On This Day : December 16

1694 - Eliphel BUTTON born.  Eliphel was the son of Peter BUTTON and Sarah CRANDALL.

1712 - John FREEMAN born.  John was the son of John FREEMAN and Abigail WITTER.

1738 - James TAYLOR born.  James was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON.

1766 - Robert WRIGHT born in Scotland.  Robert was the son of Peter WRIGHT and Robena CROUSE.

1798 - William KELSO born.  William was the son of Charles KELSO and Mary McPHEETERS.

1816 - James Stiles CHEW born in New Jersey.  James was the son of Elisha Dunham CHEW and Elizabeth HERITAGE.

1818 - Joseph MAXSON died.  Joseph was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Jemima MUMFORD.

1824 - Nathan MAXSON died.  Nathan was the son of Silvanus MAXSON and Lydia LEWIS.

1847 - Harriett Newell CAMPBELL died.  Harriett was the daughter of James McPhetters CAMPBELL and Betsey G. BROWN.

1847 - Henry ALDERMAN married Hannah J. GILBERT in Bond County, Illinois.  Henry was the son of James ALDERMAN and Catherine WARNER.

1848 - Samantha SHELLY born in Dora, Wabash County, Indiana.  Samantha was the daughter of Jacob SHELLY and Elizabeth RICKERT.  Samantha was Eileen's 2x-great grandmother.

1849 - James METZNER born in St. Louisville, Licking County, Ohio.  James was the son of William METZNER and Barbara POWELL.

1857 - Jeremiah Haines DEACON married Mary R. DEACON.  Jeremiah was the son of Joseph DEACON and Beulah HAINES.

1869 - William JACKSON died.  William was the son of John JACKSON and Phebe BEALS.

1895 - Marianne SCHAEFFER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Marianne was Corinne's 4x-great grandmother.

1899 - Lodosca BALDWIN married Merritt NICHOLSON in Wayne County, Indiana.  Lodosca was the daughter of Cyrus A. BALDWIN and Barbara SHERRICK.

1937 - William KING died in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.  William was the son of John Wesley KING and Mary Catherine HENDRICKS.

1971 - Arthur Raymond LeMASTER died.  Arthur was the son of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Mary Keziah CHEW.

1995 - Olivia FRAZIER died in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  Olivia was the daughter of James WRIGHT and Clara B. HICKS.