I’ve always like this old photo of Guy’s Grandma Rosie and her sisters, daughters of Jerome W. and Anna Coleman of Glidden, Iowa.
Jerome and Anna came to Iowa from Bureau County, Illinois, with baby daughter Julia. Jerome helped form the Farmer’s Elevator Company in Glidden and eventually owned 1000 acres of Carroll County land.
Anna gave birth to two more daughters and one son, Charles William Coleman, who served in WWI.
Julia Bell Coleman Graves, Rosie Mae Coleman Kidney, and Edith Grace Coleman Dankle were the sisters.
The farmland inherited from her father by Guy’s Grandma Rosie is now owned by Guy’s mother, Carol Kidney Herman, and has been designated a Century Farm, owned by the same family for at least 100 years.
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In this day and age, a Century farm is a very big deal!
Yes! Dad bought our farm in 1952 but our son is the only grandchild and he lives in another state, not interested in the farm.
Century farms are amazing because the children of farmers see how difficult farm work is-yet they still agree to take over the family business.
Especially if it’s big enough. This farm has fewer than 80 acres, which is too small to make a living. My husband had to milk cows (by hand) before school, so he was glad to escape to college!
Whoa! You don’t hear of a Century Farm very often these days!
In the top picture, Edie dares to show a little ankle!!! 😉
Several families are recognized for living on a Century Farm each year at the Iowa State Fair, and even Heritage Farms (150 years). Edie lived the longest, still on her own farm when she was near 90, even taking care of hogs. Perhaps because she was a little daring?
The woman had that pioneer spirit!
It’s so wonderful that you appreciate and share your family’s history, Joy. The Coleman sisters look like proper young ladies of the day. I wonder why people never smiled for photos back then? Was it because they had to stand in a pose for so long before the photo could be taken?
That’s what I heard, that the exposure time was so long. Someone else suggested that it could have been because of few dentists and bad teeth!