Wordless Wednesday: Luther Boardman Ranney

My great-grandfather

Tombstone Tuesday: Hosea Redman

Photo courtesy of FindaGrave contributor Renae Burgess Lynn

Hosea Redman

b 1775 or 1780

d 1865

laid to rest at

Redman Family Cemetery

(on private property)

Iredell County, North Carolina

husband of

Lucretia "Creasy" Williams Redman

son of

Thomas Erastus Redman

and

Mary Elizabeth Tapley Redman

(Obviously there are errors on the grave markers in this cemetery.)

Hosea Redman was my 2nd cousin, 5x removed.

Scrapbooking Sunday: Pet Layouts

My sweet Gracie girl.  Things WERE all good for her back in 2009.  Her brother and tormentor, Zeus, had not joined the family yet!

My Daisy-dog. 

Spoiled rotten, too!
 

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Own Scavenger Hunt

From Randy over at Genea-Musings: 

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

 

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) You're going on a scavenger hunt - for records of one of your relatives.  You can pick a relative who lived in the 1800 to 2000 time period.  A brother of one of your ancestors might be best (since males don't change their name).  Or the husband of a sister of your ancestor.  Tell us the name of your chosen relative. 

2)   Go to FamilySearch and search for records for that relative.  Start on the Search page - https://www.familysearch.org/search.  Search any way you want.  

3)  Tell us what you found in the FamilySearch record collections.  Did you find something new about that relative?   

4)  Write your own blog post, comment on this post, or write something on Facebook or Google Plus.

Here's mine:

1)  I chose Elijah Anderson Odom, date of birth and date of death unknown.  Elijah was the brother of my 2nd great-grandmother, Catherine M. Odom Harrell, thus he was my 2nd great grand uncle.  He was the son of Elijah Samuel Odom and Rutha Goff Odom.  Based on the birthplace of his parents and siblings, I surmised that he was also born in Emanuel County, Georgia.

2)  I first searched by name and a birthplace.  Then as an approximate birth year became apparent, 1843, I added the range of 1843-1845 to the search criteria.

3)  Here are the three results I found: 

* Elijah A Odom, U.S. Census, 1860, 395th District of Emanuel County, Georgia, age 16

* Anderson Odom, U.S. Census, 1880, 395th District of Emanuel County, Georgia, age 37.  Married to Marentha Odom, age 29, with 5 children and a nephew living in the household.

* Anderson Odom listed as the father of Perry A. Odom in "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939."  

I had expected to find 1850 and 1870 census records; however, I did not.   

I did not know Elijah Anderson's children's names so that will give me some more research avenues to follow.  

4)  Done!

Family Recipe Friday: Liniment

liniment

Hemlock oil and

alcohol equal Parts

5 cts borax 5 cts campher gum

1 quart water for a wash for

face and hands 5 cts pepermint

if you like

I wrote about finding a couple of recipes written on a receipt from my 3rd great-grandfather's jewelry business here:  http://gatapleytree.blogspot.com/2013/05/family-recipe-friday-brown-bread.html.  The above recipe was written on the back of the receipt. 

Wordless Wednesday: Drake Siblings {?}

L to R:

Martha Drake Ellison

Unknown

Nealie Drake Tapley

(I believe the man in the middle is one of their brothers... James, perhaps?  I wish I knew.)

Tombstone Tuesday: Nancy Jane Sumner Wheeler

Nancy Jane Sumner Wheeler

b 18 Mar 1851

d 17 Sep 1936

laid to rest at

Wheeler Cemetery

Kite, Johnson County, Georgia

daughter of 

Joseph M Sumner

and

Edy Bridges

wife of

Charles Wheeler

Nancy Jane Wheeler's husband, Charlie, was the uncle of

Maud Wheeler, who was married to my grand uncle,

Bascom Tapley