tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65626399079978896062024-03-14T04:21:12.170-04:00Tangled Roots and TreesWhere family and history come togetherSchalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.comBlogger845125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-46778727290808689902020-12-02T14:53:00.004-05:002020-12-02T14:55:59.380-05:00DNA Proves Family Lore<p> As I work through DNA matches about which Ancestry suggests a common ancestor, I like to research everyone from the common ancestor forward through to the person with matching DNA. Then I add all the new information to my family tree.</p><p>My three times great grandmother was Anna Mariah or Marie Waldrond (1782-1868)<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span>. Several of my Waldron DNA matches share Anna's father, Benjamin Walrond (died 1811) as our common ancestor as did this interesting match:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqsleb6ngtNIWiLPei9E_pT4iKIHUk1S6cmFGps5-7PvHbXU8iF-YLWjeW6JK05w_tEhhkftMvrZfiLmZl-9o5H_UCgDrq_qzW8pm1a4-UMYlmGhaHtc-loJd7cfMc3fNUqPiRjecMUuD/s1300/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.39.27+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1300" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqsleb6ngtNIWiLPei9E_pT4iKIHUk1S6cmFGps5-7PvHbXU8iF-YLWjeW6JK05w_tEhhkftMvrZfiLmZl-9o5H_UCgDrq_qzW8pm1a4-UMYlmGhaHtc-loJd7cfMc3fNUqPiRjecMUuD/w400-h386/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.39.27+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancestry.com suggested common ancestor; courtesy Ancestry.com</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />I had researched Thomas, John and Samuel Washington Waldron extensively. According to my research Samuel Washington Waldron didn't have a daughter named Sallie Bell and why was her maiden name Presley?</p><p>I found this note posted by Ancestry.com user Timothy Hunt in 2007:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_MFEnUKVxE4yL_3BfEpzzTNQrWY9IERzJ-V04c2irDTAlSMCtLt_hEb8-o515t9RdSix_hWrzhtKRxytRvmNNQSwqnAsVQU1BAn01aV-Kuj-T26edaRRX-sZgDoxG15rNqgoV2G_65aY/s1290/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.46.03+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="1290" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_MFEnUKVxE4yL_3BfEpzzTNQrWY9IERzJ-V04c2irDTAlSMCtLt_hEb8-o515t9RdSix_hWrzhtKRxytRvmNNQSwqnAsVQU1BAn01aV-Kuj-T26edaRRX-sZgDoxG15rNqgoV2G_65aY/w400-h73/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.46.03+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy Ancestry.com</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />After much research, I discovered that the family lore outlined above was true as proved by my DNA to Sallie Belle's grandson as well as several other shared matches that could only be matches to me if a son of John Waldron fathered Sallie Bell. </p><p>What Nina's grandmother, Bertha (Altizer) Waldron failed to mention however, was that Bertha's father Cecil Corbin Altizer was born before Bertha's marriage to Augustus Spotts Waldron, Samuel Washington Waldron's brother. Such a tangled, but oh so interesting family tree.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrlVlDqaVMCG0VhZGFgVUn8DU1tjaLj0Mjdrx1JabAQaIL3e7kddINjKR9G4GwNYBIiYFeWTgzkuazQRsgLpsXDR_m8DKQ5TgSkPg9vIGKzMlxsYfLERFrl6fLz24D9o6bbX4WT-TsFIj/s1652/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.32.00+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1652" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrlVlDqaVMCG0VhZGFgVUn8DU1tjaLj0Mjdrx1JabAQaIL3e7kddINjKR9G4GwNYBIiYFeWTgzkuazQRsgLpsXDR_m8DKQ5TgSkPg9vIGKzMlxsYfLERFrl6fLz24D9o6bbX4WT-TsFIj/w400-h295/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+2.32.00+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relationships between Waldron and Altizer families; created using<br />Microsoft Powerpoint</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />_______________</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">1 Spelling of the Walrond surname was later changed to Waldron.</span></p>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-35324393737296425222020-11-04T10:20:00.005-05:002020-11-04T10:20:49.052-05:00Will "My" Coy Franklin Hicks Please Stand Up?<p>Mary Inez Muir was my first cousin once removed, the eldest daughter of my grand uncle, Henry "Jack" Muir and his first wife, Mary Frances Canterbury. Mary Inez was born on 8 January 1922 in Raven, Virginia. According to her granddaughter, she was married as many as nine times. So far, I have found at least the surnames of eight husbands. </p><p>On 26 January 1994 Mary Inez married Coy Franklin Hicks in Tazewell County, Virginia. For years I could not find any additional information about Coy beyond his name. Earlier this week, I tried searching for him again. I had more success than I bargained for and found three men named Coy Franklin Hicks!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTYStHcqwDgNNx6kpiIbwXCwq5QOfRoeLqvauwZjKb4DgqmTa9nZ-SAA3YHL8lFAJYF2FefQJBq-AeAmpaQ54UUQT2fl4F0kk9MKATq-TK0lhbuzr_yF_vIoEA6dGjWfYxu4_WSSQ4ki-/s1248/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+10.19.11+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="1248" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTYStHcqwDgNNx6kpiIbwXCwq5QOfRoeLqvauwZjKb4DgqmTa9nZ-SAA3YHL8lFAJYF2FefQJBq-AeAmpaQ54UUQT2fl4F0kk9MKATq-TK0lhbuzr_yF_vIoEA6dGjWfYxu4_WSSQ4ki-/w400-h154/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+10.19.11+AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia marriage record for Mary Inez and Coy Franklin Hicks; <br />courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><b>Coy Franklin Hicks</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Born: 17 June 1917 in Caretta, West Virginia, to Mitchell and Rebecca "Beckie" (Boothe) Hicks.</li><li>Died: 23 May 1999 in Tazewell County, Virginia</li><li>Married: 1) Kathleen Hopkins (died in 1988) in 1938 and 2) Mary Inez Muir in 1994; no known children</li></ul><div><b>Coy Franklin Hicks</b></div><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Born: 21 December 1918 in Davidson County, North Carolina, to Marvin and Cora Louise (Klass) Hicks</li><li>Died: 8 June 1971 in Thomasville, North Carolina</li><li>Married: 1) Dorothy Mae Loveless in 1938; one known child</li></ul><div><b>Coy Franklin Hicks</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Born: after 1940 to Coy Harrison and Elma H. (Ward) Hicks</li><li>Married: 1) Carolyn Joy Harris and 2) Trudy (maiden name unknown); three known children by his first wife</li></ul><div>I was able to discount the North Carolina Coy Franklin Hicks fairly quickly as he died before the 1994 marriage to Mary Inez Muir. However, I added him to my tree in order to have facts about him readily available so I could better analyze each record I was finding to determine to which Coy Franklin Hicks they related.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>However, I had a "stray" marriage record that led to the third Coy Franklin Hicks. On that record he and wife, Carolyn Joy Harris, were the parents of the bride. Was this "my" Coy Franklin Hicks? Determining there was actually a third man with that name was confirmed by the obituaries of Elma (Ward) Hicks and Tina Joy (Hicks) Stewart. To find those obituaries, though, required more researching. That's how I end up with unrelated people in my family tree. And research notes with links to all the men named Cory Franklin Hicks so I, and others in the future, don't have to do the research again.</div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">_________</span></p><p><b style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/06/unraveling-henrys-children-mary-inez.html" target="_blank">Unraveling Henry's Children: Mary Inez Muir (1922-2002)</a> </b></p>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-70481642822815090082020-11-02T10:43:00.010-05:002020-11-04T13:25:44.681-05:00Looking for Livana<p>I had known my husband's paternal uncle, Albert Paul Dagutis (1920-1987), had briefly been married to a woman named Livana B. (Russell) Mueller. A decade ago, I found their 1949 marriage record and several city directories that showed them living in Lincoln Park, Michigan, throughout the 1950s. But I could never find out more about Livana until I really studied their marriage record.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUrocJjOrXTx4xYogqQ9eSZiMBUiXMtifxnHeFcYCMzP1fapWuy-YMSt58z_JD0-olFwft1Ax4q6vFopJvyVVuQhqrax9_QsmMzEqIlleEig-UOjg58R6m-gB_Lv3fpB_ul7awZNBppFZ/s1136/Screen+Shot+2020-11-02+at+10.37.03+AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1136" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUrocJjOrXTx4xYogqQ9eSZiMBUiXMtifxnHeFcYCMzP1fapWuy-YMSt58z_JD0-olFwft1Ax4q6vFopJvyVVuQhqrax9_QsmMzEqIlleEig-UOjg58R6m-gB_Lv3fpB_ul7awZNBppFZ/w400-h319/Screen+Shot+2020-11-02+at+10.37.03+AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albert P. DaGutis and Livana B. Mueller Marriage License;<br />courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />They were married in Sandusky County, Ohio, on 26 February 1949. The index of the marriage license said Livana was born in 1928 and was 21 years old. It also provided her parents names. When I looked closely at the scanned image, I realized Livana said she was 31 years old, not 21. Armed with a better birth year, I searched the Michigan divorce records again for her divorce from her previous husband, Mr. Mueller. Finding that record, led me to believe Livana had not been completely honest on her 1949 marriage license. She was 41, not 31, and she had been married twice previously, not once. And so, more of her life became known.</p><p>***</p><p>Estella "Stella" B. Russell was born 6 March 1907 in Elk Rapids, Michigan to George William Russell and Mary Boursaw. Mary's father was three-quarters Chippewa and spelled his surname a variety of ways. When the 1910 census was enumerated, Mary lived with several of her children on what was referred to as the Indian Town Reservation. They lived in "civilized" (as opposed to aboriginal) housing on property owned by the iron company. Mary listed her marital status as divorced. However the divorce decree for desertion was not granted until 1919. Estella's mother then married Carl Martinsen, a Norwegian, with whom she'd lived with for almost a decade. Estella was enumerated as Carl's step-daughter in the 1920 census.</p><p>On 4 June 1923 Estella married Melvin Artlip in Muskegon County, Michigan. Both the bride and groom lived in Muskegon. Melvin worked as a chauffeur and Estella as a waitress. The couple had three children:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Cassius "Cash" Melvin Artlip, born 22 February 1924 in Muskegon, died 22 June 2001 in Muskegon. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and married 1) Marcella Ruth Lane about 1947 and 2) Juanita Ellen (Worden) McEntaffer on 9 December 1966. He had two children with his first wife.</li><li>George Stanley Artlip, born 16 August 1925 in Muskegon Heights, died 10 September 1996 in Polk County, Florida. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and married 1) Delores May Seitz on 20 July 1946 in Detroit; and 2) Gloria Rita Anderson on 7 July 1991 in Palm Beach County, Florida. He had three children with his first wife.</li><li>Pearl Delores Artlip, born and died on 10 January 1927 in Muskegon Heights.</li></ul><div>On 15 April 1927 Estelle L. Artlip filed a petition in the Muskegon County courts for a divorce. An absolute divorce decree for extreme cruelty was granted on 13 June 1928. On 1 November 1928, Estella married John Mueller in Bellaire, Michigan. Her mother and half-sister were witnesses. John was born on 1 June 1900 in Zurich, Switzerland, and had immigrated to Canada in 1924 to become a farmer. He entered the U.S. 28 July 1925 on his way to Minneapolis to begin working at Toro Manufacturing. He lived in Detroit at the time of their marriage.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1930, John and Estella lived at the Seneca Hotel in Detroit. He worked as a laborer at a dairy. Estella's ex-husband and eldest son, Cassius, lived in Muskegon Heights with Melvin's sister and brother-in-law. I have not been able to find Estella's youngest son, George Stanley Artlip, in the 1930 census.</div><div><br /></div><div>On 20 October 1931, Estella had Norene L. Mueller in Detroit. When the 1940 census was enumerated John Mueller rented a home at 3755 Van Dyke Street and he continued to work at a dairy. Living in the home with him were his wife, Estella (enumerated as L. Estelle); their daughter, Norene; and Estella's son, George (enumerated as S. George Mueller). John registered for the World War II draft on 16 February 1942. He and Estella continued to live at the house on Van Dyke Street and he worked for U.S. Rubber Company. He listed his wife as the person who would always know his address, but listed her as Betty Mueller. Was this the explanation for the initial "B.," which appeared frequently on other records for Estella?</div><div><br /></div><div>On 24 February 1949, Estelle B. L. Mueller and John W. Mueller were divorced in Wayne County, Michigan. She married Albert Paul Dagutis in Sandusky County, Ohio, two days later. Albert was a steelworker, who lived in Detroit, and was my husband's paternal uncle. Estella was listed on the marriage license as Livana B. Mueller, a music teacher who also lived in Detroit. This is the first record on which her given name is listed as Livana.</div><div><br /></div><div>Throughout the 1950s Albert and Livana lived at 2219 Hartwick Avenue in Lincoln Park, Michigan. Her given name was listed as Livana in the city directories. They divorced some time after 1960. Albert never married again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Estella, aka Livana, died in Kearny, Michigan on 13 July 1988 and was interred at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Elk Rapids. Her headstone says Livana B. Mueller, 1907-1988. Her second husband also died in Kearny on 7 October 1991. He is interred in the same cemetery with matching headstones. Did John Mueller and Estella get back together?</div><div><br /></div><div>Her first husband, Melvin Artlip, died on 11 August 1964 in Muskegon Heights, the same day his second wife died. They are interred together at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Muskegon. Albert Paul Dagutis died on 16 February 1987 in Traverse City, Michigan.</div><p></p>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-89008888969126983962020-07-21T08:19:00.001-04:002020-07-21T08:19:01.482-04:00Arson or Tragedy?Ada "Addie" Wells was a niece of one of my great great grandmothers, Clementine (Wells) Riggin Collins. Addie married Edward Grotz, who immigrated to the United States from what is now Baden, Germany. They had six children[1] before Addie died some time before the 1910 census was enumerated.<br />
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One of her daughters, Edna Grotz, was born on 4 June 1895 in Collinsville. Her mother died before she was 10 years old. When the 1910 census was enumerated, Edna lived with her father, who was a coal miner, and siblings. Her maternal grandmother, Sarah (Smith) Wells, also lived with the family.<br />
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Edna married Charles Griffith Neathery on 8 June 1916 in Greenville, Illinois. Charles was a widower with two small children. In 1917 Edna, her husband and his children lived with her father. Charles was a cook at the Bay Avenue restaurant in East St. Louis. In 1920 they had purchased a home on St. Francis Road in Caseyville and Charles owned a restaurant.<br />
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On 11 December 1923, the couple owned a restaurant in Edwardsville on Purcell Street opposite the courthouse. They lived in an apartment over the restaurant. About 4:30 in the morning a fire was discovered. The fire spread to a connected building and destroyed a general store named Schneider & Poole. Edna and Charles were thought to be asleep upstairs when a gas stove in their restaurant exploded. Their remains were found in the fire debris later that day. Charles' children were out of town visiting their grandparents.<br />
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Members of Charles' family reported he was active in the Ku Klux Klan, which had about 8,000 members in Madison County at the time. According to his family, he had received a threatening letter about his Klan activities and was considering selling the restaurant so he could leave town. "It was a case of sell out and go away or lose his life." In fact, Charles Neathery had sold his restaurant to Walter Loarts the day before the fire, according to an article in <i>The Edwardsville Intelligencer.</i><br />
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The investigation into the fire lasted several months. State and local fire marshals were never able to determine the cause of the blaze. During the March 1924 term, the grand jury determined no murder had occurred. The foreman stated, "We have wasted a lot of time investigating this fire but there is absolutely nothing on which to base an indictment charging murder. Probably it is for the best that the fire was taken up and the public will be more satisfied."<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] Ada "Addie" Wells and Edward Grotz married 22 September 1890 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Addie had one daughter Jessie Helms in 1883. After her marriage to Edward, Jessie used the Grotz surname. She later married a Mr. Thies.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-31688116750350594622020-07-19T11:16:00.001-04:002020-07-19T11:16:26.051-04:00Who's Your Daddy, Dorothy?Dorothy Grotz was the granddaughter of my first cousin three times removed, Ada "Addie" (Wells) Grotz. Addie was the niece of my great great grandmother, Clementine (Wells) Riggin Collins. I learned about Dorothy while researching Addie's husband, Edward Grotz. He died in Collinsvile, Illinois, in 1940 after having been a widower for over three decades. He died intestate and his daughter, Augusta, administered the estate.<br />
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On 17 October 1953 a list of Edward's legal heirs was published in <i>The Edwardsville Intelligencer.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">List of Edward Grotz' heirs;<br />courtesy of Newspapers.com</td></tr>
