Reverend Thomas Henry Fertig
b. 1 October 1856, Posey, Harrison County, Indiana to Jacob and Nancy Matilda (Cook) Fertig
d. 24 November 1933, Spokane, Washington
m. 8 September 1887, Baldwin City, Kansas
Adda Bolton
d. after 1933
Children with Adda Bolton:
Rev. Fertig emigrated about 1885 from Indiana to Adams, Idaho.
Submitted by:
William Harold Hedden
Arvada CO
David W Fertig
b. 28 January 1854, Taylor Township, Henderson County, Kentucky, to John and Mary Elizabeth (Swatz) Fertig
d. 26 September 1913, Red River, Kittson County, Minnesota
m.
Emma Olson
b. April 1861, Sweden
Children with Emma Olson:
Submitted by:
William Harold Hedden
Arvada CO
William Stanley Faris
b. 7 February 1830, Washington County, Indiana, to Isaac and Margaret (McIntyre) Farris
d. 7 June 1909, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
m/1. 23 September 1857, Louisa County, Iowa
Hadassah Jane Cavin
m/2. 12 January 1869, Des Moines County, Iowa
Margaret Tirzah Tippin
b. 21 September 1847, Washington County, Indiana
d. 9 December 1918, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Children with Hadassa Jane Cavin:
Children with Margaret Tirzah Tippin:
William emigrated from Indiana to Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1856.
Submitted by:
Ronald F. Rittel
Des Moines IA
James E Excell
b. March 1889, Michigan, to Frank and Mary Ellen (Lovett) Excell
d. 21 January 1941, Michigan
m. 15 November 1911, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Elva M. Wertenberger
b. 4 July 1893, near Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana
d. September 1981, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Children with Elva M. Wertenberger:
James immigrated to Monroe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, from Michigan with his parents in 1890. He lived near Claypool, Kosciusko County, Indiana, and emigrated from Indiana to near Lansing, Michigan, about 1915.
Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN
Magdalena Ettenson
b. 6 July 1857, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 14 February 1924, Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington
m. 20 January 1880, Perry County, Indiana
Joseph Davis
b. 5 March 1848, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 26 May 1917, Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Children with Joseph Davis:
Magdalena moved in 1888 to Chattaroy, Spokane County, Washington.
Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA
Isabelle English
b. 3 September 1877, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
m.
James H. Fortner
Isabelle lived in Vincennes after her marriage. She moved first to Illinois and then to Missouri. Isabelle had five or six children.
Submitted by:
Wanda Brown
St. Louis MO
John/Johannes Endress
b. 17 October 1802, Rudersburg, Wurtenburg, Germany, to Gottfried and Anna Marie Endress
d. 1859, Freedom, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
m. 1829, Pennsylvania
Rosina Rein
b. 15 July 1805, Butler County, Pennsylvania
d. about 1869, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Children with Rosina Rein:
The Endress and Rein families immigrated to America to join the Harmony Society founded by George Rapp in Germany. A religious Utopian society, holding all property in common, the Society became a busy and successful farming community. The excellent farmland in Indiana drew the Society there for ten years, but in 1825 it returned to Pennsylvania and built a new town at Economy.
John (Johannes) Endress immigrated to Indiana from Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, to New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, in 1815. In 1825 he moved with members of the society to Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Very carefully controlled, members of the Economy community had almost no contact with the outside world. As regulations tightened, marriage was banned and celibacy was enforced, causing many young people to withdraw from the society. John (Johannes) Endress, his wife, and his mother-in-law Eva Rosina (Lambert) Rein were among them.
Submitted by:
Nancy B. Fratt
Westfield NJ
Travis Adcock Emry
b. 3 June 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, to James and Rachael (Moorman) Adcock
d. 31 January 1866, Penn Township, Jefferson County, Iowa
m/1.
[–?–]
m/2. 27 August 1818, Center Quaker Meeting House, Wayne County, Indiana
Elizabeth Frazier
b. 15 May 1795, Randolph County, North Carolina
d. 23 July 1871, Penn Township, Jefferson County, Iowa
Children with Elizabeth Frazier:
Travis immigrated to Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana, possibly from Highland County, Ohio, about 1814. He emigrated in 1837 to Henry County, Iowa.
Although the family name was changed from Adcock to Emery by the Indiana General Assembly on 22 January 1835, the family has generally spelled the name Emry. Harriett Emry, a granddaughter, wrote in 1941 that the Adcock name was changed to Emry because the children were being teased at school about their name.
From Tucker’s History of Randolph County, Indiana: “The first settler in Washington Township may have been Travis Adcock…”
Submitted by:
Col. (Ret.) Joseph P. Barnes, FACG
Dewey AZ
Joshua Emmons
b. 28 January 1800, Virginia
d. 19 November 1883, Liberty, Johnson County, Iowa
m. 29 July 1823, Ross County, Ohio
Elizabeth Durham
b. 6 March 1805, Ohio
d. 14 April 1880, Liberty, Johnson County, Iowa
Children with Elizabeth Durham:
Joshua resided in 1850 in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. He moved to Johnson County, Iowa.
Submitted by:
Patrick Loan
Oxford IA
George E Emery
b. 29 September 1815, Pennsylvania, to William and Elizabeth Emery
d. 28 March 1907, LeRoy Township, Coffey County, Kansas
m/1.
[–?–]
m/2. 16 August 1849, Seneca County, Ohio
Harriet Buell
b. 1817
m/3.
[–?–]
Children with 1st wife:
Children with Harriet Buell:
Children with 3rd wife:
George was a miller at three Indiana locations. Existing letters from him indicate that his life was a constant struggle. His second wife, Harriet, became mentally ill and spent much time at Central State Hospital in Indianapolis. His son-in-law, Daniel Taylor, was killed in the Civil War. His sons, Jonathan and Samuel, also served in the war, and Jonathan lost a leg at Chickamauga.
Harriet went with George to Missouri, where they lived at the time of enumeration of the 1870 U.S. census. She apparently died between 1870 and 1880 because in the 1880 U.S. census George is found in Coffee County, Kansas, with his third wife.
Submitted by:
Carol Wortman Moellering
Fort Wayne IN
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