Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Yesterday,11 Dec 2017, I created a 173-page, twelve generation, ancestor report for Michael Leek. It includes the obituary for his father, Melvin Gale Leek,who died on 2 Dec 2017.

Surnames include: Yoho, Starkey, Shreve, Postlethwait, Leek, Ice, Higginbotham, Henthorn, Edgell, Byard, Blake, Barker, Baker.

I shared the report on my Members Only group on Facebook. I am willing to share with others who agree to reciprocate.

Dick Henthorn

12 Dec 2017

Kenneth Allen Higginbotham

Kenneth Allen Higginbotham

Yesterday I prepared an 80-page ancestral report, in the PDF format, for Kenneth Allen Higginbotham and his ancestors. I shared the report with selected researchers on my Facebook genealogy page. I'm writing here about this report in case it's of interest to others who are following my genealogy projects. Access to the report is available to others not in the Facebook group by request only.

The report includes information about the following surnames:

• Higginbotham
• Henthorn
• Willey
• Furbee
• Briggs
• Postlethwait

Dick Henthorn

26 February 2016

Projects

I'm working on some genealogy projects with my Yoho file.

Recent changes included:

• adding some Cunningham and Wiley information
• adding some Watson information
• adding Goudy information
• expanding the Henthorn, Higginbotham, and Ice information

There is more information available than I can process.  FindAGrave is proving to be a very useful resource.

If these surnames are of interest you may contact me for more details. I'm usually willing to exchange information provided the exchange is mutually beneficial.

Dick Henthorn
23 November 2014

HIgginbotham - Summary Report

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date/Place	Death Date/Place
Higginbotham	Albert Carson	21 Apr 1889	1 Oct 1954
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Albert Glendower	30 Jan 1904	15 Mar 1982
		Jacksonburg, Wetzel Co., WV	Glen Dale, Marshall, WV
Higginbotham	Albert Glendower	2 Jul 1863	9 Mar 1932
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Andy Conley	1 Jan 1911	15 Apr 1992
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Michigan
Higginbotham	Anita	9 Mar 1925	9 Mar 1925
		Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV	Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Audra Hazel	30 Nov 1902	7 Jul 1986
		Lowman Ridge, Wetzel, WV	Canton, Stark Co., OH
Higginbotham	C. M.	28 Oct 1882	31 Aug 1883
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Charles Albert Jacob	11 Jan 1917	9 Sep 1998
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA
Higginbotham	Charles Morgan	11 Jul 1905	24 Sep 1991
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Higginbotham	Charles Pierpont	25 Dec 1891	20 Sep 1953
		Uniontown, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Della May	18 Feb 1900	8 Dec 1982
		Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	Elizabeth	abt 1836	3 Apr 1927
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Elizabeth	14 Dec 1791	31 Dec 1874
		Pennsylvania	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Francis Layton	1 Sep 1859	19 Feb 1918
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	George Arthur	24 Feb 1901	27 Sep 1941
		Jacksonburg, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Hannah	abt 1790	1855
		Monongalia Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Herbert Memnon	7 Feb 1866	24 Jul 1933
		Big Run, Marshall Co., WV	Big Run, Marshall Co., WV
Higginbotham	Isaac Newton	abt 1829	Sep 1899
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Isaac	1795	7 Sep 1874
		Pennsylvania	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Ivy Pearl	14 May 1898	26 Oct 1952
		Wetzel Co., WV	Fairmont, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	James Franklin	10 Dec 1860	abt 17 Aug 1936
		Wetzel Co., WV	Paden City, Tyler/Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	James Herbert	22 Sep 1911	3 Nov 1993
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	James S.	16 Nov 1817	25 Aug 1896
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Jasper	1 Oct 1900	1 Oct 1900
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	John Wesley	12 May 1912	17 Dec 2003
		Mannington, Marion Co., WV	Fairmont, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	John	1 Oct 1900	1 Oct 1900
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lawrence Jasper	2 Jul 1897	20 Sep 1967
		Wetzel Co., WV	Akron, Summit, Ohio
Higginbotham	Lewis Wesley	21 Dec 1851	17 Aug 1929
		Marion Co., VA	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lillian F.	16 Dec 1860	23 Apr 1874
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lillie Gay	26 Jan 1898	12 Apr 1993
		Wetzel Co., WV	Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Male	22 Feb 1909	22 Feb 1909
		Lowman, Wetzel, WV	Lowman, Wetzel, WV
Higginbotham	Margaret Jane	25 Jun 1904	Sep 1986
		Huey Run, Marion Co., WV	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Margaret	abt 1747	abt 1804
		Frederick Co., MD	Barrackville, Monongalia Co., VA
Higginbotham	Martha Jane	20 Aug 1863	20 Feb 1946
		Burton, Wetzel Co., WV	Hundred, Wetzel Co., WV (near)
Higginbotham	Mary Elizabeth	19 Feb 1708
		St. Paul's Parish, Kent, Maryland	Virginia
Higginbotham	Mary	abt 1749	18 Jul 1803
		, Frederick, Maryland	Buffalo Creek, Barrackville, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Matilda J.	9 Jan 1867	28 Jun 1941
		Smithfield, Wetzel Co., WV	Wolfdale, Washington Co., PA
Higginbotham	Maude Lucinda	24 Mar 1891	31 May 1979
		Lowman, Wetzel, WV	Akron, Summit, Ohio
Higginbotham	Opal Lois	3 Aug 1898	2 Oct 1988
		Mannington, Marion Co., WV	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Oscar Errington	19 Oct 1895	6 Jun 1956
		Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Rachel Lee	8 Sep 1863	21 Mar 1936
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Ralph	abt 1723	bef 10 Jun 1780
		Westmoreland Co., PA	Westmoreland Co., PA
Higginbotham	Reason G.	19 Sep 1837	14 Aug 1877
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Robert Keith	27 Jan 1925	5 Feb 1989
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sabra Ellen	20 Oct 1853	9 Oct 1914
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sara Mary	21 Jun 1890	31 Oct 1981
		Wetzel Co., WV	Glenn, Glenn, California
Higginbotham	Sarah	16 Jul 1784	16 Oct 1854
		Fayette Co., PA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Silas Byron	6 Nov 1869	14 Apr 1949
		Lowman Ridge, Wetzel, WV	Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sonia Gayle	2 Oct 1937	21 Jan 2004
		Wetzel Co., WV	West Virginia
Higginbotham	Thomas H.	15 Jun 1798	31 Dec 1881
		Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Higginbotham	Thomas Winifred	6 Nov 1915	7 Aug 1949
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	Vernice Daisy	16 Jan 1909	12 Sep 1978
		Burchfield, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	William Edward	16 Mar 1884	28 Aug 1957
		Wetzel Co., WV	Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
Higginbotham	William Hampton	22 Nov 1921	12 Dec 1995
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	William	28 May 1779	20 Sep 1840
		Pennsylvania	Tyler Co., VA
Higginbotham	William	abt 1757	abt 1832

