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DARnv FAMILY.
Papers,
1820-1920.
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Darhy to "Part>nts"
8. ParlurMh [ pp , 1S-:H)]:
H. H. Darh:, to "Folks Ht lIomp."
10 . Paoll('ah [pp. :16-17]:
H. ll. Darh," 1'0 Inthpl' .
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10. Padu0ah [pp.
Home."
Oct. 5. St. Lo u is [po
Henry Harrison Darby's
Chicag , Oct. 17,
46 - 48]:
H. H.
Darb~-
to "Folks at
181:
II. H . Darb:v to "Folks at- Home . "
U. S. Arm~ Discharge Certificate .
18114.
3. Love Letters and others, 1864 - 1866
Feh. 22, 1865 New Haven, Conn. [pp.50 - 51 1:
Joel Mann [mcle
f Mary Hale (MannI Darby ] to his niece Mary .
Feb. 14 , 1866 E ffi\.Jood [p . 521:
H. H. Darby to unknown
person.
Apr . 15, 1866 Galesburg, Ill. [pp. 53-54):
H. H. Darby to
"Folks at Home . "
Dec. 19. 1864 Elmwood, Ill. [p o 54]:
II . JI. Darbv to Ellpn
Sm - th [later his wife).
Nov . 19, ]865 (pp . 55 - 561:
H. H. Darby to Ellen Smith.
Feb. 16 , 1866 Elm\.;Iood, Ill. [pp. 56 - 57] :
H. H. Darb~~ to
Ellen Smith.
Sept . l80n [pp. 57-61]:
Henry H. Darby's honeymoon diary.
4 . Letters, 18 70- 1882
_ ov. 6, 1870
ElmtJood, Ill. [pp . 62-63] :
H. H . Darby to
Mother [Mary Darb}] .
ov . 2 7 , 1872 St . Louis [pp. 63 - 64 ] :
H. H. Darby to " Folks
at Home . "
Nov . 29, 1872 On board S [ teamer] Bismark [po 64] :
H. H.
Darby to Wife [Ellen (Smith ) Darby] .
[Nov. or Dec . 18721 : H. H . Da by to W'fe [Ellen Darby] .
De.
5, 1 8 7 2 Memphis, Tenn. [p .6 5] :
H. H. D rby to Wife .
Jan . 16, 1874 Yates City, Ill. : William E . Darby to cous i n
Jenne te
"Net ie" Eb~- .
Sept . 30, 1878 Wapelio, Iowa [pp . 65 - 661:
Ellen Darby to
grandmother fMindwell Mann _ 1 .
rEn losed \.;Ii th : 1
Sept. 31 , 1878 Wapel i O . IOH3 : Ellen Darb~ - to Susan Darby
rsister - in-IaH].
Dec . 9, 1878
Elmwood [p o 6 6] :
H. H. Darby to Mother.
PI' . 1 1 , 1886 Urbana, Ill. [pp. 68-6 9]:
H. H. Darby to
" Fol1{s at Yates " [Mary Jennette (si ter) and her t hird
husband Benjamin Broo k s Sh affer , of Yates City, I ll. l.
Apr . 18, 1887 Urbana [po 70):
Ellen Darby to " Sister Sue"
[Susan ( Darby ) Eby, sister - in-law].
Mi scellanpous notes related to H . H. Darby and El l en Darby .
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5. Letters and others, 1889 - 1897
19, 1889 Babylon, Ill. [pp. 71 - 73J:
William E. Darhy to
'Aunt Sue" rSusan (Darby) EbyJ.
Universi y of Illinois Graduating Exerrises, June 10, lR91.
rCommenrement Exercises for Nellie Margaret Darby].
Poem, Fifty Years Ago, by Jennie Smith - Thomas . 1891.
June 10, 1892 Miles City, Mon. [pp . 74 - 75] : lhll ' am E.
Darb;l to Jennette "Nettie" Eby [cousin].
