The Showing

 

Bob took me to Amish country on my birthday weekend where we traveled down the same road in my latest Beverly Lewis book series. Chris met us to go to Central Market. Both boys called several times. Bob treats me all the time yet this has been an exceptional week of surprises.

March 2022

(This is another one of those pocket pages where I put the birthday cards inside the pocket I sewed to the page).

The Loars and the Eckharts

We traveled to Blocher Cemetery in Garrett County Md. searching for gravesites of our 3^rd great grandparents, Susanna (Loar) and Jesse Wesley Chaney. The cold and the wind on the mountaintop was humbling and while we could not locate markers for them, we found a corner lot with a Loar and “JOC” which may have been kin with space for unmarked graves. Susanna is the daughter of Sarah (Eckhart) and Jacob Loar.

Jacob immigrated to America on the ship “Union” in 1774. On board was Sara’s brother George Adam Eckhart. Jacob served in the Revolutionary War and was awarded land to settle in Loartown of Allegany County. Jacob and Sarah married in 1787 and had 11 kids. In 1793, Jacob was on record as being a shoemaker. In 1812 Jacob was one of the founders of the First Lutheran Church in Frostburg.

Sarah Eckhart was born in Frederick County Md. She married in Allegany County. The Loar and Eckhart families were associated with life in Western Maryland since 1780. The village of Eckhart Mines is named for Sarah’s Dad George. George immigrated to American from Germany in 1750 on the ship “Patience”.