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Saturday, July 03, 2010

Family Milestones: July 3rd

My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Maximelia WRIGHT, married on this date in 1866 in Brown County, Ohio to William L. WARDLOW, son of Henry and Mary L. (PURDUM) WARDLOW.  Maximelia was the daughter of John and Anna (WARDLOW) WRIGHT, and the younger sister of my John WRIGHT.  Maximelia was born circa 1846 in Ohio.  William was born October 26, 1837 in Brown County, Ohio.  They had at least one son.  William died August 22, 1904.  Maximelia died May 23, 1908.

My maternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Samantha E. METZNER, was born on this date in 1857 in Jay County, Indiana.  Samantha was the daughter of John and Catherine (YOUNG) METZNER, and the younger sister of my John Adam METZNER.  Samantha married May 12, 1878 in Jay County, Indiana to James ORCUTT.  James was born circa 1856 in Indiana.  They had at least one daughter.  Nothing further is known at this time.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Family Milestones: May 12th

My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Elizabeth PUTMAN, married on this date in 1841 in Monroe County, Indiana to Calvin PERCEFIELD.  Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Elizabeth (KENDRICK) PUTMAN, and the younger sister of my Mary (Polly) PUTMAN.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Samantha E. METZNER, married on this date in 1878 in Jay County, Indiana to James ORCUTT.  Samantha was the daughter of John and Catherine (YOUNG) METZNER, and the younger sister of my John Adam METZNER.  Samantha was born July 3, 1857 in Jay County, Indiana.  James was born circa 1856 in Indiana.  They had at least 1 daughter.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 5th-great granduncle, John HECK, married on this date in 1808 in Bracken County, Kentucky, to Catherine KIMMER.  John was the son of Daniel and Catherine (________) HECK, and the younger brother of my Godfrey HECK. Catherine was the daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (FAYLER) KIMMER, and the younger sister of my Elizabeth KIMMER. They had 6 childen.  John died in 1822 in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Catherine died in 1872 in Fayette County, Indiana.

My maternal 5th-great grandaunt, Catherine WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1789. Catherine was the daughter of John and Sarah (FLEMING) WRIGHT, and the younger sister of my George WRIGHT.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 4th-great granduncle, Henry WARDLAW, was born on this date in 1812 in Brown County, Ohio.  Henry was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (NESBIT) WARDLAW, and the older brother of my Anna WARDLOW.  Henry married December 1, 1836 in Brown County, Ohio to Mary L. PURDUM.  Mary was born circa 1817 in Ohio.  They had 7 children.  Mary died after the 1860 census of Brown County, Ohio.  Henry died April 1, 1886 in Brown County, Ohio.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Family Milestones: December 1st

My maternal 4th-great granduncle, Henry WARDLAW, married on this date in 1836 in Brown County, Ohio to Mary L. PURDUM.  Henry was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (NESBIT) WARDLAW, and the older brother of my Anna.  Henry was born May 12, 1812 in Brown County, Ohio.  Mary was born circa 1817 in Ohio.  They lived out their lives in Brown County, Ohio, where Henry was a farmer.  Henry died April 1, 1886 in Brown County, Ohio.  They had a family of 7 children.

My paternal 6th-great grandaunt, Susannah CHEW, married on this date in 1756 to Savil WILSON.  Susannah was the daughter of Jeffrey and Amy (DRIVER) CHEW, and the older sister of my Jesse CHEW.  Susannah was born in 1735 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  She died in 1789, probably in Gloucester County.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My paternal 4th-great grandaunt, Judith PHILBRICK, was born on this date in 1788.  Judith was the daughter of Deacon John and Sally (JEWETT) PHILBRICK, and the younger sister of my Joel PHILBRICK.  Judith died in October 1782.  Nothing further is known at this time.

My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Sarah Wilson LAMBERTSON, was born on this date in 1835 in Warren County, New Jersey.  Sarah was the daughter of John and Sarah A. (WILSON) LAMBERTSON, and the older sister of my Carey W. LAMBERTSON.  Sarah married on February 22, 1855 in Butler County, Ohio to John W. LYST.  John was born February 14, 1831 in Fayette County, Ohio, the son of John W. and Nancy Agnes (________) LYST.  They moved their family to Madison County, Indiana and had 10 children.  Sarah died in 1881 in Madison County, Indiana and is buried in the Elwood City Cemetery, Elwood, Indiana.

My maternal grandfather, William Lee WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1919 in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.  William was the son of Virgil Lee and Edna Muriel (PIERCE) WRIGHT.  William married on June 7, 1941 in Madison County, Indiana to Bonnie Mae LAMBERTSON, the daughter of Clemon Beals and June Kirk (DAVIS) LAMBERTSON.  Bonnie was born February 18, 1924 in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  William died July 9, 1973 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.