52 Ancestors Week #38 - Alice Mattoon

Alice is my 3rd great grandmother.


Alice was born on January 15, 1855 in New York.  Alice is a brick wall for me as I do not know who are her parents.  Alice married George McCoy Green (1850-1922) on December 17, 1871 in Avon, Wisconsin.  They had three children:

• Oscar John (1872-1938)
• Bertha O. (1876-1961)
• Walton Ward (my 2nd great grandfather; 1885-1968)

Alice died on June 11, 1938 at age 83.  Alice is buried at Avon Cemetery in Avon, Wisconsin.

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52 Ancestors Week #37 - Daniel Webster Mitchell

Daniel is my 3rd great grandfather

Daniel Webster Mitchell was born on September 6, 1828 in Marion County, Tennessee to Warren Wesley Mitchell (1782-1842) and Elender Lewis (1792-1857).  Daniel was the third of seven children:

• Sion (1825-?)
• Luanna (1827-1855)
• Mary Christmas (1831-1880)
• Wesley Warren (1833-?)
• Eliza J. (1835-?)
• Sallie (?-?)

Daniel married Parthena Adaline Walker (1838-1893) in 1856.  They had ten children:

• Marcus Lafayette (1857-1876)
• Mary Columbia (1859-1919)
• George C. (1861-1899)
• Ellen (1865-1867)
• Columbia America (1867-1942)
• Nathan William (1870-1954)
• Pearl Lewis (1872-1939)
• Warren (1874-1879)
• Daniel Webster (1877-1883)
• Parthenia Adaline (my 2nd great grandmother; 1879-1966)

According to the 1880 Federal Census, Daniel lived in Big Creek, Arkansas.

Daniel died on April 30, 1899 at age 70 in Mitchell, Arkansas.

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52 Ancestors Week #36 - Mary Elizabeth Newcomer

Mary Elizabeth is my 3rd great grandmother.

Mary Elizabeth Newcomer was born on March 10, 1850 in Wayne, Ohio to George Newcomer (1821-1865) and Lucinda Evans (1826-1905).  Mary Elizabeth was the third of ten children:

• Jacob (1846-1907)
• Joseph (1848-1900)
• Rebecca (1852-1860)
• Sarah Celdia (1854-1924)
• Susannah (1857-1920)
• George W. (1859-1876)
• Hugh (1860-?)
• Eva L. (1861-1930)
• Rebeca J. (?-1840)

Mary Elizabeth married Jacob E. Keller (1843-1931) on July 4, 1868.  The 1900 census lists their marriage year at 1870.  Mary Elizabeth and Jacob would have nine children:

• George Frank (1869-1925)
• Phoebe Alice (1870-1958)
• Charles A. (1872-1947)
• Peter (1875-1900)
• William Henry (1878-1954)
• Nellie Mae (1881-1962)
• Samuel Arthur (1884-1936)
• Katherine Viola (1887-1945; my 2nd great grandmother)
• Clyde Eugene (1889-1968)

Mary Elizabeth died at age 45 on May 10, 1895.  Mary Elizabeth is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

52 Ancestors Week #35 - Charles Leslie Skone Hodges

Charles is my 3rd great grandfather.

Charles and Dora

Charles Leslie Skone Hodges was born on December 2, 1865 to James Hodges (1843-1881) and Martha Maria Thomas (1846-1927) in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.  According to the 1900 census, Charles arrived in the US in 1869 but the 1910 census says 1871.  Charles had five siblings:

• Maria Edith (1867-1934)
• James Frederick (1871-1962)
• Anna Nora (1874-1960)
• Arthur Jones (1879-1959)
• Fannie Mabel (1881-1960)

Charles also had two half siblings when his mother remarried after his father's death:

• George Howard Whittow (1885-1960)
• Luella M. Whittow (1888-1967)

Charles married Dora Allen Haskin (1873-1952) on August 12, 1894.  They were married in Spring Green, Wisconsin.   Charles and Dora had ten children:

• Leslie (1895-1895)
• Oral Marie (1896-1980; my 2nd great grandmother)
• John (1898-1898)
• Mila Lulu (1900-1903)
• Esther Adelle (1903-1994)
• Charles Howard (1904-1970)
• George Clark (1906-1974)
• Dean Allen (1908-1972)
• Ada Margaret (1911-1974)
• Laura Juanita (1914-1970)

Charles became a naturalized citizen on October 5, 1937.

Charles died on February 25, 1940 at age 74 in Rockford, Illinois.  He is buried at Byron Cemetery in Byron, Illinois.

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