Welcome aboard Deb! ---------- > From: Veysey <veysey@coos.or.us> > To: BEHYMER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Roster/Welcome, Deb! > Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 12:20 PM > > Hi, everyone! > > The new roster is about complete. I will wait until this evening, in > case I get any last minute entries, then I will post it on the list for > all to see. There are 19 members of this mail list that responded. It > has been fun receiving your entries and I hope you all enjoy learning a > little more about each other. > > I tried to make each entry about 5-6 lines in length so that it would be > easy to read and refer to. Because of that I did not put in all the > data that I received, however, I think I have given enough info for you > to recognize which branch of the family each ancestor came from. You > can always contact the list member for more information. The > trivia/interesting info part is fun. Since I editted most of them in > the interest of brevity (that sounds so scholarly, I hope I am using my > extensive vocabulary in the right context!), I will send the entire > information on to the list for all to enjoy. > > And so, with that in mind . . . .I introduce Deb, who just joined us > yesterday and already is included on our new roster. Here is what she > has shared about her Beckelhymers: > > The earliest info I have on the Beckelhymers says that in 1803 they > (this would be Benjamin, along with his first ,dead, wife's 3 uncles, > Isaac, Thomas, and James Ferguson )traded their mills in Virginia for a > large tract of land in southern Ohio. Then they moved to Fountain > County, Indiana, and in 1828 built the first sawmill and gristmill in > Fountain County, IN. I also have written Isaac Ferguson received land > from the US Gov. and sold it to Levi Beckelhymer in 1848, who in turn > sold it to the trustees of West Liberty Church for the sum of > $25.00....and my aunts and uncles and cousins still go to this church. > > My ggggrandfather, Benjamin, and his son Levi planted many of the maple > trees that still line the streets of Covington, Indiana. > > > Have lots more tales to tell, but I'm sure it would bore you! > Deb > > Bore us? Not this group, Deb. > > Talk to ya all later. > > Twila > >