Born This Day in 1907 ~ Olive Irene McCONNELL

Name: Olive Irene McCONNELL
Birth: 25 August 1907; Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio
Parents: Samuel Arnold McCONNELL and Emma Jane MOORE
Spouse: Michael Earl FINN
Death: 15 August 1984; Bergholz, Jefferson County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 2nd cousin 1x removed

Born This Day in 1878 ~ Alva L. PITTMAN

Name: Alva L. PITTMAN
Birth: 24 August 1878; Monroe County, Ohio
Parents: John W. PITTMAN and Amanda Ann MELLOTT
Spouse: Mary BOUGHNER
Death: 06 June 1953; Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: paternal 3rd cousin 2x removed

Born This Day in 1782 ~ Simeon BREECH

Name: Simeon BREECH
Birth: 23 August 1782; Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Parents: Thomas Briggs BREECH and Mary BARGER
Spouse: Mary Ann MILLER
Death: 02 May 1874; Brown County, Indiana
Relationship to Hollie: paternal 4th great grandfather

Born This Day in 1906 ~ Lester L. MOORE

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Name: Lester L. “Windy” MOORE
Birth: 21 August 1905; Lisbon, Jefferson County, Ohio
Parents: Charles Wesley MOORE and Ethel Elizabeth RUHL
Spouse: Helen M. BROWN
Death: 11 November 1984; Columbiana County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 2nd cousin 1x removed

Born This Day in 1893 ~ Effa “Ethel” MOORE

Name: Effa “Ethel” MOORE
Birth: 16 August 1893; Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio
Parents: William Grant MOORE and Nancy Jane HALE
Spouse: Walter PLUNKETT, John GIRT
Death: 05 September 1984; Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: maternal great aunt

Born This Day in 1854 ~ Christian WHITLA

Name: Christian WHITLA
Birth: 13 August 1854; Ohio
Parents: James WHITLA and Mary HECKATHORN
Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN, Anna T. ROBINSON
Death: After 1910; probably New Hampshire or Massachusetts
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 1st cousin 3x removed

Born This Day in 1820 ~ Eli PITTMAN

Name: Eli PITTMAN
Birth: 12 August 1829
Parents: Elias Obediah PITTMAN and Sarah Jane PITTMAN
Spouse: Mary Ann TRUAX, Ruth GORDON
Death: 10 January 1892; Elkhart County, Indiana
Relationship to Hollie: paternal 1st cousin 4x removed

Born This Day in 1878 ~ Elizabeth “Lizzy” Catherine MYERS

Name: Elizabeth “Lizzy” Catherine MYERS
Birth: 11 August 1878; Bergholz, Jefferson County, Ohio
Parents: Aaron Jonas MYERS and Martha “Jane” GRIFFITH
Spouse: Thomas Hayes MOORE
Death: June 1959
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 1st cousin 3x removed
NOTES: Thomas Hayes MOORE is the grandson of Charles MOORE

Born This Day in 1848 ~ Matilda GRIFFITH

Name: Matilda GRIFFITH
Birth: 10 August 1848
Parents: James GRIFFITH and Eliza DANIELS
Spouse: Christian Charles HACKATHORN
Death: 28 July 1916
Relationship to Hollie: wife of maternal 2nd great uncle
NOTES:
Matilda’s sister, Rosannah, married Matthew C. MYERS and Matilda’s sister Martha “Jane” married Aaron Jonas MYERS, both sons of Lambert MYERS and Susannah CRAWFORD. Matilda’s brother, Joseph, married Emma MOORE, daughter of Charles MOORE and Jane JOHNSON.

Born This Day in 1873 ~ Clara Ella MOORE

Name: Clara Ella MOORE
Birth: 08 August 1873
Parents: Wesley MOORE and Sarah “Catherine” LANDERS
Spouse: Sherman General MAPLE
Death: 09 May 1946; Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Relationship to Hollie: maternal 1st cousin 2x removed
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