The WikiTree Challenge 2021 Week 24

Date: 16 Jun 2021 to 23 Jun 2021
Location: WikiTree

Contents 1 WikiTree Challenge Week 24 1.1 Documents 1.2 Photographs 1.3 Resources 2 Tell Us What You Found!! 2.1 Interesting Finds 2.2 Free Space Pages 2.3 Military Profiles 3 Ancestors 3.1 Brick Walls 3.2 Needs Work

WikiTree Challenge Week 24

Guest Star: Coral Parks

Documents

Photographs

Note: Please check with your captain, Karen Lowe, if there are any questions about the images being protected by copyright.

• add image link here

Resources

Tell Us What You Found!!

Interesting Finds

List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week

• Your newly discovered GG-grandmother, Mariah Eveline (Duvall) Phillips Worthing was accidentally killed by her sister during a squabble while doing laundry!

Broomstick Death Article

• Your Great grandmother's half-brother, Jasper L Worthing (1894-1914) died as a result of a knife fight. Your Great grandmother, Mary Catherine (Phillips) Reed, was the informant on the death certificate. He never knew his parents as he was about 2 when his mother died after getting hit with a broomstick (above)

Jasper Worthing Cut in Cairo

• Your Great grandmother's sister, Fern Martha (Cooley) Thorpe (1895-1997) lived to the age of 101.

• Your 6x great grandfather Johann Wilhelm (Pees) Pace was a Loyalist who had his property confiscated in New Jersey and was imprisoned during the Revolutionary War. He sought refuge in Canada and settled in Ontario, Canada. He petitioned and received crown land.

• Your second great uncle, Creed Lay recognized a man who had been missing and presumed dead since the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862 when he wandered back into the area in 1891, changing vague memories that he might have lived there once. He had been struck in the head during the battle, then suffered in Andersonville POW camp before being taken to Florida by one of the prison guards when the camp was taken by the Union. After being recognized and given care he began to regain some of his memory.

The Strange Story of William Newby

The Strange Story of William Newby (part 2)

• Your second cousin three times removed, Harry Severns (1875-1902) was an infamous outlaw...

In all the criminal lore of the country there is no record equal to that of Harry Tracy for cold-blooded nerve, desperation and thirst for crime. Jesse James, compared with Tracy, is a Sunday school teacher

— Seattle Daily Times, July 3, 1902

A Bold Bad Man

• Your 4th great grandmother Sarah Ensign's lineage extends back to James Ensign who came to Connecticut during The Great Migration (1620-1640). James was from the town of Rye in Essex, England. He was a founder of Hartford, Connecticut.
• Your 3rd great grandfather Giles Sanford Cooley was active in politics and I thought the "Hayes & Wheeler Pole/Lantern" was a interesting show of support for the presidential ticket. I also found Giles' obituary which is attached to his profile.

Hayes & Wheeler Pole for Giles Cooley,

• You are eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution through 6th great grandfatherLewis Duvall. He performed a patriotic service by signing the oath.

Free Space Pages

List of Free Space Pages created for or linked to members of this family.

• Ernest_Graham_Bigamy_Page
• Wills_for_the_Reed_family
• American Outlaws

Military Profiles

Did any of the guests family serve in the military or military conflicts (Civil War, Revolutionary War, WWI, etc.)

• 3rd great grandfather Harvey Duvall (1831-1909) served in 131st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
• 2nd great uncle John Aaron Shutes (1842-1923) served in Company I, 126th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry during the Civil War.
• 2nd great grandfather Edwin Ruthven Kennedy served as a 1st Corporal in the 7th Regiment of the Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War.
• 5 brothers of your 3rd great grandmother Julia Ann (Severns) Shutes served in the Civil War, 4 of them returned and 1 reportedly died of small pox while in service.

