tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17274446980414458622024-03-05T12:30:55.549-08:00Ghost TracesRandom Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-19585242581041439242020-01-29T05:31:00.005-08:002020-01-29T05:35:19.629-08:00Luther Haymond Gibson <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luther Haymond Gibson was born in Strange Creek, Braxton County, West Virginia on 7 February 1864. His father was Morgan Gibson and his mother Elizabeth Jane Given. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luther was one of eleven children. By the time he was 16 the family was living in Birch, Braxton County, West Virginia and Luther was attending school and working the farm with his father and brothers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He meets and falls in love with Mary Chestina Carden sending her letters proclaiming his unending friendship, he buys her books signing them with this same bold statement. This courtship goes on for some time until on 21 June 1894 they marry. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luther has the most beautiful penmanship and teaches at school in Braxton County. Luther also works on the family farm but by 1910 he has taken advantage of the opportunity to manage a store in the mining town of Henry, Clay County, West Virginia. He becomes the owner and works in the store until his death on 26 July 1937. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-23416111919061874232020-01-22T06:11:00.000-08:002020-01-29T05:02:12.777-08:00Mary Chestina Carden - My Great Grandmother<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary Chestina Carden was born on the 26 of June 1868 in Nicholas County, West Virginia. She is the only daughter of William Daniel Carden and his second wife Mary Francis Ayers. She was known as Chessie. She grew up and went to school in Summersville, Nicholas County, West Virginia. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chessie served as Worthy Matron at the Order of the Eastern Star, Francis Chapter Number 28 in Clay, West Virginia. She was a very active member in the Baptist Church.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On 15 May 1942 Lodia decides to enlist and become a part of the War effort. He is 5'6" tall, weighs 144 pounds, has hazel eyes, brown hair and is 35. He is given the rank of Private and assigned in the <b>Army</b> to the <b>3rd Battalion</b>, <b>337th Infantry Regiment</b>, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On 21 May 1944 an order was given to capture the city of<a href="https://www.fodors.com/news/five-reasons-to-visit-terracina-italy-6372" target="_blank"> <b>Terracina</b></a> in Italy. The men of the 3rd were ordered to clear the eastern slope of <b><a href="http://www.337thinfantry.net/Scrapbook/Album16.html" target="_blank">Mt. Croce</a></b> and once they achieved that they were to secure the area above the city of <b>Terracina</b>. On the 23rd of May during the securing of <a href="https://www.337thinfantry.net/reports/Company%20reports/Company%20F%20LivingstonEdwinH%20CPT.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Terracina</b></a> (this link is a description of the chain of events in <b>Terracina</b> on 23 May 1944) Lodia was killed in action. He was originally buried in Italy but in November 1948</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At some point before he shipped out to Italy, Lodia married <b>Evelyn M. Robe</b> and nine months later she gave birth to <b>Thomas Burdette Probert</b>. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-63882647405332833512019-10-28T06:09:00.002-07:002019-10-28T06:09:30.716-07:00Louis Jacob Ernst - 11th Indiana Wallace Zouaves <span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the 9th of May 1913 Louis Jacob Ernst passes away, the cause of death is apoplexy caused by a cerebral Hemorrhage. He was 69 having been born on April 15 1844 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Jacob and Louisa Ernst. Louis is my 1st Cousin 4x removed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When Louis was 17 he dashed off to Indianapolis, Indiana to enlist in the 11th Indiana Zouaves or as they became known Wallace's Zouaves. They were infantry regiment on the Union side during the Civil War. They had a very distinct uniform and fighting form. </span><br />
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This is a photo of Andrew Lynch. He was in the same Company as Louis. What Andrew is wearing is the uniform of the Wallace Zouaves.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> In the 1900 census, living in Cincinnati is Louis and a woman named Lizzie, she is from Kentucky. They are listed as married and she is listed as his wife. They claim to have been married 10 years. There are no children. In 1910 Louis is single and living in Newport, Campbell County, </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kentucky at 528 3rd St. Remember the death of Louis? Well on the death certificate he is listed as single, living at 528 3rd St. in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky. Guess who signed the certificate as the informant of information? Lizzie Huff who lives at 528 3rd St. Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky. The same address as Louis. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So who was the Lizzie who they claimed was his wife. Who was the Lizzie who lived in his home when he died.</span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-18721639885150687322019-09-25T07:11:00.001-07:002019-09-25T07:11:07.186-07:00Lillian - Backbone of Newsam Bros. Coal Company<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Lillian Augustus Comstock </b>worked her entire life at <b>Newsam Brothers Coal Company</b> in <b><a href="https://www.peoria.org/PeoriaHistory" target="_blank">Peoria</a></b>, <b>Illinois</b>. She held several positions within the Company mainly as their Book Keeper, Cashier and Treasurer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Her father <b>David Augustus Comstock</b> was also a Book Keeper from 1865 after the <b>Civil War</b> to 1874 in <b><a href="https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/leavenworth-county-kansas/15307" target="_blank">Leavenworth, Kansas</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lillian was born in <b>Leavenworth, Kansas</b> on 29 December 1870. After her father died when she was just 4 her mother, <b>Anna Lee Gosling</b> moved them to <b><a href="https://seequincy.com/" target="_blank">Quincy, Illinois</a></b> into the home of her widowed Mother. In 1894 Lillian is living in <b>Peoria</b> and working as a Book Keeper. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">From 1894 - 1910 <a href="http://www.gillespieil.com/coal/peoria_mines_n.html" target="_blank"><b>Newsam Brothers</b></a> operated coal mines named <b>Newsam No. 2 Coal Mine</b> and <b>New Star No. 2 Coal Mine</b>. In 1895 New Star No. 2 mine was a shaft mine 175 feet deep with a coal vein of 4 feet 4 inches. In 1896 <b><a href="http://www.peoriacountyillinois.info/bios/1902bios_n.html" target="_blank">Newsam Brothers</a></b> Coal Company leases Star Mine from <b>The Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis</b>. Through the years the <b>Newsam Brothers</b> operate coal mines around <b>Peoria County Illinois</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">In August of 1938 Beulah married <b>Travis Ignatius Clarence Parsons II</b>. She was 22, he was 37 and she was his second marriage. He brought a daughter named Nancy to the new family and together Beulah and Travis had 4 more children. They lived in <b>Charleston</b>, <b>West Virginia</b> for several years and later settled in <b>Glen Morgan</b>, <b>Raleigh County</b>, <b>West Virginia</b>.</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the late 1950's Beulah and Travis started breeding <b><a href="https://www.collieclubofamerica.org/" target="_blank">Collies</a></b> on their 17 acre farm. Travis was a having health problems and this was a project he could do at home to help supplement his income. It was in late October of 1959 that a neighbor complained the dogs barking gave her hives and sued Beulah and Travis. 