Byline: Jack Jones Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Droplets of freezing rain rolled off the wide, flat-brimmed black hats of the bearded men, and mud sucked at their boots as they moved through the barnyard, circling a fast-talking auctioneer.
One of the men, Amos Nisley, looked on silently as his harnesses, saws, picks, lumber - even his mailbox - were sold to the highest bidder.
Six years after he started the successful 115-acre farm and sawmill in Yates County, Nisley and his family are migrating south with 10 other Old Order Amish families.
Some of them came from the Canadian province of Ontario, while others, like Nisley, came from Delaware and Tennessee to the fertile …
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