SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES CONTROVERSY | 2B | | 3B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES | CONTROVERSY 10th Great- Grandparents Sarah Soole Died: Aug. 18, 1656 in Barnstable, Mass. 9th Great- Grandparents Sigoma Unknown 8th Great- Grandparents Ulrich Stehle Anna Died: May 1793 in Mifflin Co., Pa. John Overall Born: 1701 in Virginia Died: 1743 in Prince William Co., Va. 6th Great- Grandparents Ogelo Unknown John Overall Born: 1735 Fought in American Revolution Died: March 16, 1821 5th Great- Grandparents Otondi Unknown Samuel Goodnight Born: 1761 Died: 1845 in Fayette Co., Ohio Magdalena Berkheimer Born: About 1764 William Stroup Born: April 27, 1785. Died: Nov. 3, 1863 Ann Thomas Born: About 1790 Died: 1868 Robert Overall Born: About 1770 Died: About 1835 Gabriel Duvall Born: Oct. 3, 1787 Died: Aug. 1, 1827 4th Great- Grandparents Obongo Unknown John Stroup Born: About 1814 Occupation: 1850 Farmer in Tipton Co., Ind. Died: Aug. 12, 1851 Eliza Jane Clemmons Born: About 1816 in Virginia Died: Feb. 12, 1882 in Tipton Co., Ind Joseph Kearney Occupation: Shoemaker in Moneygall, Co. Offaly, Ireland Phoebe Thomas Clark Born: About 1811 in Kentucky Died: After 1870 Elizabeth Davis Born: About 1821 in Kentucky Died: After 1870 3rd Great- Grandparents Okoth Unknown Jacob Mackey Dunham Born: May 7, 1824 Occupation: Farmer in Tipton Co., Ind., in 1870 Died: June 12, 1907 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma Territory Louisa Eliza Stroup Born: Oct. 8, 1837 in Madison Co., Ohio Died: Oct. 26, 1901 Falmouth or Fulmuth Kearney Born: About 1832 in Ireland Occupation: 1870 Farmer in Tipton Co., Ind. Died: March 21, 1878 Charlotte Hollowell Born: About 1834 in Ohio Died: Sept. 11, 1877 George Armour Born: 1850 in Ohio Occupation: Farmhand in Ellington, Adams Co., Ill., in 1880. Died: After 1880 Anne Born: 1849 in Missouri Died: After 1880 2nd Great- Grandparents Obiyo Raised in Alego, Kenya, but moved to Kendu Bay, Kenya, as a young man. Unknown Jacob William Dunham Born: Feb. 7, 1863 Occupation: 1920 Pharmacist in Wichita, Kan. Died: Aug. 13, 1936 in Wichita, Kan. Mary Ann Kearney Born: Sept. 19, 1869 in Tipton Co., Ind. Died: Aug. 13, 1936 in Wichita, Kan. Harry Ellington Armour Born: Jan. 10, 1874 in Illinois Occupation: Roustabout for Magnolia Petroleum Co. in El Doradao, Kan., in 1918; Oiler in oil fields in Wichita, Kan., in 1920; working an oil lease in 1930. Died: After 1930 Gabriella Clark Born: June 1877 in Missouri Died: After 1930 Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham Sr. Born: Dec. 25, 1894 in Argonia, Kan. Occupation: Automobile mechanic in Wichita, Kan., in 1920; later worked for Boeing Aircraft in the tooling department. Died: Oct. 4, 1970 in Wichita, Kan. Ruth Lucille Armour Born: Sept. 1, 1900 in Illinois Died: Nov. 25, 1926 in Wichita, Kan. Grandparents Hussein Onyango Obama Born: 1895 in Kenya Died: 1979 Akumu (Second wife of Hussein Onyango Obama. Mother of Barack Obama Sr. and two sisters) Siblings Abongo (Roy) Obama Auma Obama Abo Obama Barack Obama Born: Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii Occupation: Democratic presidential candidate for 2008 election; elected U.S. Senator in 2004; former state senator and law instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama Born: Jan. 17, 1964 in Chicago, Ill. Occupation: Vice president of community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Children Natasha “Sasha” Obama Born: 2001 Miwiru Unknown Samuel Hinckley Died: Oct. 31, 1662 in Barnstable, Mass. John Smith Died: Oct. 2, 1710 in Sandwich, Mass. Susannah Hinckley Died: Nov. 6, 1675 in Barnstable, Mass. Owiny Occupation: Warrior and leader Unknown Jonathan Singletary alias Dunham Born: Jan, 17, 1639 or 1640 Died: Before Sept. 6, 1706 Mary Bloomfield Born: Jan. 5, 1642 in Newburyport, Mass. Died: 1705 in Woodbridge, N.J. John Rolph Mary Sculliard Samuel Smith Born: Oct. 20, 1644 Died: Dec. 15, 1719 Elizabeth Peirce Kisodhi Unknown Prudence FitzRandolph Born: Aug. 20, 1696 in Died: Sept. 12, 1766 in Woodbridge, N.J. Johann Philipp Straub Barbara Benjamin Dunham Born: Aug. 22, 1681 Died: Dec. 31, 1715 in Woodbridge, N.J. Mary Rolph Born: 1681 in Woodbridge, N.J. Shubael Smith Born: Jan. 2, 1692 Died: May 31, 1769 in Woodbridge, N.J. Mary Elliott Born: 1703 Died: July 24, 1738 in Prince William Co., Va. Jonathan Dunham Born: Between Jan. 7-12, 1710 Died: Sept. 21, 1748 in Woodbridge, N.J. Mary Smith Born: Dec. 27, 1717 Died: 1791 Christian Gutknecht- Goodnight Died: Dec. 26, 1795 Maria Magdalena Leonhard Berkheimer Maria Catharina John Stroup Died: Feb. 4, 1832 Mary Stehle Died: Nov. 4, 1835 Frances Whitledge Born: Oct. 27, 1732 Died: Dec. 5, 1816 Samuel Dunham Born: May 11, 1742 in Woodbridge, N.J. Died: Feb. 18, 1824 (Slaveowner) Hannah Born: About 1758 Died: 1826 in Butler Co., Ohio. Annie Browning Born: 1780 in Culpeper Co., Va. Died: After 1820 Jacob Dunham Born: June 1, 1795 in Berkeley Co., Va. (Now W.V.) Occupation: 1850 Farmer in Prairie, Tipton Co., Ind. Died: July 30, 1865 Catherine Goodnight Born: 1794 in Montgomery Co., Pa. Died: After 1870 George Washington Overall Born: July 4, 1820 Occupation: Between 1850 - 1870 Farmer in Nelson Co., Ky. Died: Jan. 9, 1871 (Slave owner) Christopher Columbus Clark Born: December 1846 Civil War: Fought on Union side as private in 69th Regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia between April 30 and Oct. 4, 1864 Died: After 1930 Susan C. Overall Born: June 1849 Died: Before 1920 Obama Born in Kendu Bay, Kenya, but moved back to Alego, Kenya. He had three other wives, one of whom is the mother of his daughter, Dorsila. Nyaoke Helima (First wife of Hussein, no children) Kezia (First wife of Barack Hussein Obama Sr. Mother of Abongo (Roy) Obama, Auma Obama, Abo Obama and Bernard Obama.) Barack Hussein Obama Sr. (Barack Obama’s father.) Born: 1936 in Alego, Kenya Occupation: Kenya government official Died: 1982 in Nairobi, Kenya Stanley Ann Dunham (Barack Obama’s mother) Born: Nov. 29, 1942, in Kansas Married: 1960 Occupation: Cultural anthropologist Died: Nov. 7, 1995 Bernard Obama Lolo Soetoro (Stanley Ann’s second husband, Barack’s stepfather.) Born: Jan. 2, 1930 Died: Jan. 1987 Maya Soetoro Born: Aug. 15 1970 (Daughter of Stanley Ann and Lolo Soetoro) Malia Obama Born: 1999 7th Great- Grandparents Great Grandparents Parents 1 2 4 5 6 7 11 14 15 15 15 15 15 9 William Whitledge Born: About 1712 Died: Aug. 5, 1782 Frances Overall Born: Aug. 22, 1716 Died: After 1745 John Browning Born: 1728 Fought in American Revolution Died: Dec. 1803 Elizabeth Demarest Born: 1728 in New Castle, Del. Died: 1803 Jacob Duvall Born: April 19, 1715 in Prince George's County, Md. Died: March 7, 1796 Mary Miles Bourne Born: 1719 Samuel Bunch Born: 1726 in Hanover Co., Va. Died: 1783 in Louisa Co., Va. Mary Hudson Born: 1726 in Hanover Co., Va. Died: Jan. 31, 1792 John Miles Duvall Born: About 1745 in Prince George’s Co., Md. Fought in American Revolution. Died: 1787 in St. Mary's Co., Md. Anne Roselle Philomena Tarleton Born: About 1754 Died: June 6, 1823 Solomon Allred Born: Possibly 1734 Died: 1790 Mary Born: 1726 Died: 1792 Mary Grable Born: Oct. 13, 1791 Died: Aug. 6, 1868 (Slaveowner) Mary Thomas Born: 1787 Died: About 1840 John McCurry Lydia Williams Nathaniel Bunch Born: April 23, 1793 Occupation: 1850 Mechanic/Black- smith, Arkansas Died: Feb. 16, 1859 Sarah Wade Ray Born: 1793 Died: 1874 in Dinsmore, Newton Co., Ark. John S. Black Born: Aug. 9, 1805. Farmer in Knox Co., Mo., in 1850. Died: May 19, 