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Henry Daniel Dow

Henry Daniel Dow
birth: 21 June 1766 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony to John Dow and Elizabeth Burton
death: 22 July 1848
burial: Old Borden Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana

marriage: 6 December 1787 in Plainfield, Windham Connecticut
Elizabeth Dow
birth: 22 June 1763 in Voluntown, New London Connecticut Colony to Benjamin Dow and Mary Hutchinson
death: 12 November 1846 in Clark County Indiana
burial: Old Borden Cemetery, Clark County, IN

Children of Elizabeth Dow and Henry Daniel Dow:

  • Mary “Polly” Dow 1788-?
  • Elisha B. Dow 1790-?
  • Elder henry Dow 1794-1873
  • Sargent Benjamin Dow 1797-1815
  • John Dow 1799-?
  • Nathan Dow 1801-1843
  • Asa Dow 1803-1815
  • Rebecca Dow 1805-1870

Ancestor here lived in:

Clark County, Indiana

Other Information:

Henry Daniel Dow came to Clark Co. in 1817 from Connecticut and purchased land at that time and moved his family in 1819. He erected a saw mill in 1820. There was lots of timber to clear and saw into useable lumber. It was probably one of the first saw mills erected in Indiana I would venture a guess. He later received a land warrant from the government in 1842 as the government was promoting the settling of this territory. The next generation moved northward into Morgan county later. Henry is mentioned in the book by Captain Lewis C. Baird’s “History of Clark County”…noted on page 64.

Submitted by:
Ellen Wilson-Pruitt
Email: ellenwilsonpruitt@gmail.com

Taylor Votaw Hancock

Taylor Votaw Hancock
birth: June 17, 1903 in Boone County, Indiana to William Henry Hancock and Katie V. Coshow
death: Jan 11, 1977 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana
burial: Scottsburg Cemetery, Scott County, Indiana

 

Other Information:

Findagrave record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102844119/taylor-votaw-hancock

Submitted by:
John Hancock
Email: johnw_hancock43@msn.com

Editor’s Note: No further information was provided. Visit the findagrave link for a possible connection with further information.

David Zener

David Zener
birth: May 16, 1797 in Virginia to Mathias Zener and Garringer
death: January 5, 1877
burial: Paris, Jennings County, Indiana, burial Gaddy-Wykoff Cemetery, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana

marriage: May 5, 1818 in Hardinsburg, Breckenridge County, Kentucky
Phoebe Baker
birth: July 31, 1807 in Hagerstown, Maryland to Nicholas Baker and Barbara Miller
death:
burial: 1858 West Virginia

Children of Phoebe Baker and David Zener:

  • Elizabeth Zener, November 22, 1819-July 14, 1865 spouse, Lot V. Search
  • Magdalena Zener, November 1, 1821-April 16, 1905, never married
  • Lydia Zener, October 2, 1823-March 14, 1924, 3 spouses Robert Dixon, Robert Bain, John M. McJimsey.
  • Sarah Zener, April 8, 1826-April 30, 1894, Charles (Rodney) Kendall Lard/Laird (changed his name)
  • Catherine Servilla Zener, February 13, 1828-December 19, 1909, spouse George Troutman Foster.
  • Harriet Agnes Zener, February 7, 1830-September 2, 1900, spouse Joseph Ayers.
  • Mathias Zener, January 12, 1831- September 22, 1890, spouse Frances Unknown.
  • Malinda Zener, January 20, 1834-April 21, 1894, spouse Francis Marion Landon.
  • Henry M. Zener, January 6, 1836-November 26, 1903, never married.
  • David G. Zener, December 8, 1837-February 18, 1907, spouse Zerilda Gaddy.
  • Benjamin F. Zener, October 29, 1839-July 29, 1869, never married

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana

Additional information about person:
His Father was Mathias Zener a Hessian Solder in the Revolutionary War who was captured at the Battle of Yorktown and remained in America after the war. He married a German/American woman in Virginia after the war and died in Clark County Indiana in 1815.

By 1812 he was in Kentucky as he fought in the War of 1812 with the Kentucky Militia, married in 1818 in Breckenridge County, Kentucky – War of 1812 Bounty Land in Jefferson County, Indiana, all children born there.

