On This Day : August 14

1621 - Edward SCOTT died in Bradfield, Suffolk, England.  Edward was my 13x-great grandfather.

1656 - Thomas EATON married Martha KENT.  Thomas was my 9x-great grandfather.

1667 - Joseph WHITTEMORE born.  Joseph was the son of Thomas WHITTEMORE and Elizabeth PIERCE.

1684 - Abigail WITTER born in Stonington, Connecticut.  Abigail was the daughter of Josiah WITTER and Sarah CRANDALL.

1721 - Martha DAVIS born.  Martha was the daughter of John DAVIS and Elizabeth MAXSON.

1742 - Ruth HADLEY married John MARSHILL at Chester County, Pennsylvania. Ruth was the daughter of Joshua HADLEY and Mary ROWLAND.

1732 - Jeffrey CHEW married Amy DRIVER in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Jeffrey was the son of Nathaniel CHEW and Mary CLARK.  Amy was the daughter of John DRIVER and Sarah ________.  They were my 7x-great grandparents.

1755 - Sarah GREENE born.  Sarah was the daughter of John Matthew GREENE and Judith MAXSON.

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

1773 - Amy LEWIS born.  Amy was the daughter of Daniel LEWIS.

1781 - John DAVIS born.  John was the son of Jonathan R. DAVIS and Elizabeth COVEY.

1788 - Esther STEVENS born.  Esther was the daughter of David STEVENS and Mary COOK.

1790 - Elizabeth WRIGHT died in Woolwich, Scotland.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Jessie WRIGHT and Phoebe RULY.

1794 - John WILLIAMS married Sarah WHEELER in Guilford County, North Carolina.  John was the son of Richard WILLIAMS and Prudence BEALS.

1807 - Rachel SUMNER married Phillip W. SPARGUR.  Rachel was the daughter of Bowater SUMNER and Rebeckah BURRAS.

1845 - Mary Abigail HEATON born in Taylor County, Iowa.  Mary was the daughter of Alexander S. HEATON and Jemima SHAW.

1846 - Calvin S. WELCH born.  Calvin was the son of Lucas WELCH and Alma PIERCE.

1852 - Phebe Ann BEALS married Jesse J. BALDWIN.  Phebe was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Catherine JACKSON.

1853 - Prudence MAXSON married Seymour CHIPMAN.  Prudence was the daughter of Ephraim MAXSON and Mary SMITH.

1862 - Margaret GARRETT died.  Margaret was the daughter of Samuel BOND and Elizabeth BEALS.

1867 - Anna Marie Louise RITTERMEIER died.  Anna was the daughter of Christian Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Catherine BRINKHOFF.

1869 - Petrus Theodore RIEBER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Petrus was Corinne's 4x-great grandfather.

1873 - Daniel WILLIAMS died.  Daniel was the son of Richard WILLIAMS and Sarah BALDWIN.

1876 - Nancy POWER died in Bracken County, Kentucky.  Nancy was the daughter of John BYARS and Catherine HECK.

1882 - Orlie DAVIS born in Long Run, West Virginia.  Orlie was the son of Joseph Newton DAVIS and Almeda DAVIS.

1885 - Lavinia E. ABERNATHY died.  Lavinia was the daughter of John LOGAN and Rachel McPHEETERS.

1887 - Albert Smith RICHARDS born.  Albert was the son of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.

1893 - Mila A. MORRISTON died.  Mila was the daughter of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Amanda AMOS.

On This Day : August 13

1649 - Joseph PIERCE born.  Joseph was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth COLE.


1758 - Joseph CHEW married Grace DESHON in New London, Connecticut.  Joseph was the son of Thomas CHEW and Martha TAYLOR.


1800 - James WRIGHT died in Logie, Perth, Scotland.  James was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.


1817 - John LEWIS born.  John was the son of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.


1821 - Clarissa MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Clarissa was the daughter of Joel MAXON and Hannah FIELDS.


1824 - Elizabeth Jane JACOBS born in Ripley, Ohio.  Elizabeth was the daughter of James Thomas JACOBS and Isabella FEILY.


1856 - Martha Ann BALES died.  Martha was the daughter of Aaron BALES and Susannah RUSSELL.


1873 - Mary M. MORRISTON born.  Mary was the daughter of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1880 - LeRoy Garfield WEHRLY born in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  LeRoy was the son of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.


1889 - Oscar L. CHALFANT born in West Virginia.  Oscar was the son of Solomon Elija CHALFANT and Matilda Gregg MAXON.


1898 - Maronia MAXON born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Maronia was the daughter of Joseph Lancaster MAXON and Josephine Agnes May GAMBLE.


1903 - Jewell FIELDS born in Richmond, Missouri.  Jewell was the son of Thomas Henry FIELDS and Dessie May LEE.


1950 - Frankie Cleveland GOSNELL died.  Frankie was the daughter of David KING and Litha Ann Trumilis D'Amsel MAY.


1994 - Doris Jean CHIVLARE died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Doris was the daughter of Taylor E. CHIVLARE and Nellie COX.

On This Day : August 12

1683 - Elizabeth PRICE born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert PRICE and Sarah WEBB.


1684 - Thomas FESSENDEN born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Thomas was the son of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.


1700 - Samuel BROWN born.  Samuel was the son of William BROWN and Catherine WILLIAMS.


1704 - Ulrich RINEHART born in Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland.  Ulrich was Eileen's 7x-great grandfather.


1712 - Elizabeth BEESON born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward BEESON and Elizabeth GRUBB.


1812 - James GROENENDYKE born in New Jersey.  James was the son of James GROENENDYKE and Joannah ANTONIDES.


1818 - Ruth MAXSON born in Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio.  Ruth was the daughter of David MAXSON and Sarah KINSEY.


1830 - Dinah CARSON born.  Dinah was the daughter of Jacob CARSON and Esther BEALS.


1832 - Peter ANTONIDES died.  Peter was the son of Cornelius ANTONIDES and Marie VAN SICKLEN.


1832 - Christian Friedrich KAHRE died.  Christian was the son of Johann Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Wilhelmine KIRSCHOFF.


1855 - John Jacob HALEY born in Huron, Erie County, Ohio.  John was the son of George J. HALEY and Rachel GARY.


1860 - Levi WARDLOW married Nancy Ann WRIGHT in Brown County, Ohio.  Levi was the son of Arana WARDLOW and Adelina D. DENNIS.  Nancy was the daughter of John WRIGHT and Anna WARDLOW.


1876 - Rebecca SCISM died.  Rebecca was the daughter of William SCISM and Lucinda McPHEETERS.


1884 - Arthur F. MORRISTON died.  Arthur was the son of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1886 - Ethel C. METZNER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Ethel was the daughter of Wesley T. METZNER and Mary Emma ROSER.


1890 - Mary SHAW died in Madison County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Godfrey HECK and Elizabeth KIMMER.  Mary was my 4x-great grandmother.


1894 - Ernest SWAFFORD born in Tennessee.  Ernest was the son of George W. SWAFFORD and Elizabeth HAMILTON.


1913 - M. Oneida LeMASTER died in Jay County, Indiana.  Oneida was the daughter of Clarence Harrison LeMASTER and Ferry Mae BICKEL.


2005 - Clara Ellen HIGH died in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  Clara was the daughter of Virgil Lee WRIGHT and Edna Muriel PIERCE.