Alvin Back Dies in Ray Village at 79
Alvin Back passed away at his Ray village home on February 19 1922 at 11 am aged 79 years 7 months and 20 days He was born June 29 1842 in Bridgewater township Williams County Ohio He married Josephine M Morris May 1 1864 and moved to Donaphan county Kansas Sept following They resided there until 1871 returning with daughter Adaline to Bridgewater later to California Michigan and finally Rey to be near their only child
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Alvin Back
Ray
Bridgewater Township
Williams County
Ohio
Josephine M. Morris
Donaphan County
Kansas
Adaline
Bridgewater
Wm. Sherer
California
Mich
Wos
Rey
Obituary noting survivors in Bridgewater and Pleasant Lake
Rule. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs. Wm. Sherer, one grandson John W. Sherer, one brother Henry Back of Pleasant Lake Ind., and two sisters Mrs. Mary Haines and Mrs. Emma Hodson both of Bridgewater, along with many friends.
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Wm. Sherer
John W. Sherer
Henry Back
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Mary Haines
Emma Hodson
Bridgewater
Hoosier Writes of a Trip to Canada Continued
A traveler describes Canadian water wells with six inch casings and glass cylinders, noting water quality and spills from boiling food. He details fences using pepple or willow poles, barbed wire, and white cedar posts, and observes that many settlers stay only briefly before moving on.
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Canada
Canada trip letters praise Alberta life and prices
Abner G. Smith writes from Three Hills Alberta describing cheap Canadian cattle hides, farm prices, and abundant coal fuel. He contrasts costs with the United States, notes neighborly Swedes and English, and recounts a long return journey with stops in Montana Wyoming South Dakota Nebraska and Illinois ending in Fremont.
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R. J. Weaver
Indiana
Fred T. Hackett
B. F. Chapin
Scott Bldg
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Angola
Earl Schaeffer
Abia Michael
Jay Straw
Montgomery
Carl Demorest
Gravel Ridge
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Fremont Eagle
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Warren D. Wells
Donald H. Wells
Henry F. Wells
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National Chamber
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Pearson
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Montana
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Harry
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Mr. Pearson
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Nebraska
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Neb
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P. A. Callen
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Callens
Mr. Callen
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Roy
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