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Randy has another assignment for us!
It's Saturday Night - time for Genealogy Fun!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) When was the last time you had Genealogy Fun? It could be research, conferences, a society meeting, or just talking with friends about your research, a favorite trip, etc.
2) Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook status or comment.
This one wasn't a bit hard to come up with!
Since Christmas I have been working on my brother-in-law's genealogy as a gift for him on his upcoming birthday [this coming Tuesday!!!]. I am busily printing it out, even as I write this post!
This has been the most fun I've had in ages!!! The research was virtually non-existent for his family, on both side, so that I literally began from scratch with it. Lucky for me, the information available was so abundant, I could probably work non-stop for a full year and still have more to uncover! However, I've had to call a halt, simply because I've run out of time if I plan to give it to him by Tuesday! LOL
In my research, I was able to provide proof positive that he is descended from a true Mayflower Pilgrim, Richard Church; that Henry David Thoreau was a first cousin [5 times removed]; and that his mother's family were once scrivenor's in London! His great [many times great] grandfather was even given a small palace in the king's regard for him. [Not sure what a scrivenor was? Come on, just Google it!]
Thanks to the plethora of information now available online, I was able to provide copies of the actual documents providing proof! As well as an extra large assortment of photographs of people, places and sites to add to the history.
Just printing this research out, [only a little over two months], is requiring over 6 ink cartridges, and 1,500 sheets of paper! I have had to gather in 4 extra-large binders, and archival quality sheet protectors for the research.
I suppose it has been so much fun because there simply hadn't been any research done before on this family, and because I know he really wants it so badly. It has been a fun and exciting two months work!
I'm going to feel lost once I deliver this to him... it's simply been the most fun I've had in quite awhile!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
WDYTYA - Lionel Ritchie
***SPOILER ALERT!!! The following contains a brief synopsis of the Who Do You Think You Are episode featuring singer/ songwriter Lionel Ritchie. Please do not read if you have not watched the show and intend to do so at a later date.
On Friday, 04 Mar 2011, NBC aired it's "Who Do You Think You Are" epsiode which featured the talented, singer/ songwriter, Lionel Ritchie.
Dancing to the tunes of this croon-meister when I was a young woman, dating and newly married [hey, what can I say.... Mr. Ritchie has certainly aged better than I!] I fell in love to his "Three Times A Lady", and who can forget "Brick House"?
So, when I found out that he was to be featured on WDYTYA last evening, well... my blinders went on and all distractions were put outside my perimeter. I zoned in... totally! Who knew what talen was hidden in his ancestry???
Ritchie's career has spanned decades [yep... told ya I was old!]. Born in Tuskogee, Alabama he was raised on the Tuskogee campus where both his mother and his grandmother taught. Growing he knew everything was available to him. That he could accomplish anything he wanted, simply by trying and reaching for it.
Ritchie states his parents protected him from everything. Insolated them from the harsh realities of the civil rights uproars of the 50's and 60's. He was sheltered from segragation. Safeguarded against the cruelties and weariness of the times.
But, states Ritchie, the Commodores, his singing group, was able to take him out to see the real world. And what an eye-opening experience that was!
"I have no idea who the giants in my family are," said Ritchie. "My job is to find out the names, places and faces, so I can pass it on to my children."
That simple statement is the heart of all genealogy. It isn't about how many names we can add to our data base. It's about putting a name, a face, and a place to those giants in our family who came before us. And for those lessor individuals as well. And passing it on to our children. To our grandchildren. And to their children and grandchildren as well. That's why we all do this thing that we do!
But I digress. Mr. Ritchie simply hit the nail on the head!
So, Ritchie was off, from Los Angeles to Tuskogee, Alabama to meet with his sister, Deborah, who looks remarkably like him!, and who lives in the house that their grandmother lived in. The house that they were raised up in. Deborah is the keeper of all things in their family, and she was able to bring out photographs of Grandmother, Adelaide Foster.
Deborah had also ordered a copy of Grandma Foster's Social Security Application. She saw it the first time as she presented it to Lionel.
Adelaide states on her Social Security Application that her father's name was Louis Brown and that she had been born in Nashville, Tennessee.
