| Relationships | Partner of Camille Grant (7th cousin 3 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Birth | John Edward Mooney was born About 1855. |
| Marriage | He married Camille Grant daughter of Isaac Travis (Travirse) Grant and Elizabeth Stanton, in 1881. |
| Daughter | Edith Elizabeth Mooney b. About 1885 |
| Father | John Edward Mooney b. About 1855 |
| Mother | Camille Grant b. About 1856 |
| Relationships | 8th cousin 2 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 14 April 2024 11:30:50 |
| Name | Edith Elizabeth Mooney was also known as Edith Elizabeth Bradley. |
| Birth | She was born About 1885, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MinnesotaG. |
| Marriage | She married Harry J. Bradley About 1905. |
| Relationships | Partner of Edith Elizabeth Mooney (8th cousin 2 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Birth | Harry J. Bradley was born About 1882. |
| Marriage | He married Edith Elizabeth Mooney daughter of John Edward Mooney and Camille Grant, About 1905. |
| Relationships | Partner of Albert Stanton Chesebrough (8th cousin 2 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Emma Russell Bullock was also known as Emma Russell Chesebrough. |
| Note | Daughter of Jonathan & Emma (Westcott) Bullock. Cause of Death: Suicide. |
| Birth | She was born on 25 September 1869, in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Marriage | She married Albert Stanton Chesebrough son of Ebenezer Stanton Cobb Chesebrough, , Lt., and Caroline 'Carrie' Louisa Herreshoff, on 6 May 1897, in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Death | Emma Russell Bullock died on 6 December 1908 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Daughter | Edith Russell Chesebrough b. 8 July 1903 |
| Son | Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough+ b. 16 March 1908, d. 3 June 1979 |
| Father | Albert Stanton Chesebrough b. 11 January 1868, d. 18 May 1916 |
| Mother | Emma Russell Bullock b. 25 September 1869, d. 6 December 1908 |
| Relationships | 9th cousin 1 time removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Stephen Westcote Chesebrough, Chesebrough (Stephen) Family Records, (Jul1999) Alexander 'Sandy' Perry Scott, Scott Family Records, (1999.) |
| Birth | Edith Russell Chesebrough was born on 8 July 1903, in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Father | Albert Stanton Chesebrough b. 11 January 1868, d. 18 May 1916 |
| Mother | Emma Russell Bullock b. 25 September 1869, d. 6 December 1908 |
| Relationships | 9th cousin 1 time removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Stephen Westcote Chesebrough, Chesebrough (Stephen) Family Records, (Jul1999) Alexander 'Sandy' Perry Scott, Scott Family Records, (1999). Occupation: Lawyer. |
| Note | Divorced 1966. |
| Birth | Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough was born on 16 March 1908, in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Marriage | He married Nancy Wall Read on 8 June 1940, in Rhode IslandG. |
| Death | He died on 3 June 1979 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Son | Frederic Read Chesebrough b. 25 November 1942, d. 16 March 1967 |
| Relationships | Partner of Eva Frances Chesebrough (8th cousin 2 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Christopher Fleming, Fleming Foxburg Research Records, (1998 and 1999.) |
| Birth | Caspar A. Miller was born in 1870. |
| Death | He died in 1951 in Foxburg, Clarion County, PennsylvaniaG. |
| Burial | He was buried in 1951 in Foxburg Cemetery, Clarion County, PennsylvaniaG. |
| Relationships | Partner of Albert 'Bert' Brown Chesebrough (8th cousin 2 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Florence Margaret Kennedy was also known as Florence Margaret Chesebrough. |
| Principal 2 | She was a witness Albert and Florence met while attending the 1904 World's Fair in St.Louis, Missouri. with Albert 'Bert' Brown Chesebrough and Florence Margaret Kennedy. |
| Note | Daughter of Lawrence & Sarah (Nall) Kennedy. 1. Florence is featured in a Tulsa newspaper (probably the Tulsa World)clipping as a member of the entertainment committee for the Thomas Dewey,Presidential candidate, reception line which Mrs. Dewey will be included(1944). 2. Florence is mentioned and pictured in the Tulsa World Newspaperclipping dated June 11, 1944 selling war bonds (WWII). 3. An American Red Cross certificate dated April 1944 certifies Florenceas completing the Hospital and Recreation Corps course. 4. Florence was active in the Christian Scientist religion. 5. Martha (may be Martha or Mattie Nall), in an old photograph, was anaunt of Florence but her maiden name is unknown. 6. Florence's St. Elmo, IL High School Diploma records her graduationdate of May 8th, 1903. 7. Florence's birth date is of some concern because even she did notremember the year as 1883 or 1884. She tried to determine the actualyear through local government agencies without confirmation. We haveused the recorded dates in the Edmund Palmer and Lina Brown Chesebro'family bible. 8. Florence's family bible is filed with other Chesebro' family bibles. Social Security Number: 444 16 1287. |
| Birth | She was born on 1 November 1884, in St. Elmo, Fayette County, IllinoisG. |
| Marriage | She married Albert 'Bert' Brown Chesebrough son of Edmund Palmer Chesebrough and Salina Jane Brown, on 11 June 1906, in St. Elmo, Fayette County, IllinoisG. |
| Son | Lawrence Edmund 'Ed' Chesebrough, Sr. b. 24 June 1911, d. 16 February 1972 |
| Father | Albert 'Bert' Brown Chesebrough b. 25 January 1881, d. 26 November 1952 |
| Mother | Florence Margaret Kennedy b. 1 November 1884 |
| Relationships | 9th cousin 1 time removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | 1. Ed is a Mayflower descendant (John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) anda Son of the American Revolution (SAR) (Samuel Chesebrough, 1743-1811). 2. Ed's baby books contain birth information, doctor, nurse, and etc. 3. Ed was the proprietor of Sooner Distributors, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma distributors of Carta Blanca and Regal beer before Carta Blanca becamepopular. More About Lawrence Edmund 'Ed' Chesebro', Sr: Burial: Feb 1972, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK Cause of Death: Cirrhosis of the liver College: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK High School: Central High School, Tulsa, OK Occupation: Salesman, purchasing agent, business man Political Party: Republican Religion: Presbyterian Social Security Number: 351-03-6842. |
| Birth | Lawrence Edmund 'Ed' Chesebrough, Sr., was born on 24 June 1911, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaG. |
| Death | He died on 16 February 1972 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, OklahomaG. |
| Relationships | Partner of Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough (9th cousin 1 time removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Nancy Wall Read was also known as Nancy Wall Chesebrough. |
| Principal 2 | She was a witness Divorced 1966 with Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough and Nancy Wall Read. |
| Birth | She was born on 4 January 1915, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Marriage | She married Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough son of Albert Stanton Chesebrough and Emma Russell Bullock, on 8 June 1940, in Rhode IslandG. |
| Death | Nancy Wall Read died on 7 April 1977 in Matunuck, Washington County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Son | Frederic Read Chesebrough b. 25 November 1942, d. 16 March 1967 |
| Father | Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough b. 16 March 1908, d. 3 June 1979 |
| Mother | Nancy Wall Read b. 4 January 1915, d. 7 April 1977 |
| Relationships | 10th cousin of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | Frederic Read Chesebrough was born on 25 November 1942, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode IslandG. |
| Death | He died on 16 March 1967 in VietnamG. he never married. |
| Father | Sidney George |
| Mother | Mary Loutitt |
| Relationships | 4th cousin 6 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Name | Ann Eliza George was also known as Ann Eliza Fisher. |
| Note | Ann Eliza, daughter of Sidney and (???) (Worrel) George, of Maryland,granddaughter of Sidney and Sarah (Dyer) George. (Colonial Families ofPhiladelphia.) |
| Marriage | She married James Logan Fisher on 15 May 1808.1 |
| Death | She died on 2 December 1821. |
| Son | James Logan Fisher, Jr., M.D. b. After 1808, d. 1833 |
| Son | Charles Henry Fisher b. After 1808, d. 10 March 1862 |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher+ b. 2 March 1809, d. 25 July 1871 |
| Relationships | Partner of Ann Eliza George (4th cousin 6 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | Son of Thomas and Sarah (Logan) Fisher. |
| Birth | James Logan Fisher was born on 5 October 1783. |
| Marriage | He married Ann Eliza George daughter of Sidney George and Mary Loutitt, on 15 May 1808.1 |
| Death | James Logan Fisher died on 23 August 1814. |
| Son | James Logan Fisher, Jr., M.D. b. After 1808, d. 1833 |
| Son | Charles Henry Fisher b. After 1808, d. 10 March 1862 |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher+ b. 2 March 1809, d. 25 July 1871 |
| Father | James Logan Fisher b. 5 October 1783, d. 23 August 1814 |