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<br />How did Dorothy Beaman fit into the family group? Was Beaman a married name or her surname at birth? I've learned a lot about Dorothy yet still have many, many questions. If you know more about her, please leave a comment on this post.<br />
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Dorothy was born about 1914 in Illinois to Matilda "Tillie" Maria Kopp and one of Edward Grotz's sons -- either Fred, Frank or Donald. Tillie's marriage didn't to the Grotz son didn't last long. By 1917 she was married to Adlai Stephenson Dixon and had a son with him that year.<br />
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In the 1920 census Dorothy was listed as Dorothy Dixon and her relationship to Adlai was listed as daughter, but in 1930, she is listed as Dorothy Grotz and her relationship is step-daughter. Her step-father worked as an electrician at an aluminum ore company and the family lived on Summit Avenue in East St. Louis.<br />
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When the 1940 census was enumerated, Dorothy was married to Victor Delmus Beaman, a 30-year-old Kentuckian, who worked as a clerk in the sales department of a tin can company. We know from Victor's World War II draft card, that "tin can company" was Continental Can Co.<br />
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Victor and Dorothy remained married at least through 1950 when they were listed in an East St. Louis city directory. Victor was a salesman for John Morrell & Co. Some time after that, Victor married Julia Marvin Gill. He died in 1998 and was interred beside Julia at the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.<br />
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I have been unable to trace Dorothy after 1950. So much of her life remains a mystery.<br />
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I reviewed Fred, Frank and Donald's World War I draft cards to see if any of them claimed a child as an exemption for serving, but each of them stated they were single at the time they registered for the draft, which was true as the marriage with Tillie was over by then.<br />
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Fred Grotz was born on 6 February 1891 in Collinsville, Illinois and married Ida Louise Jackson some time after 1926. They lived in Maywood, Illinois, and Fred worked in Chicago for many years. They had one son, Glenn Forrest Grotz (1926-2017).<br />
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Frank Grotz was born on 15 November 1892 in Collinsville, and lived in California by 1914. He entered the Army Air Service on 18 Jun 1918 and was assigned to the Signal Corps in Vancouver, Washington. He married Myrtle Scott on 17 Apr 1919 in Los Angeles County. They had no children. Frank died in 1966.<br />
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Donald Grotz was born on 7 September 1896 in Collinsville. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on 23 June 1918. He was assigned to Company A, First Battalion, 13th Marine Regiment, which shipped out to Brest on 25 September 1918. The regiment was responsible for guarding supply depots throughout France. After the war, he moved to California, where he co-owned the Grotz Bros. Cafe, with his brother, Frank. He married Mary Roberta Ridout sometime before 1940. They had no known children. He died on 14 February 1959 in Los Angeles County.Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-70426206995981191442019-07-29T11:13:00.000-04:002019-07-29T11:13:33.601-04:00Grandpa Lange's ViolinI wonder how many of my Lange/Jennings first cousins remember visiting Uncle Herbert and Aunt Iva at their house on Little River and seeing Grandpa Lange's violin framed and on display in their living room? I do. And I was always struck by how well Aunt Iva could incorporate cherished family heirlooms and photographs in her well designed rooms. When I saw the Grandpa's violin, it was the first time I knew he played another musical instrument besides the trumpet.<br />
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I don't know when Grandpa started playing musical instruments, but this photograph was taken in Essen, Germany, where he worked for five years -- from 1906 to 1911 -- before immigrating to Canada.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustav Lange, middle row third from left; personal collection</td></tr>
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After arriving in Winnipeg, Grandpa met and married Wilhelmina Schalin. They moved to Michigan and then bought a farm in Maryland in 1919. While living there, Grandpa played in an orchestra at a movie theater during the silent picture era and played the trumpet in a marching band.<br />
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Recently, I asked my cousin, Paul, about Grandpa's violin. Paul sent me a photograph of the instrument as well as the information Aunt Iva had been able to discover about it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa's violin; courtesy of Paul Lange</td></tr>
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Aunt Iva said Grandpa gave Uncle Herbert the violin in the early 1960s when he and his family were visiting Grandpa at the farm in Maryland. (Grandpa died on 23 December 1963.)<br />
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Inside the violin is a label that reads: "Copy of Jacobus Stainer, Made in Germany." Also, on the backplate at the top of the body "Stainer" is stamped. Jacobus Stainer lived from 1617-1683 and his violins are very valuable but few have survived. Two were acquired by the Smithsonian. It is also known that Stainer never stamped his name on the violins he made. So it is likely this is a copy of Stainer made at a much later time period.<br />
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Two friends of Uncle Herbert and Aunt Iva's were accomplished violinists. They both played Grandpa's violin and said it had a beautiful tone.<br />
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There must be some musical talent in the Lange genes. Grandpa's younger brother, Friedrich, signed up for the army band when he was drafted into the Polish Army in the early 1920s. He had never played a musical instrument before, but thought the band would be easy duty. While in the Army he became so proficient at playing the French Horn, he played at weddings after being discharged.Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-66964596696567847312019-07-05T06:40:00.000-04:002019-07-05T06:41:02.937-04:00Finding Capt. Thomas Wood's DaughtersSince Capt. Thomas Wood's last will and testament did not name his children, I went back to information about him on the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) website. It listed one daughter:<br />
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<b>Sede Wood</b><br />
born circa 1781 in Bedford County, Virginia<br />
died 16 August 1824 in Adair County, Kentucky<br />
married Henry Dooley on 7 August 1797 in Bedford County<br />
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I was able to find an abstract of their marriage in several sources:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstract of marriage bond for Henry Dooley and Sede Wood; courtesy of<br />
Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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Browsing through the Bedford County marriage bonds, I found two other daughters:<br />
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<b>Elizabeth Wood</b><br />
daughter of Thomas Wood<br />
married Jonathan Smith on 15 March 1791 in Bedford County<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstract of marriage bond for Jonathan Smith and Elizabeth Wood; courtesy<br />
of Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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<b>Pebe Wood</b><br />
daughter of Thomas Wood<br />
married Peter Purnal on 15 February 1792 in Bedford County.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstract of marriage bonds for Peter Purnal; courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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Since Peter Purnal married again in 1793, I am assuming Pebe Wood died during their first year of marriage.<br />
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The marriage bond abstracts for Elizabeth and Pebe state they are daughters of Thomas Wood.<br />
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Other people named Wood mentioned in the abstracts:<br />
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Josiah Wood<br />
James Wood<br />
Jeremiah Wood<br />
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Who are they and what is their relationship to Thomas and his three known daughters?<br />
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My three times great grandmother and brick wall was Sarah "Sally" Wood (c1792-after 1884). So I am looking for a son of Capt. Thomas Wood. The search continues but now I have some names to research.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/last-will-and-testament-of-capt-thomas.html">Last Will and Testament of Capt. Thomas Wood of Bedford County, Virginia</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/finding-sede-wood-dooley-is-she-sally.html">Finding Sede (Wood) Dooley: Is She Sally Wood's Aunt?</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/sarah-sally-wood-c1792-c1884-has.html">Sarah "Sally" Wood (c1792-c1884): Has Ancestry's ThruLines Broken a Brick Wall?</a></span></b><br />
<br />Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-49277552235480553842019-06-25T16:29:00.001-04:002019-06-26T08:57:20.373-04:00River House: Selecting a Builder<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>"When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know -- in the worst way -- before one began."</i></div>
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-- Friedrich Nietzsche</div>
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There are literally thousands of advice articles on the Internet about how to choose a contractor for your custom home. We followed none of that advice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TAB Premium Built Home house in Morehead City; courtesy of TAB<br />
Premium Built Homes</td></tr>
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Pete and I lived in two houses in Virginia and extensively remodeled both of them. We were very lucky with our contractor, Harold Leff, and worked with him on both houses starting in 1990. It was a sad day in 2017 when he removed the lockbox on the front door of our second house! We appreciated the quality of his team, his eye for detail, his creativeness, and how easy he was to work with. He wasn't going to be the cheapest contractor in town, but you get what you pay for. We wanted to find another Harold when we built our North Carolina home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We turned the upper half of a two-story sun room into a screen porch over-<br />
looking the treetops; personal collection</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And added a foyer to the middle of the house by using the recessed front<br />
porch; personal collection</td></tr>
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We chose <a href="http://www.tabpremiumbuilthomes.com/">TAB Premium Built Homes</a> because they were a member of the <i>Southern Living</i> Custom Builder Program. The program is a network of high-quality home builders throughout the south. Builders were selected because of their commitment to great architecture and craftsmanship. We thought this might be the best way to "find another Harold."<br />
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I first contacted TAB in 2015 right after I retired and we thought we'd move to New Bern immediately -- before I got the "bright" idea to ease Pete's weekly Albany, New York, to Virginia commute by moving to New York. Andy talked me out of two house plans for very good reasons and taught me how to look at a plan with an eye to cost.<br />
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We re-engaged with TAB in 2018 and signed the contract in in early March of 2019. After our first meeting with TAB's team, Pete and I weren't sure who was interviewing who! But once we got through contract negotiations, it's been a good relationship...so far.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete and I celebrating being in debt again; personal collection</td></tr>
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The contract is a firm-fixed price contract with two areas of unknown costs, which was unusual for TAB. We were unable to get a price quote for site preparation due to the Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. Our contract included only an estimate. Also, our plans would have to be reviewed by a structural engineer to ensure they met or exceeded local building codes. Because we are on a river in hurricane country, there could likely be additional costs.<br />
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Next, the hurry-up-and-wait period while permits are pulled and the structural engineer weighs in on changes to meet codes. I have been busy setting up electrical, water, and sewer service to the lot.<br />
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Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-12264076404062956872019-06-17T10:00:00.001-04:002019-07-05T06:39:10.058-04:00Last Will and Testament of Capt. Thomas Wood of Bedford County, VirginiaAncestry.com's new ThruLines indicates Thomas Wood (c1733-c1793) may be my five times great grandfather and the grandfather of Sarah "Sally" Wood (1792-1884), my three times great grandmother, who married Daniel Mitchell, Jr. Her parents have been a longstanding brick wall.<br />
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Before exploring the DNA connections, I wanted to learn everything I could about Thomas Wood. I already knew he was <a href="http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A207843">Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot</a> through two descendants of his daughter Sede Wood, who married Henry Dooley.<br />
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I also knew that he was a member of the Peaks of Otter Presbyterian Church and had signed a petition to the House of Burgesses in 1774 asking for permission to buy slaves to work church land so that it could support a full-time minister. (Just let that sink in for a minute!)<br />
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Next, I wanted to find his last will and testament, which I was able to do. It did not, however, provide any new information as his children's names are not mentioned. The will did not advance my quest to discover the parents of Sarah "Sally" (Wood) Mitchell.<br />
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Bedford County, Virginia<br />
Will Book 2 (1788-1803)<br />
Pages 102-103<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Will and Testament of Thomas Wood (c1733-c17930; courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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In the name of God, Amen. I Thomas Wood of Bedford County being desirous of making a Testament and I do make and ordain this -- my Last Will and Testament in form and manner following to wit<br />
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First of all I give and recommend my soul to God who gave it Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection to receive the same by the mighty power of God and as to my Temporal Estate I will first of all my Just Debts be fully discharged and paid and<br />
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Secondly I will my wife Elizabeth have her third of my Estate as the law directs and also one horse saddle and bridle and one feather bed and ten pounds in cash out of my moveable Estate. I give and Bequeath my Lands equally between my male and female children both in my moveable Estate they are equally to have and I do by these presents constitute and appoint my true and loving wife Elizabeth Wood my lawful Executrix<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Will and Testament of Thomas Wood (c1733-c1793); courtesy of<br />
Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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together with John Sharp in said County<br />
<br />
26th day of November 1773<br />
<br />
Thomas Wood (signed and sealed)<br />
<br />
Signed, sealed, published and pronounced before us<br />
Thomas Best<br />
John Stovall<br />
Elizabeth Stovall (her mark)<br />
<br />
This is to certify this in mentioned [?] will stands up good from the first day of my writing of my will to my wife Elizabeth and my children my witnesses<br />
<br />
My had this 17 day of January 1781<br />
<br />
Thomas Wood (his mark)<br />
<br />
Teste,<br />
<br />
James King<br />
Eliza King (her mark)<br />
Hannah [illegible] (her mark)<br />
<br />
At a Court held for Bedford County the 25 day of February 1793<br />
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This last will and testament of Thomas Wood, deceased, was proved by the oath of Elizabeth Leftwich late Elizabeth Stovall and the said Elizabeth Leftwich made oath that she saw John Stovall subscribe his name there to as a witness to the said will whereupon the same is ordered to be recorded and at a Court held for said County in July following the motion of Eliza Wood the Executrix therein named who made oath thereto --<br />
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Certificate is granted her for obtaining probate thereof in due form giving security whereupon she together with Henry Jeter, Thomas Logwood and George Potter her securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of two hundred pounds conditioned for said Executrix due and faithful administration of said decedent's estate and performance of his will. Liberty being reserved to John Sharp the Executor therein named to join in the probate thereof when he shall think fit --<br />
<br />
Teste,<br />
<br />
