tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post5718583970627823781..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: The Good Earth? Sometimes not good enough.Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-68659851060500050322009-06-01T12:11:26.475-07:002009-06-01T12:11:26.475-07:00Randy, Are you sure your relatives "failed" at far...Randy, Are you sure your relatives "failed" at farming? Or did they decide for a better way of life elsewhere?<br /><br />I base this question because my earliest recollection of a sale of a farm, land, buildings, animals, household goods, crops, etc at public auction was when I was about five years old in the early 1940s. The head of that farm family had made a decision to move about 60 miles to a neighboring county and take up a new way of life --- of being a merchant. His success as a farmer enabled him to buy his way into a new life style. And he sold out at public auction.<br /><br />Failures as a farmer? Not the example I cited. Perhaps more research will show that your g-g-g-grandfather wasn't a failure --- but a progressive forward looking individual using his assets to make a better life for himself and his family.<br /><br />Terry ThorntonTerry Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-58820294341508544082009-05-31T11:34:45.509-07:002009-05-31T11:34:45.509-07:00My gt grandparents were married in Iowa in 1872. M...My gt grandparents were married in Iowa in 1872. Migrated from Johnson City to Audubon Co. with inlaws, then to Nebraska, a few years in each new home. My grandma said the grasshoppers and the weather made them keep moving on. They finally heard of the free land in Oklahoma and made the Run of 1889. Never a wealthy family, but always seeking something over the next horizon. County histories and newspapers can help us place our families in their surroundings "back in the day."DGrannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922119945586845352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-45983251212599756562009-05-31T11:17:37.154-07:002009-05-31T11:17:37.154-07:00I don't remember the details, but 1873 (also 1893-...I don't remember the details, but 1873 (also 1893--the similar dates make them easy to remember), there was a nationwide depression. So this 1872 event may have been a part of the events that led up to the depression.Pattihttp://quotidiangenealogy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-26426781150858268562009-05-31T10:12:14.979-07:002009-05-31T10:12:14.979-07:00You hear it all too often. My own grandparents lef...You hear it all too often. My own grandparents left Oklahoma when they couldn't make it anymore and found life a little easier living in town in California. I have seen old photos of the old shack they lived in and the kids with no shoes. Times were rough and this was after the Great Depression was long over. I wished I could find more on their story. You have a great find there.Untangled Family Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662341843360451072noreply@blogger.com