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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 […]

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Catharine Darling Pancake was born in 1826 in Virginia and died in 1892 in California.  She was the daughter of Thomas Darling and Demie Butler.  She was one of many siblings.  This portrait of Catharine was taken about 1870 as judged by several clues.  Those clues include her hair, her jewelry, her collar, and her […]

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In this early 1850s portrait we see a young Catharine Darling Pancake and her two oldest children, Ophelia and Stewart.  This photograph was a gift to us from Mary Emma, who is the great granddaughter of Catharine.  The photograph measures about 2 inches by 2 1/2 inches and is very fragile.  It has many characteristics […]