17 November 1959 the trial was under way and made the front page of the local paper just below the fold, "Barking Collies Jury Impaneled". The entire jury was loaded on a bus and escorted to Glen Morgan to view the Collie farm before the trial started. The Plaintiff made a homemade recording of the barking which Beulah's attorney immediately had thrown out as it was not a documented professional certified recording and therefore could have been tampered with. Beulah's attorney had 17 witnesses lined up to testify regarding the noise levels alone. The plaintiff's attorney claims she has to be heavily sedated in order to sleep. On day 3 of the trial the Plaintiff leaves the courthouse before the trial resumes claiming she is too ill from the barking dogs. However it is brought up in court that she had been involved in a "scuffle" in the courthouse corridor with the daughter of a witness for the defense. Not to mention that the Plaintiff's daughter admitted publicly at the courthouse that her Mother had a "nervous" condition that was pre-existing. The jury decides for Beulah and on the afternoon of 19 November 1959 court is over. Let's ring the outside dinner bell over at the Plaintiff's home and get those dogs to barking!</span><br />
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Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-43780084256774920292019-09-09T07:20:00.007-07:002019-09-09T07:20:40.529-07:00Morgan Given - Ghost of Birch<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the ever fascinating world of Ghosts of my Clans I decided to switch it up and my eyes fell upon the name Morgan. I am today going to hunt the Ghost <b>Morgan Given</b>. He is a 1st cousin 4x removed. We share a Very Great Grandfather <b>William Given</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Morgan one of 13 children was born 1848 in Virginia and is the son of <b>James Given</b> and Ruth his wife. At the age of 2 he is living with his family in the area of <a href="http://genealogytrails.com/wva/braxton/county_history.htm" target="_blank">Braxton</a>, Virginia. In 1860 Morgan is 12, still living in <b>Braxton</b> and attends school. In 1867 Morgan's mother dies and in 1870 there are still 6 children in the home the youngest is only 5. Morgan helps his father maintain and run the farm. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In December of 1872 Morgan marries<b> Melsena Friend</b> in <b>Clay County</b>, West Virginia. In 1873 Morgan's first child is born. He lives only 8 months. 1880 we find Morgan in <b>Birch</b>, <a href="http://braxtonwv.org/" target="_blank">Braxton County</a>, West Virginia farming with his wife and 2 young sons. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In June of 1907 Morgan passes. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-79064886266894169202019-08-06T10:07:00.000-07:002019-08-06T10:09:51.069-07:00Lemuel "the Deacon" Knapp<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Lemuel is the name of a King. He is mentioned in the book of Proverbs in the Bible. Proverbs 31:1-31 The chapter is about something his Mother teaches him. There is no other mention of him outside this and no one can be sure who he was. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I started with Lemuel Knapp. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Lemuel Knapp was born in Sturbridge, or at least the text, Aaron Knapp of Taunton, Mass. in 1638 and some of his descendants : a genealogy founded upon the research of Charles Ruggles Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp, Vesta V. Knapp, Shepherd Knapp and Alfred Averill Knapp, </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> says Jonathon Knapp, Stockbridge ( I believe it is meant to be Sturbridge) had Lemuel, baptized March 4, 1744. Sturbridge is in Worcester. Massachusetts and other documents point him being born in Sturbridge. I can find nothing else of Lemuel until he shows up in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut in November of 1765 when he marries Mary Marsh. Then nothing more is found until 14 October 1807. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Lemuel was a man who went quietly through life. Men like that are needed. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-48653674843948587042019-07-16T15:22:00.001-07:002019-07-16T15:22:25.721-07:00Seth Staples - Connecting Yale to the Mayflower<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Seth Staples</b> is my VERY Great Grandfather. He was born about 1699 in <b><a href="https://archive.org/stream/historytauntonsupl00emer/historytauntonsupl00emer_djvu.txt" target="_blank">Taunton</a></b>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" target="_blank">Bristol</a></b>, <b>Massachusetts</b>. He didn't always hang around <b>Taunton</b> because about 18 miles away in <b><a href="https://www.town.plympton.ma.us/pages/history" target="_blank">Plympton</a>,</b> <b>Massachusetts</b> lived a lovely girl, <b>Hannah Standish</b> and he knew who she was. He married her on 4 January 1721 in <b>Plympton</b> with <b>Isaac Cushman</b> performing the ceremony and promptly moved her back to <b>Taunton</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Hannah Standish</b> the woman <b>Seth Staples</b> married is the Great Grand Daughter of <b><a href="http://mayflowerhistory.com/standish-myles" target="_blank">Myles Standish</a></b> who came over to America on the <b><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower" target="_blank">Mayflower</a></b>. Making me and my children descendants of a <b>Mayflower Pilgrim</b>.</span></div>
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Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-81085232501023620292019-07-15T09:19:00.000-07:002019-07-16T15:08:23.556-07:00Seth Hatcher - Remembers the War of Independence<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Born to <b>Josiah Hatcher</b> and <b>Ann Elizabeth Cheatham Hatcher </b>on 13 January 1760 in <b>Goochland,</b> <b>Virginia</b> was a son, Seth. He was their seventh child. In 1777 Josiah packs up his wife, children and household and moves to<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> <a href="http://www.discoverpowhatan.com/" target="_blank">Powhatan County</a></span>, <b>Virginia</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In September of 1777 <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="http://revwarapps.org/s5479.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Seth</b></a> </span>is called to service for his new county, and new home. He was under the Command of <b>Captain Thomas Harris</b> and the first place they went to was <b><a href="http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute60/williamsburg/default.htm" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Williamsburg</a></b>. After duty there for a time the Company was sent to <b><a href="https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-in-historic-yorktown-4125485" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Yorktown</a></b>. After a few months of duty Seth was discharged. He served a second tour under <b>Captain George Williamson</b> and their first duty was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Petersburg</a></b> where the Company is put under the command of <b>Major Duval</b>. Then they marched on to<b> St. George Church</b>. They proceeded a few more miles to<b> Hood's Landing</b> this might actually be <b><a href="http://www.virginiaplaces.org/chesbay/chesattack.html" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Hood's Point</a></b> and there in the night they fired upon the <b>British</b> who had decided to come ashore under cover of darkness. The company then marched on to <b><a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKBP_Cabin_Point" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Cabin