At 10:44 PM 6/29/01 -0600, vrcliff(a)bluemarble.net wrote:
I am looking for...John W. Tomey and wife
Agnes A. (Allen) Tomey.(I) would like
to find any information on this family. Also Thomas and
Nickolson or Nickerson. I believe they were in IN and IL.
(The subject line of that email mentions Cornettsville.)
Here are a couple of TOMEY family members from Daviess Co. IN.
Cornettsville is quite near the Raglesville mentioned under Amos Ragle.
Amos Ragle ran a nursery in Odon, just north of Raglesville. Amongst some
families in this era it was not unusual to give the same first name, with
differing second (middle) names to furnish the unique identity usually
provided by a first name. This seems peculiar to us when the individuals
are siblings, but in my family in the early 1800's, several sons in one
line were named Johann, i.e. Johann Jacob, Johann Heinrich, Johann Georg,
apparently to honor the father's given name. This might be taken to imply
that John W. Tomey and John Jacob Tomey were in the same line.
Descendants of John Jacob Tomey
1 John Jacob Tomey
+Edith Roach
2 Mary Elizabeth Tomey b: December 1866 Daviess County, IN
+Sam Meyers d: December 23, 1893
3 Harry Meyers
*2nd Husband of Mary Elizabeth Tomey:
+John Eads d: February 24, 1924
3 Leonard Eads
3 Frank Eads
3 Seth Eads
*3rd Husband of Mary Elizabeth Tomey:
+Amos Ragle b: August 21, 1859 near Raglesville, IN m: March 02, 1930
d: April 04, 1955 bur. Fairview Cemetery, Elnora, IN about
3/4 mi. east on CR 1500N
(no children)
John Ragle