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Tag Archives: NH
The Nurse from Milton Mills, New Hampshire: Flora N. Runnels (1866-1960)
She has a fairly plain face, intelligent dark eyes, curly hair. She wears the pinstriped frock of a nurse over her dark dress. Her collar is tightly and demurely closed with a pin. The name of the woman in the … Continue reading
Frank O. Foster of Manchester NH and His Connection to Gen. John Gray Foster
I started off preparing this story, with just a pair of matching photographs, of Frank O. Foster, and his wife, Alice. As is often the case I acquired these on Ebay, happening to notice they had spent some time in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Alice, Foster, Frank, General, gray, Jay, John, Maine, Manchester, Nashua, New Hampshire, NH, Orrin, Reginald, Whitefield
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A New Hampshire Mother of a President: Eliza (Ballou) Garfield 1801-1888
She was the first woman in American History to see her son sworn in as President of the United States. At his inauguration ceremony, the new President turned first to his mother, kissing her on the cheek, before he kissed … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged assassination, Ballou, Cheshire, conjurer, county, Eliza, Elizabeth, Garfield, grandma, inauguration, James, Mathurin, Maturin, mother, New Hampshire, NH, Ohio, President, Providence, Rhode Island, RI, Richmond
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Current Event: New Hampshire Caddie Camp Reunion September 11-13, 2015
In 2007 I wrote a story about Caddie Camps in New Hampshire. One source states that over 2,000 young men learned to caddie, and to golf this way. Based on the comments to that blog post, many seemed to enjoy … Continue reading
Manchester New Hampshire’s 1946 Centennial Celebration
This story, as usually is the case, begins with a photograph–in this case several. My mother (Mary Webster) was a “camera nut” and took hundreds of photographs in the Manchester area, but most were of family. She did not take … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged anniversary, beginning, bicentennial, birthday, celebration, centennial, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, parade, polio, start
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