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Riley Wilson Williams

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Riley Wilson Williams
b. 29 December 1817, Randolph County, North Carolina, to Enoch and Jemima (Phillips) Williams
d. 1 January 1898, Mercer County, Missouri

m. 15 January 1839, Chatham County, North Carolina
Lovey Carter
b. 4 June 1819, Chatham County, North Carolina
d. 24 January 1908, Mercer County, Missouri

Children with Lovey Carter:

  • Mahala Jane (1840-1911) married Samuel Riley
  • Jemima A. (1842-1923) married Garrett Darland
  • Daniel C. (1845-1892) married Harriett Proctor
  • Mary Adeline (1848-1919) married Archibald T. Knight
  • Enoch J. (b. 1850) married Livonia W. Reeves
  • Francis Marion

Riley emigrated from North Carolina to Liberty, Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1840. He resided in Hendricks and Morgan counties and then immigrated from Indiana about 1855 to Gentry County, Missouri. Later Riley and Lovey moved to Wayne County, Iowa, and from there moved to Mercer County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Betty Murphy Mabee
4545 Yerba Santa Dr.
San Diego CA 92115-1032

Harvey Uriah Wilkins

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Harvey Uriah Wilkins
b. 28 April 1822, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, to Uriah and Lucy (Wilkins) Wilkins
d. 14 June 1902, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana

m/1. 5 February 1843, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Parkhurst
b. 1826, Smith County, Tennessee

m/2.
Elizabeth Stepleton

Children with Elizabeth Parkhurst:

  • Charles Ezekiel
  • Thomas Hiram
  • Hester Ann
  • Wilson Uriah
  • David Josiah
  • Mary Lucy (1853-1853)

After the death of his first wife in 1853, when baby Mary Lucy was born and died, Harvey returned to Indiana with his two older sons, leaving the three younger children with their Parkhurst grandparents from 1853 through 1861, when the grandmother died.

Because of diseased eyes and ulcerated varicose veins, Harvey had great difficult providing for his family. His two older sons helped with their support. Charles Ezekiel “Zeke” Wilkins, who enlisted in the Union Army on 27 August 1861 and served in Company A, 9th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, sent a portion of his military pay home to his father. After Zeke was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga, Harvey applied to the government for a dependent father’s pension. In spite of numerous affidavits testifying to his need, the pension was denied because the military had recorded Charles Ezekiel’s middle initial incorrectly.

Submitted by:
Beverly Wilkins Craig
Columbus IN

Malissa Catherine Wildbur

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Malissa Catherine Wildbur
b. 21 February 1851, Orange County, Indiana, to Robert and Jane Wildbur
d. 25 January 1925, near Iola, Illinois

m. April 1874
Bloomer A. Smith
d. 10 April 1901, Clay County, Illinois

Children with Bloomer A. Smith:

  • Goldie (d. 1905)
  • Arthur
  • Edna married [–?–] Lawder
  • Maude married [–?–] Holaday
  • Robert E.
  • Charles D.

At the time of her death, Malissa had lived more than 60 years in Clay County, Iowa. She also had a stepson, Bloomer F. Smith.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt, from Clay County, Illinois, Roots, fall 1993, p. 69

Harmon/Herman Wiedeman

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Harmon/Herman Wiedeman
b. 1831, Germany
d. November 1873, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

m. Katherine Frey
b. May 1827, Germany
d. 23 December 1904, Cincinnati, Ohio

Children with Katherine Frey:

  • Albert A. (1853-1910)
  • Ira (1855-1906) married Fred Hessler
  • Louise (1860-1939) married Bernard Hausman

Harmon was a shoemaker. He committed suicide by poisoning himself with arsenic.

