Cognomen » Mysteries http://www.nomens.org A genealogy and family history blog Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:47:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cosby Berryman Harrison http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/cosby-berryman-harrison/ http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/cosby-berryman-harrison/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:41:22 +0000 admin http://www.rrproject.com/cognomen/?p=8 Cosby Berryman Harrison was born in about 1801 in Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County). He moved to Boonville, Missouri (Cooper County) around 1826.  In 1827 He married Mary Callaway, whose great uncle Flanders Callaway eventually married Daniel Boone’s daughter. They had 12 children:

  1. James Abram Harrison, married Fannie Smith
  2. Sidney Ann Harrison, married Willis Tackett
  3. Mary Catherine Harrison, married A.H.C. Koontz
  4. Cosby Harrison
  5. Millie Harrison, married Ed Buseane, and later Andrew Hazelton
  6. Charles Harrison, married Bertie Givens.  They settled in Howard County in 1825, then moved to Cooper County in 1842.  Charles fought with the Confederate Army under General Price.
  7. William Henry Harrison, married Laura Lundy.  He enrolled as a Militiaman on December 29, 1866.
  8. Sarah Harrison, married Will Heffinger.
  9. Samuel Harrison, died as an infant.
  10. Juliette Harrison, married Will Masters.
  11. Robert Harrison
  12. Susan Harrison

Cosby fought in the Black Hawk War when he was in his thirties, although I have no details of his service.  He and Mary are both listed on both the 1850 and 1860 census records.  The 1850 census erroneously shows him as “Coskery B. Harrison”.

1850 census for Boonville, Missouri

Cosby had a sister named Fannie Lacey.

If you have any more information about C.B. Harrison and his family, or are related to anyone listed here, please leave a comment or contact me.

]]> http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/cosby-berryman-harrison/feed/ 2 George Edward Riley King and Mary Anne Miller http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/george-edward-riley-king-and-mary-anne-miller/ http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/george-edward-riley-king-and-mary-anne-miller/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:44:59 +0000 admin http://www.rrproject.com/cognomen/?p=7 George E. R. King was born about 1860 – probably in Maryland.  His father, Benjamin King, was born about 1830.  George married Mary Anne Miller (from Maryland) and they had five children:

  • James Guest King, born August 25th, 1882
  • Fannie McDowell King, born about 1891
  • Bessie Riley King, born about 1883
  • Mary Rebecca King, born about 1884
  • George Huntley King, Sr., born about 1886.  He died April 1960.

The 1900 US census shows George and Mary Anne living in Annapolis, Maryland with all five children.  Another census record from a year later shows James Guest King living with his grandmother Rebecca King, also in Annapolis.

If you have any more information about these folks, please contact me or leave a comment.

]]> http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/george-edward-riley-king-and-mary-anne-miller/feed/ 0 Thomas Lundy of Reading, Pennsylvania http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/thomas-lundy-of-reading-pennsylvania/ http://www.nomens.org/2008/07/thomas-lundy-of-reading-pennsylvania/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:32:17 +0000 admin http://www.rrproject.com/cognomen/?p=4 I’ve been trying to find information about Thomas Lundy and his daughter, Laura Lundy for some time.  Here’s all the information that I have – please contact me if you have any more info!

Thomas Lundy was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1807. He married Mary Ann Johnson and moved to Kentucky, working as a Tailor there.  He dropped dead on the road between Pittsburgh and Monangehelia.  Thomas was thought to be of Scotch descent but Uncle Sink (see below) claimed that he came from Ireland.  Thomas ran a store at Maysville, Kentucky, and some think he also had one in Georgetown, Ky.

Mary Ann Lundy was born in 1809 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Her mother was Nancy Thomas of Pennsylvania, but I don’t have any more information about her.  Mary Ann died on April 8th in either 1880 or 1881 and was eventually buried in Carrollton, Missouri.

The 1850 census for Jessamine, Kentucky shows Thomas and Mary Ann living with 7 children.  It shows that Thomas and George Lundy were both Tailors.

Thomas and Mary Ann Lundy had 9 children:

  1. George Lundy, born in 1832 or 1833.  He was born in Pittsburgh but lived in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  2. Mary Ann Lundy, born January 10, 1835 in Pittsburgh.  She died on March 6th, 1912 in Carrollton, Missouri.  At age 20 she married David Cox, a blacksmith who died in the Civil War in 1864.  Mary and David had four children.  After David died she married James Sims in 1867 and had a daughter named Katie.
  3. James Lundy, born in 1842, and was killed in the Civil War.
  4. John D. Lundy (sometimes called J. D. Lundy).
  5. Sinclair Gray Lundy (“Uncle Sink”), born in 1838 in Pennsylvania.  He married a woman named Elizabeth and worked as a harness maker.
  6. William Lundy.
  7. Ann Elizabeth Lundy (“Lizzie”), born in 1840.  Lizzie married a man called “Markley” and they had a daughter named Alice, who later married someone by the name of Bauer.  She died on March 4th, 1876.
  8. Martha Lundy (“Mattie”) was born March 17th, 1843 in Woodford County, Kentucky.  Mattie taught school in Pettis County, and moved to Missouri in 1860.  She died August 15th, 1901.
  9. Laura Lundy was born May 7th, 1845.  She married William Henry Harrison.

Again, if you have any information about the Lundy family please contact me (or just leave a comment).

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