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Matches 1,801 to 1,850 of 1,895 » See Gallery » Slide Show
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| 1801 |  | Strahorn Wedding 1888 | ||
| 1802 |  | Strahorn's Mill Covered Bridge Also known later as the Foxcatcher Farms Bridge, after the Strahorn Mill property was acquired by William du Pont and combined with his Foxcatcher Farms properties. (William's son John was the subject of the movie Foxcatcher) This is one of only two remaining historic covered bridges in Cecil County, Maryland. An advertisement for bids to build a bridge near Strahorn's Mill appeared in both the Cecil Democrat and Cecil Whig on June 9, 1860. The contract called for a bridge over Big Elk Creek, "covered and to span 65 feet and have a width of 16 feet, out to out." Ten days later the contract was awarded to Ferdinand Wood for a cost of $1,165 and it called for the bridge to be built on the "Old Burr plan." (the curving trusses were called Burr trusses) It is likely the bridge was completed by the end of the year or very early in 1861. The bridge is located in Fair Hill where Tawes Dr. crosses Big Elk Creek. | ||
| 1803 |  | Strahorn's Mill on Big Elk Creek in 1898 At various times the building had been a woolen mill, nail factory, grist mill, turning mill, and a tanbark yard before Jonathan Strahorn converted it to a sawmill, later passing it on to his sons Thomas and Albert. The 1880 Census of Manufacturers showed 'A. Strahorn and Bro.' doing their own logging and operating the sawmill which represented $5,000 in capital investment, had four employees, and three saws - a circular, muley, and band saw. A 9.5-foot waterfall drove two 27-inch turbines which developed 22 horsepower. Annual output was 100,000 board feet, or about $2,000. The 61 acre farm, house, and mill went into receivership and were purchased at auction in 1888 by Albert and Thomas' younger brother Edward Hicks Strahorn and the property eventually went to Edward's sons Isaac and Harry. It was one of the properties purchased by William du Pont in 1927, and was finally sold to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in 1975. | ||
| 1804 |  | Strahorn, Pierson & Co. Spoke and Wheel Factory, Toughkenamon,Chester County, Pennsylvania After a fire destroyed his factory in 1864, Samuel Strahorn decided to relocate. With the advent of steam power, factory owners were no longer limited to operating near rivers and streams. Strahorn learned that the route of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad would pass through the crossroads later to be known as Toughkenamon, affording ready access to rail shipping. The new partnership of Strahorn, Pierson and Company opened at Toughkenamon in the spring of 1866 after purchasing a factory there. Samuel Strahorn died in November 1867 of "Typhomalarial Fever" which periodically swept through the Toughkenamon Valley. It appears that his wife retained the partnership interest, and a few years later their sons Joseph H. and Milton Strahorn were listed in the business. The factory was three stories high and some fifteen to twenty men were employed there, turning out 40,000 spokes, 1,200 sets of wheels, and a large number of hubs and other items each year. Machinery was driven by a twenty horsepower Corliss steam engine. Through the years, the capacity for finishing spokes increased to seven or eight hundred per day. The partnership was dissolved in 1890 and business was conducted thereafter solely by Isaac M. Pierson. Milton and Joseph Strahorn operated a carriage shop across the road in the same building that housed the blacksmith shop. Tragedy struck on Christmas day in 1903 when the wheel works was set afire, completely destroying the operation. It was written that a Toughkenamon firebug was responsible, and there is no further reference to the business. | ||
| 1805 |  | Strahorn-Hutton-Evans Reconveyance From the Zentmyer Collection. Strahorn-Hutton-Evans was the livestock trading firm Robert formed late in his career. This document released a security interest in a herd of Texas cattle, and was executed by Robert Strahorn. | ||
| 1806 |  | Strayhorn Wheel & Spoke Works, Landenberg Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Original location, on the East Branch of White Clay Creek, from a map dated 1847. | ||
| 1807 |  | Strayhorns in the Civil War From the Lewisburg Chronicle, 4 Nov 1862 | ||
| 1808 |  | SunnySide in Critz, Virginia SunneySide is a 200+ acre farm in Critz, Patrick, Virginia which John N. and Martha Penn Zentmeyer purchased in 1852. They owned slaves, who were well cared for by all accounts. The farm continues to operate under Zentmeyer family ownership. Sunnyside and the Abram Penn Cemetery are located Here, at 2533 Koger Mill Rd. in Critz. Pictured is William Penn Zentmeyer, who lived at Sunnyside until he left for college. Penn passed away on 1 Jan 2025 at Suffolk, Virginia. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1809 |  | Susanna Kinch Zentmyer, early image We found this image on eBay and bought it because on the reverse side was stamped 'R.A. Zentmyer P.M., Ventland, Clearfield Co., Pa.' We assumed 'P.M.' meant Postmaster, and in fact Ventland was a small town and post office on the Pennsylvania Railroad, called 'Chesterfield' by the PRR. The town was abandoned in 1911. The image turned out to be of Robert Anderson Zentmyer's mother, Susanna Kinch Zentmyer, so a lucky find indeed. The photographer, Luther B. Kline, worked in Huntingdon from the mid 1860s until his death in 1901. | ||
| 1810 |  | Susannah Kinch Zentmyer, later image. Photograph from Zentmyer family archives. | ||
| 1811 |  | Swarthmore College, 1940 Helen's entry in the yearbook | ||
| 1812 |  | test test | ||
| 1813 |  | The Acadian Expulsion 1755-1763 Although the expulsion was ordered by Governor Charles Lawrence, Morris was the author of the expulsion plans, and his writings indicate that he supported the endeavor. | ||
| 1814 |  | The Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina on 31 Oct 1864 Henry Brutsche was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during this battle. An engraving from Harper's Weekly, 24 Dec 1864. Caption reads 'Rebel magazine exploding' | ||
| 1815 |  | The farm of Bernhard Zentmeyer b.1740 near Arendtsville, Pennsylvania Bernhard bought this farm from John Goudy in 1780 for cash and a series of bonds. He refused to pay off the bonds, because we could not obtain clear title to the property. Recent research by us in 2020 confirms that Goudy was in fact a squatter, so he could not convey clear title. Bernhard apparently lost the farm at a sale for delinquent taxes on March 4, 1793. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1816 |  | The Founders Stone in Hartford, Connecticut George Hubbard, one of the founders of Hartford | ||
| 1817 |  | The History of Joseph Zentmayer Microscopes | ||
| 1818 |  | The Hotel Medford, Medford Oregon In 1935 Robert Strahorn was embarking on his final business venture, an attempt to coax additional riches from formerly played-out mines in the northwest. His base for these explorations was Medford, Oregon. From Ninety Years of Boyhood: “So we settled down comfortably in homelike Hotel Medford, in the heart of the model little city of that name, facing the library, located in the center of a fine old park. There, with books in plenty, comfortable park seats her desire for quiet study and authorship, the declining Mrs. Strahorn could serenely regale herself and glory in a valley ablaze and sweetly scented with blossoming fruits and flowers, instead of enduring the trying situation in wilderness mining camps I pictured as we were leaving New York.” | ||
| 1819 |  | The Howard and Matilda Wells Robison Family about 1902 Top - Howard, Adah, Katie, Sadie, Matilda Bottom - Edward, Robert, Josie, Edna From the Zentmyer Collection | ||
| 1820 |  | The Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Co. This was the vehicle Robert used to found and develop the towns along the Oregon Short Line Railroad. | ||
| 1821 |  | The Jacob Stutenroth Zentmyer family Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1822 |  | The James and Margaret Strobridge Pickens family With a section about the Thomas and Margaret Steele Pickens family | ||
| 1823 |  | The Miles and Jennie Zentmyer family From the Zentmyer Collection. Nona, George, Miles, Hermina, and Jennie Crewitt Zentmyer. Colorized from a black and white original. | ||
| 1824 |  | The Morris house in 1953 at its original location. It was operated as a rooming house for a number of years. | ||
| 1825 |  | The Old Parish Burying Ground in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the site of the original Anglican Church in Windsor, founded in 1771. The cemetery accepted burials from 1771 until it closed in 1887, notwithstanding the sign. It contains approximately 4,000 graves, including that of Charles Morris, although the location of his grave cannot be ascertained. | ||
| 1826 |  | The Robert Strahorn Mystery
From the Technical World magazine, March 1909 | ||
| 1827 |  | The Strahorn House in North Plate, Nebraska Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer. From the Zentmyer Collecton. Looks cold. | ||
| 1828 |  | The USS Tacony, launched 7 May 1863. During the Civil War, Henry Brutsché served on the USS Tacony, a double-ended, side-wheel steamship built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. (Tacony was a suburb of Philadelphia) The Tacony had a length of 235 feet and a beam of 35 feet and a crew of 145. | ||
| 1829 |  | The Vienna Buffet area Image from Lavander Los Angeles, a gay publication, 2011 | ||
| 1830 |  | The Zentmyer Residence in Schuyler.
