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Farrar Family Burials - Brick Church Cemetery, Walworth, Wisconsin |
It was a typical January day for Arabella Emelia "Belle" Howell Bohn that morning in 1914. Bundling up, she took the reins of her buggy to run a few errands. Unfortunately, the day didn't end well.
Just a few hours later, something spooked her horse causing it to run away. Belle was thrown from the buggy and fractured her skull.
The daughter of the famous Rear Admiral John Adams Howell, Belle survived her injuries. She was born on 31 December 1869, the second child to her mother Arabella Emelia Krause Howell.
Belle married John Valentine Bohn on 19 June 1895 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 27.
The accident is similar to a busy wife chasing to complete the many tasks on her agenda and through no fault of her own being involved in an automobile accident today. I've read the report of the accident and no, Belle wasn't wearing her seat belt. In his case, her carriage didn't flip and thus if they had worn seat belts in that day, it would have saved her from her serious injuries.
Posted 8 December 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog
I've spent a lot of hours looking for ancestral information in old newspapers over the past few weeks. Some of the articles brought Joy. Others made me Sad. Thank goodness that these treasures weren't lost when the newspapers were discarded years ago.
I knew that one of my great grandfathers had experienced a nervous breakdown after spending years in a particularly nasty work environment, but didn't realize how badly he was affected. Reading article after article about his problems made me ache over the impact his problems had on his wife, children, parents and extended family. The articles provided answers to many questions I've entertained for decades about his life. The situation was worse than I'd imagined.
Bless great-grandma and her family including my grandmother. Now, the articles and the notes my mother recorded about the details she'd heard as a child provide windows into scenes that I wouldn't have imagined.
Today, when I think of great grandma, the song Amazing Grace comes to my mind alongside her photo.
My continued newspaper research quest revealed articles about the sad story surrounding the death of my great uncle, Hyrum. My mother told me that her father's brother was killed in an accident in Idaho. She'd said that grandpa and his brother were very close and that he had grieved over the loss of his brother for years. Other than the knowing the date and place of Hyrum's death, I didn't have any other knowledge about the accident. Thanks to the digital newspapers that the University of Utah has posted online, I now have at least part of the story.
Hyrum was the oldest son of Hyrum and Anne. Born in 1883, in American Fork, Utah, hed decided that there was little future on the family farm and went to Sugar City, Idaho to work in the sugar mill when he was age twenty. Less than a year later, he was dead.
The news articles describe the accident. A steel beam fell from an upper floor in the plant "severing half of his ear and cutting a very ugly hole in his head." He survived the train tip to Salt Lake City but died shortly after arriving in St. Mark's Hospital.
His body was brought home to American Fork for burial and after the service he was laid to rest in a plot that his parents purchased. Later, his parents, several siblings, their spouses and their children would be buried surrounding his grave.
I'm now several days into another research foray in the old newspapers. I've found copies of numerous obituaries, military draft notices, articles about life and work events of my ancestors and their families. Without the digital images, all of this information would be lost to time.
Are you using the Internet to search for similar articles and notes about your family? If not, you are missing a treasure trove that literally resides at your finger tips. To access them, you can pay for subscriptions sites or you can search the free sites that many universities have established using funding that is awarded by the federal government every year.
Check out the U.S. Newspaper Program site to see if there are digitized newspapers that cover your area of interest. If not, review subscription sites like Newsbank and others like it. You'll also want to talk to your local libraries and see if they have login credentials for digital libraries and newspapers. In most cases, they will provide login information at no cost to residents in their city and those who hold their library cards.
Late evening hours seem to produce the best results in my own ancestral news article quest. Maybe it is because by then, the noise of the day has settled to a rippling layer on the floor. Find your own 'sweet spot' slice of time and give these resources a try. You'll be well rewarded for your effort.
Posted 4 December 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog
Pilgrim Anniversaries
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The following table sets out the important first events for the Pilgrims. Dates are in "new style."
15 Aug 1620
Sailed from Southampton, England.
16 Aug 1620
Sailed from Plymouth, England.
16 Nov 1620
William Butten died at sea.
19 Nov 1620
First sighted Cape Cod.
21 Nov 1620
Signed "The Compact." Anchored in Cape Cod Harbor and went ashore.
23 Nov 1620
Took the shallop ashore for repairs.
25 Nov 1620
First exploring party set out by land.
26 Nov 1620
Discovered Truro Springs, Pamet River, Cornhill
7 Dec 1620
Second exploring party set out with the shallop.
