Category Archives: Ripley County

Jacob Ludwick/Ludwig

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Jacob Ludwick/Ludwig
b. 8 November 1807, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to Abraham and Susan (McBride) Ludwick
d. 18 September 1894, Grinnell County, Iowa

m/1. 25 September 1828, Marion County, Ohio
Hester Myers

m/2. Iowa
Mary Hays

Children with Hester Myers:

  • Ann Elizabeth (b. 1830)
  • Margaret (b. 1831)
  • Mary (b. 1833)
  • Emaline (b. 1834)
  • Nancy (b. 1836)
  • Wealthy (b. 1837)
  • Eliza Ann (b. 1839)
  • Jonathan (b. 1841)
  • Abraham (b. 1843)
  • Hester (b. 1845)
  • Jacob (b. 1847)
  • Mariah (b. 1849)
  • Julia (b. 1851)
  • Silas (b. 1853)

After the death of his parents, Jacob and two of his younger sisters lived with his eldest sister and her husband, Margaret and Peter Shook. After their marriage in Marion County, Ohio, Jacob and Hester (Myers) Ludwick moved to Johnson Township, Ripley County, Indiana. After Hester’s death, Jacob emigrated from Indiana to Grinnell County, Iowa, in 1864, where he married Mary Hays.

Submitted by:
Mrs. Lynne Emmons
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Emery William Hendrixson

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Emery William Hendrixson
b. 28 March 1881, Delaware, Ripley County, Indiana, to Jesse Alexander and Catherine A. (Engles) Hendrixson
d. 31 March 1968, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m. 7 September 1903, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas
Anna Estrella Cooley
b. 19 September 1888, Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
d. 18 January 1965, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Children with Anna Estrella Cooley:

  • Edward Eugene (1905–1982)
  • Fredrick Franklin (1907–1972)
  • Lyrah Catharine (b. 1912)
  • Rosa Minnie (1912–1946)
  • Merle Douglas (1914–1987)
  • Lloyd Raymond (b. 1916)
  • Harry Dudley (1919–1977)
  • Cora Iola (b. 1921)
  • Hazel Jeanne (b. 1927)
  • Esther Marie (b. 1929)
  • Ruth Ann (b. 1932)

Emery emigrated from Ripley County, Indiana to Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, in 1886.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS 

Alexander Jesse Hendrixson

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Alexander Jesse Hendrixson
b. 23 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana, to John C. and Martha (Crandall) Hendrixson
d. 8 December 1911, Ninnescah Township, Reno County, Kansas

m/1. 16 April 1857, Dearborn County, Indiana
Catherine A. Engle
b. 20 November 1842, Indiana
d. 11 May 1890, Little River, Rice County, Kansas

m/2. after May 1890
Rosea M. (Campen) Duvall

Children with Catherine A. Engle:

  • John C. (1858–1859)
  • Henry Albert (1860–1954) married Hannah Edna Dole
  • Sarah G. (b. 1862)
  • George (1865–1873)
  • Clara B. (1868–1869)
  • Franklin Dayton (1870–1946) married Cora A. Mathes
  • Ida Mae (1873–1888) married Charles Rollins
  • Mary A. (1875–1876)
  • Nora Zelma (1877–1954) married William Enfield
  • Emery William (1881–1968) married Anna Estrella Cooley
  • Elzena Wheeler (1883–1957) married John T. Arnold

Alexander emigrated from Indiana in 1886 to Lyons, Rice County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS

Bertha Lillie Ehrhardt

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Bertha Lillie Ehrhardt
b. 11 March 1882, New Pennington, Ripley County, Indiana, to Daniel C. and Anna Amelia (Uphaus) Ehrhardt
d. 23 March 1914, Glasgow, Valley County, Montana

m.
J. Claude Colson

Children with J. Claude Colson:

  • Amelia
  • Virgi

Bertha emigrated from New Pennington, Ripley County, Indiana, in 1913 to Glasgow, Valley County, Montana.

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Merla Uphaus Gines
Renton WA

William Anthony and Mahala Gertrude Robinson

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William Anthony
b. 18 January 1810, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Henry and Catherine Anthony
d. 11 September 1890, Bourbon County, Kansas
m. 13 September 1837, Ripley County, Indiana

Mahala Gertrude Robinson
b. 15 May 1820, Indiana
d. 23 December 1874, Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas

Children with Mahala Gertrude Robinson:

  • Ruth Jane married [–?–] Hickox
  • James
  • Robert L.
  • Alex
  • Permenes married [–?–] Wells
  • Frank
  • George W.

William moved to Indiana with his parents in 1810 from Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania. He resided in Franklin and Ripley counties in Indiana before leaving for Bourbon County, Kansas, in 1872.

Submitted by:
Mrs. Walter J. Anthony
Fort Scott KS