Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. If you have questions or comments about the any of the other people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Also, please note that the Fairview Cemetery is on Pine Bush Road, a few miles north of Kripplebush--not to be confused with the Pine Bush that is in Orange County, NY. Hiram Wager, Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 2, Page 108, pasted copy of Obituary, Death date: November 17, 1894: “Kripple Bush: Hiram WAGER, a former resident of Kripple Bush, died near the village of High Falls on Saturday evening, November 17th, after a short illness. He was born April 4th, 1847, and was a son of David WAGER, who died April 15th, 1863, and Sally PALEN, who died April 9th, 1852. Johannis WAGER, the great ancestor of the Wager family in Ulster County, came from Dutchess County, it is supposed some time between 1790 and 1800, and purchased land on which the present residence of Jacob E. HORNBEEK in this village, and on which is now erected the store of Henry TEN HAGEN, formerly the hotel of John ECKERT, deceased. Johannis WAGER, soon after erecting a house in this village and living here a few years, sold the property to Jacob ECERT, who came from Esopus, and about the year 1805 bought the property now owned by Daniel D. SMITH from the Trustees of Marbletown, about a half a mile north of this village where he died June 9th, 1837, and Margaret MILLER, his wife, died February 28, 1853. Both are buried in the old graveyard belonging to the Methodist church. The land on which the public school stood in this village was deeded on March 25th, 1816 to Johannis WAGER, John TEAS, and Joseph SMITH, by Wessel Broadhead, Peter Jansen and Isaac B. BLOOM, Trustees of Marbletown. The Wager family has been active in the affairs of the church and town, and is still one of the prominent families of Dutchess county also. Hiram WAGER was highly respected by his many acquaintances and his death is greatly regretted. His funeral was held in the Reformed church at High Falls on Monday afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. Herman Hageman officiating. The remains were buried in the cemetery at Pine Bush.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I am looking for information on Henrich Bohm/Behm & Maria Apolonia Schole. Thanks, Debra Mauldin

Looking for information on Benjamin Markison born 1789 in Kingston. His family surname has been recorded as Markison, Markeson,, Marchason, Merdisin and Meertzen.. Parents : Peter Markinson b. abt 1760 and? Treintje (Catharine) Roosa? b: 1762 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. Benjamin was baptized 15 May 1789 at Katsbaan and Saugerties Reformed Church, Ulster County, New York.??Benjamin Roosa and Catharina Reistle were baptismal sponsors 4 siblings: Rachel b.1791 Martin (Martinus) b.1794 Caty b. 1786 Elizabeth b.1804 Any help would be appreciated ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Is anyone looking into the Dahlem families in Ulster?

Hello List, I was a bit overzealous with my postings of obituaries and want to apologize for posting the obits of George Christiana and Maria C. Smith twice. Thank you. With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASE VOL. III - MARRIAGE INDEX RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK MAY 1918 - APRIL 1920 In addition to the Troy Irish Genealogy Society mailing list, this message is also being sent to the following genealogy mailing lists: MAILING LIST COVERS Rensselaer County List - Research in Rensselaer County. Albany County List - Research in Albany County. Schenectady County List - Research in Schenectady County. Saratoga County List - Research in Saratoga County. Genealogy NYS List - Research in New York State. Chenango County List - Research in Chenango County. NY-Hudson River List - Research in counties bordering Hudson River; (Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam Westchester) & Schenectady County. NY-RollCall List - Research on New York State kin. NY-Mohawk Valley List - Research in Mohawk Valley Region of NYS, covers Albany, Fulton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie Counties. 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Without the Marriage Index, you could not easily locate a name in the Record of Marriages Book. The Marriage Index Book has SEPARATE pages of data for Brides and SEPARATE pages of data for Grooms. For example, for the letter "A", there is a page of Brides names beginning with "A" and ANOTHER page of Grooms names beginning with the letter "A". The data on each page is limited to the first and last name, a page reference number, a marriage license number and the date of the marriage. Names of SPOUSES are NOT linked together in the index. The only linkage to the spouse in the Marriage Index is the marriage number. F. The TIGS data base has greatly improved the usefulness of the Marriage Index as follows: 1. By using the marriage number, the TIGS Marriage Index now links the names of the brides AND the grooms on ONE LINE of data, thus providing a much more useful research tool. 2. Some entries in the Record of Marriages Book were never posted to the Marriage Index Book. These missing records were identified by TIGS workers and added to the TIGS Marriage Index. 