Fairview Farm - Downers grove, IL
Information about the Bateman House & Fairview Farm
BATEMAN HOUSE
"Elizabeth Howard Hurd was born in England at Wisbech and arrived in Greggs with her family at age 3. Her neighbor across the road, Mrs. Anna Oldfield Maercker, was two years younger than my grandmother. The Bateman family also came from England about the same time. Their farm was next north of ours, and my brother David Mason was born there in 1898. Our new home and barns on Fairview Farm were being built in that period."
-- James Mason (1977)
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"Across the road from Maercker School and possibly 300 yards south was the home of the Howards, including Elizabeth Howard. That family moved to Cresco, Iowa, but Ziba Hurd went out there, married Elizabeth and brought her back to Illinois. I'm their grandson. My mother was a first cousin of Jane and Alice Bateman.
"On the Howard property the house still stood vacant in 1910. There was an apple tree loaded with sweet early apples more delightful than any others. The house and orchard were protected by an osage orange hedge at its best. It was a good barrier for fencing cattle and a fine wind break. Several condominiums are there now, and the osage orange hedge is gone from the Maercker School vicinity."
-- James Mason (1977)
"Elizabeth Howard Hurd was born in England at Wisbech and arrived in Greggs with her family at age 3. Her neighbor across the road, Mrs. Anna Oldfield Maercker, was two years younger than my grandmother. The Bateman family also came from England about the same time. Their farm was next north of ours, and my brother David Mason was born there in 1898. Our new home and barns on Fairview Farm were being built in that period."
-- James Mason (1977)
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"Across the road from Maercker School and possibly 300 yards south was the home of the Howards, including Elizabeth Howard. That family moved to Cresco, Iowa, but Ziba Hurd went out there, married Elizabeth and brought her back to Illinois. I'm their grandson. My mother was a first cousin of Jane and Alice Bateman.
"On the Howard property the house still stood vacant in 1910. There was an apple tree loaded with sweet early apples more delightful than any others. The house and orchard were protected by an osage orange hedge at its best. It was a good barrier for fencing cattle and a fine wind break. Several condominiums are there now, and the osage orange hedge is gone from the Maercker School vicinity."
-- James Mason (1977)