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Pierre Cardinal

31 Sunday May 2020

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On May 31, 1665, Pierre Cardinal was the fifth son of Simon Jean Cardinal and Michelle Garnier born in the Lachine area of Montreal, Canada. He had a total of five brothers and one sister: Jacques, Jean, Gabriel, Etienne, Simon and Cecile. His father died in 1679 and his mother remarried the following year to Jean Chevalier.

Lachine, Montreal, Quebec (map obtained from Google)

Pierre married Marie Matou on September 17, 1685 in Montreal. It is reported that seventeen children were born to this couple.

  • Pierre, Jr
  • Marie, who died at age fourteen
  • Jean Baptiste
  • Daniel
  • Francois Marie (b. 1693)
  • Charles, who died at age fifteen
  • Marie Francoise
  • Marguerite
  • Francoise, (b. 1700) who died in infancy
  • Marie Anne Cardinal
  • Francois-Marie (b. 1701)
  • Angelique, who died in infancy
  • Simon
  • Gabriel
  • Jacques, who died in infancy
  • Augustin
  • Francoise (b. 1719)

Pierre died at the age of eighty-one on January 13, 1747 in Lachine.

Pierre Cardinal was my 9th great uncle on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

  • Quebec Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection)
  • Programme de Recherche en Demographie Historique (PRDH)

William Hedrick

30 Saturday May 2020

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William Hedrick was born May 30, 1827 in Fleming County, Kentucky to Michael Dungan Hedrick and Elizabeth DeMoss. He had one sister named Amanda.

On September 10, 1850, William married Nancy West in Nicholas County, Kentucky. Their first son, Walter B. was born in Kentucky in 1851. Laura, their only daughter, was born in Indiana in 1854 and the family was found in Howard County in the 1860 Census. By the birth of their son Robert in 1861, the family was back in Nicholas County and had relocated to Fleming County by 1870. The family was still in Kentucky in 1876 when Laura married John Jones. At some point after that it would seem the family would make the journey westward to Cass County, Missouri. Based on birthdates, it’s not likely that everyone traveled together. Laura’s daughter was born in September 1878 in Missouri, but Bruce’s daughter Emma was born the same month in Kentucky. Everyone was in Cass County by 1880.

Unfortunately, William died on May 28, 1880 at the age of fifty-two. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

William Hedrick was my 1st cousin, 5x removed.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Kentucky County Marriages
  • Find a Grave website
  • Cass County Missouri Obituary Index

Louis Newton Spinning

29 Friday May 2020

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Louis Newton Spinning was born May 29, 1858 in Summit, New Jersey, the oldest of four children born to Charles Spinning and Martha Osborne. His three siblings were Maurice, Bessie and Harry. The family resided in Summit throughout Louis’s childhood with his father supporting the family as a butcher. When Louis became old enough to be employed, he worked as a bank clerk. He continued in this profession for his entire life.

In 1884, Louis married Caroline Wood, a dressmaker who was born in England. She came to the United States as a girl around 1874. Caroline and Louis made their home in the Newark area. They raised three sons–Harford, Kenneth, and Louis–and a daughter Ethel.

In 1922, Louis’s wife was committed to the New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park. She would live out the last fifteen years of her life at this institution. Her cause of death was withheld on her death certificate.

Louis continued on with his career in banking, residing with his youngest brother Harry for a time. In 1940, he was living in the household with his grandchildren Anne and John and their divorced mother Marjorie. He would later move in with his son Louis as his years became even more advanced. The elder Louis left this world on Christmas night, 1952 at his son’s home in Clinton, Connecticut. He was laid to rest in New Jersey.

Louis Newton Spinning was my 4th cousin, 5x removed on my dad’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
  • New Jersey State Census: 1865, 1895, 1905, 1915
  • Find a Grave website
  • Connecticut Death Index
  • New Jersey Death Records

Thomas Johnson

28 Thursday May 2020

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Thomas Johnson was born on May 28, 1775 in the colony of Virginia. His parents were William Johnson and Hannah Sanderson from Lancashire, England.

Thomas was one of the earliest settlers in southern Knox County, along with Frederick Mehl, George Catt, Anthony Cary and many others. He arrived in the area around 1800 and married George Catt’s daughter Catherine. They cleared the land and took to farming as they grew their family as well as their farm. The children born to this marriage were Eleanor, Susan, Harriet, Payton, Fielding, Docia, Jane and Thomas Jr.

As did many of the early settlers of the area, Thomas fought under Captains Perry, Modrell, and Beckes during the War of 1812. Thomas was active in local politics, aligning himself with the Democratic Party of the time. As one of the most prominent residents and farmers of the area, the township, which is situated in the south central part of the county, was named after him. His family, especially the younger Thomas, went on to amass extensive land holdings throughout the 1800s.

Thomas and Catherine lived out their years on the family farm. Catherine passed away on August 15, 1862 and Thomas followed her a few months later on January 19, 1863. They were laid to rest in the Johnson Cemetery which still exists today, not far from the White River on Johnson Bend Road.

Thomas Johnson was my 5th great grandfather on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census, 1840, 1850, 1860
  • US and International Marriage Records
  • Find a Grave website
  • The Catt Family in America, Dr. W Cary Anderson, 1989.
  • History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, page 545, Goodspeed Publishing, 1886.
  • History of Old Vincennes and Knox County, Indiana, pages 306 and 379, George E Greene, 1911.

Robert C Thompson

27 Wednesday May 2020

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Robert C Thompson was born on May 27, 1837 in Gibson County, Indiana to Henry Thompson and Nancy Cunningham. He was one of at least six children born to the couple. His known siblings are Stewart, Margaret, Sally, Elenor and Henry G.

Robert’s mother Nancy died before 1850. Henry married Rebecca Beck in 1851 and they moved the family to Jackson County, Illinois. Henry died in 1853 and is buried in Vermilion County, Illinois. The circumstances of his death are not known, however, Vermilion County is not anywhere near Jackson County.

After his father’s death, it would seem that the Thompsons returned to Indiana where Robert married Sarah Roderick on October 16, 1860. They started with a small farm of twenty acres in Johnson Township and eventually grew it to include two hundred and fifty acres. To their marriage was born six boys and an unnamed infant–Charles, Riley, Ora, John, James and Robert H.

Robert was active in the community and was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows in Gibson County. His death on May 1, 1880 at the age of 42 was unexpected and came days after the birth of their son Robert. Newspaper accounts stated he had winter fever, otherwise known as pneumonia. His brother Stewart served as executor of his estate. Sarah would continue to work the farm with the help of her sons, even though Riley and Ora would perish as young men. Sarah lived on the family farm until April 21, 1896 when an extended bout of consumption would end her life.

Robert C Thompson was my 3rd great grandfather on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census, 1850, 1870, 1880
  • Indiana Marriage Collection
  • Weekly Western Sun, April 24, 1896
  • History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana Goodspeed, 1886.
  • Find a Grave website
  • Illinois Wills and Probate Records

Naomi Cox

26 Tuesday May 2020

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On May 26, 1865, a daughter named Naomi was born to John L. Cox and Naomi Steen of Washington Township in Knox County, Indiana. Naomi had four older brothers and three half-brothers from her father’s first marriage. A couple years later her parents would give her a little sister named Caroline.

Naomi attended school as a girl and lived on the family farm until her marriage to Samuel Kitts on September 7, 1904. She took on the role of farmer’s wife as she and Samuel settled into their life together. They did not have any children of their own, but did have several nieces and nephews.

In October 1947, Naomi suffered a fall which broke her hip. She did not fully recover from the injury. She died eight months later on June 16, 1948 at Good Samaritan Hospital from heart failure at the age of eighty-three.

Naomi Cox was my second cousin, 4x removed on my dad’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
  • Indiana Marriage Index
  • Indiana Death Certificates
  • Vincennes Sun-Commercial, October 14, 1947

Phillip Catt

25 Monday May 2020

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On May 25, 1750, Phillip Catt was born to Michael Katz and Anna Maria Mohr. He was born in the colony of Virginia, near present day Hardy County, West Virginia. Five siblings have been identified in the records to this day: Ludwig, George, Michael, Anna Maria and John. Documentation indicates around 1770 the family crossed the mountains and settled along the southern branch of the Potomac River in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Migration of Phillip Catt

At the time the Revolutionary War broke out, the area where the Catts resided was under a jurisdictional dispute as to which colony it belonged to–Virginia or Pennsylvania. When news of Lexington and Concord reached this frontier area, the border dispute faded into the background and residents came together in the fight against the British. This area was referred to as “old Monongalia County, Virginia”. The four Catt brothers (George, Michael, John and Phillip) all served in the War in regiments from this area. Phillip, specifically, was in the Monongalia Militia. He served in several regiments under the direction of Captains John Whitesell, Kincaid, Wilson, Morgan and Jacob Tevebaugh, as well as Colonels Brodhead and Crawford on multiple campaigns.

About 1775, Phillip married Mary Magdalan ? and started a family, despite the War. Their first four children, Mary, Elizabeth, Phillip Jr, and Sebastian were born in Pennsylvania. In May 1785, they relocated westward and settled in Knox County, Indiana. Mary and Phillip added five more children to their family: John , Rebecca, Susannah, Daniel and Eutha Melinda.

Phillip’s wife Mary died between 1815 and 1820. He remarried to Sally Kimmons on November 14, 1820 and they continued to live in Johnson Township in Knox County until Phillip’s death on September 4, 1844.

