20,000 Strong

 Today, I entered the 20,000th person into my family tree on Family Tree Maker!  That is a lot of folks!  While I am not related to every single one of those people, I am kin to the vast majority. 

The 20,000th person turned out to be a 4th cousin, 2x removed on my Osmun/Osman/Ozmun line by the name of:

Arvilla Mary Nelsey (1915-2014).  

Arvilla was the wife of James "Jim" Sheldon (1914-2000), the daughter of Tinmun Mills Nelsey (1890-1971) and Vera E Buzzard (1891-1981), the mother of three, grandmother of six, and great-grandmother of ten.  Arvilla was born in Pontiac, Michigan and lived her entire life in the area. 

We are descended from Isaac H. Osman, who was a member of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.  He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777 and sent to the infamous Sugar House Prison in New York City, where he died of starvation in 1778. 

(Of course, I kept working after entering Arvilla, and I'm already up to 20,045!)

Sources:  

Find a Grave Memorial #116935289 for Arvilla Mary Nelsey Sheldon.

Obituary of Arvilla Sheldon, 1915-2014, Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Lake Orion, Michigan, USA, sparksgriffin.com/obituary/4188841