tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198943029603844322024-03-12T20:26:10.310-05:00The Buff GenealogistMy forum in which to share my rants, frustrations, and finds on my search for the story of who I am.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-14694621853525922212013-05-20T18:56:00.001-05:002013-05-20T18:56:32.529-05:00In Memoriam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Walter LeRo<span style="font-size: x-large;">y<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Grimes </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my fa<span style="font-size: large;">vorite photographs of my grandfather, Walter. <span style="font-size: large;">The little girl<span style="font-size: large;"> he is holding is my mother<span style="font-size: large;">. The photo was taken in O<span style="font-size: large;">ctober o<span style="font-size: large;">f 1953 which would have made my mother a little over a year old at the time. </span></span></span></span></span></span>My gr<span style="font-size: large;">andfather was a <span style="font-size: large;">police officer for many <span style="font-size: large;">years and was the deputy sheriff of Harrisonvil<span style="font-size: large;">le<span style="font-size: large;">, MO when a shooting spree took place on the square there. He was a mild spoken man but boy could he talk. <span style="font-size: large;">You could get him going o<span style="font-size: large;">n any number of subjects. It really didn't matter what it was. He just liked to talk. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Richard Lawrence Wimsatt</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my favorite photograph of my grandfather, Richard Lawrence Wimsatt, who we lost one year ago today. He went to town to sell some chickens so he could get the money to buy this bike. It's my favorite because of the story behind it and it shows what a great personality he had. Ornery. Boy was he ornery. I miss him every day.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-44065402853621646002013-03-24T14:39:00.000-05:002013-03-24T14:39:36.571-05:00Scrap Day Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm sharing a picture that <span style="font-size: large;">belongs to my great great uncle, Jesse <span style="font-size: large;">Grimes. This photo was taken in fro<span style="font-size: large;">nt of the Gen. Ru<span style="font-size: large;">fus Putnam house located in M<span style="font-size: large;">arietta, OH. The house is now housed in the Campus Martius Muse<span style="font-size: large;">um also located in Marieatta<span style="font-size: large;">, OH<span style="font-size: large;">. Standing ou<span style="font-size: large;">tside of the house is Lucy Cox (VanZandt) Jones<span style="font-size: large;">. <span style="font-size: large;">She<span style="font-size: large;">'s th<span style="font-size: large;">e <span style="font-size: large;">woman standing in fro<span style="font-size: large;">nt of the door<span style="font-size: large;">way on the right. Next to her is her granddaughter, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Betty Jane Miller, an unk<span style="font-size: large;">nown woman in black and her daughter, Hel<span style="font-size: large;">en (Jones) Miller. <span style="font-size: large;">Lucy (<span style="font-size: large;">VanZandt) Jones was the si<span style="font-size: large;">ster of my 3rd great grandfather, William Eldon Van Sant.<span style="font-size: large;"> They wer<span style="font-size: large;">e descendant<span style="font-size: large;">s of <span style="font-size: large;">Gen. Rufus Putnam through their mother, Pheo<span style="font-size: large;">be (Merriam) VanZan<span style="font-size: large;">dt. It<span style="font-size: large;">'s a pretty cool pic<span style="font-size: large;">ture in and of itself. It's th<span style="font-size: large;">e<span style="font-size: large;"> reverse side of the picture that revealed a clue to some unk<span style="font-size: large;">nown information. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sentence "the old block house where grandma Merriam was born", is the one that stuck out to me. This could o<span style="font-size: large;">nly refer to the birth<span style="font-size: large;">place of C<span style="font-size: large;">atherine Huldah (Tupper<span style="font-size: large;">) Merriam<span style="font-size: large;"> who was indeed the grandmother to William and Lucy<span style="font-size: large;">. Catherine (Tupper) Merriam was the d<span style="font-size: large;">aughter of Col. Benjamin<span style="font-size: large;"> and Martha "Patty" (<span style="font-size: large;">Putnam<span style="font-size: large;">) Tupper. <span style="font-size: large;">Martha (Putnam) Tupper was the daughter of Gen. Ru<span style="font-size: large;">fus Putnam and Persis Rice. So, due to the inscription on the back of the photo, I have a pretty good idea where Ca<span style="font-size: large;">therine was born. Even better, I can still visit th<span style="font-size: large;">e house to this day!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-74260143035242824062013-03-18T06:00:00.000-05:002013-03-18T06:00:14.104-05:00A Quest<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In researc<span style="font-size: large;">hing <span style="font-size: large;">the role<span style="font-size: large;"> that my ancestor, <span style="font-size: large;">Cyrus Merriam, <span style="font-size: large;">played <span style="font-size: large;">as a con<span style="font-size: large;">duct<span style="font-size: large;">or on the Underground Railroad in Ohio, I came across an account given by <span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Gray. The account was found in Wilbur Siebert papers that are held <span style="font-size: large;">by the Ohio Historical Society. In the account, Thomas Gra<span style="font-size: large;">y gives the names of two slaves that he was helping find their way to freedom<span style="font-size: large;">, Isaac and Anderson. He also mention<span style="font-size: large;">s that Isaac and Anderson belonged to a Mary Ann McDonald of Virginia. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now<span style="font-size: large;"> for my quest. I would like to see if I can p<span style="font-size: large;">ossibl<span style="font-size: large;">y track Isaac or Anderson<span style="font-size: large;"> to see if they did find their wa<span style="font-size: large;">y to freedom. There isn't much to go on. J<span style="font-size: large;">ust two names and t<span style="font-size: large;">he name of the owner. I<span style="font-size: large;"> just feel<span style="font-size: large;"> this need to know. <span style="font-size: large;">If I can find the informa<span style="font-size: large;">tion that I seek, that will be fantastic. If not, I've g<span style="font-size: large;">ained some knowledge in <span style="font-size: large;">how to track African<span style="font-size: large;">-American lineages, something that I have no experience with. So I see it as <span style="font-size: large;">a win-win situ<span style="font-size: large;">ation either way!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-72050608325977536792013-03-17T11:28:00.000-05:002013-03-17T11:28:15.463-05:00Scrap Day Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's offering is a p<span style="font-size: large;">hotograph of the the William and Julia (Baldwin) VanSant family. This photograph would have been tak<span style="font-size: large;">en <span style="font-size: large;">somet<span style="font-size: large;">ime around 1920<span style="font-size: large;">. I'm basing this on the fact that my great grandfather Merlin, who was born in 1909, seems to be about 8 <span style="font-size: large;">or <span style="font-size: large;">9</span> years old in the photo. </span></span></span></span></span></span>The photo was most likely taken on Wil<span style="font-size: large;">liams farm near Spruce, Bates, MO. Below is a key which identifies everyone. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm sharing another funeral home card<span style="font-size: large;">. This is for Joshua Lawrence Dickerson. He was born on 3 <span style="font-size: large;">June 1828 in Kentucky to William and Esther (Rice) Dickerson. He married <span style="font-size: large;">Catherine C<span style="font-size: large;">ynthia Ann Collins on 23 Nove<span style="font-size: large;">mber 1854 in Ma<span style="font-size: large;">con County, IL<span style="font-size: large;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is actually the funeral home card for 4th great-grandfather Nicholas <span style="font-size: large;">Adams. It actually contains a lot of inform<span style="font-size: large;">ation. <span style="font-size: large;">Besides when and <span style="font-size: large;">where <span style="font-size: large;">he was born<span style="font-size: large;">, it also l<span style="font-size: large;">ists the exact<span style="font-size: large;"> time of death. T<span style="font-size: large;">he funeral was held on 26 January 1904 at <span style="font-size: large;">3PM at his re<span style="font-size: large;">s<span style="font-size: large;">idence</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> in Charlotte Township, MO. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-92182117895382105042013-03-03T08:00:00.000-06:002013-03-03T08:00:03.588-06:00Scrap Day Sunday: Grandma Rosie's Stories<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anna Rose<span style="font-size: large;"> (<span style="font-size: large;">Lincet) Ayres, my great-great grandmother, is by far one <span style="font-size: large;">of the most fascinat<span style="font-size: large;">ing ancestors that I have. At least to me she is. I never knew Anna or Grandma Rosie as everyone called her. She di<span style="font-size: large;">ed several year<span style="font-size: large;">s before I was born. Even after research<span style="font-size: large;">ing her line, I'm no closer to knowing much about her. What I know I have gleaned from older relatives and a few scant re<span style="font-size: large;">cords that I have come across. So her <span style="font-size: large;">aura of mystery remains for me. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anna was born<span style="font-size: large;"> in the year 1<span style="font-size: large;">879 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, Iowa to Christ and Lena Lincet. Her parents were of Norwegian descent. Anna married <span style="font-size: large;">Robert Buenos Ayres on 23 S<span style="font-size: large;">eptember 1899 in Jackson County, MO. <span style="font-size: large;">On her marriage certificate to Buenos her maiden name is listed as Lane<span style="font-size: large;"> not L<span style="font-size: large;">incet<span style="font-size: large;">(a source of many a headache). Anna and Buenos had 6 children before Buenos died in 1916. This left Anna to raise 6<span style="font-size: large;"> children on her own and times were not always easy. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grandma Rosie was a bit of a bohemian type. She<span style="font-size: large;"> liked to paint and would paint on what<span style="font-size: large;">ever she could find to paint on. She would also tell your for<span style="font-size: large;">tu<span style="font-size: large;">ne by reading cards <span style="font-size: large;">or reading the tea l<span style="font-size: large;">eaves.</span></span></span></span></span></span> She also liked to write <span style="font-size: large;">stories. I recently came acros<span style="font-size: large;">s <span style="font-size: large;">some of these stor<span style="font-size: large;">ies in my grandmother's things. <span style="font-size: large;">They are short stories and seemed to be geared toward children. Many of them are<span style="font-size: large;"> not <span style="font-size: large;">complete. So here is the first page from "For I N<span style="font-size: large;">eed You" by Anna Rose <span style="font-size: large;">Ayres. I think she would be thr<span style="font-size: large;">illed to know that her stories were floating around in cyberspace<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"For I Need You" by Anna Rose Ayres, page 1.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Today's funeral card is that of my great grandmother Ruby Collins (<span style="font-size: large;">Dickerson<span style="font-size: large;">) Grimes. She was the daug<span style="font-size: large;">hter of Law<span style="font-size: large;">rence Leander and L<span style="font-size: large;">illie May (<span style="font-size: large;">V<span style="font-size: large;">ermillion) Dickerson. </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span>She so detes<span style="font-size: large;">ted her middle name that she used the letter "D"<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">instead of Collins. Collins was her paternal grandmother's last name. Why she hated it, <span style="font-size: large;">I don't know. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-85576533141341140242013-02-28T14:18:00.001-06:002013-02-28T14:18:06.397-06:00Rant of the Day<span style="font-size: large;">One of my biggest pet peeves has to be the all<span style="font-size: large;">-knowing genealogist. We've all experien<span style="font-size: large;">ced them at one point or another. The ones that offer "constructive critici<span style="font-size: large;">sm"<span style="font-size: large;"> tinged with an air<span style="font-size: large;"> of superi<span style="font-size: large;">ority. Your research <span style="font-size: large;">and analysis is wrong but thei<span style="font-size: large;">rs is infallible. <span style="font-size: large;">THOSE genealogists. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, I am all for constructive criticism. Heck, I'm happy if you can prove my research is flawed. I would much rather have an accurate understan<span style="font-size: large;">ding of my family history th<span style="font-size: large;">an to<span style="font-size: large;"> have it full of mistakes and flaws. That being said, there are those <span style="font-size: large;">who</span> get down right nasty when you present a counter-argument to their <span style="font-size: large;">"infallible" research. </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>They are more than happy to prove you wrong, but will <span style="font-size: large;">not see the flaws in their own research. Quite frankly, I have no use for you. Don't even bother contacting me. You will be ignored. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the most part, I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with the genealogical commun<span style="font-size: large;">ity. It is a diverse commun<span style="font-size: large;">ity that ranges from the <span style="font-size: large;">b<span style="font-size: large;">eginner to the long-time professi<span style="font-size: large;">onals. I<span style="font-size: large;">t is a community of sharing and generos<span style="font-size: large;">ity.<span style="font-size: large;"> It is filled with wonderful people who share the need to know <span style="font-size: large;">their heritage. <span style="font-size: large;">So, to all my genealogical fr<span style="font-size: large;">iends out there, thank you<span style="font-size: large;">, for all your help and enco<span style="font-size: large;">uragement. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span>It is noted and appreciated. <span style="font-size: large;">Whew! I fe<span style="font-size: large;">el better!</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-9820596410809420152013-02-24T10:49:00.000-06:002013-02-24T10:49:08.083-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> To<span style="font-size: large;">day's "scrap" is a permission note written by <span style="font-size: large;">Ezra Liston to the <span style="font-size: large;">c</span>ounty <span style="font-size: large;">c</span>lerk of <span style="font-size: large;">Cass County, <span style="font-size: large;">Missouri in which he <span style="font-size: large;">certifies that his d<span style="font-size: large;">aughter is over the age of eighteen and th<span style="font-size: large;">at he <span style="font-size: large;">consents to her marriage to W.<span style="font-size: large;"> H<span style="font-size: large;">. Foust. The note reads<span style="font-size: large;">;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>To the county clerk of Cass Co. Mo. this is to certify that my daughter Ella F. Liston is past the age of eighteen years and that I give my consent to her marriage to W. H. Foust.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Henry Foust married Ella Francin<span style="font-size: large;">a L<span style="font-size: large;">iston<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: large;">on that very day 30 June 1886 i<span style="font-size: large;">n Harrisonville, Cass<span style="font-size: large;">, MO. They went on to have eight children<span style="font-size: large;"> including my great grandm<span style="font-size: large;">other<span style="font-size: large;">, Amelia Mae (Foust) Wimsatt. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The William Henry and Ella Foust Family. My great grandmother Amelia is in the back row holding my infant grandfather Richard. Ella and William are seated holding a photograph of their daughter Viola, who died while giving birth to a daughter. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phebe Foster (Merriam) Van Zandt with her sons, Theodore, William Eldon, Cyrus and Edward.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm sharing a random picture featuring Phebe Foster (Merriam) Van Zandt and her sons. Phebe was the daughter of Cyrus Merriam who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She married William Denison VanZandt and had eleven children. The first born child, Thomas Cox Van Zandt passed away at the age of five while staying with his grandfather Cyrus. Phebe and William were in Farina at the time of Thomas' death which is where this photo was taken. William passed away in 1875 at the age of fifty. Phebe lived to be the ripe, old age of ninety, passing away in 1918.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-87513916995776989142013-02-17T11:48:00.000-06:002013-02-17T11:48:14.496-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">For this week<span style="font-size: large;">'s Scrap Day Sunday, I'm sharing a check that I found in a box after <span style="font-size: large;">my grandfather's death. </span></span>The check is made out to my great grandmother and is w<span style="font-size: large;">ritten <span style="font-size: large;">by her brother <span style="font-size: large;">Pau<span style="font-size: large;">l<span style="font-size: large;">. It</span> is dated 17 March 1928. <span style="font-size: large;">and is</span> from the Farmer's Bank of Spruce in Spruce<span style="font-size: large;">, MO. I for one can't believe there was ever <span style="font-size: large;">a <span style="font-size: large;">bank in Spruce. When you tra<span style="font-size: large;">vel through the area now, nothing is l<span style="font-size: large;">eft of the litt<span style="font-size: large;">le communtiy except a cemetery. </span></span></span></span></span></span> On the back of the check<span style="font-size: large;"> my <span style="font-size: large;">great grandm<span style="font-size: large;">other <span style="font-size: large;">wrote, " <i>a free heart but no money</i>". </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Her brother Paul later died of wounds <span style="font-size: large;">he suffered while serving his country in WWII. </span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-82796152773608223362013-02-14T13:11:00.000-06:002013-02-14T13:11:24.263-06:00A Hidden Cache<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Grimes Family: Evelyn, Robert, Walter and Janet. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just came across an e<span style="font-size: large;">nvelope <span style="font-size: large;">full of pictures that I didn't know I had or I forgot I had. The<span style="font-size: large;"> latter st<span style="font-size: large;">atement is probably closer to the truth. </span></span></span></span>This photo features my grandparent<span style="font-size: large;">s Walter and Evelyn<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">(Ayres) Grimes with my mo<span style="font-size: large;">ther and my uncle. It is by far my f<span style="font-size: large;">avorite <span style="font-size: large;">family photo that I have of my grandparents and their family. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-42892812069263943312013-02-13T18:00:00.000-06:002013-02-13T18:00:08.350-06:00The Rebel and the Love Poem<span style="font-size: large;">My ancestor, Capt. George Denison, wrote this poem to his first wife, Bridget. Bridg<span style="font-size: large;">et was the d<span style="font-size: large;">aughter of John and Alice (Freeman) <span style="font-size: large;">Thompson<span style="font-size: large;">. My <span style="font-size: large;">descent in through his secon<span style="font-size: large;">d wife, Anne Borodell<span style="font-size: large;">, d<span style="font-size: large;">aughter of John Borodell. I'm also a descendant of <span style="font-size: large;">John and Alice Thompson throug<span style="font-size: large;">h <span style="font-size: large;">Bridget's sister, Dor<span style="font-size: large;">othy<span style="font-size: large;"> (Thompson), Parke. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Happy Valentine's Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"It is an ordinance, my dear divine </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Which God unto the sons of men makes shine. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Even marriage is that whereof I speak </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And unto you my mind therein I beak. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In Paradise, of Adam, God did tell </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To be alone, for man, would not be well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He in His wisdom thought it right </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To bring a woman into Adam's sight. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A helper that for him might be most meet </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And comfort him by her doing discreet. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I of that stock am sprung, I mean from him </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And also of that tree I am a limb </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A branch though young, yet do I think it good </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That God's great vows by man be not withstood. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alone I am, a helper I would find </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Which might give satisfaction to my mind. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The party that doth satisfy the same </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Is Mistress Bridget Thompson by her name. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">God having drawn my affections unto thee </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My Heart's desire is thine may be to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thus with my blottings though I trouble you </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet pass these by cause I know not how </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Though they at this time should much better be </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For love it is the first have been to thee </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And I wish that they much better were. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Therefore I pray accept them as they are </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So hoping my desire I shall obtain. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your own true lover, I, George Denison by name. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">From my father's house in Roxbury </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To Miss Bridget Thompson, 1640." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">DENISON NEWSLETTER (July 1985), No.77, p.4 </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-75104263384244788772013-02-10T13:10:00.000-06:002013-02-10T13:10:00.245-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WfQ4MLTIivM/URfwPbg6C4I/AAAAAAAAAMY/aZmiWDuTDA4/s1600/Family+Record+in+front+cover+of+Ingraham-Wardwell+Bible.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WfQ4MLTIivM/URfwPbg6C4I/AAAAAAAAAMY/aZmiWDuTDA4/s1600/Family+Record+in+front+cover+of+Ingraham-Wardwell+Bible.JPG" height="400" width="307" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family Record found in the front cover of the Ingraham/Wardwell bible. Courtesy of the Bates County Museum.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well it's Scrap Day Sunday again. This week I'm featuring the family record for Thomas <span style="font-size: large;">and Peggy (Wardwell) Ingra<span style="font-size: large;">ham found in the front <span style="font-size: large;">of the Ingraham/Wardwe<span style="font-size: large;">ll bible. Th<span style="font-size: large;">e record was <span style="font-size: large;">wr<span style="font-size: large;">itten on a piece of paper and pasted in the fron<span style="font-size: large;">t of the bible. It had been folded at one time and i<span style="font-size: large;">s w<span style="font-size: large;">ritten in a different hand than what is found in the family record in the <span style="font-size: large;">middl<span style="font-size: large;">e of the bible. <span style="font-size: large;">It is not known who wrot<span style="font-size: large;">e <span style="font-size: large;">out this family record<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-79084205867728869072013-02-03T10:53:00.000-06:002013-02-03T10:53:26.260-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm going to share the funeral bill for my 3rd great grandfather Sameul Braucht. Samuel died 7 October 1912. The casket, embalming, flowers and hearse all came to a total of $108. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-110300521915495232013-01-27T07:57:00.001-06:002013-01-27T07:57:26.734-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The $148 Appendectomy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For this week<span style="font-size: large;">'s Sc<span style="font-size: large;">rapday <span style="font-size: large;">Sunday I'm going to share an article that ran in the local <span style="font-size: large;">n</span>ewspaper. It <span style="font-size: large;">discusses an itemized bill that my <span style="font-size: large;">great grandm<span style="font-size: large;">other, Ruby Collins (Dickerson) <span style="font-size: large;">Grimes, came across for an appendectomy that my great grandfather had in 1944. The whole thing cost them $148!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">My <span style="font-size: large;">great <span style="font-size: large;">grandmother Grimes was a nurse for many years for the Dr. Luter mentioned in the article. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6KagJQGKNTM/UQUx29ryTAI/AAAAAAAAALo/SreGaOFsmaU/s1600/merlinrubygrimes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Merlin Ellsworth Grimes" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6KagJQGKNTM/UQUx29ryTAI/AAAAAAAAALo/SreGaOFsmaU/s1600/merlinrubygrimes.jpg" height="400" title="Ruby Dickerson Grimes" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merlin and Ruby (Dickerson) Grimes</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-86013372094649598912013-01-25T19:16:00.000-06:002013-01-25T22:50:35.368-06:00A Wonderful Surprise<i>Among some old books I found a miniature Bible printed in1834. In it it
faintly has Thomas's name....it is a very old book...and a small obit
for little Thomas. Says he was at his grandfather's, Cyprus Meriam, in
Springfield township, and that his parents, Wm. And Phebe, were away
