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1880 Census Jasper Co., Gillam Twp.,
res#87, fam#87
Bisher, Jeremiah22farmerb.IN, father b. OH, mother b. IN
Lydia20, wifekeeping houseIN,IN,IN
1900 Census, Jasper co., Gillam Twp., page 5B #95/96 (next door to brother John)
Bisher, Jeremiah head, w,m,aug 1857, 42, m 20,b. IN,OH,IN farmer
Lydia wife, mar 1860,40,m 20,3,3, b IN,IN,IN weaver
Opha G. son b. may 1881,19 single, b. iN,IN,IN farm laborer
Effie D. dau b. sep 1883,16 single, b. IN,IN,IN at school
Alfred E. son b. apr 1889,11, single, b. IN,IN,IN at school
1910 Gillam Twp. p1a,#2
Bisher, Jeremiah, head, m,w,62,married, 30,IN,OH,IN, English, farmer
Lydia, wife, f,w,50,married, 36, 3,3, IN,IN,IN, English, no occ.
Alfred, son,m,w,24,single IN,IN,IN, English, laborer
Effie, daughter, f,w,23, single, in,in,in,English, no occ.
1920 Bisher, Jerry, head, owned with mortgage, m,w,63,married, -,-,-,-,y,y,IN,IN,IN,farrmer, gen. farming
Lydia, wife, f,w,59, married, y,y,IN,IN,IN, no occ.
1930 Gillam Twp., page 3a, #43
Bisher, Jerry, head, m(?),-,no,yes,m,w,73, married, 23,n,y,IN,OH,IN, 60, stockman no veteran
Lydia, wife, f,w,70, married, 19, n,y,IN,IN,IN, 60,yes, no occ.
Certificate of Death Registration
Jasper County IN Health Dept.
Jeremiah Bisher (no middle name listed)
Date of Death 25 Feb 1931
Place of Death Gillam Township
Age 74 years Marital Status Married Gender Male
Cause of Death Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Certified by M D Gwin MD
Cemetery Independence Cemetery, Jasper County Disposition Date 2-27-1931
Funeral Home Prevo O Miller
File Date 2/27/1931 Book D11 Page/Line 59#22
Birth Date 08/24/1857
Birth place Jasper Co. IN
Occupation Farmer
Spouse Lydia Bisher
Father Miles (no middle name) Bisher Born IN
Mother Levina Gillam Born IN
Informants Name Apha Bisher Francesville no relationship listed
1880 Census Jasper Co., Gillam Twp.,
res#87, fam#87
Bisher, Jeremiah22farmerb.IN, father b. OH, mother b. IN
Lydia20, wifekeeping houseIN,IN,IN
1900 Census, Jasper co., Gillam Twp., page 5B #95/96 (next door to brother John)
Bisher, Jeremiah head, w,m,aug 1857, 42, m 20,b. IN,OH,IN farmer
Lydia wife, mar 1860,40,m 20,3,3, b IN,IN,IN weaver
Opha G. son b. may 1881,19 single, b. iN,IN,IN farm laborer
Effie D. dau b. sep 1883,16 single, b. IN,IN,IN at school
Alfred E. son b. apr 1889,11, single, b. IN,IN,IN at school
1910 Gillam Twp. p1a,#2
Bisher, Jeremiah, head, m,w,62,married, 30,IN,OH,IN, English, farmer
Lydia, wife, f,w,50,married, 36, 3,3, IN,IN,IN, English, no occ.
Alfred, son,m,w,24,single IN,IN,IN, English, laborer
Effie, daughter, f,w,23, single, in,in,in,English, no occ.
1920 Bisher, Jerry, head, owned with mortgage, m,w,63,married, -,-,-,-,y,y,IN,IN,IN,farrmer, gen. farming
Lydia, wife, f,w,59, married, y,y,IN,IN,IN, no occ.
1930 Gillam Twp., page 3a, #43
Bisher, Jerry, head, m(?),-,no,yes,m,w,73, married, 23,n,y,IN,OH,IN, 60, stockman no veteran
Lydia, wife, f,w,70, married, 19, n,y,IN,IN,IN, 60,yes, no occ.
Certificate of Death Registration
Jasper County IN Health Dept.
Jeremiah Bisher (no middle name listed)
Date of Death 25 Feb 1931
Place of Death Gillam Township
Age 74 years Marital Status Married Gender Male
Cause of Death Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Certified by M D Gwin MD
Cemetery Independence Cemetery, Jasper County Disposition Date 2-27-1931
Funeral Home Prevo O Miller
File Date 2/27/1931 Book D11 Page/Line 59#22
Birth Date 08/24/1857
Birth place Jasper Co. IN
Occupation Farmer
Spouse Lydia Bisher
Father Miles (no middle name) Bisher Born IN
Mother Levina Gillam Born IN
Informants Name Apha Bisher Francesville no relationship listed | Bisher, Jeremiah (I3975)
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1880 census with McDonald Lowrey family | Bishir, John (I4117)
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1880 census with parents
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Cass Co. IN Index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Vol 2 Letters G-M Inclusive (WPA, original records at clerks office, Logansport)
name: James B. Jester
Spouse: Fannie A. Bishir
Marriage Date 15 Feb 1899
Book 17 source page 292
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1900 Census Indiana, Cass Co., Boone Twp. (page 19 images online)
212,215
Jester, James R. head, white, male, Nov. 1869, 31, married, 1, IN,MD,MD, farmer, read,write,speak
english, own farm
Fannie A. wife, white, female, Jan 1877, 23,married 1, 0,0,IN,IN,IN,read, write, and speak english,
no occ.
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From Index to Marriage Applications 1905-1922 Letters A-Z (compiled by the WPA- records at clerks office)
Name: Fannie Jester
Father: Albert
Mother: A. Denman
Gender: F
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1877
Book 6 source page 135
Name: Paul Smith
Spouse: Fannie Jester
Marriage Date: 11 July 1909
Date 22 Feb 1885
Book 6, source page 135
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1910 Benton Co., IN, OakGrove Twp., Oxford #20
1920 Benton Co., IN, Oak Grove Twp., Oxford #276
1930 Benton Co., IN Oak Grove Twp., Oxford #64
Oxford Cemetery is West of Oxford on SR 352 | Bishir, Fannie A. (I3945)
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1880 census with sister, Sarah Wright. Big Creek Twp. They were granted Guardianship after Jeremiah's death.
