Notes: Sterneman - Willett Family History

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201	Godparents were: Jost Wolf & Anna Maria Hüsler.	Stirnimann, Jost Joseph Johann (I679)
202	Godparents were: Kaspar Faden & Elisabeth Faden.	Stirnimann, Kaspar Joseph Johann (I976)
203	Godparents were: Meinrad Wandeler & Verena Wermelinger.	Stirnimann, Verena Genovefa (I2360)
204	Godparents were: Moritz Helfenstein & Maria Weber.	Stirnimann, Mauritz (I712)
205	Godparents were: Moritz Schmidli & Magdalena Keller.	Stirnimann, Moritz (I2362)
206	Godparents were: Nikolaus Brunner, Sakristan & Maria Helfenstein.	Stirnimann, Maria Elisabeth (I1678)
207	Godparents were: Ortsparrer Seb. Schmidlin & Anna Weber.	Stirnimann, Sebastian Ulrich (I1677)
208	Godparents were: Ortspfarrer Seb. Schmidlin & Magdalena Weber.	Stirnimann, Sebastian Ulrich (I709)
209	Godparents were: Peter Egli & Regina Muri.	Stirnimann, Johann Peter Joseph (I723)
210	Godparents were: Peter Egli & Regina Muri.	Stirnimann, Anna Maria Regina Agatha (I973)
211	Godparents were: Peter Stirnimann & Maria Steiner.	Stirnimann, Joseph Peter (I735)
212	Godparents were: Philipp Meier & Maria ?	Stirnimann, Maria (I2353)
213	Godparents were: Raphael Schurtenberger & Elisab. Heini. FROM DR. JOSEPH STIRNIMANN Walter Meyer And Elisabeth Stirnimann In the year 1668 from Luternau near Buttisholz Walter Meyer in Nottwil above the Sempacher lake, at the north slope of the Nottwil mountain have been situated two farms Upper-Hupraechtigen to the extent of 200 Jucharten country and 28 Jucharten the forest- after today's values of the number approximately 83 Hektaren - acquired tightened judges at the price of 6,500 gulden. This amount was expensive the larger section that or dowry, which the wealthy transferred farmer Hans Jakob Stirnimann in the Rot into Ruswil to his only daughter Elizabeth, who married Walter Meyer in the same year. After at that time valid right Walter Meyer on his two farms established a "impact". Impact one called at that time a type of mortgages, which are established only by Ehemannern for female's property on their real estate properties, referred by them. As already notices, the 6,500 gulden was not outer-expensively the bride the whole. Like her twin brother Pater Jost Stirnimann, Brother of the Benedictine abbey Muri in the Aargau free office, in his diary (page 54) reported, amounted to "her main property, this is called fortune, which inherited her from her father and her mother and from me and her husband Walter Meyer brought, 10,076 gulden 23 Schilling and 3 lump," after today's value full 2 million Swiss Francs. Nottwil, where Huprächtigen is situated, is only since 1801 its own parish, beforehand belonged Nottwil to the large parish Sursee. Walter Meyer and Elizabeth Stirnimann closed therefore their marriage in the parish church Sursee and this on 1 October 1668. The large farmer Walter Meyer provided the office of the judge, i.e. the chairman of the Twing or village court in the Twing Ruswil, to which Huprächtigen belonged. As such it decided deputy, the Court Sargent, in last instance on things, with the Administrative district constable or its those the value of 99 guldens not exceeded. The judges were with the jurors also the official appraisers of properties and were responsible with their fortune for the correctness of the estimate. The married couple Meyer-Stirnimann had only one son named Joseph and two daughters Anna Maria and Elisabeth, obviously their only children, who grew up with the large child number of deaths at that time. Walter Meyer died on 7 May 1686. The brother of its wife, the Benedictine Jost Stirnimann, reported in his diary (pg.54), like the responsible officials, i.e. the Court Sargent Johannes Wüöst of Ruswil, the church of Sursee, i.e. Jakob Bucher, the Ruswil office recorder Jost Süöss and some cousins, underthis above all Peter Stirnimann to Etzenerlen (the son of Sebastian Stirnimann) and young Peter Stirnimann in the Rot an inventory of the active ones and liabilities of the deceased Walter Meyer created. It did not take place division, because the widow with her children took over the household and the whole operation, in the view, it can this with the help of their district would assist to probably manage. The widow a second marriage with Bernhard Dobmann, the past master farmhand closed about two yearsafter the death of her man in Ober -Huprächtigen. From the administrative district of the office Ruswil it is evident that this connection, probably particularly due to the large registration, was everything else as pleasant. Heavy voltages and argumentscame between Dobmann and the relatives of his wife. The baptizing book of the parish Sursee registers only one child from this marriage on 28 March 1689, i.e. the daughter Elizabeth. The mother died already on 6 October 1692. On 5 November of the same year the inventory and division of their deduction took place in Ober - Huprächtigen. As inheriting the will4 calls the four children, who were represented by their guardians as persons under age. The two farms with their altogether 212 Jucharten open country and approximately 28 Jucharten forest, two houses, barns and granary by the office jurors " gewürdiget, diser Zit wol wärt zue sin namblichen 19'500 Gulden." The farm lease of the two farms or the order of a guardian, who would have taken the responsibility for the two farms up to the majority of the children, was obviously out of the question. They decided on the sale.	Stirnimann, Elisabeth (I1998)
214	Godparents were: Xaver Rast, Kaplan & Elisabeth Wüöst.	Stirnimann, Xaver (I705)
215	Grandma Spurrier (Pearl Dodds) was given some gold by her dad (Ambrose) perhaps in case B. H. Spurrier ran off again -- Presumably between the time Ruth was born and Elizabeth was born. Ambrose did not think very much of B. H. Spurrier.	Dodds, Pearl (I5899)
216	GRAVES CO., KY NEWSPAPER GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS Vol. 5 Saturday, 20 Oct 1877: Three young ladies of Fancy Farm, daughters of Jack Willett, took it unto their heads to marry a few days ago, but not meeting with the approval of the family, lit out one night this week with their fellows and the ceremony has been pronounced which makesthis a wholesale business.	Willett, John William "Jack" (I367)
217	Guest listed at a reunion includes M. R. Smiths "sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ivy." Sonny (Albert Smith, Jr.] is sure that the J. stands for John. Bob Smith's "History of the following families" list Cynthia's spouse as Conway Ivy.	Ivy, John M. (I6223)
218	He died on his way to Colorado to stake a land claim in 1877.	McLaughlin, Michael (I32)
219	He had first believed he was born in Ohio, but his mother, Mary Meenagh Sheridan, later told him he had been born in Albany; later still she told the Sheridan Monument Association that he had been born at sea during the voyage from their home in County Cavan, Ireland. The other strong possibility is that he was actually born in Co. Cavan before they began the trip over. That is what the people of Cavan believe and it may be true. Being born in Ireland was a liability during the dark days of the anti-Irish Know Nothing Party in the U.S. His mother's numerous changes in the story of his birth would seem unnecessary if he had actually been born here. Irish birth could account for the lack of any record or witnesses of his birth in any United States location, however. But whether he was born on the Ol' Sod or somewhere over here, two things are certain: his ancestry was Irish, and he is considered one of the three greatest Union commanders of the American Civil War, along with Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman.	Sheridan, General Phillip Henry (I36)
220	He invented the grocery store walk-in freezer, and held the patent.	Deneen, Frank (I26)
221	He lived under Elizabeth, James I, Charles I and Cromwell,and is said to have served under Oliver Cromwell. (If so, he would have been close to fifty years old; the Commonwealth lasted from 1649 until 1660.)	Hanks, Thomas III (I2569)
222	He resided in Salina, KS and then in Beloit, KS. He ran a dry cleaning business in Beloit.	Willett, Joseph Malcolm Sr. (I18)
223	He studied at St. Minred to be a monk. He was there for three years and left because he dove off a diving board an broke the sack around his heart. They sent him home to heal where he met his wife and didn't want to return. He recieved an award for his work during WWII from the United States of America National War Labor Board (1942 - 1945). He was a member of the UAW-CIO Leadership Institute. He also worked for Ed Morris Assoc. In 1977 he retired and moved to Stephenville, TX.	Sterneman, John Edward (I206)
224	He was a cobbler by trade and also custom made boots and shoes.	Klecan, Wenzel William (I121)
225	He was a diabetic and had both legs amputated. He married while living in California but later separated. In his later years he returned to live in St. Joseph.	Klecan, Frank Thomas (I123)
226	He was an artist with the Army. Wrote treaties using calligraphy-like penmanship. Drew maps of western territories.	Perkins, Silas J. (I116)
227	Henry was the fourth of the eleven children of Mathias Simon from Bengel, Rhineland and Anna Christina Preuer of Erden. Godparents at Henry's baptism in Erden where the family lived, were Henricus Preuer of Erden (most likely an uncle) and Susanna Ketter,Virgine or maiden of Bengel. Four of Henry's siblings died in early childhood. Henry's mother Anna died at age 45 in 1795, leaving Henry age 17 and his 3 younger siblings ages 15, 9, and 3. Erden records list Henry's occupation and that of his father, Mathias Simon as Agricola, in Latin meaning farmer or tiller of the field. A later record lists Henry as Vinitoris, vineland worker. Henry's father died in 1818 in Erden at age 74 and is buried in the parish cemetery. Maria Catherina Justen was the fifth of the seven children of Gregorius Justen and Anna Gertrudis Justin of Loesenich, Rhineland. In April, 1795, when Maria Catherina was four and a half, her father died at age 41. The untimely death left Maria Catherina's mother with 6 children under the age of 16; and a seventh child was born seven months after Gregory's death. Anna Gertrude's death date is unknown. Henry Simon Sr. and Maria Catherina Justen were married in the Catholic parish of Erden, Rhineland, Prussia on March 1, 1808. Henry was 30 years old and Maria Catherina was seventeen. The following is a translation from the parish record: MARRIAGE MARCH 1, 1808 "Erden, taking place without opposition the assembly of people in accordance with our church proclaim to assist in the sacrament/oath to be united Henricus Simon, Farmer, legitimate son of Mathias Simon, Farmer and Christina Preuer p:m: of Erden of our parish - and Maria Catherina Justen, legitimate daughter of before deceased Gregorii Justen and Anna Gertrudis Justen [his] spouse from Loesenich, by method of attending our service. Witnesses Adam Michael Roth, Farmer from Loesenich and Joannes Petrus Coenen, Farmer from Erden." Henry and Maria Catherina had thirteen children, eleven sons and two daughters. Two sons died in childhood; Nicolaus Josephus Simon born in 1815, died 5 weeks later; Stephanus Simon born in 1818 died at age 5 1/2 in 1824. Maria Catherina died in Erden onFebruary 18, 1848 at age 57. Parish records note all are buried in the Erden Catholic Cemetery. From the the eleven surviving children of Henry and Maria Catherina came over 50 grandchildren, and over 120 great-grandchildren, with some descendant lines being presently unavailable. In 1850, his wife Maria Catherina deceased, Henry immigrated to the U.S. with 8 sons, 2 daughters, and Catherina (Roth) Simon, wife of his oldest son John and their 2 young children. Henry's remaining son, Petrus Nicholaus, had arrived in the U.S. 3 yearsearlier. Certainly with a family history of at least 150 years in the Rhineland, there must have been an important reason for Henry at age 72, to sell his land and purchase 14 tickets on a passenger ship for a mass immigration of his family to the U.S. Family history, verbal and written, suggests the emigration was to escape forced conscription into the highly trained Prussian military, which was considered formidable at the time. Perhaps for this reason Henry's son Peter Nicholaus left for the US 3 years in advance of the family group. Henry's great-granddaughter, Carrie Simon, granddaughter of Henry's son Philip) wrote that Philip told her ''that Heinrich Simon wanted to get to the USA before the "Czar" would call his boys into the army...the irony is that hisyoungest son Philip died as a result of his wounds received in battle during the Civil War." (Philip's service record has not been located to date.) The Simons departed from Antwerp on the Ship "EDWINA" and arrived in New York on 3 June, 1850. Henry Simon was naturalized 5 months later on November 29, 1850 in Spencer County, Indiana with sons Henry Simon Jr., Mathias Simon and John Simon. The naturalization paper states they were Prussian and subjects of Frederick, King of Prussia. Three years later on November 6, 1853, Henry Simon Sr. died in Spencer County, Indiana at age 75, leaving 160 acres of land he had purchased there to his children. Henry is buried in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Fulda; S-01-08. His grave inscription reads, as translated: "In memory of Heinrich Simon There is rest in his ashes by the mercy of God. Peace Amen." SIMONS IN THE U.S. - Mathias Simon was naturalized with his father in November, 1850. No data has been located after he witnessed the marriage of his sister Susannah in Spencer County in November, 1851. - Petrus Nicholaus Simon immigrated from Havre, France in August 11, 1847. He was naturalized in Spencer County in August, 1852 with brothers Martin, John, and J. Stephen. No further data has been located. * Mathias and Petrus Nicholaus are not listed as heirs at the probate of the estate of their father in 1856, and are presumed deceased. - Johannes Simon, Henry Simon Jr., Martin Simon, & Susanna Simon Muehlbauer remained in the Fulda, Spencer County, Indiana area where they farmed, and are buried in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Fulda. - Anna Simon Bergbauer and her husband John, a farmer, lived in Spencer County. They later resided in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana, where they are buried in St. Mary's. - Stephen Simon left Indiana in 1883 and located in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Marys Cemetery. - Joseph Simon left Indiana between 1866 and 1870 and located in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Mark's Cemetery there. - Peter Simon was naturalized in Spencer County in 1856. He apparently lived in Ilinois prior to this, later residing in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana with his wife. Peter was a coal miner. He is buried in Old Cliff Cemetery, Perry County, Indiana. - Philip Simon moved from St. Meinrad, Indiana by 1865 to Louisville, Kentucky, to Morgan County, Missouri by 1867, and settled in Clifton, Washington County, Kansas by 1871, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Washington County, Kansas. PROBATE 1856 The Estate of Henry Simon deceased was probated on May 13, 1856. Description of the property: 160 acres... in Township Number four... in the County of Spencer, State of Indiana. Heirs: Michael Muelbauer (Susanna Simon Muelbauer, unlisted, also signed the document), Stephen Simon, Marianna Simon, John Bergbauer, Anna Bergbauer, Peter Simon, Phillip Simon, John Simon, Katherine Simon, Henry Simon, Martin Simon. Disposition: The family agreed for Henry Jr. and Martin to divide and purchase the 160 acres: Henry Simon Jr. purchased 80 acres on the West half of the property for $225. Martin Simon purchased 80 acres on the East half of the property for $225. On the same day, Martin and Margaretha Simon sold to Stephen Simon approximately 77 acres of the east section of his 80 acres for the sum of $97. One might speculate that a house stood on the 3 acres that Martin and Margaretha kept in their possession. However, Martin's purchase from the Simon heirs lists the acreage as Section number 35; the same day sale from Martin to Stephen lists the acreage as Section number 36. On November 6,1882 (26 years later) Stephen and Maria Anne Simon sold 40 acres and an additional 50 acres of the East half of the SW quarter of Section number 36 West of the Anderson River) to Henry Berthe for $1300. *Information from "Probate Records, Spencer County, Indiana" microfilm, p.313.	Simon, Heinrich Sr. (I2006)
