while other descendents immigrated to the America. Christoph Friedrich II was born in Cleebron, Germany, December 20, 1770, and married Margaretha Walderich (born March 24, 1772) July 17, 1792 and became a farmer. To this union 9 children were born but only two of the babies lived to be confirmed: Johanna Gottliebin (May 7, 1797) and Christoph Friedrich III (April 24, 1802-April 4, 1884) who later settled in Elyria, Ohio. Their mother died apparently in childbirth December 2, 1809. Nine months later on September 30, 1810, Christoph II maried Maria Sara Rosch (born July 18, 1788) in Hohenstein and they had eleven children. It appears that only four babies lived to be confirmed: Friederike (1811-1832), Johann Jacob (July 16, 1820-April 19, 1874), Johann Christian (October 14,1821-), and Johann Gottlieb (June 15, 1825-August 21, 1890). All three boys married and immigrated to USA. It is Johann Jacob who brought his family to Sunbury, Ohio. Johan Jacob Burrer Johann Jacob was born July 16, 1820, in Hohenstein, Germany, the 17th child of Christoph II and the 8th child of Maria Sara. On February 6, 1844 he married Barbara Catherine Bollinger of Hofen near Besigheim. Barbara Catherine was the daughter of Gottleib Heinrich Bollinger,an Alderman and Town Councilman in Hofen, and his wife, Christina Barbara Kontz, Bollinger. Barbara Catherine told her children her grandfather Bollinger fought in wars against Napoleon. At least four of her siblings also came to the USA. Johann Jacob was a Burger (citizen) and Maurer Meister (master stone mason) in Wurtenburg, Germany. He and Barbara Catherine had five children in Germany: Louisa Catherine (7-23-1846), Gottleib Jacob (1-3-1848), Caroline Catherine (2-5-1849), Catherine Christine (2-5-1851) and Fredericke (2-17-1852). In July 1854, dropping the last 'n' in his name, Johan Jacob, his wife, and five children left Germany in a sailing ship which arrived six weeks later in New York. The family went by wagon to Medina County, Ohio, where his half-brother, Christoph Friedrich, had already settled. They stayed with Johan Jacob's brother for six months until a family fight resulted in Johan Jacob's moving his family to Spring Street in Delaware,Ohio. Shortly after their arrival in Delaware, John Edward was born (3-9-1855) having been carried by his mother during all the rigors of the trip from Germany. Apparently Johan Jacob's search for fine stone brought him to Sunbury Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 9) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a4788e5fd56d9a387fe0b6d99ea32bc5.jpg fa045ef2662aff775bb02ebf770e498b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 10] [corresponds to page 3 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] where he purchased a log cabin on in-lot #19 (44 West Cherry Street) from Andrew and Julia Heron on January 28, 1857 (Vol 59, page 224 Delaware County Deed Records). The cabin was shingled on the outside and plastered on the inside and became the family home until the death of Barbara Catherine in 1901. In this home the last three children were born: Nannie E.(9/20/1857-2/4/1931), Heinrich (1859), and Frank (1863). The home was last purchased by the Village of Sunbury in 1995. In August 1857, Johan Jacob purchased a plot of land along the Big Walnut Creek from John Knox as a 'Stone Purchase' where he and his eldest son later became partners with Henry Fleckner in the operation of the quarry. Johan Jacob's oldest daughter, Louise Catherine, married Fleckner and they lived in the house now standing at 10 Walnut Street at the east end of Cherry Street. (They had two children: Charles R. (1867-1867) and Julia (1874-1881). In 1867 Burrer bought an empty lot at 35 South Columbus Street just north of the Myers Inn, then a hotel. On this lot he built a tavern, small store and bakery. Under the building was a small sub-basement which was used for natural refrigeration. People attending the periodic stock sales on the southwest corner of the village square stopped here for refreshments and a light lunch. When the building was torn down by Lawsons' in 1985, stone from the building was given to Community Library, owner of the Myers' Inn. The stone was transferred to the Big Walnut Area Historical Society with the building in 1994. Business in the tavern, store, bakery must have prospered for the family along with Johan Jacob's work as a stone mason. He passed his knowledge of the trade along to his eldest son, Gottlieb Jacob. Bailey Mill To be true to history, one must leave our story and discuss another mill. Carleton has written the first mill in Sunbury was constructed southeast of town on Granville Road just south of Big Walnut Creek near the juncture with Rattlesnake Creek by Nicholas Manville in 1810. The ownership of this mill passed to Major Strong in 1817, and then to Eleazor Gaylord in 1825 thus became known as the Gaylord Mill. It never reported to mill white flour. Since this mill did not operate as long, the Burrer Mill has the distinction of being the longest operating mill. Back to our story. In 1871, Burrer and his son, Gottleib Jacob (then 23 years of age), purchased from Henry and Sarah Boyd, the old 'Bailey'water-powered mill which had been built in 1842 by Samuel Peck and T.P. Myers to operate as a sawmill. Mr. Bailey bought the mill in 1848 and added machinery for making flour and grinding 'grists'(small batches of grain) by means of stone 'Buhrs'. This mill was located in the bottom land along Big Walnut Creek behind Fleckner's barn. The creek had been diverted further up stream to flow into a pond and there was a 'right-of-way' included for a tail-race through John Knox's land to carry run-off [photo: Gottleib Jacob Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 10) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6283c5a7d66e475701d2538cb329e660.jpg e5b9be2395497f04da20aedba051746f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 11] [corresponds to page 4 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] from the water wheel to a point farther down stream. This mill property containing a little over 26 acres of land (in addition to the right-of-way) was purchased for $3500. Mr. Boyd had previously purchased the Van Sickle Mill, the first in Trenton Township from his brother, Jacob Boyd, and had moved its machinery into the 'Bailey' Mill. The Van Sickle Mill had been built in 1845 with a 'brush' dam across the Big Walnut about one half mile northeast of Sunbury. The 'brush' dam was replaced with planks. John Van Sickle sold the mill to E.M. Condit who operated it from 1855 to 1862 and then sold it to Jacob Boyd. F.B. Sprague, a Justice of the Peace who certified the Burrer-Boyd purchase agreement on June 16, 1871, had expertise in the milling business and bought in as a partner with the Burrer father and son. F.B. Sprague This partner in the early mill was born in Delaware July 16, 1825 to Pardon and Mary Meeker Sprague. Pardon was born in the east and migrated through Zanesville and Granville in 1816. Mary was the daughter of Forest Meeker (born in Pennsylvania) who came to Stratford, Ohio, in 1811. Pardon was Sheriff for two terms before entering the State Legislature. He died in 1828 at 40 years of age. F.B. moved his family which included C.P. to Sunbury in 1868. C.P. worked with Kimball & Armstrong in their store, then with Wayman Perfect for a year before studying telegraphy with his brother who kept the Railway Office in Sunbury. On March 18, 1877, he married Ada M. Payne (daughter of N.H. Payne of Sunbury) and August 1, 1877 he became Station Agent. Meanwhile F.B. Sprague became Probate Judge in 1875 after being Justice of the Peace. He soon lost interest in the milling business. It was not long before it became obvious the creek flow was not strong enough six months of the year to carry the business of the mill so land was purchased at the northeast corner of North and North Columbus Streets where a steam powered mill would be built. The outlines of the old mill race and some building foundations can still be seen in the spring of the year before the underbrush obscures the area. Carleton Burrer has done much to document the details of the mill. Johan Jacob died on April 18, 1874, at the age of 53 and did not see the mill moved from the creek site. At the time of his death two more daughters were married: Caroline Catherine had married [photo: Gottlieb Jacob Burrer] [photo: Christine Burrer Rice] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 11) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c9f374b6d9b7ce86368f1bebdb9728fa.jpg a51f26e4ffd78145b0cbd8a7afb14257 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 12] [corresponds to page 5 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] Daniel Miller of Delaware, and Catherine Christine married Charles H. Rice. His son Heinrich died the month before his father at the age of 14. Johan Jacob was also survived by his widow (now 54), Gottlieb Jacob (26), John E. (20), Nannie (18), and Frank (12). Gottlieb Jacob administered his father's estate and rearranged ownership of the properties to continue operation of the tavern (now a bakery and a store) and the mill. Mill Moved into Town East of the site chosen for the new mill at the corner of North Vernon and North Streets, Samuel Shiver Gammill was operating a saw mill and Hoop Factory using steam power. Mr. Gammill, who was also an excellent builder, agreed to build the new mill. Foundations were laid for a frame structure for the mill and one of stone for the boiler and engine room. The new mill was to use the excess end-products (slabs and saw-dust) to fire the new boiler. Accordingly, an exceptionally large and tall smoke stack was erected to permit burning of this fuel with safety in the quantities needed. Pictures of the old mill can be seen at 46 N. Columbus Street. [photo: Burrer Mill-from North Street. Man on left in big door is Jakie Burrer. Second man from right in same door is Parker Burrer.] In 1875 the machinery and equipment from the old mill were moved into town and a steam engine was purchased in Mount Vernon to supply power. This piece of equipment took advantage of the newest and the oldest forms of transportation in the community. Due to the incompletion of the new railroad trestle across Big Walnut, the engine came by railroad to the Big Walnut Creek where it had to be unloaded at one of the quarries and brought across the creek and into town by ox-drawn wagon to the new mill. On December 1, 1879, (Deed Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 12) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d1db357d5c0c65cb9e4e5993b63f697.jpg 7273b6aec68e722d1c521b06302ebcf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 13] [corresponds to page 6 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] Record 74, page 380), Jakie and his wife, Amy, conveyed to Louisa C. (Mrs. Henry) Fleckner, the Boyd (Bailey) Mill property since it was no longer needed for the mill. In the new mill, grain was ground between rotating grooved stones or 'buhrs' driven by steam power. Buhrs cut from local stone were too soft to retain sharpening. The best material for making these buhrs was then obtainable only in France and had to be cut in segments to facilitate handling in shipment. In 1996, one of these made of cut and fitted granite, held together by a wide band of thick steel was being preserved on the patio south of the Burrer residence at 46 N. Columbus Street. The mate of the stone was in the custody of R.F.Sherfy. Gottlieb Jacob Burrer and Amy Ann Gammill Marry On May 26, 1875 Jakie and Amy Ann Gammill (whose genealogy is included in the appendix to this volume) married in her parents' home. Amy was born in Porter Township in 1858 and spent her life in this community. Her father Samuel Shriver Gammill built a house for them across from the mill on the south side of North Street designated as 46 North Columbus Street which has remained in the Burrer family. At the time the streets were not paved and there was an open ditch between the mill and the house. When the streets were paved a large tile covered with fill ran through this ditch to Prairie Run. The Sunbury Mill flourished in its new location. Farmers from miles around brought their grain by wagon or horseback and sometimes had to wait hours for their "turn." In 1886 the stone buhrs were replaced by steel roller mills. Soon thereafter "White Loaf Flour" and other milling products were being manufactured and shipped out of the area to various markets. Jakie's Brothers and Sisters After the death of their father and Sprague's becoming judge, the Burrer Brothers operated the mill-Jakie, John E. and 12-year-old Frank. As Jakie began to raise his own family, his brothers began to pursue other interests. John E. Burrer was more active in the bakery and the store. In 1893 at the age of 38, he married Margaret, daughter of Remolus Hyatt. Like John she had grown up in a log cabin located just west of 61, north of the intersection of State Route 3 [photo: Jakie and Amy Burrer] [photo: Jakie and Amy Burrer's Home 46 North columbus Street Sunbury, Ohio][corresponds to page 7 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 13) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d3b92c88e1a5c4a9810050c798552d3e.jpg 17cf25ac0990e05b37caa924adb232fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 14] [corresponds to page 7 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] THE VILLAGE OFFICIALS [photo: LLOYD M. BELL MAYOR] [photo: DR. W.O.PHILLIPS COUNCILMAN] [photo: HARVEY HUPP COUNCILMAN] [photo: W.M. KASSON COUNCILMAN] [photo: REV. JOS. LONG COUNCILMAN] [photo: JOHN E. BURRER COUNCILMAN] [photo: HARRY BELL TREASURER] [photo: S.ROSS BEST CLERK] [photo: LEWIS EVANS MARSHALL] [photo: MR. DAVIDSON STREET COMMISSIONER] 1906 Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 14) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/65969f6ae9d9f8429081d5ddc906deff.jpg 9302d66727afd141f25a7a3a5bdd2e93 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 15] [corresponds to page 8 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] and 36 in Sunbury. It too has been sided and plastered so no one knew it was a cabin. John E. and Margaret moved into rooms over the bakery and had three children: Esther (5-28-1894), Arthur Merton (8-1-1896) and Frank (6-28-1898). Parker Burrer often told the story of going to John's bakery and coming home with 6 large loaves of bread for only twenty-five cents. In 1899 this building and lot were sold to Mr. J. W. Barker who continued to operate the business there until he sold it in 1906 to Mr. C.A. Root who came from Pickaway County. Robert Gelston came to town and operated the business from 1913 to 1919 and lived in the building. In 1900 John E. purchased a flour and grist mill in Centerburg and moved his family there. Two more children were born: George Hyatt (May 10-1902) and Ralph Henry (10-12-1909). Business was good for the family in Centerburg. John E. became a councilman and prominent businessman. However the mill dust began to take its toll on him so in 1910 he sold the mill to his brother, Jakie, and moved to Delaware, Ohio, where he purchased a bakery on the north side of Winter Street on the corner of the first alley west of Bun's Restaurant and Bakery. They bought a home on West William Street. Unfortunately, the bakery in Delaware did not prove to be profitable and John E. became an engineer in a mill in Prospect, Ohio. His health again made him leave the mill profession, so he opened a delicatessen in Delaware which also failed to succeed. He moved his family to Westerville and set his youngest son, Ralph, up in the shoe business. At the age of 77, he passed away on December 24, 1932, and is buried in Sunbury Cemetery. His son, Ralph Henry, moved his shoe store to Delaware where it was very successful. He raised a family of four children (another died at birth) and passed away at age 66 in 1975. John's eldest child, Esther, retired from a lifetime as a school librarian, lived in Delaware. She told Carleton Burrer the family had a total of 75 cents to get started when they moved to Centerburg so many years before. Fredericka Burrer married Charles Crawford. They had no children. Nannie E. Burrer married Thomas R. Payne, son of Harrison and Adaline (Goodrich) Payne on June 21, 1879. Thomas was a hardware merchant in Sunbury. (See the Appendix of this book for more about this family.) Frank Burrer never married but continued to live with his mother and help with the operations in the mill. However, when his mother died August 29, 1901, he moved to Westerville, built a mill there and operated it until his death in December 27, 1942. The log- cabin home in Sunbury was [photo: Boys in the Burrer Living Room] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 15) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/046b872730548ae72a6c18bd743e16e6.jpg 2f59b66330ada772d6af91bad65b78b0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 16] [corresponds to page 9 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families ] deeded to A.D. Gammill on September 25. 1901. (Deed Record Vol. 116, page 106.) Jakie and Amy's Family Five boys were born to Gottlieb Jacob and Amy Burrer: Sprague Gammill (3-7-1876), Karl Ormand (8-22-1879), Paul Parker (June 6, 1886), Rudolph Odell (2-15-1888) and Gordon Jacob Burrer (2-2-1894). "At least no two were in diapers at the same time." commented Dilly. Sprague Gammill Burrer Sprague, the first born was named after the partner and then Probate Judge, F. B. Sprague. He was killed while playing in the mill. The following has been preserved in the Townley-Ports Scrapbook in the historical files at the Community Library. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT Caught on a Revolving Shaft and Thrashed to Death. Last Friday morning about 1 o'clock the terrible news flashed from mouth to mouth that Sprague Burrer, the 10 year old son of G.J. Burrer had been killed by machinery in his father's mill. We immediately went to the house and there in the mangled form of that child beheld the most horrible and sickening sight it has ever been out lot to witness. It seems that he with his brother, still younger, and two of S.S. Gammill's little boys were playing in the basement of the mill; and had put a string around the end of a shaft to see it wind up. When trying to get the string off, the shaft caught in his loose waist and wound it up in such a manner as to bring the shaft under his left arm, and there he whirled at the rate from 150 to 200 revolutions per minute, his feet striking four times every revolution, first against a sill overhead, then an upright beam, then the floor, and last against the corner of a rack suspended from the ceiling, breaking and tearing them off almost piece by piece and throwing a circle of blood and pieces of flesh on everything near. His father and uncle, John Burrer, were in the mill just above and hearing him striking against the floor thought some of the machinery had broken and both hurried down to see what it was, and not until they saw him in that horrible position did the awful truth dawn upon their minds with almost a paralyzing shock. The father rushed back to throw the belt from the pulley, and the other to the engine to stop it, then back again just as he [photo: Sprague Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 16) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b1879ece4fa2adca860416a79398b636.jpg 3fbbc67e81c8f561a8cf8ef9f6f77b42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 17] [corresponds to page 10 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] was going around the last time. He tried to pull him off the shaft but could not until he turned him back three or four times to unwind his clothing. As he was being carried across the road he put his arms around his uncle and spoke for the first time sayin, "Oh, Uncle John!" and from that time on till he died, about five hours later he knew all that was being done. Drs. WIlliams and Mosher were immediately summoned and did everything in their power to relieve his suffering. On examination they found that both feet were torn off at the ankles, and were just hanging by a little flesh, the ribs on the left side were crushed in and some of them broken in several pieces. Stimulants were constantly given him but he did not rally and continued to grow weaker until about half past two o'clock when his spirit left the body and returned to God who gave it. All the assistance that could be rendered by sympathizing friends was kindly given the bereaved parents. The funeral was held at half past two o'clock at the M.E. Church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Jas. Matlock officiating. The church was crowded with the many friends who had assembled to pay their last tribute of respect, and almost as many remained outside the church." This incident must have truly scared Amy but she continued to allow the other boys to spend time in and around the mill throughout their childhood and teen years. Knowing the perils of childhood around such a mass of unprotected drive belts, pulleys, sprockets, gears, clutches, engines fly-wheels, rotating, shaking and reciprocating machinery, it is indeed a miracle that all of the other boys were not injured. Community Activities Early in their married life, G.J. and Amy became interested in the Baptist Church and took an active part in it. Their names appear in the church records for the building of a parsonage (still used in 1996) and again in the replacement of the old church building with the new brick structure in 1907. Indeed, one young man from the community received enough encouragement from them to continue his studies for the ministry and became prominent in the field. G.J. and Amy saw to it that all their boys attended Sunday School and Church regularly. Although Amy wasn't a great cook, her husband would send the farmers waiting for their grain to the house for a bite. Amy probably fed them pancakes from the mill's own pancake flour. Amy was known for beans! When her life was too [photo: Amy and Gordon Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 17) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8109ed664d24f9346f839377ebb4abed.jpg 79108fe90cc1c1960cbb954d5dd7180f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 18] [corresponds to page 11 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] busy to cook-such as washday-she cooked beans. When she was busy calling on the new folks in town with her friend, Pearle Whitney, she cooked beans. Like many people from her generation, Amy was very frugal. Her philosophy was to waste nothing. Most people who burned coal had it delivered to the house where it slid down a coal chute, through a basement window, into the coal cellar. If Amy was out walking after the coal deliveries and saw coal lying on the ground, she would pick it up, put it in her purse, and add it to her household supply when she got home. Louise Sheets used to come spend a week with her Aunt Amy each summer. Since Amy only had boys, she treated Louise like royalty. Each visit they went shopping and Louise got a store-bought dress, a real treat since her mother made her clothes. Later Louise Sheetes owned her own clothing store, The Litte Shoppe, facing the east side of Sunbury Square. Jakie did not approve of Amy's two fun loving brothers, who managed to get into trouble. One time one brother, who had a wooden leg, drove his buggy into some wires after drinking and had to have his leg replaced. Someone stole something from the other brother and he found out who did it. He took matters into his own hands and went to the party's house where he broke in and stole his things back. Unfortunately, he got caught and had to serve a sentence. Jakie decided the uncles were a bad influence on his boys and refused to allow them to be associated with his brothers-in-law. [photo: Flouring Mill and Home of G.J. Burrer in 1909] Electricity Comes to Sunbury Carleton Burrer wrote the following account for Sunbury's Sesquicentennial book of the coming of electricity to Sunbury. Soon after 1900, electricity was becoming popular and useful in cities and the Burrer boys (Karl, Parker, Rudolph and Gordon and their father Jakie) recognized the advantages and convenience this new energy could provide if made available in the village. Steam pressure built up in the boilers to operate the mill during the day, could not be utilized and therefor wasted after the mill shut down in the evening. Realizing that this power was already available, they purchased and installed a belt driven 'Dynamo' Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 18) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e8dc92c0d2a3ae1c284efeecbcd2b4a.jpg 00753e52ac5265913915e336962a8c5e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 19] [corresponds to page 12 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] to make electricity for use in the mill and to distribute throughout the village. A few lights were strung around the engine room and in the mill. Wires were run to the house and across the street to the Methodist Church (then located across North Columbus Street from the mill) which was one of the first customers. Then as fast as the boys could recruit 'knowledgeable' help, lines were extended to other nearby buildings and houses. Wires were extended along the streets and across back lots as more and more citizens determined that electricity was practical and 'here to stay' and therefore they should have it. "The Blakely-Williams Store at the corner of Vernon and Cherry Streets was the first mercantile building to have the new lights. Mrs. Kimball, the banker's wife, already having the finest gas light fixtures then available had the electricity installed just to run her water pump. In the beginning and for sometime thereafter, service was provided from dusk until midnight, and if something went wrong, there would be no electricity at all." Dilly told how Jakie determined when it was time to turn off the electricity. Each night he would take a page from an old Bible which was coming unbound and head to the mill. When he finished reading the page, Jakie would turn off the electricity for the town. One night, Joe Landon had a hot appendix which needed to be removed. The electricity had already been cut off for the night when the doctor knocked on Jakie's door and asked to have it turned on so he could operate. Jakie fired the mill and the entire town was bathed in light while the doctor operated on Joe on the Landon's kitchen table at 52 Otis Street. Joe gave Jakie the credit for saving his life. "Soon the first street lights were installed, one on each corner of the square and one at the mill. These were of the carbon-arc type and produce a very brilliant, although flickering light. Gas street lights were previously used and Charlie Gaylord, who lived just south of the Baptist Church, had the job to light them each night. He had a long pole with a taper and a key on the end to open the valve and ignite the gas. Turning them off required another trip around the square for Charlie. "It wasn't long before the need for longer hours of elecrtic service and enlargement of the generating facilities became necessary. The wood fueled boilers were no longer capable of supplying the demand. To correct the situation, provide for future increases and more flexible operation, the steam power was abandoned and two stationery, internal combustion engines were installed. They were natural-gas fueled and water-cooled. One was a 2-cylinder with 25-horsepower and the other 3-cylinder with 35 hp. Both were manufactured by Reeves and were joined together with [photo: G.J. 'Jakie' Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 19) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f1900ff732c66975ea6529e68ce086b2.jpg a16fcf6bc93d64ce53d7371061d77cc9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 20] [corresponds to page 13 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] a system of line-shafting, belts, and clutches so that either or both engines could be used to drive the mill machinery and/or the generator as desired. One of the first 'two-phased' generators to be used in this area was secured and installed by the Erner & Hopkins Electric Company of Columbus. The installation was supervised by M.A. (Milt) Pixley of Ohio State football fame, this being his first such undertaking as an Electrical Engineer. [photo: Employees of the Mill outside the south door: Charles Draper, Marion Parks Jesse Doane and K.O.Burrer] "The engine room was enlarged and covered with a poured-concrete and steel roof. Arches to support the roof were made from structural members obtained from a steel bridge then being replaced along the Croton Road (Hartford Road). "Large pressure tanks were installed for the storage of compressed air, necessary for use in starting the engines. A concrete 'pool' or open tank, was constructed in the outside area at the rear of the buildings and the necessary piping installed to circulate water for cooling the engines. "This new system was very satisfactory for a few years until the electrical 'load' again called for more capacity. A 6-hp, 2-cylinder Westinghouse engine and an additional belt-driven generator were installed and the earlier equipment was retained for stand-by and peak load assistance.... "The final modernization of the electric plant at the mill was accomplished with the installation of a still larger generator and exciter. This was direct-connected to a 90hp Anderson Oil Engine and its output fed into a new and larger switchboard. This engine was of a new and improved type, utilizing the "Diesel' method of fuel injection and combustion. No spark plugs or ignition system was needed, but to start the engine one had to use a blow-torch to heat special firing pins red hot, before applying the compressed air to 'turn it over.' If the plugs cooled too Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 20) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f45d83159515d4494938ef38f42a52d1.jpg c44f1c7ec9893baa4e926688426bc141 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 21] [corresponds to page 14 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] much before the air could be applied, the injected oil spray would fail to ignite and the engine would not start. It would then be necessary to reheat the plugs and start over again. Once started, however, the plugs would stay hot and although the engine had only two cylinders, the flywheels were very large and heavy thus enabling it to provide exceptionally smooth and efficient power with no noticeable flickering of lights. With the old system it was a common occurrence for the lights to dim down and frequently go completely out. Whenever that happened one would hear the expression - "Jakie's belt's slippin." It was rumored that 'certain small boys' of the day, found ways to make a belt 'fly-off' at the most inopportune times. This not only caused Jakie considerable consternation and exasperation but was a great inconvenience to the citizenry to have to sit in the dark during some community gathering while he or one of the boys put the belt back on the pulleys and got things going again. The patrons and operator of the early movie theatre would be especially unhappy about it. One can imagine how unreliable electric clocks would have been had they been available." "Just prior to the early 1920's, demand for electrical energy began to develop in the rural areas and small, individual light plants were becoming popular. The names "Delco-Light" and Lalley-Light" appeared in the farm journals and electrical 'trade' papers. Recognizing an opportunity to expand in an allied business, the mill operators formed the Ohio Lalley Light Co., and established sales offices on North Sandusky Street in Delaware and on the North High Street viaduct in Columbus. Their franchise encompassed the central Ohio area and installations were made and services provided as far away as Marysville and Bellefountaine. The 'plants' and batteries were purchased in carload lots and business flourished for a few years. ... "Electrical equipment manufacturers developed 32 volt, direct-current appliances and motors for use on these systems and such items as fans, vacuum sweepers, toasters and irons as well as water pumps and washing machines became available. Due to the fact that very heavy wires were required to 'carry' the current for more than very short distances, it was impractical to attempt to use more than just a few lights in outlying buildings. "The small light plants and the batteries themselves were also incapable of supplying current for very heavy loads, except for short periods of time. The lady-of-the house, therefore had to be sure that on ironing day, too much current would not be needed for other purposes and that the storage batteries were in good condition and well charged. "Westinghouse and Delco (and perhaps others) later produced instant- start systems which generated 110 volts. Whenever a light was turned on or a motor connected, the generator would start and keep running until current was no longer needed. This seemed like a good idea but was short lived because at about the time of the introduction of these systems, power companies were beginning to offer contracts for service and to extend their lines into the more thickly populated rural areas where Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 21) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6c9de91732ede11063b08643ab5242cb.jpg 78b8be0dac6f0a453704f22a9c108fa2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 22] [corresponds to page 15 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] farmsteads were close enough together to justify the cost of the extensions. Connections to these lines could be purchased on the basis of a construction cost of about $2400.00 per mile of line. This cost was divided by the number of customers per mile. Of course, those most anxious to get the service usually divided up the cost per mile and authorized construction, by passing those along the way who could not or would not share the cost. Contracts were usually drawn, however, so that after a specified time, additional connections could be purchased at a reduced rate and after an additional length of time, taps could be obtained free. Even though initial contracts were expensive, the former light plant owners were glad to subscribe because their existing wiring could be used with, usually, no revision and inconvenience and cost of maintaining the private system was forever eliminated. "Expansion of these power companies quickly eliminated the market for its products and services and The Ohio Lalley Light Co., was forced to liquidate its stock of plants, parts and equipment. "In 1925-6, the Suburban Power Company with headquarters in Utica, Ohio, offered to purchase the generating equipment at the mill and the distribution and metering facilities from the mill owners and made arrangements to secure current for resale from the Columbus Railway Power and Light Co., whose recently constructed transmission line crossed the Granville Road near the Big Walnut Creek. Their line was then serving Westerville, Centerburg and Croton. The generating equipment and two of the engines at the mill, being no longer needed, were then dismantled and sold for use in other areas, leaving only the two Reeves gas engines to operate the mill. The Suburban Company then opened an operating headquarters and an appliance store in the glazed tile business building, later designated as 17 E. Granville Street (and torn down in 1982 for the parking lot at the Municipal Building). Sales people, line construction engineers, and construction men operating from there extended the distribution system very rapidly and appliance sales were promoted." "Carleton recalled the first electric ironer (a Thor) was purchased by Phoebe (Mrs. Henry S.) Cook. She was then operating a rooming house at her residence on the west side of the square and wanted to iron her linen. In that same year, Rudolph Burrer purchased the first household refrigerator, a Kelvinator with a wood-frame cabinet. The installation was made for his mother at their home on North Columbus Street. At that time it was considered advisable to install motor and compressor in the basement to avoid the operating noise and improve efficiency. An engineer came over from Utica to do the work. The refrigerant used was sulphur dioxide and any gas leak which developed would evacuate the household in short order." Let's leave Carleton's account of Sunbury's electrical progress and see how this impacted the family. With the Burrer family on the cutting edge of the new technologies, they were able to bring a new way of life to the community. Individual members of the family were looked upon to serve on various civic and educational committees. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 22) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/97b9826d9283a12724b12a248eda1ede.jpg 08fe29c25206701ae6f1b63176c1743b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 23] [corresponds to page 16 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Clifton, a community resort about a mile north of town on the Big Walnut Creek. [photo: The Burrers at Camp Clifton July 1909 Mr. and Mrs G. J, Burrer, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Burrer, Mr. and Mrs. K.O. Burrer, Rudolph Burrer, Gordon Burrer] [photo: Swimming at Camp Clifton's Fern Bank Mr. Cockrell unknown, Mrs. Cockrell, Dr. Gerhardt, Mrs. Sedgwick, Mrs, Marshall Smith, Mrs. Amy Burrer] [photo: Camp Picture on July 30, 1911 K.O. is the second man from the left in back. Daisy is 4th seated lady from left. Carleton is on her lap. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 23) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e00ed9d5e4a3a8a0a0837cc5d082f242.jpg 86dc029bca91f24870472885f44bff62 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 24] [corresponds to page 17 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] As the young men grew into adults, the family flourished. Although the rigors of a family owned and operated business left them little free time, the family did actively take part in church activities and spent time each summer at camp. Camp Clifton flourished from the turn of the century until the 1920's. Consisting of cabins, community kitchen with cooks, a dining room, and of course a swimming hole, the camp made a perfect get-away from summer heat for those who could afford the luxury. When it was no longer an exclusive resort, it continued to be used for civic events such as Sunday School picnics, and a cook- out spot for hikers. The Burrer family made good use of these facilities as shown in these photographs. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burrer Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary On May the twenty sixth eighteen hundred and seventy five a group of friends assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Gammill to witness the wedding of their daughter Amy Ann Gammill and Gottleib Burrer and on Tuesday evening may twenty-five, five of the original wedding party with sixty relatives and friends were entertained by the bride and groom of fifty years ago, at their home in Columbus street in honor of their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mrs. Burrer was born in Porter Townshp in 1858 and has spent her life in the community. Mr. Burrer was born in Wittenberg, Germany in August 1848 and came to this country with his parents, when five years old. Located at Sunbury in 1872, he entered the milling business and has been a very successful miller, giving all his personal attention to this work, retiring only a few years ago. Their sons, K. O. Burrer and P. P. Burrer continuing in the business so well established by their father. R. O. Burrer, assistant cashier of Farmer's Bank of Sunbury, Gordon J, Burrer of Huntington, W. Va., of two grandsons, Carleton Sperry Burrer and Gerald Jacob Burrer, one grand daughter, Barbara Burrer, are the members of the immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Burrer and their entire family are members of the Sunbury Baptist Church and the Masonic organizations of the city. Yellow candles and draperies decorated the dining room, the same color scheme being carried out in the refreshments, most appropriate for the Golden anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Davis sang two numbers that were greatly appreciated. Several beautiful and useful remembrances were presented the host and hostess, which will bring back memories of a happy occasion for many years to come. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowe, Mrs. A. R. Sheets and Mrs. Aloia Barber, who were present at the wedding fifty years ago, and the following guests registered in a yellow guest book. Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Powell of Bowling Green, Marshall Smith, Mr. Harold Smith, Mrs. L. R. Smith. Mrs. Wendell Miller, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Druggan, Mr. and Mrs. James Cockrell, and Mr. and Mrs. William Moore of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Gammill, Westerville, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Gage, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Snider, Delaware, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Burrer, Gerald Burrer and Barbara Burrer, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gammill of Centerburg, Mr. and Mrs. H. s. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wheaton, Miss Myrtle Mosher, Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Burrer, Mrs. Anna Blakeley, Mr. and Mrs. D. H Davis, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Gerhardt, Miss Louise Sheets, George sheets, Mrs. Louise Sedgwick, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. sperry, Mrs. A. Barber, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kuhlman, Mrs. Etta Davidson, Mrs. Adelaide Lott, Mr. John Gammill of Centerburg, Mrs. Hazel Davidson, Mrs. Ersel Farris, and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Whitney. Amy and Gottlieb Jacob celebrated fifty years of marriage on the 26th of May, 1925. He was to die before the next anniversary. Jakie Burrer Dies In 1926, Jakie was attacked with influenza which was followed by sleeping sickness which resulted in a peaceful sleep from which there was not awakening. Jakie's obituary in The Sunbury News of February 18, 1926, says "he was a man who attended strictly to his own business thus building a large acquaintanceship, and a wide circle of friends." He is "leaving the business which daily manufactured a product which shall stand as a monument to the life of a Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 24) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/138ed4c77d8646fafa245e1dfb46c42f.jpg d57e44fe250d9cf8373ff5827168814a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 25] [corresponds to page 18 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] man who built for Sunbury and community." Aside from his business and the church, G.J. always found time to lend assistance to the welfare of the town. He served as village councilman, was elected to the Board of Education several times, and took an active role on all proposed movements to make the town a better place for its inhabitants. At his death, G. J. was one of the oldest members of Sparrow Lodge No. 400 F. & A. M., a member of the Masonic Veterans Association, and Charter member of Columbis Chapter No. 33, O.E.S. He was director and vice-president of the Farmers Bank of Sunbury at the time of his death. He left a void in the family which had relied on him for guidance and looked up to him as a role model. Grandson Carleton never forgot the suit Jakie bought for him. Electric Story Continues Before we look at each of the sons, let's continue on with Carleton's electric story. "Rudolph and Gordon and left the mill by the time their father died leaving the business in the hands of Karl and Parker." Many older residents told Carleton of the humming of the machinery and the chugging of the gas engines exhausted into the tall smokestack. They recalled the operations continuing, night and day, for weeks on end, during World War I when flour and other food products were urgently needed for the war effort." Early in world War I, during the Belgian Relief Program under the direction of Herbert Hoover, much White Loaf Flour was sent by G. J. Burrer & Sons to Europe in sturdy linen bags." The story goes that in Belgium many were jobless, including the embroidery workers who had no orders and no material on which to work. The Gugenheim warehouse in Charleroi was full of embroidery thread. Alice Aron Gugenmeim (1872- 1955) conceived the idea of using the flour sacks. There was no bleach available to remove the printing so the needle-factory workers, school-girls, and even ladies of high social rank covered it with exquisite stitchery. These sacks were then used to cover lampshades, waste baskets, tea- cozies, make school smocks, pillow covers, et., The items were sold in a shop on a prominent street in Brussels [photo: Flour Sack with Embroidery] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 25) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0c01625bd1ed41e4b6283f1bead5da0a.jpg 8ca776fecf8b963ad42eacd4e3708c33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 26] [corresponds to page 19 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] 5 LBS. NET WEIGHT [image: Sunbury Mills The Famous White Loaf Flour Since 1872 Bleached MANUFACTURED BY G. J. BURRER CO. SUNBURY-CONDIT-CENTERBURG MT. LIBERTY, OHIO.