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Gettysburg Masonic Apron

Story of Masonic Apron - Found at the Battle of Gettysburg on Culp's Hill - Harrisburg Lodge Thirty-Six Years Later Discovers Owner and Returns Apron Gettysburg Compiler, Wednesday, May 5, 1909 Lost by one Federal soldier…

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Civil War Grave Restoration

The gravestone of E. Raymond Fonda at Albany Rural Cemetery, who gave his life in battle during the Civil War, has been restored. The work was performed by Grave Stone Matters on August 24, 2010. (click…

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Fonda Slave Records

The intent of this posting is simply to document the facts about slave ownership from a genealogical standpoint. No moral or ethical judgments are implied. Prior to the Civil War, it was common practice for certain…

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Civil War

Henry Adam Fonda (1820-1896); John Giles Fonda (1822-1910); David Bartholomew Fonda (1834-1903); William Henry Fonda (1834-1910); Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda (1838-1923) Henry Adam Fonda (1820-1896) Sources: History of Montgomery Co. Born in Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY;…

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Farming

This is a duplicate of the listing on the fonda.org website. Albert Dow Fonda; Dairy Farmer; Cornell University Agriculture College graduate 1917; born 9-Mar-1893 in Fonda, N.Y., died 19-Jan-1962 in Fonda, N.Y.; enlisted in U.S. Marines…

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