The Genealogy & Family History Social Network

All Blog Posts Tagged 'Civil' (46)

Manuel Fenollosa, Spanish Immigrant to Salem, Massachusetts 1838

My great great grandfather Caleb Rand Bill was a music professor in Salem, Massachusetts before the turn of the 20th century. Whilst researching his story, I found out about two other early music teachers in Salem, who were both Spanish immigrants. It is interesting that they became ardent abolitionists around the time of the American Civil War.

Manuel Fenollosa came to Salem from Spain with his brother in law, Manuel Emilio in 1838 on the US navel frigate United States. …

Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 15, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Abijah Franklin Hitchings’s Obituaries

Obituaries (on file at the Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem)

May 20,…

Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on November 18, 2010 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Monteville Roberts’ Family Business

Monteville Roberts owned and operated, with the help of family, the combined business establishment of a mill for grinding corn into meal and wheat into flour, a blacksmith shop, and general repair shop, all of which were vitally essential to the people. The combined enterprise, in Hamilton County, Tennessee, provided a flourishing business a home . . . → :…

Continue

Added by Tonia Kendrick on July 6, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

A Mass Grave at Monte Costajan, Spain

In this family photo, Moises was pasted in…

Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 19, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Paternal Ancestors in the Civil War

I had a conversation with my dad on Friday about his ancestors who
fought in the Civil War. I thought it would fun and interesting to put
together a list, with a summary of each person’s military service.
I’ve also included each person’s relationship to my dad (as opposed to
me, which is my usual. . .

Read more.

Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 8, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

talkingroots: Remembering great grandpa’s firearm

I’m not a hunter. I’ve never fired anything more serious than a BB-gun at any living creature (and I never hit anything alive). One of my prized possessions, however, is a 19th Century black powder rifle.

I came into possession of this firearm sometime after my Dad, also Deason Hunt, died back in the early 1980’s. Mother saw that I got it because it is a Hunt family relic. It belonged to my great grandfather, William “Billy” Marshall Hunt and has been in the family from the time he… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 22, 2009 at 7:13am — No Comments