when he died.<br />
Thought there could be a connection.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bible that belonged to Thomas C. Vansant. Thomas died when he was 5 years old. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I received this email from a <span style="font-size: large;">woman named Lisa today. I didn't recognize the sen<span style="font-size: large;">der, but I opened it anyway. Boy<span style="font-size: large;"> am I glad I did<span style="font-size: large;">! She tracked me down th<span style="font-size: large;">rough a Find A Grave <span style="font-size: large;">memorial I created for my 3rd gre<span style="font-size: large;">at grandfather William Eldon <span style="font-size: large;">VanSant. Thomas C. VanSant was <span style="font-size: large;">William<span style="font-size: large;">'s older brother who died at about the age of 5. <span style="font-size: large;">He was staying at <span style="font-size: large;">the home of his grandfather, Cyrus Merriam (Good Old Cyrus again) when he passed away. It seems his parents William Denis<span style="font-size: large;">on and Phebe (Merriam) VanZandt were away when h<span style="font-size: large;">e passed. Now it's time to research exactly w<span style="font-size: large;">hat happened to Thomas. </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I<span style="font-size: large;">t pays to contribute to the genealogical community!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i> </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-43810925347058520942013-01-21T21:04:00.000-06:002013-01-21T21:04:26.008-06:00A Follow Up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of the PURE Center Zanesville, OH</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a follow up to my post <a href="http://buffgenealogist.blogspot.com/2012/12/cyrus-merriams-secret.html" target="_blank"><i>Cy<span style="font-size: large;">rus Merriam's Secret</span></i></a></span>, <span style="font-size: large;">I came across this <span style="font-size: large;">map poste<span style="font-size: large;">d by the PURE C<span style="font-size: large;">enter of Zane<span style="font-size: large;">sville, OH</span></span></span> on the <i>American Experi</i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>ence </i><span style="font-size: large;">website.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It shows the stops on the<span style="font-size: large;"> Underground Railroad between <span style="font-size: large;">Deavertown and Putnam, OH. <span style="font-size: large;">Cyrus'<span style="font-size: large;"> house was th<span style="font-size: large;">e last stop befor<span style="font-size: large;">e P<span style="font-size: large;">utnam. </span></span></span></span></span> I'm hoping to contact the PURE Center in Zanesville, OH this week in hopes of getting some further inf<span style="font-size: large;">ormation on Cyrus<span style="font-size: large;"> and his role in the abolitionist movement.</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://www.purecenter.org/pure/Default.htm" target="_blank">http://www.purecenter.org/pure/Default.htm</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-81028403543073443992013-01-20T07:30:00.000-06:002013-01-20T07:30:00.181-06:00Scrap Day Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQQOspruglY/UPtRZ2njYhI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/vmjYaz3Vius/s1600/Abigail+DeWolf+Ingraham+Mourning+Dress+Fabric.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQQOspruglY/UPtRZ2njYhI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/vmjYaz3Vius/s1600/Abigail+DeWolf+Ingraham+Mourning+Dress+Fabric.JPG" height="65" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abigail (DeWolf) Ingraham Mourning Dress Fabric.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This weeks scrap is yet another sc<span style="font-size: large;">rap of fabric. This is a black piece of silk found in the Ingraham/Ward<span style="font-size: large;">well bible.<span style="font-size: large;"> After close inspection, this piece seems to match a swatch found in the collection of the Bates County Museum. <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The pi<span style="font-size: large;">ece in the museum collection contain<span style="font-size: large;">ed this note<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> " <i><span style="font-size: large;">This satin in a dress, was trimmed with cr<span style="font-size: large;">a</span>pe <span style="font-size: large;">& worn for </span>mourning for Capt. Jeremiah Ingraham<span style="font-size: large;"> 1807. Presented <span style="font-size: large;">By Mrs. Abiga<span style="font-size: large;">il Ingraham<span style="font-size: large;">, </span>of Bristo<span style="font-size: large;">l, R.I. to her names<span style="font-size: large;">ake<span style="font-size: large;"> then 1<span style="font-size: large;">4 </span>yea<span style="font-size: large;">rs of age,</span>Sept. 1818. Presented by Miss Abigail R Ingraham, of Amenia<span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-size: large;">N.Y. </span> to he<span style="font-size: large;">r namesake 14 years of age<span style="font-size: large;">, of Manchester Mi<span style="font-size: large;">ch. Sept. 1852."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yDJ-yZbrCIU/UPtRdnELVJI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Wwx4yy53KWg/s1600/Black+Satin+Scrap+explanation+note.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yDJ-yZbrCIU/UPtRdnELVJI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Wwx4yy53KWg/s1600/Black+Satin+Scrap+explanation+note.JPG" height="157" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note describing the mourning fabric. Courtesy of the Bates County Museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Judging by the wording of the note, <span style="font-size: large;">the swatch of fabric came from a dress worn by Abigail (DeWolf<span style="font-size: large;">/e) Ingraham, the widow of Capt. Jeremiah Ingraham. Ab<span style="font-size: large;">igail was the daughter of Marc Anthony and Abigail (<span style="font-size: large;">P<span style="font-size: large;">ot<span style="font-size: large;">ter) DeWolfe <span style="font-size: large;">and the second wife of Capt. Jeremiah. His <span style="font-size: large;">first wife was Rebecca Munro <span style="font-size: large;">who died in 1789.<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">My <span style="font-size: large;">descent is through Rebecca and Capt. Jeremiah. </span></span> Capt. Jeremiah Ingraham was lost at sea<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-27423434065933910532013-01-17T08:00:00.000-06:002013-01-17T08:00:01.293-06:00Thou Shalt Not Suffer A Witch To Live<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My interest in genealogy started at an ea<span style="font-size: large;">rly age. <span style="font-size: large;">My mother had a <span style="font-size: large;">group of typed pages that she had copied f<span style="font-size: large;">rom <span style="font-size: large;">som<span style="font-size: large;">e pages that my great great grandmother had kept in a trunk. Granny gave her exactly 24 hours to have those pages copied and back to her. This was before cop<span style="font-size: large;">iers and scanners. </span>When Granny said 24 hours, she meant 24 hours. Mom spent all night typing up those pages. So those pages sparked an interest in where I came from.