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Photos of Essie Kitchen and Roger and Leona Kitchen
Photo of Essie Kitchen, who was the wife of Joseph Kitchen and author of numerous letters in the Carolyn Gay Taft collection. Photo of her son Roger Kitchen, and his wife Leona. Roger was mentioned in many of Essie's letters to Carolyn Gay Taft.
Summary of Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letters "cast of characters", timeline, and Taft family tree
Carolyn Gay Taft was a lady farmer in the early 1900’s on Old Mission Peninsula. She owned a 40-acre plot in Section 9, S.W. ¼ of N.E. ¼, T29N-R10W. She was actively involved in farming from 1911 until the mid-1940’s. Because Carolyn’s primary job…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - April 18, 1911
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 12, 1913
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 26, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - June 2, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - September 21, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - September 30, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 8, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 13, 1914
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…