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Re: Emeline Hinkley

jancoxbrown — 2009-11-03 03:21:30Z

The info I found lead me to believe that is true. See the previous post.

Re: Hannah Hinkley

jancoxbrown — 2009-11-03 03:19:39Z

Who is Rachael's Husband? If found this info and think it might lead to something. What do you think?

[Adapted from a chart in the book "History of Wells County, Indiana, 1776- 1976" by Dorothy Rose and Joyce Buckner, c1975]
First land claimants in Jackson Township 25 North, Range 10 East
Section 17 1837-1840
Duckwall, John
Reynolds, David
Stephens, Sampson
Brantner, Jacob
Stephens, Estah
Tharpe, A.
Hinkley, W. Hinkley Family would have been here around 1840

BLM Records for Wells County:
PATENTEE SIGNATURE DOCUMENT ACCESSION NAME
DATE NUMBER NUMBER TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE AT TIME OF PURCHASE
HINKLEY, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 22613 IN3620__.032 JACKSON
(note signed the same date as the GRIFFITHS for the same township, probably traveled together)
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Partial transcription of Mitchell Cemetery, Huntington County, Indiana. Cemetery is located Off Indiana 5/218, 1/2 mile South of the Salamonie River. List compiled by Gene Ruse. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inhuntin/mitchell.txt
Hinkley, William, Died 10-10-1846, 52y 1m 22d
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Only William Hinkley in New York 1830 Census has children matching Hannah and Henry. Parents match profile. Chautauqua County, Busti

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1820 Census of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY are Hinckleys: Solomon, George, Otis. William Hinckley is in Chautauqua.
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Solomon Hinkley is mention in:

"The Presbyterian Church of Fredonia was organized Sept 29, 1810......In December, 1819, the society was formed under statute. ....Six others were then elected: John Crane, Benjamon Douglas, Henry Abell, Thomas G. Abell, Solomon Hinkley, Harbey Durkee."
Page 602 states: Watson S. Hinkley is son of Solomon Hinkley who was "born in Barnstable, Mass and was a descendant in the fourth degree from Thomas Hinkley of Barnstable, governor of Plymouth Colony, the last eleven year of its colonial existence."

CROW, James Kenneth

gcoop2196 — 2009-11-01 16:37:16Z

I am looking for information on James Kenneth Crow, born in Ossian, IN about 1924 and served in the US Navy during WWII. James was captured along with other members of his air crew and killed by his Japanese captors. I have a photo of the crew and am looking for someone who can identify his picture, narrowed down to two crew members.

Re: Redding and Sparks Families

jeanettesherbondy — 2009-10-13 14:11:26Z

In the 1850 census for Wells Co, INdiana there is an Allen Redding, age 40, born in Carolina, and a William Redding, age 43, born in Carolina. George William Redding was 35, born in North Carolina. He is in the Allen Co. census. They all lived in Zanesville,IN which is partly in Allen Co and partly in Wells Co. They look like brothers to me, but I have no proof.George's father and mother, I believe, were William Redding (1784-1853) and Delphia Brown (1783-1854. They died in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.

Re: Redding and Sparks Families

rlbo64 — 2009-10-11 16:50:23Z

Could you be a little more specific on which Allen and which William?

Re: Alfred M. Redding

jeanettesherbondy — 2009-10-09 14:36:23Z

Would you have any information on how George William Redding and his wife Nancy Sparks are related to Solomon Sparks and to Allen and William Redding who are in the 1580 Wells Co. census?

Redding and Sparks Families

jeanettesherbondy — 2009-10-09 14:34:20Z

I am interested in clues to the relationship between George William Redding who married Nancy Sparks in 1838 and Allen and William Redding of Wells County, IN.

Also how Nancy Sparks is related to Soloman Sparks of Wells Co.?

Sine, Dillman

Dillman3456 — 2009-09-22 23:32:05Z

I am looking for information on a George DILLMAN b-1867 in Dillman, Wells Cnty, IN. He was at the home of William and Rebecca Sine in the 1870 and 1880 Census. I have been able to find information on the Sine family, but nothing that will help me in finding out information re: George A. DILLMAN. I am trying to find information on George's actual parents. I think it was George H. b-1843 - son of Andrew b-1811. In the 1870 census, George H. was at home with father and mother but a widower... Anyone that has anything, it would help! Thanks, Susan

Re: Louisa & James

rlbo64 — 2009-09-20 00:10:41Z

I have two Leppers in my family tree: John Lepper who married Sarah Ann Wolfcale and Katharine Bell Lepper who married Henry Wilson Kreigh (16 Jul 1890).

Do these two fit into your family?

Re: Louisa & James

cassandrafredenburg — 2009-09-16 23:56:30Z

I have a photo of Louisa, she was my great-great-great-great grandmother. If you would like this photo please let me know and I will email it to you. However, I do not know who her parents were. John A. Lepper's parents were Jacob A. Lepper (1789-1817)and Mary Allen (1791-1867). Mary came from Rhode Island originally and Jacob from New York.

Re: Louisa & James

cassandrafredenburg — 2009-09-16 23:56:21Z

Re: LAFFERTY

Ian_Thom — 2009-09-04 12:25:56Z

John G. Bennett's mother, Mary Tansley, is one of my ancestors. She was born in 1805, probably in Northamptonshire. She was the second of 7 children of Everard (Everitt) Tansley and Mary Askham, who were married in 1802 in Oundle, Northamptonshire. Mary Tansley married John Bennett on 14 February 1825, possibly in Bythorn, Huntingdonshire.

Re: Biography of John G. Bennett

Ian_Thom — 2009-09-02 19:40:45Z

William Williams & Family Information

kinseeker125 — 2009-08-30 16:53:56Z

William Williams was born 20 December 1760 Ft. Pitt (now Allegheny Co. Pennsylvania). He married (1) Elizabeth Dailey abt. 1786 Brunswick Co. Virginia and (2) Margaret Plunkett 13 October 1796 in Bourbon Co. Kentucky. They lived in Brunswick Co. Virginia, Bourbon Co. Kentucky and Preble Co. Ohio.

Their Children were:
(By 1st wife- Elizabeth)
John R. Williams- b. 06 May 1789, Brunswick Co. Virginia
William D. Williams- b. 04 January 1794, Brunswick Co. Virginia

(By 2nd wife- Margaret)
Jesse Williams- b. 14 December 1797, Bourbon Co. Kentucky
Sarah “Sally” Williams- b. 25 November 1800, Bourbon Co. Kentucky
Joseph Williams- b. 20 March 1803, Bourbon Co. Kentucky
Mary “Polly” Williams- b. 30 December 1805, Near Eaton, Preble Co. Ohio
Infant Williams- b.1808- (Died in Infancy), Eaton, Preble Co. Ohio
David Williams- b. 19 February 1810, Preble Co. Ohio
Absalom Williams- b.23 December 1811, Preble Co. Ohio
Robert Williams- b. 02 April 1814, Preble Co. Ohio

Several descendants of this family have done DNA testing and are in Williams DNA Group 8. The group has a Williams DNA blog which includes this family as well as many of the ancestors of the participants in Group 8. The furthest back ancestor of DNA group 8 is Charles Williams who died in 1692 in Charles City County, Virginia.

The blog address is: http://williamseekers.blogspot.com

The Williams DNA web site is an extensive and informative site containing many Williams lines, it also has great information about DNA testing. The Williams DNA project now includes over 700 members, making it one of the largest. The address is:
http://williams.genealogy.fm/index.php

For more information please reply to this message.

Thank You

Kin_skr at yahoo.dot com

Re: LaTurner Bender info

uberlingen — 2009-08-20 23:16:29Z

Hi Robyn,
Thanks so much for your reply and the Cemetery Index site. I could not find anything to click on for an attachment...you mentioned that you attached a Gedcom?? Could you send it to my personal email??
Uberlingen@aol.com

Thank you!! Susan

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-08-20 17:57:04Z

As a matter of fact, I have info on Rebecca's children, especially her daughter Lydia Rebecca, who married Jesse Franklin Laturner.

This is the info from the Wells County Cemetery page:

http://genealogy.wellscolibrary.org/cemetery/record.php?last....

I've attached a gedcom file of my info. Please let me know if I can be of further help.

