Watch now (35 mins) | In today's addition to the Stories250 series, Kyla shares the story of her ancestor Elisha Richards (1735-1778) and his family in their effort to survive following the Wyoming Massacre in Pennsylvania
My mom's paternal ancestors are from Wyoming, Pennsylvania. She said we had relatives in Wyoming Massacre but she didn't tell me any stories. Thank you for your stories. Now I need to go look at my family and see if I can find their stories.
Wow, Deborah, to think I bet our families knew each other! Please tell me your names and keep me posted on what you find out. As I researched mine, of course, the same FANs names kept coming up! I’m preparing that research source list to publish online and plan to continue to build out other family’s trees to possibly find stories. Please let me know what you find out!
It was a traumatic day today. FamilySearch and Ancestry were down most of the day. Fortunately, Substack was working and I spent the day doing little chores and listening to the videos.
John Anderson Decker b. 1861 Overfield, Wyoming, PA, died 1938, Falls, Wyoming, PA
Mary Esther Mead b. 1860 Mill City, Whoming, PA, died 1902, Newton Township, Lackawanna, PA
Eliza Doris William b. 1824, PA, died 1906, Overfield, Wyoming, PA
Abel Darling Patrick b. 1757, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, died 1844 Mill City, Falls, Wyoming (formerly Luzerne), PA
Charles Ager b. 1766, Dutchess Co., NY, d. 1840 Overfield, Wyoming, PA
I'm not seeing who would have been involved in the massacre. I'm going to have to call Mom.
Very interesting session today and as for the clipping Kyla read out at the end - Wow! It really highlights her ancestor's experience as one of the 'left overs' Barbara has referred to. The experience was deeply etched into her in a way that prompted her to describe it so vividly later on in life and in a way that reaches out in a special way to her descendants, as evidenced by Kyla's reaction to reading it out loud for us all to hear.
Thank you Jane, for coming live and for your comments. I am forever changed by this research and I am touched that you enjoyed hearing about the journey and the story.
My mom's paternal ancestors are from Wyoming, Pennsylvania. She said we had relatives in Wyoming Massacre but she didn't tell me any stories. Thank you for your stories. Now I need to go look at my family and see if I can find their stories.
Wow, Deborah, to think I bet our families knew each other! Please tell me your names and keep me posted on what you find out. As I researched mine, of course, the same FANs names kept coming up! I’m preparing that research source list to publish online and plan to continue to build out other family’s trees to possibly find stories. Please let me know what you find out!
It was a traumatic day today. FamilySearch and Ancestry were down most of the day. Fortunately, Substack was working and I spent the day doing little chores and listening to the videos.
John Anderson Decker b. 1861 Overfield, Wyoming, PA, died 1938, Falls, Wyoming, PA
Mary Esther Mead b. 1860 Mill City, Whoming, PA, died 1902, Newton Township, Lackawanna, PA
Eliza Doris William b. 1824, PA, died 1906, Overfield, Wyoming, PA
Abel Darling Patrick b. 1757, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, died 1844 Mill City, Falls, Wyoming (formerly Luzerne), PA
Charles Ager b. 1766, Dutchess Co., NY, d. 1840 Overfield, Wyoming, PA
I'm not seeing who would have been involved in the massacre. I'm going to have to call Mom.
Oh my goodness, let’s get these wonderful people added to the timeline too.
Oh, man… that’s what this kind of storytelling is all about.
Good information, cousin Kyla!
Very interesting session today and as for the clipping Kyla read out at the end - Wow! It really highlights her ancestor's experience as one of the 'left overs' Barbara has referred to. The experience was deeply etched into her in a way that prompted her to describe it so vividly later on in life and in a way that reaches out in a special way to her descendants, as evidenced by Kyla's reaction to reading it out loud for us all to hear.
Thank you Jane, for coming live and for your comments. I am forever changed by this research and I am touched that you enjoyed hearing about the journey and the story.