I daughter out of Champion on the NJ shore before sw Ohio.
But,I have Danial Champion,whose mother was Mary Ingersoll,and he married
about
1782 Ruhame Ingersol. And Ruhame was called 'Mother Smith" by
my James Blackman,writing home to NJ from sw Ohio,in 1816.
I daughter out of Champion,but not the "RUHAMA" name. My Mom
1901-94 was RUHAMA Brown Fagley, of RUHAMA ELY BROWN,with both
born where James Blackman's Ruhama Blackman Justice lived from 1825-66.
I still do.
RUTH CRAWLEY CHAMPION" The Champion Family-350 years in America" indexes
no
Experiene ,cut she has to be of the old Gloucester,now Atlantic Co,NJ
branch.
Tears for the RUHAMA'S
On Thu, 24 May 2001 21:47:42 EDT KTompk7744(a)aol.com writes:
>From the McLouth Times, Jefferson County, KS, May 31, 1889:
"Gone to Her Rest.
"On Saturday morning last Mrs. Experience Champion died, at the
residence of her son-in-law, Charles H. Phinney, in Sarcoxie
Township, after
a lingering illness at the advanced age of eighty years.
"Mrs. Champion was born in the state of New Jersey, her maiden
name
being Ingersoll; she was married to William Champion, March 4,
1826; the
couple moved to Illinois at an early date where they resided until
1875, when
they moved to this county; she leaves eight living children, four
sons and
four daughters, three sons, John, Smith, and Abel Champion, and
one
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Phinney, reside in this vicinity; Thomas
Champion and
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell who resides in Illinois; Mrs. Mary Mowry in
St.
Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Rachael Phinney in Providence, R.I., all of
whom
sincerely mourn her loss.
"Her funeral took place at the residence of C. H. Phinney,
Sunday
morning at 9 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. C J Stark
of this
city. Her remains were interred in Union cemetery just south of
this city
beside her husband who died in 1876."
Jan T
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