Evelyn Norene Sheridan1,2,3,4

F, #11104, b. 30 July 1922, d. 5 April 1993
Father*Henry Sheridan1 b. 1887, d. 1959
Mother*Reeta Pearl Rear1 b. 12 Sep 1896, d. 3 Nov 1981
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited6 Feb 2018
     She was born on 30 July 1922 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.2,3,4 Evelyn married Ray Clunis McKean on 28 March 1942 at Clarksburg, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.5,2,6,4
     Evelyn Norene Sheridan died on 5 April 1993, in the hospital, at Collingwood, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, at age 70.2,3,7,4
     Evelyn Norene Sheridan was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada, according to transcriptions from this cemetery. However, Gladys Allen indicates she is buried in the Collingwood Cemetery, or there may be two markers.8,2,4

Family

Ray Clunis McKean b. 5 Oct 1918, d. 2000
Child

Citations

  1. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Feb 13, 2001 (unknown compiler address). Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Evelynn, one of five children of Pearl & Harry Sheridan.; Page 2. Hereinafter cited as "Vamplew Family Tree."
  2. [S108] Ron & Jopie Lougheed & Owen Noble, compiler, Thornbury--Clarksburg Union Cemetery (n.p.: Bruce & Grey Branch O.G.S., 1996), Page 84, Ref # 1878. Hereinafter cited as Thornbury--Clarksburg Union Cemetery.
  3. [S1504] Ruby D Marlatt, online http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/r/…, unknown author (unknown location), Evelyn Noreen Sheridan, b. 30 Jul 1922, Collingwood, Twp., ON; Marriage: Ray Clunis McKean, 28 Mar 1942, Clarksburg, ON.; Death: 5 Apr 1993, Collingwood, ON; McKean Family.
  4. [S3946] Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project, online Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project - Thornbury, Ray Clunis McKean & Evelyn Norene Sheridan
    Photos courtesy of Bonnie Lee Breadner & Myrna White
    Indexed by Bonnie Lee Breadner
    Transcription:
    McKEAN
    Ray Clunis McKean
    Oct 5, 1918
    His Beloved Wife
    Evelyn Norene Sheridan
    July 30, 1922- Apr 5, 1993. Hereinafter cited as Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project.
  5. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Evelynn Sheridan married Ray McKean; Page 2.
  6. [S1504] Ruby D Marlatt, McKean Family.
  7. [S3881] XLS: Obituary Index, by unknown photographer; ; The Blue Mountains Public Library, Thornbury, Ontario, Canada. Online Index to obituaries in Thornbury, Ontario newspapers, 1960-2004; ; Viewed: 09 Sep 2011, McKean, Evelyn Noren (sci) and Ron.
  8. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Evelynn Sheridan buried Collingwood Cemetery.; Page 2.
  9. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Ronald McKean born March 1944; Page 3.
  10. [S1504] Ruby D Marlatt, Ron Eugene McKean; Birth 19 Mar 1944, General & Marine Hospital, Collingwood, On; Marriage: Ann McLaughlin Cooper, 4 Jan 1964, St. Mary's Catholic, Collingwood; Death: 12 Oct 1977, Killed on Police duty, Collingwood, On; McKean Family.

Ronald Sheridan1,2

M, #11105, b. 1929, d. 1993
Father*Henry Sheridan2,1 b. 1887, d. 1959
Mother*Reeta Pearl Rear2,1 b. 12 Sep 1896, d. 3 Nov 1981
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited21 Sep 2012
     He was born in 1929.2
     Ronald Sheridan was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.2
     Ronald Sheridan died in 1993.2

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Feb 13, 2001 (unknown compiler address). Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Ronald, one of five children of Pearl & Harry Sheridan.. Hereinafter cited as "Vamplew Family Tree."
  2. [S108] Ron & Jopie Lougheed & Owen Noble, compiler, Thornbury--Clarksburg Union Cemetery (n.p.: Bruce & Grey Branch O.G.S., 1996), Page 56, ref # 1234. Hereinafter cited as Thornbury--Clarksburg Union Cemetery.
  3. [S99] Gladys nee Hudson Allen, "Vamplew Family Tree", Gladys sent this to me with a cover letter dated Feb 13, 2001. 22 page Document, Rhonda, one of four children of Imogene & Ronald Sheridan.; Page 3.

Lawrence Russell York1,2

M, #11106, b. 3 June 1905, d. 30 September 1949
Father*Fred A York3
Mother*Katherine Hollestele3
Last Edited19 Jan 2022
     He was born on 3 June 1905 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA.1,3 Lawrence married Beulah Marie Johnson on 26 August 1928 at Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA.4
     L. Russell York died on 30 September 1949 at Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, at age 44.3 The cause of his death was given as a heart attack.1
     In the obituary of Beulah Marie Johnson who died 1 October 2002, her husband, Lawrence Russell York, was listed as predeceased.4 In the death registration of Kathryn Ann Baker who died on 14 October 2002, Russell L. York was identified as her father.5

Family

Beulah Marie Johnson b. 4 May 1908, d. 1 Oct 2002
Child

Citations

  1. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  2. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  3. [S7219] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 (Publisher: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan), Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; "Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. NOTE: no images of the original documents are included in this database"; cited as "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952., Name: L Russell York
    Father:     Fred A York
    Mother:     Katherine Hollestele.
  4. [S7554] Beulah Marie (Johnson) York, The Daily Journal, Franklin, IN, Oct 3, 2002, Page 5, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Beulah Marie York née Johnson. Hereinafter cited as Daily Journal.
  5. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Kathryn Ann Baker
    Father:     Russell L York
    Mother:     Beaulah Marie York
    Spouse:     William R Baker.

Beulah Marie Johnson1,2,3

F, #11107, b. 4 May 1908, d. 1 October 2002
Father*John Peter Johnson1,4,3 b. 28 Apr 1883, d. 18 Jan 1940
Mother*Vena Vesta Sanders1,4,3 b. 26 Aug 1889, d. 3 Apr 1981
Relationship4th cousin of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited10 Jul 2022
     She was born on 4 May 1908 at Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, USA.4,3,5 Beulah married Lawrence Russell York on 26 August 1928 at Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA.5
     Beulah Marie York died on 1 October 2002 at Greenwood Health & Living Community, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA, at age 94.3 The cause of her death was given as congestive heart failure and arteriosclerotic heart disease.3
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
Survivor(s): Kathryn York Baker. Predeceased: Lawrence Russell York and Lowell Kenneth Johnson.5
The informant on her death registration was her daughter, Kathryn York Baker. Her father was identified as John Johnson and Vena Sanders.3
     Beulah Marie Johnson was buried on 4 October 2002 at Mount Pleasant (AKA Glenns Valley) Cemetery, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA.3
     Bulah M appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Union Twp., Johnson County, Indiana in the household of her parents, John and Vena V. Johnson.4
     In the obituary of Ira Olaf Brown who died 26 January 1980, his step-daughter, Beulah York, of Detroit, Michigan, was listed as a survivor.6
     In the obituary of Vena Vesta Johnson Brown who died 3 April 1981, her daughter, Beulah M. York, of Grosse Point, Michigan, was listed as a survivor.7
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Daily Journal published in Franklin, Indiana, 3 October 2002.5 In the death registration of Kathryn Ann Baker who died on 14 October 2002, Beaulah Marie Johnson was identified as her mother.8

