0 HEAD
1 SOUR PAF 2.31
2 NAME Personal Ancestral File(R)
1 DEST PAF
1 DATE 28 NOV 1996
1 SUBM @S1@
1 FILE LLOYD.GED
1 CHAR ANSEL
0 @S1@ SUBM
1 NAME PAUL GILBERT
1 ADDR 6304 CENTRAL DR.
2 CONT MUKILTEO, WA
1 PHON 353-0534
1 COMM This is a portion of the David Lloyd family of Frederick Co., Va. David
2 CONT Lloyd died in Frederick Co. in 1750. His son, Henry, moved to Huntingdon
2 CONT Co., Pa., in the late 1700's.
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Emily  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1839
2 PLAC Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 MAY 1910
2 PLAC CENTRALIA,Kansas
1 BURI
2 PLAC LEON, IOWA,FRANKLIN CEM.
1 NOTE EMILY SIMPSON GERARD WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MILTON GERARD AND
2 CONT PERNIAH BLAIR. SHE WAS THE SISTER TO THRUZA GERARD AND EDWARD
2 CONT MITCHELL GERARD--BOTH OF WHOM MARRIED INTO THE "GILBERTS".
2 CONT PREVIOUS TO MARRYING HERMAN RHODES GILBERT, EMILY GERARD MARRIED
2 CONT JOSEPH M. SIMPSON. NO TRACE OF JOSEPH HAS BEEN FOUND. THEY HAD ONE
2 CONT CHILD WHO DIED AND IS BURIED IN IROQUOIS CO., ILL. JOSEPH M SIMPSON
2 CONT AND EMILY HAD ONE CHILD, JOSEPH M., WHO DIED AUG. 1, 1861. HE WAS 15
2 CONT DAYS OLD. HE IS BURIED IN LIBERTY CEMETERY IN IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS.
2 CONT EMILY DIED IN 1910 IN CENTRALIA, KANSAS. SHE IS BURIED IN LEON, IOWA.
1 NOTE IF EMILY MARRIED HERMAN IN 1860, AND THE BABY WHICH DIED WAS
2 CONT JOSEPH SIMPSON'S (THE BABY DIED IN AUG. OF 1861), HOW COULD THIS
2 CONT BE? SOMETHING IS NOT CORRECT!
1 NOTE Centralia, Kansas...Seneca Courier P. 3 Democrat Supplement Vol. XLVII
2 CONT #47, Thurs. , Sept. 8th, 1910. The death of Grandma Gilbert, living with
2 CONT her son Dan west of town, was reported Monday evening.
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Milton  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1810
2 PLAC MIAMI CO., OHIO
1 DEAT
2 DATE    APR 1896
2 PLAC CARROLL CO., IND,Indiana
1 BURI
2 PLAC CARROLL CO., IND
1 NOTE      FOLLOWING PERNIAH'S DEATH (ABT 1848), MILTON MARRIED HARRIET
2 CONT WILSON IN TIPPECANOE CO., IND, ON 18 OF JUNE, 1849.
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMS @F315@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME PERNIAH  /BLAIR/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC GREENE CO., OHIO
1 DEAT
2 DATE ABT    1848
2 PLAC CARROLL CO., IND
1 FAMS @F14@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Abner  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1758/1760
