Pic-Old Steam Engine That Used To Be In My Neighborhood

Posted by 1206SWMO on October 05, 2015 at 07:19:57 from (99.198.19.130):

Saturday I attended the estate auction for a Mary Liter that passed away earlier this year at the age of 105..There were lots of 80-100 year old pictures on the sale..Upon looking at them I discovered that 6 of them were from my neighborhood so I bought them..I did some research when I got home and found that many years ago Mrs Liters Dad Wilson Spayd owned a 160 acre farm 2 miles east of me..When I was a kid in the 1950's I heard older neighbors talk about the Spayd farm which had been sold years earlier..Heres a description of the pictures..

1-An old Reeves steamer that used to be in the neighborhood..

2-The old Marvin Chapel Methodist Church which was located 1/4th mile south of me..I think that it burnt down before I was born in 1949..My parents are buried in the cemetery there and I'm currently on the cemetery board..I had never seen a picture of the church..

3-The Wilson Spayd farm house 2 miles east of me.....The house has been gone for years..Mrs Liters parents are in the center.

4-Wilson Spayd with his 1000 lb hog "Jim"...

Upon pulling up an early 1900's online plat book I found out that there used to be 9 houses on my 640 acre section....Now there are just 2 of us....Its easy to see why there were 1 room schools every 3-4 miles..I also discovered that there used to be a Christian Church 1 mile south of me...At age 66 I'm the second oldest person thats lived most of his life in this neighborhood..I now have to be the historian...In the past 10-20 years all of the long time neighbors have died,moved, or are in a nursing home...Needless to say there are no century farms in my area..

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