Robyn

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

uberlingen — 2009-08-20 07:15:37Z

Hi...I saw your reference to your collection of Benders and I have started to do some work on one of my daughter in laws lines that comes from Wells County. Her ancestor was Rebecca BENDER who was born October 19, 1825 in Pennsylvania and married to a Joel Hey. She died in 1891 and was buried in Horeb Cemetery. The date of birth I have from some papers that a relative of my daughter-in-law had with that info but with no sources. Do you have any clue about this Rebecca...any other info about her or her parents etc?
Thank you,
Susan in California

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-08-17 23:00:26Z

THANKS SO MUCH! This confirms that Jo Anne in Oaklawn is "Josephine." FYI:

Joann MILLS
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1920
Death Date: 9 Aug 2000
Social Security Number: 312-07-6326
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Indiana

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 46807
Localities: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana
Ft Wayne, Allen, Indiana

Re: GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

TERESAWAGNER202 — 2009-08-12 02:05:35Z

John,

I would like a photo of William Yarger. I have the photos of Marie Holloway and alot of people are unidentified. Do you have any info on the Yarger family?
Jesse O'Dell is the father of Jane and Nancy. I would love to find out where in North Carolina he is from, and who are his parents.
My website is ......
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11055736/person/-535179975

Thanks Teresa Wagner

Re: GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

TERESAWAGNER202 — 2009-07-06 20:25:43Z

Does anyone know who the sister, Mrs Will YARGER of Toscin? Is this Will ( born abt 1867 ) the son of William Yarger and Nancy O'Dell. And who are her parents?

Re: Burgess

snowstreetcat — 2009-08-03 17:33:55Z

Today reading old queries I noticed yours. Haven't done much research on the Burgess line for a while.
I am a descendant of:
Richard M. & Sarah Jane(Richardson)Burgess
Richard Carl Burgess & Jeanette Olive Chalfant
Eugene Carl Burgess & Clara D. Wilson
Would gladly exchange and share information. I have very little on your lines.
I am Nancy J. Burgess Willis and live in Kansas where RC & JO migrated in early 1900's.
My father agree to a DNA test a few months before his death in 2005 at age 93 and despite finding no paper trail the test shows he is of the line of Col. William Burgess of Maryland.

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

ERhodes1135 — 2009-07-23 00:54:28Z

Can't answer all your questions, but on both applications, Mildred listed her parents as Sylvester and Ida. Good luck. Don

Re: Johnson/Lockwood

Margbond — 2009-06-20 20:30:32Z

I'm related to the Shigley family. If you'd like more info on John Shigley, his 1st or 2nd wife, or his ancestors, let me know. I haven't got anything on the Johnson or Lockwood families. I grew up in Wells Co.

Marg Bond
margbond@aol.com

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

Genie101 — 2009-07-26 15:30:36Z

When Ida Rupright Mills died in 1933, her Elzey's funeral home information listed four children, sons Homer and John, and daughters Mrs. Bessie Young, and Mrs. George B. Morris.
When her husband Sylvester Mills d. in 1936 the two daughters names were Mrs. W.A.Merkey and Mrs. Mildred Morris.
The obituary of John W. Mills, who d.1959, son of Sylvester and Ida Mills, gives his sisters names as Mrs. Wm. Merkey and Miss Mildred Mills.
The Cemetery Index for Wells Co. lists Mildred Mills (1891-1978) and Bessie E. (Mills) Merkey (1899-1985)
It seems Bessie md. Wm Merkey sometime between the years her parents died, and that Mildred md. George B. Morris bef. the 1930 census. George B. "Monis" as indexed ancestry.com, wife Mildred and her two daughters Alice and Josephine are living in Bluffton in the 1930 census. It seems Mildred later took back her maiden name of Mills.
Hope this helps.

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

Genie101 — 2009-08-10 12:05:08Z

The obituary of Ida Alice Mertens, daughter of Mildred Mills, from The Bluffton News-Banner, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

Ida Alice Mertens, 90, a former resident of Wells County, died at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Coventry Meadows.
Mrs. Mertens was born Nov. 10, 1918, in Wells County, to Harry and Mildred Mills Hedges. She married Willis George Mertens, who preceded her in death.
Surviving relatives include three daughters, Janice (Byron) Nicholson and Cheryl Ann Pitre, both of Fort Wayne, and Linda (Craig) Dudley of Gaithersburg, Md., and a son, Steven Mertens of Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Mertens was also preceded in death by one sister, Jo Anne Mills.
Calling will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the Klaehn, Fahl and Melton Funeral Home Winchester Road Chapel in Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

Genie101 — 2009-07-28 12:50:50Z

I don’t have access to the divorce records, that would sure help.

1. I will get the obituary at the Fort Wayne library for Mildred Mills that died in May 1978, and post it if turns out to be “Mystery Mildred.” I was guessing that her daughter Josephine on the 1930 census was the same as “Jo Ann” in the cemetery index.

