- 1888 :: Rockdale in the News |
- Wednesday, October 10th, 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 Henry DE NEWBURG , died in 1229
o Patrick DUNBAR , died in 1308
o Charles III of SAVOY , born in 1486
o Thomas GREY , died in 1530
o Susanna MERRILL , died in 1690 in Hartford County, Connecticut [my 9th great-grand-aunt]
o Warner LEWIS , born in 1720
o David LAKIN, born in 1753, probably in Massachusetts [my 5th great-grand-uncle]
o Rebecca MILLIKEN , born in 1757 in Cumberland County, Maine [my 5th great-grand-aunt]
o Mary Elizabeth MARSHALL , born in 1765
o John Thomas BUFORD, Captain , killed while fighting Indians in 1774 at Point Pleasant, Virginia [my 5th great-grand-uncle]
o Rachel PRICE , born in 1802
o J. D. SHARP , born in 1810
o Alfred Joseph WEAVER , born in 1814
o Robert Caruthers LOVE , born in 1816
o Eliza Anne SWIFT , born in 1818 [mother-in-law of my 2nd great-grand-aunt . . . and wife of the celebrated Enoch Snow as characterized in the movie, Carousel]
o Prudence MILLER , born in 1818
o Charles Adolphus STERNE , born in 1830
o Sarah Wrigley nee PHELPS, died in 1832 in Massachusetts [mother of James Wrigley, who is mentioned frequently in The Journal]
o John Francis MCGEHEE , born in 1838
o Laura Etta CROSBY , born in 1848
o Fielding James ADAMS, born in 1848 in Washington Parish, Louisiana [my 3rd cousin 3 times removed]
o Isabelle CHRISTIAN , born in 1858
o William Obed ROBERTSON , born in 1864 in Texas [my 3rd cousin 3 times removed]
o Eli W. GAFFNEY , born in 1866
o Greely Lavern HOLLAND , born in 1872 in Franklin County, Alabama [my 2nd cousin 3 times removed]
o George William HALYARD, born in 1872 in Texas [husband of great-grand-Aunt Ida]
o Clarence Ernest WULFJEN , born in 1874
o Mary Alexandrien Sharp nee LEMAIRE, died in 1876 in Houston County, Texas [my 2nd great-grandma]
o Dudley Franklin SNYDER, born in 1880 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas
o Oscar POUNDERS, born in 1880 in Alabama [my 2nd cousin twice removed]
o John LEWIS , born in 1880
o James Ervin LAWHON , died in 1880
o Mary Fannie GRISSOM , born in 1881
o John Thomas WEST , born in 1882
o Columbus William CARTWRIGHT , born in 1882
o Bertie ROBERTS , born in 1883
o Felix Roberts HALL, born in 1884 in Houston County, Texas [my 1st cousin 3 times removed]
o Rosie A. CANTWELL , born in 1887
o Ellen Phebe HENRY , died in 1888
o John Burton DUNAWAY , died in 1888
o Alexander MCCARLEY , born in 1895
o Minerva Murphy nee VICKERS , born in 1897 in Texas [my 2nd cousin twice removed]
o Lottie BANZHAF, born in 1897 in Texas
o Emma Gladys HENRY , born in 1899 [my 1st cousin twice removed]
o George Robert SANER , born in 1906 in Kendall County, Texas [my 3rd cousin twice removed]
o Elizabeth Madora SANER , born in 1906 in Kendall County, Texas [my 3rd cousin twice removed]
o Lemuel James HEARRELL , died in 1906
o Robert Cecil CALHOUN , born in 1910
o Violet Louise MCVOY , born in 1914 in Tanglewood, Lee County, Texas
o Pansy Marguerite MCVOY , born in 1914 in Tanglewood, Lee County, Texas
o William Ford OLIVE , born in 1916 [my 2nd cousin twice removed]
o Henry Dale RUSSELL , born in 1927
o Forrest Lee POUNDERS, born in 1927 in Cameron County, Texas [my Dad]
o William Trousdale COFFEE , died in 1942
o Dora HANSON , died in 1944
o Susan CONNELL, died in 1956 in Bell County, Texas [my 2nd cousin 3 times removed]
o Robert Bruce MCVOY , died in 1961
o Nell Mae THURMOND , died in 1966 in California [my 3rd cousin twice removed]
o Sarah Janet COPELAND , died in 1970
o Frank Alexander SANER , died in 1979 [my 3rd cousin twice removed]
o Jo Anne FOWLKES , died in 1980
o James Conrad LIGHTSEY , died in 1983 in Travis County, Texas
o Gilbert Bryan OWENS , died in 1998
o J. C. MCNEIL , died in 2000
o Matthew James SCOTT , died in 2001 in Lee County, Texas
o Annie Mae LAMB , died in 2002
o Rubye Ellen SPENCE , died in 2008
Today is the anniversary of the marriage of ::
o Edward of WOODSTOCK and Joan of KENT, in 1361
o Samuel JORDAN and Elizabeth FLEMING, in 1703
o Oliver Cromwell PORTER and Margaret WATSON, in 1783 in Prince Edward County, Virginia [my 5th great-grandparents]
o Joseph John CARTER and Martha A. WILMOT, in 1870
o Arthur E. ERBACH and Rose Pearl REED, in 1897
o Lipscomb M. WESTBROOK and Blanche Marie BRASHEAR, in 1925
o Aaron Irvin POUNDERS and Margaretta COLEMAN, in 1936
o Forrest Lee POUNDERS and Roberta Mae HENRY, in 1950 [my Mom & Dad]
o Amon Oneal MUSTON and Stella Louise SEELKE, in 1965
o Grover Bryan SELDEN and Sarah Jane THOMPSON, in 1981
o Harold Matthew JENKINS and Toni J. MCKNIGHT, in 1998
