Nancy Reynolds

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Nancy Reynolds
birth: 17 March 1827 in Lawrence County, IN to Richard Reynolds Jr. and Martha “Patsy” McAllister
death: 1 July 1931 in Schuyler County, MO
burial: Darby Cemetery in Schuyler County, MO

marriage: 4 Dec 1851 in Schuyler County MO
Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray
birth: 25 Dec 1833, IN to Jesse Gray and Nancy Rainbolt
death: 25 Jan 1909 in Schuyler County, MO
burial: Darby Cemetery in Schuyler County, MO

Children of Nancy Reynolds and Jeremiah “Jerry” Gray:

  • John J. Gray b.1854, IA d. before 1870
  • Sarah Jane Gray b.9 Nov 1854, IA d. 17 Mar 1947 Schuyler County MO, Husband, John Rush Heaton
  • Jesse R. Gray b 1857 Davis Co. IA, d 1915 Ellis, OK, Wife Louisa Norman
  • James Henry Gray b 14 Feb 1859 Downing, Schuyler County, MO d 7 Sep 1941 Schuyler County, MO Wife Lucinda “Lucy” Mary Shreve
  • Susan Caroline Gray b 19 Nov 1861 Schuyler County, MO d 29 Feb 1928 Lewis, KS Husband Albert R. Ray
  • Nancy Cora Gray b July 1864 Schuyler County, MO d after 1931 Portland, OR Husband Charles A. Rhodes
  • Lucetta Gray b July 1869, MO d 5 May 1954 Los Angeles, CA Husband Nicholas E. Fail

Ancestor here lived in:

Lawrence County, IN

Ancestor also lived in:
1850-57 Davis County, IA
1859-80 Schuyler County, MO
1910 Crawford, KS
1925 Lewis, KS
1930 Schuyler County, MO

Other Information:

Her grandchildren claimed that she chewed long green tobacco and smoked a pipe. They took turns lighting the pipe for her and she always remembered who had done it last, no matter how long it had been between visits. Her grandchildren also claimed that she was a full-blooded Indian. She still had dark hair at her death at age 104.

Submitted by:
Sandra L Norfolk
Email: librariancr@gmail.com

Opal Prather Voiles

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Opal Prather Voiles
birth: April 18, 1894 to Amos Riley Burla and Jarrett Prather
death: December 31, 1977 in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana
burial: Centennial Cemetery in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana

marriage: December 11 1914
Grover Voiles
birth: Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana
death: January 1950
burial: Centennial Cemetery in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana

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Debbie Snider
Email: deby.snider@gmail.com

Fred Willard Taylor

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Fred Willard Taylor
birth: 16 Dec 1886 in Young America, Cass, Indiana to John William Taylor and Mary Catherine Turner
death: 14 May 1968 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan
burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio

marriage: before 1910
Ursula McCreary
birth: 07 January 1887 in Groomsville, Tipton, Indiana to Alfred Ross McCreary and Hannah Smith
death: 14 October 1982 in Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio
burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio

Children of Ursula McCreary and Fred Willard Taylor:

  • William Alfred Taylor Born 1910 Died 1995 Audrey Hilda Green
  • Marjorie Genee Taylor Born 1912 Died 1983 William James Thomsen
  • Mary Catherine Taylor Born 1917 Died 2002 Benjamin Adam Schultz
  • Winnifred Sue Taylor Born 1919 Died 1986 1. R. J. Garn 2. R. Stomatovich 3. R. Crabtree 4. P. Reitinger
  • Hannah Louise Taylor Born 1921 Died 1997 John A. McNeil
  • Richard Earl Taylor Born 1927 Died 2017 1. Shirley Anita Brewer
  • Living

Ancestor here lived in:

Fred Willard Taylor lived in Young America from birth in 1886
1900 to 1930 in Kokomo, Howard, Indiana
1938 South Bend, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1930 Lucas County, Ohio
1940 Wheaton, Illinois
1955 Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan

Other Information:

Fred worked in Brass companies his adult life. Working his way up from the line to being a supervisor. He worked for Bunting Brass, the Hale Chrome Co., and the Vacuum Can Co. He was an outdoorsman. At one time Fred left his family in Indiana, and went out to Soldier Summitt, Utah to try his hand at being a cowboy and possibly resettling his family there. That did not pan out well and he returned to his wife and 3 children. Fred and Ursula had 7 children and 30 grandchildren at the time of his death. The 30 grandchildren gave them 50 great-grandchildren, 56 great-great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-great-grandchildren.

Submitted by:
Pamela Taylor-Bollinger
Email: pambo1945@hotmail.com

Thomas O’Brien

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Thomas O’Brien
birth: 1 July 1805, Pike County, Ohio to Enoch O’Bryant & Nancy Barker
death: 3 May 1862, Center Point, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

marriage: c1828, probably Ohio
Lucinda Kennedy
birth: 2 July 1806, Virginia
death: 1 April 1863, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

Children of Lucinda Kennedy and Thomas O’Brien:

  • Enoch O’Brien 1829-1907 m. Elizabeth Ann Grass
  • Minerva J O’Brien 1834-1905 m. John Elmore Tribble
  • George O’Brien 1837-?
  • Isaac O’Brien 1838-?
  • Rebecca “Ella” O’Brien 1842-1926 m. James P Kellum
  • Lincoln Mason O’Brien 1844-1924 m. Elisabeth Huber
  • Malinda O’Brien 1849-?
  • Anna O’Brien 1849-1928 m. William Reece Donham

Ancestor here lived in:

1838-1850 Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1857-1861 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
1860 Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1 July 1805, in Pike, Ohio
1828-1834 in Ohio

Other Information:

Stone Mason

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Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Enoch O’Brien

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Enoch O’Brien
birth: 20 October 1829 in Brown, Ohio to Thomas O’Brien & Lucinda Kennedy
death: 25 March 1907 in Linton, Vigo, Indiana
burial: German Memory Hill Cemetery, Linton, Greene, Indiana

marriage: about 1850 in Clay, Indiana, United States
Elizabeth Ann Grass
birth: 29 January 1826 in Virginia to Peter Grass, Jr & Mary Dressler
death: 19 April 1865 in Center Point, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay, Indiana

Children of Elizabeth Ann Grass and Enoch O’Brien:

  • Alonzo Wilfred O’Brien 1852-1941 m. Josephine Arnold
  • William O’Brien 1854-? m1. Lydia Eichin m2 Emilie Eichen
  • John W. O’Brien 1855-1933 m1. Sarah Jennifer West m2. Emma E. Spencer
  • Enoch O’Brien 1856-1937 m. Sarah C. Cole
  • Lucinda O’Brien 1860-1941 m1. John D. Huber m2. Duffrild Green Halfhill
  • Florance Ann O’Brien 1852-1936 m. William Hickson Rice

Ancestor here lived in:

1850, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1852 Center Twp, Marion, Indiana
1855 Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana
1860-1865 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1900-1907 Stockton Twp, Greene, Indiana

Other Information:

Carpenter

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

James Isaac Ghormley

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James Isaac Ghormley
birth: 19 April 1772 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania to Hugh Ghormley & Mary Catherine Covington
death: 11 December 1850 in Wabash Twp, Parke, Indiana
burial: Hixon Cemetrry, Wabash Twp, Parke, Indiana

marriage: 1 November 1791 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Cunningham
birth: 9 June 1769 Cumberland in Pennsylvania to Charles Cunningham & Margaret Evans
death: 7 January 1856 in Mecca, Wabash Twp, Parke, Indiana
burial: Hixon Cemetery, Wabash Twp, Parke, Indiana

Children of Elizabeth Cunningham and James Isaac Ghormley:

  • Margaret Ghormley 1792-1850 m. John Brown
  • Jane Ghormley 1794-1879 m. Henry Brown
  • Michael Ghormley 1795-1875 m. Margaret Laverty
  • Elizabeth Ghormley 1798-1883 m. Samuel Laverty
  • Hugh Ghormley 1800-1808
  • Hannah Ghormley 1802-1858 m. Samuel Miles
  • Thomas C Ghormley 1804-1808
  • Mary “Polly” Ghormley 1806-1865 m. Aquilla Justice, Jr
  • Sarah Ghormley 1808-1835 m. William Hixon

Ancestor here lived in:

1830 New Albany, New Albany Twp, Floyd, Indiana
1840 Parke, Indiana
1850, Mecca, Parke, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

19 April 1772-1802 in Mifflin, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
1804-1808 Ohio

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Samuel Miles

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Samuel Miles
birth: 17 March 1796 in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky to Enos Miles and Anna Buchanan
death: 9 June 1876 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 9 December 1824 in Parke, Indiana
Hannah Ghormley
birth: 23 March 1802 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania to James Isaac Ghormley and Elizabeth Cunningham
death: 18 August 1858 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Children of Hannah Ghormley and Samuel Miles:

