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After the war, Harrison returned not to his home in Vincennes, but to the Symmes farm at NorthBend. The log cabin was covered by boards, wing additions built on both sides and the house paintedwhite. At this time, Anna and William had ten children. One, John Scott Harrison, kept the farm goingwhile Harrison served in the Ohio House (1816-19) and Senate (1825-28).The adjoining town of Cleves was platted by William H. Harrison in 1818. In 1829 he was appointedMinister to Columbia, South America and brought back a macaw that was the family pet for many years.The Harrison home contained 16 rooms and the farm encompassed 3,000 acres. The houseoverlooked the Whitewater Canal and the Ohio River. Harrison was a strong backer for building theMiami and Whitewater canals.Better ways to get farm goods to and from market was a problem 2 . Wagons had difficulties onmuddy, rough roads and were limited in size. Flatboats could maneuver only on large streams during highwater. The key to market accessibility was the canal network. Harrison sold right of way on his land,assuring his grist mill supplies of grain to grind and a quick way to move the flour to sell. He also sold thecanal builders bricks from his brickyard, timber from his land, and stones from his quarry. The canalwasn’t completed until after Harrison’s death and a tunnel on his land along the canal was named for him.The Harrison Tunnel is still standing.Harrison helped to organize Christ Church (Episcopal) in Cincinnati along with Dr. Daniel Drake,General Arthur St. Clair and Jacob Baymiller. In 1835 Harrison was one of the founders of the YoungMen’s Mercantile Library Association - better known as the Mercantile Library, which is still active andis Cincinnati’s oldest library.Harrison’s background led to the Whig party nominating him for President in 1836 opposite MartinVan Buren, who won the election. During Van Buren’s term there was the severe financial panic of 1837.Even though Van Buren wasn’t responsible for the panic, the people blamed him. In 1840 Harrison ranagain, with John Tyler from Virginia as his running mate on the Whig ticket. The Whigs thought thegovernment should re-establish a central bank and improvements by the government should be paid bytariff fees. The Democrats expounded broader states rights, state controlled banks and revenues created bytaxation.This election started political campaigns as we know them today. The slogan “Tippecanoe and TylerToo” was catchy and easy to remember. A Democratic newspaper called Harrison “... the farmer fromNorth Bend.” Cabin caricature pictures were widely distributed showing raccoon skin lined interior wallswhich were ornamented with strings of buckeyes suspended from pegs and a barrel of hard cider on theporch. Another paper wrote; “Give him a barrel of cider and... he will sit the remainder of his dayscontent in a log cabin.” This statement was creatively turned by the Whigs into the Log Cabin and HardCider slogan. Miniature Old Tipp log cabins and cider jugs became his political insignia. Parades wereheld at every rally and a cabin of buckeye logs built on a wagon was predominant at every parade.Harrison, at age 67, traveled extensively and stumped as the log cabin candidate. People soon startedcalling Ohioans buckeyes and buckeye wood canes were a popular campaign item. Dedicated followers,such as Samuel F. Cary, campaigned for Harrison throughout Ohio and Indiana.A letter from Clarissa Gest 3 described a rally in this campaign: “One of their Banners (has) on oneside Harrison guiding the plough and a log cottage in the distance. On the reverse (are) 3 barrels of goodhard cider to regale his visitors. The cause of this subject was many of the opposition say he is a farmer inthis position and make it their chief objection.”William Warder 4 , in a March 8, 1840 letter to Erasmus Gest, described a Columbus, Ohio rallywhere 20,000 people joined a parade as “...Beautiful banners were waving. Log cabins, canoes, brigs, etc.were drawn along on wagons. Whenever the name of Hamilton was uttered, such shouts arose, that youcould not speak. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed...”2 Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, Builders of ill-fated canal took the hard way, Owen Findsen, October 6, 1996.3 Inventory of the Erasmus Gest Papers, 1834-1885), Ohio Historical Society library.4 Inventory of the Erasmus Gest Papers, op. cit.9
This was the start of grassroots campaigning even though Harrison was of the Virginia gentry. Bythe time of Harrison’s election as the ninth President, the buckeye was forever linked with Ohio.Harrison’s campaign is also credited for introducing the abbreviation “O.K” 5 into our vocabulary. AHarrison supporter took a wagon full of his neighbors to hear Harrison speak. On the wagon was a sign,“The people is Oll Korrect.” Democratic newspapers derided this as proof of the lack of education andback woods nature of Harrison supporters. Near Springfield a tavern keeper took the farmer’s phrase andchanged his tavern’s name to the OK Tavern. When asked about the new name, the tavern keeperexplained it meant his tavern was “all right” or “all correct.”Harrison was exhausted by extensive campaigning and besieged by people wanting favors andpolitical appointments. He rode in his inauguration parade bare-headed and coatless during stormyweather. His inaugural address was two hours long. Harrison developed pneumonia and died 31 days later(April 4, 1841). His was the first funeral to be held in the White House. His local funeral was conductedat Cincinnati’s Wesley Chapel. “Tyler Too” was now the first unelected President.Anna Harrison (died 1864) never occupied the White House although her son, Col. William H.Harrison Jr., was with his father during that time. Anna and William lost four of their sons beforeHarrison became president - three sons during his last three years.William Henry Harrison is claimed by Ohio, Indiana and Virginia - the state of his birth. His homein Vincennes, Indiana has been restored and is open to the public. The Tippecanoe battleground is a statememorial. A statue of him is on Monument Square, downtown Indianapolis.The familiar statue of him astride his horse, named Fearnaught, in Piatt Park downtown Cincinnati,was modeled by Louis Rebisso. Pledges were collected to pay for the pedestal. During the dedication ofthe monument in the summer of 1892, Samuel F. Cary was a keynote speaker. Piatt Park was named forJohn James Piatt who moved to North Bend, Ohio in 1868. He and his wife were poets. John was also ajournalist, and was named Consul to Cork, Ireland.Harrison is buried at North Bend. The original tomb had a sod covered, arched roof which was laterreplaced, and the brickwork has been covered by cement. His tomb site was secured from his heirs by thestate of Ohio in 1919.At one time, steamboats passing the tomb blew their whistles in respect. Mrs. Ruth J. Wellsremembered reading that when the Indians were moved from the Northwest Territory they were marcheddown to the Ohio River and loaded onto steamboats. One of the Indian chiefs died while on the marchdown and was buried somewhere along the road. The steamboat captain stopped the boat oppositeHarrison’s tomb because these Indians had fought under Harrison and wanted to pay homage to theirGeneral. Years