Sept. 1, 1893 Mi esCity, Mont. [pp. 75-761 : lilliamE.
Darby to Jennette "Ne tie" Eby .
Dec. 27 , 1893 Urbana:
Ellen (Smith) Darby to Jennette
"Npttie" Eby [ni ee] .
June 5, 1895 Fort Smith, Ark . (pp. 77 - 78]:
H. H. Darbv to
Nellie (Darby) [dau~h er].
I\lay 26. 1895 North Platte, Neb. fpp. 79-801:
Nellie Darby
to cousin "Net.tie . ,.
June 2, 1895 Kearney,
eb. [pp. 80 - 81];
Nell ' e Darby t o
co us in" Net tie. ,.
J1l1y 24, 1895
Fort Smith, Ark. [pp. 81-82]:
ellie Darb:v to
cousin "Nettie."
Apr. 17, 1896 For Sm'lh, Ark. : H. H . Darby to Npllie Darby.
Feb. 15, 1897 Rogers, Ark. [pp. 83-85J:
H.H. and Ellen Darb:-to Nellie Darby.
Sept . 7 , 1897 Rogers, Ark. [pp. 86 - 89]:
H. H. Darby to
Nellie Darby .
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6. Letters, 1898-1913
Sept . 10 . 1898
John Eb;\'.
Rogers . Ark. Henry Harrison DRrby to Susan anrt
The War t ith Spain, 1898 :
1898 Santiago de Cuba [pp. 91 - 94]:
Mary Lucette
(Dickinson) Darby to Nellie Darby [sister - in - law].
Apr. 19, 190 1 Letter by School Superintendent B. D.
Billinghurst recommending Nellie Darby for employment as
a teacher.
Ort. 21, 1901
Somerville, Tenn.: William E. Darby,
instructions regarding life insurance and financial
matters.
Mar . 22, 1905:
Letter by Henry Sabine recommending eille
Darhy for mployment as a teacher.
Sept. Ii, 1909 Rogers,
rh: . [pp. 101-1021:
Ellen (Smith)
Darby to Susan (Darby) Eb.- [sister -- in-lat 1.
Feb. 10, 1910 Ortonville Ninn.:
Nellie Darby t.o "Npttie"
(Eby) Perro [cousin).
'\ug. 14 , 1910 Ort.onvi l le Minn .:
Nellie Darby to " pttie . "
ug. 2~ , 1910 W dding announcement of Ne lie Darby and
Benjamin
P ttersen.
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Ortonville.
"lettie."
June 13, 1911 Harr ' ,sburE;,
(Ellpn Darby).
J une 14, 1911
Ortonvillp,
"Nettie . "
De . 25, 1911 Boonevillp ,
(Ellen Darby) .
Apr. 21, 1912 Ortonville,
Mo her [E ll en (Smith)
Minn . :
Nel lie ( Darbv) Pettersen to
Penn .:
Wil l iam E. Darb;\! to Mother
~I:inn .:
NelUe (Darb. ) Pe 1 ter en to
Ark . :
William E . Darby to Mother
Minn.:
Bpn.jamin
Darby?] .
Pettet:'cH~n
to
Nellie (Darby) and Benjamin Pe tersen,
of World War I)
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Letters to
Apr .
Apr . 17
Apr.
Apr .
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Apr.
Apr . / ~1a>r?
May 10
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May 19
tvl y 22
May
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Jun p 14
June 14
June 25
July
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July 14
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Aug . 17
Sept. ..t
Sep t. 8
Sept. 8
Sept . 10
tj:l e_ "Fol,ks~Homp~:
Minneapolis
Niagara Falls, N.Y. (post ard)
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
NehT Yorl, ('i ~.
