Showing posts with label Gibbons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gibbons. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

On This Day : February 8

1561 - Anne WALLER born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England.  Anne was the daughter of John WALLER and Jane ________.  Anne was my 12x great-grandmother.


1680 - Jerusha WOODBURY born in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Jerusha was the daughter of Peter WOODBURY and Sarah DODGE.


1720 - John ALLEN born in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  John was the son of John ALLEN and Amy COX.  John was my 8x great-grandfather.


1734 - Joseph FESSENDEN died.  Joseph was the son of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.


1784 - Uriah BALDWIN married Hannah HUNT.  Uriah was the son of William BALDWIN and Elizabeth SMITH.


1787 - Elizabeth HAWORTH born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Absalom HAWORTH and Mary WEST.


1801 - Elijah PIERCE married Patty MOULTON.  Elijah was the son of Seth PIERCE and Bethiah FIELD.


1804 - Martha McPherson HIGGINS born in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Martha was the daughter of Judiah H. HIGGINS and Rachel McPHERSON.


1809 - Samuel HUTCHINSON died in Norwich, Vermont.  Samuel was my 7x great-grandfather.


1810 - Nathan JOHNSON married Mary GUYER.  Nathan was the son of Tarlton JOHNSON and Sarah MILLS.


1811 - Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE born in Holsen, Westphalia.  Heinrich was the son of Christian Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Catherine BRINKHOFF.


1811 - Sarah GIBBONS died in Granville, Massachusetts.  Sarah was the daughter of Thomas GREEN and Mary JOHNSON. Sarah was my 6x great-grandmother.


1846 - Elsah Ann RHOADABCK born in Pennsylvania.  Elsah was the daughter of William RHOADABACK and Clarissa MAXON.


1847 - Catherine B. SHERRICK born in Ashland County, Ohio.  Catherine was the daughter of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.


1852 - Elizabeth PETRY died in Preble County, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Heinrich WEHRLY and Catherine MOSER.


1855 - Mary Ann CROCKETT married John LAYMAN in Owen County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Conrad NOSLER and Sarah PAINS.  Mary was my 5x great-grandmother.


1869 - John H. SIGLER born in Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana.  John was the son of Andrew Jackson SIGLER and Almira P. PIERCE.


1871 - Mary Jane KING married Leroy YOUNG.  Mary was the daughter of Daniel KING and Elizabeth SHAW.


1899 - Allen SWAFFORD married Elizabeth R. DRAVENSTOTT in Hallard, Missouri.  Allen was the son of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1914 - Crystal E. KING born.  Crystal was the daughter of James Alfred KING and Rosie M. DILL.


1930 - Ida Jane COPLEY died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Ida was the daughter of William JACOBS and Catherine EICHELBERGER.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Sunday's Obituary : John Cooper LeMaster (1935-1953)

Source: Lima News, Lima, Ohio, June 10, 1953, page 2.


Pfc. John C. Lemaster



Ft. Recovery - Funeral services for Pfc. John Cooper Lemaster, 18, who died in Korea of mortar shell wounds March 27, 1953, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Riffle funeral home with the Rev. Robert McCleary in charge.  Burial will be in Spring Hill cemetery.


The body will arrive here Wednesday morning.  An honor guard from American Legion posts of Ft. Recovery and Portland, Ind. will conduct military rites.  The youth attended elementary school here and junior high school at Portland.


Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lemaster; a brother, Larry, in the Army; a sister, Donna Jane, at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lemaster, Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Gibbons, New Weston, and a great-grandfather, John Burkey, Portland.


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There is a memorial to him at the FindAGrave website, which states that he died at Pork Chop Hill.


The obituary has his grandparents wrong, they were Chesley and Clara (BURKEY) LeMASTER.

Sunday’s Obituary – if you have obituaries of family members and ancestors, consider posting them along with other information about that person as part of Sunday’s Obituary. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Runaway Chew women

Working through some of the miscellaneous records in my files, I came across these two records that I saved from the CHEW mailing list on Rootsweb.

April 25, 1781: Gloucester County, April 23, 1781 To all whom it may concern, whereas my wife Elizabeth Chew, regardless of the Solemn obligation of matrimony, hath, during my captivity with the enemy, been guilty of the act of incontinency ....Aaron Chew

April 5, 1748; Whereas ANNE, the wife NATHANIEL CHEW, at the head of Timber-creek in Gloucester County, has disposed of some of her said husband's goods, without his knowledge, and ran him in debt; this is therefore to desire all persons not to trust her anymore on his account, not to buy any goods of her that she may offer to sale, for he will pay no debts of her contracting, nor allow of her selling any of his goods, from the date hereof. NATHANIEL CHEW

Both of these were quotes taken from the book "Runaway Women, Elopements And Other Miscreant Deeds, As Advertised In The Pennsylvania Gazette - 1728 -1789. (together with a few abused wives and unfortunate children)." Compiled by Judith Ann Highley Meier. Published by Closson Press. 1993.

I'm not sure which Aaron Chew family that this information relates to, and I believe that the Nathaniel Chew mentioned is the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Clark) Chew, who married Anne Gibbons. More research will need to be done to try to tie these records to individuals in my database. The book that these snippets were taken from sounds like an interesting read. Early newspapers are always full of juicy family tidbits.