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Rememberingfrom Page 1that life* «ir• miriit (hr age lt;t HOWhen I was HO 1 muld work a full dav m the field’ Hansonsaid protidlvWhat was Madison like around the turn of the century’W rll on a dav like this in winter it was very quiet,” he said ou d s««• of11v one or two buggies come bv ail morning ' He noted that h« well remembered how the buildings in downtown Madison looked »n those bygone days[ hd * hr people in i hose davs believe a man would ever go to the on*on 'We dido t even hrlirvr wr d ever have automobiles he laughed 1 reno rnher (he first i ar I ever saw in Morgan ( ountv It was Mr P t. Walker s and had wooden spokes just like a wagon Ihe i rank was under the seat 1 believe 1 saw that iar tn about It trails stared the horses to deathOnlt; of the big hanges he saw was the mming of the tractor It iompletelv changed the wav a man farmed Hanson said he •dwavs used ir«*r pi -wst-u ks hut that his father carved his own■a «»dlt;*» in sI,. iiid niaklt; a w ...ill n nt rmw d I had a little help he said I know mst h.*w ( - make oneW hi n fits fat fu r died in I Man son took over the farm, whu h fie ran after that for mans vears Along the wav he was married and hr and ^ wd« hail four sons Om ar Hugh Crawford and f*hilip and »w daughters 1 ouisr and Mary Philip was killed in an am • a« • ntc nr n l^*b hut the other three sons still live and work r M. rK ,i' i iiritv His two daughters married and are now Mrs K P W - k ird and Mrs H I lolls His wife died several % ear s aglt;He dtmhijo s f is .. i.g life (« taking ^ are of myself getting plrniv . f sh « p md, good f«*od One of his favorite foods growingJ P was {H *S S i i t*M\ f.uf i * . , d hr at anvbodv oniking possum he said He noted »hd* * » fi.id. sfi. - i man v jvossums m his life and used to get up o a If a' id n .rmngs 10 (fir winter to go umn hunting At that 'mu »(,, w. o • Ik r n this arra of the lountrv} \ t r \ \ ' K 1 lt;ts ip flt;-t a walk and eiemscs with twohruks Ut ,sf v k, tumhhr . s I His has kept him healths for a n 11 rvbet f * 1 s - a’ \ \ r ,1 r vI. rd * « • • s * * « a 1 f hanges in thr world stm e then he refr u ' Mi, I ' » k plt; * [dr had more fun bat k then We used • g 1 pi t' 1 a« * j d'hes Wr t g. down to the river for a fishfr\ an 1 '*« •' t • w , . ' \o g and fist' ail dav I be good old davshard as vufi wi •» migh’v sweet
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Madison Madisonian
Madison, Georgia, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1976
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