Jesse Edward Slattery was born Oct 5, 1899 to John Edward and Anna M Goyen Slattery in Missouri. The name Jesse meaning "wealthy" derivation Hebrew and the middle name Edward meaning "A Guard", Teutonic. The first child, and I know they loved and cherished him very much, my recollections of him are few and incidental. he being 9 years old when I was born. I have faint memories of Jesse; I probably was a 6 years old before I could recall a memory of him and he was 15 when I was six and the older boys had friends of their own age. Lotus (Jack), Floyd, Paul, born between Jesse and me. I can't recall much of Jesse' life until we moved to western Kansas in spring 1923.
However, on Sunday we would go to the Community Church in the Surrey. The older boys would ride horses. Sometimes there would be community picnics, ball games, horseshoes, foot races, horse races, croquet for entertainment. Sometimes we would have the minister and his family to our house for friend chicken dinner on Sunday.
When WWI was declared, Dad and Jesse had to go to Pratt, the County seat and register for the draft. They both were called up later for duty but Jesse no called until Oct 1919, the War was over Nov 11, 1919 so he didn't have to go to training. One instance I recall Fred Tapp was older and was called to Camp Funstan in Eastern Kansas for training. He came home in the summer of 1918; how proud we were of him when he came to visit Jesse and show off his uniform and how to Present Arms etc. Later he came home with many medals and decorations. We raised corn in Kansas. I can recall Jesse harnessing the horses to the wagon with a bang board on the opposite side to stop the ears when he would husk them and throw them in the wagon, the horses would be trained to respond to the command go when he would say gedup and stop when he said whoa. We also raised turkey Red Winter Wheat on the farm; also Jesse always run the header to cut the wheat it was a mechanical machine which was powered by 6 horses. It would cut and elenate the wheat and straw into a rack called a header barge; pulled by a team of horses when it was full, the header would stop and the barge would continue to the stack yard and unload the barge with hay forks while he was doing this, another barge would be loading and they would continue until the field was cut and stacked.
Then later in the summer the threshing machine powered with a steam engine and separator would thresh the wheat stacks and we would haul the grain to the granary and shovel it in the granary. In the winter, Jesse and the Alder boys would haul the grain to town and sell it to the elevator.
1923, Dad rented a ranch and farm in western Kansas near Copeland KS and in the Spring we moved to it by wagon. Jesse, Lotus, Uncle Roy, Uncle Asa took livestock farm machinery, household gods etc. It was about 120 miles due west of where we lived at Cairo KS. They stopped at Greensburg KS and camped, watered the livestock at the hand dug well there, which is a historical and tourist attraction today. My son Dennis and Granddaughter Ivy walked to the Bottom (125') and back in August 1982 when we were there. Well on to the ranch 8 miles south and 1 miles west of Copeland KS known as the Ward Ranch. We got here in early spring; plowed the ground, planted feed crops etc. We also plowed sod f from pasture land preparing it also for fall seeding to wheat. We planted that fall of 1923, 400 acres, all this we did with horses and mules. We had about 20 to 30 head of work horses and mules. Also about 10 head of young mules to be broke to work. Several brood mares and saddle horses and 75 head of Hereford cows and replacements and bulls. We also had about 15 head of milk cows and we milked them by hand, separated the milk and sold cream.
We had a good fall in 1923, the wheat came up good and we had a good. My dad bought a McCormick Combine, the first in our area; it cut 12' pulled with 8 horses and had a gas engine to run the header and separator. You had to pull the wagon along under the grain spout with another team. Jesse and Lotus drove the combine horses, the rest of us would drive the grain wagon. We could cut 15 to 30 acres in a good day; wheat made about 15 to 20 bushels per acre. We would have to change combine horses twice a day; it was hard work. We had to hire help to shovel the wheat in the granaries. It took the entire family to make the livestock, grain, farm go. We stayed together and did our best. The next crop year 24-25, was a dry fall and the wheat only made about 8 bushel per acre and we had had a dry fall and only planted about 300 acres. Dad purchased a case Model A 10-20 HP tractor to pull the combine. The l926 crop year the rains came and we had a wonderful crop about 700 acres and made about 40 bushel per acre. Dad and Jesse bought a new Case combine Model P, 14 foot header with a 60 bushel bin and the first one sold in Western Kansas. They also bought a Case Model K 18-32 HP tractor to pull the combine. We finished harvest with both combines in record time. Later after harvest Jesse drove Bill and Hallie Wilson's car on a trip back to Tennessee to visit their relatives and friends. and it was there that he met Grace Miller, his bride to be because the next fall 1927 when he drove the Wilson's back to Tennessee, he and Grace got married on Oct 22, 1927 and soon he brought her home to Kansas to start their new married life in the West. We all were delighted with our new sister-in-law; Grace had charisma, charm, hospitable; she quietly adapted to the family because we adopted her. Caring for her family, they had two beautiful children; first Betty in 1930 the charmer and Bob Dean in 1933, towhead; reserved, friendly person, neat, loved his family, a gentleman, good taste, Christian, a man of stature. I was at Betty's house when Bob dropped forever the working tools of his life. It was a sorrowful time for me but victory for Bob to hear those welcome words "Come, now thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord". Bob completed his life's journey at the ago of 57. His parents preceded him in death, Jesse in 1971 and Grace in 1988.
