In response to John C, my Great Grandparents were not weathy. They may have been farmers, but he didn't own the land then. He owned it by the time he passed away, but he started with nothing, being the son of Irish immigrants and having just finished service in The Great War with the US Army. Remember, there was no GI Bill back then, so he had his Army pay, but not much else. I don't know how long it took before he owned the land, but I know he was still paying for it in 1920, yet he still was able to save up enough to buy some guns, which were considered neccesary tools on a farm back then. That farm stayed in the family until my Grandma passed away about 10 years ago. Of course it was no longer a working farm then since no body wanted to do it. My Dad and Uncle who inherited it just decided to sell the land since they couldn't afford to do anything with it. Its sad really, but thats life.