Jane “Jennie” Boggs

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Jane “Jennie” Boggs
b. 15 January 1863, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Andrew Hamilton and Martha (Thomas) Boggs
d. 16 June 1946, Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma

m/1.
John L. Rock

m/2. 15 March 1895, Clunette, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Edwin Forrest Shinn
b. 7 August 1853, Logan County, Ohio
d. 17 May 1938, Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Children with John L. Rock:

  • John Lestrang, Jr.
  • Zena Fay

Children with Edwin Forrest Shinn:

  • Earl Forrest
  • Edna Joy

When Jennie found out that her first husband, John L. Rock, had another wife and children from whom he had not bothered to disentangle himself legally, she was, needless to say, awarded custody of their two children John, Jr. and Zena Fay.

Jennie and Edwin Shinn emigrated from Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, after their marriage in 1895.

Throughout her life, Jennie was a resourceful woman. In May 1920 when her granddaughter, Genevieve Joy Peters, was born prematurely, weighing only two pounds and five ounces, Jennie kept the baby alive by feeding her with an eyedropper and surrounding her with hot bricks wrapped in flannel.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Albert Boggs

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Albert Boggs
b. 3 March 1883, near Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to William Andrew and Frances E. (Stephenson) Boggs
d. 23 February 1903, San Miguel, New Mexico

Albert moved to Las Vegan, San Miguel County, New Mexico, in 1903 because he had consumption and hoped to benefit his health.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Joseph Ellsworth Bland

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Joseph Ellsworth Bland
b. 24 October 1858, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, to James Jacob and Martha Jane (Monk) Bland
d. 26 October 1933, Juneau, Alaska

m. 26 September 1886, Edison, Skagit County, Washington
Margaret Virginia “Maggie” Ewing
b. 24 September 1869, Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, to William Henry and Margaret Jane (Filey) Ewing
d. 28 December 1950, Juneau, Alaska

Children with Margaret Virginia Ewing:

  • Gertrude Amelia (1887-1953) married Edward Shields Jewell
  • Emma Etta (1889-1927) married Frank Talmage Thurman
  • Ethel Minerva (1892-1959) married Edward Newton Pettichord
  • Myrtle Martha (1895-1974) married Wilbur Bernie Converse
  • Anna Pearl (1898-1898)
  • Charles William (1900-1949) married Brownie Valentine Crosby
  • Myrna Neona (1904-1980) married George Francis Martin
  • Alta Margaret (1907-1932) married Robert Orme
  • George Earl (1911-1967) married Brita Karina Ask

Joseph emigrated from Greene County, Indiana, to Juneau, Alaska, in 1885.

Submitted by:
Burnetta West Ooley
Seattle WA

Fritz Berger

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Fritz Berger
b. 7 January 1845, Germany
d. 13 May 1892, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio

m. 7 November 1876, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Veronica Schof
b. 4 February 1852, Germany
d. 25 April 1920, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio

Children with Veronica Schof:

  • Frank (b. 20 October 1877) married Susanna [–?–]
  • Albert (b. 25 July 1881)
  • William (b. 8 October 1882)
  • John (b. 2 July 1883)
  • Mary (b. 12 December 1884) married Frank Kuhn
  • Clara (b. ca. 1886-died young)
  • Louise (b. 12 January 1888) married Freedom L. Johnson
  • Veronica “Rose” (b. 12 April 1889) married John Holland
  • Anthony (b. 8 September 1891-ca. 1909)

Fritz and Veronica emigrated from Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, to Van Wert County, Ohio, after their marriage in 1876.

Valentine Scoaff (relative of Veronica Schof)
b. 1846, Germany

Submitted by:
Patricia K. Johnson
Elkhart IN
E-mail: docpat@maplenet.net

Benjamin Bennett

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Benjamin Bennett
b. 14 April 1832, Franklin County, Indiana, to Notley and Christine [–?–] Bennett
d. 7 March 1921, Weaver, Wabasha County, Minnesota

m/1.
Mary Peterson
b. 1852

m/2. 24 May 1894, Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota
Anna Kruger
b. 23 May 1876, Germany
d. 8 May 1934, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota

Children:

  • Fifteen, all born in Minnesota

Benjamin Bennett resided at Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. He enlisted at Dearborn County, Indiana, on 6 August 1861 and served during the Civil War in Company K, 26th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. In 1866 he emigrated to Watopa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.

