Wednesday, July 11, 2012

On This Day : July 11

1703 - William KOUWENHOVEN born in New Jersey.  William was the son of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS.


1715 - John BEALS born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  John was the son of Jacob BEALS and Mary BROOKSBY.


1727 - Martha WITTER born.  Martha was the daughter of John WITTER and Mary ________.


1787 - Richard TAYLOR born.  Richard was the son of Richard TAYLOR and Sarah Dabney STROTHER.


1824 - John THOMPSON born in Highland County, Ohio.  John was the son of Joseph THOMPSON and Amy BEALS.


1842 - Susannah ELDRIDGE died.  Susannah was the daughter of Jesse CHEW and Mary RICHARDS.


1848 - Susannah PEFLEY married Peter HOOVER in Preble County, Ohio.  Susannah was the daughter of Solomon PEFLEY and Frances ROOF.


1850 - Elgiva McVAY died in Shelby County, Ohio.  Elgiva was the daughter of Thomas McVAY and Jane LEMASTERS.


1855 - John Wilson BEALS born in Hamilton County, Indiana.  John was the son of Lemuel BEALS and Emily BRAY.


1863 - Mahlon C. BARKER died in Randolph County, North Carolina.  Mahlon was the son of Daniel BARKER and Lydia DAVIS.


1884 - Arana "Rainey" WARDLOW died in Brown County, Ohio.  Arana was the son of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.


1888 - Rachel Emma Pernina HALEY married William Benton HANLIN.  Rachel was the daughter of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.


1893 - Nora SWAFFORD died in Polo, Missouri.  Nora was the daughter of John Marshall SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth LEE.


1899 - Carolyn L. CHEW born in Jay County, Indiana.  Carolyn was the daughter of Charles Alexander West CHEW and Rebecca F. SHUMAKER.


1909 - William Robert CARTER born in Cherokee County, Kansas.  William was the son of Walter Joshua CARTER and Cora Belle MITCHELL.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

On This Day : July 10

1681 - Joan MENDENHALL married John SPIERS in Berkshire, England.  Joan was the daughter of Thomas MENDENHALL and Joan STROADE.


1760 - Nancy GRAHAM born.  Nancy was the daughter of Richard GRAHAM and Asenath ______.  Nancy was my 6x-great grandmother.


1784 - Mary HAINES born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Robert HAINES and Rachel VENICOMB.


1790 - Ann HUNT died in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Ann was the daughter of John BEALS and Sarah BOWATER.


1811 - Esther HIATT married Jesse EVANS.  Esther was the daughter of William HIATT and Charity WILLIAMS.


1812 - Peter TAYLOR died.  Peter was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON.


1818 - Ruth JACKSON married Jesse FEREBEE.  Ruth was the daughter of Curtis JACKSON and Ruth BEALS.


1827 - Frederick P. WEHRLY born in Preble County, Ohio. Frederick was the son of Johannes WEHRLY and Barbara PETRY.


1847 - Mary Jane JACKSON married William FROST.  Mary Jane was the daughter of Bowater JACKSON and Jennie MACE.


1858 - Ellen PIERCE married George WHITE.  Ellen was the daughter of Austin PIERCE and Mary Ann STERLING.


1864 - Julia Bell BRUNER born in Augusta, Illinois.  Julia was the daughter of Andrew Jackson BRUNER and Selina HAWORTH.


1865 - William Francis PIERCE born in Frankton, Madison County, Indiana.  William was the son of Edmund G. PIERCE and Catherine GROENENDYKE.  William was my 2x-great grandfather.


1891 - John Ralph DAVIS born.  John was the son of Reuben H. DAVIS and Sarah McCLOY.


1906 - Alean Rodney SWAFFORD married Rodney Ellsworth BARNETT in Prescott, California.  Alean was the daughter of Landon Marcellus SWAFFORD and Bertie Belle MARSH.


1960 - Claude Nolan SWAFFORD died in Kansas City, Missouri.  Claude was the son of James SWAFFORD and Rebecca Ann BALLARD.

Monday, July 09, 2012

On This Day : July 9

1755 - William WRIGHT died in the Ottis (Braddock's Defeat).  William was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.


1769 - Randall MAXSON born.  Randall was the son of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1775 - Jonathan MAXSON married Mary MILLARD.  Jonathan was the son of John MAXSON and Tacy ROGERS.


1798 - Ornon BOND born in Surry County, North Carolina.  Ornon was the son of Samuel BOND and Elizabeth BEALS.


1843 - John CANADAY died.  John was the son of John CANADAY and Margaret THORNBURGH.


1850 - Zachary TAYLOR died in Washington, District of Columbia.  Zachary was the son of Richard TAYLOR and Sarah Dabney STROTHER.


1852 - John BEALS died.  John was the son of John BEALS and Susannah JOHNSON.


1890 - Benny CRAWFORD died in Bienville, Louisiana.  Benny was the son of George Newton CRAWFORD and Mary Elizabeth BIRDWELL.


1899 - George Roscoe KING born.  George was the son of Suman Douglas KING and Amanda Louisa FOX.


1912 - Elvin Cooper LeMASTER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Elvin was the son of Luman Cooper LeMASTERS and Barbara Isabel WEHRLY.


1973 - William Lee WRIGHT died in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  William was the son of Virgil Lee WRIGHT and Edna Muriel PIERCE.  William was my grandfather.


1980 - Wilbur Roscoe DECKER died.  Wilbur was the son of Peter W. DECKER and Pansy DAVIS.