Thomas Sackett

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Thomas Sackett
b. 30 April 1787, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Aaron and Dorcas (Clarke) Sackett
d. 15 September 1871, Macon County, Missouri

m/1. 23 November 1808, Hamilton County, Ohio
Catherine Chambers

m/2. 25 May 1827
Margaret “Peggy”Martin

m/3. 1 April 1832, Warren County, Ohio
Elizabeth Bowyer
b. 19 February 1788
d. 21 September 1846, Salisbury, Sangamon County, Illinois

m/4.
Mary McKee

Children with Catherine Chambers:

  • Dorcas

Children with Margaret Martin:

  • Phebe
  • Mary Harriett
  • John
  • Samuel

Children with Elizabeth Bowyer:

  • Margaret Jane

Thomas immigrated to Indiana from Butler County, Ohio, about 1810-1815. He emigrated from Franklin County, Indiana, to Sangamon County, Illinois, about 1829. In Sangamon County, Illinois, Thomas lived near a small town in Salisbury Township that is now known as Salisbury, but in early census records, was called “Sackett Town” after Thomas Sackett.

In 1861 the Sangamon County board met to divide the county into 22 townships, one of which is Sackett Township after Thomas, who served as county commissioner in 1838-1839.

Submitted by:
Sharon Hohimer
Chatham IL

Austin David Rutter

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Austin David Rutter
b. 14 March 1844, Posey or Gibson County, Indiana, to Austin A. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Rutter
d. 7 March 1933, Wabash County, Illinois

m/1. 28 February 1864, Gibson County, Indiana
Eliza Rosborough
b. 16 August 1846, Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana
d. 10 November 1898, Petty Township, Lawrence County, Indiana

m/2. 21 July 1906, Wabash County, Illinois
Maria Louisa Keen

Children with Eliza Rosborough:

  • Rane (b. 1867) married Rose Peters
  • Essie Flora (1870-1939) married Abner Berry
  • Francis Eugene (1872-1873)
  • Clarence Greene (1874-1951) married (1) Cora Reid, (2) Ida May Hieronimus, (3) Sarah M. Addis
  • Marice Ann Agnes (1879-1962) married Charles Alexander
  • Mayme “Maud” Elvira (1882-1929) married Frank Fereau
  • Orvis (b. 1885) married Daisy Hill

Austin Rutter served with Company E, 42nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, during the Civil War. He emigrated from Indiana to Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois, about 1866.

Submitted by:
Judith E. Svoboda
Longmont CO
E-mail: jzsvoboda@earthlink.net

Julia Etta Rukes

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Julia Etta Rukes
b. 30 January 1866, Vigo County, Indiana, to William and Sarah (Ellensworth) Rukes
d. 13 January 1952, Cedar County, Missouri

m. 14 November 1885, Vernon County, Missouri
George W. Thompson
b. 14 February 1850, Parke County, Indiana
d. 12 May 1902, Vernon County, Missouri

Children with George W. Thompson:

  • Wilbur Ernest (1866-1942)

Julia emigrated from Indiana about 1885 to Osage River, Vernon County, Missouri.

After George Thompson’s first wife Martha and baby Edna died, George married Martha’s half-sister Julia. Julia raised Martha’s children, as well as her own son Wilbur.

Submitted by:
Betty Jane Thompson Lagerquist
Loves Park IL

John “Jack” Rouse

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John “Jack” Rouse
b. between 1790-1795, South Carolina
d. after 1891, DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska

m. about 1812, Tennessee
Lydia N. Remington
b. between 1796-1797, North Carolina
d. before 1880, Saline County, Nebraska

Children with Lydia N. Remington:

  • William (1813-1903) married Henrietta Williams
  • Joseph (1820-1903) married (1) Hannah [–?–], (2) Catherine Wilson
  • Margaret (1824-1903) married Abel Cox
  • Mary Jane (1829-1860’s) married Bernard G. Speak
  • John C. (1830-1917) married (1) Mary Jane Lockhart, (2) Sarah Yerkes Brewster
  • Nancy (b. 1833) married Thomas Brophy

Jack emigrated from Vermillion County, Indiana, to Benton County, Iowa, in 1849. He was a great hunter, fisherman, and a true frontiersman. At one time, Jack shot two bucks whose antlers were so firmly locked together that they could not be separated. He moved his family to Nebraska when game became scarce in Iowa and the state became too highly populated for him.

Submitted by:
Marjorie H. Rouse
Vinton IA

Friedrich Ludwig Roser

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Friedrich Ludwig Roser
b. 1 April 1811, Kleinsteinbach, Baden, Germany, to Johann Adam and Elisabetha (Ebel) Roser
d. 6 October 1895, Hawthorne Township, White County, Illinois

m/1. 14 February 1817, Obermutschelbach, Baden, Germany
Anna Marie Schmidt
b. 14 March 1817, Obermutschelbach, Baden, Germany
d. 13 January 1843, Obermutschelbach, Baden, Germany

m/2. 11 May 1843, Obermutschelbach, Baden, Germany
Catharina Weiss
b. 21 September 1822, Kleinsteinbach, Baden, Germany
d. 21 December 1893, Hawthorne Township, White County, Illinois

Children with Anna Marie Schmidt:

  • Christina Louisa
  • Friedrich Ludwig
  • August

Children with Catharina Weiss:

  • Catharina
  • Christian
  • Louisa
  • Charles
  • Mary A.
  • Caroline

Friedrich and Catharina Roser immigrated from Obermutschelbach, Germany, to Posey County, Indiana, in 1852. They moved to Hawthorne, White County, Illinois, in 1858.

