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DIVING INTO HISTORY - LETTERS

December 4, 2022

During the course of our restoration research, we somewhat serendipitously came across two letters related to the Richardson family. Thanks to Pam Beverage of the genealogy and family history website, Heirlooms Reunited, our client was able to purchase these items and in one case return it to its former home.

 

DIVING INTO HISTORY (PART 5)

December 3, 2022

In January of 1830, the Richardson family saw the birth of a daughter, Francis E. (Fanny), followed 2 years later, by another, Eleanor Miller. Sadly, and inexplicably just a year after that, Eleanor as well as her 36-year-old mother, Mary, both passed away. Erastus would remain a widower until 1845, when he married 45-year-old, Mary (Polly) Shumway, “a maid,” from his old home town.

 

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