Category Archives: Union County

James M Dawson

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James M Dawson
b. 5 April 1832, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Matthias and Nancy (McIlvain) Dawson
d. 1 June 1904, Ames, Cloud County, Kansas

m. 15 May 1856, Union County, Indiana
Sarah Margaret Laflin
b. 28 June 1840, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, to William and Mary (Tevis) Laflin
d. 21 April 1918, Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Margaret Laflin:

  • Ella Francis (1859-1876) married Lee Means
  • Elmer Morton (1863-1936) married Ella Query
  • Georgia Ann (1865-1891) married Will Patterson
  • Clara Alice (1867-1899) married Grant Frederick
  • Lucilla (1869-1915) married George Headley
  • Sarah Cyntha (1874-1875)
  • James Arthur (1886-1973) married Alice Waunita Inman

Submitted by:
Karen Pickett
Burlingame KS
E-mail: karepickett@hotmail.com

Wilson Rose Cook

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Wilson Rose Cook
b. 17 December 1833, Harmony Township, Union County, Indiana, to James and Charlotte Eliza (Rose) Cook
d. 28 May 1930, Chanute, Kansas

m. about 1858, Decatur County, Indiana
Elizabeth E. Ross
b. 6 February 1842, Decatur County, Indiana, to Wilson E. Ross and Elizabeth “Letta” (Moody) Ross
d. 23 October 1939

Children with Elizabeth E. Ross:

  • Charles A. (1861-1861)
  • Laura May (1862-1863)
  • Mary Frances (1864-1866)
  • Elizabeth Rebecca (1867-1936) married Stephen B. Trammell (1862-1942)
  • Frank D. (ca. 1869-bef. 1936) married Jennie [–?–]
  • James B. (1873-1952)

Wilson’s family moved to Kansas between 1867 and 1873.

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

Drucilla D. Dunn

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Drucilla D. Dunn
b. 3 Nov. 1833, Boxley, Hamilton Co., IN, to Isaac Dunn and Mary Ann Riggins
d. 4 Feb. 1914, Big Heart, OK

m. 25 Jan. 1866, Hamilton Co., IN
Lemuel Spencer Hobbell
b. 1820 NY
d. 1879, Hamilton Co., IN

Children with Lemuel Spencer Hobbell:

  • Amey Ann (1866-1951) married John W. Nevert
  • Isabell M. (1868-1924) married Joseph Allen Titsworth
  • Laura J. (1872-1881)

Drucilla was born shortly after her parents moved to Indiana in the early 1830’s. They first settled in Union Co. and later moved to Hamilton Co., IN by 1840.

In the 1880s, Drucilla was a widow with three daughters and followed her brother, Milton Dunn, to Labette Co., KS. Drucilla was widowed at an early age and drew a widow’s pension from her husband’s service in the Civil War, Co. G, 57th Indiana Infantry.

Submitted by:
Rhonda A. Dunn
Nashville, IN
E-mail: radunn1972@aol.com

Milton Dunn

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Milton Dunn
b. 17 Sept. 1826, Wilkes Co., NC, to Isaac Dunn and Mary Ann Riggins
d. 20 May, 1914, Wichita, KS.
bur. Mound Valley Cemetery, Labette Co., KS.

m/1. 19 Aug. 1852, Hamilton Co., IN
Alsey D. Lackey
b. 1834, Ohio
d. Labette Co., KS

Children with Alsey D. Lackey:

  • Mary Jane “Jennie” (1854-1885), m. Dr. N.M. Miller
  • Martha E. (1856-??), m. George Lutz
  • Benton D. (1858-1873)
  • Clara A. (1860-??), m. Price King
  • Benjamin F. (1864-??), m. (1) Ella Amanda Patrick, m. (2) Myrtle L. Davis
  • James M. (1866-1899)
  • Laura (1868-1889)
  • Joseph A (1872-1902)

The family came to Union Co., IN during the early 1830s. They moved to Hamilton Co., IN when Milton’s father received a land grant by 1840. Milton eventually moved to Cass Co., MO by the late 1860s and then settled in Labette Co., KS by the 1870s. Milton began as a farmer, the same as his parents. By the time he settled in Mound Valley, Labette County, KS, he had held several jobs which included merchant, postmaster, hotel clerk and gardener.