2 PLAC VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE    APR 1819
2 PLAC MONT. CO., OH
1 NOTE ABNER GARRARD, PROBABLY BORN IN BERKELEY CO. (W) (VA), DIED IN
2 CONT MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO 1818-1819; SON OF REV. JOHN GARRARD OF
2 CONT BERKELEY CO., (W) (VA).
1 NOTE 1. PROBABLY BORN 1760'S AS NO RECORD IS FOUND OF REV. WAR SERVICE.
2 CONT SOME OF HIS BROTHERS DID SERVE.
1 NOTE 2. 1787--CO-ADMINISTERED HIS FATHER'S ESTATE 1787 (OF AGE).
1 NOTE 3. HE WAS BAPTISED THE SAME DAY AS HIS BROTHER, JONATHAN, AT MILL
2 CONT CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH, BERKELEY CO. (W) (VA), SOMETIME BETWEEN
2 CONT JANUARY AND NOVEMBER, 1792--MENTIONED IN MINUTES FOR 24, NOV,
2 CONT 1792; 2 MARCH, 1793; 12 OCT., 1793
1 NOTE 4. MARTHA, HIS WIFE, WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, JOINED
2 CONT PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER OF 1794.
1 NOTE 5. THEY WERE DISMISSED FROM MILL CREEK CHURCH TO "MIAMIS ON ON
2 CONT KENTUCKY", 7 AUG, 1794.
1 NOTE 6. HE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE GOSHEN CHURCH RECORDS, GREENE CO., PA.
2 CONT HE MUST HAVE GONE STRAIGHT TO OHIO.
1 NOTE 7. ABNER JERRETT APPEARS ON THE COLUMBIA TWP, HAMILTON CO., OHIO,
2 CONT TAX ASSESSMENT LIST IN 1796.
1 NOTE 8. HE ATTENDED THE FOUNDING OF THE MIAMI VALLEY BAPTIST ASSN. FROM
2 CONT MIAMI ISLAND CHURCH, NOV. , 1797, WITH HIS BROTHERS JONATHAN AND
2 CONT NATHANIEL, JOHN BUCKLES AND JOHN SUTTON. ON 3 JUNE, 1798, HE AGAIN
2 CONT ATTENDED THE ASSN.
1 NOTE 9. HE APPEARS ON THE HAMILTON CO., OHIO, LIST IN 1798.
1 NOTE 10. HE APPEARS ON THE SYMMES PURCHASE MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS, 13
2 CONT JULY, 1799, WITH HIS BROTHER NATHANIEL AND NATHANIEL'S SON, HENRY.
2 CONT (THEY ARE ALL SPELLED GARARD). ALSO APPEARING ON THE LIST: ISIA
2 CONT CLOSON, JAMES LENNON, JOHN AND JUSTICE LUCE, EDWARD MITCHELL, AND
2 CONT DAVID SUTTON, ALL NAMES ALLIED BY MARRIAGE OR FRIENDSHIP.
1 NOTE 11. A SIMILAR MEMORIAL OF 23 DEC., 1799, LISTS HIM AGAIN WITH JAMES,
2 CONT JOHN, AND WILLIAM BUCKLES; JOHN, PETER, AND THOMAS CLAWSON; JOHN,
2 CONT SAMUEL, AND THOMAS ENNIS; HENRY AND NATHANIEL GARARD, JAMES AND
2 CONT JOHN LENON; ABRAHAM AND DAVID GARDNER; JOSEPH AND LEWIS SUTTON,
2 CONT JR.
1 NOTE 12. HE REPORTEDLY CAME TO MIAMI CO., OHIO, IN THE SPRING OF 1799, TO
2 CONT DUTCH STATION, WITH JOHN GERARD, URIAH BLUE AND NATHANIEL
2 CONT GERRARD/ HENRY GERARD HAD COME IN THE SPRING OF 1798. THE AREA
2 CONT HAD AWAITED SETTLEMENT UNTIL THE INDIANS HAD BEEN SUBDUED.
1 NOTE 13. HE ENTERED LAND IN MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO, 30 DEC., 1801; PATENT
2 CONT ISSUED 30 JULY, 1812. WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE SAME LAND HE HAD
2 CONT CLAIMED IN THE SYMMES PURCHASE IS UNKNOWN. MOST PURCHASERS HAD
2 CONT TO PAY FOR LAND TWICE AFTER SYMMES' LAND SCHEME FAILED. THE LAND
2 CONT HE PURCHASED WAS T3, R5, SEC. 34 (THE NORTH ONE-HALF SECTION). HE
2 CONT RECORD IS IN THE LAND OFFICE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO.
1 NOTE 14. ABNER AND MARTHA WERE RECEIVED BY LETTER TO THE SUGAR CREEK
2 CONT BAPTIST CHURCH, MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO, 1 MAY, 1802.
1 NOTE 15. HE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PERFORMED THE FIRST
2 CONT MARRIAGE IN MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO. HE WAS REFERRED TO AS "JUDGE
2 CONT GARARD".
1 NOTE 16.31 JULY, 1802, HE SERVED ON THE SUGAR CREEK CHURCH TO FORM
2 CONT RULES. HE WAS APPOINTED MESSENGER TO THE ASSN. WITH BENJAMIN
2 CONT ARCHER, JOHN LUCE, AND BENJAMIN LUCE , AND THOMAS CLAWSON. (JOHN
2 CONT LUCE MAY HAVE BEEN THE FATHER OF WM. LUCE AND BENJAMIN LUCE WHO
