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Dinsmore, Fl, north of Jacksonville

November 19, 1953

8263 Kings Rd. A large white framed wood home with a wrap around porch. 3 bedrooms/1 bath & steep stairway to a dark wooded attic. Originally on 40+ acres & then some sold to the state for 295 bypass of Jax. Large magnolia & mullberry tree near the house and many large pines on the property. We had chickens, beef cows & a beautiful garden. Dad & I made roads & paths through the property & dad had a nice artesian feed pond dug. My dog was a beautiful "lassie" dog named Tippy. I lived there 3 different times: birth, 4th grade-& end of 6th grade-seminary & marriage. We could hear mom on her way home from work as she came down the dirt road in her Desoto & hitting the cattle gap. Dad sold the property and a company that raises trees for replanting around developments is there now.