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several year<span style="font-size: large;">s later, I was a freshman in college and taking a prerequisite history course. <span style="font-size: large;">That day<span style="font-size: large;">'</span>s topi<span style="font-size: large;">c was the Salem Witch <span style="font-size: large;">Trials. <span style="font-size: large;">I was half paying attention when the TA started <span style="font-size: large;">wr<span style="font-size: large;">iting names on the chalkb<span style="font-size: large;">oard<span style="font-size: large;">. <span style="font-size: large;">Israel Porter, John<span style="font-size: large;"> Putnam, Thomas Putnam<span style="font-size: large;">, etc. Hold on a minute. <span style="font-size: large;">On<span style="font-size: large;">e of those ring a bell. After class was over<span style="font-size: large;">, I went back to the <span style="font-size: large;">dorm and calle<span style="font-size: large;">d my mother. I asked her to find Granny<span style="font-size: large;">'s stack of papers and look for the name Putnam. Sure enough, there it was. Thomas Putnam. After <span style="font-size: large;">some checking of names<span style="font-size: large;">, dates, children, <span style="font-size: large;">etc. <span style="font-size: large;">, it was clear that Thomas Putnam of Salem Village and the Thomas Putnam in Granny's papers were one in the same. This further stoked <span style="font-size: large;">m<span style="font-size: large;">y interest in my family history,<span style="font-size: large;"> but I was young, so <span style="font-size: large;">I just noted it and went on with college life.<span style="font-size: large;"> Then about ten years ago, the genealogy bug came back and bit me in a big way. I wanted to know everything<span style="font-size: large;"> about eve<span style="font-size: large;">ry<span style="font-size: large;"> one of my ancestors. <span style="font-size: large;">Naturally, an ancestor that was involved in the Sal<span style="font-size: large;">em <span style="font-size: large;">Witch <span style="font-size: large;">Trial<span style="font-size: large;">s was a good place to start<span style="font-size: large;">. L<span style="font-size: large;">ittle did I know how involved my ancestors would be<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The required reading for the <span style="font-size: large;">course was <i>Salem Posses</i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>sed</i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>: The Social </i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Origins of Witchcraft </i>by Paul Boyer and St<span style="font-size: large;">ephen Nissembaum. This is w<span style="font-size: large;">here my education began.</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to go into detail on the Putnam fam<span style="font-size: large;">ily of Salem Vill<span style="font-size: large;">age or present day Danvers, MA<span style="font-size: large;">. <span style="font-size: large;">The family is well documented <span style="font-size: large;">and information is easy to find concerning the family and it's origins. <span style="font-size: large;">My descent comes down through t<span style="font-size: large;">wo of the children of <span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Putn<span style="font-size: large;">am Sr. and Anne Holyoke<span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-size: large;">their daughter Ann who married William Trask(e) and their son Edward who married Mary Hale. The Putnams<span style="font-size: large;"> were a pr<span style="font-size: large;">ominent family in Salem <span style="font-size: large;">Village<span style="font-size: large;"> who were land owne<span style="font-size: large;">rs and members of the church<span style="font-size: large;"> as well as involved in village politics. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then the madness be<span style="font-size: large;">gan<span style="font-size: large;">. When it ended, my ancestor <span style="font-size: large;">Deacon Edward <span style="font-size: large;">Putnam had participated in <span style="font-size: large;">thirteen cases and the family had partic<span style="font-size: large;">ipated in <span style="font-size: large;">no fewer than 46 cases. Edward had given testimony against Rebecca (Towne<span style="font-size: large;">) Nurse, George Burroughs, Martha Corey, Ma<span style="font-size: large;">ry (Towne<span style="font-size: large;">) Easty, and Sarah (Solart) Good, all of which were found gu<span style="font-size: large;">ilty and executed<span style="font-size: large;">. So my <span style="font-size: large;">9th great grandfather ha<span style="font-size: large;">d the blood of at least five p<span style="font-size: large;">eople on his hands. Now<span style="font-size: large;">, that's a skeleton in the family closet!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edward Putnam v. Martha Corey</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's when the inner con<span style="font-size: large;">flict began. When I first learned that my ancestors w<span style="font-size: large;">ere involved in the Salem Wit<span style="font-size: large;">ch Trial, th<span style="font-size: large;">at</span> pivotal moment in American History, I was <span style="font-size: large;">excited. </span></span></span></span></span> My ancestors made history! Here I am reading about the<span style="font-size: large;">m in a <span style="font-size: large;">college history course 300 years later! Then to learn that they were<span style="font-size: large;"> actually instru<span style="font-size: large;">mental in <span style="font-size: large;">the loss of innocent lives, <span style="font-size: large;">was to say the least, devastating. <span style="font-size: large;">I can't help but feel the guilt for the act<span style="font-size: large;">s<span style="font-size: large;"> that happened<span style="font-size: large;"> over 300 yea<span style="font-size: large;">rs ago. <span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: large;">had <span style="font-size: large;">absolutely nothing to do with this and yet, I feel the guil<span style="font-size: large;">t. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since th<span style="font-size: large;">at first in<span style="font-size: large;">troduction in<span style="font-size: large;">to the Salem Witch Trial, I have read all that I can on the subject hoping to get some insight to what drove my ancestors to believe what they did. The the<span style="font-size: large;">ories as to the <span style="font-size: large;">cause of<span style="font-size: large;"> the hysteria are n<span style="font-size: large;">um<span style="font-size: large;">erous. Boyer and Nissembaum bel<span style="font-size: large;">ieve it <span style="font-size: large;">arose from a power struggle between the two prominent families of Salem Village, the Porters and the Putnam<span style="font-size: large;">s. (<span style="font-size: large;">Interes<span style="font-size: large;">tingly, Granny's sister<span style="font-size: large;"> and Putnam descendant, Kat<span style="font-size: large;">ie Coretta<span style="font-size: large;"> VanSant married a Porter.) Recen<span style="font-size: large;">tly Katherine Howe, an author and historian, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> put forth the the<span style="font-size: large;">ory that the Rev. Samuel Parris was to blame for the tri<span style="font-size: large;">als<span style="font-size: large;"> in <i>Salem: Unmasking the Devil</i> on the National Geographic Ch<span style="font-size: large;">annel. <span style="font-size: large;">Historian Mary Beth Norton b<span style="font-size: large;">elieves it was due to tension with the Nat<span style="font-size: large;">ive Americans at the time. Ergot po<span style="font-size: large;">is<span style="font-size: large;">ioning, meningitis, the list go<span style="font-size: large;">es on and on. <span style="font-size: large;"> None of these really told me why <span style="font-size: large;">Edward <span style="font-size: large;">and his family did what th<span style="font-size: large;">ey did. The truth is, I w<span style="font-size: large;">ill nev<span style="font-size: large;">er know<span style="font-size: large;"> nor will anyone else for that matter. He could have been acting as his con<span style="font-size: large;">sci<span style="font-size: large;">ence dictated. Maybe he really believed the girls were afflicted. Then <span style="font-size: large;">again, maybe it was done ou<span style="font-size: large;">t of spite and vengeance towards the Porters and the <span style="font-size: large;">an<span style="font-size: large;">ti<span style="font-size: large;">-<span style="font-size: large;">Parris faction. Maybe it was a combination of both of these<span style="font-size: large;"> or some completely different reason. <span style="font-size: large;">I<span style="font-size: large;"> just find it fascinating that the guilt can be there 300 plus years later. Perhaps I over think it. Perhaps it's because I love genealogy <span style="font-size: large;">and want to <span style="font-size: large;">really <i>know</i><span style="font-size: large;"> my ancestors that the guilt is there. <span style="font-size: large;">I suppose I will just chalk it up to human nature.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of the Bates County Museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's scrap is an actual scrap. It's a large scrap of silk brocade with a note sewn on it that reads;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> " This Silk was purchased in England in 1744 for a travelling dress."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Mrs. S. Baldwin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Blue Springs</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. S. Baldwin was<span style="font-size: large;"> Mary <span style="font-size: large;">(Ingraham) Bal<span style="font-size: large;">dwin who was living in Blue Springs, Gage, NE at the time. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This scrap of fabric was donated to the Bates County Museum, along with the silk bag that I featured in an earlier post<span style="font-size: large;">, by my great great grandmother Maud (VanSant) Grimes. We all just called her "<span style="font-size: large;">Granny" and still do to this day. Granny loved to quilt. When she wasn't h<span style="font-size: large;">elping on the farm or raising her eight children, she was piecing quilts. So it makes sense that she would have <span style="font-size: large;">held on to this piece of fa<span style="font-size: large;">bric. But who <span style="font-size: large;">was the travelling dress made for?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The note on the fa<span style="font-size: large;">bric <span style="font-size: large;">was written by Ma<span style="font-size: large;">ry (Ingraham) Baldwin so I started there. It would<span style="font-size: large;"> have either came down through her or her husband, Samuel Baldwin. I had done extensive research on Mary's line as it is my Mayflower line and the wording of the note struck a bell. After some digging (ok, a lot of digging<span style="font-size: large;">) through my notes I came upon some photocopied pages of a book entit<span style="font-size: large;">led</span> <i>Puritans, Pioneers & Planters An Ingraham-Abbott-Wardwell-Culver-Burbank Genealogy </i>w<span style="font-size: large;">ritten by Norma Quarles Hare. In the preface of the book, Mrs. Hare describe<span style="font-size: large;">s her<span style="font-size: large;"> and her mother going through a box of posses<span style="font-size: large;">sions that belonged to her great grandmother<span style="font-size: large;">, Delia Balis (Ingraham) Bl<span style="font-size: large;">akemore. In this box they found a <span style="font-size: large;">scr<span style="font-size: large;">ap of red<span style="font-size: large;">, silk b<span style="font-size: large;">rocade fabric<span style="font-size: large;"> that matched a square in a c<span style="font-size: large;">razy quilt that <span style="font-size: large;">Delia had made and stitched the year 1744 into. </span></span></span> Attached to this <span style="font-size: large;">fabric was a note</span> in her great grandmother's handwriting that read:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "This silk was purchased in England for a travelling dress for Mrs. Wardwell, nee Swan". </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bingo! What are the chances of two scraps of fa<span style="font-size: large;">bric <span style="font-size: large;">owned by two Ingraham descendants each of which contains a note with almost identical wording not being from the same dress? I<span style="font-size: large;">'<span style="font-size: large;">m pretty sure I have <span style="font-size: large;">located the original owner of the dress<span style="font-size: large;"> from w<span style="font-size: large;">hence the fabric came. Wait for it........ <span style="font-size: large;">Hannah (Swan) <span style="font-size: large;">Wardwell daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret (Woodbury) Swan and wife of Capt. John W<span style="font-size: large;">ardwell<span style="font-size: large;"> all of Bristol, RI. <span style="font-size: large;">Capt. John Wardwell was the son of Joh<span style="font-size: large;">n and Phebe (Howland) Wardwell. I do not believe however that the fabric was bought in 1<span style="font-size: large;">744<span style="font-size: large;"> as my 4th great grandmother stated in the note. <span style="font-size: large;">The year 1744 is actually the date of Hannah's birth. So I'm thinking that there was a little mix<span style="font-size: large;">-up along the way <span style="font-size: large;">and the year 1744 was incorrectly listed as the date of the purchase of the fabric instead of the date of Hannah's births. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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I can make it back five generations on my Wimsatt line. Me, my father, my grandfather(Richard L Wimsatt), great grandfather(John Collins Wimsatt), great great grandfather( Arland Wimsatt) and great great great grandfather (George Will Wimsatt). To put it bluntly, George Will is a pain in my....well, you get the point. So here is what is known about good ol' George:<br />
