MEMORIES OF ARNON A. CHIDESTER (GRANDPA) Written for his 102nd Birthday By Rocena Platt Chidester, daughter-in-law November 6, 1993 I remember when: I remember the very first time I met Reeve’s mom and dad. Reeve called and said that he was bringing “Rosa” home for them to meet. All his mother could think of was the “Big fat Rosa” on the “I love Luigi” radio program, “well” they treated me great. I also met Lois that day, as she was […]
Just before Hannah died: She had her own milk cow. It was fed and herded with Jims cows, but Hannah milked her morning and night. One morning, she came into the house after milking the cow and said, “I can’t milk this cow anymore.” Eli, Manilla’s husband came down and took the cow home with him. She didn’t live too long after that. She died of dropsy. Dora was with her when she died. Anna Johanna (Hannah) Brown died 21 October 1940. She was 87 years […]
The children had to help on the farm. When Manilla was five years old, she went with them to the fields to haul hay. It was a hot day, so Manilla would lie down under the wagon in the shade. As the wagon moved along she followed, staying the shade. One time she got too close to the wheel and was run over, breaking her leg. Hannah lost her oldest son, Christian, during an epidemic of Diphtheria and tonsillitis. He was twelve years of age. A […]
Hannah’s sister, Mary and her husband, met them at the end of the railroad and took them to Richfield where she lived. They traveled by wagon. Hannah found employment from a man named Jensen who ran a store in Elsinore. Hannah helped Mrs. Jensen in the home. With Hannah and her father both working, they hired a girl to come and sit with her mother. Hannah’s father worked at cutting stone to earn money to build a home and buy a farm. Her father bought an […]