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<span class="post-author-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="post-author" href="https://blog.eogn.com/author/eogn/" rel="author" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5;">Dick Eastman </a></span><span class="post-updated-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;">· <a class="updated" href="https://blog.eogn.com/2019/02/13/do-you-remember-the-slide-rule-2/" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5;">February 13, 2019</a> </span><span class="post-category-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;">· <a href="https://blog.eogn.com/category/history/" rel="category tag" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5;">History</a> </span><span class="post-comment-link-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;">· <a href="https://blog.eogn.com/2019/02/13/do-you-remember-the-slide-rule-2/#comments" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b5b5b5;">24 Comments</a></span></div>
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<img alt="" class="alignright" height="167" src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Slide_rule_scales_front.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 10px 10px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" />It wasn’t all that long ago that engineers, astronauts, mathematicians, and students proudly carried the <span class="intexthighlight" id="mCmlj" phasehl="km:en" style="animation: fadein 0.9s ease 0s 1 normal none running; border-bottom: 1px solid !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left: none !important; border-radius: 0% !important; border-right: none !important; border-top: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a75ff; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: inherit !important; line-height: 30px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; outline: none !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 0px 0.065em !important; position: relative !important; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-line: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit !important;">original</span> pocket calculator. I had one and thought I was proficient at it. Sadly, I misplaced it years ago.</div>
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The slide rule was a simple device with one sliding part that could do complex mathematical calculations in moments. Multiplication, division, roots, logarithms, and even trigonometry could be performed with ease. But as technology marched forward with sophisticated computers and graphing pocket calculators, the lowly slide rule was forgotten.</div>
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Want to amaze your grandchildren? Buy a slide rule to show them. You can also keep it for nostalgia reasons. Slide rules can still be purchased from a number of vendors for about $20 or so if you start at <a href="http://goo.gl/bcgvT" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #80949c; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/bcgvT</a>.</div>
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-32279532624329011052019-02-12T12:09:00.000-05:002019-02-12T12:09:52.838-05:00Wellsboro Agitator May 6,1890A few days ago an officer from Athens went to Elkland and arrested W.D. Loper, a former resident of Athens ,who is charged with surreptitiously carrying off a baritone horn, a coronet ,and a clarinet belonging to the Athens band. At Lawrenceville while the officer was dictating a telegraphic message, his prisoner made a break for liberty and escaped over the New York stateline, which was only a few rods distant. Loper refused to come back over the line and resisted the officer when he "reached for him". But he was finally collared and dragged back into Pennsylvania and then handcuffed for the rest of the journey to Athens..Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-73188581685416530632019-01-11T12:58:00.000-05:002019-01-11T12:58:02.848-05:00Penna. US 15/I99 96 years ago<b><br /></b>
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The resurfaced highway between The Richards Bridge and Mansfield on <b style="font-style: italic;">The Susquehanna Trail , </b>is now open to traffic. The work was started on September 26 and completed November 23 .The Trail is now open its entire length from Harrisburg to the NewYork State line .Approximately 165 miles.<br />
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<b>96 years has seen many changes in this highway !!!!!! </b>Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-55708135710592700262018-11-29T12:20:00.002-05:002018-11-29T12:21:43.144-05:001929 Grocery List June 13,1929 Thursday<br />
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Crisco .25<br />
Fab .10<br />
1 lb Butter .48<br />
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1 Pk Potatoes .53<br />
6 pkg Matches .19<br />
5 lb flour .21<br />
2 Ketchup .25<br />
6 Lemons .19<br />
Soda .08<br />
Corn Starch .10<br />
Mustard .13<br />
Bk. Powder .35<br />
Rinso .19<br />
Clothes Pins .07 <br />
Pepper .15<br />
Kirkman Soap .20<br />
Baker's Choc. .23<br />
Fairy Soap .21<br />
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-81460725024388643232018-11-14T11:39:00.002-05:002018-11-14T11:39:52.220-05:00Indian Summer November<b>From Farmer's Almanac 2018</b><br />
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A period of warm weather following a cold spell or a hard frost Indian summer can occur between St.Martin's Day (November 11) and November 20. Although there are differeing dates for its occurrance,for more than 225 years the Almanac has adhered to the saying"If All Saints' (November 1 ) brings out winter, St.Martin's brings out Indian summer." The term may have come frrom an early Native Americans, some of whom believed that the condition was caused by a warm wind sent from the court of their south-western god-Cautantowwit.<br />
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November14th Ice on rain barrel this morning . Holding my breath -waiting for a warm spell. KittyKitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-90085295118934390492018-10-28T11:26:00.001-04:002018-10-28T11:26:27.828-04:00More Newspaper Clippings YOUNG -TAHEY - Tuesday July 22,1890 Wellsboro Agitator Wellsboro,Pa.<br />
