tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84314290420478633612024-03-06T00:28:31.236-08:00Sherita's Genealogy BlogGenealogy Research on Vincent, Aldrich, Lash, Webster and other related families. Also research resources.Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-63744663262139611532012-06-05T08:57:00.001-07:002012-06-05T08:58:34.316-07:00Ever Widening Circle<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many of you that have read my blog, (though not many) know that this is a blog about my genenalogy... and have read about my search for my Native American roots. I have found rather quickly in my research information about Fredric Webster son of Solomon & Mary (Wilson) Webster. I stated in the blog entry "</span><a href="http://sheritasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-in-michigan-are-living.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...Some in Michigan are living...</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Calling me back "home," beckoning me is a little piece of land. Ironically it is
called Barkhamsted Lighthouse. I ponder the inhabitants of the Lighthouse
"Tribe" even thought what it's name would mean to those coming after them. To me
it is a beacon deep in my heart. A passion that was my mother's and my
grandmother's to stand where the Websters & Chagum's once stood."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's all coming full circle.... Probably a year ago I connected with Coni Allen-Dubois, also descendant of the Barkhamsted Lighthouse Tribe. (I figured out that she is my 7th cousin, 1x's removed - LOL!) She has done extensive work & traveled far & wide to collect the "stories" of our family. Coni has asked me to join her blog & write updates on my Webster family line there. I am truly honored & totally excited to be joining an awesome sister to dig up all the stories we can collect on the Barkhamsted Lighthouse Tribe. :-) You can check her Blog out at </span><a href="http://conidubois.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever Widening Circle</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - I will be posting very soon :)</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-17550596932538365322012-06-05T08:28:00.001-07:002012-06-05T08:41:19.228-07:00Summer's here!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">G'morning! Summer is here, school is out & it's time to take weekly visits to cemeteries... I've been out & about to 3 cemeteries... plan on more. I think it's very important to teach my children the importance of taking care of graves & how to respect them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I remember trips to cemeteries in the summer with my Grammy Vincent. She would tell me stories about our family. Things like "My uncles lived there," pointing to a empty piece of land... "... and after they died me & my girlfriends used it as a playhouse until one day your grandpa & some of his friends scared us and filled the kitchen table with dead birds!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">She goes on to tell me about her uncles... </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8VIp_MgyIMjQgYwSSvMEaGPiLpq6wvUE9rHSoTVoCOCBbGzxkLHDcKr3WpR2WUqRp74XHdga480TXE_v-4eSi7Pj8YWu_4qGWjXPk1LfGvqGOgleXiuAMZyUdo-7BGjl2wQ2-IR3SEM/s1600/Clayborn_Stub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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</a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Uncle Stub & Uncle Steven were farmers. They have always lived together. Uncle Stub was, well something was wrong with him, he looked like someone had smash his head down into his body, he was slow mentally. But he was so sweet to us kids. They died within days of each other, I remember going to the funeral, they had died from tuberculous or something that was going around at that time."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I then did some research...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Stephen Lewis and Clayborn Lester were 6th & 9th son of Syrenous Palmer & Terissa A. Chase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Stephen was born on 7 Sept 1878 in Michigan or Ohio. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I find him in 1880 in Duplain, Clinton County, MI with his parents. Clayborn was born 8 September 1885 in Brant, Saginaw County, MI. I find both Sephen & Clayborn in 1900 & 1910 in Brant, Saginaw County, MI with their parents. They lived together in 1920 in Brant, Saginaw County, MI.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Stephen died on 11 April 1931 in Brant of Pneumonia (not really tuberculous but my grandma was 9 at the time of their death). Clayborn died on 13 April 1931 in Brant of Pneumonia, only 2 days after Stephen died.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Both are buried in Brant Cemetery in Saginaw County, Michigan.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-62559756018461902502012-04-17T12:24:00.004-07:002012-04-17T14:02:37.005-07:00Canadian Genealogy...<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iSwoEHzP09KTAcrlR6b9sYU38Isf1dkLI_hwVOkRlSLSNHe59tZ1gVRSbzmXlyrDjt3KpbFHbbhazXMf0JmZAZrqb-87MAJUocjUznUDQ4hB7PX6DyT2yjtaIhgCBAXYan5IVMy48e4/s1600/Tyrrells.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 273px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732453240630370354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iSwoEHzP09KTAcrlR6b9sYU38Isf1dkLI_hwVOkRlSLSNHe59tZ1gVRSbzmXlyrDjt3KpbFHbbhazXMf0JmZAZrqb-87MAJUocjUznUDQ4hB7PX6DyT2yjtaIhgCBAXYan5IVMy48e4/s320/Tyrrells.jpg" /></a></div><div>The people in the photo, are James Tyrrell & his first wife Sarah Coulbeck.</div><div> </div><div><strong>James Tyrrell</strong> was born 17 Mar 1865 in Bayham, Ontario, Canada the son of Ambrose Tyrrell & Mary Lane. He married <strong>Sarah Coulbeck</strong> on 19 Oct 1885 in Tilsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born Abt 1859-1860 in Ashby cum Fenby, Lincolnshire, England. In 1861 she is in the England Census in Eastville, Lincolnshire, England. She died sometime between 1891-1895 in Ontario, Canada. Sarah was the daughter of Charles Coulbeck & Hannah Blythe.</div><div> </div><div> * Looking for more information on Sarah Coulbeck.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center">_____________________________________________</div><div> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 210px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732476787863431634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocoRkPC_eaFiK3lVGaRap0o2E1EImjrk7bais8BucvtNhzzUaJXCYxf368LnflRtSURiwaNSZchTU7tN36cbLUmSxMVHTcWqFQbT7vCvCDhkoeKqIXrQlqQdSCzdOfMbIqKaFMwyUfAw/s320/TyrrellPostcard2.jpg" /></div><div> </div><div>Post Card sent on Sep 14, 1908 (9 AM)</div><div>To Mrs. Bert Webster, Lawton, Mich.</div><div>Reads:"Lizzie--This is view of our house. Mother is one in black-the short one. Jip is sitting beside her. It is I on the top step. Pa happened to be down town so wasn't in it. F. N. T."</div><div><br />F. N. T. could be Nora.</div><div> </div><div>Please email me at <a href="mailto:sherita461972@gmail.com">sherita461972@gmail.com</a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-10167911986896192882012-04-10T04:55:00.003-07:002012-04-10T05:11:00.896-07:0040th Birthday!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOJtiSpw9NkXreYtQ91wtMezpxhfALd07WuyhbmkY0-AuEtT5NO9K79D3kJ10jbAQcVFwxCfVYUIMYALkPrbDn1TfJ_hl-ctishaTn2bdmLb6eqwk6WLZNu5UJq6FTJ7k4xMV3QTKdL8/s1600/UP12xTAxOJbE4ls8YwKuDMZgvgEqR7HTnqL1HvDVV9qCImIy%2521RTpe7JzaiqZ3fq3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 226px; height: 320px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729740819174641922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOJtiSpw9NkXreYtQ91wtMezpxhfALd07WuyhbmkY0-AuEtT5NO9K79D3kJ10jbAQcVFwxCfVYUIMYALkPrbDn1TfJ_hl-ctishaTn2bdmLb6eqwk6WLZNu5UJq6FTJ7k4xMV3QTKdL8/s320/UP12xTAxOJbE4ls8YwKuDMZgvgEqR7HTnqL1HvDVV9qCImIy%2521RTpe7JzaiqZ3fq3.jpg" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_63G31kf8zqgTyPvA8nuhcMPouoobQEl7mFWtCk18DJDUZ9RawZ0ka5HNWarPd3beDOA4zcX8DH0Hz8Ol167e7C8vPT-MgHTYUM93L6g4tcn84q5_NZqmsgVfn5OrM8DFsVlmN0Jv_0g/s1600/Fred_MaryWebster.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">I'm still researching the Webster family. My husband bought me a 6 month membership with Ancestry.com - while researching on there I found several photos of the Webster family. This one is of Frederic Roy Webster & his wife Mary B. Blett Webster, my great great grandparents. Not sure when it was in the paper, but it says they are celebrating their 65 wedding anniversary. </span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">I've got them being married on 26 Mar 1878 in Shermantown, Allegan County, MI (source: Dibean Marriage Collection) and they both died in 1942 (her in Feb & him in Nov). So if the marriage year is right they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in 1943 which is impossible.... OR I've death dates wrong, which I doubt because I found their death records on Ancestry.com & correspondence with a granddaughter of theirs</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">I celebrated my 40th birthday, and yes I did have a minor mid-life crisis... but I snapped out of it when my hubby gave me this gift & my zeal for research was renewed. I can't wait for some free time to make a trip to the State of Michigan's Library to get into some "old school" researching. :-) All in all, my birthday was a mildstone I will not forget anytime soon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Much Love from Michigan</span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-90106441323891708942012-03-03T09:27:00.035-08:002012-03-03T11:27:43.814-08:00Genealogy Gaps...Recently a friend asked me to "teach" her how to find her ancestors... my advice was to "start with yourself, your parents, your grandparents, their siblings, their cousins... then you can dig deeper." With that advice I realized that I have some major gaps in my more recent genealogy.