And so, Ritchie sets off to Nashville. There he meets with Genealogist Mark Lowe at the Nashville Public Library.
They know that Grandmother Foster was born in 1893, so Lowe pulls the marriage book from the previous few years, including 1890. And there on 06 Apr of 1890 they discover that John Louis Brown brown married Grandmother Foster's mother, Valendever.
Ritchie wanted to know more, and Lowe produced a divorce complaint. In it the plaintiff [valendever] states she was 15 and her husband 50 when the couple were wed. Today we would have said simply that there were irreconcible differences. But at that time she states she "could not comply with his way of thinking".
In 1897 a judge found that she [Valendever] had been abandoned more than two years and her divorce was granted.
Prepared to accept that his great-grandfather was probably a scoundrel, at best, Ritchie is off to meet with Historian Don Doyle.
In an 1875 Directory they discover that J. Louis Brown is listed as an SGA in the Knights of the Wise Men.
In an 1880 city Directory he is listed as John L. Brown - Editor of Knights of Wise Men.
Ritchie is surprised, and yet pleased, to realize that as an editor they could deduce that Brown was a literate man. Not just a literate man, but an accomplished literate for the time!
"We know he is literate, so now we need to know more on this fraternal organization," stated Ritchie.
He was off to meet with Professor Corey Walker.
Walker states that the Knights of Wise Men helped to build and organize for professional black persons a group that was really the precursoe to what we now know as insurance. And it was to help issue in the Civil Rights Movement that would insure that blacks of America would receive equal treatment in this country.
By 1882, the Knights of the Wise Men had grown to 282 lodges across this country.
"So what did that SGA mean in the directory?" Ritchie asks.
It stood for Supreme Grand Archiv, or the national leader of the organization.
Ritchie's great-grandfather was the head over 282 lodges across the nationa. Not only was he the head, but he also wrote the rules, laws and orders of the organization!
Ritchie's great-grandfather helped to form a foundation that all blacks now stand upon today in America!
In 1885, the smallpox epidemic drained the funds of the Knights of the Wise Men when death benefits were paid out in huge amounts. The Knights of the Wise Men began to fall apart at the same time that Brown's marriage to Valendever was also crumbling. It would appear the strain on the one was visible in the strain of the other.
Following this, Brown moved to Chatanooga, so Ritchie was off to that city to discover what he could about Brown.
At the Chatanooga Public Library, Ritchie met with Historian LaFrederick Thrillkill.
Thrillkill brought out a 1929 city directory. Here a John L. Brown was listed, as the caretaker of Pleasant Garden Cemetery. Here at approximately 90 years of age, Brown was personally caring for a 22-23 acre cemetery.
Thrillkill brings out a rare book, Biography of Colored Persons in Chatanooga.
Here, Ritchie is confronted with a portrait of Brown. It is remarkable to note the same eyes and forehead as Ritchie now has! These prominent features are surely handed generations down.
Thrillkill also presents Ritchie with Brown's death certificate. It is from CHatanooga, Hamilotn County, Tenessee. Brown is buried in the very cemetery that he once cared for, Pleasant Garden Cemetery. The death certificate lists his father as Morgan Brown and his mother as Unknown.
So, Thrillkill takes Ritchie to Pleasant Garden Cemetery to present him to the final resting place of his great-grandfather.
Founded in 1890, Pleasant Garden Cemetery was the primary black cemetery in Chatanooga.
Upon arrival, it is quick to note the desolation and disrepair of this cemetery. It appears to have been totally abandoned.
Thrillkill takes Ritchie to an area of the cemetery where there are no stone monuments or markers. He explains this is the paupers section of the burial ground, and it is believed from what is stated on his death certificate, that Brown is buried in this section.
"This is not what I expected," Ritchie states, obviously moved to tears, as he removes a handkershief to wipe his eyes.
"It's moving. Extremely moving.....This is about as close to a spiritual awakening as I've had in my entire life."
Ritchie is left alone a few minutes to reflect over the area.
As genealogy researchers, when we've done this very same thing, we have been there. In the same spot Ritchie was. Shaken. Brought more aware than ever of the reality of the life of our ancestor. And also of the mortality we all must face. Sometimes this is the first glimpse researchers have of their own mortality. Of the thought that one day, I will be the one lying there, and my great-great-granchild will be the one standing above wondering about me!
Ritchie turns and asks, "What bout his early years? Was he born a slave or free?"
And so he is now off to the Tennessee State Archives, where he meets with Dr. Ervin L. Jordan.
Here Jordan brings out documentation that is earth shattering.
In 1924 Brown filed for pension. On this pension application, he states he was a servant during the Civil War. That he served from 20 May 1861 when he was enlisted by owner, Morgan W. Brown [the same name as listed as his father on his death certificate]. Which implies that his owner may also have been his father, and explains why his mother may not have been known.
Ritchie states, "The words owner are so far removed from 2011, it is simply unbelievable."
Ritchie now heads to the Nashville Public Library and meets with Professor Jaqueline Jones to see what is available on Morgan W. Brown.
Jones points out that there were in fact, two Morgan Brown's. The elder and the son. For purposes of keeping the two separate, she suggested using Dr. Brown for the father, and Morgan W. Brown for the younger.
Dr. Brown owned one of the largest slave plantations ion the area. In his 1839 Diary, Dr. Brown wrote - "This night Mariah had a boy child - named him Louis".
Ritchie postulated that Dr. Brown was the father of John Louis Brown. But Jones is quick to point out that we cannot be sure, as Dr. Brown was at this time 80 years of age. However, Dr. Brown's son, Morgan W. Brown was 39 at the time of the diary entry. So, while Dr. Brown may have indeed been J. Louis Brown's father, probability is more likely that Morgan W. Brown was the father.
In the August 1839 Will of Dr. Brown, [at this time Mariah would have been pregnant with her male child, Louis], he states that upon his death Mariah and her unborn child should be freed. A home provided for Mariah on the property [he even specified the place where he wanted her cabin to set], and that her child should receive two years of schooling.
Morgan W. Brown was the executor of the Will, and it would have been up to him to see the wishes of his father granted. But it is obvious that somewhere along the way, this man, John Louis Brown, did indeed receive an education, and one which far surpassed the two years Dr. Brown wad conferred upon him.
Jones then produces a photograph, taken from a painting, of Morgan W. Brown, most likely the father of John Louis Brown, or at the very least, his half-brother.
Ritchie is quick to point out that during a time of slavery and no rights for the black slaves, Dr. Morgan wanted to provide for Mariah and her unbron child, even before his birth. Something that was a rarity during this dark time in our nation's history.
Ritchie returns to L.A. where he is met by hs sister Deborah, and two of his children.
"I just thought this journey was interesting because I thought the family was keeping a secret from us all this time. Now I believe that Grandma Foster simply did not know the story of ehr father.
I am in awe of the strength of not only great-grandparents but of black America. I am standing on the shoulders of people who would simply not give up."
****Personal Note: While I was in awe of the entire broadcast, the facts revealed, and the story of Ritchie's family history, I am still disappointed in the lack of the research process shown by WDYTYA. It is my belief that they are leading individuals to believe that in a week or so, they can find out everything they can possibly find out about their ancestry.
As a genealogy researcher, I am quick to point out to potential clients that this is a process. We may find out a truckload of information regarding their ancestry. And we may not find out a single thing! Something, somewhere, surely marks the life of each of us. But locating, finding that something is literally finding the proverbial needle in the haystack!
And then there are those whose ancestors left quite the paper trail! Whose lives are littered with all sorts of valuable information just waiting for us to snatch up!
Recently I performed a genealogy research project for my dear brother-in-law, pro bono, and I put in well over 1,000 hours of research. And I have, literally, barely scraped what is available on his family! I am hoping it will encourage him to pursue the search even further on his own!
The point being... this search we do isn't magical. We may or may not find out anything about our ancestor. But if we do, it is generally a slow, and sometimes painful, process.
But one, that is definitely worth the pursuit!
Dancing to the tunes of this croon-meister when I was a young woman, dating and newly married [hey, what can I say.... Mr. Ritchie has certainly aged better than I!] I fell in love to his "Three Times A Lady", and who can forget "Brick House"?
