Hessian Jagers at the Battle of Groton. Wikipedia, public domain. (Click to enlarge.)
Hessian boots. Wikimedia, public domain. Later evolved into “Wellies” and other popular boots with tassels.
American soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, watercolor, 1781. The African American soldier is supposedly from the first Rhode Island Regiment. Wikipedia, Public Domain. (Click to enlarge.)
➡ McMurray Family, Horn Family
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) Images from Wikipedia/Wikimedia, public domain.
2) Henry Horn was not a jager nor at the Battle of Yorktown, but his uniforms as a Hessian and later a Continental soldier might have been similar.
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‘At Home’ card of Robert Warson Beerbower and Anna Josephine Reiffel Beerbower, married 23 August 1898. (Click to enlarge and sharpen.)
Transcription:
Mr. Robert W. Beerbower,
and
Miss Anna Josephine Reiffel,
Married,
Tuesday Evening August the 23rd, 1898.
Indianapolis, Ind.
At Home:
After September the First,
920 Fletcher Ave.
‘At Home’ card of Robert Warson Beerbower and Anna Josephine Reiffel Beerbower, married 23 August 1898- reverse. Age listed is Josephine’s. (Click to enlarge and sharpen.)
Reverse- transcription:
21 years& 9 mnth- 10 days. at date of mar
– riage
This age refers to Josephine, as she was 21, and Robert 24, when they married.
Josephine and Robert’s second anniversary was bittersweet. They anticipated the birth of their first child in 1900, but sadly, Robert had become ill. He went to Denver for his health, but died there of consumption on 12 September 1900. Their daughter Roberta Pearl Beerbower was born the next month.
Thanks so much to Cousin SA for passing on this beautiful little card that came down through Robert and Josephine’s daughter Roberta P. Beerbower and then her son with James Franklin Wertz, Robert Eldon Wertz, and Robert’s wife. Robert had no children so sadly this direct line has ended. SA was so thoughtful to send it to me- she was actually born into the Wertz line, and Robert Wertz was her cousin, as his father James Wertz was the brother of SA’s grandmother, Annette Wertz Kinsey. She thought it should belong in with Beerbower memorabilia. It will be cherished!
[Editor’s Note: I had one part of this post wrong. Cousin SA , was not a ‘married in’ as I originally wrote. The post has been corrected to show the true relationship. Thanks for keeping the blog accurate, SA!]
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) See other posts that include Robert Warson Beerbower:
2) ‘At Home’ card currently in possession of author- thanks again, SA!
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21 Oct 1893 Women Registered, Election District 1, Colchester, NY- Letter, p 4. (Click to enlarge- image is more legible with enlargement.)
➡ Women’s Suffrage
Transcription:
Name
Address
Ex-Teacher
X
Miss
Nettie Dibble
Downsville
Mrs.
Jennie Williams
“
Ex-Teacher
X
“
Rachel Carpenter
“
X
Miss
Cora Bogart
“
X
Miss
Anna Bogart
“
Ex-Teacher
X
Mrs.
Sarah Loos
“
Ex-Teacher
X
“
Cora Gladstone
“
X
“
Nancy Wilson
“
“
Adelia Fuller
“
X
“
Callista Jennings
“
X
“
Ophelia McDonald
“
X
“
Edith Hoy
“
X
“
Alice Lindsley
“
“
Alice Bogart
“
X
“
Adelia Hubbell
Colchester
X
“
Katherine Peck
Downsville
Ex-Teacher
X
“
Jennie Shane
“
X
“
Julia Russell
“
X
“
Elizabeth Warren
Colchester
Ex-Teacher
X
Miss
Jennie Fuller
Downsville
Teacher
X
“
Inez Suttle
“
Be sure to send letter to those before
whose name I have marked an X.
Send letter to all if you have
time. I will send list for
other Dists. soon.
E. E. Conlon
This concludes the transcription of this letter.
A good friend of the blog, Lisa, kindly reviewed and enhanced my transcription (thank you!), and researched Miss Nora Terry, to whom this letter was addressed. Nora Terry, age 25, was listed in the New York State Census in the First Election District, Tompkins, Delaware County, New York on 16 Feb 1892. Her occupation was “Teacher” so that may give us some clues as to why she was the recipient of the letter, and why teachers and ex-teachers were noted on the list.
Miss Nora Terry apparently married, as a ‘Mollie Brittain’ is found in the Delaware County, NY Marriage Book 13, page 427, marrying F. Ward Aber; Robert Brittain and Nora Terry are listed as her parents.
Further research finds Robert Brittain, a physician, and his wife Nora in Colchester for the 1905 NY State Census, with their son Robert Brittain, Jr., son Knox Brittain, and daughter Mollie Brittain, age 3. By the 1910 US Federal Census, they had two more sons listed: Evans Brittain and Ned Brittain; a servant was listed in the household as well. Nora and her family are found in many other records of the area.
Unfortunately the author of the letter, E. E. Conlon, has been challenging to track down. The letter has a Downsville postmark on the address side of the envelope, and one for Hamden and another for Walton, NY on the back. Having only the initials for the name makes it difficult- we have been unable to find a person with that name in the 1892 NY State Census, or in any other records. There are many Conlons in the area, but none with the first initials “E. E.” or any names beginning with those letters.
Please do contact us on the blog if you have any additional information about this letter and the subject, or any of the women listed.
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) Letter owned by author.
2) See also other posts in this series.
3) New York State Census for Nora Terry in 1892: Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. E. D. 01, page 8, column 1.
5) 1905 NY State Census for the household of Robert Brittain: New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Colchester; County: Delaware, page 5, lines 46-50.
6) 1910 US Federal Census, Robert Brittain Head of Household: Year: 1910; Census Place: Colchester, Delaware, New York; Roll: T624_935; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1374948, page 4A, lines 20-27.
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Hanging of the murderer of Edson Benjamin. 07 Dec 1901 news article in the Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, MT. Ancestry.com newspaper collection.
➡ Benjamin Family, McMurray Family
A previous series of articles told the story of the murder of Edson Benjamin at Underwood’s Landing in Skamania County, Washington on 24 March 1901. At the time, we were unable to determine the fate of the murderer, James G. Green. The story was left with Green begging to be hanged right away as he could not bear the sight of Benjamin’s widow, Martha “Jennie” Munger Benjamin, in the courtroom. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder, and thus, with hanging imminent, he changed his tune and asked for the verdict to be fought. For some reason, no online searches showed the final fate of the murderer when that series was written.
Today, however, further research hit the jackpot with a link to a free Skamania County Washington history site. They posted transcripts of pertinent newspaper articles, and from there we could search out the newspapers and learn the final disposition of Green, who was hanged for his crime.
Green did fare better than the criminal whose story was reported on the same page:
Awful Scene at Execution. 07 Dec 1901, Anaconda Standard, Anaconda Montana, v13, n87, p2, c4. Ancestry.com.
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Tombstone of Heinrich Horn, Horn United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. (Click to enlarge and make sharper.) From family member CG, 1980s.
➡ McMurray Family, Horn Family
Henry Horn is buried in the Horn United Methodist Cemetery in Pleasantville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the town where he died.
Henry Horn- Headstone, Horn Churchyard, Alum Bank, Bedford, PA. With thanks to Amanda Smith for her kind permission on Find A Grave, 8/22/2011.
The tombstone reads:
Sacred to the memory of
Henry Horn
Born Oct r the 15th 1758
Died May the 8th 1845
Aged 86 Years. 6 Mons. & 23 days.
Henry Horn- Headstone- Detail, Horn Churchyard, Alum Bank, Bedford, PA. With thanks to Amanda Smith for her kind permission, Find A Grave, 8/22/2011.
The first image gives a clue as to Henry Horn’s life- the commemorative plaques indicate he served in the Revolutionary War. The commemorative plaques read:
Plaque 1:
Revolutionary Soldier
Reverend Henry Horn
1775 1783
Placed by his descendants.
Henry Horn- Gravesite Military Markers, Horn Churchyard, Alum Bank, Bedford, PA. With thanks to Amanda Smith for her kind permission on Find A Grave, 8/22/2011.
Plaque 2:
Born Oct. 15, 1758 Died May 8, 1845
Battle of Trenton-Monmouth
and Long Island Campaigns
Member of Count Pulaski’s Legion
Minister of the Methodist Church
There is also a Sons of the American Revolution marker.
So here is one clue about how Henry Horn’s path may have crossed that of George Washington, but there was an event even before he enlisted that may have been the best opportunity for them to see each other…
(To be continued.)
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) Horn Churchyard Cemetery, Alum Bank, Bedford, PA.
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