<br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715740458685814114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga6VnS_JZX3_D9OC2rCcTy4yWztbVSM5qaxqVKDyiCR-8CsCtR2BPDF89JC9SEwUxbfZJO5q177W5ZF9NJP-WA5kLRcptGumEL0UhpbYb57aaoVggPZT5mrUSi-w0T8tET2xqtiGqtQE/s320/cousins.jpg" />This photo of the girls by the old car is my grandma Lash with her siblings & cousins. I realize I have lots of empty spots under their names. I have filled out my grandma's information but not her sisters or cousins. It was taken at my great grandmother Elizabeth Webster's funeral, so it was in July 1921. Right to left I will place what I do know about each child in the photo.<br /><br /><em>Maxine M. Mohney</em> (in the dirty looking dress, I think she is like me, I'm sure she was all clean & as soon as possible she got in the dirt... yep that's how I was LOL!) She was born in 1916 in Michigan. She was the 3rd daughter of Nora Delle Webster & James Clarence Mohney. I found her in the 1930's Census living with her sister Ruth & Ruth's husband Clarence Cook in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI. And in Ruth's obituary in 1999 Maxine had already passed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEQpG0UIuIIgqjDwSfPIUdYmmQmvBDVTjYl_AtqZXdtJcINywKEHAw-kY-mLz1eyIHxn6Es0DKgx_QvZTVe15ZiJVBJ0EwDbzsRm5-owo60fYlUIReUuFc0eJNHwlsoxFkGacdWWccio/s1600/sisters3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 231px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715741383346895618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEQpG0UIuIIgqjDwSfPIUdYmmQmvBDVTjYl_AtqZXdtJcINywKEHAw-kY-mLz1eyIHxn6Es0DKgx_QvZTVe15ZiJVBJ0EwDbzsRm5-owo60fYlUIReUuFc0eJNHwlsoxFkGacdWWccio/s320/sisters3.jpg" /></a> <em>Alice J. Webster</em> (in black dress with white colar - also photo to the right with Edith) born February 24, 1908 in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI oldest child to Bert Alvin Webster & Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell. I found her in the 1920 Census with her parents in Genesee County, MI. The first marriage record I found of her was to Frank J. Glimos, but she had already been married to a Mr. Flintoff - but I can not find any record of her first husband. She married Frank Glimos on July 26, 1947 in Genesee County, MI. He died in 1962 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI. Alice died March 1, 1977 in Genesee County, MI. She is buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, MI (same cemetery as her parents). Alice & my grandmother Edith were very close & spent a lot of time together. </p><br /><br /><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO5N0E8uyJqsmPerE5LDcc3vFqWH8XWjdmsjvvjfUHK72f5Va4e0AhX1ptM8y2x4UP_GEoLxNq4YW781u-6Dqe27aSOd9weAMMt7FN8tONprObHlD609uy9z4_cRbUwWZ7oKmg_XT-8/s1600/69705809_130525595032.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715738335940289778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO5N0E8uyJqsmPerE5LDcc3vFqWH8XWjdmsjvvjfUHK72f5Va4e0AhX1ptM8y2x4UP_GEoLxNq4YW781u-6Dqe27aSOd9weAMMt7FN8tONprObHlD609uy9z4_cRbUwWZ7oKmg_XT-8/s320/69705809_130525595032.jpg" /></a>Ruth Carol Mohney</em> (white'sh dress with the baby in front of her - mother Ruth Ann was named after her; the photo to the right is Ruth) was born December 3, 1909 in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI. The oldest child & daughter of Nora Delle Webster & James Clarence Mohney. First record I found of her was with her husband Clarence Cook in the 1930 Census in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI. Clarence & Ruth must have divorced, since he died in 1968 & she married Jack C. Haas in 1938 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI. Ruth died on March 26, 1999 at the Lifecare Center in Plainwell, Allegan County, MI, her funeral was held on March 28, 1999 at the Rupert, Durham, Marshall & Gren Funeral Home Vicksburg Chapel in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, MI. Ruth was buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI (as well as her 2nd husband Jack.)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQgqvD5Vur12FCLhXtRFWUQEXEDJJuS8mtp9-lHI6WWi3PNN0DO52oJV8NARS7KsX7Q8fmoxOCujHlfCXxQnPDueaC_snpe95T84_NqoUBSr-mbbWsXwKhXTTkuaFx9_OIVIA9aiPXms/s1600/rosetta2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 205px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715749583810279778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQgqvD5Vur12FCLhXtRFWUQEXEDJJuS8mtp9-lHI6WWi3PNN0DO52oJV8NARS7KsX7Q8fmoxOCujHlfCXxQnPDueaC_snpe95T84_NqoUBSr-mbbWsXwKhXTTkuaFx9_OIVIA9aiPXms/s320/rosetta2.jpg" /></a> <em>Rosetta "Betty" Webster</em> (the baby in front of Ruth; she is the little girl to the right) born 5 months before her mother Elizabeth died on February 13, 1921 in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI. Youngest child/daughter to Bert Alvin Webster & Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell. She moved in with her Aunt Nora after her mother died. Betty died on September 24, 1929 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI of Primary Lobar Pneumonia (Aka: Tuberculous). I haven't found where she is buried, but I am assuming Kalamazoo or Flint. I would love to find out more about her, but since she only lived 8 years, it's harder.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ygT_3T6YLN0mY-Rgduk0eEw10JURPdawSZdu42VQW4x3AwRg-Z39VwNIFN-XnxkLhEvryf6BrxuGEqq06BGWDAzoT-gGVn2v3ZOhVviZcARpCZvWSQ2VUQIppWZJQ-9czVMFbmFewoQ/s1600/Edith13.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715742770782225490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ygT_3T6YLN0mY-Rgduk0eEw10JURPdawSZdu42VQW4x3AwRg-Z39VwNIFN-XnxkLhEvryf6BrxuGEqq06BGWDAzoT-gGVn2v3ZOhVviZcARpCZvWSQ2VUQIppWZJQ-9czVMFbmFewoQ/s320/Edith13.jpg" /></a> <em><strong>Edith Irene Webster</strong></em> (in black sailer type outfit; this is my grandma Lash) she was born August 31, 1914 in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI. She is the second child/daughter of Bert Alvin Webster & Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell. She married Ray (Roy) Lash on December 31, 1936 at the Mt. Morris Methodist Church in Mt. Morris, Genesee County, MI. They had 12 children, and lived in Flint, Genesee County, MI until they moved to Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI in 1960's. She lived in Chesaning until the time of her death on June 21, 2007, where she passed away at her home surrounded by loved ones. She is buried in Wildwood Cemetery in Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI next to her beloved husband Ray. I have many memories of my grandma. She told me that she loved hummingbirds because her mother loved them, that Elizabeth (called Lizzie) had a vine outside her kitchen window so the hummingbirds would come. Edith also loved butterflies because her mother thought they were beautiful.<br /><br />The last child is <em>Lurena W. Webster</em> (she is looking down) she was born on August 14, 1919 most likely in Lawton, Van Buren County, MI (haven't found the record, grandma told me the birthdates of her sisters). She was the 3rd child/daughter of Bert Alvin Webster & Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell. She married a Mr. Papple (can't find any record of this yet), but when she married her 2nd husband Howard B. Welch on June 14, 1945 in Genesee County, MI she was Lurena Papple. Howard died in 1955 in Genesee County, MI & is buried in Gracelawn Cemetery in Flint, Genesee County, MI. Lurena later married Harry Quinn on September 22, 1984 in Genesee County, MI. Lurena was named after her mother's sister Lurena Tyrrell & also my grandmother named one of her daughter's Lurena. Lurena died January 19, 1996 in Genesee County, MI and is buried in Gracelawn Cemetery.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The following photo is of Bert & his 3 grown up daughters sometime in the early 1960's, from left to right is Lurena, Bert, Edith & Alice.<br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715747717843387362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWfrhw7ymJOZQKe8Btx918w3pHCWHWHasnYHdhl7CeXrq3ylqrfahHq9SLon9jECirlezqCH1dVy3ZpZid3dA-9mJyK_0zvcFHak1ootB01DUWHkKuCNu-ObCFGpP8PB1EKhLTCav7aw/s320/bertdaug.jpg" />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-39754000169235965382012-03-02T11:32:00.019-08:002012-06-05T09:18:21.859-07:00....Some in Michigan are living...<div align="center">
Calling me back "home," beckoning me is a little piece of land. Ironically it is called Barkhamsted Lighthouse. I ponder the inhabitants of the Lighthouse "Tribe" even thought what it's name would mean to those coming after them. To me it is a beacon deep in my heart. A passion that was my mother's and my grandmother's to stand where the Websters & Chagum's once stood. To see the old cemetery & foundations of the homes, that are barely noticed today. To somehow feel their presence from the past. To visit the town's <a href="http://barkhamstedhistory.org/Default.aspx">Historical Society</a> and Records vault, to find my ancestors name in some forgotten record. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">It all starts with JAMES CHAGUM and MOLLY BARBER. </span></div>
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<em><strong>James Chagum</strong></em>, son of Great James Chagum and Jane/Priscilla Sands, was born in Jun 1710 in Block Island, Washington County, RI. James went to worked as a gardener for Molly's father. Other notable events are; Land Grant: 1760. "James Chaugham being awarded a land grant in 1760 by the British Gov. of GT.", Military Service: Possible that he served in the French Indian Wars. <strong><em>Molly Barber</em></strong> was born about 1714, uncertian where, some reports of Ireland others Wethersfield, CT. Her father's name could be Peter Barber, but it is unknown. In the 1800, Litchfield County, CT. "Mary Chaugum, P. 32, with 1 Female-over 45, 3 free persons in family"</div>
