Ask AI: "Please Describe a Day in the Life of My 3rd Great-Grandmother, Mary Ann Vaux (1816-1882)"

Artificial Intelligence tools can provide social and historical information about how our ancestors lived their daily lives - housing, family, work, community, social life, etc.  

I have lived all of my life in an urban setting, with office employment, a home with modern conveniences, stores for purchased materials and food, ease of travel locally and nationally, varied entertainment at home or in the community, and much more.  I have no idea how my ancestors lived and survived, say, 150 years ago.  I wanted to find out.

1)  My prompt for ChatGPT4, Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini 2.0 Flash was:  Please describe a 'Day In the Life of My 3rd Great Grandmother.'  She was a farmer's wife named Mary Ann Vaux (born in 1816, died 1882) and resided in Andrew County, Missouri in the 1860 to 1875 time frame. She and Samuel Vaux (born in 1814, died in 1880) married in about 1837 and had six children born between 1839 and 1854; five children were married by 1875 and the sixth died in 1876 at age 22 unmarried. What crops would they grow? What livestock would they have? What tools would they use? How big a farm house was typical in the time period? How was the farm house furnished? Assume that they were self-sufficient for food but had to buy supplies on a regular basis."

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2)  I chose the Claude 3.7 Sonnet response for this post (after requesting fdurther detail for each section):

A Day in the Life of Mary Ann Vaux (1816-1882)

As the wife of Samuel Vaux in Andrew County, Missouri during the 1860s-1870s, Mary Ann would have experienced a life defined by hard work, seasonal rhythms, and the interconnected social fabric of rural America during a transformative period during and after the Civil War. This account explores what daily life might have been like for a farmer's wife of her time and circumstances.

A.  Morning Routine

Mary Ann's day would begin before sunrise, around 4:30 or 5:00 AM, regardless of season. Her first task would be to stoke the fire in the kitchen stove using wood that Samuel or one of their sons had chopped, split, and stacked the previous day. She would have mastered the skill of getting the temperamental stove to the right heat for cooking—too hot and food would burn, too cool and breakfast would be delayed.

While the stove heated, Mary Ann would dress in practical clothing—a simple cotton dress in summer or wool in winter, covered with a full apron to protect her limited wardrobe. She would pull her hair back tightly and secure it in a bun, then fetch her milk pails and head to the barn.

In the dim light of early morning, she would milk the cows by hand, a task requiring strength and technique. She would position her three-legged stool beside each cow, speak soothingly to the animal, and work with practiced hands, drawing warm milk into wooden or tin pails. The barn would smell of hay, animal warmth, and manure—familiar aromas that marked the beginning of each day.

After milking, she might collect eggs from the henhouse, carefully reaching beneath roosting hens to find the warm eggs laid overnight. She would gather them in her apron, occasionally shooing away territorial hens or dodging the farm rooster.

Returning to the house, Mary Ann would strain the fresh milk through clean cloths into crocks, setting some aside for cream separation. She'd then prepare a hearty breakfast for the family. During planting or harvest seasons, this would be particularly substantial—cornmeal mush or johnnycakes made from their own corn, eggs from their chickens, salt pork or bacon from last winter's slaughter, apple butter preserved from the previous fall's harvest, and strong coffee. Coffee would be a purchased luxury they allowed themselves, with the beans carefully ground each morning.

During breakfast, Samuel might discuss the day's farm work and assign tasks to any children or hired hands present. Mary Ann would listen while serving food, sometimes joining in with her own observations about the weather or priorities for the farm or household.

B.  Daily Household Tasks

With five children having left home by 1875 and only their youngest son remaining (until his death in 1876), Mary Ann's household responsibilities would have decreased somewhat, but still involved substantial daily labor.

i.  Food Preparation and Preservation

Cooking was done entirely on the wood-burning stove or in the hearth, requiring constant attention to maintain proper cooking temperatures. Mary Ann would be skilled at judging heat without thermometers, knowing precisely when the oven was ready for bread by testing with a sprinkle of flour or her hand.

For breakfast, she prepared filling, calorie-rich foods to sustain farm labor. Midday dinner (the largest meal of the day) might include:

• Stewed chicken or salt pork
• Boiled potatoes or other root vegetables from the root cellar
• Cornbread or biscuits made with lard rendered from their own pigs
• Seasonal vegetables from the kitchen garden
• Preserves or pickles as condiments

Supper would be a lighter meal, perhaps featuring leftovers from dinner, bread with butter, and preserves or stewed fruit.

