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John A. Lepper

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John A. Lepper
birth: 22 Aug 1808 in Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York to Jacob A. Lepper & Mary Allen
death: 11 Sep 1884 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

marriage: 1836 in Trumbull Co., Ohio
Louisa Sarah Fairbanks
birth: 23 Dec 1810 in Perth, Fulton, New York to Jonathan Fairbanks & Sally Carpenter
death: 12 Oct 1858 in Prospect, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

Children of Louisa Sarah Fairbanks and John A. Lepper:

  • Sally Maria “Lucy” Lepper 1837-1911 wed Orson Jennings.
  • Jacob H Lepper 1838-1864.
  • Olive Lepper1840-1919 wed Ellison Covert.
  • Mary Lepper 1841-1841.
  • Thomas P Lepper 1843-1887 wed Nancy J Dick.
  • James Edward Lepper 1844-1932 wed Martha Ann Quackenbush.
  • Lydia Ann Lepper1847-1926 wed Lewis Hoopengardner.
  • William H. Lepper. 1849-1938 Minerva A. McDaniel.
  • John Marshall Lepper 1851-1928 wed Lucy Ellen Hayes.
  • Mary Louisa Lepper1853-1929 wed Seymore C. Goshorn.

Ancestor here lived in:

1848 John & Louisa moved to Wells Co., Indiana. John was a charter member of The Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church in Union Township. 1860 John wed Martha DeMoss, and had no children. John passed in 1884.

Other Information:

John A Lepper… Born in 1808 in Amsterdam, and in 1836 wed Louisa Sarah Fairbanks, and living in Trumbull Co., Ohio.

Submitted by:
Julie Morse
Email: a58winterschild55@yahoo.com

John Marshall Lepper

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John Marshall Lepper
birth: 1851 in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana to John A. Lepper & Louisa Sarah Fairbanks
death: 1928 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana
burial: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, IN 46777

marriage: 7 Sep 1875 in Wells Co., Indiana
Lucy Ellen Hayes
birth: 1856 in Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio to James Dean Hayes & Mary Ellen Burnett
death: 1942 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
burial: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, IN 46777

Children of Lucy Ellen Hayes and John Marshall Lepper:

  • Lida May Lepper 1876-1905 wed Morgan Leslie Wall.
  • George Henry Lepper 1878-1949 wed Jeannette Elzey.
  • Fred Louis Lepper 1880-1928 wed Mary L Houser.
  • Victor Orin Lepper 1881-1933.
  • Ina Ethel Lepper 1885-1958 wed A- Bruce Earl Saunders, wed B- Herbert Daniel Lewis.
  • Thomas Johnson Lepper 1887-1879.
  • Sidney Earl Lepper 1888-1952 wed Violet R Marsh.
  • Donna Bell Lepper 1892-1922 wed Edward L Sommers.
  • Paul Stein Lepper 1897-1941 wed Ruth Viola Croup.
  • Mary Olive Lepper 1898-1983 wed A- Shirley Jason Brodrick & B- James Earl Greider.
  • Adah Irene Lepper 1902-1981 wed John Madison Clinton

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 1851 born in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana
  • 1875 he wed Lucy an they were living in Ossian.
  • 1900 John was living in Jefferson doing odd jobs.
  • 1910 He is living in Wayne, Noble, IN.
  • 1925 John & Lucy celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana.
  • He passed in Kendallville in 1928.

Submitted by:
Julie Morse
Email: a58winterschild55@yahoo.com

Adah Irene Lepper

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Adah Irene Lepper
birth: 15 Mar 1902 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana to John Marshall Lepper & Lucy Ellen Hayes
death: 4 Mar 1981 in Blythe, Riverside, California
burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, OH 43560

marriage: 23 Jul 1918 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan
John Madison Clinton
birth: 18 Dec 1888 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana to James Elmer Clinton & Mary Magdelene Flowers
death: 4 May 1966 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana
burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, OH 43560

Children of Adah Irene Lepper and John Madison Clinton:

  • James Marshal Clinton b 1919 • Ossian, Wells, Indiana – d 1984 • Mohave Valley, Mohave, Arizona. no marriage/kids.
  • Jack Milford Clinton b 5 1922 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio – d 2008 • Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee. Spouse – Living
  • Nila Jeanne Clinton b 1926 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio d 1992 • Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Spouse Harold John Fife b 1924 • Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania d 2002 • Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
  • Patricia Joanne Clinton b 1934 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio d 2022 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio. Spouse Ronald Arthur Morse b 1932 • Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania d 1974 • Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada (he passed in a Vegas hospital, but was living in Lake Havasu City, AZ.)

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 1902 born in Ossian.
  • 1910 Wayne, Noble, Ind.
  • 1919 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN.
  • sometime in the mid 1950s Adah & John moved to Kendallville, Noble, IN.

Other places ancestor lived:

  • 1918 eloped to Niles, Berrien, MI.
  • 1922 Toledo, Lucas, OH.
  • some time after John Clinton passed in 1966, Adah & eldest son James moved back to Toledo, Lucas, OH. in 1978 Adah had a heart attack, and she moved with James, to Junction, Mesa, CO. to live with 2nd son Jack Clinton & his 2nd wife Joyce Jackson. Then sometime in the late 1970s the family moved to Lake Havasu City, Mohave, AZ. 1981 Adah passed at the Nursing home in Blythe. Cali.

Other Information:

Adah’s husband, John M. Clinton was married before. John wed Mae Catherine Miner on the 14 Dec 1912 • Fort Wayne, Allen, IN. Mae, 1893-1974, of Fort Wayne, Allen, IN. John & Mae had 2 Children: 1- Beatrice Marie Clinton ,1914 – 1979 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, wed Robert J McClure 1915-? & 2- Rosemary Anne Clinton 1916 – 1997 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN., and in 1935 down in New Orleans, Orleans, LA., she wed Robert Edwin Scranton 1916-1970.

Submitted by:
Julie Morse
Email: a58winterschild55@yahoo.com

Paul Sherman Lorenz

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Paul Sherman Lorenz
birth: 26 Nov 1916 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana to Frederick Graham Lorenz (1880-1951) and Bessie Lucille Sherman (1882-1963)
death: 16 Oct 2015 in Nashville, Brown, Indiana
burial: Washington Park North (Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana)

marriage: 24 Jun 1939 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Marjorie Ann McCown
birth: 3 Jun 1920 in Clinton, Henry, Missouri to William Henry McCown (1870-1961) and Estelle May Bartlett (1886-1966)
death: 23 Oct 1985 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana
burial: Washington Park North (Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana)

Children of Marjorie Ann McCown and Paul Sherman Lorenz:

  • 2 children, both living

Ancestor here lived in:

Paul lived in Indianapolis, Indiana until he retired in 1975 when he and his wife moved to Nashville, Indiana.

Other Information:

Paul was the brother of Fred Lorenz, owner of Gnaw Bone Camp. Campers there knew him as Uncle Paul.

Submitted by:
Sheryl Perry
Email: shylper@gmail.com

Michael Powers

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Michael Powers
birth: 1881 in Jennings County, Indiana to Jacob Powers and Mary Jane Cruser
death: 1968 in Decatur County Indiana
burial: Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana, USA

marriage: unknown
Hattie Mae Beatty
birth: 1894 in Indiana to William Beatty (1860-1937) and Edith Ann Sutton (1863-1928)
death: 1980 in Decatur County, Indiana

Children of Hattie Mae Beatty and Michael Powers:

  • Willard Otis Powers 1912-1986
  • Dorothy Belle Powers 1914-1945
  • Philip Powers 1917-1990
  • Helena Goldie Powers 1920-1992
  • Gladys Powers 1922-2006
  • Thomas Powers 1924-1983
  • Michael Powers 1928-2008
  • Melvin Lee Powers 1936-2016

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Jennings County, Indiana
  • Decatur County, Indiana

Submitted by:
Lindsay
Email: crazycatlady1784@yahoo.com

James Otis Tucker

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James Otis Tucker
birth: College Corner, Union County
death: College Corner, Union County
burial: Keffer Cemetery,Union County

marriage: not provided
Francis Emma Harter

Editor note: No further information was provided.

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Nancy Provost
Email: nprovost41@comcast.net

Oris Orville Ewell

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Oris Orville Ewell
birth: July 2, 1903? in Hume, Illinois
death: 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana
burial: Raceway Rd Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

marriage: 1930?
Blanche Elaine Harlan/ Waltz
birth: not provided
death: not provided
burial: not provided

Children of Blanche Elaine Harlan/ Waltz and Oris Orville Ewell:

  • not provided

Ancestor here lived in:

379 S Worth st Indianapolis Indiana 46241, westside Indianapolis off Washington St an Lyndhurst st. 1930ish til death 1972

Other Information:

B&O engineer most his life

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Karen Hatton
Email: kmendenhall499@gmail.com

George Gundrum

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George Gundrum
birth: 1835 in Pennsylvania to Samuel & Catherine Bugh Gundrum
death: Aug 18 1897
burial: St George Lutheran church, Edinburgh, Indiana

Note from editor: No further information was provided.

Submitted by:
Anissa Claycamp
Email: anissaclaycamp@gmail.com

Martin Millerborn Campbell

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Martin Millerborn Campbell
birth: 1848 in Marion, Kentucky to Josiah Campbell and Mary Ann Overstreet
death: 1941 in Vigo County, Indiana
burial: Brown Cemetery, Pierson Township, Vigo, Indiana

marriage: 1872 in Hendricks Co, Indiana
Eva Ann Bailey
birth: 1853 in Shelby, Indiana to John Bailey and Catherine Emdy
death: 1946 in Marion Co, Indiana
burial: Brown Cemetery, Pierson Township, Vigo, Indiana

Children of Eva Ann Bailey and Martin Millerborn Campbell:

  • Tessie O Campbell 1874-1895
  • Mary Catherine Campbell 1875-1968 m .Tilman O. Bush son: Audry Lewis Bush
    John Louis Campbell 1877-1955 m Ethel Brown, children: Charles Louis, Edith Grace, Eva Alma, Francis Brown, Kenneth Boyd and Delbert Eugene.
  • Martin Otto 1881 1974 m Laura Blanche Brown, children: Juanita Lucille and Triby M.
    2nd wife Tressie Folsom Clark
  • Oliver D Campbell 1883-1961 m Pearl Trimmer children: Everett Wayne, Harold Edwin
  • Sarah Elizabeth Campbell 1890-1935 m Emmett Power children: Helen Marie, Vernal Emmett, and Victor Emil
  • Eva Ann Campbell 1892-1980 m Phillip Pratt children William Miller and Carl Richard
    James Marion Campbell 1895-1982 m Lois Copeland children: Oris Martin, Ruth Gladys, Virginia Dale, James Marion Jr., and Emmett Woodrow

Ancestor here lived in:

Indianapolis, Indiana 1863
Pierson Township, Vigo Co., Indiana 1870-1941

Other Information:

Martin headed to Illinois with family at about 15 years of age. When they arrived in Vigo County it was winter and they stayed with a farmer, working to pay for board. In the spring Martin stayed in Pierson instead of traveling on with family.

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

Nancy Reynolds

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Nancy Reynolds
birth: 17 March 1827 in Lawrence County, IN to Richard Reynolds Jr. and Martha “Patsy” McAllister
death: 1 July 1931 in Schuyler County, MO
burial: Darby Cemetery in Schuyler County, MO

marriage: 4 Dec 1851 in Schuyler County MO
Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray
birth: 25 Dec 1833, IN to Jesse Gray and Nancy Rainbolt
death: 25 Jan 1909 in Schuyler County, MO
burial: Darby Cemetery in Schuyler County, MO

Children of Nancy Reynolds and Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray:

  • John J. Gray b.1854, IA d. before 1870
  • Sarah Jane Gray b.9 Nov 1854, IA d. 17 Mar 1947 Schuyler County MO, Husband, John Rush Heaton
  • Jesse R. Gray b 1857 Davis Co. IA, d 1915 Ellis, OK, Wife Louisa Norman
  • James Henry Gray b 14 Feb 1859 Downing, Schuyler County, MO d 7 Sep 1941 Schuyler County, MO Wife Lucinda “Lucy” Mary Shreve
  • Susan Caroline Gray b 19 Nov 1861 Schuyler County, MO d 29 Feb 1928 Lewis, KS Husband Albert R. Ray
  • Nancy Cora Gray b July 1864 Schuyler County, MO d after 1931 Portland, OR Husband Charles A. Rhodes
  • Lucetta Gray b July 1869, MO d 5 May 1954 Los Angeles, CA Husband Nicholas E. Fail

Ancestor here lived in:

Lawrence County, IN

Ancestor also lived in:
1850-57 Davis County, IA
1859-80 Schuyler County, MO
1910 Crawford, KS
1925 Lewis, KS
1930 Schuyler County, MO

Other Information:

Her grandchildren claimed that she chewed long green tobacco and smoked a pipe. They took turns lighting the pipe for her and she always remembered who had done it last, no matter how long it had been between visits. Her grandchildren also claimed that she was a full-blooded Indian. She still had dark hair at her death at age 104.

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