Who is the 60 year old Susannah VANDIKE (1850 Census Appanoose Co., IA)? Is she the spouse of James VANDIKE of Tazewell Co., VA and daughter-in-law of John and Charity VANDIKE? If so, she is my GGGG Grandmother. My line is
John & Charity VANDIKE. James and Susannah VANDIKE. Joseph and Abegale Mattenly VANDIKE. William and Catherine Keen VANDIKE. William and Sarah Elizabeth VANDIKE Keen. Oliver Newton and Louisa Horn Keen. Devaughn Basel and Edith Keene Davis. - Then me!! Lomane Davis Hill.
Who's son is Milton? Do you have the children of James and Susannah? I would love to know who they are.
From what little I can gather (tidbit from FHC IGI) Joseph and Abegale may have been traveling west from Virginia. Joseph may have died enroute. Whether Abegale Mattenly VANDIKE ever started the trip or not I don't know. She does seem to finish the remainder of her life in the family compound without Joseph.
You don't know how much I would love to hear what happened to the family after they left the Virginia area. Where they went. Who they went with. Did they continue to intermarry with the Whitts and Matneys?
Lomane