Category Archives: Spencer County

John Borders Brenton

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JOHN BORDERS BRENTON
b. 30 March 1832, Pike County, Indiana, to Robert and Catherine (Borders) Brenton
d. 3 December 1899, Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory

m. 5 October 1854, Centerville, Spencer County, Indiana
Ruth Miller Heady
b. 14 September 1833, Grass Township, Spencer County, Indiana, to Esquire and Susanna “Sucky” E. (Cotton) Heady
d. 13 January 1907, Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory

Children with Ruth Miller Heady:

  • Robert Merrifield (1855-1935) married Sarah Belle Dillin
  • Christopher Julius (1857-1891) married Jessie C. Linnens
  • John Samuel (1858-aft. 1900)
  • Franklin A. (1860-1926) married Laura Evelyn Springston
  • Effa (1866-1884)
  • Clara Flora (1868-1909) married Floyd Dillon
  • Blanche (1872-1904) married Kile R. Ochiltree

John was a carpenter and moved west as the railroads opened the west. He served in the Civil War in Company E, 58th Regiment, Indiana from October 1861 to July 1865.

He lived in Pike County and in Bainbridge and Harbison townships in Dubois County while in Indiana. He left about 1878 from Harbison Township to Harvey County, Kansas, then moved on to Pueblo, Colorado about 1891.

Submitted by:
Radine Brenton Weedon
Stow OH

Sarah A. Berry

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SARAH A. BERRY
b. 3 January 1815, Kentucky
d. 23 July 1897, Mississippi County, Missouri

m. 16 March 1837, Spencer County, Indiana
Jesse Isaacks
b. 1 August 1807, North Carolina
d. 21 July 1888, Pigeon Township, Warrick County, Indiana

Children with Jesse Isaacks:

  • Harvey
  • Furrenda E. married [–?–] Hesson Joseph
  • Mary A. married [–?–] Chaney
  • John A.
  • David (1851-1859)

Sarah came to Indiana about 1830 from Kentucky. She lived in Spencer and Warrick counties while in Indiana and emigrated from Pigeon, Warrick County, in 1890.

Submitted by:
Darlene Jeannette Scott Shawn
Norman OK

John R Stites

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John R Stites
b. 4 March 1836, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Benjamin and Sydney (Davis) Stites
d. 29 September 1897, Havana, Sargent County, North Dakota

m. 3 October 18856, Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana
Eliza Johnson
b. 31 August 1829, Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana
d. 1 February 1922, Oakland, Alemeda County, California

Children with Eliza Johnson:

  • Robert
  • Virginia
  • Kate
  • Lou Cretia
  • Arthur

John immigrated to Indiana from Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1836-1837. He lived near Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana, and Yankeetown, Warrick County, Indiana. John moved to Havana, Sargent County, North Dakota, after 1870.

Submitted by:
Norma M. Sullivan
Delphi IN

Benjamin Stites

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Benjamin Stites
b. 23 June 1808, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Hezikiah and Elizabeth (Ferris) Stites
d. 13 November 1867, near DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas

m/1. 22 August 1833, Hamilton County, Ohio
Sydney Vail Davis
b. 1 March 1811, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 11 June 1848, near Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana

m/2. 25 September 1848
Margaret E. Romaine

Children:

  • Thomas Benton
  • John R.
  • Mary Elizabeth
  • Sidney Olive
  • Emma J.
  • Benjamin
  • George Washington
  • James F.
  • Freeman H.
  • Roda
  • Flora
  • Aada
  • Mabel

Seven of these children were by Sydney, his first wife, and six were by his second wife, Margaret. Benjamin emigrated from Spencer County, Indiana, to DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, in 1857/1858.

Hezikiah Stites, Benjamin’s father, was one of the people who explored and then founded the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Hezikiah and other family members are buried in the Cincinnati Pioneer Cemetery.

Submitted by:
Norma M. Sullivan
Delphi IN

William Dolph Murphy

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William Dolph Murphy
b. 25 March 1834, Dearborn County, Indiana, to Peter Liam and Drusilla (Dolph/Dewolf) Murphy
d. 26 January 1882, Central City, Putnam County, Missouri

m. 3 November 1854, Spencer County, Indiana
Sarah Ellen Brown
b. 3 December 18336, Spencer County, Indiana, to James Abbott and Sarah (Masterson) Brown
d. 7 February 1895, Putnam County, Missouri

Children with Sarah Ellen Brown:

  • Luella Belle (1855-1927) married Giles M. Morgan
  • RoseAnn Drusilla (1858-1934) married Louis Clinton Morgan
  • William Brown (1860-1928) married Nellie Ellen Metz
  • Sarah Elizabeth (1864-1942) married Loren L. Gray
  • Eunice Jane (1867-1962) married John H. Sandusky
  • Julia Ida (1868-1869)
  • James Lehem “Lee” (1869-1959) married Kitty Ann Duncan
  • Albert David Arthur (1873-1951) married Bertha May Alexander
  • Mary Emaline (1875-1970) married James H. Demry
  • Newton E. (1877-1877)

William emigrated in 1866 from Indiana to Central City, Putnam County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Betty Murphy Mabee
San Diego CA

John Frank

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John Frank
b. 27 February 1834–1835, Germany, to Frederick and [–?–] Frank
d. 14 January 1901, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

m. 26 March 1856, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana
Sophia Tegtmier
b. 1 February 1836, Hesse, Germany
d. 8 November 1905, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas

Children with Sophia Tegtmier:

  • Caroline (1857–1940) married Albert Brunner
  • May/Mary (1858–1859)
  • Henry (1860–1863)
  • William (1864–1939) married (1) Minnie Kohn, (2) Olive Lavina Wheeland
  • Emma (1867–1897) married Willard W. Scritchfield
  • Charles (1868–1953) married Emma Jane Platz
  • Albert John (1877–1948) married Pauline Nothacker/Nadocker

John Frank immigrated to the United States from Germany with his parents about 1840. Sophia moved to Spencer County, Indiana, in 1854. John and Sophia emigrated from Indiana in 1860 to Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. John served during the Civil War in Company G, 11th Kansas Cavalry. In the 1870’s he operated an inn in Manhattan, Kansas. He moved to Pottawatomie County, Kansas, about 1876.

Submitted by:
Lisa A. Frank
Omaha NE