On This Day : August 22

1720 - William PIERCE died.  William was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Elizabeth COLE.

1768 - Samuel WOOLSTON born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Samuel was the son of Samuel WOOLSTON and Cyllania WOOLSTON.

1779 - Samuel PHILBRICK born.  Samuel was the son of John PHILBRICK and Sally JEWETT.

1846 - Susannah LEWIS married James W. DUNBAR in Henry County, Indiana. Susannah was the daughter of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.

1849 - Elisha CHEW died.  Elisha was the son of Jesse CHEW and Mary RICHARDS.

1856 - Mary Angeline FISHER born.  Mary was the daughter of Lewis W. FISHER and Rebecca MARSHALL.

1862 - Harry LAMBERTSON born in Butler County, Ohio.  Harry was the son of Nelson J. LAMBERTSON and Eliza Jane JOHNSON.

1863 - George Elmer HALEY born in Marion County, Ohio.  George was the son of William W. HALEY and Jane Elizabeth OWEN.

1867 - Sarah H. STOUT died.  Sarah was the daughter of Moses B. STOUT and Nancy PARKER.

1872 - Robert Emmitt SWAFFORD died.  Robert was the son of M. P. SWAFFORD and Jurusha Ann CLARK.

1880 - Nettie Belle STOUT married Torrence Iliff FULLER in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois.  Nettie was the daughter of Moses B. STOUT and Nancy PARKER.

1881 - Elisha Dunham BECKETT died in Guadalupe, California.  Elisha was the son of Lemuel Daugherty BECKETT and Sarah Springer CHEW.

1881 - Clarence PATTERSON born in LaCygne, Linn County, Kansas.  Clarence was the son of Norman Delmar PATTERSON and Alice Elizabeth LAVELY.

1887 - Sidney Dewitt AILES born in Montra, Shelby County, Indiana.  Sidney was the son of John Forsythe AILES and Rebecca Lovina DRUMM.

1898 - Edgar J. CHEW born in New Jersey.  Edgar was the son of William Tatem CHEW and Lucretta VAN DEXTER.

1899 - Christopher C. BOYER died in Anderson Township, Warrick County, Indiana.  Christopher was the son of Martin BOYER and Anna BENNETT.  Christopher was Corinne's 4x-great grandfather.

1890 - Wyatt CUMMINGS died in Colbert County, Alabama.  Wyatt was the son of Spencer CUMMINGS and Gincy ________.  Wyatt was Eileen's great-grandfather.

1904 - William Clifford LeMASTER born in Montrose, Colorado.  William was the son of William Clifford LeMASTER and Lella Edith LEWIS.

1904 - William L. WARDLOW died.  William was the son of Henry WARDLOW and Mary L. PURDUM.

1906 - William Goldsborough SWAFFORD married Gertrude May KELLEY.  William was the son of Aaron SWAFFORD and Eliza Jane TAYLOR.

1910 - Isabelle Helen LeMASTER born.  Isabelle was the daughter of Ord Otterbein LeMASTER and Emma W.G. GARMHAUSEN.

1935 - Miles CHIVLARE died in Michigan City, Indiana.  Miles was the son of Isaac C. CHIVLARE and Viola FOLLOWAY.

On This Day : August 21

1721 - Jonathan LEWIS born.  Jonathan was the son of John LEWIS and Anna CLARKE.

1758 - Mary DAVIS born.  Mary was the daughter of Joseph DAVIS and Mary BABCOCK.

1783 - Henry DAVIS married Mary BABCOCK in Stonington, Connecticut.  Henry was the son of Joseph DAVIS and Mary BABCOCK.

1823 - Nancy HODGKINS married Ellis Downing McCONNELL in Brown County, Ohio.  Nancy was the daughter of James HODGKINS and Hannah ALFORD.

1824 - Eleanor HIGGINS born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Eleanor was the daughter of Judiah HIGGINS and Mary QUICK.

1827 - George HECK married Martha STROUBE.  George was the son of George HECK and Nancy SHOCKY.

1842 - Benjah H. CARTER died.  Benjah was the son of John CARTER and Sarah BEALS.

1814 - John DAVIS married Margaret KELSO in Harrison County, Virginia.  John was the son of Thomas William DAVIS and Tacy CRANDALL.