James Steptoe, County Clerk<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/finding-sede-wood-dooley-is-she-sally.html">Finding Sede (Wood) Dooley: Is She Sally Wood's Aunt?</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/sarah-sally-wood-c1792-c1884-has.html">Sarah "Sally" Wood (c1792-c1884): Has Ancestry's ThruLines Broken a Brick Wall?</a></span></b>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-33933639281945050942019-06-10T07:27:00.001-04:002019-06-10T07:27:18.577-04:00Finding Sede (Wood) Dooley: Is She Sally Wood's Aunt?Thomas Wood, my possible five times great grandfather and grandfather of Sarah "Sally" Wood, my three times great grandmother, died in 1793. Did he serve in the Revolutionary War? I used the Daughters of the American Revolution's (DAR) Genealogical Research Service (GRS) to find out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DAR GRS Ancestor record for Thomas Wood (c1733-1793); courtesy of<br />
DAR.org</td></tr>
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Thomas Wood not only served in the Continental Army under Capt. Joseph Spencer and Capt. Rueben Lipscomb, he furnished supplies to the patriotic cause. Two DAR members joined the lineage society using Thomas Wood as their patriot ancestor. Both women descended from Thomas' daughter, Sede Wood, who married Henry Dooley.<br />
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I know that my three times great grandmother, Sarah "Sally" Wood, may have descended from a son of Thomas Wood, so this step in the research process did not break through a brick wall, but it did give me more names to research.<br />
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<b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/06/sarah-sally-wood-c1792-c1884-has.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sarah "Sally" Wood (c1792-c1884): Has Ancestry's ThruLines Broken a Brick Wall?</span></a></b>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-7947821854246560052019-06-04T06:02:00.000-04:002019-06-04T06:02:54.688-04:00Sarah "Sally" Wood (c1792-c1884): Has Ancestry's ThruLines Broken a Brick Wall?Sarah "Sally" Wood (born about 1792) of Bedford County, Virginia, was my three times great grandmother and is one of my biggest brick walls. When we visited the <a href="http://www.bedfordvamuseum.org/">Bedford Museum and Genealogical Society</a> in October 2018, one of the aides pulled up Sally's <a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/10/daniel-mitchell-jr-and-sarah-sally-wood.html">marriage bond and consent note</a>. I thought for sure it would put a crack in the wall, but, alas, no. Sally was of legal age to marry and basically gave herself permission to marry Daniel Mitchell.<br />
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Later, I was able to download Daniel's War of 1812 pension file and learned more about the couple, including specific death dates, but nothing about Sally's parents.<br />
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Several DNA matches are direct descendants of John Blagdon Wood (born about 1791) in Bedford County. I have assumed for a few years that John was a brother, though I have not been successful establishing who his parents were either. A John Wood and John B. Wood are listed in the probate files for Daniel Mitchell's father, Daniel Mitchell, Sr. So there were definitely strong connections between my Mitchell family and a Wood family, but which one?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedford County, Virginia Circuit Court Records: Abstracts of Will Book 6,<br />
September 1823 - December 1827, Including Appraisements and Inventories,<br />
Sales and Allotments, page 70; personal collection</td></tr>
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A few weeks ago, Ancestry released a major enhancement to their DNA products. Probable common ancestors are identified even if both trees do not include the ancestor as was previously required. I have been spending most of my time using this upgrade to continue descendancy research and validation of the documents I have collected about the families in my tree.<br />
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The other part of Ancestry's DNA enhancement was the introduction of ThruLines. When I first explored ThruLines there were many issues, but yesterday there was this gem:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ThruLines for Capt. Thomas Wood IV (1737-1793). Is he Sally's grandfather?<br />
Image courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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I can't wait to start researching Capt. Thomas Wood!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">_______________</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/06/52-ancestors-23-daniel-mitchell-jr.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daniel Mitchell, Jr. (c1786-1872): Miller, Cooper, Farmer</span></a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/10/daniel-mitchell-jr-and-sarah-sally-wood.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daniel Mitchell, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Wood Marriage Bond and Consent Note</span></a></b>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-75553491008131681292019-05-27T14:59:00.001-04:002019-05-27T14:59:28.502-04:00Died of Wounds in France: Raymond Lord Boone (1895-1918)I was contacted by a gentleman who had inherited World War I dog tags which belonged to Raymond Lord Boone of New York State. He wanted my help in finding a descendant so that he could return the dog tags to a family member. Since a close relative was not found, the dog tags may be donated to the <a href="http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/about.htm">New York State Military Museum</a>.<br />
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Raymond Lord Boone was born on 9 April 1895 to Edward and Edith (Earles) Boone. Records conflict about his place of birth. Federal census records indicate Raymond was born in New York. His military records created after his death, list New Port Richey, Florida, as his place of birth. However, his draft registration card, which was completed by a Schenectady County draft board official while meeting with Raymond, lists his place of birth as Preston Hollow, New York. I tend to think New York was his place of birth as his parents lived in Florida in the 1930s before returning to New York, according to his mother's obituary.<br />
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From at least 1900 to 1915, Raymond lived in Duanesburg, New York, with his parents and older brother Weller Earl. His father was a blacksmith.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rt. 7 and Rt. 20 crossroads in downtown Duanesburg; courtesy of eBay </td></tr>
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On 27 June 1917 Raymond traveled to Schenectady to enlist in the New York National Guard. At the time he enlisted, he lived in the village of Delanson in Schenectady County, which is situated west-southwest of Duanesburg. He was assigned to the Machine Gun (MG) Company of 2nd Infantry. On 1 October 1917 the 2nd New York Infantry became the 105th New York Infantry. The regiment was strengthened by men from the 71st Regiment. It was paired with the 106th Regiment and attached to the 53rd Brigade of the 27th Division. They traveled to Camp Wadsworth near Spartanburg, South Carolina, for extensive training.<br />
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The 105th Infantry embarked for Europe from Newport News, Virginia, on 17 May 1918; and sailed aboard the Army Transport Steamer, <i>President Grant</i>. The last elements of the division arrived in France by late June.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Army Transport Steamer President Grant; courtesy of the Naval History and<br />
Heritage Command</td></tr>
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According to the New York State Museum <a href="https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwi/infantry/105thInf/105thInfMain.htm">website</a> the, "27th division was slowly rotated into the front line in relief of the British 6th Division" on 25 July 1918. "German offensives during late March and April had driven deep salients into the allied lines near Amiens and Hazebrouck. On 31 August 1918, operations of the Ypres-Lys Offensive began in an attempt to remove the Germans from the Dickebusch/Scherpenberg area, and thus reduce the Amiens salient. This would free the Amiens-Paris railroad and safeguard allied communications. The responsibility for the assault on the 31st fell to the 53rd Brigade with the 105th regiment attacking on the left, abreast of the 106th Regiment. Over the next couple of days the 105th Regiment advanced against moderate German resistance until the entire 27th Division was relieved by the British 41st Division.<br />
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The 27th Division was transferred to the British 3rd Army on 4 September and was stationed near Doullens in a reserve position. By mid-September, the German salients had been reduced and the allied armies were finally in a position to launch their own offensive. The Somme offensive was organized and launched from 24 September to 21 October 1918 with the express purpose of piercing the Hindenburg line, a complex system of German defenses with an average depth of six to eight kilometers. On September 27th, elements of the 105th moved forward in support of an attack by the 106th Regiment. Modest gains were made, initially near Quennemont Ferme, Guillemont Ferme, and a fortified hill creatively labeled 'The Knoll,' but German counterattacks threw the two regiments back to their starting place. On 29 September, the 105th, which had been sent to the rear as a reserve advanced on The Knoll, but was checked by savage amounts of machine gun fire that rained down from the elevated German positions. On 1 October, the whole of the 27th Division was moved again, they time to Premont, where it would serve with the American 2nd Corps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">27th Infantry Division war dead on 29 Sep 1918 near Gillemont Farm; courtesy<br />
of the Australian War Memorial</td></tr>
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On October 17th the 105th helped spearhead an assault against the German defenses, and rapidly took a portion of the line at L'Arbe de Guise, holding it against vigorous counterattacks. The following day, the 105th attacked again, advancing to one of the main north-south German lines, which ran through Jonc de Mer Ferme before being halted by strong resistance. On 19 October the 105th advanced from their forward positions in the face of slight opposition, and easily took the main German works. The Germans, placed in an untenable position by the 105th the previous day, had been forced to withdraw. The 105th Regiment held the line until 21 October when the entire division was relieved." This series of engagements became known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Selle">Battle of the Selle</a>.<br />
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Raymond Lord Boone died from wounds received in action during the battle on 20 October 1918. His body was interred at the Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension in Nord, France. Busigny had been liberated by the allies in early October and over the next two months the 12th, 37th and 48th Casualty Clearing Stations operated in town. The cemetery extension was begun October until February 1919. After the armistice, the cemetery extension was enlarged when Plots II-VII were used for graves of soldiers killed in a wide area between Cambrai and Guise. Boone was interred in Grave No. 6, Plot 2, No. 623. His remains were eventually moved to Arlington National Cemetery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Private Raymond Lord Boone's headstone at<br />
Arlington National Cemetery; courtesy of Find A<br />
Grave volunteer Doc Wilson</td></tr>
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A memorial plaque mounted on a stone honoring the ultimate sacrifice made by Raymond L. Boone and four other men was erected in the Mariaville, New York, Cemetery where Raymond's brother, Weller Earl, and his wife, Janet S. (Gahagan) Boone, were interred. Mariaville is a hamlet in Schenetady County and was named after a small, nearby lake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memorial stone honoring Raymond Lord Boone at the<br />
Mariaville Cemetery; courtesy of Find A Grave volunteer<br />
Thomas Dunne</td></tr>
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In Honor of<br />
1st Class Private<br />
Raymond L. Boone<br />
Machine Gun Co., 105th Infantry<br />
27th Division, U.S.A.<br />
<br />
Killed at the<br />
Battle of Laselle River<br />
St. Souplet, France<br />
October 20th 1918, Aged 23 Years<br />
<br />
Erected by the Citizens of<br />
Mariaville<br />
In Grateful Recognition<br />
Of His Services<br />
To His Country and to Humanity<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
<br />
Robert L. Gullings<br />
Stephen Brown<br />
Orson J. Smith<br />
Frank JeffersSchalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-77709150194357883782019-05-23T06:48:00.000-04:002019-05-23T06:48:09.007-04:00Honor Roll: City of Amsterdam, New York, World War IAmsterdam is a small city in Montgomery County, New York. There is a large honor roll at 456 Guy Park Road.<br />
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In Memoriam<br />
Amsterdam World War I Veterans<br />
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Abeling, Frederick L.<br />
Adams, Alfred J.<br />
Agnew, Harold<br />
Aiken, John Patrick<br />
Akin, David Sanford<br />
Albrecht, Louis<br />
Alexander, Lawrence A.<br />
Allen, Lee M.<br />
Altorio, Louis<br />
Anderson, Archibald D.<br />
Austin, Henry<br />
Baier Jr., Charles J.<br />
Baldine, Peter<br />
Baldwin, Russell C.<br />
Barkhuff, Harold C.<br />
Barnell, Charles<br />
Barrone, Frank<br />
Bates, Charles N.<br />
Bergen, James T.<br />
Bianchi, Louis<br />
Biscotti, Anthony<br />
Bishop, Clifton H.<br />
Blinsinger, Stephen C.<br />
Boerner, George A.<br />
Bonomo, Michael<br />
Bostwick, John B.<br />
Bradt, Guy E.<br />
Brayman, Harold<br />
Brown, Elmer<br />
Brown, John L.<br />
Brown, T. Forrest<br />
Bucci, Charles<br />
Bufo, Arthur<br />
Burba, John J.<br />
Bursese, Dominick<br />
Cady, William J.<br />
Calahan, Leo A.<br />
Campbell, Louis N.<br />
Capel, Peter<br />
Carbonelli, Michael M.<br />
Carero, Dr. Anton<br />
Carney, Thomas J.<br />
Carp, Stanley J.<br />
Carretta, Joseph<br />
Carretta, William<br />
Carriola, Louis<br />
Carriola, Peter<br />
Casolini, Louis<br />
Cassetta, Nicholas<br />
Casteso, Antonio<br />
Cavaliere, Nicholas<br />
Cerini, Michael<br />
Charles II, William B.<br />
Checca, Cisberto<br />
Christman, George E.<br />
Christman, Henry O.<br />
Clark, Theodore M.<br />
Coessens, Matthew<br />
Collins, John T.<br />
Colson, John E.<br />
Colts, Charles<br />
Condello, Anthony<br />
Constantino, Anthony<br />
Constantino, John<br />
Coratti, Agostino<br />
Corcoran, James J.<br />
Cosentino, Anthony<br />
Costello, Dominick<br />
Covey, Floyd R.<br />
Crawford, Walter<br />
Cross, Thomas J.<br />
Curran, John P.<br />
D'Arienzo, Anthony<br />
D'Arienzo, Frank<br />
Dashell, Edwin A.<br />
Davis, Perry K.<br />
Decatur, Beecher E.<br />
Della Posta, Frank<br />
Desorbo, Alexander<br />
Destefano, Frank<br />
Devine, James T.<br />
Dilello, Sylvester<br />
Diovisalvi, Michael<br />
Disibio, Michael<br />
Dixon, Clarence A.<br />
Donlon, Hugh P.<br />
Duncovich, Frank<br />
Ehmke, Ernest W.<br />
Fabozzi, Nicholas<br />
Fallova, Pasquale<br />
Falso, Sabatino<br />
Famia, Frank<br />
Famularo, Joseph<br />
Febbie, Alexander<br />
Felton, Anthony<br />
Ferdico, Joseph<br />
Ferrari, Augusto<br />
Filiberto, Anthony<br />
Firth, William F.<br />
Follett, Edgar S.<br />
Fontana, Frank<br />
Frank, Horace<br />
Frascatore, Ben<br />
Fratangelo, Michael<br />
French, John M.<br />
Frenz, William<br />
Friello, Giacomo<br />
Frisch, Walter C.<br />
Furman, Andrew<br />
Fusco, Frank<br />
Gage, Leland H.<br />
Galietta, James<br />
Gambardella, Vincenzo<br />
Gardinier, Edgar W.<br />
Gargiulo, John<br />
Gentile, Peter<br />
Gielily, Joseph<br />
Giell, John Hooper<br />
Gillis, James W.<br />
Glasier, Benjamin L.<br />
Goodman, Leland A.<br />
Gordon, Harold<br />
Gray, Harold C.<br />
Greco, Anthony<br />
Greco, John<br />
Greco, Quirino<br />
Greene, William T.<br />
Guarino, Joseph<br />
Habla, Charles<br />
Harrison, Robert J.<br />
Hawkins, Dana<br />
Hickok, Arthur D.<br />
Hopkins, James W.<br />
Hout, John William<br />
Howlan, Frank A.<br />
Hughes, Thomas<br />
Hughes, John<br />
Hughes, Clarence J.<br />
Hughes, Edward W.<br />
Iacono, Anthony<br />
Jiombottisti, John<br />
Johnson, Chester L.<br />
Johnson, Raymond<br />
Juchli, Dr. Rene Hardy<br />
Kane, James A.<br />
Kaufman, Edward E.<br />
Kaupelis, Joseph<br />
Kearney, Bernard J.<br />
Kelly, Russell L.<br />
Kelly, William E.<br />
Kennedy, Peter F.<br />
Kerbelis, Michael<br />
Key Jr., Frank<br />
Kinney, Edward R.<br />
Kinum, William G.<br />
Knight, Chandler S.<br />
Kobieszewski, Felix<br />
Konetchy, Teddy<br />
Kowalski, Joseph<br />
Kromforth, Herman F.<br />
Kruger Jr., Emil<br />
Krupzack, Albert J.<br />
Lagreca, John<br />
Leonard, William F.<br />
Liddle II, John<br />
Litynski, Albert L.<br />
Litynski, John<br />
Logan, Raymond D.<br />
Lombardi, Annunziato<br />
Lombardi, Dr. N. T.<br />
Louri, Joseph<br />
Luciano, William<br />
Ludwick, Raymond O.<br />
MacDonald, Daniel<br />
MacHalls, Harry<br />
Mahoney, Joseph E.<br />
Maloney, Veronica RN<br />
Mantone, James<br />
Marcellino, Thomas<br />
Marcinkiewicz, George<br />
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IN MEMORIAM</div>
<div>
Amsterdam World War I Veterans</div>
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<br /></div>
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Marinelli, Thomas</div>
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Markes, Fred</div>
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Markes, Robert</div>
<div>
Maroney, William B.</div>
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Marro, Joseph</div>
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Martini, Vitaliani</div>
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Martuscello, Frank</div>