So, when I found out that he was to be featured on WDYTYA last evening, well... my blinders went on and all distractions were put outside my perimeter. I zoned in... totally! Who knew what talen was hidden in his ancestry???
Ritchie's career has spanned decades [yep... told ya I was old!]. Born in Tuskogee, Alabama he was raised on the Tuskogee campus where both his mother and his grandmother taught. Growing he knew everything was available to him. That he could accomplish anything he wanted, simply by trying and reaching for it.
Ritchie states his parents protected him from everything. Insolated them from the harsh realities of the civil rights uproars of the 50's and 60's. He was sheltered from segragation. Safeguarded against the cruelties and weariness of the times.
But, states Ritchie, the Commodores, his singing group, was able to take him out to see the real world. And what an eye-opening experience that was!
"I have no idea who the giants in my family are," said Ritchie. "My job is to find out the names, places and faces, so I can pass it on to my children."
That simple statement is the heart of all genealogy. It isn't about how many names we can add to our data base. It's about putting a name, a face, and a place to those giants in our family who came before us. And for those lessor individuals as well. And passing it on to our children. To our grandchildren. And to their children and grandchildren as well. That's why we all do this thing that we do!
But I digress. Mr. Ritchie simply hit the nail on the head!
So, Ritchie was off, from Los Angeles to Tuskogee, Alabama to meet with his sister, Deborah, who looks remarkably like him!, and who lives in the house that their grandmother lived in. The house that they were raised up in. Deborah is the keeper of all things in their family, and she was able to bring out photographs of Grandmother, Adelaide Foster.
Deborah had also ordered a copy of Grandma Foster's Social Security Application. She saw it the first time as she presented it to Lionel.
Adelaide states on her Social Security Application that her father's name was Louis Brown and that she had been born in Nashville, Tennessee.
And so, Ritchie sets off to Nashville. There he meets with Genealogist Mark Lowe at the Nashville Public Library.
They know that Grandmother Foster was born in 1893, so Lowe pulls the marriage book from the previous few years, including 1890. And there on 06 Apr of 1890 they discover that John Louis Brown brown married Grandmother Foster's mother, Valendever.
Ritchie wanted to know more, and Lowe produced a divorce complaint. In it the plaintiff [valendever] states she was 15 and her husband 50 when the couple were wed. Today we would have said simply that there were irreconcible differences. But at that time she states she "could not comply with his way of thinking".
In 1897 a judge found that she [Valendever] had been abandoned more than two years and her divorce was granted.
Prepared to accept that his great-grandfather was probably a scoundrel, at best, Ritchie is off to meet with Historian Don Doyle.
In an 1875 Directory they discover that J. Louis Brown is listed as an SGA in the Knights of the Wise Men.
In an 1880 city Directory he is listed as John L. Brown - Editor of Knights of Wise Men.
Ritchie is surprised, and yet pleased, to realize that as an editor they could deduce that Brown was a literate man. Not just a literate man, but an accomplished literate for the time!
"We know he is literate, so now we need to know more on this fraternal organization," stated Ritchie.
He was off to meet with Professor Corey Walker.
Walker states that the Knights of Wise Men helped to build and organize for professional black persons a group that was really the precursoe to what we now know as insurance. And it was to help issue in the Civil Rights Movement that would insure that blacks of America would receive equal treatment in this country.
By 1882, the Knights of the Wise Men had grown to 282 lodges across this country.
"So what did that SGA mean in the directory?" Ritchie asks.
It stood for Supreme Grand Archiv, or the national leader of the organization.
Ritchie's great-grandfather was the head over 282 lodges across the nationa. Not only was he the head, but he also wrote the rules, laws and orders of the organization!
Ritchie's great-grandfather helped to form a foundation that all blacks now stand upon today in America!
In 1885, the smallpox epidemic drained the funds of the Knights of the Wise Men when death benefits were paid out in huge amounts. The Knights of the Wise Men began to fall apart at the same time that Brown's marriage to Valendever was also crumbling. It would appear the strain on the one was visible in the strain of the other.
Following this, Brown moved to Chatanooga, so Ritchie was off to that city to discover what he could about Brown.
At the Chatanooga Public Library, Ritchie met with Historian LaFrederick Thrillkill.
Thrillkill brought out a 1929 city directory. Here a John L. Brown was listed, as the caretaker of Pleasant Garden Cemetery. Here at approximately 90 years of age, Brown was personally caring for a 22-23 acre cemetery.
Thrillkill brings out a rare book, Biography of Colored Persons in Chatanooga.
Here, Ritchie is confronted with a portrait of Brown. It is remarkable to note the same eyes and forehead as Ritchie now has! These prominent features are surely handed generations down.
Thrillkill also presents Ritchie with Brown's death certificate. It is from CHatanooga, Hamilotn County, Tenessee. Brown is buried in the very cemetery that he once cared for, Pleasant Garden Cemetery. The death certificate lists his father as Morgan Brown and his mother as Unknown.
So, Thrillkill takes Ritchie to Pleasant Garden Cemetery to present him to the final resting place of his great-grandfather.
Founded in 1890, Pleasant Garden Cemetery was the primary black cemetery in Chatanooga.
Upon arrival, it is quick to note the desolation and disrepair of this cemetery. It appears to have been totally abandoned.
Thrillkill takes Ritchie to an area of the cemetery where there are no stone monuments or markers. He explains this is the paupers section of the burial ground, and it is believed from what is stated on his death certificate, that Brown is buried in this section.
"This is not what I expected," Ritchie states, obviously moved to tears, as he removes a handkershief to wipe his eyes.
"It's moving. Extremely moving.....This is about as close to a spiritual awakening as I've had in my entire life."
Ritchie is left alone a few minutes to reflect over the area.
As genealogy researchers, when we've done this very same thing, we have been there. In the same spot Ritchie was. Shaken. Brought more aware than ever of the reality of the life of our ancestor. And also of the mortality we all must face. Sometimes this is the first glimpse researchers have of their own mortality. Of the thought that one day, I will be the one lying there, and my great-great-granchild will be the one standing above wondering about me!
Ritchie turns and asks, "What bout his early years? Was he born a slave or free?"
And so he is now off to the Tennessee State Archives, where he meets with Dr. Ervin L. Jordan.
Here Jordan brings out documentation that is earth shattering.
In 1924 Brown filed for pension. On this pension application, he states he was a servant during the Civil War. That he served from 20 May 1861 when he was enlisted by owner, Morgan W. Brown [the same name as listed as his father on his death certificate]. Which implies that his owner may also have been his father, and explains why his mother may not have been known.
Ritchie states, "The words owner are so far removed from 2011, it is simply unbelievable."
Ritchie now heads to the Nashville Public Library and meets with Professor Jaqueline Jones to see what is available on Morgan W. Brown.
Jones points out that there were in fact, two Morgan Brown's. The elder and the son. For purposes of keeping the two separate, she suggested using Dr. Brown for the father, and Morgan W. Brown for the younger.
Dr. Brown owned one of the largest slave plantations ion the area. In his 1839 Diary, Dr. Brown wrote - "This night Mariah had a boy child - named him Louis".
Ritchie postulated that Dr. Brown was the father of John Louis Brown. But Jones is quick to point out that we cannot be sure, as Dr. Brown was at this time 80 years of age. However, Dr. Brown's son, Morgan W. Brown was 39 at the time of the diary entry. So, while Dr. Brown may have indeed been J. Louis Brown's father, probability is more likely that Morgan W. Brown was the father.
In the August 1839 Will of Dr. Brown, [at this time Mariah would have been pregnant with her male child, Louis], he states that upon his death Mariah and her unborn child should be freed. A home provided for Mariah on the property [he even specified the place where he wanted her cabin to set], and that her child should receive two years of schooling.
Morgan W. Brown was the executor of the Will, and it would have been up to him to see the wishes of his father granted. But it is obvious that somewhere along the way, this man, John Louis Brown, did indeed receive an education, and one which far surpassed the two years Dr. Brown wad conferred upon him.
Jones then produces a photograph, taken from a painting, of Morgan W. Brown, most likely the father of John Louis Brown, or at the very least, his half-brother.
