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    1. Reflections of Grand River
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    3. Jeffery, Jr. and Elizabeth (Dove) were married in New York in 1853 and they moved to Delaware County in 1854. After raising a family of seven to adulthood, they moved to Grand River. Three of the sons and their families moved on farms purchased from the Hungarian settlement east of Grand River. After a few years on of the sons returned to Delaware County and one moved to Nebraska with only James remaining. Was there another Hungarian settlement in Decatur County? I know the story of the earlier settlement for which Decatur County’s New Buda Township was named. On another thought, every one has a mental list of historic events and remembers where they were on that day. Since the History Channel has recently relived the last days of WW II we now come to V-J Day. Where were you on that day? Youngsters are exempt from answering. I was working for John Morrell in Ottumwa for the summer before returning to Leon High for my junior year. Since Ottumwa was the site of a Naval Air Station the celebration on V-J Day lasted all night. These Navy pilots knew that they had just gotten a reprieve on being part of the invasion of Japan. NAS Ottumwa was also where our future President Richard Nixon was stationed. Since no one wanted to sleep the guy who rigged a steam whistle to a muffler cutout was forgiven.

    08/09/2005 01:50:10