Kasjaniuk-Calhoun

Opening the Memory Bank

2011-09-01T10:38:00.000-07:00

I recall a day in the beginning of 2007 when I just sat and watched my grandpa, Bill Hall while he napped in his recliner at the Lazy J cabin in Monticello, Florida. The deep purple bags under his eyes were the ones that were reflected to me that very morning in my own mirror. “Thanks a lot, Grandpa” silently swept through my mind as my face brightened into a smile. While examining the deep creases and sags on his face it occurred to me that, rather than a punishment of aging, those wrinkles and age spots on his skin were blessings of a long lived life. He was nearly 90 years old and I suddenly felt like I barely knew him. How many brothers and sisters did he have? What were his parents like? How did he meet Grandma? Why did he get into the nursery business?

That day was when my journey to learn about my family history began. I was frightened by the realization that my time was running short and I desperately wanted to learn how Grandpa earned his wrinkles of life. Nearly nine decades of stories and memories were stored in his mind that needed to be documented. Over the next four years, Grandpa and I worked together to unpack and dust off those treasures in an effort to organize and share them with future generations.

Our family history discussions usually took place in the cabin where Grandpa kicked back in his recliner. His lap was always covered in a garnet, plaid blanket and his gray, velcro sneakers peaked out of the end. At all times the table to his right held a large cup of sweet tea and some sort of treat, usually an apple pie from McDonald’s. My job was to ask the probing questions that required him to dig deep into his memory bank and share stories that were different from the ones we had all heard growing up.

Almost immediately I recognized a slight variation in some of his stories and learned quickly that relying solely on memories that had been packed away for 90 plus years was not going to be sufficient. Confirming the facts became a crucial part of our journey. Cemeteries were a great place to verify locations, dates and relationships, so short road trips across the southeastern states became an added dimension to our research project.

The day that I feared finally arrived on Friday, April 8, 2011 when Grandpa went to his heavenly home. Walking away from him at the hospital was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I will always wish I had more time to spend with him, but am so grateful for our many talks and road trips over the past four years.

The Stars Look Down

2011-04-30T03:35:00.001-07:00

On July 4, 1944 the 354th Fighter Group made history by taking the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force up for a look at the Saint Lo' area. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was interested in seeing what the Saint Lo' area looked like from the air, and to help plan battle strategy for the upcoming battle. William Andrews Hall's Mobile Unit from the 461st Air Service Squadron adapted a P-51B Mustang for this historic flight and he personally painted "The Stars Look Down" on the side of the plane.

Meridian, MS

2010-12-11T18:08:00.000-08:00

Any chance I get, I sit down with Grandpa and jot down notes about his family memories. The most recent visits involved discussions about his Hall relatives in Meridian, MS. He recalled his Uncle Joe, specificially and repeatedly mentioned that we needed to visit Meridian. His wish is our command, so I began my research. I spent months gathering all the details I could find about the three Hall brothers who lived in Meridian, Joel Emanuel, William Leighton (my Great-Grandpa) and James Edward Beaumont Hall, so we could make the most of our trip.

When we arrived, we visited the Lauderdale County Archives to gather all the documentation about our relatives we could find. Next, thanks to a tip from a fellow researcher, we visited the ___ Funeral Home. They had books from ___ to present that were available to the public ... I walked right in and was able to print the pages relating to my family (Joel & Octavia).

We then headed to the Coker's Chapel Cemetery where Grandpa's Uncle Joe and Aunt Octavia were buried along with his half brother who died in infancy, William Leighton Hall, Jr.

Hall Family Reunion 2009

2010-12-10T17:16:00.000-08:00

On September 26, 2o09 (yes, the date is correct ... I'm really behind on my posts), Mom, Grandpa and I met Aunt Mim at the Pine United Chapel Methodist Church to attend the 2009 Hall family reunion. Grandpa is the oldest living Hall in the family and everyone flocked around him for conversation, hugs and pictures. He, of course, handled it like the superstar that he is.

After the reunion Mom, Grandpa and I began our hunt for cemeteries. We were armed with a list and maps to five different cemeteries and only anticipated that we would hit a couple. Well, we got rolling and hit all five!!

Citra Cemetery

Dora Ann Hall Carlton was eldest child and only daughter of James Edward Beaumont Hall and Elizabeth Jane Martin. Dora married George L Carlton in 1888, and according to a letter published in The Halls of Marion County by her brother Henry, "it was a great disappointment and grief to each of them that they had no children."

Simmons Baptist Church Cemetery

May L Hall Hobkirk was the eighth born child of Joel Thomas Hall and Andaline Susan Thomas Allen. She married James Davis Hobkirk in 1879 and had seven children.

Antioch Cemetery

Permilla H L Allen was the fourth child of John Earl Allen and Lucy Thomas Bobbett Anderson. She married Alpher D Marcus Watson in 1845 in Pike county, Alabama.

MacFall / Matthews Cemetery

Joel Thomas Hall was the fifth born child of Joel Thomas Hall and Andaline Susan Thomas Allen. He married Elizabeth Brit in 1890 and had eight children.

Millwood Cemetery

Henry Thomas Hall was the third child of James Edward Beaumont Hall and Elizabeth Jane Martin. He married Septa Pauline Denman in 1894 and had five children.

Newton-Hall Wedding

2010-08-31T15:30:00.000-07:00

The year was 1937 and at age 19, Bill met 18 year-old Frances at her boarding house in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill remembers, "she lived at Ponce de Leon ... 9 4 7." At the time, Frances worked as a stenographer at Westinghouse Manufacturing Company and Bill worked as a salesman at Sears Roebuck. They first met after Bill had finished playing a tennis match with his friend. Dripping with sweat he asked Frances on a date for that night and she hesitated to commit. When he presented himself after a quick trip to his apartment, just two blocks away, to shower and shave, she quickly told him "I'll get my coat!" She called it "love at second sight." That night Bill took Frances to the Motorcycle races in Columbus, Georgia. On their second date Bill asked Frances to marry him while they were sitting on a stone fence near the boarding house. She said, "YES!" The two courted for a couple of years before actually marrying. The official announcement was made in the Society section of The Fitzgerald Herald on April 11, 1939.

A luncheon shower was given in honor of Frances on the Thursday before her wedding.

A rehearsal party was held for the couple on Saturday, April 29, 1939.

Prior to the 2:30pm wedding on Sunday, the out of town guests and family enjoyed a luncheon at the Seagraves home (Margaret Julia Burney Newton's best friend).

The wedding ceremony was held at the Methodist Church in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Frances wore a beige dress while Bill strutted (no doubt) in a dark green suit to compliment, per her request. Bill recalls he had difficulty locating a dark green suit, but found on in Purcell's in Orlando.

The newlyweds left straight from the church to move to Orlando, stopping Palatka to pick up Bill's good buddy, Swilley. An overnight stay at the Satsuma Hotel was the extent of their honeymoon as Bill was required to work the following day at Butler's Shoe Store on 3 North Orange Avenue. (It amazes me that my grandfather can remember every address known to man, but what seem like some of the most obvious memories get all jumbled up).

Frances Newton, The Early Years

2010-06-28T15:37:00.000-07:00

My grandmother, Frances Newton Hall, has been on my mind a lot lately. I wish she was here to help me with my research ... I would have really enjoyed working on this project with her. With that said, I thought I would do a post about her. There will definitely be future posts with her as the subject, so I'll focus this one on her early childhood.

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Named after her mother's oldest sister, Frances Newton was born on 20 Nov 1919 at the family home in Minneola, Lowndes, GA to Charles Edwin and Margaret Julia Burney Newton. She was an only child, so naturally she was the subject of numerous photo shoots.

I am so fortunate that she left me A Gift of Memories from Grandma, where she answered questions about growing up. The booklet is completed in her handwriting and gives so many details about her life.

As a child she was awarded 10 cents per tooth from the tooth fairy and earned 50 cents per week for her allowence, starting at age 10. She liked to spend her money on toys and movies. She "could go to the movies two times for a quarter and have 5 cents left over for popcorn."

She described the house she grew up in as grey with two stories, a pretty lawn, shrubs, five pecan trees and a barn out back. There was a paved sidewalk in the front where she skated with her friends and a porch that wrapped around three sides of the house where she and her mother "took trips all over the world in our porch swing." They had electric lights and a wood stove to cook on. Fireplaces and wood heaters were used to heat up the house in the winter time and to keep it cool in the summer time, they simply opened the windows.

As with any child, the holidays were extra special to her. She recalled that on Thanksgiving, her Uncle Will (William Wirt Burney) always sent their family a live turkey and they enjoyed a big dinner, including her moms specialty items, mashed potatoes and dressing. During Christmas, Santa filled her stocking with apples, oranges, raisens, a candy cane and one or two small gifts. The family celebrated the Fourth of July with a picnic at the Blue and Gray Park in Fitzgerald and she always had a new dress to wear for the event.

Frances attended Third Ward Grade School, Fitzgerald High School and Southern Business University in Atlanta. She enjoyed History, Geography and English and hated Math and Science. She played Basketball and Tennis, was on the Debate Team and was in the Dramatic Club and the Glee Club.

Burney

2010-05-20T15:41:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress

William James Burney was born in Glynn County, Georgia on 11 Jan 1832 and spent his early life there. It was also in Glynn County, at age 21, he married a native of South Carolina, Rachel Foreman, on 30 Oct 1856.

William James Burney (age 21)

According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Volume II by William Harden:

"In 1861 [William J Burney] volunteered his services to the Confederate government, and was with the Fourth Georgia Calvary in the coast defense until 1862. In the latter part of that year he put in a substitute, and after returning home removed his family, slaves and stock to Thomas County, where he bought four hundred and seventy acres in lot 331 of the Boston district. In 1864, when Sherman invaded the state, he again enlisted, this time in the Eleventh Georgia Infantry, and was at the defense of Atlanta and with the regiment in other service until the close of hostilities. Upon being parolled, he returned to the farm and [was a resident there until his death].

Together, William and Rachel had ten children:

1) Alexander Hamilton Burney was born on 17 Jun 1857 in Glynn County, Georgia. It appears that he was named after his father's brother, who died in the Civil War. Unfortunately, after just turning two years old, young Alexander died on 30 Jul 1859.

2) Frances "Fankie" Melinda Burney was born 31 May 1858 in Glynn County, Georgia. In 1882 she married a gentleman, five years her junior, named Walter P Jennings who was born Dec 1863. Fankie and Walter had an infant child who died on 28 May 1893, which no doubt resulted in a miserable 35th birthday for Fankie just three days later. On 8 Nov 1895 the couple had a son, named George S (probably Strickland after Walter's father). According to the US Census, the family of three lived in Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida in 1900, 1910 and 1920. In 1920, Fankie's younger sister, Claude also lived at the Jennings home. On all three census records, Walter was listed as a real estate dealer, however he also served on the House of Representatives in 1911 - 1912 and again in 1922. Walter's younger brother, Thomas Albert was the Speaker of the House in 1911.

Walter P Jennings and son, George S in 1902

Walter P Jennings

In 1922 Walter passed away in Hamilton County, Florida and by 1945 Fankie had moved to her son's house at 1223 E Osborne Ave in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. At age 89, in October 1947, Fankie faced heartache when learning of her 52 year old son's death. She had him transported for burial to Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, where she would also be buried. Some time between 1945 and her death on 21 Dec 1950, she moved to Fitzgerald Georgia and lived with her sister, Margaret Julia Burney Newton. Also living there were her niece Frances Newton Hall, France's husband, William Andrews Hall and their young daughter Margaret Hall. Margaret Hall remembers a time when she and Aunt Fankie got locked in the bathroom and they sang songs together until someone came to rescue them. William Andrews Hall described Aunt Fankie as someone who read a lot, did not talk much and kept to herself.

3) Rachel Ella Burney was born 11 Aug 1859 in Glynn County, Georgia. She did not marry and lived with her sister, Lula McQueen and nephew, Ralph B McQueen in 1930 in Sarasota, Florida. She was also listed on the 1935 Florida State Census at 703 Bryan St in Sarasota, Florida with this family. Rachel passed away in 12 Jun 1937 in Sarasota, Florida, one year after her sister, Lula. She is buried at Manasota Memorial Park in Bradenton, Forida.

