Category Archives: Bartholomew County

Oliver Hosea Powell

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Oliver Hosea Powell
b. 23 May 1870, Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to John and Mary Jane (Dunn) Powell
d. 4 June 1955, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas

m. 22 July 1896
Sarah Krapp
b. 26 April 1874, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, to Hosea and Elizabeth (Christie) Dunn
d. 4 February 1945, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Krapp:

  • George Grant

John Powell, Oliver Powell’s father, was the son of Wiley Prosis and Sarah (Carter) Powell.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt
Huntertown IN
E-mail: dslaterput@aol.com

Mary Pottorff

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Mary Pottorff
b. January 1851, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Ninevah and Nancy (Allhands) Pottorff
d. January 1922, Marlin, Grant County, Washington

m. 7 September 1871, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Isaac Johnson, Jr.
b. 2 July 1840, Shelby County, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. 14 February 1902, Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Children with Isaac Johnson, Jr.:

  • Andrew (1872-1961) married Victoria Fulton
  • William Riley (1873-1962)
  • John Wesley (1878-1937) married Helen Bramer
  • Thomas Leslie (1878-1939) married Della Bramer
  • Ollie (1881-1928) married Martin Christensen

Isaac was married previously on 20 July 1864 to Arnetta Talkington, who died 10 November 1866.

According to family tradition, Mary and Isaac’s family included 12 children and three sets of twins.

After the death of Isaac Johnson in 1902, Mary and her children, (with the exception of Andrew, who had settled in Washington earlier,) all took out homesteads in Grant County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

Andrew Johnson

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Andrew Johnson
b. 1872 to Isaac Johnson, Jr. and Mary Pottorff
d. 1961

m. 4 September 1895, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Victoria Fulton
b. to William and Eliza J. (Morrison) Fulton

Children with Victoria Fulton:

  • William Grant (1896-1898)
  • Ruby Beryl (1897-1991)
  • Mabel Marie (1899-1989)
  • Benjamin Franklin (b. 1900)
  • Hazel Helen (1902-1982)
  • Glen Carl (1904-1990)
  • Beatrice Fern (b. 1908)
  • Hubert Wayne (1911-1952)
  • daughter who died at birth
  • Harper Fulton (b. 1915).

In 1900 Andrew and Victoria Johnson emigrated from Grammer, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Wilbur, Lincoln County, Washington. From Wilbur, the family moved to Grant County, Washington, where they homesteaded. After proving the Grant County homestead, Andrew and Victoria sold the land and returned to Grammer, Bartholomew County, Indiana. After about two years, they moved to Lincoln County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

James W Murphy

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James W Murphy
b. October 1850, Vienna Township, Scott County, Indiana, to John T. and Mary Ann Elizabeth (Smallwood) Murphy
d. 2 May 1906, Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri

m/1. 14 August 1877, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Percillia A. Parks
b. 15 April 1855, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana, to Samuel and Dorcus (Henry) Parks
d. 22 December 1895, Donaldson Creek, Trigg County, Kentucky

m/2. 27 January 1897
Florence M. E. “Betty” (Walker) Wilkerson
b. to John C. and Amy Jane (Allen) Walker
d. 13 May 1906

Children with Percillia A. Parks:

  • Nannie M. (1879-1892) married (1) George W. Hawley, (2) James Whitt Dowlen
  • Effie Lena (b. 1883) married Thomas Rice Hagewood
  • Allie Elmire (b. 1885) married (1) Brown Hagewood, (2) Harrison Butcher, (3) [–?–] Grey, (4) John Inman
  • Margaret (or Emma) Elizabeth (1889-1933) married Columbus Collier Mathis Pascal
  • Lyman Arthur
  • Minnie Ruth

Children with Florence M.E. (Walker) Wilkerson:

  • Florence Lorene
  • Tryman Jessie
  • Janie (1902-1904)
  • Bodie Ophelia

The family left Bartholomew County, Indiana, about 1890 for Donaldson Creek Valley, Trigg
County, Kentucky. They left Kentucky for Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, about 1899. Next, the family moved to Holcomb/White Oak, Missouri, in 1904.

James and Betty both died in May 1906 of pneumonia caused by being in the river after their ferry caught fire. They left six young children. The oldest four girls, all of whom were born in Indiana, had married and stayed in Tennessee.

Submitted by:
Lela B. Murphy Winfree
Warren MI

John W. Bailey

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JOHN W. BAILEY
b. August 1844, Kentucky
d. 30 October 1924, Wilmar, Drew County, Arkansas

m. 24 December 1865, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Adaline Whittington
b. February 1851, Indiana
d. 1907, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Children with Adaline Whittington:

  • Lillian Mary (b. 1867)
  • William (b. ca. 1869)
  • Patsy M. (b. ca. 1870)
  • Sarah (b. ca. 1872)
  • Justine (b. ca. 1878)
  • Francis Elmer
  • Martha (b. ca. 1882)
  • Hessie M. (b. ca. 1884)
  • Loran J. (b. 1886)
  • Lena

John emigrated from Bartholomew County, Indiana, in 1909.

