1922 photograph of Anna Cahoon nee Hasenmyer, Carrie Smith nee Hasenmyer, Amelia Hasenmyer nee Kebortz, Amelia Wetherill nee Hasenmyer, Ida Parker nee Hasenmyer and Helen Held nee Parker.
by Helen Held nee Parker and Franklin T. Wike, Jr.
Helen Held nee Parker is in her late 80s. The photograph above shows her standing beside her mother, three of her mothers sisters and Helen’s grandmother, Amelia Hasenmyer nee Kebortz. This photograph was taken around 1921 or 1922 at her grandmother’s house.
Her grandmother’s house, is still standing and is the last house on the south side of what is now called Highway 70 as you pass through Newtonville, Indiana. The house is located on top of a large hill.
Helen recalled a story her mother, Ida Parker nee Hasenmyer, used to tell her about getting into Amelia’s buggy when Ida was young and tying ropes to the front wheels. Then instead of hitching up the horse, Ida’s brothers would push the buggy down the hill to the road, and whoever was inside the buggy would use the ropes to steer it. Apparently, one time the buggy tipped over with Ida in it and threw Ida out of the buggy.
Helen also recalled making many trips with her grandmother in that old buggy. They would hitch it up and ride from Newtonville to Chrisney, Indiana in order to pick up groceries.
There was only one grocery store in Chrisney at that time and it was called the Jones Store. Iona Thorp worked at that store and her father name was Carter and he was a cousin to Helen’s father, Frederick M. Parker.
Published U.S. Legacies April 2005
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