Albert & Dora Morrison Together for 50 Years

 

Albert Rowlen Morrison & Dora Rand

Married 13 October 1914 OH

Albert  

14 April 1894 OH - Mar 1977 OH

Son of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy

Dora 

26 Dec 1897 OH - 30 Dec 1971 FL

Creston – Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Morrison will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at an open house Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home of their son Edward, 115 Carter St. <orison, 70, was born in Seville; his wife, the former Dora Rand, 67, in Sandusky. The couple were married Oct. 13, 1914 in Sandusky. Morrison was affiliated with Morison’s Garage in Rittman for 15 years and farmed in Creston for 30 years before retiring. The couple now live in Marathon Shores, Fla. In addition to their son the Morrisons have a daughter, Mrs. Helen Hauffman of Creston, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Morrisons are members of the Brethern Church. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the open house Sunday.

Source: Celebrate Anniversary (Akron, OH: The Akron Beacon Journal, 15 Oct 1964) 7; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed April 2018.

Heinrich Ritter Found in an Old Book

 Old books are terrific for getting social and historic details of our families. I love uncovering them in small local libraries. When I cannot travel, I like to use <archive.org> that has a vast supply of images of books, each easily searchable.

This book has some references to my Ritter family. 

 

The Schoolhouse Near the Old Spring

A History of the Union School and Church Association

Dillingersville, Pennsylvania

By Andrew S. Berky

 

 

Heinrich Ritter

c 1715 Germany – 1797 PA; my 6^th great grandfather

I found these snippets concerning my grandfather. 

 

Page 16           Lutheran Church.  August 1748. Heinrich Ritter was a delegate “representing the Upper Milford Church Council.”   “Delegates from all of the parishes met at St. Michael’s church in Philadelphia…” “Much of the discussion centered upon schools and Ox and Ritter reported that the congregation had not been able to provide for one.”

 

Page 99          Baptisms.  1751. Heinrich Ritter and wife Elisabetha baptized their son, “Henrich Wilhelm born February 20 baptized Mar. 24”

 

Page 121         Admitted to Holy Communion in the congregation. April 1751. “Henirich Ritter & wife, Elisabetha” 

 

September Anniversary: Gasua & Sarah Fortenberry, 1832 MS

Gasua Chapman Fortenberry

16 July 1805 SC -  21 June 1884 MS

Son of William Jasper Fortenberry & Violette Kennington

Sarah Brown

5 February 1810 GA – 19 July 1883 MS

Daughter of Moses Brown & Sarah Robertson 

Married

29 September 1832, Marion, MS

Source: Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester. Marriage Records Marion County, Mississippi 1812 - 1860. 1958. 976.221 Marriage G. C. Fortenberry & Sarah Brown 29 Sept 1832

Parents of

Armanda Miranda (Fortenberry) Snell

Narcissa Izela (Fortenberry) Huff

Louisa Ollevia Fortenberry

Benjamin Calvin Fortenberry

William Franklin Fortenberry

Mary Elizabeth Fortenberry

Christianna Euseba (Fortenberry) Schilling

Sarah Jane (Fortenberry) Cutrer

Violette Eliza (Fortenberry) Thornhill

Chief of Police Brumfield

The Brumfield family in Pike County, MS must have been very involved in the county. Three generations of men are mentioned in this report of Dudley's aspirations for Sheriff. 

 Dudley Atkinson Brumfield

Born September 1879, Pike Co., MS

Son of Henry Sims & Martha E. (Bickham) Brumfield 

Husband of Juanita Emilie Melbourne

Dudley Atkinson Brumfield

Chief of Police of McComb for the past 11 years enters the race for sheriff of Pike county. His grandfather, Jesse Brumfield, was elected sheriff of the county in 1843, 96 years ago. His father, Henry S. Brumfield was treasurer of the county for several years, being elected in 1873. Chief Brumfield is one of the best known men in the county and has made a splendid record as head of the McComb police department. 

Brumfield in Sheriff’s Race

 

Police Chief Announces For Office Held By Grandfather

 

Dudley Atkinson Brumfield, for the past eleven years Chief of Police of McComb, today announced his candidacy for the office of Sheriff and Tax Collector of Pike county, subject to action of the voters in the Democratic Primaries next August.

 

Chief Brumfield was born in the Leggett community of Pike county and has resided in this county all his life except for the period he spent with the United States army during the Spanish – American war. He moved to McComb in 1905 and has been a valued citizen of this city for 34 years.

 

The son of Henry S. Brumfield, who served as Pike county’s treasurer for a number of years, being elected in 1873. Dudley A. Brumfield is the grandson of a former Sheriff of Pike county. His grandfather, Jesse Brumfield, was elected sheriff in 1843 and served the people of Pike county well for a four year term.

 

Mr. Brumfield is a member of the Methodist church and the Woodmen of the World, and is active in affairs of the George M. Govan post Spanish – American war veterans.

 

Mr. Brumfield is married and has three children.

 

In offering his candidacy for the office of Sheriff and Tax Collector of Pike county, Chief Brumfield states that he is basing his campaign upon his own personal qualifications and his record as a peace officer and citizen. Having served as chief law enforcement officer of Pike county’s largest municipality for eleven years, he feels that it is not unbecoming for him to request a promotion at the hands of the people of Pike county.

 

As a candidate for Sheriff and Tax Collector, Mr. Brumfield makes no extravagant promises, but pledges his every effort toward the proper execution of the duties of the office to which he aspires. Efficiency and convenience to the public will be his aim in the conduct of the Sheriff and Tax Collector’s office.

 

Newspapers.com

15 May 1939, pages 1 & 7

McComb Daily Journal, McComb, MS

Forget Me Not: Clifton G. Brumfield

 This funeral announcement gives us some basic information about Clifton. I always wish for a more personal history. 

Clifton Grady Brumfield

16 May 1896 MS - 27 May 1967 MS

Son of Clifton Barksdale & Ada Salena (Rollins) Brumfield

Husband of Susie Brown

Clifton G. Brumfield

Rites Today

Funeral Services for Clifton Grady Brumfield, 71, were held at 10 a. m. today in Montgomery Baptist Church.

Mr. Brumfield, a farmer, died at 3:30 p. m. Saturday in a local hospital.

Survivors include his widow, Susie Brown Brumfield; two sons, Hyland W. and Gordon Brumfield, both of Rt. 3, Bogue Chitto; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Hartfield, Natchez; one brother, S. F. Brumfield, Bogue Chitto; two sisters, Mrs. Velma B. Wallace, Bogue Chitto, Mrs. Audrey Lofton, Summit; five granddaughters; and one great granddaughter.

Rev. Gene Ennis officiated. Burial was in Montgomery Cemetery with Hartman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Newspapers.com

29 May 1967

Enterprise - Journal, McComb, MS, page 7

Phillip Heffelfinger of PA & OH

My paternal grandmother. Ivy R. (Mark) Brown has ancestors from Pennsylvania and Ohio. Her 2nd great grandparents were Phillip Heffelfinger & Elizabeth Mowrey. I am attempting to discover more about this family branch.

 

 

Phillip Heffelfnger

28 September 1787 Cumberland Co., PA - 6 July 1877 Wayne Co., OH

Husband of (1) Isabell McCormick & (2) Elizabeth Mowrey

My 4^th great grandfather

 

“Phillip Heffelfinger was born in Cumberland county, Pa., September 28, 1787. He was first married to Isabella McCormick of the same county, who lived less than a year, having one child that died in 1871. He was remarried January 12, 1818, to Elizabeth Mowrey, and by this union had eight children. In the spring of 1818he came West, arriving in Wayne county June 5, and for a while lived in a school house near the residence of the late Daniel Silvers. Two years prior to this he had been out and bought the farm for $700, on which he lived and died. His second wife died March 7, 1871, aged 70 years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, he having, for 25 years before his death, in 1877, been united with the Methodists. He was an honest, pure – minded, sincerely pious man, living to a ripe old age. In his later years he was under the kind care of his daughter, Elizabeth and her husband, Captain Reed. (page 838)

 

Source:

History of Wayne County, Ohio: 

From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time

By Benjamin Douglass 

1878

Indianapolis Ind., Robert Douglass Publisher

Viewed on Internet Archive <archive.org>

Ancestor Anniversaries, September 1 - 15

Here are a few September family weddings. 

Maybe you share an anniversary with someone here.

 

2 September 1897    Herman E Hagans married Edith Edna Ritter, 1881 OH - 1947 [daughter of John William Ritter & Ruth Anna Scott].

2 September 1932    Mississippi. Alton Earl Fortenberry, 1907 MS – 1981 [Son of William Thomas Fortenberry & Clarenda Angeline McElveen] married Beatrice E. Ellzey [Daughter of Roger T. Ellzey & Lottie Lee Brumfield]. They had 8 children. 

