Grant County Trivia
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Trivia #1
Steele: Col. Asbury Earl 1861-1865 34th Indiana Inf. Civil War, rank:
Colonel
1870 State Senator 4 years., Chairman of Judiciary committee
during the last session.
Studied law 1841-1845 entered into law practice "Steele and
St John" criminal and Civil
lawyers. Still involved as late as 1880. Name is on the court
house pictured in the
opening of this website " Grant County Indiana.
"due to his life in public service, a weath of information is
available about Asbury Earl Steele"
House of Steele, source M. McGeary pg 556\
Steele: Gov. George Washington Steele [son of Col. Asbury Steele] 1st
Territorial Governor of
Oklahoma an appointment by his friend Pres. Benjamin Harrison.
George served 15 years in
military service in both the Civil War and Indian campaigns.
7 terms in congress.47th, 48th
49th, 54th, 56th and 57th] Instrumental in locating the
Soldiers Hime in MArion, Grant Co., IN
now the V.A. Medical Center. Home is an Historical site
thanks to the Love family.
His son George W. Steele jr. was the naval commander of the
dirgible the Los Angeles" on
maiden flight from Germany to Lakehurst N.J. He was later to
Capt. the carrier Lexington /
Saratoga in San Diego, CA. He was a graduate of Annapolis.
Steele: Richard Greenbury [son of Col. Asbury Steele] attorney at law
Steele: Asbury Edwin Earl [son of Col.Asbury] 1st mayor of Marion, served
one term. Republican
Prosecuting attorney for the 28th Judicial Circuit
Corp.34th Ind Inf.co.T enlisted Sept 25, 1861 Civil War.
Steele:William Douglas [son of Col. Asbury Steele] Deputy auditor of Grant
Co.
Steele: Theresa Louisa [daughter of Col. Asbury Steele] m. Dr. George
Daniels [mother of Dr. Ed
Daniels] physicans and assoc. Daniels Drug Stores Marion,
Grant Co.
all the above are buried in IOOF Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN as well as
their wives and husbands with the exception of Capt. G W Steele jr. who is
buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery Glendale, CA.
The Steeles came to this country in about 1771 just before the Rev. War to
MD>KY>IN
Trivia #2
Blue: Carey Samuel,lifelong Grant co. b. 1879 [Chapel Pike farm "Blue
Acres]
Blue: George Harmon, lifelong Grant Co., farmer [father of Carey Samuel] b.
1848 Grant Co.
Richland Twsp.
Carey Samuel Blue belonged to the Cart Creek Church of the Brethren. Grant
Co. From this small church came two college presidents. Otho Winger
President of Manchester College., and Paul Hoffman ,whose father was the
minister there from Roann, a traveling reverand, president emeritus
McPherson College, McPherson, KS. Most of the 36 members had well educated
families attending colleges and universities all over the US. Other families
were Harris, Kendall, Smith, Agness, Cook.
His wife was a member of the Brubaker family that came from Switzerland and
can be traced back to 1565. They came from Zurich>Ibersheim, Palatinate,
Germany> Philadelphia via Rotterdam> VA>OH>IN. Anabaptists, Mennonites,
German Baptist and Church of the Brethren.
George Harmon Blue and his wife are buried IOOF Cem. Marion, Grant Co.,
The Blue Family came to New Jersey in the mid 1700. Presumably Dutch.
Trivia #3
Johnson/Johnston family
James Johnson m Nancy Buford Lewis. This Lewis family goes back to
American Pioneers of Virginia > KY> IN. Their children ,among others, were James
Hiram [Johnson] who married Josephine Boneparte Hawthorne. Bardstown KY. Nancy
Anna , Fielding Lewis, Simeon, and Edward .
The Children of James Hiram and Josephine Hawthorne Johnson were
Richard- oldest child b. abt, 1856 d. young in a railroad accident. 1901 b. in New Haven, KY
Lillian- lived in Marion , Grant Co.d. 1939 b.IOOF Cem.,Grant Co., IN
[m. Thomas Morrisey] "Lillian Johnston Morrisey" Gravestone
Simeon- an upholster lived in Marion, Grant Co. d. 1923 b.IOOF Cem,
Grant Co., IN [ m. Mary Ada Steele of Marion.] Gravestone says" KY Spanish Amr.War Pvt.
Field Arty 22 Batry." Mary Ada Steele is buried in Grant Memorial Cem. Marion,
Grant Co., "Mary Ada Brown"
Mary Alice- lived in Marion 1907-08 d.1946 [then of Peru, Miama co., IN]
b IOOF Cem., Grant Co. [ m. Samuel Pottinger Steele] 5 children
Blanche -a seamstress d. 1943 b IOOF Cem. Grant Co., IN unmarried
Hettie -lived Marion, Grant Co., d. 1958 b. IOOF Cem., Grant Co.[ m.
1.Earl Richard Steele 2. Knickerbocker] 2 of their 3 children are b. in IOOF
Cem, Millard Steele, a glass mold maker, with his family
and Wallace Steele as well as both parents.[ tho a daughter Laura Steele
Murden is buried in Hamilton,Ohio [she was the wife of Frank Murden, a
cadillac dealer Hamilton, OH ]Gravestones say "Richard Steele" and "Hettie
Knickerbocker" Richard Steele b. 1872 d. 1901 was a politician in Grant
Co., and a county recorder. Mr Knickerbocker was a street car motorman
Nancy moved to Torrance,California m. 1. Woodring 2. Horace Thorne
Three of the these Johnson siblings married three Steele siblings who
were descendants of Colonel Asbury Steele. children of son Richard Greenbury
and Louisa Pottinger Steele.
The Johnson family name added a T at this point. All the gravestones
have Johnston from this point on. see IOOF Cemetery Marion., Grant Co., IN;
Sixth addition block 32.
These Johnston siblings are buried closeby the grave of Louisa Jane
Pottinger Steele, the mother or the three Steele siblings. Louisa Jane
Pottinger Steele was the wife of Richard Greenbury Steele son of Colonel
Asbury Steele. He is buried near his parents and sister Theresa Daniels in
the Steele plot which is in the "eastern part of the original plat, block
5" IOOF. cem.
Louisa Jane Pottinger and Richard Greenbury Steele son of Col. Asbury Steele
children:
SAMUEL POTTINGER STEELE m.1890 1. Mary Alice Johnston 5 children ,one
Walter Simeon Steele was the owner and publisher/Printer of the National
Republic Publishing Co, and the National Republic Magazine Washington D.C.
He was in multiple Who's Who magazines and was a political speech writer. He
worked for many newspapers throughout Indiana including Marion, and once ran
for Mayor of Muncie but was defeated. He married Valeria Knobb of Gas
City:another son Arthur Hogarth Steele was in WWI in the 607th aero
squadron. A pharmacist. He later became a Purchacing agent for Petro-Tex
Chemical Co., Houston, TX and an elder in the Central Presbyterian Church
there Sam and Alice also had three daughters .
2. m.1930 Juanita Louisa Fischer Gunder , a widow of Colonel Gunder. dtr of
a Marion, Grant Co., physician.
Sam was a railroad conductor. C & O., HE &WT1908-1909, L&N. They lived in
Marion 1906-1907 and are in the city directory for those years.
1921 He ran for City councilman in Peru, IN: That same year son Walter ran
for Mayor of Muncie, IN and uncle Dr. George Daniels husband of Theresa
Steele Daniels ran for mayor of Marion, Grant Co., IN only Dr.Geo. Daniels
won. All ran on Republican Tickets,
He died on his retirement farm Rt 6 Marion, Grant Co., IN and is buried
Grant Memorial Cem. Marion.
MARY ADA STEELE m. 1.Joseph Hutchins two sons, Paul Hutchins and Bernard
Hutchins 2. Mr. Brown , a Marion banker 3. Simeon H. Johnston had one son
Richard Johnston with the army quartermaster corp., Jeffersonville, IN Mary
Ada is buried in Grant Memorial Cem. Marion near her brother Samuel
Pottinger Steele and his daughter Adelina Patti Steele Stephens , son-in-law
Floyd Stephens, and daughter Josephine B. Steele]
EARL RICHARD STEELE m Hettie Johnston A railroader, Earl Richard was
killed in a railroad accident. 1901 3 children
VERGIL STEELE m. Nellie Shaddinger A railroader. He and his wife are both
butied in the Mt. Hope Cem. in Peru, IN . [Cole Porter and the Cole family
are buried nearby] 4 children one son a teacher at No. Texas State
Teachers College . A grandson , a professor at USCD in San Diego, CA,
LAURA ALICE STEELE m. Milliard Pottinger a 2nd cousin of Louisa Jane
Pottinger
They are the parents of Craig Pottinger owner, publisher and founder of the
Nogalas International Newspaper.Nogales, Arizona
A customs inspector with several presidential appointments Nogales, Arizona
and Nogales Sonora, Mexico. A democrat and a state delegate to several
Democratic conventions [photos are in the Marion Tribune archives.] Craig
also worked and helped organize newspapers in Phoenix and Flagstaff Arizona.
He married 2. Sadie White daughter of the local sheriff. He d. 1980 at the
age of 89.
THEORA STEELE m. John Corrigan Theora graduated cum laude from Indiana
University
PAUL STEELE b. 1878 d.1879
Trivia #4
The Harris/Blue Family
Carey Samuel Blue m Arsina May Harris in Waltz Twsp., Wabash Co., IN. May
4, 1901.
Carey was b, Feb 22, 1879 Washington Twsp., Grant Co., IN
'Sina' was b. Sept 15, 1880 Waltz Twsp.,Wabash Co., IN
They were farmers in Grant Co., IN all their lives. They had farms in
Richland Twsp., and Pleasant Twsp. as well as Fairmount, Liberty Co., IN.
They belonged to the Cart Creek COB Church Grant Co., IN.
They last lived on Chapel Pike, Pleasant Twsp., Grant Co., IN and had a
dairy farm with primarily brown swiss cows. They also had pigs and chickens
which were for sale. They farmed 80 acres, raised corn, tomatoes [raised for
Del Monte Foods for catsup] , alfalfa and oats for feed. There was a grain
house, a shop with a grinding wheel [Carey as a hobby made wooden lamp bases
from carved oak]. They 'made' hay with neighbors and shared big equipment
such as combines et al. Their closest neighbors were Coan and Thisbe Cain
and son Ralph , Chester and Clova Wimmer, Radia Renbarger. Wellman Cain, son
of Coan, and his wife. They had a large hip roof hay barn. They raised
Plymouth Rock chickens and sold fresh eggs. There was a truck farm for their
own use with peonies, zinnias, roses, bleeding hearts, little pototoes,
green onions, cabbages, and gooseberries. There was an orchard with banana
apples, and Jonathans. A grape arbor with concord grapes, plum trees,
catalpa trees, and a fish pond. Nearby was a woods where a person could dig
mushrooms. In the summer they would can tomatoes and peaches.. Then there
was the dairy itself. At first they milked the cows by hand, and in the late
1930s there were electric milkers. They had a milk house to hold the 30
gallon milk cans that awaited the tank trucks that came to pick up the milk.
They drove a Buick car because a nephew Landess Harris, the son of Sina's
brother Menno Harris sold Buick cars. He was the President of the James
Matthews Buick Inc. He later became a Director of the Marion General
Hospital. Another son of Menno's was Merritt Harris who was assoc. with
Quigley (Insurance) Agency on Baldwin Street in the Empire Life Bldg.,
Marion, Grant Co.IN. Sina had another brother Otis Harris of Denver
Colorado, and a sister Emma Rosetta Harris Winger wife of Mahlon Winger
whose family are pioneers of this area and were large landowners and
farmers. [Two younger siblings d. as infants.] Emma and Mahlon lived and
farmed near Cart Creek.
Carey had one sister and one brother. Alice Jane Blue m Frank Wimmer and
had 6 children and Frank Blue m. Nellie Charles with no children. Both lived
in Grant Co.
Carey's parents were married in abt 1878 in Grant Co., and had huge farms
that appear on early Grant Co., Pleasant Twsp., maps etc.
The parents Mary Emily McKinney m. George H. Blue abt. 1878 She was 21 he was
30. She was the daughter of Elias McKinney and Abigail Chitester [see 1850
Census for Grant Co.] dtr. of Andrew Chitester all these folks are buried
IOOF Cem. Block 48 Marion, Grant Co., IN Mary Emily was b. Mar 1, 1857
Washington Twsp., Grant Co., IN
Isaiah Blue one of 14 children himself the father of George Harmon Blue was
m. 1838 in Ohio to Maryann Susan Strickler/ Strigler and came to Richland
Twsp., Grant Co., IN in 1841.then moved to Washington Twsp., Grant Co.,1862
They both lived the rest of their lives there They had 11 children. Isiah
d.1887 Mary d. 1911 age 91. in Grant Co. Both are buried in IOOF Cem.,
Marion Grant Co., IN another son James Blue d. in the Civil War. Co 1 ,138th
Regiment Indiana Volunteers in Saratoga, Ky.
Carey and Sina had three children. Two daughters and one son.
Daughter Mary Lorene m. Arthur Hogarth Steele descendant of Colonel Asbury
Steele.
Mary Lorene and Arthur Hogarth Steele are both buried Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Houston, Harris, Texas She d. 1976 age 73 , he died 1993 at age 96. [She
was b. Richland Twsp., Grant Co. IN 1902.]
Trivia #5
MCKINNEY FAMILY of GRANT CO., CONNECTION WITH BLUE AND STEELE FAMILIES
JAMES MCKINNEY b. 1725 d. 1790 m. Sarah Boone Child: Patriot Robert
McKinney
'PATRIOT' ROBERT MCKINNEY b. 1755 PA d. 1830 Piqua, Miami, OH m Esther
Layton 1771
He supplied his corp. as part of his duty with wild game. He wore moccasins
after he retired and for most of the rest of his life. In later life he
made his home with his son Dr.Wiliam McKinney in Piqua OH and later in GRANT
CO, IN He is listed in S.A. R. Patriot list and the NSDAR.
"Military service: Revolutionary War Scout and Capt. of the PA. Militia:
Roster: Robert McKinney.
f. James McKinney m. Sarah Boone McKInney wife: Esther Layton.
Serv: Capt. PA. Militia "
Residence: 240 acre tract of land in Centre and Monroe Twsp., IN
children:
1.Dr. William Henry McKinney [M.D.] [GRANT CO.,IN 1850 census age 66]
2.Joseph McKinneym Eliza Fithian
DR WILLIAM HENRY MCKINNEY
b. Apr 22, 1784 PA d. 1860 Monroe Twsp. Grant Co., IN
m. Sarah Scott 1809 Loudoun Co., VA
came to Indiana 1836 to Grant County from Ohio [Grant Co., incorporated in
1831]
Dr. McKinney was by 1850 a pioneer physician in Monroe Twsp., Grant Co and
in Miami Co., IN
He founded the Christian Church in Centre Twsp., Grant Co.,
The family had 6 children among who are Leander, Fielding abd Elias W. b.
1826
Leander , w.Alzina[Toby] and family, Elias 25 and w.Ottilla 27 with d.
Mariah, plus others are listed in the 1850 census on this site.
