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1. Milo Daniel Moland Sr.
(Note: Names of sources of living persons have been removed to protect their
identity.)
Before his marriage to Luella, he was married to Maria Langworthy. They had no children by that marriage. Maria died of T.B. and is buried at Alfred Rural Cemetery.
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Milo Sr. adopted a son, Frank McKinian sometime between 1900-1906. The Alfred
Rural Cemetery records shows Frank as having died at the age of 17 in 1906.
The following are parts of e-mails from (Living Person)
5/28/02
We sometimes would be taken to the cemetery to see the family lots. Frank's was there, too and we children were full of questions. Frank was in an orphanage with t.b. and they thought that with fresh air and good food, he might live so Dad and his mother took him in.
5/29/02
About Frank, I think he lived with them about 3 years. Here, again it's not a sure thing. You probably know that Dad's first wife died of "quick consumption" which is t.b. usually t.b. is not catching unless you sleep or spend a lot of time with a person in closed areas. Anytime our father spoke of little Frank , it was with emotion.
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The 1900 census for Alfred, Allegany Co., NY shows Frank living with Milo Moland
and Sarah Moland. The census though shows him being 9 yrs. old and having been
born in July 1890. (NOTE: This information then would have him 15 or 16 when he
died.)
Other information in the 1900 census on Frank is: 1) He also listed as being at school and having had attended for 2 months. (Note: Other 9 yr. olds listed in the census had attended for 6 months.) 2) He was born in New York. Places of birth for his birth parents were unknown. 3) The condition of the census and the handwriting of the census taker were both very poor and difficult to read. It looks like though that Frank's last name was spelled either Mc Tinian or Mc Tenian.
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Milo Sr., was a sheep farmer. The name of the farm was Summit Lawn Farm. The
following is a reply from (Living Person), when asked why her Dad gave the name
that he did to the farm:
5/28/02
I remember asking my father that question when I was little. I don't remember all of his long answer but it had to do with the fact that the altitude was one of the high points in the areas. Of course, since sheep were raised there and kept the pastures well "mowed", I suppose it looked as much like a lawn as farm land can. That's about all the input that I can give you, but I remember the impression I got was that it was a name to be pleased with, so I suppose, since Dad liked poetry, that he wanted a pretty name.
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1920 US Federal Census shows the family farm being located on Dryden Hill Road
in Alfred.
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Milo Sr. loved poetry. The following is the information from (Living Person),
when asked about what poetry he especially liked and what other activities he
enjoyed doing:
5/28/02
In my father's bookcase there were several books , mostly classics, and some of them were poetry. I practically memorized Stevenson's "Child's Garden of Verse" He read aloud to us Edgar Guest's poems as they appeared in the newspaper or magazines. When one of us had a poem or some other thing printed or were on the list of honor roll students in the "Alfred Sun", he was very proud and would read it out for the family to hear. He liked to sit by the furnace at night, or on hot days on the front porch, and listen to us sing around the piano. (Living Person) usually played the piano.
I remember sometimes seeing him stop whatever he was doing to watch us children playing.
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Milo Sr. joined the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church in Alfred, Allegany Co.,
NY, 25 Feb. 1872
Source: Church Membership Records
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Donated $500 to the construction of the town's library. It is said that his name
appears in one of the cornerstones of the library. Luella is said to have become
quite upset with him because he donated that much money, "just so his name
could be on a cornerstone."
Source: Living Person
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Date: June 16-19, 2002
Researcher: Shirley Farr
Place/Person Researched: (Living Person)
Notes: Taken from Conversations.
Farm:
(Living Person) said that there was a yellow gate at the edge of the farm that divided the Moland farm and Norwood's with 3 or 4 boards across the gate, on the gate was painted in black or gray was the name Campbell. (Shirley's Note: That might be an indication that the farm belonged to the Campbell's before the Molands.)
(Living Person) said that on the farm there was a sugar bush on side hill with some woods on top of the hill. At the foot of the hill was a creek and current bushes. (Shirley's Note: (Living Person and (Living Person) both said that they could remember those landmarks.) (Living Person) said that when she went with her Mom to pick currents, her Mom told her that there use to be a log cabin there by the current bushes. The log cabin was used while the original house was being built.
Milo Moland:
According to (Living Person), Milo Moland Sr. had a beautiful baritone singing voice. She said that she could remember him singing along with the kids while he was driving them to and from school. She said that the trip from the house to school and vice versa would take around 1 1/2 hours each way. (Shirley’s Note: That is 6 hours total every day to insure a good education...WOW!!! Talk about dedication to children's education...)
