Milton Routh
b. 29 August 1833, Randolph County, Indiana, to James Henry and Mary (Hooten) Routh
d. 27 July 1898, Wilson County, Kansas
m. abt. 1860, Henry County, Indiana
Elizabeth Stanley
b. 16 October 1843, Henry County, Indiana
d. 14 October 1917, Wilson County, Kansas
Children with Elizabeth Stanley:
Submitted by:
Jean Wood Cobb
Lynchburg VA
William Allison Wood
b. 1 November 1860, Liberty, Henry County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Eugene (Hodgson) Wood
d. 29 December 1954, Osage County, Oklahoma
m. 28 February 1886, Wilson County, Kansas
Emma Jane Routh
b. 4 August 1866, Henry County, Indiana, to Milton and Elizabeth (Stanley) Routh
d. 5 August 1954, Osage County, Oklahoma
Children with Emma Jane Routh:
William Wood’s father emigrated from Ohio to Delaware County, Indiana, with his parents. After his parents died in 1875, the orphaned William lived with the Milton Routh family in Henry County, Indiana, and moved to Wilson County, Kansas, with them in 1880. In 1886,
William married the Routh’s daughter Emma Jane.
Submitted by:
Jean Wood Cobb
Lynchburg VA
George Wohlhueter
b. 12 November 1804, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France, to Johann Michael and Anna Katharina (Rinckel) Wohlhueter
d. 10 September 1872, Carmi, White County, Illinois
m. 1840, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France
Marie Catherine Rinckel
b. 1815, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France
d. 17 January 1873, Carmi, White County, Illinois
Children with Marie Catherine Rinckel:
In 1855 George and Marie Catherine Wohlhueter immigrated to Indiana from Kauffenheim, Alsace, France. They lived in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, and Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, and emigrated from Indiana in 1871 to Carmi, White County, Illinois.
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Barbara Wohlhueter
Bradenton FL
Zara Judson Wisner
b. 7 February 1825
d. 27 November 1902, Iola, Allen County, Kansas
m. 24 February 1850, Rush County, Indiana
Nancy “Mary Ann” Davis
b. 5 August 1831, Rush County, Indiana, to William S. and Nancy Jane (Zumwalt) Davis
d. 18 November 1913, Allen County, Kansas
Children with Nancy Davis:
Zara, a schoolteacher in Rush County, Indiana, in 1850, and Nancy emigrated in 1854 to Webster County, Iowa. At the request of her children in 1900, Nancy (Davis) Wisner wrote the following narrative concerning her family’s emigration from Indiana:
“…Then we struck out for the state of Iowa. We wanted to go to Kansas but were afraid it would be a slave state, so we started to far-off Iowa, which seemed further away than California does now. One of our horses, unfortunately for us, died, and the other one became lame, so we had to trade her off for another one. All this happened while we were not more than one hundred miles from home.”
“We crossed the Wabash River near Terre Haute, crossed the Illinois River at Beardstown, then passed through Springfield, Illinois, then crossed the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa, and then reached our destination in about three weeks from the time we started. We bought land on the Skunk River, five miles north of Des Moines, in Webster County.”
“We then had three young children, the youngest being about one year old. There was no house on the land, but there was a crop of sod corn on part of it and plenty of vegetables. We sold $25 worth of sod corn. There was an old stable, in which horses had been kept all summer. We cleaned it out pretty thoroughly and dug it out with a hoe. It was just logs laid up and had a roof on it. We put poles across the logs, and that was our bedstead. We cooked outdoors.”
The narrative continues in a most interesting and informative manner.
Submitted by:
Jean W. Cobb
Lynchburg VA
John Wiseman
b. 5 January 1800, Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky, to James and Lydia Wiseman
d. 17 January 1882, Colfax, Whitman County, Washington
m/1. 8 February 1827, Harrison County, Indiana
Hannah Venner
m/2. 10 January 1841, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Catherine Van Doran
m/3. 14 December 1854, Linn County, Oregon
Catherine (Brown) Snith
Children:
John emigrated from Indiana in 1844 to Andrew, Missouri, and then moved to Linn
County, Oregon, in 1852. John’s father served in the Revolutionary War from Rowan County, North Carolina. He moved to Madison County, Kentucky, in 1792; to Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1798; to Harrison County, Indiana, in 1813; and to Miami County, Indiana, in 1833.
