On This Day : October 17

1714 - Simeon BABCOCK born.  Simeon was the son of Robert BABCOCK and Lydia CRANDALL.

1768 - Charity FISHER died in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Charity was the daughter of John CHEW and Sarah JENNINGS.

1775 - Thomas MAXSON born.  Thomas was the son of Thomas MAXSON and Hannah SISSON.

1789 - Amos SUTTON born in New Jersey.  Amos was the son of Cornelius SUTTON and Elizabeth APPLEGATE.

1799 - Isam HIATT married Mary ERWIN.  Isam was the son of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.

1801 - Stephen MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Stephen was the son of Stephen MAXON and Margaret BRANNON.

1821 - Nancy HECK married Edward DICKSON in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Nancy was the daughter of George HECK and Nancy SHOCKY.

1830 - Nancy Ann LEWIS died in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana.  Nancy was Eileen's 4x-great grandmother.

1836 - David Brainerd McPHEETERS died.  David was the son of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.

1839 - Elza MAXSON born in Muscatine County, Iowa.  Elza was the son of William MAXSON and Delilah BOWLAND.

1840 - Margaret P. PIERCE born.  Margaret was the daughter of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.

1845 - John R. PEEPLES born in Indiana.  John was the son of Hugh Allen Ballentine PEEPLES and Patsey FISHER.

1850 - Lydia Jan DAVIS married Levi STANBAUGH in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Lydia was the daughter of John W. DAVIS and Mary BARKER.

1858 - Edmund G. PIERCE married Lydia P. DUELL in Preble County, Ohio.  Edmund was the son of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.  Edmund was my  3x-great grandfather.

1863 - Nancy STILLMAN died.  Nancy was the daughter of Samuel MAXSON and Mary DOWNING.

1864 - Sherman John PEFLEY born in Wabash County, Indiana.  Sherman was the son of Thomas Jefferson PEFLEY and Ruth Anne DUFFEY.

1869 - William Wesley LeMASTERS married Milinda Margaret HALFHILL in Jay County, Indiana.  William was the son of John LeMASTERS and Mary H. BAKER.

1870 - Lydia Emeline HAGAMAN born.  Lydia was the daughter of Charles Sherman HAGAMAN and Lydia MOULTON.

1879 - John J. CUMMINGS born.  John was the son of John Jackson CUMMINGS and Mary Jane MATLOCK.

1892 - Josephus GRIMES died in Wells County, Indiana.  Josephus was the son of Benjamin GRIMES and Catherine HAYNES.

1897 - Delia DAVIS married Daniel Webster STIVERS in Owen County, Indiana.  Delia was the daughter of James Austin DAVIS and Mary Ellen SWAFFORD.

1898 - Maronia MAXON died in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Maronia was the daughter of Joseph Lancaster MAXON and Josephine Agnes May GAMBLE.

1909 - Thomas A. SWAFFORD married Lora E. McCANDLESS in Ray County, Missouri.  Thomas was the son of James J. SWAFFORD and Elizabeth Ann Gant HANKINS.

1916 - Lydia HAGAMAN died in Chillicothe Township, Livingston County, Missouri.  Lydia was the daughter of Albert MOULTON and Emeline PHILBRICK.

1930 - Amos Elmer LEMASTERS died in Spokane, Washington.  Amos was the son of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HESTON.

1932 - Allen Jackson BIRDWELL died in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, Texas.  Allen was the son of William Ezekiel BIRDWELL and Dora Alice FLANAGAN.

1934 - Harry L. PIERPONT died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.  Harry was the son of Joseph Gilbert PIERPONT and Lena Leato ORCUTT.