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#52Ancestors – No. 45 – Samuel M Weir – 1863 Civil War Draft
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy Blog, Uncategorized on November 9, 2014
This post is number 45 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Samuel Miller Weir is my third great uncle. At the age of 36, he was subject to military service in the Civil War. He was not drafted nor did he volunteer to serve. He was required to register for the draft register.
There were four drafts between 1863 and 1865, which included 3.175 million records. Historically, the 1863 draft was one of the most tenuous moments in the Union outside of the battles fought on Northern soil. Most of the concern was due to the draft riots that took place in New York in 1863. (Taken from Ancestry.com)
Samuel married Elizabeth Vanlandingham. His brother in law, Ezekiel P. Vanlandginham, did serve for the Confederacy.
Kentucky Civil War Draft – Union
Source Citation
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General’s Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); ARC Identifier: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 4
#52Ancestors – No. 44 – Matthew Wilson, Surveyor and Senator
Posted by Caroll in Genealogy Blog on November 2, 2014
This post is number 44 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Matthew Wilson lead quite an engaging life. Born in North Carolina, circa 1770, he partly resided between North and South Carolina in his youth. Around 1794, he removed to Logan County, Kentucky. The area where he settled, eventually became part of Christian County.
Matthew farmed land, however, he had other interests. He was a land surveyor, County Sheriff and served in both the House and Senate of Kentucky.
He married Mary (Polly) Campbell in 1803. This union produced twelve children. Those children are intertwined in my family tree.
His son, John B.C. Wilson, married Amanda Sims in 1849. Amanda is the daughter of William A. Sims and Catherine Woodburn. She is the sister of Theodosia Rachel Sims, subject of No. 4 in the #52 Ancestors series.
Matthew’s son, Captain James M. Wilson (Civil War, Union); married late in life. At the age of 55, James married Elizabeth Woodburn. The daughter of Alexander and Charlotte (Lacy) Woodburn. Elizabeth’s older brother is Benjamin C. Woodburn subject of No. 3 in the #52 Ancestors series. Benjamin married Theodosia Sims.
Matthew passed away in 1853 at the age of 83. Matthew relationship to me has been calculated as the father-in-law of my third great aunt.
Sources:
Meacham’s History of Christian County by Charles Meacham, 1930
County of Christian, Kentucky, page 630, edited by William Henry Perrin, F.A. Battey Publishing Co. Chicago and Louisville, 1884
#52Ancestors – No. 41 – William H. Woodburn
This post is number 41 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
William Woodburn and his two wives are listed on one headstone.
All Inclusive
Wives can be forever lost in history. This is not the case for my first cousin 5 removed, William H. Woodburn. William’s headstone lists both his wives names along with his name.
Williams first wife was Martha Frances Chandler. This union had four children. Martha may have died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. She died in 1864. Her last child, William Thomas Woodburn was born in 1864.
On October 14, 1868, William married America E. Baker, widow of Joseph Coffman. America had two children with Joseph Coffman. William and America had three daughters. Both William and American died in 1874.
Sources
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100413699&ref=acom
#52 Ancestors – No. 35 – Recycling of Oliver Cromwell
This post is number 35 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Recycling Names
My Kentucky kinfolk liked to reuse names frequently within generations and successive generations. One such trend was using Oliver Cromwell. It was used as a first and middle name then add the family’s last name. If the name sounds familiar it is because Oliver Cromwell was the Lord Protector of England who helped overthrow King Charles I of England. Historically considered a dictator in the mid-1650’s.
The use of Oliver Cromwell starts with Elizabeth Oliver Brumley and Ezekiel Vanlandingham naming their son, Oliver Cromwell Vanlandingham, Sr, in 1784. Some researchers state that that Elizabeth mother’s maiden name was Oliver. I have no source citations to verify that information.
Oliver Cromwell Vanlandingham (1784-1856)
Oliver C. Vanlandingham, Sr; was a successful merchant in Paradise, KY and Baton Rouge, LA. He married Mary A. Drake of Louisiana and they had several children. One was Oliver C. Vanlandingham, Jr.; who in turned named one of his sons, Oliver C. Vanlandingham, III.
Ezekiel’s sister, Elizabeth, married Samuel Weir. Another prominent family in Paradise, KY. Her daughter, Elizabeth Weir, married Isaac Roll. They named one of their sons, Oliver Cromwell Roll (1848-1926). Their other son, David Roll, used the same name for one of his sons, my great-grandfather, Ollie C Roll (1894-1917).
The name was passed forward by Flora Roll who married Edward Yonts. They named their first son, Oliver Cromwell Yonts (1915-1952). Other cousins in the family tree have used Oliver or Olive for the girls.
Photo Credit
This photo appears in “A History of Muhlenberg County” by Otto Arthur Rothert.
#52Ancestors – No. 34 – Just A Photo In A Box – Ervin & May King
This post is number 34 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
During a scavenger hunt in my sister’s attic, I found a box of photos that originally belong to my grandmother, Olive. The box was most likely put there after my mom and her sisters cleaned out Olive’s apartment when she went into a nursing home.
I found a couple of photos that had names I didn’t recognize and set about to see if they were related. There were a set of photos that named three Roll sisters and one identifying two children as Ewin and May King. My great grandfather Ollie C. Roll had four sisters. Researching marriage records for my great aunts, I found that Addie (Ada) Yvonne Roll married a man named Ewin O. King.
Both Ewin, Sr and Addie died in their early forties. They had three children, Ewin, Jr., born 1912; Mae (May), born 1913; and a son James, born 1921. The children looked to be about five and four years old in this photo. There is no date on the photo. Based on the approximate ages, I would say the photo was taken between 1917-1918.
A Photo in a Box
Ewin, Jr; served in WWII and married Jeslyn Fiddler of Chicago, IL. They ended up living in Casper, Wyoming. I was not able to find information on Mae or James King.
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