Notes: Sterneman - Willett Family History

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301	Lives in Lubbock (1999).	Hale, Edith (I3886)
302	Lois Carty in "John P. Carty of Molls Creek" list a Mary C. Carty born October 1843 and died Aug 15, 1853 and list the source as the 1850 Census. The 1850 Census list a Henry C. that is eaisly read as Mary C. but the listing is for a male and is definately Henry C. Lois also list a tombstone as a source. Until I find other evidence, I will assume that the listing for Mary C. is in error.	Carty, Henry C. (I4286)
303	Lorene Pullin remembers Jr. and Murrel McCarty visiting the farm home near Cost, Gonzales County. They were raising corn at the time. Murrel and Jr. shot rats in the barn. Birth and Death dates are from Social Security Death records. Discharged March 11, 1941 from U.S. Army. After his death, Murel Douglas McCarty (his half brother) received and kept all his important papers. @MI91@	Turman, Marion Edgar Jr. (I9017)
304	Lorene Pullin remembers Jr. and Murrel McCarty visiting the farm home near Cost, Gonzales County. They were raising corn at the time. Murrel and Jr. shot rats in the barn. Lorene Pullin and Ozell Laurence also remember when Murrel fell out of the car as a very young child. Chester and LuElla had been on oil field rounds near Valley View at night. Murrel, age 2 or 3, was asleep in the back seat. The back seat door came open and Murrel fell out. Lorene and Ozell were unsure whether he walked to the nearest gas station or the police picked him up, but he told them his name was "Murrel Duglas." Later the police stopped Chester and LuElla near their home and asked whether they had lost a child. They said thay thought not, but when the police described the coat Murrel was wearing, LuElla realized it was the one she had sewed for him and exclaimed, "Oh my lands, that's my boy." Murrel was discharged Nov 17, 1945 from U. S. Army as Staff Sergeant 418th Night Fighter Squadron.	McCarty, Murrel Duglas (I7536)
305	Loves to wear hats.	Murray, Geraldine (67531223)
306	Maria Elisabeth (1828-1895) should be mentioned, who first entered the order of the Ursulines in Lucerne (Maria Hilf), was a teacher and after the abolition of this monastery in 1847 moved to the Dominican convent of St. Peter in Schwyz and in 1854 as Sr.Maria Vincentia made her profession. She worked as a teacher, organist, became a novice master and subprioress, and was a highly esteemed prioress almost without interruption from 1863 until her death.	Stirnimann, Maria Elisab. (Sr. Vincentia) (I932)
307	Married Conway shortly after he moved to Marshall Co. and had only one child, Harriet Byron Conway. They were divorced shortly after Harriet Conway was born and Harriet went to live with John Jolland, an uncle. After securing a divorce she married a Baldwin. She is said to have been a large woman.	Crenshawe (I5792)
308	Married his first cousin.	Gilmore, Henry (I7942)
309	Married his first cousin.	Family: John Leech / Sarah Montgomery (F3036)
310	Married his first cousin.This family lived in Gordon, Alabama [Family research of Carlton J. Martin].	Martin, John P. (I7952)
311	Married Pearl (an indian) and had 2 children, one died measeales complications, he then divorced and married "a wet back" [in W. L. Martin's words].	Martin, Jesse Frank (I3821)
312	Married twice had at least 11 children all named on FamilySearch.com.	Short, John (I6255)
313	Married twice. One of her husbands was married twice. Many decendants and ancestors on FamilySearch.com.	Short, Susannah (I6250)
314	Martin was christened "Martinus" at his baptism in Erden. Godparents were Petro Martine Lenz of Erden & Maria Susanna Preuer of Wahlen. Martin's naturalization papers in Spencer County, Indiana courthouse report that he was a native of Prussia, owes allegiance to Frederick, King of Prussia, emigrated from Antwerp and arrived at New York on June 3,1850. Naturalization papers were dated August 6, 1852. Margaretha Roth was born near Frankfort, Germany, and immigrated to the US on the Ship "PACKET", Antwerp to New York, arriving on 18 June, 1851. Little is known of Margaretha's family prior to her marriage to Martin. Martin and Margaret had ten children, including a set of twins. Two children died prior to adulthood; they are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda. In 1856 Martin purchased 80 acres in Spencer County from his father's estate, and sold what appeared to be adjoining acreage to his younger brother Stephen. The 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census lists Martin, Margaret, and their children in Harrison Township, Spencer County, Indiana. Value of real estate was $600 [1860 census]. Martin's occupation was a farmer. Margaretha died in 1886 at age 58, and Martin died at age 67 (1891) in Spencer County, Indiana. Martin and Margaretha are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Fulda, A-03-07 and A-19-12. Margaretha's grave has no marker remaining.	Simon, Martin (I2312)
315	Mary Gilmore apparently lived to adulthood as no early death date recorded in Bible.	Gilmore, Mary (I7889)
316	Matthias Stirnimann, the founder of our Lucerne line, was one of those numerous farmer sons who, whether of their own choice or forced by circumstances, left their father's hold, moved to the city, learned a trade here and after years more determined and often more reluctant Build his own existence at work. Matthias Stirnimann's home was Neuenkirch... Matthias' youth was overshadowed by the untimely death of his mother, who died on April 2, 1804 at the age of only thirty as a result of the birth of their first and only child. On May 30, 1808, the young widower led Maria Barbara Zurkirchen von Malters to the altar of Malters in the St. Jost pilgrimage chapel in Blatten. This marriage resulted in three sons and three daughters (the youngest of the three sons, Fridolin (m. Elisabeth Honauer), the only one who got married, sold Sitenmoos to a Johann Studerin 1898). As his descendants know to this day, Matthias Stirnimann was trained as a cook at a young age in Lucerne in the Franciscan monastery, commonly known by the people as the Barfüsser, and remained, supposedly until the abolition of the monastery in 1838, as a cook in it Service. The monastery had a well-attended public economy since 1799. Did Matthias leave his father's house because he was the stepson of six half-siblings? We do not know it. On the other hand, we have a presumed explanation as to why he or his father decided to do an apprenticeship and job in the Franciscan monastery in Lucerne; An uncle of the farmer in Sitenmoos, P. Fortunat (+1808), was a monk of the Franciscan monastery in Werthenstein, which, together with its mother monastery in Lucerne, had for decades had to defend itself against all conceivable harassment from the state (especially the ban on accepting novices). It is therefore possible that the family in Sitenmoos was no stranger to the monastery in Lucerne either... In 1846 Matthias Stirnimann started his own business. He acquired in Lucerne on Münzgasse, then called Münzgässlein, for a purchase price of 9'550 Gl or Fr. 12'733.33 the wine tavern "To three Swiss", with benefits and damage beginning on August 15, 1846. This is today's restaurant "Walliser Kanne", Münzgasse. The front toMünzgasse has retained its original, neat appearance to this day. The house, which was called "Zur Taube" before 1833, has numerous memories of historical events and personalities dating back to the 14th century. For the first time the house "To three Swiss" made a name for itself about the borders of Lucerne and even Switzerland in connection with the notorious cellar or crook trial of 1825/26. The Lucerne mayor Franz Xaver Keller had mysteriously drowned in the Reuss in 1816. Years later, the rumor wasspread that a gang of crooks hired by Keller's political opponents had been in the wine tavern "To three Swiss" met secretly and there decided to plunge the Schultheissen into the Reuss. The landlord was able to prove that the people suspected of the murder were never his guests.	Stirnimann, Matthias Johann (90385816)
317	Melbourne Smith copied Mrs. Lizzie Glenn Leech's death date as April 23, 1851 and added a note: I am sure this must be 1853 or 1863.	Glenn, Elizabeth (I7773)
318	Melburn was a newspaper reporter, then a secretary for his father when Madison Roswell Smith became a congressman. Melburn was also a cartoonist for a St. Louis paper. Melburn allowed his only son to be raised by Nancy Ann Leech (Bebo) after Helen died in childbirth. Melburn remarried when his son was about 6 and wished to take over the care of his son. But Albert objected to being removed from the only mother he had ever known, so Albert was returned to Bebo's care. Because of this incident there were strained relations between Melburn and the rest of his family, especially Bebo and Puff. The following article was taken from "History of Southeast Missouri," page 746. Melbourne Smith, editor of the Lead Belt News, is one of the able representatives of the Fourth Estate in this part of the state, the publication of which he is the head standing as a fit moulder of public opinion and recorder of the events of the many-sided life of the community. One of our greatest American writers has penned the lines "There was a young fellow of excellent pith, Fate tried to obscure him by naming him Smith." But in the case of the subject, as in that of the hero of the couplet, Fate seems destined to frustration in her nefarious designs. Melbourne Smith is a native son of Missouri, his birth having occurred at Marble Hill, Bollinger county, on December 9, 1882. He is the son of that well-known statesman and lawyer, Madison R. Smith, member of Congress from the Thirteenth District of Missouri. The elder gentleman was born July 9, 1850, at Glenallen, Bollinger County, Missouri, and received his preliminary education in the public, schools, later entering Central College at Fayette, and preparing for the law under Louis Houck, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was admitted to the bar at Marble Hill in 1874 and he was united in marriage to Nannie Leech of Cape Girardeau January 12, 1881. To this union five children were born, namely: Melbourne, Alma, Taylor, Bab and Buntie. The family removed to Farmington about the year 1888 and there the head of the house engaged in the practice of law. An able man and one of high ideals of citizenship, he soon received marked political preferment, representing his district in the state Senate from 1887until 1891 and giving most loyal and efficient service to his constituents. He acted as reporter of the St. Louis Court of Appeals from 1901 until 1904 and in 1907 reached the zenith of his career, going as representative of the Thirteenth Missouri District to the Sixtieth Congress, his tenure of office lasting from 1907 to 1909. The son, Mr. Smith, is a stanch supporter of the principles of Democracy and he is a prominent Mason. The religious faith of the family is that of the Southern Methodist church. Madison R. Smith is at the present time counsel for the Federal Trust Company of St. Louis and he also acts in the same capacity for the Houck Railroads. He is located at Farmington at the present time. The early education of Melbourne Smith was secured in the public schools of Farmington and he subsequently attended a number of well-known institutions. These were Elmwood Seminary and Carlton College of Farmington; Branham & Hughes School at Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Central College at Fayette, Missouri. He exhibited marked attainments in scholarship and in 1902 received the degree of A. B. from the last named institution. After his graduation he became connected in 1903 with the Republican of Cape Girardeau. About a year later, on June 9, 1904, he accepted a position on the St. Louis Republican and remained with that well-known newspaper for the following three years. When his father was sent to the National Assembly in Washington, D. C., Mr. Smith went with him as his secretary and he remained in the national capital during the session of 1907-1909. He subsequently became connected with the Federal Trust Company and remained with that organization until March, 1911, when he established himself upon a more independent footing, by becoming editor and publisher of the Lead Belt News, at Plat River. This paper represents the political principles for which the Messrs. Smith have ever maintained great loyalty,-the Democratic-and is a live and excellently conducted sheet. On June 26, 1908, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Helen Albert, daughter of L. J. Albert, president of the Bank of Cape Girardeau. This happy union was of brief duration, Mrs. Smith's demise occurring in March, 1909, at Farmington. She is survived by one son, Albert. Mr. Smith is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South and holds membership in the Masonic lodge. He is widely and favorably known and stands as a valuable member of society. ************************************************************************ *** Melbourne Smith claimed to be related to Nancy Hanks -- Abraham Lincolyn's mother.	Smith, Melbourne (I8944)
319	Methodist minister, ordained 13 Dec 1801, Augusta, Georgia. Living in Henry County, Virginia in 1780/1781. Wilkes/Greene Counties, Georgia by about 1785 and about 1792 [Wilkes County court records of 29/8/1784, 20/9/1786, 23/6/1790, 29/2/1792, 15/12/1792]. [Gilmore Genealogy].	Gilmore, Rev. Humphrey (I7913)
320	Michael Muehlbauer, a farmer, immigrated to Spencer County on the Brig "Luise Fredericke", Bremen to New York, arriving on July 6,1849 with his wife Anna and their 4 children: Philip, age 9 (later in the Civil War); Maria Anna, called Mary, age 7; Francis, age 3; and Joseph, an infant.* In the fall of 1850, Michael's wife Anna and their two youngest children, Francis & Joseph died of flux, ** leaving Michael a widower with 2 children, Philip, 10, and Mary, 8. Passenger Manifest Brig Luise Frederick; 1850 Census, Indiana. * Spencer County Mortality Index. Michael married Maria Susanna Simon on November 18, 1851 in Spencer County, Indiana. Both their names were misspelled on the marriage certificate (see notes; M. Susanna Simon). Michael was naturalized on 6 August, 1852 with brothers-in-law Martin, John, Stephen, & Peter Nicholaus Simon. His naturalization papers state that he arrived from Germany and owed allegiance to Ludwig, Prince of Beyern (Bavaria). Name on naturalization is spelled Millbauer.* Women were not naturalized. * Correct spelling is Muehlbauer or Muhlbauer with the umlaut over the letter "u". Michael and Susanna had one child, Catherina Muehlbauer in 1854 and baptized at St. Boniface Church. After his wife Susanna's death in 1877, Michael and his daughter Catherina, called Kate, moved to the Tell City area of Perry County, Indiana. Michael died in 1880 at age 66. Buriel location is unknown.	Muehlbauer, Michael (I2311)
321	Mike was the third child of Mac and Polly McCarty, born while the family lived at Laird Hill just outside of Kilgore, Texas. Mac was 28 and Polly was 26. Mac was an oil field worker (like his father). Graduated from Robstown High School, Robstown, Nueces County, Texas in May 1968. Attended A&I University, Kingsville, Texas for a short time and Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. "Volunteered" for the Army in April, 1969. Attended basic training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and received additional training at Fort Ord, Monterey, California. He was stationed in Vietnam in September, 1969, as Private First Class U.S. Army CompanyC 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry WAGNCOA. He was promoted to Specialist Four on April 19, 1970. He received a Purple Heart on April 29, 1970 "for wounds received in connection with military operations against a hostile force". Mike reported: "I received aflechette dart from our own artillery; It is a small dart almost an inch long, and it comes in a beehive round; I was down in the door of the bunker, and the round exploded before it went over the berm." He also told his mother that he and two of his comrades dove into a fox hole and that all three were wounded and one died. He received the Air Medal on May 5, 1970, and the Army Commendation Medal on August 16, 1970. After a 7 day leave which he spent in Taipai, Vietnam, he refused an order to take off the hand made cowboy boots from Taipai and put on his military boots. He was Court Martialed on July 22, 1970, reduced to E-2 classification and returned to the field.On July 25, 1970 he said he was not feeling well and wanted to return to the base and see the doctor. His commanding officer ordered him to return to his battalion but he proceeded to board a helicopter and return to base. He was Court Martialed againand sentenced to be reclassified as Private First Class, receive no additional pay, receive a Dishonorable Discharge, and serve 10 years in prison. The charge was "that private (E-2) Michael D. McCarty, Company C, 2n Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), APO San Francisco 96490, US Army did, at Long Khanh Province near Fire Support Base Garry Owen, Republic of Vietnam, on or about 25 July 1970, in the presence of the enemy, run away from his company." During the Court Martial it wasshown that there was very little evidence of any enemy in the area and that the officer rescinded the order for Mike to return to his Battalion. If you are interested you should read the verbatim transcript of the trial. His sentence was later reduced to a bad conduct discharge and 2 years in prison (served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas). In May, 1976, Michael was examined by Cecil A. Childers, M.D.. In a letter addressed to his parents he states: "This is to certify that Mr. Michael McCarty has been under my professional care for the past two months. He has been hospitalized at Physicians & Surgeons Hospital and Memorial Medical Center. He has had an extensive workup including a full battery of psychological tests. The results lead to the definite diagnosis of Paranoid, Process Type, Schizophrenia. Copies of his workup are included.It is clear that this individual probably was psychotic while he was functioning in the service. I cannot imagine how he was given anything other than a medical discharge. In my opinion he definitely needs to be service connected for an ongoing schizophrenic process which he had probably before he went into the service and certainly which became obvious and florid during his service experience." Michael Duglas McCarty jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge on May 25,1978. His parents settled his estate on June 23, 1982. As far as I know (2004), no death certificate has been issued. @MI78@	McCarty, Michael Duglas (I7774)
322	Mother of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Mrs. Sheridan, age 87, predeceased her famous son by two months, neither being aware of the other's fatal illness. Born in Ireland, she married her second cousin, John Sheridan, on her 25th birthday, and worked with him as a tenant farmer on an estate called Cherrymount in their native County Cavan. Encouraged to emigrate by John's maternal uncle, Thomas Gainor of Albany, New York, the couple embarked for the United States early in the year 1831 with their two young children: 3-year-old Patrick, and Rosa, a baby who died during the voyage. After a brief stay in Albany, the couple came to settle in Somerset, Ohio with their growing family, which by this time included the newborn Philip. As John Sheridan's work in canal and railway construction frequently kept him away from home, Mary's solid character exerted a profound influence on their five surviving children--Patrick, Philip, Mary, John, and Michael. Described as "clear-headed, resourceful, honest, and industrious" by her neighbors, it was generally believed that Phil inherited his best qualities from his mother. After the Civil War, she lived in a "Steamboat Gothic" house which had been built for her by Gen. Sheridan, but she declined to praise him more than his siblings, telling visitors that she took as much pride in her son John's having done his duty as a private during the Civil War as she did in the more distinguished military careers of his brothers Philip and Michael. Widowed in 1875, she was also predeceased by two of her adult children: Patrick in 1853, and Mary (Mrs. John Wilson)in 1868. All are now reunited here in Holy Trinity Cemetery with the exception of Rosa, who was buried at sea, and Generals Philip and Michael Sheridan, who were buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.	Manah (Meenagh), Mary (I2801)
323	Moved from Keller, TX in the late 1800s to Wilbarger Co. Lived south of Vernon. First three children were born in the half dugout they lived in.	Cato, James Henry (I3842)
324	Moved from Lincoln Co., N. C. to Bollinger Co., MO in 1920.	Smith, Andrew Jackson (I6204)
325	Moved to St. Joe abt 1880 (6 years old)	Hanks, Nannie May (I29)
326	Name SHERIDAN, Philip Henry Born March 6 1831, Albany NY Died August 5 1888, Nosquitt MA Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1853 (after one year's suspension for chasing a cadet officer with a bayonet), frontier duty, Indian fighter. War Service 1861 Capt. in 13th US Infantry, quartermaster for Halleck's force at Corinth, Col. of 2nd Michigan Cavalry, Booneville, July 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 11th Divn/Army of the Ohio at Perryville, commanded 3rd Divn/XVI Corps at Stone's River, December 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/XX Corps at Chickamauga, commanded 2nd Divn/IV Corps at Missionary Ridge, commanded Cavalry of Army of the Potomac in Overland campaign, Richmond raid, Yellow Tavern,conducted the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Third Winchester, September 1864 promoted Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, November 1864 promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular Army, Appomattox campaign, Five Forks. Post War Career Army service, commanded the Military Division of the Gulf, commanded Fifth Military District, succeeded Sherman as commander-in-chief, author. Notes A fierce fighter - one of the top Union generals. Philip Sheridan ranks with Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman as one of the three great Union commanders of the American Civil War. Of the three he was the only one who devoted his whole life to the United States Army. Philip Henry Sheridan was born in Albany, N.Y. His parents had settled there after emigrating from Ireland. Soon after his birth the family moved to Perry County, Ohio. The Mexican War prompted Sheridan to become a soldier. He secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., graduating from there in 1853. Sheridan was a first lieutenant when the American Civil War began. Distinguished service brought him rapid promotions. When Grant took command of the United States Army in 1864, he gave Sheridan command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac. During the Wilderness campaign of 1864 Sheridan aided Grant by destroying Confederate lines of communication. In July 1864 a strong Confederate force under Jubal Early drove the Federal Army from the Shenandoah Valley in northwestern Virginia. Sheridan was given command of the area. He defeated Early at Winchester and again at Fisher's Hill, driving the Confederates back to Staunton. These victories won for Sheridan a commission as brigadier general. On the morning of October 19, Early counterattacked at Cedar Creek and drove the Federal force back in confusion. At that time Sheridan was returning from a conference in Washington D.C. Reaching Winchester, 20 miles (32 kilometers) away, he learned of the turn of events. Speedily he rode forward and reorganized the Union troops. At 3 PM his forces attacked and drove the Confederates 30 miles (48 kilometers) up the valley. For this Sheridan was made a major general and received the thanks of Congress. In March 1865 Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac. At Five Forks he entrapped and routed George Edward Pickett's troops, causing the Confederates to abandon Petersburg. When Gen. Robert E. Lee started to retreat, Sheridan's cavalry blocked the Confederate escape route at Appomattox Court House. This forced Lee to surrender. After the war Sheridan was placed in command in the Southwest near the Mexican border. Later he headed the Department of Missouri, with headquarters in Chicago. During the great Chicago fire of 1871, Sheridan's troops helped maintain order in the city. In 1870 Sheridan served as the American military observer with the Prussian army in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1884 he succeeded Sherman as general in chief of the United States Army. He received the rank of general a few months before his death. Sheridan died on Aug. 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, Mass. --------------------------------------------------------- Excerpted from Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia Copyright © 1993, 1994 Comptons NewMedia, Inc.	Sheridan, General Phillip Henry (I36)
327	Named after a good school teacher that her mother had had.	Spurrier, May Louise (I3803)
328	Named for a prominant Virginia Lawyer.	Carty, John Franklin Mcilhenney (I3866)
329	Nancy Martin is in the 1850 Census with her parents, marries in 1852, appears with Thomas Conrad and children in the 1860 Henry County, Alabama Census. I have not found her in any later census reports. However, her husband and children (all listed as born in Florida) are in the 1880 Census. It is presumed that she died shortly after giving birth to Joseph Conrad since she is not listed in the 1880 Census.	Conrad, Thomas Frank (I3828)
330	Nancy Martin, wife of Thomas F. Conrad (house hold #504 in 1880 Census of Jackson County, Florida) is actually missing from the census.	Martin, Nancy (I7680)
331	News paper articles in Bebo's scrapbook place Rev. C. E. W. Smith as living at Hematite, Missouri, at the time of his marriage.	Smith, Rev. C. Elijah W. (I6220)
332	Nickname came from his frequent courting. He was married secretly during his senior year of highschool but no one knew for some time.	Spurrier, Daniel Newman (I6196)
333	Nikolaus von Flüe, the Swiss national saint (1417-1487). Brother Klaus, as he is usually called, as a hermit in Ranft, admonisher and advisor to governments, princes and countless pilgrims from near and far, is known to have the Swiss Confederation in an instant thanks to his advice on the Diet of Stans (December 22, 1481) Crisis saved from impending civil war and ruin. Catholic and Protestant Christians agree that Brother Klaus, one of the last mystics of the late Middle Ages, exemplified the "devotion to God" in the unity of religion and life in a rare perfection. The Pope Pius XII. Man of God, canonized on May 15, 1947, is without a doubt one of the greatest figures in Christianity.	Flüe, Nikolaus (Brother Klaus) (46417480)
334	Nina Suttle McCarty saved a letter from Alice Gresham to her sister, Mollie Gresham, dated Jan, 1924.	Gresham, Alice (I7677)
335	No records have been located for Franciska after 1852, when she immigrated with her family at about age 20 on the Ship "Gertrude" Havre to New York, which arrived May 20, 1852.	Nemer, Franciska (I312)
336	No records have been located for George after he immigrated with his family at about age 14 in 1852 on the Ship "Gertrude" Havre to New York, that arrived May 20, 1852.	Nemer, George (I1980)
337	Nora Muehlbauer is the sister of Phillip Muehlbauer who married Olivia Schmitt.	Family: Joseph Aloysius Schmitt / Elenora Carolina Muehlbauer (F76)
338	NOTE FROM ADELE (STERNEMAN) MOORE: Adèle Loew was the third daughter of four that survived. Her mother died shortly after child birth when Adèle was around four years of age, and the girls were sent to different relatives. Adèle lived with two unmarried aunts in a remote area of the Alpsnear Basel. At fourteen she was sent as a governess to a French family. In exchange they subsidized her education. Returning to her aunt's home, she worked in Basel as a store manager. Evenings were spent making lace and embroidery to sell at the store. There was little to do in the winter, and they hand carved wooden blades in order to ice skate. She met her husband during her employment at the store. A few months after her husband left Switzerland for America, she followed, on the SS Lapland, Antwerp to NY July 8, 1912. She didn't know English except "milk for baby" and "which way St. Louis?" She later said that each time her ticket got smaller, she knew she was getting closer to her destination. John and Adèle (Della) called each other Chassy (for Caesar) and Delli. Adele converted to Catholicism in 1927. Prior to this she had attended a church next to the jail. Adèle's hobbies were gardening, ceramics and painting with oils on canvas.	Loew, Adèle (I8)
339	Note from Don M. McCarty, 2004: Although it is correct to call Thomas Crawford Leech's son, "Thomas Crawford Leech, Jr.", it is not correct to call his other sons, "John Johnston Leech" and "William Varnell Leech" as Juniors. John Johnston Leech, Sr. andWilliam Varnell Leech, Sr., were brothers of Thomas Crawford Leech, Sr. But as far as I know neither John Johnston Leech, Sr. nor William Varnell Leech, Sr. had children that they named Junior, so this terminology, used historically in the family helps to keep the record straight eventhough it is not technically accurate. ********************************************************* Extract from a letter written by this Thomas Crawford Leech to his cousin William Bolivar Finley Leech of Rockbridge County, Virginia, kindly firnished (for reprint in the Ochiltree Book) by John Houston Leech of Lexington, Virginia, son of William Bolivar Finley Leech: I see from my father's old Bible that the above [the children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Crawford) Leech] were my uncles and aunts. My grandfather, Thomas Leech moved to Livingston County, Kentucky from Rockbridge, Virginia, when my father was a boy. I remember to have seen Uncle John [of Broad Creek] at my father's house when I was a small boy. He came on a visit from Rockbridge County. My Aunt Margaret Leech married Thomas Gilmore. They lived near Terre Haute, Indiana. My father married Miss Glenn, raised seven children, six boys and one girl; all dead except sister Martha, who is the wife of Joseph H. Fowler, and myself. My brother, William Leech, lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I have a wife and seven children. My grandfather, Thomas Leech, married Betsey Crawford, August 1792, and Margaret Scott in 1816. Truly yours, Thomas C. Leech. *********************************************************	Leech, Thomas Crawford (I7775)
340	Note in letter from VM to Don M. McCarty dated March 7, 2001: He [Thomas Leech] moved his family there [Livingston County, Kentucky] in 1816. He married 1) Elizabeth Crawford and had 7 children. She died in 1809 and in 1810 he remarried to Margaret Scott and had 2 children. **************************************************************	Leech, Thomas (I5767)
341	Note! the connection from Joab to Joseph DeNeen is speculative at this time. We know that Joab was born in this area at the this time, and we know that Joseph had a son Joab born in the same area at the same time period but we have no documentation that these Joabs are the same person. DENEEN-A HUGUENOT FAMILY by Ken Hale (used with permission) The 16th century in France witnessed the most unspeakable acts of indignity of man against man in the name of religion. It was the century of the Reformation. Notwithstanding the rages and threats of the Catholic Church, the Protestant churches grew as the persecution grew. In 1571, there were 2150 churches with 10,000 members; in 1581 their membership grew to over 200,000. An edict was passed in 1540, "under pain of high treason it is prohibited to give solace, support, or refuge to the Reformed Religion." Unspeakable atrocities were commited to supress the hated doctrines. Hated, not because they wished to overthrow the throne but because they wished to worship God in the old simple manner, according to the dictates of their conscience. On August 24, 1572, sunday, St. Bartholomew's Day, a plot to annihilate the movement was executed. Huguenots had been invited to participate in the nupial festivities of Henry IV, Henry of Navarre. The plot was hatched by Charles IX of Valois, his motherCatherine de Medici, and the Duke of Guise. Such pillage, destruction, fire, murder, and mutilation has never been equaled by Goths, Huns, or vandals. Huguenot victims were stabbed, chopped with halbards, thrown from windows, and thrown into the Seine,just to mention a few means of dispatching them. After ascending to the throne of France, Henry, who was reared in a protestant background, granted to the Huguenots the Edict of Nantes on 13 April 1593. The Edict gave "perpetual and irrevocable" liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, churches of their own, ministers, also their own judges and garrisons, and paid for their own troops. After Henry's death in May 1610 to an assassin's dagger, the social and political equality enjoyed for 22 years by the Huguenots changed to persecution and disintegration. By the time Louis XIV ascended to the throne, the plight of the Huguenots had worsened. Influenced by Cardinal Mazarine, Louis revoked the Edict of Nantes on October 8, 1685 and vowed to exterminate the Huguenots. The Huguenots were driven into exile and banished from the kingdom. It is a shame to capsulize this one hundred or so years of history. It does, however, tell us why our ancestors, the Deneens, as well as thousands of others fled France to find refuge in Holland and the British Isles. Our family legend says that the Deneen's fled to Northern Ireland. Hoping to secure even greater religious and political freedom as well as economic advantages, some families decided to migrate to America. Often a younger family member would come first to America and upon becoming settled would write to the rest of the family to come to America. A daughter, Margaret was the first Deneen. Perhaps she married a man destined for America or she had signed on as a bride for a groom unseen in the new world. There are numerous versions of how she came. A common one, and possibly apocryphal, was to theeffect that she attended a party aboard a ship. While the party was in progress, the ship pulled anchor and headed for America. In any event her father and siblings came to join her and her husband, DeCamp. The mother apparently died before or during the voyage. A granddfather of Samuel Hackett Deneen, according to one story, was two years old when he arrived. Upon disembarking, the family made it's way to Hunterdon, NJ to join Margaret and her husband. It seems Margaret had died before the family arrived. DeCamp doubtless helped the family get settled. The first record thus far found of a Deneen in America is in Hunterdon County, N.J. 1778-1797, concerning tax lists, by TLC Genealogy, Miami, Fla, page 47: "Deneane, James, Lebanon, 1778-1785". In the same list was the name of Dr. Gideon DeCamp, Hopewell,1778-1785. Was this Margaret's widower, or his descendant? the name Peter Rodenbough, of Lebanon, also was listed for the years 1778-1785. This name had numerous variations in spelling. There were at least 3 Deneen brothers, all born in New Jersey: James, Joseph, and Samuel Hackett. There may have been a William also. A sister, Elizabeth was born in 1758. This researcher has no further information concerning William and Elizabeth. JOSEPH DENEEN was born in 1760, New Jersey. He married and apparently started on the westward trip, probably to Ohio, with his brothers James and Samuel Hackett. His wife was about to give birth and could travel no farther. A stopping point was selected in what became known as Deneen's Gap, in Buck Valley. The child was the 1st white child born in Buck Valley. His wife died soon thereafter. Joseph carried the child back to New Jersey, then returned and married Amy Bishop. Amy was born 12 Jan. 1778. Amy's father, John bishop, came from England, settled in New Jersey, came to Bedford Co., Pa, then removed with his family to Kentucky. John Bishop and his wife died in Kentucky. Their 3 children, Jacob, Amy and David, returned on foot to Bethel Township, Bedford Co., in 1803. Joseph built a tannery and followed tanning for many years, also farming and hunting. It is unknown why he remained in the Gap when his brothers, James and Samuel continued on to the west. He and his wife Amy, lived out their lives in Buck Valley. Joseph died 17 Dec. 1821 and Amy died 15 Nov. 1862. They are buried in a family plot on the Deneen Farm. The original headstones long ago disappeared. A common stone for all persons buried there has been erected by their descendants. Buck Valley was originally known as Whipper's Cove or Sarah's Manor. The valley is about 4 miles wide and 20 miles long. It is surrounded by mountains, excepting on the south. There are 3 Gaps: Maud McKeel's, northwest, Barnes, southwest in Ray's Hill,and Deneen's Gap, east in Sidling Hill. Buck Valley is located in Union Township, taken from a part of Bethel Township on 19 Jan. 1864.	Deneen, Joseph (I2209)
342	NOTES from Barbara Bartels: Isaac and Sarah Ann Lemaster were married about 1783. In 1787 they were counted in census in Ohio county, which is now in the West Virginia panhandle on the Ohio River, with his father Richard, on the Cumberland Road. This must have marked their migration to Kentucky. This road runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Pittsburgh, PA. From there they probably rafted down the Ohio River to Eastern Kentucky. County formation kept occurring, placing the area where the Lemaster family lived in Kentucky under the jurisdiction of several counties, although they lived in the same place. This is why the births of the children are listed as occurring in different counties. In 1811, the same area was formed into Bath county. In 1820 there are two Isaac Lamasters, one in Bath Co. Ky, which almost matches the family of our Isaac, except for one extra daughter b. 1810-1820. There is also an Isaac Lamaster in Shelby Co., Indiana. Maybe he was counted just before and after he moved, although the move should have taken two weeks, at least. An Isaac Lamaster received credit for service in the War of 1812, from Dearborn co., Indiana, under Capt. Justus Sartwell's company, Indiana Militia, Apr.-Jun. 1813, but he paid a substitute John Walden. I'm not sure if this our Isaac, who was fifty years old at the time, but the author of Lamasters, 1810-1840 thinks it is. His brother Richard was in the same company. Daughter Phoebe was the first to be married in 1813, and son Richard married two years later, in 1815. Sons Michael and Benjamin were married in 1818. It is not known when Cassandra married Joseph Boon, but the. probability is in Kentucky, guessing by herage. The impending move to Indiana must have spurred the marriages of Elizabeth and Patsy, in 1820. By 1821, Isaac was taxed in Bartholomew CO., Indiana, parent of Shelby Co., Indiana. All of the children of this family went to Shelby Co., Indiana, as far as is known, except Elijah, who stayed in Kentucky. Daughters Micha and Sally were married in Bartholomew Co., Indiana in 1821 and 1822 respectively. At that time Shelby Co., had not been formed. This left only the baby Isaac, Jr., at home, unmarried, until 1829. Isaac, Sr., is said to have died shortly after 1830, and in the 1840 census of Shelby Co., Sarah is still living.	Lemaster, Isaac (I2630)
343	Nottaufe	Stirnimann, Girl (I9713)
344	Nottaufe	Stirnimann, Ferdinand (I9715)
345	Of Cane Creek (Civil War?)	Wireman, Benjamin (I2538)
346	of Paducah, Kentucky.	Given (I4805)
347	of Tazewell in 1820, to St. Louis, MO by 1822, back to Carter Co., TN by 1824	Oney, Highland (I2780)
348	Of the four sons, Adam (m. Maria Anna Grüter) is the founder of the Ohmstal line. We follow him on his way, which led him from Lindenhof over the Ey near Werthenstein to Gunzwil (St. Stephan parish, Beromünster) and finally to Ohmstal. In 1781 Adam acquired half of the share of the dormitory in the Ey, which then belonged to two owners, for 1713 Gl; the same is below the Höchweid, on the left of the cantonal road when you drive from Wohlhusen to Werthenstein (current owner: Hans Steiner). On February 6, 1786 Adam Stirnimann led Maria Anna Grüter of Wolhusen to the altar, the following year he sold his share in the Ey for 2730 Gl. The young couple moved to Gunzwil, where they settled in the Rüschen. In 1818, Adam Stirnimann decided to sell his farm in Obern Blasenberg and move with his three sons and three daughters to Ohmstal, where he acquired the Landsberg farm. We know the middleman who evidently moved Adam to this late decision - he was 65, at that time an old age - and who probably enabled him to buy the Landsberg farm. It was a relative, the judge Sebastian Stirnimann in the hall in Ruswil (he was mentioned in the last newsletter, page 6f.). He owned the Landsberg farm, against whose owners, the brothers Johann and Anton Kurmann, the bankruptcy was opened, together with the Sursee city councilor Balthasar Göldlin, landlord to the Sonne, at the public increase in Alberswil on March 2, 1818 at a low price of 14 ‘050 G1 acquired. Adam Stirnimann soon realized that by buying the farm he was doing the business of his life. The Landsberg was with its over a hundred Juch. Land and forest more than twice the size of his farm, had new buildings and only cost a little more than the farm in Blasenberg, because Sebastian Stirnimann and his co-owners met him with the price: instead of the 14'050 G1 (.18'733 , 50 Fr.), which they had paid, they left the farm to him for 12,000 G1 (= CHF 16,000). It is not unreasonable to assume that the judge Sebastian Stirnimann, a very wealthy man and apparently just as generous as his father, advocated this concession, perhaps even bearing the loss alone. Adam acted quickly. On July 17, 1818, he initially sold the house, barn, the stake in the warehouse and 20 3/4 Juch. Land and 2 Juch. Wald for 6,000 G1 or CHF 8,000. After just four days, on July 21, he made the purchase in Ohmstal. On August 7th, the other 20 became Juch. Land and a yoke. Wald im Blasenberg sold to a neighbor for Cl 4,000 or CHF 5,333 1/3. When Adam Stirnimann bought it, the Landsberg farm comprised around 18 years of age. Baumgarten and Matten, approx. 65 Juch. Weidland and approx. 16 Juch. Forest. The house with two apartments and an attached barn was new. The property also included the Landsberg-Hüsli home with 3 Juch. Field and 4 Juch Forest. The farm was encumbered with mortgages with a total value of 10,146 G1 25 schillings. After their withdrawal, Adam Stirnimann still had to pay 15 Schilling l'853 G1. He paid Cl 500 in cash, the rest in securities.	Stirnimann, Adam (I914)
349	Older brother of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, 23-year-old Patrick Sheridan was the first of the six children of John and Mary Minah (Meenagh) Sheridan, and had been born on their second wedding anniversary and Mary's 27th birthday. He was not yet three years old in early 1831 when he emigrated from Ireland with his parents and younger sister Rosa, a baby who died on ship during the voyage. After debarking in Boston, the Sheridans lived for a brief time in Albany, New York, before settling in Somerset, Ohio, later in the year. In addition to Patrick, the family by that time included the newborn Philip, and in the years ahead, three more children: Mary, John, and Michael. Patrick and his siblings attended the local public school, and as their father's construction jobs often kept him away from home for long periods, the youngsters were responsible for much of the work on the family farm. Patrick died a few weeks after his brother Philip's suspension from West Point for a parade ground altercation, and more than a decade before his meteoric rise to fame. Unmarried at the time of his death, he was survived by his parents and four younger siblings. All have since been united here in Holy Trinity Cemetery with the exception of the infant Rosa, who was buried at sea, and Generals Philip and Michael Sheridan, who were interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.	Sheridan, Patrick Henry (91229324)
350	On 12 December 1692 Peter Stirnimann from Etzenerlen, jurors of the court (starting from 1692 Court Sargent) and his cousin, to that control casually Peter Stirnimann of that Ober-Rot, sold both guardians of the inherit, the two farms Ober- Huprächtigen the three brothers Hans Jakob, Jakob and Klaus Hüsler of Ricken-bach in Michelsamt at the price of 26,000 gulden and 150 guldens tip. Those are after today's value of the number over 5 million Franken3. The Hüsler particularly established in Ricken-bach was since the 16th century one of the prominent and wealthiest official families of the Michelsamtes. From the three brothers mentioned only Hans Jakob Hüsler pulled after Ober-Huprächtigen. It extended his landed property in the years 1709 and 1713, by acquiring three further farms in the today's Mittler and Unter-Huprächtigen with his four sons Hans Jakob, Hans Hans-Martin, Joseph and Hans-Joseph for altogether 7,750 gulden. It is here noted that the oldest son Hans Jakob in 1. Before with Anna Maria Stirnimann, the only daughter of the farmer and Steuerlegers Peter Stirnimann of the Ober-Rot, marries was4. The Hüslers did not forget to them service proven of the Stirnimanns, it remained for the Stirnimanns into the talk and in Etzenerlen during several generations closely connected, particularly by baptizing and business dealings and by being each other helpful in division and Sales contracts towards as witnesses, would assist and guardians.	Hüsler, Hans Jakob (I2004)

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Lives in Lubbock (1999).

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Lois Carty in "John P. Carty of Molls Creek" list a Mary C. Carty born October 1843 and died Aug 15, 1853 and list the source as the 1850 Census. The 1850 Census list a Henry C. that is eaisly read as Mary C. but the listing is for a male and is definately Henry C. Lois also list a tombstone as a source. Until I find other evidence, I will assume that the listing for Mary C. is in error.

Carty, Henry C. (I4286)

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Lorene Pullin remembers Jr. and Murrel McCarty visiting the farm home near Cost, Gonzales County. They were raising corn at the time. Murrel and Jr. shot rats in the barn.

Birth and Death dates are from Social Security Death records.

Discharged March 11, 1941 from U.S. Army.

After his death, Murel Douglas McCarty (his half brother) received and kept all his important papers.
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Turman, Marion Edgar Jr. (I9017)

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Lorene Pullin remembers Jr. and Murrel McCarty visiting the farm home near Cost, Gonzales County. They were raising corn at the time. Murrel and Jr. shot rats in the barn.

Lorene Pullin and Ozell Laurence also remember when Murrel fell out of the car as a very young child. Chester and LuElla had been on oil field rounds near Valley View at night. Murrel, age 2 or 3, was asleep in the back seat. The back seat door came open and Murrel fell out. Lorene and Ozell were unsure whether he walked to the nearest gas station or the police picked him up, but he told them his name was "Murrel Duglas." Later the police stopped Chester and LuElla near their home and asked whether they had lost a child. They said thay thought not, but when the police described the coat Murrel was wearing, LuElla realized it was the one she had sewed for him and exclaimed, "Oh my lands, that's my boy."

Murrel was discharged Nov 17, 1945 from U. S. Army as Staff Sergeant 418th Night Fighter Squadron.

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Loves to wear hats.

Murray, Geraldine (67531223)

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Maria Elisabeth (1828-1895) should be mentioned, who first entered the order of the Ursulines in Lucerne (Maria Hilf), was a teacher and after the abolition of this monastery in 1847 moved to the Dominican convent of St. Peter in Schwyz and in 1854 as Sr.Maria Vincentia made her profession. She worked as a teacher, organist, became a novice master and subprioress, and was a highly esteemed prioress almost without interruption from 1863 until her death.

Stirnimann, Maria Elisab. (Sr. Vincentia) (I932)

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Married Conway shortly after he moved to Marshall Co. and had only one child, Harriet Byron Conway. They were divorced shortly after Harriet Conway was born and Harriet went to live with John Jolland, an uncle. After securing a divorce she married a Baldwin. She is said to have been a large woman.

Crenshawe (I5792)

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Married his first cousin.

Gilmore, Henry (I7942)

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Married his first cousin.

Family: John Leech / Sarah Montgomery (F3036)

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Married his first cousin.This family lived in Gordon, Alabama [Family research of Carlton J. Martin].

Martin, John P. (I7952)

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Married Pearl (an indian) and had 2 children, one died measeales complications, he then divorced and married "a wet back" [in W. L. Martin's words].

Martin, Jesse Frank (I3821)

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Married twice had at least 11 children all named on FamilySearch.com.

Short, John (I6255)

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Married twice. One of her husbands was married twice. Many decendants and ancestors on FamilySearch.com.

Short, Susannah (I6250)

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Martin was christened "Martinus" at his baptism in Erden. Godparents were Petro Martine Lenz of Erden & Maria Susanna Preuer of Wahlen.
Martin's naturalization papers in Spencer County, Indiana courthouse report that he was a native of Prussia, owes allegiance to Frederick, King of Prussia, emigrated from Antwerp and arrived at New York on June 3,1850. Naturalization papers were dated August 6, 1852.
Margaretha Roth was born near Frankfort, Germany, and immigrated to the US on the Ship "PACKET", Antwerp to New York, arriving on 18 June, 1851. Little is known of Margaretha's family prior to her marriage to Martin. Martin and Margaret had ten children, including a set of twins. Two children died prior to adulthood; they are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda.
In 1856 Martin purchased 80 acres in Spencer County from his father's estate, and sold what appeared to be adjoining acreage to his younger brother Stephen. The 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census lists Martin, Margaret, and their children in Harrison Township, Spencer County, Indiana. Value of real estate was $600 [1860 census]. Martin's occupation was a farmer.
Margaretha died in 1886 at age 58, and Martin died at age 67 (1891) in Spencer County, Indiana. Martin and Margaretha are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Fulda, A-03-07 and A-19-12. Margaretha's grave has no marker remaining.

Simon, Martin (I2312)

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Mary Gilmore apparently lived to adulthood as no early death date recorded in Bible.

Gilmore, Mary (I7889)

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Matthias Stirnimann, the founder of our Lucerne line, was one of those numerous farmer sons who, whether of their own choice or forced by circumstances, left their father's hold, moved to the city, learned a trade here and after years more determined and often more reluctant Build his own existence at work. Matthias Stirnimann's home was Neuenkirch...

Matthias' youth was overshadowed by the untimely death of his mother, who died on April 2, 1804 at the age of only thirty as a result of the birth of their first and only child. On May 30, 1808, the young widower led Maria Barbara Zurkirchen von Malters to the altar of Malters in the St. Jost pilgrimage chapel in Blatten. This marriage resulted in three sons and three daughters (the youngest of the three sons, Fridolin (m. Elisabeth Honauer), the only one who got married, sold Sitenmoos to a Johann Studerin 1898).

As his descendants know to this day, Matthias Stirnimann was trained as a cook at a young age in Lucerne in the Franciscan monastery, commonly known by the people as the Barfüsser, and remained, supposedly until the abolition of the monastery in 1838, as a cook in it Service. The monastery had a well-attended public economy since 1799. Did Matthias leave his father's house because he was the stepson of six half-siblings? We do not know it. On the other hand, we have a presumed explanation as to why he or his father decided to do an apprenticeship and job in the Franciscan monastery in Lucerne; An uncle of the farmer in Sitenmoos, P. Fortunat (+1808), was a monk of the Franciscan monastery in Werthenstein, which, together with its mother monastery in Lucerne, had for decades had to defend itself against all conceivable harassment from the state (especially the ban on accepting novices). It is therefore possible that the family in Sitenmoos was no stranger to the monastery in Lucerne either...

In 1846 Matthias Stirnimann started his own business. He acquired in
Lucerne on Münzgasse, then called Münzgässlein, for a purchase price of 9'550 Gl or Fr. 12'733.33 the wine tavern "To three Swiss", with benefits and damage beginning on August 15, 1846. This is today's restaurant "Walliser Kanne", Münzgasse. The front toMünzgasse has retained its original, neat appearance to this day. The house, which was called "Zur Taube" before 1833, has numerous memories of historical events and personalities dating back to the 14th century. For the first time the house "To three Swiss" made a name for itself about the borders of Lucerne and even Switzerland in connection with the notorious cellar or crook trial of 1825/26. The Lucerne mayor Franz Xaver Keller had mysteriously drowned in the Reuss in 1816. Years later, the rumor wasspread that a gang of crooks hired by Keller's political opponents had been in the wine tavern
"To three Swiss" met secretly and there decided to plunge the Schultheissen into the Reuss. The landlord was able to prove that the people suspected of the murder were never his guests.

Stirnimann, Matthias Johann (90385816)

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Melbourne Smith copied Mrs. Lizzie Glenn Leech's death date as April 23, 1851 and added a note:
I am sure this must be 1853 or 1863.

Glenn, Elizabeth (I7773)

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Melburn was a newspaper reporter, then a secretary for his father when Madison Roswell Smith became a congressman. Melburn was also a cartoonist for a St. Louis paper.

Melburn allowed his only son to be raised by Nancy Ann Leech (Bebo) after Helen died in childbirth. Melburn remarried when his son was about 6 and wished to take over the care of his son. But Albert objected to being removed from the only mother he had ever known, so Albert was returned to Bebo's care. Because of this incident there were strained relations between Melburn and the rest of his family, especially Bebo and Puff.

The following article was taken from "History of Southeast Missouri," page 746.

Melbourne Smith, editor of the Lead Belt News, is one of the able representatives of the Fourth Estate in this part of the state, the publication of which he is the head standing as a fit moulder of public opinion and recorder of the events of the many-sided life of the community. One of our greatest American writers has penned the lines "There was a young fellow of excellent pith, Fate tried to obscure him by naming him Smith."

But in the case of the subject, as in that of the hero of the couplet, Fate seems destined to frustration in her nefarious designs.

Melbourne Smith is a native son of Missouri, his birth having occurred at Marble Hill, Bollinger county, on December 9, 1882. He is the son of that well-known statesman and lawyer, Madison R. Smith, member of Congress from the Thirteenth District of Missouri. The elder gentleman was born July 9, 1850, at Glenallen, Bollinger County, Missouri, and received his preliminary education in the public, schools, later entering Central College at Fayette, and preparing for the law under Louis Houck, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was admitted to the bar at Marble Hill in 1874 and he was united in marriage to Nannie Leech of Cape Girardeau January 12, 1881. To this union five children were born, namely: Melbourne, Alma, Taylor, Bab and Buntie. The family removed to Farmington about the year 1888 and there the head of the house engaged in the practice of law. An able man and one of high ideals of citizenship, he soon received marked political preferment, representing his district in the state Senate from 1887until 1891 and giving most loyal and efficient service to his constituents. He acted as reporter of the St. Louis Court of Appeals from 1901 until 1904 and in 1907 reached the zenith of his career, going as representative of the Thirteenth Missouri District to the Sixtieth Congress, his tenure of office lasting from 1907 to 1909. The son, Mr. Smith, is a stanch supporter of the principles of Democracy and he is a prominent Mason. The religious faith of the family is that of the Southern Methodist church. Madison R. Smith is at the present time counsel for the Federal Trust Company of St. Louis and he also acts in the same capacity for the Houck Railroads. He is located at Farmington at the present time.

The early education of Melbourne Smith was secured in the public schools of Farmington and he subsequently attended a number of well-known institutions. These were Elmwood Seminary and Carlton College of Farmington; Branham & Hughes School at Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Central College at Fayette, Missouri. He exhibited marked attainments in scholarship and in 1902 received the degree of A. B. from the last named institution. After his graduation he became connected in 1903 with the Republican of Cape Girardeau. About a year later, on June 9, 1904, he accepted a position on the St. Louis Republican and remained with that well-known newspaper for the following three years. When his father was sent to the National Assembly in Washington, D. C., Mr. Smith went with him as his secretary and he remained in the national capital during the session of 1907-1909. He subsequently became connected with the Federal Trust Company and remained with that organization until March, 1911, when he established himself upon a more independent footing, by becoming editor and publisher of the Lead Belt News, at Plat River. This paper represents the political principles for which the Messrs. Smith have ever maintained great loyalty,-the Democratic-and is a live and excellently conducted sheet.

On June 26, 1908, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Helen Albert, daughter of L. J. Albert, president of the Bank of Cape Girardeau. This happy union was of brief duration, Mrs. Smith's demise occurring in March, 1909, at Farmington. She is survived by one son, Albert. Mr. Smith is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South and holds membership in the Masonic lodge. He is widely and favorably known and stands as a valuable member of society.
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Melbourne Smith claimed to be related to Nancy Hanks -- Abraham Lincolyn's mother.

Smith, Melbourne (I8944)

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Methodist minister, ordained 13 Dec 1801, Augusta, Georgia. Living in Henry County, Virginia in 1780/1781. Wilkes/Greene Counties, Georgia by about 1785 and about 1792 [Wilkes County court records of 29/8/1784, 20/9/1786, 23/6/1790, 29/2/1792, 15/12/1792]. [Gilmore Genealogy].

Gilmore, Rev. Humphrey (I7913)

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Michael Muehlbauer, a farmer, immigrated to Spencer County on the Brig "Luise Fredericke", Bremen to New York, arriving on July 6,1849 with his wife Anna and their 4 children: Philip, age 9 (later in the Civil War); Maria Anna, called Mary, age 7; Francis, age 3; and Joseph, an infant.* In the fall of 1850, Michael's wife Anna and their two youngest children, Francis & Joseph died of flux, ** leaving Michael a widower with 2 children, Philip, 10, and Mary, 8.
*Passenger Manifest Brig Luise Frederick; 1850 Census, Indiana.
** Spencer County Mortality Index.
Michael married Maria Susanna Simon on November 18, 1851 in Spencer County, Indiana. Both their names were misspelled on the marriage certificate (see notes; M. Susanna Simon).
Michael was naturalized on 6 August, 1852 with brothers-in-law Martin, John, Stephen, & Peter Nicholaus Simon. His naturalization papers state that he arrived from Germany and owed allegiance to Ludwig, Prince of Beyern (Bavaria). Name on naturalization is spelled Millbauer.* Women were not naturalized.
* Correct spelling is Muehlbauer or Muhlbauer with the umlaut over the letter "u".
Michael and Susanna had one child, Catherina Muehlbauer in 1854 and baptized at St. Boniface Church.
After his wife Susanna's death in 1877, Michael and his daughter Catherina, called Kate, moved to the Tell City area of Perry County, Indiana. Michael died in 1880 at age 66. Buriel location is unknown.

Muehlbauer, Michael (I2311)

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Mike was the third child of Mac and Polly McCarty, born while the family lived at Laird Hill just outside of Kilgore, Texas. Mac was 28 and Polly was 26. Mac was an oil field worker (like his father).

Graduated from Robstown High School, Robstown, Nueces County, Texas in May 1968.

Attended A&I University, Kingsville, Texas for a short time and Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
"Volunteered" for the Army in April, 1969. Attended basic training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and received additional training at Fort Ord, Monterey, California. He was stationed in Vietnam in September, 1969, as Private First Class U.S. Army CompanyC 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry WAGNCOA. He was promoted to Specialist Four on April 19, 1970. He received a Purple Heart on April 29, 1970 "for wounds received in connection with military operations against a hostile force". Mike reported: "I received aflechette dart from our own artillery; It is a small dart almost an inch long, and it comes in a beehive round; I was down in the door of the bunker, and the round exploded before it went over the berm." He also told his mother that he and two of his comrades dove into a fox hole and that all three were wounded and one died. He received the Air Medal on May 5, 1970, and the Army Commendation Medal on August 16, 1970.

After a 7 day leave which he spent in Taipai, Vietnam, he refused an order to take off the hand made cowboy boots from Taipai and put on his military boots. He was Court Martialed on July 22, 1970, reduced to E-2 classification and returned to the field.On July 25, 1970 he said he was not feeling well and wanted to return to the base and see the doctor. His commanding officer ordered him to return to his battalion but he proceeded to board a helicopter and return to base. He was Court Martialed againand sentenced to be reclassified as Private First Class, receive no additional pay, receive a Dishonorable Discharge, and serve 10 years in prison. The charge was "that private (E-2) Michael D. McCarty, Company C, 2n Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), APO San Francisco 96490, US Army did, at Long Khanh Province near Fire Support Base Garry Owen, Republic of Vietnam, on or about 25 July 1970, in the presence of the enemy, run away from his company." During the Court Martial it wasshown that there was very little evidence of any enemy in the area and that the officer rescinded the order for Mike to return to his Battalion. If you are interested you should read the verbatim transcript of the trial. His sentence was later reduced to a bad conduct discharge and 2 years in prison (served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas).

In May, 1976, Michael was examined by Cecil A. Childers, M.D.. In a letter addressed to his parents he states: "This is to certify that Mr. Michael McCarty has been under my professional care for the past two months. He has been hospitalized at Physicians & Surgeons Hospital and Memorial Medical Center. He has had an extensive workup including a full battery of psychological tests. The results lead to the definite diagnosis of Paranoid, Process Type, Schizophrenia. Copies of his workup are included.It is clear that this individual probably was psychotic while he was functioning in the service. I cannot imagine how he was given anything other than a medical discharge. In my opinion he definitely needs to be service connected for an ongoing schizophrenic process which he had probably before he went into the service and certainly which became obvious and florid during his service experience."

Michael Duglas McCarty jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge on May 25,1978. His parents settled his estate on June 23, 1982. As far as I know (2004), no death certificate has been issued.
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McCarty, Michael Duglas (I7774)

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Mother of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Mrs. Sheridan, age 87, predeceased her famous son by two months, neither being aware of the other's fatal illness. Born in Ireland, she married her second cousin, John Sheridan, on her 25th birthday, and worked with him as a tenant farmer on an estate called Cherrymount in their native County Cavan. Encouraged to emigrate by John's maternal uncle, Thomas Gainor of Albany, New York, the couple embarked for the United States early in the year 1831 with their two young children: 3-year-old Patrick, and Rosa, a baby who died during the voyage. After a brief stay in Albany, the couple came to settle in Somerset, Ohio with their growing family, which by this time included the newborn Philip. As John Sheridan's work in canal and railway construction frequently kept him away from home, Mary's solid character exerted a profound influence on their five surviving children--Patrick, Philip, Mary, John, and Michael. Described as "clear-headed, resourceful, honest, and industrious" by her neighbors, it was generally believed that Phil inherited his best qualities from his mother. After the Civil War, she lived in a "Steamboat Gothic" house which had been built for her by Gen. Sheridan, but she declined to praise him more than his siblings, telling visitors that she took as much pride in her son John's having done his duty as a private during the Civil War as she did in the more distinguished military careers of his brothers Philip and Michael. Widowed in 1875, she was also predeceased by two of her adult children: Patrick in 1853, and Mary (Mrs. John Wilson)in 1868. All are now reunited here in Holy Trinity Cemetery with the exception of Rosa, who was buried at sea, and Generals Philip and Michael Sheridan, who were buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Manah (Meenagh), Mary (I2801)

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Moved from Keller, TX in the late 1800s to Wilbarger Co. Lived south of Vernon. First three children were born in the half dugout they lived in.

Cato, James Henry (I3842)

324

Moved from Lincoln Co., N. C. to Bollinger Co., MO in 1920.

Smith, Andrew Jackson (I6204)

325

Moved to St. Joe abt 1880 (6 years old)

Hanks, Nannie May (I29)

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Name SHERIDAN, Philip Henry
Born March 6 1831, Albany NY
Died August 5 1888, Nosquitt MA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1853 (after one year's suspension for chasing a cadet officer with a bayonet), frontier duty, Indian fighter.
War Service 1861 Capt. in 13th US Infantry, quartermaster for Halleck's force at Corinth, Col. of 2nd Michigan Cavalry, Booneville, July 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 11th Divn/Army of the Ohio at Perryville, commanded 3rd Divn/XVI Corps at Stone's River, December 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/XX Corps at Chickamauga, commanded 2nd Divn/IV Corps at Missionary Ridge, commanded Cavalry of Army of the Potomac in Overland campaign, Richmond raid, Yellow Tavern,conducted the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Third Winchester, September 1864 promoted Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, November 1864 promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular Army, Appomattox campaign, Five Forks.
Post War Career Army service, commanded the Military Division of the Gulf, commanded Fifth Military District, succeeded Sherman as commander-in-chief, author.
Notes A fierce fighter - one of the top Union generals.

Philip Sheridan ranks with Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman as one of the three great Union commanders of the American Civil War. Of the three he was the only one who devoted his whole life to the United States Army.
Philip Henry Sheridan was born in Albany, N.Y. His parents had settled there after emigrating from Ireland. Soon after his birth the family moved to Perry County, Ohio. The Mexican War prompted Sheridan to become a soldier. He secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., graduating from there in 1853.
Sheridan was a first lieutenant when the American Civil War began. Distinguished service brought him rapid promotions. When Grant took command of the United States Army in 1864, he gave Sheridan command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac. During the Wilderness campaign of 1864 Sheridan aided Grant by destroying Confederate lines of communication.
In July 1864 a strong Confederate force under Jubal Early drove the Federal Army from the Shenandoah Valley in northwestern Virginia. Sheridan was given command of the area. He defeated Early at Winchester and again at Fisher's Hill, driving the Confederates back to Staunton. These victories won for Sheridan a commission as brigadier general.
On the morning of October 19, Early counterattacked at Cedar Creek and drove the Federal force back in confusion. At that time Sheridan was returning from a conference in Washington D.C. Reaching Winchester, 20 miles (32 kilometers) away, he learned of the turn of events. Speedily he rode forward and reorganized the Union troops. At 3 PM his forces attacked and drove the Confederates 30 miles (48 kilometers) up the valley. For this Sheridan was made a major general and received the thanks of Congress.
In March 1865 Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac. At Five Forks he entrapped and routed George Edward Pickett's troops, causing the Confederates to abandon Petersburg. When Gen. Robert E. Lee started to retreat, Sheridan's cavalry blocked the Confederate escape route at Appomattox Court House. This forced Lee to surrender.
After the war Sheridan was placed in command in the Southwest near the Mexican border. Later he headed the Department of Missouri, with headquarters in Chicago. During the great Chicago fire of 1871, Sheridan's troops helped maintain order in the city.
In 1870 Sheridan served as the American military observer with the Prussian army in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1884 he succeeded Sherman as general in chief of the United States Army. He received the rank of general a few months before his death. Sheridan died on Aug. 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, Mass.

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Excerpted from Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia
Copyright © 1993, 1994 Comptons NewMedia, Inc.

Sheridan, General Phillip Henry (I36)

327

Named after a good school teacher that her mother had had.

Spurrier, May Louise (I3803)

328

Named for a prominant Virginia Lawyer.

Carty, John Franklin Mcilhenney (I3866)

329

Nancy Martin is in the 1850 Census with her parents, marries in 1852, appears with Thomas Conrad and children in the 1860 Henry County, Alabama Census. I have not found her in any later census reports. However, her husband and children (all listed as born in Florida) are in the 1880 Census. It is presumed that she died shortly after giving birth to Joseph Conrad since she is not listed in the 1880 Census.

Conrad, Thomas Frank (I3828)

330

Nancy Martin, wife of Thomas F. Conrad (house hold #504 in 1880 Census of Jackson County, Florida) is actually missing from the census.

Martin, Nancy (I7680)

331

News paper articles in Bebo's scrapbook place Rev. C. E. W. Smith as living at Hematite, Missouri, at the time of his marriage.

Smith, Rev. C. Elijah W. (I6220)

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Nickname came from his frequent courting. He was married secretly during his senior year of highschool but no one knew for some time.

Spurrier, Daniel Newman (I6196)

333

Nikolaus von Flüe, the Swiss national saint (1417-1487). Brother Klaus, as he is usually called, as a hermit in Ranft, admonisher and advisor to governments, princes and countless pilgrims from near and far, is known to have the Swiss Confederation in an instant thanks to his advice on the Diet of Stans (December 22, 1481) Crisis saved from impending civil war and ruin. Catholic and Protestant Christians agree that Brother Klaus, one of the last mystics of the late Middle Ages, exemplified the "devotion to God" in the unity of religion and life in a rare perfection. The Pope Pius XII. Man of God, canonized on May 15, 1947, is without a doubt one of the greatest figures in Christianity.

Flüe, Nikolaus (Brother Klaus) (46417480)

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Nina Suttle McCarty saved a letter from Alice Gresham to her sister, Mollie Gresham, dated Jan, 1924.

Gresham, Alice (I7677)

335

No records have been located for Franciska after 1852, when she immigrated with her family at about age 20 on the Ship "Gertrude" Havre to New York, which arrived May 20, 1852.

Nemer, Franciska (I312)

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No records have been located for George after he immigrated with his family at about age 14 in 1852 on the Ship "Gertrude" Havre to New York, that arrived May 20, 1852.

Nemer, George (I1980)

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Nora Muehlbauer is the sister of Phillip Muehlbauer who married Olivia Schmitt.

Family: Joseph Aloysius Schmitt / Elenora Carolina Muehlbauer (F76)

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NOTE FROM ADELE (STERNEMAN) MOORE:

Adèle Loew was the third daughter of four that survived. Her mother died shortly after child birth when Adèle was around four years of age, and the girls were sent to different relatives. Adèle lived with two unmarried aunts in a remote area of the Alpsnear Basel. At fourteen she was sent as a governess to a French family. In exchange they subsidized her education. Returning to her aunt's home, she worked in Basel as a store manager. Evenings were spent making lace and embroidery to sell at the store. There was little to do in the winter, and they hand carved wooden blades in order to ice skate. She met her husband during her employment at the store. A few months after her husband left Switzerland for America, she followed, on the SS Lapland, Antwerp to NY July 8, 1912. She didn't know English except "milk for baby" and "which way St. Louis?" She later said that each time her ticket got smaller, she knew she was getting closer to her destination.

John and Adèle (Della) called each other Chassy (for Caesar) and Delli. Adele converted to Catholicism in 1927. Prior to this she had attended a church next to the jail. Adèle's hobbies were gardening, ceramics and painting with oils on canvas.

Loew, Adèle (I8)

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Note from Don M. McCarty, 2004: Although it is correct to call Thomas Crawford Leech's son, "Thomas Crawford Leech, Jr.", it is not correct to call his other sons, "John Johnston Leech" and "William Varnell Leech" as Juniors. John Johnston Leech, Sr. andWilliam Varnell Leech, Sr., were brothers of Thomas Crawford Leech, Sr. But as far as I know neither John Johnston Leech, Sr. nor William Varnell Leech, Sr. had children that they named Junior, so this terminology, used historically in the family helps to keep the record straight eventhough it is not technically accurate.
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Extract from a letter written by this Thomas Crawford Leech to his cousin William Bolivar Finley Leech of Rockbridge County, Virginia, kindly firnished (for reprint in the Ochiltree Book) by John Houston Leech of Lexington, Virginia, son of William Bolivar Finley Leech:

I see from my father's old Bible that the above [the children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Crawford) Leech] were my uncles and aunts. My grandfather, Thomas Leech moved to Livingston County, Kentucky from Rockbridge, Virginia, when my father was a boy. I remember to have seen Uncle John [of Broad Creek] at my father's house when I was a small boy. He came on a visit from Rockbridge County. My Aunt Margaret Leech married Thomas Gilmore. They lived near Terre Haute, Indiana. My father married Miss Glenn, raised seven children, six boys and one girl; all dead except sister Martha, who is the wife of Joseph H. Fowler, and myself. My brother, William Leech, lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I have a wife and seven children. My grandfather, Thomas Leech, married Betsey Crawford, August 1792, and Margaret Scott in 1816. Truly yours, Thomas C. Leech.
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Leech, Thomas Crawford (I7775)

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Note in letter from VM to Don M. McCarty dated March 7, 2001:

He [Thomas Leech] moved his family there [Livingston County, Kentucky] in 1816. He married 1) Elizabeth Crawford and had 7 children. She died in 1809 and in 1810 he remarried to Margaret Scott and had 2 children.
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Leech, Thomas (I5767)

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Note! the connection from Joab to Joseph DeNeen is speculative at this time. We know that Joab was born in this area at the this time, and we know that Joseph had a son Joab born in the same area at the same time period but we have no documentation that these Joabs are the same person.

DENEEN-A HUGUENOT FAMILY

by Ken Hale (used with permission)

The 16th century in France witnessed the most unspeakable acts of indignity of man against man in the name of religion. It was the century of the Reformation. Notwithstanding the rages and threats of the Catholic Church, the Protestant churches grew as the persecution grew. In 1571, there were 2150 churches with 10,000 members; in 1581 their membership grew to over 200,000.

An edict was passed in 1540, "under pain of high treason it is prohibited to give solace, support, or refuge to the Reformed Religion." Unspeakable atrocities were commited to supress the hated doctrines. Hated, not because they wished to overthrow the throne but because they wished to worship God in the old simple manner, according to the dictates of their conscience.

On August 24, 1572, sunday, St. Bartholomew's Day, a plot to annihilate the movement was executed. Huguenots had been invited to participate in the nupial festivities of Henry IV, Henry of Navarre. The plot was hatched by Charles IX of Valois, his motherCatherine de Medici, and the Duke of Guise. Such pillage, destruction, fire, murder, and mutilation has never been equaled by Goths, Huns, or vandals. Huguenot victims were stabbed, chopped with halbards, thrown from windows, and thrown into the Seine,just to mention a few means of dispatching them.

After ascending to the throne of France, Henry, who was reared in a protestant background, granted to the Huguenots the Edict of Nantes on 13 April 1593. The Edict gave "perpetual and irrevocable" liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, churches of their own, ministers, also their own judges and garrisons, and paid for their own troops. After Henry's death in May 1610 to an assassin's dagger, the social and political equality enjoyed for 22 years by the Huguenots changed to persecution and disintegration.

By the time Louis XIV ascended to the throne, the plight of the Huguenots had worsened. Influenced by Cardinal Mazarine, Louis revoked the Edict of Nantes on October 8, 1685 and vowed to exterminate the Huguenots. The Huguenots were driven into exile and banished from the kingdom.

It is a shame to capsulize this one hundred or so years of history. It does, however, tell us why our ancestors, the Deneens, as well as thousands of others fled France to find refuge in Holland and the British Isles. Our family legend says that the Deneen's fled to Northern Ireland.

Hoping to secure even greater religious and political freedom as well as economic advantages, some families decided to migrate to America. Often a younger family member would come first to America and upon becoming settled would write to the rest of the family to come to America.

A daughter, Margaret was the first Deneen. Perhaps she married a man destined for America or she had signed on as a bride for a groom unseen in the new world. There are numerous versions of how she came. A common one, and possibly apocryphal, was to theeffect that she attended a party aboard a ship. While the party was in progress, the ship pulled anchor and headed for America.

In any event her father and siblings came to join her and her husband, DeCamp. The mother apparently died before or during the voyage. A granddfather of Samuel Hackett Deneen, according to one story, was two years old when he arrived. Upon disembarking, the family made it's way to Hunterdon, NJ to join Margaret and her husband. It seems Margaret had died before the family arrived. DeCamp doubtless helped the family get settled.

The first record thus far found of a Deneen in America is in Hunterdon County, N.J. 1778-1797, concerning tax lists, by TLC Genealogy, Miami, Fla, page 47: "Deneane, James, Lebanon, 1778-1785". In the same list was the name of Dr. Gideon DeCamp, Hopewell,1778-1785. Was this Margaret's widower, or his descendant? the name Peter Rodenbough, of Lebanon, also was listed for the years 1778-1785. This name had numerous variations in spelling.

There were at least 3 Deneen brothers, all born in New Jersey: James, Joseph, and Samuel Hackett. There may have been a William also. A sister, Elizabeth was born in 1758. This researcher has no further information concerning William and Elizabeth.

JOSEPH DENEEN was born in 1760, New Jersey. He married and apparently started on the westward trip, probably to Ohio, with his brothers James and Samuel Hackett. His wife was about to give birth and could travel no farther. A stopping point was selected in what became known as Deneen's Gap, in Buck Valley. The child was the 1st white child born in Buck Valley. His wife died soon thereafter. Joseph carried the child back to New Jersey, then returned and married Amy Bishop. Amy was born 12 Jan. 1778.

Amy's father, John bishop, came from England, settled in New Jersey, came to Bedford Co., Pa, then removed with his family to Kentucky. John Bishop and his wife died in Kentucky. Their 3 children, Jacob, Amy and David, returned on foot to Bethel Township, Bedford Co., in 1803.

Joseph built a tannery and followed tanning for many years, also farming and hunting. It is unknown why he remained in the Gap when his brothers, James and Samuel continued on to the west. He and his wife Amy, lived out their lives in Buck Valley. Joseph died 17 Dec. 1821 and Amy died 15 Nov. 1862. They are buried in a family plot on the Deneen Farm. The original headstones long ago disappeared. A common stone for all persons buried there has been erected by their descendants.

Buck Valley was originally known as Whipper's Cove or Sarah's Manor. The valley is about 4 miles wide and 20 miles long. It is surrounded by mountains, excepting on the south. There are 3 Gaps: Maud McKeel's, northwest, Barnes, southwest in Ray's Hill,and Deneen's Gap, east in Sidling Hill. Buck Valley is located in Union Township, taken from a part of Bethel Township on 19 Jan. 1864.

Deneen, Joseph (I2209)

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NOTES from Barbara Bartels:

Isaac and Sarah Ann Lemaster were married about 1783. In 1787 they were counted in census in Ohio county, which is now in the West Virginia panhandle on the Ohio River, with his father Richard, on the Cumberland Road. This must have marked their migration to Kentucky. This road runs from Baltimore, Maryland to Pittsburgh, PA. From there they probably rafted down the Ohio River to Eastern Kentucky.
County formation kept occurring, placing the area where the Lemaster family lived in Kentucky under the jurisdiction of several counties, although they lived in the same place. This is why the births of the children are listed as occurring in different counties.
In 1811, the same area was formed into Bath county. In 1820 there are two Isaac Lamasters, one in Bath Co. Ky, which almost matches the family of our Isaac, except for one extra daughter b. 1810-1820. There is also an Isaac Lamaster in Shelby Co., Indiana. Maybe he was counted just before and after he moved, although the move should have taken two weeks, at least.
An Isaac Lamaster received credit for service in the War of 1812, from Dearborn co., Indiana, under Capt. Justus Sartwell's company, Indiana Militia, Apr.-Jun. 1813, but he paid a substitute John Walden. I'm not sure if this our Isaac, who was fifty years old at the time, but the author of Lamasters, 1810-1840 thinks it is. His brother Richard was in the same company.
Daughter Phoebe was the first to be married in 1813, and son Richard married two years later, in 1815. Sons Michael and Benjamin were married in 1818. It is not known when Cassandra married Joseph Boon, but the. probability is in Kentucky, guessing by herage. The impending move to Indiana must have spurred the marriages of Elizabeth and Patsy, in 1820.
By 1821, Isaac was taxed in Bartholomew CO., Indiana, parent of Shelby Co., Indiana.
All of the children of this family went to Shelby Co., Indiana, as far as is known, except Elijah, who stayed in Kentucky.
Daughters Micha and Sally were married in Bartholomew Co., Indiana in 1821 and 1822 respectively. At that time Shelby Co., had not been formed. This left only the baby Isaac, Jr., at home, unmarried, until 1829. Isaac, Sr., is said to have died shortly after 1830, and in the 1840 census of Shelby Co., Sarah is still living.

Lemaster, Isaac (I2630)

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Nottaufe

Stirnimann, Girl (I9713)

344

Nottaufe

Stirnimann, Ferdinand (I9715)

345

Of Cane Creek
(Civil War?)

Wireman, Benjamin (I2538)

346

of Paducah, Kentucky.

Given (I4805)

347

of Tazewell in 1820, to St. Louis, MO by 1822, back to Carter Co., TN by 1824

Oney, Highland (I2780)

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Of the four sons, Adam (m. Maria Anna Grüter) is the founder of the Ohmstal line. We follow him on his way, which led him from Lindenhof over the Ey near Werthenstein to Gunzwil (St. Stephan parish, Beromünster) and finally to Ohmstal. In 1781 Adam acquired half of the share of the dormitory in the Ey, which then belonged to two owners, for 1713 Gl; the same is below the Höchweid, on the left of the cantonal road when you drive from Wohlhusen to Werthenstein (current owner: Hans Steiner). On February 6, 1786 Adam Stirnimann led Maria Anna Grüter of Wolhusen to the altar, the following year he sold his share in the Ey for 2730 Gl. The young couple moved to Gunzwil, where they settled in the Rüschen.

In 1818, Adam Stirnimann decided to sell his farm in Obern Blasenberg and move with his three sons and three daughters to Ohmstal, where he acquired the Landsberg farm. We know the middleman who evidently moved Adam to this late decision - he was 65, at that time an old age - and who probably enabled him to buy the Landsberg farm. It was a relative, the judge Sebastian Stirnimann in the hall in Ruswil (he was mentioned in the last newsletter, page 6f.). He owned the Landsberg farm, against whose owners, the brothers Johann and Anton Kurmann, the bankruptcy was opened, together with the Sursee city councilor Balthasar Göldlin, landlord to the Sonne, at the public increase in Alberswil on March 2, 1818 at a low price of 14 ‘050 G1 acquired. Adam Stirnimann soon realized that by buying the farm he was doing the business of his life. The Landsberg was with its over a hundred Juch. Land and forest more than twice the size of his farm, had new buildings and only cost a little more than the farm in Blasenberg, because Sebastian Stirnimann and his co-owners met him with the price: instead of the 14'050 G1 (.18'733 , 50 Fr.), which they had paid, they left the farm to him for 12,000 G1 (= CHF 16,000). It is not unreasonable to assume that the judge Sebastian Stirnimann, a very wealthy man and apparently just as generous as his father, advocated this concession, perhaps even bearing the loss alone. Adam acted quickly. On July 17, 1818, he initially sold the house, barn, the stake in the warehouse and 20 3/4 Juch. Land and 2 Juch. Wald for 6,000 G1 or CHF 8,000. After just four days, on July 21, he made the purchase in Ohmstal. On August 7th, the other 20 became Juch. Land and a yoke. Wald im Blasenberg sold to a neighbor for Cl 4,000 or CHF 5,333 1/3.

When Adam Stirnimann bought it, the Landsberg farm comprised around 18 years of age. Baumgarten and Matten, approx. 65 Juch. Weidland and approx. 16 Juch. Forest. The house with two apartments and an attached barn was new. The property also included the Landsberg-Hüsli home with 3 Juch. Field and 4 Juch Forest. The farm was encumbered with mortgages with a total value of 10,146 G1 25 schillings. After their withdrawal, Adam Stirnimann still had to pay 15 Schilling l'853 G1. He paid Cl 500 in cash, the rest in securities.

Stirnimann, Adam (I914)

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Older brother of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, 23-year-old Patrick Sheridan was the first of the six children of John and Mary Minah (Meenagh) Sheridan, and had been born on their second wedding anniversary and Mary's 27th birthday. He was not yet three years old in early 1831 when he emigrated from Ireland with his parents and younger sister Rosa, a baby who died on ship during the voyage. After debarking in Boston, the Sheridans lived for a brief time in Albany, New York, before settling in Somerset, Ohio, later in the year. In addition to Patrick, the family by that time included the newborn Philip, and in the years ahead, three more children: Mary, John, and Michael. Patrick and his siblings attended the local public school, and as their father's construction jobs often kept him away from home for long periods, the youngsters were responsible for much of the work on the family farm. Patrick died a few weeks after his brother Philip's suspension from West Point for a parade ground altercation, and more than a decade before his meteoric rise to fame. Unmarried at the time of his death, he was survived by his parents and four younger siblings. All have since been united here in Holy Trinity Cemetery with the exception of the infant Rosa, who was buried at sea, and Generals Philip and Michael Sheridan, who were interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Sheridan, Patrick Henry (91229324)

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On 12 December 1692 Peter Stirnimann from Etzenerlen, jurors of the court (starting from 1692 Court Sargent) and his cousin, to that control casually Peter Stirnimann of that Ober-Rot, sold both guardians of the inherit, the two farms Ober- Huprächtigen the three brothers Hans Jakob, Jakob and Klaus Hüsler of Ricken-bach in Michelsamt at the price of 26,000 gulden and 150 guldens tip. Those are after today's value of the number over 5 million Franken3. The Hüsler particularly established in Ricken-bach was since the 16th century one of the prominent and wealthiest official families of the Michelsamtes.

From the three brothers mentioned only Hans Jakob Hüsler pulled after Ober-Huprächtigen. It extended his landed property in the years 1709 and 1713, by acquiring three further farms in the today's Mittler and Unter-Huprächtigen with his four sons Hans Jakob, Hans Hans-Martin, Joseph and Hans-Joseph for altogether 7,750 gulden. It is here noted that the oldest son Hans Jakob in 1. Before with Anna Maria Stirnimann, the only daughter of the farmer and Steuerlegers Peter Stirnimann of the Ober-Rot, marries was4.

The Hüslers did not forget to them service proven of the Stirnimanns, it remained for the Stirnimanns into the talk and in Etzenerlen during several generations closely connected, particularly by baptizing and business dealings and by being each other helpful in division and Sales contracts towards as witnesses, would assist and guardians.

Hüsler, Hans Jakob (I2004)

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