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The following information was sent to T.Mason on 16 Apr 2008 in GEDCOM from Thomas McBryde of Austin, Texas.
"Isaac Hite Fishback was awarded a Headright from the Republic of Texas around 1825 and surveyed his land in Red River Co TX about 4 miles south of Clarksville TX. However, he move to the Red River Area when it still belong to Mexico. A true pioneer.
Isaac Hite Fishback, Philip Cornelius (brother-in-law of Isaac's) and Daniel Cornelius (Isaac's father-in-law) all surveyed their headright land near each other in Red River Co TX.
Another source cast some shady shadows over Isaac Hite Fishback. Reported to collect land of the death of William Fishbaugh who died in Alamo. Reported ot have made good money buying and selling land. Reported to have been murdered by some fellows that followed him from TX to KY.The following information was collected by George W Alspaugh 6016 Hays Drive- Columbia, TN 38401-5015 in Dec 2001.
History of Titus Co. TX Vol. 1 & 2 by Taylor Russell - This article on I. H Fishback Family is in Vol #2 pg. #48-50. Copyright 1965.
THE ISAAC HITE FISHBACK FAMILY IN TITUS COUNTY TX.
Isaac Hite Fishback is remembered as being an early day settler in northeast TX and a man who wa always ready to tell some tall tale of something that had happened to him. The stories that he told have been recorded by various historuians, among whom were Frank Dobie. However, as is true with many early day Titus County families, the name of Fishback has disappeared from the county: and so far as can be determined, only one descendant now lives in Titus County.
The Fishbacks were of German origins, and in some instances, the name was spelled "Fishbaugh". John and Herman Fishback were two Germans who were brought to VA in 1714 by Governer Spotswood as Iron Mongers. They settled on the Rapedan River in VA and then later on, becoming dissatisfied, some of the families moved on west and fimally into KY. In the middle 1820's Arthur Goodal Wavell and Benjamin R. Milam started a cilonization project in northeast Texas ( then still Mexico) called the Wavell's Colony, and the hoped to secure from the Mexican government a grant covering all of northeast TX. They advertised their colony extensively throughout the US and in the 1820s numerous families were settled on the colony even though Wavell and Milam had not received title to the land. Some of these families were Clarks, Cornelius, Hopkins, McKinneys, Nalls and among others were Isac Hite Fishback and his brother William. The Fishbacks settled in what is now Red River Co. TX and they were there as early as 1828 according to an affidavit made by Isaac Hite Fishback for land from the Republic of land from the State of TX.. Wavell and Milam never received title to their land, but notwithstanding this the many families that they had settled in the area continued to live there and did receive land from the Republic of TX (thru Headrights--- a married man with wife and children could get 4400+ aces). William Fishback was in the Alamo and was one of those died in that battle. His name is listed as William Fishbaugh..
This Jonesboro AR, (TX) was a really mixed up community----Here is what is in the Texas Hand book of History. Handbook of Texas Online: What is now Sevier County, Arkansas, before moving in 1831 to Jonesboro on the Red River, in the area that later became Red River County, Texas. At that time Jonesboro was claimed by Mexico and Arkansas Territory. On December 31, 1830, the Clarks registered for a Mexican land title as-----T. J. McBrydeThis Jonesboro AR is on Red River in the northwestern part of Red River Co. TX and only a cemetery remains today to mark its locations. Some information indicates that in about 1837 the Fishback family settled in the northern part of Titus County on what is not the John Nugent Survey of land now owned by the John Hargrove family, and just sourth of a crossing on Sulphur River that at one time was known as the Fishback Crossing, and now known as Welch Bridge Crossing. It is said that the family had an inn or tavern at this location acommodatiing traverlers going to and from Clarksville area. Logs of an old home can now be found at the locatin of this tavern, and nearby is a cemetery known as the Fishback Ceretery. There is only one monument in this cemetery, which is at the grave of a Mrs Ludlow, who was buried in 1898 and is said to be the last person buried in the cemetery. Rocks would indicate the existence of other graves. However, some of the Fishback family are buried in the Binnion Cemetery, which is located south of the old home site, and some of the family says that they believe that most of the graves in the Fishback Cemetery are slaves of the family. The Deed Records of Titus Co. show that in the 1840s, Isaac Fishback bought a considerable quantity of land in the area, and the 1850 census shows him and his wife, 6 chldren and 10 slaves. After the Civil War, the family home was said to have been located in Gouldsboro, TX, and it is believed that Elizabeth Cornelius Fishback was living there when she died. It is known that some of the descendants did live in Gouldsboro.
