Category Archives: Clay County

Thomas O’Brien

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Thomas O’Brien
birth: 1 July 1805, Pike County, Ohio to Enoch O’Bryant & Nancy Barker
death: 3 May 1862, Center Point, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

marriage: c1828, probably Ohio
Lucinda Kennedy
birth: 2 July 1806, Virginia
death: 1 April 1863, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

Children of Lucinda Kennedy and Thomas O’Brien:

  • Enoch O’Brien 1829-1907 m. Elizabeth Ann Grass
  • Minerva J O’Brien 1834-1905 m. John Elmore Tribble
  • George O’Brien 1837-?
  • Isaac O’Brien 1838-?
  • Rebecca “Ella” O’Brien 1842-1926 m. James P Kellum
  • Lincoln Mason O’Brien 1844-1924 m. Elisabeth Huber
  • Malinda O’Brien 1849-?
  • Anna O’Brien 1849-1928 m. William Reece Donham

Ancestor here lived in:

1838-1850 Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1857-1861 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
1860 Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1 July 1805, in Pike, Ohio
1828-1834 in Ohio

Other Information:

Stone Mason

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Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Enoch O’Brien

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Enoch O’Brien
birth: 20 October 1829 in Brown, Ohio to Thomas O’Brien & Lucinda Kennedy
death: 25 March 1907 in Linton, Vigo, Indiana
burial: German Memory Hill Cemetery, Linton, Greene, Indiana

marriage: about 1850 in Clay, Indiana, United States
Elizabeth Ann Grass
birth: 29 January 1826 in Virginia to Peter Grass, Jr & Mary Dressler
death: 19 April 1865 in Center Point, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay, Indiana

Children of Elizabeth Ann Grass and Enoch O’Brien:

  • Alonzo Wilfred O’Brien 1852-1941 m. Josephine Arnold
  • William O’Brien 1854-? m1. Lydia Eichin m2 Emilie Eichen
  • John W. O’Brien 1855-1933 m1. Sarah Jennifer West m2. Emma E. Spencer
  • Enoch O’Brien 1856-1937 m. Sarah C. Cole
  • Lucinda O’Brien 1860-1941 m1. John D. Huber m2. Duffrild Green Halfhill
  • Florance Ann O’Brien 1852-1936 m. William Hickson Rice

Ancestor here lived in:

1850, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1852 Center Twp, Marion, Indiana
1855 Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana
1860-1865 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1900-1907 Stockton Twp, Greene, Indiana

Other Information:

Carpenter

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Samuel Miles

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Samuel Miles
birth: 17 March 1796 in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky to Enos Miles and Anna Buchanan
death: 9 June 1876 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 9 December 1824 in Parke, Indiana
Hannah Ghormley
birth: 23 March 1802 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania to James Isaac Ghormley and Elizabeth Cunningham
death: 18 August 1858 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Children of Hannah Ghormley and Samuel Miles:

  • Jesse Miles 1825-?
  • Ann Miles 1826-1891 m. Lewis Rice
  • James Ghormley Miles 1827-1898 m. Susanna Wade
  • Enos C Miles 1829-1911 m. Caroline Baylis Osborn
  • Mary Ann Miles 1830-1900 m1 James Harvey McCoskey m2 Elijah Lindsey Ferguson m3 Hiram Braddy
  • Jane Miles 1831-1862 m. William Kelly Houston
  • William Hickson Miles 1833-1908 m. Melissa Moss
  • Henry Harrison Brown Miles 1835-1904 m. Parintha Clemons
  • Samuel Thompson Laverty Miles 1835-1904 m. Lucinda Buell

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 9 Dec 1824-1827, Parke, Indiana
  • 1829-1830 Vigo, Indiana
  • 1831-June 1876 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in: 

17 March 1796, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky

Other Information:

Farmer

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Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Lewis W. Rice

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Lewis W. Rice
birth: 24 November 1823 in Shelby, Kentucky to Jesse Rice and Martha Wilcoxson
death: 15 February 1896, in Bowling Green, Washington Township, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green, Washington Township, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 5 September 1844 in Clay, Indiana
Ann Miles
birth: 22 July 1826 in Parke, Indiana to Samuel Miles and Hannah Ghormley
death: 15 Feb 1896 in Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana

Children of Ann Miles and Lewis W. Rice:

  • James Miles Rice 1845-1901 m. Emma Jeffries
  • Jesse J. Rice 1846-1921 m. Indiana Hawkins
  • Jane Rice 1848-1936 m. Marrimon Zenor
  • Samuel Rice 1850-?
  • Caroline Rice 1852-? m. Levi Mendenhall
  • Enos Rice 1854-?
  • William Hickson Rice 1856-1941 m. Florance Ann O’Brien
  • Emma Rice 1863-1945 m1 William Godfrey m2 Finley Day m3 James Bohannon m4 William Seymour
  • Ulysses Grant Rice 1865-1936 m. Cora Smith
  • Anna Rice 1868-1922 m. Milton Oberholtzer
  • Hannah Rice 1871-?

