Category Archives: Vigo County

William Stevens

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William Stevens
b. 21 September 1796, probably New York
d. April 1871

m/1. 17 October 1824, Vigo County, Indiana
Synthy Benjamin

m/2. 7 July 1833, Vigo County, Indiana
Elizabeth Ann Booth
b. 1816, Indiana
d. 1848 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Children with Synthy Benjamin:
• Issac (b. 1827)
• Amelia (b. 1828)
• Fanny (b. 1829)

Children:
• William
• Martha

Children with Elizabeth Ann Booth:
• Sara Jane (b. 1835)
• Phylinda (b. 1838)
• Julia Emerine (b. 1840)
• John Wesley (b. 1843)
• Eliza Jane (b. 1845)
• Rachel (b. 1848)

William came to Indiana about 1825 and lived in Otter Creek Township in Vigo County before leaving the state in 1853 for Wayne, LaFayette County, Wisconsin. He was a Justice of the Peace in Vigo County, Indiana

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Julie Scheuermann
Ontario CA

Sophia Esther Stevens

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Sophia Esther Stevens
b. 9 February 1896, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, to Leonard and Ida J. (Hatt) Stevens
d. 30 August 1916, Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois

m. 10 January 1914, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
John Ruben Scott
b. 3 January 1894, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
d. 8 August 1969, Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas

Children with John Ruben Scott:
• Earl Sylvester

Sophia lived in Tangier, Parke County, and Tab, Warren County, before emigrating in 1909.

Submitted by:
Darlene Jeannette Scott Shawn
Norman OK

Leonard C. Stevens

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Leonard C. Stevens
b. January 1869, Parke County, Indiana, to John Walter and Julia Ann (Life) Stevens
d. 13 October 1925, Normal, McLean County, Illinois

m. 21 July 1889, Parke County, Indiana
Ida Jane Hatt
b. July 1871, Parke County, Indiana

Children with Ida Jane Hatt:
• Joseph Earl
• Cecil Coyer
• Cynitha B. (?)
• Sophia Esther
• Clyde
• Orval L.

The family lived in Parke County; Terre Haute, Vigo County; and Tab, Warren County, Indiana, before leaving the state in 1909.

Submitted by:
Darlene Jeannette Scott Shawn
Norman OK

Lenoir E. Reeves

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Lenoir E. Reeves
b. 8 August 1808, Virginia or Tennessee, to William and Ann (Terrell) Reeves
d. 15 March 1888, Imnaha, Wallowa County, Oregon

m. 1828, Greene County, Indiana
Mourning Walker
b. 14 February 1804, Lexington, Kentucky
d. 14 June, along the Platte River near Chimney Rock, Nebraska

Children with Mourning Walker:
• Anna Walker (1829-1882) married [–?–] Woody
• John R. (b. 1832)
• George H.
• T. T. (1837-1842)
• Sarah Jane (1842-1922)

Lenoir came to Greene County, Indiana, before 1828. They left the state from Terre Haute, Vigo County, in 1837. They were in Benton County, Missouri, in 1842, where a son died and a daughter was born. They then took the Oregon Trail to Oregon, where Mr. Reeves, John, and Sarah lived until their deaths.

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Michelle Findley Yahnian
Visalia CA

Dudley Kean Raffety

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Dudley Kean Raffety
b. 20 September 1819, Green County, Kentucky, to James and Elizabeth Morris (Kean) Raffety
d. 25 April 1901, Edgar County, Illinois

m. 22 November 1842, Dearborn, Dearborn County, Indiana
Harriet Mering
b. 1822, Maryland, to Frederick and Mary Mering

Children with Harriet Mering:
• Mary E. married Samuel D. McCarty
• Elias G. (b. 1847) married Hannah Stubbs
• William Oliver (b. 1850) married Mary Adeline Cottman
• Ellen married John S. Barber
• Jasper N. (b. abt. 1852) married Sarah Lipsey

Dudley came to Indiana in 1827 and lived in Franklin, Vigo, Ripley, and Dearborn counties before emigrating in 1854.