2 CONT MARRIED ABNER'S DAUGHTERS, JUDITH AND ANN OHIO/NANCY. IF NOT, HE
2 CONT WS SURELY RELATED TO THEM.)
1 NOTE 17. HE WAS AN OHIO STATE SENATOR (REPUBLICAN) IN 1813.
1 NOTE 18. HE WAS A STOCKHOLDER IN THE FIRST (WOOLEN) MILL IN WASHINGTON
2 CONT TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO, WITH JACOB AND JOHN GERRARD AND
2 CONT THOMAS CLAWSON , AND WILLIAM LUCE. (RELATIONSHIP WITH JACOB AND
2 CONT JOHN NOT ESTABLISHED.) THOMAS CLAWSON WAS BROTHER TO MARY
2 CONT CLAWSON SHANKS; HER SON, JOHN, MARRIED ABNER'S DAUGHTER,
2 CONT ELIZABETH. THE FARMERS AND MECHANICS MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF
2 CONT CENTERVILLE, ALONG THE NORTH BRANCH OF HOLE'S CREEK, WAS THE MILL.
2 CONT THE TOWN OF WOODBURN/WOODBURNE GREW UP AROUND IT. THE DESIGN
2 CONT FOR THE MILL WAS BROUGHT FROM ENGLAND BY SAMUEL GERRARD ( A
2 CONT COUSIN?) THE PANIC OF 1819-20 HIT AND MOST STOCKHOLDERS SOLD OUT
2 CONT ABOUT 1821. SINCE ABNER GARARD AND WILLIAM LUCE WERE MAJOR
2 CONT STOCKHOLDERS AND DIED CLOSE TOGETHER, THEIR ESTATES WERE
2 CONT SNARLED BY THE DEBTS OF THE COMPANY.
1 NOTE 19. ABNER WAS ACTIVE IN THE SUGAR CREEK CHURCH AT LEAST UNTIL
2 CONT AUGUST 1812 WHEN HE SERVED AS MODERATOR AND 3 JULY 1813, WHEN
2 CONT HE WAS APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE OLD AND NEW RECORD BOOK. MORE
2 CONT MIGHT BE LEARNED FROM THE CHURCH RECORDS, BUT THE CURRENT CHURCH
2 CONT MANAGEMENT WILL NOT ALLOW THE BOOKS TO BE EXAMINED. (PROBABLY
2 CONT DUE TO THE DISAGREEMENT/ SCHISM IN THE CHURCH IN THE 1820'S.)
1 NOTE 20. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO: SUMMONS
2 CONT ANSWERED FIRST TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, 1818: SUIT BROUGHT BY
2 CONT ARTHUR VANDERVEER BY HENRY BACON HIS ATTORNEY AGAINST ABNER
2 CONT GARARD AND JOHN SHANKS FOR "DEBIT OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
2 CONT DAMAGES ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AS IT IS SAID"; TO APPEAR 1ST TUES. OF
2 CONT NOV, 1818. SHERIFF OF MONTGOMERY CO. SAID HE SERVED SUMMONS ON
2 CONT ABNER 26 OCT., 1818. SHERIFF OF MIAMI CO. SAID HE SERVED SUMMONS ON
2 CONT JOHN SHANKS 30 OCT., 1818. BOTH APPEARED "IN THEIR PROPER PERSONS"
2 CONT AND THE CASE WAS CONTINUED UNTIL THE 3RD MONDAY IN APRIL, 1819.
2 CONT (NOTE: JOHN SHANKS MARRIED ABNER'S DAUGHTER,ELIZABETH.) ON THE
2 CONT 3RD MONDAY IN APRIL, 1819, JOHN SHANKS, REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY
2 CONT HENRY STODDARD; VANDERVEER BY BACON. VANDERVEER COMPLAINS THAT
2 CONT JOHN SHANKS AND ABNER GARARD SIGNED "WRITING OBLIGATORY" FOR
2 CONT $350 ON 14 SEPT., 1816, TO BE PAID 14 SEPT., 1818, BUT "ALTHOUGH
2 CONT OFTEN...REQUESTED" "HAVE ALTOGETHER REFUSED & STILL DO REFUSE".
2 CONT VANDERVEER INFORMS THE COURT "SAID ABNER GARARD DIED" ..."SINCE
2 CONT THE LAST CONTINUANCE OF THIS DAY." (SO ABNER DIED BETWEEN NOV.,
2 CONT 1818 AND APRIL, 1819.) THE CASE WAS CONTINUED. ON THE 3RD MONDAY
2 CONT IN AUGUST, 1819, JOHN SHANKS, BY HIS ATTORNEY, WAS ORDERED TO PAY
2 CONT VANDERVEER THE DEBT AND $61.35 FOR DAMAGES AND $12.29 FOR
2 CONT VANDERVEER'S COSTS. NO RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND TO SHOW IF THE DEBT
2 CONT WAS PAID. IF WOULD HAVE BEEN A MONUMENTAL ONE FOR A YOUNG FAMILY
2 CONT MAN TO PAY.
1 NOTE 21. APPRAISAL OF ABNER'S ESTATE 19 MAY, 1819, BY BENJAMIN ARCHER,
2 CONT BENJAMIN MALTBIE ,AND SAMUEL BROADAWAY FOR $793.45.
1 NOTE 22. SALE OF PERSONAL ESTATE ON 20 MAY, 1819, BY JONATHAN GERARD
2 CONT AND WILLIAM BUCKLES, ADMINISTRATORS RESULTED IN PROCEEDS DUE THE
2 CONT ESTATE OF $1036.71. (JONATHAN WAS ABNER'S SON;WILLIAM BUCKLES
2 CONT WAS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.) IT IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY THAT
