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1648 :: Samuell Pearson

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:01:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 29th day of May . . . in the year 1648 . . . Samuell Pearson is born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . this Samuell is a 4th great-grandpa of William Thurston Merrill (1817-1898) . . . who is a 3rd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history timeline . . .

Essex Institute Historical Collections
By Essex Institute, Peabody & Essex Museum:

1780 :: Massacre of the Waxhaws

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

On this date in our extended family history . . . the 29th day of May . . . in the year 1780 . . . it is said that Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals . . . allegedly after the continentals surrender . . . 113 Americans are killed . . . this Buford is a great-grand-uncle of our William Paschal Henry (1836-1912) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandpa of the Keeper of this family history timeline . . .

The True Andrew Jackson
By Cyrus Townsend Brady:

1843 :: Mary Alexandrien Lemaire

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 24th day of May . . . in the year 1843 . . . Mary Alexandrien Lemaire is born in Liberty County, the Republic of Texas . . . aka Nellie . . . aka Alex . . . this baby girl grew up to marry Samuel Houston Sharp . . . and they had several children . . . one of which was the great-grandma of the Keeper of this family history blog . . . a Texas Historical Marker at the Hall Cemetery in Houston County, Texas indicates that the earliest marked grave is that of this Mary A. Sharp (1843-1876) . . . the historical marker is located on FM 229, 10.9 miles NW of Crockett . . . although the fact that our Nellie had a tombstone is documented on this historical marker, as well as in a 1962 deposition given by one of Nellie's daughters, no evidence has been found of the location of her grave . . .

Hall Cemetery. Joshua James Hall (1790-1871) gave a portion of his land on this site about a mile from his homestead to be used as a burial ground. Hall Cemetery was already in use when freedmen French Taylor (1842-1937), Bob Denby, & Alf Warfield petitioned Hall for permission to bury their dead in the graveyard. Hall agreed, & the cemetery was used by both Anglo & African American Settlers. The earliest marked grave is that of MARY A. SHARP (1843-1876). Hall Cemetery had several owners during the 20th century. A 1997 count revealed 29 marked & more than 105 unmarked graves. Descendants of early settlers continue to care for & maintain the land. (1998).

Sketchy family lore says that Nellie's father was a French gentleman by the name of Mr. Lemaire . . . sometimes written as Lamar (see further discussion below) . . . Nellie's mother, Elizabeth A. Lemaire Beale nee Waring, was born ca.1824-1827 in Maryland . . . she is the daughter of Edward Gantt Waring and his wife (and 2nd cousin), Catherine Ann (Kitty) Waring nee Waring . . .

On the 1850 census, Nellie's mother is enumerated as E.A. Lemarre with the head of household being Kitty Waring (mother of E.A. Lemarre)

In 1860 Nellie's mother is indexed as Elizabeth Beale

Throughout 1865 and 1866, Nellie's mother is mentioned frequently in the Civil War-era journal of James Madison Hall (1819-1866) . . . always referred to as Mrs. Beale

In 1870 Nellie's mother is enumerated as Elizabeth A. Beale

10 June 1871 :: Deed from C. L. Cleveland to Elizabeth A. Beale . . . this is the last known mention found of her name . . . her date and place of death is unknown

Nellie's father is said to have died under suspicious circumstances on a voyage to or from France . . . is he the Alexander Lemaire mentioned below? . . . the few details I have found on the following Alexander tend to "fit" with the few details we have on Nellie's father . . .

France is the first European power to recognize the independence of the Texas Republic. A treaty is proclaimed between France and the Republic of Texas in 1840, and continues until 1846. A French chargé or minister is sent to the Republic, and plans are made for sending French colonists to Texas.

