Mary Elizabeth Ladd

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Mary Elizabeth Ladd
b. 29 November 1849, LaPorte County, Indiana, to Charles and Charlotte (Way) Ladd
d. 9 October 1921, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa

m. 29 November 1866, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
Abraham Umbenhower
b. 6 July 1843, Champaign County, Illinois
d. 12 December 1907, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa

Children with Abraham Umbenhower:
• Sarepta
• Adella Melinda
• Susa
• Charles
• William Joseph
• James
• John
• Edgar
• Edna

Mary left LaPorte County, Indiana, sometime after 1853.

Submitted by:
Doris V. Bond
Indianapolis IN

Charles Ladd

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Charles Ladd
b. 8 October 1813, Stokes County, North Carolina, to Joseph Ladd and Mary Angel
d. 29 May 1887, Osborne, Kansas

m. 7 May 1835, Wayne County, Indiana
Charlotte Way
b. 21 January 1820, Williamsburg, Wayne County, Indiana
d. 23 August 1851, LaPorte County, Indiana

Children with Charlotte Way:
• Rodolphus (1837-1838)
• William
• Samuel (1842-1843)
• Charles
• Calvin (1846-1849)
• Allen
• Mary Elizabeth

Charles came to Indiana in 1815 and lived in Wayne and LaPorte counties. He left the state after 1853.

Submitted by:
Doris V. Bond
Indianapolis IN

Joseph Henry Kubler

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Joseph Henry Kubler
b. 22 July 1891, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, to Henry and Louise (Boegel) Kubler
d. 29 June 1969, Georgetown, Ohio

m. 24 July 1912, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Lillian Hungler
b. 25 October 1895, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 19 February 1979, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Children with Lillian Hungler:
• Ethel (1913-1969)
• LeRoy (b. 1917)
• Jane (b. 1925)
• Floria (b. 1930)

It is unknown when Joseph moved from Fayette County, Indiana, to Hamilton County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Kim Kubler Wolteman
St. Louis MO
E-mail: wolt4@aol.com

Catherine Krunzen

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Catherine Krunzen
b. 8 August 1838, Elkhart County, Indiana
d. 19 June 1921, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas

m/1. 1855, Elkhart County, Indiana
William Carpenter
d. 26 October 1898, Osage County, Kansas

m/2. 10 July 1901, Osage County, Kansas
Basil Albaugh
d. 1903, Osage County, Kansas

Children with William Carpenter:
• Frank
• Alfred
• [–?–] married James Storms
• [–?–] married F. D. Burkdoll
• Nellie married [–?–] Blair
• Della married [–?–] Kempman
• Hattie married [–?–] Rigs
• Emma married [–?–] Midney

Catherine left Indiana in 1869 from Elkhart County, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Dr. Eric C. Stumpf
Burr Ridge IL

Philip Jacob Koehl/Cale

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Philip Jacob Koehl/Cale
b. 17 June 1803, Sankt Johann am Saar, Saarbruken, Rheinland, Prussia, to Georg Ludwig and Anna Margaretha (Karcher(in)) Kohl
d. 14 September 1870, Camden Township, Carver County, Minnesota

m. 15 December 1836, Dearborn County, Indiana
Elizabeth B. Howery/Howry
b. 15/18 December 1819, Indiana
d. 20 February 1905, Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota

Children with Elizabeth B. Howry:
• Sarah Ann (b. 1838)
• Philip Henry (b. 1842)
• Louis James (b. 1845)
• George William (b. 1847)
• John Jacob (b. 1848)
• Mary Elizabeth (b. 1849)
• Samuel Frederick (b. 1851)
• Theresa Ellen (b. 1852)
• Rosena Sophia (b. 1854)
• Benjamin Franklin (b. 1856) (twin)
• Caroline Lucinda (b. 1856) (twin)
• Alphred Edward (b. 1861)

Philip was in Ripley County, Indiana, by 1836. The family emigrated from Green Township, Morgan County, Indiana, in 1856.

