Recently inspired by serendipitous turn of events—more on that later—I’m posting another published article, this, my one and only contribution to the National Genealogical Society Society Quarterly (NGSQ). I mentioned the article here, where I documented a postscript, so if you read this one, check out the P.S.
Malissa Ruffner, “Indirect Evidence Corrects the Parentage of Lemuel Offutt of Baltimore County, Maryland,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 104 (December 2016): 267–82.
This is another published article I am now free to share more widely—a labor of love to honor my second cousin, once removed, Nancy Nicodemus Greenwood Franck (1926–1922) of Walkersville. Her mother, Ella Felisa, and my grandmother, Mary Ella, were first cousins, likely named for the same aunt. Nancy generously shared family data, photographs, artifacts, and stories, a collaboration we embraced at our first meeting in 2012. (Like the Wedding Dress that Nancy later donated to the Montgomery County Historical Society with my help.)
The yellow farmhouse that serves as a narrative focal point of the article is of special interest to me because my grandmother, and later my grandfather, visited it numerous times. Mary Offutt Ruffner is pictured on p. 23.
The article, originally published in the Maryland Genealogical Society Journal with different pagination, is here.
Citation for MGSJ:
Malissa Ruffner, “The Stauffers of Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland,” Maryland Genealogical Society Journal 60 (2019): 365–430.
Family Epic 