Ancestor here lived in:

1844 Clay, Indiana
1844-1896 Bowling Green, Washington, Clay, Indiana

Other Information:

Also lived in Shelby, Kentucky.

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Florance Ann O’Brien

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Florance Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay County, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

Children of Florance Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1966 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie Mae Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice 1892-1973 m1. Earl Patch , m2. John Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

25 March 1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
14 Jul 1881 Clay County, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900-6 November 1936 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

William Hickson Rice

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William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
Florence Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Children of Florence Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1996 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie May Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice, 1892- m1 Earl Stone Patch m2 John Bernhardt Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice, 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

28 January 1856, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana
1881 Clay, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana
1910-1941 Lafayette Ward, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Other Information:

Farmer, homestead land

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

William Earnest Rice

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William Earnest Rice
birth: 21 July 1882 in Clay County, Indiana to William Hickson Rice and Florance Ann O’Brien (both born in Indiana)
death: 2 June 1958 in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon
burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

marriage: 6 Apr 1910 in Big Lick, Roanoke, Virginia
Hallie Alberta Vines
birth: 21 April 1887 in Barn, Mercer, West Virginia, United States to John Wesley Vines and Martha Elizabeth Ellison
death: 13 September 1968 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

Children of Hallie Alberta Vines and William Earnest Rice:

  • William Harold Rice, 27 June 1911-25 October 1981 m1 Jean Bernice Koch m2 Calla Alice Holloway
  • Arthur Roland Rice, 5 March 1920-8 September 2007 m Paulette Marguerite Tyrode

Ancestor here lived in:

1882 Putnam, Indiana
1885 Danville, Clay, Indiana
1883 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1900 Lafayette, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1910 Old Lick, Roanoke, Virginia
1910 East River, Mercer, West Virginia
1918 Minden, Fayette, West Virginia
1920 Minden, Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia
1930 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1940 Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
1950 Tennessee
1955-1958 McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon

Other Information:

Civil Engineer
Professor at Case Western, Ohio

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

William Ransler Horton

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William Ransler Horton
birth: 7 Aug 1892, in Lewis Township, Clay Co., IN to Francis Perry and Manerva (Tipton) Horton
death: 22 Jul 1966 at Elgin, Kane Co., IL
burial: Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery, Elgin, Kane Co., IL

marriage: 12 Mar 1912, Greene Co., IN
Nellie Elizabeth Holmes
birth: 18 May 1893 Trinity Springs, Martin Co., IN to Harry Grant and Margaret Elizabeth (Carmichael) Holmes
death: 19 Mar 1980, at Elgin, IL
burial: Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery, Elgin, Kane Co., IL

Children of William Ransler Horton and Nellie Elizabeth Holmes:

  • Francis Harold Horton: b. 1912, d. 2000, m. Mildred Marguerite French
  • Margaret Isabel Horton: b. 1916, d. 2005, m. John Sylvester Kelley
  • William Wayne Horton: b. 1918, d. 1988, m. Mary Charline Stockton
  • Alice Minerva Horton: b. 1920, d. 2012, m. Kenneth Lyman Thurnau
  • Eugene Perry Horton: b. 1922, d. 2013, m. Kathryn L Johnson
  • Phyllis Irene Horton: b. 1924, d. 2011, m. Lewis Egan Kelley
  • John Robert Horton: b. 1926, d. 2003, m. (1) Marjorie Alice Jay, (2) Jo Ann Miller
  • Walter Paul Horton: b. 1928, d. 1995, m. Barbara Jean Wishon
  • Ina Mae Horton: b. 1930, d. 2012, m. Edwin Ernest Ahrens

William Ransler Horton lived in:

  • 1892-1911: Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana
  • 1912-1919: Midland, Greene County, Indiana
  • 1924-1928: Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana
  • 1958: Jasonville, Greene County, Indiana

He also lived in:

  • 1919-1924: Bridgewater, Adair County, Iowa
  • 1928: Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1929: Huntley, McHenry County, Illinois
  • 1930: Plato Center, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1931-1932: Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1933-1935: Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1935-1944: Plato Center, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1945-1946: Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1946-1947: St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1947-1950: Udina, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1950-1957: Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  • 1957-1958: Cabool, Texas County, Missouri
  • 1959-1966: Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Other Information:

William Ransler Horton, youngest child and only son of Francis Perry and Manerva (Tipton) Horton, was born August 7, 1892, on a farm in Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana. He attended school at a Coalmont School, brick schoolhouse near the farm, and also at the Wilson School. His parents were members of the Wilson Baptist Church, across the road from the farm. William Ransler Horton and his sisters remained very close all their lives and after William moved his family moved to Illinois there was a lot of visiting back and forth between them and the aunts and cousins “down home.”

