Friday, September 15, 2006

David Henry LeCrone & Sons

David Henry LeCrone & Sons My Great-great Grandfather, David H. LeCrone (seated)
and sons Frank, Goss, Rass, and William (My great-grandfather)
Date unknown, but David H. LeCrone died in 1947

David Henry LeCrone & Sons
Left to Right: William C. LeCrone, David Henry LeCrone,
Frank LeCrone, Rass LeCrone
David LeCrone built the house in the background in 1907.
It was 7 miles north and 1/4 mile west of Ringwood, just south of Helena in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

3 comments:

Leslee said...

I love looking at old pictures and trying to figure out what life was like for the people inside.

Dr. Mike Kear said...

Me, too. The looks on their faces and the clothes they were wearing are fascinating. Makes you wonder what they were thinking.

In the pictures above, I only remember William (my great-grandfather). When I was a little boy, my grandparents (Emery & Beryl LeCrone) lived in the house built by David H. LeCrone and my great-grandparents (Will & Ella) lived in a mobile home on the same property. So, I remember the inside of the house in the picture.

William was very old when I was a kid. I remember him chewing tobacco (Redman or Beechnut or something). Once I got stung by a wasp and Granddad (which is what I called him) took his already chewed tobacco, put it in a handkerchief, and used it as medicine on the wasp sting.

One of these days I tell the story of how I got burned at Will's house. It was not good.

Leslee said...

I've actually heard that the tobacco can help in a sting, but it sure should gross!