From THE TEXAS HAND BOOK:TALCO, TEXAS. Talco is on U.S. Highway 271 and State Highway 71, sixteen miles northwest of Mount Pleasant in northwestern Titus County. A post office named Gouldsboro was opened in 1856 with Nehemiah C. Gould as postmaster and may have been located near the site of present Talco. It was closed in 1860, but another post office, this one named Goolesboro, was opened in 1878 about 1miles east of what is now the site of Talco.
However, they evidently had a home in Clarksville, and it was only in the last few years that a log house was torn down on the present location of the Piggly-Wiggly Food Store in Clarksville that was said to have been owned by Isaac Hite Fishback. In 1857, he went back to Loiusville, KY, on a business trip and to visit relatives of the family, and died on that trip and was buried there. ( Another version has Titus county unhappy folks followed him to KY and murdered him in 1854.
Some of the family believe that he was killed in KY by someone from Red River Co., TX with whom he had had some differences over land trades., and that these people fillowed him to KY for the purposes for killing him. It is known that he had acquired a great quantity of land throughout Northeast TX, and that in several instances he had made some very bitter enemies; and it is possible he was murdered.
The records that I have is that Elizabeth Cornelius Fishback died in Cass Co., TX, but others say she is probably buried in Binnion Cemetery, in Titus Co. TX, but there in no marker there for her grave site."
Marriage Notes for Isaac Hite Fishback and Elizabeth Cornelius-49446
The following information was sent to T.Mason on 16 Apr 2008 in GEDCOM from Thomas McBryde of Austin, Texas.
"Jonesboro AR where Elizabeth was married was in existance on the south side Red River where the river runs along the north edge of Red River Co., TX. The town no longer exist taday. It is shown on the Wavell Colony map that was prepared to submit to the Mexican Gov."
Ref: Letter to Judge Swing from Willis M. Kemper of Cincinnati on July 26,1877. Extract of a letter from John Kemper of Lititz Pa to Rev James Kemper of Walnut Hill Ohio, 24Jan 1814 says, "My grandfather lived in a village called Onissa (sic), three leagues from the city or town of Siegen, in the Circle or principality of Wassaw-Siegen, about 20 leagues or 60 English miles from Coelln or Cologne (in German Colln) on the River Rhine."
Twelve families settled in Licking Run (in Virginia) each on their own farm, about the year 1719, when my father was two years old. Their names were Kemper Holtzclaw, Two Fishbacks, Hoffman, Utterback, Weaver, Martin, perhaps Coons, Wayman, Handback, and Hitt. They settled first at Germania about 20 miles South of Licking Run, where their place was called Germantown and is to this day. My grandfather, by my mother, came in after them and was their minister until his death. He was of the reformed Calvanistic Presbyterian Church, and is said to have been a man of great learning. His name was Hagar.
REFERENCE: The following was copied in Apr 2002 from a web site owned by Pauline Phelps by T.Mason.
"This information is research completed by Mrs. E. E. Evans, genealogist from Columbia, Missouri (year unknown). One of her sources of information was the book entitled, "The Kemper Family in the United States, Descendants of John Kemper & Virginia," by Willis Miller Kemper and Harry Lynn Wright, published by Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co., Printers, of Chicago, in 1899; her other sources given about the various Kempers in the United States are unknown; this information is being provided only as information, even though it may not in all cases pertain to the Kempers listed earlier in on the other pages.In early times, the members of a "family" in a "tribe" became known by the type of activity in which they engaged. The name KEMPER seems to be identifed with the ancient German tribe, the Cimbri, who in 113 B.C. overcame the Roman army. The Romans lost 80,000 men in the conflict. The Cimbri tribe overran Gaul and moved into Spain, where they were repulsed. They were routed by Romans in the Po Valley of Italy in 101 B.C. The Cimbri were related to their allies, the Teutonites. Variations of "Kemp" are Kempen land (Campine in French), a geographical location in central Europe, and Kempen, a German city in the Bavaria area.
