George Joseph Byerly

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George Joseph Byerly
b. 1799, Rowan County, North Carolina, to John David and Louisa (Lukenbill) Byerly
d. 24 March 1867, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

m/1. 1818, North Carolina
Lydia Sappenfield
b. 1804, to Mattias and Secrist Sappenfield
d. about 1821

Children with Lydia Sappenfield:

  • David (1819-1870) married Susannah Myers
  • John Riley (1820-1904) married (1) Lydia Brock, (2) Josephine Dye

m/2. about 1822, Rowan County, North Carolina
Leah Sappenfield (twin sister of his first wife)
b. 1804, Rowan County, North Carolina
d. 12 February 1878, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Children with Leah Sappenfield:

  • Catherine (1824-1902) married (1) James Mottern, (2) Nicholas Mottern
  • Rachel (1826-1900) married Jesse Koonz
  • George Washington (1829-aft. 1909) married (1) Margaret H. Miller, (2) Mary J. [–?–]
  • William Mathias (1831-bef. 1909) married Elizabeth Amy [–?–]
  • Andrew J. (1833-1916) married (1) Sus. S. [–?–], (2) Mary Jane Burnside
  • Francis Marion (1835-1907) married Mary J. [–?–]
  • Mary Ann Lucy (1837-1873) married David Lanning
  • Jacob Mathias (1841-1930) married Arrilla Catherine Fall
  • Leah A. (1844-aft. 1909) married (1) Joel Peppin Fall, (2) John E. Bissell
  • Lydia L. (1844-aft. 1909) married Joshua A. Moss
  • Ephriam Melanchthon (1847-1935) married Minnie E. [–?–]

The family came to Greene Township, Parke County, Indiana, in 1828 and left in 1858. Members of this family have used various spellings: Byerly, Byerlee, Bierly, Birely, Byarley, Byerley, Byerly, Sappenfield,Zappenfeldt, Lukenbill, Lookabill, and Luckenbill.

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Lucy F. Katz
Long Beach CA

Sarah Elizabeth Livengood

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Sarah Elizabeth Livengood
b. 4 August 1847, Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana, to Elias and Barbara (Star’ness) Livengood
d. 17 December 1932, Crescent, Logan County, Oklahoma

m. 12 February 1867, Hardin County, Iowa
William Riley Ballard
b. 2 September 1832, New York
d. 5 June 1910, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas

Children with William Riley Ballard:

  • Carrie Evenaline
  • William Elias
  • Cora Isadine
  • Minnie Melvina

Sarah emigrated about 1855 from Fountain County, Indiana, to Hardin County, Iowa.

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JoAnn Wilkerson
Lenexa KS

Timothy B Lewis

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Timothy B Lewis
b. 1819, Steuben County, New York, to William and Sarah (Miller) Lewis
d. 20 July 1878, Grant Township, Riley County, Kansas

m. 23 April 1840, Jennings County, Indiana
Mahala or Melinda Lett

Children with Mahala/Melinda Lett:

  • Thomas M. (1845–1860)
  • Mary Jane (1848–1877) married Thomas Jefferson Murphy
  • Salina Ann (1849–1927) married John Joseph Robbins
  • Daniel Thomas (b. 1851) married Katie Mayfield
  • Rachel Esther (1859–1913) married James Doyle
  • Marion M. (b. 1861)
  • Melvin (b. 1861)
  • William Lincoln (adopted) (b. 1863) married Addie Orr

Timothy resided in three Indiana counties: Jennings, Shelby, and Rush. He moved in 1865 to Grant Township, Riley County, Kansas. Timothy Lewis was a Baptist minister at Coffee Creek Baptist Church, Jennings County, Indiana.

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Kevin L. Stilley
Manhattan KS
E-mail: trlrhouseman@aol.com

Joseph C Lewis

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Joseph C Lewis
b. 1810, Canada

m. 3 March 1833, Carroll County, Indiana
Azzuba Munn
b. 1811, Ohio, probably to David and Tabitha (Frizell) Munn
d. before 1870

Children with Azzuba Munn:

  • Mercy Monba (b. 1833) married Daniel P. Bugher
  • Augusta (b. ca. 1834)
  • Emily (b. ca. 1840) married [–?–] Anderson
  • William (b. 1842)
  • JoAnn (b. ca. 1844)
  • Miron/Morris (b. ca. 1846)
  • Samuel E. (b. ca. 1848) married Isabel Davis
  • Juliann (b. 1850)
  • David (b. ca. 1853) married Isabel David
  • Alice (b. ca. 1857) married Francis M. Barron

Joseph lived in two Indiana counties, Carroll and Parke. He emigrated from Indiana in 1833 to Michigan, and moved by 1840 to the area that became Kendall County, Illinois, in 1841.

Joseph was a cooper while living at Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois. After her husband’s death, Azzuba returned to Indiana, where she is found in Parke County in the 1870 and 1880 censuses along with some of their children.

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Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

David Vawter Lewis

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David Vawter Lewis
b. 9 November 1816, Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, to Alexander and Nancy A. (Vawter) Lewis
d. 1898, Barnard, Lincoln County, Kansas

m. 12 September 1839, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Ann Grinstead
b. 8 November 1814, Warren County, Kentucky
d. 28 February 1904, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas

Children with Ann Grinstead:

  • Bushron W.
  • Frances A.
  • Martha
  • Melvina J.
  • Alexander
  • Susan E.
  • John
  • Sarah

The family moved to Green, Wapello County, Iowa, in 1860.

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Pearl Howard Wolf
Seattle WA

William Lewelling

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William Lewelling
b. 28 September 1817, Randolph County, North Carolina, to Meshach and Jane (Brookshire) Lewelling
d. before 11 December 1847, Indiana

m. 21 February 1838, Henry County, Indiana
Cyrena “Sirena” Wilson
b. 27 November 1817, Highland County, Ohio, to Michael C. and Rebecca (Reece) Wilson
d. 19 November 1856, Henry County, Iowa

Children with Cyrena Wilson:

  • Rebecca (1839–1922) married (1) Allan Hampton, (2) [–?–] Frazier, (3) [–?–] Chantry
  • Elvina (1840–1909) married (1) Joseph H. Bond, (2) Lew Trueblood
  • Anna (b. 1842) married Norton Hockett
  • Asa Guy (1845–1941) married Amanda Virginia Hord
  • Lorenzo Dow (1846–1900) married Angeline C. Cook

In 1838 William Lewelling moved with his brothers, Henderson and John, to Henry County, Iowa.

William, a Quaker minister, was a powerful advocate of the abolition of slavery. In 1847, while lecturing either in Illinois or Indiana, “with great fervor, power, and energy” on his constant theme, William was taken ill and afterwards “took to his bed and never arose.”

At the time of this lecture, William had admonished his friends and assistant, “Thee will have to look after Cyrena and the children, Eric.” Within a short time Cyrena Lewelling became the wife of Eric Knudson. But in 1856 a fire took Cyrena’s life, and the Lewelling children became orphans.

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Jacqueline Frank Strickland
Rockwall TX

Francis M Wade Lemming

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Francis M Wade Lemming
b. 27 March 1861, Medina Township, Warren County, Indiana, to Ephraim and Ann (Henry) Lemmings
d. 26 July 1937, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

m/1. 27 June 1894, Warren County, Indiana
Mary Jane Crow
b. 1870, Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana

m/2. after 1922, Los Angeles, California
Loretta [–?–]

Children with Mary Jane Crow:

  • Cora Inez (1895-1975) married Frank R. Martin
  • Fred Earl (1897-1947) married (1) Eva [–?–], (2) Edith V. “Nettie” Smith

Francis Lemming resided in both Medina and Jordan townships of Warren County, and in Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Wade Lemming left Indiana for the West in the 1880’s. In 1890 he resided in Newcastle, Wyoming Territory, and later the same year, near Cotopaxi, Colorado. He and his wife settled in Salida, Colorado, where their two children were born.

