Category Archives: Harrison County

John Pittman

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John Pittman
birth: Bet. 1762-1765 in Frederick County, Virginia to Johann Niclaus Bittmann
death: May 1839 in Harrison County, Indiana
burial: Not verified, but likely Hottel (Conrad) Cemetery, Harrison County, Indiana

marriage: 7 May 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Elizabeth Mauck
birth: ca. 1769 in Frederick County, Virginia to John Peter Mauck & Anna Ottilia Zumwalt
death: ca. 1810 in Harrison County, Indiana
burial: Not verified, but likely Hottel (Conrad) Cemetery, Harrison County, Indiana

Children of Elizabeth Mauck and John Pittman:

  • Lawrence Pittman, born bet. 1787-1797, died aft. 1860, married (1) Catherine Lopp, (2) Rebecca (Muck) Keller.
  • Sarah “Sally” Pittman, born bet. 1792-1794, died aft. 1870, married Jonas Fleshman.
  • John Pittman, Jr., 1792-1850, married Susannah Oatman (daughter of father’s second wife Christiana Pope Oatman).
  • Catharine Pittman, 1797-1855, never married.
  • Mary Magdalena Pittman, 1799-1872, married John Lopp.
  • Isaac Noah Pittman, born bet. 1802-1804, died aft. 1880, married Mary Elizabeth Grant.
  • Philip Peter Pittman, 1803-1835, married Mahala Grant.
  • David Pittman, 1806-1881, married (1) Catherine Eddleman, (2) Mary E. Young.

Ancestor here lived in:

1. Shenandoah (technically Frederick County at time of John’s birth) County, Virginia from birth until ~ 1808-1809.
2. Harrison County, Indiana from 1808-09 until his death in 1839.

Other Information:

John was raised in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Sometime 1808-1809, he and his family moved to Harrison County in the Indiana Territory along with his sister Catherine and her husband John Snider. They lived and farmed in Scott Township on the property that today includes the Hottel (Conrad) Cemetery on Feller Rd. I suspect, without proof, that John’s first wife wife Elizabeth may have been the first buried in that cemetery ca. 1810, as well as John himself in 1839. John’s second wife, Christiana Oatman neé Pope died 1843 in Knox Co. IL, likely at the home of her step-son John Pittman Jr. and is buried in Rice-Blue Cemetery in Henderson Twp., Knox Co, IL.

After Elizabeth’s death ca. 1810, John married widow Christiana (Pope) Oatman in 1814. No children from this marriage.

Submitted by:
Robert Nielsen
Email: cornguy.rln@gmail.com

Johannes John Keller

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Johannes John Keller
birth: 11 May 1755 in York Co., PA to Johan Peter Keller and Barbara Felger
death: 6 Oct 1830 in Noble Township, Wabash, Co., IN
burial: McClure Cemetery, Noble Township, Wabash, Co, IN

marriage: 4 Mar 1779 in North Carolina
Jerusha Elizabeth Beroth
birth: 4 Mar 1761 in North Carolina to Jonathan Beroth & Elizabeth “Betsy” Henderson
death: 14 Dec 1849 in Rich Valley, Wabash Co., IN
burial: McClure Cemetery, Noble Township, Wabash Co., IN

Children of Jerusha Elizabeth Beroth and Johannes John Keller:

  • Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Keller 1780-1838; m. James Otis Barnett
  • Peter Keller 1782-1818
  • Barbary “Barbara” Keller 1784-1847; m. William Daniel Deal
  • Mary Ann “Polly” Keller 1786-1853; m. John Calvin Cotner I
  • Sarah Ann “Sally” Keller 1788-1879; m. Jesse Melton
  • Judge Jonathan Keller 1790-1848; m. Maria Mary “Polly” Fleishman
  • John B Keller 1793-1829; m. Sally “Sarah” Lane (possibly m. 1st to Isaac then 2nd to John)
  • Anthony Henderson Keller 1795-1882; m. Dorothy Theodocia “Docea” Payton
  • Isaac Keller 1797-1823; m. Sally “Sarah” Lane (possibly m. 1st to Isaac then 2nd to John)
  • Jerusha Keller 1799-1856; m. Andrew J Wiseman
  • Mary Jane Keller 1801-1894; m. Daniel Oscar King, Sr
  • Christian R Keller 1803-1834; m. Mary J Berroth
  • James H Keller 1806-1854; m. 1st Sophia Elizabeth Beroth; m. 2nd Phebe Ann Sayre Kenedy Keller Carter

Ancestor here lived in:

1805 arrived in Harrison Co., IN Territory; 3 Mar 1809 Harrison Co organizational orders: that an election for Representatives of Harrison Co to serve in general assembly of IN Territory to be held at house of Mr. John Kellar in Exeter Township; 1815 applied for land in Clark Co., IN Territory: 1828 moved to Wabash Co., IN;

Ancestor also lived in:

Johannes John Keller lived in York Co., PA, moved to Lincoln Co., NC around 1772 and patented land there; 1779 married in NC; by 1799 in Washington Co., KY

Submitted by:
Cheryl L Wooten
Email: cherylwooten10s@gmail.com

Benjamin Martin Sly, Jr.

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Benjamin Martin Sly, Jr.
birth: 1781, New York to Benjamin Sly and Johanna Esther
death: 8 Oct 1851, Harrison County, Indiana

married
Joanna Green
birth: 30 Jun 1782, Canadaigua, Ontario County, New York
death: 1843, Harrison County, Indiana

Children of Benjamin Martin Sly, Jr., and Joanna Green:

  • Luther Sly, b. 1816, Canadaigua, Ontario County, New York; m. Mary Margaret Rockey

Benjamin lived in Harrison County, Indiana. He also lived in Ontario County, New York and Summitt, Ohio.

Submitted by:
James Sly
James.sly@opm.gov

Thomas William Appleberry Sitzler

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Thomas William Appleberry Sitzler/Sistler
b. 5 February 1824, Harrison County, Indiana, to John and Mary Ann (Appleberry/Moyers?) Sitzler/Sistler
d. 1 March 1918, Pope County, Illinois

m. about 1845, Monroe County, Tennessee
Ruth Moab Holloway
b. about April 1824, Monroe County, Tennessee, to Minter and Margaret (Pate) Holloway
d. 29 December 1862, Pope County, Illinois

Children with Ruth Moab Holloway:
• John Minter (1846-bef. 1850)
• John Frederick (1847-1917) married (1) Buena Vista Reubel, (2) Mary M. Williams
• Margery “Martha” (1850-1924) married William Jefferson Rodgers
• Jacob E. (1850-1910) married Mary L. Paisley
• Thomas William Appleberry, II (1853-1932) married Mary Elizabeth Rexer
• Matthew Pate (1855-1935) married (1) Loretta Farmer, (2) CanZada “Sadie” Maxwell
• George Allen (1857-1944) married Ida [–?–]
• James McClelland (1862-1932) married Mary Melissa Brush

The first four children were born in Tennessee and the later ones in Illinois.

Submitted by:
Carol Sue Robinson
Klamath CA
E-mail: c.s.robinson@gmail.com

John Sitzler

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John Sitzler/Sistler
b. 1783, Tennessee, to Henry Sitzler/Sistler
d. between 1835 and 1850, Mt. Vernon, Monroe County, Tennessee

m. about 1805, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Mary Ann Moyers
b. between 1790-92, West Virginia
d. 8 September 1864, Mt. Vernon, Monroe County, Tennessee

Children with Mary Ann Moyers:
• John, II (1811-1889) married Lydia McBee
• Naomi “Oma” (1812-1891) married Andrew Jackson Cook
• Henry E. (b. 1816) married Mary “Jane”
• [–?–]
• Thomas William Appleberry (1824-1918) (twin) married (1) Ruth Moab Holloway, (2) Margaret S. “Molly” Trovillion
• Mary Jane (b. 1824) (twin) married John A. Holloway
• Robert (b. 1830) married Cynthia Mowery
• Nathan K. (b. ca. 1831) married Cynthia Bishop

There may have been two other children born between 1815 and 1820.

John left Harrison County, Indiana, sometime between 1805 and 1812 for Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Submitted by:
Carol Sue Robinson
Klamath CA
E-mail: c.s.robinson@gmail.com

Asbury Wilkinson

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Asbury Wilkinson
b. 16 January 1818, Leipsic Township, Kent County, Delaware, to Parismus and Polly (Smith) Wilkinson
d. 17 January 1909, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

m/1. 2 May 1843, Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana
Rachel Berry Beswick
b. to Phillip and Sally “Sarah” (Pitman) Beswick

m/2. 13 Sep. 1847, Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana
Mary Ann M. Beswick (Rachel’s sister)
b. 30 April 1825, Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana, to Phillip and Sally “Sarah” (Pitman) Beswick
d. 3 July 1892, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Children with Rachel Berry Beswick:
• Mary Rebecca (b. 1844)

Children with Mary Ann M. Beswick:
• Rachel H. (b. 1851)
• Emma (b. 1856)
• Belle (1862-1952) married (1) Peter C. Pryor, (2) Chester D. Dickinson

Asbury was living in Laconia, Harrison County, in 1842; in Posey Township, Switzerland County, in 1850; in Moore’s Hill, Dearborn County, in 1851; in Shelbyville, Shelby County, in 1856 and 1860; and in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, by 1862. It is not known when they left Indiana, but they were in Kingman, Kansas, in 1876. He was a graduate of DePauw University and a Methodist circuit rider, who began several churches.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Nash
Garden City KS
E-mail: dnash1@cox.net

Bessie Lona Shireman

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Bessie Lona Shireman
b. 6 October 1897, Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana, to Henry Hardin and Addie (Huffman) Shireman
d. 18 February 1973, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

m. 23 May 1922, Owatonna, Minnesota
Landon Clifford Minor
b. 28 May 1889, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa
d. 15 August 1975, Bozeman, Montana

Children with Landon Clifford Minor:
• Donna Faye married [–?–] Tesch

Bessie left Indiana in 1920.

