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Happy Birthday William.

Brown-Sanford Line Today, I remember my third-great-grandfather, William M. Sanford. He was born in New York on 30 March 1823. He moved west to Michigan, again west to Indiana, and once more west to North Dakota. He returned to Michigan … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Mercy (Taft) Barnes

Happy Birthday to my 2nd Great-grandmother, Mercy Eliza Taft. On March 27, 1822, she was born in Manhattan, New York. She married Nelson Barnes in 1839 and had nine children. Mercy died on 4 October 1984 in Turman, Indiana, and … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday – Ida Mae

24 March 1874 Happy Birthday to my Great-grandmother, Ida Mae Barber. She was born on March 24, 1874, in Michigan. She married Max E. Fisher in 1897, Joseph A Holdsworth in 1904, and Harvey Watson Knight in 1910. Ida died … Continue reading

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