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Last Thursday at noon there was a wedding at St. Peter's Church , Miss Mary Trahey being united to Mr. George H.Young of Elmira,N. Y. . Miss Maggie Trahey, sister of the bride , acted as bridesmaid and Mr. John Young ,the groom's twin brother ,was the best man. There was a reception at the home of Mr. Patrick Sullivan, on Meade street, after the ceremony and a sumptuous wedding breakfast was served. The bride was the recipient of many handsome and useful presents. Mr.and Mrs. Young left on the afternoon train for Elmira where a home already furnished awaited them . Mr. Young formerly resides at Antrim , but his ability as a practical machinist and electrician secured him a position a year ago in the light section at Elmira. Miss Trahey was a successful teacher in the Antrim schools for several years.The guests from out of town in attendance at the wedding were Miss Kate and Nora Trahey and Mary Burke of Troy ,and Messrs. Daniel and William Shannon of Canton .We trust that long life and happiness may attend the estimable young couple.Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-67852853127200841262018-10-11T11:06:00.000-04:002018-10-11T11:06:06.267-04:00Looking at old newspaper articles Times Past<br />
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The Tobacco Crop<br />
The crop of tobacco in the Cowanesque Valley this year is above the average both in quantity and quality of leaf according to the W<i>estfield Free Press</i> which says the price for it would be highly gratifying . The acreage has dwindled year by year owing to the chances taken in getting a good crop and the rather low price that has prevailed for tobacco in the bundle . The work of harvesting is nearly complete.<br />
<i>The Gazette Wellsboro ,Penna October 31,1905 </i>Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-34740430543055967452018-09-12T16:18:00.001-04:002018-09-12T16:18:13.455-04:00Revolutionary War Soldier and early Lindley Settler Honored Sept 8th ,2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many thanks to all the about 60 Lindsley family descendants, friends, families,neighbors and participants who visited the Lindsley Burying Ground- Lindley ,NY on September 8th, 2018 to pay tribute to Samuel Lindsley Revolutionary War Patriot and a member of the Lindsley family that settled in Lindley in 1790.</div>
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A special thanks to the NSDAR ladies from the Kanestio Valley Chapter , The Baron Steuben Chapter and NSSAR groups who conducted an impressive ceremony honoring Samuel. The DAR Chapters led the ceremony with the Welcome, Invocation and Singing of the National Anthem, and Dedication of the DAR plaque. Also, included in the program was the history of Samuel and the results of research presented by his descendant, history of Revolutionary War flags by the SAR, proclamations from NYS and the Pomeroy Foundation (roadside marker donation), a history of the Burying Ground and the posting and retiring of the colors by the SAR Chapters. The Benediction was given by a descendant from Texas. </div>
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Following the ceremony, a reception with refreshments was held at the Rotsell Resturant in Lawrenceville,Penna where the guests shared information, genealogies and friendships. </div>
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So finally, Samuel Lindsley, a youth during the Revolutionary War was honored along with his father and 2 brothers-in -law who are, also, buried in the cemetery. His name does not appear on the roadside marker placed in 2016 since the research still had not documentd his service. The descendants came from South Carolina,Texas and locally. Today, local directories do not have many names listed for Lindsley/Mulford or Seelye Lindley,New York's earliest settlers.</div>
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-72825119662014940942018-08-22T17:03:00.000-04:002018-08-22T17:03:16.536-04:00Honoring Colonel Lindsley's son Samuel Lindsley <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Samuel Lindsley -the youngest son of Colonel Eleazer Lindsley who served in the Revolutionary War along with his father and 2 brothers-in law. . Colonel Lindsley, his two sons -in-law -Mulford and Seelye have been honored previously for their contributions in 1914, 2003 with plaques in the Lindsley Burying Ground and in 2016 with the Cemetery Roadside Marker from the Pomeroy Foundation . However, it wasn't until about 3 years ago that the 4th Gt.Grandson of Samuel, Phillip Cirulli undertook the task of researching the record of this ancestor that proved Samuel had served.</span></div>
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With help from former County Historian Eleanor Silliman and a member of the Kanestio DAR Chapter, the National DAR approved a plaque honoring Samuel. </div>
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On September 8th, 2018, at 1 P.M. this plaque will finally be added to those of his Father and two brothers-in-law in the Lindley Burying Ground on County Rt 115 (old U.S.15 ) 1/2 South of the Green Shingle Inn..<br />
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-27490621458101529422018-04-24T11:41:00.000-04:002018-04-24T11:45:08.513-04:00County Names # 3 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b> Fulton</b> Named Robert Fulton,engineer, inventor and builder of the steamboat "Clermont" in 1807,the first steam vessel and the first to sail the Hudson River.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b> Genesee</b>, From the Seneca Indian word meaning "good valley" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Greene</b> , In honor of General Nathaniel Greene ,considered by many as the greatest soldier of the Revolutionary War,next to General George Washington </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b>Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-48767213229036321892018-03-03T12:06:00.002-05:002018-03-03T12:06:56.448-05:00Lindley's Joshua MersereauOne of the most crucial battles of the Revolutionary War was at Washington Crossing between Pennsylvania and New Jersey . Joshua Mersereau who is buried in our Presho Cemetery participated in this event with his father and brother-John. Joshua is a member of the Steuben County Hall of Fame in honor of his contribution as a spy during the war.<br />
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-56341229700826657142018-01-31T11:53:00.000-05:002018-01-31T12:23:05.566-05:00County Names #2<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong><u>Chautauqua-</u> a</strong> contraction of<u> </u>a Seneca Indian word meaning "where<u> </u>fish was taken out"</div>
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<u><strong>Chemung - </strong></u>derived from the name of the Delaware Indian village signifying "big horn<strong>" <span style="color: red;">(Chemung Co. Historical Society Museum has a display about this horn)</span></strong></div>
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<u><strong>Chenango - </strong></u>from the Onondaga Indian word meaning "large bull thistle"</div>
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<strong><u>Clinton-</u> in honor of George Clinton -first governor of the state. </strong></div>
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<strong><u>Columbia</u> -</strong>the Latin feminine form of Columbus, the name was popular at the time as a proposed name for the United States of America.</div>
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<strong><u>Cortland-</u><em><u> </u> </em></strong>in honor of Pierre Van Cortlandt who was the first lieutenant governor of the state (in 1777- he was the president of the convention at Kingston, NY that framed the state's first constitution ).</div>
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<strong><u>Delaware -</u> </strong>in honor of Lord Delaware who was appointed governor of Virginia in 1609 ,and in recognition of his services to early colonists. </div>
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<strong>Dutchess- </strong>in honor of the Dutchess of York, wife of James II</div>
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<strong><u>Erie-</u> </strong>derived from the tribe of Indians living in Western New York prior to 1654.</div>
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<em><span style="color: red;"><strong>Interesting names -Unless you are a student of our country's early history -some are probably new and -especially to our children and grandchildren</strong></span></em> . <strong> </strong></div>
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<strong> Some good trivia questions !!!! <strong>More another day </strong></strong></div>
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-22102396904376689462018-01-13T12:17:00.000-05:002018-01-13T12:17:13.870-05:00Another old Postcard Erwinna <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-19670987029626109582018-01-07T19:42:00.000-05:002018-01-07T19:42:18.638-05:00Looking at Old Postcard Albums <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-31715085348876566342017-12-06T20:34:00.000-05:002017-12-06T20:34:33.684-05:00From the Family Archives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not sure who or where , but it depicts a scene typical of our area's early history when lumbering was a big business in the early to mid 1800's. </div>
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Fox-Weston-Bronson and the Harrower-Mersereau families owned considerable property in the Lindley area where they carried out the lumbering business. Colonel Lindsley had the 1st local sawmill. </div>
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Numerous sawmills were located along the Tioga River and even a small railroad in the vicinity of the present Young's family farm carried logs to the Tioga River . The logs were floated to the Gang Mills -a large type of saw. Hence the place became known as <strong>Gang Mills</strong> . </div>
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The Mersereau family had become associated with the Weston family and together they opened the first sawmill on the Allegany River near the present town of Weston. The Mersereau family genealogy shows members of this family later involved in the lumber industry in the State of Washington. </div>
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Gradually the tree growth returned, but for years the local hills were labeled '<strong>denuded' </strong> much like the ones where clear forest cutting is exercised today. </div>
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-399668002504978422017-11-19T13:00:00.000-05:002017-11-19T13:00:20.950-05:00Happy Thanksgiving 2017Below is a copy of another twist to the Pilgrim History of 1620 taken from the Dick Eastman Genealogy website . This was easier than copying all the article<span style="color: red;"> BUT<strong> b</strong></span><strong><span style="color: red;">e sure you click on the address given in the article. As the radio commentator PAUL Harvey used to say "The rest of the story"</span> .</strong><br />
I forwarded this as an e-mail to some .The replies were interesting. <br />
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The Thanksgiving story you know probably goes a bit like this: English Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom, landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they found a rich land full of animals and were greeted by a friendly Indian named Squanto, who taught them how to plant corn.<br />
The true story is more complicated. Once you learn about the real Squanto — also known as Tisquantum — you’ll have a great yarn to tell your family over the Thanksgiving table.<br />
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How is it that Squanto knew how to speak perfect English when the Pilgrims arrived?<br />
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Then the Pilgrims showed up in what is now Plymouth in 1620 and promptly started starving to death.<br />