Recorded instances of the migration of members of the Kemper clan from Germany show they started moving from Germany following a series of misfortunes of a political nature. The Reformation (Protestant movement) spread throughout Europe, causing the Catholic and Protestant faiths to become increasingly antagonistic, resulting in open warfare. The 30 Years War was fought mostly in Germany, but all the important nations of Europe took part. Before it ended, Germany was impoverished, thousands had been killed, industry had been practically destroyed, and Germany no longer had a united government. The war ended by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Germany was left desolate.
The Rhineland, bordering on the region where the early-day Kempers lived, was left devastated by the Palatine princes, a group of rulers who emerged from warring factions in the Palatinate section of Germany. The war parties moved about, stripping the land and its inhabitants of their provisions, supplies, shelter, and tools. By the nature of the name Kemper, is reasonable to assume that our ancestors were enlisted with the warring factions. The Kemper coat of arms, as shown in Vol. 3, page 99 of Compendium of American Genealogy-First Families of America, is a war-like shield with the legend "Die, Kemper," German for the "the warrior." "Die" is pronounced "dee."
The first that is known of the Kempers is that they were living about 1650 in the little German village of Musen, about 15 miles northeast of the city of Siegen, on the Sieg River, in the then principality of Nassau-Siegen, the present Prussian province of Westphalia. Siegen, Musen, and the surrounding territory belonged at that time to the House of Nassau, or the Nassau-Orange family. The Orange family still is the ruling monarchy in Holland. The Columbia Encyclopedia says of Siegen: "A city of 40,269 in 1939, and a population of 29, 922 1946. More than half the city was destroyed in World War II. Siegen lies in an iron-mining region and has iron foundries. Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, was born here.
The neighborhood of Siegen, the center of the most noted iron production and manufacturing district in Germany, at Musen iron mines. Musen, 15 miles northeast of the city of Siegen, is in the principality of Nassau. Siegen, the present Prussia, is in the Province of Westphalia.
About 1650, there was living in Musen one Johann Kemper and his wife, Anna, whose maiden name was Low. (Other forms of the name, Johann, are Johannes and Hans, or in English, John).
The 1899 book said that knowledge of the Kemper family in Musen was obtained wholly from the records of the little Reformed Church in that village. The church with all its records was destroyed during the 30 Years' War and now records begin with January 4, 1649.
The Compendium of American Genealogy identifies one Johann Kemper as "Colonel Johann von Kemper, here itary commander of Stahleak Castle, near Mannheim on the Rhine." No explanation is given of where this delightful piece of information comes from. It may be that Johann von Kemper was an ancestor of the Johann Kemper of Musen, which is about 200 miles downriver from Mannheim on the Rhine, and about 60 miles east of the Rhine.
In America in 1710, Alexander Spottswood, who was born in Tangier, Morocco, was appointed Governor of Virginia, the first of the 13 colonies. He was only 34 years of age, had been a soldier in many campaigns, and was of a bold and adventurous disposition. He was very interested in increasing the wealth and prosperity of the colony, as well as adding to his own fortune. After he discovered evidence of iron ore in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he developed a plan to import skilled iron workers from Germany, where the residents were impoverished because of political developments and eager to seek their fortunes in the New World. A colony of 40 was formed, evidently largely from the neighborhood of Siegen, and started for America in 1713. The Germans spent a dreary winter stranded in London and arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1714.
The Westphalian peasantry, ever the most thrifty in Germany, by their industry soon made the good lands about Germantown to blossom as the rose. The Germantown settlement was know far and wide for the thrift and comfortable livinq of its inhabitants. The community was an intelligent one. Nearly every man of them could read and write. Johannes (John) Kemper's (the immigrant) handwriting shows him to be a man of good education. He is credited with inventing the first shovel plow. It has been impossible to find any will of his or any administration on his estate.
While Johannes (John) Kemper came from Germany to Virginia, one of his brothers, Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Kemper moved from Germany to Pennsylvania. Johann Heinrich is the ancestor of the Pennsylvania Kempers. At that time, the principal mode of transportation was on the rivers, and the Germans went downriver on the Rhine to Holland, where they sought passage to America. It is reasonable to believe that some Kempers settled along the route. Johannes Meichor Kemper, born in 1776 in Amsterdam, Holland, became famous as a university educator, lawyer, and author of the criminal code of Holland. Genealogical references disclose two Kemper coat of arms, of similar design, in Holland.
The German colonists later left Germantown and went west again, into Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas. Germantown was abandoned. At Germantown, they had kept up their worship, both public and private, in the German language, and their public political matters transacted in English, their language gradually was lost in the second generation.
The posterity of Johannes (John) Kemper is described in the 1899 book as "a race of honest, industrious, and rather unambitious people, and are numerous. Not one of the children of this man has failed of descendants to this day (1899). No wonder when they commenced to emigrate that the West soon had a teeming population."
James Kemper was the father of 15 children. Tillman Kemper (born in Virginia, died in Kentucky) and his wife, Dinah Hitt, had 15 children, all of whom lived to maturity and married. One couple named Herndon, related to Kempers by marriage, had 20 children. Another Tillman Kemper and his wife, Sarah Haden, had 16 children, all of whom lived to maturity except possibly two, though dates of their deaths are not given (1899).
William H. H. Kemper (1813-1882) and his wife, Almira Alverson, had 15 children, all of whom lived to maturity except two. Two sons, Napoleon Bonaparte Kemper and Thomas Jefferson Kemper, were killed in battle in 1863 during the Civil War.
There is hardly a state or territory in the Union, from New York south and west, but furnishes a home for some member of the Kemper family. Something seemed to impel them to go West about the end of the American Revolution.
The name of the Rev. James Kemper will always be associated with Presbyterianism in the West. He was born in 1753, died in 1834 of cholera, and was the father of 15 children. He moved West from Virginia to Kentucky in 1783, was first teacher in the first public school in Kentucky, and acted as public catechist, the first one West of the Allegheny Mountains. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Transylvania, and in December 1790, moved to Cincinnati, where there was no Presbyterian minister. He and his congregation built a two-story frame house of worship, which became in due course the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati. He was the first licentiate of the First Presbytery. He preached the first sermon in Ohio that was preached by a representative of the Presbyterian Church. He was the first minister ordained on the north side of the Ohio, and founded Lane Seminary in 1829.
Three grandsons of Johannes (John) Kemper, namely: Jacob, Isaac, and Daniel Kemper, were paymaster, sergeant, and surgeon, respectively, in the regiment in the War of 1812.
The name of Reuben Kemper was a household word in the Southwest for the first 25 years of the 19th century, and no one man did more than he to win Florida and Texas for the United States. Reuben, an uncle of John Moore Kemper, was born February 21, 1771, in Fauquier County, Virginia, and died January 28, 1827, unmarried, at Natchez, Mississippi. His brother, Samuel, died in Louisiana in 1814, unmarried; but the third brother to gain fame, Nathan, married, became a sugar planter, had 11 children, and died in Louisiana in 1832 at the age of 57. The three sons of Peter Kemper, a Baptist clergyman and a captain in the Revolutionary War... Peter is listed on the honor roll of "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution." Also listed in the register are Charles, Daniel, John, and Tillman or Tulman E. Kemper.
Reuben, Samuel, and Nathan went with their family from Virginia to Ohio, then about 1800 went down the Mississippi and settled in Feliciana, near the mouth of Bayou Sara, lust above Baton Rouge in what was then West Florida, Spanish territory. They became embroiled in disputes with Spanish authorities over land claims, retreated into Mississippi territory and organized a force and declared West Florida an independent nation. An attempt to take Baton Rouge in 1804 failed. The three were kidnapped in 1805 but were rescued by U. S. force at Point Coupee as they were being taken down the Mississippi to Baton Rouge. Other forays were climaxed in 1810 by Reuben's unsuccessful attempt to occupy Mobile. East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and Gross Coupee are present-day parishes in Louisiana, north and west of Baton Rouge. Reuben is identified in encyclopedia references as adventurer, frontiersman, and soldier. Some historians refer to him in less complimentary terms. One, Jesse J. Cox, in The West Florida Controversy, published by John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1918, recounted an incident in which Reuben, becoming displeased with an adversary, had some friends nip off the offender's ears. Reuben, said Cox, then put the ears in some pickling juice and placed them on his mantel. Reuben aided the Mexicans in efforts to overthrow Spanish rule, and was a colonel of the American contingent in expeditions in Texas, then ruled by Mexico. He fought valiantly against the Spanish and added to his military reputation under General Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans in 1815. The remainder of his life was spent quietly as operator of a plantation in Mississippi, where a county was named
James Lawson Kemper, 1823-1895, a Confederate general and a Democrat, was 34th Governor of Virginia (1874-1878). he was born in Madison County, Virginia, was graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), the great-great-grandson of Johannes (John) Kemper. In 1847, he was captain under General Zachary Taylor in Mexico, attained the rank of major general in the military, and was severly wounded the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 while leading his brigade in Pickett's charge. He was later captured in the North. He is mentioned in history books on the Civil War. He served 10 years in the Virginia legislature. His term as Governor was distinguished for his independence and integrity. His brother, Frederick Thomas Kemper (1816-1881), a teacher, founded Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, Missouri."
