November 10, 1945 School Director
Yet another find in the pre-1950 family photos and information collection of Mom’s. My dad was elected School Director of the Town of Highland in November 1945. Who knew?
Category Archives: Letters and information
1851 Post Office Appointment
Dear Soldier Boy, 1918
I would like to revisit the young ladies (who read a Lone Scout magazine ad) and wrote letters/postcards to Mortimer McKinley Austin who had enlisted in the army. The letters were mostly written in February of 1918. There seems to … Continue reading
Sixty Years Ago (1876)
To the left are two of the pages I referenced for “The Mill on Halfway Brook” regarding the arrival of the Eldreds in what would become Eldred, New York. The pages were copied by my great-aunt Aida Austin from what … Continue reading
Envelopes from 1878 and 1879
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
Sarah and Hannah Noble
“Ancient Woodbury” and Southbury, Connecticut As I have researched “Ancient Woodbury,” Connecticut, the home of the ancestors of Asa and Esther Hinman Hickok (who arrived in Lumberland in 1811), I have run across several familiar names. Southbury was one of … Continue reading
January 1862
Washington, January 16, 1862 Dear friends, I don’t know what they can want better than we eat. We get rice and molasses twice a week, beefsteak twice a week, pork and beans and corned beef the rest of the week. … Continue reading
1790 Mamakating, Ulster Co., NY
Note 2/5/2014: In double checking the census of 1790 does not list Lumberland. In 1743 Lumberland was part of the Precinct of Mamakating; later (1788), the Town of Mamakating. On March 16, 1798, Lumberland was created as a town from … Continue reading
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Chester Beers, Eldred Schoolmaster 1868
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
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1860 Halfway Brook Marriage Certificate
While I wait (and that not terribly patiently) for the second proof of “Farewell to Eldred” arrive, I have been organizing my computer records which go back to 2008 (sometimes earlier) in to one file (it will take a while). … Continue reading
