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1941 Guilford College Yearly Meeting Ballinger Family Clock Featured
Meeting Records Guilford College
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 19, 20221 min read


Video 4-H Club Early History of Virginia to Battle of York Town Includes Queen Elizabeth II Visit
"The Power and the Glory" is a film that dates to 1957. Produced by the 4H Clubs, it shows the glory of America's heritage linked with...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20221 min read


Ashdale Farm-Stevens-Coolidge Place Collection 1761-1962
Formerly known as Ashdale Farm, Stevens-Coolidge Place served as the summer home of John Gardner Coolidge—a diplomat who was descended...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20221 min read


When Queen Elizabeth II Came to Jamestown Virginia 1957
In 1957 an eight-month celebration (April-November) swept the country to commemorate the 350th year of the founding of Jamestown,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20221 min read


Abraham Lincoln Feature Articles Sunday Post
Address on the battle-field of Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. -- Lincoln's happy hours at home. -- Perhaps the most curious of Lincoln...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20221 min read


Union Army Captain Phelps Paine
Obituary from the Omaha Evening Bee Nebraska May 3, 1919 Page 2 Captain Phelps Paine (1843-1919) son of Brigade General Eleazar Arthur...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 3, 20221 min read


Amelia Smith Mott Gummere
Amelia Mott Gummere (1859-1937) daughter of Richard Field Mott and Susan Thomas was a noted writer on Quaker subjects. Her published works...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 3, 20221 min read


William Bartram 1772 Engaged in the Exploration of the Floridas
From the Boston Globe 1902 William Bartram and his son John Bartram full article below Links to explore Journal of John Bartram...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 30, 20221 min read


Historic Cannon-Guille-Fisher House Salisbury North Carolina
202 South Fulton Street Salisbury, North Carolina The Ella Brown Cannon House, designed by James Mackson McMichael, a Charlotte-based...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 25, 20221 min read


Photo of William M Critchley Sole Survivor of Brigade Band Civil War
Dr. William Critchley (1836-1932) son of William Thomas Critchley (1808-1883) and Mary Holland (1812-1889), natives of Lancashire,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 24, 20221 min read


Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 24, 20220 min read


Civil War Vet Photo Mark H Morse and William Simpson Garrison
From August 13, 1924 Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Mark H. Morse, son of John W. and Phoebe B. Morse, was born at Bradford New...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 24, 20221 min read


William Bradford Browne Traces Early Genealogy of Many Families
This newspaper clip from North Adams Transcript August 8 1917---the article is below in PDF QUAKER FAMILIES: MILO, COMSTOCK, NOBLE,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 24, 20221 min read


The Mysterious Disappearance Of A Sea Pioneer Joshua Slocum Documentary
Joshua Slocum born in Nova Scotia--a descendant of Captain John Slocum born in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. At the outbreak of the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read


William Henry Mershon Original Drummer Boy Shiloh
From Boston Globe 1924 "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," William Henry Mershon who served during the Civil War in Company I, 30th Regiment...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read


From the News Archive Adolphus Washington Greely Turns 87
Adoplhus W. Greely Civil War General, Famous as Explorer, is Now 87 Years Old from the Dallas Press Born in Newburport Massachusetts in...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read


Winslow Brewster Standish Plymouth Patriot and Mayflower Pilgrim Descendant
Photo: a street view of Plymouth, Massachusetts, including the “Old Curiosity Shop” operated by Winslow Brewster Standish, taken by...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read


Tristram Coffin's Descendants. Grand Reunion Of The Family At The Ancient Homestead 1881
From Nantucket Historical Association--Read PDF Article File Below The 1881 Coffin Reunion that engendered interest in the homestead of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read


Peter Stretch Clockmaker and Allied Families
Peter Stretch, a Quaker immigrant, made the movement of this tall case clock in the first decade of the eighteenth century. Stretch ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20222 min read


Mayflower Lines of Charles Francis Adams and Cousin Henrietta Bowker Spear Pratt
Charles Francis Adams, former member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and 6th great grandson of John Alden and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jul 16, 20221 min read
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