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Saturday, December 15, 2012

On This Day : December 15

1696 - Rebecca PRICHARD born in Suffield, Connecticut.  Rebecca was the daughter of William PRICHARD and Rebecca TAYLOR.  Rebecca was my 7x-great grandmother.

1714 - Mary CRANDALL married Thomas BROWNELL.  Mary was the daughter of Samuel CRANDALL and Sarah COLBY.

1728 - Tacy MAXSON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Tacy was the daughter of John MAXSON and Hannah MAXSON

1756 - Anna BABCOCK married Samuel RHODES.  Anna was the daughter of James BABCOCK and Content MAXSON.

1765 - Hannah DAVIS married Samuel MAXSON.  Hannah was the daughter of John DAVIS and Bethia ROGERS.

1844 - Octavia PIERCE married Byram H. HARVEY.  Octavia was the daughter of Samuel PIERCE and Persis BARROWS.

1869 - Ella E. LAPHAM born in Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio.  Ella was the daughter of Earnest L. LAMPHAM and Sarah J. McVAY.

1879 - Laud Alfred DAVIS born.  Laud was the son of Reuben H. DAVIS and Sarah McCLOY.

1898 - Cyrene COX died in Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana.  Cyrene was the daughter of Joel PHILBRICK and Sally FOX.

1898 - Vernon Dwight HUBER married Gertrude MAURER.  Vernon was the son of Walter F. HUBER and Emeline YOUNG.

1898 - Dorris Lucille HUBER born.  Dorris was the daughter of Vernon Dwight HUBER and Gertrude MAURER.

1899 - Florence CHIVLARE died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Florence was the daughter of James FOLLOWAY and Julia WILLIAMS.

1906 - Otis BOYER married Bessie RUSSELL.  Otis was the son of Albert L. BOYER and Sarah M. BENNETT.

1922 - Jacob LEMASTERS died in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.  Jacob was the son of Luman Walker LEMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.

1934 - Nealie HAYMES died in Reidland, McCracken County, Kentucky.  Nealie was the daughter of David C. DUNAWAY and Margaret Emley PRINCE.

1963 - Ida Laura SCHOLER died.  Ida was the daughter of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Thomas McVay household - Shelby Co., OH

The Thomas McVAY household was enumerated in the 1860 and 1870 census of Franklin Twp., Shelby Co., OH. Thomas was my paternal 3rd-great granduncle, married to Jane LEMASTERS.

Thomas appears in the 1860 census as a 54 year old farmer, born in Pennsylvania, with real estate valued at $5600 and a personal estate valued at $600. Wife Jane is listed as aged 52 years, born in Virginia. Only daughter Sarah, aged 14, born in Virginia, is listed living with them in 1860.

In the 1870 census, Thomas is listed as a 64 year old farmer, born in Virginia, with real estate valued at $4000 and a personal estate valued at $915. Daughter Sarah and son-in-law Earnest LAPHAM and their young family are living there as well. Earnest LAPHAM was working on the farm, aged 23, born in Ohio; wife Sarah was listed as aged 24 and born in Ohio. They had two young children, both born in Ohio : Thomas E., aged 2 years, and Ella E., aged 5 months.

Thomas McVAY b. July 25, 1805 Rockingham Co., VA., d. December 25, 1884 Franklin Twp., Shelby Co., OH., m. March 15, 1831 to Jane LEMASTERS, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (________) LEMASTERS. Jane born 1807 Mason Co., VA., d. November 25, 1865 Shelby Co., OH.
Known children of Thomas and Jane (LEMASTERS) McVAY :
i. Elgiva McVAY d. July 11, 1850 (illeg. daughter of Jane and ________ ROBERTS)
ii. William McVAY b. ca. 1832 Ohio
iii. George M. McVAY b. ca. 1835 Ohio
iv. Sarah J. McVAY b. ca. 1846 Ohio, m. Earnest L. LAPHAM