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1885 Kansas census, living in Kirwin, Kansas
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1900 West Prairie Twp., Poinsett Co., Arkansas
Bishir, James,head,w,m,Jan,1860,40,M,6,Indiana,Indiana,Indiana,Day Laborer
,Marry L,wife,w,f,Feb,1850,50,M,6,7,3,Indiana,Indiana,Indiana
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1910 West Prairie Twp., Poinsett Co., Arkansas
Bishir, James, head, M, W, 50, M1, 15, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, English, Laborer, Odd Jobs
Mary L., wife, F, W, 60, M3, 15, 6, 3, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, English
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1920 Arkansas, Poinsett Co., West Prairie Twp. ED 200 pg 1A#6
Bishir, James, head, O,F,m,w,59,married,-,-,-,-,y,y,IN,PA,IN,y,farmer
Mary L(?), wife,f,w,69,married,-,-,-,-,IN,y,no occ.
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1930 Arkansas, Poinsett Co., Owen Twp, Wiener Town, ED 56-19, p2A #25
Bishir, James, head, O,2000,-,n,m,w,70,widowed,-,n,n,IN,PA,IN,-,60,-,-,-,-,y,no occ.
George, brother, -,-,-,no,m,w,69,married at age 21,n,n,IN,PA,IN,60,-,-,-,-,y,no occ.
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obituary White County Democrat 24 March 1944
James Bishir
1860-1944
James Bishir, 84, a native of Monticello, died Feb. 24, at Weiner, Arkansas, where he had resided for 54 years. The burial was made at the Weiner Cemetery.
the deceased was born in January 12, 1860, the son of Jeremiah and Mary(Gillam) Bishir, 3 1/2 miles southwest of Monticello. His father took up a homestead here in 1822, and raised a family of 21 children, 11 boys and 10 girls. Jeremiah Bishir built the large brick house in the year 1838. The brick was made on the farm. At the time of his death in 1875, he owned over 2000 acres in White County.
The Modern News of Harrisburg Arkansas, in reporting Mr. Bishir's death, stated " Jim Bishir as he was known to everyone in Weiner, was noted for his joking, and jovial disposition and eccentric beliefs. He moved to Weiner about 54 years ago, and was always named as one of the pioneers of the community. | Bishir, James B (I3919)
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1880 Census: Rochester, Fulton, In
Ulrich Woodcocks, 25, OH
Mary, 22, IN, PA, OH
Samel, 2/12, IN
1900 Census:
1910 Census: Union, Fulton, IN
Samuel Woodcox, 30, married once for 12 years
Lizzie, 27, married once for 12 years, 3 children, 3 living
Neoma, 11
Norra, 9
Mable, 6
1920 Census: Aubbeenaubbee, Fulton, IN
Samuel Woodcox, 39
Lizzie, 37
Mable, 16
July 1942: Survivors are three brothers, Roy [WOODCOX], Harley [WOODCOX], and Sam WOODCOX, all of Rochester; two sons, Herman [YSBERG], of Rochester, and Hugh [YSBERG], at home; two daughters, Mrs. Helen SHOWLEY, of Rochester, and Nina Fay [YSBERG], at home.
June 1945: Survivors are two brothers, Sam [WOODCOX] of Leiters Ford and Ray [WOODCOX] of Rochester.
Monday, April 25, 1949: Samuel WOODCOX, 67, well-known farmer, died at 8:55 a.m. today at his home eight miles west of Rochester. He had been seriously ill for the past three weeks. Mr. Woodcox had many friends in the western section of Fulton County. He was born April 18, 1880, in Fulton county. His parents were [Ulrich] and Mary (WALES) WOODCOX. On Jan. 1, 1898, he was married to Lizzie MILLIZER. Mr. Woodcox attended the Sharon Holiness church of Aubbeenaubbee township. Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. William HAYES of Rochester, Mrs. Nora OVERMYER of Idaville and Mrs. Mable BELL of Kewanna; a brother, Ray WOODCOX of Rochester; eleven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. (DST). The [Rev.] Mrs. Edith BRUNER, assisted by the Rev. Cecil KLINE, will officiate. Burial will be in the [Moon] cemetery. The body is at the Foster funeral home, this city. | Woodcox, Samuel E. (I3673)
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1900 census lists his birth year as 1893 | Bishir, Charles C (I3896)
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1900 Census, Oregon, Linn Co., Crawford ED 42
line 21 dwelling #184
Cox, Dell C. head, m,w, April 1851, age 49, married, Born NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY
Cox, Jennie wife, w,f,Mar 1858, 42, married,IN, OH, IN
Stoner, Hesther step dau, w,f,Jan 1884, 16, single,IN,PA, IN
Stoner, Pearl, step dau, w,f,Mar 1886, 14, single, IN,PA, IN
Cox, Mabel daughter, w,f,Jul 1885*, 4, OR, NY, IN
Cox, Christina, daughter, w,f,Sep 1887*,2,single, OR, NY,IN
I believe the enumerator made an error on the year birth for Mabel and Christina. It is clearly 85 and 87, but then the ages are screwed up. Frederick Stoner died in 1891, so they wouldn't have been born in the 80's. | Cox, Dell (I3954)
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1900 Census: Union, Fulton, IN
Frank Wales, Feb 1870, 30, married 2 years, IN
Mary, Apr 1880, 20, married 2 years, 2 children, 2 living
Carrie, Oct 1898, 1
Dau, Apr 1900, 1/12
1910 Census: Rochester, Fulton, IN
Frank Wales, 40, married once for 12 years
Mary, 30, married once for 12 years, 5 children, 4 living
Carry R., 11
Ernest W., 7
Ora, 4
Jennie, 2
1920 Census: Shelby, Jefferson, IN
Mok E. Sixbey, 23, IN, MI, IN
Carrie A., 21, IN, IN, IN | Wales, Carrie Arletta (I3666)
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1900 White Co., Big Creek Twp., Page 6B and 7A
6B #126, Edwin Frazier
Line 79 Zootman, Edward, hired man, w,m,jan 1866, 34,married 13y, Germany,Germany,Germany, immigrated 1871 has been in US 29yrs. #18 is unreadable, farm laborer, read, write, speak english.
P7A line 37
Zootman, Alice, head, w,f,Aug year unreadable, 28, unreadable, 13,3,3,In,IN,IN
Leslie, son, w,m,unreadable looks like May, 1888, 13,single, IN,Germ, IN,at school,6,read,write, speak
english
Robert, son, w,m,Feb1891,9,single,IN,Germ, IN
Glennie, son, w,m,may 1894,6,single, IN,Germ, IN
(personal note, I wonder if Glennie is a female.....There is a Glennie Zootman married to Dutrack, buried in Riverview Cem.)
1910
IN in 1920
[bishir3.FTW]
1900 White Co., Big Creek Twp., Page 6B and 7A
6B #126, Edwin Frazier
Line 79 Zootman, Edward, hired man, w,m,jan 1866, 34,married 13y, Germany,Germany,Germany, immigrated 1871 has been in US 29yrs. #18 is unreadable, farm laborer, read, write, speak english.
P7A line 37
Zootman, Alice, head, w,f,Aug year unreadable, 28, unreadable, 13,3,3,In,IN,IN
Leslie, son, w,m,unreadable looks like May, 1888, 13,single, IN,Germ, IN,at school,6,read,write, speak
english
Robert, son, w,m,Feb1891,9,single,IN,Germ, IN
Glennie, son, w,m,may 1894,6,single, IN,Germ, IN
(personal note, I wonder if Glennie is a female.....There is a Glennie Zootman married to Dutrack, buried in Riverview Cem.)
1910
IN in 1920
[lori.FTW]
1900 White Co., Big Creek Twp., Page 6B and 7A
6B #126, Edwin Frazier
Line 79 Zootman, Edward, hired man, w,m,jan 1866, 34,married 13y, Germany,Germany,Germany, immigrated 1871 has been in US 29yrs. #18 is unreadable, farm laborer, read, write, speak english.
P7A line 37
Zootman, Alice, head, w,f,Aug year unreadable, 28, unreadable, 13,3,3,In,IN,IN
Leslie, son, w,m,unreadable looks like May, 1888, 13,single, IN,Germ, IN,at school,6,read,write, speak
english
Robert, son, w,m,Feb1891,9,single,IN,Germ, IN
Glennie, son, w,m,may 1894,6,single, IN,Germ, IN
(personal note, I wonder if Glennie is a female.....There is a Glennie Zootman married to Dutrack, buried in Riverview Cem.)
1910
IN in 1920 | Zootman, Ernest W (I4347)
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1900, Cass Co., IN Census
[bishir3.FTW]
[lori.FTW]
1900, Cass Co., IN Census | Jester, James B. (I4342)
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1910 Census, Indiana, Benton, Oak Grove Twp., p1B#20
Smith, Paul head, make, white, 25, married(1) 0, IN,IN,IN, english, farmer, gen. farm, rented
Fannie, wife, white, female, 32, married (1), 0,0,0,IN,IN,IN no occ.
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1920 Census Indiana, Benton, Oxford Town, ed 7th. sheet 9B, #276
Smith, Paul E. head,own home, mortgaged, male, white, 34, married, read and write, IN, IN,IN,
speak english, plumber, in shop, own account
Fannie A. wife, female, 42, married, read, write, IN,IN,IN speak english, unreadable occ, in house
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1930 Census, Indiana, Benton, Oxford Town, ed 4-10, sheet 2B
Howard Street #64,66
Smith, Paul E. head, owned, 1000, radio, not a farm, male, white, 46, married, 25, no school, yes
read and write, IN,IN,IN , speak english, Plumbing, no veteran
Fannie wife, female, white, 63, married, age at marriage not marked, no school, yes read and write,
IN,IN,IN, no occ.
Robert, son, male, white, 7, single, yes school, yes read write, IN,IN,IN no occ.
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1910 Census: Rochester, Fulton, IN
Frank Wales, 40, married once for 12 years
Mary, 30, married once for 12 years, 5 children, 4 living
Carry R., 11
Ernest W., 7
Ora, 4
Jennie, 2
1920 Census: Rochester, Fulton, IN
Frank Waler, 49, IN
Mary, 39, IN
Ernest W., 17
Ora, 14
Jennie T., 11
Rida M, dau, 5
Wednesday, January 6, 1926: An echo of the suicide of the late John BISHER, a farmer of near Loyal on January 21, 1925, was sounded in the Fulton circuit court Wednesday in a claim filed against the estate of the deceased by Oscar MONESMITH for $85. Bisher, after a day in the Fulton circuit court in which much damaging evidence was introduced against him in a damage suit for malicious prosecution filed by Elmer MONESMITH, went home and shot himself, leaving a note in which he stated that lies told by neighbors on the witness stand was the cause of the rash act. As an item in this claim, Mr. Monesmith included a charge of $12 for driving Bisher in his car while he was procuring witnesses to testify in his behalf. Two other claims were also filed against Bisher estate Wednesday by neighbors who cared for the dead man's stock and guarded the premises for 21 days following his death. These claimes were filed by Dewey CRABILL, who seeks a judgment for $52.50 and Ora WALES one for $31.50
Monday, September 11, 1978 Ora WALES, 73, Middleton, a former Rochester resident, died Sunday in a Richmond hospital. He was born June 24, 1905 in Rochester to Frank and Mary [MILLISER] WALES. He was married to Vivian ROBBINS, who survives. Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Carol MASSIE, Pinellas Park, Fla. a son Ken WALES, Green Cove Springs, Fla.; two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie SIXBEY, Rochester; Mrs. Jennie WOLFE, Frankfort, and Mrs. Ada NEHER, New Paris, Texas. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the I.O.O.F. cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. | Wales, Ora (I3663)
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1917-1918: Served in the U.S. Army in WWI in France with an engineering unit.
