52 Ancestors Week #52 - Margret Susan Riley

Margret Susan Riley is my 3rd great grandmother.

Here we are, the last ancestor of 2014!  I made it through three generations of my family!

Margret Susan Riley was born on April 2, 1852 in Franklin County, Missouri to Lewis Harrison Riley (1823-1863) and Anna Little (1830-1882).   Margret had six siblings:

• Henry H. (1845-1862)
• James Wesley (1847-1909)
• John F. (1849-1874)
• C.V. (1851-1924)
• Letha Etta (1857-1930)
• Louis Cass (1860-1866)

Margret married Basil Jordan Carrico (1848-1926) on August 31, 1870 in Howell County, Missouri.  They would have six children:

• Arminda Jane (1871-1960)
• Josiah Converse (my 2nd great grandfather; 1873-1957)
• Lewis Harrison (1875-1876)
• Herbert Decature (1877-1969)
• Anna Mae (1880-1971)
• Maude Esta (1887-1963)

By the 1870's census, Margret and her family had moved to Arkansas initially settling in Spring Creek (1870) then in La Crosse (1880), by 1910 she was living in Apple Glenn.

Margret died on October 7, 1940 at age 88.  Margret is buried at Wann Cemetery in Beaty, Arizona.

52 Ancestors Week #51 - Aseneth Cenia Mullins

Aseneth is my 3rd great grandmother.

Aseneth Cenia Mullins was born in about 1839 to Sarah Jane Fillingim (1820-1860) and a father who I do not have any information on.  Aseneth had seven half-siblings:

• William A. Reid (1842-?)
• Dudley William Reid (1847-1895)
• Sarah Jane Reid (1849-?)
• Samuel Reid (1853-?)
• Celia M. Reid (1855-?)
• Robert Thomas Reid (1858-1904)
• Mary Susan Reid (1860-1959)

According to the 1850's census, Aseneth was living in Barren, Arkansas.

About 1869, Aseneth married William M. Reese (1817-1901).  They would have six children:

• Celia Eveline (1870-1958)
• Lela E. (1871-?)
• Celestia Alabama Caldonia (my 2nd great grandmother; 1872-1948)
• Richard Huston (1872-1885)
• Benjamin Hall (1874-1925)
• James Franklin (1878-1955)

The 1870's census, Aseneth was living in Mill Creek, Arkansas and the 1880's census she was living in Kings Prairie, Missouri.

Aseneth died in 1882 at age 43 and is buried at Smith's Chapel Cemetery.

52 Ancestors Week #50 - Parthena Adaline Walker

Parthena is my 3rd great grandmother.

Parthena Adaline Walker was born on July 7, 1838 in Alabama to John Walker (1790-1864) and Mary Farler (1797-1864).  Parthena had two half-siblings:

• John Hiram (1824-1856)
• Diadema (?)

Parthena married Daniel Webster Mitchell (1828-1899) 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)

Parthena died on October 11, 1893 at age 55 in Mitchell, Arkansas.  Parthena is buried at Hebron Cemetery in Mitchell, Arkansas.

52 Ancestors Week #49 - Mary Louisa Alfred

Mary is my 3rd great grandmother.


Mary Louisa Alfred was born on September 17, 1858 in Metamora, Indiana to Charles Alfred (1834-1922) and Sarah Hoyt (1821-1885).  Mary was the oldest of five children:

• Charles H. (1860-1926)
• Sarah O. (1862-?)
• Elinore E. (1866-?)
• Colonel E. (1866-?)

Mary married Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1927) on May 2, 1878.  They would have thirteen children together:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• Clara Eliya (1882-1976)
• Mary Olive (1883-1966)
• Bertha (1884-1973)
• Bessie (1884-1934)
• Kate Effie (1887-?)
• Glenna Hanney (1889-1959)
• Lucy Charlotte (1890-1972)
• Robert Elsworth (1892-1894)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (my 2nd great grandfather; 1896-1968)
• Ida Gladys (1899-1966)

Mary and Charles lived in Byron, Illinois from 1910 onward.   Mary died on March 6, 1941 at age 82.

52 Ancestors Week #48 - John Nelen

John Nelen is my 3rd great grandfather.

John was born about 1825 in Ireland.  John is a dead end for me as I know neither of his parents names.  John arrives in the US in 1847.  In 1853, John married Alice (1823-?; last name unknown).  They had three children:

• John (my 2nd great grandfather; 1857-1940)
• Thomas (1860-?)
• Mary (1860-1926)

According to the 1880 and 1900 censes John and Alice were living in Center, Wisconsin.  I have no further information on John.

52 Ancestors Week #47 - Dora Allen Haskin

Dora is my 3rd great grandmother.

Dora Allen Haskin was born on December 10, 1873 in Richland, Wisconsin to John Wesley Haskin (1833-1901) and Orrel Maria Waterman (1835-1910).  Dora had seven siblings:

• Merrick B. (1857-1931)
• Eva Adelle (1859-1957)
• Emma Elmyra (1862-1962)
• Ervin Lincoln (1864-1947)
• Flora M. (1867-1940)
• Bertha Mabel (1876-1961)
• Rosetta

Haskin Siblings.  Back Row: Merrick, Ervin; Front Row: Della, Emma, Flora, Dora, Bertha, 

According to the 1880 census, Dora and her family lived in Ithaca, Wisconsin.

On August 12, 1894, Dora married Charles Leslie Skone Hodges (1865-1940) in Spring Grove, Wisconsin.  They had ten children:

• Leslie (1895-1895)
• Oral Marie (my 2nd great grandmother; 1896-1980)
• 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)

According to the 1900's census, Dora and family were living in Madison City, Wisconsin.  The 1910 census, Dora was living in Leaf River and by 1920, Dora would have moved to Rockford, Illinois were she remained until her death.

Dora died on April 10, 1952 at age 78.  Dora is buried at Byron Cemetery in Byron, Illinois.

52 Ancestors Week #46 - Jacob E. Keller

Jacob is my 3rd grant grandfather.

Jacob E. Keller was born on July 17, 1843 in Catawissa, Pennsylvania to Charles George Keller (1816-1878) and Catherine Miller (1811-1907).    Jacob is the fifth of nine children:

• Elizabeth Sarah (1834-1911)
• Lucy Ann (1836-1873)
• Benjamin Franklin (1838-1863)
• Sarah (1839-1918)
• Phoebe Alice (1846-1934)
• Caroline (1848-1922)
• Rebecca M. (1852-1919)
• Frances (1854-1935)
• James (1863-1929)

Jacob was in the military from August 29, 1864 to June 2, 1865, when he was honorably discharged.  I would assume he saw battle during the civil war.

On July 4, 1868, Jacob married Mary Elizabeth Newcomer (1850-1895).   They were married in Juda, Wisconsin. They had 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 (my 2nd great grandmother; 1887-1945)
• Clyde Eugene (1889-1968)

The federal census between 1870 and 1900 have Jacob and his family living in Spring Grove, Wisconsin. I also found Jacob and his family in the 1900 census living in Pennsylvania and the 1910 census also places him in Pennsylvania.  By the 1930's census, Jacob is back in Wisconsin.

Jacob died on October 27, 1931 at age 88 of a heart attack.  Jacob is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Brodhead, Wisconsin.