Submitted by:
Rhonda A. Dunn
Nashville, IN
E-Mail: radunn1972@aol.com

Huldah Butler

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Huldah Butler
b. 13 October 1776, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
d. 27 March 1813, Warren County, Ohio

m. 14 September 1797, Campbell County, Virginia
Latham Stanton
b. 14 July 1777, Guilford County, North Carolina, to William and Phebe (Macy) Stanton, Sr.
d. 11 March 1835, Fayette County, Indiana

Children with Latham Stanton:

  • Hepzibah (b. 1798)
  • Elizabeth Hunnicutt (b. 1800)
  • Gulielma (b. 1803)
  • Daniel (b. 1805)
  • William, Jr. (b. 1807)
  • Stephen Butler (b. 1809)
  • Mary (b. 1812)

Huldah came to Indiana from Campbell County, Virginia, a couple of years after the birth of her daughter Mary. She lived in the Cincinnati District of Union and Fayette counties in Indiana. When she moved to Warren County, Ohio, where she died, is not known.

Submitted by:
Jacqueline Frank Strickland
Rockwall TX

Perlina White

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Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813
d. 25 January 1895, Hurton, Coles County, Illinois

m. 29 August 1834
Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Union County, Indiana

Children with Reeves Washington Riggins:

  • Asa Van Buren
  • Charles White
  • Richard Stoltz
  • Sarah Elizabeth
  • Bathesheba
  • Catherine
  • Emanual
  • Mary Jane
  • John Alfred
  • LaFayette Jackson
  • Permelia Adaline

Perlina lived in Union, Wayne, and Boone counties in Indiana. She emigrated from Indiana to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Asa White

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Asa White
b. 1789, North Carolina, to Thomas and Sarah (Nicholson) White
d. 1868/69, Douglas County, Illinois

m. 22 December 1809, Madison County, Kentucky
Mary “Polly” Lewis
b. 9 May 1789, Rowan County, North Carolina, to Abraham and Esther (Todd) Lewis
d. 29 October 1832, Union County, Indiana

Children with Mary Lewis:

  • Sarah Nickelson
  • William
  • Perlina
  • Mary
  • Silas
  • Esther Todd
  • Permelia Durham
  • Elizabeth

Asa lived in Wayne and Union counties in Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in about 1832 to Douglas County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman, Laramie WY
and
Judith L. Weber, Greenfield IA

Sarah Elizabeth Riggins

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Sarah Elizabeth Riggins
b. 10 March 1841, Union/Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 3 February 1906, Maricopa County, Arizona

m. 22 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois
Reddick Jasper Cartwright
b. 24 June 1837, Coles County, Illinois
d. 15 June 1914, San Joaquin County, California

Children with Reddick Jasper Cartwright:

  • Reeves Reddick
  • Alameda
  • Mary E.
  • Jackson Manford
  • Perlina Adalee
  • Anna
  • Martha Frances
  • Charles Elzy
  • Josephine M.
  • Elmer Alexander
  • Louvisa Ellen
  • Altwilda May
  • Lola Frances
  • Ethel Sarah

Sarah emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Reeves Washington Riggins

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Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, Virginia or North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois

m. 31 August 1834, Union County, Indiana
Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813, near Richmond, Wayne or Union County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary (Lewis) White
d. 25 January 1895, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Perlina White:

Reeves immigrated to Union County, Indiana, from North Carolina before 1834. He moved to Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, between 1843 and 1847.

Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA

Charles White Riggins

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Charles White Riggins b. 19 June 1835, Union County, Indiana, to Reeves W. and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 13 November 1902, Riverton, Franklin County, Nebraska

m/1. 9 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois Synthia Walker d. 9 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois

m/2. [–?–]

Children with Synthia Walker:

  • Eliza “Lyda” Jane

Children with [–?–]:

  • Perlina Elizabeth
  • Mary Ella
  • John Benjamin
  • James M.
  • Reeves Asa

Submitted by: Judith L. Weber Greenfield IA