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1919 Days Mill School
School at Day's Mill - 1919 -- Thanks to Ann Doege, Hinsdale, IL
Ethel Farmer is the Teacher 4th from left back row. One room school, 100 students were
enrolled that year, but there were never that many in attendance on any day.
Subj:
DAYS MILL
Date: 10/1/2001 9:54:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: lgpaynejr@juno.com (Lafayette G Payne)
To: JPayne5744@aol.com
DAYS MILL WAS A WATER STOP BELOW LONE MOUNTAIN WHERE TRAINS TOOK ON WATER OR
PICKED UP ANOTHER ENGINE TO HELP PUSH TRAIN LOADS...THE DAYS MILL WAS FOR THE
DAY FAMILY OF OUR GRANDMOTHER AG.'S WIDOW..RANSOM DAY WAS A BIG LANDOWNER....WE
CALLED THE LITTLE BUILDING AT DAYS MILL THE PUSHER SHACK. HENRY PAYNE USED IT
OFTEN TO SPEND NIGHT WHILE FISHING...AL AND I HAVE STAYED THERE TOO..AND HAVE
WALKED THE TRESTLE NEARBY..IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR GRANDMOPTHER DAY'S
FAMILY, YOU WILL FIND THEY WERE RELATED PROBABLY TO SOME FINE PEOPLE...DR. WILL
DAY WAS PROBABLY THE DOCTOR THAT HELPED OUR MOTHER DELIVER US. I REMEMBER HIM
COMING IN HIS BUGGY TO SEE US BEFORE WE STARTED USING A TAZEWELL DOCTOR..THE
WATER TANK THERE HAD A LARGE HOSE THAT EXTENDED OVER TO THE ENGINES TO LOAD
WATER INTO THEIR BOILERS. DAYS MILL PROBABLY HAD A WATER MILL AND MAYBE A SAW
MILL, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T REMEMBER EVER SEEING THEM......ONE OF THE YOUNGER DAYS
MARRIED A LYNCH IN TAZEWELL AND BIRDIE DAY LYNCH RAN THE HOTEL IN TAZEWELL AT
ONE TIME..THEY ALSO WERE RELATED TO THE SHELL FAMILY BY MARRIAGE SOME WAY I
DON'T RECALL AT THE MOMENT..LOVE TO YOU.....UNCLE FATE