John - in the land transactions of Clermont County posted on your website, there is a sale of land by Samuel Behymer to Lewis Huff in 1823. Samuel gets my vote as the father although I haven't heard her mentioned in connection with this family. Rick John Tippet wrote: > > Replying to my own E-mail: > > It dawned on me that I need to modify the second paragraph below. Peggy > Hough could as easily have been a daughter of one of the Beckelhymer > brothers as one of the sisters, so there does not necessarily have to be an > unaccounted for sister. > > Also, it dawned on me that I find a Lewis Huff who married a Peggy B. Hymer > on 1 Jan 1818 per the Clermont County marriage records. I think it is > pretty obvious that this is the niece that Jonathan was referring to. Now, > which of the 9 or more children of John, Sr was her parent? > > John Charles Tippet > JohnDoeTippet@csi.com > > ---------- > > From: John Tippet <johndoetippet@csi.com> > > To: BEHYMER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Behymer Sisters > > Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 8:58 PM > > > > Based on the info I found from the LDS index cards for Jonathan > > Beckelhymer's relatives, I am left with the following conclusion: In > > addition to Anna Beckett and Elizabeth Waggoner, there was at least one > > other sister. Jonathan mentions John Lower and Sarah Lower as nephew and > > niece. Thus, he had to have a sister who married a Lower. Now, John > > Lower's parents' were Peter and Magdalene Lower, per the biography from a > > McDonough County, IL atlas that is posted on my web page - > > http://ourworld,compuserve.com/homepages/JohnDoeTippet under Lower. > > Therefore, I conclude that Magdalene, was, in fact, Magdalene > Beckelhymer, > > sister (or step-sister) to Jonathan and wife of Peter Lower. The next > > question is: who was Magdalene's mother: Sophia Slingluff, Anne (Trout? > > per Rick) or Elizabeth Rinker? Magdalene was likely born circa 1780 > since > > her son, John Lower was born in the early 1800s, leading me to conclude > > that Elizabeth Rinker was the likely mother of Magdalene, in addition to > > which, they would be technically only step nephew and niece to Jonathan > > otherwise. Peter Lower drowned himself in a fit of insanity in the Ohio > > River per the Evert's History of Clermont County, OH. I believe he died > > young, and perhaps had only the two children, John and Sarah. Other than > > my direct ancestor, John, I find only one land transaction for Sarah > (circa > > 1826) and no indication of any other siblings to these two. One thing > that > > bothers me, however, is that the two Lower nephew and niece's are listed > on > > the same index card as that for Sophia, Jonathan's step mother, leaving > me > > wondering if Sophia may have been Magdalene's mother. Magdalene would > have > > been in her late 40's, however, when she had John and Sarah, for this to > > fit - seems unlikely, but possible. > > > > I also conclude there may have been even one more sister, since Peggy > Hough > > is mentioned by Jonathan as a niece. Does anyone know if Elizabeth > > Waggoner or Anne Beckett had a daughter named Peggy (Margaret)? If so, > > this could have been who Jonathan was refering to. If not, then perhaps > > there is yet one more sister still unaccounted for. > > > > Just some rambling thoughts. What do others think? > > > > John Charles Tippet > > JohnDoeTippet@csi.com > > > > > > > > ==== BEHYMER Mailing List ==== > > What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other > > name would smell as sweet--Shakespeare > > Behymer, Beckelhymer, Bechtelheimer, BHymer, Bechelheimer, . . . . . . > > > > ==== BEHYMER Mailing List ==== > What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other > name would smell as sweet--Shakespeare > B'Hymer, Beevelhamaer, Bevelheimer, Bechtelsheimer, Bechtelheimer