John Quincy Adams Hickman
b. 6 December 1853, Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, to John Barton and Mary Ann (Moody) Hickman
d. October 1895, Illinois
m. about 1875
Mary Anna [–?–]
b. about 1855
Children with Mary Anna [—?—]:
• Amazette (b. ca. 1870)
• Ray (b. ca. 1870) married Ellen Sappenfield
• Clyde (b. ca. 1880)
• Francis (b. ca. 1880)
Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com
Oliver P. Morton “Mort” Hickman
b. 3 October 1862, Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, to John Barton and Mary Ann (Moody) Hickman
d. 5 January 1943, probably Olympia, Washington
m. about 1892
Emma Yocum
b. about 1872, Gays, Illinois
Children with Emma Yocum:
• Clyde William (ca. 1892-ca. 1893)
• Maude May (1893-1965) married George W. Kase
• John Thomas (b. 1895) married Elizabeth Maschener
• Dorsey (b. ca. 1900) married Kathryn Miller
• Pearl (b. ca. 1900) married Frank Turner
• George (b. ca. 1901)
• Tosso (b. ca. 1905)
Mort first went to Charleston, Illinois from Indiana, then to Gays, Illinois. At Gays, he worked on a farm, met his wife and married there. Later they moved to Linn County, Kansas, and still later he moved his family to Olympia, Washington.
Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com
James Monroe “Jim” Hickman
b. 8 July 1850, Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, to John Barton and Mary Ann (Moody) Hickman
d. 7 November 1922, probably Kansas City, Missouri
m. about 1875
Minerva Anderson
Children with Minerva Anderson:
• Tosso (1877-1931) married Lena K. Polter
• Katherine (1885-1969) married William Franklin Mason
In the fall of 1879, Jim, his family, the Andersons, and three other families left Indiana in covered wagons to make their fortunes in the West. After many months, Jim and his family settled in Rooks Bounty, Kansas but left there in 1888 for Boicourt in Linn County, Kansas. Jim owned a feed and grocery store in Boicourt for many years. He was always active in politics. After Minerva died, Jim went to Kansas City where Toss and Kate were and had a grocery there until he died in 1922.
Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com
Amanda Bowen
b. 18 March 1834, Lorraine, Stark County, Ohio, to Jacob W. and Rachel (Kiten or Olden) Bowen
d. 3 May 1861, Dalles City, Wasco County, Oregon
m. 29 March 1852, LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana
Levi Knott
b. 10 May 1812, Jefferson County, Ohio
d. 15 March 1874, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory
Children with Levi Knott:
• Augustus Adolphus (1854-1855)
• Mary Isabelle (1856-1924/5) married Christopher “Joe” Guthrie
• Rosalia Rachel (1860-1908) married John Harry Schoonover
Amanda, age 16, was listed in the 1850 census living with her parents in LaGrange County, Indiana. She left from Clay Township, LaGrange County, in 1852 and headed west.
Submitted by:
Kathryn Bowen Bloom
Fort Wayne IN
E-mail: kathrynabloom@verizon.net
Orris Knight Webb
b. 23 May 1892, Warren, Huntington County, Indiana, to Gillett Banks and Lorinda Ellen (Bunting) Webb
d. 9 August 1936, Tulare, California
m. 20 February 1911, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elsie Margaret Hesik
b. 13 December 1895, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Matthias and Anna (Dvorak) Hesik
d. 15 January 1934, San Jose, California
Children with Elsie Margaret Hesik:
• Olive Irene (1917-1924)
• Orris Knight, Jr. (b. 1919) married Frances Bernice Wilson
• June Marciel (1924-1931)
• Jack Rinear (b. 1926) married (1) Shirley G. Jenkinson, (2) Frances Finch
Orris’ great-grandfather, James Webb, came to Franklin County, Indiana, in 1814 from Virginia. Orris left Indiana about 1909 to pursue an apprenticeship as an electrician. He subsequently moved to: Havre, Montana; Great Falls, Montana; Bremerton, Washington; San Jose, California; Los Angeles, California; and Tulare, California. He was co-founder of Webb & Fleming Electric Co. in San Jose.
