Sofiah More

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Sofiah More
b. 1 December 1801, Virginia, to John and Sarah (Gandy) More
d. 1879, possibly Grayson County, Texas

m. about 1821, probably Miami County, Ohio
John Beard
b. 21 September 1794, Virginia
d. 23 September 1854, Carroll County, Indiana

Children with John Beard:

  • John More (1823-1904) married (1) Lydia Brackney, (2) Rachel Smith
  • Permilla (1825-bef. 1850) married John Weldey
  • Sarah (1825-1912) married William Nice
  • Mary Jane (1827-1868) married John Edmond Mooney
  • Rachel (1829-1854) married James St. John
  • William (b. 1832) married (1) Phebe Ann Michaels, (2) Floretta Janan
  • Eli (1835-1925) married Mary Jane Hughes
  • Jemina (1838-1907) married Uriah Bates
  • Alexander (1840-1928) married Katherine Burkhalter

Sofiah immigrated to Indiana from Darke County, Ohio, in 1835 and emigrated from Carroll County, Indiana, to Grayson County, Texas, about 1875.

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

William James Bacon

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WILLIAM JAMES BACON
b. 26 August 1877, Madison, Wayne County, Indiana, to James and Arrie (Brooks) Bacon
d. 5 November 1941, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County,Michigan

m. 5 June 1898, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Elizabeth Weidig
b. 15 September 1875, Indianapolis, Marion County,Indiana
d. 16 October 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Children with Elizabeth Weidig:

  • Alfred
  • Ralph
  • Raymond
  • Carl
  • Iva
  • Edward
  • Robert

Only Carl and Iva survived.

William lived in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, until he left the state about 1920.

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Joan Van Fulpen
Kalamazoo MI

Maurice Hathaway Moore

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Maurice Hathaway Moore
b. 27 December 1893, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Nathan and Imogene (Waldron) Moore
d. 26 January 1965, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California

m. 6 June 1920, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California
Henriette Catherine Bauchou
b. 10 December 1895, San Francisco, California
d. 14 April 1938, Mountain View, California

Children with Henriette Catherine Bauchou:

  • Donald John
  • Robert James

First Lieutenant Maurice H. Moore, flying instructor in the U.S. Air Corps during World War I, held a record for earning his wings after only six hours of flight training. In 1939 he was appointed county auditor for Santa Clara County, California, and was re-elected to two additional terms before accepting a similar position with the city of Palo Alto. He was a Mason and a past commander of the Knights Templar.

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Donald John Moore
Palo Alto CA

Nathan Albert Moore

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Nathan Albert Moore
b. 5 July 1863, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, to Aaron and Mary (Roush) Moore
d. 8 May 1940, Santa Cruz, California

m. 23 August 1886, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
Imogene Waldron
b. 20 September 1864, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
d. 25 December 1920, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

Children with Imogene Waldron:

Nathan resided in New Castle, Henry County, and Indianapolis and Southport, Marion County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in 1912 to Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.

Nathan was a partner in the grocery firm of Fairfield and Moore in New Castle, Indiana, from 1883 to 1892. In 1892 he moved to Indianapolis, where he opened up a new grocery and meat market at I-5 Indiana Avenue. He purchased and used the first gasoline powered delivery truck to serve his customers in Indianapolis. After moving to California during the 1920’s, he owned a gold claim and prospected for gold in the California gold country.

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Donald John Moore
Palo Alto CA

Ezra Franklin Moore

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Ezra Franklin Moore
b. 14 November 1856, near Freedom, Indiana, to James L. and Louisiana (Dickerson) Moore
d. 11 April 1924, Norborne, Carroll County, Missouri

m. 30 December 1880, Owen County, Indiana
Adelphia “Delphia” Ann Need
b. 30 April 1858, Sulllivan County, Indiana
d. 24 June 1932, Carroll County, Missouri

Children with Adelphia Ann Need:

  • Clara Adell (1881-1965) married Marion Granger Stewart
  • James Oscar (1884-1961) married Matilda Charlotte Stauffer
  • Lusia L. (1886-1952) married Claude C. York

Ezra was a twin, the other baby dying shortly after birth. He was so small that he could be held in the palm of the hand, and it was feared that he would not survive, but he was tenacious. When Ezra was a small child, he was sent to the Miller’s to have some grain ground. On the way home, one of the sacks fell off the wagon and broke. The lad stayed with the precious meal, guarding it from the birds, until the family came to look for him the next morning.

On 12 December 1869, Ezra’s father died, leaving six children under the age of 13 years. By 1876 Louisiana, the mother, had died and the six children were orphans.

Ezra, who was 19 when his mother died, went to live and work for his aunt, Hannah (Dickerson) Payne, in Brocton, Illinois. After his marriage to Adelphia, Ezra’s cousin urged him to “come west” to Missouri.

In February 1903 the Moore family moved to a farm west of Norborne, Missouri, where Ezra raised fine horses, cattle, and mules for the army. Then in 1912 Ezra and Adelphia built a home in Norborne. Ezra started the first co-op in Norborne with three other men and organized the first Odd Fellows lodge chapter.

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Kay Barchers
Richmond MO

Robert Hugh Montgomery

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Robert Hugh Montgomery
b. 20 June 1834, Redding, Jackson County, Indiana, to Richard and Annabell (Clarkson) Montgomery
d. 6 May 1913, Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas

m. 7 October 1866, Kansas
Mary Brock

Children with Mary Brock:

  • Annabella married Hugh Graves
  • Walter
  • William Henry
  • Florence married George Armstrong

Robert emigrated from Jackson County, Indiana, to Albion, Monroe County, Iowa, in 1854. His parents were both born in Scotland, and it is said that they were educated at Glasgow University. Since they believed so strongly in education, they organized a school in their home and invited other children in the area to attend. Of their ten children, a daughter Annabell was born in Scotland. All of the others were born in Indiana.

