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<br /> 2�. Pocket demi-john. I understan tnis was carried in
<br /> revolutionary war by great-�reat grandfather, Groff.
<br /> �ut this is not authentic. Am positive it is older ,
<br /> then Civil War.
<br /> 26o One oi first venee�ingo Snuff box.
<br /> �?. One of firet 'eversharp pencils and pen combinatior.
<br /> Small �o1d band slides up and down fo r pen �ol�er
<br /> `I'i;�rn f� lead holder, Date about early eig"�.�.e4 0�
<br /> late seventies.
<br /> 2t�e Spear head found e�st of B. and i�'i. depot at b23 N_nrth
<br /> popl�r street, This w as foLnd in the c�ip� of ,
<br /> ar. old tree that had been chopped down but did
<br /> not find or see it in tree.
<br /> 2�)o Snears har.d rnade w�t farm forge b,q dc�ner' s .�rar.�3fat:�e�
<br /> Johra Hensy Urc?ff, Was ased in lzpholsterin�, ard
<br /> shrub�ery tr�rru�iing by father, �enry Bedford Grof_'
<br /> (H.B.) ma�e before Civil ��Jar,
<br /> '3GF Srnall pocket �U�ook da�� �zr.know-n, Notice tiny pockets
<br /> or� insi�e pockets also farm sce:�e ins�de.
<br /> '310 rlat iron stand ho� in early ei�^ties .
<br /> 32e Hammar, hand f'orgeci on farrn ?�-r dcror' s grand fatre.r
<br /> John HerruT rroff, tY'as used in carpenterin�,
<br /> cabinet makin� �tc by fat'r�er `:�er:ry Bedford urcf f
<br /> ;HoB. ) TY�a.de before �ivil '.^�'ar,
<br /> ?�. ��:lendar of lr�s�. Ti�e t�:read ar.d f�inge was what made
<br /> this calerdar be 'tept f�r so long so for ser.timer_t
<br /> sake let's 1Qa�e them in the book.
<br /> 3l.�., r?ecipe pha�r�p}-�let advertisin�; :�:rs. ixiinslows medicines.
<br /> Ivo date on i.t mat baleive over L�J.} yearso
<br /> 35o Certificate of s�ariday� schoo membership of donor� s
<br /> fat?:er� -;��,x�"Y :�edi`cr d Graff m t ~.Be y
<br /> ;�� N:ason dismisall of donc�r•' � ;Jrard.father� JoY,n Eerx'y Gro.Cf
<br /> � He joined �l�e mason r s at `1'rent•on. `�i�;��:: �z: �xr:a is �
<br /> Y�uried in tne .�Tasont s cem?tary. Father of Henry
<br /> Bedfor� Grof�o (H.�. )
<br /> �?� Cross�,aor� st�ttining on perforated paper dons b;y doriorts
<br /> grandmothar Laura ?.nn Jourd�n Groff� mother c�' r3enry
<br /> Bedford G�of�.
<br /> 38. Report card of doncr' s father Henry Bediord aroff. (?�.B. )
<br /> 39. Calling carcis, sur�da� cards, bookmarks, verse c�rds ,
<br /> all pasted �n one card.
<br /> L}.Oo �'Ie:norandum book of Hoover and Gamble H�rvest machinery,
<br /> l�.Io Leather Bill foZd � d memor�nduma Date unkr�own, This ';
<br /> did not belon� to family.
<br /> l�2o White 'nan� embroderPd under�kirt made by �onor's grand-
<br /> mother Laura _Ann Jourdan Groff mother of Henry Bed-
<br /> ford Groff (iimBm } . Started three years before her "-
<br /> wedding in 18(�5. Ori�inally much fuller and about �
<br /> one foot longer,
<br /> 2�.3o Silk weddin� dress of donor�s grandmother Laura Ann
<br /> Jourdan Groff, mother of Henry Bedford CTroff (H.B. ) , �
<br /> Date 1845, Formally all h�d made but has since �
<br /> been remada several times even as late as the
<br /> Great War and worn, but alwafs retained it's orig-
<br /> inal style.
<br /> l+l�., Think this must be part af tomahawk, Found on place
<br /> northeast of city of G,I, Atote paint still on it
<br /> dr blood and groove on one si�e �robably where �
<br /> thon�s wore it, ;
<br /> l.�5a Stones picked up around: G.Io Notice one `stone which '
<br /> think must be an original of �abor�nal= cameo ; �
<br /> probably worn or made by indian or pioneer for the j
<br /> fun of it,, a distinct sheild cut out of outer , , ;
<br /> laysr, �other seen wY�re s�one 'ha� broken:, showin� �
<br /> it was much larger at one time, : 41so notic.e moss s
<br /> �gate. �
<br /> l.�b, Qrnamental hair pin bot from Meyer�s ;just after Great ;
<br /> War when women began to boob their hair. ;
<br /> l.�7. Butterfly pin bo� from Windolp�i and Cords ,by donort s ,�
<br /> father I�enry Bedford Groff (HB.) for'her christmas ''i
<br /> prese��. ' In 19d6 `
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