Katie Koehn
Katie, one of thirteen children of Henry and Eva Schmidt, was born August 23, 1893 in Halstead, Kansas. At the age of eleven the family moved to Goltry, Oklahoma making the trip in a covered wagon. There she grew up, attended school and married John Koehn, a farmer. As time went by progress did too; the buggy used to go to church, marketing and visiting gave way to a Model T Ford.
In 1928 her husband with the help of neighbors and friends came to a farm eight miles south and two east of Carnegie in the Alden community with two wagons loaded with farm equipment, three teams of horses, and a few head of cattle. After he put in the fall crop he returned for his family of seven, the household goods and a few chickens.
Spring was always a busy time with making a large garden, canning and raising chickens. Milking time was a time of family involvement in feeding the cows, the actual milking, separating, and bucket-feeding the calves. Since there was no electricity the milk, cream and butter were cooled in containers in a flow-through water cooler. The windmill pumped the water to flow through the cooler to the stock tank. If the containers weren't well anchored milk and cream also flowed through the cooler. Then the tank would have to be cleaned. All the produce was taken to Carnegie once a week in exchange for items not grown on the farm.
Cooking got in full swing at harvest time. Each household cooked meals for a thrasher crew of twenty or more men, mostly made up of friends and neighbors. As the crew moved from farm to farm as the crop was ready, each family figured the number of meals which would be needed. Breakfast was served to those who were too far from home to leave at night. These men who stayed made the strawstack a place to rest. You see the horses needed their rest so weren't used for transportation.
In the fall John would take a wagonload of wheat to a mill and return with a supply of flour for baking through the winter months. Butchering time came with colder weather. Families would gather for a day of rendering lard, stuffing sausage, making headcheese, plus a time for visiting also.
After her husband's death in 1957 Katie moved to Enid near her son, Elmer, who has a small rent house in his backyard which she could use until a place was found for her to buy. An unsuccessful search ensued until she said, "from now on I am going to let the Lord provide for Me." In less that a week she received her answer -- a house across the alley behind the Grace Mennonite Church, to which she still belongs and near a grocery. There she kept busy making quilts which she has shared with her children and grandchildren. She returned in January `985 to be near her family. Failing health made it necessary for her move to the Carnegie Nursing Home recently.
There were three sons and four daughters in the family. All are still well and busy. Lloyd lives in Chickasha, Edna and Lonetta who married Herman and Lavern Unruh are here in Carnegie, Sophia Nightengale is near Alden. Norabell Dalke lives in Denver. Elmer is now in Illinois, and Paul in Morgan City, Louisiana. In addition to her seven children there are twenty-three living grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren, many of whom visit her often. She especially enjoys the little ones who come.
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Katie, one of thirteen children of Henry and Eva Schmidt, was born August 23, 1893 in Halstead, Kansas. At the age of eleven the family moved to Goltry, Oklahoma making the trip in a covered wagon. There she grew up, attended school and married John Koehn, a farmer. As time went by progress did too; the buggy used to go to church, marketing and visiting gave way to a Model T Ford.
In 1928 her husband with the help of neighbors and friends came to a farm eight miles south and two east of Carnegie in the Alden community with two wagons loaded with farm equipment, three teams of horses, and a few head of cattle. After he put in the fall crop he returned for his family of seven, the household goods and a few chickens.
Spring was always a busy time with making a large garden, canning and raising chickens. Milking time was a time of family involvement in feeding the cows, the actual milking, separating, and bucket-feeding the calves. Since there was no electricity the milk, cream and butter were cooled in containers in a flow-through water cooler. The windmill pumped the water to flow through the cooler to the stock tank. If the containers weren't well anchored milk and cream also flowed through the cooler. Then the tank would have to be cleaned. All the produce was taken to Carnegie once a week in exchange for items not grown on the farm.
Cooking got in full swing at harvest time. Each household cooked meals for a thrasher crew of twenty or more men, mostly made up of friends and neighbors. As the crew moved from farm to farm as the crop was ready, each family figured the number of meals which would be needed. Breakfast was served to those who were too far from home to leave at night. These men who stayed made the strawstack a place to rest. You see the horses needed their rest so weren't used for transportation.
In the fall John would take a wagonload of wheat to a mill and return with a supply of flour for baking through the winter months. Butchering time came with colder weather. Families would gather for a day of rendering lard, stuffing sausage, making headcheese, plus a time for visiting also.
After her husband's death in 1957 Katie moved to Enid near her son, Elmer, who has a small rent house in his backyard which she could use until a place was found for her to buy. An unsuccessful search ensued until she said, "from now on I am going to let the Lord provide for Me." In less that a week she received her answer -- a house across the alley behind the Grace Mennonite Church, to which she still belongs and near a grocery. There she kept busy making quilts which she has shared with her children and grandchildren. She returned in January `985 to be near her family. Failing health made it necessary for her move to the Carnegie Nursing Home recently.
There were three sons and four daughters in the family. All are still well and busy. Lloyd lives in Chickasha, Edna and Lonetta who married Herman and Lavern Unruh are here in Carnegie, Sophia Nightengale is near Alden. Norabell Dalke lives in Denver. Elmer is now in Illinois, and Paul in Morgan City, Louisiana. In addition to her seven children there are twenty-three living grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren, many of whom visit her often. She especially enjoys the little ones who come.