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The story goes that Molly had many male callers, she fell in love with a gentleman caller, and her father denied them to get married and locked her up on their grounds, the gentleman then moved out west. James seeing Molly so sad gave her a rose from the garden and a friendship blossomed. They eventually fell in love and decided to run away so they could be together. Molly's angered father chased them from Wethersfield, CT into an Indian village near Barkhamsted, were he passed right by Molly and didn't even recognize her. Molly and James fearing that they'd be descovered then settled in the mountain range around Barkhamsted where they flourished. They had 8 children in all; Two boys <em>Samuel</em> who married Miss. Green of Sharon, CT and <em>Solomon</em> who married Miss Hayes & now I have found that he may have also married a Ms. Sophia Bills (Webster) who died while giving birth on 3 Mar 1848 in Kent, Litchfield County, CT. Six girls, two who never married <em>Elizabeth</em> who died in 1854 and <em>Sally</em> who died young. <em>Meribah</em> (aka: Mary) who married Samuel Lawerence. <em>Hannah Sands</em> who married Ruben Barber in 1784. <em>Mercy</em> married Isaac Jacklyn. <em><strong>Mary</strong></em> (aka: Polly) married <strong>William Preston Wilson Sr</strong>, who was a preacher (some say Baptist) and a school teacher, he also served in the Revolution War, he was lame possibly from battle of Monmouth.</div>
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<strong>William P. Wilson Sr & Mary/Polly Chagum</strong> lived at the Lighthouse site, & had 4 known children; <em>Susan</em> (b. 1795) married Daniel F. Clarke, <em>Esther</em> (b. 1796) married David Haskell, <strong><em>Polly</em></strong> (b. 1771) married Joseph Elwell Sr. [I have found 6 children for them, one who is <strong><em>Sybil Elwell</em></strong> who married <em><strong>Montgumery Webster</strong></em>, who was the father of <em>Solomon Webster</em>], and finally their only son <strong><em>William Preston Wilson Jr</em></strong>, (b 1799) married Harriet Wilson - daughter of Eli Wilson & Huldah Wadsworth Cook. [I have found 5 children for them one of whom is <strong><em>Mary Wilson</em></strong> who married <em><strong>Solomon Webster</strong></em> the son of Montgumery Webster]. </div>
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<strong>Sybil Elwell & Montgumery Webster</strong>'s children were said to be 11 but I have only found 8; <em><strong>Solomon</strong></em> (b. 1828) married <em>Mary Wilson</em>, <em>Henrietta</em> (b. Jun 1830), <em>Minerva</em> (b. 1834), <em>William</em> (b. 1840), <em>Prudence</em> (b. 9 Jan 1845), <em>Henry</em> (b. 1 May 1848 d. 20 May 1848), <em>Stephen</em> (b. 15 Jun 1849) & <em>Samuel</em> (b. Nov 1850). Sybil died 21 July 1851 in Bela Squire Crossing in Farmington, Hartford County, CT age 47 years old and Montgumery died 16 Aug 1883 in Winchester, Litchfield County, CT age 81 years old. </div>
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<strong>Solomon Webster & Mary Wilson</strong> had 11 known children; <em>Franklin</em> (b. 1850) married Mary Corlis in 1882, <em>Laura</em> (b. 30 Jul 1851) married Isaac Elwell [grandson of Joseph Elwell Sr. & Polly Wilson], <em><strong>Frederic Roy</strong></em> (b. 1852) married Mary Blett, <em>Riley</em> (b. Mar 1858 d. 24 Jun 1917) never married, <em>Susan</em> (b. 14 Aug 1861) married Andrew Cochran in 1878, Watson Squires in 1888 and Walter Humphrey in 1810, <em>Janet</em> (b. 1864) married Edwin Snow, <em>Isadora "Dora" M.</em> (b.1860's) married Francis W. Hack, <em>Emma</em> (b. 22 Feb 1868) married Egbert King in 1891, <em>Mary</em> (b. 1869 d. 1869) died of Cyanosis, <em>Daniel</em> (b. 1870), <em>Justina Janet</em> (b. 1870 d. 1870) died of Cyanosis. I also have two other children in the census with them a <em>Prudence</em> (b. 9 Jan 1859) and a <em>Ferdine</em> (b. 1859) - believe these are the same person & I also believe that Prudence is Solomon's sister. </div>
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The above photo was taken at Bert's wife Lizzie's funeral July of 1921. </div>
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Left to Right: Stanley, Bert, Frank, Fred Jr, Nora, Minnie, Elmer, Judd. Fred & Mary Webster standing in front in the middle.</div>
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F<strong>rederic Roy Webster</strong> [moved to Michigan with his aunt & uncle, Isaac Elwell (b. 1812) & Thankful M. Wilson (b. 1812) after 1870] he & his wife <strong>Mary Blett</strong> had 6 children who where all born in Michigan; <em>Frank E.</em> (b. 1878), <em>Lena Belle</em> (b. 1881), <em>Fred Agusta</em> (b. 1883), <em><strong>Bert Alvin</strong></em> (b. 1887), <em>Nora Delle</em> (b. 1889) & <em>Stanley</em> (b. 1892). It should be noted here that in 1880 Frank should have been about 2 years old & he was not in the census with his parents, however a child was with them named Charles that was born in 1879, I believe this is Frank. Also Mary was married before to Henry W. Price & they had 4 children - Nellie, Minnie, Elmer & Byron Judson (aka Judd) & in many census were named Webster. </div>
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(The photo to the left is Webster children back row left to right is Frank, Bert, Fred Jr, sitting is Nora & Stanley. Missing in Lena Belle since she died in 1916, I'm assuming that the photo was taken after that time.)<br />
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Bert is my great grandfather, his daughter Edith Webster married Roy Lash, her daughter was Ruth Ann Lash who is my mother. </div>
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I hold in my hand two wonderful books. The first one is A Village of Outcasts: Historical <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUTPzjBf08ToeNM3fPQqbvF16EIivtDNcBiIAaQ15qtnA8t1I-fdFczMWqKVoDstDrVK-usEsas4LGNui1sngSHdZax6Gf-oxoTXihzG7P-FF5R-kJhUHl_Qx0t2rjAvihTbGREjZCSU/s1600/Federbook.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715404356263852226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUTPzjBf08ToeNM3fPQqbvF16EIivtDNcBiIAaQ15qtnA8t1I-fdFczMWqKVoDstDrVK-usEsas4LGNui1sngSHdZax6Gf-oxoTXihzG7P-FF5R-kJhUHl_Qx0t2rjAvihTbGREjZCSU/s320/Federbook.jpg" style="float: right; height: 190px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 132px;" /></a>Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site by Kenneth L. Feder. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1645746.A_Village_of_Outcasts">GoodReads</a> calls it "A fascinating story of Native Americans, freed African-American slaves, and assorted European outcasts who came together and established a settlement that thrived from 1740 to 1860, this case study integrates the history and archaeology of a multicultural, multiethnic New England village." I have had the book since I purchased some for my mother & grandmother from Walt Langraf in May of 1998 & he sent me a copy as a gift. At that time I was still in college & had limited time to read it, I have recently started reading it again. The book talks about Archaeology terminology & a basic knowledge of Archaeology. It also talks about my second wonderful book "The Legend of the Barkhamsted Light House" by Lewis S. Mills, MA. , which is written in the style of The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<br />
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In Feder's book is more factual, while Mills' book is more "romantic" - both are prized possessions of my collection of family heirlooms. Not only do I treasure the information in those books & the papers I received back in 1998, I treasure the friend I had in <a href="http://obit.montano-shea.com/obit_display.cgi?id=440834&clientid=montano-shea&listing=Current">Walt Langraf</a>, I know that this world is a little bit darker now that he is no longer with us.<br />
One day in the near future I hope to step onto this Valley where my ancestors lived & loved. One day I hope that my children can see the importance of history. The song by Cher, "Gypsy's Tramps & Theives" keeps running through my head; James Chagum was considered a run-away servant, he & his brave wife Molly Barber was considered outlaws...<br />
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In Lewis S. Mills book, "The Legend of the Barkhamsted Light House" page 93 he writes...<br />
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“Molly Barber and James Chaugham<br />
Dead and Buried-gone forever:<br />
Scattered now are their descendants.<br />
Some are in the Town of Woodbury<br />
Busy digging graves and hunting;<br />
Some in Riverton and Colebrook<br />
Some in Harwinton and Winsted,<br />
<strong><em>Some in Michigan are living. </em></strong><br />
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… Generations speeding onward<br />
In an ever widening circle,<br />
Carry far the blood of Chaugham<br />
And his spouse, brave Molly Barber..."<br />
My family are part of that "...SOME IN MICHIGAN ARE LIVING...."</div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-51543141075066019282012-02-03T19:04:00.000-08:002012-02-03T19:22:16.416-08:00Civil War website... and February in Michigan<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hello friends... it's February in Michigan & yestreday it was almost 50 degrees!!! Gotta love this globel warming LOL!!!<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Found this cool website for Civil War records at </span><a href="http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705114893396539218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZyvBMoCYFBn7eT-HmjR2c7_TjkCTfhHISA-e_f5MyeC7dn_cDhmKvEYC9OMNmQLVA2NsPJkWE4cJy0umjNcGkv9u2b1CSkBh4sKoYVkxQygmKrT2sKGZMtgjTgJJ7letGrimGLY71gs/s320/GAR_CWvets.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The above pic I found at a Saginaw County website (can't remember where now) but it was of the Brant Civil War men... my great great grandfather George Aldrich is in there somewhere just can't get it big enough to really see... will have to find the pic larger somewhere :)</span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Happy Hunting! </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-28752555485887949422012-01-28T11:07:00.000-08:002012-01-28T11:28:44.079-08:00The winter wind is blowing here in Michigan....<div>.... and I am dreaming of going to cemeteries in the summer....<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACCCqo4cINXaI-HB106UNBK4FMyXM9OJ6W8yJK_tYv4kchVMQ1-ECLxHJC22EZ-y4nC0KIcE6G3WHKjouHhQDcMcf85vDWWQWcBzm2mNpYmn4tLbg0vN1uH93nLRaxfcyUXYaSY3zemQ/s1600/304956_2247296496875_1082041231_32691001_736381830_n.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702762443955283794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACCCqo4cINXaI-HB106UNBK4FMyXM9OJ6W8yJK_tYv4kchVMQ1-ECLxHJC22EZ-y4nC0KIcE6G3WHKjouHhQDcMcf85vDWWQWcBzm2mNpYmn4tLbg0vN1uH93nLRaxfcyUXYaSY3zemQ/s320/304956_2247296496875_1082041231_32691001_736381830_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I know that no one really reads my blog entries... but I love doing them. I started a new hobby... sorta. I am couponing!! I have saved so much money, my husband bought for himself a new motorcyle and I got a tattoo! It hurt like crazy, but I want another one!! :) Going with butterflies I think.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I don't know how some people do all that they do... being a full time mom of 2 kids & all their activities, going to class at church once a week, Bible study, couponing, and all the books I want to read... plus general housework that needs to get done... genealogy & scrapbooking have kinda got pushed down to low priority. :(</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My laptop crashed, and I've been slowly rebuilding my genealogy database back up. I am really focusing on sourcing my information. I found a website that helps figure out how to source, <a href="http://www.genealogywise.com/group/sourcingyourgenealogy">http://www.genealogywise.com/group/sourcingyourgenealogy</a>. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I think one of the ways to get everything done that I want done is to pick a one day a month and do genealogy. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh also to the Chaugham family who may look at this check out Coni's website... <a href="http://conidubois.wordpress.com/">http://conidubois.wordpress.com/</a> she has extensive research on the Barkhamsted Lighthouse tribe in CT :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Happy Hunting!</div><br /><div>Sherry</div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-54748481584419029722011-09-13T12:32:00.000-07:002011-09-13T12:40:12.362-07:00Seeking MichiganI found this great website, that lets you search for, view & print death certificates in Michigan from 1897-1920! This is an awesome tool for Michigan Genealogist. It's been around since 2008 (I believe) and they have more history than just death records such as photographs, maps, spoken histories, and documents. I especially love the Civil War photographs & records!!<br /><br />Happy Hunting! :)Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-39562880575812917582011-08-29T09:56:00.000-07:002011-09-13T12:41:41.229-07:00Genealogy slumpWe all go through times when we just can't find anything or life takes over & we don't have time to research all that we want to. I have been there. This last year & a half has been crazy here in the Carsten house. My husband Marty is still recovering from Meningitis, but he is doing GREAT! A year ago our little foster baby J left our home & our hearts are broken. We felt the most joy we could have ever felt when we adopted our 2 foster children Z & S. We left our home church of 11 years to follow what God has for us.... and in return have found some of the greatest friends ever!<br /><br />In July I feel 3 different times, broke a couple toes, and ruptured two disc. Spent the summer healing & loving on my kids... and now we are knee deep in football/cheerleading... ugh!! Hoping school starting will give me some chances to do some genealogy research.<br /><br />Much love,<br />SherrySherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-42972597221286634192011-05-18T10:49:00.000-07:002011-05-18T10:50:12.333-07:00Search my records on Find-A-Grave<!-- BEGIN FIND A GRAVE SEARCH --><br /><FORM METHOD="get" ACTION="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi"><br /><INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="page" VALUE="gsr"><br /><TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="500"><br /><TR><br /><TD><br /><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="ffffff"><br /><TR><br /><TD VALIGN="top"><br /><a href="http://www.findagrave.com"><IMG SRC='http://www.findagrave.com/icons2/logos/nonFamousSmall.gif' ALIGN="left" border=0></a> <br /></TD><br /><TD VALIGN="middle" align=center><br />Search <b><a href='http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46504709'>Sherry Carsten's</a></b> cemetery records at <A HREF='http://www.findagrave.com'><IMG SRC='http://www.findagrave.com/icons2/logos/tinyMasthead.gif' valign="middle" BORDER="0"></A> by entering a surname and clicking search:<br /></TD><br /></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD align=center colspan=2><table border=0><tr><td><select NAME="GSmid"><option VALUE="46504709">This contributor's records<option VALUE="">All of Find A Grave (61.5 million names)</select><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" class='minus1'>Restrict search to</FONT></TD><br /><TD><INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="11" NAME="GSln"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="ref" value="searchBox"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" class='minus1'>Surname</FONT></TD><br /><TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Search"></TD><br /></TR><br /></TABLE><br /></TD><br /></TR><br /></TABLE><br /></TD><br /></TR><br /></TABLE><br /></FORM><br /><!-- END FIND A GRAVE SEARCH -->Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-19360667515323823192011-04-23T13:46:00.000-07:002011-04-23T14:24:18.024-07:00Time for Summer/Brick walls<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Hello all... I've been really busy this winter. Ready for camping this summer... we've got a couple of family reunions already planned. For Marty's side, we have the Martin family campout in June & the Carsten family reunion in July. My family hasn't done a reunion in a long time. Would love to do a Vincent family reunion. But I did find that there is going to be an Aldrich one in July... that will be interesting! :)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong><em>Aldrich Brick Walls</em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">ALDRICH/ALDRIGE/ALDRIDGE--AARON ALDRICH, b. Abt. 1810 in NY. Married Almira LOCKWOOD bef. 1835 prob. in NY. Children: George William, Susan, & Anna. George m. Arabella HAMILL in St. Charles, Saginaw County, MI; Susan m._____ALBACH of West Milbrook; Anna m._____CORNELL of Washington.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnbTgmWFSDi47CYeatbMZtyw8nBzdMkcHpz-1ZbTNwEkyhMy3156Dsiiu7X7c3c_04LT7Pk2dDfE4I4GvmTlhv_rUUDHxbvV3iVrpLdcGFPeEgc1nnQ3iZHh97xxbZeIWmsGlYWhKr1s/s1600/ArabellaAldrichLarge.jpeg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598891230793106274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnbTgmWFSDi47CYeatbMZtyw8nBzdMkcHpz-1ZbTNwEkyhMy3156Dsiiu7X7c3c_04LT7Pk2dDfE4I4GvmTlhv_rUUDHxbvV3iVrpLdcGFPeEgc1nnQ3iZHh97xxbZeIWmsGlYWhKr1s/s320/ArabellaAldrichLarge.jpeg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">ARABELLA HAMILL (Photo to the right is Arabella, can't remember where I got it from or who)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">; b. August 14, 1850 in Lansing, MI. Marrie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELHo6WXE3nAXyLPxLPLk7Xv3F5ODgAfVMb7IY06AbbxjPHBuBFq4kqPd8x8cFUTppZIp84m6RIIjycsxhuOpJcbH8CAgDCDLpako3jqrh-Iy3IK48irXv9hpXeRYjA6aUWwVLYQ2YGvc/s1600/ArabellaAldrichLarge.jpeg"></a>d George ALDRICH on February 18, 1866 in St. Charles, Saginaw County, MI. d. August 07, 1920 in Pontiac, MI. Her parents were William D. & Triphena Arabella [MORTON] HAMILL. However she was adopted. Her real name was Faith Charity. There was also a little boy that was adopted by William & Triphena. Would like info on both her adopted family and her biological family.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">ALMIRA (or ELMIRA LOCKWOOD), b. March 04, 1823 in NY. Married (1) Aaron ALDRICH/ALDRIGE/ALDRIDGE Bef. 1835 prob. in NY. Married (2) William CRAIG in Michigan. d. June 28, 1901 in Corunna, Shiawassee County, MI. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Death Record in Shiawassee County Court House says her parents were Mr. DOGE of Corunna and Unknown. But the 1850 Sharon, Washtenaw County, MI census says that Mary LOCKWOOD lived with Aaron & Almira ALDRIGE at the age of 50 being born in NY. The 1860 of St. Charles, Saginaw County, MI census say Mary LOCKWOOD lived with William & Almira CRAIG at the age of 63 being born in NY. Any information on the parentage of Almira/Elmira or Mary LOCKWOOD would be appreciated.</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-24721921814403401402010-08-31T12:25:00.000-07:002010-08-31T12:32:45.349-07:00Summer's almost over..... :D<div>Thing have been so crazy here. Summer was great, did a lot of camping. Fed the deer up north at a refuge, my daughter was in baseball (her team took 3rd place!), my husband's family had family reunions, my great neice & nephew came up from Virginia for a visit, went swimming A LOT, and our foster baby J, (we got him at 5 days old) went to live with his birth father. (J was 17 months old when he left us)</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRxIq6Wcg7afQpNsQ0_kCiWB2wTWgzts-XoIU5l4BqMwTIBhtK47WZPLP5lQ8A9Udyvl4nmaAYsvF9ftlSXY9Kh23tfWP_Im15aGnKJAbH74UgDciIRmMsc6KD93BpYe4zY_zb-0IPsw/s1600/August_DeathCertif.jpeg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 393px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511658668711708546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRxIq6Wcg7afQpNsQ0_kCiWB2wTWgzts-XoIU5l4BqMwTIBhtK47WZPLP5lQ8A9Udyvl4nmaAYsvF9ftlSXY9Kh23tfWP_Im15aGnKJAbH74UgDciIRmMsc6KD93BpYe4zY_zb-0IPsw/s400/August_DeathCertif.jpeg" /></a><br /><div>I am so ready for school to start, but we are gonna go camping one more time! I did find over the summer, my husband's great great grandfather August's death certificate. For those of you who don't know my husband, his name is Martin.... check out the Father's name on August's death certificate!!! :)</div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-76474499680864463202010-05-01T10:47:00.000-07:002010-05-01T11:23:47.945-07:00Gravestone Symbolism<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTXQMuI3ARhlZJ0RIsviiE9oOfM2Bb6fpQbofVEbr-HPJQDBQJ57Db0oLoNA5P-maxnAdM2uXbh5mpl6RBwGGZPO3mlUIQWtAgz-TJP0i16UB4CBeEUd9VGSqfo5ha6sd3UyHOfnkZ8k/s1600/HenryLash.