Alice's interesting dead folks
- by Alice
Marie BeardSome folks collect toy trains. Others
collect comic books. I collect the stories of
dead people. The stories keep best if shared, and
the people stay with us if we tell their stories.
Most of the dead folks I've
written about are my direct-line ancestors.
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A peek at the
stories inside . . .
Eleanor of Aquitaine
She was a 12th
Century lady who first wore the crown of
the Queen of France, and then wore the
crown of the Queen of England. |
Frank Reed,
a.k.a. Tom Doyle
Frank Reed was a poor, illiterate
immigrant from Quebec. During the Civil
War he was a soldier in the U.S. Army; he
missed getting on a boat and trapped
himself in a lie for the rest of his
life. He lived out his life hiding under
a false name and died in a state
institution for the insane, with folks
believing he was someone other than who
he was. Read his story and learn how his
secret was finally uncovered eighty years
after he died. |
John Payne, Jr.,
& his Mrs.,
Virletta O'Neal
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had
sons fighting for the Union during the
Civil War. In August 1863 he was on the
courthouse steps in Danville, Illinois,
with a "butternut pin" pinned
to his lapel. It incited a riot, and he
was shot. His brother, the sheriff, came
to the scene to find John mortally
wounded.
Virletta was a bride at 16. She was dead
at 27. When she died, her baby was buried
with her, and she left six children with
the oldest only ten. Three of the little
boys she left behind grew up to fight
with the Union Army in the Civil War. |
Abel Payne
& his "Roll
Call of Heaven"
Abel Wade Payne survived Andersonville.
As an older man, he wrote a poem about
the passing of the Civil War Veterans.
Read his poem, and learn the basics of
the man behind the words. |
George Hooker
George Hooker came to the U.S.A. when he
was three. He was in the Union Army
during the Civil War. On the day Abraham
Lincoln died, George lost his hearing as
a result of firing cannons in a salute to
the dead president. |
Andrew Hufford
When George Hooker needed a job
after his stint in the Civil War, Andrew
Hufford hired the returning veteran.
Hufford was Brethren, and his church
opposed all wars. However, Andrew's own
father had been both a Brethren and a
veteran of the War of 1812. |
Alice (Mrs. Henry)
Lake
In about 1651, the people of what is now
Boston, Massachusetts, executed a
grieving mother because she imagined she
saw her recently deceased baby. Her
accusers said the devil was coming to her
in the form of her beloved child. |
John Hockertz &
Margaret Hames:
a case study
John and Margaret were a Catholic couple
who left their native Germany and came to
America in 1847 with their two young
children. This case study will show how a
genealogist separates the wheat from the
chaff. Which stories are true? Which
stories are just stories? What do the
documents turn up on this family? The
page will be updated as new information
turns up. |
Master Sgt. Miles
Griffith Beard
Miles Beard was a man who livedwith
regrets, a man who made some wrong
choices and spent decades paying the
price for those wrong choices. He also
was a man who served honorably for five
years during World War II, a man whose
proudest time was as a Master Sergeant in
the U.S. Army. He was my father, and he
is now one of "Alice's interesting
dead folks." |
Abraham Hufford
& Elizabeth Plank
Abraham and Elizabeth moved with their
children from Fairfield County, Ohio, to
Carroll County and Clinton County,
Indiana. They were Brethren, but Abraham
fought in the War of 1812 anyway. He had
1,900 acres of timber land in the two
Hoosier counties. He and Elizabeth had a
dozen children. Eleven reached maturity:
six sons and five daughters. When each
child turned 21, Abraham gave the child
160 acres of land. |
Sarah Catharine
Cripe,
Mrs. Andrew Hufford
Sarah had her 13th child at 43. At 48,
she had her 14th child. Eight months
later, her husband died in an accident.
Suddenly, she not only was 48 with a
little baby, she was a widow in rural
Indiana. Nonetheless, she didn't turn to
drinking or drugging. She kept on keeping
on. She did what had to be done, and on
Sundays she went to the Middlefork
Brethren Church to pray with her family. |
Travelers on the Oregon
Trail
In 1851 a
train of covered wagons drawn by oxen left
Vermilion County, Illinois, headed for Willamette
Valley in Oregon. Read about the journey.
Beard Cemetery
There's a
pretty little spot secluded in the woods behind a
corn field in Carroll County, Indiana. Buried
there is a second-cousin to the only American
First Lady who was ever legally declared insane. Check this page
to see a list of the other nice folks buried
along with that second-cousin and to read the
story of how I began my genealogical research.
Genealogy
shorthand
My DAR-established
Patriots (10):
George
BUCHANAN,
#A-016392: Paid supply tax, 1779, in
Pennsylvania; 4th Pennsylvania Regiment. (DNA
verified.)
(George > Martha >
Nancy McLAUGHLIN > Mary WISE > Evaline HUKILL)
John BULL, # A-016788: Signed the Association of
the Committee of Safety and Observation,
Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, 1775. (DNA
verified.)
(John > Elizabeth >
Hannah EARLE > John PAYNE Jr.)
John
EARLE, #A-035451: Signed association
test, Cornwall Precinct, Orange Co., New York.
(DNA verified.)
(John > Peter >
Hannah > John PAYNE Jr.)
Peter
EARLE, # A-035462: Signed association
test; Cornwall Precinct, Orange County, New York,
1775. (DNA verified.)
(Peter > Hannah > John PAYNE Jr.)
Christian
HUFFORD (HOFFART), # A-056231: Furnished supplies,
Frederick Co., Maryland. (DNA verified.)
