Fredrick was the youngest child of Charles and Hannah Helfrich. He took over the family farm which was on Pine Hill Road in Schuylkill County, West Penn Township. He was never married. The farm was over two hundred acres. I remember occasionally going with my father to visit Uncle "Freddy". These are my remembrances, He was a skinny fellow with black hair and most of his teeth were missing. He also always had a wad of chewing tobacco in his mouth. He spoke English but had a very thick Pennsylvania Dutch accent. He was always smiling and seemed to enjoy our visits. The house he lived in had electricity but no running water. There was a hand pump near the house for water. It was very rusty and I still remember the creaky sound it made as you pumped the handle. The water was ice cold. There were a lot of cats around but I don't remember him having a dog. He had dairy cows one of which he called blackie. The first time I remember him calling a cow Blackie with that thick accent of his, made me laugh. Which put a huge smile on his face. He showed me how to milk a cow and I was probably only five or six but it is something I will never forget.
Fredrick was the youngest child of Charles and Hannah Helfrich. He took over the family farm which was on Pine Hill Road in Schuylkill County, West Penn Township. He was never married. The farm was over two hundred acres. I remember occasionally going with my father to visit Uncle "Freddy". These are my remembrances, He was a skinny fellow with black hair and most of his teeth were missing. He also always had a wad of chewing tobacco in his mouth. He spoke English but had a very thick Pennsylvania Dutch accent. He was always smiling and seemed to enjoy our visits. The house he lived in had electricity but no running water. There was a hand pump near the house for water. It was very rusty and I still remember the creaky sound it made as you pumped the handle. The water was ice cold. There were a lot of cats around but I don't remember him having a dog. He had dairy cows one of which he called blackie. The first time I remember him calling a cow Blackie with that thick accent of his, made me laugh. Which put a huge smile on his face. He showed me how to milk a cow and I was probably only five or six but it is something I will never forget.
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