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John A. Lepper

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John A. Lepper
birth: 22 Aug 1808 in Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York to Jacob A. Lepper & Mary Allen
death: 11 Sep 1884 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

marriage: 1836 in Trumbull Co., Ohio
Louisa Sarah Fairbanks
birth: 23 Dec 1810 in Perth, Fulton, New York to Jonathan Fairbanks & Sally Carpenter
death: 12 Oct 1858 in Prospect, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

Children of Louisa Sarah Fairbanks and John A. Lepper:

  • Sally Maria “Lucy” Lepper 1837-1911 wed Orson Jennings.
  • Jacob H Lepper 1838-1864.
  • Olive Lepper1840-1919 wed Ellison Covert.
  • Mary Lepper 1841-1841.
  • Thomas P Lepper 1843-1887 wed Nancy J Dick.
  • James Edward Lepper 1844-1932 wed Martha Ann Quackenbush.
  • Lydia Ann Lepper1847-1926 wed Lewis Hoopengardner.
  • William H. Lepper. 1849-1938 Minerva A. McDaniel.
  • John Marshall Lepper 1851-1928 wed Lucy Ellen Hayes.
  • Mary Louisa Lepper1853-1929 wed Seymore C. Goshorn.

Ancestor here lived in:

1848 John & Louisa moved to Wells Co., Indiana. John was a charter member of The Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church in Union Township. 1860 John wed Martha DeMoss, and had no children. John passed in 1884.

Other Information:

John A Lepper… Born in 1808 in Amsterdam, and in 1836 wed Louisa Sarah Fairbanks, and living in Trumbull Co., Ohio.

Submitted by:
Julie Morse
Email: a58winterschild55@yahoo.com

Andrew Teeple

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Andrew Teeple
b. 23 March 1805, New York, to George and Anna (Brown) Teeple
d. 20 September 1882, Marshall Township, Louisa County, Iowa

m. 28 June 1827, Jefferson County, Ohio
Margaret Byers
b. or bapt. 4 September 1804, Erie County, Pennsylvania
d. 11 June 1893, Cairo, Iowa

Children with Margaret Byers:
• Anna (b. 1828) married (1) William Carpenter, (2) Norman Coon
• Eliza Jane (1830-1833)
• Martha (1832-1852) married Luther Carpenter
• Catherine (1834-1907) married Isaiah Hardin
• Harriet (b. 1836) married Joseph Stoops
• Sarah (1840-1928) married Samuel Coon
• Margaret (b. 1842) married George W. Brown
• Emiline (b. 1844) never married
• Mary Hiley (1846-1916) married James Mullen

Andrew bought land in 1838 in St. Mary’s Township, Adams County, Indiana. Sometime before the 1860 census they moved as they were in Pontiac Village, Livingston County, Illinois by then. After two of the daughters were married in Indiana, the whole family and sons-in-law moved on to Louisa County, Iowa, where Andrew remained.

Submitted by:
Ruth C. Eppler
Cheshine CT

Elijah Woodall

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Elijah Woodall
b. 11 March 1836, Martin County, Indiana
d. 11 January 1922, Eads, Kiowa County, Colorado

m. 7 May 1857, Jasper County, Illinois
Erminda Carpenter
d. 16 September 1906

Children with Erminda Carpenter:
• [—?—] married H. G. Danhaver
• [—?—] married J. R. Proctor
• [—?—] married H. A. McKean

Elijah left Martin County, Indiana, about 1840.

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

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 Carpenter

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Philip Carpenter
b. February 1836, Indiana, to Thomas and Nancy (Collum) Carpenter
d. after 1900, probably Texas

m/1. 23 January 1855, Greene County, Indiana
Elizabeth Ooley
b. 1839, Indiana, to Elijah and Sarah (Newton) Ooley
d. about 1875, Indiana

m/2. 15 September 1875, Greene County, Indiana
Hannah E. Sims
b. October 1847
d. after 1900

Children with Elizabeth Ooley:

  • Salina (1859–bef 1870)
  • Ithamar (1862-1944)
  • Sarah (1864-1941) married (1) Jacob Staggs, (2) John Heinrich Kaiser, (3) Linza L. Woods
  • America (1867-abt 1932) married I. W. Wright
  • Eliza E. (b. 1870)

Children with Hannah E. Sims:

  • James A. (b. 1877)
  • Martha J. (b. 1879)
  • Kalie (b. 1887)

Thomas Carpenter came to Indiana from Kentucky. Phillip left Indiana with the children of his first marriage and his second wife, Hannah Sims. In Missouri, Phillip and Hannah had James; in Arkansas they had Martha; Kalie was born in Texas in 1887. By 1900 they were living in Cedar Township, Polk County, Arkansas.

Submitted by:
Mildred Holmes
Marysville WA
E-mail: mildredwear@peoplepc.com

Lunda L. (Lester?) Bowerman

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LUNDA L. (LESTER?) BOWERMAN
b. 7 March 1847, Powerstown (present-day Conneautville), Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to William Welling and Diadema (Lester) Bowerman
d. 19 May 1929, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan

m/1.
Darthula [–?–]
d. 25 October 1867, Taylor County, Iowa

m/2. 24 October 1870, Branch County, Michigan
Emily M. “Emma” Bowerman
b. 9 November 1840, Root, Montgomery County, New York, to Elisha and Mary Ann (Hoag) Bowerman
d. 30 July 1919, Quincy, Branch County, Michigan
dv/2. 1886, Hillsdale County, Michigan

m/3. 12 January 1887, Springport, Calhoun County, Michigan
Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” McGee
b. 11 August 1868, near Rice Creek, Clarence Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, to Myron and Harriet (Wilkes) McGee
d. 2 November 1945, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan

Children with Emily M. Bowerman:

  • Dora (1874-1953) never married
  • Mable (1878-1950) never married
  • Earl (1880-1962) married Jessie May Gillett
  • Blanch (1883-1965) never married

Children with Elizabeth M. McGee:

  • Beulah (1888-1916) married Howard Ray Klahn
  • Ralph (1891-1948) married Edna Grace Carpenter

Lunda was age 13 with his parents in Crawford County, Indiana, in the 1860 census, then returned to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he enrolled in Company E, 103rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers on 3 March 1865.

