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Descendants of James McCURDY & Nancy McKINNEY (2857 words) |
 | McCURDY, James, a two-story wood dwelling house, 20' X 24', containing 2 windows with 12 lights each, 1 window with 9 lights, and 1 window with 4 lights; situated on 2 acres. |
| He and his wife spent the balance of their days on this place, grandmother dying many years before him with a fever brought to the valley while the canal was being made in 1829, and of which their oldest son, Robert, also died, leaving a family of seven children, part of them small. |
| His hearing had failed and he sat by the pulpit on one of two chairs James Donaldson had made and placed there, and when the old log church was taken away and the new brick church dedicated chairs were presented his two sons, Revs. |
| History to consider (4104 words) |
| Although the National Reform Association failed in its attempt to amend the Constitution, it continued its efforts into the twentieth century. |
| The National Reform Association attracted many powerful men in its ranks, including governors, Supreme Court Justices, and James Pollock who became the Director of the U.S. Mint. |
| Constantine's Sword, by James Carroll, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001 |
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