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Shelby Co. original land purchasers:
Chrisley Rhorer, page 6, 22 Dec. 1825
Christopher Rorer, page 6, 12 May 1829
None on the 1842 tax list.
Original land purchasers:
William Cleaver, page 21, 26 Oct. 1830
1842 tax list:
William Cleaver, Hendricks twp. 160 acres
William Cleaver, Jackson twp., 133 acres.
Hope this helps,
Jim
David Cleaver wrote:
> Looking for information on Simeon RHORER who was married to Jane McFadden. They lived in Shelby County (Sugar Creek Twp.) -- Their daughter, Elizabeth RHORER married George Isaac CLEAVER, son of Wooster Dakin CLEAVER. The CLEAVERS also lived in Shelby County.
>
> George CLEAVER and Elizabeth RHORER were born in the 1830s.
>
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** James R. Baker, Jr. **
Researching BAKER in Pendleton Co., KY, Shelby Co., IN,
Page Co., IA and Johnson Co., MO. <jrbakerjr(a)prodigy.net>
Please visit my page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/jrbakerjr.htm
>Can anyone tell me if John and Catherine Updegraff were still in Shelby
(Hendricks twp.)
>in 1870? They were there in 1850-60.
>Thanks,
>Jim
Hi Jim,
Yes, they are found in household 77, but the spelling is "Updegraft".
John Updegraft - 56 - Pa
Catherine - 45 - Ky
William - 26 - In
Charles - 19- In
Susan - 20 - In
Sarah - 18 - In
Joseph - 13 - In
Edward - 9 - In
George W. - 8- In
Nearby in household 80 is:
Charles Updegraft - 27 - In
Mary R. - 23 - In
William - 3 - In
Have a good day. :-)
Sherry Badgley Ryan
Can anyone tell me if John and Catherine Updegraff were still in Shelby (Hendricks twp.)
in 1870? They were there in 1850-60.
Thanks,
Jim
** James R. Baker, Jr. **
Researching BAKER in Pendleton Co., KY, Shelby Co., IN,
Page Co., IA and Johnson Co., MO. <jrbakerjr(a)prodigy.net>
Please visit my page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/jrbakerjr.htm
Looking for information on Simeon RHORER who was married to Jane McFadden. They lived in Shelby County (Sugar Creek Twp.) -- Their daughter, Elizabeth RHORER married George Isaac CLEAVER, son of Wooster Dakin CLEAVER. The CLEAVERS also lived in Shelby County.
George CLEAVER and Elizabeth RHORER were born in the 1830s.
See my database at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/9484/gen.html
html
Anyone have a family for JOEL PARKER, who married Susan Baker in 1848 in
Shelby? Was he related to Squire Grant Parker?
Jim
** James R. Baker, Jr. **
Researching BAKER in Pendleton Co., KY, Shelby Co., IN,
Page Co., IA and Johnson Co., MO. <jrbakerjr(a)prodigy.net>
Please visit my page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/jrbakerjr.htm
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Name: Rick Evans
Date: Wed Jul 14 05:58:56 1999
Email: walnutree(a)cpol.net
Looking for any information on James or John LINVILLE. John was in 1830
Indiana Census as being in Shelby County, IN.
James was in Rush County. Will share what info I have with anyone.
Thanks.
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Name: Gayle Wood
Date: Thu Jul 15 08:42:18 1999
Email: tanninbum(a)aol.com
Looking for info on Elias YOKE (b1762, PA, d1852, Shelby Co., IN) who
married Susannah SALLADAY (b1780, Shelby
Co., d1831, Shelby Co) They were married in 1801 in Fayette Co., PA.
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Name: Vernon L Barlow
Date: Thu Jul 15 09:09:56 1999
Email: vlbar(a)greatnorthern.net
My aunt contacted a researcher for Shelbyville, In,Maurice Holem, years
ago and she stated "I have compiled several books of
genealogy information on Shelby Co. viz Shelbyville Newspaper Items
1853-1870 5 vols., Court record 1822-1876 2 vols.,
will record 1822-1906 1 vol., Marriage returns 1882-1898 2 vol., Misc
Records 1834-1874 1 vol., Birth and Death
1870-1882 2 vol." I have tried to get hold of this person but she has
either moved or passed away. Can you tell me if you have
heard of Maurice Holmes of RR 8, Box 135, Shelbyville, In 46176 and her
documentation of Shelby County, In?
