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John Ayers

John Ayers
birth: 1789 New Jersey Jedediah Ayers – Experience Unknown
death: July 24, 1871, Jefferson County, Indiana
burial: Cave-Dixon Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

marriage: August 19, 1813, Hamilton County, Ohio
Sarah Ann Ward
birth: 1797 Virginia
death: February 11, 1878, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana
burial: Cave-Dixon Cemetery, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana

Children of Sarah Ann Ward and John Ayers:

  • Louis Ayers born 1818 Ohio death date and place unknown
  • George W. Ayers born 1820 Ohio death unknown
  • Milton Ayers born June 3, 1821 died 1898 Crawford County, Kansas, spouse Mary Sturgess
  • Benjamin S Ayers born February 16, 1826, Ohio died November 6, 1904, Boone County, Indiana, spouse Frances “Fanny” Unknown
  • Joseph Ayers born December 19, 1828, Hamilton County, Ohio died April 16, 1920 Paris, Jennings County, Indiana spouse Harriet Agnes Zener
  • Isaac Newton Ayers, born May 9, 1831, Hamilton County, Ohio died November 7, 1904, Boone County, Indiana , spouse Rebecca Davis
  • Mary Jane Ayers, March 22, 1837, Ohio died date unknown, Boone County, Indiana

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana 1845 – death in 1871

Other Locations where person lived:
New Jersey, New York, Ohio

Additional information about person:
Fought in the War of 1812 as a member of the Ohio Militia

Submitted by:
Sheila Kell
Email: kfurballkell@aol.com

William Francis Huber

William Francis Huber
birth: 6 November 1850, Fayette Co., IN to Levi Reed and Eliza (Dungan) Huber
death: 23 July 1919, at Quincy, Owen Co., IN
burial: New Union “Carolina” Cemetery, Owen Co., IN

marriage: 27 August 1868, Owen Co., IN
Julia Ann Query
birth: 17 November, 1851, Owen Co., IN, to Daniel and Susannah (Cox) Query
death: 23 March 1943, Owen Co., IN
burial: New Union “Carolina” Cemetery, Owen Co., IN

Children of Julia Ann Query and William Francis Huber:

  • Daniel Harvey Huber, b. 31 Mar 1870, m. Eliza Jane Frazier
  • John H Huber, b. Aug 1873, d. 25 Feb 1919, m. Nellie I. Hood
  • Charles Ross Huber, b. 15 Apr 1878, d. 11 Feb 1958, m. Tressie Pearl McCullough
  • Laura Angeline Huber, b. June 1881, d. after 11 Feb 1959, m. Wilbur F Davis
  • Bertha Huber, b. unknown, d. before 23 July 1919
  • Hattie F Huber, b. 4 Feb 1886, d. after 11 Feb 1959, m. Haskell Smith
  • Clara E Huber, b. 17 Sep 1889, d. 14 mar 1979, m. Ernest Mugg
  • Bert T Lee Huber, b. 1 Mar 1893, d. 29 Nov 1979, m. Bonnie Pearl Edward
  • Willie Huber, b. unknown, d. before 27 July 1950
  • Rose Huber, b. unknown, d. unknown

Ancestor William Francis Huber Lived In:

  • 1850 – Born in Fayette County, Indiana
  • By 1860 – death in 1919 – Owen County, Indiana

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

Reeves Washington Riggins

Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Coles County, Illinois

m. 31 August 1834, Union County, Indiana
Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813, Union County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary (Lewis) White
d. 25 January 1895, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Perlina White:
• Charles W. (1835-1908) married America Hodge
• Asa V. B. (1837-1906) married Zelpha M. Walker
• Richard S. (1839-1911) married Adaline Davis
• Sarah E. (1841-1905) married Jasper Cartwright
• Bathsheba (1843-1928) married Nathan Ashby
• Emanuel (1845-1922) married Rosaline Thompson
• Mary Jane (1847-1877) married Henry Chism
• John A. (1849-1870)
• Lafayette (1851-1890) married Elizabeth Beavers
• Adeline P. (1853-1949) married Thomas C. Orr

In about 1834, Reeves moved to Union County, Indiana with his siblings, John Alfred Riggins, Richard Stokes Riggins, and Polly Riggins and her spouse, Isaac Dunn. Reeves left Indiana in about 1846 and moved to Coles County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Rhonda Dunn
Nashville IN
E-mail: radunn1953@aol.com

Milton Brewer

Milton Brewer
b. 5 September 1847, Union Township, Grant County, Indiana, to John M. and Permelia (Davis) Brewer
d. 18 April 1932, Mt. Hope, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m/1. 29 August 1869, Grant County, Indiana
Rachel E. Osborn
b. 27 January 1848, Grant County, Indiana, to Henry and Mary (Parson) Osborn
d. 13 May 1870, Fairmount Township, Grant County, Indiana

m/2. 23 March 1871, Grant County, Indiana
Elizabeth Jane Payne
b. 14 August 1850, Union Township, Grant County, Indiana, to William Collet and Celia (Lewis) Payne
d. 27 February 1928, Mt. Hope, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Jane Payne:
• Emma C. (1872-1873)
• William David “Will” (1875-1938)
• Mary Emma (1887-1950)
• Charles Ernest “Pete” (1880-1932)
• Joseph Franklin (1880-1880)
• L. May
• Robert Glen
• Carrie

Milton left Indiana in the fall of 1881 and moved to Sedgwick County, Kansas. He farmed there for the rest of his life. He was a member of the M.E. Church and was a Populist in politics and served in public office.

