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TweetPinShareBy Edres Bryant Barney Samuel John was born April 18, 1850, in Cheltenham, England, the fourth of eight children born to Carolyn Gill and George Sims. Samuel came to America …
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TweetPinShareBy Edres Bryant Barney Nelson Bates Mattice was a descendant of Peter Mattice, a German immigrant who came to America with a group called Palestine. They arrived in New York …
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TweetPinShareContributed By Edres Barney PIMA – Pima is known for its volunteer Fire Department’s EMT division. This picture shows a Pima EMT class in the early 1960s. Pictured are, front, …
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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Graham County’s first native-born attorney By Edres Bryant Barney PIMA – Charles Roseberry Rogers, born Dec. 2, 1888, in Pima, Arizona, was the third child …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: William Edward McBride and Mary Elizabeth Lines McBride By Edres Bryant Barney William Edward McBride was born on 12 October 1868 in Santaquin, Utah, Utah. He was the …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: James Andrew McBride and Elizabeth Clark McBride By Edres Barney James Andrew was born on 29 November 1840 in Crosswick, Warren, Ohio to William McBride and Elizabeth Harris …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: The Walter Turner Barney and Sarah Matilda Farr Barney family. Pictured are, front, from left, Orin Elbridge, married Anna Matilda Fenn and sister, Sarah Fenn, Lilly Celestia, married …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: H. Lyle Grant circa 1944 One of the collections housed at the Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society in Pima, Arizona is bound copies of the Eastern Arizona …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Donna Wright By Edres Barney Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) link their direct family lines to patriots who supported the independence of America in …
Stories of Patriots in the American Revolution: Solomon DeLong Sr.’s story, as shared by Donna Wright Read More