The Lanesboro Trip to the Homestead of RJ Lacey and his Family

The Lanesboro Trip to the Homestead of RJ Lacey and his Family

On may 10, 2002 Ancestors for RJ Lacey went on a trip to visit the area where the Laceys settled in the mid-1800's. The trip started with Harold (Bob) Van Aken picking up Barbara Ellmauer, Evelyn Boyles and meeting Tom and Rita Lacey in Great Bend PA. We visited the Historical society in Montrose PA where I had a search done for Lacey. We then went to Susquehanna and had lunch in the "Town Restaurant", which was one of the old stomping grounds of Tom when he was in his teens. Next we went to a shop that had some prints of the Starrucca bridge and a "History of Lanesboro" book which we got. Then we went to find Aunt Mates house in Lanesboro. After some difficulty locating the house we asked a neighbor of the most likely area and found that they lived in the "Benedict" house 30 years ago before moving into the house next door. The house was in bad shape when they moved in and has had quite extensive remodeling since then but was compared to a picture that Evelyn had and windows and decorative trim matched the photo. Then we drove out under the Starrucca bridge for a few pictures trying to duplicate the postcard that I have. Then we went to the South Windsor Cemetery where RJ Lacey is supposed to be buried. We found his stone with Clarinda Fairchild, his wife, and Silas Benedict and Mary Lacey (Aunt Mate). At that point Tom and Rita returned home and we decided to take a trip to Coventry where the Fairchilds lived and RJ and Clarinda gave birth to Clarissa in 1847. After searching the local Cemetery an old man mowing the grass suggested visiting the Town Clerks off where we found gold - she said there was an old cemetery where her grandparents were buried that had many Fairchilds. We found Clarinda's grandfather Billey and gGrandfather Joseph and several Other Fairchilds.

DSC02352 - side view of aunt Mates House from the driveway in the back	DSC02353 - Aunt Mates house from the side	DSC02354 - Aunt Mates house from the front
DSC02355 - Picture from the same direction as Evelyn's old picture	DSC02356 - View up the river from Aunt Mates	DSC02357 - Gary Wilder who lived in Aunt Mates house 30 years ago
DSC02358 - Starrucca from the same place as the postcard	DSC02359 - Starraccua from the other side of the river from a park	DSC02360 - error
DSC02361 - Train bridge coming into Lanesboro	DSC02362 - Downtown Susquehanna	DSC02363 - The "Searchers" Bob, Barbara, Rita, Evelyn, Tom
DSC02364 - Train station in Susquehanna	DSC02365 - RJ Laceys headstone in South Windsor Cemetery	DSC02366 - His wife Clarinda Fairchild
DSC02367 - Silas Benedict and Mary Lacey (Aunt Mate)	DSC02368 - South Windsor Cemetery Stones in front RJ, Clarinda and Silas and Mate	DSC02369 - Huldah Fairchild, Wife of Billey Fairchild
DSC02370 - Billey Fairchild - Grandfather of Clarinda Fairchild Lacey	DSC02371 - Chapel Cemetery in Coventry NY	DSC02372 - Gladys and Harold Lacey reviewing the Lacey pictures
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