Category Archives: Clark County

Nest Harriet Jackson

Nest Harriet Jackson
b. 29 December 1888, Indiana, to Lawrence Wilmer and Katherine Adele (Pittman) Jackson
d. 21 October 1962, Fairbanks, North Star Borough, Alaska

m/1. 3 January 1913, Oceanside, California
Hubert Victor Everly
b. 10 November 1888, Buckeye, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, to Milton McClellan and Nancy Clara (Overholt) Everly
d. 21 March 1975, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington

m/2. about 1921
Arnold Palenske

Children with Hubert Victor Everly:

  • Hubert Victor (b. 27 March 1915) married Zoe Aasve Wist
  • William B. (b. 8 September 1917) married Eleanor Elizabeth Condon

Children with Arnold Palenske:

  • Helen
  • Arnold

Nest Harriet Jackson was a teacher. Her first husband, Hubert Victor Everly, was an optician. His father was a Methodist minister, and his mother was a seamstress. This first marriage was dissolved.

She lived in Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana, and moved to San Diego, California, before 1910.

Submitted by:
Jan Everly Williams
Honolulu HI
E-mail: jeverly@lava.net

George Cozine

George Cozine
b. 1799 near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, to Garret and Margaret (List/Lys) Cozine
d. May 1870, Contra Costa, California

m. 13 October 1818, Mercer County, Kentucky
Charity Banta
b. 27 January 1797, Mercer County, Kentucky, to Hendricks and Rachel (Hopper) Banta
d. 2 November 1879, Franchers Creek, California

Children with Charity Banta:

  • William Henry (1819–1889) married Margaret Jane Brooks
  • Rachel (b. 1829)
  • Albert (1827–1897) married Mary H. Flippen
  • Sally A. (b. 1833) married Liras Lions
  • Abram (b. 1836)

George immigrated to Hendricks County, Indiana, from Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1835 and emigrated from Clark County, Indiana, to Carroll County, Missouri, before 1850.

JoAnne Goodacre
Springfield VA

Martha Elizabeth Bottorff

Martha Elizabeth Bottorff
b. 27 March 1838, Clark County, Indiana, to Rev. Peter Henry and Sarah B. (Frey/Fry)
Bottorff
d. 1 April 1872, Salt Fork Township, Saline County, Missouri

m. 5 September 1854, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana
John Leonard Smith
b. 26 November 1824, Henry County, Kentucky
d. 15 May 1881, Salt Fork Township, Saline County, Missouri

Children with John L. Smith:

  • Albert
  • Joseph William
  • Mary Louisa
  • James Abraham
  • Gervas Moreland
  • Leonard
  • Sarah Jane
  • Levenia Alice
  • Adelia Prather
  • Martha
  • John Thomas

Martha and her family left Clark County, Indiana, for Saline County, Missouri, in 1854.

Submitted by:
John L. Davis, Jr.
Maryland Heights MO
E-mail: jlsdjr@sbcglobal.net

Aaron Barton

Aaron Barton
b. about 1811, Virginia (now Preston County, West Virginia), to Joshua and Phebe (Duvall) Barton
d. between 1860 and 1865

m. about 1833
Catherine Shelcut
b. about 1812, Pennsylvania, to Ezekiel and Mary A. [–?–] Shelcut
d. between 1865 and 1870

Children with Catherine Shelcut:

  • George H.
  • Charles A.
  • Arthur
  • Araminta
  • Phoebe J.
  • Sabina
  • Mary A.

Aaron moved to Indiana from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He resided at Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, and then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, before 1860.

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