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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Men of Mark in Connecticut Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans By Norris Galpin Osborn

Men of Mark in Connecticut Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans By Norris Galpin Osborn: "PHINEAS CHAPMAN LOUNSBURY LOUNSBURY PHINEAS CHAPMAN ex governor of president of the Merchants Exchange National of New York and consequently one of the leading of that city was born in Ridgefield Fairfield County January 10th 1844 He traces his ancestry to Richard who came from Yorkshire England by way of Holland and in Stamford Connecticut in 1651 Mr Lounsbury"
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History of Oakland County Michigan A Narrative Account of Its Historic Progress, Its People, Its Principal Interests By Thaddeus D Seeley, Thaddeus De Witt Seeley

History of Oakland County Michigan A Narrative Account of Its Historic Progress, Its People, Its Principal Interests By Thaddeus D Seeley, Thaddeus De Witt Seeley: "ROBERT J LOUNSBURY Robert J Lounsbury mayor and a well known attorney of Pontiac and the representative of large real estate interests here and in the east was born in Putnam county New York where his father a prominent farmer of that district died in 1881 Mr Lounsbury was prepared for college at Andover Massachusetts and was a student at Dartmouth afterwards graduating from the Columbia Law School of New York City in 1875 Immediately thereafter he came to Pontiac in the interests of certain eastern capitalists who were operating in Michigan Illinois and adjoining states and he has had their interests in charge since that time During the first few years he was able to devote a considerable time to general practice on his own responsibility but for the most part the deman"
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Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams: "cember 8 1906 ii Margaret Elizabeth August 23 1908 6 Walter Olney born September 9 1888 died October 20 1888 Richard Lounsbury immi LOUXSBURY grant ancestor was an early settler at Rye New York The surname seems to be an English local name though the writer has found no locality now bearing the name The surname is not given in Patronymica Britannica or any other commonly used works on British surnames and books of heraldry do not mention the name The adjoining town New Rochelle was settled by Huguenots from La Rochelle France r ounsbury may be an anglicized spelling of a French surname though there are no facts to support such a theory except the nearness of the French settlers Rye was an English settlement and Lounsbury was probably English He was a proprietor of Pe"
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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County By Frederick Carlisle, Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society (Mich.).

Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County By Frederick Carlisle, Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society (Mich.).: "LIVONIA Livonia was organized in 1835 The first settler was Daniel Blue who came with his son Alexander in 1832 from Oneida county NY in the eastern part Alexander McKinney came originally from Ireland in 1832 and settled first in Redford then moved to Livonia subsequently Then came Thomas Hammond and Reuben Morse from Steuben county NY Reuben Genss Peter Melden Geo Ryders Erastus Everette Nathan Kingsley Gilbert Martin and Solomon Lambert came in 1831 Those who immediately followed were James Gunning James Grace N Weston Gabriel Dean John Cahoon Adol phus Brigham Pardon Briggs and John G Welch The latter planted the most extensive apple orchards in Michigan then or since The first member of the State Legislature from Livonia was George Far r"
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Who's who in New York City and State By Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John W. Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Herman Warren Knox, Frank R. Holmes

Who's who in New York City and State By Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John W. Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Herman Warren Knox, Frank R. Holmes: "DRAN Caaper William i Bridge eng r contractor b Milan Erie Co O Aug 14 1844 s William Franklin and Mary Jane Wheelock Dean ed Ken yon Coll Gambler O 1864 m White Plains NY Margaret H Sweeny Pres Dean Weatbrook Bridge Co Dean Schwlers & Button Co Mem Am Geog Soc Clubs Colonial Ohio Address 136 Liberty St NY City DEAN David MI Lawyer b Newfleld NY Oct 31 1852 ed Ithaca Acad and Albany Law Sch m Hattie Labar of Newfleld Admitted to the bar 1873 dlst att y of Tompklns Co 1876 82 until his removal to NY City to enter the law firm of Grlggs Baldwin & Baldwin was for many years leading trial lawyer of Tompklns Co being engaged on one side or Kit the other of all the leading cases RepubH can Knight Templar Residence Ithaca NY Ad"
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Michigan Historical Collections By Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan State Historical Society, Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Michigan Historical Collections By Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan State Historical Society, Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan: "1840 Davis married Miss Amanda Dean daughter of David S Dean then of Nankin and removed to Kent county and died within the present year Rhoda Ann married David Hicks and has always resided on a farm on section 13 She has reared a family of children In recent years an accident to her hip joint will compel her to walk the rest of her days on crutches Mahlon married Miss Isabella Felton reared a family of children and died in Montcalm county in 1888 William L the youngest son learned the wagon maker"
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The Ancient Capital of Scotland The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill By Samuel Cowan

