More on Corinth and the Guess Brothers

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I went to Jackson, Mississippi a couple of weeks ago, and decided to go a day early to drive up to Corinth.  Not entirely sure why I picked Corinth instead of Oxford (forget the Civil War and focus on Faulkner) or one of the various sites that …

Memorial Day

I meant to follow up my Corinth/Guess post yesterday (Memorial Day), as it would have been appropriate. Memorial Day, of course, is a day of remembrance for those who died in service of the United States, and began as a result of the Civil War. It officially began with a proclamation by General John Logan in …

Guess Brothers at Corinth

One of my recent distractions was a business trip to Mississippi, and I decided to take a side trip to Corinth, one of the sites in Mississippi where relatives of mine fought during the Civil War.  Or, at least, were stationed during the Civil War. It was a sobering experience. The relatives in question are …

May 22, 2017: General Update

Long time since I posted, and obviously I have not been keeping up with the running updates. I decided to postpone the marathon I was aiming for in early May. More specifically, I was going to drop down to the half, but then realized it was even easier to postpone until 2018, and since I …

The Humphreys Family: Wisconsin to Washington State

Although the Humphreys returned to Wisconsin after the first move west, the desire to seek out land or opportunity further west apparently remained. Although Owen was still in Springvale when the Civil War draft registration occurred in 1863, by the time of the next Federal Census in 1870, the family had again moved to Minnesota, …

The Humphreys Family–Wales to Wisconsin

Time to take a break from the efforts to trace various Shropshire relatives forward and to return to tracing back my ancestors to the time of their immigration to the US. As mentioned in Frank Jones and Annie Humphreys and Herbert Henry Jones, b. 1890 in Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, my great-great-grandmother Anna Ellen (Annie) Humphreys was born in …

Running Update: April 12, 2017

Big event last week was that I got back into morning running once again, and then -- with my mind kicking and screaming against it at first -- managed to get out of the house first thing Saturday morning for a long run. The plan was to run about 1.5 miles from my place to …

Running Update: April 5, 2017

I know I'm over a week late on this.  Was wondering if doing it every week made sense as every post seemed to be the same: "need to be more consistent, but I have a good plan for next week!"  The last two weeks were no different. I have (largely) gotten back into the morning …

Maund and Cound Families, Going Forward (Part 3)

I have not had as much luck with the oldest Maund sibling, Elizabeth, as with her brother John and sister Mary, so this post will be comparatively brief. Elizabeth was christened in 1792, and Richard Price (sometimes Preece, which is consistent with the derivation and historical pronunciation), also of the Munslow parish, on 25 Mar …

Maund and Cound Families, Going Forward (Part 2)

John Maund After following the life of Mary Maund Harrison and her daughter, I focused on Mary's brother, John Maund. John married Elizabeth Edwards in Diddlebury on 8 May 1834. For some basic historical context, since these years seem to go by so quickly when I am just checking in on the censuses every 10 years, …