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John C. Ardery

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JOHN C. ARDERY
b. 27 December 1822, Decatur County, Indiana, to James Ardery (1793-1853)
d. 30 June 1901, Odin, Marion County, Illinois

m/1. 26 December 1844, Decatur County, Indiana
Sarah Jane Donnell
b. 30 April 1823, to James and Elizabeth (Fisher)
Donnell
d. 13 July 1864

m/2. 28 November 1867
Eliza Bennett
b. 26 May 1842, Warren County, New York
d. 26 September 1920, Salem, Marion County, Illinois

Children with Sarah Jane Donnell:

  • William L. (1846-1907) married Ann Phelps
  • Elizabeth Jane (1848-1916) married Gilbert B. Martin
  • Emma

Children with Eliza Bennett:

  • Junella (1874-1956) married Samuel Elisha Davidson (1863-1928)

The family lived in Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, before emigrating after 1864

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Chief William Anderson

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CHIEF WILLIAM ANDERSON
b. 1750-60, Ohio or Pennsylvania, to a Delaware Indian and a white trader named Anderson
d. October 1831, Kansas

m. about 1780 the widow of Twee Hul Lah Lah, who was the sister of Captain Patterson
d. after 1784

Children:

  • Se So Cum (bef. 1780-1825)
  • Me King Ees (aft. 1780-ca. 1862)
  • Sar Cox Le (1784-ca. 1886)

The family came to Anderson’s Town on the White River in Madison County about 1798. They left in 1820. The tribe was first moved to Missouri, then Kansas, then later to Oklahoma. Se So Cum was killed in Arkansas by Osage Indians while on a hunting party. Anderson, a Chief of the Delaware, died just a year after the tribe moved from Missouri to Kansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Sara(h) Jane Anderson

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SARA(H) JANE ANDERSON
b. 25 September 1837, Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Absolom and Cynthia Ann (Pierce) Anderson
d. 18 February 1916, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m. 21 February 1856, Sullivan County, Indiana
Abraham M. Dunagan
b. 6 May 1834, Wayne County, Kentucky
d. 13 April 1878, Sullivan County, Indiana

Children with Abraham M. Dunagan:

  • Thomas J. (b. ca. 1858)
  • William W. (b. 1860)
  • Commodore P. (b. 1869)
  • Oliver Roswell (1872-1937) married (1) Alice Virginia Sunderland, (2) Riella [–?–]
  • Jake (b. ca. 1877) married Minnie [–?–]

Sarah Jane lived in Haddon and Curry townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, before emigrating sometime after her husband’s death in 1878. She, another woman, and their children moved by covered wagon to Sedgwick County, Kansas, where Sarah Jane had relatives. She later lived in Wichita, Kansas, with her youngest son Jake and his family.

Submitted by:
Carllene Marek
Magalia CA

 

Me King Ees Anderson

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ME KING EES ANDERSON
b. after 1780, possibly in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to Chief William Anderson and the sister of Captain Patterson (Twee Hul Lah Lah)
d. about 1862, Kansas

m. around 1801, Anderson’s Town, along the White River in Madison County, Indiana
William Conner
b. 10 December 1777, Lichtenau, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
d. 28 August 1855, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Children with William Conner:

  • John (1802-1869) married (1) a Delaware Indian (name unknown), (2) Nancy Wilson, (3) Mrs. Charlotte Wolf Bullette
  • Hamilton (abt. 1805-aft. 1873) married a Caddo woman
  • Nancy (abt. 1805-abt. 1852) married (1) a Delaware Indian named Wilson, (2) John Quincy Adams, (3) remarried Wilson
  • William Marshall (abt. 1813-1861) married (1) Ah Le Now, (2) Nancy Qua To Too
  • James (abt. 1817-1877)
  • Eliza (1818-1877)

The family came to Anderson’s Town, Madison County, around 1798, then they began and operated Conner’s Trading Post in Hamilton County. In 1820, Me King Ees left with her children and her tribe as one of the provisions of the Treaty of Greenville. Me King Ees and William Marshall Conner set up a trading post on the Current River, then after 1822, they set up a post on the Red River in southwestern Arkansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Charles J. “Carl” Anderson

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CHARLES J. “CARL” ANDERSON
b. 23 October 1833, Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Anders and Brita Lisa (Lindberg) Josephson
d. 10 September 1921, Independence Lake, Hannepin County, Minnesota

m. 26 April 1856, West Point, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Christina Peterson
b. 29 April 1833, Orserum, near Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Peter and Anna Brita (Jonson) Peterson
d. 20 January 1907, Maple Plain, Hennepin County,
Minnesota

Children with Christina Peterson:

  • Alfred John (1857-1935) married Nellie Elizabeth Englund
  • Theodore Emanuel (1858-1926) married Louisa Matilda Anderson
  • Fred William (1861-1927)
  • Oscar Amel (who changed his surname to Allen) married Anna Christina Johnson
  • David Clarence (1866-1941)
  • Anna Lydia (1868-1937) married Oliver Thompson
  • Nancy Amelia (1871-1892)
  • Medora Christine (1873-1953) married Erland Klas Lind
  • Emma Charlotte (1875-1951) married Alton J. Stenseth
  • Mary Josephine (1879-1916) married Bryant O. Benjamin

Charles moved to Indiana after August 1852 and left the state between August 1856 and February 1857 for Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The sixth of eleven children, he had emigrated to America alone from Gottenburg, Sweden, arriving in New York City on 29 August 1852. While living in Minnesota, the family moved from Red Wing to Cannon Falls to Maple Plain to Lake Independence, all in Goodhue and Hennepin counties.

