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The Race of Gray Eagle
NOTE: The story concerns W. W. Baker who was married to Isabel Frances “Fanny” Hackney, daughter of William Hackney and Sarah Shannon. Unfortunately, the below article does not reveal the Sac Indian with whom W. W. Baker had formed a partnership in the training of the horse, Gray Eagle, for a run against the Fox.…
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May 20 1844 Letter from Schetterly to The Phalanx on the Alphadelphia Association’s Progress
NOTE: One of the more interesting things about this article, to me, is that at the time the society was given as having “upwards of” 1300 members, with at least 100 rejected. This far exceeds the typical assessment of numbers belonging to the society. Addressed here are the association’s early attempts to prepare for on…
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FROM 1923 TO WAR YEARS AND EARLY RADIO
FROM 1923 TO WAR YEARS AND EARLY RADIO Recollections of Lloyd McKENNEY 29 January 1979 …I had graduated from high school…had to stay in Sedan the first two years…no high school closer…my grandparents (CROCKETTS) had moved there to take care of children of a son whose wife had died (George CROCKETT). I stayed with them.…
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Annual Report of the Bureau of Mines around Liberal, Missouri, 1901
Annual Report, Issue 15 by Missouri, Bureau of mines, Missouri Year 1901 LIBERAL POST OFFICE Jos. Kaise operates a line near Liberal to supply local trade. Mine entered by a shaft and ventilated by a furnace. Coal 28 inches thick and worked on the room and pillar plan. Joseph Travis operates a mine near Liberal.…
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Eli W. McKinney, son of William and Esther
Eli b. 1847, died when 99 years of age. Adding some color did well. Are you a descendant down the line of Eli W. b. 1847 in Monroe county, Ohio, and William McKenney and Esther Yarnell of Van Buren, Iowa? If you are, please get in touch with me. We need info down this line…
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4 Generations of McKenneys in 1946
Four generations of McKenneys. Front: George Washington McKenney Jr. b. 1861, J. R. McKenney b. 1934, Dorothy Noyes McKenney. Rear: Jim McKenney b. 1930, unknown, Ada Brunger Sanborn McKenney, James Albert McKenney b. 1884, Lloyd McKenney b. 1909 A Christmas photo. I’m guessing this was taken in Chautauqua County, Kansas where both George W. Jr.…
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Lucinda McKenney Hughes Schalburg
Lucinda, Jurdy, Jurdy’s wife Elizabeth, and daughter Alpha and her child. Thomas D. Reynolds was born 1925 so the picture can be dated 1925 and would likely have been taken in Oakland, Alameda, California. Image courtesy Larry McCombs Retouched Lucinda W. McKenney, the daughter of George Washington McKenney Sr. and Isabella Love, was born 1855…
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The Vicar of Wakefield
Pansy Noyes Bryant, in her notes on Caroline Atwell, spoke of the book “The Vicar of Wakefield”, which had been passed down through the family and was in her possession, originally owned by Rachel Scagel Atwell when books were scarce. Rachel was born in 1802 and died 1844, so Pansy had in her possession a…
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Notes on Caroline Atwell Noyes’ Family by Pansy Noyes Bryant
Courtesy of Nancy Benton. Caroline Atwell (born Oct. 2, 1835) told her oldest daughter Emma Viola Noyes Harmon many interesting things of her life in Vermont. Her mother was Rachel Scagel and was apparently brought up above ordinary rank. An old copy of Goldsmith’s “Vicar of Wakefield” is still in Mrs. Harmon’s possession and it…
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Photo of Mary Elizabeth Sparks McCormick Tripp with step-daughter
A photo of Mary Elizabeth Sparks McCormick Tripp, daughter of James E. Sparks and Carrie Burch, from Francis Partch. She has guessed that the girl with her is perhaps her step-daughter Nannie Tripp (b. 1886) or Dessie Mae Tripp (b. 1887) , daughters of James Preston Tripp and Jennie McWhirt. I’ve wondered if instead, based…