Birthday greetings:
1684 Anny Morgan in
Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., VA the daughter of Anthony &
Elizabeth Morgan.
1787 Charles Janes
in Richford, VT, died 1801 in Richford, VT age 14. Charles was the son of Daniel & Annie
(Saunders) Janes.
1892 Bill Davis in
St. Louis, MO, the son of Thomas & Emily (Donahue) Davis. He died in 1972 in Evansville, IN. Bill was an engineer and traveled around the
world working on civil engineering projects such as dams and the ice factory at
Bluford. He married Edna Gurley ca.
1935. It was the second marriage for
both. They had no children
together.
Monica Cameron
daughter of David & Rebecca (Kincaid) Cameron
Anniversary:
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| Lova & Don Austin and unidentified mule |
1928 Donald Austin
& Lova Lathrop in Wayne Co. IL. Don
was born in 1897 in Wayne Co., IL to Wilco & Nora (Boswell) Austin. Lova the daughter of Joel & Lou (Dove)
Lathrop in 1897 in Wayne Co. IL. They
spent some time farming in northern Illinois, but returned to Wayne Co. and
lived just down the hill from Lova’s parents.
They had one son, Gene. Lova died
at home in 1963. I remember Don helping
when my dad and Bernard Lathrop hauled hay.
Don died in Morton, IL in 1980. They
are buried in Farnsworth / Mt. Zion Cemetery.
My grandpa loved his animals. There is a long story about why he and grandma moved back from Northern, IL to Wayne city that involved the college-kid son of the farmer grandpa worked for as well as comments from a friend about the bank prior to the crash of the 1930's.
ReplyDeleteOne of my grandpa's friends, who was more well-to-do, commented to grandpa that "I don't mean to nose in your business, but if you have any money in the bank you might think about pulling it all out".
In short, the "know it all" college son of the farmer grandpa worked for forced grandpa to switch his team of horses. So, when the kid left, grandpa tied up the new team and went back to the house. He told grandma "pack up, were going home".
Grandpa took his friend's advice and pulled all his money out of the bank. They moved back to Scrub Hill and used that money to buy the farm just below Great Grandpa Joel.
Kevin Austin ("Gene" Austins youngest son)