The Ancient Capital of Scotland The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill By Samuel Cowan: "The Altar of St Peter the Altar of the Flesher Incorporation Founded 1503 John and David Rattray granted to this altar i 6s 8d annually Sir John Matheson was chaplain in 1532 For supporting the altar a tax of a penny was levied on all slaughtered cattle which was regularly exacted until abolished by the Town Council In 1824 Sir John Tyrie Provost of the Church of Methven granted los annually out of a tenement in the Kirkgate to the chaplain of this altar "
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History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time By William Watts Hart Davis, Warren Smedley Ely, John Woolf Jordan

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time By William Watts Hart Davis, Warren Smedley Ely, John Woolf Jordan: "in these two townships with a number in Williams township Northampton Joseph Deemer a native of when a young man located in county New Jersey and at the forge presumably Exeter Forge When the Revolutionary broke out he enlisted in the First Jersey Regiment and served the entire struggle belonging during that time to four of five different organizations All trace of him is soon after the restoration of peace to this narrative is the fact after a lapse of eighy years another Deemer Edward by name also a of Durham enlisted in the New regiment the Thirty first and in the civil war Dr Henry M Muhlenberg the father the Lutheran church in America frequently made mention in his diary of a Diemer who preached at various during the Revolutionary war with some he seems to"
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Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People, 1800-1915 By William James McKnight

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People, 1800-1915 By William James McKnight: "SETTLEMENT INDUSTRIES The first settler in what is now Oliver township was Reuben Hickox who came in 1822 He was a hunter as well as farmer Other pioneer settlers were William Newcome in 1825 John Jones in 1826 Peter Depp in 1828 Samuel Cathcart and William Hadden in 1831 Mr Hadden was a hunter of some note having killed in his lifetime in Jefferson county over six hundred deer besides many bears elk and other game He followed lumbering and farmed quite extensively Alexander and William McKinstry Adam Dob son and Samuel Gaston located there in 1833 James Gray about 1836 Jacob Rishel in 1837 George Stewart in 1838 and the Coulters in 1841 Coolspring Oliveburg and Sprankle Mills were the pioneer villages All have post offices now as well as Markton The pioneer store was opened at Coolspring by James Gray David Frank opened a store in 18"
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County [Michigan] Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... of Citizens ... Also ... a Complete History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County [Michigan] Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... of Citizens ... Also ... a Complete History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: "TOWNSHIP INSOR Township is the youngest in Huron County and the last to be organized XO It was organized in 1880 from Fair Haven The election was held on the 6th of May Charles E Grant C Link and F Thomp IJ son were the Inspectors John Linsen was chosen Supervisor Charles E Grant Treasurer and JN McKay Clerk William Kappen Highway Commissioner John Linsen Samuel Gieger Adam Harder and Wm Kohn Justices of the Peace H Harder Superintendent of Schools The school districts are organized as follows No i on section 28 No 3 on section 7 No 4 on section 10 The township is bounded on the north by Case ville on the east by Oliver the south by Brookfield and on the West by Fair Haven Township Its number"
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The Southwestern Reporter By West Publishing Company

The Southwestern Reporter By West Publishing Company: "HARDER т STATE No 735 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas March 27 1895 Appeal from Tarrant county court Robert G Johnson Judge Adam Harder was convicted of keeping his saloon open on Sunday and appeals Affirmed Mann Trice for the State HENDERSON J This is a companion case to No 73 just decided 30 SW 221 The record is in the same condition and for the reasons therein stated the judgment is affirmed "
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The Mission Field By Reformed Church in America

The Mission Field By Reformed Church in America: "The good Lord raise us up dormitory makers We need emulators of the noble Harder family who by their continued generosity are enabling the academy to make some valuable permanent improvements this summer JACOB POPPEN Prin "
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Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Containing a Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families ...

Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Containing a Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families ...: "daughter of John Sharpless was a descendant of the Sharpless family of Bolton Manor Leicestershire England Harriet Sharpless and her cousin members of this family were noted nurses in the days of the Civil war Mr and Mrs Kline are also related to the Harder family the ancestors of which came from Haarlem Holland and settled in New York in 1616 Three of the Harders fought in the Revolution and two others were practicing physicians in this State in early Colonial times "
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A Family Feud After the German of Ludwig Harder By Ludwig Harder

A Family Feud After the German of Ludwig Harder By Ludwig Harder: "THE a B ivr A 3ar LUDWIG J3ARDER BY MES AL WISTEB TKASSI 1TOB Or THE lECONS WIFE ONLY A WBL TH1 OLD KAM SllUJt l XOUT a A FAMILY FEUD "
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Monthly Review By Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths

Monthly Review By Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths: "Art 64 I rail"
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Prayer and Its Answer, Or, How a Believer May Know Whether His Prayer Will be Answered By Maria Denoon Peddie, Robert Peddie