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Provided by Lillian # 47192135
Katie Koehn
Katie, one of thirteen children of Henry and Eva Schmidt, was born August 23, 1893 in Halstead, Kansas. At the age of eleven the family moved to Goltry, Oklahoma making the trip in a covered wagon. There she grew up, attended school and married John Koehn, a farmer. As time went by progress did too; the buggy used to go to church, marketing and visiting gave way to a Model T Ford.
In 1928 her husband with the help of neighbors and friends came to a farm eight miles south and two east of Carnegie in the Alden community with two wagons loaded with farm equipment, three teams of horses, and a few head of cattle. After he put in the fall crop he returned for his family of seven, the household goods and a few chickens.
Spring was always a busy time with making a large garden, canning and raising chickens. Milking time was a time of family involvement in feeding the cows, the actual milking, separating, and bucket-feeding the calves. Since there was no electricity the milk, cream and butter were cooled in containers in a flow-through water cooler. The windmill pumped the water to flow through the cooler to the stock tank. If the containers weren't well anchored milk and cream also flowed through the cooler. Then the tank would have to be cleaned. All the produce was taken to Carnegie once a week in exchange for items not grown on the farm.
Cooking got in full swing at harvest time. Each household cooked meals for a thrasher crew of twenty or more men, mostly made up of friends and neighbors. As the crew moved from farm to farm as the crop was ready, each family figured the number of meals which would be needed. Breakfast was served to those who were too far from home to leave at night. These men who stayed made the strawstack a place to rest. You see the horses needed their rest so weren't used for transportation.
In the fall John would take a wagonload of wheat to a mill and return with a supply of flour for baking through the winter months. Butchering time came with colder weather. Families would gather for a day of rendering lard, stuffing sausage, making headcheese, plus a time for visiting also.
After her husband's death in 1957 Katie moved to Enid near her son, Elmer, who has a small rent house in his backyard which she could use until a place was found for her to buy. An unsuccessful search ensued until she said, "from now on I am going to let the Lord provide for Me." In less that a week she received her answer -- a house across the alley behind the Grace Mennonite Church, to which she still belongs and near a grocery. There she kept busy making quilts which she has shared with her children and grandchildren. She returned in January `985 to be near her family. Failing health made it necessary for her move to the Carnegie Nursing Home recently.
There were three sons and four daughters in the family. All are still well and busy. Lloyd lives in Chickasha, Edna and Lonetta who married Herman and Lavern Unruh are here in Carnegie, Sophia Nightengale is near Alden. Norabell Dalke lives in Denver. Elmer is now in Illinois, and Paul in Morgan City, Louisiana. In addition to her seven children there are twenty-three living grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren, many of whom visit her often. She especially enjoys the little ones who come.
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Provided by Lillian # 47192135
Katie, one of thirteen children of Henry and Eva Schmidt, was born August 23, 1893 in Halstead, Kansas. At the age of eleven the family moved to Goltry, Oklahoma making the trip in a covered wagon. There she grew up, attended school and married John Koehn, a farmer. As time went by progress did too; the buggy used to go to church, marketing and visiting gave way to a Model T Ford.
In 1928 her husband with the help of neighbors and friends came to a farm eight miles south and two east of Carnegie in the Alden community with two wagons loaded with farm equipment, three teams of horses, and a few head of cattle. After he put in the fall crop he returned for his family of seven, the household goods and a few chickens.
Spring was always a busy time with making a large garden, canning and raising chickens. Milking time was a time of family involvement in feeding the cows, the actual milking, separating, and bucket-feeding the calves. Since there was no electricity the milk, cream and butter were cooled in containers in a flow-through water cooler. The windmill pumped the water to flow through the cooler to the stock tank. If the containers weren't well anchored milk and cream also flowed through the cooler. Then the tank would have to be cleaned. All the produce was taken to Carnegie once a week in exchange for items not grown on the farm.
Cooking got in full swing at harvest time. Each household cooked meals for a thrasher crew of twenty or more men, mostly made up of friends and neighbors. As the crew moved from farm to farm as the crop was ready, each family figured the number of meals which would be needed. Breakfast was served to those who were too far from home to leave at night. These men who stayed made the strawstack a place to rest. You see the horses needed their rest so weren't used for transportation.
In the fall John would take a wagonload of wheat to a mill and return with a supply of flour for baking through the winter months. Butchering time came with colder weather. Families would gather for a day of rendering lard, stuffing sausage, making headcheese, plus a time for visiting also.
After her husband's death in 1957 Katie moved to Enid near her son, Elmer, who has a small rent house in his backyard which she could use until a place was found for her to buy. An unsuccessful search ensued until she said, "from now on I am going to let the Lord provide for Me." In less that a week she received her answer -- a house across the alley behind the Grace Mennonite Church, to which she still belongs and near a grocery. There she kept busy making quilts which she has shared with her children and grandchildren. She returned in January `985 to be near her family. Failing health made it necessary for her move to the Carnegie Nursing Home recently.
There were three sons and four daughters in the family. All are still well and busy. Lloyd lives in Chickasha, Edna and Lonetta who married Herman and Lavern Unruh are here in Carnegie, Sophia Nightengale is near Alden. Norabell Dalke lives in Denver. Elmer is now in Illinois, and Paul in Morgan City, Louisiana. In addition to her seven children there are twenty-three living grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren, many of whom visit her often. She especially enjoys the little ones who come.
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