4) Lula Johnston "Scrap" Burney was born on Valentine's Day in 1862 in Thomas County, Georgia. The nickname "Scrap" was given to her as a child because she was tiny girl and the name stuck into her adult life. She was married to D B McQueen and together they had two children, an infant daughter who died 13 Jun 1895 in Boston, Georgia and a son named Ralph B McQueen, born 17 Aug 1896. I cannot determine whether Lula was divorced or widowed from her husband. On the 1900 US Census, she lived with three of her siblings in Thomas County, Georgia and was listed as "single." Her son lived with his Grandpa William Burney at the time. In 1910 she and her son were back together, living with Lula's sister, Ella Rachel in Thomas County, Georgia. Lula was listed as a widow and working in a milliner retail store.

An article in the Weekly Times Enterprise was published on March 16, 1906 about Mrs. Lula B. McQueen, titled: Stylish Millinery and Fancy goods Fresh From the Metropolis

"One of the oldest millinery stores in Boston is that of Mrs. McQueen, on Jefferson Street, near the post-office. Mrs. McQueen has been in the millinery business about seven years in this city. She was formerly associated with Mr. F. C. Ivey, but about four years ago she opened an establishment of her own. She had previously been with C. S. Hawkes in the millinery business in Quitman, and in Thomasville with Mrs. Epply. Her experience, as well as the opportunities she has enjoyed through frequent visits to Atlanta and Baltimore, have enabled her to make a great success. She is ably assisted by Miss Maggie Burney, who has also had large experience and opportunities to study the latest trimmings in the millinery business. One of the specialties of Mrs. McQueens's establishment is the ribbon line, staples and fancy. Her business has steadily grown and she has customers in Thomasville, Barwick, Pavo, Pidcock and even down in Monticello, Fla. "One price and same treatment to all" has been the motto she has followed.

The personal popularity and attractiveness of Mrs. McQueen and Miss Burney have largely contributed to her wide success."

In 1920, 50 year old Lula lived in Sarasota, Florida with her son and she was listed as a widow. She remained in Sarasota until her death on 30 Nov 1936. According to her death certificate, she was divorced. She is buried at Manasota Memorial Park in Bradenton, Florida along with her older sister Rachel Ella, her son Ralph B McQueen and her daughter in law Mabel T McQueen.
Without knowing the full name of D B McQueen, it is difficult for me to follow whether or not he died or they actually divorced. I am leaning toward divorce and imagine she claimed widow to avoid the stigma associated with divorce.

5) Caroline Claudia "Claude" Burney was born 7 May 1866 in Thomas County, Georiga. She never married and in 1920 was listed as living with her sister, Frances Melinda Burney Jennings in Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida. She died in Fitzergald, Ben Hill County, Georgia on 29 Aug 1940 according to the Georgia Death Index, however her headstone has 1949 as her year of death. She is buried near her sister, Margaret Julia Burney Newton in the Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald.

NOTE: I'm not really sure of Claude's birth and death dates. My records indicate she was born in 1866 and died in 1940. This headstone has 1875-1949 ... either this is not her headstone, the folks who made the headstone aren't very good with numbers, or my initial dates are incorrect.

6) William "Will" H Wirt Burney was born 7 Aug 1869 in Thomas County, Georgia. He married a young lady named Gertrude and together they had one daughter named Margaret "Peg" or "Peggy." Peggy married Charles Griffin Willis and both are buried in the Boston Cemetery in Georgia. Peg and Charles had two children.

7) John Glover Burney was born 7 May 1872 in Thomas County, Georgia.

According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Volume II by William Harden, John was "one of the progressive and successful merchants of the town of Boston, in Thomas county ... [He] spent his early life on the home farm in Thomas county, getting a practical education in the common schools, and lived at home until he was twenty-four. He began his mercantile career as clerk in the hardware store of F.C. Ivey, at Boston, and by his steady application to business and ability had acquired an interest in the business by 1900, and in 1907 bought out the entire establishment. He carries a large and well selected stock of hardware, cutlery, stoves, harness, farm implements, paints, etc., and supplies a large trade throughout the vicinity of Boston. He is one of the largest stores in the Boston trading district, and he also has a commodious warehouse.

October 30, 1907, Mr. Burney married Miss Minnie Elizabeth Ingram. Mrs. Burney was born at Danville in the bluegrass region of Kentucky, and her parents were D.N. and Emily Ingram. One son, John Glover, Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Burney on December 10, 1910, and a daughter, Emily Ingram, born July 9, 1912. Mr. Burney and wife are members of the Boston Presbyterian church, and he is affiliated with the Horeb Lodge No. 281, F. & A.M."

John's wife, Minnie died of ovarian cancer at only 58 years old and unfortunately missed the opportunity to meet her grandchildren. John Glover Jr. and his wife Billie had two daughters who have very fond memories of their grandfather, or "Pop" as they called him. They recall walking each Sunday morning to the local drug store to get the Sunday paper and listening as Pop read them the comics to them.

8) Mary Alice Burney was born 17 Apr 1874 in Thomas County, Georgia. On 12 Feb 1896 she married John Malcolm Fletcher in her home town. The couple moved to Gadsden County, Florida where they had two children, William J, born Nov 1896 and Emmett Lee, born Aug 1898. When her sons were only 11 and 13 years old, Mary Alice passed away at the age of 35 in Dec 1909. She is buried in the Boston Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia. Her husband John died in 17 June 1939 and is buried at Salem Cemetery in Havana, Gadsden County, Florida.

9) Margaret Julia Burney was born 10 Jul 1876 in Thomas County, Georgia. On Christmas Day in 1912 she married Charles Edwin Newton. The two only had one child, Frances Newton (my grandma).

The 1906 article discussing her sister, Lula's millinery shop describes Miss Maggie Burney's an able assistant. Her early training led the way for Margaret Julia to open her own millinery shop on Pine Street in Fitzgerald, Georgia. This picture was taken in the Spring of 1926.

Margaret and her husband, Charles were buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill, Georgia.

10) Henry Lee Burney was born 11 Jul 1877 in Thomas County, Georgia. He married a young lady named Mary and they had at least one child, a son named James. Henry passed away 22 Jan 1943 and is buried at the Boston Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.

Klejniki, Poland

2010-02-18T23:18:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, February 18, 2010 Greg and I took a short road-trip to visit the village his mother grew up in, Klejniki (pronounced Clay-neekee). The village is about an hour drive southeast of Bialystok. There are three sections of the village, Zachac, Klebanszczyna and Kolonia. Greg's mother grew up in the very last house on the west side of the village in the Zachac (pronounced Za-hach) section.

Driving west, the Orthodox Church is on the right hand side and is the only church in the village. The construction on the existing church began in 1974 and was completed in 1988. The stained glasses and alter from fieldstone were made by local residents. The old stone fence surrounding the church was preserved from the 19th century.

A little further down the road on the right is a small roadside chapel and from what Greg's mom told me, before a person was buried, their body would stay the night in this chapel. It is no longer used for that purpose, but now it is common for the body to be set up outside the chapel prior to burial, for family and friends to say their last farewell. Also located at this corner is an informational plaque written in Polish and English, describing briefly the history of the village, focusing mainly on the history of it's Orthodox religion.

At this corner a right turn will lead you to the Orthodox cemetery where several of the Osipiuk relatives are buried. We were able to walk a short way into the cemetery, following the fresh tracks of someone who had visited their relative. Unfortunately the trail ended and the snow was too deep to continue to find anyone we were looking for.

Entrance to the Orthodox cemetery in Klejniki

Orthodox Chapel in the cemetery

Back out on the main road, continiuing west, the last house in the village is where Greg's mother grew up.

Osipiuk house in Klejniki village

Tool shed in the back of the property and the yellow out house that is still in use today

Each village is marked with a cross marking the beginning and one marking the end of the village. This cross sits on the corner of the Osipiuk house.

A more contemporary way of marking the end of a village or city in Poland is the name of the city with a red line through it.

The Kasjaniuk Research Begins

2010-02-18T09:30:00.000-08:00

My trip to Poland has finally allowed me to begin my research on the Kasjaniuk line. My husband had to translate as my in-laws recited the family history they remembered ... dates, children, parents, spouses, cemeteries, the works. I will work on tidying up the Pedigree Charts when I get back home and will post them later.

With our newly acquired information, on our two week trip to Bialystok, we began hunting for more information. I found that there is a State Archives for the Eastern Poland region in Bialystok, so of course I dragged my husband there.

The State Archive in Bialystok
http://www.bialystok.ap.gov.pl/english/index.html

It appears that this location has an extensive amount of information, but I quickly learned that it will not be easy to reserach my husband's history. I could not have made it through the door without his fluent Polish explaining what we were looking for. We learned that to accomplish anything, you must be able to provide a name, date, city/village/region/parrish and religion. Most of the information is filed by religion and then by region and what they have is greater than 100 years old (more current information is located at the local town halls, parrishes, etc).

The first problem is the borders of Poland have changed so much over the years as well as the Voivodeships (Provinces/Regions). It has been difficult to find the history of a tiny village that has switched between Russia and Poland control over the years.

The second problem is that most of the information is hand written in Old Russian, which is very difficult to read even for one who is fluent in Russian.

We were interested in finding the birth records for Greg's grandfather, Filip Osipiuk. We are 99% sure he was born in Klejniki, a small village south east of Bialystok (about an hour drive). The book we were guided to research was the Pasynki Parrish, but had no luck. We believe Klejniki could have belonged to two other Parrishes, but decided it would be better if we could confirm dates and locations before we spent too much time blindly attempting to find the name Filip Osipiuk amongst a ledger of an unfamiliar language.

I was a bit disappointed that I was not more prepared, as I had lots of free time in the two weeks we spent in Bialystok.

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Another lead we had was that a daughter of Emilian Kasjaniuk, Greg's great-grandfather, was buried in Bialystok. We located the Orthodox Cemetery (Cmentarz Parafii Prawoslawnej - All Saints Cemetery) and fortunately were able to talk an Orthodox Priest into helping us find the gravesite. The information was hand written into about a 5 x7 size ledger and included lots of information about each person. We searched through about five years of listings, hoping we were in the right date range (we were not). We found Wiktor Rudczyk, the son of Pelagia and Maksim Rudczyk and were told by family that the parents were buried nearby. The problem: too much snow. It was impossible to stroll row by row and even if we could, each headstone was blanketed in snow almost always covering the names. I desparately wanted to go back and ask if we could search through some more of the ledgers, but it was obivous that this is not a common practice and appeared as an inconvenience to them.

Orthodox Cemetery in Bialystok, located on Wladyslawa Wysockiego

Headstone of Wiktor Rudczyk (notice it is written in Belarussian, yet another challenge)

My husband, knee deep in snow, trying to unveil the names on a headstone near Wiktor Rudczyk.

A future trip to Bialystok is obviously on the genealogy 'to-do' list, but I at least learned my limitations without knowing the language and know what information I have to gather for my next visit.

The Alderman's

2009-04-20T13:39:00.000-07:00

Before I begin this post, I must credit almost all of this information to a fantastic book called "Alderman's In America." The Alderman Foundation has completed volumes of research, helping me fill our family's history on this branch. Other information came from The Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia series.

Reference Charts 60 and 8
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And now, we begin our journey from England ...

The ship Dorset sailed from Gravesend, England on September 3, 1635 and settled in Windsor, Connecticut. On board was 19 year old John Case (b: 1616, d: 21 Feb 1704) who spent his first years in America on Long Island as a farmer. In 1656 he settled in Connecticut where he married Sarah Spencer (b: 1636, d: 3 Nov 1691) in 1657. The second of ten children born to John and Sarah was Mary Case (b: 22 Jun 1660, d: 22 Aug 1725).

