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The Old Man’s Little Brother: a Rock Profile in Milton, New Hampshire

Posted on 18 November, 2016 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire’s Old Man may have fallen, but his younger brother still smiles upon the land. He has kept a lower, more reclusive profile. He was never keen on having people stare at him all day. He sits in a … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire WWI Military: Private Maurice H. Roberts of Derry NH (1900-1918)

Posted on 1 October, 2016 by Janice Brown

Maurice Herbert Roberts was born 2 May 1900 in Derry, Rockingham Co. NH, son of Albert Burton & Carrie (Nutter) Roberts.  He had siblings Rena B., Alvin B., and Melissa M.  In 1900 and 1910 censuses he is living in … Continue reading →

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Cow Stories: Claremont New Hampshire’s American Mammoth Ox and Hon Isaac Hubbard

Posted on 8 December, 2015 by Janice Brown

My regular readers know, due to my blog title, that it is mandatory for me to throw in a bovine story from time to time. I came across a marvelous lithograph of a great ox, and heard a tale immediately … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Epitaph: Killed With An Axe By An Insane Brother

Posted on 19 February, 2015 by Janice Brown

An epitaph on a stone located in Central Cemetery in New Ipswich, New Hampshire is succinctly understated: “Mr. Gilman Spaulding was kill’d with an ax by an insane Brother, Sept. 19, 1842 AEt. 38.” I was recently contacted about this … Continue reading →

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Concord NH World War I Heroes, Twin Brothers: Ernest Potter Runnells and Ellsworth Potter Runnells (1894-?)

Posted on 9 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Twin brothers from New Hampshire

were simultaneously decorated with French and American crosses on December 17, 1918, in the only … Continue reading →

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