It is Week 19 in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks’ writing challenge. This week’s writing prompt, Service, is timely because in a couple of weeks is Memorial Day, a day we remember our fallen soldiers and sailors, those who gave everything to protect others and our country.
During this time of tribute, I would like to acknowledge our direct ancestors who have served in the wars fought on American soil. “All gave some; some gave all.”
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1754–1763 (a part of the Seven Years’ War)
William Fleming (my 7th great-grandfather)
Abraham Sell (my 8th great-grandfather)
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775–1783
Christian Ardinger (my 6th great-grandfather)
Elisa Bailey (my 5th great-grandfather)
Daniel Busch (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
James Campbell (my 6th great-grandfather)
Emanuel Carpenter (my 8th great-grandfather)
Theophilus Crossman (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
Henry Delatush/Dilatush (my 6th great-grandfather)
John Felix (my 5th great-grandfather)
Samuel Fleshman (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
Henry Francis, Jr. (my 6th great-grandfather)
Henry Francis, Sr. (my 7th great-grandfather)
Abraham Goss (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
Johan Georg Goss (my spouse’s 6th great-grandfather)
William Hanson (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
Andrew Hunter (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
William Kelly (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
John Kelsay (my 5th great-grandfather)
Charles King (my 6th great-grandfather)
David Kinkead (my spouse’s 6th great-grandfather)
Isaac McHenry (my spouse’s 6th great-grandfather)
Daniel Noel (my 5th great-grandfather)
William Roark (my 6th great-grandfather)
Irvin Robinson (my spouse’s 4th great-grandfather)
Abraham Sell (my 8th great-grandfather)
Heinrich Silvius (my spouse’s 6th great-grandfather)
Joseph Soper (my 7th great-grandfather)
Charles Spangler (my spouse’s 4th great-grandfather)
Philip Casper Spangler (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
Jeremiah Stark (my 5th great-grandfather)
Thomas Stark (my 6th great-grandfather)
Francis Thornton (my 9th great-grandfather)
David Woodmansee (my 7th great-grandfather)
WAR of 1812, 1812–1815
Henry Francis, Jr. (my 6th great-grandfather)
James McHenry (my spouse’s 5th great-grandfather)
George Record (my spouse’s 4th great-grandfather)
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846–1848
William Monroe Lewis (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861–1865
David Byron Bush (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
Levi Roark Campbell (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Charles T. Kenney (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
Josiah Marriner (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Mathias Noel (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Irwin/Irvin Robinson (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
Samuel D. Roush (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
Charles D. Spangler (my spouse’s 3rd great-grandfather)
George J. Spangler (my spouse’s 2nd great-grandfather)
Charles E. Stark (my 3rd great-grandfather)
William Ferguson Taylor (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Henry Conrad Trone (my 3rd great-grandfather)
John K. Watts (my 3rd great-grandfather)
Rumsey Shuler Watts (my 4th great-grandfather)
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The History Channel is a great resource for documentaries and short narratives about various wars. Your ancestors provided a lot of military service!
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That’s an impressive list of patriots!
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What a wonderful tribute to your grandfathers. I have a 6x great grandfather named William Kelly from Massachusetts.
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