Grandy’s Brook Grandparents

A picture of my grandparents. They’re heading for their cabin at Grandy’s Brook. Here they are leaving from Aaron’s Arm, a place where cabin owners at Grandy’s Brook keep their boats.    The story you did last February about longest love stories included my grandparents (James and Irene Marsden) telling their story. I just wanted…

Seventy Years of Marriage!

James Marsden and Irene Carter were married on November 26,1939 on a snowy Sunday afternoon. Irene was 17 and "Jimmy Steve" as he’s fondly known was 20. Irene says that they probably met on High Road in Francois. They dated for two years before they got married. They were married for four years before they…