ELIAS W MCKINNEY B. 1826 Piqua, OH d. 1906 Marion, Grant Co., OH b. IOOF
Cem. Marion, Grant Co. m
1. m 1848 Ottillia [Barley]
their children:
1.Mariah Jane McKinney b 1849 d. 1884 Grant. Co., IN m James Dunn son of
Corel I. Dunn b. 1847 d. 1915 Grant Co., IN. b.IOOF Cem. Her gravestone
says "Maria Dunn 1849-1884" child: Albert Dunn b. 1873 d. 1875 b. IOOF CEm
Grant Co.,
2. Edithia Ottilla McKInney m William Hicks
3.William Conrad McKinney b. 1854 d. 1926 b. IOOF cem. Marion Grant Co., m
1879 Edythia Jane Blue aka Jennie E. Blue b. 1860 d. 1926 b. IOOF Cem Block
7 Marion, Grant Co., IN [[Edythia was a twin of Ida Ellen Blue m. Mathew
Whicker: dtrs of ISAIAH BLUE AND MARYANN SUSAN STRICKLER?STRIGLER]]
children:
Dora O. McKinney m. Charles Trueblood
Alice McKinney
Mary Ann aka Ann McKinney
William Russell McKinney d. Infancy
all are b. IOOF Cem Block 7 Gravestones :" Trueblood, Charles and Dora" and
"WmC. and Jennie E. McKinney", Wm Russell,
Alice McKinney and Ann McKinney. [Alice worked in Washington D. C. with
Walter Steele, son of Samuel Pottinger Steele and in a government
position.there]
"in 1891 moved to Marion, Grant Co. Entered into a thriving contracting
business, prior to this time he was deputy city marshall four years and in
1908 was elected assessor of Centre Twsp. on the Republican ticket, then the
term expanded from four to six years by the state legislature, He also had a
real estate business..a well know businessman in the community. Junior Order
of United Mechanics, secretery for over 17 years, Trustee and counselor of
Daughters of America . A member of the Congrgational Church. "B.G. Shinn Vol
II Blackford and Grant Counties, Indiana a Chronicle.1914
m.2 1856 Abigail [Chitester] d. 1877 b. IOOF Cem. "40y 9m 9d" on gravestone
d. of Andrew Chitester
their children:
1. Mary Emily McKinney b. Grant Co., IN d. Marion, Grant Co., IN m. 1875
GEORGE HARMON BLUE Children: Carey Samuel Blue m. Arsina May Harris among 3
children Mary Lorene Blue m ARTHUR STEELE descendant of COL ASBURY STEELE
2. Franklin Homer McKinney d infancy
3. Susan Bell McKinney m J. Wint Grindle
4. Alice Edna McKinney b. 1866 d. 1903 m. Dr. K.J. Slaughter both b IOOF
Cem., Marion, Grant Co., "Estates of Serenity" Large tombstone says
"Slaughter" Alice Edna wife of Dr. K.J. Slaughter"
5. Dora McKinney d infancy
Elias owned 180 acres Pleasant Twsp., Grant Co.: 200 acre tract in
Washington Twsp., Grant Co., and in 1850 lived in Mornroe Twsp.Grant Co., He
retired to Marion, Grant Co., IN
m 3. Martha Frazee of Grant Co. No issue
Some of this group that are listed in the 1850 Census source this site are:
Blue, Isaiah
Mary Ann
Chitester, Andrew
Susan
Abigail
and family
McKinney, Elias
Ottillia
Mariah
William physician
Sarah
Leander
Alzina
and family
Swayzee, A.C. merchant
Merietta [later in life MARRIED GEORGE W. STEELE son of ASBURY
STEELE]
Steele, Asberry [sic]
Richard G.
Asberry [sic] son of
Theresa
St. John [Asberry Steele business partners, lawyers]
BLUE-MCKINNEY CONNECTION
George Harmon Blue married Mary Emily McKInney
William Conrad McKinney married Edythia Jane aka Jennie E. Blue
Edythia and George Blue were brother and sister children of Isaiah Blue
and Maryann Susan Strickler/Strigler.
William Conrad McKinney was the half brother of Mary Emily McKinney.
Wm. C. mother was Ottilla Barley McKinney 1st wife of Elias McKinney
Mary Emily McKinney mother was Abigail Chitester 2nd wife of Elias Mckinney
1850 Census trivia Grant Co., IN
The surname on the 1850 census has spelling Chitester aka Chidester.
Merietta Swayzee aka Marietta Swayzee [daughter is Meta Steele] wife of
Major G.W. Steele
Mariah McKinney in 1850 Census, aka Maria Dunn on Tombstone IOOF
Asberry Steele aka Colonel Asbury Steele
Trivia #6
Brubaker, Brubacher, Bruppacher Family in Grant and Wabash Co., IN abt
1854-present....]
Rutschi Bruppacher b. c 1549 Zurich, Switzerland was m. Anna Wis
Petter Bruppacher baptized May 23, 1566 Wadenswil, Canton Zurich d. Zurich m
Margaretha Nageli
Petter Bruppacher baptized Dec 10, 1596 Wadenswil d bef. 1669 Ibersheim,
Palatinite, Germany
m. Barbara Streler, 2. Margaretha Strickler b Alsace, France 3. Anna
Pfister 1623 in Switzerland.
Religion: Anabaptist Emigrated to Ibersheim Worms, Germany bet 1648-1661
Hans Heinrich Bruppacher baptized Sept 16, 1627 Spitzen Hirzel Canton
Zurich Switzerland son of Petter and Anna Pfister Bruppacher
Hans Jacob Brubacher b 1698 Ibersheim Germany d bef 1753 occupation Farmer
Jacob Brubacker b 1725 Rheinhessen, Ibersheim Germany d.1774 Lancaster Co.,
PA Emigrated
"Brothers" ship from Rotterdam to Philadelphia 9-30-1754 with son John
Brubaker age abt 6
John Brubaker b. 1748 d. 1825 m Anna Myers Lancaster Co., PA Occupation
Farmer
Abraham Brubaker b 1782 d. 1859 Lancaster Co., PA> Darke Co. Ohio m
Elizabeth Flora
Otis Brubaker b. 1815 d. 1905 b. Franklin Co., VA> Darke Co., OH> Wabash
Co., IN m.Eliza
Emerick 13 children Deacon German Baptist Church . farmed 100 acres
Mary Elizabeth Brubaker b 1851 d. 1943 Darke Co., OH > Wabash Co., IN d
Grant Co., IN m
William Riley Harris - schoolteacher, self employd farmer belonged
OGBB ,Church of the Brethren
Arsina [sic] Sina May Harris, schoolteacher b. 1880 d. 1972 Wabash Co., IN
d. Grant Co., IN m Carey Blue belonged to Cart Creek COB
Mary Lorene Blue schoolteacher baptized Cart Creek COB b. 1902 d. 1972
Richland Twsp, Grant Co., IN> Houston, TX m Arthur Steele
g grandson of Col. Asbury Steele
Susanna Hawthorne Steele b. 1933 Marion, Grant Co., IN [m Chester Noe jr]
gg grandaughter of Colonel Asbury Steele and Louisa Waddom Steele
[she a pioneer of
Fayette Co., IN b Aug 13, 1815] SHSN Baptized Cart Creek COB
This family emigrated from Canton Zurich Switzerland as Anabaptists,
Ibersheim, near Worms, [Germany] Palatinate as Mennonites, Rotterdam,
Netherlands and immigrated to Philadelphia PA as Mennonites and German
Baptists, Franklin Co., Va > Darke and Preble Co.s in OH.as German Baptists
and members of the Church of The Brethren >Wabash and Grant Co.s in Indiana.
see Anabaptist Chronology 1500-2000 NGS Newsmagazine Mar/Apr 2001.
Many of this family now are found in the Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery.
Their original Vernon Cemetery near Somerset having been moved to make way
for a waterway. This cemetery is on most maps as a Memorial to the War of
the 1812 Battle with the Miami Indians near the end of that war.
Among those buried there are:
Otis Brubaker
Eliza Emerick Brubaker
Mary Elizabeth Brubaker Harris
William Riley Harris
Rosabell Harris b next to her mother
Carey S. Blue
Sina Blue
Norman Buryl Kendall son in law of C.S.Blue and son of Lewis Elmer and Iba
Belle Wright Kendall
CartCreek Church of The Brethren Grant Co.
More about the Harris Family in Grant Co., IN
William Riley Harris b, 1851 in Waltz Twsp., Wabash Co., IN d !928 In
Sweetzer, Grant Co., IN
m, Mary Elizabeth Brubaker Mar 17, 1870 in Fayette Co., OH she was b, 1851
in Darke Co., OH and d. 1943 Sweetzer, Grant Co., IN came to IN in 1854
William Riley Harris was a school teacher the Harris School at Kessler
Corners 2 mi west of Treaty. about 1900 he was self employed as a farmer and
belonged to the COB 'Wabash County Church'
Their children were
Arsina [Sina] Harris [Blue] b. 1880 in Waltz Twsp., Wabash Co., In d. 1972
Marion, Grant Co., IN 3 children 2 daughters, 1 son Belonged to Cart Creek
COB Grant Co., IN Taught music
Emma Rosetta Harris [ m Mahlon Winger] b. 1877 Waltz Twsp., Wabash Co., IN
d. 1964 Converse Grant IN - 2 daughters - both schoolteachers Belonged to
Cart Creek COB Grant Co., IN
Rosabell Harris d age 2 influenza/dysentery 1873-1876
Menno Carl Harris b. 1883 lifelong Grant co. d.Clearwater, FL m Phebe Landis
4 children Belonged to Cart Creek COB Grant Co., IN
Otis Lee Harris b. 1888 d aft 1955 Denver Co buried Converse, Grant Co. IN
5 children 1 stepson
Eliza Marie Harris b. 1888 twin d near childbirth
More about Menno Harris of Grant Co., IN retired to Clearwater FL
children:
Landess Harris m. Jean Matthews of Grant Co., IN dtr of James Matthews
[Pres. James Matthews Buick Agency Marion, Grant Co., IN]
Merritt Harris m. Esther Perdue
Paul Harris m Jennie Plum [Owner Clearwater Sun Newspaper] Clearwater FL
Louise Harris m. Claude Radford of Florida
Trivia #7
Kendalls [Blue connection]
1.Norman Buryl Kendall b. Converse Rural Route Grant Co., IN Apr 6, 1908 d.
Dec 29, 1966
Marion, Grant Co., IN m. Abigail L. Blue dtr of Sina and Carey S. Blue m
Covington KY, abt 1934.
b. Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery Occupation Farm Bureau Insurance Agency,
Marion, Grant Co., IN
2.Lewis Elmer Kendall
3Iba Belle Wright
Lewis Kendall b Howard Co., IN 1884, Farmer, Advisory Board Democrat
Richland Twsp, Grant Co., IN, Woodman's Lodge, Cart Creek Church Farm Club
Grant Co., Farm Bureau [property in Grant Co., IN, near Rocklake N. Dakota
and near Coffeyville, Ks] belonged to Cart Creek Church of the Brethren
Grant Co., IN
Iba Belle Wright b. 1884 schools; Drook School, Richland Twsp., Grant Co.,
IN..clubs Richland [Twsp] Home Economics Club Belonged to Church Of the
Brethren. Cart Creek Grant Co., IN
4.Joseph Kendall
5Lydia Foust/Faust
6Isaac Wright [was Robey]
7Elizabeth Abbot
Joseph Kendall b Pa d. 1920 Richland Twsp., Grant Co., IN Farmer, had 1
sister.
Lydia Faust d. 1922 Richland Twsp., Grant Co., IN PA Dutch
they had 6 children 2 girls 4 boys, Ellen, Ida, Monroe, Lewis and Milt. and
Eli, a dtr Merle d. age 16
Isaac Wright b. near Converse, Grant Co., IN [adopted name was Robey] d.
No. Hollywood CA
Occupation Realtor. No brothers and sisters
Elizabeth Abbott d, California 2nd generation English descent 2 brothers and
1 sister:John, Marion,
Liza Abbott [Walker] m. in Indiana 7 children 3 girls and 4 boys: Charles,
Eva, Oscar, Alec, Iba, Faye, Harry
Children of Joseph and Lydia Faust/Foust Kendall Richland Twsp., Grant
Co., IN
Ellen Kendall m John Cole no children
Ida Kendall m Kessler
children: Russell, Roscoe
Monroe Kendall m Julia Cole
Children Ruth, India, Walter
Lewis Kendall m. Iba Wright
10 Children:Christal, Thelma, Norman, Maxine, Helen, Donald, Elizabeth,
Lowell, Jean, Phyllis
Milt Kendall m Georgia Burke
8 children Alton, Emerson, Vestal, Mervin, Jay, Mildred, Virginia, Glenna
Eli Kendall m Nora Cates
children Paul , Donald
Children of Isaac and Elizabeth Abbot Wright near Converse, Grant Co., IN
Charles Wright m Jennie
children Leonard, John
Eva Wright m Evan Harter
children Lenore, Gladys, Verlin, Fay, Lucille
Oscar- California
Alec d abt 20
Iba m. Lewis Kendall
Faye Wright
child Milton
Harry Wright m Dora her marriage #2
children 2 girls
Trivia #8
WIMMER AND WINGER
"WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT ...May 4, 1901"
" PROMINENT PEOPLE TO WED"
"Carey L.[sic] Blue, a prosperous and well to do farmer residing near
Converse and Miss Sima [sic]
M. Harris will be married at the home of the bride, five miles south of the
city, next Saturday evening. A large number of friends of the bride and
groom will witness the ceremony. Both the contracting parties are popular
well-known people."
[taken from original in ALBK brides book.Marion, Grant Co., IN .2000 ]
BLUE, HARRIS, WIMMER, WINGER CONNECTION
Carey and Sina Harris Blue each had a sister.
Carey's was Alice Jane Blue who married Frank Nelson Wimmer.
Sina's sister was Emma Rosetta Harris who married Mahlon Winger.
Frank Nelson Wimmer Family connection to the Blue/Harris family
Mahlon Winger Family connection to the Harris/Blue family
CAREY SAMUEL BLUE of 'Blue Acres' on Chapel Pike, half mile from Troy Rd,
Pleasant
Twsp., Grant Co., IN had one sister and one brother. His brother Frank
Lester Blue m. Nellie Charles but they had no children. "Uncle Frank" drove
a Model T car with the
front hand crank, the running boards, and the gas levers on the stearing
wheel. He always let the kids "try it out". He also had a Model A. later,
but always preferred the T and drove it about for many, many years. He was
one of the first to have an automobile in the Grant Co.
His sister Alice Jane Blue married Frank Nelson Wimmer
The children and grandchildren of Alice Jane Blue and Frank Nelson Wimmer
are:
Abbie Marie Wimmer m Rodney Pierce with g children Marjorie, Marilyn and
Martha
Clifford Wimmer m Lavonne Wlliams w g children Virginia, and Patricia
Ruth Bell Wimmer m Dewey Bricker w g children Jack
In 1946 when Thomas E. Dewey was the
front runner for the Republican Party a man named Bricker was mentioned as a
possible running mate so a lot was made in the press at the time to this man
named "Dewey Bricker"
Mary Emily Wimmer m Pearl Day w g children Joan
Florence Wimmer m Victor Humble w g children Franklin and Barbara
Vera Irene Wimmer m Russel Ring w g children Susan [Susan was artistic
and musical [piano] and was featured in a newspaper article about her home,
a redecorated chicken house in Southern IN. She was also Miss Tippecanoe
1956 and was pictured in the Marion Leader Tribune , a graduate of Marion HS
she worked on the Cactus and the Survey. she planned to enter Indiana
University in the fall of that year in Bloomington. IN]
ARSINA [SINA] MAE HARRIS BLUE had 2 brothers Menno Harris m Phebe Landes,
Otis Lee Harris m. Ruth Coffin and 2. Lona Unk. [Rosabell, Eliza Marie d.
infancy ] and one sister Emma Rosetta Harris married Mahlon D. Winger. 2
other siblings d. infancy
Mahlon D. Winger was b Oct 2, 1877. He was the son of Joseph Winger who came
to Indiana from Roanoke VA [b. 1825 ] in the spring of 1847 first to Elkart
Co., and then Grant Co., In the autumn of 1849 he went back and forth to VA
and m. Mary McDermond then accompanied by his wife, parents, sisters and
brothers returned to Grant Co. IN to a farm 'Woods Land' where he lived 6
years. Then on to a farm in Pleasant Twsp., Grant Co. Sect. 18 . They had 3
children His first wife d. in 1856. He married 2. Elizabeth Showalter a
native of Preble Co., OH. They had 8 children Daniel O., Orlando, Joseph
P., Abigail A., Ida F., Mahlon D., S. b. 1877 and one who died in infancy.
Many descendants live in Grant Co., at the present time [2001]
Joseph came into the area with few resources but came out a man of
considerable influence. he d. 1895. His widow lived another 18 years. d.
1913 She is buried now at the Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery Vernon section.
Their home church was also Cart Creek COB which was situated on a part of
the old family homestead.
A brother of Mahlon, Daniel O. Winger of Richland was a Democrat but he left
that party to become an uncompromising Prohibitionist. He was active in the
'wet and dry' campaign in Richland Twsp and represented a large family lying
in both Wabash and Grant counties.. He was born in Grant Co., Pleasant
Twsp., and m Ida Bechtel. A dtr of Jacob and Elizabeth Stapleton Bechtel.
They bought the Miller Farm [recorded in many histories of Pleasant Twsp.,
Grant Co] from Joaquin Miller, Miama Reserve property. Another brother of
Mahlon was Joseph Pendleton Winger m. Amanda Shoemaker also of the Vernon
Community in Wabash that also had a branch community church {Cart Creek in
Grant Co., ] Among their children were Alva, Lewis, Jesse, Anna, Raymond,
Joseph R., Ruth, Mary E., Orval., Herbert, Edith .
At least four were teachers, a cousin Otho Winger, was President of
Manchester College, in North Manchester, IN. His home church was also Cart
Creek COB. They [the many farmers of the group] had all the modern farm
machinery. Milk separators, incubators, manure spreaders, electric generated
dynamoe to light the farms , electric milkers, corn planters drawn by a
teams of horses, and they were also one of the first families in the area to
use automobiles. They were Hereford cattle breeders. They had a catalpa
grove of a thousand trees to act as a wind break. The farms escaped the hog
cholera of that period for many years but almost lost the whole herd in
1913.
The water shed between Pipe Creek and Cart Creek is on the Winger land and
part of the drainage is into the Wabash and part into the Mississinewa
Rivers. Extremely fertile land.
Their early and pioneer farms were 335 acres in various tracts in Grant
Co..
Members of the Advisory Board of Pleasant Twsp. and Directors of the the
Farmers State Bank in Sweetzer, Grant Co., IN in it's organization Jan 3,
1913.
Mahlon and Emma Winger had 4 children. 2 d. infancy and 2 daughters Emma d.
Oct 11, 1964 buried Converse, Grant Co., IN.
The Winger/Wenger Family has a huge genealogy listed and researched with
David Wenger on the internet
Trivia #9
Daniels Family : Three Generations of Medical Doctors
1.Dr. Edward Daniels
2.Dr. George Wiley Daniels
3.Dr. George Raymond Daniels
[3.]Dr. George Raymond Daniels son of Dr. George Wiley Daniels and Theresa
Louisa Steele [dtr of Colonel Asbury Steele and Louisa Waddom Steele.]
a third generation Doctor of Medicine. Dr. George R. Daniels was b. August
29, 1878 in Sweetzer, Grant Co., In and d. November 28, 1964 in Marion,
Grant Co., IN. He married Anna Overman September 15, 1901 in the Overman
home in Sweetzer, Grant Co., IN . Married by Otho Winger, President of
Manchester College, No. Manchester IN and a friend [and genealogically, an
allied relative] of the family. He like his grandfather Asbury Edwin Earl
Steele was a Mayor of Marion , Grant Co., IN Elected in 1921 he served one
four term from 1922-1926. A Republican. Dr. Daniels attended High School in
Sweetzer IN at Sweetzer High School, and graduated in April 1900 at the
Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis. He was President of the Indiana
State Medical Association, a member of the American Medical Association,
and the Grant County Medical Society. He was the Grant County Coroner for
more than two terms and was City Health Officer under Mayor Hulley. He was
honored by the World Medical Association in Richmond VA., at the First
Western Hemisphere Conference. The conference being held to observe the
lengthening of life and the constant improvement of human health and to
honor physicans who will attain the age of 75 during the year. They will
tell of the medical advances that have taken place in their lifetimes. Dr.
Daniels was selected for the honor by Governor Henry F. Schricker who
described the Marion physician as " a highly respected practioner of his
community". r. Daniels was one of three persons to whom Marion residents
paid tribute in connection with the Marion General Hospital's addition in
1959. He was a member of the staff at the Marion hospital. Dr. and Mrs.
Daniels purchased a drug store from his brother at the [1964] present site
of the RAndolph and Lahr Drug Co., on Delphi Avenue near Western and they
operated it until 1929. A Presbyterian, he was a member Westminister
Presbyterian Church. Also a 52 year member of the Samaritan Lodge 105, Free
and Accepted Masons and was a former affiliate of the Marion Lions Club.[He
and his wife Anna had two children Harry Daniels and Mary T. Daniels.] He is
buried IOOF Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN
Harry J. Daniels son of Dr. George R. Daniels and Anna Overman Daniels. was
the auto editor of The Indianapolis News. Also a makeup editor and formerly
was assistant city editor of The News. A native of MArion, Grant Co., he
joined The News at the age of 22 after attending Wabash College and
Northwestern University. He worked also for the Chicage Post and the Marion
Chronicle. Over the years he developed a large store of information about
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the mechanical developments in the
automotive field connected with the speedway. His experiences with the 500
mile races went back to his childhood attendance at the event. He was a
member and secretary of the Indianapolis Press Club. Born November 25, 1904
Marion, Grant Co., IN He married Ava M. Hutton. Harry died in 1962 at age
57 Indianapolis, IN. His wife died many years later in California. They had
one son Robert of Dayton Ohio.
Mary T. Daniels daughter of Dr. George R. Daniels and Anna Overman Daniels
was born in Marion Grant Co., IN . Mary Theresa attended Ball State
University, Muncie, IN and Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. She was an
English teacher first and then the Librarian at Marion High School and for
38 years an employee of the Marion Community School Corp. when she retired
in 1973.Mary T.Daniels was a member of the Hostess House, The Marion
Women's Depatment and the preceptor chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
She was Vice President of the Grant County retired Teacher's association and
a member of the state and national association and past president of the
Indiana Classroom Teacher's Association. A member of the Westminister
Presbyterian Church. She died at age 66 in Van Buren She is buried in the
IOOF Cemetery Marion, Grant Co., IN . She never married.
[2.]Dr. George Wiley Daniels father of Dr. George Raymond Daniels married
Theresa [Therese sic] Louisa Steele Born February 3, 1848 Fayette Co., IN
and died October 16, 1915 in Marion Grant Co., IN. they married on November
14, 1871 Marion, Grant Co., IN. He practiced medicine in Point Isabel and in
1900 he practiced in Sweetzer, Grant Co., IN where he son joined in his
practice.until 1904 then his son moved his practice to Marion, Grant Co.,
IN.
He was the son of [1.]Dr. Edward Daniels a pioneer physician who began his
practice in St Paul Indiana in 1857.
Dr. George Wiley Daniels and Theresa Louisa Steele Daniels [she d1883
Sweetzer Grant Co.,buried by her parents Asbury and Louisa Steele and
brother Richard Greenbury Steele IOOF Cemetery Marion] had two children:
[3]Dr. George Raymond Daniels and Edward Daniels.
Edward Daniels son of Dr. George Wiley Daniels and Theresa Steele Daniels
was born c.July 26 1880
in Corunna, IN and d. February 21, 1923 Marion, Grant Co., IN buried IOOF
Cemetery, Marion, Grant CO., IN He married Mary Agnes Chase May 05, 1905.
He operated Daniels Drug Store 543 W. 1st St., Marion, IN and between
1901-1902 owned Daniels and Daniels Drug Co., in Sweetzer with his brother
George R. Daniels. Mary C. Daniels Belonged to and was a club organizer of
the Monday Conversation Club in Marion Grant Co., IN and was honored along
with Mrs. Gertrude Heavilin, Mrs. Margaret Chase and 9 others in 1963 [ Mary
C. at the age of 88.] The club was organized in 1897.
Edward and Mary Chase Daniels had three children *Dr.Robert Chase Daniels
b. 1906 Marion IN.married Martha Lester, Edward Francis Daniels b. 1908 m
Ruby Moore and Harriett Elizabeth Daniels b 1914 Marion, Grant Co., IN m J.
Landis Manson b. 1912 Marion IN *Dr.Robert Chase Daniels M.D.served in the
US Army in Washington SC achieving the rank of Major d. 1967 b IOOF Cem.
Marion, Grant Co., IN
Edward Daniels brother of [3]Dr. George R. Daniels and son of [2]Dr. George
Wiley Daniels also had a son [4]*Dr. Robert Chase Daniels an M.D. see above
Though not in a direct line it was 4 generations of Medical Doctors all in
the Grant co. area.
Trivia #10
More Descendants of Colonel Asbury Steele and Louisa Waddom Steele Still in
the first 100 years of Grant CO., IN. The following are their
grandchildren.
Marietta Elizabeth Steele [Meta] b1847-d1931 b. IOOF Cemetery Marion Grant
Co., IN
m. Hugh Belnap, Paul Poindexter, Percival Owens ,an organist one dtr. a
professor at Indiana
University. Marietta Owen and Percival Owen b. IOOF Cemetery with her
parents in the Governor Steele plot.
George Washington Steele jr b1879-d1955 American Naval commander of the
airship "The Los Angeles". Ist Dirgible flight ever across the Atlantic
Ocean from Europe to Lakehurst Naval Air Station NJ Photos of this ship
are in Library Of Congress, and can be seen on the internet. He
m. Lily Dupey a French woman he met during this period. He was an Annapolis
graduate and retired as a Capt. in the Navy in San Diego CA. He died in
Santa Barbara Ca and is b. Forest Lawn Glendale CA.
He had one stepson who attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana. In Grant
CO., he lived on Adams Street in Marion, In a home that has been named at an
Historical site, as 'The Steele Mansion 'named for his parents the
Governor/Major George Steele Sr and his wife who lived there for a period of
time and who was also President of the 1st National Bank in Marion and
associated with founding the Soldiers Home in Marion, now the V. A.
Hospital [2001]
Mary Ada Steele b1865-d1935 m. Joseph Hutchins, Sim Johnston a brother of
Mary Alice Johnston and a Spanish American War Veteran IOOF Cemetery, and a
Mr. Brown. She is buried in the Grant Memorial Cemetery 'Mary Ada Brown'
near grave of her brother Samuel Pottinger Steele and two of his daughters
and a son-in law Floyd Stephens.
Samuel Pottinger Steele b 1867-d.1941 a Railroad Conductor most of his adult
life based in Peru, Miami, CO. He spent a short time in Houston Texas with
his family c. 1908 where one of his sons worked on the Houston Post
newspaper. He built a home 327 West 3rd Street that was a 'showplace in
it's day with fine caned and velvet furniture'. A preacher and farmer at the
end of his life on Rt.6 Marion, Grant Co., IN. m. Mary Alice Johnston and
Junita Louisa Fisher [sic]Gunder the dtr of a prominant Marion Physician and
the widow of Colonel George W.Gunder who owned Arnold and Gunder[ along with
Sam Arnold and a brother Daniel] Merchantile Co., on the south side of the
square in Marion Grant Co. The Arnolds lived in Marion 127 years. Mary Alice
Johnston Steele the mother of all Sam's children is buried IOOF Cemetery
Marion, Grant Co., along with Sam's mother Louisa Jane Pottinger Steele
widow of Richard Greenbury Steele and the other Steele family members as
well as the Johnston siblings. Samuel Porringer Steele is buried Grant
Memorial Cemetery with daughters Josephine B. Steele and Adelina Patti
Steele Stephens and her husband Floyd Stephens. Juanita Louisa Fisher Gunder
[Neta] is buried Grant Memorial Cemetery.
Laura Alice Steele b1870-d1895 m Milliard Filmore Pottinger a second cousin
of Louisa Jane Pottinger one son Craig Pottinger was a well known Arizona
Newspaper man who founded the Nogales International Newspaper, and was an
influential democrat from that state with many political connections in
Washington DC. Only such man to be appointed by two presidents of the U.S.
as US Customs Collector 1946 until 1962 . Graduated Marion HS . Delegate to
5 Democrat Conventions 1936, 1940. 1944, 1956 and 1960. He also owned
Mexican Auto Insurance Agency 225 Grand Ave Nogales abt 1938 He worked for
the Arizona Gazette, now the Phoenix Evening Gazette, The Phoeniz Democrat
and the Flagstaff Leader. Laura and Milliard Pottinger are both buried in
the Pottinger Cemetery New Haven, Nelson Co., Ky . Craig is buried in the
Elks Cemetery Nogales AR.
Earl Richard Steele b. 1872-d. 1901 m Hettie Johntson a sister of Mary Alice
Johnston and Simeon Johnston siblings [see Sam Steele and Ada Steele] A
county recorder in Marion. Their daughter Laura m. Frank Murden a cadillac
car dealer in Hamilton Ohio Their son Millard lived in Palestine Texas where
he was a Coca Cola bottle moldmaker. a Mason .Milliard and his wife are
buried in IOOF Marion, Grant Co., along with his father Richard and his
mother Hettie [Steele] Knickerbocker. along with the rest of this E.R.Steele
family.
Paul H. Steele b. 1878-d. 1879
Theora Steele b.1881-d1913 m John Corrigan. They are both buied in Phoenix
Arizona. Graduated cum laude from Indiana University Bloomington
Vergil [Virgil sic] Talbert Steele b. 1885- d aft 1917 Ft Wayne IN m Nellie
Shaddinger d 1980 at age abt 90 yrs in Huntington Beach CA both are buried
in Peru, Miami Co., IN Mt. Hope Cemetery. [Song writer Cole Porter ,Cole
families are buried there nearby . Col. Asbury Steele g grandson Arthur
worked for J.O. Cole in Peru , IN as a Pharmacist.] Vergil was a
railroader. Among his children are teachers at North Texas State Teachers
College Denton Texas, and UCSD in San Diego, an ichthyologist [ a g-son]
William Lewis Steele b. 1865 d. 1945 m Emma Nelson and Sarah Carmelia Titus
IN 1922 lived in Jonesville, Michigan .
Josephine Theresa Steele b 1866- d. 1953 m Samuel Good Kariger buried
Woodlawn Cemetery Warren, IN 4 children
Marvell Asbury Steele b. 1873 d- aft 1922 County Surveyor of MAdison Co., IN
1922 lived in Anderson IN., m May OHaver 2 children b. IOOF Cemetery -[ son
of Asbury Edwin Earl Steele [g son of Col. Asbury ]m 1. Rachel Gardner[sic]
2. Lamira J. Mills and 3. Abbie Sand. father of 6 children Ist Mayor of
Marion, practiced medicine 2 years after the close if the civil war where he
had been a Corporal of the 34th Infantry Co T in the Union army 1861
enlistment, He was a prosecuting attorney for the 28th Judicial Circuit
Court]
Edward Daniels b in Corunna, In d. 1923 Marion IN. m Mary Agnes Chase
Operated Daniels Drug., Marion IN and Daniels and Daniels Drug in Sweetzer,
IN Their 3 children Robert Chasem Edward Francis and Harriett Elizabeth
Daniels were all b. Marion In, Grant Co., IN see more detail Trivia #9
Dr. George Raymond Daniels b. 1878 d. 1964 Marion Grant Co., IN Mayor of
Marion, Grant County Coroner , on the staff of Marion General Hospital m.
Anna Overman. b. IOOF Cemetery Marion Grant Co., IN. See more detail Trivia
# 9
Walter E. Steele b. 1881 d. 1881 b IOOF Cemetery Marion, Grant Co., IN "
Walter E. son of W.D. and Ella Steele"
Harold Steele b. 1892 d.1919 Grant Co., IN .Never married. a wealthy
stockbroker in Indianapolis. at one time the County Recorder. Grant Co.,
IN.son of William Douglas and Ella Exelby Steele who was the Deputy Auditor
of Grant Co., IN all are buried Block 12 IOOF Cem Marion with a Large
'STEELE' on upright with 'S" on top in granite.
