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2018 Volume 29 #1&2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Photo: 6 men joined the military Aug.30, 1918. Photo taken in front of the Courthouse before they left for Camp Greene.
Old Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 03
Letters From The War -Brobst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 04
Images - Men Leaving To Join The Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 05
Image - Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 06
First Hanging In Susquehanna County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 07
The Tireless Pension Pursuit Of Bristol Budd Sampson . . . . Pg 15
Old Time Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 20
Letters From The War –Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 24
Letters From The War –Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 25
Images - Men Leaving To Join The Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 30
Letters From The War -Greenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 31
Images - Men Leaving To Join The Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 33
Letters From The War – Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 34
Letters From The War –Shoup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Pg 35
Letters From The War -Tingley (Red Cross) . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 37
Letters From The War - Tingley 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 38
Image - Red Cross Canteen Arm Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 39
Letters From The War –Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 40
First Hanging In Susquehanna County Cont. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 42
The Last Hanging In Susquehanna County . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 45
Image - Eagan And Shew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 60
Henry Miller Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 61
Staff & Sachel Papers (County Schoolhouses) . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 66
Images – County Schoolhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 71
1858 Annual Report of Superintendent of Susq. Co. . . . . . . Pg 72
Images – Schoolhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 76
Image – Schoolhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 77
Items For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 78
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 80