1600 John Morehead
in Edinburgh, Scotland the son of David & Marioun (Lowsone) Morehead
1796 Casper Johnson
son of Caspar & Deborah (Adamson) Johnson in Pennsylvania. He died there in 1876.
1822 Hiram Ulysses
Grant in Point Pleasant, OH to Jesse & Hannah (Simpson) Grant. He later changed his name to Ulysses S.
Grant. He was appointed to West Point at
age 17 and he graduated with the infamous Class of 1843. During the Civil War, Lincoln eventually gave
him command over Union forces. After the
war Grant was elected president of the United States and served from
1869-1877. Grant retired to a home in
upstate New York where he died in 1885 of throat cancer.
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| Fannie Runyon Gurley |
1861 Fannie Elston Runyon
daughter of James & Nancy (Young) Runyon in Kentucky. She married Louis Gurley in 1890. They had no children. Fannie died in Wayne City, IL in 1943 and is
buried in Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City.
Her middle name may be a family name.
It has been used by three members of the Runyon/Gurley family that I
know of.
1911 Gene Miller in
Alma, NE son of Charles & Jennie (Druliner) Miller
Perry Ayers son of
John & Alice (Richardson) Ayers
Anniversaries:
1694 Moses Loomis
& Joanna Gibbs. Moses was born
Windsor, CT in 1671 the son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth (More) Loomis. Joanna was born in 1671. In 1700 the couple moved to East Windsor,
CT. Moses died in 1754.
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| Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman |
1876 Jacob Erkman
& Fredericka (Probst) Dietz in Posey Co. IN. This was a second marriage for both. Jacob was born 1835 in Germany and immigrated
with his parents Jacob & Catherine (Warner) Erkman in 1839. The family stopped in Holmes Co., OH and
Posey Co. IN before settling in White Co. IL.
Jacob married first Eva Magdalena Bechtold maybe in Ohio. They had at least six children before Eva’s
death in 1874 in White Co.
Fredericka was born
in 1845 in Prussia to Andrew & Sophia Probst. The family is first found in Posey Co. IN in
the 1860 census. She first married
Michael Dietz 1861 in Posey Co. IN. They
had at least six children. Michael
served in the Co. A of the Indiana 91st Infantry during the Civil
War. They moved to White Co., IL ca.
1869 where Michael became a naturalized citizen in 1872. He died of cholera in 1873 and is buried in
the Old Carmi Cemetery.
When they married
Jacob & Fredericka had eleven children from their first marriages and together
they had nine more. There was 33 years
difference between Jacob’s oldest child George and his youngest child Henry. Jacob was a farmer and owned peacocks, a sign
of wealth at the time. He spoke some
English which Fredericka never learned. Neither
could she read or write. All the children
grew up speaking German. German was
taught as first language in German communities in southern Illinois until the
outbreak of World War I.
In 1888 the Dietz
kids urged Fredericka to apply for Michael Dietz’ military pension. The process
continued through 1900. In order to
obtain the widow’s and dependent pensions the family needed to produce
documents proving the marriage and births of the children. In lieu of documents affidavits and declarations
were produced and sworn to before notary publics and the county clerk. These affidavits provide a fair amount of
information about Fredericka’s life.
General Affidavit
Jan. 23, 1892
Affidavit
is the claimant above described and relative to her marriage to the soldier
further declares that her maiden name was Frederica Probst, under which name
she contracted for marriage with the soldier Michael Dietz, and the marriage
ceremony was performed August 3” 1861 by Rev. H. C. Seybold. There is no public record of the marriage in
or under the names above written, but affiant submits a certified transcript of
the record of said marriage, under seal of the circuit court of Posey Co. Ind.,
dated August 17, 1891, showing the issue of a license to marry and the
solemnization of said marriage between Michael Deitz and Louisa Probst, and
declares that she (affiant) is the identical person therein erroneously
described as Louisa Probst.
The
soldier and the father of the affiant procured the license issued August 3”
1861 and being both unfamiliar with the English language, secured the services
of one Chas. Lennig (now deceased) to accompany them to Mt. Vernon, Ind. where
said license was procured, and to such ignorance of the English language must
be attributed their acceptance of the licenses containing an erroneous name.
The
person who performed the ceremony was unacquainted with the soldier and
affiant, and if the name Louisa was read to affiant, or if she was thus
addressed by the clergy man, she has no recollection of it. Affiant had a younger sister named Louisa, and
can account for the confusion of names in no other way, than the unintentional
mention before the official who issued the marriage license of the name of said
Louisa.
General Affidavit Feb. 4, 1892
That
she is the mother of Magdalena Dietz and that said Magdalena Dietz was born on
the 3rd day of July 1868; that there was a baptismal record of her
birth but the same was destroyed by fire in the year 1874 in the dwelling house
of this deponent; that she has no record evidence of the date of her birth and
none exists so far as deponent knows.
General Affidavit Feb. 26, 1892
In a former affidavit she stated that Louisa E. Dietz
was born May 13th 1866 when in fact said child was born May 22d 1866
the reason said mistake occurred in the dates was her house burned up and she
lost all papers pertaining to the birth of said child and she made the
affidavit in regard to said child’s age from memory upon examination of the
church records she found said child was born May 22d 1866 she therefore makes
this affidavit to correct an error in former affidavit.
Jacob died in 1908
and left each child $5 on their maturity (the boys at 18 and the girls at 21). Fredericka left all her real and personal
property to her youngest sons Joseph & Henry Erkman. She died in 1913. She and Jacob are buried in Newman Cemetery
in White Co. IL not far from their home.
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