Photo of my ggg grandmother Eunice Bacon; colorized with Photoshop.
Category Archives: Genealogy
My Civil War Ancestors
Grandfathers and uncles who fought in the Civil War.
Elisha Vose
My great great grandfather Elisha Vose, Jr. was born March 7, 1841 in Robinston Maine near the Canadian Border. He enlisted as a private in the 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment in October 1861 and mustered into Company D in Augusta. The Company moved to Washington DC the following spring and was assigned to the 5th …
Library of Congress Claude C. Murray Collection
Claude Murray oral history interview in 2003; part of the Veterans History Project Collection
The Hargrave family of Medicine Hat
E. W. Murray Lighting
Caption: Shipment, Sept 9th 1917, of Gasoline Lamps, Lanterns, Mantles, Electric Lamps, Flashlights, etc. Made by E. W. Murray 307 Riverside Ave. Spokane, Wa to points in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. 1366 Lamps and Lanterns, 42,000 Mantles, 5300 Electric Bulbs, etc. – 7 truck loads – “Some Lamps, eh? Is your name written there?”