Howard Herron Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Howard Berron 2
A: I wouldn't know that. I didn't hear. All I remember is them
telling me about how they came down the river. My uncles told me.
Q: How many children did your grandparents have?
A: They had two boys, John and William.
Q: Were there any girls?
A: No, no girls.
Q: Two boys?
A: Two boys.
Q: One of them had to be your father?
A: Yes. No, one of them was my uncle. Oh, yes, this is my father's
side you are talking about.
Q: Yes.
A: Yes, yes, one of them was my father. Oh, I was wrong there because
there was eight boys and one girl.
Q: Eight boys and one girl.
A: On my father's, I was thinking on my mother's side.
Q: Okay. So John and William are uncles on your mother's side?
A: Yes, on my mother's side. There was Tom and Tim, they were twins,
that was my father, Tom was my father and Tim, his twin brother. And
there was Fulton and he was struck by Lightning while plowing in the
field and there was Tom, Tim, Fulton, John, Simon, Sylvester; how many we
got there?
Q: Six, six boys so far. You said there were eight boys.
A: Scott, I can't think of the other one.
Q: Who was the girl?
A: Dora, D-o-r-a.
Q: Do you remember any of these uncles or your aunt?
A: Oh, yes, they always had family reunions I remember going to. My
Uncle John moved here before we did.
Q: To Auburn?
A: Yes, he was an engineer at the mine, coal mine.