On This Day : January 31

1644: Jacob KIRN died in Egenhausen, Wurttemberg. Jacob was my 10x great-grandfather.


1653: Samuel SPOFFORD born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Samuel was the son of John SPOFFORD and Elizabeth SCOTT.  He was my 9x great-grandfather.


1667: William CHENEY died in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.  William was the son of William CHENEY.  He was 11x great-grandfather.


1693: Richard BROWN born.  Richard was the son of William BROWN and Ann MERCER.


1729: Hannah BEALS born in Monocacy, Prince George's County, Maryland.  Hannah was the daughter of William BEALS.


1766: Israel HURLBUT born in Woodbury, Connecticut.  Israel was the son of Israel HURLBUT and Jerusha ________.


1768: Peter TAYLOR married Margaret WALLACE.  Peter was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON.


1811: Hannah BEALS born.  Hannah was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Catherine JACKSON.


1839: Leah PETRY born in Preble County, Ohio.  Leah was the daughter of Stephen PETRY.


1841: Hannah PIERCE died.  Hannah was the daughter of Josiah PIERCE and Miriam COOK.


1841: Solomon LEWIS married Margaret RINEHART in Henry County, Indiana.  Solomon was the son of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.  Margaret was the daughter of Jacob RINEHART and Mary ADNEY.  They were Eileen's 3x great-grandparents.


1844: Catherine GROENENDYKE married Samuel WAMSLEY in Hamilton County, Ohio.  Catherine was the daughter of Nicholas GROENENDYKE and Lydia ________.


1856: William MILLER married Elizabeth SCHAFER in Posey County, Indiana.  William was the son of Jacob MILLER and Elizabeth SPECK.  They were Corinne's 3x great-grandparents.


1857: Hannah HIGGINS died in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Hannah was the daughter of Judiah H. HIGGINS and Mary HILL.


1886: Vernon Guy JACKSON born in Jay County, Indiana.  Vernon was the son of Lawrence Delbert JACKSON and Minerva Prudence WEHRLY.


1896: Wiley GROENENDYKE born in Arkansas.  Wiley was the son of Frank GROENENDYKE and Lydia ROHLS.


1901: William Perry ALDERMAN died in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.  William was the son of James ALDERMAN and Martha CANTELL.


1905: Ada HEATH married Dean STANLEY in Ray County, Missouri.  Ada was the daughter of U.S. Grant HEATH and Martha Ann SWAFFORD.


1909: Ruth Cleveland FULLER married John Anson MILLER in Palatka, Clay County, Arkansas.  Ruth was the daughter of Torrence Illiff FULLER and Nettie Belle STOUT.


1910: Benjamin BOYER died in Warrick County, Indiana.  Benjamin was the son of Christopher C. BOYER and Nancy Ann McCOOL.


1924: Evelyn Gertrude YOUNG born in Orestes, Madison County, Indiana.  Evelyn was the daughter of Samuel Roscoe YOUNG and Gladys JARRETT.


1942: Marietta POE died in Wabash County, Indiana.  Marietta was the daughter of Robert COOK and Sarah ________.  She was Eileen's 2x great-grandmother.


1945: Mary Elizabeth GARNER died.  Mary was the daughter of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.

On This Day : January 15

1713: Sarah WAITE born.  Sarah was the daughter of Peter WAITE and Sarah PIERCE.


1714: Benjamin BEESON born in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Benjamin was the son of Richard BEESON and Charity GRUBB.


1725: Simeon CRANDALL born.  Simeon was the son of Joseph CRANDALL and Ann LANGWORTHY.


1734: Pieter GROENENDYKE married Margaritta VAN IVEREN in Albany, New York.  Pieter was the son of Johannes GROENENDYKE and Delia CUYLER.


1777: Experience DAVIS married Hezekiah WEST.  Experience was the daughter of John DAVIS and Bethia ROGERS.


1778: Sarah HUNT married Nathan HARLAN.  Sarah was the daughter of Nathan HUNT and Martha RUCKMAN.


1786: Rhoda MOULTON born.  Rhoda was the daughter of John MOULTON and Avis HURLBUT.


1816: Hannah LEMASTERS born in Champaign County, Ohio.  Hannah was the daughter of Jacob LEMASTERS and Hannah ________.


1829: James CHEW married Nancy T. MILLION in St. Clair County, Illinois.  James was the son of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.


1832: Mary FAULKNER born.  Mary was the daughter of Solomon FAULKNER and Ruth BEALS.


1836: Anne Marie Louise Charlotte BOLLING born.  Anne was the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm BOLLING and Anna Marie Louise KAHRE.


1846: Heinrich WEHRLY died in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  Heinrich was the son of Heinrich WEHRLY and Catherine MOSER.  He was my 4x great-grandfather.


1849: Lydia MOULTON born in Bureau County, Illinois.  Lydia was the daughter of Albert MOULTON and Emeline PHILBRICK.


1849: Daniel FREEZE died.  Daniel was the son of John FRIES and Elizabeth PENCE.


1893: Sarah RICHARDS married Frederick Thomas MUSSELL.  Sarah was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.


1896: Gerald Walker LeMASTER born in Jay County, Indiana.  He was the son of Luman Cooper LeMASTERS and Barbara Isabel WEHRLY.


1901: William H. WOODS born.  William was the son of William Richard WOODS and Elizabeth Jane HILL.


1903: Percy Charles FULLER married Elle Belle DOLLAHAN in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois.  Percy was the son of Torrence Illiff FULLER and Nettie Belle STOUT.


1916: Mary Jane KIMBLE died in Jay County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.  She was my 2x great-grandmother.


1918: George PEOPLES died in Culver, Marshall County, Indiana.  George was the son of Hugh Allen Ballentine PEOPLES and Patsey FISHER.  He was Eileen's 2x great-grandfather.


1994: Frances Jean BRACEY died in High Shoals, Georgia.  Frances was the daughter of Malcolm Watkins SMITH and Virginia Margaret ROLFE.