Posts Tagged ‘ Illinois ’

Roxena Meacham Carter was the second wife of William Furlsbury Carter and my 3rd Great Grandmother. She had quite amazing life, and lucky for me, she told her life story to her daughter who recorded it. This autobiography was handed down to me from my mother who got it from hers. The copy I...
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William F. Carter was my 3rd Great Grandfather with his second wife Roxena Meacham Carter (1830-1919) through their daughter Junietta Carter (1865-1937) who married John Henry Wall (1861-1881) in 1881. William had quite a rich history and an interesting life. I’ve run across many biographies, journal entries, stories and other tales of his life’s...
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Captain Robbert Harreld is my 5th Great Grandfather through his daughter Sinai who married William Neal, Sr. Sinai and William Neal’s son James Preston Neal had told a story of he and his brother (my 3rd Great Grandfather William Thomas Neal) as boys having had the opportunity to meet Samuel Houston and welcomed him...
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James “Jim” Nees Jr. was my 3rd Great Grandfather and my family line continues through his son Steven Guthrie Nees (1863-1881) who married Anna Eliza Neal (1863-1935). Several people from his family applied for Cherokee Citizenship in order to claim lands in the Indian Territory before it was divided up. The applications that they...
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The story that follows was forwarded to me August of 2000, by Rosanne Cockriel a researcher on the Nees family with whom I had corresponded for some time. It was an excerpt from material written by the grandfather of Catherine Miller’s husband; Catherine had been corresponding with Rosanne. The grandfather’s name was Jackson Colby,...
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My Great-Uncle Ray Daniels was kind enough to send me this photo to make a scan from a few years back. Previous to that I had no idea what my Great-Great grandparents looked like from my Ingram side. This is a photo of my 2nd Great Grandpa William N. Ingram, and his wife Mary...
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William N. Ingram was my Great-Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his son William Jr. (1887-1963) who married Minnie Bell Nees (1888-1962) in 1910. The names and dates contained in this family group record are current as of the time of this blog post: William N. Ingram Birth – 14 May 1855, Mt....
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I had heard about the website Find a Grave, but had never thought to do any kind of extensive searches there for my family. When I finally did, I found that the Sweeten Cemetery in Oklahoma had been photographed. Steve G. and Anna Eliza (Neal) Nees were buried here, and here are the photos...
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Jacob Heindselman is my 3rd Great Grandfather. His daughter Mary Catherine Francis Heindselman married my 2nd Great Grandfather William N. Ingram in Great Bend, Kansas in 1879. This is the record of his family, as complete as it was the date of this post: Jacob Heindselman Birth – 25 Dec 1829, Germany Death –...
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I found these wonderful pictures that were sent to me by Rita Stoess, who visited Olney, Illinois and was shown these grave sites by Virgil Heindselman. Caleb and Catherine were my 4th Great-Grandparents through their son Jacob Heindselman (1829-1879) who married Frances Clem (1837/38-1922). Caleb Heindselman Birth – 1800, Bader, Germany Death – 1875,...
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