Google Books. The Living Age (1845). Shipwreck of the Delphine. Regarding the captain of the ship that A. LEMAIRE last sailed on . . . translated from the French. . . . We sailed from Havre for Valparaiso on the 30th March, 1840, in the ship Delphine, CAPTAIN COISY, with a crew of sixteen sailors and four passengers. . . . Those on board of her were not strangers; they were CAPTAIN COISY, Lieutenant Lepine, our sailors and companions, who came to deliver us and bring us provisions. . . .

Google Books. Annual Report of the American Historical Association (1911) . . . 26 April 1842. A. de Saligny, Legation de France au Texas, to Hon. Anson Jones, Secretary of State. [Announcing the appointment of ALEXANDER LEMAIRE consular agent of France at Liberty, and asking orders for his recognition by the Texan authorities.] . . . 2 June 1842. Hon. Anson Jones, Secretary of State to Saligny. [Transmitting exequatur of ALEXANDER LAMAR, consular agent of France for "Liberty County," and of F. Guilbeau, consular agent of France for San Antonio.]

Google Books. The French Legation in Texas (1971). Vol. 1 contains chiefly the diplomatic and private correspondence, between 1839 and 1842, of A. Dubois de Saligny, Chargé d'affaires of the French Legation in Texas. . . . MR. ALEXANDER LEMAIRE, former student at the Agricultural Institute at . . . with necessary information on events taking place in various parts of Texas . . . and ALEXANDER LEMAIRE for the new agencies at San Antonio, Matagorda . . . Ten or eleven months ago MR. LEMAIRE, who had been named for the post at Liberty on the Trinity, embarked at Galveston on the brig Amanda (under CAPTAIN COISY from Havre) for France to look after his affairs. It was learned that the Amanda was forced to put into port at Bermuda for repairs. However, since she put to sea again she has not . . .

Found online . . . regarding the ship that A. LEMAIRE last sailed on . . . Google Books. History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine . . . Gather up the fragments, that nothing be lost. John 6,12. (1865) . . . Nathan Robinson, lost at sea in BRIG AMANDA, 1843.

Found online . . . regarding the ship that A. LEMAIRE last sailed on . . . Google Books. Annals of the Town of Warren; With the Early History of St. George's, Broad Bay, and the Neighboring Settlements on the Waldo Patent. (1851). The town of Warren, in the county of Lincoln, State of Maine, . . . Capt. William James Lermond, b. July 18, 1813; sailed in THE BRIG AMANDA from N.O., in March, 1843, and with his vessel was never heard from. . . .

Google Books. The French in Texas: History, Migration and Culture . . . Upon the death of LEMAIRE, the French consul of the town of Liberty, Cramayel chose not to replace him, declaring: "Liberty is only a hamlet in the interior of a region that has no direct commerce with foreign countries. In the surrounding area there are only about thirty French residents, widely scattered, & living in a situation close to destitution." . . .

1840 :: there is a Samuel F. Lunier on the Liberty County tax list . . . is he some kin to Alexander?

24 May 1843 :: Mary Alexandrien Lemaire is born in Liberty County, Texas

1846 :: there is a Lamiel (Samuel?) Lanier on the Liberty County tax list

27 March 1848 :: there is a Samuel Laimer (b. 1826) who arrives in New York from Le Havre, France

1850 :: Mr. (Alexander?) Lemaire is NOT listed on the Liberty County, Census with his wife and daughter

ca. 1852 :: The "widow" Lemaire marries John S. Beale . . . according to family lore, there was speculation that this Mr. Beale might have had some involvement in Mr. Lemaire's disappearance . . . but current speculation is that he actually disappeared at sea along with an entire shipload of people

1850 Liberty County Census :: looks like Mary A. Lemarre (indexed as Lamane)

1860 Liberty County Census :: enumerated as Mary A. Lamire

11 July 1861 :: listed as Mary Alexandrien Lamier in the Journal of James Madison Hall when he writes about her marriage to his step-brother / brother-in-law, Samuel H. Sharp

13 March 1862 :: JMH refers to her as Alexandrien

20 & 22 March 1862 :: JMH refers to her as Alex

17 & 30 April 1862 & thereafter :: JMH refers to her as Nellie

7 October 1862 :: Nellie Sharp is a witness for the will of J. M. Hall

15 January 1863 :: JMH refers to her as Mary A. Sharp familiarally called Nellie . . . thereafter he calls her simply Nellie

1870 Houston County Census :: enumerated as Mary A. Sharp

10 October 1876 :: Mary A. Sharp dies, and is buried in the Hall Cemetery in Houston County, Texas . . . she is survived by her mother, her husband and six children, and her mother-in-law, Mahala Lee Sharp Hall nee Roberts

Lamarre :: French: habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called La Mare, from Old Northern French mare ‘pool’, ‘pond’ (Old Norse marr).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

F
Mary Alexandrien Lemaire
Lamane (on census /index)/
Mary A. /Lamaire/
LaMire /LaMar/, Lemarre, LeMire
Mary A. /Lamar/
Mary Alexandrien /Lamar/
Nellie /Lamar/
Mary Alexandrien /Lamier/
Nellie /Lamier/
Mary A. /Lamire/
Alex /LeMire/
Mary Alexandrien /LeMire/
Mary A. /Sharp/

Born on 24 May 1843 - Liberty County, Texas
Died on 10 October 1876 - Houston County, Texas
Buried after 10 October 1876 - Hall Family Cemetery, Houston County, Texas
Age at death: 33 years old

Parents

Alexander ? Lemaire +ca 1843
Elizabeth A. Waring ca 1824-1871/

Marriage and children

Married on 11 July 1861, Liberty, Liberty County, Texas, to Samuel Houston Sharp ca 1839-ca 1885, with

James Hall 1863-1936
Infant 1864-1864
Samuel Houston 1867-1921
Margaret Elizabeth 1869-1935
Ida Mae 1871-1964
Berta Mary 1873-1955
Willie /1876-ca 1885

Notes -- as per Aunt Ida (Sharp) Halyard . . . My mother, Mary Alexandren Lamar Sharp, was born in France [sic] & was of French extraction, but I know nothing about her family history, except that she owned land on the Robeson Survey, Liberty County, Texas, & I still own my inherited interest in this land. My mother died when I was four years old, & is buried in the Hall Cemetery on the old Hall Plantation on Elkhart Creek, where I was born. There is a marker at her grave.

1754 :: Harmon and Milliken

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 23rd day of May . . . in the year 1754 . . . Elizabeth "Betsey" Harmon becomes the bride of Lieut. Edward Milliken in Scarboro, Maine . . . this Betsey and Edward are 6th great-grandparents of the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

The Harmon genealogy, comprising all branches in New England (Google eBook)
by Artemas Canfield Harmon
Printed by Gibson bros., inc., 1920

1758 :: Birth of Miriam Brackett

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 23rd day of May . . . in the year 1758 . . . Miriam Brackett is born in Berwick, York County, Maine . . . this Miriam is the future wife of Morrill Hobbs (1753-1826) . . . and she is a 2nd great-grandma to Thomas Warren Alonzo Smith (1866-1920) . . . who is the maternal grandpa to the Mother of the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

from
Brackett Genealogy Descendants
of
Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth
and
Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree.
With Biographies of the Immigrant Fathers,
Their Sons, and Others of Their Posterity
By Herbert Ierson Brackett

1930 :: Uncle Bob is born

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Robert E. Henry, Jr.
born 21st May 1930
16A Parrott Street
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
died 21st December 1997
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Temple, Bell County, Texas

This is our Uncle Bob, my Mom's only brother . . . he never married or had children of his own . . . but I have childhood memories of him being at our house for holidays . . . and bringing extra-special gifts . . . the page image in the above collage is from his baby book . . . the handwriting is that of his young Mother, Elizabeth Marilla Henry nee Smith (1912-1932) . . . and that is her holding him in the lower left corner . . .

