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This is my journey through life. Talking about genealogy, family, creating and recording my personal history, wholeness, and all the things that come in life.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
The Five Wives of James C. Bohall
I've been adding source material to the Bohall line in my tree. I love this line of my family. They are fascinating, full of great people, sad people, people that are strong and caring, criminals, strange people and people of joy and tragedy. You know, normal life stuff. Being in a rural type of area their lives end up in the newspapers. For me, this is great.
I found an article about the death of Malinda Bohall that was interesting. She was born Malinda Hart. Now, on Find-A-Grave and FamilySearch she is listed as Malinda Hedrick. This is simply not true. Mary Jane Hedrick married James Seth Bohall, and that is the only Hedrick in the Bohall family. Since she married a James Bohall, I feel like that is where it all went wrong for the other family researcher. I have attempted to "fix" profiles on FamilySearch before, which were so much worse than this one, only to have my "fix" that I added with sources to prove it, undone by the same researcher. I may give it a try on Find-A-Grave, but judging by the comments on the page it has been attempted before. This wrong information is cloning itself as I write this. Over and over again. Researching over 40 years you would think I would not feel so frustrated about this, but I do. I will be calm.
On August 16, 1856 Malinda married Frederick Miller, born September 25, 1804 and died on December 31, 1862. On November 23, 1864 she married James C. Bohall in Jackson County, Indiana. Malinda was born in 1823 and died on April 9, 1881 in Jackson County. Her cause of death is here in the article:
Death of Mrs. Malinda Bohall.
Mrs. Malinda Bohall, wife of James Bohall, of this place, died on Saturday last under circumstances which should serve as a fearful warning to people against carelessness in the administration of medicines. Mrs. Bohall had been suffering from an attack of pneumonia, combined with neuralgic pains. She was in great agony on the Sunday preceding her death, and among the prescriptions was one containing chloral. The instructions of her physician were explicit, but either through carelessness of the nurse or ignorance of the danger attending the medicine when given excessively, the chloral was administered too frequently, the result of which was that she was thrown into convulsions, while her whole body assumed a dark purplish hue. But for the speedy arrival of her physician, Dr. Stilwell, she undoubtedly would have died at the time. She remained in critical condition through the week until Saturday, at 11 o'clock a.m., when her spirit took its flight for the summer land. Indirectly, at least, the chloral was the cause of her death, aided somewhat by the other ailments with which she was afflicted. She was about 58 years of age. Formerly she was the wife of Frederick Miller, a well-known citizen of this vicinity, who died nearly 20 years ago. some years after his demise she was united in marriage to James Bohall, who survives her. She has three children by her former husband living, namely, Mrs. David H. Lubker, Mrs. Solomon Perrin, and Cyrus L. Miller. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. An appropriate discourse was preached by Elder Washington Hogg, after which the remains were deposited in the Burrell burying ground, below town, where her former husband was buried.
Poor James. He was a widower 3 times before he married Malinda. She was wife 4 of 5. He waited until January 31, 1882 to marry his 5th and final wife, Emily Cornett. She had been married to a William Goble until his death in 1858. James died in 1886. So Emily outlived him. She died in 1903.
I'm going to he** for the place my brain went when I read the article. But, really??! How could you not wonder? Maybe James was just unlucky in marriage? Indiana did not require death certificates until 1907, though some counties did issue them around 1882. My only hope in finding out how the other wives expired, is finding an article in the newspapers. So far, my luck equals James, I haven't found anything.
For the record, wife one; Perlina J. Hobbs, married 1841, wife two; Amanda Garrett, married 1857, wife three; Eliza Jane Newby, married 1860, wife four; Malinda Hart Miller, married 1864, wife five; Emily M. Cornett Goble, married 1882.
Sources:
Article: Jackson County Banner; Brownstown, Indiana; Thursday, April 14, 1881; Page 4.See original newspaper clip here at my GooglePhotos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/t9tdd23nHFUMqrr38
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQT-64M), Entry for James Bohall and Pelina J Hobbs, 22 Oct 1841.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQR-FRM), Entry for James Bohall and Amanda Garr*Tt, 29 Oct 1857.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQR-X95), Entry for James Boholl and Eliza Jane Newby, 20 Nov 1860.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQY-867), Entry for Frederick Miller and Malinda Hart, 16 Aug 1856.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQB-Q5W), Entry for James Bohall and Malinda Miller, 23 Nov 1864.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQB-HY3), Entry for James Bohall and Emily Goble, 31 Jan 1882.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
100 of My Veterans
For Veteran's Day I'm posting 100 of the veterans from my family file. Next year maybe another hundred.
I'll start with my brother.