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George Will Wimsatt was born on 4 July 1820 in Nelson County, KY.<br />
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He married Sarah A Wright on 12 December 1842 in Nelson County, KY. <br />
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He's found in the 1850 US Census living in Ohio, KY with his wife Sarah, three children, Mary, Lorenzo and Goldena, James Wright (brother-in-law) and Ignatius, his brother.<br />
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He's found in the 1860 US Census living in Campbell, Warrick Co., IN with wife Sarah, kids Mary, Lorenzo, Goldena, Rawlin [Roland], Wayne, Arlin [Arland], and Willis. Brother-in-law James is still with him along with James Nicholson, a farm laborer. I believe James belonged to James and Margaret A Nicholson, the neighbors of George and Sarah's.<br />
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He's found in the 1870 US Census living in Upper Town, Henderson Co., KY with wife Sarah, kids, Lorenzo, Goldena, Roland, Wayne, Orland[Arland], William , James, Wheeler, and Lucretia and a Valson Wimsatt who I believe was a son of Lorenzo. <br />
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He found in the 1880 US Census living in Blue, Jackson Co., MO with wife Sarah, and kids Roland, Wayan [Wayne], Ailand[Arland], James, George W [Wheeler] and Lucretia.<br />
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George Will Wimsatt died on 6 June 1890 in Jackson County. MO. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence, Jackson Co., MO. Wife Sarah died on 7 November 1910 in Kaw Township, Jackson County, Mo. Joseph Wright is listed as her father on the death certificate. The informant was L. Zumwalt or Lucretia (Wimsatt) Zumwalt, her daughter. Sarah is also buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence, MO.<br />
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There were some Wimsatts that migrated from England to St. Mary's County, Maryland and then to Nelson Co., KY. These Wimsatts were Catholic and had fled England due to the Church of England. I have found one baptismal record for George and Sarah's daughter Mary Ellen who was baptized in St. Catherine's Church in New Haven, Nelson Co., KY. So this leads me to believe that my Wimsatt line was at one time practicing Catholics. <br />
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There is some speculation that George Will and Ignatius were the sons of Ignatius and Nancy (Thompson) Wimsatt. Ignatius and Nancy Thompson's marriage bond was dated 24 April 1818 and the surety is John Ballard. Ignatius filed for divorce on 15 May 1840 stating that they had been together for "10 or 12 years" but that she had "left his bed and board". It is strange that he couldn't remember how long they had been married which at this time would have been over 20 years, if you consider the date of the marriage bond. Of course we don't know when she exactly left. If it was after 10 years of marriage, I find it hard to believe that there wasn't children conceived. There is an estate settlement dated 12 December 1840 for Ignatius and the Administrator was James Ballard. On another estate settlement there is a Linus Wimsatt listed as plaintiff. He states that he "holds a note under seal on the defendant, James Ballard, Administrator of Ingnatius Wimsatt, dec. in substance as follows, to wit, Twelve months after date I promise to pay Linus Wimsatt one hundred and twenty-five dollars fifty cents. As witness my hand attest this 4th of September 1839. [note signed by] George and Ignatius Wimsatt. Are these the brothers George and Ignatius? <br />
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I have been unable to find what happened to Nancy (Thompson) Wimsatt after her divorce. Nor have I found her parents. And this is pretty much all the information I have on this line. There are subtle clues to the parentage of George Will and Ignatius Wimsatt but nothing concrete. Maybe it's time for that DNA test I've been wanting to get?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485292727142324693noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919894302960384432.post-16433399340793392752013-01-08T18:37:00.003-06:002013-01-08T18:37:36.169-06:00A Bag and Three Abigails!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Abigail (Dewolf) Ingraham Bag. Courtesy of the Bates County Museum.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm going to <span style="font-size: large;">share <span style="font-size: large;">yet another find from the Bates Co<span style="font-size: large;">unty Museum. Being a volunteer there does have it's perks! Pic<span style="font-size: large;">tured here is a small silk bag that was once owned by Mrs. Abig<span style="font-size: large;">ail (DeWolf) Ingraham, the se<span style="font-size: large;">cond wife of Capt. Jeremiah Ingraham<span style="font-size: large;">. Abigail (De<span style="font-size: large;">Wo<span style="font-size: large;">lf Ingraham presented this bag to her gra<span style="font-size: large;">nd<span style="font-size: large;">aughter Abigail Rebecca Ingra<span style="font-size: large;">ham in 1818. Abigail Rebecca Ingraham was the daughter of Thomas and Peggy (Wardwell) Ingraham. Abigail<span style="font-size: large;"> Rebecca then presented this bag to her niece, yet another Abigail Rebecca Ingraham in 1852. This Abigail was the d<span style="font-size: large;">aughter of Thomas Swan and Julia (Balis) Ingraham. After Rebecca (as t<span style="font-size: large;">he last Abigail Rebecca was known<span style="font-size: large;">) passed away in 1856 at the age of 18, it then passed to her sister, Mrs. Mary<span style="font-size: large;"> (Baldwin<span style="font-size: large;">) Ingraham and then filtered down to my gr<span style="font-size: large;">ea<span style="font-size: large;">t <span style="font-size: large;">great grandmother Maud (VanSant) Grimes who then donated it to the museum. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bag is is remarkable conditi<span style="font-size: large;">on considering it's almost 200 years old! </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia (Balis) Ingraham with daughter Rebecca. Rebecca was the last Abigail Rebecca to own the bag. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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