On her 19th birthday in 1679, Mary Case wed 39 year old William Alderman, Sr. (b: 1640, d: 1 Aug 1697). Shortly thereafter, they started their family and over the next 17 years, had six children, all in Simsbury, Connecticut:

1. Mary (b: 22 Sep 1680)
2. Thomas (b: 9 Jun 1683, d: 15 Aug 1715, m: 27 Apr 1702 - Mary Seagrave)
3. John (b: 1684, d: 25 Feb 1758, m: 28 Oct 1719 - Sarah Case)
4. William (b: 20 Oct 1686, d: 1717, m: 28 Mar 1716 - Rebecca Osborn)
5. Sarah (b: 1691, m: 5 Jan 1709 - Thomas Moses)
6. Joseph (b: 30 Jun 1697, m: 30 Jun 1720 - Mindwell Case)

Just a month after his last child was born, William Alderman, Sr. died in Farmington, Connecticut on August 1, 1697. His wife Mary later married Sergeant James Hillyer.

At age 19, Thomas Alderman (60.8), the second child of William and Mary, married Mary Seagrave (60.9) in Long Island. The two settled in Cohansey, New Jersey where Thomas was instrumental in establishing the Fairfield Presbyterian Church on May 19, 1708. Thomas and Mary were parents to five children:

1. Infant (b: 1704, d: 31 Mar, 1704)
2. Mary (b: ~1705)
3. Thomas (b: ~1707)
4. William (b: ~1709, d: 1759)
5. Daniel (b: 1711, d: Oct 1785, m: 1740 - Abigail Harris)

His will, dated August 13, 1715 indicates that Thomas had an estate of considerable value at the time. He owned property in both Cohansey and Simsbury and almost 60 pounds worth of household items, including a horse and cart, furniture, lumber, meat cattle and sheep. Thomas died at age 32.

Daniel Alderman (60.4), the fifth child of Thomas and Mary, married Abigail Harris (60.5) (b: 26 Mar 1720, d: 1785) in 1740. Seven children were born to Daniel and Abigail:

1. John (b: 1742, d: Aug 1822, m: 1770 - Mary Cashwell)
2. Rachel (b: 1744, m: - Charles Bland)
3. Mary (b: 1746, m: - Elijah Bowen)
4. Daniel (b: 11 Mar 1748, d: 8 Aug 1824, m: 4 Aug 1772 - Sarah Newton)
5. David (b: 1749, d: 23 Oct 1831, m: 1773 - Jemima Hall)
6. Hannah (b: 1751, m: - James Bland)
7. Abigail (b: 1753, m: - William James)

Note: this is where it starts to get sticky ... both John and David are in our direct line. I will continue with David's line first and address John later in the post.

The family moved to the south in 1755, making a new home in Duplin County, North Carolina. "They selected a small tract of land on the west side of Doctor's Creek nad made their home in the forest." Daniel and Abigail were members of the old Rockfish Presbyterian Church. Daniel was a cabinet maker by trade. He was a quiet man attending strictly to his own affairs. Abigail is said to be descended from European royalty, tracing back to Kings of Norway, Sweden, Scotland, France and England.

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David Alderman (60.2), the fifth child of Daniel and Abigail, married Jemima Hall (60.3) (b:1753, d: 1815) in 1773. Together they had 14 children:

1. Daniel (b: 25 Mar 1774, d: 25 Jan 1857, m: - four times)
2. Nancy Ann (b: 17 Nov 1775, d: 4 Jun 1867, m: - John Carlton)
3. Thomas (b: 8 Aug 1777, d: 1840, m: - Susan Newton)
4. Mary (b: 29 Aug 1779, m: - Timothy Murphy)
5. Elizabeth (b: 20 Apr 1781, m: - ? Newton)
6. Phoebe (b: 11 Apr 1783, d: 1810, m: - John Mathis)
7. Lucretia (b: 19 Mar 1785, m: - Joshua Herrin)
8. Rachel (b: 12 Jan 1787, m: - ? Sloan)
9. Samuel (b: 13 Mar 1789, m: - Sarah Chesnutt)
10. Rebecca (b: 25 Feb 1793, m: - Elisha Alderman)
11. Susannah (b: 14 Mar 1795, m: - William Bland)
12. William (b: 12 Jan 1798, d: Nov 1864, m: 18 May 1820 - Sarah Edmondson)
13. Timothy (b: 19 Feb 1801, d: 28 Feb 1881, m: 22 Sep 1822 - Sarah Williams)
14. James (b: 19 Feb 1801, m: - Roxanna Holloway)

"David was lean and tall and somewhat negative in manner, honorable in all respects, but not demonstrative. He loved his people, his home and his farm life. He did not unite with any church until advanced in years. In 1815 he moved with some of his children to Bulloch County, Ga; there he joined a Baptist church. He died in 1831; he and his wife, Jemima, were buried in the Brannen cemetery near Statesboro, Georgia." David Alderman was a Revolutionary Soldier.

Thomas Alderman (8.10), the third child born to David and Jemima, married Susan Newton (8.11) (b: ~1776).

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John Alderman (59.2), the first child of Daniel and Abigail, married Mary Cashwell (59.3) in 1770. Together they had six children:

1. Mary (b: 1771, m: - Joshua Blanton)

2. Christian (b: 1773, m: - Reuben Rogers)

3. James (b: 1775, m: never married)

4. Elizabeth (b: 1778, m: 1797 - Isaac Newton)

5. John (b: 1780, m: - Nancy Ann Newon)

6. Keziah (b: 1782, m: - Joshua Blanton)

"John was of medium height and stout; he was of a serious mind, shrinking from public notice and filled with an intense religious zeal. From early life he was a faithful member of Wells Chapel Baptist Church; he lived quietly on his farm and was recognized as an outstanding wheel-wright and cabinet-maker. He read a great deal, especially the Bible and religious books. The end of his life came to him suddenly while reading his Bible in his eightieth year. His wife, Mary Cashwell, was a native of Duplin County, North Carolina."

Elizabeth Alderman (8.9), the fourth child of John and Mary, married Isaac Newton (8.8) (b:1770, d: 24 Aug 1825) in 1797.

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The relationship puzzle:

Thomas Alderman (8.10) and Elizabeth Alderman (8.9) are cousins who married Susan Newton (8.11) and Isaac Newton (8.8) who are siblings.

Which means ...

James Newton (8.4) (son of Elizabeth Alderman and Isaac Newton) married his cousin Jemima Alderman (8.5) (daughter of Thomas Alderman and Susan Newton).

Brooks County Cemeteries

2009-03-13T18:38:00.000-07:00

Mom, Grandpa and I took an impromptu road trip to Brooks County, Georgia today. Our first destination was the Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center in Quitman. I did a little research and located a book called A Survey of Brooks County Cemeteries that we were able to purchase from the museum. Armed with 355 pages of cemetery details, we headed to Concord Cemetery, which is located about 5 miles north of Quitman on Morven road. There is absolutely no sign (road or cemetery) to alert you of the small grass road that travels back through a short path cut out of a wooded forest of pine trees. Suddenly the forest ends, opening up into a vast open space and the cemetery. Of interest to us was the tombstone of Mary Frances Watson Pedrick (8.7), my great-great-great grandmother.

The Concord Cemetery is small and it is particularly easy to pick out the Pedrick plot. Frances is to the right of the three towers ... I have to do some research to determine how these other Pedrick's fit into our family.

With a couple hours of daylight remaining, we decided to hunt for another cemetery that we found in our new book. The Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery listed Elizabeth Alderman Newton (8.9), my great-great-great-great grandmother! With the help of a very kind local, we were able to find the cemetery off Highway 122 with no trouble at all. Heading west from Barney to Pavo, we traveled through two flashing lights (red) and just before the third flashing light (yellow) is a dirt road called Bethel Church Road and a sign for the church. About a mile down the road is a beautiful old white church and well kept cemetery.

After reviewing about three graves, Mom pointed out a huge rat snake that was sleeping in a sunken grave. This of course made my entire experience a little uncomfortable as I then expected to see snakes in every hidden nook. Still gives me chills.

Anyway, this cemetery includes numerous Alderman's, which I still need to research, but we were specifically on the lookout for Newton's. Behind the church on the left side, there is a huge memorial stone that shows the location of William Newton's (8.8 son) burial. The stone can actually be seen in the picture above, the tall memorial furthest to the left. Check out all of the information on it ... a gold mine.

We were unable to locate a headstone for Elizabeth Alderman Newton, but have a feeling she is near the memorial above. I will call the church to see if they can help me learn the location of her burial.

All and all it was a very successful road trip!

Valdosta Cemetery

2009-02-06T17:11:00.001-08:00

On January 1, 2009, I visited the Sunset Hill Cemetery (also known as Valdosta Cemetery) in Valdosta, Georgia. It can be found on Oak Street, not far South from the intersection of Baytree Road. Eula Newton Barfield was my great-great aunt and the sister of Charles Edwin Newton, my great-grandpa. She married Robert Essie Barfield. In front of their tombstones is a bench that states "neath this seat lie five infant Barfields." It is thought that they had quintuplets, but none of my live relatives recall hearing that story before. They are located in section C-204, which is pretty close to the entrance.

Eula Newton Barfield

Robert Essie Barfield

Evergreen Cemetery

2009-01-05T18:32:00.000-08:00

Evergreen Cemetery

Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia

On November 7, 2008, Mom and I took a road trip and stopped at a cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Located at this cemetery are my great grandparents, Charles Edwin Newton and Margaret Julia Burney Newton. Buried next to them are my grandmother's (Frances Newton Hall) best friend, Eunice Roberts and her husband, Pete. From the entrance, the tombstones are on the left.

Charles Edwin Newton, Grandma's father

Margaret Julia Burney Newton, Grandma's mother

J C Harvey and V Pack

2008-12-07T06:28:00.000-08:00

This is an outline of Joseph Columbus Harvey, his wife Virginia Pack and their children ... have some work to do on this still.
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Joseph Columbus Harvey was born 4 Nov 1854 in Arkansas to Dr. Joseph T and Sarah Enos Harvey. On 20 October 1872 in Saline, Arkansas Joseph married Virginia Pack. She was born on 13 June 1856 in Arkansas to ?? and Mary J Pack (pictured below).
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According to the 1910 Census, the couple had 6 children, 4 were living. I can account for the following five children: Annie (1874), William Lee (1877), Leta E (1884), Josephine F (1887) and Mary Yula (1891). I believe their sixth child might have been Frankie, but I am not sure of the year she was born.

Joseph passed away 15 Jul 1907. Virginia lived an additional 17 years and died on 20 Feb 1924. Both are buried at the Rosemont Cemetery, Section 3 in Benton, Saline, Arkansas.
1) Annie Harvey was born May 1874 in Arkansas. On _____ she married a gentleman by the name of Emile Trebing. Emile was born in Kentucky, Jan 1867 to parents who were both born in Germany. He was a graduate of the Kentucky School for the Blind and in 1888 was elected principal music teacher at the Arkansas School for the Blind. With the exception of the two years that he studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory, he was the Director of the Music Department until his death in the summer of 1940.

The following excerpts are from the Arkansas School of the Blind history on Zoominfo.com:

"Professor Trebing is described by students and co-workers as kind, patient, jolly and energetic. He was loved by students for his friendly and even-tempered disposition and for his dedication ... He accompanied the choir and composed music for his students to perform at concerts which were held frequently for the public. Two of his compositions for choral groups which have endured are "The Christmas Round" and "National Airs" which have been performed by students of the school over the years."

"Professor Trebing was a highly-gifted, partially sighted instructor of music who taught piano, organ, strings, woodwinds and music theory at ASB for 52 years ... Students describe "Professor" as a big, jolly, lovable teddy bear. He possessed an extraordinary ear for music. Those who knew him well say that he could play a piece of music immediately after hearing it. He and his wife were very active in the community. Professor Trebing was the organist at First Presbyterian Church in Little Rock for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Trebing secured funding for a residence for blind women (The Trebing Home) at the time when the need for such a facility was acute. They were also largely responsible for the founding of the Association for the Blind, which became the ASB Alumni Association."

