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Surnames: Risinger/Rysinger/Reisinger/Hicks/Knauper
Classification: Query
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This from a letter I just received from the Ripley County IN Historical Society's
Risinger file from Mrs G W Marr to Violet Toph:
"Samuel and Caroline Risinger were not Jacob Risinger's children. They were
nephew and niece of his altho different ones called Caroline "Aunt Polly". This
Samuel Risinger must be the one called "Squire Risinger" that had a sawmill in
Ripley Creek. My grandfather worked for him (Leonard Risinger). If I am not mistaken he
was Culna Hicks' (of Napoleon) grandfather. Caroline (as Noah Risinger said)
'was Laura Knauber's grandmother'. Way back at the one time there were two
sets of Risingers. That I got from Noah and he said his mother told him. There was a
Risinger called 'Devil Hen'. He belonged to the other set."
I believe the Jacob referred to here is Jacob Risinger who moved to IN in the 1830s from
Washington Co PA and Caroline and Samuel would be children of his brother Henry, perhaps
"Devil Hen". I think this Henry can be found in Delaware Twp in the 1850 census
listed as age 72.
Anyone with information about any of these Risingers, please contact me at either
janetkaycurrie(a)hotmail.com or mountie(a)charter.net