After WWI: Earned a degree in Mining Engineering from Carnegie Institute of Technology. | Whitney, Charles Field (I1436)
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1920 census link
http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.aspx?c=3&state=Indiana&county=Grant&township=Marion&ed=100&roll=T625_434&STAbrv=IN&startimg=1125&endimg=1159&rp=1150&hash=501532831&width=2641&height=1893&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale | Bishir, Joseph William (I4341)
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1920 Michigan, Midland Co. Midland City page 3a
Fradenburgh, John, head, m,w,56,married, read, write English, Ind, United States, United States
Machinist, (looks like chevrolet plant, chemical plant, the Ch is plain, the rest is smooshed)
Olivia wife, f,w,61,married, read, write English, Ind, Ind, Ind, no occ.
Gillam, Eli, brother in law, m,w,55widowed, no read or write, Ind, Ind,Ind, no occ.
Info on names and dates on this line from Bertha Charlton, her grandson is a g grandson of Sarah Emily Fradenburg and John Bennet Charlton I. | Fradenburgh, John E (I4338)
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1930 Benton Co., Oak Grove Twp., Oxford[bishir3.FTW] living with her daughter Mattie.
Angeline's step-father's surname was Sutton. | Denman, Angeline Sutton (I4330)
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1930 census link
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ORT626_1947-0559
obit-
Elmer Miller Dies at Age of 68
Elmer Miller, 68, a resident of the Albany area since 1905, died of a heart attack Thursday afternoon in his farm home on Rt. 2, Albany.
Mr. Miller was born Feb 26, 1891, in Dayville, Ore. He lived in San Francisco and at Hillsboro before coming to Albany the age of 14.
In 1917 he married the former Mabel Cox, who died last February. He was a member of Grand Prairie Grange and Albany Elks lodge.
Survivors include 2 sons, Earl and William Miller, both of Rt. 1 Albany; and two daughters, Mrs. Helen Towery of Rt. 1 Albany and Mrs. Marjorie McEachern of Rt. 3 Albany, and 11 grandchildren.
The Rev. Morton Booth will officiate at funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Fisher Funeral home. Elks ritualistic rites will be given at Willamette Memorial Park. | Miller, Elmer (I4354)
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2 children. | Victoria (I3221)
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3 living children. | Brooks, ? (I5279)
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4 sons, 3 daughters | Andersson, Torbjörn (I2548)
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6 sons and 2 daughters. | Svensdotter, Britta (I2557)
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a | Hardesty, Eliza Ann (I574)
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A "Anna Bisher" appears in the 1880 census aged 25 as a servant to W. P. Martin in Monroe, Jasper Co., Iowa. Anna is widowed by 1920, still living in Monroe, IA in 1925 and 1930 censuses. | Bisher, Roxanne “Anna” (I2432)
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A "Gentleman of Lambeth Marsh"
RESEARCH NOTES: Henry Melville lists Thomas and Mary's children as: Margaret, Thomas, Henry, Arnwaye, JOHN, Nowell, Frances, Mary, and Robert. Of these only three survived childhood: John, Francis (d. 1643, Westminster), and Robert (d. 1662, Cornhill, London). | Whitney, Thomas (I1599)
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A "Gentleman of Lambeth Marsh" | Whitney, Thomas (I1011)
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A "well-known resident of Chester Co." He died of Yellow Fever in an epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. (The epidemic came to Philadelphia in July on vessels from the West Indies which were allowed to dock without sanitary inspections or quarantine. It raged from early August through November, and in that short period of time it is estimate that almost 5,000 people succumbed to the disease. The panic that ensued resulted in the mass abandonment of Philadelphia - some 17,000 persons of left the city leaving a residual population of 23,000.)
There is a Y-DNA (37 marker) match between Donovan Woods (great-grandson of Donovan Whitney Woods) in or line and a David Alexander Woods who traces his lineage back to County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. David’s gg-grandfather was William Woods b. abt 1797 in Ire or Scot m. Martha “Mattie” Henderson b abt. 1796 Ire or Scot. Emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1843 with their 5 sons and 3 daughters. The TIP report lists an 88% chance that there is a common ancestor within 8 generations, so the connection is probably in Ireland and very close to David’s Irish ancestor.
David’s sister, Ruth Wilson, provided the following information:
An article in "The Weirs of North Dorchester Township - The Descendants of
Brothers John and James" by Dorothy Wilson states that Robert Woods " was
the son of William Woods and Martha "Mattie" Henderson. He was born
December 25, 1831 in Tyrone, Ireland."
In my research in Ireland I believe that I've narrowed the location to one of the townlands (possibly "Sollus") in Donagheady Parish, Co. Tyrone OR one of the townlands (possibly Sion, Glentimon, or Peacock Bank) in the Parish of Urney, Co. Tyrone. As yet I cannot confirm this location - but I do believe that they were from
Co. Tyrone in that area.
An article about Samuel the youngest son of William Sr. extracted from "The
History of the County of Middlesex, Canada: From the Earliest Time to the
Present" W.A. & C.L. Goodspeed, published 1889 - Extracted, Transcribed &
Submitted by Teena Troock to http://www.cotyroneireland.com/biographies/tyronemenontario.html states:
WOODS, Samuel - Samuel WOODS, M. A., Principal of the Collegiate Institute,
London, Ontario, was born in the County of Tyrone, Ireland, on the 14th Oct.
1841, being the youngest son of William and Martha (HENDERSON) WOODS, who
were old Covenanter stock, and were among the Protestant immigrants from
Scotland, who settled Ulster. Samuel WOODS was educated at the London
(Ontario) Grammar School and at University College, Toronto, where a gold
medal in Classics was awarded him in 1862. Among his classmates were Prof.
