On Closer Examination: Sources

Works Consulted

While I sometimes point to sources within a post, full citations often seem unwieldy—so I have gathered them here instead.

Large As Life

Coming soon.

The Presence of Absence

Howard, Charles W. Looking Back. Photograph album, compiled c. 1924-1932 in Seattle, Wash. Collection of Christine L. Howard.

Lydia Howard, widow’s pension application file W. 16030, for service of John Howard, Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service; Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800–1960; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; digital images, Ancestry.com, “U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900,” citing NARA microfilm publication M804.

Salem, New Hampshire, Town Records, Vol. 1, 1754-1784 [transcription of various older town records]; digital images, Familysearch.org, “New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947,” citing FHL microfilm 15306.

Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Genealogy of the Brumbach Families: Including Those Using the Following Variations of the Original Name, Brumbaugh, Brumbach, Brumback, Brombaugh, Brownback, and Many Other Connected Families. New York: F. H. Hitchcock, 1913.

Page County, Virginia, Wills, Inventories and Accounts, Vol. C, pp. 88-90, Last Will and Testament, Henry Brumback, 21 February 1846; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983.”

A Tale of Two Obituaries

"William Richardson Dead," Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Ia.), 25 October 1895, p. 4, col. 3.

"Montpelier Mere Mention," Argus and Patriot (Montpelier, Vt.), 5 November 1890, p. 3, col. 3.

"New Advertisements," Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier, Vt.), 26 July 1867, p. 3,, col. 3.

Lord and Thomas' Pocket Directory of the American Press for 1892-93.