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My second great grandfather, born in Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana

has always been a prominent research subject for me in our family tree. I’m not sure if it’s because of his very distinctive name or because I’ve been very fortunate in finding a large number of sources (including US Census records, marriage records, Civil War pension index, land records, death certificates, wills and probate papers, and Find a Grave material) to document his life. Maybe it’s a little of each and maybe its because I’ve discovered he had four wives (maybe five according to other trees). These include my 2nd great grandmother Rebecca Brownlee, Mary Ann Trostle, Alice Sayre, Hannah Gray Keighler and a possible unknown spouse. I plan to revise the family group sheets and timelines for each branch to confirm that I’ve assigned the children to the correct parents and locations.

I’m currently in the process of leafing out this branch of our Ancestry.com DRH Family Tree and have contacted other genealogists with Ezekiel Reed and/or Rebecca Brownlee in their ancestry. In addition, I am investigating the possibility of my fourth great grandfather James Brownlee (1746-1827) having served as a patriot in the revolutionary war.