Category Archives: Letters and information

1. Is That the New Teacher? Sunday, November 29, 1868

by Louise Smith Posted on July 30, 2023

“Is that the new teacher?” Children and adults whispered the question as Chester Beers, six feet four and one-half inches tall, stepped into the Lumberland Congregational Church, on Sunday, November 29, 1868. Chester, age twenty-six, was a farmer from Walton, … Continue reading →

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Halfway Brook Update, March 2021

by Louise Smith Posted on March 23, 2021

Hello Halfway Brook friends, It has been a long time since I posted, but we are doing ok here in Cave Creek. Abby, Laurilla, and Mary Ann, the book about my Hickok ancestors (1600–1900), is hopefully in the last stages. … Continue reading →

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November 10, 1945 School Director

by Louise Smith Posted on November 20, 2016

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?

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1851 Post Office Appointment

by Louise Smith Posted on May 22, 2016

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Dear Soldier Boy, 1918

by Louise Smith Posted on May 1, 2016

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 →

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Sixty Years Ago (1876)

by Louise Smith Posted on June 21, 2015

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 →

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Envelopes from 1878 and 1879

by Louise Smith Posted on May 20, 2015

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 →

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Sarah and Hannah Noble

by Louise Smith Posted on January 31, 2015

“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 →

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January 1862

by Louise Smith Posted on January 25, 2015

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 →

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1790 Mamakating, Ulster Co., NY

by Louise Smith Posted on February 3, 2014

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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1. Is That the New Teacher? Sunday, November 29, 1868

Halfway Brook Update, March 2021

November 10, 1945 School Director

1851 Post Office Appointment

Dear Soldier Boy, 1918

Sixty Years Ago (1876)

Envelopes from 1878 and 1879

Sarah and Hannah Noble

January 1862

1790 Mamakating, Ulster Co., NY

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