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six years. At d~e end. of dat time most of us bought places. . ~~When de war ~as over and. we nioved, de nien put up a picket

house. Dr. McBride, a soldier, taught school. when de crops ~as laid by, all de men and. woxaen w~ent to school. De chilien went all de time. We had log seats and a dirt Lb‘. We would have meetin‘s inde schOol house. 9~wasn‘t fine, but we had good tirnes~

‘9Ve lived abat to de old niisalon, built during Santa Anna‘s
vrar, I think it were.‘	~	~ .	•

	“I has ten chilien; seven of them are living. I have fifteen or nineteen grandohillen, but I don‘t know where dey all are or what de y are do ing . „