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Browning, Burkholder, Carrell, Chase, Cle- worth, Churchill, Cobes, Cassart, Coolidge, Curtis, Dayis, .Dodds, Dudley, Duncan, Duston, Dyer, Eby, Eddy, Eckerly, Fitch, Garret- son Goble, Gurley, Janiver, (Janu- ary), Paxton, Finlay, Cowes, Cowen, Lyle, Weaver, March, Porter Cor- ea-Cora, Reid-Reed, Rutherford, Wagner, Riggs, Hawkes, Mead, Smead, Hutchinson, Shackelford, Hosmer: (Vandergift - Hawkins). Note, this data was contributed by Mary E. Huston, Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio. Miss Lyle, please write to her.); Bennington, Cate-Kate, . Christal-Chrystal, Clawson, Cour- sen-Du Coursen, Curtis-Curtiss, Duell-Daval, Herrick, Mahan, My- ers, Patterson, Rundlett, Rundall- Rundell, Scott, Simmons, Smith, Stanbery-Stanbury, Stewart?Stew- ard, Yeamans, Isbel-Isbell, Ray, Church Figgott-Figgatt,. Edwards, Harris, Griffith-Griffin, Holt, Os- wald, McClean-McCleish; Ezra Williams of Ithaca has some gen- ealogies for sale. Benedict, East- man, Labarre, Howell, Haring, Soule. For any of the writer's nam- es asking about above write The American Genealogy Guild, Harry A. Odell, Director, P. O. Box 899, Church Street Annex 8, New York City.
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FINLEY, COWAN '
William (2) Finley (Michael-1), b. April 10, 1717, Co. Armagh, Ireland; d. 1800, (complete date wanted), Hamilton Bann Twp., York (now Adams Co.,), Pa .; will dated Jan. 6, 1794, and proved Sept. 16, 1800; mar. as his 3rd wife, 1748, Ann Cowan. Where may this marriage record be found? Want her ancestry; said to have been dau. of David Cowan of Lancaster Co., Pa.
FINLEY
Andrew (3) Finley, son of William Elijah, Lucretia, , Andrew b 1806, Finley and Ann Cowan above. Was George b 1808, Julianna and Dem- born 1764, Chester Co., Pa. Where mick. may his birth record be found ? He Would like to correspond with Nichols and Spinning descendants. Mrs. Henry J. Theesen died May 8, '1844, either in Center- ville, Indiana, or in or near Spring- field, Ohio, perhaps Yellow Springs - 1435 13th St. which ? He is buried in Earlham Boulder, Calo. Cemetery, Richmond, Ind .; therefore, Robert M. Torrences' statement in ""Torrence and Allied' Families", p. VROOMAN 223, that he died in Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Va., is probably in error
He was one of the trustees to es- tablish Brownsburg, Va., in 1793, and was ."Keeper of . the post-office" there, Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and "Planter"; but bet. 1816 and 1821, he removed to Indiana (Ref., biog. sketch in "John Finley's Verse" by James L. Waygand, pub. 1947) and loocated in . Centerville, Wayne Co.o, Ind., as a merchant (Ref., "Lyle Family" by Oscar K. Lyle). Family . letters printed in ("Poems and Sketches" by George P. Emswiler show him retired and in poor health in or near Springfield, Ohio, during the years 1934-39. Did he remain here until his death in 1844, oro' did he return to his home in Centerville. Ind., and die there? Marie Lyle
Lyle Heights, Paso Robles; Cal
ALLEN - FRUIT
Ebenezer Allen b. Aug. 17, 1810 in Butler Co., Ohio, d. Jan. 1, 1895 in Jay Co., Ind. Mar. Sept. 23, 1830 in Preble Co., Ohio to Margaret Fruit, b. Aug. 25, 1811 in Franklin o., Ind., d. March 15, 1880 in Jay Co., Ind. Ebenezer mar. Susan Patrie in Oct. 1880.
Children: Eleanor, b. 1831, d. 1834; Nancy .b. 1833 mar. Peter Metz; Sarah b. 1836 mar. Samuel Miller, and 2nd Wilson S. Black; Eleanor b. 1838 mar. George Clark; Eliza Jane b. 1840 mar. Adam Hamilton Finch; Andrew W. b. 1843 mar. Elizabeth Alexander; Mary b. 1845 mar. S. N. Sturgeon :_. Jacob_b. 1848 mar, Mary
1793, Pelly b 6-6-1795, Hiram b 7-15- 1797, Silas b 5-7199 m 1, Elizabeth - 2 Diana Bowers. d 7-11-1880 Calton, New York.
