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Posted on: Union Co. In Query Forum
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Surname: Showalter, Price, McVickers, Norris, Snyder, Douthit, Trembley,
McDougal, Cully, Beck
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I have recieved from a now deceased relative, a page from a list from Browsville
Christian Cemetery. I had always assumed this was in Union County Indiana,
but a recent e-mail from a third party stated she was using this same list,
but calling it from Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. My question
threefold. 1. Is this indeed from Union County Indiana? 2. can you get
me the rest of the pages?(see below) 3. Are the stones for Joseph and Margaret
still readable. I have a photocopy of a photocopy, of the stones, and they
are illegible. It won't copy to here sothe stones in question are Joseph
Showalter died Jan 28, 1878 aged 81 years 9 months 7 days (south) Margaret
his wife died 7 Dec 1884 aged 79 years 6 months, 3 days. her mother Margaret
Price Born in Kent Ireland 15 Oct 1768 died 11 Apr 1866 aged 97 y 5 m 27
d. Joseph and Margaret's daughters married men with surnames McVickers,
Norris, Snyder, Douthit, Coffman, Trembly, McDougal, Cully, Beck.
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Surname: Isaac, Beard
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Thanks Gary, I will write to the Union County Public Library . I live in
California. Nancy
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Surname:
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WILLIAM H. CUMMINS ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 15TH IND INF,CO. I ON 6/14/1861.
HE MUSTERED OUT IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ON 6/25/1864. HIS RESIDENCE WAS
LISTED AS UNION COUNTY, INDIANA.HOPE THIS HELPS. MARK DAVIS HARTFORD CITY,
INDIANA
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Surname:
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Have you checked with the library in Liberty. They have the cemetery listings
for the Union Co. cemeteries.
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Surname: Isaac, Beard
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Stephanie, thanks for your reponse and to your aunt. There may not be a
stone but I hope there is at least an office record of Muriel Isaac Beard's
burial. I will look forward to hearing from you after Easter. Nancy
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Surname:
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Since I am from Liberty, Indiana (Union County), I will be returning there
to visit some family over Easter break. If there is something you would
like for me to try and check out, just give me an email. I will do the
best I can in the short amount of time I will have. Note though that I
often travel back home to visit so there are many opprotunities for me
to look some things up. I know I will also be returning at the end of May
if all goes well.
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Surname: Isaac, Beard
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My aunt recently walked the cemetery in Dunlapsville. She said she was
unable to locate a headstone with the name of Isacc or Beard. However,
a number of the old stones are unreadable. She is attempting to contact
the person who holds the books for that cemetery. She also stated that
many of the older stones are being replaced with new ones. I plan to return
to Union County over Easter, I hope to return with some news for you.
Posted on: Union Co. In Biographies
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Surname: Conn, Clary, Jones, Cook, Foland, Fowler, Baum
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History of Henry County Indiana
B.F. Bowen
1920
Surnames are: Conn, Clary, Jones, Cook, Foland, Fowler, Baum,
CHARLES L. CONN
An enumeration of the men of the present day who have won success and recognition
for themselves, and at the same time have honored the locality to which
they belong, would be incomplete without due notice of the one whose name
furnishes the caption of this review. Clearly defined purpose and consecutive
effort have been among his more prominent characteristics and his standing
today as one of Jefferson townships most enterprising agriculturists and
as well as one of the countys truly representative citizens is cheerfully
conceded by all who know him. Of Mr. Conn it can be truly said the world
is better for his having lived. Identified with every enterprise having
for its object the good of the community, taking a lively interest in the
public affairs of his township and county, he has sought by every means
at his command to promote the countrys material prosperity and advance
the standard of its citizenship. Charles L. Conn, the son of Adam E. and
Mary (Clary) Conn, was born in Jefferson Township, Henry County, Indiana,
on the 31st day of October 1838. From the most reliable information obtainable
the Conn family in America appears to have had its origin in Virginia.
