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In 1896, Stauffer’s Drug Store was founded in New Holland, Pennsylvania by my great, great grandfather. It is still operating today, 120 years later.
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In 1909, George Sisson, my great, great grandfather homesteaded from Iowa to Nebraska.
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In 1915, my great grandmother, Dorothy Stauffer Kauffman, was born. Her mother was 51 years old at the the time which was really old to be having a baby in 1915. My great grandmother was the same age as her nieces and nephews.
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In 1918, my great grandmother Alma Sisson moved from Kansas to Nebraska, where she lived in a sod house.
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In 1930, my great grandfather, William Hynd, immigrated to the United States from Scotland
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n 1936, my great grandparents Lyle and Alma Sisson founded the family farm, which sat in the corner of Nebraska, where it meets the borders of Wyoming and Colorado
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In 1942, my great grandfather, Benjamin Kauffman, was drafted to fight in World War II. He was a tank driver and fought in the Pacific Theatre before returning home in 1945.
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In 1969, my grandfather, John (Jack) Hynd, graduated from Rider College. He was the first person in his family to go to college. He met my grandmother there.
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On June 27, 1970, my grandfather, Jack Hynd, married my grandmother, Marty Kauffman Hynd. In a few years they will celebrate their 50th anniversary!
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In 1972, my father, Kevin Jones, moved from Wyoming to a farm in Eastern Oregon. A few years later, he moved to Portland Oregon, where he grew up and graduated from high school and college.
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In 1979, my grandmother, Anetta Jones, graduated from Portland State University. At the time, she was the first and only person in her family to go to college.
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In 2002, my father moved from Portland, Oregon to Philadelphia where he met my mom a few months later
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On October 17, 2005, my mom and dad got married on the island of Maui in Hawaii. We went to Hawaii last year to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
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On May 31, 2007, I was born.
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On February 20, 2010, my sister Lucy was born.