1815 - Joseph Moreland WALKER born.  Joseph was the son of Joseph WALKER and Martha McPHEETERS.

1822 - Edward HAWORTH died.  Edward was the son of Absalom HAWORTH and Mary WEST.

1823 - Nancy HODGKINS married Ellis Downing McCONNELL in Brown County, Ohio.  Nancy was the daughter of James HODGKINS and Hannah ALFORD.

1827 - George HECK married Martha STROUBE.  George was the son of George HECK and Nancy SHOCKY.

1845 - Rebecca A. SWAFFORD married Henderson SLOAN in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Rebecca was the daughter of Aaron W. SWAFFORD and ________.

1856 - Daniel HEATON died in Greene County, Pennsylvania.  Daniel was the son of William HEATON and Abigail ________.

1861 - Francis N. PIERCE married Susan MOORE.  Francis was the son of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.

1861 - Franklin T. PIERCE born.  Franklin was the son of Henry Eldred PIERCE and Simeathy SMELSOR.

1873 - Emma J. HIXENBAUGH born in Washington County, Pennsylvania.  Emma was the daughter of Church HIXENBAUGH and Sarah A. MAXON.

1879 - Charles Ernest WHITACRE born in Darke County, Ohio.  Charles was the son of Fredric E. WHITACRE and Caroline Bishop CHEW.

1884 - Lucinda CUMMINGS married Will JAMES in Maury County, Tennessee.  Lucinda was the daughter of Lindsey CUMMINGS and Caroline RUSH.

1888 - Eli Weldon HALEY married Cora Belle METZNER in Jay County, Indiana. Eli was the son of George Washington HALEY and Mary Jane SHERRICK.  Cora was the daughter of John Adam METZNER and Clara MOULTON.  They were my great-grandparents.

1888 - Daisey Viola BRADLEY born.  Daisey was the daughter of Isaac M. BRADLEY and Manerva Lavonia SWAFFORD.

1903 - Mary SILLS died in Huntington County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Benjamin GRIMES and Catherine HAYNES.  Mary was Eileen's 3x-great grandmother.

1921 - Opul Louise CUMMINGS died.  Opul was the daughter of John James CUMMINGS and Zella May MERIDETH.

1932 - Anthony RIEBER died in St. Louis, Missouri.  Anthony was the son of Petrus Theodore RIEBER and Elizabeth SCHUHMACHER.

Where Was She Buried?

My latest post on the data I have collected for my 2x-great grandmother Ida had me re-examining some data (which was the point of the posts) I had collected about her .  Particularly, I was focusing on her death certificate in an attempt to determine where she is buried.

The death certificate only states the place of burial as “M.E. Cemetery” and the funeral director was “C.H. McNeely”.    The question in my mind is whether Ida was buried in Owen County or Monroe County.

Ida’s mother, Mary (Swafford) Gilliland is buried in Elletsville, Monroe County in the Methodist cemetery, and I believe that Ida may be buried there as well, but in an unmarked grave.  Photographs of Mary's tombstone are found at FindAGrave.  Also in the same cemetery is a Columbus Hale McNeely, whom I believe to be the C.H. McNeely listed on Ida's death certificate.

I reached out to the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington and spoke to Christine at their Indiana Room (812-349-3080).  She was very helpful and told me she would check into the records they might have.  I was hoping that they  might have records on McNeely and the funeral home.

I also placed a call to the Monroe County History Center (812-337-2517) and spoke to their genealogy library.  They also told me they would do some research, and that the McNeely family was well known in the Elletsville area.

Doing some online checking, I also discovered that there is a Methodist Cemetery Association of Elletsville, located at 708 W. Vine Street.  No contact phone or email was listed, so I will have to write them to see if they have any information on who is buried in the plot.

I spoke to Christine later in the day and she was able to tell me about several McNeely's, but didn't have anything definite on C.H. McNeely as a funeral director.  She also did some checking on Ida, but had the same negative results that I did (ie. not found in 1900 census in Owen County).

I later received an email from the library manager at the Monroe County History Center who found an obituary for C.H. McNeely, which referenced him as an undertaker in Elletsville.  They were going to check with a local expert on Elletsville and get back with me regarding the existence of any funeral home records.

Hopefully these records are out there, I just haven't turned over all the leads. The letter to the cemetery association might turn up plot information about who is buried where, etc. and solve this mystery.