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William Schoonover
b abt 1825 KY
son of John Moore & Susannah Bevins (Bivins)
md Lydia Ann Schoonover 30 Sep 1852 Rush Co IN
md Judah A. Martin 13 May 1873 Wells Co IN
md Rebecca Vaughn 26 Oct 1879 Wells Co IN
Some of this information has not been verified to my satisfaction. Perhaps "Byrds and Sonners of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia" by Marilyn Harton, Harold & Carol Byrd may be helpful.
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Surnames: Vananda, Miller, Ireland, Gibbs, Chaffee, Patterson, Sylvester, Patterson
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Peter William Vananda
b. 8 May 1817; Lycoming Co, Pa.
Married Mary C. Miller
d. 14 Dec. 1907, Altoona, Dekalb Co, Pa
Mary C. Miller Vananda
b. 16 April 1818, Trumbull Co, Pa.
divorced in Wells Co. In
d. 26 October 1882, Wells Co, Pa.
Their children:
James W. 1840-1864, buried Old Ossian Cem. Died in Civil War
Rachel Ireland, died 25 Feb. 1899, Ft Wayne
Franklin 1843-1918, Dekalb Co, In
Matilda Malinda Gibbs 1847-1921, died Lacon, Il.
Angenette Schoff Chaffee 1846-1913
Lanoral Earle ca. 1851
Harriet L. Patterson 1852-1931
John W. ca. 1854
Clinton 1855-1929, buried Oak Lawn, Ossian
Christian ca. 1858 died prior to 1907
Emma Ellen Sylvester ca. 1859
Mary Belle Patterson ca. 1860
Most of these children were married in Wells Co.
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Surnames: Byrd, Schoonover, Vaughn
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Seeking info on William and Lydia Bird/Byrd m 1852.
They are on the 1870 Rock Creek twnsp Wells co census. William is listed with 2nd wife Rebecca Vaughn in the 1880 census in Liberty Twnsp Wells Co.. Would really like the marriage info on William and Lydia (Schoonover) and Williams obit, died Wells Co 1903
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Surnames: Byrd, Schoononer
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Need to find marriage record of William Byrd/Bird and Lydia Schoononer. Married Wells Co. 30 Sep 1852
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Surnames: Cassell, Moorman, Mahoney, Craft, Starr
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, p. 637-8.
EDGAR N. CASSELL. The agricultural development of any county or township does not depend upon the efforts of any one individual, but results from the combined labors and enterprise of many. There are, however, usually a few who are leaders and who know best not only how to utilize their own labors but to so direct the energies of others as to produce results of far-reaching importance in agricultural life. Among those who are prominently connected with movements making for progress in Chester Township, Wells County, one who is well known, is Edgar N. Cassell, whose finely developed farm is located on Poneto Rural Route No. 1.
Edgar N. Cassell was born at Hartford City, Indiana, July 23, 1874, a son of Dr. G. W. and Arabella (Moorman) Cassell. The family was one of the most prominently known at Hartford City, which was laid out by Abram Cassell, the grandfather of Edgar N., in the capacity of county surveyor of Blackford County, Indiana. Abram Cassell had come as a pioneer to Blackford County and owned much land in the locality in which Hartford City was situated. He rounded out his life in agricultural pursuits and became one of the well-to-do men of his community. Dr. G. W. Cassell was born at Hartford City, was thoroughly prepared for the profession of medicine, and for many years practiced as a physician and surgeon. During a long period he practiced at Hartford City, where he was widely and favorably known, but in later years centered his professional business in the communities of Keystone and Poneto, and his death occurred at Hartford City, Indiana. Doctor Cassell was one of the skilled men!
of his calling and was highly regarded by his professional associates and by the public in general. His ability and industry combined to gain him a handsome material competency, and at his death his property was divided among his children. He was a church member, and in addition to the organizations of his calling belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Of his six children three are living at this time: Edgar N.; Ida, who is the wife of Guy Mahoney of Hartford City, Indiana; and Bonnie, the wife of Jesse Craft, also of that city.