(Christian > Casper >
Abraham > Andrew > Elizabeth)
NOTE: Christian is my entry line for the DAR. If
this is your line, you need only prove back to
our shared ancestor. Proof for my line has been
accepted by DAR genealogists (April 2011). Email
me telling me your connection, and I will send
you a PDF copy of my verifed application, which
you can use to apply for DAR membership.
Allen
LANE, # A-212951: Served
from Connecticut with Captain Shepherd's company.
For further information, CHECK THIS.
(DNA verified.)
(Allen > Allen II > Cilinda)
Nathaniel NESBITT, #
A-082383: Took oath of support and fidelity,
Washington Co., Maryland. (Connection to daughter
Catherina DNA verified.)
(Nathaniel > Catherina
> John CRIPE Sr. > David > Sarah Catherine)
John
"Jackie" O'NEAL, #A-084079:
Served from Jefferson Co., Virginia, with Capt.
Charles Polk, Col. Cox, Col. John Floyd, and Gen.
George Rogers Clark. (DNA verified.)
(John > William >
Virletta > William PAYNE)
David TODD, # A-114274: Served from Pennsylvania,
in the Lancaster County militia. Served with
Capt. James McCreight, Capt. Daniel Bradley, and
Col. John Rogers. (DNA verified.)
(David > Hannah >
Elizabeth SMITH > Hannah JACK > Rachel
SMITH > Jesse BEARD)
Thomas
WISE, # A-208470: Oath of Fidelity,
Prince George's County, Maryland. (DNA verified.)
(Thomas > William >
John > Mary Ann WISE > Evaline HUKILL)
My Mayflower
ancestors (4):
Cornelius PETERSON (1806-1877) was my two-greats
grandfather. Through his father (Abraham Peterson
b. 1769), I track to four men who came over on
the Mayflower: William Bradford, Edward Doty,
George Soule, and Richard Warren. (Ancestors in
red have been DNA verified.)
William BRADFORD:
Abraham Peterson
b. 1769 > Patience Baker b. 1749 > John
Baker b. 1719 > Kenelm Baker b. 1695
> Sarah Bradford b. 1671 > William Bradford
b. 1624 > William Bradford b. 1590, d. 1657.
Edward DOTY:
Abraham Peterson
b. 1769 > Patience Baker b. 1749 > John
Baker > 1719 > Patience Doty b. 1697 >
John Doty Sr. d. 1701 > Edward Doty d. 1655.
George SOULE:
Abraham Peterson
b. 1769 > Abraham Peterson b. 1745 > Joseph
Peterson b. 1705 > Joseph Peterson b.
1668 > Mary Soule b. 1644 > George Soule b.
1595, d. 1679.
Richard WARREN (route #1):
Abraham Peterson b. 1769
> Abraham Peterson b. 1745 > Joseph
Peterson, Jr. b. abt 1705 > Sarah Jones b.
1671 > Patience Little b. 1639 > Anna
Warren b. abt 1612 > Richard Warren b.
1583, d. 1628.
Richard WARREN (route #2):
Abraham Peterson b. 1769
> Patience Baker b. 1749 > John Baker b.
1719 > Patience Doty b. 1897 > Sarah Jones
b. 1671 > Patience Little b. 1639 > Anna
Warren b. abt 1612 > Richard Warren b.
1583, d. 1628.
My Plantagenet
connection:
Hannah
BROWNE, born 13-Apr-1651, Middletown,
Middlesex Co., Connecticut; buried 18-Jul-1711,
Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Daughter
of Nathaniel BROWNE and Eleanor WATTS. (DNA
verified to Hannah Brown.)
(Hannah > John LANE >
John > Allen > Allen II > Cilinda)
DNA info:
GedMatch
number: M591138
Maternal haplogroup: V
Father's paternal haplogroup: L-M20
Father's Y-DNA info at Ysearch.org: E39JE
Father's Y-DNA info at ftDNA: kit # 345857
My
Ancestry: |
Of my 16
great-great-grandparents, |
- 13 were born in
the USA. (Their predominate
ancestry was English and Western
European.)
- One was born in
Germany.
- One was born in
Quebec.
- One was born in
Ireland.
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Contents
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PEOPLE:
Beard, G.I.
Beard, Jesse
Beard, John
Beard, John M.
Beard, Miles G.
Borden, Lizzie
Cripe, David
Cripe, Sarah
Cripe descendants
Doyle, Itha Elmer
Doyle, Lucy May
Doyle, Tom
Earle, Hannah
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Grannis, Esther
Griffith, Alice
Griffith, Bernice
Griffith, Henry
Hockertz, John
Hooker, George
Hooker, Kate
Hufford, Abraham
Hufford, Andrew
Hufford, Casper
Hufford, Christian
Hufford, Elizabeth
Hufford descendants
Hukill, Eveline
Hukill, Henry B.
Hukill, Henry H.
Jack, Hannah
Lake, Alice (Mrs. Henry)
Lake descendants
Lane, Allen
Lane, Cilinda
More, Sophiah
Oliver, Elizabeth
O'Neal, William
Abel Wade Payne
Payne, John, Jr
Payne, John, Sr
Payne, Mary Louise
Payne, Permelia
Payne, William
Paynes of Vermilion Co.
Peterson, Cornelius
Peterson, Lucy
Reed, Frank
Smith, Rachel
Smith, Richard
Todd connection
Wise, Mary Ann
HISTORY:
Owasco, IN
Beard Cemetery
witch list
Oregon Trail
ancestral tombstones
CIVIL
WAR:
8th Illinois
Co. K, 8th IL
149th Illinois
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Donelson
POEM:
Civil War poem
COOKIES:
Klutz-proof cookies
Keflies
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