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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 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 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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What It Takes To Raise A Village, Pt 2

March 16, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Bowne Station, Croton, Delaware Twp, Dilts Corner, Headquarters, Locktown, Raven Rock, Rosemont, Sandbrook, Sergeantsville Tags: Bull's Island, occupations

19th Century Villages in Delaware Township

This is another long post; it is the rest of a talk I gave in 1997 on Delaware Township villages (part one can be read here). Part two focuses on the villages in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There is far more to say about them, which I will attempt to do in future posts. Currently I have been researching the history of Raven Rock, which you can read about here and here.

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