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John A. Lepper

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

Joseph Voorheis

Joseph Voorheis
b. 26 February 1800, Mercer County, Kentucky, to John and Hannah (Titsworth) Voorheis
d. 22 May 1874, Benton County, Iowa

m. 15 April 1823, Mercer County, Kentucky
Jane Covert
b. 14 December 1796, Mercer County, Kentucky
d. 14 August 1874, Benton County, Iowa

Children with Jane Covert:
• Amanda (1824-1832)
• Margaret C. (1827-1893)
• Mary A. (1829-1830)
• Martha H. (1831-1905)
• Andrew Jackson (1833-1923)
• Herriott A. (1836-1844)
• John Pascall (1838-1838)
• Lydia Ann (1840-1893)
• Rachel C. (1846-1875)

The family came to the Hopewell community in Johnson County, Indiana, in 1826 and left in 1864.

Submitted by:
Anne Tangeman
Jasper IN
E-mail: annem@fullnet.com