Descendants of Ezekiel C Howell

Generation No. 1

1. EZEKIEL C² HOWELL (???¹) was born Abt. 1815 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ, and died Aft. 1892. He married (1) RACHEL HEULET? Abt. 1834 in NJ or PA. She was born Abt. 1815 in MD or NJ. He married (2) SARAH ELIZABETH WILCOX November 13, 1861 in Macon Co, IL, daughter of ??? WILCOX and RACHAEL. She was born Abt. 1835 in NJ, and died October 06, 1862 in Macon Co, IL. He married (3) ELIZA L DOBBS JOHNSON January 19, 1882 in Macon Co, IL, daughter of DAVID DOBBS and MARY GARDNEER. She was born Abt. 1861 in AR.

Notes for EZEKIEL C HOWELL:

In scanning some of the newspapers and court records of Macon county, I found several articles and records dealing with chancery and nonpayment of debts by Ezekiel.

1880 -- Mt. Zion, Macon, IL

Ezekiel HOWELL Self W Male W 57 NJ Farmer MD NJ

Sarah HOWELL Dau S Female W 17 IL Keeping House NJ NJ

John CHITTENDEN Other S Male W 21 IL Farm Laborer IL IL

Children of EZEKIEL HOWELL and RACHEL HEULET? are:

2. i. HENRY WILLIAM³ HOWELL, b. Abt. 1834, NJ or PA; d. Aft. 1900, Unknown.

3. ii. HANNAH M HOWELL, b. November 04, 1836, Philadelphia, PA; d. December 18, 1919, Decatur, Macon, IL.

4. iii. HETTY ANN E HOWELL, b. March 04, 1839, NJ; d. August 17, 1878, Long Creek, Macon, IL.

iv. EZEKIAL O HOWELL, b. 1841, PA or NJ.

5. v. GEORGE W HOWELL, b. December 28, 1845, Camden Co, NJ; d. April 22, 1925, Mt. Zion, Macon, IL.

6. vi. ELIZABETH HOWELL, b. July 27, 1847, OH; d. September 07, 1896, Mt. Zion, Macon, IL.

vii. EMMA HOWELL, b. 1849, IL.

Child of EZEKIEL HOWELL and SARAH WILCOX is:

7. viii. SARAH E³ HOWELL, b. October 1862, Long Creek, Macon, IL; d. Bef. 1900, Mt Zion, Macon, IL.

Generation No. 2

2. HENRY WILLIAM³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born Abt. 1834 in NJ or PA, and died Aft. 1900 in Unknown. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANN BOOKER June 07, 1859 in Decatur, Macon, IL, daughter of JAMES BOOKER and CHRISTENA READY. She was born April 15, 1836 in Sullivan Co, IN, and died June 21, 1921 in Flora, Clay, IL. He married (2) ALICE E MANN January 11, 1890 in Polk Co, WI.

Notes for HENRY WILLIAM HOWELL:

Henry left Elizabeth after the children grew up and they didn't hear from him again. Some of the family thinks he may have went to Florida to hide out. In 1891 he was summoned to divorce court in Piatt county, IL. In the divorce decree Elizabeth had accused him of adultry and even named the woman. Elizabeth took possession of the farm and later sold it to Catherine Jones. She then moved down to Clay county to be near to her daughter Christina. She married Mr. Thomas Chambers second.

Marriage Notes for HENRY HOWELL and ELIZABETH BOOKER:

Taken From the Decatur Republican -- Sept 21, 1891

Got A Divorce

Mrs. Elizabeth Howell, wife of the Rev. Henry W. Howell, who eloped with Miss Alice Mann of Marietta, Ga. has been granted a divorce by Judge F. P. Vail in his Piatt county circuit court. Some of the letters written by thereverand gentleman caused quite a sensation in court. He had brought her to his home and installed her in the same house at LaPlace where his lawful wife resided. On one of his trips with Miss Alice, he had married her. A certificate of their marriage in Wisconsin was produced in court by his lawful wife. After he had been arrested for adultry at the investigation of his sons and put under bonds of $800, he sold $2200 worth of corn belonging to his wife and he and Miss Alice packed their trunks and left for parts unknown leaving his bondman to pay $800.

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Children of HENRY HOWELL and ELIZABETH BOOKER are:

8. i. WILLIAM EDWARD⁴ HOWELL, b. June 12, 1860, Decatur, Macon, IL; d. April 22, 1933, St Paul, Ramsey, MN.