Earnest Steele b 1883 d. 1915 married Naomi - Newspaperman for the Chicago
Tribune. Buried IOOF Cemetery ' Earnest A. Steele' Block 12
Wilma Steele b 1889 d. 1965 m. Urben G.J. Eckels [U.G.J.] one son
Grover C. Sand Steele adopted son of Asbury Edwin Earl Steele and 3. Abbie
Sand b 1888 d- buried IOOF Cemetery Marion Grant CO., IN
Lionel Edwin [Ned] Steele b. 1876 d. 1960 Muncie, In m Blanche Barker
Graduated Indiana University Law School elected to the Indiana Bar. He was a
traveling tobacconist in New York State at one time managed the Marion Hotel
in Marion Grant Co., IN When he died, his brother in law Clyde Graves died
very the next day . The brothers in law having been married to sisters
Blanche and Martha Barker . His brother in law was the son of Alva Graves
former Principal of Marion High School.
Trivia # 11
Colonel George W. Gunder Husband of Anna Snorf and 2. Junita Louisa Fisher
One of Marion's leading citizens in Military and Civilian life. A veteran of
two wars in both of which he won distinction, and in his business life he
was as a man of distinction as well. A native of Darke County Ohio b. July
6, 1840 Col. Gunder was a son of William and Nancy Rice Gunder. Major
William Gunder was b. 1797 in Lancaster, Pa and c. 1820 moved to Darke Co.,
Ohio, [a major in the Dragoons the old militia] a foremost man from his
community he d. in 1863. His wife Nancy R. Gunder b. 1800 Preble Co.,OH d.
1849 in Darke Co., OH . They were parents of 10 children. Daniel who resided
in Marion, Grant Co., IN , Sarah Gunder Shepherd of Marion, an 84 year
resident., and Col.George W.
The family seems to have originated in Ireland and moved to the German state
of Hess. Part of the family came to the colonies before the Revolution.
Martin Gunder the father of William I has a connection to George Washington.
Martin a skilled military officer had worked with Baron von Steuben to train
Washington's troops during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. The Gunder
family descendents believe Martin was a member of Hessian mercenaries hired
by England to fight in the colonies. He apparently knew von Steuben
personally and deserted to help at Valley Forge.
Col. G. W. Gunder attended Lewis Academy in Lewisburg, OH when at 17 years
of age began teaching school and did so until he was 21 years of age at
which time the civil war broke out and he enlisted in Co. B. 71st Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He saw three years of service where as a 1st
Lieutenant saw the group through several engagements. Some of which were
struggles at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, the campaign at Chattanooga,
Atlanta, Nashville and Duck River. He received an honorable discharge and
had a record for bravery and faithfulness to duty that won him admiration
and respect of his fellow officers.Following the civil war the tempo of grow
th picked up and with the coming of the railroad in 1867 Marion was
established as a city and center of commerce. Most were still farmers in
the area however.
After 1866 Col. Gunder started a mercantile business in Ohio and continued
there until 1868 when his partner Sam Arnold came to Marion, Grant Co., IN.
This business continued for the next 10-12 years at the site of the Barney
Prince's Store [1914] . In 1880 they opened a new store in the Webster
Block near 4th and Washington St. on the south side of the square, The
business was known Arnold and Gunder Mercantile then as Arnold, Gunder &
Company dealers in Dry Goods, in 1890 the name of the store became Gunder
Brothers [at which time Sam Arnold sold out was baptized in the Baptist
Church 1893 and d. 1895 in Marion . There are at least 22 Arnolds not all
related Buried in IOOF Cemetery Marion. His death was prominently noted on
the front page of the Marion paper and a large obituary ] and continued
until 1904. It was situated where Merrit's Drug Store is located . Col.
Gunder then turned to real estate interests and he acquired an extensive
list of properties in Marion and Grant Co., IN.
In 1885 Colonel George Gunder organized Company D of the 3rd regiment
Indiana National Guard. First as a Captain then Major . Governor Hovey
authorized the organization of the 4th Regiment Indiana National Guards
appointing Colonel Gunder for this service when in 1890 he became a full
colonel. He was acting in this capacity when war was declared between US and
Spain in 1898. The regiment now the 160th Ind Infantry went to Chickamauga
Park and 1898 ordered to Newport News to embark for Porto Rico and Camp at
Matanzas,Cuba. The group was in service for one year " the group returning
on the transport ship "the Thomas", mustered out in Savannah, GA in 1899. 50
officers, and 1, 031 enlisted men. Causalties in service listed as
Officers -none, enlisted men 11 died of disease 1 murder, 15 deserters."...
re SA. text Nov 3 2000
Married in May 1861 to Anna Snorf who died April 1896. He then married a
second time to Junita Louisa Fisher of Marion. the daughter of a prominent
Marion physician. They were married May 26, 1897 Huntington Co., IN. He had
no children of his own but raised Milton H. Snorf and also another boy
Vernon A Cogwill who attended Marion HS and West Point. He graduated in 1890
and served in Alaska, Philippines, and as a major in the 25th US Infantry in
the Hawaiian Islands.
Col. George W. Gunder was a member of the GAR, also a master mason 32nd
degree. Chairman of the Republican County Central Committee in 1884. He was
a lifelong member of the Congregational Christan which he assisted in
building Church.
In 1926 his widow filed for a widow's pension which was granted 2-8-27
Indiana
Colonel George W. Gunder d. Oct 22, 1926
After Colonel George W. Gunder died. Junita L. Fisher Gunder married Samuel
Pottinger Steele [a grandson of Colonel Asbury Earl Steele. ]Nov 12, 1930 in
Columbia City Whitely Co., IN. [ In 1929-30-31 a son Arthur Steele and wife
Mary Lorene Steele lived 323 Spencer Ave., Marion] In 1935 Sam and Neta
Steele were living at 1902 Gallatin.Marion.
Samuel Pottinger Steele died Jan 19, 1941 and is buried Grant Memorial
Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN.
They resided on a farm R2 Marion.at the time of his death. 'Neta' had a
substantial estate consisting of real estate in the Marion area. After Sam's
death she resumed receiving her monthly widows pension from Col. George W.
Gunders service in the military. and lived 1120 South Washington St. Marion
before moving to her farm on route 6, Marion
Neta Fisher Gunder Steele d. July 28, 1953 Rt 6 Farm near Marion and she was
buried July 30th 1953 in Grant Memorial Cemetery, Marion IN
TRIVIA # 12
1831 Grant Co., became incorporated and by early 1887after successfully
finding gas underground in the region of Marion, Kokomo, Muncie and east
central Indiana, Marion, the county seat of Grant County ,became known as
Marion, the Queen City" .In 1889 Asbury Edwin Earl Steele became the 1st
mayor of Marion.
Marion was at the crossroads:295 miles from St Louis, Mo,157 miles from
Chicago, IL and Lake Michigan,154 miles from Toledo, OH and Lake Erie, 230
miles from Cleveland, OH,150 miles from Cincinnati, OH,175 miles from
Louisville, KY,74 miles from the capitol of IN, Indianapolis, IN.
Grant County is known for it's mixture of agriculture, medium sized
industrial cities and small towns with turn-of-the-century architecture.The
production of corn, cereal grains and livestock in the region goes back to
the beginnings before the civil war. This all changed impressively with the
discovery of natural gas bringing about one of the great booms of the19th
century. Before this time there were remnants of hardwood forests and
extremely fertile farmlands in the Mississinewa River delta. County seats
contained a modest number of stores, law offices, grain elevators, livestock
auction barns, and wagon factories. After the boom a few factories,
distinctive brick commercial business districts and attractive residential
neighboorhoods remained. Houses erected by well to do merchants and
farmers and a few churches were built in the area . Populations rarely
exceeded
2,500 persons in county seats.People after the civil war had made their
money investing in banking, real estate, and pork packing ventures.
There were four major railroads by c. 1886 with Marion having several lines
connecting the markets. The Steele family had many of it's number
associated with these railroads for generations. Some of the Griffith
family, of Peru, railroaders and descendants of the Steeles' still live in
the region. Upon his resignation in 1891 as Governor of Oklahoma, George
W. Steele was offered the Directorship of the Union Pacific Railroad. This
he declined and returned to Marion.
In 1886 Natural gas was found in a small town just north of Muncie.
[Walter S.Steele ran for Mayor of Muncie in later years on the Republican
ticket
and also worked for the Muncie Star and other newspapers in the area, his
cousin Dr. G.R. Daniels ran mayor of Marion in 1921 and served from 1922
until 1926 in that capacity. Sam Steele ran for councilman that same year
also on the Republican ticket.] Successful drilling took place in Marion in
spring of 1887.
In 1892 it was reported that the natural gas location was 2500 square miles
and was
reported to be the largest gas field in the known world at the time.
Groups of local businessmen formed gas exploration companies. Once natural
gas was found , gas mains were built and gas was piped to local business
and homes. Prices in land doubled and tripled. That craze ended by about
1893 as folks realized that the prices far exceeded the potential. However
within a year or two [c1886-1893] coal use had almost completely halted
and most of the homes had gas piped in at a low, flat rate. As an incentive
for new business, free gas was offered to factories ,and land for their
employees
homes, and to companies from the east who has been used to coal for their
factories.
The Ball glass fruit jar factory was one of the first to move in from New
York
State being established in Muncie. Ball State College is in Muncie,Indiana
today
nearly a century later. Other glass companies followed.Anderson, in
Madison County,
experienced the same growth, as did Kokomo and Marion. There were any
number of companies and factories attracted to this phenomem. Glass Works,
Bottle Companies, a Butter Dish Co., Shovel Works, Pressed Bricks, Cornice
and Sheet Metal Works were among them.
Marion had two housing developments one in North Marion and ,the other 1
and 1/2 miles northwest of the courthouse and west of the Mississinewa
River.
At this time Marion was known as " Marvelous Marion" . George L Mason who
had promoted the Birmingham ,Alabama boom , a major iron city of the 1880's,
William Wiley, and Thaddeus Butler, his partners, bought 500 acres west
of the city limits. The streets laid out with names to be from Mason's
family home
state of New York. Mr. Mason built a streetcar line and called it the
'Queen
City Line' to transport potential capitolists about the city. In 1891 his
biggest
promotion was the "Gas Belt Exposition". Building lots sold in his real
estate additions for $225 to $1000.
The final boon to Marion was the establishment by the Federal government
of the National Soldiers Home southwest of town. The home was obtained for
the city in 1889 through the influence of *Governor/Major George W. Steele
an Indiana congressman, on the grounds that the cheap natural gas there
would make the operating costs much lower than elsewhere in the nation. In
1900, the Soldiers Home had grown to include some two thousand veterans, who
resided in substantial brick buildings standing in carefully landscaped
settings .
today this is a Veterans Administration Hospital. Major Steele, with the
57th congress, had introduced the bill, and secured it's passage. President
Cleveland signed the bill into law.
As a result of all these developments Marion had grown from about 3500 in
1887 to 8769 in 1890 according to state board of health records.
The gas boom also was responsible for stimulating several Indianapolis gas
companies ,among them Standard Oil Company had sunk gas wells in the
region.
"By 1900 Indiana ranked 2nd among all states in production of glass, 3rd
in wagon and carriage production, 4th in iron and steel, 5th in agriculture,
9th in paper and pulp products and 10th in foundry and machine shop
products." .from
a relatively minor to a prominent US position according to a US Census
Manufactuers report. Reams of stories and reports have been written about
this era in this state of Indiana , Grant County and nearby counties in
what they called 'east central Indiana.'
As pressure in the wells dropped from various uses, misuses and diversions
to
other markets the gas boom came to a dramatic end and created an economic
bust
by as early as 1901.
A few factories hung on, but by 1920 most of these had closed. The
larger cities such as Marion with advantages of location, the major
railroads
crisscrossing Indiana with additional tracks in Grant County, and raw
materials still available were still able to attract outside business,
such as Standard Chain, Marion Machine and Foundry, and Marion Wire and
Rubber
Co. Eventually the city found an industrial base in the auto industry.
Small car manufacturing plants sprang up. For a time Crosley cars were
manufactured in the area for one.
In 1911 President William Howard Taft honored the Marion Soldier's Home with
a visit Marion Chronicle- Tribune Oct 4, 1959 replayed that photo on page
26 with Col.
Steele and Mrs. Steele seated next to President Taft and others C.W.
Fairbanks, VP under Theodore Rosevelt, Harry New US senator from Indiana,
aides, and secretarys to the President et al.
Mrs G.W. Steele was active in Indiana and Washington DC Politics also and
affluent in Washington Society during her many years in the nations capitol
with her husband representing Indiana's 11th District.
The principal cities and counties in the gas boom belt ,Marion and
Grant ounty in particular remained centers for most of the first 100 years
1831-1931 and into the entire 20th century
GEORGE W. STEELE AND THE SOLDIERS HOME, MARION, INDIANA
GOVERNOR/MAJOR GEO.W. Steele: [a Lt. Col. of the 101st Indiana
Infantry Co H, 12th Regiment.upon his retirement see: Pensions Dept. of
Interior}
Statistics :5'10 1/2 ,185 lbs.with light brown hair, and gray eyes
Like his father, George Washington Steele had a public life with the
resultant documentation. At the age of 20 George began to study law in his
father's offices in Hartford City, IN and was admitted to the bar just as
the Civil War broke out. George served 15 years in the military in both the
Civil War and the Indian campaigns. He had traveled to almost every state
inthe union by 1875 in various military capacities He served seven terms in
the United States Congress 47th, 48th, 49th, 54th, 56th and 57th. and was
appointed the 1st Territorial Governor of Oklahoma in 1890 by President
Benjamin Harrison.and truly prepared this Oklahoma territory for
statehood. In 1876 he was engaged in a successful pork packing
business which he attributed to the assistance of T.R. Jenkins of
Baltimore & James Sweetzer, of Marion .He was instrumental in the locating
of the
Soldiers Home in Marion and much later served as governor of the Soldier's
Home. Major Steele was instrumental in the organization of the 1st
National Bank in Marion and was it's first President.He has been written
about in 'Who Was Who in America' Vol I pp1175, 1897-1942
and 'The Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971'. both
are available a most libraries. He is in Who's Who 1831-1909 and all
issues from 1914 thru 1925and 'A
Biographical History of Eminant and Self Made Men of The State of Indiana
'published in 1880 excerpt of Vol 2 pages 50, 51 and 52 can be found in
thebook by Margaret Steele McGeary " The House of Steele".and
Represententive Men of Indiana ,The History of
Grant Co Brandt , 1886 p687 and a biography on the 'Biography Pages
'Blackford Co website,under Blackford 'other Grant
Co.,biographies by Shinn in 1914 .George was very interested in family
history and much of the
family history has been passed down through the generations direct lines,
allied and collateral as well. Much of his remembrances and research was
verbal since his book of written genealogy has not been found and is
believed to have burned in a house fire at 700 Spencer Avenue , his home
a time. He also had a home at 621 Spencer Avenue where he lived at the
timeof his death.
From 1893-1902 he lived at 224 N. Washington Street. Marion, Grant Co.,
Indiana. Now on the National Register of Historical Places A greek revival
home built in 1855 address now is 223 North Adams Street. A home built by
his father-in-law the Hon. A.C. Swayzee. a shoemaker who became a
successful businessman. His store was located on the west side of the square
now Roskins. He too was a political leader and in 1874 was elected to the
state legislature from Grant and Blackford Counties.
