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Photo Civil War Vet Frank Ingledue of Salem Ohio and Obituary
From the Salem News Salem Ohio May 26, 1923 Obituary from March 24 1927 The Salem News Salem Ohio "Another Grand army Man Called."
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20201 min read


Rebuilding of the House of Seven Gables Reveals Features Described by Hawthorne 1910
Article from 1910 Salem, Massachusetts House of Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne Full Article PDF
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20201 min read


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Dec 27, 20201 min read


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Dec 20, 20200 min read


Photo Deane Winthrop House Photo from Historic Massachusetts
Deane Winthrop House Photo from Historic Winthrop Boston Public Library
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 20, 20201 min read


Foster-Kimball Case Family Scandal: Grave Dug Up to Prove Marriage Valid
Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 10 October 1900, page 14 When Oliver Sidney Foster, a wealthy brick manufacturer of Revere, ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 20, 20201 min read


John Endicott and the Flag--Origin of Ancestor’s Unusual Name Truecross Davenport
llustration: “Endicott and the Red Cross,” by William Allen Wall, 1853. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum. The event associated with the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20201 min read


Civil War Vet John Jefferson Bruner Pennsylvania
John Jefferson Bruner/Brunner (1837-1923) son of John Gangewehr Bruner and Judith E Erdman. He married Sarah Ann Frey. Photo from Bailey...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20201 min read


Charles-Honoré Lannuier Cabinetmaker New York
Photo of card table and other examples of Lannuier's work by Mary Anne Hunting Artnet
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20201 min read


Persecuted Quakers in New England finally find refuge
This is a story I wrote in November 2013 for The Newburyport Daily News Newburyport, Masschusetts New England Newspaper & Press...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20203 min read


Video A Trip Through New York City 1911
Upscaled with neural networks 1911 New York footage taken by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern on a trip to America 1911.
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20201 min read


Captain David Ockington JR Massachusetts
Captain David Ockington JR married Nancy Phillips daughter of Samuel Phillips in Salem MA From "The Boston Weekly Magazine, Volume 1" ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Langdon's List of 19th & Early 20th Century Photographers and Photo Collection
Identified as Rebecca Shaftoe Ford. Case is marked "Littlefield, Parsons & Co., Manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases. L., P. & Co., This...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Photo Cabinetmaker Cornelius Short (1811-1871) of Massachusetts
Cabinetmaker Cornelius Short (1811-1871) son of Joseph and Hannah Short of Newburyport, MA. From private collection Jarvis-Short family....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Workers at the Eli Terry Clock Factory 1850
Connecticut manufacturer Eli Terry was born in 1772. He began working with clocks at age 14. Around the year 1800 Terry learned about...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Charleston Museum South Carolina Archives & Collections
Americana, Furniture, Art, American Revolution, Textiles, Armory, Photographs, Entomology, Geology, and much more Visit Charleston Museum
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Abraham Lincoln Quaker Kin Who Fought for the Oppressed and Religious Freedom since Puritan Times
This is an article from 1949 on Quakers the ancestors of Abraham Lincoln-- Samuel Lincoln in Hingham, Massachusetts established the Old...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


New York State Furniture The Federal Period 1788-1825 File
New York Museum Publication by John L. Scherer. PDF Below
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Inside Skull and Bones Rare photos of the interior of Yale’s most storied “tomb.”
These photos, of unknown date, are likely from a long-ago break-in at the Skull and Bones hall. They appear to show rooms in the rear...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 16, 20201 min read


What Ghost Hunters Found in Topsfield Massachusetts Hangers and Symbolism Witches and Mormon Ties
Published in the Village Reporter November 19, 2008 written by my friend Elizabeth "Beth" Coughlin, author and photographer. Recently ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 15, 20208 min read
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