Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Query : Alderman Line VA>KY>IN>IL

Seeking more information/corrections to my known ALDERMAN line :

James ALDERMAN b. before 1775, d. bet. 1850-1854 Greenville, Bond Co., IL m. Catherine WARNER June 8, 1795 Augusta Co., VA., m(2) Martha CANTELL after 1800.

Richard ALDERMAN b. 1810 Kentucky, d. after 1870 Madison Co., IN., m. Eliza [________] ca. 1840 Indiana.

Jane Ann ALDERMAN b. 1843 Indiana, d. April 8, 1919 Alexandria, Madison Co., IN., m. John PENISTEN ca. 1868 Indiana.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Today in my database : Peter Kirkpatrick Swafford (b. June 12, 1827)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 4th-great grandfather, Peter Kirkpatrick Swafford, born June 12, 1827 in Mississippi.

Peter was the son of Larkin & Nancy [______] Swafford. Peter married on April 3, 1853 in Owen Co., IN to Mary Ann Crockett (b. 1835 Owen Co., IN, d. 1865), daughter of David and Mary Ann (Nosler) Crockett. Peter died August 1854 in Owen Co., IN.

I descend from Peter through his daughter, Mary Ellen Swafford, born August 30, 1854 near Stinesville, Monroe Co., IN.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Today in my database : Isabella Feily (b. June 10, 1793)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 5th-great grandmother, Isabella Feily, born June 10, 1793.

Isabella was born June 10, 1793 in Pennsylvania, of unknown parents. She married August 5, 1808 in Adams Co., OH to James Thomas Jacobs (b. May 20, 1789 Virginia, d. September 1, 1847 Brown Co., OH). Isabella died September 5, 1876 in Ohio, probably Brown Co.

I descend from their daughter, Elizabeth Jacobs, born June 30, 1811 in Adams Co., OH as follows:

Isabella Feily m. James Thomas Jacobs
Elizabeth Jacobs m. James R. Heaton
Rebecca Ann Heaton m. Joseph W. Wright
John William Wright m. Ellen King
Virgil Lee Wright m. Edna Muriel Pierce (my great-grandparents)