later (1912) a statue of Harrison’s nemesis, Tecumseh, was erected in Sayler Park, a fewmiles away from Harrison’s tomb.It was in 1855 that botanist Dr. John Aston Warder purchased about 300 acres from Mrs. AnnaHarrison, who was land poor. Warder designed Cincinnati’s park system, planted Spring GroveCemetery, established President’s Grove in Eden Park, founded the American Forestry Association, andhelped to establish Arbor Day. He bought these acres to enjoy during his retirement. On this property stillare trees more than a century old, including the largest buckeye tree in Ohio and the largest English oak inAmerica. This land is now being developed. Reuben Warder, one of his sons, became superintendent ofCincinnati parks. The nursery in Finneytown is named after Reuben.John Scott Harrison, one of William and Anna’s surviving eight children, was a member ofCongress, and had a law practice for a short time with Nicholas Longworth. John gave up his law careerto manage his father’s farm at North Bend. He and Elizabeth had eight children. In 1858 the Harrisonhome, the log cabin of the 1840 campaign, burned and Anna moved in with his family at “The Point,”600 acres at the mouth of the Big Miami River. His son, Benjamin (born 1833) was taught by privatetutors at the North Bend farm.5 Another derivation of O.K. is that it stood for Old Kinderhook, a nickname for Martin Van Buren. Van Buren was born in 1782 andgrew up in the New York Hudson River Valley village of Kinderhook. In support of his second presidential term, the Democratic O.K. Club wasformed.10
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Page 3 and 4: 1853 Map of Farmers’ College Expe
Page 5 and 6: Chapter 27 Furniture and Philanthro
Page 7 and 8: IntroductionHundreds of years ago t
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Page 21 and 22: The Log Cabin Song (tune of Yankee
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saved from the demolition of Floral
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walnut that still has traces of the
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Chapter 9Danforth WitherbyDanforth
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as after the water mains, gas mains
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taught here alongside of their cous
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his former pupil, both coming to jo
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S. Ormsby (preparatory course). In
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that college courses be gradually d
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Mrs. Bishop, while she has kept me
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who started rebuilding on the same
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On April 6, 1893 workmen soldering
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Each plantation was required by law
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encompassed a total of 1,300 acres.
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numbers, many remaining in their te
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An interesting house occupied where
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house. From 1851-1861 the old Betts
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principles rather than party and hi
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extensively, both in America and ab
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married into the families of other
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Chapter 14 The Abolition MovementOh
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The tide of those escaping continue
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said they had tar and feathers alon
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artifacts were found.22. Benjamin H
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Harriet Wilson’s LetterThe typed
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severity of the climate and died of
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was under full headway, then jumped
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Chapter 16 Morgan’s RaidersEven t
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Rose Budd (Lingo) Cummins, a reside
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Chapter 17 College Hill as a Villag
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post-office and two or three dwelli
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from which are enjoyed extensive vi
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ound trip. 44In 1883 a new railroad
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Chapter 18 Rammelsberg & Mitchell 1
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Richmond, Indiana. The original rec
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Chapter 19 They Built a CityThe Dav
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The transition to brick buildings e
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Great-granddaughter, Mary Buente Mc
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In 1962 Louis was asked by the buil
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money from the Community Developmen
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several editors of the student’s
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This house was removed to the west
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It has been the policy of the prese
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Life as a Cincinnati SuburbAt the t
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It was on Davey Avenue that Powel J
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then he spent $175,000 in preferred
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company assembled ‘radar-sensitiv
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College Hill Lodge #641 2 Free and
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Chapter 25 A College Hill Landmark
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length of retaining wall and the sa
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Her ashes are buried next to those
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The men that were brought over from
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as Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisia
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Mt. Vernon and Albion.When we arriv
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took steps to retrieve our fortunes
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worst trouble we had was to pay off
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continued to do up to the present t
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after the death of her parents. Dor
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car line, for twenty-five cents. He
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Paul Briol 15 was born in Spencer,
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felting, roof coatings, plaster boa
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School.John R. Davey built the home
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Mrs. Schevene Neuzel used to go Dr.
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1863, it is located at 319 N. Third
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had an inkwell on her desk. They ha
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manufacturer from England.When firs
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Pounsford served as chairman of fou
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named Highland Avenue and Huntingto
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for a machine that formed uniform s
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two years he became a clerk on a st
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In 1996 St. Clare’s announced pla
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structure of the new building was c
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Charter members of the C.H.U.B. Chu
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While he was selling books, he also
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Despite all the finery, according t
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My grandmother had been warmly hosp
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Chapter 33The OaksThis property was
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Chapter 34 Life at The OaksBy Chilt
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The oldest son married and moved ou
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Well we’ve seen most of the first
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the corner about 1930, adding anoth
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Chapter 37 Some Assembly RequiredTo
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Chapter 38 The Fourth of JulyBy Mrs
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Chapter 39 It Doesn’t Seem So Lon
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which the priest, Father Diehner, l
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Diehn’s candy store was on the no
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Hammond North is today was a large
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when she was in medical school and
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they kept the hose running water ov
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wrapping my arm around the neck of
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old. His younger sister, Margaret,
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Almost from its beginning College H
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against fire and theft while in our
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Older residents of College Hill rea
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Post purchased its afternoon rival
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jeopardy. For several years prior t
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had photography as a hobby was give
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photographer. And I never stopped l
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Kentucky on their approach to the G
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with my furnace job and a little cl
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Millet- Chancellor, Governor Rhodes
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1939 College Hill Retail Merchants
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Bill, Sr. repaired TVs, radio and s
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artender, Mr. Murrison also cranked
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Max purchased a lot on the north ea
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Chapter 45 North College Hill 17An
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Chapter 46 College Hill GrowsThe po
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All of the utilities will be underg
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Speiser, Jack E.; Speiser, Sorman A
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Clark 80, 90, 99, 102, 153, 204, 20
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LaRue 28, 50, 53, 86, 89Lawrence 28
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Thornton 72, 75, 152Toepfer 194Trim
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Deborah Ann Bard, 1830-1876, age 27
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Abigail Crary GrayEthel Peirson and
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Gilbert LaBoiteaux, Mt. Healthy.Cou
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Samuel Emerson, 1802-1845.Courtesy
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Joshua PiersonCarrie Joella Arnold
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College Hill Boosters ClubRonald Re
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Freeman G. Cary’s House,5651 Hami
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College Hill Post OfficeCourtesy of
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Isaac & Mary (Toy) Betts House,6275
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Pleasant Hill Academy, about 1830.C
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Logging the site of LaurelCourt, pr
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Hamilton AvenueToll GateEd Sayre’
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P-26
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Raymond House.Graham Hotel, Belmont
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Appendix IAIKENI. Charles AIKEN 181
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Mahlon Brown Jr. born July 10, 1832
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Issue: 1. Laura H. BROWN b 11-28-18
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m 2) JANE BATES RICHARDSON, no issu
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I. HANNAH CARY b. Dec. 16, 1771, di
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Cincinnati. Both Sarah & William ar
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. Mary COMPTONccc. Mildred COMPTONd
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George W. PLINKTONbbbb. Arthur CRAR
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POTTENGER b 13 Dec 1869 d 26 Mar 19
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was Captain of a company from Butle
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L. ?Paul GIFFIN, killed by Indians,
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eight teen hundred and eighteen 181
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13. Anna M. ARNOLD 1851-185114. Syl
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iii. Oliver JESSUP 1819-1906cc. Dav
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dddd. Henry JESSUP 1863-1944 m Leul
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daughter of David Fitz RANDOLPH)6.
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. Peter VAN DYKE m Ada BLUEc. Phebe
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Monmouth Court House, where he was
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a. Samuel LABOYTEAUX b 7-10-1805 d
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Frederick Wm. b July 25, 1828Peter
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2. Anne BENEDICT3. Jean BENEDICT4.
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McKENZIEaa. Arthur POUNSFORDbb. Sus
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d. Thomas SKILLMAN3. Jacob Jr. SKIL
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H. Thomson SPARKS b 12-1-1808 d 11-
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VAN ZANDTThe Van Zandt name came fr
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1814 Sally NESMITH 1787-1873. Samue
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Appendix 1 Index for Genealogy Tabl
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Kinney A-13, 32Kipp A-24Kitchen A-1
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Williams A-14, 27, 50Wimmer A-33, 3
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