Thomas and Sarah Seaborn immigrated to Wisconsin from England in the 1800s They were told by family that were in Wisconsin that everything was fine and that they should come over. When they got to Delafield. They found to many people in a to small cabin. This was the area on the west end of Pewaukee Lake that is now a county park. Thomass family ended up living in a leanto on a rock. There was a crack in the rock that they used for a chimney. They spent the winter there while they built a cabin. The chimney for their cabin stood in a field until the county did landscaping in the park. The family besides Thomas and Sarah included Joesph, Robert and four sisters. Thomas had been put off his land for poaching the kings deer forcing the move to America. Thomas would still hunt deer but would hide the kill and have the boys get it later He was able to butcher the deer with an axe The cabin was near an old Indian foot path and they saw them from time to time The boys found arrowheads so they made bows and arrows and shot them at the barn. Joesph left Delafield after a disagreement over the division of property. Joesph bought the John Muir farm in the town of Lisbon. The Muir family had lost people because of illness and there werent enough people to carry on. There was 160 acres. The only cleared fields were on either side of the house. The house was a grout house , a combination of stone and concrete poured in forms. The barn was built on the ground with no basement Stephen Seaborn was home schooled by his mother Susan. When it was time for high school Stephen went to Carroll Academy at Carroll College in Waukesha. He sometimes road his bike and sometimes took the train. Stephen played football ball there. At a game in Milton the field was a corn field! The team left a muddy mess in the hotel room that had been rented for a locker room
At some point the older son Floyd went out to California for his health
He didnt stay in California going north to Washington where he caught pneumonia and died. That left Stephen to run the farm with his dad They farmed with horses that were retired fire department horses. Those teams were well trained. Joesph had dropsey, when he had a spell and passed out the team felt the slack reins and would stop. The only time the team scared them was when they were going to a neighbors barn fire. When the horses saw the flames they broke into a run. They didnt think that the hay rack would make the driveway but they did and the team stopped by the fire Stephen bought some of the first tractors. He had a Bull tractor that had one drive wheel. A 6-12 Allis Chalmers that was designed to use the old horse implements The Bates Steel Mule was a half track that was suited to marsh ground. For moving stuff they had wagons. The trip to the market in downtown Milwaukee used to be an overnight trip. Stephen didnt like the money his dad spent at the saloon so he decided to make the trip in one day. Everyone told him that it couldnt be done. He loaded the day before and left before dawn on market day He made it home that night. Later he had a model TT Ford , a model AA Ford and a 1935 V8 Ford. For his tractor he got a McCormick Deering 15-30 that he kept in to the 50s. The farm store by the feed mill in Sussex was the McCormick Deering dealer. The 15-30 was powerful enough to pull a disc , a grain drill and a drag. Again he was told that it wouldnt work. He said that he didnt have the time to go over the field three times. Stephen was able to buy two 80 acre farms from the Gilmores. One to the south and one to the west. That made the farm 319 acres. The missing acre was donated to the Lisbon Central Cemetery Stephen built his house in 1906 the same year he married Edith Rankin. Later after his dad died he built a house on Mary Hill Road for his mom. The house was a package deal ordered from Sears and Roebuck. He also built a barn near there for sheep. Stephen semiretired in 1938 having gone partners with Fredrick Meissner There was an auction and the horses and surplus equipment were sold. Improvements were made to the farm made. Two large corn cribs were built with lumber salvaged from Bob Stiers barn. A central power pole was installed to distribute the power to the buildings. A new well was drilled to replace the tainted well. When the dairies went to bulk milk a new milk house was built. The roof from the old milk house became the start of our playhouse. Stephen sold the farm to Meissners it n 1958 claiming that paying taxes was giving him an ulcer
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