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Owen family line

June 26, 2012

Coming down into my Grandma Mary Agnew’s family, there is another line of the last name OWEN. I spent some time w/ them today, you know, sitting at their kitchen table drinking coffee and talking. Anyway………..

In one obituary, John Leatherwood Owen, our ancestor, is said to be of WELSH descent. He is said to be buried in Leatherwood cemetary, near Bedford Indiana, but no photo yet. He and his wife Polly have a daughter named Sarah Sallie. In those days, anyone named Sarah is called Sallie, & many times both names go together.
Sarah Sallie marries Thomas Reid, which is the line my Grm. Mary comes from.
The Owen family starts in Virginia with Walter O. Owen, in our tree, in 1708. They go to Wilkes County, North Carolina at some point. Then some of them head to Kentucky, & from there, southern Indiana. A few of them also end up in Tennessee.
John Leatherwood’s father was Barnett Owen. I have a copy of his will. He left his son John $20.00. 🙂  Bartlett doesn’t mention his wife, Frances (*note: my middle name*), so I think she died before him in the same year of 1829.
Bartlett & Frances have 11 children. His will gave me last names of all his daughters (their married names). I have not yet found back to the Welsh ancestor.

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more Reid ancestors

June 26, 2012

Working on more of my Grandma Mary Agnew’s ancestors. Some go back to Germany. The oldest woman whose marker I sent yesterday (Elizabeth Riblin) — her family also immigrated from Germany, her father being one of the 1st Germans in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Her father’s name was Martin Riblin. That is what he changed his name to in America. When he immigrated, it was Hans Martin Raible. He owned 300 acres, no record I’ve found of any slaves, I have his exact will. He immigrated in 1752.
In another branch, the Reid family goes way back to Scotland/Ireland. They go from PA to VA to KY to southern Indiana over the generations. One of them served in the Revolutionary war & is states that on his headstone. He fought in many battles including the siege of Charleston. We can join DAR any time we want.

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ancestor Peter Smith (through Mary Reid Agnew)

June 24, 2012

My 3rd great-grandfather back through my Grandma Mary Agnew — Peter Smith b.1793 in KY, d.1849 in Bedford– worked for the newspaper in Bedford, IN.

He also bought 80 acres from Pres. Andrew Jackson in 1831 near Crawfordsville.

HIS FATHER, George Michael Smith Jr of Rowan County, NC, owned 8 slaves in 1820. By 1830, in KY, they have no slaves & seem to remain without them the rest of their lives. George Michael’s wife Elizabeth is buried in Tateville Baptist Church cemetary, Pulaski County, KY, just west of Corbin KY, near Daniel Boone National Forest off Hwy 75, down Hwy 27S. He reportedly operated a ferry on the treacherous Cumberland river near Burnside, KY (in one report in the info. under Geo.Michael Sr.).
The Father of George Michael Smith — whose name is ALSO George Michael Smith, is the most interesting! He served in the Revolutionary war; became a justice of Rowan County court; operated a mill; owned at one time 400 acres; and was an all-around big shot of the community.
story on ancestry.com:
George Sr’s father, Peter Schmitt/Smythe/Smith came to America from Bavaria in Europe.
George was in the local militia . At one time Peter, along with George and his fellow townsmen, were sent out to protect the town from the Indians during the Revoluntionary War.
George Sr. was a Judge of the Peace in Salisbury, No. Carolina where he lived on 400 acres.
George Jr. moved to KY where he ran a Ferry called “Smith’s Ferry” on the Cumberland River in Pulaski County. He lived on Smith’s Shoal. George Jr. died in 1841 and is buried on the homestead.
One of George Jr. sons , Martin Smith, moved to Indiana where he lived, married Patsy Tuggle and had many children.
One of his sons, Abraham Kern Smith married Margaret Green and had many children. One of his sons, Elmer Smith moved to Texas in 1888 along with Abraham.
(In our family, one of his sons, PETER SMITH, also moved to INDIANA and lived his life there in southern Indiana near Bedford.)
George Sr and his wife are buried in the Smith Cemetery just a few miles outside Salisbury, North Carolina.
his war record:According to:  Abstract of North Carolina Continental Line SoldiersRevelutionary War Rolls M246-46 NARA Records

In 1775, George Michael Smith served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Dixons Company of the 1st Regiment of North Carolina. He enlisted October 6, 1777 for three years. He was wounded and promoted to Sargeant in November, 1778. In contemporary records he is called “Colonel”, probably a colonel of the Militia.

