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Seth H. Evitts: Revolutionary War Soldier, Quaker, and Abolitionist

I have not had a chance to post anything for a while because life has been crazy and I have been very busy researching a line of our family tree that I never knew existed!  After months of trying to … Continue reading

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Obituary-Newman Billings

Published in the Mansfield Gazette, January 9, 1828. DIED–On the 27th ult. [The abbreviation “ult.” stands for the Latin “ultimo,” or last—a date last month, during the preceding month] in Madison Township, Mr. Newman Billings.  His death was occasioned by … Continue reading

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