At the southwest corner of Vine and Oregon streets, this image is from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for 1885 during Miles and Jennie's time in Schuyler. Note Office and Dwelling, color yellow indicates wood frame, 1 and 2 refers to number of stories, and x means shingle roof. This corner is currently addressed as 321 E. 11th St. and features a commercial building formerly used as a gas station. | ||
| 1831 |  | Thomas Benton Limbocker Photo courtesy Donna Hancock | ||
| 1832 |  | Thomas F. Strayhorn in Hartleton Biographical sketch indicating Thomas was working in Hartleton as of the summer of 1852, soon after his son Robert Edmund Strahorn was born. At that time, Thomas' father Samuel was living in Hartley Township, 1/4 mile west of Hartleton. The Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Vol.1. Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1833 |  | Thomas Foster Strahorn From the Zentmyer Collection. Found in the photo album of Arthur Thomas Strahorn, Thomas' grandson. | ||
| 1834 |  | Thomas Marlow's Will From 1804 in Iredell County, North Carolina | ||
| 1835 |  | Thomas Pickens Probate Record Names Andrew and his father Thomas Pickens, both of Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts | ||
| 1836 |  | Thomas Strayhorn Taxes - 1874 From Tax Assessor's personal record book | ||
| 1837 |  | Thomas Strayhorn, Teacher Another record from The Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Vol.1., corroborating his son Robert E. Strahorn's account. Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1838 |  | Three kinds of saws at Strahorn's Mill As described above. | ||
| 1839 |  | Tintype of Charles Elmore Cosby | ||
| 1840 |  | Tintype of Jno. (John) Zentmyer Dated May 28, 1870, taken by Thos. Cummings, Lancaster PA | ||
| 1841 |  | Tucson City Directory 1923 Wandyne De Cello a student at University of Arizona | ||
| 1842 |  | Union Church Cemetery Located in Hartleton, Union, Pennsylvania. The headstone of Samuel Strayhorn who died in 1850 is circled. Image by Gary Zentmyer | ||
| 1843 |  | Union Pacific Employees Magazine, Feb 1886 Placing the J.C. Strahorn family in Sterling Colorado, supporting Mary Strahorn's birth there the year before. | ||
| 1844 |  | Union Station in Spokane From the Zentmyer Collection. Robert financed and built Union Station on a site between the Spokane River and Trent Ave., now called Spokane Falls Blvd., completing construction in 1914. When it was torn down to make way for the Spokane World's Fair in 1974, demolition crews got more than they bargained for. The building was constructed to last for centuries, requiring the contractor to repeatedly ask for more money. | ||
| 1845 |  | Vicki Zentmyer Bergstrom and your webmaster At Julian, San Diego, California on 8 Jun 2018 | ||
| 1846 |  | Vine St. Looking West This postcard image is from 1910, the year before Miles died. The Zentmyer residence is on the far left of the view. | ||
| 1847 |  | Viola Jo-Ann St. Myer Birth Certificate | ||
| 1848 |  | W.C. Zentmyer snares intruder Article in the Leavenworth Daily Times, 28 Nov 1875 | ||
| 1849 |  | Wackerlin - Zentmeyer Headstone In the Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Kane, Illinois | ||
| 1850 |  | War of 1812 Military Service for a James Robertson NOT US Birth year of 1775 and birthplace of Bedford, Virginia do not agree with 1771 and Chesterfield, Virginia so this was not our James Robertson, although many ancestry.com trees incorrectly claim this was our James. |
