Category Archives: Franklin County

John McRay Inman

John McRay Inman
b. about 1841, Indiana, to George and Nancy (Webster) Inman
d. 8 January 1929, Oklahoma

m/1. about 1861
Lucinda Richison
b. about 1847, Indiana, to James and Hester Richison
d. 11 August 1905, Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma
dv/1. between 1875 and 1876

m/2. 18 January 1877, Cedar Grove, Franklin County, Indiana
Sarah Heap
d. 10 January 1929, Oklahoma

Children with Lucinda Richison:
• George (b. 1862)
• Hester A. (1864-1929) married William D. Shackelford
• James “Jim” (b. 1867) married Emma Crane
• Isaac “Ike” (b. 1870) married Rosa Copeland
• William “Bill” (b. 1872)
• Noah (b. 1875)

Children with Sarah Heap:
• Richard “Dee” (b. 1878) married Gertrude [–?–]

John and Lucinda lived in Mt. Spring, Baker Township, Martin County, Indiana, in the 1870 census. By the 1880 census, John, his second wife Sarah, their son Dee, and John’s son William were in Montague County, Texas, where John operated a saloon in Spanish Fort, Texas. John, Sarah, and Dee left Nocona, Texas after 1900 for Manitou, Oklahoma, where John operated a café. John and Lucinda’s sons, George, William, and Noah all stayed in Daviess County, Indiana, near Elnora, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Ileta Blades
Chickashe OK

John Inman

John Inman
b. March 1843, Indiana, to George and Nancy (Webster) Inman
d. 8 January 1929, Manitou, Tillman County, Oklahoma

m/1. circa 1861, Indiana
Lucinda Richards
b. about 1847, Indiana
d. 11 August 1905, Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

m/2. 18 January 1877, Cedar Grove, Franklin County, Indiana
Sarah Heap
d. 10 January 1921, Manitou, Tillman County, Oklahoma

Children with Lucinda Richards:
• George (b. 1862)
• Hester A. (b. 1864)
• James “Jim” (b. 1867)
• Isaac “Ike” (b. 1870)
• William “Bill” (b. 1872)
• Noah (b. 1875)

Children with Sarah Heap:
• Richard “Dee” (b. 1878)

The family lived in McCameron and Baker townships in Martin County, Indiana. John and Lucinda were divorced in 1875 or 1876. The 1880 census shows John, Sarah, Dee, and William in Montague County, Texas. John operated a saloon in Spanish Fort, Texas. After 1900, they moved to Manitou, Oklahoma, where John operated a café.

Submitted by:
Ileta Blades
Chickashe OK

Thomas P. Hedrick

Thomas P. Hedrick
b. October 1808, Baltimore, Maryland, to Thomas E. and Eliza (Myers) Hedrick
d. 6 April 1892, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas

m. 6 August 1907, Baltimore, Maryland
Mary Maulden
b. 1818, Baltimore, Maryland
d. 4 December 1890, Beverly, Lincoln County, Kansas

Children with Mary Maulden:
• Frances
• Sarah
• Robert G.
• Thomas E.
• Samuel
• Anna Rebeccka

The family came to Laurel, Franklin County, Indiana, in 1835 and left after 1874.

Submitted by:
Patricia Toombs
Paradise Valley AZ
E-mail: dandptoombs@cs.com

Jacob B. Henderson

Jacob B. Henderson
b. 30 March 1812, Franklin County, Indiana, to William and Martha Henderson
d. 9 September 1886, Cedar Township, Monroe County, Iowa

m. 9 August 1832, Fountain County, Indiana
Hannah Bailey Booth(e)
b. 10 August 1814, Readyville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, to Nathan and Mary (Wallis/Wallace) Booth
d. 12 September 1907, Lushton, York County, Nebraska

Children with Hannah Bailey Booth(e):
• Martha J. (1833-1911) married Matthew Maddox
• Nathan G. (1836-1881) married (1) Elizabeth Cline, (2) Harriet [–?–]
• William (1838-1839)
• John R. (1840-1860)
• James Thomas (1843-1872) married Klingen Smith
• David (1846-1924) married Elizabeth Purcell
• Mary E. (1848-1928) married Robert Anderson
• Adaline (1851-1868) married Charles Wesley Booth
• Anna Olive (1855-1938) married (1) Barzella Nelson Spar Etcher, (2) Orlan Thomas Wood, (3) Robert N. Stall
• Josephine Fern (1857-1917) married William Sanford Mart

Jacob was a farmer and a pastor of the United Brethren Church. He lived in Covington and Troy townships of Fountain County, Indiana, before emigrating to Fulton County, Illinois, in 1854.

Submitted by:
Patricia Little Maddox
Alexandria VA
E-mail: ramseesmar@aol.com

William Harry Glover

William Harry Glover
b. 3 June 1868, Milroy, Rush County, Indiana, to Lemuel and Cornelia (Stewart) Glover
d. 16 September 1955, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

m/1. 8 February 1889, Franklin County, Indiana
Susie Witters
b. 26 May 1868, Ohio, to Henry and Elizabeth (Overleese) Witters
d. 1953, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
divorced.

m/2. 21 April 1896, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Dora Isabell “Dolly” O’Keefe
b. 30 July 1877, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Patrick Oliver and Margaret Ann (Hoffman) O’Keefe
d. 19 February 1910, Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma

m/3. 31 December 1911, Estancia, Torrence County, New Mexico
Rachel Lutissa “Grace” O’Keefe (Dora’s older sister)
b. 1 July 1875, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
d. 18 March 1924, Tajique, Torrence County, New Mexico

m/4. after 1924, Tajique, Torrence County, New Mexico
Lilly Bachman Burnett

Children with Susie Witters:
• Ines Flora (1889-1965)
• Bonnie Hazel (1892-1894)

Children with Dora Isabell O’Keefe:
• Paul Maurece (1900-1900)
• Cecil Carl (1903-1985)
• Henry Harold (1905-1963)
• Hortense Lucile (b. 1907)

Children with Lilly Bachman Burnett:
• Lillian (b. aft. 1925)

As Harry and his family moved west, he worked as a carpenter, building houses, buildings, and coffins to earn enough to move further west. He returned to Indianapolis after the death of his second wife, but then moved on to Tajique, New Mexico, where he bought a ranch, a 160 acre homestead.

