This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ThelmaWhiteYeager Surnames: Cummins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11152.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kristin, If you have any questions about the Cummins family, I might be able to help you. You can email me at ziggy539@yahoo.com. Thelma 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: Ken_Deaton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/396.457.556.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No Jacob Yoders is not in my tree. Sorry Ken 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: KristinCumminsOLaughlin Surnames: Cummins, Huggins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11152.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much for posting this- I am of the Cummins line there and can count on both hands how many times I see my name (in 10 years I've been on this list....). Againn, thanks! Kristin 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: ThelmaWhiteYeager Surnames: Cummins, Hudson, John, Sproat, Throckmorton, White, Wood Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11152/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FAMILY DINNER, OPEN HOUSE MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY (1948) WAYNESBURG, Dec. 5 - Mr. and Mrs. David J. White, of Waynesburg, R. D. 3, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding today with a family dinner in the Fort Jackson Hotel and an open house during the afternoon and evening at their home. Scores of relatives, neighbors and other friends visited them to extend congratulations and best wishes. Members of the East Franklin Grange, of which they are both charter members, presented them with a large wedding cake as an expression of esteem. They received many other gifts from the Fairall Methodist Church, of which they have long been members. Special guests at the family dinner at noon were two persons who attended their wedding. They are Jessie Sproat, of near Rogersville, and John Throckmorton, Waynesburg, R. D. 4, who was accompanied by Mrs. Throckmorton. Also present were both of their sons, their three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and their brothers and sister. David J. White and Miss Emma Cummins were united in marriage Dec. 3, 1898, at the home of the bride, by Rev. William Hudson. For the next three years they resided near Kirby, and for the last 47 years they have resided in their present home near the Fairall Methodist Church. Mr. White has always engaged in farming. Mrs. White is a daughter of Inghram and Sarah Wood Cummins, and Mr. White is a son of Dennis and Priscilla John White. Mr. and Mrs. White have two sons, Inghram White, of Smith Creek, near Waynesburg, and Wood White, of Waynesburg. Mrs. White has two brothers, John and George Cummins, of near Fairall Church. Mr. White has one sister, Mrs. Lon Cummins, of near Kirby, and two brothers, Basil White, of Morgantown, W. Va., and John White, of Kirby. All were present at the anniversary dinner. During the open house, refreshments were served. 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.

I'm looking to get in touch with Mark Moeser who is a researcher on this list. I have recently discovered the parents of Rozilla Ann Swearingen who he was researching in 2002. I am also researching this family in Meigs County, Ohio. Rick

At 09:08 PM 8/23/2009, MMoeser237@aol.com wrote: >Several years ago I came upon some records of the area now in Greene & >Washington Co., PA from the time that VA claimed them on top of a filing >cabinet in the land records room at the courthouse in Morgantown, WV. Hi, Mark, The last time I was in the Mon. Co. Record Room, I asked about that book. Was told it had been removed to a protected area. Unfortunately, I didn't ask where that was. Gather they finally realized how important that Certificate book was. I believe that Earl Core transcribed and abstracted all those early certificates in his first book in the series, " The Monongalia Story." At the end of most of the abstracts he adds the name of the present day county in which the tract exists. I'm looking at one on p. 187 under the heading of 1771 which reads : "David Owens is entitled to four hundred acres of land in Monongalia County lying on the South fork of ten Mile Creek to include his actual Settlement made in the year of our lord one Thousand seven hundred seventy-one." To that Core adds: "On the site of Waynesburg, Greene County." Best regards, Jane

