Category Archives: Franklin County

August Quante

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August Quante
b. 16 August 1839, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Johann and Sophie (Waitinger) Quante
d. 23 April 1920, Nemaha County, Nebraska

m. 19 August 1868, Nemaha County, Nebraska
Rosetta Snyder
b. 13 December 1849, Wood County, Ohio
d. 13 February 1910, Nemaha County, Nebraska

Children with Rosetta Snyder:

  • Clara Elizabeth (1869-1964) married Robert Baker
  • Franklin Henry (1871-1966) married Nettie Lare
  • Augusta Sophie (1874-1977) married Daniel Bagley
  • William James (1867-1949) married Florence Cole
  • Rosa Belle (1879-1966) married Lee Graham
  • Emma Lucretia (1883-1917) married David Chiles

August Quante immigrated with his parents to Franklin County, Indiana, as an infant. He joined the Indiana 1st Regiment Cavalry in 1862. He emigrated first to Kansas and then moved to Nebraska. He worked outfitting wagon trains and hauling government supplies west.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Quante Ward
Evansville IN

William Craigmile Montgomery

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William Craigmile Montgomery 
b. 8 May 1840, Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana, to Andrew and Lydia (Craigmile) Montgomery
d. 22 February 1918, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

m/1.
Dorcas Ann Barlow (perhaps)

m/2.
Delia Feeney
b. 16 December 1853, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 6 August 1925, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

Children with Dorcas Ann Barlow:

  • Caroline (who was about the same age as her stepmother)

Children with Delia Feeney:

  • Margaret Mary “Molly” (b. 1875) married John Alexander
  • Luella (b. 1878) married George Downer
  • Lydia Katherine (b. 1881) married William Noah Sidlinger
  • William Amos (b. 1884) married Anna Edith Rummerfield
  • Andrew Earl (1889–1980) married Sarah Ikel

William Craigmile Montgomery emigrated in 1887 to Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas.

William C. Montgomery’s grandparents, James and Mary Montgomery and Alexander and Rachael Craigmile, all came from Tyrone County, Ireland. The Craigmiles lived in Indiana and in Butler County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Virginia Sidlinger Foster
Hastings NE

Charles B Long

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Charles B Long
b. 10 December 1818, Carroll County, Kentucky/Indiana
d. 26 October 1894, Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa

m. 25 August 1840, Indiana
Catherine Rash
b. 25 January 1820, Franklin County, Indiana
d. 12 February 1892, Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa

Children with Catherine Rash:

  • Mary Ann (b. 8 February 1845–1917) married George Hendrickson
  • Sarah Jane (b. 2 April 1848)
  • John W. (b. 16 March 1850)
  • Anna (b. 26 October 1853)
  • Thomas (b. 5 November 1860)

Charles resided in Carroll County, Indiana; Delaware County, Indiana; and Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, in 1850. He emigrated from Indiana in 1855 to Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa.

Charles and Catherine’s daughter, Mary Ann, was left a widow with eight children at age 33 when her husband, George Hendrickson, died of Civil War injuries. She raised the children and never remarried. She died at age 72 in 1917 at Berkeley, California.

Submitted by:
Paula G. Vierra
Eagan MN

Mary Ann Huber

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Mary Ann Huber
b. 15 March 1814, Europe, to Michael and Barbara (Schreiber) Huber
d. 20 May 1894, North Washington, Chickasaw County, Iowa

m. 27 April 1838, Franklin County, Indiana
Martin Beckel/Bachel
b. 2 November 1810, Schirrhein, Alsace Lorraine, France
d. 3 August 1903, North Washington, Chickasaw County, Iowa

Children with Martin Beckel/Bachel:

  • Frederick
  • Louis
  • John
  • Louisa
  • Ursula
  • Barbara
  • Mary A.
  • Robert
  • Elizabeth
  • Caroline
  • Magdalina

The Hubers, Schreibers, and Beckels settled in Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana, in the 1830’s. They were instrumental in building the Catholic Church buildings in this town. A small group of them, led by George Beckel, traveled overland to Spillville, Iowa, when the territory was opened to settlement about 1849–1850. The rest of the families, including Mary Ann, followed soon afterward and became successful farmers in the area.

One of the Schreibers said on his naturalization papers that he was born in Switzerland about 1804. The Beckels came from Scherrhein, Alsace Lorraine.

Submitted by:
Kathryn L. Smith
Edina MN

Frances Herndon

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Frances Herndon
b. 1791–92, Culpepper or Madison County, Virginia, to William and Mary (Bohannon) Herndon
d. 29 January 1865, Sangamon County, Illinois

m/1. 5 March 1812, Franklin County, Indiana
Henry Hammons

m/2. 13 February 1823, Franklin County, Indiana
Elisha James
b. about 1775, Maryland
d. 14 October 1841, Rush County, Indiana

Children with Henry Hammons:

  • Harrison (1812–1891)
  • Nancy (b. ca. 1820)

Children with Elisha James:

  • George B.
  • Frances “Fanny”

The minutes of the Pleasant Run Baptist Church recorded the death of Elisha James in the fall of 1841 in these exact words: “All the neighborhood attended the burying of Brother Elisha James last week; everybody know about it, why bother to record the fact.”