(Living Person) also said that Milo Moland Sr. could draw very well. The kids use to ask him all the time to draw horses for them.
Milo Moland Sr. had blue eyes and "loved his coffee".
Milo Moland Sr. always helped with homework. (Living Person) said that she remembers that one time she was having problems with doing fractions in math, and Milo Moland cut up an apple to help her understand fractions.
Milo Moland Sr. loved anything educational.
When Milo Moland Sr. was 9 years old, he drove a herd of cattle by himself (along with his dog) from Independence to Alfred. The trip took 2 days.
Traditions: (Shirley's Note: Sometimes family traditions can indicate the region that the family was originally came from...that is why I asked about this.)
Luella Moland would have her children write letters to Santa Claus, and then on a windy day have the kids let the letters go into the wind. The wind was suppose to take the letters to Santa....She would never stopped the kids from snooping for the Christmas presents or even playing with the presents before Christmas. She said that was half the fun of Christmas...Christmas stockings were hung on a broom handle.
Birthdays: Luella Moland always baked a Birthday cake for her children and Milo Moland Sr. would give the birthday child 1 cent per year of their life. He said that he hoped that in the future, he would be able to give $1 per year.
Since Milo Moland Sr. was SDB and Luella Moland was Free Methodist, they kept both Saturday and Sunday as the Sabbath. (Shirley's Note: That just astounds me. I have a tough enough time keeping one day a week as a Sabbath even with all of our modern time saving devices. I am amazed that that they could keep two days...every week. WOW!!)
Other:
(Living Person) said that Milo and Luella Moland Sr.’s children all loved to play on the roof of the barn. They would get into trouble when their Dad found out about it, but they would do it again the next chance that they would get.
Milo Moland Sr. made the wood shed into a play house for all of you. He even made a beautiful table for you kids to play with in there.
Milo Moland Sr. use to go to the local library all the time to borrow books for Luella to read.
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E-Mail from (Living Person) 6/23/02
I do not remember the current bushes, but I do
remember the sugar bush. When
I was a kid and visited Lloyd and (Living Person) we would always go up to the
farm. In
those days we were able to go all the way down to where the house was. One
summer Lloyd took me up to the sugar bush and I saw the shed where the sap
was stored and boiled down for syrup.
Sometime in the 70's or 80's, (Living
Persons) took a couple pictures in the area
where the house was. We also explored the foundation and brought back a
brick from the house (which we still have) and some pieces of cast iron from
the boiler or furnace or whatever it was called (located in the basement).
We still have them but have never done anything with them. We also have
horseshoe from Dad's horses. I think that (Living
Person) gave that to us.
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E-Mail from (Living Person) 6/24/02
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS Some, or all, of us children would usually go with our father to cut and bring in the tree. It was usually cold and the sled wouldn't hold us and the tree going home. Our father would have a tree found and marked for us but one year someone had come in and taken it before us. Of course there were others near by.
THE SHEEP SHED ROOF Once , when the Ehret girls were visiting us, I tried to show off by walking along the ridge at the peak and broke though. I caught myself by throwing my arms out so didn't go clear through. That was one of the few times when our dad spoke crossly. He said" If I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times to stay off that roof" It hurt more than a spanking would have.
One other times when our father was severe? Was a time we children were building a "fence" using sticks and binder twine-and nails borrowed from his work bench. We spilled a whole bag of nails on the ground and he told us that we had to pick up every nail. What hurt was to see him out there after his chores were done, going over the ground with a magnet. I wondered why those nails were so special that he would do that. Now of course, I realize what a nail can do to a bare foot or if stepped on by a horse..
I also remember him laughing at us one time when we used that same spot in a patch of millet, to "baptize" I also remember each other. We had watched the ritual recently at church and were imitating it. I also remember him telling about the cabin that was built to live in until the 16 room house was built.
THE SCHOOL ROUTE was 3 and 3/4 miles. In good weather we had a ride in the Ford sedan. In winter it could be very cold and mother would have heated soap stones for our feet. Of course, someone has told you about the time we we lost in a blizzard.
1. Luella Catherine Hutchinson
Luella loved to drink green tea.
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She loved to give people things.
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My mother also loved to read. I guess I inherited the job of going to the
library for her after Dad died. I would guess she read at least two books
every week. Her favorite authors were Zane Grey (westerns), Grace Livingston
Hill (Christian romance), Gene Stratton Porter, Bess Streeter Aldrich (I
think that's the name), and a few others. Many of their books she read two
or three times each. I can still remember the titles in fact. She only
finished the eighth grade but was an excellent speller, good at simple math,
spoke excellent English, and was a good reader.************************************************
See also notes on Milo Moland Sr.
