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pointeda deed ^provedl Duck-■th has of thepetition of Silas George )outhittfiled an was or-8, Miss tertain-1 honor il leave states. Lizzie i Moore Maude Helen Osborn, Harris, Osburn,i, Clydely Wil-PIONE^R RESIDENT HASREACHED S5TH MILESTONE.Aunt Susanna Jewell, who Came to Sullivan County in 1831 from Kentucky, Talks of Olden Times.Aunt Susanna Jewell, one of the pioneer women of this county, who now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Hood, near Hillsdale, Ind., recently celebrated her 85th birthday anniversary, and received a large number of greeting cards from many friends and relatives in this county.Notwithstanding her advanced years, Aunt Susanna vividly recalls many of the incidents and customs of the pioneer days. She was born in Bullit county, Kentucky, April 2, 1827, and came to Sullivan county with her parents .in 1834, settling near the Rusher settlement, where they built a log cabin with slab floor and mud and stick chimney. In speaking of the pioneer days, Mrs. Jewell said it was a very com-nr 4the wheat crop before the threshing machine was known was a crude and tedious process.. The largest crop raised was about two acres. The grain was spread out on the ground and then a bunch of horses were made to tramp out the grain. The collars used on horses in that day were made out of corn husks. Deer and wild turkey were plentiful and furnished a great part of the meat used by the people in the pioneer days.The head of the household made the shoes worn by the family and the women spun the fiax and made it into clothing. Mrs. Jewell says her father taught his children to read and spell. The process of canning fruit was unknown and apples, peaches and pumpkins were dried for the winter’s use. Pickleswere unknown, as was also the case with tomatoes and other vegetables. Hogs and cattle were allowed to run at large as there was no fencing. Stock were marked with slits in their ears. The first cane Mrs. Jewell ever saw was raised by her father-i*n-lnw frnm RAArl nnrnhneoH at 'Tat*-
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Sullivan Union
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Wed, Apr 17, 1912
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