Ollie Blanche Bailey
b. 2 July 1883, Putnam County, Indiana, to Roscoe Oliver and Emma Margarette (Gorham) Bailey
d. 9 January 1958, St. Louis County, Missouri
m. 5 September 1903, Putnam County, Indiana, Joseph Alvin Chavis
Submitted by:
Patricia Bishop Obrist
St. Charles MO
Roscoe Oliver Bailey
b. 29 January 1863, Putnam County, Indiana, to Henry C. and Caroline (Browning) Bailey
d. 13 June 1923, St. Louis, Missouri
m. 13 September 1882, Putnam County, Indiana
Emma Margarette “Maggie” Gorham
b. 31 March 1862, Putnam County, Indiana, to George and Emerine H. (Moss) Gorham
d. 15 September 1946, Hendricks County, Indiana
Children with Emma Margarette Gorham:
After their children were born, Roscoe and Maggie Bailey emigrated from Indiana to St.
Louis County, Missouri. Maggie Gorham Bailey lived in St. Louis for about 15 years before returning to Indiana sometime after the death of her husband.
Submitted by:
Patricia Bishop Obrist
St. Charles MO
John Howard Bailey
b. June 1816, Kentucky, to Robert and Nancy Bailey
d. 18 July 1887, Wapello County, Iowa
m. 6 September 1842, Jefferson County, Indiana
Amanda Payne Tull
b. 17 April 1824, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 4 February 1908, Agency Township, Wapello County, Iowa
Children with Amanda Payne Tull:
John emigrated in 1852 from Jefferson County, Indiana, to Lee County, Iowa.
Submitted by:
Dorothy V. Darland
Rock Island IL
Blanche Matilda Bagley
b. 25 December 1878, Mier, Grant County, Indiana, to Levi Charles and Susannah (Campbell) Bagley
d. 5 July 1968, Seattle, King County, Washington
m. 11 December 1897, Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Carey Denim Pence
b. 15 December 1867, Ohio, to Martin and Sarah (Flaugher) Pence
d. 23 December 1929, Seattle, King County, Washington
Children with Carey Denim Pence:
Blanche and Carey Pence emigrated from Mier, Grant County, Indiana, to Sickle, Dewey County, Oklahoma, in 1898 along with her father.
Submitted by:
Ruth Sheean
Mission Viejo CA
Levi Charles Bagley
b. 7 May 1839, Marion, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to Azor and Euphemia (Beach) Bagley
d. 5 May 1932, Labette, Labette County, Kansas
m. 17 May 1864, Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Susannah Campbell
b. about 1844, Washington Township, Grant County, Indiana
d. about 1887, Mier, Grant County, Indiana
Children with Susannah Campbell:
Levi emigrated from Delaware County, Ohio, to Distict #97, Rush County, Indiana, about 1845. He emigrated from Grant County, Indiana, to Sickle, Dewey County, Oklahoma, in 1898.
Submitted by:
Ruth Sheean
Mission Viejo CA
Zanora Ashcraft
b. 7 February 1869, Dresden, Greene County, Indiana, to Martin and [–?–] Ashcraft
d. 16 January 1924
m. 1 January 1896, Dresden, Greene County, Indiana
James R. Hord
b. 1872
d. 1956
Children with James R. Hord:
Zanora and James emigrated from Indiana to Illinois in 1898 and then moved back to Indiana. Again in 1900, Zanora and James moved to Illinois, where they lived until their deaths. Her death came after an illness of four days, which
was caused by an incision on her hand made by a fruit jar.
Submitted by
Dawne Slater-Putt from an obituary in Clay County (Illinois) Republican, 14 February 1924.
James William Arnold
b. 27 June 1872, Marion County, Indiana, to James Eads and Elizabeth (Krewson) Arnold
d. 8 December 1946, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
m. 1 January 1901, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
Florence May Ennis
b. 12 April 1874, Morgan County, Illinois
d. 26 June 1954, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
Children with Florence May Ennis:
James emigrated from Marion County, Indiana, to Morgan County, Illinois, in 1872.
Submitted by:
Phyllis Wyckoff Arnold
Effingham, IL
Francis Arnold
b. 1821, Bregen or Coblenz, Germany
d. 23 June 1906, LeSauk, Stearns County, Minnesota
m. 11 February 1855, possibly LaPorte County, Indiana
Hattie Kouts
b. 9 August 1828, Pennsylvania, to Bernhard and Salome (Berrier) Kouts
d. 16 December 1890, LeSauk, Stearns County, Minnesota
Children with Hattie Kouts:
Francis emigrated from Indiana in 1857 to Minnesota.
Submitted by
Thomas F. Sartell
Minneapolis MN
ARNOLD, CLARA ROSETTA
b. 15 January 1873, Avilla, Noble County, Indiana, to William and Clarissa (Dosch) Arnold
d. 16 June 1968, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
m. 20 June 1893, Elwood, Madison County, Indiana
Hiram Griswald Coy
b. 3 July 1870, Stark County, Ohio, to Lafayette Waldo and Armintha (Kellogg) Coy
d. 18 June 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Children with Hiram Griswald Coy:
The family lived in Avilla, Noble County; and Elwood and Alexandria in Madison County, Indiana, until they emigrated in 1907.
Submitted by:
Barbara Anderson
Green Valley AZ
William Anthony
b. 18 January 1810, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Henry and Catherine Anthony
d. 11 September 1890, Bourbon County, Kansas
m. 13 September 1837, Ripley County, Indiana
Mahala Gertrude Robinson
b. 15 May 1820, Indiana
d. 23 December 1874, Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas
Children with Mahala Gertrude Robinson:
William moved to Indiana with his parents in 1810 from Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania. He resided in Franklin and Ripley counties in Indiana before leaving for Bourbon County, Kansas, in 1872.
Submitted by:
Mrs. Walter J. Anthony
Fort Scott KS
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