Family

Lawrence Russell York b. 3 Jun 1905, d. 30 Sep 1949
Marriage*Beulah married Lawrence Russell York on 26 August 1928 at Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA.5 
Child

Citations

  1. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  2. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  3. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Beulah Marie York
    Father:     John Johnson
    Mother:     Vena Sanders.
  4. [S1473] John P Johnson household, 15-16 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Union, Johnson, Indiana; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 143, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_442; Image: 265.
  5. [S7554] Beulah Marie (Johnson) York, The Daily Journal, Franklin, IN, Oct 3, 2002, Page 5, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Beulah Marie York née Johnson. Hereinafter cited as Daily Journal.
  6. [S10468] Olaf Brown county native, dies in Columbus, The Reporter-Times, Martinsville, Indiana, 29 Jan 1980, Page 12, column 1 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Ira Olaf Brown (Aged 87). Hereinafter cited as Reporter-Times.
  7. [S10467] Obituaries: Vena Brown, The Daily Journal, Franklin, Indiana, 03 Apr 1981, Page 9, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Vena Vesta Johnson Brown nee Sanders (Aged 91). Hereinafter cited as The Daily Journal.
  8. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Kathryn Ann Baker
    Father:     Russell L York
    Mother:     Beaulah Marie York
    Spouse:     William R Baker.

Harriett Elizabeth Grasby1

F, #11108, b. 8 February 1897
Father*Thomas Grasby2,1 b. bt 1851 - 1884, d. 1913
Mother*Janet Souster2,3,1 b. c 1877, d. 6 May 1951
Last Edited15 Jul 2019
     She was born on 8 February 1897 at RM of Odanah, Manitoba, Canada.2,1 Elizabeth married Alvin Jones in 1914.4,5
     She was commonly known as Elizabeth.2
     Harriett Elizabeth Grasby was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of her husband, Alvin Jones, who died 6 June 1930.5
     In the obituary of Wallace Franklin Grasby who died 4 February 1969, his sister, Elizabeth, was listed as predeceased.6
     In the obituary of Albert Grasby who died 23 August 1983, his sister, Elizabeth Jones, was listed as predeceased.7

Family

Alvin Jones b. 12 Nov 1891, d. 6 Jun 1930
Child

Citations

  1. [S817] Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency, Manitoba Vital Statistics (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Vital Statistics Agency), Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency - Genealogy Search page, Last Name: GRASBY
    Given Names: HARRIETT ELIZABETH. Hereinafter cited as Manitoba Vital Statistics.
  2. [S7] Asquith Historical Society, compiler, Asquith Record, The (Box 160, Asquith SK, S0K 0J0: The Asquith and District Historical Society, 1982), Page 141 - Thomas and Janet Grasby. Hereinafter cited as Asquith Record.
  3. [S185] Rick Moffat, Assumption, Listed first among children in Asquith District history, assume tihs indicates she was the oldest.
  4. [S7] Asquith Historical Society, Asquith Record, Page 171: ALvin Jones.
  5. [S9386] Obituary: Asquith, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Jun 11, 1930, Page 6, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Alvin Jones of Asquith. Hereinafter cited as StarPhoenix.
  6. [S9104] Deaths: Grasby, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Feb 5, 1969, Page 39, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Wallace Franklin Grasby. Hereinafter cited as StarPhoenix.
  7. [S9052] Deaths: Grasby, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Aug 26, 1983, Page 29, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Albert Grasby. Hereinafter cited as StarPhoenix.

John Thomas Roy Grasby1

M, #11109, b. 30 October 1900
Father*Thomas Grasby2 b. bt 1851 - 1884, d. 1913
Mother*Janet Souster2,1,3 b. c 1877, d. 6 May 1951
Last Edited15 Jul 2019
     He was born on 30 October 1900 at RM of Odanah, Manitoba, Canada.1,3
     He was commonly known as Roy.2,3
     Roy Grasby appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Park No. 375, Saskatchewan in the household of his mother Janet Grasby, listed as a farmer on his mother's farm.3
     In the obituary of Janet Souster who died 6 May 1951, his son, but the name is not legible in this document, John Thomas Roy Grasby, was listed as a survivor.4
     In the obituary of Wallace Franklin Grasby who died 4 February 1969, his brother, Roy Grasby, of Cando, was listed as a survivor.5
     In the obituary of Albert Grasby who died 23 August 1983, his brother, Roy Grasby, was listed as predeceased.6

Citations

  1. [S817] Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency, Manitoba Vital Statistics (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Vital Statistics Agency), Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency - Genealogy Search page, Last Name: GRASBY
    Given Names: JOHN THOMAS ROY. Hereinafter cited as Manitoba Vital Statistics.
  2. [S7] Asquith Historical Society, compiler, Asquith Record, The (Box 160, Asquith SK, S0K 0J0: The Asquith and District Historical Society, 1982), Page 141 - Thomas and Janet Grasby. Hereinafter cited as Asquith Record.
  3. [S7078] Janet Grasby household, 01 Jun 1921 Canada census, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Park (municipality), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Page 3; Family: 33, Library and Archives Canada (LAC).
  4. [S7077] Deaths - Grasby, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 8,1951, Page 18, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Janet Grasby née Souster. Hereinafter cited as Star-Phoenix.
  5. [S9104] Deaths: Grasby, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Feb 5, 1969, Page 39, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Wallace Franklin Grasby. Hereinafter cited as StarPhoenix.
  6. [S9052] Deaths: Grasby, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Aug 26, 1983, Page 29, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Albert Grasby. Hereinafter cited as StarPhoenix.

Garnet Emma Fellure1,2

F, #11113, b. 28 November 1889, d. 28 August 1977
Father*Joshua Fellure3,2
Mother*Margaret H. Saunders3,2
Last Edited30 Mar 2023
     She was born on 28 November 1889 at Guyan, Gallia County, Ohio, USA.1,4,3,2 Garnet married Daniel M. Guard on 22 September 1907 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.5,1,4 Garnet Emma Fellure and Daniel M. Guard were divorced after 26 January 1920.6 Garent married Benjamin H. Sheets on 13 December 1930 at Lucas County, Ohio, USA.7,6
     Garnet Emma Sheets died on 28 August 1977 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 87.1,2 The cause of her death was given as cardiorespiratory arrest and arteriosclerotic disease.2
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
Survivor(s): Hayden Guard and Elwyn Guard.8
The informant on her death registration was her grandson, Hayden J. Guard.2
     Garnet Emma Fellure was buried on 30 August 1977 at Justus Cemetery, Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.9
     Daniel M. and Garnet E. Guard appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of York Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 26 January 1920 Their son, Elwyn H., was listed as living with them.4
     In the obituary of Benjamin H. Sheets who died 1 March 1972, his second wife, Garent Fellure Guard, was listed as a survivor.7 She was the informant on the death registration of her husband, Benjamin H. Sheets, who died on 3 March 1972.10
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Journal and Courier published in Lafayette, Indiana, 29 August 1977.8

Family 1

Daniel M. Guard b. 5 Feb 1888, d. 3 Dec 1968
Marriage*Garnet married Daniel M. Guard on 22 September 1907 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.5,1,4 
Divorce* Garnet Emma Fellure and Daniel M. Guard were divorced after 26 January 1920.6  
Child

Family 2

Benjamin H. Sheets b. c 1888, d. 1 Mar 1972
Marriage*Garent married Benjamin H. Sheets on 13 December 1930 at Lucas County, Ohio, USA.7,6 