1870 in Knox Co., Mo. Sarah Taylor Born: July 18, 1806 Died: Oct. 26, 1892 in Hurdland, Knox Co., Mo. Jonathan Abbott Died: 1848 in Licking Co., Ohio Adah Wright Born: 1799 in Maryland Died: After 1880 Edward McCurry Born: 1790 Died: 1844 in Missouri Harbin Wilburn McCurry Born: March 11, 1823 in Indiana Died: July 24, 1899 in Center, Oklahoma Territory Elizabeth Edna Creekmore Born: March 23, 1827 in Illinois Died: Jan. 15, 1918 in Ada, Oklahoma Territory Joseph Samuel Wright Born: 1819 in Kentucky Occupation: Farmer in Overton Co., Tenn., in 1850; Farmer in Carroll Co., Ark. from 1870 until at least 1880 Died: April 29, 1894 in Hale, Kan. Frances Allred Born: 1834 in Overton Co., Tenn. Died: After 1880 Charles T. Payne Born: June 1861 in Missouri Occupation: Cattle buyer in Knox Co., Mo., in 1880; Auctioneer in Johnson Co., Kan., in 1900; Farmer in Aubrey Township, Johnson County, Kan., in 1910; Tire repair shop worker in Rosedale City, Wyanotte Co., Kan., in 1920; Livestock dealer in Kansas City, Wyanotte Co., Kan., in 1930. Died: After 1930 Della Wolfley Born: May 1863 in Ohio Died: Between 1900 – 1910 Thomas Creekmore McCurry Born: January 1850 in Missouri Occupation: Farm laborer in Andrew Co., Mo., in 1870, and Elk Co., Kan., in 1880; Farmer in Chautauqua Co., Kan., from at least 1900 to at least 1920 Died: 1939 in Peru, Kan. Margaret Belle Wright Born: Aug. 11, 1869 in Dry Fork, Carroll Co., Kan. Died: Nov. 28, 1935 in Elk City, Kan. Rolla Charles Payne Born: Aug. 23, 1892 in Olathe, Kan. Occupation: Bookkeeper for oil well supply company in Tulsa, Okla., in 1917; bookkeeper for oil company in Augusta City, Kan., in 1930. Died: October 1968 Leona McCurry Born: May 1897 in Kansas Died: After 1930 Stanley Armour Dunham Born: March 3, 1918 in Kansas Army Sergeant in World War II. Married: May 5, 1940. Occupation: Furniture salesman. Died: Feb. 8, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii Unknown (Barack Sr.’s fourth partner.) Zeituni Yusuf Sayed Mareen Duvall Died: 1694 in Anne Arundel Co., Md. Susanna Brasseur Died: 1692 Mareen Duvall Died: June 1741 Elizabeth Jacob John Bunch Born: About 1690 Died: Before March 14, 1742 Rebecca Born: About 1699 Died: March 16, 1770 James Hickman Born: March 3, 1723 in Culpeper Co., Va. Fought in American Revolution Died: April 16, 1816 in Clark Co., Ky. Hannah Lewis Born: Oct. 6, 1721 in Hanover Co., Va. Died: June 4, 1822 in Clark Co., Ky. James Tarleton Died: April 10, 1756 in St. Mary's Co., Md. Ann Henning John Bellamy Born: About 1735 in Louisa Co., Va. Died: 1815 in Louisa Co., Va. Susan Roe Born: About 1738 James Browning Born: About 1745 in Culpeper Co., Va. Fought in American Revolution, possibly as a captain. Died: About 1812 Susannah Hickman Born: About 1745 Died: Before 1833 James Wilborn Mary Isabel Teague Mary Bellamy Born: 1769 in Louisa Co., Va. Died: 1792 John Block Unknown George Taylor Born: 1787 Died: After 1850 Abraham Wright Born: 1755 Died: 1833 Naomi Born: 1757 Died: July 26, 1823 John Wilson Died: About 1830 Ruth Wilburn John Allred Born: June 7, 1772 Died: Nov. 5, 1828 Phoebe Thompson Born: 1787 in Randolph, N.C. Louisiana Duvall Born: March 26, 1826 Died: Dec. 18, 1855 Christine Wilson Thomas Creekmore Born: in Virginia Mary Edna Ellis Born: in Virginia or North Carolina. Obediah C. Wright Born: May 9, 1787 Died: March 3, 1876 Malinda Jones Died: Before 1850 Anna Bunch Born: March 27, 1814 Died: June 21, 1893 Benjamin Payne Born: April 30, 1839 in Quincy, Adams Co., Ill. Occupation: Farmer in Knox Co., Mo., in 1870. Died: April 15, 1878 in Knox Co., Mo. Eliza Black Born: April 3, 1837 in Quincy, Adams Co., Ill. Died: 1921 in Kansas City, Mo. Robert Wolfley Born: 1834 in Ohio Occupation: Farmer in Johnson County, Kan., in 1880. Died: July, 1895 Rachel Abbott Born: December 1835 in Licking Co., Ohio Died: After 1900 Madelyn Lee Payne Born: October 1922 in Kansas Occupation: Bank vice president Omar (Oldest son of Hussein Onyango and Sarah Obama.) Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama (Third wife of Hussein Onyango Obama. Mother of Omar, Zeituni, Yusuf and Sayed) Mark Ruth (Barack Sr.’s third wife. Mother of Mark and David.) David (Deceased) George 3 8 10 12 15 15 13 15 Charles Bunch Born: 1765 in Louisa Co., Va. Samuel Thompson Allred Born: Oct. 6, 1809 Occupation: 1850 Farmer in Osage Township, Newton Co., Ark. Died: Nov. 4, 1857 SOURCES: To trace Barack Obama’s her- itage, the Sun-Times started with his book, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, and the genealogi- cal research of William Addams Reitwiesner on Reitwiesner’s Web site, www.wargs.com. In addition, we verified information and dug up new facts with documents on Ancestry.com, in state archives, from public libraries and from other sources. Those who helped include Sam Dunnam of Dunham-Singletary Family Connections, Donna Dodson of the Newton County (Ark.) Historical Society, Virginia genealogist Brigitte Burkett, genealogist Christopher Challender Child of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, David Lee Dunham, Leon McCurry, Robert Mardock, Rae Janette McCurry Marshall, Virginia Goeldner and Maya Soetoro-Ng. Gabriel Duvall Sr.’s second cousin Gabriel Duvall Sarah Obama Jacob Mackey Dunham and wife Louisa Eliza Stroup Dunham Elizabeth Edna Creekmore McCurry, wife of Harbin Wilburn McCurry Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham Sr. Gabriel Duvall shared the name of his second cousin — Barack Obama’s direct ancestor — and spent more than six decades in public life, including serving in Congress. He was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, but it was President James Madison who tapped him to served on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1811. He was also a major slave owner, owning as many as 37 slaves at one point. Obama’s great-great-great- grandfather, Jacob Mackey Dunham was a farmer in Tipton County, Ind., in the 1870s. He later owned restaurants and a confec- tionary in the Oklahoma Territory, where he died in 1907, according to research by David Lee Dunham. Pro-slavery “bushwackers” burned their home, killed their son and nearly blind- ed their infant daughter with fiery coals. He was named for one of America’s greatest poets, but Barack Obama’s great-grandfather Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham never cared for his name. “It embarrassed him,” said daughter Virginia Goeldner. Dunham was an outdoorsman but he had a tender side. “He told me once: ‘If a dad has to tell their kids whether he loves them or not, he’s not doing his job right,’” Goeldner said.“He said, ‘If you love your kids, they feel it.’ ” Sarah Obama was just 16 when she married Obama’s grandfather. She’s really his step- grandmother, but Barack Obama calls her “Granny.” THE OBAMA FAMILY TREE For more information about the Obama ancestors on the Family Tree whose names are the numbered black-lined boxes, please turn to pages 4B and 5B. For still more details about these ancestors and many more, read the Chicago Sun-Times online at www.suntimes.com. KEY: 1 SCOTT FORNEK AND GREG GOOD~SUN- TIMES GRAPHIC | A SPECIAL REPORT ∏ ∏
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007CHICAGO SUN-TIMESCONTROVERSY | 2B | | 3BSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES | CONTROVERSY
10th Great-Grandparents
Sarah SooleDied: Aug. 18,
1656 in Barnstable,Mass.
9th Great-Grandparents
Sigoma Unknown
8th Great-Grandparents
UlrichStehle
AnnaDied: May 1793in Mifflin Co.,
Pa.
JohnOverall
Born: 1701in VirginiaDied: 1743in PrinceWilliamCo., Va.
6th Great-Grandparents
Ogelo Unknown
John OverallBorn: 1735Fought inAmerican
RevolutionDied: March
16, 1821
5th Great-Grandparents Otondi Unknown
SamuelGoodnightBorn: 1761Died: 1845in FayetteCo., Ohio
MagdalenaBerkheimerBorn: About
1764
WilliamStroup
Born: April 27,1785. Died:Nov. 3, 1863
AnnThomasBorn:
About 1790Died: 1868
Robert OverallBorn: About
1770Died: About
1835
Gabriel DuvallBorn: Oct. 3,
1787Died: Aug. 1,
1827
4th Great-Grandparents Obongo Unknown
John StroupBorn: About
1814Occupation:
1850 Farmer inTipton Co., Ind.Died: Aug. 12,
1851
Eliza JaneClemmons
Born: About1816 in VirginiaDied: Feb. 12,1882 in Tipton
Co., Ind
JosephKearney
Occupation:Shoemaker inMoneygall, Co.
Offaly,Ireland
Phoebe
Thomas ClarkBorn: About
1811 inKentucky
Died: After1870
ElizabethDavis
Born: About1821 in
KentuckyDied: After
1870
3rd Great-Grandparents Okoth Unknown
Jacob MackeyDunham
Born: May 7, 1824Occupation: Farmerin Tipton Co., Ind.,
in 1870Died: June 12, 1907
in Okmulgee,Oklahoma Territory
Louisa ElizaStroup
Born: Oct. 8, 1837in Madison Co.,
OhioDied: Oct. 26,
1901
Falmouth or FulmuthKearney
Born: About 1832 inIreland
Occupation: 1870Farmer in Tipton Co.,
Ind.Died: March 21, 1878
CharlotteHollowell
Born: About1834 in Ohio
Died: Sept. 11,1877
George ArmourBorn: 1850 in Ohio
Occupation:Farmhand in
Ellington, AdamsCo., Ill., in 1880.Died: After 1880
AnneBorn: 1849in MissouriDied: After
1880
2nd Great-Grandparents
ObiyoRaised in Alego,
Kenya, but moved toKendu Bay, Kenya,as a young man.
Unknown
Jacob William DunhamBorn: Feb. 7, 1863
Occupation: 1920 Pharmacist inWichita, Kan.
Died: Aug. 13, 1936 in Wichita, Kan.
Mary Ann KearneyBorn: Sept. 19, 1869 in
Tipton Co., Ind.Died: Aug. 13, 1936 in
Wichita, Kan.
Harry Ellington ArmourBorn: Jan. 10, 1874 in Illinois
Occupation: Roustabout for Magnolia PetroleumCo. in El Doradao, Kan., in 1918; Oiler in oil
fields in Wichita, Kan., in 1920; working an oillease in 1930. Died: After 1930
Gabriella ClarkBorn: June 1877 in
MissouriDied: After 1930
Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham Sr.Born: Dec. 25, 1894 in Argonia, Kan.
Occupation: Automobile mechanic in Wichita, Kan.,in 1920; later worked for Boeing Aircraft in the
tooling department.Died: Oct. 4, 1970 in Wichita, Kan.
Ruth Lucille ArmourBorn: Sept. 1, 1900
in IllinoisDied: Nov. 25, 1926
in Wichita, Kan.
GrandparentsHussein Onyango
ObamaBorn: 1895 in Kenya
Died: 1979
Akumu(Second wife of Hussein Onyango
Obama. Mother of Barack Obama Sr.and two sisters)
SiblingsAbongo(Roy)
ObamaAuma
ObamaAbo
Obama
Barack ObamaBorn: Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation: Democratic presidential candidate for 2008 election; electedU.S. Senator in 2004; former state senator and law instructor at the
University of Chicago Law School.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson ObamaBorn: Jan. 17, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.
Occupation: Vice president of community andexternal affairs at the University of Chicago
Medical Center.
Children Natasha “Sasha” ObamaBorn: 2001
Miwiru Unknown
Samuel HinckleyDied: Oct. 31, 1662
in Barnstable,Mass.
John SmithDied: Oct. 2, 1710in Sandwich, Mass.
Susannah HinckleyDied: Nov. 6, 1675
in Barnstable, Mass.
OwinyOccupation:Warrior and
leader
Unknown
Jonathan Singletaryalias Dunham
Born: Jan, 17, 1639or 1640
Died: Before Sept. 6,1706
Mary BloomfieldBorn: Jan. 5, 1642 inNewburyport, Mass.
Died: 1705 inWoodbridge, N.J.
