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Thomas O’Brien

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Thomas O’Brien
birth: 1 July 1805, Pike County, Ohio to Enoch O’Bryant & Nancy Barker
death: 3 May 1862, Center Point, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

marriage: c1828, probably Ohio
Lucinda Kennedy
birth: 2 July 1806, Virginia
death: 1 April 1863, Sugar Ridge Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay Co., Indiana

Children of Lucinda Kennedy and Thomas O’Brien:

  • Enoch O’Brien 1829-1907 m. Elizabeth Ann Grass
  • Minerva J O’Brien 1834-1905 m. John Elmore Tribble
  • George O’Brien 1837-?
  • Isaac O’Brien 1838-?
  • Rebecca “Ella” O’Brien 1842-1926 m. James P Kellum
  • Lincoln Mason O’Brien 1844-1924 m. Elisabeth Huber
  • Malinda O’Brien 1849-?
  • Anna O’Brien 1849-1928 m. William Reece Donham

Ancestor here lived in:

1838-1850 Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1857-1861 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
1860 Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

1 July 1805, in Pike, Ohio
1828-1834 in Ohio

Other Information:

Stone Mason

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

Enoch O’Brien

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Enoch O’Brien
birth: 20 October 1829 in Brown, Ohio to Thomas O’Brien & Lucinda Kennedy
death: 25 March 1907 in Linton, Vigo, Indiana
burial: German Memory Hill Cemetery, Linton, Greene, Indiana

marriage: about 1850 in Clay, Indiana, United States
Elizabeth Ann Grass
birth: 29 January 1826 in Virginia to Peter Grass, Jr & Mary Dressler
death: 19 April 1865 in Center Point, Indiana
burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay, Indiana

Children of Elizabeth Ann Grass and Enoch O’Brien:

  • Alonzo Wilfred O’Brien 1852-1941 m. Josephine Arnold
  • William O’Brien 1854-? m1. Lydia Eichin m2 Emilie Eichen
  • John W. O’Brien 1855-1933 m1. Sarah Jennifer West m2. Emma E. Spencer
  • Enoch O’Brien 1856-1937 m. Sarah C. Cole
  • Lucinda O’Brien 1860-1941 m1. John D. Huber m2. Duffrild Green Halfhill
  • Florance Ann O’Brien 1852-1936 m. William Hickson Rice

Ancestor here lived in:

1850, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
1852 Center Twp, Marion, Indiana
1855 Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana
1860-1865 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
1900-1907 Stockton Twp, Greene, Indiana

Other Information:

Carpenter

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

Florance Ann O’Brien

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Florance Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay County, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Columbia Church Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana

Children of Florance Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1966 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie Mae Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice 1892-1973 m1. Earl Patch , m2. John Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

25 March 1862 Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana
14 Jul 1881 Clay County, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900-6 November 1936 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana

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

William Hickson Rice

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William Hickson Rice
birth: 28 January 1856 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana to Lewis W. Rice and Ann Miles
death: 12 April 1941 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

marriage: 14 July 1881 in Clay, Indiana
Florence Ann O’Brien
birth: 25 March 1862 in Center Point, Sugar Ridge Township, Clay, Indiana to Enoch O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Grass
death: 6 November 1936 in Clay, Indiana
burial: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Children of Florence Ann O’Brien and William Hickson Rice:

  • William Earnest Rice, 1882-1958 m. Hallie Vines
  • Grace Edith Rice, 1885-1996 m. Henry Knab
  • Hallie May Miles Rice, 1885-1977 m. Joseph Schlabach
  • Florence Katherine Rice, 1892- m1 Earl Stone Patch m2 John Bernhardt Thompson
  • Mary Eugenia Rice, 1900-?

Ancestor here lived in:

28 January 1856, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay County, Indiana
1881 Clay, Indiana
1892 Putnam, Indiana
1900 Randolph Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana
1910-1941 Lafayette Ward, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Other Information:

Farmer, homestead land

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

Indiana McMonigle

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Indiana McMonigle
b. 1843, Harrison County, Indiana, to Thomas J. and Matilda (Applegate) McMonigle
d. 1899, York County, Nebraska

m. 17 March 1861, Harrison County, Indiana
Alfred Grass
b. 1839, Harrison County, Indiana, to William and Priscilla (Crawford) Grass
d. about 1875, Harrison County, Indiana

Children with Alfred Grass:
• Francis Emmitt (1863-1916) married Mary Alice Watson
• William Emery (1865-1944) married Mable Ella Johnson
• John Edmund (1867-1955) married Louise Ramp
• Neva E. (1870-1935)

Indiana emigrated to York County, Nebraska, in the late 1880’s following some of her adult children. Watson families accompanied them from Harrison County.

Submitted by:
David L. McMonigle
Edgwater FL
E-mail: davemcmo@voyager.net

Johann Mulzer

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Johann Mulzer
b. 26 July 1859, Spencer County, Indiana, to Wolfgang and Ann (Huebschman) Mulzer
d. 14 May 1942
bur. St. John Lutheran EV. Cemetery – Evanston, Spencer, Indiana

Johann Mulzer gravestone

Johann Mulzer gravestone

m/1 15 May 1884, Spencer County, Indiana
Louisa Wilhelmina Maier
b. 9 January 1865, Spencer County, Indiana, to Valentine and Wilhelmina (Grass) Maier
d. 31 July 1899, Spencer County, Indiana
bur. St. John Lutheran EV. Cemetery – Evanston, Spencer, Indiana

m/2 17 November 1901
Anna Mary Lottes
b. 18 June 1868, Indiana
d. 14 June 1921, Spencer County, Indiana
bur. St. John Lutheran EV. Cemetery – Evanston, Spencer, Indiana

Anna Mary Lottes gravestone

Anna Mary Lottes gravestone

Children of Johann and Louisa Wilhelmina (Maier) Mulzer:

  • Anna Ottillie “Tillie” (1885-1982) married Johann Wilem Bauer
  • Martha Franziska (1887-1925) married Philip August Stein
  • Oscar Christoph (1890-1956) married Amelia Anne Foertsch
  • Margaretha Ida (1892-1988) married (1) Joseph Hasselwander, (2) Mr. Howe
  • Wilhelmina Selma (1895-1923) married Edward Stephen Stein

Children of Johann and Anna Mary (Lottes) Mulzer:

  • Minnie (ca 1898-1922) married Mr. Merta
  • Johann Raymond (1903-1990) married Nelda A. Fisher
  • Anna Margaret (b. 1905) married (1) Thomas Paul Huebschman, (2) Paul Vernie Goorum

Johann lived his entire life in Spencer County, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Marlene Petty Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

John D Reel

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John D Reel
b. July 1838, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, to Lewis and Margaret (Lindy) Reel
d. 9 November 1864, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi

m. 14 May 1855, Harrison Township, Knox County, Indiana
Susan Jane Grass
b. 2 March 1833, St. Francisville, Lawrence County, Illinois
d. 28 August 1910, Prague, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Children with Susan Jane Grass:

  • Alfred G.
  • Carrie
  • Henry Grass
  • John F.

John Reed enlisted in the Civil War and died at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His wife moved to Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

Submitted by:
Opal M. Specht
Kingman KS