J. LONDON, the late Principal BUCHAN, Dr. James A. McLELLAN, Rev. Dr.
GIBSON, of London, England, and James FISHER Esq., of Winnipeg. Excellent
school and college editions of portions of Demosthenes, Virgil, and Horace,
have been published by him, and have been standard classics in our
institutions of learning for some time. Mr. WOODS was a member of the
University Rifle Company, first formed during the Trent excitement, and he
subsequently took a certificate at the Kingston Military School. From 1862
to 1877, he was Rector of the Kingston Collegiate Institute, and won for
this institution, a provincial reputation in the Department of Classics.
After this, he was engaged in business for a few years, and then, without
solicitation, was unanimously appointed Principal of the Lake Forest Academy
of Illinois, which position he held a number of years, resigning in June,
1883. He was then, at the earnest solicitation of the Board of Managers of
the Ottawa Ladies' College, induced to accept the Principalship, and in this
excellent institution he carried out those ideas of education which he had
so long held and advocated, and which obtained for the college an enviable
reputation.
Mr. WOODS was the originator, and for many years a Director, of the Ontario
Building and Saving Society, of Kingston, and was one of the original
Directors of the Kingston Street Railway Company, and re-organized the
present, very successful Kingston Mechanics' Institute, of which he was
President. Of this institution, he is now one of the three life members, the
others being the Right Honourable Sir John A. MacDONALD, K.C.B., and John
CARRUTHERS. He was also the originator, and for four years the President, of
the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society of Kingston, and has been a member
of the Senate of the University of Toronto since 1876. In the Masonic Order,
he is P.D.D.G.M., having held that position in 1876, In religious views, Mr.
WOODS is a Presbyterian, and in his political views has always been a
Liberal Conservative, but seldom takes an active part in any contest. He is
a man of strong, original mind, firm convictions, and untiring energy, and
since 1887 has been filling his present position, and has proved to be the
right man, in the right place. In March, 1863, he married Elizabeth, the
third daughter of William FORD of Kingston; she died in October, 1884." | Woods, Thomas (I680)
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A biography of John Lee Jr. published in the late 1800s indicates that his grandfather was Joel Lee Sr., b. 1756, a Revolutionary War soldier and that the family was from Richmond, VA. However, John’s marriage record indicates that his father was William and that they were married in Halifax, VA.
William Lee bought land in 1785 in Halifax Co., Virginia on Hunting Creek, which is in the northern part of the county. (There was another William Lee with land in the south district of Halifax Co., who also had a son named William.)
From an 1810 Virginia Personal Property Tax list for Patrick Co. and other tax lists, it appears that the family was living in Patrick Co. by 1809 and were gone by 1817.
1815 Virginia Directory of Landowners:
Lee, John Russells Ck 7SE
Lee, William, Senior, William Lee Junior, and Joel Lee; Russells Ck 6S
Lee, Abel; headwater Jacks Ck; 17N
Lee, Laurence; Wards Gap; 35W (this would be on the Blue Ridge)
Lee, Rowland; Smiths Rv; --
Lee, William; Smiths RV; 20 N | Lee, William Sr. (I7669)
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A birth record exists for John Lee in Missouri for 1841 - father: Washington Lee and mother Amanda. Census records would seem to confirm this is, indeed, our John.
John spent the first four years of his life on the farm in Missouri then was brought in a covered wagon across the Oregon Trail to Oregon Territory. There his father acquired land where they farmed and several of John’s brothers and sisters were born. The family then packed up and went south into California. As a young man living with his family, John was in Cache Creek Twp., Yolo Co., California in the 1860 census. Still with his family in 1870, he was listed as single living on their farm in Farmersville, Tulare Co., California. Also residing in Tulare Co. was a young woman, Mary Ann (Molly) Brown of Texas. The two were married about 1870, probably in Tulare Co., but we have not found a record of the marriage. In 1871 their first child, Rose, was born in “Long Pine” or possibly Lone Pine, California. The couple remained together and had four more children: Clara, Robert, Edward, and Lucy. But by 1880 they had separated and Mary was living in the household of her brother-in-law, John’s younger brother, Joseph Christopher Lee. Joe and Molly appear in the 1880 census in Castroville, Monterey County, California along with John and Molly’s children, Joe’s nieces and nephews. We cannot find John Lee in the 1880 census however there is a John Harvey Lee and William Jasper Lee, born in Missouri, listed as farmers in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., in the 1879 Great Register of Voters.
In November 1882 John Harvey Lee became one of the founders of the town of Santa Ynez in Santa Barbara Co., California. He purchased a lot from the Catholic Church in the town and he appears to also have had land in the Happy Canyon area nearby. While interviewing Mrs. Jeanette Lyons of the Santa Ynez Historical Society in the 1970s she recalled her father talking about John Lee. Her father had told her that John Lee had shown up in Happy Canyon telling the story that he used to have a wife but that he had traded her for a horse and saddle. She remembered him vaguely as being a tall, thin man.
Joanne Rife in her book, Where the Light Turns Gold, The Story of the Santa Ynez Valley, 1977 says, “John Lee’s Sagunto Street livery, with its row of chairs in front, was a center for town gossip.”
John Lee is also mentioned in the journal kept by Edgar Davidson (brother-in-law of Jeanette Lyons) and the first Forest Ranger in what would become the Los Padres National Forest. Davidson refers to numerous visits with Lee and wife in the Happy Canyon and White Rock areas during the years 1905-1908 and remarks that John Lee also delivered mail into the backcountry. At one point he writes that he helped the Lees with an ailing cow and they frequently exchanged visits.
