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Note: ROBERT (BOB) WAS A FARMER. HAZEL'S DAUGHTER REMEMBERS THE FARMERS WOULD HELP EACH OTHER AT THRESHING TIME. THE DISHES WERE ALWAYS WASHED AND THE TABLE RESET FOR THE NEXT MEAL. THEY USED KEROSINE LAMPS FOR LIGHT IN THE ROOMS. ROBERT AND HATTIE ARE BURIED IN THE MT. SIDNEY CEMETERY IN LINWOOD, KS. THIS PLOT OF LAND, 2.23 ACRES WAS DONATED AS A CEMETERY BY ROBERT ELDER (UNCLE) WHEN HIS SON, SIDNEY DIED OF PNEUMONIA IN 1895 AT AGE 16.
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