Memories of the Calls 4 - The Ives Place
On April 1, 1865, his father moved the family to the Ives place where he had engaged to work the Ives farm on shares. The house is the one where Gilbert Prole now lives. There was some discussion whether his mother would drive "the little black mare." Old Tom was hauling heavier loads. The buggy was loaded, and mother and three young children packed in, -- Lizzie was now two and a half years old, -- and "the little black mare" hitched on. She attended strictly to business, and going around by Stafford to avoid the rough Horse Shoe Lake road, the family arrived safely at their new home. It must have been the same month that Charlie was watching the men build a stone wall. He thinks John Price, father of Mrs. John Gillard was one of them. One of the men asked "Does your mother know that Lincoln has been shot?" The little boy ran in and told her, and she came out excited to hear all they knew. He remembered that she cried. Before that they had heard that Lee had surrendered, and his father went to town to hear all he could concerning the news.
One disadvantage of the Ives Place was that there was no well water. Cistern water had to be filtered for drinking, and they and the hands didn't like it. There was a cistern in the barn to water the stock. One time Charles turned the faucet to let the horses drink, and went off and left it, letting the precious water run out over the barn yard. That was one time when his father punished him. At this time he was eight years old or younger. When the water gave out at the barn, he drove the cows to water to Gardner's Pond, Ensign's Hollow, a half mile away.
There were no apples on the place, but next the garden was an orchard. In season, the ground was covered with apples, but the children were not allowed to go there to get any.
They went to the stone school about a mile south of the State road. When he returned from school the first day, Charles was asked how he liked it. He replied, "Oh it's a pretty old school. There are two red-heads and the dipper leaks."
Albert Call tells something he remembers of the Bassett place. There was a little colt and Albert broke off an icycle and offered it to the colt. The mother mare smelled the icycle and took Albert by the shoulder and dropped him in the yard. She was not a vicious animal either.
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Patty's notes on this entry
This entry covers from April 1865 through Fall 1867.
Gilbert Prole is probably Gilbert Arthur Prole (1873-1949), one of the first farmer's to be designated a Master Farmer by the State of New York.
obituary Mon, Mar 21, 1949 – Page 36 · Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) · Newspapers.com
Lizzie is Elizabeth Alberta Call (July 12, 1862 - December 30, 1929), youngest child of Robert Call and Charlotte Joslin. She married Walter Scott Daniels (1863-1918) on March 12 1891.
John Price may actually be William Price (1833-1915). His daughter Maria Priscilla Price (1855-1916) who married John W. Gillard (1849-1929).
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One disadvantage of the Ives Place was that there was no well water. Cistern water had to be filtered for drinking, and they and the hands didn't like it. There was a cistern in the barn to water the stock. One time Charles turned the faucet to let the horses drink, and went off and left it, letting the precious water run out over the barn yard. That was one time when his father punished him. At this time he was eight years old or younger. When the water gave out at the barn, he drove the cows to water to Gardner's Pond, Ensign's Hollow, a half mile away.
There were no apples on the place, but next the garden was an orchard. In season, the ground was covered with apples, but the children were not allowed to go there to get any.
They went to the stone school about a mile south of the State road. When he returned from school the first day, Charles was asked how he liked it. He replied, "Oh it's a pretty old school. There are two red-heads and the dipper leaks."
Albert Call tells something he remembers of the Bassett place. There was a little colt and Albert broke off an icycle and offered it to the colt. The mother mare smelled the icycle and took Albert by the shoulder and dropped him in the yard. She was not a vicious animal either.
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Patty's notes on this entry
This entry covers from April 1865 through Fall 1867.
Gilbert Prole is probably Gilbert Arthur Prole (1873-1949), one of the first farmer's to be designated a Master Farmer by the State of New York.
obituary Mon, Mar 21, 1949 – Page 36 · Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) · Newspapers.com
Lizzie is Elizabeth Alberta Call (July 12, 1862 - December 30, 1929), youngest child of Robert Call and Charlotte Joslin. She married Walter Scott Daniels (1863-1918) on March 12 1891.
John Price may actually be William Price (1833-1915). His daughter Maria Priscilla Price (1855-1916) who married John W. Gillard (1849-1929).
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