Introducing Myself to the Substack Genealogy Community

My Sixteen 2nd-Great-Grandparent Names

After finding the similarly-prompted posts by Nicole Palsa and Kirsi Dahl, I decided to jump in and splash around in the Substack pool.

My paternal grandmother, Alice Eitelman Stockdale, c. 1920, Fort Worth TX. From the author’s family collection.

My sixteen surnames in Ahnentafel (1=Self; 2=Father; 3=Mother; 4=Father’s Father; etc.) order: Stockdale, Smith, Brogdon, Scott, Eitelman, Wöelfle, Wesson, Proctor, Armstrong, Ballard, Bacon, Short, Henry, Latimer, Morris, Dagley.

Places of birth

• Indiana – 3; Stockdale, Smith, Scott

• North Carolina – 1; Brogdon

• Ohio – 3; Eitelman, Wöelfle, Wesson

• Kentucky – 2; Proctor, Short

• Mississippi – 2; Armstrong, Dagley

• Missouri – 1; Bacon

• Arkansas – 1; Henry

• Texas – 3; Ballard, Latimer, Morris

Final resting places

• Indiana – 4; Stockdale, Smith, Brogdon, Scott

• Texas – 8; Eitelman, Wöelfle, Wesson, Proctor, Henry, Latimer, Morris, Dagley

• Oklahoma – 4; Armstrong, Ballard, Bacon, Short

Marriages

Paternal

STOCKDALE, John Nelson; born 1844 in Fayette County IN; died 1924 in Tipton IN; married Letitia Angelette Smith in 1863 in Tipton IN.

SMITH, Letitia Angelette; born 1844 in Hamilton County IN; died 1929 in Tipton IN; married John Nelson Stockdale in 1863 in Tipton IN.

BROGDON, William; born 1845 in Davie County NC; died 1923 in Tipton County IN; married Mary Jane Scott in 1868.

SCOTT, Mary Jane; born abt 1848 in Indiana.

EITELMAN, Michael Andrew; born 1855 in Cleveland OH; died 1943 in Fort Worth TX; married Elizabeth Wöelfle in 1876 in Cuyahoga County OH.

WÖELFLE, Elizabeth; born 1855 in Cleveland, OH; died 1920 in Fort Worth TX; married Michael A. Eitelman in 1876 in Cuyahoga County OH.

WESSON, Miley Barton; born 1843 in Chillicothe OH; died 1910 in Fort Worth TX; married Alice Bush Proctor in 1880 probably in Springfield MO.

PROCTOR, Alice Bush; born 1860 in Danville, KY; died 1887 in Fort Worth TX; married Miley Barton Wesson in 1880 probably in Springfield MO.

Maternal

ARMSTRONG, George W.; born 1852 in Tishomingo MS; died 1916 in Duncan OK; married Martha Frances Ballard in 1882 in Eastland County TX.

BALLARD, Martha Frances; born 1865 in McLennan County TX; died 1938 in Walters, OK; married George W. Armstrong in 1882 in Eastland County TX.

BACON, Robert John Payes; born 1848 in Missouri; died 1917 in Grady County OK; married Sarah M. Short in 1872 in Stoddard MO.

SHORT, Sarah M.; born 1852 in Kentucky; died 1919 in Marlow, OK; married Robert John Payes Bacon in 1872 in Stoddard MO.

HENRY, Burr Hamilton; born 1856 in Bentonville AR; died 1916 in Fannin County TX; married Ella Latimer in 1880 in Paris TX.

LATIMER, Ella; born 1861 probably in Texas; died 1920 in Fannin County TX; married Burr Hamilton Henry in 1880 in Paris TX.

MORRIS, John Thomas; born 1844 in Titus County TX; died 1908 in Lone Oak TX; married Mary Ann Dagley1865 in Hunt County TX in 1865.

DAGLEY, Mary Ann; born 1847 in Tippah County MS; died 1924 in Lone Oak TX; married John Thomas Morris in Hunt County TX in 1865.

I’m looking forward to sharing some of my family stories, better understand the wonders of DNA applied to genealogy, and contribute to the community.