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Frances Cotton Tichenor

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Frances Cotton Tichenor
birth: 1779 in Virginia to John Ralph Cotton and Susannah Smith
death: November 3, 1828 in Vigo County, Indiana
burial: Cremated, ashes unknown

marriage: September 3, 1797 in Nelson, Kentucky
Peter V Tichenor
birth: March 22, 1977 in Morristown, New Jersey to Daniel Tichenor and Anna Byram
death: October 20, 1822 in Nelson, Kentucky
burial: Cremated, Ashes unknown

Children of Frances Cotton Tichenor and Peter V Tichenor:

  • Zacheus Tichenor 1798-1857 married Elizabeth Taylor
  • Byram Tichenor 1799-1852 married Eunice Ann Kester
  • Anna B Tichenor 1802-1850 married John Dorsey Cotton
  • Ira C. Tichenor 1805-unknown
  • Leura Tichenor 1809-1874 married Hiram A. Sparks
  • William Tichenor 1810-1908 married Mary Jane Glass
  • Calvin Tichenor 1813-1854 married Pelina Lay
  • Silas Tichenor 1814-1890 married Letitia Sparks
  • Emily Tichenor 1816-1870 married Smith Sparks
  • Keller Tichenor 18919-1847 married Sarah Pound
  • Mildred Tichenor 1820-1858 married William Kester Drake
  • Peter Tichenor 1823-1874 married Jemima Reed

Ancestor here lived in:

Frances moved to Vigo County, Indiana after the death of her husband in 1822. She came to be near son Byram which had located near Prairie Creek, Indiana.

Submitted by:
BJ Campbell
Email: campbell5075@gmail.com

Francis W. Bowen

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Francis W. Bowen
birth: 11 Nov 1780 in Faurquier County, VA to Thomas Bowen and Rebecca Green
death: 20 Aug 1867 in Boone County, IN
burial: Dover, Boone County, IN

marriage: 31 Jul 1806 in Frederick County, MD
Sarah Glascock Turley
birth: 4 Oct 1788 in Fauquier County, VA to William Turley and Margaret Glascock
death: 12 Jul 1874 in Dover, Boone County, IN
burial: Dover, Boone County, IN

Children of Sarah Glascock Turley and Francis W. Bowen:

  • John Alexander b 18 Jun 1808 d 30 Sep 1871 M Jane Wilson
  • Eliza b 23 Mar 1810 d1904 M William Andrew Harris
  • Margaret b 2 Mar 1812 d about 1885 M Henry P. Rogers
  • William Francis b 16 Jul 1814 dafter 1871
  • Elizabeth Frances b 12 Jul 1816 d 9 Apr 1874 M Wesley Wilson Beck
  • Sampson Carson b 19 Aug 1818 d 6 Dec 1899 M Mary Ann Burk
  • Matthew F. b 12 Sept 1820 d 21 Aug 1896 M Catherine Ann “Kitty” Meenach
  • Catharine b 2 May 1823 d 2 Jun 1892 M Ambrose Cox
  • James b 5 Jul 1825 d after 1871 M Margaret J Pride
  • J Jacob b 15 Oct 1827 d?
  • Nancy Jane b 16 Oct 1827 d 22 Jan 1899 M Samuel S Shreve
  • Sarah Ann b 3 Apr 1829 d 28 Nov 1890 M Lewis McKern
  • Harrison Turley b 25 Mar 1834 d 4 Mar 1917

Ancestor here lived in:

1840-1867 Boone County, IN

Ancestor also lived in:

1780-1815 Fauquier and Rockingham counties, VA
1816-1834 Bracken, Harrison, Nicholas, Bourbon counties, KY

Other Information:

Served in the 1st Regiment (Crutchfield’s) Virginia Militia during the War of 1812

Submitted by:
Sandra L Norfolk
Email: librariancr@gmail.com

Richard Reynolds Jr.

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Richard Reynolds Jr.
birth: 5 Sept 1803 in North Carolina to Richard Reynolds Sr. and Mary Anna Holmes
death: 20 May 1861 in Kentucky
burial: Unknown

marriage: 14 Nov 1821 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Martha “Patsy” McAllister
birth: ab. 1801 in Kentucky to James McAllister and Elizabeth Hays
death: between 1841-1854 in Schuyler County, Missouri
burial: unknown

Children of Martha “Patsy” McAllister and Richard Reynolds Jr.:

  • Gabriel b 21 July 1822, d 28 Feb 1883 M. Elizabeth Hackler
  • Parthenia b 18 Dec 1823, d 6 Aug 1907 M. Esau Burgess Nimrod Speer
  • Nancy b 17 Mar 1827 d 1 Jul 1931 M Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray
  • Mary L “Polly” b 5 Dec 1830 d between 1896-1900 M Isaac Franklin Forbes
  • Sarah b 1832 d about 1875 M William Henry Maize
  • Richard b 4 Jan 1838 d March 1911 M Sarah Frances Larue “Fannie” Norman
  • Jackson Andrew b about 1841 d ? M Elizabeth Hulen