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Name: Debra Barngrover
Date: Thu Jul 15 12:49:11 1999
Email: dbarngrover(a)yahoo.com
I am researching the families of Monroe, Pope, Barngrover and Aulby.
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Name: Mary F Kelley
Date: Fri Jul 16 08:52:01 1999
Email: mfk(a)tcia.net
Seeking information about John W and Martha A Mauzy WILSON who may have
in Shelby Co, IN circa 1890. John W
WILSON is supposed to have died there in Sept 1894. Is he John Wesley
WILSON, born circa 1818, son of John and
Mariah Slaughter WILSON of Rush Co.?
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Name: Mary F Kelley
Date: Fri Jul 16 08:57:15 1999
Email: mfk(a)tcia.net
Seeking information about St Clair ENSMINGER and his wife, Sarah WILSON,
who were married in Rush Co., IN in 1848
and may have lived in Shelby CO. Would like to contact others
researching the ENSMINGER family.
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Name: Sherry Badgley Ryan
Date: Fri Jul 16 11:12:17 1999
Email: patches(a)cyberstreet.com
DANIEL BROWN - ELIZA ANN SUDDITH Would like contact from anyone
researching or related to this family. Any
information on any member of this family, greatly appreciated. DANIEL
BROWN - Born 1817 Maybe in Kentucky, Married
Feb. 10, 1839 in Bartholomew County, Indiana to ELIZA ANN SUDDITH, she
was born Nov, 1816 . They both died in
Shelby County, Indiana in 1864 -- Issue {all born in Indiana} *MARGARET
A. "MEG" BROWN - Spouse BILL
YARBROUGH *SOPHIA S. BROWN - Born April 1844 *ELIZABETH "BETSY" BROWN
-Born 1846 Spouse JOHN
HILT *MARY JANE BROWN - Born 1847 Spouse BILL McCALIP *WILLIAM H. BROWN
- Born unknown *P.
JOHN BROWN - Born 1850 Spouse LIZZIE Unknown *GEORGE W. BROWN - Born
June 20, 1857 - Spouse ANNA
D. STEWART Married 1880 in Shelby County, Indiana. Thank you for
reading.
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Name: Christiana Wilson
Date: Sat Jul 17 13:49:21 1999
Email: elfgenes(a)aol.com
Hi- I am looking for a family who lived in Shelby CO in the 1820's/30's.
Daniel MICHAELS and Sarah CUMMIN(g)S. Their
children included William, James, Sarah and Lewis... there may have been
more. Daniel and Sarah died in Shelby Co in 1841,
orphaning thier children who moved into thier maternal grandparents home
in HarrisonCO MO. If anyone has any info on this
family, it would be most appreciated. William may have been old enough
to marry in 1841. He moved to KS in the 1840s.
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Name: Wayne Madewell
Date: Sat Jul 17 17:59:22 1999
Email: wmadew(a)clnk.com
Information about the family of Julia Ann Tolbert born Shelby County, IN
2 Mar 1846. Later married Aaron Kelley and
moved to Nebraska.
On rereading my deed info, I might note, that MOST of these people are not my
ancestors. I'm collecting info. on a lot of them when I see it, as they lived
in the area of my ancestors, or most probably moved with my ancestors.
My Tillisons moved from Berkshire Co. Mass to Oneida Co. N.Y. about 1790's,
to Ky. area unknown for a short time) ,to Hamilton Co. Ohio about 1807, to
Shelby Co. In. about 1832. My John Tillison/Tillotson was here by 1832, but
no other Tillisons, so I assume he came with family members or friends. I'm
concentrating on the surrounding families. He probably had ties with the
Thayers, Butlers, Coles, Stones. I think the Butlers & Coles were from the
same areas.
The Tillisons lived in Union/Liberty Twp.
