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| 1051 |
 | Brendan Dassey.
Brendan Dassey. |
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| 1052 |
 | Brendan Dassey.
Brendan Dassey - The nephew of Steven Allan Avery. On the basis of his confession he was convicted of aiding his uncle in murder and disposing of the body. He is serving life in prison with eligibility for parole in 2048. |
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| 1053 |
 | Brewster H. Shaw.
Brewster H. Shaw. |
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| 1054 |
 | Brewster Kahle
Brewster Kahle with the Internet Archive servers in 2006. |
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| 1055 |
 | Brewster Kahle.
Brewster Kahle. |
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| 1056 |
 | Brewster Shaw
A veteran of three shuttle flights. After he retired he became the Vice President & General Manager of the Space Exploration Division at the Boeing Company. |
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| 1057 |
 | Brewster Shaw.
Brewster Shaw. |
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| 1058 |
 | Brian Alan Van De Warker
Brian Alan Van De Warker |
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| 1059 |
 | Brian Van De Warker and Ruth Gamble
Dance at Brian's wedding in November 1999. |
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| 1060 |
 | Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson - Musician. Founding member of the Beach Boys. My 11th cousin. |
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| 1061 |
 | Brian Wilson.
Brian Wilson. |
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| 1062 |
 | Brian, Bridget & James Van De Warker
Brian, Bridget & James Van De Warker |
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| 1063 |
 | Brian, William and Jeanne Van De Warker
Brian, William and Jeanne Van De Warker circa 1978 |
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| 1064 |
 | Bridal Portrait of Agnes (nee Avery) Felt.
Bridal Portrait of Agnes (nee Avery) Felt. |
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| 1065 |
 | Bridgeport CT.
Bridgeport CT. |
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| 1066 |
 | Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda |
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| 1067 |
 | Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda |
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| 1068 |
 | Bridget Fonda
Bridget Jane Fonda - Actress, my 10th cousin 2 times removed. |
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| 1069 |
 | Bridget Fonda and Oliver Elfman.
Bridget Fonda and Oliver Elfman. |
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| 1070 |
 | Bridget Fonda with Richard De Niro in Jackie Brown.
Bridget Fonda with Richard De Niro in Jackie Brown. |
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| 1071 |
 | Bridget Mori
Bridget Mori |
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| 1072 |
 | Brigadier General Charles G Dawes.
Brigadier General Charles G Dawes. U.S. Army |
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| 1073 |
 | Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young.
Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young. |
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| 1074 |
 | Brigham & Hopkins Company Building.
Built in 1884 the building was designed by architect Charles Brigham. The building still stands today. It is part of the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Illustration from: King's handbook of the United States, Edited by Moses King, Published by the Moses King Publishing Company, Buffalo, New York about 1891. Page 338. |
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| 1075 |
 | Brigham Acadamy, part of Peter Bent Brigham's legacy.
Brigham Acadamy, part of Peter Bent Brigham's legacy. |
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| 1076 |
 | Brigham Acadamy, part of Peter Bent Brigham's legacy.
Brigham Acadamy, part of Peter Bent Brigham's legacy. |
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| 1077 |
 | Brigham and Nagel Family, 3 generations.
Brigham and Nagel Family, 3 generations. |
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| 1078 |
 | Brigham Cemetery.
From the book: Marlborough, Massachusetts, Burial Ground Inscriptions, published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts 1908. |
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| 1079 |
 | Brigham City Archway.
Brigham City Archway. |
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| 1080 |
 | Brigham City Map.
By; Eli Sheldon Glover, Strobridge & Company, Salt Lake 1875. |
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| 1081 |
 | Brigham City Postcard.
Brigham City Postcard. |
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| 1082 |
 | Brigham Family Crest.
At the second meeting of the Brigham Family Association on 12 September 1894 a family crest was voted on as well as the motto: "In Cruce Salus" (salvation in the Cross). The crest was developed from the coat of arms borne by the Brighams of Yorkshire, Cumberlandshire, and Oxfordshire, England. There were pins produced of the crest which some Brighams wore to the reunions. |
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| 1083 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1896. This was the fourth meeting of the Brigham family Association. It was held at the Worcester, Massachusetts YMCA.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1084 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1898. The fifth meeting took place at Marlborough, Massachusetts. 300 people attended it. The bushiness meeting was held at the Baptist Church and a dinner was held at the city hall.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1085 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1904.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1086 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1907.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1087 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1909. Held at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, Massachusetts, June 26, 1909.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1088 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1916.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1089 |
 | Brigham Family Reunion 1924.
The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907 |
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| 1090 |
 | Brigham Mill.
Northborough History by Josiah Coleman Kent. Garden City Press Inc. Printers. Newton, Massachusetts. 1921. Page (facing 158) |
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| 1091 |
 | Brigham Park
A 112 acre park near Blue Mounds, Dane, Wisconsin is named in honor of Ebenezer Brigham. |
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| 1092 |
 | Brigham Street.