1843 :: Sterne visits Elisha Roberts

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

From 28th September 1840 until 18th November 1851, Nicholas Adolphus Sterne kept a diary of his daily activities, which is a valuable source of information on the period of the Republic of Texas . . . the names of some of our kith 'n kin are scattered through these pages . . . and regarding this date in our family history . . . the 20th day of May . . . here are the words Sterne penned in his diary in the year 1843 . . .

Saturday the 20th May [1843] fine weather for traveling -- left after Breakfast, called to see my old friends ELISHA ROBERTS and his wife, arrived at Sabine Town at 5 P. m. stopped at the House of Judge Hotchkiss, met with Mr Pemberton, Mr Peck, and Mr Austin, was introduced to Mr Clapp partner of Austin, they appear to do good Business they have the only Store in the place, wrote a letter home to be send in the mail to morrow morning --

This Elisha Roberts, an early Texas alcalde, is a 4th great-grandpa to the keeper of this family history blog . . . Elisha lived until the 3rd of October 1844 . . . and his wife, Patsy, died on the 18th of December 1845 . . . both were buried near their home in San Augustine County, Texas . . . in 1936 a Texas Centennial marker was erected at the site . . .

1442 :: Death of Sir John St. Leger

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 16th day of May . . . in the year 1442 . . . Sir John St. Leger dies in Ulcombe, Kent, England . . . this Sir John is believed to be a 16th great-grandpa to Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis (1842-1899) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain
By Egerton Brydges:

1722 :: Margaret Roberts weds Francis Paschal Kirtley

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 14th day of May . . . in the year 1722 . . . 23-year-old Margaret M. Roberts becomes the bride of Francis Paschal Kirtley in Falmouth, Spotsylvania County, Virginia . . . this Margaret & Francis are 2nd great-grandparents of William Paschal Henry (1836-1912) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

The Family of Early
Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia
and Its Connection with Other Families
By Ruth Hairston Early:

1667 :: Sarah Clough weds Daniel Merrill

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 14th day of May . . . in the year 1667 . . . 20-year-old Sarah Clough becomes the bride of 25-year-old Daniel Merrill in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . this Sarah and Daniel are 4th great-grandparents of William Thurston Merrill (1816-1898) . . . who is a 3rd great-grandpa of the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

The Ancestry of Walter M. Thurston
Giving Some Account of the Families of
Carroll, De Beaufort, Merrill, Moore, Mosbaugh,
Pearson, Pine, Poore, Reynolds, Van Kruyne, and Von Bauer
By John H Thurston, Walter M Thurston:

Sentimental Sunday :: The Voices of my Grandmas

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Remembering the Grandmas . . . for Mother's Day . . .

I hear the voices of my grandmas
Calling out from a distant past
"Please do not let us be forgot.
Record our stories that we may last."

Tell the children of our wanderings
Let the kinfolk hear the tales
How we braved the new horizons
How we blazed the olden trails.

How we buried too many babies
How we struggled to keep them fed
How we caressed the hands of our loved ones
As they lay dying on their beds.

How we endured many a hardship
With an eye to the future goal
To create a more promising future
And to keep our family whole.

They were as different from each other
As the scraps in a crazy quilt
Yet once the pieces were sewn together
Another generation they had built

I can sense them calling out to me
From the gloaming of my past
"Please do not let us be forgot.
Record our stories that we may last."

Begotten . . .
and may they never be forgotten . . .
Remembering my Grandmas . . .

Berta Mary Sharp, and her mother, Nellie Lemaire
Elizabeth Marilla Smith, and her mother, Eva May Brackett
Ima Lois Muston, and her mother, Emma Patience Nettles
Jerusha Marilla Barker, and her mother, Jerusha Lakin Hobbs
Josephine Wingfield Davis, and her mother, America James Fears
Mahala Lee Roberts, and her mother, Patsy Gill
Mary Alexandrien Lemaire, and her mother, Elizabeth Waring
Mary Annie West, and her mother, Sarah Mildred Carter
Mollie Olive, and her mother, Clementine Jordan
Nancy Virilla Quinn, and her mother, Sushannah
Phoebe Merrill, and her mother, Olive Jane Goodwin

The above family poem was composed back in 2009 in response to a challenge posted at Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Poetry and Genealogy . . . and the Wordle (name cloud) was created at wordle.net . . .

