On this day, 13 September 1852, James Benjamin Stark passed away. He was my 4th great-grandfather.
James Benjamin Stark was born on 26 November 1775, in Newberry County, South Carolina, to parents Jeremiah Stark and Mary King. Continue reading
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James Benjamin Stark
Categories: Everyday People, On This Day, Watts-Stark Line
Tags: ancestry, biography, family history, family tree, genealogy, lineage, Missouri, South Carolina
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Suffering Until Suffrage
I have voted in every election, primary and general, in which I could vote since I came of age many, many years ago. For me, voting is my right and my responsibility as an American citizen. Too many people for too long were denied this right. Who am I to squander it?
Ninety-seven years ago today—18 August 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
Categories: Cole-Marriner Line, Everyday People, Famous Faces and Places, Harwick-Bush Line, Noel-Ardinger Line, On This Day, Spangler-Kenney Line, Taylor-Thomas Line, Watts-Stark Line, Williams-Stott Line
Tags: American history, ancestry, family history, family tree, genealogy, lineage, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, suffrage, vote, West Virginia, women, womens rights
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Abraham Campbell
On this day, 16 May 1893, Abraham Campbell, my 4th great-grandfather, passed away in Cole County, Missouri.
Born on 10 January 1818, in Barren County, Kentucky, Abraham was the son of James and Sophia (Downing) Campbell. His parents were married in Barren County, Kentucky five years prior to his birth on 27 March 1813.
Categories: Everyday People, On This Day, Watts-Stark Line
Tags: American history, ancestry, biography, Civil War, family history, family tree, genealogy, Kentucky, lineage, Missouri
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Princes, Paupers, Pilgrims & Pioneers 