Tombstone Tuesday

Mary Elizabeth (Ferguson) Warren, my maternal gggGrandmother.
She is buried in Warren-Powers Cemetery, Adelphi, Polk, Iowa, where my mother is buried.
Mary's husband is William James Warren.

Wordless Wednesday

My grandmother, Bernice Gazelle (Bullington) Halterman, born in Runnells, Iowa, with her son, Irvin Halterman (aka "Buddy") ca: 1940

Swan, Iowa is near Runnells, Iowa

Grace and Glory: Jackson and Mary Phelps Blood

Grace and Glory: Jackson and Mary Phelps Blood

The Blood and Phelps Families

I'm always amazed at finding connections, and this time it really tickles me to find a connection with a fellow blogger and FaceBooker...Becky Jamison. Rather than tell the entire story here, I'll post the link to Becky's Blog: Grace and Glory and you can read it for yourselves. Mind you, read my comments at the end and you will see how our Blood and Phelps' families interconnected.

Even though Becky is not related to the Bloods 'by blood', and neither am I...we both have ancestors who are. My ancestor, who ended up in Runnells, Iowa, was Ada Belle Martin (sister to my great-grandmother, Iva Martin). Ada married Arthur Otis Blood.

To read Becky's story about these families, and our connection, go here:

Grace and Glory http://beckysgraceandglory.blogspot.com/2009/02/jackson-and-mary-phelps-blood.html

Tombstone Tuesday

The Columbarian Wall in the Prescott National Cemetery where my father, Rex Hoover, Sr., is interred. He was in the U.S. Navy during WWII on the ship the U.S.S. Helena - in 7 major sea battles in the Pacific arena.

My father was also at Pearl Harbor, on the Helena, on December 7, 1941.

Thought I would post this on such an historic day (the inauguration of Barack Obama) as my father was one of "The Greatest Generations" and I have hope that his great-grandchildren will take up the torch and become another "Great Generation".

Wordless Wednesday

Nancy Caroline Neal
daughter of Z Thomas Neal and Mary Polly Smith
wife of Anderson Martin (my second great-granduncle)
Nancy was born 29 Oct 1845 in Albany, Clinton, KY and died 11 Sep 1925 in Runnells, Polk, Iowa.
She was Cherokee, from the Old Settlers who left the Carolinas before the Trail of Tears.

Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #1

A series of blogging prompts, one a week. There will be a new prompt each Sunday.

Week #1: Upload your favorite picture and talk about it on your blog. Answer the who/what/when/where/why of the subject matter and explain why it is your favorite.






John Robert McDuffie, Jr., my 4th great-grandfather. John was born 25 Nov 1785 in Pennsylvania.

His father and mother, John, Sr. and Rachel Murlie, and their family, moved from Harrison County KY to Rush County Indiana in 1826.

John, Jr. married Sally S. Taylor in Kentucky. They both died in Rush County, Indiana.

Their son, John Bonaparte McDuffey and his wife, Nancy Ann Selby (aka Shelby) migrated to Runnells, Polk County, Iowa, through Christian County, Illinois.

The name McDuffey many times is spelled McDuffy or McDuffie depending on the various families. Since family members spelled the name differently the correct spelling from all of John Bonaparte's descendants is McDuffey.

The name is Irish and the ancestry is supposed to be traceable to Ireland.