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1898 Ad for an Evercirculator from Liberal, Missouri
I found the below posted from Liberal, Missouri in 1898. THE PHONOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Volume XII. January 1898, No. 1 Cincinnati, Ohio WANTED – Five or six correspondents in Benn Pitman phonography to form an evercirculator. JAMES H ROBERTS, Box 91, Liberal, Missouri So, what was an “evercirculator”? I go to an article in the Sep…
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“The Decline of Faith” – A page from the Bengali translation from the belongings of Victor Hugo Noyes
This page from a leaflet of John E. Remsburg’s “The Decline of Faith”, noted as “translated into the Bengalee language by Kedarnath Basu M.C. a leader of the Freethought Movement in Bengal, India”, is believed to be from Victor Hugo Noyes’ travel to India pre 1886. The image is courtesy of Nancy Benton. Who was…
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Roswell Ransom at Alphadelphia
Roswell Ransom was a stockholder in the Alphadelphia Association. A brother of his was Dr. Farnsworth Fletcher Ransom, whose wife was Elizabeth Noyes, a sister of John Humphrey Noyes who founded the The Oneida Community. My James Noyes and John Humphrey Noyes were only 4th cousins, but I still have found it interesting that Elizabeth’s…
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Caroline Atwell Noyes’ address book
Caroline Atwell Noyes’ address book shows: J.A. Noyes Anna, Union Co., Illinois N.W. Gilbert Montpelier, Vermont Hannah M. Wolger 87 Hampshire St., Lawrence, Massachusetts Mary Chilton Franklinville, N.C. Marilla Wells Lawrence, Massachusetts Written at another time: Hannah M. Wolger No. 42 Broadway, South Lawrence, Massachusetts Francis Barry Berlin Heights, Ohio On second sheet, sometime later,…
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The Owram and Murray Families of Liberal, Missouri and “Murray Loop”
Sitting next to me is the book, Murray Loop, written by Ted W. Cox, which is the “Journey of an Oregon Family 1808-1949”. The book covers in significant detail five generations of the family, their identity as immigrants and Oregonians, and happens to take the Owram side also through the free love community of Berlin…
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Nathaniel Atwell and Lydia Hunkins
DIRECT LINE Nathaniel ATWELL, son of John ATWELL and Bridget CUMMINGS , was born 15 Jun 1766 at Hollis, Hillsborough Co. NH. He died 13 Nov 1844 at Johnson, Lamoille Co. VT and is buried in the Plot Cemetery at Johnson. On 15 June 1794 at Bradford, Orange CO., VT., Nathaniel married Lydia HUNKINS, daughter…
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Nathaniel Sanford Straughan and Mary “Polly” Brewer
Nathaniel Straughan and Mary Polly Brewer Thanks to John Houk With a bit of photoshopping Nathaniel Sanford Straughan married Mary “Polly” Brewer, a daughter of Daniel A. Brewer Sr. and Nancy Smith. This Straughan family is not down our direct line, instead Mary Brewer is a sibling of our Daniel Levi Brewer.Nat John Houk has…
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Robert Harrington Johnson and Bathsheba/Bersheba Potter
Robert Harrington Johnson was born 11 Nov 1796 in VA, the son of Francis Johnson and Nancy Harrington. A biography gives him as dying on 21 Feb 1837 at McLean Co. IL at 40 and is buried at the Scoggin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington IL. There is however a problem with his death date as…
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Paris Wood Hackney and Dora Knox
Paris Wood Hackney was born Jan 5 1855 in Iowa, likely Van Buren county, a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. When he died is unknown and he will likely remain a bit of an enigma. His sister, Sarah Hackney Crockett, gave him as going to California during “the gold rush”, writing…
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Amos S. Hackney
Amos S. Hackney, b. 1843 Nov 26 in Van Buren County, Iowa, was a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. He died Sept 2 1915 an was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Belleville, Kansas. On Nov 20 1879, in Van Buren County, Iowa, Amos married Julia E. Her family is unknown…