Category Archives: Not New Hampshire

Ie Shima, Ernie Pyle, and a "Betty Bomber"

Posted on 28 July, 2008 by Janice Brown

Ie Shima (Island), Ernie Pyle, and a “Betty Bomber” have more in common that you might think.

During World … Continue reading →

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Randolph New Hampshire’s Wellesley College President and Director of WAVEs: Dr. Mildred Helen (McAfee) Horton (1900-1994)

Posted on 30 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

Mildred McAfee was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Cleland Boyd & Harriett (Brown) McAfee.

She was born in Missouri in … Continue reading →

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Northwood New Hampshire Teacher and Attorney, Ella Louise Knowles (1860-1911)

Posted on 30 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

Ella Louise Knowles, daughter of David and Louise (Bigelow) Knowles was born 14 Aug 1860 in Northwood, New Hampshire.

She … Continue reading →

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He Made "New Hampshire Beautiful:" Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941)

Posted on 24 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

“The people of New Hampshire possess greater breadth of view and broader sympathy than most other rural people, owing to their contact for generations with the world at large as it comes

Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941)

Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941). Photograph from “Nutting Genealogy: A Record of Some Descendants of John Nutting of Groton Massachusetts,” by John Keep Nutting, 1908, C.W. Bardeen Publisher, Syracuse, N.Y., page 166

to visit them….To live in New Hampshire and not to breathe deeply, think strongly, love truly, is a crime against the landscape. For ever, amid the glories of the outer world, we look for stronger men and fairer women, for growth and power and invention and dignity in character of the people, and we do not look in vain.” Continue reading →

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A Toast to Family (and Star Trek) on Ancestor’s Eve

Posted on 22 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

On April 22nd  a special celebration was created–

“an evening of reflection in honor of those who had come before.” … Continue reading →

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