There is a memorial plaque hanging in the hallway of the First Baptist Church in Plainview TX in Grace's honor for the many years that Grace gave to the nursery there in a caption in an editorial about Grace. She is God's special people.
My highest respect and regards for the loving and personal care that Betty, Lori and her entire family gave Bob in his time of need at her house. Also to the Hospice Groups who came to her aid when Bob needed additional and professional care. And to the friends and neighbors who brought food, prayers, caring and sharing.
However, on Sunday we would go to the Community Church in the Surrey. The older boys would ride horses. Sometimes there would be community picnics, ball games, horseshoes, foot races, horse races, croquet for entertainment. Sometimes we would have the minister and his family to our house for friend chicken dinner on Sunday.
When WWI was declared, Dad and Jesse had to go to Pratt, the County seat and register for the draft. They both were called up later for duty but Jesse no called until Oct 1919, the War was over Nov 11, 1919 so he didn't have to go to training. One instance I recall Fred Tapp was older and was called to Camp Funstan in Eastern Kansas for training. He came home in the summer of 1918; how proud we were of him when he came to visit Jesse and show off his uniform and how to Present Arms etc. Later he came home with many medals and decorations. We raised corn in Kansas. I can recall Jesse harnessing the horses to the wagon with a bang board on the opposite side to stop the ears when he would husk them and throw them in the wagon, the horses would be trained to respond to the command go when he would say gedup and stop when he said whoa. We also raised turkey Red Winter Wheat on the farm; also Jesse always run the header to cut the wheat it was a mechanical machine which was powered by 6 horses. It would cut and elenate the wheat and straw into a rack called a header barge; pulled by a team of horses when it was full, the header would stop and the barge would continue to the stack yard and unload the barge with hay forks while he was doing this, another barge would be loading and they would continue until the field was cut and stacked.
Then later in the summer the threshing machine powered with a steam engine and separator would thresh the wheat stacks and we would haul the grain to the granary and shovel it in the granary. In the winter, Jesse and the Alder boys would haul the grain to town and sell it to the elevator.
1923, Dad rented a ranch and farm in western Kansas near Copeland KS and in the Spring we moved to it by wagon. Jesse, Lotus, Uncle Roy, Uncle Asa took livestock farm machinery, household gods etc. It was about 120 miles due west of where we lived at Cairo KS. They stopped at Greensburg KS and camped, watered the livestock at the hand dug well there, which is a historical and tourist attraction today. My son Dennis and Granddaughter Ivy walked to the Bottom (125') and back in August 1982 when we were there. Well on to the ranch 8 miles south and 1 miles west of Copeland KS known as the Ward Ranch. We got here in early spring; plowed the ground, planted feed crops etc. We also plowed sod f from pasture land preparing it also for fall seeding to wheat. We planted that fall of 1923, 400 acres, all this we did with horses and mules. We had about 20 to 30 head of work horses and mules. Also about 10 head of young mules to be broke to work. Several brood mares and saddle horses and 75 head of Hereford cows and replacements and bulls. We also had about 15 head of milk cows and we milked them by hand, separated the milk and sold cream.