In 1917 Major Steele writes to Edgar M. Baldwin, in Fairmount,
Indiana....regarding the participation of Me-shin-go-mesa in the Battle of
the Mississinewa had this to say " Me-Shin-go-mesa, a young hero at any
rate and in due time a chief who proved to be the last of his tribe[sic the
Miami's]" "As a boy in 1849 was at their village at a round-up and
separation of their ponies, which had become so numerous as to disturb our
pioneer settlers, and were sold at public sale in surrounding town, Marion,
of course among them". Thomas Brady wrote " He was temperate and a good
citizen and urged his people to work and be industrious" This letter of
was a leading factor in the effort made looking to purchase ground on which
the battle was fought. It was planned to acquire this land with a view of
converting it into a park as was done in the Battle of Tippecanoe located
near Lafayette. The project failed however for lack of interest on the part
of men in position to make their cooperation effective. Me-shin-go-mesa's
grave can be seen however at the Indian burying ground near Jalapa. In 1994
on this website, was written a description of this cemetery as it is
today." Indian Cemetery".
George died at 82 years July,1922. Funeral services were held at the
Gethsemane Episcopal Church with many tributes in Washington DC, Oklahoma,
and the state of Indiana. His obituaries appear in the Marion -Tribune
archives July 14 and 15 1922 .He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Marion,
IN.
some excerpts taken from the Indiana Magazine of History Vol. XCVI number
4, The House of Steele, and Familytreemaker CD WFT # 52 tree1495 and SSN
internet homepage [ancestors of Arthur Hogarth Steele]
On a gray granite base in bold relief are these words at the Marion
National Cemetery /Veterans Administration Hospital :
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY
Trivia # 13
Noe and Walker connections.
"The grandchildren of Susanna Steele [Marion, Grant co., IN native 1933 ]
and Chester Noe's relatives and ancestors, and their relationships:
[Katherine Anna Walker, Matthew Walker, Theresa Noe, Emily Noe, and Sean
Arthur Noe] : A modified list. "
A.
Allred, Jimmy: Governor of Texas c 1930 : Nephew of Mamie Alled and Robert
Marshall Noe, 2nd great uncle.
B.
Beall, Colonel Ninian: Pioneer from Scotland : 10th g grandfather
Blauw, Jan Fredricke: Dutch/German immigrant to US : 10th d grandfather
Blickenstaff, Mary Elizabeth: Missionary ; Bombay, India for abt 20 years:
1st cousin 4 times removed
Blue, Isaiah: emigrant into Grant Co., In from Ohio c 1839 : 4th g
grandfather
Blue, James: Patriot Civil War Indiana 153rd Infantry Regiment, Co D: 3rd
great grand uncle
Blue, John: Patriot Rev. War Captain Militia ,drafted into the continental
army.6th g grandfather
Blue: W. E. : ''Legendary pioneer of Internet Bulletin Boards via telephone
lines becoming a cult hero of sorts", the forerunner of e-mail , 'San Diego
Union' newspaper article. Indianapolis native: 1st cousin twice removed
Blue W. H.: Author ;Blue Family History " Descendants of John Blaw/Blue d
1757 Somerset Co., NJ" 4th Edition 1990 Marion Public Library : 1st cousin
5 times removed
Brasseur, Benois: French Immigrant : 11th g grandfather
Bruppacher, Hans: c 1500 immigrant from Canton Zurich,
Switzerland>Ibersheim, Germany> Rotterdam> to Pa via ship, ' the Brothers'
,30 Sept 1754 " 14th g grandfather
Buford/ Beaufort, Richard: immigrant from England: 9th g grandfather
Buford, Anne: Virginia pioneer: 6th g grandmother
Brasher, Keziah: [Legend; American Indian 'princess"]. Large land grants in
Texas and Oklahoma made to her descendants. Sherman, Texas : 4th g
grandmother
C.
Cyrus, Billy Ray: Country western singer : 4th cousin 4 times removed
D.
Daniels, Dr. George Raymond: Mayor of Marion IN Indiana pioneer et al : 1st
cousin 4 times removed
Daniels, Harry: Newspaper man ,Indianpolis News. An authority of
Indianapolis 500 mile statistics: 2nd cousin 4 times removed
DuVall, Mareen: Huguenot pioneer from Laval, Nantes, France on ship "
Maryland Merchant " established " Middle Plantation" Anne Arundel Co.,
Maryland and was husband of Susannah Marie Brasseur 10th g grandfather
DuVall Robert , actor, is also related to Mareen DuVall
H.
Hawthorne, Alice: of Nelson Co., Kentucky. Legend is that she was
inspiration of Septimus Winner pseudonym on all his sheet music re:'
Whispering Hope', 'Listen to the Mockingbird 'etc. : 6th g grandmother
Harris, Landess/Landis: President , James Matthews Buick Agency, Marion, IN
and Board of Directors Marion General Hospital [+more] : 1st cousin 3 times
removed
Harris, Paul: Newspaperman , Clearwater Sun [Florida] editor and publisher:
1st cousin 3 times removed
L.
Lehrer, 'Jim' : PBS News Journalist and author: 2nd cousin twice removed
Lincoln, Abraham: President United States 1860-1865 : 2nd cousin 6 times
removed; Sarah Shipley Mitchell 5th g grandmother; Lucy Shipley 6th g grand
aunt; Nancy Hanks 1st cousin 7 times removed; Naomi Shipley 6th g
grandmother; Rachel Berry 1st cousin 7 times removed; Jane Berry Thompson,
all of Kentucky : 4th g grandmother
M.
McKinney, David Robert : Patriot Rev War, PA: 7th g grandfather
N.
Noe, Chet [Chester William jr] Athlete; Helms Foundation All- American
Basketball, AAU All-American Basketball, NBA Draft 1953 Boston Celtics, NIBL
Phillips 66ers and Houston Oilers, University of Oregon Track and Field
Awards [now Pac 10] Javelin and Shot Putt record holder, University of
Oregon Basketball Collegiate All -American International Basketball South
American Tour, National AAU Basketball Tournaments ,Denver Colorado [7]
Madison Sq. Garden East-West Game NYC and other ,see internet search
engines, who's who candidate and more , more recently 'Notable Noes',
internet , and Eastside Journal Newspaper , Seattle Washington 2001: g
father
Noe: James Thomas Cotton : Kentucky Poet Laureate, Author; Tip Sams and
Legend of the Silver Band still in print, University of Kentucky Professor.
1st cousin 4 times removed
Noe: Margaret Beam : Daughter of James Beam founder of Jim Beam Distillery
Bardstown, Kentucky
m. Fredrick Booker Noe Sr. 2nd cousin 3 times removed
Noe, Randall Immigrant from Scotland with father George Noe needs
documentation ,have Virkus . Rev War. VA 7th grandfather
Noe, William T. [Thomas] : Patriot Civil War Kentucky 10th Infantry Co E.
Corporal. son of Jane Berry Thompson and Alexander Kell Noe : 2 g
grandfather:
P.
Pottinger, Captain Sam: Patriot and Pioneer of Pottinger's Fort. Kentucky
Rev. War: 6th g Grandfather''
Pottinger, Craig : Newspaperman and Politician , Founder and publisher of
Nogales International Newspaper Nogales and 4 time delegate to Democrat
conventions : 1st cousin 3 times removed
S.
Steele, Abraham: Immigrant from Ireland: 6th g grandfather
Steele, Arthur Hogarth: WWI 607th aero squadron and namesake of Sean
'Arthur' Noe: g grandfather
Steele, Asbury Earl : Indiana pioneer, politician, and patriot in two wars,
Civil War and Indian War: 4th g grandfather
Steele Asbury Edwin Earl: 1st Mayor if Marion, Grant Co., In.: 3rd g grand
uncle
Steele George W., Sr : Patriot and Statesman. 1st Governor of Oklahoma, US
congressman: 3rd g granduncle
Steele, George W., Jr.: Naval Captain and pilot of dirgibles, Commander of a
California Naval Base and Capt. of aircraft carriers in WWII 1st cousin 4
times removed
Steele, Richard Greenbury: Civil War Captain 8th Indiana Regiment, an
attorney: 3 g grandfather
Steele, Sam : Indiana Railroader : 2 gr grandfather
Steele. W. S. :Newspaperman, Marion Chronicle, Muncie Press, Houston Post,
Owner and publisher of National Republic Magazine Washington D.C. and
Outdoors Magazine. His papers are in Stanford University Herbert Hoover
Library, Stanford, California and Library of Congress[Arthur Hogarth Steele
pp 597 House of Steele by Margaret McGeary] : g grand uncle
Stamp, Stephen: Athlete; Canadian Olympic Rowing team husband of Rebecca
Suzanne [ Sue] Kendall daughter of Stephen Blue Kendall, Marion, Grant Co.,
native.a Sue Noe namesake: 2nd cousin once removed.
W.
Wilson, George Alexander: Ist of Wilson/McEntire family to Texas before
1854 when Texas became a state. A pioneer , in the Mexican-American War when
Texas was a Republic, brother of 3 g grandfather
T. B. Wilson
Wilson, Major David: Patriot Rev. War at Battle of Kings Mountain,
Tennessee., 1st speaker of the House of Representatives, State of Tennessee
[a twin of Z. Wilson b. 1733, see below] :6th g grandfather and 6th g
granduncle
Wilson, Thomas Benton : Pioneer of Collin Co., Texas, a deputy sheriff
during the Hedgecocke War in Texas, a surveyor of Collin County 1870 until
1882 a founder of the Wilson Title Company, McKinney, Collin Co., Texas,
and a founder of the Collin County National Bank, Mc Kinney, Texas .a Civil
War soldier.[confederate]. In 1913 was the largest land owner in Collin Co.
3 g grandfather
Wilson, Zaccheus: Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
1775, Mecklenburg, NC.
One of the 27 signers. Elder of the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. a Whig
. A surveyor of Cabarrus County.In 1777 a tax collector, in 1799 member of
NC Convention, A DAR marker placed on his grave by the Eleanor Wilson
Chapter NSDAR Washington DC. Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee. 6th g
grandfather
This above being even a ' modified' genealogy report, it is in opinions of
it's author and is always subject to changes and corrections as more
information becomes available . I am always open to additions and advice in
this regard so let me hear from you. SSN c_snoe@msn.com
TRIVIA # 14
I remember.......
MOTHER ........
and Mother always remembered Grant County, Indiana.....The place of her
birth, the place of her children's birth and the place of her parents death.
The place of her baptism, the place of her youth, the place of her
courtship, the place of her education, and a place so close to her heart that she
always thought of it as her home. She felt comfortable there and she felt loved
there.
Mother was born in 1902 in Richland Twsp., Grant Co., IN. at home. I found
out later that practically the whole county was Richland Township so as an
identification it wasn't very specific. In 1909 her family lived in Converse
where her sister was born. In 1913 her family had a farm in Fairmount where
her brother was born. By 1917 she had been baptized in the Mississinewa
River by Obid Rife into the Church of the Brethren. I do have a picture in
the Marion Leader-Tribune of where that was, to the left of the Conner's
Mill bridge. She was 15. In 1963 that bridge was to be dismantled and
replaced with a bridge further upstream according to an agreement reached
by Grant County Board of Commissioners and the U.S. Corp Of Engineers.
They were very busy at that time in the state moving cemeteries, moving
water and all sorts of endeavors in anticipation of the reservoir in Wabash
County adjacent to Grant County. It was not the Corps finest hour. In that
year however there was a bumper tomato crop. The county overcame heavy
spring rains, late frost and late summer drought to produce the biggest
tomato crop ever, a new high of 17, 934 tons. Tomato tonage during the
season averaged 19 tons per acre and yields were reported as high as 36
tons an acre.The processor said 18 tons and acre is considered a good
yield. Her mother had taught private music lessons and her father was a lifelong farmer
in Grant Co., IN. She attended a rural school and drove a horse and buggy.
I do not know when her parents exactly moved into their last farm on Chapel
Pike near Troy Road, but as Grandad farmed he found many arrowheads in the
fields he plowed so it was not long after the Indians had left. They had 80
acres and lived there the rest of her father's life at which time her
mother sold that farm and moved to 'town' and lived the remainder of her life at 202
North 'A" Street, Marion, across from the school and just a few blocks from the Marion
General Hospital. [Ironically where I was born and where they both died.]
In about 1920 Mother attended Manchester College in North Manchester,
Indiana and belonged to the Delta Theta Tau sorority. She had a close group
of sorority girl friends that kept together for years, writing what they
called a "Round Robin", one would write a letter pass it on to the next who
would add her letter and so on til it came all the way around, at which time
the person would take out the first note and replace it with "new news" and
off it would go again. This went on for quite a long time... several
decades in fact. Those 'girls' remained lifelong friends.
In 1924 my Mother and Dad were married. They had eloped to Covington,
Kentucky near Cincinnati. They didn't elope as we know it today, that is
they didn't just 'run off'..they just were married together, as it were, and
had a little honeymoon before embarking on a longer trip to Clearwater,
Florida where my Dad had a new job awaiting him and where she had obtained a
teaching position. They had both families approval and blessing. It
apparently seemed such an attractive thing to do that a few years later
her sister did the same thing. Mother and Dad remained in the Florida area
until the Stock market crash in 1929 at which time they returned to
Grant County, and tried farming for a short while, on the Kem Road, nearby in fact
the next road over from Chapel Pike. Giving that up as not such a good idea
they moved to Marion, 323 Spencer Avenue and lived there for at least three
years according to the Marion City Directory. In early 1932 Mother and Dad
moved to Cleveland, Ohio and he went to work for the White Motor Company
there. I was born in 1933 but Mother had 'come home' to have her baby. So
we are all Hoosiers.
The family lived in Cleveland for the next seven or eight years. We would
take a streetcar downtown to shop near the Terminal Tower and have lunch
together. She would go to Ladies Day to the Ball games to see her favorite
pitcher, Bob Fellar, play for the Cleveland Indians creating for me a life
long love for sports and competition. [It is a good thing because I married
an athlete on the national scene.] We all returned to Marion just in time to
be in Indiana at the the old home place to hear President Roosevelt proclaim
"we had nothing to fear, but fear itself". I was 8, she was 39. That year
and the next few, I had been ill with preumonia and whooping cough and
was not very well. I did stay long enough to attend Mt Olive rural school in
Grant County, a two room schoolhouse with grades from 1-12 and to be
baptized into the COB. It was advised that perhaps I would do better in a
warmer climate so off we all went again this time to Houston, Texas where we
all thrived...and lived happily after...well not quite. Dad had a new job
with the Dixon Gun Plant, then Hughes Tool Co., owned by Howard Hughes and
finally Petro-Tex Chemical Company. Dad was a purchasing agent and helped to
build the "Octogon" there near Pasadena, Texas. We lived in West University
[now called West U] a suburb of Houston west of Rice University. In this
period Mother worked as a Public School teacher at various city schools,
Hamilton Jr. High in the Heights was one. She was President of the Allen
School P.T.A. and belonged to the Woman's Forum, the Delphians and other
womens associations. She, at various times had other jobs as well . One was
with Norton-Ditto a well known men's store in downtown Houston. She prided
herself in her meticulious record keeping and she was a prolific journalist. We
read everything. She loved most however James Whitcomb Riley, the poets, and
great literature. She liked other things too. Mary Roberts Rhinehart was a favorite
mystery writer. Kathleen Norris was the Danielle Steel of that day. Then there
was the prolific Faith Baldwin, but there was also Frances Parkington Keyes,
and the River Road. She introduced me to The Curley Tops, Penny Parker
mysteries written by the same author as Nancy Drew, The Goops, and Munro
Leaf and his Manners can be Fun. We went to endless book reviews and had
lunch at Joske's where Helen Corbitt reigned in the kitchen and introduced the
world to poppyseed dressing on grapefruit, and the Ladies Lunch. Mother also
loved to cook and was the ultimate Chess Pie maker.
Mother wasn't very big being about 5'3. With light brown hair. But with
flashing dark brown eyes.
