by Justin Durand Recent genealogical research into frontier-era figures led me to examine the life and lineage of Michael “Mike” Roark, a relatively obscure outlaw associated with the 1878 Kinsley Train Robbery. While Roark has been noted in historical accounts of 19th-century crime, little has been done to trace his personal history or genealogical roots….
Category: Genealogy
Untangling the Story of Lawrence (Alloway) Howery
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. I often get messages from other genealogists who are confused by the case of Lawrence (Alloway) Howery. And to be fair, the confusion is understandable—his life story involves adoption, name changes, and multiple family households. With some luck, this post can serve as a one-stop…
Notable Kin
The person links below are to FamilySearch. Other links are to sites with additional information. American Revolution These men fought to liberate the thirteen original colonies from England between 1775 and 1783. California Gold Rush Civil War Clergy Colorado Gold Rush Colorado Pioneers Colorful Characters Danites The Danites were a group of Mormon vigilantes. Gateway…
Rachel (Roberson) Horne
Rachel Roberson has consumed a lot of my genealogical research time. She is supposed to have been Indian, or perhaps part Indian. I’ve wanted to find some answers but now years of research have given me so much information it seems almost impossible to say anything helpful. She was Rachel (Roberson) Horne (1847-1944), my grandmother’s…
Were They Pawnee?
According to a tradition current among some of my cousins, my great great grandmother Rachel (Roberson) Horne (1847-1944) was Pawnee. I don’t think so. Nothing else points in that direction. I asked my grandmother Evelyn (Horn) Miller one year at Powwow about our Indian ancestry. She said she had always assumed they were Pawnee. A…