Submitted by:
Frances McPeek
Egner Guilford IN

Albert A Wiedeman

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Albert A Wiedeman
b. 19 October 1853, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, to Harmon and Katherine (Frey) Wiedeman
d. 23 March 1910, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

m. 24 May 1881, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Mary Ann Schockel
b. 21 October 1859, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
d. 18 January 1938, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana

Children with Mary Ann Schockel:

  • Mary Pearl (1882-1915)
  • Albert Francis (1884-1938) married Rose Gerth
  • John (1890-1892)
  • Ruth Elizabeth (1894-1987) married Benjamin H. McPeek

Albert emigrated from Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1879. He was a telegrapher for the O&M-B&O Railroad.

Submitted by:
Frances McPeek Egner
Guilford IN

William Wick

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William Wick
b. 1 January 1796, Fayette County, Kentucky
d. 30 January 1859, Genesee Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois

m. about 1817, Ross County, Ohio
Margaret Redman
b. 1794 or 1796, Greenbriar County, Virginia
d. 7 November 1878, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri

Children with Margaret Redman:

  • Emeline
  • Charlotte
  • Eli
  • William
  • Louisa
  • Nancy married William Hiddleson

William immigrated to Indiana from Ross County, Ohio, about 1820. He emigrated from Henry County, Indiana, to Putnam County, Illinois, about 1832 with his brother John Wick and brother-in-law Eli Redman. His daughter Nancy and her husband, William, moved to Kansas.

Submitted by:
Barbara Mellendore Calvert
Caldwell NJ

Melvin O Whitehead

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Melvin O Whitehead
b. 15 December 1854, Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Indiana, to Isaac and Lucinda (Salisbury) Whitehead
d. 21 January 1931, Denver, Colorado

m/1.
Adelaide L. McClintock

m/2. 14 July 1888, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Clara Eta Joseph
b. 31 December 1864, Atlanta, Illinois, to Harvey and Mary (Ross) Joseph
d. 11 June 1916, Denver, Colorado

Children with Clara Eta Joseph:

  • Ralph Salisbury (1889-1970) married Rose Lennartz
  • Donald Ross (1896-1965) married Vera Wichman

Submitted by:
J. R. Whitehead
Cleveland OH

Silas White

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Silas White
b. 3 March 1818, Wayne County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary Polly (Lewis) White
d. 13 August 1888, Coles County, Illinois

m. 6 December 1846, Wayne County, Indiana
Mary Jane Boone
b. 12 April 1823, Pickaway Plains, Ohio
d. 12 September 1892, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Mary Jane Boone:

  • Thomas
  • Monroe
  • Martha Ellen
  • Mary Elizabeth
  • Isaac
  • Sarah Jane
  • Lewis S.
  • Clarinda Emma

About 1843, Silas emigrated from Wayne County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Perlina White

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Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813
d. 25 January 1895, Hurton, Coles County, Illinois

m. 29 August 1834
Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Union County, Indiana

Children with Reeves Washington Riggins:

  • Asa Van Buren
  • Charles White
  • Richard Stoltz
  • Sarah Elizabeth
  • Bathesheba
  • Catherine
  • Emanual
  • Mary Jane
  • John Alfred
  • LaFayette Jackson
  • Permelia Adaline

Perlina lived in Union, Wayne, and Boone counties in Indiana. She emigrated from Indiana to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Asa White

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Asa White
b. 1789, North Carolina, to Thomas and Sarah (Nicholson) White
d. 1868/69, Douglas County, Illinois

m. 22 December 1809, Madison County, Kentucky
Mary “Polly” Lewis
b. 9 May 1789, Rowan County, North Carolina, to Abraham and Esther (Todd) Lewis
d. 29 October 1832, Union County, Indiana

Children with Mary Lewis:

  • Sarah Nickelson
  • William
  • Perlina
  • Mary
  • Silas
  • Esther Todd
  • Permelia Durham
  • Elizabeth

Asa lived in Wayne and Union counties in Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in about 1832 to Douglas County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman, Laramie WY
and
Judith L. Weber, Greenfield IA