| Mother | Ann Eliza George d. 2 December 1821 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | SIDNEY GEORGE FISHER, son of James Logan and Ann Eliza (George) Fisher,born March 2, 1809, died July 25, 1871, was educated at the GermantownAcademy and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, graduating at thelatter institution in 1827. He studied law in the office of JosephIngersoll, Esq., and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, February 19,1831, and practiced for a number of years. He was a prolific writer onpolitical topics. A great number of his articles, written originally forthe North American, under the nom de plume of 'Cecil,' and later of'Kent,' were largely copied by other newspapers, and a number of themwere later published in pamphlet form, under various titles; among them,'Kansas and the Constitution,' 'The True Interest of the Border States,''Laws of Race in Relation to Slavery,' and a number of others. He alsowrote a pamphlet urging the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln,which was published by the Union League. He also published number ofarticles on agriculture and political economy as related to the tillingof the soil, and was a frequent speaker at agricultural meetings andfairs. (Colonial Families of Philadelphia.) |
| Birth | Sidney George Fisher was born on 2 March 1809. |
| Marriage | He married Elizabeth Ingersoll on 28 May 1851.1 |
| Death | He died on 25 July 1871. |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher, II b. 12 August 1854 |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher, III b. 11 December 1856 |
| Relationships | Partner of Sidney George Fisher (5th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Name | Elizabeth Ingersoll was also known as Elizabeth Fisher. |
| Note | Dau. of Charles Jared Ingersoll. |
| Marriage | She married Sidney George Fisher son of James Logan Fisher and Ann Eliza George, on 28 May 1851.1 |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher, II b. 12 August 1854 |
| Son | Sidney George Fisher, III b. 11 December 1856 |
| Father | James Logan Fisher b. 5 October 1783, d. 23 August 1814 |
| Mother | Ann Eliza George d. 2 December 1821 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | D. of scarlet fever in Paris, after an extended tour of Eng. and thecontinent, 1833. |
| Birth | James Logan Fisher, Jr., M.D., was born After 1808. |
| Death | He died in 1833 in ParisG. |
| Father | James Logan Fisher b. 5 October 1783, d. 23 August 1814 |
| Mother | Ann Eliza George d. 2 December 1821 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | Had issue. |
| Birth | Charles Henry Fisher was born After 1808. |
| Death | He died on 10 March 1862. |
| Relationships | Partner of Charles Henry Fisher (5th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Father | Sidney George Fisher b. 2 March 1809, d. 25 July 1871 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ingersoll |
| Relationships | 6th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | Died infant. |
| Birth | Sidney George Fisher, II, was born on 12 August 1854. |
| Father | Sidney George Fisher b. 2 March 1809, d. 25 July 1871 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ingersoll |
| Relationships | 6th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Birth | Sidney George Fisher, III, was born on 11 December 1856. |
| Relationships | Partner of Oliver Dyer (4th cousin 5 times removed of David Arthur Walker) |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Death | Unknown Unknown died in 1869. |
| Burial | She was buried in 1869 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, New YorkG. |
| Son | Oliver Dyer, Jr. b. 15 July 1861, d. 14 March 1884 |
| Son | Charles L. Dyer b. Before 1869 |
| Daughter | Jenni Dyer b. Before 1869 |
| Father | Oliver Dyer b. 26 April 1824, d. 13 January 1907 |
| Mother | Unknown Unknown d. 1869 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | He was a medical student in New York. |
| Birth | Charles L. Dyer was born Before 1869. |
| Father | Oliver Dyer b. 26 April 1824, d. 13 January 1907 |
| Mother | Unknown Unknown d. 1869 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Birth | Jenni Dyer was born Before 1869. |
| Father | Oliver Dyer b. 26 April 1824, d. 13 January 1907 |
| Mother | Unknown Unknown d. 1869 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | He died from an unfortunate accident in a boxing match at Yale University. He passed the examination at Harvard when he was only 16 and entered it at the age of 17. His eyes gave him so much trouble that he left and went to Paris to have them treated. In 1880 he began a scientific course in Columbia college, when his eyes again failed him. He took a sea voyage for his health, went out West and after two years, with the encouragement of his father entered Yale. (Granddaughter, Jean W. Quinnett has newspaper clippings of her mother's). From 'The East Chester News', courtesy of Jean (Walsh) Quinnett, 9/4/00 A HARVARD MAN ON A TRAMP. HOW SUCH A TRAMP FEELS WHEN HE IS ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION. Strange experiences.