On This Day : March 15

1665 - Francis JEWETT born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.  Francis was the son of Ezekiel JEWETT and Faith PARRAT.  Francis was my 8x great-grandfather.


1677 - Col. Samuel CHEW died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  Samuel was the son of John CHEW and Sarah GALE.


1724 - Hannah TAYLOR born.  Hannah was the daughter of Col. James TAYLOR and Martha THOMPSON.


1758 - John GRUBB died in Wilmington, Delaware.  John was the son of John GRUBB and Frances VANE.


1786 - Absalom SUMNER born in Stokes County, North Carolina.  Absalom was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.


1763 - Samuel MAXSON married Mary DOWNING.  Samuel was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Content ROGERS.


1797 - Samuel WOOLSTON born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Samuel was the son of Samuel WOOLSTON and Hannah HAINES.


1816 - Rebecca HAINES died in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Rebecca was the daughter of Robert HAINES and Rachel VENICOMB.


1831 - Jane LEMASTERS married Thomas McVAY in Shelby County, Ohio.  Jane was the daughter of Jacob LEMASTERS and Hannah ________.


1831 - Chester PIERCE married Abigail MARSH.  Chester PIERCE was the son of Samuel PIERCE and Persis BARROWS.


1842 - Rebecca CAMPBELL married Joshua HALL in Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of William CAMPBELL and Elizabeth McPHEETERS.


1848 - Henry Thomas HIGGINS born in Bond County, Illinois.  Henry was the son of John HIGGINS and Lucinda ALDERMAN.


1851 - John HIGGINS born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  John was the daughter of Judiah H. HIGGINS and Mary HILL.


1854 - Mary BURR died.  Mary was the daughter of John HILLIER and Frances HAINES.


1864 - Sarah MARSHALL died in Strawberry Point, Iowa.  Sarah was the daughter of Ephraim MAXSON and Mary SMITH.


1880 - John ALDERMAN married Louisa SALISBURY in Bond County, Illinois.  John was the son of William Perry ALDERMAN and Elizabeth Ann LEE.


1898 - Mary C. MARKLEY died in Brown County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1902 - Florence Helen LeMASTERS born in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska.  Florence was the daughter of Charles Clinton LeMASTERS and Maude TURNER.


1931 - Job MATTHEWS died.  Job was the son of Job MATTHEWS and Christina BOYER.


1941 - Minnie P. POWELL died in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.  Minnie was the daughter of Christopher SILLS and Samantha SHELLY.

Graves Family

L-R: Arthur E. Graves (1871-1920), Cledith O. Graves (1897-1959, Carrie Mae (Haley) Graves (1877-1956)

Cousin Sara Rosellini shared this undated photograph of her grandfather as a young boy with his parents.  


Carrie Mae (Haley) Graves was the daughter of George Washington Haley and Mary Jane Sherrick, and younger sister of my great-grandfather, Eli Weldon Haley.

On This Day : March 14

1611 - Martha SCOTT died in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England.  Martha was the daughter of Thomas WHOTLOCKE and Joan ________.  Martha was my 12x great-grandmother.


1674 - Col. James TAYLOR born in King & Queen County, Virginia.  James was the son of James TAYLOR and Frances ________.  James was my 9x great-grandfather.


1705 - John PIGGOTT married Rebecca HARDIMAN in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  John was my 8x great-grandfather.


1719 - Thomas BEALS born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Thomas was the son of John BEALS and Sarah BOWATER.  Thomas was my 7x great-grandfather.


1772 - Alexander WRIGHT died in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  Alexander was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.


1775 - Elizabeth BABCOCK born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Rowse BABCOCK and Ruth MAXSON.


1802 - Ephraim MAXSON was born in Harrison County, Virginia.  Ephraim was the son of Jesse MAXSON and Sarah SUTTON.


1805 - Josiah WHITE married Catherine RIDGWAY in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Josiah was the son of John WHITE and Rebecca HAINES.


1819 - Hannah CARSON married Abraham COOK in Surry County, North Carolina.  Hannah was the daughter of John CARSON and Abigail SUMNER.


1827 - Caroline Marie Louise KAHRE born in Holsen, Westphalia.  Caroline was the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE and Marie Caroline Wilhelmina KORFF.


1833 - Nathan H. BEALS born in Clinton County, Ohio.  Nathan was the son of Nathan C. BEALS and Elizabeth CHEW.


1835 - William Smith IVEY born in Davidson County, Tennessee.  William was the son of George Washington IVEY and Susan SADLER.


1856 - Edward BOND died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Edward was the son of Edward BOND and Elizabeth Ann MILLS.


1859 - Susannah HOOVER died in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana.  Susannah was the daughter of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.


1861 - William W. HALEY married Jane Elizabeth OWEN in Marion County, Ohio. William was the son of George J. HALEY and Rachel H. GARY.


1869 - Barbara Isabel WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Barbara was the daughter of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.  Barbara was my great-grandmother.


1869 - Melford MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Melford was the son of Joseph Lancaster MAXON and Ellen Catherine ONG.


1878 - Cora V. KING born in Madison County, Indiana.  Cora was the daughter of Calvin G. KING and Orinda J. KING.


1880 - Mary A. LINDSEY died in Brown County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of Allen HENDRIXSON and Sarah Ann WRIGHT.


1905 - John George COOK died in Wellington, Kansas.  John was the son of George COOK and Matilda JACOBS.


1907 - Homer Hanley PEFLEY born in Wabash County, Indiana.  Homer was the son of Albert Duffey PEFLEY and Sarah May PEEPLES.


1914 - Grace Lucille CRANE born.  Grace was the daughter of Thomas Franklin CRANE and Mary Florence GILLILAND.


1916 - Lisa Irene BOOK born in Kennett, Missouri.  Lisa was the daughter of Charles Allen BOOK and Bertie May CUMMINGS.