Some members of our family have the distinguished middle name of Woodfin. It started several generations ago with my great-grandfather, a son of Rosetta Johnson and Daniel Rhoads. The origin of this name (to our family) is a complete mystery and I lose sleep (occasionally) over it. My grandmother told my Uncle that Woodfin was … Continue reading Woodfin
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Charles Madden
I think there is enough evidence to say with certainty that Charles Madden was Elizabeth's father. Just to recap from her biography, I was at a dead end with Elizabeth until I was contacted by a fellow researcher who is a DNA match on FTDNA.com. She provided me with some additional information, much of it … Continue reading Charles Madden
Elizabeth Madden
While going through my messages on Ancestry.com again, I re-read a message from 2017 by a researcher who said we had a DNA match (through our autosomal DNA donor on AncestryDNA.) For whatever reason, I failed to respond to her, but I made up for that recently. Lucky for me, this researcher had information enabling … Continue reading Elizabeth Madden
James F. Johnson
With the new knowledge of Rosetta's true maiden name, I searched and searched. All I had at this point were indexes to records naming Rosetta, but I had not yet seen the actual records. I found a few Rosetta Johnson's in earlier census but could not be sure I had the right one. One had … Continue reading James F. Johnson
Rosetta Johnson
Rosetta was my first brick wall. We knew she was known by three surnames, Crum, Truman, and Rhoads. But what was her maiden name? My Uncle has two Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) posters, one for George Crum and one for Daniel Rhoads. Somehow he knew her connection to George Crum, but little else. The answer … Continue reading Rosetta Johnson
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