She and Dad bought a home at 3753 Albans Rd., Houston in about 1959 and
they
lived there the remainder of their lives. She had a mink stole, she lunched
with her friends at the new Shamrock Hotel and she had an interior
decorator. She was a happy lady. A Presbyterian, Dad's faith , she now
taught Sunday school, belonged to the American Legion Auxillary Post 77,
and
played endless Bridge with their friends. They loved to entertain and
travel, she was never in an airplane, and always went by train or
by car. Returning yearly for many months each summer to Grant County to keep
the ties with both the families of their youths. Sometimes we returned by
train with the war [WWll] gas rationing, tire quotos and all .making car
travel for a time unacceptable. Still she prevailed.Mother was an avid
reader, an antique lover, and an Art Teacher. Loving the finer qualities of
life, she kept a lovely home and garden for her family. She always helped
the needy and sought out the older folks with no families around to share
lonesome holidays. She missed her childhood groups so she stayed in contact
and saw that we never forgot our roots. She liked to go to movies on
holidays. One Christmas we saw Mrs. Miniver at the Loews State and she gave
me a gift certificate for 20 movies. She also introduced me to symphonies,
and art museums but in balance I got to see Jeannette McDonald and even Judy
Garland in person. Also Horowitz, Jose Iturbi, and I even baby sat for folks
such as conductor Andor Toth, and J. Frank Dobie's family, a Texas writer.
It was an enlightening childhood. I still liked Betty Grable and John Payne
and Hollywood seemed the goal at the time. I also loved music. Tenderly was
and is my favorite song and Gone With the Wind and Casablanca still on my
list of good things to read and see again and again. The Bible formost on
the list.
When we were in Indiana Mother visited all the familiar favorite families
and they were legion. There were 92 first cousins. on both sides of her
mothers family alone. We visited all the cemeteries and cleaned up for them
all. had 'reunions', took trips to Peru, Wabash, and surrounding villages.
We visited the Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery and made rubbings of those
tombstones.
I got where I loved to go along and help. Sometimes she would even let me
drive. It was great to keep the graves all in good condition. I found out
recently that the IOOF Cemetery had been sold and that the Civil War Cannon
relics were sold on E-Bay for many dollars as reported in an article in the
Marion Chronicle. I have since read where the cemetery has been resold so
hopefully things will continue to improve now and I have heard that it is being
well cared for presently.
As Mother aged she became a great grandmother and loved for the children to
call her 'Maunie', I have no idea what that name means or meant to her. She
had her hair dyed a reddish blond and looked great for her 70 years. She told the next
generation the stories she told me and she played the same games and sang
the same songs. She taught them to read. They must have been smarter though
as they have succeeded in graduating from multiple schools and universities
with corresponding graduate degrees. Still with a love for learning and
healthy competition as varied and colloquial as my education ever was.
Bravo.
My Mother died in 1976 after a long bout with diabetes and a weakened heart
from childhood rheumatic fevers. She was 73 years old.
After she died my Dad and I spent time together visiting places we had never
been. The courthouse at Guthrie, Oklahoma where his uncle had been it's 1st
Governor. We went to Nogales, Arizona and hunted up his 1st cousin who owned
the newspaper there, and went over to Nogales, Sonora, .Mexico where he
showed us where Pancho Villa had been for a time and where John J. Pershing
rode with his troops. We put grave stones on the graves of old Aunts who
for some reason or another had none. Dad copied everything of interest for
me, showed me how to retrieve records from various genealogical libraries
such as the Filson Club, in Louisville Ky., and Salt Lake City and how to use
microfiche and accumulating primary information which was not all
that easy in the days before the internet. He notorized records that I
would need as documents in my never ending research as a family history
writer . He did everything to see that I would not forget my roots, his and
my mothers. He was just great.
I will not forget.
LBS 1902-1976
AHS 1896-1993
From Sue
TRIVIA # 15
Nettie B. Powell MD and her Steele Family Connection
Identified for more than 40 years with the Medical profession and the Marion
General Hospital in Grant Co., IN.
Nettie in 1914 was recognized as one of two leading women physicians in the
Indiana , a physician who was accorded unstinted praise from her medical
professional associates and she had a record of skillful service and large
accomplishment completely competitive with the accomplishments of men that
had dominated the field largely until this period.
Nettie Bainbridge was born in Columbia City, Whitley Co, IN 1868 daughter
of George and Martha Hughes Bainbridge. Her mother was a b. in Whitley Co.,
IN in 1843 and her father b. Oneida Co, NY , 1832. Nettie's maternal
grandfather Charles Wesley Hughes , during the Civil War served on Governor
Morton's staff performing a number of important comissions both for the
Governor and at the personal requests of President Lincoln. An interesting
aside is that her maternal grandmother Mary Davis Hughes who was b. in Ohio
was the 1st cousin of Jefferson Davis a president of the confederacy. She
lived until the age of 91 and passed away at the home of Dr. Powell in
Marion, Grant Co., In 1912.
Nettie's father, George M. Bainbridge and the family moved to Marion in 1893
from Whitley Co., IN. He and Nettie's mother Martha both died in Marion.1903
and 1901 respectively. They had 4 children, among them Dr. Powell.
Nettie Bainbridge married Dr. Albert Powell a well known physician in
Marion, Grant Co., in his own right Sept. 5, 1893. He was for a number of
years the county health officer of Grant Co., a position also held by Dr.
George R. Daniels. Nettie and Albert had two children Emily b. 1898 and
Edmund b. 1901 .Dr. Albert Powell died in 1905.
Nettie B. Powell attended primary schools in Columbia City, Indiana. She
attended Alma College , St Thomas, Ontario, Canada and as a student of
Northwestern University. She graduated and earned her M.D. degree at the
Universiy of Michigan. She engaged in hospital work for the first several
years and in 1893 began a general practice of medicine in Marion, Grant Co.,
IN.
Dr. Nettie B. Powell was a member of the Grant County Medical Society , the
Indiana Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Also a
member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and the
Eastern Star. She was appointed by Mayor Batchelor as City Health of Marion.
The 1st woman ever as a Health Officer in the history of the state of
Indiana.
Dr. Powell delivered several Steele babies at the Marion General Hospital
among those Susanna Steele,
daughter of Arthur and Mary Lorene Steele in 1933.
Many of the Steele, Blue, Kendall, families have been born and or have died
in the Marion General Hospital
ie: Susanna Hawthorne Steele, Stephen Blue Kendall, David Stanley Kendall,
Sina M. Harris, Carey S. Blue, Norman Buryl Kendall et al.
Other physicians in the area at the time were besides the Dr.s Daniels,
George W. and George R. ,
Dr. Rogers of Somerset. Wabash Co., IN He married Theresa [Rogers]. They
had a large beautiful home in Somerset near the river and were a popular and
respected family in the area. Personal friend as well as physican They had
three children Robert, Dr. Everett, and Harriett Rogers [Laverty]. Robert
Rogers for many years had an antique shop in the Spencer Hotel in Marion.
Grant Co., IN. Dr. Rogers was a family physician of the Steele's and Blues
for decades and delivered many of the babies 'at home' as was the custom in
the nineteenth and early 20th century.
Some of the family more recently have continued to heavily support the
Marion General Hospital. Landess [ sic] Harris as a Board member, and others
in the gift shop and auxilliaries. re Marion Chronicle newspaper articles in
association with these events and activities
also
George W. McKinney M.D. a native of Grant Co., In and the 3rd of four
children born to Leander and Alzina Toby McKinney. Leander came to Indiana
from Piqua Ohio when quite young with his parents, his father
William Henry McKinney M.D. b 1784 d. 1860 having been one of the earliest
physicians in Grant Co., his wife was Sarah Scott . b. 1785 .Leander was a
farmer and lived within the present city limits dying here in 1851 at the
age of 34. They are listed in the 1850 Indiana Grant Co., Census. Dr. George
McKinney was the brother of Elias W. McKinney who m. 2. Abigail Chitester
[sic] and 1. Ottillia Barley see 1850 Indiana Grant Co., Census
From Sue
TRIVIA # 16
IOOF Cemetery
Marion, Grant
Co., IN
Steele Family
Connections
Blue Family
Connections
Southern Sections:
along Lincoln Blvd.
Original Plat: Eastern Part
Block 5
Steele: Large Granite Stone " S' name Steele on base in center of block 5.
[Col.] ASBURY STEELE 1813-1889
LOUISA STEELE [ Louisa Waddom, wife of Colonel Asbury Steele]
1815-1870
THERESA DANIELS [Daughter of Col. Asbury and Louisa Steele, wife
of Dr. George W. Daniels]
1849-1883
RICHARD STEELE [ Son of Col. Asbury and Louisa Steele, husband
of Louisa J. Pottinger-
Steele] 1841-1888
Block 7
ABIGAIL C. MC KINNEY [ Daughter of Andrew Chidester, 1850 census
CHITESTER]
1836 - 1877 Large granite pillar w MC KINNEY at base. "Abigail
C..wife of E.W. McKinney
died May 25, 1877 aged 40 y 9m 9 d"
E. W. MC KINNEY [Elias W. Mc Kinney son of Leander and Alzina
Toby McKInney] 1826-1906]
MCKINNEY;JENNIE E. and WILLIAM C. [ son of E.W. snd 1st wife
Ottilia Barley Mc Kinney.
Jennie E. Blue Mc Kinney is his wife. Jennie E. McKinney aka as
Edithia Jane Blue was the
sister of George Harmon Blue]
ALICE EDNA MC KINNEY SLAUGHTER " loving wife of Dr. K.J.
Slaughter.... 1853-1903.
[Daughter of E. W. and Abigail Chidester McKinney] Large granite
stone with SLAUGHER
on the base of the stone, by the road.] just behind Abigail Mc
Kinney gravestone.
TRUEBLOOD; DORA and CHARLES [ Daughter of Jennie and William C.
Mc Kinney d. 1926]
ALICE MC KINNEY [Daughter of Jennie and William C. Mc Kinney]
MARY ANN MC KINNEY [ Daughter of Jennie and William C Mc
Kinney]
WM RUSSELL MC KINNEY [ Infant son of Jennie E. Blue and William
Conrad Mc Kinney] 1900
MARIA J. DUNN [Mariah Jane McKinney, Daughter of E.W. and
Abigail Chidester Mc Kinney]
1849-1884 [ married James Dunn]
CLORCEL I DUNN 1814-1892 [Father of James Dunn]
Block 11-12
EARNEST A STEELE 1883-1915 [Son of Will Steele and Ella Exelby
Steele]
ECKELS
WILMA STEELE -URBEN G. J. [ Daughter of Will Steele and Ella
Exelby Steele]
HAROLD W. STEELE 1893-1919 [Son of Will Steele and Ella Exelby
Steele]
ELLA STEELE 1856-1940 [wife of Will Steele, daughter of Grace
and Wm. Exelby of
Cornwall, England ]
W. D. STEELE 1858-1901 [ husband of Ella Exelby Steele, son of
Colonel Asbury Steele and
Louisa Waddom Steele]
WALTER E. STEELE D. 1881 [Son of W.D. and Ella Steele]
GRACE..."WIFE OF WM. EXELBY born Cornwall, England 1820- 1889"
[Mother of Ella Steele]
4th addition
5th addition
Block 26
MARY A. BLUE 1819-1911 [ Mary Ann Susan Strickler/Strigler
daughter of George Strickler
and Barbara Ann Breakfield, wife of Isaiah Blue]
ISAIAH BLUE 1810-1877 [son of Barnett Blue and Elizabeth Murray]
Parents of George Harmon Blue Grandparents of Carey S. Blue
6th addition
Block 32
MARY ALICE STEELE 1872-1946 [ 1. wife of Samuel Pottinger Steele
daughter of James Hiram
Johnson and Josephine Hawthorn grandaughter of Nancy Buford Lewis
and James Johnson of
Bardstown, Kentucky]
LILLIAN JOHNSTON MORRISEY [sister of Mary Alice Steele] husband
Tom Morrisey buried
St Andrews Catholic Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky
BLANCHE JOHNSTON 1894-1943 [Sister of Mary Alice Steele]
SIMEON H JOHNSTON "Kentucky, Pvt. 22 Btry Field Artillary,
Spanish American War" 1867-
1923 [ a husband of Hettie Steele Knickerbocker and a brother of
Mary Alice Steele]
LOUISA J. STEELE " Wife of Richard G. Steele" [a son of Colonel
Asbury and Louisa Steele]
1844-1917. A rather large granite upright stone that say "AT
REST" on the base. [ Louisa Jane
Pottinger was the daughter of George Washington Pottinger and
Adeliza Talbott and Mother in
law of Mary Alice Steele]
LENA V STEELE and MILLARD G. STEELE 1892-1969 [ a son of Hettie
Johnston and 1. Earl
Richard Steele, ]
INFANT SON OF MILLIARD STEELE [ PARENTS : M.G. AND C.M. STEELE,
Millard and his
1st wife Cele aka Cecelia]
HETTIE KNICKERBOCKER 1816-1958 [Hettie Johnston Steele
Knickerbocker, sister of Mary
Alice Steele]
WALLACE N. STEELE son of Earl Richard and Hettie Steele
1894-1902
RICHARD STEELE [ 1. husband of Hettie Johnston Steele] 1872-1901
[aka Earl Richard Steele]
Earl Richard Steele is the son of Louisa Jane Pottinger and
Richard Greenbury Steele son of
Colonel Asbury and Louisa Waddom Steele]
Block 48
GEORGE HARMON BLUE 1848-1916 [Son of Isaiah and Mary Ann
Strickler Blue]
MARY E. BLUE 1857-1921 [ Daughter of Elias W. and Abigail
Chidester McKinney]
[Parents of Carey Samuel BLUE1879-1949 He is buried
Mississinewa Memorial Cem. Vernon Section,,Wabash Co., IN
7th Addition
Block 55
GEORGE W STEELE 1839-1922 " SOLDIER STATESMAN " [1st Governor of
Oklahoma ]
MARIETTA E. STEELE wife of George W. Steele and daughter of Aaron
and Minerva Swayzee.
Marietta Elizabeth Swayzee Steele
META STEELE OWEN [daughter of GEORGE W. AND MARIETTA SWAYZEE
STEELE]
PERCEVAL W. OWEN [a husband of Meta Steele]
Sec 1-4-9-24 surrounding area:
AARON C. SWAYZEE " D. Apr 12, 1878 61yr 3 m 4 d"
AARON W SWAYZEE " Son of A C and M A Swayzee d. Jan 22 1845 aged
1 yr 2 mo 1 d"
ASBURY SWAYZEE "Son of A C and M A Swayzee d. Oct 18, 1842 aged
9m 18 d"
MINERVA SWAYZEE " Wife of Aaron C.Swayzee d. May 3 1890 aged 69 yr
6m 26 d"
OTHERS STEELE FAMILY BURIED AT IOOF CEMETERY MARION, GRANT CO., IN
Dr GEORGE R. DANIELS son of Theresa Steele and Dr. George W. Daniels c. 1964
MARY T. DANIELS daughter of Dr. George R and Anna Overman Daniels d.1979
LIONEL [NED] STEELE son of Asbury Edwin Earl Steele d. 1960
ASBURY EDWIN EARL STEELE son of Col. Asbury Earl Steele d.1922
GRANT
MEMORIAL CEMETERY
MARION,
GRANT CO., IN
MORE STEELE RELATED''
STEELE, SAMUEL POTTINGER " Samuel P. Steele Sept 6, 1867- Jan 19, 1941
STEPHENS, ADELINA P. and FLOYD M 1894-1967 and 1901-1989 [Adelina is the
daughter of Samuel and Mary Alice Johnston Steele] Floyd was b. Sweetzer, IN
MARY ADA BROWN 1868-1935 [sister of Samuel P. Steele aka Mary Ada Steele
1.Hutchins 2Johnston 3.Brown]
JOSEPHINE B. STEELE B 1901-1988 [Daughter of Samuel P.Steele]
JUANITA LOUISA FISHER AKA Neta G. Steele d. 1953 2. wife of Samuel P.
Steele dtr of Dr. Fisher, Marion physician, and widow of Colonel George W.
Gunder.
