Monday, August 31, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #36 & #37

Mendenhall #36: Abigale Mendenhall (1735-?) (Twin)

Birth: 12 Dec 1735 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania
Death: Unknown

Relation to Me:
 (This one sounds super complicated the way that Ancestry.com put it): 
My 1st great grand aunt of husband of sister-in-law of 2nd great grand aunt, but the way that I calculated it-- 1st cousin, 12x removed. (????)

Parents: Joseph Mendenhall (1692-1748) &
          Ruth Gilpin (1697-1760)



Siblings:
1. Isaac (1719-1803)
2. Benjamin (1720-1797)
3. Hannah (1721-1749)
4. Joseph (1724-1750)
5. Ann (1732-1769)
6. Stephen (1733-1758)
7. Jesse (1735-?) (Twin of Abigale)

Marriage: Abigale never married- from what I could find.






Mendenhall #37: Abijah Perkins Mendenhall (1839-1883)


Birth: 07 May 1839 in Ash Grove, Iroquois, Illinois
Death: 15 May 1883 in Brookstone, Indiana
Burial: IOOF Brookstone Cemetery in
        Brookston, White, Indiana

Relation to Me: My 2nd Cousin, 6x Removed

Parents: David Mendenhall (1802-1881) &
         Mary Ann Perkins (1809-1887)



Siblings:
1. Hannah (1828-1852)
2. Edwin (1830-1901)
3. Ira (1832-1833)
4. William ONeal (1834-1905)
5. Rhoda Johnson (1836-1898)
6. Pleasant W. (1841-1909)
7. Mary Ann (1844- ?)
8. Sarah Ellen (1847-?)
9. Annetta (1851-1920)

Marriage: 01 Jan 1876 in Brookstone, White, Indiana
Abijah married Alice Lounette Gress (1857-1878)-- Daughter of John C. Gress & Clarinda Kelley. 

Abijah and Alice had 2 daughters:
1. Nella Gress (1876-1935)
2. Clara Alice (1878-1965)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1839 (07 May): Ash Grove, Iroquois, Illinois
Ash Grove Monthly Meeting- Quaker Meeting Records- Birth

~1860 (20 Jul) (age 21): Elwood, Vermilion, Illinois
Son; Living with Parents and Siblings

~1863 (age 24): Carroll, Vermilion, Illinois
Civil War Registration Record

~1880 (02 Jun) (age 41): Brookston, White, Indiana
Widower; Physician, Living with In-laws and other boarders






Saturday, August 29, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #34 & #35

Mendenhall #34: Abigail C. Mendenhall (1830-1897)
                  Abigail Hobson


Birth:30 May 1830 in Ashboro, Randolph, North Carolina
Death: 11 Feb 1897 in New London, Howard, Indiana

Relation to Me: My 3rd Cousin, 6x Removed

Parents: Jeremiah Mendenhall (1799-1846) &
          Margaret Young (1801-1844)



Siblings:
1. Lucinda (1824-1857)
2. Catherine (1826-1847)
3. Margery (1828-1844)
4. Ira S. (1832-1880)
5. Henry (1834-1907)
6. Mordecai Coffin (1835-1908)
7. Margaret (1838-1900)
8. Job (1840-?)

Marriage: 14 Jun 1854 in Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana
Abigail married Nathan Hobson (1830-1871)--son of Jesse Hobson & Lydia Newlin. 

Abigail and Nathan had 7 Children:
1. Adella Hobson (1855-1899)
2. Jesse H. Hobson (1856-1935)
3. Enos Hobson (1857-1874)
4. Eli Hobson (1859-1936)
5. Emma Hobson (1861-1951)
6. Albert "Habey" Hobson (1863-?)
7. Ruth Ella Hobson (1868-1910)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1860 (24 Jul) (age 30): White River, Randolph, Indiana
Living with her Brother.

~1870 (16 Jul) (age 40): Monroe, Howard, Indiana
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) & 7 Children.

~1880 (05 Jun) (age 50): Monroe, Howard, Indiana
Widowed; Living with 5 Children.





Mendenhall #35: Abigail Gardner Mendenhall (1795-1869)
                  Abigail Clark


Birth: 18 Jan 1795 in Walnut Ridge, Indiana
Death: 13 Mar 1869 in Rush County, Indiana

Relation to Me: My 3rd Cousin, 8x Removed

Parents: George Mendenhall (1751-1805) &
         Judith Gardner (1754-1831)



Siblings:
1. Stephen (1774-?)
2. Nathan (1776-1841)
3. Richard (1778-1851)
4. Mary T. (1780-?)
5. Jemima (1782-?)
6. James (1784-?)
7. William (1785-1846)
8. Hannah (1787-?)
9. Judith (1789-?)
10. George C. (1798-1860)

Marriage: 21 Oct 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina
Abigail married Hezekiah Sanders Clark (1797-1876)--son of Daniel Clark & Mary Sanders.

Abigail and Hezekiah had 9 Children:
1. Richard Clark (1820-1838)
2. George C. Clark (1821-1900)
3. Daniel Clark (1824-1849)
4. John W. Clark (1825-1920)
5. Cynthia Clark (1827-1836)
6. Hezekiah Franklin Clark (1829-?)
7. Abigail Clark (1830-1918)
8. Rhoda Clark (1835-1925)
9. Maria Delphina Clark (1837-?)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1795 (18 Jan)- Walnut Ridge ,Indiana
Walnut Ridge Monthly Meeting- Quaker Meeting Records- Birth

~1850 (21 Sep) (age 55): Posey, Rush, Indiana
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) & 6 Children.

~1860 (June) (age 65): Posey, Rush, Indiana
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer), 2 Children and a Boarder.





Friday, August 28, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #32 & #33

Mendenhall #32: Abigail "Abbie" Maris Mendenhall (1842-1931)
                  Abigail Crow


Birth: 14 Jan 1842 in Ouchita, Conecuh, Alabama
Death: 17 Aug 1931 in Clark County, Arkansas
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery in 
        Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas


Relation to Me: My 2nd Cousin, 7x Removed

Parents: Thomas Marmaduke Mendenhall (1792-1875) &
          Mary Caldwell (1805-1884)



Siblings: Abigail's father was married twice:
1. Lucinda Susan (1824-1905)
2. Nancy Jane (1825-1864)
3. Eliza Lucretia (1827-1911)
4. Elizabeth Frances (1829-1887)
5. Sarah Jane (1830-1856)
6. Mary Ann (1831-1874)
7. Thomas Richard (1833-1910)
8. Martha Jane (1834-1908)
9. William U. (1836-1862)
10. Andrew Jackson (1837-1897)
11. George W. (1839-1896)
12. Amanda Caroline (1840-1864)
13. Margaret Melissa (1844-?)

Half Siblings:
1. James Wood (1820-1911)
2. John D. (1821-?)

Marriage: 16 Dec 1862 in Caney, Nevada, Arkansas
Abbie married Austin McLain Crow (1833-1911)-- son of James Hutchinson Crow & Margaret Emily Wells. 

Abbie and Austin had 9 children:
1. Maude Crow (1864-1865)
2. Ida Belle Crow (1866-1942)
3. Albert Crow (1868-1903)
4. Frances "Fannie" Crow (1870-1962)
5. Lena Mae Crow (1871-1976)
6. Mamie Austin "Doll" Crow (1873-1952)
7. James Thomas Crow (1875-1964)
8. Charles Christopher Crow (1878-1930)
9. John Stanley Crow (1882-1950)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1860 (13 Aug) (age 18): Jackson, Ouachita, Arkansas
Daughter; Living with Parents and Siblings

~1870 (13 Jun) (age 28): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Wife; Living with Husband (Dry Goods Merchant) & 3 Children.

~1880 (02 Jun) (age 38): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Wife; Keeping House; Living with Husband (Real Estate Agent), 7 Children and 2 of her husband's sisters.

~1900 (11 Jun) (age 58): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Wife; Living with Husband and 3 Children

~1910 (19 Apr) (age 68): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Wife; Living with Husband, their daughter and her husband.

~1916 (age 74): Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
510 Rose-- U.S. City Directory

~1920 (07 Jun) (age 78): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Widowed; Living at 1213 8th St.with her children.

~1930 (age 88): Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas
Widowed; Living with Children.





Mendenhall #33: Abigail A. "Abbie" Mendenhall (1848-?)
                  Abigail Harris




Birth: 1848 in North Carolina
Death: Unknown

Relation to Me: My 4th Cousin, 5x Removed


Parents: Emily J. Mendenhall (1829-?) & Unknown Father



Siblings:
1. No Siblings

Marriage: Before 1865.
Abigail married Robert Cooper Harris (1841-?) and they had 5 Children:
1. Francis L. Harris (b. 1865)
2. Nola Leetus Harris (b. 1867)
3. Lycurgus Leroy Harris (b. 1868)
4. Liscus C. Harris (b. 1869)
5. Herman Robert Harris (b. 1878)

Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1900 (02 Jun) (age 52): Garfield, Mahaska, Iowa
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) and 2 Children (4 out of her 9 Children were Living).



Thursday, August 27, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #30 & #31

Mendenhall #30: Abigail Mendenhall (1821-1900)
                 Abigail Thomas


Birth: 06 Oct 1821 in Guilford County, North Carolina
Death: 20 Aug 1900 in Johnson County, Kansas
Burial: Olathe Memorial Cemetery in
        Olathe, Johnson, Kansas

Relation to Me: My 5th Cousin, 6x Removed

Parents: Jonathan Mendenhall (1800-1868) &
          Phoebe Coffin (1805-1894)



Siblings:
1. Permelia H. (1824-1842)
2. Shubai (1826-1896)
3. Rhoda Coffin (1828-1851)
4. Eunice W. (1831-1877)
5. Mary Jane (1835-1851)
6. Laura Maria (1837-1926)

Marriage: 29 Aug 1849 in Hendricks County, Indiana
Abigail married Zebulon H. Thomas (1825-1907)--son of Nicholas Thomas & Mary Ann "Polly" Morris. 

Abigail and Zebulon had 3 Children: 
1. Julius W. Thomas (1851-1927)
2. Mary Jane Thomas (1852-?)
3. Rose B. Thomas (1854-?)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (28 Aug) (age 28): Clay, Hendricks, Indiana
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer)

~1860 (30 Jul) (age 38): McCarnish, Johnson, Kansas
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) & 3 Children

~1870 (11 Jul) (age 48): McCarnish, Johnson, Kansas
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) & 3 Children

~1880 (08 Jun) (age 58): McCarnish, Johnson, Kansas
Wife; Keeping House; Living with Husband (Farmer) & a Servant.

~1900 (19 Jun) (age 78): Olathe, Johnson, Kansas
Wife; Living with Husband (Landlord) & Servant.





Mendenhall #31: Abigail Mendenhall (1837-1906)
                  Abigail Bone
                 Abigail Campbell


Birth: 18 Jun 1837 in Greene County, Ohio
Death: 20 Jan 1906 in Kansas
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery in
        Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas

Relation to Me: My 4th Cousin, 6x Removed

Parents: William Mendenhall (1818-1881) &
          Susan Caswell (1817-1892)


Siblings:
1. John (1839-1899)
2. Nancy (1840-1850)
3. Andrew Sampson (1847-1918)
4. Rachel (1849-1897)
5. Augusta Elizabeth (1852-1909)
6. Silas Hamilton (1855-1914)
7. William Jr. (1868- ?)

Abigail married Twice:

(1) Marriage: 26 Nov 1855 in Montezuma, Iowa
Abigail married Addison Bone (1837-1863)-- son of Valentine Bone & Mary Turner.

(Addison died during the Civil War)

Abigail and Addison had 4 Children:
1. Hulda Sarah Bone (1856-1947)
2. Mary Emma Bone (1858-1921)
3. Nancy Luella Bone (1860-1870)
4. Louis Addison Bone (1862-1932)

(2) 21 Mar 1868 in Wichita, Kansas
Abigail married Samuel H. Campbell (1832-1878).

Abigail and Samuel had 1 son:
1. Freddie J. Campbell (1872-1896).

Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (04 Nov) (age 13): Pipe Creek, Miami, Indiana
Daughter; Living with Parents and Siblings

~1860 (29 Jun) (age 23): Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa
Wife; Living with Husband (Addison) (Farmer) and 2 Children.

~1870 (02 Jun) (age 32): Montezuma, Iowa
Wife; Living with 2nd Husband (Farmer) and 5 Children.

~1880 (05 Jun) (age 42): Waco, Kansas
Head of Household; Widowed; Living with 5 Children.

~1900 (11 Jun) (age 62): Wichita, Kansas
429 Silver St.; Head of Household; Living with Daughter.



Wednesday, August 26, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #28 & #29

Mendenhall #28: Abigail Mendenhall (1805-1870)
                  (Abigail Snodgrass)

Birth: 1805 in Jamestown, Greene,Ohio
Death: 06 Jul 1870 in Jamestown, Greene, Ohio

Relation to Me: My 2nd Cousin, 8x Removed

Parents: Martin Mendenhall (1767-1834) &
         Abigail Mills (1767-1843)


Siblings:
1.John (1787-1829)
2. Stephen (1789-1843)
3. Sarah (1791-1832)
4. Joseph (1793-1845)
5. Zachariah (1793-1862)
6. William (1794-1873)
7. Alice (1796-1857)
8. Timothy (1802- ?)
9. Ann (1804-1861)
10. Nancy (1804-?)
11. Absolom (1806-1884)
12. Rachel (1806-?)

