As I've mentioned before, one purpose of this blogsite is to review my many folders of information. Whenever I do this, I find new information and also new questions. I'd like to share with you an E-Mail from Edith Svenson. I've had many E-Mails from her, however not for a couple of years. I am sending her Prairie Roots and so far haven't gotten it returned to me, which leads me to think that she may be unable to communicate any longer. I would love to get in touch with her again.
Here is her Feb. 1, 2001 communication:
"Dear Lori (aunt Lori) and Judy...Jacob Pepper is Louella Alice Pepper Wycoff Daugherty's father. I have his name off of Louella's social security application. She lists her parents as Jacob Pepper and Alice A. Tuttle. They are buried in the Green Valley Cemetery, Green Valley, Tazewell County, Illinois. Jacob was born April 6, 1848 and died May 29, 1888. Alice died April 10, 1876 at 22 years 11 months15 days. Louella was only three years old when her mother died. Don't know if Jacob remarried or not. I have a picture of Jacob. Note: Jacob is my 2nd great grand uncle. He did remarry to Mary Wiggins and they had three children as well as Mary having two from a previous marriage. My aunt had told me that Louella had married her second or third cousin. According to this it looks like it was her first cousin." Note: Edward was Louella's first cousin.
Edward Daugherty had a brother Richard."Richard had a daughter named, Leland Marjorie Daugherty. She had an illegitimate child by Lorraine Ernster who was Louella's grandson. The son was adopted out and he has just found out who his family was in this year. Note: I believe that Lee named the boy Richard and his name was changed to Tom by his adoptive parents. He is in his early 70's. Leland, called Lee Tibbetts, had another son but he died when young. Note: His name was Gary Belnap. Sounds like she never really got over his death.
Here is Louella's obituary that I just received in the mail Monday: Louella A. Daugherty 97, of 1503 Cottonwood Drive, Richland (wonder what state - there doesn't seem to be a Richland, Illinois. There is a Tri-City Tribune, serving the Columbia area of Washington. Cities included are Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland.)died this morning at Heather House. Mrs. Daugherty was born in Delavan Ill., and lived in the Tri-Cities 13 years. Note: Delavan is south of Peoria. She was a member of the Christian Church of Delavan. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myrle Rawstern, Richland, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. This last is not true because she had 4 other grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. This is all I know for now. Keep in touch." Edith
I would love to find out more about Louella's children and grandchildren and also get in touch with Edith again.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
First Whitcomb in America (Bartholomew/Carrington Families)
I'm nearly at the end of a general skimming from "Direct Descent Lineage Report", prepared for me by Jeff Linscott. You will probably want to look at the two preceding posts to understand how this John Whitcomb, born 1588 in Somerset Co., England relates to our family. I've been receiving "The Whitcomb Wheel" for several months now (need to send in my money for renewing my subscription) and have needed an opportunity to look through this information.
John Whitcomb (my 9th great grandfather)is believed to have been the first of the Whitcomb family to settle permanently in America. There is much debate as to the relationship of some of the early Whitcombs, as Jeff as attested. The John in this writing was probably the second son of John and Anne Harper Whitcomb of London. The English Whitcombs were of the Established Church in England. During the time of "spiritual awakening and religious fervor" certain members of the family became Puritans...John being one. What part religion had in encouraging John's emigration must "be left to conjecture" but it doubtless had its influence.
John appeared in Dorchester (MA) as early as 1633. He may have been on the ship Arbella in 1630. Not much is written about those days in Dorchester, however later evidence shows him to have been well-to-do for the times, a man of intelligence and enterprise and did much buying and selling of land. His handwriting was strong and it is obvious that he was a man of academical education.
In 1640 he lived in Scituate, Mass, where he owned land. There is an interesting event in which John's (then seventy years old) neighbor, Steven Gates, accused the Whitcomb family of the killing of Gate's swine. John primarily raised corn, tobacco, flax, garden herbs and vegetables. The farm probably yielded maple sugar and there may have been an orchard. "Log houses were the rule in the time of John....They were usually one story and an attic. Small openings in the log walls served as windows, and were protected at night by shutters made of hewn planks. Sometimes glass was simulated by the use of skins scraped to semi-transparency or by the skins of bladders. Later the luxury of small panes of greenish glass was introduced. A huge chimney in the middle of the house provided a fireplace which served the purpose of heating and cookery and in Lancaster, each family ground its own corn until a miller with his wheel and millstones arrived."
