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Verona's Jack Wickham tells of his Verona relatives, Michael Kiefer in the distinctive Zouve
uniform of the 33rd NJ Regiment in the Union Army, serving under Capt. Cook, and his greatgreat-great-grandparents, Matilda and Jesse Barmore, at the Verona Historical Society's
annual "Show and Tell event April 5.
under Captain Elmer Cook. The
photo also said that he first saw
action at the Battle of Chattanooga and participated in Shermans March through Georgia. It
also said that this photo was taken in 1863 before Michaels
Company broke camp in
Newark.
The next member to present
was Edna Anselm, who brought
in an adjustable wooden shoe
tree. The item is used to get rid of
creases in shoes and to stretch
them out.
Williams was the last to present and he brought in a 1893 Victorian bronze doorbell, which he
took from the Captain Cook
house on Bloomfield Avenue.
The Queen Anne Victorian

house was demolished in 1980

and was torn down to expand a
strip mall, Williams said.
He next showed the audience
a Victorian memorial hair
arrangement for his great-greataunt, Tillie J. Brady.
During the Victorian era,
when somebody died, they would
make a memorial with their hair,
Williams said.
He also said that she died in
1893 in Verona and it was made
by her mother, Elizabeth Brady.
He added that she lived in the
second oldest house on Bloomfield Avenue and that her father
was a Civil War soldier.
Lastly, Williams also brought
in another picture of Michael
Kiefer, who is his great-great-

grandfather. It was similar to the

photo that Wickham brought in,
but this one had some color to it.
He said that it was a blue uniform, but the design was in red in
the picture.
The Verona Historical Society
has been around since 1976 and
there are about 50 to 100 members of the group and anywhere
from 10 to 50 people attend their
meetings.
Nights like the annual Show
and Tell are part of what led
Williams to join the society.
To preserve the living memory of the past, he said of his reasoning to join, that so many others are so willing to throw away.
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Walking into the Firemans

Room at the Verona Community
Center April 5, there were a few
members of the Verona Historical Society surrounded by local
history at the organizations
Show and Tell event.
Its pretty much an event we
hold annually where we invite
people to bring something unusual to share with those in attendance and to talk about it, its history or whatever it is that they
know, Verona Historical Society
President Bob Williams said. In
the past, I brought an early tin
cup that I found in the attic of the
former penitentiary in North
Caldwell.
The show has been running for
around 15 years, Williams said.
What has been the most interesting item that somebody
brought in?
Somebody brought in a small
portrait that may have been Abraham Lincoln, Sandra Smith,
who attends most of the society
meetings, said. But it has not
been verified.
Eight people gathered around
and sat in their seats April 5,
eagerly waiting for the show to
begin.
The first member to show off
what they brought in was Smith,
who is also on the Landmarks
Preservation Commission of
Verona. She brought in a map
board of Verona that was made
by Williams in 1987 and given to
her from the commission. The
poster, titled Below the White
Rock, Historic Verona, featured
19 historical photos of Verona.
Most of the places in the photos dont look the same anymore, Williams said.
Veronas Jack Wickham presented next and he brought in a
photo of his great-great-grandfather, Michael Kiefer, and a photo of his great-great-great-grandparents, Matilda and Jesse Barmore. Kiefer wore a Zouve uniform of the 33rd New Jersey Regiment in the Union Army, serving

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