John is listed in the Great Register of Voters for Santa Barbara Co. in 1890 and purchased government land there in 1891. He appears in the 1897 voting register for Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County, occupation barber. In Santa Ynez he met the daughter of Elizabeth A. Greer. E.A. Greer was well known in Santa Ynez. She owned a boarding house, general store and restaurant on Sagunto Street at the center of the booming town. Elizabeth’s oldest daughter, Mary Catherine (May) had divorced her Irish husband, James Kane, with whom she had five children: Daniel, Mabel J., Charles H., Ardella, and John. In November 1892 John Lee married Mary Catherine. There is a newspaper announcement of their marriage in the Los Angeles Times on 18 November 1892. They are listed as residents of Calabasas. They appear in the 1900 census in Santa Ynez with her children and their own two boys: George Frederick (Buck) Lee and Harry E. Lee. Jeanette Lyons remembered the Lee brothers Buck and Harry. The Santa Ynez Historical Society has in their digital archives a photo of Harry E. Lee in his school baseball uniform dated 1910. They also have photos of the school the Lee boys attended … and confessed to burning down. The school was built in 1896 and burned in 1908. The available information points toward a prank gone wrong, a small fire set on the front porch of the school, which got out of hand and resulted in the complete destruction of the building (Joanne Rife, p. 70-71). The Lee boys and an accomplice later “fessed up” to the deed. (Mable Kane Scrapbook)
John Lee’s second marriage also ended in divorce. By the time the 1910 census was taken he was living alone, still in Santa Ynez. His wife May, Mary Catherine Beadle Greer Kane Lee, had married for a third time and was living in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County with her new husband, Frank Davidson, and her two Lee sons. She and her son Buck spent the remainder of their lives there. We have not yet been able to trace son Harry beyond the 1920 census.
John continued to live alone in Santa Ynez and appears in the 1920 census there. In 1922 he became ill and we can surmise that he went down to Los Angeles to be near some of his grown children and nieces and nephews. His brother Joe and wife Molly were deceased, his remaining brother, Bill, was living with their nephew Fred Lee. John succumbed to heart disease and died there. He was buried in the same cemetery as his first wife, Molly Brown Lee, and her 2nd husband, John’s brother, Joe Lee, and later their brother Bill would be buried there too. We know that this extended family remained close thanks to a scrapbook in the Santa Ynez Historical Society’s library. John Harvey Lee’s step-daughter, Mabel J. Kane, kept clippings about her family over many years and when her mother married John Lee she included news items about their children along with his children from his first marriage. She pasted them all into a large book that her daughter donated to the historical society. So even though John “traded” Molly away for a horse and saddle we now know that they remained close and in touch over the years.
John Lee started out in Missouri, traveled by wagon across the American wilderness as a toddler, farmed in the Columbia River Valley in the Oregon Territory, the Sacramento Valley, and the San Joaquin Valley in California. He claimed land in the Santa Ynez Valley where he owned a livery stable during the boom there in the 1880s. He married two women named Mary and was divorced from both. He had seven children, four boys and three girls. He was described as tall and thin. Judging by the yarn he told upon his appearance in Santa Ynez, that he had traded his wife away for a horse and saddle, and the accounts that his livery stable was a center of town gossip, one can assume that John Harvey Lee enjoyed and probably told a pretty good story…
Carley Bisher Worth, www.bishir.org/gen
RESEARCH:
John was in Cache Creek Twp., Yolo Co., California in 1860. In 1870 he was listed as single in Farmersville, Tulare Co., California. He is listed in the Great Register for Santa Barbara Co. in 1890 and purchased government land in 1891 there. He appears in the 1897 voting register for Santa Ynez as a barber and in 1900 with a new wife, Mary, and two new children. John was divorced again and living alone in 1910 and 1920 in Santa Ynez, California. A local history of Santa Ynez indicates that John ran a Livery Stable on Segunto St. as well. John died of arteriosclerosis.
John's death certificate indicates he was in California for almost all of his life (93 years) although his brother, Joseph's, shows 19 years - both are probably incorrect. Even though his death certificate would indicate a birth year of 1821, a birth record exists for a John Lee in Missouri for 1841 - Father: Washington Lee (George W. Lee?) and Mother: Amanda. Census records would seem to confirm this is, indeed, our John.
John H. Lee is not in the Great Register of Voters for 1877, Santa Barbara County.
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9 April 1978
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society Museum
Santa Ynez, California
Conversation with Miss Jeanette Lyons
John Lee: When she first heard of him he had taken up residence in Happy Canyon. She remembered him vaguely as being a tall, thin man. Most of what she knew about him came from her own father. He was married first to a lady who, so the story goes, he traded away for a horse and saddle. He later married Adella? Greer [actually Mary Greer] who came to Santa Ynez in a covered wagon. Her husband died en route in Nevada. She opened a dance hall and restaurant where parties went on until 4 in the morning. Miss Lyons was not allowed to attend these. But she did attend many other social functions there including graduations and a “rained out” picnic held on the floor. Mrs. Greer was married before or later to Mr. John Caine, they had a son, Danny.
Miss Lyons remembers John Lee’s sons, probably by a marriage before Mrs. Greer, Harry Lee and Buck Lee. She may have info or pictures of them in her scrapbook.
Mrs. Greer and Mr. Grear had a daughter who married a local saddle maker – John ?. Mrs. Greer’s restaurant was where the filling station (across from museum) is now.
She suggested that John Lee might be buried in old Oak Hill Cemetery near Miss Lyons home in Ballard. She thinks Mrs. Greer was Catholic so that he may have been buried at Santa Ynez Mission.
She also suggested that we check the College Hotel Register in the museum for Lees – since many traveling entertainment groups stayed there.
She remembered that the three original buildings in Santa Ynez were 1) the liquor store, 2) Murphy’s Mercantile, and 3) one at the end of the block she couldn’t remember.
The other lady we spoke to was Mrs. Barranco (or “o”) she’s in the telephone book (her son is a doctor). Mrs. Mary Dareage is the “guiding spirit” of the museum. She did the plantings in the court yard.
Note: Mrs. Lyons also said that John Lee was a Barber.
