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- Charley married Trigg on 31 January 1923. They lived with Charley's parents the first 6+ months of marriage. They then moved into Jesse and Mary Strong's basement at 1405 Williams St in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
An email from Grandpa, "About Mom and Dad's wedding; I don't think it was in Delta. There was no First Baptist Church in Delta in 1923. Mom lived in Allenville, and Dad on Hickory Ridge (his Daddy, Francis's farm) where I was born. He was working at the shoe factory in Cape Girardeau at that time. They lived in the basement of my Uncle Jesse and Aunt Mary Strong's house on Williams Street in Cape after they were married." In another email, Grandpa said Juanita said, "...they didn't live there long because I [Juanita] was born on Hickory Ridge."
- About 1923 to about 1931, Charley worked in the Florsheim Shoe Company factory in Cape Girardeau. It was down by the [Mississippi] river. According to Grandpa, it was abandoned and torn down while he still lived in Cape Girardeau.
Charley and wife Trigg, were farmers. They also owned and operated "Lincecum Grocery" in Delta, Missouri.
On 22 November 1934, he bought 30 acres from each of his brothers and sisters, totalling 90 acres. Added to the 30 acres his father, Francis, left him (like each of his siblings), he had all 120 acres of "Hickory Ridge Farm".
On 07 January 1944, Landon Mier bought all 120 acres from Charley for about $4,000.
Grandpa spoke of the grocery in an email, "During my senior year (1949/50) my Dad bought the grocery from John Crawford (the building) and the Foster Brothers (the business). John Crawford ended up with the 40 acre farm (again)... Dad bought the store with the idea that I would run it. Well, I learned all about it, but on 28 DEC 1950 I joined the Air force, and left him with it. I think it nearly 'broke his heart,' but he recovered and stayed on as you know until 1967. He didn't get rich, but it was a good living at the time."
While Charley and Trigg were minding the store, they lived in a house they built across from the Delta High School. When his son, Billy, retired from the Air Force in 1974, they all built a house in Cape Girardeau and lived there (1202 Hildale Circle) - Charley, Trigg, Billy, and Betty. The house in Delta was sold to Jerry Waddle.
- Grandpa wrote about Charley and the 2 world wars, "...Dad was too young for WWI and too old for WWII. Also, he would have been eligible for deferment from WWII because he was a farmer. I remember things like ration cards for coffee, gasoline, sugar, etc., etc. I don't think we suffered that much, we just ate pork fat, beans, and other things that we grew on the farm. Grandma Trigg canned everything, fruits, vegetables, and even meats. Oh how good it was."
23 July 1975, Jackson Post & Cash-Book (Missouri), pg 11:
Depression Memories
By: CHARLEY LINCECUM
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
We lived on a farm known as Hickory Ridge up on the hill from Delta during those days.
Our barn full of new hay burned and we had to build a new barn. The next year we had a drought and no hay, so our neighbor, Henry Weissenborn, loaned us his binder to cut our oats as ours had burned in the barn. So we had the oats thrashed up in the hay loft to feed the stock through the winter.
We hauled water in barrels about two miles every day and sometimes twice a day for five or six weeks. We used a team of mules and a wagon to haul water for our stock and to use for wash water and for cooking and drinking water.
We milked cows and sold cream for what money we had to spend. When the banks closed it was hard to get the cream checks cashed.
Of course we had our own meat and lard, butter and milk and eggs. We canned fruit from the orchard and raised our own potatoes and sweet potatoes.
It was hard getting by sometimes, but we always had plenty to eat for which we were thankful.
[Caption One: "The man in this picture is Charley Lincecum, holding his son Joe on a little mule colt."
[Caption Two: "This is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lincecum, Juanita, with two of the mares the family worked during the depression times."]
 
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
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- According to Charley's death certificate, c.o.d. was "cardiac arrythmia, aortic stenesis, respiratory infection (natural)."
Charley's funeral service was held at 1:00 pm Monday, 29 October 1990 at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri. He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. [From In Memory card.]
Words included:
Treasured Seasons
For everything there is an appointed season,
And a time for everything under heaven -
A time for sowing, a time for reaping;
A time for sharing, a time for caring.
A time for loving, a time for giving;
A time for remembering, a time for parting.
You have made everything beautiful in its time
For everything You do remains forever.
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1902 - 1990 (88 years)
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