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Frances Cotton Tichenor

Frances Cotton Tichenor
birth: 1779 in Virginia to John Ralph Cotton and Susannah Smith
death: November 3, 1828 in Vigo County, Indiana
burial: Cremated, ashes unknown

marriage: September 3, 1797 in Nelson, Kentucky
Peter V Tichenor
birth: March 22, 1977 in Morristown, New Jersey to Daniel Tichenor and Anna Byram
death: October 20, 1822 in Nelson, Kentucky
burial: Cremated, Ashes unknown

Children of Frances Cotton Tichenor and Peter V Tichenor:

Zacheus Tichenor 1798-1857 married Elizabeth Taylor
Byram Tichenor 1799-1852 married Eunice Ann Kester
Anna B Tichenor 1802-1850 married John Dorsey Cotton
Ira C. Tichenor 1805-unknown
Leura Tichenor 1809-1874 married Hiram A. Sparks
William Tichenor 1810-1908 married Mary Jane Glass
Calvin Tichenor 1813-1854 married Pelina Lay
Silas Tichenor 1814-1890 married Letitia Sparks
Emily Tichenor 1816-1870 married Smith Sparks
Keller Tichenor 18919-1847 married Sarah Pound
Mildred Tichenor 1820-1858 married William Kester Drake
Peter Tichenor 1823-1874 married Jemima Reed

Ancestor here lived in:

Frances moved to Vigo County, Indiana after the death of her husband in 1822. She came to be near son Byram which had located near Prairie Creek, Indiana.

Submitted by:
BJ Campbell
Email: campbell5075@gmail.com

Francis Kittredge Porter

Francis Kittredge Porter
birth: 24 Sep 1794 Sullivan NH to Amaziah Porter and Rhoda Kittredge
death: 18 Apr 1874 Gosport, IN
burial: Samaria Cemetery Ray Township Morgan county

marriage: 1 May 1817 Jeffersonville, IN
Margaret Glass
birth: 2 Jul 1796 Sommerset, PA to John Glass, Sr. and Anna Barbara Shriver
death: 8 Feb 1829 Clark Co., IN
burial: unknown

Children of Margaret Glass and Francis Kittredge Porter:

Julian Ann 1818-1844
Hiram Egel 1820-1886
Sarah Ann 1822-1913
Margaret 1824-1871
Rhoda 1824-1871
Jonathan 1826-1828

2nd marriage
Pressha Elizabeth Hilton 1797-1873

Children of Pressha Elizabeth Hilton and Francis Kittredge Porter:

Christina 1831-1925
Lethana 1833-1922
Pressha Elizabeth 1837-1908
Mary J. 1842-1907

Ancestor here lived in:

1817-about 1831 Clark Co. IN
1831-1874 Owen Co. IN
1794- about 1817 NH

Other Information:

Operated a grist mill in Owen/Morgan county powered by water from what is known as Porter’s Cave. His grandfather Dr. Francis Kittredge Jr. and his great grandfather Dr. Francis Kittredge Sr. were both surgeons serving in the Revolutionary War in MS.

Submitted by:
Ellen Wilson-Pruitt
Email: ellenwilsonpruitt@gmail.com

James Johnson Poland/Polen

James Johnson Poland/Polen
b. 12 December 1865, Azalia, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Clyde Washington and Elmira Elizabeth (Herod Betts) Poland/Polen
d. 27 June 1952, Gideon, New Madrid County, Missouri

m/1. 1 March 1885, Azalia, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Rhoda Charlotte Layman
b. 26 January 1890, Azalia, Bartholomew County,Indiana, to James Carter and Rutha Jane (Crosby) Layman
d. 10 September 1908, Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana

m/2. date unknown
Mary Bray

Children with Rhoda Charlotte Layman:
• Oscar Warren (1886-1925) married Lou Ethel Appell
• Edna May (1889-1954) married Lafayette French
• Nellie Gertrude (1891-1932) married Claud Glass
• Ruth Elmira (1893-1975) married Clifton Mason
• Vergle Edith (1896-1977) married John Wagster
• James Herschel (1898-1951) married Virgie Stewart
• Dauris Emeral (1901-1982) married Mildred Viola Batson
• Charley Layman (b. 1904) married Rhemo Cooper
• Leonard

James lived in Azalia, Elizabethtown, and Columbus (all located in Bartholomew County, Indiana) as well as Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana, before emigrating in 1909 to Arkansas. In 1910 the family emigrated to Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri, and then to Gidean, New Madrid County, Missouri.

Submitted by:
Betty Louise Polen Schlechte
Alton IL