My other families, the Wickliffs (my line is Thomas Wickliff b. 1815 and I
have figured out his brothers Wm., Charles, Isaac, and sister Louisa/Eliza
who m. Jesse Jonas). My Wickliffs and Whiteds had Bishop and Hubble and
Debord in their backgrounds.
My Moral Twp. families from Rockingham and Stokes Co. N.C. (most of Moral
Twp. is from those 2 counties, I think and I have some books on them that I
can check) are Wilkins, Means, Joyce, Parish, Roberts, Draper.
Judy Tillison Wright
Hi Group,
John mentioned my deed and other entries from Shelby Co. that are in the
Shelby Co. Gen Web Archives. In case any of you do not know, there is
valuable info for each county and state that people contribute.
If you have any notes taken at courthouses (your notes-not copyrighted book
info from library sources), or actual photocopies of wills, get busy and type
them up and send them in to the Gen Web Archives. The coordinator of each
state archives is listed on the archives pages. Send them to them. I've sent
in stuff from many of the counties and states that I'm researching. I'm sure
that you all have notebooks and file drawers teeming with this stuff, like I
do. What you send in may only be on your families, but as you see with mine,
the deeds have a grantor and grantee. When one of my families buys or sells
land, it may be from or to one of your families. Sending this in helps
everyone and gets you letters about some of your families.
I'm researching in Shelby Co. -Tillison, Parish,Roberts, Draper, Wilkins,
Joyce, Means, Armstrong, Wickliff, Whited, Bridenstine, Wendel, and
probably a few that I've forgotten. I'm also looking for Smith (over in
Union Twp. on the Rush Co. side of Shelby-looking for parents of Martha b.
about 1810), I don't know anything about Smiths, but am wondering if this
Martha is dau. of the William Smith who brought his sister Catherine Zike (a
widow who m. David Brown) to Shelby Co. with them. My Tillisons and Martha
Smith Tillison lived over in Union Twp. near the David Brown family and near
the Quakers that lived on the Rush Co./Shelby Co. line- (near the Cottons,
Swains). Not too far from Freeport and from the Hanover Cem. where the Bloods
, etc. are buried.
Most of Moral Twp. is my family and most of them came from Rockingham and
Stokes Co. N.C.-the Wilkins, Means, Joyce, Parish,Roberts, Draper of my line
are from Moral Twp.
Judy Tillison Wright
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/">USGenWeb Archives: United
States Genealogy ce...
</A>
1850 Census Shelby Co., IN, Moral Twp.,
page 288,
1060-1073
George M. Yolk 35 KY
Sarah J. 27 OH
Hannah M. 8 IN
Malinda F. 5 IN
Angeline 3 IN
1061-1076
Mary House 34 KY
Elihu Boldin 17 IN
George 14 IN
Eliza 4 IN
Elias Yolk 87 Penn.
page 289
1085-1098
Elias Yolk 43 KY
Elizabeth 21 IN
Wm. 16 IN
Martha 13 IN
Margaret 10 IN
Mary G (?) 6 IN
Eliza A. 4 IN
John W. 9 IN
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Land purchases:
John S, Yoke, 3 July 1832
Elias Yokr, 17 Oct. 1832
Richardson A. Yoke, 17 Oct. 1832
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Tanninbum(a)aol.com wrote:
> Hi.......I'm new to this list and am looking for info on the following:
>
> Elias YOKE (b1763, PA, d1852, Shelby Co., IN) who married Susannah SALLADAY
> (b1780, Shelby Co, IN., d1831, Shelby Co., IN.) They were married in 1801 in
> Fayette Co., PA. Would love to hear from anyone who can help with them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gayle
--
Jim
** James R. Baker, Jr. **
Researching BAKER in Pendleton Co., KY, Shelby Co., IN,
Page Co., IA and Johnson Co., MO. <jrbakerjr(a)prodigy.net>
Please visit my page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/jrbakerjr.htm
Barb Huff has contributed the following obits:
Armstrong
Bassett
Blackledge
Brown
Brunner
Burkher
Collins
Conover
Cotton
DeMott
Dollman
Duckworth
Ensminger
Farley
Gregory
Harrell
Hauk
Hendrickson
Hensley
Hobbs
Holly
Jones
Judkins
Kinney
McCain
Moore
Pomeroy
Rogers
Sharkey - this one from John Sharkey
Sleeth
Spurlin
Strahl
Wagoner
Hi.......I'm new to this list and am looking for info on the following:
Elias YOKE (b1763, PA, d1852, Shelby Co., IN) who married Susannah SALLADAY
(b1780, Shelby Co, IN., d1831, Shelby Co., IN.) They were married in 1801 in
Fayette Co., PA. Would love to hear from anyone who can help with them.