Submitted by:
Robert D. Wiseman
Elkhart IN
John Winters
b. 28 October 1849, Jefferson County, Indiana, to James M. and Mary G. (Lichlyter) Winters
d. 17 March 1911, Jackson County, Kansas
m. 26 October 1871, Jefferson County, Indiana
Anna Itce
b. 9 October 1853, Girlitz, Germany
d. 29 June 1919, Jackson County, Kansas
Children with Anna Itce:
John resided at Smyrna, Jefferson County, and Shelby County, Indiana. They moved in 1884 to Holton, Jackson County, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Betty Seprodi
Terre Haute IN 47802
Albert Emmet Winters
b. 2 October 1872, Hanover, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 30 January 1941, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas
m. 22 November 1893, Jackson County, Kansas
Myrtle May Brassbridge
b. 7 October 1876, Jackson County, Kansas
d. 13 September 1955, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas
Children with Myrtle May Brassbridge:
Albert emigrated from Shelby County, Indiana, to Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, with his parents about 1884. After farming for 30 years, he and his wife became caretakers and managers of the county poor farm. Later Albert became a deputy sheriff, taking prisoners out each day to work on a railroad or road project and yet never carrying a gun.
Submitted by:
Betty Seprodi
Terre Haute IN
Henry Winkler
b. 5 March 1814, Indiana
d. 14 May 1866, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois
m. 31 August 1843, Wayne County, Illinois
Nancy Jane Graham
b. 1 January 1826, Kentucky
d. 13 March 1880, White County, Illinois
Children with Nancy Jane Graham:
William emigrated before 1835 from Posey County, Indiana, to White County, Illinois.
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Barbara J. Wohlhueter
W. Bradenton FL
Riley Wilson Williams
b. 29 December 1817, Randolph County, North Carolina, to Enoch and Jemima (Phillips) Williams
d. 1 January 1898, Mercer County, Missouri
m. 15 January 1839, Chatham County, North Carolina
Lovey Carter
b. 4 June 1819, Chatham County, North Carolina
d. 24 January 1908, Mercer County, Missouri
Children with Lovey Carter:
Riley emigrated from North Carolina to Liberty, Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1840. He resided in Hendricks and Morgan counties and then immigrated from Indiana about 1855 to Gentry County, Missouri. Later Riley and Lovey moved to Wayne County, Iowa, and from there moved to Mercer County, Missouri.
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Betty Murphy Mabee
4545 Yerba Santa Dr.
San Diego CA 92115-1032
Harvey Uriah Wilkins
b. 28 April 1822, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, to Uriah and Lucy (Wilkins) Wilkins
d. 14 June 1902, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
m/1. 5 February 1843, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Parkhurst
b. 1826, Smith County, Tennessee
m/2.
Elizabeth Stepleton
Children with Elizabeth Parkhurst:
After the death of his first wife in 1853, when baby Mary Lucy was born and died, Harvey returned to Indiana with his two older sons, leaving the three younger children with their Parkhurst grandparents from 1853 through 1861, when the grandmother died.
Because of diseased eyes and ulcerated varicose veins, Harvey had great difficult providing for his family. His two older sons helped with their support. Charles Ezekiel “Zeke” Wilkins, who enlisted in the Union Army on 27 August 1861 and served in Company A, 9th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, sent a portion of his military pay home to his father. After Zeke was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga, Harvey applied to the government for a dependent father’s pension. In spite of numerous affidavits testifying to his need, the pension was denied because the military had recorded Charles Ezekiel’s middle initial incorrectly.
Submitted by:
Beverly Wilkins Craig
Columbus IN
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