Fooling around on the web, I ran across the following: Anyone interested or know about it?     The way of the transgessor is hard.  Last February Mrs. Caroline Dewell, wife of a Baptist minister, who had died eight weeks before, eloped from Honesdale, Pa., with Edward C. Simpson, a worthless fellow.  Mrs. Dewell sold her house and personal effects, and, after putting her four children to bed one night, went away.  On Thursday morning of week before last she appeared at Honesdale, having walked all night through the wilderness, and sought her home, only to find it occupied by others, and her children, who had been cared for by the town authorities, gone...     Uncle John Raymon died in Scranton, Pa., a few days ago, aged 88 years.  In 1828 he built the first mile of railroad track that was ever laid in America from actual commercial business.  This was on the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's road between Honesdale and the coal mines of Carbondale.

Was amused at the reference in this item to the eloping Mr. Simpson as being "a worthless fellow." One of my great-grandfathers by this fine name held a similar esteem -- Not! -- among his in-laws, who always referred to his the entire family as "the worthless Simpsons!" Still, the rascals must have had some charm. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat LaTournous" <probets@earthlink.net> To: <PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:21 PM Subject: [PAWAYNE] Tidbits > Fooling around on the web, I ran across the following: Anyone interested or > know about it? > > > The way of the transgessor is hard. Last February Mrs. Caroline Dewell, > wife of a Baptist minister, who had died eight weeks before, eloped from > Honesdale, Pa., with Edward C. Simpson, a worthless fellow. Mrs. Dewell > sold her house and personal effects, and, after putting her four children to > bed one night, went away. On Thursday morning of week before last she > appeared at Honesdale, having walked all night through the wilderness, and > sought her home, only to find it occupied by others, and her children, who > had been cared for by the town authorities, gone... >

Pat, Do you have a date or the name of the newspaper? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat LaTournous" <probets@earthlink.net> To: <PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: [PAWAYNE] Tidbits > Fooling around on the web, I ran across the following: Anyone interested or > know about it? > > > The way of the transgessor is hard. Last February Mrs. Caroline Dewell, > wife of a Baptist minister, who had died eight weeks before, eloped from > Honesdale, Pa., with Edward C. Simpson, a worthless fellow. Mrs. Dewell > sold her house and personal effects, and, after putting her four children to > bed one night, went away. On Thursday morning of week before last she > appeared at Honesdale, having walked all night through the wilderness, and > sought her home, only to find it occupied by others, and her children, who > had been cared for by the town authorities, gone... > > > Uncle John Raymon died in Scranton, Pa., a few days ago, aged 88 years. > In 1828 he built the first mile of railroad track that was ever laid in > America from actual commercial business. This was on the Delaware and > Hudson Canal Company's road between Honesdale and the coal mines of > Carbondale. > > > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > If you can't visit the area you are researching, check with your local > Family History Center. They may be able to get the records you require > on microfilm. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >