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Posted Queries for March 1997


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posted by Win Wood on Saturday, March 1, 1997

GILSON BOLING BROWN TURNER CLUNK I am researching George GILSON born about 1818 in Columbiana Co, OH. He married first Elizabeth CLUNK in 1845 and had one daughter Anna Maria. They were divorced. He married second

posted by Susan Bevelhimer on Thursday, March 6, 1997

Lucy J. SHAKE is listed in the Soundex for US 1900 census as living with her son Claud J SHAKE and his wife Alma F. in Haddon Twp. of Sullivan Co. I'm trying to trace the family of Claud's older brother, Spencer Judson SHAKE. Spencer and his wife Mary Rebecca (nee Brooks) lived in Sullivan Co. in 1888 (their daughter Madge Dell was born and died there that year) but they are a slippery couple to get information about! Spencer's son Clarence in 1900 was 14 years old, and appears to have been farmed out to the family of Lewis Swarens in Harrison Co. There is a "Hillie" SHAKE in the 1900 Sullivan Co. Soundex shown as living in Haddon Twp with the Edgar Nash family, and I'd like to know if this name could actually be "Hallie", as Spencer and Mary had a daughter Hallie Mae who would have been 18 in 1900. So, I actually have three questions: Could the "Hillie" in the census really be "Hallie"? Is there a marriage record for Claud and Alma? Is anyone researching any SHAKE family with Indiana connections?

posted by Amy Walker on Friday, March 7, 1997

My great grandfather was Roland Walker and I believe his second marriage was to a Fannie Spencer. He was from Carlisle, IN. If you have any information on his parents (names, birth, death) that would be greatly appreciated. My great grandfather was named Roland Walker. He had a brother Frank (or Francis) and a sister Emma. I think he was married twice, the second time to a Fannie Spencer. I am looking for information on the parents of the three siblings (names, birth, marriage, death, etc). They were from Carlisle, IN. Thank you for your time and assistance.

posted by Mary on Saturday, March 8, 1997

Court records Virgil PENNY, b.21 JUL 1879, Sullivan Co,IN. to James and Jennie Norris PENNY. Adopted by "a relative" around age 9. Name apparently changed to Arthur Victor or Ardie Virgil PENNY. Who were adoptive parents? Was it a formal adoption or just a guardianship? He used the name A.V. Penny on most documents as an adult. Death Certificate (FL) reads "Ardie V. Penny" Thanks

posted by Mary on Saturday, March 8, 1997

Cemetery books James PENNY, b. c1855, m. 1878, Sullivan Co., d. c1886-1890. Where? What? When? Burial?

posted by Mary on Saturday, March 8, 1997

Cemetery &/or Obit books Jennie N. PENNY b. c 1854, m. c1878, died before1890. Maiden name NORRIS. Where? Why? Burial? Thanks. Sullivan Co Look up Cemetery &/or obit books Jennie N. PENNY b. c 1854, m. c 1878, died before 1890. Maiden name NORRIS. Where? When? Why? Burial location? Thanks

posted by Stephanie Harwell on Saturday, March 8, 1997

CARTWRIGHT/LEDGERWOOD/WALLACE Looking for information on the following individual families: CARTWRIGHT, Julia Ann - b. 10 Dec 1832 in Carlisle, IN; married March 1866 in United Methodist Church, Carlisle, IN, to WALLACE, Martin - b. 25 Sep 1835 in Carlisle, IN. Need information on Martin's parents WALLACE, John and Margaret. Julia Ann's parents are: CARTWRIGHT, William - b. 1801 in Carlisle; married in United Methodist Church, Carlisle, IN to LEDGERWOOD, Sarah b. Feb 1804 in Carlisle, In. William CARTWRIGHT d. 27 Jan 1888 in Carlisle. Sarah also died in Carlisle but date is unknown. Looking for any information on these families.

posted by mike pittman on Sunday, March 9, 1997

Searching for the Pittman familyI'm quite sure my grandfather James Eugene Pittman was from thie area of Sullivan or shelburn.

posted by Anne Scott on Tuesday, March 18, 1997

I am looking for the parents of Iva (b. Jan 1885), Edith (b. Oct 1886), George (b. Sept.1888), Hiram (b. July 1890) and Arlie (b. August 1894) SCOTT. Their father died and their mother remarried between 1896 and 1900. The mother's first name is Susanna (b. June 1864 in IN). Her maiden name is unknown. When Susanna remarried, she married Samuel McCutcheon. On the 1900 Hamilton Twp., Sullivan Co., IN census, Iva, Edith, George, Hiram, and Arlie are all listed as born in IN.