Katherine Swynford

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 10th day of May . . . in the year 1403 . . . Katherine de Roet dies in Lincolnshire, England . . . her tomb, and that of her daughter Joan Beaufort, are under a carved-stone canopy in the sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral, but their remains are no longer in them, because the tombs were despoiled in 1644, during the English Civil War . . . this dowager Duchess of Lancaster is currently believed to be a 16th great-grandma of our Josephine (1842-1899) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this family history timeline . . .

The Dictionary of National Biography
By Sidney Lee:

THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE, AND JOURNAL OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY:

Scraps from my scrap-book.
Comprising rambling recollections of cardinal Wiseman, and other scraps
By Scraps:

Katherine Swynford is the subject of Anya Seton's novel Katherine (published in 1954) and of Alison Weir's biography Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. Swynford is also the subject of Jeanette Lucraft's historical biography Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress. This book seeks to establish Swynford as a powerful figure in the politics of 14th-century England, and an example of how a woman could manipulate the social mores of the time for her own interests rather than just as the sexual temptress that previous writers have portrayed. See also . . .

http://katherineswynford.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KatherineSwynford
Katherine de Roet Swynford at findagrave.com
Michelle honors Katherine
Royal Mistress at scandalouswoman.blogspot.com
St. George's Day

Josephine's Birth

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 10th day of May . . . in the year 1842 . . . Josephine Wingfield Davis is born to Milton Grant Davis (1811-1863) and America James Fears (1810-1857) in Morgan County, Georgia . . . and sometime . . . somewhere . . . somebody penned her name and date of birth on the pages of a family Bible. Based on the timing of the changes in the handwriting on those Bible pages, I tend to think that quite a few of these entries were made at the same time, which may well have been quite some time after the recorded events actually occurred. See also . . .

The Birth of America in the Family Bible to read about Josephine's Mother and their family Bible
Tombstone Tuesday :: Carved in stone? to read about Josephine's death

The date of our Josephine's birth fell on the 439th anniversary of the death of a historical figure who is currently believed to be one of Josephine's ancestors . . . that being Katherine de Roet . . . aka Katherine Swynford . . . aka Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster . . . who was the long-time mistress, and mother of the children of, and brief wife, and then brief widow, of Sir John of Gaunt, King of Leon and Castile.

Wordless Wednesday :: No Parking

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

1864 :: Our Joseph survives the Battle of the Wilderness

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 6th day of May . . . in the year 1864 . . . Private Jos. H. Nettles is a member of Hood's Texas Brigade as they fight at the Battle of the Wilderness alongside Confederate General Robert E. Lee (who is a 4th cousin six times removed to the Keeper of this blog) . . . Nettles is reported as wounded in the leg on this date, while a very large number of fellow Texans lose their lives . . . this Joseph Helidorah Nettles (1832-1890) is a 2nd great-grandpa of the Keeper of this family history timeline . . .

The Battle of the Wilderness
By Morris Schaff:

And from The Handbook of Texas Online . . .

Hood's Texas Brigade rallies around General Lee
May 06, 1864

On this day in 1864, in one of the most moving incidents of the Civil War, Confederate general Robert E. Lee ordered the celebrated Hood's Texas Brigade to the front, and they in turn ordered him to the rear. During a critical moment of the fierce Battle of the Wilderness, as the Southern battle line was crumbling, Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, was heartened to see the Texas Brigade, under the command of John Gregg, arrive on the field as reinforcements. With a cry of "Hurrah for Texas!" Lee ordered them forward against the Union army and, carried away by his enthusiasm, began to lead them into the charge. The Texans, unwilling to risk their idol in battle, stopped and gathered around him, yelling "Lee to the rear!" and held onto his horse until he withdrew. The Texas Brigade suffered severe losses, but the Union army was once more fought to a standstill.

1802 :: Birth of P J Kirtley

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On the 29th day of April . . . in the year 1802 . . . Paschal Jefferson Kirtley is born in Warren County, Kentucky . . . this P J Kirtley is a 3rd great-grand-uncle to the Keeper of this family history blog . . . in January of 1826, he marries Mary Ella McDaniel (1809-1873) . . . and in November of 1826, following the deaths of both of his parents, he is made legal guardian of his three younger sisters . . . about 1827, his wife gave birth to the first of at least ten children.

I first met this man and his family back in the 1990s while searching census records at a local library . . . I was looking for some clue as to the parentage of my 2nd great-grandpa, William Paschal Henry (1836-1912) . . . whose remains reside in the Murray Cemetery in Milam County, Texas . . . and I found a 14-year-old William P. Henry enumerated in the Paschal J. Kirtley household on the 1850 Census for Barren County, Kentucky . . . my first feeble attempts at establishing a connection between the Henry and Kirtley families were unsuccessful . . . but once I began conducting genealogy searches online, I was able to locate a few Kentucky marriages between Kirtley women and Henry men . . . including an 1835 Barren County, Kentucky marriage record for a Thomas Henry and a Mary Kirtley (one of the orphaned sisters) . . . and they wound up being the 3rd great-grandparents I was looking for! So . . .

Thank you, Uncle P.J., for watching out for your little sister (my 3rd great-grandma), Mary, and for helping take care of her son, William P., after his father died.

1822 :: Elisha Roberts in Texas

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 29th day of April . . . in the year 1822 . . . a letter of reference is drawn up in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana for our Elisha Roberts (c.1774-1844) in preparation for his planned trip into the area we now know as East Texas . . . this Elisha is a 4th great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history timeline . . . click > HERE < to view a scan of the three-page letter of reference which was shared by our cousin, Diane Baldwin . . .

St. George's Day

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Great Hall at Kenilworth Castle
Originally uploaded by Damek

On the afternoon before St. George's Day, 1376, April bloomed in Warwickshire. The young lambs bleated from the pastures beyond the mere, while a hazy gold light turned the sandstone of the battlements to the color of a robin's breast. All Kenilworth Castle, cleansed & garlanded for the festivities, waited for the Duke to come again. Katherine sat on a sunny stone bench in the Inner Court near the old keep . . .

Katherine . . . that's the name of the historical novel the above excerpt is from . . . written by Anya Seton (1916-1990) . . . and published in 1954 . . . Katherine is still read and enjoyed and discussed by many . . . and according to current research, it does appear that this same Katherine is a 16th great-grandma to our Josephine . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

Death of Katherine Swynford
Kenilworth Castle
Order of the Garter established this date (benotforgot archives)
St. George's Day (benotforgot archives)
St. George's Day at theoldfoodie.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Clark weds Joseph Anthony

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On or about this date in our family history . . . the 22nd day of April . . . in the year 1741 . . . probably in Hanover County, Virginia . . . Elizabeth Clark becomes the bride of Joseph Anthony . . . Elizabeth and Joseph are 2nd great-grandparents of our Josephine (2nd great-grandma of the Keeper of this family history blog) . . . as well as her sister, Margaret Frances Antony nee Davis (1833-1912) . . . Elizabeth and Joseph are also great-grandparents of Dr. Milton Antony, Jr. (1824-1885), husband of the aforementioned Margaret . . . which means Margaret and Milton were 1st cousins once removed . . . this Dr. Antony was Rockdale Postmaster 1876-1877 . . . and Milton and Margaret's son, Edwin L. Antony, was Milam County Prosecuting Attorney 1876-1878, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives . . . Dr. Antony's father, and grandson of Elizabeth and Joseph, was Dr, Milton Antony, Sr., who founded the Medical College of Georgia . . . . . .

Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time
Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books
of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County,
and the South River Meeting,
Campbell County, Va
By James Pinkney Pleasant Bell:

P.S. . . . this Elizabeth is a sister to Agnes Clark . . . who married Benjamin Johnston . . . and Agnes and Benjamin are 2nd great-grandparents to Samuel Langhorne Clemens . . . which makes Mark Twain a fourth cousin four times removed to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

Begotten & never forgotten

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 22nd day of April . . . in the year 1857 . . . America James Davis nee Fears dies shortly before her 47th birthday in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia . . . this America is the mother of our Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis (1842-1899) . . . and a 3rd great-grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

I hear the voices of my grandmas
Calling out from a distant past
"Please do not let us be forgot.
Record our stories that we may last."

Tell the children of our wanderings
Let the kinfolk hear the tales
How we braved the new horizons
How we blazed the olden trails.

How we buried too many babies
How we struggled to keep them fed
How we caressed the hands of our loved ones
As they lay dying on their beds.

How we endured many a hardship
With an eye to the future goal
To create a more promising future
And to keep our family whole.

They were as different from each other
As the scraps in a crazy quilt
Yet once the pieces were sewn together
Another generation they had built

I can sense them calling out to me
From the gloaming of my past
"Please do not let us be forgot.
Record our stories that we may last."

Begotten . . .
and may they never be forgotten . . .
Remembering . . .

Berta Mary Sharp, and her mother, Nellie Lemaire
Elizabeth Marilla Smith, and her mother, Eva May Brackett
Ima Lois Muston, and her mother, Emma Patience Nettles
Jerusha Marilla Barker, and her mother, Jerusha Lakin Hobbs
Josephine Wingfield Davis, and her mother, America James Fears
Mahala Lee Roberts, and her mother, Patsy Gill
Mary Alexandrien Lemaire, and her mother, Elizabeth Waring
Mary Annie West, and her mother, Sarah Mildred Carter
Mollie Olive, and her mother, Clementine Jordan
Nancy Virilla Quinn, and her mother, Sushannah
Phoebe Merrill, and her mother, Olive Jane Goodwin

The above family poem was composed back in 2009 in response to a challenge posted at Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Poetry and Genealogy . . . and the Wordle (name cloud) was created at wordle.net . . .

1950 :: Death of Mary Susan Pounders

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:16:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 21st day of April . . . in the year 1950 . . . Mary Susan Pounders dies in Houston, Harris County, Texas . . . this Mary Susan is the mother of Jacob Edmund Forrest Pounders (1902-1957) . . . aka Pa Jake . . . who is the paternal grandpa of the Keeper of this family history blog . . . it is said that Mary Susan was born the 30th of September 1873 in Franklin County, Alabama . . . and Isaac Cosby Cain is said to be her father . . . however! . . . based on information in her mother's (Sushannah Holland Cain) application for a confederate pension, it was reported that Isaac Cain died in 1863 at Vicksburg . . . more than 10 years before Mary Susan was supposedly born . . .

1850 Census :: Eight-year-old Susan Holland (Mary Susan's mother) is enumerated with her parents and siblings in Franklin County, Alabama. I have not found Isaac Cain in 1850 -- unless he is the 17-year-old living in Pontotoc County, Mississippi?
1860 Census :: I find Isaac and Susan (Holland) Cain in 1860 living in Marion County, Alabama.
1870 Census :: I have not yet been able to find Mary Susan's mother on the 1870 Census. As a matter of fact, several members of the Holland family are MIA for this census. I did find a Thomas Cain of the right age -- living in 1870 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi (next door to Franklin County, Alabama) with the head-of-household named James Turner. Is this Susan and Isaac's son?
1880 Census :: On the 1880 Alabama Census Mary Susan appears in Alabama as a 7-year-old (born 1873) living in Franklin County with her 18-year-old brother, Thomas . . . and their widowed mother, Susan Cain, is head-of-household.
1900 Census :: Mary Susan is married and living in Texas with her husband and children.

