by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Jun 18, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Eliza Hickey Newcomb was a Southern belle, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At 27, she married Junius Brutus Alexander, a New York investment banker 24 years her senior. It was a stormy marriage. His children from his first marriage evidently did not approve of his...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Thirteen Jamestown men died in service during World War II: Everett Alward, Howard Arnold, Bernard Anthony Brooks, Charles Brooks Jr, Lewis Burdick, Damon Cummings, Arthur Day, Delbert Gravatt, Frank Leighton, David Masterson, William C. Sweet, James Williams, and...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Apr 18, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Mabel Brice was born in Philadelphia in July 1877 and, like many young women of her social set, she seems to have done little of interest for the first 35 years of her life. She, her brother Charles, and sister Anna lived with their parents in her mother’s family home...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Mar 15, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Joseph Clarke (1618-1694), one of the original purchasers of Conanicut Island, was the ancestor of many of the Clarkes who greatly influenced Jamestown in later centuries. Perhaps the most remarkable group were the six Clarke women born between 1853 and 1880. They...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Feb 15, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
From Automobile Showroom to Parking Lot Harry Shatzer Sr. had one foot in the 19th century and one in the 20th. He owned a livery stable as well as being one of Jamestown’s first automobile mechanics. His letterhead had a horse as a logo; his statement of purpose...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Jan 10, 2020 | 2020 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Seventy-five years ago, Germany undertook its greatest World War II offensive against the Western Front. Since the Normandy landing in June, the allies had pushed the German Army back to the French-German border. In mid-December, Adolph Hitler decided to counterattack...
