John and Amanda Cheney Strider Family Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

John and Amanda Cheney Strider Family Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC753

Scope and Content

Correspondence and associated documents concerning the John and Amanda Cheney Strider family of Jefferson County Folder 1: Correspondence, primarily about family and personal matters, among members of the John and Amanda Cheney Strider family (Strider Farm, Harpers Ferry/ Bolivar and Walnut Farm/Hill, near Halltown) and members of the Tomlinson family of Charles Town: 1) Letter from Laura Strider, Walnut Farm, to Mary Tomlinson Strider (sister-in-law), Feb 9, 1886 2) Letter from Laura Strider, Walnut Farm, to Mary Tomlinson Strider (sister-in-law), Jan 29, 1887 3) Letter from Emma G. Tomlinson, Charles Town, to her daughters, Eddie and Mamie (probably Edmonia and Mary), Jul 24, 1860 4) Letter from Luke Strider, Washington, D.C., to Mary Tomlinson Strider (wife), Jan 27, 1880 5) Postcard from Orra Tomlinson to Mary Tomlinson Strider, sister, no date; post card addressed to Luke C. Strider, Washington, D.C. 6) Letter from Orra Tomlinson Turner, Henderson, Ky., to Emma Tomlinson Strider (niece), Jan 22, 1900 7) Letter from Luke Strider to Mary G. Tomlinson, Mar 31, 1871 8) Letter from Luke Strider, Fort Wicked, Col, to Mary G. Tomlinson, Dec 18, 1872 9) Letter from Thornton Tomlinson, Richmond, Va., to Emma G. Tomlinson (mother), Dec 10, 1862 10) Letter from Orra Tomlinson to Mary Tomlinson Strider (sister), no date 11) Letter from Luke Strider, Washington, D.C., to Mary G. Tomlinson, Oct 18(?), 1878 12) Letter from Luke Strider to Mary Tomlinson Strider (wife), Jul 9, 1882 13) Letter from Orra Tomlinson to Mary Tomlinson Strider (sister), Apr 2, 1880 (envelope postmarked Feb 10, 1880, probably does not belong with this letter) 14) Letter from Luke Strider, Washington, D.C., to Mary Tomlinson Strider (wife), Jul 17, 1884 (envelope is addressed to Orra Tomlinson, Charles Town) 15) Letter from Luke Strider, Washington, D.C., to Mary Tomlinson Strider (wife), Aug 22, 1880 16) Letter from Mary Tomlinson Strider to Emma Tomlinson Strider (daughter), Jul 23, 1922 17) Letter from John P. Strider, Fredericksburg, to Minnie Lee Strider (sister), Oct 7, 1884 18) Letter from John P. Strider, Manchester, England, to John H. Strider (father), Apr 19, 1875 19) Letter from John P. Strider, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Laura Strider (sister), Nov 21, 1874 20) Letter from John P. Strider to Laura Strider (sister), Oct 29, 1878 21) Postcard from John S. Coleman (soldier's mail), Paris, to Emma Tomlinson Strider, postmarked Nov 20, 1918 22) Letter from John P. Strider, Lewisburg, W. Va., to Amanda Cheney Strider (mother), Jul 6, 1878 23) Letter from John P. Strider, Sweet Springs, to Amanda Cheney Strider (mother), Jul 31, 1878 24) Letter from John P. Strider, Mitchell's Station, to Amanda Cheney Strider (mother), Jun 23, 1879 25) Letter from John P. Strider, Culpeper, Va., to Amanda Cheney Strider (mother), May 16, 1882 26) Letter from John P. Strider, Somervilla, Va., to John H. Strider (father), Mar 11, 1878 27) Letter from John P. Strider, Somervilla, Va., to Amanda Cheney Strider (mother), Mar 11, 1878 Folder 2: Transcriptions of correspondence (by Robert L. Hess) Folder 3: Photocopies of correspondence Folder 4: Genealogical information on the Strider family -Members of the John H. and Amanda C. Strider Family who lived at Walnut Hill and list of sender, recipient, and year of correspondence above by Cathy Hess -Biography of John Henkel Strider (1819-1887) by Robert L. Hess -Biography of Philip Strider (about 1774-1830) by Robert L. Hess -Photocopied obituary of Luke C. Strider, Washington (D.C.) Star, Jun 13, 1938 -Photocopied biography of John H. Strider, no source or date -Photocopied biography of Rev. John P. Strider, Minutes of the Synod of Virginia, pp. 374-377, no publisher or date

Acquisition

Accession

162

Source or Donor

Hess, Catherine

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1860 - 1920

Archive Size/Extent

Twenty-seven items of correspondence, including several envelopes; one folder each of transcriptions, photocopies, and genealogical information