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Lemuel F. Ruckman [Parents] was born in 1844 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died after 1899 in Seymore, Missouri. He married Adaline Phillips in Jan 1870 in Barton Co., Missouri.

Other marriages:
Gregg, Francis Alice


Line of Vonda McPhearson <vondalou@aol.com> (4-1999).
Line of Larry Ruckman <lruckman@home.com> (5-2001)
He and his brother Leander ended up in Missouri-
May 12, 1899 Land Patent NWNW Sec27 Twp.29N Range 16W Med.5thPM Missouri, Wright Co.

Vonda McPhearson has date of 1847.

According pension application index served in Lafayette Co. Missouri Militia? filed by Frances A. Ruckman (Jan.3, 1892? hard too read scan) earlier had been collecting an invalid pension(Feb 1876? very hard to read)


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Adaline Phillips was born in 1852. She died in 1872 in Barton Co., Missouri. She married Lemuel F. Ruckman in Jan 1870 in Barton Co., Missouri.


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They had the following children:

  M i Oscar A. Ruckman

Oscar A. Ruckman [Parents] was born on 28 Mar 1872 in Barton Co., Missouri. He died in 1923 in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico. He married Cordelia (Cordy) Alcorn before 1895.

Other marriages:
, Mamie Lee


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Cordelia (Cordy) Alcorn was born on 22 Aug 1872. She died on 8 Jan 1916. She was buried in Stonewall, Oklahoma. She married Oscar A. Ruckman before 1895.


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They had the following children:

  F i Agnes Ruckman was born in Jul 1895 in Missouri.


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  F ii Nadia Ruckman was born in Dec 1897 in Indian Territory.


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Oscar A. Ruckman [Parents] was born on 28 Mar 1872 in Barton Co., Missouri. He died in 1923 in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico. He married Mamie Lee.

Other marriages:
Alcorn, Cordelia (Cordy)


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Mamie Lee.Mamie married Oscar A. Ruckman.


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Charles H. Reamy

Beverly Grandon [Parents]

Other marriages:
LaCrone, Al

They had the following children:

  F i Cynthia May Reamy
  M ii Donald Craig Reamy
  F iii Catherine J. Reamy

Jerry Cain

Barbara Jean Grandon [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Robert Allen Cain
  F ii Julie Ann Cain

Gerald Manuel Grandon [Parents]

Patricia Banta

They had the following children:

  M i Gerald Manuel Grandon
  F ii Deborah Grandon
  M iii Daniel Grandon
  M iv Michael Grandon
  M v Anthony Grandon

George Butler.George married Ida Mae Goudy on 26 Feb 1900 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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Ida Mae Goudy [Parents] was born on 14 Jun 1871. She died on 7 May 1959 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She married George Butler on 26 Feb 1900 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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Oliver Earlewine

Rosa Jane Goudy [Parents] was born on 25 May 1873. She died on 2 Jan 1948 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She married Oliver Earlewine on 31 Dec 1916 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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Alfred Lester Ashton was born on 7 Feb 1895. He died on 11 Aug 1972. He married Celia Leotha Grandon on 1 Mar 1916 in Beaver Falls, PA.

Celia Leotha Grandon [Parents] was born on 9 Mar 1888. She died on 25 Feb 1975. She married Alfred Lester Ashton on 1 Mar 1916 in Beaver Falls, PA.


Jedediah Allen [Parents] was born on 3 Jan 1646 in Sandwich, New Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Nov 1711 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Howland in 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Jedediah was born on 3 Jan 1646 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Nov 1711 in New Jersey.

Other marriages:
Carpenter, Hannah

Jedediah or Zedediah Allen
Death date also given as 21 Jan 1712 by Gail Meeks
Registered voter at Sandwich, Mass. in 1675.Jedidiah Allen, a well-known Quaker of Massachusetts and New Jersey.

Jedediah Allen, the Quaker, was the son of Ralph Allen and Esther Swift Allen. He was born 3 January 1646 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass. His father and many uncles, and his grandmother Esther Swift, all were early followers of the Quakers. He was about 13 years old at the time of the persecution of the Sandwich, Massachusetts Quakers. May were fined and/or imprisoned for their beliefs. (See Ralph and Geroge Allen notes). Many of the family and other Friends of the Quaker sect included the Allens, Swifts, Howlands, Newlands, Tilton, and others many of whom were connected by marriage to the Allens. The county history, "This Old Monmouth of Ours" of Monmouth County, New Jersey states that Jedediah Allen had three wives: 1. Unknown. 2. Mrs. Hannah Carpenter Ellet, daughter of Preston Carpenter. 3. Elizabeth Howland. It is believed she was the mother of at least 10 of the 13 children of Jedediah Allen. It is not known when she died; sometime after 1689. They were married in 1668. The children of Jedediah and Elizabeth Howland: 1. Experience Allen born 30 August 1669 at Sandwich; died ca.1704. Married Benjamin Field ca 1692. 2. Ephraim Allen, born 30 December 1670, Sandwich. died ca. 1727. Married Miss West, daughter of William West; No. 2, Hannah Johnson Holden Leonard; No.3 Elizabeth Maddocks Denn Powell. He died 1727. 3. Eliashib Allen, born 17 October 1672 Sandwich. Conveyed land to his brother, Nathan Allen, at Burlington, New Jersey in 1711. No further record. 4. Nathan Allen born 2 February 1673, Sandwich, died ca. 1738/39. Wife: Margery Brunet; No. 2 Martha Newbury Davenport, widow of Francis Davenport; No. 3 Miss Debowe. He died ca 1738/39. He was the founder of Allentown, Pennsylvania. 5. Juda Allen, born 17 October 1775, Sandwich; died 1731; wife Deborah Adams. 6. Esther Allen, born 26 March 1677, Sandwich; married James Adams 1695. 7. Ralph Allen, born 7 January 1678/79 Sandwich; died 1718; wife Margaret Dunn 1707. 8. Henry Allen, born 24 March 1679/80, Sandwich; died 1748; wife Hannah Crolies 1702. She died before 1715; No. 2 Abigail Adams, daughter of John and Elizabeth Adams, who was born 1682, and died 1759. Member of Burlington Friends Monthly Meeting. 9. Mary Allen, born 15 November 1681, Sandwich; 1st husband Daniel Wells. #2 Thomas Smith. See Smith line. 10. Patience Allen, born 8 May 1683, Sandwich died 1748. Married Samuel Tilton 1705.

