Their strong faith in God gave them strength to face each new day, 
     
     and with their two surviving sons, Thomas Reagh and James, they 
     
     managed to carry on their mixed farming operation in Burlington. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Memories of the Burlington Homestead 
     
    
   
   
    
     As noted. in 1902 the house was enlarged and repaired. The roof was 
     
     raised and a kitchen was added. Many of the older houses in the 
     
     community were updated in the early 19905 and the ell—shaped house 
     
     shown in the following sketch was a popular style along the Long 
     
     River road. The front door faced the South West River and was 
     
     referred to as the “front passage”, an apt term in the early to mid- 
     
     18805 when the South West River was used extensively for travelling. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     Mil/man House, 1902 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Sketch: Andy Remy 
     
    
   
   
    
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     In his “Sketches of Family History (c. 1980's) Thomas Reagh gives 
     
     a description of the Millman house as it was in 1915. even to the 
     
     layout ofthe rooms and the colour ofthe calcimined walls. Salmon 
     
     was the colour used in the kitchen where many activities took place. 
     
     On churning day the barrel churn was placed in a certain spot. 
     
     surrounded by large dishes of cream. One day he had the misfortune 
     
     to fall into a crock of buttermilk, an accident which left him with a 
     
    
   
   
    
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