Recollections of Old Milestown (Old Timers)
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Some six score signers on the list, which was the best that could be done twenty years after the event, and there were scores of others, veritable old-timers, too, who were barred by the eligibility date, which had for its chiefest significance that it marked the date when the discomforts and vicissitudes of transportation, overland or by river, was changed to "rolling in" in a padded car over a smooth track. That was a good-enough reason for the eligibles, but it is also the reason why the association idea never was realized. There was an evident incongrulity in excluding men from membership who had lived through the exciting years that followed '81. The list follows: | Some six score signers on the list, which was the best that could be done twenty years after the event, and there were scores of others, veritable old-timers, too, who were barred by the eligibility date, which had for its chiefest significance that it marked the date when the discomforts and vicissitudes of transportation, overland or by river, was changed to "rolling in" in a padded car over a smooth track. That was a good-enough reason for the eligibles, but it is also the reason why the association idea never was realized. There was an evident incongrulity in excluding men from membership who had lived through the exciting years that followed '81. The list follows: | ||
| − | 1876, June -- J. M. Sipes, W. J. Kirley, H. C. Thompson, | + | 1876, June -- [[J. M. Sipes]], [[W. J. Kirley]], [[H. C. Thompson]], [[James Coleman]], Mrs. Frank Casey, [[Charles Austin]], [[Paul Borchardt]], [[Sam O'Connell]]. July -- [[Charles F. Kelly]]. August -- [[W. F. Schmalsle]], [[G. M. Miles]], [[Henry Hogan]]. |
1877, January -- W. S. Snell. February -- Ben Johnson. April -- W. H. Bullard. May -- Jas. McGraw. June -- Frank Connolly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ware, Jas. Hogan, Jas. Kennedy. July -- Isaac Crabtree, Job Crabtree, Jack Hawkins, John Darcey, Jas. McEvoy, Patrick McEvoy. August -- M. Hurley, Mrs. M. Hurley, W. J. Dunnigan, Carlina J. Dunnigan, Mary Dunnigan, Natt Flynn, Peter Curry. September -- Ed. Flynn, Wm. Strong, D. J. O'Malley. October -- C. S. Young, Robert Johnson, Mrs. Wm. Dominy. November -- Dan Levalley, Jas M. Buckner, G. W. Dearing. December -- O. O. Whalen, Jas. Haywood. | 1877, January -- W. S. Snell. February -- Ben Johnson. April -- W. H. Bullard. May -- Jas. McGraw. June -- Frank Connolly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ware, Jas. Hogan, Jas. Kennedy. July -- Isaac Crabtree, Job Crabtree, Jack Hawkins, John Darcey, Jas. McEvoy, Patrick McEvoy. August -- M. Hurley, Mrs. M. Hurley, W. J. Dunnigan, Carlina J. Dunnigan, Mary Dunnigan, Natt Flynn, Peter Curry. September -- Ed. Flynn, Wm. Strong, D. J. O'Malley. October -- C. S. Young, Robert Johnson, Mrs. Wm. Dominy. November -- Dan Levalley, Jas M. Buckner, G. W. Dearing. December -- O. O. Whalen, Jas. Haywood. | ||