Mrs. Lyons’ father, Edgar Davison, wrote a journal when he worked for the forest service. He knew Joseph or john Lee as he mentions a Lee that came into the back country to bring mail. He had dinner with Lee and his wife (never mentions wife's name), help Lee's wife with a cow in White Rock etc. | Lee, John Harvey (I1711)
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A Catharine Bysher appears in Bedminster, Bucks, PA in 1860 as a widow living with Tobias Trouthamel. | Catharine (I5594)
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A Clarence E. Bisher served as a private in Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment, South Dakota Volunteers in the Spanish American War from 27, May 11, 1898 to October 5, 1899.
The family was living in Ekalaka, Carter Co., Montana. | Bisher, Clarence Everett (I2679)
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A descendant of the singer, Jennie Lind. | Lint (changed from Lynd), ? (I2104)
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A direct descendant of Eustace, son of Turstin the Fleming (three or four intervening generations not known). Sir Robert was living in 1242 and was mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill." | de Whitney, (Sir) Robert (I2203)
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A Elle L. Spurgeon was living with them in 1880 in Colusa. Elle Lee? There is a Lucius Booth Spurgen registered to vote in Winters, Yolo Co., California in 1890.
Obituary Woodland Democrat, Aug 18, 1922
Pioneer Rancher To Be Laid to Rest Here Sunday
Services for Lucius B. Spurgeon, who died at Arbuckle yesterday afternoon and who was the father of Mrs. P.T. Foster of Zamora, will be held at the home of J.D. Harling, at the corner of College and Cross streets here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The interment will be in the Woodland cemetery.
Spurgeon suffered a paralytic stroke last July 31. He was driving an automobile near Sacramento at the time, but escaped injuries despite the loss of control of the machine. Deceased was 68 years of age, a native of El Dorado county. He had farmed in Yolo and Colusa counties. For twenty years he was located in the Madison district, but of late has been residing in retirement near Winters.
Spurgeon leaves a wife, the former Mary B. Ely, whom he married in 1875, and one son and a daughter, James F. Spurgeon of Roseville and Mrs. Mary Ellen Foster of Zamora. Lucius B. Spurgeon, another son, died at Fort George Wright, Washington, in 1918, after he had taken up the colors of Uncle Sam.
Mrs. California Campbell of San Francisco is the only living sister of the deceased.
There are nine surviving grand-children: Lucius S., John T., Percy T., Ima Mae, and Lovus B. Foster, all of Zamora: and Faris Wayne Spurgeon of San Francisco. The latter is the son of Lucius Spurgeon, deceased service man. | Spurgeon, Lucius Booth (I8364)
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A family rumor has it that Thomas Mendenhall's mother had a farm in Greenwood, AK. When she sold it they mined coal & industrial diamonds there. Thomas had a farm near Ft. Smith, AK. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1880's and had a dairy on Macy St. (near the current freeway.) (Arkansas family says Tom sold his farm to his older brother, John Robert, and that it was called the "lower 80 acres" or "old home place.") After his wife's death he never remarried. Thomas homesteaded a ranch in Las Virgines Canyon where Tapia Park is now. On it, he and Frank built "Brent's Mountain Craig", which was a resort camp or dude ranch. Much of the land is now Malibu Creek State Park. Ray Mendenhall spent a lot of time with his grandfather and remembers him frying onion rings and potatoes for him. (He told Ray he had an engineering degree and that he was born and educated in Germany and left Germany during a purge of Meninites - this may relate to the Harkey ancestry somehow. He also told Ray he could speak seven languages without an accent.) Thomas baby-sat for his son, Frank, and cooked with Frank and Carrie went out. He was very nice, according to Ray. "Very much like his son, Frank. A little stronger headed, quicker temper. He never swore though. When he said 'By doggies!' he was swearing. When he had said 'By doggies' three times - watch out!" Ray quotes him as follows: "By doggies, you better stop doing that!", pause, "By doggies, I told you to stop doing that!", pause, "By doggies!" ... WHAM! He was very short and very strong and tough. He was very smart: nobody could outspell him and he was very quick with "figures." Ray's story about his "Paw" (his name for his grandfather): One time Frank bought a sorrell horse for Fred (light red body and a dark red mane) at Alameda and Slauson/Mateo at a horse barn. It kicked in the front of the wagon. The horse kicked the hat off Thomas' head and he just kept beating it. He was mad because it was ruining his wagon. If the horse had hit him it would have killed him. Ray saw it and yelled, "Paw, don't do that! Let's stop! That horse doesn't have any sense! Paw!" Then, finally, Tom stopped. Then Frank came out and Tom said, "By doggies, Frank, we're gonna have to get rid of that horse. I can't work with him." Tom could almost always communicate with animals, but not this one. It had been eating loco weed. (They ended up making it into dog food.) In later years Thomas lived on 1st Street near the corner of Sunset Blvd. east of Western in Hollywood where Fox Studios is (Sorrano St.?) His pet granddaughter (according to a letter he wrote his half-brother in 1921) was Stella Lee. One day he was working on 1st west of Bellvue demolishing an old bank building so a woman could put up some garages. She brought out some ice cold lemonade because it was very hot. Thomas was almost 70 years old at the time. He drank too much and had a stroke. He never fully recouperated. He went to live with his daughter, Annie Lee, in Pacoima after that. He died there of pneumonia. Annie chose Grandview Cemetary in Glendale because it was so pretty.
Research: No grave marker - Grave 8, Lot 107, Section H at Grandview Cemetary. Thomas' death certificate and his daughter, Annie's, indicate he was in Los Angeles from 1883. However, his wife's death certificate would indicate they came in 1887. Ruth Walker's genealogy shows him born 21 May 1854 - however she has the wrong date for his death.
Tom sold his homestead by May, 1906 to the Chapman family.
Tom lived with daughter Annie Lee in 1910. | Mendenhall, Thomas Nathan (I1656)
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A gardener in Paisley. | Cunningham, Robert (I123)
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A Harry E. Lee appears near a Charles Henry Kane in Belton, Bell Co., Texas in 1920. Kane lists his father as born in Ireland. It seems likely this is Harry.
