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<br /> 71�. Silver pheasant or �ird of paradi,se and urn design
<br /> cake dish.
<br /> 75. c�� glass wall cornupia given to donor�s mother Sarah
<br /> Jane Merideth Groff �Jennie) from father Henry
<br /> Bedfard Groff in la-te eighties. .
<br /> 76. Golden Gate Homer Laughlin Plate (on bottvm the lion
<br /> in stamp in up side down) Light blue scenery dutch
<br /> wind mill an d bridge flowers between,
<br /> ?7. Blue flowered Mersey W.�i. Grindley & Co. England plate
<br /> RoNo, 135130
<br /> 78. Silv'er plate s ,yrup 'pitcher.
<br /> 790 Double pickle dish of early days,
<br /> 80. Glass syrup pitcher.
<br /> 810 Five rald soup plates.
<br /> 82. Pewter tea pot of morning glory �rape leave design
<br /> with ths name Stephens on it engrave. This with some
<br /> other silver was bot at an auction during the Civil
<br /> W�r or soon after either in Chiaago, Detroit, Michi�an,
<br /> : detroit, Missauri, Trentan, Mo. I read a $tory of
<br /> Lincoln's life in so me magazine written by Stephens
<br /> the viee-president of the Confederacy in which he men-
<br /> tioned about h3s parents, I bele�.ve it was went
<br /> bankrupt and had had to sell the pewter an.d silver
<br /> and anong them was a grape vine morning glory
<br /> teapot, I was away f rom home an d �e� home always
<br /> very busy. I had intended to write to them about
<br /> this one but never got around to it.
<br /> 83. Silver plated forks havin� �I'& G.S. on them, Beleive
<br /> same :history as teapot, bot at same time & place.
<br /> 84. Two walnut p�.cture frames .bot of Bohne and Ryan in
<br /> ei�hties, one having an old chromo in calors of �
<br /> �The Gleaner� by Gar1 Stahlin. The mste was in the
<br /> other and is �nan� pictures already msntioned in this
<br /> list. : :
<br /> �5. Teapot a chriatmas gift to donor by her sunday school
<br /> class, date f orgatte� bu� between 190b and 10.
<br /> Among �he girls.were Virgie Fverhardt, now Ludwig,
<br /> Uirgie McMillen., presen.t name unknown daughter of
<br /> Dr, Mc �fill.en �steopathzc doctor used to praetice
<br /> here, Mahle Jones, now Draper, Del].a (Roush, deceased)
<br /> and Dulcie, presen�`name uriknown, .twins, the i�icRae
<br /> twins, Jean and Janet, p resent names unknown, and
<br /> Beulah Marsho Present n�ne unknown
<br /> 86e Photo of T7.S.S.RaTeigh� crew, with my brother, John
<br /> Merideth Groff, who was ]:ost on the Collier Gyclops
<br /> when it disappeared, ' He was comin� home to take last
<br /> rank and do shore work and was a passen�er on this
<br /> ship.
<br /> 87. Two'card� of Alexander Grant one with his. picture,
<br /> Co�. H. I�ich.� Calvary in own script, the other with iir,
<br /> and Mra, Al�xander Gran t, and. in lower left corner in
<br /> owrY �E�ipt that of Jul3a p. Deshon, both in the one
<br /> envelope.
<br /> 88. Calling �arda of co�or's mo�ther Sax�ah Jane 1°�erideth,
<br /> knowr� a� �7ennie, In late e�.�hties :and earls nineties ;
<br /> she Wa� very &�ative i� �uffre.ge �a weC.T.U. work, ��
<br /> r�noe �o�.dir�g t3� s��.te office trf �seara�__t_�__r� and often
<br /> o'thep off�.ees and �ave lectures ove—r;��e,
<br /> P�obably prin�ed at this t3.nie.
<br /> 89. Letter ot': donor�s g�and �'ather`Jahn I�enr� G:�o f�'
<br /> �Yiile look��ng for a new lo�atio�n. ' Corunna Febr. 17,
<br /> 18�$. r�� ��
<br /> 90o Old ��7.].ing c�as�c�.; of. Mr;. and M�s. ;Cha°rles Wr3.�ht' in
<br /> 1�?r�rer 7..�f� ao��;e;r. l�tr�. Aurora Wrighte 2n envel,ape.
<br /> Date un�own b�zt�was mailed to �ec�pient� �o,;Mt:chi�an :
<br /> � , �;iad th�� lef�` Mi.csY�i$an- when,�riy father Henry Bedford
<br /> Gro�'f :wa� �everi �ear.s- cs];d;�o �:h�$ w:ould:'make" it '
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<br /> 91. T�e���s� �'�c�� "�:ant�., ,G1$u."s:" tn .do�.or;_'s f':at�.c�r'.�th.eri he was
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