3. A number of records in the Marriage Index showed only INITIALS for either the bride or the groom. In many cases TIGS workers were able to determine the ACTUAL names from the original source documents and added them to the TIGS data base. 4. Several records for grooms names were originally posted to the brides pages of the Marriage Index Book and a number of brides names were posted to the grooms pages of the Marriage Index Book. TIGS workers corrected these errors in developing the TIGS index. 5. A number of transcribing errors when the Marriage Index Book was created were discovered by TIGS workers and corrected. 6. Last but not least, the TIGS Marriage Index is in strict alphabetical order unlike the original index. For example, on the original index, you may have four or more lengthy pages of Grooms names ALL beginning with the first two letters "Ma" and in no order whatsoever. G. 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Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. If you have questions or comments about the any of the other people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Also, please note that the Fairview Cemetery is on Pine Bush Road, a few miles north of Kripplebush--not to be confused with the Pine Bush that is in Orange County, NY George CHRISTIANA, Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 3, Page 26, pasted copy of Obituary, Death date: November 26, 1891: “Kripple Bush--George CHRISTIANA, an exemplary Christian, died at his home on Thursday, November 26. His death was caused by injuries sustained by falling down stone steps. Mr. Christiana had been for many years a member of the Methodist Church. He was one of the early Methodists in Marbletown. Before the church in this village was built in 1857, he attended the meetings which were held by Rev. Ananias ACKERLY in the residence of Mrs. James A. WOOD, just across the street from the present Methodist Church in this village, and which finally led to the building of the church. Mr. Christiana by occupation had been a miller, employed in the grist-mill of the late Judge Abney HARDENBERGH. He was highly respected, and at the time of his death, was somewhat over seventy-nine years of age. His wife died in March, 1876. The funeral of Mr. Christiana was held in the Reformed Church on Saturday afternoon at one o’clock, Rev. Wm. W. SCHOMP officiating. His remains were buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Pine Bush.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Please note that the Fairview Cemetery is on Pine Bush Road, a few miles north of Kripplebush--not to be confused with the Pine Bush that is in Orange County, NY. Also, if you have questions or comments about the people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 3, Page 30, pasted copy of obituary of Maria C. SMITH, Death date: December 30, 1891: “Kripple Bush – Maria C. SMITH, widow of Richard L. OSTERHOUDT, and daughter of Warner H. SMITH and Rebecca ROOSA, died at the residence of her son Warner S. OSTERHOUDT, near Newburgh, Orange County, on Wednesday evening, December 30th. She was born October 13, 1824 and on March 4th, 1848, married Richard L. OSTERHOUDT who died June 10th, 1888. The deceased had spent nearly her whole life in Kripple Bush and had been a member of the Methodist Church, and but a few years ago went to live with her son near Newburgh, where she died as above stated after a brief illness. Their children are Alonzo, who died April 15th, 1875; Sarah Jane who burned to death in March, 1876; John J., who still lives in Kripple Bush; Helen W. who died in February, 1884; Hannah Esther, who died June 21, 1867, and Warner S., who still lives at Newburgh. The funeral of Mrs. Osterhoudt was held in the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon at two o’ clock, Rev. Harry DEWS officiating. The remains were incased in a beautiful casket upon which rested some fine floral tributes. Miss Hattie WAGER presided at the organ. Henry TEN HAGEN, Samuel F. ALLIGER, Wm. CONNER, John H. SMITH, Hiram D. WOOD and Jacob E. HOORNBEEK were the pallbearers. The remains were buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Pine Bush.