#warren county

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Doah House, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, United States,

Patrick Farley Architect

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Abandoned Lackawanna Railway Tunnels in Manunka Chunk, New Jersey

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Premier Health helicopter Care Flight 1 N730CF returning to its base at Warren County Air park after a training flight

Taken 2/18/24

[newjerseyisthebest]

Ghost Lake land bridge at Jenny Jump State Forest in Warren County, New Jersey.

[middleland]

Chicken of the Woods by Picsnapper1212

Via Flickr:

One of the more brilliantly colored fungi I encounter in the woods. Reported to be an edible delicacy, but I haven't tried it and am not recommending it to anyone who isn't an expert on edible wild mushrooms. This one was in Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve near Morrow, Ohio in Warren County.

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How Logging Endangers Warren County's Rural Charm

Longtime Warren County residents will remember of floods of 2005 and 2006, and will appreciate the need for effective flood control. Recent commercial logging near Merrill Creek Reservoir raises concerns, notably the potential for increased stormwater runoff and water quality degradation. This is alarming considering the logging industry's exemptions from certain flood hazard regulations in the state of New Jersey. As climate change intensifies rain events, current logging practices and the lack of effective regulation seem increasingly risky.

Balancing private property rights with environmental and public welfare needs is crucial. Adopting forestry management plans tuned more towards ecological restoration could offer an environmentally friendly alternative to logging, safeguarding our forests and enhancing flood control measures.

If you are interested in learning more, click on the above link.

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Sure look it: Joseph and Anne hitched up in Tipperary!

There's a lot about the Millses in Ireland we still don't know. I've talked on this blog before about John Mills's journey in 1835 from Ballysheehan in County Tipperary in Southern Ireland to upstate New York, settling in Warren County, the fact that the Bibby family, which John's wife Margaret was part of, also came from the same county, the scattered mentions of Millses in census fragments from Ireland from the 1820s all the way to the 1870s, and that fact that the Millses came from the "heartland of Ireland" which was then part of the United Kingdom, most of which, apart from the northern section, become it's own independent country. Apart from that, I've found records, as I've recounted on here, of Millses in Dublin and the same county, the possible similarities in terrain between Southern Ireland and upstate New York, records of various John Millses in the 1820s in the same county, and records the National Archives of Ireland has on Millses. Furthermore, I've talked about Ireland's various famines (like the potato famine), so-called "goat gangs" or that Bob Mills at one point spent time in Ireland itself, if I have that right. Whether John and Margaret, who raised the Mills family of 10 children (by my count) [1] in Glen Falls, Chester, and other towns on Warren County, [2] grew up poor we will never know, but we can say they seem to have grown up in a rural area, connecting to what I've mentioned in passing before, with the same said on whether John Mills was a canal boat captain, or all the specifics of John's early years in Warren County, even as his death date of 1876 is pretty clear.

With that being said, and since this blog is focused on "the Irish history of my familial roots" as I noted back in March 2018, with a cast of important characters, informed by the existing history of the U.S. and Ireland, I was excited to see this email from FamilySearch:

It left open the possibility of getting one of the questions I asked back in April 2018 fulfilled, at least in part: who were John Mills's parents?

The records themselves were marriage bonds of Joseph Mills and Anne Ryall! They would have, if my implications are right, possibly six children: Rachael, Thomas, Edward, Isaac, and Dorothea "Dorothy," and John. [3] Unfortunately, I have no direct evidence that Joseph and Ann are the parents, so I am only going with the supposition right now. Anyway, here are screenshots from the pages [4] which show Joseph Mills and Anne Ryall married in Emly, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1796:

This post was originally published on WordPress in November 2020.

Looking earlier in the set, we can see this is just an index to marriage license bonds, which means that there are likely more records somewhere on the topic. [5] Now, we know the marriage happened in Cashel and Emly. So, the latter is a parish, seat of a diocese, within the barony of Clanwilliam, county of Tipperary, and the province of Munster, which is 15 miles west from Cashel, within Limerick County, according to the 1837 A Topographic Dictionary of Ireland. Cashel, on the other hand, is a city, market, and borough, within the Middlethird Barony, county of Tipperary, and the province of Munster according to the same Topographic Dictionary. However, this doesn't answer the question: what is the diocese of Cashel and Emly? It is a Roman Catholic diocese that got the name of Cashel and Emly in May 1718. At the time that Joseph and Anne married, Thomas Bray was the ordained bishop. As it turns out, the records held by the church are not public records, so that makes looking at them a bit more tricky, as the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emily have to approve access.