After some thirty years of this primitive life in the Colony, eight of it spent in Lancaster, John died September 24, 1662...about 74 years old and was buried in "the old burying ground". No fragment of even a battered stone marks his resting place.
John was married in England, Nov. 26, 1623 in Tauton, Somerset Co.,to Frances Coggen. Francis died in 1671 in Lancaster, MA.
"The American Whitcombs have been patriotic and loyal from the earliest times. They did valiant service in the Colonial Wars and during the Revolution father and sons, sometimes to the number of five or six from one home were found in the ranks."
The grandfather of this John Whitcomb was named William and was born in 1528 in London, England and died in 1612 in Essex, England. He married Dorothy Taylor about 1558 apparently had only 1 child, the father of the above John.
John Whitcomb (my 9th great grandfather)is believed to have been the first of the Whitcomb family to settle permanently in America. There is much debate as to the relationship of some of the early Whitcombs, as Jeff as attested. The John in this writing was probably the second son of John and Anne Harper Whitcomb of London. The English Whitcombs were of the Established Church in England. During the time of "spiritual awakening and religious fervor" certain members of the family became Puritans...John being one. What part religion had in encouraging John's emigration must "be left to conjecture" but it doubtless had its influence.
John appeared in Dorchester (MA) as early as 1633. He may have been on the ship Arbella in 1630. Not much is written about those days in Dorchester, however later evidence shows him to have been well-to-do for the times, a man of intelligence and enterprise and did much buying and selling of land. His handwriting was strong and it is obvious that he was a man of academical education.
In 1640 he lived in Scituate, Mass, where he owned land. There is an interesting event in which John's (then seventy years old) neighbor, Steven Gates, accused the Whitcomb family of the killing of Gate's swine. John primarily raised corn, tobacco, flax, garden herbs and vegetables. The farm probably yielded maple sugar and there may have been an orchard. "Log houses were the rule in the time of John....They were usually one story and an attic. Small openings in the log walls served as windows, and were protected at night by shutters made of hewn planks. Sometimes glass was simulated by the use of skins scraped to semi-transparency or by the skins of bladders. Later the luxury of small panes of greenish glass was introduced. A huge chimney in the middle of the house provided a fireplace which served the purpose of heating and cookery and in Lancaster, each family ground its own corn until a miller with his wheel and millstones arrived."
After some thirty years of this primitive life in the Colony, eight of it spent in Lancaster, John died September 24, 1662...about 74 years old and was buried in "the old burying ground". No fragment of even a battered stone marks his resting place.
John was married in England, Nov. 26, 1623 in Tauton, Somerset Co.,to Frances Coggen. Francis died in 1671 in Lancaster, MA.
"The American Whitcombs have been patriotic and loyal from the earliest times. They did valiant service in the Colonial Wars and during the Revolution father and sons, sometimes to the number of five or six from one home were found in the ranks."
The grandfather of this John Whitcomb was named William and was born in 1528 in London, England and died in 1612 in Essex, England. He married Dorothy Taylor about 1558 apparently had only 1 child, the father of the above John.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Ancestors of Thirza Houghton Bartholomew Continued
Elizabeth Whitcomb Houghton, my 5th great grandmother had lots of siblings. There were twelve children born to her father, John Whitcomb and his first wife Mary Carter and after her death, Rebecca Whitcomb (a cousin). Rebecca was Elizabeth's mother. All of John's children were born in Lancaster, MA and all were living in 1785 the date of the drawing of his will. That is quite amazing when at this time childhood deaths were prevalent. Elizabeth was the 7th child.
General John Whitcomb, my sixth great grandfather, was possibly born in 1713 in Lancaster, MA and died Nov. 17, 1785 in Bolton MA. He served in the French and Indian wars and was active in the REvolutionary War, as was his brother, Colonel Asa Whitcomb. "Before his 7th birthday he lost his father by death, and his mother survived her husband but a few years." He was placed in the guardianship of his uncle, Joseph Sawyer, the village blacksmith. The report that I am reading goes into detail on his revolutionary war background. "He was a republicanized Puritan, a zealous, unselfish patriot, a man of action, ignorant of rhetoric, not given to bluster. Uneducated and not disposed to overrate his own powers, he rose to command by native force of character. He must have been brave in battle, and gifted with personal magnetism and tact, for volunteer soldiers followed him with love and respect through campaign after campaign; exemplary in life, for he was looked up to in the church, and his enemy spoke nothing ill of him - impartial in judgement, for in his day and limited sphere his name stands oftenest in the record as moderator, arbitrator and magistrate - energetic in administration, for those high in authority sought his aid - judicious in legislation and council, for electors did not tire of honoring him with their unsought suffrages." (from "A Forgotten Patriot," by Henry S. Nourse).
