Olivia Samatha Vale1

F, #58711, b. 10 November 1859, d. 13 August 1941

Family: Madison Henry Head b. 1866, d. 1953

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BirthNov 10, 1859Lee, IA, USA1
MarriageDec 18, 1890IL, USA1,2
DeathAug 13, 1941Edgar Co., IL, USA1,2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.

Colin Ball Vale Jr1,2

M, #58712, b. 15 August 1863, d. 8 February 1945

Family 1: Carrie Louella Starnater b. 3 Aug 1867, d. 3 Jul 1898

Family 2: Jessie Louella Starnater b. 21 Jan 1884, d. 21 Dec 1963

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BirthAug 15, 1863Edgar Twp, IL, USA1
MarriageAug 21, 1890Edgar Co., IL, USA1
MarriageJan 2, 1906Edgar Co., IL, USA2
DeathFeb 8, 1945Metcalfe, Edgar Co., IL, USA1,2
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Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan 5, 2003.

Theodore Vale1

M, #58713, b. 11 April 1866, d. 21 April 1940

Family: Mary Belle Ashmore b. 1869, d. 1949

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BirthApr 11, 1866Edgar Twp, Edgar Co., IL, USA1
Marriage
DeathApr 21, 1940Metcalfe, Edgar Co., IL, USA2,3
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Claudia Bourdon, Jan. 8, 2002.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.

Erastus W. Cain1

M, #58714

Family: Mary Ann Martha Houghton b. c 1827, d. 5 Aug 1903

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Marriage1,2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.

Madison Henry Head1

M, #58715, b. 1866, d. 1953

Family: Olivia Samatha Vale b. 10 Nov 1859, d. 13 Aug 1941

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Birth1866Owen Co., IL, USA1
MarriageDec 18, 1890IL, USA1,2
Death1953Edgar Twp, Edgar Co., IL, USA1,2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.

Mildred I. Head1

F, #58716

Family: Jim Stump

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Marriage1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Jim Stump1

M, #58717

Family: Mildred I. Head

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Marriage1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Lula Mae Stump1

F, #58718

Family: Clyde Harris

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Birth
Marriage1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Clyde Harris1

M, #58719

Family: Lula Mae Stump

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Marriage1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Bertram I. Stump1

M, #58720

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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.

Carrie Louella Starnater1

F, #58721, b. 3 August 1867, d. 3 July 1898

Family: Colin Ball Vale Jr b. 15 Aug 1863, d. 8 Feb 1945

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BirthAug 3, 1867Parkersburg, Richland Co., IL, USA1,2
MarriageAug 21, 1890Edgar Co., IL, USA1
DeathJul 3, 1898Metcalfe, Edgar Co., IL, USA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Claudia's Families, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan. 5, 2003.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Bob Matkins, Jan 5, 2003.

John Houghton1,2

M, #58723

Family: Eliza Hawkins d. 11 Jan 1865

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BirthMA, USA, 1900 census of son John gives MA
Origin1821Lansingburgh, NY, USA2
MarriageDec 27, 1821NY, USA2
ResearchLansingburgh, Rensselar Co., NY, USA
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Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S1101] Eastern New York VRs 1777-1834, p. 126.

Eliza Hawkins1

F, #58724, d. 11 January 1865

Family: John Houghton

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BirthNY, USA, 1900 census of son John gives NY
Origin1821Lansingburgh, NY, USA1
MarriageDec 27, 1821NY, USA1
DeathJan 11, 18652
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Citations

  1. [S1101] Eastern New York VRs 1777-1834, p. 126.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.

Anna Miller1

F, #58725, b. circa 1827, d. 1 August 1899

Family: John Richardson Houghton b. 19 Jun 1825, d. 16 Sep 1904

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Birthcirca 1827PA, USA, age 23 in 1850 census; age 33 in 1860 census; age 40 in 1870 census; age 52 in 1880 census2,3
Marriagebetween 1844 and 18451,3
1850 Census1850Spring Garden, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 25, a cutter3
1860 Census186020th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 35, a clerk, personal property $10002
1870 Census1870Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, USA, age 454
DeathAug 1, 18991
BurialMt. Vernon Cemetery, Philadephia, PA, USA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Alan Johnston, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , 20th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, , p. 68, line 7, dwl 448-466.
  3. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Spring Garden Ward 3 Precinct 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_818; Page: 521; line 6, dwl 994-1095.
  4. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Philadelphia Ward 20 Dist 62 (2nd Enum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; roll: M593_1435; Page: 707B; Image: 656; Family History Library Film: 552934; line 7.

John Nightingale1

M, #58726

Family: Ellen Houghton

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BirthEngland
MarriageLancashire, England1
ImmigrationLee Co., IA, USA, in the early 1840's1
ReligionMormons
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  1. [S415] E-mail from Tim at e-mail address, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Tim Dupy, Apr 13, 2002.

Ellen Houghton1

F, #58727

Family: John Nightingale

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BirthEngland1
MarriageLancashire, England1
ImmigrationLee Co., IA, USA, in the early 1840's1
ReligionMormons
ParentsDHenry Houghton1
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Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Tim at e-mail address, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Tim Dupy, Apr 13, 2002.

Andrew James Houghton1

M, #58729

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DeathSt. Clair, MI, USA, Book 1, p. 1182
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Reocrds, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Records, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.

Mundy Morrison Hepburn1

M, #58730, b. 10 May 1955

Family: Shelly L. Fabian

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BirthMay 10, 19551
MarriageJun 3, 19841
Residence2014Old Saybrook, CT, USA
NotableMundy Hepburn is an American artist who designs and builds glass sculptures filled with luminous electrified inert gases.
BiographyWikipedia: Mundy Hepburn is an American artist who designs and builds glass sculptures filled with luminous electrified inert gases -- the same technology used in neon signs. Hepburn developed many of the glass and lighting techniques he uses in his sculptures himself. His works include a large permanent installation of 200 lighted sculptures in a parking garage in New Haven, Connecticut, known as the Neon Garage.

Hepburn lives in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He is the nephew of actress Katharine Hepburn.

New York Times:
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In a New Haven Garage, Neon Art Glows
By ANDI RIERDEN
Published: October 8, 1989

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''THIS garage is the inside of my brain,'' said Mundy Hepburn, gliding his arm through the air. Standing in the bed of a Chevy pickup, his frame backlighted by one of his neon sculptures, ''The Wave,'' he described with reverence the ''mystical beauty'' of neon.

''It's so totally subliminal, so totally primordial,'' he said. ''Just think of it as the caveman before the fire.'' Outside the cavernous parking garage on Crown Street in downtown New Haven, Yale students and pin-striped executives stop to ponder the sculptures dangling above the BMW's and Dodge Colts and straddling the whitewashed brick walls.

Curious people stand across the street at Louie's Lunch. Some move closer to study Mr. Hepburn's blazing amorphous creations with names like ''Plasma Pod,'' ''Nuclear Chicken'' and ''Cow Guts.''

''It's really an art gallery by accident,'' said John Schmid, co-owner of the Neon Garage, who stumbled on Mr. Hepburn and his art work two years ago. Along with his partners, Betsy Keedle and Joe Coppola, Mr. Schmid operates the Professional Parking Company of Hartford, which leases 20 garages statewide.

In 1987, Mr. Schmid called on Mr. Hepburn, a sign maker and a nephew of Katharine Hepburn, to make a pink Cadillac sign for a garage. When he arrived at Mr. Hepburn's basement studio in Old Saybrook, Mr. Schmid found more than just neon advertising signs.

''My wife and I couldn't believe our eyes,'' he recalled. ''Here was all this unbelievable neon art that had never been exhibited. I thought that was a real shame and convinced Mundy to put some of his work in the Crown Street garage.''

