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Kessler & Co.

September 21, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Case, Delaware Township Tags: railroads

part two in the series, The Route Not Taken

This is part two of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was Egbert T. Bush’s history of how this company failed. He provided us with lots of information derived from the company papers that had been saved. But so many questions were raised, and not addressed, starting with the people who thought up the idea and promoted the company.

“Old-Time Debates”

September 8, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited Tags: old ways, politics, portraits

The next presidential debate for Democratic candidates is coming up on September 12^th. In light of that and also with thoughts about the kind of discourse Americans are having these days, it seemed appropriate to publish Mr. Bush’s article on a practice that went out of fashion long ago—local debating societies. Somehow it was possible for 19^th-century neighbors to dispute current issues without making enemies of each other.

The Railroad That Wasn’t Built

August 31, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Hockenbury, Prallsville Tags: railroads

Part one in the series, The Route Not Taken

This article by Egbert T. Bush caught my attention because it is reminiscent of PennEast’s attempt to dig a pipeline across Delaware Township and other parts of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. The big difference here is that many landowners along the proposed route of this railroad supported it because they expected real benefits, whereas PennEast’s pipeline is likely to do more harm than good.

The Deremer-Wilson Farm

August 17, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts Corner, Sandy Ridge, Wilson Tags: architecture, Daniel Coxe, early settlers, houses, land titles, maps, portraits, proprietors

or Dilts Farm Revisited, part two

Part one focused on the family of Judson Rittenhouse and Martha Bodine, who lived on the farm now known as the Sarah Dilts Farm Park in Delaware Township for most of their lives. The farm was purchased by Judson’s father, Wilson Bray Rittenhouse, in 1844. This article will first describe Wilson and his family, and then will trace the history of this property back to the first European owner.

The Rittenhouse-Dilts Farm

August 3, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Dilts Corner, Rittenhouse Tags: farming, Going, houses, portraits, roads

or Dilts Farm, Revisited

This is a return to an article I wrote in 2012 about the family that used to own what is known today as the Sarah Dilts Farm Park. Some wonderful photographs have come my way that have inspired me to take a second look.

Buchanan Family Tree

July 31, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Buchanan, Families Tags: family trees

The Buchanan family begins in Hunterdon County with the Scottish immigrants, Samuel and Jane or Janet Buchanan, whose name was frequently spelled “Bohannon.” It is not known whether they had any more than one child. But one was enough–their son John left a family with a long history.

Shrinking Township, part 2

July 19, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, East Amwell, Hunterdon Tags: early legislation, land titles, local government, politics, roads

In my previous post (A Shrinking Township, part one), I wrote about a petition in 1896 to take a large chunk out of Delaware Township and give it to East Amwell Township. That petition was signed by two East Amwell residents, William H. Manners and Simpson Sked Stout. This post will describe these two, as well as the journey the bill took through the legislature, and the property owners who were affected by it.

A Shrinking Township

July 6, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, East Amwell, Headquarters Tags: early legislation, politics

On November 18, 1896, two gentlemen from East Amwell Township announced in the Hunterdon Republican newspaper that they would petition the state legislature to change the boundary between East Amwell and Delaware Townships. It was a fairly radical change they were proposing, in which Delaware Township yielded to East Amwell a large chunk from its eastern border and Delaware got nothing in return. On April 17, 1897, the State Legislature followed through and passed a bill to make that happen.

Haines Farm, part two

June 22, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bowne Station, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Fulper, Haines, Headquarters, Historians Revisited Tags: maps, roads

This article is a continuation of The Haines Farm, part one.

The Haines farm has a pretty remarkable history, as Mr. Bush wrote:

From the first Isaac Haines the property descended to his son, the second Joseph; from this Joseph to his son, the second Isaac; and from him to his son, the third Joseph, the present owner, to whom it was conveyed by his father and mother, March 10, 1920.

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