Category Archives: Hancock County

Caleb Wesley Smith

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

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

Thomas Hutton

Thomas Hutton
b. 12 June 1804, Centre County, Pennsylvania, to John and Mary (Parsons) Hutton
d. 25 March 1875, Summit Township, Effingham County, Illinois

m. 18 February 1838, Marion County, Indiana
Elizabeth D. Bingle/Bringle
b. 1818, Ohio
d. 10 October 1878, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Elizabeth D. Bingle/Bringle:

William H.
Aaron
Mary J.
Adam
Joseph
George
Thomas D.
Sarah
Charles
Albert

Thomas lived in Hancock County, Indiana, near Greenfield. He emigrated from Indiana 1864– 1865 to Effingham County, Illinois. The four oldest sons served in the Civil War from Indiana. Joseph and Aaron did not return.

Submitted by:
Kathryn Snyder Forrest
Hemet CA