Submitted by:
Barbara J. Wohlheuter
Bradenton FL

Greene Rosborough

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Greene Rosborough
b. 22 September 1817, probably at Gibson County, Indiana, to Joseph and Ruth (Patton) Rosborough
d. 8 October 1881, Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois

m. 8 February 1838, Gibson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Manessa Carter
b. 24 October 1824, Posey County, Indiana, to Rene Chastain and Magdalena Sarah (Chastain) Carter
d. 14 December 1905, Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois

Children with Elizabeth Manessa Carter:

  • William Silas (1839-1922) married (1) Mary Ellen Stewart, (2) Jessie McClarin, (3) Emma Burkholder
  • Joseph Rane (1841-1923) married Mary Ellen Bach
  • Thomas Alexander (1844-1929) married Rachel Jane Baker
  • Eliza Ann (1846-1898) married Austin David Rutter
  • John Newton (1849-1930) married Nancy Ellen Keplinger
  • Martha Elvira (1850-1923) married Thomas Keplinger
  • Ruth Ann (1854-1923) married William C. Brown
  • James Franklin (1857-1939) married Clara Maria Correll
  • Elizah H. (1859-1860)
  • Mary Magdalena (1861-1948) married George Andrew Albert
  • Manesa Mary (1864-1865)

Greene emigrated about 1866 from Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, to Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Judith E. Svoboda
Longmont CO
E-mail: jzsvoboda@earthlink.net

John Joseph Rooney

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John Joseph Rooney
b. 10 September 1851, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana, to Hugh and Joanna (Cahill) Roney/Rooney
d. 25 March 1943, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

m. 1877, Kansas
Marguerite Burke
b. 11 June 1855, possibly Richmond, Virginia
d. 29 August 1914, Lillis, Marshall County, Kansas

Children with Marguerite Burke:

  • Thomas Edward (1878-1931) married Helen Gertrude Teeman
  • Mary Winifred (1879-1956) married James Francis McCormick
  • Mary Katherine (1881-bef. 1920)
  • John William (1883-1949) married Agnes O’Brien
  • Ellie F. (1884-1941) married George J. Botzenhart
  • James (b. 1887)
  • Margaret (1889-1951) married William J. Schmidt
  • Henry Michael (1802-1975) married Marie Margaret Higgins
  • Emma (1893-1984) married Raymond Creevans
  • Joanna Christine (1898-1970) married Lawrence Aloysius Meier
  • Joseph F. (1898-1978)

John immigrated from North Judson, Starke County, Indiana, to Marshall County, Kansas, about 1875.

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Peg Pierson
Lincoln NE

Jonathan Jackson Robinson

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Jonathan Jackson Robinson
b. 10 September 1818, Jackson County, Indiana
d. 28 September 1887, Franklin Township, Monroe County, Iowa

m/1. 4 October 1832, Jackson County, Indiana
Elsie Ross
d. 1852

m/2. 1854
Jane W. Coen
b. 20 November 1827, Dearborn County, Indiana
d. 14 December 1905, Marian Township, Franklin County, Nebraska

Children with Elsie Ross:

  • Mariah (b. 1843)
  • John (1847-1893) married Sarah G. Bryant
  • Jacob (b. 1849)
  • Naomi (b. 1852)

Children with Jane W. Coen:

  • Sarah Carrie (1856-1920) married T. F. Maher
  • Francis M. (b. 1857)
  • Ida Dora (1858-1931) married Aaron Jacob Harouff
  • George L. (1861-1927) married Emma Isabelle Gilliland
  • Lucinda Maver (b. 1866) married Charles H. Stanley
  • Cora (b. 1872) married [–?–] Ditton

Jonathon moved to Monroe County, Iowa, in 1854.

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JoAnn Goodacre
Springfield VA

Jonathan Osborn

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Jonathan Osborn 
b. 14 February 1799, Virginia
d. 5 May 1877, Galesburg, Putnam County, Missouri

m. 11 August 1835, Knox County, Indiana
Mary Ann C. MacDonald
b. 7 March 1814, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
d. 1 February 1894, Putnam County, Missouri

Children with Mary Ann C. MacDonald:

  • Martha
  • Ann Emiline
  • Mariah Louise
  • William Henry
  • Mary Sarah
  • James Uriah
  • Jonathan R.
  • Susanna
  • Josephine Mary

At the time of his death, William Henry, son of Jonathan Osborn, was the second oldest living person who had fought in the Civil War. Life Magazine carried his story and picture in 1946.

The Osborn’s migrated from Indiana to Galesburg, Putnam County, Missouri, in 1865.

Submitted by:
Bonnie Bartlett
Springfield OR

Francis Marion Robertson

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Francis Marion Robertson
b. 16 November 1822, Putnam County, Indiana
d. 29 November 1879, Ravenna, Mercer County, Missouri

m/1. 18 May 1849
Mary Ann Barnes
b. 24 May 1828
d. 28 August 1856

m/2. 14 April 1857, Putnam County, Indiana
Maria Louisa Osborn
b. 7 November 1840, Putnamville, Putnam County, Indiana to Jonathan Osborn and Mary Ann C MacDonald
d. 7 February 1894, Mercer County, Missouri

Children with Mary Ann Barnes:

  • Eliza Ann (1850-1868)
  • Sarah Ann (1852-1870)

Children with Maria Louisa Osborn:

  • William Francis
  • Joseph “George” Washington
  • Mary Rosamond
  • James Rheudolphes
  • Alice Josephine
  • John “Shike” Marion

Francis resided at Mt. Merian, Putnam County, and in Hendricks County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in 1870 to Ravenna, Mercer County, Missouri.

The Robertson family traveled to Putnam County, Missouri, in the fall of 1870 by covered wagon. Francis had tuberculosis and was sick all the way.

Submitted by:
Bonnie Bartlett
Springfield OR