About 1841, and before the 1850 census, Frances and her children, Nancy Hammons, and George B. and Fanny James, moved from Rush County, Indiana, to Sangamon County, Illinois, to be near her brother, Archer Gray Herndon. Archer, who had been known as a great Indian fighter, assisted Frances in making a home and taking care of her children. She did seamstress work and tailoring for local residents.

Archer Gray Herndon and Abraham Lincoln and seven others were members of the “Long Nine”, the group that was instrumental in establishing Springfield as the capitol of Illinois. Archer’s son, William Henry Herndon, was the law partner of Abraham Lincoln and after Lincoln’s death wrote a three-volume biography of Lincoln.

Archer Gray Herndon, Frances Herndon James, and Abraham Lincoln are all buried at Oak
Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Sharon Hohimer
Chatham IL

John Hart

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John Hart
b. 17 October 1821, Whitewater, Franklin County, Indiana, to Isaac and Mary (Carruthers) Hart
d. 21 October 1896, Salt Creek, Davis County, Iowa

m/1.
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m/2.
Elizabeth Peterson

m/3. 7 January 1909, Floris, Davis County, Iowa
Sarah Newman
b. November 1829, Indiana
d. 7 January 1909, Floris, Davis County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Peterson:

  • George
  • Isaac

Children with Sarah Newman:

  • Robert
  • William
  • Joseph
  • Charles
  • Mary
  • Edward
  • Lewis

John Hart’s parents came to the United States from Ireland in 1818 and settled in Franklin County, Indiana, in 1819. John emigrated from Franklin County, Indiana, to Lick Creek, Davis County, Iowa, in 1851–1852.

Submitted by:
Dorothy V. Darland
Rock Island IL

Hiram George

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Hiram George
b. 27 November 1806, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, to William and Mary (Bowlin) George
d. 7 July 1886, Adams County, Iowa

m. 5 February 1828, Ray, Franklin County, Indiana
Ann Fitzpatrick
b. 19 April 1809, Tazewell County, Virginia, to Bartholomew and Rachel B. (Wilson) Fitzpatrick
d. 26 September 1893, Adams County, Iowa

Children with Ann Fitzpatrick:

  • Bartholomew (b. 1829)
  • Rachel C. (b. 1833)
  • Nancy (1835–1910)
  • Sarah J. (1837–1905)
  • Elizabeth E. (1840–1919)
  • James (b. 1841)
  • Solomon (1845–1892)
  • William H. (b. 1847)
  • Arvilla E. (b. 1849)

Hiram moved before 1828 from Tazewell County, Virginia, to Ray, Franklin County, Indiana. He emigrated from Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Grant, Adams County, Iowa, after 1849.

Submitted by:
Corinne Allison Winget
Monroe UT

Abraham Elwell

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Abraham Elwell
b. 5 August 1790, Salem County, New Jersey, to Joel and Elizabeth (Hutton) Elwell
d. 12 March 1880–1882, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois

m. Franklin County, Indiana
Esther “Hettie” Coomes
b. 28 May 1797, Salem, New Jersey
d. 6 August 1887, Knox County, Illinois

Children with Esther Coomes:

  • Joel Coomes
  • Marriet
  • George H.
  • John Hutton
  • Abraham, Jr.
  • Isaac Coomes
  • Esther Elizabeth
  • Jacob Harrison
  • Mary Almira

Abraham immigrated to Union County, Indiana, about 1826. He later moved to Knox County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
William Harold Hedden
Arvada CO

Irvin Dickerson

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Irvin Dickerson
b. 10 March 1842, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnett) Dickerson
d. 4 April 1917, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, or Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

m. 1865
Barbara Ann Surbur
d. May 1899, Marion County, Indiana

Irvin and Barbara Dickerson are buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Irvin was the only one of the six Dickerson brothers who did not leave Indiana.

Submitted by:
Karen Dickerson Hillson
Belton MO

Hartshorn Cole

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Hartshorn Cole
b. between 1789 and 1792, New Jersey to James Cole and Elizabeth Razor/Rasor
d. after 1870, Dent County, Missouri

m. 6 April 1816, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Phebe Bird Erickson

Children with Phebe Bird Erickson:

  • James
  • Gordon
  • Elizabeth Margart
  • David
  • Samuel
  • Lewis
  • perhaps others

Hartshorn bought land in Indiana by 1836 and emigrated from Franklin County, Indiana, to District 93, Shannon County, Missouri, about 1848.

Submitted by:
Louise C. England
118 S. Eldridge Way
Golden CO 80401-5320