by Sharon Hall | Oct 12, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Joseph Faubion was born in Clay County, Missouri on September 7, 1842 to parents Moses and Nancy (Hightower) Faubion. Moses was first married to Patsy Holcomb, and after she died he married Nancy Hightower in 1841. According to the 1850 census Nancy was nineteen...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 8, 2015 | Time Capsule Thursday
Newspapers around the country were covering this riveting story on October 8, 1926. However, the original crime for which mob justice was rendered on that day hadn’t received much more than regional coverage the year before when three members of the Lowman family...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 28, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
John Wesley Fly was born in Barry County, Missouri on March 7, 1844 to parents Asher Pipkin and Marillay (Cantrell) Fly. Asher and Marillay were born in Tennessee and John was one of fourteen children born to their marriage. His parents were devout Christians, Asher...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 24, 2015 | Feisty Females
I ran across the name of Emma Daugherty Banister awhile back, along with claims she became the first female sheriff in the United States in August of 1918 after her husband John Banister, elected sheriff of Coleman County, Texas in 1914, died in office. I don’t...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 22, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Several weeks ago I came across an entry at Find-A-Grave which intrigued me – Pocahontas McVeigh Fritter who is buried in Franklin County, Ohio. Both her first name and married name are both a bit unusual – there must be a story there. Then I found her husband...
by Sharon Hall | Sep 14, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Flavius Terry Laffoon was born on July 28, 1833 in Lawrence County, Tennessee to parents Matthew and Elizabeth Murrell Laffoon. In 1840 Matthew and his family were enumerated in Giles County, Tennessee. Family historians estimate the family migrated to Arkansas...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 24, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
“I am either the worst of men, or the most persecuted and injured – either a knave or a martyr. Let the public read my story and judge for themselves.” J.H. Fairchild, Exeter, N.H., December 1844 While browsing through my list of potential Tombstone Tuesday articles,...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 19, 2015 | Ghost Town Wednesday
Indianola is referred to as the “queen of Texas ghost towns” and could actually be filed under two Digging History Wednesday categories – ghost towns and wild weather. German immigrants began settling in the area in the mid-1840’s and in 1846 the town of Indian...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 18, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Charles C. Mack was born on January 4, 1810 to parents Jesse and Mary Ann (McCollister) Mack in Washington County, New York. It appears that Charles might have still been living with his parents in 1830, but around 1832-1834 he married Sophia Brown. Their first son,...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 15, 2015 | Surname Saturday
I haven’t done a Surname Saturday in awhile and today seemed a good day to highlight this particular surname after stumbling across an interesting story this week – and possibly a link to my own family history. The name I actually ran across while working on an...
