EX FARM BOY’S STORY

By John Fields
Published on January 1, 1975
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A model steam engine owned by Mr. J. T. Henson, Dade City, Florida The large steam engine in the background is a Baker 23-9 owned by Charles Barker, Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sally Weber, Winchester, Kentucky. [Central Kentucky Show]. Courtesy of Ted
A model steam engine owned by Mr. J. T. Henson, Dade City, Florida The large steam engine in the background is a Baker 23-9 owned by Charles Barker, Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sally Weber, Winchester, Kentucky. [Central Kentucky Show]. Courtesy of Ted
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The man to the right of the photo, standing beside my 1971 Ford pickup truck is Mr. Nissley of near Clayton, Delaware. His first name is unknown. Courtesy of B. Bryant Young, R.R. 1, Box 704, Dover, Delaware 19901
The man to the right of the photo, standing beside my 1971 Ford pickup truck is Mr. Nissley of near Clayton, Delaware. His first name is unknown. Courtesy of B. Bryant Young, R.R. 1, Box 704, Dover, Delaware 19901
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The picture shows two members arriving at the Central Kentucky Steam & Gas Engine Association Show on mules owned by Frank Hamilton, Millersburg, Kentucky. They are from left to right, Rankin Hurst and Frank Hamilton. Photo by Sally Weber, Winchester, Ken
The picture shows two members arriving at the Central Kentucky Steam & Gas Engine Association Show on mules owned by Frank Hamilton, Millersburg, Kentucky. They are from left to right, Rankin Hurst and Frank Hamilton. Photo by Sally Weber, Winchester, Ken

3196 MacArthur Road, Decatur, Illinois 62526

I am not an old thresherman but a middle-aged ex farm boy. I
hope my story will be interesting to you.

I was born in Southern Illinois in my Grandfather’s old farm
house. The farm was about five miles to the nearest town and all
roads were unimproved dirt roads.

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