It's difficult to write a blog that is useful to people looking for relatives. For the most part you want to see the names and dates and then if they match read the stories. However, names and dates aren't that interesting out of context, so I will try to balance it with short posts.
Here is what I know so far:
In 1880, James McAfee and his wife Sarah were living in Greeley, Colorado
James was born in 1809 in Ireland and died in Denver, Colorado in 1893. However he visited relatives in Oakdale, Illinois just before he died.
His wife Sarah Ann McCloy McAfee was born in Ireland in 1831 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1901.
Both bodies were shipped from Denver to Evans, Colorado for burial, but no graves are marked for either of them. In the same cemetery are Samuel J. McAfee and his wife Sallie Bovard McAfee and one of their sons who died as a child.
Below is a biography page from a book about the history of Oakdale, Illinois, describing Sarah Ann McCloy, her mother and brothers coming to America. I don't have an annotation for it, because it came from another relative who posted it on Ancestry.com This person also believes that their father came with them to America and died and is buried in Oakdale, Illinois.
I wish I knew who the Chambers were.
This article was written by Martin Cameron McCloy for publication in a book. I'm not sure if it was his book or he added to another book. I think I can find out though because I believe he lived here in Colorado.
Rita, I just came on this by accident. When I read Evans Co, I remembered my mother talking about going out to a relative who had a ranch in the area. Mom talked about doing trail rides in the mountains around there. Actually, my mother was a very good rider and helped exercise some race horses. I have a picture of her riding side saddle. So the Evan's connection is a good one. I wish I remember more. I have a vague recollection of a picture of an old mountain cabin with a woman smoking a pipe. I think she might have been a Great grandmother. I don't have the picture. It was in an old album and I'm not sure who might have it. Patty
ReplyDeleteHello, I just read your post on my blog from months ago, it was about Sarah Ann McCloy and James McAfee living in Evans, Colorado.
DeleteSo what we your mom’s name? It might have been the Samuel McAfee family you are talking about. They had a ranch in Hardin. Also, we have a photo of Sarah’s daughter on a horse. Maybe if you knew an approximate year or at least a decade we could figure it out. And my Grandfather had a sister named Nannie and her granddaughter is named Patty. Do maybe we have already talked about this. I hope you get this message. So sorry I didn’t see it before.
Rita