We had a good fall in 1923, the wheat came up good and we had a good. My dad bought a McCormick Combine, the first in our area; it cut 12' pulled with 8 horses and had a gas engine to run the header and separator. You had to pull the wagon along under the grain spout with another team. Jesse and Lotus drove the combine horses, the rest of us would drive the grain wagon. We could cut 15 to 30 acres in a good day; wheat made about 15 to 20 bushels per acre. We would have to change combine horses twice a day; it was hard work. We had to hire help to shovel the wheat in the granaries. It took the entire family to make the livestock, grain, farm go. We stayed together and did our best. The next crop year 24-25, was a dry fall and the wheat only made about 8 bushel per acre and we had had a dry fall and only planted about 300 acres. Dad purchased a case Model A 10-20 HP tractor to pull the combine. The l926 crop year the rains came and we had a wonderful crop about 700 acres and made about 40 bushel per acre. Dad and Jesse bought a new Case combine Model P, 14 foot header with a 60 bushel bin and the first one sold in Western Kansas. They also bought a Case Model K 18-32 HP tractor to pull the combine. We finished harvest with both combines in record time. Later after harvest Jesse drove Bill and Hallie Wilson's car on a trip back to Tennessee to visit their relatives and friends. and it was there that he met Grace Miller, his bride to be because the next fall 1927 when he drove the Wilson's back to Tennessee, he and Grace got married on Oct 22, 1927 and soon he brought her home to Kansas to start their new married life in the West. We all were delighted with our new sister-in-law; Grace had charisma, charm, hospitable; she quietly adapted to the family because we adopted her. Caring for her family, they had two beautiful children; first Betty in 1930 the charmer and Bob Dean in 1933, towhead; reserved, friendly person, neat, loved his family, a gentleman, good taste, Christian, a man of stature. I was at Betty's house when Bob dropped forever the working tools of his life. It was a sorrowful time for me but victory for Bob to hear those welcome words "Come, now thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord". Bob completed his life's journey at the ago of 57. His parents preceded him in death, Jesse in 1971 and Grace in 1988.
There is a memorial plaque hanging in the hallway of the First Baptist Church in Plainview TX in Grace's honor for the many years that Grace gave to the nursery there in a caption in an editorial about Grace. She is God's special people.
My highest respect and regards for the loving and personal care that Betty, Lori and her entire family gave Bob in his time of need at her house. Also to the Hospice Groups who came to her aid when Bob needed additional and professional care. And to the friends and neighbors who brought food, prayers, caring and sharing.
Jesse Edward Slattery was born Oct 5, 1899 to John Edward and Anna M Goyen Slattery in Missouri. The name Jesse meaning "wealthy" derivation Hebrew and the middle name Edward meaning "A Guard", Teutonic. The first child, and I know they loved and cherished him very much, my recollections of him are few and incidental. he being 9 years old when I was born. I have faint memories of Jesse; I probably was a 6 years old before I could recall a memory of him and he was 15 when I was six and the older boys had friends of their own age. Lotus (Jack), Floyd, Paul, born between Jesse and me. I can't recall much of Jesse' life until we moved to western Kansas in spring 1923.
However, on Sunday we would go to the Community Church in the Surrey. The older boys would ride horses. Sometimes there would be community picnics, ball games, horseshoes, foot races, horse races, croquet for entertainment. Sometimes we would have the minister and his family to our house for friend chicken dinner on Sunday.
When WWI was declared, Dad and Jesse had to go to Pratt, the County seat and register for the draft. They both were called up later for duty but Jesse no called until Oct 1919, the War was over Nov 11, 1919 so he didn't have to go to training. One instance I recall Fred Tapp was older and was called to Camp Funstan in Eastern Kansas for training. He came home in the summer of 1918; how proud we were of him when he came to visit Jesse and show off his uniform and how to Present Arms etc. Later he came home with many medals and decorations. We raised corn in Kansas. I can recall Jesse harnessing the horses to the wagon with a bang board on the opposite side to stop the ears when he would husk them and throw them in the wagon, the horses would be trained to respond to the command go when he would say gedup and stop when he said whoa. We also raised turkey Red Winter Wheat on the farm; also Jesse always run the header to cut the wheat it was a mechanical machine which was powered by 6 horses. It would cut and elenate the wheat and straw into a rack called a header barge; pulled by a team of horses when it was full, the header would stop and the barge would continue to the stack yard and unload the barge with hay forks while he was doing this, another barge would be loading and they would continue until the field was cut and stacked.
Then later in the summer the threshing machine powered with a steam engine and separator would thresh the wheat stacks and we would haul the grain to the granary and shovel it in the granary. In the winter, Jesse and the Alder boys would haul the grain to town and sell it to the elevator.
