Category Archives: Washington County

Isaiah Reid Tippin

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Isaiah Reid Tippin
b. 4 January 1821, Washington County, Indiana, to George Manton and Elizabeth (Ralls) Tippin, Jr.
d. 13 February 1915, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

m/1. 22 October 1846, Washington County, Indiana
Jane McQuiston Faris
b. 23 February 1820, Preble County, Ohio
d. 1848, Washington County, Indiana

m/2. 12 November 1849
Susanna Rock
b. 1828, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
d. 21 October 1858, Sharon, Iowa

m/3. 8 March 1867
Louisa Sterrett

Children with Jane McQuiston Faris:

  • Margaret Tirzah (b. 1847)

Children with Susanna Rock:

  • Sarah
  • William
  • George

Children with Louisa Sterrett:

  • Elizabeth
  • Susan

Isaiah emigrated from Indiana to Morning Sun, Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1856.

Submitted by:
Ronald F. Rittel
Des Moines IA

William Nicholson

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William Nicholson
b. about 1780, Virginia, to Benjamin and Jemima (Darnell) Nicholson
d. 8 May 1856

m/1.
Elizabeth [–?–]
d. 18 September 1839, Washington County, Indiana

m/2.
[–?–]

Children with Elizabeth [–?–]:

  • Carter T.
  • Nancy
  • Jemima
  • Thomas M.
  • Peter James
  • Martha
  • Millicent
  • John B.

William served in the War of 1812 from Kentucky. William and Elizabeth had two other daughters. After his first wife Elizabeth, a cousin, died, he married again and had two or three more children. Although his second family moved with his son Peter James Nicholson and others to Iowa, William did not stay there. He returned to Washington County, Indiana, where he had relatives and died there. His second wife then returned to Iowa.

Submitted by:
Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

Peter James Nicholson

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Peter James Nicholson
b. 22 January 1800, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, to William and Elizabeth [–?–] Nicholson
d. 31 October 1896, Mineralridge, Boone County, Indiana

m. 30 April 1833, Putnam County, Indiana
Elizabeth Frances Staughan
b. 1813, Shelby County, Kentucky
d. 30 October 1886, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Frances Staughan:

  • Stark Dupey
  • John William
  • Francis Marion
  • Nathaniel Stanford
  • Elizabeth Catherine
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Martha Ann
  • Aaron Calvin
  • Alsy
  • Peter
  • Silas
  • [–?–]

Peter Nicholson immigrated to Washington County, Indiana, from Kentucky in 1819 with
his parents. He was one of the leaders of a group of his relatives and friends who emigrated from Putnam County, Indiana, to Fraser, Boone County, Iowa, about 1848 after Iowa had opened for settlement. The town of Fraser sprang up around his pioneer home in Iowa.

Submitted by:
Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

William Shanks Jordan

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William Shanks Jordan
b. 31 January 1842, Salem, Washington County, Indiana, to Thomas and Eleanor (Williams) Jordan
d. 29 January 1912, Cotter, Marion County, Arkansas

m. 12 October 1865, Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana
Caroline Rebecca Baringer
b. 15 March 1845, Jackson County, Indiana, to Daniel and Ann Rebecca (Lovier) Baringer
d. 11 November 1914, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa

Children with Caroline Rebecca Baringer:

  • Louella
  • Francis
  • Eleanor
  • Laura
  • William
  • Mary
  • Margaret
  • Daniel
  • Lilly
  • Arthur
  • Georgia

William emigrated from Indiana to Page County, Iowa, about 1876.

Submitted by:
Harriet Jordan Negaard
Carson CA

William Stanley Faris

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William Stanley Faris
b. 7 February 1830, Washington County, Indiana, to Isaac and Margaret (McIntyre) Farris
d. 7 June 1909, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

m/1. 23 September 1857, Louisa County, Iowa
Hadassah Jane Cavin

m/2. 12 January 1869, Des Moines County, Iowa
Margaret Tirzah Tippin
b. 21 September 1847, Washington County, Indiana
d. 9 December 1918, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Hadassa Jane Cavin:

  • John
  • Martin
  • Edwin
  • Alfred
  • Isaac

Children with Margaret Tirzah Tippin:

  • Martha Jane
  • Margaret Melissa
  • Mary L.
  • William Arthur
  • Isaac Everett
  • Rosella E.
  • Lillian Rene
  • Elmer Almore

William emigrated from Indiana to Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1856.

Submitted by:
Ronald F. Rittel
Des Moines IA

John Carter

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John Carter
b. 1791, Virginia or Kentucky
d. 5 January 1864, Clay County, Illinois

m/1. 26 July 1813, Harrison County, Indiana
Nancy Fleenor
b. 10 November 1795, possibly Virginia
d. 26 January 1857, Clay County, Illinois

m/2. 2 December 1857, Clay County, Indiana
Emaline Fielding
b. 1833, Tennessee

Children with Nancy Fleenor:

  • James
  • Sarah married [–?–] Brooks
  • Charles
  • Elizabeth married [–?–] Babbs
  • Mary married [–?–] Barnett
  • Manirua married [–?–] Bowers
  • Lucinda married [–?–] Babbs
  • Jasper

Children with Emaline Fielding:

  • Jefferson

John resided in Harrison and Washington counties in Indiana, and emigrated from Indiana in 1850 to Clay County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Randall M. Grove
Dix IL