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George Walters

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George Walters
b. 4 July 1853, Fort Ritner, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas Rayburn and Eliza Levina (Compett) Walters
d. 17 December 1917, Harper, Harper County, Kansas

m. 30 March 1879, Lawrence County, Indiana
Margaret Hill
b. 19 February 1854, Jackson County, Indiana, to Jessie B. and Catherine Hill
d. 4 March 1910, Anthony, Harper County, Kansas

Children with Margaret Hill:

  • Florence Lavina (1881-1944) married Abraham Louis Hoober
  • Carrie Catherine (1882-1957) married Robert Bruce Cullison
  • Stella Rose (1888-1943)
  • Jessie May (1890-1961) married Ernest Moldenhauer
  • Maude Elstia (1893-1971) married Flynn “Jess” Conner

George and Margaret Walters emigrated from Lawrence County, Indiana, to Eminence, Finney County, Kansas, in 1885/86. George and Margaret lived at the Harper County Poor Farm, where they cared for families and individuals until her death in 1910.

Submitted by:
Elizabeth Hendrixson
Wichita KS

Austin David Rutter

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Austin David Rutter
b. 14 March 1844, Posey or Gibson County, Indiana, to Austin A. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Rutter
d. 7 March 1933, Wabash County, Illinois

m/1. 28 February 1864, Gibson County, Indiana
Eliza Rosborough
b. 16 August 1846, Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana
d. 10 November 1898, Petty Township, Lawrence County, Indiana

m/2. 21 July 1906, Wabash County, Illinois
Maria Louisa Keen

Children with Eliza Rosborough:

  • Rane (b. 1867) married Rose Peters
  • Essie Flora (1870-1939) married Abner Berry
  • Francis Eugene (1872-1873)
  • Clarence Greene (1874-1951) married (1) Cora Reid, (2) Ida May Hieronimus, (3) Sarah M. Addis
  • Marice Ann Agnes (1879-1962) married Charles Alexander
  • Mayme “Maud” Elvira (1882-1929) married Frank Fereau
  • Orvis (b. 1885) married Daisy Hill

Austin Rutter served with Company E, 42nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, during the Civil War. He emigrated from Indiana to Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois, about 1866.

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Judith E. Svoboda
Longmont CO
E-mail: jzsvoboda@earthlink.net

Francis Marion Payne

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Francis Marion Payne
b. 26 October 1849, Clark County, Indiana
d. 4 November 1928, Bellingham, Washington

m. 19 June 1873, Saluda, Jefferson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Luella Wells
b. 23 July 1852, Saluda, Jefferson County, Indiana
d. 29 December 1907, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois

Children with Elizabeth Luella Wells:

  • Eva Grace (1874-1949) married James Lee Hesler
  • Estella May (1877-1975) married Albert Mellum
  • Claudia Laura (1880-1968) married Earl C. Applegate
  • Christina Florence (1883-1885)
  • Clyde Wells (1885-1952) married Balva May Mitchell
  • Winnie Luella (1889-1986) married Earl Palmer Hill
  • Edwin Francis (1892-1972) married Bertha Louise Adams

Francis and Elizabeth emigrated from Indiana to Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, after their
marriage in 1873.

Estella Mellum, Francis and Elizabeth’s second child, homesteaded a tract of land on Cyrus Island in Puget Sound, Washington, and later purchased an adjacent tract of 160 acres. She built her own cabin, as well as some of her furniture. Her father left Illinois to live with Stella at her island home after the death of his wife in Illinois.

Submitted by:
Marjorie P. Hoelzel
Wilmington DE

James Stanford Arthur

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JAMES STANFORD ARTHUR
b. 25 January 1856, Jackson County, Indiana, to William and Cynthia (Ingle) Arthur
d. 15 February 1933, Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana

m. 13 March 1876, Jackson County, Indiana
Elizabeth Celestine Hunsucker
b. 26 December 1860, Jackson County, Indiana, to Enock Henry and Mary Ann (Brown) Hunsucker
d. 8 August 1946, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Children with Elizabeth Celestine Hunsucker:

  • Charles (d. 1927)
  • Edward “Curt” (1877-1963) married Ellen Sunburg
  • Myrtle (b. 1878) married Wallace Richardson
  • Fred (1884-1967) married Mary Fish
  • John Chester (1886-1920) married Olive Muller
  • Rosezetta (1887-1891)
  • Minnie Geneva (1889-1963) married Alexander H. Mootz
  • William “Bill” (1891-1966) married Marie Hill
  • Maude (1892-1952) married Charles E. Sollin
  • Orville Norman (1897-1950) married (1) Mabel Erickson, (2) Myrtle Dawson
  • Martha (1901-1966) married Eugene H. Roger
  • Galays Dorothy married Howard Dewitt
  • Hazel Marie (1907-1960) married Earl Meade

James left Jackson County, Indiana, between 1878 and 1884. He homesteaded in Minnesota, then he farmed and ranched in the Richey area of northeastern Montana.

Submitted by:
Sharon Kay Arthur Knapp
Superior MT

George Washington Hill

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George Washington Hill
b. 2 July 1816, Orange County, Indiana, to John and Mary Ann (Clark) Hill
d. 9 August 1892, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois

m/1. 24 August 1852, Knox County, Indiana
Indiana Piety
b. 8 December 1831, Knox County, Indiana, to Samuel Duncan and Eliza Ann (Hodgen) Piety
d. 4 September 1863, Knox County, Indiana

m/2.
Elizabeth (Newlin) McDowell, widow of George McDowell

Children:

  • John Riley
  • Eliza Jane married [–?–] Sartor
  • Mary L. married [–?–] Prigmore
  • Samuel
  • Cora Candas married [–?–] Wilson

George Hill rafted corn grown on his farm in Knox County, Indiana, down the Wabash River to New Orleans and returned by foot and stagecoach. After his first wife died in 1863 and his mother died in 1866, he followed his sister Rebecca and her husband, Ferdinand Hollingsworth, to Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, in 1872. George served as a justice of the peace and constable in Knox County, Indiana, and Jasper County, Missouri. He moved to Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, in 1882.

Submitted by:
Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL