Showing posts with label Dunn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dunn. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

On This Day : May 8

1540 - John COOKE married Alice CARTER in Westhope, Suffolk, England.  John was the son of Humphrey CAREWE.  Alice was the daughter of John CARTER.  They were my 12x-great grandparents.


1646 - Jannetje MONFOORT born in Wallabout, Long Island.  Jannetje was the daughter of Pieter MONFOORT and Sarah DePLANCKEN.  Jannetje was my 9x-great grandmother.


1706 - Robert BABCOCK born.  Robert was the son of Robert BABCOCK and Lydia CRANDALL.


1765 - Martha MAXSON born.  Martha was the daughter of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1766 - George TAYLOR born.  George was the son of George TAYLOR and Sarah TALIAFERRO.


1792 - John NOSLER married Mary WYLE in Montgomery County, Virginia.  John was the son of Bostin NOSLER and Sophia ________.


1796 - Catherine ANTONIDES died.  Catherine was the daughter of Michael VANDERVEER and Belitja SNYDAM.  Catherine was my 6x-great grandmother.


1820 - Judiah J. HIGGINS born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Judiah was the son of Juidah HIGGINS and Mary QUICK.


1845 - George DAMM married Hannah SNIDER in German Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  They were Corinne's 4x-great grandparents.


1852 - Malinda Lynn HEATON married Jasper STRATTON in Brown County, Ohio.  Malinda was the daughter of James R. HEATON and Elizabeth JACOBS.


1866 - Sydnia Emoline LEMASTERS born in Ohio.  Sydnia was the daughter of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HEATON.


1870 - William Marion HENDRIXSON married Mary Ann BERGER.  William was the son of Allen HENDRIXSON and Sarah Ann WRIGHT.


1880 - Leda DAVIS born in Long Run, West Virginia.  Leda was the daughter of Joseph Newton DAVIS and Almeda DAVIS.


1891 - Elizabeth OLIVER died in Clearcreek Township, Huntington County, Indiana.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.


1896 - Lola M. GROENENDYKE born in German Township, Darke County, Ohio.  Lola was the daughter of Perry D. GROENENDYKE and Eva OWENS.


1897 - Mary Jane SHERRICK married Robert N. KIMBLE in Jay County, Indiana. Mary was the daughter of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.  Mary was my 2x-great grandmother.


1908 - Aaron CUMMINGS born.  Aaron was the son of Prince Albert CUMMINGS and Hasey May REYNOLDS.


1926 - Nancy Jane DUNN died in Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio.  Nancy was the daughter of Allen HENDRIXSON and Sarah Ann WRIGHT.


1957 - Isaac Jesse LEMASTERS died.  Isaac was the son of Isaac LEMASTERS and Sarah Ann HEATON.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

On This Day : January 12

1680: Nicholas FESSENDEN born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Nicholas was the daughter of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.


1718: Joseph CHASE died.  Joseph was the son of Thomas CHASE and Elizabeth PHILBRICK.


1777: Daniel ADNEY born in Botetourt County, Virginia.  Daniel was the son of Thomas ADNEY and Elizabeth DUNN.


1792: Rebeckah RAINS born.  Rebeckah was the daughter of Anthony RAINS and Nancy GRAHAM.


1805: Janet WARDLOW married Joseph CALVIN in Clermont County, Ohio.  Janet was the daughter of Robert WARDLAW and Janet DOWNEY.


1834: Abel B. WOOLSTON died in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Abel was the son of John WOOLSTON and Beulah BRIGGS.  Abel was my 4x great-grandfather.


1843: Jackson Conrad CROCKETT married Clarinda GRIFFITHS in Monroe County, Indiana.  Jackson was the son of David CROCKETT and Mary Ann NOSLER.


1853: Elizabeth FLANAGAN married Thomas J. HENDRICKS in DeSoto, Louisiana.  Elizabeth was the daughter of William Jackson FLANAGAN and Elizabeth JACKSON.


1861: Anna HIGGINS died in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Anna was the daughter of Judiah H. HIGGINS and Mary HILL.


1867: Albert Duffey PEFLEY born in Wabash County, Indiana.  Albert was the son of Thomas Jefferson PEFLEY and Ruth Anne DUFFEY.  Albert was Eileen's great-grandfather.


1907: Arthur MILLER born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Arthur was the son of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.  Arthur was Corinne's great-grandfather.


1918: Wilbur Roscoe DECKER born in Springfield, Illinois.  Wilbur was the son of Peter W. DECKER and Pansy GILLILAND.


1936: Hulda Lucille MEINHOLTZ married Martin Daniel KLINGER.  Hulda was the daughter of Henry MEINHOLTZ and Edith Mabel LeMASTERS.



Friday, March 18, 2011

Photo: Fred & Cleo Wright


This photo of Fred Albert and Cleo Marie (DORTON) WRIGHT comes from an undated directory of the First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.  

Fred was the first cousin of my maternal great-grandfather.  He was the son of Charles and Bertha (LEONARD) WRIGHT.  Born February 3, 1893 in Alexandria, he died September 14, 1985 in Alexandria.  Cleo was the daughter of John and Rosetta (DUNN) DORTON.  She was born February 13, 1895 in Matthews, Grant County, Indiana and died April 6, 1994 in Alexandria.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sunday's Obituary : Cleo M. (Dorton) Wright (1895-1994)

Source : [undocumented, probably Anderson, Indiana Herald-Bulletin]


Alexandria - Cleo M. (Dorton) Wright, 99, 201 W. Broadway, died April 6, 1994 at her residence after an extended illness.




She was born Feb. 13, 1895 in Matthews, and had lived in Alexandria and rural Alexandria since 1917. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, and United Methodist Women's Society of the church. She was a 75-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 179 of Alexandria.




Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Lola W. Wright of Anderson; a grandson, Dr. Stephen J. Wright of Anderson; three granddaughters, Mrs. Robert W. (Leigh Ann) Byrd of West Lafayette, Mrs. Scot (Cynthia) Ford of New Whiteland, and Mrs. Michael (Nancy) Catellier of Indianapolis; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.




She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred A. Wright, in 1985; a son, Orville C. Wright, in 1986; and her parents, John and Rosetta (Dunn) Dorton.




Services will be a 1 p.m. Monday at Noffze Funeral Home with the Revs. Carl Q. Baker and Steven Fritchman officiating. Burial will be at Park View Cemetery in Alexandria.




Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Eastern Star memorial services will be conducted at 7 p.m.




Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church through the funeral home.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Adney - Rinehart connections

Retracing some steps by cleaning out my inbox led me back to an email from Mary Alice Adney regarding the Adney and Rinehart families from 2005. In the email, she mentioned that Eileen's ancestors, Mary Adney and Jacob Rinehart were married and that both were buried in the Chicago graveyard of Henry County, Indiana. Mary was the daughter of Daniel Adney and Anna (Coger) Adney and Jacob was the son of Peter and Margaret (---) Rinehart.

Daniel Adney was buried in the Woods Chapel Cemetery near Liberty, Indiana in Henry County. Searching the FindAGrave website, I located his memorial here. Jacob and Mary (Adney) Rinehart also have their own memorials here and here.

The FindAGrave memorials stated that Jacob and Mary were married on January 29, 1821 in Preble County, Ohio, and that three of Jacob's brothers, Daniel, Peter and David married Adney sisters : Elizabeth, Sarah and Rebecca. This would indicate a strong relationship between these two families. The location of their families in Preble County at the same timeframe as my Wehrly ancestors makes me curious if they crossed paths.

Daniel Adney's parents were Thomas Adney and Elizabeth Dunn. Thomas came from England, according to Mary's email, but the exact date is not known. Mary mentioned that she wrote a book on the Adney's, and searching the catalog of the Allen County library I found the title : Adney Family Story, published in 1986. I will have to mark this on my to-do list for research on my next return trip to the library.

I've contacted the contributors of the FindAGrave pages for more information as well. One lists Peter Rinehart's wife Margaret's maiden name as Minga, information that I didn't have, giving me another branch to research.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Alpha Jones Funeral

Source: Alexandria Times-Tribune, Alexandria, Indiana, Tuesday, December 18, 1934, page 1.

Jones Funeral on Wednesday

Funeral services for the late Alpha Jones, who died suddenly at noon Monday at his country home northeast of the city, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First M.E. church. The service will be conducted by Rev. T.S. Haddock, the pastor, and Rev. E.C. Dunn, a former pastor here, who is now stationed at Osgood, Ind. Rev. Mr. Dunn is the father of Mrs. Harold Day, daughter-in-law of the deceased.

Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock there will be a brief prayer service at the Jones home after which the body will be brought to the church to lie in state from 1:30 until the hour of the funeral. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Allen Hendrixon Family - Brown Co., OH

Today I sourced the Allen Hendrixson family in the 1860 census of Washington Twp., Brown Co., OH. Allen married Sarah Ann Wright, my 4th-great grand aunt. Sarah died in 1858 and by the 1860 census, Allen had remarried.

Allen was a farmer in the Sardinia P.O. with a real estate valued at $1000.00. After Sarah's death, he married Elizabeth Dunn sometime between 1858 and 1860. Elizabeth was born circa 1821 in Ohio.

Allen was born May 4, 1817 in Fleming Co., KY and died April 11, 1885 in Brown Co., OH. Sarah Ann Wright was born November 22, 1820 in Brown Co., OH and died February 9, 1858 in Brown Co., OH. They were married October 24, 1839 in Brown Co., OH.

Known children of Allen and Sarah Ann (Wright) Hendrixson are as follows :
i. Elizabeth Hendrixson b. August 31, 1840 Brown Co., OH, m. John Weber
ii. George Wright Hendrixson b. 1842 Brown Co., OH., m. Amy Kendall
iii. William Marion Hendrixson b. May 18, 1845 New Hope, OH, d. August 28, 1933 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berger
iv. Nancy Jane Hendrixson b. September 28, 1847 New Hope, OH, d. May 8, 1926 Brown Co., OH, m. Phillip J. Dunn
v. Susannah H. Hendrixson b. October 27, 1849 New Hope, OH, m. Henry Swibold
vi. Mary A. Hendrixson b. January 21, 1852 New Hope, OH, d. March 14, 1880, m. Francis Marion Lindsey
vii. Ira F. Hendrixson b. March 20, 1854 New Hope, OH, d. November 2, 1887 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berry
viii. Edie A. Hendrixson b. October 5, 1856 Brown Co., OH