Citations

  1. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  2. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Garnet Emma Sheets, Death Date: 28 Aug 1977, 5040 E 200 N Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA, Age: 87, Birth Date: 28 Nov 1889, Ohio, Father: Joshua Fellure, Mother: Margaret Fellure. Informant: Hayden J. Guard, Lafayette.
  3. [S4058] Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973, online Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973, Name: Garnet Fellure. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, Births and Christenings Index.
  4. [S1420] Danel Guard household, 26 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Benton, York, Indiana; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 12, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_423; Image: 258.
  5. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975, Date of Import: 24 Nov 2000 - no place names given.
  6. [S7368] Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; "Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT. Images available on Family Search"; cited as "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records., Benjamin H Sheets (widower) & Garnet Guard (divorced); Married: 13 Dec 1930, Lucas, Ohio, USA.
  7. [S7558] Benjamin H. Sheets, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, Mar 2, 1972, Page 4, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Benjamin H "Ben" Sheets. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  8. [S7559] Mrs. Garnet Sheets, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, Aug 27, 1977, Page 4, column 6 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Garnet Emma Sheets née Fellure. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  9. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Garnet Emma Sheets
    Father:     Joshua Fellure
    Mother:     Margaret Sanders
    Informant:     Hayden J Guard, grandson.
  10. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Benjamin H Sheets
    Father:     John Sheets
    Mother:     Anna Miller
    Spouse:     Garnet Sheets
    Informant:     Mrs. Garnet Sheets, wife.

Goldie Louetta Miller1,2

F, #11114, b. 15 November 1871, d. 22 January 1902
Father*Hayden H. Miller2,1,3 b. 22 Feb 1844, d. 9 Jan 1926
Mother*Margaret E. Jackson2,1,4 b. 23 Jan 1843, d. 2 May 1882
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited30 Mar 2023
     She was born on 15 November 1871 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA.2,1,5,6,3 Goldie married General E. Sanders on 5 October 1888 at Indiana, USA.7,6 Alternatively, they married on 6 October 1888 at Elizabethtown, Whitewater Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, according to a less reliable family tree1or they married on 8 October 1888 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA, according to his Find A Grave memorial page.8
     Goldie Louetta Miller died on 22 January 1902 at Templeton, Benton County, Indiana, USA, at age 30.1,8 Alternatively, she died on 22 January 1903 at age 31.5
     Goldie Louetta Miller was buried at Oxford West Cemetery, Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.5
     Godla appeared on the 1880 Federal Census Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana in the household of her parents, Hayden and Margarett Miller.3
     J. E. and Goldie Sanders appeared on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Otterbein, Bolivar Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 1 June 1900, described as a hotel keeper. Their children: Vena and Arthur, were listed as living with them.6
     In the obituary of General Esau Sanders who died 2 December 1952, his wife, the former Goldie L. Miller, was listed as predeceased.9 She was referenced in the biographical information that appeared about Nora Elizabeth Bonham in 1975 at Early Acquaintances with the Jackson Relatives by Nora Bonham Jackson, quoted by Merrie Rue Smith:
Among the first unexpected guests of my early home life on the Jackson Hill was an urgent call from Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., OH. "Come over and get us." This was my first meeting with Bertha Belle Miller Guard (b.1869), Eva Mae Miller DeHart (b.1874), and Lou Ella Miller Irvin (b.1879) and their children. Ruth Alma Guard (b.1898) was a very pretty young teenager, too fat to run; then the two Irvin girls: Dorthy Bell (b.1903), perhaps also a little too plump, a blond; and her sister, Gladys (b.1899), an exceedingly lovely vivacious brunette; then the son Lowell M. (b.1899) of Eva and Allen DeHart (b.1870), a young slender lad. He and Gladys led in the race and these lively youngsters romped and played around and around the big house which today we know as the "House on the Hill."
     The fun began because there were too many for the spring wagon. The young man of the house met the situation by hitching the farm team to the hay wagon with a generous supply of hay to make it comfortable.
     Floyd Stanley Jackson (b.1881) started to E-Town in high glee to pick up his beloved cousins, the children of Father Jackson’s (John Harrison Jackson b. 1854) oldest sister, Margaret E. Jackson Miller (1843-1882). This was the first and only time I ever saw Bertha Miller Guard as she died early in her married life, as did her sister, Goldie Miller Sanders (1871-1903), mother of Vena Sanders Brown. How did I get onto this gloomy side of the picture? For this was indeed a happy party.
     It did not take a nice car or a fine home to have fun. I don’t know what I cooked, but I remember I did freeze ice cream and had the big table set; a little black cook stove, a big wooden box for a table or a large cabinet a very large one; I expect 4 X 6 with an oil cloth on top and I had to almost crawl inside to reach things to cook in, a curtain tacked across the front and the floors were covered with rag carpets.
     Another of my very early getting acquainted with my new relatives was in the fall of 1908 - the evening Mabel Grubbs and John Liddle were to be married. Mabel was very very dear to me. She was like a doll; the little sister of my very dearest school mate and seat mate and I had been in their home so much during our school days. Then in 1899, when Stella Grubbs was eighteen years old, “Angie” the lovely mother, was taken by death.
     Word had come that Aunt Mary Isabell Jackson James (b.1851) and Uncle Charlie W. James from Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. were coming to visit us on the noon train. I was very upset. I wanted so much to go to Mabel’s "Chivalry." Father, John Harrison Jackson, came home with empty seats, his sister and husband were not on the train; I was hilariously happy. There was another train at the Lawrenceburg Junction at 4 o’clock and Father had gone to meet that. I was sitting on the step where I could see the gate which led from the last bend of the road and turned into the yard. I was putting on my Sunday stockings which were neither silk or rayon and my Sunday shoes. Even with all my wistful thinking, I kept my eyes on the winding road and this time the seats were filled; really filled! Aunt Mary was large, I expect 200 lbs., but Uncle Charlie James weighed between 400 and 500 lbs.
     Nora Jackson never really swore. I did, however, say "gog-on-it" but I loved Aunt Mary, she was understanding. That word can mean so much, especially to a young wife who had come into a home where there was so much work. (During my young life on a farm I never did understand why my mother had to work all day. I would say, "Can’t you take the afternoon off?" but the most I remember, my Mother would wash her face, comb her hair smoothly back, put on a light clean wrapper, and lie down on the simple lounge for fifteen minutes.)
     To get back to my story, I will mention three things: Father, Aunt Mary, Uncle Charlie and myself, went to a funeral at Bright (I don’t remember whose). Father drove with the whip in his hands, and except for up and down the hills, the horses were kept trotting. Aunt Mary said “that is exactly like my father, the horses never dared walk; he was always in a hurry.” We did not tarry after the services. Dear Aunt Mary said, “I can see how much work you have waiting to be done at home.” Then the rest of the day she spent with me. After changing our Sunday best to a house dress, she followed me to the cellar where she chatted while I worked and patted the butter milk out and smoothed the sweet delicious butter. Then at supper, she bragged about my pumpkin pies; she always thought pumpkin had to be cooked hours. She said “Now Charlie, this pumpkin Nora didn’t cook very long at all and these pies are so good.” Now do you see why I loved Aunt Mary James? She too was a very pretty woman. Uncle Charlie would walk up and down the road fast just for exercise, and they broke the bed down. After all, there was over 600 lbs. of them to like or dislike and I liked them or her. I should say very very much They had two sons, Clifford (b.1875) and Loyd N. Jackson (b.1874).
     As I reminisce, I recall Aunt Nancy E. Jackson Rowe (1844-1911). I too saw her only once. She came to our wedding on September 5, 1906. I really saw her to remember at the breakfast table at my husband’s home on September 7th. I felt rather shy of her. She was not pretty like plump Aunt Mary; she was tall and proud, rather haughty, much given to boast. She married William H. Rowe, who was raised by the Blasdel family in the New Alaces community. They went to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. to live and they had only one son, Charlie. Uncle Will became quite wealthy for that day. Charlie Rowe (1866-1928) never married. He was worth $160,000 when he died in 1928. Our grandfather clock came from his estate.10

     Goldie Louise Miller was identified as the mother of Vena Vesta Johnson Brown in Vena's obituary after her death on 3 April 1981.11 In the death registration of Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown who died on 3 April 1981, Goldie Louise Miller was identified as her mother.12

Family

General Esau Sanders b. 1 Aug 1864, d. 2 Dec 1952
MarriageGoldie married General E. Sanders on 5 October 1888 at Indiana, USA.7,6 
MarrAlt* Alternatively, they married on 6 October 1888 at Elizabethtown, Whitewater Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, according to a less reliable family tree1 
MarrOror they married on 8 October 1888 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA, according to his Find A Grave memorial page.8 
Children

Citations

  1. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  2. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  3. [S2175] Hayden Millerl household, abt 19 Jun 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana; Page: 150C; Enumeration District: 047, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: 272.
  4. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Reuben J Miller
    Grave marker transcription:
    Ruben J. son of H & M Miller Aged ? Yr 7 Mo 14 Ds.
  5. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: Golda L. Sanders.
  6. [S10474] J. E. Sanders household, 01 Jun 1900 U.S. Census, Washington, DC, USA, Otterbein, Benton, Indiana; Page: 10; Family: 222; Enumeration District: 0001, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration FHL microfilm: 1240360.
  7. [S7087] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 (Publisher: FamilySearch), unknown repository, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001; "An ancestry.com database based upon one of the same name at FamilySearch, 2013, that also links to images of the documents. This database includes data not found on the actual documents, and may be derived from linked FamilySearch trees"; cited as "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001., Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg     Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg; Marriage: 24 Apr 1904, Indiana, United States. Reviewed at FamilySearch where images are available.
  8. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: General Esau Sanders.
  9. [S10472] Deaths: General Esau Sanders, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 03 Dec 1952, Page 14, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: General Esau Sanders. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  10. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, 1975, Ref: GENEALOGY OF THE JOHN JACKSON FAMILY, compiled and printed by Alta Mae Jackson Hart, 1975; EARLY ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE JACKSON RELATIVES by Nora Bonham Jackson.
  11. [S10467] Obituaries: Vena Brown, The Daily Journal, Franklin, Indiana, 03 Apr 1981, Page 9, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Vena Vesta Johnson Brown nee Sanders (Aged 91). Hereinafter cited as The Daily Journal.
  12. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown
    Father:     General Esau Sanders
    Mother:     Goldie Louise Miller.

John Peter Johnson1,2,3,4

M, #11115, b. 28 April 1883, d. 18 January 1940
Father*Benjamin Johnson5
Mother*Margaret Sterrenberg5
Last Edited12 Apr 2023
     He was born on 28 April 1883 at Danforth, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA.2,6,3,5 John married Vena Vesta Sanders on 27 January 1907 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.2,1,6,3,4
     John Peter Johnson died on 18 January 1940 at Deaconess Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, at age 56.2,5 The informant on his death registration was his wife, Vena Sanders.5 The cause of his death was given as Hypernephroma (Renal Cell Carcinoma) of right kidney.5
     John Peter Johnson was buried on 20 January 1940 at Justus Cemetery, Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.7,8
     John P. and Vena V. Johnson appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Union Twp., Johnson County, Indiana, enumerated 15 January 1920 Their children: Bulah M and Lowell K, were listed as living with them.6 John P. Johnson, of Cargersville, IN, was the informant on the death registration of his son, Lowell Kenneth Johnson, who died on 13 October 1922.8
     John and Vena V. Johnson appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, enumerated 11 April 1930, described as a motorman for a street car company.3

The following biographical fact was included at his Michigan Certificate of Death, 18 January 1940:
His occupation was given as Motorman on the D.S.R. (Department of Street Railways) in Detroit. He had lived in Detroit for 16 years, most recently at 4636 Bedford Rd.8

     In the obituary of Vena Vesta Johnson Brown who died 3 April 1981, her first husband, John Peter Johnson, was listed as predeceased.4 In the death registration of Beulah Marie York who died on 1 October 2002, John Johnson was identified as her father.9

Family

Vena Vesta Sanders b. 26 Aug 1889, d. 3 Apr 1981
Marriage*John married Vena Vesta Sanders on 27 January 1907 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.2,1,6,3,4 
Children

Citations

  1. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  2. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  3. [S1474] John P Johnson household, 11 Apr 1930 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Detroit, Waye, Michigan; ;Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 686, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: 1060; Image: 150.0.
  4. [S10467] Obituaries: Vena Brown, The Daily Journal, Franklin, Indiana, 03 Apr 1981, Page 9, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Vena Vesta Johnson Brown nee Sanders (Aged 91). Hereinafter cited as The Daily Journal.
  5. [S7219] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 (Publisher: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan), Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; "Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. NOTE: no images of the original documents are included in this database"; cited as "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952., Name: John P Johnson
    Father:     Benjamin Johnson
    Mother:     Margaret Sterrenberg
    Spouse:     Vena Sanders.
  6. [S1473] John P Johnson household, 15-16 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Union, Johnson, Indiana; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 143, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_442; Image: 265.
  7. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
  8. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Lowell Kenneth Johnson
    Father:     John P Johnson
    Mother:     Vena V Sanders.
  9. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Beulah Marie York
    Father:     John Johnson
    Mother:     Vena Sanders.

