Author Archives: Janice Brown

I've Been Tagged Again: 8 Things About Me That May Scare You

Posted on 3 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

I was tagged back in January of this year with the “5 things you didn't know about me”  meme, and … Continue reading →

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Lyndeborough NH 1879: The Balch Family's Untimely Deaths

Posted on 3 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

Lyndeborough–On March 4. Mr. John J. Balch and wife, hearing of the dangerous illness of their son, John W. Balch, … Continue reading →

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Poem: "The Tollbridge Keeper" by Sam Walter Foss

Posted on 1 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

I live here by my tollbridge
  Content, without a want,–
My bridge, that joins these mighty States,
  New … Continue reading →

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Dr. Anna Betsey (Taylor) Cole

Posted on 30 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

Born in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, Anna Taylor went on to become a noted homeopathic physician in Somerville MA.  See … Continue reading →

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Vice President Henry Wilson

Posted on 29 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

He was born Jeremiah Colbath in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, and changed his name in adulthood to Henry Wilson. … Continue reading →

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