Submitted by:
Judie Cale Nelson
Potlatch ID
E-mail: kashmir@potlatch.com

Patrick Kirwin

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Patrick Kirwin
b. 17 March 1801, Dublin, Ireland
d. 5 May 1885, Montgomery County, Kansas

m. 22 July 1855, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Martha Jane Mills
b. 4 July 1835, Charlotte, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina
d. 27 April 1891, West Cherry Town, Montgomery County, Kansas

Children with Martha Jane Mills:
• Francis Marion
• William W.
• Mary A.
• John Arthur
• Thomas Jordan
• Charles Edward
• Albert W.

Patrick was in Indiana from 1855 until he left for Neodesha, Kansas, about 1870. He lived in Shelbyville during his stay as a Hoosier.

Submitted by:
Jana Black
San Anselmo CA
E-mail: jblack@marin.k12.ca.us

John Wesley Kimbel

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John Wesley Kimbel
b. 8 May 1847, Ohio, to Daniel and Elizabeth (Cole) Kimbel
d. 30 January 1919, Leonidas Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan.

m/1. 19 December 1868, Marshall County, Indiana
Margaret E. Hissong
b. about 1851, Indiana
d. 25 February 1873, Menson Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan

m/2. about 1876
Anna J. White
b. 1860, Michigan, to Amos and Clarissa White
d. 28 September, Leonidas, Michigan

m/3. 22 June 1881, Three Rivers, Michigan
Louisa J. Lamphier March
b. 1859
d. April 1883, Manistee County, Michigan

m/4.
Emma Augusta Brand
b. 27 August 1869, Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana
d. 12 December 1952, Centreville, Michigan

Children with Margaret E. Hissong:
• Lilly M. (1870-1876)
• George Lee (1873-1929) married Theresa Pauline Henrietta Piotrasch

Children with Anna J. White:
• female infant (1878-1878)
• Wesley John (1879-1970) married (1) Clara J. Wagner Marsac, (2) Marigam A. Monroe Ramsey

Children with Emma August Brand:
• Charles (1887-1955) married Emma [–?–]
• Daniel (1888-1949) married Jeanette Baldwin
• Arthur (1891-1957) married Alma Emilia Giehne
• Vesta (1893-1920) married Valma N. E. Brown
• Ezra R. (1895-1903)
• Clifford (1897-1903)
• Leathia R. (1898-1903)
• Ola F. (1900-1961) married (1) Harry Inman, (2) James A. Jordan, (3) Howard Ellis
• Ralph (1902-1971) married Glennys Moughton
• Katie Marie (1904-1974) married Lester George McAmis
• Earl (1905-1981) married (1) Florence [–?–], (2) Emma Bavin

John was living in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, by 1853. He left from Bourbon Township, Marshall County, Indiana before 1873. He also lived in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Sally Kimbel
Troy MI
E-mail: swansall@123.net

Daniel Kimbel

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Daniel Kimbel
b. July 1822, Ohio, to Francis Squire and Catherine (Hursh) Kimbel
d. 14 April 1904, Leonidas Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan

m. 8 February 1844, Seneca County, Ohio
Elizabeth Cole
b. 10 January 1822, Ohio, to John Cole and Elizabeth Burgess
d. 6 August 1886 in Cleon Township, Manistee County, Michigan

Children with Elizabeth Cole:
• Margaret Matilda (1845-1901) married (1) Alexander McClish, (2) Josiah Boyer
• John Wesley (1847-1909) married (1) Margaret E. Hissong, (2) Anna J. White, (3) Louisa J. Lamphier March, (4) Emma Augusta Brand
• Nancy Jane (1850-1933) married Noah McClish
• Catherine H. (1853-1933) married Royal Artemus McClish
• Francis Squire (1857-1942) married (1) Belle Craner, (2) Jennie McClish
• Daniel (ca. 1859-1888) married Mary Jane Ream
• Charles William (1860-1896) married Jennie McClish

The family was in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, by 1853. They lived in Etna Green Township and in Harrison, Kosciusko County, Indiana, before leaving in 1875 for Leonidas Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan.

Submitted by:
Sally Kimbel
Troy MI
E-mail: swansall@123.net

Achelus Shedrick Key

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Achelus Shedrick Key
b. 18 January 1842, Surry County, North Carolina, to William S. and Lydia D. (Jones) Key
d. 13 June 1930, Sharpsburg, Taylor County, Iowa

m/1. 31 December 1862, Surry County, North Carolina
Martha Ellen Whittaker
d. Indiana

m/2. 1 November 1868, Jasper County, Indiana
Mary Grubb
b. 19 November 1846, Jefferson County, Virginia, to Adam and Elizabeth (Mercer) Grubb
d. 19 February 1901, Grove Township, Taylor County, Iowa

m/3. 22 September 1901
Sarah Ellen Coe
b. 3 September 1873, North Carolina
d. 21 July 1969, Taylor County, Iowa

Children with Martha Ellen Whittaker:
• Samuel Jefferson (1865-1924) married Rose L. Gaudard
• James Lewis (ca. 1867-1961) married Blanche Davis

Children with Mary Grubb:
• Eliza Ellen (1870-1918) married John Wattie Campbell
• Cora Lee (b. 1872) married Elmer McLaughlin
• John Orman (1874-1957) married Goldie Cook
• Charles Lee William (1879-ca. 1950) married Ida Bell Crowe
• William (b. aft. 1880)
• Oscar Henry (1883-1967) married Ethel Mae Strum
• Rosa Edith (1885-1934) married Jerry Wilson

Children with Sarah Ellen Coe:
• Roxa Viola (1902-1961)
• Lloyd Amond (b. 1903) married Edna Weese
• Eunice May (b. 1905) married James A. Eller
• Lydia DeBose (b. 1907) married Russell Reynolds
• Bessie Maciel (1908-1944) married Elwin Brown
• Hollis Cecil (1910-1910)
• Hattie Dell (b. 1911) married Asa Tackett
• Royal Jackson (1914-1917)
• Lula Tessie (1917-1917)
• Dora Jessie (1917-1918)
• Mary Lessie (b. 1917) married William Terry

A. S. Key was a Confederate soldier in Company H, 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (volunteers) from June 1861 for twelve months. He was wounded as part of Jackson’s campaign of the Shenandoah Valley on 25 May 1862. In June 1862, he was reported as being “absent without leave.”

Six months later her married his first wife. The couple most likely moved to Indiana between the births of their two sons, probably because of the harsh conditions in North Carolina after the war. Martha died, leaving him with two young children. While it is not known exactly when they came to Indiana, they left Jasper County in 1869.

He married Mary in Jasper County and their first child was born in Peoria, Illinois, where Mary also had family. By 1880, the family was in Grove Township, Taylor County, Iowa.

By the end of his life, A. S. had married three times and had twenty children, the last three being triplets. His name has also been spelled Achillus Sherdrick Key.

Submitted by:
Sandra L. Carter-Duff
Denver CO
E-mail: sandy@carduff.com

Delia Brigit Kelly

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Delia Brigit Kelly
b. 8 May 1876, Indiana, to Mathew and Ellen (McGuire) Kelley
d. 7 March 1927, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

m/1. 18 September 1899, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
William Thomas Tarpey
b. 27 February 1879, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
d. 10 April 1962, Vermillion, Lorain County, Ohio

m/2. 12 September 1915, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Curt Alfred Bluher
b. 21 July 1886, Germany
d. 10 December 1923, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Children with William Thomas Tarpey:
• Helen (1901-1982)
• John

Delia left Indianapolis after 1923.

Submitted by:
Mary Mathewson
Rocky River OH
E-mail: mary@treesprout.com