Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Wordless Wednesday: Men of the Eastwind #4

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.

Unknown sailor on USCGC Eastwind 1946 or 47  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com


When my dad was stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind in 1946-47, he took pictures of his shipmates during tours to Thule, Greenland but didn’t provide names.  Maybe the family of these sailors will find my blog and share their story.



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Monday, January 26, 2015

52 Ancestors: #4 - Lester Randall MARSH Birthday Buddy

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.



This week’s theme is to focus on a relative who shares my birthday (not counting the year, of course).  There are five candidates, but one died at age 2, one woman didn’t live long enough for her name to appear in a census, and the others are still living.  So by default, the dubious honor goes to my third cousin twice removed Lester Randall Marsh.

One of twelve children, Lester was born to Benjamin Franklin Marsh and Alice Salisbury on May 27, 1903 in Madison County, Virginia.  He was the grandson of Peachy Lamb and Layton Marsh, and great-grandson of Lucy Walker JOLLETT and Peter Marsh of nearby Orange County.

Lester grew up on a farm.  Apparently Benjamin did not own his farm as he was listed as a “farm laborer,” rather than farmer; also the 1910 census indicated that he was NOT self-employed.

Lester’s parents and oldest brother could neither read nor write, but the rest of the Marsh children received an education, at least enough to say they attended school and could read and write.

By 1920, Benjamin was able to obtain a mortgage on a house for the family, but still he and the older boys worked for other people.  Lester and the younger children attended school.

Lester R and Mabel Marsh family  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Lester and Mabel Marsh
Oldest to youngest: Mary, Bernice,
Edith, Helen
Photo courtesy Trisha Steel on Ancestry
In 1926 Lester took on a ready-made family when he married twice-widowed Bessie Mabel Floyd Meacham Anderson.  She had four daughters, but apparently Lester and Mabel had no children together.  In 1930 the family was living in a rented house on Fairview Avenue in Manassas, Virginia, where Lester was working as a house painter.

At least by 1935, Lester and family had moved to Elon in Amherst County.  Lester was a painter for the railroad, a position that commanded a respectable salary for the times at $1200 a year.

City directories indicate that Lester and Mable moved to Alexandria, Virginia between 1940 and 1947.  Lester worked as a fireman, possibly for the railroad since in 1953 he was listed as an engineer.

Mabel and Lester are buried together at Fort Hill Memorial Park in Lynchburg, Virginia.


Lester R. and Mabel Marsh Tombstone Lynchburg, VA  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Lester R. Marsh
27 May 1903 - 25 Sep 1993
Mabel B. Marsh
8 Nov 1896 - 1982
Findagrave.com courtesy Joan Mays



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Friday, January 23, 2015

Sepia Saturday: Safe and Effective

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.



This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt, a vintage ad, is tailor-made for a post I have wanted to write for some time.  Mine is not an advertisement for horse shoes; it’s for cough syrup.  What makes the ad unique though is the testimony of the wife of my first cousin 3X removed:  Nannie June Fogg Jollett. 

Ad with testimony by Nannie June Fogg Jollett 1899  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com


This ad appeared on the front page of the Alexandria Gazette published in Alexandria, Virginia, December 19, 1899. 

Children Never Cry
When they have to take
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup

It is pleasant, pure and reliable.  It soothes while it cures.

Portsmouth, VA Jan. 18, 1899
I am never without a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup in the house, because it prevented my two children of dying of the whooping cough.  I think it an excellent medicine.
Mrs. C. B. Jollett

Refuse Substitutes

A.C. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Bull’s pills cure Constipation and Biliousness.
Trial 20 for 5¢.  At Dealers, or by mail.


Nannie June claimed that the cough syrup was so effective that she kept a bottle on hand at all times. 

I wonder if she knew about the morphine.

In 1905, Collier’s Weekly published a series of articles called “The Great American Fraud” in which journalist Samuel Hopkins Adams exposed the false claims made by many drug companies.  He analyzed the contents of some of the most popular medicines, including Dr. Bull’s formula, which included morphine.  

Adams also exposed the dangers of such medicines, which in some cases actually damaged the health of users.  Dr. Bull’s medicine was blamed for several deaths due to morphine poisoning.  Eventually the formula for cough syrup was altered replacing the morphine with codeine.

Later ads for Dr. Bull’s miracle medicine emphasized how safe and effective it was for children.  But the muckraking Adams achieved what he set out to do:  in 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.  However, it would take several more pieces of legislation to tighten the reins on both ingredients and advertising claims in the food and drug industry.

Whether Nannie June remained a loyal customer is anyone’s guess. 

Sepia Saturday makes no claims to cure whooping cough, constipation, or biliousness.  But try it anyway.  It’s safe and effective. 

Sources:
Adams, Samuel Hopkins. "The Great American Fraud/Chapter 5." Collier's Weekly (1905): n. pag. - Wikisource, the Free Online Library. 4 Jan. 2012. Web. 14 Jan. 2015. <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Fraud/Chapter_5>.

McCoy, Bob. "The Great American Fraud: Overview." Museum of Quackery. N.p., 13 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2015. <http://www.museumofquackery.com/ephemera/overview.htm>.

Meyer, Ferdinand. "So Who Is A. C. Meyer?" Peachridge Glass. N.p., 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2015. <http://www.peachridgeglass.com/2014/01/so-who-is-a-c-meyer/>.




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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Wordless Wednesday: Men of the Eastwind #3

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.

Unknown sailor on USCGC Eastwind 1946 or 47


When my dad was stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind in 1946-47, he took pictures of his shipmates during tours to Thule, Greenland but didn’t provide names.  Maybe the family of these sailors will find my blog and share their story.



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Monday, January 19, 2015

52 Ancestors: #3 - Julia Slade, One Tough Cookie

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.



The theme of the week is “tough woman.”  I don’t know whether Julia Slade was emotionally tough, but I know she is one tough woman to research. 

Why?  Because there were at least 4 Julia Slades in my family.  The only one I’m sure of was my paternal grandmother, Julia Walsh Slade.   The other three were my paternal grandfather’s grandmother, aunt, and sister.  None of the three is easy to follow. 

What I know about my 2X great-grandmother Julia Slade is limited to a thin mix of family lore and census records.  According to family lore, Julia came from Florida to Virginia with her two children, Stephen and Julia.  What?  No husband?  What is that story?

Was she an unwed mother?

1850 Madison Co, FL census Slade family  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
1850 Madison Co, Florida census
In the 1850 Madison County, Florida census there was a 5-year old Julia, daughter of Stephen and Margaret Slade. At age 14 she was with them still in 1860 in Lafayette County.  There were a number of other children as well, but the newest child was little Stephen, age 5.  

1870 Lafayette Co, FL census Slaid / Slade family  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
1870 Lafayette Co, Florida census
In 1870, she was still living with her parents.

In 1880, there is no sign of Julia Slade, and no sign of any children.  But I can imagine a woman and two children being on the road traveling to Virginia and thus missing the census. 



The Julia Slade who was indexed along with my great-grandfather Stephen Slade claimed to be the widow of Stephen Slade.

Was Julia the widow of Stephen Slade?
According to the 1860 Lafayette County, Florida census, Stephen Slade was born about 1855. So far he has not been located in any census after that year.  If he was the father of my great-grandfather, then he was a teenager roughly 15 or 16 years old when his son was conceived.

Julia Slade Atlanta, GA City Directory 1890  http://jollettetc.blogspot.comPossibly he married some girl named Julia.  In 1890, there was a Julia M. Slade living in Atlanta, Georgia, listed in the city directory as widow of Stephen. 


1891 Knoxville, TN City Directory  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com

In 1891, Julia, widow of Stephen, was living in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Stephen Slade was at the same address, 10 Luttrell Street.


By 1895 the widow Julia and her son Stephen were living in Norfolk, Virginia.  They were also together in the 1900 and 1910 census records for Norfolk and Princess Anne County, respectively.  However, in 1920, Julia was not with her son.  She died in 1927 and is buried in Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk. 

Julia Slade at Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA   http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
There is no marker, but Julia Slade is buried
between these two graves in front.
Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk, VA

What next?
My frustration in searching for my 2X great grandmother Julia Slade prompted me to hire a professional genealogist in Florida.  Her early report brought to light the existence of a middle initial.  The Julia Slade of the Atlanta city directory was “Julia M. Slade.”  “Julia A. Slade” was named on a deed in 1885 along with Emma C. Ross, more precisely Emma Cabell Ross, the former Cabell Slade, Julia’s sister.   

I rarely put much stock in initials because ancestors are notorious for flipping the order of their names and for reporting incorrect information.  Furthermore, indexers sometimes transcribe incorrectly.  That said, I want these initials to mean something.  That “M” might explain why Stephen’s mother was indexed as “Martha” in 1900 and “Julia” in 1910.  That “A” might belong to the sister-in-law of “Julia M.”

Questions left to be answered
  • Were Julia M.  and Julia A. the same person?  Was my 2X great-grandmother just pretending to be a widow to hide the embarrassment of being an unwed mother?
  • If Julia M. was indeed the widow of Stephen Slade, why did she come to Virginia? 
  • If Julia M. was indeed the widow of Stephen Slade, who were her parents?
  • How are the other Slades in Virginia related to my line?


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Friday, January 16, 2015

Sepia Saturday: What's the Word?

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.



This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features a court room scene.  The writing on the photograph reminds me of a habit exhibited by my grandaunt Helen Killeen Parker.  Unfortunately, that habit rarely included those bits of information that family historians long for:  names, locations and dates.  To be fair, Helen sometimes wrote the date on her photos, but most of the time she exercised her creative side by writing mildly humorous captions.

Like this one:

Unknown potential husbands in photo album of Helen Killeen Parker  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Ideal Husbands, yet to be
Numbers indicate who will be married first


Helen carefully analyzed these male friends for their marriageability.  I wonder if the #1 guy predicted to marry soon was her future husband, Herbert Parker.  Too bad Helen didn’t provide names so that I could determine whether her predictions came true. 

What is most endearing about Helen’s captions, though, is the insight into the popular expressions of the day, roughly 1918-1921.

The Vamp
Through her numerous roles in silent film in the early 1900s, Theda Bara popularized the image of the femme fatale, “the vamp.”  It’s logical to assume that any self-respecting young flapper would want to model herself after this sex-symbol.

Helen Killeen Parker about 1919   http://jollettetc.blogspot.comUnknown man "The Vamp" at Ocean View about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com





















Monkeys
“Monkeying around.”  “You little monkey!”  Such references to monkeys are still in use to mean children or joking around.  Helen drops that phrase into her scrapbook frequently, as if it were the latest slang.  Maybe it was a new expression in 1919.

Friends of Helen Killeen Parker about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Helen is the 2nd woman in the row.
Friends of Helen Killeen Parker about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Helen is the last woman in the row.























Friends and maybe sisters of Helen Killeen Parker about 1919
Helen is the 2nd one in.


Terrible
How Helen used the world “terrible” is not clear.


Helen Killeen Parker's photos of Ocean View about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com


Helen Killeen Parker's photos of Ocean View about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Helen is 2nd one in.
Others are unknown.
Ocean View about 1919

Helen Killeen Parker's photos of Ocean View about 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Helen is on the right.



















Did “terrible” signal a veiled compliment delivered with a wink?  Did it suggest some sort of moral strength or upright behavior?  Or was it just plain ol’  sarcasm? 


Don’t monkey around.  It would be terrible if you missed the stories and photos by all the Ideal Husbands and Vamps at Sepia Saturday



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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Wordless Wednesday: Men of the Eastwind #2

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.

Unknown sailor on USCGC Eastwind 1946 or 47


When my dad was stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind in 1946-47, he took pictures of his shipmates during tours to Thule, Greenland but didn’t provide names.  Maybe the family of these sailors will find my blog and share their story.



© 2015, Wendy Mathias.  All rights reserved.

Monday, January 12, 2015

52 Ancestors: #2 - Elvis, No Not That One

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.



Amy is a funny girl.  Her Week 2 theme is “King” to coincide with the birthdays of Elvis “The King” Presley and Martin Luther King, Jr.  Her more serious side also offers the option of writing about an ancestor who fled from an oppressive king or about our own connection to royalty.  *Snort.  

No royal distinctions in this family (although quite a few have been a royal pain in the AHEM!).  Surprisingly I found in my database three males name Elvis.  All three died young, one at birth.

Polly Jane Frazier and Elvis Sturdivant Shiflett  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Polly Jane Frazier and Elvis Sturdivant Shiflett
photo courtesy "cmagha" on Ancestry
One was given a most grand name:  Elvis Sturdivant SHIFLETT.  He was the son of Calvin and Elizabeth Herrin Shiflett.   Born in 1860 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Elvis was just a young boy when his father, a Confederate deserter, was captured and executed just a few days before the end of the war.  According to family lore, the soldiers had deserted because they lacked food and horses.  It is not clear whether they were captured by Union soldiers or the Confederate Home Guard charged with rounding up deserters.

