Who's up for some history? We are so excited to be a part of Heather at 3 Kids and Lots of Pigs Real Farmwives of America project. Which is part of her regular Farmer Friday posts. The theme for today's post is, "How did I get here?"
So, grab your latte and kick up your feet!
It all started in 1837 when President Martin Van Buren land granted 80 acres to Benjamin Draper. Now I know what your thinking, Draper? Yes, you see Benjamin then sold the Homestead to his sister Lucinda Draper. She was very young, not even 20 when she bought the farm, can you say girl power! In 1854 she married Preserve Sefton (I love this name!). The Draper Farm then became the Sefton Farm. Once again I know what your thinking, Draper now Sefton... I thought this was Kelsay Farms... Well you see Lucinda and Preserve had two children Catherine and Thomas. The farm was passed down from Thomas to Merrill Sefton (this is where is starts to get confusing because names start to repeat!). Merrill then had a daughter Ruth (this is grandma to our generation). Yes, another woman who ran the farm! Grandma Ruth married Joseph Russell Kelsay. Finally we get to the Kelsay's! They had one son Merrill Oliver, who then had two sons who are involved in the operation, Joseph Merrill and Russell Oliver, go figure! Joe belongs to Amy and Russ belongs to me (officially once we get married!). I can use the word "belong" because they won't ever read this!! hehe!
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| The farm back in the day |
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| The farm today |
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Possibly the coolest thing is that this farm has been in the same location and owned by family for 6 generations. Amy's little ones are the 7th generation!
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| Most of the family (taken a couple years ago) |
Hi! I'm blog hopping from the New Friend Fridays! I am so happy that I found your blog. I've always wanted to live on a farm and through your site, I can see what it is really like! Maybe I can even talk my husband into us buying a farm one day!
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Great history of the farm! So cool that it has been in the family for so many generations!!
ReplyDeleteA family of strong women...I like that!
ReplyDeleteWow. 7 generations? And in the same family? There aren't many left like that anymore!
ReplyDeleteWe hope ours will last at least a couple generations. Maybe someday our descendents will get the coveted "Century Farm" award. :)
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ReplyDeleteThe farm we live on has always been passed down thru the maternal side! Interesting to read this, I knew the farm had been around for generations but didn't know the story!
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ReplyDeleteMarni @ Sassy Sites!
What an awesome post and how amazing that the farm has the history and love some real amazing farm women. The two of you are definitely carrying on the tradition. Thanks for being Real Farmwives of America!
ReplyDeleteI love this post. Thanks for sharing your family farm history. We are a 5th generation family farm and I love reading other's stories. Thanks again. I absolutely love this series!
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Thanks for sharing the history of your farm!! following back from the blog hop!
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