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Russel Leonard, the father of Charles Russell Leonard and Jenette (Leonard) Reynolds, has gone missing. Anyone with information, please comment below! From the Cayuga Republican, May 1834: “INFORMATION WANTED – My husband Russel Leonard, who left Lock Port, on the first day of November last for the purpose of purchasing land in the Territory of Michigan, has not been heard from since. Any information given of the said Leonard will be thankfully received by his suffering wife and children.” > Editors of the Newspapers at the west, will confer a favor by inserting the above. Direct to Post Master at Port Byron, Cayuga Co., New York. SOPHRONIA LEONARD. May 2, 1834. Click here to learn more about Sophronia. Click here to learn more about Russel Leonard. Anyone with information, please comment below! #leonard #notablenews #mystery #mysterious #russelleonard

Two policeman spot a glowing, unidentified flying object passing over Cortland at a high rate of speed and no sound. Cortland Democrat, 6-30-1950, Cortland, New York. #flyingsaucer #witnesses #policemen #notablenews #JamesGilson #KennethSherry #UFOSighting #Cortland #NewYork

Daniel Dugan was my mother's paternal 4th great-grandfather. He fought in Washington's army during the American Revolution and engaged in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and many others. He suffered many wounds during these battles, from which he was crippled for life. His full, handwritten testimony about his account of the events are as follows: State of Pennsylvania, County of Lycoming, on the 21st day of September 1832, personally appeared before John Cumings, Esq., one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lycoming, Daniel Dugan of the residence of Franklin Township, County of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty-two years who being first sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. I entered the service of the United States under the named officers and served as herein stated. I resided in the Reading town Township, Hunterdon County, and State of New Jersey. I was drafted the second call that made of the Militia after the British vessels first made their appearance off New York for one month under Cap. Denike to Amboy and served during that month between Newark and Amboys watching movements of two or three British vessels. I was at home one month and drafted again for one month under Cap. Tin Brook at Amboy and Newark watching the movements of the British vessels. I was next drafted for one month under Cap. Denike, marched to Amboy and Newark. I was next drafted for one month under Capt. Kownover to Elizabeth Town. I was drafted for one month and marched under Cap. Johnson to New York and then to Amboy. Cor’l Thompsons regiments. I was next drafted under Cap. Gearhart and we were marched to Elizabeth town, Newark and Amboy Cor’l Thompson’s Regiment. I was next drafted under Cap. Carieoff and marched in Major Rinehart’s battalion to swamp near Trenton and lay on our arms all night and in the morning we were taking into the woods near the road. We soon got orders to march. We overtook some British troops but we had no engagements. I was next drafted for one month under Cap. Hankerson and marched to Raritan River. Then we were stationed below Shanks Mill. The British came out and beat us back for some distance into an old field that had deep gutters washed in it where we had the advantage of them and we beat them back again. I was next drafted to Amboy under Cap. Countryman, Major Hoops battalion. I was next drafted under Cap. Stillwell and marched to Elizabeth Town, thence to Amboy, Cor'l Thompson regiments. I was next drafted under Cap. Carrieoff and marched to Trenton under Major Rinehart and thence marched to Monmouth at which place we had a smart engagement and I was in the battle under Gen. Hankinson. I next volunteered for three months to go to Stony Point under Cap. Stillwell. James Egbert and myself was two days behind our company. We followed onto New German town and Major Berry advised us to return to Cor'l Taylor as we had to pass through the country infested with Torys. We went to Cor'l Taylor. That same night a scouting party brought in some prisoners to Burlington and we returned to Cor'l Taylor's regiment. I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension list of the agency of any state. Sworn and subscribed today, the 21st day of September, 1832. X Daniel Dugan For more information about Daniel Dugan, see his profile here, or the Reese page for more on his lineage. #reese #veteran #americanrevolution #military #danieldugan #pension #pensionrequest #revolutionarywar

Samuel Reider served in the American Revolution with Captain John Ludwig's Company, of the Sixth Battalion, Berks County Militia, Commanded by Col. Joseph Hiester, guarding the Hessian prisoners from 10 Aug 1780 to the 9 Sep 1780. See "Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783", Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIV, William H. Egle, ed., Harrisburg: E.K. Meyers, State Printer, 1888, pages 313-314 (shown below) and pages 298-299. Click here to find resources containing military records. Samuel Reider was my maternal 7th great-grandfather. For more information about Samuel Reider and his family, see the Reese page. Click here to see more of my military ancestors. #americanrevolution #reese #reider #veteran #military #revolutionarywar #samuelreider #samuelryder #reese

Josiah Reese, my maternal 3rd great-grandfather, was a veteran of the Civil War. He fought for the Union in the 203rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company D. The 203rd organized at Philadelphia on the 10th of September, 1864, and went from there to Petersburg, Virginia. October 27-28 they were in the Battle of Fair Oaks. They performed siege operations against Richmond until December 7th, and then went on an expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina until December 27th. On January 15th of 1865 they assaulted and captured Fort Fisher and then advanced to Wilmington February 11th and captured it February 22nd. They advanced on Goldsboro March 6th through 21st and guarded the railroad at Faison’s Depot from March 21st to April 10th. From April 10th they advanced on Raleigh, occupying it on April 14th. They were at Bennett’s House April 26th and at the Surrender of Johnston and his army. They finished off their duty at Raleigh until they mustered out on the 22nd of June, 1865. For more information about Josiah Reese, see the Reese page. Click here to see more of my military ancestors. Click here to find resources containing military records. #veteran #civilwar #reese #military #josiahreese #pennsylvania

