Tag Archives: Charlestown

New Hampshire Matrilineality and Mothers Day

Posted on 9 May, 2020 by Janice Brown

This year for Mother’s Day, I thought I’d try something different when it comes to story telling. I was looking at my personal matrilineality–the tracing of kinship through my female line. In some cultures people are identified through their “matriline” … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Charlestown

Posted on 30 July, 2018 by Janice Brown

In front of the Silsby Pubic Library in Charlestown, New Hampshire sits a memorial to both the Civil War and World War I.  The Civil War monument was placed earlier, unveiled on 6 October 1911. At that time there was … Continue reading →

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Faces of the Fifield and Spencer Families of Sullivan County New Hampshire

Posted on 25 September, 2016 by Janice Brown

Once again some amazing tintype and gem-sized photographs have come across my desk.  This time they are of the Fifield and Spencer families.  They became kith and kin, residing in several towns in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, and intermarrying.  They … Continue reading →

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Not New Hampshire: The First Fried Clams

Posted on 23 June, 2015 by Janice Brown

It is time to restart the discussion about the First Fried Clams, and discover the truth. If you google “fried clams” you will quickly see that there is no definitive starting point at which clams were served fried in the … Continue reading →

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Charlestown NH Farmer, Inventor, Barbed Wire King: Joseph Farwell Glidden (1813-1906)

Posted on 28 January, 2015 by Janice Brown

What happened when the cow jumped over a barbed wire fence? Utter catastrophe! This poor joke is a lead into today’s blog story, about the potentate of wire fences–a Charlestown NH native named Joseph Farwell Glidden. Sometimes called “devil’s rope,” … Continue reading →

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