Gary, I have info... From the Saugerties Telegraph, Nov 27, 1868 Amanda Brodhead was found insensible on the roadside in Accord on the 15th with bullet holes in her heart. She died on Wednesday following... >From the Saugerties Telegraph, Dec 4, 1868 It was not Amanda Broadhead who was murdered, she is in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The person killed was Sophia Smith, whose name before marriage was Sophia Tompkins, born near Olive, who married twice, first to Jacob Hornbeck, who enlisted in the 143rd regiment and died inthe army, and second in September, 1867 to Jeremiah Smith, who murdered her. Jeremiah Smith was raised in Neversink. Three children living at home, aged 12, 9 and 5, two girls and a boy, and one daughter married and lving in Olive. Although there won't be any other genealogical information in the article, there may be more details about the incident. The newspapers are on microfilm at The Saugerties Public Library. Ask and ye shall receive... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dufel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Rev Hedstrom plus Dunagan and Tompkins > Dick - > > Thanks for the tips and the interest. > > I do have a wealth of info from the newspapers - and I have it typed if > anyone cares for a copy. Although the murderer was known, he was never > captured, thus no trial. I did think of the court records for the various > activities that did take place, but everyone tells me there would be no > records from 1868. (By the way - murder was in Accord, Ulster County). > > Never once in all the news articles did it discuss the woman's parentage, > which is what I am interested in. And not only did I never run across and > obit from late 1868, she is known to be buried in an unmarked grave - I > presume in Accord. I have even spoken to someone who thought he had a > line > on the local cemetery records, but that did not pan out. > > This is what makes family history such an interesting hobby. It's the > chase > for info, when info is tough to locate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Dick Hillenbrand > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Rev Hedstrom plus Dunagan and Tompkins > > > Gary, > > The chances of finding marriage record notes of this man is near > impossible, > but the operative word is "near." > > As it turns out that he being fairly prominent and a newspaper editor, > there > "might" be some of his journals somewhere and if I were you I would not > rest > until I found them. > > Sophia, murdered? GREAT! > (Of course not so great for Sophia, and my apologies, but couldn't > resist.) > There will be court records of the trial, and you might get testimony from > a > brother or married sister, or some other type of clue. Dig through the > case > files, they are all published in the court house of record. > > There will also be newspaper accounts, and best might be a juicy estate > file > in a probate court somewhere. > > This is a straw wall that any wolf could easily blow down. \grin/ > > Dick Hillenbrand > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Gary Dufel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I want to thank eveyone who took in interest in The Rev Hedstrom. I >> wasn't >> so much interested in his bio as I was finding records of people who he >> officiated at their wedding or christenings, but I do appreciate people >> spending some time on this task. >> >> There are two other brick walls that I have never broken down. Again >> with >> all the great advice I have been given and the efforts of some people on >> the >> Rev Hedstrom, I ask if anyone has clues to either of the following. It >> is >> not that I expect people to do my research as I sit back, I am simply out >> of >> ideas and can use the expertise of others to see if these walls can be >> knocked loose. >> >> 1. A Michael Donegan/Dunagan/Dunigan (born in Ireland about 1804) > probably >> arrived in Hunter about 1826-1827, married Elenor Underhill and they had >> numerous children as was the fashion of the day (Mary Ann, John, Andrew, >> Michael, Ellen, Lucy, William, Martha, Julia Theresa, and possibly one >> older >> daughter from the 1820's who never got listed by name in the census). In >> about 1848 they moved to Ulster County - Town of Olive. My main quest is >> to >> get any info on the background of Michael Donegan "from Ireland". I have >> found no records of any kind in Hunter for he or his family. No church >> records, no marriage, christenings, land - if it wasn't for census >> records >> I >> would wonder if he existed. So any ideas to get a line on Michael or on >> the >> descendants of the daughters would be welcome. I have very good info on >> the >> sons - some of whom were in the Civil War. >> >> 2. Sophia Tompkins - born in Greene County probably mid 1820's, married > to >> Jacob Hornbeck in 1844 in Prattsville, then moved to Denning/Grahamsville >> on >> the border of Ulster and Sullivan County. I know there were a number of >> Tompkins in southern Greene including several in the Lexington area. But > I >> have never been able to put Sophia to a family line. Again, no records >> of >> marriage, christenings, etc. Just a blank wall. I do have good records > of >> her descendants, her husband's civil war demise and ultimately her murder >> at >> the hands of her second husband - but who were her parents? >> >> Gary >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >