A-4(1)

CHILDREN

ARDATH B 4 AUG 1901 M FRANK GLEN LEE 8 DEC 1933
ELVA B 2 JUN 1903 M LEWIS WILLIAM TANNER 20 SEP 1926
MYRON ALBERT B 1 JUN 1905 M VERSA JOSEPHINE DAVIS 23 DEC 1940
MIRLA B 30 MAR 1907 M LLOYD CRANDELL DUNN 23 MAY 1934...F-10 A-2
ELAINE B 27 NOV 1909 M WELKER NORMAN BOURNE 16 NOV 1934 A-5
ELDRED RUSSELL B 12 MAY 1911 M MARY FERN BOURNE 7 FEB 1934...A-4
CONRAD LOWERY B 21 APR 1913 GEORGETOWN ID D 16 OCT 1915

PARENTS OF A.BACON...FRANCIS BACON Si ELIZABETH SIMPSON F-9
PARENTS OF C.E.SMIT...GEORGE LOWEREY SMIT(H) St MARY JANE TERMAN

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OUR HOUSE HAD A LAWN ALL AROUND IT. OUR FRONT FENCE WAS WIRE NET WITH A TWO-BY-FOUR PIECE OF LUMBER ON THE TOP OF IT.(H18)

WE HAD BIG SHADE TREES ALL ALONG THE FRONT OF THE PLACE. ELDRED RUSSELL BACON, MY BROTHER, SAID THEY WERE 'BALM OF GILLIADA WE EACH HAD A TREE AND WE WOULD CLIMB UP IN THE TREE. THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LANE TO A-2.(H18)

THERE WAS A BIG CEMENT CELLAR OUT BACK AND A DEEP WELL CASED WITH ROUND CEMENT RINGS PLACED ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER. THE WATER WAS DRAWN UP IN BUCKETS.(H18)

THERE WAS A BIG BARN AND A LARGE SHED OUT BACK. IT HAD BIG BOARDS ABOUT A FOOT OR SO WIDE. IT WAS TWO STORIES HIGH BECAUSE THEY PUT THE THRASHING MACHINE IN THERE. IT HAD A LOFT AT ONE END AND THAT WAS WHERE THE HIRED MAN SOMETIMES HAD HIS BED UP THERE.(H18)

HAD A BIG FOLDING BED IN THE FRONT ROOM. IT HAD A BIG MIRROR ON IT WHEN IT WAS PUT UP. IT WAS LIKE A BIG WARDROBE OR CHIFFONIER.(H18)

THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. DAD, ALBERT BACON, USE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND PUT THESE LITTLE CLIP CANDLE THINGS ON THE TREE. HE WOULD LIGHT THEM AND SIT THERE AND WATCH WHILE WE PERFORMED AROUND. THEY WERE REAL CANDLES THERE WAS HARD CANDY OF RED AND GREEN AND BLUE. THERE WAS ANIMALS TOO THAT WERE USED FOR DECORATIONS. WE ATE THEM EVENTUALLY WE MADE POPCORN BALLS AND STRUNG POPCORN.(H18)