Early Days in Lyman #17

EARLY DAYS IN THE TOWN OF LYMAN
by Bela Foster

Continuing . . .

Andrew Paddock bought the A. M. Haling home about 1870 or 1871. He came from near Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a generous man and his wife was a noble woman. They had three girls and one boy. The girls came to our school when they first came to Lyman. The oldest girl married Edward Fairley. They moved to Nebraska many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock and Mrs. Fairley have gone to their home beyond. Mrs. Kittie Sutton and Mrs. Mattie Coultas moved back to Indiana. Bert Paddock and his wife live in Thawville. Mr. Paddock and Mrs. Conger were brother and sister.
In speaking of old remembrances, I have one toy that my father gave me. One toy and one toy only. This toy has inspired the following lines.
A family by the name of Potter lived here in the early days. I do not remember where they lived when we came here. I saw some of the younger men when they lived northwest of us near Mr. Peck who lived on the north place of Louis Chambers. I remember one by his peculiar gait. Two of the boys, their mother and sister, lived where August Tornowski now lives. Emily taught school for several years. Then she had a dress making shop in Roberts. I believe her shop was over James Lyons store. That stood where Alfred Dietterle's store now stands. The Potters and Mr. and Mrs. Peck moved back to Connecticut about fifty years ago.

--Roberts Herald.  10 July 1935.