Category Archives: Delaware County

Nancy Ann Sutton

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Nancy Ann Sutton
b. 8 April 1827, Mississinewa Township, Delaware County, Indiana, to Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Franklin) Sutton
d. 16 January 1900, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington

m. 10 June 1849, Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana
Hezekiah Shettler
b. 22 December 1822, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
d. 26 December 1886, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington

Children with Hezekiah Shettler:
• George F. (1850-1886) married Martha J. Grubbs
• Aaron J. (1852-ca. 1941) married Levina Roley
• John Franklin (1854-1941) married Angela Edith (Boyer) Bentley
• Phebe “Julia” Ann (1856-1943) married (1) Joseph H. Argo, (2) John Barwick
• Jacob Martin (1858-1925) married (1) Mary R. Renfro, (2) Evaline Lillian Layton
• William Henry (1862-1933) married Rose “Lottie” Connolly
• Marshall Mercer (1864-1931) married Eliza Jane Connolly
• Mary Ellen (1866-1880)
• Etty Isabelle (1873-1873)

Nancy lived in Delaware, Grant, and Jasper counties in Indiana before emigrating in 1859 from Kentland, Newton County, Indiana. The family settled in Blue Rapids Township, Marshall County, Kansas, in 1860. They moved to Cedar Township, Wilson County, Kansas, in 1867. Then in 1882, they homesteaded 160 acres in Ferndale, Washington, where Hezekiah and his three sons set up the first steam sawmill in the county.

Submitted by:
Hilda Hemmingson Meryhew
Auburn WA

Lee Roy Smell

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Lee Roy Smell
b. 17 March 1866, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, to B.F. and Elizabeth Smell
d. 3 February 1992, Granby, Newton County, Missouri

m. 1901
Tina Selle

Children with Tina Selle:
• Lee Roy, Jr.
• Mary
• Elizabeth

Lee Roy left Delaware County, Indiana, about 1884.

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Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL

William Henry Quigley

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William Henry Quigley
b. 24 March 1876, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, to Thomas M. and Margaret E. (Newitt) Quigley
d. 23 June 1935, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

m. 9 December 1903, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Nelson Fay Jester
b. 5 September 1882, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
d. 14 February 1960, Miami, Dade County, Florida

Children with Nelson Fay Jester:
• Margaret E. (1905-1981) married (1) Harry S. Bellis, (2) A. G. Slone
• Robert Jester (1907-1989) married (1) Clara Harlan, (2) Sue Hurt
• Ruth (1909-1996) married Henry M. Pliske (married after her sister Jeannette died)
• Jeanette (1912-1952) married Henry M. Pliske
• William Gordon (1915-1974) married Dorothy Eugenia Machen

Will lived in Logansport, Cass County; Kennard, Henry County; and Eaton, Delaware County, Indiana. He moved to Chicago in 1900. He and Nellie moved from Delaware County, Indiana, to Tampa, Florida in 1922. He had been a conductor on a railroad and an employee of the Tampa Tribune. He was a Mason.

Submitted by:
Shelly D. Dooley
Indianapolis IN

Andrew Jackson Neel

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Andrew Jackson Neel
b. 24 January 1863, Liberty Township, Delaware County, Indiana, to Isaac and Catherine (Turner) Neel
d. 2 April 1953, Riverside, Riverside County, California

m. 26 February 1890 (license date), Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Ida B. Ball
b. 14 November 1872, Richmond, Virginia
d. 20 July 1962, Riverside, Riverside County, California

Children with Ida B. Ball:
• Henry Homer (1890-1954) married Jessie McClain
• Eva Cecil (1892-1906)
• Bertha Edna (1895-1896)
• Eddie Orville (b.1899) married Verta Stierwalt
• Ina Mabel (1906-1974) married (1) Diamond Bell Phillips, (2) Hester Hernandez
• Elton Earnest “Jack” (1910-1987) married Velma Dickey
• Ethel Marie (b.1912) married Clifford Bryand Hicks

Andrew lived in Selma, Liberty Township, Delaware County, Indiana, until leaving the state in 1880 looking for adventure. He went to Dodge City, Kansas, then lived in Cheny, Kansas. He took part in the land rush in Oklahoma, farming in Woodward County, Oklahoma, before moving to California in 1920. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in Orange and Riverside counties in California.