1923, Dad rented a ranch and farm in western Kansas near Copeland KS and in the Spring we moved to it by wagon. Jesse, Lotus, Uncle Roy, Uncle Asa took livestock farm machinery, household gods etc. It was about 120 miles due west of where we lived at Cairo KS. They stopped at Greensburg KS and camped, watered the livestock at the hand dug well there, which is a historical and tourist attraction today. My son Dennis and Granddaughter Ivy walked to the Bottom (125') and back in August 1982 when we were there. Well on to the ranch 8 miles south and 1 miles west of Copeland KS known as the Ward Ranch. We got here in early spring; plowed the ground, planted feed crops etc. We also plowed sod f from pasture land preparing it also for fall seeding to wheat. We planted that fall of 1923, 400 acres, all this we did with horses and mules. We had about 20 to 30 head of work horses and mules. Also about 10 head of young mules to be broke to work. Several brood mares and saddle horses and 75 head of Hereford cows and replacements and bulls. We also had about 15 head of milk cows and we milked them by hand, separated the milk and sold cream.
We had a good fall in 1923, the wheat came up good and we had a good. My dad bought a McCormick Combine, the first in our area; it cut 12' pulled with 8 horses and had a gas engine to run the header and separator. You had to pull the wagon along under the grain spout with another team. Jesse and Lotus drove the combine horses, the rest of us would drive the grain wagon. We could cut 15 to 30 acres in a good day; wheat made about 15 to 20 bushels per acre. We would have to change combine horses twice a day; it was hard work. We had to hire help to shovel the wheat in the granaries. It took the entire family to make the livestock, grain, farm go. We stayed together and did our best. The next crop year 24-25, was a dry fall and the wheat only made about 8 bushel per acre and we had had a dry fall and only planted about 300 acres. Dad purchased a case Model A 10-20 HP tractor to pull the combine. The l926 crop year the rains came and we had a wonderful crop about 700 acres and made about 40 bushel per acre. Dad and Jesse bought a new Case combine Model P, 14 foot header with a 60 bushel bin and the first one sold in Western Kansas. They also bought a Case Model K 18-32 HP tractor to pull the combine. We finished harvest with both combines in record time. Later after harvest Jesse drove Bill and Hallie Wilson's car on a trip back to Tennessee to visit their relatives and friends. and it was there that he met Grace Miller, his bride to be because the next fall 1927 when he drove the Wilson's back to Tennessee, he and Grace got married on Oct 22, 1927 and soon he brought her home to Kansas to start their new married life in the West. We all were delighted with our new sister-in-law; Grace had charisma, charm, hospitable; she quietly adapted to the family because we adopted her. Caring for her family, they had two beautiful children; first Betty in 1930 the charmer and Bob Dean in 1933, towhead; reserved, friendly person, neat, loved his family, a gentleman, good taste, Christian, a man of stature. I was at Betty's house when Bob dropped forever the working tools of his life. It was a sorrowful time for me but victory for Bob to hear those welcome words "Come, now thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord". Bob completed his life's journey at the ago of 57. His parents preceded him in death, Jesse in 1971 and Grace in 1988.
There is a memorial plaque hanging in the hallway of the First Baptist Church in Plainview TX in Grace's honor for the many years that Grace gave to the nursery there in a caption in an editorial about Grace. She is God's special people.
My highest respect and regards for the loving and personal care that Betty, Lori and her entire family gave Bob in his time of need at her house. Also to the Hospice Groups who came to her aid when Bob needed additional and professional care. And to the friends and neighbors who brought food, prayers, caring and sharing.
However, on Sunday we would go to the Community Church in the Surrey. The older boys would ride horses. Sometimes there would be community picnics, ball games, horseshoes, foot races, horse races, croquet for entertainment. Sometimes we would have the minister and his family to our house for friend chicken dinner on Sunday.
