Eliza Bruce married John Morris Phillips. There were four children of this marriage, Andrew David (Died in an haying accident in his youth); John Edward, Mary Celeste; and Lydia Ann. Mary Celeste married Cyrus Gardner, of the Buchanan County Community. In her work, Mother mentions playing with her cousin, Fanny Gardner. Mary Celeste (Gardner) died in her 40's and Cyrus Gardner, Fanny Gardner, and her Brother William Gardner moved on to Oregon. I mention the Gardners because until quite recent times, William Gardner made periodic visits back to Iowa to visit family, and attend the Gardner family reunion.
Grandma (Eliza) told the story of the day when her father was building the mill at Troy Mills. The men, who were hired on the construction site, hung their whiskey jug in the river to keep it cool. One day, Grandma and her brothers found it, and filled with lessons on temperance, they emptied the jug and refilled it with green river scum. Grandma would always laugh and hold her hands over her ears, saying, "You never have heard such language."
Pg 101. Grandfather Bruce and Grandmother Ellen, had moved often and finally settled on a farm, East of Hoover. He wanted to try his hand at pioneering in Nebraska but Ellen wouldn't hear of it so he gave that up. He died of a heart attack as they were preparing to visit their son in Nebraska. Grandma's brother Andrew moved on West and settled in California and her brother Will to Walla-Walla, Washington, and although they wrote occasionally, she never saw any of them again.".
Pg 90. "Like most Grandparents, Grandma (Eliza Bruce Phillips) and Grandpa (John Morris Phillips) spoiled us. When we stayed overnight with them, we were allowed to use both butter and jelly on our bread (strictly forbidden at home) butter and syrup with pancakes, or Karo and or molasses with our cottage cheese. Grandma made coffee for us, making it half milk and half coffee with plenty of sugar. Grandma made delicious cookies and we could eat between meals or before going to bed.
Their house was full of old copies of magazines like the Youth's Companion and the Chatterbox series. I read much of my time. Grandma must have gotten tired of her reading grandchild but she never said a word.
We washed the dishes together at the oil cloth covered table, where Grandma sat on a chair with a dishpan of soapy water on a chair in front of her. She washed the dishes and I dried them after she had put them in a pan of hot water on the table. She had running sores or ulcers on her shins and ankles, so she sat whenever she could. In later years, I have wondered if she might have had diabetes. The ulcers started after an injury in a runaway accident, years before, and if one ulcer healed, another ulcer broke out elsewhere. She was bedfast the last three or four years of her life and the ulcers did heal completely."
"John Morris met Eliza Bruce at a singing school , South of Troy Mills. They were married January 22, 1872."
Grandma (Eliza) told the story of the day when her father was building the mill at Troy Mills. The men, who were hired on the construction site, hung their whiskey jug in the river to keep it cool. One day, Grandma and her brothers found it, and filled with lessons on temperance, they emptied the jug and refilled it with green river scum. Grandma would always laugh and hold her hands over her ears, saying, "You never have heard such language."
Pg 101. Grandfather Bruce and Grandmother Ellen, had moved often and finally settled on a farm, East of Hoover. He wanted to try his hand at pioneering in Nebraska but Ellen wouldn't hear of it so he gave that up. He died of a heart attack as they were preparing to visit their son in Nebraska. Grandma's brother Andrew moved on West and settled in California and her brother Will to Walla-Walla, Washington, and although they wrote occasionally, she never saw any of them again.".
Pg 90. "Like most Grandparents, Grandma (Eliza Bruce Phillips) and Grandpa (John Morris Phillips) spoiled us. When we stayed overnight with them, we were allowed to use both butter and jelly on our bread (strictly forbidden at home) butter and syrup with pancakes, or Karo and or molasses with our cottage cheese. Grandma made coffee for us, making it half milk and half coffee with plenty of sugar. Grandma made delicious cookies and we could eat between meals or before going to bed.
Their house was full of old copies of magazines like the Youth's Companion and the Chatterbox series. I read much of my time. Grandma must have gotten tired of her reading grandchild but she never said a word.
We washed the dishes together at the oil cloth covered table, where Grandma sat on a chair with a dishpan of soapy water on a chair in front of her. She washed the dishes and I dried them after she had put them in a pan of hot water on the table. She had running sores or ulcers on her shins and ankles, so she sat whenever she could. In later years, I have wondered if she might have had diabetes. The ulcers started after an injury in a runaway accident, years before, and if one ulcer healed, another ulcer broke out elsewhere. She was bedfast the last three or four years of her life and the ulcers did heal completely."
"John Morris met Eliza Bruce at a singing school , South of Troy Mills. They were married January 22, 1872."