Robert was the only child in his family to leave Indiana. After his parents’ deaths, he went in search of more education. At first he went to Albion, Iowa, where he boarded with a family, worked on their farm, and attended school. In 1855 he secured a teaching position in Clarinda, Adams County, Iowa. In 1856 he decided to move to Kansas, where he bought property near Topeka in the spring, improved it, sold it in the fall of 1856, and returned to teaching.

At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Robert was mustered into service at Troy, Kansas, into Company B, 13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, in June 1865 and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

After the war, he bought property at Doniphan County, Kansas, and married a former pupil Mary Brock. In addition to the children listed, they had two other children who died young. In November 1865 he was elected state representative and served to 1868.

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Martha Montgomery Martin
Williamsburg VA

William Craigmile Montgomery

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William Craigmile Montgomery 
b. 8 May 1840, Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana, to Andrew and Lydia (Craigmile) Montgomery
d. 22 February 1918, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

m/1.
Dorcas Ann Barlow (perhaps)

m/2.
Delia Feeney
b. 16 December 1853, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 6 August 1925, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

Children with Dorcas Ann Barlow:

  • Caroline (who was about the same age as her stepmother)

Children with Delia Feeney:

  • Margaret Mary “Molly” (b. 1875) married John Alexander
  • Luella (b. 1878) married George Downer
  • Lydia Katherine (b. 1881) married William Noah Sidlinger
  • William Amos (b. 1884) married Anna Edith Rummerfield
  • Andrew Earl (1889–1980) married Sarah Ikel

William Craigmile Montgomery emigrated in 1887 to Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas.

William C. Montgomery’s grandparents, James and Mary Montgomery and Alexander and Rachael Craigmile, all came from Tyrone County, Ireland. The Craigmiles lived in Indiana and in Butler County, Ohio.

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Virginia Sidlinger Foster
Hastings NE

Lydia Katherine Montgomery

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Lydia Katherine Montgomery
b. 25 August 1881, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, to William Craigmile and Delia (Feeney) Montgomery
d. 12 January 1974, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

m. 29 May 1906, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
William Noah Sidlinger
b. 13 October 1881, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
d. 15 March 1975, Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska

Children with William Noah Sidlinger:

  • Virginia married (1) [–?–] Gustafson, (2) [–?–] Foster
  • Frances Jean
  • William Arthur

Lydia emigrated from Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, in 1887 to Johnson County, then Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas.

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Virginia Sidlinger Foster
Hastings NE

Henry Raymond Monroe

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Henry Raymond Monroe
b. 8 October 1888, Austin, Scott County, Indiana, to Joseph Levi and Mary Ann (Owens) Monroe
d. 28 April 1968, Newcastle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

m/1. 17 September 1909, Austin, Scott County, Indiana
Bertha June Peacock
b. 17 October 1887, Austin, Scott County, Indiana, to William and Sarah (Bolser) Peacock
d. 23 May 1944, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

m/2. about 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleo Harriott

Children with Bertha June Peacock:

  • Miles Lee (1910–1963) married Florence Gerber
  • Kenneth Raymond (b. 1912) married Ruth Reimer
  • Mary Mosell (1915–1988) married (1) John Pierring, (2) Lawrence F. “Jack” McIntire
  • Emma Elizabeth (1917–1987) married (1) Willard Owens, (2) Robert White
  • Josephine Wilma (1921–1986) married Robert Isabella
  • Margaret Rose (b. 1923) married Edward Seiling

Henry Monroe’s father and mother and his paternal grandfather, William P. Monroe, were all native-born Hoosiers.

Henry was Bertha June Peacock’s second husband. She first married Clem Chasteen.

Henry tried farming in both Indiana and South Dakota between 1917 and 1927 but in October 1927 moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he accepted a position as plant policeman with the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. He remained in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1953 and move to Newcastle, Pennsylvania.

Henry’s son Kenneth Raymond did not like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after moving there in October 1927 with his parents. On 23 February 1934, with only an eighth grade education, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1960, after receiving a high school diploma from George Washington University and graduating from Los Angeles City College, he accepted a position as comptroller with the U.S. State Department. He retired after 10 years with a total of 35 years service with the U.S. government.

Submitted by:
Kenneth R. Monroe
Tampa FL

Elvira Jane Mitchell

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Elvira Jane Mitchell
b. 26 December 1858, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Adam and Elizabeth Eve (Crumbaker) Mitchell
d. 8 February 1949, Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska

m. 20 October 1881, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Christopher Frederick Babel
b. 17 October 1856, Washington, D.C., to Christopher Adam and Sophia (Ikler/Eikler) Babel
d. 1 January 1937, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Children with Christopher Frederick Babel:

  • Allora Belle (b. 23 August 1882) married John Hoye
  • Charles Adam (b. November 1884) married Veda Hansen
  • Wilbur Roy (b. 15 November 1886) married Grace Brown
  • Frederick Ernest (b. 26 November 1888) married Hazel Wahl
  • William Wesley (b. 17 November 1890) married Pearl Jones
  • Inez Olive (10 April 1893–21 July 1973) married William Dee Highland
  • Gladys Catherine (b. 2 June 1898) married H. Kenneth Cates

Elvira emigrated from Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Muskingum County, Ohio.

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Karen Kellogg Mason
Mt. Vernon WA