Harry served in the 3rd Artillery in 1898 during the Spanish-American War and was a corporal when he was discharged.

Submitted by:
Ellen Mangum
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: eomangum@aol.com

Lewis Glidewell

Lewis Glidewell
b. 1804, Laurens County, South Carolina, to William and Susannah Glidewell
d. 1877, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

m/1.
Nancy Talbert

m/2. 29 July 1859, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri
Tabitha “Abi” Earles
b. 1829, Kentucky, to Peyton and Sara Ann Earles
d. 17 March 1916, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

Children with Tabitha Earles:
• George Washington (1861-1933) married (1) Nancy Ann Judd, (2) Hester Belle Potts
• Filander (1863-1947) married Mary Shatto

In 1805 Lewis came to Indiana and lived in Franklin and Shelby counties, Pike Township of Marion County, and Brown Township of Hendricks County before emigrating in 1852.

Lewis was the youngest of ten children. His father was born in 1760 in Halifax, Virginia, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Lewis’ grandfather Robert Glidewell was a soldier in the French-Indian War and owned a tobacco plantation in Halifax County, Virginia, where he was born in 1722. After Abi (Earles) Black was widowed, she brought her six children to northern Missouri where she met and married Lewis Glidewell who was a widower.

Submitted by:
Diane Glidewell Fitzgibbons
Lee’s Summit MO
E-mail: sfitzgibbons@micro.com

Joseph Edward Parmer

Joseph Edward Parmer
b. 29 June 1893, Franklin County, Indiana, to Joseph and Sarah (Scott) Parmer
d. 12 April 1938, Williston, North Dakota

m. 7 May 1917, North Dakota
Thea Bakke
b. 6 September 1893, Ottofy, North Dakota
d. 17 Mar 1966, Fargo, North Dakota

Children with Thea Bakke:

  • Thelma Sylvia (1918-2000) married Adolph Gurk
  • Warren Claude (1920-2001) married Ethel Elaine Homme
  • Viola Deloris (b. 1922) married Waldo Phillip McDonald
  • Joseph Theodore (b. 1924) married Carol Joyce Fautect
  • Levi Quintin (b. 1927) married Ruth Ellen Hawes
  • Dwayne Dennis (b. 1930) married Luella Charlotte
  • Russell Gary (1935-1994) married (1) Magdelin Krump, (2) Bobby [–?–]

Submitted by:
Frances Metz
Batesville IN

Elmer William Koester

Elmer William Koester
b. 5 April 1926, Huntersville, Franklin County, Indiana, to Robert Herman and Caroline Charlotte (Thielking) Koester
d. 1 April 1985, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

m/1. 19 August 1947, Philippines
Teadora “Dorey” Ferol
b. 11 September 1920, Barcelona, Philippines
d. 2 August 2005, Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana

m/2. 7 August 1965
Patricia Ruth Frazier Kash
b. 17 February 1937
d. 1968

Children with Teadora “Dorey” Ferol:

  • Neria (b. 1947) married Curtis Lee Shelton
  • Susan Lee (b. 1948)
  • Zane Daniel (b. 1949) married Pamela Ann Kash
  • Steele Xavier (b. 1950) married Paula Mollaun

Elmer was a truck driver. He was wounded twice while serving in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II, and that is where he met and married Dorey. They were later divorced. He is buried in the Huntersville Cemetery, Huntersville, Franklin, Indiana, and she is buried in the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger @yahoo.com

William Frederick Thielking

William Frederick Thielking
b. 1 June 1898, Huntersville, Franklin, Indiana, to Heinrich August and Marie Christine Caroline (Moehring) Thielking
d. 3 December 1992, Ohio

m. 9 June 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Winnifred Henrietta Ruleman
b. 2 March 1904, Serena, LaSalle, Illinois
d. 3 January 1979, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio

Children with Winnifred Henrietta Ruleman:

  • Earl William (1927-1974) married Virginia Amberger
  • Esther Winnifred (b. 1929) married James Francis Coffey
  • James Lowell (1931-2006) married Doris Schoffstoff
  • Roy Howard (b. 1934) married Sharon Evelyn Selle
  • Arthur Paul (1940-1940)
  • Irvin Henry (b. 1941) married Connie Holle
  • Joan Alma (b. 1943) married Bryce L. Allison

Both William Frederick and Winnifred Henrietta are buried in Batavia, Clermont, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger @yahoo.com

George Henry Koester

George Henry Koester
b. 17 November 1920, Huntersville, Franklin, Indiana, to Robert Herman and Caroline Charlotte (Thielking) Koester
d. 8 August 1980, Idaho

m/1. 2 July 1947
Frances Forrest

m/2. about 1950
Edith Baker

Children with Edith Baker:

  • Benjamin Maxwell (b. 1951) married Karen Pencock

George and Frances had no children and were divorced sometime before 1950 when George married for the second time.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger @yahoo.com