This is a Summary Report created using the Custom Report option of RootsMagic.  The report includes people with the Higginbotham surname for whom I have a birth date.  I'm experimenting to learn how I can share the RootsMagic output in my Google Blogs.  Additional steps are needed after the report is generated. 

Dick Henthorn

16 November 2014

Frederick Ice Family Genealogy

I'm interested in the genealogy and history of the Frederick Ice family of Virginia/West Virginia. There is a link between the Ice family and Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn.  Other descendants link to families in my Yoho genealogy file.

Here are some hyperlinks to information about the Ice Family.

Descendants of Frederick Iaac Ice - Constance Lynette Roberts

Descendants of Frederick (Ice) Ten Eyck - Pamm Garber

Frederick Ice - Some History - Rodney Ice

William Galloway Ice - MyKindred.com

Biscuits and Gravy - Rodney Ice

Branches and Roots - Snowbird

Ice Family Genealogy Forum on GenForum
(Ancestry.com has announced that GenForum support will be discontinued)

Ice Family - Eric Ice and others

Ralph Higginbotham, spouse of Mary Henthorn - Richard E. Henthorn

Henthorn, Watson, Higginbotham - Richard E. Henthorn

Ralph Higginbotham and Mary Henthorn, Descendant List - Richard E. Henthorn

Descendants of William "Indian Billy" Galloway Ice - Facebook Group for 
information exchange between researcher and family members. 

Dick Henthorn
5 October 2014
Revised 17 Jan 2017

Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn

Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn

There is a link from the Higginbotham and Henthorn families to the Ice family. This couple had daughters, Margaret and Mary.  They both married William Galloway "Indian Billy" Ice.  He was also married a third time.

I am sharing a four-generation (9-page) Descendant List for Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn, in the PDF format, which summarizes what is known about the descendants in this family. The PDF is stored on my Box account.

If you know anything about the members of these three families and are willing to share, I'd appreciate it.

Descendant List

Dick Henthorn

31 August 2014

RootsMagic Learning Curve

Recently I acquired a huge GEDCOM file with information about the descendants of Ralph Higginbotham and Mary Henthorn.  While working with this information I've been learning more about how RootsMagic works and how to use it.  It's challenging.  For several weeks I've been considering posting here about some of my experiences.  Today I decided to stop thinking about it, and just do it.

I'm Facebook friends with the programmer of RootsMagic, Bruce Buzbee.  In response to a comment I made Bruce suggested that I might avoid duplication problems if I created a "new" genealogy file for the records of people that I intend to copy to my own file.  That way it is easy to carry out any necessary edits and it is easy to understand the scope of the branch that I'm working on. Good advice, that I've used to my advantage several times in the last couple of weeks.

BTW, does anyone remember who were the parents of this Mary Henthorn?  Can we cite a source?

Dick Henthorn
25 Aug 2014

Henthorn, Watson, Higgninbotham

Note: This is an extraction from an Email message sent by Rick Higginbotham to Dick Henthorn both members of AOL on 13 Apr 1996. I have always been interested in adding to the information we have about the links between these three families. I am certain that the Henthorns, Watsons and Jennings lived near each other in Fayette county Pennsylvania. I am no longer in touch with Mr. Higginbotham.

I am indeed working on all three of those names. Henthorn is fairly new to me and I don't have much in the way of documentary evidence, but here is what I have at the moment (off the top of my head, so don't hold me to the dates).

James HENTHORN b. abt. 1702 and wife Mary had Elizabeth HENTHORN.

Elizabeth married George WATSON and they had Sarah.

Sarah married William HIGGINBOTHAM abt 1778.

Sarah and William's grandson, Haymond HIGGINBOTHAM, married Mary D. WATSON b. 1815 (I Have exact dates for these folks and even a picture of Mary). Haymond & Mary lived in what is now Wetzel Co., WV for a good deal of their lives, but all of the earlier folks came from PA area.

I do not know Mary D. WATSON's parentage, but assume it is the same group of WATSONs.

Ralph Higginbotham, spouse of Mary Henthorn

"Ralph Higginbotham, spouse of Mary Henthorn"

Discussion about this couple on Ancestry.com. Does anyone have information about this branch that you are willing to share? That is to say, has anyone put together some genealogy on this branch?