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466365692411522322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTXQMuI3ARhlZJ0RIsviiE9oOfM2Bb6fpQbofVEbr-HPJQDBQJ57Db0oLoNA5P-maxnAdM2uXbh5mpl6RBwGGZPO3mlUIQWtAgz-TJP0i16UB4CBeEUd9VGSqfo5ha6sd3UyHOfnkZ8k/s400/HenryLash.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I love old gravestones, they are so beautiful and with great meaning. I never knew what some meant, so </div><br /><div>I did some research into the meanings of symbols on gravestones. Listed below are some of the symbols commonly used and what they mean. (I have gathered all over the internet)<br /><br />Anchor: The Anchor represents a steadfast hope. There is life after death.<br />Arch: We are separated from our loved ones now, but we will spend eternity together in heaven.<br />Birds: Birds represent the soul.<br />Cherub: A cherub represents divine wisdom.<br />Broken Column: A life cut short.<br />Conch shell: The wisdom of a wise man.<br />The Cross, the Anchor, and the Bible: The trial, the victory, and the reward.<br />Crown: Eternal reward and glory.<br />Dove: Holy Spirit, purity and love<br />Evergreen: Eternal Life<br />Garland: Christ was victorious over death.<br />Ivy: Faithfulness<br />Lamb: Innocence.<br />Laurel: Victory<br />Lily: The resurrection<br />Olive Branch: Peace and Forgiveness<br />Palms: Victory over death.<br />Peacock: Eternal life.<br />Skeleton: Life is short.<br />Star of David: God<br />Snake in a Circle: Everlasting life.<br />Flag: liberty and loyalty. Often seen on military markers.<br />Stars & Stripes around an Eagle: Eternal vigilance and liberty. Often seen on U.S. military markers.<br />Sword: often indicates military service. When found on the base of the stone might indicate infantry.<br />Horse: May indicate calvalry.<br />Eagle: courage, faith and generosity. May indicate military service.<br />Shield: Strength and courage. May indicate military service.<br />Rifle: often indicates military service.<br />Cannon: generally indicates military service. When found on the base of the stone it may indicate artillery.<br />Crossed Swords: Lost in battle. (Also may indicate a military person of high rank)<br />Torch: Eternal Life.<br />Triangle: The Trinity.<br />Weeping Willow: Grief<br />Heart: victory of the soul over death<br />Hands reached to the sky: signifying a belief in life after death.<br />Hands pointing down: as though to depict the hand of god confirming mortality.<br />Hands clasped in prayer: devotion or a couple reunited in death.<br />Handshake: soul saying goodbye to earthly life.</div><div> </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466366495989252258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebgmyU4hBPMJxiLuhog42jVNczUaKJMDwnxtroLaawfu1DG5JQ1mIoijVvr17-42Lmc9d-uQH_ApfrEdV0_8la4PlzBPz26HkhZKuxDpOXVIKLFtFag_ffZmEv9N0kWVm7yj8Ddr-tak/s400/100_3537.JPG" /><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br />Links to others:<br /><a href="http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/headstones/cemetery-symbolism.htm">http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/headstones/cemetery-symbolism.htm</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headstone">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headstone</a><br /><a href="http://www.thegraveyardrabbit.com/2008/12/links-to-articles-by-graveyard-rabbits_20.html">http://www.thegraveyardrabbit.com/2008/12/links-to-articles-by-graveyard-rabbits_20.html</a><br /><br />A variety of acronyms, such as GAR, DAR and SCV may also indicate military service or membership in a veteran's organization. These listed here are U.S. organizations.<br /><br />CSA - Confederate States of America<br />DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution<br />GAR - Grand Army of the Republic<br />SAR - Sons of the American Revolution<br />SCV - Sons of Confederate Veterans<br />SSAWV - Sons of Spanish American War Veterans<br />UDC - United Daughters of the Confederacy<br />USD 1812 - Daughters of the War of 1812<br />USWV - United Spanish War Veterans<br />VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars<br /><br /><br />Speaking of graves, I always wondered why people put stones or rocks on gravestones, well... The Jewish tradition of leaving a pebble or stone on top of a tombstone signifies that someone has honored the deceased person’s memory with a visit to the grave. I have also heard that it commemorates the gathering of family and friends to mourn the deceased. Cool isn't it?</div></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-87224281927395136232010-04-29T05:58:00.000-07:002010-04-29T06:27:23.263-07:00Pvt. Dee Lash<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKbd90XwMq4fjBuwSWufgjgm1Ew5OdmO4CWE_-uzhbHsnT-sagseQesVitd4YuQlRAN3bsOHljMNlKuNf563OkWC6WxIfjNPshWA0C9cuBMdd9kzBVGSU08fnXPuLk_Xf-LD1T9RznzE/s1600/d_lash1.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 205px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465543765701570242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKbd90XwMq4fjBuwSWufgjgm1Ew5OdmO4CWE_-uzhbHsnT-sagseQesVitd4YuQlRAN3bsOHljMNlKuNf563OkWC6WxIfjNPshWA0C9cuBMdd9kzBVGSU08fnXPuLk_Xf-LD1T9RznzE/s400/d_lash1.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Born L. D. Lash on December 11, 1895 in Richfield, Genesee County, MI to John H. Lash and Cordelia Lane.</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br />He worked for the city of Flint as a Laborer, according to his June 5, 1917, World War 1 Draft Registration Card.<br /><br />He died July 20, 1918 at the 103rd Field Hospital in La Ferte, France. Died of wounds received during the battle of Chateau-Thierry. He was buried in the American section, La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, Grave #239.<br /><br />According to correspondence in his military file he "<em>was cheerful and quite optimistic when evacuated. Later died at hospital, and accorded military burial. Greatly admired by his fellow soldiers, his untimely death is sincerely regretted.</em>"<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG441dJg1H2bCbC5k-LTNXT_rhEq3ibW9zZqPXP7dAzF7JKeGH6QOKcOh7pXC279C4NloLmzIRkB4ekJ3EbwfXJb__ECgyudWmcCeGVzHRFMKDGleO_ZTf4ub6oVZDpG8tv-d8VkVEdiQ/s1600/d_lash2.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 225px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465548790677800674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG441dJg1H2bCbC5k-LTNXT_rhEq3ibW9zZqPXP7dAzF7JKeGH6QOKcOh7pXC279C4NloLmzIRkB4ekJ3EbwfXJb__ECgyudWmcCeGVzHRFMKDGleO_ZTf4ub6oVZDpG8tv-d8VkVEdiQ/s400/d_lash2.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br />In July of 1921 his body was brought home, at first his final resting place was going to be Arlington Cemetery, but his father changed his mind and had him laid to rest in Gracelawn Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, MI. There is no grave marker on his grave that I was able to find.<br /><br />I have searched the Flint Journal paper for July 1918 and 1921, there is no mention of him dying or being brought home. There is no obituary, not even in the list of injuried soldiers is there anything mentioned of him.<br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some World War 1 links that are helpful<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.worldwar1.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">http://www.worldwar1.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.overthefront.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">http://www.overthefront.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="http://chippewa.migenweb.net/gwarsoldier.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">http://chippewa.migenweb.net/gwarsoldier.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-78503033408456191982010-04-28T06:18:00.001-07:002010-04-28T06:31:36.624-07:00Lighthouse Tribe of Barkhamsted, CT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi6lEUY-z8u_RzRjGdzgIvcVSRl1TbmbjwIzNCxqcNILsEdbrP4rkGQZkg4sz9S1oI2P2AMHKJttVOgUNU_W_aZe41zBXr7DlKAjeCt-Jdz9McPjuvQCk-eiH_0k8Ava_WnXTT5-0cn0/s1600/BrkhmstdLghtHse.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465178168903225970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 387px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi6lEUY-z8u_RzRjGdzgIvcVSRl1TbmbjwIzNCxqcNILsEdbrP4rkGQZkg4sz9S1oI2P2AMHKJttVOgUNU_W_aZe41zBXr7DlKAjeCt-Jdz9McPjuvQCk-eiH_0k8Ava_WnXTT5-0cn0/s400/BrkhmstdLghtHse.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">They were a quiet little community in the hills of Connecticut. Here is there story...</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It all starts with JAMES CHAUGHUM and MOLLY BARBER. James was born to Samuel & Priscilla Chaughum circa 1710 on Block Island, Rhode Island. James went to worked as a gardener for Molly's father. Molly was born in Ireland about 1714. Her father's name could be Peter Barber, but it is unknown. It is unknown when they came to Wethersfield, CT. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The story goes that Molly had many male callers, she fell in love with a gentleman caller, and her father denied them to get married and locked her up on their grounds, the gentleman then moved out west. James seeing Molly so sad gave her a rose from the garden and a friendship blossomed. They eventually fell in love and decided to run away so they could be together. Molly's angered father chased them from Wethersfield, CT into an Indian village near Barkhamsted, were he passed right by Molly and didn't even recognize her. Molly and James then settled in the mountain range around Barkhamsted where they flourished. </span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They had 8 children in all; Sally, Samuel, Solomon, Meribah (Mary), Hannah Sands, Mercy, Mary (Polly), and Elizabeth. Samuel married a Miss. Green, Solomon married a Miss. Hayes, Meribah (Mary) married Samuel Lawerence, Hannah Sands married Ruben Barber in 1784, Mercy married Isaac Jacklyn, </span><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mypages/Lighthouse%20Tribe/Wilson1.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mary (Polly) married William Wilson</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> before 1797.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">My link is Mary & William Wilson (click on their names above, and it will take you to their website)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mypages/Lighthouse%20Tribe/Photo1.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click here to view Photos from Book's on the Lighthouse tribe</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbW_zKpvFD9Sf132q-WGdSuHgPuXV1_p_POUHrLXYK3ZYzIpW3Y4kpQqq2hevN6eS5-9-_pZg8kIk0qH1YX2IXBFYi7GO2jJC4H37FpdcvgCr1uycSSmd7UdF4h34vI7Gcgm321VjC3s/s1600/Federbook.jpeg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465179228987721042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbW_zKpvFD9Sf132q-WGdSuHgPuXV1_p_POUHrLXYK3ZYzIpW3Y4kpQqq2hevN6eS5-9-_pZg8kIk0qH1YX2IXBFYi7GO2jJC4H37FpdcvgCr1uycSSmd7UdF4h34vI7Gcgm321VjC3s/s400/Federbook.jpeg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Suggested Reading<br /></strong><em>A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site</em>, by Kenneth L. Feder (Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, California---1994).(Book cover scanned by Sherry L. Carsten) </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Barkhamsted, CT and its centennial 1879</em>, by William Wallace Lee, (Meriden, CT: Republican Steam Print, 1881).<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>The Legend of Barkhamsted Light House</em>, by Lewis Sprauge Mills, (Lewis Sprauge Mill, publisher. Barkhamsted, CT).</span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Other Links to the Lighthouse</strong><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.stonemuseum.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stone Museum in People's State Forest, Pleasant Valley</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.barkhamstedhistory.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Barkhamsted Historical Society</span></a></div></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-21548405903413802232010-04-22T21:44:00.001-07:002010-04-22T22:00:15.200-07:00Lyman C. Lash<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpLd-qLK4q6tS_3jcZrU2m-UShe7DdQ3yRU8SlzqXjaGe8RRSYma1ddI1hNX2fD_tVqUBqaWCcQwgWkaOaLZ2ly2b6k-mQDQuqVpm9TqR75z7yCbP-a8F2CsDw9t34StgKDuoxQaJ7yc/s1600/LymanCLash_dc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463192911215352146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 384px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpLd-qLK4q6tS_3jcZrU2m-UShe7DdQ3yRU8SlzqXjaGe8RRSYma1ddI1hNX2fD_tVqUBqaWCcQwgWkaOaLZ2ly2b6k-mQDQuqVpm9TqR75z7yCbP-a8F2CsDw9t34StgKDuoxQaJ7yc/s400/LymanCLash_dc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Born: 19 May 1826 - New York</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Marriage: 9 Dec 1848 - Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan to Mary J. Reinhart</span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Census: 1850 - Atlas, Genesee, Michigan </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Census: 1860 - Oregon, Lapeer, Michigan </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Census: 1870 - Richfield, Genesee, Michigan </span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Census: 1880 - Richfield, Genesee, Michigan </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Census: 1900 - Richfield, Genesee, Michigan </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Death: 15 Jul 1902 - Richfield, Genesee, Michigan</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Burial: 17 Jul 1902 - Richfield Union Cemetery, Richfield, Genesee, Michigan</span> </span></p><p>_________________________________</p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyone have any other information?</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-34782724007864452842010-03-31T20:59:00.000-07:002010-03-31T21:00:42.550-07:00UGH!My computer crashed!! I lost all my genealogy files!!! :(Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-63743146480035233432009-10-27T18:17:00.000-07:002009-10-27T18:25:04.564-07:00Mary Conley Hilliker - grave found!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdNoBnToDYysE1FPZFqxCc5k5aHWxL7Mv8DV5p4JrmCfBQfBSZy85XmxYMJZJ5hCNK4VNy6qPHUHnPRv7BUVPLEwFQI6HVwEcEbCbkXsRt7T8YpEiRJm8hA6KRJ_dLSLXxPETmSDPeE/s1600-h/MaryHilliker.jpeg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397454168059514050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdNoBnToDYysE1FPZFqxCc5k5aHWxL7Mv8DV5p4JrmCfBQfBSZy85XmxYMJZJ5hCNK4VNy6qPHUHnPRv7BUVPLEwFQI6HVwEcEbCbkXsRt7T8YpEiRJm8hA6KRJ_dLSLXxPETmSDPeE/s400/MaryHilliker.jpeg" border="0" /></a>Mary Conley born 23 June 1833 in Cayuga County, NY (<span style="font-size:85%;">calculated from her gravestone; says she was 38 years 9 months, 7 days</span>).<br /><br />I have her marriage to Lester Gibbs on 12 Nov 1850 in Lapeer County, Michigan<span style="font-size:85%;"> (source Dibean Marriage Records), </span>daughter Eleanor (Ella) born sometime between 1852-1854, I can't find her in the 1860 census, and she isn't with Lester or her daughter, which are with Philo & Mary Ann Gibbs in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI. According to Family Search, she marries to Charles Garner in 1861 in NY (but her surname is Traverse), between 1862-1864 they have Albert and Harriet Garner, all in Cayuga or Wayne County, NY. Charles dies in the Salisbury Prison in Salisbury, NC. Sometime after his death in December of 1864, but before 1868 she moves back to Lapeer County, Michigan. <br /><br />She marries Mortimer Hilliker on 29 March 1868 (this is where I get Cayuga County, NY as her birth). Daughter Lillie is born in December 1868 in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI. I next find her in 1870 census with husband Mortimer in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI with Bert & Hattie as Hilliker's not Garner. She died on 1 April 1872 and is buried in Thornville Cemetery, Lapeer County, MI.<br /><br />What I find interesting is...<br /><ol><li>I found Charles Garner in 1860 with <strong>Robert & Mary Conley</strong> in Cayuga County. </li><li>Mortimer Hilliker's brother Albert married Rebecca Conley daughter of <strong>Justice & Lucy Conley</strong> and has a sister named Mary.</li><li>I found <strong>Justus COONLEY</strong> (spelling different I know) with Ester, Lucey, Julia, Mary, Harriet, and Rebecca in Lapeer County in 1850</li><li>Mary is buried in the same cemetery as other Hilliker's but also with Gibbs and Eoff's.<br /></li></ol><p>Could my Mary be related to Albert's wife Rebecca? Could Robert and Mary Conley who Charles Garner is living with be related to my Mary? Where oh where did my Mary go??</p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-6252543551328961192009-03-24T06:12:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:30:38.243-07:00Could this be???<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9c6zbP2BMdQ2vKfEcYWERpyBYF2-GXS9hIowOcs3z40jJ5jLVa1ZqSs1TC2gYZJtHGhCleGhDlaE4VbVSk2F50JjScBn9WyoJN64xPUYBNMJ7os-ankqJFQSDVc5uC_IehgW-hHFq3BI/s1600-h/delialane.jpeg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316742048718695954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9c6zbP2BMdQ2vKfEcYWERpyBYF2-GXS9hIowOcs3z40jJ5jLVa1ZqSs1TC2gYZJtHGhCleGhDlaE4VbVSk2F50JjScBn9WyoJN64xPUYBNMJ7os-ankqJFQSDVc5uC_IehgW-hHFq3BI/s400/delialane.jpeg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">I found this Death Certificate on a website that has <a href="http://seekingmichigan.org/discover-collection?collection=p129401coll7">Death Records 1897-1920</a> called Seeking Michigan. Could this be Cordelia "Delia" Lane, who married John H. Lash??</span><br /></div><div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">What I know about Cordelia "Delia" Lane is as follows...</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Born</strong>: Aug 1873 in Hadley, Lapeer County, MI</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Parents</strong>: Isaac Lane & Elsie Cobb</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Census</strong>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">1880 living with parents in Elba, Lapeer County, MI</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">1900 living with husband John Lash in Juanita Township, Tuscola County, MI</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">1910 living with husband John Lash in Juanita Township, Tuscola County, MI</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Children</strong>: Lyman J., L. D. "Dee", Freddie, Edward C., Roy "Ray"</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Death</strong>: Sometime between 1910 and 1918. (When son's Lyman, L. D. "Dee", & Edward entered the service in 1917 there was no mention of her. Then later, when Dee died on 20 Jul 1918, in his Military File it states that his father, John, is a widow.)</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-84221107355455450282009-02-17T06:13:00.000-08:002009-02-17T06:42:27.788-08:00Terminology and Meanings of Early Illnesses<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This was posted on a email listing I belong to. I thought it was really interesting and really helpful, so I thought I would share it with you all. I don't know who created it or who to give credit for it to, so if anyone knows let me know.<br />___________________________________________<br />Ablepsy - Blindness<br />Ague - Malarial fever<br />American plague - Yellow fever<br />Anasarca - Generalized massive edema<br />Aphonia - Laryngitis<br />Aphtha - Infant disease "thrush"<br />Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke<br />Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen<br />Asphycsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen<br />Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size<br />Bad blood - Syphilis<br />Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis<br />Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease<br />Black plague - Bubonic plague<br />Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate<br />Black pox - Black small pox<br />Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever<br />Blackwater fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature<br />Bladder in throat - Diphtheria (seen on death certificates)<br />Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia<br />Bloody flux - Bloody stools<br />Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness<br />Bone shave - Sciatica<br />Brain fever - Meningitis<br />Breakbone - Dengue fever<br />Bright's disease - Chronic disease of kidneys<br />Bronze John - Yellow fever<br />Bule - Boil, tumor or swelling<br />Cachexy - Malnutrition<br />Cacogastric - Upset stomach<br />Cacospysy - Irregular pulse<br />Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy<br />Camp fever - Typhus; aka camp diarrhea<br />Canine madness - Rabies; hydrophobia<br />Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips; or herpes simplex<br />Catalepsy - Seizures/trances<br />Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy<br />Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum; or lead poisoning<br />Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold<br />Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child<br />Chin cough - Whooping cough<br />Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia<br />Cholera - Acute, severe, contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing<br />Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc.; could also be appendicitis<br />Cholecystitus - Inflammation of the gall bladder<br />Cholelithiasis - Gall stones<br />Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing<br />Cold plague - Ague which is characterized by chills<br />Colic - Abdominal pain and cramping<br />Congestive chills - Malaria<br />Consumption - Tuberculosis<br />Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs<br />Congestive chills - Malaria with diarrhea<br />Congestive fever - Malaria<br />Corruption - Infection<br />Coryza - A cold<br />Costiveness - Constipation<br />Cramp colic - Appendicitis<br />Crop sickness - Overextended stomach<br />Croup - Laryngitis, diphtheria or strep throat<br />Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood<br />Cynanche - Diseases of throat<br />Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder<br />Day fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness<br />Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed<br />Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age<br />Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism<br />Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa<br />Dentition - Cutting of teeth<br />Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss<br />Diary fever - A fever that lasts more than one day<br />Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat<br />Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat and anorexia<br />Dock fever - Yellow fever<br />Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease<br />Dropsy of the brain - Encephalitis<br />Dry bellyache - Lead poisoning<br />Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition<br />Dysentery - Inflammation of the colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood<br />Dysorexy - Reduced appetite<br />Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn; heart attack symptoms<br />Dysury - Difficulty in urination<br />Eclampsy - Symptoms fo epilepsy; convulsions during labor<br />Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason<br />Edema - Nephrosis; swelling of tissues<br />Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure; a form of dropsy<br />Eel thing - Erysipelas<br />Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy<br />Encephalitis - Swelling of the brain; aka sleeping sickness<br />Enteric fever - Typhoid fever<br />Enteritis - Inflammation of the bowels<br />Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines<br />Epitaxis - Nose bleed<br />Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease due to Streptococci with vesiculas and bulbous lesions<br />Extravasted blood - Rupture of a blood vessel<br />Falling sickness - Epilepsy<br />Fatty liver - Cirrhosis of liver<br />Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity<br />Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea<br />Flux of humour - Circulation<br />French pox - Syphilis<br />Gathering - A collection of pus<br />Glandular fever - Mononucleosis<br />Great pox - Syphilis<br />Green fever - Anemia<br />Grippe/grip - Influenza-like symptoms<br />Grocer's itch - Skin disease cause by mites in sugar or flour<br />Heart sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body<br />Heat stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature<br />Hectical complaint - Recurrent fever<br />Hematemesis - Vomiting blood<br />Hematuria - Bloody urine<br />Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of the body<br />Hip gout - Osteomylitis<br />Horrors - Delirium tremers<br />Hydrocephalus - - Enlarged head; water on the brain<br />Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy<br />Hydrophobia - Rabies<br />Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest<br />Hypertrophic - Enlargement of an organ, like the heart<br />Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules<br />Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food<br />Infantile paralysis - Polio<br />Intestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper diet<br />Jail fever - Typhus<br />Jaundice - Condition cause by blockage of intestines<br />King's evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands<br />Kruchhusten - Whooping cough<br />Lagrippe - Influenza<br />Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw; untreated, it is fatal in eight (8) days<br />Long sickness - Tuberculosis<br />Lues disease - Syphilis<br />Lues venera - Venereal disease<br />Lumbago - Back pain<br />Lung fever - Pneumonia<br />Lung sickness - Tuberculosis<br />Lying in - Time of delivery of an infant<br />Malignant sore throat - Diphtheria<br />Mania - Insanity<br />Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of the body, like malnutrition<br />Membranous croup - Diphtheria<br />Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord<br />Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge<br />Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air<br />Milk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis<br />Milk leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis<br />Milk sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds<br />Mormal - Gangrene<br />Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body<br />Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue<br />Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine<br />Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles<br />Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue<br />Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration<br />Nephritis - Inflammation of kidneys<br />Nervous prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities<br />Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "headache" was neuralgia in head<br />Nostalgia - Homesickness<br />Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles<br />Paroxysm - Convulsion<br />Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters<br />Pericarditis - Inflammation of the heart<br />Peripneumonia - Inflammation of the lungs<br />Peritonitis - Inflammation of the abdominal area<br />Petechial fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting<br />Phthiriasis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis<br />Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate<br />Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath<br />Podagra - Gout<br />Poliomyelitis - Polio; Potter's asthma<br />Pott's disease - Tuberculosis of the spine<br />Puerperal exhaustion - Death due to childbirth<br />Puerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant<br />Puking fever - Milk sickness<br />Putrid fever - Diphtheria<br />Quinsy - Tonsillitis<br />Remitting fever - Malaria<br />Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints<br />Rickets - Disease of skeletal system<br />Rose cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy<br />Rotanny fever - (Child's disease) ???<br />Rubeola - German measles<br />Sanguineous crust - Scab<br />Scarlatina - Scarlet fever<br />Scarlet fever - A disease characterized by a red rash<br />Scarlet rash - Roseola<br />Sciatica - Rheumatism in the hips<br />Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors<br />Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight<br />Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp<br />Screws - Rheumatism<br />Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands; progresses slowly with abscesses and pistulas develop; young person's disease<br />Scrumpox - Skin disease; impetigo<br />Scurvy - Lack of Vitamin C; symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under the skin<br />Septicemia - Blood poisoning<br />Shakes - Delirium tremens<br />Shaking - Chills; ague<br />Ship fever - Typhus<br />Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure<br />Sloes - Milk sickness<br />Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters<br />Softing of brain - Result of stroke or hemmorhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area<br />Sore throat - distemper Diphtheria or quinsy<br />Spanish influenza - Epidemic influenza<br />Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion<br />Spina bifida - Deformity of spine<br />Spotted fever - Either typhus or meningitis<br />Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat<br />St. Anthony's fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas being bright red in appearance<br />St. Vitas dance - Ceaseless occurance of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntarily<br />Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth<br />Stranger's fever - Yellow fever<br />Strangery - Rupture<br />Sudor anglicus - Sweating sickness<br />Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants, caused by spoiled milk<br />Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat; lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause<br />Swamp sickness - - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis<br />Sweating sickness - - Infectious and fatal disease common to the UK in the 15th century<br />Tetanus - Infectious disease characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness<br />Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel<br />Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat<br />Tick fever - Rocky Mountain spotted fever<br />Toxemia of pregnancy - Eclampsia<br />Trench mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line; caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene<br />Tussis convulsiva - Whooping cough<br />Typhus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness<br />Variola - Smallpox<br />Venesection - Bleeding<br />Viper's dance - St. Vitus dance<br />Yellowjacket - Yellow fever</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-23253396818288179182008-12-05T07:31:00.000-08:002008-12-05T08:04:31.624-08:00Mary Conley<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I've done most of my searches at </span><a href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> or </span><a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.rootsweb.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is somewhat of a time line..</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary Conley born Circa <span style="color:#ff6666;">1831-1835</span> (based on age at time Census & Marriage's) in Cayuga County, NY.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary Conley married an Lester Gibbs on <span style="color:#ff6666;">12 Nov 1850</span> in Lapeer County, MI. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary & Lester had one daughter Eleanor D. "Ella" Gibbs born between <span style="color:#ff6666;">1852-1854</span> in Lapeer County. She married (1) John H. Wortman (2) John H. Hand</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I found Lester in <span style="color:#ff6666;">1860</span> within the same house as Mary Jane, Eleanor & Philo. (I've been told by a Gibbs family member that Philo married a Mary Jane so where is Lester's wife Mary?)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary Conley-Gibbs marries Charles M. Garner in <span style="color:#ff6666;">1861</span> in NY (oddly enough I found a Charles Garner living with an elderly couple Robert & Mary Conly in Cayuga NY in 1860). </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Daughter Harriet A. "Hattie" Garner born in <span style="color:#ff6666;">24 November 1863</span> in NY (possible Walcott, Wayne County, NY)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Son Albert "Bert" Garner born Circa <span style="color:#ff6666;">1862-64</span>. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Charles died while in service during the Civil War in Salisbury Prison, NC on <span style="color:#ff6666;">24 December 1864</span> of Malnutrition; according to those papers he was born in Cayuga County, NY. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary, Harriet and Albert moved back to Michigan between <span style="color:#ff6666;">1864 and 1868</span>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Mary married Mortimer Hilliker on <span style="color:#ff6666;">29 March 1868</span> in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI, and according to that marriage record she was born in Cayuga County, NY. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">4 Dec 1868</span> Lapeer Co., MI, Deeds appointed guardian to daughter Ella Gibbs (I don't understand this but this is what it says... "Ella D. Gibbs, By Guardian Mortimer Hilliker, Metamora Between Mary Hilliker, Metamora, Special Guardian of Ella D. Gibbs, an Infant under 21...Mary Hilliker, mother of Ella Gibbs, appointed guardian 4 Dec 1868")</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Daughter Lillian J. Hilliker born on <span style="color:#ff6666;">22 Dec 1868</span> in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Then I find them with Mortimer in the <span style="color:#ff6666;">1870</span> Census, all with the last name of Hilliker in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI. Ella isn't with them, and Albert & Harriet have the last name of Hilliker.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">In Thornville Cemetery (where Gibb's & Hilliker families are buried) I found a Mary Hilliker buried there, with the dates of <span style="color:#ff6666;">1834-1871</span> (<a href="http://www.geocities.com/dryden48428/thornville.html">Thornville Cemetery</a>) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">In the <span style="color:#ff6666;">1880</span> Census I can not find Mary or daughter Harriet, Albert is in NY with an uncle Alfred Garner, Lillian is with Mortimer's parents Joseph & Emily. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;">To finish off the time line it will be focused on her children...</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I found Harriet marriage record to James G. Neff <span style="color:#ff6666;">3 Jul 1880</span> in Dryden, Lapeer County, MI, that states that she (Hattie) lived in Dryden and that her mother's maiden name is Mary Conley. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I found Lillian (or Lillie)'s marriage to a Guy Sherman on <span style="color:#ff6666;">30 Sept. 1899</span> in Lapeer, Lapeer County, MI (and also according to that her mother's maiden name was Conley); He married 2 more times after that marriage so I don't know what happen to Lillie. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">I found an old obit (just the obit, no date no nothing) in a ripped up old Bible back in 1997, and my grandma said it was her grandmother's Hattie Neff's Bible. Here is what it read "<span style="color:#ff6600;">Bert Garner, who has been sick for some time with consumption, passed to the spirit life last week Friday night at the home of his only sister, Mrs. James Neff, living south and east of Chesaning. Mr. Garner was 29 years old, and has been a resident here for several years. He made no profession of religion but led a good life</span>" I lived in Chesaning and have not found anything about a Bert Garner at all, you would think if he had "been a resident... for several years" I would be able to find something, right??</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;">It's after 1870 to Harriet's marriage that I can not find where Harriet is or Mary is? Did Mary die after 1870? If not, what happened to Mary??</span></span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-26409377203530425612008-08-27T21:27:00.000-07:002008-08-27T21:29:31.394-07:00Summer's almost over with...<span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks God!! I love summer don't get me wrong... but I will get so much more done when I can stay inside!! Maybe then I will start some more genealogy. Please be blessed and may you find all you want. :)</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-86379392846875863882008-05-20T12:15:00.000-07:002008-05-20T12:40:28.464-07:00Neff/Garner Family...<div>Oh boy does genealogy have anything to do with LUCK? I think so. I was just playing around and trying to get my sources all in line, so I went to <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/">http://www.familysearch.org/</a> It said James G. Neff born in Michigan married Hattie <em>Gainer</em> on 03 July 1880 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan. </div><div></div><br /><div>Ok, Dryden is where Mary, Harriet, Albert lived with Mortimer Hilliker in 1870 all with the last name Hilliker. So I went looking in the 1880 census; Albert is with Alfred in NY and I found a Harriet Gainer (Garver) in Hart, Oceana County, MI (which is on the other side of the state from Lapeer) living in the County Poor Farm. I don't know if this is my Harriet or not, where Harriet was from 1870 census and her marriage date of 3 July 1880 I don't know, and then from 1880 to 1900 I don't know where the family is other than Saginaw County.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SRnhKB97uN3D6A81JJMNuTzqxFOGuWuT0OcS_SK99ndhAQ6cph2wqHWDvP4ho5MlW3va1HNVvD_BINPPewusYT0dKL3G1QWnZD7FXFEIVshOnC7UckrrMaLe3sqAlqdjCNiFeoM5SKI/s1600-h/5827307_1002406421.jpeg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202546441814631298" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SRnhKB97uN3D6A81JJMNuTzqxFOGuWuT0OcS_SK99ndhAQ6cph2wqHWDvP4ho5MlW3va1HNVvD_BINPPewusYT0dKL3G1QWnZD7FXFEIVshOnC7UckrrMaLe3sqAlqdjCNiFeoM5SKI/s320/5827307_1002406421.jpeg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>This photo was found in an old Bible, that was Harriet (Garner) Neff's. The man sitting is James Gilbert Neff. The boys are Howard & Charles Neff, and I knew once who was who, because my grandma told me but now I can't remember and grandma is gone.</div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8431429042047863361.post-65468526621234838582008-05-06T22:36:00.000-07:002008-05-06T22:40:26.845-07:00Civil War Search<a href="http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/"><span style="font-size:130%;">Civil War Soldiers and Sailors</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> (Search Database)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Hope ya'll like this database. :)</span> <div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Also I found John & Charity Vincent's gravestones.</span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCrhD8ESyvZ-vv9kEmaqy9jr3wtPAx76CXXCznTcJnOoTZOFzaxI0Cfqq2Wrj0lfrZ4zkYqT5lsbyjgO-2FfPTLTwAOyoVD0TN5A1_-uP6kuh615iqt4Wipj0RTnrXiuSWB6iMh-6_8g/s1600-h/100_3391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197506434539989250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCrhD8ESyvZ-vv9kEmaqy9jr3wtPAx76CXXCznTcJnOoTZOFzaxI0Cfqq2Wrj0lfrZ4zkYqT5lsbyjgO-2FfPTLTwAOyoVD0TN5A1_-uP6kuh615iqt4Wipj0RTnrXiuSWB6iMh-6_8g/s320/100_3391.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLXcQeQ2nOWGSm8VMtg-6piOYImFHSgmOJGDjlrDVhQ99HBTaaR6b_LJyJcHGfJGfopPUQQd3DJnxIBOr7QAlRRzCVjMoBq8NKxNa-XWYLqJh_oeMGWxaLUy76_ntDk0rS-TnIC7CzDw/s1600-h/100_3392.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197506584863844626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLXcQeQ2nOWGSm8VMtg-6piOYImFHSgmOJGDjlrDVhQ99HBTaaR6b_LJyJcHGfJGfopPUQQd3DJnxIBOr7QAlRRzCVjMoBq8NKxNa-XWYLqJh_oeMGWxaLUy76_ntDk0rS-TnIC7CzDw/s320/100_3392.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060217040688767076noreply@blogger.com0