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TRIVIA # 17
AHNENTAFEL CHART
GEN 1
1.Susanna Hawthorne Steele b. 1933
Marion, Grant Co., Indiana
GEN 2
2.Arthur Hogarth Steele b.1896 d.1993 m
3.Mary Lorene Blue b. 1902 d.1976
GEN 3
4.Samuel Pottinger Steele b. 1867 d.1941 m
5. Mary Alice Johnston b. 1872 d.1946
6.Carey Samuel Blue b.1879 d. 1949 m
7.Arsina/Sina Mae Harris b.1880 d.1972
GEN 4
8. Richard Greenbury Steele b.1841 d.1888 m
9. Louisa Jane Pottinger b.1844 d.1917
10. James Hiram Johnson b.1832 d. bet.1897-1907 m
11. Josephine Boneparte Hawthorn b.1836 d. aft 1877
12. George Harmon Blue b.1848 d.1916 m
13. Mary Emily Mc Kinney b. 1857 d.1921
14. William Riley Harris b. 1851 d.1928 m
15. Mary Elizabeth Brubaker b.1851 d.1943
GEN 5
16. Asbury Earl Steele b.1813 d. 1886 (stone 1889) m
17. Mary Louisa Waddom b. 1815 d. 1870
18. George Washington Pottinger b.1814 d.1855 m
19. Adeliza/Ada Eliza Talbott b.1814 d. 1901
20.James Johnson b.1789 d.1840 m
21. Nancy Buford Lewis aka Nancy B. Lewis b.1799 d.1854
22.James Hawthorne m
23. Blanche * Parker
24. Isaiah Blue b.1810 d.1889 m
25. Mary Ann Susan Strickler/Strigler b. 1819 d. 1911
26. Elias W. Mc Kinney b.1826 d.1906 m
27. Abigail Chidester/Chitester b. 1836 d. 1877
28. Edward Harris b. 1820 d. 1886 m
29. Arsina Howell b. 1825 d. 1888
30. Otis Brubaker b. 1815 d. 1905 m
31. Eliza Emerick b. 1821 d. 1906
GEN 6
32. Joseph Steele b. 1773 d. 1823 m
33. Susanna Wood Fields b. 1776 d.bet 1860/68
34. Wilson Wadom/Waddom m
35. Lois *
36. Samuel Pottinger jr b.1786 d. 1832 m
37. Lucinda Jameson b. 1791 d. 1866
38. William Talbott/Talbot m
39. Elizabeth Ann Short Cotten
42.Thomas Buford Lewis m
43. Nancy Anna Rice
48. Barnett Blue b. 1777 d.1846 m
49. Elizabeth Murray b. 1783 d.1872
50. George Strickler/Strigler b. 1790 d.1818 m
51. Barbara Ann Breakfield b. 1794
52. Leander McKinney b. abt 1820 m
53. Alzina Toby b. abt 1825 d. aft 1850
54. Andrew Chidester/Chitester b abt 1810 m
55. Susan * b abt 1813
56. William Harris m
57. Mary *
58. John Howell m
59. **
60. Abraham Brubaker b. 1782 d. 1759 m
61. Elizabeth Flora b. 1789 d. 1854
62. Micheal/Michael Emerick b. 1767 d. 1856 m
63. Judith/Judy Noffsinger Harter b. 1790 d. 1870
GEN 7
64. Abraham Steele b. 1751 d. 1805 m
65. Sarah * b. 1751
66. James G, Fields b. 1750 m
67. Susannah Greenfield b. 1754
68. * Wadom m
69. Mary Louisa *
72. Samuel Pottinger b. 1754 d. 1831 m
73. Jane Gray Withrow Gilkey b. 1746 d. 1795
74. John Jameson m
75. Mary Polly Rice
84. Henry Lewis b bet 1724/33 d. bet 1785/94 m
85. Anne Buford b. 1738 d. 1785
86. Fisher Rice b. 1733 d. 1814 m
87. Agnes Pulliam b. 1735 d. aft 1763
96. John Blue b.1740 d.1826 m
97. Catherine Williams
102. * Breakfield m
103. Susannah Harmon
104. William Henry Mc Kinney b. 1784 d. 1860 m
105. Sarah Scott b. 1785
120. John Brubaker b. 1748 d. abt 1825 m
121. Anna Myers b. 1753 d. bet 1830/40
122. Jacob Flora ll b. 1760 d. 1848 m
123. Barbara Dillman
124. Johannes Emerich b. 1750 d. 1819 m
125. Elizabeth Lorish b. bet 1727/55 d. aft 1817
126 John Noffsinger d. aft 1792 m
127.Catherine * d. aft 1792
GEN 8
134. Trueman Greenfield m
135. Susannah *
144. Robert pottinger b. 1729 d. 1778 m
145. Elizabeth Willett b. 1731/32 d. 1779
148. George Jameson
168. Henry Lewis b. abt 1700 d. 1785 m
169. Martha Kendall b. 1701
170. John Buford b. 1707 d. 1787 m
171. Judith Early b 1710/11
172. Henry Rice m
173. Margaret Bohannan
174. Thomas Obadiah Pulliam m
175. Winifred Ann Holladay
192. John Blue b. abt 1713 d. 1791 m
193. Mary Marshall d. aft 1754
208. David Robert Mc Kinney b. 1755 d. 1744 m
209. Ester Layton
240. Jacob Brubaker b. 1735 d. 1744
242 Hans Jacob Myers b abt 1717/25 d 1801 m
243 Anna Burkholder b.abt 1712/25 d. 1756
244. Jacob Flora b. 1725 d. 1795 m
245. Catherine Flora
248. Andrew Emrich b abt 1720 d 1789 m
249. Mary Margaret *
250. Jacob Lorish b. aft 1687 d aft 1727
252. Rudolph Nafzger b. aft 1694 d. aft 1748
GEN 9
268. Thomas Greenfield m
269. Dorothy Barber
288. Samuel Pottenger b. 1693 d. 1742 m
289. Elizabeth Tyler ll b. 1701 d. aft 1744
290. William Willett m
291. Mary Griffith
336. Henry Lewis b. abt 1668
340. Thomas Buford jr b. 1682 d abt 1761 m
341. Elizabeth Metstand Lee b. 1688 d. bet 1761/65
342. Thomas Early m
343. Elizabeth Johnson
346. Duncan Bohannan m
347. Sarah Elliott
348. William Pulliam m
349. Ann Patterson
350. John Marshall Holladay m
351. Elizabeth Brocas
384.John Blaw/Blue b. abt 1691 d. 1770 m
385. Cattron Van Meter d. aft 1770
416. James Mc Kinney b. 1725 d. 1790 m
417. Sarah Boone
480. Hans Jacob Brubaker b. 1698 d. bef 1753 m
481. * d. bef 1768
486. Christian Burkholder b. 1700
488. Joseph J. Flora b. 1682 d. aft 1727
496. Andreas Emmerich b. 1681 d. 1769
GEN 10
536. Trueman Greenfield m
537. Elizabeth *
576. John Pottenger b. abt 1643 d. 1735 m
577. Mary Beall b. 1658 d. 1720
578. Robert Tyler jr. b. 1670/71 d. 1738 m
579. Susannah Duvall b. 1667/77 d 1716
672. John Lewis b. abt 1637 m
673. Sarah Nichols
680. Thomas Buford b. 1663 d. 1716 m
681. Mary Warren b. 1665 d. 1720
682. Charles Lee b 1656 d. 1700/01 m
683. Elizabeth Metstand d. aft 1700
692. Dunkin Bohannan
768. John Blaw/Blue bap. 1677 d 1757 m
769. Marytje Grietze aka Margaret Grietze
960. Hans Brubaker abt 1658 d aft 1709 m
961. * Meyer
GEN 11
1072. Thomas Greenfield m
1073. Martha Trueman
1152. Henry Pottenger m
1153 Sarah Stanton
1154. Ninian Beall b. 1625 d. 1717 m
1155. Ruth Moore
1156. Robert Tyler ll b 1637 d. 1674 m
1157.Joane Lawson Ried Mounten
1158. Mareen Duvall b. abt 1625 d. 1694 m
1159. Susannah Marie Brasseur b. 1653
1344. Richard Lewis b. abt 1609 d. 1691 m
1345. Frances*
1346. Henry Nichols
1360.John Buford b abt 1642 d 1722 m
1361. Elizabeth Perrott/Parrott b. 1645 d. 1729
1362.Thomas Warren d. abt 1750 m
1363. Mary Hackley
1364. Richard Henry Lee b. 1613 d 1663/64 m
1365. Anna Constable Owen b. 1615 d. 1706
1536. Jan Frederickse Blauw b abt 1651 m
1537. Aeltjen Jans b abt 1655
1920. Hans Heinrich Bruppacher b. 1627 d. aft 1662 m
1921. Elizabeth Rusterholtz b. 1620
1922. Hans Meyer
GEN 12
2308. James Bell m
2309. Anne Marie Calvert
2310. Richard Moore m
2311. Jane *
2314. John Lawson
2316. Thomas Duvall b abt 1570 m
2317. Nicola Stagard b. abt 1608
2318. Benois Brasseur b. abt 1620 d. 1662 m
2319. Marie Rickford b. abt 1621
2688. Henry Lewis
2720. Richard Buford/Beaufort b. 1617 d. 1686
2721. Margaret Dora Vause b. abt 1621 d. 1687
2722. Richard Perrott/Parrott b. 1616 d. 1686 m
2723. Elizabeth Margaret Thompson b. abt 1628 d. 1686/87
2728.John Lee b abt 1584 m
2729.Jane Hancock b abt 1580 d 1639
2730. Richard Owen b. 1590 m
2731. Frances Constable
3072. Frederick Janss
3074. Grietien *Janss
3840. Petter Bruppacher b. 1596 d. abt 1668 m
3841. Anna Pfister
3842. Jacob Rusterholtz b. abt 1583 m
3843. Susanna Vorster b. abt 1590
GEN 13
4616. Alexander Bell b. 1565 m
4617. Margaret Ramsey
4632. Massiot Duvall b 1510 m
4633. Margaret d'Orbin
4634 * Stagard
4636. Robert Brasseur b. abt 1595 d. 1667 m
4637. Elizabeth Florence Fowkes b. 1588
4638. * Rickford b. abt 1595
5440.John Buford b. abt 1591 m
5441. Margaret * b. 1595
5442.John Vause b. bet 1595/1616
5444.James Parrott . abt 1590 m
5445.Dorothy * b abt 1594
5456.Johannes Lee b. 1530 d. 1605 m
5457.Jocota Romney b. 1533 d. 1609
6144.Jan * of Flensborg
7680. Petter Bruppacher b. 1566 m
7681. Margretha Nageli
GEN 14
9264. William Duvall b. abt 1445 m
9265. Alexine de Mamersin
9266. Alexin d'Orbin
10912. Thomas Lee b. 1509 m
10912. * Hoke b. abt 1513
10914. John Romney b abt 1510 m
10915. Bripton Berrington b. abt 1512
15360. Rustchi Bruppacher b. abt 1540 m
15361. Anna Wys/Wis b 1544/45
GEN 15
18528. Lawrence Duvall b. abt 1380 m
18529. Agnes de Marmiem
30720. Hans Bruppacher b abt 1500
GEN 16
30756. John Duvall b. abt 1330 d. aft 1380
GEN 17
74112. Robert Duvall b abt 1280 m
74113. Lady Jane de Pritot
GEN 18
148224 Sir Hugh Duvall b. abt 1240 m
148225 Adelina de Beaumont
* Full name unknown. ssn
From Sue
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46202, 2002] p 120
This is not a complete list by any means but I will be glad to provide additional sources
upon request.
