GARNER, REBA - HER LIST OF BIRTHDAYS

My grandma, Reba (RESSLER) GARNER was great about remembering birthdays and holidays of friends and family - she sent cards out for all of them.  I found this list among mom's papers, but it is Grandma's hand writing.  There is no date or greeting.

The list covers birth dates for my Pappy's (Ralph GARNER) siblings, parents, and paternal grandparents:

Benjamin GARNER & Cora Mae GROFF married April 14, 1906

Ralph Groff GARNER   Aug. 5, 1906
Mary E GARNER          Dec. 29, 1908
Ella Mae GARNER        Nov. 29, 1910  (my note: married name ROOP)
Clyde J. GARNER         July 25, 1913
Lester C. GARNER       May 28, 1915

Benjamin Franklin GARNER       Aug. 20, 1885
Cora (GROFF) GARNER                   Aug. 13, 1887

Ben's parents:
Charles GARNER 1863 - died 1943
Elizabeth Musser (MUSSELMAN) GARNER 1864 - died 1925  (my note: MUSSER was her mom's maiden name)

MUSSELMAN PHOTOS - We could use some help identifying these folks......

Here are 3 photos that were supplied by R. SCHNEIDER. 

 All have to do with Ben F. and Anna (MOSSER/MUSSER) MUSSELMAN, however, they are barely labeled and we would like to share in hopes that someone out there has more information. I have labeled what is known.

If you look close at the two photos above, there are some repeat faces.  Any help identifying people would be wonderful.

According to the marriage license of Ben and Anna on Jan. 25, 1853, Ben MUSSELMAN's parents were David and Elizabeth (BRESTLY) MUSSELMAN. Can anyone confirm exactly who these people and where this photo is of????

June 29, 2018: The above photo that is thought to be Ben MUSSELMAN's parents is probably actually a brother and his wife.  I have done a little poking around in records looking for Ben's parents and it is starting to look like they both died in the 1840's, which would mean the above type of photo would not have been available at that time - however, it could easily be available in the 1880 - 1900 era. Plus the clothing style is more 1880-1900.

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

ANNA MOSSER/MUSSER 1836-1917

ANNA MOSSER/MUSSER: According to her marriage license to Benjamin Franklin MUSSELMAN, she was the daughter of Michael and Fanny (ALBRIGHT) MOSSER/MUSSER. She was born in 1836 and died in 1917, apparently a life long resident of Lancaster County, PA. She was the mother of Elizabeth MUSSELMAN, who married Charles GARNER - making her my gr-gr-gr- grandmother.

The marriage license of Benjamin F. MUSSELMAN and Anna MOSSER/MUSSER on Jan. 25, 1853 in Lancaster, PA. Benjamin and Anna are known to have had at least 10 children over a span of about 15 years.

This photo is undated, but prior to April 1912 when Benjamin died.  The couple on right is Ben (standing) and Anna (sitting). The woman on left is labeled as a daughter, but I have no idea which one. Does anyone out there know?  Please contact me if you know who the other 3 people in the photo are. I am thinking it appears to be a 4 generation photo..

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MUSSELMAN 1831-1912

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MUSSELMAN:

Benjamin was born in 1831 and died in 1912. He apparently resided in Lancaster County, PA his entire life. He was the father of Elizabeth MUSSELMAN, who married Charles GARNER - making Benjamin my gr-gr-gr grandfather.

The below photo of him during the Civil War was given to me in among all the other photos from Grandma GARNER.  It was not labeled and I set it aside until it could be identified.  Later 2 different distant cousins mentioned it but R. SCHNEIDER actually shared a labeled copy  - I was excited to know who the person was.

He served in the Civil War in Company E of the 135th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from Aug. 1862 until May 1863.

Personal collection:

                           Benjamin is line 4 on the above document.

Source: AG McMillin, Reba Garner, Ron Schneider

                      Benjamin Franklin Musselman in uniform 1862-63

Source: Ron SCHNEIDER

                    Ben and Anna's marriage license 25 Jan. 1853

Benjamin Franklin MUSSELMAN is listed as the son of David and Elizabeth (BRESTLY) MUSSELMAN on his marriage license to Anna MOSSER/MUSSER on Jan. 25, 1853 in Lancaster, PA.


    **I want to thank a distant cousin,  Ron Schneider,  for sharing his thoughts and research on our mutual  ancestors**

WELCOME FOLKS

Please Note:  I am not comfortable with putting personal info on here for family members who are still alive, this blog revolves around family members who have passed on. It contains photos, documents, and memories.  The whole point of this blog is to share the info I have collected or been given over the years. If you notice a mistake, please contact me with the correct information.

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WELCOME

The little town where I live in Indiana has recently (since Thanksgiving 2011) had 4 house fires.  The victims all have lost family photos, documents, and heirlooms.  I'm not stupid enough to think it can't happen to me.  So, I decided to post on here info on my (deceased) family members, so the photos aren't lost and all those documents that I collected over the years as I worked on the family genealogy aren't either.

My mother's family has been in Lancaster County, PA since 1717 (other stories and secondhand info says 1710) when they came from Germany, and my father's family moved there from Bucks Co, PA (they were German immigrants in the 1770's) or neighboring Monroe County in the 1870's.  Some came because of Amish or Mennonite religious beliefs and some because there just was a wander lust and some because there was not enough land to support the growing number of boys.

I'm proud of my roots.  I have files and boxes of family info that I collected over the years so this is going to be a long-drawn-out project, so bear with me.

 Family names you will see here (to name a few) are APPLEBACH, FINDLEY, GARNER, GROFF, MUSSELMAN, MOSSER/MUSSER, RESSLER, STOVER, ULRICH, WOLFE and YOST.  I am the oldest child in my family, the oldest grandchild for Pappy and Grandma GARNER, and just one of many on the APPLEBACH side.  I have "cousins by the dozens" and many, many assorted relatives - some still living in Germany.

If I don't source the information or photos, I've probably inherited the photos or was given them long ago and have no idea where they came from at this point - otherwise, I do try to say were the info came from.

However, I also pay money for documents and spend hours on a weekly basis researching photos, documents and family connections - much of that by contacting obscure relatives or actually going to courthouses, newspaper offices, or libraries.

Even as a small child I was fascinated with my family.  We are a big family and there are many stories and many photos.  I was a quiet, bookish, curious child who frustrated the adults because I was always asking questions.  As I got older and folks ran across extra photos or newspaper articles, they would give them to me (probably to humor me) and I would quietly file them away neatly with notes or comments.

By the time I was graduated from high school, I had quite a collection of family info with little effort on my part.  Then I discovered that the reference sections of libraries tended to have census records, cemetery records, and family info.  Then came the discovery of the Mormon libraries.  However, once I had little ones of my own to care for, all these records were neatly filed away for that vague "someday" when I could work on them again.

I guess that vague "someday" has arrived due to several circumstances:  my aunt is doing one family line, many of the older people have passed on, I'm certainly not getting any younger, my kids are adults, and the knowledge that this info needs to be left for others.  By putting some of it on a blog, it may also help others to find info on some relative of their own.

Make yourself a cup of coffee or tea, pull up a comfy chair and see where these Lancaster County Family Ties take you. Like any family; there are good and bad, pretty and ugly, funny and sad, and never dull people.  No family is perfect, and some are very dysfunctional, but they are family.

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Several relatives have suggested I put this blog into book form.  That falls under the topic of maybe and someday.  I would rather share the information now and help other people whose research overlaps with mine. Happy reading.

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NOTE: THE PHOTOS USED IN THIS BLOG ARE IN MY POSSESSION UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.