Prayer and Its Answer, Or, How a Believer May Know Whether His Prayer Will be Answered By Maria Denoon Peddie, Robert Peddie: "HOW A BELIEVER MAY KNOW WHETHER HIS PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED BY MRS ROEERT PEDDIE A uthor of The Dawn of the Second Reformation in Spain Rationalism or Broad Churchism versus The Bible London SW Partridge t Co 9 Paternoster Row Edinburgh Religious Tract Society 13 South St Andrew Street Price Half a Croum "

Awesome book!
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh By Royal Society of Edinburgh

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh By Royal Society of Edinburgh: "On the Law of Elastic Fatigue By Dr W Peddie Read February 5 1900 Abstract In this paper a discussion of the mode of description of the linear paths in the log b n diagram described in previous papers was given It was shown that the assumption that fatigue was induced by oscillation of a wire enabled one in almost all cases to predict accurately the mode of description of these paths In a few cases however when the condition of the wire was such that the critical angle fell within the range of experimentally observed angles of oscillation the mode of description of the linear paths agreed with the supposition that oscillation diminished fatigue The truth of this supposition seemed also to be confirmed by the observed rate of decrease of oscillations in these cases but further experimental evidence is required to fully test the point "
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Cases Decided in the Court of Session By Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw

Cases Decided in the Court of Session By Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw: "PEDDIE and Alexander carried on business as leather merchants in Feb 29 1832 under the firm of William Peddie and Company down to 2n ION first of January 1809 when they assumed as partners Braidwood Lord Medwyn junior Patison and James Mercer When the four new joined there was no stipulation that the transactions were to be or that the original partners were to be alone responsible for engagements of the original concern The books were kept as if no had taken place and the stock in trade and claims of the old were considered as belonging to the existing firm who continued to deal with the former customers One of those customers was Brown shoemaker whom a claim stood in the books "
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Reports of State Trials New Series By Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis

Reports of State Trials New Series By Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis: "The Queen against Peddie and others the Bradford Chartists March 11 1840 Robert Peddle William Brook Thomas Drake James Holdstcorth u nd Paul Holdsiaorth were indicted before Ershine J at the York Spring Assizes for seditiously conspiring to create a riot and disturbance at Bradford on the 27th January and for seditiously meeting and arming for the purpose of carrying these intentions into effect The case is fully reported in the Northern Star "
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of New York By New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Lewis Halsey Sandford, New York (N.Y.). Superior Court

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of New York By New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Lewis Halsey Sandford, New York (N.Y.). Superior Court: "ALBERT G BAGLEY v CHARLES B PEDDIE & THOS B PEDDIE When a sum certain is stipulated to be paid for the breach of any one of several covenants although stated to be the stipulated damages it must be construed as a penalty if the damages for the breach of any one of the covenants are capable of being ascirtained by a jury Upon this principle judgment of non suit affirme l Before SANDFORD & MASON JJ May 13 Nov 8 1851 This was an action upon a sealed instrument by which the defendants agreed to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $3000 as stipulated damages for the breach of any one of the covenants contained in an agreement bearing the same date between the defendant Charles B Peddie and the plaintiff The complaint assi"
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Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords By Scotland Court of Session, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords

Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords By Scotland Court of Session, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords: "OPINION It is in my opinion satisfactorily established that upon the death in January 1873 of Alexander Peddie the tenant under the lease of the farm of Delmore the possession of the farm was continued by his widow the defender Mrs Jane Peddie till October 1873 when she removed The infant defender John Peddie son of the deceased Alexander was entitled to the current lease as heir but being an infant was incapable of acting In continniiig the possession of the farm the widow acted on the advice and with the assistance of the father of her deceased husband the defender John Peddie Brawlands On his advice and with his active assistance the crop of 1873 was sown reaped sold and delivered to the purchasers Considering the infancy"
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Dictionary of National Biography From The earliest Times to 1900 By Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Sidney Lee

Dictionary of National Biography From The earliest Times to 1900 By Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Sidney Lee: "PEDDIE JAMES 1758 1845 presby terian divine son of James Peddie a brewer by his second wife Ann Rattray was at Perth on 10 Feb 1758 After several schools in his native town he the university of Edinburgh at the of the winter session of 1 75 and two later became a member of the Secession Divinity Hall then under the charge of Dr John Brown of Haddington 1722 1787 ÍJ v After being licensed to preach in 1782 e travelled about the country for some time supplying pulpits where there was no minister In a notebook he wrote that the first seven months of his ministry he as many hundred miles Towards the end 1782 after considerable opposition he was appointed to the Bristo Street secession in Edinburgh and continued there until his "
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