Monthly Archives: April 2022

Mary Ann’s Scrapbook

Mary Ann Eldred Austin kept a scrapbook packed with poems (one of Charles Dickens’s), articles (one of Mark Twain’s), pictures (mostly of children), colorful stickers, and newspaper clippings. Along with the images shown here, Mary Ann’s collection (owned and shared … Continue reading

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A Hundred Years Ago

Eleazar Mitchell plays a role in Abby, Laurilla, and Mary Ann. He first married Olive Hickok. After Olive died, Eleazar married the widow Abigail Johnson Hickok, mother of Hannah Hickok Smith. Eleazar was the only grandfather the Smith sisters knew. … Continue reading

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Crystal Palace, 1853

Justus and Mary Wells Hickok Abby and Laurilla stayed in Barryville with Justus and Mary Wells Hickok, and their family. Abby mentioned their sons Robert and David Hickok in her letters to Mary Ann. Abby and Laurilla had to stay … Continue reading

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Abby and Laurilla Meet Mary Ann

Abby and Laurilla Smith were welcomed by Hannah Hickok Eldred, her daughter Mary Ann Eldred Austin, and her three daughters (ages one to four): Mary Henrietta, Edith Emogene (Emma), and Maria Adelaide Austin. (In thirteen years Abby Smith remembers the … Continue reading

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