Submitted by:
Virginia D. Neel
Sebring FL
E-mail: vneel@digital.net

Thomas Mason

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Thomas Mason
b. about 1792, North Carolina, to Thomas and Elizabeth Mason
d. 21 September 1865, Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin

m/1. 22 may 1815, Wayne County, Indiana
Griselda “Grizzel” Elliott
b. 1796, North Carolina, to Job and Orpha (Griffin) Elliott
d. 1830-31 in Indiana

m/2. 12 August 1831, Delaware County, Indiana
Mahala Puckett
b. about 1807, Surry County, North Carolina
d. Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Children with Griselda Elliott:
• Malinda (1825-1876) married Meredith Beeson
• Elihu married Elizabeth Collins
• Elliott (Eliot) married Gincy Jackson
• Edith married William Bates and/or Isaac Macy
• Mary married Thomas Addington

Children with Mahala Puckett:
• Nathan (1832-1912) married Elizabeth Weeks
• Gilla (b. 1834) married Will Bundy
• Thomas Elwood (1837-1914) married Martha Ann Bundy
• Clarinda (b. 1840)
• Isom (b. 1844) married Margaret Thomas
• James (b. 1846-died during Sherman’s march to the sea)
• Falitha (Talitha) (b. 1849) married George W. Ganfield
• Mahala (1851-1930) married John Fraser

Thomas came to Wayne County, Indiana, about 1814- 1815. They resided in Chester, Wayne County; Mississinewa Township; Delaware County; Pleasant Township; and Grant, Elkhart, and Randolph counties. He left the state in 1853 from Grant or Howard County. Thomas and Mahala were among the founding families of the Quaker settlement at Baraboo, Wisconsin. He was a minister.

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Leslie Hope
Santa Monica CA
E-mail: lahope@jps.net

James Henry Horine

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James Henry Horine
b. 20 March 1827, Jessamine County, Kentucky, to Dr. Jefferson Napoleon and Mary (Dean) Horine
d. 1896, Newell, Iowa

m. 24 February 1848, Grant County, Indiana
Rachel Davis
b. 19 July 1827, Henry County, Indiana, to Mark and Rebecca (Osborne) Davis
d. 21 June 1901, Newell, Iowa

Children with Rachel Davis:
• Mary Ann (b. 1849) married (1) [–?–] Thomas, (2) Nelson Sickles
• Ruth Ellen (b. 1851) married J.V. Mullenix
• Enoch M. (b. 1853) married Clementine Harvey
• Nancy E. (b. 1856) married William J. Mann
• George L. (b. 1858)
• Stephen David (1858-1931) married Lillie Mae Beeson
• Thomas Jefferson (b. 1861) married Etta Green
• John Mark (b. 1863) married Jennie Elizabeth Fyfe
• Rebecca Elizabeth (1866-1936) married (1) Willis Rockwell, (2) Marion Lawson Kinnamon
• Julie May (b. 1868)

James came to Delaware County, Indiana, with his parents in 1837. Next they lived near Kokomo in
Howard County. In 1852, the family moved to Friendswood, Sauk County, Wisconsin, where he was a farmer and owned a lime kiln and a quarry. In 1894, they moved to Newell, Iowa.

Submitted by:
Leslie Hope
Santa Monica CA
E-mail: lahope@jps.net

William Henry Hamilton

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William Henry Hamilton
b. 20 September 1850, near Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
d. 23 February 1921, Michigan Valley, Osage County, Kansas

m. 1875, Osage County, Kansas
Francis L. Baker

Children with Francis L. Baker:
• Homer E.
• Myrtle M. married [–?–] Sheek

William lived near Muncie but left Delaware County and Indiana behind in 1870.

Submitted by:
Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL

Wesley C Gregory

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Wesley C Gregory
b. 5 August 1851, Delaware County, Indiana
d. 28 April 1913, Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas

Wesley never married. He emigrated from Delaware County in 1870.

Submitted by:
Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL

Ira David Eppard

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Ira David Eppard
b. 8 July 1871, Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, to Henry and Sarah A. (Brown) Eppard
d. 13 June 1954, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

m. 3 February 1912, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
May “Ruth” Carnahan
b. 25 July 1894, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
d. 28 August 1969, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

Children with May Carnahan:
• Ralph
• Robert
• Kathryn
• Virginia
• Ira
• Richard
• Donald
• Raymond
• Lois
• Martha
• James
• Margaret

Ira lived in Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County; Muncie, Delaware County; and Bedford, Lawrence County, before leaving Indiana in 1911.

Submitted by:
Margaret E. Edwards
Bowling Green OH

Captain John Conner

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Captain John Conner
b. 1802, Wapaminskink, (called Anderson’s Town,) Delaware County, Indiana, to William and Me King Ees (Anderson) Conner
d. 1869, Lightning Creek, near Aluwer, Cherokee Nation Territory (Oklahoma)

m/1. Texas, 
a Delaware Indian (name unknown)
b. before 1815
d. before 1840

m/2. Kansas
Nancy Wilson
b. 1822

m/3. Kansas
Charlotte Wolf Bullette

Children with 1st wife:

  • George Washington (1829-1881) married Malinda Rogers
  • Children with Charlotte Wolf Bullette:
  • John Q. (1842-1919) married Jane Haff

John lived in Delaware and Hamilton counties in Indiana before he left from what is now Prairie Town, Hamilton County, in 1820. He spoke English, Spanish, and several Native American languages; thus he was a guide and interpreter for many expeditions and governments, both federal and state. In 1858, he became the Principal Chief of the Delaware in Kansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net