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David Ireland Reeve

04 Thursday Jun 2020

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On June 4, 1834 in Brownstown, Indiana, David Ireland Reeve was born to Joseph Reeve and Sarah Ireland. He was the third child of ten born to the couple. Martha (who died in infancy) and Samuel were born before David. He was followed by Thomas who also died young. The family moved from Jackson County to Daviess County in the mid-1830s, where the remainder of his siblings were born…Louisa, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Lydia and Lucy. Lucy and James both died in infancy as well.

As a young man, David participated in farming with his father. About 1855, David married Harriet C. Lemon and they made their home in the Edwardsport area. David supported their family by building wagons and through farming. He later would add painter to his resume. He and Harriet raised a large family of eight children…Charles, Joseph (a prominent doctor in Vigo Township), Mary Ellen, Martha, Samuel, George, Robert, and Lillie.

At the age of fifty-four, David was afflicted with a carbuncle. It eventually led to blood poisoning and his death on November 30, 1888. He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Edwardsport.

David Ireland Reeve was my 4th great uncle on my dad’s side.

REFERENCES

  • United States Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • Find a Grave website
  • The Sunday Commercial, December 2, 1888.

Bernice Fredericka Ireland

06 Wednesday May 2020

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On May 6, 1888 in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana, Bernice Fredericka Ireland was born to Frank and Lillie Wacker Ireland.  She and her older brother William were the only children born to Frank and Lillie.  Bernice received her middle name from her maternal grandmother Fredericka Rush Wacker.

Frank Ireland supported his family as a school teacher while his children were growing up.  Bernice graduated from Brownstown High School in 1904 and later attended Indiana University in Bloomington where she studied to also be an educator.  On February 20, 1919 at the age of thirty-one, Bernice married Walter Greger.  Immediately following the wedding, the couple moved to Chicago where Walter worked as a mail clerk.  On January 20, 1920 in Chicago, Bernice gave birth to their only child Janet.  While living in Chicago, Bernice put her training to good use and taught in the Chicago Public School System.

In 1932, Bernice lost her father to cancer of the lymph glands.  He was seventy-two.  A decade later, her mother succumbed to heart disease mere days after her eighty-first birthday.

Bernice and Walter continued to live in Chicago until their retirement in the mid-1950s when they returned to Jackson County.  Based on the numerous mentions in the local newspaper, Bernice was quite active in the community in various organizations upon their return.  Unfortunately, Walter’s life was taken to soon, as he suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1957.  Bernice continued to keep busy for a few more years, before suffering a fatal stroke in February 1965.  She and Walter are laid to rest in the Fairview Cemetery in Brownstown.

Bernice Ireland

Bernice Ireland Greger was my 2nd cousin 4x removed on my dad’s side.  She is also a first cousin 1x removed of William Puloski Ireland who was previously the subject of a biography.

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  • United States Census, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
  • Indiana Death Certificates
  • Indiana Marriages
  • Find A Grave website
  • Jackson County Banner, February 19, 1913, February 26, 1919, September 7, 1932, April 3, 1957 via Newspapers.com

 

 

William Puloski Ireland

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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William Puloski Ireland was born on April 16, 1846 in Brownstown, Indiana to David and Mary Ann (Sanderson) Ireland.  He was the second born of at least five children.  In the early to mid 1850s, William’s family decided to move westward, stopping for a few years in Lucas County, Iowa before continuing their journey which ultimately led to Polk County, Oregon.  He met Cornelia Jane Staats and on February 10, 1869 they were married in Polk County.William P Ireland

William made his livelihood through farming and ranching, amassing a sizable amount of land over the years.  He and Cornelia raised a large family of eight children, seven of which matured to adulthood.

  • Ora Dell m. Minnie Goodrich
  • Annie L m. Columbus Tetherrow
  • Perly Leon
  • Clarence Edwin m. Stella Cooper
  • Glenn O m. Harriet Brown
  • William Willard m. Minta Taylor
  • Fred Melvin m. Maud Whitaker
  • Bessie m. Merrill Hammell

In 1912, William was widowed when Cornelia passed on.  About a year later, he married Ruthannah Murphy.  William died on January 17, 1918 at home following several weeks of heart issues.  Ruthannah and seven of his children survived him.

 

William is my 1st cousin 5x removed on my father’s side of the family.

References:

  • The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR) from Newspapers.com
  • United States Federal Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910
  • Iowa State Census: 1856
  • Oregon County Marriage Records
  • Oregon Death Index
  • Find A Grave

Updates

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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For those who aren’t familiar with Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker, they will provide you with “hints” from their vast collection of databases to assist you in finding your ancestors.  As more information is integrated into their collection, new hints are generated for everyone in your database, not just those you are currently working on.

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This morning I was blessed with some additional information for my Sarah Ireland ancestors.  For starters, more information was uncovered for Sarah’s great-grandparents, William and Elizabeth Quincy Smith.

  • Reverend William Smith was born on January 29, 1706 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.  He married Elizabeth Quincy on August 3, 1740 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.  He passed away on September 17, 1783 in Weymouth at the age of 77.
  • Elizabeth Quincy Smith was born in 1721 in Braintree, Massachusetts to Colonel John Quincy and Elizabeth Norton Quincy. She preceded her husband in death on October 1, 1775 in Weymouth at the age of 54.

Elizabeth’s line was extended several generations, going back to the Plymouth Colony.  Once I make an initial pass through my initial tree, extensively studying both the Plymouth Colony and the New Haven (CT) settlement will be near the top of my list of things to do.

  • Elizabeth’s father, Colonel John Quincy, was born July 21, 1689 in Boston to Daniel and Anna Shepard Quincy.  He married Elizabeth Norton in 1715 in Massachusetts and died at the age of 78 on July 13, 1767.  A location wasn’t provided.
  • Elizabeth Norton Quincy was born to Reverend John Norton and Mary Mason Norton on March 15, 1695 in Hingham, Massachusetts.  She died in 1769 at the age of 74.
  • Daniel Quincy was born Boston on February 7, 1650.  He married Anna Shepard on November 9, 1682 and died on August 10, 1690.
  • Anna Shepard Quincy was born in 1663 in Massachusetts.  No information has been collected on her death at this time.
  • Reverend John Norton was born in 1651 in Massachusetts.  He married Mary Mason on November 29, 1678 and died on October 3, 1716.  He was the second minister of Hingham and is reportedly buried in the Tomb of the Three Ministers in Hingham.
  • Very little is known about Mary Mason.  She was born in 1651 and died in 1740.

On the other side of Sarah Ireland’s family, additional information was discovered regarding her 2nd-great-grandparents, Nathaniel and Mary Bunnell.  Nathaniel married Mary Searing in 1690.  She was born in 1672 in New Jersey.  Also unearthed was that Nathaniel’s mother, Susanna Whitehead Bunnell, died on February 13, 1733 in Elizabeth, NJ.

Updated related Pedigree Charts:  Sarah Ireland, Captain Nathaniel Bonnell, Colonel John Quincy and Elizabeth Norton.

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.

Sarah Ireland and beyond

13 Thursday Nov 2014

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Pedigree of Sarah Ireland Reeve

Pedigree of Sarah Ireland Reeve

Sarah Ireland is my 4th great grandmother.  She was born in Cincinnati, OH in 1810 and married Joseph Reeve (son of Joseph & Martha Richardson Reeve) in 1829 in Brownstown, IN.  They had 10 children, 7 of which lived to be adults, including my 3rd great grandmother Louisa Reeve (who married Isaac DeMoss).  By 1850 the Reeves had moved west to Daviess County, then across the river to Knox County the following decade.

Sarah’s parents were James Ireland and Sarah Bunnell.  They were originally from the Philadelphia area, but moved to western Ohio and then into Indiana.  They, too, had several children who scattered over the years–one son eventually settling in Oregon.

Pedigree of Benjamin Bonnell

Pedigree of Benjamin Bonnell

The Ireland line can be traced back two more generations with limited information.  The Bunnell line, however, has been traced back five additional generations, as illustrated by the pedigree charts of Sarah Ireland and Benjamin Bonnell.  Vital records for the 1600’s and 1700’s tend to be minimal, however, the Bunnell/Bonnell line seems to be rather well documented.  The earliest couple in the line, Nathaniel Bunnell & Susanna Whitehead were born circa 1640-1650 in New Haven Colony.  Since New Haven was established in 1638 as a British Colony, it makes them some of the earliest born settlers in the New World.  The next step is to find rosters of those who settled in New Haven during those early years.

