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ISAAC GRUMMONSd | A Marysville Pioneer Recalls Time When b)Pork and Other Provisions Were *VerywreIsaac Grummons of Ft. Wayne, Ind , p*a former pioneer citizen of Marysville, is $' visiting his daughter, Mrs. Rose Cross, fu In speaking of the high prices of thenec-essariea of life Mr Grummons ntnfptthat he could well remember when dressed pork sold here at 2\ cents per pound se and even at that the demand was not atigreat, as nearly everyone raised their aiown pork. Butter sold at four cents per j \V pound and there was hardly any sale for theggs. “I have seen dozens of eggs thrown erout to the hogs in the alley back of the ; re present Union block, on account of being M spoiled,” declared Mr. Grummons nlt;_ * Mr. Grummons is in his eighty second piyear. He was born in Guernsey county, at Ohio, and after living for a time in Mn- wrion county he came to Marysville in w 1839. Mrs Dorothy Cole is the only per- tl son living iiere now that Mr. Grummons remembers as a resident at that time.Mrs. Cole is eighty-nine years of age.Mr Grummons, at the age of twenty-two years, in 1849 joined the rush for J1aiirCalifornia in the search for gold. He remembers the high prices which prevailed along the Pacific Coast. He returned to P Marysville and continued to reside here D until 1886 when he moved to Paulding Pa:county, and since then he has lived in anumber of places. Mr. Grummons is a a man who is remarkably well preserved ; * with a splendid memory, which he attri- wbutes to the care of himself in his earlymanhood dIIn
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Richwood Gazette and Marysville Republican
Richwood, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 27, 1910
Page 5
Full Page
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Adam D.
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