  • Jesse Miles 1825-?
  • Ann Miles 1826-1891 m. Lewis Rice
  • James Ghormley Miles 1827-1898 m. Susanna Wade
  • Enos C Miles 1829-1911 m. Caroline Baylis Osborn
  • Mary Ann Miles 1830-1900 m1 James Harvey McCoskey m2 Elijah Lindsey Ferguson m3 Hiram Braddy
  • Jane Miles 1831-1862 m. William Kelly Houston
  • William Hickson Miles 1833-1908 m. Melissa Moss
  • Henry Harrison Brown Miles 1835-1904 m. Parintha Clemons
  • Samuel Thompson Laverty Miles 1835-1904 m. Lucinda Buell

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 9 Dec 1824-1827, Parke, Indiana
  • 1829-1830 Vigo, Indiana
  • 1831-June 1876 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in: 

17 March 1796, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky

Other Information:

Farmer

Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair

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Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair
birth: 10 Sep 1938 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana to Donald Floyd Miller and Teresa Marie (Cameron) Miller
death: 1 Feb 2007 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

marriage: 20 Dec 1959 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.
birth: 21 Feb 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to Elmer Ray Sinclair and Emma Lee McQueary
death: 14 Aug 2016 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Children of Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair and Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.:

  • 1st child, Daughter – still living
  • 2nd child, Daughter – still living
  • 3rd child, Son – still living
  • 4th child, Son – still living

Ancestor here lived in:

10 Sep 1938 – November 26, 1957, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

May 1976 – 01 Feb 2007, Converse, Bexar County, Texas

Other Information:

Dona’s first name given at birth was spelled “Donna.” When she enlisted in the US Army on 26 Nov 1957 she had to furnish a copy of her birth certificate. It was then that a clerical error made on her birth certificate was discovered. The doctor who had filled out and signed the birth certificate misspelled her first name as “Dona.” The US Army Enlistment Office told her that in order to enlist she had to use the spelling given on the birth certificate or postpone enlisting until she received a corrected birth certificate. Well she liked the new spelling and the story behind it and rather than having the error corrected she kept and used the new spelling for the rest of her life.

Dona met U.S. Army Spec. Chester Ray Sinclair Sr. on a bus in Frankfurt, Germany in 1958. They were married (under German Law) on December 21, 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany and then were married again on the next day, December 22, 1959 by a US Army Chaplain under American law. She always said that she was, “twice married but never divorced.”

Submitted by:
Chuck Sinclair
Email: chucksinclair2001@yahoo.com

John Elijah Shouse

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John Elijah Shouse
birth: 8 Feb 1915 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States to George Henry Shouse Jr. and Emma Luzola R. Snyder
death: 21 Jul 2000 in Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Monroe City, Knox, Indiana, United States

marriage: 16 Oct 1937 in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Genevieve Mae Chamberlain
birth: 10 Feb 1919 in Monroe City, Knox, Indiana, United States to John Henderson Chamberlain and Anna Byers
death: 24 Jun 2011 in Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Monroe City, Knox, Indiana, United States

Children of Genevieve Mae Chamberlain and John Elijah Shouse:

  • Living

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana

Other Information:

From his obituary:
He had lived in Alamo, Texas from 1974 until he recently moved to John Knox Village. He was an Army veteran serving in Would War II and the Korean War, with tours in Italy, Japan, and Germany. He retired as a Major in 1961 and worked in civil service at the Pentagon in Washington as a digital computer system supervisor, retiring in 1972. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Weslaco, the Rio Grande Valley Retired Officers Club, the Liberty Chapter, the Brownsville Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion Loyal Service Post of McAllen and San Juan Masonic Lodge. He was a mason for 50 years, He enjoyed reading and traveling.
The body was cremated and a memorial service was conducted Wednesday at John Knox Village Chapel by the Rev. Cameron Harkness of the First Presbyterian Church.
The cremains will be buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Monroe City. That was done in 2012 after Gennie died along with her cremains.
Arrangements were handled by Kreidler Funeral Home in McAllen.

Submitted by:
Dee Schlesser
Email: dschlesser@gmail.com

John Dobbs

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John Dobbs
birth: June 9, 1780 in Donegal Ireland to Aungier Dobbs & Jane (Aly)Alley
death: December 15, 1864 in Brown County, Indiana
burial: Dobbs Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana

marriage: 1800
Mary Minson
birth: May 5, 1783 in Maryland to William Minson
death: August 20, 1865 in Brown County, Indiana
burial: Dobbs Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana

Children of Mary Minson and John Dobbs:

  • Solomon Dobbs 1819-1901, married Rebecca Magaw 9-6-1860

Ancestor here lived in:

Pennsylvania, Ohio, around 1850s moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana then Brown County Indiana by 1855

Other Information:

Did farming, Orchards, Timbering & Saw Mill. Helped start North Salem Methodist Church around 1860.

Submitted by:
Carolyn Dobbs Piper
Email: carolynpiper53@yahoo.com