On This Day : February 17

1611 - Martha RAUSCHENBERGER died in Egenhausen, Wurttemberg.  Martha was my 11x great-grandmother.


1711 - Mary CRANDALL born. Mary was the daughter of Peter CRANDALL and Susannah TEFT.


1718 - John FIELD died in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.  John was the son of Zechariah FIELD and Sarah WEBB.  John was my 8x great-grandfather.


1747 - Sarah WOODBURY died in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Sarah was the daughter of Peter WOODBURY and Sarah DODGE.


1750 - Joseph CRANDALL died in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Joseph was the son of Joseph CRANDALL and Deborah BURDICK.


1772 - Peter WRIGHT born.  Peter was the son of Peter WRIGHT and Robena CROUSE.


1779 - Prudence SUMNER married Garrett GIBSON.  Prudence was the daughter of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.


1784 - Seth PIERCE born. Seth was the son of Seth PIERCE and Bethiah FIELD.


1787 - Abigail SUMNER married John CARSON in Surry County, North Carolina.  Abigail was the daughter of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.


1842 - Elisha STILLMAN died in DeRuyter, New York.  Elisha was the son of Elisha STILLMAN and Mary DAVIS.


1845 - Lavina Jane CAMPBELL died.  Lavina was the daughter of James McPheeters CAMPBELL and Betsey G. BROWN.


1846 - Friedrich Hermann KAHRE died.  Friedrich was the son of Johanna Karl Ludwig KAHRE and Anna Marie Ilsbein KROEGER.


1848 - Amelia J. PIERCE died.  Amelia was the daughter of Royal Storrs PIERCE and Juliet MORTON.


1850 - Isabella LEWIS born in Huntington County, Indiana.  Isabella was the daughter of Solomon LEWIS and Margaret RINEHART.


1850 - Millard Filmore CHEW born in Ohio.  Millard was the son of Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Caroline Bishop WOOLSTON.


1854 - Serphina Elizabeth SLOAN born.  Serphina was the daughter of Henderson SLOAN and Rebecca A. SWAFFORD.


1856 - Nathan Thomas BEALS born in Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.  Nathan was the son of John T. BEALS and Mary DAVIS.  Nathan was my 3x great-grandfather.


1878 - Susannah REED died.  Susannah was the daughter of Phillip YOUNG and Nancy Ann McLANE.


1887 - Nathan BALES died.  Nathan was the son of Jacob BALES and Mary ________.


1889 - Mary E. KING born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Eli KING and Laura Belle BLACK.


1912 - Mary Ellen ALDERMAN married Russell Leroy HAWLEY in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.  Mary Ellen was the daughter of James William ALDERMAN and Vashti KIMBRO.


1937 - Almeda DAVIS died.  Almeda was the daughter of Ehud DAVIS and Catherine DAVIS.