12 Dec 1620
Found the wigwams, graves, etc.
14 Dec 1620
Edward Thomson died. The first death after reaching Cape Cod.
16 Dec 1620
Third exploring party set out with the shallop. Jasper More died.
17 Dec 1620
Dorothy (May) Bradford died.
18 Dec 1620
James Chilton died. First encounter with the Indians. Reached Clark's Island at night.
19 Dec 1620
Spent on Clark's Island
20 Dec 1620
Third exploring party spent the Sabbath on Clark's Island.
21 Dec 1620
FOREFATHERS DAY. Third exploring party landed on Plymouth Rock, and explored the coast.
25 Dec 1620
The Mayflower set sail from Cape Cod for Plymouth, but was driven back by a change in the wind.
26 Dec 1620
The Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Harbor.
27 Dec 1620
First Sabbath passed by the whole company in Plymouth Harbor.
28 Dec 1620
A party landed and explored by land.
29 Dec 1620
One party explored by land, and another in the shallop. Discovered Jones River.
30 Dec 1620
Decided to settle near what is now Burial Hill.
31 Dec 1620
Richard Britteridge died. The first death after reaching Plymouth.
1621
2 Jan 1621
Began to gather materials for building.
3 Jan 1621
Solomon Prower died. 1621
7 Jan 1621
Divided the company into nineteen families and laid out lots.
11 Jan 1621
Degory Priest died.
14 Jan 1621
Myles Standish with a party discovered wigwams, but saw no Indians.
18 Jan 1621
Christopher Martin died.
22 Jan 1621
Peter Brown and John Goodman lost themselves in the woods.
24 Jan 1621
The thatch on the commonhouse burned.
29 Jan 1621
Began to build their storehouse.
31 Jan 1621
Kept their meeting on land.
8 Feb 1621
Rose Standish died.
19 Feb 1621
The house for the sick people caught fire.
26 Feb 1621
Indians carried off tools left in the woods by Myles Standish and Francis Cooke.
27 Feb 1621
Had a meeting to establish military orders, and chose Myles Standish Captain.
3 Mar 1621
Got the great guns mounted on the hill. William White, William Mullins, and two others died.
7 Mar 1621
Mary (Norris) Allerton died.
17 Mar 1621
Sowed some garden seeds.
26 Mar 1621
Had another meeting about military orders, but were interrupted by the coming of Samoset.
28 Mar 1621
Samoset came again, with five others.
31 Mar 1621
Another meeting about laws and orders, interrupted by coming of Indians. The carpenter fitted the shallop "to fetch all from aboord."
1 Apr 1621
Another meeting for public business, interrupted by the coming of Samoset and Squanto to announce Massasoit, with whom a treaty was made.
2 Apr 1621
The laws and orders concluded. John Carver chosen Governor for the ensuing year.
3 Apr 1621
Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, wife of Edward Winslow, died.
12 Apr 1621
Governor Carver certified a copy of the will of William Mullins, which was carried back to England on the Mayflower.
22 May 1621
Edward Winslow and Susanna (Fuller) White married. The first marriage in the colony.
12 Jul 1621
Stephen Hopkins and Edward Winslow set out to visit Massasoit.
13 Jul 1621
They reached Sowams, and were welcomed by Massasoit.
24 Aug 1621
Captain Standish set out for Namasket, with a party of armed men, to revenge the supposed death of Squanto.
28 Sep 1621
Captain Standish set out with nine men, and Squanto and three other Indians, to visit the Massachusetts.
30 Sep 1621
Landed at Squantum, in Quincy.
20 Nov 1621
The Fortune arrived. 1621
23 Dec 1621
The Fortune set sail on her return to England.