Hanging the sculptures and fine-tuning their wiring took 14 months, ''including a lot of nights and weekends,'' said Mr. Schmid, whose company leased the garage two years ago. 170 Neon Sculptures

The exhibition includes 170 neon sculptures, and Mr. Schmid hopes to add at least 100 more.

The reactions to the Neon Garage, which also rents 120 parking spaces, has been enthusiastic, Mr. Schmid said. ''People are astounded,'' he said. ''It appeals to them because it's very unexpected. There's just no reason for it. The only art I know about is the art of parking cars. All I wanted to do was put some neon in there for fun because I thought it was so neat. And now everyone's encouraging us to have gallery openings and who knows what.''

Another fan is Gary M. Young, executive director of the State Commission on the Arts. Mr. Young, who lives in Hamden, was going to work in Hartford one morning when he passed the Neon Garage. ''I drove by and couldn't believe all this wonderful art,'' he said. ''What a strange but nifty place to exhibit, this great space with all the carbon monoxide and horns.''

Mr. Young asked Mr. Hepburn for an exhibition in the commission's Hartford office at 227 Lawrence Street. The show, which opened Sept. 14, includes 10 neon sculptures and will run weekdays until the end of this month. 'Playful Exploration'

''One of the nice things about Mundy's work is that he responds to the material through his personal perceptions and awareness,'' Mr. Young said. ''His work is a very playful exploration of glass and color. He's been able to push neon beyond the typical industrial colors, making it very different and fresh.'' Mr. Young also bought one of the sculptures for his condo.

A self-taught glassblower and sign maker, Mr. Hepburn, who is 34 years old, was raised in the Borough of Fenwick in Old Saybrook, an area he described as ''beautiful, but quite isolated.''

''There were few children around,'' he said. ''So it pretty much predisposed me to interact with things more than people.'' Early Creativity

Handed a tool set when he was 4, Mundy began to build toys for two younger brothers and once built a circular saw out of a small motor; some nails, which he made into bearings, and a tin-can lid that he carved into a saw.

His father, Dick, a playwright, and his mother, Estelle, a former children's librarian and stage designer, approached were cautious yet encouraging.

''My parents always told us that if we followed the rules, we'd get nowhere fast,'' Mr. Hepburn said. ''It was essential that we always try to pursue things in a unique way. That really helped us to develop creatively.''

When he was 8, his mother took him to the Guilford Crafts Fair on the green, where she set up a booth and sold silk-screened dresses and hand-decorated children's clothes. He walked over to an artist melting glass. He said: ''I thought: 'Wow, look at that! The glass gets gooey when you melt it.' It was the weirdest thing I'd ever seen. And I've always been a sucker for weird things.''

Mr. Hepburn added that he tried to steal one of the artist's glass animals. When the artist's wife caught him, the boy ran away but was drawn back. Expecting to be scolded, he was instead asked to go to the back of the booth.

''She handed me a tiny box, and I ran back to my mother and opened it,'' Mr. Hepburn recalled. ''Inside was a glass swan. My little brains nearly melted. I went home the same day and started to cook lightbulbs on our kitchen stove.'' Means of Self-Help

Mr. Hepburn taught himself how to make glass animals and earrings to sell at craft shows. He dropped out of high school and encountered personal problems, including a drug problem. He began to broaden his glass experiments, as a form of occupational therapy.

''I began working with glass to prevent myself from committing suicide. I was that desperate,'' he said. ''About that time, my father said to me: 'Mundy, you come from a family of race horses. Don't try to plod, or else you'll self-destruct. Whatever you do, do it all the way.' The problem was I was so high on drugs that I could barely even plod.''

