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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

. F. Brinton, Susanna Brown, Alice E. Brown, Barbara Brown, Clemson Brown, David Brown, David, Jr. Brown, Elizabeth F. Brown, Hannah Brown, J. Norris Brown, Jacob Brown, John H. Brown, John Henry Brown, Leah Brown, Lindley T. Brown, Lizzie F. Brown, Lydia Brown, Margaret C. Brown, Phares Brown, Samuel

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Object ID: MG0278

Date Range: 1850-1862

Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Description: This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.; The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.; The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.; She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.

Admin/Biographical History: Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.; Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.; Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:; 1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.; 2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).; 3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.; 4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.

Date Range: 1850-1862

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Bushong, Gilbert, 1836-1911

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Albright, Esther; Alexander, James; Alexander, Rachel; Bacon, Martha; Bacon, Tom; Baer, Joel; Baily, Rachel; Bair, David; Barnhouse, Pusey; Barton, Mavis; Beatol, Ely; Beecher, Henry Ward; Bernard, Louisa; Bolton, Mary; Bolton, Sallie; Bolton, Susanna; Bonsall, Daniel; Bower, Hiram; Bowers, H.; Bromell, Isaac; Brown, Elas; Brown, John; Bushing, Francis Elwood; Bushong, Jesse G.; Bushong, Anna W. Keene; Bushong, Charles Henry; Bushong, Edith D. Kinsey Paxson; Bushong, Edith K.; Bushong, Edwin; Bushong, Esther Valentine; Bushong, Frances E.; Bushong, Gilbert; Bushong, Henry; Bushong, Henry Rakestraw; Bushong, Israel; Bushong, Jacob; Bushong, John; Bushong, Lydia Rakestraw; Bushong, Margaret; Bushong, Marion E.; Bushong, Marvin E.; Bushong, Mary; Bushong, Nora E. Keene; Bushong, Gertrude; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John; Carter, Tish; Cato, Jesse; Chanley, Hannah; Clarkson, Mary Ann; Coats, Simmons; Colfax, Schuyler; Collins, Edith Bushong; Collins, Marion Chandler; Collins, Marion E. Bushong; Collins, Sanders M.; Collins, Wallace; Cooper, Elwood; Cooper, H. W.; Cooper, Mary; Cramer, Cyrus; Cramer, Sheldon; Davis, Abner; Dewberries, Nathan; Dickinson, Annie; Dingee, Hannah; Dubell, Lydia Ann; Dubree, Nathan; Eavensen, Mary; Eavensham, Alvin; Eavensham, Martha Ellen; Eavenson, Albin; Eavenson, Alvin; Eavenson, Elwood; Eavenson, Emily; Eavenson, Jones; Eavenson, Mary; Eckhart, William; Eckman, Isaac; Evenson, Pierce; Everett, Hamilton; Everett, Rebecca; Everson, Reese; Ferguson, Annie; Field, Mary; Fisher, Conrad; Garrettson, Oliver; Garrison, P.; Garrison, William Lloyd; Gauge, Elizabeth; Gilbert, Abama; Gilbert, Alben; Gilbert, Amos; Gilbert, Bell; Gilbert, Catherine; Gilbert, Emily; Gilbert, Florence; Gilbert, Hannah; Gilbert, Harding; Gilbert, Howard W.; Gilbert, Jesse; Gilbert, Joshua; Gilbert, Mary; Gilbert, Newton; Gilbert, Omar; Gilbert, Sallie; Gilbert, Sarah; Gillton, Theodore; Gockley, Annie; Gockley, Sebastian; Grant, Ulysses S.; Green, Louisa; Griest, Ellwood; Hanna, Edie; Harding, Isaac; Haslem, William; Hauches, Phebe; Hauser, Edie; Hawkes, Joseph; Hayes, Mrs. William; Hayes, Nathaniel; Heaslem, William; Heidelbaugh, Margaret; Heidlebaugh, Albert; Heidlebaugh, Milton; Heidlebaugh, Samuel; Heidlebaugh, Susan; Hensel, George; Herr, Anna; Hicks, Rachel; Hobson, Jane; Hobson, Phebe; Hobson, Thebe; Hobson, Thomas; Hodson, John; Holson, Irene; Hood, James; Hopkins, Hannah; Hopkins, Maria; Hopkins, Samuel; Hopkins, Stanton; Hoskens, John; Houston, Joseph; Hunt, John; Hunter, Joe; Hunter, John; Hunter, Mary; Jackson, James; James, Harriet; Johns, John; Johns, Scott; Johns, Susan; Johnson, Hannah; Johnson, Henry; Johnson, Jacob; Johnson, Martha; Johnson, Mattie; Johnson, Moses; Johnson, Rachel; Johnson, Sarah; Johnston, Henry; Johnston, Moses; Jones, Emerson; Jones, Emma; Jones, Jael; Jones, Mary; Kauffman, Lewis; Kennedy, Hal