Uriah Ware Will, 1873, New Jersey

Know all men by these presents, that I, Uriah Ware, of the Township of Gloucester, in the County of Camden and State of New Jersey, being in Ill health, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and … Continue reading

Cotton Amy

“COTTON AMY, a prominent business man, local preacher, and Class-leader of the Methodist Church of East Bangor, is a native of Cornwall, England, and is a son of John and Elizabeth J. Amy. His ancestors were all English, and Grandfather … Continue reading

Eustace Monett Singleton (1864 – )

  “SINGLETON, Eustace Monett, M. D. of Marshalltown, was born January 17,1864, at Eyota, Olmsted county, Minnesota, where his parents, Joseph and Eliza Ware Singleton, still reside. Joseph Singleton came from England in 1850, and first settled at Ripon, Wisconsin, … Continue reading

William Keene Crockett (1857 – )

WILLIAM KEENE CROCKETT, who resides upon a fine farm of four hundred acres, section 28, Coal Valley township, is a well-known and highly respected citizen, one who thoroughly understands his calling, and whose ability as a farmer and worth as … Continue reading

Philip Minor Cuney (1808 – 1866)

“CUNEY, PHILIP MINOR (1808-1866).  Philip Minor Cuney, soldier, plantation owner, and legislator, the son of Richard Edmond and Tabitha (Wells) Cuney, was born of Swiss descent in Rapids Parish, Louisiana, in 1808.  After the death of his first wife in … Continue reading