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JosephThompson Painter was born in Pennsylvania to William Painter and Martha Torton. He was the seventh of nine children born to his parents. His sister, Sarah Painter Reynolds is our direct ancestor. She married Henry Reynolds. Among the many accomplishments of Joseph Painter there are these: Served three years for the Union in the Civil […]
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Maria Wilmott Gallagher was born in Ohio in 1839. In 1856, at the age of seventeen, she married William Crawford Pancake. He was the youngest child of William and Mary Crawford Pancake. Maria and William became the parents of four children. Three daughters lived to adulthood but one son, Oliver, died before his second birthday. […]
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We knew that direct ancestor William Pancake was buried where the Mohawk Methodist Church once stood because his obituary told us so. We assumed that his wife Mary Crawford was buried with him. We didn’t expect to find three grandchildren of William and Mary Pancake whose names we had never seen. Emma and Pauline were […]
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Mary Lucinda Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William Pancake (Junior) and Maria Wilmot Gallagher. She was the second child of four born to her parents. Mary Lucinda and both sisters lived to adulthood while a younger brother Oliver died as a young child. Mary’s family lived in the same vicinity […]
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We came to know Abraham Maple during our quest to find the parentage of our ancestor Timothy Watrous. Timothy Watrous had two sons from his marriage to Mabel Rowley. They were Samuel and William. Timothy had one son from his marriage to Mabel’s sister Mary Rowley. He was our direct ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous. Louisa […]
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Rufus Richardson was born in Vermont to Jesse Richardson and Anna Jones. He was the youngest child of four born to his parents. He migrated with his family from Vermont to Connecticut to Ohio along with many others, including our direct ancestor Timothy Watrous and his family. They settled in Muskingum County, in Monroe Township […]
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Rosella Ann Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William and Maria Gallagher Pancake. She was the oldest child and daughter. She had two sisters, Mary Lucinda and Cora. Her little brother Oliver died at the age of two. He was the third child and only son of her parents. In 1865, […]
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Stewart was the second child and oldest son of Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. From all we have read and found, Stewart appears to have been a fine man. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the army and served from Coshocton County, Ohio for the Union in The Civil War. His uncle […]