Box 12

Elizabeth (Nicholson) Reynolds (1841-1927) was a Quaker farm wife of Dalton Township, Wayne County, Ind. She kept a diary from 1878 until her death in 1927. This collection consists of an abstract covering the years 1878-1902. It describes rural life in the period and marriages and deaths in the community. One peculiarity is that the childless Reynolds never noted births. Gift of Mary Wright Dennis, 1990.

Mary Rogers (ca. 1786-1838) was an Orthodox Friend and Elder of Westland Monthly Meeting in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The collection consists of a memorial of Westland Monthly Meeting describing her last illness and death, 1838. Transferred from the Harlow Lindley Collection.

William Rotch (1734-1828) was a prominent Quaker merchant and shipowner of Nantucket. The collection consists of notes on his life made by Augustine Jones (1834-1925). Gift of Caroline Jones Woodman.

Elwood C. Siler (1831-1896) was a prominent Gurneyite Quaker minister and revivalist of Parke County, Ind. The collection consists of photocopies of his marriage certificate, 1852, to Martha Morris, entries from the Siler family Bible, and a dim photograph.

Eli Kelly (1839-1899) was a Friend of West Milton, Miami County, Ohio. The collection consists of a typescript of a reminiscence of Kelly's service with the 8th Ohio Cavalry in Virginia during the Civil War in 1864 and 1865. Gift of Jay Beede, 1987.

Genealogical material, apparently collected by D.K. Zeller and Emma (Zeller) Dennis of Richmond, Ind. between 1890 and 1930, relating to descendants of Henry Kumler of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Gift of Mrs. E.Z. Elleman, 1964.

Lydia (Stanton) Moore (1839- ) was a student at Earlham College in 1862-1863. Born at Springborough, Warren County, Ohio, she was the daughter of Joseph and Catherine Ann (Stanton) Stanton and married Walter Moore in 1869. They lived in Washington and Hamilton counties, Ind. From 1893 to 1905 she was the Earlham postmistress. She died in Los Angeles. The collection consists of her recipe book, ca. 1870. Gift of Helen Carter Sprandling.

Myron Strattan (1895-1986) was a minister and leading member of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, residing in Knightstown, Ind. The collection consists of autobiographical and reminiscent writings, mostly relating to the peace testimony of Friends.

Jonathan Taylor (1763-1831) was a prominent Orthodox Friend of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, a recorded minister and clerk of Ohio Yearly Meeting at the time of the Hicksite separation. This collection consists of a sketch of Jonathan Taylor and his wife, Ann (Schofield) Taylor (1765-1862), and deeds and legal papers. Probably acquired by Harlow Lindley.