her marriage, she had taught school for seven terms at Harrison and Avoca, Kansas.
     Her home life found expression in unselfish love and self- sacrificing devotion and willing service.
     In 1893, Arthur Henry was born. He grew up in the Buck's Grove community, later living in Thomas and Rawlins Counties. He served in the Remount Squadron of the Army in World War 1, being stationed in Bordeaux, France.
     Lilah was the first little girl to arrive in the new family. A couple years later'a little nephew, Clyde Lasswell, when a week old, came to make his home with Uncle Frank and Aunt Fannie. About eleven months later, Lorah was born.
     During the summer and fall of 1899, our folks tore down the old homestead house and built the new two story house which was completed in November as the snows started to come.
     Eva was born in the new house on December 28. A couple years later, January 12, another little girl was born who lived but a few hours.
     Albert Thomas was the second boy in the family who arrived December 10. He grew up in this community, later locating near Page City where he was marrked to Wilma Boyer. Later they lived in Colorado and South Dakota and again moved back to Colorado, this time locating near Englewood.
     Albert's girls, Shirley Ann, Karen, and Joyce, are married. All have children and are IBM operators.
     The two younger boys are Clifford and Clarence. Clifford lives at Holton, Kansas, and Clarence is a rancher hear Hermosa, South Dakota.
     The three girls, Lilah, Lorah, and Eva, followed their mothers profession and were teachers.
     All grew up in the Buck's Grove community and attended school and church there.
     Of course, as in other large families, there were many interesting and amusing things happening. We recall one Sunday morning Mother had us all ready for church. Sister Eva, about two years of age was dressed in a white woolen dress trimmed with blue satin ribbon bows. Her hair was beautifully curled by our fastidious mother. We were told to watch her while mother went upstairs to get ready. Lilah went into the kitchen and found her standing on a chair which she had drawn up to the stove. She was putting fresh lard by the handfulls on her hair. Mother had left it there to cool the evening before. Imagine what a task it was go to through shampooing, bathing and redressing. Not too good a baby sitters, I guess.
     Another incident mother told about was of Arthur. He had jumped from the loft onto the oats bin but found it was too great a distance. So he tied a twine string to his toe, fastened the end to a nail, then jumped. His hands barely reached the oats and he was hung by the toe. Lilah ran to the house and asked mother to bring a knife to free him.


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