Soon upon opening the index, which was essentially a record of the family names living in Morris County around that time, I quickly located the name Tuttle S and Tuttle C. Both names gestured towards a map, consisting of both Hanover and Whippany Township. Knowing that Caleb Tuttle was the priority, I learned that he had been living in the historic Littleton district, and, not far from the tuttle property, just up the road in fact, I saw the Haring Property on the map. Not farm from the Haring Farm were two properties labelled as Shelley and Rowe. In other words, by investigating the Tuttle family to serve as a marker when natural landmarks failed me, I learned that the Tuttles and the Harings had lived in Hanover Township, Morris County, during …show more content…
The first folder was blank, the second folder was labelled Clippings, the third folder was labelled Composites, the fourth folder was not labelled, and the fifth folder was also labelled Composites, but, as I mentioned before, it was empty. My second search, this time looking explicitly at the contents of the folders, revealed that Robert Simms had had an extensive acting career throughout his life. During my search, I put down notes when I saw details regarding his family history, his acting career, who he was connected to, as well as the plays he had performed in as well as directed. For instance, in the clippings folder, I discovered that Robert Simms had been involved in a great deal in his life. Director of Public Relations for the Morris- Sussex Chapter of the AHA during the Jogathon for the Heart, Director and Executive of the Drama Department in the Garden State Theatre, teacher of amateur and professional actors, many recommendations from administrators who had seen, or knew of, his work, part of the community adult school, tutored by Michael Howard, teacher of the Stanislavski method, as well as a Morristown resident, and performer in over 200 TV programs and …show more content…
As I learned from one of the clippings in the collection, Ancestry described that Robert Simms grandfather had been from Ireland, yet of Scottish ancestry, and his grandmother had been from Scotland as well. With Ancestry, I was even able to find an estimated birth date for Robert Simms Jr. The Ancestry website stated that Robert Simms Jr was estimated to have been born in the year of 1929, which allowed me to start putting years on some of his events for his family history. Once I had gathered an accurate timeline of Robert Simms life, I used Microsoft Word to create a list for the folders within the collection, for the sake of maintaining the original order, as well as assembled the data of Robert Simms life into an organized summary of his history. To recount, my projects assist the library as, in the map project, I organized the unorganized maps and filled out their information, so that the library can properly catalogue them as well as use the maps for displaying and teaching the history of Morristown, Morris Township, and Morris County. In addition, with the Robert Simms project, this project benefits the library by summarizing the information for this individual so that the library can offer information about this individual to any descendants that wish to
In April, 1809, Benjamin Tappan, Jr. sold lots 55, 56, and 57 to the county commissioners for the purpose of a courthouse and jail (Gregory, 34). Benjamin’s brothers, William and John, were contracted to build them. The
The builder of this seventeen room Greek revival mansion was Stephen S. Speakman. In the early 1840s, the elderly Speakman fell in love with a much younger woman, Sarah Bush, whose father owned a slave-holding plantation in Kentucky. Upon asking her hand in marriage, his bride-to-be refused to marry him unless he built her a southern plantation-style mansion. In 1845, with the use of his father-in-law’s slaves, Speakman erected his mansion on a five hundred acre plot next to Loughery Creek with every brick baked on site (Historical Marker Project).
An old home sat on what is now Lots 32-33. The Browns kept horses on the east side of the property. Located nearby was a circa-1951 horse barn and a water tower for the citrus groves. Mr. Brown also dug out a large pond near clumps of cypress trees.
It is the summer of 1970 in Northern Ohio. The Hadley family is the wealthiest family out of all the families that populates the city of Toledo. They all live in a subdivision called Old Timbers Valley with mother, Lydia, father, George, and Peter and Wendy. The Darling family lives in a sky blue house on top of clouds, the Tremaine family lives in the old, enchanted house, and Old Man Geppetto lives in an Old-Italian village home. Unlike the others, the Hadley’s house is future realistic, full of technology. From lights turning on and off as one walks, stoves making food, sinks washing dishes, a nursey that illuminates the children’s imagination, and so many more laborless enhancements. The children’s nursey is called the Veldt, which can
Deborah Sampson didn’t have such a great childhood. She was born on December 17, 1760, and was the oldest of 6 siblings. She lived in a very poor family and her father never returned from a trip to sea. After, her mother was unable to care for her kids that when they became older she divided them into different homes. Deborah was soon taken by an 80 year old woman named Mrs.Thatcher that lived in Middleborough. Mrs. Thatcher was
as the Ise’s homestead a claim in Osborne County, Kansas. The book is told from the point of view of
BEING the same premises conveyed to the Grantors herein by deed of Mo Wells, et al., dated May 3, 1964, and recorded in the Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book 810 Page 233.
Times were difficult in Habersham County. The skyrocketing prices of fuel and food were threatening to bankrupt the Johnson family’s small farm, which was no match for the multi-million-dollar mega-farms that had been popping up all over the southeast. Joseph, the family patriarch, was especially troubled by the farm’s
Part I of A Sand County Almanac is devoted to the details of a single piece of land: Leopold’s 120-acre farmed-out farmstead in central Wisconsin, abandoned as a farm years before because of the poor soil from which the "sand
BEING the same premises conveyed to the Grantors herein by deed of Mo Wells, et al., dated May 3, 1964, and recorded in the Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book 810 Page 233.
Scott, John Anthony and Robert Alan Scott. John Brown of Harper’s Ferry. Facts On File Publications 1988.
James Marvin Ellis, born June 30, 1842, sparked the foundation of Ellsworth. Although Ellis did not receive a sufficient education as a child, at the age of thirty-two he both cultivated one hundred sixty acres of farmland and managed a general store. (History 759) Not only did Ellis publicly exert himself, but his private life prospered as well. Ellis and his wife, Mary A. Beaty, brought forth seven children to the local population: Marvin U., Hester J., Elliot E., Thomas G., Joseph A., and Lotta A. (Ellis 1). In addition to agriculture, family, and merchandising, he also served as the town’s original postmaster (History 760). This holds importance because a post office provided a town’s first official identification (Kreitzer 65). Ellis’ societal involvement ventured much further than the town of Ellsworth, though.
Everyone loves a good mystery, especially one that no one can solve. It gives one satisfaction to imagine that they can decipher it and become a hero, and it’s even more intriguing when it has lasted a few years. Some missing cases have even lasted several decades, but none have persisted as long as a case of a certain lost colony. Originating on an island off the coast of North Carolina in 1585, the mystery of The Lost Colonists of Roanoke Island has remained for over 400 years (History), and it continues to baffle historians, investigators, and archeologists alike.
impact on the town and the crops that grow in it. Old man Warner is the oldest in
I interviewed Marilee Hobbs, one of my mom’s close friends and Linda Keuver, the owner of the restaurant for my local history paper. When she was younger, Marilee worked at the Hans and Gretel Restaurant in East Durham off of Route 145. Linda Keuver was married to John Keuver, whose family owned the Hans and Gretel Restaurant. Hans and Gretel is located about a quarter of a mile south of the Stonebridge Road and Stonebridge Road Extension intersection on the east side of the road. The Beers’ Atlas showed the main road running through East Durham, Route 145, but each piece of property was labelled with the land owner’s names. This made it hard to determine the exact location and prior use on the Beers’ Atlas. John Keuver’s parents bought the