Seasonal food preservation was crucial for year-round sustenance:

• Spring: Preserving early greens and berries, making jams from strawberries and blackberries
• Summer: Canning vegetables at their peak, drying herbs, making cucumber pickles
• Fall: Preserving fruit harvests, making apple butter in large copper kettles, storing root vegetables in the root cellar
• Winter: Butchering time, requiring intensive labor to process hogs and cattle, smoking hams and bacon, making sausage, rendering lard, and salting meat

These preservation activities weren't simply cooking but essential survival work, requiring precise timing, knowledge of safe preservation methods, and hard physical labor.

ii. Tending the Kitchen Garden

Mary Ann's kitchen garden would be substantial—perhaps a half-acre plot enclosed by a fence to keep out livestock. She would practice companion planting techniques passed down through generations of women, knowing which plants benefited from growing near others.

Her garden would likely include:

• Multiple varieties of beans (both for fresh eating and drying)
• Several types of potatoes
• Cabbage, turnips, and other storage crops
• Sweet and hot peppers
• Tomatoes (which had become common by the 1860s)
• Cucumbers for pickling
• Winter and summer squash
• Onions, garlic, and leeks
• Herbs such as sage, thyme, dill, and mint

The garden required daily attention—weeding, watering during dry spells (carrying buckets from a nearby well or stream), checking for pests, and harvesting at optimal times. Mary Ann would have developed an intimate knowledge of each plant's needs and lifecycle.

She would also maintain medicinal herbs such as feverfew, horehound, and boneset, knowing how to prepare teas and poultices for common ailments. With the nearest doctor potentially miles away, her herbal knowledge was an essential healthcare resource for her family.

iii. Poultry Management

Chickens were crucial for farm self-sufficiency, providing eggs daily and meat occasionally. Mary Ann would:

• Collect eggs twice daily to prevent breakage or roosters from disturbing nests
• Maintain nesting boxes with clean straw
• Feed chickens kitchen scraps supplemented with grain
• Protect the flock from predators
• Select hens for setting eggs to hatch new chicks in spring
• Manage the complex process of incubating eggs and raising chicks
• Cull older, non-productive hens for cooking
• Process chickens for the table, a messy task involving plucking, singeing, and cleaning

She might also raise other poultry such as ducks or geese for meat and feathers for pillows and bedding.

iv.  Textile Work

Even as store-bought fabric became more available by the 1860s-70s, textile work remained central to a farm wife's duties:

• Sewing and mending clothes by hand (though by this period, some households had treadle sewing machines)
• Cutting down adult clothing to make children's garments
• Knitting stockings, mittens, and caps for winter
• Creating and maintaining bedding—quilts, sheets, and pillowcases
• Producing household textiles like tablecloths and towels

If the family kept sheep, Mary Ann might also work with wool—washing, carding, spinning, and dyeing it using natural colorants from plants like indigo, walnut hulls, or madder root.

During winter evenings, she would use the precious hours of lamplight for mending and needlework, sometimes creating decorative pieces like samplers or special quilts for family milestones.

v.  Laundry

Monday was traditionally washing day, a labor-intensive process that sometimes spilled into Tuesday:

• Hauling and heating numerous buckets of water in large iron kettles
• Preparing homemade soap from saved grease and lye made from wood ashes
• Scrubbing clothes on a washboard in wooden tubs
• Boiling white items to remove stains
• Rinsing multiple times, requiring more water hauling
• Wringing by hand (or with a wringer if they owned one)
• Hanging on lines or fences to dry
• Ironing using heavy flatirons heated on the stove

In winter, laundry presented additional challenges—frozen clothes on the line, chapped hands from cold water, and difficulties drying items indoors.

vi.  Housekeeping

Daily housekeeping tasks included:

• Sweeping wooden floors with handmade brooms
• Dusting furniture with cloths
• Washing dishes after each meal in water heated on the stove
• Making beds with heavy quilts and straw or feather mattresses that needed regular fluffing
• Weekly or monthly deeper cleaning such as scrubbing floors with homemade lye soap, beating rugs outdoors, or washing windows with vinegar water

The constant battle against dirt was particularly challenging in a farm environment where mud and dust were brought in continuously.

