jeremiah

grandpa never really liked the name jeremiah, everyone just called him jerry. he was born somewhere around logan,ohio in 1913, from what he's said and what i heard his father was mean as a snake, spending the majority of his money on whiskey,gambling, and women. his father wesley inherited 22,ooo.oo dollars in 1919 when grandpa's mother died from the flu. wesley wasted that money and married a woman with six children, so along with his eight the mouths to be fed including grandpa was now 16. grandpa left home at the age of 17 and married my grandmother around 1931, grandpa and grandma had my father in 1935 and my aunt elizabeth ann in 1937, before and during he was building up his business the thornville elevator a local grain elevator and feed store. my grandmother was a very stick woman but would do anything for you, grandpa used to say "she's tighter than the bark on a tree," and she probably was, but she had a big heart. sometime in the 1960's grandpa bought the local hardware store located in thornville making my father manager of the elevator and grandpa manager of the hardware. in 1964 or 65 grandpa gave my dad money for the down payment on a new home in thornville (80 lakeview dr.) i'm not sure but i wouldn't doubt it, my aunt annie also had a home their. grandpa was always doing things like that, school board "local and county," lions club, masons,church(united church of christ). he seemed to always be giving but first to his family. as a smaller child we used to go on fishing vacations in canada grandpa, grandma, and myself,mom,dad, and the entire family and at times ann and her family. one memory i have is on the way home from elementary school in thornville my brothers and i would stop by the hardware and bum a quarter for candy or a hostess fruit pie. after high school my brothers brad and bruce went to college, betsy became a nurse, barbie moved off and married, and i "at least before my accident," worked at the elevator. grandpa seemed to be the most generous guy, he was always helping family monetarily, he even helped this one old drifter(bum), they called him picalo pete. grandpa,besides giving him money, he would allow him to stay in the basement of the elevator in the winter,"at times at least." grandpa and grandma were constantly fighting, or grandma was, she was stubborn as a mule, but grandpa loved her, they were sort of like jackie gleason was on the honeymooner's, they would argue but make up in the end and grandma was always "right." now i'm older grandpa died in 2006 grandma in 2001, i'm the next grandpa blackstone but i'll never be grandpa.