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Martuscello, Joseph</div>
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Mason, Dominick</div>
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Masto, Emil</div>
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Mau, Leonard P.</div>
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Mazur, Joseph</div>
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McCarthy, James A.</div>
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McGahan, Thomas E.</div>
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McGuigan, Thomas A.</div>
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McGuigan, William P.</div>
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McKittrick, William B.</div>
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McQuade, John</div>
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Meola, Nicholas</div>
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Merry, John H.</div>
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Michalczak, John</div>
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Miller, Harold F.</div>
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Minisci, Damiano</div>
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Montano, Carl</div>
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Morabito, John</div>
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Morrell, Nicholas</div>
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Morrell, Ralph</div>
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Morrison, Elmer H. </div>
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Morrow, Joseph</div>
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Mulford, Charles</div>
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Munn, Alois I.</div>
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Nelson, Samuel V.</div>
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Newland, Charles</div>
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Nicholas, Martin W.</div>
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Nicholas, William F.</div>
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Nichols, Desmond F.</div>
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Nichols, Lawrence F.</div>
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Nichols, RaymondV.</div>
Niemczyk, John J.<br />
Olander, Stephen<br />
Orapello, Joseph<br />
Ormsby, E. Harrison<br />
Orth, William J.<br />
<br />
Pabis, Theodore<br />
Pagliaro, Ralph<br />
Palamyra, Martin<br />
Palmatier, Clarence E.<br />
Palmer, Thomas<br />
Palumbo, Louis<br />
Pantalone, Louis<br />
Papa, Ensilo<br />
Pepe, James<br />
Pepe, Samuel<br />
Perillo, Angelo<br />
Peters, Clarence<br />
Peters, Edward W.<br />
Peters, Peter<br />
Petruccione, Angelo<br />
Pettingill, Lillian<br />
Pettiti, Albert<br />
Phillips, Nilus P.<br />
Phoenix, Ernest T.<br />
Piazza, Dominick<br />
Pilchen, George A.<br />
Pingitore, Frank<br />
Politano Jr., Frank<br />
Politano, Pasquale C.<br />
Pompi, Vincent<br />
Powers, William J.<br />
Provenzano, Salvatore<br />
Putman, Harry D.<br />
Quackenbush, James P.<br />
Quiri, Robert<br />
Quist, Frederick H.<br />
Reed, Samuel J.<br />
Reiff, William C.<br />
Reisler, Clarence P.<br />
Richards, Henry G.<br />
Rippepi, Joseph<br />
Robertiello, Felix<br />
Robusto, Vito P.<br />
Rock, Andrew<br />
Rogers, Frank M. S.<br />
Rogers, Joseph V.<br />
Rogers, Kenneth S.<br />
Rogers, Peter J.<br />
Romiti, Vincenzo<br />
Rose, Ralph<br />
<br />
Ruck, Louis E.<br />
Ryderowicz, Frank<br />
Sagarese, John<br />
Sagarese, Joseph<br />
Salamack, Barney<br />
Salce, Antonio<br />
Salvatore, Michael<br />
Salvatore, Joseph<br />
Sandusky, Frank<br />
Sandy, Anthony L.<br />
Sapia, Joseph<br />
Sapone, Anthony<br />
Araceni, Nicholas<br />
Saullo, Raffaele<br />
Savoy, Fred<br />
Schotte, Henry F.<br />
Schultz, Ivan F.<br />
Schwem, Fred<br />
Seabury, Raymond B.<br />
Selby, Ralph T.<br />
Shelly, William<br />
Shuttleworth, Howard<br />
Shuttleworth, Wright<br />
Simiele, Carmine<br />
Simiele, Michael<br />
Slater, Harold<br />
Small, George<br />
Small, James<br />
Smeallie, James Donald<br />
Smeallie, John Morris<br />
Smith, Bert C.<br />
Smith Frederick H.<br />
Smith, Merrill D.<br />
Smith, Victor P.<br />
Smith, Willard R.<br />
Sochin, Alexander<br />
Soodal, Albert<br />
Sparagno, Antonio<br />
Stanley, Francis<br />
Starke, Edward E.<br />
Starke, William H.<br />
Stellato, Anthony<br />
Stevens, William E.<br />
Stewart, William A.<br />
Stolarczyk, Alexander<br />
<br />
Stover, Charles<br />
Strack, William B.<br />
Swart, Clarence J.<br />
Swart, James H.<br />
Symeolon, John P.<br />
Tallman, Edwin<br />
Tambasco, Frank S.<br />
Tambucci, Joseph<br />
Tarmey, John J.<br />
Taylor, Ray<br />
Terwilleger, Orville<br />
Tesiero, Bartley<br />
Tesiero, John<br />
Tesiero, Thomas R.<br />
Thackrah Jr., Benjamin<br />
Tomasello, Anthony J.<br />
Topping, John<br />
Topping, Thomas<br />
Traver, Louis F.<br />
Turner, Thomas<br />
Ulrich, Alfred<br />
Uncher, Henry<br />
Vanderhoof, William D.<br />
Vecchiarelli, Nicholas<br />
Vigliotti, Gennaro<br />
Visconti, Anthony<br />
Ward, Joseph T.<br />
Waterman, Frederick H.<br />
Webb, William<br />
Weineger, Frank<br />
Weyl, Robert C.<br />
Whitney, Harry D.<br />
Whitney, Wilbur S.<br />
Wiencek, Pietro<br />
Wilson, John<br />
Winkel, Anthony<br />
Wright, Edmund G.<br />
Wszolek, John A.<br />
Wszolek, Joseph<br />
Wyzykowski, William<br />
Wyzyomirski, John J.<br />
Yazum, Frank<br />
Zaro, Anthony<br />
Zierak, Stephen A.<br />
Zigmont, Stanislaw<br />
Zotti, Nicholas<br />
Zumbolo, Frank<br />
Zysik, Teophil J.<br />
<br />
<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
Amsterdam<br />
World War Veterans<br />
Who Have Died Since Nov 11, 1918<br />
<br />
Emil Ahnert<br />
Joseph F. Aiken<br />
Herman Aldi<br />
Henry Antonucci<br />
William Bazilauskas<br />
Cuthbert Beard<br />
Vincent Boscaino<br />
Joseph Brown<br />
George Bussing<br />
Anthony Castellessi<br />
W. Ceternarowski<br />
Clarence B. Cleveland<br />
Vincent Czelkiewicz<br />
Vincenzo DeLorenzo<br />
Wilbur Dennis<br />
John Di Blase<br />
Vincenzo DiGiuseppe<br />
William Donato<br />
Carmine Doti<br />
Francis E. Dwyer<br />
Joseph Dylong<br />
E. Earl<br />
Peter Falla<br />
Dr. Lew H. Finch<br />
Bernard Fineran<br />
Florence Fitzgerald<br />
Patrick Fitzgerald<br />
Harry Fitzgerlad<br />
James H. Fitzgerlad<br />
Charles F. Foss<br />
Lewis C. Frank<br />
George Gagen<br />
George Gagne<br />
Charles Gagne, Jr.<br />
George A. Geiger<br />
Thomas Gill<br />
James F. Gilligan<br />
Salvatore Giuffre<br />
Felix Gizelbach<br />
Fred Glamm, Jr.<br />
John Gledhill<br />
Alvin C. Goetz<br />
James Goodwin<br />
George Gourlay<br />
Marcello Greco<br />
John H. Green<br />
Guiseppe Guisto<br />
Michael Hamill<br />
Raymond Hammond<br />
Herbert L. Hart<br />
Stephen Heiser<br />
Frank Hovemeyer<br />
Donato Juilano<br />
Alfred M. Kaupelis<br />
Joseph Kelly<br />
Thomas Kelly<br />
Raymond M. Kilbourn<br />
Allen Kimball<br />
Bessie Kimball, RN<br />
Walter Klingbeil<br />
John Korona<br />
Wlachaw Kozemiewski<br />
William Lansing<br />
Anthony Lombardi<br />
John Lyons<br />
Dominick Manginelli<br />
J. Maz<br />
Wesley McNeill<br />
Joseph Michalowski<br />
Everard Miner<br />
Robert Moore<br />
Ralph I. Patterson<br />
Warren Prell<br />
Joseph Richards<br />
Frank G. Rogers<br />
Louis W. Rowe<br />
Frank Rzesos<br />
John Sagatis<br />
Carl Salmon, Sr.<br />
John Salvatore<br />
Phillip San Fillippo<br />
Frank Scheckton<br />
C. Schwenm<br />
Lewis W. Sharp, Sr.<br />
David Siegenthaler<br />
Ernesto Spediacci<br />
Cornadino Sprone<br />
Felix Stephens<br />
George Stevens<br />
Paolo Tavarelli<br />
William C. Tonko<br />
John Trzaskos<br />
Joseph Turo<br />
Lawrence Valley<br />
Frank Voight<br />
Frank Volpe<br />
Judson T. Wells<br />
Howard Whyland<br />
Alex Wienskowsky<br />
Albert Wojcik<br />
Peter Wojcik<br />
<div>
Frank Wormer</div>
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<i>The names on the above plaque were alphabetized by surname.</i><br />
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<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
Amsterdam<br />
World War Veterans<br />
Who Have Died Since Nov. 11.1918<br />
<br />
Fred Arendt<br />
Earl Ayers<br />
Joseph Bazaar<br />
George Bremer<br />
Frank L. Bush<br />
Joseph Chimick<br />
Edward J. Conrad<br />
Joseph A. Coyle<br />
Augustus Crotte<br />
Thomas T. Dugan<br />
Marcellus Duncovich<br />
William J. Dwyer<br />
James Faurot<br />
Patrick J. Fitzgibbons<br />
Joseph Fufford<br />
John H. Gagen, Jr.<br />
Kenneth Gates<br />
Angelo Gaugiello<br />
Albert Geiger<br />
Nelson Gibeau<br />
Charles Giuffre<br />
James E. Going<br />
Daniel Greco<br />
Guiseppe Greco<br />
Marin J. Green<br />
Raymond F. Green<br />
Henry E. Greene<br />
Elmer Gottschalk<br />
John Eller Groat<br />
Richard J. Guinlan<br />
Robert Albert Hall<br />
John Hanson<br />
Wilbur T. Harnish<br />
William J. Harrison<br />
Harold P. Harrower<br />
Robert L. Hart<br />
Clarence E. Hartig<br />
Ellsworth G. Hayner<br />
William E. Heffernan<br />
William L. Hendricks<br />
William Herman<br />
Howard F. R. Hill<br />
Almon P. Hotaling<br />
Herman W. Karker<br />
William Kaufman<br />
George Keizik<br />
Anthony Keriker<br />
Felix Kilbert<br />
John King<br />
Frank Kosik<br />
Stanislaus Krupowski<br />
John Jordon<br />
Willard LaBahn<br />
Michael F. Lape<br />
William LaRowe<br />
Andrew H. Larson<br />
Raymond Liddane<br />
Felix Logan<br />
Harold M. Logan<br />
Maurice Lynch, Jr.<br />
Samuel Mailloux<br />
Mariano Mastrianni<br />
John McCleary<br />
Robert F. McCune<br />
Mikola J. Mikruta<br />
Arthur J. Mitchell<br />
Charles Morozas<br />
Joseph E. Morrell<br />
William Mournighan<br />
John A. Mullarkey<br />
Francis Mullen<br />
Stanley Nelson<br />
Edmund J. Nolan<br />
Thomas O'Brien<br />
Arsilo Papa<br />
Homer F. Pirie<br />
Charles Plodziszewski<br />
Edward Quinn<br />
Emmett Radford<br />
Grover Rich<br />
Charles E. Riding<br />
Ervin Rivenburgh<br />
Theron A. Roberts<br />
John R. Romano<br />
Floyd Schultz<br />
Leon H. Seigle<br />
James J. Sheridan<br />
Jacob G. Siegenthaler<br />
David L. Sochin<br />
Lauren H. Stevens<br />
Jeremiah Sullivan<br />
Aniello Tambasco<br />
Phillip A. Tuger<br />
Leon G. Van Leuven<br />
Arthur Wagner<br />
James J. Wallerius<br />
Ernest C. Wheener<br />
John J. White<br />
Dr. Josef E. Windiol<br />
Joseph J. Yund<br />
<br />
<i>The names on the above plaque were alphabetized by surname.</i><br />
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<br /></div>
<div>
IN MEMORIAM</div>
<div>
Amsterdam</div>
<div>
World War Veterans</div>
<div>
Who Have Died Since Nov, 1918</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Dr. Henry B. Allen</div>
<div>
Joseph A. Anderson</div>
<div>
John P. Andrzejewski</div>
<div>
Stanley E. Andrzejewski</div>
<div>
John J. Ardison</div>
<div>
Leland Baker</div>
<div>
Harvey Barnett</div>
<div>
Thomas Beams</div>
<div>
Ralph Bell</div>
<div>
Lewis M. Billington</div>
<div>
George Blocker</div>
<div>
Andrew Bonczyk</div>
<div>
Harry Borwhat</div>
<div>
Louis Broszeit</div>
<div>
Harold Brower</div>
<div>
Chauncey N. Brown</div>
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Cady S. Buckley</div>
<div>
Frank Burger</div>
<div>
Dr. John J. Burke</div>
<div>
Walter Burkhardt</div>
<div>
John J. Bush</div>
<div>
Lauren M. Burtt</div>
<div>
Milo Caldaroni</div>
<div>
John A. Carney</div>
<div>
Harvey Chase</div>
<div>
John J. Coles</div>
<div>
George Connelly</div>
<div>
Wellesy Cooper</div>
<div>
Marco Copasso</div>
<div>
Joseph Cowalski</div>
<div>
Frank H. Christman</div>
<div>
John R. Cross</div>
<div>
John E. Cutin</div>
<div>
William Dehart</div>
<div>
Thomas Devine</div>
<div>
William Dodds</div>
<div>
Albert Ernest</div>
<div>
Peter Falla</div>
<div>
<div>
Bernard Fineran</div>
<div>
Florence Fitzgerald</div>
<div>
Harry Fitzgerald</div>
<div>
James Fitzgerald</div>
<div>
Patrick Fitzgerald</div>
<div>
James Fraser</div>
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<div>
Robert Fraser</div>
<div>
James J. Frazier</div>
<div>
Harold Fredericks</div>
<div>
Charles Gagne, Jr.</div>
<div>
George Gagne</div>
<div>
James Goodwin</div>
<div>
John H. Green</div>
<div>
Michael Hamill</div>
<div>
Herbert L. Hart</div>
<div>
Frank Hawkes</div>
<div>
Thomas A. Hennessey</div>
<div>
Arthur W. Hoefs, Sr.</div>
<div>
Edward J. Hogan</div>
<div>
Raymond J. Hohs</div>
<div>
Edward Hovemeyer</div>
<div>
George Hughes</div>
<div>
Munson Irving</div>
<div>
Zachariah Jacoby</div>
<div>
Alfred Jeudes</div>
<div>
David Kaiser</div>
<div>
Bazaar J. Kelly</div>
<div>
Joseph Kelly</div>
<div>
Edward Klappmier</div>
<div>
Michael Kleopfel</div>
<div>
Frank J. Kirschner</div>
<div>
Charles Knack</div>
<div>
Simon Le Roy</div>
<div>
Joseph Levi</div>
<div>
Frederick Long</div>
<div>
John Lyons</div>
<div>
William McClumphia</div>
<div>
B. E. McFarland</div>
<div>
Lawrence McGrath</div>
<div>
John T. Moore</div>
<div>
John J. Morris</div>
<div>
Charles Newman</div>
<div>
Dr. Elmer H. Ormsby</div>
<div>
Raymond Quackenbush</div>
<div>
Arthur Radley</div>
<div>
John Ray</div>
<div>
George Reals</div>
<div>
John Redpath</div>
<div>
Harry Rhods</div>
<div>
Frank Rucinski</div>
<div>
Bernard Sherman</div>
<div>
John Simpson</div>
<div>
Ralph Smyth</div>
<div>
Orrie P. Spaller</div>
<div>
Andrew Stankes</div>
<div>
Oman Stanton</div>
<div>
Harry Stevens</div>
<div>
Richard Strack</div>
<div>
Wesley Thompson</div>
<div>
Charles H. Vollmer</div>
<div>
Bernard Wasserman</div>
<div>
Arthur Weaver</div>
<div>
Judson Wells</div>
<div>
Alden A. Wickham</div>
<div>
Joseph Wojcik</div>
<div>
Oscar Wood</div>
<div>
William Wormer</div>
<div>
Stanly Zawalinski</div>
<div>
Frank Zitzka</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<i>The names on the above plaque were alphabetized by surname.</i></div>
<div>
<i><br /></i></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
IN MEMORIAM</div>
<div>
Amsterdam</div>
<div>
World War Veterans</div>
<div>
Who Have Died Since Nov 11, 1918</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Leslie Ardison</div>
<div>
Joseph Artikuski</div>
<div>
Frank Battenfield</div>
<div>
Harold Bennison</div>
<div>
Dr. James Bernhard</div>
<div>
Joseph Biernack</div>
<div>
Harold Bogart</div>
<div>
Felix Bolger</div>
<div>
Andrew Bonczyk</div>
<div>
William Bonczyk</div>
<div>
Arthur Bonville</div>
<div>
John Bottisti</div>
<div>
William Brinkman</div>
<div>
Clifford Burns</div>
<div>
Walter Butler</div>
<div>
Stanley Cerwicz</div>
<div>
James S. Clary</div>
<div>
Edward Conniffe</div>
<div>
Alphonse Costello</div>
<div>
James M. Costello</div>
<div>
John J. Costello</div>
<div>
George Cook</div>
<div>
William Dantini</div>
<div>
John Del Vecchio</div>
<div>
Lawrence Delli Venri</div>
<div>
Peter Droney</div>
<div>
Stanislaw Drzal</div>
<div>
Thomas Dwyer</div>
<div>
Joe Dylong</div>
<div>
<div>
Kowalski Kartanas</div>
<div>
George P. Kizik</div>
</div>
<div>
Stanley Kochman</div>
<div>
Franciszek Kowalik</div>
<div>
Stanislaus Krupowski</div>
<div>
John Kryszcak</div>
<div>
Konstanaty Kryszczak</div>
<div>
George Langley</div>
<div>
Joseph Latvis</div>
<div>
Marcellus Lavally</div>
<div>
Grzegorz Levandowski</div>
<div>
Guiseppe Lombardi</div>
<div>
Walter Masten</div>
<div>
Frank Mason</div>
<div>
John McBride</div>
<div>
Edgar Mentor</div>
<div>
Vincent Micilulis</div>
<div>
William A. Morgan</div>
<div>
Steve Moroz</div>
<div>
Michael Motyl</div>
<div>
Edward Murphy </div>
<div>
Michael Murphy</div>
<div>
Edward Musolff</div>
<div>
Grzegorz Myslowski</div>
<div>
Bernard Nowokowski</div>
<div>
John Nowokowski</div>
<div>
Patrick O'Brien</div>
<div>
Stanley Olander</div>
<div>
Ignacy Orlowski</div>
<div>
Matthew Palaikis</div>
<div>
Adam Pianowski</div>
<div>
Chester Plodzyk</div>
<div>
Raymond Quackenbush</div>
<div>
Aloysius Quinn</div>
<div>
Stanislaw Raczynski</div>
<div>
Stanley Raczynski</div>
<div>
Frank Radford</div>
<div>
William Radford</div>
<div>
Joseph Ralia</div>
<div>
John Reilly</div>
<div>
Joseph Rieley</div>
<div>
Noel Robert</div>
<div>
Frank Rokita</div>
<div>
Cyril Romelski</div>
<div>
Nicholas Ross</div>
<div>
Raymond Sager</div>
<div>
Frank Sardynski</div>
<div>
Adelbert Sauter</div>
<div>
Earl Schenck</div>
<div>
Alexander Serve</div>
<div>
K.Sikorski</div>
<div>
Andrew Slater</div>
<div>
Michael Smith</div>
<div>
Fred Snowden</div>
<div>
Stanley Srzalowski</div>
<div>
Bernard Stanley</div>
<div>
Edward Stanley</div>
<div>
James Stanley</div>
<div>
Stanley Strazalkowski</div>
<div>
Thomas Sullivan</div>
<div>
Michael Szyzmanski</div>
<div>
Ignacy Troche</div>
<div>
Andrej Walek</div>
<div>
James Waller</div>
<div>
John J. Walsh</div>
<div>
W. Wierzkowski</div>
<div>
Stephen Wilgos</div>
<div>
W. Wojcik</div>
<div>
James Wood</div>
<div>
Edward Yazum</div>
<div>
Walter Yund</div>
<div>
Louis Zannella</div>
<div>
Peter Zukas</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div>
<i>The names on the above plaque were alphabetized by surname.</i></div>
</div>
<br />
Erected<br />
In the Year 1925<br />
By the<br />
Citizens of Amsterdam, N.Y.<br />
In Memory of<br />
Those Who Served in the World War<br />
1914 -- 1918<br />
<br />
Let Us Serve Our Country in Peace<br />
As they Did in War<br />
<br />
<span style="text-align: start;">This post was written as a contribution to the </span><a href="http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/">Honor Roll Project</a><span style="text-align: start;">, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of </span><a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-82645755922263105302019-05-22T05:20:00.001-04:002019-05-22T05:20:17.344-04:00Honor Roll: Prattsville, New York, World War I Prattsville, New York, is a town in Greene County. It was first settled around 1763 and was originally called Schoharie Kill. In 1824 it was named after Zadock Pratt, a congressman and prominent citizen who built the largest tannery in the world at that time. The tannery made Prattsville a major town in upstate New York.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World War I Honor Roll, Prattsville, New York;<br />
personal collection</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
WORLD WAR<br />
PRATTSVILLE HONOR ROLL<br />
<br />
Charles W. Bouton<br />
