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Francis Lewis Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 103
Abstract
Notarized photograph of 1872 list of birthdates for Francis and Maria E. Manchester Lewis' children; includes Lucinda C. Moulton, second wife of Francis Lewis and their children also. Typed copy of interview and corrections with T.I. Lewis, contains mention of his brothers, Arthur and Albert, their Davenport, N.D. grocery store, their partnership with James Yoder of Fargo, Addison Leech, James Kennedy, T.I.'s career as a watchmaker and jeweler and later as a representative of Griggs Cooper,...
Dates:
1872, 1950-1964
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
John G. Plath Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 752
Abstract
Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.
Dates:
1956-1959
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Nels N. Land Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 605
Abstract
Relates, in very good detail, the daily activities of Mr. Land who moved from Davenport, N.D. to homestead in Bottineau County near Mohall, N.D. with Halvor Haugan and his sons, Martin and Louis Haugan. They traveled by railroad car to Minot and then by wagon to their claims. There is an entry for every day detailing such activities as hauling their possessions and lumber from Minot, constructing the shacks, breaking the sod, and the weather, including a June snowstorm.
Dates:
1901 May 25-July 12.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. 2
- Cavanaugh, Gladys. 1
- Haugan, Louis. 1
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- Kennedy, James, 1857-1926. 1
- Land, Nels N., 1862-1938. 1
- Leech, Addison, 1824-1897. 1
- Lewis family. 1
- Lewis, Albert C., 1857-1923. 1
- Lewis, Arthur Gilman, 1863-1945. 1
- Lewis, Francis, 1823-1892. 1
- Lewis, Lucinda C., 1839- 1
- Lewis, Maria E., 1830- 1
- Lewis, T. I. (Irving Theodore), 1868- 1
- Plath, John G., 1871-1959. 1
- Plath, John H., 1821-1912. 1
- Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912. 1
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