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Great new FREE Resource
If you go to the New York Times site, you can enter your search terms in the bar near the top of the page and select whether you want to search articles since 1981 or before 1981. Once you have your results, you can select the Advanced option to limit your search to specific dates. The stories are downloadable as PDF documents. (If you happen across articles that aren't in the free years, they're $4.95 each, or you can get a monthly pass for $7.95 that allows 100 story downloads.)
I used a couple of Ohio place names and found real gold...many surnames, too. Try it.
I used a couple of Ohio place names and found real gold...many surnames, too. Try it.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Research comment
He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by his descendants. —author unknown
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Sarah Ernest Langdon
This is a picture of Isaac & Sarah Langdon's granddaughter, Sarah (Sallie) Ernest Langdon, with her daughter, Hazel. Sarah's parents were Mary Louise Bray and Elisha Langdon.
Her father died one year after Sarah was born and her mother married Thomas Hecker who raised Sarah as his own.
Sarah married Elihu Parsons in 1900 when Hazel was 5 years old. I do not know who her father is.
Isaac & Sarah Langdon in Indiana
From Muncie Morning Star, January 20, 1913
Life of Happiness in 65 years of Wedlock
The Rev. and Mrs. Isaac J. Langdon, Married April 27, 1848, Living Here
Two aged people of Muncie, whose married life has been longer than that of any in Muncie, or probably in eastern Indiana, are the Rev. and Mrs. Isaac J. Langdon, residing at 1431 South Walnut Street. On next April 27 they will have been married sixty-five years. Mr. Langdon is 87 years old while his life's helpmeet is 83. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon, besides, are pioneers of the city of Muncie, having moved here in 1869, and have for forty-four years resided at the site of their present home, 1431 South Walnut street. They are the parents of seven children, four sons and two daughters living, one daughter being dead. The Rev. and Mrs. Langdon, the latter having been Miss Sarah A. Perkins before her marriage to Mr. Langdon, were united in marriage at Rustles Place, O., April 27, 1848, by the Rev. J. M. Kelly, many years deceased. Mr. Langdon, who is one of the city's best known pioneer ministers, was born October 26, 1826, and Mrs. Langdon was born March 31, 1930.
Life of Happiness in 65 years of Wedlock
The Rev. and Mrs. Isaac J. Langdon, Married April 27, 1848, Living Here
Two aged people of Muncie, whose married life has been longer than that of any in Muncie, or probably in eastern Indiana, are the Rev. and Mrs. Isaac J. Langdon, residing at 1431 South Walnut Street. On next April 27 they will have been married sixty-five years. Mr. Langdon is 87 years old while his life's helpmeet is 83. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon, besides, are pioneers of the city of Muncie, having moved here in 1869, and have for forty-four years resided at the site of their present home, 1431 South Walnut street. They are the parents of seven children, four sons and two daughters living, one daughter being dead. The Rev. and Mrs. Langdon, the latter having been Miss Sarah A. Perkins before her marriage to Mr. Langdon, were united in marriage at Rustles Place, O., April 27, 1848, by the Rev. J. M. Kelly, many years deceased. Mr. Langdon, who is one of the city's best known pioneer ministers, was born October 26, 1826, and Mrs. Langdon was born March 31, 1930.
Samuel Langdon, patriarch
From Lawrence County, Ohio History Book:
Samuel Langdon, Jr. was born 1/26/1763 in Long Island, Dutchess County, NY. That was the year the French and Indian War ended and George III had just come to the throne of England. His father was Samuel Langdon, Sr. His mother is unknown.
Samuel married Anne Clifton on 2/6/1799 in Montgomery Co., VA. Little known about her. Her name may have been Clietall, an Irish name, and her father may have been Richard Clietall of Montgomery Co.Samuel and Anne had at aleast five children, one being a son named William Langdon. He was born in 1804 or 1805 in Montgomery Co. Anne Clifton appears to have died prior to 1815 when Samuel married Drucilla (Zilla) Booth on August 2, 1815, in Montgomery County, Virginia. He was 52 years of age and she was only 22; this was most likely her first marriage. She bore him at least 10 children and is buried next to him.
After 1815 Samuel and Druzillah moved to North Carolina. Around 1818 several families from Montgomery Co. migrated to Lawrence Co. Langdons, Thompsons and Booths. Samuel and Druzillah were in Lawrence County by 1820 when they appeared on the tax lists. They took up land on Symmes Creek, at Getaway, in Lawrence County. They brought with them mill stones with which they built the first water-powered grist mill. Then they manufactured corn meal and wheat flour.
Samuel Langdon, Jr. was born 1/26/1763 in Long Island, Dutchess County, NY. That was the year the French and Indian War ended and George III had just come to the throne of England. His father was Samuel Langdon, Sr. His mother is unknown.
Samuel married Anne Clifton on 2/6/1799 in Montgomery Co., VA. Little known about her. Her name may have been Clietall, an Irish name, and her father may have been Richard Clietall of Montgomery Co.Samuel and Anne had at aleast five children, one being a son named William Langdon. He was born in 1804 or 1805 in Montgomery Co. Anne Clifton appears to have died prior to 1815 when Samuel married Drucilla (Zilla) Booth on August 2, 1815, in Montgomery County, Virginia. He was 52 years of age and she was only 22; this was most likely her first marriage. She bore him at least 10 children and is buried next to him.
After 1815 Samuel and Druzillah moved to North Carolina. Around 1818 several families from Montgomery Co. migrated to Lawrence Co. Langdons, Thompsons and Booths. Samuel and Druzillah were in Lawrence County by 1820 when they appeared on the tax lists. They took up land on Symmes Creek, at Getaway, in Lawrence County. They brought with them mill stones with which they built the first water-powered grist mill. Then they manufactured corn meal and wheat flour.
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