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I think I found some great info for you.
Marriage record with parents names:
Quakenbush Joel (father)Wm (Mother)(???) Powell M W 23 3/31/1889 14 128
Abel Caroline John Ann Davidson F W 21 3/31/1889 14 128
Marriage record with spouse:
Abel Caroline Joel Quakenbush W Mar 31 1889 5 193
As you can see the dates are all the same. Therefore from this information we can tell
that Joel's parents are William and ? (Elizabeth - from info shown later) Powell and
Caroline's parents are John and Ann Davidson.
I found these families on census records:
1870 Columbia Twp.
Page 82
John A. Ables 26 farmer b. IN
Ann 22 KH b. ENG
CAROLINE 2 b. IN
John Davidson 20 labor b. ENG (probably brother)
Nancy E. Davidson 18 KH b. IN
page 86
William Quakenbush 33 farmer b. IN
Elizabeth 27 KH b. KY
JOEL 3 b. IN
John 1 b. IN
Isaac 38 b. IN
Nancy E. Childers 19 b. IN
1880 Census Martin Co., Columbia Twp.
John A. ABEL Self M Male W 36 IN Farmer IN IN
Ann ABEL Wife M Female W 33 ENG Keeps House ENG ENG
Caroline ABEL Dau S Female W 12 IN IN ENG
Willie ABEL Son S Male W 10 IN IN ENG
John ABEL Son S Male W 7 IN IN ENG
Rachel E. ABEL Dau S Female W 11M IN IN ENG
Wm. QUAKENBUSH Self M Male W 44 IN Farmer IN IN
Laura J. QUAKENBUSH Wife M Female W 26 IN Keeps House IN IN
Joel QUAKENBUSH Son S Male W 13 IN Farm Laborer IN IN
William A. QUAKENBUSH Son S Male W 1M IN IN IN
Mary E. HALL Sister(should be sis-in-law) S Female W 13 IN Home IN IN
Mary's marriage record with parents names:
Hall Mary E John Diann Harrison F W 21 12/ 6/1887 14 86
(Thos shows that Laura's parents were John and Diann Harrison.)
More marriage records with spouse name:
Quakenbush William Elizabeth Powell June 22 1860 2 47
Qualkenbush William Laura J Hall Aug 3 1876 3 415
Ables John A Ann Davidson Aprl 6 1865 2 246
In looking at the 1850 census records to try to find who William Qaukenbush’s parents are,
I found a William 16 listed with a Peter and Sarah Bruner. There were other Quakenbush
children: Joel, Isaac, Susannah, and Sarah – that are probably his siblings. I had an
idea that Sarah might have been his mother and did further checking and found this
marriage record:
BRUNER , PETER QUALKENBUSH, SARAH Martin Co. 11-30-1844
This seems logical, but no proof. I also don’t know who her first husband and William’s
father was. I have quite a bit of info on the Qualkenbush’s myself and tried to see if
this William was listed in my records. I didn’t find him.
Both Qualkenbush (many spellings!) and Abels (many spellings also!) are very prolific in
Orange, Martin, and Lawrence co.s.
1900 census, DAVIESS Co., IN
Joel Quakenbush b. Nov 1862 age 38 mard. 11 yrs. B. IN parents b. IN
Caroline b. July 1869 30 5 children/5 living b. IN father b. IN mother b. ENG
Anna E. b. Mar 1890 age 10
Estella G. b. Sep 1891 age 8
(can’t read name) female b. Oct 1892 age 7
(can’t read name) male b. Aug (can’t read yr and age)
Ida S. b. 11/1897 age 2
1910 census, Daviess co., IN Bogard twp.
Joel Quackenbush 43 md 20 yrs
Caroline 40 5 children/5 living
Anna E. 20
Stella G. 18
Rachel E. 17
John W. 15
Ida L. 12
John 66 and Anna 62 Abel md 45 yrs. 10 children/6 living listed right below Joel and
Caroline.
1920 census Daviess Co., IN Steele twp.
Joe Quackenbush 52
Caroline 51
I found Walter and Ida Green in the Daviess Co 1920 census but it is not very readible.
They had one son listed and I couldn’t make out the name. Didn’t find the others and
don’t have access to Daviess Co marriage records. You might want to check the Daviess Co
website and see if anyone there does lookups that might be helpful.