-Recklessness induced by privation of sleep and food,--The kind of people who tramp.-- Their hardships and enjoyments. While on my way east from the lumber regions of Northern Michigan, it occurred to me to study tramps and tramping by personal observation and experience. I had done a good deal of walking in this country and France as a student, and I now resolved to tramp from Point Edward, Canada, on the river St. Clair, to New Bedford, Mass. So, sending my luggage home by express, I set out on my long tramp on the 23rd of October, 1881, witha meagre supply of money. I had a companion, a young Canadian, whose parents lived at St. Mary, about seventy, miles from Point Edward. He had been to the States to seek his fortune; had been ill a long time in Chicago; had become penniless, and was now trying to work his way home as best he could. Our first tramp was on the Grand Trunk railway, twenty-two miles, to Forest. The Canadian's shoes were so tight he could not make good time.Night overtook us. It was cold and rainy. We passed the night under some boards placed slantwise against a fence so as to form a sloping cover. My fellow tramp was a good English scholar, and familiar with English literature from Shakespeare to Tennyson. We beguiled the toilsome journey of the day and the tedious hours of the night with literary discussions. At Forest, my companion having become too lame to walk, we 'jumped a freight' at dusk. 'Jumping a freight' is tramp slang for taking an unobserved and free ride on a freight train. This was my first ride between cars. My companion stood on the very narrow platform of the forward car, holding on by a horizontal iron handle, with his hands behind him. I stood with one hand grasping the same handle, the other hand on the brake of the hind car, with a foot on each bumper, there being no platform on the back car to stand on. In such a position there is LIABILITY TO DEATH by the sudden parting of the train. I was at first uneasy, but familiarity with the situation soon bred indifference and recklessness. On a subsequent occasion, while sitting on one bumper, with my feet on the other, I dozed, with my hands in my pockets. Our train stopped at every station, until it reached St. Mary, where we wished to get off, and there it did not stop, but went dashing on to Stratford, ten miles beyond. The next day we crawled back to St. Mary,not being able to make two miles an hour, on account of my friend's lameness. We had had no hearty food since breakfast on Sunday morning,and it was now Tuesday afternoon. We had eaten during that time a few apples, a small load of bread, and six thin cookies. At last we procured some coarse food at a farm house for twenty cents, and made a hearty meal. On taking leave of my comrade at his home in St. Mary, I walked south at night, passing through London about midnight. A few miles further on I saw a large fire of brush and logs in a field. In attempting to reach it, I got into a swamp up to my knees. Getting upon firm ground , near the fire, I dried my shoes and socks, and lay down with my feet towards the burning heap, on a pile of brush between the fire and a steep hillside. Something rustled in the brush under me, but I would not move. Sleep I would, at any hazard. The brush on which I was lying might get on fire and set my clothes ablaze; but there was water enough in the swamp to extinguish me, and I could easily rolling to it. In my reckless state, indeed by excessive drowsiness, this thought amused me. I smiled, and fell asleep. A man becomes utterly reckless under privation of sleep. In such a state he will SLEEP AT ALL HAZARDS I have slept soaking with rain, with my hat over my face, beside railroad tracks and under station platforms, or hanging on between cars.In the latter case my hands kept awake and hung on, while the rest of my body slept. So doth 'sleep upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge.' I reached St. Thomas about eight o'clock next morning, having eaten four small apples on the way. Here I was hospitably received by kind friends, who were highly amused with my tramping career, and who sent me on my way with a pass across Lake Erie from Port Stanley to Buffalo.Thence I took a night tramp of twenty-two miles to Niagara Falls, taking three naps by the way; one in a cow-yard, where the cattle ate the straw off me, and the others on plank sidewalks. At Niagara Falls I reduced myself by extravagance nearly to the impecunious condition of the true tramp. When I left the railroad bridge I had sixty-three cents in money, twenty-four cents in postage-stamps,twenty-five cents worth of Canada plug tobacco, and a few matches. I walked, in four days, to Palmyra, about ninety miles, sleeping