Part II – This post offers several more newspaper clippings from the Hartford Courant about life on the farm in Bloomfield, Connecticut featuring my second great-grandfather, John William Spencer (1834-1896). The topics of the articles range from corn and pumpkins to snakes and rabid dogs!

25 March 1861 – Hartford Courant
22 August 1868 – Hartford Courant
7 September 1868 – Hartford Courant
21 October 1868 – Hartford Courant
Mrs. J.W. (Annie) Spencer – 2nd Place Rag Carpets
Mr. J.W. Spencer – Best Pumpkins
26 January 1869 – Hartford Courant
8 December 1877 – Hartford Courant

Part I – I’ll Say it Again, Those are My Nuts!

If you are interested in researching your family history, newspaper accounts can provide a wealth of information. The above referenced clippings were discovered through Newspapers.com by Ancestry.

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