During the Civil War, David Zener was one of those who opposed slavery and would purchase no products produced in the south – the family raised sheep and even imported silk worms and planted Mulberry Trees to feed them so they could weave all their own clothing. The name Zener is spelled various ways the most common being Zener or Zenor but those were not the only ones.

Submitted by:
Sheila Kell
Email: kfurballkell@aol.com

Benjamin Franklin Reed

Benjamin Franklin Reed
birth: 2 May 1888 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana to Francis Harvey “Frank” Reed and Florence Elizabeth McKee
death: 20 October 1917 in Detroit, Michigan
burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

marriage: 25 November 1913 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Ruth Nave
birth: 24 November 1892 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana to Teter “Tete” Nave and Mary Elizabeth Taylor
death: 19 March 1951 in Logansport, Indiana
burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

Children of Ruth Nave and Benjamin Franklin Reed:

  • Don (or Donald) Francis Reed (1913-1988) Virginia Amoss
  • Margaret Elizabeth Reed (1914-2006) Edward Nevarre “Eddie” Williams, Richard Eugene “Dick” Jackson
  • Martha Shideler Reed (1916-1980) Arden Packard

Ancestor here lived in:

Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

Other Information:

Switchman, Wabash Railroad

Submitted by:
Karen Packard Rhodes
Email: bitbucket001@comcast.net

Elihu Burton Bagwell

Elihu Burton Bagwell
birth: 26 Feb 1861, Independence, VA Hiram Burton Bagwell, Mary Emaline (Calloway)
death: 6 Jul 1940, North Manchester, Wabash Co, IN
burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester, IN

marriage: 24 Feb 1884, Darke County, OH
Mary Elizabeth (Niswonger)
birth: 12 Mar 1861, Darke County, OH David and Anna (Peffley) Niswonger
death: 28 Dec 1928, North Manchester, IN
burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester, IN

Submitted by:
Mike Davis
Email: triotenor@gmail.com

George F Roberts

George F Roberts
birth: 1887 in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Franklin and Mary (Whittaker)
death: 1951 in New Albany, Floyd Co, Indiana
burial: Kraft Charlestown Rd, New Albany IN

marriage: about 1895 in Bowling Green, KY
Nellie Roberts
birth: 24 Jan 1874 Erin, Houston, Tennessee to Martha Tunks
death: 8 Aug 1943 in New Albany, Floyd Co, Indiana
burial: Kraft Charlestown Rd, New Albany, IN

Children of Nellie Roberts and George F Roberts:

  • Jesse 1897 1 yr old
  • Marie 1897
  • Paul 1900
  • Virginia 1902
  • Harry 1903
  • Bertie 1906
  • Stanley 1908-1909
  • Chester 1911
  • Paul 1913

Ancestor here lived in:

New Albany, Floyd Co, IN

Other Information:

George Roberts passed long before I was born. Sadly, my grandfather passed when I was 9 so I don’t have any direct stories from him.

Submitted by:
Shelly Cleveland
Email: shelly2_2@hotmail.com

John Ayers

John Ayers
birth: 1789 New Jersey Jedediah Ayers – Experience Unknown
death: July 24, 1871, Jefferson County, Indiana
burial: Cave-Dixon Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

marriage: August 19, 1813, Hamilton County, Ohio
Sarah Ann Ward
birth: 1797 Virginia
death: February 11, 1878, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana
burial: Cave-Dixon Cemetery, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana

Children of Sarah Ann Ward and John Ayers:

  • Louis Ayers born 1818 Ohio death date and place unknown
  • George W. Ayers born 1820 Ohio death unknown
  • Milton Ayers born June 3, 1821 died 1898 Crawford County, Kansas, spouse Mary Sturgess
  • Benjamin S Ayers born February 16, 1826, Ohio died November 6, 1904, Boone County, Indiana, spouse Frances “Fanny” Unknown
  • Joseph Ayers born December 19, 1828, Hamilton County, Ohio died April 16, 1920 Paris, Jennings County, Indiana spouse Harriet Agnes Zener
  • Isaac Newton Ayers, born May 9, 1831, Hamilton County, Ohio died November 7, 1904, Boone County, Indiana , spouse Rebecca Davis
  • Mary Jane Ayers, March 22, 1837, Ohio died date unknown, Boone County, Indiana

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana 1845 – death in 1871

Other Locations where person lived:
New Jersey, New York, Ohio

Additional information about person:
Fought in the War of 1812 as a member of the Ohio Militia

Submitted by:
Sheila Kell
Email: kfurballkell@aol.com

George Boxley McClelland

George Boxley McClelland
birth: 21 Oct 1874 in Clinton County, Indiana to John Newton McClelland and Eliza Tudor
death: 27 July 1936, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
burial: Longcliffe Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

marriage: 21 Oct 1895 in Crawford County, Kansas
Anna Lydia Kennedy
birth: 14 Sep 1877 in McDonough County, Illinois to John Alonzo Kennedy and Minerva Arlette Kaiser
death: 15 Dec 1960 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas
burial: Girard Cemetery, Girard, Crawford County, Kansas

Children of Anna Lydia Kennedy and George Boxley McClelland:

  • Walter Ray McClelland, b. 1896, d. 1960 wife: Florence Evaleen Bennett No children from 2nd marriage.

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Clinton County, IN, 1874 to 1885
  • Logansport, Cass County, IN, 1917 to 1936

Other Information:

Lived in Crawford County, KS 1885 to 1917. Divorced from 1st wife in 1900, Crawford County, KS. married 2nd wife, 21 Jul 1928, Cass County, IN, Roxie Mae Prophet, widow of William Riley Shaw, she was born, 10 Mar 1888 in Howard County, IN, died 19 May 1965 in Logansport, Cass County, IN, her parents were Alvin Prophet and Mary Ellen Myers.

Submitted by:
Mary E McClelland
Email: marymac1962@ckt.net

Ruth Nave

Ruth Nave
birth: 24 November 1892 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana to Teter “Tete” Nave and Mary Elizabeth Taylor
death: 19 March 1951 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Indiana

marriage: 25 November 1913 in South Bend, Indiana
Benjamin Franklin Reed
birth: 2 May 1888 in Logansport, Indiana to Francis Harvey “Frank” Reed and Florence Elizabeth McKee
death: 20 October 1917 in Detroit, Michigan
burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Indiana

Children of Ruth Nave and Benjamin Franklin Reed:

  • Don (or Donald) Francis Reed (1913-1988) Virginia Amos
  • Margaret Elizabeth Reed (1914-2006) Edward Nevarre “Eddie” Williams, Richard Eugene “Dick” Jackson
  • Martha Shideler Reed (1916-1980) Arden Packard

Ancestor here lived in:

  • South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
  • Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

Other Information:

  • Second husband surname Pennington; given name not known
  • Third husband Harold White

Submitted by:
Karen Packard Rhodes
Email: bitbucket001@comcast.net

Perry Wilmer Reed

Perry Wilmer Reed
birth: 7 September 1885 in Logansport, Indiana to Francis Harvey “Frank” Reed and Florence Elizabeth McKee
death: 4 October 1938 in Pensacola, Florida
burial: St. John’s Cemetery Pensacola, Florida

marriage: 31 October 1907 in Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana
Mary LeSourd
birth: 23 March 1889 in Sleeth, Indiana to Levi Curtis LeSourd and Rachel Anna Sleeth
death: 28 May 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida
burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida

Children of Mary LeSourd and Perry Wilmer Reed:

  • Wilmer LeSueur Reed (1908-1909)
  • Mary Elizabeth Reed (1909-1967)
  • Robert Richard Reed (1813-1998) Dorothy Bauman
  • Martha Shideler Reed (adopted) (1916-1980) Arden Packard

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
  • Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana

Other Locations where Ancestor lived:

  • Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  • Nitro, Kanawha County, West Virginia
  • Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida

Additional information about person:
Rear Commodore, Pensacola (FL) Yacht Club
Composer-songwriter of hymns and popular tunes
Wrote songs “In a Florida Houseboat,” “Swinging Along,” and “Down Pensacola Way”
Served as Secretary of the Pensacola Rotary Club
Secretary-Manager of Pensacola Chamber of Commerce

Submitted by:
Karen Packard Rhodes
Email: bitbucket001@comcast.net