9. ii. FRANCIS BENJAMIN HOWELL, b. April 24, 1862, Decatur, Macon, IL; d. 1947, New London, Huron, OH.

10. iii. CHRISTENA RACHEL "TENA" HOWELL, b. September 28, 1864, Decatur, Macon, IL; d. August 10, 1936, Flora, Clay, IL.

11. iv. WASHINGTON LINCOLN HOWELL, b. 1866, Decatur, Macon, IL.

12. v. ERMINA ROSE "MINNIE" HOWELL, b. 1868, Decatur, Macon, IL; d. 1929, Sask, Canada.

3. HANNAH M³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born November 04, 1836 in Philadelphia, PA, and died December 18, 1919 in Decatur, Macon, IL. She married SAMUEL F DAVIDSON December 13, 1860 in Macon Co, IL, son of ANDREW DAVIDSON and ASSENITH ???. He was born June 1833 in IL, and died Bef. 1910 in Probably Macon Co, IL.

Notes for HANNAH M HOWELL:

Hannah is living at Mt. Zion, Macon, IL in 1910 with her son Newton. In this census record she has her parents born in NY which is in error.

Notes for SAMUEL F DAVIDSON:

The family lived at Mt. Zion, Macon, Illinois in 1880:

Samuel F. DAVIDSON Self M Male W 47 IL Laborer --- KY

Hanah DAVIDSON Wife M Female W 43 PA Keeping House PA PA

Albert E. DAVIDSON Son S Male W 19 IL Work On Farm IL PA

Josephene E. DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 15 IL IL PA

Pantha E. DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 14 IL IL PA

Elzie E. DAVIDSON Son S Male W 12 IL At Home IL PA

John C. DAVIDSON Son S Male W 9 IL IL PA

Minnie M. DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 6 IL IL PA

Ottie A. DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 2 IL IL PA

DAVIDSON Son S Male W 9M IL IL PA

Children of HANNAH HOWELL and SAMUEL DAVIDSON are:

i. ALBERT E⁴ DAVIDSON, b. 1862, IL.

ii. JOSEPHINE E DAVIDSON, b. 1864.

iii. PANTHA ELIZABETH DAVIDSON, b. 1865.

13. iv. ELWOOD BURKEN "ELZIE" DAVIDSON, b. May 1867, IL; d. June 20, 1933, Long Creek, Macon, Il.

v. CHARLES DAVIDSON, b. 1869; m. NANCY C RUCKER, December 29, 1887, Macon Co, IL.

vi. JOHN C DAVIDSON, b. October 1870, IL; d. September 25, 1941, Mt. Zion, Macon, IL; m. RACHEL M ???; b. Abt. 1884, OH.

Notes for JOHN C DAVIDSON:

John and Rachel had no children.

vii. MINNIE M DAVIDSON, b. 1874.

viii. OTTIE A DAVIDSON, b. 1878.

ix. CLAUDE NEWTON DAVIDSON, b. December 1880, Macon Co, IL; d. September 28, 1942, Mt. Zion, Macon, IL.

Notes for CLAUDE NEWTON DAVIDSON:

Newton was living at Mt. Zion, Macon, IL in 1930.

4. HETTY ANN E³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born March 04, 1839 in NJ, and died August 17, 1878 in Long Creek, Macon, IL. She married JAMES GARNER SOUDERS June 07, 1857 in Macon Co, IL, son of JACOB SOUDERS and MARY HAMETON. He was born September 25, 1832 in OH or PA, and died November 25, 1917 in Macon Co, IL.

Notes for HETTY ANN E HOWELL:

1880 -- Long Creek, Macon, IL

James SONDERS Self W Male W 44 PA Farmer PA PA

Loudemia SONDERS Dau S Female W 22 IL Keeping House PA NJ

George W. E. SONDERS Son S Male W 19 IL At Home PA NJ

Laura SONDERS Dau S Female W 16 IL At School PA NJ

Charles SONDERS Son S Male W 14 IL PA NJ

David SONDERS Son S Male W 12 IL At School PA NJ

Burt F. SONDERS Son S Male W 6 IL At School PA NJ

The information below came from a descendant of the Sherman Souders family of Macon county.

No obit could be found for Hetty since the Decatur newspaper didn't start on microfilm until 1879.

