Excerpts from Wilbur and Mary Thatcher's Book of Memories

This week's blog is a photo of North Salem School in Wayne County Iowa where Dad attended grade school. Dad is on the front row, fifth one from the right. The time would have been about 1930.

history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherNovember 6, 2017North Salem School, Wayne County Iowa

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) Installment 10 of 10

This is the final installment (10 of 10) of my Dad's autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa.

autobiography, history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherOctober 12, 2017autobiography, Wayne County Iowa, Corydon Iowa, WWII, Seymour

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) Installment 9 of 10

This week's blog is installment 9 of 10 of my Dad's autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa. Next week will conclude Dad's autobiography so it will be followed with additional memorabilia from Mom and Dad's era until the release of my book Bring Me Back Home coming soon.

autobiography, history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherOctober 5, 2017Iowa, Corydon, Centerville, coal mines, Seymour

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) Installment 8 of 10

This week's blog is installment 8 of 10 of my Dad's autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa. Enjoy

autobiography, history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherSeptember 28, 2017Iowa, Corydon Iowa, Wayne County Iowa

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) - Installment 7 of 10

This weeks blog is installment 7 of 10 of my Dad's autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa. Enjoy

autobiography, history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherSeptember 21, 2017Iowa, Corydon, Wayne County

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) - Installment 6 of 10

This week's blog is installment 6 of 10 of my Dad's Autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa.

autobiography, history, Iowa, Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherSeptember 14, 2017Wilbur R. Thatcher, Corydon Iowa, Wayne County Iowa

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) - Installment 4 of 10

This week's blog is installment 4 of 10 of my Dad's autobiography about growing up in Wayne County Iowa. Enjoy.

Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherAugust 31, 2017Iowa, autobiography, Corydon, Wilbur R. Thatcher

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) - Installment 3 of 10

This is installment 3 of my Dad's autobiography about his life growing up in Wayne County, Iowa. This page is referring to the town of Corydon, Iowa.

Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherAugust 23, 2017Wilbur R. Thatcher, Iowa, autobiography, Corydon

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) Installment 2 of 10

This is installment 2 of my Dad's autobiography about his life growing up in Wayne County, Iowa. As before, I've transcribed Dad's original hand-written manuscript with minimal corrections. I hope you continue to find it interesting as well as insightful.

Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherAugust 16, 2017autobiography, Wilbur R. Thatcher, Wayne County, Iowa

Autobiography of Wilbur R. Thatcher (My Dad) - Installment 1 of 10

Over the course of the next few months, I will be posting a page each week from my Dad's autobiography. There will be two parts to each posting. One part will be the typed transcript with minimal corrections to the included JPEG of the original hand-written manuscript by Dad. Some of the handwriting is difficult to read which is why there is the typed transcript version to accompany it. Dad died on February 6th, 2015. I hope you find it interesting as well as insightful as to what his life was like.

Wilbur R. ThatcherDouglas ThatcherAugust 9, 2017family history, autobiography, Wilbur R. Thatcher, Iowa

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