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Thread: The Genealogy Thread

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    Some of you may not know but I'm a full blown genealogist. And since I'm back this way I'm mixing in genealogy with the casino tour. I have some famous relatives buried in Louisville, Kentucky. I went to Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville yesterday to visit the grave of my 1st cousin, 6 generations removed. His name was Gen. George Rogers Clark. During the American Revolution Clark put together a militia in Kentucky and went up to Indiana and Illinois and kicked British ass. In doing so he kept the British from coming down from Canada and coming in the back door of the colonies. And also in doing so he pushed the American frontier all the way to the Mississippi River. He was known in his time as "The Conqueror of the Northwest" the midwest being known as the northwest in those times. Twenty some years later his much younger brother, William Clark, as co-leader of the Lewis & Clark expedition pushed the American frontier all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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    This line up of graves contain Gen. George Rogers Clark and his brothers Capt. Edmund Clark and Gen. Jonathan Clark. They were a miltary family and all served in the American Revolution.
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    The tombstone of Gen. George Rogers Clark.
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Another biographical sketch:
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Gen. George Rogers Clark spent his fortune on his militia then signed many promissory notes for supplies and ammunition that were to later be reimbursed by the government. He was friends with everyone from George Washington on down. He was a poor record keeper. After the war they kept denying his requests to be reimbursed. He was very bitter about it. A few years before his death Congress recognized his exploits in the War and awarded him with an honorary sword. He told them to shove the sword up their asses. He spent his last years at Locust Grove, a national landmark today, that was the home of his sister, Lucy, and her husband Major William Croghan.

    Several years after George Clark's death Congress finally recognized the significant cost and debt he incurred in the War and made his heirs whole.
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Bust of Gen. George Rogers Clark
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    While at Cave Hill Cemetery I visited another gravesite:
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    More pics of Muhammad Ali's gravesite
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Before leaving Louisville I visited the graves of my 7X great-grand aunt, Ann Rogers and her husband John Clark. They were the parents of George Rogers Clark. After the war Clark convinced his parents, lifelong Virginians, to move to the Kentucky frontier. They made the move in 1784. The more prominent route then was over the Alleghenies to the Mongahela River then down the Ohio River. Clark built them a home on Mulberry Hill which is just off downtown Louisville. His parents spent the rest of their lives there. In their time the Clarks were the most famous family in Kentucky. Ann died in 1798 and John died in 1799. They were buried on Mulberry Hill and their graves are still there. The land is part of George Rogers Clark State Park. Kids were playing basketball and tennis not far from the gravesite when I was there. The area today is a family neighborhood. Many monuments of the Clarks have been built in Kentucky.

    Ann Rogers Clark was the sister of my 7X great-grandmother, Mary Rogers Johnston. Their parents, John and Rachel Eastham Rogers of King & Queen County, Virginia, was George Rogers Clark's grandparents and my 8X great-grandparents.
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    It's great that you were able to make the excursion and visit these sites. Ali did his banking in my old hometown when he was training at Deer Lake, so we saw him fairly regularly. He was very polite and low key with the locals.

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    I remember one rainy day around 1972 or so I was in a car driven by my brother in heavy rain; we were looking for Ali's house and "found it" by running off the road and hitting a power pole in front of his home.
    What, Me Worry?

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    Visiting Cincinnati for the first time reminded me of another part of my heritage.

    Moulds is a Mississippi surname. Over 95% of Moulds families in this country live in Mississippi. It is an interesting story how the Moulds name got to Mississippi. The maiden name of my maternal grandmother is Luna Moulds. She was born and grew up on a farm in Jasper County, Mississippi. On this farm was the grave of her great-grandfather, Walter Moulds. He was the first Moulds in Mississippi.

    It is not known when my 4X great-grandfather, Walter Mould, arrived in America, whether it was before or after the American Revolution. He was a numismatic expert, a minter of coins from Birmingham, England. In 1786 he contracted with the state of New Jersey to mint pennies. Walter lived on the estate of Judge John Cleve Symmes, called Solitude. Symmes was a former delegate to the Continental Congress, and the father-in-law of future president, William Henry Harrison. It was at Solitude that Walter minted the coins. He also met and married a young lady, many years younger than him, named Lydia, her maiden name goes unknown. They had two children at Solitude, Elizabeth and Walter Jr.
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    Walter Mould Horse Head Penny
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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    A friend of Judge Symmes, who had been to the Ohio River Country, informed Symmes of a huge swath of land on the north side of the River, in what is present day Ohio, that was fertile farmland and ripe for settlement. Symmes had lent most of his fortune to the American Revolution and was owed favors not only by Congress but by President Washington.

    Symmes negotiated a deal in 1788 on the debt owed him to be relieved by him purchasing the land between the Little Miami and the Great Miami Rivers. He bought 330,000 acres at a cost of about $1.50 an acre. He planned to move to the area, start a settlement, then resell the land to farmers/settlers moving into the area from the east. He put together a company of men and building tools, horses, mules and oxen and set out for the Ohio River Country.

    Meanwhile, Walter Mould had got himself into some bad business dealings and fell under a huge debt. In those days one could be sent to debtors prison for unpaid debts. Walter decided to take his family with Judge Symmes to the Ohio River Country. The route was over the Alleghanies to the Monongahela River then float from there onto the Ohio River and down to the Miami Purchase. However, Walter and family broke off from the company at Maysville and headed to Lexington, Kentucky to start a blacksmithing business.

    The first order of business for Judge Symmes was to select an area on the River that would be best to build a settlement. It would have to be strategically located to defend from Native American attacks. The Indians were none to happy to see white encroachment in the area. He found a huge bend to the north in the river and decided to build there. He named the settlement North Bend.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Judge Symmes envisioned North Bend to be the center of commerce in the area. He requested Washington send an army detachment to build a fort there. One of his first sales of land was to a group of investors on a piece of land 16 miles upstream from North Bend. A settlement sprang up there named Losantiville.

    Meanwhile, at Lexington, Walter Mould got sick and quickly died. His burial site is unknown to us. The young widow, Lydia Mould, had two young children with no visible means of support. She headed to North Bend for the protection of Judge Symmes and his wife, Anna Tuthill. Judge Symmes gave her a cabin on his property.

    The army detachment arrived headed by Ensign Frances Luce. It was his job to find a suitable location for a fort then build it. He met the widow, Lydia Mould, and became quite infatuated. Judge Symmes became annoyed that Luce was spending more time around Lydia than looking for a location to build a fort. He kept pestering Luce to find a suitable place to build the fort. For some reason, during all of this, the young widow, Lydia Mould, up and moved to Losantiville taking her two kids, Elizabeth and Walter with her.

    Judge Symmes thought it was great that she did because the young Ensign would not be distracted and would finally get around to building a fort. And the young Ensign did so. But not where Judge Symmes intended it to be. Ensign Luce suddenly decided that North Bend would not be the proper location for a fort, that, actually, Losantiville would be the better location. Could it be that a dart from Cupid had made Luce's decision for him? He up and moved his army detachment to Losantiville where he could carry on his courtship of Lydia Mould. And meanwhile, build a fort there too, much to the dismay of Judge Symmes.

    Francis Luce married Lydia Mould....and built a fort--at Losantiville. The citizens of Losantiville changed the name of the town to Cincinnati. And Cincinnati grew to be the center of commerce on the Miami Purchase. Today, North Bend is a little town of less than 1000 in population. Cincinnati has a population of over 300,000. Ohio historians refer to Lydia Mould as "The black eyed beauty that changed the course of Cincinnati history." She is also one of my 4X great-grandmothers.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  17. #17
    Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
    I remember one rainy day around 1972 or so I was in a car driven by my brother in heavy rain; we were looking for Ali's house and "found it" by running off the road and hitting a power pole in front of his home.
    At least, you remember it.

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    Mickey is that your coin?

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    It's two different coins.

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    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    Mickey is that your coin?
    No. I got the pictures online. It's a collector's item.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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