Category Archives: Boone County

Uriah Springer Bowen

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URIAH SPRINGER BOWEN
b. 10 March 1822, Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, to Absalom and Jane (Ross) Bowen
d. 23 May 1893, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

m. 16 February 1851, Boone County, Indiana
Elizabeth Moore
b. 22 July 1830, Barren County, Kentucky
d. 24 January 1916, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

Children with Elizabeth Moore:

  • Nancy
  • Newton
  • Milton
  • Wesley
  • Samuel
  • William
  • Harvey
  • Sarah
  • Lydia
  • Franklin
  • Charles
  • Charity
  • Henry

He came to Indiana about 1848 and lived in Boone County until leaving the state about 1855.

Submitted by:
Kathleen M. Kinstler
Tigard OR

Sarah Elizabeth Riggins

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Sarah Elizabeth Riggins
b. 10 March 1841, Union/Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 3 February 1906, Maricopa County, Arizona

m. 22 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois
Reddick Jasper Cartwright
b. 24 June 1837, Coles County, Illinois
d. 15 June 1914, San Joaquin County, California

Children with Reddick Jasper Cartwright:

  • Reeves Reddick
  • Alameda
  • Mary E.
  • Jackson Manford
  • Perlina Adalee
  • Anna
  • Martha Frances
  • Charles Elzy
  • Josephine M.
  • Elmer Alexander
  • Louvisa Ellen
  • Altwilda May
  • Lola Frances
  • Ethel Sarah

Sarah emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Emanuel Riggins

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Emanuel Riggins
b. 23 June 1845, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 28 December 1921, Phoenix, Arizona

m. 29 January 1871
Rosaline Thompson
b. 17 November 1849, Coles County, Illinois
d. 31 August 1928, Coconine County, Arizona

Children with Rosaline Thompson:

  • John Alfred
  • Emma
  • Emery
  • Minnie
  • Mary Edith

Emanuel emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Bathesheba Catherine Riggins

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Bathesheba Catherine Riggins
b. 18 March 1843, near Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois

m. 28 October 1860, Coles County, Illinois
Thomas Nathan Ashby
b. 20 May 1831, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois

Children with Thomas Nathan Ashby:

  • John Melton
  • Perlina Elizabeth
  • Reeves Bozaras
  • Edwin Lewis
  • Mary L.
  • Stephen Dale
  • Phillip Douglas
  • Charlie E.

Bathesheba moved before 1861 to Cumberland County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Asa Van Buren Riggins

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Asa Van Buren Riggins b. 12 April 1837, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 16 January 1906, Glenwood, Webster County, Nebraska

m. Zilpha M. Walker
b. 28 February 1838, Coles County, Illinois
d. 1897

Children with Zilpha M. Walker:

  • Julia Ann
  • Frances Elizabeth
  • William Richard
  • Perlina May
  • Thomas Jackson
  • Dora
  • Martha “Mattie”
  • Mary “Mollie”

Asa emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, about 1847. Submitted by: Everett W. Spackman Laramie WY

William Steers Peek

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William Steers/Steeres Peek
b. 14 January 1839, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to Robert B. and Permelia (Steers) Peek
d. 17 October 1901, Gridley, Coffey County, Kansas

m. 3 November 1859, Shelby County, Indiana
Elizabeth Thompson
b. 2 August 1841, Richland, Rush County, Indiana
d. 20 December 1919, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Thompson:

  • Alfred Everett (1861-1941)
  • Selina (1862-1939)
  • Cassandra (1864-1945)
  • Permelia (1866-1944)
  • John (1868-1945)
  • Augusta (1869-1957)
  • Lillian (1872-1951)
  • Nellie (1874-1959)
  • William (1876-1902)
  • Grace (1879-1970)
  • Charles Robert (1881-1941)
  • Mattie Pearl (1884-1961)

William emigrated from Indiana to Coffey County, Kansas, in 1881.

Selina “Lina” and Cassandra “Kate” Peek married brothers, Thomas C. and Joseph Carter, and remained on adjoining farms in Boone County, Indiana, when the rest of the family moved west by covered wagon. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth (Thompson) Peek went with her son Charles to homestead on land in New Mexico. After about five years, she sold her homestead to her son and returned to Burlington, Kansas, where she died.

Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL

Peter James Nicholson

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Peter James Nicholson
b. 22 January 1800, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, to William and Elizabeth [–?–] Nicholson
d. 31 October 1896, Mineralridge, Boone County, Indiana

m. 30 April 1833, Putnam County, Indiana
Elizabeth Frances Staughan
b. 1813, Shelby County, Kentucky
d. 30 October 1886, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Frances Staughan:

  • Stark Dupey
  • John William
  • Francis Marion
  • Nathaniel Stanford
  • Elizabeth Catherine
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Martha Ann
  • Aaron Calvin
  • Alsy
  • Peter
  • Silas
  • [–?–]

Peter Nicholson immigrated to Washington County, Indiana, from Kentucky in 1819 with
his parents. He was one of the leaders of a group of his relatives and friends who emigrated from Putnam County, Indiana, to Fraser, Boone County, Iowa, about 1848 after Iowa had opened for settlement. The town of Fraser sprang up around his pioneer home in Iowa.

Submitted by:
Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

Myra Hopkins

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Myra Hopkins
b. October 1857, Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, to Albert and Margaret (Caldwell)
Hopkins
d. 17 February 1939, Spangle, Spokane County, Washington

m. 5 March 1883, Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas
Isaac Minnick
b. 18 June 1856, Jacksonville, Stockton County, Missouri
d. 19 February 1916, Cheney, Spokane County, Washington

Children with Isaac Minnick:

  • Mabel married [–?–] Barbee
  • Gertrude Ethelyn married (1) [–?–] Smith, (2) [–?–] Bickett

Myra emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Verna Bickett Williams
Penn Valley CA

William H. H. Dickerson

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William H. H. Dickerson
b. 8 November 1841, Boone County, Indiana, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnett) Dickerson
d. 10 April 1922, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas

m. 24 February 1864, Johnson County, Indiana
Nancy Ellen Paul
b. 30 August 1847, Marion County, Kentucky
d. 9 December 1923, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas

Children with Nancy Ellen Paul:

  • Laura (b. 1868)
  • William Thomas (b. 1869)
  • Spencer Barnett (b. 1874)
  • Robert (b. 1877)
  • Clinton (b. 1878)
  • Anna (b. 1882)
  • Blanche (b. 1884)
  • Charles (b. 1889)

William emigrated to Wintersville, Sullivan County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Karen Dickerson Hillson
Belton MO

Franklin Dickerson

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Franklin Dickerson
b. 23 November 1838, Boone County, Indiana, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnett) Dickerson
d. 8 October 1925, Newtown, Missouri

m/1. 17 July 1867, Johnson County, Indiana
Mary Elizabeth Russell
d. 1873, Johnson County, Indiana

m/2. 16 December 1880
Emily Armilda Guymon
d. 3 February 1916

Children with Mary Elizabeth Russell:

  • William Alexander
  • John
  • Thomas

Children with Emily Armilda Guymon:

  • Sarah
  • Samuel
  • Edward
  • George

Submitted by:
Karen Dickerson Hillson
Belton MO