Monthly Archives: April 2017

Esther Hinman Hickok

by Louise Smith Posted on April 23, 2017

My great-great-great-grandmother Esther Hinman Hickok died in Warren Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1844. Esther, 84, was buried in the Cadis Cemetery, beside her husband, Asa Hickok, who had died in 1836. Esther is one of those “quiet” people … Continue reading →

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April 1917

by Louise Smith Posted on April 9, 2017

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 →

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March 1882

by Louise Smith Posted on April 2, 2017

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 →

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