ZACHMEIER, Will

Will Zachmeier (1883-1972) Shawneetown, IL --a lifelong bachelor who lived with his widowed sister and helped her raise my grandfather and his siblings. He was an active outdoorsman who tended the channel lights on the Ohio River with a tiny boat. His own mother had been widowed young and he often told how she "raised them on a washboard, but she got us by". Written on this postcard photo is the words--"I am on my way to Denver on my Bike." Submitted by Sandra Parker.