John Lester McCammon and Ruby Alice Prather The Tree of Life Quilt Block
Betty’s parents, John Lester McCammon and Ruby Alice Prather, grew up on adjoining farms in Clark County, Indiana. They attended the same one room school, courted and married after Lester could support a family. From this union arrived Betty and her big brother, Allen.
Betty’s father and grandfather, Walter Barnes McCammon, converted a livery stable into what would eventually became Clark County Motors, a Ford dealership. During one new Chevrolet car delivery to Floyd Knobs by competitor, Albert Diefenbach, a pig ran into the spokes of a wheel and destroyed the wheel. Disappointed with the performance of the wheel, he dropped the Chevrolet line and the McCammon’s Clark County Motors became a Chevrolet Dealership. They later added Allis Chalmer tractors to their merchandise line.
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