2. Bessie Young is shown as divorced head of household with 4 children in Bluffton 1930 census.

3. I didn’t find Bessie and Mildred’s marriages in the book Marriage Records Wells Co, IN 1899-1974, maybe they married in Allen Co. or ??

4. Harry Hedges is in the 1920 census Jefferson twp, Wells Co. indexed ancestry.com as “Harry Hedger.” Also in household is wife Mildred and daughter Ida Alice, age 1.

I don’t have anything about an Edward A. Hedge as a son of Harry Hedges, but there is an Edward A. Hedges b. abt 1916 in the 1920 census household of Earl Hedges in Huntington Co.

5. George B. Morris is in Bluffton on the 1920 census indexed ancestry.com as “Geo B Morris” with wife Rose, and two children, Fred P. and Martha Rose. George B. Morris was a physician and his father’s biography is posted online http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ind...

6. When George B. Morris married Edna Mae Compton April 2, 1940, he stated it was his 3rd marriage. I assume that he and Mildred Mills divorced between the 1930 census and his 1940 marriage.

I’m glad to help, it has been an interesting puzzle. I just noticed that there is an obituary for Bessie Merkey that d. in 1985, I will get that from the Ft. Wayne paper.

Viona Schoch Obituary

mahorn1955 — 2009-07-26 20:43:27Z

Bluffton Evening News
Monday July 21, 1941

Mrs. Viona Schoch Dies at Huntington
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Former Jefferson Township Woman Dies: Burial at Ossian Tuesday
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Mrs. Viona Ehret Schoch 69, a former resident of Wells County, died at the home of a daughter at Huntington after an illness of one year. She had been bedfast three weeks.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Horn and Mrs. Howard Shultz of Huntington and Mrs. Charles Denzel of Indianapolis; a son Earl of Huntington; two brothers, J.E. Ehret of Ossian and George Ehret of Burdette, Kan; four sisters Mrs. Rachel Snyder and Mrs. Lydia Potte both of Ossian, Mrs. David Double of Muncie an Mrs. Casper Hoover of Bazine, Kan., and seven grandchildren.

Mrs. Schoch was a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. (CDT) Tuesday at the Bailey Chapel in Huntington. Rev. D. Ervin Sheet officiating. Burial will be in Ossian.

Re: GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

mahorn1955 — 2009-07-07 00:04:35Z

Mrs. Will Yarger is Sophia Schoch Yarger. Her parents were
Franklin Henry Schoch and Elizabeth.

I am not sure who the parents of William are.

GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

mahorn1955 — 2009-07-04 14:51:00Z

Bluffton Chronicle
November 6, 1905

GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE
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Former Bluffton Man is First Victim To Meet Death On The New Road.
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Wreck Occurred Saturday Night
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Engine of Gravel Train Overturned into the Ditch and Schoch Was Scalded to Death
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George Schoch, of Pennville, formerly a resident of this city, was the victim of the first fatal accident which has occurred on the C.B.C. railroad. He was fatally injured in a bad wreck which occurred Saturday evening at 5:40 o’clock at a point eight miles south of Bluffton, on the Reuben Stout farm, situated between Petroleum and Reiffsburg. Schoch, who was the fireman on the wrecked engine, died shortly after one o’clock Sunday morning. Engineer F.F. Thompson also of Pennville escaped with only slight injuries.

The wrecked train consisted of only the engine and tender, and a passenger coach. In the coach were Conductor Jennings and a brakeman and the entire crew were returning to Pennville after having brought a gravel train of nineteen cars to this city

The train was running southward at a pretty high rate of speed, about twenty five miles and hour, Jennings said, the crew intended to meet the regular north bound passenger train at Fiatt. The engine was running backward, there being no way of turning the engines around, and the tender was the first to leave the rails. It jumped off onto the east side of the track in such a way that the engine striking it was overturned in the opposite direction, onto the west side of the track. The passenger coach did not leave the rails.

Thompson managed to extricate himself from the overturned engine before he was burned by escaping steam, but Schoch was scalded from head o foot and the flesh peeled off in places. The skin peeled off his hands like a pair of gloves. He was not pinned down by the engine, as was first reported, and got out of the wreckage by himself, but he was directly in the was of the clouds of escaping steam and a few seconds were sufficient for his flesh to be literally cooked.

After getting clear of the wreck Schoch and Thompson were both able to walk to the pike about a half mile to the east, where a rig was provided to taken hem to Petroleum. Doctors H. W. Markley and F.M. Dickson did all that medical skill could do to alleviate the sufferings of the injured while Dr. L.A. Spaulding, of this city, the road surgeon, was called by telephone, ad drove to Petroleum.

The injured men were taken to Pennville to their homes on the passenger train, which had been held up at Petroleum. Schoch realized his critical condition and said that if he must die he wanted to die at home with his family around him. Dr. Spaulding went to Pennville and did all that was possible for Schoch until death relieved his sufferings.

Engineer Thompson had one ankle sprained but received no burns, and none of his injuries were of a serious nature. Realizing that Schoch was much worse hurt that himself Thompson refused to let the doctors care for him at Petroleum until all possible attention had been given to Schoch.

Schock was aged about thirty seven and he leaves a wife and five young children to mourn his death. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schoch and was born near Tocain, this county. His father ahs been dead a number of years but his mother is still living near Tocsin. He also has a brother living in Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Will Yarger, at Tocsin.

Schoch was married in 1885 to Miss Viona Ehret a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ehrett, then residing at Ossian. Both of her parents died last spring. She has two brothers George and A. S. Ehrett, living at Ossian, and they drove through this city to Pennville Sunday.

Schoch has been in the employ of the C.B. &C. more than two years and he moved with his family to Pennville during the past summer. He formerly lived in Oklahoma suburb of this city, where he owned property, and he was employed for quite a long time as section foreman on the L. N. & W. He also worked at one time at the Grimes shops and the Arnold Elevator.

The funeral of Schoch was held Tuesday at Ossian. The funeral party left Pennville early in the morning to drive to Ossian and arrived there about two o’clock in the afternoon.

The American Mechanics lodge of this city, of which Schoch was a member, met at their hall at eleven o’clock on Tuesday forenoon, and marched to the south end of Main Street to meet the funeral party and act as an escort through the city. W.A. McFarren and C.S. Wiltse, of the Mechanics lodge, drove to Pennville Sunday afternoon to assist in making arrangement for the funeral. The funeral benefits of the order have already been paid to the family.

The C.B. & C. had a wrecking crew at work all day Sunday, but having no wreck train or tools to meet the emergency could accomplish little. The engine lay on its side so that the pony trucks, or small wheels, were partly on the track. There was no way of moving the engine and the workmen built a track around it on the east side so that other trains might pass. The first train to get through was the passenger which pulled into Bluffton at 4:30 Sunday Afternoon.

Cause of The Wreck

A C.B. & C. employee, who worked at the scene of the wreck all day Sunday, says that no defect was found in the track at the place where the wreck occurred; in fact, he says it seemed as good a piece of track as any point on the road. The flange was broken on one of the wheels of the tender but whether it was broken before or in the wreck itself could not be determined. There were no marks on the rails, he says, to indicate that it was broken off before the wreck.

When the tender jumped off to the east side of the track it was pushed along for about fifty feet in the soft dirt until it struck a solid bank, where it was reared into the air and catching the engine, toppled it over in the opposite direction.

Thompson jumped through a cab window as the engine went over, but Schock was caught in the cab. A big three inch pipe leading to the lubricators and injectors broke off and the whistle also broke off and was blown seventy five feet. Escaping steam and water from the pipes were what cooked Schock alive.

It developed Monday that instead of trying to reach Petroleum the crew was trying to reach Fiatt to meet the passenger and were therefore probably running at a faster speed than usual.

Nothing has yet been done toward raising the engine and it will be necessary to get heavy jacks and blocks and tackle from Fort Wayne to raise it. Both it and the tender are badly demolished and it may be impossible to repair them. Even their temporary loss is a heavy blow to the C.B. & C. The train load of nineteen cares of grave was the last that was intended to bring to Bluffton this fall for use in the street paving and other work here.

Re: Biography of John Ogden

NancyForbis — 2009-06-18 15:57:34Z

Nancy Ogden Stewart is a sister to John Ogden of Wells Co., Indiana. Both are children of Samuel Ogden, originally from Deerfield, New Jersey. I am a decendant of Samuel Ogden, another child of Samuel Ogden.

Re: Obit Lookups

RosalieAdkins — 2009-06-15 02:52:56Z

Marial.
Hello,my name is Rosalie Adkins. Please give me all the info you have,names,dates,etc.,I'll see what I can do to help.

Rosie
ROSALIE ADKINS
E-MAIL: cherokeerose70@hotmail.com

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

mmann1 — 2009-07-25 12:33:01Z

For what it's worth, Mildred had a brother named Homer. Her grandfather/grandmother was Samuel Mills/Magdalene Bender.

Lockwood/Dawson

grannyz628 — 2009-07-26 19:37:26Z

Looking for information on Louisa J. Lockwood born about 1837 to Alonzo & Eliza (Stanley) Lockwood in Ohio and resided in Wells County. I believe she married a George W. Dawson about 1860 in Wells County. Any information would be appreciated.

Re: Johnson/Lockwood

grannyz628 — 2009-06-07 01:04:54Z

Thanks!

Re: Johnson/Lockwood

grannyz628 — 2009-06-07 00:56:22Z

Thanks!

Neher/Lockwood

grannyz628 — 2009-07-20 20:41:07Z

Looking for any information on Samuel Neher Jr, married Susan Luella Lockwood in Wells County on March 18, 1899. I know they lived in Fort Wayne druing the 1930's and had at leas 3 children. Thanks!

Myrenus H. Stevens

grannyz628 — 2009-07-08 18:23:33Z

Looking for any information on Myrenus H. Stevens who was born about 1827 and died 1907, buried in Stahl Cemetery. I believe he had at least 5 children, most of them born in Ohio. He was married to a Jane or Ann or maybe both.

Re: News-Banner Obituaries, Nov. 8-9, 2002

MinnieBaker50 — 2009-06-20 02:25:24Z

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Re: Anita Lancaster Murder

dogwooddays — 2009-07-23 16:34:16Z

I am also searching for more details, but I know some about it. I grew up next door to her grandmother. Email me at dogwooddays@hotmail.com and I'll tell you what I know.

Re: Johnson/Lockwood

tenpinb — 2009-06-06 19:40:47Z

Hello,

Here is the 1920 census index for Virgil and Jessie;

1920 United States Federal Census
about Jessie Lockwood
Name: Jessie Lockwood
Home in 1920: Nottingham, Wells, Indiana
Age: 25 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's name: Virgie
Father's Birth Place: Ohio
Mother's Birth Place: Indiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 102
Household Members: Name Age
Virgie Lockwood 28
Jessie Lockwood 25
Wanetta Lockwood 4 9/12
Max Lockwood 1 4/12

Here is the 1860 census index with Virgil's grandfather and great grandparents:
1860 United States Federal Census
about James E Lockwood
Name: James E Lockwood
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Nottingham, Wells, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Nottingham
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Alonzo Lockwood 30
Eliza Lockwood 44
James E Lockwood 17
John L Lockwood 16
Margaret A Lockwood 12
Angeline Lockwood 7
Alonzo Lockwood 4
Charles E Lockwood 10.12

Here is the 1850 census index for Virgil's grandfather and great grandparents. His great grandfather was born in Maine.

1850 United States Federal Census
about James Lockwood
Name: James Lockwood
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Nottingham, Wells, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
Alonzo Lockwood 40
Eliza Lockwood 34
Louisa Lockwood 13
George Lockwood 11
James Lockwood 8
John Lockwood 6
Margaret Lockwood 2
Minerva Lockwood 0

I went to findagrave.com and found these in Wells County:

Virgil Lockwood b: 21 Oct 1891 d: 3 May 1963
Elm Grove Cemetary, Bluffton

Joseph Philander Lockwood b: 1 Feb 1868 d: 4 Jul 1955
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton

Hepsibaugh Annis Lockwood b: 30 Oct 1871 d: 31 Jan 1960
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton

James Edwin Lockwood b: 12 Apr 1842 d: 26 Dec 1920
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton

Frances A. Lockwood b: 3 May 1846 d: 13 May 1928
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton

Alonzo Lockwood b:13 Apr 1810 d: 30 Sep 1888
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton

Eliza Lockwood b: abt 1816 d: 26 Aug 1894
Stahl Cemetary, Bluffton [has maiden name as Stanley]

Here is the 1860 census index with Virgil's grandmother and great grandparents:

1860 United States Federal Census
about Joseph Blackledge
Name: Joseph Blackledge
Age in 1860: 39
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Nottingham, Wells, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Nottingham
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Blackledge 39
Susan Blackledge 33
James M Blackledge 15
Frances A Blackledge 14
Mary Blackledge 12
Emily Blackledge 10
Martha Blackledge 8
Lillie Blackledge 5
William Blackledge 3
Emasetta Blackledge 3.12

