A Sabbath Day's Journey

The following six articles were published in the Tribune-Telegraph in 1921. They were written by Charles Hartley about growing up in the Nease Settlement and some of his neighbors.

Many thanks to Joel Hartley, a descendant of Charles Hartley.

Chapter 1

The Lewis Nease home; Morgan's Raid; the old schoolhouse and the school teacher, Mary Nease.

Chapter 2

Old home places; the Nease cemetery; the old mill.

Chapter 3

The Killingsworth family; harvesting sorghum; the circus comes to town.

Chapter 4

Squirrel hunting; rail fences; Uncle Peter Ihle.

Chapter 5

Visit to wife's childhood home; a 'devil's lane'.

Chapter 6

A lunchtime quandary; wheat cradling; old and new churches.

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