Category Archives: Shelby County

Johnson Seth Poppino

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Johnson Seth Poppino
b. 30 May 1845, Pleasant View, Shelby County, Indiana, to Silas and Cynthia Anne (Naugle) Poppino
d. September 1918, Fort Sumner, DeBaca County, New Mexico

m/1. 19 February 1870, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana
Phebe Ann “Anna” Arthur
b. 29 October 1848, Clermont County, Ohio, to Jesse and Hannah Arthur
d. 16 October 1880, Indiana

m/2. 19 December 1887
Lurana Margaret Wyckoff
b. 12 December 1857, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
d. 1 June 1911, DeBaca County, New Mexico

Children with Phebe Ann Arthur:
• Sylvester (1871-1932) married Ella Boaz
• Claude (b. 1873) married Etta Johnson
• Oscar (1874-aft. 1939) married Mildred Thacker
• Frank (1876-1945) married Aura Myrtle Moon
• Harold (1878-1898)
• Gertrude Florence (1880-1964) married (1) Charles Hiram Ware, (2) Charles Emmitt Johnson

Children with Lurana Margaret Wyckoff:
• Clarence
• Alice
• Eva Louise (b. 1887) married Arthur William Tooker
• Francis E. (b. 1897) married (1) [—?—] Thatch, (2)Buren Jackson Smith

Johnson lived in Shelby, Marion, Johnson, and Morgan counties in Indiana before emigrating in 1889. He lived in Bourbon County, Kansas; Oklahoma and Pottawatomie counties in Oklahoma; Vernon County, Missouri; and Quay County, New Mexico. He was in Company C, 79th Indiana Infantry, 1862-1865.

Submitted by:
Mary Shannon
Monticello FL
E-mail: walter5@noblestar.net

Sarah Phares

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Sarah Phares
b. 5 July 1817, Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Isaac and Elizabeth (Brown) Phares
d. 26 November 1906, Franklin County, Kansas

m. 24 September 1835, Shelby County, Indiana
Stacy Stephens
d. 4 July 1899, Franklin County, Kansas

Children with Stacy Stephens:
• John Paul
• James
• Rebecca Jane
• Stacy Henry
• William Thomas
• Samuel Matthew
• Sarah Mary
• Barbara Lucietta
• Enoch Elijah
• Nancy Lydia

Sarah came to Shelby County, Indiana, from Ohio with her parents and grandparents. She moved to Virginia about 1845, then to Washington County, Ohio, about 1849, and to Kansas in 1869. The moves were due to the poor health of her husband. He was a farmer. The move to Kansas was as part of a family group to homestead the land.

Submitted by:
Shirley J. Stedman
Marion TX
E-mail: vega711@juno.com

William R Mullen

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William R Mullen
b. 6 August 1844, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to James Franklin and Jane (Vance) Mullen
d. 10 June 1917, Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan

m. 5 September 1875, Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana
Martha Jane Baker
b. 18 January 1854, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, to William and Elizabeth Baker
d. 14 February 1936, Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan

Children with Martha Jane Baker:
• Harley Samuel (b. 1876)
• Nancy Alice (b. 1879)
• Orlando Clyde (b. 1881)
• William A. (b. 1886)
• Ethel E. (b. 1895)

William lived in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, then in 1858, his family moved to Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana. He enlisted as a Private in Company A, 53rd Regiment of the Indiana Infantry Volunteers at Michigan City, Indiana, in April 1865. After being honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, in July 1865, he returned to Marshall County and took up farming. He and his young family moved in 1882 to West Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, then to Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan, in 1890.

Submitted by:
Barbara Taylor Szabo
Osceola IN 46561-9424

Patrick Kirwin

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Patrick Kirwin
b. 17 March 1801, Dublin, Ireland
d. 5 May 1885, Montgomery County, Kansas

m. 22 July 1855, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Martha Jane Mills
b. 4 July 1835, Charlotte, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina
d. 27 April 1891, West Cherry Town, Montgomery County, Kansas

Children with Martha Jane Mills:
• Francis Marion
• William W.
• Mary A.
• John Arthur
• Thomas Jordan
• Charles Edward
• Albert W.

Patrick was in Indiana from 1855 until he left for Neodesha, Kansas, about 1870. He lived in Shelbyville during his stay as a Hoosier.

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Jana Black
San Anselmo CA
E-mail: jblack@marin.k12.ca.us

Lewis Glidewell

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Lewis Glidewell
b. 1804, Laurens County, South Carolina, to William and Susannah Glidewell
d. 1877, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

m/1.
Nancy Talbert

m/2. 29 July 1859, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri
Tabitha “Abi” Earles
b. 1829, Kentucky, to Peyton and Sara Ann Earles
d. 17 March 1916, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

Children with Tabitha Earles:
• George Washington (1861-1933) married (1) Nancy Ann Judd, (2) Hester Belle Potts
• Filander (1863-1947) married Mary Shatto

In 1805 Lewis came to Indiana and lived in Franklin and Shelby counties, Pike Township of Marion County, and Brown Township of Hendricks County before emigrating in 1852.

