Milroy High School - Yorlim Yearbook (Milroy, IN)

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Y O R 192 6 I IM Autnhzngrexphrral Srketrh lls IROPPSSOR l0llN I SH Xl Llx Xhth Rmfuemls to xllllili School lllston To my former puplls and frlends whom l learned to know and love l hare jotted down some of the thlngs on which my mind loves to dwell l have glven you a llttle of my pedigree and as l wrlte l wonder If any who read lhls can say tl at only one llfe separates hlm from the life of George Washing on and wl at IS a Conestoga wagon3 Also what IS the mystery and the source of cu ahve power that comes to a woman who does not change her name when sl e marrles3 These were some of the Pennsylvania Dutch super stltlons Wllh whlch my young llfe was closely lntermmgled l do not carry garden tools throu h the house and many other things like that come to me at times 0 Ol' IPNXSXI X XNIX Ill llll S'l'0l lx You leave asked me for a sketch of my llfe Well l want to take you tack to the year ISI6 Here are two men Michael and ohn the elder 19 xilchael They are both chaucks not closely related They are from the auck neighborhood along the llne of Pennsylvania and Maryland north of Baltimore These men are my two grandfathers the elder Mlchael IS my lwther s father and John IS my motl e s father Nllchael was a soldier ln the Re olutlon and John a soldler ln the X ar of 1812 ohn married Rebecca emmon and moved to Ohio rn I8 l 6 My father al o was a young soldier m that ame war and was at Fort McHenry when the rockets red glare The bombs burstlng ln alr etc nsplred Francis cott Key to wrlte The tar Qpangled Banner Sl' ffl I 1 I' XY XSIIINK peal mg of my father l desire to tate that he lived while George Wash mgton llved Are you surpr1sed3 Well Washington due ln I799 My lather was born ln I796 thus only one llfe between my llfe and George Washington s S818 llllflllf ll PN Nl' l l'axe referred to Rebecca Lemmon to slow how l carve by my name lohn Lemmon l used to wrlte my name l..em and Lemmon but that was long ago Yes l passed throuch that stage and l am known ln Rush County as Lem chauck and that suits me Well back again my maternal grandfatl er received a grant of one scctlon of land ln Ohio for his services ln the War of l8l2 and ln l8l 5 came west on horseback to look at his posses sxon and next year ln a Conestoga wa on brou ht his family My father came wlth them l thmk he was thlnklng of the little daughter Mary fmy motherl tven then oon a stave lxre was started between Mansfield and Delaware I0 11. -1. ...l ..T... J 0 O 5 7' x X- ... ' Q v ' , '4 1 v , . . 1 ' 1 . ' 7 fy . . ' 3 ' ' ' r ' ' ' ' ' ' ' -vw 1 1 1 ' A ' . , , . , j , . , . 1 . L' , . , .'. ' . 5 I , , c I ' I' . H , . . ,Z J . 1 I. . s S . , . I . . Q . .. Q .. I g' n' 'L., . l'l.0.' I T0 S II I S I '. H .' i'l'0N c' x D , ., . ,,.. d . , . I'.L'.' ' I J, l. 1.1 AGE . ' A - u . ..I .. .J .. . D - v :J ' P 1 A k' ru ' I , I ' - , , W . . Y F SJ ' . , 1 1 , , 5. D '.