JohnRolph
MarySculliard
Samuel SmithBorn: Oct. 20, 1644Died: Dec. 15, 1719
ElizabethPeirce
Kisodhi Unknown Prudence FitzRandolphBorn: Aug. 20, 1696 inDied: Sept. 12, 1766 in
Woodbridge, N.J.
JohannPhilippStraub
Barbara
BenjaminDunham
Born: Aug. 22, 1681
Died: Dec. 31,1715 in
Woodbridge,N.J.
Mary RolphBorn:
1681 inWoodbridge,
N.J.
Shubael SmithBorn: Jan. 2, 1692
Died: May 31, 1769in Woodbridge, N.J.
MaryElliottBorn:1703
Died: July24, 1738in PrinceWilliamCo., Va.
JonathanDunham
Born: BetweenJan. 7-12, 1710Died: Sept. 21,
1748 inWoodbridge,
N.J.
Mary SmithBorn: Dec. 27,
1717Died: 1791
Christian Gutknecht-Goodnight
Died: Dec. 26, 1795Maria
MagdalenaLeonhard
BerkheimerMaria
CatharinaJohn StroupDied: Feb.
4, 1832
Mary StehleDied: Nov. 4,
1835
FrancesWhitledgeBorn: Oct.27, 1732
Died: Dec. 5,1816
SamuelDunham
Born: May 11,1742 in
Woodbridge,N.J. Died: Feb.
18, 1824(Slaveowner)
HannahBorn: About
1758Died: 1826
in ButlerCo., Ohio.
Annie BrowningBorn: 1780 inCulpeper Co.,
Va.Died: After
1820
Jacob DunhamBorn: June 1, 1795in Berkeley Co.,Va. (Now W.V.)
Occupation: 1850Farmer in Prairie,Tipton Co., Ind.Died: July 30,
1865
CatherineGoodnight
Born: 1794 inMontgomery
Co., Pa.Died: After
1870
George WashingtonOverall
Born: July 4, 1820Occupation: Between1850 - 1870 Farmer in
Nelson Co., Ky.Died: Jan. 9, 1871
(Slave owner)
ChristopherColumbus Clark
Born: December 1846Civil War: Fought on Union sideas private in 69th Regiment ofthe Enrolled Missouri Militiabetween April 30 and Oct. 4,
1864 Died: After 1930
Susan C.Overall
Born: June1849
Died: Before1920
ObamaBorn in Kendu Bay, Kenya, but movedback to Alego, Kenya. He had three
other wives, one of whom is themother of his daughter, Dorsila.
Nyaoke
Helima(First wife ofHussein, no
children)
Kezia(First wife of Barack Hussein Obama Sr. Motherof Abongo (Roy) Obama, Auma Obama, Abo
Obama and Bernard Obama.)
Barack Hussein Obama Sr.(Barack Obama’s father.)
Born: 1936 in Alego, KenyaOccupation: Kenya government official
Died: 1982 in Nairobi, Kenya
Stanley Ann Dunham(Barack Obama’s mother)
Born: Nov. 29, 1942, in KansasMarried: 1960
Occupation: Cultural anthropologistDied: Nov. 7, 1995
BernardObama
Lolo Soetoro(Stanley Ann’s second husband,
Barack’s stepfather.)Born: Jan. 2, 1930 Died: Jan. 1987
MayaSoetoro
Born:Aug. 151970
(Daughterof StanleyAnn and
LoloSoetoro)
Malia ObamaBorn: 1999
7th Great-Grandparents
GreatGrandparents
Parents
1 2
4
5
6
7
11
14
15 15 15 15 15
9
WilliamWhitledge
Born:About 1712
Died:Aug. 5,1782
FrancesOverallBorn:
Aug. 22,1716
Died: After1745
JohnBrowning
Born: 1728Fought inAmerican
RevolutionDied:
Dec. 1803
ElizabethDemarest
Born:1728 in
NewCastle,
Del.Died:1803
Jacob DuvallBorn: April19, 1715 in
PrinceGeorge's
County, Md.Died: March
7, 1796
Mary MilesBourne
Born: 1719
SamuelBunch
Born: 1726in Hanover
Co., Va.Died: 1783in LouisaCo., Va.
MaryHudsonBorn:
1726 inHanoverCo., Va.
Died: Jan.31, 1792
John Miles DuvallBorn: About 1745 in
Prince George’s Co., Md.Fought in American
Revolution.Died: 1787 in St. Mary's
Co., Md.