2 CONT ABNER'S BROTHER, JONATHAN, WOULD HAVE COME UP FROM HAMILTON CO.,
2 CONT OHIO, TO ADMINISTER THE ESTATE.)
1 NOTE 23. TOTAL DEBTS OF JUST UNDER $1500. WERE DECLARED BY JONATHAN
2 CONT GERARD AND WILLIAM BUCKLES.
1 NOTE 24. PETITION, 4TH TUES. OF FEB., 1822, BY BENJAMIN HILLMAN: ABNER
2 CONT MORTGAGED HIS LAND 29 SEPT., 1814, FOR $800 FOR 60 ACRES; HE WAS
2 CONT TO PAY THE DEBT BY 1 APRIL, 1816, OR DEED THE LAND OVER. THIS
2 CONT TRANSACTION WAS WITNESSED BY JOHN SHANKS AND JONATHAN
2 CONT GARRARD. HILLMAN WAS TO PAY ABNER $120. BY 1 APRIL 1816. THE LAND
2 CONT WAS DESCRIBED WRONG; ABNER NEVER GAVE HIM A DEED. THE COURT
2 CONT PROCEEDING WAS TO SETTLE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND. (JUNE TERM
2 CONT 1822 CHANCERY COURT.)
1 NOTE        HEIRS DESCRIBED:
1 NOTE WIDOW MARTHA
2 CONT JUDA LUCE        (NOTE: WILLIAM HAD DIED 1821)
2 CONT MARGARET MITCHELL, HUSBAND OF EDWARD MITCHELL OF AGE & OF MONT.
2 CONT CO., OHIO
2 CONT JONATHAN GARRARD  "            "
2 CONT ABNER GARRARD        "             "
2 CONT JEFFERSON GARRARD      MINORS & OF MONT. CO., OHIO
2 CONT MARTHA GARRARD          "          "
2 CONT MILTON GARRARD            "           "
2 CONT HENRY GARRARD OF GREENE CO., OHIO, A MINOR
2 CONT JOHN GARRARD          MIAMI CO.
2 CONT ELIZABETH SHANKS, HUSBAND OF JOHN SHANKS
2 CONT NANCY LUCE, HUSBAND OF BENJAMIN LUCE
2 CONT MEHITABLE STEVENS, HUSBAND  ABEDNEGO OF BUTLER CO., OHIO
2 CONT WILLIAM BUCKLES OF GREENE CO. MENTIONED AS ADMINISTRATOR. HE WAS
2 CONT ABNER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, MARRIED TO ABNER'S SISTER, SARAH. HENRY
2 CONT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THEM.
1 NOTE 25. 2 NOV., 1825--HEIRS SELL TO RICHARD STEPHENS. JUDITH, NOW MRS.
2 CONT WILLIAM MCCAMPBELL, AND HENRY, THOMAS J., MARTHA, NOW MRS.
2 CONT RICHARD BOLAND, AND MILTON SIGN. (ESTABLISHES THAT THEY WERE ALL
2 CONT OF AGE BY 1825.)
1 NOTE 26. MONTGOMERY CO. DEED BOOK M. P. 203: JOHN A. GERRARD AND
2 CONT MARGARET HIS WIFE OF MIAMI COUNTY"- GIVE MARGARET'S NAME.
1 NOTE 27. ABNER'S ESTATE SHOWS THAT HE HAD ACQUIRED CONSIDERABLE
2 CONT WEALTH, AND THE PRICES PAID FOR SOME OF HIS POSSESSIONS INDICATE
2 CONT HOW DEAR THEY WERE. THE SINGLE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM SOLD WAS A
2 CONT WAGON, SOLD TO JACOB WILTSE FOR $76.50. OBVIOUSLY AS LATE AS
2 CONT 1819, TRANSPORTATION WAS STILL PRIMITIVE. A SORREL MARE WENT FOR
2 CONT $60.50; A BAY HORSE FOR $55.67, AND WILLIAM LUCE BOUGHT A SORREL
2 CONT COLT FOR $45.50. BY CONTRAST, A COW AND A CALF WENT FOR $21.51.
2 CONT BEDS AND "SPREADS" ("REAL BEDS?") WERE SOLD FOR $12.06 AND $13.00
2 CONT WHILE A "BEDSTEAD AND CORD" WERE ONLY $2.63. A CLOCK, WHICH MUST
2 CONT HAVE BEEN A RARITY, WENT FOR $16.00, WHILE A LOOKING GLASS WENT
2 CONT FOR $2.00. EDWARD MITCHELL PAID $7.69 FOR THE LARGE BIBLE (AND
2 CONT PERHAPS TOOK IT WITH HIM TO INDIANA?).  THE GARARD FARM MUST HAVE
2 CONT BEEN SELF-SUSTAINING AS THERE WERE TOOLS FOR CLEARING,
2 CONT CULTIVATING AND HARVESTING, AND LIVESTOCK--TWELVE GEESE, THE
2 CONT THREE HORSES, EIGHT SHEEP,THREE COWS WITH CALVES, THREE HEIFERS,
2 CONT TWO WHITE STEERS, THREE SOWS, ONE SOW WITH PIGS, ONE BOAR AND
2 CONT ELEVEN SHOTE (?). ABNER MUST HAVE TAKEN HIS COWS TO A NEIGHBOR TO
2 CONT BREED AS THERE'S NO BULL LISTED. JONATHAN BOUGHT THE LAST ITEM ON
2 CONT THE LIST, A BARREL OF WHISKY , FOR $3.06 AND ONE/FOURTH CENT! IT
2 CONT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD FOR MARTHA TO SEE ALL THESE TREASURED
2 CONT POSSESSIONS GO, ESPECIALLY THE BIBLE AND DICTIONARY. MAYBE
2 CONT EDWARD MITCHELL GAVE HER THE USE OF THE BIBLE DURING HER LIFETIME.
1 NOTE 28 MARTHA COULD WRITE. SHE SIGNED A RECEIPT FOR $35. AS HER SHARE
2 CONT OF THE ESTATE 22 JAN., 1821.
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Patsy /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1765
2 PLAC Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1842
2 PLAC FOUNTAIN CO., IN
1 BURI
2 PLAC OLD BAPTIST CEM.
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME Henry  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1709
