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empedocles

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5. Had an old neighbor, raised in Charlottesville on longtime family farm. WWII vet.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:27 AM

Apr 2020

Farm had slaves on it before the Civil War. The 'big house' still stands. Was a huge FDR fan.

Family farm made their own clothes even. Coffee and salt were the rare purchases. Taxes were paid by stripping, sawing timber on the farm, and bringing it to railroad yard 2 miles away by horse drawn carriage.

[Good neighbor. Became a Reagan voter somehow. Life's mysteries]

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