OK! Good news. Deanna ----- Original Message ----- From: <nehemiah57@sbcglobal.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Bowman's Vital Records > Deanna, > > You just may have found my gggg-grandfather's will. According to her > obituary Jennie (Lydia Jane) WHEELER was born in Oriskany Falls on 9 Sept > 1852. She married my gg-grandfather Frank (Francis Delay) LORD in Augusta > on 23 December 1869. Jennie's death certificate lists her father as either > John or James (the handwriting is sloppy) and her mother as unknown. Frank > and Jennie lived in Pharsalia after their marriage with Frank's parents, > David LORD and Livonia BROWN LORD. Livonia's parents were Benjamin BROWN > and Phebe BROWN BROWN (maiden name same as married, no apparent kinship), > both of whom were born in Stonington CT. > > I thought perhaps Jennie's father might be James Harvey WHEELER of > Pharsalia. His parents were Benson H. Wheeler and Olive Hooker CALHOUN > WHEELER. Unfortunately I have no proof of that connection. I do know that > James Harvey WHEELER died in 1921 in Cortland NY where he had been living > with a niece. I've not be able to locate an obit for him. > > Any guidance will be most appreciated! > > Jeff > > > "God, of Thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough to me ..." ~~ > Julian of Norwich > -----Original Message----- > From: nychenan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nychenan-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Deanna Smith > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:49 PM > To: nychenan@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Bowman's Vital Records > > Jeff-I have some Will abstracts for Oneida Co. There is a Moses Wheeler in > Augusta who leave a Will, not dated but Probated Nov. 25, 1833. It names his > mother Joanna, wife Lucinda, children John E., Mary Jane, Ludina. Executors: > Annad Mumm, Harvey White. Witnesses: Thaddeus Muzzy, Melancton Muzzy. > None of the names you give, but Moses is in Augusta when he died. Kinship > maybe? > Deanna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nehemiah57" <nehemiah57@yahoo.com> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Bowman's Vital Records > > >> OK, curiosity is killing the cat here. I'm researching LORD and WHEELER > in Chenango (Pharsalia) and Augusta (Oriskany Falls) Counties. My > gg-grandparents were Francis (Frank) Delay LORD and Lydia Jane (Jennie) > WHEELER. I've hit a brick wall on Jennie. I know she had a younger brother > named Wayne but I don't know who her parents were. Frank and Jennie moved > to Kansas around 1870. Other names I'm looking for information on are David > LORD and Joseph LORD. I have all the census records back to 1810. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jeff Pierce, IBSSG >> Irving, Texas >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-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 > NYCHENAN-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 NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >