Waushara County Fair 1906 - Milton Jones and Rodney Murty

The writing in the background of the picture
says Waushara County Fair 1906. These
teenagers lived almost across the road from
each other.  On the left is David Milton Jones,
son of David Lloyd Jones and Mary Ann
Jones.  He was born September 29, 1887 in
the Town of Rose. Many people knew him as
Milton rather than David.  He was a farmer
who lived in section 26 on the left side 17th
Dr in the Town of Rose between County A
and Apache Dr.   He raised Holsteins.   He
was an Uncle of Margaret and Lois Walters. 
He died February 28, 1963.  Rodney Sackett
Murty, son of James "Jeff" Murty and  Maggie
Thomas Murty, was born June 10, 1889 in
the Town of Mt. Morris.  He married Blanche
Etheridge December 25, 1913.  Rodney did
some farming at N5677 17th Dr. in the Town
of Rose, worked in a lumber yard in St. Paul
Minnesota for a few years. He returned to
Wild Rose and for the worked for the Rose
Milling Co. which he later bought.  He was
also a meter reader for Wisconsin Power &
Light for many years.  Rodney & Blanche
had two children: Glenn who married Jeannette
 Olson and Beverly who married Melvin
Anderson and later Leslie Ansorge. 
Rodney died October 26, 1982.  He lived at
550 Division Street, 827 Maple Avenue and
825 Maple Avenue in Wild Rose.