Postcard : Ashland, Ohio Presbyterian Church

Ashland, Ohio

August 3, 1909

Miss Vera Haley

Portland, Ind.

R.F.D. 9.

Ashland, O. Union and 4th St.

Aug. 1

Dear niece and all the rest -

Your letter rec'd and glad to get it.  Cledith is getting better I haven't time to write a letter this time.  But you can read Ma's.  I have a good many to write. I expect the next one I hear getting married will be Vera for Ma said he stayed that night she was there till he could see to go home, a pretty good sign.  We have 2 old maids live across the street from us one looks like Angeline Metzner we call her Angeline.  Was Irvin and Julia at Axe's, did she get my card

Carrie

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This postcard was sent to my paternal great-aunt, Vera HALEY, by her aunt Carrie (HALEY) GRAVES (1877-1956).  Cledith was Carrie's son.  Irvin and Julia were Irvin G. and Julia (STONE) METZNER, who were 2nd cousin's of Carrie.

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1663 - Ulrich SCHURCH born in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland.  Ulrich was the son of Peter SCHURCH and Verena EGGIMAN.  Ulrich was my 7x great-grandfather.


1717 - Benjamin MENDENHALL married Lydia ROBERTS.  Benjamin was the son of Benjamin MENDENHALL and Ann PENNELL.


1761 - Hannah POTTER born.  Hannah was the daughter of George POTTER and Content MAXSON.


1770 - Anne Sophie Charlotte KAMMEIER born.  Anne was the daughter of Heinrich Hermann KAMMEIER and Anna Catherina KAHRE.


1792 - Rachel WILLIAMS married Jonathan HIATT.  Rachel was the daughter of Silas WILLIAMS and Mary HUNT.


1800 - Sarah JOHNSON married John HODGSON.  Sarah was the daughter of Tarlton JOHNSON and Sarah MILLS.


1822 - Obed WILLSON married Elizabeth O. CARCUFF in Sussex County, New Jersey.  Obed was the son of Mahlon WILLSON and ________.


1838 - Samuel SILLS born in Champaign County, Ohio.  Samuel was the son of George SILLS and Mary GRIMES.


1845 - Elizabeth THORNBURGH died.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susanna JACKSON.


1859 - Mary MOON died.  Mary was the daughter of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.


1864 - Henry J. MILLS born.  Henry was the son of Aaron MILLS and Catherine FARMER.


1868 - James Wesley SWAFFORD born in Missouri.  James was the son of Jewell SWAFFORD and Maggie SWAFFORD.


1870 - Samuel Brown McPHEETERS died.  Samuel was the son of William McPHEETERS and Margaret Ann Curry McDANIEL.


1890 - Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE died in Holsen, Westphalia.  Heinrich was the son of Christian Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Catherine BRINKHOFF.


1907 - Jesse Leonard CHEW died.  Jesse was the daughter of Thomas Atkinson CHEW and Abigail A. LEONARD.


1914 - Hannah POE died in Norton, Norton County, Kansas.  Hannah was the daughter of Henry MILLS and Hannah WOODWARD.  Hannah was my 4x great-grandmother.


1916 - Elizabeth RIEBER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Elizabeth was Corinne's 4x great-grandmother.


1916 - Ruben J. CHIVLARE born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Ruben was the son of Carl CHIVLARE and Lorena GRIM.


1930 - Sarah Ellen LOUDERBACK died.  Sarah was the daughter of Jackson Conrad CROCKETT and Clarinda GRIFFITHS.


1951 - John Reed Maxon CHALFANT died.  John was the son of Solomon Elija CHALFANT and Matilda Gregg MAXON.


1989 - Ruby Alice HEMBERGER died in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.  Ruby was the daughter of Curtis W. POE and Lillian S. PHEBUS.

On This Day : March 8

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1690 - George MENDENHALL married Elizabeth BACON.  George was the son of Thomas MENDENHALL and Joane STROADE.


1703 - Mehitable BROUGHTON born.  Mehitable was the daughter of John BROUGHTON and Hanna BASCOM.


1720 - Henry BROWN born.  Henry was the son of Richard BROWN and Hannah REYNOLDS.


1790 - Elizabeth JACKSON born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of John JACKSON and Phebe BEALS.


1797 - Bennajah HIATT married Elizabeth WHITE.  Bennajah was the daughter of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1804 - Oliver MAXSON married Esther ROGERS.  Oliver was the son of Jesse MAXSON and Elizabeth CLARKE.


1810 - Ann BEALS married Jacob BEALS.  Ann was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susanna JACKSON.


1812 - Jesse CHEW died.  Jesse was the son of Rev. Jesse CHEW and Mary RICHARDS.


1849 - Caroline JACKSON married Jesse WILL.  Caroline was the daughter of Bowater JACKSON and Jennie MACE.


1849 - Almira P. PIERCE born in Indiana.  Almira was the daughter of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.


1860 - William BEALS died.  William was the son of William BEALS and Priscilla HORTON.


1864 - Anna WRIGHT born in Brown County, Ohio.  Anna was the daughter of Joseph W. WRIGHT and Rebecca Ann HEATON.


1870 - Emma Dorothy Sophie RITT born.  Emma was the daughter of Karl Ludwig RITT and Anna Maria Louisa Catharine KAHRE.


1871 - Lyman PIERCE born in Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana.  Lyman was the son of Edmund G. PIERCE and Catherine GROENENDYKE.


1883 - Thomas J. KING married Eliza J. JOHNSON.  Thomas was the son of George Washington KING and Elizabeth HOWARD.


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1898 - Homer David GROENENDYKE born in Bentonville, Arkansas.  Homer was the son of Frank GROENENDYKE and Lydia ROHLS.


1909 - Walter A. WILDT born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Walter was the son of Walter WILDT and Augusta Elizabeth BURGDORF.


1911 - Daisy IVEY died in Marshall County, Kentucky.  Daisy was the daughter of Samuel H. IVEY and Emma E. CARTER.


1952 - Alva Monroe WEHRLY died in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  Alva was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.