Thomas Dunn James Dunn Joseph Reynolds Oliver Calkins Michael Brannon Moses Dexter Joseph Whight Jacob Maiyat William H. Skinner Daniel Roberts Jonathan Dexter John Wood Peter Van Auken John Dickinson? Frederick A. Roosa Archibald Mills Joseph Drake Daniel Drake John … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 3, Garfield Leavenworth visited his sister Christina Hirsch. Thursday Arthur Austin wrote his aunt and uncle from Camp Upton. Arthur Austin, Camp Upton, N.Y., to Lon Austin, Eldred February 4, 1942 Have been very lucky so far. Hope … Continue reading
My cousin Melva has quite an eclectic assortment of items from our great-aunt Aida Austin. In a reverse photo ID situation, this lists people but we haven’t found the photo. The occasion is unknown. The photo was probably taken no … Continue reading
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In my collection of items not in any of my books is a photo of Chester Beers and a number of letters he wrote to Emma Austin and sometimes her sister Aida, in the years 1869 to 1878. (Emma died … Continue reading
Montfaucon, France, October 12–17, 1918 McKinley’s outfit arrived in the vicinity of Montfaucon on October 12. They suffered casualties from the heavy shelling of enemy guns the next day. That evening the 11th Infantry took up a position around Ferme … Continue reading
My mom grew up in Barryville with the Delaware River viewable from their front porch. Here she is with her brother John and a friend Fred Dieckoff near the Delaware at flood stage when the ice is breaking up.
McKinley Austin, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Aida Austin, Eldred August 4, 1917 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. … 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
