my paternal gg grand, James SAUSE and Eleanor (STOKES) came to US around 1837 from Co
Tipperary, Ireland.
The had a large family and settled in Daviess Co, IN. Their son, my great grand, Michael
SAUSE m. Margaret (DOWNEY), they had a large family and their son Matthew Marcellus SAUSE
was grandpa, m. Mary Margaret (BRADLEY). My parents, Matthew J. SAUSE m. Dorothy Philomena
(RANEY).
my maternal ggg grand, Jeremiah RINEY b. Maryland, between 1765-1770 m. Mary Joan (SHEEHAN
MOORE) widow of Alexander MOORE. The family is in the Washington County, KY census in 1800
and 1810, and Martin County, IN in 1820 and 1830. The spelling changed to RANEY in Indiana
1818.
The 4th of their 6 children is my gg grandpa, James Virgil RANEY (1809-1881) m. Mary Helen
(HOLLAND). James and Mary Helen had 9 children.
my great grandparents, John Allen RANEY (1848-1929) m. Martha Jane (JOHNSON) and they had
11 children in Martin Co, IN.
my grandparents were, Homer Thomas RANEY m. in Martin Co, IN, Mary Dottie (McCORD)
(1887-1971). Mary Dottie the daughter of Joseph Allen McCORD Sr. and Mary Ellen
(CARRCIO).