John McLeland, father of Thomas Asher McLeland, took the unusual step of applying for a Civil War Service Pension based on the service of his deceased son James R. McLeland. J.R. McLeland (the first in a long string of J.R. McLelands in this family culminating with my father) died, unmarried, of disease at Fort Scott [...]
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The pension file of my dreams!
Posted in McLeland, methodology, research notes on March 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thomas Asher McLeland – Part Two – Family Man and Government Employee
Posted in McLeland, musings on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once T.A. returned to Deer Creek, from the Civil War, his married life truly began. He and Caroline Decker McLeland began married life as farmers on the rolling prairies of SW Kansas. Over the next 20 years, they had 8 children and buried 3 as infants. Life was not easy for them but they got [...]
Thomas Asher McLeland – finding the pieces of an ordinary life – part 1
Posted in McLeland, research notes on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(thanks to my cousin Darrell for catching several typos in the post – they have been fixed. Any existing errors are my own, sadly) This photo of Thomas Asher ( T.A.) McLeland is one of a pair (much large and with the details painted in) that hang in my front hall. The other is [...]
Ancestral illness – perhaps
Posted in McLeland, family matters on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am very very prone to colds and other upper respiratory nastiness. This year, Seattle weather being what it is and with no walls or insulation in the house, things have been nastier than usual. The doctor has suggested that my “weakness” is probably the result of growing up in a household of smokers. Which [...]
The importance of middle initials
Posted in McLeland, family matters on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I posted some pictures of my McLeland ancestors to my website www.mcwieser.info one of my cousins wrote and asked where I had gotten the middle name of my great-great-great-great uncle. She was especially curious because in the only “official” record we have for him, he is listed with only a middle initial. It took [...]
