Grafted Together - Dillman and Wright

How the daily life decisions of our ancestors made it possible for two kids in Indiana to meet, marry and graft together their family lines. Some came from Germany, some from places yet unknown and some seem to have been in the United States before its inception as a country. Although they shared common joys, struggles and grief, they all had stories unique unto themselves. This is my attempt at telling those stories and honoring their lives so they will not be forgotten.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

On This Day...March 30

Births:

1763 - Henry Harrison - Frederick County, Maryland Colony (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1890 - Frances Richardson - Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1900 - Elsie Martin & Marion Harrison - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestors)

Deaths:

1920 - Cecelia Amelia Stierle Seiter - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Khris's direct ancestor)

1961 - Jesse Willard Smith - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

On This Day...March 29

Births:

1853 - Harriett Byrn - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestor)

1867 - Lois Ann Kern - Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1895 - Oral Lee Smith - Byrneville, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1902 - Tom C Bowser - Flora, Carroll County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1911 - Forrest Robert Harrison - Broad Ripple, Marion County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Deaths:

1904 - Elmira Rouse Wright - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1929 - Samuel Redford Wright - South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's direct ancestor)

1930 - John Jack Freiberger - Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1932 - Ida Spangenberg - Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1971 - Cecelia Elizabeth Kern Baker - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

On This Day...March 28

Births:

1827 - Alexander Landiss - Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1877 - Oren G Spangenberg - South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1880 - Tilghman W Harrison & Florence R Arnold - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

1952 - Larry Lee Dillman & Evelyn Anne Harrison - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestors)

Deaths:

1927 - Emma Warbritton Kern - New Market, Montgomery County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1958 - Cora Fay Dillman Erickson - Seattle, King County, Washington (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Sunday, March 26, 2017

On This Day...March 26

Births:

1887 - Nettie Mae Wright - Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1934 - Harry Thomas Harrison - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1874 - Anna Vogel & John Freiberger - Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestors)

Deaths:

1876 - Chauncey Carter Byrn - Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1893 - John E Crawford - Iowa (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1921 - Lafayette E James - Palmyra, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1924 - Susan Florence Harrison Wilson - Coatesville, Hendricks County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1937 - William Vince Hornung - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Friday, March 24, 2017

On This Day...March 24

Births:

1805 - Margaretha Freiberger - Engelmannsreuth, Landgrave Pegnitz, Bavaria, Germany (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1856 - John Jack Freiberger - Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1896 - Elizabeth M Gaul - St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1881 - Wilford Lafayette Byrn & Emily Jane Dawson - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

1895 - America Naoma Byrn & William G Leffler - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1938 - Mary Olive Gleason Wiseman - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's direct ancestor)

1962 - Adam Curtis Kern - New Market, Montgomery County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1969 - Florence Belle Harrison Summers - Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Monday, March 20, 2017

On This Day...March 20

Births:

1693 - Katherine Wheeler - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut (Khris's direct ancestor)

1775 - Harriet Foster - Hancock, Delaware County, New York (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1849 - Mary Josephine Shaw - Spencer, Tioga County, New York (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1872 - Barzilla Martin & James Livers - Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1934 - Marshall Wright - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Thursday, March 16, 2017

On This Day...March 16

Births:

1805 - James Downey - Nicholas County, Kentucky (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1840 - Narcissa Carathers - Tennessee (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1890 - Nellis May Dillman - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1903 - Joseph Modestus Seiter & Minnie Black - Marion County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1742 - Katherine Wheeler Hubbell - Newtown, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut (Khris's direct ancestor)

1975 - John Edward Byrn - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1998 - Mary Katherine Clark Wilson - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

2006 - Reva Belle Dillman Fulkerson - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor

2016 - Bernice Gilpin Hazen - Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Wordless Wednesday...Esek Harrison and family

(l to r) Seated: Esek Harrison, wife Angeline with Marion, Sarah (Esek's sister) holding Tilghman
Standing: Frances, Charles.
c. 1879 Harrison County, Indiana

Source: Family Photo originally provided by Dr. Dallas Byrne Fouts Sr.

Wordless Wednesday blog postings include a photograph or image as the main focus. Some posters also include attribute information as to the source of the image (date, location owner, etc).

Wordless Wednesday is a genealogical blogging prompt suggested by Thomas MacEntee at GeneaBloggers.

On This Day...March 15

Births:

1861 - Anna Bell Harrison - Shelby County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1897 - Edna Mae Wright - Starrucca, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1915 - Ruth Perkins - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1935 - Larry Patterson - Ramsey, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1843 - Augusta Seiter & Johann Brehm - Söllingen, Rastatt, Baden (Khris's collateral ancestors)

1910 - Lucy Dana Harrison & Charles Oliver Wilson - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1899 - Joseph LaFollette - Lincoln County, Washington (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1940 - Henry Peter Dillman - Doolittle Mills, Perry County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1956 - Laura Alice Byrne Byerley - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

2002 - Gordon Eldridge Davis - Sequim, Clallam County, Washington (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Monday, March 6, 2017

On This Day...March 6

Births:

1834 - Elizabeth D Landiss - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's direct ancestor)

1878 - Anna B Seiter - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1892 - Charles Mac Smith - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1924 - Maurice Byrn - Byrneville, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1940 - Robert George Gilpin - Ledgedale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1834 - Leason Brooks Byrn & Catharine Vanfossin - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1967 - Pachen Venita Boston Byrne - Ramsey, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Friday, March 3, 2017

On This Day...March 3

Births:

1828 - Casimir Seiter - Söllingen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wüerttemberg, Germany (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1844 - Mary A Martin - Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1873 - Byrd Sylvester Sappenfield - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1885 - Michael Lewis Freiberger - Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1898 - Charles Wesley Gilpin - Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1904 - Luella May Cox - Boone County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1907 - Sarah D Harrison & Benjamin R Shireman - Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1913 - Hedwig S Gaul - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1919 - Mayme A Wilson Dillman - Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1999 - Opal Olive Ault Hall - Sterling, Rice County, Kansas (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

On This Day...March 1

Births:

1879 - Naoma Byrn - Byrneville, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1887 - Mamie Frances Walton - Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1738 - William French & Prudence Gavit - Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island (Khris's direct ancestors)

1832 - Joseph Kinkaid & Sarah Glenn - Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1996 - Michael Felix Gaul - DuPage County, Illinois (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1999 - Henry William Horton - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestor)