of eight children, four boys and four girls, parented by John Browne and Mary Nally Browne.
So far I've identified the following sisters of John Browne: Catherine "Kate" Browne and Bridget Browne Crowley. Both sister emigrated to the United States and ultimately settled in St. Louis, MO. I thought it strange that an Irish family from the west would have had only three children, and recently I've made a connection with another researcher that leads me to believe there was another sister named Mary. However, I haven't found the kind of evidence that allows me to state this as a face. Mary married Michael Manley. They entered the United States through New Orleans, but ultimately settled in St. Claire County, Illinois.
All were the children of Patrick Browne and Bridget Nally Browne
My great great grandmother Mary Nally Browne (d: 1944 in Caherduff), daughter of James Nally and Anne Feerick Nally, was born in Muckrussaun, Killalla, County Mayo. The following are the siblings of whom I know: Catherine "Katie"Nally, who emigrated to America in order to joing the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, KA; Michael, who emigrated in 1849 and settled in Pittsburgh; Bridget "Delia" who married Arthur Lavery and settled in Philadelphia; and Patrick, who remained on the family farm in Muckrussaun.…
phone number. Mrs. Jacqueline (Mrs. John G.) Hall Pomeroy of San Jose, Caif., descs. your Squire Hall. As does Mrs. Katherine H. Wagner of Albemarle, N.C., I think Mrs. Jan Ritchie Barbee of Winston-Salem descends both your Squire Hall and my John Cyrus Miller (1811-1893). A descendant of Abner Hall and Mildredge Bourn is Marjory Corey Hall of Goldbar, WA. I think it was Mrs. Turner C. (Hazel) Hall of Mt. Ulla, N.C., who had a wonderful Hall family re-union? Prof. Robert C. Hall, Jr. of Ithaca, N.Y. is of either Mrs. Miller's or Squire Hall's line. Prof. Kent Miller of Tallahassee, Fla., is via Mrs. Miller. My photo of Mrs. Isaac Anderson (Polly) Elliott is from Alice Lentz Hill (Hall?) of Chapel Hill, N.C.--thanks! Mrs. Virginia Hall Stalder of Palo Alto, Calif. is both Hall and Elliott. Mrs. Marie Hoffman Lippard of Salisbury (via Mrs. Sallie Hall Hoffman, d1957?) is ours. Carol Darnell & Richard Gaboury, Wilmington, Ohio, of Squire Hall. The late genealogist Mary Floy Katzman of Framington, Mass., did outstanding Hall/Elliot research: R.I.P. C. Kearney Hall, III, of Sanibal Island, Fla., descs. our "Col. Dr." John Hall (Jr.?) and Mary Hair, daughter of Daniel & Ester Hair. Mrs. Lawrence Miller of Salisbury, N.C., descs. Squire Hall as does Cathy Davis of Amarillo, Texas, & Mrs. Charles McKinley Hall and Mrs. Mary Sims Hall of Burlington, N.C. The Solomon Hall slave case is NC Supreme Court Records Vol. 62, page 283, Thhe trial court (no appeals court then) and NC Supreme Court files are in N.C. State Archives, Raleigh.…
DB9151D8FBFB424D93194E55B6DD41E82508 Change Date: 17 Mar 2003 at 16:28:19 Father: Samuel Thomas Laird 20 Feb 1769 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Mother: Jane Elizabeth Montgomery b: 17 Jul 1768 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania Marriage 1 Elizabeth Boude Clingan b: 14 Jun 1814 in Pennsylvania Married: 15 Nov 1836 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania When Samuel's parents died when he was about 12 and he went to live with cousin Laird Harris's family. Henry Haines's parents died and he went there also. They became life long friends. They moved to Illinois after the Harris's died and raised their families. The children then moved on to Nebraska. Samuel Laird was a prominent citizen in Illinois. He has had military training and volunteered for service in the war with Mexico, becoming colonel of a cavalry regiment. He was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln and was deputized to escort Lincoln to Freeport for one of his famous debates with Stephen Douglas. Samuel drove four white horses in tandem, hitched to a high-seated carryall on which he sat with Lincoln. The two were dressed in long-tailed coats and high silk hats. When the Civil War came along, Thomas Laird, the oldest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Laird, enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, in company G, 46th Illinois Infantry, and served with distinction. He saved the life of his commanding officer and was promoted to first lieutenant. He was discharged Feb. 2, 1866. Laird Haines also served in the Union Army. Samuel Laird and his wife died shortly after the Civil War and their family of six grown children felt the Laird homestead in Illinois was too small to support the six of them. Webster Co., Nebraska, had just opened up for homesteading and there were large tracts of unclaimed land available. Thomas and James Laird left home on election day, November 8, 1870, to scout the land, taking the train to Fort Kearney, Nebraska. On arriving, they learned of Indian unrest in the area to the southwest that they has planned to scout, so they bought a pony to carry their supplies and headed southeast instead. They walked for three days before reaching the settlement of Spring Ranch. The friendly people there helped them find a claim on Oak Creek in the northeast corner of Webster County. The two young men built a dugout in which they lived for the next six weeks. Their brothers, Will and Rob, joined them in their dugout home on January 1, 1891, along with Henry Haines' son John. John and the two Laird brothers traveled in a covered wagon containing household goods, taking about twenty five days for the trip. The five bachelors were the only inhabitants of Oak Creek during that winter, though occasionally hunters came through. Will and Rob brought their fiddles for entertainment. It was said that they could play all night for dances held later in the different homesteader's homes without repeating a single number. In the spring, Will returned to Illinois to settle up the estate. He and the youngest brother, Paschal, brought the farm equipment and household goods back to Nebraska, a long and tedious trip. Their sister, Mary, was to remain in Illinois until a suitable dwelling was built; but she grew impatient, took a train to Grand Island, hired a rig there, and arrived at the Laird claim shortly after Will and Paschal. Tom and Will returned to Freeport later that year to marry their fiancees, Mary Bell and Margaret Murdaugh. Margaret's sister Mary, a teacher, was later to marry Jimmie Laird. Rob and Paschal were also to marry sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth Leetsch. The four eldest Laird brothers homesteaded in Section 2, and Paschal in Section 14 of the Oak Creek Precinct(Township 4 North, Range 9 West) Webster County. Laird Howard Haines moved to the Oak Creek Precinct http://kathrynsgenealogyhelpcolumns.blogspot.com/…