SEGMENT: MILITARY SERVICE, CHICKENS, & NON-FARM WORK
Marie Burch>UIS Collection B's>UIS Collection B's, Segment 7
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- FAMILY
- Married five years, then widowed.
- NON-FARM WORK
- Husband an auditor after War. Trained at Brown's Business College, Springfield, University at Columbia, and University of Illinois. Returned to University of Illinois after 5 years. Joined military staff & started flight training as navigator.
- MILITARY SERVICE
- Non-Farm Work
- CHICKENS
- Decided to start poultry business. Got chicks from friend's hatchery, raised them & sold eggs. Egg sales paid taxes. Parents helped raise son.