Desire correspondence from any descendants. .
DAVID NICHOLS
Parentage of David Nichols b abt 1775 Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y. died 1830 ape Vincent, N. Y. M. abt 1797-1800 Jerusha Spinnig.
Living Oneida, Oneida o., N. Y. 1806 Wish marriage record Children:
Abraham Vrooman married Cath- erine Elizabeth Markell, Nov. 20, 1787, Caughnawqa. ,Wanted names of his parents. Was his mothers maiden name Anna Mabie (Mebie, Mabee). Adam Reynolds
Care A. M. Brown 1209 Kemble St. Utica 3, N. Y.
SHUTTS. (SHUT, SCHULTZ
. Would exchange data with parties interested in the above families in Albany and Columbia counties, New York prior to 1800, and in Otsego and adjoining counties prior to 1816.
SPENCER
.Who has the old family bibles of Israel and Capt. Ithamer Spencer "Revolutionary soldiers) and Nathan- iel Rose, all of whom removed from Columbia counties to Otsego county, New York prior to 1800.
. H. C. LaRue
Chariton, Iowa
The Petries in America
"These notes and records of she Tohan" Jost Petrie' family and de-1 incendants in America were compil- od by the late Mrs. Frederick Staeh- 1g.nf Munnsville. N. Y. Her notes have been checked. so far as we have
1792. (Heath's pamphlet). Died 1830. Married 1808 to Robert McChesney, who was born 1782; died 1839. (Rec. Mrs. F. W. Farnam and Mrs. F. B. Roberts).
"184 B5 Helena Bellinger, daugh- ter of Col. Peter Bellinger and Delia Henkimer. Born Sept. 18, 1762. Evi- dently she died in youth. Sponsors ·vere Magdalena, Werner Dygert's wife.
135 B6 Gertrude Bellinger. Born July 27, 1764; died April 5, 1821, aged 57-8-18. (Spin. Rec). Married on Sept. 4, 1782 to Nicholas Casler;, Esq.' son of Jacob N. Casler and Delia Petrie, obstetrix. He was a Brig. Major in the N. Y. Militia. He was born Nov. 3, 1763; died 1827. He married a 2nd time Dec. 12, 1821, at the age of 58, Polly Miller, daughter of Caleb of Danube. Had a son Myror Casler, by the second marriage, who has descendants in Montreal. Child ren, by Gertrude: 12.
730 B26 Delia Casler. Born Jan 15, 1785 (Ros. Rec.); died 1870. Mar- ried April 7, 1805 to Elizabeth (Betsy) Catharine Eysaman. Born April 2, 1785; died March 24, 1864. Children: 11.
732 B28 Anna Eva Casler. Born Jan. 28, 1787;, died March 9, 1808 Aged 21-0-11. Unmarried. (Spinner record).
733 B29 Magdalena (Madeline) Casler. Born. Oct. 26, 1789. Married; 1st Jacob Vrooman of Stone Arabia? Children: 1. Married 2nd. ---- Heath. Children: 4.
Note: In the 3rd generation from Col. Peter appears, the first known Bible among his descendants. The first owner was 731, or B27). This Bible is printed in English and is noteworthy in that in 1827 it was printed in Cooperstown, N. Y. by H. E. Phinney. The binding is leather and was in good condition. The book contains 762 pages, each ten and. seven-eight's inch by 9 inches. (It descended by Lotta A. Casler. The last known owner was Avery Casler, of Little Falls, N. Y. R. D.)
734 B30 Catharine Casler. Born Dec. 14. 1791 d;ied Mav 22, 1819, age 27 {Spinner record). Married Henry, T. Cronkheit. One son, Tunis Cronk- heit.
735 B31 Mary Casler. Born 1793. Married .Henry Heath. One son, Al fred Heath.
I would' like names and dates of Israel Spencers' children and dates 736 B32 Richard N. Casler. Born. for Louana, Rhoda, Margaret and 1797. Married Jane Young, who was, Phillp, children of Capt. Ithamer ! born 1797 (1850 census). Children: 7. Spencer. :
737 B33 Nicholas Casler, Jr. Mar- ried Polly Staring. One child Gert- .rudc Casler, born' Aug. 14 1821. (Spinner record).
