>>Ok now this is kind of a timeline of the life of my great grandma Mary Birdie Uttinger.
Then some pics of her parents. Andrew Uttinger and Eva Ada.
Some interesting things about the family hmm. Well my grandfather like I said was in the Navy. He was born here in Kansas city, Ks where I live now. But I was born in Orlando Florida, which is where my mom spent part of her teen years. Because they moved all over. She was born in California. My grandfather according to my mother lived in atleast 5 different states. My grandfather when he died, was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the ocean.
My great grandmother Mary Uttinger. She was a great woman. She told me interesting stories of her childhood. About picking cotton, working hard, living hard. She was a collector of owls. Had hundreds of them. She died here in Kansas city Kansas.
My ggggrandfather James Briley did some interesting things. The info I got from rootsweb says,
James was a substantial farmer in Sumner county Tennesse. He owned 600 acres of land. He also served throught the war of 1812 under general Andrew Jackson. Also fighting with him was James second wifes grandfather William Durham. William and Frances Durham were amoung the first settlers of Sumner county Tennesse. Over 3000 Sumner countians were soldiers of the civil war and many of the first were trained at camp Trousdale near Portland.
My Briley line surnames:
Bandy, Bedford, Brooks, Cummings, Case, Colclough, Drew, Durham, Flydane, Garderner, Greene, Jennings, Knowlton, Lewis, Majors, Nickson, O'donnell, Osborn, Payne, Pat, Phelps, Rockwell, Rogers, Senter/Center, Sisson, Swain, Townes, Uttinger, Wilbur, Wright, Wood
