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Photo: HOWARD B. FRENCH, MARCELIUS BALDERSTON, EDWARD W. WOOLMAN, and JAMES H. ATKINSON

Feb 13, 20231 min read

Photo: HOWARD B. FRENCH, MARCELIUS BALDERSTON, EDWARD W. WOOLMAN, and JAMES H. ATKINSON

HOWARD B. FRENCH, MARCELIUS BALDERSTON, EDWARD W. WOOLMAN, and JAMES H. ATKINSON. The four surviving original members of Friends'...

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Some History on the Pipe Creek Friends Meeting House Maryland

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jan 24, 20231 min read

Some History on the Pipe Creek Friends Meeting House Maryland

Pipe Creek Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States....

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Article Fight For Votes Won By Quaker Women

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jan 16, 20231 min read

Article Fight For Votes Won By Quaker Women

PDF Article The patriot., August 27, 1920, Morning, Image 3

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Photo Rachel C Smith Howland Richard Smith Howland William Dillwyn Howland Matthew Morris Howland

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jan 4, 20231 min read

Photo Rachel C Smith Howland Richard Smith Howland William Dillwyn Howland Matthew Morris Howland

Rachel Collins Smith Howland (1816-1902) daughter of Richard Morris Smith and Susanne Budd (Collins) Smith, wife of Matthew Howland...

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Video Phoebe Klinck Smith Autobiographical Sketch

Melissa Davenport Berry

Nov 21, 20221 min read

Video Phoebe Klinck Smith Autobiographical Sketch

Author Donna Siemsen "A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck" was believed to be written from Phoebe's own account and finished by one of her...

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Coffin Family Reunion Cartoon Henry S Wyer

Melissa Davenport Berry

Oct 14, 20221 min read

Coffin Family Reunion Cartoon Henry S Wyer

Fun cartoon from Henry S Wyer---What would happen if a statue epidemic started at a Coffin Family Reunion. Family line started with...

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Melissa Davenport Berry

Oct 11, 20221 min read

Ohio Ghost Stories and Legends

PDF Ghost File

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Melissa Davenport Berry

Oct 9, 20221 min read

Rebecca Walton Ballinger Obituary 1911

Rebecca Walton (abt. 1834-1911) daughter of David Walton and Jemina Ann Borton (also wife of Levi Ballinger?) married John Ballinger in...

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William Bradford Browne Traces Early Genealogy of Many Families

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jul 24, 20221 min read

William Bradford Browne Traces Early Genealogy of Many Families

This newspaper clip from North Adams Transcript August 8 1917---the article is below in PDF QUAKER FAMILIES: MILO, COMSTOCK, NOBLE,...

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Tristram Coffin's Descendants. Grand Reunion Of The Family At The Ancient Homestead 1881

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jul 16, 20221 min read

Tristram Coffin's Descendants. Grand Reunion Of The Family At The Ancient Homestead 1881

From Nantucket Historical Association--Read PDF Article File Below The 1881 Coffin Reunion that engendered interest in the homestead of...

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Peter Stretch Clockmaker and Allied Families

Melissa Davenport Berry

Jul 16, 20222 min read

Peter Stretch Clockmaker and Allied Families

Peter Stretch, a Quaker immigrant, made the movement of this tall case clock in the first decade of the eighteenth century. Stretch ...

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Melissa Davenport Berry

Jul 3, 20221 min read

Among the Old Records of Virginia

Atlanta Journal--Saturday, Mar 18, 1905 Atlanta, GA Page: 7

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Melissa Davenport Berry

Jul 2, 20221 min read

American Revolution Major Eli Lewis

Image from "Lewisberry, the Quaker town that the Lewises (who else?) built: The boroughs of York County series, No. 3." by Jim McClure...

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John Farmer First American Journey 1711-1714 Journal

Melissa Davenport Berry

Sep 10, 20211 min read

John Farmer First American Journey 1711-1714 Journal

The opening pages of the Journal of John Farmer dated December 1714. Essex Record Office Cat D/NF 3 addl. A13685 Box 51 From Courtesy of...

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