738 B34 Robert Casler. Born Sept 27, 1802. Married Tina (Zina) Zoller. born 1806 (Heath's Pamphlet).
739 B35 Christopher B. Casler. Born June 10, 1805. No children. (Spi. Record).
1.739 B36 Esther Casler. Unmar- ried. Living in 1893. Aged 87. (Heath's Pamphlet).
:3.739 B37 John P. Casler. Born 1807. (Tombstone . record), Married 1st. Betsy Steele. One child Robert
there, Elder in the Fresvytenam Care A. M. Brown Church, and "Planter"; but bet. 1816 1209 Kemble St. Utica 3, N. Y. and 1821, he removed to Indiana (Ref., biog. sketch in "John Finley's Verse" by James L. Waygand, pub. 1947) and loocated In Centerville, Wayne Co.o,' Ind., as a merchant (Ref., "Lyle Family" by Oscar K. Lyle). Family . letters printed in "Poems and Sketches" by George P. Emswiler show him retired and in poor health . in or near Springfield, Ohio, during the years 1934-39. Did SPENCER he remain here until his death in 1844, oro did he return to his home in Centerville. Ind., and die there? Marie Lyle
Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Cal 1
ALLEN - FRUIT
Ebenezer Allen b. Aug. 17, 1810 in Butler Co., Ohio, d. Jan. 1, 1895 In Jay Co., Ind. Mar. Sept. 23, 1830 in Preble Co., Ohio to Margaret Fruit; b. Aug. 25, 1811 in Franklin o., Ind., d. March 15, 1880 in Jay Co., Ind. Ebenezer mar. Susan Patrie in Oct. 1880.
Children: Eleanor, b. 1831, d. 1834; Nancy b. 1833 mar. Peter Metz; Sarah b. 1836 mar. Samuel Miller, and 2nd Wilson S. Black; Eleanor b. 1838' mar. George Clark; Eliza Jane b. 1840 mar: Adam Hamilton Finch; Andrew W. b. 1843 mar. Elizabeth Alexander; Mary b. 1845 mar. S. N .. Sturgeon; Jacob b. 1848 mar. Mary E. Robbins; Margaret Anne, b. 1852 mar. Thomas Jefferson Finch; Xava Cordelia, b. 1855 mar. Perry Miller. Want names of parents, brothers and sisters with dates of Margaret Fruit born 1811 In Franklin Co., Ind.
BROWN - GROSS
Jonathon Brown died June 1, 1838 in Jay Co., Ind. Mar. to Susannah Cross, b. Jan. 1, 1786 in New Jer- sey, d. April 4, 1876 in Jay Co., Ind. Jonathon Brown entered land in Jay Co., Ind. in 1836. Children: Rebecca, b. 1809, mar. Joseph Hevlin (Havi- lan); William b. 1811, mar. Betsey Pixley; Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1812 in
º N. J., mar, Susan Devoe (DeXoe); Joseph, b. 1815, mar. Hannah Bost; Caleb, b. 1817, mar. Sarah ... Bost, operated a stage coach tavern at Genoa between Massillon and Canton in Stark Co., Ohio in 1850; Benjamin, b. 1819, Hamilton, N. J., mar. Sarah Nixon; harles, b. 1821 in N. J., mar. Malissa Malin Nancy, b. 1827 in Ohio, mar. David ; Nixon, and 2 Andrew Harter. Want birth dates and mar- riage date of Joonathon. Names of parents, brothers and sisters with dates for Jonathon Brown and Su- sanmah Cross.
Mrs. Oscar T. Finch .
West Votaw Road Portland, Indiana
SAMUEL WAIT
Parentage of -
Samuel Wait ib 2-1-1763 d 9-9-1822, Hampton, N. Y. m. Mary Douglas. Liver Columbia Co. N. Y. 1790. Children:
Arthur b 5-13-1785, Montillian b 7-23-1787. m Lydia Douglas, Samuel Jr. b 5-26-1789, Reuben Morehouse . b 4-28-1791, N. Y. m Anah Barnum 1813, Shoreham, Vt., Luther b 3-13-
SHUTTS (SHUT, SCHULTZ
Would exchange data with parties interested in the above familles in Albany and Columbia counties, New York prior to 1800, and in Otsego and adjoining counties prior to 1816.
Who has the old family bibles of Israel and Capt. "Ithamer Spencer "Revolutionary soldiers) and Nathan- Tel Rose, all of whom removed from Columbia counties to Otsego county, New York prior to 1800
I would like names and dates of Israel Spencers' children and dates for Louana, Rhoda, Margaret and
Chariton, Iowa
The Petries in America
These notes and records of she Johan: Jost Petrie family and de- cendants in America, were compil- .od by the late"Mrs. Frederick Staeh- 'g. "inf Munnaville. N. Y. Her notes have 'been checked. so far as we have been able to do so, and we will try to complete her work.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y.
(Continued from last week)
133 B4 Johann Peter Bellinger, son of Col. Peter Bellinger and Delia Herkimer. Born May 21, 1760. Spon- sorg Peter Beliinger, widowers, and Maria, wife of Johan Jost Herchei- mer (Stone Arabia Recoord). Mar- ried Christina (Ten Broeck), widow of Nicholas Bell, on Sept. 12, 1784, as 1st life. Bell was killed by the Indians. Peter lived in Minden, N. Y. Married 2nd, Alida Wagner and 3rd
/ 740 B39 John Campbell Beiling- er, born April 7, 1795 (Ros. Recd). Tombstone says 1793; died June 5, 1881. Married Mary Fetter (PRB. 1557). 1096. She was born May 21, 1794. (Note: Where PRB precedes number, it refers to "Pre-Revolution- Nancy Wagner, sisters." No issue. | ary Bellingers", by Lieut. Comm. L. Children by 1st wife:
Jan. 4, 1871. She was a daughter of Col. William Feeter and Elizabeth (Adam) Bellinger who had 12 child- ren. Mary was also a granddaughter of Adam Bellinger and Mary Eliza- beth Petrie.
,Joohn C. kept a public house and was overseer of highways when Little Falls was formed in 1829.
The following story is told about, him. He was a believer in preserving old traditions. He told about the Re- volutionary War, and reserved his. forebears. He had thrilled to the; stories of savage atrocities, frozen name was spelled Amee, Amey and | trails and Canadian prisons, told by. Fighmey. Children:
participants and eye witnesses. He 721 B24 Jacob P. Bellinger. Born May 4, 1789. Sponsors John P. Bell- inger, the Colonel's son and Barbara (Chr.) Schell. '(Ros. Rec). He died' 'n Minden aged 18 years, 18 days. tried to install his own reverence and to pass on the valley history at least to his own family. In pursuance of this idea, he would collect his grand- children and recount the frontier ad- Buried in the family cemetery in Mt. ventures in the summer twilights and during the long winter' evenings. He. never tried of the recital of the glor- ious deeds of the good old days.
Fallberg, in Bell's field. On his monument is the following "An Im- perious God Permitted Him To Fall 33 Feet .Saving From Temptation Eternally." (Spinner death record). He died May 22, 1807.
DIVIT alling 1119 7.
first owner was 731, or B27). This Bible is printed in English and is noteworthy in that in 1827 it was printed in Cooperstown, N. Y. by H. E. Phinney. The binding is leather and was in good condition. The book contains 762 pages, each ten and, seven-eight's inch by 9 inches. (It descended by Lotta .A. Casler. The last known owner was Avery Casler, of Little Falls, N. Y. R. D.)
734 B30 Catharine Casler. Born Dec. 14. 1791 d;ied Mav 22, 1819, age 27 (Spinner record). Married Henry. T. Cronkheit. One son, Tunis Cronk. heit. 735 B31 Mary Casler. Born 1793. Married Henry Heath. One son, Ale fred Heath.
736 B32 Richard N. Casler. Born! 1797. Married Jane Young, who was Phillp, children of Capt. Ithamer | born 1797 (1850 census). Children: 7. - Spencer.": . H. C. LaRue
737 B33 Nicholas Casler, Jr. Mar- ried Polly Staring. One child Gert- rudc Casler, born ' Aug. 14 1821. (Spinner record).