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1802
2 PLAC HUNTINGDON C., P
1 FAMS @F100@
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I204@ INDI
1 NAME Judith  /Pemberton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Va.
1 FAMS @F100@
0 @I205@ INDI
1 NAME David  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE        1760
2 PLAC FREDERICK CO., V
1 NOTE A CONTACT FOR THE LLOYDS IS LLOYD D. BERRY
2 CONT 30476 154TH PL SE
2 CONT KENT, WASHINGTON 98042
1 NOTE LOYD, LOYDE, LLOYD OF SALEM CO., N.J. ..1953...TYPESCRIPT (DAR)
1 NOTE FREDERICK CO., VA.. 1760-62...ORDER BOOK...P. 123 LOYD/SMITH..DAVID
2 CONT LOYD/PLAINTIFF IN CHANCERY....JOHN SMITH/DEFENDENT...THE PLAINTIFF
2 CONT BEING DEAD, THIS SUIT IS ORDERED TO ABATE
1 NOTE JUNE 22ND, 1747...LOYD VS. SMITH P. 251
1 NOTE The Rosendale (Rosendahl) name is supposed to be affiliated with the
2 CONT Lloyds...Elizabeth Rosindale (relative--Thomas Henry Blackburn, Sr.)
2 CONT F/M 13 April, 1714   Denbigh, Wrexham.....0183585 (film).
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I286@ INDI
1 NAME THURZA  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 FEB 1839
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 DEC 1912
2 PLAC CEDAR CO.,,Nebraska
1 NOTE NO MARRIAGE VERIFICATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THOMAS GILBERT AND
2 CONT THURZA (THURSEY, TIRZA, TERESA, ETC.) GERARD. A MARRIAGE COULD
2 CONT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN IROQUOIS CO.,ILLINOIS. RECORDS FOR THE
2 CONT PURPORTED TIME OF MARRIAGE ARE LOST.
1 NOTE THURZA "PROBABLY" IS THE DAUGHTER OF MILTON GERARD AND PERNIAH
2 CONT BLAIR. SHE IS THE SISTER OF EDWARD MITCHELL GERARD ,WHO MARRIED
2 CONT MARTHA GILBERT--DAUGHTER OF THOMAS--, AND EMILY GERARD, WHO
2 CONT MARRIED HERMAN RHODES GILBERT.
1 NOTE THE GILBERT/GERARD "CONNECTION" SEEMINGLY TOOK PLACE IN
2 CONT INDIANA--CARROLL, WHITE,TIPPECANOE COUNTIES. BENTON AND NEWTON
2 CONT COUNTIES SAW MARRIAGES TAKING PLACE AMONG THE TWO FAMILIES.
1 NOTE THE FAMILIES LIVED IN IROQUOIS CO.,ILLINOIS, FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
2 CONT YEARS.
1 NOTE CONTACT BETWEEN THE FAMILIES COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE EARLIER IN
2 CONT OHIO--I.E. FRANKLIN CO., OHIO--BUT EVIDENCE HAS YET TO SURFACE TO
2 CONT SUBSTANTIATE THIS.
1 NOTE THURZA (TURSA) BONE (GILBERT--NEE GERARD)  WAS 73 YEARS, 9
2 CONT MONTHS, 20 UPON HER DEATH IN CROFTON, NEBRASKA. SHE LEFT A
2 CONT HUSBAND , JAMES BONE, THREE CHILDREN , TEN GRAND CHILDREN, AND SIX
2 CONT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN ARE ONE SON AND TWO
2 CONT DAUGHTERS; THESE , ACCORDING TO THEIR AGES, ARE MRS. C.M. HENRY OF
2 CONT WAUSA, MRS. C.M. HIGHSMITH, OF OMAHA AND SEVERE GILBERT OF
2 CONT CROFTON.
1 NOTE THE REMAINS WERE SENT TO OMAHA ON THE NOON TRAIN ACCOMPANIED BY
2 CONT THE HUSBAND, MRS. HILGHSMITH, SEVERE GILBERT ,AND TWO GRANDSONS,
2 CONT FRANK CORRIGAN AND B.M. BEAN.
1 NOTE DEC. 12TH, 1912--THOSE WHO AATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF MRS. JAMES
2 CONT BONE AT OMAHA LAST WEDNESDAY WERE JAMES BONE, MRS. C.M.
2 CONT HIGHSMITH OF OMAHA; SEVERE GILBERT OF CROFTON; FRANK CORRIGAN OF
2 CONT CROFTON; BUFORD BEAN, WAUSA, JOHN WILSON, OMAHA; ADA WILSON,
2 CONT OMAHA; MRS. HARLEY CATON, OMAHA AND FRED WILSON OF PORTLAND,
2 CONT OREGON.
1 NOTE MRS. CHAS. HIGHSMITH OF OMAHA, WHO HAS BEEN IN CROFTON A FEW DAYS
