A letter written May 18, 1970 to Virginia (Malin) Ratcliffe (James Dalmazzo Malin's granddaughter) from Louis F. Schwienher: "Dear Virginia: "Recently while going through an old address-book I discovered that an old clipping of the death-notice of Henry Cannon was falling to pieces, so I typed it and am enclosing a copy of it herewith. "Now, this death-notice has a peculiar significance to me as I had known Henry and Gert since 1887 when my folks used to take me out to the Malin farm on Lay avenue (now Euclid Av.), Mr. Malin [James Dalmazzo Malin] having recently bought the place from General William T. Sherman (together with a mare and Surry, the horse being named "Madge"). The reason why I remember this so well is that Mr. Malin used to take us all for a ride north to Natural Bridge Road, west to Kingshighway, and then south to the rear gate of the farm which extended to Kngswy. Another thing, your father [David C. Malin], then a little boy, used to carry a lantern to the cable car at Easton avenue to meet his father as there were no street lights in those days. Still another things, John Malin grew water-lilies in the basement of the house, as the cellar used to flood (as many did as there were now [sic] [no] sewers that low down). The family moved to Delmar boulevard about 1889. "Please remember me to your husband [Vincent], Jinks [daughter Virginia] and the monsignor. Love from LF Schwienher"