Lewis was the youngest of ten children. His father was born in 1760 in Halifax, Virginia, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Lewis’ grandfather Robert Glidewell was a soldier in the French-Indian War and owned a tobacco plantation in Halifax County, Virginia, where he was born in 1722. After Abi (Earles) Black was widowed, she brought her six children to northern Missouri where she met and married Lewis Glidewell who was a widower.

Submitted by:
Diane Glidewell Fitzgibbons
Lee’s Summit MO
E-mail: sfitzgibbons@micro.com

Johannes Aloyse Decker

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Johannes Aloyse Decker
b. 6 March 1854, Blodelsheim, Alsace, France, to Johanes Meinrad and Marie-Rose (Stadler) Decker
d. 16 April 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

m. 27 January 1880, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Elizabeth Braunagel
b. 29 October 1861, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
d. 27 July 1909, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Braunagel:
• Rose Ellen
• George Bernard
• Louis Martin
• John Minrod (b. 1888)
• Fred William
• Michael Theodore
• Edward Aloysuis
• Manual Anthony
• Lucille Elizabeth
• Clara Frances and Laura Frances, twin girls who died at birth

Johannes arrived in the United States and Indiana in 1875. He renounced allegiance to the emperor of Germany and was naturalized in 1876. He remained in Indiana until at least early 1888 when he was listed in the Union Township, Shelby County Road Tax before starting west. His fourth child, John Minrod, was born in April 1888 in Hartford, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Sharon Decker
San Francisco CA

Benjamin Morris

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Benjamin Morris
b. 7 October 1821, Clark County, Kentucky, to Wm. G. and Nancy (Young) Morris
d. 12 June 1905, Lothrop, Warren County, Iowa

m. 17 December 1846, Shelby County, Indiana
Artie Keck
b. 7 November 1827, Monongalea County, West Virginia to Daniel and Priscilla (Chew) Keck
d. 15 June 1979, Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska

Children with Artie Keck:

  • Daniel T.
  • Annie
  • Willis G.
  • Marion F.
  • Allen M.
  • Riley
  • Dora
  • Clark
  • Greenlee
  • Elda

In 1825 at age four, Benjamin, the seventh of ten children, moved to Shelby County, Indiana, with his parents. In 1835 at age eight, Artie moved with her parents to Shelby County, Indiana. She was the second oldest of eight children.

The lives of the Morris family members in Shelby County are well documented. One son, Hamilton, sold land for the Morris Cemetery in Marion Township.

The Keck family is less well known. About the only tidbit of interest is that in February of 1859, The Shelby County Republican reported that Daniel Keck recovered a stolen horse that had gone missing for some time. It was found in Jackson Township where it had been “fenced.”

Benjamin and Artie moved to Warren County Iowa, in October 1853 with their first three children. Several of their relatives relocated to Iowa as well. Marion F. moved to Nebraska where his daughter and her son were born. All of these families were farmers and every move they made was concerned with better land opportunities.

Submitted by:
Jean Martinez
Newcastle, WY

Karl George Krieger

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Karl George Krieger
b. 13 December 1913, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, to Henry Louis and Pearl Susan (Young) Krieger
d. 11 May 1993, Huntington, West Virginia

m. 17 August 1940
Virginia Hall
b. 12 December 1915, Point Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia

Children with Virginia Hall:

  • Paul Thomas “Tom” (b. 1946) married Jacqueline “Jackie” Bernard
  • Karl Joseph (b. 1949) married Ellene Rose

Karl George was a banker and his wife was a kindergarten teacher. He is buried in Ridgelawn Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger @yahoo.com

Henry Louis Krieger

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Henry Louis Krieger
b. 6 February 1878, Franklin County, Indiana, to Ernst August “Gus” and Anna Marie Engel (Wessel) Krieger
d. 9 July 1962, Huntington, West Virginia

m. 9 August 1905
Pearl Susan Young
b. 1 August 1883, Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to John Fleming and Susan (Hall) Young
d. 29 September 1969, West Virginia

Children with Pearl Susan Young:

  • Margaret Marie (1906-1982)
  • Paul Ernest (1908-1988)
  • John Raymond (1910-1995) married Vera Tayler
  • Karl George (1913-1993) married Virginia Hall

Henry and Pearl moved to West Virginia sometime after 1913.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

John Raymond Krieger

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John Raymond Krieger
b. 5 May 1910, Shelby County, Indiana, to Henry Louis and Pearl Susan (Young) Krieger
d. 5 May 1995, West Virginia

m/1. 14 July 1934
Vera Tayler
b. 12 May 1909
d. 13 July 1981, West Virginia

m/2. 1980’s, West Virginia
Romana [—?—]

Children with Vera Tayler:

  • John Raymond (b. 1943) married Ann Peoples

John and Vera are both buried in the Woodmere Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com