He was honorably discharged on 25 June 1865 at New Berne, North Carolina. His pension application indicated that, besides Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan, he also lived in Indiana for about eight years and in California for about six years after the war.

Lunda and Lizzie lived in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, and by 1891 were in Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. They purchased land in 1900 in Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan, where they remained.

Submitted by:
A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Elizabeth Jane Smitha

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Elizabeth Jane Smitha
b. 1 April 1830, possibly Shelby County, Kentucky, to Fielding and Catherine Smitha
d. 12 February 1903, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri

m. about 1845, possibly Anderson County, Kentucky
Charles F. Kennedy
b. 5 January 1820, Kentucky
d. 27 November 1898, Adair County, Missouri

Children with Charles F. Kennedy:

  • Mary (d. bef. 1919)
  • John W. (d. 1927) married Sarah E. Hagens
  • Walter N. (d. 1919) married Recie [–?–]
  • Seth F.
  • Joseph married Mary [–?–]
  • William H. (b. 1862)
  • Laura Belle married Joseph Carpenter
  • Susan married [–?–] Morgan

Jane, her husband Charles, and some of their children are buried in Llwellyn Cemetery near Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. Although Jane’s tombstone reads Jane E. and she was known as Jane, the 1880 Missouri census lists her as Elizabeth J. Her letters home to her widowed mother’s Hendricks County, Indiana, residence, related many of the facts concerning Jane and her family. These letters are in the possession of the contributor.

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Mary Jane Shackelford Kaiser
Fort Wayne IN

Hiram Ritter

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Hiram Ritter
b. August 1846, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Owen and Eliza (Pitcher) Ritter
d. 1907, Osage Township, Camden County, Missouri

m. about 1862, Kentucky
Mary J. (Carpenter) Thacker
b. February 1832, probably Shelby County, Kentucky
d. about 1901, Camden County, Missouri

Children with Mary J. Thacker:

  • Mary E. (b. 1864)
  • Charles (1869-1934) married Mary Nancy Anderson

Hiram emigrated from Owen County, Indiana, to Osage Township, Camden County, Missouri,
in 1885.

Mary had one child from a previous marriage, Alfred P. Thacker, born about 1853, in
Kentucky.

Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Hoisington KS

Charles Ritter

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Charles Ritter
b. 17 May 1869, Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, to Hiram and Mary (Carpenter) Thacker Ritter
d. 29 September 1934, Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri

m. 9 October 1889, Osage, Camden County, Missouri
Mary Nancy Anderson
b. 15 October 1873, Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri, to Isaac Newton and Sarah K. (Waters) Anderson
d. 3 July 1966, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Children with Mary Nancy Anderson:

  • Harvey Clyde (1891-1894)
  • Sarah “Sadie” Jane (1894-1984) married George Perdue
  • Emmett Allison (1896-1967) married Mildred Pearson
  • Elsie May (1898-1973) married John Overton Mahar
  • Bessie Ann (b. 1904) married (1) Arthur Pearson, (2) Ralph Gropp
  • Laura Frances (1906-1986) married Eugene Proctor
  • Lonnel Charles (1908-1979) married Delma Sene Hansen
  • Louie Myrtle (1911-1964) married William Van Vleet
  • Ralph Waldo (1913-1987) married Marie Donaldson
  • Mary Alice (b. 1919)

Charles moved to Osage, Camden County, Missouri, about 1885.

Submitted by:
Barbara Drake Ritter
Hoisington KS

Elizabeth Rarrick

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Elizabeth Rarrick
b. 7 December 1784, New Jersey, to Henry and Elizabeth (Roods) Rarrick
d. 12 November 1877, Monticello, Jones County, Iowa

m/1. 26 March 1801, Morris County, New Jersey
John Morss/Mors
b. 25 June 1780, Cayuga County, New York, to Benjamin and Irena (Mead) Morss

m/2. 1819
Benjamin Crouch
b. about 1776, Massachusetts
d. 1856, probably St. Joseph County, Indiana

Children with John Morss:

  • Anna B. (1802-1829)
  • Henry D. (1803-1817)
  • Elizabeth (1806-1896) married Chauncy Mead
  • Benjamin (1808-1892) married Sophronia Mead
  • Simeon (b. 1811) married Jane Manliff
  • John (1813-1814)
  • David A. (1815-1909) married Moriah Carpenter
  • Daniel (1818-1903) married Sarah Nancy Milliken

Children with Benjamin Crouch:

  • Ephraim (1821-1845)
  • Eleazer (1824-1892) married (1) Lucinda Matthews, (2) Ann Maria Wells
  • Nathan (b. 1827) married Susan Tracy

Elizabeth was one of eight children. She moved to Monticello, Jones County, Iowa, where she resided with her daughter Elizabeth (Morss) Mead until her death.

Submitted by:
Barbara Taylor Szabo
Osceola IN