Category Archives: Fayette County

Mary Weed

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Mary Weed
b. 4 February 1776, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, to Miles and Mary (Gray) Weed
d. after 1850, Illinois

m. 17 November 1798, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Caleb Smith
b. 2 April 1779, to Dr. Isaac and Abigail (Waring) Smith, Jr.
d. before 4 May 1830, Fayette County, Indiana

Children with Caleb Smith:

  • Jacob M. (b. 1799) married Margaret Rowland
  • Sally (1800-1860) married Glover Perrin
  • Samuel (1801-1863) married Parthena Ide Rowland
  • Lewis (b. 1805) married Elizabeth Porter
  • Leander (1807-1887) married Nancy Buchanan
  • Isaac
  • Edward (b. 1809) married Jane [–?–]
  • George
  • Lovina (b. abt. 1816) married Nicholas Smith

Submitted by:
Corlyn Holbrook Adams
Fort Worth TX

George Washington Buchanan

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GEORGE WASHINGTON BUCHANAN
b. 8 May 1801, Fayette County, Indiana, to James Buchanan
d. 9 September 1884, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

m. 7 October 1822, Rush County, Indiana
Catherine Hittle
b. 11 November 1806, Fishing Creek, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
d. 23 July 1885, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

Children with Catherine Hittle:

  • Elizabeth
  • James
  • Muhal
  • Margaret
  • John M.
  • Mary
  • William
  • George
  • Catherine
  • Henrietta
  • Henry
  • Winfield Scott
  • Thomas Filmore

They lived in Fayette and Rush counties before leaving Indiana about 1825.

Submitted by:
Michelle Day
Eastlake OH

 

Edgar G Smith

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Edgar G Smith
b. about 1826, Fayette County, Indiana, to Isaac and Phebe (Klinck) Smith

m. 28 November 1878, Dundee, Kane County, Illinois
Caroline (Palmer) Hubbard
b. about 1828, Madison County, New York, to Richard and Betsy (Bartis) Palmer

Submitted by:
Dawne-Slater Putt from McHenry County, Illinois Connection, vol. 11, no. 4, October-December 1993

Caleb Wesley Smith

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Caleb Wesley Smith
b. 6 April 1824, Charlottesville, Fayette County, Indiana, to Samuel and Parthena Ide (Rowland) Smith
d. 31 March 1902, Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas

m. 21 June 1849, Worth Township, Hancock County, Indiana
Mary Jane Orr
b. 18 March 1833, Hancock County, Indiana, to Jacob and Elizabeth Jane (Scott) Orr
d. 31 July 1905, Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas

Children with Mary Jane Orr:

  • Amanda Francis (1852-1931) married Horace Alonzo Keesler
  • Catherine Parthena (1854-1935) married Daniel M. Haines
  • John Sanford (1856-1936) married Ida Jane Day
  • Margaret Jane (1859-1932) married Milton Miles Brokaw
  • Alice Eleanor (1861-1900) married Horace Long
  • William Morton (b. 1863) married Josephine [–?–]
  • Rosa Louella (1868-1942) married Cornelius Davey
  • Walter William Wiggins (b. 1879)

Caleb moved to Jasper County, Iowa, between 1860 and 1870. As early as 1875 the family emigrated from Iowa to Mitchell County, Kansas, along with Caleb Wesley’s uncle, Leander Smith.

Walter William Wiggins was adopted by Caleb and Mary Jane.

Submitted by:
Corlyn Holbrook Adams
Ft. Worth TX

Noble Felix Scott

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Noble Felix Scott
b. 27 June 1810, Fayette County, Indiana, to Joel and [–?–] Scott
d. 23 February 1882, Page County, Iowa

m. 5 March 1829, Fayette County, Indiana
Elizabeth Gunn

Children with Elizabeth Gunn:

  • John
  • Mary
  • James Edward

Noble immigrated to Indiana with his father about 1812; he lived at Fayette, Shelby, and Hancock counties in Indiana, moving to East River Township, Page County, Iowa, in 1858.

Submitted by:
Doris Scott Badgley
Greenwood IN

Theodore Clayton Saxon

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Theodore Clayton Saxon
b. December 1839, Indiana, to Phineas and Salenah (Ferguson) Saxon
d. before 1920

m.
Esther J. [–?–]
b. November 1860
d. after 1920

Children with Esther J. [–?–]:

  • Warren T.
  • Keene
  • Sidney

Theodore lived in Fayette County, Indiana, and moved to Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, before 1900.

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

John W Reynolds

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John W Reynolds
b. 9 February 1849, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, to Jacob and Nancy (Dolphe) Reynolds
d. 15 September 1913, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

m. 4 December 1871, Brown County, Minnesota
Sarah Ellen Etter
b. 25 September 1856, McDonough County, Illinois, to Martin Luther and Lourena (Long) Etta
d. 30 January 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Children with Sarah Ellen Etter:

  • William Ernest (1874-1952) married Kristine Larson
  • Samuel (1876-1916) married Martha Simon
  • Carrie (1878-1973) married Al Wurgler
  • Henry (1883-1971) married Jessie Dungan
  • LaPearl (1885-1909)

John migrated to Brown County, Minnesota, in the late 1860’s but there is no evidence that his parents ever left Indiana.

John and Sarah had a double wedding ceremony with Sarah’s twin sister Martha Ann, who married Alford Keech. In 1880 John and Sarah were living in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in a household headed by Alford Keech. Later they moved to Madelia, Minnesota, where John manufactured brooms from corn that he raised. John, who was known as quite a machinist, manufactured window stops and a door check in 1889. Subsequently he worked in several different machine shops. By 1900 John and Sarah were divorced.

Submitted by:
Judy Reynolds
Kenosha WI

John O’Kane

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John O’Kane
b. 22 September 1802, Virginia, to Henry and Sarah (Stevens) O’Kane
d. 5 January 1881, Louisana, Pike County, Missouri

m. 21 October 1830, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
Martha Verbrick
b. about 1811, Ohio
d. 16 November 1894, Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Children with Martha Verbrick:

  • Julia
  • Walter S.
  • James
  • Lavenia
  • John
  • Martha V.
  • Leila C.
  • Hettie

Elder John O’Kane came to White County, Indiana, before 1832. He lived in Fayette, Montgomery, and Marion counties before leaving the state after 1851.

Submitted by:
Win Wood
Vona CO 80861

Ezbon Allen

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EZBON ALLEN
b. 16 September 1817, New York, to Joseph and Mary
(Sanford) Allen
d. 28 June 1886, Rock Island, Rock Island County,
Illinois

m. 31 December 1848, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
Rebecca Jones
b. 28 February 1831, Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
d. 28 September 1865, Rural Township, Rock Island County, Illinois

Children with Rebecca Jones:

  • Joseph Levi (1849-1895)
  • James Eli (1852-1926)
  • Eliza Ellen (1855-1855)
  • Emit Swain (1856-1857)
  • Lillie Elsie (1858-1948) married John Beck
  • Millie Ada (1860-1861)
  • Minnie Etta (1862-1884) married James Murrin
  • Leota Maybell (1865-1865)

Ezbon came to Indiana from New York in 1819. He lived in Connersvillle, Fayette County; Hanover Township, Shelby County; and Porter County before emigrating in 1842.

Submitted by:
Kathryn M. Jennings
Orland Park IL

Henry Clay Gibson

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Henry Clay Gibson
b. 12 October 1846, Parke County, Indiana, to Henry and Sara (Bond) Gibson
d. 1 May 1925, Effingham County, Illinois

m. 15 February 1872, Fayette County, Indiana
Lydia Ann Veatch
b. 15 July 1849, Alquine, Fayette County, Indiana
d. 29 April 1915, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Lydia Ann Veatch:

  • Henderson
  • Emma Zetta
  • Pearl Leota
  • Robert Clay

Henry emigrated from Marion County, Indiana, to Effingham County, Illinois, in 1887.

Submitted by:
Dorothy Ray Gibson
White Heath IL