• James I Severns (1825-1902)
• Columbus Severns (1832-1901)
• Elbert Severns (1836-1863)
• Blair Severns (1839-1923)
• George Warren Severns (1848-1920)

• 4th great grandfather Ebenezer Patrick served in the Revolutionary War in the New York militia under Capt. John Thompson. He received a pension.
• 4th great grandfather John S Cooley served in the War of 1812 Massachusetts Militia as a replacement for someone else.
• 3rd great grandfather Henry Beachum served in the US civil War as a private in the 87th illinois infantry regiment company A on the union side. He died on 1 July 1863 in battle of vicksburg.
• 2nd great Uncle creed Anderson Lay served in the US civil war as corporal on union side in 40th illinois infantry regiment company A. Survived the war.
• 3rd great grandfather Jessee Lay served in the US civil war as private in 6th illinois Cavalry regiment company D. He died 1864.
• 2nd great uncle John L Lay served in the spanish-american war as corporal in 9th illinois volunteer Infantry company A.
• 5th Great grandfather John Richard Litton Sr. (bef.1726-1804) served in the American Revolution.

Ancestors

Brick Walls

1. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Henry Beauchamp ➔ Nicholas Beachamp ➔ Jesse Geauchamp: Needs parents
2. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Henry Beauchamp ➔ Nicholas Beachamp: Needs a mother
3. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Henry Beauchamp ➔ Mary King ➔ John Henry King: Needs parents
4. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Henry Beauchamp ➔ Mary King ➔ Rebecca Pride: Needs a mother
5. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Fereby Ann Picket ➔ Charles Pickett: Needs parents
6. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ James Beachum ➔ Fereby Ann Picket ➔ Mary Holland: Needs parents
7. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ Charlotte Lay ➔ Jesse Lay: Needs parents
8. Green Wilson Beachum ➔ Charlotte Lay ➔ Mary Campbell: Needs parents
9. Ollie Mae (Schoolcraft) Beechum : All brick walls solved
10. Solomon Green Reed ➔ Thomas Reed ➔ Joel Green Reed: Needs a mother
11. Solomon Green Reed ➔ Thomas Reed ➔ Aquilla Miller: Needs parents
12. Mary Catherine (Phillips) Reed: All brick walls solved
13. Ernest Ethwold Graham: Needs parents
14. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Edwin Kennedy ➔ Arvin Kennedy ➔ Lemual Kennedy ➔ Andrew Kennedy: Needs parents
15. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Edwin Kennedy ➔ Arvin Kennedy ➔ Lemual Kennedy ➔ Amy Wentworth: Needs parents
16. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Edwin Kennedy ➔ Arvin Kennedy ➔ Rebecca Pope: Needs parents
17. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Edwin Kennedy ➔ Rachael Patrick ➔ Sarah Ensign ➔ Ezekiel Ensign: Needs parents Parents found
18. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Mary Laverty ➔ James Laverty: Needs parents
19. Ivy Kennedy ➔ Mary Laverty ➔ Jane Adams: Needs a mother
20. Arthur Rufus Shutes ➔ Zachary Shutes ➔ William Shutes: Needs parents
21. Arthur Rufus Shutes ➔ Zachary Shutes ➔ Julia Severns ➔ Nye Severns: Needs parents
22. Arthur Rufus Shutes ➔ Zachary Shutes ➔ Julia Severns: Needs a mother Mother found
23. Arthur Rufus Shutes ➔ Eldora Davis ➔ Robert Davis: Needs parents
24. Joy Jasmine (Cooley) Reynolds ➔ George Cooley ➔ Giles Cooley ➔ John Cooley ➔ Lydia Anderson: Needs parents
25. Joy Jasmine (Cooley) Reynolds ➔ Elizabeth Pace ➔ William Pace ➔ Catherine Everett: Needs a mother
26. Joy Jasmine (Cooley) Reynolds ➔ Elizabeth Pace ➔ Hannah Quackenbush ➔ William Quackenbush ➔ Isaac Quackenbush: Needs parents
27. Joy Jasmine (Cooley) Reynolds ➔ Elizabeth Pace ➔ Hannah Quackenbush ➔ Elizabeth Jones: Needs parents

Needs Work