Marriage:18 Sep 1825 in Jamestown, Ohio
Abigail married James Snodgrass (1795-1882)-- son of Samuel Snodgrass & Elizabeth Adair. 

Abigail and James had 6 children:
1. John A. Snodgrass (1829-1891)
2. Huldah Snodgrass(1833-?)
3. Lucinda Snodgrass (1836-1911)
4. Phoebe Snodgrass (1838-1928)
5. Samuel Snodgrass (1843-?)
6. Michael James Snodgrass (1855-?)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (26 Sep) (age 45): Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio
Wife; Living with Husband, who was a farmer, 4 Children and her Mother.

~1860 (11 Jul) (age 55): Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio
Wife; Living with Husband (Farmer) and 4 Children.

~1870 (12 Jun) (age 65): Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio
Wife; Living with Husband (farmer), a daughter and 2 farm hands.





Mendenhall #29: Abigail Mendenhall (1825-1894)
                  Abigail Crabb
                  Abigail Sturgeon


Birth: 07 Oct 1825 in Greene County, Ohio
Death: 09 Jul 1894 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
Burial: Santa Cruz Memorial Park in
        Santa Cruz, California

Relation to Me: My 3rd Cousin, 7x Removed

Parents: William Mendenhall (1794-1873) &
          Sarah Peterson (1799-1883)



Siblings:
1.Elizabeth (1818-?)
2. Delilah (1820-?)
3. William M. (1823-1911)
4. Martin (1828-1898)
5. Absolom (1830-1907)
6. Sardina (1832- ?)
7. Sydena (1833-1880)
8. Martha (1837-1910)
9. Mary (1840-1842)

Abigail married 2x:
(1)Marriage: 25 Apr 1847 in Cass County, Michigan
Abigail married James M. Crabb (1823-1856).

Abigail and James had 2 sons:
1. Martin M. Crabb (1848-?)
2. William P. Crabb (1851-1927)

(2) Marriage: 04 May 1856 in California
Abigail married Edward Lindsey Sturgeon (1828-1920)-- son of Samuel Robert Sturgeon & Mary Olivia Innis.

Abigail and Edward had 2 children:
1. Innis (son) Sturgeon (1862-1903)
2. Abigail "Abby" Sturgeon (1868-?)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (08 Oct) (age 25): Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan 
Daughter; Living with Parents, Siblings, Her Husband (James Crabb)(Farmer) & her son.

~1860 (12 Jul) (age 34): Township 2, Contra Costa, California
Wife; Living with Husband (Edward Sturgeon) (Farmer) & 2 Children.

~1880 (28 Jun) (age 54): San Joaquin River, Merced, California
Wife; Keeping House; Living with Husband (Farmer) & 2 Children.




Tuesday, August 25, 2015

A Million Mendenhall's: #26 & #27



Mendenhall #26: Aaron Sharpless Mendenhall (1825-1894)


Birth:18 Apr 1825 in Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
Death: 04 Dec 1894 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Relation to Me: My 4th Cousin, 7x Removed

Parents: Moses Mendenhall (1787-1860) &
          Sarah Swayne (or Sharpless) (1791-?)
(Many Ancestry.com member trees state that Aaron's mother's maiden name was Sharpless, which would make sense with his middle name, but his death certificate states "Swayne"... 



Siblings:
1.Miriam S. (1814-?)
2. Mary V. (1815-?)
3. David (1821-?)
4. Priscilla H. (1823-?)
5. Lydia (1827-?)
6. Hannah J. (1829-?)
7. Moses (1835-?)

Aaron married Twice: 
(1)Marriage: Caroline (ULN) (1830-1872)

Aaron and Caroline had 2 daughters:
1. Hannah Mary (1860-1871)
2. Lydia Mar y(1866-1947)

(2) Marriage: Hattie Ann Shoemaker (1845-1926)- on 31 Oct 1867 in Pennsylvania.

Aaron and Hattie had 3 Children:
1. Isaac (1869-?)
2. Emma B. (1872-?)
3. Earl D. (1885-1942)


Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1825 (18 Apr): Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
Bradford Monthly Meeting- Quaker Meeting Records- Birth

~1894 (04 Dec): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Death Certificates






Mendenhall #27: Abel Mendenhall (1824-?)


Birth: 1824 in Miami County, Ohio
Death: Unknown

Relation to Me: My 4th Great Grand Uncle

Parents: Richard Mendenhall (1794-1871) &
          Sarah Pearson (1795-1866)



Siblings:
1. Deidamia (1818-1873)
2. Joseph (1819-1882)
3. Ann (1821-?)
4. Robert (1822-1875)
5. Eliza (1823-1868)
6. Rachel (1826-1853)
7. Aaron (1828-1894)
8. Richard (1829-1856)
9. Sarah (1830-1856)
10. Dulcena (1831-1870)
11. Elizabeth (1836-1918)

Marriage: Unknown if he ever married...