C.  Farm Activities

While Samuel would manage the main farm operations, Mary Ann's work extended beyond the house to various aspects of the farm.

i.  Harvest Support

During critical harvest periods, every able body was needed:

• Mary Ann would rise even earlier to prepare substantial meals for field workers
• She might carry water, coffee, or food to workers in distant fields
• She often participated directly in gathering crops like corn or apples
• For wheat harvest, she might help bind sheaves or cook for threshing crews
• She would coordinate preserving the harvest, determining what would be stored, sold, or processed

After the day's fieldwork, she would serve a large evening meal to restore workers' energy, often by candlelight since harvesting continued until daylight failed.

ii.  Dairy Processing

After the morning milking, Mary Ann would:

• Strain milk through clean cloths to remove any impurities
• Set some milk aside in shallow crocks for cream to rise
• Skim cream from the previous day's milk
• Churn butter—a physically demanding task requiring consistent motion for up to an hour
• Wash the butter to remove buttermilk, then salt it for preservation
• Form butter into blocks or balls, perhaps using carved wooden molds to create decorative patterns
• Make cottage cheese or simple farm cheese from soured milk
• Clean all dairy implements thoroughly to prevent contamination

Any excess butter might be traded or sold in town, providing one of the few sources of independent income for farm women.

iii.  Animal Husbandry

Beyond poultry, Mary Ann would be involved with:

• Feeding young calves separated from their mothers
• Assisting with difficult animal births
• Nursing sick animals
• Helping with sheep shearing in spring
• Processing wool before spinning
• Feeding young or orphaned lambs with bottles

She would develop an intuitive understanding of animal behavior and health, often being the first to notice when livestock were ailing.

D.  Their Farm

i.  Crops

The Vaux farm in Andrew County would grow diverse crops suited to Missouri's climate and soil:

*  Corn: The dominant crop in Missouri, their farm might dedicate 15-20 acres to corn cultivation. Varieties would be different from modern corn—taller plants with smaller ears that were well-adapted to local conditions. Corn served multiple purposes:

• Ground into meal for family consumption
• Fed to livestock, particularly to fatten hogs
• Possibly sold as a cash crop
• Husks used for mattress filling or making simple items like door mats
• Cobs used for fuel, animal bedding, or as primitive toilet paper

*  Wheat: Perhaps 8-12 acres would be dedicated to wheat cultivation for:

• Flour for home baking
• A reliable cash crop that could be sold to local mills
• Straw used for animal bedding, mattress filling, and hat-making

*  Tobacco: Northwestern Missouri grew some tobacco as a cash crop. If the Vaux farm included tobacco cultivation, it would require intensive labor for:

• Creating seedbeds in early spring
• Transplanting seedlings
• Regular hoeing and pest management
• Topping plants to direct energy to leaf production
• Careful harvesting at peak ripeness
• Proper curing in well-ventilated tobacco barns

*  Oats: Essential for feeding horses, oats would cover perhaps 5-6 acres, harvested in early summer before the intensity of wheat harvest.

*  Hemp: Missouri was a significant hemp producer, used for making rope, twine, and fabric. Hemp cultivation required specialized knowledge for proper harvesting and processing.

*  Kitchen garden crops: Beyond Mary Ann's kitchen garden vegetables, they might grow:

• Potatoes on a field scale (1-2 acres)
• Field beans for drying
• Sweet potatoes in sandy areas
• Sorghum for making molasses

ii.  Livestock

Their farm would include a practical mix of animals suited to their needs:

*  Horses: 2-4 working horses for plowing, hauling, and transportation. These would likely be heavy draft breeds or crosses suited to farm work, not riding horses. Each horse would consume significant feed resources, so farmers kept only what they truly needed.

*  Milk cows: 2-6 milk cows would provide dairy for the household and possibly excess for butter production and sale. These would be dual-purpose animals, not specialized dairy breeds, providing both milk and eventually beef.

*  Pigs: Several breeding sows and a boar, plus offspring being raised for slaughter, totaling perhaps 15-20 pigs at different stages of growth. Pigs were efficient converters of farm waste into protein, consuming:

• Excess milk and whey from butter-making
• Kitchen scraps
• Damaged or excess garden produce
• Field gleaning after harvest
• Forest foraging for nuts and roots when possible

*  Chickens: 20-30 laying hens plus roosters and growing chicks. Heritage breed chickens, not the specialized production breeds of today, would provide eggs year-round (though production decreased in winter) and occasional meat.

*  Sheep: If they kept sheep, a small flock of 10-15 would provide wool for home use or sale. Sheep required different management than other livestock, including protection from predators and specialized shearing skills.

*  Draft oxen: As an alternative or supplement to horses, oxen were powerful, steady workers that could pull heavy loads and required less grain feed than horses.

*  Cats: Several barn cats would be essential for rodent control, protecting stored grain from mice and rats.

*  Farm dog: A general-purpose farm dog would help with herding livestock, provide early warning of visitors or predators, and assist with hunting.

iii.  Tools

Samuel would rely on hand tools and animal power for most farm work:

*  Field equipment:

• Walking plow with iron or steel moldboard for breaking ground
• Harrow for smoothing fields and covering seed
• Possibly a mechanical seed drill by the 1870s, though broadcasting by hand was still common
• Scythes and cradles for harvesting grains
• Flails for traditional threshing, though horse-powered threshing machines were becoming available
• Pitchforks for moving hay and straw
• Corn knives for harvesting corn stalks
• Hoes, mattocks, and spades for cultivation

*  Animal husbandry tools:

• Curry combs and brushes for grooming horses
• Sheep shears
• Branding irons
• Castration and veterinary tools
• Harnesses, yokes, and tack, often made or repaired on the farm

*  Workshop tools:

• Axes, crosscut saws, and buck saws for wood preparation
• Woodworking tools like planes, chisels, and augers
• Basic blacksmithing equipment for simple repairs
• Leatherworking tools for harness repair

*  Transportation equipment:

• Farm wagon with wooden wheels and removable sideboards
• Perhaps a lighter spring wagon for trips to town
• Sleigh or sled for winter transportation
• Riding saddles if they could afford horses beyond working animals

Mary Ann would use specialized equipment for her work:

*  Kitchen tools:

• Cast iron cookware—skillets, Dutch ovens, kettles
• Long-handled cooking implements for use with hot stoves
• Butter molds and paddles
• Sausage stuffers and meat grinders
• Coffee grinder
• Rolling pins and pastry boards
• Preserving kettles, often made of copper
• Glass canning jars (becoming more common in this period)
• Ceramic crocks for food storage
• Tin or wooden molds for gelatin dishes

*  Textile tools:

• Spinning wheel (though factory yarn was increasingly available)
• Knitting needles and crochet hooks
• Sewing implements including scissors, needles, and thimbles
• Possibly a treadle sewing machine by the 1870s
• Quilting frames that could be hung from the ceiling and lowered when in use

*  Laundry equipment:

• Large copper or iron kettles for heating water
• Washboards and wooden tubs
• Bluing for whitening clothes
• Possibly a hand-cranked wringer
• Flat irons of various weights
• Ironing board or table

iv.  The Farmhouse

Their farmhouse would reflect the transition period of mid-19th century rural architecture:

*  Size and construction: By the 1860s-70s, established farms in Andrew County would typically have moved beyond the pioneer-era log cabin. The Vaux home would likely be a one or one-and-a-half story frame house of approximately 800-1,200 square feet, built of locally milled lumber.

*  The construction would feature:

• Post and beam or balloon framing covered with wooden clapboard siding
• A stone or brick foundation, potentially with a root cellar beneath
• Softwood floors of wide planks, perhaps covered with homemade rag rugs
• A pitched roof covered with wooden shingles
• A porch spanning part or all of the front façade, serving as additional workspace and social area

*  Layout: The floor plan would be practical rather than elaborate:

• A central kitchen/common room serving as the heart of the home
• A separate parlor reserved for special occasions (or this might be a luxury they couldn't afford)
• One or two ground-floor bedrooms
• Additional sleeping space in a loft area or partial second story accessed by a ladder or steep staircase
• Possibly a lean-to addition for storage or a summer kitchen

*  Features:

• A central stone or brick chimney serving multiple rooms, often with the kitchen fireplace larger for cooking
• By the 1860s, a cast iron wood-burning cook stove would have replaced or supplemented cooking hearths
• Small windows with glass panes (a significant improvement over earlier frontier homes)
• Limited or no closets—furniture provided most storage
• No indoor plumbing—water would be carried in from a well or spring
• An outdoor privy located away from the house and water sources
• Oil lamps for lighting, supplemented by candles
• Possibly a separate summer kitchen to keep cooking heat outside during hot months

v.  Furnishings

Their home would contain practical furnishings, many homemade or locally crafted:

*  Kitchen:

• A wood-burning cook stove positioned centrally
• A sturdy work table for food preparation
• A dry sink—a cabinet with a basin but no plumbing
• Open shelving or a simple cupboard displaying everyday dishes
• A pie safe with punched tin panels to protect food from insects while allowing air circulation
• A butter churn
• Wooden buckets and baskets for gathering and storage
• Several three-legged stools or simple chairs
• Hooks on walls for hanging utensils, dried herbs, and cured meats
• Perhaps a clockwork clock if they could afford one

*  Common area:

• A large table for family meals, often doubling as a work surface
• Simple wooden chairs, perhaps with woven rush or splint seats
• A rocking chair, particularly valued for nursing mothers or the elderly
• A corner cupboard for storing special dishes or the family Bible
• Hooks or pegs along the walls for hanging outdoor clothing
• A spinning wheel positioned near natural light
• During cold months, a quilting frame might occupy one corner

*  Parlor (if they had one):

• The better furniture would be found here—perhaps chairs with upholstery
• A small table for the family Bible
• Any decorative items they possessed, such as figurines or a mirror
• Possibly a melodeon (small pump organ) if the family was musical and prosperous

*  Bedrooms:

• Rope or slat beds with straw or cornhusk mattresses topped with feather beds if available
• Handmade quilts and coverlets, often passed down through generations
• A washstand with basin and pitcher
• Perhaps a simple chest of drawers for clothing storage
• A chamber pot beneath the bed for nighttime use
• A small table with a candle holder

*  Storage:

• Wooden chests and trunks for storing seasonal clothing and special textiles
• Wall-mounted pegs and hooks for everyday clothing
• Under-bed storage for additional items
• Possibly a standing wardrobe in the parents' bedroom if they could afford one

*  Lighting:

• Oil lamps with glass chimneys for evening light
• Candle holders of tin or brass
• Possibly a better lamp with a decorative glass base for the parlor

*  Decorative elements:

• A large family Bible often containing important family records
• Pressed flowers or botanical specimens under glass
• Quilts and samplers displayed on walls
• Handmade doilies protecting furniture surfaces
• Perhaps a few daguerreotypes or early photographs of family members
• Hand-colored prints of religious or patriotic scenes
• Simple curtains of muslin or other affordable fabric

The overall aesthetic would be practical rather than decorative, with items valued for their utility. Any purely decorative items would likely be handmade or meaningful family heirlooms.

E.  Social Life and Community

While farm families like the Vauxes maintained significant self-sufficiency, they were deeply embedded in community networks:

*  Church attendance: Sunday would be a highlight of the week, offering:

• Religious worship and spiritual guidance
• Community news exchange
• Social connection outside the family
• Opportunities for young people to meet potential spouses
• Shared meals and celebrations

The Vauxes might dress in their best clothes, travel by wagon or on horseback to the nearest church, and spend much of the day in community activities before returning home.

*  Trading and purchasing: Monthly trips to town would be important events:

• Samuel might sell excess farm products—grains, tobacco, butter, eggs

*  Mary Ann would carefully manage the resulting income to purchase necessities:

• Coffee, sugar, and salt
• Spices and other cooking ingredients not produced at home
• Cloth, thread, and notions for sewing
• Tools and farm implements
• Lamp oil and perhaps candles
• Medicines and patent remedies
• Occasional small luxuries like hard candy or store-bought ribbons

The general store served as both marketplace and social hub, where news was exchanged and community bonds maintained.

*  Social gatherings: Cooperative labor events strengthened community ties:

• Barn raisings, where men from many farms gathered to construct a building in a single day while women prepared substantial meals
• Quilting bees, allowing women to complete labor-intensive quilts while socializing
• Corn husking bees, combining work with play as young men sought the prized red ear of corn
• Harvest celebrations marking successful completion of critical farm work
• Apple paring parties, where preparation of apples for drying became a social event
• House raisings when new homes were built

These events combined necessary labor with socialization, music, food sharing, and often dancing or games.

