Albert Sidney Butner

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Albert Sidney Butner
b. 28 December 1866, Whitestown, Boone County, Indiana, to Sandy Thomas and Rebecca (Neese) Butner
d. 8 May 1936, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

m. about 1900
Laura O. Ayers
b. 24 September 1873, Grant or Fulton County, Indiana
d. 13 December 1959, Kansas City, Missouri

Children with Laura O. Ayers:

  • LaVelle Albert (1901-1944) married Edna Gertrude Baland
  • Thomas Marion (1903-1959)
  • “Sally” Elmire (1905-1985) married Ira Lassiter
  • Ruby (b. 1907) married Holland Watson
  • Clifford (b. 1910)

Albert emigrated from Indiana in 1868 to Scranton, Greene County, Iowa.

Submitted by:
Linda Willman Wilson
Kansas City MO

George Leslie Butcher

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George Leslie Butcher 
b. 15 June 1878, Green Township, Jay County, Indiana to Charles Butcher and Sarah Elizabeth Doty
d. 28 March 1964, Wakeeney, Trego County, Kansas

m. 8 May 1907, Riverside Township, Trego County, Kansas
Mary Grace Hays
b. 19 October 1889, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas
d. 24 July 1965, Wakeeney, Trego County, Kansas

Children with Mary Grace Hays:

  • Frances Edan (b. 1908) married Earl Roberts
  • Viola Pearl (b. 1910) married William Herbert Wanker
  • Lillie Bell (b. 1911) married Robert Eric Eckman
  • Carl Leslie (b. 1917) married Neva Arlene Lynd

George Butcher was a member of the Methodist Church in Wakeeney, where he was instrumental in organizing local congregations and was issued an exhorters license to preach.

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Marilyn Eckman Rittel
Des Moines IA

Charles Butcher

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Charles Butcher
b. September 1848, Ohio, to Christian and Mary (Hofman) Butcher
d. 5 December 1902, Trego County, Kansas

m. 24 January 1869, Jay County, Indiana
Sarah Elizabeth Doty
b. Indiana
d. 1898, Trego County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Elizabeth Doty:

  • Anna L. (b. 1869) married Francis M. Epperly
  • Alma (b. 1871) married (1) [–?–] Smith, (2) Eli Davis
  • Cordelia Bell (b. 1873) married George Mitchell
  • James Madison (1875-1953) married Margaret Mae Cook
  • George Leslie (1878-1964) married Mary Grace Hays
  • Frances Lenora (b. 1880) married Francis A. Hayes
  • Charles (1883-1904)
  • Henry Cleveland (1885-1960) married Anna C. Snelling

Charles emigrated in 1882 from Green Township, Jay County, Indiana, to Ellsworth County, Kansas. He moved in 1891 to Trego County and homesteaded seventeen miles southwest of Wakeeney.

Submitted by:
Marilyn Eckman Rittel
Des Moines IA

James Vance Bunten

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James Vance Bunten
b. 16 December 1816, Mercer County, Kentucky, to William and Leannah (Wilson) Bunten
d. 16 July 1875, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri

m. 19 October 1841, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri
Ursula Flanary
b. 4 December 1820, Virginia
d. 10 September 1883, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri

Children with Ursula Flanary:

  • Mary Ann (1842-1848)
  • Sarah Jane (1844-1848)
  • John F. (1846-1875) married Sallie Merritt
  • Susan S. (1848-1886) married John Wiley Worrel
  • William (1850-1930) married Alta Marlotte
  • James Marion (1852-1917) married Mary B. Nettie Jenkins
  • Henry Clay (1854-1869)
  • George Washington (1855-1856)
  • Martha Lee (1857-1879)
  • Thomas Green (1858-1943) married Dora Emma Gardner
  • Benjamin Franklin (1863-1864)

James Vance Bunten’s father, William Bunten, left Kentucky, James’s birthplace, due to his antipathy to slavery. James V. Bunten resided at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, and moved in 1841 to Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri.

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Boris N. Bulatkin
Wichita KS

Zeriuah Bullock

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Zeriuah Bullock
b. 5 September 1847, Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana, to William and Eliza Jane (Main) Bullock
d. 21 March 1922, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington

m. 12 August 1866, Aleado, Abington Township, Mercer County, Illinois
John Sheckels
b. April 1837, Wolfe Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky
d. 1866, Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska

Children with John Sheckels:

  • William
  • John
  • James
  • Sonarria
  • Leoria
  • Grace
  • George

Zeriuah emigrated from Crawford County, Indiana, to Aleado, Abington Township, Mercer County, Illinois, before 1866.