Benjamin Stanton was my maternal 6th great-grandfather. He lived from about 1754 to May 10, 1838. He entered into the service of the United States during the American Revolution, in the company of militia commanded by Capt. John Hosbrook, in Col. Hardenburgh’s Regiment and was stationed in New York and New Jersey at various times. He was at Bemis Heights when General Burgoyne surrendered. He also joined the regiment at Valley Forge. For more on Benjamin Stanton's family, see the Harvey page. Benjamin's wife, Sarah (Rood) Stanton, applied to collect from his pension in 1848, the request written as follows: State of New York, Cayuga County, on the 11th day of November, 1848, personally appeared before me this subscriber a Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in and for said County (the same being the Court of Record) Sarah Stanton a resident of the town of Moravia in said county aged seventy-nine years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29th 1848. That she is the widow of Benjamin Stanton deceased who during his life drew a pension under the act of 1832, New York agency at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, on account of his Revolutionary services. She further declares that she was the second wife of the above named Benjamin Stanton and she was married to him on the 29th day of June, 1797, that the attached family record is the record the births of the children of the said Benjamin Stanton of his first marriage and of the children of the said Benjamin Stanton and the deponent, that Parthania Stanton named in the said record was the first child of the said Benjamin Stanton and this deponent, the her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Stanton died on the 10th day of May, 1838, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred; at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she never before made any application for a pension. Sworn by the subscribed on the day and year above written before me, Samuel E. Day. (Signed) Sarah Stanton. The pages shown here are from the pension request of Sarah, Benjamin's widow, listing the names of their children, explaining that Parthenia was the first born to her and the others born before Parthenia were from Benjamin's first marriage. Click here to see more of my military ancestors. Click here for resources containing military records. #stanton #shirley #harvey #americanrevolution #veteran #military #revolutionarywar #saratoga #partheniastanton #benjaminstanton

Nathan Wood was the 3rd great-grandfather of my great-grandmother, Mary E. (Harvey) Reese. He was the son of Samuel Wood and Jerusha Abbey. Nathan was born on the 16th of April, 1761, in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, and had ten brothers and sisters, namely: Mary, Eunice, Ann, Hannah, John, Mary, Sybill, Gideon, Nathan, Ziba, and Samuel. Nathan married Lucy Johnson on the 18th of January, 1781, in Mansfield. Together they had seven children. He served as a soldier in the American Revolution. He bought land in Lisle in 1806. Lucy died in 1824 and Nathan may have married a woman named Mary after. He died in 1836 in New York, and although some sources say he was buried in Bemis Cemetery in Lisle, Broome County, New York, the headstone furnished by the U.S. government is in Arkwright Summit Cemetery in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York. (Excerpt from Reese Family Record). Nathan Wood served in the American Revolution, fighting through the entire battle at the taking of Burgoyne, in which he was severely injured by a Hessian’s bayonet. Within two minutes after, he took the lives of three Hessians with the same type of weapon. He enlisted in a Company of Light Horse at Mansfield and was employed to carry dispatches and papers to officers in various places. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill (named so in error, as the actual location of the battle was called Breed’s Hill), and was said to have been present when Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington. Click here to see his handwritten testimony. Click here to see the tombstone of his wife, Lucy (Johnson) Wood. For more on Nathan Wood and his family, see the Harvey Family. Photo of Nathan's stone by Ron Kinney, also contributed at findagrave.com. #harvey #wood #veteran #bunkerhill #americanrevolution #cemetery #Johnson #Dudley #Abbe #Goodale #Knowlton #BemisCemetery #military

During the American Revolution, Datus Ensign, Sr., was in Capt. David Moseley's Company from Westfield in Nov 1776 and also Sept and Oct 1777. Datus Ensign was recalled in The Saratogian July 26, 1952, saying in the last paragraph that Datus Ensign stole horses from the British. For more on Datus Ensign and his family, see the Harvey page. #harvey #americanrevolution #veteran #notablenews #shirley #military #Ensign #datusensignsr

Job Shirley (1750-1842) married Mary Wilbur, about 1778. Their intention to marry was filed on December 18, 1778, at Raynham, Massachusetts. The handwritten record is shown here: For more about Job Shirley and his family, see the Harvey page. #harvey #shirley #marriage #marywilbur #jobshirley #wilbur

