McKinley Austin, Chattanooga, to Aida Austin, Eldred Dear Aunt, I am here and like it better than at Fort Slocum. We get better food and the officers seem better, though we had a fine sergeant there. It took over 34 … Continue reading
McKinley Austin to His Family July 7, 1917: I have arrived safely. I have been accepted and am at Ft. Slocum. Your son, McKinley Irwin Briggs, Ft. Logan On July 7, 1917, Irwin Briggs enlisted in the army at Ft. … Continue reading
Left: A brother of Mr. Quick; Mr. and Mrs. Quick from Barryville; Mr. Deats, Lottie Dewey, Uncle Lon Austin, Frank Dewey. In front from left: Mildred, Laura and Mary Briggs; unknown lady; Chester Middaugh is behind the watermelon that Irwin … Continue reading
Note: Alfred and Bessie Hill were good friends of the Austins. Art boarded with them when he came home after the War. The photos of Alfred and Bessie and their daughter Joan shown here are from the summer of 1949. … Continue reading
April 1941 Tuesday morning, April 1, Aida went to the Village. Wednesday afternoon Aida went over to Mae’s, who had gone to Port Jervis. Mae’s brother Will Hammond was sick. Thursday morning Lon went to Mae’s to see Will Hammond … Continue reading
January 1941 February 1941 March 1941 March 1 (Saturday) came in like a cold, blustery lion. Lon went up to Herman Bosch’s in the morning to see about wood for the church. Then he was down to the Village. Monday … Continue reading
My great-aunt Aida Austin was an unconventional lady. She had unique ways of expressing herself which could be called Aidaisms. Aida handwrote all her research and letters. Letters she rewrote up to six times, and kept all the copies. Each … Continue reading
Lon and Aida Austin In 1940 Aida, 79, and Lon, 83 (who had never married) continued to live in Eldred and refer to it as “the Village.” They each lived in their own place next door to each other, on … Continue reading
My great-great-great-grandmother Esther Hinman Hickok died in Warren Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1844. Esther, 84, was buried in the Cadis Cemetery, beside her husband, Asa Hickok, who had died in 1836. Esther is one of those “quiet” people … Continue reading
My Tuesdays are meatless My Wednesdays are wheatless I am getting more eatless each day. My house is heatless My bed is sheetless They’ve all been sent to the Y.M.C.A.. The bar rooms are treatless My coffee is sweetless, Each … Continue reading
