Oh sad - poor Frank -- I'm getting to know that feeling ----- Original Message ----- From: "My Family History" <my_family_history@msn.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] 1952 PHOTO of JOHN Henry Todd & 2 of his brothers, Oscar Francis ("FRANK") Todd and NOAH Preston Todd. > Thanks, Karen. Keep in mind, that the "Three 13th'ers" are not exactly the > ones who are seen in the photo. Only TWO in the photo were born on March > 13th of different years. The THIRD 13th'er was NOT in the photo: their > fourth bro., Jacob E. Todd, who was known as Jake. > > However, again I say, when you see THIS photo, remember the one thing that > THESE three brothers in the photo DID have in common: the same exact > parents. Their mother was Mariah Jane Hawkins Todd. However, the mother of > Jacob (Jake,) the bro NOT seen in the photo, was Mary Ann Johnson Todd. > All FOUR bros., John Henry, Frank, Noah, and Jake, were sons of John > Starnes Todd. > > There were a whole bunch of other children from John Starnes Todd and both > wives. > > TRIVIA: (Great) Uncle Frank, in the center of the photo, appears to be > much shorter than the other two. Part of the reason for that was that he > was stooped over. He stood that way and he walked that way. Evidently he > had back problems. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Zach > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 5:42 PM > To: Jeff@ibssg.org, inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] 1952 PHOTO of JOHN Henry Todd & 2 of his brothers, > Oscar Francis ("FRANK") Todd and NOAH Preston Todd. > > What a neat picture Angie of the 3 - 13thers :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jeff" <scismgenie@roadrunner.com> > To: "My Family History" <my_family_history@msn.com>; > <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] 1952 PHOTO of JOHN Henry Todd & 2 of his brothers, > Oscar Francis ("FRANK") Todd and NOAH Preston Todd. > > >>I am forwarding this with a link to the referenced photo. >> >> >> Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG >> >> >> >> My Family History wrote: >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/bios/t/img/todd-john-frank-noah.jpg >> >>> Hi. I am Angela ("Angie") Frances Todd, born Tuesday, July 1, 1947 >>> in Saint Joseph's Hospital, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. The three >>> men in the photo are my relatives. >>> >>> Please forgive the repetition of dates throughout this writing. >>> >>> In this 1952 photo, left to right, Angie's Grampa JOHN Henry Todd >>> (3-13-1884--9-2-1958) and two of his brothers, Oscar Francis ("FRANK" >>> Todd >>> (1-26-1888--9-13-1980 and NOAH Preston Todd (3-13-1886--9-17-1982.) >>> >>> CHECK THESE DATES AGAINST ANY THAT HAVE, MORE THAN ONCE, BEEN >>> RECORDED INCORRECTLY IN BOOKS AND OTHER PLACES. Also previously >>> incorrectly recorded in books is Uncle Frank's middle name. Both he and >>> my father, named after him, were Francis, not Franklin, and both went by >>> the nickname of "Frank." Dad always said that my Great Uncle Frank, who >>> we all just called, "Uncle Frank" was Dad's "favorite uncle." >>> >>> This photo was taken in the driveway on the side of the final home >>> of my grandparents, John Henry Todd >>> (3-13-1884--9-2-1958) and his only wife, Flora Etta Reynolds Todd >>> (8-20-1888--2-10-1960.) On Burlington Avenue, Rural Route 3, Highway >>> 29, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. >>> >>> Moving along, John, Noah, and another brother, Jacob ("Jake") E. >>> Todd, NOT SHOWN HERE, were all born on March 13th of different years. >>> All had the same father, but two different mothers. Jake was born >>> 3-13-1873. To verify the correctness of Jake's rumored death date, I >>> called the Montgomery County Health Dept. and spoke with "Lindsey," the >>> Vital Records Registrar, on Friday, September 26, 2008. My Great Uncle >>> Jake did, indeed die on June 7, 1970, in the city of Crawfordsville, >>> Montgomery County, Indiana, and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. >>> >>> Back to the birthdays. A newspaper article was written about this >>> March 13th coincidence in the Pharos-Tribune newspaper in Logansport, >>> Indiana on Friday Evening, March 13, 1953, entitled, >>> >>> "THREE BROTHERS CELEBRATE >>> FRIDAY, THE 13TH BIRTHDAY." >>> >>> Also, I have Bible records of John Henry's wife, Flora Etta >>> Reynolds Todd, and other birth and death records: certificates, marriage >>> licenses, obituaries, and a short, one-page photo shoot, consisting of >>> five photos, in Flora Todd's personal photo album. On this page, two of >>> the brothers and wives, John Henry & Flora and Noah & Julia ("Julie) are >>> seen together on the front porch at this same house as in this photo you >>> now see, on their March 13, 1951 birthdays with Flora's handwritten >>> caption, "Happy Birthday." The front porch, NOT SEEN IN THIS PHOTO, is >>> on the left side of this photo and around the corner. >>> >>> These pieces of evidence, plus the fact that I knew all people >>> mentioned PERSONALLY, prove how I know the three brothers' (John Henry, >>> Noah, and JAKE) March 13th birthdays are correct. >>> >>> John Henry, Noah, and FRANK are sons of John Starnes Todd and his >>> SECOND wife, Mariah Jane Hawkins Todd. JAKE is a son of John Starnes >>> Todd and his FIRST wife, Mary Ann Johnson Todd. >>> >>> John Starnes Todd and both wives, as well as many of "the old >>> Todds" are all buried in Gilgal Cemetery, Pleasant Run Township, >>> Lawrence County, Indiana. >>> >>> John Henry and Flora and one of their sons, another John Starnes >>> Todd, a tailgunner, shot down over the Netherlands in WWII, and Noah and >>> wife, Julia ("Julie") are all buried in Paint Creek Primitive Baptist >>> Church Cemetery, about four miles east of the little town of Camden, >>> Carroll County, Indiana, a short drive from this Cass county home. >>> >>> ABOUT THIS HOUSE. It was torn down years ago. That is a beautiful >>> fuscia vine in the background. Behind the left end of the vine is the >>> kitchen window. The nesting birds in the beautiful fuscia made such nice >>> pretty chirps while you would be doing dishes on the other side of the >>> window. >>> >>> The building to the right is joined to the main house by a large >>> enclosed porch in the middle. A porch doorway, if visible, would be seen >>> in the background between Uncle Frank and Grampa John. An iron water >>> pump is on the back porch next to the kitchen doorway, not seen. >>> >>> THE CAR, on the right, belonged to my Dad, Francis ("Frank") >>> Leverett Todd and we three kids, Marie Elaine Todd, Angela Frances Todd >>> and Christine ("Chris") Annette Todd, knew it as "our first car" when we >>> were kids. >>> >>> Chris was born on 12-5-1948 and died alone on the ESTIMATED date of >>> Sunday, Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 1991, in her apartment in >>> Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio. Marie was born on June 13, 1946. All >>> three of us were born in the same hospital in Logansport. >>> >>> QUICK SUMMARY: I am Angela Frances Todd. My parents were Francis >>> ("Frank") Leverett Todd (12-12-1918--10-7-1984) and Evaleen Rosemary >>> Murphy Todd >>> (7-3-1924--3-5-1987.) Frank's parents were John Henry Todd >>> (3-13-1884--9-2-1958)and Flora Etta Reynolds Todd >>> (8-20-1888--2-10-1960.) John Henry's parents were John Starnes Todd >>> (10-18-1843--4-11-1929) and Mariah Jane Hawkins Todd (Born Christmas >>> Day, 1853 and died Jan, 16, 1899). John Starnes' parents were Thomas >>> Todd and Sallie Helton Todd. Thomas' parents were George Todd and Sarah >>> Brooks Todd. George's parents were Andrew Todd and Elizabeth Sipes Todd. >>> These are the spellings that I have of these names. >>> >>> I have more dates, etc., if needed. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message