Submitted by:
Donna Faye Minor Tesch
Bloomington MN
E-mail: dtesch@mn.rr.com

Indiana McMonigle

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Indiana McMonigle
b. 1843, Harrison County, Indiana, to Thomas J. and Matilda (Applegate) McMonigle
d. 1899, York County, Nebraska

m. 17 March 1861, Harrison County, Indiana
Alfred Grass
b. 1839, Harrison County, Indiana, to William and Priscilla (Crawford) Grass
d. about 1875, Harrison County, Indiana

Children with Alfred Grass:
• Francis Emmitt (1863-1916) married Mary Alice Watson
• William Emery (1865-1944) married Mable Ella Johnson
• John Edmund (1867-1955) married Louise Ramp
• Neva E. (1870-1935)

Indiana emigrated to York County, Nebraska, in the late 1880’s following some of her adult children. Watson families accompanied them from Harrison County.

Submitted by:
David L. McMonigle
Edgwater FL
E-mail: davemcmo@voyager.net

John Hays

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John Hays
b. 5 May 1829, Harrison County, Indiana, to James and Mariah (Faith) Hays
d. 4 March 1903, Washington County, Iowa

m. 19 December 1850, Harrison County, Indiana
Melissa F. Jacobs
b. 17 April 1831, Harrison County, Indiana, to John P. and Sarah (McMonigle) Jacobs
d. 14 March 1909, Washington County, Iowa

Children with Melissa F. Jacobs:
• Florence (1851-1851)
• Walter Quinton (1853-1934) married Lora Ellen Smith
• Emmett (1855-1948) married Amanda Jane Campbell
• Oliver Morton Parker (1856-1948) married Martha Rozella Bales
• Andrew (b. 1858)
• John Harrison (1861-1947) married Nora May Warren
• Daniel Nelson (b. 1863) married Elizabeth Devine
• William Henry (b. ca. 1865) married Clara Jane Kimmel
• Joseph Decker (1866-1955) married Cora Ann Shaw
• Mark (1868-bef. 1947) married Mary J. Birka
• Ida Mae (1870-1892) married Thomas Devine
• Sarah (1872-1963) married John Wilson Davidson
• Samuel Conklin (1873-1947) married Martha Ann Devine

John and Melissa also had twin girls who died at birth about 1860.

John served in the Home Guards in Harrison County, Indiana, who took part in the Battle of Corydon during the Civil War. In 1868, he migrated to Washington County, Iowa.

Submitted by:
David L. McMonigle
Edgwater FL
E-mail: davemcmo@voyager.net

Hezekiah Stout Denham

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Hezekiah Stout Denham
b. Fall 1802, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
d. 1 May 1886, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa

m/1. 30 June 1824, Harrison County, Indiana
Winney Little/Littell
b. 1 January 1803, Georgia, to Reuben and Elizabeth Covington (Gormley) Littell
d. 20 April 1863, Columbus City, Iowa

m/2. 1864
Harriet Silley

m/3. 1871
Eliza S. Culver

Children with Winney Little/Littell:

  • daughter (1825-1829)
  • Penelope Jane (b. ca 1829) married (1) David Macdonald Little, (2) Patrick Dennis
  • Ursula Milon (1831-1901) married (1) Eli Lemuel Wells, (2) Richard C. Wells
  • William Jasper (1832-1869) married Esther M. Jeffries
  • Hugh Little (1835-1889 married Caroline M. Blosser
  • Reuben M. (1837-1895) married (1) Abigail Warn, (2) Eleanor M. Sheriff-Smith
  • Obediah E. (1839-1905) married Lucy Orman

Hezekiah arrived in Indiana from Virginia with his parent about 1817. He lived and married in Harrison County, Indiana, leaving there for Iowa between 1835 and 1837. At least five of his seven children were born in Indiana.

He was a Justice of the Peace, minister for the United Brethren Church, a farmer, and a tailor of clothing for doctors. He made beautiful button holes and created many quilts from fabric scraps until about four years before his death in 1886. He was a smoke and once accidently burned down his own home.

Submitted by:
Rosalie L. De Martino
Salem OR
E-mail: turtle4u@q.com