When Brother Avery Musser asked for an account of what I personally remember of my Grandfather Henry B. Musser, I was very much chagrined to learn - how much of an orphan I had been as far as my memorability of personal contact and knowledge of him was concerned.
I was about 8 years of age when Grandfather Musser passed away. All children appreciate Grandparents, especially when they are as young as I was at the time of his death. The experiences that we had with our Grandfather Musser of course were lessened to a great degree, by the fact that we had lived with our maternal gandparents the greater part of our lives.
My Grandfather Musser's and Grandfather Seachrist's homesteads were adjoining farms, with a common border of approximately % of a mile in length. As you can well realize Father did not need a horse and carriage when he went courting. All he needed was a foot log across the creek or a few stepping stones to get there.
These facts and former situations are made more real when one realizes that my brother and I have been operating the Musser Leghorn Farms as a partnership on these adjoining Homestead farms for the past 45 years.
1 remember my Grandfather Musser as of better than medium height, a well built man with a full beard and considerable gray hair. I can well remember him repairing fence along the border fence line. His name Henry B. Musser in large script letters was legible on the main girder of the barn, for a very long time after the new barn was built.
Realizing that Abram Musser was the oldest of the cousins, who could possibly remember more of Grandfather Musser than any one of the cousins, I contacted him for the following information.
Abram Musser, who was not able to be here this afternoon, expressed his appreciation for the many good times he had, visiting in his grandparents home. He would go along with his parents to Cross Roads Church on Sunday morning, where his Grandfather Musser was always present. They generally visited at Grandfather's in the afternoon.
Grandfather. Musser was sincere in his devotion to Christ and the church. Before leaving for home there would always be testimony, singing and prayer.
History of the Musser Family - Reunions of the Descendants of Benjamin Engle Musser, 1810-1884, Volume Two. 1965. pages 13-14.