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just testing. Connie

Hi List! I'm planning on making a trip to Cumberland to research some LONG Family puzzles soon. Specifically, I will be looking for the obituary of Charles S. LONG, b. April 1900, Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD , d. ca. July 1948, in Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD and any other information that I can find on him. Additionally, I will be looking for information on Mary Ellen Logsdon LONG/METZ, Charles' grandmother. Family stories say that she was an Indian, but the censuses list her as white. Additionally, something clearly happened between Mary and her husband, Noah LONG, whom she married ca. 1867 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD. In the 1910 Census for Allegany Co., Noah LONG states he is widowed. However, a February 1915 obituary for Theresa May CLARK in the Cumberland Times, transcribed by Charlie Often, states that Theresa's "aged mother, Mrs. Mary Metz, of Lonaconing" was surviving. Noah LONG is also listed as Theresa's father and is surviving. I haven't been able to find Mary in the 1910 Census, so I am thinking that a divorce most likely occurred, since she is clearly living in 1915 and has apparently remarried. Maybe someone on the list knows what happened or can shed some light on this. My primary question to listers is a suggestion on where to start, now that you know what I'm looking for. Should I start at the Genealogical Society, the Allegany Co. Court House, the Ort Library at Frsotburg State University, or perhaps the library at Allegany College? Thanks in advance for your assistance! Cindy Mease Hagerstown, MD Mease@nfis.com

For those who care, this comes from The History of Somerset County, PA. Not sure how they could leave out the part about TOESCAPEDEATH. Anyone else know this? HERMAN HUSBAND - This pioneer, the first permanent settler west of the Negro Mountain, was of English extraction. His parents came from England to this country during the time that Penn was colonizing his domain. They propbably first settled in the immediate vicinity of Philadelphia, where Herman was born in 1711. He was educated in Baltimore, MD, where he was married to a Maryland lady, by whom he reared a family of children. How long he was a resident of Baltimore is not known, but presumably for quite a number of years. Here his first wife died, and after her decease he removed to North Carolina, where he was again married to a lady by the name of Allen. By this union there were 8 Children-4 boys and 4 girls, Isaac being the third son. The elder Husband took a prominent part in matters of public import, and identified himself with an organization known in history as the REGULATORS, who were opposed to Gov. Tryon in his efforts to collect exorbitant taxes. Although of Quaker proclivities, he was an influential member in this body. He was several times arrested and imprisoned, and after the battle of Alamance, in which the Regulators were defeated, he escaped in disguise to Maryland. Vigorous efforts were made to capture him and large rewards were offered for his apprehension, but owing to his shrewdness and daring, were unsuccessful, and he reached Hagerstown in safety. Not feeling secure, he soon took his departure for the "far west". Several years previous to this time an old friend and schoolmate, by the name of Isaac Cox (a hunter), had come to this section; and although Mr. Husband had no definite idea as to his prescise location he determined to find him. By good luck he learned of his whereabouts, and after a long and tedious journey, without a companion or arms of any description save a hunting-knife, he reached Buffalo Creek in safety, where he found a man by the name of Good, who had built a cabin and made some slight improvements. Part II will follow Connie

>From this individual he learned of a party of hunters of whom his friend Cox was a member. After a few days' rest he again started out, and was rewarded by finding a hunter by the name of Sparks, whose cabin was about a half mile north of Somerset. From him he obtained information of his friend Cox, who he found without difficulty. He built a cabin in the near vicinity of Cox's camp, where he remained until his return to Hagerstown some two years later. This was in June of 1771. Being favorably impressed with the country to which he had in such an unexpected manner found his way, he soon began to purchase the claims of the hunters, and in this way became the original proprietor of all the lands immediately north of the present borough of Somerset. In 1773 he returned to Hagerstown, and the following year returned with his family and settled on what has since been known as the "Husband Farm." During the revolution he was a member of the supreme executive council of the province. He made a second assessment of the township of Brother's Valley, which then embraced the present county of Somerset. During the "whisky insurrection," although he counseled submission to the laws, he was taken prisoner and conveyed to Philadelphia, where he died in 1795. At the time of his decease he was a large landholder and one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and his name is attached to nearly all the initial events in its history. His will, in which he bequeathed his property to his family, is the first one on the county records. He reared a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, all of whom excepting Isaac (who was born in Hagerstown, MD in 1771) removed to different states. The widow and her daughters and her son John emigrated to Kentucky, where they died. Isaac, at the time of his father's demise, was a young man of 24 years of age. By the conditions of his father's will, he came into possession of a tract of land of about 400 acres, situate about 1½ miles south of Somerset. In company with his brother John he built a mill on this tract. John, however, soon disposed of his interest and, as stated before, removed to Kentucky with his mother. Isaac, like his father, was an active energetic man, and identified himself largely with the interests of the county. His decease occurred in 1856, in the 87th year of his age. He married Miss Ann, daughter of Philip King, and reared a family of 7 children: Mary, Emma, Phebe, Herman, William, David and Phillip. Of the daughters, all are living with the exception of Mary. Of the sons, all are deceased excepting David and Phillip. The latter resides in Iowa; the former is a prominent farmer in Somerset.