There is a marriage 6 Sept 1924 in Los Angeles Co., CA between Frances M. Gladney to Harry E. Lee. His parents are John H. Lee and Mary Catherine Beetle. Harry was 27 and Frances was 23. California County Marriages, 1850-1952. | Lee, Harry Ernest (I6457)
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A James Bishir appears as a store clerk in Fayette, Iowa in 1880. There is a James W. Bishir, born in Ohio, in the 1900 census for Des Moines, Iowa. His birth date is Jan 1857, however. He also appears in the city registry for 1897. He is married to Irene, b. Jan 1859 in IL, and has one child: Ernest, b. Sep 1882. J. W. Bishir is listed with his brother, Arthur A, in 1910 in Des Moines. No sign of his wife and children. He appears with wife Ida in 1905, Des Moines Ward 1. He is widowed by 1920, 1925 and 1930, living alone in Des Moines, Iowa. | Bishir, James W. (I1401)
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A James Byshire is living with the family in Clark, Clinton Co., Ohio in 1870. Probably this is Piety’s brother, James. Or is this the son of Jonathan? | Turner, James (I2712)
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A John Bishir is listed as serving in the Spanish/American War in 1898/99. He enlisted on Nov 22, 1898 and was discharged while at sea on Nov 21, 1901. His age is about right for this Jonathan. He is serving with Company F (Hillsboro), 3rd Ohio Vol. Inf. and was mustered out as a Sgt.
It appears that 1st Sgt Bisher was also sent to Mexico on the eve of World War I.
A military record exists for a John Bishir who was born at almost exactly (to the month) the same time as this Jonathan. He lists his birthplace as Lynchburg, Ohio and his residence as Monterey, California. His military record is as follows:
Co M 6 Infantry to 16 June 1917; Co M 53 Infantry to 3 Oct 1918; Army Candidate School Langres to 18 Nov 1918; 331 Infantry to 2 Apr 1919; Co M 53 Infantry to Discharge Corporal 1 June 1917; Private, first class 20 Jan 1917; Sergeant 14 July 1917; 1 Sergeant 27 Dec 1917; 1 Sergeant 1 Sept 1919. Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces July 6/8 to 12 June 1919. Honorable discharge 15 Dec 1919.
John appears in 1910 with the 21st Infantry at Ludlow Barracks, Camp Keithley in Mindanao, the Phillipines. In 1920, he appears at Camp Grant, in Illinois. | Bishir, Jonathan (I1494)
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A large man of French descent. | Gachet, Georges (I2095)
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A Magna Charta Surety and Ealr of Norfolk. | Bigod, (Earl) Roger (I562)
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A Magna Charta surety and Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. He was granted some Welsh lordships by King John in 1210/11. He fortified the castle of Buelth but soon entered into the rebellion of the Barons against the king, becoming one of the Sureties of the Magna Charta, for which he was excommunicated. He later championed Louis, the Dauphin, and fought at Lincoln where he was taken prisoner by the Earl of Pembroke who sent him to Gloucester. A short time later he made peace and married one of the daughters of Pembroke. He became Earl of Hertford upon the death of his father, and Earl of Gloucester by right of his wife. | de Clare, Gilbert (I509)
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A Magna Charta surety and Earl of Lincoln. He was Baron of Halton and hereditary constable of Chester. He paid the King seven thousand marks over a four year period for livery of his lands and swore allegiance upon pain of losing his possessions to the King. This was an onerous arrangement, and it was shortly afterwards that he was one of the first of the Barons to take up arms against the King and was elected a Magna Charta Surety. He was charged with carrying out the new statutes in the couties of York and Nottingham and was excommunicated along with the other Barons. During the reign of Henry III, he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and served at the seige of Damietta. He remained loyal to Henry III, who created him Earl of Lincoln in 1232. In 1237 John was one of those appointed to prohibit Otto, the Pope's legate, from "establishing anything derogatory to the king's crown and dignity." He attended the great council of English prelates and was deputed to protect the legate. In 1237 and 1240 he served as sheriff of Chester and was made governor of Chester and Beeston Castle.
He had no issue by his first wife, Alice. After his gallantry at the siege of Damietta, he married Margaret, from whose mother he originally recieved his title. | de Lacie, (Earl) John (I508)
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A Magna Charta surety and Earl of Norfolk. | Bigod, (Earl) Hugh (I560)
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A Magna Charta surety and fourth Earl of Hertford and sixth Earl of Clare during the reign of Richard I. | de Clare, Richard (I512)
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A Magna Charta surety and third Earl of Oxford. He inherited his title in 1214 from his elder brother, Aubrey, who was one of the "evil counsillors" of King John. Although he was lord great chamberlain of England, Robert took up arms against the king, was elected as one of the twenty-five Magna Charta Sureties, received custody with the other Barons of the city and Tower of London, and was excommunicated by the Pope. Following the battle of Lincoln, he made peace with Henry III and was appointed one of the judges of the Court of the King's Bench. He died only a few months later. | de Vere, (Earl) Robert (I518)
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A Magna Charta Surety. He was the first Earl of Hereford, created by charter by King John on 28 April 1199. He inherited the office of lord high constable. From his wife, he received the title Earl of Essex and a number of other lordships. His lands were sequestered during the conflict between the Barons and the King, but he received them again upon signing the Magna Charta. Having been excommunicated by the Pope, he did not return to his allegiance when King John died. He became a commander in the army of Louis, the Dauphin, at the battle of Lincoln where he was taken prisoner. He joined Saher de Quincey and others on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but died enroute on 1 June 1220. | de Bohun, (Earl) Henry (I532)
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A marriage exists for Dec 25, 1874 for Elizabeth Willett to Sylvester N. Smith in Highland Co., Ohio. Another exists for Aug 21, 1880 for Elizabeth Willett to Perry R. Hiestand in Highland Co., Ohio. | Willett, Elizabeth (I5765)
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A marriage exists for Rachel E. Willett to Charles P. Sanders, 15 Feb 1866 in Highland Co., Ohio. | Willett, Rachel (I5767)
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A marriage record exists for April 3, 1889 for Annie N. Willett to John P. Griffith, Highland Co., Ohio. | Willett, Annie (I3469)
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