Several years ago I came upon some records of the area now in Greene & Washington Co., PA from the time that VA claimed them on top of a filing cabinet in the land records room at the courthouse in Morgantown, WV. Since Ohio County is still extant in WV, records for areas once claimed by Ohio Co, VA but now in PA may also be in Wheeling. Best of Success in your Searches Mark Moeser In a message dated 8/18/2009 4:30:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pagreene-request@rootsweb.com writes: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:07:15 EDT From: Lemeterio@aol.com Subject: [PAGRE] Ohio Co., VA; (Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta Counties) To: PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com, PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com, WVMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com, WVOHIO-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c10.64c3710c.37bbe563@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Lists, Can anyone tell me where in VA I might check for info that supposedly took place in Ohio Co., VA but was not made a part of those current county's records. The same with those western PA counties once part of Virginia (Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County.) Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio (724) 663-5149 H (614) 206-4945 C lemeterio@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: muller1938 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11151/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Isabelle Morris (1854-1898), the second daughter of Levi Morris and Ann Milliken, was apparently born in Calhoun Co., VA (now WV) and died there (athough the birth place may have been Greene Co., PA). Isabelle is supposed to have married someone by the name of Jess Martin and they had one daughter, Louisa Martin (1875-1893). In the 1880 census Isabelle and Louisa (using the Morris name) are living with Levi and Ann with no indication of where Jesse might be. And Isabelle is listed as single. I do have obits. for Isabelle and Louisa from the Chalhoun Chronicle (see below) where both are given the last name of Martin. Descendants of Isabelle Morris Generation No. 1 1. Isabelle11 Morris (Levi10, Peter9, Henry8, Robert7, John6, Lewis (of Passage Point)5, Thomas4, William3, Morris Owen ap2 Richard, Richard1 Morris)1 was born Dec 12, 1854 in PA, and died Dec 08, 1897 in Calhoun Co., WV. She married Jess Martin. Notes for Isabelle Morris: MARTIN, ISABELLE 12/14/1897 Mrs. Isabelle Martin, whose serious sickness we mentioned a week or two ago, died at the home of her father, Levi Morris, last Wednesday morning and was interred at Mt. Zion cemetery Thursday morning. A very large crowd viewed the remains and Rev. Sant Robinson, of the M.E. Church South, conducted the service. OBITUARIES, 1893-1900, Calhoun County, W. Va. Submitted by Norma Knotts Shaffer. Note: The date under the name is the date the obit appeared in the 'Calhoun Chronicle'. Date 1897 More About Isabelle Morris: Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Grantville, Calhoun Co., WV Child of Isabelle Morris and Jess Martin is: 2 i. Louisa12 Martin, born 1875 in Calhoun Co., WV; died 1893 in Calhoun Co., WV. Notes for Louisa Martin: MARTIN, LOUISA 7/25/1893 Louisa Martin, grand daughter of Levi Morris, departed this life on Sunday July 16, 1893, after a long painful illness. While it had been expected that death would come to her relief, yet her friends clung to her to the last and resisted the attacks of the grim monster to the end. This ends the life of one of the purest and fairest flowers. Only the recollection of an exemplary and christian life is left to commemorate her stay on this earth. She was buried in the Mount Zion cemetery on the 17th last. OBITUARIES, 1893-1900, Calhoun County, W. Va. Submitted by Norma Knotts Shaffer. Note: The date under the name is the date the obit appeared in the 'Calhoun Chronicle'. More About Louisa Martin: Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Calhoun Co., WV Endnotes 1. 1880 Census, IGI Index (Household Record), "Electronic." Who was Jesse Martin and why is he not listed with the family in 1880 or mentioned in the obits.? Is there a scandal here? Who were the parents of Jesse Martin? What did Jesse do for a living? Willing to share information. Bill Muller (married to a Morris) muller1938@yahoo.com 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: ThelmaWhiteYeager Surnames: Bell, Buckingham, Cox, Crayne, Gordon, Huss, Montgomery Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11150/mb.ashx Message Board Post: GREENE COUNTY'S OLDEST WOMAN QUIETLY PASSES HER 100TH ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Maria Crayne Cox, of Lippincott, Born in Log Cabin in 1825. Has Witnessed Progress of Entire Century and Most Important Developments in Country's History. REMARKABLY ACTIVE IN SPITE OF YEARS Mrs. Maria Crayne Cox, of Lippincott, who holds the distinction of being Greene county's oldest woman, quietly celebrated her 100th birthday anniversary Wednesday at a family gathering at the home of her son, Frank A. Cox, of Lippincott, with whom she makes her home. Mrs. Cox is remarkably active for one of her years and is in full possession of her faculties. Mrs. Cox was born April 29, 1825, a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Huss Crayne, who were natives of New Jersey and of Irish descent. They were among the pioneer settlers in Greene county and their descendants compose one of the county's most prominent families. Mrs. Cox is the widow of John Bell Cox, who died 28 years ago at