Ritchie is quick to point out that during a time of slavery and no rights for the black slaves, Dr. Morgan wanted to provide for Mariah and her unbron child, even before his birth. Something that was a rarity during this dark time in our nation's history.
Ritchie returns to L.A. where he is met by hs sister Deborah, and two of his children.
"I just thought this journey was interesting because I thought the family was keeping a secret from us all this time. Now I believe that Grandma Foster simply did not know the story of ehr father.
I am in awe of the strength of not only great-grandparents but of black America. I am standing on the shoulders of people who would simply not give up."
****Personal Note: While I was in awe of the entire broadcast, the facts revealed, and the story of Ritchie's family history, I am still disappointed in the lack of the research process shown by WDYTYA. It is my belief that they are leading individuals to believe that in a week or so, they can find out everything they can possibly find out about their ancestry.
As a genealogy researcher, I am quick to point out to potential clients that this is a process. We may find out a truckload of information regarding their ancestry. And we may not find out a single thing! Something, somewhere, surely marks the life of each of us. But locating, finding that something is literally finding the proverbial needle in the haystack!
And then there are those whose ancestors left quite the paper trail! Whose lives are littered with all sorts of valuable information just waiting for us to snatch up!
Recently I performed a genealogy research project for my dear brother-in-law, pro bono, and I put in well over 1,000 hours of research. And I have, literally, barely scraped what is available on his family! I am hoping it will encourage him to pursue the search even further on his own!
The point being... this search we do isn't magical. We may or may not find out anything about our ancestor. But if we do, it is generally a slow, and sometimes painful, process.
But one, that is definitely worth the pursuit!
Surname Saturday...Lake
1.
Generation 2
2.
3.
Generation 3
4.
Waiteville, Monroe Co., WV. He was the son of 8. William McHarvey BEAN and 9. Margaret Smith
PERKINS. He married Mary Elizabeth FAUDREEChildren of John Monroe BEAN and Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE are:
+ 2. i. Walter Maxwell BEANE was born 31 Aug 1937 in Waiteville, Monroe County, WV, married
Lois Velleda DREHER 12 Dec 1958 in Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
ii. Edsel Ford BEANE was born 22 Mar 1939 in Monroe County, West Virginia, married Rose
Virginia PITZER Jan 1975 in Pearisburg, Giles Co., VA.
iii. Roy Edwin BEANE was born 22 Apr 1943 in Hollywood, Monroe, WV, died 02 Jul 1946 in
Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV.Generation 4
10.
He died on 16 Jan 1929 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV. He was the son of 20. Richard C.
FAUDREE and 21. Mary Margaret WICKLINE. He married Elizabeth CARNEFIX on 17 Dec 1878 in
Monroe County, West Virginia.
11.
1929 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV. She was the daughter of 22. George W. CARNEFIX and
23. Mary Susan DAUGHERTY.Children of Stephen Ledford FAUDREE and Elizabeth CARNEFIX are:
i. Ida C. FAUDREE was born 03 Feb 1880 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, died 12
Jan 1953 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, married James Otis ARTHUR 01 Jan
1902; married Henry O. SUTTLE Aft. 1930.
ii. Bervie Richard FAUDREE was born 06 Feb 1881 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV,
died 1909, married Effie CARTER Aft. 1900.
iii. Pearl Pleasant FAUDREE was born 02 Jun 1883 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV,
died 02 Dec 1959 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, married George C. ARTHUR 16
Feb 1910 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, West Virginia.
iv. Gordon Stephen FAUDREE was born 25 Mar 1885 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV,
died 13 Aug 1958 in Covington, Alleghany Co., VA.
v. Spurgeon Pierce FAUDREE was born 13 Nov 1888 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County,
WV, died 19 Sep 1962 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, married Clara Ruth
Elizabeth HUFFMAN 10 Sep 1927.
vi. Roy Dayton FAUDREE was born 19 Nov 1891 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV,
died 24 Aug 1952.
vii. Faye E. FAUDREE was born 20 Apr 1895 in Centennial, Monroe County, WV, died 1904 in
Centennial, Monroe County, WV.
+ 5. viii. Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE was born 03 Jun 1897 in Centennial, Monroe County, WV, died
01 Jan 1975 in Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, VA, married John Monroe BEAN 01 Dec
1935 in M.E. Church, Covington, Alleghany Co., VA.
ix. Zenna Zane FAUDREE was born 06 Feb 1900 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV,
died 27 Mar 1971 in Ohio, married Clyde BAKER 25 Sep 1925 in Centenial, Monroe, West
Virginia.
x. Veda FAUDREE was born 29 Mar 1903 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, died Mar
1993 in Bumpass, Louisa Co., VA, married Melvin H. CARTER Bet. 1937-1945.Generation 5
22.
CARNEFIX and 45. Nancy HOLSAPPLE. He married Mary Susan DAUGHERTY on 01 May 1860.
23.
Philip DAUGHERTY and 47. Rachel LAKE.
Children of George W. CARNEFIX and Mary Susan DAUGHERTY are:
+ 11. i. Elizabeth CARNEFIX was born 08 Jul 1851 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, died
22 Jul 1929 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV, married Stephen Ledford FAUDREE
17 Dec 1878 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
ii. Nancy CARNEFIX was born 1854.
iii. James CARNEFIX was born 1856.
iv. Charles CARNEFIX was born 1858.Generation 6
46.
County, West Virginia. He married Rachel LAKE in 1819 in Virginia.
47.
West Virginia.
Children of Philip DAUGHERTY and Rachel LAKE are:
+ 23. i. Mary Susan DAUGHERTY was born 1834 in Monroe County, Virginia, married George W.
CARNEFIX 01 May 1860.
ii. Juliann DAUGHERTY was born 1826 in Monroe County, Virginia, married Edward M.
CARNEFIX 24 Jan 1855.Philip DAUGHERTY was born in 1798 in Greenbrier County, VA. He died on 27 Dec 1871 in MonroeRachel LAKE was born 1800 in Monroe County, Virginia. She died 23 Dec 1890 in Monroe County,George W. CARNEFIX was born about 1831. He died about 1865. He was the son of 44. WilliamMary Susan DAUGHERTY was born 1834 in Monroe County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 46.Stephen Ledford FAUDREE was born on 08 Jul 1857 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, Virginia.Elizabeth CARNEFIX was born 08 Jul 1851 in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV. She died 22 JulJohn Monroe BEAN was born on 15 Dec 1866 in Cincinatti, Ohio. He died on 10 Apr 1954 inWalter Maxwell BEANE was born in Waiteville, Monroe County, WV. He was the son of 4. John Monroe BEAN and 5. Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE. He married Lois Velleda DREHER in Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.Lois Velleda DREHER was bornin Georgetown, Floyd Co., IN. She was the daughter of 6. Henry Condar DREHER Jr. and 7. Irene Caroline BANETCynthia Ann BEANE was born in New Albany, Floyd Co., IN. She was the daughter of 2. Walter Maxwell BEANE and 3. Lois Velleda DREHER. She married Johnnie Lee HENRY in Covington, Alleghany Co., VA, son of Joseph Wright HENRY and Betty Louise Rotge. He was born in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX. Generation 1
Friday, March 4, 2011
Family Recipe Friday... Granny's Shortbread
Granny's Shortbread
Whether you call them cookies or biscuits is irrelevant. It's simply shortbread, and according to Granny, they were made in olden times to enjoy with tea, and when folks began using coffee as much as tea, they began eating them with coffee as well.
Shortbread, according to Granny, was to be made and put up in a tin for when company comes. They were light and airy and excellent for serving to guests. They kept well in a tin, which meant the busy homemaker only had to make a batch about every two weeks as they'd keep that long at least, if the tin wasn't opened.
"Keep them for when the neighbor ladies visit, or when the parson comes calling," she'd say.
I simply think they're buttery and good with my afternoon tea!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sweet unsalted butter
1/3 cup bakers sugar [confectioner's sugar]
1 pinch salt [about 1/2 teaspoon]
1 pinch baking powder [about 1/2 teaspoon]
1 cup of flour [all purpose]
Preparation:
Let butter come to room temperature. Blend the butter and the sugar. Beat in the salt and baking powder and then stir in the flour.
The mixture is crumbly at this point.