The John mentioned above, had a father also named John Whitcomb. He was born in 1684 in Lancaster, mA and died in 1720. He married Rebecca Wilder. They had 4 children. This last John had a father named Jonathan Whitcomb. Jonathan married a Hannah, and after his death in 1692, she was killed in Lancaster by Indians. The story has been shared by several writers.
The father of Jonathan, John Whitcomb, born about 1588, will be dealt with in the next blogspot.
General John Whitcomb, my sixth great grandfather, was possibly born in 1713 in Lancaster, MA and died Nov. 17, 1785 in Bolton MA. He served in the French and Indian wars and was active in the REvolutionary War, as was his brother, Colonel Asa Whitcomb. "Before his 7th birthday he lost his father by death, and his mother survived her husband but a few years." He was placed in the guardianship of his uncle, Joseph Sawyer, the village blacksmith. The report that I am reading goes into detail on his revolutionary war background. "He was a republicanized Puritan, a zealous, unselfish patriot, a man of action, ignorant of rhetoric, not given to bluster. Uneducated and not disposed to overrate his own powers, he rose to command by native force of character. He must have been brave in battle, and gifted with personal magnetism and tact, for volunteer soldiers followed him with love and respect through campaign after campaign; exemplary in life, for he was looked up to in the church, and his enemy spoke nothing ill of him - impartial in judgement, for in his day and limited sphere his name stands oftenest in the record as moderator, arbitrator and magistrate - energetic in administration, for those high in authority sought his aid - judicious in legislation and council, for electors did not tire of honoring him with their unsought suffrages." (from "A Forgotten Patriot," by Henry S. Nourse).
The John mentioned above, had a father also named John Whitcomb. He was born in 1684 in Lancaster, mA and died in 1720. He married Rebecca Wilder. They had 4 children. This last John had a father named Jonathan Whitcomb. Jonathan married a Hannah, and after his death in 1692, she was killed in Lancaster by Indians. The story has been shared by several writers.
The father of Jonathan, John Whitcomb, born about 1588, will be dealt with in the next blogspot.
The Ancestors of Thirza Houghton/Bartholomew
On July 23rd, I wrote about Thirza Houghton Bartholomew, my 3rd great grandmother and grandmother of Lucius Carrington. I have in front of me a pamphlet compiled by Jeff Lincscott, in 2005, titled "Direct Descent Lineage Report - Showing the Direct Descent from Immigrant Ancestor John Whitcomb to Elizabeth Whitecomb Houghton and her Descendants." Long title, but a good source of information. I'm going to go backwards into Thirza's family, starting with her father, John Houghton.
John Houghton was born Nov. 5, 1773 in Leominster, Ma. He had a twin, Rufus. Someday it would be fun to find out how many sets of twins there have been in total in mother's family. Quite a number! John died Nov. 4, 1849 in Potsdam, NY. This is in the general vacinity covered in the last blog posting. He was married July 29, 1798 to Betsey Lincoln. Betsy was born in Roxbury, MA, the daughter of Luke and Rebecca (White) Lincoln. I've also seen Rebecca's name spelled WAITE. The Lincolns resided in Jaffrey, N.H. I mentioned the location of Jaffrey in the previous posting. Roxbury isn't in the Atlas I have. Checking Wikipedia, Roxbury in now one of 21 official neighborhoods of Boston. It currently serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston." It was one of the first towns founded in the Mass. Bay Colony in 1630.
I've got space to add the generation preceeding John. John's mother was Elizabeth Whitcomb, born Nov. 9, 1752 in Lancaster, Ma. She died Feb. 5, 1818 in Leominster, MA. Leominster is located in the north central part of Mass. Lancaster is located a bit farther southeast from there. This is the area of the King Phillip Wars and the home of Mary Rowlandson, who was captured by the Indians. The story is worthy of writing and is connected to our family.
Elizabeth married Rufus Houghton, Jr. in Leominster in 1777. They had three children. After Rufus's death before 1777 she married Jacob Fullam. Rufus Houghton was one of the Minute Men. Her children with Rufus were Rufus Houghton III, John Houghton, and Jonathan Houghton.
This whole subject brings up many ideas for research. I'll be going through my information concerning Rufus Houghton Sr., at another time.