in barns, and eating Bologna sausage, raw onions, bread, and a few raw turnips and cabbages. At Palmyra I 'jumped a freight' at dusk, and rode between cars to Syracuse. Wishing to experience a phase of tramp-life to which I was as yet a stranger, I put up at a station-house, and slept on a wooden bench,in an iron cage, next to a crazy man. In the morning, while I was trying to 'hire out' on the canal, a sweet-voiced vagabond borrowed tobacco of me; then a mean-looking,vagabond asked for a 'chaw'; then a tattered rapscallion, with a brutal face. This last was 'Billy,' from Oswego. He was a professional beggar,and made, when he stuck to his business, a dollar a day, besides food and clothing. The winter he passed in jail. His two companions were his parasites, who paid court to him and lived on his acquisitions. Like every great man, he had his weakness. He wished to be thought a terrible fighter, though all 'broke up.' His joyous companions profited by his vanity, paying court to him, flattering him, and keeping him at work begging, and then cajoling him into spending his earnings upon them. These men presented a phase of human nature that was new to me. I had no idea that such a :dead beat' as Billy could have parasites to flatter and cajole him, and live on his revenues, and be content so to live. But, 'fleas have other fleas to bite 'em.' These were the only really abject men I met; men who preferred beggary to work and independence. I have often been asked what sort of men tramps are. They are all sorts. No particular kind of man tramps. So far as my experience goes,most of them, are either men who, having left home, have been sick or unsuccessful, and are returning home penniless; or else laboring men looking for work; or men of limited resources who wish to better their condition by getting west. Often they are men of education and of good family. There are, of course, a number of ragamuffins, and many vulgar ruffians, and the general effect of tramping is, by freedom from the restraints of public opinion, and temptation through hunger, to lower the tone. At Utica, I jumped another freight. After riding forty miles, I was so cold that I got off and walked to warm myself. Next morning, I found seven slices of bread and butter beside the track. The morning after that, I found bread, meat, and mince pie; on another occasion, a nice roasted chicken. 'The YOUNG LIONS roar after their prey and seek their meat from God. * * * These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their meat in due season.' At Schenectady I spent my last postage stamp. Just out of Albany, I met a well dressed young fellow, who gave me some tobacco. His method of traveling one division of a railroad, was to learn the names of a conductor and his brakemen on the next division, and claim to be of their crew. I jumped my last freight to Pitsfield, Mass.It was too cold to ride. Next day, I kept on east. I was without food and money. Late in the afternoon, with reluctance I begged at a farmhouse, but being refused, I preferred hunger to further begging.Next day my appetite was improved. I knew of no work for which I was fit. Begging was repugnant.Passing through a village, I picked up a piece of cracker, and a raw turnip in the streets. On the outskirts a fishmonger threw the head and dorsal fin of a fish in the road. From these I chewed the flesh. It tasted good. I was wild with hunger. I have heard it said that hunger makes one cowardly. This may be so in extreme cases but the contrary is true as long as the strength is not seriously impaired. The blood mounted to my face. I was feverish. My eyes felt strange. I have noticed in others that hunger makes the eyes fierce and mobile like a wild beast's. I felt reckless.Nothing seemed repugnant which gave any promise of food. I begged. At the first house, a young man came to the door. I heard a woman say within, 'If he is a grown man, he shan't have anything.' The young man said he had nothing. At the next house I asked a woman for a piece of bread. 'No, sir; not a thing!' she answered. I bowed sullenly, and went on. At the third house I saw a saw-horse. My heart leaped within me. Perhaps I could get a chance to saw wood. On my application an old gentleman came out and gave me permission to work for a meal. I instantly had my coat off with a right good will. After I had worked about ten minutes the old gentleman called me in, saying I could not work well while hungry, and invited me to take a meal which he evidently had prepared for me. There was a large, round dish of potatoes warmed in milk, plenty of beefsteak, bread and butter, a quarter of an apple pie,and part of a loaf of gingerbread. I cleared the table. After finishing my job I kept on east. On reaching Palmer, east of Springfield, I turned southeast into Connecticut, intending to go to New Bedford. I reached Killingly, Conn., on Thursday morning, November 17th.Here two men, who had been on a spree, took me for A HORSE THIEF until they learned the whereabouts of their animals from a passing baker. All others treated me with great kindness. I got a job to saw wood, for which I was to receive two dollars. It took me a day and a half to doit. As I was finishing it, on Friday night, some of the bystanders, who had gathered to see me work, helped me out, each sawing a few sticks. I was now about one hundred and forty-five miles from home. I resolved to spend Thanksgiving with my relatives instead of going to New Bedford. I had five days to tramp the distance. On Saturday night I reached Mansfield, east of Hartford, dripping with rain. Entering a barn, I stripped to my undershirt and buried my clothes and then myself in the hay, so as not to have my rest disturbed by any intrusive barn-owner. I was out before sunrise. There was ice on the ground, and a strong west wind. My coat was soon frozen. My hands were too numb to hold a match to light it. My right arm was numb to the elbow. I was demoralized; but fast walking, the wind, and the rising sun, in time dried my clothes and restored my spirits. Pushing through Hartford I made my longest march of forty-eight miles. About eight miles from New Haven I entered a barn. Here I wrapped myself in three blankets, and lay in a heap on the seat of a carry-all.About six o'clock in the morning a man with a lantern came to attend to this horse. I held my breath. He took a pail near me, but evidently thought I was a heap of blankets. On the noon of Wednesday, November 23d, I reached home, having traveled about two hundred miles by freight and five hundred and fifty on foot in exactly a month. The great question in tramping is food. The more cultured a man is the more painful is begging. He has a strong repugnance to it, which only time and extreme hunger will subdue. As a rule he will even prefer to steal. Whenever he becomes known as a respectable man, he is apt to be treated kindly; but it is next to impossible to become thus known. Even if he were to stick up his college diploma or certificate of moral character on the breast of his very seedy coat, it would not overcome the suspicion which springs spontaneous in the human breast at sight of a tramp. Again, a Washington or a Franklin on a tramp would acquire 'a lean and hungry look,' from which all recoil with the instinctive feeling,that 'such men are dangerous.' Doubtless they are. I happened to get a glimpse of myself in a looking-glass in a railroad station near Palmer,Mass. I had a peculiarly bad eye-a shameless, untrustworthy eye. It,perhaps, expressed the soul within. Indeed, it would have required a childlike trust to have then made me custodian of a pantry or night-watchman of a bakery. In spite of cold, hunger and fatigue, I heartily enjoyed my adventure. I was living a primitive life, a free nomadic life. The life of civilization is made up largely of the pleasures and ills of imagination, the demands of interdependent relations. It was pleasant to me to abandon this life for a time and gauge my happiness by the clemency of the weather and the fullness of my stomach. O .D., Jr. |
| Birth | Oliver Dyer, Jr., was born on 15 July 1861. |
| Death | He died on 14 March 1884. |
| Burial | He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, New YorkG. |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Daughter | Annie Russell Brown+ b. 15 December 1857, d. 25 October 1919 |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Daughter | Annie Russell Brown+ b. 15 December 1857, d. 25 October 1919 |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Death | William Owen died Before 1891. |
| Son | Russell Owen d. Between 1947 and 1948 |
| Father | William Owen d. Before 1891 |
| Mother | Annie Russell Brown b. 15 December 1857, d. 25 October 1919 |
| Last Edited | 12 December 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | He was a correspondent for the NY Times and went to the South Pole withAdmiral Byrd in 1933. |
| Death | Russell Owen died Between 1947 and 1948. |
| Father | Oliver Dyer b. 26 April 1824, d. 13 January 1907 |
| Mother | Annie Russell Brown b. 15 December 1857, d. 25 October 1919 |
| Relationships | 5th cousin 4 times removed of David Arthur Walker |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Olivia Dyer was also known as Olivia Walsh. |
| Birth | She was born on 16 August 1892, in Narragansett Pier, Rhode IslandG. |
| Marriage | She married William Thomas Walsh son of John Walsh and Annie McCauliffe, on 22 September 1916, in Kansas City, Jackson, MissouriG. |
| Death | Olivia Dyer died on 26 October 1984 in Orlando, FloridaG. |
| Burial | She was buried in Orlando, FloridaG. |