Moore has fond memories of Heritage Farm

By CLAYTON RYE

Farm News writer

FRANKLIN COUNTY — Margaret Moore grew up as Margaret Kroll. Her parents were Jake Kroll and Esther Menning, who met in a most unconventional way.

As a young woman, Esther Menning was out on a tractor pulling a disc across the field. Her grandfather, Glen Menning, had a hired man named Jake Kroll. Esther Menning ran over her grandfather’s hired man, Jake Kroll, with the disc. Apparently, it was not too serious of an injury as they got married and became parents to two daughters, Margaret and Kathy.

Margaret Moore’s memories of life on the Heritage Farm ended at age 6 when her parents moved to another farm. Her grandparents lived there for another year or two and then moved to Hansel in Franklin County where they retired in the early 1950s.

Margaret Moore has a few memories prior to moving off the Heritage Farm. She remembers beef, hogs and chickens, along with a dairy cow for the family.