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Author Archives: Kermit Murray
Duffie House (aka Hargrave House) at Ripon College
Ripon College Building Reference Manual: Duffie House: Built by Walter O. Hargrave who lived there before George Duffie. Duffie gave the house to Ripon in 1918; it was torn down in 1972 and is now a parking lot. Update: New link.
Fairwater Wisconsin 1853 Residents
George Williams’ census of Fairwater Wisconsin: William Hargrave household was Williams’ next entry. Hargraves is identified as a farmer from Scotland with $1200 of real estate, 80-120 acres at average values. The patent records, show a William Hargrave parcel of 160 acres in section 21. The 1862 plat map identifies a 60-acre parcel in section …
William Hall Decendants
William Hall Descendants
Alva Levi Fitch
My great great grandfather Alva Levi Fitch was in the 14th Ohio Battery Light Artillery 1861 – 1865. My great grandmother, Jennie Fitch, is the little girl in this photo from the A. L. Fitch Land Company, Watertown, Nebraska.
Warren Daniel Crandall (1838 -1919)
Missouri Historical Society: During the Civil War, Warren Crandall [genealogy] served in the Mississippi Marine Brigade as 1st lieutenant on the ram Lioness. The Mississippi River Ram Fleet was formed by Charles Ellet in March 1862 and was succeeded by the Mississippi Marine Brigade. The Marine Brigade was recruited largely from other army organizations, under …