Nellie and “Ranse” were married in March, 1911, and started housekeeping on the home farm. William Horton worked the farm and also worked part time in nearby coal mines. Their son Harold was born on the family farm in 1912. In 1916 they were living in Midland, a small mining town in Greene County, where Margaret and Wayne were born.

At Midland, William worked for the Monon Railroad. Wayne was born in 1918 and in 1919, when he was a baby, the family moved to Iowa. William had a cousin, Tom Brothers, who was working on a big farm in Iowa and encouraged the Hortons to also take a job out there.

Alice and Gene were both born in Iowa and then, sometime in 1923 or 1924, the family came back to Indiana and lived on the “Home Place” in Lewis Township where Phyllis was born in 1924, followed by John in 1926 and Walter in 1928.

Frank Rowe and Wes Edmonson had a 99-year lease on the Gordon Mine near Jasonville, Indiana. It was a slope mine and a wet one. William drove a mule team and hauled out the cars of coal in clothes wet up to his waist. Then he had to weigh the wagons of coal and sell them. He made 40 cents an hour.

Having outgrown the farm house, the Hortons moved again, this time to Elgin, Illinois, where their friends, the Clarence Flint family, lived. The first winter there, William worked for an ice house, chopping ice on the Fox river. He also worked as a farm laborer and then took a job as tenant farmer at Huntley. In 1930, the family moved to the farm south of Plato Center where Ina was born. Another move to the Pingree Grove farm in 1931. William Horton remained a farmer the rest of his working life.

Submitted by:
Maureen Kelley
Email: mkkgene77@yahoo.com

 

Walter Cadis Sanderson

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Walter Cadis Sanderson
birth: 3 Sep 1880, at Owen Co., IN to William and Mary (Cassida) Sanderson
death: 18 Dec 1968, at Brazil, Clay Co., IN
burial: Carolina Cemetery, Owen Co., IN

marriage: 28 Jan 1914, at Owen Co., IN
Ethie May Huber
birth: 12 Oct 1880, at Owen Co., IN, to Levi Reed and Margaret Caroline (Lucas) Huber
death: 26 Feb 1967, Spencer, Owen Co., IN
burial: Carolina Cemetery, Owen Co., IN

Children of Walter Cadis Sanderson and Ethie May Huber:

  • Billy Avon Sanderson, b. 15 Oct 1919, d. 12 Nov 1933, never married
  • Mary Marguerite Sanderson, Living, m. Owen Barnes
  • Estes Huber Sanderson, b. 12 Oct 1920, d. 16 Feb  1961, m. Cleota Nicoson

Other Information:

Walter Cadis Sanderson was born in Owen County but lived the majority of his life in Poland, Clay County, Indiana, about half a mile from the Owen County line. He died at the Clay County Hospital in Brazil, Indiana.

Walter and Ethie attended the Carolina Church in Jordan Village. The church was built by Ethie’s father, Levi. Ethie’s family lived not too far east of the church.

Submitter is related to Ethie aka Effie (Huber) Sanderson.

Submitted by:
Randi Richardson
Email: GFTL@bluemarble.net

 

Birch Evans Bayh

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Birch Evans Bayh
birth: 29 Sep 1893 at Quincy, Owen Co., Indiana to Frederick C. and Metta Alice (Evans) Bayh
death: 26 Aug 1971 at Bethesda, MD
burial: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

marriage: 25 Dec 1923 in Vigo Co., IN
Leah Ward Hollingsworth
birth: 6 Sep 1897 in Indiana to John Harrison and Mary Katherine (Ward) Hollingsworth
death: 16 Oct 1940 in Washington, D.C.
burial: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Children of Birch Evans Bayh and Leah Ward Hollingsworth:

  • Two children were born to this marriage, including Birch Evan Bayh II, former U.S. Senator from Indiana

Birch Evans Bayh Lived In:

Owen, Clay, and Vigo Counties, Indiana

Washington, D.C.

Other Information: Birch Evans Bayh and Leah Ward Hollingsworth were the grandparents of Evans Bayh, former Governor of Indiana.

There is no relation between this Indiana ancestor and the submitter.

Submitted by:
Randi Richardson
Email: GFTL@bluemarble.net