Trivia Index:
A
Abbot, Elizabeth 7;
Abbott, Elizabeth 7; John 7; Liza 7; Marion 7;
Agness, family 2;
Allred, Jimmy 13; Mamie 13; Robert 13;
Aeltjen, Jans 17;
Arnold, Daniel 10; Sam 10, 11;
B
Bainbridge, George M. 15; Martha 15; Nettie 15;
Baldwin, Edgar M. 12;
Barber, Dorothy 17;
Barker, Blanche 10; Martha 10;
Barley, Ottilia 5;
Beall, Mary 17; Ninian 13, 17;
Beam, Margaret Noe 13;
Bechtel, Ida 8; Elizabeth Stapleton 8; Jacob 8;
Bell, Alexander 17; James 17;
Belnap, Hugh 10;
Berrington, Bripton 17;
Blauw, Jan Frederickse 17;
Blaw, Jan Fredricke 13;
Blaw/Blue, John 17; John 17;
Blickenstaff, Mary Elizabeth 13;
Blue, family 2, 4, 5, 8, 15; Abigail L. aka Lavonne 7; Alice Jane 4 , 8;
Arsina /Sina Mae (Harris) 8; Barnett 16, 17; C. S. 6; Carey 8;
Carey L. 8; Carey S. 6, 15 ; Carey Samuel 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 17;
Frank 4; Frank Lester 8; George Harmon 2, 4, 5, 16, 17 ; George H. 4;
Ida Ellen 4; Isaiah 4, 5, 13, 16, 17; James 4, 13; John 13, 17; John 17;
Mary A. 16; Mary E. 16; Mary Ann Susan (Strickler/Strigler) 4, 5, 16;
Mary Lorene 4, 5, 6, 14, 17; Mary Emily (McKinney) 5, 16; Nellie (Charles) 8;
Sina 4, 6, 7; Sina (Harris ) 8; W. E. 13; W. H. 13;
Bohannan, Duncan 17; Dunkin 17; Margaret 17;
Boone, Sarah 5, 17;
Brant, Brandt 12;
Brasher/ Brashier, Keziah 13;
Brasseur, Benois 13, 17; Robert 17; Susannah Marie 17;
Breakfield, Barbara Ann 16, 17 ;
Bricker, Dewey 8; Jack 8;
Brocas, Elizabeth 17;
Brown, 10; Mary Ada (Steele) 3, 16;
Brubaker/Brubacher/ Bruppacher family 2, 6; Hans Heinrich 13, 17; Petter 6, 17;
Rustchi 17;
Brubaker, Abraham 6, 17; Anna (Myers) 6 ; Eliza (Emerick/Emrick ) 6 ; Hans 13, 17;
Hans Heinrich 6, 17 ; Hans Jacob 6, 17; Jacob 6, 17; John 6, 17,
Mary Elizabeth 6, 17; Otis 6, 17; Petter 6; Rutschi 6, 17;
Buford/Beaufort 13; Anne 13, 17; John 17; John 17; Richard 17; Thomas Jr. 17;
Thomas 17;
Burke, Georgia 7;
Burkholder, Anna 17; Christian 17;
Butler, Thaddeus 12;
C
Cain, Coan 4; Thisbe 4; Ralph 4; Wellman 4;
Calvert, Anne Marie 17;
Cates, Nora 7;
Charles, Nellie 4;
Chase, Margaret 9; Mary Agnes 9, 10;
Chidester/Chitester, Abigail 4, 5, 17; Andrew 4, 5, 16, 17 ;
Susan 5, 17;
Coffin, Ruth 8;
Cotton, Elizabeth Ann (Short) 17;
Cogwill, Vernon A. 11;
Cole, John 7; Julia 7; J.O. 10;
Constable, Anna 17; Frances 17;
Cook , family 2;
Corrigan, John 3, 10;
Cyrus, Billy Ray 13;
D
d’Orbin, Margaret 17; Alexin 17;
Daniels, family 9; Anna 9; Anna (Overman ) 9, 16; Ed 1; Edward 9, 10;
Edward Francis 9, 10; Edward Francis 9; G. R. 12; George 1, 3, 16;
George R. 9, 12, 16; George Raymond 9, 10, 13, 16; George Wiley 9, 15, 16;
Harriett Elizabeth 9, 10; Harry 9, 13; Harry J. 9; Mary C. 9; Mary T. 9, 16;
Mary Theresa 9, 16; Robert 9; Robert Chase 9, 10; Theresa 16;
Theresa (Steele) 3; Theresa Louisa 9;
Davis, Jefferson 15;
Day, Pearl 8; Joan 8;
de Beaumont, Adelina 17;
de Mamersin, Alexine 17;
de Marmiem, Agnes 17;
de Pritot, Lady Jane 17;
Dewey, Thomas E. 8;
Dillman, Barbara 17;
Dunn, Albert 5; Corcel I. 5, 16; James 5, 16; Maria 5; Mariah J. 16;
Dupey, Lily 10;
DuVall/ Duval/ Duvall, John 17; Lawrence 17; Mareen 13, 17; Massiot 17;
Robert 17; Sir Hugh 17; Susannah 17; Thomas 17; William 17;
E
Early, Judith 17; Thomas 17;
Eckels, Urben G. J. 10, 16 ; Wilma (Steele) 16;
Elliott, Sarah 17;
Emerich, Andrew 17; Johannes 17; Mary Margaret 17;
Emerick, Emrick , Eliza 6, 17;
Emerick- Harter, Judith/Judah (Noffsinger ) 17;
Emmerich, Andreas 17;
Emrick, Micheal/Michael 17;
Exelby, Ella 10; Grace 16; Wm. 16;
F
Fairbanks, C. W. 12;
Fields, James G. 17; Susanna Wood 17; Susannah 17;
Fisher, Junita Louisa 11, 16;
Fithian, Eliza 5;
Flora, Catherine 17; Elizabeth 6, 17; Jacob 17; Joseph J. 17;
Foust/Faust, Lydia 7;
Fowkes, Elizabeth Florence 17;
Frazee, Martha 5;
G
Gardner, Rachel 10;
Gilkey, Jane 17;
Graves, Alva 10; Clyde 10;
Gray, Jane Withrow-Gilkey 17;
Greenfield, Elizabeth 17; Thomas 17; Thomas 17; Trueman 17; Truman 17;
Susannah 17;
Grietze, Marytje/Margaret 17;
Griffith, family 12; Mary 17;
Grindle, J. Wint 5;
Gunder, Daniel 11; G. W. 11; George W. 10, 11; Juanita Louisa (Fischer) 3, 7;
Junita Louisa (Fisher) 10, 16 ; Martin 11; Nancy R. 11; Nancy (Rice ) 11;
Neta 10; Sarah 11; William 10;
H
Hackley, Mary 17;
Hancock, Jane 17;
Harmon, Susannah 17;
Harris, family 2, 4; 6, 8; Arsina Mae/May 4, 6, 17; Edward 17; Eliza Marie 6;
Emma Rosetta 6, 8; Landess 4, 6, 13, 15; Landis 13; Louise 6; Mary 17;
Mary Elizabeth (Brubaker) 6; Menno 4, 8; Menno Carl 6; Merritt 4; Otis 4;
Otis Lee 6, 8; Paul 6, 13 ; Rosabell 6; Ruth Coffin 8; Sima M. 8;
Sina M. 4, 6, 15; William Riley 6, 17; William 17;
Harrison, Benjamin 1, 12;
Harter, Evan 7; Fay 7; Gladys 7; Judith/ Judy (Noffsinger) 17; Lenore 7; Lucille 7;
Verlin 7;
Hawthorn, Josephine 16, 17;
Hawthorne, Alice 13; James 17; Josephine Bonaparte 3, 16;
Heavilin, Gertrude 9;
Hicks, William 5;
Hoffman, Paul 2;
Hoke, Unk 17;
Holladay, John Marshall 17; Winifred 17;
Hovey, Governor 11;
Howell, Arsina 17; John 17;
Hughes, Charles Wesley 15, Mary Davis;
Hulley 9;
Hutchins, Mary Ada (Steele) 16;
Hutton, Ava M. 9;
Humble, Victor 8; Barbara 8; Franklin 8;
Hutchins, Bernard 3; Joseph 3, 10; Paul 3;
I
J
Jan of Flensburg 17;
Jans, Aeltjen 17;
Janss, Gretien 17; Frederick 17;
Jameson, George 17; John 17; Lucinda 17;
Jenkins, T.R. 12;
Johnson, family 3; Edward 3; Elizabeth 17; Fielding Lewis 3; James 3, 16, 17;
James Hiram 3, 16, 17; Josephine (Hawthorn) 16; Lillian 3;
Nancy Buford ( Lewis ) 16; Nancy Anna 3; Richard 3; Simeon 3;
Johnston,Johnson family 3; Blanche 3, 16; Hettie 3, 16; Mary Ada (Steele) 16;
Mary Alice 3, 10, 16, 17; Richard 3; Sim 10; Simeon 3, 10; Simeon H. 3, 16;
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Kariger, Samuel Good 10;
Kendall , family 2, 15; Alton 7; Christal 7; David Stanley 15; Donald 7; Donald 7;
Ellen 7; Eli 7; Elizabeth 7; Emerson 7; Glenna 7; Iba Belle (Wright ) 6, 7;
Ida 7; India 7; Helen 7; Jay 7; Joseph 7; Lewis Elmer 6, 7; Lowell 7; Jean 7;
Martha 17; Maxine 7; Merle 7; Mervin 7; Mildred 7; Milt 7; Monroe 7;
Norman Buryl 6, 7, 15; Paul 7; Phyllis 7; Ruth 7; Stephen Blue 15; Thelma 7;
Vestal 7; Virginia 7; Walter 7;
Kessler 7; Roscoe 7; Russell 7;
Knickerbocker 3; Hettie (Steele) 3, 16, Hettie (Steele )10, 16;
Knobb, Valeria 3;
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Landes, Phebe 8;
Landis, Phebe 6;
Laverty, Harriett (Rogers) 15;
Lawson, Joane Ried-Moulten 17; John 17;
Layton, Ester 17; Esther 5;
Lee, Charles 17; Elizabeth (Metstand) 17; Johannes 17; John 17;
Lehrer, Jim 13;
Lester, Martha 9;
Lewis, Frances 17;Henry 17; Henry 17; Henry 17; Henry 17; John 17; Nancy Buford 3, 16;
Nancy Buford aka Nancy B. 17; Richard 17; Richard Henry 17;Thomas Buford 17;
Lincoln, Abraham 13, 15;
Lorish, Elizabeth 17; Jacob 17;
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Marshall, Mary 17;
Mason, George T. 12;
Matthews, James 4; Jean 6;
McDermond, Mary 8;
McGeary, Margaret (Steele ) 12;
McKinney, family 5; Abigail C. 16; Abigail (Chitester ) 15; Alice 5, 16;
Alice Edna 5, 16; Alzina (Toby) 15,16; David Robert 13, 17; Dora 5;
Dora O. 5; Edithia Ottillia 5; Edithia Jane (Blue) 16; E. W. 16;
Elias 4, 5; Elias W. 5, 15, 16, 17; Fielding 5; Franklin Homer 5;
George W. 15; Jennie E. 16; James 5, 17; Joseph 5; Leander 5, 15, 16, 17 ;
Mariah 5; Mariah Jane 5, 16; Mary Ann aka Ann 5, 16; Mary Emily 4, 5;
Ottillia Barley 5, 15, 16; Robert 5; Sarah Boone 5; Sarah (Scott ) 15;
Susan Belle 5; William 5; William C. 16; William Conrad 5;
William Henry 5, 15, 17; Wm. Russell 16; William Russell 5, 16; Wm. C. 5;
‘Me-shin-go-mesa’ 12;
Metstand, Elizabeth 15;
Miller, Joaquin 8;
Mills, Lamira J. 10;
Moore, Jane 17; Richard 17; Ruby 9; Ruth 17;
Morrisey, Thomas 3; Lillian (Johnston) 3, 16;
Morton, 15;
Murden, Frank 3, 10; Laura (Steele) 3, 10;
Murray, Elizabeth 16, 17;
Myers, Hans 17; Hans Jacob 17; Anna 6, 17;
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Nafzger, Rudolph 17;
Nageli, Margaretha 6, 17;
Nelson, Emma 10;
New, Harry 12;
Nichols, Henry 17; Sarah 17;
Noe, 13; Chester Jr. 6, 13; Chet 13; Susanna (Steele )13, 15 ; Emily 13;
J.T.C. /James Thomas Cotton 13; Margaret (Beam) 13; Randall 13;
Sean Arthur 13; Theresa 13; William T. aka Thomas 13;
Noffsinger, Catherine 17; Judith/Judy 17; John 17;
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O’Haver, May 10;
Overman, Anna 9, 10;
Owen, Anna (Constable) 17; Marietta( Steele ) 10; Meta (Steele) 16; Percival 10;
Perceval W. 16; Richard 17;
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Parker, Blanche 17;
Parrott/Perrott, Elizabeth 17; James 17; Richard 17;
Patterson, Ann 17;
Perdue, Esther 6;
Pfister, Anna 6, 17;
Pierce, Rodney 8; Marilyn 8; Marjorie 8; Martha 8;
Plum, Jennie 6;
Poindexter, Paul 10;
Porter, Cole 3, 10;
Pottenger/Pottinger, Henry 17; John 17;
Pottinger, Adeliza (Talbot ) 16; Captain Sam 13; Craig 3, 10, 13;
George Washington 16, 17; Louisa J. 16; Louisa Jane 3, 10, 16, 17;
Millard 3; Milliard Filmore 10; Robert 17; Samuel Jr 17; Samuel 17;
Samuel 17;
Powell, Albert 15; Emily 15; Edmund 15; Nettie B. 15;
Pulliam, Agnes 17; Thomas Obadiah 17; William 17;
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R
Radford, Claude 6;
Ramsey, Margaret 17;
Renbarger, Radie 4;
Rice, Fisher 17; Henry 17; Mary Polly 17; Nancy Anna 17;
Rickford, Marie 17;
Rife, Obid/Obed 14;
Ring, Russel 8; Susan 8;
Rogers, Everett 15; Harriett 15; Robert 15; Theresa 15;
Romney, Jocata 17; John 17;
Roosevelt, Theodore 12;
Rusterholtz, Elizabeth 17; Jacob 17;
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St. John 1;
Sand, Abbie 10;
Schricker, Henry F. 9;
Scott, Sarah 5, 15, 17;
Shaddinger, Nellie 3;
Shepherd, Sarah Gunder 11;
Shinn, B. G. 5, 12;
Shoemaker, Amanda 8;
Short, Elizabeth Ann 17;
Showalter, Elizabeth 8;
Slaughter, family 16; Alice Edna 5; Alice Edna (McKinney) 16; K. J. 5, 16;
Smith family 2;
Snorf, Anna 11; Milton H. ;
Stagard, Nicola 17;
Stamp, Stephen 13;
Stanton, Sarah 17;
Steele, family, 1, 5, 12, 15; Abraham 13, 17; Ada 10; Adelina Patti 10,
16]; Alice 3; Arthur Hogarth /AHS 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 ,14,
15, 17; Asbury 9, 16; Asbury Earl / Asberry 1, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 9,
10, 11, 12 ,13; Asbury Edwin Earl 1, 9, 10, 12 , 13 , 16, 17;
C.M. 16; Cele / Cecelia 16; E.R. 10; Earl Richard 3, 10, 16;
Earnest 10; Earnest A. 10, 16; Ella 10, 16; Ella (Exelby) 10,16;
G. W. 12; George Sr. 10; Geo. W. 12; George W. 12, 13 ,16;
George Washington 1, 5, 10; 12; George Washington, Jr., 1, 10,
13; Grover C. Sand 10; Harold 10, 16; Hettie 16; Hattie
(Johnston) 10, 16; Joseph 17; Josephine B. 3, 10, 16; Josephine
Theresa 10; Laura 3, 10; Laura Alice 3, 10; Lena V. 16; Lionel
Edwin /Ned 10,16; Louisa 9, 12, 16 ; Louise Waddom /Wadom
9, 10, 16; Louisa J. 16; Louisa Jane (Pottinger) 3, 10; 16;
‘Major’ 12; Margaret (Steele) McGeary 1; Marietta E.16; Marietta
Elizabeth (Swayzee) 16; Marietta Elizabeth / Meta 10; Marvell
Asbury 10; Mary Ada 3, 10, [16]; Mary Alice 16; Mary Lorene /LBS
11, 14, 15; M. G. 16; Millard 3, 10, 16; Milliard G. 16;
Mrs. G. W. 12; Naomi 10; Neta 11, 16; Neta G. 16; Neta (Fisher) Gunder
11; Paul 3; Paul H. 10; Richard 3, 10, 16; Richard G. 5, 16;
Richard Greenbury 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17; Sam 4, 10, 11, 12, 13,
16; Samuel P. 16; Samuel Pottinger 3, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17; Sarah 17;
Susanna Hawthorne 6, 17; Theora 3, 10; Theresa 5, 9, 16; Theresa Louisa
1, 9; Therese 9; Virgil /Virgil 3, 10; Vergil Talbert /Talbott 10;
Walter E. 10, 16; W. S. 13;Walter S. 12; Walter Simeon 3, 4 ; W.D.
10, 16; Wallace N. 16; William Douglas 1,10; Will 16; William Lewis 10;
Wilma 10, 16;
Stephens, Floyd M. 3, 10, 16 ; Adelina P. 16; Adelina Patti (Steele) 3, 10 ,16;
Streler, Barbara 6;
Strickler, George 16, 17; Margaretha 6; Maryann Susan 4, 17;
Strigler, George 17; Maryann Susan 4, 17;
Swayzee, A. C. 5, 12 ; Aaron 16; Aaron W. 16; Asbury 16; Merietta 5; Marietta 5;
Marietta Elizabeth 16; Minerva 16;
Sweetzer, James 12;
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Taft, William Howard 12;
Talbot, William 17;
Talbott, Ada Eliza/Adeliza 17; Adeliza 16; William 17;
Thompson, Elizabeth Margaret 17;
Thorne, Horace 3 ;
Titus, Sarah Carmelia 10;
Toby, Alzina 5, 15, 17;
Trueblood, Charles 5, 16; Dora (McKinney) 16;
Trueman, Martha 17;
Tyler, Elizabeth 17; Robert Jr. 17; Robert 17;
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V
Van Meter, Cattron 17;
Vause, John 17; Margaret Dora 17;
Von Steuben, Baron 11;
Vorster, Susanna 17;
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Wadom/ Waddom, Louisa 10, 16, Lois 17; Mary Louisa 17; Wilson 17;
Walker, Alec 7; Charles 7; Eva 7; Faye 7; Harry 7; Iba 7; Katherine Anna /e 13;
Liza Abbott 7; Matthew 13; Oscar 7;
Warren, Mary 17; Thomas 17;
Washington, George 11,
Whicker, Mathew 4;
White, Sadie 3;
Wiley, William 12;
Willett , Elizabeth 17; William 17;
Williams, Catherine 17; Lavonne 8;
Wilson, David 13; George Alexander 13; Thomas Benton 13; Zaccheus 13;
Wimmer, family 8; Abbie Marie 8; Alice Jane (Blue) 8; Chester 4; Clifford 8;
Clova 4; Frank 4; Frank Nelson 8; Florence 8; Lavonne Williams 8;
Mary Emily 8; Patricia 8; Ruth Bell 8; Vera Irene 8; Virginia 8;
Withrow-Gilkey, Jane 17;
Wenger/Winger, family 8; Abigail A. 8; Alva 8; Anna 8; Daniel O. 8; Edith 8;
Emma 8; Emma Rosetta (Harris ) 4; Ida F. 8; Herbert 8; Jesse 8; Joseph 8;
Joseph P. 8; Joseph Pendleton 8; Joseph R. 8; Lewis 8; Mahlon 4, 6, 8;
Mahlon D. 8; Mary E. 8; Orlando 8; Orval 8; Otho 2, 9; Raymond 8; Ruth 8;
Wenger, David 8;
Wis/Wys, Anna 6;
Woodring 3;
Wright, Alec 7; Dora 7; Elizabeth Abbot 7; Eva 7; Fay 7; Charles 7; Iba 7; Harry 7;
Iba 7; Isaac [Robey-a] 7; John 7; Leonard 7; Milton 7; Oscar 7;
Wys/Wis, Anna 17;
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