Submitted by:
Edith Grindstaff Anderson
Saline MI

 

Ezbon Allen

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EZBON ALLEN
b. 16 September 1817, New York, to Joseph and Mary
(Sanford) Allen
d. 28 June 1886, Rock Island, Rock Island County,
Illinois

m. 31 December 1848, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
Rebecca Jones
b. 28 February 1831, Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
d. 28 September 1865, Rural Township, Rock Island County, Illinois

Children with Rebecca Jones:

  • Joseph Levi (1849-1895)
  • James Eli (1852-1926)
  • Eliza Ellen (1855-1855)
  • Emit Swain (1856-1857)
  • Lillie Elsie (1858-1948) married John Beck
  • Millie Ada (1860-1861)
  • Minnie Etta (1862-1884) married James Murrin
  • Leota Maybell (1865-1865)

Ezbon came to Indiana from New York in 1819. He lived in Connersvillle, Fayette County; Hanover Township, Shelby County; and Porter County before emigrating in 1842.

Submitted by:
Kathryn M. Jennings
Orland Park IL

Henry Adkins

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 HENRY ADKINS
b. 22 May 1858, Busseron Township, Knox County,
Indiana, to John and Barbaryan (Piety) Adkins
d. 30 December 1941, Sarcoxie, Jasper County,
Missouri

m. 2 February 1890, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
Minnie DeHaven
b. 29 November 1869, Bristol, Elkhart County,
Indiana
d. 15 January 1948, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Children with Minnie DeHaven:

  • • Mable
  • • Blanche
  • • Bonnie
  • • Edison
  • • Minnie
  • • Horace
  • • Kate
  • • Ann
  • • Infant
  • • Paul

Henry lived in Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana, where he was born, until he emigrated sometime before 1888.

Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich MO

John A.J. Abel

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John A.J. Abel
b. 5 December 1838, Orange County, Indiana
d. 30 June 1918, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas

m. 7 October 1866
Margaret Ellen McCauley
d. 3 August 1916

Children with Margaret Ellen McCauley:

  • James A. of Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana
  • J. K. of Hoisington, Kansas
  • Frank W. of Pomona, Kansas
  • Courtland C. of Wichita, Kansas
  • [–?–] married E. N. Jenkins of Red Oak, Iowa
  • [–?–] married W. A. Hunting of Caldwell, Kansas
  • [–?–] married F. S. Peterson of Anthony, Kansas
  • [–?–] married P.E. Feltner of Lyndon, Kansas

While John was born in Indiana and may have married there, he emigrated in 1899 to Kansas.

Submitted by:
Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL

 

Sarah Elizabeth Statton

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SARAH ELIZABETH STATTON
b. 15 July 1846, Virginia, to James and Catherine (Bobo) Statton
d. 9 November 1927, Shelton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

m. 8 September 1867, White County, Indiana
George Washington Kersey
b. 20 December 1830, Marion County, Ohio
d. 12 November 1904, Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana

Children with George Washington Kersey:

  • Effie Alice (b. 1869) married [—?—] Stanley
  • James (b. 1871)
  • Isaac (b. 1871)
  • Earl (b. 1873)
  • Kathryn Statton (b. 1875)
  • George Orval (b. 1877)
  • Curtis Roy (b. 1880)

While in Indiana, Sarah lived in Chalmers, White County; Remington, Jasper County; and Fowler, Benton County.

Submitted by:
Orville Kersey
Crown Point IN

Harry Austin Moore

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HARRY AUSTIN MOORE
b. 17 June 1883, Gananoque, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, to Joseph John and Martha (Bryant) Moore
d. 11 December 1964, Carlsbad,California

m. 23 June 1910, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Sarah Glenn Culver
b. 17 June 1887, Carthage, Miner County, South Dakota, to George Herbert and Alice Julia (Cooling) Culver
d. 23 May 1974, Libertyville, Illinois

Children with Sarah Glenn Culver:

  • John Austin (1912-1977) married Ruth Martin
  • Glenn Culver (1914-1973) married Margaret Allison
  • Jean Louise Virginia (1916-2001) married Milton James Weber

Harry was a machine tool salesman. He came to Indiana in 1927 and lived in Elkhart where he was the sales manager of the Foster Machine Co. He made fine furniture of walnut wood obtained in the Elkhart area using the many woodworking machines he had. He left the state about 1943 for Washington, D.C., where he spent about 18 months as head of the Machine Tool Division of Lend Lease before retiring and moving on once again, eventually ending up in Carlsbad, California, where he died.

Submitted by:
Dian Moore
Crawfordsville IN