4 September 1908    Ohio. Grant H Thorndyke & Susan A Wolf, b 1885 [daughter of John W S Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson].

4 September 1938    Ohio. Ralph Lawrence Spice, 1917 OH – 2000 OH [son of Arthur Spice & Emaline Floy Moore] married Petronela Sarpalius. They had four children.

10 September 1796   Joseph Keck, 1775 PA – 1854 PA [son of Georg Keck & Elanora Catherine Schaut] married Catherine Klingensmith

11 September 1924   Peter Clifford Morrison [son of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy] married Amanda Werth. They had two children.

12 September 1885  Conrad Herbst married Rosa Hahn

13 September 1912   Ohio. Myron A. Boreman [Son of John Boreman & Ella Grant] married Elva Gale Mark, 1894 OH – 1959 OH [Daughter of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Mark]. Parents of four children.

250 Years: Our Patriots & Soldiers

Since April I have been posting about my Revolutionary War patriots. This post shows  a list of all those men I have researched. If there was enough information for a blog post, you will find a link to that post. Others need more research to uncover more facts about the service given. Perhaps you know more about one of these men and you will contact me. 

Our Family’s Revolutionary War Patriots:

 

Jacob Alford*

1761 NC – 1824 LA; Son of Julius & Lucy Alford; Husband of Elizabeth Bryant

My 4x great grandfather 

North Carolina Militia

 

Jacob Cade Alford

 1737 VA – c 1814 NC; Son of Lodwick & Susanna Alford

My 1^st cousin, 6x removed 

 Served in 3^rd & 7^th Virginia Regiment; DAR Ancestor # A001289

 

James Alford

1740 NC – 1812 GA; Son of Lodwick & Rebecca (Ferrell) Alford

1^st cousin, 4x removed of Roy Jessie Brown

Private, North Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor # A001292

 

Julius Alford

c 1750 NC – 1820 GA; Son of Lodwick & Rebecca (Ferrell) Alford

My 1^st cousin, 6x removed 

Captain, North Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor # A215013

 

Lodwick Alford

b c 1740 NC; Son of Lodwick & Rebecca (Ferrell) Alford

My 1^st cousin, 6x removed 

Major, North Carolina Militia

 

Charles Brumfield*

1745 VA – 1826 SC; Son of John Watson & Elizabeth Brumfield; Husband of Elizabeth 

My 5x great grandfather 

Gave civil patriotic service in North and South Carolina; DAR Ancestor # A016014

 

John Brumfield

1750 VA – 1845 LA; Son of John Watson & Elizabeth Brumfield

My 6x great uncle 

Sergeant US Dept of Calvary & Horseman in South Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor #A016016

 

Reuben Brumfield

b c 1749; Son of John Watson & Elizabeth Brumfield

My 6x great uncle 

South Carolina Militia

 

Johan Adam Dick* 

1709 Germany - 1785 PA; Parents unknown; Husband of Anna Ottilla Knack

My 6x great grandfather 

Gave patriotic service in PA; DAR Ancestor # A215209

 

Richard Dillon*

1745 VA – 1833 MS; Son of James Theopilous & Mary Dillon; Husband of Anne Lawrence

My 6x great grandfather 

Private, North Carolina Militia; served onboard privateer ‘Greyhound’ & Prisoner of War

DAR Ancestor # A036157

 

David Faulkenberry

1746 – 1841 TN; Son of Jacob Faulkenberry

My 4x great uncle 

Sergeant, South Carolina Militia

 

John Faulkenberry*

[Also seen as John Fortenberry]

c1740 – 1815 SC; Son of Jacob Faulkenberry; Husband of Hannah Eubanks

My 5x great grandfather 

Private in South Carolina under Captain William McKenzie; DAR Ancestor # A041319

 

Elijah Hollis

1763 – c 1832 SC; Son of Moses & Rosannah Berry (Hagan) Hollis

My 6x great uncle 

Captain, South Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor #  A056668

 

James Hollis

Died after 1844 SC; Son of Moses & Rosannah Berry (Hagan) Hollis

My 6x great uncle 

South Carolina Militia

 

John Hollis

1751 VA – 1836 SC; Son of Moses & Rosannah Berry (Hagan) Hollis

My 6x great uncle 

Captain, South Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor # A056678

 

