Category Archives: Kosciusko County

Solomon Dowell

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Solomon Dowell/Dewell
b. 13 April 1789, Frederick County, Maryland, to Benjamin and Barbara (Springer) Dowell/Dewell
d. 6 October 1864, Cedar County, Iowa

m/1. 1 June 1815, Harrison County, Ohio
Patience Potts
b. 17 June 1797, Pennsylvania
d. 30 July 1828

m/2. 15 April 1829, Wayne County, Ohio
Carolyn Elizabeth Miller
b. Flanders(?)
d. April 1841, Mentone, Kosciusko County, Indiana

m/3. 1844, Mentone, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Sarah M. (Moon/Hoon) McCombs

Children with Patience Potts:
• James P. (1816-1835)
• Samuel (1819-1839)
• Benjamin (1823-1903)
• Charlotte (1823/4-1916)
• Joshua (b. 1826)
• Elizabeth (b. 1828)

Children with Carolyn Elizabeth Miller:
• Nathaniel Miller (1830-1890)
• Eliza Jane (b. 1832)
• Sarah Ann (1834-1916)
• Charles (1836-1864)
• John (1838-1921)
• Mary Jane (1841-1841) (twin)
• Catherine (1841-1841) (twin)

Solomon and his second wife, Elizabeth, moved to Mentone, Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1839, locating two miles south of Mentone. Solomon was a prosperous farmer. In 1848 he registered his stock mark as follows: a swallow fork in the left ear and under bit in the same, a crop and under bit in the right ear.

Three years after Elizabeth’s death in 1841, Solomon married Sarah McCombs and after the tax assessment of 1864, they moved on to Cedar County, Iowa.

Submitted by:
Cynthia Cockran Jones
Marietta GA

Nathaniel Wyland

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Nathaniel “Than” Wyland
b. 30 January 1874, Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Jonathan and Rebecca (Bowman) Wyland
d. 13 November 1961, Walla Walla, Washington

m. 23 September 1906, Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon
Anna Myrtle Key
b. 1887, Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon
d. 1970, Rainier, Thurston County, Washington

Children with Anna Myrtle Key:

  • Evert Hezekiah
  • Dolly Leta
  • Dovie
  • Tiny
  • Sylvia

“Than” Wyland moved to Emmet County, Michigan, about 1897, worked in lumber for four years, and then moved on to Weston, Oregon.

Daniel Wyland, Nathaniel’s brother, stated in his memoirs that “Than” had a hard time finding a wife. Daniel wrote:

“I was told that he (Nathaniel) got him a long Prince Albert suit and a high silk plug hat and that he would dress up and walk on the streets of Pilot Rock Saturday nights and Sundays and that the boys there would hoot him sometimes but were careful to keep him from getting hold of them…

On Sundays he would enter the church edifice with his plug hat held high on his manly chest and march clear to the front to the amen corner and took [sic] on the appearance of piety. Here he met a girl of quite well-to-do people. They married, and at long last he had himself a wife.”

About 1932, “Than” and Anna Myrtle moved to Montana where they ranched near Hilger until retiring in 1954. In Montana, they owned a 680 acre farm and leased 700 acres of land from the federal government for cattle grazing.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Daniel Wyland

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Daniel Wyland
b. 7 December 1871, Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Jonathan and Rebecca (Bowman) Wyland
d. 30 January 1945, Emmet County, Michigan

m.
Mary Estelle Pike
b. 8 September 1879, Barry County, Michigan
d. 4 July 1955

Children with Mary Estelle Pike:

  • Marion C.
  • Ruby May
  • Mary A.
  • Nellie Rose
  • Leona Estelle

Daniel emigrated from Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Emmet County, Michigan, about 1890.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Frederick M Tully

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Frederick M Tully
b. 11 November 1848, New York, to William H. and Ann Janett (Bates) Tully
d. 25 November 1925, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

m. 15 December 1870, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Mary A. Chaplin
b. 26 October 1846, Washington Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
d. 5 March 1934, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Children with Mary A. Chaplin:

  • Bernice C. (b. abt. 1875) married (1) Lymann Crawford, (2) Frank Hovey
  • Dessa Oral (1877-1905) married Clarence A. Kennedy
  • Horton C. (1880-1957) married Helen H. Lysinger
  • Percy B. (b. 1882) married Bessie Anderson Clay

Frederick came to Indiana in the early 1860. The family emigrated from Indiana to Nebraska about 1878-1880. Their first two children were born in Indiana and the last two were born in Nebraska. Frederick and Mary are buried in Boone County, Nebraska.

Submitted by:
Jack B. Kennedy
Spokane WA
E-mail: darlene49@hotmail.com

Roscoe Irving Stultz

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Roscoe Irving Stultz
b. 2 April 1866, Huntington County, Indiana, to George and Mary (Yant) Stults
d. 3 May 1955, Cherokee, Iowa

m. 1 November 1891, Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Fredonia Druckamiller
b. 25 April 1870, Milford, Decatur County, Indiana, to Harvey C. and Mary Jane (Arnold) Druckamiller
d. 8 April 1957, Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa

Children with Fredonia Druckamiller:

  • Paul Franklin (1892-1980)
  • Harvey Carlyle (1901-1965)
  • Mildred (1896-1975)
  • Marie (1898-1993)
  • Eloise B. (1903-1964)

Roscoe moved to Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa, in 1891.

Roscoe’s father, George Stults and his brothers, changed the spelling of their surname from Z to S when they moved to Indiana from Ohio. Roscoe changed the spelling back to a Z when he was married and moved to Iowa.
Submitted by:
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin E. Stultz
New Carrollton MD

Elvira Jane Mitchell

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Elvira Jane Mitchell
b. 26 December 1858, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Adam and Elizabeth Eve (Crumbaker) Mitchell
d. 8 February 1949, Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska

m. 20 October 1881, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Christopher Frederick Babel
b. 17 October 1856, Washington, D.C., to Christopher Adam and Sophia (Ikler/Eikler) Babel
d. 1 January 1937, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Children with Christopher Frederick Babel:

  • Allora Belle (b. 23 August 1882) married John Hoye
  • Charles Adam (b. November 1884) married Veda Hansen
  • Wilbur Roy (b. 15 November 1886) married Grace Brown
  • Frederick Ernest (b. 26 November 1888) married Hazel Wahl
  • William Wesley (b. 17 November 1890) married Pearl Jones
  • Inez Olive (10 April 1893–21 July 1973) married William Dee Highland
  • Gladys Catherine (b. 2 June 1898) married H. Kenneth Cates

Elvira emigrated from Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Muskingum County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Karen Kellogg Mason
Mt. Vernon WA

Lucy Ann McCloughan

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Lucy Ann McCloughan
b. 30 September 1851, Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana to Ira McCloughan and Catherine Sellers
d. 15 May 1936, Livingston County, Missouri

m. 25 December 1867, Livingston County, Missouri
Michael Lemon

Children with Michael Lemon:

  • Eugene Franklin
  • Mollie Gertrude
  • Katie Ann
  • Cora Belle
  • Oral Benton
  • Lura Lugene
  • Clarence M.
  • Maude Mae
  • Cressella

Submitted by:
Michael R. Darnel
Granger IN

Ira McCloughan

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Ira McCloughan
b. 18 February 1819, Pennsylvania to Joseph H. and Elizabeth (McBride) McCloughan
d. 10 December 1866, Union, Livingston County, Missouri

m. 28 April 1842, Summit County, Ohio
Catherine Sellers
b. 22 October 1818, Portage or Summit County, Ohio, to George and Catherine [–?–] Sellers
d. 22 December 1880, Utica, Livingston County, Missouri

Children with Catherine Sellers:

  • Joseph Henry
  • John
  • Mary E.
  • Eliza Jane
  • Charles Wesley
  • Lucy Ann
  • Samuel Adam
  • Wilson Freeman
  • Willis Truman

Ira immigrated to Kosciusko County, Indiana, from Summit County, Ohio, in 1842. He moved to Livingston County, Missouri, in 1864/5.

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Michael R. Darnel
Granger IN

Charles E. Long

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Charles E. Long
b. September 1862, near Leesburg, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Robert B. and Mary Jane (Rippey) Long
d. 19 March 1939, Lewiston, Fergus County, Montana

m. 14 November 1889, Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Ina Cinninger
b. 1868, Indiana
d. 1918, Montana

Children with Ina Cinninger:

  • Robert
  • Mildred
  • Phillip
  • Bernice
  • Fred

Charles emigrated from Kosciusko County, Indiana, to near Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, in 1912.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Regina Maria Leedy

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Regina Maria Leedy
b. 27 March 1859, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to John Keith and Regina M. (Chapman) Leedy
d. 9 October 1939, Spokane, Washington

m. 26 June 1890, Racine, Wisconsin
Edwin Herbert Knight
b. 15 November 1864, Thomasburg, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
d. 3 April 1943, Spokane, Washington

Children with Edwin Herbert Knight:

  • Phillip Graham (1892–1913)
  • Gayton Leedy (1895–1972)

Regina moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1890 and to Spokane, Washington, in 1896. She was a small woman who enjoyed parties and weekend poker with friends. She cared little for housework but made good biscuits and buckwheat pancakes.

Edwin Knight moved to Chicago from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, in 1875 and became a naturalized citizen in 1891. After settling in Spokane, Washington, in 1896, he established Diamond Drill Contracting Company with a partner and, in 1911, became president of Farmers & Mechanics Bank.

Submitted by:
Barbara J. Cruchon
Seattle WA