Sharon-
You asked about the BEDWELLS and HARNETTS of Tippecanoe Co. I don't
have any data on where the Bedwells lived, but Elijah HARNETT lived in
Shelby Twp. from about 1830 to 1840. He owned a grist mill on Indian
Creek (written about in the book GRIST MILLS OF TIPPECANOE CO., INDIANA
by Dr. William M. Reser) referred to locally as the Harnett-Spencer
mill. In the 1838 relocation of the Pottawattamie Indians the caravan
of Indians and escorting officers passed right by the Harnett mill in
their westward journey. There were several families who came from Clark
Co., OH in the late 1820s and early 1830s who located in Shelby Twp.,
three of whom were Henry GATES, John BEST and Elijah HARNETT.
Mari
Susan Y. Clawson wrote:
Correction:
I checked my notes. It appears that the parents of Lyman Lewis (note
spelling) Dryer were Aaron (not Edward) and Mary (Lewis) Dryer, and his
father returned to New York State (not Ohio) after the death of his mother,
and soon died. Lyman Lewis was back in Tippecanoe County by the age of 18,
and where he was in between is not clear. I keep trying to connect Lyman
Lewis Dryer to other Dryers in Sheffield twp at the time, especially
Edward, and haven't been able to. Perhaps Sharon (Paws63(a)aol.com) has
information that will sort out the relationships.
According to Sharon, Margaret Gregory is the sister of David Hiram Gregory.
I do indeed show him as having a sister named Margaret, and since their
mother is Margaret Warwick, that makes sense. Margaret (Gregory) Dryer's
husband Edward died early, and she continued on the farm outside Dayton
with assorted children and relatives until her death in 1878. I am
delighted to find she had relatives nearby to help her, since David Gregory
lived to a ripe old age, and they had a brother and several Warwick cousins
around as well.
TO Mari Nielsen <mariniel(a)ix.netcom.com>:
I will look for Hiram and Martha (Dickson) Gregory. I have a list of David
H. Gregory's children at home. There were Dicksons/Dixons in Sheffield
township (Tippecanoe County) very early, and it seems logical that their
children would have married, but I don't know off hand. Or this Hiram could
be the son of David H. Gregory's brother, William. I don't have a list of
his children. There were also some Gregorys in Tippecanoe County who don't
seem to be related to the Sheffield township group. They lived in
Lafayette, and one was a lawyer. Do you know where in Tippecanoe County the
Bedwells and Harnetts were from? I don't recognize those names.
I wrote:
>Is the Louis Dryer, b. 1824 OH, by any chance Lyman Louis Dryer? I am not a
cousin, but I live in Dayton, IN, and like to research the early residents.
I have collected a bit of information on Lyman Louis Dryer. He left quite
a few records and apparently liked to research Dayton history. The info on
his parentage is sketchy, however. I'll have to check my records, but I
believe his father was Edward Dryer, and I'm not sure I knew who his mother
was. As I remember, the information I have says that his mother died, and
his father returned to OH, or wherever they had lived before, and then
died.The accounts he left say he was an orphan from about that age. Louis
seems to have stayed here with relatives, or returned after his parents
died. We had a lot of Gregorys and Dryers in Dayton. Hiram David Gregory
(of Butler Co, OH) was one of the three founders of the town, and I am
distantly related to him.
Could Margaret Gregory be a second wife?
Susan Y. Clawson (clawsons(a)purdue.edu)
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