Submitted by:
Jack Rinear Webb
Mountain View CA
Lorinda Ellen Bunting
b. 5 May 1858, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, to William Gilbert and Louisa Maria (Fosdick) Bunting
d. 30 March 1951, San Jose, California
m/1. 1839, Union County, Indiana
Gillett Banks Webb
b. 2 April 1856, Blooming Grove, Franklin County, Indiana, to Benjamin Franklin and Margaret (Hayward) Webb
d. 14 March 1911, Ashtabula, Ohio
m/2.
Elias Taylor
b. 10 September 1846
d. 13 January 1935
Children with Gillett Banks Webb:
• Clyde Earle (b. 1883) married Creola Clinger
• Forrest A. (1886-1888)
• Fern Webb (1888-1983) married Frank Pace
• Orris Knight (1892-1936) married Elsie Webb
Lorinda’s great uncle, Aaron Stanton, pioneered in LaPorte County, Indiana, in the early 1800’s. She
moved from Warren, Huntington County, Indiana, to Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1910, but returned to Warren in 1911 after the death of her husband, Gillett. She later moved to San Joseph, Calfornia, in 1929.
Lorinda was a homemaker who also worked as a practical nurse. Her spouse was a blacksmith for 20 years in Warren, Indiana. Her second spouse was the widower of her sister Jeanett and a Jehovah’s Witness pioneer member since its inception as the Russelites.
Submitted by:
Jack Rinear Webb
Mountain View CA
Ernest Melvin Wilkerson
b. 26 March 1906, Delaware County, Indiana, to John Michael Edward and Cora May (Swatzell) Wilkerson
d. 28 June 1971, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia
m/1.
Dorothy Brownfield
m/2. 16 March 1963
Mary Ellen Woolford
b. 1914
Children with Dorothy Brownfield:
• Ethel Mae (b. 1936) married Donald Carlisle
• John Edward (b. 1938)
• Jack Lee (b. 1941) married Mary [–?–]
Ernie was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church in Berkeley Springs. He had moved to Maryland by 1943 and then later moved on to West Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@indy.rr.com
William Oliver Richison
b. 13 May 1887, Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana, to Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison
d. 23 April 1962, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
m. 25 December 1906, Jay County, Indiana
Mary Louisa “Lulu” Gibson
b. 20 April 1886, Jay County, Indiana
d. 18 April 1961, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Children with Mary Louisa Gibson:
• Irma Frances (b. 1908) married Ralph Richard Mumma
• Wava Margaret (1911-1996) married Russell Renzi Haney
• Carl Albert (1914-1944) married Frances Geraldine Mumma
• Glenn Alvin (b. 1921) married Catherine Bernadette Roach
Will left Jay County and lived in both Muncie, Indiana, and Detroit, Michigan, before finally settling in Dayton, Ohio. Will and Lulu are both buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, just outside of Bryant in Jay County, Indiana.
Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@indy.rr.com
Berley Oral Richison
b. 29 September 1889, Indiana, to Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison
d. 6 June 1946, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
m.
Ruby Marie Manes
b. 28 July 1897
d. December 1980
Children with Ruby Marie Manes:
• Paul R. (1921-1987) married June McLaughlin
• June
• Phyllis Jean (b. 1929) married Richard Lee Woody
The 1900 census entry for Berley lists him as a female, aged 11. Berley lived in Wabash Township in Jay County, Indiana, until sometime after 1907 when he moved into the city of Portland. He worked there as a laborer doing body work. By the 1930 census, Berley had moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, when he remained until his death. He was a carpenter by trade as was his father before him.
Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@indy.rr.com
Guy Eli Richison
b. 4 January 1895, Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, to Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison
d. 3 April 1959, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
m. Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Carrie Estella Stoner
b. 26 May 1895 to Jacob and Flora (Runkel) Stoner
d. 3 November 1978, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Children with Carrie Estella Stoner:
• Reba C. (b. 1915) married Richard Myers
• James M. (1917-1995) married Vera [–?–]
• Guy Dale (b. 1920) married Evelyn Brinkel
Guy and Carrie lived in Wabash and Wayne townships in Jay County and all of their children were born there. They left Indiana in the 1930’s and moved to Montgomery County, Ohio for the remainder of their lives.
Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@indy.rr.com
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