Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Keeping whiskey in your home is no crime, it's an Art...



New Corydon, Ind. 1928?

Mrs. Clarence Stuber
Spencerville, Ohio
R.R. # 5

Monday morn I'm not washing we went to Dr. last eve.  She said it was my stomach liver and kidneys.  I had 2 degrees of fever I'm not feeling any better this morn.  Galen went on his route.  Fenning's gave me some stuff that takes out spots I tried one it took it out.  Kids are all right.

Mary

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This postcard, part of the collection of my paternal great-aunt and uncle, Clarence and Vera (HALEY) STUBER, was sent to Vera by her sister, Mary (HALEY) MILLER.  Apparently, Mary was quite sick.  This prohibition era postcard is humorous.

On This Day : January 24

1699: Mary HIGGINS born in Hopewell, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Jedediah HIGGINS and Mary NEWBOLD.


1704: Samuel HAINES born in Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Samuel was the son of William HAINES and Sarah PAINE.


1741: Anna MAXSON born.  Anna was the daughter of John MAXSON and Tacy ROGERS.


1749: Elinor MAXSON born.  Elinor was the daughter of John MAXSON and Thankfull RANDALL.


1811: John WRIGHT married Ann MORROW in Adams County, Ohio.  John was the son of John WRIGHT and Sarah FLEMING.


1814: Eliza Ann H. DEACON born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Eliza was the daughter of Joseph DEACON and Beulah HAINES.


1821: Hannah DAVIS born.  Hannah was the daughter of Nathan J. DAVIS and Keziah DAVIS.


1832: Betsey Jane COOK born.  Betsey was the daughter of James S. COOK and Eunice HUNT.


1832: Rachel ROSS born.  Rachel was the daughter of John ROSS and Pheobe HEATON.


1840: Clarissa A. WELCH born. Clarissa was the daughter of Lucas WELCH and Alma PIERCE.


1842: Rebecca A. SWAFFORD born in Tennessee.  Rebecca was the daughter of John Calvin SWAFFORD and Mary Ellen SHIRLEY.


1852: Houston CUMMINGS born in Alabama.  Houston was the son of Abner CUMMINGS and Mary WRIGHT.


1864: Hugh WARDLAW died in Brown County, Ohio.  Hugh was the son of Robert WARDLAW and Janet DOWNEY.


1865: Beulah PUCKETT died.  Beulah was the daughter of Levi COFFIN and Prudence WILLIAMS.


1866: Rev. Nathaniel CHEW died in Mahaska County, Iowa.  Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel CHEW and Sarah SPRINGER.  He was my 4x great-grandfather.


1881: Charles Washington KING born in Marion County, Indiana.  Charles was the son of Eli KING and Laura Belle BLACK.


1891: Elias P. SNYDER died in Delaware County, Indiana.  Elias was the son of Edwin Clark Anthony SNYDER and Amanda GROENENDYKE.


1896: Joseph CHEW died in Ross County, Ohio.  Joseph was the son of Joseph CHEW and Elizabeth THOMAS.


1929: William Wesley WRIGHT died in Brown County, Ohio.  William was the son of Samuel Pangburn WRIGHT and Rebecca Ruth HALL.


1954: John William WEHRLY died in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  John was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.



Monday, January 23, 2012

On This Day : January 23

1553: Richard MASTERSON died in Ashford, Kent, England.  He was my 14x great-grandfather.


1728: Ann DAVIS born.  Ann was the daughter of John DAVIS and Elizabeth MAXSON.


1753: John WRIGHT married Hannah FESSENDEN in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  John was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.  Hannah was the daughter of William FESSENDEN and Martha BROWN.  They were my 7x great-grandparents.


1753: Petrus "Samuel" GROENENDYKE died in Flatbush, Long Island, New York.  Petrus was the son of Pieter GROENENDYKE and Marritie De La NOY.


1753: William TAYLOR born.  William was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON.


1780: Betty LANGWORTHY born.  Betty was the daughter of John LANGWORTHY and Altania BABCOCK.


1787: William WRIGHT born.  William was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Catherine APPLEGATE.


1804: Sarah WOOLSTON born in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Sarah was the daughter of Samuel WOOLSTON and Hannah HAINES.


1815: Adeline PIERCE born.  Adeline was the daughter of Elijah PIERCE and Patty MOULTON.


1816: Abigail GARFIELD died.  Abigail was the daughter of Samuel PIERCE and Abigail ________.


1819: Absalom HAWORTH born near Greenville, Tennessee.  Absalom was the son of Nathaniel HAWORTH and Anna OLIPHANT.


1820: Alfred JACOBS born in Brown County, Ohio.  Alfred was the son of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1825: Orange FISHER born.  Orange was the son of Daniel FISHER and Susannah REEVES.


1842: Isaac JESSOP died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Isaac was the son of Thomas JESSOP and Mary BEALS.


1844: Belinda HEGEMAN died.  Belinda was the daughter of Pieter ANTONIDES and Catherine VANDERVEER.


1845: Hannah Kuhl HIGGINS married John G. EWING in Raritan, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Hannah was the daughter of Judiah HIGGINS and Mary QUICK.


1845: Austin PEPPER born.  Austin was the son of William PEPPER and Eliza PIERCE.


1846: Michael JACOBS died in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Michael was the son of Johan Michael JACOBS and Maria Catherine CHERDRON.  He was my 5x great-grandfather.


1897: Frances E. WRIGHT born in Madison County, Indiana.  Frances was the daughter of James WRIGHT and Clara B. HICKS.


1903: Rachel LEWIS died.  Rachel was the daughter of John ROSS and Phoebe HEATON.


1909: Carrie SWAFFORD married Frank CROWLEY in Daviess County, Missouri.  Carrie was the daughter of John Marshall SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth LEE.


1943: Clara E. LAMBERTSON died in Atlanta, Hamilton County, Indiana.  Clara was the daughter of William COOK.  She was my 2x great-grandmother.


1976: Kenneth G. MILLER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Kenneth was the son of Arthur MILLER and Hallie Marie CHIVLARE.


1991: Charles D. PIERCE died in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.  Charles was the son of William Francis PIERCE and Vida MADDOX.


2005: Sherman Stewart PEFLEY died in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.  Sherman was the son of Albert Duffey PEFLEY and Sarah May PEEPLES.  He was Eileen's grandfather.