Columbus landed in 1492 on the island later called Hispaniola. Our history books seem to indicate that nothing else happened for 128 years until the Pilgrims arrived in 1620. Yet the Tisquantum story gives you this tiny peek into that all the people involved had been interacting for more than a century. The truth is that French sailors were on Cape Cod in 1620 and apparently sailors and explorers of other nations had been up and down the Atlantic coast for years. The Pilgrims from England (and even earlier from Leyden in the Netherlands) were only one of many groups in the area.<br />
You can read more in an interesting article by Nick Baumann in the Huffington Post at: <a href="http://bit.ly/2zKjoum" rel="noopener" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2zKjoum</a>.</div>
Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-71506213891385432072017-11-11T11:55:00.000-05:002017-11-19T15:01:30.593-05:00Town of Lindley,NY Remembers Hometown WWII Heroes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<strong>Lt Loren (Mike ) Morse POW</strong><br />
<strong> Robert Blackman KIA </strong><br />
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<strong> Robert Smith KIA </strong><br />
<strong><strong><strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong>Lt. Donald Walch <strong><strong><strong> KIA</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><br />
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-19252654265865257862017-07-27T21:43:00.000-04:002017-07-27T21:43:44.478-04:00Lindsley Descendants Visit Lindsley Burying Ground Historical Marker On Monday July 24th , three ( 3 ) of Colonel Eleazer Lindsley's 5th Gt. Grandsons visited the Town of Lindley's first Historic Marker placed at the Lindsley Burying Ground by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation of Syracuse, N.Y.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">These are names that I have on file that have had any type connection to the Town of Lindley. (born here, resided here, married a Lindley resident, raised family here, buried here. .Probably some missing or errors so please let me know if there are corrections or names missing . ( My thought is that at least the name is on file here and may have been missed somewhere else. )</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Adler, Bernard </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Allen, Clyde </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Allen, Elmer D. Jr. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Allen ,Glenn </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Allyn ,Girdon </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bakeman, Richard </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ball, Herman (Stub) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ball, William </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ball, Donald </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Barker, Harold </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Blackman, Robert </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, Clayton </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, Daniel </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, George </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, Glenn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, Linwood </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Bronson, William </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Brown, Loren </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Brown, Merritt </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Burlingame, Joe </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Butler, Robert M. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Church, Henry Burton </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Clark, Delbert </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Clearwater, Chester </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Clearwater ,Verne </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Crandall, Elmer </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Dodge, Emory </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Earl, Leroy -Allison </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Fee, Jerry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Felker, Ivan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ferry, Robert </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Forbes, Herbert</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Goodrich ,David </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Gray, Harry </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hart, Elwood (Red)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hartman, Donald</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Heffner, Francis J. Sr.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hersman, Norval</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hill, Ivan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Holton, Lawrence </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hopkins, Richard B. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Huggins, Dick</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Humphrey, Doug</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Humphrey, Rick</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hovey, Wilber</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Huff, James</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Hurd, Murel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Jones, Ivan </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Kennedy, Jack </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">King, Richard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Knapp, Floyd</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Kuhl, Elwyn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Larrison, Elwyn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Leonard, Raymond</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Leroy, Francis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Leroy, Stanley</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Lundgren, Hugh</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Mac Millen, Charles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Mayer, Edward</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Maynard, Joe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Miller, Kenneth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Miller, Lawrence</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Miller, Loren </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Moore, Robert</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Morse, Loren (Mike)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Morse, Wendell </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Mortzheim, Joe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Muffly, William</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Nichols, Robert</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Norwood, Oliver F. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Orr, Leland</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Partridge, James W. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Pease, Gerald</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Peters, Quincy N. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Piersons, George</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Pratt, Ernest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Quill, Lewis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Randall, Chester</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Randall, Donald M.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Rhodes, Ernest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Rhodes, William</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Riffle, Ivan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Rose, Marguerite</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Rouse, Rodney, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Russell, David</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Schooley, Ernest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Simmons, Lewis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Smith, Francis </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Smith, John </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Smith, Kenneth </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Smyers, Daniel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Snyder, Elwyn </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Snyder, Ralph</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Soule, Basil</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Soule, Gile</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Soule, Kevin Ward</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Soule, Kenneth W. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Stermer, George</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Stevens, Chester</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Stevens, George </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Stoddard, Ivan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Stone, Kenneth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Swan, Donald</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Tetor, Willard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Totten, Danny</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Turner, Ernest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Van Cise, Omar</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Van Cise, Stanley</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Van Dyne, Bic </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Van Etten, Omar</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Van Etten,William </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Walch, Donald</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ward, Lyndon Mayer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Ward, Nelson</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Warner, Glenn E. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Weale, Dean</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Welty, Darrell</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Welty, Henry Harvey </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Welty, Margaret</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Welty, Ralph</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Wheeler, Ivan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">White, Severn </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Williams, William </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Willamee, Benjamin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Wilson, Carl</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Wilson, Kendall</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Wilson, William</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Wood, Richard O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I compiled these names from various sources in 2007 for the monument dedication . It has not been up dated since then -although I know there are several burials in the local cemeteries since then .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Remember to salute your Veteran for his or her service to our country</span> </div>
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Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-1040049735172539742017-05-07T21:49:00.001-04:002017-05-07T21:49:49.401-04:00Happy 95th Birthday May 9,2017<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<u>Program </u>- Growing up in Lindley in the 1920's <br />
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Wishing this young man of 95 years a Happy Birthday on <strong>Tuesday May 9th,2017</strong><br />
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Native of Lindley (son of a Lindley farmer and his wife), brother, husband, father, grandfather, last Charter member of Lindley Community Church, tobacco grower,<br />
Cornell graduate, Ag teacher, BOCES Principal and historian. <br />
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Still going strong -raising a garden and restoring antique Ford cars. <br />
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Best wishes and hope the weather is so you can take a ride in the car. .<br />
