Tombstone Tuesday: Bennett Wesley Tapley

Bennett Wesley Tapley

born May 15, 1918

died February 17, 2008

and his wife,

Mary Kathryn Johnson Tapley

born March 2, 1928

died May 20, 2009

laid to rest at

Powell's Chapel Methodist Church cemetery

Johnson County, Georgia

Wesley was the son of Bennett Olin Tapley and Florence Price Tapley.

He was my 1st cousin, 1x removed.

Grandma's Diary, Part 29

(To read prior entries from my maternal grandmother's 1933 diary, please click on the tab "Posts by Topic" and then go to the topic "California."  All posts are listed there.)

Key:

The writer is Ethel Ranney Tapley.

Alice is her sister.

Kenneth is her brother.

Her parents.

          H = her boyfriend, Hazel Avery Plumlee
          Delma = Hazel's little sister
          Earl = Hazel's brother
          Verda = Earl's wife
          Dorothy Lee = Hazel's niece (Earl's child)
          Otho is Otho Hesser, her father's cousin.
          Viella is Otho's wife.
          Ruth & Kathryn are Otho and Viella's daughters.
          Uncle Jont is Jonathan Hesser, Otho's father and her father's uncle.
          Aunt Kate is Sarah Katherine Hall Hesser, Jonathan's wife and Otho's mother
          Herman (Williams) is Alice's boyfriend.

Sun., July 23:  "H. was over for dinner, & we made ice cream.  Alice went to Lancaster with Herman for a wk.  H. & I went to ball game, same Lester & Eva.  Went with Clara & Barney to Berdo."

Mon., July 24:  "Mama & I washed.  Chev. salesman came up to try & sell us a car.  It sure is hot.  Coopers' were over in the eve."

Tues., July 25:  "Chev. salesman took mama & I for a ride.  It sure rained about noon.  H. Hesser was here in the afternoon.  Essex salesman came also.  I went over to Clara's.  Saw H.  It sure is hot."

Wed., July 26:  "Mama & I went to town.  We had the car greased.  Ate lunch at Hazel's.  Visited Uncle Jont's awhile.  We went to see Norah at the hospital.  It was 107 today."

Thurs., July 27:  "Mama & I sewed.  I made me a dress.  Mama did most of it,.  It certainly is muggy & hot.  Mr. Cooper was over for a little while in the eve."

Fri., July 28:  "Mama & I washed.  In the afternoon I went to Millers then to Hazel's.  H. & I went to town.  Went to hospital & took sweet peas to Norah.  Then went to the show."

Sat., July 29:  "We ironed.  Mrs. Holloman came up with Knights & they were here for lunch.  Mama & I made me a dress."

 Images courtesy of http://sensibility.com/vintageimages/1930s/.

Those Places Thursday: Elsie, Michigan

Elsie, Michigan was where my grandmother, 

Ethel Ranney Tapley, was born and lived until the family

moved to California around 1920.

Grandma's sister, Alice, had tuberculosis so the doctor suggested
they move her to a dryer climate. 

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"Elsie is an incorporated place located in Clinton County, Michigan... it had a population of 978 people" and "a land area of 1.16 square miles...according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimate of July 1, 2009." (Courtesy:  MI Hometown Locator.) So it is still a very small place.  Elsie is classified as a "village" and is located about 35 miles northeast of Lansing.

Wordless Wednesday: Samuel Carter

My 3rd great-grandfather.

Can't ask for much more than what was written on the back of the photo!

Tombstone Tuesday: Theodora Price Tapley

Sarah Theodora Price Tapley

born14 Feb 1880

died 29 Jan 1970

wife of George Washington Sentell Tapley

daughter of Berry Price and Theodora Page Price

(Theodora Page Price was the sister of my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Rebecca Page Tapley.)

So George Washington Sentell Tapley and Sara Theodora Price were first cousins.  This happened a lot in my family.

"Dora" is laid to rest at

Oaky Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery,

Johnson County, Georgia.

She was my grand aunt by virtue of being married to my grand uncle; she was also my 1st cousin, 2x removed.

George Washington Sentell Tapley and Theodora "Dora" Price Tapley

Motivation Monday: My Goals from time period ending July 17th

So I'm a week late writing this post... so much for motivation, huh? 

Actually, I did very well on the goals I had set for the two weeks ending July 17.  Here they are from my post of July 4th:

1. Finish reading one of my family history books that I have started.
2. Put the Harrell research I have done (and which is currently spread across my desk) in order, fill out family group sheets and research logs, scan documents related to the Harrells, and enter information found into my software program.
3. Find and scan some documents that are missing from a surname notebook I was scanning from during ScanFest.
4. Scan and stitch three very long pictures I have of my mother's days at summer camp and her high school graduation.  
5. Plan two trips:  

• The first for September during which my mother and I will drive "The Journey Through Hallowed Ground" corridor (in reverse) from Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson near Charlottesville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with several Civil War and other historical sites in between.
• The second trip will be in October when I will join a friend in North Carolina, and we will drive on up to research at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. for a couple of days.  I am in charge of the lodging arrangements, but more importantly, I have got to "get my ducks in a row" as to exactly what I need to research there!  I need to go prepared.

So here's how I ended up:

1.  I did NOT finish reading the book.  I swear every time I start reading it, I fall asleep.  Not that I think my family is boring, but the book is a little dry with all the names and dates.  I'm still slogging my way through it; I think I only have a couple of chapters left.
2. Not only did I get the Harrell research organized, scanned, and entered into Family Tree Maker, but I also did the Odom research the same way and fixed a fancy notebook to file the information in!
3. Done.
4. There were several more than three pictures, it turns out, but I did get them all scanned and stitched with my Flip-Pal.  Some of the pictures took 21 individual scans!
5. The trip from Charlottesville, Virginia to Gettysburg is planned with hotel accommodations made.  When it is closer to time, I will also book tours, etc.  Since a lot of the places we are going to visit are federal parks, Mom and I are keeping an eye on the government budget situation.  Our trip will be a bust if the federal government shuts down, along with the historical battlefields! AND... The motel is booked for the trip to NARA in D.C.  I have time before I need to plan the actual research I'm going to do.

I also got my scrapbooking room cleaned up.  I haven't been in there since, but it's clean!

So I had to go light on my goals for the next two week period ending July 31, since I am going to the beach for 5 days the end of this week.  There are only two... and I haven't even started on them!

1. Read another genealogy book that I recently purchased:  Trace Your Roots with DNA:  Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner.
2. Follow up on 23andme matches I received through my DNA testing.  

 I have a feeling these items are going to make it on the next goal list!

Sunday's Obituary: Benjamin James Lampp

From the Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, November 16, 1965, via GenealogyBank.com.

Benjamin, or B.J., was the son of Benjamin A. "Mann" Lampp and Tabitha Tapley Lampp.

He was my first cousin, 1x removed.