"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW41-798 : 8 January 2021), Jess D Reynolds, Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-27, sheet 13A, line 16, family 309, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 801.
Jesse Joel and his sons farmed near Windsor, IL. The story is told that he and his sons harvested a bumper crop of broom corn one year. Jesse hauled it to town and sold the crop. Instead of taking the money to the bank and paying off the farm. he went to the bar to brag about his good fortune. That evening, when leaving to go home he was relieved of his money and therefore was not able to make the mortgage payment. Needless to say, he lost the farm. This was told to Carl by Archie Reynolds.
Juanita came home with a package of toilet paper from the grocery. Grandpa Jesse replied "We don't need that new-fangled stuff...all we need is the Sears Roebuck Catalog." According to Carl and Eleanor, this is a true story as they too partook of the glossy pages.
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