05/28/2026
1920.
Most boys his age spent afternoons playing games near town while he repaired fences, fed livestock, and hauled water across fields because after his father’s accident the responsibility for helping maintain the family farm suddenly became part of daily life before he was even fully grown, and although neighbors often praised how hardworking and mature he seemed compared to other children, the truth was that poverty and hardship had simply forced him to leave childhood behind much earlier than anyone should ever have to.