738 B34 Robert Casler. Born Sept. 27, 1802 .. Married Tina (Zina) Zoller. born 1806 (Heath's Pamphlet).
739 B35 Christopher B. Casler. Born June 10, 1805. No children. (Spi. Record).
.739 B36 Esther Casler. Unmar: ried. Living in 1893. Aged 87: (Heath's Pamphlet) ......
*739 B37 John P. Casler. Born 1807. (Tombstone . record). Married 1st. Betsy Steele. One child Robert Casler. 2nd, Name unknown.
136 B7 Joseph (Jost) or Johann Jost Bellinger, son of Col. Peter Bellinger and Delia Herkimer. Born Feb. 26, 1766; died Jan. 25, 1808 in Fallberg. (Spinner record). Married 1st Anna Eva Campbell, daughter of General Patrick Campbell. (Ros. Recd.) Children: 1.
M. Belinger. This serles ran in Enter-
720 B23 Peter Bellinger, Jr. Born prise and News, in 1941). Mary died June 25, 1785. Sponsors Stoffel Bell- inger and Delia Petry (Ros. ' Rec.) Married Catherine Eighmey. Born July 19, 1781 died Jan. 1876 (Tomb- stone records). He died Dec. 1858. Was buried in Edwardsville, N. Y. Peter lived in Minden and Danube from 1788 to 1838, then moved to the Black Lake section, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. . (See Pension R731). Peter was a quartermaster, appoint- ed by his father in the latter part of the war. He was at Oriskany. He was a man of very little education (Ref. Sen. W. Cristman). Catharines
? The reception of, this instruction after thirty or forty repetitions call -; ed out no response, no applaud, no
722 B25 Nancy P. Beliinger. Born |signs of interest and in fact there
appeared a definite lack of attention on the part ofo the children .. Short- tempered like all Mohawk Dutch this and he boxed the ears of his shouldbe was too much for grandfather John hearers soundly for inattention.
One can almost hear the old gentleman sputter about the modern generation with their lack of respect for elders, no reverence for the doers of heroic deeds for our land of liberty, no enthusiam for the flag, Ideas of protection of the land and defense of the home, not a thought except to gad about, the minute the day's chores were done, pile into the cutter and go to some barn dance and even to ride for cash on those lightning fast railroad con- traptions, thinking nothing of going as much as five or ten miles on them for an evening social. The good olod times were gone. First the canal rulned the carrying trade around the falls, next the canal was enlarged so the 250 ton lakers would carry as much wheat as a whole train load of 20 R. R. cars (Statement of facts), and now the packets; Then the pas- senger trains putting the packets out of business and whisking young folks away from the Influence of their elders and yes, betters, too. Goodness only knows what this country is coming to with this new generation having no thought for the farm and caring for nothing ex- cept their own pleasure.
Those grandchildren, that is, the aforesaid new generation, long since forgot all of the incidents except get- ting their ears boxed. "(Facts, by Mrs. Cora B. Kilts of Fairfield, and Mrs. Elizabeth Suitor of Herkimer, N. Y. (L. M. Bellinger, E. N. 1933). They had 9 children.
Joseph Joost married 2nd Maria Rosenkrantz, daughter of Rev. Abra- ham Rosencrantz. She was born July 23, 1768. Dominie Spinner In the birth record of her children, gives her name as aCtherine. She had 3 children by Joseph Jost Bellinger :-
741 B40 Abram. Bellinger, born Dec. 28, 1803; died Feb. 28, 1823. Age 19-10. Unmarried. (Spinner Record). Tombstone at Hammond, N. Y. ....
742 B41 Josephus Bellinger. Born March 10, 1806. Sponsors were Peter Bellinger and Margaret Petry,' wid- Catharine Sophia Pohnman, who was born 1809; died 1900. Children: 7. ow., He died . 1878. Married . 1833, 743. B42 Maria, or Anna Maria Bellinger. Born May 5, 1808, after her father died. She died August 24, 1884. Married Oct. 1, 1825, James Breckenridge. Children: 9. Marla Rosenkrantz, afterwards married Ja- ecb J. Coughnet in Dec. 3, 1809. Children: 4.