Patterson; Kent, Nancy; Kent, Vince; Kern, Frank; King, Anna; King, Jerry; King, Samuel; Kirk, Benjamin; Kirk, Sarah; Kuhn, Lizzie; Lamborne, Alicia; Livingston, John B.; Love, Alfred H.; Lyle, William; Marsh, Mary; Marshlands, Belle; Massey, Isaac; Massey, Mary; Massey, Samuel; Matthew, Lydia; Matthews, Thomas; McClintick, Martha; McGill, Eliza; McGill, Sarah; Mercer, Rachel; Miller, Frank; Miller, Joseph; Minnich, Isaac; Moore, Gainer; Moore, Isaac; Moore, Mary; Morrison, Caroline; Morrison, Emma; Morrison, Henry; Morrison, Joseph; Moses, Thomas; Murry, Harvey; Neal, Susan; Newswanger, Joseph E.; Oran, James; Parke, William; Paxson, Alice; Paxson, Alvin; Paxson, Elizabeth Moore White; Paxson, Elwood H.; Paxson, Frankie; Paxson, James; Paxson, Matilda; Paxson, Mavis; Paxson, Tillie; Peart, Lewis; Peart, Rebecca; Peart, Roland; Pennock, Maggie; Pickering, M. H.; Pickering, Elias; Pierce, Edith; Pierce, George; Pierce, Levi; Proctor, Caroline; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rakestraw, Carrie; Rakestraw, Connie; Rakestraw, Eliza; Rakestraw, Ester; Rakestraw, Henry; Rakestraw, Liddy; Rakestraw, Mary; Rakestraw, Sarah; Rakestraw, William; Resh, James; Reynolds, John F.; Rich, Sallie; Risk, James; Risk, Mary; Ritz, Jack; Roberts, Anna; Roberts, Henry; Roberts, Martha; Robinson, Moses; Rockey, Mrs. Jacob; Royer, Hannah; Rusel, James; Russell, Mary B.; Scott, Barbara; Scott, John; Sheldon, Hannah; Sheldon, William; Slate, Henry; Slater, John; South, Benjamin; Sprecher, Jonathan; Sproul, Anne; Stauffer, Jacob; Stauffer, John; Stauffer, Mattie; Stauffer, Mrs.; Stauffer, Peter; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stowe, Mrs.; Stuart, Mary; Sutter, Joe; Swisher, Patrick; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Joseph C.; Thomas, Ann; Thomas, Callie; Thomas, Caroline; Thomas, John; Thomas, Orza A.; Thompson, George; Thompson, Harriet; Valentine, Anna L.; Valentine, Emmaline; Valentine, Francis; Valentine, Joseph; Valentine, Rachel; Valentine, Rebecca; Valentine, Thomas; Walker, John; Walker, Washington; Walter, Jesse; Walters, George; Watson, Matilda; Way, Martha; Webb, John P.; Webster, Elizabeth; Webster, Ezra; Wells, Gilbert; Wells, Joseph; Wells, Mary; Westley, Ellen; Westley, Joseph; Westly, John; Whinney, Sarah Pusey; White, Addie; White, Clara; White, Lettie; White, Oliver; Whitson, Ester; Whitson, George; Whitson, Jacob; Whitson, Matilda; Whitson, Merce; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, Webster; Whitson, William; Wilhelm, Mrs.; William, Henry; Williams, Carrie; Williams, Edwin; Williams, Frank; Williams, Henry; Williams, Sue; Wilson, Tillie; Winston, George; Withers, Anna; Withers, Augustus; Withers, William; Zook, Morris

Other Creators: Bushong, Edith K., 1836-1914.

Subjects: African Americans--History; Agriculture; Bereavement; Canning and preserving; Enslaved persons--Emancipation; Farms; Health; Housekeeping; Mental health; Quakers; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Agriculture; Barr's Bookstore; Bereavement; Births; Canning and preserving; Civil War; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; David Bear's Dry Goods; Death; Diaries; Emancipation; Farming; Funerals; Gardening; Health; Housekeeping; Illnesses; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; McGlaughlin's Auction; Mental health; Octoraro Relief Association; Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind; Persons of color; Quakers; Quarryville Aid Society; Sadsbury Friends Meeting; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; Travel; York Furnace

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0278

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Family Papers, 1833-1872 at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Bushong Diary Collection (MG-278), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0278

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed, finding aid started by PK, Spring-Summer 2010; Finding aid completed by NS, RS, 2013.

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