Category Archives: Sullivan County

Sara(h) Jane Anderson

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SARA(H) JANE ANDERSON
b. 25 September 1837, Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Absolom and Cynthia Ann (Pierce) Anderson
d. 18 February 1916, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m. 21 February 1856, Sullivan County, Indiana
Abraham M. Dunagan
b. 6 May 1834, Wayne County, Kentucky
d. 13 April 1878, Sullivan County, Indiana

Children with Abraham M. Dunagan:

  • Thomas J. (b. ca. 1858)
  • William W. (b. 1860)
  • Commodore P. (b. 1869)
  • Oliver Roswell (1872-1937) married (1) Alice Virginia Sunderland, (2) Riella [–?–]
  • Jake (b. ca. 1877) married Minnie [–?–]

Sarah Jane lived in Haddon and Curry townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, before emigrating sometime after her husband’s death in 1878. She, another woman, and their children moved by covered wagon to Sedgwick County, Kansas, where Sarah Jane had relatives. She later lived in Wichita, Kansas, with her youngest son Jake and his family.

Submitted by:
Carllene Marek
Magalia CA

 

George Hull

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George Hull
b. 20 September 1779, Virginia, to Samuel and Martha (Glover) Hull
d. 16 January 1855, Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa

m/1.
Hannah Rees

m/2. May 1834, Indiana
Lucy Farris
b. 5 June 1795, Kentucky
d. 10 August 1852, Boone County, Iowa

Children with Hannah Rees:

  • Jesse H. (1807–1873)
  • Hannah (b. 1810) married John Grogan
  • Amelia (b. 1811) married William Wright
  • William (1813–1875)
  • Nathan R. (b. 1817)
  • John (1818–1883)
  • Rewanna (b. 1819)
  • Samuel A. (1823–1889)
  • Nancy (b. 1824) married John Reeves
  • Isam Channel (1827–1873)

Children with Lucy Farris:

  • George W. (1837–1862)
  • Mary (b. 1838)
  • Jackson (1841–1927)
  • Martin (b. 1842)
  • Martha Jane (b. 1844) married Isaac Long

George immigrated to Indiana about 1822 from Licking County, Ohio. He lived in four Indiana counties: Sullivan, Greene, Clay, and Putnam. He emigrated from Indiana about 1826 to Schuyler County, Missouri.

George enlisted in the War of 1812 in Virginia and was a lieutenant. Sometime after the war, he followed other members of his family who were moving west. George was a devout believer in the Methodist faith. Upon settling in Iowa, he opened his home on Sundays for public classes and prayer meetings, which he conducted.

Submitted by:
Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS

Guilford Davis

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Guilford Davis
b. 11 April 1795, Botetourt County, Virginia to William and Elizabeth (Plymell?) Davis
d. 5 August 1877, Highland Township, Wapello County, Iowa

m. about 1819, Sullivan County, Indiana
Mary A. Gray
b. 23 November 1796, Kentucky
d. 20 October 1886, Highland Township, Wapello County, Iowa

Children with Mary A. Gray:

  • Thomas Jefferson
  • William
  • Abraham
  • Bethia Jane
  • James
  • Martha
  • Nancy
  • Joseph
  • John Gay
  • Benjamin

Guilford came to Indiana about 1813 from Tazewell County, Virginia. The family lived near Graysville in Sullivan County, Indiana, and moved to Iowa in 1850 after the enumeration of the 1850 census.

Submitted by:
John L. Davis, Jr.
Maryland Heights MO
E-mail: jlsdjr@sbcglobal.net

Alice Ann Coker

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Alice Ann Coker
b. 5 April 1860, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to William and Mary (Beswick) Coker
d. 29 April 1946, Salem, Marion County, Oregon

m. 24 December 1878, Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana
Thomas Walter Phillips
b. 13 November 1857, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
d. 14 January 1910, Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana

Children with Thomas Walter Phillips:

  • Laura (1879–1956) married Preston Calvert Bugher
  • William P. (1882–1908) married Nora Ethel Aleman
  • Paul (1885–1905)

Ann Alice was the seventh child of William and Mary Coker, who were emigrants from the Oldham area of Lancastershire County, England. Hers was a family of coal miners. She emigrated from Indiana about 1919 to Salem, Marion County, Oregon to be with her only surviving child.

Submitted by:
Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

Preston C Bugher

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Preston C Bugher
b. 4 July 1871, Carroll County, Indiana, to Daniel P. and Mercy Monba (Lewis) Bugher
d. 21 August 1911, Salem, Marion County, Oregon

m/1. 28 December 1893, Warren County, Indiana
Emma Stella Smith

m/2. 22 September 1898
Emma Stella Smith

m/3. 12 December 1901, Parke County, Indiana
Laura Phillips
b. 9 September 1879, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Thomas Walter and Alice Ann (Coker) Philips
d. 24 August 1956, Salem, Polk County, Oregon

Children with Laura Phillips:

  • Hazel (1902-1986) married Marion Charles Andresen
  • Walter C. (b. 1908) married Pearl M. Patterson

Both marriages to Emma Stella Smith were later dissolved.

About 1907, Preston and Laura moved to a claim in Texas County in the Oklahoma panhandle. Following a few years in a dugout on the claim and as operator of a livery stable in Guymon, Preston decided to move to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Following Preston’s death in 1911, his widow shipped his body back to Rosedale, Parke County, Indiana, for burial. Her plans were to return to Indiana to live, but after living in Indiana for a short time, she moved back to Oregon to raise her children.

Preston enlisted on 13 May 1898 and served as a private in Company K, 2nd U.S. Infantry, during the Spanish American War. He fought in four battles of Santiago in 1898 and was honorably discharged at Anniston, Alabama, on 16 January 1899.

Submitted by:
Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

John M Adkins and Barbary Ann Piety

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John M. Adkins
b. 1 January 1826, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Russel and Elizabeth Adkins
d. 20 February 1888, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
m. 16 November 1853, Knox County, Indiana

Barbary Ann Piety
b. 13 March 1828, Knox County, Indiana, to Thomas and Nancy (Faught) Piety
d. 13 December 1874, Texas

Children with Barbary Ann Piety:

  • Charles (1855-1930)
  • James J. (b. 1857)
  • Henry (1858-1941) married Minnie Susannah DeHaven
  • John (1860-1864)
  • William C. (b. 1866)
  • Benjamin Franklin (b. 1869)
  • Elmer
  • Mary E. (b. 1867)

John moved to Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri, by 1890. He died while on a land rush.

Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich, MO