Joseph Daniel Hearl standing by the gate at the old Joseph H. Heral
home place. Joe was born and raised on this farm on Rattle Creek,
Washington co., Va.
Joe Hearl learned to handle horses and oxen as a boy working on his
fathers farm on Rattle Creek.. He was one of the last men in Washington
co., Va. to use a yoke of oxen to farm. This picture was taken about
1941..
