Below is a list of memberships to organizations representing military veterans. If you have some to share, please contact me. Olin Family Daughters of the American Revolution Esther Moss Roberts (John Olin 3) Sons of the American Revolution John Richard Avery (Caleb Olin) Civil War In progress World War I Charles Edward Olin, Sr. (John …
Category Archives: Genealogy
McGilivray Quest
On my McGillivray page I had posted a paragraph about McGilvray Bottoms Road in Northwest La Crosse County, Wisconsin. A ferry was built there by Alex McGilvray. I do not know if that gentleman was related to my McGillivrays but hr probably is. I was curious if anyone was descended from that family and hoped …
Jeremiah Pierce Family
Jeremiah Pierce/Pearce was born January 22, 1678 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island to Giles Pierce and Elizabeth Hall. He died April 25, 1754 in South Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island. He married in 1701 to Abigail Long. Abigail Long was born June 20, 1682 in Rhode Island to Phillip Long, Sr. and Hannah Fisher and she …
Benjamin Glass Death Articles
In 1913, Benjamin M. Glass was involved in litigation involving a couple who had previously worked on his farm. The husband accused him of improper behavior and after obsessing over it for some time he attempted suicide. He was unsuccessful due to Emma’s intervention. Unfortunately, two weeks later he was successful on his second attempt. …
Jedediah Ellis Family
Jedediah Ellis, son of Samuel Ellis, was born April 10, 1822 in Woodstock, Massachusetts (now Connecticut) to Samuel Ellis and Betsey Young. He died July 6, 1894, Syracuse, Onandaga, New York. He married April 3, 1845 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts to Harriet Augusta Moffitt. On James and Sophronia’s birth records it shows that Jedediah was …
William Cyrus Glass Family
William Cyrus Glass was born February 19, 1790 in Pennsylvania and died November 11, 1871 in Michigan. I am including William on my webpage though to my knowledge he is not related to me. My ancestor, Samuel Glass and his brother Dennis Sharpe came to Pennsylvania in 1829 and were born in 1809 and 1811 …
Layng Family
Robert Layng was born December 27, 1819 in Lancashire, Lancashire, England and died May 26, 1903 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. His parents were George Edward Laing and Mary Gellatly. Robert married Mary McCann about 1844 in Ireland. She was born March 23, 1823 in Lurgan, Armagh, Northern Ireland and died September 26, 1911 in Rockford, …
Blodgett Family
First known ancestors were Josiah Blodgett and Eunice Barlow. They had a son, Archippus Blodgett born about 1788 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. His first wife may have been Mary Lamkin and they had two daughters: Sarah Blodgett married Ezra Crocker as his second wife. Angeline Blodgett born 1807 in Brushton, Franklin, New York and died …
White Family
Thanks to ancestry.com and DNA, I have finally been able to document this family back a little further. However, there are still some mysteries in there! The first known ancestors were William White born in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont and Sarah Moreton. They were married May 17, 1792 in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts. Their children: Related Families …
The Indian War that Wasn’t
A distant cousin shared this funny story with me recently. He also shared the picture of Richard “John” Hall. On Saturday the 6th day of January, 1838, near the same spot where a quarter of a century before the first settler in the Town of Ellington felled the trees and erected his rude log cabin …