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Final Account of the Trust for Ralph F. Barker

Posted on May 7, 2026 by admin

Ralph left a trust fund to be used for the care of his son Ralph F. Barker who was resident at the Battleboro Retreat for insane persons. (For more see the Battleboro post)

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Catherine Virginia Toole Hendrix

Posted on May 23, 2023 by admin

Obituary: Catherine (Kitty) Virginia Lane, age 91, died peacefully on Friday  May 3, 2019 in hospice at Piedmont Hospital in Athens, Georgia. She spent her last day surrounded by family, music and recordings of her singing. Kitty had a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Mountain Grove

Posted on July 29, 2017 by admin

In the Spring of 2000 I along with mom and dad traveled to Connecticut to attend Dick Barker’s retirement gala – 50 years at Yale. While we were in Bridgeport we went by Mountain Grove Cemetery to see the Edward’s … Continue reading →

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Norman Leeds Sr.

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

Norman Leeds ( Bridgeport Telegram Friday, January 19, 1923 Protective Ass’n Chooses Leeds as President Again The annual meeting and reception of the Bridgeport Protective Assoc.iation was held yesterday afternoon at the home on Myrtle avenue, when all annual reports … Continue reading →

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Muriel Read

Posted on July 15, 2012 by admin

Bridgeport Telegram April 1, 1925 Miss Muriel Read, daughter of Mrs. Paul Ricker of Marina Park is spending the spring vacation at the home of Miss. Henrietta Durant of Charleston, S.C. Miss Read and Miss Durant are classmates at the … Continue reading →

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Rock stars: Geologists testing aquifer rocks as containers to permanently trap carbon dioxide

Posted on July 10, 2012 by admin

Monday, July 9, 2012 Rock stars: Geologists testing aquifer rocks as containers to permanently trap carbon dioxide MANHATTAN — Two Kansas State University geologists are part of a comprehensive statewide study on using rocks for long-term storage of carbon dioxide. … Continue reading →

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Local Woman Killed by Truck

Posted on July 5, 2012 by admin

Mrs. Daniel Strecker, sixty, Union Avenue, Bridgeport was instantly killed this afternoon in Devon when she was struck by and automobile truck while alighting from a trolley car.The truck was operated by Henry P. Nothnagle, well known Milford Resident. The … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Leeds Barker

Posted on June 30, 2012 by admin

Bridgeport Telegram – Wednesday, September 12, 1923 Announcement of Elizabeth Leeds’ Engagement Made At the fall meeting of the Service club held in Lordship yesterday afternoon at the summer home of Miss Elizabeth Fuller Leeds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Bridgeport Telegram – Oct. 20, 1925

Posted on June 26, 2012 by admin

Mr and Mrs Norman Leeds, Mr and Mrs George Barker, Mr and Mrs John Farist Windsor, Judge and Mrs William B Boardman, Mrs George Windsor, A. Fuller Leeds, and Miss Harriet Windsor returned Sunday after attending the wedding of Norman … Continue reading →

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Robert Barker -1643

Posted on June 14, 2012 by admin

“Robert Barker in 1643 was a member, with his brother John Barker, of the Marshfield military company under Lieutenant Nathaniel Thomas. He was a surveyor of Marshfield in 1645, 1648, and of Duxbury in 1654, 1672, 1677, 1679; constable of … Continue reading →

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