Edgar N. Cassell was reared at Hartford City, in Chester Township, and at Keystone and Poneto, and attended school in all of these communities. While his father was a professional man, the family home on a farm during a large part of the time, and thus it was that Edgar N. Cassell grew up more as an agriculturist than anything else and that he turned his attention naturally to that vocation when he entered upon his life's work. When still a young man he was united in marriage with Miss Blanche Starr, daughter of B. F. Starr, and they have since resided on the old Starr homestead place, which had been originally settled by Mrs. Cassell's grandfather, B. F. Starr, Sr. Mr. Cassell carries on general farming, but like many others in the county specializes to some extent, particularly in the way of breeding Aberdeen-Angus cattle. Of this stock he has a herd of twenty head, aat the head of which is the individual Duck Creek Phelps. He has also other good grades of stock, and is a!
director in the Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Company at Poneto, and a director in the Farmers State Bank, of eh he was one of the organizers. In politics he is a republican, but not active.
Mr. and Mrs. Cassell are the parents of three children: Mazie, a graduate of the Hartford City High School, class of 1917; and Madge and George, who are both attending the Keystone High School.
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Surnames: Brite, Koenig, Geels
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 900-1.
JULIUS J. BRITE. A practical and prosperous young farmer of Adams County, full of push and energy, Julius J. Brite is successfully engaged in his free and independent occupation in Root Township, where he has a most pleasant and attractive home. A native of Adams County, he was born, July 19, 1889, in Washington Township of German ancestry.
John Brite, Mr. Brite's father, was born in Germany, and as a child was brought by his parents to the United States. After attaining his majority he embarked in agricultural pursuits on his own account, for a few years renting land in Washington Township. In 1891 he bought a farm of eighty acres in the same township, and managed it successfully until 1893, when he sold it at an advantage. He married, in 1886, Margaret Koenig, who was born in Germany, and at the age of four years came with her parents to Indiana. She died August 18, 1895.
Brought up on the home farm, Julius J. Brite received a good common school education, and being an extensive and intelligent reader keeps himself well informed on the topics of the day. He was well drilled in the agricultural branches as a boy and youth, and soon after his marriage settled in Boot Township on the farm which he now owns and occupies, assuming its possession on November 29, 1914. It consists of forty acres of highly productive land, advantageously located in the southwest corner of Root Township, and is amply supplied with all the necessary buildings and equipments for carrying on his work successfully.
Mr. Brite married, September 23, 1914, Miss Gertrude Geels, a daughter of George and Anna Geels, who reared three other children, namely: Joseph H.; John F.; and Mary, who is in St. Agnes Convent, in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Brite have two children, John G. and Roman J. Religiously Mr. Brite and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Surnames: Liniger, Dettinger, Weaver
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, p. 900.
BENEDICKT LINIGER. Many of the most thriving and enterprising agriculturists of Adams County have come across the sea, and having brought to their new homes the habits of industry and thrift common to their countrymen have won success in their ventures. Prominent among, the number is Benedickt Liniger, of Preble Township, a progressive and prosperous farmer, and a man of far more than average business ability and judgment. He was born, May 18,1858, in Berne, Switzerland, a son of Christian and Magdalena Liniger.
Bred and educated in his native country, Benedickt Liniger came to the United States April 1, 1878, and located in the German settlement, just east of Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, where for fifteen years he was engaged in business as a cheese manufacturer. In 1884 Mr. Liniger invested in land, buying sixteen acres, lying just across the line in Adams County. He soon disposed of that at an advantage, and for three years rented a farm of 160 acres, and continued the making of cheese. Giving up that business in 1887, Mr. Liniger purchased sixty acres of land in Harrison Township, Wells County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Selling sixty acres of that estate at the expiration of twelve years, Mr. Liniger bought 140 acres in French Township, Adams County, and a year later sold it at a good profit. In 1903 Mr. Liniger bought 200 acres of land in Kirkland Township, forty acres of which he subsequently sold, and kept the remaining 160 acres of fine land, on which he has !
erected good buildings. He has retired from this farm and bought a home in Preble Township, consisting of nine acres, well improved with good buildings. An energetic, hard-working man, possessing sound judgment, and good financial ability, Mr. Liniger has been fortunate in his real estate transactions, while by persistent labor and wise management he made the farm which he left one of the very best in Kirkland Township, all of it with the exception of fourteen acres of native timber being in a fine state of culture.