Brigham Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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| 1093 |
 | Brigham Young
Brigham Young |
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| 1094 |
 | Brigham Young
Brigham Young |
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| 1095 |
 | Brigham Young & Margaret Pierce.
Photos of Brigham young with his wives are rare. This is one of perhaps two or three exceptions. |
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| 1096 |
 | Brigham Young 2.
Pioneers and prominent men of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah pioneers book publishing company, 1913. |
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| 1097 |
 | Brigham Young Jr.
Brigham Young Jr. |
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| 1098 |
 | Brigham Young Sign.
Sign in Whitingham, Windham, Vermont commemorating the birth of Brigham Young. |
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| 1099 |
 | Brigham Young's Cursed Gold
There was to be an episode of X Files that involved a monster in a gold mine. Somehow before it was made it morphed into an episode in which our heroes were trapped in a Florida apartment building during a hurricane. The monster stalking them now was a water monster.
Within our family we have the unsolved mystery of Brigham Young's cursed gold. In the early days of the Mormon church Brigham Young was seeking to make a self sufficient society. He discouraged mining because of the outside influence and money such and operation would normally require.
One day in the area now known as Tooele County near Lake Point and Stansbury Park, Mormon Convert and sheepherder, Jack Croslin was tending his flock in one of the areas many canyons. Eventually some of the sheep wandered higher in the canyon. As he followed the wondering animals he happened upon an outcropping of milky quartz richly streaked with gold.
He knew Brigham Young's view on the matter, but surly he couldn’t just leave all of that money lay there. He met with his local bishop who only confirmed Young's views on the matter. He then made the trip to Salt lake and met with Brigham Young himself. Legend has it that during that meeting that Brigham told Croslin that anyone who attempted to retrieve that gold would be cursed.
In small communities secrets don't exist. Soon everyone knew why he had ventured to Salt Lake. He was pressed for more information, but he let only small clues slip and kept the exact location to himself.
A few years latter Croslin's brother in law began selling pieces of raw gold. People assumed that Croslin was either mining the gold himself or had revealed the exact location to his brother in law. Croslin denied this. It's possible the brother in law stumbled across the find on his own but no one will ever know because soon after he was found dead in the Oquirrh Range foothills with no apparent cause of death!
The locals assumed it was the result of Brigham Young's curse. Shortly after that when Croslin himself died in a sawmill accident it was assumed it happened because he had revealed the location of the gold.
It wasn't long after that the curse claimed it's next victim. Two brothers, Croslin's nephews, were rumored to be in possession of a map with the location of the mine. For some reason the brothers began to argue. Perhaps greed was in full affect and they couldn't decide how to split the gold. Perhaps it was simply the curse because one brother shot and killed the other. He then ran away never to be heard from again.
Depending on who's telling the story the next chapter occurs when Wild Bill Hickman, excommunicated Mormon, disgraced former bodyguard and spy for Brigham Young and alleged assassin befriended the Widow Croslin in an attempt to get his hands on the gold. Since federal marshals were on his trail and he was about to be arrested he fled to Wyoming territory where he died in poverty. The widow became an outcast because of her association with Hickman.
No one dared search for the gold again until after Brigham Young's death in 1877. As far as is known the gold is still out there. Elements of the story are certainly true, however you'll have to decide if the curse is reality. |
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| 1100 |
 | Brigham Young's Mystey Wife.
This daguerreotype, a type of photograph made on a polished sheet of silver-plated copper, was part of the Mormon churches archives and was cataloged as a photograph of Brigham Young and Wife. Photos of Young posing with one of his wives are rare and this one is a mystery because the face of the woman has been obliterated.
Deepening the mystery the original has vanished from the archives. Daguerreotypes are always one of a kind and duplication is not possible. However it was lucky that at some point someone from a Salt Lake City newspaper took a conventional photograph of the original and it was saved in their archives.
From his apparent age and his clothing, in particular the floral print scarf which has been seen in other images experts date the photo from about 1850 to 1854.
By 1854 Young had 54 different wives. A definitive declaration as to which one might be the now faceless one is not possible. A strong clue might be the native American style beaded bracelets she is wearing which might suggest she is one of three of the wives that had a native background. Alternatively it might be one of the wives that were known to be active in native charities.
While daguerreotypes are relatively fragile the damage certainly appears deliberate. The why is as much a mystery as the who. Could it have been done to wipe out a clearly native face? Was it out of jealousy? The picture of Young is arguably one of the best ever taken of him. Being in the prime of life and before the pressures of being Governor of Utah had taken their toll it is the closest thing to a smile ever captured on his face. Clearly someone cared about half of the photo. |
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