Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
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Alpheus Finch
108 years ago today, on 13 July 1918, Chris’s 2x great grandfather, Alpheus Finch died in Sheffield, Iowa. Al to Chris Al was born 11 January, 1856 in Union Center, Broome County, New York, but his father, Rufus brought him to Northwood, Iowa by 1873. There he married Jeannette “Nettie” Mitchell. Al worked in construction,…
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Lucy Tetterton
Lucille Tetterton Hoots was my 3x great grandmother. Her daughter Maude Hoots Thompson/Eken was the mother of my great grandmother, Margaret Thompson Myers/Hounihan who was the mother of my paternal grandmother, Clema Myers Starr. Lucy was born 26 July 1860 in Alsey, Illinois. Alsey is in Scott County. It is 22 miles southwest of Jacksonville,…
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The Harmons- Keokuk Pioneers
John Harmon John Harmon, Chris’s 4x great grandfather died 12 Jul 1893 in Keokuk, Iowa. His obituary tells the tale: Death of a Pioneer – ObituaryDAILY GATE CITYThe Venerable John Harmon is called to his reward.Another of Keokuk’s venerable citizens has been called to his reward. John Harmon died at 3:30 o’clock yesterday morning at…