The Austins received an invitation to the marriage of William H. Wilson and Bertha Boyd, in October of 1898. Bertha’s parents, James and Margaret Mills Boyd, were proprietors of Piermont Hotel, near Highland Lake. William Wilson was the owner of … Continue reading
Continuing from my previous post for our search for the gravesite of Edith Emogene (Emma) Austin, my great aunt who died and was buried in Solomon, Kansas: By the time we approached Solomon, Kansas, the rain had stopped and there … Continue reading
Both The Mill on Halfway Brook and Echo Hill and Mountain Grove include letters to and from Solomon City (now Solomon), Kansas, as that is where my grandfather Mort Austin, and his siblings Ell (James Eldred Austin) and Lon Austin … Continue reading
As the title mentions, the 1830 home built by James Eldred (which before 1850 had one room with a post office) is in the background. Does anyone know who this young woman and young boy are?
Bertha Collins was the granddaughter of the Collins family who originally owned the Collins’ house and who I assume Collins Road in Eldred was named after. (By 1905 my Austin grandparents owned one of the Collins homes—there were two I … Continue reading
C.S. Bok was a friend Mort Austin met at Centenary Collegiate Institute. Mort attended the Seminary only a year due to health or financial reasons, but C.S. Bok and Mort continued to correspond and visit each other for a number … Continue reading
Mort Austin wrote to his brother Lon: “I have made up my mind to live an old bachelor the rest of my days. Don’t you think I would make a good one? “But I think you would do well to … Continue reading
The Beck and Greig families, both from England, lived less than a mile north of Eldred Corners near Mill Pond (later called Stege’s). Their houses were not far from Board Road which went north to Bethel, New York, some 13 … Continue reading
(The memoirs of Daniel Rowlee Schoonover play an important part in the story told in “Echo Hill and Mountain Grove.”) It was in 1880, and I was 8 years old that things was pretty tough: no work anywhere and Pa … Continue reading
Do you recognize Dr. Edward Austin Sheldon? He is sitting with the class of 1897, about 10 years after Aida Austin attended Oswego State Normal. You can read more about Dr. Sheldon and Oswego’s 150th celebration on the following links: … Continue reading
