How To Do Things
The Farm Journal
Tuscola County, 1919
Novesta, R - S

 

Many thanks to Jeanne Congdon for transcribing these pages. Additionally, thank you to both Jeanne and her mother, Illa M. (McCool) Congdon, for sharing this great work with researchers.

 

ABBREVIATI0NS

a, means acres; bds, boards; B tel, Bell telephone; w, wife; ch, children; H&L, house and lot; 57, Township Road No. 57; 0, owns; R1, Rural Route No. 1; ret, retired; T, tenant; 4h, 4 horses; 2c, 2 cattle.

Names in CAPITALS are those of Farm Journal subscribers always the most intelligent and progressive people in any county. No Tumbledowns, for no farmer can keep on reading the F. J. and being a Tumbledown, too. Many have tried, but all have to quit one or the other.

 

Retherford, Lewis

Alice

Irene

-

-

Myron

-

-

Ruth

-

-

Norma

-

-

John

-

-

Marion

-

-

Evelyn

- - Philip farmer O - 8Oa Rl Deford 77 Ind tel.

 ROBERTS, ERNEST

Alta

Raymond

garage and gardening

T

 H&L

-

-

Deford

63.

 

Roberts, George

Elvira

Amasa

-

-

Ida

-

-

Frank

-

-

Dora

-

-

Ernest

-

-

Burton

-

-

Seth

-

-

Persis

blacksmith

O

-

28a

-

Deford

80.

ROHB, CHAS.

Johanna

 

farmer

O

-

40a

R3

Cass City

16.

Sargent, R

Esta

Kenneth

-

-

Gladys

farmer

O

-

120a

R2

Deford

82.

SCHWADERER, EDWARD

Grace

Glare

-

-

Genevieve

-

Winnifred

farmer

T

-

lO0a

R3

Cass City

10

Ind tel.

SCHWADERER, FRED

-

-

farmer

O

-

8Oa

R3

Cass City

44.

Sharp, Benjamin

Anna Belle

Betsy 0.

clerk.

O

-

200a

R1

Deford

63.

Silverthon, Chas.

Marcia

Harold

-

-

Howard

-

-

Florence

-

-

Rosalind

farmer

0

-

80a

R2

Deford

62.

Silverthon, Howard

Pearl

 

farmer

T

-

8Oa

R1

Deford

62.

SLACK, ALEX

Maud & ch James, Edith

farmer

O

 

-

20a

R1

Deford

72.

Slack, John.

Martha

Lela

-

-

Olive

farmer

0

 -

60a

R1

Deford

72.

SLACK, SUSAN

-

John

-

-

Alec

-

-

Nettie

farmer

O

 -

80a

R1

Deford

72.

Smith, E.P.

Mary

Alta

-

-

Edwin

farmer

O

 -

8Oa

R3

Cass City

40

Ind tel.

Sole, Jessie

Hester

Dell

-

-

Eddie B.

-

-

Cora E.

farmer

O

 -

40a

R1

Deford

75.

SPENCER, Ems

Anna

Dolores

dredger and gardener

T

H&L

 

 

Fairgrove

63.

SPENCER, FRANK

Elenera

-

section work and gardening

O

-

8Oa

T&4L

Deford

63.

SPENCER, GEORGE S.

Josephine

Lyle

-

-

Winifred

-

-

Seth

-

-

Aim

farmer

0

-

140a

R1

Deford

55

Ind tel.

Spencer, James W. Delia Wayne farmer 0 - 80a    
- - -   T - 40a R1 Deford 54.  

Spencer, J. Wells

Phoebe

Vina

-

-

Lena

-

-

Myrtle

-

-

Annie

-

-

Willard

farmer

O

 -

120a

R1

Deford

55

Ind tel.

SPENCER, LYMAN - - ret - - - - Deford 63.

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