Category Archives: Montgomery County

Oscar Denreith Sweem/Swim

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Oscar Denreith Sweem/Swim
b. 2 August 1838, Montgomery County, Indiana, to Cornelius and Penthacilla (Welch) Sweem
d. 3 March 1912, Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska

m. 17 September 1859, Montgomery County, Indiana
Eliza C. Prior
b. about 1841, Indiana
d. 26 January 1864, near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana

Children with Eliza C. Prior:

  • William Martin (b. 1860)
  • Francis Mansfield (b. 1862)

Oscar emigrated from Indiana before 1898 to Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska. Oscar’s son, William, was serving as a deputy sheriff when he was shot at Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, on 25 April 1896. There were several other children by a second marriage.

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Helen Magee
Hot Springs SD

Elijah Smith

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Elijah Smith
b. 16 January 1791, present-day Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, to Platt and Johnnah (Schoonover) Smith
d. 20 February 1865, Linn County, Iowa

m. 21 October 1817, Seneca County, New York
Jerusha Southwick
b. about 1790-91

Children with Jerusha Southwick:

  • Lucinda/Lovina (b. 1818/19) married Charles Biggs
  • [–?–] (b. ca. 1830) married [–?–] Miller
  • Joshua (b. ca. 1829/30) married Lydia [–?–]
  • Calvin (b. ca. 1830/31)
  • Melissa (b. ca. 1833/34)
  • Nancy M. (b. ca. 1835/36)

Elijah first resided in New York with his parents, who moved from the Delaware Valley about 1797 to Owego Town, Tioga County, New York, and later to Ovid Town, Seneca County, New York. Elijah and Jerusha lived in Seneca County several years before moving in about 1830 to Montgomery County, Indiana, where they resided for about 25 years before moving to Marion, Linn County, Iowa. Elijah and Jerusha may have had more children in the 1820’s. Jerusha applied for a military pension based upon Elijah’s War of 1812 service after his death in Linn County.

The contributor and a co-researcher have written an article about Elijah’s parents and siblings, which was published serially in Magazine of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research in 1994.

Submitted by:
Judy Longley
Detroit MI

Thomas McDonald Patterson

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Thomas McDonald Patterson
b. about 1839
d. 23 July 1916

m. Montgomery County, Indiana
Katherine Grafton
b. West Virginia

Thomas Patterson lived in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, and attended Asbury College and Wabash College. He moved to the Denver, Colorado, area in 1872. He had primary responsibility for the enabling act that brought Colorado statehood. He was the first Democrat from Colorado in the House of Representatives and was later a Senator.

Submitted by:
Gretel Smith
Garrett IN

John O’Kane

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John O’Kane
b. 22 September 1802, Virginia, to Henry and Sarah (Stevens) O’Kane
d. 5 January 1881, Louisana, Pike County, Missouri

m. 21 October 1830, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
Martha Verbrick
b. about 1811, Ohio
d. 16 November 1894, Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Children with Martha Verbrick:

  • Julia
  • Walter S.
  • James
  • Lavenia
  • John
  • Martha V.
  • Leila C.
  • Hettie

Elder John O’Kane came to White County, Indiana, before 1832. He lived in Fayette, Montgomery, and Marion counties before leaving the state after 1851.

Submitted by:
Win Wood
Vona CO 80861

Enoch Foxworthy

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Enoch Foxworthy
b. 22 September 1792, Stafford County, Virginia
d. 25 January 1882, Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri

m. 14 January 1819, Clark County, Kentucky
Rebecca Risk
b. 5 March 1798, Clark County, Kentucky
d. 5 August 1853, Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana

Children with Rebecca Risk:

  • James
  • Mason
  • Thomas
  • William
  • Enoch
  • Tipton
  • Joseph
  • Elizabeth
  • Angeline
  • Mary

Enoch immigrated to Indiana in 1832 from Clark County, Kentucky. He resided at Greencastle, Putnam County, and Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana. He moved to Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri, in 1860.

Submitted by:
Patricia Armstrong
Mooresville IN

William F Drake

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William F Drake
b. 1829, Washington, Warren County, Ohio, to Jesse and Mary Drake
d. 28 August 1862, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia

m. 16 October 1853, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Laura C. Parker
b. 18 January 1833, Ohio, to Samuel and Lydia (Aydelotte) Parker
d. 3 June 1913, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Children with Laura C. Parker:

William emigrated about 1851 from Warren County, Ohio, to Montgomery County, Indiana. He enlisted in Company A, 63rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on 18 February 1862, at Linden, Indiana. He was accidentally shot by Jacob Dietz, a member of William’s company, while the regiment was forming in line of battle on the Manassas Gap Railroad just before the second Battle of Bull Run.

Laura (Parker) Drake (William’s widow)
m/2. James Toliver Hamilton

Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Noisington KS

James Albert Drake

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James Albert Drake
b. 27 January 1861, Linden, Montgomery County, Indiana, to William F. and Laura C. (Parker) Drake
d. 15 April 1943, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

m. 6 March 1884, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
Ora Belle McNeely
b. 6 March 1867, Hosmer, Pike County, Indiana, to David and Nancy Maria (Phillips) McNeely
d. 5 December 1912, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa

Children with Ora Belle McNeely:

  • William David (1884–1967) married Pearl Edna Wilson
  • Edward Eastman (1886–1944) married Gertrude E. Baird
  • Maria Churchill (b. 1887) married Edward Guy Matthew
  • Bessie A. (1888–1888)
  • Carl Lafayette (b. 1889)
  • Ella Pearl (1890–1965) married William Wallis Huey

James resided in these Indiana counties: Montgomery, Gibson, and Pike. He emigrated from Pike County, Indiana, to Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, about 1910. Sometime between 1910 and 1913, James studied to be a chiropractor in Davenport, Iowa, and opened a chiropractic office.

Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Noisington KS

James Vance Bunten

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James Vance Bunten
b. 16 December 1816, Mercer County, Kentucky, to William and Leannah (Wilson) Bunten
d. 16 July 1875, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri

m. 19 October 1841, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri
Ursula Flanary
b. 4 December 1820, Virginia
d. 10 September 1883, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri

Children with Ursula Flanary:

  • Mary Ann (1842-1848)
  • Sarah Jane (1844-1848)
  • John F. (1846-1875) married Sallie Merritt
  • Susan S. (1848-1886) married John Wiley Worrel
  • William (1850-1930) married Alta Marlotte
  • James Marion (1852-1917) married Mary B. Nettie Jenkins
  • Henry Clay (1854-1869)
  • George Washington (1855-1856)
  • Martha Lee (1857-1879)
  • Thomas Green (1858-1943) married Dora Emma Gardner
  • Benjamin Franklin (1863-1864)

James Vance Bunten’s father, William Bunten, left Kentucky, James’s birthplace, due to his antipathy to slavery. James V. Bunten resided at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, and moved in 1841 to Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Boris N. Bulatkin
Wichita KS