OUR FAMILY TREE and its many branches november 1988 TABLE OF CONTENTS Families: Brown 1 Markel 7 Parker 15 Blaine 42 Meyer 62 Segerstrom 90 McMurray 102 Sutfin 131 Kohlmeier 142 Beale - 151 Hite Family 167 Armstrong - Lyon 193 Mead - Bateson 212 Washington 226 Ord - Cresap families aft 256 Mead - Parker 289 index —j ' BATE MICROF/LMED I ///Vf/ / ITEM *_Z£L PROJECT"?/id G RGi L ?r M-L # FAMILY M'STORY LIBRARY \fL/07<-/4P ^^>«r, 35 NOR •>i WFST TEMPLE r< SALT LAlxE CITY, UTAH 84150 HERITAGE We speak of our forbears in old and worn cliches, As stalwart, silent men whose numbered days Were spent in ceaseless, unremitting toil Eking a living from New England soil. We think of them waiting for the call to arms, Fighting to save their families and farms; We picture the furrow where the dropped plough lies, The women watching them go with quiet eyes. Is it because they died so many springs Ago that we forget the other things They did from day to day? They must have wept, Laughed, talked of the future. I think they kept Their dreams tended as gently as their corn, And planned great things for children yet unborn. And as I watch the spring unfold each year, I think that they held beauty almost as dear As freedom. The battle won, they heeded her command, And planted dogwood in their promised land. DOROTHY JOSLIN ©1976 Introduction Our Family and its Many Branches is genealogy of an entire family, admittedly as yet incomplete. It is the genealogy of the various branches, also incomplete. In order to give focus as to who are members of the family it was necessary to establish who the ultimate legatees of the genealogy, as published in 1988, would be. Those legatees are the grandchildren of the preparer of this genealogy - Sarah Michael Townsend, Eliza Raye Sutfin and Michael Parker Sutfin. They are related to all the branches here included, though the relationship may be one by affinity (marriage) as well as consanguinity (blood). Immediate or direct lines in a genealogy are relatively simple. Starting with the ultimate subject the child we go to the parents (two in number) - the grandparents (four in number) - the great grandparents (eight in number) and progressively back through the generations. The geometric progression back, genealogically speaking, back to the 12th Century (1100-1200 a.d.) would count for 33,554, 432 ancestors. The total population of England did not exceed two million in the year 1100 a.d. Each forbearer at that period, and in the subseguent two or three centuries must be counted over and over. We have established charts for each family unit (father, mother, and children) and the same family unit may appear in more than one of the branches, thus, their chart number will depend upon which family grouping they appear. What is clear from a reading of this genealogy is that there are many gaps in the family units reported, and there is an absence entirely of certainly family lines that should be reported. The failure to report them as of this date is for the lack of information - l - about them - not an unwillingness to include them in the genealogy. At the annual meeting of the Federation of Genealogical Societies held in August, 1988 in Boston, MA it was strongly urged that one does not wait until his genealogy is completed - for it never will be. New family lines will constantly be added, in an unending roll of history. As incomplete as this genealogy is we are publishing it with invitations for additions to it and invite attention to any errors, unintentionally, made. C. E. Parker Genealogist-Lawyer November 1, 1988. - ii - See the march of history Strewn with cast-off finery ,— And the way of common things Cluttered with the pomp of Kings Those only deserve to be remembered by posterity who treasure up the history of their ancestors Edmund Burke - 111 - fW*-*;>3 "•&. •»•-,' •- •- •? •*'' G I C, .1 c#Xik > "> ' V <**^- i b f«^feCVfi raloh waite mead 1863 - 1937 mary jane mead 1863 - 1955 OUR FAMILY TREE and its many branches nftft mww® isANffli november 1988 Our Family Tree - The Brown Branch Chart I James Blaine 1, Agnes Blaine McMurray 2, Acheson 3 William Blaine McMurray 020-1 Amy Naoma Berlin McMurray 001-1. Henry Albert McMurray, b. Sep. 10, 1848, at Jeannette, Westmoreland Co., PA M- 001-2. Humphrey Ludwick McMurray, b. Feb. 15, 1850, at Jeannette, Westmoreland Co., PA d. 1921 M- Elizabeth W. Jenkins, Jun. 13, 1877, she d. Aug. 8, 1934. Resided at Ligonier, PA 001-3. Amy Naoma McMurray, b. Aug. 21, 1854, at Jeannette, PA d. Jan. 1, 192 6 M- William Edgar Steck Resided at Excelsior Springs, MO - No ch. 001-4. Margaret Arabella McMurray, b. Sep. 25, 1858, at Jeanette, Westmoreland Co., PA, d. Mar. 27, 1889, and is bur. at Floyd Cem., Sioux City, IA. M- James Tuffts 001-5. John Albert McMurray, b. Sep. 9, 1860, at Jeanette, PA M- 001-6. Mary Jane McMurray, b. Dec. 3, 1864, at Jeanette, Westmoreland Co., PA d. Jun. 30, 1955 at Orange, CA. md. Nov. 2, 1887 M - Ralph Waite Mead, b. Jan. 3, 1863, d. Mar. 15, 1937 at Santa Ana, CA. See Chart 11. 001-7. Bertram Clifford McMurray, b. Nov. 4, 1871, and d. Jul. 29, 1947 at Sawtelle, Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. M- Lillian Augusta Masters, Dec. 6, 1903, b. Apr. 8, - 1 - Our Family Tree - The Brown Branch 1877, and d. Jun. 9, 1949. They are bur. in the Mead family plot at Fairhaven Cem., Santa Ana, CA. They resided for many years in Lancaster, CA. He was a soldier with Co. L, 7th Regt., CA National Guard, during the Spanish-American War, serving primarily at Alameda Co., CA awaiting transit to the Phillipine campaign. He was a resident of Lancaster, CA in later years - and postmaster there for a period of time. 001-8. William Z. B. McMurray, b. Aug. 19 1856, and d. Aug. 30, 1940 M- Charlotte (Lottie) Crawford, of Hampton, IA, on Sep. 20, 1883. b. Jul. 24, 1860, d. Jun. 16, 1944. 001-9. Sarah Louise McMurray, b. Jul. 10, 1866, d. Sep. 14, 1949 at Santa Ana, CA. A-18277, Orange Co., CA. Unmd. - lifetime school teacher in IA, Orange Co., and Los Angeles, CA 001-10. Thomas Oscar McMurray, b. Jul. 19, 18 69, d. Apr. 22, 1942 M- Lydia Barth at Sioux City, IA on Mar. 12, 1899. She was b. Aug. 22, 1881 d. Sep. 11, 1964. 001-11. Eleanor Elizabeth McMurray, b. Mar. 12, 1852, and d. Easter Sunday, Mar. 31, 1907 in Santa Ana, CA. M- James Brown, Mar. 31, 1886 at Waterloo, IA. He was b. Jun. 25, 1852. Marriage record filed in Book J, Page 96, Mar. 30, 1886, records of Black Hawk Co., IA. See Brown Branch of the Family Tree All the McMurray ch. were b. at the family farm near Jeanette, PA which was the site of the Battle of Bushy Run during the French and Indians Wars, 1763, with a British force commanded by Colonel Henry Bouguet. When the family moved to IA around 1875 the farm was sold to relatives, members of the Jacob Gongaware family. - 2 - Our Family Tree - The Brown Branch Chart IV Harold Ray Brown Ethel (Gerran) Brown Harold Ray Brown was a mortician by profession. He was an ambulance driver during World War I, and became associated with the Mottel Mortuary on Geary Street in San Francisco. In 1929 he formed a partnership with Sam Harrel of Huntington Beach to form a mortuary in Santa Ana, CA under the firm name of Harrell and Brown Mortuary. Mr. Harrell later sold his interest to Mr. Emil Wagner and 'the firm name became Brown and Wagner. Several years later Mr. Wagner sold his interest to a group of partners and the firm became the Brown Colonial Mortuary. * 004-1. Harold James Leroy Brown, b. Nov. 12, 1930, at Santa Ana, CA M - Joyce Ruth Markel, Oct. 11, 1958, b. Sep. 13, 1932 004-2. Lynette Brown, b. Mar. 25, 1934, at Los Angeles, CA, d. Feb. 20, 1986 M- Donald Maurice Norman, Jan. 28, 1961, b. Jul. 27, 1933 FOURTH GENERATION Chart V Harold Leroy James Brown Joyce Ruth (Markel) Brown 005-1. Vincent Harold Brown, b., Mar. 21, 1960 M- 005-2. Gregory Thomas Brown, b. Jul. 12, 1961 M- Linda Hammond, Jun. 1987 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Santa Ana, CA. 005-3. Mark L. Brown, b. Oct.. 24, 1963 M- Carol Keelan, Oct. 24, 1987, at Huntington Beach, - 5 - Our Family Tree - The Brown Branch CA. 005-4. Gerran William Brown, b. Jan. 17, 1966 M- "~~ - 6 - OUR FAMILY TREE and its many branches 0F$£ IRASXE1I VBAHOIf november 1988 FIRST GENERATION Chart I Jules William Markel Ada Dillon 1 1 Jules William Markel and Ada Dillon were married Nov. 23, 1897 at St. Henry's Catholic Church, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was b. Sep. 15, 1874. She was b. May 25, 1879. She received her education at St. Henry's Parochial School and this education extended through eight grades. He was a building contractor in that city, moving his business later to Santa Ana, CA.. He d. Feb. 2, 1952. Jules William Markel received an education at MacSonough #44 grammar school. He was bp. and attended St. Stephen's Catholic Church in New Orleans. He worked with his father in job construction, and became an apprentice carpenter. He was an enthusiastic fisherman and hunter.