- Monday, October 8th, 1860 in the Journal |
- On this date in Texas history |
- On this day in history |
- October is Family History Month |
Today is the anniversary of the birth or death of the following deceased individuals ::
o Hugh V DE LUSIGNAN, Sire , died in 1060
o Anne Frost nee HAMDEN , born in 1565 in England [my 11th great-grandma . . . as well as 7th great-grandma of Robert Frost (1874-1963)]
o Elizabeth CROAD , died in 1671
o Benjamin PALMER, born in 1672 in Essex County, Massachusetts [my 8th great-grand-uncle]
o Mark ANTHONY , born in 1767 [my 5th great-grand-uncle]
o Theodosia VAUSE , born in 1771
o Samuel Nathaniel HARMON, died in 1784 in Cumberland County, Maine [my 7th great-grandpa]
o John Alexander MILLER , born in 1816
o Dorothea E. ASHBY , born in 1833
o Louise Eliza STROUP , born in 1837
o Samuel Tabor ALLEN, killed by Kickapoo Indians while surveying land near Dawson in Navarro County, Texas in 1838 [my 3rd great-grand-uncle, by marriage to Matilda Connell Allen Allen nee Roberts, a sister of our Mahala]
o Alfonso Baker HALYARD, born in 1842 in Colorado County, Texas [father-in-law of my great-grand-aunt, Ida Halyard (1871-1964)]
o Mary Rhoda GOODRICH , born in 1847
o John A. QUINN , born in 1848
o Margaret E. ROBERTS , born in 1851
o Samuel Reese SCOTT , born in 1862
o Drucilla ROBERTS , died in 1862
o James Wrigley HALL, born in 1862 in Houston County, Texas [my 1st cousin 3 times removed . . . and son of my 2nd great-grand-aunt and her first husband, the Keeper of the Journal]
o James Henry OWEN , born in 1865
o John R. CARTER , died in 1869
o William Riley HUTSON, born in 1873 [my late husband's great-grandpa]
o Jim Yancy GREAVES , born in 1873
o Mary Cates DAVIS , born in 1878
o Elijah Sterling Clack ROBERTSON , died in 1879
o Bird Ethel SMITH , born in 1883
o Audra DICKERSON , born in 1884
o Lucille Samantha PATRICK , born in 1887
o John Francis MEUTH , died in 1887
o Margaret Elizabeth VICK , born in 1888
o Martha LEAY , died in 1889
o Henrietta MAFFITT , died in 1891
o Velma CARTWRIGHT , born in 1892
o Agnes MUSTON , died in 1900
o Fannie Myrtle Lee POUNDERS, born in 1904 in Manor, Travis County, Texas [my grand-aunt]
o Gordon Stewart KIRTLEY , born in 1905
o Richard Paige MCCANN , born in 1910
o George W. CLEE , died in 1919
o Maria Reeder GARNER , died in 1922
o H. Ray ANDERSON , died in 1940
o Elbert Thomas VALENTINE , died in 1945
o Walter Robert LAWHON , died in 1950
o William Berryman PERRY , died in 1952
o Sam Parker PEEBLES, born in 1956 in Milam County, Texas [my 5th cousin]
o Dora May HAMILTON , died in 1964
o Robert Jerome BISSELL , died in 1964
o Jerry Allison NEWTON , died in 1967
o Prescott Sheldon BUSH , died in 1972
o Leon C. MENDOZA , died in 1992
o Peter Stephen GORGE , died in 1997
o Robert R. HOWARTH , died in 2004
Today is the anniversary of the marriage of ::
o Theodore EDDINS and Dorothy KIRTLEY, in 1793
o Thomas Baytop MCGEHEE and Elizabeth Thornton GILMER, in 1798
o John LEA and Ann RODDY, in 1805
o Benjamin Franklin MARSHALL and Sarah Aceneth JETER, in 1843
o Charles Milton HENRY, CSA Brigadier General and Mary Elizabeth CARRICO, in 1859
o William L. BLANKS and Elmina C. MARSHALL, in 1877
o Kenneth Ray FRETWELL and Lydia Marie ZAPATA, in 1977
o Jerry C. SMITHERMAN and Ellen Dorene RODGERS, in 1982
o Robert Coleman CHAUDOIN and Vicki WISENER, in 1994