Gertrude E. Shirley was the daughter of Royal J. Shirley and his wife, Mary J. Brooks. Gertrude, better known as "Gertie", was born on the 4th of August, 1878. On the 23rd of February, 1898, at the age of 18, she married Archibald “Arch” Bell in Harford, New York. She spent much of her married life back home with her parents, as several news clippings have been found reporting her ill and in the care of her mother. Arch and Gertie were divorced before 1904 and Gertie married Newman A. Harvey on the 9th of January, 1904. They raised three daughters and were active in the church. Gertie was a member of the Red Cross and a minister of the gospel. Her mother, Mary Shirley died in February of 1937, and Gertrude followed her on the 9th of October, 1937. They are buried in Willow Glen Cemetery. Gertrude was 59. She was joined later by her husband. For more information see the Harvey page. See more: Gertrude (Shirley) Harvey Harvey Family (including the Shirley, Ensign, Stowell, and more) #harvey #shirley #gertrudeshirley #gertrudeharvey #cortland

Newman A. Harvey was the son of John Clark Harvey and Betsy Stowell. He was born on the 25th of August, 1876, in Cortland, New York. In 1880, at the age of 4 years, he lived in Harford, Cortland County, New York, with his parents and three siblings: Myrtia, Lewis, and Lucy. He appears to have married to a woman named Sarah, who he was divorced from in July of 1903. On the 9th of January, 1904, he married Gertrude E. Shirley. Gertrude died in 1937, and Newman died on the 29th of September, 1963, in Groton, Tompkins County, New York. They are buried in Willow Glen Cemetery in Dryden, Tompkins County (Lot 15-05). For more see the Harvey page. These are just some of the memorabilia found in "Reese Family Record", which I will be sharing more of. Subscribe for updates! It's free! #harvey #shirley #stowell #newmanharvey

Mary Esther Harvey was born on the 16th of March, 1910, in Newark Valley, Tioga County, New York. She was the daughter of Newman A. Harvey and his wife, Gertrude E. Shirley. On the 18th of April, 1930, she married Lloyd John Reese, better known as “John Reese”, who was born 21 Apr 1911 in Muncy Valley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, a son of Maynard Washington Reese and Ada Rebecca Temple. Mary had four forefathers who fought in the American Revolution. Read more on the Harvey page. Click here for more on Mary (Harvey) Reese-Gaul. Click here for more on the Harvey family. Click here for more on the Reese family. Click here to see my Index of Ancestors. Click here for loads of free genealogy resources! #harvey #reese #MaryEHarvey #album #photos #photographs

Richard Leonard of New Mexico recounts one of his biggest fears living on the plains: the hydrophobia skunk is far more of a threat than the rattlesnake. Elmira Star Gazette, Elmira, New York 1895 #ThePlains #RichardLeonard #Leonard #notablenews #leonard

Try this on your grocery bill for Savings! This advertisement was published in a 1963 newspaper. #pepsi #ad #advertisement #soda #notablenews

Here's something our ancestors in the early 20th century would have commonly seen and perhaps believed. These endorsements of cigarettes are something you would never see in the media today. Cigarette ads and commercials were banned in 1970 when people started realizing the harmful effects of smoking. This advertisement was printed in 1937: Evelyn Chandler, figure skater: "What an asset good digestion is! I smoke Camels during meals and after. They do help to keep my digestion in order." Gene Sarazen, golf champion: "I've walked, I guess, thousands of miles around golf courses with Camels. They never throw my nerves out of tune". Cortland Standard, Cortland, New York, 1937. To learn more about health effects from smoking, visit https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/health_effects/index.htm #notablenews #cigarettes #ad #advertisement #camelcigarettes #smoking

Reptile with Wings, That Fed on Birds, Killed in King George. Captured and killed at Berry Plain, the plantation of John S. Dickinson, on the banks of the Rappahannock River. Fulton County News, Pennsylvania, 8-16-1905 Pennsylvania #flyingsnake #virginia #reptilewithwings #notablenews #BerryPlain #KingGeorge #bazaar

A woman addicted to opium attempts suicide by pistol and fails. Marathon Independent, Marathon, New York, 4-1-1885 Marathon, New York #Marathon #cortlandcounty #notablenews #epidemic #drugaddiction #NewYork #attemptedsuicide #opium #suicide

Tips for raising chickens, building a chicken roost. Chickens are the only class of domestic animals suitable for converting household scraps into good wholesome food. Source: Unknown, est. 1918-1919 #chicken #poultry #notablenews #farm #sustainableliving #howto #myblog

"Jewish Anniversary" Canandaigua Daily Messenger 9-13-1954 Canandaigua, New York #Jewish #notablenews #1954 #NewYork #foreign

Check out my page containing links to the sites and online sources I have been using over the past 15+ years of researching my family's history. As you know, the expenses add up fast when doing genealogy. I have found some essential tools, many which are free. If you know where to look you can get much of the information you're looking for, such as census records, marriage records, birth announcements, obituaries, military records, and other paper trails without spending much money, if any. Take a look. Click here. Don't forget to bookmark the page or save the shortcut to your desktop!! If you find any broken links or have any suggestions, please share your thoughts and ideas here or contact me directly using the contact form on my Home page. #genealogy #sites #links #freewebsites #census #research #familyhistory #shortcuts #myblog

This past few weeks I have been trying to clean out my computer and sort through all my saved disks and files. I have collected so much valuable information and I created this page to share all my finds with you. I will be posting a lot of links, tips, suggestions, ideas, photos, and more, so be sure to follow and check back soon! #myblog