Fam. Family and Personal Papers

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This collection consists three 4x6 photos of a Henry Farman III biplane.

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Student paper written by Megan Nealis in December 1998 concerning Jerusha Peacock.

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A three page typed portion of a autobiography of Margret Van Cleve who was the paternal grandmother of the Wright Brothers. It also includes a brief genealogy of the Van Cleve Reader family. Undated.

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Narrative and commentary on the Wright Family funerals, written and donated by Chip Boyer, whose family owned Boyer Mortuary and handled the funerals of Wilbur, Milton, Katharine, and Orville Wright. Included in the Plates section of the booklet are mortuary and death records and photographs of gravestones and funerals of the Wright Family.

Scope and Contents The collection two sheets of handwritten documentation concerning the settlement of debts of Samuel and Mary Berryhill, following their deaths. One page, from 1851-1852, details Samuel Berryhill’s debt of $31.80 to William Sheppeard, for home improvements/repairs in July 1849. It features an order from Joseph Mason, Justice of the Peace, that Mary Berryhill, administrator of Samuel Berryhill’s estate, pay the debt. The second sheet of paper, signed by William L. Cowan, asks that the...

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Information concerning the celebrations of the Centennial of Flight, 2003.

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A family bible, an undated letter, and other materials relating to families in Springfield, Ohio.

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Photograph album of an unknown Dayton family, depicting family life and a parade in Dayton. The location appears to be where Sinclair Community College is now located, as some photographs have Sacred Heart in the background.

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Copy of a book of recollections by Gerhard Ehlers, made for his children, concerning his life in Germany before moving to the U.S. to work for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.