Lindley Presho Genealogy and History Blog

Lindley Town Hall/Post Office Grange Hall 1898/9-1972 The Lindley -Presho Historical Society will meet Thursday  May 28th  7 P.M. at the "New" (1972)  Lindley Town Hall to continue planning Lindley Days  to celebrate the settlement of Lindley in 1790 -225 years ago . Please join us to help plan this fun and interesting afternoon on September 19th, 2015

Tioga County, Pa. Honor Guard Lindley, N.Y. Veteran's Monument When WWII ended on August 14th, 1945,  ( 70 years ago ), 4 young men with ties to Lindley had died in service to their country and to our freedom. PFC. Robert Blackman  ----  Army 63rd  Armored Division Son of Alfred and Vesta (Woodcock) Blackman Killed in action in Germany March 30th, 1945 Buried in Cooper's Plains Cemetery PFC. Ivan P. Jones ---- U.S.. Army Air Force Son of John E. and Ruea (Button) Jones Brother of Gladys (Jones) (Francis) Smith  and other  Lindley siblings Died in airplane crash Smyrna Army Air Field ,Tenn. May 2, 1944 Buried in Addison Rural Cemetery   PVT. Robert J. Smith  ---  Army Infantry Son of Mr. and  Mrs.  Richard Smith Husband of Madeline (Kennedy ) Smith Father of Robert and Suanne Smith Grandfather of Matthew Smith Died March 5, 1945 in Germany Buried in Cooper's Plains Cemetery 1st Lt. Dona...

Members of the 2014 Tioga County,Pa  Honor Guard Again in 2015, this group will meet in Lindley to conduct the Armed Forces Day Ceremony that honors all 5 Branches of the United States Military Personnel. For the past 6 years, this group has generously donated their time and efforts to help Lindley residents honor the men and women who have served our country or are presently serving in the military service .           This years ceremony will be                       May 17th  2 P.M..                    Lindley Town  Hall.   The Woodhull Community Band will again be present to play Patriotic Music prior to the Ceremony .   Speaker for the event will be our local DAR member    ...

Today's passenger trains travel  from the Wellsboro, Pa vicinity to  the Ives Run Recreational Area and back over some of the 1901  Central RR right of way.. A newspaper clipping from Corning Journal -February 20,1901 when there were still passenger trains on the New York Central Railroad from Corning, NY to Lock Haven, Penna.  (passing through Presho and Town of Lindley)   (Found on the Fulton Newspaper Archives W eb site )                                             From Wednesday's Daily Journal               A bride and groom of this city have had their troubles in going on a wedding trip. They were to leave on the 6:30 train going South on th...

The April meeting for the Lindley –Presho Historical Society meeting will be held on   Thursday April 23rd –7 P.M at the Town Hall.   Since Lindley will celebrate it’s 225th birthday in June, several events are being planned and discussed at this meeting .   The first will Armed Forces Day on Sunday May 17th at 2 P.M. to honor our Veterans   The Tioga Pa.Honor Guard will conduct a ceremony honoring all branches of  military service. This will be the 7th year of their helping us honor our local veterans. The Woodhull Community Band will be here to play Patriotic music. For lunch before the ceremony –the Lindley-Presho Firemen are having their annual Chicken Bar B-Q    Noon- til   Refreshments will be served following the ceremony and hopefully some of Lindley’s bakers will help furnish cookies,etc. Brenda Criss will make her famous punch and as speaker  will talk about one of Lindley’s first settle...

                                    Archie Miller Store -Presho and Rt.15                                             Donated by Marion (Adsit ) Brion     The Miller store and barn in the upper photo are no longer there. These buildings would have been  north of the Methodist Church on the same side of  U.S. 15 before the 4 lane highway opened in 1970.   In the Lindley history  - Looking Back 200 years 1790-1990,   Virginia Kittel and Derma Ward reminisced about the stores that they remembered in Presho. Virginia remembered the Miller store and a bl...

Happy Easter 2015 From an old  Postcard