Category: Stories
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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…