Gave J.C. Belcher Sun.
Mch. 4 1917, Paid interest of 1916
with a check from Irv Good
$175.75 also personal check for
$4.75 and note for balance.
note of $150.
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1917
Give J.C. Belcher Mch 1-
for $150. borrowed $50 at the
bank for 6 mo. Mch 10,
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Mch 1 (1918) paid J.C.
Belcher $500 on place.
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Borrowed $145 Apr 18 - '18
for 90 days.
Paid
[above is crossed out with an X]
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1918
Turned pig out Nov. 11
" " " Nov. 12
1924
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'19
Apr 26 Borrowed $140 for
60 days.
Paid note of $14 put
$75 in bank, bought
$200 liberty bond
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Paid Dan Bear $30 for
pasture rent until Aug.27
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Loaned bank $300
Dec 3 1919 for 6 mo.
Again, Pearl has graced us with her semi-organized record-keeping in the Pointer Family Farm Books. <grin> Clearly, keeping the Pointer farm afloat financially took finesse from Harve and Pearl. And help from their neighbors and family too.
Pearl mentions several financial dealings with J.C. Belcher. She is referring to John Conrad Belcher, Jr., Harve's uncle who, along with his wife Mary (Shearer) Belcher, happened to raise Harve after Harve's mother, Emma (Belcher) Pointer, died when Harve was about 2 years old. And these financial dealings take place just a few years before J.C. dies 7 Aug 1918.
Pearl also has a connection to the Shearer family as well. Harve's aunt, Mary (Shearer) Belcher's sister was Julia Anne (Shearer) Williams. And Julia Anne was Pearl's paternal grandmother. Confused? I made a [pretty] family tree to illustrate it for you below. [And I'm guessing this is how Pearl and Harve first met. Maybe Thanksgiving? Maybe Christmas? Or maybe on someone's birthday, Harve met the woman he just had to make his own? Who knows for sure?] Anywho, I also included some other pics to help bring these folks back to life. [Because someone's got to.]
Pearl also mentions a "Dan Bear." Pearl's sister, Mary Etta Williams, married Daniel Bear, son of John and Elizabeth (?) Bear. And there's a nasty family rumor that involves Pearl, Harve, Mary, Dan, a baby boy, a possible murder [or maybe a possible suicide], love, lust, betrayal, and a once-seen-but-can't-be-found-now letter supposedly once kept hidden underneath Pearl's sewing machine. But I'll leave that for later. [I'm evil like that. Plus? A story like that deserves to be fleshed out -- right and proper -- with something more than possiblies, maybes, rumors, and whispers.]
And then Pearl mentions an "Irv Good," and thanks to this handy dandy map from HistoricMapWorks.com as well as other Good family notations made so far in these farm books, we know the Good family was a neighbor of the Pointer family. It's unclear if George W. Good is Irv. Good or a relation [who is maybe found in neighboring Marshall County, IA] because I just haven't even tried to connect the Good family's dots. [Yet.]
~Caroline