the age of 72 years. They were married in 1844 and shortly afterwards went to housekeeping in a log cabin which was located across the road from where the Greene County Country clubhouse now stands. A few years later they purchased a farm on Castile Run, Morgan township, and at the time of Mr. Cox's death he was the owner of four hundred acres of land and coal, which has since become very valuable. This land is still known as the "Cox farm." Mrs. Cox is the mother of nine children, only two of whom are still living, namely: Mrs. Laura D. Montgomery, widow of Hugh Montgomery, of Waynesburg, and Frank A. Cox, with whom Mrs. Cox makes her home.! The other children were: Jesse, who died in infancy; Mary Ann, wife of T. C. Buckingham, deceased, of Beallsville; Samuel C., who died a year ago; Emma, wife of Joseph I. Gordon, of Waynesburg, who died but a few years ago; Stephen, Calvin, and John Jr., who died several years ago. "Grandmother" Cox, as she is known all over Morgan township, boasts of having 14 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She delights in relating stories of Indian days to her grandchildren and how she operated a spinning wheel. Her grandfather Crayne lived to be 100 years old and her uncle Stephen Crayne had the distinction of having shot an Indian on Ruff Creek. Although she never cast her vote, Mrs. Cox is greatly interested in politics and is a staunch Republican. She is still interested in the fashions and wants to be in style. She thinks it is perfectly all right for the girls to wear their hair bobbed and regrets that she herself does not have enough hair to bob. Despite the fact that she has reached the century mark she still has good eyesight, but has become quite deaf in the past two years and she is able to converse intelligently on a wide variety of subjects. When the weather is pleasant she can often be seen walking in the yard of her home with the aid of a cane. Realizing that she has been permitted to greatly outlive the allotted life span, she is very thankful that she has been so wonderfully blessed. Mrs. Cox enjoys an occassional automobile ride, but is not interested in travel by airplane or airship. She has lived long enough to see methods of transportation develop from the days of the stage coach to the mod! ern twentieth century facilities which enable a person to cross the continent by train in a few days, and has herself traveled to Pittsburgh by boat and train. She is a lover of music and greatly enjoys both the piano and victrola, and often spends many happy moments singing the old Methodist hymns. Mrs. Cox has been a member of the Winnett Chapel Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Mrs. Cox has always been a firm believer in taking good care of one's health and still eats three meals a day of good wholesome food, and it is to the excellent care she has taken of her health that she attributes her longevity. Source: THE DEMOCRAT MESSENGER, Waynesburg, Pa., Friday, May 1, 1925. 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.

My ancestor and ggg-grandfather William Harden was first taxed in Greene Co Pa in 1808. I recently visited the county building where the taxable books are kept and followed him through the tax records until 1847, he did not appear on the 1848 taxable list. Only his son James remained in Greene Co at that time. I would like to be able to find his exact death date if possible and where he came from before being taxed in Greene Co. It is believed that his wifes name was Mary Miles from Maryland. My visit to Greene Co was very fruitful and everyone there was just a great help to me and it was deeply appreciated. I hope they continue to microfilm those old tax records as they are just priceless and a great historical record of Greene Co. I'd also like to thank the ladies at Cornerstone Genealogy for their assistance and their ears for listening to all my ancestor stories. I have some real colorful ancestors, as I'm sure we all do! Regards Linda Harden-Lantz soulmate@embarqmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ThelmaWhiteYeager Surnames: Case, Hays, Simes, Smith Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11148/mb.ashx Message Board Post: NOVEL WEDDING CEREMONY OF DAUGHTER OF FORMER WAYNESBURG MAN W. T. Hays, of Los Angeles, formerly of Waynesburg, announces the marriage of his only daughter, Wilma, to J. Wesley Case, of Colorado Springs, Col. The young people first met in the Grand Canyon more than a year ago and later made plans for a most novel and unique wedding. On the evening of October 22, the bride's birthday, two automobile touring parties, the bride's party from Los Angeles and the groom's from Flagstaff, Ariz., met at a lonely trading post on the Navajo Indian reservation, nearly 100 miles from the nearest railroad point. Here a suspension bridge, built for the Indians by the government, crosses the Little Colorado river. At eight o'clock in the evening, in the middle of the bridge, the wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Smith, an Indian missionary. The guest list was augmented by a band of curious Indians who illuminated the scene with a weird light from brush torches. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party was taken in charge by the Navajo Indians, who conducted them to their hogan (house or hut) and the end of the bridge and there the bride and groom knelt on an Indian blanket while an Indian medicine man performed the solemn Navajo marriage rites. This ceremony, in part, consists of the bride pouring water into the palms of the groom's hands, which he cleanses. This is repeated three times. The groom then takes the vessel and pours the water on the hands of the bride. A flat Indian basket containing corn meal is then placed before the kneeling couple and upon the surface of the meal the medicine man draws a design with his forefinger. From the center of this design the bride and groom are directed to eat three times in unison. Four points eminating from the center of the design represent the four points of the compass, and both eat of the meal at the terminus of each of these points. They now stand and the medicine man, with much ceremony, sprinkles the remainder of the meal upon the feet of the couple and bids them depart into the night toward the east so that the first light they shall see will be the dawning of a new day over nature's wonderland "The Painted Desert." Taylor Simes, formerly of Waynesburg, a cousin of the bride, conducted the party from Los Angeles to the Navajo Indian reservation, about 600 miles into the desert country. Source: THE REPUBLICAN, Waynesburg, Pa., Nov. 5, 1925 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: mozzmer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11145.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for posting this! 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: JanSlater Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11145.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mozzmer writes "Do you know where we could find a copy of the petition. I would like to see who signed it too." I don't know if the petition still exists. It would be found either at the County level (good luck with that search since many of the County records seem to be kept in the basement of the Jackson Building out of sight of public eyes by some officials who refuse to make copies of them, although they are still public information regardless of their age or content) or possibly at the State level. The subject is in found and often quoted from: Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 By CARTER G. WOODSON, Ph.D. originally published in 1925 "A reaction against this custom thereafter set in during the first decade of the nineteenth century, when fugitives in the rough were rushing to that State, and culminated in an actual campaign against it by 1820. That year a petition from Greene County said that many Negroes had settled in Pennsylvania and had been able to seduce into marriage "the minor children of the white inhabitants." 30 This county, therefore, asked that these marriages be made an offence against the laws of the State. Such a marriage was the cause of a riot in Columbia in 1834 and in 1838 the members of the Constitutional Convention engaged in a heated discussion of the custom.31 Petitions were frequently sent to the legislature asking that this admixture be penalized by law, but no such action was ever taken." 30 Journal of Senate, 1820-1821, p. 213; and American Daily Advertiser, January 23, 1821. 31 Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1838, X, p. 230. 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: JanSlater Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11145.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mozzmer writes "Do you know where we could find a copy of the petition. I would like to see who signed it too." I don't know if the petition still exists. It would be found either at the County level (good luck with that search since many of the County records seem to be kept in the basement of the Jackson Building out of sight of public eyes by some officials who refuse to make copies of them, although they are still public information regardless of their age or content) or possibly at the State level. The subject is in found and often quoted from: Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 By CARTER G. WOODSON, Ph.D. originally published in 1925 "A reaction against this custom thereafter set in during the first decade of the nineteenth century, when fugitives in the rough were rushing to that State, and culminated in an actual campaign against it by 1820. That year a petition from Greene County said that many Negroes had settled in Pennsylvania and had been able to seduce into marriage "the minor children of the white inhabitants." 30 This county, therefore, asked that these marriages be made an offence against the laws of the State. Such a marriage was the cause of a riot in Columbia in 1834 and in 1838 the members of the Constitutional Convention engaged in a heated discussion of the custom.31 Petitions were frequently sent to the legislature asking that this admixture be penalized by law, but no such action was ever taken." 