HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Albert Seignor Lough 1879-1954
Brandon Michael Thomas 1997
Charles Byrne Lough 1830-1895
Cicily Jane Lough 1869-1948
Dorothy Jean Brinks 1949
Kimberly Suzanne Ruminer 1983
Mary Hicks Swibaker 1934-2017
Noah Del Smith 2006
ANNIVERSARIES...
John Treat married Martha Alice Colegrove 1937
MEMORIALS...
Jemima Downing Herdman died 1887, age 88
John C Lough died 1888, age 52
Margaret Emaline Carter Rhoades died 1942, age 79
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
John Gibson is one of our 'famous' (according to the DAR) ancestors. He was "the Indian agent at Pittsburgh to represent the interests of Virginia, in 1775, was elected the Colonel of the 6th Virginia and commanded a regiment during battles in the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he was a merchant, a member of Pennsylvania's constitutional convention in 1790, a judge in Allegheny County, (1791-1800) and Major General in command of the State Militia. In 1800, President John Adams appointed him Secretary of the Indiana Territory, serving until 1816. During that time, he was also appointed acting Indiana Territorial Governor, serving (1812-13) and then he returned to his position as Secretary of the Indiana Territory and continued in office until Indiana achieved statehood. After completing his term in Indiana government, he retired to private life in Pennsylvania, until his death at age 81." (from his memorial on the Find-A-Grave website)
John married the daughter of Oneida Indian chief Shikellamy. She was killed in the Yellow Creek Massacre of 1774 and their son Nicholas was reportedly kidnapped at that time and lived with the Indians for several years before being traded back to some white settlers for a barrel of whiskey. Actually, that's just one of many conflicting accounts -- each more hair-raising than the last. The one fact that is consistent in all those stories is that Nicholas Gibson was the son of John Gibson and Anne 'Koonay' Shikellamy and was one of our Gibson ancestors.
John Gibson was my grandfather's (Lester) great-grandfather's great-grandfather.
ALSO...
Gwendolyn Dean Arnold Duzan 1955-1994
Jack Dalton Aanderson 1997
ANNIVERSARIES...
Claude Brackett married Hope Arnold 1953
MEMORIALS...
Josie Alva Carter died 1989
Lewis Thomas Parker died 1942
Lucy Lenora Parker died 1890
Sarah Thomas Bentley died 1824, age 88
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...
Dean Kittleson 1933
Doris Irene Mathis 1936
Franklin Anthony Gray 1966
Janet Hicks 1975
Lydia Gibson Lough Douthit 1828-1875
Missouri Burford 1851-1853
ANNIVERSARIES ...
Ralph Edgar Till married Joann Marie Lieske 1955
MEMORIALS...
August Carl Friedrich Till died 1952, age 77
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Christopher Keith Carrigan 1980
Garland Dye 1939-2020
Kim Cassidy Thomas 1957
Richard Allan Tucker 1959
Sheila Ann Hayes 1950
Tonya Virginia Armijo 1976
Wendell A Gard 1920-1997
ANNIVERSARIES...
Russell Vernon Hicks married Carol Lee 1972
MEMORIALS...
Farol Maxine Murphy Miller died 1995, age 79
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Adam Michael Brackett 1976
Beverly Zielke Bridges 1948
David Johnson 1934
Ernie Wayne Dunn 1912-1986
Johnny Neal Newman 1954-1982
Mark Anthony Brackett 1969
Megan Rilee Radde 2004
Rebecca Garde Champlin 1616-1644 (born in England)
Ruth Ellen Gard Osmon 1929
ANNIVERSARIES...
Robert Michael Reeves II married Diana Reeves 1979
Shelby Jay Bridges married Beverly Zielke 1967
Evan Royce Hicks married Deborah Collins 1973
MEMORIALS...
Job Gard died 1829
Katherine Belle Treat Herdman (right) died 1962, age 90
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...
Mabel Gertrude Myers Treat 1900
Photo: Mabel and John Treat on their 25th anniversary
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Beth Ann Drida 1956
Buddy Lynn Arnold 1959-1966
Roy Blaine Tolley 1937
MEMORIALS...
John H Wisecup died 1949, age 70
Leslie Ellis Leeth died 1942, age 58
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...
Eugene Robert Spain 1915-1982
Joshua James Stimson 1992
Kimberly Denise Bostick 1954
Mirl Cartee 1906-1908
ANNIVERSARIES...
