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On this date. . .the 10th of July

Births

Merritt Burgin was born in 1784.
Susannah Adeline (Lytle) Burgin was born in 1825.
Stephen Bright Boggs was born in 1844.

Deaths

Martha Hemphill McEntire died in 1841.
Jonathan Leander Whiteside, Sr. died in 1863, while serving in the . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Surname Saturday: Roberts

Roberts genealogy

My Roberts family line starts with my great-grandmother:

Nancy Alice Roberts was born January 9, 1877 in Murray County, Georgia.  She married James Alexander Hemphill on Christmas Day in 1897.  They had nine children between 1898 and 1916.  Alice was a charter member of the Chatsworth chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.  Three of her . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Twice Told Tuesday: Death of B. B. Hemphill

Hemphill genealogy

On the 13th of October 1909, Mr. B. B. Hemphill, one of the oldest and best citizens, departed this life at the ripe old age of 88 years, 8 months, and 3 days.  He was born in McDowell county, North Carolina, and came to Murray county, before the Civil War.  He enlisted in the Southern cause . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 4th of July

Births

Malinda (Burgin) Hemphill was born in 1801 (my 4th great-grandmother).
Jessie Malinda (Roberts) Childers was born in 1897.

Military

Benjamin Burgin Hemphill was captured at the seige of Vicksburg in 1863 (my 3rd great-grandfather).
William M. West was also captured at the seige of Vicksburg in 1863 . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 3rd of July

Deaths

Annie (Cavendar) Roberts died in 1942.
Edna Rose (Hemphill) Pendley died in 1990.

Marriages

Mary Elizabeth Patterson and William Everett Whitener were married in 1883 (my great-great-grandparents).

Military

William Osborn Searcy enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861.
Phillip B. Whitener enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 (my . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Surname Saturday: Whitener

Whitener genealogy

My last couple of Surname Saturday posts have been about families for whom I can’t go back very far, so I’m excited to write about the Whiteners – they are a well-documented bunch.

This line starts with my great-grandmother, Maud Angeline Whitener (1885-1975).  I’ve written extensively about Maud in “Timeline for Maud Whitener Butler.”

Maud’s father was William . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Surname Saturday: West

West genealogy

West is another of the family lines for which I only have three generations of information.  I’ve only known about the Wests for a couple of years.

Lizzie West (1886-1973), my great-grandmother, was the second wife of Francis Taylor Kendrick.  As far as I know, she lived in Murray County, Georgia all her life.  She and France . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Tombstone Tuesday: Monteville Roberts

Monteville-Roberts-TT-W

My great-great-great-grandfather, Monteville Roberts, was born April 27, 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee, the son of John Roberts and Rebecca (possibly Sammons).  He is found in Bradley County, Tennessee in 1840 and 1850 and in Hamilton County, Tennessee in 1860.  

Monteville married Mariah Langston on July 18, 1852.  (I have conflicting information regarding Mariah’s family, which I . . . → : CONTINUE READING

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Google Maps

genealogy, Kendrick, Rock Island, Civil War

This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a “a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history.”  My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone straight to Google Maps and used it as . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Weekly Updates for 2010-02-17

RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA! Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode 81. #
The death certificates I ordered in November FINALLY came yesterday. #
Updated old blog post – SNGF – Most Recent Unknown Ancestor – with newly found information. http://ow.ly/176hj #
Very nice! RT @InnerCompass: It feels good to . . . → : CONTINUE READING