I had no idea that my new avatar would garner such a positive response. I was getting tired of the same old photograph on my blog, my Facebook and Twitter pages, and decided to do something different. . On Twitter, @maineroots and @A_CAIN were quick to comment on my new avatar, including the nice mutton chops!
The photograph is of my paternal 3rd-great grandfather, Dr. Ezekiel Cooper CHEW (1822-1888), one of my more intriguing ancestors. A medical doctor, he also practiced law and lived in Darke County, Ohio and Jay and St. Joseph County, Indiana. He managed to have three wives and 16 children, which I'm still working on tracking down. I like this photograph because he looks a bit like my dad.
The avatar was taken from a photograph that currently hangs at the Marshall County Historical Society Museum in Plymouth, Indiana. A fellow researcher was nice enough to snap a picture for me several years ago. One of my goals is to make a trip there to see what other CHEW family information they might have.
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The ROOF surname is in Eileen's maternal line. The origins of the surname are not yet known.
Stories and history:
Ahnentafel # 49: Frances ROOF (unk-1840). Frances is believed to have been born in Botetourt County, Virginia. She married before 1823 in Botetourt County, Virginia to Solomon PEFLEY (1798-1879). Solomon was born January 10, 1798 in Botetourt County, Virginia, the son of Henry and Susan (BORNDRAGAR) PEFLEY. They had 7 children together. Frances died 1840 in Preble County, Ohio. Solomon remarried to Hannah HOOVER and moved to Wabash County, Indiana, where he died June 9, 1879.
The information on Frances comes from "The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from 1729-1938", published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost.
This is another line that has much to be researched and discovered.
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My maternal 6th-great grandaunt, Frances HAINES, married on this date in 1776 in Burlington County, New Jersey to John HILLIER. Frances was the daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (BONNELL) HAINES, and the younger sister of my Robert HAINES. Frances was born October 10, 1746 in Burlington County, New Jersey. John was born April 19, 1744, the son of Edward and Sarah (HAINES) HILLIER. They had 6 children. John died November 11, 1790. Frances died August 22, 1822 in Burlington County, New Jersey.
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