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What is Your Brick Wall?
| Posted on September 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM |
For all of us who do genealogy research, we all have a brick wall or two or three. You know, that long lost family member that just disappeared off the radar. You've searched and searched but can't find any information to take you back to the previous generation... Who is your brick wall? Tell everyone about him or her!
My brick wall, the one that drives me most crazy, is James K. Isett of Marklesburg. He was born in 1813 to a woman named Elizabeth. She remarried a man with the last name of Matthew sometime before 1820. Court records say James' father absconded to parts unknown. Who, oh who, was his father? What happened to his mother and her new husband after 1820? What was his mother's maiden name? Did James have any siblings? The questions just continue to flow...
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Sara Nell Troxel Jones says...
The brick wall I have hit has nothing to do with Huntingdon Co. Is it allright to post it on this wall?
Sure, go ahead and post it. Maybe some day the right person will see it!
valene says...
I just posted a comment about two Simon Isett's. See the Court referance.. Does anyone have anything on Simon Isett??? One was born19 July 1806, died 26Jan1877, Duncansville...The other one Born about 1752..Died 2/26/1822, 70 Yr./5 mon/ 12 days.... Both busired Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville,Pa.
I hate to break the news, but there is only one Simon Isett in the Carson Valley Cemetery. There is a book in publication by the Blair County Genealogical Society that was put together by a school group. When they transcribed the stone, they did it incorrectly, and recorded his death date as 1822 instead of 1877. If you look at Find A Grave, you will see the correct information. I also have a photo of his tombstone under the Isett photos on this website. I got really excited at first! However, some research into the matter yesterday confirmed there is only one Simon Isett buried there. Simon Isett (1806-1877) who married Caroline Beamer, was the son of Jacob Isett (1780-1853) and his first wife Sarah. Simon had 4 siblings that I am aware of: Joseph Isett Sr., Eleanor, John T., and Margaret. And to set the record straight, there is still an older Simon Isett out there somewhere - he just is not buried in the Carson Valley Cemetery.
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