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Herbert Laurence Whitehead

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Herbert Laurence Whitehead
b. 17 August 1863, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Moses Stuart and Anna Jane (Griffith) Whitehead
d. 3 March 1936, Monrovia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

m/1. 30 October 1889, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Lavina Conner
b. 25 October 1869, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, to John Fayette and Elizabeth A. (Gill) Conner
d. 27 May 1910, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

m/2. 16 September 1914, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Winnifred Irene Smith
d. ca. 1916

m/3. 2 April 1919, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Nelle Elizabeth Shaver
b. 14 January 1881, Michigan
d. 1929, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California

Children with Lavina Conner:
• Laurence Conner (1894-1971) married Lucie Amelia Keblinger
• Helen Stuart (1897-1996) married John Louis Goldthwaite
• Stuart (1899-1996) married Margaret Tosetti
• Jean (1900-1995)
• Marion (1901-1983) married Frank Cleveland Southgate

Herbert left Indiana in 1917.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

Margaret Goldthwaite

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Margaret Goldthwaite
b. 15 January 1892, Marion, Grant County, Indiana, to Edgar Louis (1850-1918) and Candace Leah (1860-1956) (Zombro) Goldthwaite
d. 28 July 1969, Durham, North Carolina

m. 15 September 1922, Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Frank Byram Dilts
b. 4 August 1878, Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, to William Fisher (1878-1933) and Amy (Swallow) Dilts
d. 10 June 1960, Durham, North Carolina

Children with Frank Byram Dilts:
• Elizabeth “Biz” (1923-1997) married (1) Wallace Goff Kibbee, (2) Carleton Williams
• Edgar Louis (b. 1929) married Shirley Sykes
• Charles Robert (b. 1931) married (1) Anne Marie Rogers, (2) Lynne Sherrerd

The family lived in Marion, Grant County, and Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, before emigrating about 1920. Margaret was a YWCA secretary in Indianapolis and in Los Angeles, where she helped found the Studio Club, a residence facility for star-struck young women of limited means. She was also a teacher of Latin, German and algebra. She was active in many civic organizations in Durham, North Carolina.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

John Wesley Goldthwaite

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John Wesley Goldthwaite
b. 28 October 1816, Fairfield County, Ohio, to John (1768-1829) and Mary (1785-1847) (Crawford) Goldthwaite
d. 13 November 1896, Salt Lake City, Utah

m. 4 June 1844, Grant County, Indiana
Mary Bedsaul
b. 25 June 1825, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, to Isaac and Katherine Bedsaul
d. 11 September 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah

Children with Mary Bedsaul:
• Caroline (1845-1893) married Daniel Wood
• Emily (b. 1849) married William Elmendorf
• John (1852-1853)

A set of twins was born in 1848 that did not live. All the children were born in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.

The family lived in Marion, Grant County, Indiana, before traveling to California in a wagon train in 1853. Mary died on the way west; baby John died three months later. John was a miner in California. After the Civil War, he moved to Ophir City, Utah. He was a probate court judge in Grant County, Indiana, in 1833.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

George Edgar Goldthwaite

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George Edgar Goldthwaite
b. 18 October 1889, Marion, Grant County, Indiana, to Edgar Louis (1850-1918) and Candace Leah (1860-1930) (Zombro) Goldthwaite
d. 10 January 1960, Mahwah, New Jersey

m. 30 May 1925
Emily Jack Duncan
b. 23 September 1889, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to James Staples (1854-1900) and Rosalie Emily (1856-1930) (Jack) Duncan
d. 16 June 1994, Jackson Heights, Queensboro County, Long Island, New York

Children with Emily Jack Duncan:
• Duncan (b. 1927) married Margaret Turner Temple

George was an electrical engineer who was an expert on rates, services and capitalization of public utilities in New York. He was a musician who played viola in a string quartet. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for service as a flight commander in France in World War I. The family lived in Jackson Heights, Queensboro County, Long Island, New York. He was preparing to hike in the Ramapo Mountains when he died on a train. Emily was a teacher and a YMCA director. The family left from Marion, Grant County, Indiana, about 1915.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net

Mary Agnes Goldthwaite

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Mary Agnes Goldthwaite
b. 21 December 1887, Marion, Grant County, Indiana, to Edgar Louis (1850-1918) and Candace Leah (1860-1930) (Zombro) Goldthwaite
d. 8 October 1947, Baltimore, Maryland

Mary left Indiana about 1912 and lived in North Carolina for a while. She was a nurse in France during World War I. She was interested in the new field of xray technology and was credited with significant innovations in the field. She worked for John Hopkins Hospital for 26 years. She never married and had no children.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN
E-mail: harcourt@comcast.net