Obituary : Rebecca (Longbrake) Haley

Evangelical Messenger, May 31, 1887, page 347

HALEY - Rebecca Haley, nee Longbrake, died April 30, 1887, aged 66 y., 2 m. and 22 d.  Sister H. was the mother of 5 sons and 5 daughters, 2 of whom preceded her to the spirit world.  Mother H. was converted in her 16th year, united with the Ev. Association and lived a faithful member until death.  She leaves a companion, 8 children, 24 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren to mourn their loss.    J.E. STOOPS.


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Rebecca (LONGBRAKE) HALEY would have been born February 8, 1821 as calculated by her obituary.  Census records estimate her birthdate as 1822 in Ohio.  While the obituary doesn't state where she died, in the 1880 census the family was living in Allen County, Indiana.  The obituary lists 8 children, though at present I'm only aware of seven : Jacob, Mary C., Daniel, Henry, George, Sarah J. and Sylvanus.  Rebecca's husband was Jacob HALEY (born circa 1819), brother of my paternal 3rd-great grandfather, George J. HALEY (1814-1888).

On This Day : January 6

1645: William CLAYTON married Elizabeth SIMMONS in Boxgrove Parish, Sussex, England. William was my 11x great-grandfather.


1659: Martha EDGE born.  Martha was the daughter of George EDGE and Joan ________.


1659: Rebecca EDGE born.  Rebecca was the daughter of George EDGE and Joan ________.


1723: Joseph ELDERTON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Joseph was the son of Roger ELDERTON and Lydia BABCOCK.


1746: Isaac BEALS born in Pennsylvania.  Isaac was the son of Jacob BEALS and Elizabeth GRIEST.


1749: John CHAMNESS born in Orange County, North Carolina.  John was the son of Anthony CHAMNESS and Sarah COLE.


1749: Commodore Richard TAYLOR born.  Commodore was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON.


1754: Matthew MAXSON born.  Matthew was the son of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1768: Mary MILLIKAN married Robert BRATTAIN in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Mary was the daughter of William MILLIKAN and Jane WHITE.


1785: Martha MAXSON married Luke CRANDALL.  Martha was the daughter of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1802: Ruth HIATT married Jesse STANLEY.  Ruth was the daughter of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1802: Hannah JOHNSON married Joseph HODGSON.  Hannah was the daughter of Tarlton JOHNSON and Sarah MILLS.


1815: Cornelius KING born.  Cornelius was the son of William KING and Sarah SULLIVAN.


1815: Mary Elizabeth McPHEETERS died.  Mary was the daughter of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.


1822: Daniel BEALS born in Clinton County, Ohio.  Daniel was the son of Nathan C. BEALS and Elizabeth CHEW.


1826: Wilson Jackson LAMBERTSON born in New Jersey.  Wilson was the son of  John LAMBERTSON and Sarah A. WILLSON.


1843: Rebecca DAVIS died in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.


1844: William F. METZNER born in Licking County, Ohio.  William was the son of John METZNER and Catherine YOUNG.


1853: Sarah Jane BOYER married Joseph LACER in Franklin County, Ohio.  Sarah was the daughter of Martin BOYER and Anna BENNETT.


1885: Mark KING born in Madison County, Indiana.  Mark was the son of Suman Douglas KING and Amanda Louisa FOX.


1885: Daniel LEWIS married Alpha M. RICHARDSON in Huntington County, Indiana.  Daniel was the son of Solomon LEWIS and Margaret RINEHART.


1903: Harry Daniel KING born in Orestes, Madison County, Indiana.  Harry was the son of Benjamin Zellen KING and Elizabeth Ann SCHELL.


1906: Clarence Albert CUMMINGS born.  Clarence was the son of Prince Albert CUMMINGS and Hasey Mae REYNOLDS.


1913: Olive Jane WEHRLY died in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  Olive was the daughter of William P. SMITH and Prudence MAXSON.  She was my 2x great-grandmother.


1914: Dr. William Anderson CHEW died in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  William was the son of Dr. Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Caroline Bishop WOOLSTON.

52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy : Blogs

Week 1 - Blogs : Blogging is a great way for genealogists to share information with family members, potential cousins and each other.  For which blog are you most thankful?  Is it one of the earliest blogs you read, or a current one?  What is special about the blog and why should others read it?

Right now, one of the blogs that I'm most thankful for is James Tanner's Genealogy Star.  His blog wasn't one of the first that I followed, but I picked it up quite awhile ago, and have enjoyed reading his posts ever since.

The reason I chose James' blog is that his posts extolling genealogists to digitize their information and get out from under the paper mountain has really struck a chord with me.  In particular, I recommend these posts: Observations on Technology and Genealogy and The Paper vs. Computer Dispute.

Though I'm not good at making or keeping New Year's resolutions, if I do have one goal for the upcoming year it will be to digitize and share the documents I have - and eliminate the unnecessary retention of photocopies I've obtained from libraries.  In my lifetime, I've gone from one extreme to the other; from file cabinets full of files, to binders with sheet protectors protecting photocopies!  In the future, I want to eliminate clutter and only save paper documents only when they are truly originals.

I highly recommend you add Genealogy Star to your blog reading.

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52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy by Amy Coffin is a series of weekly blogging prompts (one for each week of 2012) that invite genealogists and others to discuss resources in the genealogy community including websites, applications, libraries, archives, genealogical societies and more.