Herbert M. Carman<br />
Weldon W. Conine<br />
Frank W. Dunham<br />
Claude M. Fowler<br />
John D. Groves<br />
Peter M. Hanley<br />
David Holland<br />
Harvey F. Ives<br />
Norman E. Kenney<br />
Charles M. Madden<br />
Ennist R. Newbury<br />
Albert N. O'Hara<br />
Thomas J. O'Hara*<br />
Fred G. Plank<br />
Everett J. Proper<br />
Horace E. Proper<br />
Louis E. Robbe<br />
Clemence F. Rose<br />
Lyle A. Sutton<br />
Florence L. Traver<br />
Ahira B. Truesdell<br />
Wilem Vinegarek<br />
Ernest R. Weld<br />
<br />
*Died in service 11 February 1919<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This post was written as a contribution to the </span><a href="http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/">Honor Roll Project</a><span style="text-align: start;">, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of </span><a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-51525927206478825932019-05-21T08:16:00.001-04:002019-05-21T11:32:36.548-04:00Honor Roll: Blenheim, New YorkBlenheim is a town in Schoharie County, New York. The town was named after a land patent, which was itself named after the Battle of Blenheim. The town had one of the world's longest wooden single-span covered bridges, which was built in 1855. It was destroyed by flooding caused by tropical storm Irene in 2011. The bridge is currently being rebuilt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blenheim, New York honor roll (side A); personal collection</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
BLENHEIM<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
<br />
<b>Revolutionary War</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Granby, Richard<br />
Hager, Henry<br />
Hager, Jacob<br />
Hager, Henry<br />
Mattice, Johannes H.<br />
Patchin, Freegift<br />
Patchin, Isaac<br />
Shafer, George<br />
<br />
<b>War of 1812</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Bartholomew, Philip<br />
Hager, Daniel<br />
Mattice, Conrad<br />
Parslow, Henry<br />
Pierce, Silas<br />
Shafer, George<br />
<br />
<b>Muster Roll (after War of 1812)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Butte, Samuel H. (Butts)<br />
Clapper, Sylvester<br />
Ellerson, Ramson<br />
Hager, Daniel<br />
Hawley, Ebenezer W.<br />
Kingsley, William<br />
Laymon, Isaac<br />
Martin, Freegift<br />
Morse, Jacob<br />
Parsons, Abel<br />
Patchin, Charles J. E.<br />
Roe, Orson<br />
Stevens, Ozias<br />
Street, John<br />
Stryker, John B.<br />
Voorhees, Peter S.<br />
<br />
<b>Military Roll (1853)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Badgley, Joseph<br />
Baker, Lewis R.<br />
Canniff, Addison R.<br />
Carl, John<br />
Efner, Joseph P.<br />
Faro, Thomas<br />
Granby, William H.<br />
Harvey, Isaac<br />
Kingsley, Edwin<br />
Laniagaro, John<br />
Martin, William J.<br />
Mayham, Jay<br />
Mayham, Thomas<br />
Morehouse, Alonzo C.<br />
Perry, John, Jr.<br />
Pierce, Eletus<br />
Putney, Lorenso D.<br />
Shafer, Abram<br />
Shafer, Richard<br />
Shafer, William<br />
Snyder, William H.<br />
<br />
<b>Civil War</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Badgley, John<br />
Barry, Jeremiah<br />
Bartholemew, William<br />
Burton, David W.<br />
Burton, James<br />
Champlin, George W.<br />
Champlin, Stanton<br />
Chatterton, Philo<br />
Cleveland, Ferrand<br />
Conklin, John<br />
Curtis, Orrin B.<br />
Decker, Charles L.<br />
Decker, Lorenzo<br />
Ham, George<br />
Hyser, Jacob<br />
Hyser, Peter<br />
Judd, Lyman<br />
Keyser, Peter<br />
Kniskern, Harrison<br />
Kniskern, Hiram<br />
Kniskern, James<br />
Kniskern, Washington<br />
Lloyd, Goerge<br />
Mattice, Christopher<br />
Mattice, Paul<br />
McKee, Joseph<br />
Parslow, Alonzo<br />
Parslow, Henry<br />
Partridge, Rufus<br />
Richmond, Melvin<br />
Rickard, Joseph H.<br />
Sagendorf, Andrew<br />
Shafer, Edmund<br />
Stoker, Charles M.<br />
Thorne, Charles<br />
Veley, Robert<br />
Vroman, John B.<br />
Vroman, John W.<br />
Vrooman, Adelbert<br />
Warner, Alvah<br />
West, John<br />
White, Daniel<br />
Williams, John<br />
Wiltey, Charles<br />
Winnie, Lafayette<br />
<br />
<b>World War I</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Bergh, William K.<br />
Chapman, Linwood R.<br />
Fancher, Byron<br />
Fancher, Donovan<br />
Fancher, Ernest<br />
Fancher, Gordon<br />
Haner, Fred<br />
Keyser, Seymour S.<br />
Kling, Anna<br />
Mattice, Virgil<br />
Putnam, Dudley<br />
Sitzer, Louis V.<br />
Smith, Clay F.<br />
Sours, Burr (Souer)<br />
Sours, Levi (Souer)<br />
Vorman, Jay<br />
<br />
<b>World War II</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Carter, Philip J.<br />
Chase, Harold<br />
Chase, Harry<br />
Cornell, Lyndon B.<br />
Cottone, Cassandra<br />
Craft, Frank<br />
Decker, Claude<br />
Decker, Clifton<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blenheim, New York honor roll (side B); personal collection</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
BLENHEIM<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
<br />
<b>World War II (continued)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Decker, Walter<br />
Ericson, Arthur<br />
Feathers, Clarence<br />
Fuller, Barnett<br />
Fuller, Thelma<br />
Grippin, William E.<br />
Harra, Francis W.<br />
Holcomb, Kenneth<br />
Keyser, Fred<br />
Lawrence, Alfred<br />
Lawson, Clarence J.<br />
Majoris, Steve J.<br />
Mattice, Clarence<br />
Mattice, Henry<br />
Miller, Ray<br />
Moore, E. Patrick<br />
Moxham, Kenneth<br />
Petersen, Robert W.<br />
Rogers, Donald<br />
Shaffer, Robert<br />
Shelmandine, Robert J.<br />
Sinel, Clare F.<br />
Spurles, Herbert<br />
Stoughton, Robert<br />
Sutton, Asahel<br />
Van Wormer, Harold<br />
Veley, Howard<br />
Veley, Lester<br />
Vrooman, Otto<br />
Wallace, Harry, Jr.<br />
Warner, Harold<br />
Warner, Volney<br />
Wilkens, Stephen G.<br />
Wilson Randolph<br />
<br />
<b>Military Service (after World War II)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Brehm, Don D.<br />
Miller, Carl<br />
Miller, Francis<br />
Moxham, Eugene<br />
Van Wormer, Harry G.<br />
<br />
<b>Korean War</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Caulkins, William T.<br />
Diamond, Leonard<br />
Falcone, George T.<br />
Haverly, Byron D.<br />
Keith, George C.<br />
Latourrett, William<br />
Mattice, Franklin<br />
Miller, Russell<br />
Noxon, Donald R.<br />
Porter, Norman E.<br />
Ristau, Pete<br />
Vrooman, Donald A.<br />
Warner, James<br />
<br />
<b>Military Service (after Korean War)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Beers, Gary<br />
Decker, Katherine<br />
Dolker, John<br />
Drebitko, Everett<br />
Gately, James E.<br />
Haverly, Fred<br />
Haverly, George<br />
Huneke, Frederick<br />
Huneke, Richard<br />
Keith, Hartford<br />
Mattice, Burton J.<br />
Miller, James P.<br />
Miller, Marvin G.<br />
Miller, Merle E.<br />
Paradowski, Rudolph E.<br />
Rossi, Peter T.<br />
Russell, Wayne G.<br />
Vradenburg, Doreen<br />
<br />
<b>Military Service (1960-1975 Vietnam)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Becker, Kenneth P.<br />
Ellison, (Malone), Robe<br />
Ericson, George H.<br />
Ericson, Richard C.<br />
Ferdinandi, Edwin L.<br />
Ferdinandi, Italo J.<br />
Ferris, Donald W.<br />
Fuller, Joseph H.<br />
Fuller, Kevin R.<br />
Giesin, Peter<br />
Hasey, Leroy W.<br />
Ingraham, Carlton L.<br />
Janneck, Roland G.<br />
King, Ralph L.<br />
Mace, Donald R.<br />
Mattice, Clarence J.<br />
Mattice, Thomas E.<br />
McKenney/Scholl, John<br />
Miller, Francis F.<br />
Miller, James P.<br />
Miller, Robert C.<br />
Moore, Ernest P., Jr.<br />
Popier, Jeffery A.*<br />
Rogers, Richard J.<br />
Rossi, Robert L.<br />
Ryder, Michael L.*<br />
Shaffer, Edwin R.<br />
Speenburg, Donald P.<br />
Speenburg, Larry A.<br />
Torres, Wilfredo R.<br />
Vroman, Adelbert<br />
Vroman, Richard<br />
Warner, George J.<br />
Zeh, Michael I.<br />
<br />
<span style="text-align: start;">This post was written as a contribution to the </span><a href="http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/">Honor Roll Project</a><span style="text-align: start;">, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of </span><a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-75748212954556714062019-05-20T07:39:00.000-04:002019-05-20T07:39:13.742-04:00Honor Roll: Fulton, New YorkFulton is a town in Schoharie County, New York in the historic Schoharie Valley, which was colonized in the early 18th century.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fulton, New York honor roll; personal collection</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Town of Fulton Veteran's Honor Roll<br />
<br />
<b>Revolutionary War</b><br />
<div>
<br />
Timothy Murphy</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>War of 1812</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
Noah Dibble</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>Civil War</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
William W. Armlin</div>
<div>
Loren T. Atanton<br />
William Henry Baker</div>
<div>
Daniel Bartholomew<br />
Albert Becker</div>
<div>
Alonzo Bouck</div>
<div>
Malchi Coons</div>
<div>
William Crasper </div>
<div>
Lewis B. Ham </div>
<div>
Leopold Hussong </div>
<div>
Legrand Jones </div>
<div>
Abram Keyser </div>
<div>
James Kniskern </div>
<div>
Thomas Mann </div>
<div>
Ira Slater<br />
Monroe Teller<br />
John Watson<br />
John West<br />
Michael Wood<br />
John S. York<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>Spanish-American War</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
William Rice </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>World War I</b><br />
<br />
Anna King Baldwin<br />
<div>
Floyd Case<br />
C. Victor Chapman *<br />
Merrell Clapper<br />
Arthur Ingraham*<br />
Stanley Ingraham*<br />
Howard Luther*<br />
William Morness<br />
Minard Swart<br />
Edward Van Voris<br />
Harold VanWormer<br />
Harry G. VanWormer<br />
Cornelius White<br />
Reuben Whitmore<br />
Doug J. Wood<br />
<br /></div>
<b>World War II</b><br />
<br />
Rodney Ammons<br />
<div>
Leland Anthony </div>
<div>
Floyd Baker </div>
<div>
Henry Barber<br />
E. Baumgart </div>
<div>
Walter E. Beadling, Jr. </div>
<div>
Jack K. Benjamin<br />
Russel S. Bergh </div>
Robert Bohringer<br />
<div>
J. D. Burnett*<br />
Thomas Burton </div>
Edward Champagne<br />
Duane Clapper<br />
Gerald Clapper<br />
Bernard Cooper<br />
Claude Dibble<br />
<div>
John Dorens </div>
<div>
Gerardo Dunham, Sr. </div>
<div>
Rodney Flint </div>
<div>
Kenneth Foland<br />
Robert E. Foland<br />
William Fonda </div>
<div>
Adolph Gabrielson<br />
Francis Gleason<br />
Albert Hajduczki </div>
<div>
Duane Hamm </div>
<div>
Lillian Haviland </div>
<div>
Harold Herman<br />
Alton Holliday<br />
Sidney Houck, Jr. </div>
<div>
Frank James<br />
Thomas James<br />
Frank Keyser<br />
Robert Keyser<br />
Edward Killmeier<br />
Clinton "Toby" King<br />
<div>
Frank Lacko, Sr. </div>
Karl Lang, Jr.<br />
Clarence Mabey<br />
John Malonis<br />
Howard Mann<br />
Frank Marek<br />
Stanley Marek<br />
William Marek<br />
Clyde F. Marion<br />
Gerald Marlitt*<br />
Henry Marshall<br />
Ford V. Mattice<br />
Willard F. McDonnell<br />
John McGiver<br />
F. G. McGovern<br />
James McMurray<br />
William Mickle<br />
Ralph D. Miller<br />
Virginia Moore<br />
W. Arthur Nelson<br />
Grover Noxon<br />
Albert O'Neill<br />
J. D. Ostrander*<br />
Millard Palmer<br />
Willard Palmer<br />
Armand Papin<br />
Walter J. Parkes<br />
H. Pemberton<br />
L. Pemberton<br />
Martin G. Perue<br />
Millard Perue<br />
Donald Pickett<br />
Loyal Ream<br />
Albert Redling<br />
Charles Redling<br />
Harry C. Riker<br />
James Rivenburg<br />
Linson "Bucky" Rivenburg<br />
Owen Safford<br />
Rudolph Schmidt, Jr.<br />
Harvey Schrom<br />
Robert Schweigard<br />
Robert Shaul<br />
Pater Stannard<br />
Harold Thorington<br />
Alex Vanderburgh<br />
Alphonse Villecco<br />
Joseph Warner<br />
Volney Warner<br />
Joseph Wayman<br />
Walter Wayman<br />
Coral White<br />
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<b>Cold War</b><br />
<br />
Daniel Hotaling<br />
Robert L. Posson<br />
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<br /></div>
<b>Korean War</b><br />
<br />
Ronald Barbic<br />
<div>
Fred Clapper, Jr. </div>
<div>
Lawrence Dibble </div>
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Paul Mayer<br />
David J. Paterson<br />
David Rhinehart<br />
Roger W. Rhinehart<br />
James Rivenburg<br />
George Spencer </div>
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<b>Vietnam War</b><br />
<br />
Franklin W. Adams<br />
<div>
Clayton Ash<br />
Brian Bouck </div>
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John T. Bouck<br />
John W. Bouck<br />
William H. Bouck<br />
Thomas Brodie<br />
James R. Brown<br />
Richard Conner<br />
Thomas Dunn </div>
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Larry English </div>
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Arnold Gray<br />
Richard Hamm </div>
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Gerald Hooper </div>
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Edwin Jorgensen </div>
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Moses King<br />
Ralph Leland King<br />
Wayne Z. King<br />
Peter Koopman </div>
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Barbara Miller<br />
Dorothy Miller<br />
John Miller<br />
Lee Miller<br />
William A. Nelson<br />
Anthony Risco, Jr.<br />
George Sherwood<br />
Peter Shulman<br />
Christopher "Kit" Sigman*<br />
Philip Skowfoe, Jr.<br />
Joseph Talerico<br />
Christie Van Valkenburgh<br />
Leroy Van Valkenburgh<br />
Billy Joe Watson<br />
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Ronald Yager </div>
Michael Zeh<br />
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<b>Persian Gulf War</b></div>
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<br />
Jeff Almy<br />
<div>
David Ingraham<br />
Donald Ingraham<br />
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Peter Lucas<br />
Glen P. Nelson </div>
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Nathan Wood </div>
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<b>Iraq War</b></div>
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Michael Robert<br />
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<b>Unknown Wars</b><br />
<br />
Francis X. Abbott<br />
James Armlin<br />
Morelle Armlin*<br />
Philip Armlin<br />
Robert Armlin<br />
Ronald Armlin<br />
Ronald Armlin<br />
Victor Armlin<br />
Robert Arnott<br />
Joyce Beadling<br />
Orion J. Beadling<br />
Mary L. Beadling Peterson<br />
Walter E. Beadling, Sr.<br />
Paul Becker<br />
Kenneth Birsen<br />
John H. Bouck<br />
Peter Bouck<br />
Lauren P. Boyle<br />
Robert Britton<br />
Christopher R. Brown<br />
Edwin Brown<br />
Erwin Brown<br />
Norman R. Brown<br />
Joseph M. Cassella<br />
Basil Cerola<br />
Ronald Cittadini<br />
Sylvester Cole<br />
Leon Collins<br />
Trevor Coons<br />
Kevin W. Cummings<br />
William Cummings<br />
Corwin Earl Denny<br />
Victor Dibble<br />
James M. Doyle<br />
Lewis Elred<br />
Glen English<br />
Frederick Erben, Jr.<br />
Robert Felter<br />
Richard Filaski<br />
Donald Foland<br />
Gerald "Skip" Foland<br />
Victor Foland<br />
Burdette J. Gates<br />
Stephen Giesin<br />
Walter Goodfellow<br />
Kevin J. Harmon<br />
John Harrigan<br />
Paul Hartwich<br />
Richard P. Hartwich<br />
Kenneth Helijas<br />
Alfred Hotaling<br />
Clifton LaVerne Hubbard<br />
William Hunt<br />
William Jaycox<br />
Larry A. Johnson<br />
John Kahrs<br />
Charles P. Keller<br />
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Wallace J. Kramek</div>
Henry J. Larson<br />
Marlene Lawyer<br />
William D. Lawyer<br />
<div>
Robert Lawyer, Sr.<br />
Joshua Louch<br />
Tracy Marlow<br />
Donald Marshall<br />
John Maxwell</div>
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Joseph McGovern<br />
William McGovern<br />
Richard C. McInerney<br />
Howard McMullen<br />
Lawrence McMullen<br />
Robert Miller<br />
William Miller<br />
James Morgan<br />
<div>
Joseph E. Moore, Jr.</div>
<div>
Scott P. Nelson</div>
<div>
H. O'Neill, Jr.<br />
Mark S. Olig</div>
Michael Patterson</div>
<div>
Rafael Perez</div>
<div>
Richard Piperi</div>
<div>
Walter Riker</div>
<div>
Donald Rivenburg<br />
Harold Rivenburg</div>
<div>
Kenneth Roe<br />
Richard E. Rowlinson, Sr.<br />
Juergen Saborowski</div>
<div>
Clark Rhinehart</div>
<div>
Charles Schrom<br />
<div>
Richard D. Scorzelli<br />
John Serrie, Jr.<br />
Jerry Shaul</div>
Zachary Shaul<br />
Jay Shaver<br />
Jeffrey S. Shelly<br />
Milton K. Spangenberg<br />
Carmen St. George<br />
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Frank Stark<br />
Edward Strella<br />
Smith Tanner<br />
Francis Tatten</div>
Herbert Trombley<br />
Horace Trombley<br />
Lawrence Sweeney, Jr.<br />
<div>
George VonGlahn</div>
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Graydon M. Vought, Jr.<br />
George Walker</div>
Robert Waters<br />
<div>
George Watson</div>
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John K. Youmans<br />
Jeremiah Zeh</div>
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CONTINUED<br />
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Clayton Adams<br />
Philip Bartholomew<br />
Alfred Bergen<br />
Stephan Blount<br />
Helen Champagne<br />
<div>
Theodore Dauley<br />
Melissa Dibble<br />
James Fancer<br />
Karl Grom<br />
Lester Hadsell<br />
Roger Hamm<br />
Lance Hartwich<br />
Gunner H. Haskin<br />
Jacob Henness</div>
Walter Hotaling<br />
Otis Lawyer<br />
Justin Marshall<br />
Franco Mazetti<br />
Hugh McGovern<br />
William Shaver<br />
Orson Spickerman<br />
John Stanton<br />
Robert Stanton<br />
William Stanton<br />
Craig E. Witt<br />
Ivan J. Beadling<br />
Wayne Ellis<br />
Martin W. Foland<br />
Nelson W. Foland<br />
Roy Johnson<br />
Otis R. Lawyer<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This post was written as a contribution to the </span><a href="http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/">Honor Roll Project</a><span style="text-align: start;">, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of </span><a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-39305246737339522842019-05-19T06:20:00.001-04:002019-05-19T06:20:13.336-04:00Honor Roll: Addison, Vermont, 4970 VT Route 22AThe Town of Addison, Vermont, in Addison County, was chartered in 1761 and named for poet, Joseph Addison.<br />