Joseph Reeve & Martha Richardson

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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Today’s mystery ancestors are Joseph and Martha Richardson Reeve, my 5th great grandparents.  Very little is known about this couple.  I would estimate that they were both born circa 1780.  Some sources have Joseph’s birth listed as New Jersey.  It is thought that Martha was born in Pennsylvania, possibly in the Philadelphia area.  According to a letter from Effie Reeve Sensabaugh to Vera Reeve dated October 19, 1939, Martha’s mother’s maiden name was Mary Hutchenson.  There are entries in the Quaker Meeting Records from Bucks Co, Pennsylvania documenting the marriage of a Josiah Reeve to an Elizabeth Richardson in November 1802, but it’s not 100% clear if this is our couple.

According to Effie’s letter, Joseph was a ship captain working out of the Philadelphia port.  In 1815, he took some money to cover expenses on his journey, but never showed up at his ship and wasn’t heard from again.  It was assumed he was murdered during a robbery.

Joseph and Martha supposedly had three children:

  • Joseph (1808-1887)
  • Mary (1814-1907)
  • Lucy (ca 1810-?)

It is believed that Martha remarried to a John Bower after Joseph’s death and at some point during the mid 1820s the family moved to Jackson Co, IN.  It’s not clear what happened to them after that.

Joseph, the son, married Sarah Ireland in Jackson Co in 1829. Joseph and Sarah moved to Steele Township, Daviess Co in the 1830s and to Vigo Township, Knox Co during the 1850s, according to census records.  They are my 4th great grandparents, their daughter Louisa Reeve marrying Isaac DeMoss.  Joseph was married twice as mentioned in the Carnahan post.

Mary married George Ryan in 1834 in Cincinnati, OH.  According to a letter from William S. Reeve to Vera Reeve dated September 1, 1941, the Ryans moved to Indianapolis around the time of the Civil War and finished out their lives there.  Most of their children settled there as well, working as painters, according to city directories of the time.

Little is known of Lucy.  According to William Reeve’s letter, she married a man by the name of Smith and they had three children: Howard, Ida, and Fanny.  Howard worked as a baker for a Mr. Bryce in Indianapolis in the late 1870s, and according to a letter from Howard Smith to David Reeve dated March 16, 1879, Ida was married and living in Missouri.

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Jackson County, Indiana is in SE Indiana and includes the towns of Seymour and Brownstown.  It is east of Bedford.
Steele Township is in NE Daviess County, across the White River from Vigo Township, Knox County.  Plainville is in Steele Township.

Ruth Mix Carnahan

07 Friday Nov 2014

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Yesterday, my sister Brenda asked me if we were related to Ruth Carnahan. Ruth had been a close friend of our Grandma DeMoss, and it had been hinted at that Ruth and Grandma were cousins.

The answer, dear sister, is YES, we are related to Ruth, but not through Grandma. Let me try to explain.

Joseph Reeve is one of our 4th-great grandfathers.  He was married twice.  The first time to Sarah Ireland.  One of their many children was Louisa Reeve who married Isaac DeMoss.  They are our 3rd-great grandparents coming down the DeMoss line.

When Sarah died, Joseph remarried.  His second wife was Elizabeth Baker Carmichael.  They only had a daughter, Mary Florence Reeve.  Mary married Alexander Boyer and they had two children, Rex and Ruby.  Ruby married Melville Mix and they had three children, one of which was Ruth.  Ruth then married Bob Carnahan.

So, we are related to Ruth Mix Carnahan through our grandfather and she is our half 2nd cousin 3 times removed.

 

Now, I can almost guess what the next question will be.  Are we related to Kathy’s boss Dirk?  Technically, I guess you could say we are, the generic answer being “very distantly by marriage”.  We cannot, however, call him a cousin.  The definition of cousin states that the two people have to have an ancestor in common which we don’t.  Specifically, according to my Family Maker software Dirk is the grand nephew of the husband of our half 2nd cousin 3 times removed.  

 

So, that clears up that myth.  If you have others, please pass them along and I’ll try to verify them for you.