Vena Vesta Sanders1,2

F, #11116, b. 26 August 1889, d. 3 April 1981
Father*General Esau Sanders1,2,3 b. 1 Aug 1864, d. 2 Dec 1952
Mother*Goldie Louetta Miller1,2,3 b. 15 Nov 1871, d. 22 Jan 1902
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited12 Apr 2023
     She was born on 26 August 1889 at Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, USA.2,4,5,6,3 Vena married John Peter Johnson on 27 January 1907 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.2,1,4,5,7 Vena married Ira Olaf Brown on 14 July 1943 at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA.1,2,7
     Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown died on 3 April 1981 at Hilltop Convalescent Center, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA, at age 91.2,6,7
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
Survivor(s): Beulah M. York. Predeceased: John Peter Johnson and Ira O. Brown.7
The informant on her death registration was her granddaughter, Kathryn Ann York. Her father was identified as General Esau Sanders and Goldie Louise Miller.6 The cause of her death was given as pneumonia with complications due to arteriosclerotic heart disease with congestive heart failure.6
     Vena Vesta Sanders was buried on 6 April 1981 at Justus Cemetery, Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.8,6
     Vena appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Otterbein, Bolivar Twp., Benton County, Indiana in the household of her parents, J. and Goldie Sanders.3
     John P. and Vena V. Johnson appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Union Twp., Johnson County, Indiana, enumerated 15 January 1920 Their children: Bulah M and Lowell K, were listed as living with them.4 In the death registration of Lowell Kenneth Johnson who died on 13 October 1922, Vena Vesta Sanders was identified as his mother.9
     John and Vena V. Johnson appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, enumerated 11 April 1930, described as a motorman for a street car company.5 She, of Oxford, IN, was the informant on the death registration of her husband, John Peter Johnson, who died on 18 January 1940.10
     V. Vema appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana in the household of her father Esau Sanders and step-mother Myrtle.11
     In the obituary of General Esau Sanders who died 2 December 1952, his daughter, Vena Johnson Brown, of Providence, Indiana, was listed as a survivor.12 She, of Bargersville, was the informant on the death registration of her father, General Esau Sanders, who died on 2 December 1952.13 Vena Vesta Sanders was referenced in the biographical information that appeared about Nora Elizabeth Bonham in 1975 at Early Acquaintances with the Jackson Relatives by Nora Bonham Jackson, quoted by Merrie Rue Smith:
Among the first unexpected guests of my early home life on the Jackson Hill was an urgent call from Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., OH. "Come over and get us." This was my first meeting with Bertha Belle Miller Guard (b.1869), Eva Mae Miller DeHart (b.1874), and Lou Ella Miller Irvin (b.1879) and their children. Ruth Alma Guard (b.1898) was a very pretty young teenager, too fat to run; then the two Irvin girls: Dorthy Bell (b.1903), perhaps also a little too plump, a blond; and her sister, Gladys (b.1899), an exceedingly lovely vivacious brunette; then the son Lowell M. (b.1899) of Eva and Allen DeHart (b.1870), a young slender lad. He and Gladys led in the race and these lively youngsters romped and played around and around the big house which today we know as the "House on the Hill."
     The fun began because there were too many for the spring wagon. The young man of the house met the situation by hitching the farm team to the hay wagon with a generous supply of hay to make it comfortable.
     Floyd Stanley Jackson (b.1881) started to E-Town in high glee to pick up his beloved cousins, the children of Father Jackson’s (John Harrison Jackson b. 1854) oldest sister, Margaret E. Jackson Miller (1843-1882). This was the first and only time I ever saw Bertha Miller Guard as she died early in her married life, as did her sister, Goldie Miller Sanders (1871-1903), mother of Vena Sanders Brown. How did I get onto this gloomy side of the picture? For this was indeed a happy party.
     It did not take a nice car or a fine home to have fun. I don’t know what I cooked, but I remember I did freeze ice cream and had the big table set; a little black cook stove, a big wooden box for a table or a large cabinet a very large one; I expect 4 X 6 with an oil cloth on top and I had to almost crawl inside to reach things to cook in, a curtain tacked across the front and the floors were covered with rag carpets.
     Another of my very early getting acquainted with my new relatives was in the fall of 1908 - the evening Mabel Grubbs and John Liddle were to be married. Mabel was very very dear to me. She was like a doll; the little sister of my very dearest school mate and seat mate and I had been in their home so much during our school days. Then in 1899, when Stella Grubbs was eighteen years old, “Angie” the lovely mother, was taken by death.
     Word had come that Aunt Mary Isabell Jackson James (b.1851) and Uncle Charlie W. James from Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. were coming to visit us on the noon train. I was very upset. I wanted so much to go to Mabel’s "Chivalry." Father, John Harrison Jackson, came home with empty seats, his sister and husband were not on the train; I was hilariously happy. There was another train at the Lawrenceburg Junction at 4 o’clock and Father had gone to meet that. I was sitting on the step where I could see the gate which led from the last bend of the road and turned into the yard. I was putting on my Sunday stockings which were neither silk or rayon and my Sunday shoes. Even with all my wistful thinking, I kept my eyes on the winding road and this time the seats were filled; really filled! Aunt Mary was large, I expect 200 lbs., but Uncle Charlie James weighed between 400 and 500 lbs.
     Nora Jackson never really swore. I did, however, say "gog-on-it" but I loved Aunt Mary, she was understanding. That word can mean so much, especially to a young wife who had come into a home where there was so much work. (During my young life on a farm I never did understand why my mother had to work all day. I would say, "Can’t you take the afternoon off?" but the most I remember, my Mother would wash her face, comb her hair smoothly back, put on a light clean wrapper, and lie down on the simple lounge for fifteen minutes.)
     To get back to my story, I will mention three things: Father, Aunt Mary, Uncle Charlie and myself, went to a funeral at Bright (I don’t remember whose). Father drove with the whip in his hands, and except for up and down the hills, the horses were kept trotting. Aunt Mary said “that is exactly like my father, the horses never dared walk; he was always in a hurry.” We did not tarry after the services. Dear Aunt Mary said, “I can see how much work you have waiting to be done at home.” Then the rest of the day she spent with me. After changing our Sunday best to a house dress, she followed me to the cellar where she chatted while I worked and patted the butter milk out and smoothed the sweet delicious butter. Then at supper, she bragged about my pumpkin pies; she always thought pumpkin had to be cooked hours. She said “Now Charlie, this pumpkin Nora didn’t cook very long at all and these pies are so good.” Now do you see why I loved Aunt Mary James? She too was a very pretty woman. Uncle Charlie would walk up and down the road fast just for exercise, and they broke the bed down. After all, there was over 600 lbs. of them to like or dislike and I liked them or her. I should say very very much They had two sons, Clifford (b.1875) and Loyd N. Jackson (b.1874).
     As I reminisce, I recall Aunt Nancy E. Jackson Rowe (1844-1911). I too saw her only once. She came to our wedding on September 5, 1906. I really saw her to remember at the breakfast table at my husband’s home on September 7th. I felt rather shy of her. She was not pretty like plump Aunt Mary; she was tall and proud, rather haughty, much given to boast. She married William H. Rowe, who was raised by the Blasdel family in the New Alaces community. They went to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. to live and they had only one son, Charlie. Uncle Will became quite wealthy for that day. Charlie Rowe (1866-1928) never married. He was worth $160,000 when he died in 1928. Our grandfather clock came from his estate.14

     In the obituary of Ira Olaf Brown who died 26 January 1980, hiswife, the former Vena Johnson, was listed as a survivor.15
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Daily Journal published in Franklin, Indiana, 3 April 1981.7

The following biographical fact was included at her Michigan Certificate of Death, 3 April 1981:
She was a retired sales lady from the L. S. Ayres Department Store.6
In the death registration of Beulah Marie York who died on 1 October 2002, Vena Sanders was identified as her mother.16

Family 1

John Peter Johnson b. 28 Apr 1883, d. 18 Jan 1940
Marriage*Vena married John Peter Johnson on 27 January 1907 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.2,1,4,5,7 
Children

Family 2

Ira Olaf Brown b. 9 Feb 1892, d. 26 Jan 1980
Marriage*Vena married Ira Olaf Brown on 14 July 1943 at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA.1,2,7 

