of James Smith, John Linthicum, Sr. and John Lnthicum, Jr.. It now belongs to Anna Linthicum.
The next farm is that of Joseph W. Whitmire and his wife ---- (Leasor). It was once owned by Omer Byers and is now the property of Omar Lane. It is now one of the best farms in the community.
The next farm before coming to Newton Stewart is that of Charles Denbo, for many years the trustee of Jackson Township, a leader in the Mason and Oddfellow Lodges and leading farmer. Here lived Orris, Orville, Jesse, Hazel, Roy James, Joe, Paul, Halley, Marie and Ruth. This land was homesteaded by a Mr. Allen one of the first settlers of Newton Stewart. The old log house stood Northwest of the present farm. An Indian grave is near it. Charles Denbo’s wives were -----(Eckerty) and Cordelia (Russell).
Coming back West to the junction of the Nerwton Stewart and Elon-Wickliffe roads by the Joseph Boyer farm and going South one half mile we come to a farm- the buildings still standing - first owned by James Brown and his wife ----- Brown - here lived Dora and Kreth. Then it was the home of David Murray and his wife Arabella (Kinney). Here were born and lived Clad, Webster, Cordia, Lula, Maggie, Cleva, and Earl. Mr. Murray and his boys were prosperous farmers. As was the case of Johnny Byers there was a farm science for doing all things and at the right time. They were never behind with their work. They raised corn, wheat, clover, Potatoes, and
livestock on the fertile fields to work with their teams. shortly after sun up and enjoyed the cool morning air along with their well kept teams. On the smokehouse behind the house was a dinner bell that was more melodious than any in the whole countryside. Bells was to have dinner ready by 10:30 a.m. and when she rang the bell on hot summer days as a boy working on the nearby Dillard farm I knew that I had an hour and a half to go before unhitching my team for the noon hour.
At 12:30 Mr. Murray was back in the field and worked until 4 p.m. He hitched his team to a shade tree by the field and came to the house for his supper. That over he went back to the field and worked until after sun down in the cool evening hours. No wonder he was an efficient farmer. His wheat almost invariably made 20 bu. per acre which was the goal of farmers in that day when Harvest King wheat was raised by using 200 lbs. bone dust per acre. Following wheat in the fields came the beautiful crimson clover fields that yielded large quantities of seed to be sold at a high price in the late fall. During the year 1918 a Mr. Fred Raisen hauled 20 bu. of clover seed to Porter Eckerty at Eckerty in his road wagon and sold it for $25 per bu.The two horse load was paid for in cash by Mr. Eckerty totaling $500, an enormous sum to farmers in that day. As a rule the price varied from $15 to $25 per bu.
David and Arabella passed away on this farm. David during the deep snow in 1918. Their son Clad and