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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours
This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United
States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in
this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the
founder of Macy''s Department Stores; General George Nelson Macy.
Provost Marshall of the Army of the Potomac; Ezra Cornell, the
founder of Cornell University; Elizabeth Powell, the first Dean of
Women of Swarthmore College and Josiah Macy, for whom the Josiah
Macy Foundation honors. Included in this book are the ancestors of
Benjamin Franklin. A few of the surnames included are Folger,
Starbuck, Pinkham, Wolf, Barnard, Coffin, Worth, Swain, Gardner,
Hussey, Jenkins, Walton, Pearson, Stanton, Mendenhall, Davis,
Coleman, Chase and Flory. Volume I contains the first 9 generations
and a part of the 10th, Volume II contains the remainder of the
10th generation to generation 15, the endnotes of which there are
over 20,000 and the index.
A child's wish melds the soul of a kind-hearted simpleton to a toy
BEAR. Secret for three generations the GUARDIAN wakes in time of
need. Surviving the sinking of the TITANIC the BEAR passes into the
hands of the JEWISH community. Aboard the rescue ship CARPATHIA it
travels on...to the gas chambers of AUSCHWITZ. The BEAR brings with
it...A HISTORY OF FEAR.
THIS BOOK TRACES THE JACKSON FAMILY FROM 1804 THROUGH THE YEAR
1986. THIS AUTHOR HOPES TO START A TRADITION FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
A hardbacked facsimile copy of The History of the Ancient Parish of
Sandbach Co. Chester Including the Two Chapelries of Holmes Chapel
and Goostrey: from Original Records. First published by J. P.
Earwaker for private circulation in 1890 and restricted to 150
copies of which 100 were for presentation. Contains the heraldry
and pedigrees of the landowning families of the area.
This is the story of my grandfather's life in Hazard, Kentucky to
Connersville, Indiana. My grandfather was born and raised in
Hazard, Kentucky, My story tells how he helped the entire town
during the depression and then went on to serve his country during
WWII After WWII the new journey he takes when he moved his family
North to Indiana after WWII He walks the Appalachian and Jenny
Wiley Trails after retirement. He researches one of his favorite
Presidents, Lincoln and finds a mystery of one of his cabinet
members, who after he was buried no one could find him, and he
receives permission from he town and family to excavate where they
think the body of President Lincoln's former cabinet member is, and
the body wasn't there. His collection of another favorite President
and collection of Truman books, and the three paintings he had
painted of Truman. He received an invitation to tour the White
House in the Reagan Era, he was honored in Washington for 50 years
of membership to the Masons. He's a 60 year Masonic Member I have
CD's of pictures and more stories that relate to the book can be
purchased separately. The pictures are of stories talked about in
the book that you will want to see. Just e-mail me at [email protected]
or go to the web page http: //walkerthewalker.googlepages.com/home
for more information.
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