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Our Kind of Town Relatives attended a Chicago street re-naming in
2004 to honor transit mogul Franklin Parmelee
[1816-1904; Edward, Ebenezer, Oliver, Jonathan,
Joshua, John, John] as Continental Airport Express,
successor to Parmelee Transfer, celebrated its 150th
anniversary.
| Sound as a Dollar  One of the
rarest
American
coins is the
1804 dollar --
and this one
was once part
of Lorin
Gilbert Parmelee's [1827-1905;
Jeremiah, Gilbert, Jeremiah,
Lemuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John ] collection. Lorin
established himself in the
baked-bean business in Boston and
amassed a number of coins that
were auctioned in 1890.
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 The CSS Hunley While study of the recently recovered Confederate submarine
continues, I have learned that an ancestor assisted such an
attempt years ago! Philip Elting Parmalee (1837-aft1876; Ezra
Sherman, David, Noah, Noah, Stephen, John, John) worked as
a bookkeeper for Prof. Benjamin Maillefert of Charleston, S.C.,
who salvaged many of the ships that were sunk in the harbor during the Civil War -- he
even a contract to salvage the CSS Hunley. The South Carolina Historical Society in
Charleston has Maillefert's business ledgers from 1874-76 which were kept by Philip! For
more on the Hunley salvage and restoration operation, click here.
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 Annette the Suffragette Annette was known as the "Suffragette Hornet" as she sweet-talked and
bullied the Vermont Legislature to support women's right to vote.
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- Reunion: Long Beach, Calif., aboard
the Queen Mary in 2000.
- Reunion: How do you feel about a
national reunion in Guilford, Conn?
- Gone with the wind: The 1913 Omaha
Easter Sunday tornado. ... the 1878
Wallingford, Conn., tornado.
Catching a comet: Relatives had their
names encoded in two microchips
which were placed aboard the Stardust
Spacecraft, which encountered a comet
in 2004 and brought back samples to
Earth in January, 2006.. - Photo album mystery: We think we've
got photos of Robert Parmley and some
of his 24 kids!
Cloudscapes: Former flight attendant
Abbie Parmele, left, has created a
series of cloudscapes which were
displayed at an Indiana bank and
another series of hay bales, which is on
view in Rensselaer, N.Y.
Our man in Havana: Michael Eleazur
Parmly served as the top U.S. diplomat
to Cuba during the second Bush
administration. - Got a match? This
promotional
matchbook cover
comes from an old
family shop in Sea
Bright, N.J. Does
anyone know
anything about it?
- A brush with teaching: UC Davis art
major Alex Palmerlee teaches in the
ArtsBridge program.
- The old homestead: Camp Atterbury
was once an Indiana family home.
Family on a Budget: What happens
when parenting years overlap with
retirement? Charles and Jan Parmalee
of Albany, N.Y., are finding out.
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- Escaping the Tsunami: The James
Aaron Parmelee family of Bangkok,
Thailand, were visiting the United
States when 2004 disaster hit.
Home, sweet home: Recognize this
old homestead in Virginia? Why was it
called the Parmelee House? - Home tour: Ron and Sherri Parmely
open their house in Wyoming.
- Rock hound: Horatio "Harvey" Plum
Parmelee, rocks from all over the
world.
- Sister
act: This
1857
group
portrait,
"The
Parmly
Sisters,"
hangs in a gallery in Washington, D.C.
They're the daughters of dentist Eleazer
Parmly.
- Snakes alive!: Jeff
Parmele of Simpson
College is on a
mission to save the
timber rattlesnakes
in Iowa.
- Teacher honored:
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
author David
McCullough pays tribute to Elizabeth
Mallory Parmelee in a commencement
address at Wheaton College shortly
before her death.
- Lacrosse: Carson Parmelee is the man
behind the mask at the University of
Arizona.
Tug race: The captain of the
Parmelee, which plied the waters off
Charlevoix, Mich., for years, learns
that a head start doesn't guarantee
victory. Tae kwon do
champ: James
Parmelee of
Hernando (Fla.)
High School, has
qualified for
National AAU Tae
Kwon Do
Championships and the Junior
Olympics.
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