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 26) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c454c6849c28e246ee90f272df5b9a76.jpg 74fab62c1ffd32afbb7e44372f49c2c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 27] [corresponds to page 20 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] and yielded tens of thousands of gold-standard francs to the Belgium Relief. Carleton tells that, "In appreciation, some of the Belgium women and children embroidered, and therefore colorfully decorated five hundred of these bags from various manufacturers and sent them to Mr. Hoover. A number of them, including one of the most colorful ones from the old mill in Sunbury, are on permanent display at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (The Hoover Peace Tower), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Some of the sacks are also at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa. Later Charlotte Burrer in Cincinnatti made a replica for the Burrer family of the flour sack which is now in the Community Library archives. Thus a small town industry took part in an important world humanitarian undertaking. [image: A needle used to sew the flour sacks at the mill. It is shown actual size.] "During the depression, 1929 through the early 1930's, a local Farmers' Co-Operative organization was formed and the Condit (which burned in January 1996), and Sunbury Elevators were constructed and operated by them. After a short time it was determined that the interests of the community could best be served by combining the various facilities operating in the area. A stock company, The G.J. Burrer Mill & Elevator Co., was formed. "In addition to the two new elevators, the Sunbury and Centerburg mills and the property in Mt. Liberty were acquired and operated Farmers' Co-Operative. Headquarters were set up in office space newly prepared at the Sunbury elevator and the mill office closed except as needed for a branch operation. "As the years passed the market for locally produced flour and allied milling products rapidly diminished. As communications and transportation [photo: The Sunbury Elevator on South Vernon Street. Company known as G.J. Burrer Mill & Elevator Co. Photo circa. 1940] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 27) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dc2c9a1f138f0f10bb4ca8708841535a.jpg 9056838ffb6e2ee28ed292a24ac776d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 28] [corresponds to page 21 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] improved the large midwestern mills began to advertise their products and quickly took the place of the small producers. Farmers no longer brought their grists to be ground or traded for flour and meal, but shipped their grain to Chicago, Toledo and other large midwestern markets for cash and then purchased specialized cooking and baking needs at the stores. Commercially baked bread and biscuits, for which White Loaf and Tip-Top Flour became locally famous as ingredients, disappeared from the scene. "Electric motors replaced natural-gas engines. These motors could be started and stopped more conveniently and required practically no maintenance. A motor driven commercial feed grinder was installed, together with mixing machinery and equipment and an addition built on the mill to house it. Formulas were developed, mixing ingredients procured and a line of commercially prepared feeds was manufactures and sold under the trade name of 'Burco.' Small mixing and automatic packaging was installed and a new product called Red-A-Mix Pancake flour marketed in the areas. This was a good idea and the product gained considerable acceptance until the larger processors entered the field. "The milling machinery was kept in tack although seldom used except for procession of small specialized orders. The building area which had been used for storage of milling products was now holding commercial feeds, and the heavy-walled bins which had stored wheat, oats, rye, and barley for milling purposes were being used to collect and store grain for shipment to market. [photo: Burrer Mill Barn on North Street] "In about 1944, Karl Burrer, President of the Corporation and Manager of the operations of various properties, was injured in an accident at the elevator in Sunbury. In consideration of the possibility that he might not be able to continue with active participation in the business, the stockholders decided to dispose of the assets and in 1945 transferred ownership of the properties to the then recently organized Delaware County Farm Bureau. In the dissolution of the corporation, Parker Burrer retained the facility in Centerburg. Milling of flour was, of course, discontinued there as in Sunbury, many years ago. "The new owners, unable to foresee any future need for the mill property, offered it for sale. The machinery and engines were dismantled and disposed of, the old stone walled and concrete-roofed engine room Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 28) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6b8ddb1f18860c0d9f51d1fd8602530e.jpg f79c4463d4af487fa0213fb8a9344c5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 29] [corresponds to page 22 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] was torn down and the tall, brick smokestack felled and demolished. The heavy timbered frame building and storage bins were razed and the property passed into other hands. In 1966 fragments of the walls of the 'pool' and the frame building at the rear of 46 North Columbus Street were all that remained of the old mill." [photo: The Barn in 1991] This frame building (known as the Burrer barn) once housed the horses and wagons used for transportation and later converted into garage space for the chain-driven, solid-tired Republic truck. The top floor of this building was subsequently used as a loft for storing hay for the horses and later provided storage for commercial feeds. In 1917 the Republic was exchanged for a 4- cylinder, flat-bed Packard truck, also with solid tires but without the chain-drive to the rear wheels. It was purchased with a cowl and dash only, and a special weathertight cab with sliding doors was manufactured for it and installed in Columbus." [photo: Burrer Mill 2 1/2 ton, 4 cylinder Packard Truck with solid rubber wheels and sliding cab doors was made in Columbus, Ohio. Mill workers are Karl Burrer, Charles Draper, Jesse Doane, and Marion Parks.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 29) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/49e3294db8a7a89bc3361d71d5206034.jpg f3dd653b6fde90bfcca221ef2e7b55f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 30] [corresponds to page 23 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: JAKIE'S SURVIVING SONS Gordon Jacob Burrer Rudolph Odell Burrer Paul Parker Burrer Karl Ormand Burrer] [photo: Amy Gammil Burrer surrounded by her sons: Parker, Gordon, Karl, Rudolph] [photo: Karl Burrer with Horse "Bashful" Rudy Burrer at the car in front of Jakie's Barn July 1909. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 30) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/24e3a41833b43b1507f879f2f5491212.jpg 9344a5ada3e4dcc394eb7c11e6826a22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 31] [corresponds to page 24 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Karl Ormand Burrer] Karl Ormand Burrer Karl, the oldest of the surviving boys, attained the highest degree of formal education. Following graduation from Sunbury High School, he went to Denison University in Granville, Ohio. During one of his winter vacations home from college, his brothers, Parker and Rudy, were looking for fun at their brother's expense and they convinced Karl to sit on a sled at the top of the hill behind the house. The boys had greased the runners under the sled so when they pushed it, the sled went so fast it could not be controlled thus the sled and Karl went through the back of a shed at the foot of the hill. While he was still in college, he took a year off to help with installation and initial wiring for the first electricity in Sunbury. He then returned to Granville to complete his education. He and other students undertook, and completed a project of wiring a new science building and laboratory then being constructed at the university. In the early 1960's one of Sunbury's local contractors, doing some remodeling at Denison, removed a partition and found a copy of The Sunbury News lodged in the partition. It had been sent to Karl by his father while Karl was a student and apparently it was accidently left behind during the construction of the building. Karl graduated from Denison University Class of 1902-3 and taught there for a period. Soon after 1900, the family installed a 'Dynamo' to make electricity for use in the mill and to distribute throughout the village. Karl was persuaded to remain home and supervise the operations. Thus the beginning of the end of his teaching career. Karl had dated a doctor's daughter from Galena for many years and everyone thought they would marry. The girl's mother let it be known her daughter had a bad back and would be unable to scrub clothes over a washboard. Amy heard this and proceeded to stop the romance. She wanted her sons to marry healthy women, preferably with money. At the Sunbury Baptist Church, Karl met Daisy Sperry who accompanied her family to church each Sunday in a horse and buggy. Daisy was the only daughter of Isaac T. and Sophronia (Cummins) [photo: K.O. Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 31) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/40078f42f91ef649fe14e98626f6fbd3.jpg 5bef3ae99e9b7b7b958627e8c31fc55e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 32] [corresponds to page 25 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Physic and Chemistry Lab at Denision University in Granville Ohio, early 1900's. The Instructor, Professor K.O. Burrer, is the second from the left.] [photo: Professors and students wiring the Science Building at Denison University for electricity. Professors Chamberlain and K.O. Burrer are at the far right. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 32) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/32f7aa43b8fb6d50aaea640a42c5704e.jpg 4d1607726765314ff63422ccdda4a620 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 33] [corresponds to page 26 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Sperry who operated a farm south of Berkshire, near Rome Corners. Isaac was the son of Albert and Matilda Vernon Sperry, and grandson of Jacob and Mary Wilson Sperry, a well- to-do- farmer in Utica. Jacob and Mary gave each of their children a home and $40,000. The couple were returning from Mt. Vernon where they went to buy a large print Bible when their buggy was struck by a train. Mary died instantly and Jacob a couple of weeks later. More on this family is in the appendix. [photo: Daisy Sperry teaching piano to Bertha Church who became Mrs. Leroy Gill] Albert Sperry was also thrifty and provided well for his family. He bought each of his four sons a 100 acre farm. Isaac sold his farm and moved to Rome Corners, south of Berkshire Later he purchased a second farm on the same road. Times were good and he bought a third farm north of Berkshire Corners. [photo: Old Berkshire M. E. Church and School Daisy Sperry attended.] Daisy had gone to Rome School, Sunbury High School, the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. She also had post graduate work in music at Denison. She met Amy's daugher-in-law requirements. Karl and Daisy married December 30, 1908, in her parents home, a large brick house just north of the Corners in Berkshire. The couple lived there with her parents. On November 9, 1909, their son, Carleton Sperry Burrer, was born. When he could be spared from the family business, Karl moved his family to the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he completed a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and did some part-time teaching. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 33) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e38c2f8bd75dfd7b4efdca9fb00015cb.jpg 274138472aa16efd9fa6d1b1197db875 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 34] [corresponds to page 27 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Beautiful Home Wedding. Miss Daisy Sperry Becomes The Bride of Mr. Karl O. Burrer. On the thirtieth of December, as the old year 1908 was beginning to wane, one of the prettiest weddings of the holiday season was solemnized when the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac T. Sperry became the wife of Mr Karl O. Burrer, a promising young instructor in Wisconsin State University. The large and spacious home of the bride was artistically decorated green and white being the predominating color. An improvised alter was ar- ranged in the front parlor where, from a group of potted plants arose a prettily constructed arch made of cedar from which was suspended a white wedding ball. Promplty at 2:30 o'clock, when the guests numbering about seventy were assembled, Miss Lucile Campbell of Mt Vernon, a cousin of the bride, play Mendelssohn's wedding march, accompanied on the cornet by Prof Ed. Wing, also a cousin of the bride, Then Miss Edith Bell of Mt Vernon sang very sweetly and impressively the hymn, "Oh, Love Divine" As the strains of the wedding march were re- resumed, the Bridal party descended the stairs, advanced through the long hall, and entered the parlor through the rear door. First in order came the ushers, Mr. Harold Bell of Mt. Vernon and Mr. Albert Lindsay of Barb [illegible] Then came Miss Nora Wing of Mt Ver- non, the maid of honor, followed by Miss Mary Palmerton of Granville, the bride's maid. The bride then appeared on the arm of her father, and was at the alter by the room; accompanied by his best man, Mr. Randolph [illegible] brother of the groom. T [illegible] was performed by Rev. G [illegible] Granville O, a former college [illegible] the [illegible] and pastor for a [illegible] of both bride and groom, at the Baptist Church of Sunbury, having officiated at the baptismal service of the groom. [photo: Karl Ormand and Daisy Sperry Burrer Wedding, December 30, 1908] The bride was beautifully gowned in white embroidered net over cream satin, with lace trimmings and carried a cluster of bride's roses. Miss Nora Wing wore white net over white silk, and carried a boquet of white carna- tions. Miss Mary Palmerton wore white silk, and carried a shower of maiden hair fern. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding luncheon was served. The back parlor and adjoining room across the large ball were transformed into a large dining hall; the tables were graced with carnations, narcissus and ferns. At two large tables were seated the bridal party numbering ten and immediate members of the bride and groom's family together with the of- ficiating clergy and his wife. The bride is a graduate of Ohio Wes- leyan University class of '02 and was also a student in music at Denison Uni- versity for a short time. Since her graduation, she has been a successful teacher of music in this vicinity and was highly esteemed by all who knew her The groom, the eldsest son of G J. Burrer, proprietor of Sunbury flour ing mill, is a graduate of Denison Uni- versity, Granville, O., of the class of '02; was prominent in college circles, being an instructor in the college after his graduation for three years and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra- ternity. In 1908 he went to Madison Wisconsin, and has since been a stu dent of Electrical Engineering in the State University, and is at present em ployed as instructor in that department. Mr and Mrs Burrer left Wednesday evening for a short wedding trip through parts of interest in Michigan and on Jan. 5th Prof. Burrer will re- sume his duties in the University in Madison. After Feb 20th, Mr and Mrs Burrer will be at home to their friends at 228 Longdon St., Madison, Wis. and the best wishes of all for a bright and happy future will be with them in their future home. The out of town guests were as fol- lows:_H. E. Bell, Edith C. Bell, Mrs Annie Bell, Mr and Mrs Will Wing, Miss Nora and Mr Ed. Wing. Mr. Ed. Campbell, Mr and Mrs Hugh Campbell, Miss Lucile Campbell from Mt Vernon; Mr. and Mrs B. P. Benton, Mr and Mrs D. D. Crawford of Delaware; Mr and Mrs E Smith, Mrs Elvira Smith, Mr and Mrs M. Cummings, Mr and Mrs M Smith, Mr and Mrs C. Druggan of Co lumbus; Mr and Mrs Watterman of Chicago; Mr and Mrs G. R. Dye and Miss Mary Palmerton of Granville; Mr and Mrs Geo Smith, Mr and Mrs E H. Lindsey of Mansfield; Mr Albert Lind- [illegible] Mr [illegible] R Sperry, Mrs Ella Wornstaff of Ashley; Mrs Martha Ball of Newark Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 34) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/53f3a845b6e50c4856d5ada120e79e1b.jpg c6072ff86ef9bd302042cc686c4a816b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 35] [corresponds to page 28 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] RECEIVED MANY PRESENTS. Following is the list of presents received at the Sperry-Burrer wedding at Berkshire, an account of which appeared in our issue of Tuesday: Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Burrer, Sunbury, O.- 1 set of silver forks, 1 set of silver knives, 1 set of sterling silver spoons, Rogers Bros. make. Mr. and Mrs. Hults and daughter, Sunbury - 1 set of sterling silver tea spoons. Wm. Wing and wife, Nora, Ed., Mt. Vernon, O.- set of sterling silver spoons. Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Wornstaff, Ashley, O.- set of sterling silver teaspons. Mr. and Mrs. Al Sheets and daughter Louise, Delaware - set of bouillon spoons. Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Gamil, Sunbury- set of silver Table spoons. Mr. and Mrs. Parker Burrer, Sunbury - silver sugar shell. Mrs. Sarah Pettibone, Columbus - sterling silver tea spoons. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Finch - silver meat fork. Clement L. Waldron - silver meat fork. Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Lindsey and J. V. Sperry and Albert Lindsey of Mansfield, O.- silver vegetable dish. Mrs. O. K. Armstrong, Sunbury - pair silver napkin rings. Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Sperry, Ashley - silver celery dish. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sperry, Ashley - cut glass deep dish. Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Smith, Columbus - cut glass deep dish. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mt. Vernon, O.- cut glass sugar and creamer. Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Sperry, father and mother of the bride - set of silver knives and forks, Roger Bros. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Campbell and Lucille, Mt. Vernon - cut glass water pitcher. Mrs. Edwin Bell and family, Mt. Vernon - cut glass tumblers. Mrs. Alvira Thrall Smith, Columbus - cut glass vase. Mrs. Geo. Smith, Mansfield - cut glass syrup dish. Miss Marie Roof, Sunbury - cut glass olive dish. Mr. and Mrs. Watterman, Chicago, Ill. - set etched glasses. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Druggan, Columbus - doz. etched glasses. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Benton, Delaware - gold embossed jelly stand. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Smith, Columbus - gold embossed candelabrum. Mr. Chas. L. Herrick, Chicago, Ill. - silver paper knife. Mr. W.E. Forsythe, Madison, Wis. - set of elk horn carving knives. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleckner, Sunbury - china hand-painted tea pot, sugar and creamer. Aunt Christian Crawford, Delaware - china hand-painted and embossed salad bowl. Dr. and Mrs. Gerhardt, Sunbury - hand- painted china vase. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gamel, Pauline - linen drawn work center piece. Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l Barr, Canton, O. - Battenburg dresser scarf. Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Cummings, Columbus - 1 embroidered linen lunch cloth. Aunt Fred and Uncle Charley Rice, Westerville - drawn linen lunch cloth. Mrs. Watson Sperry Campbell, Philadelphia -pair linen towels. Mattie Hall, Newark - book, white binding. title What Is Worth While. Mr. and Mrs. E. R.Smith, Columbus - hand-painted picture. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Knox, Sunbury - Photos. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Walker, Sunbury - pair of hand-painted salts. Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Dye, Granville - ornament from Bethlehem. Miss Mary Palmerton, Granville - hand- painted panel picture Prof. Chamberlain, Vassar College, Chicago, picture Happy Valley Road by. Frank V. Cummings, Columbus - Five dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rineheardt, Seattle, Wash. - Pearl Handled silver butter knife. Father and mother of the bride - one hundred dollars. Mr. Ernest Gamel. Sunbury - hand painted olive dishes, rose and gold decorated. Rev. and Mrs. W. N. Ferris, Howel, Mich. - Photos. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 35) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/86cfba9350fa060ea0d8def54ab502ce.jpg 15ee65f90e10af0ec824f08991a333cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 36] [corresponds to page 29 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Burrers Lived in the Langdon House] [photo: The Parlor] Karl Burrers in Madison, Wisconsin [photo: Bedroom] [photo: Karl and Daisy] [photo: Carleton Sat Still 8 Seconds for this Picture!] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 36) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b7f7f165c8b584bae4096b761120374e.jpg 21a7b5e094d4fc7a0b6e36b722a8bd30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 37] [corresponds to page 30 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton Sperry Burrer with his Stuffed Dogs January 7th, 1912 in Madison Wisconsin] Following graduation, Karl moved on to a Professorship at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New york. Throughout these years, Karl returned to Sunbury during his summer vacations to help at the mill. Daisy loved the social life and prestige of being a professor's wife and the family flourished in Wisconsin and New York. Daisy's mother, Sophronia, died in 1916 after being thrown from a horse and her father married Margaret Walker Gelvin. Like his father and grandfather, Isaac and his new wife were also thrifty. (A family story tells that once Mr. Sperry sent Mrs. Sperry to the grocery store for a penny's worth of pepper.) Farming became too much for the couple and they bought the house at 47 North Morning Street in Sunbury. After a short period at Vassar, affairs at home dictated the advisability of returning to Sunbury permanently. As the family Electrical Engineer, Karl had the knowledge necessary for the expansion into the electric service business. They purchased a home at 153 North Columbus Street known as the Bailey Mead property. (In later years Carleton's classmate and friend Hoyt Whitney raised his family in this same house). Daisy taught piano lessons, one of her pupils being the daughter of the late Senator Frank B. Willis. She was a member and officer of the Progress Club, and in the Columbia Chapter, O. E. S., in Sunbury. Dilly remembers her mother-in-law [photo: 153 N. Columbus Street in Sunbury Built by Brooks and Emsorler in 1909. Purchased Isaac Sperry in Nov. 1909. K.O. Burrers moved into it in 1910. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 37) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0e1ff8615dee136811d464edf8279f43.jpg 1a88916e5242decaba9f2d38a8d5e3f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 38] [corresponds to page 31 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Daisy and her Studebaker] using Reader's Digest to help plan the programs for her club. Daisy spent much of her lifetime in the work of the Baptist Church and its statewide associations. She was Vice President of the Ohio Baptist Missionary Society. In 1955 she was presented a gold watch for serving as organist of the church for 53 years. She said she began playing the old pump organ in the church. When it quit she played the piano. She began playing the organ again when the church purchased an electric organ. Her son, Carleton, Miss Lillie Kempton and Mrs. George Stout rotated the duties of church organist following Daisy's retirement. Unfortunately, Daisy was never really happy with life in a small town and longed for the social life of a college campus. Their marriage ended in divorce in the late 1920's. Daisy helped her son Carleton with the electrical contracting and merchandising business in Sunbury from its inception in 1932. [photo: Daisy Burrer in Morning St. Home] Upon retiring from farming, Daisy's father and stepmother bought the Andrews house on Lot #1 on the southwest corner of North and Morning Streets known as 47 North Morning Street. After her step- mother died, Daisy and Carleton moved in with her father so she could take of him. She continued to provide care for her widowed father until his death at the age of 90. When her son was serving his country during WWII, Daisy continued to run the electrical business with the faithful help of Walter Gross, Harry Snow, Leta Barnhard, and Lily Kempton. Monday was her usual day to shop for the appliances her customers wanted. [photo: Daisy Sperry Burrer] In 1955, Daisy married J. J. VanHorn, a former classmate at Ohio Wesleyan, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she passed away February 6, 1958, and was buried in Sunbury Cemetery. At Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 38) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d563e4466c18ea49c9e3443ee74b4c83.jpg 458b610c9bd222a88876a12f67f6347e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 39] [corresponds to page 32 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Daisy (Sperry Burrer) and Jesse Van Horn Following Their Wedding at Mar-Jon's in Berkshire, October15, 1955 the time of her marriage she put a $1000 in the Sunbury Savings and Loan to bury her when the time came. However this caused a ruckus after her husband discovered she had no social security after the years she had worked in the Sunbury Electric Shop. Daisy is buried in the Sunbury Memorial park. [photo: Sunbury Baptist Church, 1850-1907 Sunbury Waterworks Tank Behind House] [photo: New Baptist Church Which the Burrers Attended] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 39) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/008142cc2b2c9ea4f88464b1e0e91e6a.jpg 738da698321b6a261b32b2f620c8d323 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 40] [corresponds to page 33 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Proud Father K. O. Burrer and Carleton Burrer At Their Summer Address] Karl's many activities in the mill and its evolution and extensions in electrical generation and distribution in the village, include the formation and operation of The Lalley-Burrer Electric Offices in Delaware and Columbus for the distribution of Farm Lighting systems and their installations, the development and marketing of Burco Feeds of various types, and the formulation and distribution of 'Red-a- Mix' pancake flour. Karl was very active in civic and social affairs in the community. He served 12 years on the local board of education during the consolidation of schools into Big Walnut, and then served on the Delaware County Board. [photo: K.O. Burrer in 1929 as Past Master of Masons.] [photo: K.O. Burrer Working in the Elevator 1944] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 40) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b81e9cbd7fc917785f1e8b46f0588395.jpg f64628c1ac17be1a88a3f655f06e627e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 41] [corresponds to page 34 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] He served on the Community Library Board of Trustees. He was a charter member of the Sunbury Lions Club and as its president worked hard to develop the sunbury Playground. He was a proficient athlete in high school and college and continued his interest by promotion of such activities locally. His name appears on a tablet in the Deeds Field House at Denision [sic Denison] University, recognizing his support toward its erection. Karl was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, a fifty year member and Past Master of Sparrow Lodge No. 400, F. & A. M. in Sunbury, a member and past officer in the Council and Chapter Masonic bodies in Westerville, Ohio. In later life Karl married Mary Schwin, of Waukarusa, Indiana. Mary was a large woman who was self-conscious of her appearance. Her father was a sheriff in Texas. Her Aunt Mary owned a newspaper so Mary had learned to use a linotype. Mary was a simple, kind gentle Gran-Mary to grandson, John Burrer. Never fully recovering from the accident in the Elevator, Karl died in White Cross Hospital in Columbus, December 5, 1957 and was buried in Sunbury Cemetery. Mary was also buried there when she died in 1962. [photo: K.O. and Mary Burrer in Their Yard at 80 Letts Avenue, Sunbury, Ohio.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 41) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c8eddf5c5e92f99732b6976fd5f7d54c.jpg e3efe5780987bc4d5aa76b127acb46e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 42] [corresponds to page 35 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Paul Parker Burrer Paul Parker was the second surviving son of Gottlieb and Amy Ann. He grew up in the mill and remembered his first job there paid 25 cents a day. Parker graduated from sunbury School. After a very short time at Denison University, he worked in the mill. On October 7, 1908, he marrried Sarah Minerva Hess and to them were born a son, Gerald Jacob, on January 23, 1910, and a daughter, Barbara, on April 18, 1918. Sarah Minerva was a strong willed woman who tended to get things done her way. She was in her glory doing cooking demonstrations at the fairs and was very competent. Working with his father and brothers in G. J. Burrer & Sons mill, Parker became known as a qualified "Master Miller" and implemented his skills as a natural mechanic with a proficient knowledge of electricity, and by constant exposure to the vagaries of steam and internal combustion engines. To keep the Light Plant and the Mill running on schedule, and faced with the constant breakdowns experienced with the early autos and trucks, mechanical ability was essential to survival. In addition to producing and processing flour, feed, and allied grain products, Parker helped wire the family home and the mill for lighting and power in days when little was known about it. He installed electricity in public buildings and houses, old and new, as requested. He installed poles along the streets and backyards where necessary, together with the associated overhead primary and secondary wiring, transformers and metering equipment. Street lights were installed (carbon-arc type) at important intersections and at the mill. Water pumps and systems were installed and household appliances furnished as they became available. [photo: Parker Burrer Playing the Organ in Carleton Burrer's Home in 1971] Parker sold, installed and kept running many of the early "Lalley" (32 volt D.C.) farm lighting plants and systems in the years before rural electric lines were extended into the country. In addition, Parker found time to teach Sunday School in the Baptist Church, sing in his deep baritone voice in the church choir, play the piano for services, and was very active in church affairs. He played an E-Flat Horn in the Knox Band throughout the county as well as the Shrine Bank in Columbus. Parker also enjoyed taking part in group performances and even played the organ. At the turn of the century, Parker and his brother, Rudolph, purchased the lines, water tank near the Baptist Church, and equipment of the original Sunbury Waterworks, then practically 'defunct' for the sum of $1.00 and managed to keep it working for a time. However, before long time spent looking for leaks and digging them up to fix them made the operation Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 42) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/129502171ba9e1f6d2767d73374df4cc.jpg eb3517f6600bd066e78c56d62aa325a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 43] [corresponds to page 36 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] more and more unprofitable. One Sunday morning during church services the water tank fell down with a loud crash and that put them out of business. Following the war in 1918, Parker took over the operation of the mill in Centerburg to make "Light Sponge" and "Tip Top Flour' and the operation of the Mt. Liberty business, commuting back and forth by auto or train. In a retirement article in the Centerburg paper (June 7, 1973), Parker reminisced about traveling by train. In those days people met the trains just to have something to do so there was often a crowd at the station when the train was due. During one of his commuting trips to Sunbury, Parker and a traveling partner decided to ride the cowcatcher from the Condit stop to Sunbury. "It was a wild ride for the two daring young men clinging to the swaying front of the engine. And to top it off when they arrived at the depot in Sunbury there was the usual crowd gathered to 'meet the train' and the cowcatcher passengers received a warm hilarious welcome. Parker didn't say what the conductor or engineer of the train had to say about the incident." Finally in 1923, he moved his family to Centerburg. In 1937, after taking their daughter to college, Parker and Minerva were in an automobile accident. While trying to protect the dog on her lap, Minerva was thrown into the windshield and died shortly after in the hospital. Parker was also badly injured and had to spend time in the hospital. Five years later, in 1942, Parker married Mrs. Minnie McLeod of Columbus. She was a very fun loving woman who brought happiness to Parker. Dan Clancy, a writer for the Columbus Dispatch, wrote a feature about Parker and his recollections of the mill. He recalled in 1903 wheat brought $1 a bushel and corn 50 cents. But he says, "In the Depression, wheat went down to 36 cents and corn to 10 cents. I can remember when I didn't even want corn at 10 cents a bushel." [photo: Paul Parker Burrer 1886-1976 Master Mason Photo] A workaholic, Parker noted, "When I'm awake, my mind is working." Stories around Centerburg tell of Burrer phoning people at 2 or 3 a.m. to ask business questions while he was working on his books. In 1965, Parker noted the demise of mills across the state. In 1927 there were 1376 mills in Ohio, 260 in 1939 and only 20 in 1965. At the age of 80 in 1966, Parker sold his mill to Harold C. "Butch" Cordle and semi- retired, continued to operate the fertilizer sales portion of the business until his health necessitated almost complete curtailment of business activities around 1975. For more than fifty years, he was an active member and a Past Master of Sunbury's Sparrow Lodge No. 400, F. & A. M. In 1973 he received his 65th service award. In 1976 he was honored as the Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 43) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4bc2da03c9350fddca9c21c92a005947.jpg 03d47d5c75a871684980a60056250820 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 44] [corresponds to page 37 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] oldest living Past Master. He was also a member of Clinton Commandry, Knights Templer and a charter member of Centerburg Lions. Distinguished as the longest living Burrer, Parker died in Martin Memorial Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, September 1, 1976 at the age of 90. He left his wife, his children, Gerald Jacob of Monroe Michigan, and Barbara of Romulus, Michigan, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Gerald Jacob, cast in the Burrer mold, loves mechanical challenges. He bought an old car and totally rebuilt it to mint condition. He built his own home on Lake Erie using pegs instead of nails. [photo: Paul Parker Burrer and the Burrer Women Louise Griffiths Burrer (Mrs. R.O.), Minnie McLeod Burrer (Mrs. P.P.) and Charlotte Pagels Burrer (Mrs. G.J.) Barbara, who has made her living as a very successful accountant, also has a flair for mechanical things. Her very practical view of things has allowed her to design and oversee the building of her home. See the Appendix for Parker's family line. Rudolph Odell Burrer Like his brothers, Rudolph worked in the mill through graduation from Sunbury High School then went to Denison. He had beautiful red curls and was popular with the girls. However, in class he sat back and did not recite but still got the best grade on his exam. The Professor said he could not have an 'A' because he had not participated in class discussions. When he went home at Christmas, Rudy refused to return to college. His parents were very upset and went to see the Professor. Rudy was given a second test which he also passed with flying colors but he still refused to go back to school. Since his parents had already paid the non- refundable tuition, they sent Parker to use the remaining funds. Parker took music lessons on the E-Flat horn, piano and voice lessons for his deep baritone voice. After using the remaining Denison funds, he went to London for business school. [photo: Tintype of Rudy Burrer on the left in the big hat.] Rudolph became assistant cashier in the Farmer's Bank in Sunbury where his father was Vice-President when he died in 1926. Rudy worked his way up to the President of the same Bank. He was very Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 44) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7fdb7dfe8dcff9b12eeca86f98fb148f.jpg 29763804c473151f819902f170f51135 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 45] [corresponds to page 38 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] conservative and never loaned more than the bank assets so the bank survived when many others failed during the Depression. He always gave customers conservative uses for their money so none would lose their savings. Many people hired Rudy to build buildings for them because he knew what needed to be done. On October 31, 1915, Rudy married Helen Campbell Dryer of Delaware who opened a millinery shop in Sunbury. The marriage was short lived when she passed away the following January 15 with pneumonia. Rudy wasn't interested in girls after that. Rudy served in the army for a period during WWI and then returned to the Farmer's Bank. [photo: Rudy and Louise Griffiths Burrer May 4, 1932] One day, Louise Sheets told Rudy she would find him a wife if he found her a husband. Louise held up her part of the agreement and introduced him to a friend. So seventeen years after the death of his wife, Rudy married Martha Louise Griffiths, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Griffiths of Delaware. Rudy never did find a husband for Louise Sheets. As a young girl, Louise Burrer had a beautiful operatic voice and went to New York to be in musical comedies. Although she loved the music, the city life in New York was not for her and she returned to Delaware and became deputy clerk in the Delaware County Probate Court where her beautiful penmanship still shows on the records. The Sunbury News article telling of their wedding noted until just a few months before their wedding, Rudy was a woman hater. Louise changed his mind. [photo: R. O. Burrer Master Mason 1912-13] Louise fit right in with the community. She joined in the art classes taught by Mr. Fraley even though she wasn't very artistic. She had a sweet personality which endeared her to her peers. For twenty years, Rudy was Treasurer of the village of Sunbury, and member of the Board of Public Affairs. He was very involved during the difficult time the village was installing the waterworks system. He was member of the Masonic Order for over 50 years and a member of the Knights Templar of the Order. Rudy was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church. He served as President of Sunbury Manufacturing Company during its period of operation in this community. Following the death of his mother in 1932, he Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 45) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/645196c16324a7cec980aa5d0933003d.jpg 9e1e37579662c9599bb7261a19cc630f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 46] [corresponds to page 39 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] purchased the family home at 46 North Columbus Street and resided there the rest of his life. One day he went to see his nephew Carleton and asked, "Since you are the only Burrer in Sunbury, would you live in the house if I leave it to you?" Carleton agreed. [photo: Rudolph Odell Burrer in front of The Farmers Bank, 1960] In 1965, Rudy retired from the Farmer's Bank as President and Chairman of the board of Directors with sixty years of service to the bank. In later years Rudy suffered with emphysema and could not maneuver the stairs so a lift was constructed and positioned in the front room of the house. He died July 17, 1965, in Riverside Hospital in Columbus. Louise continued to live in the homestead as long as she was able then went to live with her sister in Franklin County. She died May 15, 1982. Rudy and both wives are buried in the Sunbury cemetery. [photo: G.J. Burrer, Master Mason] Gordon Jacob Burrer Gordon also graduated from Sunbury High School. The one time his family went to California to visit their cousins, the Bollingers, Gordon was up town watching a fire and got very cold resulting in pneumonia. The family got the word when they arrived at the Bollingers and had to turn right around and return to Sunbury. Like Karl, he graduated from Denison University. He entered the Infantry during WWI as a commissioned officer and obtained the position of Captain by the end of his enlistment. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 46) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d340f593274b0f9c577b4fd8607776c.jpg 4577b565807037a8cf7737c9bd68375f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 47] [corresponds to page 40 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Jakie Burrer, second from left, and Amy, far right, visiting the Bollingers in California.] Gordon became associated with the Travelers Insurance Company in its Fire Division. At his retirement he was a manager of its Dayton and Cincinnati offices. October 3, 1929, Gordon married the beautiful, poised Charlotte Grace Pagels of Cincinnati. Charlotte's family came from Germany and owned several buildings, including a tall warehouse. The Pagels family lived over their business and saw to it that Charlotte had all the education and charm of a lady. To Gordon and Charlotte three children were born - Charlotte Amy, and the twins, Fred Pagels and Gordon Jacob (the third in the family so he was called Don). Don inherited the Burrer mechanical aptitude and, as a child, made his own television. While he was in school he rowed in the Regatta on the Thames River. "When we were in Boston, his wife, Nancy toured us around and it was wonderful," recalled Dilly. All three children have grown into beautiful, well- educated adults. [photo: Gordon Passing Mechanical Skills on to His Son, Don] [photo: Charlotte Burrer, age 92] [photo: Don's '28 Ford Deluxe] G. J. served as the Director and a stockholder in the Farmers Bank of Sunbury and was active in its operation and in the planning of its new building. He died suddenly at his home in Cincinnati on July 4, 1960. Charlotte lived to be 96. Don has updated information on his siblings in the Appendix of this book. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 47) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d9fcffc789990d519db84fb6fbef3ba4.jpg 1081db430cd28e0e699837c93c88ea6f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 48] [corresponds to page 41 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Mrs. Davidson and Her Daughter, Hazel, Louise Burrer, Mary Burrer, Dorothy Dillenbeck, Parker Burrer, Karl Burrer, and Rudolph Burrer in the Living Room of 80 Letts Avenue] Dilly's Recollections of the Burrer Men Not being raised in a mechanical family, Dilly remembers being intimidated by the talk of the Burrer men. She recalled the first time she sat at a family gathering and heard the boys all talking. They were all mechanical and loved to figure out how to make things work. As a result they all spoke a language unfamiliar to her. "To contribute to the conversation, I would try to figure out what they were talking about but I never could," noted Dilly. "They were an amazing family. The genes were mixed so well that no two men were exactly the same. While they all understood the basics of the trade, some excelled in bookkeeping, some in electricity, and some in mechanics. Each thought his field the most important and often did not understand why his brothers did not feel the same way. While they would disagree among themselves, they were always a loyal family, willing to help each other for the good of the family. "The distinguished Roman nose dominated the faces of many of the Burrers and carried through generations of the Burrer family. Note the pictures of Rudy, Carleton and Gottlieb Jacob, pointed out Dilly. "However, their personalities were all so different. Karl and Gordon were the closest." "They were a wonderful bunch of men and I am glad I had the pleasure of knowing them. After my background in a Lutheran minister's family, they brought a totally new exciting dimension to my life." Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 48) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/548a597a1225152e1cc915fe847edd03.jpg 0f75b31ac23f6b02b9f269d568008fa4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 49] [corresponds to page 42 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Burrer Market on Haupstrasse near Center of Heidelberg, Germany] [photo: Burrer Barn near Elyria] Tracing Roots Carleton and Dilly have spent many hours trailing the paths of their ancestors. Sometimes they found kin and other times they were left with more questions. Sometimes driving through the countryside they would spot a barn roof or perhaps a store with the Burrer name displayed and that would lead to more questions. Trekking through cemeteries, became a part of their trips. Occasionally trips weren't too fruitful, such as the trip to Sperryville, Virginia. It was a disappointment to discover no Sperrys in the phone book so Dilly took Carleton's picture at the post office as the only Sperry in Sperryville. Along the way many new-found friends and distant relatives filled in gaps. Corwin Burrer was very helpful on the Elyria-Medina branch of the family. This branch is from Johann Jacob's half brother, Christoph Friedrich III who originally settled there. Kermit Burrer has traced the Texas branch and has been in communication with the relatives still in Germany. There Wilhelm Burrer and Richard Burrer have been working on the Burrer family tree. Through the years Carleton and Dilly recorded their findings and granddaughter, Sherry Burrer, recorded them on a large family [photo: Carleton Sperry Burrer in Sperryville, Virginia September 22, 1965] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 49) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d14accd28a226ad74896fe42542c412b.jpg 814faf53969075209ec7acd6e907dde4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 50] [corresponds to page 43 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Corwin and Earl Burrer of Elyria, Ohio, in 1983] tree which hangs in their home. Parts of the family were written up and printed in The People Book, a local community Bicentennial project which was indexed by Carleton and Dilly. Later Dilly paid to have the book published after Carleton's death. For this account, we have tried to put all of their research together. Copies of the old German documents are in the Appendix. [photo: Dilly Burrer at Christian S. Burrer's (1844-1920) Marker in Elyria, Ohio Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 50) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/126328faeeb6544e2096e41dd538f024.jpg bd8ff79b735d7ee38f456093a3974a7f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 51] [corresponds to page 44 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] American Burrers Go to Germany to Celebrate Heritage On September 5, 1995, the village of Botenheim, in Germany, celebated its 1200 year. The Burrer family which still lives there organized a family reunion. Three of C.F. Burrer's boys, who immigrated to America, had descendents attending the festivities and meeting 150 Burrers from around the world. [photo: Kermit and Elsie Burrer of Texas riding horses in Botenheim's 1200 Year Parade] [photo] [photo: Tom and Louise Burrer] [photo: Nancy Burrer, Dick and Charmy Voss] Kermit and Elsie are from the line of Johann Gottlieb who went to Texas. Tom and Louise descend from Christoph Friedrich Burrer of Elyia, Ohio. Don, Nancy, Charmy and Dick are from Johan Jakob (as are the Sunbury Burrers). Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 51) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bafb86e2838ba1fe4c1d34377c3325ce.jpg f22876f9358ac68f97fd201c48afca76 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 52] [corresponds to page 45 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Botenheim, Germany] [image: map] The German Burrers The arrow goes to Botenheim as shown in the aerial taken in 1993. Cleebron is the next village south, Hofenstein and Besigheim are all in the immediate area, north of Stuttgart, south of Heidelberg. -Photos from Don and Nancy Burrer [photo: Wilhelm Burrer] [photo: Richard Burrer] [photo: Parade before Richard Burrer's House] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 52) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a665f532e2249e54da0b86dab4a1f4d2.jpg 9cc49d8fac09bfb6acbf3e14f571a2c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 53] [corresponds to unnumbered page] FLASKBACK: THE BURRER FAMILY [photo: three male members of family] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 53) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c17ebb5d8105e37df8f97c4745e428e3.jpg cf870a7c0c8d7cee5b505e64dcfab220 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 54] [corresponds to page 47 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton Burrer, 4 years, 26 days] On November 9, 1909, Carleton was born to Karl and Daisy (Sperry) Burrer. Carleton was very much like his father. He was a good mechanic but also very intelligent and treasured books. He loved Sunbury and as a good historian he and his wife traced the origin of the name of Sunbury across the country then across the ocean. It is enclosed in the Appendix of this book. His family moved to Wisconsin when he was a toddler. Then while he was still small, the family moved into a house at 153 North Columbus Street and Carleton attended Sunbury School for the first five grades. He told Joan Fuller he remembered clearly accepting Jesus during one of the special meetings in the Baptist Church when he was six or seven years old. [photo: Carleton, 4, with "Krib", the family's first car which had wooden wheels, at 153 North columbus Street, 1913] [photo: "Carleton trying hard to smile while his picture was taken on the porch at Berkshire. I was real proud of that little gray coat and hat trimmed in blue velvet I had just finished for him," wrote Daisy. 1914] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 54) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2e702dadf0e6e5be2e2f3a5d78f16d21.jpg 1c73778c6fc866193dd11b6cae5ac9fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 55] [corresponds to page 48 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Glimpses into Carleton's Childhood [photo: Carleton in two-wheel cart] [photo: Karl, Daisy, Carleton, 6 months] [photo: Daisy and Carleton at the Hudson River Railroad Bridge in February 1912. The neighbor is pulling Carleton.] [photo: "Carleton enjoyed riding in his carriage so much, we would go down town early in the morning, dressed as he is here, with our market basket tied on behind. He has on his fur outfit, pair of black shoes with white tassels on front and white buttons," wrote Daisy in his scrapbook.] [photo: Karl, Daisy, and Carleton 20 months, at Camp Clifton] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 55) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c77b37d040c2013d89a17c4585097881.jpg 5626d9f749c62cf4191e6c903475d943 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 56] [corresponds to page 49 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Brick home north of Berkshire Corners with 12" thick walls, 12' ceilings on the first floor and 9' ceilings on the second floor. Heat was supplied by a pipeless furnace. Lalley light plant (32 volt DC) installed in early 1920's. Photo 1910.] [photo: Carleton on pony, Karl, Maurice in cart, sister Katherine Van Horn next to Daisy, Mrs. Van Horn in Car with Isaac Sperry. 1916 or 17.] Life in Berkshire Corners The family moved back to Berkshire and Carleton went to a one room school for grades 6-8. He frequently rode his pony, walked, or drove his pony cart the 3 plus miles to school as was a common practice then. After Carleton's eighth grade, the family moved into town to 47 North Morning Street which was to become Carleton's home until 1979. [photo: Carleton and son of Harry and Grace Finch] [photo: Carleton and pet rabbit which died of pneumonia] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 56) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b7a1e3abb312a64d38902b113eb57253.jpg ac3daf3a27c682f536ac9bf089cad412 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 57] [corresponds to page 50 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: Report of Carleton Burrer 1917-1918] [image: Sunbury Public Schools 1889-1890 Record of Carl Burrer] [photo: Carleton and his father shared much more than letters in a name. Note how similar the grades were on these report cards. Carleton also enjoyed sleds as did his father uncles. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 57) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7bdc57aa19fb24aa9e4eb92b230ce380.jpg 26d0a3d27becd7da197de6c47dbe21ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 58] [corresponds to page 51 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Like his father and uncles before him, Carleton played in and around the mill and the Burrer homestead. This note was found on the back of the privy doors in later years when Carleton was an adult. Note the men who worked in the mill also signed the back of this old mill statement. Education During his Sunbury High School years, Carleton took pleasure in his friends and in his church. Many of his classmates became his life- long friends. Carleton graduated from sunbury High School in 1927. With only 5 boys (including Hi Morris and Hoyt Whitney) in his class, Carleton played football, basketball and baseball. He served as Captain of the first Sunbury football team. Sports were expected of all the boys, but Carleton never really enjoyed them. Years later he couldn't understand how his wife could listen to a Reds' baseball [image: On Back of Door of Burrer Privy. John Edwards Truck Drver 2/20/28 [illegible]-1925 14 years old Sunbury, Ohio Box 352 [illegible] [illegible] 1925 15 yrs illegible] must be small to write his name on this s-h wall Pres S-H Cleavers Union J.P. Doane started to work for G.J. Burrer on Sept 15-1921 P-ON Jesse P. Doane [illegible] cross Truck Division Sunbury Ohio APR 20, 1919 Has Just S-T] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 58) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6b8652788a0cb38e6ff56b3b067b9aa0.jpg 84c42c0f989d57b5b087349c8a479676 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 59] [corresponds to back of page 51] Statement THE G.J. BURRER MILL & ELEVATOR CO. WHITE LOAF FLOUR--BURCO FEEDS SUNBURY, OHIO. ACCOUNT OF ACCOUNTS DUE 15TH OF MONTH FOLLOWING PURCHASE. 7% INTEREST AFTER DUE Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 59) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/83c5223c7d9ee8d54a12028378854d04.jpg f07bdc1cb442a2d48f70bb94da4e8c6d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 60] [corresponds to page 52 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Sunbury High School 1927 Top Row: Eleanore Huston, Princ., G.E. McFarland, Supt. 2nd Row: Carleton Burrer, Pres., Berniece Brookens, Tres., Evelyn Patrick, Sec., Freda Linnabary, V.P., Henry Beaver 3rd Row: Emma Fox, Fac., Nellie Gunnette, Gerald Knoderer, William Lee, Olive Mathews, H. R. Fisher, Fac. 4th Row: Mae Miller, Kerfoot Morris, Ruth McCluer, Hoyt Whitney, Frances Stelzer. game on the radio and hang on every play. As Daisy became more and more disenchanted with her life, the family's home life deteriorated whle Carleton was growing up. Throughout his adolescent years, Carleton stayed away from the home turmoil whenever he could. His parents misunderstood his behavior and thought he was into mischief. He turned to a friend, Frank Stelzer, who helped many confused youths in the community. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 60) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b08b461acd80e534ec1f2ce01d1226f9.jpg 06d849d8256addcdfb504be56be4898a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 61] [corresponds to page 53 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Mrs. Davison, Hazel Davidson, Daisy Burrer, Carleton Burrer, K.O. Burrer] Once Carleton and some friends wanted a car for a date but his father refused so Carleton turned to the Superintendent of the Sunday School. He let the boys borrow his car but later claimed they stole a lap-rug from it. Much later a 'friend' admitted to the mischief but not before Carleton was humiliated. By the time he graduated, his parents were dissolving their marriage and Carleton was floundering trying to decide where his allegiance should lie. He went to see an old family friend, Fawn Druggan, and she wisely told him to not take sides but accept each as individuals. This advice was sound and Carleton became a neutral force in family matters. After high school, his first job was setting poles for the Central Utilities Company when they installed the power line from Cheshire to Sunbury. Little did he know at that time how much this experience would help in his future. When he should have been sent to college, his parents were so caught up in their own bitterness, they did not consider his needs. Karl wanted him to go to military school and receive some discipline. Daisy knew that was wrong and so they settled on technical school. Westinghouse was looking for bright young men with scientific and mechanical minds. A teacher told Carleton about the school, he applied and was accepted. He moved to Pittsburgh for his training. There he worked in Westinghouse in the day and attended classes in the evening for about a year. The classes were free and they received enough pay to be able to afford the apartment if they pooled their funds. A group of five boys lived together in an apartment, did their own cooking and went to school. While Carleton was in the trade school, he met and roomed with Seward Arnold. They both knew they wanted an education and were a cut above some of their other roommates. One time Daisy went to see her son and called to let him know she was there but a female answered the phone. Apparently she had been living with one of Carleton's roommates but she scooted before Daisy got to the house. No one ever told Dilly who the woman was visiting but she knew it wasn't Carleton. Another time a policeman came to see one of the fellows who hid in a closet. The others did not want to get into trouble so they dragged the man out to talk with the policemen. Carleton and Seward got more education than they had bargained for. Meets Dilly At this time Dilly was attending Elmira College in New York. Her little sister Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 61) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9c79bd6c298b09188d227a0e03ca57de.jpg 9a210878267dd0151597578304c1b109 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 62] [corresponds to page 54 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton and Dilly During Prom Weekend at Elmira College] at college had a friend who was interested in taking Dilly to the prom. She was all dressed in a prom dress of tulle over taffeta and felt very special as she went to the dance. Unfortunatley the date was not a winner. In addition to the flask in his pocket, he couldn't dance, made an improper advance and lastly got her to the dorm 15 minutes late which caused Dilly to be grounded for two solid weeks. Dilly wanted nothing more to do with that young man so she now was facing the senior prom without a date. Her friend Margie, who was engaged to one of Carleton's roommates, knew of some guys in Pittsburgh who were interested in going to the prom. Dilly said, "Count me in," but faced it with reservations. All the girls had spent time learning to dance and she was afraid she would be disappointed, again. However, this time the two short people, Dilly and Carleton, were paired off. "Carleton danced like a dream," remembers Dilly. "We hit it off right away." There was some sort of a problem and Westinghouse closed the program. Carleton and Seward bought a sporty convertible automobile with a rumble seat and went to Toledo where they heard there were jobs. Their funds were very limited so they lived at the YMCA. Carleton found a job selling appliances on commission. Unfortunately, it was the Depression, money was tight, and not many bought appliances. Seward couldn't find a job. Carleton made enough money to pay the room for both of them and by so doing paid off Seward's half of the car and became the sole owner of it. As a natural leader, Carleton became president of the YMCA while in Toledo. Meanwhile, Carleton and Dilly's relationship blossomed through the mails. Although they both [photo: Mr. Saunders, Seward Arnold and Carleton with THE CAR in which they took a trip to the east coast. May 1929] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 62) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ce4d7bb34e2f041df59bc67577ccca1b.jpg c8616773b135585eb3918b2bc3cd78aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 63] [corresponds to page 55 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] dated other people, Carleton drove to New York whenever he could - one time taking only 12 hours for the trip. Another time Dilly came to Ohio to visit Carleton. He drove her to Cleveland and put her on an overnight boat to Buffalo. "I didn't get much sleep but the idea was good," noted Dilly. Sunbury Electric Shop Business was very slow in Toledo so Carleton decided to return to Sunbury. There in the height of the Depression, Carleton, as the electrician, and Wayne "Slim" Crawford opened an electric store in the basement of the old post office building (Blue Door Antiques in 1996) on East Cherry Street. "If we sold a box of fuses or some light bulbs, we figured we'd had a pretty good day in those times," Carleton told The Sunbury News editor, John Whitney, when the latter wrote the Burrer's retirement story in 1975. Carleton gave Dilly an engagement ring for Christmas in 1934. At the time she was teaching school and working for the WPA as a librarian in Stratford, NY., a small mountain town in the lower Adirondacks. In 1933 or 34, Carleton bought Crawford's share of the business and then in 1937, moved it to the east side of the square (where Glenn Evans Insurance Agency is located in 1996.) Sunbury Electric Shop collected payments for electric bills due to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric. The shop handled electrical appliances and Carleton did electrical contracting. Following in the footsteps of his father and uncles, in 1938, Carleton, wearing a new tuxedo his father purchased for the occasion, was installed as the Master of Sparrow Lodge No 400 F.& A.M. in Sunbury. The next year Carleton was the youngest Past Master of the lodges in Ohio. In 1939 Sunbury Electric Shop moved next door to Blakely-Williams in a large frame building at the southeast corner of Vernon and Cherry Streets. Military Service in World War II [photo: Carleton April 5, 1943] The war began and the papers were all asking for anyone with a knowledge of electricity. Carleton enlisted as a Corporal and was sent to Lexington for training in the special electrical forces. [photo: Cpl Carleton burrer of the Army Signal Corps is stationed at Gover- nor's Island, N. Y. awaiting orders. Carleton has been studying and in- structing in radio at an Army school in Lexing- ton, Ky. He re- ceived his lieu- tenant commiss- ion two weeks ago and stopped off here enroute to New York. Lt. Burrer owns the Sunbury Electric Shop which is being operated by his mother since his enlistment. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 63) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c66ea42d538e388e1d4738aa517d6664.jpg 78fd685cb092bb212d50b71bc5639a6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 64] [corresponds to page 56 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: Government Request For Transportation MEMORANDUM] Following his training he was sent to England in 1942 for nine months. while he was there he was notified that his unit, Army Specialists Corps, had been dissolved and he was no longer in the military. The men in his unit made a coffin and buried the A.S.C. In 1943, Carleton returned home. About a month later he was again notified that Uncle Sam needed his services. This time Carleton went as a civilian in charge of the Signal Corps to hang telephone lines in Hawaii. [photo: End of the Army Specialists Corps.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 64) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/281da987e0de810353f9c6660df7bbb1.jpg 5e7f512142276edd86736957ad950fa6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 65] [corresponds to page 57 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Civilian Carleton in Hawaii, 1943-44] [photo: Carleton, top, on pole stringing lines in Hawaii.] While he was gone his mother, Daisy Sperry Burrer, Walter M. Gross, Leta (Speer) Barnhard, Harry W. Snow and Lily Kempton continued on with the business. During his war years, he continued to correspond with Dilly. In the meantime, she had graduated from Columbia with a Masters in Library Science and become the Assistant Librarian at Capital University in Columbus in 1941. [photo: Interior of sunbury Electric Shop in the Blakely-Williams building during a WW II christmas. Note no appliance available. Walt Gross, Daisy Burrer and Minneta Hoover Ritchie are running the business. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 65) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1573972a3e530230facb9b8851bcbe8f.jpg fc40d067b927c69d036530c4aacef47b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 66] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] FLASKBACK: DILLENBECK FAMILY [photo: 3 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 66) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/72557f621fc224692cb150487d4ad55d.jpg a82ce1eb5c98fb394d5dd6bd6d2f8140 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 67] [correspnds to page 58 of [foldout: Dilly Burrer's Ancestor's] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 67) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1df93d8b718d4ceb5a18e241d59cb4e9.jpg 88351966ea9732bdf182905ce15c6086 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 68] [corresponds to page 59 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Dorothy Dillenbech 2 years, 9 months] Dorothy MacNaughton Dillenbeck was born January 6, 1907, to Andrew Luther and Stella Pearl (Whitbeck) Dillenbeck while he was studying in Hartwick Theological Seminary in Hartwick Seminary, New York. Dorothy was not given a middle name at the time of her birth because Dorothy Dillenbeck was a long enough name for a little girl. Wishing for a middle name, all through her youth she made up her own. Finally when she was going away to school she decided she needed a middle name and her father helped her settle on MacNaughton, her great- grandfather's surname. "A MacClain girl had married a MacNaughton man which was better than a MacNaughton girl marrying a MacClain man!" - so the family saying goes. All through school she was called Dorothy, her father was Dil and her brother was Dil. One day the three of them were sitting on the porch and someone went by and called "Hi, Dilly." "We weren't sure who they were talking to but the name stuck and I became Dilly with a 'y although many spell it with 'ie.'" With the new nickname she fit in when her friend whose name was Fitch was always called Fitchie. The Dillenbach family has been traced to Switzerland where two forms of the name are in common usage - Dallenbach and Tallenbach. Indeed the two names are so often interchanged the telephone directory in Bern, Switzerland, (in 1969) showed cross references between the two spellings. The family legend says the family is descended from Wilhelm Tell (Tallen) whose family lived by the brooks (bach) thus Tallenbach. Those who remained on the hillside or mountain (bergs) slopes are called Tallenbergs. Time flattened the sound of the T to D thus Dallenbach. Quite probably William Tell was a relative. Although the family is found in Switzerland, both the name and the family are German noted Andrew Dillenbeck and Karl Dallenbeck who co-edited the family genealogy, The Dallenbachs in America. Jorg Martin Dillenbach Jorg Martin (Martin as he was known) was born about 1690 to Nicholas and Anna Barbara Dallenbach of Lauperswil, a small Swiss village in the Alps a few miles northeast of Bern. In 1710, Martin, his wife Sarah Catherine (Baumann?), and his widowed mother were among the second migration of Palatines from the Rhine Valley to New York. Historians have decided Sarah probably died giving birth to Anna Margretha August 1, 1712, and the baby died soon after. Six months later Martin married Anna Elizabeth (Castlemann) and they lived in Neu Castle across the Hudson from Germantown, N.Y. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 68) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f032bf70a8911875c8298557555daf81.jpg c627e5cca53200d8b0bd9122449918a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 69] [corresponds to page 60 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Martin served under Col. Nicholson in 1711 in Queen Anne's War thus becoming the first in the family to bear arms on American soil. It is unknown when Martin moved to the Mohawk Valley but most of his children were born there and he is probably buried on the old homestead which is still in the family in 1996. He founded Stone Arabia Church in a log cabin in 1728 on land secured from the government known as the Stone Arabia Patent. Since its founding, the church has never been closed although fire destroyed the log structure and it was rebuilt. Dilly and her father have always maintained membership in this church. Ten children were born to this union: Johannes (1714), Henrich (1716), Christian (1718), Anna Maria (1720), Wilhelm (1722), Elisabeth (1725), Martinus (1729), John Dietrich (1731), John Baltasar (1733), and John David (1735). Henrich Dillenbach Our family follows through Henrich (1716-1795) who married Anna Margretha (Wagner) March 19, 1735. Anna was born April 15, 1712 to John Peter and Maria Margretha (Loucks) Wagner in New Paltz. To this union nine children were born: Anna Margretha (12-22-1735), Andrew (12-29-1736), Anna Maria (12-7- 1738), Elizabeth (4-4-1740). Henrich (3-29-1741), Catherine (12-26-1743), Johannes (1-13-1747), Magdalena (10-5-1749), and Barbara Elizabeth (6-22-1752). All were members of the Lutheran church but it is not known if they are buried in the old church cemetery or at the homestead. Andrew A. Dillenbach Andrew (12-29-1736 to 8-6-1977) married Catharina Finck on November 27, 1764. Catharina was the daughter of Andreas and Margaret Finck and had grown up with Andrew. They had 6 children: Anna Margretha (3-26-1766), Catherine (3- 3-1768), Maria (4-11-1770), Andrew A. (4-26-1775) and Magdalena (4-24-1778). His last daughter was born months after her father's death. When Sir William Johnson called for troops to march on Ft. William Henry, March 20, 1757, twenty-one year old Andrew was in Capt. Soffrines Deychert's Company. The Company disbanded nine days later. Again on July 24, 1763, when the alarm went out that German Flatts was in danger of attack, Andrew responded. In 1768, Andrew signed a petition to Sir William to compel him to issue a new deed when the Lutheran congregation of Stone Arabia had lost its deed to their property. Andrew was active in events leading up to the American Revolution. He served as a Lieutenant in the Palatine Militia. Then in 1776, he and Capt. John Zielley and others, were made a Committee of Vigilance to procure arms and equipment for the Militia. In 1777, he marched on Oriskany as Lieutenant in Capt. Severines Cook's Company, Col. Klock's New York Regiment under General Herkimer. On August 4, 1777, General Nicholas Herkimer gathered together 800 militiamen at Ft. Dayton (now Herkimer, N.Y.) for the relief of Ft. Schuyler (Rome, N.Y.) which was besieged by British under Col. Berry St. Leger and Indians led Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 69) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e43e1013168407c50cbf97192c1815a8.jpg 90df4b7d914f509536774d32604f3aed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 70] [corresponds to page 61 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] by Joseph Brant a Mohawk Indian. On the 6th, General Herkimer's troops were ambushed by the British under Sir John Johnson and Indians under Brant in a ravine 2 miles west of Oriskany, a village in Oneida County, N.Y. The rear portion of Herkimer's troops escaped the trap, but were pursued by the Indians, and many of them were overtaken and killed. Between the remainder, the British and the Indians, there was a desperate hand-to-hand conflict, interrupted by a violent thunderstorm, with no quarter shown by either side. Soldiers were dropping right and left, so Lieutenant Dillenbach was made Captain on the battlefield. Captain Andrew Dillenbach, knowing how Indians treated prisoners, told George Walter (to whom we are indebted for his eye witness account of the following events) he would not be taken alive. "Three of Johnson's Greens set upon him. One of his assailants seized the Captain's gun, but he suddenly wrenched it from him and felled him with the musket butt. He shot the second dead, and thrust the bayonet through a third. But in the moment of triumph a ball laid him low." He was shot through the head and died instantly. A tradition in the family says that the gun that killed the Captain was fired by a Tory neighbor living on the farm adjoining the Old Homestead and one with whom Captain Andrew had grown up and into whose family his oldest daughter was to marry. Following the Captain's previous instructions to his comrades, his silver buckles were removed from his shoes and knees and put with his pocketbook to later be taken to his wife. There was no time to bury the victims, so the Captain's body was put in a field of tall wheat to hide it from the Indians and prevent scalping. Hearing the firing near Ft. Schuyler, the British finally withdrew but not before 200 Americans had been killed and as many more taken prisoners. The British losses were equally as heavy. General Herkimer, though his leg had been taken by a shot at the beginning of the action, continued to direct the fighting on the American side. Herkimer died August 16 as a result of the clumsy amputation of his leg. The battle was not decisive but it did prevent St. Leger's troops from joining up with General Burgoyne. Story of the Battle is taken from Encyclopedia Britannica. Since the dead were never buried, it is said that for months after the battle, travelers detoured the field to avoid the stench of decaying flesh. Members of the family know the exact spot where Andrew was killed. In 1877, one hundred years after his death, Dilly's grandfather, Luther, and others visited the spot and found a sign nailed to a tree which read "Here Captain Andrew Dillenbeck was killed." In 1930, Dilly's father and brother also visited the battlefield. A tall obelisk monument marks the place today. Catharina was left pregnant and with five chilren, the oldest only eleven. In 1780, she married Capt. John Zielley, a friend, neighbor and co-militiaman of Andrew's, and guardians were appointed for the children. To this union more children were born and family tradition says they received preference over captain Andrew's children. Andrew A. Dillenbach II Andrew A.(4-26-1775 to 12-20-1868) was only 2 when his father, Captain Andrew, died at the Battle of Oriskany and only 5 when Johnson's raid burned the Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 70) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/73c2bbed5ffddac75abd9a4f98ddb006.jpg b40c1e58218ea9bd324a481e2a52b10c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 71] [corresponds to page 62 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] churches and buildings in Stone Arabia in 1780. However, the vivid sight of the burning buildings and crops became a lasting memory for him. It is possible Andrew was raised by grandparents after his mother remarried when he was five years old. Documents show his grandfather Finck saved his Dillenbach inheritance for him after a guardian was appointed for Captain Andrew's children. So at 17, Andrew took charge of the family farm. Andrew A. married Margaret Woolever (Wohleben) March 11, 1777. Margaret's family had come to America with the first Martin Dallenbach. She was born May 1777 in German Flatts or Manheim. Andrew and Margaret had six children: Magdalena (7-14-1798), Andrew A. (9-18-1800). Eva, Engel (6-22-1804 who died an infant), John A. (5-25-1807) and Catharine (6-22-1812) In 1807 Andrew purchased a 16 year old Negro slave named Sam from the Pastor Philip Grotz because the pastor was afraid he would be forced to beat the boy if he kept him. Sam was "an imp of mischief" who had tried the pastor. It is not known if Andrew had other slaves. He served as Orderly Sergeant under Capt. John I. Cook (his uncle) in the War of 1812 and spent 3 months stationed at Sacketts Harbor. Margaret died February 21, 1863, and Andrew December 20, 1868. They are the first interred in the family plot at the Old Homestead. Andrew A. Dillenbach III Andrew A. was born on the Old Homestead September 18, 1800. Named after his father and grandfather, it was intended that he would one day inherit the homestead. Unfortunately difficulties arose after his marriage when he and his wife attempted to live at home, so his father purchased a farm for him about 2 miles east where he and his wife lived, died and are buried. This Andrew was known as "Little Andrew" because he was small in stature. He married Margaret (Neahr) and they had eight children: Eliza (1824 to 1904 who never married), Margaret (1828-1912), Julianna, Charles A. (1834-1903), David (1837-1908), Luther (7-4-1843 to 6-19-1894), and Hannah (1847-1933). Margaret died December 14, 1874, and Andrew died January 6, 1881. [photo: Andrew A. Dillenbeck, Dilly's Great-Great Grandfather] [photo: Margaret (Woolever) Dillenbeck, Dilly's Great-Great Grandmother] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 71) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e4d4e1dc0a71371f92bf852ec5b9d5b6.jpg 5ba6ec017fa1e6252f5b85063a3c0e85 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 72] [corresponds to page 63 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Andrew A. and Margaret (Neahr) Dillenbeck Dilly's Great Grandparents] [2 photos: Luther and Helen (Van Wie) Dillenbeck Dilly's Grandparents Photos are from tintypes] Luther Dillenbeck Luther was born July 4 1843, in Stone Arabia. His family lived in a huge house on one side of the Erie Canal and Van Wies lived in a hugh house on the other side of the canal. Both families were very prosperous. As a young man, Luther began to drink beer which caused some mixed feelings in the family. Then to make matters worse be [sic he] married his third cousin, Helen (Van Wie) January 13, 1870, and they stayed with the Dillenbecks for a short time. Helen was the daughter of John and Helen (Wormuth) Van Wie. John was the son of Daniel and Anna (Dillenbach) Van Wie. Anna was the daughter of Johannes and Maria (Sprecher) Dillenbach. Johannes was Captain Andrew's brother. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 72) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8dd37b13b54e6180aaa0e10069b007c3.jpg b63d3edf831cef9cf8412caefe70d277 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 73] [corresponds to page 64 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Soon Luther and Helen were on their own farm raising hops just a mile east of his sister Julianna and his brother Charles. They had four children: John L. (1871-1872), Andrew L. (1878-1963), Marie (1882), and John W. (1887). Farming is always a gamble and when it is mixed with excessive drinking the odds begin to stack against the farmer. Luther began to put everything into hops and after a few bad seasons, he lost all the money which was to pay the mortgage. [photo: Dilly's Great-Grandfather John D. Van Wie Helen Dillenbeck's Father] [photo: Helen Van Wie Dillenbeck] Due to the drinking Luther's health failed so they sold the farm and moved to a little house near Stone Arabia schoolhouse. While Luther was drinking he was the life of the party but he could also be nasty and in one of the nasty times he kicked the family dog which resulted in its death. When Luther wouldn't return home, his son Andrew was sent after him although Andrew was only a small boy. Luther died June 19, 1894, when Andrew was only 9 years old. This period in Andrew's life was to have a lasting impression on him. He became a teetotaller for life. [photo: Helen Van Wie Dillenbeck Dilly's Grandmother] The Dillenbeck and Van Wie families would not help widow Helen so she began cleaning houses and hired out Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 73) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/605adda2ea4ea0a7b3be4bf120b82cd2.jpg 3b341cbf7163dbd29cd84e7c18c44222 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 74] [corresponds to page 65 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Andrew L. Dillenbeck 11 months] to help in kitchens when the harvesters needed to be fed. Thus she provided for her family. She and the children moved to St. Johnsville where she died January 22, 1917. [photo: Dillenbeck Home Where Andrew Luther Grew Up] [Photo: Pearl Whitbeck] Andrew Luther Dillenbeck Andrew was born in Palatine, N.Y. November 11, 1878. He attended High school at Canajoharie and Hartwick Seminary and taught school for four years. He worked his way through college working in the dorms and leading tours on the battlefields of Gettysburg and became a scholar about the war. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1905. In June 7, 1905, he married Stella Pearl Whitbeck of Hartwick Seminary. Pearl's Swackhammer and Whitbeck Ancestors Pearl was born December 16, 1877, to Charles and Catherine Margaret (Swackhammer) Whitbeck. The Swackhammers came from Scotland about 1776. Samuel Schwackhammer, born 1700 in Germany, came in 1731 to the American wilderness, married three times and fathered 25 children, 73 grandchildren, and Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 74) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/618a088ffdc4e21c095194da1360a3a0.jpg 0ac599df0e5fcd496cdbdb0bd1dbbb0b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 75] [corresponds to page 66 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] 25 great grandchildren (according to his funeral notice in the old- church book). He leased a tract of 600 acres. Samuel died February 3, 1782. His will dated February 1, 1780, and probated March 8 (Trenton Lib. 23, fol. 247) names his wife Elizabeth, son-in-law Daniel Samis (maybe Lamis), brother in-law Fred Miller, and thirteen children. It was witnessed by Joseph Snider, Charles Hildebrand, and Sarah Clymer. The fourth listed child was Stephen Swackhammer who married Jane Bowman, the daughter of Lambert Bowman. Their children were Rev. Lambert Swackhammer, Susan who married a Dewey, David, Eliza, and one other. Dilly has a quilt made by her family from Jane Bowman Swackhammer's dresses after her death in 1853. [photo: Jennet MacHaughton Swackhammer Dilly's Great-Grandmother] Rev. Lambert Swackhammer and Jennet MacNaughton Swackhammer married June 14, 1828 in Clay, N.Y. Rev. Swackhammer (b.1805-d. 11-2-1857) served many Lutheran churches across the countryside from the middle of New York state to New Jersey where he actually started to build a church in Middle Valley which he never finished but the ruins remain. (Articles about his church are on the following pages.) Between services he taught in schools along his circuit, perhaps supervising lesson plans for the young teachers. He became an abolitionist which was not popular. More black than white people attended his services. One of his sermons has been saved at Rutgers University. [photo: Four Generations Dilly's Aunt Alice (Whitbeck) Barringer, Great-Grandmother Jennet (MacNaughton) Swackhammer holding Alice's son Harry, and Catharine Margaret (Swackhammer) Whitbeck] Catherine Margaret Swackhammer was born January 11, 1838 in Manheim, New York. She became the wife of Charles Edward Whitbeck and mother of Stella Pearl Whitbeck. She, too, taught school. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 75) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a49d5c5b8a8e0e44d1dcef0dbd2b3c1c.jpg 7594222128a00633d671f1100680df55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 76] [corresponds to page 67 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Rev. Swackhammer's Church] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 76) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ad76d13272f0a04f575570366e5dbd1b.jpg 65ec614d4f42845e42508bf4089941ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 77] [corresponds to page 68 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Rev. Swackhammer's Church] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 77) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9c4d3b136b3343228ff981e601020862.jpg 19c4e3c84e02cb6a5675f7422912f33e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 78] [corresponds to page 69 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Rev. Swackhammer continued to travel a set route and would stay in each community for services, baptisms, weddings, etc. On one of his travels among his parishes, he got the chills and developed TB from which he died at the age of 51. At that time he was making his home with the family of his daughter, Catherine Margaret Swackhammer Whitbeck. [photo: Charles E. Whitbeck] [photo: Catherine Margaret Swackhammer Whitbeck Both Photos are Tintypes] A descendent of Dutch forbearers who settled in Albany County, N.Y., Pearl's father, Charles Edward Whitbeck, came from a family of weavers. A woven coverlet handed down through the family is in the Burrer Room at Community Library. [photo: Charles E. Whitbeck Dilly's Grandfather] A letter (copied on the following page) was written to Johnathan Whitbeck by his father giving the son business advice. The letter was folded, addressed on the back and delivered to Johnathan who must have cherished it for it to be in Dilly's possession today. Charles Whitbeck was a house painter in the summer but the job was seasonal. His wife Catherine was the laundress for table linens at Hartwick Seminary. This was a never ending task and the irons were always ready for anyone to take a turn. [photo: Donald McKenzie, Alice May Whitbeck and Pearl Whitbeck] Pearl was one of seven children; two ministers, two teachers, a firefighter and a farmer. Her first two brothers, Lambert and Clarence ate Queen Anne's Lace and died very young. Her older sister Alice, who was like a mother to her younger sister Pearl, became a teacher. George became a minister and the father of three but due to a family fallout they were not well known by Dilly. Harry was a farmer with a wonderful sense of humor and a favorite of Dilly's. "Harry's wife was missing a front upper tooth which showed whenever she Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 78) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fc8481ccb00689dbe120e4584e9fc90b.jpg 581f769de4b9ff93007718d5ac32b7d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 79] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] This pale blue paper was folded so the part at the right was on the outside. There is no stamp but it is addressed as though it were mailed so perhaps it was hand delivered. [image: Jonathan Whitbeck] [image:Johnathan Whitbeck I leave a few lines for you if you think best you may help Wm [illegible] get in corn and [illegible] his or the hay [illegible] is in the Barn if he will pay you for your trouble, you can ask him if he wants you to help him and make your own bargain but I want you to be particular and Keep the account of the number of Bails of Hay and See by what [illegible] they are shiped and Say Nothing to any one but Mrs. W [illegible] dont let any one know you are Keeping the account of Hay and weight you May Have all he will pay you only I want you to take good care of the family, if I have time I will tell Mrs Richards to let you have a pair of Boots as you may order a pair made for you] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 79) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2477aff5f5110d46626befe03f373821.jpg 1ffae7c7c1388eb7b9f0f420b22d2fe6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 80] [corresponds to page 71 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photos: Lambert and Clarence Whitbeck, Who Died as Small Boys After Eating Queen Anne's Lace in 1878] opened her mouth. Since she was always talking or laughing, the hole was very visible," remembers Dilly. Edward was a firefighter. At last, Pearl joined the family. Aunt Alice managed to keep all the brothers and sisters in touch through the years. Charles died August 31, 1912, and Catherine Margaret on January 6, 1926. [photo: The Charles Whitbeck Homestead in Hartwick Seminary Uncle George Whitbeck has the big ears on the left, Grandma Jennet (MacNaughton) Swackhammer, Pearl Whitbeck is small girl, and Aunt Alice (Whitbeck) Barringer. The house was built as a tavern and post office in 1790. About 1854, it was owned and enlarged by Rev. Levi Stemberg, the principal of Hartwick Seminary. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 80) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8325abdb81f11e9438ff3ab077d95b47.jpg 22550ff3b62a5a58ed7fa232fd1bfbe8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 81] [corresponds to page 72 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: The whitbeck Homestead in Hartwick Seminary, New York Following extensive remodeling in 1927-28 by Rev. Russell and Mrs. Alice (Whitbeck) Barringer. [photo: Ivona Whitbeck Showing talent as a singer and dancer which she later became.] [photo: At Uncle John's Levina ?, Martha Dillenbeck, Albert Dillenbeck, Marie Dillenbeck, Pearl Whitbeck, Uncle John Dillenbeck, man unknown in front] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 81) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/adee190ba9a2dd9ca6b38b715efae248.jpg c114b2974b91543bdfde3165673736e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 82] [corresponds to page 73 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Charles Edward Whitbeck Family Back Row: Donald McKenzie, Dilly's Uncle Harry Nelson Whitbeck, Grandpa Charles Whitbeck, Aunt Alice (Whitbeck) Barringer, Grandma Catherine Margaret (Swackhammer) Whitbeck. Seated: Uncle Russell Barringer, Great Grandma (MacNaughton) Swackhammer, Stella Pearl Whitbeck, Uncle George Grant Whitbeck On the Floor: Uncle Ed Whitbeck [photo: Catherine Margaret Whitbeck age 75, January 11, 1913 Dilly's Grandmother,] [photo: Charles Edward Whitbeck, age 80, March 1, 1911 Dilly's Grandfather,] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 82) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/236914ce27b2dd17fb3ca0d09fc3684b.jpg 449752b46b828e1571c9827ddc6f9efb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 83] [corresponds to page 74 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Paul Whitbeck, 4 years old] [photo: Rev. George Grant Whitbeck Family in 1907 G. Paul, Earl C. George, and Myrthl Fatima Whitbeck] [photo: Earl Whitbeck] [photo: Paul Whitbeck] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 83) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b0b124884a2c2e0b698fc38cdfb0f2ad.jpg ff8d368941ebefb9d214440c00fc41ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 84] [corresponds to page 75 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Fort Hunter School Where Pearl taught] [photo: Mrs. Russell Barringer Alice May Whitbeck. 1891] Stella Pearl Whitbeck Pearl graduated from Hartwick Seminary in 1895 and taught school for thirteen years. From the age of eighteen, Pearl suffered with bronchial asthma. To get to her school the short way, she had to walk straight up a hill which brought on asthma attacks, If she walked the long way around the hill, the slope was more gradual and she would feel better. [photo: Pearl Whitbeck] [photo: Clarence Whitbeck] Pearl had mastered the English language and always knew the right word for each occasion. She drilled it into her children and students, "Use the right word in the right place." Andrew also loved words but if he didn't if he couldn't think of the right word, he would make one up. "Guess that is why I've always enjoyed making up words," chuckled Dilly. [photo: Pearl Whitbeck] Pearl also loved to paint. she took lessons for which her sister Alice paid and developed a knack for it. several of her paintings are hanging in Dilly's home. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 84) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/dbed7e8bd630bc059ce88b378183f16d.jpg a4f8c6448b47ae2d408116658f69090d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 85] [corresponds to page 76 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [4 images: Samples of the many Cards and Programs Pearl Had Printed for Her Pupils] Souvenir Hartwick Sem'y Public School, District No. 1, Hartwick Twp., Otsego Co., A. D. 1901-1902, PRESENTED BY STELLA P. WHITBECK, Teacher. Names of Pupils Hattie Root Greta Whitbeck Jennie Estes Mabel Mercer Mabel smith Elva Smith Zoe Wikoff Lottie Smith Vera Acker Elsa Weeks Luella Petrie Myrtle Van Court Claude Whitbeck Paul Weeks Clarence Whitbeck George Mercer Willie Mercer Rufus Wikoff Carter Burnett Ora Murdock George Beatty Dorr Augur Harry Murphy Lewis Mercer Clyde Hayne Floyd Smith Truman Smith Pupils Mabel I. Beckley Lilith Record Blanche Record Marion A. Augur Carrie Salisbury Alice Salisbury Grace C. Lattin May S. Fogarty Anna S. Fogarty Luena Blanchard Florence Cook Maude Cook Amos Cook Merton Beckley Howard Record W. Bassett Koch Harry C. Sergent Souvenir School District No. 12 Hinman Hollow Otsego County, N. Y. 1896-1897. PRESENTED BY S. Pearl Whitbeck, Teacher John Cross Trustee Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 85) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1bd55eba7c6398db3eae1a6802f17e59.jpg 35b41bb0fe0f91177eeb931b99868c7b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 86] [corresponds to page 77 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Andrew always said Pearl was 'a born teacher' and never had any discipline problems because she had a way of making the children want to learn all she could teach them. Years later when Dilly applied for a job at Canajoharie the superintendent said to hire her if she was Pearl Whitbeck's daughter! [photo: Teacher Pearl at Her Desk] [photo: Andrew L, Dillenbach in His Dorm at Hartwick Theological Seminary] Pearl encouraged Andrew to complete his theological studies because if he wanted to be a minister she wanted him to be a good one and not the popular stand-up minister found in many of the churches. Hartwick Theological Seminary was an excellent theological seminary and Pearl was teaching when they married. So he received training and preparation for the ministry and was ordained at West Sand Lake June 19, 1907. [photo: Favorite Pastime was the Parlor Band Andrew is in the back left, Pearl front right.] [photo: Andrew Dillenbeck sitting at the Teacher's Desk used by Pearl] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 86) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba65d942e99d88649afde67794c4a8d3.jpg 08f5335229cb4b2f017c0f86718b03f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 87] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] . Y., WEDNES [illegible] MATRIMONIAL [illegible] 7, 1905 DILLENBECK-WHITBECK. The union of two young lives in holy wedlock, and the consequent bringing together of two families hitherto unrelated and unknown to each other, is an event to stir any neighborhood to unusual activity. Several years ago Mr. Andrew L. Dillenbeck of St. Johnsville came hither to pursue in the Seminary a course of studies leading to the ministry of the Lutheran Church. While in school he was attracted to one of Hartwick's fair maidens, Miss Stella Pearl Whitbeck, then a teacher in the public school, and earlier a graduate of the Seminary. . . . . . . . . Here we have a blank into which our readers can fill the "old, old story." Mr. Dillenbeck entered Gettys- burg College in 1902, and this year is graduated therefrom with dis- tinguished, honors, including a prize of $30.00. Miss Whitbeck for two years has been a teacher in the High School at Fort Hunter. [photo] On the 7th of June, '05, in the Seminary Church, these joined their earthly fortunes in holy marriage, saying their vows to Rev. Alfred Hiller, D. D., pastor of the Lutheran Church. At 8 p. m. Prof. C. S. Derrick, presiding at the Organ, played the wedding march, and the bridal party approached a bower of beauty in white and green. Rev. Geo. G. Whitbeck of Valatio gave his sister in marriage unto the husband of her choice. The immediate party fronting the officiating clergyman were, the bride and groom, accompanied by Stanley Haverly as best man, and Greta May Whitbeck, a niece, as maid of honor. Flanking these were the ushers, Mr. Hinkle, College class- mate, Dallas Dillenbeck, Elton Dil- lenbeck, cousins, and John Dillenbeck, brother, and bride's maids, Misses Flora and Elsie Murdock. The rain which had been pouring during the afternoon considerately ceased to allow the guests, who nearly filled the church, to go to the ceremony, and to return to the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Whitbeck, the bride's parents. Being "only a man" we shall not attempt to describe the bride's trosseau, nor to describe the bride's trosseau, nor the gowns of the various sweet and pretty attendants. Suffice it to say they were all in keeping with the occasion. To our thinking the refined and intellectual bearing was superior to any amount of "clothes" which might be enumerated. So, also, when we attempt to describe the brilliancy of the reception which immediately followed the ceremony our pen threatens to revolt. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Whitbeck, in- cluding the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Whitbeck, just thronged with merry guests, while white robe maidens flitted here, there and yon, dispensing refreshments, many or most of which were the product of the bride's own deft hand. Shall we enumerate the gifts? No, that would be about impossible, and surely might subject some one to a feeling of envy. We desire, however, to note those of the guests who journeyed hither from other com- munities, omitting those who dwell within our gates. Mrs. Dillenbeck, mother, Marie Dillenbeck, sister, and John Dillen- beck, brother of the groom, St. Johnsville; Mrs. Kate Dillenbeck, Miss Nan Dillenbeck, Elton Dillen- beck and Dallas Dillenbeck and two lady friends, Canajoharie; Mrs. E. L. Tucker, Syracuse; Rev. and Mrs. Geo. G. Whitbeck, Valatie; Mrs. Rev. r. Barringer, Orleans 4 corners; Mrs. Ed. Whitbeck, Schenectady; Miss Edna Traver. West Camp; Mrs. James Dolan, Rensselaer; Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough, Albany; Mrs. Burgess and Myrtle Burgess, Richfield springs; Mrs. Wm. Hatch, O. Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Wm Blencoe, Davenport; Mrs. Clark Coventry, Norton Hill; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bailey, Cooperstown; Mrs. Carlton Fields, Toddsville; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bauder, Stone Arabia; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dillen- beck, and Miss Bertha VanWie, Mc- Kinley; Arthur Morse, Esp., and Mrs. Morse, New Berlin. At a late hour Mr. and Mrs. Dillen- beck left for Milford, and thence, Thurs- day morning, they started for Gettys- burg, Pa., accompanied by Miss Bertha VanWie and Miss Flora Murdock. Af- ter Mr. Dillenbeck's graduation at Gettysburg, this week, the party will proceed to Washington, D. C., and other points of interest.--[Hartwick Seminary Correspondent. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 87) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/77e4a15c764201d96a045b516d1d09e9.jpg f54b28ab4041f98f5b06bdba6298907e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 88] [corresponds to page 79 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Both Andrew and Pearl enjoyed music and the company of many friends throughout these early years. Without television, cars, and easy access to all the entertainments of today, they found it easy to entertain themselves. Groups of faculty and students from the college would get together for charades, skits or evenings devoted to music. Their scrapbook made during this period is full of pictures of friends getting together in the parlor many in full costumes for the characters they were portraying. [photo: Pearl and Andrew Dillenbeck in the Parlor of Their Home] Dilly's Youth Dilly was born across the road from the Whitbeck homestead located on the creek side of the Susquehanna River, in Hartwick Seminary. Later she and her husband would be found tracing the origin of Sunbury, Ohio, along the same river in Pennsylvania. According to her babybook, her mother recorded that Dilly didn't talk until her brother Marsden did and when she once started she never stopped. Once Dilly was asked what God said to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. She replied. "Get out of this joint." There was never a void of topics for discussion. Andrew always took The New York Times when it was available. Often, the family would discuss items from the paper at the dinner table. Of course he never bought The Times on Sunday but rather made arrangements for the paper to be held until Monday when it would be purchased and both papers read. One of the many topics discussed at the table, was Mary Baker Eddy and her movement away from doctors. When a neighbor got TB and wouldn't have a doctor, Pearl took it upon herself to call a doctor. The woman refused to talk with him and soon died. Pearl never cooked on Sundays. She spent all day Saturday cooking and then she would scrub the kitchen floor. "She never let me scrub the floor because she disliked doing it so much and she never would ask anyone to do something she didn't like doing," commented Dilly. As a girl, Dilly remembers wearing layers of clothing and still being cold. She wore black knit stockings, high buttoned shoes, long johns with a back door, 2 pair of bloomers (one brown serge and the other light brown serge, sweaters, Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 88) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/57616556db026d5cf30413dc396216de.jpg 48033557d92d1aac949844ed781a1b23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 89] [corresponds to page 80 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Pearl and Andrew Walking. Note Pearl's Small Waist Under Her Winter Coat] scarves and mittens. When she was older and complained about having to wear so many layers, Pearl told her of the time a friend was walking by the horse stall near the church at Hartwick Seminary and a man pulled her into a stall and attempted to rape her. As he pulled off each layer of her clothes she would scream and it took him so long to get through all the layers she was able to get away. Perhaps all the layers weren't so bad! Inside whenever it was possible, Dilly got near a stove to keep warm. There was one in the middle of the living room and a large cook stove in the kitchen. Of course the upstairs was unheated. Going to Grandmother Whitbeck's was always an adventure. Dilly remembers the goose down comforter or feather tick which was so soft and warm on her grandmother's bed. Although she begged to sleep there it was usually not to be. Dilly slept in a flannel nightgown under heavy comforters to keep warm. In her bedroom was a pitcher of cold water to be poured into a basin to wash her hands and face. Then the water was dumped into the slop jar and covered. Next she brushed her teeth with more water from the pitcher and dumped the used water into the slop jar. If needed, and in the winter it was better than the outhouse, one used the chamber pot and dumped it in the slop pot. "Guess who got to dump the slop pot?" asked Dilly with a twinkle in her eye. Her mother did it since it was another undesirable task. Perhaps the slop pot experience was to set the stage for later travels. Dilly remembers the worst outhouse she ever saw was in Lebanon but when nature calls one has to go filth and all. It beat France where people in the country just straddled a ditch. Once while traveling in England, Carleton hurried into a stall and then noticed a ladies' legs under the partition and realized he was in the wrong restroom. Another time they left a motel in New York Finger Lakes before bedtime when they saw bugs crawling across the top of the toilet. Hurray for modern plumbing! Dilly remembers the Aladdin gas lights with the fragile white mantels which burned so much brighter than kerosene and wick lanterns. One had to be so careful while cleaning them. The iceman came by on a wagon pulled by horse. He would check the sign in the window which told how much ice was wanted, then he chipped off that size chunk, lifted it with ice-tongs and carried it into the house and put it in the icebox. Of course all the kids ran to get the large chips that fell in the road and put them in their mouths. Occassionally, Dilly got spanked with the back of a hairbrush by her father but not often. She, in turn, spanked her son, John with a wooden serving dish. One time she broke the handle on it while spanking him and he shouted, "Mommy, see what you did?" The handle was glued back on and the family still uses the dish. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 89) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/390b2d9425c863f7deda3376119eac97.jpg ff9824061e80a05e0157ca9a6b6606a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 90] [corresponds to page 81 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Ghent, New York From 1907 to 1908 the family lived in Ghent where her father was a pastor. Marsden Van Wie was born in Ghent. Dilly was too young to remember anything about this town. She does recall the family later telling her about sitting in her rocker in the chancel singing about 'My Dolly' in the Christmas program. During her childhood, Dilly's family moved at least every 6 years because her father thought that was long enough for a minister to be in one spot. After six years, he might loose the spontaneity and the parishioners would not get as much from his sermons. [photo: Dorothy, 2 1/2 Years Old, and Marsden Van Wie Dillenbeck, 10 Months] Central Bridge, New York From 1908 to 1914, the family lived in the little village of Central Bridge. Dilly was small and sickly so the family did not send her to school as she would have had to cross the mainline of the New York Central Railroad to walk to school. Marsden would be going in two years and it was decided she could wait and go with him. Meanwhile since her mother was a teacher, she used this time to give her children a wonderful head start on their education by playing games devised to have them ready to learn to read, etc. She would cut the numbers off a calendar and use them for the children to learn to count and do simple math. [photo: Visiting the Barringers in Minden, New York Marsden on Andrew's lap, Uncle Russell Barringer Driving the Buggy, Aunt Alice Barringer, Dorothy and Pearl] Holding Dilly back also met there would be a financial crunch when both were in College at the same time so French Bonds were purchased and put away for the college education. One day Dilly and a friend were walking down the sidewalk toward the parsonage when Mr. Carmichael pulled his automobile up next to them and ask if they would like a ride. "Every time we heard the chug of an automobile, we ran to see it," remembered Dilly. She had never been in a car before and was thrilled with the long slow ride up and down the Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 90) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4dbeea6b30247df292c7885f95fdc543.jpg d89b350fd024b4e062fd4810129e4705 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 91] [corresponds to page 82 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] hills of the town but as they returned to the parsonage both of her parents were waiting in front of the house and she got a strong lesson - "You don't go riding in automobiles!" To this day she isn't sure whether they were most upset because she went without asking, went with Mr. Carmichael, or rode in an automobile. While they were in Central Bridge, Dilly remembers her two grandmothers coming to visit and making comforters for them. They cut the squares of scrap fabric left from clothes, pieced them into a pattern, backed them over a lining, and finally tied lots of knots to hold the layers of fabric together. "How we loved our comforters! My grandchildren got to use the same comforters!" Ministers' families usually lived in parsonages provided by the church. Unfortunately they are not usually kept in good repair, so each move Pearl had to learn to cook on a stove which may or may not heat to the proper temperature. However in Central Bridge, the church built them a new parsonage with a new stove. Dilly and Marsden put their hand prints in the concrete of the poured sidewalk to leave a lasting memento of their life there. Fifty years later when she went back to look, the sidewalk had been replace - the prints were gone. So much for immortality. While at Central Bridge, Dilly visited her first flour mill. Years later this event gave her something to talk about on her blind date with Carleton. Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania From 1914 to 1917, the family moved to Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, a coal mining city located 50 miles east of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and the Susquehanna River. This coal was soft so all the streams and rivers were black. Nothing grew or was green so it was depressing. Pearl hated it and Dorothy was glad when they left although she has special memories of the coal town built on rolling hills. Front porches on the houses were built up high to allow for the slope of the land. Miners returning home would take off their shoes and sit on their porches. If a child looked carefully at eye level, he or she could see white feet below the black legs of the people sitting on the porches and that sight always brought giggles. Being a minister's family, they were often invited to Sunday dinner in a parishioner's house. The dinner was usually fried chicken. One Sunday the family was invited to Sam Clemens' house for dinner. His wife invited them to sit in the parlor while she hurried back and forth from the kitchen. On one trip through the kitchen door she let the door open far enough that Dilly and Marsden saw Sam taking a bath in the kitchen. Imagine what fun two children had with the memory of that sight! Dilly and Marsden started school in Mt. Carmel. They were kept in the same classroom, much to Dilly's disgust. Neither child had any trouble with schoolwork since their mother had prepared them so well. From the time they were very little, they had the twenty volume set of Book Of Knowledge in their house which she and Marsden devoured. Many years later, Dilly's son John loved a newer version of the same set of books. In school they read books for grades and Dilly always read every word, cover-to-cover but Marsden discovered he could read the first and last chapter and prepare a report on just those and get the same grade. Father admitted it Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 91) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6740cb2c0b9c6733256ee8bd9ccce9e8.jpg d7f3d2be271b4c709acaa337b15f6cb6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 92] [corresponds to page 83 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] wasn't right but didn't know what he could do about it. Dilly remembers having the family picture taken and her mother wearing a new dress she had made, "It was light blue with bright orange trim and I couldn't stand the clashing colors" commented Dilly. Already she was beginning to take after her father while her brother resembled his mother. [photo: The Dillenbecks in 1914 in Mt. Carmel] The houses in Mt. Carmel were built so close together, there was barely room to get a wheelbarrow between them. One night the family was awakened by the neighbor banging on the wall and they looked outside to see the neighor's house on fire just beyond Dilly's room. Mother called to wake up the children and told them to get dressed. Marsden was so much asleep he never really woke up to get dressed and ended up with his legs in the armholes, etc. This frustrated and annoyed Dilly who called for help and dragged him to their parent's room. Mother took over dressing Marsden and told Dilly to go get her clothes and bring them back. Terrified Dilly had to leave the safety of her mother's room and walk towards the fire blazing outside her room, get her clothes and return to her mother's room. When she got back to her mother's room, Dilly discovered she had dropped a black stocking and therefore had to return to her room and brave the fire again to retrieve it. When she was dressed and they got her brother dressed, her father carried her brother and her mother collected their 'valuables' in a comforter and the family went to safety across the street. The fire department was able to put out the chimney fire without damage Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 92) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/59e08a59caa5201342b740fb3a7f37e7.jpg 19cf89d508d4c6717f0e94beb97a4146 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 93] [corresponds to page 84 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] to the parsonage but the stress of the scare caused eight year old Dilly's hair to fall out. Being minister's children, Dilly and Marsden were always expected to do the right thing. This is a very difficult standard for children. One day some boys began poking at Marsden because they knew he would not fight back. Naturally, Marsden came out on the short end of the fight and went home the worse for wear. His father took him aside and told him that although fighting was not right, he would have to stick up for himself. The mountains in Mt. Carmel, inspired Andrew, who loved hiking. He convinced two of his parishioners to join him on a hike across the height of Pennsylvania. This love of mountain hiking left an impression on Dilly. Hollis, New York From 1917 to 1921, the family lived in Hollis in the Borough of Queens in New York City. Dilly went to School #35 where many famous people, such as Art Buckwald, have been educated. It was a big brick school which housed grades one through eight. It was education at its best. To Dilly's delight, the school officials allowed her to skip the fourth grade which put her in different classes than Marsden. Her parents were both active in the war effort. Andrew was in charge of a warehouse which stored the food, blankets, clothing and other items collected by the Lutheran churches across the United States for the Belgium War Relief. He organized them and got items shipped to Belgium. Pearl worked in the warehouse office and helped Andrew. This necessitated hiring someone to cook and look after Dilly and Marsden so a cousin was employed to take care of them Her cooking was awful! Her cookies tasted so bad that the children devised many ways to hide them until they were away from the table and could get rid of them. Dilly always wished she had inherited the family ability to speak in front of a group. Her father was a wonderful speaker. When her brother graduated from Hamilton he got all the prizes for public speaking. Dilly gets tongue tied and can not think in front of a group. Once in the fourth grade she was asked to do math mentally but when she stood up in front of the class, she drew a blank. When she sat down, the answers came easily. Later she was to be in a Thanksgiving play and had learned all her lines, but when she tried to say them she couldn't so she was removed from the cast. [photo: Dilly and Violet Van Houten in 1919 at Far Rockaway Beach in Their Swimming Suits] Home economics was an important part of the school curriculum. Dilly began to sew in the sixth grade. Her first big project was a slip with shoulder straps which she made entirely by hand. Her mother realized Dilly had a knack for the art of sewing. For years she had made crude doll clothes making up the patterns as she went. Now she applied her new skills and began to make very Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 93) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b18250c08d624c36a61396702d151e0c.jpg 22c72027891a457443d58d4a95f05502 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 94] [corresponds to page 85 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] fashionable doll clothes. Her father hired a carpenter to make a dresser to house all the doll clothes. In the eight grade, Dilly made her first dress entirely by hand. Because of her short stature, store bought clothes always needed altering from a 14 to an 8. Often the sleeves had to be removed and the shoulder decreased. Always the cuffs were too big. Sometimes mother had dressmaker come in and alter clothes for Dilly. Now she could do some of this for herself. She even designed some of her own clothes. To this day she still enjoys hemming by hand. Cooking was also part of the home economics course but Dilly doesn't remember much about it. Later Dilly hemmed a skirt above her knees which really upset Pearl. As usually happened in the family, Andrew was brought in to mediate between the two. He decided Dilly should lower the skirt half between the two disputed lengths. Since she had plenty of hem, she was able to do so. Aunt Alice, Pearl's sister', taught Dilly to crochet and knit. Once Dilly knit a coat but she never liked it after she got it finished. [photo: Dilly and Marsden with Uncle John Dillenbeck, a Soldier at Camp Slocam] In 1918, a flu epidemic swept through the Army Camp on Long Island and through Hollis. Uncle John who was stationed at the Army Camp, Pearl, Dilly, Marsden and even the cousin, Martha, who was hired to cook came down with the flu. This left Andrew to take care of all of them. Not only was he not a good cook, Andrew was all thumbs in the kitchen and this made Pearl nervous. One day she couldn't stand it any longer and got out of bed to help prepare food. At the same time she got up a wagon full of caskets went by the house on its way to the Army Camp and Andrew ordered her back to bed or she would be the next one in a casket. "I don't remember what he fed us but we knew not to complain," remembered Dilly. The family finally got its first phonograph, a Pathe, which was not the most expensive but a very good player. Of course one had to use Pathe records on it. The family enjoyed the Red Seal records which were operas and good music. Dilly was in the eighth grade on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. She remembers the headlines on the paper kept getting bigger and bigger as the war progressed. On Armistice Day the entire student body was marched outside and stood in lines near the cannon on the front lawn while they sang the Star Spangled Banner and other patriotic songs. It was a moving experience. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 94) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e6b8ef67affa24999ce786e026c71723.jpg 0e83fc7a2dcbd8f3231f4674ad1ee025 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 95] [corresponds to page 86 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] In the eighth grade Dilly had a crush on Lowell Crosby whose initials were L C. So Dilly adopted the middle name of Elsie. Also that year, the school saw fit for Marsden to skip the seventh grade so he and Dilly were back in the same classroom. Being in a minister's family is like always living in a fishbowl. Someone is continually watching, waiting for you to do something inappropriate. On Sundays we were allowed to read the Bible but nothing else. If we played Finch, we had to pull the shades "One member of our parish was Mr. Few. He had a daughter my age and a son who was Marsden's age. We used to chant, 'Mr. Few has two Few children!" recalled Dilly. Well, one day Mr. Few was talking about another member of the community not keeping the Sabbath and then he said to my father, "If I ever see you playing croquet on Sunday, I'll quit the church." Father didn't like that one bit. Pearl had been brought up in Hartwick Seminary and was used to this stringent code. The only card game she played was Finch. However she enjoyed parlor charades and music. While living in Hollis, Dilly was asked to wash the silverware after a church dinner. When she entered, the women were talking about her mother because they did not like a stand she had made on an issue. Dilly remembers that the comments hurt when she knew they were talking about her mother. She grew up thinking congregations as a whole are a pain in the neck to the minister's children. Another time the family had gotten a new dark mahogany chair with a beautiful green plush seat. This chair was by far their nicest. One day a family came to call and brought their daughter who was rather backward. The girl sat on the beautiful chair. All children were suppose to sit quietly while the grownups visited. The girl did a good deal of squirming but remained in the chair. When the family left, Pearl was horrified to discover the girl had wet the chair. She scrubbed to remove the stain and smell and of course that ruined the plush seat. They continued to use the seat and Dilly had to continue to treat the girl like everyone else even though she knew the girl should have asked to go out. In Hollis, Dilly developed her love of the theater. Both of her parents loved the theater, her mother operas and her father musicals. In the town of Jamaica two miles away they had 6 acts of vaudeville. However father loved to hike and insisted they hike the two miles to the theater. He always gave in after the play and they took the trolley home. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 95) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/947bf6e98ef58ae85e2a4f1b93e34d73.jpg 72eed50b9cabcfd7646ff9da5fde4237 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 96] [corresponds to page 87 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Once a year the family traveled into New York for the extravaganza at the Hippodrome. It was all very exciting but they never made an opera at the New York Metropolitan Opera. In Hollis, Dilly's mother worked in the public library while the librarian was on vacation and allowed Dilly to join her and even put away the fairy tales thus planting the seed for a future career. "While they were building a new parsonage in Hollis, we moved into another house. Across the street was a girl who worked in a bookstore and she would sneak me books," recalled Dilly. Then many of the books came in sets like the Red Cross girls, the Fielding books, etc. Dilly read everything she could get her hands on. when her mother found out what was happening, she put a damper on the fun by explaining to Dilly the girl was spending part of her small earnings on books for Dilly and that was not right. [photo: Girl Scout Dilly by the Rose of Sharon Bush in Hollis] Dilly found a Girl Scout Handbook in the library and wanted to earn those beautiful merit badges. She asked her mother to help start a troop but her mother was too busy with church activities. Pearl went to the school and found a teacher to take the troop. Although they moved so often, Dilly was never able to earn all the badges she wanted to but she did enjoy all her scouting, especially the camps. It worked out that the entire family was to be in camps at the same time - Dilly in Girls Scout camp, her parents in a church camp and Marsden in Boy Scouts of America Camp - all on the Hudson River. Dilly loved every bit of her camp but 12 year old Marsden had a rough time. He developed a boil on his backside and when he realized the doctor was going to lance it, he shouted "Get away from me you bums! You're not going to touch me." When the week was over, Dilly got permission to stay another week. Although Dilly never got homesick in camp, she did manage to get a plantar wart on her foot which was very painful and became a woman for the first time - both memorable experiences not related to scouting. When they moved to Lockport there was no Girl Scout Troop. Later in Johnstown, she was again in scouting and did community service by cataloging a junior high library. She was a Girl Scout Leader with 2 assistants and 36 girls. That summer she went to Camp Edith Macy on the Husdon River for training. The trainers were all marvelous speakers which added to a memorable experience. Although the tents were up when they arrived in camp, they had to take them down at the end. When unrolling the side of the tent to put it away, the girls discovered a nest of mice. Dilly remembered feeling something run across her face during the night but thought it was a dream. The entire experience was wonderful but she would never recommend 36 girls in a troop. She spent two summers as a camp counselor for 8 year olds. She never did learn to swim. Marsden and her father could go to the YMCA but there was no where for girls to Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 96) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d6538e9ac71dd51e2c7c5ff02ba9090a.jpg cc1f1f50c8be80386cecae62e2449d1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 97] [corresponds to page 88 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] swim. However, after graduation, Dilly went to a YWCA Conference in the Adirondacks. One night, she and Betty, another girl attending there, went by the pond and decided to go skinny dipping and cool off. "Imagine me doing that," remembered Dilly. The entire family loved the Hollis parish. Andrew was a minister in a home mission church. While he was there they paid for the church so they could burn the mortgage. Pearl played the pump organ for which Dorothy and Marsden provided the air by moving the bellows. "I considered this a serious charge and paid attention to what I was doing. My brother would sneak the funnies in and read them so sometimes when Mother tried to play there was not any air." However, all was forgiven and they were sorry to see us leave. The church gave Pearl a platinum broach with an amethyst, Dilly a lavaliere with an amethyst, Marsden a tie tack with an amethyst, and Andrew a beautiful Hamilton watch. [image: Saturday, June 16, 1934 Counsellors Are Signed For Girl Scout Camp Trip Several Who Are to Help Direct Month's Camping Jaunt, Opening July 7, Are Secured by Camp Committee for 1934. With the marked increase in the number of Camp Kowaunkami reg- istrations for the 1934 summer sea- son, the indications are that a large camp will again be featured by the Fulton County Girl Scouts Inc., The applications show that a large percentage of old campers are returning and an unusual influx of new ones. The camp will have a four week period as last year with Jennie Mudgett and Jeanne, her assistant, back as cook and assistant and Dorothy Dillenbeck and Barbara Nash, both members of the 1934 staff returning for their second sea- son in the Iroquois and Chippewa units, respectively. Miss Dillenbeck Returns During the past year, Miss Dil- lenbeck, of Johnstown, has been employed at the Stratford District School and has conducted a special class there in outdoor cooking. This practical demonstration of the technique of a camp counsellors training course which she took at the National Camp Edith Macy last year will be of value to all the 10- 12 year old campers who will be in the Iroquois Unit with her and her two assistants this year. "Dilly" as she is known to all campers, will be welcomed back by her large cir- cle of camping friends.] Lockport While Lockport turned out to be Andrew's favorite parish, it didn't start out that way. Ministers cannot always choose when they will be changing parishes. Although they try to make summer changes to help the children in school, it is not always possible. Because the family moved the last months before school was out, Dilly and Marsden had to repeat the eighth grade in Lockport. Not only was this a degrading experience for the children, it did not sit well with their mother or father. The principal of the school was from military school and was very strict. He walked as though he had a rod in his back. Dilly was unhappy because they put her back but she loved the orchestra . One of the men in the church wanted orchestra music for church service. So he started an orchestra and provided instruments if the children would learn to play them. Dilly, who had gone to a music conservatory to learn the piano, selected the cello. Now the cello is a big instrument and Dilly was a small girl. Her brother laughed at her trying to play it and was very surprised when she did learn to make music with the cello. He chose the violin and so for a long time they squeaked together. Dilly continued to play the cello throughout high school. Her friend, Ollie Smith, also played the cello. His father was Dilly's piano teacher at the conservatory. One Christmas Ollie asked Dilly if he could carry her Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 97) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5bc9577ae8758f0c06c7bf56d0d15c85.jpg 7db5cf6973b9acaf872aa2bc73836e68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 98] [corresponds to page 89 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] cello home. She said yes. When they got to her house, he presented Dilly with a gift and said "I think you should give me a kiss." Dilly replied, "I couldn't do that!" and the young man left. So much for the future of that affair! Dilly returned to carrying her own cello home. Mr. Haviland, the orchestra conductor, was a wonderful musician and expected top performance from all members of the orchestra. "We did a lot of starting and stopping until we got it right," remembers Dilly. However, it paid off because when the orchestra went to a contest, they ranked first - a thrill which carrried over into their adult lives. In addition to the orchestra, Dilly played in the pit orchestra for school operettas and sang in the girls chorus. Dilly didn't really enjoy high school as such. She was always bested by Marsden in the grade department. Her cello was the highlight of those years. Marsden was selected editor and chief of the yearbook and Dilly helped him. Dilly and her father were both blonds while her mother and brother were both brunettes. Her mother took care of Dilly's hair and was very upset when she had it cut her sophomore year in high school. At the time Dilly, age 15, was working in a real estate office as a filing clerk. She was filing in the drawers when the boss walked in behind her and exclaimed, "Girl, what have you done?" "Then I realized I had really done something awful," remembers Dilly. All the time Dilly was in school her parents selected sturdy shoes purchased two sizes larger than needed so she would wear them for two years. By the second year the shoes were worn as well as not fashionable. Dilly remembers hating the shoes so much, she would sneak her pumps into a bag and carry them to school and change so she felt more fashionable. Of course her mother eventually caught her and it was back to the sturdy shoes. She was also becoming clothes conscious. Dilly doesn't remember dating in high school. We would go to a basketball game and sit near each other but we always found our own way there and home. The cars just had room for six people so any more than that and someone always had to sit on someone's lap. Since Dilly was small, she was usually elected to be on someone's lap. One handsome fellow is [sic in] her class had a beautiful voice and went to Hollywood to play in B movies. At the same time a beautiful girl in her class, named Ryan, was a pianist and also went to Hollywood to be in movies. Everyone thought the two would marry. However, the girl returned and married the president of Dilly's class who was a banker. The high school was very large and they gave lessons in everything. The conservatory often put on extra teachers to handle additional subjects. When the school put on a musical, everyone in town came. Dilly loved taking piano lessons but she wasn't a natural like her brother. Marsden was very good at ear training and melody writing but Dilly struggled with them. She really wanted to take the course but only got a 62 or 63 in the course. Of course, Marsden who sang beautifully and played the violin very well, passed easily. One of life's character building events happened in English IV, when Dilly Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 98) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e478a89daab04a48c8b720d43b90baeb.jpg e2c635cc86f97b870e6ffc67d1be8985 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 99] [corresponds to page 90 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] again faced being tongue tied in front of the class. Her mother told her to stop thinking everyone is looking at her and just talk to the class. One day after Dilly stumbled through her presentation, a little bow-legged boy who had a crush on Dilly since 8th grade got up and said how good her presentation was. While his thought was nice, it didn't make her feel any better. Andrew did not like Monday because that was always washday and he had to get the water for Pearl who washed her clothes in large glavanized tubs which sat on a bench- like structure with a wringer in the middle. Pearl was very modern and had given up boiling her clothes, but Dilly remembers seeing her aunt boil all her clothes. While in Lockport, Andrew bought Pearl one of the first washers, a General Electric, with a big barrel tub which went around. A hose connected to the water at the kitchen sink. Now Andrew was free to do other things on Mondays. Dilly remembers their Regina floor cleaner. Using it required two people: one in the front to direct the hose and pull the unit, and the second in back to operate the bellows to create the vacuum to suck up the dirt into the canister in the middle. Dilly remembers calling, "M-o-m. Marsden isn't pumping." To which her mother always replied that if she was doing a good job on her end she would be too busy to notice what Marsden was doing. Of course, a book was always waiting and Dilly wanted to get the chores done as quickly as possible. Each spring the carpets were rolled up and put on a line so the dirt could be beaten out of them. Naturally the task had children written all over it. Old newspapers, from under the rugs, were thrown away and replaced with new ones before the carpets were replaced. The good thing about the task was that it was only done once a year. In 1924-26, cars were few and far between but one of the women in her father's parish had convinced the church members that their minister really needed a car to attend to all the parishioners and they raised the money for the most inexpensive car of the time, Chevrolet. The car was open with Isinglass panels to put on in case of rain. The family thought it was great. Mabel Gooding was in Dilly's high school class. She was a good friend of both Marsden and Dilly. One day the church group was going on an outing and the transportation assignments had been made. Mable wanted to go in Dilly's car but she was not on that list. However she told everyone she was and caused a big scene. Pearl caught her in the lie and told Marsden and Dilly they were to have no further contact with Mable. They both liked her and felt their mother's punishment was a little strict but they also knew there was no way around it. Pearl had been brought up in the Hartwick Seminary and was totally indoctrinated with the belief that anyone who lied, drank any form of alcohol or smoked even cigarettes would surely go to hell. Once again, these ideas were also impressed upon her children but moderated a little by their father's beliefs. At this time in Dilly's life she experienced the only event in her life she would not do over again. It has always been an embarrassment to her that she could have done something so terrible which impacted not only on her but on her entire family. The memory brings forth terrible emotions to this day. Dilly's father subscribed to The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan, which Dilly loved to read. She thought the glamorous life described in the articles Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 99) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0922191a4c495ca3cdf40f09384e1538.jpg 66f75e722629e732b5d55ddabe69ea31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 100] [corresponds to page 91 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] and by F. Scott Fitzgerald must be wonderful. She wondered what it would be like to wear long gloves and sip champagne. When Dilly was a senior she took Physics and was paired with a 23 year old boy, Scott Wiles, who was returning to school. He asked her to a dance and she agreed to go. They double dated with another couple. Instead of going directly to the dance, Scott was of age and took them to a speakeasy. Having him get them in was very exciting. Dilly knew she shouldn't be there but she had to see what it was like. They each ordered a drink so Dilly had a Tom Collins. After their drink they went on to the dance. Dilly told her neighbor where they had been and enjoyed the dance. After the dance when Scott suggested going back for another drink, Dilly agreed. After another Tom Collins, Scott took her home. Dilly went to bed enjoying the glamorous feeling. The next day her father wanted to talk with her and she knew he had found out about her evening. Indeed the neighbor girl told her parents who told Dilly's father. He was upset and kept her out of school for a week and then the school expelled all of them. At the end of the week, Andrew asked Dilly to walk with him. He walked her the length of Main Street and back again so all the people could see she was forgiven. Dilly looks at that humiliating walk as one more of the many character building experiences of her youth. Of course she got no sympathy from her brother, Marsden. But unfortunately, that was not the last Dilly was to hear of the experience. When she tried to enter Elmira College, her application had to go to the principal for his recommendation. Because of her expulsion, he refused to give her a good recommendation so she could not get in college. "I remember Father pacing the floor and not saying very flattering things about the principal," commented Dilly. Then her father was so upset he took the train to the college to discuss the matter with the college president. The president overruled the decision and Dilly was admitted. Elmira College The first social event on the campus was a formal reception given by the college president. Dilly dreaded going since he knew of her past. When she approached him in the receiving line, the president gave her a big smile and she smiled back as he said, "I hope you enjoy being at Elmira." He never brought up the incident. [photo: "Where It All Began," says Carleton. Dilly's Dorm Window Where She First Saw Carleton Coming Up the Walk] When Dilly was taking her physical for college they knew she was anemic. The doctor recommended liver shots which she took regularly and all signs of the anemia disappeared. Dilly had her first friend die Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 100) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8436fc113f204d1a4189f7b130a49b77.jpg ff5dec9cdda300057f2a19bb7e034026 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 101] [corresponds to page 92 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] while she was in college. One of her high school friends got tuberculous and was isolated at home. When she went to see her, Dilly's father insisted she go no further into the house than the porch. Not only did her friend die, but the girl's mother and sister got the same disease and it also took their lives. Years later Dilly, Laura Whitney and Pauline Livingston provided ice cream to the TB patients in the Nightingale Cottage in Columbus. In college she lived in a dorm with 2 classmates her first year, another 2 her second year. Her third year Irene Miller asked to live with her. She had the only phonograph player. Her senior year she wanted to live with her friend Fitchie, but Irene asked her so she stayed with Irene. Dorm life was very educational! Her best college friends were Fitchie and Gert. They were together so much they became known as The Three Musketeers: Fitchie was known as Aramis, Gert as Porthos, and Dilly as Athos. "All my college friends are still alive but Fitchie," noted Dilly. For physical education, Dilly took three years of interpretative dancing and a year of gym. During her senior year she was in charge of taking a group of girls, who didn't participate in gym, hiking. [photo: Carleton S. Burrer in 1929 at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh] Math was never Dilly's long suit. She worked and worked at it. Once her roommate who was planning to be a math teacher, took Dilly aside and said she would teach her math or she shouldn't be a math teacher. They worked and worked on it. When Dilly took a test with five questions, the last was calculus and she knew she needed to spend all her time on the other four questions and be sure they were right before tackling the last one. She passed but with a very low score because of the last problem. While she was in Elmira in 1926, the girls would ride the trolley downtown for 7 cents to see the movies. The ride took her past the beautiful Victorian Mansion which was the home of Mark Twain's wife, Olivia Langton. Twain knew Langton's brother who introduced the two. It was a match and Twain married Olivia. Dilly had another member of the Langton family, Ida, as her English teacher for the Romantic Poets - Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Ida was to be another character building experience for Dilly. She stood tall and straight (must have worn a stiff corset to hold such a pose) and was obviously over qualified for this teaching position. In addition to being the niece of Mark Twain's wife, she had a Ph. D. from Yale and had written on many subjects including Milton. When someone was reciting, the teacher stared out the window as though bored. If Dilly had liked poetry more it might have been easier but while she enjoyed Keats, she found Wordsworth impenetrable, Bryan exciting, and Shelley too philosophical. When the final grades were posted, Dilly had to repeat the class and unfortunately she had the same teacher. The second time she got through the course. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 101) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d239858487a2dea320820463a598103f.jpg aec1b4e43257774640b71e87bb85c275 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 102] [corresponds to page 93 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Fifty years later when Dilly returned to the Elmira campus, she and Carleton retraced the trolley trip downtown and the mansion was gone. In its place was a parking lot. Such a disappointment! [photo: Carleton and Dilly Senior PromWeekend] Dilly remembers her first movies were silent films, with a piano player providing music. The theaters were usually a dirty hole in the ground type but the life on the screen made it all wonderful. The Saturday afternoon movies were often serials such as "The Perils of Pauline" with Pearl White, so one had to go each week to keep up with the story. Of course, all the girls had heavy crushes on the movie stars and collected pictures of them. One of her favorites was John Gilbert. When she later met Carleton she though [sic thought] he looked like Gilbert. "It Happened One Night" with Clarke [sic Clark] Gable and Claudette Colbert was a favorite movie. Some other films and stars Dilly remembers seeing are Adolph Menjou in "Blonde or Brunette," Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky in "A Night of Love," Great Garbo and Antonio Moreno in "The Temptress," Lillian Gish in "Scarlet Letter," and of course, John Gilbert and Greto [sic Greta] Garbo in "Flesh and the Devil." Her love of the theater was further nourished by the repertory group which put on plays in Elmira. Dilly remembers going to see the group put on a different play each week with the same cast of characters. The hero one week might be the villain the next week which often caused frustration among the girls. [photo: Andrew L. Dillenbeck in 1933 at Canajoharie] Dilly found some interesting notes in her diary of her 1926-27 year at Elmira which contain the following prices: Haircut - .50, Riding lesson - $1.00, Eskimo Pie - 5 cents, Trolley fare - 7 cents, 1/2 pint of ice cream - 15 cents, Danish pastry 10 cents, Middy - $1.60, and a Babe Ruth 5 cents. Dinner at Browns was 30 cents or 40 cents, dinner at Creighton's was 55 cents or one could have pancakes for 20 cents. Schoonovers had Sundaes for 20 cents Of course, the big highlight of Dilly's college days was the blind date with Carleton for the Senior Prom. Without that event this book would not be written. Andrew Honored In 1927 Andrew's Alma Mater honored Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 102) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d7d9b9d440572f83153a51d4ec9e288f.jpg 3d21544c59ea6332788d1fbd3b4ec58c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 103] [corresponds to page 94 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was one of the founders of Hartwick College and president of the last named board five years. He was statistical secretary of the United Lutheran Synod in New York for four years and president of the Council of Churches in Lockport and Johnstown. He taught the course in Religious Education two years in the Theological Seminary at Hartwick. He was the first president of the Dillenbeck Family Association in America and spent twenty years compiling data for his genealogy book. [photo: Andrew and Alice Dillenbeck 1954] In 1951, Pearl Dillenbeck died following a very long illness. Andrew married a widow who became Gramma Alice to John Burrer. Alice only had an eighth grade formal educataion but she had the sweetest personality. She sought out rough stuff and sold it to antique dealers. Shortly before his death, Andrew returned to the pulpit of the Stone Arabia Church where he had started his ministry. He died in 1963. Marsden Dilly's brother Marsden graduated from Hamilton College in New York in 1930 with a major in speech. While he was in college he was president of Tau Kappa Epsilon and sang in the choir. He was a student in the C.M.T.C. training camp in Plattsburg one summer. Marsden had a jazz band which he directed. He also played the violin and sang with the band. Sometimes he would even wear his tux to school because he wouldn't have time to change. Well, he spent too much time with the band and his fraternity and didn't study so he failed his English exam his senior year and could not graduate. They gave him the test a second time and he passed. After graduation he taught English for four years in Hartwick Academy and taught Public Speaking in Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, during a summer session. He completed his Masters at University State of New York in Albany and became principal of the school in Ephratah. [photo: Winifred and Marsden Dillenbeck, Dilly Burrer] He married Winifred Purdy who worked for the principal of Rye High School and taught commercial studies. They both loved to travel and enjoyed life. While teaching in Rye, the wealthy parents of many of the children would approach Marsden and tell him their son or daughter needed to pass his class to go on to the better schools. Marsden's method of teaching was to challenge each student thus they found themselves working and enjoying Marsden's classes so Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 103) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/88753e359e2f57a256ec49ce311d8475.jpg 976109dc9d787b874a393bea047d186c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 104] [corresponds to page 95 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] much they passed on their own. Always a good story teller, it did not surprise the family when Marsden became a reader for Scribner publishing company. While there Marsden wrote reader's guides for some of the classics, including Graham's children's classic, Wind in the Willows and Galsworthy's, Man of Property. Marsden began drinking which brought back horrible memories for his father. Andrew feared Marsden would follow in his grandfather Luther's footsteps but Marsden was a clever alcoholic who still was able to be a good teacher and carry on a normal life. Unfortunately there were no children born to Marsden and therefore it was the end of Captain Andrew Dillenbeck's line. Dilly's Graduate Work The women in Dilly's family tended to be teachers. In addition to her mother, Aunt Alice (her mother's sister) was also a very strict teacher. "I've always thought Aunt Alice looked like a owl around her eyes. She was very disciplined and always wore a long black skirt, black hose and little black slippers which snapped at the side." Rev. Lambert Swackhammer and his daughter Catherine Margaret (Dilly's grandmother) were also teachers. Of course her mother thought she should consider the field but it was not for Dilly. By the time she graduated from high school, Dilly knew she wanted to be a librarian and have access to all those books. Throughout her youth, her mother had tried to protect her from the fantasy world presented in books and carefully watched everything Dilly read. One time she was reading Zane Grey's Betty Zane, and her mother saw the book. Pearl saw the girl on the cover and decided it was a love story so she made Dilly take the book back to the library. She did but later she would return, find the book and stand in the aisle and read it. She finished the book but her mother never knew it. The books she loves, she reads over and over. Some of the favorites were Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, The Last Days of Pompeii, Ben Hur, and Jane Austin's novels. Her favorite period in history was the Roman Empire so naturally she likes anything about that period. Following graduation from Elmira in 1930, with a degree in pre-library, Dilly went to Columbia University and worked her way through Library Science graduate school. A Masonic Scholarship helped with tuition but she needed other funds for room, board, books, etc. Her father knew the President of Wagner College and he gave Dilly a job in the Wagner College Library on Staten Island. She worked on Wednesday afternoons, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights and all day Saturdays. The job included a room and board in a house with other teachers and college employees, and a small amount of spending money. While in the library she began her love affair with Time magazine which she has faithfully read ever since. Now while her eyesight is failing, she listens to Time being read over a special radio in her home but still gets the print copies which she scans with the aid of a magnifying glass. 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To pass the time on the subway, Dilly would study people's faces and try to figure out what they did, where they were going, etc. She wove some complicated fantasies about her fellow travelers but never asked any to confirm her ideas. Using the library at Columbia became a challenge. Instead of using the Dewey system to catalog, this library used Library of Congress cataloging so Dilly had to learn a new system. The boarding house was a new experience for Dilly who had lived a sheltered life. "One day, I remember one of the men who lived in the house was from Singapore and I was asking him questions about his background while standing in my doorway. He took the questions as a personal interest in him and the next thing I knew he had closed the door to my room, turned off the light and was starting to make improper advances. I quickly opened the door and led him out when the 6'3" coach, who roomed across the hall, heard my raised voice and offered to help if I had any more trouble." "The boys were studying to be ministers and I knew I did not ever want to be a minister's wife so I didn't do any serious dating. Besides, I had already met Carleton and knew he was the man for me," remembers Dilly. By the second year at Columbia, Dilly moved into an apartment on 18th Street. The art librarian was divorced and sublet rooms for $6 per week so Dilly took one. Her room was very small with only room for a desk, a chair and a cot and of course the shared bathroom down the hall. The window looked out on the inner court because those rooms were cheaper. To give herself more space, Dilly left the door open and her friends would come to her room to hang out. Her job at Columbia was in the foreign periodicals department. The library closed at 9 p.m.. One night after closing Dilly was on her way home and it was raining so she stopped, took off her glasses and put them in her case. Then she stopped at the corner grocery to get a bottle of milk. Coming out of the store was a man in a Chesterfield coat with a black velvet collar and a Fedora hat. He nodded to Dilly and said, "They'll be out in a minute." She was so surprised to see anyone dressed like this that she was really taken back when a second man came out of the backroom dressed just like the first in a Chesterfield coat with a black velvet collar and a Fedora hat. He, too, said, "They'll be out in a minute." Dilly went on into the store and soon discovered the store had been robbed and the only help she could give the police was the description of the men's hats and coats. Perhaps if she had not taken off her glasses she would have noticed something else! Her apartment was on the second floor of a three story building. One night Dilly rang the bell but the elevator never came. After several attempts she walked the stairs. Later she discovered there were robbers in the building, and they had the elevator operator tied up. Since Dilly was earning her own way through graduate school, she had little money for clothes but since she wasn't dating she didn't need many and the ones she had made were fine. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 105) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ba075a2dfa9a0e74b829daf06fd1802c.jpg 3218d6171c6e9fc822670587689a893e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 106] [corresponds to page 97 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] After two years, she got her Masters of Library Science from Columbia University in 1932 after writing her thesis on the editions of the Bible. Johnstown Following graduation, she went home to Johnstown and clerked in a department store as she had done on several vacations from school. This was a rough time because she now had two degrees but following the Depression, jobs were very scarce. She spent three months cataloging and helping the librarian at Johnstown Junior High. Her friend Fritchie, who was a [an] excellent teacher, taught there. [photo: Dilly at Cooperstown Station with Second Chevrolet on September 30, 1925] Dilly also had a job passing out Franklin D. Roosevelt's slogans which people were supposed to put in their windows. Many let her know they were not going to do it. During this time, Dilly volunteered to play the piano for the Vacation Bible School in her father's church, worked with Girl Scouts and made a rock garden for her mother. Rock gardens were the trend in flower gardens, Dilly's consisted of three round flower beds with all the special effects. Dilly's father decided to teach Dilly to drive. While she was learning she flooded the car and stopped it right in front of the trolley, much to her father's embarrassment. That ended her driving lessons. Dilly Goes to Stratford Finally in 1934 she found a job. She worked through Franklin D. Roosevelt's W.P.A. as the school librarian in Stratford, a mountain town in the lower Adirondacks. All grades and high school came to the same school to get an ED-U-CA-SION. "Imagine me teaching ballroom dancing and arithmetic to farmers!" Square dancing was popular recreation in the area but they were eager to learn ballroom dancing so Dilly played the piano while they danced. Outdoor cooking was also an offered subject. "If you have read Jesse Stuart's books about mountain folks, you have an idea of what I faced," remembers Dilly. Many of the folks were squatters on someone else's property so they didn't welcome strangers to their door. Often if you did go to a home, you were greeted with a gun. One day a girl came to fetch the nurse because her mother had been unable to have a bowel movement for more than a week and was in agony. The nurse had tried before to call on the Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 106) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e3c51b9c954c5dfd2d9385d70f5f4cb8.jpg 94d2fd92edba9768d25446ec98b28e98 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 107] [corresponds to page 98 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] people in that house and been greeted by a gun so she was hesitant. However, when she got to the house the woman was in such agony, the family quickly admitted her. Later she was again forbidden to enter. The town nurse owned the house where Dilly rented a room. It was the only one in town with indoor toilet. The people in the boarding house consisted of teachers and the nurse. All of this was over shadowed by the thrill of visiting Sunbury and receiving an engagement ring at Christmas. Thus she and Carleton began their long engagement. Canajoharie At long last in 1934, Dilly got a bonafide job as the school librarian in Canajoharie high school making $1475 for the year. As we mentioned before, Burt Alter was so impressed with her mother's teaching skills, he offered Dilly a job without seeing her. In fact he never did see her. For the first 3 or 4 weeks, Dilly commuted to Canajoharie but then she moved in with her favorite cousin who happened to be an excellent cook. Four or five months later the director of the Girl Scouts and the physical education director of the high school asked Dilly to move in with them. So Dilly bought a studio couch which opened into a bed and they became a threesome. They were about the same age, had the same interests and therefore had a barrel of fun. Toward the end of the school year, Dilly mentioned marriage to Carleton since she had been wearing his ring almost two years. Since she thought they would be marrying, she did not renew her contract. One weekend, Carleton and his father, K.O., paid Dilly a visit and K.O. explained to her that Carleton's grandfather had put his foot down and would not hear of Carleton marrying. Carleton just sat quietly and listened. "It was like a knife in my heart," whispered Dilly. So now she had no job and no prospects for a future. She had a working relationship with the Wittenberg librarian where there was an opening for a job but some one else who was related got the position. Hartwick College, which her father had help start, was also looking for someone. A Lutheran college in Iowa was interested in a head librarian but Dilly didn't feel she was ready for that responsibility. Capital University With her Master in Library Science degree, Dilly wrote to all the Lutheran Colleges looking for a position in 1932. She recieved a lovely letter from Miss Dorothea Conrad at Capital saying Dilly's qualifications looked good so she should stop in whenever she was in the area. In 1935, she still hadn't found the right [image: 1935. Assistant Librarian Named at Capital U. Miss Dorothy M. Dillenbeck of Johnstown, N. Y., was named as- sistant librarian at the Capital university library, it was an- nounced this week by Capital of- ficials. Miss Dillenbeck will assist Miss Dorothea - M. Conrad, head librarian. She is a graduate of Elmira col- lege and was later graduated from Columbia university with a bach- elor of science degree in library science. She served as librarian at Wagner Memorial Luther college before coming to Capital.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 107) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6229cf5ecd25e227221f32aeb63d14d6.jpg 78f91ce75b97739fca988ef21d6d6ba0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 108] [corresponds to page 99 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] job and her brother, Marsden, who had a new DeSoto, offered to drive her to Columbus. Along the way, he braked suddenly and Dilly's head hit the windshield so she arrived at her interview with a bump on her head. Miss Conrad and Dilly hit it off right away. "I took us downtown to a well known restaurant and she took us to the Bexley Tea Room," remembers Dilly. In August, Miss Conrad called and asked her to come to Capital University as the assistant librarian. It was ideal! The school was Lutheran, away from home and closer to Sunbury than she had been. "Miss Conrad was as tall as I am small," chuckled Dilly who compensated by always wearing high heels until she broke her hip shortly after Carleton died. Instead of a small office, she had a desk in a large workroom with windows all the way around. "I felt so lucky." Miss Conrad had a basement full of books which needed to be catalogued and assigned them to Dilly. Unfortunately they were written in German and Dilly had not studied that language. In high school she had taken Latin and Spanish. At Elmira she studied more Spanish and French. However Dilly's job at Capital including cataloging the archival books all written in German. She rented a one bedroom apartment with kitchen and living room for $20 per month, sent for her studio couch and made a bed of turquoise tiles supporting springs. Several months after she was in Columbus, Dilly called Carleton and asked him to meet her at Broad'El, a restaurant in Bexley. After he sat down she very quietly pushed the box containing her engagement ring towards him and told him she was sorry she hadn't sent it to him sooner. He pushed it back and then explained the rest of the story. Carleton's grandfather, Mr. Sperry, was widowed so Carleton and his mother, Daisy, had been living with him at 47 Morning Street and caring for him. The little money Carleton made was basically supporting the household. Mr. Sperry thought that was too many mouths to feed and put his foot down forbidding Carleton to bring a bride into the house. "They never considered I was working and could be a contributing member of the household," recalls Dilly. He went on to explain to me that he had his father tell me because he couldn't. I was hurt but Carleton was also devastated and embarrassed by the whole matter. He asked me to keep the ring and we began dating again and never discussed it again. Occasionally, the couple would double date with Carleton's high school friend, Hoyt Whitney, and Laura Crawford. Hoyt was the brother of Polly Horn's father, Bill Whitney. Seward Arnold from Westinghouse days, and his wife Dottie joined them and all became good friends for life. The first year at Capital, Dilly made $1000 per year with the rank of instructor. The second year she made $1200. Eventually in 1944, she became an assistant professor and made $2600. Dilly's roommate, Mary Jane Gorman, was dating Armin Henry Meyer who graduated from Capital in 1935. He taught mathematics and was dean of men at Capital. Although he was seven years younger then Dilly, they became good friends. She often was their fourth for Bridge. When Mary Jane and Armin married and he had a job in Cairo, he asked Dilly to be the librarian at the Embassy in Cairo. That was too far from Carleton. Although Armin's marriage Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 108) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5b43620298a33bedb075bc9c37ee265a.jpg 7e00092d769efb2df960e51415192386 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 109] [corresponds to page 100 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Armin Henry Meyer] ended in divorce, he and Dilly continued to keep in touch. Since it was very difficult to get business suits in other countries, Dilly would pick them out and have them sent to him. She watched his career grow with the State Department from Military Attache of American Legation in Cairo in 1946 to United States Ambassador to Lebanon, Japan, and Iran from 1965-69. He later became a professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreigh service. When Armin returned to Capital to give a speech, he visited the Burrer home. He had written the memories of his life as an ambassador and a copy of the book, Assignment Tokyo, is in the Community Library Burrer Family Memorial Room. [photo: Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger with Armin Meyer in the Brown Suit Dilly Chose] Dilly, the Mountain Climber Always wanting to be a part of her father's hiking and mountain climbing trips, Dilly convinced her father she really wanted to climb Mt. Marcy for summer vacation in 1936. It is the highest peak in the Adirondacks, and Dilly wanted to say she had climbed it. The following item appeared in the local paper: Local Party Planning To climb Mt. Marcy Two local clergymen, the Rev. Edward L. Swartout, Jr., of the Reformed church, the Rev. Andrew L. Dillenbeck, D.D., of St. Mark's Lutheran, Mrs. Swartout and Dr. Dillenbeck's daughter, Dorothy, are planning a climb of Mt. Marcy next Monday. The quartet will start the ascent at the western approach from Tahawus and expect to cover ten miles going up and thirteen miles descending. They plan to spend Monday night at the top of the mountain, making the return trip Tuesday. One of the interesting features awaiting them at the top, 5,344 feet above sea level is a view of Lake Pear, the highest lake in New York state, Avalanche Pass and Lake Colden, all picturesque sights. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 109) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/80889ea5b70b828e7b70fc55834e2b8c.jpg 5e30b876324b6e45b0e6e1253bd90741 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 110] [corresponds to page 101 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Rev. Edward L. Swartout, Jr., and his wife were young and in excellent physical shape because they spent much time hiking and in other sports. Normally one trains before undertaking such an event but Dilly just knew she could do it with no problem - after all she had been a Girl Scout. Although to get to Mt. Marcy, they had to climb several small mountains, the trip up went fine. The scenery was beautiful. The top was all Dilly knew it would be and the feeling of accomplishment was invigorating. Unfortunately, on the return trip, Dilly's legs were cramping badly. When she finally reached the bottom, she had to go to bed and stay there for a week. Her brother could never understand how she convinced her father to let her go when he was experienced and should have realized she was not up to it. Althugh the pain and exhaustion were not pleasant, Dilly says climbing the mountain was one of her personal accomplishments. "Once you've climbed a mountain, you're never the same. Everyone should have the experience." Years later she and Carleton climbed a smaller Mt. Snowie near Johnstown in one day. G.J. and the Director of the Girl Scout camp were with them. It was an easy climb and Carleton and Dilly came down arm in arm. Columbus had everything Dilly loved. She joined two music clubs and enjoyed the Bexley players. Columbus had good restaurants, ball teams, and public transportation which was very important since Dilly had not learned to drive. While at Capital, Dilly and her friends went to the Hartman Theater in Columbus. The seats sold out quickly so they would take turns standing in line. They could only afford tickets in the peanut gallery but the productions were not to be missed. Usually the Broadway stars toured with the shows that played at the Hartman. Dilly kept all the show programs and playbills and years later she had all her collection from the Hartman and those from Broadway bound. [photo: Billy Arnold, 1 1/2, and Dilly in Cincinnati] One of Dilly's special memories of her time at Capital is getting to attend the American Library Association Convention in Cincinnati. Although she had to pay her own way, it was a thrill to be in on the biggest gathering of librarians as they discussed the role of librarians. The trip was a double hit because Dilly was able to visit her friend Dottie Arnold, who was now the mother of Dilly's godson, Billy. Through the years Dilly and the Arnolds have remained very close. Dilly's father baptized Billy in the Arnold's living room. She watched Billy grow to Bill, go to college at Florida State University where a circus trained. Being very strong, Bill learned acrobatics and became the base for pyramids because he could lift the girls. After four years in the Air Force, Bill became a pilot with Delta Air Lines and still flies to London. He married a flight attendant and they have two girls now in college. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 110) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/37f08736891a99b16dd44b56c4015b7c.jpg 13f79f58ab74687c5cef8bc188da9050 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 111] [corresponds to page 102 of Flashback: A STory of Two Families] [image: Dilly's Ration Books] The world was at war but Dllly [sic Dilly] was luckier than many people. Being a minister's daughter she was used to doing without the frills. Times were rough for everyone so others were also doing without luxuries. Dilly needed ration books like everyone else. However, she didn't need to worry about gasoline since she didn't drive. "I fared better than most because I didn't drink coffee, drive or use liquor," remembers Dilly. Of course her friends did use them so Dilly was glad to be able to give her ration stamps to others. One friend would call and remind her it was time for a visit and to bring her ration books. "I remember going to the store for nylon hose and taking a number which I turned in. When my number came up, the store would notify me and I would go in to pick up my Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 111) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/213520122dbd8747febed154e8aa84c2.jpg b4055d8eb50906f328215d29c22f3e9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 112] [corresponds to page 103 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] stockings," Dilly commented. She remembers a ration on meat and tires and people standing in line to make their purchases. Her biggest concern during the war was for the safety of Carleton and her friends serving in the military. Since she and Carleton had been corresponding for years, this was not a change for her. Now she was visiting England and Hawaii through Carleton's letters. Dilly Looks at Dilly As all people are the sum total of their genes and their environment, Dilly sees herself in the following manner. I am a Democrat and love to follow politics. I love Masterpiece Theater and rarely miss an episode. I am a C-Span and C-Span 2 junkie. I have no ego. I consider myself professional. I believe the best profession is Librarian. I am non-confrontational. I will always stand up for a friend. I am aware of my weaknesses. I am definitely outspoken. I am easy to get along with. I have no temper. I am not courageous. When I believe in a cause, I stand up and fight for it. I feel women are definitely equal to men and really resented a Capital professor once saying women would not equal men. After all can a man birth a child? I talk too much. Would You Do It Over Again? If I were to live it all over again, I would choose to do the same things with one exception, I would be nicer to my mother. I was closer to my father and Marsden was closer our mother throughout our lives. While I loved my mother and respected her, we were not always close. Being a minister's wife, everyone dumped on Mother. While the ministered was hired to do his job, it was assumed his wife was also going to do all the many other tasks associated with the church-teaching, singing, playing the organ, preparing church means, etc. Later, to help with our education, Mother went back to school to renew her teaching certificate even though she wasn't well. When I was away at school I did write her a long letter saying how much I appreciated what she had done for me. The rest of my life has been very full - the ups and downs. Of course, I would do it all over again. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 112) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/487c89adae61a4974070400953fafe9e.jpg 923e13425e3f81c070065c58f8f4cc9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 113] [corresponds to page unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Dorothy MacNaughton Dillenbeck Marries Carleton Sperry Burrer December 30, 1945 [2 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 113) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b42d62ebaf7778e2f086c336dc17a446.jpg 21c4888c88292d7da20a41a48770e4a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 114] [corresponds to page 105 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Marriage Carleton returned from the war just before Thanksgiving in 1945, and they were married December 30, 1945, in Mansfield by a friend from Capital. Dilly, who was always close to her minister father, was just recovering from six weeks of bronchitis which had left her weak and with a heart murmur. "I knew if my father performed the wedding service we would both be too emotional and probably break down and cry," Dilly explained. Seward and his wife, Dottie, and Daisy Sperry stood up for them. Tthe event was the anniversary of Karl and Daisy's wedding but this fact was not known to Dilly at the time. [photo: Daisy Sperry and her Dog in the Backyard on North Morning Street] There was no money for a wedding trip so the couple returned to Sunbury and took up residence with Daisy in the house they were to call home on North Morning Street until 1979. Dilly continued to work at Capital and stayed in Columbus during the week. Some of this time she lived in a dorm but for a while she stayed with the Arnolds. In all this time she was only alone for three weeks one summer. On the weekends, Carleton would pick her up and she would come to Sunbury and take care of the house. [photo: 47 North Morning Street, Sunbury] Although she missed Carleton during the week, she walked a lot, feeling very safe in her neighborhood, and had many friends among the faculty and the faculty wives. When the time came for Dilly to leave Columbus, the faculty women and wives gave a shower for her. In October, Daisy and Carleton went to Columbus and helped move Dilly, who was seven months pregnant, to Sunbury. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 114) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6c565a51321800c60628281da25026e8.jpg 31c10c449017aae98f1b56f455b061d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 115] [corresponds to page 106 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] 47 North Morning Street [photo: Grandfather Clock in the Dining Room] [photo: Living Room] [photo: Carol Burrer is Watering Flowers] [photo: Grandaughter Carol Burrer in Living Room] [photo: Living Room] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 115) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9166453b5f31f9c12b00b6a53d897261.jpg e2c5a2f3eb69e2cf83d9e64ba981149f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 116] [corresponds to page 107 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] John Dillen burrer Two months later, their son, John Dillen, was born December 14, 1946, just sixteen days before their first anniversary. [photo: John Dillen Burrer] One hundred pound Dilly had gained thirty pounds during her pregnancy, so she was really ready for the big event when the time came. On the way to the hospital, she, Carleton, and Daisy chose the name for a son. They chose John after the Burrer forefathers and Daisy suggested shortening Dilly's maiden name Dillenbeck to Dillen. "We all like it. We never even discussed a girl's name," recalled Dilly. After 30 hours in labor, John was born at 6 A.M. in White Cross Hospital. "I remember thinking he had a pinhead but it was love at first sight." John made a big impact on the family which had not had little ones for a long time. John's Grandpa Karl Burrer, who rarely had time for his own son, had recently retired and now found time to come to the house and feed baby John. Perhaps he realized how much of his own family life he had missed. [photo: Dilly and John Age 5 months] With Carleton's knowledge of electronics, the family had the first television in town. It had a small 4" screen and the picture was so "snowy" they had to pull the drapes to see it. Carleton had put an antenna on the back porch which he hand-turned to the direction of the signal. [photo: Marsden Dillenbeck, Dilly Burrer, and John Burrer, 2 1/2 Years Old] [photo: Three Generations: Daisy Sperry Carleton Sperry Burrer Dorothy Dillenback Burrer Andrew Luther Dillenbeck John Dillen Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 116) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4f3cc14eef7962801f48c107f6cbd2a7.jpg 98344ad1c70b7a32efceac5f9bb750d3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 117] [corresponds to page 108 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: June 1948] [photo: 2 years Old] [photo: Kinky Clark and John Burrer] [photo: Val Roberts, Elaine Sherbourne, John Burrer, August 1951] Later Carleton took the insides out of an old mahogany phonograph, put a player inside and attached the little walnut TV for Dilly. The two woods bothered her so she let it go in an auction, something she later regretted. When John was young, he thought it would be nice if his mother would drive and take his friends to events. Dilly signed up and received a driver's license when it was required but year's later she let it expire. So she took a driver's test and got everything right on the written test. However, she had three Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 117) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/680c2b658464658c179d3ebaaee22bff.jpg f925aa7d97ba88e75aa5eb5854d29319 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 118] [corresponds to page 109 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: At Crocker's Cottage On Caroga Lake June 1955 Aunt Marie Crocker Dilly Burrer John Burrer] chances to maneuver the car into a parallel parking spot. On the first attempt she hit the pole in front, on the second the back one, and on the third she hit the curb. Even though the policeman was nice and suggested she practice some more and retake the test, she decided she would rather not drive. "I really haven't missed it," she commented. [photo: Little League All-Star Team, 1958 Back row: Keith Wampler, John Burrer, Bill Rowland, Terry Buell, Rick Day, Bob Hartsook Front Row: Ronnie Rowland, Pete Ross, Darrel Wilson, Billy Owen, Steve Ruthig, Terry Williamson] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 118) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/584f3426fb9a23d3aeb84be68e32d891.jpg 5e8c775d46df1e2b7eeac1fdfa2147a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 119] [corresponds to page 110 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: "The Sign of Our Bread and Butter"] [photo: Sunbury Electric Shop Truck] Following the war, Carleton's business continued to grow as more appliances were developed and the public was eager to buy them. Of course this ment more to be repaired and more wiring. In 1952, Maud Horlocker, the librarian for Community Library went to Carleton and ask his permission to see if Dilly would be interested in being the librarian in Sunbury. "That was before women's lib, I guess," laughed Dilly. Community Library Mrs. Horlocker had taken a cut in pay from $2400 as a teacher to $1200 as a part time librarian. Mrs. Anderson also worked with her and left at the same time. So Dilly took the part-time job in Sunbury at $1.50 per hour. For the next 20 of her 22 years with the library she would work for $2.00 per hour or less. "I knew the library board couldn't afford to pay me any more. But I didn't mind and I've enjoyed every minute of my work here. Librarians have never been highly paid but the position carries a prestige which implements the salary. Besides I had a six year old son at home and Carleton had a successful career already going so we were able to handle it," Dilly told the sunbury News. What a change from the past 11 years of work in a college library to come to work in a small town library. Conveniently the library was located in a former meat market on East Cherry Street, in the same block in which the Burrer's lived so she didn't need to worry about transportation. She prepared her meals in the morning and put them in the oven to bake while she was at work. [photo: Dilly Balanced Home and Career] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 119) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ec55a42efb7c757c37198e132938c807.jpg 258c89f46fc4169a32d3d4028999fe51 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 120] [corresponds to page 111 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Community Library was on Cherry Street, second building from the left. Polly Whitney, library page, is riding in the July 4th Parade] Polly's Story Since Mrs. Burrer will never talk about her first day on the job, I feel I must tell my version of that day. Remember I was only in the 7th grade. My sister, in the 3rd grade, and I, in the 4th grade, needed a community service project for Girl Scouts and through our neighbor, Felice Patton, we volunteered to tie magazines at the library. At the end of the project Peg was bored and quit but I continued to volunteer after school on Tuesday and Thursday and also Saturday afternoons. Not only did I tie magazines, I shellacked covers of books following Mrs. Anderson's writng numbers on the spine with white India ink. It was my assignment to shelve the books. Having never heard of Dewey, I arranged the books in order by color, size and shape. The result was no one else could find the books so requests were left by patrons and I retrieved the books when I got to the library. I loved Mrs. Horlocker and Mrs, Anderson and would have done anything for them. I had started seventh grade when Mrs. Burrer was hired. Her first day I rushed in to see how impressed she was going to be with our wonderful library. Her first question to me was "What does this BH mean on this spine?" I replied, "Boys' Horse Story and it goes on this wall." Then I noticed the look on her face and quickly added, "The Girls' Horse Stories are over there: and pointed to the opposite wall. That little woman let out a big, "W H A T ?" After I repeated my explanation she walked to the next shelf of Boys' Mysteries, turned and went back to the desk with instructions for me to bring all the horse books to her. Thee next thing I knew she was using a letter opener to scratch off Mrs. Anderson's carefully written labels and relabeled the books. Needless to say I was very upset and went home fuming. I told my mother I had to quit and could not work for Mrs. Burrer. My mother, in her wisdom, let me rage on until I had vent my anger then said it was okay to quit but I needed to give one month's notice. I immediately wrote my letter of resignation effective in one month and gave it to Mrs. Burrer who made no comment. (I'll always wonder if the two had discussed the issue.) By the end of the month, books were no longer shelved by color, size, or reader's sex. The patrons could find their own books. Needless to say, I forgot about the resignation and stayed with Mrs. Burrer through graduation. By the end of the eighth grade, I became the first page at 10 cents an hour." In addition to the page, others such as Mary Kay McCool, Lillian Howard, Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 120) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/203674d451945cc816dbaafaeb213f98.jpg da36567fe6952fbd61a56e4aeaf673bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 121] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Esther McCormick, Rachel Stockwell and Peggy Livingston helped in the library. When more shelves were needed for the library, O.W. Whitney bought shelving for the back room at the meat market. The children's books were housed on these shelves. Community Library soon outgrew the old meat market building on Cherry Street and moved in 1954 into the newly renovated main room of the first floor of the historic Town Hall located in the center of the village green. The books were packed in boxes put into a utility wagon pulled behind D.C. Hoover's car. Several children, including John Burrer, brought their little wagons and pulled those full of books to the new library. The books were unloaded in the new library and the movers returned the empty boxes to the old library to be refilled. In this manner the entire library was moved in a day. [foldout: Tuesday, August 10, 1954 edition of the Columbus Dispatch LIBRARY RECEIVES MANY GIFTS FOR NEW HOME; MANY HELP MOVE LIBRARY INTO TOWN HALL] Much of the furnishings and equipment of Community Library in its new home in the Sunbury town hall were gifts from residents of this community. More than 200 attended the open house recenely [sic recently] and librarians from other villages and cities were high with their praise of the new home and the work that is being done by the library board and librarians of Community Library. Besides members of the library board helping with the open house were Mrs. James Tarpy, Miss Louise Sheets, Mrs. Carl Dawson, Mrs. Marion Owen, Mrs. Craig Hicks, John Burrer, Brenda Hoover, Polly Whitney and Mrs. Carleton Burrer, librarian. Gifts for New Library Home Those presenting gifts for the new home are given in the follow- ing: Flooring by Mrs. and Mrs. Russell W. Miller. Drapes by the Sunbury YWCA and were made and hung by Mrs. John Gallogly, Mrs. O. W. Whitney, Jr., Miss Louise Sheets, Mrs. Betty Edgerton and Mrs. R. W. Miller. Outside door light by the Sunbury Electric Shop. Outdoor signs by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hottle. Bookmarke by The Sunbury News. Main Trucking Co., Virgil Edwards and Townley-Main Food Locker for their gifts. Virginius Howard furnished music for the open house on the Slack Funeral Home organ. Many gifts of flowers were re- ceived for the open house. These were from J.R. Neilson, Mr. K. O. Burrer, Mrs. J. R. VanDivort, Mrs. Robert Hoover, Sunbury Electric Shop, whitney Insurance Agency, Breece Florists, Mrs. Vere William- son, Mrs. V. R. Howard and Mrs. Betty Edgerton. The library board wishes to thank everyone for their gifts and help that has made Community Library one of the finest in the country. The board lists the following who help to move and who furnished free labor to remodel the town hall for the library: Mrs. Grace Miller, David Whitney, Jim Whitney, John Burrer, Bobby Townley, Hannah Whitney, Kathy Blume, Judy Owen, Brenda Hoover, Monna Guidotti, Paul Miller, Jerry Swickard, Dick Garee, C.S. Burrer, D. C. Hoover, Peg Whitney, Penny Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. V.R. How- ard, Frank Stelzer, Eugene Sparks. Gary Hensley, Billy Haller, Donald Bryant, Lynn Walter, Lew Walter, Peter White, Paul Henry, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Patton, Mrs. Maude Hor- locker, Mrs. Clyde Hottle, J. R. Neilson, Jerry Perry, Miss Esther Green, Craig Hicks, Mrs. R. w. Miller, Lynn Roberts, Matthew Miller, Mrs. John Gallogly, Polly Whitney, Mrs. Carl Dawson and Mrs. Marion Owen. [photo: NEW HOME -These people had a big part in the new home of Cim- munity Library and are looking over the refreshment table for the open house. Left to right are Mayor Glenard Buell of Sunbury, Mrs. Grace R. Miller, member of one of the first library boards; V.R. How- ard, president of the library board and Mrs. Carleton Burrer, librarian. -columbus Dispatch Photo] COMMUNITY LIBRARY TO HAVE NEW HOME Sunbury council and Community Library board met Tuesday even- ing and made plans for the library to be moved into the two east rooms of the first floor of the town hall. Plans are under way to convert the present jail room and former fire engine house into the library. A small work laboratory and rest rooms will be installed in the pre- sent location of the jail. A new colonial entrance is planned for the north side of the building. A spec- ial enclosed reading room for child- ren is planned. Community Library was started ten years ago this June by the Sun- bury Y. W. C. A. whose members donated their time and work to run it for the first year in the former Kempton building located on the side of the present Sunbury News building. The present library building on East Cherry Street has been in use nearly nine years and the books added totaling more than 8,000 volumes, have necessi- tated the move to larger quarters. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 121) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0f8c0305c9e187fab3f64f2d7548d0af.jpg 994575bea591a549fb5f2cdab552d45e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 122] [corresponds to page 113 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Again the library grew rapidly and it became apparent more help was needed. Two board members, Bea Hottle and Mary Ellen Miller, were attending a Methodist Church Circle and noticed Evelyn Dawson and Virginia Owen and recruited them to work in the library. Later Ann Brown joined the force as more open hours were added. Six years after the move into the Town Hall, space again became tight. The village added the east stairs to the second floor and the library became a two story library. After the Farmer's Bank was built, books surrounded the council room. One day Mrs. Bond, the principal from Galena, visited the library and in a very loud voice exclaimed it was a waste of time for her students to use this library because after they located a book in the card catalog, they couldn't find it on the shelves because the books were not properly labeled. Dilly assured her they simply didn't have the funds to purchase a much needed labeler for Betty Brehm to use. Francis Ruthig and Dilly had known for some time that the county budget commission was not allocating all the collected funds to libraries. Although they did issue funds when the need was shown, it was suspected more funds were actually collected. [photo: Community Library 1954-1994] Board member, Mr. Spangler, went to the courthouse and discovered there were indeed other funds. He reported back to Dilly but so did Judge O W Whitney, Jr., who let Dilly know Mr. Spangler's investigation was not appreciated in the courthouse. Not to be intimidated by the Republicans, Mrs. Ruthig and Dilly (both Democrats) went to the next Budget hearing armed with the law, a good budget and the need for more funds to purchase much needed equipment such as the labeler. It took three years for all the funds to go to libraries. Being housed in the center of the square posed a political threat to the library shortly after the Sesquicentennial (1966) when the village was considering cutting up the square for more public parking. While using the phone in the window, Dilly noticed the stakes on the grass and called Bill Whitney at The Sunbury News to inquire the reason. He forwarded her on to the mayor and she was horrified to realize the square was about to cease to exist. Some people Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 122) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/194f85796965f0e91986f2dcc8ec0046.jpg f5bfd7c08270c89d001dc7b9a4786dd4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 123] [corresponds to page 114 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] including Rachel Stockwell circulated a questionnaire inquiring as to the public's opinion regarding the square. Others researched the plot map in the court house and learned the square was protected by the founders. Word went around that Dilly was heading up the opposition. When it came time to go to council, Dilly was terrified. While the parking was vetoed, the atmosphere was not pleasant. Rachel walked Dilly home afterward. Dilly earned a new reputation, 'If you want to do anything around here, you have to get Dilly Burrer's OK on it.' "I learned the end does not always justify the means. I was a public employee bucking the local government and it was resented. After that I kept a low profile and kept my strong opinions to myself," noted Dilly. Later the Progress Club met at O.W. Whitney's house and he, who had been for the parking, was shocked when he heard these women were furious at the idea. One member said she stole up to the square in the moonlight and removed the stakes. "I always enjoyed working with the members of the Board of Trustees. Many of these were farmers who once a month met to help oversee the operation of the library," commented Dilly. They were always there for her and stood by her in difficult times. Dilly served on the Federal Jury in Columbus for a three month session, traveling back and forth with Mac McDonald. During a break in the jury procedings, she had a cigarette and a Sunbury minister's wife saw her. Later when Dilly had to question the woman's daughter who was a library page, the lady said Dilly was unfit to guide young people because she smoked. She had begun smoking as soon as she had left home as a girl. In fact she remembers her first cigarette was at the Beakman Tower of the YWCA building in New York City. It was considered the thing to do and most of her friends smoked. Carleton didn't approve of women smoking but he never said anything when Dilly enjoyed her after-dinner cigarette while he enjoyed his pipe. Anyway the Board did not fire Dilly over the incident. Years later, her last cigarette also left an impression. The family was on vacation and Dilly became ill and was admitted to the hospital. When she asked her roommate if she minded if Dilly smoked, the roommate said she did mind so Dilly didn't smoke and never did again. There was never enough money to run the library properly. Dilly's biggest disappointment was to not have $72 to buy a chained volume of art prints which she knew the commmunity would have enjoyed. Circulation continually grew but never as fast as Dilly would have liked. Each year she carefully prepared her annual report for the community which was published in The Sunbury News. It not only contained the financial state of the library but a list of all the memorials received throughout the year. This was the beginning of the memorial program which is still so popular today. When Dilly retired in 1975, the library used the entire first two floors of the building. To replace her the board hired Rachel Edwards as a full time library director and Polly Whitney Brehm (Horn) as the assistant director to serve as a part-time children's librarian. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 123) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b5e13d5613af958afb2e3b3b6af84b04.jpg a6929526b8974612ef986c9d5a39d276 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 124] [corresponds to page 115 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Inside Sunbury Electric Shop Carleton S. Burrer, Daisy S. Burrer, Bud Harris, and Walt Gross] [photo: Sunbury Electric Shop Burns March 17, 1956] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 124) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/74fa8c18e6a63cbb4ecbd3a6707cf29a.jpg 68ed09edc65f5583fcbcfc09431ef19e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 125] [corresponds to page 116 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton Burrer and Jack Crothers Of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric In the Sunbury Electric Shop] Fire Causes Carleton to Change Careers Around noon in March 1956, following an explosion of gas in pipes left from gaslights, fire swept through the Blakely Williams Building and the Sunbury Electric Shop. Harry Snow who did radio repairs, table work and odd jobs, grabbed the accounts ledger on his way out of the building but got to the door to find the fire had sucked it so tightly shut it took all of his strength to force it open. Carleton was coming from Columbus and heard the sirens so he rushed to the fire station to assume his role of radio operator for the volunteer fire dpeartment and learned it was his business burning. A collection of tools of the trade and other memorabilia made over 25 years were lost in the fire which burned all day, too hot for the small fire department to control. The brick firewall constructed after the last burning of businesses on the east side of the square held and the fire department was able to confine the fire to only the one building. The door on a free standing safe had been left ajar so the clerk could use the ledgers throughout the business day so all in it were lost including Carleton's Army discharge papers. The company was left with the accounts ledger and only $12,000 insurance but none of them sustained any serious injuries. In a short time they were back doing repairs and electrical contracting from a rented building but the loss was hard to overcome. In 1958, the business closed (see sale ad on next page) when Carleton decided not to rebuild but rather follow his uncle into the banking business. His faithful employees easily found employment. Harry Snow and Leta Barnhard worked for Suburban Power Co., successor to the Mill Generating System at 19 E. Granville Street (a block building torn down to make way for the Municipal Building parking lot in 1982). Leta went on to work in the County Engineer's office for several years before she retired. Walt Gross bought the Marathon Station at the southwest corner of Cherry and Columbus Street where he stayed until retirement. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 125) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8805f2c50473cf013b7cc2f5cdde694a.jpg d6458eb38d2833490121649f295c54b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 126] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] NEWS - June 5, 1958 Public Announcement . . . Sunbury Electric is announcing its Sale to Close Out its Stock of Electrical Merchandise and Equipment. Since our fire in March 1956 we have attempted to hold our organization together and operate in temporary locations until a suitable building could be purchased or erected. Unfortunately certain circumstances developed which prevented our obtaining the Blakely - Williams corner and thereby put an end to our plans to rebuild at that location. Several attempts have been made during the past two years to purchase existing locations around the square but without success. Now, since all possibilities appear to be exhausted and since it is not economically possible to operate indefinitely on a "Temporary Basis", we have made this painful decision to discontinue. Mr. Walter Gross will continue in the service business and all warranty repairs on new merchandise will be taken care of as in the past. Mr. Harry Snow will continue with electrical wiring and construction. Both of these former employees intend to cooperate with each other and my own activities will be such that, at least for the present, assistance can be provided them during the transition. I will also be in a position to provide continuing service on television and other electronic equipment, which we have sold, so that none of our customers will be neglected because of this change. At this time I wish to express my sincere gratitude to all those who have gone out of their way to be of assistance to us since the fire:-- To The Whitney Insurance Agency for their usual prompt and fair claim service and for the temporary use of their office space and facilities. To The Ohio Central Telephone Corporation who were kind enough to offer us the use of their new building until such time as they could begin installing equipment. To Mr. Jack Shipman, the International Harvester dealer, who offered the use of his show room on Rainbow Avenue. But most particularly t0 Russell and Mary Cring and The Four-County Company for permitting us to "share" their business space with them during the past two years. We also want to thank the many people and organiza- tions with whom we have been privileged to do business during the past 26 years and for the faithful assistance of our employees during these years. The opportunity to serve you has been most appreciated and because of having had these long and friendly relations, this decision to "Close Shop" has been a most difficult one to make. My family joins me in expressing heartfelt thanks to all of you who were so kind and helpful during the recent pass- ing of my mother and father. One doesn't realize how thoughtful and what a help good friends can be until such circumstances arise. Details of our Closing Out Sale will be found in the [illegible] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 126) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4a9974e33d39a57fa44e67f7f95aa9a3.jpg ffc73dded72836fe403a97ae09fa9fb4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 127] [corresponds to page 118 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] In 1956, Carleton was elected to the Board of Directors for the locally owned Farmer's Bank, following in his uncle's footsteps. When he made the decision not to rebuild the sunbury Electric Shop, he became an assistant cashier under the supervision of his Uncle Rudy. [photo: Farmers Bank - March 1974] In 1960 the old Farmer's Bank was razed and the present building constructed using the same vault as was in the other bank. "We moved out of the old building in the spring, and set up offices in the town hall, until that fall when the new building was ready. The north door was added to the Town Hall and a vault installed to make the building useful as a bank. That year Carleton was promoted to Cashier. [photo: Bank Employees in 1966: Carleton Burrer, Pauline Ide, Judy Perry, Annamay Haycock, Darlen Kean, Paul Spires] Shortly before Rudy's death in 1965, the Farmers Bank merged with the First National Bank, a Beneficial Affiliate, in Delaware, and Carleton became a vice president, a member of the First National board of directors, and manager of the Sunbury office. When Carleton resigned in 1974, it was the first time for no Burrer to be involved in Sunbury's banking business in over 70 years. [photo: Interior of Bank in 1966: George Main, Paul Spires, Darlene Kean, Pauline Ide, Judy Perry] Dilly enjoyed painting classes with Bill Fraley of the Big Walnut Art Department. "Bill would say do it and we all would except Louise Burrer who just couldn't," remembers Dilly. It take courage to put paint on a canvas! Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 127) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/85e7ddc63589d4d4fa2bab1221fd3096.jpg ef3cf3abf265ac372e182006be9da7e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 128] [corresponds to page 119 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] As a Brownie Scout leader she also took ceramics classes on the top floor at Ohio Wesleyan University. She belonged to a Bridge group consisting of Margaret Morris, Annette Roberts and Felice Patton, which met every other week. Marian Whitney was a substitute for the group. John Grows Up In the meantime John matured into a very caring person. Like his father he tends to listen before injecting his ideas. Like his Grandmother and Grandfather Dillenbeck, he studies and plans carefully before making a move. He had his father's love of old cars and developed his own love of motorcycles. After graduating from Big Walnut High School in 1964, he went to Ohio Wesleyan University, where he became a Beta, and then into the Air Force. He [photo: BANQUET TO HONOR TEAM -- Coach Myron Burt and and his Big Walnut High Eagles basketball team will be honored at a banquet this Saturday evening sponsored by the Athletic Boosters. Coach Curt Tong of Otterbein College will be the guest speaker and will be accompanied by Mrs. Tong and Craig Gifford, Public Re- lations director of Otterbein, and his wife. Dinner will be served at 6:45 and tickets are being sold at the school and by players at $1.50. Pictured left around to right on the first row are Paul Elfrink, Keith Wampler, Jon Zwayer, Denny Groseclose, Terry Buell, Bill Stover, John Burrer, Bob Hartsook and Wayne Bryant, manager. Standing in the rear, left to right, are Coach Myron Burt, Sam Bates and Bill Rowland, co-captains, and Ron Moore, assistant varsity and reserve coach.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 128) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/07d9a49cadcc65ee0000a7ee34ad1124.jpg dc50c41af13d7b13af3569a47ed36d40 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 129] [corresponds to page 120 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] was stationed at Thule, Greenland, for 12 months where he waited table in his spare time. He then spent 3 years at Lockbourne. During this time he continued his education through correspondence courses from University of Maryland and Ohio University. In 1973 he graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Business Administration and a major in transportation and a variety of courses in the humanities. [photo: John Dillen Burrer] After the service he was living in an apartment in Columbus and met Beverly Messer and her one year old son, Tony. John adopted Tony and Sherry joined the family. Carleton and Dilly were instant grandparents. Later daughter, Carol was born. The grandchildren became the highlight of Carleton and Dilly's lives. [photo: John's Pride and Joy] Like his forefathers, John also became a Mason and was present when they presented a special award to his father. He served as Little League Coach for three years in Sunbury. John had to work hard to support his rapidly growing family. He had a job in Alabama trying to motivate slow moving southerners transporting furniture made there. It didn't work out. [photo: Proud Grandfather Carleton with Sherry and Carol Burrer] Meanwhile he and Beverly decided to end their marriage and John returned north with the three children. They moved upstairs over Dilly and Carleton and John found employment in Columbus. Now with the children grown and Carleton gone, John looks after his mother. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 129) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/f02a3dab5094ed304ef21a233c47beaf.jpg 2bcd19dff73e34822081b21248f65225 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 130] [corresponds to page 121 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Tony Burrer's School Pictures [7 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 130) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d0ef3ff1e0b4ce6cfc04faa003725514.jpg c065bad863c75320e3a539a3a57665a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 131] [corresponds to page 122 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Roger Anthony Burrer [image] [photo: Sixth Grade Prom Jenny Fuller and Tony] [photo: Tony's Baptism Sunbury Baptist Church August 1982 Past Meneely] [photo: Feeding Pigeons in the Battery, New York City on December 1982] [photo] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 131) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b183ca4f3d1f6ecfe7662c7afc18f704.jpg 38b03252fe82fed7bc621a720b7454ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 132] [corresponds to page 123 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Tony Burrer's TONY BURRER Phone Acting Resume SAG.AFTRA Height: 5'10" Weight: 170 Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue FILM The Flintstones Lambada-SetTheNightOnFire(CLAY)CoStar - Acting Cannon Films I Love Ferrari (Tarzan) -lead, Acting - Shot in Hong Kong Good Time Publications Tte Bodyguard Wamer Brothers Five Heartbeats Robert Townsend Fear No Evil Robert De Niro Barton Fink John Goodman SaLsa Cannon Films Elvira - Mistress of The Dark NBC Productions TELEVISION 1996 Grammy Awards with Salt & Pepa 1991 MTV Awards - Prince MTV 1992 MTV Awards - En Vogue MTV Arsenio Hall - Gladys Knight Fox TV Grudge Match Pilot Home Show ABC Moonlighting ABC Mickey's 60th Birthday NBC Dirty Dancing CBS 61st Annual Academy Awards ABC Star Search 91 NBC The Byron Allen Show - Baffy Ladier NBC Hull Street High CBS Soul Train - Gladys Knight KTLA A League of Their Own ABC VIDEO Duran Duran / Too Much Information Nitrate Films Cher/Tum [sic Turn] Back Time Cream Cheese Productions Brenda Russell/Gravity Libman Moore Producfions Desiree Coleman/Romance Limelight Productions Paul Lzkakis/My House Peter Nydrle Productions Chayanne/Simon Sez Propaganda Films Jasm- ine Guy/Another Like My Lover Petor Nydrle Productions STAGE Chippendales Aida Opera Columbus The Nutcracker Suite Ballet Metropolitan A Chorus Line Worthington Theater Firebird Dance Theatre if Harlem Lifeleap Wilshire Ebell Theater Harlem Suite Pantages Theater COMMERCIALS Available upon request INDUSTRIALS Head Sport, Unum Insurance, Levi Strauss, Disney/MGM Studios, Ocean Pacific, Converse, Reebok, Hobie, Lamaur Hair Products, Isuzu, Pum, Pepsi, Bolters, Surf Fetish, Nintendo, Sunrider EDUCATION Fort Hayes School of Performing Arts in Columbus, Ohio - 2 year graduate Ballet Metropolitan of Columbus, Ohio - 2 years Joe Tremaine's - Scholarship Student Commercial Workshop - Stuart K. Robinson Wharton School of Ballet - Rhonda Burke Scholarship Student Voice - Ron Anderson INTEREST-SKILLS Rollerskating, ice skating, weightlifting, aerobics, swimming, lifegarding, soccer, track, hurdling, stiltwalking, tree climbing, hiking, choreography, rollerblading. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 132) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/57977ed5a9465936fb15f3725ed45d6a.jpg a51e8a3a479d5445f07d39e7b1c2a407 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 133] [corresponds to page 124 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Sherry Burrer's School Pictures [9 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 133) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/25816bd22be2df313e05feccc7cdcd76.jpg 68e2b0b7953b1c0416954e0cadf7b1ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 134] [corresponds to page 125 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Sherry A. Burrer [photo: 1980] [photo: Sherry's Baptism in First Baptist Church Pastor Meneely August 1982] [photo: Sherry Dressed for Scout Outing at Slate Run in 1981 Wearing Sunbonnet, Grandmother Dilly's Skirt, Great-Grandmother's Apron] [3 photos] [photo: Sherry, third from left, Receiving Silver Scout Award, May 29, 1983. Others are Judy Graham, Jenny Fuller, Steph Brehm, Kim Krinn] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 134) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/42f4298d07c1d1f84d7ad0c39bef46cf.jpg 0e5360fa57bb1902ccceb401727d650c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 135] [corresponds to page 126 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Carol Burrer's School Pictures [9 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 135) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9b0e47470515e0d9bbafcaf25492949e.jpg 16d1a1966a371a146c4038280856d726 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 136] [corresponds to page 127 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Carol M. Burrer [photo: Carol's Big Walnut Graduation, 1992 Grandpa and Grandma Deere] [photo: Steph Scheel and Carol at Sea World] [photo: 1980] [2 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 136) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/25db47de31d6a7d256ba5f5cdba3c27f.jpg 7642df021678e8e31a1e7f9a92fafbe6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 137] [corresponds to page 128 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] One of the many friends Carleton brought to their marriage, was Fawn Ramsey Druggan. She was the daughter of Nelson and Annabelle (Gammill) Ramsey and grew up in the brick house on the northeast corner of Morning and Cherry Streets in Sunbury. Her father rented the house and grazed his horses in the field which later became the Sunbury Playground across Cherry Street from the house. Fawn married Charles Druggan, a well known lawyer from Columbus and moved there but stayed in touch with her Sunbury friends. [photo: 1969 Christmas with the Burrers Dilly Burrer, Louise Sheets, Fawn's Friend Tilly, Fawn Druggan] [photo: Painting in Fawn's Apartment of Her Riding] Carleton, Dilly and John often dined with Fawn either in her home in Columbus, or in their home in Sunbury. Through Carleton's suggestion, Fawn set up a trust fund for the new entrance to Sunbury Memorial Park and toward the continual upkeep of the Sedgwick and New Addition to the park. The unused remainder of the income goes to the Columbus Foundation. Upon her death, the oil painting of Fawn on a horse was given to the Burrers who in turn gave it to the village for the new municipal building when it was built in 1982. [photo: Entrance to Sunbury Memorial Park] During this time, Carleton began one of his many historical endeavors. He began to record various individuals who had spent a good many years of their lives in this community. Armed with his tape recorder, microphone, and his personal knowledge of the town history, Carleton often accompanied by his wife, would go to the people's homes and set up the recorder. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 137) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/40e40cba13489551f6a73bbcbc14a7ea.jpg dd1dd65d4b03fe2c512b2ecd53aaf878 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 138] [corresponds to page 129 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] The format for the tapes is always the same. He has the interviewee imagine himself on a particular corner of the town square and they take an imaginary walk around the square. The party tells what he remembers in each place as he travels the community. Of course, many side stories make these tapes invaluable. Copies of all the tapes were given to the Commuity [sic Community] Library where is it hoped they will be transcribed and made available to the public. [photo: Retirement Photo from The Sunbury News] Retirement Although they were no longer bringing in paychecks after their retirement in 1975, both Carleton and Dilly continued to be active. Retirement gave them the extra time they needed to continue research on local history. [photo: House Before Addition] [photo: House After the Addition] [photo: The Carleton and Dilly Burrer Addition] In 1979, they completed renovation on the Burrer family home at 46 North Columbus Street, just two blocks from the house which had been their home since their marriage. The new addition to the house allowed them total access on the first floor. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 138) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/06b5f90034e743467673384214dd5003.jpg 48ec16fc4539ad2407501d386d2d2e69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 139] [corresponds to page 130 of Flasback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Burrer Homestead in August 1979] [photo] [photo] [photo: Back View of House, Patio, and Yard in 1991] Renovations to the Burrer Home Blended the Old Home and Funrishings with the New Lifestyle of the Retirees [photo] [photo: Carol Burrer Enjoying Christmas in the Burrer Homestead] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 139) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2ac9e6126df4cc16a04615ccc836563e.jpg 814db74e198bb07a6e26302b5347edd1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 140] [corresponds to page 131 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] They registered the house as a Historic Ohio Homestead for being in the same family over 100 years and the Burrers received a plaque for the house. "We actually built ourselves a complete home in this addition with everything built in for convenience. I did discover we were too clever when I was in a wheelchair and couldn't get through some of the small passages," noted Dilly. However living in the original Burrer house had been like living in a museum. [photo: Two Special Features Stained Glass Window On the Stair Landing] [photo: Etched Glass Window] The Burrers first community service project upon retirement was a joint effort. For some time the wrought iron cemetery fence along North Columbus Street had been in need of repair. Carleton had the tools and the know how to repair and straighten the fence. Dilly had time to assist so they were able to make the repairs and paint the fence in May of 1975. [photo: Carleton's Wagon Full of Tools and Supplies] [photo: Dilly Burrer Painting the Fence Carleton Burrer Repaired] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 140) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ee72df0e297e7b84711943e72ab781fd.jpg 10512bb24002941a81f46ce11a545ee4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 141] [corresponds to page 132 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Traveling There was never an opportunity to take long vacations together when Carleton was running his own business. So following retirement, the Burrers took up traveling. Carleton loved to plan trips down to the last detail. In addition to booking flights, he also rented vehicles, booked rooms and arranged for any side trips using his phone in Sunbury. He relied on guide books and recommendations of others to select the best place to stay. One time the hotel was so drafty, Carleton used his socks to block the drafts around the windows. Another time we saw bugs crawling across the back of the toilet and that was enough to send us scurrying for another room. Even though things did not always work as planned, the couple still enjoyed the trips and couldn't wait to go again. [photo: Carleton and Dilly Enjoying A Late Honeymoon in Hawaii For their 30th anniversary in 1975, Carleton took Dilly to Hawaii where he had been in the service. "There an oriental gentleman offered to take our picture which resulted in my favorite photograph of the two of us," remembered Dilly. They traced the name of Sunbury back through Pennsylvania and back to England. "do you have any idea of how much fun that project was for us?" asked Dilly. Everywhere they went, the Burrers found people willing to open their archives and assist in the research. They joined a historic society in England and continued to correspond with their new found friends. In the USA they visited many of the Sunburys found on the map. In each town they sought the historians and told of their plight. Finally Carleton wrote the "Origin of the Name of Sunbury" and sent copies to all who had helped. He used a manual typewriter and rarely Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 141) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/556c4f4a6bb97ebb9dbbc4660c5507d6.jpg b353ab1e53afbf652dc7f6f8edc956a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 142] [corresponds to page 133 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] made a typing or spelling error. A copy is in the Appendix of this book. [image: Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society card] The research brought many unexpected pleasures. In addition to the new friends, the Burrers enjoyed all the historic sights as they traveled. "The cathedrals were so magnificent," commented Dilly. "I'll never forget the beautiful sound of the bells across the countryside." [photo: Dilly and Carleton Burrer on St. James Street in London Where They Ran into Mr. and Mrs. Hylen Souders] [photo: Carleton and Dilly Burrer in front of Pyramid of Cheops (448") and Chephren (447") which date from 2700 B.C. at Giza, Egypt, outside Cairo] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 142) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fff6344c8755fc736d98e85568f2bd4d.jpg 71a0349f399cd9bade7e76a88125b877 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 143] [corresponds to page 134 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull, Scotland] Trace Dilly's Roots In 1977 Dilly and Carleton went to Scotland to see where the MacNaughton and MacClean [sic Maclean] clans had lived and found a six-story castle which had belonged to the Macleans, Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Unfortunately, after a very long boat ride out to the Isle, the castle was closed to the public because it was Sunday. [photo: Dilly on the South Side of Duart Castle, 1977] Carleton's ability to get behind the scenes allowed them to Visit with Sir Charles Maclean. He approached the man tending the garden and explained they were Americans and his wife was a descendent of the Macleans and desired to see the castle. It turned out he was addressing Sir Charles Maclean, the former chief scout who served as housekeeper to the Queen until December 1984. His appointment was only for his life but it gave him many unusual tasks such as planning the wedding for Prince charles and Princess Diana and overseeing the Duke of Windsor's funeral. "We spent a wonderful afternoon with him and got far more than a public tour of the castle," remembers Dilly. Years later this news item was in the local paper when Maclean stepped down. Royal Appointment: Queen Elizabeth is getting a new man to run the royal household and be master of its greatest ceremonies - the suitably blue-blooded 13th Earl of Airlie. He's been appointed Lord Chamberlain to succeed Lord Maclean, 68, who is a former chief scout. Lord Maclean, on the job for 13 years, masterminded every major royal event from the funeral of the Duke of Windsor to the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diane [sic Diana]. Lord Airlie, 58, is the older brother of Angus Ogilvy, who married Princess Alexandra of Kent, the queen's cousin, in 1963. He will take up his new job in December, Buckingham Palace announced. from The Delaware Gazette, June 20, 1984. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 143) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9faf67862f11871c71103b505d6ffd7e.jpg 6a6bd5e9cf75b47ebb8b530d13d01f21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 144] [corresponds to page 135 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: "Dunderave Castle Private" The Burrers were amazed to discover the MacNaughton side of the family also had a very large, six-story home, Dunderave Castle. It is now owned by a woman who only opens it once a year for select people who pay a large fee which is used to continue the upkeep of the building. The trees and shrubs were so grown up the castle couldn't really be seen well from the road. Dilly was ready to leave but Carleton always had special instincts to get into places where others couldn't. Following a dog bark, Carleton led Dilly down a back road and were able to get a good view of the castle. [photo: Dunderave Castle on the Northeast Shore of Lock Fyne in 1977] Bible Land Tour In 1979 they joined a tour called the Christian Study Mission to the Bible Lands on which they retraced the footsteps of Paul. The group was prepped and told not to use any of the local water for washing, drinking or even brushing teeth. Bottled water was furnished for these uses. They were warned not to eat lettuce or other foods which might be washed in the water. From New York they went to Rome where Dilly got Montezuma's revenge because she ate a beautiful plum washed in their water and missed the Sistine Chapel. When Carleton returned from the tour he found Dilly better and returned with her to see Michelangelo's ceiling. Of course they bought slides but following the renovation of the art, the slides are dark and not nearly as brilliant as the chapel is today. Following Rome they went to Cairo where scrawny cats ate on the same tables as the people. They floated down the Nile on a barge and curious Dilly could see something under the robe of their guide. When the wind caught his robe and blew it up she saw the dirtiest underwear imaginable and was glad she hadn't asked. Next stop was Amman Jordan, then on to Nazareth, Galilee, Jerusalem, the Garden of Gethsemane, Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem, Athens, Corinth, and back to New York. For Dilly the two side trips to Masada and Petra were highlights of the trip. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 144) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fcb5c73622925e84bf592ca2b202421e.jpg 510622b5790d52b55b8004470dbdee7c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 145] [corresponds to page 136 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton and Dilly in front of the Acropolis in Rome in 1979] Masada is a village located on top of a mountain in Lebanon. One rides a cablecar up the mountain to hear the story of Masada. The Romans had the villagers of Masada cornered and cut off from all supplies. When their water was gone the villagers killed each other and the last committed suicide before the Romans could conquer them. [photo: Small Boy on Left Took Dilly's Horse] On another side trip to Petra, the Burrers rode horses over stone roads into the ancient city built into rose sandstone by the Essene Cult before Christ. The beautiful site was worth the discomfort of riding the old horses. When they got to Petra, young boys were waiting to care for their horses. Dilly almost fell off her's. When it was time to remount, everyone else was on a horse and they couldn't find Dilly's. The young boy with her's was still having a good ride. When he returned, Dilly had to figure a way to get on the tall horse by herself since everyone else was already on horses. The tour under the leadership of Dr. Donald Nash was very educational and good for two hours of college credit through Kentucky Christian College for those wishing it. Luther Heritage and the Oberammergau The following year, Carleton and Dilly took a tour to Martin Luther's Heritage and Oberammergau. They flew into Frankfurt then to Hanover. From Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 145) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0698309f607205f2d7586ca6c030e97f.jpg 963170236a9714c802065e82d63cfea2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 146] [corresponds to page 137 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Hanover they rode a bus into Berlin and then into East Berlin. "Crossing the Iron Curtain was like going from plenty to very little," remembers Dilly. One couldn't forget you were in enemy territory or shake the feeling of apprenhension which began when the passports were taken in East Berlin. The roads were not taken care of. The hotels were ramshackle with poor service. Everyone did his job but he didn't care how it was done. [photo: In Wittenberg They Had a Wonderful Guide Who Even Managed to Make Dilly (5 Foot inches) Feel Tall] The group went on to Wittenberg and to the church where Luther nailed his 95 thesis to the door. They traveled on to Eisleben where Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546. [photo: Luther's Library Has Sliding Ladder to Reach Books in the Arches] They visited St. Thomas Church in Leipzig where Johann Sebastian Bach used to play and then his home in Eisenach. While in the area, they visited the Wartburg Castle where Luther stayed in 1521-22 and translated the New Testament. While the group was traveling on to Nuremberg, Carleton shared his understanding of Luther from his study and many readings about him. This fascinated the travelers and amazed the tour guides. Next stop was Salzburg where Dilly thought she would hear Mozart but no it was not to be. However, the scenery was beautiful just like the "Sound of Music" movie. The snow covered Bavarian Alps were so gorgeous Dilly remembers she couldn't take her eyes off them. From Salzburg, they went to Oberammergau for the Passion Play which is put on every 10 years. Dilly had devoured the Life Magazine feature about the play and found the actual event a little disappointing. Still it was a great thrill to be there and witness it. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 146) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/65844b77458201e290368456be1d929f.jpg 31c960f88514c3b6e76abcd115386f99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 147] [corresponds to page 138 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Casts of Luther's Face and Hands] [photo: Berlin Wall] The group went on to Munich where the Olympic athletes were killed. They toured the city on a trolley, saw the Glockenspiel (delightful mechanical clock) and the once royal brewery. Heidelberg was the next stop then on to Worms where Luther had defended his Protestant faith. This leg of the tour also included a cruise down the Rhine River before flying back to Frankfurt and home. Later, when he needed eye surgery, Carleton asked the doctor to put it off until he took his wife to Scotland. His vision was so poor he couldn't read the signs and traveling by car through the countryside was very scary. Once a truck side-swiped their car and tore off the rear view mirror. Another time they were wedged so tightly between two cars it took another person to assist in moving the cars to avoid scraping the paint. As always, Carleton had studied so much about each area, he made the local history come alive. They took three trips to England and one to Scotland before they hung up their traveling boots. [photo: Amy Burrer and Carleton Discussing Current Mechanical Trends May 34, 1987] Dilly's Carleton Rachel Edwards referred to Carleton as a 'new renaissance man' and that is the way Dilly sees him. He always stayed current with the times but held on to tradition and history. He was always interested in the latest developments in any fields of mechanics, electricty, etc., so the young people found him fascinating. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 147) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bc6842b702c082a6371eda6267d338bc.jpg c1f9884599ca9e3bc7c5be7f8987ee8b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 148] [corresponds to page 139 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Lions New Officers, Outstanding Member Pictured above are the newly- installed officers of the Sunbury Lions Club, top photo, and Lion of the Year Chalres [sic Charles] Clark, lower photo accepting his honor from Carleton S. Burrer. In the top photo, seated left to right, are Dan Shaw, presi- dent; Warren Hammond, first vice president; and George Kel- ler, 2nd vice president. Stand- ing, left to right, are Charles Clark and Don Newland, Lion Tamers; Glenn Evans and Roy Merchant, tail twisters; Chuck Dial, assistant treasurer; Roger Davidson, secretary; Harold Ault, senior director; and Larry Barnes, treasurer. The Lion of the Year award was renamed this year to the Carleton S. Burrer Lion of the Year Award, and is given to the member who has shown excep- tional service to the club and community during the past year. Carleton, after whom the honor is now named, is the only ac- tive charter member of the lo- cal club, receiving his 40-year pin at this year's banquet.] Like his forefathers, Carleton was very community minded. He was the oldest active charter member and the only life member of the Sunbury Lions Club. He even played his banjo in the annual Lions minstrel shows. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 148) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b9a610a33e0412c937cc0daca2a0a50a.jpg f121476a45eee1a2d9375e2722f44341 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 149] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Many areas of local history would be lost had Carleton not taken time to record them. After retirement he continued with his series of audio-cassettes recorded with senior citizens around the community. He helped write the history of the Sunbury Baptist Church and the Sunbury Lions Club after spending many hours on the microfilm reader in the Community Library. Local newspaper reporters relied on his knowledge of history as well as his ability to accurately recall his observations of events in the community throughout his life. He served as his church organist for many years, was on the Board of Public Affairs, a precinct chairman from Sunbury for the Board of Elections, and a charter member of the Big Walnut Conservation Club. [image: 6 PACER DG Monday, December 30, 1985 Burrer recalls events in Sunbury By PHYLLIS WERNZ Gazette Reporter Historian Carlton Burrer is a lifetime resident of the Sunbury area whose in- terests go beyond remembrances of his lifetime. He is much more interested in how things were when his father, grand- father and great-grandfather were filling their days. His family has lived in this area since 1855. Burrer was born in Berkshire in 1909 to Karl and Daisy Burrer, but soon moved to Sunbury where he has lived ever since. About as far back as Burrer can remember is 1916 when the mud streets were paved in brick. Soon after, the invention of carbon arc lights replaced the old gas lamps to light up the community in the evenings. "There was continuous pipe rail, a hit- ching rail," says Burrer, "all the way around the square," where folks could tie their horses. "Everyone came to town in their car- riages, wagons or on their horses" where there were two livery stables situated. As the horse and buggy era was drawing to an end, not only were automobile arriv- ing but also a new "movie house." Burrer says the movie house was situated in what is now Fling Hardware and the Knights of Pythias Hall. The building was constructed around 1900 as an Opera House. When silent movies came, a carbon-arc motion picture projector was installed in the second story of the building and local women took turns playing mood music to accompany the films. Burrer remembers in the early 20s, when several folks decided they wanted water in their homes. Each person would lay water lines, some out of metal, some wooden, in front of their home and connect it with their neighbors. A water tower was erected behind the First Baptist Church on Cherry Street, and a pump was installed at a prosperous well, behind what is now Shaw Pharmacy, [photo: Carlton Burrer] which pumped the water to the tower. The water system became more trouble than it was worth, so the "Burrer boys," Carlton's father and his brothers, bought the system for $1 to take over. Burrer's wife, Dorothy, says that many years later the aging water tower came crashing down during a church service and the parishoners instantly knew what had happened. A large part of his life was in the elec- trical business and Burrer tells of how things were different then. He began the business in 1932 in a basement located on the town's square. "Most people didn't have money then, but they did want to get things done." so in return for electrical work, Burrer and his partner, Slim Crawford, many times received eggs, chickens or garden vegetables. Burrer's electrical abilities were passed to him from his fther [sic father] who had an electrical engineering degree from Denison Univer- sity. Being the pioneers of electronics in the area, they were usually the first to own the newest inventions. The first radio to be used in Sunbury was built by Karl Burrer. Carlton's wife remembers their first television around 1948. "We had to pull all the shades because the snow was so bad"" says Mrs. Burrer. Large fires are something everyone remembers and in 1926 almost the entire east side of the square, with the exception of one building, burned to the ground. That one building, known as the Blakely and Williams building, was on the corner and was saved because a fire wall had been built between it and the others. Twelve [crossed out] Thirty [written above] years later, in 1938 [crossed out] 1956 [written above], that same building which housed both Burrer's elec- trical business and the Satterfield grocery market burned down. While he was away in Columbus one day, a gas pipe that lead to an old gas light fix- ture, broke and the fire began. Despite the efforts of the Sunbury, Delaware and Westerville fire depart- ments, who drained all the water supply trying to extinguish the flames, the building was totally destroyed.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 149) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/03ef361f08e7a99f6721631e2070b6b3.jpg 311cc0e570185619004eaf24f2200579 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 150] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: WANTED CS BURRER FOR Bank Robbery $500.00 REWARD] Both Burrers were active during Sunbury's 1966 Sesquicentennial Celebration when this Wanted Poster was printed for Carleton. Dilly helped collect the historical data. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 150) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e1603224f299e41d3613e08295cbb336.jpg 64d6b9a8144a4b0e1008d29620f35704 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 151] [corresponds to page 142 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Carleton and Dilly Driving Dignitaries in Their 1937 Chrysler for the July 4th Parades] [photo: H.D. 'Herb' Kempton R.F 'Doc' Wilson Carleton Burrer Honored as 50 Year Members of Sunbury Lions Club] [photo: Dilly and Carleton burrer, Oatfield and Goldie Whitney July 4th, 1976 Parade] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 151) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c0b771e3780c377226c2fc445a9f30af.jpg e0bbde74408dfaeb9c8bdf60c5f391cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 152] [corresponds to page 143 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: "Heritage Hall" At Sunbury Elementary School, July 12 thru 17 NAME ....................PH. .......... ADDRESS ............................... DESCRIPTION ........................... -Family Mementos & Antiques - Photographs- Places of community interest, family groups, business picnics, school class pictures, early settlers in area, old homes. For more display information call Burrers 965- 2616 or Bergandines 965-2286. ENTRY DEADLINE JULY 6, 1976 Send entry blanks to: Mr. & Mrs. C.S. Burrer 47 N. Morning St., Sunbury, Ohio 43074] He helped construct the Sunbury Playground, and the Masonic Lodge building. When community leaders were looking for investors to build the Big Walnut Swimming Pool Carleton was there. Like most of the people who invested in the pool, he knew it was not a money making adventure but it was something the town needed and private monies were the way to bring it about. For many years the pool was the main source of recreation for the communities youth. When it was sold in 1971, the investors got their money back but very little interest on it. [photo: Carleton with The Farmer's Bank Display In the Heritage Museum- 1976] In 1976, they organized the community museum, "Heritage Hall," and saw to the displaying and security of the items on display. [photo: Dilly making cornhusk dolls for the 1976 Arts and Crafts Fair sponsored by the library] When someone was needed to make cornhusk dolls for the Colonial Arts and Crafts Fair sponsored by Community Library, Dilly learned to make the dolls. She dressed in her grandmother's clothes and exhibited the art on the square for the show. Her dolls were such a hit people wanted her to custom make them but Dilly said it was fun to do one but not mass produce them so she declined. Two dolls, one her original design of a child and a hoop, are on display in her home. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 152) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/700ef06d714503a114fc5eff01a66d8a.jpg 9247e24332af3b3dcff77f5cc536d041 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 153] [corresponds to page 144 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Quilting Bee at Dilly's Wilma Ward, Mary McDonald, Dilly and Verna Bergandine Making Sherry Burrer's Quilt - August 1977] The Bicentenniql also started a rebirth of the art of quilting. Dilly who has several quilts which were made by members of her family decided to make quilts for her granddaughters. Music played an important role in Carleton's life. In addition to the skills in piano which he learned from his mother, he had perfect pitch. One time Dilly's cousin, an organist, was visiting in their home prior to his concert on Ohio Wesleyan University's new pipe organ. He sent Carleton to the other room while he played notes on the piano and was amazed when Carleton correctly identified each note played. As a young man, Carleton had done some singing on the radio. He was often called on to sing for funerals or play the piano. He enjoyed being in the Lions Club minstrels, community choruses and other community pageants. [photo: Carleton Plowing Town Walks] One community service Carleton performed faithfully was the cleaning of snow from the village sidewalks. Many of the sidewalks were quarried stone slabs which had become uneven with the passing of time and neglect. This made cleaning the snow a very difficult job. Commercial blades on tractors would hit the raised stones and cause a problem for the driver, the tractor and the walk. Carleton the inventor designed a homemade plow from two extra wooden leaves from a table. These were attached to a bar which had a rope attached to it. Carleton held the rope and when he came to the high edged in the walk, he raised the plow by pulling the rope. The wooden blades moved the snow but saved the stones if they should hit. Carleton made quite a sight when he went out to plow in his wool air force suit from a surplus store over long underwear, with extra gloves, scarf and hat. He plowed all the walks around the square and around the surrounding blocks. In more recent years the old walks were either straightened or replaced and Carleton's services were not needed but he still plowed his neighborhood. Dilly didn't sit back and let the world go by. She found time to lead a Girl Scout Troop, take painting lessons from Bill Fraley, and ceramic classes at Ohio Wesleyan. And she always enjoyed a good card game. The plight of endangered species was a constant worry to Carleton. He Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 153) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/1a9711a9070e3fb5753f804ff6a0b482.jpg 4df549617db0b8af045e7e01acad6387 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 154] [corresponds to page 145 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Nature Lover Carleton Burrer Wading in Utah's Great Salt Lake] watched all the nature programs on television and read all he could on the animals lives. He also managed to fit nature into their trips whenever possible. There are so many ways for someone to help make this a better world that there is no reason for someone to be bored. "While we were living our life, it didn't seem as though we did any more than anyone else," commented Dilly when she reviewed this section of her manuscript. "I think everyone does a lot more than they realize in a lifetime." Carleton even served as commissioner for the Big Walnut Girls Softball Association in 1978 which is interesting because Dilly is the true ball fan. [photo: Carleton and Dilly Shared the Love of the Theater. Here They Are Ready to Go to the 50th Anniversary of the Ohio Theater] Baseball On April 1st, 1996, when I arrived at Dilly's house for our weekly trip down memory lane she was aghast at the collapse of umpire John McSherry who was calling the first Cincinnati Red's baseball game of the season. McSherry, only 51 years of age, had recently had a physical and appeared to be fine but a heart attack took his life quickly before all the fans gathered to celebrate the opening of the season. Like the fans at the park, Dilly was concerned for McSherry and disappointed that the game was postponed. When Dilly was about 12 years old, her father was taking the boys from his Sunday School Class on their annual trip to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Dilly begged to be allowed to go. Finally he agreed and the seed for a love of her life was Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 154) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9d3ff292da87369952581e9f7e150b32.jpg 2455164ddcc433cf1e65b966860b2669 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 155] [corresponds to page 146 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] planted. "I kept the early programs so I could relive the excitement of the ball park. I also went to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. I saw Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and many of the other famous players. When I first came to Columbus, I followed the Columbus Redlegs. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad, the parents of my boss at Capital, got a ticket for me so all I had to do was take a trolley across town to the ballpark where I met Mr, and Mrs. Conrad and enjoyed the games. Later when I worked at Community Library, I was lucky my hours allowed me to be flexible and I was always home for the World Series. Carleton never understood how I could listen to every play and be as engrossed asthough I were at the ball park. He would grab his crossword puzzles and work those while I cheered the home runs and double plays." Carleton enjoyed words so he loved crossword puzzles almost as much as Dilly loved baseball. Carleton's Life Ends After 43 years of marriage, Carleton died suddenly in his sleep January 13, 1989. He was survived by his wife, their son John and three beloved grandchildren - Tony, Sherry, and Carol. Since then Carol gave birth to Great-Grandson Jay Jay Taylor. Determined to be as independent as ever, Dilly was walking to the dentist's office across town and up a steep hill when she fell and broke a hip. The injury has continued to vex her through the years. Fortunately, John has been there to help her when needed. [photo: Carleton Burrer, 64 March, 1974] [photo: Great-Grandson Jay Jay Taylor] Dilly has continued to draw strength through her family and her Lutheran background as she continues her life. Grandson Tony called one day for some tender words while suffering with the flu in New York. The granddaughters are good to give her a call for advice or just to chat. And of course, she continues on with her research into the family history and keeps up with all the research being done by others. Following in Carleton's footsteps, she continues to keep abreast of the affairs of the village and offers her support whenever she can. It was a great thrill to be able to cut the ribbon on the new Community Library in 1994 after waiting all these years for a real library with a building of its own. Carleton and Dilly funded the Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 155) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/4d061c7d7d7fbe52c150360756b3236b.jpg 724aed43d332c87de7505206d071250f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 156] [corresponds to page 147 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Ben Hart and Dilly Burrer Cutting the Ribbon for the Opening of the New Building For the Community Library on July 3, 1994] local history and genealogy room in the new library which will help assure the continuation of their lifelong interests. Dilly helped in the choice of decorations for the room. [image: Trinity Lutheran Church in Stone Arabia, New York Founded 1729] Dilly's life began in a Lutheran family with her father as a minister in a church founded by her ancestors. Although Dilly attended church locally, she has continued to support the little Trinity Lutheran Church in Stone Arabia, New York. "There has always been a fondness for this church in my heart. The fact that the congregation has never Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 156) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/e97a36e874bbf59ec8200b46cf8e566d.jpg 0b3b772d6f10e3270702181cb03ce94a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 157] [corresponds to page 148 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] given up even when war destroyed their building, has always been an inspiration," tells Dilly. The church bulletin carries the following history of the church. HISTORY OF CHURCH Trinity Lutheran Church was founded by the early Palatines. These people seeking liberty and freedom of worship fled Germany around 1700, and were welcomed in London by Queen Anne. History states that by 1709 several thousand Palatines had reached England and were being cared for by that government. Again, as history so often repeats itself, was this group of innocent, persecuted people not wanting to be a burden to the Land that had befriended them, it was decided to send them to America. With the English government acting as sponsors, several ships set sail in the winter of 1709-1710, arriving in June and July at Nuttens Island (now Governors Island) N.Y. Many died during the trip and because of much sickness the remainder were detained there until Ocotber. Those who were in good health left this island, at this time, to find work at the tar camps along the Hudson River. The tar and pitch made here could not be used by the British. So, still after their many hardships, these "Poor Palatines' found themselves ill-clad, living in huts with little food to eat. All promises of a better life had not or could not be kept. In the spring of 1712 several families journeyed to the Schoharie Valley to settle on land promised by the Indians. The same story plagued them to this valley. Clear titles to this land were unobtainable and much controversy arose over the ownership of these acres. The trek began again, to find a land of their own. On October 19, 1723 Governor Bumet issued the Stone Arabia Patent to twenty-eight of these men, and soon after they brought their families from Schoharie and settled this area. Filially [sic Finally] they were home! First came their homes and barns, and then a place to worship together. In 1729, William Coppernoll sold fifty acres of land to these early settlers upon which they were to build a church. We find these names among the early trustees and founders-Martines Dillenbeck, John Keiser, Harris Empie, John Schuls, Nicholas Stemfell and William Nellis. It is my thought that these people certainly worshiped somewhere in the six years interim, but any earlier date than June 2, 172!) cannot be claimed. A log church was erected by the combined efforts of the Lutherans and Reforms, these early settlers being of both denominations. They worshped here about four years, but with more land being cleared and more families coming to the valley, a larger church was desired. A better church was started about 250 feet from the log edifice, but after the foundation had been laid, a dispute arose as to the naming of the congregation. An agreement could not be reached and the Lutherans withdrew across the creek and continued to worship in the log church. This log church was burned in Sir John Johnson's raid on Stone Arabia on October 19, 1780. Stone Arabia was laid to the torch in this battle, one of the last of the Revolutionary War. For twelve years this congregation worshiped in homes or other buildings and "at the Fall" (Palatine Church, daughter of Trinity Lutheran Church). In 1792, a new wooden church was erected under the guidance of Pastor Phillip Grotz. This is the church we worship in today. It is almost as if these pioneers, after all their sacrifices and hardships had found their promised land and built a monument to God. It is not unusual on a Sunday morning today to see descendants (9th and 10th generation) of these early settlers attending this very same church. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 157) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b2c57bbd238a88e1844358c5a878a460.jpg 4c844b8304194036e90403d7a985d4a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 158] [corresponds to page 149 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] So they came and helped to build a new country, surely with the foresight, as with each generation, that their children would preserve what they had fought and died for. Certainly some of this determination has been instilled in their descendants, for after 250 years we still have a very active congregation, with regular services, special services, Sunday school, two choirs, and three organizations. It can truly be said that Trinity is the Mother of Lutheranism in the Mohawk Valley. It is also easy to see why the church means so much to Dilly and her family. It looks like the line of ministers ended with her father. Dilly calls herself a C-Span junkie and indeed she keeps abreast of the news by watching television and listening to the newspaper read over a special radio. She listens to books-on-tape from the library and enjoys an occasional videocassette. Her neighbors and friends are good to stop for a visit and they help keep her up on community activities not reported in the local newspaper. The telephone keeps her in contact with family and friends. She keeps up on the genealogical research being done on the various families in her chart and helps see that the information is correct. FAMILY TRADITIONS Traditions are being passed on to the three granchildren who are now all living in Columbus, Ohio. After six years in theater, Tony is studying communications. Sherry has been employed by BankOne for the past year. Carol is studying to be a legal secretary. As a Christian family, the Burrers celebrate the traditional holidays which generally include family dinners. They also had big dinners for Burrer family birthdays, often with 18 or 19 people but these became fewer as the older generation died. After John was grown, the holidays also included Fawn Druggan and any others in the community who might not have family with which to dine. [photo: After Christmas Dinner in 1988 in the Burrer Home Dilly, Sherry, Hazel Davidson, Carol, Tony and John] Hazel Davidson had worked for the Burrer Mill so long she had become a member of the family and always had a place in these celebrations. As long as she was able Dilly would prepare a feast for all. She likes good food well prepared and plesantly served. "It was always fun but I remember going to Fawn's in the 1960's when she would Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 158) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/cd6ae950e09c8013daf28b651d6fd371.jpg bc5a3f3f91e2a95fb71f9da6aec79339 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 159] [corresponds to page 150 in Flashback: A Story of Two Families] have three kitchen helpers to serve us and elegant meal," recalled Dilly who enjoys doing it on a smaller scale by herself. The family has always enjoyed dining in good restaurants. The Jai-Lai in Columbus was Carleton's favorite while Dilly likes Fifty Five At Crosswoods. Traditional decorations are a part of the Burrer holidays such as the latch- hooked Christmas stockings made years ago by Tony and Sherry which are fondly hung in the family room, Traditionally the family looks at Dilly as a collector. How does one become a collector? Dilly hasn't any idea but a collector she has become. "Years ago when I bought clothes, I always bought a handkerchief and gloves to match. Through the years I have collected quite a few. Someone noticed I had a miniature pitcher and gave me another. Through the years these have become traditional gifts and I now have 123. Picture postcards have always fascinated me so I have collected those along with the playbills from the theater performances I attended. I never set out to be a collector," warns Dilly knowing Polly also tends to keep things. Dilly's bookmark collection is easy to understand and it has been on display in the library and at community celebrations. While she does not know how she got started, she admits they have brought her a great deal of pleasure through the years. [photo: Tony and Sherry Burrer's Latch-Hooked Stockings Hang Below a Shelf with Two of Dilly's Cornhusk Dolls] Passing on the family tradition passed from Dilly's father and Aunt Alice Barringer to Dilly. She in turn is passing the knowledge on to her grandchildren. Her family room is decorated with the plaids of the MacNaughtons and MacCleans [sic Macleans] as well as a family tree lettered by Sherry showing the ancestors of both sides of the family. While it was difficult to start this book, Dilly sees it as another way to carry on the family tradition. She hopes the stories will help her descendants understand their background and then someday they will be interested in continuing her research and will enjoy the search and the people they will meet along the way as much as she and Carleton have through the years. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 159) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/ed28f184f769bd1f0f0ecec110f6dcc4.jpg 667147076778819f20ca440810d7fd8e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 160] [corresponds to page 151 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Favorite Snapshots of some of Dilly's Men [photo: Marsden Dillenbeck at Public School #35 in Hollis, New York] [photo: Carleton in 1941 Packard (110) 6 cylinder 4 door sedan] [photo] [photo: Billy Arnold] pphoto: John Burrer and cousin Billy Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 160) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/26a28334dd6bbfdbe4f4f03521864a47.jpg e81935553d500caaa02bdefbed947d17 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 161] [corresponds to page 152 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Dilly, Carol Burrer] [photo: Carol, Dilly and Sherry Burrer Mother's Day 1995] [photo: John and Sherry Burrer] [photo: John's 50th Birthday Party December 1996] [photo: Sherry Burrer John Burrer Jay D. Taylor] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 161) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/28e76e06d0d65d637f4c1d5ee70b0136.jpg 8b81287c592bed39192575f48fb78a89 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 162] [corresponds to page 153 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Jay D. Taylor Christmas 1997 [4 photos] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 162) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/575566f75c5548f3070a08ad09596519.jpg eb7c7f97ea84537f1f08f2cc9d859808 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 163] [corresponds to page 154 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Four Generations Dilly Burrer, Son John Burrer, Granddaughter Carol Burrer, and Great-Grandson JayJay Taylor] Dilly Looks at the Good Old Days? I'm glad I don't have to wear silk stockings with the seam up the back of the leg (I had to continuously feel to be sure the seam was straight). I don't ever want to use an outdoor privy or go without plumbing. I don't miss boiling clothes. I don't miss ironing clothes, let alone starching and then ironing them. I don't miss cooking on a coal stove. The oven was never even and the cake would tend to be lopsided. I don't miss oil-cloth even though it saved the table top. I don't miss the dirty coal smoke on everything, especially venetian blinds. I don't miss the dirt on the trains from the coal soot. I don't miss polio. I don't miss segregation. I don't miss gangsters. I don't miss the Dust Bowl. I don't miss the Great Depression. I don't miss blood poisoning because there were no 'wonder' drugs. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 163) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fda29ad12c4a8afc3060b1d02b2f4ce8.jpg e2cdf7b08bd12bd1b5340366b2f93215 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 164] [corresponds to page 155 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Appendix Cleebron, Germany ............................................... 156 The Following Pages were copied from the German Records in Cleebron, Germany, and sent to the United States. Because they have been copied several times, the quality is not the best but the information from which we took the Burrer family is here. Gammill Family .................................................. 160 Sperry Family ................................................... 166 Van Wie Family .................................................. 173 Burrer Bible Birth, Death and Marriage Records .................. 177 John E. Burrer Family ........................................... 179 Taken from charts prepared by Esther Burrer Nannie Burrer Family ............................................ 180 Taken from chart prepared by Warren Owen Paul Parker Burrer Family ....................................... 181 Gordon Burrer Family ............................................ 182 Prepared by Don Burrer Historical Data on Burrer Homes 46 N. Columbus Street - House ........................... 186 46 N. Columbus Street - Barn ............................ 187 47 N. Morning Street .................................... 188 Carleton Burrer's Manuscripts: Origin of the Name Sunbury .............................. 189 Burrer Family for The People Book ....................... 198 Early Delaware County: Sunbury and Community ........................... 209 Sunbury and Galena Communities- 1938 .................... 222 Items from Sunbury News in 1938 ......................... 228 Why I Enjoy Living in Sunbury ........................... 235 Bibliography .................................................... 239 Index ........................................................... 240 Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 164) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/183f125f1893ee510c552c5b5b3b5cfe.jpg 5dd1e4dd3884f52310783ac62bd7dadc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 172] [corresponds to page 160 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Amy Gammill's Ancestors] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 172) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d7093ee6f4937db191a19bad4473588c.jpg d843990a0cb871887390b1d6119bc691 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 173] [corresponds to page 161 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Amy Ann Gammill's Ancestors The Gammil family has been traced directly to Scotland but historians feel the original Gemmills came there with the Norman Conquest and are therefore Danish "Gammel", Old Norse "Gammal", or perhaps Anglo-Saxon "Gemal, or Gamol". In all those languages the name means old or ancient. Gamal, son of Orm, had large possessions in 1065 in Scotland. Within a century the name was spelled Gamel probably the founder of Gamelsby. Official records are scanty but by 1570 a system of Registers was in place and tracing the name became easier. In that year there were 23 different properties around Raith in Central Ayrshire parishes held by Gemmills. Fenwick, which is believed to be Anglo-Saxon, had more Gemmills than any other district in 1570. William Gemmill We do know William Gemmill, progenitor of the York County Gemmills, was the second son of John and Anna Ann (Barnett) Gammill who were tenant farmers of Thorniehill, Kilmaaurs, Ayreshire, Scotland. Their first son, John, was born out of wedlock, February 25, 1720, and the family was forced to leave Kilmaurs and journey to Irvine to escape reproof. There William was born January 16, 1722. Several years later the family returned to Kilmaurs and continued to raise their family of six children: Marion (5-21-1727), Janet (12-7-1729), David (August 17- 1732) and Hugh (6-22-1735). It is not known for sure if John and William came to America together nor do we know if William and Jeanette Hepburn married in Scotland or America. However, we do know William Gemmill with his wife Jeanette (Jennette) settled in Shrewsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania circa 1745 on land warranted as Gammels Chance consisting of about 1000 acres (see map on next page). His brother John, a clock and watchmaker, first shows in public documents in 1750. William was a farmer, merchant, land speculator and a staunch Presbyterian. He served as Supervisor of Highways in Shrewsbury Township (1756, 1760), Overseer of the Poor (1765), Assessor of the township (1769, 1770, 1772, 1774), Assistant Assessor (1781), and York County Commissioner (1768). William also helped separate Hopewell Township from Shrewsbury Township, helped erect the county jail, and was instrumental in purchasing land for the Court House. William and Jeanette raised seven children: John (1745-1798), David (1750-1795), Ann (1752-1829), Margaret (died young), William (died young), James 1762-1799), and Robert (1762-1846). They followed Scottish tradition of naming the first son in the family after the paternal grandfather, second after the maternal grandfather, the third after the father, later ones for their uncles. Daughters were named in the same manner, paternal grandmother, maternal grandmother, mother, then aunts. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 173) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/a20e89ff002c1f41ed60da8d72a660d5.jpg 6119a8b978cd68c66a59fdf2094a0ae7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 174] [corresponds to page 162 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: map] YORK COUNTY, PA A Genealogy of the Townships of York County York County was erected from Lancaster by Act of August 19, 1749. [illegible] Township was the Lancaster County township from which most York townships were formed. The Suequehanna River has never been a part of York County. It lies in Lancaster County. Adams County was erected from York on January 22, 1800. The town of York was laid out for John, Thomas, and Richard Penn by Thomas Cookson in 1741. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 174) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6befc88387ad4bc162d062fba607510c.jpg 55512ef743f696554c3ac43275b3129a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 175] [corresponds to page 163 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] William died February 16, 1789 and Jeanette the next month, March 14, 1789. Both are buried in Downies Graveyard, Chanceford Township in York County, Pennsylvania. They were moved to Round Hill Cemetery in 1915. John Gemmill John, William's eldest son, had thirteen children by two wives. He served in the American Revolution as a private in the Sixth Battalion in Captain George Long's Company under command of John Travis. John married Agnes Wallace (1748-1785), daughter of James and Agnes Wallace. To this marriage eight children were born: Margaret (1770-1850) who married John Collins, William (1771-1849), James (1773-1816), Jenette (1777- 1829), John Jr. (1778-1862), twins David (1781-1840) and Ann (1781-?) then Agnes (1784 and died before 1815). Shortly after the birth of Agnes, her mother died. After two years later in 1787 John married Elizabeth Collins (born about 1767 and died after 1813), who was the daughter of William and Grace Collins of York County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth and John had five children: Elizabeth (1789- 1884), Robert (1791-1813), Jean (1792 or 3 -1793), Mary Jean (1794-) who married Thomas Wallace, and Sarah Gemmill (1795-). James Gemmill James was born in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania in 1773. With Mary Twigg, he had a natural daughter, Jemima Gemmill, born on April 1 1794. On October 10, 1794, he married Elizabeth "Betsy" McPherson (1776-) the daughter of Frederick and Isabella (Collins) McPherson. To this marriage eight children were born: Lydia Grace (1795-) who married John Clark, Jr., Frederick Gemmill (1796-1853), Nancy (1797-) who may have married John Clark, Jr. after Lydia's death, Robert (1799-) who married Agnes "Nancy" Wilson, Isabella Gemmill (1802-) who married Matthew Adams, Elizabeth (1804-) who married Samuel Richardson, Mary Ann (1806-), and James McPherson (1814-1886) who married Anne Clark, On June 19, 1816, James drowned in the Susquehanna River and was buried in York County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth and some of the children moved to Ohio after James' death and changed the spelling of the name to Gammill. She later moved on to Jefferson County, Iowa, with Elizabeth and James and their families, where she died and is buried. Frederick Gemmill October 10, 1822, Frederick married Elizabeth Adams (April 12, 1799-May 21, 1881), daughter of William and Rebekah (Douglas) Adams in York, York County, Pennsylvania. They had ten children: William (1822-1852) who married Sarah, Anna McPherson (1824-1880) who married Thomas Baker, James Wallace (1826-1913) who married Mary Landon and fathered Annabelle (mother of Fawn Ramsey Druggan), David Duglass (1828-1890) who married Margaret Stith, Robert Martin Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 175) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/87a051eafd30dd7ccf2c392b2af6b790.jpg fe3219b7247f0f7c223c40cdd282f6a1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 176] [corresponds to page 164 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] (1831-1920) who married Lucinda Ellen Galpin, Frederick Washington Gammell (1834-1915 who married Mary Galpin, Samuel Shriver "Shrive" (March 18, 1835 to July 12, 1909), John Thompson (1883-1838), Elizabeth Jane (1840-1842), Elizabeth Mary "Becky" (1842-1842). Frederick died December 1853 in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. Elizabeth is buried in Sunbury, Ohio. Samuel Shriver "Shrive" Gammill "Shrive" was born March 18, 1835 in Lisbon, Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. On September 18, 1856 he married Mary Elizabeth Johnson (11-12-1840 to 2-21-1895) who was the daughter of John S. and Elizabeth (Powell) Johnson of Fairfield County, Ohio. To this union six children were born: Amy Anna, Charles A. (1859-1864), J. Ernest (1866-), Juliette "Etta" (1867-1928) who married Alfred Sheets, Colonel Ellsworth "C E" (1865-1919) who married Etta Bailey, and Mamie (1881-1968) who married Harvey Diehl. [photo: Samuel Shriver Gammill] "Shrive" enlisted in the Civil War August 6, 1861 and served in the 96th OVI-Company G from Delaware, Ohio. From January 1 to March 1863, after Chickasaw Bayou, "Shrive" was ill in the hospital. He fought at Vicksburg and Jackson then was given a thirty day furlough July 30, 1863. On September 15, 1863 he returned to his company and fought in Grand Coteau, Mansfield, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort and Mobile. He was mustered out with his regiment. In addition to being the proprietor of a saw mill and hoop factory located on the northwest corner of North and North Vernon Streets, "Shrive" also built homes. He built the house at 46 North Columbus for his daughter and G.J. Burrer as well as the bank barn behind the house. The houses at 60 and 74 North Vernon as well as those at 126 and 136 South Columbus Street were products of "Shrive"'s workmanship. All the houses have a basic 'square frame' construction and are designed with a certain dignity which was his mark. Many other houses and farms were purchased by him, renovated and then sold. It was "Shrive"'s character to rise early and put in long days. In addition to being a hard worker, he was considered a good influential citizen. On February 21, 1895, Mary died. Six years later he married Mrs. Jospehine Harrison. "Shrive" died July 12, 1909, and is buried in Sunbury Memorial Park with his wife, Mary, and son, Charles. Amy Ann Gammill Amy married Gottlieb Jacob Burrer and became the mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of the Burrer men who are subjects of this history. She found pleasure in her family and flowers. 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Description An account of the resource [page 177] [corresponds to page 165 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: The Gammill Family First Row: Ellis Gammill, Margaret Barton Darling, Mabel Gammill Howard, Lena Barber Walker Second Row: Tom Landon, Jake Burrer, Jim Williamson, Andrew Barber, John Barton, George Walker Third Row: Amy Landon, Amy Burrer, Mary Jane Williamson, Elma Gammill, Alvia Barber, Gertrude Barton] [photo: The Large Lilac in the Burrer yard] [photo: Amy's Yellow Rose Bush] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 177) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/7eba6b60eae113537fee9eeda3749a72.jpg 8a87b0ba5cc1db68dc321f881ea176fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 178] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Ancestors of Daisy Estella Sperry Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 178) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/19bf49fc24525c835853913ff15e588b.jpg 1a32bcc81f1b348121a096c8619ea4b0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 179] [corresponds to page 167 of Flashback: A Story of Two Lives] Daisy Sperry's Ancestors The following Sperry family history was taken from Sperry Family, compiled by Daisy Sperry Burrer, Edith Bell Stickney, Eugene Ball and Isabelle Forry. Thomas Sperry was believed to be of Hugenot stock and therefore originally from France. It is believed he fled France during the St. Bartholomew's massacre and settled in Germany. From there he came to America where his will was probated in Hardy County, Virginia, on April 25, 1765. Thomas was married to Sarah and they had 12 children: John, Jacob, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Magdalene, and Peter are the known names. Several years prior to the Revolutionary War, Gen Daniel Morgan organized his famous band of Riflemen and took an active part in the Indian wars. In his company were a large number of German Virginians from Winchester and its vicinity namely Johann Schultz, Jacob Sperry, Peter and Simon Lauck, Frederick Kurtz, Karl Grimm, George Heisler and Adam Kurz. Six of these men formed the "Dutch Mess" because they always messed together during the entire war. None met with disaster during all their severe campaigns but they did gain special distinction for bravery and loyalty to Morgan. Throughout the Revolutionary war they acted as Aides-de-Camp, never accepted officer's commissions. When the war was over, they each received valuable tracts of land near Winchester as rewards for service. Peter, Jacob's brother and Thomas's son, first married Mary Hannock who was born in Germany in 1766 and died November 24, 1836. They had four sons and eight daughters - Isaac, John, Jacob born 1789, Benjamin (or Abraham), Betsy Sperry Thompson, Sally Sperry Claypool, Rebecca Sperry Cory, ? Sperry Cramer and ? Sperry Wornstaff. Peter then married Lidia Wilkin born 1766 and died July 22, 1860. Isaac lived in Frankfort, Ohio, and was buried in the old Baptist grave yard there. Jacob Sperry was born in Hardy County, Va., April 24, 1789, and married Mary Wilson born December 2, 1791 to James and Harriet Jamison Wilson. They had seven children: Maria Sperry Forry (3- 16-1814 to 6-3-1863), Albert Sperry (12-13-1815 to 8-21- 1893), Peter Sperry (1-2-1818 to 12-21-1895), Isaac Newton Sperry (10-6-1819 to 5-1-1898), [photo: Jacob and Mary (Wilson) Sperry] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 179) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/0918dae00ce558f37fa87fd61301fed4.jpg 158273357dc521fe06f8efd29d8b19a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 180] [corresponds to page 168 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] John Milton Sperry (3-3-1821 to 10-12-1901), Eliza Sperry Campbell (1-17-1823 to 1-12-1916), and Angleine sperry Rees (11-24-1824 to 6-24-1857). Jacob moved his family from a farm to Utica, Ohio. Their neighbor, Mary Boyd Reynolds described them as a most estimable couple. "Frugal in their manner of living, by their economical management and diligence they became thrifty and prosperous, so that in declining years they retired from active duties and enjoyed the fruit of their labors. They were truly a comfortable couple. They shared the home tasks, Mr. Sperry tended the garden in season and did the milking and churning. Mrs, Sperry was a notable housekeeper, her home spotless and her table spread with the good things of culinary art. They visited their sons and daughters and their friends. Above all they took time for the cultivation of their higher nature, and the Bible was not a closed book in their house. Sabbath morning the gentle old white horse was hitched to the phaeton and they drove to Owl Creek Church to service." The men sat on one side of the church and the women on the other. Mary was a tiny woman who wore a lace cap, over that a plain black bonnet with black ties; lace mitts, a silk shawl with a fringe border and carried a satchel for "the grandchildren's cookies after Sunday School." When discussing marriage proposals was whether it was better to answer sic or] whether delay made the game more interesting, Grandma Sperry said with a laugh "When Grandpap asked me, I said yes so quickly that he was most of a mind to back out." One night Mrs. Reynolds uncle offered to escort Mrs. Sperry home as it was dusk. She replied "I have never accepted the escort of any gentleman since I married Grandpap, and I shall go alone." They loved and trusted each other implicitly. On July 14, 1873, their final ride was to go to Mt. Vernon for a Bible with large print so they might more easily read it. They were struck by a freight train near son Albert's home. Mary was killed instantly as she had wished and Jacob lingered for several weeks, dying August 2, 1873. He had said earlier he did not wish to die suddenly because he wanted time to think about the change coming to him. Aside from giving each child a home, the couple left $40,000 to their children. On September 3, 1839, their oldest son, Albert Sperry, married Matilda Vernon (who was born 6-13-1820) and they had 8 children: Eliza Sperry Crane (3-28-1841 to 9- 8-1861), John Wesley Sperry (2-13-1843 to 1845), Jacob Vernon Sperry (6-3-1846 to 10- 25-1918), Isaac Thompson Sperry (11-20- 1848 to 11-9-1925), Albert J. Sperry (9-10- 1851 to ), George Mitchell Sperry (6-13-1854 to 1856) Martha Matilda Evelyne Sperry (6-9- 1856 to ?) and Ida May Sperry 8-8-1860 to ?). Albert and Matilda began their married [photo: Isaac Sperry and Aunt Ida Sperry] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 180) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b2c81ff27bed3c606d42814386b0262b.jpg b40da9edbdff42c8792d605a5b51b91e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 181] [corresponds to page 169 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] life on a 100 acre farm of timber. A big log cabin was built of the timber, brush burned and the ashes sold for 6 cents a bushel. Later a frame house and barn replaced the log cabin. Sperry sold the farm to Benjamin Tullos and bought another 207 acre farm from George Crawford in 1852 about a half mile south of Newark road. The place was named Evergreen Farm for the large number of evergreens in the yard. Sperry prospered and rasied eight children. To each he gave a 100 acre tract of land or the equivalent in money at the marriage. He was known for lending money to those in need and often canceled the note when the person was unable to pay. After the death of his wife, he applied his study of the scriptures to the writing of a book which he had published called "Our Hope." Albert was a firm believer in education and sent each of his children to Granville college as long as they wanted to go. [photo: Isaac Sperry] Isaac Thompson Sperry married Sophronia Cummings, daughter of George F. and Rachel Cummings on October 8, 1873. Sophronia was born in Pickaway County, June 1851 and died March 25, 1916. Isaac and Sophronia had two children - George F. Sperry (1-4-1877 - died an infant) and Daisy Estelle Sperry (9-4-1879 to 2-6- 1958). Following his wife's death, Isaac married Margaret Walker Gelvin on November 24, 1921. [photo: Sophronia Cummings Sperry] [photo: Home and Barn in Pickaway County, Ohio, Where Daisy Was Born.] [photo] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 181) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/3780af61a2562ac386a677db2e7c759f.jpg 8c1bc30cb39f11fcf7f69553034e4581 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 182] [corresponds to page 170 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Sophronia's brother, George Cummings and family at the home place in Harlem Township.] [photo: William Cummings, His Wife and Daughters] [image: Lincoln-Lee Legion Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 182) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/c2c547e14a236a55f218e93efc324fe2.jpg ba9819768d9525a8d4557f4e6c52dd5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 183] [corresponds to page 171 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: The Home of Isaac and Sophronia (Cummings) Sperry south of Berkshire Corners. This 100 acre farm was owned by Pearly Stockwell in 1966.] [photo] [photo: Mrs. Isaac Sperry at the Brick Home North of Berkshire Corners] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 183) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/8b71ac11ea4550160420f7f480e2f6ca.jpg 79d7d699ef9f12c5a3808d7e1662e1ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 184] [corresponds to page 172 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Daisy Sperry and Amy Burrer] [photo: Harry Handshaw of Aspen, Colorado and Maggie (Gelvin) Sperry in the Parlor at North Morning Street [photo: View from living room to stairway In the Isaac Sperry home in Berkshire where Carleton was born. Note Denison pennant, diploma, and chairs which are still in Dilly's home.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 184) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/fc0c5c64334b6a3fb6c5df5e445668ff.jpg 827cb9f8ec0bbaa61eb8d84753a321f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 185] [corresponds to page 173 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Helen Van Wie's Ancestors] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 185) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5bd4b9432d893e8c3bc1d7cac76f3e27.jpg 304fd51e87503da5577d4f0f67b1b564 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 186] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Dec 1950 Knickerbocker News? The Van Wie Mansion, Built in 1679, Stands As Sturdy Monument to Area's Colonial Days (This is the last of a series of articles on historic homes in the Albany area.) By WILLIAM J. BAKROW The Van Wie mansion, built in 1679 by Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie in what is now known as Van Wies Point, is one of the oldest buildings still standing in Albany County. The house has seen many changes since its early fort Or- ange days, but the original beams, holdings, doors and ma- sonry still are in service. It is a sturdily built house, as were most Colonial homes, and was constructed with an eye toward solid comfort. Van Wie arrived in Fort Or- ange from Holland in 1664, about the same time as the English were changing the settlement's name to Albany. He purchased the property from the Van Rensselaers and with the aid of his family and cheap farm labor built the mansion. One-Foot Beams The south wing of the house was the original structure. the one-foot-thick beams in this section provide an interesting contrast to the less sturdy con- struction of the later additions. The basement walls are more than three feet thick and have needed only slight repairs since they were built. The kitchen and back doors contain a maltese cross in their paneling-to scare off evil spirits. The glass in the windows appears old, but, according to the owners, is not the original. Most of the early furnishings in the mansion have been removed to the home of Mrs. Mildred Van Wie Wheeler, about a quarter of a mile north in Van Wies Point. These include a small trunk used by the Van wies to store valu- able papers and dated "Troy- 1828," brass candlesticks and jewel boxes. Served as Terminal The mansion was sold out of the Van wie family in the mid- dle of the 19th Century by Peter P. Van Wie. Its present occu- pants are Dr. R.S. Cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham. The Van Wie property once served as a terminal for Hudson River raffic in the Albany area. The dock owned by Peter G. and Henry Van Wie was leased in 1835 to the Hudson Steamboat Company. Today only the dock posts still stand and a sign in- stalled by the State Department of Education tells the story of this trading port. Marker Removed Under the terms of the dock ease, the Van wies were obli- gated to keep the lower river road open for stagecoach traffic. Because of the shallow condi- tions then existing in the Hudson between Van Wies Point and the Albany businss district it was impossible to sail boats any further than this dock. Freight and passengers were met at the Van Wie dock and shuttled by coach to their destinations. Another State Education mark- er stands in front of the mansion, briefly recounting its history. An additional marker once stood on Route 144 containing the same legend, but was removed after numerous complaints by occu- pants of neighboring homes. According to the complaints, many motorists were drawn off the main highway by the sign to have a look at the old home. The tourists littered the surrounding lawns with trash and were re- ported to have broken into neigh- boring homes while the occupants were away. Despite cries from local his- torians, who believed they were being snubbed, the sign on Route 144 was removed. Noted for Size The Van Wies were noted for their size and strength, with sev- eral of the men pushing seven feet and most of the women more than six feet. The legend persists that one of the Van Wies traveled to New York City to see a much publi- cized giant on display. Van Wie returned home a dissappointed man, having discovered that he was several inches taller than the giant and out weighed him by many pounds. The Cunninghams report that while spading the ground for a garden and terrace they have un- covered many Indian relics. Van wies Point is reportedly part of a once thickly settled Indian vilage. [photo: This colonial home, built in 1679 by Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie in what is now known as Van wies Point, is one of the oldest buildings in Albany County. The south wing was the original building and much of the framework and masonry of the original is still in good repair. The house is occupied by Dr. R.S. Cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham.] [photo: One of the original beams in the Van Wie mansion is shown above. The ax is of a type similar to those used to cut beams during the Colonial period. It was given to the Cunninghams by Frank Welch, one of the oldest residents of Van Wie Point.] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 186) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/d80aa5788e35e50165d8601d605a9a77.jpg 46328ad8ee661f558c40ecd7db1f8f5b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 187] [corresponds to page 174 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Helen Van Wie's Family According to the Innes Getty Collection in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie, the son of Gerrit Van Wie, sailed from Holland to America aboard "de Endracht" April 17, 1664 (from Dutch settlers Society Yearbook: Albany). Although his name is not listed as a passenger, the receipt for his passage signed by the skipper Jan Bergen is in the Renssalaerswyck Manuscript papers in the New York State Library at Albany. Hendrick settled at Fort Orange later to be named Albany and found employment on several farms He was paid to thatch the barn roofs of Peter Meess on June 1670 and again on april 1673. He married Eytje Ariese and to this marriage 8 children were born: Gerrit (1676 to 1746), Jannetje, Geesje, Ariaantje, Alida, Jan (1686-), Catrina and Henrick of Hendrik Gerritsz Verwey (1689-1715). Apparently the priest knew the proper Netherlands name which is written as Henfrik Gerriysz Verwey. On October 13, 1679, he was charged 50 guilders a year for 4 years rent from May 1, 1675 to 1679 for a farm called Dominics Hock which he then bought from the Van Rensselaers. This became known as Van Wie Point located five miles south of Albany on the west bank of the Hudson. With the help of his family and cheap farm labor he built the Van Wie mansion. A news article which ran in the Knickerbacker News in December 1950 is included in this section. Since the Hudson River was not always deep enough for large ships, the Van Wies had to maintain a dock where the passengers and cargo could be taken across land and make connection with public transportation. [photo: Van Wie Point Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie Dutch Colonist in Fort Orange, 1664 Built House Here in 1679 Located 5 miles south of Albany on the west side of the Hudson - 1958] After Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie's death, his widow married Andries Jacobse Gardinier, the son of Jacob Janse and Josyna Gardinier. Eytje had three more children: Andries, Jacob, and Arien. The latter married Elizabeth Van Slyke and their daughter, Johanna Gardinier, was to become the wife of Hendrick H. Van Wie about 1748. Andries received a large land grant early in Kinderhook. Jenrick of Henderik Gerritse married Hilletje Becker. Hilletje was the daughter of Johannes and Anna Van der Zee. Johannes was the son of Jan Jurianse Becker (who lived about 1635 to 1697) and Maria Adriaens who married about 1660. Jan came from Holland in 1655 as admiral for the Dutch West Indies Company. In 1656 he was living in Ft. Casimir on the Delaware River. In 1660 he was indicted for selling brandy to the Indians and sentenced to 500 guilders. The same year he petitioned to teach school in Manhattan and did teach there. In 1663 he lived in Greenbush, across the River Beverwyck (Albany). In 1669, Gov. Lovelace appointed him Notary Public. In 1670 he got a license to teach school Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 187) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/afe9fbac3d4226dd01f9839bf0f72d8c.jpg 6eee1067a72656d07468df4ba5997a33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 189] [corresponds to page 176 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] To Francis Nicoll, Abraham Run and David Burhans, executors: all my messuage, lands or tenements situate in Renssalaerswyck on west side of Hudson in Twn. of Bethlehem as well as residue of personal property, goods and chattels, which shall be sold to the best advantage and the money applied to the purchase of three large white "marvil" gravestones with graving in proper order at the heads of father, my wife and my own. To children of elder brother Andrew, one third of my legacies; one third part to brother John H.: one third part to my youngest sister Elizabeth Bronk, the wife of Peter Bronk. To my two brother Andrew and John H., all my wearing apparel. Executors to be: Francis Nicoll, Abraham Han and David Burhans. Signed Wit.: John H. Burhans Arie Van Wie Caleb Smith Jehoishem B. Staats Note he freed his slaves and provided for his children and nephews, particularly those who shared his name. [photo: Tintype of Maria (Wormuth) Van Wie holding Andrew Dillenbeck Dilly's Great-Grandmother Holding Dilly's Father] Daniel and Anne had John D. Van Wie, who in turn married Maria Wormuth. John and Maria were the parents of Helen Van Wie who married her third cousin Luther Dillenbeck. The latter became the parents of Andrew Luther Dillenbeck, and then the grandparents of Dorothy MacNaughton Dillenback [Dillenbeck] Burrer. [photo: Helen Van Wie Dillenbeck] [photo: Luther Dillenbeck] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 189) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/151a7e3224032d0265ea3277c9819bc7.jpg aeac554d031ff81e2a5d8b9498a8ab3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 190] [corresponds to page 177 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: Birth, Death and Marriage Records from the Burrer Family Bible] Births Gottleib Jacob Burrer 1848 in Wittenburg [illegible] Germany Amy Ann Gammill born August 15,-1867 [illegible] Delaware County Ohio Sprague Gammill Burrer Born March 7 - 1876 Karl Ormand Burrer Born Aug 22-1870 in Sunbury O. Paul Parker Burrer Born June 6-1886 in Sunbury Rudolph Odell Burrer Born February 18 1888 Gordon Jacob Burrer Born February 2-1894 Sunbury Carleton Sperry Burrer Born November 9, 1909 Sunbury Deaths Sprague Gammill Burrer Killed in mill Aug 6-1886 Sunbury O. Hellen Dryer Wife of Rudolph Burrer Died Jan 15-1916 at Sunbury O. Gottlieb Jacob Burrer February 12th, 1926 at Sunbury, O. Amy Ann Gammill Burrer July 6th 1932 Karl Ormond Burrer Dec. 5th 1957 (7) In White Cross Hospital Gordon Jacob Burrer July 4, 1960 at Cincinnati, Ohio Rudolph Odell Burrer July 17 1965 Riverside Hospital - Columbus, Ohio. Carleton Sperry Burrer - Jan 14, 1989 Charlotte Pagles Burrer July 2, 1991 at Cincinnati, Ohio Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 190) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/28646aa1f896c7530ace30aca369f846.jpg aa2c15c3735cd55727d0bc0e76c5d7ba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 191] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [image: Marriages] Samuel G. Gammill & Mary E. Johnson were Married Sept 18th 1856 Gottleib Jacob Burrer and Amy Ann Gammill were Married May 26-1875 Paul Parker Burrer & Sarah Minerva Hess were Married Oct 7-1908 Karl Ormand and Dasy Esther Sperry were Married Dec 23-1908 Rudolph Odell Burrer and Hellen Cambpell Dryer were Married oct 31-1915 Gordon Jacob Burrer and Charlotte Grace Pagels were Married Oct. 3, 1929 at Cincinnati, Ohio Rudolph Odell Burrer and Martha Louise Griffiths were married June 11, 1932 Karl Ormand Burrer and Mary Schwin Paul Parker Burrer and Minnie McLeod Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 191) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2a13814d5315936cfa8c683c7025a5b5.jpg bb01483a0da0b58a2db3e84494519981 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 192] [corresponds to page 179 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: John E. Burrer's Descendants] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 192) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/5a2f2ec92d57f93ecbbb476359e32531.jpg 37096e47fed518ee4d1c248564e4c9a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 193] [corresponds to page 180 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Nannie E. Burrer's Descendants] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 193) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/222b0e3d5276fc4ca6b8d5d360d2638f.jpg ed315454862a122914fdcfac106e2c33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 194] [corresponds to unnumbered page of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Descendants of Paul Parker Burrer] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 194) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/9cf1c87238726674e56c8942cbd679a8.jpg 10018c80abdb781d7913882a89be21e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 195] [corresponds to page 182 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [foldout: Gordon J. Burrer's Descendants] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 195) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/2015ff2e873e8ddcbb77bcb936585a6e.jpg c291ee2e5a54a7de891c21a75c0ee24c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 196] [corresponds to page 183 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] PERSONAL HISTORY of CHARMY, DON and FRED BURRER The following was written for this book by Don Burrer. Gordon J. Burrer had a daughter Charmy (1931), and twin boys, Don (Gordon Jr.), and Fred (1932). They raised their family on Pleasant Ridge, a suburb of Cincinnati. All three children graduated from Walnut Hills High School, a college preparatory public school in Cincinnati. [photo: Don, Charmy, Fred] Charmy marries Richard Voss in 1953 after graduating from Denison University. They built their family home in Wyoming, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati where they raised three boys, Rick, Andy, and Tim. Rick is an attorney with an MBA. He is academically oriented with college degrees from Vanderbuilt [sic Vanderbilt] University of Cincinnati, and Xavier. Andy is a mechanical engineer graduate from Georgia Tech. Tim is a business graduate from Ohio University. All three boys are married. Rick and Andy each have two children. Richard worked for Masonite Company through most of his business career before starting his own machine tool sales company. He has always had a strong interest interest in and a knack for, woodworking. He has beautifully refinished many old family pieces of furniture. He is a WWII veteran and during the war served in the Navy aboard a salvage ship in the Pacific. He is a gifted communicator and a most entertaining story teller. After her family was grown Charmy became quite active in community service work with a special talent for managing financial affairs. She served a term as Treasurer for both the Cincinnati Junior League and the Cincinnati Wonab's Club where she was also a Board member. For many years she also served on the Sharonwoods Village Board and played a major role in the creation of their historical 19th century village. Like many of the early Sunbury Burrers, Don had an interest in mechanical things and as a consequence of these interests was graduated as an Electrical Engineer from MIT. He married Nancy Farrell from Cincinnati in 1957 while he was serving his two year ROTC commitment as a Communications Officer in the USAF at Westover AFB in MA. After his AF discharge Don worked for AVCO in Cincinnati Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 196) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/81d67284d237ff2b869e9bcbe816f9f2.jpg d8933760140163fa6353c9aa1c3ebb0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 197] [corresponds to page 184 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] as a design engineer on infrared threat warning systems and infrared semiconductor sensors. While living in their Wyoming, OH, home they adopted a son, Jeffrey. Shortly after adopting Jeffery, they had a daughter Amy. In 1963 Don earned a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. In 1964 they moved to Owego, NY where Don continued his infrared system and component design work at IBM's Federal Systems Division. In 1966 Don accepted an opportunity with the Honeywell Radiation Center in Boston, MA, to lead the product development work on HgCdTe, a recenlty discovered and promising new infrared detector material. They settled in Wayland, MA, a suburb west of Boston. There they adopted their second son, Philip (Flip). All three children graduated from Wayland High School. Jeffery always had a strong interest in automobiles and through dealerships his career has centered around the automotive parts business. Amy was a good student and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania as an Electrical Engineer. Upon her graduation she accepted a job with Bell Labs and they sent her to the University of Michigan for one year where she received a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. She has developed her professional area of expertise around the design and design verification off both hardware and software associated with high speed digital network switches. Flip did his undergraduate work in pre-med at Tufts University and completed his formal medical schooling at the Chicago Medical school. Dr. Burrer's field is Family Practice. [photo: Don Burrer Family Don, Jeffery, Philip, Amy, and Nancy] In 1975 Don left Honeywell with two other engineers, founding inframetrics. They developed a product line of commercial infrared imagining radiometers. Using a patented technique to achieve TV compatibility their products were the first that could make radiometric recordings via standard VCRs. The company grew rapidly and in 1984 the founders sold the company. Don has authored numerous technical papers and has been granted several patents. He was Chairman/Editor of the 1984 Thermosense Vi-Conference sponsored by SPIE - the International Society for Optial Engineers and in 1989 he was honored by MIT with 98 other alumni who founded companies in Massachusetts which had "made a significant contribution to the economy of the state and nation". Don also has had a continuing interest in general aviation. He owns a Lack Buccaneer amphibian aircraft and holds a commercial single engine, land sea instrument rating. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 197) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/59ebf6743dfcad5733cc1d8a27d0ca81.jpg 651a0ae5d2a3e19f536519c8eaf42ddb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 198] [corresponds to page 185 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Nancy was involved in many school and community projects while her children were growing up in Wayland. When the children were grown she worked for many years as a volunteer with local Hospice organizations. She enjoys Bridge and is an active participant in several groups. She is also involved in community activities and golf at their cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. [photo: Don and Fred Burrer] Fred graduated from Denison University as a business major. After graduation he joined the navy, went to officers training school, and served abroad ship as a Supply Officer. He was stationed in Galveston, TX. After his discharge he returned to Cincinnati, began work with Standard Publishing Company, and in 1958 married Ann Gray from Glendale, OH. They had two boys and a girl, Reed, Dan and Karen. In 1967 he was transferred to Kalamazoo, MI to become the President of Doubleday Brothers & Co., now a division of Standex. He was active in the local business community and served on the Board of Old Kent Bank and Nazarth [sic Nazareth] College. He remained as Doubleday President until his retirement in 1988. The three children from Kalamazoo High School. Reed married after one year of college and has moved to South Bend, IN, with his wife Mary and two children. He has made a career in residential real estate. Dan is a business graduate from Michigan State University and has found a rewarding career working with billing software in the field if [sic of] interactive cable television. Karen is in Kalamazoo and is beginning a career in the field of hospital services. In 1978 Fred and Ann were divorced. Ann continues to live in Kalamazoo and died in early 1996. In 1979 Fred married Pat Moss, who helped raise his three children in Kalamazoo. Fred adopted two of Pat's children, Paula and Maggie. Upon retirement Fred and Pat moved to Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. They are both avid golfers and enjoy excursions in their 38 foot cruiser on the nearby Tennessee River. They have established a very active social life within the Fairfield Glade community. [photo: Capt. Gordon J. Burrer, WWII, and nephew Gerald J. Burrer] [Note: Pages 186-238 of Flashback: A story of Two Families contain copies of Carleton Burrer's writings and are included as appendices in Flashback: The Story of Two Families. The orginal manuscripts of these writings are part of Community Library's local history collection and appear elsewhere in Big Walnut Memory in their original formats. These writings include Mr. Burrer's contributions to The Ohio Historic Inventory, The Origin of the Name of Sunbury and its Application to the Village of Sunbury, Delaware Co., Ohio, The Burrer Family, Early Delaware County-Sunbury and Community, The Sunbury and Galena Communities and how they were in 1938 when Sunbury Lions Club Originated, and Why I Enjoy Living in Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 198) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/bc919db512999d72881a6ee1aaccd6d8.jpg 2c9a8094bf5668e633f6c3245601fc2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 199] [corresponds to page 239 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] BIBLIOGRAPHY "Battle of Oriskany" from Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.: Chicago, Illinois. Page 904. The Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America. Volume VII, pages 562, and 889. The Dallenbachs in America, 1710-1935. edited by Andrew L. Dillenbeck, D.D. and Karl M. Dallenbach, Ph.D. 1935. Fort Orange Press: Albany, New York. reprinted 1969 Burrer, Carleton Sperry. "An Historical Sketch of 'Jakie' Burrer, The Old Mill, and Electricity in the Community" from Sunbury's Part in Ohio History. by Esther McCormick. George C. Lindsey, Jr.: Sunbury, Ohio. 1966. Burrer, Carleton Sperry. "The Burrer Family" from The People Book. compiled by Ruth Domigan Truxall and Esther McCormick. Dorothy D. Burrer: Sunbury, Ohio. 1977. Burrer, Dorothy. "Samuel Shriver Gammill" from The People Book. complied by Ruth Domigan Truxall and Esther McCormick. Dorothy D. Burrer: Sunbury, Ohio. 1977. Chambers, T.F. The Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, churches, and Genealogists. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. Swackhamer, pages 517-519. McNie, Alan, Clan Maclean. Cascade Publishing Company, Jedburgh, Scotland: 1983. From Then Till Now, 1867-1967. Sparrow Lodge No. 400. The Sunbury News: Sunbury, Ohio. 1967. Gemmill, Ted L. The Origin of the Name Gemmill and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion: York County, Pennsylvania. 1995. Hopkins, A.S. The Trails to March. Conservation Department State of New York, Albany. 1927. sperry Family. Compiled by Daisy Sperry Burrer, Edith Bell Stickney, Eugene Ball and Isabelle Forry The Palatines of New York State. The Palatine Society of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of New York and New England, Inc. Baronet Litho Co., Inc.: Johnstown, New York. 1953. [Note: pages 240-265 comprise the index to Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 199) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/da2751a7b9da4c954044ce5245d5fd5c.jpg deb1aadd5711f0c964e761e4f016f6e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 200] [corresponds to page 266 of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] [photo: Dilly Burrer writing at the bedroom window on Columbus Street] For months flashbacks of two families have been in my mind as Polly and I have tried to capture the highlights for you. If I said too much, I didn't mean to offend. If I've left it unsaid, I'm sorry. As Robert Frost said in his poem, "Reluctance" Out through the field and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world and descended, I have come by the highway home, And lo, it is ended. [photo: Polly Whitney Brehm Horn at the computer in her office at Community Library] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 200) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/6977e20217a2586c1a2b6b88a6136314.jpg 833853336038db98d928d4288dd371ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 201] [corresponds to inside back cover of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 201) http://66.213.124.233/files/original/b1e5ec8fb061d7ae98003d8d3ea2ff0b.jpg a89ad69879ed7cd426098b3ce2b17a8d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 202] [corresponds to back cover of Flashback: A Story of Two Families] Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families (p. 202) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Family Histories Description An account of the resource This collection contains family histories that have been written by residents of the Big Walnut area. Items in this collection generally contain genealogical information about the families, personal anecdotes, and images of family members. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flashback: A Story of Two Families Description An account of the resource This book recounts the history of the Carleton S. Burrer and Dorothy Dillenbeck Burrer families as told to Polly Whitney Brehm Horn by Dillie Burrer, widow of Carleton Burrer. The book includes genealogical and biographical information for members of both the Burrer and Dillenbeck families in text and gray-scale images. Mr. and Mrs. Burrer were well known in the Sunbury community during their lifetimes. They were deeply involved in the organization of community events and celebrations of Sunbury's history. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Community Library, Sunbury, Ohio 1996 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Editor: Polly Horn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 31103200 Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author Dorothy Dillenbeck Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy Dillenbeck--Personal narratives (1907-2001) Gemmell family-- Genealogy Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury--History Payne family-- Genealogy Perry family--Genealogy Sperry family--Genealogy Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/