While researching my maternal line I was put in contact with a distant cousin Imogene. She is the funniest person and I have enjoyed conversing with her through email. I haven’t had a chance to call her yet, but I am planning to do just that soon!
Imogene has been searching for a direct female descendant of Henrietta Wood who married Thomas Hendrix. Henrietta and Thomas had a daughter named Susan Hendrix. The information that Imogene gave me on Susan Hendrix is:
born on February 16, 1823 in North Carolina
died June 12, 1898 in Kansas
married Edwin Turner (1822-1902) on December 17, 1845 in North Carolina
Susan and Edwin had the following daughters (they also had sons, but she is only wanting descendants from the direct female line):
Mary Jane Turner born about 1847 Guilford County, North Carolina
Sarah Abigail Turner born about 1849 Guilford County, North Carolina
Esther Rebecca Turner born 1850 Guilford County, North Carolina
Susan Elizabeth Turner born 1858 Hickman Mills, Jackson County, Missouri
Martha Lutisha Turner born about 1861 Johnson County, Kansas (note: married Jasper Jennings June 7, 1879)
Malvina Franklin Turner born after 1870 Johnson County, Kansas (note: died before 1880)
So, if anyone out there happens to be a direct female descendant of Henrietta Wood, or if anyone out there happens to know someone who is, then feel free to contact me at diggingupyourfamily at yahoo dot com.
Anyway, the main point of this is to share some information that Imogene shared with me. She has copies of some pages of the Duffel Bible(s) that she sent to me. They are kind of hard to read, but I will do my best to transcribe them for you. If anyone sees any mistakes, please let me know!
Page One
Page Two-Marriages
J.A. Duffel and
Mary A. Summers
was married on the
8th day of February
1846
H.H. (Hilmus?)
Emma (?) Duffel
was married
Apr 7, 1895
JW
Page Three-Births
Joseph A. Duffel
was born on the
9th day of August 1824
Mary A. Duffel was
born on the 9th day
of August 1826-
Henry (T.?) Duffel
was born on the 26th
day of January 1847
Paulina J. Duffel
was born on the 28th
day of October 1848
William (T.?) Duffel was
born on the 12th
day of September 1850
James A. Duffel
was born on the 20th
day of September 1852
Mary L. Duffel
was born on the 10th
day of October 1854
Rebecca (P.?) Duffel
was born on the 25th Oct.
1856
George M. Duffel
was born Agst 16th
1858
Emily E. Duffel
was born March the
19th 1861
Benjamin C. Duffel
was born January the
20th 1865
Page Four-Births
(illegible) Duffel
was born on the
3rd day of Nov 1867
(illegible) Duffel
was born on the (illegible) day
of May 1870
Stonewa
ll (?) Duffel
was born Jan 18, 1863
Annie (illegible), daughter
of Henry & Emma
(Hilmus?) was born
Jan 31 1896
Page Five
Page Six-Deaths
Allen Duffel departed
this life on the 27th day
of November 1848
Samuel E. Duffel-
Departed this life on
the 4th day of November
1853-
Joseph A. Duffel
died Jan (?)
1884
Mary A. Duffel
(illegible) 1881
Stonewall J. Duffel
Departed this life
March the 22 1863
Alfred J. Duffel
Died
Dec 10th 1889
George Duffel
died July (?) 189(?)
Benjamin Duffel
died May 1st 1899
As you can see, this family Bible is pretty much the family of Joseph A. Duffel and Mary A. Summers. My only direct person in it is Allen Duffel. Hopefully this information is helpful to a descendant out there!
wow what wonderful info. Thank you for posting. I am a descendant of Alan Duffel ( my gg grandmother was the daughter of Henry T Duffel).
You’re welcome! I hope it is somewhat helpful, though I am still working on the Duffel family. I don’t have much information for them at all, though. Allen’s daughter Emily Jane is my 4th great-grandmother!
Hi, Susan Hendrix is my GG grandmother. I have a picture of her and Edwin and their family.