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BISHOP RICHARD SOLOMON SLEIGHT BOUGHT THE FARM. HIS SON, THERON "A" SLEIGHT, AND WIFE, GRACE PAYNE, LIVED HERE. MANY PEOPLE RENTED THIS PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS. ELDRED BACON(A-4) WAS GOING TO BUY THIS PLACE(80 ACRES). HE SAID TO LLOYD DUNN, "DO YOU WANT A PART OF IT OR SHALL I TAKE IT ALL." LLOYD WANTED PART OF IT AND TRADED F-10 AS PART OF THE DOWN PAYMENT IN JAN 1946.
LLOYD CRANDELL DUNN (PIC)
B 5 JUN 1910 BENNINGTON ID
D 21 MAY 1984 SUN CITY AZ
MARRIED 23 MAY 1934
MIRLA BACON (PIC)
B 30 MAR 1907 GEORGETOWN ID
D 5 MAR 2000 PEORIA AZ
CHILDREN
CRANDELL KAY B 10 NOV 1939 MONTPELIER ID D 5 MAR 2000 CINCIN OH
SHERYL B 22 APR 1942 MONTPELIER ID D 23 DEC 2003 PEORIA AZ
PARENTS OF L. C. DUNN... CRANDELL DUNN St IDA JANE WRIGHT B-4
PARENTS OF M.BACON...ALBERT BACON St CHARLOTTE ELNORA SMIT(H).F-9
THIS HOUSE HAD BEEN LEFT IN BAD SHAPE. THE WEST HALF OF THE HOUSE HAD BEEN USED FOR A CHICKEN COOP. THE MICE WERE SO THICK WE COULDN'T COUNT THEM. A GOOD NEIGHBOR FROM TOWN HAD DUMPED HIS DEAD DOG OUT IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THE LAST RENTERS HAD EMPTIED THEIR ASHES AND THEIR TIN CANS AND BROKEN BOTTLES IN THE FRONT YARD. THERE WERE THREE DEAD TREES IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THERE WERE NO FENCES ANYWHERE.(H18)
WE CLEANED AND REMODELED. THE FRONT ROOM AND KITCHEN BECAME THE KITCHEN WITH A DINING AREA, SEPARATE FROM THE LIVING ROOM PART OF THE PORCH AREA BECAME A DEN AND THE BEDROOM BECAME THE HALLWAY AND BATHROOM. THE WEST END OF THE HOUSE BECAME THREE BEDROOMS. (H18)
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LLOYD'S FORMAL EDUCATION STOPPED WHEN THE FIELDING ACADEMY AT PARIS ID BURNED TO THE GROUND. HE NEVER STOPPED LEARNING. (H18) HE BECAME AN INVERTERATE, WIDE-RANGING READER OF THE BEST BOOKS IN OUR LANGUAGE, PARTICULARLY LAW BOOKS. HE SEEMED TO REMEMBER EVERY WORD HE READ. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MEMORY EQUAL TO HIS. HIS NIGHTLY CUSTOM WAS TO ENTER HIS LITTLE ROOM(DEN) OFF THE KITCHEN AND SETTLE HIMSELF FOR A NIGHT OF STUDYING HIS LAW BOOKS. THIS CUSTOM CONTINUED FOR YEARS. HE BECAME AN AUTHORITY ON THE LAW AND WATER LAW IN WHICH HE SPECIALIZED. (DD)
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