John and Violet Wagner and family

 I was going to post something patriotic yesterday but didn't get it done. This photo was taken in the early 1950's during the Korean war. John and Melvin both served there. JV was still a kid in school and I think Wilbert was too. J is wearing a sailor hat and Bill is wearing one of his brother's uniform. Melvin is in the graduation hat. I wonder if it was his graduation? Left to right, front row: Maxine, John, Violet, Florene, Melvin; back: JV, Wilbert (Bill), John. Please feel free to make comments, update information, corrections.

Peter B Gingrich, grandfather to Grace Huggins Hartman

 Peter B Gingrich, born January 14, 1828, possibly in Boston, Massachusetts, moved to Neosho county sometime in the 1870s where he died in his home January 10, 1910.  His obit says he moved in 1869 but the family was listed on the 1870 federal census in Clark county, Ohio. It would be interesting to check the courthouse records in Erie to see if we could find anything in the land records there.

Obituaries:

Iola Daily Register, Iola, Allen, Kansas,  Monday 17 January 1910

Her Father Dead
       Peter B Gingrich, a respected and well beloved citizen, died suddenly at his home in Neosho county, Monday noon, January 10th, aged 81 years, 11 months and 26 days. He was the father of Mrs. David Kirby of this city. Two of Mr. Gingrich's uncles fought under General Washington and one took part in the famous
"Boston Tea party."


The Chanute Daily Tribune, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, Tuesday, January 11, 1910

Left Family at Table and Died

Heart Trouble Caused P.B.Gingrich's Death
He Would Have Been 84 Years Old Friday and Had Lived in This County Since 1869 --

Funeral Thursday at 11 a.m.

     P.B. Gingrich, 83 years old and for more than forty years a resident of this county, died very suddenly at his home near Rollin, southeast of Chanute, yesterday afternoon. The funeral services with be held from his late home at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.  They will be conducted by Rev. George Manser of Glen Elder, Kansas. Interment will be made in Elmwood Cemetery here.
     Mr. Gingrich's death came suddenly. He was taken sick at 8 o'clock Sunday evening with heart trouble, but became better. Yesterday noon he came to table for dinner with the family as usual.  He had eaten but a few bites, however, when he excuse himself and went into an adjoining room, saying he was not feeling well and wanted to lie down.
     Shortly afterward the family's attention was directed to a sound at the door of the room into which Mr. Gingrich had gone.  They went to investigate.  When they opened the door, they found him kneeling against it. He threw his arms around one of them and expired while clasping him.
    Mr. Gingrich would have been 84 years old next Friday.  He came to this county in 1869 from Ohio and homesteaded the farm upon which he died, where he had resided continually for more than forty years. 
     He was married twice.  His first wife died in 1867.  His second survives him.  He also leaves eight children - Mrs. David Kirby of Iola; Mrs. Belle Huggins of Garnett; Mrs. Minerva Milton of Chanute; Mrs. Alex Mosier of Chanute; Mrs. Albert Correll of Parsons; Calvin Gingrich of Troy, Ohio; Samuel Gingrich of this city; and Thomas Gingrich of Rollin.
   

Hi, cousins

I have been wanting to share our family's history and after receiving all the birthday greetings last week, I decided to try a blog and see if we can share stuff about the family.

I have so much to learn to make this interesting; so far I haven't gotten any photos to attach and don't seem to know where to start. So I will start with what I've done lately and maybe you will post questions or things you are curious about. If I don't have the answers maybe someone else does.  Because I have only spent about 3 years living near the rest of the family, there is so much I don't know. And your stories would make this so much more fun to read.

John Wagner's mother was Lizzie to all who heard him speak of her but as a young girl she went by Margaret Collins. John told me she had several brothers from Arkansas, two of whom were named Hiram and Edmund. Although not especially uncommon names, the names within a family made it possible to find the family. They lived in Newton county, Arkansas with their parents, David and Nancy and several additional siblings.

David Collins was born about 1825, probably in Tennessee. He married Nancy Elizabeth about 1852. She was born about 1835, also in Tennessee and died 1 November 1898 in Jackson, Newton, Arkansas. They lived in Missouri for several years, both Hiram and Edmund were born there, but were in Newton county, Arkansas by 1859 when their 3rd son, Ingram was born. Additional children were: Nancy Jane, 1861, Margaret Elizabeth, 1868, and Mary, 1871, all born in Newton county.

Hiram married Hulda Carter on 14 October 1874 in Newton county; Edmund married Sarah Jane Lucas, 5 November 1873, in Newton county, Nancy Jane married Joseph M Madewell on 14 August 1879 in Newton, Arkansas.  Ingram married Elizabeth L Martin 1 June 1880, Newton; Margaret Elizabeth married John McArt 1 April 1882 in Johnson county, Arkansas at age 14, they divorced and she married Daniel Henry Wagner 19 July 1896 in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri. Mary may have been married to a J T Pruitt. I found a marriage record that matches but a family tree on ancestry.com puts her with someone else. I have more research to do.

I had a DNA test done through ancestry.com and have been matched to a 3rd cousin, Charles Madewell who is descended from Nancy Jane so am very confident that this is the correct Collins family.

If you are interested in seeing more of what I've found you may view it, even without a subscription, at ancestry.com. The tree name is Priest/Wagner family tree. My user name is jephall. Living persons aren't shown but I can let you know what I have about your personal family if you send me your email address. Mine is judy.hall@gmail.com.

I hope we can use this to share lots of family stories.  Rose Worthington recently told me about her visits with Grace (Huggins) Hartman as a child. Grace was illegitimate so was not a Huggins by birth but was raised by Lewis Huggins, so I am opting to follow the Huggins line. Let's have some fun. Please share this with any family member that might be interested. And please give me advise on how to make it pretty.  Judy