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Hunterdon’s Oldest School House

April 9, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bray, Delaware Twp, Families, Gordon, Heath, Historians, Hoppock, Hunterdon, J. M. Hoppock, Lair, Opdycke, Rittenhouse, Sergeant, Williamson 4 Comments Tags: early settlers, schools

by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published in The Democrat Advertiser, January 25, 1906

This article was written by J. M. Hoppock. I have added corrections and additions in footnotes. Mr. Hoppock’s very specific description of this building, which was demolished long ago, is invaluable to students of the township’s history and early architecture.

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Anderson Bray Farm and The Pyatt Family

March 31, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bray, E. T. Bush, Families, Historians, Hunterdon, Rittenhouse 6 Comments Tags: farming, land titles, portraits, taverns

Mr. Bush Traces Ownership of Place Long Owned
by Bray Descendants
The Bray Family Portraits

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
published by the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, April 19, 1934

The following article was written by Mr. Bush about a farm many people think of as the Chet Huntley farm or the Douglas Knight farm. I have added footnotes to flesh out the story. 

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Obituary for Egbert Trimmer Bush

March 26, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians No Comments Tags: portraits

Egbert T. Bush, for More Than 40 Years a Schoolmaster, Dies

Hunterdon County Democrat, November 25, 1937

 This obituary was (almost certainly) written by D. Howard Moreau, one-time owner of the Hunterdon County Democrat, and long-time friend and admirer of Egbert T Bush.

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