So that adds another piece of the puzzle when it comes to the Millses!

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Notes

[1] Charles Thomas Mills (1843-1917), Hattie Belle Mills (1843-1912), Joseph B. Mills (1844-1900), Joseph Thomas Mills (b. 1846), Edward E. Mills (1848-1918), Dorothy "Dora" Ann Mills (1849-1895), Margaret "Maggie" E. Mills (1854-1920), Mary Jane Mills (b. 1854), John C. Mills (b. 1855), William Benjamin Mills (1861-1888), and Robert "Rob" Byron Mills I (1862-1950).

[2] For information on some of those children, please see the posts on Bert Mills, Uncle Rob, Hattie, Dora, and others, some of which are summarized in my post "After John and Margaret: Charting their lives"

[3] "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", database, FamilySearch, Rachel Mills, 1833, Digital folder number 007246528, image number 178 shows Rachel marrying Robert Bibby in 1833, while other records listed on her FamilySearch page seem to say that her parents were born in Ireland; Thomas lists his parents in the 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, and 1880 censuses as born in Ireland; Edward, who currently only has sources about his marriage to Isabella Orpin; Issac who, like Thomas, lists his parents as born in Ireland; Dorothea "Dorothy" who has the same in various censuses; and John obviously, multiple records of this which I've talked about before.

[4] "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", database, FamilySearch, National Archives of Ireland, images 178 and 218 of 275, digital folder number 007246528, accessed November 14, 2020. The first one is page 178, the second is page 218.

[5] "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", database, FamilySearch, National Archives of Ireland, image 6 of 275, digital folder number 007246528, accessed November 14, 2020.

[travsd]

Professor Washington H. Donaldson

Today is opening day of the annual Warren County, NJ Balloon Festival — an appropriate occasion on which to contemplate the interesting and sadly truncated life of Washington Harrison Donaldson (1840-1875). A jack of all trades in the 19th century variety world, he was initially a magician, ventriloquist, acrobat and wire walker, launching his career in 1857. He first acts of daredevilry involved…

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Dean Harshman biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Waynesville, Ohio

Dean Robert Harshman is an American man from Ohio, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

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Gospel Aid Christ Community Church and Cemetery-Norwood, Georgia

I don’t know much about the church, based on burials in the cemetery, I would guess this church was founded around 1900. These appliqué headstones can be seen throughout the state of Georgia. Rosie Mae Baker, 1905-1990

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CHARLES MARTIN HILL Well, this is fantastic. The Hill family farm in 1930. In Jackson Township, Warren County, Iowa.

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Marble Hill Ice Cave • Phillipsburg, NJ

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‘Princess Doe’ ID’d, alleged killed charged in cold case

‘Princess Doe�� ID’d, alleged killed charged in cold case

‘Princess Doe’ ID’d, alleged killed charged in cold case

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Ghost Lake land bridge at Jenny Jump State Forest in Warren County, New Jersey.

[middleland]

Harbinger of Spring by Picsnapper1212

Via Flickr:

One of the earliest spring ephemerals in southern Ohio. It also goes by the same Salt & Pepper.     

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They are now logging Merrill Creek!

Hey there, fellow outdoors lovers! One of our SRRP team members discovered this week that commercial logging is occurring at Merrill Creek Reservoir in Warren County, NJ. It stinks when you go hiking to enjoy green pastures and try to get away from it all, only to find yourself confronted by heavy machinery cutting down trees and scarring hiking trails. Isn't that escape the reason you go hiking in the first place?

The logging at Merrill Creek is similar to what we faced at Roaring Rock Park in 2021. Logging is about more than losing trees. It leads to soil erosion, which can mess up the land and our waterways, which we depend on for recreation (fishing) and clean drinking water.

Now, you might be thinking, "But Merrill Creek is private land. The landowners can do what they want with it, right?" Well, it's not that simple. These are our natural spaces, and we all have a stake in them. Plus, some of these logging activities are being kept hush-hush, which is a red flag.

So, what can we do? First off, we need to spread the word about this issue. Then, we must push our lawmakers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to enforce and strengthen laws protecting our forests.

Our forests are more than just timber. They're home to wildlife, they give us clean air, they help ensure our clean water supply, and they're our escape to nature. Let's stand up for them and ensure they're here for our kids and grandkids to enjoy.