Citations

  1. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  2. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  3. [S10474] J. E. Sanders household, 01 Jun 1900 U.S. Census, Washington, DC, USA, Otterbein, Benton, Indiana; Page: 10; Family: 222; Enumeration District: 0001, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration FHL microfilm: 1240360.
  4. [S1473] John P Johnson household, 15-16 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Union, Johnson, Indiana; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 143, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_442; Image: 265.
  5. [S1474] John P Johnson household, 11 Apr 1930 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Detroit, Waye, Michigan; ;Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 686, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: 1060; Image: 150.0.
  6. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown
    Father:     General Esau Sanders
    Mother:     Goldie Louise Miller.
  7. [S10467] Obituaries: Vena Brown, The Daily Journal, Franklin, Indiana, 03 Apr 1981, Page 9, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Vena Vesta Johnson Brown nee Sanders (Aged 91). Hereinafter cited as The Daily Journal.
  8. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
  9. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Lowell Kenneth Johnson
    Father:     John P Johnson
    Mother:     Vena V Sanders.
  10. [S7219] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 (Publisher: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan), Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; "Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. NOTE: no images of the original documents are included in this database"; cited as "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952., Name: John P Johnson
    Father:     Benjamin Johnson
    Mother:     Margaret Sterrenberg
    Spouse:     Vena Sanders.
  11. [S10476] Esau Sanders household, 18 April 1940 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Oxford, Benton, Indiana; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 4-10, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: m-t0627-01027.
  12. [S10472] Deaths: General Esau Sanders, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 03 Dec 1952, Page 14, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: General Esau Sanders. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  13. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:     General Esau Sanders.
  14. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, 1975, Ref: GENEALOGY OF THE JOHN JACKSON FAMILY, compiled and printed by Alta Mae Jackson Hart, 1975; EARLY ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE JACKSON RELATIVES by Nora Bonham Jackson.
  15. [S10468] Olaf Brown county native, dies in Columbus, The Reporter-Times, Martinsville, Indiana, 29 Jan 1980, Page 12, column 1 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Ira Olaf Brown (Aged 87). Hereinafter cited as Reporter-Times.
  16. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Beulah Marie York
    Father:     John Johnson
    Mother:     Vena Sanders.

General Esau Sanders1,2,3

M, #11117, b. 1 August 1864, d. 2 December 1952
Father*Zachariah Pendleton Sanders5,4
Mother*Emily Lambert4 b. 11 Apr 1846, d. 22 Apr 1931
Last Edited30 Mar 2023
     He was born on 1 August 1864 at Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA.1,3,6,7,8,9 Alternatively, he may have been born circa 1866 at Ohio, USA, according to the 1910 census10; or, circa 1867 at Ohio, USA, according to the 1920 census.11 General married Goldie L. Miller on 5 October 1888 at Indiana, USA.12,7 Alternatively, they married on 6 October 1888 at Elizabethtown, Whitewater Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, according to a less reliable family tree1or they married on 8 October 1888 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA, according to his Find A Grave memorial page.3 General married Ada Blanche Price on 29 January 1909 at Warren County, Indiana, USA.13,14 General Esau Sanders and Ada Sanders were divorced circa 28 April 1911 at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, USA.13,15 General married Myrtle Shoemaker on 9 September 1914 at Indiana, USA.12,16,8,9,11
     General Esau Sanders died on 2 December 1952 at Johnson Nursing home, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA, at age 88 according to Indiana Death Certificate 38325.1,16,6 The cause of his death was given as senility with dementia (2 years) and arteriosclerosis.6 The informant on his death registration was his daughter, Vena Brown. His mother was identified as Emily Lambert. His father was identified as Zacharia Sanders.6
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of General Esau Sanders.
Survivor(s): Vena Johnson Brown and Arthur Sanders.16

     General Esau Sanders was buried on 5 December 1952 at Oxford West Cemetery, Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA. Note that his death certificate indicates he was buried in Justus (aka South Cemetery) but his Find A Grave Memorial page shows he is buried in the above cemetery.3,6
     J. E. and Goldie Sanders appeared on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Otterbein, Bolivar Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 1 June 1900, described as a hotel keeper. Their children: Vena and Arthur, were listed as living with them.7
     General Esau Sanders appeared on the 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 21 April 1910, described as a widowed, "carpenter, house". His son, Arthur, was listed as living with him. If he was not already divorced from Ada, who deserted him, he was at least erasing the memory of her by reverting to his widowed status.10
     General E. and Myrtle L. Sanders appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 2 January 1920, described as a carpenter, house and barn. Her son, Hichel Shoemaker was included in the household.11
     Esau and Mertal (sic) Sanders appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 7 April 1930, described as a carpenter, builder. His mother, Emily Sanders was included in the household.8
     In the obituary of Emily Sanders who died 22 April 1931, her son, General Esau Sanders of Oxford, Indiana, was listed as a survivor.4
     Esau and Myrtle Sanders appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 22 April 1940, described as a carpenter in the building industry. His daughter, V. Vema, was listed as living with them.9
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Journal and Courier published in Lafayette, Indiana, 3 December 1952.16
     General Esau Sanders was identified as the father of Vena Vesta Johnson Brown in Vena's obituary after her death on 3 April 1981.17 In the death registration of Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown who died on 3 April 1981, General Esau Sanders was identified as her father.18

Family 1

Goldie Louetta Miller b. 15 Nov 1871, d. 22 Jan 1902
Marriage*General married Goldie L. Miller on 5 October 1888 at Indiana, USA.12,7 
MarrAlt Alternatively, they married on 6 October 1888 at Elizabethtown, Whitewater Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, according to a less reliable family tree1 
MarrOror they married on 8 October 1888 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA, according to his Find A Grave memorial page.3 
Children

Family 2

Ada Blanche Price b. 10 Jul 1883, d. 8 Aug 1963
Marriage*General married Ada Blanche Price on 29 January 1909 at Warren County, Indiana, USA.13,14 
Divorce* General Esau Sanders and Ada Sanders were divorced circa 28 April 1911 at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, USA.13,15  

Family 3

Myrtle Foster b. c 1870, d. 1950
Marriage*General married Myrtle Shoemaker on 9 September 1914 at Indiana, USA.12,16,8,9,11 
Child

Citations

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  2. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
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  4. [S10473] Emily Sanders, Benton Pioneer, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 22 Apr 1931, Page 11, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Emily Sanders née Lambert. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  5. [S5566] The Tribal Knot, online https://books.google.com/books, Page 140, according to his signature in the transcription of his letter to G.E. Sanders on his son's 52th birthday. G.E.'s mother apparently could not write because she had "someone" write to him enquiring what to name their newborn son.. Hereinafter cited as The Tribal Knot.
  6. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:     General Esau Sanders.
  7. [S10474] J. E. Sanders household, 01 Jun 1900 U.S. Census, Washington, DC, USA, Otterbein, Benton, Indiana; Page: 10; Family: 222; Enumeration District: 0001, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration FHL microfilm: 1240360.
  8. [S10475] Esau Sanders household, 30 Apr 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Oxford, Benton, Indiana; Page: 3B; Family: 90; Enumeration District: 0010, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration FHL microfilm: 2340312.
  9. [S10476] Esau Sanders household, 18 April 1940 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Oxford, Benton, Indiana; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 4-10, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: m-t0627-01027.
  10. [S10477] General E. Sanders household, 21 Apr 1910 U.S. Federal census, Provo, Utah, USA, Oxford (town) Benton, Indiana; Page: 16B; Family: 278; Enumeration District: 0007, Ancestry.com Roll: T624_340; FHL microfilm: 1374353.
  11. [S10483] General E. Sanders household, 02 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal census, Washington, DC, USA, Oxford, Benton, Indiana; Page: 1B; Family: 21; Enumeration District: 7, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_423.
  12. [S7087] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 (Publisher: FamilySearch), unknown repository, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001; "An ancestry.com database based upon one of the same name at FamilySearch, 2013, that also links to images of the documents. This database includes data not found on the actual documents, and may be derived from linked FamilySearch trees"; cited as "Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001., Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg     Edward Bryant & Nellie Shallenberg; Marriage: 24 Apr 1904, Indiana, United States. Reviewed at FamilySearch where images are available.
  13. [S5566] The Tribal Knot, online https://books.google.com/books, Page 111, G.E. divorced Ada after she "vanished" with many of his possessions.
  14. [S6684] Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, General Esau Sanders & Ada Blanche Price. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, Select Marriages Index.
  15. [S10485] Circuit Court Proceedings, Covington Friend, Covington, Indiana, 28 Apr 1911, Page 1, column 6 viewed at Newspaper Archive, Divorce: Sasders vs. Sanders. Hereinafter cited as Covington Friend.
  16. [S10472] Deaths: General Esau Sanders, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 03 Dec 1952, Page 14, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: General Esau Sanders. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  17. [S10467] Obituaries: Vena Brown, The Daily Journal, Franklin, Indiana, 03 Apr 1981, Page 9, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Vena Vesta Johnson Brown nee Sanders (Aged 91). Hereinafter cited as The Daily Journal.
  18. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Vena Vesta Sanders Johnson Brown
    Father:     General Esau Sanders
    Mother:     Goldie Louise Miller.

