Showing posts with label Fields. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

On This Day : December 27

1669 - Joseph CHEW married Margaret MILES.  Joseph was the son of John CHEW and Sarah GALE.

1680 - Mary CLARKE born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Mary was the daughter of Joseph CLARKE and Bethiah HUBBARD.

1682 - John HUTCHINSON married Hannah ROOT in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  John was the son of Ralph HUTCHINSON and Alice _______.

1685 - Mercer BROWN born.  Mercer was the daughter of William BROWN and Ann MERCER.

1712 - Avis MAXSON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Avis was the daughter of John MAXSON and Judith CLARKE.

1732 - James TAYLOR born.  James was the son of James TAYLOR and Alice THORNTON.

1747 - John BEESON died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  John was the son of Richard BEESON and Charity GRUBB.

1754 - Carey BURDICK married Dorcas COTTRELL.  Carey was the son of Thomas BURDICK and Dorothy MAXSON.

1755 - John MOULTON born in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. John was the son of Samuel MOULTON and Phoebe ________.  John was my 5x-great grandfather.

1798 - Hannah RAINS born.  Hannah was the daughter of Anthony RAINS and Nancy GRAHAM.

1806 - William MAXSON born. William was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Mary MAGDILINE.

1827 - Sarah Jane HEATON born in Brown County, Ohio.  Sarah was the daughter of Alexander S. HEATON and Jemima SHAW.

1833 - Rachel FAULKNER born.  Rachel was the daughter of Solomon FAULKNER and Ruth BEALS.

1842 - Elizabeth PITTS died.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel STANLEY and Sarah WILLIAMS.

1862 - Catherine E. CUNNINGHAM born.  Catherine was the daughter of William E. CUNNINGHAM and Rachel LeMASTERS.

1863 - Charity MILLS died.  Charity was the daughter of Henry MILLS and Hannah WOODWARD.

1886 - Jemima HUDDLESTON died in Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio.  Jemima was the daughter of Michael SILLS and Rosana FETTERS.

1886 - George SWAFFORD married Nancy Kathleen THACKER in Ray County, Missouri.  George was the son of James SWAFFORD and Rebecca Ann BALLARD.

1891 - Jarah Albert STOUT married Ida May SHEARS in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois.  Jarah was the son of Moses B. STOUT and Nancy PARKER.

1892 - Earl KING born.  Earl was the son of James Alfred KING and Ella May LOWERY.

1893 - Edna DAVIS born. Edna was the daughter of Joseph Newton DAVIS and Almeda DAVIS.

1939 - Jewell FIELDS died in Richmond, Missouri.  Jewell was the son of Thomas Henry FIELDS and Dessie May LEE.

Monday, August 13, 2012

On This Day : August 13

1649 - Joseph PIERCE born.  Joseph was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth COLE.


1758 - Joseph CHEW married Grace DESHON in New London, Connecticut.  Joseph was the son of Thomas CHEW and Martha TAYLOR.


1800 - James WRIGHT died in Logie, Perth, Scotland.  James was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.


1817 - John LEWIS born.  John was the son of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.


1821 - Clarissa MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Clarissa was the daughter of Joel MAXON and Hannah FIELDS.


1824 - Elizabeth Jane JACOBS born in Ripley, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1856 - Martha Ann BALES died.  Martha was the daughter of Aaron BALES and Susannah RUSSELL.


1873 - Mary M. MORRISTON born.  Mary was the daughter of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1880 - LeRoy Garfield WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  LeRoy was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.


1889 - Oscar L. CHALFANT born in West Virginia.  Oscar was the son of Solomon Elija CHALFANT and Matilda Gregg MAXON.


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


1903 - Jewell FIELDS born in Richmond, Missouri.  Jewell was the son of Thomas Henry FIELDS and Dessie May LEE.


1950 - Frankie Cleveland GOSNELL died.  Frankie was the daughter of David KING and Litha Ann Trumilis D'Amsel MAY.


1994 - Doris Jean CHIVLARE died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Doris was the daughter of Taylor E. CHIVLARE and Nellie COX.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sunday's Obituary: Ralph Vernon LeMaster (1922-1996)

Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, February 1, 1996, page 14


Ralph V. LeMaster, 73, Elkhart, a native of Portland, died Tuesday evening in the emergency room at Elkhart General Hospital.


He retired from NIPSCO in 1983 after working there for 27 years.


A World War II Army Air Corps veteran, LeMaster was a member of the Grace Bible Church.


Born May 2, 1922, in Portland, he was married Dec. 16, 1942 to Donnabel Fields, who survives.


Surviving besides his wife are three sons, R. Vernon LeMaster, Greenville, S.C., Robert and Jeff LeMaster, both of Elkhart; one sister, Doris Shaneyfelt, Portland; one brother, Dale LeMaster, Springfield, Mass.; nine grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.


Services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Westbrook-Metz and Clouse Funeral Home, Elkhart, with Rev. Mike Fisher officiating.  Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery with military graveside services.


Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.


Memorials may be made to the Grace Bible Church.




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