Mr. Liniger married Christina Dettinger, who was born in Ohio, December 22, 1861, a daughter of John and Mary Dettinger, who reared the following named children: Margaret; Eliza; Christina; Jacob; John, deceased; Caroline; Samuel; Charles; Mary; Rose; Wilson; and Emma. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Liniger, namely: Emma, who married Burt Weaver of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has one child, Norma; Fred; Frank, deceased; Daniel; Charles; Julia; Frank; Harvey; Paulina, deceased; and Rodger. Mr. and Mrs. Liniger are active members of the Reformed Church.
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Surnames: Rogers, Prillaman, Curry, Dailey, Walmer, Lock
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 648-9.
WHARTON W. ROGERS. Wells County, Indiana, figures as one of the most attractive, progressive and prosperous divisions of the state, justly claiming a high order of citizenship and a spirit of enterprise which is certain to conserve consecutive development and marked advancement in the material upbuilding of this section. The county has been and is signally favored in the class of men who have contributed to its development along industrial and financial lines and in the latter connection the subject of this review demands recognition as he has been actively engaged in banking operations during practically the entire period of his career thus far. He is cashier of the Studabaker Bank at Bluffton and he is well known as a man whose business methods demonstrate the power of activity and honesty in the business world.
Wharton W. Rogers, a native son of Bluffton, Indiana, was born June 13, 1885, and he is a son of Philo and Maria (Prillaman) Rogers. The parents were born and reared in Wells County, Indiana, and the father is now deceased, having passed away in 1906. As a boy, Philo Rogers was bound out as an apprentice to Amos Curry to learn the dry goods business and he was afterward associated with Mr. Curry for years, first in the banking business and later in a hardware enterprise. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers: Lizzie M., a graduate of the Bluffton High School, is the wife of Dr. L. W. Dailey of Bluffton; and Wharton W., whose name forms the caption for this article.
After his graduation in the Bluffton High School, as a member of the class of 1903, Wharton W. Rogers was matriculated as a student in Purdue University, which excellent institution he attended for two years. He then located in the city of Indianapolis, remaining there for six months, at the end of which he returned to Bluffton and entered the Studabaker Bank as bookkeeper. Diligent application to the work in hand shortly gained him the position of assistant cashier, and in October, 1912, he became cashier of the bank, which position he has filled with marked efficiency to the present time, in 1918. He is a stockholder in the Studabaker Bank and in the Bliss Hotel Company, of which latter concern he is secretary. He is likewise secretary of the Fairview Cemetery Association and treasurer of the Wells County Red Cross Association. Mr. Rogers is a republican in politics, warmly advocating the party principles and serving as the present treasurer of the Wells County Central Com!
mittee. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knights Templar and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith coincides with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of whose official board he is secretary.
In 1906 Mr. Rogers was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Maggie Walmer, who was graduated in the Bluffton High School and attended De Pauw University. One son was born to this union: Robert W., whose nativity occurred in May, 1908. Mrs. Rogers died November 4, 1910, and for a second wife Mr. Rogers married Lucile Lock, a daughter of Del Lock, of Bluffton. She was graduated in the Glendale, Ohio, College. They have one son, Wharton L., born March 18, 1917.
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Surnames: Krick, Schleter, Jackson, Tyndall, Meyer, Mangold, Slayback, Parrish, Elsa, Klinehitz, Dolch, Leonard
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 925-6.
HENRY KRICK. A prominent, prosperous, and well-to-do citizen of Decatur, Henry Krick, who was for many years president of the Decatur Tile Company, is now living retired from active pursuits, having by means of persevering industry and good management acquired a handsome competency. A son of John Krick, Jr., he was born October 24, 1845, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, coming from thrifty German ancestry.
The immigrant ancestor of the family to which he belongs came from Germany to America in 1731 and settled near Reading, Pennsylvania, where he acquired title to 400 acres of land, on which he was engaged in farming until his death. He reared a family of thirteen children, most of whom lived and died in that locality, and there, in Berks County, many of his descendants are living, one of whom owns and occupies 160 acres of the original Krick homestead. The Krick family is well known there as industrious and prosperous people and prominent in business circles.
