From History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men. Edward W. Murray #8.
Author Archives: Kermit Murray
Mount Royal Cemetery
Photos from Mount Royal Cemetery Quebec, 2003. While at the 51st, Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Montreal, Canada, June, 2003, I visited the final resting place of some of my Ross relatives. My great great great grandfather James Ross was an engineer and farmer from Dalkeith, Scotland who emigrated to Canada …
Beechridge
Photos from a trip to the Beechridge Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in 2003. Hargrave Family Left: Jane Melrose (192); Center: Joseph Hargrave (193); Right: David A Gordon Hargrave, Jane Hargrave, John Hargrave, Jemima Moffat, William Hargrave (194) Cemetery map and name index.
Fitch and King Photography
News For An Empire
Ralph Dyar’s 1952 book News For An Empire: The Story Of The Spokesman Review has been scanned and is online at the Internet Archive. Horace T. Brown was involved with the founding of the paper. Also see The Spokesman-Review (HistoryLink Essay 10153).
Ed King’s Farm 1903
The farm of Ed King in Riverdale, Nebraska. (Photo by Solomon D. Butcher). Edgar Lincoln King‘s mother was Alva Fitch’s second wife. Other photos from the collection: Ed King’s farm Threshing on the Ed King [farm] near Wood River, Nebraska. Ed L. King farm at Riverdale, Buffalo County, Nebraska.