Lodemia Souders Born July 16.1858 m. David Chappelow on 12/31/1885

George Souders Born Jan. 3, 1861

Laura Bell Born Sept. 9, 1862 m. Charles Sutherland Zitterland May 24, 1887

Charles Born Nov. 19, 1866 m. Sarah Fritz Heil

David Born Jan. 10, 1869 m. Mary

Bertie Born Jun. 2, 1873; m. Lucy Ayers Feb 16, 1894

Zella L. Born July, 19, 1876 Died 1876

Notes for JAMES GARNER SOUDERS:

James G. Souders

Age 84, an old resident of Macon County

Death: 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital

Cause: old age and complications...hospitalized since early September

Birth: in Cambridge, Ohio on September 27, 1833..arriving in Illinois

55 years ago...settling near La Place.

Married: Hetty (sic) Ann Howell in 1866

Occupation: Operated a nursery business...planted many shade and

fruit trees in Decatur

Survivors: Children: David, Bert, Charles, and Mrs. L. D. Chappelow

of Decatur and Sherman, Benjamin, and Lon of Mt. Zion

Arrangements: by Moran Funeral Home, body prepared and moved to home

of Sherman Souders in Mt. Zion

Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christian Church in Mt. Zion

Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery

From: The Decatur Review, Monday, November 26, 1917 -- Page 5, Column 4

Children of HETTY HOWELL and JAMES SOUDERS are:

i. LODEMIA⁴ SOUDERS, b. July 16, 1858; d. February 1942, Decatur, Macon, IL; m. DAVID CHAPPELOW, December 31, 1885, Macon Co, IL.

ii. GEORGE W SOUDERS, b. January 03, 1861, IL; d. December 10, 1893, Decatur, Macon, IL.

iii. LAURA BELL SOUDERS, b. September 09, 1862; d. Bef. 1917; m. CHARLES SUTHERLAND ZITTERLAND, May 24, 1887, Macon Co, IL.

iv. CHARLES AUGUSTUS SOUDERS, b. November 19, 1866, IL; d. Aft. 1917; m. SARAH A FRITZ HEIL, July 1905.

Notes for SARAH A FRITZ HEIL:

Other source has her name as Sarah A (Fentz) Jenks.

v. DAVID SOUDERS, b. January 10, 1869, IL; d. September 06, 1947, Macon Co, IL; m. MARY M BUTTGEN?; b. April 13, 1867, Germany; d. September 06, 1926, Macon Co, IL.

vi. BERT H SOUDERS, b. January 02, 1873, IL; d. Aft. 1917; m. LUCY AYERS, February 16, 1894, Macon Co, IL.

vii. ZELLA L SOUDERS, b. July 19, 1876, IL; d. 1876, IL.

viii. ZELLA SOUDERS, b. December 26, 1877, IL; d. February 01, 1878, Macon Co, IL.

5. GEORGE W³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹)¹ was born December 28, 1845 in Camden Co, NJ, and died April 22, 1925 in Mt. Zion, Macon, IL. He married (1) ELIZABETH JANE (FRY) FLAHARTY September 10, 1865 in Macon Co, IL. She was born Abt. 1844 in IL, and died Aft. 1880. He married (2) RACHEL ALICE GIPSON September 24, 1882 in Macon Co, IL. She was born Abt. 1865 in IN.

Notes for GEORGE W HOWELL:

OBITUARY

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Decatur Review:

Thursday, April 23, 1925, pg. 4

George W. Howell, for more than seventy years a resident of Macon County

died at 3:?? o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his home in Long Creek

township. He was seventy-nine years old in December. His death was

caused by kidney trouble, with which he had suffered for seven weeks.

For the last week he had been confined to his bed.

Mr. Howell was born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1845. The family

moved to Macon County when he was only four years old. He was

especially well known in the eastern part of the county, having recided

for over fifty years on the farm where his death occurred. Early in

life he became a member of the United Brethren Church. He was held in

high esteem by all who knew him.

He is survived by his wife and six children: Mrs. H. E. Rucker, Mrs.

Fred Fry, and Mrs. Charles Hector of Decatur; Walter Howell of St.

Louis; Roy Howell of Shelton, Neb., and Miss Ruth Howell of Long Creek

township. There are eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The body was removed to the Brintlinger & Sons undertaking establishment

and prepared for burial.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Antioch

Church. The burial will be in the Mt. Zion cemetery.

