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Margaret Dickey Barklow

April 21, 2021April 22, 2021 Annette Stewart

Margaret’s school certificate probably from 8th grade Margaret was born 1918 and her parents are Bessie Landis and Hershel Dickey. She married John Barklow on December 24, 1940. From the certificate photo above, we have Margaret graduating in Monroe Township in 1932. We are assuming it’s her 8th grade graduation as it states completion to […]

The Landis Family

April 14, 2021April 22, 2021 Annette Stewart

Saw mill on or near the Landis farm on Rt. 722 Monroe Township This story and photos are from Myra Coleman. The photo is believed to be on or near the Landis Farm which sat back a long lane on Rt. 722 with a old brick house, red barns, and several out buildings. Bessie Landis […]

Inez Michael Brumbaugh Family

April 12, 2021May 26, 2021 Annette Stewart

Inez Michael was born October 18, 1904 and married Delbert Brumbaugh in 1923. They had one daughter, Betty, who is Annette Stewart’s mother. Inez lived as a child at the corner of Gordan-Landis Road and Hollansburg Sampson. We are guessing Inez may have made these two pieces as a way to learn and perfect her […]

Marietta Culbertson Fourman & Dola Fourman Brumbaugh Quilts

April 10, 2021May 19, 2021 Annette Stewart

Marietta Culbertson Fourman was born 14 December 1856. She married Henry O. Fourman 13 August 1874 according to their family Bible records. They had two children, Samuel who died young and Isidor Agnes (Dola) who was second born in 1880. Marietta passed 29 October 1940. My mother remembers Marietta reading from the huge Bible she […]

Log House Builder’s-The Fryman’s

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Annette Stewart

Last blog we told about the need for the log house to either be repaired or come down and explained the step by step process. This blog tells the story of the farm’s owners and about the Fryman family who signed the log home and are listed on the land deeds. The log house was […]

The Coverlet

February 12, 2021March 5, 2021 Annette Stewart

Story from Karen Ernst We have more wonderful stories from Grubbs Rex Road in the mid 1800’s in Monroe Township to share with our readers. Did you ever study the census records that had ag reports attached? From these old reports it list how much the buildings were worth on the farm, what animals were […]

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