Thanks,
Gayle
I copied this long ago :
History of Shelby Co.
"Toner's Chapel, four miles west of Shelbyville, became a preaching
place in 1836. It was near the Hill Graveyard, near Mr. Hill's house. A
school house was built nearby. First members included Edward Toner,
Martin Toner and J. M. Barwick."
If anyone has access to the records of this cemetery, I would like to
know if any Bakers are buried there.
Thanks,
Jim
** James R. Baker, Jr. **
Researching BAKER in Pendleton Co., KY, Shelby Co., IN,
Page Co., IA and Johnson Co., MO. <jrbakerjr(a)prodigy.net>
Please visit my page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/jrbakerjr.htm
I have added "Obituaries" and "Photo Gallery" to the index page of
the Shelby Co IN website.
I will accept obituaries, even if I have to type them in myself!
Photo's should be in jpeg format, no larger than 50K.
Hope everyone had a nice 4th and that the Hoosiers out there survived
the humidity.
Phyllis Miller Fleming
Shelbyville, IN
Can you help anyone with these families?
GAINES - EADS - WEBB - TRUSLER/TRESLER - BALLARD
Name: Gayla Wynn
Date: Sun Jul 4 12:42:56 1999
Email: gayla5(a)juno.com
William Tresler / Trusler m Delilah Ballard (b1832) in Shelby County,
Indiana in 1852. They had a daughter, Sarah, who was
raised by her maternal grandparents, Medley and Catherine Ballard. Is
anyone researching this family? I have some information
to exchange.
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Name: alta
Date: Mon Jul 5 23:29:54 1999
Email: altagram(a)intellisys.net
Need parents of Elisha B. Webb, Married Hannah Eads 1849, Addison
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Name: Calista Wagner Sanderson
Date: Tue Jul 6 08:54:43 1999
Email: calista(a)pyramid3.net
Searching for anything on the Gaines family. Thank you.
James Henry Smith, Jr
Students of Shelby county history will find frequent mention of the
Smiths in the
records of the northwestern section. The ancestors of this family were
among the early
settlers of Moral township and they have borne a prominent part in its
agricultural
development. Though chiefly farmers, their activities have not been
confined to agri-
culture, but displayed in many other ways, in connection with the
government of the
county's local affairs. James Henry Smith, Jr., was born in Moral
township, Shelby
county, Indiana, August 22, 1847. His father and namesake was one of
the old settlers
of the township who made a success of life, accumulating considerable
property, reared
a large family and was a highly respected citizen. (Further particulars
of the older
James Henry Smith will be found in a separate sketch, which appears on
another page of
this volume.) James Henry, Jr., grew up on his father's farm, attended
the district
schools and remained at home until he had completed his twenty-second
year. Feeling a
desire to travel about this time, he crossed the Mississippi river and
spent a year in
Missouri. Soon he concluded that "Old Shelby" was good enough for him,
as all his home
and family ties, besides his property interests, lay within her
borders. September 14,
1870, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Eliza, Jr., daughter of Benjamin
Dake, the early
pioneer, whose sketch is given elsewhere. Mrs. Smith was born at the
ancestral homestead
in Moral township, March 27, 1849. After marriage, Mr. Smith rented
land in Marion
county, on which he spent some time in farming, but eventually bought
forty-seven acres
to which he devoted his attention until 1897, when he removed to his
present place of
residence in Moral township. When he took possession of this farm of
eighty acres it was
but little improved, but it was soon developed into a productive tract
that will compare
with any other place of its size in the township. He has fenced it
thoroughly, built a
fine residence and barn, put out fruit trees andotherwise brought it up
to modern
requirements. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Baptist church at
Acton, of which
he was treasurer for two years. He held the position of road supervisor
for twelve years
and has been elected Justice of the Peace, but refused to serve. He has
five children and
a numerous collection of fine grandchildren, of whom he is naturally
proud. Charles E.,
the oldest son, was born June 16, 1871, married Pearl Parrish, resides
in Indianapolis
and has one child, Amel. James Benjamin, the second son, was born
October 30, 1874,
married Mary Oliphant, resides in Moral township, and has two children,
Tresse and
Esther. Elenora married Clarence Smock, of Indianapolis, and has had
eight children:
Elsie, Jessie, Fremont, Sidney, George, Charles, Walter and Naomi,
deceased. Ezra and
Edith (twins), were born June 13, 1882; Ezra married Alice Moore and
has one child,
Leone. Edith married W. Murnan and has one child, Herbert.
>From _Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana_ by Edward H.
Chadwick, B.A.,
assisted by well known local talent,
B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers: Indianapolis, IN, 1909, pages 896-897.
Copied by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Adam Mellis
The gentleman whose life history we now take under consideration is
a descendant
of those hardy people from that romantic land of hilss and heather, and
he, in many
respects, has inherited the sterling characteristics of his worthy
father, Archibald
Mellis, who was born in Scotland, and who came to the United States when
he had reached
maturity, locating in Pennsylvania, in which state he married Jane
Brander, and from
which they came to Indiana, locating in Clark county, near Madison,
where our subject,
Adam Mellis, was born June 24, 1848. But believing that better
opportunities awaited
him in Shelby county, a newer country than that along the Ohio river,
Archibald Mellis
brought his family hither in 1865, locating at Freeport, where he
purchased the woolen
mill, operating the same in a successful manner until his death in
January, 1875. He
was a man of excellent business endowments, and he and his wife were
regarded by all as
people of honesty and intelligence. The latter passed away in 1887. To
them were born
seven children, namely: John, a soldier in the Civil war; Nellie was
the wife of
Horace Patterson, deceased; James, who was a soldier in the Civil war,
gave his life
for his country at Kenesaw Mountain; Alexander is living at Freeport,
Indiana; Adam,
subject of this sketch; William, living in Hanover township, Shelby
county; Emma J.
is the widow of William Hill, of Freeport.
Adam Mellis was reared on his father's farm, working during the
summer months
and attending the common school for a short time during the winter
months. Coming
here in 1865, he worked in the woolen mills for a time with his father,
and later went
to farming, of which he has made a success in every respect, now owning
one hundred and
sixty acres of a most desirable farm, which he has greatly improved,
bringing the fields
up to a high state of cultivation and erecting on the place a
comfortable dwelling and
substantial outbuildings, everything in keeping with a twentieth century
country place.
All this he has made himelf by thrift, industry and economy. He spends
all his time
looking after his general farming interests, raising some good stock, to
which he feeds
a part of his grain.
Mr. Mellis was married to Nancy Sleeth on February 12, 1871. She
was born in
Marion township, Shelby county, Indiana, November 7, 1849, and was
educated in the
common schools. No children have resulted from this union, but the
subject and wife
reared Lola Hargrove.
In politics Mr. Mellis is a Republican, but he prefers to spend his
time looking
after his farming interests rather than seek public office. He is a
member of the
Methodist Protestant church at Freeport, and he and his estimable wife
are held in
high favor by their neighbors, owing to their worthy lives.
>From _Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana_ by Edward H.
Chadwick, B.A.,
assisted by well known local talent,
B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers: Indianapolis, IN, 1909, pages 710-711.
Copied by Phyllis Miller Fleming
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Surname query
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:35:23 EDT
From: FLTZJOHN(a)aol.com
To: plfleming(a)shelbynet.net
Hi,
I am researching Fleitz/Flaitz/Flaiz from Shelby County. Any help is
appreciated.
John Fleitz