It is said that Mary Susan's mother, Sushannah, came to Texas with them when they left Alabama about 1896 . . . but I have not been able to find Sushannah on the 1900 or 1910 or 1920 census records . . . she does appear as Susin Cain on the 1930 census in Lee County, Texas, living with her daughter and her family . . . please do let me know if you have any suggestions or input on this family . . .

Mollie's Rememberings

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Thirty-three years ago today . . . on the 19th day of April . . . in the year 1979 . . . a family history article written by Ruby (Nettles) Vance (1910-2003) appeared in The Giddings Times & News in Lee County, Texas . . . the article was written for the occasion of the 14th annual Lexington Homecoming . . . this Miss Ruby was a granddaughter of the subject of the story -- Mollie (West) Nettles (1852-1939) -- and she introduced the story by saying . . .

One afternoon in the summer of 1932 this writer visited her aging grandmother for the purpose of taking notes on some of the Civil War stories she had heard her tell all her life. . . .

This Mollie is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this genealogy blog . . . and the entire text of that 1979 article about those rememberings (plus a few notes from me) can be found > HERE < . . . meanwhile . . . later that day in 1932, probably weary from relating her "rememberings," Mollie told her granddaughter that . . .

There were twenty-one families of relatives and friends who finally in 1869 had finalized plans to come to Texas where it was hoped it would be easier to start over. So we made the long trek from northern Mississippi and that in itself is a long tale. This afternoon is about spent and I have chores to do. Come again and I'll tell you of the trip and our early years in Texas.

Miss Ruby later stated that . . .

Regretfully, this writer never did go back, except on briefer visits, to pick up where we left off that day. However, we do remember some of the things she told at times about that trip. . . . My grandmother never knew what it was to have an easy life, but she knew how to make the best of what she had. She told this writer one time, "You take the good and the bad as they come. But if you look at things the right way, the good always comes out ahead."

1836 :: Death of Miriam Hobbs nee Brackett

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 18th day of April . . . in the year 1836 . . . Miriam Hobbs nee Brackett dies in York County, Maine . . . this Miriam is a 2nd great-grandma to Thomas Warren Alonzo Smith (1866-1920) . . . who is a great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

Early Settlers of Harrison, Maine
With an Historical Sketch of the Settlement,
Progress and Present Condition of the Town
By Gideon Tibbetts Ridlon:
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1654 :: Mary Mitton weds Thomas Brackett

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 17th day of April . . . in the year 1654 . . . on House Island, Cumberland County, Maine . . . Mary Mitton becomes the bride of Thomas Brackett. This Mary and Thomas are 7th great-grandparents of Elizabeth Marilla Henry nee Smith (1912-1932) . . . who is the maternal grandma of the Keeper of this genealogy blog . . .

Genealogical and Family History
of the State of Maine
By George Thomas Little,
Henry S. Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs:

Genealogical and Personal Memorial
of Mercer County, New Jersey
By Francis Bazley Lee, Lewis Publishing Company:

Wm. T. Merrill Hospitalized on 48th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (benotforgot) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000

On this date in our family history . . . the 16th day of April . . . in the year 1864 . . . an ailing William Thurston Merrill from Saco, Maine -- on the occasion of his 48th birthday -- checks in at New Orleans Barracks, U.S. Hospital . . . he had participated in the Battle at Sabine Crossroads (08 Apr 1864) as well as in the Battle of Pleasant Hill (09 Apr 1864) where "the bulits flue Around my head like Hale Stones" . . .

A Report on Barracks and Hospitals
with Descriptions of Military Posts
By United States Dept. of the Army
Office of the Surgeon General
United States Surgeon-General's Office
John Shaw Billings:

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