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Paul Anthony Wight

Posted on February 6, 2020February 23, 2020

Long time Glendale resident, Paul Anthony Wight passed away on the morning of February 6th at the age of 92. Paul’s funeral will take place on February 25th. at The…

Thomas Rathbone

Posted on January 23, 2020February 24, 2020

Thomas Rathbone, son of Thomas Rathbone and Grace Coppowe, was baptised 9 Jan. 1596 at Prescott, Lancashire, England. He married Alice Alice Childwall, a widow, 13 April 1616. Thomas died…

Eugene Thomas Phelan

Posted on January 23, 2020February 23, 2020

courtesy of Richard F. Oyler from Lenora J. Phelan and Her Irish Ancestors Eugene Thomas Phelan was born in Central City, Colo., January 12, 1866 of Irish ancestry. His father was…

Edmund Rathbun

Posted on January 16, 2020January 17, 2022

Edmund Rathbun fought at the Battle of Ticonderoga in 1758 and at the siege of Quebec in 1759. (French and Indian War) He moved his family first to Berkshire County,…

John Rathbone

Posted on January 10, 2020January 17, 2022

John Rathbone in later years in America was called a “husbandman” (farmer), and it is likely that he worked as a boy as a farm laborer. It is probable that…