William Henry Loan
b. 30 November 1831, Pickaway County, Ohio to William Janes Loan and Mary S. Bashford
d. 6 November 1876, Liberty, Johnson County, Iowa
m. 30 May 1850, Berrien County, Michigan
Mary Jane Emmons
b. 4 September 1835, Ohio
d. 8 February 1898, Johnson County, Iowa
Children with Mary Jane Emmons:
Submitted by:
Patrick Loan
Oxford IA
Jacob Killion
b. 12 September 1794, to Jacob and [–?–] Killion, Sr.
d. 25 December 1879, Menard County, Illinois
m.
Mary Hayden
b. 24 December 1794, Kentucky
d. 3 January 1881, Menard County, Illinois
Children with Mary Hayden:
Jacob immigrated to Indiana from Fleming County, Kentucky, before 1820. He emigrated from Scott County, Indiana, to Menard County, Illinois, about 1833.
Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA
Jacob Henderson Keller
b. 26 November 1856, Sugar Creek, Shelby County, Indiana, to Henry Wylie and Margaret (Myers) Keller
d. 28 November 1922, near Mena, Pope County, Arkansas
m. 26 October 1884, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas
Emma Elizabeth Myers
b. December 1866, DeKalb County, Indiana
d. August 1894, near Crescent City, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory
Children with Emma Elizabeth Myers:
Jacob moved about 1884 to Cherokee County, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Estella Mae Staton
Baxter Springs KS
Henry Wylie Keller
b. about 1832
d. 5 April 1903, Crescent City, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory
m. before 1856
Margaret A. Meyers
b. about 1833
Children with Margaret A. Meyers:
Henry emigrated from Indiana to Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, about 1884.
Submitted by:
Estella Mae Staton
Baxter Springs KS
Daniel Baringer
b. 9 April 1809, Wurtemberg, Germany, to Johann and Catharina (Gobel) Baringer
d. about 1899, perhaps Nodaway, Missouri
m. 13 March 1838, Jefferson City, Kentucky
Ann Rebecca Lovier
b. about 1817, Hagerstown or Baltimore, Maryland
d. 2 February 1900, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas
Children with Ann Rebecca Lovier:
Submitted by:
Harriet Jordan Negaard
Carson CA
Christopher Hornaday
b. 1 October 1843, Zanesville, Ohio, to Christopher and Lucinda (Zentmeyer) Hornaday
d. 3 February 1926, Girard, Kansas
m. 25 March 1866
Mary Ella Rominger
b. Hope, Indiana, to Charles W. and Mary Ann (Walter) Rominger
d. 29 December 1937, Pittsburgh, Kansas
Children with Mary Ella Rominger:
In July of 1862, Christopher enlisted in Company I, 67th Indiana Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of Mumfordsville, Kentucky, and paroled on 17 September 1862. Later he was slightly wounded by a spent ball at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was discharged at Galveston, Texas, on 19 July 1865.
In 1873 Christopher and his wife Mary Ella and three children moved to Crawford County, Kansas, and in 1894, to 160 acres in Osage Township, two miles north of McCune, Kansas. Christopher Hornaday’s father, Christopher Sr., died young before Christopher was born. Harry E., the son of Christopher and Mary Ella, also died in his 30’s. It is now suspected that both Christopher, Sr. and Harry E. had Noonan’s syndrome, a genetic disorder identified in 1962 which includes a heart defect. In 1993, Harry’s great-grandson was diagnosed as having this disorder and underwent angioplasty in 1994 before his second birthday.
Mary Ellen Rominger’s father was a farmer, carpenter, and casket maker. He had helped to build cabins and churches for the early settlers who followed him to Indiana after July 1829. The Rominger family had come to this country from Germany via Maine to North Carolina, where Charles was born.
With Mary Ella’s roots in Indiana, she may have been full of apprehension about going to unknown Kansas, but she moved there with her husband and three children in 1873. There, four more children were born. Mary Ella lived 90 full years, which took her from the days of the horse and buggy to the days of the automobile. She fell and broke her hip on 21 December 1937 and died eight days later at Pittsburgh, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Pat Cravens Hornaday
Tarpon Springs FL
John Hazen
b. 25 November 1834, Marion (now Morrow) County, Ohio, to Ziba and Mary Catherine (Harshner) Hazen
d. 24 February 1907, Pawnee Station, Bourbon County, Kansas
m. 22 November 1860
Anna Selina Shingledecker
b. 14 July 1842, Mahoning County, Ohio
d. 7 March 1922, Pawnee Station, Bourbon County, Kansas
Children with Anna Selina Shingledecker:
John moved about 1880 to Bourbon County, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN
August William Fiedler
b. 4 October 1849, Mochmuhl, Neckar, Wurttemberg, Germany
m. 29 April 1876, Germany
Marie Louise Reifeis
b. 14 February 1854, Wurttemberg, Germany
Children with Marie Louise Reifeis:
August arrived in the United States in 1878 or 1879. He resided by 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Alice Lafferty Astroth
Salt Lake City UT
David W Fertig
b. 28 January 1854, Taylor Township, Henderson County, Kentucky, to John and Mary Elizabeth (Swatz) Fertig
d. 26 September 1913, Red River, Kittson County, Minnesota
m.
Emma Olson
b. April 1861, Sweden
Children with Emma Olson:
Submitted by:
William Harold Hedden
Arvada CO
George E Emery
b. 29 September 1815, Pennsylvania, to William and Elizabeth Emery
d. 28 March 1907, LeRoy Township, Coffey County, Kansas
m/1.
[–?–]
m/2. 16 August 1849, Seneca County, Ohio
Harriet Buell
b. 1817
m/3.
[–?–]
Children with 1st wife:
Children with Harriet Buell:
Children with 3rd wife:
George was a miller at three Indiana locations. Existing letters from him indicate that his life was a constant struggle. His second wife, Harriet, became mentally ill and spent much time at Central State Hospital in Indianapolis. His son-in-law, Daniel Taylor, was killed in the Civil War. His sons, Jonathan and Samuel, also served in the war, and Jonathan lost a leg at Chickamauga.
Harriet went with George to Missouri, where they lived at the time of enumeration of the 1870 U.S. census. She apparently died between 1870 and 1880 because in the 1880 U.S. census George is found in Coffee County, Kansas, with his third wife.
Submitted by:
Carol Wortman Moellering
Fort Wayne IN
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