On This Day : October 28

1689 - Mary FESSENDEN born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Mary was the daughter of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.

1748 - John MAXSON died in Westerly, Rhode Island.  John was the son of John MAXSON and Mary MOSHER.  John was my 7x-great grandfather.

1762 - Lydia BEALS married William GARRETSON.  Lydia was the daughter of Jacob BEALS and Elizabeth GRIEST.

1763 - Anna Christian Ilsbein KAHRE born.  Anna was the daughter of Johann Jurgen KAHRE and Anna Catherine Elisabeth OBERMEIER.

1788 - Hannah WOOLSTON died in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Hannah was the daughter of Joseph AARONSEN and Hannah FOLWELL.  Hannah was my 6x-great grandmother.

1790 - Selah MOULTON born in Rutland County, Vermont.  Selah was the son of John MOULTON and Avis HURLBUT.  Selah was my 4x-great grandfather.

1805 - Christian Friedrich KAHRE died.  Christian was the son of Heinrich Hermann KAHRE and Anna Marie Elisabeth KAHRE.

1807 - William McPHEETERS died in Augusta County, Virginia.  William was the son of William McPHEETERS and Rebecca THOMPSON.

1824 - Levi COFFIN married Catherine S. WHITE.  Levi was the son of Levi COFFIN and Prudence WILLIAMS.

1828 - Mary NESBIT died in Livonia, Washington County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of John BERRY.  Mary was my 6x-great grandmother.

1831 - Mary C. JACOBS born in Brown County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.

1832 - John B. SWAFFORD born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  John was the son of Aaron W. SWAFFORD.

1845 - William Bennett LEE born in Tennessee.  William was the son of T. Aron LEE.

1847 - David BALES born in Randolph County, Indiana.  David was the son of Amer Jackson BALES and Harriett HIGGINBOTHAM.

1857 - Bowater SUMNER died in Knox County, Illinois.  Bowater was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.

1860 - Eliza Annette MAXON born.  Eliza was the daughter of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.

1873 - Benjamin Franklin WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Benjamin was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.

1879 - Mary Elizabeth MAXON married Joseph Arthur GARNER in Greene County, Pennsylvania.  Mary was the daughter of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.

1883 - Myrtle L. SWAFFORD born.  Myrtle was the daughter of Samuel Richard SWAFFORD and Susan Isabell McGAUGH.

1892 - William MAXON died in Pennsylvania.  William was the son of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.

1893 - Gladys Amorel LeMASTER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Gladys was the daughter of William Clifford LeMASTER and Lella Edith LEWIS.

1895 - Margaret LEWIS died in Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana.  Margaret was the daughter of Jacob RINEHART and Mary ADNEY.  Margaret was Eileen's 3x-great grandmother.

1896 - Milton CARTER died in Cherokee County, Kansas.  Milton was the son of Jesse CARTER and Nancy KENDALL.

1907 - Lillian Fern KING born in Madison County, Indiana.  Lillian was the daughter of David Victor KING and Rosie Myrtle ETCHISON.

1918 - Mary Elizabeth MATTHEWS died in Marion County, Tennessee.  Mary was the daughter of John Daniel SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth KEARLEY.

1946 - Ella Maude FIELDS died.  Ella was the daughter of William Burrell LEE and Margaret Jane SWAFFORD.

1956 - William Mathias MILLER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  William was the son of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.