On a visit to Tucson, Ariz., he began leafing through the telephone book until he came across an ad for neon signs. He telephoned the owner of the shop and went there the same afternoon. 35 Tries on an 'O'

''For the next four hours I sat in this little room that felt like an inferno while this little fat guy with glasses dripping with sweat filled my head with how to do neon,'' he said.

At 22, he opened a neon-sign shop in Old Saybrook without ever having bent a piece of glass. His first job was to repair a store's ''open'' sign. It took him 35 tries before he perfected the ''O.'' Next he repaired six Miller Beer signs for Star Distributors Inc. in West Haven for $160.

On the side, he continued to swell fragile tubes and twist them. Mr. Hepburn would then weld a thin conducting wire into one end and pump inert gas into the other before sealing the sculpture.

Mr. Hepburn sold one of his first neon sculptures to Rudi Stern, the neon-light art dealer in Manhattan. Mr. Stern, who wrote ''The New Let There Be Neon'' (Abrams, $35), called Mr. Hepburn's neon art ''some of the finest in the world.''

Neon signs are created by passing an electric current through a glass tube containing the inert neon, producing a red glow. Mr. Hepburn has expanded on the principle by using argon, xenon or helium to vary colors and effects. Other variables include the glass; pressure; mercury, if any, and fluorescent powders, or phosphors.

The sculptures cost $200 to $1,000 for a bouquet of neon flowers to $4,000 for larger free-form subjects. 'Abused Social Medium'

''People keep calling me an artist, when all along I just thought of myself as a technologist quietly exploring the potential of neon,'' Mr. Hepburn said. More than anything else, though, he said he would like to change the public's opinion of neon, which he called ''an abused social medium.''

''It's like the use of marble for door jams in bathrooms,'' he said. ''Marble is also used in the ''Pieta.'' Same thing as neon, yet it hasn't gotten out of the bathroom yet.''

Mr. Hepburn envisions a school for neon artists, but for now he appears content holding court in the sea of sculptures at the Neon Garage, where he answers the phone and helps tenants find their cars. ''Someday,'' he said, ''there's going to be neon garages all over the world.''
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Kuy Morrison Hepburn1

M, #58731, b. 15 June 1959

Family: Karen Sprague

  • Marriage*: Kuy Morrison Hepburn married Karen Sprague on Apr 26, 1992.1

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BirthJun 15, 19591
MarriageApr 26, 19921
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Aile Morrison Hepburn1

?, #58732, b. 15 June 1961

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BirthJun 15, 19611
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

David Powell Hepburn1

M, #58733, b. 24 August 1951

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BirthAug 24, 19511
Living2007Glastonbury, CT, USA
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Susanna Hepburn1

F, #58734, b. 22 June 1954

Family: Robert M. Kravitz

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BirthJun 22, 1954CT, USA1
Marriage2
ResidenceCanton, CT, USA
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb. Com, Death Reocrds, Houghton Surname, Jan. 28, 2002.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Margaret Hepburn Perry1

F, #58735, b. 19 June 1942

Family: Klaus Thomas Obermeyer Sr

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BirthJun 19, 19421
MarriageJun 25, 19651
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Robert Gibbs Perry1

M, #58736, b. 11 February 1950

Family: Melanie Scorelle

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BirthFeb 11, 19501
MarriageJun 13, 19701
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Scott Houghton Perry1

M, #58737, b. 12 April 1952

Family: Kathleen Robinson

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BirthApr 12, 19521
MarriageApr 17, 19761,2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Katherine Houghton Perry, Feb. 1, 2008.

Lansford Wilder Perry1

M, #58738, b. 29 December 1955

Family 1: Elaine Ziles

Family 2: Peggy Thorpe

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BirthDec 29, 19551
Marriage1
Marriage2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Katherine Houghton Perry, Feb. 1, 2008.

Shelly L. Fabian1

F, #58739

Family: Mundy Morrison Hepburn b. 10 May 1955

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MarriageJun 3, 19841
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Gillian Hepburn1

F, #58740

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Birth
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.