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Great-granddaughter Marjorie Mitchell Robinson's Remembrances

I was the second oldest great-grandchild and the first great-granddaughter.  I spent quite a bit of time (summers) in Munith with grandma Susie and great-grandfather Anson during my early childhood.  Anson gave me a lot of special attention which I loved, of course.  He and I would walk up town fairly often.  He would take me to the beauty shop for a 15 cent haircut, and we usually had an ice cream cone to eat while walking back home.  He walked with a cane so it was a fairly slow trip.

I have a paper from the military advising him that his pension would be increased a small amount because of incorrect figuring of the original amount.  I think the final amount was about $75 per month.

He bought a home in Munith for his daughter Susie and him.  After my grandfather's death at an early age, the farm was sold to one of the children.

Great-grandfather bought me a pair of fairly tall rubber boots when I was about 5.  My first day of school my mother was insisting that I wear them because it was raining.  I resisted even though we lived across from the school.  My mother prevailed, and I wore them but was tardy my first day of first grade.  (no kindergarten at the school)

Great-grandfather bought my mother a Ford of some kind for $600 so that she could drive back and forth from Carsonville to Munith to visit with 3 fairly young ones in tow.

I remember when mother got a telegram from grandma saying "grandpa very low; come at once".  We left right away arriving in Munith after about 4 hours.  When we got to the street in Munith we could see the wreath on the front door which meant that he had passed away.  Visitation was at the house with his casket in my grandmother's bedroom.

There was an interesting article in the Jackson paper in 1937 about a missing key with Anson's name and Civil War insignia.  It had been lost at their house 30 years before.  They weren't sure how it disappeared but what later happened strengthened the theory that a boarder at my grandmother's had left suddenly with the key.  A doctor, originally from Munith, stopped in Colorado during a gunfight and robbery between Colorado Springs and Pueblo.  He got out of his car to check the wrecked car and found the key lying on the ground.  He knew Anson but acquaintances told him that he had passed away.  Many years later when he was visiting Munith to attend a veterans' function, there was Anson.  The doctor  had the key, gave it back, and the story broke about the mystery.  I have the newspaper clipping and also the key, ring and insignia.

Walter Koelz, a world-renowned naturalist, was born in Waterloo, MI. where Anson had settled when he came to Michigan.  Walter was an eccentric person, labeled a "kook" by those around his home area, but he headed many expeditions all over the world.  He kept his home in Waterloo and would return to it every few years for a few months.
He and my great-grandfather were life-long friends though they didn't see each other or communicate very often.  Occasionally, he would write to Anson and I think every time he returned to his home for a period, before taking off on another expedition he would come to Munith to visit great-grandpa.  I can remember seeing him there at least once.

Great-Grandpa loved Limburger cheese.  When he and grandma were still on the farm my grandmother made him keep it in a can in a back room.  He was okay with that and could still get it when he wanted it.   I don't remember him having it after they moved in town.

Great-Grandpa always had a supply of pennies in his pockets.  He gave some to me often as well as other children who might appear.

Marjorie Robinson, August 23, 2016

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