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The family lived at Long Creek, Macon, Illinois in 1880.

T9-0229, Pg 477C

George W. HOWELL Self M Male W 38 NJ Farmer NJ NJ

Elizabeth J. HOWELL Wife M Female W 36 IL Keeping House MD KY

Florence E. HOWELL Dau S Female W 11 IL At School NJ IL

George R. HOWELL Son S Male W 7 IL NJ IL

Jennie HOWELL Dau S Female W 1 IL NJ IL

Children of GEORGE HOWELL and ELIZABETH FLAHARTY are:

14. i. FLORENCE ETTA⁴ HOWELL, b. Abt. 1868, IL; d. April 01, 1946, Decatur, Macon, IL.

15. ii. GEORGE ROY HOWELL, b. Abt. 1872, Macon Co, IL.

iii. JANE DORATHA "JENNIE" HOWELL, b. Abt. 1878, IL; m. CHARLES M HECTOR, November 29, 1900, Mt Zion, Macon, IL; b. Abt. 1874, Mt Zion, Macon, IL.

Notes for CHARLES M HECTOR:

No children

Children of GEORGE HOWELL and RACHEL GIPSON are:

16. iv. ADA C⁴ HOWELL, b. April 15, 1884, IL; d. January 1976, Decatur, Macon, IL.

v. RUTH R HOWELL, b. October 05, 1893, IL.

vi. WALTER H HOWELL, b. July 06, 1896, IL; d. February 1974, Fulton, Callaway, MO.

6. ELIZABETH³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born July 27, 1847 in OH, and died September 07, 1896 in Mt. Zion, Macon, IL. She married JAMES E TRAVIS May 09, 1866 in Macon Co, IL², son of THOMAS TRAVIS and SARAH DAVIDSON. He was born October 25, 1832 in IL, and died January 22, 1897 in Mt. Zion, Macon, IL.

Notes for ELIZABETH HOWELL:

1880 -- Long Creek, Macon, IL

James E. TRAVIS Self M Male W 34 IL Farmer KY NC

Elizabeth TRAVIS Wife M Female W 33 OH Keeping House NJ NJ

Luther T. TRAVIS Son S Male W 12 IL IL OH

Anna F. TRAVIS Dau S Female W 10 IL IL OH

Ceilitia TRAVIS Dau S Female W 7 IL IL OH

Richard E. TRAVIS Son S Male W 5 IL IL OH

Orra V. TRAVIS Son S Male W 2 IL IL OH

Children of ELIZABETH HOWELL and JAMES TRAVIS are:

17. i. LUTHER T⁴ TRAVIS, b. 1867, IL; d. 1949.

18. ii. ANNA FLORENCE TRAVIS, b. 1870, IL; d. 1899.

iii. CELITICE TRAVIS, b. 1872, IL; m. JOHN GOODMILLER; b. 1870.

19. iv. RICHARD E TRAVIS, b. 1875, IL.

20. v. IRA VIRGIL TRAVIS, b. 1878, IL; d. 1947.

vi. OTTO TRAVIS, b. 1881; d. 1882.

vii. OLIVER C TRAVIS, b. 1883; d. 1905.

viii. LENA TRAVIS, b. 1886; d. 1886.

7. SARAH E³ HOWELL (EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born October 1862 in Long Creek, Macon, IL, and died Bef. 1900 in Mt Zion, Macon, IL. She married STEPHEN MADEN September 15, 1881 in Macon Co, IL, son of SAMUEL MADEN and LUCINDA LAMBERT. He was born May 1850 in KY, and died Aft. 1920.

Notes for STEPHEN MADEN:

Stephen's family was living at Mt. Zion, Macon, Illinois in 1880:

Samuel MADEN Self M Male W 52 KY Farmer TN VA

Mary A. MADEN Wife M Female W 38 KY Keeping House NC VA

Stephen MADEN Son S Male W 27 KY Farmer KY KY

Carles F. MADEN Son S Male W 24 KY Laborer KY KY

Eveline MADEN Dau S Female W 5 IL KY KY

Eli MADEN Son S Male W 2 IL KY KY

M. TRAUGHBER SSon S Male W 15 IL At Home KY KY

William TRAUGHBER SSon S Male W 11 IL KY KY

By 1900 only Stephen and daughter Zella were living at Mt. Zion, IL.

