Category Archives: Monroe County

Gilbert Lafayette Burch

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GILBERT LAFAYETTE BURCH
b. 14 September 1845, Monroe County, Indiana, to Henry and Rebecca Linzey (Gentry) Burch
d. 23 June 1898, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon

m. 19 December 1856, Monroe County, Indiana
Nancy Ferguson
b. 11 February 1843, Indiana, to Augustin S. and Nancy S. (Foddrill) Ferguson
d. 6 October 1926, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Children with Nancy Ferguson:

  • Ida Gertrude (1870-1947) married Chester A. Davis
  • Henderson Roscoe (b. 1872)
  • Orin E. (b. 1876) married Miss Knox

The family moved from Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana, to Cottage Grove, Oregon, around 1890. They went by train and took a pump organ along with the rest of their belongings. Ida and Chester Davis owned a theater in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where the pump organ was used for shows and dances at Davis Hall. After Gilbert’s death, the rest of the family moved to Portland, Oregon, around 1910. Gilbert was a farmer and active in the Masonic Order.

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Louise Alsop
Longview WA

Noah Bunton

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NOAH BUNTON
b. 12 March 1844, Randolph County, North Carolina, to William and Mary Bunting
d. 26 June 1932, Jasper County, Illinois

m. 14 February 1864, Morgan County, Indiana
Sarah Ellen Lewis
b. 4 April 1844, Indiana
d. 4 July 1925, Jasper County, Illinois

Children with Sarah Ellen Lewis:

  • Grant
  • Del
  • Joseph
  • David
  • Ivy
  • Mary
  • Sherman
  • Henry
  • Perry
  • possibly one or two others

Noah came to Monroe County, Indiana in 1860. He left from Morgan County, Indiana about 1875. He changed the spelling of his surname from Bunting to Burton sometime between 1870 and 1880. He became a Methodist minister in 1884 and served many churches in southern Illinois.

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Hale E. Bunton
Janesville WI

Isaiah Reid Tippin

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Isaiah Reid Tippin
b. 4 January 1821, Washington County, Indiana, to George Manton and Elizabeth (Ralls) Tippin, Jr.
d. 13 February 1915, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

m/1. 22 October 1846, Washington County, Indiana
Jane McQuiston Faris
b. 23 February 1820, Preble County, Ohio
d. 1848, Washington County, Indiana

m/2. 12 November 1849
Susanna Rock
b. 1828, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
d. 21 October 1858, Sharon, Iowa

m/3. 8 March 1867
Louisa Sterrett

Children with Jane McQuiston Faris:

  • Margaret Tirzah (b. 1847)

Children with Susanna Rock:

  • Sarah
  • William
  • George

Children with Louisa Sterrett:

  • Elizabeth
  • Susan

Isaiah emigrated from Indiana to Morning Sun, Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1856.

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Ronald F. Rittel
Des Moines IA

John Jacob Schlosser

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John Jacob Schlosser
b. 28 December 1837, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
d. 21 February 1908, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois

m. 24 August 1871, Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois
Angeletta Songer
b. 14 December 1858, Illinois
d. November 1935, Supulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

Children with Angeletta Songer:

  • Eddie (b. 1872)
  • Bert (b. 1873)
  • Monnie Elvin (b. 1876)
  • Murt (b. 1880)
  • Grace (b. 1882)
  • Maude (b. 1884)
  • Freddie (b. 1888)
  • Daisy (b. 1891)

John emigrated about 1871 from Monroe County, Indiana, to LaSalle County, Illinois.

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Marilyn Rae Mitchell Limb
Wagoner OK 74467

John Homer Lee

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John Homer Lee
b. 31 August 1849, Jefferson County, Ohio, to William and Mary Jane (Adams) Lee
d. 20 December 1898, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois

m/1. 9 March 1873, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
Rebecca Adaline Mitchell
b. 30 December 1845, Parke County, Indiana, to William Durrow and Sarah Foster (Martin) Mitchell
d. 9 January 1879, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois

m/2. 17 August 1879
Julia A. Cain

Children with Rebecca Adaline Mitchell:

  • William Reeder (b. 1874)
  • Barthenia Rose (b. 1875)
  • John Baker (b. 1877)

Children with Julia A. Cain:

  • Harry Cain (b. 1888)

John came from Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1850. He lived in Owen County, Monroe County, and Parke County, Indiana. He left in 1877 for Mitchelsville, Saline County, Illinois. John was in the Ohio Cavalry, Company G, 13th Regiment, in 1864–1865. He was in the 7th U.S. Cavalry at Indianapolis in 1870–71. He taught school while in Indiana and became a physician after moving to Illinois.

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Susan Lee Cook
LaCanada CA

James H Knight

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James H Knight
b. 1 July 1818, Ohio
d. 21 January 1889, Monroe County, Indiana

m. 23 April 1843, Monroe County, Indiana
Eliza Carter
b. 9 January 1825, Ohio
d. 20 April 1900, Monroe County, Indiana

Children with Eliza Carter:

  • Margaret J. (b. 1847)
  • Mary E. (b. 1850)
  • Lorenzo Marion (b. 1852)
  • James G. (b. 1856)
  • George L. (1858–1925)
  • Robert R. (b. 1866)
  • Lydia (b. 1867)

James immigrated to Indiana by 1840. He resided in three Indiana counties: Bartholomew, Monroe, and Brown. He emigrated from Indiana in 1846, to Millcreek Precinct, Clark County, Illinois. He later returned to Indiana by 18 February 1858.

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Don Knight
Edinburgh IN

Robert Roy Hovious

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Robert Roy Hovious
b. 11 June 1883, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, to Thomas and Sarah (Houston) Hovious
d. 19 January 1942, Danvers, Illinois

m. 1902, Monroe County, Indiana
Bessie Iona Hobbs
b. 30 June 1885, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana
d. 29 September 1951, Peoria, Illinois

Children with Bessie Iona Hobbs:

  • Mary
  • Roy Robert
  • Thelma
  • Gladys
  • Juanita
  • Richard
  • Phillip
  • Betty
  • DelMarch

Robert emigrated from Monroe County, Indiana, to Illinois in 1909.

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Betty Hollowell
Ft. Lauderdale FL

James Madison Brown

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James Madison Brown
b. 1816, near Lenoir, Burke County, North Carolina, to William and Elizabeth (Rippetoe?) Brown
d. 27 August 1869, Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois

m. 24 March 1838, Monroe County, Indiana
Nancy Agnes Christy
b. 20 December 1820, Indiana
d. 17 December 1893, Freedom Township, Republic County, Kansas

Children with Nancy Agnes Christy:

  • Abigail
  • John Christy
  • William Jasper
  • Mary Elizabeth
  • Lucinda Nancy
  • Maria Jane
  • David Washington
  • James Newton
  • Rose Anna
  • Arminda
  • Ishmael

Rev. Brown came to Indiana around 1835. He lived in Whitehall, Owen County, and Beechcreek Township, Greene County, until leaving the state around 1857.

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Win Wood
Vona CO