744 B43 Catharine Coughnet. Mar- Jacob Nellis.
745 B44 Henrietta Coughnet. 746 B45 Anna Cottelia Coughnet. Born Feb. 12, 1818. Married Jacob H. Bellinger.
: 747 B46 George William Cough- net. Born Sept. 9, 1820, when Maria was 52 years old.
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Dockstader - - The Origin of the Name
By John M. Dockstader
The first one of this name in America was George Dockstader who came over with the Palatine Emi- gration of 1710 and was noted in the records as being from Hanover, Ger- many.
The province of Hanover is the most northwesterly part of Germany and touches the North Sea between the Netherlands and Denmark. This is come 250 mlles along the cooast froom the Brill (Briele, Holland) on the left bank of the mouth of the Rhine river, where most of the Pala- tine Refugees were assmebled, some 40,000 of them, at the time of the Palatine Emigration.
Aanlysis of the name Dockstader shows "Stadt' 'meaning a city or town, with the suffix' "er" meaning "of the city" or "an inhabitant of the city." The name was long thought to be occupational (Docks as re- ferring or wharves or Dachs as re- ferring to roofs) but no logical con- nection could be found. It would now seem that the name Is locational in- stead of occupational, and that Dock- stat-er means coming from Dock- stadt.
- A piece of traditional information has now (1948) come to hand through Mr. George LeRoy Dock- stader of Short Creek, Arizona who states that at one time there was published in the papers of the Lat- ter-day Sains the statement "There was a small province In northeastern Germany by the name of Dockstader and all of the Dockstaders came from there." .
Analysis of the tradition shows two ideas, first, that of coming from a town or place of the family name;
and second, that of coming from northern Germany. This second part is borne out by the second of coming from Hanover and so lends color to the first part.
We have been unable to locate any such place in North eastern Germany but there is a town of Dachstadt in southern Germany and I feel sure that this is the place referred to. Tradition could well have confused the memory of coming from northern Germany with the memory of coming from a place of the family name and so give a wrong direction for the location of that place.
It would seem that the first user of this name, whereveh he settled, was proud of coming from Dach- stadt and made quite a point ofo it. "This is on the assumption that he went by way of the river and ses coast). For the name to have been distinctive, the location of his settle- ment must have been close enough to Dachstadt so that the town would be known, and yet far enough away so that a person coming from there would not be common. (Hanover checks well with this).
It is also quite possible that there was a difference in physical build or complexion between him and other local inhabitants. This would make him and his family stand out 'as & group which would become known as "The Dockstaders", and so become the family name. In corroboration of the descriptive character of the name we have the following circumstance. At one time my father had some cor- respendance with an antiquarian con- cerning an early document .(in the 1600s, I think) which was signed George Dockstader.
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The Deserted Village of Mexico
By S. C. Kimm
THE OLD SLUICE
Our grandfathers in the old days floated logs down Spruse Creek dur- ing spring freshets. They met with great difficulty in getting the logs over the rocks and boulders of the swift water so they built a sluice- fromo the upuper stillwater to the! deep stillwater below where ye an- cient pedagogue caught the two big trout. Both the city boys and Mr. May listened with interest to Grand- pa's description of how our grand- fathers floated logs in the Civil War period from the upper reaches of Spruce Lake.
That old mill has had several changes in owners. At one time County Sheriff Warren Eaton man- aged it. -
BUCK CREEK
At the mouth of Buck Creek where ¡ it empties into Spruce, Gramp show- ed the boys the hole where he once caught a three-quarter pound trout. This story made Bob's eyes twinkle, I' suppose," in anticipation when at some future time he too would pull a lunger out of' Buck Creek. Alas! I
The Sassman trail leads easterly from Spruce Creek on the north side of Buck Creek until it Intercepts the old wagon road that once went from Mexico to the Jones Clearing. We found this old road in a good state of preservation. Over the hardwood ridge there were no alders and other worothless scrub to choke up roads and trails, but on the lowlands where it crosses Ransom Mill Creek, I pre- sume the old Jones clearing road is nearly obliterated.
way in which they floated the logs LUSCIOUS BLACKBERRIES
On either side of the Sassam. Trail stood blackberry bushes like small trees, from 6 to 8 feet tall and k ed with blackberries nearly as ki, as.a boy's thumb. Maybe we dic. have a feast as we filled our Interna. baskets with that luscious fruit.
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