John Krick, Sr., Mr. Krick's grandfather, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and spent his seventy-seven years of early life on the home farm. He and his good wife were active members of the German Reformed Church.
John Krick, Jr., one of a family of nine children, was born at Sinking Spring, Berks County, in 1812, and was there engaged in farming and stock raising during his life, dying in 1880. He was a democrat in politics, and a member of the German Reformed Church, to which his family also belonged. He married Elizabeth Schleter, who was born and reared in Berks County, as were her parents, John and Mary (Jackson) Schleter. Of their union five sons and two daughters were born, four of whom are now living, and are married and have families.
Leaving school at the age of thirteen years, Henry Krick subsequently assisted his father on the home farm for about six years. Starting westward then, with the hope of bettering his fortunes, he arrived at Decatur, Indiana, January 16, 1865. The place was then small, with but few industries established. He had previously learned the tinner's trade, but finding no opportunity then to follow it he was engaged for two years in sawing wood with a buck saw. He afterwards worked for two and a half years at his trade, receiving $80 a year and his board. Mr. Krick then became agent for a hardware and implement store, and for a number of years carried on a good business among the farming population, selling goods in the country.
Enterprising and resourceful, Mr. Krick embarked in a business new in the county, being the first one in the locality to buy and ship eggs and farm produce to the city markets. With the limited capital of $85 he bought a horse and wagon, running in debt for them $20, plus the cost of his first shipment of eggs. From 1879 until 1894 he traveled the roads, many of which in those days were nearly impassable, but, however rough or muddy, he never gave up, pulling himself and load through in some way. From 1878 until 1882 he served as sheriff of Adams County, being the youngest man at that time ever elected to that office.
In the meantime Mr. Krick established a brick kiln, and in 1882 embarked in the manufacture of brick, and for ten years manufactured all the bricks used in the erection of public buildings in the city with the exception of the Decatur courthouse, and also shipped bricks to various places for making sidewalks. In 1892 Mr. John Tyndall, our associate editor, and a Mr. Meyer began making tile at the old brick plant, and in 1898 the business was incorporated, with Mr. Krick as president; John Tyndall, secretary and treasurer, and George M. Krick, manager. An extensive and profitable business was soon established, the plant being strictly up-to-date in its equipment and the machinery used being of the most modern and approved style. Since retiring from active pursuits Mr. Krick has been enjoying the fruits of his many years of toil at his pleasant home at 405 Mercer Avenue.
Mr. Krick is a prominent member of the democratic party, and for two years, from 1899 until 1891, represented Adams County in the State Legislature. He was one of the organizers of the Decatur Gas Company, in which he is a director. He is also an extensive landholder, owning two farms, of 160 acres each, in Washington Township; 895 acres in the Louisiana State and Grower's Association, and 200 acres elsewhere. He is a strong temperance man, and did much toward making Decatur dry territory.
Mr. Krick married, in Adams County, Sarah Mangold, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1854, and in 1862 came with her parents, Ephraim and Mary (Slayback) Mangold, to Indiana, settling on a farm in Preble Township, where she was reared and educated. Mrs. Krick has been for many years an active worker in religious and charitable undertakings. For the past seven years she has been a member of the Adams County Children's Charities; she is a valued member of the Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and is likewise an active member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Krick have a large family of children, as follows: Nellie M., wife of Prof. John R. Parrish, principal of the Fort Wayne schools, has two children, John R. and Marian; Frank, who farms and works in the factory, married Eva Elsa, and they have three children, Pauline, Robert and Joseph; George M., manager of the tile factory, married Mary Klinehitz, and they have one son, Arthur W.; Desire, wife of Lewis Dolch of Toledo, Ohio, has one child, Ruth Virginia; Augnes of Gary, Indiana, is in the office of Mayor Ross Johnson; Josephine, who is a graduate nurse from the Lakeside Hospital, is now superintendent of a hospital in Kendallville, Indiana; Virgil, superintendent of a tile factory in Auburn, Iowa, married Merle Leonard, and they have two daughters, Barbara and Talisa; and Walter, a graduate of the Decatur High School, is now continuing his studies in the agricultural department of Purdue University. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, !
and Mr. Krick is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The count is 46 down of the 46 only 8 are actually broken they are: Serilby Carrol
Nancy Crow
Walter Denny
Abraham Keplinger
Elizabeth Silver/Silber
Elizabeth Sink
two I couldn't read they are on their face.
Some of the down stones are:
Alwilda Beaty
Elizabeth Clark
Felts
Wilkerson
Connie Brubaker
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Surnames: Huff, Zuck, Pence, Sala, Losure, Pilkington, Cronin, Love, Bugh, Jones, Lambert
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 679-80.
HENRY H. HUFF. A prominent and prosperous citizen of Wells County, and one of the foremost agriculturists of Jackson Township, Henry H. Huff holds a position of note among the sturdy, energetic and successful farmers who have a thorough knowledge of the vocation they are following, and are carrying it on with both profit and pleasure. His valuable farm is well ditched, and with its substantial improvements is recognized as one of the most attractive and desirable estates in the township. A son of John Huff, he was born February 13, 1858, in Grant County, Indiana.
Born and reared in Guernsey County, Ohio, John Huff came to Indiana when young, locating in Grant County. When ready to begin life for himself he bought land in Van Buren Township, and was there employed in general farming throughout his remaining years. He married Mary Zuck, who was born in Pennsylvania and is now living in Grant County, Indiana. Eleven children were born into their household, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Noah Pence; William, deceased, served one or more terms as trustee of Van Buren Township; Hiram A. of Landersville, Indiana; Sarah, wife of William Sala, of Dundee, Indiana; Henry H., of whom we write; Mary J., wife of Henry Losure of Van Buren; John M., a barber at Marion, Indiana; Emma, wife of Robert Pilkington of Van Buren; Charles C., now teaching in Van Buren, has taught school for thirty-four years, and is widely known as an educator; Etta, widow of David Cronin; and Homer, a former resident of Oklahoma, but now in Iowa.
Until seven years old, Henry H. Huff lived on the home farm, lying two miles west and one mile south of Van Buren, but he afterward lived in the vicinity of Landersville, and was educated in the district schools. At the age of twenty-one years he began the struggle of life on his own account as a farmer in Van Buren Township, where he continued for twenty-four years. Coming then to Jackson Township, Wells County, Mr. Huff bought his present farm of 160 acres, and in the substantial improvements that he has since made takes much pride. His land is under a high state of culture, and owing to the sound judgment and persistent energy with which he has managed it is now one of the most valuable and desirable pieces of property in the neighborhood, his buildings being of a substantial character, and his residence the finest in its appointments of any in the township.
On May 28, 1883, Mr. Huff married Eura E. Love, a native of Washington Township, Grant County, Indiana. Of the seven children born of their union, five are living, namely: Ned L., a graduate of the Van Buren High School, and of the Marion Normal College, married Goldia Bugh, and is now on the home farm; Jessie, a graduate of the Van Buren High School, is wife of Henry Jones; Dema a graduate of the high school and of Muncie Normal College, and a former high school teacher, married Robert Lambert, superintendent of the public schools in Reynolds, Indiana; Pauline and Chester, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Huff are members of the Church of Christ, at Warren. In his political relations, Mr. Huff is a democrat, and while in Van Buren served as justice of the peace. Fraternally he is a member of Van Buren Lodge No. 633, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Marion Lodge, Knights of the Maccabees.
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Surnames: Brotherton, West, Penrod
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Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 528-9.
JAMES A. BROTHERTON. Widely known and highly respected, not only as a representative agriculturist of Wells County, but as a veteran of the Civil war, James A. Brotherton, of Liberty Township, owns and occupies an attractive and well-cultivated farm lying one mile south and one mile east of Liberty Center. A son of John Brotherton, he was born in Chester Township, Wells County/Indiana, October 23, 1842.
John Brotherton, a native of North Carolina, was taken by his parents to Ohio when young, and there grew up and was educated. Soon after his marriage he bought land in Darke County, that state, and for several seasons was employed as a tiller of the soil. Disposing of his Ohio property, he came to Indiana and bought 180 acres of land in Chester Township, Wells County, where he lived for fifteen years. Selling out then, he went to Wisconsin on a prospecting trip, and on the way home died, his death occurring at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He married, in Ohio, Mary West, who was born in Kentucky. She accompanied him to Wisconsin, and after his death she returned to Wells County and spent her last years in this locality.
