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Farewell, Relic of Another Age

January 9, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Historians, Moore Tags: Going, houses

Burning of the Old Wagner Homestead Prompts
Mr. Bush to Cite Its History
Was Prized By Its Owners

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, January 19, 1933

Note: This article was published two years after Mr. Bush’s previous article on the Moore homestead plantation, “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon.”

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The Moore Family

January 9, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Historians, Kitchen, Moore Tags: churches, early settlers, houses, Indians, The Revolution

I have written a few articles recently concerning the neighborhood of Bowne Station (“The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne,” “The Bowne Homestead,” “Bowne Station” and “The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards”), and have frequently come across references to the first settlers in that area, one Jacob Moore and his wife, Apolonia Amy Moret. Just when I thought I had published all articles by Egbert T. Bush and Jonathan M. Hoppock pertaining to the early history of the Moore family in Amwell, another one turned up. Actually, two articles, “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon” and “Farewell Relic of Another Age.”

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Favorite Articles from 2015

December 30, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Uncategorized Tags: thoughts

The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882
The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882

Time for some reflection. Here are the ten posts from the past year that I am most pleased with, listed chronologically, because I could not possibly rank them from 1 to 10.

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«‹ 85 86 87 88›»

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