Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926Adam Werner (1800-1876) and his wife, Anna Catharine Sass, came to America from Germany in 1854 settling in Pennsylvania. This is the life story of their grandson, Josiah C. Werner, a Pennsylvania carpenter. |
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They worked long and hard on the mountain farm helping their father and found
many ways to supplement their meager income : logging , blacksmithing ,
woodworking , hunting , making maple syrup , mining , doing day labor for other
farmers ...
They worked long and hard on the mountain farm helping their father and found
many ways to supplement their meager income : logging , blacksmithing ,
woodworking , hunting , making maple syrup , mining , doing day labor for other
farmers ...
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In 1977 at age 81 , Jubal wrote his maple syrup memoirs : Excerpts from MAPLE
PRODUCTS YEARS AGO * Almost every person who had a few sugar maple
trees made maple syrup and sugar . In the beginning , very little syrup was made
...
In 1977 at age 81 , Jubal wrote his maple syrup memoirs : Excerpts from MAPLE
PRODUCTS YEARS AGO * Almost every person who had a few sugar maple
trees made maple syrup and sugar . In the beginning , very little syrup was made
...
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APR 25 Jubal and Gideon brough Jubal and Gideon brought our syrup and came
for the table that Joe nade . AUG 3 Papa , William , and I went to State College .
Left at 7 a . m . Went thru Berlin . Shanksville , Bed ford at 9 . Bellwood at 12 .
APR 25 Jubal and Gideon brough Jubal and Gideon brought our syrup and came
for the table that Joe nade . AUG 3 Papa , William , and I went to State College .
Left at 7 a . m . Went thru Berlin . Shanksville , Bed ford at 9 . Bellwood at 12 .
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| Title | Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926 |
| Editor | Catherine M. Rhoads |
| Publisher | Gateway Press, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 128 pages |
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