Moses Hollis*

1728 VA – c 1794 SC; Son of John & Esther (Canterbury) Hollis; 

Husband of Rosannah Berry Hagan

My 6x great grandfather 

Lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor #  A206608

 

William Hollis

1748 VA – c 1836 AL; Son of Moses & Rosannah Berry (Hagan) Hollis

My 6x great uncle 

Private, South Carolina Militia

 

Andreas Keck

1753 PA – 1828 PA; Son of Heinrich & Hannah Keck

My 6x great uncle 

Private in 7^th Company, 3^rd Battalion, Northampton Militia, PA; DAR Ancestor # A200654

 

Heinrich Keck*

1710 Germany - 8 May 1786 PA; Parents unknown; 

Husband of Hannah Catherine Peterson

My 6x great grandfather 

Gave Patriotic Service in PA; DAR Ancestor # A063799

 

Heinrich Keck

b c 1746 PA; Son of Heinrich & Hannah Keck

My 6x great uncle 

Private, 7^th Company, 4^th Battalion, Northampton Militia, PA

 

Johannes Keck

 c 1742 PA – 1803 PA; Son of Heinrich & Hannah Keck

My 6x great uncle 

Private in 7^th Company, 3^rd Battalion, Northampton Militia, PA

 

William Stark Kelly*

1739 Ireland – 1826 TN; Parents unknown; Husband of Mary F Durham

My 5x great grandfather 

Private, 1st Regiment of North Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor # A064317

 

John Kennington*

c 1745 – c 1814 SC; Son of Edward Kennington; Husband of Martha

3x great grandfather of Roy Jessie Brown

Captain, served under Col. Marshall; South Carolina Militia 

 

John Lawrence, Jr.

c 1747 VA – 1796 NC; Son of John & Martha Lawrence 

My 2^nd cousin, 7x removed 

Soldier in Virginia Militia; DAR Ancestor #A067184

 

Jacob Ott II*

1755 SC – 1820 SC; Son of Jacob & Margaret (Fitchtner) Ott I; Husband of Mary Elizabeth Ott 

My 5x great grandfather 

Captain, Orangeburg SC Militia; Served in Francis Marion’s Brigade, the ‘Swamp Fox’

Also gave patriotic service by giving supplies to troops; DAR Ancestor # A084856

 

Casper Ritter

1747 PA – 1824 PA; Son of Caspar & Anna Maria Ritter

My 1^st cousin, 7x removed 

Corporal, Infantry, 7^th Company, 4th Battalion Northampton County Militia, PA

DAR Ancestor # A096307

 

Johannes Ritter, Sr.*

1743 PA – 1816 PA; Son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt; 

Husband of Maria Elisabeth Keck

My 5x great grandfather 

Private, 4^th Battalion, Lancaster Co. Militia, Pennsylvania

Captain, 1^st Company, 3^rd Battalion, Northampton Militia, PA

Captain, 6^th Company, 4^th Battalion, Northampton Militia, PA

 

Martin Ritter

1749 PA – 1827 PA; Son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt

My 6x great uncle 

Private, 7^th Co., 1^st Battalion, Northampton Co., Militia, PA – 1777

Sergeant, 4^th Co., 2^nd Battalion, Northampton Co., Militia, PA – 1778

DAR Ancestor # A096359

 

Matthais Ritter

1741 PA – 1825 PA: Son of Paul & Maria Ritter

My 1^st cousin, 7x removed 

Gave patriotic service; DAR Ancestor # A213282

 

Jeremiah Smith, Sr.*

1755 – after 1827; Parents unknown; Husband of Jemimah Hollis

My 5x great grandfather 

Private, under Francis Marion’s Brigade, the ‘Swamp Fox’; 

South Carolina Militia; DAR Ancestor # A203742

 

Johann Jonas Wolf *

1739 PA – 1787 PA; Son of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth; Husband of Appollonia Dick

My 5x great grandfather 

Second Lieutenant in the 5^th Company, 6^th Battalion of the York Co. Militia, PA

(which later became the 8^th Company, 7^th Battalion of the York Co. Militia, PA)

DAR Ancestor # A127487

 

 

DAR = Daughters of the American Revolution. “Ancestor #” indicates a patriot recognized by the organization for his patriotic/military service.

* Indicates a ‘direct line” ancestor; a person from whom you are directly descended, such as parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. These people are different from “collateral relatives” such as siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. To become a Daughter of the American Revolution or a Son of the American Revolution you must prove your soldier is a “direct line” ancestor.