Thence in an early day some of the subjects ancestors migrated to Kentucky
and from the latter state to Union county, Indiana, finally, about the
year 1832, the immediate antecedents settling in the county of Henry. Adam
E. Conn was one of the Countys successful farmers in an early day and
it was on the old homestead in Jefferson Township that his son, the subject
of this sketch, grew to young manhood. Blessed with a sturdy, energetic
father and a mother whose loving devotion to her childrens welfare was
most beautiful and effective, Charles L. s early influence was conducive
to whole-some physical and moral development. From the time he was old
enough to be of service until attaining his majority he labored diligently
as his fathers assistant and was able to do a mans work while still a
youth in his early teens. Unlike most boys, work to him was not drudgery,
as he had a natural taste for farming and took delight in the free, wholesome
outdoor life in wood and field. At one time, while a young man, Mr. Conn
seriously contemplated entering the legal profession and went so far as
to procure a number of standard works on the law, which he studied during
his leisure hours. He kept this up for some years until he became remarkably
well posted on the principles of the profession, but taking counsel of
his better judgment wisely concluded to devote his life to the more independent
and less annoying calling of the agriculturist and leave courts and litigation
to others. His study, however, has been of great value to him in many ways
as it has enabled him to transact all of his own business without the aid
of a lawyer and at the same time advise his neighbors upon matters involving
legal principles. Mr. Conn was married on the 26th of August. 1860, to
Miss Mary Jones, a native of Henry county whose birth occurred in the township
of Fall Creek. Mrs. Conn was the daughter of John Jones and in childhood
and youth attended the same country school of which her husband was a pupil,
the two growing up as playmates and companions. After marriage Mr. Conn
moved to an eighty-acre farm given him by his father and has since lived
on the same, though adding to its area from time to time until the place
now embraces two hundred and forty acres of fine fertile land, nearly all
in cultivation and well improved. When his father died in 1868 Mr. Conn
was appointed to administer upon the estate, which was valued at thirty
thousand dollars and he wound up the business to the satisfaction of all
parties concerned. Mr. Conn is a man of excellent judgment, fine business
ability and plentifully endowed with that most admirable of all qualities,
and good common sense. By the exercise of these and other commendable attributes
be has succeeded well in his temporal affairs, owning one of the most desirable
rural homes in the- township of Jefferson, besides other valuable property
which makes him one of the wealthiest men in his part of the county. He
has long been a stalwart Republican, making his presence felt as an aggressive
party worker and contributing not a little to the success of the ticket
in a number of campaigns. In 1894 he was prevailed upon to run for trustee,
but gave the matter little thought, not really desiring the office and
not expecting to be elected as the township had long been substantially
Democratic by a very large majority. When the votes were counted, however,
it was found that he led the ticket, defeating his opponent by seven votes,
which shows him to have received about fifty votes in excess of the regular
party strength. This fact speaks well for his high personal standing in
one of the strongest Democratic townships of the county. He endeavored
to conduct the office so as to merit the esteem and confidence in which
he was held by his fellow citizens irrespective of party. Mr. Conn found
the township in debt, also in especial need of better school facilities
than at the time obtained. His first official act was to borrow money with
which to put the various school buildings in proper condition, after which
he addressed himself to the various internal improvements of the township.
During his incumbency, which covered a period of five years, his course
met the unqualified approval of the public and he left the office with
not a cent of indebtedness for his successor to assume. As stated above,
he gave especial attention to the schools within his jurisdiction, erected
one fine building at a cost of thirteen hundred dollars, besides remodeling
the houses in the other districts and supplying them with the latest educational
appliances. All in all, his administration was one of the ablest and most
satisfactory in the history of the township and when he retired from the
office he did so with the unanimous plaudit of well done, good and faithful
servant Mr. Conn is an earnest believer in revealed religion and from his
youth up has had a profound regard for the Bible and its teachings. Accepting
the sacred volume as his only rule of faith and practice, he united with
the Christian (or Disciple) church and by a life consecrated to the service
of God and the up building of humanity has demonstrated to the world the
beauty as well as the truthfulness of the faith which he professes. At
the present time he is an elder of the congregation to which he belongs,
an office only yielding to the ministry in the dignity and importance of
its duties. On the 19th day of November 1899, Mr. Conn was compelled to
part with his faithful and loving wife who had borne him two manly sons,
Luther M. and Ulysses S. Subsequently, January 8, 1902, he chose a second
companion in the person of Mrs. Jennie Cook (nee Foland), widow of the
late Rev. Jeremiah Cook, a well-known minister of the United Brethren church.
Mrs. Conn is a native of Ohio and came to Henry County with her parents
in the year 1871. Luther M. Conn. the older son of the subject, was born
July 29, 1861. At a very early age he manifested a decided taste for books
and study and when a pupil in the country schools invariably stood first
in all of his classes. At the age of nineteen he began teaching in the
schools of Jefferson Township and was thus engaged for two years; meantime
devoting his vacations to study. Realizing the necessity of more thorough
preparation for educational work, he attended the National Normal College
at Lebanon, Ohio, two Years, after which he entered the Northern Indiana
Normal University at Valparaiso. In 1889 he was graduated from the scientific
department of the latter institution and in 1890 received the degree of
Master of Arts. Being well prepared for advanced professional work, Mr.
Conn went to Texas, where for five years he had the position of superintendent
of schools, also teaching private classes in ornamental penmanship and
drawing during his vacations. He achieved an enviable reputation as an
educator and doubtless would have become one of the countrys most distinguished
teachers had he seen fit to continue in the educational field. He married
Miss Ida M. Fowler, a lady of scholarly attainments and varied culture,
and at the present time is living on a farm in Jefferson Township. He is
one of the countrys most intelligent young men and a leader of thought
in the community where he resides. U. S. Conn. the younger of the two Sons
first saw the light of day on the 16th of March 1865. Like his brother,
he also manifested a tendency to reading, and study while quite young and
when a lad was considered one of the brightest as well as one of the most
original pupils of the schools, which he attended. The training received
in the public schools was supplemented by a full course in the Northern
Indiana University, from which he was graduated in the scientific and classical
departments in the years 1889 and 1890 respectively. While attending college
he became acquainted with an accomplished young lady of Valparaiso by the
name of Cannie Baum, an acquaintance, which developed into a tender attachment,
finally leading to marriage. Mrs. Conn was a fellow student with her husband
and graduated with the same class of which he was a member. Some time after
their marriage Mr. And Mrs. Conn went to Wayne, Nebraska, where they engaged
in educational work, he as superintendent of the public schools and she
as teacher in the high school. Previous to accepting the above position,
however, Mr. Conn held a professorship for three years in the Nebraska
State Normal School and earned much more than local repute as a scholarly
and successful educator. After being connected with educational work in
various capacities for twelve years, he resigned his position and in removed
to Minneapolis, Minnesota, thence a little later to Fargo, North Dakota,
where he is now the head of a large wholesale hardware house. In the year
1900 Prof. Conn was elected president of the Nebraska State Teachers Association,
a position with which only eminent and distinguished educators are honored.
He presided over the sessions of that body with ability and becoming dignity
and while filling the office became widely known to the leading teachers
throughout the entire country. The subject of this review feels deservedly
proud of his sons and rejoices in the success they have achieved. The compliment
is fully returned, the sons attributing their rise and progress in the
world and much of the honor which has come to them to the fathers guidance,
correct advice and wise counsel during the formative period of their lives.
Hello List,
I am seeking the parents and siblings of GEORGE W. BURNETT,
born in Indiana, November 15, 1862.
I have no idea the county. That was all I could find on census, death
certificate, etc.
On a tape, made when she was very old, his wife Mary, related this story told
to her by GEORGE.
George's mother was killed in an accident or died suddenly, when he was an
infant.
There were other children, don't know ages or how many. George was adopted by
Shoemaker/Shumaker?Shoebaker???
He lived with them until the courthouse burned. It destroyed the adoption
records. I don't know his age at the time this occurred. He was in Sumner
County, Kansas on April 14, 1900. On that day he married Mary M. Bell.
George said he couldn't have left if the records were still available for his
adoption. Reason unknown. When he left Indiana, he took back his birth name
BURNETT, and continued to use it until his death.
This is a brick wall. I would really appreciate any help or advise you could
provide.
If you have any information, you may Email me at JANETSQUAW(a)aol.com
Thank you in advance for your help.
Respectfully yours,
Jan
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Surname: CORNELISON, ADAMS, BOURNE
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Looking for info. on the following family in Union Co.,IN.:
MILLARD CORNELISON m. LUCY ______. MILLARD was the son of EDWARD CORNELISON
& ELIZABETH ADAMS of Madison Co.,Ky. MILLARD CORNELISON & LUCY had a daughter
EMILY CORNELISON who married ______BOURE....they had a son KENNETH BOURE
and a daughter, whose name I do not know. This daughter is probably still
living. Does anyone know, or know of this family?
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Surname: McCashland, Thomas, Weekly
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I am looking for information about Sarah Catherine McCashland born 1825
in Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Weekly. Sarah married
Elijah Thomas September 27,1844 in Union Co. Indiana. I would grateful
appreciate any information about this couple and their family. Thank you!
Ruth Gaboury
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Surname: Norris
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Eddie -- The 1830 IN Census Index shows:
George P. NORRIS p. 227 Union Co.
Hiram NORRIS p. 227 Union Co.
