From: conestew@cox.net Date: 04/25/10 20:26:38 To: IADECATU Subject: [IADECATU] Early Days at Grand River Someone asked not long ago for untold stories about early days in Grand River area. My Grandmother Catherine Ann Davidson Cone (born l883) was the youngest child of John and Rebecca (Crees) Davidson and if truth be told was a little stinker. She loved to tell the story of when Mason Henry McKee also known as Byrd McKee was "courting" her sister Floy. Byrd would ride over on horseback to visit Floy. While Floy was entertaining him, Grandma hid his saddle (she probably had help) forcing him to ride home bareback. She used to laugh and say "oh the air was blue when he left". It didn't scare him off as I remember visiting them in the late l950's on many a Sunday afternoon. Mary Cone Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks, Mary, for sharing this humorous - just good clean fun - story.. I can just imagine some of the frustration a young boy courting a young girl would go through at the hands of the girl's relatives!! Could you explain OH THE AIR WAS BLUE WHEN HE LEFT." ha... I'm going to have to get with Leo McConnell at Grand River soon, as he has more stories to tell than anybody I know.. I'm still laughing about this story... My Best, Nancee

I didn't know Byrd till he was an old man who sat in a chair in the living room Don't remember his problem but do remember Flo would take a can into the living room and chase everyone out for a few minutes to tend to his "needs". He was fiesty old guy and could use the kings english (blue air) but when he got to popping off - Flo would say "NOW Byrd" and he would calm down. He and Grandma were always batting it back and forth. Hope others follow suit and tell more stories. I'll tell you another one some day that I refuse to put on the line about him and Grandma - Mary ---- Nancee Seifert <iggy29@grm.net> wrote: > > > From: conestew@cox.net > Date: 04/25/10 20:26:38 > To: IADECATU > Subject: [IADECATU] Early Days at Grand River > > > Someone asked not long ago for untold stories about early days in Grand > River area. > > My Grandmother Catherine Ann Davidson Cone (born l883) was the youngest > child of John and Rebecca (Crees) Davidson and if truth be told was a little > stinker. > > She loved to tell the story of when Mason Henry McKee also known as Byrd > McKee was "courting" her sister Floy. Byrd would > ride over on horseback to visit Floy. While Floy was entertaining him, > Grandma hid his saddle (she probably had help) > forcing him to ride home bareback. She used to laugh and say "oh the air > was blue when he left". > It didn't scare him off as I remember visiting them in the late l950's on > many a Sunday afternoon. > Mary Cone Stewart > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks, Mary, for sharing this humorous - just good clean fun - story.. I > can just imagine some of the frustration a young boy courting a young girl > would go through at the hands of the girl's relatives!! Could you explain > OH THE AIR WAS BLUE WHEN HE LEFT." ha... > > I'm going to have to get with Leo McConnell at Grand River soon, as he has > more stories to tell than anybody I know.. > > I'm still laughing about this story... My Best, Nancee > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message