Jeff Linscott is the publisher of The Whitcomb Wheel. There is a tremendous amount of Whitcomb information in his mailings. His E-Mail is jlinscott@pivot.net
John Houghton was born Nov. 5, 1773 in Leominster, Ma. He had a twin, Rufus. Someday it would be fun to find out how many sets of twins there have been in total in mother's family. Quite a number! John died Nov. 4, 1849 in Potsdam, NY. This is in the general vacinity covered in the last blog posting. He was married July 29, 1798 to Betsey Lincoln. Betsy was born in Roxbury, MA, the daughter of Luke and Rebecca (White) Lincoln. I've also seen Rebecca's name spelled WAITE. The Lincolns resided in Jaffrey, N.H. I mentioned the location of Jaffrey in the previous posting. Roxbury isn't in the Atlas I have. Checking Wikipedia, Roxbury in now one of 21 official neighborhoods of Boston. It currently serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston." It was one of the first towns founded in the Mass. Bay Colony in 1630.
I've got space to add the generation preceeding John. John's mother was Elizabeth Whitcomb, born Nov. 9, 1752 in Lancaster, Ma. She died Feb. 5, 1818 in Leominster, MA. Leominster is located in the north central part of Mass. Lancaster is located a bit farther southeast from there. This is the area of the King Phillip Wars and the home of Mary Rowlandson, who was captured by the Indians. The story is worthy of writing and is connected to our family.
Elizabeth married Rufus Houghton, Jr. in Leominster in 1777. They had three children. After Rufus's death before 1777 she married Jacob Fullam. Rufus Houghton was one of the Minute Men. Her children with Rufus were Rufus Houghton III, John Houghton, and Jonathan Houghton.
This whole subject brings up many ideas for research. I'll be going through my information concerning Rufus Houghton Sr., at another time.
Jeff Linscott is the publisher of The Whitcomb Wheel. There is a tremendous amount of Whitcomb information in his mailings. His E-Mail is jlinscott@pivot.net
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thirza Houghton - Bartholomew Family
On January 6th, of this year, I wrote about my 2008 visit to Buelah Cemetery near Miller, SD. (We also visited there again this summer.) I mentioned the burial site of Thirza Carrington Conkey, sister of my great grandfather Lucius Carrington. Along side Thirza is the stone of her son, Glen. It was a rather lonely, sad visit.
Thirza is a rather unusual name. She was named after her grandmother, Thirza Houghton Bartholomew, mother of Mary Montgomery Bartholomew Carrington. I don't know much about "Thirza Sr." but I'll share what I do have in my records.
Thirza Houghton was born on May 8, 1799 in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Jaffrey is located at the bottem of the state, quite close to the Massachusetts border. Thirza married Isaac Bartholomew March 23, 1818 at Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY. Potsdam is located above the Adirondack Mountains, in northeastern New York, not far from the Canadian Border. She died on Jan., 6, 1881 in Potsdam.
Thirza and Isaac had many children. The oldest was Sarah, born 1819. Nothing more is known of her. James was born in 1820. He was a farmer and remained in the state of New York. He married Polly Wells and they had four children...nothing is known of them other than their names and the spouses of some. One daughter, Alma, had the middle name of Thirza. John Houghton Bartholomew is next, born 1822. He was a postmaster in New Madrid (now Waddington), New York and was married to Lydia Hall. Eliza A. was next, born 1824. She died in 1854 in Dakota County, Minn. and married Walton Brown. I don't believe they had any children.
Betsy was born in 1826. She only lived 20 years. I know nothing else about her. Giles was born 1828. He died in 1873. His spouse was Jane Meiggs. Again, I don't think there were any children. Minerva's birthdate was 1830. She married Harmon Carpenter and lived some of her life in Michigan. I know of no children. Julia is next, being born in 1832. She married Walton Brown after her sister Eliza died. Walton may have been known as Nathan. They married in Milwaukee, WI and at some time lived in South Dakota. They had two daughters named Nora and Cora.
I would love to know more about the descendents of Mary Montgomery Bartholomew Carrington's siblings. It is one of these descendents that did much genealogy work on the family. I have no idea which line that person came from.
Mary Montgomery Bartholomew is the next child born of Thirza and Isaac. She is my second ggrandmother and the mother of Lucius. She was born in 1835 and died in Michigan, in 1918. She is buried in Huron, Co., the "fingernail" of Michigan's "thumb." Following her was Jerome Trueman Bartholomew, born in 1837 and dying in 1838. He died after falling into a tub of hot water and is buried in Waddington, New York. The twins are last. Lewis and Lucius (Bartholomew...not Carrington)were born in 1839. Lewis married Abbie Rutherford and they had 8 children, of who I only know their names. Lewis bought and sold cattle in Byinville, Missouri. I don't see that community in the Atlas.He quarreled with his son Henry George over business and money and shot himself in front of his son. Lucius married Lottie Rutherford. Perhaps a sister of Abbie. He fought in the Army in 1861. It must have been the Civil War. I don't have any children listed for them.
I'd love to know more about Mary's siblings and their descendents. One of these descendents was the genealogist who compiled the history of the Bartholomew family. I have no idea which branch.
Thirza is a rather unusual name. She was named after her grandmother, Thirza Houghton Bartholomew, mother of Mary Montgomery Bartholomew Carrington. I don't know much about "Thirza Sr." but I'll share what I do have in my records.
Thirza Houghton was born on May 8, 1799 in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Jaffrey is located at the bottem of the state, quite close to the Massachusetts border. Thirza married Isaac Bartholomew March 23, 1818 at Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY. Potsdam is located above the Adirondack Mountains, in northeastern New York, not far from the Canadian Border. She died on Jan., 6, 1881 in Potsdam.
Thirza and Isaac had many children. The oldest was Sarah, born 1819. Nothing more is known of her. James was born in 1820. He was a farmer and remained in the state of New York. He married Polly Wells and they had four children...nothing is known of them other than their names and the spouses of some. One daughter, Alma, had the middle name of Thirza. John Houghton Bartholomew is next, born 1822. He was a postmaster in New Madrid (now Waddington), New York and was married to Lydia Hall. Eliza A. was next, born 1824. She died in 1854 in Dakota County, Minn. and married Walton Brown. I don't believe they had any children.
Betsy was born in 1826. She only lived 20 years. I know nothing else about her. Giles was born 1828. He died in 1873. His spouse was Jane Meiggs. Again, I don't think there were any children. Minerva's birthdate was 1830. She married Harmon Carpenter and lived some of her life in Michigan. I know of no children. Julia is next, being born in 1832. She married Walton Brown after her sister Eliza died. Walton may have been known as Nathan. They married in Milwaukee, WI and at some time lived in South Dakota. They had two daughters named Nora and Cora.
I would love to know more about the descendents of Mary Montgomery Bartholomew Carrington's siblings. It is one of these descendents that did much genealogy work on the family. I have no idea which line that person came from.
Mary Montgomery Bartholomew is the next child born of Thirza and Isaac. She is my second ggrandmother and the mother of Lucius. She was born in 1835 and died in Michigan, in 1918. She is buried in Huron, Co., the "fingernail" of Michigan's "thumb." Following her was Jerome Trueman Bartholomew, born in 1837 and dying in 1838. He died after falling into a tub of hot water and is buried in Waddington, New York. The twins are last. Lewis and Lucius (Bartholomew...not Carrington)were born in 1839. Lewis married Abbie Rutherford and they had 8 children, of who I only know their names. Lewis bought and sold cattle in Byinville, Missouri. I don't see that community in the Atlas.He quarreled with his son Henry George over business and money and shot himself in front of his son. Lucius married Lottie Rutherford. Perhaps a sister of Abbie. He fought in the Army in 1861. It must have been the Civil War. I don't have any children listed for them.
I'd love to know more about Mary's siblings and their descendents. One of these descendents was the genealogist who compiled the history of the Bartholomew family. I have no idea which branch.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
A Final Tribute to Vayland (SD)
On page 70 of "Vayland Memories; In Broken Down Yard" by Lora B. Karinene-Venjohn, the author shares a story back in 2007 when Clarence and Norma McGirr (Mom's first cousin) and the former Supterintendent of Belle Fourche High School came through the yard looking for Vayland Road. Clarence's grandfather, Sam McGirr, purchased a farm 3 miles north of Wessington back in 1901.
Clarence writes, "Vayland has always held a favored segment of my being. It is still my 'Home Town' having lived Wed. and Sat. nights on the street in front of Vayland Store. Surely my ghost must lurk near the site of the elevators where I dumped grain for a threshing season back in the late 30s or near the Borkhuis Blacksmith and Parts Store waiting to have plow shares sharpened and pointed. Then if one listens intently, strains of the Vayland Vagabonds practicing for the many nights furnishing dance music to gigs from Simmons' barn, west of Wessington, to halls, many places as far west as the Gray Goose north of Pierre..."
