Grandpa Carl Anderson may have been in charge after the old barn
(built in 1918) burned. According to notes written it was caused
by spontaneous combustion in the haymow.
The Lymburner farm as we know it has been passed down generation to
generation beginning with Robert Christopher and his wife, Cordelia,
who moved to the United States in 1890. They raised jersey cattle and
also grain. Twenty-three (23) years later their son, Roy "Tappy" and
Barbara "Granny" took over the farm.
Francis "Frank" and Grace then raised their family on the farm followed
by Carl and Edith who returned from the metro to do the same.
"As I sit in the haymow and study this barn built of cement, brick and wood I
think of the men (and women) who took the stairs up to the haymow and how each
of their steps wore the floor as it is today -- smooth and somewhat grooved.
As I sit here a bit longer the barn is silent except for the creaking.... and
the sunlight dancing on the floor through the holes.