Brock Paul E. (Marine Corp)
Alexander, Thomas American Revolution
Allman, Raymond (Navy)
Allman, Fred (Army) WWI KIA
Allman, Robert D. (Navy)
Allman, Royal "Bud" (Army) WWII
Austin, Nathaniel Sr. American Revolution
Ballard, Melvin (Navy) WWII
Banister, Alvin Henry (Army) WWII
Banister, William E. "Bill" (Army) WWII
Beard, Elijah Civil War/Confederacy
Beard, Franklin Pinkney Sr. WWII
Beard, Leonard Herchel (Army) WWII
Beard, William American Revolution
Bearden, Richard D. American Revolution
Bedel, James Edward "Jimmie" Vietnam
Benbrook, Adrel A. WWII
Black, Edgar O. WWII
Bode, Carl H. (Army) WWII
Bode, Francis O. (Army) WWII
Bohall, Daryl Wayne Vietnam
Bohall, Ervin E. (Army Air Corp) WWII
Bohall, George Emil (Army Air Corp)
Bohall, John Dudley Civil War/Union
Brock, Andrew Jackson Civil War/Union
Brock, Benjamin F. Civil War/Union
Brock, Calvin Lee (Navy) WWII
Brock, Ernest Cleveland WWI
Brock, Isaac American Revolution
Brock, Lawrence Porter Civil War/Union
Brock, Paul Henry (Army) WWII
Brock, Rufus Marvin (Navy) WWII
Brock, Thomas Porter (Army) WWII
Brock, Warner Hardin (Navy) WWII
Bush, Bernard (Army) Korea
Bush, Gerald N. (Army) WWII
Bush, Jerry Lynn (Army)
Bush, Neal William (Navy) WWII
Bush, Russell L. (Army Air Corp) WWII
Carmer, James C. Civil War/Union
Carmer, Samuel C. Civil War/Union KIA
Cockerham, Reuben B. Civil War/Union
Ditmore, Edwin James Civil War/Union
Ditmore, Vincent A. Civil War/Union
Erhardt, Joseph H. (Army) WWII
Gerth, Ralph (Army National Guard)
Gerth, Thomas J. (Navy)
Golden, David Civil War/Union
Hackman, Earl Charles (Army) Korea
Henry, Clifton Civil War/Confederacy
Hicks, John American Revolution
Hite, Julius American Revolution
Hoke, Caspar American Revolution
Hovis, Frederick American Revolution
Hovis, John War of 1812
Hunnicutt, William Orlando WWII KIA
Jaynes, Albert T. WWII
Jaynes, Arthur R. (Navy) WWII
Jaynes, Donald Charles (Army) WWII
Jaynes, Edwin WWII
Jaynes, Kenneth W. (Army Air Corp) WWII
Jaynes, Leon Golden (Navy) WWII
Jaynes, Louis W. (Army) WWII
Jaynes, Marion F. (Army) WWII
Jaynes, Millard (Army) WWII
Jaynes, Noble (Navy) WWII
Jaynes, Roscoe Nelson (Army) WWII
Jaynes, Thomas (Navy) Vietnam
Jaynes, William E. (Army) Vietnam
Joyce, Elijah Civil War/Union
Kiser, James Sr. Civil War/Union
Loop, Lewis N. (Army) WWII
Lucas, James E. WWII
Manning, John Gordon (Navy) WWII
Manning, Robert Gordon (Army) WWII
Martin, John Civil War/Union
Mashburn, Grady Dean (Army) WWII
Milstead, James Civil War/Union
Morgan, Andrew Anderson Sr. Civil War/Union
Morgan, Jeremiah American Revolution
Partridge, Isaac Newton Civil War/Union
Pearson, Joseph G. (Army) WWII
Raborn, John J. Civil War/Union
Sandlin, Fred (Army)
Tallent, John Lott Sr. American Revolution
Trapp, Donald Lee (Navy) WWII
Trapp, Ermil Russell (Army) KIA
Trapp, Ernest Roy (Army) WWII
Trapp, Murrel Ray (Army) WWII
Trapp, Robert Dale (Army) Vietnam
Trapp, Robert Thomas (Army) Korea
Ward, Raymond Carlos (Army Air Corp) WWII
White, George Civil War/Union
Williams, Russell R. (Army Air Corp) WWII
Wilson, Ephraim Civil War/Union
Wilson, Willard Spanish-American War
Wineinger, Solomon Civil War/Union
Woodson, George M. WWII KIA
Wright, Wayne L. "W.W." (Air Force) Vietnam
Wright, Wayne Eugene "Babe" (Army) WWII
Friday, November 3, 2023
WikiTree Day and Symposium
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Recovery
I've gotten behind on my blogging again. I do have reasons, or, if you like, excuses. I played fast and loose with my mask during my mother's services. With my immune system it was a given, I suppose that I got a flu. I am happy it was not covid. Still, I was in bed for a week with fever and I'm still trying to recover completely. It's slow going. I will keep my mask properly on from now on. Trying not to fall into a deep depression as well. I miss my mom. I still find myself making a note to tell her something in the morning, as I talked to her every day. And she was the only one that was interested in my family history work.
I have been grabbing documents from Ancestry during my recovery time. Also doing some clean up. Trying to just have one copy of a document instead of two or three. That's one for my working computer, one in my backup drive and one hard copy. Yeah, I'm old enough to do hard copy.
I have three (3) Bluesky invites. If anyone wants one, just let me know. I personally really like Mastodon. I'm not terribly good at the social thing but I have posted to Mastodon. I'm from a time we got together to socialize, and I'm pretty boring as well. I follow artists and genealogists at Instagram, so it's got a lot of pretty pictures. Facebook/Threads are tooooo newsy/political. I go there but not so often.
I am:
Mastodon: @sheribush@mastodon.social (No invites needed)
Bluesky: @sheribush.bsky.social (have 3, need one?)
Threads/Instagram: @familytwigs
Facebook: Sheri Brock Bush
Friday, September 22, 2023
The Generations
Saturday, September 16, 2023
My Heart Is Broken
This year on 9-11, September 11, I lost my Mom. I'm trying to go on, but, you see, I knew her longer than anyone else in my life. I knew her for over 69 years. I lost my dad in 2006, so I have some experience with terrible loss. But this is different. Now my rudder is gone, I have no wind in my sails. I feel dead in the water. I have been so lucky to have her for so long and I know I must go on, life continues. I know she is free of pain now. But still, my grief is so profound, I cannot but get lost in it for a time.
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