In the late 1890’s Wade was living in Denver, Colorado, where he was employed as chief lineman for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. But by 1905 he had returned to Indiana and was farming in Jordan Township, Warren County, where he remained until June 1918.

He left Indiana for the last time in 1918 and spent the last nineteen years of his life employed by the Christian Science organization in the Los Angeles, California, area. Mary Jane remained in Indiana and filed for divorce in 1922 on grounds of desertion. He died in Pasadena, California, and is buried in San Gabriel.

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Donald H. Ebbler
Glendora CA

Regina Maria Leedy

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Regina Maria Leedy
b. 27 March 1859, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to John Keith and Regina M. (Chapman) Leedy
d. 9 October 1939, Spokane, Washington

m. 26 June 1890, Racine, Wisconsin
Edwin Herbert Knight
b. 15 November 1864, Thomasburg, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
d. 3 April 1943, Spokane, Washington

Children with Edwin Herbert Knight:

  • Phillip Graham (1892–1913)
  • Gayton Leedy (1895–1972)

Regina moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1890 and to Spokane, Washington, in 1896. She was a small woman who enjoyed parties and weekend poker with friends. She cared little for housework but made good biscuits and buckwheat pancakes.

Edwin Knight moved to Chicago from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, in 1875 and became a naturalized citizen in 1891. After settling in Spokane, Washington, in 1896, he established Diamond Drill Contracting Company with a partner and, in 1911, became president of Farmers & Mechanics Bank.

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Barbara J. Cruchon
Seattle WA

Gertrude Leedy

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Gertrude Leedy
b. 4 April 1852, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana
d. 14 March 1924, Seattle, Washington

m. 21 December 1885, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Frank S. Shurick
b. 7 June 1845, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Adam Frank and [–?–] Shurick
d. 25 September 1895/1898, Rutherford, New Jersey

Children with Frank S. Shurick:

  • Amy married Dan McInnis
  • Karl Chapman
  • Adam Thomas

Gertrude moved in 1910 to Seattle, Washington, where she worked for women’s suffrage under the pseudonym Mrs. G.L. Lake in order not to embarrass some conservative relatives.

From The Leedy Family History, compiled and edited by Gordon M. Connelly, Leedy family historian (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1985).

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Barbara J. Cruchon
Seattle WA

Warren Ferris Lee

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Warren Ferris Lee
b. 19 January 1799, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, to Elisha and Sally (Pitcher) Lee
d. 3 April 1859, Fawn River Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan

m. 16 October 1828
Eliza Maynard Nelson
b. 30 September 1809
d. 24 April 1890, Missouri

Children with Eliza Maynard Nelson:

  • Charles N (b. ca. 1831, New York)
  • Eliza Z. (b. ca. 1838, New York)
  • Henry (b. 1841, Indiana)
  • Mary (31 March 1844–9 June 1910) married Alfred Toll
  • Elizabeth (b. ca. 1848, Michigan)

Warren Ferris Lee moved to St. Joseph County, Indiana, by 1840 and after 1840, to Fawn River, St. Joseph County, Michigan, where he purchased a small flour mill and distillery on Fawn River from a Mr. Freeman. In the 1845 census of St. Joseph County, Michigan, the Lees were living in Fawn River Township.

About 1848, Warren F. Lee served as town clerk of Fawn River Township. But by 1850 the Lee family had moved to LaGrange County, Indiana, where Warren was running an inn called the Lima House with the help of his son Charles. Then in 1858, Warren was back across the state line in Fawn River Township, serving as a delegate to the St. Joseph County, Michigan, Democratic County Convention.

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Paul P. Brinkman
Kansas City MO