Isaac Milton Cox

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Isaac Milton Cox
b. 17 November 1838, Monroe County, Indiana, to Isaac and Delilah (Reed) Cox
d. 17 January 1917, Bowdre Township, Douglas County, Illinois

m. 12 March 1862, Bloomington Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Tracy Ann Griffith
b. 7 October 1842, Bloomington Township, Monroe County, Indiana
d. 16 July 1917, Douglas County, Illinois

Children with Tracy Ann Griffith:

  • Isaac
  • Martha E.
  • Lewis Cass
  • Omer
  • Hettie Jane
  • James Milton
  • Thomas Stafford
  • Arthur Beswick
  • Delilah Florence

Isaac left from Monroe County, Indiana, about 1877.

Submitted by:
M. Tracy Carpenter
Lambertville, MI

Charles John Cottingham

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Charles John Cottingham
b. 24 February 1856, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Elija and Elizabeth Osenbach (Fryberger) Cottingham
d. 22 April 1935, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico

m. 23 June 1880, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Helen M. Massey
b. 16 July 1860, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Moses J. and Catherine Russell (Conner) Massey
d. 8 August 1932, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Children with Helen M. Massey:

  • Mary Elizabeth (1881-1958) married Gustav A. Smithburn
  • Ralph Oliver (b. 1886) married Fay Alldredge
  • George (1889-1895)
  • Walter Elijah (1892-1939) married Fannie Salazar McCall
  • Charles Russell (1894-1967) married Maude Rebecca Hathaway
  • Robert John (1897-1964) married (1) Ann Dusek, (2) Grace Evalyn Taylor, (3) Rose [–?–]
  • Helen Kathryn (1901-1990) married Harry Bryon Jones

Charles left for New Mexico about 1925. Helen stayed in Noblesville, and he visited home while she was living. He was a surveyor and civil engineer in Springer, New Mexico.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

Wilson Rose Cook

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Wilson Rose Cook
b. 17 December 1833, Harmony Township, Union County, Indiana, to James and Charlotte Eliza (Rose) Cook
d. 28 May 1930, Chanute, Kansas

m. about 1858, Decatur County, Indiana
Elizabeth E. Ross
b. 6 February 1842, Decatur County, Indiana, to Wilson E. Ross and Elizabeth “Letta” (Moody) Ross
d. 23 October 1939

Children with Elizabeth E. Ross:

  • Charles A. (1861-1861)
  • Laura May (1862-1863)
  • Mary Frances (1864-1866)
  • Elizabeth Rebecca (1867-1936) married Stephen B. Trammell (1862-1942)
  • Frank D. (ca. 1869-bef. 1936) married Jennie [–?–]
  • James B. (1873-1952)

Wilson’s family moved to Kansas between 1867 and 1873.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Sylvanus Swain Cook, Sr.

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Sylvanus Swain Cook, Sr.
b. 15 July 1832, Wayne County, Indiana, to Ira and Irenda “Irene” (Swain) Cook
d. 15 January 1864, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi

m. April 1854, probably in Iowa
Sarah Ann Eastburn
b. 15 December 1834, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Iowa

Children with Sarah Ann Eastburn:

  • Alice M. (b. 1855)
  • Laura (b. 1856)
  • Albert N. (b. 1858)
  • Rosa Belle (b. 1860)
  • Sylvanus Swain, Jr. (b. 1862)

Sylvanus lived in Wayne County, Indiana, near the Quaker Springfield Monthly Meeting, and emigrated before 1854. He was disowned by the Richland Monthly Meeting in Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1855 because he married a Baptist, though she had Quaker ancestry. He was a physician. He joined the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry as an assistant surgeon during the Civil War. He became ill during the Siege of Vicksburg; he remained in Vicksburg and died there. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Vicksburg.

Submitted by:
Bailey Francis
Atlanta GA
E-mail: bfran02@learnlink.emory.edu

Paul Rhea Cook

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Paul Rhea Cook
b. 11 August 1887, Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, to Michael and Alice J. (Martin) Cook
d. 30 November 1945, Welland, Ontario, Canada

m/1. 1913
Blanche Kissinger
divorced.

m/2. 30 October 1920, Ottawa, Canada
Rose Franey

Children with Rose Franey:

  • Michael
  • Freida
  • John
  • Paul

The family came to Indiana from Phillipsburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1843 and resided in Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, before moving in 1918.