228	Henry was the seventh child of Henry Simon Sr. and Maria Catherina Justen, baptized "Henricus". Godparents at the baptism in Erden Catholic parish were Henrico Schwind of Bengel & Catherina Ketter, Maiden of Erden. Henry's mother died in 1848; Henry wasage 27, with 4 older and 6 younger siblings. At age 29, Henry Jr. immigrated with the family on the Ship ''Edwina'', Antwerp to New York arriving in June, 1850. Henry was naturalized with his father and brothers John and Mathias Simon on November 29,1850 in Spencer County, Indiana. Henry's wife, Anna Nemer, immigrated to the U.S. with her family on May 20, 1852, on the Ship "Gertrude", Havre to New York, at age 21. Anna's father is unknown and her mother, Anna nee Kreil, had remarried to Casper Obermeier. Anna was the oldest of the 6 Nemer siblings who immigrated with J. Casper and Anna Obermeier, in addition to their 5 year old son, Xavier Francis Obermeier. Anna married Henry Simon six months later in St. Boniface Church, Fulda, on November 16,1852. This was the first marriage to be recorded by Fr. Kundak in the new St. Boniface parish records. In 1856 Henry purchased 80 acres in Spencer County from his father's estate. Henry was a farmer according to the 1860 census, and a shoemaker with a cobbler shop located diagonally across from St. Boniface Church by 1870. It is probable he learned this trade as a young man in Prussia from Nicolas Preuer, a shoemaker in Erden, probably his father's cousin. Henry and Anna had 5 children. According to the 1880 census, son Henry Francis, age 19, was also a shoemaker. Henry Simon Jr. died in December, 1885, a month before turning age 64. After Henry's death, his wife Anna Nemer Simon, lived with their son Henry Francis and his family according to the 1900 Census. Anna died in March, 1906 at age 78. Both Henry and Anna are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda. THE SIMON HOUSE The two story hewn log house built by Henry Simon as a cobbler shop was located on the corner of Main & Jefferson Sts., Fulda. The base logs were oak, with a mix of poplar and beech also used in the walls. The interior walls were chinked and the exteriorshingle-sided. In 1914 the house was sold by Henry's son, Henry Francis Simon to Joe Beier, who opened a hardware/general store in it. Henry Francis moved to Owensboro and later continued his shoe business there. The original Simon house stood in Fulda until 1975, when, in lieu of being torn down, it was purchased and dismantled by Ben Hubbard of Shoals, Indiana, with intentions of rebuilding it in Shoals. Ben also purchased a second log house from just north of Fulda, the Dilger house. The two log houses were erected in a woods high on a ridge overlooking the White River above East River Road, about 5 miles outside of Shoals. To maintain the integrity of the original houses, each has a separate foundation, and are connected in the middle by a bathroom and kitchen. Electricity and water were not added to the original structures. Mr. Hubbard said the process beginning with putting a road through the woods to the top of the ridge, to finishing the project of combining the two houses, took 6 and a half years. Several years ago Mr. Hubbard sold the property. The present owner, Mrs. Nickerson, relayed an interesting local history of the dwellings. After the joined houses were sold by Mr. Hubbard, the property passed through several owners over a period of years, the longest owner remained about 3 years. Rumor was the Simon house was thought to be haunted. When she purchased the property, the previous owners would not even enter Simon side. Mrs. Nickerson is not bothered by the rumors, and had remained in the houses for 8 years, the longest owner to date since 1975.	Simon, Henry Jr (I1986)
229	Henry was the son of Polly's Uncle John.	Best, Henry (I3776)
230	Her name is spelled "Cyntha" on her tombstone.	Bess, Cynthia Patience (I3771)
231	Her parents had a Homstead in Hannover, KS. She rode in a covered wagon in a small rocking chair from Hannover to St. Joe.	Klecan, Clara Justin (I31)
232	Her parents separated (?) when she was quite young and she lived with and was raised by her uncle, John Holland, in Marshall County, Kentucky. Taken from "The Story of Great Grandmother Leech." Elizabeth Haydock Leech was born in Smithland, Kentucky, September 26, 1833. Her mother, Harriet Conway, was of Irish descent, her father, Gideon Haydock, was a Quaker whose parents had come to America to escape religious persecution in England... Gideon Haydock died before his five children, Elizabeth, Joe, Gus, Maria (Buntie) and Clara were grown. At about the same time a brother of Gideon's and his wife died leaving five children. Harriet Haydock took these children into her home, and the ten children were reared as brothers and sisters. She was a frail woman, delicately reared with only a farm for a livelihood, and a farm in pioneer Kentucky was a big proposition for any woman with ten small children. But her children were clothed, fed, andeducated probably better than the average children in a pioneer country... Harriet Haydock spent the last years of her life with her daughters, and lies at rest in the Lorimer cemetery. *********************************************************************	Conway, Harriet Byron (I4794)
233	His mother Bridget Sheridan disowned him, when he married Clara Klecan, (after being engaged for five years). His older brother joined the priesthood, and since he was the next in line, he was supposed to remain single and care for his widowed mother. She did not see him again until he and his young son (Bernard) were sick with influenza in 1917 (neither were expected to recover, although both did). The first time my grandmother (Mary McLaughlin DeNeen) remembers seeing Bridget Sheridan was when she brought over some cloth at this time so Clara could make the children clothes. My grandmother remembers hating the color and rough texture of the material that she had to wear for years later. Being the third daughter, she not only had to wear the clothesmade for her, but dresses made for her older sisters, Clara May and Mildred, that she eventually grew into.	McLaughlin, Bernard (I30)
234	History of Northeast Missouri by Douglass states that Mary died in France, but Googspeed's History of Northeast Missouri states that she came came to the US and died shortly afterwards.	Mary (I5794)
235	Howard and his wife's (Mary Haydock) brother Gideon Haydock of Smithland, Kentucky, started Haydock (now called Haddox) Ferry of what is now the SKW Allow plant site in Calvert City, Kentucky. [WFT Vol. 4, #448] The name Kuykendall and the family roots can be traced back to a man named Leuers Van Kuykendall who lived in Gelderland, Holland in the early to mid 1600's. The name became simply Kuykendall after his sons immigrated to New Amsterdam, New York, in the winter of 1646.	Kuykendall, Howard P. (I4800)
236	Huriah was a Revolutionary War Soldier, S32266, Virginia. Info on his pension application: sol was b in 1749 on the Neuse River in NC & when very young his parents moved to the Big Pee Dee River in SC & after his parents died he was taken by a Mr. Gilmore, a cousin, to Cumberland Co., NC & in 1776 or 77 he moved to Bedford Co., VA & lived there at enl & after the surrender of Cornwallis he moved to Rown Co., NC for 1 yr. then to Overton Co., GA then to Warren Co., GA & in 1828 he moved to Morgan Co., IL then to Pike Co IL & sol appl there 11 Sept. 1832, sol mentioned a sister & also his children who lived in Pike & Morgan Co., IL.	Gilmore, Huriah (I8055)
237	I, Don M. McCarty, knew this person as Aunt Belle although my grandmother, Ida Bell Cato, always told me that she wasn't my aunt. Aunt Belle, my grandparents, William L. Martin and Ida Bell, and I loved to fish. They had a place on Lake Kemp with a cable drawn raft that we could pull out into the lake to fish. Used to catch lots of carp and catfish. When not fishing we used to play canasta.	Ladd, Belle (I3888)
238	Illegitimate son of Sarah Short Evans born one year before her marriage to David Evan.	Short, Ephraim (I4772)
239	In 1692 Meyer sold the two Upper-Huprächtigen farms for 26,000 guilders to the wealthy Hüsler family from Rickenbach; Descendants of this family still live in Huprächtigen today. In 1709 and 1713, Hans-Jakob Hüsler and his four sons bought the two homesteads, Lower-Huprächtigen; they now owned almost the entire Huprächtigen area. In 1734, members of the Hüsler family built the stately baroque house, today owned by the Weingartner family, Middle-Huprächtigen. 6 In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the property in the Huprächtigen area gradually split up, with the Hüsler families continuing to play a leading role . There is an interesting note in the division protocol from 1781, when Jakob, Leonz and Franz Hüsler shared the property of the late Jakob Hüsler: Of the 162 Jucharten land, 30 are referred to as Mattland, 132 as Weidland. Claus Niederberger (see note 6) writes about this: “This shows that the transition to cattle breeding and dairy farming had already been made and completed here in the 18th century. That this type of cultivation has not existed since time immemorial is proven by the traditional interest, which was mostly still calculated with grain, and also the earlier protocols, which all include fields and a granary in addition to pastures and meadows.”	Hüsler, Hans Jakob (I2911)
240	In 1778 Sammuel signed the oath of fidelity in Prince George's Co. (Box 4:1, p 2). By June of 1782 it is known that Sammuel Willett was residing in Jefferson Co., VA (later KY). At that time he was a private under Brigadier General George Rogers Clark in the Regiment of Militia of Col. Cox at Fort Nelson. In 1775 Col. Richard Henderson, a Carolina judge, hired Boone to take 30 men to cut a trail 300 miles (480 kilometers) through the wilderness of the Cumberland Gap to the Kentucky River. The trail became the Wilderness Road from eastern Virginia into Kentucky. The group built log cabins and started a fort at the end of the trail. They named the settlement Boonesborough (now Boonesboro). Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, Copyright © 1993, 1994 Compton's NewMedia, Inc. At this period in history Kentucky County, VA (originally it had been called Fincastle Co.) was divided into Jefferson, Fayette and Lincoln with the eventual towns of Louisville, Lexington and Harrodsburg for their respective county seats. From these three counties the Commonwealth of Kentucky was formed in 1792. By 1785 Nelson Co. was formed from Jefferson Co. Bullitt and Washington Counties were eventually formed from Nelson. All of the descendants of William Willett and Mary Griffith, except EdwardWillett who remained in Maryland, settled near present day Shepardsville and New Haven, KY. The land of Samuel Willett became a part of Washington Co. when it was formed in 1792 at the time of Kentucky's statehood. George Rogers Clark was appointed brigadier general of Virginia's Western Military department and made his headquarters of Fort Nelson, Jefferson Co., KY present day Louisville, KY. George Rogers Clark is considered the founder of Louisville. All able-bodied men living in the vicinity had to be in the militia. They fought the British and their Indian allies. Samuel and his brother George Willett were part of the troops drafted from the Jefferson Co. militia to work on the construction of Fort Nelson at the Falls of the Ohio. The Willetts were listed in a pay abstract for service from 6/29/1782 to 7/6/1782, which included an allowance of 3 days to march the 40 miles home. (Taken from George Roger Clark and his Men, Military Records, 1778-1784, by Margery Harding) When Nelson Co., VA (later KY) was formed in 1785, Samuel Willett was a tithable on the southern waters of Rolling and Beech Fork Rivers. By 1786 Samuel was a Captain in the Nelson county Militia. He took the list of tithables on Pottenger's Creek for that year and again in 1789 which included him. {Tithing: An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge.}, {frankpledge: In old English law, a system in which units, or tithings composed of ten households were formed, in each of which members were held responsible for one another's conduct.} American Heritage Dictionary. On 11/15/1787 their plantation of 200 acres was surveyed.	Willett, Captin Samuel (I359)
241	In 1818 General Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby bought the west end on the present state of Kentucky from the Chicksaw Indians, news on the new and unmolested territory soon spread throughout the commonwealth. "Having heard of the new rich territory, the Purchase, these newlyweds decided to stake their chances in the west. In the spring of 1829 they made their toilsome journey across the state on horseback and came to Graves County. Young Sam bought a half township of land, from the government, at the rate of twelve and one-half cents an acre. His domain embraced all the present site of Fancy Farm." (Taken from A Sesquicentennial History of Kentucky 11:692).	Willett, Samuel (I340)
242	In 1938 Olevia began to have health problems. She had cancer and as part of the treatment she was given electric shock and radation therapy. During the treatment she was apparently overdosed and spent the rest of her life in the hospital.	Schmitt, Olevia Margaret (I11)
243	In Betty Garrett's letter to Pauline Smith, she said that Alma had two sons who never married and a daughter that she lived with past the age of 92, in Baltimore.	Albert, Alma Edith (I5797)
244	In nurcing home in Vernon (1999). Mildred has moved into a town house in Vernon. Served in Germany October 1944 - January 1946 with the 78th Lightning Division. Discharged as a staff sergent. Received an E.T.O. ribbon with three battlestars, a Combat Infantryman's badge, a Presidential Unit Citation and a Good Conduct medal. Served on Lockett School Board for 8 years.	Cato, Willis Emory (I3849)
245	In that year (1775) his father Augustin Stirnimann (1731-1805) acquired the Sitenmoos farm, which owned 35 Jucharten, after he had been tenant of the castle property in Buttisholz, presumably seven years. Augustin's cradle was in the Unter Roth in Ruswil,in the ancient double house now inhabited by the Muff family. This oldest preserved house of our family, in which our ancestor Peter Stirnimann-Bircher took up residence around 1610, is the parent house, to a certain extent the cradle of our entire Ruswil and Neuenkircher family.	Stirnimann, Augustin (I741)
246	In the 1733 census of Prince George's Co., MD William was dwelling in his father's home. About 4 years later he married Mary Griffith. According to the will of his father, Edward Willett, William received a 43-acre tract called "Beall's Craft" and the home plantation of his father called "Bealington." Besides land his father bequeathed "unto My Said Son, William Willett all My Pewterers Moulds and Other Tools thereunto Belonging provided he Doth make what necessary pewter the rest of my children shall want for their own proper use in their house they finding Mettle." With his brothers Thomas and James and his sister Ann Swan, he received two tracts of land called "Little Doan" and "Horserace" and the personal estate of his father. William Willett did carry on the pewterer business of his father. In the Maryland Gazette on Thursday 1/8/1756 and for the six Thursdays thereafter William ran the following ad, "William Willett, Pewterer living about 2 miles from Upper Marlborough on the Blandensburg Road now moulds old Pewter at 9d per pound or will return one half good new Pewter for any quantify of old and to be cast in whatever forms the employer pleases, either flat or soup dishes, or flat or soup plates. N.B. He will wait on any employer within 20 or 30 miles to receive their old or return their new pewter, and they may depend on being faithfully and honestly dealt with." William Willett of Prince George's Co., MD made most of the pewter ware that went to Kentucky in early days and some by his father Edward.	Willett, William (I368)
247	In the Civil War for the North. Pvt. Co. E., 4th Reg KY, Mounted Inf. In Southern Prison Camp. Lived in Missouri for about 30 years. Moved to Washington in 1912.	Wireman, William (I2541)
248	In the will of Catharine Crawford, made in 1815, she makes dequests to Margaret, Patsy, and Polly Leech, her granddaughters. The Crawfords lived on a 600 acre farm, on North Buffalo, Rockbridge County, Virginia, adjoining the farm of James Leech, Sr., and which is now included in the Leech tract; the last of this line of Crawfords, of the name, having emigrated to Green County, Ohio, in 1826.	Howell, Catherine (I5784)
249	Infant elder sister of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, little Rosa was born to their parents, John and Mary Minah (Meenagh) Sheridan, in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1829, the second of their six children. The Sheridans embarked for the United States with baby Rosa and their young son Patrick early in the year 1831, but she died during the voyage and was buried at sea. Her famous younger brother was born soon afterward in March 1831, and his birth was followed by those of three more siblings in Somerset, Ohio, where the Sheridan family settled.	Sheridan, Rosa (27970064)
250	Initiator of family tree in 1999. Education: Went to Elementary school in Austin, TX at Andrews Elementary K-4th and at Blanton Elementary 5th-6th. Attended Manor Junior High and High School 7th-12th grade. She was a flute and piccolo player in the high school band and won first place in District UIL for Poetry Interpretation. Went to college at SouthWest Texas State University. She originally majored in Music for All-Level grades, but changed to Elemetary Education with a speciallization in music. She graduated in May with a BS in Ed. She taught Elementary Music for Austin Independent School District and Manor Independent School District.	McCarty, Mary Joyce (I3905)

