I wrote this awhile back to explain the Amish to a lady who I was doing some research for. I am posting this for Sarah to give her some background of the Amish/Mennonites. The Amish are direct descendants of the … Continue reading
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Cast of Characters: Grace~~ My Great Grandmother Grace Louise Carson Stockmaster Orrenda~~My 2nd Great Grandmother Orrenda M. Willes Carson Della~~My 2nd Great Aunt Mary Dell Carson Criswell Allen Ral~ My 2nd Great Uncle (Great Grand Uncle) James Ralston Carson Jr., DVM … Continue reading
Cast of “Characters” Mother Carson~~My 2nd Great grandmother Orrenda Willes Carson Grace~~My Great Grandmother Grace Louise Carson Stockmaster Uncle Oliver~~My 2nd Great Uncle Oliver F Wills, Orrenda’s brother in Iowa Ral~ My 2nd Great Uncle (Great Grand Uncle) James Ralston … Continue reading
My 3rd Great Uncle, Bela Willes read a notice in the newspaper and decided to join a commune starting up with promises of land and everyone treated equally in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. The rest of his immediate … Continue reading
Willoughby Nugent was Thomas L. Nugent’s 2nd cousin who was born in 1843 in Lawrence County Indiana and died in 1871 in Lawrence County. Thomas L. Nugent’s wife was my 2nd Great Aunt, Martha (Mattie) Ackerman. The Nugent family hailed … Continue reading
As I continued to research my family history after the death of my first husband, I came upon a family letter an ancestor wrote in 1893 who had just lost her husband. My second great-aunt Annie Carson of Dubuque, Iowa wrote … Continue reading
Hon. Ebenezer M. Chamberlain • One of the earliest practicing lawyers in Elkhart County • Judge of the District Court • Rode the circuit on horseback • Born in Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine on August 20, 1805 • Father was … Continue reading
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