Month: August 2010
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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…
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Photo of Ida Rae Tripp Thomas and daughter Martha Thomas
From Francis Partch, this is a photo of Martha Thomas (left) with her mother Ida Rae Tripp Thomas standing beside her. Ida Rae Tripp was the daughter of James Preston Tripp and Jennie M. McWhirt. Her step-mother was Mary Elizabeth Sparks McCormick Tripp, a sister of Belle Sparks McKenney and Martha Catherine Sparks who married…
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Family of Elmer T. Conner and Amanda Emelia McCormick Conner West
The family shown is Elmer T. Conner and Amanda Emelia McCormick Conner with children. Francis Partch writes: Elmer T. Conner and Amanda Emelia McCormick Conner with children. The youngest child is Dollie Irene Conner, born 7/8/1913. The young boy is my dad, Sylvester Elmer Conner, born 6/15/1905. The other two girls would be Marie Conner…