David Richardson

David Richardson was born in 1760 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. David Richardson is the son of John David Richardson and the father of John David Richardson. Confusing? Yeah don’t worry, it was for me too. David Richardson lived in Moore County, along Buffalo Creek, a tributary of Deep River. We know that Jonathan David Richardson was […]

Thomas Richardson of Standon

Today we are going to talk about Thomas Richardson of Standon or Thoms Richardson. He is the son of Thomas Richardson II of Westmill and the grandson of Thomas Richardson I of Westmill. Thomas Richardson of Standon is my 12th great-grandfather. This is a person that I was struggling to verify information about. Luckily the […]

Valentin Assel

My mother’s grandmother was a lady named Emma Marie, who she loved dearly. It is for this reason I began to look into the maternal side of my family tree. This led me to Valentin Assel, the first member of his family line to come to America from Germany. Valentin Assel was born on March 1, […]

William Alexander Richardson

William Alexander Richardson, my 2nd great-grandfather was born in Tennessee on January 12, 1874. He’s the son of John Durk Richardson. His father, originally from North Carolina, had moved to Tennesse during his time in the American Civil War. He was in Unit 9 Tennessee Cavalry Company E. After the war was often he married William’s […]

Elsie Jane Hoag

June 22, 1927 – April 26, 2018 Elsie Jane Hoag was born on June 22, 1927, in Monessen, Pennsylvania, to Robert Thomas Hoag (1900–1961) and Emma Marie Assel (1905–1988). She grew up during the Great Depression, an era that shaped her resilience and resourcefulness. Elsie passed away peacefully on April 26, 2018, in Houston, Texas, […]

Alex Jessy Richardson

Alex Jessy Richardson was also known as Jake to his friends and family. He also has gone by the name of AJ. Alex Jessy Richardson was born on July 5, 1935 in Paradise, Texas. His father was Rubin Nemon Richardson and Mary Vivian Phillips. He was my great uncle. On October 26, 1970 he married […]

Jonathan David Richardson

John David Richardson (Jonathan David) was my 5th great grandfather. He appears to have been born and died in Moore, North Carolina. He is also known as Jonathan David Richardson on some official documents. Sometimes I swear it would probably be easier to find your family members if you just had a list of every […]

Raymond Edward Wegley

My grandfather, Raymond Edward Wegley, was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on December 15, 1925. He died on December 4, 1992, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, just before his 67th birthday. My grandfather was born during the height of the Roaring Twenties, a decade marked by economic prosperity, cultural change, and modernization in the U.S. Society was […]

Frederick Wegley

Frederick Wegley is my great-grandfather. He was born on August 20, 1887, in Kane, Pennsylvania, and died on November 28, 1950, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Frederick Wegley married Tillie Blanch Edwards on February 4, 1920, when he was 32 years old. They married in Huntington, West Virginia. Together, they had at least six children, including my […]

John Wesley Wegley

June 29, 1858 – December 15, 1927 John Wesley Wegley was born on June 29, 1858, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and passed away on December 15, 1927, in Shade, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 69. His death certificate confirms that he succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure—a stroke. The document […]