There really was a Montezuma Ragan
Date: October 31, 2007 | Discussion: 1 Comment
Daddy always claimed we had a relative named Montezuma Ragan who was part Indian. The Indian part is doubtful (though according to Bill Patterson, there were Indians mingled with the Shelnutts). However, Montezuma Ragan was real and my great, great grandmother.
If you would like to meet her……………..
“On November 14, 1888, the day I was twenty-five, [...]
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E-Bay can be a friend to genealogists too
Date: October 30, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
While doing a quick search on Google, I came up with an amazing discovery, a book written and privately published in 1935 by J.B. Shelnutt, Sr., Daddy’s grandfather and my great grandfather. “Christian Living” is 220 pages long and focuses on the Bible and Christian Living, but there are some small glimpses of the family. [...]
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Budds, Springers and Old Swedes Church
Date: July 4, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Budd Bailey is the keeper of the Budd family genealogy and recently came to Willmington to see Old Swedes Church. It may be that both sides of the family are related to the Swedes through the Springers. His quest to find his Swedish ancestors was written up by the News Journal - Backstory with [...]
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Bitten by the Genealogy Bug - discovering the Shelnutts
Date: July 4, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Like many before me, I have been bitten by the genealogy bug, all of which started with a quest to find out who the people were in an 1858 letter written to Sarah Derickson Harvey about getting a “low top wagon†and “expediting the Africanâ€. This is clearly a reference to the Ground Railroad which [...]
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More Interesting Relatives - The Mayflower
Date: May 5, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
I came across another interesting relative - Edward Winslow- in this book review:
‘Mayflower,’ by Nathaniel Philbrick - The New York Times - Book Review - New York Times
Edward gets higher marks than William Bringhurst in terms of good relations with the Indians.
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From Quaker to Mormon - William Bringhurst
Date: May 5, 2006 | Discussion: 2 Comments
We had always heard that one of the Bringhursts had gone out to Utah with Brigham Young. I don’t know how he is related to Papa (Frederick Bringhurst), but William Bringhurst is the one. See The First 100 Persons Who Shaped Southern Nevada for a photo and some details.
His father was Joseph Bringhurst and his [...]
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Nana Bringhurst as a Young Girl
Date: January 12, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
It will take me awhile to scan in the old family photos, but I thought you might like to see a picture of Nana at age 12 or 14? She has the same expression in her later photos.
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Merry Christmas at 18th & Market - Another Card from Nana and Poppa
Date: December 17, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
An earlier card from Nana and Poppa Bringhurst. We lived here (Barbara was just a baby) for 2 years before moving to Woodlawn Avenue. It was an absolutely fabulous house with 2 back stair cases, pocket doors in the 2 front parlors so we do plays, and big thick stone walls that made in cool [...]
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Christmas Card of Yore
Date: December 15, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
From Nana and Papa Bringhurst, one of two that I have found. Mom may know how old this is, but probably in the early 1950’s, when Jane and I were little.
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Nana and Papa’s Wedding - 1906
Date: November 17, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
I also found the newspaper clipping of Nana and Papa’s wedding in 1906. Sarah Derrickson Lodge (Hade) was a bridesmaid.
Mommy, Jane and I are the only ones that remember Nana, Papa and Hade and we saw them as being very old. But I have some great pictures of them much, much younger and will eventually [...]