Posted on: Tipton County In. Query Forum
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Surname: Anderson, Poer, Kelly, VanBuskirk, White
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I am looking for Tipton County VanBuskirk descendants. Apparently they
settled in the area around the 1830's coming from North Carolina. Rebecca
VanBuskirk married General Lee Poer/Poor 4/30/1840 in Henry County. From
my information, they must have been very young at the time. They moved
to Cass County, Michigan where they had five children: Mary Jane, Edward
(Ned), Joseph V, Sarah, and Permelia. It is possible that Rebecca died
during childbirth and possibly the child, too. General Lee Poer died in
1853 and Joseph V. went to live with his maternal grandfather in Tipton
County, Indiana. I assume the grandfather may have died or was unable to
care for him so he went to live with other relatives in Shelby County after
6 years. I'm not sure of where the other children lived but I know they
returned to Shelby County.
I found a Joseph VanBuskirk living in Tipton County in 1850 census that
could have been the grandfather but I need verification. Can anyone help?