On This Day . . . 9 January

Today’s date marks the anniversary of the births of:

• Silas Hills – 1739
• Josiah House – 1814 (first cousin, 4 times removed)
• John  H. Caylor – 1827 (2nd great grand uncle)
• George K. Blazer – 1862 (first cousin, 4 times removed)
• Florence Ethel Loveland – 1883 (fourth cousin, 1 time removed)
• Berney Frank Rivers – 1883
• Myron Ricker – 1907
• Lannie O. Rhodes – 1908
• Roger W. Gerwing – 1928
• And 6 other people who are still living.

It is the anniversary of the death of 12 individuals:

• James E. Davis – 1882 (2nd cousin 3 times removed)
• Henry Goul – 1898 (3rd great grand uncle)
• Jesse James Stern – 1935 (2nd cousin 3 times removed)
• John W. Bushong – 1940 (4th cousin 4 times removed)
• Joseph Napolean Wilt – 1944 (maternal great-grandfather)
• Harry Martin Blazer – 1957 (2nd cousin 3 times removed)
• Agnes E. Lynn – 1971
• Harvey M. Macy – 1972
• Jenny Elora Stephens – 1975
• Albert Keeney – 1977 (7th cousin 1 time removed)
• Mary Helen House – 1994 (first cousin 1 time removed)
• Mary Arlene Amore – 1996 (2nd cousin)

Seven couples married on this date and one couple is still living.  The others are:

• Austin Harvey and Anna Bushong, 1818 in Kentucky (wife is 3rd cousin 6 times removed)
• Jehu Hendren and Elizabeth Combs, 1833 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
• Earle Kinsey and Mary Shideler, 1835 in Preble County, Ohio (husband is 2nd cousin 5 times removed)
• David B. Crawford and Elizabeth Ann Davis, 1907 in Logan, Cache County, Utah (wife is 7th cousin 1 time removed)
• Grover Johnson and Esta Fern Rinker, 1907 in Perkinsville, Madison County, Indiana (husband is 2nd cousin 2 times removed)
• Wilmer E. Keeney and Mabel Buell, 1914 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut (husband is 6th cousin 2 times removed)