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Bicentennial Biographies No. 176 – 180
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring Jimmy Clark (Jamestown), Joseph McGinnies (Ripley, Westfield and Dunkirk), Charles Hamilton (Ripley), Daniel A. Reed (Sheridan) and Don Reinhoudt (Portland and Fredonia). Originally broadcast on local radio stations Sept. 12 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertha Hamilton Foundation, Boxing, Brocton, Celoron Park, Charles Hamilton, Chautauqua and Erie Grape Growers Association, Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors, Congressman, Cornell University, Daniel Reed, Donald Reinhoudt, Dunkirk, Dunkirk Trust Company, First National Bank of Ripley, Fredonia Animal Hospital, Jamestown, Jimmy Clark, Joseph McGinnies, Olympics, Ripley, Ripley Library, Sheridan, State Assembly, State Senate, Town of Portland, Westfield
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 151 – 155
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring Enoch Curtis (Busti & Fredonia), Grace Richmond (Fredonia), Erastus Dow Palmer (Dunkirk) , Thomas Lake Harris (Brocton) and Charles Cowden (Chautauqua Lake). Originally broadcast on local radio stations Aug. 8 – … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashville, Brocton, Brotherhood of the New Life, Busti, Charles Cowden, Civil War, Dewittville, Dr. Nelson Richmond, Dunkirk, Enoch Curtis, Erastus Dow Palmer, Fredonia NY, Fredonia Opera House, Grace Richmond, Hermit of Chautauqua Lake, Malinda Alton, Reuben Fenton, Rev. Charles Smith, Thomas Lake Harris, Town of Chautauqua, William McKinley
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 51 – 55
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, featuring James Strang (Ellington), Ellen Yates Miller. (Jamestown), George Pullman (Brocton), Edith Ainge (Jamestown), and Gertrude Williams (Kennedy). Originally airing on local radio stations March 21 – March 28 2011. Continue reading
Posted in Bicentennial Biographies, Trains and Railroads
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Brigham Young, Brocton, Edith Ainge, Ellen Yates Miller, George Pullman, Gertrude Williams, James Strang, Jamestown, Joseph Smith, Kennedy, Mormon Church, National Womans Party, Pullman Strike, Suffrage, Town of Ellington, Town of Poland, Town of Portland, Woodrow Wilson
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 41 – 45
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, featuring Alvin Plumb (Jamestown), George Stoneman Sr. (Busti), General George Stoneman (Busti), Katherine Stoneman (Busti), and Mary Smith Lockwood (Hanover). Originally airing on local radio stations March 7 – March 11 2011. Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Plumb, Brocton, Busti, Catherine Rebecca Cheney, Chautauqua Lake, Civil War, Daniel Sherman, Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fredonia NY, General George Stoneman, George Stoneman Sr, Henry Lockwood, Henry Smith, Isaac Smith, Jamestown, Joseph Plumb, Katherine Stoneman, Kennedy, Lakewood, Mary Ann Davis, Mary Smith Lockwood, Mayville, Ralph Plumb, Silver Creek, Smith Mills, Susan B. Anthony, Town of Hanover, Westfield
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Elijah Fay – Bicentennial Biography No. 32
Elijah Fay was born in Southborough, Mass., Sept. 9, 1781, and was married to Lucy Belknap, of Westborough, Mass. The couple came to Portland in 1811 settled on 179 acres, the first residence in what is today the village of Brocton… Continue reading
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Tagged Brocton, Elijah Fay, H. A. Burton, Joseph Fay, Lincoln Fay, Lucy Belknap Fay, Town of Portland
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