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posted by Kate Stetler Holgate on Wednesday, March 19, 1997

Looking for further information/connections to the following: 4G grandfather, Joseph Howard (son of Cornelius Howard OF Anne Arundel Co., Maryland and Mary BRYAN) b. 1775 in North Carolina m. Sarah ENOCHS in Rowan County, NC. Joseph died 22 Sep 1838 in Pleasantville, Sullivan Co., IN. One of their sons was: 3G grandfather, Cornelius Howard b. 1805 in Kentucky m. Naomi MAYFIELD b. 1819 in Kentucky. Cornelius died 30 Oct 1896 in Pleasantville, Sullivan Co. One of their sons was: 2G grandfather, John S. Howard b. 1850 in Carlisle, Sullivan Co., IN m. Hannah McCONNELL b. 1853 in Carlisle, Sullivan Co. (dau of William MCCONNELL and Elizabeth CORBIN both b. Ireland). John & Hannah both died in Winter Haven, Fl. John was a prison warden (pquery/resumably in Sullivan County). They were married in Sullivan County on 30 Aug. 1874 by T. N. Robertson - but I don't have a city.. Their daughter: 1G Grandmother Bessie Mae Howard b. in Pleasantville, Sullivan Co. in 1877 m. Collier Bostick MANSHIP (son of Robert C. MANSHIP and Rachel C. BOSTICK).

posted by Jack Mount on Thursday, March 20, 1997

Seeking ancestors of and any other information about Hugh ROSS, b. ca. 1790/91 in KY (place unknown), d. 1858 in Haddon Twsp., Sullivan Co., IN; m. 1817 in Jefferson Co., KY to Sarah MILLER (b. ca. 1800 KY, daughter of Abraham MILLER). Hugh ROSS lived in Jefferson Co., KY; then Clark Co., IN; then Greene Co., IN; then Sullivan Co., IN. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a lawyer in Sullivan Co., IN. - Jack Mount. 664 N. Citadel Ave., Tucson, AZ 85748.

posted by Gayle Fuson on Thursday, March 20, 1997

Looking for info on JESSE W. TOLER b. 1828 in Sullivan Co, IN d, Nov 1852 in same. Married TABITHA HAUK/HOUCK. Tabitha's parents were John Houck and Dorcas Elkins. Who were Jesse Toler's parents?

posted by Joyce Gutridge on Friday, March 21, 1997

Looking for birth record for Clara May ROACH b: 4 Feb 1865 Sullivan, IN Parents are Samuel T. & Harriet A. ROACH Looking for marriage record for Samuel T. Roach & Harriet A. Polson m: 1 Sept 1863 in Sullivan. This is a second marriage for Samuel.

posted by Joyce Gutridge on Friday, March 21, 1997

Looking for a marriage record for Samuel T. ROACH & Nancy LEMON, married 11/1842 in sullivan, Sullivan Co. IN. Also looking for death record for Nancy LEMON ROACH d:4/1862 in sullivan, In.

posted by Roberta M. Richardson on Sunday, March 23, 1997

Greene Co query/query : Arlie Franklin RICHARDSON mar.Edith BURGE , query/resided in Dugger, in Greene Co. Arlie's parents were John Thomas RICHARDSON and Bertha MCBRIDE, who died in 1934. Edith BURGE's parents were Jesse MILLIGAN BURGE and Laura GAMBLE(?), who died in 1929. Her mother may have been MOSS. The name COYLE was earlier on the MCBRIDE line.

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HUFFMAN, MORRIS, STEED posted by Dorothey Sherman on Sunday, March 23, 1997

query/researching William and Elizabeth [Steed] Morris; large family. William b 1782 PA/WV? d abt 1844 Sullivan/Parke Co.? Elizabeth buried at Armiesburg, Parke Co. My line is Joshua Morris, b 1827, m Barbara Ann Huffman; she d 1865;buried Armiesburg, next to Elizabeth. Joshua d 1886 Leech Twp, Wayne Co. Ill. Need parents of William & Elizabeth; parents of Barbara.

