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David Williams Cheesman

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DAVID WILLIAMS CHEESMAN
b. about 1819, Illinois, to Richard and Hannah Cheesman
d. 24 January 1884, San Francisco, California

m. 17 October 1849, Daviess County, Indiana
Urania Macy
b. 5 April 1828, Knox County, Indiana, to Obed and Lucinda (Polk) Macy
d. 17 March 1916, Medford County, Oregon

Children with Urania Macy:

  • Randolph (1850-1906) married Emma Shattuck
  • Frank Macy (1854-1931) married Margarita Morales Bracamonte
  • Charles Richard (1857-1884)
  • David Julia (b. 1861) married Margaret Starke
  • Urania (1863-1897) married Matthew Quade
  • Laura (b. 1872) married Edward S. Clark

David was a director of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Abraham Lincoln and attended both inaugurations. He was the first Republican National Committeeman for California.

Submitted by:
Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL

John Franklin McIntire

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John Franklin McIntire
b. 22 August 1863, Pigeon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, to Andrew J. and Martha (Clark) McIntire
d. 18 January 1952, Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois

m. 8 June 1890, Oakland City, Pike County, Indiana
Louisa Rosa Catherine Ruff
b. 19 December 1871, Sugar Grove, Fairfield County, Ohio, to Phillip and Christine (Fassler) Ruff
d. 30 January 1943, Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois

Children with Louisa Rosa Catherine Ruff:

  • Ada (b. 1891)
  • Wilbur (b. 1894)
  • Jesse Franklin (b. 1896) (twin)
  • Dessie Prudence (b. 1896) (twin)
  • Marietta (b. 1900)
  • Gertrude Ellen (1903–1909)
  • Lillian Lucille (1906–1907)
  • Martha Mildred (1909–1926)
  • Hannah Beatrice (b. 1914)

John worked in the coal mines from the time he was nine years old. The family emigrated in
1910 from Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, to Illinois.

Submitted by:
Virginia Anderson
Ramsey IL

George Washington Hill

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George Washington Hill
b. 2 July 1816, Orange County, Indiana, to John and Mary Ann (Clark) Hill
d. 9 August 1892, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois

m/1. 24 August 1852, Knox County, Indiana
Indiana Piety
b. 8 December 1831, Knox County, Indiana, to Samuel Duncan and Eliza Ann (Hodgen) Piety
d. 4 September 1863, Knox County, Indiana

m/2.
Elizabeth (Newlin) McDowell, widow of George McDowell

Children:

  • John Riley
  • Eliza Jane married [–?–] Sartor
  • Mary L. married [–?–] Prigmore
  • Samuel
  • Cora Candas married [–?–] Wilson

George Hill rafted corn grown on his farm in Knox County, Indiana, down the Wabash River to New Orleans and returned by foot and stagecoach. After his first wife died in 1863 and his mother died in 1866, he followed his sister Rebecca and her husband, Ferdinand Hollingsworth, to Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, in 1872. George served as a justice of the peace and constable in Knox County, Indiana, and Jasper County, Missouri. He moved to Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, in 1882.

Submitted by:
Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL

Lorinda Eltzroth

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Lorinda Eltzroth
b. 29 April 1822, Lanier Township, Preble County, Ohio, to Jacob and Elizabeth (Neff) Eltzroth
d. 3 June 1914, Providence, Rhode Island

m/1. 4 December 1845, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
William Fletcher Brady
b. to John and [–?–] Brady
d. Tipton, Indiana

m/2. 1854
Newton J. Jackson
d. 1862

m/3.
David J. Kemp

Children with William Fletcher Brady:

  • Carthon J. married Josephine Clark
  • Samuel W. married Olive Rosengarten

Children with Newton J. Jackson:

  • Willard W. married Margaret Wakem

Lorinda’s first husband, William Fletcher Brady, was the son of John Brady, the first mayor of Muncie, Indiana. William died on the day he was elected city auditor.

Lorinda left Tipton County, Indiana, about 1890 after the death of her third husband to live near a son in Providence, Rhode Island.

Submitted by:
Nancy B. Fratt
Westfield NJ

Lavina Dunn

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Lavina Dunn
b. 12 November 1822, possibly in Clinton County, Indiana, to Abner and Nancy Jane (Miller) Dunn
d. 1 September 1871, Putnam County, Missouri

m. 3 November 1842, Sugar Creek, Clinton County, Indiana
Levi Clark
b. 14 October 1814, New York, to Silas and Phebe (Sherman) Clark
d. 20 December 1901, Putnam County, Missouri

Children with Levi Clark:

  • Docia Ann
  • William Lewis
  • George Emmanuel
  • Nancy Jane
  • Thomas Francis

Lavina moved to Putnam County, Missouri, in 1852.

Submitted by:
Betty Murphy Mabee
San Diego CA

Jane Clark

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Jane Clark
b. 1859, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, to John and Anna (Haines) Clark

m. 28 August 1875, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana
Thomas Adams

Jane emigrated from Decatur County, Indiana, to Boyer, Crawford County, Iowa, in the 1880’s.

Submitted by:
Maureen Duncan
Indianapolis IN

David Clark

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David Clark
b. 25 November 1867, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, to John and Anna (Haines) Clark
d. 3 December 1935, Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa

m. 25 February 1889, Boyer, Crawford County, Iowa
Minnie Wulf
d. May 1934, Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa

Children with Minnie Wulf:

  • David
  • Pearl
  • James
  • Ernest
  • a daughter who died in infancy

David resided in Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in the 1880’s to Boyer, Crawford County, Iowa.

Submitted by:
Maureen Duncan
Indianapolis IN