The Census taker recorded that Mr. Amos was a druggist and owned the drug store. I can’t tell where his drug store was located (because I can’t mention the word in Aubrey), but I do recall that he owned a drug store in Pilot Point (a small settlement to the north of Aubrey). He owned this drug store during the 40's and on into the early 50's. His store was located on the east side of the Pilot Point square.

Mr. Amos was a veteran of the military during World War I. No occupation was recorded for his wife. Her father was born in Georgia and her mother was born in Tennessee. They had a boarder, Hazel I. Mohon, who lived with them. Hazel was 16. She was born in Texas and so were her mother and father.

Next door to the Amos household lived Mr. William D. Keen and his wife Dora D. Their home was valued at $1,500, and they possessed a radio. Mr. and Mrs. Keen were both 46 years old, and they were married when they were 30 years old. Mr. Keen was born in Kentucky. His parents were also born in Kentucky. His wife Dora was born in Texas and her parents were born in Alabama.

Mr. Keen was a grocery merchant – his store was located in the same building just to the south of the present day hardware store. He did not serve in the military.

The Keens lived to the south of the Simpson family. The Keens neighbors were Mr. William Oscar Robeson and his wife Wassie. They owned their own home which was valued at $1,200. The couple owned a radio. Mr. Oscar was 59 years old and his wife, Mr. Wassie, was 55. Mr. Oscar was born in Georgia and his father and mother were born in Tennessee. Mrs. Wassie was born in Tennessee as well as her parents. Mr. Oscar and Mrs. Wassie were married when he was 32 and she was 29. Mr. Oscar Robeson was a rural mail carrier on the Aubrey Route. He was not a military veteran.

Mr. and Mrs. Robeson were close friends of my grandparents. They later lived on Hill street during the mid 30's. Mrs. Wassie was an avid collector of beautiful old furniture. I recall my grandmother, Laura Goin, bought several pieces of furniture from Mrs. Wassie that I still have to this day. They were a typical Cherokee Aubrey couple; they left a lasting impression with me when I was a child.

Next door to the Robesons on North Main Street was the Grover Henderson family. Grover was 44 at the time of the census and his wife Lona B. Was 40 years of age. There were married when he was 26 and she was 22 years of age. He was born in Texas and his mother was born in Missouri and his father was born in Alabama. Mrs. Henderson was born in Texas and her father and mother were born in Alabama.

There was no value on their home and they didn’t own a radio. Mr. Henderson’s occupation was reported as a general farmer, and he was not a veteran.

The couple had a son named Leon who was 17 years old; a son named Gene who was 12 years old; and another son named Homer who was 8 years old. The Hendersons had a daughter named Mary J. who was 4 years and 4 months old.

The last house on North Main Street to be counted was William P. Ratchford who was head of the house and was 71 years of age. His home was valued at $2,000, and he didn’t have a radio.

Bill Ratchford was born in Alabama and his father was born in Georgia and his mother was born in Alabama. Mr. Ratchford was in the dry goods business and was not a veteran. He had a son named Perry who lived with him and he was 18 years old, and did odd jobs painting houses.

The Ratchford house is currently directly across the street from the old Baptist church building.

The census taker traveled on directly east of the Ratchford home to the public road that did not have a city name to the home of Henry T. Isom who was the head of the house and was 69 years old. The Isom home was valued at $750, and they didn’t own a radio. His wife, Susie M., was 24 years old and they had a son named William T. who was 2 years and 4 months old.

Mr. Isom owned the blacksmith shop that was located on the north portion of the block that is now the telephone business.

The photo this week was made on the inside of the Ratchford Dry Goods Store. This photo was made around 1916 when the store was a dry goods and grocery store. This store was located on the west side of Main Street next to the two-story IOOF building.

The Ratchfords didn’t sell groceries in the west side location. The people in the photo are the little boy, Perry Ratchford when he was 5 or 6 years old. Next to him is his father, William P. (Bill) Ratchford in the center of the aisle. Joe Goin and Jim Goin are standing behind the counter. This photo was taken about two years before Jim Goin went into the army during World War I.

The building was located where the small yellow building on the corner of the east side of Main Street exists today. Notice the sky light, as it was in 1916, is similar to those in the hardware store as they are today. The building also has a wooden floor. Upon close examination, you can see saddles and blankets that are on display on the railing of the balcony.

Also note that there is an electric light fixture in the center of the business. Power was provided by the Aubrey Electric Power company. The power company sold the generator to a group of investors from Bridgeport during the early 1920's. They removed the plant from its location the day it was sold and left the town immediately after the sale of the plant.