July 29

 Johnny Cleo Carter was born 29 July 1942

He was the son of Elmer Cleo Carter and Lorene Smith

Elmer is son of John Martin Carter and Amy Lorene Tamsett

John Martin Carter was a brother of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold

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Robert Herdman died 29 July 1921, age 83

He was a Civil War soldier

The Herdman family was connected to the Treat family by the marriage of Belle Treat to Ulysses Grant Herdman. Belle Treat was a sister of my great-grandfather Marcus Treat.

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Seth Gard married Mary Tarrett Brown 29 July 1796

I don't have a picture of Mary.

Here is the text from Seth Gard's FindAGrave memorial:

Seth was the son of Gershom Gard

In the War of 1812 he was a Private in Hamilton Mounted Militia Military Service.

Seth married Mary on 29 July 1796. Mary Brown was born 14 Dec 1774, in New Jersey and died 1856, in Palmyra, Ill.

His children were Susan, born 5 Dec 1797; Ruth Armstrong 19 Jun 1800; Amelia Gard 18 Jun 1802; Benjamin Gard April 1805; Justus 11 May 1807; Anna Gard 27 April 1809; and Phebe Gard 15 Sep 1811. Also, Hiram, Joseph and Resin Gard.

He was the Speaker of House, Illinois Territorial Legislature 1816-1817.

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The Gard family is connected with the Gibson family by the marriage of Lucretia Adeline Gard to Asa Gibson. 

They were the parents of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford.