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1942. Obituary. Boston Herald
(Boston, Massachusetts), 22 January
1942, page 21. (Source: GenealogyBank.com)
http://bit.ly/13fSt07

The Bellingham Herald (Fairhaven and
Whatcom, Washington) 24 April 1906. p. 1

Hampshire Gazette (Northampton,
Massachusetts) 21 March 1832, page 3

Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, New
York) 29 December 1818, page 4

New Hampshire Republican (Dover, New
Hampshire) 25 January 1825, page 10

Wikipedia

Boston Centennial (Boston, Massachusetts)
5 August 1818, page 1

“The writer of this shed
tears to hear him …
recount the sufferings and
privations he endured
while fighting for liberty.”
New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New Hampshire)
8 May 1851, page 2

• Nathaniel Hayford
• One of the last living soldiers from the Battle
of Bunker Hill – 17 June 1776
• Survived by his wife – “the partner of his
youth”
• He was 96 years old when he died - 1851
• Annual Town Meetings – blessing of liberty

• Battle of Lexington &
Concord
• Served 5 years
• Most of the principal
battles
• Battle of Bunker Hill

Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts)
15 July 1851, page 3

• Battle of Concord
• “on Bunker Hill, but not
in the engagement”
Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts)

New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth,
New Hampshire) 23 April 1850, page 2

Thomas Hill:
• Battle of Lexington & Concord - 14-year-old boy
• Battle of Bunker Hill “with his father and eldest
brother Abraham.”
• They were part of “the volunteer minute men who
fought.”
• He went on to fight in “two campaigns in the Jerseys
and New York.”

“Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.”
Longfellow published his poem in January
1861, just 10 years after Thomas Hill & Nathaniel
Hayford died.

Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts)

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington)
5 March 1991. p. A4

Morning Olympian (Olympia, Washington)
1 May 1910. p. 4

Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
1 May 1931, page 1, 8

• Started – 1 Nov 1889
• Carrier #1
• Retired - 1 May 1931
• 4 deliveries a day
1 May 1931, page 1, 8

• Carrier #1
• Tough Winter Snow
1 May 1931, page 1, 8

North Street Bridge
Stamford, Connecticut

• Carrier #1
• Tough Winter Snow
• Flood – Delivered Mail
by boat
1 May 1931, page 1, 8

Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 13
March 1874, page 3 - age 36

Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 14
September 1877, page 2 - age 40

New York Herald (New York City, New York)
19 August 1894 section 3 page 1 - age 48

Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
13 November 1872 page 4 - age 36

• Found a “stampless”
letter from Jonathan
Huse to his “aged
mother Anne” –
written in 1809

• Letter mentioned that
the “5 children” were
doing fine.
• Letter did not name
the children

Eastern Argus (Portland, Maine)
17 March 1825 - age 17

• Sarah Araline Huse
• Made in 1813 – age 6

• Return Jonathan Meigs
(1764-1825)
• Governor of Ohio
• Postmaster General of
the United States
• US Senator
Wikipedia

• Return Jonathan Meigs
(1740-1823)
• Colonel, Continental
Army
• Federal Indian Agent
Wikipedia

New York Herald Tribune (New York City, New
York ) 21 October 1891

• General John Stark
(1788-1822)
• “Live Free or Die”
• Continental Army
Wikipedia

FamilySearch

Massachusetts Spy (Boston, Massachusetts)
18 February 1824, page 3

The Evening Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana)
2 December 1856. p. 4

Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, Alabama)
5 November 1881, page 1

Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
30 May 1915 Section 3, page 9

• “The Starbird Children“
• Clarissa (Peters) Russell
• Painted in 1841
• Henry E. Starbird, age 10
• Caroline M. Starbird, age 8
• Louis D. Starbird, age 5
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston,
Massachusetts) 13 February 1888, page 1

Boston Daily Atlas (Boston, Massachusetts)
12 May 1847, page 1

Boston Evening Transcript
(Boston, Massachusetts) 29 July 1850, page 3

Boston Evening Journal (Boston,
Massachusetts) 15 April 1884, page 1

Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts)
17 September 1926, page 2

The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)
22 September 1975. p. 8
Jon Lynn Bergland died in a car accident
at the age of 19.
This letter was found by his parents
among his possessions.

The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington)
22 September 1975. p. 8

Patriot (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
22 January 1908, page 6

Lorine Massey – Facebook – Marcia Amanda
(Young) Richmond’s Recipe for Popovers

• Captain Elisha Smith
• Family records said that he lived in New
Hampton, New Hampshire
• Task: Find his obituary

American Advocate (Hallowell, Maine)
16 April 1825, page 3

• Age 74
• 1751 – 1825
• Living in Lyman, Maine?

New Hampshire Patriot (Concord, New
Hampshire) 7 July 1834. page 3

Boston Journal (Boston, Massachusetts)
23 July 1913. p. 12

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