Place this mixture onto a square of plastic wrap and using the wrap to assist you, shape the mixture into a roll. Seal the ends of the plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for one hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Remove dough from refrigerator. Place on a cutting board and into 12 rounds.
Place the rounds onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Prick holes in the rounds with fork tines.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or they just begin to turn golden on the edges.
Cool on a cooling rack.
Makes 12 rounds.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Treasure Chest Thursday
This is a cancelled check, written by my uncle, John Beane Jr. on 31 Oct, made payable to the Monroe Watchman, our local "hometown" newspaper, which runs weekly.
Back in 1951 a one year subscription was an enture $2.04.
Today, the same subscriptions costs me $22.00 [$28.00 if living out of state!].
Now that's inflation!!!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tombstone Tuesday.... James Monroe
James Monroe
1758-1831
[The following is taken from Find A Grave]
| Birth: | Apr. 28, 1758 |
| Death: | Jul. 4, 1831 |
 5th United States President. James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County Virginia to parents not only wealthy but rich in legacy with kinship to the Royal Family. Tutored until eleven then educated at the finest school in Virginia, Campbelton Academy with the future Chief Justice John Marshall a classmate. He attended the College of William and Mary then studied law under Thomas Jefferson. He fought in the American Revolution. Elected to the Virginia legislature, then a member of Congress serving in the nations capitol of New York City where he met Elizabeth Kortright only seventeen when they married. Monroe served in The United States Senate and appointed Secretary of State under President Madison. Elected to the presidency serving two terms, Monroe was uncontested for re-election to his second term. Some highlights of his presidency: Missouri Compromise admitted that state as a "slave" state. Acquired Florida from Spain and announced the Monroe Doctrine as a fundamental foreign policy position. Upon assuming the Presidency, the couple lived at the nearby Octagon house because the White House was a ruin after the British burning. In order to refurbish the mansion and because of a need for money, they sold their own furnishings to the government. Upon leaving the White house, the couple planned to retire to Highland, a farm he had purchased from his friend Thomas Jefferson. Unfortunately pressing debts combined with Mrs Monroe's poor health, forced the president to sell Highland and retire to his lesser plantation of Oak Hill. His wife died and was interred in a vault on the estate. His health and finances declined further and eventually forced to spent his remaining time at the home of his daughter in New York City where he died peacefully from heart failure on July 4th. Thousands of mourners followed his body up Broadway to the Gouverneur family vault in Marble Cemetery while the church bells tolled and guns fired from the New York Battery. His death triggered a nightmarish journey of his body back to his native Virginia. A petition by that state to return his body resulted in exhumation with the casket being placed on a barge located on the East River where it set sail for Richmond. After surviving a harrowing journey beset by storms, the barge arrived along the James River for unloading. An accident occurred killing the son of Alexander Hamilton whom Monroe had nearly pistol dueled over a disagreement years before. Interment finally proceeded in Hollywood Cemetery. James Monroe's legacy remains today at many preserved sites: His actual birthsite is located on a 70 acre site in Colonial Beach, Virginia and is owned by Westmoreland County. There is a marker located by the road. The birthhouse was dismantled years before but an outline of the house remains. Ash Lawn-Highland, Charlottesville which was the home to the couple until compelled to sell for financial reasons. It is preserved and owned by Monroe's alma mater, the College of William and Mary. Oak Hill located at Aldie, Virginia where the couple lived in retirement and where his wife and daughter died and were buried. Lafayette visited the mansion on his tour of America and where the Monroe Doctrine was drafted. It remains in private hands. The Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg contains many artifacts from the President as well as thousands of documents, manuscripts, images, journals and drawings. When James Monroe was reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery, its prestige was established. In the ground outside the monument are buried his wife, his daughter and her husband. They were moved from Oak Hill years after the death of President Monroe. (bio by: Donald Greyfield) | |
James Monroe's crypt at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
The enclosed fence around James Monroe's crypt
This memorial plaque at his crypt reads:
James Monroe
Born in Westmoreland County 28 April 1758.
Died in the City of New York 4 July 1831.
By Order of the General Assembly
His Remains were removed to this Cemetery 5 July 1858.
As an evidence of the affection of Virginia
For Her Good and Honored Son.
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
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