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Elvira Demeretta Chappell

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Elvira Demeretta Chappell
b. 18 September 1842, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana, to Moses Lane and Amanda Melvina Susan (Twitty) Chappell
d. 12 April 1915, Gandy, Logan County, Nebraska

m. 24 June 1864, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana
Allen Overton Adams
b. 28 October 1842, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana, to Edward S. “Ned” and Martha A. “Patsy” (Harris) Adams
d. 10 December 1917, Winslow, Pike County, Indiana

Children with Allen Overton Adams:
• Arthur Adison (1865-1935) married Zulima R. “Zella” Radcliff
• Martha Issabelle “Mattie” (1866-1945) married Isaac “Ike” Selby
• Edward Grant (1869-1935) married Martha Anna Sorguis
• Moses Lane (1870-1958) married Jeanette Maude Oberson
• Mary Elizabeth (1872-1969) married Homer Curt Thomas
• George Jerome (1875-1957) married Martha Esther Coen
• Nancy Katherine “Kate” (1877-1926) married Curtis L. Gribling
• Chloe Luella (1880-1926) married Claude B. Loudon
• Allen Beverly (1881-1911) married Cora Delilah McCain
• Clyde (1884-1885)
• Claude (1884-1885)
• Orace Eldoris (1886-1917) married Henerietta Mathilda Fitzgerald

Elvira left the state in 1891. Allen Adams was buried in Gandy, Logan County, Nebraska, the week after he died in Indiana.

Submitted by:
Larry L. Nielson
Fruitland ID
E-mail: lniel19027@juno.com

Allen Beverly Adams

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Allen Beverly Adams
b. 11 November 1881, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana, to Allen Overton and Elvira Demeretta (Chappell) Adams
d. 6 January 1911, Gandy, Logan County, Nebraska

m. 17 January 1902, Gandy, Logan County, Nebraska
Cora Delilah McCain
b. 13 August 1884, Otwell, Pike County, Indiana, to Robert and Adeline Ovanda (Chappell) McCain
d. 20 August 1973, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California

Children with Cora Delilah McCain:
• Robert Isaac (1902-1990) married Lottie Elizabeth La Rue
• Ardis Opal (1904-1985) married George Hobbs
• Virgil Theodore (1905-1969)
• Lawrence Overton (1906-1978) married Vyrle Lenor Delosh
• Alta Manda (1909-1997) married Ray Oliver Nielson

Allen had a good singing voice and could be heard at nearby farms.

Submitted by:
Larry L. Nielson
Fruitland ID
E-mail: lniel19027@juno.com

Susannah H Mosby

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Susannah H Mosby
b. 6 September 1811, Woodford County, Kentucky, to Edward and Sarah Jones (Elliott) Mosby
d. 19 April 1896, Logan County, Nebraska

m. 15 July 1847, Dubois County, Indiana
Hugh McCain
b. 25 August 1806, Georgia, to Hamilton and Ann McCain
d. 10 October 1878, Pike County, Indiana

Children with Hugh McCain:
• Robert (1849-1884) married Adeline Ovanda Chappell
• Lucy (1851-1872)
• Winfield S. (1852-1871)
• Susan Emily (1854-1930) married Milton Simpson Chappell
• Mary F. (1857-1860)

The family lived in Petersburg in Pike County and left there about 1880. Susannah was Hugh’s second wife.

Submitted by:
Larry L. Nielson
Fruitland ID
E-mail: lniel19027@juno.com

Robert McCain

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Robert McCain
b. 15 December 1849, Otwell, Pike County, Indiana, to Hugh and Susannah H. (Mosby) McCain
d. 8 September 1884, Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska

m. 16 December 1880, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana
Adeline Ovanda Chappell
b. 31 January 1848, Otwell, Pike County, Indiana, to Moses Lane and Nancy Delilah (Freeland) Chappell
d. 20 March 1902, Gancy, Logan County, Nebraska

Children with Adeline Ovanda Chappell:
• Kelpie Myrtle (1882-1983) married Fred Eugene, Sr.
• Cora Delilah (1884-1973) married Allen Beverly Adams

In 1884, Robert McCain, his brother-in-law Denphard Chappell, and William L. Newkirk went to Nebraska to homestead. Robert returned to Indiana for his family and their belongings, while the other two stayed to guard the land. Two boxcars were loaded with the furniture and farm equipment; Robert traveled on this train to Gothenburg, Nebraska. The letter stating when he would arrive had not reached Chappell and Newkirk, so Robert unloaded the boxcars himself. In doing so, his appendix ruptured and he died. His wife and her four girls arrived later to find that he had died. Adeline had two daughters, Mary and Martha, from her marriage to Mr. Sullivan.

Submitted by:
Larry L. Nielson
Fruitland ID
E-mail: lniel19027@juno.com

Nancy Delilah Freeland

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Nancy Delilah Freeland
b. 10 May 1827, Daviess County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Mary P. (Miller) Freeland
d. 30 April 1912, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

m. 3 August 1846, Algiers, Pike County, Indiana
Moses Lane Chappell
b. 24 April 1822, Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, to Jacob and Rachael (Lane) Chappell
d. 13 August 1883-1886, Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana

Children with Moses Lane Chappell:
• Adeline Ovanda (1848-1902) married Robert McCain
• Rachel Elizabeth “Lizzie” (1849-1932) married Albert McCain
• Mary Ann (1851-1935) married Rev. John Henry Derryberry
• Milton Simpson (1854-1924) married Susan Emily McCain
• Deamphard Silsbery (1856-1929) married Laura Frances Heaton
• Martha Angeline “Mattie” (1859-1946)
• Moses Ellsworth (1862-1943) married Sarah Frances “Sallie” Thomas
• James Franklin (1867-1920) married Mary Elizabeth DeMotte
• George W. (1869-1941) married Virginia Hila Perkins

Moses was married 16 June 1842 in Dubois County, Indiana, to Amanda Melvina Susan Twitty, born about 1820 to Buford and Rebeckah (Brittain) Twitty. They had one child, Elvira Demerette (1842-1915) who married Allen Overton Adams.

Three of Nancy’s children moved to Fort Worth, Texas (Mary, Mattie and Moses), while all the others moved to Nebraska. It is not known when they left Indiana.

Submitted by:
Larry L. Nielson
Fruitland ID
E-mail: lniel19027@juno.com