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ineir aescanaents are main y are you one of them?THE HISTORYThe village of Memory in 1880 had eighty-three people and none of them were on the unemployment rolls.John J. Craft was the only house carpenter but he died that year creating a definite sortage. His wife, Almira (Nichols) then established a rooming house to support herself and family. Their sons, L.E. and E. N. were two of the four school teachers who lived in the village. Miss Clarice Zentz and A. L. Harris were the other school teachers.R. D. Long, Linn and Eugene Squires (sons of Andrew), Oscar Snodgrass, and Isaiah Lewellen considered themselves farmers even though they lived in the “city”. Isaiah was also a cooper in his ‘slack time’ making those nice barrels to keep your vinegar, apple cider, and ‘stuff - in.Kids been hot-rodding around in your buggy? broken a wheel maybe? take it to Henry Davis, the wheel wright, have you back on the road in no time, he knows how to fix those things.Considering that all your traveling was via your feet or your horses, Andrew Million and son Will were pretty busy as blacksmiths. Lots of horses to be shod. John Craft, Andrew Squires, Isaiah Lewellen, Rev. Rutledge, and most of their families down through the years are still at Memory just being a part of the cemetery. And our history goes on and on, what are you adding to it?
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New Market Monitor
New Market, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 01, 1977
Page 10
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