John NORRIS p. 235 Union Co.
Nathan NORRIS p. 242 Union Co.
Robert S. NORRIS p. 229 Union co.
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Surname: NORRIS
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Hi Leslie
I am not directly linked to the NORRIS line, but Arthur's brother, Robert
Spencer Norris married my g g grandfather's [William Manly], widow [Rachael
WALLIS MANLY] in Vermillion county IN. I show that Robert Norris married
first Martha Nickels, who was a sister to my g g grandmother, Elizabeth
Nickels. After Elizabeth died abt 1822, my g g grandfather married Rachael
in 1831. William died in 1842 and R S Norris and Rachael were married in
1853. Robert and Martha are both buried in the Miller/Manly Cemetary there
in Vermillion county IN.
I have a lot of different pieces of information that the Manly, Nickels
[spelled NICHOLAS many places], Norris, Brown, and others came from the
same location in Laurens county SC. But, I have nothing that proves these
facts. There are Manly's in Laurens SC in the late 1700s and early 1800's,
but I can not find the written connection. My g granfather, Edmund, who
is a son of William and Elizabeth Manly, has brother named Garlington,
which is a very strange name. But there is a very prominent family in Laurens
SC named Garlington. We think that this William Manly may have married
a Garlington for his first wife, and that she died before, or about the
same time, they got to SE Indiana. And, that William married Elizabeth
Nickels there, before coming to western IN.
I see that your Catharine, also has the name SNOWDEN in one of the marriage
records of Union county IN [1823]. I also find a Mary Jane NORRIS married
Isaac NICKELS in Vermillion in 1846. Isaac is the son of William and Elizabeth
Nickels [parents of Martha and Elizabeth]. Also, I have William and Martha
A Norris the parents of Robert and Arthur.
Let me know how all of this fits into the BROWN line, as I believe that
they were all together from SC to IN. Thanks for the mgs.
Eddie Manley
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Surname: Norris, Brown
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I am doing research on the Brown family from Union County. Catherine Brown
Norris is my 3rd greatgrandmother's sister. I have some information concerning
the children of Arthur and Catherine Norris. Do you have any more info
on this family? Thanks
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Surname: NORRIS
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I am looking for any information on the NORRIS famlies. Have evidence that
they were in Union county IN abt 1810 to 1820. Robert Spencer NORRIS married
near here and brother Arthur T NORRIS married here also. Arthur married
Catherine BROWN. Parents of Robert and Arthur NORRIS were William and Martha
A NORRIS. Robert NORRIS later married the widow of William MANLY, in Vermillion
county IN. Any help on this line would be appreciated ... I have no idea
what sources are available during these early formative years of this area.
Thanks--and see posts for NICKELS and MANLY/MANLEY
Link: Manley/Hodson Family Pages
URL: <http://www.concentric.net/~jema>
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Surname: NICKELS, NICKOLS, NICKEL
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I am looking for any information regarding NICKELS famly names in Union
county IN. William NICKELS was here in 1812 to 1820's. This family homesteaded
in Vermillion county IN in 1824, so were here only a short time. The marriage
of Martha NICKELS, daughter of William and Elizabeth NICKELS, to Robert
Spencer NORRIS was found in Fayette county -- 11 Nov 1819. Also see NORRIS
and MANLY/MANLEY postings. Thanks
Link: Manley/Hodson Family Pages
URL: <http://www.concentric.net/~jema>
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Surname: MANLY, MANLEY
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I am looking for any information on the MANLY/MANLEY families that were
in Union county, during the formative years. Evidence indicates that one
son, Garlington MANLY, was born here in 1814. At that time, it may have
been Dearborn county -- or Fayette county. One marriage has been found
in Fayette county records. Any help on what may be available for research
during these early years would be appreciated. Given names were William
and John. These families moved to western IN by 1824. Also see surnames
NICKELS and NORRIS.....many thanks
Link: Manley/Hodson Family Page
URL: <http://www.concentric.net/~jema>
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Surname: BEARD, ISAAC
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My great grandfather, William J. Isaac, is buried in the cemetery adjacent
to the Bible Believers Baptist Church, Dunlapsville, Union County, IN.
Will someone please tell me the name of that cemetery? Also, I wonder if
anyone has a cemetery listing and would be willing to look for his daughter,
Murial/Mearl Beard. She died December 1915 or January 1916. I have an undated
newspaper clipping that states her remains were taken to Dunlapsville for
interment. Please respond to my email address. Thank you. Nancy