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1988
Will County, IL
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1988
Will County, IL
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1966
Warren County, IL
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I'm pretty sure this is the farm where my family lived from 1954-1959. I was 3-8 years of age. When I lived there, there was a barn and a shed just south of the house and an outhouse. My dad, Monty Watson, built the indoor bathroom. We had a huge garden behind the house. Beneath the tree by the house I played in the sandbox. Loved all the cats we had. In the area between the house and farm buildings was a chicken coop and a hen house. It was my job to get the eggs. By the time I returned to revisit the area in 1970, the house was gone. I took photos of what was left, just the buildings in the forefront of this photo. Now, there is nothing at all. It's just a field. Lots of memories here. This is at the corner of 110th Ave and 40th Street.
1966
Warren County, IL
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This appears to be the farm of my Great Grandfather William Henry Watson and my great-great grandfather Peter Watson. This was probably from the 1860's to the 1920's. I have two photos from around 1910 with William H Watson and 4 of his kids including my grandfather, John Lewis Watson. One is of the house and the other is of the barn. As a child my bus route went past this house before I realized it had belonged to my relatives. I remember the Souther family may have lived there in the 1950s (see the previous comment).