Monday, March 12, 2012

Garland Hancock at Moonsville School

A recent eBay listing was a real photo postcard (RPPC) of a Moonsville, Indiana school.  Handwritten on the back it stated that Garland Hancock was the teacher.  Circumstantial evidence leads me to believe that this Garland is the same as the one in my database.


Moonsville is an  unincorporated part of Richland Township in Madison County, Indiana.


Garland HANCOCK (1887-1922) married into my extended family when he married Cora E. GROENENDYKE on April 10, 1909 in Madison County, Indiana.  Cora (1890-1967) was the daughter of Thomas and Emily (SMITH) GROENENDYKE.


Garland was born July 1, 1887 in Richland Township, Madison County, Indiana and died June 1, 1922 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  He and Cora were the parents of three children: Donald T., Virgil G., and Maxine.


In my notes, I have that Garland attended Indiana University.  I need to research census records to see if his occupation was listed as a teacher.


The auction ended without a winning bid.

On This Day : March 12

1714 - John MAXSON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  John was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Content ROGERS.


1724 - Robert ELDERTON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Robert was the son of Roger ELDERTON and Lydia BABCOCK.


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


1764 - Joshua G. DAVIS died.  Joshua was the son of Nathan DAVIS and Ann GIFFORD.


1781 - Nancy POTTER born.  Nancy was the daughter of George POTTER and Mary STILLMAN.


1797 - William BEALS married Rachel PIERCE.  William was the son of William BEALS and Rachel GREEN.


1807 - William METZNER born in Saxony.  William was the son of Jasper METZNER and Hannah REISENBURG.


1813 - Johannes NOLL died.  Johannes was the son of Johannes NOLL and Anna GERTRAUD.  Johannes was Corinne's 6x great-grandfather.


1816 - George MILLER born in York County, Pennsyvlania.  George was the son of George MILLER and Catherine PETRY.


1834 - William KING married Nancy OWENS in Wayne County, Indiana.  William was my 4x great-grandfather.


1835 - Miriam MILLS married David HAWORTH in Vermillion County, Indiana.  Miriam was the daughter of John MILLS and Charity MENDENHALL.


1848 - Joseph CHEW died in Andersonville, Ross County, Ohio.  Joseph was the son of James CHEW and Mary CALDWELL.


1853 - Rebecca Ann MATTHEWS born in Warrick County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of Job MATTHEWS and Christina BOYER.


1862 - Arana Marshall WARDLOW born in Brown County, Ohio.  Arana was the son of Levi WARDLOW and Nancy Ann WRIGHT.


1880 - Harriett Caroline SWAFFORD married JohnW. LILE in Ray County, Missouri.  Harriett was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1893 - Margaret R. KING born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.  Margaret was the daughter of Eli KING and Laura Belle BLACK.


1900 - Boater BALES died in Blue River Township, Henry County, Indiana.  Boater was the son of Aaron BALES and Susannah RUSSELL.


1910 - Frankie Elizabeth KING born.  Frankie was the daughter of David Victor KING and Rosie Myrtle ETCHINSON.


1913 - Rachel CUNNINGHAM died in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  Rachel was the daughter of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.


1916 - Vernon HALEY married Wilma FREEMYER in Jay County, Indiana.  Vernon was the son of Jacob HALEY.


1916 - Benjamin Franklin LEE died in Pikeville, Tennessee.  Benjamin was the son of Burrell Russell LEE and Louhaney SWAFFORD.


1949 - Walter Alden DILLON died in Culver, Marshall County, Indiana.  Walter was the son of Harry Alden DILLON and Edna Blanche PEEPLES.


1969 - John William LEE died in Richmond, Missouri.  John was the son of William Burrell LEE and Margaret Jane SWAFFORD.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

FindAGrave Success : John W. Poe

FindAGrave contributor Slimbeaux was able to photograph the tombstones of my maternal 5x great-grandparents, John W. POE (1781-1850) and Elizabeth (RAINS) POE (1789-1840).  


Thanks to these photographs, I now have an exact date of death for Elizabeth.   In addition, I found a previously unknown daughter of the couple, Rebecca POE (1809-1838), who was also buried in the Poe Cemetery in Morgan County, Indiana.