C. T. Suddeth

This photo is a European flax mill for linen production. My triple-great grandfather, Jared Suddeth, died in an 1860 flax mill fire in Leota, Indiana. The fire was bad enough that the farm was abandoned that year. Anyone who has knowledge of flax mills/linen production is welcome to contact me. I know nothing. His wife, Nancy Moore Suddeth, was an Irish immigrant who may have brought the art of linen making with her. (she is my triple-great grandmother)