Sunday, September 02, 2012

On This Day : September 2

1671 - Mary CHENEY born.  Mary was the daughter of Peter CHENEY and Hannah NOYES.  Mary was my 8x-great grandfather.

1699 - Alice KOWENHOVEN born.  Alice was the daughter of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS.

1709 - Nelke KOWENHOVEN born.  Nelke was the daughter of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS.

1723 - Ezekiel JEWETT died.  Ezekiel was my 9x-great grandfather.

1746 - Johann Heinrich RULLMANN born.  Johann was the son of Heinrich Hermann RULLMANN and Catherine Maria KAHRE.

1779 - Benjamin BABCOCK born.  Benjamin was the son of Rowse BABCOCK and Ruth MAXSON.

1799 - Austin PIERCE born in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont.  Austin was the son of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.

1827 - Alma PIERCE married Lucas WELCH.  Alma was the daughter of Elijah PIERCE and Patty MOULTON.

1830 - Sarah CHEW married Nathan BAILY.  Sarah was the daughter of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.

1835 - Newton M. WALKER died.  Newton was the son of Joseph WALKER and Martha McPHEETERS.

1838 - Martha WARDLAW married John Wilcox LOWE in Brown County, Ohio.  Martha was the daughter of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.

1838 - William MILLIKAN died.  William was the son of William MILLIKAN and Jane WHITE.

1838 - Theresa M. PIERCE born.  Theresa was the daughter of Austin PIERCE and Mary Ann STERLING.

1849 - John Woolman BALES born.  John was the son of Benjamin BALES and Nancy WRIGHTSMAN.

1849 - William Moses BALES born.  William was the son of Benjamin BALES and Nancy WRIGHTSMAN.

1852 - Samuel Wallace ANDERSON born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  Samuel was the son of William Earl ANDERSON and Frances AUSTIN.

1852 - Lewis W. FISHER married Rebecca MARSHALL.  Lewis was the son of George FISHER and Hannah WRIGHT.

1852 - James STOUT born.  James was the son of Moses B. STOUT and Nancy PARKER. 

1854 - Elizabeth LEWARK died.  Elizabeth was the daughter of James ALDERMAN and Catherine WARNER.

1855 - William Haines DEACON died in Burlington County, New Jersey.  William was the son of Joseph DEACON and Beulah HAINES.

1859 - Adelphia BECKETT born in Humboldt County, Nebraska.  Adelphia was the daughter of Lemuel Daugherty BECKETT and Sarah Springer CHEW.

1871 - Amanda LEWIS married Levi ARNOLD in Huntington County, Indiana.  Amanda was the daughter of Solomon LEWIS and Margaret RINEHART.

1874 - William M. HEATON born.  William was the son of John R. HEATON and Sarah Jane GRAY.

1875 - Preston WARDLAW died in Brown County, Ohio.  Preston was the son of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.

1880 - James Calvin SWAFFORD married Louisa Catherine LEE in Ray County, Missouri.  James was the son of John Calvin SWAFFORD and Mary Ellen SHIRLEY.

1881 - Frank Lee BEALS born.  Frank was the son of Francis BEALS and Saide Louisiane DAWSON.

1884 - Alford Clifford LEMASTERS born.  Alford was the son of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HESTON.

1900 - Lula E. SWAFFORD born in Ray County, Missouri.  Lula was the daughter of Allen Aaron SWAFFORD and Anna S. COVEY.

1927 - Carl MILLER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Carl was the son of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.

1979 - Nehersta ROBERTS died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.  Nehersta was the daughter of William Francis PIERCE and Vida MADDOX.

1990 - Erma Mabel JOHNSON died in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  Erma was the daughter of Charles Riggs WRIGHT and Bertha Cordelia LEONARD.

1990 - Juanita LACER died.  Juanita was the daughter of Sylvester Tilman BRIODY and Eva May CHIVLARE.

Saturday, September 01, 2012

Surname Saturday : Mustard

The MUSTARD surname is in my maternal line.  The origins of the surname are unknown at this point.

Stories and history :

Ahnentafel # 109 : Sarah Mustard (c1816-aft1870).  Sarah was born circa 1816 in Ohio, according to the census records.  She married George Washington Penisten (1813-   ) before 1836.  George was born in 1813 in Pike County, Ohio.  They were the parents of at least 5 children and lived in Madison County, Indiana.  The last record for Sarah I've found is the 1870 census of Madison County, Indiana.



