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Surnames: BUSHONG, KIRKENDALL, YARIN, LINGOFELTER
Classification: Query
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My notes show that Hezekia Bushong, actually begat children by two of the Kirkendall women
(Minerva Kirkendall, and Elizabeth Kirkendall)
According to the notes I have on file:
* Hezekiah had a child (Sarah) with Elizabeth Kirkendall in 1861
* Hezekiah married Minerva Kirkendall in 1868
* Hezekiah and Minerva had three children together between 1869 and 1872
* Hezekiah had another child (Mary L.) with Elizabeth Kirkendall in 1873
* Hezekia and Minerva had five more children between the years of 1874 and 1882.
What I don't know for fact is whether Elizabeth and Minerva were sisters, step-sisters
or maybe even not related.
I do not know any date details on Elizabeth (like when she was born, died etc.) or if she
was in the same household or maybe was a former love of Hezekiah's or what, but
apparently the romance was lingering several years later.
I know that Archibald Kirkendall and his first wife Ellen MUIR had a daughter named
Elizabeth, but I don't know if she was the one who birthed two daughters with
Hezekiah. Ummm - maybe somebody knows that answer.
My notes show: Hezekiah married Minerva Kirkendall on 7 May 1868
Together thhey had these children:
Ida May Bushong b.1869
Charles E. Bushong b.15 Oct 1871
Elnora "Nora" Bushong b.1872
Sara Etta Bushong b.1874
Wilmeina "Melinda" Bushong b.1877
William Bushong b.1878
John H. Bushong b.abt 1880
Alice M. Bushong b.1882
My notes also show: Elizabeth Kirkendall had two children with Hezekia.
Sarah was born 1861 (Sarah later married Ben Yarian on 20 Nov 1881, Kosciusko, IN)
Mary was born 1873 (Mary later married William Lingofelter, in 1892)
If you know any more about this situation that happended with Hezekiah Bushong, Elizabeth
Kirkendall and Minerva Kirkendall, please let me know. I continue to search for as much
correct information as possible, and I know there is always an interesting story from our
ancestors.