Rebecca Powel
b. 8 May 1816, Indiana
d. 29 January 1913, Nortonville, Jefferson County, Kansas
m. 17 March 1855, Nodaway County, Missouri
James Noffsinger
b. 28 October 1813, Belmont or Monroe County, Ohio
d. 25 January 1878, Atchison County, Kansas
Children with James Noffsinger:
They left Indiana around 1855 for Nodaway County, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Michael R. Darnel
Granger IN
Mary Pottorff
b. January 1851, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Ninevah and Nancy (Allhands) Pottorff
d. January 1922, Marlin, Grant County, Washington
m. 7 September 1871, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Isaac Johnson, Jr.
b. 2 July 1840, Shelby County, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. 14 February 1902, Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Children with Isaac Johnson, Jr.:
Isaac was married previously on 20 July 1864 to Arnetta Talkington, who died 10 November 1866.
According to family tradition, Mary and Isaac’s family included 12 children and three sets of twins.
After the death of Isaac Johnson in 1902, Mary and her children, (with the exception of Andrew, who had settled in Washington earlier,) all took out homesteads in Grant County, Washington.
Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA
Andrew Johnson
b. 1872 to Isaac Johnson, Jr. and Mary Pottorff
d. 1961
m. 4 September 1895, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Victoria Fulton
b. to William and Eliza J. (Morrison) Fulton
Children with Victoria Fulton:
In 1900 Andrew and Victoria Johnson emigrated from Grammer, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Wilbur, Lincoln County, Washington. From Wilbur, the family moved to Grant County, Washington, where they homesteaded. After proving the Grant County homestead, Andrew and Victoria sold the land and returned to Grammer, Bartholomew County, Indiana. After about two years, they moved to Lincoln County, Washington.
Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA
Philip Platz
b. 3 November 1822, Pennsylvania
d. 8 August 1897, Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas
m.
Catherine [–?–]
b. 27 January 1827, Ohio
d. 13 April 1915, Bloomington, Kansas
Children with Catherine [–?–]:
Philip came to Indiana from Holmes County, Ohio, in 1850 and moved to Douglas County, Kansas, in 1868.
Submitted by:
Lisa A. Frank
Omaha NE
Katherine Adele Pittman
b. 5 February 1871, Indiana, to Sherrod J. and Harriet (Dyre/Dyer) Pittman
d. 18 November 1950, San Diego, California
m/1. 16 August 1887, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Lawrence Wilmer Jackson
b. June 1865, Bennington, Switzerland County, Indiana, to James Wallace and Elizabeth E. (Adams) Jackson
d. 25 June 1901, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
m/2. 9 December 1902, Clark County, Indiana
Kersey R. Battin
Children with Lawrence Wilmer Jackson:
Katherine moved to San Diego, California, before 1910.
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Jan Everly Williams
Honolulu HI
E-mail: jeverly@lava.net
Laura Phillips
b. 9 September 1879, Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Thomas Walter and Alice Ann (Coker) Phillips
d. 24 August 1956, Salem, Polk County, Oregon
m/1. 30 September 1899, Sullivan County, Indiana
Joseph Davison
m/2. 12 December 1901, Lyford, Parke County, Indiana
Preston Calvert Bugher
b. 4 July 1871, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, to Daniel P. and Mercy Monba (Lewis) Bugher
d. 21 August 1911, Salem, Marion County, Oregon
m/3. 1 December 1915, Salem, Marion County, Oregon
J. M. Martin
Children with Preston Calvert Bugher:
Laura resided in Sullivan and Parke counties, Indiana. She emigrated from Indiana in 1907 to Keltner, Texas County, Oklahoma, and then, moved about 1909 to Salem, Marion County, Oregon.
Both her first and third marriages were dissolved.
Submitted by:
Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com
George C Pence
b. 20 November 1791, to Philip Pence
d. 15 June 1866, Hardin County, Iowa
m/1. 20 January 1812, Fayette County, Ohio
Sarah Windle
b. 18 November 1795, Shenandoah County, Virginia, to Peter and Rachel (Wolfe) Windle
d. 18 August 1854, Smith Township, Whitley County, Indiana
m/2. Iowa
Caroline Reese Danger
b. 17 September 1814
d. 5 October 1903, Hardin County, Iowa
Children with Sarah Windle:
The family came to Whitley County, Indiana, from Fayette, Ohio, in 1836. George moved to Iowa in 1856.
There were no children from his second marriage.
Submitted by:
Kay Hilliard
Columbia City IN
William Steers/Steeres Peek
b. 14 January 1839, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to Robert B. and Permelia (Steers) Peek
d. 17 October 1901, Gridley, Coffey County, Kansas
m. 3 November 1859, Shelby County, Indiana
Elizabeth Thompson
b. 2 August 1841, Richland, Rush County, Indiana
d. 20 December 1919, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas
Children with Elizabeth Thompson:
William emigrated from Indiana to Coffey County, Kansas, in 1881.
Selina “Lina” and Cassandra “Kate” Peek married brothers, Thomas C. and Joseph Carter, and remained on adjoining farms in Boone County, Indiana, when the rest of the family moved west by covered wagon. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth (Thompson) Peek went with her son Charles to homestead on land in New Mexico. After about five years, she sold her homestead to her son and returned to Burlington, Kansas, where she died.
Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL
John Peek
b. 16 February 1868, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana, to William S. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Peek
d. 16 May 1945, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
m. 20 December 1905, Iola, Allen County, Kansas
Belle Daisy Isom
b. 2 May 1885, Grayson County, Virginia
d. 24 December 1928, Iola, Allen County, Kansas
Children with Belle Daisy Isom:
John emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Allen County, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Mary F. Peek McBride
Huntsville AL
Squire Bruce Peachee
b. 22 February 1827, Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Rebecca (Rigdon) Peachee
d. 3 August 1899, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
m. 13 August 1844, Daviess County, Indiana
Nancy Lavina Horrell
b. 15 March 1822, Daviess County, Indiana
d. 27 September 1909, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana
Children with Nancy Lavina Horrell:
Squire resided in Barr and Bogard townships in Daviess County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in 1890 to Oklahoma.
Submitted by:
Wana P. Hasler
Newberry IN
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