Here's another bit of time-travel fun: Carversville, from the 1930s to 2023. I'm not good with cars, so you'll have to help me with pinpointing a date for this one — The one mention I've found for Barron's Garage was in a 1932 Keystone Motorist directory. Still, having lived in Carversville for many years, I do know a little more about Barron himself. (I know, also, that he's one of the men in this photo, since his great-grandson pointed him out to me, but maddeningly I've forgotten which one. Maybe the mechanic-looking fellow in the overalls?)
Sylvanus Barron was born October 31, 1870 in Springfield Township, but was living in Solebury with his parents by the time he was 8. He married Sarah Sine in 1897 and their daughter, Florence, was born in 1899.
For many years the Barrons owned and operated the Carversville Inn — in fact, in 1920, Sylvanus's grandson was born in what would become, some 90 years later, the bedroom of my apartment.
Sylvanus Barron and his wife Sarah both died in 1943: She in April, he in September. They're buried in the Carversville Cemetery, along with their daughter Florence (1899-1983), her husband James Bertles Kling (1895-1984), Florence and James's son Sylvanus Barron Kling (1920-1963), and his wife Elizabeth Weddle Kling (1923-1999). Sylvanus and Elizabeth's son, Bob Kling, lives down the road, making him a fourth-generation Carversvillian (and generally a wonderful human being, regardless).
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