By the time Josephine (Peotter/Piotter, Dermyer) Maynard died in 1946 at the age of 52 years, four of her eight children with her second husband, Lawrence Maynard, were already gone. One died the day she was born. Another died at two from pneumonia and influenza. Eight-year-old Richard Maynard was killed in a horrifying accident at… Continue reading
In my 15 years of researching ancestors, I’ve viewed many death certificates, some are for family who lived before my time and some were peripheral connections. When Martha Elizabeth (Richart) Herriott died in Tecumseh, Michigan on April 15, 1910 she was 84 years old – an impressive age for a woman born in 1825. Her… Continue reading
Tiny Acorns & Mighty Oaks 