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Godparents were: Jost Wolf & Anna Maria Hüsler.

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Godparents were: Kaspar Faden & Elisabeth Faden.

Stirnimann, Kaspar Joseph Johann (I976)

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Godparents were: Meinrad Wandeler & Verena Wermelinger.

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Godparents were: Moritz Helfenstein & Maria Weber.

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Godparents were: Moritz Schmidli & Magdalena Keller.

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Godparents were: Nikolaus Brunner, Sakristan & Maria Helfenstein.

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Godparents were: Ortsparrer Seb. Schmidlin & Anna Weber.

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Godparents were: Ortspfarrer Seb. Schmidlin & Magdalena Weber.

Stirnimann, Sebastian Ulrich (I709)

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Godparents were: Peter Egli & Regina Muri.

Stirnimann, Johann Peter Joseph (I723)

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Godparents were: Peter Egli & Regina Muri.

Stirnimann, Anna Maria Regina Agatha (I973)

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Godparents were: Peter Stirnimann & Maria Steiner.

Stirnimann, Joseph Peter (I735)

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Godparents were: Philipp Meier & Maria ?

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Godparents were: Raphael Schurtenberger & Elisab. Heini.

FROM DR. JOSEPH STIRNIMANN

Walter Meyer And Elisabeth Stirnimann

In the year 1668 from Luternau near Buttisholz Walter Meyer in Nottwil above the Sempacher lake, at the north slope of the Nottwil mountain have been situated two farms Upper-Hupraechtigen to the extent of 200 Jucharten country and 28 Jucharten the forest- after today's values of the number approximately 83 Hektaren - acquired tightened judges at the price of 6,500 gulden. This amount was expensive the larger section that or dowry, which the wealthy transferred farmer Hans Jakob Stirnimann in the Rot into Ruswil to his only daughter Elizabeth, who married Walter Meyer in the same year. After at that time valid right Walter Meyer on his two farms established a "impact". Impact one called at that time a type of mortgages, which are established only by Ehemannern for female's property on their real estate properties, referred by them.

As already notices, the 6,500 gulden was not outer-expensively the bride the whole. Like her twin brother Pater Jost Stirnimann, Brother of the Benedictine abbey Muri in the Aargau free office, in his diary (page 54) reported, amounted to "her main property, this is called fortune, which inherited her from her father and her mother and from me and her husband Walter Meyer brought, 10,076 gulden 23 Schilling and 3 lump," after today's value full 2 million Swiss Francs.

Nottwil, where Huprächtigen is situated, is only since 1801 its own parish, beforehand belonged Nottwil to the large parish Sursee. Walter Meyer and Elizabeth Stirnimann closed therefore their marriage in the parish church Sursee and this on 1 October 1668.

The large farmer Walter Meyer provided the office of the judge, i.e. the chairman of the Twing or village court in the Twing Ruswil, to which Huprächtigen belonged. As such it decided deputy, the Court Sargent, in last instance on things, with the Administrative district constable or its those the value of 99 guldens not exceeded. The judges were with the jurors also the official appraisers of properties and were responsible with their fortune for the correctness of the estimate.

The married couple Meyer-Stirnimann had only one son named Joseph and two daughters Anna Maria and Elisabeth, obviously their only children, who grew up with the large child number of deaths at that time. Walter Meyer died on 7 May 1686. The brother of its wife, the Benedictine Jost Stirnimann, reported in his diary (pg.54), like the responsible officials, i.e. the Court Sargent Johannes Wüöst of Ruswil, the church of Sursee, i.e. Jakob Bucher, the Ruswil office recorder Jost Süöss and some cousins, underthis above all Peter Stirnimann to Etzenerlen (the son of Sebastian Stirnimann) and young Peter Stirnimann in the Rot an inventory of the active ones and liabilities of the deceased Walter Meyer created. It did not take place division, because the widow with her children took over the household and the whole operation, in the view, it can this with the help of their district would assist to probably manage. The widow a second marriage with Bernhard Dobmann, the past master farmhand closed about two yearsafter the death of her man in Ober -Huprächtigen. From the administrative district of the office Ruswil it is evident that this connection, probably particularly due to the large registration, was everything else as pleasant. Heavy voltages and argumentscame between Dobmann and the relatives of his wife. The baptizing book of the parish Sursee registers only one child from this marriage on 28 March 1689, i.e. the daughter Elizabeth. The mother died already on 6 October 1692. On 5 November of the same year the inventory and division of their deduction took place in Ober - Huprächtigen. As inheriting the will4 calls the four children, who were represented by their guardians as persons under age. The two farms with their altogether 212 Jucharten open country and approximately 28 Jucharten forest, two houses, barns and granary by the office jurors " gewürdiget, diser Zit wol wärt zue sin namblichen 19'500 Gulden." The farm lease of the two farms or the order of a guardian, who would have taken the responsibility for the two farms up to the majority of the children, was obviously out of the question. They decided on the sale.

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Godparents were: Xaver Rast, Kaplan & Elisabeth Wüöst.

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Grandma Spurrier (Pearl Dodds) was given some gold by her dad (Ambrose) perhaps in case B. H. Spurrier ran off again -- Presumably between the time Ruth was born and Elizabeth was born. Ambrose did not think very much of B. H. Spurrier.

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GRAVES CO., KY NEWSPAPER GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS Vol. 5 Saturday, 20 Oct 1877:
Three young ladies of Fancy Farm, daughters of Jack Willett, took it unto their heads to marry a few days ago, but not meeting with the approval of the family, lit out one night this week with their fellows and the ceremony has been pronounced which makesthis a wholesale business.

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Guest listed at a reunion includes M. R. Smiths "sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ivy." Sonny (Albert Smith, Jr.] is sure that the J. stands for John. Bob Smith's "History of the following families" list Cynthia's spouse as Conway Ivy.

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He died on his way to Colorado to stake a land claim in 1877.

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He had first believed he was born in Ohio, but his mother, Mary Meenagh Sheridan, later told him he had been born in Albany; later still she told the Sheridan Monument Association that he had been born at sea during the voyage from their home in County Cavan, Ireland. The other strong possibility is that he was actually born in Co. Cavan before they began the trip over. That is what the people of Cavan believe and it may be true. Being born in Ireland was a liability during the dark days of the anti-Irish Know Nothing Party in the U.S. His mother's numerous changes in the story of his birth would seem unnecessary if he had actually been born here. Irish birth could account for the lack of any record or witnesses of his birth in any United States location, however. But whether he was born on the Ol' Sod or somewhere over here, two things are certain: his ancestry was Irish, and he is considered one of the three greatest Union commanders of the American Civil War, along with Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman.

Sheridan, General Phillip Henry (I36)

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He invented the grocery store walk-in freezer, and held the patent.

Deneen, Frank (I26)

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He lived under Elizabeth, James I, Charles I and Cromwell,and is said to have served under Oliver Cromwell. (If so, he would have been close to fifty years old; the Commonwealth lasted from 1649 until 1660.)

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He resided in Salina, KS and then in Beloit, KS. He ran a dry cleaning business in Beloit.

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He studied at St. Minred to be a monk. He was there for three years and left because he dove off a diving board an broke the sack around his heart. They sent him home to heal where he met his wife and didn't want to return. He recieved an award for his work during WWII from the United States of America National War Labor Board (1942 - 1945). He was a member of the UAW-CIO Leadership Institute. He also worked for Ed Morris Assoc. In 1977 he retired and moved to Stephenville, TX.

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He was a cobbler by trade and also custom made boots and shoes.

Klecan, Wenzel William (I121)

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He was a diabetic and had both legs amputated. He married while living in California but later separated. In his later years he returned to live in St. Joseph.

Klecan, Frank Thomas (I123)

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He was an artist with the Army. Wrote treaties using calligraphy-like penmanship. Drew maps of western territories.

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Henry was the fourth of the eleven children of Mathias Simon from Bengel, Rhineland and Anna Christina Preuer of Erden. Godparents at Henry's baptism in Erden where the family lived, were Henricus Preuer of Erden (most likely an uncle) and Susanna Ketter,Virgine or maiden of Bengel. Four of Henry's siblings died in early childhood. Henry's mother Anna died at age 45 in 1795, leaving Henry age 17 and his 3 younger siblings ages 15, 9, and 3.
Erden records list Henry's occupation and that of his father, Mathias Simon as Agricola, in Latin meaning farmer or tiller of the field. A later record lists Henry as Vinitoris, vineland worker. Henry's father died in 1818 in Erden at age 74 and is buried in the parish cemetery.
Maria Catherina Justen was the fifth of the seven children of Gregorius Justen and Anna Gertrudis Justin of Loesenich, Rhineland. In April, 1795, when Maria Catherina was four and a half, her father died at age 41. The untimely death left Maria Catherina's mother with 6 children under the age of 16; and a seventh child was born seven months after Gregory's death. Anna Gertrude's death date is unknown.
Henry Simon Sr. and Maria Catherina Justen were married in the Catholic parish of Erden, Rhineland, Prussia on March 1, 1808. Henry was 30 years old and Maria Catherina was seventeen. The following is a translation from the parish record: MARRIAGE MARCH 1, 1808
"Erden, taking place without opposition the assembly of people in accordance with our church proclaim to assist in the sacrament/oath to be united Henricus Simon, Farmer, legitimate son of Mathias Simon, Farmer and Christina Preuer p:m: of Erden of our parish - and Maria Catherina Justen, legitimate daughter of before deceased Gregorii Justen and Anna Gertrudis Justen [his] spouse from Loesenich, by method of attending our service. Witnesses Adam Michael Roth, Farmer from Loesenich and Joannes Petrus Coenen, Farmer from Erden."
Henry and Maria Catherina had thirteen children, eleven sons and two daughters. Two sons died in childhood; Nicolaus Josephus Simon born in 1815, died 5 weeks later; Stephanus Simon born in 1818 died at age 5 1/2 in 1824. Maria Catherina died in Erden onFebruary 18, 1848 at age 57. Parish records note all are buried in the Erden Catholic Cemetery. From the the eleven surviving children of Henry and Maria Catherina came over 50 grandchildren, and over 120 great-grandchildren, with some descendant lines being presently unavailable.
In 1850, his wife Maria Catherina deceased, Henry immigrated to the U.S. with 8 sons, 2 daughters, and Catherina (Roth) Simon, wife of his oldest son John and their 2 young children. Henry's remaining son, Petrus Nicholaus, had arrived in the U.S. 3 yearsearlier.
Certainly with a family history of at least 150 years in the Rhineland, there must have been an important reason for Henry at age 72, to sell his land and purchase 14 tickets on a passenger ship for a mass immigration of his family to the U.S. Family history, verbal and written, suggests the emigration was to escape forced conscription into the highly trained Prussian military, which was considered formidable at the time. Perhaps for this reason Henry's son Peter Nicholaus left for the US 3 years in advance of the family group. Henry's great-granddaughter, Carrie Simon, granddaughter of Henry's son Philip) wrote that Philip told her ''that Heinrich Simon wanted to get to the USA before the "Czar" would call his boys into the army...the irony is that hisyoungest son Philip died as a result of his wounds received in battle during the Civil War." (Philip's service record has not been located to date.)
The Simons departed from Antwerp on the Ship "EDWINA" and arrived in New York on 3 June, 1850. Henry Simon was naturalized 5 months later on November 29, 1850 in Spencer County, Indiana with sons Henry Simon Jr., Mathias Simon and John Simon. The naturalization paper states they were Prussian and subjects of Frederick, King of Prussia. Three years later on November 6, 1853, Henry Simon Sr. died in Spencer County, Indiana at age 75, leaving 160 acres of land he had purchased there to his children. Henry is buried in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Fulda; S-01-08. His grave inscription reads, as translated: "In memory of Heinrich Simon There is rest in his ashes by the mercy of God. Peace
Amen."
SIMONS IN THE U.S.
- Mathias Simon was naturalized with his father in November, 1850. No data has been located after he witnessed the marriage of his sister Susannah in Spencer County in November, 1851.
- Petrus Nicholaus Simon immigrated from Havre, France in August 11, 1847. He was naturalized in Spencer County in August, 1852 with brothers Martin, John, and J. Stephen. No further data has been located.
* Mathias and Petrus Nicholaus are not listed as heirs at the probate
of the estate of their father in 1856, and are presumed deceased.
- Johannes Simon, Henry Simon Jr., Martin Simon, & Susanna Simon Muehlbauer remained in the Fulda, Spencer County, Indiana area where they farmed, and are buried in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Fulda.
- Anna Simon Bergbauer and her husband John, a farmer, lived in Spencer County. They later resided in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana, where they are buried in St. Mary's.
- Stephen Simon left Indiana in 1883 and located in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Marys Cemetery.
- Joseph Simon left Indiana between 1866 and 1870 and located in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Mark's Cemetery there.
- Peter Simon was naturalized in Spencer County in 1856. He apparently lived in Ilinois prior to this, later residing in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana with his wife. Peter was a coal miner. He is buried in Old Cliff Cemetery, Perry County, Indiana.
- Philip Simon moved from St. Meinrad, Indiana by 1865 to Louisville, Kentucky, to Morgan County, Missouri by 1867, and settled in Clifton, Washington County, Kansas by 1871, where he farmed. He is buried in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Washington County, Kansas.
PROBATE 1856
The Estate of Henry Simon deceased was probated on May 13, 1856.
Description of the property: 160 acres... in Township Number four... in the County of Spencer, State of Indiana.
Heirs: Michael Muelbauer (Susanna Simon Muelbauer, unlisted, also signed the document), Stephen Simon, Marianna Simon, John Bergbauer, Anna Bergbauer, Peter Simon, Phillip Simon, John Simon, Katherine Simon, Henry Simon, Martin Simon.
Disposition: The family agreed for Henry Jr. and Martin to divide and purchase the 160 acres: Henry Simon Jr. purchased 80 acres on the West half of the property for $225. Martin Simon purchased 80 acres on the East half of the property for $225.
On the same day, Martin and Margaretha Simon sold to Stephen Simon approximately 77 acres of the east section of his 80 acres for the sum of $97. One might speculate that a house stood on the 3 acres that Martin and Margaretha kept in their possession. However, Martin's purchase from the Simon heirs lists the acreage as Section number 35; the same day sale from Martin to Stephen lists the acreage as Section number 36.
On November 6,1882 (26 years later) Stephen and Maria Anne Simon sold 40 acres and an additional 50 acres of the East half of the SW quarter of Section number 36 West of the Anderson River) to Henry Berthe for $1300.
*Information from "Probate Records, Spencer County, Indiana" microfilm, p.313.

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Henry was the seventh child of Henry Simon Sr. and Maria Catherina Justen, baptized "Henricus". Godparents at the baptism in Erden Catholic parish were Henrico Schwind of Bengel & Catherina Ketter, Maiden of Erden. Henry's mother died in 1848; Henry wasage 27, with 4 older and 6 younger siblings. At age 29, Henry Jr. immigrated with the family on the Ship ''Edwina'', Antwerp to New York arriving in June, 1850. Henry was naturalized with his father and brothers John and Mathias Simon on November 29,1850 in Spencer County, Indiana.
Henry's wife, Anna Nemer, immigrated to the U.S. with her family on May 20, 1852, on the Ship "Gertrude", Havre to New York, at age 21. Anna's father is unknown and her mother, Anna nee Kreil, had remarried to Casper Obermeier. Anna was the oldest of the 6 Nemer siblings who immigrated with J. Casper and Anna Obermeier, in addition to their 5 year old son, Xavier Francis Obermeier.
Anna married Henry Simon six months later in St. Boniface Church, Fulda, on November 16,1852. This was the first marriage to be recorded by Fr. Kundak in the new St. Boniface parish records.
In 1856 Henry purchased 80 acres in Spencer County from his father's estate. Henry was a farmer according to the 1860 census, and a shoemaker with a cobbler shop located diagonally across from St. Boniface Church by 1870. It is probable he learned this trade as a young man in Prussia from Nicolas Preuer, a shoemaker in Erden, probably his father's cousin. Henry and Anna had 5 children. According to the 1880 census, son Henry Francis, age 19, was also a shoemaker.
Henry Simon Jr. died in December, 1885, a month before turning age 64. After Henry's death, his wife Anna Nemer Simon, lived with their son Henry Francis and his family according to the 1900 Census. Anna died in March, 1906 at age 78. Both Henry and Anna are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda. THE SIMON HOUSE
The two story hewn log house built by Henry Simon as a cobbler shop was located on the corner of Main & Jefferson Sts., Fulda. The base logs were oak, with a mix of poplar and beech also used in the walls. The interior walls were chinked and the exteriorshingle-sided. In 1914 the house was sold by Henry's son, Henry Francis Simon to Joe Beier, who opened a hardware/general store in it. Henry Francis moved to Owensboro and later continued his shoe business there.
The original Simon house stood in Fulda until 1975, when, in lieu of being torn down, it was purchased and dismantled by Ben Hubbard of Shoals, Indiana, with intentions of rebuilding it in Shoals. Ben also purchased a second log house from just north of Fulda, the Dilger house. The two log houses were erected in a woods high on a ridge overlooking the White River above East River Road, about 5 miles outside of Shoals. To maintain the integrity of the original houses, each has a separate foundation, and are connected in the middle by a bathroom and kitchen. Electricity and water were not added to the original structures. Mr. Hubbard said the process beginning with putting a road through the woods to the top of the ridge, to finishing the project of combining the two houses, took 6 and a half years.
Several years ago Mr. Hubbard sold the property. The present owner, Mrs. Nickerson, relayed an interesting local history of the dwellings. After the joined houses were sold by Mr. Hubbard, the property passed through several owners over a period of years, the longest owner remained about 3 years. Rumor was the Simon house was thought to be haunted. When she purchased the property, the previous owners would not even enter Simon side. Mrs. Nickerson is not bothered by the rumors, and had remained in the houses for 8 years, the longest owner to date since 1975.

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Henry was the son of Polly's Uncle John.

Best, Henry (I3776)

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Her name is spelled "Cyntha" on her tombstone.

Bess, Cynthia Patience (I3771)

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Her parents had a Homstead in Hannover, KS. She rode in a covered wagon in a small rocking chair from Hannover to St. Joe.

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Her parents separated (?) when she was quite young and she lived with and was raised by her uncle, John Holland, in Marshall County, Kentucky.

Taken from "The Story of Great Grandmother Leech."

Elizabeth Haydock Leech was born in Smithland, Kentucky, September 26, 1833. Her mother, Harriet Conway, was of Irish descent, her father, Gideon Haydock, was a Quaker whose parents had come to America to escape religious persecution in England...

Gideon Haydock died before his five children, Elizabeth, Joe, Gus, Maria (Buntie) and Clara were grown. At about the same time a brother of Gideon's and his wife died leaving five children. Harriet Haydock took these children into her home, and the ten children were reared as brothers and sisters. She was a frail woman, delicately reared with only a farm for a livelihood, and a farm in pioneer Kentucky was a big proposition for any woman with ten small children. But her children were clothed, fed, andeducated probably better than the average children in a pioneer country... Harriet Haydock spent the last years of her life with her daughters, and lies at rest in the Lorimer cemetery.
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His mother Bridget Sheridan disowned him, when he married Clara Klecan, (after being engaged for five years). His older brother joined the priesthood, and since he was the next in line, he was supposed to remain single and care for his widowed mother. She did not see him again until he and his young son (Bernard) were sick with influenza in 1917 (neither were expected to recover, although both did). The first time my grandmother (Mary McLaughlin DeNeen) remembers seeing Bridget Sheridan was when she brought over some cloth at this time so Clara could make the children clothes. My grandmother remembers hating the color and rough texture of the material that she had to wear for years later. Being the third daughter, she not only had to wear the clothesmade for her, but dresses made for her older sisters, Clara May and Mildred, that she eventually grew into.

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History of Northeast Missouri by Douglass states that Mary died in France, but Googspeed's History of Northeast Missouri states that she came came to the US and died shortly afterwards.

Mary (I5794)

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Howard and his wife's (Mary Haydock) brother Gideon Haydock of Smithland, Kentucky, started Haydock (now called Haddox) Ferry of what is now the SKW Allow plant site in Calvert City, Kentucky. [WFT Vol. 4, #448]

The name Kuykendall and the family roots can be traced back to a man named Leuers Van Kuykendall who lived in Gelderland, Holland in the early to mid 1600's. The name became simply Kuykendall after his sons immigrated to New Amsterdam, New York, in the winter of 1646.

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Huriah was a Revolutionary War Soldier, S32266, Virginia. Info on his pension application: sol was b in 1749 on the Neuse River in NC & when very young his parents moved to the Big Pee Dee River in SC & after his parents died he was taken by a Mr. Gilmore, a cousin, to Cumberland Co., NC & in 1776 or 77 he moved to Bedford Co., VA & lived there at enl & after the surrender of Cornwallis he moved to Rown Co., NC for 1 yr. then to Overton Co., GA then to Warren Co., GA & in 1828 he moved to Morgan Co., IL then to Pike Co IL & sol appl there 11 Sept. 1832, sol mentioned a sister & also his children who lived in Pike & Morgan Co., IL.

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I, Don M. McCarty, knew this person as Aunt Belle although my grandmother, Ida Bell Cato, always told me that she wasn't my aunt. Aunt Belle, my grandparents, William L. Martin and Ida Bell, and I loved to fish. They had a place on Lake Kemp with a cable drawn raft that we could pull out into the lake to fish. Used to catch lots of carp and catfish. When not fishing we used to play canasta.

Ladd, Belle (I3888)

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Illegitimate son of Sarah Short Evans born one year before her marriage to David Evan.

Short, Ephraim (I4772)

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In 1692 Meyer sold the two Upper-Huprächtigen farms for 26,000 guilders to the wealthy Hüsler family from Rickenbach; Descendants of this family still live in Huprächtigen today. In 1709 and 1713, Hans-Jakob Hüsler and his four sons bought the two homesteads, Lower-Huprächtigen; they now owned almost the entire Huprächtigen area. In 1734, members of the Hüsler family built the stately baroque house, today owned by the Weingartner family, Middle-Huprächtigen. 6 In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the property in the Huprächtigen area gradually split up, with the Hüsler families continuing to play a leading role . There is an interesting note in the division protocol from 1781, when Jakob, Leonz and Franz Hüsler shared the property of the late Jakob Hüsler: Of the 162 Jucharten land, 30 are referred to as Mattland, 132 as Weidland. Claus Niederberger (see note 6) writes about this: “This shows that the transition to cattle breeding and dairy farming had already been made and completed here in the 18th century. That this type of cultivation has not existed since time immemorial is proven by the traditional interest, which was mostly still calculated with grain, and also the earlier protocols, which all include fields and a granary in addition to pastures and meadows.”

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In 1778 Sammuel signed the oath of fidelity in Prince George's Co. (Box 4:1, p 2). By June of 1782 it is known that Sammuel Willett was residing in Jefferson Co., VA (later KY). At that time he was a private under Brigadier General George Rogers Clark in the Regiment of Militia of Col. Cox at Fort Nelson.

In 1775 Col. Richard Henderson, a Carolina judge, hired Boone to take 30 men to cut a trail 300 miles (480 kilometers) through the wilderness of the Cumberland Gap to the Kentucky River. The trail became the Wilderness Road from eastern Virginia into Kentucky. The group built log cabins and started a fort at the end of the trail. They named the settlement Boonesborough (now Boonesboro). Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, Copyright © 1993, 1994 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.

At this period in history Kentucky County, VA (originally it had been called Fincastle Co.) was divided into Jefferson, Fayette and Lincoln with the eventual towns of Louisville, Lexington and Harrodsburg for their respective county seats. From these three counties the Commonwealth of Kentucky was formed in 1792. By 1785 Nelson Co. was formed from Jefferson Co. Bullitt and Washington Counties were eventually formed from Nelson. All of the descendants of William Willett and Mary Griffith, except EdwardWillett who remained in Maryland, settled near present day Shepardsville and New Haven, KY. The land of Samuel Willett became a part of Washington Co. when it was formed in 1792 at the time of Kentucky's statehood.

George Rogers Clark was appointed brigadier general of Virginia's Western Military department and made his headquarters of Fort Nelson, Jefferson Co., KY present day Louisville, KY. George Rogers Clark is considered the founder of Louisville. All able-bodied men living in the vicinity had to be in the militia. They fought the British and their Indian allies. Samuel and his brother George Willett were part of the troops drafted from the Jefferson Co. militia to work on the construction of Fort Nelson at the Falls of the Ohio. The Willetts were listed in a pay abstract for service from 6/29/1782 to 7/6/1782, which included an allowance of 3 days to march the 40 miles home. (Taken from George Roger Clark and his Men, Military Records, 1778-1784, by Margery Harding) When Nelson Co., VA (later KY) was formed in 1785, Samuel Willett was a tithable on the southern waters of Rolling and Beech Fork Rivers. By 1786 Samuel was a Captain in the Nelson county Militia. He took the list of tithables on Pottenger's Creek for that year and again in 1789 which included him. {Tithing: An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge.}, {frankpledge: In old English law, a system in which units, or tithings composed of ten households were formed, in each of which members were held responsible for one another's conduct.} American Heritage Dictionary.

On 11/15/1787 their plantation of 200 acres was surveyed.

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In 1818 General Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby bought the west end on the present state of Kentucky from the Chicksaw Indians, news on the new and unmolested territory soon spread throughout the commonwealth. "Having heard of the new rich territory, the Purchase, these newlyweds decided to stake their chances in the west. In the spring of 1829 they made their toilsome journey across the state on horseback and came to Graves County. Young Sam bought a half township of land, from the government, at the rate of twelve and one-half cents an acre. His domain embraced all the present site of Fancy Farm." (Taken from A Sesquicentennial History of Kentucky 11:692).

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In 1938 Olevia began to have health problems. She had cancer and as part of the treatment she was given electric shock and radation therapy. During the treatment she was apparently overdosed and spent the rest of her life in the hospital.

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In Betty Garrett's letter to Pauline Smith, she said that Alma had two sons who never married and a daughter that she lived with past the age of 92, in Baltimore.

Albert, Alma Edith (I5797)

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In nurcing home in Vernon (1999). Mildred has moved into a town house in Vernon.

Served in Germany October 1944 - January 1946 with the 78th Lightning Division.
Discharged as a staff sergent. Received an E.T.O. ribbon with three battlestars, a Combat Infantryman's badge, a Presidential Unit Citation and a Good Conduct medal.

Served on Lockett School Board for 8 years.

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In that year (1775) his father Augustin Stirnimann (1731-1805) acquired the Sitenmoos farm, which owned 35 Jucharten, after he had been tenant of the castle property in Buttisholz, presumably seven years. Augustin's cradle was in the Unter Roth in Ruswil,in the ancient double house now inhabited by the Muff family. This oldest preserved house of our family, in which our ancestor Peter Stirnimann-Bircher took up residence around 1610, is the parent house, to a certain extent the cradle of our entire Ruswil and Neuenkircher family.

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In the 1733 census of Prince George's Co., MD William was dwelling in his father's home. About 4 years later he married Mary Griffith. According to the will of his father, Edward Willett, William received a 43-acre tract called "Beall's Craft" and the home plantation of his father called "Bealington." Besides land his father bequeathed "unto My Said Son, William Willett all My Pewterers Moulds and Other Tools thereunto Belonging provided he Doth make what necessary pewter the rest of my children shall want for their own proper use in their house they finding Mettle." With his brothers Thomas and James and his sister Ann Swan, he received two tracts of land called "Little Doan" and "Horserace" and the personal estate of his father.

William Willett did carry on the pewterer business of his father. In the Maryland Gazette on Thursday 1/8/1756 and for the six Thursdays thereafter William ran the following ad, "William Willett, Pewterer living about 2 miles from Upper Marlborough on the Blandensburg Road now moulds old Pewter at 9d per pound or will return one half good new Pewter for any quantify of old and to be cast in whatever forms the employer pleases, either flat or soup dishes, or flat or soup plates. N.B. He will wait on any employer within 20 or 30 miles to receive their old or return their new pewter, and they may depend on being faithfully and honestly dealt with." William Willett of Prince George's Co., MD made most of the pewter ware that went to Kentucky in early days and some by his father Edward.

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In the Civil War for the North. Pvt. Co. E., 4th Reg KY, Mounted Inf. In Southern Prison Camp. Lived in Missouri for about 30 years. Moved to Washington in 1912.

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In the will of Catharine Crawford, made in 1815, she makes dequests to Margaret, Patsy, and Polly Leech, her granddaughters. The Crawfords lived on a 600 acre farm, on North Buffalo, Rockbridge County, Virginia, adjoining the farm of James Leech, Sr., and which is now included in the Leech tract; the last of this line of Crawfords, of the name, having emigrated to Green County, Ohio, in 1826.

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Infant elder sister of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, little Rosa was born to their parents, John and Mary Minah (Meenagh) Sheridan, in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1829, the second of their six children. The Sheridans embarked for the United States with baby Rosa and their young son Patrick early in the year 1831, but she died during the voyage and was buried at sea. Her famous younger brother was born soon afterward in March 1831, and his birth was followed by those of three more siblings in Somerset, Ohio, where the Sheridan family settled.

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Initiator of family tree in 1999.

Education:
Went to Elementary school in Austin, TX at Andrews Elementary K-4th and at Blanton Elementary 5th-6th. Attended Manor Junior High and High School 7th-12th grade. She was a flute and piccolo player in the high school band and won first place in District UIL for Poetry Interpretation. Went to college at SouthWest Texas State University. She originally majored in Music for All-Level grades, but changed to Elemetary Education with a speciallization in music. She graduated in May with a BS in Ed. She taught Elementary Music for Austin Independent School District and Manor Independent School District.

McCarty, Mary Joyce (I3905)

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