In early manhood, James A. Brotherton, inspired by patriotic ardor, enlisted in Company I, Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served bravely for four years, five months and twenty days. Taking part in many battles, he was twice slightly wounded, first at Port Gibson and later at Champion Hill. On February 3, 1866, at Brownsville, Texas, he was mustered out of service, Returning home, Mr. Brotherton began his career as an agriculturist, and is now the owner of a well-tilled and productive farm of ninety-nine acres, well located in Liberty Township, as previously mentioned.
On December 27, 1868, Mr. Brotherton married Elizabeth Penrod, a native of Wells County, Indiana, and of the three children born of their union, none is now living. Politically Mr. Brotherton is a republican, and socially he is a member of Lew Daily Post No. 33, Grand Army of the Republic, an organization in which he is much interested.
Vandals have hit the Old Zanesville Cemetery overnight Saturday, July 15th...I went to investigate the situation and found 46 stones tipped over with about 15 of them broken. These were stones from two foot tall to 8-10 foot tall and the huge wide stones were pushed off their bases. I will have pictures tomorrow to show you the damage. I didn't record the damaged ones, but when I can go back up I will make a list of them and post it on here. (I received the call Sunday evening and had a house full of company so didn't feel I could do it then.)
If the vandals can be found the caretaker will prosecute to the fullest and he wants the vandals to have to help re-set and pay for any expenses incurred by the destruction.
If the vandals are not found the caretaker is asking for volunteers to help re-set the stones. Or cash donations to help pay for the damages done to the broken stones.
I will keep you posted.
Connie Brubaker
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Would like to know more info about family and circumstance of John W. Perfect, son of John and Sarah Perfect, Jackson, Wells, IN. John W. Perfect, the son b. 1866 married Laura Poor from Delaware County, IN (daughter of Thomas C. Poor) on 11 Aug 1886. They had 2 children:Sonia Perfect b. 1891 Silver Bow Co. MT and Herbert Perfect b. March 1895 Silver Bow Co. MT. Can anyone tell me more about the family and how they ended up in Montana or when they left Indiana? Where are they buried? 1920 census has Laura Perfect widow living in boarding house w/ her sister Martha Jane (Poor) Dougherty in Pittsmont, Silver Bow Co. MT.
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I would very much appreciate knowing when Mary NEDRY/NEDREY (b. bet. 1823-1826) died and where she is buried. I last found her in the 1880 Jefferson Twp, Wells Co. Indiana census with her husband Augustus and children. The family can also be found in Jefferson Twp. in the 1870 census. By January 1886, Augustus had remarried in Michigan. Thank you for taking the time to read this!
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I have a very important announcement for all McDowell Families... The home of Joseph McDowell of Pleasant Gardens is in Grave Danger of being destroyed. Please Help!
"The McDowell House built in the 1780s is one of the oldest surviving frame houses in Western North Carolina.Built by Colonel Joseph McDowell, a Revolutionary War hero who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain, this is the last standing home place in North Carolina for which a county was named.
In addition, to recruting troops for the Battle at Kings Mountain, Colonel McDowell served in the 3rd U.S. Congress of 1793-95 in addition to his service as a N.C. state Legislator in the House of Commons from what was then Burke County, serving in 1787,1788, 1791 and 1792. Col McDowell was the son of "Hunting John McDowell, who received a Royal Land Grant from Governor Tryon on December 22, 1767 for 640 acres on the Catawba River a portion of which is the building site for this home.
The McDowell Housewas identified in the 1982 Comprehensive Management Plan for the Overmountain Victory National HistoricTrail as one of only 34 non-federal historical resources which are directly or indirectly related to the Trail.As such it is eligible for Official certification as a designed site associated with the 330-- mile long resource.
The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail was authorized by Congreee in September of 1980 and commemorates the Campaign of 1780 that led to American Patriot victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
Step #1 In order to Get this Home into a Protected status It must first be Purchased from the Present Owners.
All Donations Will be listed in a Book of benefactors
and Placed in the Restored Home....
send your Donations TO:
The McDowell house Project
c/o McDowell County Chamber of Commerce
1170 W. Tate Street
Marion, N.C. 28752
Donations Are Tax Deductible