Anne RosellePhilomena TarletonBorn: About 1754Died: June 6, 1823
SolomonAllredBorn:
Possibly1734
Died: 1790
MaryBorn: 1726Died: 1792
Mary GrableBorn: Oct. 13,
1791Died: Aug. 6,
1868(Slaveowner)
MaryThomas
Born: 1787Died: About
1840
JohnMcCurry
LydiaWilliams
Nathaniel BunchBorn: April 23,
1793Occupation: 1850Mechanic/Black-smith, ArkansasDied: Feb. 16,
1859
Sarah WadeRay
Born: 1793Died: 1874 in
Dinsmore,Newton Co.,
Ark.
John S. BlackBorn: Aug. 9,
1805. Farmer inKnox Co., Mo.,
in 1850.Died: May 19,1870 in Knox
Co., Mo.
Sarah TaylorBorn: July18, 1806Died: Oct.
26, 1892 inHurdland,Knox Co.,
Mo.
JonathanAbbott
Died: 1848 inLicking Co.,
Ohio
AdahWright
Born: 1799in MarylandDied: After
1880
EdwardMcCurry
Born: 1790Died: 1844 in
Missouri
Harbin WilburnMcCurry
Born: March 11,1823 in Indiana
Died: July 24, 1899in Center, Oklahoma
Territory
Elizabeth EdnaCreekmore
Born: March 23,1827 in IllinoisDied: Jan. 15,1918 in Ada,
OklahomaTerritory
Joseph Samuel WrightBorn: 1819 in Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer in OvertonCo., Tenn., in 1850; Farmer in
Carroll Co., Ark. from 1870until at least 1880
Died: April 29, 1894 in Hale,Kan.
Frances AllredBorn: 1834 inOverton Co.,
Tenn.Died: After
1880
Charles T. PayneBorn: June 1861 in Missouri
Occupation: Cattle buyer in Knox Co., Mo., in 1880; Auctioneer in Johnson Co.,Kan., in 1900; Farmer in Aubrey Township, Johnson County, Kan., in 1910; Tire
repair shop worker in Rosedale City, Wyanotte Co., Kan., in 1920; Livestock dealerin Kansas City, Wyanotte Co., Kan., in 1930. Died: After 1930
Della WolfleyBorn: May
1863 in OhioDied: Between1900 – 1910
Thomas Creekmore McCurryBorn: January 1850 in Missouri
Occupation: Farm laborer in Andrew Co., Mo., in 1870, and ElkCo., Kan., in 1880; Farmer in Chautauqua Co., Kan., from at
least 1900 to at least 1920Died: 1939 in Peru, Kan.
Margaret Belle WrightBorn: Aug. 11, 1869 in Dry
Fork, Carroll Co., Kan.Died: Nov. 28, 1935 in Elk City,
Kan.
Rolla Charles PayneBorn: Aug. 23, 1892 in Olathe, Kan.
Occupation: Bookkeeper for oil well supplycompany in Tulsa, Okla., in 1917; bookkeeper for
oil company in Augusta City, Kan., in 1930.Died: October 1968
Leona McCurryBorn: May 1897 in
KansasDied: After 1930
Stanley Armour DunhamBorn: March 3, 1918 in KansasArmy Sergeant in World War II.
Married: May 5, 1940.Occupation: Furniture salesman.
Died: Feb. 8, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Unknown(Barack Sr.’s fourth
partner.)Zeituni Yusuf Sayed
Mareen DuvallDied: 1694 in Anne
Arundel Co., Md.
SusannaBrasseur
Died: 1692
MareenDuvall
Died: June1741
ElizabethJacob
John BunchBorn: About 1690
Died: Before March14, 1742
RebeccaBorn: About 1699Died: March 16,
1770
James HickmanBorn: March 3,
1723 in CulpeperCo., Va.
Fought in AmericanRevolution
Died: April 16,1816 in Clark Co.,
Ky.
Hannah LewisBorn: Oct. 6, 1721 in
Hanover Co.,Va.
Died: June 4,1822 in Clark
Co., Ky.
JamesTarleton
Died: April10, 1756
in St.Mary's Co.,
Md.
AnnHenning
JohnBellamy
Born:About 1735in LouisaCo., Va.
Died: 1815in LouisaCo., Va.
Susan RoeBorn:About1738
James BrowningBorn: About 1745 in
Culpeper Co., Va.Fought in American
Revolution, possibly as acaptain.
Died: About 1812
SusannahHickman
Born: About1745 Died:
Before 1833
JamesWilborn
MaryIsabelTeague
MaryBellamy
Born: 1769in LouisaCo., Va.
Died: 1792
JohnBlock Unknown
GeorgeTaylor
Born: 1787Died: After
1850
AbrahamWright
Born: 1755Died: 1833
NaomiBorn: 1757Died: July26, 1823
JohnWilsonDied:About1830
RuthWilburn
John AllredBorn: June
7, 1772Died: Nov.
5, 1828
PhoebeThompsonBorn: 1787
inRandolph,
N.C.
LouisianaDuvall
Born: March26, 1826
Died: Dec.18, 1855
ChristineWilson
ThomasCreekmore
Born: inVirginia
MaryEdna EllisBorn: inVirginiaor NorthCarolina.
Obediah C.Wright
Born: May9, 1787Died:
March 3,1876
MalindaJonesDied:
Before1850
Anna BunchBorn: March
27, 1814Died: June21, 1893
Benjamin PayneBorn: April 30, 1839
in Quincy, AdamsCo., Ill. Occupation:Farmer in Knox Co.,
Mo., in 1870.Died: April 15, 1878
in Knox Co., Mo.
Eliza BlackBorn: April 3,
1837 in Quincy,Adams Co., Ill.Died: 1921 in
Kansas City, Mo.
Robert WolfleyBorn: 1834 in OhioOccupation: Farmerin Johnson County,
Kan., in 1880.Died: July, 1895
Rachel AbbottBorn: December1835 in Licking
Co., OhioDied: After 1900
Madelyn Lee PayneBorn: October 1922 in Kansas
Occupation: Bank vice president
Omar(Oldest son of Hussein
Onyango and SarahObama.)
Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama(Third wife of Hussein Onyango Obama.
Mother of Omar, Zeituni, Yusuf and Sayed)
Mark
Ruth(Barack Sr.’s third wife.
Mother of Mark and David.)
David(Deceased)
George
3
8
10
12
15 15
13
15
CharlesBunchBorn:
1765 inLouisaCo., Va.
Samuel ThompsonAllred
Born: Oct. 6, 1809Occupation: 1850Farmer in Osage
Township, NewtonCo., Ark.
Died: Nov. 4, 1857
SOURCES: To trace Barack Obama’s her-itage, the Sun-Times started with hisbook, Dreams From My Father: A Story ofRace and Inheritance, and the genealogi-cal research of William AddamsReitwiesner on Reitwiesner’s Web site,www.wargs.com. In addition, we verifiedinformation and dug up new facts withdocuments on Ancestry.com, in statearchives, from public libraries and fromother sources. Those who helped includeSam Dunnam of Dunham-SingletaryFamily Connections, Donna Dodson of theNewton County (Ark.) Historical Society,Virginia genealogist Brigitte Burkett,genealogist Christopher Challender Childof the New England Historic GenealogicalSociety, David Lee Dunham, LeonMcCurry, Robert Mardock, Rae JanetteMcCurry Marshall, Virginia Goeldner andMaya Soetoro-Ng.
Gabriel Duvall Sr.’s secondcousin Gabriel Duvall
Sarah Obama
Jacob Mackey Dunhamand wife Louisa Eliza
Stroup Dunham
Elizabeth EdnaCreekmoreMcCurry, wife of
Harbin WilburnMcCurry
Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham Sr.
Gabriel Duvall shared the name ofhis second cousin — BarackObama’s direct ancestor — andspent more than six decades inpublic life, including serving inCongress. He was a close friend ofThomas Jefferson, but it wasPresident James Madison whotapped him to served on the U.S.Supreme Court in 1811. He wasalso a major slave owner, owningas many as 37 slaves at one point.
Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather, Jacob MackeyDunham was a farmer inTipton County, Ind., in the1870s. He later ownedrestaurants and a confec-tionary in the OklahomaTerritory, where he died in1907, according to researchby David Lee Dunham.
Pro-slavery “bushwackers”burned their home, killedtheir son and nearly blind-ed their infant daughterwith fiery coals.
He was named for one of America’sgreatest poets, but Barack Obama’sgreat-grandfather Ralph WaldoEmerson Dunham never cared forhis name. “It embarrassed him,”said daughter Virginia Goeldner. Dunham was an outdoorsman but hehad a tender side. “He told meonce: ‘If a dad has to tell their kidswhether he loves them or not, he’snot doing his job right,’” Goeldnersaid.“He said, ‘If you love your kids,they feel it.’ ”
Sarah Obama wasjust 16 when shemarried Obama’sgrandfather. She’sreally his step-grandmother, butBarack Obamacalls her“Granny.”
THE OBAMA FAMILY TREEFor more information about the Obama ancestors onthe Family Tree whose names are the numberedblack-lined boxes, please turn to pages 4B and 5B. For still more details about these ancestors andmany more, read the Chicago Sun-Times online atwww.suntimes.com.
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