30 Journal of Senate, 1820-1821, p. 213; and American Daily Advertiser, January 23, 1821. 31 Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1838, X, p. 230. 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: mozzmer Surnames: Neel, Neal, Neil, O'Neil, O'Neal Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11145.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you know where we could find a copy of the petition. I would like to see who signed it too. Thanks 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: kbhoy1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11146.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you--I think it was the newspaper as well that listed the age incorrectly. Thanks for the clipping. Karen 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: JanSlater12 Surnames: HEATON PITNEY BOYD BELL THOMAS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11147/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Note: The following record is found in the original Docket for the Court of the Quarter Session - March Sessions 1821 -located at Waynesburg, Greene County Pennsylvania Courthouse in The Office of The Clerk of the Court. I will share a digital photo of the original page with interested researchers. Please email me direct at rslater463@aol.com. Court of the Quarter Sessions March Term 1821 Greene County SS Abijah Heaton being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that Nathaniel Pitney of Morgan Township has been long a citizen of Morgan Township in this County that he has paid Taxes on land which he sold for Seven hundred dollars or near that amount but said Pitney has long been lame, disabled and incapable of labour and is now old and Bodily destitute of any property to support himself and is now brought to the door of this deponent and left there destitute of all necessaries, that the Nathaniel Pitney has two daughters residing in this County, Mary Boyd married to Richard Boyd & Abigail Heaton widow and two daughters Elizabeth Bell wife of Samuel Bell and Hannah Thomas wife of William Thomas and James Pitney in the state of Ohio all of whom have property and able to support their said father as this deponent verily believes Abijah Heaton Sworn and Subscribed in open Court the 20th March 1821 Attest Wm. T. Hays 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.

Karen, I intercepted your message and just wanted to let you know I have a Jacob Leigh Yoders in my family tree but not of my immediate line. There is a wealth of information at  yodernewsletter.org  that outlines Jacob's line and many others. It is proven that all people with the name Yoders(rather than Yoder) are descended from a Jacob Yoders(1770-1843)who is buried at Amity, PA. Go to yodernewsletter.org, click on family information-non amish, then click Melchior2.doc, and you will get a complete(or close to it)of the Yoder/Yoders family tree from SW PA. If I can be of any help to you or anyone researching the Yoders family, I'd be glad to help or even touch base with you. Incidentally, my maternal grandmother was Laura Margaret Yoders, daughter of Morgan Tilton Yoders.   Ed Campbell   bushman13@comcast.net   

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LeslieNelson53 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11146.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Karen, I've checked the clipping and I'm fairly sure it says 58, but I could be wrong. I've attached the clipping so you can have a look. I think maybe the newspaper made a mistake. Leslie 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 may be Benjamin Franklin Eisiminger (born April 13, 1844), the son of John Eisiminger and Mary Ann Kent Eisiminger Odenbaugh. Mary Ann had 5 children with John (B. F. was the 5th.), but then began to have an affair with Christian Odenbaugh. Her husband divorced her about 1850, and her father testified against her fidelity. So there's some question about the 6th and 7th Eisiminger children born. In fact the 6th (Lauretta) and the 7th, George W, were listed in the 1850 census as Eisimingers, but in the 1860 census they were named as Odenbaughs after Mary Ann married Christian. Mary Ann and Christian Odenbaugh then had 5 more children before both died about 1860/61, leaving the children as orphans. John Eisiminger (b1813, d 1864) was the son of Andrew Eisiminger (b. c 1794, d. Oct 9, 1846) and Elizabeth Grove (b. 1794). Mary Ann Kent (b 1817, d Jun3 15, 1861) was the daugher of James Kent (b 1792, d 1878) and Margaret Eagon (b 1792, d 1878). James Kent was the son of Thomas Kent (born c. 1747 in Ireland). The reason I know this information is that my ancestor George W Odenbaugh was the brother of Christian, and in some of the biographies/genealogies of the period, George is mistakenly identified as the father of some of Mary Ann's children. George W was married with infant children at the time, but Christian was not. Christian also was the one who married Mary Ann. Gerry Parchman