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

 


WikiTree Day and Symposium is going on now.

WikiTree Day is SUNDAY!!

There are many things going on and this link will help you connect with all of them:





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

 


This is a 4-generation photo. I am the little girl on the left. My Mother, Madelyn Jaynes Brock is next, beside her my grandmother, Della Mae Alexander Jaynes and my great-grandmother, Olive Ellen Martin Alexander Robertson. My mom and I always called Olive, Grandma-Mom. I'm not sure why, but that is all I knew her as. I found her terrifying.  She was a bit cold, sharp and believed a child should be seen not heard. So, I was a very quiet child when in her company. 

The photo was taken at my house. I do recognize the background, but this fact is set in stone with this photo. My mother is the only one that does not have that purse on her arm.  That purse was over-worked, heavy, stiff, leather and all the rage that year. We had a leather place in the county, and everyone had one. Grandma-Mom and Grandma have theirs on their arms. My mother had one as well and she would have it on her arm if we were not at home. I had a matching billfold with my name pressed into it. Sorry, I lost it. It was so stiff I couldn't get money in it anyway, so I lost nothing of value. Phew.  By the way, I'm unlisted in case you find it.

Olive married William Hays Alexander in 1902.  In the 1910 census, William and Ollie Alexander and the first 3 of their children are in a rural area of Jennings County, Indiana. William is listed as a farmer like his father was. He was not happy with that and soon moved his family to Seymour. In the 1920 census, William and Ollie Alexander and 6 of their 7 children are on Glen Lawn Road. This is a small area that was just beginning to be built up. Now it is just a small neiborhood of Seymour called Glenlawn. William repaired automobiles, Ollie stayed home. 

In the 1930 Census, Olive L Alexander was 48 and widowed, as William died in 1928. The L should have been an E as her name was Olive Ellen, though she was always called Ollie. She was living on Euclid Avenue in Seymour, Indiana, and working at the Shoe Factory. She still had 4 children at home, Lucille, Opal, William and Norma, but her married son, Merrill, lived right down the street with his wife and daughter. Her son William, called Bill, was 10. This is interesting because living just around the corner on Noble Street. was a 4-year-old Lois Plumber staying with her grandmother, whom he would one day marry.  I wonder if he ever met Lois as a child. She was a wonderful person. 

Olive married Frederick C. Robertson, "Fred", in 1934.  Fred was warm and nice. Introvert marries extrovert.  Warm versus cold, nice versus mean, light versus dark, oh, never mind. I've noticed it happens a lot, though. Anyway, in the early 1960's Fred contracted TB and was put into a sanitorium. While he was gone Olive had a stroke in the night and could not get to the phone for help. She wasn't discovered until the following day. As soon as she was able to speak clearly, she ordered her lawyer to her side and divorced Fred, getting her name Alexander back. She said she was not going to die as a Robertson. She was going to die as an Alexander. So, 12 years later, in 1975, she did. I don't know why she felt that way. 

The first time I saw a message about any of my family in the late 90's on the RootsWeb Mailing lists was a question about why Olive was buried as Olive Alexander when she was married to Fred Robertson. So now you know.

Now, she will probably haunt me. 



Fred and Olive can be found in the 1940 and 1950 census in Seymour, Indiana. Fred died in 1965 in Salem, Indiana.
There are photos on this blog with Olive and William Alexander and Olive and Fred Robertson. Just search for 'Olive'.
I miss the Mailing Lists on RootsWeb. FB is not the same.


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.



Madelyn Marie Jaynes (Brock, Kiser)
June 26, 1935 - September 11, 2023


RootsTech!

 Today is the day!!!!