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THE FARM [iiL'iilriLr.1.f. OF 2lli.(2..i-1.e .l,o,..'1j,uy,-,l,-,,'c...i,(,2l-il'-,i?. Farm situated on West half lot 26, conCession ll, Dereham Township, on _ _ south side of 10th concession road,known as "The Crossett Farm." 0n June Ir, 1652, Nicholas Hopkins bought l00 acres from the crownfor $1000. On August 4, 1871 the Canada SOutnern Railway Company bought 1.82 acres across the farm on which the railroad was built. In 1592 Nicholas Hopkins died and the farm was passed on to his nephew, another Nicholas Hopkins. In 1902 this Nicholas Hopkins died and to the best of my knowledge, he Was sur- vived by 4 children-namely a son Edward Hopkins and Hopkins and daughter Susan, Mrs. Robert Thompson, Frances, Mrs. Samuel Newsworthy and Mary, Mrs. Reber u. Crews, at this time the farm was sold to William C. Stirton. In 1904 the Canada Southern Railway was taken over by the Michigan Central ‘ Railway. _ In 1905, Wm. Stirton sold to William Whaley, the 12 acres on the south side of the railroad. In l904 Norman Charlton bought the farm from William Stirton and in 1909, sold it to Thomas Rutherford, who in turn sold it in Dec- ember to Levi W. Moyer, who sold it in 19ll to Charles Crossett. Charles Crossett died in the fall of 1912, leaving his wife Eunice, and sons Daniel, James H. and Henry , also daughters Dora B. Howey, Ida M. Yors- ton, Ethel Crossett, Muriel and Sylvia Crossett. Martin Crossett bought it from the Crossett Estate in November l9l9. Martin's had one daughter Dorothy. They did general farming, had a good maple sugar bush and made syrup each spring,: In about 1955 this frame house burnt. They bought a frame house from John R. McClintock and moved it on the farm. In 1959 Emerson and Spencer Elliott took over the farm and rented it out. Mr. & Mrs. Crossett moved to Aylmer. The tenants were Mr. Donald, then Tr. & Mrs. Miles Prickett, and Mr. 8:-, Mrs. James Andersonand family. In 1943 a new milk house was built. In November 1944, Mr. & Mrs. Oscar DeVischer bought the farm from Emerson Elliott. The farm has a good artesian well with water flowing through milk house, water buckets in barn then out to outdoor water trough. There is an L. shaped barn , b0"50'. Cow stables with the L for storing grain and feed, with silo. Also a horse and pig barn 55 X 24. The chicken coop is 50' X 40: ' 7.7-7 'lllllllllllrTr""""'"""'tfitiiiii w. kdtgzitmw¢._ 'illllll " 'iiiicl ._ if IlllllllNllll1 lllitlllll il l Alr sFlllll'i'C,l'.P,a,,,l I i (; it: In the spring of l943, when we moved with our daughter Clara, we had the telephone connected and the hydro installed, the late Mr. Flsrr-r, i0eil"L1.s-rri,iierr of Tillsonhur_ did the work and it may intere t you to know how much it cost -'r"(rra wiriuw both barns, c. icken coop and house, this iHClNled wiring 'ii"(r-,rr. a 'co-i-rs-j-rr:),', MdCJlQE, poleli ht, also 1r'j-rrirrir-ss,(eiirs-) rrrrrr, Thom fistula '/r'rrri', law's (lr,":';,'. ix (s, sy,