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Apologies to publisher of this article .I neglected to make a note of date and origin. Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-84321552086760276692017-04-15T21:42:00.000-04:002017-04-15T21:42:28.298-04:00Easter 2017 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-53568271443819821432017-04-12T22:22:00.001-04:002017-04-12T22:33:18.101-04:00Local Records #4 Conclusion The word "Post" in naming the township is spelled without beginning with a capital letter, thus bringing a memorable, historian mark to a common level of fence posts. The writing of the petition indicates practiced hand, word applied and the spelling is correct except as to the word "applyd". The signatures are clear and most of them are businesslike. Evidentally, these signers had been taught penmanship. The ancient town record, nearly eighty years old is<strong> well worth preservation</strong> in showing the public spirit of the early settlers, and the earnest effort to secure an important public improvement. In those days much of the travel to the new settlements here came by way of Williamsport, the Block House and the Tioga River. The early settlers encountered great hardships ,and were subjected to much expense in keeping passable the lines of travel. <strong><span style="color: red;">The first road from what is now Blossburg was on the east side of the Tioga River, probably to avoid building bridges over Crooked Creek and the Cowanesque River. </span></strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The project</span><strong> </strong><span style="color: black;">for a new road</span> <span style="color: black;">indicates that the valley on the west side of the river north of Lawrenceville had become more or less cleared of the forest, and improvement demanded an outlet. The first bridge across the mouth of the Canisteo was not built till about 1833. The early inhabitants in all of these river valleys suffered much inconvenience, often serious peril by the spring and fall freshets that rendered fording impossible. </span></span><br />
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The road from Williamsport, Pa was called the <strong>Williamson Road</strong> after the founder of Bath, NY-- <strong>Col. Charles Williamson</strong>. It was started in 1792 in Nothumberland, Pa. The Block House is Liberty, Pa today. There is an annual Block House celebration there each summer.<br />
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Like most local residents,<strong> I was under the impression that the 1792 Road</strong> <strong>followed the path of old U.S. Rt.15 in Lindley </strong> <strong>until I read this article</strong>. It may explain why the Corning /Blossburg Railroad-1839/40 is on the east side of the Tioga River, also.<br />
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Thanks to <strong>Ellis Grist</strong> -(who grew up on the Koplin farm across the tracks from the present Harris Farm ), there is a copy of the deed of the Koplin/Grist farm ( Now in Town of Lindley Historian files at the Lindley Town Hall. ). The deed mentions<strong> a ford in the Tioga River on this property</strong> .This would be someplace close to the present <strong><u>Wetlands</u> built during the I 99 highway construction. This FORD would have provided a crossing to the west side to the Tioga River</strong><br />
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The story of the building of the Williamson Road is a topic for another day. The Joyce Tice website has some of the story.. <br />
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<br />Kitty Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237440506483261404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985443208357943655.post-64651872491021420402017-04-02T21:52:00.003-04:002017-04-02T21:52:42.332-04:00Local Records- #3 ExplanationsI have added more explanations <span style="color: red;"><strong>in red</strong></span> for those unfamiliar with early local history-<span style="color: red;"><strong>Kitty</strong></span><br />
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The old town of Painted Post, then included what is now the territory of six towns,viz. Lindley, Caton , Corning, Hornby, Erwin and Campbell. The above document evidently originated in Lindley where most of the signatures were procured, but to give it force and ensure compliance , the names of prominent farmers or business men residing in the vicinity of the "Painted post" were obtained. John Knox was the founder of Knoxville (<span style="color: red;"><strong>now called Corning Northside</strong>), <span style="color: black;">Capt.</span> <span style="color: black;">Samuel Erwin</span> <span style="color: black;">was</span> <span style="color: black;">the grandfather</span> <span style="color: black;">of Samuel S. Erwin of Corning and was the son of</span> <span style="color: black;">Col. Arthur Erwin who purchased the wilderness (<span style="color: red;"><strong>in 1789</strong></span> )-- which is now the township of Erwin. Frank Erwin was the brother of Capt. Erwin . Rufus Gorton was for the series of years the owner of Mill property below where the village (<span style="color: red;"><strong>Corning</strong></span> )now stands. (<span style="color: red;"><strong>Gorton Cemetery is on Park Ave-Corning</strong></span> ). Henry Mc Cormick resided east where Gibson now lies. Robert T. Bonham was a farmer in vicinity of Painted Post. These signers were not especially interested as the improved road was to the south (<span style="color: red;"><strong>of Corning</strong></span>). It says -it was to run to the "Cansateer" </span></span>which doubtless meant the junction of the Canisteo River with the Tioga six miles south of the "Painted post. " Of the other signers James Ford was Judge Ford of Lawrenceville,Pa, Eleazer Lindsley was the Judge and Postmaster mentioned. Dr. Ezekiel Mulford was the son-in -law of Col.Lindsley, the pioneer, and he was the grandfather of William O. Campbell of Corning, John P.Ryerrs was the owner of the four thousand acre tract <strong><span style="color: red;">east of the Tioga River</span></strong> <span style="color: red;">(<strong>-from Erwin town line to Tannery Creek Rd --Tioga River to Caton town line ----purchased from Col.Lindsley in 1792 --- when Col. Lindsey sold the south end of the 6 square mile tract of land that he purchased in 1789 ). </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Benjamin Patterson was the famous hunter and guide. </span></span><br />
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