Category: Stories
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Samuel Wood
BORN 23 May 1816 MARRIED 1838 DIED 7 Sep 1895 Spouse Mary Polly Merrill (1814-1865) Parents Henry Wood (1790-1882)Esther Cranmer (1795-1863) BORN Northfield, Portage Co., Ohio MARRIED Caldwell Co., Missouri LIVED Harrison Co., Iowa DIED Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Early Pioneer of Harrison County, Iowa Samuel Wood, Sr., one of the earliest pioneers of…
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Charles Kemmish
BORN 11 May 1812 MARRIED 1833 LIVED 1853 – Salt Lake1859 – Harrison Co, Iowa Spouse Elizabeth Wilkey ( – 1881) Parents Possible parents John KemmishSarah Goddard BORN Portsmouth, Hampshire, England MARRIED St. Mary’s Parish, Portsea, Hampshire, England LIVED Persia, Harrison Co, Iowa DIED Persia, Harrison Co, Iowa Immigration to Salt Lake “Charles Kemmish, about…
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Seasons of Change
08 Sep 2024 SEASONS OF CHANGE Family History Goals What’s Next? Change is in the Air Recently we had a tiny taste of Fall – most welcome after the long, hot, dry summer we experienced. The trees, as tired and stressed by the heat as I am, are already dropping leaves. They speak to my…
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Joseph Dunn
BORN 1755 MARRIED 17 Feb 1778 DIED 1842 Spouse Jane Long (1758-1809) Parents William T. Dunn (1735-1881)Sarah Margaret Covington (1735- ) BORN North Carolina MARRIED North Carolina LIVED NC, Georgia, KY DIED Calloway Co, KY Revolutionary Brothers Joseph entered service of the US in 1776, drafted as a private in the militia of North Carolina…
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What’s the Point?
29 Jul 2024 WHAT’S THE POINT? Why Have a Website? Begin with the end in mind What’s the Point of Having a Website? Fair question. I created my first blog in 2009. It was a failure. The intended purpose was to share photos and memories with family members. I tried to make it interesting, but…
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Why Instagram?
02 Jan 2021 Why Instagram? Social Media High School Senior award: “Most Talkative” Why Instagram? New Year’s Day 2021 marked the beginning of a family history experiment on Instagram. I had tried sharing family history before. I’ve emailed info, shared Google photo albums, texted info, shared my ancestry.com family trees, created a family history-related blog…
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William Edward Hayden
BORN 21 Dec 1844 MARRIED 15 Jan 1867 DIED 7 Nov 1922 Spouse Mary Ann “Polly” Wheatley (1845-1929) Parents William E Hayden (1820- )Sarah E LeMaster (1808-1880) BORN White Sulphur Springs, Jefferson Co, VA MARRIED Lyon Co, KY LIVED Hamilton Co, OH DIED Lyon Co, KY William Edward Hayden – Union Bodyguard We rely heavily…
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Frederick Miller
BORN 25 Sep 1752 MARRIED 1799 DIED Jan 1833 Spouse Mary Elizabeth Peery (1769-1841) Parents Frederick Jacob Mueller (1705-1762)Anna Elisabeth (1718-1764) “Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all” ~Kailash Satyarthi Disclaimer: All information is to the best of my knowledge but, as is true for…
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George Frederick Cooper
BORN 1759 MARRIED Sep 1781 DIED 27 Oct 1841 Spouse Dorothy Call (1765-1865) Parents Abraham Kieffer (1751-1832)Christina Sprinkle (1737-1778) The Coopers were German, their name originally Kieffer. Dorothy, Frederick’s wife, stated in her application for a Revolutionary Way Widows Pension, they they had an old Dutch Bible and their children wrote the names in the…
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James Denny
BORN 1751 MARRIED 1773 DIED 8 Oct 1830 Spouse Esther Small (1752-1835) Parents We do not know who James’ parents are. There are many theories, but no definitive proofs – something for future family historians to tackle. BORN prob. Virginia MARRIED Albermarle, VA LIVED Wayne Co, KY DIED Wayne Co, KY James Denny – Revolutionary…