Children: Emma (died as an infant), Rose and Louise.
Joe and Martha lived about 3 quarters of a mile south of Pierce City on Cemetery Road until they moved to Gregory Warth's place around 1917 and built a new house there. The farm, owned by Joseph Warth's father, Gregory Warth, was located a quarter mile east of Highway 97 on the Barry County - Lawrence County Line on County Road (Lawrence) 2240 (Latitude, Longitude 36.930302, -94.003492).
Joe was a vegetable farmer. He had a "truck farm." He put out a huge acreage of vegetables and strawberries. Joe use to take his truck around everywhere, peddle his vegetables all during the growing seasons and put the money back for the winter. Several of Martha's nieces and nephews lived 8-10 miles out and lived too far to go to St. Mary's school so Martha boarded them during the week (they would otherwise have had to go to the country school which they didn't want to do). Louise and Rose and their cousins all walked to school together. The boarders didn't always go home on the weekends, their parents would just come over, have dinner and visit, bring food and other things the kids needed.
Sometime around 1926/1927, when he had just put all the money in the bank from the summer, the bank failed and Joe lost all his money. The stress led to some health problems for Joseph but his wife, Martha, and their daughter, Rosie, continued putting out gardens and selling vegetables. They also took on a hired hand and started putting out wheat. Their daughter, Louise, got married in 1933 and her husband, Ted Mettlach, starting working the farm.
Martha's brother, Gus, and his wife, Annie Witt and their kids Freda, Leona, Wilbert and Francis, used to stop in often after church, have dinner and play horseshoes. Because Grandma Martha Warth lived so close to town and her brothers and sisters lived farther out in the country, Martha frequently had visitors at the house. Anna Friday (Martha's sister) and her daughter Clara used to visit her every week and had some good gossip sessions with coffee and dessert. Grandma Martha fed everyone. She especially liked serving potatoes, believing they should be eaten at every meal. The family dedicated an acre to potatoes and had a huge bin of potatoes in the basement. Grandma spent a lot of time sprouting potatoes. The family got electricity around 1944 when Marjorie and Harold were in grade school and Ken was about 2 years old. Grandma Warth hated giving up her wood-burning stove because she didn't think she'd be able to cook on a modern stove.
Ted and Louise continued living with Martha and had three children; Harold, Marjorie and Kenneth. Rosie left the farm after marrying Frank Birkenbach on December 6th of 1947. Joseph Warth passed away July 6th, 1957. Just over a year later, Louise's daughter, Marjorie, gave birth to Martha's first great-grandchild, Mary Pat LePage. Martha especially enjoyed watching and playing with Mary Pat while her mom, Marjorie, was at work at Wayne Bowen's Insurance Agency. Martha died on Mary Pat's first day of school, the 2nd of September, 1964. One of her last comments was, "I hope Mary Pat liked school."
Joe and Martha lived about 3 quarters of a mile south of Pierce City on Cemetery Road until they moved to Gregory Warth's place around 1917 and built a new house there. The farm, owned by Joseph Warth's father, Gregory Warth, was located a quarter mile east of Highway 97 on the Barry County - Lawrence County Line on County Road (Lawrence) 2240 (Latitude, Longitude 36.930302, -94.003492).
Joe was a vegetable farmer. He had a "truck farm." He put out a huge acreage of vegetables and strawberries. Joe use to take his truck around everywhere, peddle his vegetables all during the growing seasons and put the money back for the winter. Several of Martha's nieces and nephews lived 8-10 miles out and lived too far to go to St. Mary's school so Martha boarded them during the week (they would otherwise have had to go to the country school which they didn't want to do). Louise and Rose and their cousins all walked to school together. The boarders didn't always go home on the weekends, their parents would just come over, have dinner and visit, bring food and other things the kids needed.
Sometime around 1926/1927, when he had just put all the money in the bank from the summer, the bank failed and Joe lost all his money. The stress led to some health problems for Joseph but his wife, Martha, and their daughter, Rosie, continued putting out gardens and selling vegetables. They also took on a hired hand and started putting out wheat. Their daughter, Louise, got married in 1933 and her husband, Ted Mettlach, starting working the farm.
Martha's brother, Gus, and his wife, Annie Witt and their kids Freda, Leona, Wilbert and Francis, used to stop in often after church, have dinner and play horseshoes. Because Grandma Martha Warth lived so close to town and her brothers and sisters lived farther out in the country, Martha frequently had visitors at the house. Anna Friday (Martha's sister) and her daughter Clara used to visit her every week and had some good gossip sessions with coffee and dessert. Grandma Martha fed everyone. She especially liked serving potatoes, believing they should be eaten at every meal. The family dedicated an acre to potatoes and had a huge bin of potatoes in the basement. Grandma spent a lot of time sprouting potatoes. The family got electricity around 1944 when Marjorie and Harold were in grade school and Ken was about 2 years old. Grandma Warth hated giving up her wood-burning stove because she didn't think she'd be able to cook on a modern stove.
Ted and Louise continued living with Martha and had three children; Harold, Marjorie and Kenneth. Rosie left the farm after marrying Frank Birkenbach on December 6th of 1947. Joseph Warth passed away July 6th, 1957. Just over a year later, Louise's daughter, Marjorie, gave birth to Martha's first great-grandchild, Mary Pat LePage. Martha especially enjoyed watching and playing with Mary Pat while her mom, Marjorie, was at work at Wayne Bowen's Insurance Agency. Martha died on Mary Pat's first day of school, the 2nd of September, 1964. One of her last comments was, "I hope Mary Pat liked school."
