Mary Ann Writes to Lon Austin in Kansas, 1881. The Austin brothers Ell, Lon, and Mort, worked a few years in Kansas. Lon seems to have gone to California. In this letter, William Sutherland, a friend from Solomon City, Kansas, … Continue reading
In the early 1870s William Henry Austin worked in New York City. Henry wrote his son Lon directions about work he wanted done at the Austin home and farm on Proctor Road in Halfway Brook. Tom Collins was their long … Continue reading
Early Winter 1881 February 1881 Mary Ann Eldred Austin wrote her son Lon Austin in 1881, with local news. Lon lived in Solomon City, Kansas, where he worked for his brother Ell who managed the many acres of farm land … Continue reading
George W. Eldred, friend of Sherman S. and cousin to the Eldred-Austin families was discharged from service in the Civil War due to illness. In December of 1864, George W. Eldred married Miss Marietta A. West, daughter of Samuel and … Continue reading
Ann Mary Austin Schoonover writes to her sister Laura Austin Clark. Barryville, December 23, 1863 Dear Sister Laura, I received yours of the 22 and now I am on my bed with the stand by it, with a pillow for … Continue reading
This is the color postcard of Mott Street where C.S. Bok, a friend of my grandfather Mort Austin lived. Grandfather Austin met C.S. Bok at Centenary Collegiate Institute (Hackettstown, NJ) in 1891. 1896 1327 Fifth Ave., New York, Sept. 5, … Continue reading
I continue to organize my Halfway Brook files, when I am not doing new research. This is one of the many images which I scanned in color. I was on such a steep learning curve when I first began compiling … Continue reading
March 1936 Sunday, March 1, Everett Kelley ate supper with the Leavenworths. Norman Wolff was in. Mr. Briggs stopped by the Leavenworth’s three afternoons that week. He bought a violin from Garfield for $6. My dad Irwin Briggs had orchestras … Continue reading
R.B. Collins, Madison, N.J., to Mort Austin, Eldred March 9, 1927 Dear Mort, How are all you dear folks? You like myself are getting to be an old man, I will be 87 in July next and you can’t be … Continue reading