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ADDISON<br />
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Victory * Remembers * Peace<br />
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Her Heroes<br />
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<b>1771 -- Revolutionary War -- 1778</b><br />
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Adams, Benjamin<br />
Barber, John<br />
Bartlett, Ichabod<br />
Champion, Daniel<br />
Everest, Benjamin<br />
Everest, Zadock<br />
Finney, Herman<br />
Norton, Benjamin<br />
Parkhill, Nathaniel<br />
Post, Jacob<br />
Seeger, Gideon<br />
Smith, Amos<br />
Spencer, Joseph<br />
Squire, Daniel<br />
Squire, Eli<br />
Strong, John<br />
Stron, John Capt.<br />
Vallance, David<br />
Ward, John<br />
Willmarth, Asa<br />
Whitney, David<br />
Woodford, Timothy<br />
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<b>1812 -- War with England -- 1814</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Clark, Lyman<br />
Fisher, George<br />
Harris, John<br />
Kingsland, Edmund<br />
Norton, Harry<br />
Pond, Samuel<br />
Post, David H.<br />
Smith, Russell<br />
Willmarth, Abel<br />
Willmarth, Asa<br />
Willmarth, George<br />
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<b>1861 -- Civil War -- 1865</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Adams, Edrick<br />
Adams, John I.<br />
Arno, Joseph*<br />
Bachman, Samuel<br />
Barrow, Dustin<br />
Barrow, Martin<br />
Barrow, Peter<br />
Berges, Peter<br />
Bogor, Joseph Jr.<br />
Bostwick, Homer<br />
Bovia, Joseph*<br />
Bowers, Brazilla<br />
Bowers, Cyrus<br />
Briggs, Elmer Jr.<br />
Bucklin, Charles M.<br />
Casey, Edward<br />
Clark, David W.<br />
Clark, Myron A.*<br />
Clark, Warren D.<br />
Connor, James<br />
Converse, George W.<br />
Crowley, James*<br />
Dachno, Antoine<br />
Dallison, James W.<br />
Davis, Lewis<br />
Day, Davis L.<br />
Day, George<br />
Dayton, Albion<br />
Dobbin, George H.<br />
Dushon, Edward<br />
Eaton, Solon<br />
Elmer, Chester L.<br />
Elmer, Henry<br />
Elmer, William F.<br />
Everest, Ira<br />
Everest, Milo<br />
Fifield, Hiram M.<br />
Finegan, Patrick<br />
Fuller, Alec*<br />
Fuller, Joseph<br />
Fuller, William*<br />
Goodale, Cyrus<br />
Goodale, Rollin G.<br />
Gordon, Oliver<br />
Harris, Asa W.<br />
Harris, Fayette<br />
Heath, Ira G.*<br />
Holcomb, George A.<br />
Huestis, Henry B.<br />
Hurd, Walter J.*<br />
King, Frank<br />
Knights, Sidney<br />
Laddy, William<br />
Laptad, Henry<br />
McEvila, James<br />
McKenzie, Edwin<br />
Merrill, William H.<br />
Miller, Joseph Jr.<br />
Mitchell, Charles<br />
Moorby, William<br />
Morgan, James<br />
Mumblo, Augustus<br />
Murray, Delos<br />
Murray, Louis<br />
Naylor, Joseph<br />
Norton, Abel L.<br />
Norton, Covil*<br />
Norton, William<br />
Ormsbee, John E.<br />
Palmer, Henry G.<br />
Pasno, Frank<br />
Pecue, Joseph<br />
Purdon, Thomas<br />
Riley, Charles*<br />
Ruin, Patrick<br />
Smith, Daniel*<br />
Smith, Luman<br />
Smith, Royal<br />
Sprigg, Charles<br />
St. Clair, Levi*<br />
St. John, David<br />
Strong, John A.<br />
Tatro, Louis*<br />
Taylor, Milford H.<br />
Todd, John F.<br />
Turney, John<br />
Vanderhoof, John L.*<br />
Vanderhoof, Oliver S.<br />
Waldron, George<br />
Whitford Russell C.<br />
Wilcox, Thomas A.<br />
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<b>1917 -- World War -- 1918</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Adams, George B.*<br />
Aines, Greydon C.*<br />
Allis, Carlton<br />
Baker, Dor*<br />
Blacklock, William H.<br />
Brickey, Wilfred<br />
Burrett, Basil G.<br />
Cheeseman, Lewis<br />
Cheeseman, Henry K.<br />
Clark, Stanley S.<br />
Craine, Harold A.<br />
Devino, John F.<br />
Duqueth, Howard C.<br />
Fisher, Benjamin C.<br />
Gough, George<br />
Harte, Joseph<br />
Harte, Thomas P.<br />
Hurd, George A.<br />
Hurd, William J.<br />
La Mour, Joseph C.<br />
McElvila, John A.<br />
Norton, Benjamin R.<br />
Norton, Cyrus A.<br />
Norton, Raymond J.<br />
Nuttall, Fred<br />
Plummer, Clarence<br />
St. John, Henry<br />
Sheldon, Rupert<br />
Smith, J. Bushnell<br />
Watson, Mark S.<br />
Watson, Richard<br />
Willmarth, Chauncy E.<br />
Wright, Grant<br />
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<b>Navy</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Blake, Frank<br />
Clark, Erwin W.<br />
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This tablet erected by the Patriotic League of Addison<br />
And the Rhoda Ferrand Chapter DAR 1922<br />
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HONOR ROLL<br />
<br />
Dedicated to the men and women<br />
Who served their country<br />
From Addison, Vermont<br />
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<b>World War II</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Andrews, Bernard P.<br />
Bacon, Elwood R.<br />
Braudette, Leonard J.<br />
Bigelow, Elmer<br />
Blow, Stanley<br />
Briggs, Alfred D.<br />
Briggs, Donald J.<br />
Briggs, Henry F.<br />
Burgey, James E.<br />
Carpenter, Thomas M.<br />
Carpenter, Alva L.*<br />
Carr, Maxwell F.<br />
Cawley, Thomas A.<br />
Choiniere, John B.<br />
Clark, Warren H.<br />
Davis, Okley C.<br />
Dubois, Philip R.<br />
Fleming, Francis E.<br />
Fleming, Ernest A.<br />
Forand, Claudette<br />
Forand, Leonard P.<br />
Kirby, Bernard E.<br />
Kirby, Lloyd A.<br />
Langaway, John E.<br />
LaRose, Looyd H.<br />
Latterell, Kenneth L.*<br />
Lattrell, Arnold F.<br />
Lattrell, Robert M.<br />
Loomis, Edward B.<br />
McEvila, William M.<br />
Mulliss, Frank O.<br />
Mulliss, Harold S.<br />
Nuttall, Arthur L.<br />
Nuttall, Doris L.<br />
Reed, Thomas W.<br />
Senesac, Marcel A.<br />
Slinn, James R.<br />
Slinn, Hobart<br />
Slinn, Otis W.<br />
Slinn, Jerome A.<br />
Smith, Robert W.<br />
Tatro, John G.<br />
Warner, George L.<br />
Winters, Ervin, R.<br />
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<b>Korean War</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Charlerois, Richard G.<br />
Clark, Donald B.<br />
Clark, Hugh S.<br />
Devino, Edward C.<br />
Griffith, Roger W.<br />
Slinn, Grant Z.<br />
<br />
<b>National Defense</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Benedict, Clarence E.<br />
Benedict, Elizabeth A.<br />
Bissonette, Richard E.<br />
Bodette, Raymond H. Jr.<br />
Campbell, John C<br />
Clark, Erwin A.<br />
Cote, Marc A.<br />
Derrick, Raymond<br />
Derrick, Lester A.<br />
Easter, John R.<br />
Easter, Norman E.<br />
Fisher, John W.<br />
Gevry, Leo R.<br />
Grant, Benjamin F.<br />
Grennon, Charles B.<br />
Guy, Douglas L.<br />
Hanna, James H. Jr.<br />
Jackson, Russell W.<br />
Jackson, Earl<br />
Jackson, William<br />
Jerome, Robert H.<br />
Lafleche, Aurele J.<br />
Lafleche, Rejean J.<br />
Lafleche, Rheal J.<br />
Misek, Roy F.<br />
Warner, Edward<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This post was written as a contribution to the </span><a href="http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/">Honor Roll Project</a><span style="text-align: start;">, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of </span><a href="http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Nutfield Genealogy</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-1874855109206512402019-05-16T07:42:00.001-04:002019-05-16T07:47:52.064-04:00How did Pearl Meet Charles?William Norborne Pattie was born on 11 May 1905 in Roanoke, Virginia, to Otho Thomas Pattie and Garnett Pearl Wade. His father worked for Norfolk & Western as a machinist. William apprenticed for the railroad and also became a machinist like his father.<br />
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He married Eunice Virginia Cromer, daughter of Frank Lewis Cromer and Alice Inez Powell, about 1925 or 1926. They had a daughter, Norma Jean Pattie, on 29 June 1926 in Roanoke. Eunice died two months later on 6 August 1926 of a postnatal infection.<br />
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Otho Thomas Pattie, William's father died in 1927. His daughter, Norma Jean, lived with her widowed grandmother, Pearl.</div>
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William married Ruby Pauline Smith about 1927 or 1928 and they had two children. </div>
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His mother, Pearl, also married again to Charles Stewart (or Stuart) Powell, who was 20 years older than her and a widower. They married sometime between 1930 and 1933 when Charles died of pneumonia. Charles' daughter from his first marriage was the informant for the personal information on his death certificate. She indicated he was a widower. However, the 1932 Roanoke city directory listed Pearl as the wife of Charles S Powell at 549 Day Avenue, SW, which was Pearl's home when her first husband was alive. Her headstone listed her name as Pearl Pattie Powell and her death certificate stated Charles S. Powell had been her husband before his death.</div>
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So how exactly did Pearl and Charles meet before their brief marriage? </div>
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While researching this family group, a few names seemed familiar. By investigating the spouses of William and his mother, Pearl -- the Cromer and Powell families -- I learned Charles Stewart Powell (Pearl's second husband) was the maternal grandfather of Eunice Virginia Cromer (William's first wife).</div>
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Do you suppose Charles and Pearl met though his granddaughter and her son?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relationship between the Cromer, Pattie and Powell families; created using<br />
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This is why I enjoy researching my collateral ancestors so much. The connections and relationships to others provide more context about the lives of our direct ancestors.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Garnett Pearl (Wade) Pattie Powell, who went by Pearl, was third cousin twice removed. She desended from my four times great grandfather as follows: Daniel Mitchell, Sr. >> Matilda (Mitchell) Stevens (or Stephens) >> Elizabeth J. (Stevens) Wade >> Garnett Pearl (Wade) Pattie Powell.</span></div>
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Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-51133046647112535142019-05-07T09:20:00.000-04:002019-05-07T09:20:53.263-04:00Charles W Lawson (1893-1922): Killed in a Mine ExplosionCharles "Charlie" W. Lawson married Mary Frances Crockett on 31 August 1921 in McDowell County, West Virginia. He was 28 years old at the time of their marriage and she was 16. Charles worked as a coal miner and a few weeks before their first anniversary, he was killed by dynamite in a mining accident in Coalwood, a town in McDowell County.<br />
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It was a tragic story, but sadly not all that unusual as mining was one of the most dangerous occupations in the country at the time.<br />
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And then I found this article about Charlie in the Charlotte Observer:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <i>The Charlotte Observer, </i>12 August 1922, page 12</td></tr>
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<b>YOUNG MAN KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION</b><br />
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<b>Tragedy Seems to Have Followed Two Generations of the Lawson Family, of Mount Airy</b><br />
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MOUNT AIRY, Aug. 10 -- The remains of Charlie Lawson arrived here Monday night and were carried to his former home in Virginia Tuesday for interment. The young man was killed in a mine explosion in Coalwood, W. Va. His death calls to mind the sad tragedy of the Lawson family, several years ago, about Christmas time, the elder Lawson, father of Charles, disappeared from his home and after an absence of a few weeks suspicion took form that there had been foul play. A search was made and the body found buried in a field near the home, the field had been plowed to cover signs of the grave. The father was a heavy drinker and was cruel to his wife when under the influence of liquor and the boy was tried for murdering his father. He was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. About a year ago he was pardoned and went to West Virginia where he married. The people in the neighborhood petitioned the governor for his pardon, some feeling that he was not guilty, and if guilty there was great provocation.<br />
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Charlie's father was William Swanson Lawson and according to his death certificate, he was last seen on 23 December 1913. The cause of his death was a fractured skull and lacerated brain caused by murder. An article in the 19 January 1914 edition of <i>The Robesonian</i> stated that Charlie, aged 20, and his brother, Samuel, 17, confessed but said the murder was in defense of their mother.<br />
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Charles likely served 7 years in the state penitentiary before he was pardoned in 1921.<br />
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His wife, Mary Frances (Crockett) Lawson was pregnant at the time of his death and gave birth to a daughter, Naovea Claire, on 11 March 1923.<br />
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She married my third cousin twice removed, Theodore Roosevelt Barrett[1], in July 1926. They had four children together before Mary Frances died on 15 January 1936, at the age of 30, of puerperal sepsis, a postpartum infection following the birth of their youngest child.<br />
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Theodore married Mary Frances' sister, Marjorie Claire (Crockett) Jarrett, a widow, on 19 July 1939 in Buchanan County, Virginia.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] Theodore Roosevelt Barrett descended from our most recent common ancestor as follows: Benjamin Waldron >> Thomas Waldron >> Augustus Spotts Waldron >> Mary Jane (Waldron) Barrett. Waldron was most often spelled Walrond before the Civil War.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-77735312758906305222019-04-30T11:25:00.000-04:002019-05-02T06:26:46.643-04:00William Joseph Parker (1904-1938): Bigamist Came to a Tragic EndIdella Scott Franklin married William Joseph Parker on 20 April 1928 in Hopewell, Virginia. They separated on 9 February 1931 and Idella was granted an absolute divorce decree on 30 March 1938 by the Richmond City Circuit Court. They had no children. The reason Idella sued for the divorce was desertion and bigamy.<br />
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The back of the divorce decree had the following handwritten information:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Idella Scott Franklin Parker and William Joseph Parker divorce decree;<br />
courtesy of Ancestry.com</td></tr>
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"This man was indicted in Pennsylvania on complaint from his wife for having married another woman in 1931 in Elkton, Maryland, and is also wanted in Maryland to answer charges there. This marriage took place after the desertion from the first wife."<br />
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Twelve days later William was dead. According to his death certificate, hee committed suicide by drinking ink solvent in Berks Prison.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Joseph Parker obituary as published in<br />
the <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> on 14 April 1938;<br />
courtesy of the Library of Virginia</td></tr>
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William's parents were Joseph John Parker and Magnolia "Nolia" Melison Clayton. He was born in Belhaven, North Carolina, on 15 May 1904.<br />
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He was also married to Marian Ulshafer, daughter of Ralph Ulshafer and Rose Kirk. She was born on 3 October 1910 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She and William had one son. Was this the marriage that took place in Elkton, Maryland?<br />
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I have assumed he was in prison because he had been arrested for bigamy. Was that the reason he committed suicide?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Idella Scott Franklin was my third cousin once removed. We both descend from John W. Jennings, Sr. (1776-1858). John W. Jennings, Sr. >> John William Jennings, Jr. >> John Arias Jennings >> Maude Florence Jennings >> Idella Scott Franklin</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-84269028051935757282019-04-26T11:50:00.000-04:002019-04-30T15:08:32.722-04:00Early-Muir Marriages: Andrew Airlie (1877-1944) and Martha Muir (1876-1961)Three children of my three times great uncle, Robert Orr Muir (1839-1917), married siblings. Andrew Airlie[1] and Martha Muir were the last of the three pairs of siblings to marry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Early-Muir marriages; created using Microsoft PowerPoint</td></tr>
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Martha Muir was born on 12 April 1876 in Lesmagahow Parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland, to Robert Orr Muir and his second wife, MaryWatson Shaw. The birth occurred at her parent's home on Shoulderigg Road in the Coalburn area of the parish. Her father was a coal minter.<br />
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When the 1881 census was enumerated, the family still lived on Shouldrigg Road. The three living children from Robert Orr Muir's first marriage lived with their parents and several children from Robert's second marriage, but Martha was not listed with the family. By 1891 Robert had moved his family to Bathgate Parish, in West Lothian. He continued to work as a coal miner. Martha was 14 years old had finished her schooling and worked as a dress maker. By 1901, Martha worked as a domestic in the home of Robert Rutherford, a wholesale grocer, in Edinburgh.<br />
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She married Andrew Airlie on 27 December 1901in Gatashiels, a town in Bathgate Parish. Andrew was the son of Ralph Early and Catherine McNair White. He was a year younger than Martha, worked as a coal miner, and lived in Coalburn -- where Martha was born. They were married according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the unification of several denominations which had broken away from the national church after the Schism of 1843.<br />
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Martha had their first son, Alexander, on 3 August 1903 in Coalburn. Nearly a year later, on 21 May 1904, the family left for Nova Scotia aboard the Allan Line's <i>SS Mongolian.</i> Their destination was Sydney in the Cape Breton area of Nova Scotia. The province was Canada's foremost producer of coal from 1827 until 1945, according to the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coal pier in Sydney, Nova Scotia, circa 1900; courtesy of Wikipedia</td></tr>
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Their second son, Robert Orr Muir Airlie, was born on 8 June 1905 in New Aberdeen, Nova Scotia. The neighborhood developed in the latter part of the 19th century to house workers at the Number 20, or Dominion Number 2 coal mine. The mine was owned by the Dominion Steel and Coal Company.<br />
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They returned to Scotland by 1906 and rented a house in Bridgend, which was located in Bathgate. Their third child, Andrew Airlie was born on 23 April 1907at that location. He died on 16 April 1908 of food poisoning.<br />
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Their youngest child, Mary Watson Shaw Airlie, was born on 31 August 1910 at Smith's Buildings in Bridgend. The family lived at the same location when the 1911 census was taken. However, in 1915 they had moved to 16 Tinto View Terrace in Coalburn.<br />
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By 1920 the family was back in West Lothian and lived at 10 George Terrace in the Blackburn area of Whitburn Parish. They remained at there until they moved to their final address, 36 Redmill, in the same parish by 1930.<br />
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Andrew remained a coal miner the rest of his life and died suddenly on 4 July 1944 at his home of a supposed heart attack. His widow, Martha (Muir) Airlie lived another 17 years, dying on 15 April 1961 in Coalburn. She had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage a month earlier. Her son-in-law, Archibald Naismith, was present at the time of her death and registered it with parish authorities.<br />
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<b>Children:</b><br />
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<li>Alexander Airlie, born 3 August 1903 in Coalburn, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire; death date and location unknown; married Jane O'Rorke, daughter of James O'Rorke and Anne Keirnan, on 31 December 1925 in Whitburn, West Lothian</li>
<li>Robert Orr Muir Airlie, born 8 June 1905 in New Aberdeen, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 23 April 1981 in Hollywood, Florida; married 1) his second cousin, Annie Lee Muir, daughter of Robert Muir and Annie Robertson Lee, on 3 October 1930 in Finleyville, Pennsylvania, and 2) Mary Madeline (White) Kenny, on 14 April 1979</li>
<li>Andrew Airlie, born 23 April 1907 in Bathgate, West Lothian; died 16 August 1908 in Bathgate</li>
<li>Mary Watson Shaw Airlie, born 31 August 1910 in Bathgate; died 3 June 1986 in Coalburn, Lanarkshire; married Archibald "Archie" Gray Naismith, a son of George Naismith and Margaret Taylor, on 29 March 1952 in Whitburn, West Lothian. Neither had been married previously</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] The Airlie surname was spelled in a variety of ways in the records on ScotlandsPeople, including Airley, Earlie, Early, and Earley. Andrew's surname was spelled Early on his birth registration but he changed it to Airlie and all his children followed suit.</span><br />
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<b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/03/early-muir-marriages-ralph-early-1863.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early-Muir Marriages: Ralph Early (1863-1909) and Elizabeth Hamilton Muir (1867-1902)</span></a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/03/early-muir-marriages-robert-muir-1863.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early-Muir Marriages: Robert Muir (1863-1927) and Janet Early (1868-1939)</span></a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2014/02/draft-52-ancestors-8-immigration-redux.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Immigration Redux</span></a></b>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-17451407607980776572019-04-11T08:27:00.001-04:002019-06-26T08:53:48.643-04:00River House: House Plan<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>"Where we love is home -- home that our feet may leave but not our hearts."</i></div>
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-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</div>
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Dad was a mechanical engineer by degree who worked at an architecture and engineering firm and then with a manufacturers' representative company, designing commercial heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC) systems and selling the equipment. He and Mom were inveterate remodelers of every house in which they lived. (I got those genes.) They designed their last two houses, which they built; and Dad did most of the construction of their house on Dawson's Creek. Some of my fondest memories of Mom are sitting with her at the kitchen table and looking at house plan books. Building a custom home is a project I anticipate eagerly.</div>
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After I retired in 2015, Pete and I decided it was time to move to New Bern. He was commuting by plane every week to Albany, New York, and figured it didn't matter where home was. So I started looking at house plans in earnest...And missing Mom’s opinions. We knew we wanted the house to designed in the Southern vernacular -- wide porches, transom windows, high ceilings, metal roof and board and batten siding.<br />
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After looking at several plans seriously, we selected a mash-up of three different house plans by the same company, it will look something like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern Farmhouse Plan with Front-loading garage; courtesy of Architectural<br />
Designs</td></tr>
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The three different plans were:<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans/modern-farmhouse-plan-with-bonus-room-51754hz">51754HZ</a> -- this was the plan I saw first. We took the foyer, great room, kitchen/dining area and front porch from this plan</li>
<li><a href="https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans/three-bed-farmhouse-with-optional-bonus-room-51758hz">51758HZ</a> -- this was the smallest variation of the plan and we used it for the guest bedrooms</li>
<li><a href="https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans/exclusive-3-bed-farmhouse-plan-with-optional-bonus-room-51781hz">51781HZ</a> -- we took the garage/master bedroom wing from this plan</li>
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All the plans were created by <a href="https://hpzplans.com/">House Plan Zone</a> in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I worked with Rachel, a great architect, who was able to turn this mess into a wonderful plan that will be just perfect for us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three house plans "mashed-up"; personal collection</td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-an-open-floor-plan-1821962">Open floor plans</a> are all the rage and there are several benefits, such as improved traffic flow and shared light but they also come with downsides. Two, I knew, would drive me crazy:<br />
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<li>Spaces can appear cluttered</li>
<li>Lack of privacy</li>
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<b>Reducing Clutter Opportunities</b><br />
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I cannot stand clutter; it makes me uncomfortable. I cook about four nights a week and when I do Pete and I share a bottle of wine. After one or two glasses of wine, I do not feel like hand washing my pots, pans, and cooking utensils. So they sit on the kitchen counter or in the sink until the next morning. I wash them after my morning cup of coffee. In this floor plan, those dirty dishes would be visible from many places in our home. Who wants that? So I extended the pantry two feet and added a sink under the window. The dirty dishes will be hand washed in the pantry sink and will be out of the way until I get to them.<br />
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Extending built-in cabinets in the great room to the wall is another tactic in my war against clutter, but the most ingenious tactic is a message center. This is built-in cabinet near the door we use most often that houses a wastebasket, phone chargers, and a place for mail. I'm hopeful this will reduce the amount of paper clutter that seems to trail Pete around the house. The mail center is an idea I discovered in Sarah Susanka's <a href="http://notsobighouse.com/">Not So Big House</a>.<br />
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<b>Creating Private Space</b><br />
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In open plans people crave space that offers privacy from the socializing and noise of other people. Sarah Susanka calls it an "<a href="http://www.the-house-plans-guide.com/away-room.html">away room</a>." It's an idea that resonated with both Pete and me as we both like our alone time. We felt we didn't need a formal dining space as it doesn't suit our style of entertaining. So we created our "away room," or den, from the open space that used to be the dining room. We plan to watch television after dinner in this room so we needed storage space for electronic equipment and those pesky DVDs we still own. Again, built-in cabinets solved those storage problems.<br />
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<b>Taking Advantage of the View</b><br />
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The plan mash-up also enabled us to have a large screen porch overlooking the river. But some other changes allowed us to take full advantage of this view.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete overlooking his new "domain;" personal collection</td></tr>
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We flipped the location of the upstairs Bonus Room. In North Carolina these rooms are often called FROGs -- Free, or Flex, Room Over Garage. So we don't have a FROG anymore; we have a FROM! We plan to use this room as an office. Pete will be able to gaze out at the river while he pays bills. This idea was an excellent one and came from our builder during our initial meeting to review the plan and talk about next steps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flipping the Bonus Room so it has a<br />
view of the river; created using<br />
Microsoft PowerPoint</td></tr>
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The one thing that really bothered me about the house plan was our master bedroom. The view wall was also the only wall on which the bed could be placed, which meant you couldn't see the river from the bed. It took me months to solve that problem. All it took was moving the bathroom door. It certainly wasn't a big change, but it has a major impact! I have no idea why it took me so long to figure it out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modifications to Master Bedroom and Bath to accommodate a large bank<br />
of windows so we can see the river from two sides of the house;<br />
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The last big change was mirroring, or flipping, the house plan to take advantage of the down river view, which is slightly better than up river. You can see the final version of the plan (above right) includes a bank of four windows, which will overlook the river. The triple bank of windows will have this view:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View down the Neuse River toward the Pamlico Sound; photographed by<br />
Ted Jennings</td></tr>
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Thanks to my brother, Ted, for stopping by the lot and helping us decide which view we wanted from our bedroom!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/02/river-house-lot.html">River House: The Lot</a></span></b>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-73722285550250820292019-03-31T07:22:00.000-04:002019-03-31T07:23:21.361-04:00Early-Muir Marriages: Ralph Early (1863-1909) and Elizabeth Hamilton Muir (1867-1902)Three children of my three times great uncle, Robert Orr Muir (1839-1917), married siblings. I wrote about <a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/03/early-muir-marriages-robert-muir-1863.html">Robert Muir and his wife, Janet Early</a>, last week as they were the first of the three Muir siblings to marry Early siblings. Two years later Robert's sister, Elizabeth Hamilton Muir, married Ralph Early, the brother of Janet Early. Elizabeth and Ralph's lives were tragic and all too short.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Early-Muir marriages; created using Microsoft Powerpoint</td></tr>
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Elizabeth Hamilton Muir was born on 3 April 1902 in Stonehouse, Scotland, to Robert Orr Muir and Jane Paton Loudon. She was their third child and first daughter. Elizabeth's mother died when she was two years old. Her father married Mary Watson Shaw in 1871 when Elizabeth was four years old. Mary had two illegitimate children who joined the family in Lesmahagow where Robert worked in the coal mines.<br />
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In 1878, at the age of 12, William Brown Shaw followed his step-father, Robert Orr Muir, into the coal mines. He worked at the Auchlochan Mine near Coalburn. On 5 October, William was ascending the shaft of the No. 2 pit, known as "Major Pit," when he fell out of the cage used to raise and lower miners. He sustained fatal injuries but survived 18 hours after the accident. He died the next day at home. This tragedy seemed to set the tone for the remainder of Elizabeth's life.<br />
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Elizabeth Hamilton Muir married Ralph Early[1] on 7 March 1890 in Hamilton, Scotland. Ralph was born on 26 July 1863 in Dalziel, Scotland, to Ralph Early and Catherine McNair White. He was their eldest known child, and his father was also a coal miner. He joined his father in the mines at the age of 12 or 13. Ralph's father died in 1881 of heart disease and dropsy at the age of 42, and his mother remarried in 1884.<br />
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Ralph and Elizabeth settled in Hamilton parish at 74 South Windsor Street in Burnbank where they were enumerated when the census was taken during the night of 5 April 1891. Elizabeth was pregnant with their first child, Jane Loudon Early, who was born on 5 June. Son, Ralph Early, was born 15 February 1893 in Hamilton parish at the same address. Daughter, Catherine White Early, was born on 25 March 1895 in Kirkfieldbank parish at Tillework Cottage. The youngest known child, Elizabeth Hamilton Muir Early, was born on 26 March 1897 Newtown, which was in Lesmahagow parish.<br />
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When the 1901 census was taken, Ralph Early lived with this four children in Hamilton. His wife, Elizabeth, was a patient at the Hartwood Asylum in Shotts. The census form indicated she had been a lunatic since birth. Elizabeth died at the asylum on 3 April 1902 of tuberculosis. She was 35 years old at the time of her death. I suspect Elizabeth may have suffered from epilepsy, which due to the seizures, was considered a mental disease at the time.<br />
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Ralph married Margaret (Martin) Taylor on 15 July 1902 at his home in Hamilton at 8 Hall Street. She was a widow and her first husband, Robert Taylor, died the previous year. A 1914 government housing report described the housing in which Ralph and Margaret lived as follows:<br />
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"This is a scattered group of houses belonging to the United Colleries, Ltd. They are situated on the outskirts of the Quarter district, and consist of 10 one-apartment and 6 two-apartment houses. The houses are very old, and are of a rather mean type. The sanitation and other conveniences can only be described as wretched. We are of the opinion that these houses are wholly unfit for human habitation."<br />
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Margaret died on 8 January 1904 at their home in Airdrie of chronic bronchitis and cardiac failure. She was 42 years old. Ralph Early died on 4 August 1909 of apoplexy at the poorhouse in Airdrie. He death registration entry said he had been removed to the poorhouse from Hamilton. His mother registered his death. I wondered what became of Ralph and Elizabeth's children, who at the time of his death ranged in age from 18 to 12. I certainly don't have all the answers yet.<br />
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<b>The Children</b><br />
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<u>Jane Loudon Early</u> was named for her maternal grandmother. In 1911 she was a patient at the Hartwood Asylum as her mother had been a decade previously. She was listed on the census as a lunatic. She died there 29 August 1913 at 22 years of age of epilepsy. The disease is hereditary and her cause of death made me wonder if her mother, Elizabeth Hamilton (Muir) Early also suffered from the disease.<br />
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<u>Ralph Early</u> was named for his paternal grandfather and father. In 1911 he served as a private in the Army Special Reserve at the Hamilton Barracks on Almada Street in Hamilton. I have not been able to find any records about Ralph after 1911.<br />
