On This Day : October 20

1650 - Mary EDGE born.  Mary was the daughter of George EDGE and Joan ________.

1703 - Dorothy MAXSON born.  Dorothy was the daughter of John MAXSON and Judith CLARKE.

1712 - Edward BEESON died in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Edward was the son of Thomas BEESON and Ann PECKE.  Edward was my 9x-great grandfather.

1759 - Avis MAXSON born in Hopkington, Rhode Island.  Avis was the daughter of Stephen MAXSON and Martha STEWART.

1767 - Martha MAXSON born.  Martha was the daughter of Torey MAXSON and Martha LANPHERE.

1782 - Caleb MAXSON married Mary BLISS.  Caleb was the son of John MAXSON and Tacy ROGERS.

1785 - John SUTTON born in New Jersey.  John was the son of Cornelius SUTTON and Elizabeth APPLEGATE.

1814 - Christina HECK married Peter KIMMER in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Christina was the daughter of Daniel HECK and Catherine ________.

1820 - Margaret CANADAY married James HARVEY in Wayne County, Indiana.  Margaret was the daughter of Charles CANADAY and Sarah RUSSELL.

1830 - Nathaniel LEWIS died in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana.  Nathaniel was Eileen's 4x-great grandfather.

1833 - Arana "Rainey" WARDLOW married Adelina D. DENNIS in Brown County, Ohio.  Arana was the son of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.

1837 - Rachel BEALS died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Rachel was the daughter of Tarlton JOHNSON and Sarah MILLS.

1839 - Angelina MAXSON born.  Angelina was the daughter of Jonathan MAXSON and Christiana DAVIS.

1842 - Karl Heinrich KAHRE born in Tengern, Westphalia.  Karl was the son of Heinrich Hermann KAHRE and Anna Maria Sophia RULLMANN.

1842 - Jeremiah PHILBRICK died.  Jeremiah was the son of John PHILBRICK and Sally JEWETT.

1845 - Thomas Higginbotham BALES born in Randolph County, Indiana.  Thomas was the son of Amer Jackson BALES and Harriett HIGGINBOTHAM.

1853 - William M. LEE married Elizabeth BROWN in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  William was the son of Burrell Russell LEE and Louhaney SWAFFORD.

1862 - Landon Marcellus SWAFFORD born in Jefferson City, Missouri.  Landon was the son of John Calvin SWAFFORD and Mary Ellen SHIRLEY.

1869 - William Godfrey SHAW married Mary Jane YOUNG.  William was the son of William SHAW and Mary HECK.

1881 - Herbert Deacon CHEW died.  Herbert was the son of Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Laura V. SKEGGS.

1889 - Matilda P. DAMM born in Indiana.  Matilda was the daughter of Frederick Henry DAMM and Wilhelmina SCHNEIDER.

1892 - John H. SIGLER married Nelia KIMMERLING in Madison County, Indiana.  John was the son of Andrew Jackson SIGLER and Almira P. PIERCE.

1894 - Mathias MILLER married Elizabeth SCHAEFFER in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Mathais was the son of William MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAFER.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Charles SCHAEFFER and Mary Victoria RIEBER.  They were Corinne's 2x-great grandparents.

1898 - Wesley F. METZNER married Elnora M. AXE in Jay County, Indiana.  Wesley was the son of John Adam METZNER and Clara MOULTON.


1922 - Joseph Henry PEFLEY died in Coffeyville, Kansas.  Joseph was the son of Solomon PEFLEY and Frances ROOF.

1923 - Levi Reynolds BOWMAN died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesoat.  Levi was the son of William W. BOWMAN and Elvira HUNT.

1996 - Glen Eldon WHISLER died.  Glen was the son of Harry Nolan WHISLER and Edna L. BELZER.