Submitted by:
Maurice Bennett
Rochester MN

Cassius Clay “Cash” Beall

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Cassius Clay “Cash” Beall
b. 17 December 1861, Camden, Somers Township, Preble County, Ohio, to Benjamin C. and Lucinda (Brower) Beall
d. 18 August 1941, Binghamton, Broome County, New York

m. 28 October 1891, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Flora Margaretha Hoerner
b. 15 March 1867, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
d. 1 June 1914, Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Children with Flora Margaretha Hoerner:

  • Ruth Myra (b. 1892)
  • David Benjamin (b. 1894)
  • George Omar (b. 1896)
  • Irene Anna (b. 1898)
  • Paul Theodore (b. 1903)
  • Kathryn Louise (b. 1909)

Cash immigrated to Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, in 1885 from Eaton, Washington
Township, Preble County, Ohio. In July 1885, Cash Beall began work at Peter Lichtenfels & Co. Clothing Store at $8.00 per week. In 1892, he and Albert Gregg bought Sam Fox Clothing Store, but in 1899 Cash bought Gregg’s interest. In 1908, Cash sold the Cash Beall Clothing Store and purchased a half interest in Beall Bros. Clothing Store in New Castle, Indiana, in 1911. Having sold his interest in the store to Benton Beall in 1912, Cash moved to Binghamton, New York, in 1914, bought a dairy farm, started a retail milk business, and founded the Dairyman’s League of Binghamton.
Submitted by:
Paul M. Beall
Stuart FL
E-mail: prvista2601@aol.com

Rosetta M Bayless

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Rosetta M Bayless
b. 30 October 1852, Mt. Carmel, Franklin County, Indiana, to Samuel and Emeline (Rariden) Bayless
d. 30 May 1933, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois

m. 11 April 1874, Decatur County, Indiana
Benjamin C. Garver
b. 16 October 1850, near Kingston, Decatur County, Indiana
d. 23 September 1917, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana

Children with Benjamin Garver:

  • Ernest (1875-1959)
  • Clarence (1877-1896)
  • Thurlow (1889-1976)
  • Lulu Ethel (4 July 1880-25 April 1948) married Frederick George Stier
  • Winifred (b. 1897) married [–?–] Mieks

Rosetta resided in Franklin and Decatur counties in Indiana. She moved to Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, in 1931.

Submitted by:
Lulu M. Bell
Champaign IL

Aaron Barton

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Aaron Barton
b. about 1811, Virginia (now Preston County, West Virginia), to Joshua and Phebe (Duvall) Barton
d. between 1860 and 1865

m. about 1833
Catherine Shelcut
b. about 1812, Pennsylvania, to Ezekiel and Mary A. [–?–] Shelcut
d. between 1865 and 1870

Children with Catherine Shelcut:

  • George H.
  • Charles A.
  • Arthur
  • Araminta
  • Phoebe J.
  • Sabina
  • Mary A.

Aaron moved to Indiana from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He resided at Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, and then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, before 1860.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt
Huntertown IN
E-mail: dslaterput@aol.com

Eli Barbre

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Eli Barbre
b. 25 July 1798, Kentucky
d. 29 November 1839, Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois

m/1. about 1819, Posey County, Indiana
Nancy Wilkerson
d. 1835, Edgar County, Illinois

m/2. 17 January 1829
Anna Wilson

Children with Nancy Wilkerson:

  • Isaac (b. 1820) married Nancy Bennett
  • William (b. 1822) married (1) Rebecca Smith, (2) Lucy M. Smith
  • Charlotte (b. 1824) married Wright Miller
  • Celia D. (b. 1826) married (1) Edward Bennett, (2) Charles Wiggins, (3) James Cleveland, (4) Henry Atkinson

Children with Anna Wilson:

  • Sarah E. (b. 1831) married Harvey Withrow

Eli and Anna Barbre moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1835. Elder Eli Barbre, one of the ministers in the Springfield Association, moved his family often as he worked “as a laborer in the vineyard of his Divine Master.” His first four children were born in Indiana, while the younger ones were born in Illinois.

One of the children returned to Indiana to live. Isaac Barbre moved to Illinois with his parents but returned to Indiana, where he married and served for three years in an Indiana regiment during the Civil War.

Two of these children lived in Illinois at the time of their father’s death in 1839. William
Barbre, Eli’s second son, married in Sangamon County, Illinois, and served in Company B, 10th Illinois Cavalry. Celia D. Barbre resided in Clark County, Illinois. Charlotte Barbre lived in Lynn County, Oregon, in 1839.

From: Waverly Genealogical & Historical Society Newsletter, Waverly, Illinois, #65 (October 1994), p. 5.

Henry D Bailey

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Henry D. Bailey
b. 18 July 1890, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, to Roscoe Oliver and Emma Margarette (Gorham) Bailey
d. 15 February 1957, Camarillo, California
m. 6 December 1924, Venice, Madison County, Illinois, Marguerite Grimeler

Submitted by:
Patricia Bishop Obrist
St. Charles MO