ETHAN KEITH – INVENTOR – PART 2[i] Ethan Keith – 1851 – 1934 Ethan in his later years in his workshop Ever since I was a little girl, when the family would get together, talk would soon turn to family members who were no longer with us. One of the stories that always fascinated me… Continue reading Ethan Keith – Inventor – Part 2
Ambrose Brown March 15, 1820 – October 27, 1880 From the October 29, 1880 Kalamazoo Gazette: Galesburg Oct. 27 – Ambrose Brown, a distinguished gentleman and praiseworthy citizen of the town of Comstock, while in the bloom of health and the promise of a long and useful life, died last Monday. In the evening of… Continue reading Obituary of Ambrose Brown
Many stories recounting forays into the realms of Spiritualism involving members of both the families of Ambrose & Matilda Brown and Charles “Luke” & Sarah Keith Jr. have been passed down through the generations. Letters and diary entries of various family members also mention spiritualism or attending a “circle.” The following are just a few:… Continue reading Forays Into Spiritualism
On a recent trip to Michigan, as I was driving around the area, I happened to notice the above sign for “The Foundry.” What a coincidence! The previous month I had been working on getting Luke Keith’s 1877 diary ready to add to my blog and there were so many references in there to his… Continue reading Ethan Keith: Inventor
Feb 14 – Warm and Pleasant. The same man preached this morning at nine. We have been crowded for tin types all day. Took in nine dollars $9.00. Will came this afternoon. A band from Battle Creek played here this afternoon and evening for the Auction. Happy Charley showed here this eve. Feb 15 –… Continue reading Nancy Brown’s diary entries of February 14 – April 10, 1874
As I’ve been working on transcribing the letters and diaries from the 1870’s, I keep running across different entries where I realize I have a picture (or pictures) of what my ancestors were writing about. So this blog post is about my great-grandfather, Henry (or Hank) Ambrose Brown, who was a photographer. Here’s a picture… Continue reading Henry A. Brown – Photographer
In the back of my Great-Grandmother Nancy (Keith) Brown’s 1873 diary she had made a list of “Mrs. Mary J. Holmes works.” Assuming that they were books, I did a little research and came up with the following information regarding the author. From Wikipedia: Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was a bestselling… Continue reading The English Orphans
In Luke Keith’s 1873 diary, he made the following entries: Jun 5 – Worked on road. Warm day. Bot Sewing Machine $60. Paid twenty, gave note for forty payable in Eight Months. Jun 6 – Worked on road in forenoon, finished my tax. Warm and dry. Mr Ralph washed his sheep. Below is a document… Continue reading Luke Keith’s Road Tax
As I was transcribing the 1873 diaries of Luke, Nancy and Henry, I kept running across entries where I realized I had pictures and/or documents relating to what they were writing about. It’s always interesting to know where our ancestors lived and I’ll be blogging several posts with pictures and such other things I have… Continue reading 1873 Plat Map of Comstock, Michigan
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Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 