270/274 - MAIDEN - Stephen - head - May 1850 - 50 - Wid - _ - _ - KY - KY - KY

Zella - dau - Nov 1882 - 17 - S - _ - _ - IL - KY - IL

COPPLE - Elsie S. - houskeeper - Sep 1870 - 29 - Wid - _ - _ - IL - __ - IL

In 1910 Stephen is living at Mr. Zion, Macon, IL with a granddaughter named Lola age 9 and several cousins.

In 1920 Stephen and Elsie lived at Mt Zion, Macon, IL.

Child of SARAH HOWELL and STEPHEN MADEN is:

21. i. ZELLA⁴ MADEN, b. November 1882, IL; d. June 23, 1921, Decatur, Macon, IL.

Generation No. 3

8. WILLIAM EDWARD⁴ HOWELL (HENRY WILLIAM³, EZEKIEL C², ???¹) was born June 12, 1860 in Decatur, Macon, IL³, and died April 22, 1933 in St Paul, Ramsey, MN³. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH COMPTON November 15, 1883 in Shelbyville, Shelby, IL⁴, daughter of GEORGE COMPTON and SARAH CONNER. She was born September 09, 1866 in Holland Twp, Shelby, IL⁵, and died July 03, 1898 in Decatur, Macon, IL⁶. He married (2) NINA ANGELINE BELLE RICE September 17, 1899 in Flora, Clay, IL, daughter of THOMAS RICE and NAOMA PIKE. She was born January 26, 1882 in Xenia, Clay, IL, and died November 10, 1940 in Oakland, Alameda, CA.

Notes for WILLIAM EDWARD HOWELL:

In 1900 the family is living next door to William's sister, Rachel Kinnaman in Harter Twp, Clay, IL.

They were living at Vincennes, Knox, IN in 1910 and Nina's parents were living with them.

In 1920 the family was living at International Falls, Koochiching, MN.

Saint Paul Pioneer Press -- April 24, 1933

HOWELL, William E., -- age 72 years. Beloved husband of Nenia; dear father of Mrs. James Mount of New York; Mrs. Sam Jones of Spring Lake, Minn.; Mrs. Ed Jones of Grand Rapids, Minn.; Miss Bessie, Tilford, Oscar, William Jr., Ishmail of St. Paul; Leslie of St. Louis, Canova, Goldhill, Oregon, and Earl of Hammond, Indiana. Funeral and services from the chapel, St. Peters Barnes Co., Tuesday afternoon, 2 P. M.

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The following is a short autobiography of the childhood life of Bessie Burnadette (Howell) Holt (daughter of the second family of William E Howell) written in her exact words.

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William E. Howell was born June l2, 1860. I don't know where he was raised. His fathers name was Henry and his mothers name was Elizabeth Booker. When William reached his 20's, he married a girl named Mary and seven children were born of this union; 5 lived to grow into adulthood - Neva Beatrice DOB 08/26/1884, Died 08/0311938, Earl Cecil DOB 04/24/1886, died 07/29/1963, Sylvia Otis DOB 1/11/ 1889, died 6/22/1974, Myrtle ldoris DOB 7/28/1891, died 1/26/1940, and Leslie Defore DOB 1/04/1893, died 1936. Mary died when Leslie was about 3 years old. In l899 William met Nenia Angeline Belle Rice - she was born 1/26/1882. Her and William were married Sept 17,1899 in her mothers home in Flora, Illinois. I don't know how come, nor how long they lived there, but their oldest child-a boy-Canova Gilbraltar DOB 7/20/1901, died 3/18/1960. He was born in Lawrenceville, IL. From there they went to Vincennes, Indiana. At different times William worked on his own as a photographer, and as a Prudential insurance agent. At one time while in Vincennes, they lived on Eberwine St. I don't know if it was there or not that their other 5 children were born - but 5 were born in Vincennes. Tillford Ralston DOB 7/20/1904 died 12/09/1971, Oscar Melvin DOB 11/12/1905 died 5/22/1980, Bessie Burnadette DOB 4/05/1907 died 6/20/1983, William Harsel DOB 7/10/1908 died 2//17/1966, Ishmael Ildren 1/01 /1911 died 1/01/1990. At one time they lived on the banks of the Wabash River, which evidently flows through, near, or by Vincennes.