On Board t h e R . M. S. Saxonia
On Board the R . M. S . Saxonia
Naples, Italy
Rome, I ta l y (post card)
Floren e, Italy
Vienna, Austria
Vipnna (first page pparently missing)
\ ienna
Copenhagen, Denmark
C penhagen
Christiania, Norway
Fagennes, Norway
Bergen,
on.Jay
Bergen
Bergen
Qualraag, No way (second page apparently rnis~in~
Kra l v as, Norway (f irst mention of the War)
London, England
London
London
On Board the S . s . . 1 aun i a
Chi ago
Chicago ( post card )
Harvey Illinois ( post card)
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8. Letters, 1918 - 1939
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Fpb.
28 , 191
(Smith)
10, 1919
ppever , S.D.:
Benjamin Ppttersen to Ellen
arhy (mother-in-law).
orwav: to B~njamin Pett~rspn (in
orwe~i~n).
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lndated, Un-idned, one paEe Latin transcript.
Undated,
nsi~ned, discou sp on mis",ionar,- \,;lork in S~-ria. Six
pages ( apparently in00mpl e tel.
The fl-oman I s St.ucl.~- Cl ub, 1920-21 , lvhea ton, "Ii nn. r Nell i e
(Darb~l Pettersen's cnp~ 1.
Pat0hwork done fnr Nellie by ~bi~ail Hale, si",ter of Mindwell
(Hale) fann.
Photo~raphs:,
re0eipts. envelopes, notes, and other
miscellaneous items.
9. Darby Family newspap-er clippings
and Records rela ing to Darby
Sept. 19, 1837
Charles Clark to Samuel J. ~il]er, land in
Peoria Cnunt~, Ill.
Feb. 22. 1838
James P. Green and ~ary his wife to Theodnre
Tarleton, land in Peoria Coun y.
~ay 20,
1851
Robert Boves and Elisabeth Boves his wife tn
h'illiam Darby. land in PE"oria C01lnt,.
Sept. 6. 186~
Lease with reserved life intere~
from William
Darby and Mar,"- Darhv hie t",ife , t-n Henr;o;- fl. nFll'h'l.-. fnl'
land in Peoria COllnt,-.
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f fi r,"- f', F 1 1 is .
.Julv 2 . lR!17
ort,!a~e Deed from Ellen 0.;:,
Di'll'h\' :=Inrl Hpnn
Oarh,'" tn Ne11;e J. Darh~fnr 1 rrl in Bentnn r'nllnty.
~18r,12
1901
,J. S
~lrF rUn t ) Ellen c::.
8rh ,-, land in
Benton rnllnt"
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DARBY FAMILY.
Papers, 1820-1920.
.2 cu. ft.
Chief Correspondents :
Jared and Mindwe l l ( Hale) Mann
(Mann) Darhy (1799 - 1881).
~ere
the parents of Mary Hale
Will"am Darhy ( 1 786-1870) and Mary Hale (Mann) Darby wer_ married
in 1823.
Henry Harrison Darby (1840 - 1901) was the son of William and Mary
Hale (Mann) Darb~ .
Henry H. and Ellen Smith ( 1848-1923) tere
married in 1866 .
William Edsnn Darby (1867-1912) was the son of Henry Harrison and
Ellen (Smith) Darby.
William E. and Minnie Louisa "Maidie" rase
( 187 1 - 1897) were married in 1892.
After Minnie died, Will i am E .
married Mary Lu~ette Dickinson (1874-1925) in ]897.
Nellie May Darby (1870-1947 ) was he daughter of Henry Ilarrison
Darhy and Ellen Smith " Nellie and Benjamin Pettersen (1864 - 1941)
\ 'ere married in 1910.
Susan Hale Mann Darby (1832-1920) was the sister
f Henry
Harrison Darby.
Susan and Tohn Dorman Eby (1831 - 1913) were
married in 1867.
Jennette "Nettie" Darhy Ebv ( 1870-HI64) was the daughter of Susan
(Darhy) and John Dorman Eby.
"Nettie" and Charles Oren Perry
(1869 - 1940) were married "n 1895 .