Annie was mentioned in the "Studies in Musical Education History and Aesthetics" as the President of the State Music Teacher's Association of Arkansas. She is also mentioned in the "Music Supervisors Journal" (Vol. X, No. 4) as Chairman of the Committee on High School Credit Course of the Arkansas State Music Teacher's Association.

This short article about Annie in the "State and National Music Associations, Second Annual Report" shows her dedictation to bring music into her community.

The "Arkansas Biennia Report of the Auditor of State for the years 1907-1908" (shown below) shows Annie was salaried as a Principal Teacher of Vocal Music.
Emile appears on this same report as a Musical Director.

It appears that Emile and Annie had only one child, a son named Emile Harvey Trebing, Jr who was born 20 Nov 1901. The family stories claim he broke his back when someone jumped on him in a pool and that his mother cared for him at home until his death on 29 May 1928.

Emile Trebing died 28 Jun 1940 and his wife Annie lived almost 15 years as a widow. She died on 8 Jan 1955 and the family of three were buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.

2) William Lee Harvey (1.10), called "Lee," was born 19 Mar 1877 in Benton, Arkansas. Around 1893 he relocated to Sanford, Florida before 1912 where he lived as a resident through the end of his life. He was 34 years old when he married Alice Frances Robbins (1.11), age 22, in Sanford, Florida on 7 Feb 1912. Lee and Alice three children, William Lee, Jr (b: 7 Nov 1912), Alice Virginia (1.5) (b: 28 Feb 1914) and Hazel Folsom (b: 16 Dec 1915).

William Lee, Sr. and William Lee, Jr.

William Lee, Sr. and his three children, William, Alice and Hazel.

Lee lost sight in one eye from a thrown rock, so he attended and graduated from the Arkansas School for the Blind in 1897. He had a profession of musician and was also a piano tuner. For many years he was a member of the Al G Fields minstrel troupe and traveled abroad with several other minstrel shows. He was a cornetist and pianist.

Lee had been ill for two years before passing away at 10am on Saturday, 30 Jun 1951. His wife, Alice, passed away on 4 July 1959 and both are buried at the Evergreen Municipal Cemetery in Sanford, Seminole, Florida.

3) Josephine "Joe" F Harvey was born 24 June 1887 in Benton, Saline, Arkansas. She was 18 years old when she married Tilford "Tip" Lee Hockersmith, age 33, on 4 Mar 1906. At the time they were both residents of Benton, Saline, Arkansas. Together they had three children, Tilford Lee (b: 20 Nov 1907), Mary Virginia (b: 6 Nov 1914) and James Harvey "Boo" (b: 31 Mar 1915, d: 5 Oct 1994). Sometime after the birth of their last child, Joe and Tip were divorced and she later married William P (Mason) Gaylord (b: 13 Mar 1876, d: 17 Oct 1971). Joe was the first woman city treasure of Benton, Saline, Arkansas. Both Joe and William are buried at the Old Rosemont Cemetery in Benton, Saline County, Arkansas. She died 19 Mar 1976.

4) Leta E Harvey was born 21 Oct 1884 in Arkansas and was 25 years old when she married Jesse Andrew Dowdy, age 36 on 20 Feb 1910. Both were residents in Benton, Saline, Arkansas at the time of their marriage. Together they had at least one child, a daughter named Maxine (b: about 1914). Jesse was born 12 Apr 1874 and died 4 Mar 1923. He is buried at the Old Rosemont Cemetery, Section 7 in Benton, Saline, Arkansas. Leta died 32 years after her husband on 4 Nov 1955 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.

Lee Harvey, Mary J Pack-Boyd (mother of Virginia Pack),
Josephine Hockersmith-Gaylord and Maxine Dowdy.

5) Mary Yula was born on January 7, 1891 and died on June 20, 1894. She was just over 3 years old.

Joseph Columbus and Virginia P Harvey are buried at the Old Rosemont Cemetery, Section 3 in Benton, Saline County, Arkansas. Also buried there are Mary Yula and Frankie. I assume that Frankie might be their sixth child and perhaps he or she died at a young age as well.

Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Orlando, FL)

2008-11-23T13:39:00.000-08:00

Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road
Gotha, Florida 34734
(407) 293-1361

On November 23, 2008, Mom, Aunt Andie, Grandpa and I visited the Woodlawn Cemetery in Gotha, Florida. This cemetery is HUGE, and we had a tough time finding what we were looking for. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate Charles Alexander Hall (Grandpa's brother). I also did not realize that Grandpa's sister, Miriam is likely buried at this cemetery as well, so did not have plot information on her.

Erna Virginia Austin Hall Thomas (1:13), Grandpa's mother, is buried in Section K, near The Last Supper marble wall.

James Thomas Hall (1:12 son), Grandpa's half-brother, is buried under the trees in Section E 60-4

Robert Edward Hall (1:12 son), Grandpa's brother, is buried 8 rows from the back, on the road. He is in Section P 14-86 in the Praying Hands section.

Here are links to direction and plot maps to this cemetery:
http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/WoodlawnCemOrlandoFLplotlayout.pdf
http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/WoodlawnCemOrlandoFLplotmapM27.pdf

Greenwood Cemetery (Orlando, FL)

2008-11-23T13:27:00.000-08:00

Greenwood Cemetery

1603 Greenwood Street

Orlando, Florida

(407) 246-2616

Mom and Aunt Andie updating our records

On November 23, 2008 Mom, Aunt Andie, Grandpa and I visited the Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida. Located here is the grave of my Great-Grandpa, William Leighton Hall. Grandpa explained that they did not yet have family plots purchased and since his father died so early (age 50) he was buried in his brother's plot.

From the Greenwood Street entrance, M is the first section. Follow the road to the right. Our relatives are located at the bottom of the hill in Section M, facing Section R.

William Leighton Hall (1:12), Grandpa's father, is buried in Block M-27

Me and Great-Grandpa, William Leighton Hall

Charles Clinton Hall, Grandpa's uncle

Adela Pauline (Lena) Hall, wife of Charles Clinton Hall
Here are links for directions and plot layout information for this cemetery:
http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/GreenwoodLocMap1.pdf

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/GreenwoodPlotLayout1.pdf

Evergreen Municipal Cemetery (Sanford, FL)

2008-11-22T13:49:00.000-08:00

Evergreen Municipal Cemetery

1975 West 25th Street

Sanford, Florida 32773

On November 22, 2008, my mom and I visited the Evergreen Municipal Cemetery in Sanford, Florida. Something to note if you ever venture to this cemetery ... there are many, many cemeteries all connected together, so be sure to look for the sign first to be sure you are looking in the right place. This particular cemetery was beautiful with ancient oak trees providing shade and beauty. The best part was the huge, color-coded plot map! Fortunately we knew that our group was in Section G, Lot 47, so it was super easy to find. I have included pictures of my direct desendents, but also at this cemetery was the tombstone for William Lee Harvey (son of William Lee and Alice Frances Harvey). We also stumbled upon the tombstone for Katherine Calhoun Hardy (Aunt Katsie), but she is another line all together and I'll touch on that at another time.

Aaron Robbins (5:2)
Alice Eugenia Folsom Robbins (5:3)

Alice Frances Robbins Harvey (1:11)

William Lee Harvey (1:10)

Greenwood Cemetery (Eustis, FL)

2008-11-22T13:46:00.000-08:00

Greenwood Cemetery
22 Haselton Street
Eustis, Florida 32726
(352) 357-5749

On November 22, 2008, my mom and I visited Greenwood Cemetery in Eustis, Florida. Located there in Section 134; Lot 4 are my grandparents.

Charles Haddon Calhoun (1:4) / Alice Virginia Harvey Calhoun (1:5)
Here is a copy of the plot map:
http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/GreenwoodCemEustisFLplotmap.pdf

Lakeside Memory Gardens (Eustis, FL)

2008-11-22T13:44:00.000-08:00

Lakeside Memory Gardens

36601 County Road 19A

Eustis, FL 32726

(352) 357-3404

On November 22, 2008 my mom and I visisted my grandmother's gravesite at Lakeside Memory Gardens in Eustis, Florida. Her tombstone is located in the Christus Lot 167D

Frances Newton Hall (1:7)

J Folsom (298.4) and M Clark Gilman (298.5)

2008-10-16T14:22:00.001-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #298)

I stumbled across a treasure while hunting for details on the Folsom line of my father’s family. A gentleman by the name of Jacob Chapman has compiled a book called A Genealogy of the Folsom Family. I have provided a link on the left under "Research Sources". He has so many details, dates and stories, that it is difficult to do anything other than quote him, which I will designate with quotation marks. I may paraphrase some of what he says as well, so consider this whole post (and the next Folsom posts) a quote from Mr. Chapman.

“Hingham, England, a town about 14 miles WSW of Norwich, and 97 NE of London, in the neighborhood of a small lake about a mile in circumference, and having a fine old stone church with a tower and a chime of eight bells.” It was here that John Folsom (298.4) was baptized in 1615. He was married in October 1636 to Mary Gilman (298.5), the oldest child of Edward and Mary Clark Gilman.

“On the 26th of April, 1638, the ship “Diligent, of Ipswich,” Eng., of 350 tons burden, John Martin, master, set sail from the mouth of the Thames for Massachusetts bay, having on board nineteen families and six or eight single persons, - in all, one hundred and thirty-three. Twelve of these families, numbering eighty-four souls, were from old Hingham – the rest from the immediate vicinity; and they had all embarked for the purpose of joining a colony settled in Hingham, Mass. (1633-37), consisting of ten families and five signle persons (in all, forth-nine), who had been their friends and neighbors in old Hingham. Among those now emigrating were John Foulsham, of Hingham, then twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, and his young wife, to whom he had been married about a year and a half. They were attended by two servants. His wife’s father and mother (Edward and Mary Clark Gilman, of Hingham), three younger brothers (Edward, not quite twenty-one years old, John and Moses), two younger sisters (sarah, and Lydia who married Dnaiel Cushing – 1645), and three servants of the family, were fellow-passengers. The rector of the parish, Rev. Robert Peck, with his family, consisting of wife, two children, and two servants, also formed part of the company. The immediate occasion of their departure seems to have been trouble in ecclesiastical matters.”

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ski/scott/diligent.html

“The party having landed at Boston, Mass, August 10, 1638, immediately proceeded to their place of destination, [Hingham, Mass], about fourteen miles south-east from Boston.” It is there that John and Mary Gilman had seven children and in this order: Samuel (about 1638/9), John (1640/41), Nathaniel (abt 1644), Israel (abt 1646), Peter (abt 1649), Mary (abt 1651), and Ephraim (1654).

“John Folsom and wife, with their children, followed her father and mother to Exeter, probably not earlier than 1650, the first authentic record of their residence in that town being in the year 1655.” “He lived on the west side of the river, where the first settlements in Exeter were made …”

From 1675-1676 an armed conflict arose between Native American inhabitants and English colonists. Called King Philip's War, after the main leader of the Native American side, it "was proportionately one of the bloodiest and costliest in the history of America." Brothers Samuel and Peter (as a Lieutenant) served in this war.

John Folsom died two days after Christmas 1681 in Exeter, New Hampshire. His wife, Mary lived an additional eight to ten years after that.

On June 11, 1709, at age 55, Ephraim Folsom was “shot by and Indian as he was riding home from the village of Exeter.”

J Folsom (298.2) and A Perkins (298.3)

2008-10-16T14:21:00.002-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #298)

John Folsom (298.2) was the son of John Folsom and Mary Clark Gilman and was baptized on October 3, 1641 in Hingham, Massachusetts. “Deacon John Folsom was a man of high standing and good property, active both in church and in political affairs.” At age 34, on November 10, 1675 he married Abigail Perkins (298.3), born April 12, 1655 to Abraham and Mary Wyeth Perkins in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Together they had nine children who were all born in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and probably in this order: Abigail (1676), Abraham (abt 1678), John (abt 1680), Jeremiah (1685), Mary (1681), Jonathan (abt 1685), Mercy (abt 1691), Sarah (abt 1703) and Lydia.

Their daughter Mary died around age 29, on Valentine’s Day in 1710/11, leaving two children.