Charles Dunn married Edna Pittman 1927
Crystal Dianne Thomas married Gary Keith Carrigan 1977
Myrick Henry Hurlbut married Dora Hughes 1916
Okay, well now. I have submitted two new books for publication through Amazon. One of them is All My Born Days -- basically this blog in book form. The other one is Not Poems. I published a book of my poems a couple years ago, and the only copy ever sold was the one I bought. LOL! So I unpublished it this week, reworked it with some new material, gave it a new title, and submitted it. Both of these new books have now been submitted in hardback, paperback, and Kindle versions. Much as I hate to say it, the hardback versions are WAY overpriced -- especially if you have to pay for shipping. (Amazon's shipping rates are outrageous for anything you order. I think they do it to try to coerce people into subscribing to Amazon Prime.)
Anyway... Two or three days from now the books should all be available on Amazon, if anyone is interested. Quite frankly, I write books just because I can. It's fun. And it gives me something to do with my time and my overactive brain. I don't ever really expect anybody to buy them, and I'm always surprised (and a little frightened) if they do. The money aspect is totally a non-issue. Who ever dreamed my little books would actually make me a hundredaire?!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ...
Alvis Noel Arnold 1948 (grandson of Noel Alvin Arnold)
John Thomas Cartee 1932-1986
Judith Gard 1709
Michael Herdman 1793-1875
MEMORIALS...
Bertha Bernice Hicks Kittleson died 2016, age 87
Ida Florence Deselem died 1968
Leonard Elmer 'Junior' Till died 1990, age 61
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Ann Shikellamy Gibson 1741-1774
Jason Matthew Heinze 1978
Rebecca Parker Leeth 1886
MEMORIALS...
Anna Herdman Newman died 1889
George Thomas died 1803, age 59
I wanted to try doing a Kindle hardback book. But I had no idea the book would turn out to be so expensive. I don’t have Amazon Prime, and frankly I’m just not willing to pay for the book plus shipping. Even if it is my own book! There will be a Kindle version, maybe. Or maybe I will just continue with the blog. It’s better as a daily blog, anyway, don’t you think?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Charlotte Goodloe 1946
Wesley Ryan Ray 1977
ANNIVERSARIES...
Sarah Carter married Daniel Cousins 1902
MEMORIALS...
Kenneth Leeth (left) died 1951, age 43
Wilma Vernice Arnold died 1984, age 68
Martha Ann Wilt Parker died 1949, age 78
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Allan Leroy Owen 1920-1994
Autumn Marie Alvarado 2004
Catherine Gibson Squires 1815-1888
Eleanor Sherbs Hall Jackson 1917-1997
Rachel Leigh Thomas 1988
I don't have photographs of any of these people, so... hmmm.....
Well, since this is the month of May, how about a collage of all the people in the family with the middle name Mae?
Dorothy Mae Arnold
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Ava Rae Aguda 2015
Andrew S Lewis 1979
Iva Wincel Jackson Sandefur 1923-2002
Justus and Resin Gard 1807
Melissa Ann Ramsey 1981
Rebecca Parker Leeth 1886-1936
ANNIVESARIES...
John A Treat married Martha Susan Walls 1871
MEMORIALS...
Lindsey Peyton Hulsey died 1966
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Gabriel Beekman 1782
Hannah Gard Arnold 1776
Isaac Gard 1847
Sarah Lavada Carter Tatum 1911-1948
MEMORIALS...
Adaline Gard Gibson died 1931, age 81
Elias Walls died 1837
Eva A Letson Ford died 1921, age 62
William Ford died 1919, age 87
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Amy Louise Bull Armstrong 1921-2003
Garland H Thomas 1856-1862
George H Thomas 1795-1882
Nancy Leeth 1826
MEMORIALS...
Catherine Louise Stulley Beekman died 1993, age 71
I don't have photos of any of these people. But since today (2021) is Mother's Day, how about a photo of my mother instead -- and her mother, and HER mother.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Ila Leo Orrell Cummings 1929-2013
John Clark Lough 1836-1888
Larry Eugene Riggs 1953
Lloyd Aaron Arnold 1927-1999
Nicholas Allen Till 1952-2006
Nicholas Gibson 1765-1858
ANNIVERSARIES...
Sylvia Arnold married Delbert Dye 1933
Clora Arnold married Mick Raper 1948
Melanie Jean Radde married Theodore William Marvin 1993
MEMORIALS...
Ida Florence Deselem Treat died 1968, age 79
