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Noah Bunton

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NOAH BUNTON
b. 12 March 1844, Randolph County, North Carolina, to William and Mary Bunting
d. 26 June 1932, Jasper County, Illinois

m. 14 February 1864, Morgan County, Indiana
Sarah Ellen Lewis
b. 4 April 1844, Indiana
d. 4 July 1925, Jasper County, Illinois

Children with Sarah Ellen Lewis:

  • Grant
  • Del
  • Joseph
  • David
  • Ivy
  • Mary
  • Sherman
  • Henry
  • Perry
  • possibly one or two others

Noah came to Monroe County, Indiana in 1860. He left from Morgan County, Indiana about 1875. He changed the spelling of his surname from Bunting to Burton sometime between 1870 and 1880. He became a Methodist minister in 1884 and served many churches in southern Illinois.

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Hale E. Bunton
Janesville WI

George Washington Buchanan

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GEORGE WASHINGTON BUCHANAN
b. 8 May 1801, Fayette County, Indiana, to James Buchanan
d. 9 September 1884, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

m. 7 October 1822, Rush County, Indiana
Catherine Hittle
b. 11 November 1806, Fishing Creek, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
d. 23 July 1885, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

Children with Catherine Hittle:

  • Elizabeth
  • James
  • Muhal
  • Margaret
  • John M.
  • Mary
  • William
  • George
  • Catherine
  • Henrietta
  • Henry
  • Winfield Scott
  • Thomas Filmore

They lived in Fayette and Rush counties before leaving Indiana about 1825.

Submitted by:
Michelle Day
Eastlake OH

 

Josiah Bryant

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JOSIAH BRYANT
b. 9 March 1784, Montgomery County, Virginia, to Josiah and Lydia Bryant
d. 27 August 1871, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

m. 24 December 1809, Miami County, Ohio
Mary Turman
b. 2 December 1791, Montgomery County, Virginia
d. 23 March 1890, San Jose, California

Children with Mary Turman:

  • Matilda (1812-1891) married John Bailey
  • Benjamin Turman (1815-1899) married Affa Mariah Benedict
  • Sarah Ruann (1821-1914) married Charles M. Teeple
  • Martha Mallone (1830-1864) married Francis A. Nolan

The Bryants lived in Turman Township, Sullivan County, and in LaPorte County before leaving Indiana about 1863.

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Kathryn Cox
Liberty Hill TX

 

John Cain

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JOHN CAIN
b. 1805, Warren County, Ohio, to Abijah and Martha Cain
d. 18 September 1870, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas

m/1. 24 May 1827, Fountain County, Indiana
Elvira Cain
b. 13 March 1809, Ohio
d. 28 August 1855, Hillsboro, Fountain County, Indiana

m/2.
Pernina [–?–]

Children with Elvira Cain:

  • Kesiah E.
  • America J.
  • George W.
  • Mary I.
  • Martha

John came to Fountain County in 1828-1834 and left in 1871-1872.

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Carol Cain Headley
Greenwood MO

John Brown

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JOHN BROWN
b. 17 November 1791, Pennsylvania
d. 20 December 1873, Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa

m. 16 November 1815, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
Margaret Ghormley
b. 28 October 1792, Rye, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
d. 1870, Iowa

Children with Margaret Ghormley:

  • James (b. 1816)
  • Mikal (b. 1818)
  • William (b. 1820)
  • Mary (b. 1821)
  • Jane (b. 1823)
  • Elizabeth (b. 1826)
  • Joseph Hayes (b. 1829)
  • Charles Cunningham (b. 1831)
  • Henry (b. 1833)

John was a veteran of the War of 1812, having enlisted from Delaware County, Ohio, in Joab Norton’s Ohio Militia on 2 June 1812.

John came to Indiana in 1828 from Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He lived briefly in Wayne County, Indiana, before moving to the Wabash in Parke County. He left Indiana in the 1840’s for Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. He later moved to Wayne, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, and Union, Floyd County, Iowa.