Peter Smith Schmidt (1720 – 1769)

is your 6th great grandfather
Son of Peter Smith
Son of George Michael
Son of George Michael
Daughter of Peter
Son of Nancy Jane
Daughter of Charles S.
Son of Mary Frances

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BYBEE

May 31, 2012

My great-grandmother married to James Agnew was a Bybee. Her name was Clara E., nick name Carrie. A few minutes on the ancestry site today told me that he father was married twice. He married Ann(a) Easum in 1855, they had 3 children & then she died in 1865. There were 2 brothers and Carrie born during that time. He then is found in 1870 with a new wife, Nancy, age 24. My records show he would have been 34 in 1870, but he gives his age as 30, perhaps to be closer to his wife’s age. However, she is not the mother of the 3 older kids, because they were all born before the 1st wife dies in 1865. Carrie was only 5 years old at the time of her mother Anna’s death. In 1870, William Bybee and his wife Nancy have a one-year-old little boy, Robert W. (probably William). Have have zero information about William R. Bybee’s parents OR Ann Easum Bybee’s parents. Carrie and her siblings were all born in Indiana, probably near or in New Albany.

As usual, my family line is shrouded in mystery and little information. I am now connected to other BYBEES through ancestry.com. They have an organization to connect all the cousins, a BYBEE family organization. None of them know much at all about our Indiana line. Go figure!

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family line through Graul to Schneider to Barber

May 18, 2012

To make a long story short, one side of a wife’s family line led back to England today. The Grauls of course are all German. Doesn’t take long to get to Germany. Hell even Dad’s mom, your grandma Alice spoke German until she went to public school.

Grandpa Albert Graul, or “Pops” as they called him, your dad’s grandpa, was the youngest of 8 children of Henry and Mary Graul. There is some family stories that Henry may have married twice, so everyone wonders if Mary is the mother to everyone. From what I’ve found so far, she is. Henry WAS married twice, first to Catherine Schneider, but 2 years later to Mary Schneider. Family stories say they were sisters. It looks likely, although I have not found record of a Catherine in the same family as Mary yet. But they have the same last name.
So, Henry is married to Mary Schneider in 1873 & all the 8 kids are born AFTER that, starting in 1876. Grandpa Albert Graul was born in 1895.
MARY’S family line is what I traced tonight.
Mary’s parents were John (Johann) Schneider (b.1806 in Germany, d.1882 near Mascoutah, IL) and Ann Barber (b. 1830 in New York, d.1894 near Mascoutah).
John Schneider was himself born in GERMANY so his name is Johann and that line leads to Germany just like the Grauls.
But ANN BARBER’S line is different. First of all, she is 25 years younger than John her husband. John Schneider is a successful miller. John and Ann have 4 kids, from what I have found so far. One is “Mary” whose actual name is Flora Maria.
ANN’s PARENTS are: Calvin D. Barber and Nancy Willis. Calvin was born in Connecticut in 1802. Nancy in Vermont in 1804.
To make a long story short, Calvin Barber’s family line appears to go WAAAAAY back to the 1600s in Connecticut……… if that makes sense……. and then to ENGLAND.
So, I have no idea if all of this is completely correct, but here it is:
John Barber (1563 – )  BORN in SOUTHILL, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
relationship to you: 11th great grandfather of husband
Son of John
Son of Edward
Son of Thomas
Son of Samuel
Son of William
Son of William
Son of Luther
Son of John Calvin
Daughter of Calvin D.
Daughter of Ann Elizabeth
Son of Flora Maria
Daughter of Albert W.
Son of Alice Louisa

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Ohlendorf and Graul

May 13, 2012

my husband’s family tree

AL’s family tree

from AL’s grandparents, Albert Graul and Elvira (Ohlendorf) Graul:
The roots are all back in Germany, except for one. Elvira’s parents were Louisa Stahl and Victor Ohlendorf.
LOUISA’s and VICTOR’s parents were all German-born.
Louisa’s parents were: Phillip Stahl and Margaretha Yoekel. Phillip and Margaretha have 4 children: George, Mary Eliza, Mary “Lisetta”, and Louisa.
Phillip dies in 1874. Margaretha remarries Charles Grossman. It is her 2nd marriage & his 3rd. He has a number of children & they seem to live with Margaretha and himself.
Plus, of course, Margaretha and Charles have 3 more children of THEIR OWN: Frederich, Mary, and John Henry.
Margaretha outlives both husbands. She dies late in 1920, living at the time with daughter “Lisetta”. She has quite the large headstone (the stand up monument-type), so Mr. Grossman evidently had money.
Margaretha Yoekel (1839 – 1920)
relationship to you: 2nd great grandmother of husband
Daughter of Margaretha
Daughter of Louisa E.
Daughter of Elvera Christina
Son of Alice Louisa
**Interesting realization of the day: Louisa, Margaretha’s daughter, who you already have photos of with her husband Victor, gets married at age 33. Victor is 27.
Louisa and Victor then proceed to have 6 kids in 9 years, one of whom is Elvira (AL’s Grandma Graul). their kids are: Clarence, Edna, Roy, Elvira, Margrette, Victor Jr.
Louisa is 42 years old when she gives birth to Victor Jr.
Clarence dies in 1935 at the age of 30. Edna dies in 1936 at the age of 30. Then mama LOUISA dies in 1936 ALSO. (disease?? don’t know)
(VICTOR, Louisa’s husband, lives to a very old age and dies in 1970.)
VICTOR’S PARENTS were Heinrich Christoph Ohlendorf and Margaret Sander Diemert. Both German immigrants.
on Grandpa Graul’s side: ALBERT GRAUL’S PARENTS WERE: Henry Graul and Mary Schneider. HENRY’s PARENTS were: JOHANN GRAUL (German immigrant) and Dorothea Ruschert Graul (German). They reportedly both die on a wagon train trip of disease — They both die in 1854. (The kids are young & given to another family to raise.)
ALBERT GRAUL’s mother’s parents were JOHANN SCHNEIDER (German immigrant), and ANN ELIZABETH BARBER. This Ann Elizabeth is the only NON-GERMAN and I do not have her roots traced yet.

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REID family line

May 11, 2012
My grandma Mary Agnew, maiden name REID, who grew up in southern Indiana: Her line appears to trace right back to VERY CLOSE to where the AGNEWS settled in Scotland. This guy in the picture is supposedly ANDREW REID, born in this area of Scotland (Lanarkshire). The area the AGNEWS are from is just SW of there (Lochnaw).
Andrew Reid, b. in Glasgow, Lanarkshire Scotland immigrates to IRELAND and dies in IRELAND in 1712.
One of his sons, Alexander Reid, is born in Ulster, Ireland (1657), and dies in Lancaster, PA (1718).
Alexander’s son Thomas J. Reid is born and dies in Lancaster, PA. The line continues on and on and on, until my Grandma Mary Frances Reid, the mother of my father. I really do not know yet if this is all true, but here it is.
John Reid (1574 – 1665)
is your 10th great grandfather
Son of John
**Andrew Reid (1622 – 1712)**
is your 8th great grandfather
Son of Andrew
Son of Alexander
Son of Thomas J
Son of Thomas
Son of Alexander
Son of Thomas
Son of Alexander J.
Daughter of Charles S.
Son of Mary Frances
You are the daughter of John Thomas
Andrew REID 1622-1718

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Ohlendorf line

May 11, 2012
This is a brief story I just want to write down. The Germans have proven very confusing to research because they all name their kids Heinrich (which becomes Henry).

There is a Hans Heinrich Christoph Ohlendorf (b. 1808) who marries a Catharina Engle Bruns (1816-1856) in Germany on Oct. 17, 1835.

They probably have more children but they have a son they name Heinrich Christoph b. Oct.14, 1837 in Germany.
The son immigrates to the U.S. in 1855. (Other family members did too, I am sure.) He marries Margaret Sander Diemert (b.1844, d.1902) at some point.

They have many children, including VICTOR OHLENDORF b.1875 d.1940.
Margaret dies in 1902. As an elderly man, Heinrich Christoph who immigrated, lives with his son Victor and family. He is living w/ them in early 1920. Later in 1920, he dies, near Mascoutah. Heinrich Christoph (now “Henry”) is buried with his wife Margaret, in a cemetary near Mascoutah.
VICTOR goes on to marry Louisa M. Stahl. Their wedding picture you already have.
Victor and Louisa are Grandma Elvira (Ohlendorf) Graul’s parents. So here is the family line:
Hans Heinrich Christoph Ohlendorf (1808 – )
                                 |
                                 |
Son of Hans Heinrich Christoph
Son of Heinrich Christoph
Daughter of Victor
Daughter of Elvera Christina
Son of Alice Louisa

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Ohlendorf

May 10, 2012

Grandma (Ohlendorf) Graul had siblings Clarence, Edna, Roy, Margrette and Victor. My husband says he remembers visiting Aunt Margrette and Uncle VIC.

Clarence was born in 1905 and died in 1935. Edna is born 1906 and dies 1936. Each of them were 30 years of age when they died. Edna had 2 little girls, Helen and “Gertie”. A wealth of pictures appeared on ancestry tonight, on someone else’s page!

Clarence and Edna

Edna’s wedding day

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AL’s great grandparents

May 9, 2012

Louisa Stahl Ohlendorf and Victor Ohlendorf

parents of Elvira Graul

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