Sarah Caroline Ross Johnston Interview, July 27, 1977

Caroline Johnston describes growing up on her family’s farm in Indiana during the 1890s. She discusses her daily chores of raising ducks and chicken and milking the cows. Johnston talks about her family’s participation in social events and their holiday traditions. She recalls moving to Ingomar, Montana, where she met her husband, living and working on their homestead, and accompanying her husband to work on a sheep wagon. Johnston describes the birth of her 11 children, their family dynamic, and her work as a missionary in Iran in 1973 at the age of 76. For another interview with Sarah Caroline Ross Johnston, see oral history interview OH 181-001, 002, 003.