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: "Colonial Families of the USA," Vol 6, p 355. Wives were 1st cousins.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Johnston's "Rich Borden & Desc," p 25. "Colonial Families of the USA," Vol 6, p 355.
MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY-LAND: Genealogy of Borden Family of Shrewsbury, NJ; 1370-1868; typescript of "Borden Scrapbook" & family papers in poss of Charles F. Borden, Shrewsbury, NJ, 1952; p 32; LDS Family History Library Film 0858787, item 6; NOTES: 1675, 1680, 1700, 1704, 1705, 1708 Deputy for Portsmouth in General Court of Rhode Island, 7 Mar 1679 Fined for not attending jury was remitted, one of his children being very sick, 1687 overseer of the Poor, 2 Aug 1698 permitted to keep ferry from Rhode Island to Bristol on equal privilege with Thomas Durfee for seven years, 18 Jun 1705 ferry license renewed for seven years. 24 Feb 1716 - Will. Approved July 5, executrix - wife Mary. New Jersey Archives, Vol XXI, p 99, "owned land in Monmouth, NJ as early as 1682.
BIOGRAPHY: "New England Hist Gen Reg," Apr 1930, p 229. Austin's "Gen Dict of Rhode Island," p 23. Johnston's "Rich Borden & Desc," p 12.
REF: Notable Southern Families, Vol.2 , Jella Armstrong (Los Angeles Lib.) Ref: This Old Monmouth of Ours - Pub by Moreau Brothers, Freehold, N.J. 1932 His will is dated 24 Feb. 1715/16 and was proved 9 July 1716.
REFERENCE: New England Families, Connecticut Edition, prepared by
American Historical Society, Inc., c1931, p. 46. EXTRACT: "this is the John Borden of Quaker Hill. He owned land in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. He was a friend to King Philip."WILL-CONFLICT: Hattie L. Borden Weld, "Historical and genealogical record of the descendants as far as known of Richard and Joan Borden, who settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May 1638 with historical and biographical sketches of some of their descendants"; 1638-1899; Joel Munsell, Albany, NY; ; Family History Library Film 0000512. NOTE: Will quoted in Hattie Borden Weld's book. ERROR: Weld lists 8 children only, and mistakes Benjamin as his cousin Fairfax Ben who was born 16 May 1649.
CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; CONFLICT: This author likewise quotes Hattie Borden Weld and mistakes a Benjamin as married to Zerviah Winter. REFERENCE: N.E. Hist & Gen Reg - Vol 18, p 241.
RESEARCHER: More than 200 names were copied by Catharine Borden Mason into her brown research notes of this man's children and posterities. They had nine children. A great grandson named Gail Borden 3rd. in 1856 patented his celebrated condensed milk in Texas. Hence there is a county in Texas named for him and a town of Gail. Gail's son headed up Borden Condensed milk in Chicago. Gail was a good friend of Stephen F. Austin in Texas.
BIRTH: Genealogy of Borden Family of Shrewsbury, NJ; 1370-1868; typescript of "Borden Scrapbook" & family papers in poss of Charles F. Borden, Shrewsbury, NJ, 1952; p 33; LDS Family History Library Film 0858787, item 6; NOTE: Aug 1721 Mary called herself aged 66 having been married at 16 as she stated.
Marriage Notes for John Borden and Mary Walker Earle-1174
Recorded in Society of Friends, Rhode Island Monthly meeting.
RESEARCHER-BIRTH-DEATH: Information given to T.Mason on 2 Jul 2003 by [Ehdor@aol.com]. Was my great grandfather.
Ref: Early Days in Danville by Fackler 1941, says, "We owe thanks to Mrs. W.E. Bryce of Wooster, Ohio, daughter of the McGortys for information."
RESEARCHER-OBITUARY: Information sent to T.Mason on 4Jul2003 by Nancy Mishler [Ehdor@aol.com].
Wooster Daily Record after Clara Lee's death on July 30, 1955 in Wooster, Ohio.
Funeral service for Mrs. William E. Bryce
One of Wooster's grand ladies, Mrs. William E. Bryce, died at her home this morning at about 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Bryce was born in Danville, Ky., August 3, 1864 and would have been 91 years old on Wednesday of this week. She was the the daughter of Captain A. S. McGrorty and Rose Yeiser McGrorty. She was a graduate of Bell Seminary in Danville, which later developed into the Women's Division of Centre College.
As the oldest living graduate she last year received a special invitation for theCommencement exercises.
Her southern training and education gave Mrs. Bryce an air of distinction and genuine aristocracy which constituted one of her charms for those who knew her.On May 30, 1889 she was married to William E. Bryce, a graduate of Centre College, who had just completed his theological training at Princeton Seminary. Their Golden wedding anniversary was celebrated in 1939 and their many friends were delighted to honor this fine couple whose home they had always found so hospitable and so charming.
Her husband served churches in Burlington, NJ; Louisville and Shelbyville, KY; Denison, Iowa; and Ashland, Ohio.
At Shelbyville, Mrs. Bryce was active in the founding of the King's Daughter's Hospital and when on it's fiftieth anniversary, the new Shelbyville Hospital was dedicated, she received a special invitation to be present.The Ashland pastorate was Dr. Bryce's last and extended from 1907-1917, when ill health forced him to give up the pastorate. Not long after that the family moved to Wooster and became a vital part of Westminster Church and the college community.
After her husband's death in 1947 Mrs. Bryce has lived with her daughter, Miss Rose Bryce, who has devotedly cared for her mother during the many years she was an invalid.
As a pastor's wife Mrs. Bryce always took a vital interest in the church and was active in women's organizations. One of the guilds she helped to found was the Anne Hart Society of Westminster Church. At one time she was President of the Wooster Presbyterial.Mrs. Bryce enjoyed reading and literary study and was for years an active member of the Travelers Club of Wooster.
Even more she enjoyed conversing with her friends. Though she was a constant sufferer from arthritis, her brilliant conversation and her keen interest in people and events made a visit with her an enriching experience. Visitors who came to cheer an invalid came away feeling they themselves had been cheered. Her keen mind and her staunch Christian character made an unforgettable impression.In addition to her daughter Rose, Mrs. Bryce is survived by a son, Ellsworth, of New York City, and a daughter Mrs. Carlos Mishler of Altadena, California; also by five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held at the residence on Tuesday at 2:30. Arrangements are in charge of the McConnell Funeral Home. There will be no calling hours at the Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Wooster Cemetery.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; RESEARCHER: Ann Burr, Bordentown, NJ.
REF: George Braden Roberts, GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH PECK & SOME RELATED FAMILIES; ; State College, PA. 1955; ; Family History Library Book 929.273 P334r, Fiche 6049146; NOTES: Her husband had inn at which Ben Franklin stopped in 1732 while on his journey from Boston to Philadelphia.
CONFLICT: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Shows child as daughter to Susanna (Ann) and does not list marriage to Rebecca. 1787 Perth Amboy, NJ, Proprietary Records Book D.
WILL: Genealogical Abstracts; Duplin County Wills 1730-1860, Wm Murphy, Duplin Co. Hist. Soc.; 18. Beck, William (CR.035.801.1/A-41) 7 Feb 1814 - Apr. Term 1814; wife SARAH MARAH... children ANNY JANE & WILLIAM JOHN, extr: wife SARAH M. & brother JOHN BECK, wit: LEVI BORDEN, Alfred Beck ...