Otis Ross RAIL

                   Source:
THE TRIBE OF RAIL by Dorothy Taylor.  Copy in possession of Ellis Charles Rail.

Otis Ross Rail went by Ross.  "Ross Rail spent all of his years from 1910 in
Murrieta, California as a farmer.  For a short time he lived with his
grandmother Parker north of Murrieta and farmed.  When he got married in 1916,
he and his wife, Hazel, built a home one mile N.E. of Murrieta and farmed the
land.  Also raised chickens and turkeys.  In his later years raised calves.
His farming was of a diversified nature.  Alfalfa, grain, some years potatoes,
or melons or onions (1930's).  Life has never been an easy one for him.  It has
been him and tuck a good share of the time.

Ross is an independent sort of person and has never "worked for wages". Tho' hedid quite a lot of custom farm jobs.  Haying, harvesting etc.  Even unto the
age of 84 years.

Ross and Hazel are staunch supporters of the Methodist Church and have been
active in church affairs for over half a century.  It is a great deal to their
credit that the church kept its hold in Murrieta.  There was a time in the late
'30's when sometimes his family and his brother Floyd's family would be the
only ones at a church service".
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