Submitted by:
Charles E. Wells
Clinton MO
E-mail: cwells@midamerica.net

Jesse Parmer

Jesse Parmer
b. 15 September 1789, Virginia, to Jesse and Rebecca Parmer
d. 18 November 1876, Jackson County, Iowa

m. 12 July 1814, Columbiana County, Ohio
Charity Pugh
b. 17 February 1796, Virginia
d. 18 August 1889, Jackson County, Iowa

Children with Charity Pugh:
• Aaron (b. 1815) married Catherine Davis
• Jesse (1818-1904) married (1) Sarah A. Davis, (2) Frances [–?–]
• Peter (1819-ca. 1864) married Catherine Davis
• Sarah (b. ca. 1820) married Levi Rolf
• Mary (b. 1822) married Daniel M. Robbins
• Belinda (b. 1826) married (1) Isaac E. Welch, (2) Joseph Larkins
• Nancy A. (b. 1837)

Jesse was an original landowner in Decatur County, Indiana, on 11 December 1834. It is unknown when he left Indiana. He was a veteran of the War of 1812.

Submitted by:
Francis Metz
Batesville IN

James Parmer

James Parmer
b. 25 February 1821, Columbiana County, Ohio, to Joseph and Ruth (Potts) Parmer
d. 11 May 1911, Jackson County, Iowa

m. 25 April 1845, Decatur County, Indiana
America Davis
b/ 25 May 1828, Franklin County, Indiana, to Asa and Susannah (Blue) Davis
d. 10 October 1904

Children with America Davis:
• Ruth Ann (1846-1923) married Robert Bradley
• Asa D. (b. 1851)
• Joseph (1853-1854)
• John (1853-1865)
• James Amos (1858-1942) married Lucy Victoria Jerman
• David (1860-1890) married Laura A. Roush

James moved to Iowa in 1865. He was a member of the Adventist Church.

Submitted by:
Francis Metz
Batesville IN

Allen Jasper Hart

Allen Jasper Hart
b. 10 January 1882, Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana, to James L. Marion and Harriett Jane (Shouse) Hart
d. 11 September 1957, Kiowa, Kansas

m. 14 February 1902, New Pennington, Decatur County, Indiana
Lou Ella Davis
b. 1 May 1881, Missouri, to David Arthur Thackrey and Anna Eliza (Hart) Davis
d. 3 August 1963, Jefferson County, Indiana

Allen was a farmer, and it is unknown when he left Indiana. Lou Ella had been committed to the Madison State Hospital on 2 September 1914, but Allen died in Kansas in 1957 before she died in Indiana in 1963.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Charles Edgar Davis

Charles Edgar Davis
b. 7 August 1897, Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana, to David Arthur Thackrey and Anna Eliza (Hart) Davis
d. 30 April 1951, Michigan

m. 12 February 1922, Covington, Kentucky
Stella Marie Parmer
b. 4 November 1902, New Point, Decatur County, Indiana, to Isaac A. and Phebe May (Thackery) Parmer
d. 14 January 1996, Michigan

Children with Stella Marie Parmer:
• Doris Alene (1923-1998) married Ivan Gill
• Gerlad Keith (1927-1967) married Barbara Altman
• Joyce Marie (1936-1984) married David Fortson, Jr.

Charles was a World War I veteran. After Charles’ death, Stella Marie married Bonnye I. Donaldson. Again widowed, she married a third time to Leroy W. Vansickle.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Rebecca Elizabeth S. Cook

Rebecca Elizabeth S. Cook
b. 13 February 1835, Harmony Township, Union County, Indiana, to James and Charlotte Eliza (Rose) Cook
d. 18 Jun 1897, Chanute, Kansas

m/1. 27 Apr 1857, Decatur County, Indiana
Benjamin Bloomhart
b. 11 December 1820, Indiana
d. 9 December 1873, near Chanute, Kansas

m/2. after 1873
[–?–] Davis

Children with Benjamin Bloomhart:
• Elmira (b. ca. 1858)
• Laura (b. ca. 1860)
• Clarissa “Liza” (b. ca. 1863)
• James S. (b. ca. 1868)

Benjamin and Rebecca moved to Kansas in the spring of 1869. The surname is recorded as Bloomheart in Kansas.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

William Oliver Richison

William Oliver Richison
b. 13 May 1887, Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana, to Frank Albert and Sarah Jane (Davis) Richison
d. 23 April 1962, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

m. 25 December 1906, Jay County, Indiana
Mary Louisa “Lulu” Gibson
b. 20 April 1886, Jay County, Indiana
d. 18 April 1961, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Children with Mary Louisa Gibson:
• Irma Frances (b. 1908) married Ralph Richard Mumma
• Wava Margaret (1911-1996) married Russell Renzi Haney
• Carl Albert (1914-1944) married Frances Geraldine Mumma
• Glenn Alvin (b. 1921) married Catherine Bernadette Roach

Will left Jay County and lived in both Muncie, Indiana, and Detroit, Michigan, before finally settling in Dayton, Ohio. Will and Lulu are both buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, just outside of Bryant in Jay County, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Shirley Richison Fields
Avon IN
E-mail: richison@indy.rr.com