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Raised a couple ot nephews. Then my two. All of them married. That la my daughter‘e oldest child r1~ht there. (He pointed to a pretty brownakin gir1-~-ed,)

	“My father died when I was eight, and I wa~ away from home railroading most of the time and didn‘t hear much about old times from my mother. So that‘s all I kuow~

	“I have lived right here on this spot for forty~three years. About 1893 1 bought this place and have lived here ever since0 This was just a big woods and weed patch then, There weren‘t more than about six houses out here this side of the Rock Island Railroad,

	“I commenced voting In 1889. Cast my first ballot then, I never had any trouble about it.“