His Last Will and Testament (link is listed below), dated November 1715, shows that John Folsom (298.2) had acquired quite a bit of land and property. He died in Exeter, New Hampshire on December 11, 1715.

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/JohnFolsomWill298.pdf

J Folsom (38.8) and A Ladd (38.9)

2008-10-16T14:21:00.001-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #38)

Jonathan Folsom (38.8) was the son of Deacon John and Abigail Perkins Folsom and was born about 1685 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Sometime prior to 1713, Jonathan married Anna Ladd (38.9), born Christmas Day in 1691 in Exeter.

When Jonathan was only 30 years old his father, Deacon John, died on the 11th of December 1715. Jonathan is said to have “inherited the homestead in the east part of the town, where he became wealthy and influential.”

Jonathan and Anna had 12 children, all born in Exeter, and probably in this order: Abigail, Anna, Sarah, John, Mary (1722), Jonathan (1724), Nathaniel (1726), Samauel (1732), Trueworthy (1734), Josiah (1735), Lydia and Elizabeth.

It is said of their son, Trueworthy that he was “not so well to do in the world as his brothers, the Colonel [Samuel] and the General [Nathaniel], but superior to them both, in humor and wit.”

Brother Nathaniel was an American merchant and statesman. He was a delegate for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1777 to 1780, as well as the Major General of the New Hampshire Militia.

Colonel Samuel Folsom is known for building the Folsom Tavern in about 1775 which was the center of Exeter's political scene during the Revolution. Revolutionary officers met at the Folsom Tavern on Tuesday, November 18, 1783, and formed the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire. President George Washington stopped by the tavern on the morning of November 4, 1789 to ‘partake of a collation’ during his tour of New England. After his death in 1790, his wife Elizabeth continued to run the tavern until her death in 1805 as "Widow Folsom's Inn."

Samuel died on May 22, 1790 and just four days later, his brother Nathaniel died. Both were buried at the Winter Street Burial Ground in Exeter, New Hampshire.

Major General Nathienal Folsom
Colonel Samuel Folsom

It was Exeter where Jonathan Folsom (38.8) and Anna Ladd (38.9) Folsom died in Feb 1739/40 and July 27, 1742.

J Folsom (38.4) and D Gilman (38.5)

2008-10-16T14:20:00.002-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #38)

Jonathan Folsom (38.4) was the son of Jonathan and Anna Ladd Folsom and was born 1724 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. “In 1745, at the age of 21, he was lieutenant in Captain Somersby Gilman’s company, which fought under Sir William Pepperel, at the first capture of Louisburg.”

He was married twice; first to Dorothy Gilman before 1747 and later to Deborah Hall. Jonathan had seven children, probably born in Newmarket, New Hampshire and in this order: Jonathan (1747), Moses (1749), Benjamin (1751), James (1753), Hannah (1756), Nancy (1760) and Dolly.

“In 1755, [Jonathan] was in the expedition to Lake George against Crown Point … where he received a dangerous bullet wound through his shoulder under the collarbone, the scars of which he carried through life.” At the celebration of the Stamp Act repeal, May 19, 1766, [Jonathan] lost one leg by a bursting cannon. It is said to have been an old swivel which had been buried nearly twenty years, which the enthusiastic citizens in the excitement of the occasion had dug up and had brought into use, without the precaution of testing its strength. One would suppose that under these circumstances it was time for him to retire. But when the Revolutionary war commenced, he set out for another campaign, and found his way to Bunker Hill.”

Jonathan Folsom (38.4) lived in Newmarket and Epping, but “late in life removed to New Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, where he died in the family of his eldest son, Jonathan about 1800.

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/JonathanFolsom38.4.pdf

J Folsom (38.2) and S Bickford (38.3)

2008-10-16T14:20:00.001-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #38)

Jonathan Folsom (38.2) was the son of Jonathan and Dorothy Gilman Folsom and was born on January 12, 1747. “He lived in New Market until 1770. In 1773 he settled in New Durham, ‘on the road from the Ridge to Alton Bay,’ on what has since been called ‘the Grace place.’ He took 240 acres in the wilderness, and toiled hard to produce a fruitful field.” In 1774 he married Sarah Bickford (38.3) and together they had four children in New Durham and in this order: Enoch (1775), Hannah (1777), Sarah (1781) and Jonathan (1784). Sarah Bickford died on the 29th of April, 1784, just six days after giving birth to our descendent, her last born. The timing of her death leads me to assume that a complication related to child birth was the cause.

Five years later, at age 42, Jonathan (38.4) entered his second marriage to Mary Young. Together they had four children in New Durham and in this order: Isaac (1789), John Young (1792), his twin Betsey (1792) and Mary (1794).

At the age of 71, Jonathan Folsom died in 1817.

J. Folsom (5.12) and B. Leonard (5.13)

2008-10-16T14:19:00.000-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #5)

Jonathan Folsom (5.12) was born April 22, 1784 to Jonathan Folsom and Sarah Bickford. Betsey Leonard (5.13) was born February 8, 1785 to Benjamin Leonard and Judith Macomber.

Before they were old enough to care about or understand the importance, Jonathan and Betsey were surrrounded by tremendous historical events that changed the face of our country. The two lived through the times of our first three presidents: George Washington who took office in 1789, John Adams in 1797 and Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

New York was the location of the 1804 marriage between Jonathan, age 20, and Betsey, age 19, and the next year the two began their family. In a 22 year time span Betsey Leonard Folsom gave birth to twelve children, four girls and eight boys in this order: Sarah (1805), George (1807), Enoch Leonard (1809), Dan (1812), Jonathan (1814), Mary Polly (1816), Squire (1819), Frank (1821), Hannah (1823), Elizabeth (1825), Levi Gilman (1827) and Reuben Darrow (1830).

On July 4, 1826, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the day commemorating the birth of our country.

Jonathan and his sons were farmers. Late in life Jonathan and Betsey relocated to Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was there, at age 65, that Jonathan Folsom (5.12) died due to paralysis in 1850. Betsey Leonard Folsom (5.13) died on March 24 of the same year in Trumbull County, NY (?).

L G Folsom (5.6) and C E Jones (5.7)

2008-10-16T14:18:00.000-07:00

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #5)

Levi Gilman (5.6) was the son of Jonathan and Betsey Leonard Folsom and was born on December 2, 1827 in Moriah, Essex County, New York.

At some point before his 21st birthday, Levi migrated to Wisconsin where he married Cordelia Elizabeth Jones on the 19th of October, 1848. Cordelia was born in Troy Ohio on September 1, 1834 and was only fourteen years old when she was married. It was in Columbia County, Wisconsin where the 1850 Census records show Levi and Cordelia living with their 11 month old daughter, Alice Eugenia.

1850 United States Census (Columbia County, Wisconsin)

It is my assumption that the rush to marry and have children at such a young age might have attributed to the cause for their divorce in 1855.

In 1860, Cordelia remained in Wisconsin with her daughter, Alice, now 11 years old and her second child with Levi, a nine year old son named Henry. By this time Levi had moved to Trumbull County, Ohio where he would remain for the rest of his life. His residence in 1860 was with his sister’s family in Howland as a farm laborer. Other Folsom family members appear on the same 1860 Census page.

1860 United States Census (Howland, Trumbull County, Ohio)

On November 27, 1867, at age 26, Alice Eugenia Folsom (5.3) married Aaron Robbins (5.2) in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. For more information on this family, see blog dated 9/13/08: "A Robbins and A E Folsom."

Levi lived with his new wife, Ann Earnest in Lordstown in 1870 as a farmer with a real estate value of $1,000. Together they had two children, Annie and Albert by 1873. The foursome lived in Hartford in 1880.

1880 United States Census (Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio)

Bird's eye view of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio 1870

24th Ohio Infantry

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Organized at Camps Chase and Jackson, Ohio, May 29, to June 17, 1861. Left State for West Virginia July 26, reaching Cheat Mountain Summit August 14. Attached to Cheat Mountain Brigade, West Virginia, to November, 1861. 10th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumber!and, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1864.

SERVICE.--Operations on Cheat Mountain, W. Va., September 11-17, 1861. Action at Cheat Mountain September 12. Greenbrier River October 3-4 and October 31. Moved to Louisville, Ky., November 18, thence to Camp Wickliffe and duty there until February, 1862. Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25-March 18. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. At Athens, Ala., until July 17. At Murfreesboro and McMinnville, Tenn., until August 17. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Action at Woodbury January 24, 1863. Duty at Readyville until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. At Manchester until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 7. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at Shellmound until February, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until June. Mustered out June 17-24, 1864, expiration of term.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 62 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 106 Enlisted men by disease. Total 176.

A Robbins (5.2) and A E Folsom (5.3)

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This story is of my great-great grandparents on my father's side, Aaron Robbins (5.2) and Alice Eugenia Folsom (5.3). Wisconsin and Ohio is where their journey began. When Aaron was in his early 30's and Alice in her early 20's the two relocated to Kansas where they lived for almost 30 years. Finally the family headed for warmer weather in Central Florida where they lived for the remainder of their lives.

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #5)

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/Robbins_Folsom_map1.pdf

On the last day of December, 1841, Aaron Robbins was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. According to his obituary, Aaron "served in the Union Army during the War Between the States and was severly wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro [31 Dec 1862], after having served almost continuously on the battle front for three years." He was a Union soldier in the Company F of the 24th Ohio Infantry. Also known as the Battle of Stones River or the 2nd Battle of Murfreesboro, the battle began on the last day of December 1862, which would have been Aaron's 21st birthday. It is characterized as one of the bloodiest conflicts in the Civil War with no real results; both armies were forced to withdraw. 47,000 Union troops led by Gen. W. Rosecrans attacked 38,000 Confederate troops led by Gen. B. Bragg with 12,000 each, Union & Confederate casualties.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1861/stonervr.html

http ://calhoun-kasjaniuk.blogspot.com/2008/10/24th-ohio-infantry.html

Battle of Stones River

Aaron Robbins

On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1867, at age 26, Aaron married Alice Euginia Folsom (5.3) in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin. Alice was the first born child to Levi Gilman Folsom (5.6) and Cordelia Elizabeth Jones (5.7) on September 10, 1849 in Rio, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In Sept of 1868 Aaron and Alice had their first child, a son named William R, in Ohio.

After the Civil War there were several groups migrating to the Saline County area, situated at the center of the state of Kansas. A colony from Ohio was among these to move and it was in 1869 that the Robbins family decided to join the crowd in search for a new home. It appeared to be a popular decision for many families, which caused the population for this particular county to increase by 5,284 in eight years bringing the 1878 total population count to 9,530. The Township of Pleasant Valley located in the upper west section of the county, provided homes to 478 of the Saline County population.

Map of Saline County, Kansas 1878

According to the March 1, 1875 Kansas State Census Collection, at age 33, Aaron lived in Pleasant Valley, Saline County, Kansas with his wife, Alice and his son, William, now five years old. Aaron supported his family as a farmer and had a real estate value of $1,000 and property value of $160. Her obituary states that in Saline County, Alice "was the first white teacher in the public schools." She was also a "charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star."

1875 Kansas State Census Collection (March 1) - Pleasant Valley, Saline County, Kansas

By 1880 the Township of Plesantville had split and the west portion was called Glendale. It was here that the Robbins are reported to have lived on June 5, 1880 according to the United States Census. The record also indicates that the family had a 17 year old laborer living with them. By this time, William was 11 years old.

Map of Saline County, Kansas

1880 United States Census (June 5) - Glendale, Saline County, Kansas

On March 1, 1885, the Kansas State Census Collection shows 43 year old Aaron as a hotel keeper, now in Salina Ward 3, Saline County, Kansas. Wife Alice E was now 36 and son William R was almost ready to move out on his own.

1885 Kansas State Census Collection (March 1) - Salina Ward 3, Saline County, Kansas

In 1889 the family made a permanent move south to Florida where they bought a grove near Paola. Aaron and Alice introduced their first daughter, Alice Frances Robbins(1.11), my great grandmother, on June 22, 1889. This was 21 years after their first son and at ages 47 and 40 I am guessing was not a planned pregnancy. Wonder if they had doubts of anxieties with having another baby in their 40's? If it weren't for that little surprise, I would not be here today.

At 5 years old, young Alice and her family endured the brutally cold weather of 1894 and 1895, known as the Great Freeze. There were actually twin freezes in Florida during this momentous season, the first in December 1894 and the second in February 1895. The citrus industry received a serious blow when freezing temperatures destroyed the year’s entire crop. Many citizens faced economic ruin and left the area. Farmers were compelled to try their hand at growing other crops and by the first decade of the 20th century, Sanford was one of the largest vegetable shipping centers in the United States, and received the nickname "Celery City" for it's most successful crop.

I got this picture from the City of Sanford Museum. Check out the label on the crate:

Following this event, the Robbins family made their final move to Sanford where they took over the management of the old Sanford House, later named Robbins Nest on 402 West First Street. I have been told that the hotel was well known for the bear that was kept chained to a stake in the yard.

1900 United States Census (June 15) - Sanford, Orange County, Florida

Vintage Post Card of Robins Nest Hotel

In addition to running a hotel, both Aaron and Alice were an active part in the life of the community. While Aaron was affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Alice was the Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Florida and a member of the D.A.R. (Daughter's of the American Revolution).

Young Alice Frances continued to live with her parents in 1910, probably assisting in the daily operations of running the hotel. On February 7, 1912, at age 23, Alice Frances (1.11) married William Lee Harvey (1.10), an Arkansas native.

Alice Frances and her parents, Aaron and Alice Eugenia Robbins

Together William Lee and Alice Francis Harvey had three children: William Lee born about 1913, Alice Virginia, my grandmother, born February 28, 1914 in Sanford, Florida and Hazel Folsom born about 1916.

Hazel Folsom, William Lee and Alice Virginia

In 1920 Aaron, age 78 and his wife Alice E, age 70 continued to live in Sanford, Florida. Their son William R lived in Palm Beach, Florida with his second wife Ida E. Their daughter Alice Frances lived in Jacksonville, Florida and her three children were 4, 6 and 7 years old.

Alice and Aaron celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving in 1925. The following year, Alice Eugenia Folsom Robbins died of paralysis of the throat on August 28, 1926. She had enjoyed good health until about 18 months prior to her death, but her illness necessitated her removal to Hollywood for about four months. It was at the home of her son, William, that she passed away.

For several years before his death on June 6, 1928, Aaron Robbins lived quietly at his home on West First Street. Both Alice and Aaron are buried at the Evergreen Municipal Cemetery. (Section G, Lot 47, Spaces 3 & 4).

Special thanks to the staff at the City of Sanford Museum who went out of their way to gather and provide obituaries, cemetery information and even pictures!!!

The Calhoun Line

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It is difficult to know where to begin on the Calhoun line because the research on this surname is extensive. According to most sources the beginning goes something like this ...

"In the thirteenth century Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox granted the lands of Colquhoun (pronounced ca-HOON), located in Dunbartonshire, to Humphry de Kilpatrick. Humphry’s son, Ingelram de Colquhoun, who lived in the reign of Alexander III, was the first person recorded as taking Colquhoun as a surname."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Colquhoun

The 14th through the 17th centuries introduced Dumbarton Castle, numerous battles and accusations of witchcraft.

Somewhere along the line, Reverend Alexander Colhoun (74.2) was born in 1662 at the Crosh House in the county of Tyrone, Ireland. Also in Tyrone, his future wife, Lady Judith Hamilton (74.3) was born in 1662 at the Hamilton Manor. Both are buried in Ardstraw County, Tyrone, Ireland.

Crosh House Estate in current times.

Ardstraw Parish, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone

I am not sure if the Reverand and Lady Colhoun are buried at this cemetery or not ... but I can certainly justify a "road" trip to Ireland to find out!!!

I found these pictures of the Crosh House and Ardstraw Parish at this website ... hope they don't mind that I borrowed them.

http://homepage.mac.com/slbm/PhotoAlbum2.html

In 1684 the two married and together they had 12 children. At the Crosh House, James Patrick Colhoun (10.8) was their fourth born, in 1688. He married Catherine Montgomery (10.9) and together they had five children: Mary Catherine (1714), James (1716) (10.4), Ezekiel (1720), William (1723) and Patrick (1727). In 1733 Catherine and James Patrick, boarded with their five children a boat to America. One source stated the reason for the move was due to failed crops and religious reasons. What I have read indicates that the main driving force of Irish immigrants to America was the potato famine of 1845, which was far later than when this Colhoun family made their move. Who knows, perhaps my history reserach is lacking, but I am moving on ...

It is told that the family arrived in New York, soon moved to Pensylvania. Around some time after James Patrick's death in 1748, Catherine moved her family to some new lands that were opening up in Augusta County, Virginia. In 1755 the Indians became more active and Catherine moved again to the Long Cane Creek area of Abbeville, South Carolina. They moved in the middle of winter and got there in February 1756. The group lived in what became known as Calhoun's Settlement, at the fork of two streams of that name, not far from where their waters empty into Little River. They were sixteen miles from the nearest Indian settlement and thought they would be safe there.

By this time, James Calhoun (10.4) had married Susanna Long (10.5) and together they had five children: Patrick (1737 PA), James (abt 1739 PA) (10.2) , Ezekiel (abt 1745 VA), Catherine (abt 1750 VA) and William (abt 1751 VA). As if these stories weren't difficult enough to tell, this fella had to name his five children exactly the same as his own siblings.

William Calhoun (1723), brother to James (10.4) married Susanna Long's sister Agnes. Again, brothers marrying sisters ... nothing to worry about.

I think this website describes best the tragedy that struck the Calhoun Family on February 1, 1760. I have pasted a portion of what he wrote below. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DEPUY/2003-01/1042514453

The morning of January 31, 1760 a messenger came through the little settlement and told them that the Indians were on the warpath and moving toward their area. The afternoon of January 31st and the morning of February 1st were spent loading wagons and getting provisions ready to move out. About noon on February 1st, some 200-250 settlers moved out for Augusta, Georgia, a larger town about 40 miles southeast of their location. They had only gone about 10 miles when in crossing the Long Canes Creek, several wagons got stuck. By the time they had all the wagons across the creek it was dark so they camped for the night. Soon after dark, they were attacked by a band of Cherokee Indians. Some of the settlers escaped by horseback, some on foot, but most of them scattered finding shelter in the trees or wherever they could hide. Mostly women and children were killed as 23 settlers were left dead at the site of the massacre. The Indians had burned all the wagons and nearly all the goods were stolen. In the group that was killed, Catherine Montgomery Calhoun was among them. She was 76 years old. A monument to the dead, including Catherine, was erected in the 1790's by Catherine's son, Patrick Calhoun. Two small girls, ages 3 and 5 of the Calhoun's were abducted by the Indians. One eventually returned, but the other was never heard from again.

The following articles appeared in the South-Carolina Gazette:
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"Yesterday se'night the whole of the Long-Cane Settlers, to the number of 150 souls, moved off with most of their effects in Waggons; to go towards Augusta in Georgia, and in a few hours after their setting off, were surprized and attacked by about 100 Cherkees on horseback, while they were getting their waggons out of a boggy place. They had amongst them 40 gunmen, who might have made a very good defence, but unfortunately their guns were in the waggons; the few that recovered theirs, fought the Indians half an hour, and were at last obliged to fly. In the action they lost 7 waggons, and 40 of their people killed or taken (including women and children) the rest got safe to Augusta whence and express arrived here with the same account on Tuesday morning."

"Canes, who were attacked by the Cherokees on the 1st Instant, as they were removing their wives, children and best effects, to August in George for safety, is just come to town and informs us, 'That the whole of those settlers might be about 250 souls, 55 or 60 of them fighting men; that their loss in that affair amounted to about 50 persons, chiefly women and children, with 13 loaded waggons and carts; that he had since been at the place where the action happened, in order to buy the dead, and found only 20 of their bodies, most inhumanly butchered; that the Indians had burnt the woods all around, but had left the waggons and carts there empty and unhurt; and that he believes all the fighting men would return to and fortify the Long-Cane Settlement, were part of the rangers so stationed as to give them some assistance and protection.'"

"We have no late advices from Fort Prince George, or any consequence from places in that route. But from Fort Moore, we learn, that a gang of about 18 Cherokees, divided into 8 or 4 parties, on the 15th instant, way-laid, killed and scalped Ulric Tobler, Esq.; a Captain of Militia in those parts, as he was riding from his father's to that fort; and shot Mr. William Calhoon, who was with him, in the hand; 3 other persons, who were in company escaped unhurt; the Indian who killed Captain Tobler, left a hatchet sticking in his neck, on which were 3 old notches, and 3 newly cut."

Along with his mother, James Calhoun (10.4) was one of those slain in the Long Canes Massacre.

From here we fast forward ten years when Patrick Calhoun (1727), youngest brother to James (10.4) married Martha Caldwell in 1770. Twelve years after their marriage, John Caldwell Calhoun was born. To me, John C was my first cousin, seven times removed ... to the country he was the second Vice President of the United States.

Back to the direct decendents ... James Calhoun (abt 1739 PA) (10.2), second son to James and Susanna Long Calhoun, married a gal named Rhoda Green (1730) (10.3). The next couple of generations require a bit more research. For certain, James and Rhoda had a son named John Calhoun (2.8) in December of 1774 in South Carolina. I think they may have had a daughter named Margaret (Peggy) who was born in 1760 as well. John married a young lady named Lurana Wall in 1799 and together they had at least one child named Ezekiel (1811 GA) (2.4). In 1832 Ezekiel married Linda Bazemore (2.5) in Jones County, Georgia and together they had at least one child, also named Ezekiel (1846 AL) (2.2). Ezekiel, Jr (later known as EZ) married Laura Chapman Stratford (2.3) in 1870 and together they had nine children. The third born was John Caldwell (1.8), my great grandfather, on August 19, 1877 in Alabama. He married Effie Virginia (or Corrine) Stoudenmire (1.9)and together they had seven children. The fourth born was Charles Haddon Calhoun (1.4) my grandfather. Charles Haddon married my grandmother, Alice Virginia Harvey and together they had two children, my father Charles Harvey and my aunt Marlise Eugenia.

That's a quick rundown of the line from top to bottom of the Calhoun line. I'll go into further details on another blog.

Memories of Nanny Tom

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Memories from Margaret Hall Calhoun, of her grandmother:

Nanny Tom used to come to our house for 3-4 weeks (sometimes longer) in the summer. She loved the nursery and would stick cuttings in the greenhouse. Daddy would get the clippings for her and she would make the cuttings and fill the mist beds. I used to think it wasn't much of a vacation for her having to work (in the summer time in the greenhouse, of all places) while she visited us, but she seemed to like it really well. Maybe she just didn't like staying around the house.

She always wore dresses and had a handerchief in her pocket.

The thing I remember most about Nanny Tom were her sugar cookies. My sisters mentioned them also so I imagine that was one of our fondest memories of her. She would make a batch the very day she arrived for the summer. It took so long for them to chill in the refrigerator... I just didn't think I could wait. The last thing she did before returning to Orlando was make a last batch of cookies. Her macaroni and cheese was the best I have ever tasted, and I have never been able to reproduce it even though I watched her make it many times.

Nanny Tom moved to Florida from Mississippi around the same time Nanny Newton (Mama's mother) died. She slipped into the "grandmother" role as naturally as could be.

I absolutely loved to go to Orlando to visit with Nanny Tom and Aunt Mim and Uncle "Possum"before he died. They went to Sanibel and collected shells. They had tons of really beautiful ones.That is where the three of us got our love for shelling.

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Memories from Andrea Hall Jerger, of her grandmother:

I remember, that when Nanny Tom came to stay with us, she would stay up late with me..(No one else would) to watch scary TV shows. I think the actual show's name was "Thriller"..this was long before Michael Jackson. I don't know if she liked them, too...or if she knew that I needed a watching partner!! I was around 8, 9 10...somewhere in there. During those visits, she would also make her fabulous sugar cookies...She would alway leave a "chunk" of cookie dough for each one of us, Margaret, Miriam, and me. I do not eat a sugar cookie, today that I don't remember how good HER cookies were, and how especially good the dough was!! I have never tasted a sugar cookie, since that was as good as hers...Have no idea where that recipe is, either.