Posted 22 October 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog
Ague - Malarial Fever American plague - Yellow fever. Anasarca - Generalized massive edema. Aphonia - Laryngitis. Aphtha - The infant disease "thrush". Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke. Asphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen. Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size. Bad Blood - Syphilis Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis. Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease. Black plague or death - Bubonic plague. Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate. Black pox - Black Small pox Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever Blackwater Fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature. Bladder in Throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia Bloody flux - Bloody stools Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness Bone shave - Sciatica Brain fever - Meningitis Breakbone - Dengue fever Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys Bronze John - Yellow fever Bule Boil - tumor or swelling. Cachexy - Malnutrition Cacogastric - Upset stomach Cacospysy - Irregular pulse. Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy. Camp Fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea Canine Madness - Rabies, hydrophobia. Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex. Catalepsy - Seizures / trances. Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy. Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold Child Bed Fever - Infection following birth of a child. Chin Cough - Whooping cough. Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia. Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing. Cholera mrbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis. Cholecystitus - nflammation of the gall bladder Cholelithiasis - Gall stones Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing. Cold Plague - Ague which is characterized by chills Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping Congestive Chills - Malaria Consumption - Tuberculosis. Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs. Congestive Chills - Malaria with diarrhea. Congestive Fever - Malaria. Corruption - Infection Coryza - A cold Costiveness - Constipation Cramp Colic - Appendicitis Crop Sickness - Overextended Stomach Croup Laryngitis - diphtheria, or strep throat Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood Cynanche - Diseases of throat Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder Day Fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa Dentition - Cutting of teeth Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss Diary Fever - A fever that lasts one day Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia Dock Fever - Yellow fever Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney disease (Glomeruleonephsitis) or heart disease Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage Dysorexy - Reduced appetite of mucous and blood. Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms. Dysury - Difficulty in urination Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason Edema Nephrosis - swelling of tissues Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy Eel thing - Erysipelas Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness Enteric Fever - Typhoid fever Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines Enteritis - Inflations of the bowels Epitaxis - Nose bleed Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions. Extravasted Blood - Rupture of a blood vessel. Falling sickness - Epilepsy Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liver Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity. Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea. Flux of Humour - Circulation. French Pox - Syphilis Gathering - A collection of pus Glandular Fever - Mononucleosis Great Pox - Syphilis Green Fever / Sickness - Anemia Grippe / Grip - Influenza like symptoms Grocer's Itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour Heart Sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body Heat Stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed Hectical Complaint - Recurrent fever Hematemesis - Vomiting blood Hematuria - Bloody urine Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of body Hip Gout - Osteomylitis Horrors - Delirium tremens Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy Hydrophobia - Rabies Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food Infantile Paralysis - Polio Intestinal colic Abdominal pain due to improper diet Jail Fever - Typhus Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines King's Evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands Kruchhusten - Whooping cough Lagrippe - Influenza. Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days. Long Sickness - Tuberculosis. Lues Disease - Syphilis. Lues Venera - Venereal disease. Lumbago - Back pain. Lung Fever - Pneumonia Lung Sickness - Tuberculosis Lying in - Time of delivery of infant. Malignant Sore Throat - Diphtheria. Mania - Insanity. Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition. Membranous - Croup Diphtheria Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air Milk Fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis Milk Leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis Milk Sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds Mormal - Gangrene Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys Nervous Prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head Nostalgia - Homesickness. Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death" Paroxysm - Convulsion Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area Petechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting Puerperal exhaustion Death due to child birth Phthiriasis - Lice infestation Phthisis Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath Podagra - Gout Poliomyelitis - Polio Potter's Asthma - Fibroid pthisis Pott's Disease - Tuberculosis of spine Puerperal Exhaustion - Death due to childbirth Puerperal Fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant Puking Fever - Milk sickness Putrid Fever - Diphtheria. Quinsy - Tonsillitis. Remitting Fever - Malaria Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints Rickets Disease of skeletal system Rose Cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy. Rotanny Fever - (Child's disease) ??? Rubeola - German measles Sanguineous Crust - Scab Scarlatina - Scarlet fever Scarlet Fever - A disease characterized by red rash Scarlet Rash - Roseola Sciatica Rheumatism in the hips Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp Screws - Rheumatism Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and fistulas develop. Young person's disease Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin Septicemia - Blood poisoning Shakes - Delirium tremens Shaking - Chills, ague Shingles - Viral disease with skin blisters Ship Fever - Typhus Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure Sloes - Milk sickness Small pox Contagious disease with fever and blisters Softening of brain Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area Sore Throat Distemper - Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish Influenza - Epidemic influenza Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion Spina Bifida - Deformity of spine Spotted Fever - Either typhus or meningitis Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat St. Anthony's Fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance St. Vitas Dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth Stranger's Fever - Yellow fever Strangery - Rupture Sudor Anglicus - Sweating sickness Summer Complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk. Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause. Swamp Sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis Sweating Sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat Tick Fever - Rocky mountain spotted fever Toxemia of Pregnancy - Eclampsia Trench Mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene Tussis Convulsiva - Whooping cough Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness Variola - Smallpox Venesection - Bleeding Viper's Dance - St. Vitus Dance Water on Brain - Enlarged head White Swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone Winter Fever - Pneumonia Womb Fever - Infection of the uterus. Worm Fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea.
Posted 19 October 2015 by Lee R. Drew on Lineagekeeper’s Genealogy Blog