Here is the 1850 census index with Virgil's grandmother and great grandparents:

1850 United States Federal Census
about Frances Blackledge
Name: Frances Blackledge
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Indiana
Gender: Female
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Nottingham, Wells, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Blackledge 29
Susan Blackledge 23
James Blackledge 5
Frances Blackledge 4
Mary Blackledge 3
Emly Blackledge 1
Martha Blackledge 0

More later.
Tenpin

Re: GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

johnbaker477 — 2009-08-13 02:41:17Z

Ok email me direct at bakerjhnb@aol.com and I will send u the pic. John

Re: GEORGE SCHOCH KILLED BY C. B. & C. ENGINE

johnbaker477 — 2009-08-10 00:48:57Z

Hi I am relative of Jane Odell Driscoll. Jane was a sister to Nancy Odell Yarger. I have a picture of Will Yarger if anyone is interested. John Baker

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-07-29 00:09:06Z

1. Thanks for catching that! In the 1930 Wells County census, Harry is divorced and living with his parents,with Edward listed as grandson--I assumed that Edward was Harry's son. Edward's brother, Earl, is living with his other grandparents. I'm guessing Earl Sr. and Jessie died? I don't see either listed in the Wells County cemetery or obit index.

2. I noticed that Alice & Josephine are listed as stepdaughters of George B. Morris, but their last name is listed as Morris. Your theory that "Jo Ann Mills" is Josephine, buried next to Mildred Mills in Oak Lawn, is interesting--the birth year works. I'm curious why Josephine would take the surname "Mills" rather than "Hedges."

3. In George Morris's obit, Rosa and Edna are mentioned, but not Mildred!

If you come across more info, please let me know! Maybe when they publish the 1940 census, we'll get some more clues.

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-07-26 23:28:27Z

Yes, it's a great help--but more questions arise!

1. The Wells County cemetery index says that Mildred Mills's grave (d. 1978, buried Oak Lawn)is next to Jo Ann Mills, who stone says "Mother." I think this is another Mildred, not "ours."

2. Poor William Young's cemetery listing has the notation "single." He died 1944, so I guess he and Bessie divorced.

3. William A. Merkey first married Edith Folk, who died in 1929. I can't find Bessie or Mildred's subsequent marriages.

4. Mildred Mills married Harry Hedges in 1915; they were the parents of Edward A. Hedge in 1916 (I haven't been able to find them in the 1920 census yet). Harry and Edward are buried in Beth and Fairview Cemeteries. Harry died in 1977, so if Mildred was Mrs. Morris in 1936, I guess they divorced.

5. I also can't find George Morris in the 1920 census. Daughter Alice should be there, too, as she was born (according to the 1930 census) in 1919. Of course, Alice & Josephine could be George's daughters from a prior marriage; I wish I could find them in the 1920 census.

6. If John's obit gave Mildred's name as "Miss Mildred Mills," I'm wondering if she and George divorced, too.

Do you have access to divorce records? I've not come across them online.

THANK YOU for your help! I didn't know about brother John until your reply.

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-07-23 14:42:36Z

Thanks! At least I know it's one and the same person. Given that she used her maiden name, I'm guessing that the first wedding was called off. How tongues must have wagged!

The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-07-22 22:27:23Z

According to the Wells County Marriage Licenses, Lemon William Haflich married Mildred Mills 24 Dec. 1911. He then married Daisy M. Powell 29 Nov. 1916. A Mildred Mills married Harry Hedges 24 Nov. 1915.

The only Mildred Mills I find is the daughter of Sylvester and Ida A. Rupright, born 25 Nov. 1891.

Did the marriage between Lemon and Mildred not take place after all? Was it annulled? Is there in fact two Mildred Mills?

Mildred and Lemon are both distant cousins of mine via different lines.

Re: Uniondale News from Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Thu Sep 21 1922

rlbo64 — 2009-07-21 17:47:36Z

I'm related to MANY of the people mentioned. I hope my notes may help other researchers.

Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Lesh and son, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Sarah Lesh, of Markle, Mrs. McElhaney, of Liberty Center, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer McElhaney spent Sunday in the Joe Lesh home.

*Ulysses S. Lesh is Sarah Lesh’s son and Mrs. Homer McElhaney (Eulalia Lesh)’s uncle. Joe Lesh is Eulalia Lesh McElhaney’s brother. The connection to me is REALLY distant: Eulalia and Joe Lesh are the 2nd cousins once removed to Betty Lou Lesh, who is my 4th cousin 2 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raber and sons, Wayne and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey and daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, John Gilbert and daughter, Ruth and Mrs. Lola Gilbert and children, Kathleen, Nova, Lee, and Jerald, were Sunday dinner guests in the Mart Gilbert home.

*Mrs. Raber is Maude Gilbert, the sister of Mrs. John Bailey (Lydia Merle Gilbert), John Gilbert, and Lola Gilbert’s late husband, George. Martin Gilbert is their father. John Elgin Bailey is my 1st cousin 2 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Chet Brickley arrived home recently from a month’s visit in Kansas.

*Mrs. Brickley is Zora Mae Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 time removed

Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich, sr., left Tuesday for Newata, Okla., for an extended visit with their son, George and family.

*This may be John and Elizabeth Ditzler Haflich, who had a son named George (b. 1874), but I don’t know why John has “sr.” after his name. If this is the correct family, John is the first cousin of William Haflich, who is the husband of Sarah Ann Sparks, my 1st cousin 5 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Larue Roudebush, Mr. and Mrs. George Roudebush and Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich and son Richard, and daughter, Laura May, spent Sunday in the Charles Hamilton home in Roanoke.

*Larue and George Roudebush are brothers. Larue’s wife is Jennie Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. George’s wife is Effie G. Beaber Ormsby, whose first husband, Elmer F. Ormsby, is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. John H. Haiflich is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed; his wife, Mayretha, is the daughter of Effie Beaber and Elmer Ormsby (raised by grandparents Joshua and Lydia Beaber), so she too is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed. I have no connection to Charles Hamilton.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardenour, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and sons, Eugene and Junior, spent Sunday in the Howard Gardenour home in Fort Wayne.

*Earl and Howard Gardenour are brothers. Their sister, Elta May, is married to Charles Clifton Taylor, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. I have no connection to Lloyd Griffin.

Mr. and Mrs. William Odler and sons, Herschel and Arthur, spent Sunday in the Eldo Wilkison home, south of Bluffton.

*No relation

Mr. and Mrs. William Hart spent Sunday in the Russell Summers home east of town.

*If this is the William Hart (b. 1889) who is the son of Benjamin F. and Rachael Sparks Hart, he is my 3rd cousin 4 time removed.

Mrs. Ella Elick, of Fort Wayne, spent a few days recently in the Charles Decker home. Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Decker, returned home with her.

*Mrs. Ella Elick is Mary Ellen Preskey Elick, widow of Jonas Elick. Her daughter, Nora, is the wife of Charles Monroe Decker. Their son is Robert Dale. I’m not a direct relation, but I’m guessing the Deckers are connected somehow.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crismore and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckey, of Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Haflich and Mr. and Mrs. Alta Brickley took Sunday dinner in the Jacob Haflich home.

*Andrew J. Crismore’s first wife was Mehala Ellen Lamb, the sister of my great-great grandmother. I am reasonably certain that Andy Haflich is the father of Jacob Haflich, who in turn is the father of Mary Irene Haflich, the wife of Frank Alta Brickley. Although these are not directly related, the Haflichs and Brickleys are connected through marriage to several branches of my Wells County family.

Re: Raber

rlbo64 — 2009-07-25 00:42:10Z

Do you know whether your Joseph Raver is the brother of William Raver/Raber, born 1797 and married to Barbary? Their families end up in Wells County, but I haven't found evidence of a connection.

Re: The Mystery of Mildred Mills

rlbo64 — 2009-07-25 15:21:06Z

Ooooo, another Bender for my collection!

I am connected to this family via their mother, Ida Rupright. I also have that another sibling is Bessie, who married William W. Young.

Wells County genealogy is my obsession, er, hobby. I add people in as I come across them because I know that eventually I'll find that they're related to me in some way.

We're all amazingly lucky to have the BEST county site in the country for family history information. I'm so spoiled--I expect to have the resources for every county I need, and of course, they aren't so readily available.

Thank you so much for sharing your information. Now I'm off to figure out how Magdalene fits into my Bender!

Shoemaker/Brown

CGiall — 2009-07-06 20:09:37Z

Looking for any connections or information on Charles Shoemaker m Emma Brown 6 Apr 1892 Wells Co Indiana. I am at a brick wall already!