Leaves & Branches

Alberta Joy Gardner Brown.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Family Treasure: Joy's Valentine

A Family Treasure

This pendant belonged to my mother,

It was given to her by my father,

Delbert Keith Brown.

My father liked to sketch a quick heart on notes or cards to my mother. He'd draw a heart with an arrow through the center. Inside he'd write 'DK + Joy' or 'Joy'.

On one special occasion he went to a jeweler and had his sketch made into a black onyx & diamond pendant for my mother. She wore it many times.

Now it is a family treasure.

Soldier Home from WWII, 1946

This man has been elusive because his name can be seen as both Charles Edward & Edward Charles. Now that I have discovered this, I plan to search for his military record during World War II.

Edward Charles Brumfield

b 2 Mar 1924 in Mississippi

Son of Fletcher Boyd Brumfield & Mattie Hannah Brumfield

Source:

Enterprise - Journal, McComb MS

21 Jan 1946, page 2

Saturday, February 1, 2025

February Family Birthdays, February 1 - 15

Is your birthday in February? Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. Happy Birthday!

I posted this series in 2011. This version has been updated with more information.

I hope you find it as much fun as I do.

Click on the links to learn more.

1 February

1787 Nancy PERKINS was the second wife of Moses Brown. His first wife, Sarah Robertson, died in 1810 in Georgia. She had four children. She was my 4th great grandmother. Nancy had seven children, 4 daughters and 3 sons.

1861 Euseba FORTENBERRY, daughter of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine M Faulk

1884 Clara Estella WOLF

2 February

1805 Christian BROWN, daughter of Moses Brown & Sarah Robertson, wife of William M. Fortenberry

1842 Samuel RITTER, son of John B. Ritter & Mary Kemmerer

1853 Samuel WOLF

1856 Sarah Euseba Elizabeth ELLZEY

1906 Otera PIERCE, married Lynn Elias Blades

1915 Francis WEISBERG was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Frank Samuel Weisberg & Florence Gartner. He was my first cousin, once removed. He was a furniture salesman at one time. Late in life he moved to Florida.

3 February

1717 Maria Magdalena WOLF

1792 Jacob RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger, husband of Anna Bogert; lived 38 years; father of 4

1924 Harold Jay NEE b in Ohio, the son of Roy Edward Nee and Isabell Esther Mark. He and his wife, Pauline, had four children. He served in the US Army during World War II.

4 February

1932 Dick Alvin PARKER, born in Ohio, the son of Ralph Alvin Parker & Nellie Irene Jolliff. Dick and his wife, Bonita, had three children.

5 February

1810 Sarah BROWN, b in Georgia, daughter of Moses Brown and Sarah Robertson. She married Gasua Chapman Fortenberry. They had nine children. Sarah died in 1883 in Mississippi.

1890 Harvey Allen RITTER, son of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma Alice Mowrer

1899 Nellie Lavinia MESSMORE, daughter of William Henry Messmore & Susan Isabel Ritter, wife of James Bigler

1928 Donald Ray BROPHY

6 February

1886 Edward MESSMORE

1936 Loyal David NOTHSTEIN

1925 James Joseph COYLE b in CT, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst. He married Barbara Kozlak. They had three children.

7 February

1777 Moses BROWN was one of eight children of Edward Brown. He died 27 February 1838 in Mississippi. He was my 4th great grandfather.

1828 Aderine Mary FAULK, wife of Alfred Fortenberry

1857 Barbary Ann RITTER, daughter of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher

1880 James Benton MARK, son of David Mark & Mary Ann Clason

1884 Lulu Mabel HAWK, daughter of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter

8 February

1775 Johan Jonas WOLF, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick

1887 Catherine MULLANE was born in Ireland, was one of twelve children of Daniel Mullane and Brigid English.

1890 Roger T. ELLZEY, son of William Franklin Ellzey & Mary Elizabeth Gatlin

9 February

1819 Margaret BRUMFIELD, born in Louisiana, daughter of Willis Brumfield and Nancy Virginia Holmes. She married John Seaborn ALFORD, son of Jacob Alford and Frances Seaborn.

1920 Virginia Caroline MOORE, daughter of Floyd Bernard Moore & Anna Slaby

10 February

1891 Infant Girl ALFORD, born in Mississippi, the 12th child of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina Stafford. The baby died on the day she was born.