When I was around 5...I had sneaked out in the orange grove behind our house, and was smoking one of Mama's or Daddy's cigarettes. She caught me...Didn't punish me, but said "Your Daddy will be so disappointed in you." That was all that was necessary...never "lit up" again!!

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Memories from Miriam Hall Gottfried of her grandmother:

I thought I was going to be 5'10" because of Nanny Tom...I just knew I would inherit her height...wrong!!!

She made the best salmon croquettes in the whole wide world...Daddy and I always planned visits around lunch time...and oh, her sugar cookies...they were the best, too! She'd let us kids sneak the dough while it was "chilling."

When her health was failing and she was in Orlando Regional (old name), Mama and I would take turns going to help...they had her on a lot pain killers, so the visits were always quite "entertaining." One day Mama was trying to coax her into eating her carrots and Nanny Tom ever so politely told Mama, "Frances, if they look so damn good, YOU eat them." (Keep in mind Nanny Tom never cursed...to my knowledge) Then there was the time when I walked in and she called me over in a frantic voice that she didn't want me to visit that day because "that woman (her roommate) had a MAN with her." Well, it turned out to be a priest and he was making his last visit. Oh, and let's not forget when Rev. Brackman (our preacher at the time) stopped by and Nanny Tom kept staring and staring until she finally told him to "get that feather off your nose, young man!" (Of course there was no feather) Many times during my visits, I would be one of her sons and we would talk of the old days when "I" (Uncle Charlie or Uncle Alan) was a youngster. I think my favorite though was when Mama walked in and Nanny Tom was putting together this invisible ball of stuff...when Mama asked her what she was doing, she replied, "I'm gathering all these things y'all keep telling me I don't see, and then I'm going to ram them down your throat!"

Our Nanny Tom worked in the nursery...mainly with the orchids...until she could no longer walk. She always had a smile and kind word of encouragement for us. She loved us...and we knew it.

Her favorite place to eat was Morrison's Cafeteria...mine, too when we were with her!

W L Hall and E V Austin

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This is the story of my great grandparents Hall and Austin...
(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #1)

William "Willie" Leighton Hall was born on February 13, 1881 in Marion County, Florida to James Edward Beaumont Hall and Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Martin. William was the younger brother to Dora Ann, John Eason Allen, Henry Thomas, Charles Clinton, Joel Emanuel and James Harmon and the older brother to James Edward Beaumont.

Erna Virginia Austin was born on January 19, 1893 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama to Robert Austin and Margaret "Maggie" Ann Houk Jones Austin. She was an only child, but had at least three step siblings from her mother's previous marriage.

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His World War I Draft Card places Joel Emanuel Hall, William Leighton's older brother, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi between 1917-1918 and also states that his nearest relative is Octavia Sarah Hall.

I am unsure when Willie moved to Mississippi. The thorn in my side of this genealogy quest is that the majority of the 1890 United States Census records burned. It is sometimes hard enough with a ten year span, but with a twenty year gap, it is easy to lose the track you're on with some folks.

At age 19, in the year 1900 Willie married Alice Virginia "Virgie" Coker (I presume in Mississippi). Virgie, a Mississippi native, was the younger sister of Octavia Sarah Coker who was married to Joel Emanuel Hall. To avoid panic and confusion, this means two Hall brothers married two Coker sisters.

Together Willie and Virgie had two sons. The first, who was his father's namesake, was born on February 22, 1904 and died less than four months later on June 14, 1904. The second was born on February 6, 1908 and was named James "Jimmie" Thomas Hall.

On April 19, 1910 Willie, Virgie and James shared a home down the street from Joel Emanuel, Octavia Sarah Hall and their children, Janie M, Marrie, Sarah O and Maggie J Barter, their adopted child. At the time, Willie worked as a nursery salesman while Joel worked as a farmer, both in Beat 5, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

1910 United States Census (April 19) - Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Just six months after this census was taken, October 18, 1910 Virgie died in Mississippi. She and her infant son William "Willie" Leighton Hall, Jr. were buried at Coker's Chapel United Methodist Cemetery in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Also buried there are Joel Emanuel and Octavia Coker Hall as well as other members of their family.

Young Jimmie was less than two years old when his mother passed away. The story, as grandpa tells it, is that Erna Virginia Austin was hired by Willie to be the nurse maid to young Jimmie. Apparently love was in the air because on June 19, 1913 the two were married.

Erna, Jimmie and Bill Hall

By 1916 Willie's work as a salesman of fruit trees, shrubs and bibles compelled the threesome to move to Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Here they "lived in tents with the Seminole Indians," according to grandpa, and on March 6, 1916 Erna gave birth to their first daughter, Miriam Erna.

Jimmie and Miriam Hall

Before 1918 the family moved to Orlando, Florida where on June 30, 1918 William Andrews Hall was born. The couple chose the name Andrews after the doctor who assisted in the birth.

According to the 1920 United States Census, dated January 27, the family lived on Piedmont in Orlando, Orange County, Florida where Willie worked as a nurseryman. The home they lived in was owned outright and had a value of $5,000. Neither Willie nor Erna had attended school, but both could read and write. The day after the census was taken, on January 28, the family welcomed another son, Charles "Charlie" Alexander.

1920 United States Census (January 27) - Orlando, Orange County, Florida

Charlie, Miriam and Bill Hall

William Leighton, Charlie, Bill and Miriam Hall

Everyone in our family knows that if they receive a card or letter from my grandpa, it will always be signed, "Your Friend, Bill Hall." The origin of this is from his father who sent out these post cards as a nurseryman.

Willie and Erna had two more children, Robert "Bobby" Edward born on December 6, 1922 and Alan Lincoln on September 27, 1924.

Miriam, Bill, Charlie and Bobby Hall

The 1930 United States Census, dated April 21, shows all eight members of the family still living on Piedmont Street. At the time, Willie worked as a Real Estate broker and Jimmy a Real Estate agent. By this time Jimmy had attended school and was able to read and write.

1930 United States Census (April 21) - Orlando, Orange County, Florida

William Leigton Hall lost his mother, Janie Martin Hall on June 1, 1931 and at age 50, just four months later he died on October 8, 1931 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. My grandpa, William Andrews Hall, was 13 years old when his grandmother and father died. He remembers that his cousin, Leighton Hall, was the one who told him the news of his father. Also, many years later, a lady named MacDonald went to Hall's Nursery to tell him that his daddy had worked at her house in Mount Dora the day before he died. Willie died of chronic myocarditis. Myocarditis is inflamation or degeneration of the heart muscle. He was attended by the doctor for eight days before his death at 3pm on the 8th.

Erna Virginia Austin Hall was now 38 years old raising children who were ages 7, 9, 13 and 15. The loss of her husband was only the first of the tragic times in her life. On April 25, 1938 her 16 year old son Charlie was murdered in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. I have heard grandpa's sadness and grief when he tells this story of his little brother, but I can not begin to imagine the heart ache that his mother must have felt.

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Erna did experience the joys of being a grandmother and great-grandmother numerous times and at some point she even remarried, a gentleman named O C Thomas. Her happiness was interrupted again by the unimaginable some time around 1960 when her youngest son died around age 36. My great-grandma lived another 17 years after burying her second child. What a strong woman she was must have been to have endured such tragedies in life.

Nanny Tom with Adam Jerger and Karen Calhoun (me) her great-grandchildren

1 Corithians 10:13 of the King James Bible reads:

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I am not sure if my great-grandma was a spiritual person, but I can only imagine that at some point in her life she must have turned to the Lord for comfort. I am not sure how you could push through such difficult times without faith.
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"Nanny Tom" as she was referred to by her grandchildren (from her new last name, Thomas) lived until December 28, 1977, just 22 days shy of her 85th birthday. She died from terminal multiple myeloma or cancer of the plasma cells.

Hall and Allen families

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Our next story is of the Hall’s and Allen’s, which eventually leads down to William Leighton Hall, my great-grandfather (1.12).

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #6)

The setting of this journey begins in Jones County, Georgia with a westward shift to Pike County, Alabama, and finally settling in central Florida, Marion County.

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/hall-allen_map.pdf

The Allen line goes quite a long way back to the patriarch Benjamin Allen in Wales. According to some sources, he migrated to Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1735. A couple of generations later, John Earl Allen (6.10) was born in Georgia on the 4th of March, 1805. In Jones County, Georgia on November 23, 1824 he married Lucy Thomas Anderson (6.11) and exactly nine months later on August 22, 1825, Andaline Susan Thomas Allen (6.5) was born. Some time between the birth of their new baby girl and 1827, the family moved to Lucy’s hometown of Pike County, Alabama. It was here that John and Lucy had six additional children in this order: Eason William (1827), Permilla H L (1829), Mary Ann (1832), Early Alexander (1830/5), Loduskie (1837) and Fadria Amanda (1841).

Our research of the Hall line only brings us back to the early 1800’s when Joel Hall (6.8) was likely born. He He and his wife had probably had seven children: William, Richard, James, Joel, John, Sally and another son. Their son Joel Thomas Hall (6.4) was born on November 15, 1811 in South Carolina. At some point Joel Thomas moved to Pike County, Alabama where he met and married Andaline "Ann" Susan Thomas Allen (6.5) on the 18th of July, 1843. Prior to their move to the Sunshine State around 1846, the couple had their first son in 1845 who they named William Harris.

I'm sure the thought did not even cross their minds, but their move to the land of citrus trees made Marion County, Florida a home to generations of Hall’s for over 100 years.

November 4, 1850, the Hall family of Joel & Ann has increased to include two additional boys, James Edward Beaumont (23 Apr 1847) (6.2) and Charles (1849). This census also shows that Susan's father and some of her siblings made the journey as well. As Lucy Allen is not listed on this census, it could be assumed that she passed away prior to 1850. I also wonder if Lucy made the trip at all and could she possibly be buried in Pike County, Alabama since that was her hometown?

1850 United States Census (Nov 4) - District 3, Marion County, Florida

Now, these folks obviously lived pretty close to each other as well, but my recent visit to this part of Florida certainly does not bring a Tara and Twelve Oaks plantation vision to mind. Though the impression is not of glorious parlors and neighborhood feasts (do I watch too many movies??), the families did own a lot of land, as this purchase of 40 acres by John Earl Allen on the 1st of May, 1855 proves.

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/JohnEAllenlandpurchaseFL.jpg

By June of 1860, with a real estate value of $4,000 and additional property value of $3,000, Joel was doing well, providing for his family as a planter. Ann was taking care of her, now five children and a 22 year old female named LB Allen was also residing with them. I am guessing this was her younger sister Loduskie. Still no daughters to her name, her two new sons were named John Wesley "Jack" (1854) and Joel Thomas (1856).

1860 United States Census (June 9) - Marion County, Florida
At ages 57 and 43 the Hall's completed their family of ten children (eight boys and two girls) in the 1860's. There last five were Alice Eason (1861), Leonidus B "Lonnie" (1862), May L (1864), Robert L (1866) and Louis Jefferson (1868). In January 1867, 18 year old Charles died and a year later, baby Robert died at only 16 months old.

Charles "Charley" Hall (1849-1867) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

Robert L Hall (1866-1868) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

The addition of new children brought happiness to the family, but the loss young sons and brother must have been difficult. Not to mention the unsettling times of the Civil War were also upon them.

"In many respects, Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Although the third state to secede, Florida’s small population (ranking last among the Confederate states with some 140,000 people) and meager industrial resources made the state of little strategic importance to either side. Indeed, one contemporary referred to the state as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession."

http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/history.cfm

Though Florida did not provide as much support to the Confederate defense as other states, of the 15,000 troops that risked their lives, two were the Allen brothers of Ann. On the same day in June of 1862, both Eason William, age 35, and Early Alexander, age 31, enlisted as Confederate soldiers in the 9th Infantry Regiment of Florida. On June 5, 1864, Eason William lost his life in Virginia while on duty in a picket. Early Alexander was shot in the chest, but recovered enough to be released from duty at the end of the war on April 9, 1865.

By 1870 Joel and Ann were grandparents and living near their grown sons James and William.

1870 United States Census - Camp Izard, Marion County, Florida

The second born son of Joel and Ann was James Edward Beaumont Hall (6.2), my great-great grandpa. He married Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Martin on March 4, 1867 and together they had eight children. The first six were born in the 1870's: Dora Ann (1868), John Eason Allen (1870), Henry Thomas (1871), Charles Clinton (1874), Joel Emmanuel (1876) and James Harmon (1878).

1880 United States Census (June 30) - Fort McCoy, Marion County, Florida

This 1880 Census was taken in the early summer, but in October of the same year, John Eason Allen died at age ten. William Leighton Hall, my great-grandfather, and James Edward Beaumont, Jr who were not born until 1881 and 1883 never met their older brother. When great-grandpa William Leighton was only 2 years old, his father died in a sawmill accident at age 36. Another tragedy to the Hall family was in 1886 when it is said that John Wesley E, or "Uncle Jack" to great-grandpa, died in a knife fight. Finally, on April 18, 1889, Joel Thomas Hall died. How tragic for this family to have lost four of their loved ones in a ten year period.

John Eason Allen Hall (1870-1880) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

James Edward Beaumont Hall (1847-1883) (6.2) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

John Wesley E "Jack" Hall (1854-1886) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

Joel Thomas Hall (1811-1889) (6.4) Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

Many of the Hall's discussed in this blog are buried in the Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida. See blog dated May 14, 2008 for details.

Memories of Janie Martin:

My grandpa, William Andrews Hall remembers that his grandmother, Janie Martin, was a "short woman with a loud voice." He did not see her much that he recalls, but specifically remembers the time when he was very young (we estimate 4-5 years old) that she was "sitting on a throne" and all the grandchildren had to approach her one at a time and recite a poem. To this day, grandpa can recite the purple cow poem:

A Purple Cow
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
by: Mr. Gelett Burgess

Houk and Taylor families

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The following is a timeline for the Houk and Taylor families. The location of this story is mainly Jackson County, Alabama which is located at the north east tip of the state, bordering Tennessee and Georgia.

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #7)

Simeon Perry Houk (7.12) was born on May 15, 1818 in Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee to Michael Preston Houk and Lydia Layman, both from Tennessee.

Tobitha Murray (7.13) was born, at my best estimate, in the early 1820’s. She was a native to Jackson County, Alabama, where she spent her entire life.

Simeon and Tobitha married, probably around 1835 and likely in Jackson County, Alabama. In 1838 they had their first child, a son whom they named George Washington. The 1850 United States Census shows the family had an additional five children, Lydia Ann (1842), James Marion (1843/4) (7.6), William Midas (1845), Bradford Perry (1848), Martha Caldonia (1849). At this time, the family lived in District 21 of Jackson County, Alabama. Simeon owned property amounting to $650. The Census records show Simeon was in the profession of farming, however other sources list him as one of the well and favorably know Baptist preachers in the Mud Creek Association.

1850 United States Census (Dec 12) - Jackson County, Alabama

Over the next ten years, Simeon and Tobitha added four more children to their family: Sarah Elizabeth (1851), Melvina Margaret (1854), John Michael (1855) and Mildred Melissa (1857).

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Miles Taylor (7.14) was born in 1814 in South Carolina to parents who were both from Virginia. On August 19, 1838 he married a gal named Margaret Nugent in Franklin County, Tennessee. Margaret was born November 3, 1816 in Roark's Cove, Franklin, Tennessee to John and Elizabeth Neighbors Nugent. The 1840 United States Census shows Miles living in Franklin County, Tennessee with a female between the ages of 20 and 30 (his wife, Margaret) and a female under the age of 5 (his daughter, Rebecca A, born in that year). Their second child, William A was born in 1843 at Roark's Cove, Franklin, Tennessee.

Around 1844 the Taylor foursome moved to District 21, Jackson County, Alabama. They added two sons Benjamin (1845) and James E C (1858) and two daughters Sarah Elizabeth (1846) (7.7) and Manerva Jane (1849) to the family. Miles supported his family as a farmer.

1850 United States Census (Nov 23) - Jackson County, Alabama

According to the 1860 United States Census dated June 8, the eight family members, including the last born son, James E C (1859), lived in District 3, Jackson, Alabama.

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The image of Gone with the Wind came to mind when I noticed on the 1860 census that the Murray, Taylor and Houk families all lived within a short distance from each other. At the time, Taylor, Michael Houk (father to Simeon) and Murray (probably a relative to Tobitha) were in the profession of farming and held real estate valued at $100, $400, and $700 respectively. My research indicates that Simeon was a reverend and I was surprised that the value of his real estate was $2,000 and he also had personal property valued at $1,800. These property values require me to think a little less glamorous than plantation living.

1860 United States Census (June 8) - Jackson County, Alabama

1860 United States Census (June 9) - Jackson County, Alabama

She may not have been the belle of the picnic at Twelve Oaks known as Scarlett O’Hara, but I still like to romanticize the story of Sarah E Taylor (7.7) and James Marion Houk (7.6). These two were old enough to be affected by the inevitable pride and unfortunate tragedy of the Civil War. I imagine young Sarah and James experienced the sorrow of losing family or friends, the devastation of poverty and destruction and the insecurity from invasion and occupation. Completed by 1854, the railway from Jackson County to Chattanooga, Tennessee is said to have made Jackson County an obvious pass through for the Northern invaders during the Civil War and for some time after. "No part of the South suffered more than the people in Jackson County."

"It was in this county that first one army and then the other passed, from the beginning of 1862 until the close of the war. If one army failed to get what you had the other one took it. And besides General Sherman's army wintered in this county, and it was his policy to cripple the enemy by taking his property to support the war."

An observation that strikes me as ironic is that almost 30 years earlier, "Congress passed a law in 1834, providing for the removal of the Cherokees in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, to the Indian Territory." The same settlers who participated in this invasion and forced removal of the Cherokee Indians were now experiencing the same unfair fate forced upon them by the Northerners.

1865 not only marked the end of the Civil War, but introduced a happier time as Sarah E Taylor (my great-great-great grandmother) married James Marion Houk (my great-great-great grandfather) on August 12 in the city of Woodville, Jackson County, Alabama. As James’ father was a reverend it could be a likely assumption that he performed their wedding ceremony. The twenty-something couple began to build their family in 1866 when they introduced their first child, a daughter they named Margaret Ann Houk (7.3). They continued to build their brood with an additional seven children in this order: Francis J (1869), Benjamin B (1871), Miles Simeon (1872), Elizabeth Ernie (1874), Eliha (1876), James Paul (1877) and John A (1879), all of whom were born in the city of Limrock in Jackson County, Alabama.

At age 61, Simeon Houk died in Jackson County, Alabama on January 4, 1879, 33 years before his wife Tobitha who passed away on July 12, 1912. Both are buried at Peter's Cove Cemetery.

The last census I could find Miles Taylor was in 1880 where he was 66 years old. His wife was not on this census, so I assume she passed away between 1870 and 1880.

James Marion Houk died in 1899. My assumption is that both he and wife, Sarah E died in Jackson County, Alabama.

Margaret Ann Houk (7.3) was my great-great grandmother and has been a challenge to trace. She first married a gentleman named John Lewis Jones on August 19, 1883 in Jackson County and went by the name Maggie Jones according to the Census records. With John, she had three children, Nellie, Ethel (1885) and Alex. Not sure if they divorced or if he died, but Maggie remarried on January 20, 1892 to Robert Edward Austin in Jackson County, Alabama. Great-great grandpa Austin is the one I am really interested in tracing back, as it is told he somewhere connects to Stephen Fuller Austin, the famous Texan, but I’m having a really hard time getting a solid start on his history.

Almost a year to the date after they were married, Erna Virginia Austin was born on January 19 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Erna, later known as “Nanny Tom,” was my great grandmother. I’ll continue with her story in another blog. Margaret “Maggie” Ann Houk Jones Austin died on June 20, 1901.

Quotes were from this souce: http://www.reynoldsrecords.com/alabama/jackson_history.html

Note: the Houk name is also spelled Houck, Hawk and Howk, and I am not 100% certain of the correct spelling, but I found Houk the most often, so that’s what I’m going with.

Fort McCoy Cemetery, Marion County, Florida

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The Graveyard Girls (and grandpa) took their first official road trip to Fort McCoy in Marion County, Florida on January 26, 2008. On the hunt for everything "Hall," we located and took pictures of many gravestones. We pumped grandpa for information on the way home and learned that we missed a relative while we were there. After some additional research, I learned that "Aunt Dora" is in the nearby Citra cemetery. Another road trip, I guess. A pdf version of directions to the cemetery is listed below.

I've included pictures of the direct decendents we found, but have tons of pictures of all the siblings, grandkids, etc as well. A spreadsheet showing the plot layout and all the Hall's we found is linked below too. There were Geiger and Martin plots closer to the entrance, but I wasn't prepared enough to be sure if they're any of our direct line. I'm guessing there may be some Allen's in this area as well, unless they all moved to Crystal River.

(see Calhoun Pedigree Chart #6)

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/FortMcCoydirections.pdf

http://karen.kasjaniuk.googlepages.com/Fort_McCoy_cemetery_plot_map1.pdf

Joel Thomas Hall (6.4)

Andaline Susan Thomas Allen Hall (6.5)

James Edward Beaumont Hall (6.2)

Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Hall (6.3)

Boston Cemetery, Thomas County, Georgia

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On November 24, 2007, my mom and I went to Boston, Georgia to visit Boston Cemetery and the old Hardware Store that was owned by John Glover Burney, my great-granduncle.

According to Herring, a former cook, the store was inherited by his son John 'Jack' Glover Burney, Jr and run by him for 10 years. Ed Cook then bought it and tripled the space by adding on and incorporating another building.

There are only two direct decendents buried in this cemetery, but other branches from the tree are here too. I've included pictures of the direct decendents.

William James Burney (9.2)

Rachel Foreman Burney (9.3)

How It Is Organized

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After a lot of reseach on genealogy websites and blogs, I think I've determined the best way to set up the Kasjaniuk-Calhoun Genealogy blog. Since the posts are arranged chronologically and obviously my ramblings and research will be all over the place, in order to somewhat organize my work, I will assign each blog to one or more categories on the left hand side. That's the goal, but this is certainly a work in progress, so bear with me for a while.

When possible, I will attempt to intertwine a bit of relevant history to enrich the stories and to provide a better understanding of not only dates and locations, but what the times were like and what my relatives possibly could have endured. Any assumptions I make will be stated as such.

The origin of my genealogy organization is the Pedigree Charts. Each person that is a direct decendant to me will be labeled with a number behind their name. For example: Simeon Perry Houk (7.12) … the numbers indicate that this particular person can be found on Pedigree Chart #7, location #12.

About this Blog

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Over the past year or so, I have become fascinated with our family history. I guess my inspiration comes from the realization that I have one living grandparent and that he is the only one left with first hand stories of his siblings, parents and grandparents.

After a naïve, head-first, dive into this “project” called genealogy, I soon realized that it is a never ending and addictive search mission. It has certainly turned out to be a wonderful exercise for my obsessive compulsive behaviors towards organization. Catering also to my tendency to plan ahead, I realize that gathering as much family history as possible will make efforts easier for future generations to understand how deep and how far across the globe our family roots spread.

I have created this blog in an effort to organize my genealogy research and thoughts. The information provided is a work-in-progress and I do not guarantee that all names, dates, relationships, etc are correct. My sources include internet research (mainly ancestry.com and lds.com), cemetery trips, and family letters/bibles/stories. When available, detailed information will be provided beginning with my great grandparents. For current generations, only general information will be added to the blog, but of course I can provide details to anyone who wishes to see them. Certainly any corrections, additional information, pictures or stories would be greatly appreciated.

With that said, I now begin the daunting task of trying to organize my chaos into a format that is easy to understand and maintain.