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Julie Scheuermann
Ontario CA

Charles Cunningham Brown

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CHARLES CUNNINGHAM BROWN
b. 6 October 1831, Parke County, Indiana, to John and Margaret (Ghormley) Brown
d. 20 March 1914, Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas

m. 13 December 1855, Gratiot, LaFayette County, Wisconsin
Julia Emerine Stevens
b. 7 August 1840, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
d. 31 December 1932, Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas

Children with Julia Emerine Stevens:

  • Alma Amanda
  • John Franklin
  • William Henry
  • Fred Arthur

Charles resided in Indiana in Wabash, Parke County, before leaving the state in the 1840’s for Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. He then moved on to Wayne, LaFayette County, Wisconsin; Union, Floyd County, Iowa; Abilene, Kansas; and Louisburg, Miami County, Kansas; before finally ending up in Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas.

Charles was a Civil War veteran.

Submitted by:
Julie Scheuermann
Ontario CA

John Newton Bristow

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JOHN NEWTON BRISTOW
b. 4 March 1858, Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, to John James and Rebecca Jane (Wade) Bristow
d. 16 April 1938, Los Angeles County, California

m. 30 May 1887, Monona County, Iowa
Margaret “Maggie” Myrtle Morse
b. 30 September 1871, Monona County, Iowa
d. 24 March 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Children with Margaret Myrtle Morse:

  • Flossie May
  • Barbara Etta
  • William Morse
  • Thomas Newton
  • Myra Agnes
  • Frances Evelyn

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Dale Davidson Harguess
Huntington Beach CA

John James Bristow

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JOHN JAMES BRISTOW
b. 9 March 1833, Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, to Thomas H. and Barbara A. (Blocker) Bristow
d. 8 May 1906, Turin, Monona County, Iowa

m. 12 April 1857, Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana
Rebecca Jane Wade
b. 6 January 1836
d. 2 April 1914, Turin, Monona County, Iowa

Children with Rebecca Jane Wade:

  • John Newton “Newt” (1858-1938) married Margaret “Maggie” Myrtle Morse
  • Mary “Molly” Rebecca (b. 1864)
  • Clara Josephine (1867-1868)
  • Thomas James (1869-1954)
  • Hannah Barbara (1871-1873)
  • Charles William “Willie” (1874-1877)

John James was with the 81st Regiment of Indiana Volunteers from August 1862 until November 1862, when they had to leave him behind because he was too ill to continue. He was discharged for disability in March 1863. It is not known when he moved to Iowa, but he was there in 1898 when he applied for his pension. Rebecca received a pension after John’s death.

Submitted by:
Dale Davidson Harguess
Huntington Beach CA

Wilson Brewer

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WILSON BREWER
b. about 1804, Virginia or North Carolina, to Thomas and Lucretia (McHough?) Brewer
d. December 1856, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

m/1. 1826
Lucy Stanley
d. died during the birth of their son

m/2. 6 April 1837, Henry County, Indiana
Margaret Galliene Moore
b. 4 February 1816, Virginia, to Jonathan and Frances (Galliene) Moore
d. 26 March 1896, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

Children with Lucy Stanley:

  • Andrew Jackson

Children with Margaret Galliene Moore:

  • Benjamin R.
  • Sara Jane married [—?—] Bonebright
  • William
  • Walter Wilson
  • Margaret M.

Wilson came to Henry County, Indiana, in 1808 and left for Iowa in 1848, where he founded the town of Newcastle, now Webster City.

Submitted by:
Dale L. Lange
Albuquerque NM

Walter Folger Brewer

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WALTER FOLGER BREWER
b. 1846, Campbellsburg, Washington County, Indiana, to Richard and Hannah (Hobbs) Brewer
d. 24 July 1907, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma

m/1. 1864, Washington County, Indiana
Hannah Bogle

m/2. 27 March 1870, Salem, Washington County, Indiana
Julia Caroline Marshall

Walter appeared in both the 1850 and the 1860 censuses in Vernon Township, Washington County, Indiana. Sometime after the 1860 census, he moved on to Oklahoma, where he died in 1907.

Submitted by:
Mary LeMay
Fallbrook CA