A few nice b to b business images I found:
Samuel F.B. Morse Mansion - Locust Grove NY & WW2W Tony
Image by Whiskeygonebad
The NY Husdon Valley Mansion of Samuel Finneas Breezy Morse. He had this home reworked in the Italianate style along with the entire grounds with the same mindset.
One can see and appreciate the great amount of thought that went into the planning
and execution of his home and grounds that projected his appreciation of art and style.
See my photographs from this set:
www.flickr.com/photos/badwsky/sets/72157600087898918/
The view from the bedrooms in the tower out to the Husdon is a multi-million-dollar view.
In an quiet honorific, when we ham radio operators say or code "Fine Business" or FB to each other it is in the honor of Morse's middle two initials.
Yes, that is me - Tony WW2W Find out more at the link below:
www.hrvh.org/collections/inst-intro.htm?inst=11 And the direct site:
www.morsehistoricsite.org/
I added this to the group I formed "Homes of the Nouveau Riche" only to add contrast to the group. Mr. Morse was "Old Money", he was well educated and was a fine painter.
His parents were dimayed at the thought of their son going around selling his portrait skills to the well-to-do set which he himself was also. It was a social fopaux, so his parents felt. His art skill in painting, portrait painting in particular, was impeccable.
You may, however know of this famous painting of paintings at the Louvre:
www.artknowledgenews.com/files/TheGalleryMorseLouvreNew.jpg
Samuel B. Shaffer_back
Image by jajacks62
Co. C, 3rd, Co. B, 125th and Co. B, 208th PA. Infantry
Portrait and Biological Record of Southeastern Kansas, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States and The Governors of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co. 1894.
Samuel Shaffer. The farming class of America, and especially of southeastern Kansas, is notable for the degree of intelligence that is possessed by its representatives. Our subject is one of those men to whom this county owes much. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Blair County, June 1, 1844. His father, also a Pennsylvanian by birth, was born in Huntingdon County in 1808. His mother Catherine (Hillman) Shaffer, was a native of the same state. The family was among the oldest in Pennsylvania, and were prominent in all matters of public interest. Grandfather Shaffer was one of the Hessians in the Revolutionary War. The parents of our subject died in Pennsylvania.
Samuel Shaffer was one of eight children born to the above couple. He was reared on a farm, and early learned the rudiments of that occupation. In September, 1865, he was married to Miss Clara Henderson, a native of Jefferson County, Pa., and born August 5, 1845. In 1869 our subject and his estimable wife came west and for a time located in Kansas City. In February of the following year, they came to their present home, and at that time the country round their home was very wild, no house being in sight. They settled on one hundred and sixty acres, all of which is now improved, and by his earnest efforts Mr. Shaffer has one of the finest farms in the locality. He is engaged in general farming, and has been very successful in all his work.
In 1861, our subject ran away from home and enlisted in Company C, Third Pennsylvania Regiment, being then only sixteen years of age. He served all through the three months’ campaign under General Wynkoop. When discharged from service, he went to Washington and drove a team for the Government, and assisted in building many of the forts around Arlington. He went home during the winter and summer, and in August enlisted for nine months in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania, as a private. He later became the Colonel’s Orderly. He took part in the battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville, besides doing other active service. He was discharged at the end of the service and went home. The next summer he again enlisted, becoming a volunteer in Company B, Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Division. He was in the charge of Petersburgh, Va., under Butler April 2, 1865, and was also present at the surrender of Lee. At the time of the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., he belonged to the First District, Ninth Army Corps. He was mustered out of service June 1, 1865, having served a little over two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer are the parents of seven children, six of whom are now living: Minnie Kate, Robert, Rosa Ellen, S. B., Jr., Rolla Emery and Gertrude. William is deceased. The children have had the best educational advantages. Miss Minnie K. was a student at the business college of Topeka, and is now a practical stenographer, type-writer and telegraph operator. She took in short hand the last speech made in the county by Senator Plumb.
Politically, Mr. Shaffer is a Republican, and has taken an active part in all the work of that party. He has been a member of the School Board, and has frequently been a delegate at conventions. He was Sheriff of the county for four years. Our subject is a member of Antietam Post, G. A. R. , at Parsons, and is also one of the Patriarchs of America.
