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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1145750" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>I remember my Great Uncle Willie. He was my mom's Uncle by marriage. His name was William Piper. Uncle Willie was married to my Great Aunt Allie. He was born about 1880. He fought in the Spanish-American War.</p><p></p><p>After Aunt Allie died he moved in with his daughter Elsie. I was only 5 or 6 when I was around him. But I remember how sweet and kind he was. He smiled when he looked down at me. The odors of his room are fixed in my memory. Old people smell old. No other way to describe it.</p><p></p><p> He would take Henry and I into his little room and take a sword off the wall. The sword was the sword he carried as a United States Army Calvary Soldier. He had very few possessions. But the sword, a rifle and case pocket knives were his treasures. My Uncle Bill got his sword and Uncle Herman got a big case Hunter knife with stag horn handles. I don't know what happened to the gun but I think it was a .45-70.</p><p></p><p>Uncle Herman was so fond of the big case hunter knife with real stag horn handles. He brought it with him when he came over to the farm. I always wanted one just like it. About 2008, I found one on EBay. I bought it and I still have it. I think it is a 1960s version but the design and model of the knife was the same as Uncle Willie's. The theme of this is that the items our ancestors treasure, we also come to cherish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1145750, member: 17767"] I remember my Great Uncle Willie. He was my mom’s Uncle by marriage. His name was William Piper. Uncle Willie was married to my Great Aunt Allie. He was born about 1880. He fought in the Spanish-American War. After Aunt Allie died he moved in with his daughter Elsie. I was only 5 or 6 when I was around him. But I remember how sweet and kind he was. He smiled when he looked down at me. The odors of his room are fixed in my memory. Old people smell old. No other way to describe it. He would take Henry and I into his little room and take a sword off the wall. The sword was the sword he carried as a United States Army Calvary Soldier. He had very few possessions. But the sword, a rifle and case pocket knives were his treasures. My Uncle Bill got his sword and Uncle Herman got a big case Hunter knife with stag horn handles. I don’t know what happened to the gun but I think it was a .45-70. Uncle Herman was so fond of the big case hunter knife with real stag horn handles. He brought it with him when he came over to the farm. I always wanted one just like it. About 2008, I found one on EBay. I bought it and I still have it. I think it is a 1960s version but the design and model of the knife was the same as Uncle Willie’s. The theme of this is that the items our ancestors treasure, we also come to cherish. [/QUOTE]
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