Category Archives: Jay County

Harvey A. Smith

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Harvey A. Smith
b. 12 April 1873, Balbec, Jay County, Indiana, to Thomas and Amanda (Sarber) Smith
d. 14 July 1938, Frisco, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

m/1. 9 December 1895, Portland, Jay County, Indiana
Mary Leticia Marker
b. 1873, Wells County, Indiana
d. 1898, Indiana

m/2.
[–?–]

Children with Mary Leticia Marker:
• Lucinda Opal married [–?–] Simmons

Children with [—?—]:
• Shirley A. (a son)

Harvey lived in Wells, Blackford, and Jay counties in Indiana until about 1920, when he left the state.

Submitted by:
Darlene Jeannette Scott Shawn
Norman OK

Francis Marion Marker

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Francis Marion Marker
b. 2 May 1854, Preble County, Ohio, to Daniel and Lucinda (Nine) Marker
d. 27 February 1925, Depew, Creek County, Oklahoma

m. 10 December 1875, Jay County, Indiana
Margaret Bever/Beaver
b. 13 May 1857, Indiana
d. 26 January 1893, Jay County, Indiana

Children with Margaret Bever/Beaver:
• Mary Leticia married [–?–] Smith
• Charles M.
• Lauralie Alice married [–?–] Alberson
• Orville Isaac
• Hoah
• Minna married (1) [–?–] Forney, (2) [–?–] Awer
• James (b. ca. 1883-1894)
• George

Francis lived in Wells and Jay counties while in Indiana, having arrived in 1866 from Darke County, Ohio. He left from Wells County in 1909.

Submitted by:
Darlene Jeannette Scott Shawn
Norman OK

Lilley Viola Dillavou

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Lilley Viola Dillavou
b. 12 July 1882, Bryant, Jay County, Indiana
d. 21 January 1964, Nowata, Nowata County, Oklahoma

m/1. 21 October 1899, Jay County, Indiana
William Lawrence LeFavour
b. 27 May 1876, Bryant, Jay County, Indiana, to Emmett and Sevilla (Blair) LeFavour
d. 30 December 1941, Bryant, Jay County, Indiana

m/2.
[–?–] Daubenspeck

Children with William Lawrence LeFavour:
• Audrey Merle (b. 1901)
• Lester Warren (b. 1903)
• Selvilla Elvira (b. 1905)
• Crystal Genevieve (b. 1907)
• Maxine Imogene (b. 1918)
• Betty Jo (b. 1921)

The first three children were born in Indiana; the last three in Oklahoma. The family emigrated to Nowata County, Oklahoma, about 1906.

Submitted by:
Nancy Gragg
Alamogordo NM
E-mail: graggns@yahoo.com

A. Glen Nixon

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A. GLEN NIXON
b. about 1905, Jay County, Indiana
d. 26 Jun 1985, Portland, Jay County, Indiana
bur. Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Jay County, Indiana

m.
Marceil N. McKinley
b. 22 Jan 1905, to Robert Clem and Armeda (Alexander) McKinley

Children with Marceil N. McKinley:

  • Wanda married Alva Eley
  • Betty Lou (d. bef 1985)
  • Richard Dale (b. 1932) married Norma Jean Somers
  • Thomas E. (b. abt 1937) married Jeannette Louise Loy

Glen was a Jay County native and a farmer. He also worked for the Jay County Highway Department at one time. In addition to his wife, two sons and one daughter, a brother, Cleatus Nixon, and a sister, Mary (Mrs. Dale) Pensinger, survived him. He was a member of Portland Moose Lodge for 45 years. His obituary appeared in The Muncie (Indiana) Star on 28 June 1985.

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Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@me.com

Frank Albert Richison

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Frank Albert Richison
b. 17 May 1862, Clark County, Ohio, to John Webster and Sarah Jane (Ayars) Richison
d. 2 April 1944, Pennville, Jay, Indiana
bur. Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana

Frank Albert Richison and Sarah Jane Davis gravestone

Frank Albert Richison and Sarah Jane Davis gravestone

m. 25 Dec 1883, Jay County, Indiana
Sarah Jane Davis
b. 21 May 1862, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, to Oliver J. and Drusilla (Timmons) Davis
d. 28 Feb 1931, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana
bur. Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana

Children of Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison:

  • Dallas Ray (1884-1947) married Olive Alexander
  • William Oliver (1887-1962) married Mary Louisa “Lulu” Gibson
  • Berley Oral (1889-1946) married Ruby Marie Manes
  • Sylvia C. (1892-1966) never married
  • Guy Eli (1895-1959) married Carrie Estella Stoner

Frank Albert was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade. He came to Indiana with his parents sometime between 1870 and 1880 from Ohio. His parents eventually moved a bit farther west to Delaware County but Frank and his family remained in Jay County. Three of his sons returned to Ohio and raised their families there.

Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@me com

Thomas Franklin Alexander and Mary Ann Courtney

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Thomas Franklin Alexander
b. 19 October 1850, New Pittsburg, Randolph, Indiana, to Thomas and Lucinda (Harshman) Alexander
d. 25 October 1915, Portland, Jay, Indiana
bur. New Pittsburg Cemetery, New Pittsburg, Randolph, Indiana

m. 4 September 1873, Randolph County, Indiana
Mary Ann Courtney
b. 22 November 1849, Switzerland County, Indiana
d. 20 December 1903, Jackson Twp., Jay, Indiana
bur. New Pittsburg Cemetery, New Pittsburg, Randolph, Indiana

Thomas Alexander and Mary Ann Courtney gravestone

Thomas Alexander and Mary Ann Courtney gravestone

Children of Thomas Franklin and Mary Ann (Courtney) Alexander:

  • Norman (1874-1933) married (1) Anna J. Hinkley. (2) Katie McClish
  • Carman (1876-1944) married Diora Delltieu Vincent
  • Clarence (1879-1975) married (1) Blanche Bash, (2) Anna Jennetta Imel
  • Arthur (1883-1953) married Eva Bisel
  • Armeda (1885-1913) married Robert Clem McKinley
  • Olive (1887-1973) married (1) Dallas Ray Richison, (2) J. Frank Hodge

Thomas appears to have spent his entire life in Jay and Randolph counties. He was a farmer and had pictures taken of he and Mary Ann with their first grandchild about 1901 or 1902 by a photographer in Portland. Another picture taken at the same time includes all of his children. Each of the pictures were passed down through different branches of the family and only recently have the present owners of the two pictures learned of the existence of the second picture.

Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@me com

Dallas Ray Richison and Olive Alexander

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Dallas Ray Richison
b. 4 August 1884, Jay County, Indiana, to Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison
d. 13 March 1947, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana
bur. Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana

m. 11 August 1906, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
Olive Alexander
b. 10 June 1887, Jay County, Indiana, to Thomas Franklin and Mary Ann (Courtney) Alexander
d. 29 October 1973, Merced, Merced County, California
bur. Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana

Dallas Richison and Olive Alexander gravestone

Dallas Richison and Olive Alexander gravestone

Children of Dallas Ray and Olive (Alexander)Richison:

  • Modjeska Pauline (1907-1989) married Milburn Theodore Thornburg
  • Ophir Orlo (1909-1949) married Zella Beatrice Wilkerson
  • Herbert Meredith (1913-1969) married Alice Louise Richardson
  • Charles Allen (1918-1989) married Mildred Miley
  • Frank Vaughn (1920-1999) married Edith Catherine Smith

Dallas Ray was a painter and paperhanger in Winchester, Indiana, along with some of his sons at various times. He also had a small farm about five miles northeast of town. He died of injuries suffered during a fall in a stairwell where he was working. According to newspaper articles, he had not been feeling well and apparently had a dizzy spell. He struck his head and back on a banister as he fell and died a few days later.

Olive died in Merced, California where she had been living close to her youngest son, Frank. She was cremated and her ashes were shipped back to Indiana to be buried beside Dallas in November of 1973. A few friends and some of her grandchildren attended that graveside service in Winchester, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@me com

Ophir Orlo Richison

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Ophir Orlo Richison
b. 24 August 1909, Jay County, Indiana, to Dallas Ray and Olive (Alexander) Richison
d. 31 July 1949, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
bur. Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana

m. 30 August 1929, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio
Zella Beatrice Wilkerson

Ophir Richison funeral card

Ophir Richison funeral card

Children with Zella Beatrice Wilkerson:

  • James Oliver (1930-2004) married (1) Eris Jeannine Fisher, (2) Rita Cunningham Roberts
  • Betty Jean (1933-1982) married Roscoe Junior Shrack
  • Shirley Ann (living)
  • Donna Lee (living)
  • Danny Ray (living)

Orlo and Zella went to relatives in Ohio to get married thinking they would be able to keep the marriage a secret from their parents for awhile. Their intention was to continue to live with their parents for a short time until they were more financially able before telling them of the marriage and finding a home together. Like many secrets, theirs did not remain secret very long. Upon returning home, Zella found her parents already aware of the marriage.

It seems someone in Ohio who knew her parents had heard the news and informed Zella’s parents. Orlo worked in Indianapolis in factories for a time but after his father died in 1947, he moved the family to Winchester in order to take over the painting and paper hanging business of his father. Two years later, in 1949, Orlo was killed in an automobile accident, leaving Zella a widow with five children, the youngest being only six months old.

Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@me.com

John Henry Flauding

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John Henry Flauding
b. 9 August 1873, Portland, Jay County, Indiana, to John Valentine and Julia Ann Josephine (Solomon) Flauding
d. 1 February 1932, Formosa Township, Jewell County, Kansas

m. 9 December 1896, Formosa Township, Jewell County, Kansas
Estella Alice Parrott
b. 26 October 1877, Missouri
d. 1941, Formosa Township, Jewell County, Kansas

Children with Estella Alice Parrott:

  • Margaret A.
  • Lester Roosevelt
  • Florence J.
  • Evelyn J.
  • Ruby O.
  • Ralph Oren

John moved from Indiana to Jewell County, Kansas, in 1893. He worked for the railroad.

Submitted by:
Gary A. Flauding
Columbia City IN

Henry F Flauding

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Henry F Flauding
b. April 1837, Saxony, to Elias and [–?–] Flauding
d. 20 November 1908, Braman, Oklahoma

m. 13 March 1883, Jay County, Indiana
Sarah A. Williams
b. 10 October 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio
d. 19 June 1935, Braman, Oklahoma

Children with Sarah A. Williams:

  • George Elwood
  • Mary O.
  • Gertrude Clara

Henry came to Indiana from Pittsburgh in 1860. He lived in Beavercreek Township, Jay County, Indiana, until 1883.

Submitted by:
Gary A. Flauding
Columbia City IN