When WWI was declared, Dad and Jesse had to go to Pratt, the County seat and register for the draft. They both were called up later for duty but Jesse no called until Oct 1919, the War was over Nov 11, 1919 so he didn't have to go to training. One instance I recall Fred Tapp was older and was called to Camp Funstan in Eastern Kansas for training. He came home in the summer of 1918; how proud we were of him when he came to visit Jesse and show off his uniform and how to Present Arms etc. Later he came home with many medals and decorations. We raised corn in Kansas. I can recall Jesse harnessing the horses to the wagon with a bang board on the opposite side to stop the ears when he would husk them and throw them in the wagon, the horses would be trained to respond to the command go when he would say gedup and stop when he said whoa. We also raised turkey Red Winter Wheat on the farm; also Jesse always run the header to cut the wheat it was a mechanical machine which was powered by 6 horses. It would cut and elenate the wheat and straw into a rack called a header barge; pulled by a team of horses when it was full, the header would stop and the barge would continue to the stack yard and unload the barge with hay forks while he was doing this, another barge would be loading and they would continue until the field was cut and stacked.
Then later in the summer the threshing machine powered with a steam engine and separator would thresh the wheat stacks and we would haul the grain to the granary and shovel it in the granary. In the winter, Jesse and the Alder boys would haul the grain to town and sell it to the elevator.
1923, Dad rented a ranch and farm in western Kansas near Copeland KS and in the Spring we moved to it by wagon. Jesse, Lotus, Uncle Roy, Uncle Asa took livestock farm machinery, household gods etc. It was about 120 miles due west of where we lived at Cairo KS. They stopped at Greensburg KS and camped, watered the livestock at the hand dug well there, which is a historical and tourist attraction today. My son Dennis and Granddaughter Ivy walked to the Bottom (125') and back in August 1982 when we were there. Well on to the ranch 8 miles south and 1 miles west of Copeland KS known as the Ward Ranch. We got here in early spring; plowed the ground, planted feed crops etc. We also plowed sod f from pasture land preparing it also for fall seeding to wheat. We planted that fall of 1923, 400 acres, all this we did with horses and mules. We had about 20 to 30 head of work horses and mules. Also about 10 head of young mules to be broke to work. Several brood mares and saddle horses and 75 head of Hereford cows and replacements and bulls. We also had about 15 head of milk cows and we milked them by hand, separated the milk and sold cream.
We had a good fall in 1923, the wheat came up good and we had a good. My dad bought a McCormick Combine, the first in our area; it cut 12' pulled with 8 horses and had a gas engine to run the header and separator. You had to pull the wagon along under the grain spout with another team. Jesse and Lotus drove the combine horses, the rest of us would drive the grain wagon. We could cut 15 to 30 acres in a good day; wheat made about 15 to 20 bushels per acre. We would have to change combine horses twice a day; it was hard work. We had to hire help to shovel the wheat in the granaries. It took the entire family to make the livestock, grain, farm go. We stayed together and did our best. The next crop year 24-25, was a dry fall and the wheat only made about 8 bushel per acre and we had had a dry fall and only planted about 300 acres. Dad purchased a case Model A 10-20 HP tractor to pull the combine. The l926 crop year the rains came and we had a wonderful crop about 700 acres and made about 40 bushel per acre. Dad and Jesse bought a new Case combine Model P, 14 foot header with a 60 bushel bin and the first one sold in Western Kansas. They also bought a Case Model K 18-32 HP tractor to pull the combine. We finished harvest with both combines in record time. Later after harvest Jesse drove Bill and Hallie Wilson's car on a trip back to Tennessee to visit their relatives and friends. and it was there that he met Grace Miller, his bride to be because the next fall 1927 when he drove the Wilson's back to Tennessee, he and Grace got married on Oct 22, 1927 and soon he brought her home to Kansas to start their new married life in the West. We all were delighted with our new sister-in-law; Grace had charisma, charm, hospitable; she quietly adapted to the family because we adopted her. Caring for her family, they had two beautiful children; first Betty in 1930 the charmer and Bob Dean in 1933, towhead; reserved, friendly person, neat, loved his family, a gentleman, good taste, Christian, a man of stature. I was at Betty's house when Bob dropped forever the working tools of his life. It was a sorrowful time for me but victory for Bob to hear those welcome words "Come, now thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord". Bob completed his life's journey at the ago of 57. His parents preceded him in death, Jesse in 1971 and Grace in 1988.
There is a memorial plaque hanging in the hallway of the First Baptist Church in Plainview TX in Grace's honor for the many years that Grace gave to the nursery there in a caption in an editorial about Grace. She is God's special people.
My highest respect and regards for the loving and personal care that Betty, Lori and her entire family gave Bob in his time of need at her house. Also to the Hospice Groups who came to her aid when Bob needed additional and professional care. And to the friends and neighbors who brought food, prayers, caring and sharing.
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