Submitted by:
Sharon Murphy
Cambridge Ontario, Canada

Ray William Conover

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Ray William Conover
b. 19 October 1884, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, to Ralph L. and Anna (Smith) Conover
d. 22 April 1933, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

m. 30 July 1912, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hattie Lee Chapman
b. 8 March 1889, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
d. 27 April 1987, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio

Children with Hattie Lee Chapman:

  • Anna Lee

Ray lived in Terre Haute, Vigo County; Vincennes, Knox County; Evansville, Vanderburgh County; and Richmond, Wayne County, before emigrating from Indiana in 1927.

Submitted by:
Marie Ann Reedy
Fairborn OH
E-mail: rreedy@mics.net

Pearl Bray Conover

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Pearl Bray Conover
b. 20 January 1883, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, to Ralph L. and Anna (Smith) Conover
d. 13 May 1952, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida

m/1. 22 October 1902, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Grace F. Stewart

m/2. 1906, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Katherine McNalley
b. 1855, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
d. 12 March 1939, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

m/3.
[–?–] Courtney

Children with Katherine McNalley:

  • Kathryn (1907-1992) married Charles Everett

Pearl Bray left the state in 1947.

Submitted by:
Marie Ann Reedy
Fairborn OH
E-mail: rreedy@mics.net

Victor Walter Conner

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Victor Walter Conner
b. 5 May 1870, Horseshoe Prairie, Hamilton County, Indiana, to George Frederick and Elizabeth (Hazelrigg) Conner
d. 1961, Colorado

m/1. 16 May 1894, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Jessie Craycraft
b. 10 September 1871, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, to Daniel and Eliza (Willitts) Craycraft
d. 7 November 1908, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado

m/2. 20 August 1911, Erie, Colorado
Harriett Probert
b. 27 March 1873, Murphysboro, Illinois

Children with Jessie Craycraft:

  • Maude Elizabeth (1895-1918)
  • Helen Louise (b. 1899) married John Daniel Stephenson, Jr.
  • Margaret Kathleen (b. 1902) married Raymond H. Hunt.

The family left Noblesville, Indiana, in 1935. Victor was a surveyor, an engineer, and an abstractor.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

Sarah F Conner

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Sarah F. Conner
b. 4 May 1835, to Jesse and Ester (Furnas) Conner
d. 1892, Iowa

m. 9 January 1864
William P. Stanley
b. 11 November 1828
d. 12 November 1865, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Children with William P. Stanley:

  • Edward Alphens

Sarah came to Fairfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, on 23 October 1834. She also lived in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, before moving to Beech Grove, Marion County, Indiana. She emigrated from Marion County in 1890.

Submitted by:
Joyce E. Hodges
Bonner Springs KS
E-mail: jehodges@moose-mail.com

Mary Leota Conner

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Mary Leota Conner
b. 31 May 1876, near New Britton, Hamilton County, Indiana, to John Fayette (1827-1882) and Elizabeth A. Hoselton (Gill) Conner (1847-1899)
d. 24 November 1954, San Francisco, California

m. 18 December 1894, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Chester Wallace Ames
b. 16 July 1868, Horton, Brown County, Kansas, to Orin (1829-1900) and Linda (Eby) Ames
d. 6 November 1922, Elko, Elko County, Nevada

Children with Chester Wallace Ames:

  • Loren Winfield (1885-1985) married Ida Bernice Lytton
  • Ralph Eby (1899-1964) married (1) Irene Austin, (2) Faye Cleo Flannery
  • Mildred Louise (1903-1981) married Norman Carl Klotz
  • Orval (1905-1987) married Esther Lillian Sauer

Mary left Hamilton County, Indiana, for Kansas in 1884 with her mother, who had remarried. By 1901, she was living in Salt Lake City, Utah. After that, she lived in Nevada before moving to California to live with her daughter in 1944. Her husband died in a railroad accident. He worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net