Point</a></b> in<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> <b><a href="http://surrycountytourism.com/about.htm" target="_blank">Surrey County</a></b></span> and then to <b>MacKay's Mills</b> and onward to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Suffolk</a></b>. They were moved once again to <b>Jericho</b> where they camped for some time. Once again the Company was ordered back to <b>Suffolk</b> where they are put under the command of <b>Colonel Parker</b>. From <b>Suffolk</b> Seth was once again discharged. After a few months <b>Captain George Williamson</b> again made a call to arms and Seth joined in. The Company marched through <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" target="_blank">Prince Edward</a></b> </span>and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Virginia" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Cumberland</a></b> Counties crossing the <b>Roanoke River</b> at <b>Taylor's Ferry</b>. They arrived in <b><a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/guilford" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Guilford</a></b>, <b>North Carolina</b> in </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">March 1781 </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and on 15 March 1781 were engaged in the <b><a href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/guilford-court-house" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Battle of Guilford Courthouse</a></b>. They were under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawson_(American_general)" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">General Robert Lawson</a>, <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Randolph" target="_blank">Col. Beverley Randolph</a></b> </span>and <b><a href="https://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biotuck.cfm" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Major St. George Tucker</a></b>. During the Battle <b><a href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/greene.html" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">General Nathaniel Greene</a></b> arrives and takes command. Seth is wounded during the battle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 1805 Seth is called to <a href="http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/01/a-horse-tale-pankey-v-jennings.html" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">witness</a> about a sick horse. One claimant accuses the other of causing a horse to be sick and die. The other claims he cared for the horse and that it was not well when he borrowed it. Cared for it better than he would his own horse because it was not his horse. Seth's testimony is to say that he refused to let the owner keep the horse with his horses because the horse was sick already. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 1808 Seth starts to work on what will become his <a href="https://www.hatchersplantation.com/" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Plantation</a>. There will be housing for his slaves, a creamery, a pond, a smokehouse, barn and several other buildings. Legend tells that Seth built his home in an antebellum Italianate Design for a Bride to be who would die before she ever set foot in the home. Seth would not marry again until 1820. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 1816 Seth is appointed a <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fMg_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=Powhatan+%22Seth+Hatcher%22&source=bl&ots=0rZ8JWA0Xf&sig=ACfU3U1BgnFkcyScsVRWhMT6zv7qjJaAFQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaju3CpbXjAhXQKM0KHSxEAWE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Powhatan%20%22Seth%20Hatcher%22&f=false" style="background-color: #ffe599;" target="_blank">Commissioner</a> along with a few others to access the width of the cross streets in the town of <b><a href="https://www.scottsville.org/about-scottsville-virginia/scottsville-historic-district/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Scottville</span> </a></b>by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Apparently an old survey is inaccurate and buildings have gone over cross street designations and chaos reigns in the construction of buildings. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seth's Bride in 1820 is <b>Elizabeth Ligon</b> and from this union are born Elizabeth and <b>Daniel Hatcher</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During the 1830s when Seth is in his 70s he bears witness to several "war Buddies" so that they can apply for pensions. His memory of Officers, locations and dates are amazing. I can't even tell you the building or number of my last flat from 4 years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In September of 1842 Seth writes his Last Will and Testament. He gives testament to a few more "War Buddies" and in December of 1843 Seth passes away. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-10585602753233041042019-07-14T07:53:00.002-07:002019-07-14T07:53:19.923-07:00Seth Minard - I See You<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying something a little different to make my Ghost Hunting more creative and fun for me and maybe you. I am going to focus on a name and hunt every Ghost I can find who bears that name. Today I am on the hunt for ghosts named <b>Seth</b>. I love this name. It feels strong, brave, sturdy. The name of a man you can rely on. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Seth</b> was the name of <b>Adam</b> and <b>Eve</b>'s third son. The one born after the death of <b>Able</b>. <b>Seth</b> was often given to the next son born after the death of a son in early <b>America</b>. The name means appointed, to set or to place. As in <b>GOD</b> appointed <b>Eve</b> the son <b>Seth</b> to comfort her after the death of <b>Able</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first <b>Seth</b> today is <b>Seth Minard</b>. He is the son of <b>Abiathar</b> <b>Minard </b>and <b>Elizabeth Willoughby Minard</b> his wife. All I have found in my hunting of this Ghost is that he died on or about the 30th of January 1820. It was added that he was 20 years of age. That puts his birth at about 1800 which puts him in birth order as the third child born to <b>Abiathar</b> and <b>Elizabeth</b>. <b>Seth</b>'s death was printed in newspapers in villages around <b><a href="https://www.nlchs.org/" target="_blank">New London County</a>, Connecticut</b> which is where his family lived. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His parents <b>Abiathar</b> and <b>Elizabeth Minard</b> are also buried there.</span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-51956045993022606972019-04-13T10:36:00.000-07:002019-04-13T10:38:41.885-07:00Noah Mick - Head Kicked In - Murdered<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On 3 November 1860 at a Tavern on the corner of 2nd Street and Dickinson Street in <b>Philadelphia</b>, <b>Pennsylvania</b>, <b>William Simmons</b> was pulling beer and serving whiskey as he usually did on a Saturday afternoon. The election was only 3 days away and slavery and rights of individual states were a huge issue. The candidates running were <b>Constitutional Union Party</b> nominee <b>John Bell</b>, </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Southern Democratic Party</b> nominee <b>John Breckinridge</b>, <b>Democratic Party</b> nominee <b>Senator Stephen Douglas</b>, and <b>Republican</b> nominee <b>Abraham Lincoln</b>. <b>Noah Mick</b> had been drinking and wrestling. <b>William Golcher</b>, who had been drinking with shipmates for the better part of the day had started up a lively <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025925/1866-06-25/ed-1/seq-5/" target="_blank">conversation </a>regarding politics which then turned to wrestling as <b>Abraham Lincoln</b> was an accomplished wrestler. It was at about this point that the conversation got a wee bit heated. Noah noticed that William was agitated and said to William "I believe you have a spite against me". William made no reply but sat in silence. Noah got up and started to leave the bar. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On 25 June 1866 <b>William Golcher</b> was standing at trial for the murder of <b>Noah Mick</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to witnesses for William, he entered the Tavern with a group of shipmates and they were drinking "freely". They claimed that Noah had been wrestling with another man when he invited William to wrestle him. William turned him down. Both men became angry about William's refusal to wrestle but then had a drink together to mend the rift. Witnesses for William said that Noah got up to leave when William asked him if he considered him an enemy still. Noah replied yes. William became angrier and punched Noah saying "Take that, Damn you!" and then kicked Noah as he lay on the ground. Noah did not move. William became frightened and ran out the back door of the Tavern. Witnesses say that Noah was dead. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">William's <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025925/1866-06-26/ed-1/seq-5.pdf" target="_blank">attorney</a> went on about what a brave sailor he was having served valiantly in the last war, he had been a sailor for 16 years, he was noble, and gallant. Witnesses for his character who claimed to have known him since he was a boy claimed they never saw anything he did or said to be questionable. His shipmates said he was gallant and always exhibited good behavior, he had favor and the good opinion of his superiors and quickly made rank to Chief Engineer of the gunboat <b>Commodore</b>. </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now apparently after William killed Noah he made his way back to his ship and continued his duties on board his ship which had left <b>Philadelphia</b> and it was not until the ship returned to port in <b>Philadelphia</b> that William sent his father to fetch a justice so he could turn himself in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Witnesses for William claimed that Noah had been a bully and tormented William for quite some time during the course of events. They claim that William punched Noah in self defense. That Noah had raised his arms as though to punch him first. They claimed that Noah was a dangerous character and had great strength and William feared fir his life and so for the safety of his person punched and then kicked the motionless Noah. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The coroner gave witness that he could not say for sure that the punch or kick delivered by William was the actual cause of death and it could have been from something that had happened during an earlier wrestling match. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to <b>William Simmons</b>, the owner of the Tavern, who was a witness, says that he was reading a newspaper when the brawl started but when he looked up Noah was on the ground not moving and <b>William Golcher</b> kicked him 3 times in the head. Other witnesses concurred with this. <b>William Golcher</b> was heard telling Noah that he could "lick him and his friend too." Noah had abrasions and contusions on his jaw, a contusion in his temporal region, blood spewing from his nose, an opening in his cranium with an effusion of blood earning a compression at the base of the brain sufficient to cause death. The jury returned with a verdict of guilty, that the cause of death were the result of the injuries caused by <b>William Golcher</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Noah Mick was my Great Uncle. He was 30 at the time of the murder. He was the son of <b>George W. Mick</b> and wife <b>Elizabeth (Park) Mick</b>, was born in New Jersey on 11 February 1830. He was one of 12 children. Noah was a Moulder like his father and several of his brothers. He was married to Elizabeth Van Holt and had three children, Noah, Sarah and Delilah. </span><br />
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Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-65621280096007603772019-04-11T16:55:00.000-07:002019-04-11T16:55:11.627-07:00John J. Easley - Master Mason <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">John was born in <b>Virginia</b> in 1826 to <b>William A. Easley</b> and <b>Tabitha Hoskins (Stone) Easley</b>. He had 5 brothers and 1 sister. His father made him and his younger brother <b>William P Easley</b> co-executors of his will. John was a farmer and lived in <b>Lyon County</b>, <b><a href="https://www.infoplease.com/us/states/kentucky" target="_blank">Kentucky</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">June 1863 John, William and Thomas Easley are recorded in the Civil War Draft Registration in Caldwell County, Kentucky. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On 8 November 1863 he married the lovely <b>Elizabeth Allen</b> at Charles Miller's in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livingston,_Kentucky" target="_blank">Livingston</a></b>, <b>Kentucky</b>. They had 2 children <b>John N. Easley</b> and <b>Charles Easley</b>. Before the year 1870 Elizabeth, John's wife has died. He is living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredonia,_Kentucky" target="_blank"><b>Fredonia</b></a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" target="_blank">Caldwell County</a></b>, <b>Kentucky</b> not far from his 2 brothers, Thomas and William. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In 1872 John, his brother William and several other men get together and decide to create the <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sUpNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343&lpg=PA343&dq=Princeton,+Marion+and+Ohio+River+Railroad+Company&source=bl&ots=4eR-w8frhn&sig=ACfU3U1FzgPCEHwpzP6_0pf5aKPYByktPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjiyfuMrMjhAhVESK0KHSrqB7wQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Princeton%2C%20Marion%20and%20Ohio%20River%20Railroad%20Company&f=false" target="_blank">Princeton, Marion and Ohio River Railroad Company</a></b>. The purpose was for Real Estate for a railroad and telegraph lines. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In 1880 John and his sons live in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddyville,_Kentucky" target="_blank">Eddyville</a></b> in <b>Lyon County</b>, <b>Kentucky</b>. <b>Eddyville</b> was settled in 1798 and in 1799 became the county seat for <b>Livingston County</b>, <b>Kentucky</b>. In 1809 <b>Caldwell County</b>, <b>Kentucky</b> was formed and <b>Eddyville</b> became the county seat there. <b>Eddyville</b> once again changed county when <b>Lyon County</b> was established in 1854. The original <b><a href="https://www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/history/eddyville-exodus.htm" target="_blank">Eddyville</a></b> was relocated in 1959 after the <b><a href="http://barkley.uslakes.info/Dam/B749AFFB-8537-463A-8039-499105AAB358/" target="_blank">Barkley Dam</a></b> was constructed and the original town flooded with what became <b><a href="https://www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/history/barkley.htm" target="_blank">Lake Barkley</a></b>. </span><br />
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Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-17355290091038776232019-04-10T09:48:00.003-07:002019-04-11T13:40:22.186-07:00Florence Emaline Probert - Celanese Corporation of America<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a Trace of <b>Florence Emaline Probert McCrorie</b>. Shall we see what we can uncover?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Florence was born 31 May 1877 in <b><a href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp79-85" target="_blank">Westbury on Severn</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Gloucestershire" target="_blank">Gloucestershire</a></b>, <b>England</b>. Her parents are <b>William Henry Probert</b> and <b>Sarah (Curtis) Probert</b>. She claims to have arrived in <b>America</b> in 1883 and was also known as Flora and Florrie. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On 26 October 1879 while she still an infant, <b>Jacob Curtis</b>, her Grandfather died and left in his will for Flora £5o. The money was given, by her 2 Aunts who were the executrix of his estates, to their Brother-in-law, <b>John Allen</b>. John took the money and left for <b>America</b> with the promise to put it in account for Flora but never did. A <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7OlCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA630&lpg=PA630&dq=Gloucestershire+%22Florence+E.+Probert%22&source=bl&ots=mFHIql3qru&sig=ACfU3U2Y4-71QoSwdUWs47bqQ0FFx33YZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjspeba5cDhAhUCSK0KHWq2AcMQ6AEwCHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Gloucestershire%20%22Florence%20E.%20Probert%22&f=false" target="_blank">lawsuit</a> soon followed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1907 Flora worked as a Stenographer at <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wPTPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP8&lpg=PP8&dq=Schwarzenbach+%26+Son+Cumberland+Maryland&source=bl&ots=hg9ASj9myJ&sig=ACfU3U1BogHkX0v_Xc40if2Z3ZJcMJ3sag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA0NHj3r7hAhUJPa0KHaXrC2UQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Schwarzenbach%20%26%20Son%20Cumberland%20Maryland&f=false" target="_blank"><b>Schwarzenbach & Son</b></a> a <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vQiU_Gvn2WwC&pg=RA3-PA52&lpg=RA3-PA52&dq=Schwarzenbach+%26+Son+Cumberland+Maryland&source=bl&ots=00UfGGYU6l&sig=ACfU3U2S8k1cD3091XxXQAcOS80gStr07g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA0NHj3r7hAhUJPa0KHaXrC2UQ6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Schwarzenbach%20%26%20Son%20Cumberland%20Maryland&f=false" target="_blank">clothing</a> store for men and boys. She lived at 19 Fulton Street where she rented a room from <b>Mrs. Schlemmer</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She marries <b>William McCrorie</b> on 12 June 1911 in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Elkins</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.randolphcountywv.com/index.php/discover" target="_blank">Randolph County</a></b>, <b>West Virginia</b> where they both claim they live. Two years after the marriage <b>Florence Margaret McCrorie</b> was born. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1919 Flora's Aunt, <b>Mary Ann Probert Hadley</b> made Flora the <a href="https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/synthesis/pdf/18AG215.pdf" target="_blank">executrix</a> of her will. This added to the soap opera style drama that was unfolding around Flora, her Aunt Mary Ann's son <b>Harry Hadley</b>, and Aunt<b> Esther Probert Dodds</b> (Mary Ann's sister). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1920 the family is living on Lanvale Street in <b><a href="https://baltimore.org/" target="_blank">Baltimore</a></b>. In 1921 they are living on Spruce Street and they have a son named <b>William Curtis McCrorie</b>. North Centre St. in <b>Cumberland</b>, <b>Maryland</b> is where we find Flore, her son and daughter living</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in 1930. Her husband William is not living in the home. Flora works as an inspector at the </span><a href="https://mdstatedocs.slrc.info/digital/collection/mdgov/id/13957/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Celanese Plant</b></a><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in <b>Cumberland</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/8/CELANESE-CORPORATION.html" target="_blank"><b>Celanese Plant</b></a> was actually <b>The American Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co. Ltd.</b> and was founded in 1918 to make cheap fabric for airplane manufacturing. They manufactured cellulose acetate as an alternative to silk. In 1927 the company was renamed <b>Celanese Corporation of America</b>. There was a massive labor <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/sets/72157658417182956/with/31594298323/" target="_blank"><b>strike</b></a> in 1936 at the plant as the workers tried to <b>Unionize</b>. F</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or photos taken during the strike click the strike link. Flora was still employed there and she may be in one of the photos. </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The facility</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in <b><a href="https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/molly-tuttle-confident-and-ready/" target="_blank">Cumberland</a></b> is now gone and on the site is a State Prison. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the age of 86 in November of 1968 Flora passes away. She is buried in <b>Frostburg Memorial Park</b>. </span><br />
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<br />Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-31456786958359356272019-03-20T07:27:00.002-07:002019-03-20T07:27:36.221-07:00Nathaniel Osborne Gandy - Stabbed in the Heart<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A BOY SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was the headline in the 29 March 1889 <b>Galveston Daily News</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This story made the papers not only in <b>Texas</b> but, <b>Indiana</b>, <b>Kentucky</b>, <b>Tennessee </b>and many others. Harry was 11 at the time of the stabbing and Nathaniel was 16. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story of Nathaniel's death was told in detail by three different witnesses in <b>The Philadelphia Inquirer</b> including details like,"stabbed through the heart", "plunged it into Gandy's left breast", and "I saw blood spurting out." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stories vary and according to some there was a confrontation and a fight broke out, another says that Harry just pulled out a knife and stabbed Nathaniel. The only thing that was common was that Nathaniel was stabbed with a knife by Harry and was dead. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">N<b>athaniel Osborne Gandy</b> II was born 18 July 1872 in <b>Philadelphia</b>, <b>Pennsylvania</b> to </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nathaniel</b></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> Osborne Gandy</b> and his wife <b>Sarah Ann (Mick) Gandy</b>. He had 6 siblings and 4 step sisters. He was my Very Great Uncle. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-61202156598738296992019-03-19T06:44:00.000-07:002019-03-19T06:44:04.361-07:00 Hallie Pearis - Snowbound February 1934<span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #38761d;">On Tuesday 27 February 1934 the <b>Bluefield Daily Telegraph</b> printed this story:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"AUTOMOBILE PARTY <b>SNOWBOUND</b> OVERNIGHT</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> S<b>nowbound</b> at <b>Clark's Gap</b> from 4 o'clock Sunday morning until Monday noon,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Dr. and <b>Mrs. J. H. Craft</b> and son, James, of <b>Springton</b>; <b>D S. Hunt Jr</b>., of <b>Matoaka </b></span><span style="color: #38761d;">and a young woman from <b>Springton</b> had a dismal week-end.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">They left <b>Charleston</b>, Saturday evening, and were halted by the-snow at <b>Clark's Gap</b></span><span style="color: #38761d;"> about 4 o'clock Sunday morning.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">They arrived at S<b>prington</b> at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">During their stay on the mountain they obtained shelter in a</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">small filling station at the Mercer-Wyoming county line.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">A son, who was at home, called his uncle, <b>Sam P Pearis</b>, at <b>Mullens</b>,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">and found that his parents had passed through <b>Mullens</b>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mr. Pearis</b> rode a horse out to the spot where the car was marooned,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">and found that the party was sheltered</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">in the filling station, but that there were no sleeping accommodations.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mr. Pearis</b> telephoned <b>H. B. Pearis</b>, of <b>Princeton</b>, who got in touch with state road officials.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Monday morning road forces started working on the road from both the Wyoming county end at <b>Mullens</b> and from</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mrs.Craft</b> is a sister of <b>H. B. Pearis</b> and <b>G. W. Pearis</b>, of this city."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Let me make this adventure a little clearer. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullens,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Mullens</a></b>, <b>West Virginia</b> is about 20 Miles from <b><a href="http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Clarks_Gap,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Clark's Gap</a></b>. Walking there on today's roads would take approximately 7 hours and on horse might take 5 hours. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mrs. J.H. Craft</b> is my Great Aunt and the <b>Sam P. Pearis</b> who rode a horse for hours through cold and snow to get to her is my Grand father. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Her name is <b>Hallie Pearis</b> and she was born 26 March 1885 in <b><a href="https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1764" target="_blank">Mercer County</a>, West Virginia</b> to <b>Samuel Pepper Pearis III</b> and his wife <b>Mary Hannah (Barbor) Pearis</b>. She has 3 younger brothers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">In 1900 Hallie is living with her parents and brothers in an area called <b><a href="https://roadsidethoughts.com/wv/east-river-xx-mercer-genealogy.htm" target="_blank">East River</a></b> which is more of a populated place than an actual village or town. It is within 5 miles of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Princeton</a></b> and Hallie went to school in <b><a href="https://www.ptonline.net/archives/history-and-settlers-of-mercer-county/article_024677c7-1745-5ee1-91cb-1a22e44ea00b.html" target="_blank">Princeton</a></b>. By 1910 <b>East River</b> is a Township within <b><a href="https://visitmercercounty.com/our-historic-towns/princeton/" target="_blank">Princeton</a></b>, an unincorporated area and Hallie, her mother, and her brothers all live in a house on East Main Street. Boarding at her house is a <b>Doctor James Harvey Craft</b>. The Doctor and Hallie fall in love and on 30 November 1910 they are married. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">In 1914 <b>James Harvey Craft II</b> was born and in 1917 <b>Herbert Barbor Craft</b> is born. A newspaper article from January 1912 says that Hallie's Mother, <b>Mary Pearis</b> stayed with her while she was ill and that they were living in <b><a href="http://www.mccomaswv.com/history.html" target="_blank">McComas</a>,</b> <b>West Virginia</b>. In 1920 Hallie, her husband and sons are living in the <b><a href="http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/flattop/mercer/mercer.htm" target="_blank">Springton</a></b> Precinct of the <b><a href="http://rockwva.com/2016/11/19/overview/" target="_blank">Rock </a></b>District in <b>Mercer County</b>, <b>West Virginia</b>. This is a coal mining area and Hallie's husband James was a doctor for a coal mine operation. <b><a href="https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/562" target="_blank">Bluefield</a></b> is the closest large city to </span><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>McComas</b>, <b>Springton</b>, <b>Rock</b> and </span><span style="color: #38761d;"> <b><a href="http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/flattop/turkey/turkey.htm" target="_blank">Wenonah</a></b> where she lived in 1930. Hallie was very involved in the P.T.A. where her sons attended school, she held offices on the Board of her Missionary Group and did most of her shopping in <b>Bluefield</b>. Her involvement in everything and her shopping trips are well recorded in <b>Bluefield</b> papers, She must have been the Kim Kardashian of <b>Mercer County</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">On 7 December 1934 Hallie was involved in an automobile wreck and received very serious injury to her ribs, lungs, and head. She was taken to <b>Memorial Hospital</b> in <b>Princeton</b> and at 2:00 P.M. on 9 December 1934 she died. She is buried at <b>Monte Vista Park Cemetery</b> in <b><a href="https://visitmercercounty.com/our-historic-towns/bluefield/" target="_blank">Bluefield</a></b>, <b>Mercer County</b>, <b>West Virginia</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On 11 March 1877 William married </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sarah Curtis</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> at </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderford" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Cinderford</a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">St. John</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gloucestershire</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">England</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, and a few months later </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Florence Emaline Probert</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> was born and in October of 1878 Sarah dies in </span><a href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp79-85" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Westbury on Severn</b></a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gloucestershire</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">England</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 1880 William, his parents, most of his sisters and his young daughter all immigrated to <b>America</b> and in 1897 <b>William Henry Probert</b> married the beautiful <b>Anna Irene Dutton</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1900 William his wife Anna and their daughter </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Charlotte Irene Probert</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> were living at #47 East Main Street in a Duplex that was owned by his sister </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mary Ann (Probert) Hadley</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. This duplex became known as the</span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Allegany/AL-VI-B-358.pdf" target="_blank"> Mary Hadley Tenant House</a></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and was located in the Historic District of </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/Lonaconing.htm" target="_blank">Lonaconing</a></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. It has/had tremendous </span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Maryland</b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> historic value. The house has been demolished. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On November 26 1936 William who is 84 dies from heart complications. He is buried in <b>Frostburg Memorial Park</b> in <b><a href="https://www.visitmaryland.org/list/top-things-to-see-and-do-frostburg" target="_blank">Frostburg</a></b>, <b><a href="http://korns.org/misc/HOACM/HOACM-KORN.pdf" target="_blank">Allegany County</a></b>, <b>Maryland</b>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-85651764361275176262019-03-14T05:58:00.000-07:002019-03-14T05:58:42.474-07:00Orissa Naomi Southwick - Who Was She?<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Orissa Naomi Southwick</b> was only 2 when her <b>Mother Sarah (Branch) Southwick</b> died. She had 5 older siblings and a younger sister who was born just 2 days before their Mother passed away. She is my Very Great Aunt and was born 17 December 1811 in <b>New York</b>. Her father was <b>Johnathan Southwick</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At some time Orissa marries a man whose last name is Parker. They have a daughter who is named Naomi. In about 1833 Orissa has moved to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy,_New_York" target="_blank">Troy City</a></b>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rensselaer_County,_New_York#History" target="_blank">Rensselaer County</a></b>, <b>New York</b>. The last time I can find her is living in <b><a href="http://history.rays-place.com/ny/ren-brunswick-ny.htm" target="_blank">Brunswick</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.rensco.com/education-history/history-information-timeline/" target="_blank">Rensselaer County</a></b>, <b>New York</b> in 1880 and a reference regarding her living in <b>Brunswick</b> in a book published in 1881. </span><br />
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<br />Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-53830261474004838502019-03-13T07:55:00.002-07:002019-03-13T07:55:21.795-07:00Lisethe Eichner - Hiding<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Lisethe Eichner</b> is a distant cousin who was born in <b>Baltimore</b>, <b>Maryland</b> on 8 August 1889. She is the daughter of <b>Mary (Uhl) Eichner</b> and <b>George C. Eichner</b> and has one younger sister Frieda. She is called Lillie and at the age of 10 she lives at 70 Garrison Lane and attends school. At the age of 20 she is out of school and still living at home with her sister and parents. In 1920 Lillie, her sister and her mother are living at 2550 West Lombard Street in <b>Baltimore</b>. She is still single and works as a Seamstress from her home. Lillie and her sister still live on West Lombard Street in 1930 she is still a Seamstress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is rumor she married a <b>George Mohr</b> but no proof. There is a death certificate in Maryland for a Lisethe E. (could be her last name initial) Mohr. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This ghost is hiding.</span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-35235720337267813512019-03-11T12:16:00.001-07:002019-03-11T12:16:32.563-07:00John Virgil Gibson - Navy Recruit In <b><a href="http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/counties/west-virginia/clay.html" target="_blank">Clay County</a></b>, <b>West Virginia</b> at <b>Clay County High School</b>, <b>John Virgil Gibson</b> was one of 6 boys on the School's first basketball team.<br />
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Virgil was one of 4 children and the youngest born to <b>Luther Haymond Gibson</b> and his wife <b>Mary Chestina (Carden) Gibson</b>. He was born 25 May 1899 in <b><a href="http://genealogytrails.com/wva/braxton/" target="_blank">Braxton County</a></b>, <b>West Virginia</b>, he was a cousin of writer and photographer <b><a href="https://eudorawelty.org/biography/" target="_blank">Eudora Alice Welty</a></b> and my Great Uncle. Virgil had brown hair and blue eyes, was short (his sister, my Grand-Mother was under 5' tall) and according to the draft registration in 1918 "stout".<br />
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In 1918 Virgil is accepted into the <b>United States Navy</b> and he is sent to Boot Camp at <b><a href="https://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/" target="_blank">Naval Station Great Lakes</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.visitlakecounty.org/naval-station-great-lakes" target="_blank">Great Lakes</a></b>, <b>Illinois</b>. <b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> approved funds in 1905 for <b>Naval Station Great Lakes</b> the first <b>Naval Training Boot Camp</b> to be built away from an ocean. The <b>Naval Station</b> officially opened in 1911. While in training Virgil in late December Virgil develops <b>Pneumonia</b> and on 1 January 1919 he dies. His body is sent back to <b>Clay County</b>,<b> West Virginia</b> and he is buried in <b>Reed-Stephenson Cemetery</b> in <b>Clay</b> he was 19. <br />
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<br />Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-17318221270458895332019-03-11T06:30:00.001-07:002019-03-11T06:30:25.601-07:00Edgar Clayton Willoughby - Shot His Heart-Suicide<span style="color: #990000;">On 20 March 1859 <b>Francis Edgar Willoughby</b> and his wife <b>Janett Elizabeth (Root) Willoughby</b> welcomed their second child and first son, </span><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Edgar Clayton Willoughby</b> </span><span style="color: #990000;"> into the world. They were living near <b><a href="http://genealogytrails.com/ill/ogle/" target="_blank">Lynnville</a></b>, <b><a href="https://ogle.illinoisgenweb.org/" target="_blank">Ogle County</a></b>, <b>Illinois</b> on a farm. By the time Edgar is 10 the family is living in <b>Rockford</b>, <b>Winnebago County</b>, <b>Illinois</b>. They are farming and Edgar has 2 younger brothers. At the age of 21 Edgar is farming with his father, he is still living in <b>Rockford</b>, his older sister <b>Augusta Elizabeth Willoughby </b>has married and he has 3 younger brothers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">In July 1883 Edgar heads for <b>Colorado</b>. 29 August 1883 he applies for a land patent in the South East Quarter of </span><span style="color: #990000;">Section 23 in <b>Mesa County</b>, <b>Colorado</b>. </span><span style="color: #990000;"> In June of 1885 in a <b><a href="https://www.mesacounty.us/residents/about-us/history/" target="_blank">Mesa County</a></b>, <b>Colorado</b> survey Edgar is listed as a farm hand. </span><span style="color: #990000;">He is granted a 160 acre land patent in June of 1890 in </span><b style="color: #990000;"><a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/mesa-county" target="_blank">Mesa County</a></b><span style="color: #990000;">, </span><b style="color: #990000;">Colorado</b><span style="color: #990000;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Edgar spent 9 years in <b>Colorado</b> and has returned to <b>Rockford</b>, <b>Winnebago County</b>, <b>Illinois</b> by 1892. On the morning of Thursday, 12 September 1895 Edgar's father comes to his room to wake him for breakfast so they can get started on chores. What he finds is Edgar's lifeless body lying on the bed. He is clothed in his undergarments which are stained in blood as are his bed sheets. Lying near Edgar's body is a revolver. There is a bullet hole in his right temple and another bullet hole over his heart. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"> The <b>County Coroner</b>, <b>Mr. Angessen</b> is called in and a jury impaneled. His father is questioned and reports that his son was despondent on Wednesday morning not coming down from his room until almost noon. He went out to the barn where they worked together until about 12:25 when they went up to the house for dinner. After eating they went back to the barn and continued working. Sometime after 2 and before supper, Edgar returned to the house. His father called him down for supper several times and received no response. He went up to Edgar's room where in the dim evening light he saw Edgar lying in bed and assumed he was asleep. He left him alone and did not return to his room until Thursday morning when he discovered his son's body. Edgar's mother also said her son had been despondent and his health was frail since his return from Colorado. He came down late on Wednesday and went straight to work in the barn but was back in the house for supper with his father. They both went back to the barn. She had left the house at 2:00 to visit <b>Mrs. Woodward</b>, a neighbor. She did not see Edgar the rest of the day and he did not respond or come down to supper when she called him down. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">After a jury hears all the evidence the death of <b>Edgar Clayton Willoughby</b> is ruled a <b><a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/" target="_blank">suicide</a></b>. The funeral was held on Friday 13 September 1895 at Edgar's home with <b>Dr. W.O. Shepard</b> presiding over the service. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-65513080696222236732019-03-09T09:30:00.001-08:002019-03-09T13:20:14.787-08:00Amos Aaron Maddox - Disease of War<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Amos Aaron Maddox</b> was born in 1839 in <b><a href="https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/931" target="_blank">Jackson County</a></b>, <b>West Virginia</b>. Earlier in 1838 Amos's parents packed everything they could onto wagons and herded their livestock and themselves to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Parkersburg</a></b>, <b>Wood County</b>, <b>West Virginia</b>. There they built rafts and after loading the rafts with everything but the livestock they floated down the <b>Ohio River</b> the older boys of the families moving with them herded the livestock along through the wilderness. They landed near <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenswood,_West_Virginia" target="_blank">Ravenswood</a></b> and after unloading everything and joining up with the herd of livestock they set out across land following <b>Sandy Creek</b>. They found the perfect location for a new farmstead and soon after Amos was born. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amos's father, <b>William Oscar Maddox</b> dies in 1841 of <b><a href="http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/typhoid-fever-and-the-american-civil-war/" target="_blank">Typhoid Fever</a></b> leaving his mother, <b>Anna Maria Elizabeth (Cheuvront) Maddox</b> with a new farmstead and 5 children all under the age of 8. By 1850 Amos, his mother and siblings are living in a home with his grandfather <b>Aaron Charles Cheuvront</b> in <b>Jackson County</b>, <b>West Virginia</b>. When Amos is 21 in 1860 he still living on the farm with his mother, Grandfather and a sister and they are farming. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> dies in 1863 of <b>Typhoid Fever</b> his grave marker tells us he was also a <b>Civil War Soldier</b>. </span>Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-16418637376988854712019-03-07T12:46:00.003-08:002019-03-07T12:46:40.848-08:00Annie Horst - Coroner Writes Suicide<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Annie rented a room on <b>Bernard Stree</b>t in <b>Baltimore</b> from Mrs.<b> Mary Jamison</b>. She had been living there since she had left her husband, <b>Emerson Andrew Loomis</b> more than a year earlier. They had become friends. They were so close in fact that Mary had asked Annie to be her <b>Matron of Honor </b>at her wedding on 14 May 1920 and Annie said yes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the evening of 13 May 1920, the evening before the wedding, <b>Emerson Loomis</b> went to see his estranged wife Annie and threatened her. He said he would kill her and then himself if she did not come back to him. Annie refused and Emerson left. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On 14 May 1920 Annie performed her duties as <b>Matron of Honor</b> and the wedding went off Beautifully. The reception was another matter entirely. It was canceled. Just after <b>Mary Jamison</b> and <b>William Clark</b> had made their vows Annie laid down her bouquet to hug and congratulate her friend. A Police officer knocked on the door at that moment and informed Annie that her husband had shot himself through the temple just a short time before. Emerson was dead but he had been busy. He wrote a note to his Landlady telling her that no one was at fault or to blame except his wife <b>Annie D. Loomis</b> and to please notify his brother <b>James Loomis</b> of what had happened. The coroner ruled the death a suicide and the body was sent to the morgue. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was not the dream wedding Mary and William wanted. This was not the dream wedding Annie wanted for her friend. This was not Annie's fault. Troubles seemed to be a companion of Emerson. 24 January 1907 he is committed to court for embezzling $75.00 dollars from his employer the <b>Gardiner Dairy Company</b> where he was employed as a driver. Emerson insisted the amount was actually closer to $100.00. 14 July 1909 Emerson is robbed of $2.50 as he slept in a doorway where he was waiting for a ride. On 19 December 1918 he is robbed by the O'Brien brothers. </span><br />
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<br />Random Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08717029884211178797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1727444698041445862.post-79990021591094446492019-03-06T06:09:00.004-08:002019-03-06T06:09:51.901-08:00Gideon Hatcher - Goochland Revolutionary <div>
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Born to Josiah and <b>Ann Elizabeth</b></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b> (Cheatham) Hatcher</b> in 1751 in <b>C<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" target="_blank">hesterfield County</a></b>, <b>Virginia</b>; </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Gideon Hatcher</b> grew up, was married, lived and raised a family in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia" target="_blank">Goochland County</a></b>, <b>Virginia</b>.</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Also living in <b>Goochland</b> was the beautiful <b>Martha LaPrade</b> and on 4 September 1777 Gideon married her. It was not long before they had children America was fighting for Independence. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is the 7th and youngest child of <b>Henry Fletcher</b> and <b>Tabitha (Abbott) Fletcher</b>. When Tabitha was 14 years old in the fall of 1849 her parents and siblings left <b>England</b> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Wales" target="_blank"><b>Newport, Wales</b></a>. They took with them a barrel, bedding and 19 boxes and trunks and boarded the <b>Arlington</b> which set sail under the command of <b>Master Washington Ryan</b>. They arrived in <b><a href="http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/New%20Orleans%20in%201849%20rev%20Article_4-24.pdf" target="_blank">New Orleans</a></b> on 6 November 1849. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The family spent little time making their way to <b>Cincinnati</b>, <b>Hamilton County</b>, <b>Ohio</b> and it is where Tabitha met <b>William H. Ernst</b> and married him on 8 April 1852. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1870 Tabitha and <b>William Ernst</b> are living in <b>Dubuque</b>, <b>Iowa</b>. They have 4 children who were born in <b>Ohio</b> and three others who were born in <b>Iowa</b>. Kate was born in Iowa in 1865 so they were in Iowa by then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lyman P. 1869 - Iowa</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1880 they are in <b>Rockford</b>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnebago_County,_Illinois" target="_blank">Winnebago County</a></b>, <b>Illinois</b> on 9th Street. Her 4 younger children are living with her as is her daughter Ella and her husband <b>Charles Brown</b>. In 1900 Tabitha and her husband still live on 9th street in <b>Rockford</b>. In 1907 the couple has moved to 609 Park Avenue in <b>Rockford</b>. Tabitha and William's son Lyman moves back in and they are all still at 609 Park Avenue in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" target="_blank">Rockford</a></b> in 1912. On the 6th of July 1914 William dies and Tabitha remains in the home. One year and 20 days later Tabitha passes away. She is buried in <b><a href="https://greenwoodrockford.com/history/" target="_blank">Greenwood Cemetery</a></b> in <b>Rockford</b>, <b>Winnebago County</b>, <b>Illinois</b>. </span><br />
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