Karen Zach
Terrific Three
Often, careers run in families, such as my father laid carpet and taught my brother; many families continue farming for generations; school teachers often produce school teachers, and a few weeks ago, I discovered two fellas who both ventured into the medicinal world. My regular readers will remember that I have written about physicians many…
Read More“Charles M. Travis: Two Wars; Inventor; In Everything And Then Some!”
Many of us have gone to or at least around the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Indianapolis. How many knew it has a great Montgomery County connection. On August 22, 1889, at sunrise there were 40,000 people on the streets to hear the 21-gun salute; however, President Harrison did sleep through it as he had…
Read MoreFreedman, A Selfless Family
When I think of the Freedman family of Crawfordsville, giving comes to mind, charitable in various capacities of life. My first introduction to the family came many moons ago when I was Children’s Librarian at Crawfordsville District Public Library and was doing a series on our local children’s authors. After a wonderful half hour interview…
Read More… MEET PHEBE
Decided it was time for a lady and was just perusing my database when I discovered that this gal was one of 18 children (can you imagine) so thinking she’d make a great topic for the ATC article this week, off I went on the quest! A few of her brothers and sisters (Mary, Derrick,…
Read MoreGracie and Fay
Gracie and Fay – we heard those names often from my Dad when he’d come back in from his mail route. He and Grace loved to talk baseball and as she got older, he’d often get groceries for her and deliver at the same time as her mail. Anyone who lived in our area (Waveland)…
Read MoreVancleave Saga #8 Crossed-Eyed-Ben
My revised plan for Saga #8 was to do Jonathan son of Ralph but I covered him fairly well last week in Ralph’s Saga, so we’ll do my original plan and finish this VanCleave saga with Benjamin “Crosseyed Ben,” as he was called and not sure whether that indicates a physical condition or just a…
Read MoreVANCLEAVE SAGA #7 – Ralph B 1784
Ralph Vancleave was the 8th child, fourth son, of Benjamin Samuel and Ruth Munson Vancleave, born in Kentucky the day after St. Pat’s day in 1784. In Shelby County where he and his brothers and sisters grew-up, Ralph married Elizabeth (Betsy) Stubbins 25 Feb 1805 she having just had her 16th birthday, Ralph five years…
Read MoreSarah Vancleave Vancleave (yep) – #6 –
Have a special feeling for Sarah as she was born on my birthday 15 December in 1781 Shelby County, Kentucky and was, of course, a daughter of Benjamin Samuel and Ruth (Munson) Vancleave. On 11 August 1802, she married her first cousin, John Benjamin Brent VanCleave son of Aaron and Rachel (Brent), who was one…
Read MoreSamuel Munson Vancleave – Saga #4
Samuel carries his mother’s maiden name as his middle, son of Benjamin Samuel and Ruth Munson, born in Mocksville, Rowan County, NC on 25 Feb 1770. At age 21 (March 1791) he married Elizabeth Woods daughter of Abijah and Mary Jane (Morrison) Woods and later married a Sarah Garner according to many sources, but I…
Read MoreAaron Vancleave – Saga #2
Aaron Vancleave as was noted in the first Vancleave Saga and I share birthdays, ten days before Christmas his in 1768 Rowan County, North Carolina, oddly from where many of my ancestors hail. His parents were Benjamin Samuel Vancleave and Ruth L. Munson, Ben’s father Aaron Vancleave and Rachel Schenck. Aaron married Elizabeth Vancleave whose…
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