Introduction

Phillips Family
(1737-1860)

Miller Family
(1860-c1901)

A.B. Coleman
(c1901-1909)

Leming Family
(1909-c1919)

Cromwell Family
(1920-1948)

Suydam Family
(1948-1962)

Howell Family
(1962-1974)

Mercer County
(1974-present)

In 1945 Thomas and Lucy Tyler of Ontario , Canada rented and moved to the Cromwell farm to raise a herd of dairy goats. In 1948 Hart Cromwell sold the farm to John Sicak and the Tylers continued to rent it from him. A year later the farm was sold to Walter Suydam who continued to rent it to the Tylers until they left in 1953. The Tylers reconverted the barn for their dairy goat operation and made changes necessary to meet state requirements. A small room at the south end of the horse barn was used as a milking parlor for the goats and a milk house was built at the southwest corner. This milk house was demolished in 1980.

In 1953 the Tylers left the farm and owner Walter Suydam took out many of the facilities added for the goats and put in stanchions for a standard dairy herd. This may also be the time when the concrete floor was put in. Walter Suydam became the last owner/operator of the farm.

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