Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey Photo and Story Gallery

Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey are the parents of my 3X Great Grandfather James Knox Hagerdon, then his son Luther Hagerdon and my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. I have found a lot of good information on Luther short of his actual birth and death dates and have slowly been finding more information on Fanny.Continue reading “Luther Hagerdon and Fanny Pettey Photo and Story Gallery”

Edmund Vawter and Sarah Follis Photo and Story Gallery

Edmund Vawter and Sarah Follis are the parents of my 3X Great Grandmother Louisiana Wood Vawter, then her son Luther Hagerdon and my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. Both the Vawter and Follis families have wonderful documentation, but proving this generation was hard. They seem to have been born in an area and time periodContinue reading “Edmund Vawter and Sarah Follis Photo and Story Gallery”

Sam Bass and the Big Springs Train Robbery

Not long ago those in the family who have been watching the TV program “The Curse of Oak Island” also watched the program “Beyond Oak Island” as the show hosts continue to search for buried treasure in other places. In this particular episode they were talking about a character known to anyone who grew upContinue reading “Sam Bass and the Big Springs Train Robbery”

Fielding Hazelrig and Lydia Harvey Photo and Story Gallery

Fielding Hazelrig and Lydia Priscilla Harvey are the parents of my 3X Great Grandmother Sylvia Hazelrigg, through her daughter Lena Livermore and my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. The Harvey and Hazelrig families both have interesting stories that will be explored as I post additional info. Fielding is Lydia’s first husband and after he wentContinue reading “Fielding Hazelrig and Lydia Harvey Photo and Story Gallery”

Newly Approved! Revolutionary War Patriots

I am amazed at how many Revolutionary War Patriots I have been able to find once I started searching and using a wide variety of sources – plus knowing about the Daughters of the American Revolution database which identifies people who have already proven lineage and sometimes it takes very little effort to tie intoContinue reading “Newly Approved! Revolutionary War Patriots”

Zalmon Livermore and Olive Hall Photo and Story Gallery

Zalmon Livermore and Olive Caldwell Hall are the parents of my 3X Great Grandparents Joseph William Livermore and Sylvia Hazelrigg, their daughter Lena Livermore and my Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson. The Livermore family has been fairly well traced and was a respected family in Maquoketa, Iowa. Zalmon was one of the early settlers inContinue reading “Zalmon Livermore and Olive Hall Photo and Story Gallery”

Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim

For any of you who follow my ramblings, or anyone who is related through the Hagerdon line of my tree (My Great Grandmother Gladys Hagerdon Anderson) you may know that I hit a bit of a roadblock with my 4X Great Grandparents Luther Hagerdon and his wife Fanny Perry Hagerdon. They were true pioneers andContinue reading “Random Newspaper Find – Hagerdon Family – Oshkosh, WI Land Claim”

George Washington Clutter and Mary Amanda Kimble Photo and Story Gallery

This post is a continuation of my posts on the 7th generation of my family tree. Counting myself as Generation 1, the 7th generation is my 4X Great Grandparents. George Clutter and Mary Kimble are the grandparents of my 2X Great Grandparents Glenn Pocock, and Glen is the father of my Great Grandmother Blanche PocockContinue reading “George Washington Clutter and Mary Amanda Kimble Photo and Story Gallery”

Daniel Phillips Bounty Land Research Trip – Results Part 1

In my prior post I was headed off to a county courthouse in Illinois searching for a land transaction for Daniel Phillips Bounty Land hoping to narrow down which Daniel Phillips is the correct one, and help tie together the pieces. I spent an entire day in the courthouse searching land records (there isn’t anContinue reading “Daniel Phillips Bounty Land Research Trip – Results Part 1”

Daniel Phillips Bounty Land Research Trip

In researching the Phillips branch of the family (My Great Grandmother, Marjorie Bayne Munter’s mother was a Phillips), there is one generation that has very little solid evidence. Isaac Phillips was a Revolutionary War Veteran, and it is believed that Daniel Phillips is his son and then Jacob/Jasper Phillips is his grandson. We know quiteContinue reading “Daniel Phillips Bounty Land Research Trip”