John W.’s Civil War pension files includes a letter written 6 September 1910 from Wilmar, Arkansas, asking the pension commissioner to reconsider his pension application in lieu of the fact that he was a deserter. He states that he enlisted at “Falmath” Kentucky, it being the county seat of Pendleton County, in the 18th Kentucky regiment in 1861. He “recolect”s that he served 12 or 13 months and then wanted a furlough to go home which was denied so he “lit out and went eny how.” After trying unsuccessfully to re-locate his regiment he returned home until the “officers capteured me and took me back to the redgment way down in southern part of Tenise that was then in 63 the army started then to march to Chickamaga . “ After taking ill and spending a month in the hospital at “Chatneuky” he deserted “for good and went to Columbus and when the war broke I married there.”

John was denied a pension in 1890 and 1910 for his record of desertion.

Submitted by:
Shari Carr
Columbus, IN

 

John Mullendore

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John Mullendore
b. 23 July 1847, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Clint and Tabitha (Brooks) Mullendore
d. July 1907, Howard, Elk County, Kansas

m. 22 August 1866, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Mary Eusebia Robinson
b. 1848, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, to David D. and Sarah Elizabeth (Forsyth) Robinson
d. 1 November 1898, Howard, Elk County, Kansas

Children with Mary Eusebia Robinson:

  • Hallie (1867-1960) married (1) C. E. Tesh, (2) Oth Elliott
  • Eddie (1869-1870)
  • Erd (1871-1938) married Sarah Jane Berry
  • David (1873-1947) married Metta B. Killam
  • Jessie (1875-1876)
  • Harry (1877-1879)
  • Clarence (1879-1885)
  • Otto V. (b. 1881) married (1) Golda Cribley, (2) Josephine Hall
  • Claudie (1883-1886)
  • Clarice (1885-1886)
  • Ray (b. 1887) married Alma Glahn
  • Carl (1889-1922)
  • William Clinton (1892-1983) married Esther Andrews

John and Mary E. Mullendore emigrated from Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, to Howard, Elk County, Kansas, in 1882.

John’s sons, Erd and David Mullendore, took part in the third Oklahoma land rush. Erd became an oilman, banker, and rancher, owning the famous Cross-Bell Ranch. David returned to Elk County, Kansas, where he served two terms in the Kansas legislature and became president of Production Credit Corporation.

John’s other sons also became prominent businessmen. Otto established a bank and owned a department store in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Ray became a banker first in Osage and later at Hominy, Oklahoma, where his brother Carl also was a banker. William Clinton served in the Food Relief Administration during World War I and as secretary to then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. Later William Clinton, an attorney, became president and CEO of Southern California Edison Company.

Submitted by:
Barbara Mullendore Calvert
Caldwell NJ

James H Knight

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James H Knight
b. 1 July 1818, Ohio
d. 21 January 1889, Monroe County, Indiana

m. 23 April 1843, Monroe County, Indiana
Eliza Carter
b. 9 January 1825, Ohio
d. 20 April 1900, Monroe County, Indiana

Children with Eliza Carter:

  • Margaret J. (b. 1847)
  • Mary E. (b. 1850)
  • Lorenzo Marion (b. 1852)
  • James G. (b. 1856)
  • George L. (1858–1925)
  • Robert R. (b. 1866)
  • Lydia (b. 1867)

James immigrated to Indiana by 1840. He resided in three Indiana counties: Bartholomew, Monroe, and Brown. He emigrated from Indiana in 1846, to Millcreek Precinct, Clark County, Illinois. He later returned to Indiana by 18 February 1858.

Submitted by:
Don Knight
Edinburgh IN

Tandy Johnson

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Tandy Johnson
b. 23 June 1837, possibly Shelby County, Indiana, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson

m. 29 October 1866, Decatur County, Indiana
Minerva Kelly
b. about 1846, Virginia
d. between 1870 and 1880, White County, Indiana

Children with Minerva Kelly:

  • Sophia
  • Edgar

Tandy lived in Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana, and Jackson, Decatur County, Indiana. He moved to Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois, about 1869.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

Phebylean “Phebe” Johnson

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Phebylean “Phebe” Johnson
b. 1 July 1832, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. 5 April 1901, Independence, Nodaway County, Missouri

m. 6 July 1851, Shelby County, Indiana
Smith Anderson
b. March 1818, Ohio
d. 16 February 1901, Independence, Missouri

Children with Smith Anderson:

  • Nancy
  • Isaac
  • Charles
  • David
  • Louise
  • Susan
  • George W.
  • James
  • Margaret

Phebe immigrated to Jackson, Decatur County, Indiana, in 1832–1835 from Oldham County, Kentucky, and emigrated from Sandcreek, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Benton Township, Crawford County, Missouri, in the 1870’s.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

Odrien Johnson

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Odrien Johnson
b. 11 April 1830, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. about 15 August 1890, Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington

m. 5 September 1850, Decatur County, Indiana
Amanda Anderson
b. about 1830, Ohio
d. before 1920, possibly Texas

Children with Amanda Anderson:

  • Isaac
  • Susan
  • Jesse
  • John
  • Odrien
  • Nancy
  • Marietta
  • Robert

Odrien came to Indiana about 1832–1835. He emigrated in the late 1860’s from Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA