Malissa Catherine Wildbur

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Malissa Catherine Wildbur
b. 21 February 1851, Orange County, Indiana, to Robert and Jane Wildbur
d. 25 January 1925, near Iola, Illinois

m. April 1874
Bloomer A. Smith
d. 10 April 1901, Clay County, Illinois

Children with Bloomer A. Smith:

  • Goldie (d. 1905)
  • Arthur
  • Edna married [–?–] Lawder
  • Maude married [–?–] Holaday
  • Robert E.
  • Charles D.

At the time of her death, Malissa had lived more than 60 years in Clay County, Iowa. She also had a stepson, Bloomer F. Smith.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt, from Clay County, Illinois, Roots, fall 1993, p. 69

Harmon/Herman Wiedeman

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Harmon/Herman Wiedeman
b. 1831, Germany
d. November 1873, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

m. Katherine Frey
b. May 1827, Germany
d. 23 December 1904, Cincinnati, Ohio

Children with Katherine Frey:

  • Albert A. (1853-1910)
  • Ira (1855-1906) married Fred Hessler
  • Louise (1860-1939) married Bernard Hausman

Harmon was a shoemaker. He committed suicide by poisoning himself with arsenic.

Submitted by:
Frances McPeek
Egner Guilford IN

Albert A Wiedeman

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Albert A Wiedeman
b. 19 October 1853, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, to Harmon and Katherine (Frey) Wiedeman
d. 23 March 1910, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

m. 24 May 1881, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Mary Ann Schockel
b. 21 October 1859, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
d. 18 January 1938, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana

Children with Mary Ann Schockel:

  • Mary Pearl (1882-1915)
  • Albert Francis (1884-1938) married Rose Gerth
  • John (1890-1892)
  • Ruth Elizabeth (1894-1987) married Benjamin H. McPeek

Albert emigrated from Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1879. He was a telegrapher for the O&M-B&O Railroad.

Submitted by:
Frances McPeek Egner
Guilford IN

William Wick

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William Wick
b. 1 January 1796, Fayette County, Kentucky
d. 30 January 1859, Genesee Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois

m. about 1817, Ross County, Ohio
Margaret Redman
b. 1794 or 1796, Greenbriar County, Virginia
d. 7 November 1878, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri

Children with Margaret Redman:

  • Emeline
  • Charlotte
  • Eli
  • William
  • Louisa
  • Nancy married William Hiddleson

William immigrated to Indiana from Ross County, Ohio, about 1820. He emigrated from Henry County, Indiana, to Putnam County, Illinois, about 1832 with his brother John Wick and brother-in-law Eli Redman. His daughter Nancy and her husband, William, moved to Kansas.

Submitted by:
Barbara Mellendore Calvert
Caldwell NJ

Melvin O Whitehead

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Melvin O Whitehead
b. 15 December 1854, Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Indiana, to Isaac and Lucinda (Salisbury) Whitehead
d. 21 January 1931, Denver, Colorado

m/1.
Adelaide L. McClintock

m/2. 14 July 1888, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Clara Eta Joseph
b. 31 December 1864, Atlanta, Illinois, to Harvey and Mary (Ross) Joseph
d. 11 June 1916, Denver, Colorado

Children with Clara Eta Joseph:

  • Ralph Salisbury (1889-1970) married Rose Lennartz
  • Donald Ross (1896-1965) married Vera Wichman

Submitted by:
J. R. Whitehead
Cleveland OH

Silas White

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Silas White
b. 3 March 1818, Wayne County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary Polly (Lewis) White
d. 13 August 1888, Coles County, Illinois

m. 6 December 1846, Wayne County, Indiana
Mary Jane Boone
b. 12 April 1823, Pickaway Plains, Ohio
d. 12 September 1892, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Mary Jane Boone:

  • Thomas
  • Monroe
  • Martha Ellen
  • Mary Elizabeth
  • Isaac
  • Sarah Jane
  • Lewis S.
  • Clarinda Emma

About 1843, Silas emigrated from Wayne County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

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

James Harvey Wells

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James Harvey “Harve” Wells
b. 31 May 1834, Clark County, Indiana, to James and Malinda (Owens) Wells
d. 13 July 1902, Sangamon County, Illinois

m. 8 July 1852, Sangamon County, Illinois
Margaret Jane Sackett
b. 25 December 1834, Sangamon County, Illinois
d. 20 February 1914, Salisbury, Sangamon County, Illinois

Children with Margaret Jane Sackett:

  • Levi Marion
  • Harriett Ellen
  • Mary R.
  • James Harvey
  • Lelia
  • Richard R.

James was one of five children born to James and Malinda Wells. His father died in 1851 when James was just 16 or 17 years old, and his mother is said to have also died when James was young. James married at the young age of eighteen and started with little or nothing. Through hard work he became a large land owner in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Besides being a farmer, James was a musician with a beautiful tenor voice. To supplement the family income and buy land, he would sing and provide music for various events in the evenings and on weekends. His work caused him to travel so much that sometimes he would swim his horse a mile and even two across rivers and streams to avoid the longer distances roads presented.

James built a fine home near Salisbury, Illinois, with a spiral staircase right in the middle of the house. All the floors were of alternate pieces of ash and walnut. No boards with knots were acceptable. When his grandchildren would play in the basement, they would look up, looking for knots in the wood.

Submitted by:
Sharon Hohimer
Chatham IL

Jackson T. Weldon

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Jackson T. Weldon
b. 23 January 1841, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Martin and Mary (Wind) Weldon
d. 22 May 1917, Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin

m. 14 April 1869, Marshall County, Indiana
Catherine Amanda Nickels
b. 9 June 1849, Starke County, Indiana
d. 9 May 1950, Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin

Children with Catherine Amanda Nickels:

  • Martin Elmer
  • David Roy
  • Mary E.
  • Alva Jay
  • Alma Mae

Jackson lived in Hamilton, Fulton and Marshall counties in Indiana. He emigrated from Marshall County in 1883 to Maple Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin.

Submitted by:
Wanda Dahlberg
Solon Springs WI