Category: Ancestor

  • Samuel Wood

    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…

  • Charles Kemmish

    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…

  • Joseph Dunn

    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…

  • William Edward Hayden

    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…

  • Frederick Miller

    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…

  • George Frederick Cooper

    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…

  • James Denny

    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…