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Patricia Armstrong
Mooresville IN

Preston C Bugher

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Preston C Bugher
b. 4 July 1871, Carroll County, Indiana, to Daniel P. and Mercy Monba (Lewis) Bugher
d. 21 August 1911, Salem, Marion County, Oregon

m/1. 28 December 1893, Warren County, Indiana
Emma Stella Smith

m/2. 22 September 1898
Emma Stella Smith

m/3. 12 December 1901, Parke County, Indiana
Laura Phillips
b. 9 September 1879, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Thomas Walter and Alice Ann (Coker) Philips
d. 24 August 1956, Salem, Polk County, Oregon

Children with Laura Phillips:

  • Hazel (1902-1986) married Marion Charles Andresen
  • Walter C. (b. 1908) married Pearl M. Patterson

Both marriages to Emma Stella Smith were later dissolved.

About 1907, Preston and Laura moved to a claim in Texas County in the Oklahoma panhandle. Following a few years in a dugout on the claim and as operator of a livery stable in Guymon, Preston decided to move to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Following Preston’s death in 1911, his widow shipped his body back to Rosedale, Parke County, Indiana, for burial. Her plans were to return to Indiana to live, but after living in Indiana for a short time, she moved back to Oregon to raise her children.

Preston enlisted on 13 May 1898 and served as a private in Company K, 2nd U.S. Infantry, during the Spanish American War. He fought in four battles of Santiago in 1898 and was honorably discharged at Anniston, Alabama, on 16 January 1899.

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

Ollie Ray Buchanan

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Ollie Ray Buchanan
b. 28 February 1881, Eli, Russell County, Kentucky, to [–?–] and Rebecca (Rader) Buchanan
d. 15 April 1918, Russell County, Kentucky

m.
Lavinia “Viney” Conover
b. 22 January 1880, Russell County, Kentucky
d. 20 March 1912, Russell County, Kentucky

Children with Lavinia Conover:

  • Marion Thomas
  • George Albert
  • Leora

Ollie immigrated to Terre Haute, Indiana, from Russell County, Kentucky, in 1903 and returned to Russell County, Kentucky, about 1912.

Submitted by:
Carol Buchanan Susnick
Scottsburg IN

Sterne Brunson

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Sterne Brunson
b. 1806, Genesee County, New York, to Reuben and Nancy (Cathcart) Brunson
d. April 1878, Benton Harbor, Michigan

m. 27 April 1826, Wayne County, Indiana
Sarah Shank
b. about 1808, Pennsylvania
d. August 1886, Benton Harbor, Michigan

Children with Sarah Shank:

  • Lewis
  • Nancy A. (b. 28 October 1830, Wayne County, Indiana) married (1) Alvin Burridge, (2) S.G. Antisdale
  • John (b. ca. 1832 in Elkhart County, Indiana)
  • Rufus (b. 24 June 1835)
  • Allen (b. 21 October 1837)
  • Horace (b. ca. 1838)

Sterne Brunson moved about 1812 with his parents and his grandparents from Genesee County, New York, to Cincinnati, Ohio. David Cathcart, his mother’s brother, was postmaster there.

After only three years in Ohio, the extended family moved to Wayne County, Indiana, where they remained until 1830, when they moved to Elkhart County, Indiana.

Sterne’s maternal grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran Robert Cathcart, died several years after the move to Elkhart County and was buried at Bristol, Indiana.

Sterne Brunson remained on his farm near Elkhart until 1859, when he purchased two hundred acres in Michigan, the present site of Benton Harbor. There he conceived the idea of building a canal of nearly one mile in length to connect the St. Joseph River with Lake Michigan. The canal was first named Brunson Canal, and the village established on the east bank of the river was named Brunson Harbor but later changed to Benton Harbor. To many, Sterne Brunson was known as the “father” of Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Submitted by:
Elaine Smith
Elkhart IN 

Theodore Bruner

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Theodore Bruner
b. 27 September 1880, Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, to Ulrich and Ida (Rensch) Bruner
d. 7 December 1961, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

m. 1 December 1906, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois
Bertha Terrell/Tyrrell
b. 23 May 1882, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois
d. 10 June 1975, Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada

Children with Bertha Terrell/Tyrrell:

  • Tyrrell
  • Florence
  • Ethel
  • Helen
  • Laura
  • Merle
  • Redith

Theodore emigrated from Indiana in 1885 to Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Marie B. Bruner
Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

John Bruner

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John Bruner
b. 17 May 1821, Breckenridge County, Kentucky
d. 16 January 1903, Audubon County, Iowa

m. 27 May 1841, Brunerstown, Putnam County, Indiana
Susanna Wright
b. 1826
d. 17 October 1853, Champaign County, Illinois

Children with Susanna Wright:

  • Perry Albert
  • Elizabeth
  • Mary Jane
  • Harriett Annie
  • Emily J.
  • James Milton

John immigrated to Indiana before 1841 from Kentucky. He emigrated between 1847 and 1850 from Putnam County, Indiana, to Champaign County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA