In 1828 the transfer of the British garrison from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene commenced. A list of voyageurs who resided on Drummond Island at the time of the transfer. In many cases a brief biographical sketch is contained which may provide clues to their ethnicity, family relationships, and the location where they or their ancestors settled.
Corpl., F. A., Btry. E, 9th Regt. Replacement; of Halifax County; son of T. A. and Mrs. Bettie T. Wynne. Husband of Mrs. Annie Beal Wynne. Entered service Aug. 28, 1918, at Enfield, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., transferred to Camp Stuart, Va. Sailed for Brest, France, Nov. 9, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. September, 1918. Arrived in USA from Brest, France, March 3, 1919, at New York; went through Camp Dix, N. J. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 14, 1919.
These biographies are of men prominent in the building of western Nebraska. These men settled in Cheyenne, Box Butte, Deuel, Garden, Sioux, Kimball, Morrill, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Banner, and Dawes counties. A group of counties often called the panhandle of Nebraska. The History Of Western Nebraska & It’s People is a trustworthy history of the days of exploration and discovery, of the pioneer sacrifices and settlements, of the life and organization of the territory of Nebraska, of the first fifty years of statehood and progress, and of the place Nebraska holds in the scale of character and civilization. In the … Read more
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania – comprising a historical sketch of the county, by Samuel T. Wiley, together with more than five hundred biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county.