Caleb B Davis

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Caleb B Davis
b. 24 February 1809, Monongalia County, Virginia, to John and Elizabeth (Cole) Davis
d. 13 May 1891, Mears, Oceana County, Michigan

m. 15 December 1831, Monongalia County, Virginia
Sarah Wagner/Wagoner
b. 15 April 1812, Monongalia County, Virginia
d. 18 May 1888, Mears, Oceana County, Michigan

Children with Sarah Wagner/Wagoner:

  • Eugenius Wilson
  • Josephus
  • Alpheus W.
  • Bejamin F.
  • Caleb B., Jr.
  • Jacob J.
  • Sarah E. married Thomas Evans
  • Hattie E. married William Beals

Caleb brought his family to Indiana from Monongalia County, Virginia, in 1833. He resided in LaPorte County, Indiana, before leaving the state in 1879 from Galena, Indiana. His move to Indiana was made with a team and covered wagon, and he reached Kankakee Township on 10 September 1833.

From 1842 until his death in 1891, he was a preacher of the Christian or New Light church. He was a lifelong Democrat and took an active part in political affairs, serving as trustee and as justice of the peace.

Submitted by:
Vivianne L. Crowley
Michigan City IN

Milo Manlove Flemming

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Milo Manlove Flemming
b. 1 September 1882, Grant County, Indiana, to Marion Francis and Sarah Ellen (Kelley) Flemming
d. 9 November 1964, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

m/1. 24 December 1912, Hamilton County, Ohio
Celia Irene Neese
b. to Martin and Carrie Neese
d. 20 November 1915, College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio

m/2. 23 March 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hazel Virginia Neese
b. 1 August 1901, Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Martin Allison and Carrie Ann (Moore) Neese
d. 20 July 1989, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio

Children with Hazel Virginia Neese:

  • Milo M., Jr. married Delores Elaine Chambers
  • Ruth Ellen married [–?–] Winowich
  • Roy Lee married [–?–] Weitzel
  • Ralph Hugh married [–?–] Newcomb

Milo’s Flemming ancestors came to Indiana about 1840. His grandfather was in the 1840 census in Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana. Milo was last in Indiana in the 1900 census, living in Mill Township, Grant County, with his mother Ellen and stepfather, William R. Townsend and siblings.

By 1910, Milo was living in College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio. When he registered for the WWI draft in 1917, he was a principal in a business college and living in Cincinnati, where he remained until sometime after 1920. A military school in South Union, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was his place of employment in 1930.

Milo died at age 82 and is buried in the LaFayette Memorial Park in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He had owned and operated the Business Training School, located in the Fayette Title and Trust Building in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, for several years before his death.

Submitted by:
Brenda Buck
E-mail: buckbre@cmuonline.net

James M Dawson

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James M Dawson
b. 5 April 1832, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Matthias and Nancy (McIlvain) Dawson
d. 1 June 1904, Ames, Cloud County, Kansas

m. 15 May 1856, Union County, Indiana
Sarah Margaret Laflin
b. 28 June 1840, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, to William and Mary (Tevis) Laflin
d. 21 April 1918, Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Margaret Laflin:

  • Ella Francis (1859-1876) married Lee Means
  • Elmer Morton (1863-1936) married Ella Query
  • Georgia Ann (1865-1891) married Will Patterson
  • Clara Alice (1867-1899) married Grant Frederick
  • Lucilla (1869-1915) married George Headley
  • Sarah Cyntha (1874-1875)
  • James Arthur (1886-1973) married Alice Waunita Inman

Submitted by:
Karen Pickett
Burlingame KS
E-mail: karepickett@hotmail.com

William Hall

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William Hall
b. 5 December 1822, New London, Howard County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Nancy (Roberts) Hall
d. after 1891, California

m.
[–?–]
d. 1891, Minnesota

The Hall family were farmers and Quakers. They came to Indiana between 1811 and 1815 from North Carolina. William served as a Union soldier and moved on to Minnesota around 1867. His father joined him there a short time later. After his father died in 1885 and his wife died in 1891, he moved to Pasadena, California, with his children and grandchildren.

Submitted by:
Fran Jutzi
Orange CA
E-mail: flj92868@yahoo.com

Mary Florence Condra

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Mary Florence Condra
b. 5 March 1860, Rolling Prairie, Wills Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, to Patrick and Eliza (Jackson) Condra
d. 16 October 1937, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

m. 14 October 1885, St. Peter’s, LaPorte County, Indiana
James Curran
b. 25 July 1852, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to Patrick and Bridget (Smith) Curran
d. 16 November 1911, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Children with James Curran:

  • Irene (1886-1980) married Martin Reilly
  • Elsie (1888-1951) married Raymond Helfrick
  • Catherine Marie (1893-1940) married William Donahue
  • Helen Anna (1894-1976) married William Dewolf Cook
  • George Edward (1896-1988) married Jeanette Jacobs
  • Mary E. (1898-1968) married Fred Noel

Mary Florence’s family came to the United States in 1856 from Ireland. She moved with her children to Chicago after James died there in 1911. She worked briefly as a housekeeper at St. Felicitas Parish in Chicago.

