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John M«ck, left, and his brother, Conde, are the fourth generation of a family that has occupied the same farm near Gales-ville. (Mrs. L. E. Danuser photo)• ft • # •Galesville Family Marking 100 Years on Same FarmGALESVILLE, Wis. (Special)-Members of the Willard Mack family, oa their farm between Galesville and Ettrick, have reason to regard the Galesville centennial more highly than most area residents, for this year marks their own farm centennial.One hundred years ownership of the Mack farm in the same family will be marked this year.In the 100 years of ownership, the farm has been transferred only three times: First from the government to Michael Cullity; then to his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. -ind Mrs. Tim Mack, and last to his grandson, Willard Mack. Two boys of the fourth generation are growing up on the farm, and there is little doubt that they will carry on.In Two TownshipsThe Mack farm lies in the towns of Gale and Ettrick, and was homesteaded by Cullity in 1854. The family had lived in Galesville previously, and the oldest daughter, the late Miss Nora Cullity, was recognized as being the first white child born in Galesville. The Cull-itys came here from Elkhorn, making the trip by ox team. They lived in a log shanty here, where the young Irishman found any work he could.When the Cullity farm was first settled, a tiny log cabin housed the family. In due time it was replaced by a substantial frame house. In 1944 this burned, the family escaping in night garments and losing most of their possessions. Today a good-looking modern home houses the family.Nora Cullity often told of her early days, of having been taken to La Crosse to be baptized by a Catholic priest, since that was the .nearest church of their faith. The j trip, she recalled, took several days by ox team. Nora later became one of the first teachers in the county, beginning that career at the age of 16 years at a salary of S25 a month. But board and room cost $1.50 a week.Few Relics RemainAfter the Mack farm home burned, few relics of the early days remained. Luckily, a “candle-table” and an old rocker from the first home had been taken to an outbuilding to be refinished. These re- f main as cherished articles in the home. Mrs. Mack has furnished her home largely with reproductions of that time. Her cupboards contain many bits of china and glass handed down in her own family, the Quinns.Conde and John Mack, aged 17 and 15 respectively, are students in the Galc-Ettrick High School, and both are interested in the FFA programs. Their purebred Hol-steins have been the first blooded stock on the century-old farm. .Today, where great-grandfather Cullity guided his oxen with a “gee” and a “haw/* the Mack brothers swing out with a tractor and the latest in farm machinery. The farm on the banks of BearerCreek shows no sign of its 100-year-old history.
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Winona Republican Herald
Winona, Minnesota, US
Fri, Apr 09, 1954
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