On 2 August 1862, Joseph Throckmorton Sr., age 77, wrote a letter to his second wife, Laura (Peck) (Gilbert) Throckmorton, age 63. Laura was at home on their farm in Morrow County, Ohio, while Joseph was visiting family in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.
Two letters tucked into the pages of a family Bible, reveal how a family pulled together to bring home a fallen soldier. The Bible once belonged to William Mitchell Clemens [1851-1938] and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Grimes [1854-1937].
Half-a-century after the Greene County Historical Society established a home for its collections at the old County Poor Farm, a new generation of dedicated curators collaborate with Greene Connections volunteers to tell the stories behind the artifacts!