Tag Archives: Harlan

Oris Orville Ewell

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Oris Orville Ewell
birth: July 2, 1903? in Hume, Illinois
death: 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana
burial: Raceway Rd Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

marriage: 1930?
Blanche Elaine Harlan/ Waltz
birth: not provided
death: not provided
burial: not provided

Children of Blanche Elaine Harlan/ Waltz and Oris Orville Ewell:

  • not provided

Ancestor here lived in:

379 S Worth st Indianapolis Indiana 46241, westside Indianapolis off Washington St an Lyndhurst st. 1930ish til death 1972

Other Information:

B&O engineer most his life

Submitted by:
Karen Hatton
Email: kmendenhall499@gmail.com

Josiah Boone

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Josiah Boone
birth: 1792 in Shelby County, KY to Josiah Boone and Percis Henton
death: 04 September 1837 in Sullivan County, IN
burial: Boone Cemetery in Sullivan County, IN

marriage: 01 August 1813 in Shelby County, KY
Elizabeth Crews
birth: December 1792 in Kentucky to Jeremiah Crews and Elizabeth Harlan
death: August 1851 at Sullivan County, IN
burial: Boone Cemetery in Sullivan County, IN

Children of Elizabeth Crews and Josiah Boone:

  • Mary E. Boone (1822-1851) marriage to John Boatman.

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Sullivan County, IN

Other Information:

1812 Veteran. Received 80 acres in Sullivan County, IN, through Land Bounty.

Submitted by:
Luke Jackson
Email: jonathanljackson11@gmail.com

John Cully

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John Cully
birth: 1804 in Virginia
death: 23 Nov 1870 in Newport, Vermillion, Indiana
burial: Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Newport

marriage: 2nd marriage 1844
Martha Tate Harlan 
birth: Unknown
death: 3 Oct 1868
burial: Newport Cemetery (Martha Tate Harlan Cully)

Children of Martha Tate Harlan and John Cully:

  • Josephine 1850
  • Minerva 1845
  • John Charles 1853

Ancestor here lived in:

  • Newport, Vermillion 1840-1870

Other Information:

He was a farmer. DNA evidence shows he “may have been” a cousin of the Culleys of Posey County, Indiana, who moved there from North Carolina, sometimes via other states.

Children with 1st wife

  • John Wesley Cully 1837
  • Samantha Cully (married Horace McNeil, Illinois) 1841
  • Julia Ann Cully (1839)

Submitted by:
Jeanne Rollberg
Email: jnrollberg@aol.com

William Henry Quigley

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William Henry Quigley
b. 24 March 1876, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, to Thomas M. and Margaret E. (Newitt) Quigley
d. 23 June 1935, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

m. 9 December 1903, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Nelson Fay Jester
b. 5 September 1882, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
d. 14 February 1960, Miami, Dade County, Florida

Children with Nelson Fay Jester:
• Margaret E. (1905-1981) married (1) Harry S. Bellis, (2) A. G. Slone
• Robert Jester (1907-1989) married (1) Clara Harlan, (2) Sue Hurt
• Ruth (1909-1996) married Henry M. Pliske (married after her sister Jeannette died)
• Jeanette (1912-1952) married Henry M. Pliske
• William Gordon (1915-1974) married Dorothy Eugenia Machen

Will lived in Logansport, Cass County; Kennard, Henry County; and Eaton, Delaware County, Indiana. He moved to Chicago in 1900. He and Nellie moved from Delaware County, Indiana, to Tampa, Florida in 1922. He had been a conductor on a railroad and an employee of the Tampa Tribune. He was a Mason.

Submitted by:
Shelly D. Dooley
Indianapolis IN

Seth Lewelling

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Seth Lewelling
b. 6 March 1820, Randolph County, North Carolina, to Meshach and Jane (Brookshire) Lewelling
d. 20 February 1896, Milwaukie, Clackamus County, Oregon

m/1.
Clarissa Hosier
b. 26 March 1826, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana

m/2. 1884, Salem, Oregon
Sophronia Vaughn Olson

Children with Clarissa Hosier:
• Elva married W. J. Bradbury
• Alice (b. ca. 1850-1862)
• Adelaide/Adeline married James Dale Smith
• William Anton (1854-1879) Mary Harlan

Children with Sophronia Vaughn Olson:
• Don Vaughn (b. 1888)

Seth was a Quaker and in the nursery business. He lived in North Carolina, Indiana, and Iowa before ending up in Oregon.

Submitted by:
Jacqueline Frank Strickland
Rockwall TX