Submitted by:
Ellen C. Courtney
San Francisco CA
E-mail: elleninsf@sbcglobal.net

Eli Cutshall

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Eli Cutshall
b. 1815, Maryland, to Samuel and Mary (Darner) Cutshall
d. 30 April 1885, Littleton, Buchanan County, Iowa

m. 23 September 1841, Wells County, Indiana
Dorcas Price
b. April 1823, Pennsylvania
d. 20 September 1911, Littleton, Buchanan County, Iowa

Children with Dorcas Price:

  • Ann Marie
  • Samuel L.
  • Thomas J.
  • Mary J.
  • Sarah M.
  • Kate J.
  • Joseph H.
  • George W.
  • Hester L.
  • Eli G.
  • Charles Wesley
  • infant

In 1837 Eli came from Dayton, Ohio, to near Wallen, Allen County, Indiana, and left in 1856. He and his father had a large farm on the north edge of Allen County.

Submitted by:
Patricia R. Cutshall
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: p_cutshall@hotmail.com

Helen Anna Curran

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Helen Anna Curran
b. 25 November 1894, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, to James and Mary Florence (Condra) Curran
d. 11 September 1976, Arlington Heights, Illinois

m. 17 February 1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
William Dewolf Cook
b. 29 July 1890, Melrose, Clark County, Illinois, to Andrew and Mary (Thompson) Cook
d. 27 February 1945, Phoenix, Arizona

Children with William Dewolf Cook:

  • William Edward (b. 1919) married Shirley Ann Bauer
  • Ellen Irene (b. 1921) married Charles Robert Courtney

Helen moved to Chicago after the death of her father in 1911. After the death of her husband, she had several jobs, including being a cashier at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Helen and William are both buried in Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Ellen C. Courtney
San Francisco CA
E-mail: elleninsf@sbcglobal.net

Wright Sopers Curless

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Wright Sopers Curless
b. 1 January 1802, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County or Burlington, Burlington County, New York, to Biar/Abiah and Sarah (Sopher/Sophers) Curless/Corlis/Corliess
d. 4 July 1870, Richland, Wisconsin

m. 10 January 1822, Clermont County, Ohio
Rosanah Ashton
b. 26 November 1804, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
d. 26 February 1857, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Children with Rosanah Ashton:

  • William (b. 1823)
  • Sarah (b. 1825)
  • Samuel Ashton (b. 1827)
  • Henry Powel (b. 1829)
  • John Morgain (b. 1831)
  • Biar (b. 1834)
  • Arthur Lawrence (b. 1837)
  • Charles Harryman (b. 1839)
  • Wright Sopers, Jr. (b. 1842)
  • George Washington (b. 1845)
  • Mahala Ann (b. 1848)

The first five children were born in Ohio; the rest were born in Indiana.

The family came to Indiana in 1833 or 1834. They lived in Frankfort, Clinton County, until leaving in 1851. The Curless family was one of a group of previously-Quaker families to move from New Jersey, about 1807-10, to Clermont County, Ohio.

Submitted by:
Lance Beeson
Richmond CA
E-mail: lbeeson@contracosta.cc.ca.us

Bair Curless

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Bair Curless
b. 22 January 1834, Clinton County, Indiana, to Wright and Sarah (Soper) Curless
d. 3 September 1911, Blocksburg, Humboldt County, California

m. 11 September 1855, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Lovina Shaw
b. 10 October 1836, Penbrook, Bennessee County, New York
d. 4 February 1912, Eureka, Humboldt County, California

Children with Lovina Shaw:

  • Henry Blair
  • Lovina Flora
  • Albert
  • Tolbert Ashton
  • Paul
  • Rosa Desiree
  • George Gilbert

The Curless family came to Indiana in 1833 or 1834. They lived in Frankfort, Clinton County, until leaving about 1850. They were one of a group of previously Quaker families to move from New Jersey, about 1807- 10, to Clermont County, Ohio. Biar brought his family to California in 1859, stayed about a year, then headed for Texas in 1861, then went back to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and returned to California.

Biar and two brothers ran a hydraulic mine in Placerville for about seven years, then he migrated west into a very remote part of Humboldt County in 1869. He settled between two Indian camps and his daughter Rosa claimed to be the first white baby born in that section of the county. The family lived in peace with the local Indians and taught some to read and some basic Christian instruction. Once a road was built, Biar operated a “stopping-place” or hotel out of his house. Biar Curless was known alternately as the “toughest” or “meanest” man in Humboldt County. His grandson, Guy Curless, was the State of California “Predator” (trapper of animals) for five decades and is a legend in California fish and game history. Biar moved to Furtune in 1911 and died quietly in a rocking chair on the front porch, having lead an extremely vigorous life.

Submitted by:
Lance Beeson
Richmond CA
E-mail: lbeeson@contracosta.cc.ca.us

James Andrew Cunningham

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James Andrew Cunningham
b. 30 August 1842, Daviess County, Indiana, to William R. Cunningham
d. 10 May 1923, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas

m. 23 May 1868, Daviess County, Indiana
Martha A. Martin
b. 18 April 1851, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Sarah A. (Darrall) Martin
d. 17 May 1917, St. Louis, Missouri

Children with Martha A. Martin:

  • Joseph Douglas (1870-1928) married Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ellis
  • Charles Sidney (1873-1946) married (1) Daisy Ann McDonald, (2) Mazelle Server, (3) Emma Elizabeth Shields Holden
  • Samuel (b. 1878)
  • Verna “Vernie” (b. 1879) married William Earl McKiddy
  • Lenora Maude (1887-1968) married Harry Eugene Harder

James was living in Madison Township, Daviess County, Indiana in 1850. They left the state sometime after 1868. All their children were born in Missouri. Martha was also married to Frank Ross.

Submitted by:
Charles L. Cunningham, Jr.
Houston TX
E-mail: clc@flash.net