Rhoda Frances Roberts
b. 5 January 1869, Indiana, to Henry and Rachel (Thomas) Roberts
d. 2 May 1939, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa
m. 23 April 1886, Polk County, Iowa
Lewis Franklin Darland
b. April 1860, Mahaska County, Iowa
d. 24 March 1905, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa
Rhoda emigrated from Indiana in 1879 to Elkhart Township, Polk County, Iowa.
Submitted by:
Dorothy V. Darland
Rock Island IL
David Ashley Robbins
b. 6 January 1815, Oldham County, Kentucky
d. 10 March, Elm, Putnam County, Missouri
m. 8 February 1838, Johnson County, Indiana
Mary Anna Roberts
b. 27 March 1822, Hensley, Johnson County, Indiana, to John Roberts
d. 3 May 1892, Putnam County, Missouri
Children with Mary Anna Roberts:
David immigrated to Indiana in 1836 and resided at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in 1856 to Putnam County, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Michael R. Darnel
Granger IN
James R Roark
b. 19 October 1834, Patrick County, Virginia
d. 14 December 1900, Valley Junction, Iowa
m. 1859, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
S. A. Nevitt
Children with S. A. Nevitt:
James emigrated from Indiana to Madison County, Iowa, where he lived until moving his family to Valley Junction, Iowa, in 1895.
Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt, from Hawkeye Heritage, published by Iowa Genealogical Society, winter 1993.
Hiram Ritter
b. August 1846, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Owen and Eliza (Pitcher) Ritter
d. 1907, Osage Township, Camden County, Missouri
m. about 1862, Kentucky
Mary J. (Carpenter) Thacker
b. February 1832, probably Shelby County, Kentucky
d. about 1901, Camden County, Missouri
Children with Mary J. Thacker:
Hiram emigrated from Owen County, Indiana, to Osage Township, Camden County, Missouri,
in 1885.
Mary had one child from a previous marriage, Alfred P. Thacker, born about 1853, in
Kentucky.
Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Hoisington KS
Charles Ritter
b. 17 May 1869, Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, to Hiram and Mary (Carpenter) Thacker Ritter
d. 29 September 1934, Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri
m. 9 October 1889, Osage, Camden County, Missouri
Mary Nancy Anderson
b. 15 October 1873, Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri, to Isaac Newton and Sarah K. (Waters) Anderson
d. 3 July 1966, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Children with Mary Nancy Anderson:
Charles moved to Osage, Camden County, Missouri, about 1885.
Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Hoisington KS
Arthur Dean Ritchie
b. 24 September 1883, Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, to Walter and Soral (Amsden) Ritchie
d. 23 July 1972, Lake Worth, Paul Beach County, Florida
m. 11 October 1905, Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Hallye Smith
b. 19 November 1879, Gratz, Owen County, Kentucky
d. 15 June 1944, Miami, Dade County, Florida
Children with Hallye Smith:
The family lived in Indianapolis before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1908. Arthur managed the Baltimore Dairy lunchrooms in both cities. He moved to Florida in 1939 where he worked as a truck farmer.
Submitted by:
Wendy Bole Hankins
Geneva FL
Phebe Rissler
b. 3 February 1800, Green Spring, Frederick County, Virginia, to John and Catherine Rissler
d. 26 January 1873, Worth, Boone County, Iowa
m. 2 August 1821, near Laconia, Harrison County, Indiana
Squire Boone
b. 7 June 1794, Virginia
d. 5 December 1879, Boone County, Iowa
Children with Squire Boone:
Phebe emigrated from Indiana in 1852 to Boone County, Iowa. In 1794 Phebe’s parents, John and Catherine Rissler, and their five children moved in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania to Virginia, where they built a one-room log house with a large stone chimney and fireplace. When everything seemed to be going well, John died leaving Catherine with ten children, the oldest just nineteen.
Catherine remained on the farm for a few years until the older children married and moved to other states. Then, soon after 1817, she moved with the younger children to Harrison County, Indiana. Here two of Moses Boone’s children, Squire and Susan, married Phebe and William Rissler. William later moved on from Harrison County to Putnam County, Indiana, where he built a mill on Walnut Creek. Then he returned to Harrison County to move his mother to Putnam County, where she died in 1839.
Phebe and her husband Squire Boone moved to Boone County, Iowa, in the early 1850’s. They are both buried there in the Squire Boone Cemetery, which borders the farm where they lived.
Submitted by:
Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS
Wilson Bailey Riley
b. 30 January 1840, Hillsboro, Fountain County, Indiana, to James and Charity (Brown) Riley
d. 24 August 1920, Orting, Pierce County, Washington
m. 2 August 1865, Steam Corners, Fountain County, Indiana
Martha Elizabeth Jones
b. 25 July 1839, Indiana
d. 24 August 1915, Renton, King County, Washington
Children with Martha Elizabeth Jones:
Wilson moved from Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana, to Houston Township, Smith County, Kansas, in 1877.
Submitted by:
Linda Riley Diemert
Auburn WA
Sarah Elizabeth Riggins
b. 10 March 1841, Union/Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 3 February 1906, Maricopa County, Arizona
m. 22 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois
Reddick Jasper Cartwright
b. 24 June 1837, Coles County, Illinois
d. 15 June 1914, San Joaquin County, California
Children with Reddick Jasper Cartwright:
Sarah emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.
Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY
Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, Virginia or North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois
m. 31 August 1834, Union County, Indiana
Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813, near Richmond, Wayne or Union County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary (Lewis) White
d. 25 January 1895, Coles County, Illinois
Children with Perlina White:
Reeves immigrated to Union County, Indiana, from North Carolina before 1834. He moved to Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, between 1843 and 1847.
Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA
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