My grandmother’s sisters, Thelma (Ward) Fortenberry and Bondell (Ward) Fain.
Wordless Wednesday: Thelma and Bondell
On this date. . .the 5th of April
Births Stephen Lawson was born in 1790 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Mary Ann Ellis was born in 1847 in Gilmer County, Georgia. John V. Fain, Sr. was born in 1910. Deaths Benjamin Burgin died in 1823 in Old Fort, North Carolina (my 6th great-grandfather). Willie Selmer West died in 1986 in Murray County, Georgia.
On this date. . .the 7th of March
Births Ruby (Beamer) Butler was born in 1913. Deaths Catherine (McDonald) Hemphill died in 1855. Thomas Stroud died in 1858 in Logan County, Illinois. Adele (Chable) Triplett Campbell died in 1953. Bondell (Ward) Fain died in 2008 in North Olmstead, Ohio.
On this date. . .the 31st of December
Births James Lawson was born in 1819 in Tennessee. Deaths Anna Elisabeth Dellinger died in 1768. Mollie Victoria Elrod (Childers) Roberts died in 1988 in Murray County, Georgia. John V. Fain, Sr. died in 1992. Marriages Oliver H. Harrison and Alzirah B. Searcy were married in 1846 in Gilmer County, Georgia. George W. Manley and […]
On this date. . .the 27th of November
Births George W. Lytle was born in 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina. Leander R. L. Whitener was born in 1837 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Mandy (Mathis) Stover was born in 1886 in Georgia. Newton O. Langford was born in 1891 in Georgia. Bondell (Ward) Fain was born in 1918, probably in Fannin County, […]
What’s New 8/12/2009
New Census Records 1840 Census: Bradley County, TN – John Roberts HH, 1840 Census: Bradley County, TN – Martin Langston HH, Thomas Atchley HH 1910 Census: Whitfield County, GA – Edward A. Roberts HH 1910 Census: Murray County, GA – various Roberts’ HHs 1920 Census: Murray County, GA – various Roberts’ HHs Death Records Various […]
A Sunday of Cemeteries
My mother and I took my grandmother to visit several cemeteries in Fannin County, Georgia today. We visited four cemeteries and I got a lot of photographs of headstones for people I already knew about and a lot of photos of “mystery cousins” that may or may not pan out. I took the GPS with […]