In the year 1912, the Howell family - by train - went to a farm near Husstisford, Wisconsin, where William did farm work for a man named Caniff. William lived with his own family on a small farm about a quarter of a mile from the main farm. The children walked about a mile and a half to a little one room country school. At that time there were only three different families in attendance. In year 1914, the Howell’s moved to Rolette, North Dakota. This was wide open prarie country. Why the move to here was because my 2 half sisters - Myrtle & Sylvia were living there with their husbands Sam & Ed Jones, who were brothers. What I remember mostly about this country was sand storms during the summer and blizzards in the winter. Seems to me Dad did farm work, and worked on the railroad for a short while. In late 1915 or early 1916 we moved to Minnesota, and for the first summer months, we lived by Leech Lake, near Walker. The Indians would come across the lake, park their canoes in front of our place and walk up to Walker to do shopping. They liked my mother so much they brought her moccasins, wild berries, and maple syrup, and they called her "White Squaw" That fall the folks moved into Bemidje, Minnesota. First we lived on 1Oth St. Eventually we lived on the Rice farm, then the Daniel's farm. Dad was good at farming. Why the folks moved so often I don’t know. But we were living in town, in Bemidje, when in the late fall of 1918 we moved to International Falls. At first we lived near the paper mill, where dad worked. After about a year living by the mill, the folks started buying a little home at the edge of town. Dad had a good job at the mill checking out tools, and sharpening them. The folks were in about the best position of their lives. They were making payments on our home, dad was getting a wage of $10.00 a day, which was good money at that time, right at the end of World War 1.

Then they got itchy feet again when friends talked them into filing claims on

a 160 acre homestead. So in November of 1920, the folks sold this house, the cost of it for us was $900.00. I don't know how much, or what they sold it for. Anyway, we left International Falls the first week of November, by train, shipped our furniture by freight, and went to Orr, Minnesota. Seems to me we arrived there at the break of day. Friends came with wagons and horses, loaded some of the furniture, and all of us, and we were driven about 32 miles from Orr to what would be our home for the next 5 years. Canova had left home the year before, so he didn't go out there with us.

In places, going out from Orr - the road was quite rough and narrow. We eventually came to what was called the Range Line - it was a wider road, turning east on it, we went about 3/4 of a mile and came to the edge of our homestead. The Range line was a limit line, separating and furbishing the road between our place on the north side and others to the south. Finally we arrived at the spot that we would call home. From what I remember, seems to me that someone had already done some clearing of shrubbery, poplar, and birch trees, and weeds. Before we had left International Falls, dad had bought a big tent from a preacher, so now he had a couple other men with my brothers help, proceeded to put up the tent. We began to settle in. Seems to me, the men made 2 or 3, maybe more, trips into Orr, in the next few days to bring out our furniture. The kitchen range was set at the back part of the tent table and chairs in front of that, a cabinet and buffet to one side, beds to both sides. Just as you came in through the front and to the right dad had dug down into the ground, maybe about a foot - where he put a long steel heating stove. Around the outside of the tent he had piled dirt about 18 inches or couple of feet high - to help keep in the warmth. Dad dug a well, which we had to lower a bucket and flip it, and draw it back up. We used water from this well all the time we were there. For lights, we had the aladdin, and just regular kerosene, or coal oil lamps.

We kids started going to school, walking about 1 & 1/2 miles to a little one room building. During that winter, at times we had to wade or tramp through at times, 2-3 feet of snow, and at times plenty cold. In the meantime, Dad - I believe some other men helped him - started preparing, and building a log house. When we kids weren't at school, we had to gather moss, and stick into the cracks between the logs. Mom - always one of the best cooks - kept us well fed. Not sumptuously, but we always had plenty to eat. The boys had a snare line for rabbits, so we always had plenty of them. The white cottontails.

During the first winter, one day and night, there was a strong blizzard which ripped the tent from top center pole clear to the ground on the north side. Mom sewed up what she could, they used blankets and hung them up around the heating stove. Mom managed to keep cooking, though sometimes it was rather a cold job. Oscar and I went over night across the range line, and slept at our neighbors - the Greens. Otherwise, our closest neighbors were half a mile away. Greens had just moved in across the road, from down by the river.. On the 1lth day of January, 1921 we moved into our log house. Much more comfortable then the cold tent had gotten to be. Dad and the boys kept the woodpile well stacked. For washing clothes, we'd melt snow and heat it in a round wash