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The writer of this account is Venice Brink, son of Henry Ernst Brink, the son of Heinrich. I was born in 1907, near Moweaqua in Shelby County, Illinois. My mother was Amelia Ludwig, whose father Philip Ludwig left Holzhausen, Hesse, Germany, as a young man in 1852. He landed in New York and worked his way west to Arnheim, Ohio, where he met and later married Elizabeth Bohl, also German. Some years later they moved to Shelby County, Illinois.

After my mother's death in 1909, my father came back to Washington County. I grew up in Nashville. I served 3 1/2 years in the U. S. Army in World War II in the 9207th Technical Service Unit. After a number of years, including 25 years with the Hileman and Gutzler Furniture Stores, am now engaged in growing fruit, nuts and vegetables and daffodil bulbs. I grow over 1200 kinds of daffodil bulbs, one of the largest collections extant today.

Electricity in Nashville dates back to 1899. The first electricity was furnished to Nashville on a dusk to dawn basis by a home owned plant operated by C.M.Forman of E. St. Louis. The plant was located on property which lies due west of Greenwood Cemetery and is now owned by Venice Brink. Vol. 1, #1, 1977