Dennis Curtis York was the third child of four children born to Dennis Culberson York and his second wife Sarah Ann Spoon.
Curtis York and his brother George Mike York worked on their father's large farm until they each married.
Dennis Culberson York gave his second born son George Mike York 30 acres of land in 1898 just east of his farm next to the family spring used for fresh cool water. George Mike built a two story frame house for his new bride in 1899.
Curtis built a two story wooden house in 1908 for his new bride on the same property that his father lived on. This large frame house had a large porch across the front and a small rear porch at the kitchen. It was built a few hundred feet south of his parents log cabin that was down the hill near the spring in the valley north of the house. After the death of his father in 1912 Curtis converted their log cabin into a blacksmith shop. Curtis always had a line of homemade bee hives for fresh honey. Over a dozen hives lined the little dirt road that lead up to his back porch from the main dirt road between the two farms of the brothers.
Curtis and his brother George Mike would dress up every Christmas Eve in a red suit and white beard to delivery gifts to each others children at each of their houses. This tradition went on for more than twenty years. The children were very impressed and long time believers that Santa Clause was a real person that delivered exactly the gifts they had requested. The story is that Santa would tap on the glass windows late on Christmas Eve. Then he would be let inside to hand out the amazing gifts from a large sack around the warm glowing fireplace. Santa no doubt received a delightful snack for his delivery before he left to return to the cold winter outside.
These two brothers living next door to each, having adjacent farms using the same water spring would compete each year to see who could get their crops up and growing first. But come hog killing time, corn shucking events, or wheat thrashing time the two families joined forces to help each other. Both families were faithful Christians and members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church all their life from their youth where all of them are buried.
Curtis York and his brother George Mike York worked on their father's large farm until they each married.
Dennis Culberson York gave his second born son George Mike York 30 acres of land in 1898 just east of his farm next to the family spring used for fresh cool water. George Mike built a two story frame house for his new bride in 1899.
Curtis built a two story wooden house in 1908 for his new bride on the same property that his father lived on. This large frame house had a large porch across the front and a small rear porch at the kitchen. It was built a few hundred feet south of his parents log cabin that was down the hill near the spring in the valley north of the house. After the death of his father in 1912 Curtis converted their log cabin into a blacksmith shop. Curtis always had a line of homemade bee hives for fresh honey. Over a dozen hives lined the little dirt road that lead up to his back porch from the main dirt road between the two farms of the brothers.
Curtis and his brother George Mike would dress up every Christmas Eve in a red suit and white beard to delivery gifts to each others children at each of their houses. This tradition went on for more than twenty years. The children were very impressed and long time believers that Santa Clause was a real person that delivered exactly the gifts they had requested. The story is that Santa would tap on the glass windows late on Christmas Eve. Then he would be let inside to hand out the amazing gifts from a large sack around the warm glowing fireplace. Santa no doubt received a delightful snack for his delivery before he left to return to the cold winter outside.
These two brothers living next door to each, having adjacent farms using the same water spring would compete each year to see who could get their crops up and growing first. But come hog killing time, corn shucking events, or wheat thrashing time the two families joined forces to help each other. Both families were faithful Christians and members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church all their life from their youth where all of them are buried.
Dennis Curtis York was the third child of four children born to Dennis Culberson York and his second wife Sarah Ann Spoon.
Curtis York and his brother George Mike York worked on their father's large farm until they each married.
Dennis Culberson York gave his second born son George Mike York 30 acres of land in 1898 just east of his farm next to the family spring used for fresh cool water. George Mike built a two story frame house for his new bride in 1899.
Curtis built a two story wooden house in 1908 for his new bride on the same property that his father lived on. This large frame house had a large porch across the front and a small rear porch at the kitchen. It was built a few hundred feet south of his parents log cabin that was down the hill near the spring in the valley north of the house. After the death of his father in 1912 Curtis converted their log cabin into a blacksmith shop. Curtis always had a line of homemade bee hives for fresh honey. Over a dozen hives lined the little dirt road that lead up to his back porch from the main dirt road between the two farms of the brothers.
Curtis and his brother George Mike would dress up every Christmas Eve in a red suit and white beard to delivery gifts to each others children at each of their houses. This tradition went on for more than twenty years. The children were very impressed and long time believers that Santa Clause was a real person that delivered exactly the gifts they had requested. The story is that Santa would tap on the glass windows late on Christmas Eve. Then he would be let inside to hand out the amazing gifts from a large sack around the warm glowing fireplace. Santa no doubt received a delightful snack for his delivery before he left to return to the cold winter outside.
These two brothers living next door to each, having adjacent farms using the same water spring would compete each year to see who could get their crops up and growing first. But come hog killing time, corn shucking events, or wheat thrashing time the two families joined forces to help each other. Both families were faithful Christians and members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church all their life from their youth where all of them are buried.
Curtis York and his brother George Mike York worked on their father's large farm until they each married.
Dennis Culberson York gave his second born son George Mike York 30 acres of land in 1898 just east of his farm next to the family spring used for fresh cool water. George Mike built a two story frame house for his new bride in 1899.
Curtis built a two story wooden house in 1908 for his new bride on the same property that his father lived on. This large frame house had a large porch across the front and a small rear porch at the kitchen. It was built a few hundred feet south of his parents log cabin that was down the hill near the spring in the valley north of the house. After the death of his father in 1912 Curtis converted their log cabin into a blacksmith shop. Curtis always had a line of homemade bee hives for fresh honey. Over a dozen hives lined the little dirt road that lead up to his back porch from the main dirt road between the two farms of the brothers.
Curtis and his brother George Mike would dress up every Christmas Eve in a red suit and white beard to delivery gifts to each others children at each of their houses. This tradition went on for more than twenty years. The children were very impressed and long time believers that Santa Clause was a real person that delivered exactly the gifts they had requested. The story is that Santa would tap on the glass windows late on Christmas Eve. Then he would be let inside to hand out the amazing gifts from a large sack around the warm glowing fireplace. Santa no doubt received a delightful snack for his delivery before he left to return to the cold winter outside.
These two brothers living next door to each, having adjacent farms using the same water spring would compete each year to see who could get their crops up and growing first. But come hog killing time, corn shucking events, or wheat thrashing time the two families joined forces to help each other. Both families were faithful Christians and members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church all their life from their youth where all of them are buried.
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