Author: Marian S. Henry Publisher: New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS) ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
Collection of essays about New York with practical information that will help you find your upstate ancestors, and the historical information to better understand the world in which they lived.
Author: Louise Elizabeth Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9780982637401 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
TheMill on Halfway Brookrecountsthe life and times of families who settled near Halfway Brook in the heavily forested original Town of Lumberland, Sullivan County, New York. It spansthe years from 1800 to 1880, and is the first in the series,Memoirsfrom Eldred, New York, 1800-1950. The principal families in the book (Eldred, Austin, Leavenworth, and Myers) built their homes in what became the hamlet of Eldred, in the Town of Highland. Some of their friends and kinsfolk (the Clarks, Gardners, Hallocks, Hickoks, Sergeants, Van Tuyls, and others)livedin nearby hamlets (Barryville, Pond Eddy, Glen Spey, Narrowsburg, Tusten, or Bethel). The story includes references to the neighboring Pennsylvania towns of Shohola, Lackawaxen, and Mast Hope. TheMill on Halfway Brookfollows the main occupations of the community, including lumbering, tanning, river rafting, working for the D&H Canal Company, and bluestone quarrying.The Civil War chapter mentions many of the men from the Town of Highland who fought in the war, and has major excerpts from 50 letters written by Corporal Sherman S. Leavenworth. Thenarrative weaves vignettes of townsfolk, preachers, Congregational and Methodist Churches, regional and national events with historical information, censuses, an 1875 biography, Church records, and familyland documents. The book has 300 photos and postcards, 17 old and new maps, and 200 letters (1845-1880). TheMillon Halfway Brookis fully indexed, with names of over 900 people, places, and events.
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