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. If you have questions or comments about the any of the other people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Martin VAN DEMARK, Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 2, Page 105, pasted copy of Obituary, Death date: October 1, 1893 (calculated birth date: 4/23/1822) : “Kripple Bush: Martin VAN DEMARK, a highly respected resident of Marbletown, died at Stone Ridge on Sunday, October 1rst, aged 71 years, 5 months and 8 days. He was a son of William VAN DEMARK and Elizabeth CONNER and was the last of several children. His father, according to the Methodist church of this village, was baptized December 17th, 1775 and died November 3rd, 1855; and his mother was baptized September 2rth, 1780 and died January 16th, 1856. The VAN DEMARK and CONNER families have been quite prominent in the affairs of the church and town for generations. The late Martin VAN DEMARK was highly respected by his many acquaintances, and had long been in the service of God. His funeral was held in the Methodist church in this village on Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock, Rev. Josiah TETLEY officiating, and Miss Lila Tetley presiding at the organ. The services were very impressive. Darius AYERS, Wm TOWNSEND, Lewis HINE, Dewitt C. WINCHELL, James S. GRAHAM and Thomas P. OSTRANDER were the pall bearers. The remains were buried in the cemetery near the Krumville Reformed church. “ With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. If you have questions or comments about the any of the other people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Also, please note that the Fairview Cemetery is on Pine Bush Road, a few miles north of Kripplebush--not to be confused with the Pine Bush that is in Orange County, NY George CHRISTIANA, Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 3, Page 26, pasted copy of Obituary, Death date: November 26, 1891: “Kripple Bush--George CHRISTIANA, an exemplary Christian, died at his home on Thursday, November 26. His death was caused by injuries sustained by falling down stone steps. Mr. Christiana had been for many years a member of the Methodist Church. He was one of the early Methodists in Marbletown. Before the church in this village was built in 1857, he attended the meetings which were held by Rev. Ananias ACKERLY in the residence of Mrs. James A. WOOD, just across the street from the present Methodist Church in this village, and which finally led to the building of the church. Mr. Christiana by occupation had been a miller, employed in the grist-mill of the late Judge Abney HARDENBERGH. He was highly respected, and at the time of his death, was somewhat over seventy-nine years of age. His wife died in March, 1876. The funeral of Mr. Christiana was held in the Reformed Church on Saturday afternoon at one o’clock, Rev. Wm. W. SCHOMP officiating. His remains were buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Pine Bush.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. If you have questions or comments about the people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Mary Wood, Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 2, Page 104, pasted copy of Obituary, Death date: July 26, 1893: “Kripple Bush: Mary WOOD, widow of James C. MCGINNIS, died on Wednesday July 26th, after a long and painful illness. She was born December 18th, 1815, and was a daughter of James WOOD and Martha SMITH. James WOOD, the father of the deceased, was for many years one of the prosperous merchants of this village, and died January 7th, 1852, and his wife, Martha SMITH, an exemplary Christian and member of the Methodist church departed this life on May 3rd, 1867. There are still living of the family of James WOOD three children—Josiah WOOD of this village, Eliza C., of Kingston, and Jane, residing in New York. The funeral of Mrs. MCGINNIS was held at her late residence on Thursday afternoon, Rev. Herman HAGEMAN, of High Falls Reformed Church officiating. The remains were buried in the cemetery at High Falls.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List: Here is an obituary from the Kripple Bush (Kripplebush) Methodist Church records compiled in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Please note that the Fairview Cemetery is on Pine Bush Road, a few miles north of Kripplebush--not to be confused with the Pine Bush that is in Orange County, NY. Also, if you have questions or comments about the people mentioned in this obit, please change the subject line of your e-mail accordingly, thank you. Kripple Bush Methodist Church Records, Book 3, Page 30, pasted copy of obituary of Maria C. SMITH, Death date: December 30, 1891: “Kripple Bush – Maria C. SMITH, widow of Richard L. OSTERHOUDT, and daughter of Warner H. SMITH and Rebecca ROOSA, died at the residence of