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The WikiTree Challenge 2023 Challenge 14

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Date: 31 Aug 2023 to 7 Sep 2023
Location: Indiana, United Statesmap
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WikiTree Challenge 14

Organization: Indiana Genealogical Society

Score Sheet

Score sheet

Scores update once an hour.
Connections refresh twice an hour, though the score sheet won't reflect that.

Starting Profiles

  1. James Hughes
  2. Jacob Pickens
  3. William Stoffer
  4. David Armstrong
  5. Jessie Nicoson
  6. Katie Hall
  7. Stith Thompson
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Needs Work

  1. Needs Untangling: John Rhodes Quarles (abt.1807-1866) the attached Unknown wife probably doesn't belong to him, and her other husband (CC8) and his family are all messed up. Not many points, but great virtue!
  2. Needs Kids and Spouse: Mary Jane (Thompson) Girten (1823-1900) Thompson CC6 on FS tree
  3. Needs Kids Hezekiah Shoemaker (1776-1845) has some children still missing. He's Thompson CC6, so they can also have kids and spouses as well. A Family Search tree but check the kids against his will to make sure they belong in the family.
  1. There is an Emaline Street on the same page as Robert Street in the 1880, 1900, 1910 Censuses. I suspect that is his mother, but don't have any solid evidence to prove this.
  2. Needs Untangling: I have created an unmerged match between Frances (Powell) Quarles (abt.1648-) and Frances (West) Quarles (1648-1680); they clearly represent the same woman but need sourcing in order to determine the correct LNAB.

Photographs

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Locations

List any countries you find here

  1. United States
    1. Alabama
    2. California
    3. Connecticut
    4. Georgia
    5. Illinois
    6. Indiana
    7. Iowa
    8. Kentucky
    9. Louisiana
    10. Maryland
    11. Michigan
    12. Minnesota
    13. Mississippi
    14. Missouri
    15. Montana
    16. North Carolina
    17. North Dakota
    18. Ohio
    19. Oklahoma
    20. Oregon
    21. Pennsylvania
    22. Puerto Rico
    23. Rhode Island
    24. South Carolina
    25. South Dakota
    26. Texas
    27. Virginia
    28. Washington state
    29. Washington DC
    30. West Virginia
    31. Indian Territory prior to formation of Oklahoma
  2. Austria
  3. Canada
    1. Alberta, Canada
    2. British Columbia
  4. England
  5. Germany
  6. Hungary
  7. Mexico
  8. Netherlands

Interesting Finds

Please be sure to include which of the seven starting individuals your interesting find connects to and don't forget to sign with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted the find.


List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week:
  • Clyde Rush Abraham (1883-1955) who is 4 degrees from Jacob Pickens went to West Point in 1902, served in the United States Army in WWI and throughout his career, obtaining rank of Brigadier General by the time he retired in 1943. He served in Cuba, Hawaii, Panama and Puerto Rico as well as all over the continental United States. Cox-27529 02:04, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
  • David Sherman Moten (1865-1925), six degrees from Katie Beatrice (Green) Hall (1938-2012), through her paternal uncle. Rev Dr DS Moten, described as a "wide-awake, cultured son of the African Methodist Episcopal Church", David was highly successful, earning recognition and responsibilities throughout his career. Schooling included; Howard Institute, Paul Quinn College, Wilberforce University, "completing his Theological Course at Payne Theological Seminary, in which Institution he was later a tutor in Hebrew, being especially proficient in the languages." Robinson-27225 02:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Julian Arendshorst was a 5th level connection to Stith Thompson, through his son-in-law's family. Talk about a freak accident... Julian died of a skull fracture, received when he was hit in the head by a discus, thrown during track and field practice. He was a freshman at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Kimbel-162 14:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Rosa Lavina Tuttle is a 3rd degree connection to David Armstrong through his daughter's husband. She married for the 1st time at the age of 48-50 (her birthdate is listed differently in almost every source). According to the newspaper article announcing the marriage, she was quite well off and never before married. The man she married was quite a bit younger and is someone that she met while leading prayer meetings in the prison for inmates. He had quite a criminal past in the area. The odd fact is that she died less than 4 months after the marriage.Pickering-3253 19:26, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Jacob Picken's grandson Raymond Hadd Kinna marries two women who are sisters, Martha Rebecca Johnson, who died in 1901 after having two children, and her sister Mary Minnie Johnson who was living with the couple in one of the census, and who dies in 1914. Fehd-10 06:22, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Fehd-10
  • Jacob Picken's granddaughters: 3 sisters marry into the Price family Rena Victoria Kinna and her sister Louella Kinna marry brothers Willie Wade Price and Joseph Howard Price. Their sister Alice Hilda Kinna marries the brother's nephew Raymond Perry Price, from a much older brother. Fehd-10 06:50, 2 September 2023 (UTC)Fehd-10
  • Lucy Jane (Langston) Quarles (abt.1780-1834) was a slave emancipated in 1806. Her former owner is probably the father of three of her children; at least he left them property in his will. There is an image of his will on FamilySearch, with a link on her profile. Rosenberger-813 20:04, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Both Hughes and Katie Green Hall have relations in Sunflower, Mississippi. Hughes's gr grandons Gilbert Miller marries Eliza Scott born in Sunflower, Mississippi. Katie Hall's CC4 from Clem Elam of Sunflower, Mississippi.
  • In 1911 Alberta Census, CC4 from James Hughes, Myrtle Hughes Saunders did not travel with her husband William Saunders, and almost all of their 8 children, ages 3 to 21, including her 3 year old son Theodore. She remarries in the US to Warren Minnard in 1915. Fehd-10 16:08, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Fehd-10.
  • On Tuesday afternoon, 3 November 1936 (Election Day), Rep. Hall's great-uncle by marriage Emmett Sharkey (age 37) entered the Colored Democratic Club of St. Louis, Missouri, wearing the sunflower emblem of Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon in his lapel. He started a political argument and was ordered to leave by the club's manager William Blocton (age 26). Emmett picked up one or more bricks outside, and may have been preparing to throw them at William, who drew a .38-caliber revolver and fired, then fled home to stash the gun. After being shot Emmett walked off and collapsed a block away. He was picked up by a white man John Hollingsworth and taken to the city hospital. He died of his injuries on Monday, 9 November 1936.
    Democratic incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide victory in 1936, with Landon earning just eight Electoral College votes, the fewest ever recorded for the second-place presidential candidate. Future U.S. Rep. Katie Hall was born just 17 months after the election. Lowe-866 02:33, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Military Profiles

Please be sure to include which of the seven starting individuals your military person is connected to and don't forget to sign with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted it.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

CIVIL WAR

  • John Pack PVt in USCT 8th Heavy Artillery. He lived to 96. 7 degrees from Katie Hall. McBeth-165 03:45, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

19TH CENTURY MILITARY

WORLD WAR I

  • CC3 from starting person James Hughes. Warren Minnard served in WWI.Fehd-10 21:00, 3 September 2023 (UTC)Fehd-10
  • CC5 from Hughes is Arthur Sneed who served in WWI. Fehd-10 06:46, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Fehd-10.

WORLD WAR II

  • Frank Linthicum was in CPL US ARMY WWII, and possibly awarded a Bronze Star Medal. Husband of gr-granddaughter Violet, from starting profile Pickens-1433. Fehd-10 02:51, 2 September 2023 (UTC)R

20TH CENTURY MILITARY






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Ancestors

Brick Walls

These links will be added mid-week by Eowyn and the [|captain]. Remember to claim any brick wall bounties in the G2G!

Brick Wall Ancestors

  1. James Hughes - can we find his father?
  2. Jacob Pickens
  3. Jacob Stoffer
  4. David Armstrong
  5. Anna Noah - can we find her mother?
  6. Virgil Hooper
  7. Eli Bodine

Resources

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General WT Resources

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  • WikiTree Browser Extension This addon is great for a lot of things, but the main help for the Challenge is the "auto-bio" button that it puts on the profiles. This will give you basic narrative you can add to. It is also great for adding stickers and cleaning up GEDCOM clutter. Let your team captain know if you need help learning one of these features!
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  • WikiTree+ is valuable for so many things! Here are a few of the search features you can use for challenge profiles: (Go to WikiTree+. In the "Search" section, look at the "Text search" box and then "Text:" underneath that. Leave the ProfileList parameter and change the text at the end to search for different things. You can copy the text below and paste it in the text box. Click "Get profiles.") Thank you Aleš!!
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