LOWERY, THOMPSON posted by Ruth Filip on Tuesday, March 25, 1997

Would appreciate any information re Paul Thompson who lived in Sullivan Co. 1920. My grgrandfather, James T. Lowery was living with him at the time of his death in 1921. Would like to know family connection if there is one.

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MCCUTCHEON, SCOTT posted by Anne Scott on Tuesday, March 25, 1997

I am at a roadblock in my query/research. I am looking for the parents of Arlie SCOTT. Arlie was born August 1894 in Indiana. He had the following siblings: Iva (b. Jan 1885), Edith (b. Oct 1886), George (b. Sept 1888) and Hiram (b. Jul 1890). Arlie's father died or left the family between 1894 and 1897. Arlie's mother, Susanna (maiden name unknown), remarried in 1898 to Samuel McCutcheon. The 1900 IN census showed Samuel, Susanna, and all the kids living in Hamilton Twp., Sullivan Co., IN.

BARNES, BEASLEY, MARLEY, MCGINNES, MITCHELL, WILSON posted by Shirley Eads on Friday, March 28, 1997

JESSE BARNES 1782 mar. ANNA MARLEY in NC then moved to Martin Co., Indiana. ELISHA BARNES mar. LUCINDA BEASLEY (1829) in Martin Co., In. Lucinda's parents:AARON BEASLEY 1800 mar. HANNAH LUCINDA MITCHELL Hannah's parents: ABRAHAM MITCHELL (Rev. War Patriot) and LUCY WILSON of Lawrence Co., In. Aaron Beasley's parents: RICHARD BEASLEY1775 mar: ELIZABETH MCGINNES Any info on these SURNAMES would be appreciated.

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HAMILTON, JENNINGS, ROBERTS, SHERIDAN posted by John A. Sheridan on Friday, March 28, 1997

nEED ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING PARENTS OF CASBY LINUS SHERIDAN, MARRIED TO OLVA MAE HAMILTON, NOV 27, 1909 AT HYMERA, INDIANA BY JUSTICE OF PEACE J.F.SCHURB. CASBY LINUS SHERIDAN WAS BORN OCT 3, 1879 OLVA MAY HAMILTON SHERIDAN WAS BORN DEC 5,1888. BOTH ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN SHADY GROVE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA. CHILDREN: CASBY ASBURY SHERIDAN OCT 25, 191O EURNIE W. SHERIDAN FEB 9, 1913 CHARLES EDWARD SHERIDAN OCT 5,1915 ALICE M. SHERIDAN MAR 7, 1918 JOHN MONROE SHERIDAN MAR 19. 1920 DELLA MARIE SHERIDAN DEC 23 1924 ANY INFORMATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MANY THANKS.

BARNES, BEASLEY, MARLEY, MCGINNES, MITCHELL, WILSON posted by Shirley Eads on Friday, March 28, 1997

researching BARNES, BEASLEY, MITCHELL families of Lawrence, Greene, Sullivan, Martin Co., Indiana. JESSE BARNES 1782 mar. ANNA MARLEY in NC then moved to Martin Co., Indiana. ELISHA BARNES mar. LUCINDA BEASLEY (1829) in Martin Co., In. Lucinda's parents:AARON BEASLEY 1800 mar. HANNAH LUCINDA MITCHELL Hannah's parents: ABRAHAM MITCHELL (Rev. War Patriot) and LUCY WILSON of Lawrence Co., In. Aaron Beasley's parents: RICHARD BEASLEY1775 mar: ELIZABETH MCGINNES Any info on these SURNAMES would be appreciated.

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SHANKS posted by Richard Van Doel, Richard Van Doel on Saturday, March 29, 1997

My Great Great Grandfather was Joseph Shanks. A native of Sullivan County, Indiana. Joseph Shanks was left an orphan in infancy and was taken in by a Mr. Engles, by whom he was reared to manhood. Mr. Engles moved from Indiana to Clark county il. Joseph passed away at age 72 years and 8 months. in casey, Il. Joseph had 10 children James was my great grandfather the third one born on april 4 1863 guessing then joseph would have been born 1835 to 1840 maybe? any hints? Rick Van Doel