Eliza Bruce married John Morris Phillips. There were four children of this marriage, Andrew David (Died in an haying accident in his youth); John Edward, Mary Celeste; and Lydia Ann. Mary Celeste married Cyrus Gardner, of the Buchanan County Community. In her work, Mother mentions playing with her cousin, Fanny Gardner. Mary Celeste (Gardner) died in her 40's and Cyrus Gardner, Fanny Gardner, and her Brother William Gardner moved on to Oregon. I mention the Gardners because until quite recent times, William Gardner made periodic visits back to Iowa to visit family, and attend the Gardner family reunion.
Grandma (Eliza) told the story of the day when her father was building the mill at Troy Mills. The men, who were hired on the construction site, hung their whiskey jug in the river to keep it cool. One day, Grandma and her brothers found it, and filled with lessons on temperance, they emptied the jug and refilled it with green river scum. Grandma would always laugh and hold her hands over her ears, saying, "You never have heard such language."
Pg 101. Grandfather Bruce and Grandmother Ellen, had moved often and finally settled on a farm, East of Hoover. He wanted to try his hand at pioneering in Nebraska but Ellen wouldn't hear of it so he gave that up. He died of a heart attack as they were preparing to visit their son in Nebraska. Grandma's brother Andrew moved on West and settled in California and her brother Will to Walla-Walla, Washington, and although they wrote occasionally, she never saw any of them again.".
Pg 90. "Like most Grandparents, Grandma (Eliza Bruce Phillips) and Grandpa (John Morris Phillips) spoiled us. When we stayed overnight with them, we were allowed to use both butter and jelly on our bread (strictly forbidden at home) butter and syrup with pancakes, or Karo and or molasses with our cottage cheese. Grandma made coffee for us, making it half milk and half coffee with plenty of sugar. Grandma made delicious cookies and we could eat between meals or before going to bed.
Their house was full of old copies of magazines like the Youth's Companion and the Chatterbox series. I read much of my time. Grandma must have gotten tired of her reading grandchild but she never said a word.
We washed the dishes together at the oil cloth covered table, where Grandma sat on a chair with a dishpan of soapy water on a chair in front of her. She washed the dishes and I dried them after she had put them in a pan of hot water on the table. She had running sores or ulcers on her shins and ankles, so she sat whenever she could. In later years, I have wondered if she might have had diabetes. The ulcers started after an injury in a runaway accident, years before, and if one ulcer healed, another ulcer broke out elsewhere. She was bedfast the last three or four years of her life and the ulcers did heal completely."
"John Morris met Eliza Bruce at a singing school , South of Troy Mills. They were married January 22, 1872."
Grandma (Eliza) told the story of the day when her father was building the mill at Troy Mills. The men, who were hired on the construction site, hung their whiskey jug in the river to keep it cool. One day, Grandma and her brothers found it, and filled with lessons on temperance, they emptied the jug and refilled it with green river scum. Grandma would always laugh and hold her hands over her ears, saying, "You never have heard such language."
Pg 101. Grandfather Bruce and Grandmother Ellen, had moved often and finally settled on a farm, East of Hoover. He wanted to try his hand at pioneering in Nebraska but Ellen wouldn't hear of it so he gave that up. He died of a heart attack as they were preparing to visit their son in Nebraska. Grandma's brother Andrew moved on West and settled in California and her brother Will to Walla-Walla, Washington, and although they wrote occasionally, she never saw any of them again.".
Pg 90. "Like most Grandparents, Grandma (Eliza Bruce Phillips) and Grandpa (John Morris Phillips) spoiled us. When we stayed overnight with them, we were allowed to use both butter and jelly on our bread (strictly forbidden at home) butter and syrup with pancakes, or Karo and or molasses with our cottage cheese. Grandma made coffee for us, making it half milk and half coffee with plenty of sugar. Grandma made delicious cookies and we could eat between meals or before going to bed.
Their house was full of old copies of magazines like the Youth's Companion and the Chatterbox series. I read much of my time. Grandma must have gotten tired of her reading grandchild but she never said a word.
We washed the dishes together at the oil cloth covered table, where Grandma sat on a chair with a dishpan of soapy water on a chair in front of her. She washed the dishes and I dried them after she had put them in a pan of hot water on the table. She had running sores or ulcers on her shins and ankles, so she sat whenever she could. In later years, I have wondered if she might have had diabetes. The ulcers started after an injury in a runaway accident, years before, and if one ulcer healed, another ulcer broke out elsewhere. She was bedfast the last three or four years of her life and the ulcers did heal completely."
"John Morris met Eliza Bruce at a singing school , South of Troy Mills. They were married January 22, 1872."
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