1905 Homer Grant SHEETS, husband of Mary Mildred Jolliff

11 February

1828 Henrietta C. RITTER, daughter of Daniel Ritter & Lydia Knauss

1883 Emaline Floy MOORE, b in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy. On 14 February 1901 she married Arther Spice.

12 February

1773 Adam WOLF, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick

1797 Jonas MOYER

1825 Hollis Horton FORTENBERRY, son of William Jasper Fortenberry & Violette Kennington

1877 William M. MARK, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter, lived his life in Ohio

1896 Earnest T. ELLZEY

1938 Peggy BROWN was the daughter of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Smith. She married George Alford. She was my father’s first cousin.

13 February

1840 William Franklin FORTENBERRY b in MS, son of Gasua C Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. He married Mariah B. Hall. He was known as ‘Black Frank’.

1852 Howell K. FORTENBERRY, husband of Mary Ann Alford

1872 Bernard COYLE, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady

1895 Ralph William WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

14 February

1804 George KRICK, husband of Anna Hoover

1811 Eliza SMITH, b Mississippi, one of thirteen children of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon. She died 6 April 1837, at the age of 26.

1860 Salena Lena BLADES, daughter of Benjamin Blades & Hollander E. Morris

1910 Margaret Mary BRADY, daughter of Bartholomew Anthony Brady

15 February

1839 Jesse Alexander BRUMFIELD, son of Jesse K Brumfield & Hannah A Youngblood

1879 Lemuel Q. FORTENBERRY

1904 Effie Margaret CARTER, born in Ohio, daughter of Frank Carter & Sadie Mapes. She married James Everett Mark on 31 December 1924. They had 11 children.

1905 Floy Alma SPICE, daughter of Arthur Spice & Lafayette, Medina, Ohio, USA

Isabell Esther Mark Nee Ream

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Forget Me Not: Isabell Mark Nee Ream, 1984 OH

Isabell was the sister of my paternal grandmother, Ivy R. Mark Brown. We visited her in Ohio when I was young. I remember her many pretty knick knacks. My brothers and I were cautioned by our parents to be careful of the fragile objects. I remember she had a mirror in her bedroom. She cut our pictures of flowers from cards and adhered them all around the mirror. As a little girl, I thought it was beautiful.

21 Dec 1903 OH - 9 Mar 1984 OH

Daughter of

Thomas Kenneth Mark & Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy

Wife of:

Roy Edward Nee, m 5 Nov 1922

William Ream, m 29 Jan 1977

Wadsworth – Isabell E. (Nee) Ream, 80, died March 9 at the Wadsworth Health Care Center after a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Ream was born in Medina County and resided in the Wadsworth – Seville area most of her life. She was Wadsworth Township Clerk for eight years, and a member of ACME Lutheran Church. She was a former member of the Wadsworth United Methodist Church, where she was a nursery teacher for over 25 years, and a member of the United Methodist Women. She also participated in senior citizens groups.

She is survived by husband, William, whom she married Jan. 29, 1977; sons, Harold J. Nee of Wadsworth, Paul K. Nee of Arvada, Colo.; six grandchildren; 13 great – grandchildren; brothers, Owen Mark of River Styx, Clarence Mark of Akron, Ind.; sisters, Vera Ballard of Lakeland, Fla., Ivy Brown of Kinderhook, N. Y., Viola Nothstein of White Plains, Md., Wava Braun of Seville.

The family will receive friends at the Hillard – Cox – Mullaney Funeral Home, 174 N. Lyman St., Wadsworth, Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m., where services will be held Monday, 11 a. m., Rev. Vernel A. Lundeen officiating. Interment Woodlawn cemetery. Contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church Nursery or ACME Lutheran Church Library.

Source: Newspapers.com

The Akron Beacon – Journal, Akron, OH

10 March 1984, page 26

Friday, January 17, 2025

January Family Birthdays, January 16 - 31

Is your birthday in January? Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. Happy Birthday!

I have posted this series before. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.

Click on the links to learn more.

16 January

1893 Eugene S BRADY, son of Owen Brady & Mary McGovern

1919 Courtney Jane SIMMONS; daughter of Fletcher Boyd Brumfield & Mattie Hannah Brumfield, wife of Gordon Rushing

17 January

1839 Agnes STRAW was the daughter of John Straw & Margaret Wolf. She married Louis R Poffenberger.

1876 David Ellsworth MESSMORE, son of Allen G. Messmore & Barbary Ann Ritter

18 January

1803 Henry RITTER b PA, son of Johannes Ritter, Jr. & Anna Mariah. He married Mary Harpster. They had two children: David & Catherine.

1855 Julius Ceaser ALFORD, son of Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis, husband of Sarah Elizabeth Fortenberry

1877 Sarah A. LOBAUGH, daughter of John Adam Lobaugh & Christine Wolf

1898 Frank FORTENBERRY, son of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine McDaniel. Frank lived 10 days.

19 January

1831 Joseph WOLF, son of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz, husband of Almeida Flickinger

1867 Philip M. CREASY lived his life in Ohio, son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Wise. He married Mary Wasem. Their son was Harry Lewis Creasy. Philip owned a grocery store in Stark County, Ohio. I have his Bible.

1885 Sarah Emma Lorena SMITH, daughter of Christine Wolf & Emma Julia Warren

1923 Rava Nell BALL, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown, wife of Leonard M. Ezell

20 January

1881 Elve Ellis BLADES, son of William Ephraim Blades & Morgana Josephine McDaniel

1884 May Melissa RITTER, daughter of John William Ritter & Ruth Anna Scott

1925 Calvin Ford FRAVEL b in Virginia. He married Mary Arline Parker, daughter of Ralph Parker & Nellie Irene Jolliff.

21 January

1804 Eli SMITH b in SC, son of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon. He married Orpha Roberts. Eli died 2 August 1838 MS.

1828 Henrietta KERN

1846 Eliza Jane SMITH, daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry

22 January

1822 Ira Payne ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith

1882 Robert C. RITTER, son of Robert R. Ritter & Josephine Hess

1919 Carell James ELLZEY, son of Grady Henry Ellzey & Bertha Fortenberry

1919 Wava Alice MARK has lived her life in Ohio, youngest child of Thomas K. Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. She married Alvin Braun. They lived on a farm in Seville for over 50 years.

1932 Lynn Holly BROWN, son of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Beatrice Smith, husband of Beverly J. Thames.

23 January

1903 Nina Belle HURD

1921 Borden Hamilton BROWN, son of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Beatrice Smith, husband of Annie Laurie Lawrence

1926 John Joseph COYLE b CT, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst.

1935 William Glynn FORTENBERRY

24 January

1802 John WOLF, son of Adam Wolf

1827 Elizabeth Martha Ann CUTRER

1837 Mary L. BRUMFIELD, daughter of Jesse Kelly Brumfield & Hannah Ann Youngblood

1867 Eugene Wellington MCCLENDON

25 January

1823 Alfred FORTENBERRY b Mississippi, son of William J Fortenberry & Violet Kennington. He married Aderine Mary Faulk. They had eight children.

1864 Louisa Armethia FORTENBERRY

1880 Ola SCHILLING

26 January

1836 Allen Moses BROWN b MS, son of Edward S. Brown & Mary Polly Spurlock. He married Emmaline Smith. They had three children. We can find no record of him after 1870. He is my 2nd great grandfather.

27 January

1814 Esther Barbara WOLF, daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder

1879 Richard W. FORTENBERRY

1898 Arlie PIERCE b MS. He married Lyda Mearl Brown, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. Arlie & Lyda had six children.

28 January

1875 George Howard ALFORD

1898 James Joseph MCCALL lived his life in New York City where he was a fire fighter. He married Marion Coyle in 1931. He was injured while putting out a fire and died 25 March 1944.

29 January

1799 Elizabeth MOWREY

1860 Elnora Elizabeth BRUMFIELD

1876 Maria COYLE was born in Ireland, daughter of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. Maria died 21 December 1885.

1889 Mary Alice WOLF

30 January

1931 Maxine Kelly JOLLIFF b OH. She married Donald Eugene Jolliff, son of Samuel Martin Jolliff & Arvesta Lavonne.

31 January

1821 Andrew Alexander WOLF

1854 Oscar J. L. ELLZEY

1879 Nancy Regina Victoria GRUISSY lived her life in Ohio, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Esther Barbara Wolf. She married Thomas Kenneth Mark on 28 January 1903. They had seven children. She was my great grandmother. She died 24 May 1959.

1916 John Leo BRADY, son of Bartholomew Anthony Brady & Mary Agnes Reddan