George Franklin Snyder

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George Franklin Snyder
b. 27 July 1897, Lapel, Madison County, Indiana, to Daniel and Sarah (Rider) Snyder
d. 18 November 1961, Santa Ana, Orange County, California

m. 7 April 1919, Madison County, Indiana
Laura Esther Hutton
b. 7 April 1901, Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
d. 7 November 1972, Pomona, Los Angeles County, California

Children with Laura Esther Hutton:

  • John Daniel
  • Kathryn Eloise

George resided at Clay City, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and immigrated in 1945 to Los Angeles, California.

The Reverand Dr. Snyder was an ordained minister in the United Brethren Church, which later became the Evangelical United Brethren. He served Indiana congregations from 1919 to 1945 and then transferred to the California Conference, where he served until his death.

Submitted by:
Kathryn Snyder Forrest
Hemet CA

Elizabeth Jane Smitha

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Elizabeth Jane Smitha
b. 1 April 1830, possibly Shelby County, Kentucky, to Fielding and Catherine Smitha
d. 12 February 1903, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri

m. about 1845, possibly Anderson County, Kentucky
Charles F. Kennedy
b. 5 January 1820, Kentucky
d. 27 November 1898, Adair County, Missouri

Children with Charles F. Kennedy:

  • Mary (d. bef. 1919)
  • John W. (d. 1927) married Sarah E. Hagens
  • Walter N. (d. 1919) married Recie [–?–]
  • Seth F.
  • Joseph married Mary [–?–]
  • William H. (b. 1862)
  • Laura Belle married Joseph Carpenter
  • Susan married [–?–] Morgan

Jane, her husband Charles, and some of their children are buried in Llwellyn Cemetery near Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. Although Jane’s tombstone reads Jane E. and she was known as Jane, the 1880 Missouri census lists her as Elizabeth J. Her letters home to her widowed mother’s Hendricks County, Indiana, residence, related many of the facts concerning Jane and her family. These letters are in the possession of the contributor.

Submitted by:
Mary Jane Shackelford Kaiser
Fort Wayne IN

Joseph P Smith

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Joseph P Smith
b. 1807, New York, to Joseph P. Smith, Sr.
d. 5 February 1862, Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska

m.
Ellen J. [–?–]

Children with Ellen J. [–?–]:

  • John M.
  • Ellen M.
  • Martin B.
  • Margaret E.
  • Julia Ann
  • Martha M.
  • William R.
  • Charles

Joseph emigrated in 1836 from New York City. He lived at Lake County, Indiana, and then moved to Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska, in 1861. He served Lake County, Indiana, as county clerk from 1843 to 1847, editor of Lake County Jeffersonian in 1860, and census taker in 1860.

Submitted by:
Carolyn Houser
Oak Harbor WA

Jacob Smith

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Jacob Smith
b. 4 April 1844, Putnam County, Indiana, to James and Sarah (Hotsapiller) Smith
d. 17 May 1923, Mayes County, Oklahoma

m. 1 February 1871, Spencer Township, Owen County, Indiana
Caroline Owen
b. 24 April 1851, Indiana, to Daniel and Phebe (Walker) Owen
d. 22 June 1901, Mayes County, Ohio

Children with Caroline Owen:

  • Luther (1872-1954) married (1) Lou Alice Dugger, (2) Pearl Wells
  • Millard (1876-1968) married (1) Samantha Greathouse, (2) Nellie Schooley
  • Dessie (1878-1957) married Robert Hope
  • Della (1881-1933) married William Lewis Greathouse
  • Effie (1882-1975) married Okley Osteen
  • Mable (b. 1885)
  • Orvil (1887-1975)
  • Nola (1889-1959) married Eudous Dugger
  • Esca Earl (1891-1927) married Varillah Gobble

Submitted by:
Geneva Dugger Taylor
Ft. Gibson OK

Elijah Smith

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Elijah Smith
b. 16 January 1791, present-day Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, to Platt and Johnnah (Schoonover) Smith
d. 20 February 1865, Linn County, Iowa

m. 21 October 1817, Seneca County, New York
Jerusha Southwick
b. about 1790-91

Children with Jerusha Southwick:

  • Lucinda/Lovina (b. 1818/19) married Charles Biggs
  • [–?–] (b. ca. 1830) married [–?–] Miller
  • Joshua (b. ca. 1829/30) married Lydia [–?–]
  • Calvin (b. ca. 1830/31)
  • Melissa (b. ca. 1833/34)
  • Nancy M. (b. ca. 1835/36)

Elijah first resided in New York with his parents, who moved from the Delaware Valley about 1797 to Owego Town, Tioga County, New York, and later to Ovid Town, Seneca County, New York. Elijah and Jerusha lived in Seneca County several years before moving in about 1830 to Montgomery County, Indiana, where they resided for about 25 years before moving to Marion, Linn County, Iowa. Elijah and Jerusha may have had more children in the 1820’s. Jerusha applied for a military pension based upon Elijah’s War of 1812 service after his death in Linn County.

The contributor and a co-researcher have written an article about Elijah’s parents and siblings, which was published serially in Magazine of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research in 1994.

Submitted by:
Judy Longley
Detroit MI

Edgar G Smith

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Edgar G Smith
b. about 1826, Fayette County, Indiana, to Isaac and Phebe (Klinck) Smith

m. 28 November 1878, Dundee, Kane County, Illinois
Caroline (Palmer) Hubbard
b. about 1828, Madison County, New York, to Richard and Betsy (Bartis) Palmer

Submitted by:
Dawne-Slater Putt from McHenry County, Illinois Connection, vol. 11, no. 4, October-December 1993

Samuel Smith

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Samuel Smith
b. 13 September 1801, Cayuga County, New York, to Caleb and Mary (Weed) Smith
d. 9 January 1863, Hancock County, Indiana

m. 1822, Fayette County Parthena Ide Rowland

Children with Parthena Ide Rowland:

  • Harriet (b. 1820)
  • Caleb Wesley (1824-1902)
  • Richard (1826-1890)
  • Lavina (1830-1869)
  • Oliver (b. 1832)
  • Philander (b. 1835)
  • Alfred (b. 1837)
  • Ann (1840-1912)
  • Edwin (b. 1841)
  • Nelson (b. 1848)
  • Louisa (1848-1911)

Samuel had immigrated with his parents to Indiana before the enumeration of the 1820 census for Fayette County. Samuel’s mother, Mary, was born 4 February 1776, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Miles and Mary (Gray) Weed, Jr. She is thought to have died in Illinois after 1850. According to tradition, she moved to Illinois after the death of her husband Caleb in 1830. Submitted by: Corlyn Holbrook Adams Ft. Worth TX

Caleb Wesley Smith

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Caleb Wesley Smith
b. 6 April 1824, Charlottesville, Fayette County, Indiana, to Samuel and Parthena Ide (Rowland) Smith
d. 31 March 1902, Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas

m. 21 June 1849, Worth Township, Hancock County, Indiana
Mary Jane Orr
b. 18 March 1833, Hancock County, Indiana, to Jacob and Elizabeth Jane (Scott) Orr
d. 31 July 1905, Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas

Children with Mary Jane Orr:

  • Amanda Francis (1852-1931) married Horace Alonzo Keesler
  • Catherine Parthena (1854-1935) married Daniel M. Haines
  • John Sanford (1856-1936) married Ida Jane Day
  • Margaret Jane (1859-1932) married Milton Miles Brokaw
  • Alice Eleanor (1861-1900) married Horace Long
  • William Morton (b. 1863) married Josephine [–?–]
  • Rosa Louella (1868-1942) married Cornelius Davey
  • Walter William Wiggins (b. 1879)

Caleb moved to Jasper County, Iowa, between 1860 and 1870. As early as 1875 the family emigrated from Iowa to Mitchell County, Kansas, along with Caleb Wesley’s uncle, Leander Smith.

Walter William Wiggins was adopted by Caleb and Mary Jane.

Submitted by:
Corlyn Holbrook Adams
Ft. Worth TX

Anna Smith

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Anna Smith
b. 18 January 1825, County Kent, England
d. 15 July 1874, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas

m/1. 29 January 1842, Dearborn County, Indiana
Hugh Evans
b. October 1815, Wales
d. 16 August 1859, Miller Township, Dearborn County, Indiana

m/2. 26 February 1852, Dearborn County, Indiana
Ezekial Jackson

Children with Hugh Evans:

  • Martha Jane (b. 1843)
  • Kate Anna (b. 1845)
  • William Hugh (b. 1847)
  • Isaac Langdale (b. 1850)

Children with Ezekial Jackson:

  • James (b. 1852)
  • Charles (b. 1855)
  • Rhoda (b. 1857)
  • Margaret (b. 1860)

Anna emigrated from Indiana in 1870 to Valley Falls, Winchester County, Kansas. Both Hugh and Ezekiel were buried at Georgetown Cemetery in Miller Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Patricia Tebow Maddox
Murrayville IL

Horatio M Slack

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Horatio M Slack
b. 24 December 1814, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to James and Sarah (Simpson) Slack
d. 5 February 1847, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

m. 3 September 1837, Delaware County, Indiana
Susan Saxton
b. about 1818, Indiana
d. 13 October 1867, Buffalo, New York

Children with Susan Saxton:

  • Theodore Simpson
  • Louisa Vance
  • Adnah H.

Horatio immigrated to Delaware County, Indiana, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1837; and then emigrated from Indiana to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, about 1846. Susan later moved to Buffalo, New York. Children, Theodore and Louisa, lived with paternal relatives in Huntington County, Indiana, following the deaths of their parents.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt
Huntertown IN
E-mail: dslaterput@aol.com