2 CONT ON ACCOUNT OF THE SERIOUS ILLNESS OF HER MOTHER, MRS. "BOWMAN",
2 CONT RETURNED HOME SATURDAY. HER BROTHER HERE ALSO, HE RETURNING
2 CONT FRIDAY.
1 NOTE THE CROFTON JOURNAL
2 CONT CROFTON, NEBRASKA
2 CONT ATTN: KEVIN HENSLER OR CURRENT EDITOR
1 NOTE WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING SOME OF THE MATERIAL
2 CONT CONCERNING THE DEATH OF MRS. JAMES BONE WHO DIED IN CROFTON IN
2 CONT 1912? THE MOST IMPORTANT DATA WOULD INVOLVE THE DATES AND
2 CONT NAMES. I'M HOPING TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH A RELATIVE OF THIS
2 CONT LINE WHO MIGHT STILL LIVE IN THIS AREA, OR AT LEAST DEVELOP
2 CONT CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT KNOW OF THE PEOPLE MENTIONED IN
2 CONT THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT RUN IN 1912 IN THE CROFTON JOURNAL.
1 NOTE PLEASE ADVISE OF THE POSSIBILITY AND THE COSTS INVOLVED. IF IT IS
2 CONT NOT POSSIBLE, CAN YOU SUGGEST ANY ALTERNATIVES SO THAT I MIGHT
2 CONT DEVELOP CONTACT WITH DESCENDENTS?
1 NOTE ALSO, ARE THERE OTHER NEWSPAPERS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA WHICH MIGHT
2 CONT BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE INFORMATION.
1 NOTE PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
1 NOTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS LETTER.
1 NOTE HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
1 NOTE A SASE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
1 NOTE ONE OF THE GRANDCHILDREN OF THOMAS AND THURSEY MARRIED HARLEY
2 CONT CATON. HARLEY WAS BORN IN 1882 AND DIED IN 1961 IN NEBRASKA.
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I655@ INDI
1 NAME John E. /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JUL 1835
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1919
2 PLAC Carroll Co.,,Indiana
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I657@ INDI
1 NAME Hiram  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1836
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I658@ INDI
1 NAME Edward Mitchell /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 NOV 1842/1844
2 PLAC Carroll Co.,,Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1910
2 PLAC MARSHALL CO.,,Iowa
1 BURI
2 PLAC OMAHA,Nebraska
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I659@ INDI
1 NAME Harriet  /Wilson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1828
2 PLAC SUSSEX,England
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 NOV 1885
2 PLAC PATTON,Indiana
1 FAMS @F315@
0 @I660@ INDI
1 NAME JENNETTA  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1850/1851
2 PLAC Carroll Co.,,Indiana
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I661@ INDI
1 NAME Albert  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1852
2 PLAC Indiana
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I662@ INDI
1 NAME ISA F.G. /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1854
2 PLAC Indiana
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I663@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1857
2 PLAC Indiana
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I664@ INDI
1 NAME Perry  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE    NOV 1859
2 PLAC Carroll Co.,,Indiana
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I668@ INDI
1 NAME Mehetable  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I688@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1783
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1828
2 PLAC FOUNTAIN CO.,,Indiana
1 FAMS @F321@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I689@ INDI
1 NAME Judith  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1787
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE        1868
2 PLAC FOUNTAIN CO.,,Indiana
1 FAMS @F322@
1 FAMS @F335@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I690@ INDI
1 NAME John A. /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1788
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE  5 MAY 1862
2 PLAC White Co.,,Indiana
1 NOTE The marriage of John A. Gerard to Margaret Kepler came from a family
2 CONT group sheet sent to me on 8/6/94 from Ruth Hamm. Ruth descends from
2 CONT the Elias Gerard family, through his son John, then through John's
2 CONT daughter, Mehitable who married Stephen Dye.
1 FAMS @F323@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I691@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1791
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1851
2 PLAC Carroll Co.,,Indiana
1 FAMS @F324@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I692@ INDI
1 NAME MEHITABEL  /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 APR 1793
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 DEC 1855
2 PLAC FOUNTAIN CO.,,Indiana
1 FAMS @F325@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I693@ INDI
1 NAME Ann Ohio Nancy/Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 NOV 1793/1794
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 FEB 1869
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
1 FAMS @F326@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I694@ INDI
1 NAME Abner  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F327@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I695@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1797
1 FAMS @F328@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I696@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Jefferson /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1801/1804
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE        1829
2 PLAC Ohio
1 FAMS @F329@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I697@ INDI
1 NAME Martha LLoyd /Gerard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1801/1806
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE        1880
1 FAMS @F330@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I698@ INDI
1 NAME Henry  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1775
2 PLAC Va.,Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE        1854
2 PLAC Troy,Montgomery Co.,,Ohio
1 NOTE Henry Gerrard, probably the oldest child of Abner, was born in Virginia in
2 CONT 1775. It is said he had three wives and many children.
1 FAMS @F989@
1 FAMS @F990@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I699@ INDI
1 NAME Edward  /Mitchell/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F321@
0 @I700@ INDI
1 NAME William  /LUCE/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F322@
0 @I701@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /Kepler/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F323@
0 @I702@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1789
2 PLAC Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 SEP 1871
2 PLAC Clinton Co.,Missouri
1 NOTE 1784 T-498 ROLL 3 VA. 975.495 X2M HAMPSHIRE CO., W.VA. JOSEPH
2 CONT SHANKS IN CENSUS. *BUT NOT IN 1782...
1 NOTE 1787 CENSUS FOR VA.
2 CONT SHANKS:
2 CONT CATHARINE, 378
2 CONT CHRISTIAN, 166
2 CONT FREDERICK, 299
2 CONT HENRY, 299 (2)
2 CONT JOSEPH, 394
2 CONT MICHAEL, 299, 378
2 CONT MICHL., 166
2 CONT THOMAS, 896
2 CONT WILLIAM, 158
2 CONT WM., 773
1 FAMS @F324@
0 @I703@ INDI
1 NAME ABEDNIGO  /Stephens/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F325@
0 @I704@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin  /LUCE/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F326@
0 @I705@ INDI
1 NAME Ann  /Rogers/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F327@
0 @I706@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /WINANS/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F328@
0 @I707@ INDI
1 NAME Emily  /Buckles/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F329@
0 @I708@ INDI
1 NAME Richard  /BOLLING\BOWLAND/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F330@
0 @I711@ INDI
1 NAME Nathaniel  /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1752/1753
1 DEAT
2 DATE    MAR 1832
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
1 NOTE HUNTINGDON CO., PA.,...NATHINIEL GARRARD TO DAVID LOYD I/1/48 (1803)
1 NOTE NATHANIEL  TO WILLIAM KERRICK N/1/478  ...1795 // DEC., 1813
1 NOTE GRANTEE: NATHANIEL GERRARD FROM SAMUEL SELL D/1/540  MAY 11,
2 CONT 1795; FROM JAMES NORMAN D/1/547...MARCH 4, 1780
1 FAMS @F550@
1 FAMC @F63@
0 @I733@ INDI
1 NAME William H. /McCampbell/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F335@
0 @I1244@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1832
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
1 FAMS @F550@
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1667@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1668@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1669@ INDI
1 NAME William  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1670@ INDI
1 NAME David  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1671@ INDI
1 NAME John  /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1672@ INDI
1 NAME Henry Jr. /LLoyd/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1673@ INDI
1 NAME Judith  /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F725@
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1674@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1676@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes  /LLoyd/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F100@
0 @I1677@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander  /McConnell/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F725@
0 @I2373@ INDI
1 NAME Martha  //
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F989@
0 @I2374@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta  /Pettit/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F990@
0 @I2375@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Gerrard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1800
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 AUG 1878
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2376@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Gerrard/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2377@ INDI
1 NAME Catharine  /Gerrard/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2378@ INDI
1 NAME Nathaniel  /Gerrard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 MAR 1806
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 OCT 1864
2 PLAC Attica,Indiana
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2379@ INDI
1 NAME Susanna  /Gerrard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1809
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 FEB 1867
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2380@ INDI
1 NAME Henry  /Gerrard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1816
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I2381@ INDI
1 NAME Aaron  /Gerrard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1819
1 FAMC @F990@
0 @I3764@ INDI
1 NAME David Washington /Gerard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1786
2 PLAC Huntingdon Co.,,Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1813
1 FAMS @F1568@
1 FAMC @F550@
0 @I3765@ INDI
1 NAME Rhoda  /Hathaway/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F1568@
0 @I4209@ INDI
1 NAME Abner  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1810
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4210@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Polly /Shanks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1812
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4211@ INDI
1 NAME Mearcy Martha\Patsy /Shanks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1813
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4212@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1815
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4213@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine  /Shanks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1817
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4214@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1817
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4215@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Shanks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1819
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4216@ INDI
1 NAME Moses  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1822
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4217@ INDI
1 NAME Marten  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE         824
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4218@ INDI
1 NAME Lucinda Ann /Shanks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1827
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4219@ INDI
1 NAME Henry  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1829
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4220@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Jefferson /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1832
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @I4221@ INDI
1 NAME Robert  /Shanks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE        1833
1 FAMC @F324@
0 @F14@ FAM
1 HUSB @I31@
1 WIFE @I32@
1 CHIL @I655@
1 CHIL @I657@
1 CHIL @I9@
1 CHIL @I658@
1 CHIL @I668@
1 CHIL @I286@
1 MARR
2 DATE  7 MAR 1830
2 PLAC GREENE CO., OHIO
0 @F62@ FAM
1 HUSB @I137@
1 WIFE @I138@
1 CHIL @I698@
1 CHIL @I688@
1 CHIL @I689@
1 CHIL @I690@
1 CHIL @I691@
1 CHIL @I692@
1 CHIL @I693@
1 CHIL @I694@
1 CHIL @I695@
1 CHIL @I696@
1 CHIL @I697@
1 CHIL @I31@
1 MARR
2 DATE        1780
2 PLAC BERKELEY CO.,,W.Va.
0 @F63@ FAM
1 CHIL @I711@
1 CHIL @I137@
0 @F100@ FAM
1 HUSB @I203@
1 WIFE @I204@
1 CHIL @I138@
1 CHIL @I1667@
1 CHIL @I1668@
1 CHIL @I1669@
1 CHIL @I1670@
1 CHIL @I1671@
1 CHIL @I1672@
1 CHIL @I1673@
1 CHIL @I1674@
1 CHIL @I1244@
1 CHIL @I1676@
0 @F101@ FAM
1 HUSB @I205@
1 CHIL @I203@
0 @F315@ FAM
1 HUSB @I31@
1 WIFE @I659@
1 CHIL @I660@
1 CHIL @I661@
1 CHIL @I662@
1 CHIL @I663@
1 CHIL @I664@
1 MARR
2 DATE 18 JUN 1849
2 PLAC Tippecanoe Co.,,Indiana
0 @F321@ FAM
1 HUSB @I699@
1 WIFE @I688@
1 MARR
2 DATE 25 FEB 1808
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
0 @F322@ FAM
1 HUSB @I700@
1 WIFE @I689@
1 MARR
2 DATE  8 AUG 1803
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
0 @F323@ FAM
1 HUSB @I690@
1 WIFE @I701@
1 MARR
2 DATE  4 AUG 1818
2 PLAC Montgomery Co.,Ohio
0 @F324@ FAM
1 HUSB @I702@
1 WIFE @I691@
1 CHIL @I4209@
1 CHIL @I4210@
1 CHIL @I4211@
1 CHIL @I4212@
1 CHIL @I4213@
1 CHIL @I4214@
1 CHIL @I4215@
1 CHIL @I4216@
1 CHIL @I4217@
1 CHIL @I4218@
1 CHIL @I4219@
1 CHIL @I4220@
1 CHIL @I4221@
1 MARR
2 DATE 17 MAR 1810
2 PLAC Montgomery Co.,Ohio
0 @F325@ FAM
1 HUSB @I703@
1 WIFE @I692@
1 MARR
2 DATE        1822
2 PLAC Ohio
0 @F326@ FAM
1 HUSB @I704@
1 WIFE @I693@
1 MARR
2 DATE        1822
2 PLAC Ohio
0 @F327@ FAM
1 HUSB @I694@
1 WIFE @I705@
1 MARR
2 DATE  4 APR 1821
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
0 @F328@ FAM
1 HUSB @I695@
1 WIFE @I706@
1 MARR
2 DATE 10 SEP 1818
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
0 @F329@ FAM
1 HUSB @I696@
1 WIFE @I707@
1 MARR
2 DATE  8 JUL 1828
2 PLAC MIAMI CO.,,Ohio
0 @F330@ FAM
1 HUSB @I708@
1 WIFE @I697@
1 MARR
2 DATE 25 MAR 1824
2 PLAC MONT. CO.,,Ohio
0 @F335@ FAM
1 HUSB @I733@
1 WIFE @I689@
0 @F550@ FAM
1 HUSB @I711@
1 WIFE @I1244@
1 CHIL @I3764@
1 MARR
2 DATE        1772
2 PLAC BEDFORD CO.,,Pa.
0 @F725@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1677@
1 WIFE @I1673@
0 @F989@ FAM
1 HUSB @I698@
1 WIFE @I2373@
0 @F990@ FAM
1 HUSB @I698@
1 WIFE @I2374@
1 CHIL @I2375@
1 CHIL @I2376@
1 CHIL @I2377@
1 CHIL @I2378@
1 CHIL @I2379@
1 CHIL @I2380@
1 CHIL @I2381@
1 MARR
2 DATE 21 OCT 1822
0 @F1568@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3764@
1 WIFE @I3765@
0 TRLR