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Charles Goudy [Parents] was born on 5 Oct 1863 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died on 8 Jun 1933 in Steelton, West Virginia. He was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia. He married Mary Bell Henthorn on 17 Jul 1882 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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Mary Bell Henthorn was born on 2 Oct 1866 in Monroe Co., Ohio. She died on 30 Sep 1941 in Steelton, West Virginia. She was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She married Charles Goudy on 17 Jul 1882 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.

Ancestry.com gene pool lists name as May Belgium Henthorn and gives marriage date as Feb. 17, 1882.


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They had the following children:

  F i Louise E Goudy was born on 10 Sep 1883 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. She died on 8 Sep 1957 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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  M ii Earl Goudy was born on 3 Aug 1885 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died about 1886 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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  M iii George E Goudy was born on 24 Jul 1886 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died on 11 Jul 1919 in Wellsville, Ohio. He was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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  M iv John William Goudy was born on 11 Sep 1888 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died on 26 Sep 1968 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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  F v Ora Lee Goudy was born on 15 Oct 1890 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. She died on 23 Feb 1977 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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  F vi Bertha Jane Goudy was born on 19 Sep 1892 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She died on 22 Apr 1969 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia. She was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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  M vii Wiley Charles Goudy was born on 28 Jun 1894 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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  F viii Mary Etta Goudy was born on 17 Jan 1897 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She died on 22 Apr 1958 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia.


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Clifford Westerman was born about 1884. He married Delphia Grandon.

Census: 1930, Milwaukee District 1-250, Milwaukee Co., WI. Taken April 5, 1930. Listed: Clifford age 43;
Delphia age 42 wife; Wilma age 16 dau; Richard age 12 son

Delphia Grandon [Parents] "Eliza" was born on 1 Dec 1885. She died in Apr 1975 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI. She married Clifford Westerman.

Social Security Number: 396-44-6497

They had the following children:

  F i Wilma Kathryn Westerman
  M ii Richard Grandon Westerman

Abram or Abraham Smith was born in 1622 in , , England. He died about 1698 in Narragansett, Rhode Island. He married Mary Pines before 1647 in Long Island, New Netherland, New York.

SMITH, ABRAM: Resident of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York in 1693 when his daughter, Esther/Hester, was married to John "Mill John" Townsend.

Son of William of Hooby; Born perhaps in Hooby, England.

Mary Pines was born about 1622 in , , England. She married Abram or Abraham Smith before 1647 in Long Island, New Netherland, New York.

PINES, MARY - perhaps related to James PYNE (Pine) of Stamford, Connecticut who "are known to have come over to Long Island in 1644 with Rev. Richard Enton." They helped settle Hempstead, Long Island while it was under Dutch rule. (Notes from "The Rock Smith Family" by Valentine W. Smith 1884 Jamaica, New York.) May have been born in 1630 in England. May have died in Rhode Island. May have been related to James Pyne (Pine) of Stamford Connecticut who are known to have come over to Long Island in 1644 with Rev. Reichard Enton. They helped settle Hempstead, Long Island while it was under Dutch rule according to The Rock Smith Family by Valentine W. Smith, 1884 Jamaica, New York.

They had the following children:

  M i Abraham Smith
  F ii Esther Smith was born about 1672 in of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.

Married John "Mill John Townsend according to Hinshaw's: Hester/Esther Smith of Oyster Bay (Long Island), drt of Abraham. 1693. Disowned by the Quaker Church 12 Month 22 Day 1694, for "marrying out of unity". John Townsend was not a Quaker.
  M iii Isaac Smith was born in 1657 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He died in 1746.

Isaac Smith of Herricks.
  M iv William Smith was born in 1659 in , , England. He died in 1719 in Middletown, , New Jersey.
  F v Elizabeth or Betsy Smith was born about 1661 in of , , England.
  F vi Hannah Smith was born about 1663 in of , , England.
  M vii Bartholomew Smith was born about 1665 in of , , England.

Moses Ruckman [Parents] was born on 13 Sep 1799 in Ohio Co., Virginia (now Marshall Co., West Virginia). He died on 4 Nov 1853 in Pleasant Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Bull Creek Cemetery, Parkersburg, West Virginia. He married Margaret Strong on 8 Jun 1826 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.

Served on the first grand jury called in Pleasants Co. in July of 1851.

Cause of death- Typhoid.
Pleasants Co., Virginia (West Virginia) Deaths 1853-1864 N-Z Surnames Compiled from WPA records submitted by Kathy Barnett 1997 lists- "Nov. 04,1853-Moses Ruckman age 54 h/o Margaret Ruckman"

He is buried at Bull Creek Cemetery off Rt 2 Near Parkersburg, WV (from Rev War Serv of John Ruckman by Ivan Ruckman).


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Margaret Strong was born about 1802. She married Moses Ruckman on 8 Jun 1826 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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They had the following children:

  M i Samuel Ruckman
  M ii John Ruckman
  M iii James Ruckman was born about 1833.

Possibly the James as the father in Wood Co., WV Births 1853-1866 "RUCKMAN, Albert J. 4/23/1860 James & Ann E. Ruckman".


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  M iv Adolphees Ruckman
  M v Moses Ruckman was born about 1837.


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  M vi William Ruckman was born about 1841 in Virginia. He died on 10 Jul 1861 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co., West Virginia.

Pleasants Co. Deaths 1853-1864 Compiled from WPA records submitted by Kathy Barnett 1997. Lists "No m/d 1861-William Ruckman age 20 b-Va. s/o Morris (Moses?) and Margaret".


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Isaac Dunn Ruckman [Parents] was born on 21 Jun 1833 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died on 8 Aug 1923 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Greenlawn/Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia. He married Sarah Elizabeth Underwood on 17 Nov 1859 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.

Family tradition says that he was part of the underground railroad, helping escaped slaves by rowing them across the Ohio River from the Virginia side to the Ohio side. Served in the 12th West Virginia Infantry, Company C in Wheeling, West Virginia. Family tradition also says that he held General Grant's horse at the courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia when General Lee surrendered. His pension application in 1891 described him as 5'-10" tall with a fair complexion, blue/gray eyes and dark hair. He was wounded during the war by a "minnie ball" in the right shoulder/neck which was never removed.
1840 Census probably unnamed male aged 5 to 10 listed with David Ruckman family in Marshall Co. Virginia.
1850 census- not listed with parents- need to find would have been 17 years old.
1860 Census-capenter in Marshall Co., Virginia (age listed as 25)
1870 Census- Clay District, Marshall Co., West Virginia (age listed as 37)
1880 Census- farmer in Marshall Co., West Virginia.
1890 Census-(Veterans) Clay District, Marshall Co., West Virginia
1910 census-. Marshall Co., West Virginia and working as a farmer

Cause of death was listed as "gangerene of the left leg".


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Sarah Elizabeth Underwood was born on 24 Jan 1839 in Tyler Co., West Virginia. She died on 17 Feb 1913 in Glendale, Marshall Co., West Virginia. She was buried in Greenlawn/Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia. She married Isaac Dunn Ruckman on 17 Nov 1859 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.

Cause of death listed as "Heart Trouble, etc."


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They had the following children:

  M i Joseph Walker Ruckman
  M ii Edgar M. Ruckman
  F iii Nancy A. Ruckman
  F iv Clara May Ruckman was born on 12 Dec 1869 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. She died on 22 Oct 1894 in Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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  M v David Fletcher Ruckman
  F vi Sarah (Sallie) Ruckman
  M vii Oscar Ruckman was born on 21 Dec 1878 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died in 1949 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Greenlawn/Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia.

1910 living at home and working as a glass apprentice.


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  M viii Samuel Earl Ruckman

Alexander Mack Goudy was born on 19 Feb 1827 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 10 Sep 1908 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Northview Cem, Wetzel Co., West Virginia. He married Eliza Jane Ruckman on 11 Sep 1858 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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Eliza Jane Ruckman [Parents] was born on 9 Mar 1836 in Virginia. She died on 7 Mar 1914 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. She was buried in Fairview Cem, Fairview Ridge, Marshall Co., West Virginia. She married Alexander Mack Goudy on 11 Sep 1858 in Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia.

Her marriage record gives birthplace as Monroe Co., Ohio.


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They had the following children:

  M i John Goudy was born about 1861 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He died about 1882 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Fairview Cem, Fairview Ridge, Marshall Co., West Virginia.


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  F ii Mary T Goudy was born about 1862 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. She died on 30 Apr 1879.


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  M iii Charles Goudy
  M iv George McClellan Goudy
  F v Clara Deliah Goudy
  F vi Ida Mae Goudy
  F vii Rosa Jane Goudy

Lyle Brownell Wilcox was born on 30 Aug 1890 in SD. He died in Dec 1964. He married Mae Elizabeth Grandon on 29 Jun 1921 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois.

Census: 1930, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL. Taken April 8, 1930. Listed: Lyle B. age 39; Mae G. age 38 wife;
Lulu M. age 61 mother
Occupation: Insurance, owned bussiness
Social Security Number: 324-14-3544

Mae Elizabeth Grandon [Parents] was born on 22 Oct 1891 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan. She died in Apr 1978 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. She married Lyle Brownell Wilcox on 29 Jun 1921 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois.

Social Security Number: 345-38-6853


Ezekiel Canfield Lynch was born on 2 Oct 1859. He died on 26 Dec 1937 in Vincent, Ohio. He married Alice Jardinia Ruckman on 28 Feb 1882 in Washington Co., Ohio.


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Alice Jardinia Ruckman [Parents] was born on 4 Oct 1860 in Wood Co., West Virginia. She died on 3 Apr 1904 in Vincent, Ohio. She married Ezekiel Canfield Lynch on 28 Feb 1882 in Washington Co., Ohio.


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They had the following children:

  M i Charles Leslie Lynch was born on 25 Dec 1883 in Flemming, Ohio. He died on 27 Nov 1898 in Vincent, Ohio.


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  F ii Bertha Mae Lynch was born on 11 Feb 1887 in Flemming, Ohio. She died on 29 Jul 1965 in Marietta, Ohio.


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Manon Smith.Manon married Leona M. Cook.

Leona M. Cook [Parents] was born on 28 Jan 1884. She died in Feb 1974 in Wildber, Somerset Co., PA. She married Manon Smith.


Theodore Cleveland Schwing.Theodore married Clara Deliah Goudy on 14 Jan 1884 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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Clara Deliah Goudy [Parents] was born on 24 Mar 1868 in Marshall Co., West Virginia. She died on 29 Oct 1916 in Jefferson Co., Ohio. She married Theodore Cleveland Schwing on 14 Jan 1884 in Wetzel Co., West Virginia.


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