Phillip Catt was my 7th great uncle on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1820, 1830, 1840
  • Find A Grave website
  • United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
  • United States Revolutionary War Pensioners
  • Indiana Marriage Index
  • The Catt Family in America, Dr. W Cary Anderson, 1989.

Zeresh Puckett

24 Sunday May 2020

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Zeresh Puckett was born in Shelby County, Illinois on May 24, 1833, the daughter of Elihu Puckett and Rebecca Wilks.  She had an older sister Jamima and two younger brothers, Lewis and George.  Zeresh may also have had an older brother James Hughes from her mother’s first marriage.  Zeresh is a Biblical name from the Old Testament.

In 1836, Elihu and Rebecca moved the family from Illinois to Clay County, Indiana in the area served by the Coffee Post Office in Lewis Township. In 1853, Zeresh married Benjamin Coppock and they settled into farming in Lewis Township.  Zeresh helped support the family as a seamstress.  Later, Benjamin was employed as a grocer.

The couple had five children during their marriage: Jemima, Rebecca, Mary, Ida, and Thomas.  All lived long lives, reaching their seventies or beyond.   Zeresh, unfortunately, did not see her children to adulthood.  She died on February 27, 1873 at the age of thirty-nine.

 

Zeresh Puckett was my 3rd-great grandmother on my dad’s side

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1850, 1860, 1870
  • Find a Grave website
  • History of Clay County, Indiana, Volume II, William Travis, 1909.

Maude Frances Dyer

23 Saturday May 2020

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Maude Frances Dyer was born on May 23, 1898 in Knox County, Indiana to Asberry Dyer and Harriet Caroline Hougland.  Asberry supported the family through farming, and with his wife Carrie had a total of seven children:  Ellis, Maude, Ora, Emma, Evalena, Cecil, and Eva.  All of the siblings lived to adulthood except Evalena who died of cholera at seventeen months.  The family lived on the Knox County side of the White River, not far from Plainville and Edwardsport.

In 1907, the Dyer family lost their patriarch when Asberry died of ascites.  According to the newspaper account, he had been ill for several months and had refused medicinal treatment.  About a year later, with a large family to raise, Carrie married Charles W Barnes and they made their home farming in the Sandborn area.  Maude acquired four half-siblings from her mother’s second marriage: Martha, William, Harvey and a still-born sister.  William would only live a couple years, having been afflicted with a fatal bout of pneumonia in 1915.

Maude met William Miller from the Plainville area of Daviess County and married him on May 11, 1916.  They made their home in the Plainville area where William worked as a farm laborer.  They had three children, Ruth, Ollie, and James, all who lived very long lives.  In 1928, William died at the age of thirty-two from tuberculosis.  As a means of supporting herself and her three children, Maude worked as a seamstress at the Reliance Manufacturing Company, which was located in Washington, Indiana.  They made workshirts during the 1930s and shifted to parachute manufacturing during World War II.

On June 28, 1933, Maude married her second husband, widowed farmer Joseph Haskins.  At the age of thirty-seven, Maude died on November 3, 1935 from a thyroid disorder.  She was buried in the Plainville Cemetery, likely next to her first husband William.

 

Maude Dyer was my 2nd cousin 3 times removed on my dad’s side.

REFERENCES

  • The Daviess County Historical Society & Museum website

  • United States Census: 1910, 1920, 1930
  • Indiana Birth Certificates
  • Indiana Death Certificates
  • Indiana Marriages
  • Vincennes Commercial, May 12, 1916
  • Western Sun, April 5, 1907

Mary Emma Cardinal

22 Friday May 2020

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Mary Emma Cardinal was born May 22, 1874 in Knox County, Indiana to Franklin Cardinal and Mary Henrietta White.  She had three older siblings: William J, Eliza, and Charles.  Her family lived in Johnson Township near Decker where they worked the family farm.  It is believed that she went by her middle name Emma.

On August 18, 1892, Emma married Henry McGaughey across the river in Lawrence County, Illinois.  They made their home in Johnson Township were Henry farmed the land.  They had at least five children, four of which have been identified:  Jeremiah, Levi, Florence, and Lorene.

In 1904, typhoid fever was nearing epidemic levels in cities such as New York City.  Rural areas, such as Knox County, were not immune to the bacterial infection.  There were regular reports in the local paper of citizens, both old and young, who succumbed to the disease.  Unfortunately, the McGaughey family was hard hit by the bacteria in 1904.  Young Florence at the tender age of seven, died in September.  Emma fell victim on November 2, 1904 and eleven year old Jeremiah followed five days later.  All three are buried in the City Cemetery.

 

Mary Emma Cardinal was my 2nd cousin, 4 times removed on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1880, 1900
  • Indiana Death Certificates
  • Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
  • Find A Grave website