It has been a long while since I have posted anything to the list. I have
some strong ancestral connections in Owen County having a
great-great-grandmother born there in 1842. If anyone is interested in
learning more about the family below, I will be happy to oblige.
Ray Justus
Chandler, Arizona
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Family of William McHenry and Katherine Ashbaugh
William McHenry (George Augustus, George Augustin (Agustus)) was born
February 06, 1803 in Garrard County, Kentucky, and died March 01, 1865. He
married Katherine Ashbaugh August 02, 1827 in Monroe County, Indiana,
daughter of Joseph Ashbaugh and Mary Taylor. She was born Bet. 1805 - 1808
in Kentucky.
Children of William McHenry and Katherine Ashbaugh are:
i. (Son) McHenry, born Bet. 1825 - 1830.
ii. Mary Jane McHenry, born July 09, 1828 in Owen County, Indiana; died
January 04, 1891. She married Samuel H. Jennings December 10, 1848 in Owen
County, Indiana; born May 23, 1823 in Muskingum County, Ohio; died June 20,
1912 in Bremer County, Iowa.
iii. George A. McHenry, born Bet. 1830 - 1831 in Owen County, Indiana. He
married Mary E. Yoder August 17, 1851; born Abt. 1833 in Indiana.
iv. Mahala McHenry, born Abt. 1832 in Owen County, Indiana. She married (1)
George Washington Baskins November 10, 1853 in Bremer County, Iowa; born
Abt. 1832 in Ohio; died August 20, 1863 in Tennessee. She married (2) Byron
W. Merwin Bef. 1872; born Abt. 1839 in Pennsylvania.
v. James H. McHenry, born Abt. 1834 in Owen County, Indiana; died Abt. April
26, 1873 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. He married Elizabeth
Barlow 1857 in Platte County, Missouri; born February 1837 in Indiana.
vi. Armilda "Millie" McHenry, born Abt. May 03, 1836 in Owen County,
Indiana; died December 24, 1876 in Floyd County, Iowa. She married Francis
Marion Yoder August 05, 1855; born February 17, 1835 in Monroe County,
Indiana; died November 11, 1927 in Seattle, King County, Washington.
vii. John Leason McHenry, born Abt. 1838 in Owen County, Indiana; died 1909.
He married Sarah Catharine Yoder October 30, 1858 in Floyd County, Iowa;
born December 17, 1835 in in Monroe County near Gosport, Owen County,
Indiana; died November 01, 1937 in near Manly, Worth County, Iowa.
viii. William Henry McHenry, born August 03, 1840 in Owen County, Indiana;
died March 20, 1896 in Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa. He married Phebe
Jane Frazee; born March 21, 1846 in New Brunswick, Canada; died January 01,
1908.
ix. Elizabeth Owen McHenry, born June 09, 1842 in Washington Township, Owen
County, Indiana; died June 11, 1917 in Denver, Bremer County, Iowa. She
married (1) Elmore Yocum Jennings December 29, 1860 in Bremer County, Iowa;
born June 19, 1834 in Ohio1; died August 03, 1863. She married (2) Guy C.
Farnsworth June 06, 1865 in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa; born October 15,
1836 in probably Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died
July 22, 1924 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
x. Moses H. McHenry, born February 1845 in Owen County, Indiana. He married
Matilda H. Abt. 1867; born March 1847 in Ohio.
xi. Joseph B. McHenry, born October 04, 1849 in Owen County, Indiana; died
April 16, 1914. He married Augusta C. Andrews September 29, 1870; born Abt.
1852 in Wisconsin; died 1894.