On This Day : August 5

1698 - Joseph HADLEY born.  Joseph was the son of Simon HADLEY and Ruth ________.


1726 - Richard CHEW died in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Richard was the son of Richard CHEW and Frances WOODWARD.


1777 - Phebe SUMNER married Welcome GARRETT.  Phebe was the daughter of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.


1798 - Daniel JACOBS born in Pennsylvania.  Daniel was the son of Michael JACOBS and Margaret ________.


1808 - James Thomas JACOBS married Isabella FEILY in Adams County, Ohio. James was the son of William JACOBS and Sibell LITTELL.  They were my 5x-great grandparents.


1830 - Amanda Cassandra MAXON born in Pennsylvania.  Amanda was the daughter of Jesse MAXON and Jane NANGLE.


1853 - George WRIGHT died in Brown County, Ohio.  George was the son of John WRIGHT and Sarah FLEMING.  George was my 5x-great grandfather.


1858 - John Aaron SWAFFORD born in Bradley County, Tennessee.  John was the son of Aaron SWAFFORD and Sarah SWAFFORD.


1878 - Mary Jane RICHARDS born.  Mary was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.


1880 - Thomas A. SWAFFORD born.  Thomas was the son of John Aaron SWAFFORD and Bell SEABORN.


1881 - Francis S. PIERCE died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Francis was the son of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.  Francis was my 4x-great grandfather.


1882 - Rebecca A. SWAFFORD married Andrew Woolsey COVEY in Richmond, Missouri.  Rebecca was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1893 - Benjamin Zellen KING married Elizabeth Ann SCHELL in Frankton, Madison County, Indiana.  Benjamin was the son of Daniel KING and Elizabeth SHAW.


1896 - Orville Bernard CHEW born in Jay County, Indiana.  Orville was the son of William Anderson CHEW and Emma Susan STRAIGHT.


1908 - Mary Josephine STURDEVANT born in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Joel Dixon STURDEVANT and Lula INGERMANN.


1911 - Kermit Russell DAVIS died.  Kermit was the son of Winchester Journey DAVIS and Lula Iona DAVIS.


1930 - Joan Lemaster BILLING died in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.  Joan was the daughter of George BILLING and Isabelle Helen LeMASTER.


1982 - James A. SWAFFORD died in Richmond, Missouri.  James was the son of James Calvin SWAFFORD and Louisa Catherine LEE.


1998 - Eva Louis DEVER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Eva was the daughter of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.


2003 - Carrie Verle THORNBURG died in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.  Carrie was the daughter of Eli Weldon HALEY and Cora Belle METZNER.

On This Day : March 24

1680 - Rachel BACON married Thomas PIERCE.  Rachel was the daughter of Daniel BACON and Mary READE.


1721 - Jonathan WAITE born. Jonathan was the son of Peter WAITE and Abigail PIERCE.


1753 - Anna Maria JACOBI born in Berghofen.  Anna was the daughter of Johannes JACOBI and Anna Elisabeth ________.  Anna was Corinne's 6x great-grandmother.


1806 - Hannah MAXSON born in Clark County, Ohio.  Hannah was the daughter of Jesse MAXSON and Sarah SUTTON.


1851 - Jesse MAXSON died in Clark County, Ohio.  Jesse was the son of Ephraim MAXSON and Elisabeth DAVIS.  Jesse was my 4x great-grandfather.


1864 - Boater BALES married Saphrona CORY.  Boater was the son of Aaron BALES and Susannah RUSSELL.


1861 - Hannah DAVIS died.  Hannah was the daughter of Jonathan R. DAVIS and Elizabeth COVEY.


1862 - Mary A. METZNER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of John METZNER and Catherine YOUNG.


1866 - Eli Weldon HALEY born in Erie County, Ohio.  Eli was the son of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.  Eli was my great-grandfather.


1866 - James William BURCHFIEL born in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.  James was the son of Joseph Rmenia BURCHFIEL and Louisa LEE.


1882 - Albert SWAFFORD born in Ray County, Missouri.  Albert was the son of Allen Aaron SWAFFORD and Meda LILES.


1900 - Perry D. GROENENDYKE married Anna MILLER.  Perry was the son of Elias GROENENDYKE and Hester TEAFORD.


1904 - Clara Eliza POSTLEWART died in St. Joseph, Missouri.  Clara was the daughter of Charles Sherman HAGAMAN and Lydia MOULTON.


1907 - Gay Kathryn BERGMAN born in Jay County, Indiana.  Gay was the daughter of George Calvin BERGMAN and Nora May STOLZ.


1910 - Kenneth E. CHEW died in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Kenneth was the son of William Anderson CHEW and Emma Susan STRAIGHT.


1961 - Luman Walker WEHRLY died.  Luman was the son of John P. WEHRLY and Catherine LeMASTERS.


1976 - Isabelle Helene BILLING died in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.  Isabelle was the daughter of Ord Otterbein LeMASTER and Emma W.G. GARMHAUSEN.


1984 - Lella Lewis SLINKARD died in Fresno, California.  Lella was the daughter of William Clifford LeMASTER and Lella Edith LEWIS.