Nancy Obenchain Home Page

Researching surnames: Abendschon, Auvenshine, Obenchain, Obenshain, Ovenshine, Ovenshire, Propst, Leffel, Culp, Steinrock, Dannehauer, Hardenstein and any family which intermarried with Obenchain Family.
This page is dedicated to the memory of Mabel S. Obenchain who passed away on February 18, 2001.
Please note that while names, dates, and places (facts) are not protected under the copyright laws, the biographical narrative as I have written it is protected.The Copyright Law no longer requires a work to be formally published nor formally copyrighted for protection.As soon as I put my work on this web site, it was protected under the Copyright Law.You are welcome to copy the facts, but everything else is protected.I hope you will respect the Copyright Law as it pertains to my narrative on the family.Thank you.
I should also like to thank the many individuals who have contributed material included in my reports.Without their help this website would not exist.
Nancy Obenchain Home Page
Updated April 23, 2011
Nancy A Obenchain
1193 South 9th Street
Rogers,AR 72756-5264
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Family Photos

  • Irwin Sands (b. 1874 PA) (54 KB)
    Irwin is the great grandson of Samuel Rhoads (1750-1822) and Elizabeth (Abendschon) Rhoads (1759-Aft. 1822)
  • Tombstone ofAnn Obenshain Brewbaker (1833-1898) (370 KB)
    Ann Obenshain Brewbaker (1833-1898), wife of Joel Brewbaker, Photo Courtesy of Sharon Strout.
  • William Glackens (1870-1938) (78 KB)
    Photo of William Glackens, grandson of Daniel L. Glackens & Sarah Ovenshine
  • William H. Obenchain (1831-1916) (4 KB)
    William H. Obenchain (b. 1831 KY, d. 1916 KY).Photo courtesy of James E. Obenchain.
  • Mabel's Roses Quilt (78 KB)
    Quilt made by Quilters United In Learning Together to honor Mabel Obenchain, one of the founders of the Guild.
  • Louisa J. Phillips Obenchain (1841-1919) (8 KB)
    Louisa J. Phillips Obenchain (b. 1841, d. 1919), wife of William H. Obenchain.Photo courtesy of James E. Obenchain.
  • James William Obenchain & Family (45 KB)
    (Back Row l to r): Alice, Nettie, & Mary Elizabeth Obenchain(Front row l to r): Adelaide, Mary (Shipp), & James William ObenchainPhoto courtesy of Jeanne Flowers.
  • Robert Lee& Mamie Stone Obenchain (7 KB)
    Robert Lee Obenchain (b. 1876, d. 1962) and Mamie A. Stone Obenchain (b. 1889, d. 1984).Photo courtesy of James E. Obenchain.
  • Christian Henry Creager (1821-1906) (39 KB)
    Christian Henry Creager (1821-1906) married 23 Dec 1841 Susannah Obenchain (1822-1862).Photo courtesy of Michael Alexander.
  • Solomon & Mary Obenchain Tombstone (355 KB)
    Tombstone of Solomon & Mary (Nelson) Obenchain.Photo courtesy of James Obenchain.
  • Abendschön Family Plate (51 KB)
    This plate was brought to America in 1749 by the Abendschön Family.It is marked on the back "Dresden".The Dresden factory started in 1708.Photo Courtesy of Dana Cox Funk.
  • Obenchain Pottery, Botetourt Co., ca. 1870 (404 KB)
    Earthenware storage jar with mottled yellow glaze, attributed to Obenchain Pottery, Botetourt County, c. 1870. Photo courtesy of Virginia Historical Society.See www.vahistorical.org
  • Emmett Mason Obenshain's Children (124 KB)
    Left to Right: Olney Orlena Obenshain, Elizabeth Obenshain, Ruth Ann Obenshain, Gerald Obenshain, Benjamin Franklin Obenshain, Raymond L. Obenshain, Sr., & Earl W. Obenshain -- Photo Courtesy of Ron and Judy Obenshain.
  • Francis G. Obenchain (1843-1926) (42 KB)
    This memorial bust of Lt. Francis G. Obenchain was sculpted by F. C. Hibbard and donated to the Vicksburg Military Park in 1915 by his daughters.
  • New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery Co., PA (111 KB)
    New Hanover Lutheran Church, New Hanover Township, Montgomery County. One of the earliest Lutheran Churches in America.Photo courtesy of John J. Amtsfield.
 

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