Daniel M. Guard1,2,3

M, #11118, b. 5 February 1888, d. 3 December 1968
Father*Charles H. Guard1,2,4 b. 27 Jun 1864, d. 16 Dec 1899
Mother*Bertha Belle Miller1,2,4 b. 30 Jul 1869, d. 9 Jun 1917
Relationship3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited30 Mar 2023
     He was born on 5 February 1888 at Hamilton County, Ohio, USA.5,2,3,4 Daniel married Garnet Emma Fellure on 22 September 1907 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.5,2,3 Daniel M. Guard and Garnet Emma Fellure were divorced after 26 January 1920.6 Daniel married Margaret Brickler on 23 December 1931.7,8,9,10 His death certificate also noted that he was blind.4
     Daniel M. Guard died on 3 December 1968 at Ross Annex, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 80. His death certificate states that he was a retired farmer.2,4 The cause of his death was given as coronary occlusion.4
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Daniel M. Guard.
Predeceased: Margaret Brickler.9
The informant on his death registration was his son, Elwyn Guard.4
     Daniel M. Guard was buried on 6 December 1968 at St. Boniface cemetery, Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.4
     Daniel M. and Garnet E. Guard appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of York Twp., Benton County, Indiana, enumerated 26 January 1920 Their son, Elwyn H., was listed as living with them.3 Daniel Guard, of 504 Wabash Ave., La Fayette, IN, was the informant on the death registration of his wife, Margaret Guard, who died on 25 November 1941.8
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Journal and Courier published in Lafayette, Indiana, 4 December 1968.9

Family 1

Garnet Emma Fellure b. 28 Nov 1889, d. 28 Aug 1977
MarriageDaniel married Garnet Emma Fellure on 22 September 1907 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.5,2,3 
Divorce* Daniel M. Guard and Garnet Emma Fellure were divorced after 26 January 1920.6  
Child

Family 2

Margaret Brickler b. 5 Jul 1898, d. 25 Nov 1941
Marriage*Daniel married Margaret Brickler on 23 December 1931.7,8,9,10 

Citations

  1. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  2. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  3. [S1420] Danel Guard household, 26 Jan 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Benton, York, Indiana; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 12, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: T625_423; Image: 258.
  4. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Daniel M Guard
    Father:     Charles Guard
    Mother:     Miller
    Informant:     Elwyn Guard, son.
  5. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, 1975, Date of Import: 24 Nov 2000 - no place names given.
  6. [S7368] Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; "Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT. Images available on Family Search"; cited as "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records., Benjamin H Sheets (widower) & Garnet Guard (divorced); Married: 13 Dec 1930, Lucas, Ohio, USA.
  7. [S483] Merrie Rue Smith, local copy of FTM database, Merrie Rue Smith (Garland, TX), received Oct 28, 2000.
  8. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Margaret Guard
    Father:     Simon Brickler
    Mother:     Mary Mahlke
    Spouse:     Daniel Guard
    Informant:     Anita Bronaugh, daughter.
  9. [S7557] Daniel M. Guard, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, Dec. 4, 1968, Page 11, column 3 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Daniel M Guard. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.
  10. [S7567] Mrs. Margaret Guard, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN, Nov 26, 1941, Page 11, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Margaret Guard née Brickler. Hereinafter cited as Journal and Courier.

Charles H. Guard1,2

M, #11119, b. 27 June 1864, d. 16 December 1899
Father*Enoch H. Guard5,6 b. c 1843, d. b 9 Feb 1871
Mother*Ann Eliza Guard3,4,5,6 b. Dec 1842
Last Edited19 May 2022
     He was born on 27 June 1864 at Dearborn County, Indiana, USA.4,3,7,5,6 Charles married Bertha Miller on 15 September 1885 at Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. Her father signed the marriage application, approving her marriage.2 Alternatively, they married in 1884, according to another family researcher.4,8
     Charles H. Guard died on 16 December 1899 at Bolivar Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA, at age 35.1,6 The informant on his death registration was his mother, Anna E. Miller.6
     Charles H. Guard was buried on 18 December 1899 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.6
     He was commonly known as Charlie.3
     Charles appeared on the 1870 Federal Census Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana in the household of his parents, Enoch and Anna E. Guard.5
     His wife also became his step-sister after his mother married his wife's father in later years.3

Family

Bertha Belle Miller b. 30 Jul 1869, d. 9 Jun 1917
MarriageCharles married Bertha Miller on 15 September 1885 at Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. Her father signed the marriage application, approving her marriage.2 
MarrAlt* Alternatively, they married in 1884, according to another family researcher.4,8 
Children

Citations

  1. [S3993] Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, online Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, Charles H. Guard. Hereinafter cited as Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920.
  2. [S7368] Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; "Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT. Images available on Family Search"; cited as "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records., Charles H. Guard & Bertha Miller; Married: 15 Sep 1885, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
  3. [S483] Merrie Rue Smith, local copy of FTM database, Merrie Rue Smith (Garland, TX), received Oct 28, 2000.
  4. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  5. [S3994] Enoch Guard household, 05 Jul 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana; Page: 562A; Family: 834, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: M593_307; Image: 423; Family History Library Film: 545806.
  6. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Charles H Guard, Death Date: 16 Dec 1900, County, Benton, Indiana, USA, Age: 35, Birth Date: abt 1865, Dearbom Co Indiana, Father: Enock H Guard, Mother: Anna E Guard.
  7. [S3993] Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, online Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, Charles W. Guard.
  8. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  9. [S6399] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011", online Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011: Name:      Daniel M Guard
    Father:     Charles Guard
    Mother:     Miller
    Informant:     Elwyn Guard, son.
  10. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Royal Hayden Guard
    Grave marker transcription:
    First Marker: Royal Guard Priv.Bat.A. World War Feb 22, 1896 - Aug 19, 1920
    Second Marker: Royal Hayden Guard Priv. Batery A. 124 F. A. World War.

