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Frank Fielden

17 Monday Nov 2014

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Iva and Frank Fielden

Iva and Frank Fielden

Last week, my sister Brenda went on a tear and starting scanning and emailing me a bunch of old family pictures she’d dug out.  One of the pictures she sent me is the one on the left of Iva and Frank Fielden.  She then asks, “Who are they?”

Considering that I hadn’t spent much time on that part of the family in the past couple weeks, I couldn’t give her a solid answer.  I knew that Frank was our great-grandfather.  Iva, however, was causing me to draw a blank.  So, without further ado, here is my very meager attempt at a biography for Frank Fielden.

Frank was born January 29, 1898 in Kentucky to Arley and June (Bennett) Fielden.  At some point between 1898 and 1910, the family moved to Jasonville, Greene County, Indiana.  Frank married Zeda Mattox in Clay County, Indiana in the summer of 1917.  The following year, they had a daughter, Edeine.  According to Frank’s World War I draft card, and some census records, he supported his family as a coal miner.  On June 11, 1920 Zeda died, and Frank was left with a toddler to raise.  As was the norm back then, he handed her off to someone else to raise.  Edeine was raised by Zeda’s sister Iva and her husband Lester Bemis.  According to my aunt, Frank would visit Edeine, but she would cry when she saw him, so he moved out of the area.

In 1929, Frank married Julia Beatty and they lived in Hymera, Sullivan County, Indiana.  In 1933, they had a son George followed by Bobby two years later.  Julia died in March 1945.

Sometime between 1945 and 1958, Frank married Iva, pictured above.  The reason I give that date range is (a) after Julia died, and (b) my aunt remembers first meeting Frank between the years of 1958 and 1961, which is when the picture was probably taken.  The Frank in the picture looks to be in his 50’s or early 60’s which would confirm this.  At some point along the way, Frank moved to Pontiac, Michigan where he would live out his remaining days.  I vaguely remember meeting him once, probably at my grandmother’s funeral in 1979.  Frank died in 1982 at the age of 84.

Sarah Lewis Fielden

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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Sarah Lewis Fielden is my 3rd great grandmother.  Census records have her born in Tennessee in May 1841, possibly in Monroe County.  Her parents are currently unknown and there is some question as to whether her maiden name is Lewis or Frye.  Her marriage record to John Wesley Fielden, entered on August 21, 1856 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, has her listed as Sarah Lewis.

Sarah and John had eight children.  Some stayed in Eastern Tennessee while at least three of the sons moved north to Kentucky.

  • Alexander (ca 1857-?)
  • John L (1862-1927)
  • Calvin (1864-?)
  • Martha (1867-?)
  • Thomas (1869-1945)
  • Stewart (1871-?)
  • Arley (1874-1918) my 2nd great grandfather, married June Bennett.
  • Ethel (1883-?)

Sarah and John lived their entire lives in Jefferson County.  She died sometime between 1900 and 1910, based on census records.

Fielden Pedigree

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Monroe County, TN is located south of Knoxville, on the western side of the Smokey Mountains.
Jefferson County, TN is northeast of Knoxville.

Richard O and Sarah Rogers Bennett

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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Today I am looking into the ancestors of Richard O. Bennett and his second wife Sarah Rogers Bennett.  They are my 3rd-great grandparents.  Much of the information I have is based on an article found in the Ohio County (KY) Times on August 5, 1971, written by Agnes D Ashby.  The Bennetts and their descendants settled in and around Ohio County, Kentucky which is one county southeast of Owensboro, KY.

Richard Bennett was born August 1, 1810 in Kentucky to Joseph and Susanna Ceckerell Bennett.  I have no information on Joseph or Susanna.  Richard was first married to Mary Jane Briscoe, supposedly in Virginia.  They had 5 children: George, Ophelia, Ethel, Sallie Ann, and Samuel.  Richard’s second marriage was to Sarah C. Rogers.  She had been married twice previously, once to a Brown and then to a Maddox.  Richard and Sarah had one daughter, June, who is my great-great-grandmother.  Richard died March 1, 1897.

Interestingly enough, three of the daughters married Fielden brothers.  June married Arley on August 14, 1895; Ethel married John on September 23, 1885; and Sallie married Thomas on February 28, 1895.

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Mini-Summary: The DeMoss Line

14 Friday Nov 2014

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Pedigree of Samuel T. DeMoss (1918-1955)

Pedigree of Samuel T. DeMoss (1918-1955)

For the past two weeks, I have been exclusively researching my paternal grandfather’s branch of my family.  I have made some progress extending some lines and filling in some of the blanks.  On the right is my grandfather’s pedigree chart.  The rest of the Bunnell line can be viewed on yesterday’s blog post about Sarah Ireland.  While I’m not finished working on this part of my family, it’s time to move on to the next quarter of my ancestry.

Some of the highlights, for me, about this part of the family are:

  • All 4 3rd-great grandfathers fought in the Civil War
  • All 4 sets of 3rd-great grandparents have been identified
  • Some of the vital statistics of the older lines has been substantiated with accepted source documents
  • The Bunnell line can be traced back to 1640 and the New Haven Colony.  This means my ancestors on this continent date back almost as far as the Puritans who settled at Plymouth!

Next up, I’ll be focusing my energy on my paternal grandmother’s family which starts with the Fieldens.

Samuel Thomas DeMoss

04 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Samuel-Lillian-DeMoss

Thursday of this week marks the anniversaries of the deaths of two men in my direct family tree.  Today I’ll talk about the older of the two–my grandfather Samuel Thomas DeMoss, Sr.

Samuel was the third child of Samuel I. and Blanche (Cox) DeMoss, born February 25, 1918 in probably Knox County, IN.  He had two older sisters, Doris and Frances, and a younger brother William.  The 1920 census has the family living in Taylor Township, Greene County and in Edwardsport in 1930.

Samuel married Lillian Edeine Fielden on April 23, 1937.  They are residing in Edwardsport in the 1940 census.  He is reported having finished 4 years of high school, and Lester Bemis is living with them.  Lester is incorrectly listed as his father-in-law, and I will explain this in more detail on November 25.  Samuel and Edeine went on to have seven children, four of which grew to maturity.  On November 6, 1955, Samuel succumbed to throat cancer, leaving behind a wife and four children.  He is buried in the Edwardsport Town Cemetery.

I don’t know a whole lot more about my grandfather.  My dad was only twelve when he died and no one really talked about him by the time my siblings and cousins were around.  I know that he was a farmer and that his neighbors pitched in to help get that last year’s crop in.  Oddly enough, while visiting my college roommate’s grandparents one afternoon, I discovered her grandfather had been one of those kind enough to help the family in their time of need.

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Taylor Township is in Greene County, IN between Odon and Bloomfield.  The junction of I-69 and US 231 is in Taylor Township.