Athens
I have a certain fondness for the Athen's Resturarnt. Athen's is a very small
little village located on the Hudson river (across from Hudson, NY). It is
very quaint. My grandfather was Under Sheriff of that county at the turn of
the century, my father was a minister there in the early 20's, met my
mother who lived there and married her in the Methodist Church in Athen's.
In addition to being Under Sheriff, (responsible for most of the Sheriff
duties) he also owned and ran a rather large farm. When my grandfather
turned 100 (1970) my sister and I tried to capture some history. One
question I asked him was if he ever shot anyone. He said no as in those
days if we said we would shoot we darn well did and no one wanted to be
shot. He was kind and wonderful person..Just a little history..
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