Children: Emma (died as an infant), Rose and Louise.
Joe and Martha lived about 3 quarters of a mile south of Pierce City on Cemetery Road until they moved to Gregory Warth's place around 1917 and built a new house there. The farm, owned by Joseph Warth's father, Gregory Warth, was located a quarter mile east of Highway 97 on the Barry County - Lawrence County Line on County Road (Lawrence) 2240 (Latitude, Longitude 36.930302, -94.003492).
Joe was a vegetable farmer. He had a "truck farm." He put out a huge acreage of vegetables and strawberries. Joe use to take his truck around everywhere, peddle his vegetables all during the growing seasons and put the money back for the winter. Several of Martha's nieces and nephews lived 8-10 miles out and lived too far to go to St. Mary's school so Martha boarded them during the week (they would otherwise have had to go to the country school which they didn't want to do). Louise and Rose and their cousins all walked to school together. The boarders didn't always go home on the weekends, their parents would just come over, have dinner and visit, bring food and other things the kids needed.
Sometime around 1926/1927, when he had just put all the money in the bank from the summer, the bank failed and Joe lost all his money. The stress led to some health problems for Joseph but his wife, Martha, and their daughter, Rosie, continued putting out gardens and selling vegetables. They also took on a hired hand and started putting out wheat. Their daughter, Louise, got married in 1933 and her husband, Ted Mettlach, starting working the farm.
Martha's brother, Gus, and his wife, Annie Witt and their kids Freda, Leona, Wilbert and Francis, used to stop in often after church, have dinner and play horseshoes. Because Grandma Martha Warth lived so close to town and her brothers and sisters lived farther out in the country, Martha frequently had visitors at the house. Anna Friday (Martha's sister) and her daughter Clara used to visit her every week and had some good gossip sessions with coffee and dessert. Grandma Martha fed everyone. She especially liked serving potatoes, believing they should be eaten at every meal. The family dedicated an acre to potatoes and had a huge bin of potatoes in the basement. Grandma spent a lot of time sprouting potatoes. The family got electricity around 1944 when Marjorie and Harold were in grade school and Ken was about 2 years old. Grandma Warth hated giving up her wood-burning stove because she didn't think she'd be able to cook on a modern stove.
Ted and Louise continued living with Martha and had three children; Harold, Marjorie and Kenneth. Rosie left the farm after marrying Frank Birkenbach on December 6th of 1947. Joseph Warth passed away July 6th, 1957. Just over a year later, Louise's daughter, Marjorie, gave birth to Martha's first great-grandchild, Mary Pat LePage. Martha especially enjoyed watching and playing with Mary Pat while her mom, Marjorie, was at work at Wayne Bowen's Insurance Agency. Martha died on Mary Pat's first day of school, the 2nd of September, 1964. One of her last comments was, "I hope Mary Pat liked school."
Joe and Martha lived about 3 quarters of a mile south of Pierce City on Cemetery Road until they moved to Gregory Warth's place around 1917 and built a new house there. The farm, owned by Joseph Warth's father, Gregory Warth, was located a quarter mile east of Highway 97 on the Barry County - Lawrence County Line on County Road (Lawrence) 2240 (Latitude, Longitude 36.930302, -94.003492).
Joe was a vegetable farmer. He had a "truck farm." He put out a huge acreage of vegetables and strawberries. Joe use to take his truck around everywhere, peddle his vegetables all during the growing seasons and put the money back for the winter. Several of Martha's nieces and nephews lived 8-10 miles out and lived too far to go to St. Mary's school so Martha boarded them during the week (they would otherwise have had to go to the country school which they didn't want to do). Louise and Rose and their cousins all walked to school together. The boarders didn't always go home on the weekends, their parents would just come over, have dinner and visit, bring food and other things the kids needed.
Sometime around 1926/1927, when he had just put all the money in the bank from the summer, the bank failed and Joe lost all his money. The stress led to some health problems for Joseph but his wife, Martha, and their daughter, Rosie, continued putting out gardens and selling vegetables. They also took on a hired hand and started putting out wheat. Their daughter, Louise, got married in 1933 and her husband, Ted Mettlach, starting working the farm.
Martha's brother, Gus, and his wife, Annie Witt and their kids Freda, Leona, Wilbert and Francis, used to stop in often after church, have dinner and play horseshoes. Because Grandma Martha Warth lived so close to town and her brothers and sisters lived farther out in the country, Martha frequently had visitors at the house. Anna Friday (Martha's sister) and her daughter Clara used to visit her every week and had some good gossip sessions with coffee and dessert. Grandma Martha fed everyone. She especially liked serving potatoes, believing they should be eaten at every meal. The family dedicated an acre to potatoes and had a huge bin of potatoes in the basement. Grandma spent a lot of time sprouting potatoes. The family got electricity around 1944 when Marjorie and Harold were in grade school and Ken was about 2 years old. Grandma Warth hated giving up her wood-burning stove because she didn't think she'd be able to cook on a modern stove.
Ted and Louise continued living with Martha and had three children; Harold, Marjorie and Kenneth. Rosie left the farm after marrying Frank Birkenbach on December 6th of 1947. Joseph Warth passed away July 6th, 1957. Just over a year later, Louise's daughter, Marjorie, gave birth to Martha's first great-grandchild, Mary Pat LePage. Martha especially enjoyed watching and playing with Mary Pat while her mom, Marjorie, was at work at Wayne Bowen's Insurance Agency. Martha died on Mary Pat's first day of school, the 2nd of September, 1964. One of her last comments was, "I hope Mary Pat liked school."
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