Lora says, "Vayland, like other small towns faced extinction. Those small towns were the backbone of the rural community. And yes, they will surely be missed."
She also writes, "In our childhood, we all had a favorite place...a place where the family congregated; that spot we will never forget... When these rare moments of history go unrecorded...our oral history can be easily lost to our children and the next generations. So I suggest you find someone in your family to put a Memory Book together or much of your valuable memories will be swept under the carpet. Write it down, however mundane and you may discover that you have a wealth of information to share with family and community." These are important words to think about for all of us.
Clarence writes, "Vayland has always held a favored segment of my being. It is still my 'Home Town' having lived Wed. and Sat. nights on the street in front of Vayland Store. Surely my ghost must lurk near the site of the elevators where I dumped grain for a threshing season back in the late 30s or near the Borkhuis Blacksmith and Parts Store waiting to have plow shares sharpened and pointed. Then if one listens intently, strains of the Vayland Vagabonds practicing for the many nights furnishing dance music to gigs from Simmons' barn, west of Wessington, to halls, many places as far west as the Gray Goose north of Pierre..."
Lora says, "Vayland, like other small towns faced extinction. Those small towns were the backbone of the rural community. And yes, they will surely be missed."
She also writes, "In our childhood, we all had a favorite place...a place where the family congregated; that spot we will never forget... When these rare moments of history go unrecorded...our oral history can be easily lost to our children and the next generations. So I suggest you find someone in your family to put a Memory Book together or much of your valuable memories will be swept under the carpet. Write it down, however mundane and you may discover that you have a wealth of information to share with family and community." These are important words to think about for all of us.
"Events Leading Up to the Rise & Fall of Vayland"
The above is taken in Vayland, June of 2009.
Well, it's time to return "Vayland Memories: In Broken Down Yard" (South Dakota) by Lora B. Karinene-Venjohn to Art Cavenee. I've got several things of his to put in a mailer, hopefully on Monday. My next trip I hope to get my own copy from the author. I'm wondering what other books she's written.
I'd like to share a few "Events Leading up to the Rise & Fall of the Town of Vayland, SD." These events have made enormous changes in the entire Hand/Beadle/Spinks area of S.D.
1857 - Treaty with Sioux Indians and white settlers
1862 - Homestead Act, US Govt. gave free land (160 acres if could prove up land for 5 yrs.).
1873 - Hand County was created by territory legislature.
1873 - The Depression of 1873. Timber Culture Act provided qtr. section if planted 2700 trees, if 675 "living" trees at grant of patent, land free. Note: I believe that William Daugherty and William Wilson planted their trees...evidence of them still may be seen.
1880 - Small post offices boom.
1879 - Dakota Central RR Company routed RR through Hand Co. with siding/shacks along the route from Minnesota, west.
1882 - A boom period in Hand Co. as 2nd generation settlers arrive.
1888 - Bad blizzard in area leaving 200 dead. Was our gggrandfather, Peter DeLong one of them?
1890 - Tractors powered by internal combustion engines developed. Land: $5.00 an acre.
1893 - Seven Year Drought; Depression of 1893.
1996 - Railroad reaches Silex #2, rename siding Vayland
1900 - steam engines started replacing horses.
1900-1910 - Early businesses in Vayland boom (see previous posting for description)
1908-1927 - Model T appears, gas refueling station is opened in Vayland.
1910 - gas fueled tractor is replacing the steam engine with 3-5 bottom plows.
1920 - The population of Vayland was 200 with 33 businesses.
1920-30's - State acquired more mortgaged land. This deflationary period lent to the depression as population drops. Many folks from Vayland moved their houses somewhere else.
1920-33 - Period of National Prohibition. Women pushed for the right to vote.
1925 - 175 state-chartered banks closed because of shrinking property values. People of SD lost over $39 million.
Oct., 1929 - Stock Market Crash.
The Dirty Thirties - Drought and 1933 grasshopper infestation.
1930 - Great Depression/New Deal w FDR; Gov't surplus; buy back cattle @$1.00 each and slaughter NW of Vayland
1934 - Disaster Relief programs implemented.
1939-40"s - 300,000 acres sold @$20.48 per acre. Big family, cooperative farmers were able to acquire lrger farming acreages. Little farming operations dwindled.(2009 - land @ $1800 an acre).
1981 - Roger Venjohn moved his family & business to Vayland to start a scrap yard business.
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