Hello listers! I am looking for any descendants of (or anyone
with information about) the family of Isaac and Emma (LOGAN) Browning of
Elkhart Co. and St.Joseph Co., IN, the families of three of their
children:
1) Charles A.,
2) Bert,
3) Irving (Erva) L.,
and any descendants of Isaac's POLLOCK half siblings --
William H., Lincoln, Nancy, and Morton.
Surnames involved in this post are: Browning, Crago, Pollock, McCumpsey,
Swinehart, Shultz, Smith, Donaldson, Logan, Grise, Whetstone, Van Dusen,
Fisk, Karch, Berney.
The Indiana counties involved are: Noble, Elkhart, and St. Joseph.
Isaac was the son of Elias and Elizabeth (CRAGO) Browning. Isaac
was born in 1853 in OH and moved with his parents to Crawford Co IL
before his father's death when he was around 2. Around 1856 his mother
moved with her four boys (Samuel Franklin, James, and twins Isaac and
Wesley Asbury) to Noble Co. IN to join her Crago relatives and married
William POLLOCK. She then gave birth to William H. (m. Adeline
McCUMPSEY), Lincoln Richmond (m. Ella SWINEHART), Nancy J. (m. William H.
SHULTZ), and Morton (m. Beatrice ??, then Clara SMITH). This family
moved to Jefferson Twn., Elkhart Co IN, where Elizabeth died in 1900.
Emma was the daughter of David and Elizabeth (DONALDSON ) Logan.
Emma was born in Stark Co OH and moved to Goshen, Elkhart Co IN, with her
family at a very young age. Some of Emma's sisters moved to Koscuisko Co
IN and in 1906 Emma was living in Syracuse before moving back to Elkhart
Co., where she died.
Isaac and Emma married on 17 Aug 1876 in Elkhart Co., IN. They
had five children -- all b. Elkhart Co IN -- before divorcing in 1898:
1) Charles A., 2) Bert, 3) Irving (Erva) L., 4) Nona M., and 5)Guy.
1. Charles A., b. Apr 1877, perhaps d. 1944 in South
Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN. Married.Dora Ann GRISE on 2 Oct 1898 in
Elkhart Co IN. Dora was born Jan 1882 in IN and was the daughter of
Albert and Sarah (WHETSTONE) Grise. They had the following known
children:
a. Laura, b. c1899, m. Oscar VAN DUSEN in 1920 in
St. Joseph Co IN
b. Violet, b. 16 Dec 1901, m. Howard FISK in 1920
in St. Joseph Co IN
c. Orville, b. c1912 Michigan
d. Emery, b. 1915 Michigan
2. Bert, b. 1880, m. Arpie (?) c1906, prob. in Koscuisko
Co IN. Arpie d. c1911 with no children and Bert possibly then moved to
South Bend, St. Joseph Co IN, in 1920, driving a truck for a transfer
company.
3. Irving M., also known as Erva. Born 2 Jun 1883, and
m. Mary Elva KARCH on 5 Aug 1906 in Middlebury, Elkhart Co IN. Mary was
the daughter of John and Caroline (BERNEY) Karch of Germany. Lived in
Middlebury, Had the following known child who lived to adulthood:
a. Varda R.
Any info on these families would be appreciated. Please
contact me at StrickP(a)juno.com.