Obituary : Lydia (Rader) Haley

Evangelical Messenger, December 25, 1907, page 24

HALEY - Lydia Haley, nee Rader, was born July 1, 1826 in Ohio, and died in peace December 9, 1907, near Portland, Indiana.  In 1853 she and her husband came to Indiana, where they lived happily together until death separated them  seven years ago, when Mr. Haley died.  Six sons and six daughters grew to maturity, and one daughter died in infancy.  She was a model Christian mother.  She was a willing burden-bearer, never burdening others with her troubles.  She gave a smile rather than a frown.  She was a cheerful mother.  She was held in the highest esteem in the neighborhood where she resided for almost 55 years.  She was a life-long member of the Evangelical Association.  As a tribute to her we can say that she was faithful, her life exemplifying the virtues of her Christian profession.  The funeral sermon was preached by J.W. Metzner.  The Rev. J. Rees assisted in the services.


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Lydia (RADER) HALEY was the widow of Sebastian HALEY (1823-1900), brother of 3x-great grandfather, George J. HALEY (1814-1888).  The names of the children who lived to maturity were: Mary Ann, George, John, Frederick, Samuel, Amanda, Elizabeth A., William, Sarah, Rebecca, Jacob and Allie M.  I do not know yet the name of the infant who died.  Lydia and her husband Sebastian were instrumental in founding the Mt. Zion church in Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.

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1740: James DAVIS married Judith MAXSON in Westerly, Rhode Island.  James was the son of William DAVIS and Elizabeth PAVIOR.  


1753: Joseph DAVIS married Mary BABCOCK in South Kingston, Rhode Island.  Joseph was the son of William DAVIS and Elizabeth PAVIOR.


1788: Richard HERITAGE died.  Richard was the son of Judah HERITAGE and Mary CATTELL.


1794: Nancy GAMBLE died.  Nancy was the daughter of John GAMBLE and Rebecca McPHEETERS.


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1826: Eliza Jane COOK born.  Eliza was the daughter of James S. COOK and Eunice HUNT.


1831: Silas WILLIAMS died in Champaign County, Ohio.  Silas was the son of Richard WILLIAMS and Prudence BEALS.


1832: Nathan BALES married Sallie MOORE.  Nathan was the son of William BEALS and Rachel JOHNSON.


1839: Richard CHEW married Jane LaFavour McCUTCHEN in Indiana.  Richard was the son of John Albertson CHEW and Nancy Margaret WOOLFORD.


1848: Lydia Sophia SHERMAN born in Licking County, Ohio.  Lydia was the daughter of Lorenzo SHERMAN and Sophia Polly MOULTON.


1861: Franklin Andrew HALEY born in Ohio.  Franklin was the son of George J. HALEY and Rachel H. GARY.


1888: John METZNER died in Jay County, Indiana.  John was the son of Jasper METZNER and Hannah REISENBURG.  He was my 3x great-grandfather.


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1898: Lydia Emeline HAGAMAN married R.D. WARD.  Lydia was the daughter of Charles Sherman HAGAMAN and Lydia MOULTON.


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1903: Mary Alice Cora WEHRLY married Joseph Herman STUMP.  Mary was the daughter of John P. WEHRLY and Catherine E. LeMASTERS.


1908: Jesse H. HODGKINS died in Brown County, Ohio.  Jesse was the son of James HODGKINS and Hannah ALFORD.


1916: Sarah A. ALDERMAN died in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.  Sarah was the daughter of William Perry ALDERMAN and Elizabeth Ann LEE.

52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy : Paid Genealogy Tools

Week 2 - Paid Genealogy Tools : Which paid genealogy tool do you appreciate the most?  What special features put it at the top of your list?  How can it help others with their genealogy research?


Without a doubt, the paid genealogy tool that I appreciate the most is my subscription to Ancestry.com.  For the money, there just isn't any research tool that has been as beneficial as my subscription.


For years, I avoided subscribing because of the cost - and now I don't know what I would do without it.  My subscription began after I had completed a research project for my MBA program, with Ancestry.com as the subject matter.  After exploring the subject, I was convinced to ask for a subscription for my birthday.  Though the subscription only renews annually, nearly every day I open a new "genealogical present" when I find records of ancestors and relatives online.


Not everything is online, and there are some databases at Ancestry that can be found for free in other locales.  But you cannot beat the aggregation of the information at your fingertips.  You have the ability to access the information anytime you have your computer running, and you can easily lose track of time exploring the databases.


Probably the features that put it at the top of the list right now for me are the census databases and the newspaper archives.  I have been digging into newspaper research on my blacksheep relatives, and use the census databases to track the movements of families across the country.


A subscription to Ancesty.com will not solve all of your research problems, but it will aid you by providing access to more records than you could conceivably access manually by traveling all across the country.  It is a wonderful tool to supplement on-site research at courthouses and libraries.

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.