Category Archives: Shelby County

John Winters

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John Winters
b. 28 October 1849, Jefferson County, Indiana, to James M. and Mary G. (Lichlyter) Winters
d. 17 March 1911, Jackson County, Kansas

m. 26 October 1871, Jefferson County, Indiana
Anna Itce
b. 9 October 1853, Girlitz, Germany
d. 29 June 1919, Jackson County, Kansas

Children with Anna Itce:

  • Albert Emmet (1872-1941) married Myrtle May Brassbridge
  • August Delmar (1874-1943) married Katherine Bonwell
  • Frederika (b. 1877) married Orville Bowser
  • Pleasant Griffeth (1882-1943) married Nellie Ruth Campbell
  • Florence M. (1889-1890)
  • Eli E. (1891-1952) married Lola Mae Crozier

John resided at Smyrna, Jefferson County, and Shelby County, Indiana. They moved in 1884 to Holton, Jackson County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Betty Seprodi
Terre Haute IN 47802

Albert Emmet Winters

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Albert Emmet Winters
b. 2 October 1872, Hanover, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 30 January 1941, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas

m. 22 November 1893, Jackson County, Kansas
Myrtle May Brassbridge
b. 7 October 1876, Jackson County, Kansas
d. 13 September 1955, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas

Children with Myrtle May Brassbridge:

  • Eva Lenore (1895-1895)
  • Ruth Anna (1896-1985) married Solon Raymond Gooderl

Albert emigrated from Shelby County, Indiana, to Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, with his parents about 1884. After farming for 30 years, he and his wife became caretakers and managers of the county poor farm. Later Albert became a deputy sheriff, taking prisoners out each day to work on a railroad or road project and yet never carrying a gun.

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Betty Seprodi
Terre Haute IN

Elizabeth Braunagel

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ELIZABETH BRAUNAGEL
b. 29 October 1861, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, to Barnard and Elizabeth (Strausberg) Braunagel
d. 27 July 1909, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

m. 27 January 1880, Union Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Johannas Aloyse Decker
b. 6 March 1854, Blodelsheim, Alsace, France
d. 16 April 1930, Los Angeles, California

Children with Johannas Aloyse Decker:

  • Rose Ellen
  • George Barrand
  • Louise Martin
  • John Minrod
  • Fred William
  • Michael Theodore
  • Edward Aloysius
  • Manual Anthony
  • Lucile Elizabeth
  • Clare Frances
  • Laura Frances
  • twin girls (died at birth)

Submitted by:
Sharon Decker
San Francisco CA

William Francis Bigwood

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WILLIAM FRANCIS BIGWOOD
b. 27 March 1853, Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, to James Henry and Eliza A. (Young) Bigwood
d. 14 January 1906, Earlham, Madison County, Iowa

m. 31 March 1875, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
Rachel Gertrude Nichols
b. 11 February 1856, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana or Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, to Thomas and Jane (Brown) Nichols
d. 22 June 1910, Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Rachel Gertrude Nichols:

  • Effie Jane (1876-1961) married Frank R. Libby
  • Zena Eliza (1878-1945)
  • Marjorie Frances “Madge” (1881-1963) married (1) Joseph Ficklin, (2) Doc Woolfrom
  • James Thomas (1884-1886)
  • Maggie May (1887-1931) married Henry Little
  • Ellis Nichols (1891-1909)
  • Maryanna Elizabeth (1897-1980) married Lyman Lyle Libby

It is unknown when William came to Indiana, but they moved from Parke County between 1900 and 1905. William was a stonemason. He was a member of the Silliman Lodge #66 and Knights of Pythias. He and his brother John were in White’s Band, which played for the laying of the cornerstone of the courthouse. Rachel Bigwood and daughters were admitted into membership at the Earlham Monthly Meeting in 1905. The Nichols family was Quaker.

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Robert J. Libby
Iowa City IA

Noble Felix Scott

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Noble Felix Scott
b. 27 June 1810, Fayette County, Indiana, to Joel and [–?–] Scott
d. 23 February 1882, Page County, Iowa

m. 5 March 1829, Fayette County, Indiana
Elizabeth Gunn

Children with Elizabeth Gunn:

  • John
  • Mary
  • James Edward

Noble immigrated to Indiana with his father about 1812; he lived at Fayette, Shelby, and Hancock counties in Indiana, moving to East River Township, Page County, Iowa, in 1858.

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Doris Scott Badgley
Greenwood IN

Elsie Ellie Rees

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Elsie Ellie Rees
b. 3 October 1890, Hanover, Shelby County, Indiana, to Charles L. and Fidelia (Barnes) Rees
d. 27 May 1984, Altamont, Effingham County, Illinois

m. 17 June 1914, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana
Clarence Charles Wyckoff
b. 8 January 1891, Summit, Effingham County, Illinois
d. 1 July 1958, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Clarence Charles Wyckoff:

  • Hazel Jeaneet
  • Phyllis Nell

Elsie resided in Shelby, Hancock and Hendricks counties in Indiana. She emigrated from Indiana about 1915 to Summit, Effingham County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Phyllis Wyckoff Arnold
Effingham IL

William Steers Peek

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William Steers/Steeres Peek
b. 14 January 1839, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to Robert B. and Permelia (Steers) Peek
d. 17 October 1901, Gridley, Coffey County, Kansas

m. 3 November 1859, Shelby County, Indiana
Elizabeth Thompson
b. 2 August 1841, Richland, Rush County, Indiana
d. 20 December 1919, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Thompson:

  • Alfred Everett (1861-1941)
  • Selina (1862-1939)
  • Cassandra (1864-1945)
  • Permelia (1866-1944)
  • John (1868-1945)
  • Augusta (1869-1957)
  • Lillian (1872-1951)
  • Nellie (1874-1959)
  • William (1876-1902)
  • Grace (1879-1970)
  • Charles Robert (1881-1941)
  • Mattie Pearl (1884-1961)

William emigrated from Indiana to Coffey County, Kansas, in 1881.

Selina “Lina” and Cassandra “Kate” Peek married brothers, Thomas C. and Joseph Carter, and remained on adjoining farms in Boone County, Indiana, when the rest of the family moved west by covered wagon. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth (Thompson) Peek went with her son Charles to homestead on land in New Mexico. After about five years, she sold her homestead to her son and returned to Burlington, Kansas, where she died.

Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL

John Peek

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John Peek
b. 16 February 1868, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to William S. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Peek
d. 16 May 1945, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

m. 20 December 1905, Iola, Allen County, Kansas
Belle Daisy Isom
b. 2 May 1885, Grayson County, Virginia
d. 24 December 1928, Iola, Allen County, Kansas

Children with Belle Daisy Isom:

  • Walter Sherman (1907-1988)
  • Sadie Elizabeth “Betty” (1916-1990) married [–?–] Brown

John emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Allen County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL

Ezbon Allen

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EZBON ALLEN
b. 16 September 1817, New York, to Joseph and Mary
(Sanford) Allen
d. 28 June 1886, Rock Island, Rock Island County,
Illinois

m. 31 December 1848, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
Rebecca Jones
b. 28 February 1831, Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
d. 28 September 1865, Rural Township, Rock Island County, Illinois

Children with Rebecca Jones:

  • Joseph Levi (1849-1895)
  • James Eli (1852-1926)
  • Eliza Ellen (1855-1855)
  • Emit Swain (1856-1857)
  • Lillie Elsie (1858-1948) married John Beck
  • Millie Ada (1860-1861)
  • Minnie Etta (1862-1884) married James Murrin
  • Leota Maybell (1865-1865)

Ezbon came to Indiana from New York in 1819. He lived in Connersvillle, Fayette County; Hanover Township, Shelby County; and Porter County before emigrating in 1842.

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Kathryn M. Jennings
Orland Park IL

Cora Emmeline Ludlow

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Cora Emmeline Ludlow 
b. 24 August 1868, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana to Lineus Risley Ludlow and Hester Ann Wills
d. 28 June 1954, Berrien County, Michigan

m. 20 April 1887, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
George Gates Mull
b. 5 July 1858, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, to John and Naomi (Beebe) Mull
d. 8 March 1945, Berrien County, Michigan

Children with George Gates Mull:

  • Raymond Arthur
  • Irene

George Mull immigrated to Indiana from Clermont County, Ohio, by 1887. About 1892, George and Cora Emmeline emigrated from Decatur County, Indiana, to Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.

Submitted by:
Mary L. Balderstone
West Chicago IL