Beman Triangle

May 13, 2018 Formerly Enslaved Woman Honored at 1820 Grave site On May 9, a group of students, faculty, and Middletown friends joined Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond ’19 and Chief Ayanda Clarke ’99 in a spiritual commemoration ceremony to honor a woman, Silva Storms, who died in 1820 and was buried in the cemetery on Vine Street, across … Read more

  LUCRETIA ADDISON 1846-1919         RUFUS ADDISON CO A 29 INF CONN. VOLS. DIED JAN. 21, 1916 AE. 76.           Lucy Ann Wife of Amos M Ca… [Campbell] Died July 6, 183.. [1835] Age 20 Yrs         [From Hale Collection, gravestone no longer visible]: [Mary … Read more

Pastors of the Cross Street African Method Episcopal Zion Church: 1822-1929   Date Pastor Other church officials 1822-1823 James Anderson[1] 1829 Trustees: Asa Jeffrey, George Jeffrey, Joseph Gilbert, John Hamilton, and Ebenezer DeForest.[2] 1831-1838 Jehiel C. Beman[3] 1839-1840 D. H. Vandervere/ Vandivier[4] 1841 Peter Ross[5]   1850 P. W. West[6] 1862 James A Jones[7] 1863-1864 … Read more

MAY 13, 2018 Formerly Enslaved Woman Honored at 1820 Grave site On May 9, a group of students, faculty, and Middletown friends joined Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond ’19 and Chief Ayanda Clarke ’99 in a spiritual commemoration ceremony to honor a woman, Silva Storms, who died in 1820 and was buried in the cemetery on Vine Street, across … Read more

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All 64 of these glass bottles were found in excavations carried out in the Beman Triangle. Most of these bottles once contained elixirs, ointments, and tonics meant to cure ailments “of all sorts”. These medicines were usually high in alcoh…