On This Day : February 18

1654 - Mary BROUGHTON born.  Mary was the daughter of John BROUGHTON and Hannah BASCOM.  Mary was my 9x great-grandmother.


1657 - Robert PIERCE married Sarah EYRE.  Robert was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth ________.


1675 - James BENNETT married Mary BROUGHTON in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  James was the son of Francis BENNETT and Alice ________.  Mary was the daughter of John BROUGHTON and Hannah BASCOM.  They were my 9x great-grandparents.


1678/9 - David MORGAN born in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.  David was the son of David MORGAN and Mary CLARK.  David was my 7x great-grandfather.


1684 - Abigail PIERCE married George REED.  Abigail was the daughter of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth COLE.


1718/9 - Ruth MILLER born.  Ruth was the daughter of Nathaniel MILLER and Rebecca PRICHARD.  Ruth was my 6x great-grandmother.


1809 - William C. DAVIS born in Warren County, Ohio.  William was the son of Ananias DAVIS and Rebecca CLAYTON.


1836 - Phebe SILLS married Aaron FLOWERS in Champaign County, Ohio.  Phebe was the daughter of Michael SILLS and Rosanna FETTERS.


1856 - Joseph H. SWAFFORD born.  Joseph was the son of M.P. SWAFFORD and Jurusha Ann CLARK.


1886 - Peter J. SWAFFORD died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Peter was the son of Jacob SWAFFORD and Sarah LARKIN.


1886 - Rachel Ann WEHRLY married Richard Perry STEWART.  Rachel was the daughter of John P. WEHRLY and Catherine E. LeMASTERS.


1888 - Charles B.H. GEGENHEIMER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Charles was the son of August GEGENHEIMER and Sarah C. HALEY.


1891 - Hannah Kuhl EWING died in Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Hannah was the daughter of Judiah HIGGINS and Mary QUICK.


1900 - Elizabeth SHELLY died in Dora, Wabash County, Indiana.  Elizabeth was Eileen's 3x great-grandmother.


1900 - Elbert Pearl LEE married Lillie Mae HICKMAN.  Elbert was the son of William Burrell LEE and Margaret Jane SWAFFORD.


1918 - Hubbard BOYER born.  Hubbard was the son of Hubbard BOYER and Mina BAKER.


1922 - Thelma Louise SWAFFORD died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Thelma was the daughter of Goldsborough Francis SWAFFORD and Nannie Clarice ROBERTS.


1924 - Bonnie Mae LAMBERTSON born in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  Bonnie was the daughter of Clemon Beals LAMBERTSON and June Kirk DAVIS.  Bonnie was my grandmother.


1947 - Luther St. Patrick CUMMINGS married Frances Bernice PURDUE in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri.  Luther was the son of St. Patrick Merlin CUMMINGS and Bessie Lee IVEY.  Luther was Eileen's father.


1959 - Ruth Alice STEVENS died in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana.  Ruth was the daughter of Christopher SILLS and Samantha SHELLY.  Ruth was Eileen's great-grandmother.