H-4(2)

ERNEST FOSS SAID THAT DANIEL COULD DRIVE A RAILROAD SPIKE WITH ONE BLOW OF THE HAMMER. DANIEL LOVED HORSES AND TOOK PRIDE IN HAVING A GOOD TEAM. HE WOULD HAVE A LOAD OF WOOD WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE TIED ON TOP. IF THE TREE WASN'T UP TO MUCH HE WOULD TAKE A BRACE AND BIT AND A FEW EXTRA BRANCHES AND COULD MAKE THE WORST TREE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD.(X)

DANIEL PLAYED THE GUITAR. HE COULD BRAID ANYTHING FROM LEATHER. HE WOULD BUILD TOYS AND COULD DO ANYTHING WITH HIS HANDS. (X)

DAN HAD A RUPTURED APPENDIX AT THE AGE OF 70/80. THE DOCTOR SAID "YOU SURVIVED THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BODY OF A FIFTY YEAR OLD MAN."(LLL)

DAN NEVER JOINED ANY CHURCH. HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO READ. HE WAS A GREAT GENEROUS MAN.(LLL)

FOR A MAN WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF A FORMAL EDUCATION, DANIEL HAD MORE GOOD SENSE THAN ANY MAN I KNOW.(X)

DANIEL WAS KNOWN AS THE 'HORSE DOCTOR' FOR THE TOWN. PEOPLE WOULD BRING THEIR HORSES FROM ALL OVER WITH SORE NECKS, ETC. FOR HIM TO DOCTOR. (X)

DANIEL DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. HE LEARNED TO MAKE PILLOW TOPS OUT OF YARN. JOHN SORENSEN HAD BEEN TAUGHT THE ART IN THE VETERAN'S HOME AND HE TAUGHT DAN.

DAN BELIEVED THAT YOU GO WITHOUT UNTIL YOU CAN PAY CASH. HE WAS ONE OF THE WARD'S LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TOWARDS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW CHURCH.

WHEN KATHERINE COMPLETED THE 8TH GRADE SHE TOOK THE COUNTY EXAMS AND HAD THE HIGHEST SCORE. SHE HAD BEAUTIFUL PENMANSHIP. HER TEACHER WAS A.J. WINTERS. SHE LOVED COOKING AND BAKING. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS AND DID BEAUTIFUL CROCHETING, EMBROIDERING AND QUILTING. SHE LOVED FLOWERS, SWEET PEAS, PETUNIAS, PANSIES, ROSES, ETC. SHE NEVER NEEDED A PATTERN. SHE MADE BEAUTIFUL HOMEMADE FLOWERS.