Ancestor here lived in:

Lawrence County, Indiana 1827-1841

Ancestor also lived in:

North Carolina 1803-1815; Kentucky 1821-1824; Iowa 1850; Schuyler County, Missouri 1854; Gainesville, Texas 1860

Other Information:

Richard Reynolds Jr. married Christine Sluss Hensley 19 Feb 1854 She was born about 1822 in VA and d before 1870 in Gainesville, TX. Her parents were Peter Sluss Sr. and Elizabeth Magadalena Kegley. Children of Richard Reynolds Jr. and Christine Sluss Hensley: Rhoda b 1854 d 1870; Francis Marion b about 1856 d 1915 M Elizabeth Truehitte; Louisa Catherine b 22 Feb 1861 d4 Aug 1944 M William Perry Haworth; Anna Jemima “Miama” b Feb 1863 D 1930 M David M. Perkins

Submitted by:
Sandra L Norfolk
Email: librariancr@gmail.com

Doyal Russell

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Doyal Russell
birth: April 8, 1933 to Lloyd and Bess (Royalty) Russell
death: May 13, 2004 in DeSoto county, Florida
burial: IOOF cemetery in Augusta, Pike County, Indiana

marriage: 1952
Twighla Mae Esarey Russell
birth: August 6, 1932 in Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana to James and Lillian (Land) Esarey
death: Nov 19, 2015
burial: IOOF cemetery in Augusta, Pike County, Indiana

Children of Twighla Mae Esarey Russell and Doyal Russell:

  • Richard Ray Russell 1953-2000
  • Jennifer Lynn Russell 1956-2008
  • Steven Kelly Russell 1959-2010
  • Son (living)
  • Son (living)

Ancestor here lived in:

Pike county, Indiana
Oakland City, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

Zolfo Springs, Florida

Other Information:

Corp US Army Korea

Submitted by:
Christan L Manning
Email: kikibann32@gmail.com

Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair

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Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair
birth: 10 Sep 1938 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana to Donald Floyd Miller and  Teresa Marie (Cameron) Miller
death: 01 Feb 2007 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

marriage: 20 Dec 1959 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.
birth: 21 Feb 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to Elmer Ray Sinclair and Emma Lee McQueary
death: 14 Aug 2016 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Children of Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair and Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.:

  • 1st child, Daughter – still living
  • 2nd child, Daughter – still living
  • 3rd child, Son – still living
  • 4th child, Son – still living

Ancestor here lived in:

10 Sep 1938 – November 26, 1957, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana

Other Information:

26 May 1976 – 01 Feb 2007, Converse, Bexar County, Texas

Dona’s first name given at birth was spelled “Donna.” When she enlisted in the US Army on 26 Nov 1957 she had to furnish a copy of her birth certificate. It was then that a clerical error made on her birth certificate was discovered. The doctor who had filled out and signed the birth certificate misspelled her first name as “Dona.” The US Army Enlistment Office told her that in order to enlist she had to use the spelling given on the birth certificate or postpone enlisting until she received a corrected birth certificate. Well she liked the new spelling and the story behind it and rather than having the error corrected she kept and used the new spelling for the rest of her life.

Dona met U.S. Army Spec. Chester Ray Sinclair Sr. on a bus in Frankfurt, Germany in 1958. They were married (under German Law) on December 21, 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany and then were married again on the next day, December 22, 1959 by a US Army Chaplain under American law. She always said that she was, “twice married but never divorced.”

Submitted by:
Chuck Sinclair
Email: chucksinclair2001@yahoo.com

Thomas Pride

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Thomas Pride
birth: 1790 in Tennessee to Woolsey Pride, b 1760 and (possibly) Rachel Gold
death: 08 Jan 1856 in Pike County, Indiana
burial: Iva Cemetery (once known as Pride Graveyard); Iva, Pike County, Indiana

marriage: 12 July 1809 in Knox County, Indiana
Caty Miley
birth: About 1793 in Pennsylvania to Heinrich “Henry” Miley and Mary Polly Herndon
death: About 1846 in Pike County, Indiana
burial: Unknown (Lost to time)

Children of Caty Miley and Thomas Pride:

  • Henry Pride in 1814-Unknown, married Rhoda Fowler on 24 Sep 1837 in Pike County, Indiana
  • Other children, including a Woolsey Pride, dates unknown at this time

Ancestor here lived in:

About 1800 – before 21 Dec 1816, Knox County, Indiana (where his father, Woolsey Pride established White Oak Springs Fort)
From 21 Dec 1816 (when Pike became a county) until his death in 1856, Thomas lived in Pike County, Indiana

Other Information:

Census records indicate that Thomas Pride was born in Tennessee

1812 – Militia, Knox County, Indiana.

Listed in the 1820, 1830.1840, and 1850 census records for Pike County, Indiana.

1820 – appointed as a commissioner to “view, locate, and mark the route chosen for the ‘state road’ from Troy to Washington (part of an article from The Herald; Jasper, Indiana · Friday, October 31, 1975)

Married Martha “Patsy” (Ragsdale) Palmer (widow of Mark Palmer) on 03 Nov 1846.

As reported in the Princeton Clarion-Leader, Princeton, Indiana on 29 Mar 1851, Thomas was appointed as a Jefferson Township, Pike County delegate to the Congressional convention to be held in Perry County, Indiana.

Several mentions in history books of the era, including “Executive journal of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816: Journal of the proceedings of the executive government of the Indiana territory”; “History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana” published by Goodspeed in 1886; “History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana” published by Goodspeed Bros in 1885.

Submitted by:
Sonya Grams
Email: sonyric214@hotmail.com

Emma Adaline Jann

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Emma Adaline Jann
birth: 3 Mar 1866 in Camden, Ray, Missouri to August Jann
death: 4 April 1925 in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
burial: Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1883 in St. Clair County, Illinois
Noah Abraham Diefenbaugh
birth: 20 Mar 1850 in Harrison, Preble, Ohio to David C Diefenbaugh and Christina J Miller
death: 11 August 1925 in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
burial: Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana

Children of Emma Adaline Jann and Noah Abraham Diefenbaugh:

  • Frank Diefenbaugh 1884-1925
  • Bessie Diefenbaugh 1888-1961
  • Ervin Diefenbaugh 1891-1970
  • Ralph Diefenbaugh 1894-1942
  • Helen Margaret Diefenbaugh 1901-1981

Ancestor here lived in:

Indiana 1900-1925

Ancestor also lived in:

Missouri 1860
Illinois 1870-1883

Submitted by:
Sharon Hewitt
Email: hewitts94@yahoo.com

Mary Ellen (Rogers) Pickens

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Mary Ellen (Rogers) Pickens
birth: July 4, 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA to Russell Cleal Evans and Mary Elizabeth Rogers
death: June 19, 2002
burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis IN (cremation)

marriage: September 9, 1950 in Republic, PA
Robert Bruce Pickens
birth: May 20, 1926 in Uniontown, PA to Joseph Abraham Pickens and Margaret Gertrude Brown
death: January 14, 2021 in Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

Children of Mary Ellen (Rogers) Pickens and Robert Bruce Pickens:

  • All children are currently living.

Ancestor here lived in:

Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN
Carmel, Hamilton County, IN

Ancestor here lived in:

Pittsburgh, PA
Uniontown, PA
Republic, PA
Naperville, IL

Submitted by:
Gail Martin
Email: lgmartin2020@gmail.com

Robert Bruce Pickens

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Robert Bruce Pickens
birth: May 20, 1926 in Uniontown, PA to Joseph Abraham Pickens and Margaret Gertrude Brown
death: January 14, 2021 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis IN (cremation)

marriage: September 9, 1950 in Republic, PA
Mary Ellen Evans
birth: July 4, 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA to Russell Cleal Evans and Mary Elizabeth Rogers
death: July 19, 2002 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis IN (cremation)

Children of Mary Ellen Evans and Robert Bruce Pickens:

  • All Children are currently living.

Ancestor here lived in:

Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN
Carmel, Hamilton County, IN

Ancestor also lived in:

Pechin, PA
Uniontown, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Naperville, IL

Other Information:

Bruce graduated from Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, PA. He was an Eagle Scout and supported the scouts all his life. He was an accountant.

Submitted by:
Gail Martin
Email: lgmartin2020@gmail.com

David Litson

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David Litson
birth: August 22, 1837 in Jefferson County, Indiana to John and Ann Litson
death: November 11, 1916 in Crescent, Logan County, Oklahoma
burial: Oak View Cemetery, Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma

marriage: April 3, 1858 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Barbara Ellen Landon
birth: May 30, 1838 in Jefferson County, Indiana to William Landon and Elizabeth Riggle
death: November 27, 1920 in Englewood, Clark County, Kansas
burial: Oak View Cemetery, Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma

Children of Barbara Ellen Landon and David Litson:

  • Cecilia Adaline Litson about 1859 – 1883. She married John Howell and possibly married a Mr. Roseberry.
  • William Landon Litson 1865 – 1928. He married Mary Powell. After she died, he married Etta Holcombe.
  • John Charles Litson 1867 – 1947. He married Mary Jane Graybeal.
  • Sarah Ann Litson 1870 – 1955. She married Stonewall Jackson Cole.
  • George Washington Litson 1872 – 1944. He married Anna Louisa Knecht.
  • Unknown boy (1910 census and David’s obituary)
  • Unknown girl (1910 census and David’s obituary)
  • Unknown girl (1910 census and David’s obituary)

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana 1837-1881

Ancestor also lived in:

St. Clair and Bates counties, Missouri 1881-1883
Cowley County, Kansas 1884-1891
Sumner County, Kansas 1891-1893
Indian Territory 1894
Miami County, Kansas 1895-1900
Polk County, Arkansas 1901-1910
Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma 1910-1916

Other Information:

possibly served Civil War as part of militia from Jefferson County, IN

Submitted by:
Cherry Roegner
Email: cherryroegner@gmail.com