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On This Day : September 1

1640 - William REYNOLDS born.  William was the son of William REYNOLDS and Margaret EXTON.

1704 - Edward BEESON married Hester NAIL in Pennsylvania.  Edward was the son of Edward BEESON and Rachel PENNINGTON.

1709 - Robert WILLSON born.  Robert was the son of Samuel WILLSON and Hester OVERTON.

1712 - Lydia PIERCE born.  Lydia was the daughter of Isaac PIERCE and Grace TUCKER.

1754 - David ROGERS born.  David was the son of Nathan ROGERS and Martha DAVIS.

1765 - Rebeckah MILLS born.  Rebeckah was the daughter of Henry MILLS and Hannah THORNBURG.

1766 - Anthony CHAMNESS married Rachel BEESON in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Anthony was the son of John CHAMNESS and Ann JONES.  Anthony was my 8x-great grandfather.

1774 - Tacy DAVIS born.  Tacy was the daughter of Nathan DAVIS and Ann GIFFORD.

1775 - Henry PETRY born in York County, Pennsylvania.  Henry was the son of Steffan PETRY and Anna DANNER.

1792 - Samuel MOULTON born.  Samuel was the son of John MOULTON and Avis HURLBUT.

1808 - Mary WILLIAMS married Jehu ROBINSON.  Mary was the daughter of Silas WILLIAMS and Mary HUNT.

1841 - Edwin Wallace MOULTON married Lucinda SHERMAN in St. Albans, Licking County, Ohio.  Edwin was the son of Selah MOULTON and Lydia FINEL.

1847 - James Thomas JACOBS died in Brown County, Ohio.  James was the son of William JACOBS and Sibell LITTELL.  James was my 5x-great grandfather.

1847 - Joseph SUMNER died in Marion County, Indiana.  Joseph was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.

1850 - John W. POE died in Morgan County, Indiana.  John was my 5x-great grandfather.

1850 - William TAYLOR died.  William was the son of Edmund TAYLOR and Sarah STUBBS.

1857 - Melinda MILLS born.  Melinda was the daughter of Aaron MILLS and Catherine FARMER.

1863 - John Nelson LAMBERTSON born in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio.  John was the son of Nelson J. LAMBERTSON and Eliza Jane JOHNSON.

1863 - George William GUY born.  George was the son of George William GUY and Mary Jane CROCKETT.

1865 - Huldah L. FISHER died.  Huldah was the daughter of Lewis W. FISHER and Rebecca MARSHALL.

1866 - Samuel NESBIT died in Stoutsville, Missouri. Samuel was the son of Samuel NESBIT and Mary BERRY.

1867 - Cordelia Jane BECKETT died in Woodland, California.  Cordelia was the daughter of Lemuel Daugherty BECKETT and Sarah Springer CHEW.

1870 - Phillip LEMASTERS married Elizabeth C. HOOVER in Allen County, Ohio. Phillip was the son of Luman Walker LEMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.

1871 - William Clifford LeMASTER born in Darke County, Ohio.  William was the son of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Mary Keziah CHEW.

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

1876 - Arthur B. BEVAN born.  Arthur was the son of Stacy BEVAN and Sarah BEALS.

1887 - Ella E. SYFERT born.  Ella was the daughter of George B. SYFERT and Margaret Ann McLANE.

1888 - Florence BALDWIN married Nicholas SMITH in Wayne County, Indiana.  Florence was the daughter of Cyrus A. BALDWIN and Barbara SHERRICK.

1895 - Miles Clement LEWIS married Naomi C. BRANNAN.  Miles was the son of William Henry LEWIS and Malissa Adeline MORRISTON.

1910 - Lynne Oxshire SWAFFORD born in Litton, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Lynne was the son of James Aaron SWAFFORD and Sara Anne THURMAN.

1912 - Vernon L. LEWIS born.  Vernon was the son of George H. LEWIS and Bessie B. VANSICKLE.

2008 - Maurice J. PIERCE died.  Maurice was the son of John Herman PIERCE and Charlotte FERGUSON.