Submitted by:
Rose Overstreet Stein
Grand Rapids MI

Rebecca Perry

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Rebecca Perry
b. 1820, Ohio, to Ganey and Rebecca (Lambert) Perry
d. 1 December 1873, near Arthur, Douglas County, Illinois

m. 4 April 1843, near Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
James Davis
b. 1820, Kentucky
d. 7 February 1881, near Arthur, Douglas County, Illinois

Children with James Davis:
• James
• Maranda
• John
• David “Tucker”
• Jane Elizabeth
• Commodore Perry

Rebecca came to live south of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, in 1829 and left in 1843.

Submitted by:
M. Tracy Carpenter
Lambertville, MI

David Clinton Moore

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David Clinton Moore
b. 10 July 1847, Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana, to John S. and Barbara A. (Lowe/Lough) Moore
d. 2 June 1919, Fort Dodge (Dodge City), Kansas

m. 14 April 1872, Danville, Illinois
Charlotte E. Johns
b. 26 March 1849, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
d. 2 August 1929, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Children with Charlotte E. Johns:
• Emma Norah (1872/73-1872)
• Ella Zora (1874-1913) married George Reynolds
• Thomas Clinton (1877-1949)
• Fred David (1883-1930/1931)

In 1862, David moved to Cain Township, Fountain County, and by 1889 he was living in Chicago. David was in the 116th Regiment, Company C, Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. He was a member of GAR in Fort Dodge and Topeka, Kansas.

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Patricia Moore Althaus
Johnson City TX
E-mail: althaus@moment.net

Welton Morgan Modesitt

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Welton Morgan Modesitt
b. 27 August 1815, Moorefield, Virginia, to Charles Byrns and Rebecca (Welton) Modesitt
d. New York, New York

Welton immigrated to Indiana in 1820 from Virginia and lived in Terre Haute, Vigo County, and Cloverdale, Putnam County.

His brother was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1821. Their father was married twice; his first marriage ended with the death of his wife, but the second marriage ended in divorce.

Welton was a medical doctor.

Submitted by:
Rebecca Bass
Brazil IN

William Judd, Jr.

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William Judd, Jr.
b. 4 September 1815, Reddes River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, to William M. and Sarah “Sally” (Shepherd) Judd
d. 27 January 1910, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

m. about 1835, Ohio
Charlotte Benefield
b. 5 October 1814, Ohio
d. 14 September 1893, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

Children with Charlotte Benefield:
• Perry C. (1842-1886) married (1) Caroline Tucker, (2) Elenor Myers
• John (1835-1836)
• Mary (1836-1860)
• Thomas Bell (1838-1895) married Martha W. Sebert
• James W. (b. 1839) married Mary J. [–?–]
• Uriah (1845-1846)
• Francis M. (1847-1848)
• Rubert (1848-1851)
• Joseph R. (1855-1935)

They came to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, in 1836 and left in 1855.

Submitted by:
Diane Glidewell Fitzgibbons
Lee’s Summit MO
E-mail: sfitzgibbons@micro.com

William J. Jones

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William J. Jones
b. 13 January 1856, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, to Nathaniel and Sarah (Brown) Jones
d. 23 December 1933, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington

m. 10 July 1877, Vigo County, Indiana
Florence Belle Pierce/Pearce
b. 21 June 1858, Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana
d. 28 February 1947, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington

Children with Florence Bell Pierce/Pearce:
• Victoria (b. 1878)
• Nellie (b. 1880)
• Sylvia (b. 1886)
• Charles (b. 1889)
• Lulu May (b. 1891)

The family left Riley Township, Vigo County, in 1906 to homestead in Hettinger County, North Dakota. In about 1925, the parents and some of their daughters went to Los Angeles County, California, where they remained until about 1930 when they moved to Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Jeanne Clement Oates
Lake Stevens WA