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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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William Lee McVey, also known as Willie was the son of William Franklin McVey and his wife Ophelia Pancake. Thus, William was one of many cousins of his generation which included our direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous. Willie is thought to be about four years old in this portrait, which was taken in Salt Lake […]
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Frank Chance was certainly a well-known baseball player and coach of the Chicago Cubs and other major league teams. Our interest in him is not about baseball but is in his marriage and connection to our family history. Frank was born in Fresno, California. He married Edythe Lillian Pancake, who was the daughter of Stewart […]
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Everest Elliott Watrous was the third of four sons born to Henry Reynolds Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was born in the tiny Iowa town of Red Oak where his father Henry had gone to practice law. He joined an older brother named Earl and followed the death of an infant brother named Wayne. […]
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Carl Darling Pancake was the son of Stewart Megge Pancake and Priscilla Jane Freeland. His middle name is for his paternal grandmother’s line. She was Catharine Darling who married Samuel Crawford Pancake. He was born in Blandinsville, Illinois and died in California. He had one sibling, a sister, Edythe Lillian Pancake Chance, wife of […]
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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 […]