*  Family visits: With five married children by 1875, family gatherings would become increasingly important to Mary Ann and Samuel:

• Sunday dinners with local children and grandchildren
• Extended visits from children who had moved further away
• Special holiday gatherings at Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Family support during illnesses, childbirths, or deaths
• Shared labor during intensive agricultural periods
• Exchange of goods and services among extended family networks

*  Medical care: In an era before widespread professional healthcare, community health networks were essential:

• Midwives and experienced mothers assisted with childbirth
• Women shared herbal remedies and nursing knowledge
• Neighbors helped care for the sick when family members were exhausted
• Communities rallied to support families during serious illnesses

*  Education: By the 1860s-70s, rural Missouri would have established some basic education:

• One-room schoolhouses serving multiple grades
• School terms scheduled around agricultural needs
• Older community members sharing specialized knowledge through informal apprenticeships

*  Political engagement: The post-Civil War period saw significant political change:

• Community meetings to discuss issues
• Voting (for men only at this time)
• Local government participation
• Discussions of national reconstruction policies

F.  Seasonal Rhythms

Life for Mary Ann would follow distinctive seasonal patterns:

i.  Spring:

• Garden planting and early harvesting of greens
• Spring cleaning—airing bedding, whitewashing walls, deep cleaning winter grime
• Assisting with field preparation and planting
• Caring for newborn farm animals
• Possibly making soap using winter's saved ashes and animal fat
• Replacing winter textiles with lighter bedding and clothing
• Gathering wild greens and medicinal herbs

ii.  Summer:

• Intensive garden maintenance and harvest
• Preserving fruits and vegetables at their peak
• Supporting hay making and grain harvests
• Maintaining a cool house during heat waves without modern cooling
• Possibly operating a summer kitchen to keep cooking heat outside the main house
• Making cheese from abundant summer milk
• Gathering wild berries for preserves and pies

iii. Fall:

• Final harvests and preservation
• Preparing the home for winter
• Apple picking and processing—cider making, apple butter, drying
• Gathering nuts and seeds
• Butchering animals as cool weather arrived
• Storing root crops in the cellar
• Preparing winter bedding and clothing
• Rendering lard and tallow for cooking, soap, and candles

iv.  Winter:

• Textile work—spinning, sewing, quilting during long evenings
• Managing heating of the home with wood fires
• Cooking heartier, slower dishes suited to winter
• Winter butchering of hogs and beef cattle
• Social visiting during agricultural downtime
• Caring for animals in harsh weather
• Planning for spring planting and ordering any needed seeds
• Repairing household items and clothing
• Historical Context

 G.  Historical Context

Mary Ann's life spanned a period of significant change in rural America:

By the 1860s-70s, the Vauxes would have witnessed:

• The Civil War's impact on Missouri, a divided border state
• Expanding railways making goods more accessible
• Increasing agricultural mechanization, though still limited for average farmers
• The beginning of mail-order catalogs like Montgomery Ward (founded 1872)
• Growing commercial availability of previously home-produced items
• Changing fashion and housing trends reaching rural areas
• Political changes of Reconstruction
• Veterans returning from war with new perspectives
• The beginning of women's suffrage movements

With five children married and establishing their own households by 1875, Mary Ann would have transmitted traditional knowledge while perhaps seeing her children adopt newer ways. The death of their youngest son in 1876 would have been particularly difficult as he represented their connection to the next generation and potential support in their older years.

As Mary Ann and Samuel aged, they would likely have adapted their farming operation to their changing physical capabilities, perhaps transitioning from labor-intensive crops to more manageable livestock operations, or sharing land with adult children who could provide labor.

Their experience represents a pivotal time in American agricultural history—traditional enough to maintain practices from earlier decades, yet witnessing the early stages of modernization that would transform rural life in the coming decades.

3)  I wasn't prepared for this wealth of information from a relatively simple prompt.  Claude sort of went off the deep end of also describing the farm in great detail (I guess I asked for that...)But I am thankful for the firehouse of information about life in the 1860s and 1870s on a Missouri farm.  

I cannot judge how accurate the information is because it is not within my life experience and I have not studied the historical and social events of those times.  My guess is that the information is accurate, but perhaps some of the details (types of crops, furniture, etc.) did not apply to this specific family.  

I have a great appreciation for the wives of farmers and other daily workers who contributed to making the lives of their children possible.

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