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.

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)

Saturday, February 18, 2017

On This Day...February 18

Births:

1871 - Moses T Spangenberg - Wayne County, Pennsylvania (Khris's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1911 - Jessie Byrn & Aaron Gephart Fessel - Bradford, Harrison County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1963 - Rose Ellen Obergfell Kelly - Sidney, Richland County, Montana (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1979 - Hartwell Marion Shaffer - Morehouse, New Madrid County, Missouri (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

2005 - Emerson Kelso Mugler - Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Friday, February 17, 2017

On This Day...February 17

Births:

1877 - David Samuel Dillman - English, Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

1884 - Chauncey Mericle - New York (Khris's collateral ancestor)

1917 - Bertha Lucille Dillman - English, Crawford County, Indiana (Lisa's collateral ancestor)

Marriages:

1947 - Betty Joan Schmalz & Victor Lucas - Marion County, Indiana (Khris's collateral ancestors)

Deaths:

1991 - Myron Clynas Martin - Alameda County, California (Lisa's collateral ancestor)