Ok - I can clarify my earlier posting: To find this book, go to http://books.google.com/ Click on advanced book search. Click on the radio button that says full books. Under search by title, type in History of Cumberland, Md OR under search by author type in William Harrison Lowdermilk To Google, History of Cumberland, Maryland is not the same thing as History of Cumberland Md Hope this helps. Connie

Connie, Thanks for the information! I didn't realize that entire books were available online through Google! Robert

Everyone has been so helpful to me on my Kiddy side of my family, I thought I'd do some research on my mother's side, the Dayton family. I grew up knowing my grandparents, Charles S. Dayton, dob 10 July 1895, dod 10 March 1964, and my grandmother Florence Ethel (Green) Dayton, dob 18 Feb 1902, dod 16 April 1974. They were wonderful grandparents. I remember their house in Luke, MD across from the paper mill, which has long been torn down. My grandfather use to take me over to "The Club House" there in Luke to get an ice cream cone, and he played cards in the back room with his friends. But, I knew nothing of their parents: Charles F. Dayton and Agnes Fatkin; and Robert Lee Green and Louise Beeman. I have some obts that of my grandparents from the Piedmont Herald and I have been looking up the censuses. If anyone has any information on these people I would greatly appreciate it. Louann Kiddy Creasy Granddaughter of Charles S. and Florence Ethel Dayton (she went by Ethel)

Hello All, I've added another 20 pages to the book "History of Maryland" with lots of pictures and a few maps. It's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/842 - Release Date: 6/9/2007 10:46 AM

I found it the first time by searching for "Evan James" on the internet - this time I went to advanced search and searched for full-view books, ALL words: Cumberland Maryland AND exact phrase "Evan James" and up it comes. When I searched on the History of Cumberland, all I got was the limited view one - who knows? Hope this helps - I downloaded it so I can read the whole thing. I've seen bits & pieces of it in libraries, but have never had time their to read it. Connie On 6/9/07, TMG <tgerkin@triad.rr.com> wrote: > I am very familiar with Google Books. However, I don't find a full view version of a history of Cumberland, Maryland. There is one book with only the snippet view available. Did you find another? > > TMG > tgerkin@triad.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Connie Bates > To: mdallega-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:18 PM > Subject: [MDALLEGA] History of Cumberland, Md > > > I just realized that Google books has digitized & put online the > entire History of Cumberland - so, if there is anyone else out there > that didn't know it - now you do. > > Connie Bates > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am very familiar with Google Books. However, I don't find a full view version of a history of Cumberland, Maryland. There is one book with only the snippet view available. Did you find another? TMG tgerkin@triad.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Connie Bates To: mdallega-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] History of Cumberland, Md I just realized that Google books has digitized & put online the entire History of Cumberland - so, if there is anyone else out there that didn't know it - now you do. Connie Bates ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just realized that Google books has digitized & put online the entire History of Cumberland - so, if there is anyone else out there that didn't know it - now you do. Connie Bates

I am trying to identify the following Obituary - Miss Alice Kaylor Lonaconing - Miss Alice Kaylor, 89, formerly of Fort Ashby died yesteday at Bowers Nursing Home, Deer Park. Surviving is a sister at Ft. Ashby and numberous nieces and nephews. Mayor Lionel Baker, Midland, is a Nephew. The body is at the Eichhorn Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7-9pm and tomorrow from 2-4 and 7-9pm. A service will be conducted there Thurday at 2p.m by Rev. Clarence McCloud. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Does anyone identify with this obit? Who the sister in Ft. Ashby may be? Anyone have connections to this Kaylor family. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Dear List I have a ? if your wife or husband died and you marry you your sister in law or your brother in law. then what do your children from the first marriage call your new wife? Ant so an so or mom? John Gerdeman

I think it would depend on the ages of the children and when the aunt/uncle or father/mother married. ruth

John- The children probably already call the brother/sister-in-law, Aunt or Uncle and that is what they are so why call them anything different if that Aunt or Uncle married a widowed parent?

I would suspect it depended on the age of the children and what the individuals involved would wish to be called. Karen -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of GerdemanZbunch Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:05 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDALLEGA] Sister in law Dear List I have a ? if your wife or husband died and you marry you your sister in law or your brother in law. then what do your children from the first marriage call your new wife? Ant so an so or mom? John Gerdeman ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I had looked through this forum a couple of months ago and found little new. Now all of a sudden there is relevant activity. Thank you for aiming me in this direction again. R. P. Day On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:13 PM, Sharon Banzhoff wrote: > I typed in "Perrin Genealogy" in Google and came up with loads of > hits for > the Bedford Co. PA and Allegany Co. MD Perrins. Check out the > following: > http://genforum.genealogy.com/perrin/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

> Desert Morning News recently reported about a software company that has > produced and is selling a program called Fake Family. Fake Family can > create genealogy websites with thousands of pages of bogus data. Why? To > make money of course. Such sites generate revenue from advertisements. > Yet another reason to document and double check all your sources. > > Hat tip: Techdirt > > This was found on http://www.thewares.net/category/6/blogid/1 >

The book which mentions Herman Husband is The Fiery Cross, the 5th book of the series. She tells a fascinating story, but there is a LOT of detail and minutia. BJ ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.