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<u>Catherine White Early</u> was named for her paternal grandmother, who she lived with when the 1911 census was taken. She married Edward Hunter 13 October 1916 in Lesmahagow at the home of her grandmother. Edward was the son of Harry Hunter and Agnes Halliday. He worked in the mines and Catherine worked as a shop assistant at the time of their marriage. I do not yet know if they had children. Catherine died 26 March 1954 in Douglas, Scotland, of polycystic kidney disease. Edward, her widower, still worked as a coal miner.<br />
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<u>Elizabeth Hamilton Muir Early</u> was named for her mother. In 1911 she was a boarder in the home of David and Maggie Munro. The home was next door to her aunt and uncle Robert and Janet (Early) Muir. Robert was the brother of Elizabeth's mother and Janet was the sister of her deceased father, Ralph. I have been unable to find Elizabeth after 1911.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] The Early surname was spelled in a variety of ways in the records on ScotlandsPeople, including Airlie, Airley, Earlie, and Earley.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/03/early-muir-marriages-robert-muir-1863.html">Early-Muir Marriages: Robert Muir (1863-1927) and Janet Early (1868-1939)</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2014/08/fatal-coal-pit-accident.html">Fatal Coal Pit Accident</a></b></span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-82504920816600704552019-03-26T05:50:00.000-04:002019-03-26T07:41:15.147-04:00Early-Muir Marriages: Robert Muir (1863-1927) and Janet Early (1868-1939)Three children of my three times great uncle, Robert Orr Muir (1839-1917), married siblings. For the next three weeks, I will be exploring the similarities and differences between these three married couples. Each of the men were miners and each of the women were daughters of miners, yet each of the three couples made different choices when it came to immigration -- to stay in Scotland or leave.<br />
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The eldest of those three Muir siblings and the first to marry a child of Ralph Early[1] and Catherine McNair White was Robert Muir. He and his wife, Janet Early, also chose to immigrate to the U.S. when they were in their 50s.<br />
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Robert Muir was born on 23 October 1863 in Birkenshaw, a village in Larkhall parish, Scotland, to Robert Orr Muir and Jane Paton Loudon. His father was a coal miner. Not long after Robert's birth, the family moved to Stonehouse where Robert was joined by two younger siblings, John and Elizabeth Hamilton. Between 1868 and 1869 the family moved back to Larkhall, where his mother gave birth to a fourth child. She died six days later of "congestion of the brain," which doctors now believe was scarlet fever or meningitis. Robert's youngest sister, died four months later. Young Robert was just five years old.<br />
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His father kept the his children with him and boarded at the home of a widow in Lesmahagow. He married Mary Shaw Watson on 23 June 1871 in Lesmahagow. Mary was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rennie) Shaw. She worked as a servant on the Auchenheath Farm and had two illegitimate children. She and Robert's father had nine children of their own during the course of their marriage.<br />
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Robert's family continued to move around south Lanarkshire and he joined his father in the mines when he finished his compulsory schooling at age 12. His step-brother, William, was killed in mining accident in 1878 at age 12.<br />
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On 13 July 1888, at the age of 24, Robert married Janet Early[1], daughter of Ralph and Catherine McNair (White) Early. She had been born on 29 February 1868 in Dalziel and like Robert her father was a coal miner. He died in 1881 when Janet was 13 and her mother remarried in 1884. Janet worked as a domestic servant at the time of their marriage.<br />
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Robert and Janet (Early) Muir had 12 children during the course of their marriage:<br />
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<li>Robert Orr Muir born 26 July 1889 in Bothwell; died in 1970 in Hove, England; married Katie Kerr Morrison on 29 June 1912 in the Blythswood district of Glasgow</li>
<li>Alexander Muir born 9 March 1891 in Lesmahagow; died 7 March 1892 in Bothwell of convulsions</li>
<li>Catherine "Katie" White Muir born 26 February 1893 in Lesmahagow; died 3 December 1961 in the Kelvin district of Glasgow; married John Falconer on 25 November 1921 in Dalserf</li>
<li>Mary Shaw Muir born 31 March 1895 in Lesmahagow; died in 1969 in Motherwell and Wishaw; married Robert Stewart Struthers on 31 December 1919 in Larkhall</li>
<li>John Muir born 10 May 1897 in Lesmahagow; died 19 March 1938 in Larkhall; married Jeanie Hastie Hawthorn on 7 December 1922 in the Blythswood district of Glasgow</li>
<li>David Early Muir born 25 December 1898 in Lesmahagow; died 14 March 1900 in Lesmahagow of enteristis, and infectious intestinal disease</li>
<li>Nathaniel Muir born 24 June 1900 in Lesmahagow; died in December 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; married Margaret Weir Nixon on 19 June 1925 in Wellsburg, West Virginia</li>
<li>Andrew Airlie Muir born 26 August 1902 in Lesmahagow; died on 19 October 1929 in Larkhall </li>
<li>Thomas Muir (twin) born 16 November 1904 in Lesmahagow; died 23 February 1908 in Lesmahagow of measles and pneumonia</li>
<li>Ralph Earlie Muir (twin) born 16 November 1904 in Lesmahagow; died in May 1980; married Sarah Ann Roberts 22 October 1932 in Wellsburg, West Virginia</li>
<li>James Muir born 19 April 1906 in Lesmahagow; died 20 March 1981in Fulton County, Georgia; married Eleanor Henderson before 1930</li>
<li>Alexander McLure Muir born 12 March 1908 in Lesmahagow; died 1989 in Nottingham, England</li>
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Robert and Janet's son, John, enlisted in the British Army in 1916 and was called into service in 1917. He was wounded in action on 29 September 1918. </div>
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On 29 August 1923, Robert Muir and his sons, Nathaniel and James, boarded the White Star Line's <i>RMS Olympic</i> in Southampton. They arrived in New York City on 5 September. Their destination was Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to a cousin of Robert's, also named Robert Muir. He was the son of Robert's uncle, Nathaniel Muir, and had immigrated to the U.S. in 1902.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Muir's declaration of intent to become a naturalized<br />
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Robert's wife, Janet, and her sons, Andrew, Ralph and Alexander, boarded the Anchor Line's <i>SS California, </i>in Glasgow on 6 January 1925. They arrived in New York on 15 January. They joined Robert, Nathaniel and James in Homestead, Pennsylvania.</div>
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Son, Andrew, remained in the U.S. for a year and half before returning to Scotland aboard the Anchor Line's <i>SS Caledonia. </i>He was killed by mining accident in a stone fall. He never married.<br />
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Son, Alexander, lived with his brother, James, was unemployed in 1930 when the census was taken. He returned to Scotland on 30 April 1939 aboard the Anchor Line's <i>SS Cameronia. </i>His intended destination was to his sister, Katie's house.<br />
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Robert Muir died on 24 December 1927 of apoplexy at his home in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania. He worked as a miner for Clyde Coal Company at the time of his death. He was interred at the Beallsville Cemetery in Beallsville, Pennsylvania. No stone marks his grave. His widow, Janet, lived with her son, James, who had recently married. Janet (Early) Muir died at her home in West Homestead on 21 April 1939 of a coronary occlusion. She was interred at an unknown cemetery in Homestead, Pennsylvania.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] The Early surname was spelled in a variety of ways in the records on ScotlandsPeople, including Airlie, Airley, Earlie, and Earley.</span>Schalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-51400459568863617822019-03-22T05:29:00.001-04:002019-03-22T05:29:54.248-04:00The Children of John and Susan (Wilson) CampbellAs I wrote earlier this week, <a href="https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-happened-to-john-and-susan-wilson.html">John and Susan (Wilson) Campbell disappeared into the ether about 1895</a>. They left four children behind:<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Howard Campbell</i> was born on 15 January 1890 in Mystic, Iowa. When the 1895 Iowa state census was taken he lived with his maternal grandparents, Adam and Margaret (Scott) Wilson in Mystic. His grandfather died in 1906 and his grandmother in 1911.<br />
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Howard registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917. At the time he worked for Lodwick Brothers as a coal miner. The company operated several mines in Mystic and were one of the top coal producers in the state. Howard was drafted on 27 May 1918 and served as a private in Battery F, 337 Field Artillery. His unit was attached to the 163rd Field Artillery Brigade, 88th Division. The division trained at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. Then transferred to France between 8 August and 9 September 1918. Once in France, the artillery units were sent to Bordeaux for training. On 14 September the 88th division was placed under the command of the 4th French Army and moved by rail to the Hericourt training area near Belfort. On 23 September they relieved the 38th French Division in the center sector of Haute-Alsace. The division held this sector until 2 November when it was placed under the 4th American Corps and moved to the Lagney area as part of the 2nd Army Reserve where it was located when armistice was declared. The division participated in no major operations while in France. Howard was honorably discharged 5 February 1919.<br />
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When the 1920 census was enumerated Howard lived in the Cedar Falls precinct of King County, Washington and worked as a laborer at a mine. Howard worked as a construction laborer in 1940 and lived in a rented home on South 8th Avenue with several other men. He died on 7 March 1951 and was interred in Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. He never married.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howard Campbell headstone; courtesy of Find A Grave<br />
volunteer, Karen Sipe</td></tr>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">John Campbell (Crawford) </i>was born on 17 March 1891 in Mystic, Iowa. When the 1900 census was enumerated, he lived in Thurston, Washington, with his father's sister, Mary, and her husband, John Crawford. He and his sister were enumerated as their children and with the Crawford surname. John's aunt died sometime before the 1910 census was taken as her husband lived alone and his marital status was listed as widower.<br />
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John, using the Crawford surname as he did for the remainder of his life, boarded at a large rooming house in Tacoma operated by George Miller and worked as a laborer for a railroad. However, the 1911 Olympia city directed listed him at the same address as his uncle.<br />
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He married Edith Elizabeth Eggleston on 8 November 1916 in North Yakima. She was the daughter of Thomas Eggleston and Minnie Bombard and had been born in Franklin County, New York. She and her family moved to Washington State between 1910 and 1916. John registered for the World War I draft in 1917. He worked as a mixer for Pacific Coast Gypsum Co. and claimed an exemption from the draft on the grounds that he had a crippled wife to support. John and Edith never had children and moved to Everett, Washington, by 1930. They lived there until their deaths. Edith died on 23 November 1967 and John on 29 December 1968. Both were interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Everett.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Campbell/Crawford headstone; courtesy of Find A Grave volunteer,<br />
Graving with Jenn</td></tr>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Margaret Campbell</i> was born on 8 December 1892 in Mystic, Iowa. When the 1895 Iowa state census was taken she lived with her maternal grandparents, Adam and Margaret (Scott) Wilson in Mystic. Her grandfather died in 1906 and Margaret continued to live with her grandmother until her marriage.<br />
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On 17 January 1911 Margaret married Bernhardt Thoms (also known as Benjamin George Thomas) in Mystic. An article published on the same day in the <i>Centerville Daily Citizen,</i> described their marriage:<br />
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"Mr. Ben Thomas, formerly a miner at Mystic but now residing in Kansas, came back to Appanoose County and claimed as his bride Miss Margaret Campbell, with whom he became acquainted during his residence at Mystic and the happy couple left for their future home in Kansas. The ceremony was performed by the Esquire R. Henderson at his office. Mrs. Amanda Murray, of Mystic, who accompanied the young couple recalled that Esquire Henderson, when Mayor of Centerville had married herself and her husband, now deceased, eighteen years ago but that as his honor has officiated at more than 1,000 marriages he could not now easily remember the event. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were of prepossessing appearance and doubtless many friends are interested in their happiness."<br />
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Margaret and Ben had two children:<br />
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<li>Leslie Howard Thomas born on 24 October 1911 in Harrington, Kansas.</li>
<li>Doris Bernice Thomas born on 2 November 1913 in Marshall, Iowa.</li>
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By 1920 Margaret and Ben apparently parted company. She and her daughter, Doris, were living in Seattle with Jack and Louise Allan. She was listed as a sister-in-law of Mr. Allan's, but I have not yet been able to find how Jack and Louise fit into the family group. Meanwhile, on 13 January 1920 Ben Thomas lived in Ames with his widowed mother and son, Leslie. Ben was hired by Northern Pacific Railway on 15 April 1920 as a first class carpenter in Seattle.</div>
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On 19 February 1930, Margaret Wilson (Campbell) Thomas married Fred Leonard Campbell in Olympia. He was a divorcee with two teenaged daughters. This marriage lasted less than a decade as Margaret married John William Westcott on 11 December 1939 in Pierce County, Washington. John worked as a crane man for Northern Pacific Railway and was divorced. They remained in Pierce County the rest of their lives. John died on 8 February 1977 and Margaret on 27 February 1983. Both were interred at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood, Washington.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Margaret Wilson (Campbell) Thomas Campbell Westcott headstone; courtesy<br />
of Find A Grave volunteer, Kathy Stroope Veasey</td></tr>
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<b><i>Marion Campbell (Crawford)</i></b><br />
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Marion Campbell was born on 22 December 1894 in Mahaska County, Iowa. She was the youngest child of John and Susan (Wilson) Campbell. By 1895 her family had split up and she and her brother, John, were sent to live with their paternal aunt, Mary (Campbell) Crawford and her husband, John. Marion was enumerated in the 1900 census living in Olympia, Washington as the daughter of John and Mary Crawford. She used the Crawford surname as her maiden name for the remainder of her life.<br />
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Her aunt died before 1910 and when that decennial census was taken she lived in the home of Harvey and May Bechtel as their ward in Tumwater, Washington.<br />
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She married Charles Washington Fowler on 6 March 1918 in Tacoma, Washington. He was the son of William R. and Ola (Odell) Fowler and was born on 14 January 1889 in West Plains, Missouri. In 1920 the couple lived with Charles' parents in Tacoma and Charles worked as a barber while Marion worked at the Mars Candy factory as a dipper helper.<br />
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When the 1930 census was taken, Charles and Marion lived in a home they owned, valued at $1,200. Charles still worked as a barber, but Marion no longer worked. Their marriage broke up sometime before 1934 as Marion married George Anthony Craig on 9 April 1934 in Pierce County, Washington.<br />
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George was born on 11 August 1888 in New Castle, Washington, and was the son of William and Mary J. (Dales) Craig. His father, William, immigrated to the U.S. about 1883 from England. George's first wife, May Curran, died on 27 March 1934, leaving him with a 16-year-old daughter. He worked as a shipping clerk for a grocery wholesaler.<br />
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Marion died on 8 February 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, and was interred at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood, Washington.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marion (Campbell/Crawford) Fowler Craig headstone; courtesy of Find A<br />
Grave volunteer, Tara Finnie Curley</td></tr>
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George Craig married Dora Erma (Colvin) Manwaring Weber on 6 August 1937. She had been widowed twice previously and had a son from each marriage. George Craig died on 14 April 1975 in Pierce County, Washington, and was interred beside his parents at the New Tacoma Cemetery in University Place, Washington.<br />
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