Family of Pauling and Ridder

Johann Diedrich Heinrich Friedrich Pauling and Dorothea Marie Ridder submitted by Linda Pauling They immigrated in 1850 from Gilten, Hannover, Germany. I have direct line information from the Gilten Evangelical Church going back to 1545. This family had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Just Heinrich Friedrich PAULING was married to Marie Christine Bruns. He died … Read more

Biography of Charles Reed 1784-1863

Pioneer – Patriot Veteran – Father Citizen: VA, OH, IN, IL submitted by Wayne Reed DEDICATION Our ancestors deserve more than a line in a musty book, or a yellowed letter, long forgotten. We have the resources to locate these tidbits and the ability to publish with an ease not known a generation ago, and … Read more

Biography of Samuel G. Nelson

Submitted by: Kathryn E. Young Source: Portrait and Biography Album of Will County, Illinois, 1890 Page 200 and 201 Samuel G. NELSON, Supervisor and Justice of the Peace of Milton (Wilton) Township, is a native of Randolph County, Ind., and a son of John and Elizabeth (GRAY) NELSON. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and … Read more