Bartholomew Illustrator - Bart

This cartoon shows Susan B. Anthony chasing after President Grover Cleveland in her fight for women's right to vote.

Just a reminder: GGrandfather, Lucius Carrington married Mary Montgomery Barthlomew. The Bartholomew family has more than its share of fascinating people.

Charles Lewis Barthlomew was born 1869 in Charlton, Iowa and worked primarily as a children's books illustrator. He made newspaper strips like 'Cousin Bill' (1909), 'George and his Conscience' (1907), 'Bud Smith, the Boy Who Does Stunts' (1908-1912), 'Alexander the Cat' (1910), and 'Mama's Girl-Daddy's boy". He was the author of several textbooks on cartooning and illustration, and was the dean of the Federal School of Illustration and Cartooning. Do you remember those matchbooks with "Draw Me"...that is the formentioned school, located in Minneapolis, Minn. as a branch of the Bureau of Engraving to train illustrators for both the growing printing industry and the Bureau itself.

For many years "Bart" was active in the management of the art department of the Minneapolis Journal, with front page cartoons on political subjects and current events. The Journal was one of the first papers in the United States to use the daily cartoon feature. Bart's cartoons have been reproduced in every part of America and in England and European countries. Writers have said,"One of the most capable cartoonists in the United States is Mr. Bart of the Minneapolis Journal." and "Mr. Charles L. Bartholomew of the Journal, whose work is signed 'Bart,' has not merely a very ingenious and ready pencil, but he has a remarkable political instinct that makes his drawings to a very unusual extent valuable as elucidating the situation or reenforcing an editorial position or point of view." Bart is credited with ten volumes of current cartoons for the Journal and illustrating six juvenile books by W.A. Frisbie. Note to self:Do a check on these books. He's also written twelve textbooks on illustrating and cartoooning. Bart died in 1949.

He was my 6th cousin 3x removed. That's really a distant relative, but no less interesting.

Dr. Peter Carrington - Irish Descent

This Blog has been very beneficial to me. It has caused me to go over notes long ago forgotten. At the time of this writing I have 28 loose-leaf notebooks. These include families of my father, Dale Hostvet; mother, Helen Daugherty Hostvet; and my husband, Joe Paulson (McKenzie family).

I came across an E-Mail from a Jan (no last name mentioned), dated March 15, 2005. It says, "Regarding Dr. Peter Carrington, he was living in New Haven, CT in 1692, successfully practicing his profession. He was of Irish descent, but we have no record to connect him with other Carringtons in America." Jan is referring to the three branches of Carringtons that came to America at about the same time. One lived in New Haven (Peter...my 7th ggrandfather), one settled in Maryland and the other in Virginia.

I also have a copy of The Carringtons in General, from Professor William T. Carrington's manuscript. "If one could have known all the thousands of descendents of the four or five Carrington immigrants to this country from Ireland in the seventeenth century, he could, like Balzac, present every type of individual who has contributed pioneer development of our American civilization during these three centuries."

William goes on to say ..."Peter Carrington, the Connecticut scholarly minded...at least fifteen of Dr. Peter's descendents have become doctors..are numerous from New England to the Pacific coast, mainly along the northern
tier of states."

Peter married Ann, daughter of William and Sarah Wilmot. Ann was the widow of Benjamin Lines. Peter died in 1727 and Ann died after 1727. They had 11 children, of which son Daniel, the second Daniel (the first died when he was less than a year old), continues the branch that our family, members of the Lucius Carrington family, are descended. Daniel's brother, Elias, had a son Dr. Elias Carrington who was one of the founders of the New Haven Medical Society in 1784. There is a great story concerning Dr. Elias, that I'll write about another time.

There also is the interesting story of John and Joan Carrington that were tried for witchcraft, in the New Haven area, and are said to have been hanged. There is no validation that these two are related to us, only conjecture. I'll be mentioning them some day.

Ann Wilmot's family is another source of historical interest. Ann is my 7th greatgrandmother.

This whole line includes the Wilmot, Gilbert, Hall, Tuttle, and Bartholomew lineage...all rich in stories and heritage.

Ireland

Ireland is also the ancestral home of my mother's family, the Corcorans--from county Kerry, I believe. Mom and my sister and I are still hoping to make a trip there within a year. All that green sure would be nice to see right about now . . .

Mystery of Daugherty Roots

I will begin this blog concerning the Daugherty family, by starting with this quote from my gggrandfather, William Henry Daugherty. "My grandfather and grandmother (Daugherty) were born in Ireland and imigrated from that country to Hampshire Co., Virginia about the beginning of the 19th century." Sure wish that William Henry had mentioned the name of his grandparents and where in Ireland they had lived.

William Henry's father was known as William (born abt. 1798 in Virginia), though his name was probably James William. We have him marrying Harriet Bedows from Maryland. William Henry was born in Nicklesville, Scott County, Virginia, in 1830. There is another Dougherty family living in Nicklesville, Scott County Virginia about the same time, with James as the head of the household, but married to Elizabeth Hamilton. This James was born in Ireland and came to America with brothers William, John and sister Nancy. I have a copy of their family story. These two families are easily confused.

Another thought: Both Aunt Beulah and my mother, Helen, said that their father, Fred Daugherty, mentioned the Isle of Man as the homeland of this particular Dougherty family. Aunt Lori (Johnson) went to the Isle of Man and couldn't find evidence to substantiate this.

Many of us have either been to Ireland or plan on going to Ireland. Wouldn't it be wonderful to find out where our Doherty/Dougherty/Daugherty family originated from? I have just sent an E-mail to a gentleman who is researching the Dougherty family of SW Virginia. It's an old address so I hope that Robert Scott receives it.

Ellen Landers, who is researching the sister of William Henry, Harriet Elizabeth Hayworth has been very helpful with background information.

Let's keep working on this family. If you are interested in the complete file I have for the Daugherty family, please let me know.

The photo is of William Henry Daugherty. This was about the time of the change of spelling from "Dougherty" to "Daugherty".

Pepper Family Pedigree

Still a bit of a trial to get these Pedigree charts together. The top one deals with Martha Pepper (Grandpa Fred Daugherty's grandmother) and the bottem is a overall chart for all branches of Mom's family. There aren't a lot of details presented for branches here, other than the Peppers, as I took the info from the Pepper folder. I'm going to do the Daugherty family next, but not for a couple of days. A "breather" will be taken and another normal post will be done tomorrow.

I've been checking up on other family blogs and have enjoyed Curt and Joyce Goehring's, as well as those of Chad Geidel and Pam Rounseville. I think that Gwen Johnson has something out there as well. Just haven't found it yet. Again, if specific information is wanted on particular family members or families, just let me know. I haven't heard from as many family members as I had hoped, but having a blog is very helpful for me in keeping focused on unique questions and individuals. Hope to hear from you.

Experimental DeLong Family Pedigree Chart

I did want to make the effort of putting a Pedigree Chart out for readers. The font is way too small and I haven't found a way to enlarge it. The whole organization of the page is not to my liking. Like anything else that doesn't work quite right, the hours of thinking and doing are worth it...I did learn. I'm thinking about doing a different type of chart with these same people...The Delong Family. Catherine Elizabeth Daugherty was of this family. If a reader would like information on generations before those posted, get back to me and I'll be glad to send them to you.

Now that I see the final product as the viewer would, it isn't too bad.

Family Tree - Not exactly Easy to Share

Many times I've had very interested family members desiring a "family tree" with all branches showing. Actually doing this is not an easily accomplished. To be really useful, these charts would have to fill a wall in your home. Get the scotch-tape ready. And have reams of paper ready for printing.



Today I'll try to show you the idea of a "tree chart" concerning the DeLong Family. I will only go back a few generations to start with. I've scanned the first two charts, beginning with my mother, Helen Hostvet. This doesn't show any of her siblings and their families, but might give you some idea of grandparents...going back several generations. I prefer genealogy reports. So much information can be included in them. But the actual "branch illustration" needs to be done with Pedigree charts. Bear with me and I'll find the two pedigree charts that I did for the DeLong family today. I'll be continuing this for all of our family branches. If you want to go back farther with generations, I can do that for you. Just let me know.

I'm going to start the next blog with these two pages of the DeLong Pedigree Chart. I want to encourage readers to put "their two cents worth in". I know you have lots of ideas to share.