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Samuel Miles

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Samuel Miles
birth: 17 March 1796 in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky to Enos Miles and Anna Buchanan
death: 9 June 1876 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 9 December 1824 in Parke, Indiana
Hannah Ghormley
birth: 23 March 1802 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania to James Isaac Ghormley and Elizabeth Cunningham
death: 18 August 1858 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Children of Hannah Ghormley and Samuel Miles:

  • Jesse Miles 1825-?
  • Ann Miles 1826-1891 m. Lewis Rice
  • James Ghormley Miles 1827-1898 m. Susanna Wade
  • Enos C Miles 1829-1911 m. Caroline Baylis Osborn
  • Mary Ann Miles 1830-1900 m1 James Harvey McCoskey m2 Elijah Lindsey Ferguson m3 Hiram Braddy
  • Jane Miles 1831-1862 m. William Kelly Houston
  • William Hickson Miles 1833-1908 m. Melissa Moss
  • Henry Harrison Brown Miles 1835-1904 m. Parintha Clemons
  • Samuel Thompson Laverty Miles 1835-1904 m. Lucinda Buell

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 9 Dec 1824-1827, Parke, Indiana
  • 1829-1830 Vigo, Indiana
  • 1831-June 1876 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in: 

17 March 1796, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky

Other Information:

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Submitted by:
Sharon Rice Barnes
Email: barnes@lclark.edu

Amos Neier

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Amos Neier
birth: 25 February 1860 at Owen County, Indiana, to Samuel and Margaret (Fertig/Fertich) Neier
death: 22 September 1964 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN
burial: IOOF Riverview Cemetery, Monitcello, White Co., IN

marriage: 10 Aug 1891, Jasper Co., IN
Alice Chrisenberry
birth: Sep 1869 in Indiana
death: 26 Jul 1956, at East Monticello, White Co., IN
burial: IOOF Riverview Cemetery, Monitcello, White Co., IN

Children of Amos Neier and Alice Chrisenberry:

  • Edith Neier, b. 30 Jan 1893, d. 2 Jan 1986, m. Harry Cunningham
  • Edgar Neier, b. 30 Jan 1893, d. 31 May 1973, m. Deva Marie Cochran

Edith and Edgar were twins.

Amos Neier Lived In (in order):

  • Born in Owen County, Indiana
  • Putnam County, Indiana
  • Jasper County, Indiana
  • White County, Indiana
  • Died in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Submitted by:
Randi Richardson
Email: GFTL@bluemarble.net

Zachariah Shackelford

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Zachariah Shackelford
b. 7 September 1830, Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky, to Richard and Eliza (Dean) Shackelford
d. August 1892, Nonesuch, Woodford County, Kentucky

m/1. 7 May 1854, Franklin County, Kentucky
Mildred Jane Ellis
b. 1834, Hendricks County, Indiana, to Phillip R. and Elizabeth (Shackelford) Ellis
d. between 1866-1870, Hendricks County, Indiana

m/2. before 1880, Kentucky
Mrs. Margaret Cunningham

Children with Mildred Jane Ellis:
• Ammi W. (d. in infancy)
• Elizabeth “Betty”
• Richard J. (1861-1862)
• Albertine “Tiny” married James Lewis
• William H. (1866-1956) married (1) Grace Cole, (2) Mrs. Betty Cole Sims

The couple moved to Hendricks County, Indiana, soon after their marriage, but by 1870 the father and his three surviving children had moved back to Kentucky.

Submitted by:
Mary Jane Shackelford Kaiser
Ft. Wayne IN

James Andrew Cunningham

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James Andrew Cunningham
b. 30 August 1842, Daviess County, Indiana, to William R. Cunningham
d. 10 May 1923, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas

m. 23 May 1868, Daviess County, Indiana
Martha A. Martin
b. 18 April 1851, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Sarah A. (Darrall) Martin
d. 17 May 1917, St. Louis, Missouri

Children with Martha A. Martin:

  • Joseph Douglas (1870-1928) married Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ellis
  • Charles Sidney (1873-1946) married (1) Daisy Ann McDonald, (2) Mazelle Server, (3) Emma Elizabeth Shields Holden
  • Samuel (b. 1878)
  • Verna “Vernie” (b. 1879) married William Earl McKiddy
  • Lenora Maude (1887-1968) married Harry Eugene Harder

James was living in Madison Township, Daviess County, Indiana in 1850. They left the state sometime after 1868. All their children were born in Missouri. Martha was also married to Frank Ross.

Submitted by:
Charles L. Cunningham, Jr.
Houston TX
E-mail: clc@flash.net