Will of Christopher Harris
Christopher Harris of Madison County, KY
Will Book A-page 54, 55.
It was transcribed by Eileen Niederkorn; I have added some paragraph breaks for easier reading.
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God tho weak in body yet of perfect understanding and memory [...]
Dillon Cemetery
#2
Transcribed from: Another Job Done by Dianne Peck, page 15.
Sterling Swearingin has headed up an energetic undertaking of cleaning up this old family burial plot. The brush had completely overtaken the spot and it had become a hiding place for baby claves as it was in the center of a large cow pasture. [...]
Thomas Dillon Land Transaction
Thomas J. Dillon did not leave a will, but the following transaction taken from the Benton county deeds, located on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives, list all of Thomas’s living children.
“This Indenture made and entered into the 7th day of March 1849 by and between Thomas Dillon as trustee for William [...]
Marriage of John Bryan and Anna Cass
Below is the marriage record for John Bryan (O’Brian) and Anna Cass. The marriage was performed by Father Conrad Tintrup of the St. Joseph Church in Wentzville, Missouri. There is also is another marriage record for Edward Bryan (O’Brian) and Margaret Ryan preformed at the same church. I have [...]
Cathey’s in Cooper County, Missouri
The following is the earliest record I have found of Captain George Cathey living in Cooper County, Missouri. His son John Cathey was also summoned at the same time for contempt; again the charge was for not showing as a juror. There were no additional papers in the file indicating if [...]
Below are two entries from the Toledo, OH city directories, we know from Michael’s obituary the family lived for a time in Toledo.
1880 City Directory
1882 City Directory
In the 1879-1880 directory you can see Mary (widow of Andrew), daughter Catherine and son Frank all living at 88 Jervis. Listed below at a different address is Michael. [...]
Lambeth Bible
The following are scans of the original pages from the Wesley and Eveline (Aveline) nee Rand Lambeth family bible. I had forgotten about these pages until yesterday when I was preparing some documents to share with another Lambeth researcher. My original scans were lost in the last computer crash so I have rescanned and [...]
Family Search
Family Search is a family history website provide by the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). They have been online for a number of years and in the past I have used the information found only as a lead in the hunt for lost ancestors. They have recently started a pilot program which includes [...]
