Hester Porter

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I talked to Ladonna tonight and she said that Grandaddy's Farm was near Gerard's Fort. (Wherever that is!) She said that when his wife died, Grandaddy moved in with Hester but continued to drive to the farm daily.
You were right, Brian, that Bruce did live in Lena's little house before he married.
I didn't realize that Lena's family and later Lena owned Hester and Frank's house. After she died, her little house became Porter's also....

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Kristin said…
It was Kristin that said that Cubby lived in Lena's house.
March 12, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Gina said…
Kristin, you were correct!
March 12, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Kevin Kennison said…
By the time I was in High School, Lina was in the little house by herself, and seemed to us snotty kids to be completely batty. The hair must have been dyed (badly). She would come out with a bucket of water and a ladle to wet down the sidewalk and even the street in front of her house. I suppose that she was trying to keep the dust down. You know that she also lowered the temperature aound her house by several degrees on a hot day by the evaporation. Do you think that this was a well know form of "air conditioning" before people had the mechanical devices installed in their homes?
March 12, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Gina said…
Ladonna gave me the impression that she also thought that Lena was completely batty, Kevin!
March 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM
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