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    Stories from the Koester House 


    Bonus Post for IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK Charles J.D. Koester’s nineth birthday was memorable. When he was four, Charley was given a toy horse he called Old Hobby because he lov...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #12IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK ---Blog #12 I remember June 9, 1881, the day that Charles John Daniel was born. The night before was a restless...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- BONUS BLOG -- JENNIE THE ARTISTJennie Lucy Koester Scott, Charles and Sylvia Koester’s middle child, was born 146 years ago. Affectionately known as “Jinks” by her fam...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #11IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK—Blog #11 Jennie Lucy, Charles and Sylvia’s second-born, lived her entire life here. The middle- child, she was ...
    A Little More About Tinnie -- Bonus Blog InformationTinnie Ludowine Koester Helvering, Charles and Sylvia Koester’s oldest child, was born 148 years ago in the house that is now the Koeste...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK - Blog #10 by Earl SchreckengastSylvia’s and Charles’ first child, Tinnie Ludowine, lived for most of her 79 years here in this house. She was born June 26, 1877, a yea...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #9I call June “Birthday Month.” All three of Charles’ and Sylvia’s three children were born in June. Talk about planning. The oldest, Tinn...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK-- Blog Post #8 by Earl ShreckengastIF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK…Blog #8 The iconic brick wall that everyone associates with me came in 1882. Charles decided to build it after ...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK - Blog Post #7Memorial Day is coming up. In Charles’ time it was called Decoration Day, and it was observed on May 30. True to its name, people would ...
    If This House Could Talk -- Blog Post #6 -- Parlor FurnitureIF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK…Blog Post #6 Wow! That is Charles’ granddaughter, Julia King, in the picture. She is sitting on the rocker that...
    If This House Could Talk -- Blog post #5If This House Could Talk: Mr. Newcomb took this fine winter picture of my outside in November, 1880. Charles had already taken the statu...
    IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK... Blog #4Things started to change around here when Charles became engaged to Sylvia Broughten, and they planned to get married in the summer of 1...