Sunday, August 05, 2012

On This Day : August 5

1698 - Joseph HADLEY born.  Joseph was the son of Simon HADLEY and Ruth ________.


1726 - Richard CHEW died in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Richard was the son of Richard CHEW and Frances WOODWARD.


1777 - Phebe SUMNER married Welcome GARRETT.  Phebe was the daughter of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.


1798 - Daniel JACOBS born in Pennsylvania.  Daniel was the son of Michael JACOBS and Margaret ________.


1808 - James Thomas JACOBS married Isabella FEILY in Adams County, Ohio. James was the son of William JACOBS and Sibell LITTELL.  They were my 5x-great grandparents.


1830 - Amanda Cassandra MAXON born in Pennsylvania.  Amanda was the daughter of Jesse MAXON and Jane NANGLE.


1853 - George WRIGHT died in Brown County, Ohio.  George was the son of John WRIGHT and Sarah FLEMING.  George was my 5x-great grandfather.


1858 - John Aaron SWAFFORD born in Bradley County, Tennessee.  John was the son of Aaron SWAFFORD and Sarah SWAFFORD.


1878 - Mary Jane RICHARDS born.  Mary was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.


1880 - Thomas A. SWAFFORD born.  Thomas was the son of John Aaron SWAFFORD and Bell SEABORN.


1881 - Francis S. PIERCE died in Wayne County, Indiana.  Francis was the son of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.  Francis was my 4x-great grandfather.


1882 - Rebecca A. SWAFFORD married Andrew Woolsey COVEY in Richmond, Missouri.  Rebecca was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1893 - Benjamin Zellen KING married Elizabeth Ann SCHELL in Frankton, Madison County, Indiana.  Benjamin was the son of Daniel KING and Elizabeth SHAW.


1896 - Orville Bernard CHEW born in Jay County, Indiana.  Orville was the son of William Anderson CHEW and Emma Susan STRAIGHT.


1908 - Mary Josephine STURDEVANT born in Hamilton County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Joel Dixon STURDEVANT and Lula INGERMANN.


1911 - Kermit Russell DAVIS died.  Kermit was the son of Winchester Journey DAVIS and Lula Iona DAVIS.


1930 - Joan Lemaster BILLING died in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.  Joan was the daughter of George BILLING and Isabelle Helen LeMASTER.


1982 - James A. SWAFFORD died in Richmond, Missouri.  James was the son of James Calvin SWAFFORD and Louisa Catherine LEE.


1998 - Eva Louis DEVER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Eva was the daughter of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.


2003 - Carrie Verle THORNBURG died in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.  Carrie was the daughter of Eli Weldon HALEY and Cora Belle METZNER.

Saturday, August 04, 2012

Surname Saturday : Fox

The FOX surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname are unknown, though likely English.


Stories and history : 


Ahnentafel # 95 : Sally Fox (1788-1868).  Sally was born August 27, 1788 in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire.  She married in 1808 to Joel Philbrick (1781-1846).  Joel was born April 24, 1781.  They raised 10 children, moving to Licking County, Ohio.  Joel died March 1, 1846 in Licking County, Ohio.  Sally died 1868 in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio.  


Ahnentafel # 190: John Fox (1755-1841).  John was born in 1755.  He married Sarah Worcester (1765-1849).  Sarah was born in 1765 and died in 1849.  John died in 1841.  Nothing further known at this point.






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On This Day : August 4

1677 - Ebenezer STEBBINS born.  Ebenezer was the son of Benoni STEBBINS and Mary BROUGHTON.


1699 - Robert BONNELL married Esther WARDWELL in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.  Robert was my 8x-great grandmother.


1723 - Alexander WRIGHT born in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland.  Alexander was the son of Robert WRIGHT and Elizabeth HENDERSON.


1742 - Benjamin ALLEN born.  Benjamin was the son of John ALLEN and Amy COX.


1753 - Hannah GREENE born.  Hannah was the daughter of John Matthew GREENE and Judith MAXSON.


1753 - Anna Marie Dorothea KAMMEIER born.  Anna was the daughter of Heinrich Hermann KAMMMEIER and Anna Catherina KAHRE.


1761 - Sarah BURDICK born in South Kingston, Rhode Island.  Sarah was the daughter of Oliver BURDICK and Lydia ELDERTON.


1773 - Samuel WOOLSTON died.  Samuel was the son of Samuel WOOLSTON and Susanna BUDD.  Samuel was my 6x-great grandfather.


1800 - Sarah BEALS married Jesse HIATT.  Sarah was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susanna JACKSON.


1825 - James Wesley WARDLAW born.  James was the son of James WARDLAW and Eleanor IRWIN.


1842 - Howard HAWORTH married Cammalino RIPLEY.  Howard was the son of Absalom HAWORTH and Mary WEST.


1847 - Jacob RINEHART died in Henry County, Indiana.  Jacob was the son of Peter RINEHART and Margaret MINGA. Jacob was Eileen's 4x-great grandfather.


1864 - Rebecca A. SWAFFORD born in Missouri.  Rebecca was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1866 - William P. WEHRLY married Olive Jane SMITH in Jay County, Indiana. William was the son of Johannes WEHRLY and Barbara PETRY.  Olive was the daughter of William P. SMITH and Prudence MAXSON.  They were my 2x-great grandparents.


1875 - Abijah D. MORRISTON born.  Abijah was the son of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1879 - Cora B. LEMASTERS born in Indiana.  Cora was the daughter of Jacob LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HALFHILL.


1881 - Charles Alexander West CHEW married Rebecca F. SHUMAKER in Jay County, Indiana.  Charles was the son of Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Caroline Bishop WOOLSTON.


1883 - Mary P. LeMASTERS married John PETRY in Jay County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Luman Walker LEMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.


1886 - W.J. CUMMINGS died in Tennessee.  W.J. was the son of John Jackson CUMMINGS and Mary Jane MATLOCK.


1889 - Martha PIERCE married John M. JOHNSON in Madison County, Indiana.  Martha was the daughter of Edmund G. PIERCE and Catherine GROENENDYKE.


1901 - Orlie DAVIS born.  Orlie was the son of Joseph Newton DAVIS and Almeda DAVIS.


1905 - Ralph Eugene FISHER born in Cicero, Hamilton County, Indiana.  Ralph was the son of Francis Franklin FISHER and Maud LAMBERTSON.


1907 - Thomas Clinton SWAFFORD born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Thomas was the son of James Aaron SWAFFORD and Nancy Alice SHERRIL.


1952 - Katherine MIGUET died.  Katherine was the daughter of Judson JARRETT and Jane WOODS.  Katherine was Corinne's 3x-great grandmother.


1970 - Pearl May LAMBERTSON died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  Pearl was the daughter of Nathan Thomas BEALS and Elizabeth Caroline POE.  Pearl was my 2x-great grandmother.