Bertha Belle Miller1,2

F, #11120, b. 30 July 1869, d. 9 June 1917
Father*Hayden H. Miller1,2,3 b. 22 Feb 1844, d. 9 Jan 1926
Mother*Margaret E. Jackson1,2,3 b. 23 Jan 1843, d. 2 May 1882
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited15 Jul 2022
     She was born on 30 July 1869 at Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana, USA.1,2,3 Bertha married Charles H. Guard on 15 September 1885 at Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. Her father signed the marriage application, approving her marriage.4 Alternatively, they married in 1884, according to another family researcher.2,1
     Bertha Belle Miller died on 9 June 1917 at age 47.1,2
     Bertha appeared on the 1880 Federal Census Lawrenceburg Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana in the household of her parents, Hayden and Margarett Miller.3 Bertha Belle Miller was referenced in the biographical information that appeared about Nora Elizabeth Bonham in 1975 at Early Acquaintances with the Jackson Relatives by Nora Bonham Jackson, quoted by Merrie Rue Smith:
Among the first unexpected guests of my early home life on the Jackson Hill was an urgent call from Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., OH. "Come over and get us." This was my first meeting with Bertha Belle Miller Guard (b.1869), Eva Mae Miller DeHart (b.1874), and Lou Ella Miller Irvin (b.1879) and their children. Ruth Alma Guard (b.1898) was a very pretty young teenager, too fat to run; then the two Irvin girls: Dorthy Bell (b.1903), perhaps also a little too plump, a blond; and her sister, Gladys (b.1899), an exceedingly lovely vivacious brunette; then the son Lowell M. (b.1899) of Eva and Allen DeHart (b.1870), a young slender lad. He and Gladys led in the race and these lively youngsters romped and played around and around the big house which today we know as the "House on the Hill."
     The fun began because there were too many for the spring wagon. The young man of the house met the situation by hitching the farm team to the hay wagon with a generous supply of hay to make it comfortable.
     Floyd Stanley Jackson (b.1881) started to E-Town in high glee to pick up his beloved cousins, the children of Father Jackson’s (John Harrison Jackson b. 1854) oldest sister, Margaret E. Jackson Miller (1843-1882). This was the first and only time I ever saw Bertha Miller Guard as she died early in her married life, as did her sister, Goldie Miller Sanders (1871-1903), mother of Vena Sanders Brown. How did I get onto this gloomy side of the picture? For this was indeed a happy party.
     It did not take a nice car or a fine home to have fun. I don’t know what I cooked, but I remember I did freeze ice cream and had the big table set; a little black cook stove, a big wooden box for a table or a large cabinet a very large one; I expect 4 X 6 with an oil cloth on top and I had to almost crawl inside to reach things to cook in, a curtain tacked across the front and the floors were covered with rag carpets.
     Another of my very early getting acquainted with my new relatives was in the fall of 1908 - the evening Mabel Grubbs and John Liddle were to be married. Mabel was very very dear to me. She was like a doll; the little sister of my very dearest school mate and seat mate and I had been in their home so much during our school days. Then in 1899, when Stella Grubbs was eighteen years old, “Angie” the lovely mother, was taken by death.
     Word had come that Aunt Mary Isabell Jackson James (b.1851) and Uncle Charlie W. James from Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. were coming to visit us on the noon train. I was very upset. I wanted so much to go to Mabel’s "Chivalry." Father, John Harrison Jackson, came home with empty seats, his sister and husband were not on the train; I was hilariously happy. There was another train at the Lawrenceburg Junction at 4 o’clock and Father had gone to meet that. I was sitting on the step where I could see the gate which led from the last bend of the road and turned into the yard. I was putting on my Sunday stockings which were neither silk or rayon and my Sunday shoes. Even with all my wistful thinking, I kept my eyes on the winding road and this time the seats were filled; really filled! Aunt Mary was large, I expect 200 lbs., but Uncle Charlie James weighed between 400 and 500 lbs.
     Nora Jackson never really swore. I did, however, say "gog-on-it" but I loved Aunt Mary, she was understanding. That word can mean so much, especially to a young wife who had come into a home where there was so much work. (During my young life on a farm I never did understand why my mother had to work all day. I would say, "Can’t you take the afternoon off?" but the most I remember, my Mother would wash her face, comb her hair smoothly back, put on a light clean wrapper, and lie down on the simple lounge for fifteen minutes.)
     To get back to my story, I will mention three things: Father, Aunt Mary, Uncle Charlie and myself, went to a funeral at Bright (I don’t remember whose). Father drove with the whip in his hands, and except for up and down the hills, the horses were kept trotting. Aunt Mary said “that is exactly like my father, the horses never dared walk; he was always in a hurry.” We did not tarry after the services. Dear Aunt Mary said, “I can see how much work you have waiting to be done at home.” Then the rest of the day she spent with me. After changing our Sunday best to a house dress, she followed me to the cellar where she chatted while I worked and patted the butter milk out and smoothed the sweet delicious butter. Then at supper, she bragged about my pumpkin pies; she always thought pumpkin had to be cooked hours. She said “Now Charlie, this pumpkin Nora didn’t cook very long at all and these pies are so good.” Now do you see why I loved Aunt Mary James? She too was a very pretty woman. Uncle Charlie would walk up and down the road fast just for exercise, and they broke the bed down. After all, there was over 600 lbs. of them to like or dislike and I liked them or her. I should say very very much They had two sons, Clifford (b.1875) and Loyd N. Jackson (b.1874).
     As I reminisce, I recall Aunt Nancy E. Jackson Rowe (1844-1911). I too saw her only once. She came to our wedding on September 5, 1906. I really saw her to remember at the breakfast table at my husband’s home on September 7th. I felt rather shy of her. She was not pretty like plump Aunt Mary; she was tall and proud, rather haughty, much given to boast. She married William H. Rowe, who was raised by the Blasdel family in the New Alaces community. They went to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. to live and they had only one son, Charlie. Uncle Will became quite wealthy for that day. Charlie Rowe (1866-1928) never married. He was worth $160,000 when he died in 1928. Our grandfather clock came from his estate.5

Family

Charles H. Guard b. 27 Jun 1864, d. 16 Dec 1899
Children

Citations

  1. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, online Descendants of Ezekiel J. Jackson, Sr., Alta Mae Jackson Hart (Garland, Texas), downloaded 1975.
  2. [S484] World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225 (Publisher: Brøderbund Software), Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), unknown url; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "World Family Tree Download of Volume 12, tree 3225.
  3. [S2175] Hayden Millerl household, abt 19 Jun 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana; Page: 150C; Enumeration District: 047, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration Roll: 272.
  4. [S7368] Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; "Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT. Images available on Family Search"; cited as "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records., Charles H. Guard & Bertha Miller; Married: 15 Sep 1885, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
  5. [S467] Merrie Rue Smith, 1975, Ref: GENEALOGY OF THE JOHN JACKSON FAMILY, compiled and printed by Alta Mae Jackson Hart, 1975; EARLY ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE JACKSON RELATIVES by Nora Bonham Jackson.
  6. [S483] Merrie Rue Smith, local copy of FTM database, Merrie Rue Smith (Garland, TX), received Oct 28, 2000.
  7. [S6399] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011 , Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011; "Based upon the Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. NOTE: this ancestry.com database includes images of the individual death certificates"; cited as "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011., Name:      Daniel M Guard
    Father:     Charles Guard
    Mother:     Miller
    Informant:     Elwyn Guard, son.
  8. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Royal Hayden Guard
    Grave marker transcription:
    First Marker: Royal Guard Priv.Bat.A. World War Feb 22, 1896 - Aug 19, 1920
    Second Marker: Royal Hayden Guard Priv. Batery A. 124 F. A. World War.