OK, here are the rest of my folks for anyone still reading! :>)
The SCOLES. Don't get me started on this frustrating group of people! The
first of the line to come to Adams Co was Andrew Wesley SCOLES b1799 MD,
married 1819 OH to Hannah Mercer CALVERT who was b. 1797 PA & d. 1882 WI.
They were the parents of 10 children. Two of the boys fought in the Civil
War. Son Andrew fought in the 47th Co. C Infantry IN Vol & died in the
Battle of Champion Hills in MS. His brother, my ancestor, Sylvester Cramer
SCOLES also fought in that battle but in another regiment, the 23d Co.K. He
survived & was the executor of Andrews estate.
This is where it gets ugly. It seems that at least 7 of the sibling
squabbled over his meager estate. Sylvester had to sell the estate to pay
the debts. Whatever the case Sylvester moved to WI along w/ some of his
siblings sometime between 1866-1870. Back in 1862 Sylvester had married
Nancy Jane MAJOR who was b. 1843 . In 1877 Nancy & Sylvester both were sick
w/ TB, Sylvester had probably caught this in the war. They decided for
whatever reason to go back to Adams Co., IN. Nancy died on the way,
Sylvester just 11 days later but after arriving in Adams Co. What an awful
trip that must have been! They had 2 children: Andrew Wesley "Wes" age 15
&
Mary Myrtle age 3. The children were raised by Sylvester's sister, Margaret
who was living in Adams Co & had married Dennison TINKHAM. Mary Myrtle
married Samuel FRANK in 1899, & Wes married Letty TEETER in 1883. Wes &
Letty were the parents of 9 children, including my great-grandfather Isaac
Franklin SCOLES who married Catherine Pearl KELLY. Related Scoles/Teeter
names:
AGLER, BEVINGTON, BOLLENBACHER, FOGLE, MYERS, WADE, DOWNS, OUTCALT,
BLOSSOM, SUTTON, VANDUESEN.
SACKETT family. The first of my SACKETT line to move to Adams Co was Samuel
Sackett 1836, he bought 160 acres in Blue Creek Twp. He was married to
Isabella MOORE who was b. c1800 & died soon after arriving in IN. They had
6 children, including my ancestor Mary (1825-1878) who married James William
MAJOR in 1843. Samuel SACKETT married again in 1837 to Julianna HEATH & had
13 more children! He died 1856 in Blue Creek & Julianna died 1894. James
MAJOR & MAry SACKETTs first child was Nancy Major who married Sylvester
SCOLES. They had 13 children. Related SACKETT surnames:
FRANK, BEEMAN, COLLIER, DANNER, RAY.
MAJOR family. Another frustrating line. William MAJOR b. 1781 MD d. 1856
St. Mary's Twp., Adams Co., buried in Wiltshhire, Van Wert Co., OH. In 1832
he bought 80 acres in what was then Allen Co. In 1835 he was granted land
in Adams Co for service in the War of 1812. He seems to have lived smack on
the border of Adams Co & Van Wert Co., OH. He had 8 known children, but
there are many more Majors around Adams Co that I can't correctly connect.
He married in 1808 OH to Rachel WATKINS, she died 1846 St. Mary's Twp.
Their 5th child was James William MAJOR mentioned above. Related surnames
include:
DAILEY, HELMS, GULICK, BRITTSON, BLOOM, McMANNIS, WEIMER, GINTER, McCUNE,
QUINN, OLIVER, ELZEY, SMITH, BRANDYBERRY.
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Cindy Torres Owens
1023 Aquia Dr
Stafford, VA 22554-1940
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html