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- Forrest (as he was known) was a farmer and had 100 plus acres in Pumpkin Hollow, Ky. outside Somerset or Elihu, Ky. He raised most everything they needed, he had milk cows, hogs, chickens, a huge garden, grape arbor, apple trees, several horses. He never owned an automobile, but rode his buckboard wagon to Somerset for supplies several times a year, particularly after his crops or hogs or beef sold to have what his family needed for the winter. He even raised a small patch of tobacco. He dried it and would bring it in in a special apron and shred it by hand to smoke in his pipe. They had no electricity in the house, only a battery powered radio that he turned on several hours each evening for the news.
He also chewed tobacco and when I was small I would have to watch out for the "spitting" when he was on the front porch on his swing and chewing. He didn't look when he spit so you had to be careful. I remember he was a tall man, very gentle and had a smile and laugh that would make you enjoy just being around him. He was kind to the grandchildren who stayed in the summer for Ohio and educated them in the ways of the farm every chance he got.
He farmed behind a horsedrawn plow right up until the hour of his death. He came in to rest and have lunch and as usual Pearl went to get him a dipper of water while he sat in the front yard in a chair in the shade. When she came back with the dipper of cold water, he was gone.
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Children |
| 1. Bertha Colyer |
> | 2. Zelma Colyer, b. 25 Sep 1909, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 27 Mar 2002, Marion, OH |
> | 3. Emma Colyer, b. 26 Jan 1913, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 1992, Somerset KY |
| 4. Bethel Floyd Colyer, b. 27 Dec 1914, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 6 May 1969, Ft. Lauderdale, FLY |
> | 5. Clyde Estel Colyer, b. 24 Jan 1917, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 25 May 1963, Henry Co. Hospital, New Castle, IN |
| 6. Mary Elizabeth Colyer, b. 22 Jun 1919, d. 24 Nov 2004, Somerset KY |
| 7. Cressal Owens Colyer, b. 4 Oct 1921, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 29 Aug 1937, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY |
| 8. Glenna Mae Colyer, b. 2 Nov 1924, Elihu, Pulaski County, KY , d. 28 Jan 2005 |
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