The prisoners were held in the basement of a house in Boonesville, and Elvis’s mother regularly took food to the prisoners.  One day as Elizabeth was heading there with food for her prisoner husband and his comrades, she heard the gunshots.  Apparently some of the soldiers had escaped; Calvin and one other were executed in retaliation.

One of the prisoners who managed to escape was Tom Frazier, my first cousin four times removed.  After Calvin died, his widow Elizabeth took up with Tom.  So what does this have to do with Elvis?  Tom had a half-sister named Columbia Frazier.  She and Elvis married in April of 1881 in Greene County, Virginia.  That means Elvis’s mother was also his sister-in-law.  But sadly, Columbia died just three years later.

Elvis was one of many Shifletts who intermarried with the Fraziers.  A year after Columbia died, on the 7th of June 1885 Elvis married his wife’s cousin Polly Jane Frazier, also my first cousin four times removed.  Elvis and Polly Jane had seven children.  Most of them managed to marry Fraziers too, some of them more than one.

Elvis died before 1900, not even 40 years old.  Whether it’s poor spelling, poor transcribing, or hiding from the census taker, it looks as if Elvis managed to stay out of the census records after 1860. 

FAMILY of Elvis Sturdivant Shiflett

Elvis Sturdivant SHIFLETT (1860 Albemarle Co, VA – Before 1900 ) Son of Calvin SHIFLETT and Elizabeth HERRIN
M1) A. Columbia FRAZIER (1857 Greene Co, VA – 1884 Greene Co, VA )   07 Apr 1881 Greene Co, VA
M2) Polly Jane FRAZIER (1852 Greene Co, VA – 09 Apr 1936 Greene Co, VA )  07 Jun 1885 Greene Co, VA

  1. Virgie Catherine SHIFLETT ( Mar 1886 Greene Co, VA –  28 Apr 1962 Virginia) & m1) John L. SHIFLETT 13 Jun 1902 Greene Co, VA ; & m2) Ryland G. FRAZIER  22 Sep 1907 Greene Co, VA
  2. Robert Harrison SHIFLETT  (07 Nov 1887 Greene Co, VA – 02 Jun 1970 Albemarle Co, VA ) & Sarah Jane FRAZIER LAWSON (0 6 Feb 1886 –  06 Sep 1969 Staunton, VA )  15 Feb 1917 Greene Co, VA
  3. Charlie G. SHIFLETT (Jun 1889 Greene Co, VA – )
  4. Bertha Lee SHIFLETT (May 1892 Greene Co, VA – 29 Jun 1950 Monongalia, WV) & Edgar A. FRAZIER ( 06 Jun 1880 Greene Co, VA –  23 May 1954 Rockingham Co, VA )  24 Jun 1906 Greene Co, VA
  5. Thomas L. SHIFLETT (Jan 1894 Greene Co, VA – 19 Oct 1965 Dundalk, MD )
  6. James Albert “Spriggins” SHIFLETT (Jan 1895 Greene Co, VA – Mar 1937 Charlottesville, VA ) & Mary Sally TRIPLET (03 Jul 1909 Albemarle Co, VA – 28 Oct 1979 Alexandria, VA)   10 Oct 1938
  7. Selena Gertrude SHIFLETT (28 Sep 1897 Greene Co, VA – 06 Nov 1972 Stafford, VA ) & m1) Andrew Allen FRAZIER  (20 Apr 1892 – 17 Jul 1968 Albemarle Co, VA )  03 Jan 1912 Greene Co, VA ; & m2) Henry Luther FRAZIER (27 Apr 1904 Albemarle Co, VA – 25 Jun 1968 Stafford, VA )
Source:

Addington, Norm. "The House in Boonesville." Shifflett Family Genealogy. Bob Klein, 7 Jan. 2015. Web. 07 Jan. 2015. <http://www.shiflett-klein.com/shifletfamily/Gallery/calvhsgall.html>.



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Friday, January 9, 2015

Sepia Saturday: Reading Faces

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.



This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt at first glance is amusing, but it depicts a condition that is anything but:  hypertrichosis or “werewolf syndrome.”  It’s a distinct look – you know it when you see it.  Another easily identifiable medical condition is Down’s Syndrome.  Sixteen years ago my cousin gave birth to a boy with Down’s.  Hers was not a high risk pregnancy; she ate right and stayed healthy.  Even the doctor was surprised because my cousin had not exhibited any signs of a problem.

But apparently the potential exists somewhere in our family’s DNA.  In 2012, I wrote about this mystery child:

Unknown child 1919 probably in New York  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Unknown child 1919

That is definitely the typical appearance associated with Down's Syndrome. I do not know who he was or how he is related, but I have some theories.

THEORY 1
My first thought was that he was a child of my great-grandmother Mary Theresa Sheehan Killeen Walsh.  Maybe he died young.  No one ever spoke of him, and maybe that is why we never knew of him. However, he was not in any census with the family, so probably he was not hers.

THEORY 2
In St. Paul’s Catholic Church Cemetery in Portsmouth where my Killeen and Walsh family are buried is a tombstone for a boy named John Walsh, 1905-1919.  Those dates seem to fit the picture of this child.  He is buried with his parents, Thomas and Delia Walsh.  Surely they must be related somehow to my great grandfather John F. Walsh, but I have not been able to prove it.

THEORY 3
Then there’s the matter of this photo:

Lillie Killeen and 2 unknowns 1932, probably New York  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
1932
Lillie Killeen on the left with 2 unknowns
probably cousins in New York

This picture was taken in 1932.  The ears on this young man look much like the ears on the boy from 1919.  If it’s the same person, then that negates Theory 2. 

Right now my latest and greatest theory is that this young man was one of the New York cousins.  My great grandmother’s sisters lived and died there, and judging by the collection of photos, my grandaunts visited their aunts and cousins often.  

The woman on the right in the 1932 photo might be this woman from 1919:

Unknown woman 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com










Then when I compare the porches in these two photos, I’m convinced the boy and the young woman are related to one another.

Comparison of porches 1919  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Both photos are dated 1919

Unknown woman 1919 possibly in New York  http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
1919


She is the same woman in this photo with what might be a New York skyline in the faded background.

Admittedly, the skyline could be any skyline.  But the architecture of the tall building, the combination of brick and clapboard, does not resemble architecture in Portsmouth, Virginia.  It does, however, look very New York-ish. 

One more reason to think this family is part of the New York cousins is my recent tenuous connection with the granddaughter of my great grandmother’s sister.  My newfound cousin has shared photos on Facebook of a young woman – a daughter – who appears to suffer some sort of physical and mental handicap.  If only I could get this cousin to open up, I might be able to check one more mystery off my list.

If only . . . .



For more stories of medical conditions and unflattering photos, Sepia Saturday is the place to go.


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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Wordless Wednesday: Men of the Eastwind #1

Wordless Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.


Unknown sailor on USCGC Eastwind about 1946 or 47


When my dad was stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind in 1946-47, he took pictures of his shipmates during tours to Thule, Greenland but didn’t provide names.  Maybe the family of these sailors will find my blog and share their story.



© 2015, Wendy Mathias.  All rights reserved.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

52 Ancestors: #1 Andrew M. CASEBOLT

Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge:  write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor.  It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.



I’m a sucker for a theme.  So when Amy Johnson Crow offered a thematic alternative to the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, I had to bite.  Week 1 is “Fresh Starts.”

While many of the folks in my family tree experienced a “fresh start” in any number of ways, Andrew M. CASEBOLT was the poster child of fresh starts.  He was born before 1810 in Bath County, Virginia, so it’s a real puzzle as to how he became such good pals with my 3X great granduncle James Jollett, Jr. who lived about 100 miles away in Orange County. 

Nevertheless, they must have been very good friends.  In 1832, Andrew and James went in together on the purchase of a quarter acre lot in the newly-developed village of Rifesville (now known as Dayton) in Rockingham County.  Perhaps they bought the property as an investment, believing that this new town would take off and land prices would escalate.  Apparently neither one chose to live there.  Instead they had their eyes on other land.

Two years later, Andrew married James’s niece Louisa Sampson, daughter of his sister Clarissa Jollett and John Sampson.  It was about the same time that the Sampsons, James Jollett, and the Casebolt newlyweds all made a fresh start as early pioneers seeking to settle the Northwest Territory.  Their first stop was Ohio but within a couple years they moved on to Indiana. 

Andrew and Louisa raised 6 children.  Louisa may have died from complications of childbirth as evidenced by her death in 1845, the same year child #6 was born. 

Andrew Casebolt and Nancy Ellis marriage license http://jollettetc.blogspot.com
Marriage license of Casebolt and Ellis
Andrew wasted no time making another “fresh start.”  He left his in-laws and best friend behind in Clay County to find love in Henry County.  There he married Nancy Weines Ellis on 19 March 1846.  They added a daughter to the mix.  However, that marriage did not last long.  In 1850 Nancy was on her own living with children from her previous marriage and three-year old Elizabeth Casebolt.

Andrew made another “fresh start” in 1848 with Hester/Esther Doughty.  In 1850, they were in Harrison Township of Bartholomew County.  Andrew was working as a millwright and had amassed property valued at $3000.  Hester, 10 years younger than Andrew, was caring for his six children plus their two year old daughter Louisa Ann (or Laura Ann, depending on the census).
 
1850 Harrison, Bartholomew, Indiana census
This family totally disappeared from the census records of 1860, but in 1870 they reappeared.  They had found a “fresh start” in Cape Girardeau, Missouri where Andrew worked in a printing office.  Three more daughters had been added to the family. 

1870 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Census


Even though Andrew was widowed in 1880, he was listed with a new wife Hattie Martha Montgomery in the 1880 census for Hubble, Girardeau County, Missouri.  However, that was his last “fresh start” in the marriage game as he died two years later. 
 
1880 Hubble, Giarardeau, Missouri Census

FAMILY
Andrew M. CASEBOLT (1810 Bath Co, VA – 1882 Cape Girardeau, MO) son of Asahel Casebolt and Susannah Seybert
M1) Louisa SAMPSON (1819 Virginia – 1845 Indiana)  25 Sep 1834 Orange Co,  VA
  1. Mary Jane CASEBOLT (1836 Ohio – 1906 Indiana) & David WRIGHT (1829 Indiana – 1907 Indiana) 22 Oct 1855 Jackson Co, IN
  2. Sanford CASEBOLT (1839 Indiana – 1874 Indiana) & Leora THOMPSON  18 Mar 1864 Jackson Co, IN
  3. Wesley CASEBOLT (1841 Indiana – ) & Emma UNKNOWN
  4. Jonathan Beard CASEBOLT (1844 Indiana – 1899 California) & Mahala SMITH (1846 Illinois – 1934 Salina, KS)
  5. John Munroe CASEBOLT (1844 Indiana – 1911 Missouri ) & Eliza MOODY (1848 Alabama – 1918 Missouri) 1865 Missouri
  6. Henry Clay CASEBOLT (1845 Indiana – 1916 Oklahoma)  & Sarah MOODY (1851 Illinois – 1928 Washington)
M2) Nancy WEINES ELLIS (Virginia – ) March 1846 Henry Co, IN

M3) Esther / Hester DOUGHTY (1816 Kansas – 2 Aug 1880 Cape Girardeau, MO)  29 Mar 1848 Marion Co, IN

M4) Hattie Martha MONTGOMERY (1818 –  ) 1880 Missouri

* I have listed only the children by Louisa Sampson because Andrew Casebolt is family only by marriage.


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Friday, January 2, 2015

Sepia Saturday: Guys and Gals

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.



This week’s Sepia Saturday photo is a theme-packed image suggesting bikes, flags, tents, instruments, and more.  While there are certainly lots of “things” in the picture to inspire a respectable response, it’s the implied back-story of Guys and Gals having fun that resonates with me.

I wish I knew the story behind these photos.

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They were in an envelope with a lot of miscellaneous snapshots belonging to my mother.  I don’t recognize anyone, so I don’t think these are her friends from Cradock High School.  The brazen display of cigarettes suggests these are the college years.  Yet, I do not see Momma in the photos.  Perhaps they were sent by her ol’ beau at Davidson College.

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Homecoming festivities?  A fraternity party? 

Click to enlarge









Guys and Gals just having fun. 

Aside from the crazy antics on display in these photos, the 2-images-for-the-price-of-one intrigues me.   Maybe Brett Payne will come along and tell me all about the photographic process that resulted in 2 small images on one deckle-edged photo.

Please visit Sepia Saturday to see the various and sundry ways my friends have been inspired this week.


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