Monday, August 24, 2015

Golden Wedding Anniversaries

I haven't done a Saturday night challenge in a while, so here we go! (even though it's a Monday) 

This one is from Randy Seaver's Genea-Musing's blog post titled:  Golden Wedding Anniversaries.

Here are the instructions: 

-To find out which of your ancestors have celebrated a golden wedding anniversary- 50 years of marital bliss-- was there a newspaper article about it?

(I am going to do the same thing Randy did- people who didn't make 50+ years will be in black, and then people who did exceed 50+ years will be in red.)



1) Jeckering line: 

~Gerhard Jeckering & Susanna Hemelt, married before 1711, Gerhard died in 1735- married about 24 years.

~Gerhard Jeckering Jr. & Martha Roling, married 1759, Martha married in 1783: married 24 years.

~Johann Otto Jeckering & Anna Catherina Lobker, married 1795, Johann died 1822: married 27 years.

~Johannes Jeckering & Euphemia Margaretha Ketteler, married 1824, they both died in 1860: married 36 years.

~Gerhard Jeckering & Maria Elisabeth Kluneman, married about 1854, Gerhard died in 1898: married about 44 years (almost!).

~Joseph Herman Jeckering & Rose A. Horn, married 1899, Joseph died in 1931: married 32 years. (I heard they were separated at one point, don't think they ever divorced though).

~Gerhard Cletus Jeckering & Josephine Mary Dabuliewicz, married 1924, Josephine died in 1965: married 41 years.

~Paul George Jeckering & Dorothy Jean Hendricks, married 1947, Paul died in 1954: married only 7 years.

~My parents- married 1975, divorced after 25 years.


2) Hendricks line:

~Willem Hendrickson & Willemptje Thys Van Pelt, married 1697, Willem died in 1711: married 14 years.

~Johannes Willem Hendricks & Sarah Messier, married 1722, Sarah died in 1782: married 60 years!!

~Abram Hendricks & Ann Jamison, married 1771, Abram died in 1819: married 48 years! (So close!)

~Daniel Hendricks & Nancy McGuire, married 1800, Nancy died in 1823: married 23 years.

~Samuel McCormack Hendricks & Elizabeth Sarles, married 1838, Samuel died in 1856: married 18 years.

~Isaac Hendricks Jr. & Myrtle May Hyman, married before 1903, Isaac died in 1942: married about 39 years.


3) Mendenhall line: 

~Thomas Mildenhall III & Joane Strode, married 1649, they both died in 1682: married 33 years.

~John Mendenhall & Elizabeth Maris, married 1685, Elizabeth died in 1691: married only 6 years.

~John Mendenhall Jr. & Susanna Pierson, married 1709, they both died in 1765: married 56 years!!!

~Mordecai Mendenhall & Charity Grubb Beeson, married 1735, Mordecai died in 1803: married 68 years!!

~Richard Mendenhall & Jane Thornbrugh, married 1758, Richard died in 1773: married 15 years.

~Joseph Mendenhall & Deidamia Hill, married about 1793, Joseph died in 1833: married about 40 years.

~Richard Mendenhall & Sarah Pearson, married 1817, Sarah died in 1866: married 49 years! (So close!!)

~Aaron Mendenhall & Christena M. Spielman, married 1851, Aaron died in 1894: married 43 years!

~Richard Mendenhall & Margaret Frances Pierron, married 1872, Margaret died in 1923: married 51 years!!

~Marion Richard Mendenhall & Louella Ida Munn, married 1893, Marion died in 1948: married 55 years!!

~Earl Dwight Mendenhall & Edna Grace Niles, married about 1915: Edna died in 1934: married about 19 years.

~Harold Earl Mendenhall & Helen Ruth Seaver, married about 1942, Helen died in 1981: married 39 years.


4) Seaver line: 

~ Henry Seaver & Elizabeth Myers, married 1771, Elizabeth died in 1777: married only 6 years.

~Jacob Seaver & Esther Croberger, married 1799, they both died in 1854: married 55 years!!!

~Greenberry mcKilsey Seaver & Mary Douglas, married 1852, Mary died in 1862: married 10 years.

~Frank Buchanon Seaver & Harriett Olive Watson, married 1888, Harriett died in 1915: married 27 years.

~Otto Watson Seaver & Ruby Mae Henderson, married 1926, by 1930, they were divorced and Otto was remarried: married less than 4 years.