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numbers, many remaining in their tents for a whole week. These woods meetings originated with thePresbyterians, and were adopted and continued by the Methodists. The excitement, excesses andextravagances at a Presbyterian camp meeting at Cane Ridge in Kentucky, where the New Light sectoriginated, and the wonderful revivals in Tennessee, resulting in the organization of the “CumberlandPresbyterian church,” brought camp meetings into disfavor with the Presbyterians. The last Presbyterian 29camp meeting in the county was held near Cheviot fifty years ago. Methodist camp meetings have beenheld annually in the Cincinnati Circuit for sixty or more years. The only one ever held on the Hill wasHoward’s woods.Our pioneer preachers were usually uneducated men and having felt they had a call to preach theyrelied for thoughts and words upon Him who called them.They often spoke with great eloquence and power. The revival hymns which the whole congregationunited in singing, filling the surrounding forests with weird melody impressed all thoughtful people withthe deep sincerity of the leaders in the work. Remaining in camp for a whole week, engaged in singing,praying, listening to the practical sermons and fervent exhortations, it would be strange if excesses did notsometimes result. The principal reasons for holding these protracted woods meetings no longer exist, butwe have no adverse criticisms to make upon their continuance. “The New Lights” were numerous on andnear Winton Road east of College Hill and Mt. Pleasant. They had a house of worship near the junction ofthe North Bend and Winton Roads. Their church edifice, like the sect, has fallen into decay. TheMcCashs, the Bruins, the Snodgrasses, the Spraugs, the Finneys, the Hills, the Dodsons and Jessups, goodmen and thrifty farmers belonging to that sect, have gone where denominational creeds are unknown andtheir descendants who still live are widely scattered. It was with this sect that the exercise known as the“jerks” originated.The Presbyterian church 30 was organized in 1853 by thirty-three members of the Mt. Pleasantsociety. Rev. R. H. Bishop, D. D., of Farmers’ College, was one of the main forces in developing thischurch. After meeting for several years in the chapel of Farmers’ College, a church building was erectedabout 1855, on the same site that it occupies today. Its bricks were fired on a kiln that stood where JohnDavey’s lake once was. It was built to hold 800 because it was assumed that attendance would be greatfrom both colleges. Samuel and Freeman Cary put up half of the money for this church, which cost$12,000. Other contributors were William Cary, D. B. Thomas, John Covert and Samuel Wilson. 31 In1865 the church bell was rung so hand to celebrate the fall of Richmond that it cracked. It was recast andhung, only until 1888 when a tornado destroyed its tower and much of the church after the congregationhad left. The Rev. J. H. Walker was pastor and Dr. George M. Maxwell delivered the sermon.”The congregation struggled for funds to rebuild. William Cary held the mortgage on the church andthe membership didn’t buy new hats and fewer new clothes in order to be able to pay off this note.Leaders in building the new edifice were Lowe Emerson, Peter G. Thomson, T. S. Goodman, John R.Davey, G. H. De Golyer, A. H. Pounsford along with the ‘Ladies Aid Society’. The cost to rebuild was$37,000. Funds were raised and the new church was dedicated in 1891, with the recovered bell rehung.Stained glass windows are dedicated to William and Rebekah Cary and to Mary (Wilson) Pyle.Peter G. Thomson donated a sculpture and new organ in 1914 in memory of his wife, Laura.Andrew Deininger sold his corner blacksmith shop to Peter G. Thomson on July 19, 1922. Mr.Thomson, sold the property to the First Presbyterian Church of College Hill on Aug. 4, 1922 for one29 One of the largest tent meetings was held in April 1829 in Cincinnati for a religious debate between Alexander Campbell andRichard Owen. After eight days of debates, Campbell’s fame rose and Owen’s followers faded away. Campbell believed that ...the owner ofslaves was not a sinner. More Memorable Americans, 1750-1950, Robert B. Downs et al., 1985.30 Title Abstract of the College Hill Presbyterian Church. Symmes to Nehemiah Tunis, Oct. 1796; N. Tunis to Jabez Tunis, May 4,1812; J. Tunis to Wm. Cary Sept. 8, 1813; Wm. Cary to John Strong, 52 acres, Jan. 30, 1819, filed Dec. 11, 1822; 5.81 acres to Roswell HazeltineNov. 26, 1824, Wm. Cary to Solomon Howard, 10 acres, Nov. 19, 1828 but not filed until Sept. 11 1834; Howards heirs to D. Thomas, 10 acres,Aug. 1, 1846. Thanks to Edward Stare for this information.31 Also the botanist Alphonso Wood, D. B. Thomas, John W. Caldwell, Alanson and Josiah Grant, the Huntingtons and Strongs.87
dollar. In 1926 the stone parish manse was built north of the church, which served until after W.W. II,when another brick parish house was built on Groesbeck Road. The church remained the same until theearly 1950’s when the sanctuary was enlarged and remodeled into the Gothic inspired facade that weknow today.Existing still is an old anonymous church history written at the turn of the century. The ministerfollowing Dr. Bishop was Rev. Andrew Benton, then Rev. Edward who resigned in 1850 to preach inSandusky. The Rev. Lorenzo Cary, cousin to the Carys on the hill, was both a professor at Farmers’College and well as church minister. In 1855 Rev. Cary received his ministerial salary of $500 plus $700for teaching at Farmers’ College. At the end of this letter is a list of congregants and what they paid, orstill owed, the church as of Jan. 13, 1853. The names are: S. F. Cary, Wm. Cary, E. G. Taylor, Geo. S.Ormsby, Alphonso Wood, D. B. Thomas, R. J. Bosworth, H. R. Strong, Josiah Grant, Sam Wilson, J.Henderson, Prof. Klemett, J. M. Walden, C. E. Harbison, John Covert, F. A. Churchhill, J. C. Jacfreys,W. A. Bagley, J. W. Caldwell, J. H. Williams, H. Gibbons, Joel Strong, Robinson Je??, Mrs. Brooks, E.DeSerresy, John Price, M(?) Huntington, Rachel Lewis, J. B. Witherby, M. M. Edwards, Andrew Benton,O. Kingsbury, Mrs. Whitside Jr., Samuel Borden, F. G. Cary, Johnathan Brook, , R. S. Bosworth, H. R.Strong, J. S. Cook, G. E. Harbison, M. Hoagland, W. G. Arnold, Mary H. Bowen.D. B. Pierson and a few other families connected with the Protestant Episcopal Church, ...havingbecome permanent residents of the hill, with commendable zeal, determined to have a church of theirown. The present neat little chapel, the parsonage adjacent, a church organization and a regular rector arethe result.The church was founded Feb. 25, 1866. Prominent members were the Caldwell, Knight, Cist,Harbeson, DeSerisy, Tweed, Avery and Doisy families. Early services of the church were held atFarmers’ College for $20 a month rent, until the first church could be built. This brick church usedtimbers from the demolished Cary’s Academy which was empty, and was torn down to clear the site forthe new building. Gifts of money from various Episcopalians throughout Cincinnati 32 assisted in thechurch’s swift construction. Completed in 1867 at a cost of $16,300, the church was used until 1916.By 1890 the church needed expensive and extensive repair. Donations and pew fees were the mansource of church revenues. The ‘envelope’ system of pledging was introduced in 1914 but it wasn’t until1928 that pew fees were completely phased out. Despite repairs and the addition of electric lights, thechurch was condemned in 1916 by the City of Cincinnati.The first rector was Rev. R. T. Kerfoot. A prominent later rector was Rev. John H. Ely who also wasthe first rector of St. Philips Episcopal church in Northside. Additionally, Ely served a congregation inHartwell at the same time.In 1917 a new parish house was built from plans by Samuel Hannaford & Sons. The firm drew plansfor both a church and parish house but because of W.W. I, building costs soared, so only the parish housewas erected.The old church was torn down in 1918 and weekly service was held at Town Hall until the parishhouse was completed in 1919. The current Gothic style church was built in 1927-28 of white IndianaBedford stone. It was dedicated by Bishop Henry W. Hobson. The rectory, which sat west of the churchon Belmont Avenue, was moved in 1957 to a site north of Aiken High school. The move down BelmontAvenue was documented by the late Rev. LeRoy Hall who gave many slides of this unusual sight to theCollege Hill Historical Society. Rev. LeRoy D. Hall was Grace’s minister from 1953 - 1966. Where theparish house stood, an educational wing was added. Rev. Hall was a founder of College Hill CommunityUrban Redevelopment Corporation which planned future development for College Hill, such as theCollege Hill Plaza, as well as rehabilitation of blighted properties.A church is more than a series of buildings and Grace Episcopal’s niche has always been service tothe community. The church women helped to fund Children’s Hospital (started in 1884 as the Hospital ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church).32 William Procter, Henry Probasco, and Robert Mitchell to name a few.88
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A Little piece of Paradise.....Coll
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1853 Map of Farmers’ College Expe
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Chapter 27 Furniture and Philanthro
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IntroductionHundreds of years ago t
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His civil record was equally as fin
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Jacob Parkhurst, a relative of the
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the North-Western Territory printed
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avarice. It has been my particular
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This was the start of grassroots ca
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surmounted by a hollow globe open a
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The Log Cabin Song (tune of Yankee
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well was often dug before the build
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kept in good order. A maul, a few i
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Chapter 3 The Land and PeopleThe fi
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where the Sanitarium stands. Near t
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Cincinnati.Cholera was a scourge fr
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Chapter 4 The Coming of the CarysDr
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pioneers had foot treadle looms and
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Hamilton Avenue) is today. The cott
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After the land was purchased some S
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Not great poetry, perhaps, but they
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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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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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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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