Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2042
Overview
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
Dates:
1880-1885
Scott-Palmer Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1458
Scope and Contents
Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836);...
Dates:
1829-1916
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- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry, Company G. 1
- Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Civil service reform -- United States 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Floods 1
- Hancock County (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Marietta (Ohio) 1
- Memorial Day 1
- Ohio River 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Secession - United States. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Teachers 1
- Temperance 1
- Transportation 1
- Veterans. SEE ALSO under Civil War - veterans. 1
- Williamstown (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1 + ∧ less
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