her son Warner S. OSTERHOUDT, near Newburgh, Orange County, on Wednesday evening, December 30th. She was born October 13, 1824 and on March 4th, 1848, married Richard L. OSTERHOUDT who died June 10th, 1888. The deceased had spent nearly her whole life in Kripple Bush and had been a member of the Methodist Church, and but a few years ago went to live with her son near Newburgh, where she died as above stated after a brief illness. Their children are Alonzo, who died April 15th, 1875; Sarah Jane who burned to death in March, 1876; John J., who still lives in Kripple Bush; Helen W. who died in February, 1884; Hannah Esther, who died June 21, 1867, and Warner S., who still lives at Newburgh. The funeral of Mrs. Osterhoudt was held in the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon at two o’ clock, Rev. Harry DEWS officiating. The remains were incased in a beautiful casket upon which rested some fine floral tributes. Miss Hattie WAGER presided at the organ. Henry TEN HAGEN, Samuel F. ALLIGER, Wm. CONNER, John H. SMITH, Hiram D. WOOD and Jacob E. HOORNBEEK were the pallbearers. The remains were buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Pine Bush.” With warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Greetings Ulster County List, Later today I will start posting a lot of obituaries from the late 1800s and very early 1900s for people who had some kind of a connection to the KrippleBush Methodist Church in the hamlet of Kripplebush, Ulster County, NY. I plan to post them one at a time so the subject line of the e-mail will be very clear. Would someone please let me know if I need to do anything "special" to have these postings go to the Ulster message board? These obits are from the local paper (perhaps the Kingston Daily Freeman?) and are pasted into four ledger books. Also in these books are handwritten births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, as well as meeting minutes and other information relating to the operation of the church. Even though the actual church building was not built until 1857, there are many records earlier than that, a few going back to the late 1700s. The person responsible for compiling these old ledgers was Elmer Wilklow, a Notary Public and an extremely dedicated man with a wonderful attention to detail plus a real interest in the church and the history of the area. (I think that Mr. Wilklow probably wrote most of the obituaries too, although his name isn't included in the newsclippings.) I am just finishing up transcribing some of the information from these books into what will be a 150th Anniversary Celebration Booklet for the church. The information included in many of these obits are what I call a genealogists' dream. I am thankful that these books survived for the past 100 years! One more thing about the subject line, since there are many different names in these obits, I suggest if you are commenting on a name other than the person who died, you change the subject line to reflect it. I'll probably include a reminder in each posting. Enjoy! Warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JnROKeefe Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.ulster/3697.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wayne, Thanks for the cemetery info. That jives with his dod (aft 1920) & her dod (bet 1900 & 1910). I didn't know her surname before for sure. I had this entry from www.familysearch.com John Leipold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: About 1849 Of, Phoenicia, Ulster, New York Spouse: Lena Loomis Marriage: About 1874 , Tioga, New York but didn't know if it was my people (Lena-Lenora & bad dates). I would say it must be. Thanks for your help & suggeation. Rich O'Keefe Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: floydsboy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.ulster/3697.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Don't have marriage info, but found this in book " Ulster County Cemeteries " compiled by members of the Ulster County Genealogical Society . SHANDAKEN RURAL CEMETERY LEIPOLD, John G. 1856 - 1923 ; wf. Leonara C. Loomis 1859 - 1910 . In 1880 census I found this ; Durham, Greene County, NY LEIPOLD, John , 29, clerk in store and Hunter, Greene County, NY LOOMIS Addison 50 Blacksmith Martha 42 Leonora 21 Harriet 15 Addison 12 Alvin J. 77, father If these are who your looking for , then it's possable they married in Greene County before moving to Ulster . Wayne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gem5955 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.ulster/3697.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Rich, Try calling the Town Clerk. Also try the web site for Ulster County http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/archives/database.html They have alot of data including marriages, naturalization etc. You can also try through New York State but it takes a few months. Finally, try the Ulster County Genealogical Society. Ellen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Marty, My Terwilliger starts with Solomon Terwilliger and Rachel Ostrander who lived in Ulster County, NY. They had a son Harmanus who married Magdalena Veeder on 22 Dec 1748 in Schenectady. Harmanus had moved to Schenectady before 1748.All of my information is about this family. > I have been researching the Crissey/Chrisey family of Alexander and Elizabeth Crissey. Their second daughter Sarah E married Augustus Terwilliger on July 4, 1863. I understand he is the son of Winfield J Terwilliger and Ann Decler. I also understand he later married Elsie Bensimer on Aug 29, 1885 after Sarah died on Feb 27, 1879. Is Augustus related to any of your Terwilligers? Do you have any information on him or his wives. Richard

Grit, My Great Grandmother, Mary Frances Terwilliger (1853 - 1934) married a Shaffer (presumably James but may be Joseph) in 1868/69. He was killed in a train accident (in Kingston?) before his first child was born. In the 1870 census of Ulster county, Tuthill Post office area, Mary was again living with her father Evert Terwilliger and her son James who was 10 months old. The census taker did not record James's last name - he drew a line for surnames of Mary and James. Looks like this: Terwilliger, Evert ------- , Mary -------, James Only family oral history gives us the name Shaffer. Evert died about 1871. Mary then married a man named Burns/Barnes. Barnes was suppose to be his name for boxing matches. She had more children with Mr. Burns (again I do not kow his first name). The children were William (1876 - 1878), George, and Joseph (1871 - 1934). James Shaffer supposedly took the Burns last name. I have never found this family in the 1880 census. By 1882 Mary was married to a Henry Terwilliger and they had a daughter Mary Caroline aka Carrie. In 1889 she married Peter Stoothoff and they had three more children, John Elmer, Oscar Edward, and Gladys Marie. The strange part of this story is that I can not find Mary with any of the children that she had before the Stoothoff children. I would love to know the first name of James Shaffer's father and what happened to James. Does he have any descendants? This would be all that I have on the Shaffer line and I know that is not much help to you. Would you possible have a James born in 1869??? Pam >From: Grit <mwhitmore@snet.net> >Reply-To: mwhitmore@snet.net, nyulster@rootsweb.com >To: nyulster@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NY-ULSTER] Ulster County cemetery - need lookup >please--Shafer >Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:31:40 -0700 (PDT) > >Pam - I am searching Shafer's in Ulster County as well - Actually, >Schoharie/Greene/Ulster & Jefferson - Want to get together to share? > > Grit > >Pamela Ward <rkivem0m@msn.com> wrote: > I would be most appreciative if you could lookup James Shafer he was >killed >in 1869 in a train accident. > >Thank you VERY much >Pam > > >====NY-Ulster Mailing List==== >Do you have a website which included Ulster County information that you >would like to see advertised in this space? >Contact: NYULSTER-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYULSTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >====NY-Ulster Mailing List==== >Do you have a website which included Ulster County information that you >would like to see advertised in this space? >Contact: NYULSTER-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYULSTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good morning We do not know who were Elijah's siblings. He is our brick wall. What we do have is a direct male descent of Elijah's who has a 37 marker DNA report. Is there a possibility that you have a male direct line Conklin from Joseph that could and would take the test? Then we might both have a road to explore together. Carolee California ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I have been following your messages on Hugo Freer, New Paltz, Terwilliger and Huguenots with great interest. First let me say I do not have a Freer connection at least not yet. All of you have mentioned connections to Terwilliger families. I have been researching the Crissey/Chrisey family of Alexander and Elizabeth Crissey. Their second daughter Sarah E married Augustus Terwilliger on July 4, 1863. I understand he is the son of Winfield J Terwilliger and Ann Decler. I also understand he later married Elsie Bensimer on Aug 29, 1885 after Sarah died on Feb 27, 1879. Is Augustus related to any of your Terwilligers? Do you have any information on him or his wives. Marty Bacon