Person:James Hisle (2)

About James Lanter Hisle

Educated at the Millersburg Military Institute as a young boy. He was a thin, average sized person who kept all his hair. He didn't talk much except with Ethel and J. W. his son. A real farmer as he could fix anything (fences, doors etc.) with bailing wire. Rather passionate for sweets in general, Fig Newtons, chocolate covered cherries, Smacks cereals (he called them bears because of the bear on the box) stick candy, but he never complained when the grand-kids raided his stock. He liked corn on the cob but had to cut it off for his lack of teeth. For his birthday cake his daughters Martha or Anne would always make him either Boston Cream Pie or Applesauce Spice Cake. He would never buy anything that wasn’t Ford, either tractor or car. His red Ford F 100 pickup [9] dashboard was full of bolts screws and various un-sundry items without a name. He would take bailing wire and an orange juice concentrate can and made a pencil holder which would hang over the passenger’s seat in his truck. After the death of Alex Turpin and Andrew Broaddus, Ethel Turpin (and James) inherited the old Turpin/Broaddus farm. I would go to the farm sometimes to help out in the hay... now that’s a hot job. In the '70s a tornado followed the valley next to the house, James just watched it go by in his rocking chair without even flinching. James also raised tobacco, horse corn, hogs, chickens, cows and two horses (a work horse named Dolly and a pony named Lucky my grandmother won at the Madison County Horse Show in the 50's). A band of peafowl took up residence at the farm which James liked. Peafowl are the best watch dogs around. Any movement and they sound the alert. Babo

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
   [Includes headstone photo], last accessed May 2017.
2.   Hisle name footnote: The Hisle name probably comes from an Americanization of the German name "Häusel" (small house) pronounced Hoy-zel in the native tongue. Babo