(Note: these ten children all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records before they moved from Plymouth colony in New England in the Quaker records of the Sandwich monthly meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth County, New Jersey about 1683.

Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as " having been transported to this place." the above named children were also listed in the Allen family bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen born 12 November 1686 Shrewsbury, N. J.; married William Thorne 1708. 12. David Allen (twin) b. 16 October 1689 Shrewsbury, died 1735; wife Mary Powell 1711; #2 Hannah Champneys. 13. Jonathan Allen (twin) b. 16 October 1689 Shrewsbury died 1748; married Mary Corlies. 1715-16. When Jedediah Allen moved his large family to New Jersey ca. 1683, they became known as the "Neversink" Allens. Neversink was actually the Nevisink highland on the Atlantic coast, in the township of Middleton, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The area along the coast is 300' to 400' feet in altitude, covered with trees, and a well-known landmark for sailors. The Nevisink river flows between the towns of Middleton and Shrewsbury, in a northeasterly direction, and ends with a wide estuary in Sandy Hook Bay. (Fisher's Statistical Gazatteer of the United States, published in 1853.) Jedediah Allen purchased lands there, and was considered quite well-to-do. He was influential in public as well as private life. He was a member of the New Jersey assembly 1686 to 1703. He was deputy to the general assembly of New Jersey in 1692. And, member of the first "joint assembly" of East and West Jersey in 1703. And, a justice of the court for many years. As a member of the Friends Society (Quakers) he made many tours off the colonies from New Jersey to Massachusetts, as minister of that faith. He represented the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting at the Philadelphia Annual Meeting of 1685.

Elizabeth Howland [Parents] was born in 1640 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. She was christened in 1648 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died in 1712 in New Jersey. She married Jedediah Allen in 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

BIRTH-MAR: McGlumphy History by Gail Poland Meeks

"This Old Monmouth of Ours states that Elizabeth was Jedediah's thrid wife. Of his 13 children, Elizabeth is believed to be the mother of 10 of them.

She was a Quaker. Related to Howland family who came on Mayflower; probably a niece. The Howland family lived in Mass, then NJ in the 1600-1700 era.

They had the following children:

  F i Experience Allen was born on 30 Aug 1669 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. She died in 1704.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M ii Ephriam Allen was born on 30 Dec 1670 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. He died about 1727.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M iii Eliashib Allen was born on 17 Oct 1672 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York.

Conveyed land to his brother Nathan at Burlington, New Jersey in 1711

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M iv Nathan Allen was born on 2 Feb 1673 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. He died about 1738/1739.

Founder of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M v Juda Allen was born on 17 Oct 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. He died in 1731.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  F vi Esther Allen was born on 26 Mar 1677 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York.

These 10 children all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M vii Ralph Allen was born on 7 Jan 1678/1679 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. He died in 1715.

These 10 children all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M viii Henry Allen was born on 24 Mar 1679/1680 in of , , Massachusetts. He died in 1748.

These 10 children all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  F ix Mary Allen
  F x Patience Allen was born on 8 May 1683 in Sandwich, Barnstable, New York. She died in 1748.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  F xi Meribah Allen was born on 12 Nov 1686 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M xii David Allen was born on 16 Oct 1689 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey. He died in 1735.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)
  M xiii Jonathan Allen was born on 16 Oct 1689 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey. He died in 1748.

These 10 children (of Jedediah and Elizabeth) all listed in the Sandwich, Massachusetts records records before they moved from Plymouth Colony in New England in the Quaker Records of the Sandwich Monthly Meeting. Jedediah Allen moved his large family to Monmouth county, New Jersey about 1683. Their arrival in New Jersey was recorded in the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting as "Having been transported to this place." The (10) children were also listed in the Allen Family Bible, with the following three children added later: 11, Meribah Allen 12. David (twin) 13, Jonathan Allen (twin)

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