From Donald Stanley Trayes (3.238, child i) <wb4cvh@juno.com> dated December
1, 1999:

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I don't remember exactly when she died (Tacy), I think I was already in the
Navy before she died.  I joined the USN in 68 and retired in 94.  Phillip I
think died around 1948.

Tacy was a character.  She lived in the house that was the homestead of
Martin and Ellen.  In the 60's it was already a shack, really run down,
no electric, used gas lamps and batteries for her radio.  Had a out house
out back, and a cistern in the basement with the coldest water, no need for
a frig even if she had electric.  She operated the old country store till
she died, selling soda, crackers, milk, can goods, bread, just the staples.
It was a two story home.  Packed from floor to ceiling with everything, don't
think they threw away much.  My mother kept anything of use till she died.
When she was in the assisted living home I heard one of the owners talking
to someone else's family about their mother keeping everything, I talked to
her later and she said they all save if they were old enough to live through
the depression in the late 20's and 30's.  It all made sense to me after that.

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From Donald Stanley Trayes (3.238, child i) <wb4cvh@juno.com> dated December 
5, 1999:

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Martin's home was torn down after Tacy Mae died, my mother and her sister
were executors (trex?) to her estate, they went through it and kept what
they wanted and then had an auction.  There is a hunting and fishing club
across the street from the homestead, in the old McMichael's Hotel, they
bought the property with house and tore it down.  It's now a wooded lot.
I still have a few Phillips things, he was a 18th/19th centry, entramaneur
(SP) businessman, also a printer, photographer, probably took all the
photos I've sent up.  He also published a newspaper albeit small, usually
two pieces of about 8-1/2 x 11 made into 8 pages.

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