On This Day : January 7

1680: John BROUGHTON born.  John was the son of John BROUGHTON and Elizabeth WOODRUFF.


1750: Thomas MAXSON born.  Thomas was the son of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1753: William MILLIKAN born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  William was the son of William MILLIKAN and Jane WHITE.


1773: Thankful MAXSON married Samuel COON. Thankful was the daughter of John MAXSON and Sarah BURDICK.


1773: Martha STANLEY born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Martha was the daughter of Strangeman STANLEY and Jemima MILLS.


1818: Almina PIERCE married John COY.  Almina was the daughter of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.


1818: Henry KIMBALL born.  Henry was the son of Benjamin KIMBALL and Martha WARDLAW.


1854: Jesse BALDWIN died.  Jesse was the son of Uriah BALDWIN and Hannah HUNT.


1861: William BEALS died.  William was the son of John BEALS and Susannah JOHNSON.


1865: Aaron Lewis CHEW married Luella GERMAN in Clarke County, Iowa. Aaron was the son of John William CHEW and Mary Ann RELEA.


1903: Thomas Harmon SWAFFORD married Emma Jane DIXON.  Thomas was the son of John Marshall SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth LEE.


1908: Lucy ROBERTSON died.  Lucy was the daughter of Benjamin BOTTS and Frances PUTMAN.


1919: John Leon CRANE born.  John was the son of Thomas Franklin CRANE and  Mary Florence GILLILAND.


1919: Mary Leona CRANE born.  Mary was the daughter of Thomas Franklin CRANE and Mary Florence GILLILAND.


1922: Rebecca DOLBY died in Wells County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of George SILLS and Mary GRIMES.


1929: St. Patrick Merlin CUMMINGS died in Sedgwick, Lawrence County, Arkansas.  Patrick was Eileen's grandfather.


2001: Mary Martha KING died.  Mary was the daughter of James Alfred KING and Rosie M. DILL.

Surname Saturday : Cook

The COOK surname is in Eileen's maternal line.  The origins of the surname have not been discovered.  No known connection to my COOK line.


Stories and history:


Ahnentafel # 29 : Marietta Cook (1855-1942).  Marietta was born April 6, 1855 in Grant County, Indiana.  She married Jacob Lewis (1847-1898) on November 28, 1878 in Wabash County, Indiana.  Jacob was born January 17, 1847 in Huntington County, Indiana.  They raised 5 children near Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana.  Jacob died April 22, 1898 in Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana.  Marrietta married secondly to James C. Poe (1852-1923) on August 29, 1903 in Wabash County, Indiana.  James was born November 18, 1852 in Wabash County, Indiana and died January 30, 1923 in Andrews, Huntington County, Indiana.  Marietta died January 31, 1942 in Wabash County, Indiana and is buried in the Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana.


Ahnentafel # 58 : Robert Cook (1798-aft1860).  Robert was born circa 1798 in South Carolina.  He married Sarah ________ (c1816-     ) before 1853.  Sarah was born circa 1816 in Kentucky.  They had 4 children and lived in Wabash and Miami Counties, Indiana.  Robert died after the 1860 census, when he was living in Peru, Miami County, Indiana.

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).