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Flora Louise DeMoss

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Flora Louise DeMoss
birth: 2 Aug 1883 at Knox County, Indiana to Samuel T. and Sarah Frances (Winkler) DeMoss
death: 15 Oct 1861, Gosport, Owen Co., IN
burial: Edwardsport Cemetery, Knox Co., IN

marriage: 4 Sep 1901, at Knox Co., IN
Robert E. Barr
birth: 26 Jun 1882 in Knox Co., IN to James and Susan (Welch) Barr
death: 18 Jun 1951 at Knox Co., IN

Children of Flora Louise DeMoss and Robert E. Barr:

  • Gilbert Barr, b. 3 Nov 1903, d. 11 Dec 1985
  • Leona E. Barr, b. 24 Apr 1907, d. 10 Jan 1992, m. (1) James A. Holt, (2) Unk Moreland
  • Blanche E. Barr, b. 17 Oct 1911, d. 26 Jul 1985, m. William N. Decker

Flora Louise DeMoss Barr Lived In:

  • Born at Knox County, Indiana
  • Monroe County, Indiana
  • Died at Owen County, Indiana (from c.1923)

Other Information: Flora Louise DeMoss was divorced from Robert Barr in 1920 at Monroe County, Indiana.

Submitter is not related to this Hoosier ancestor.

Submitted by:
Randi Richardson
Email: GFTL@bluemarble.net

Elijah Shouse

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Elijah Shouse
birth: 4 May 1804, Franklin Co., KY to Henry Shouse Jr and Salley Elizabeth Watts
death: 4 Oct 1851, Palmyra Twp, Knox Co., Indiana
burial: Lower Indiana Presbyterian Cemetery, Knox Co., IN

1st marriage: 15 Oct 1821, Franklin Co., KY
Catherine Burris
birth: 4 May 1805, Kentucky to Samuell Burrus and Catherine Rucker
death: 1838, Knox Co., IN
burial: Lower Indiana Presbyterian Cemetery, Knox Co., IN

2nd marriage: about 1838
Cassandra Holt

Children of Elijah Shouse and Catherine Burris:

  • Sarah Ann Shouse, b. 1824, d. 1898, m. Elias LIke
  • Eliza Ann Shouse, b. 1827, d. 1892, m. John Helderman
  • George Henry Shouse, b. 1830, d. 1880, m. Catherine Westfall
  • John Shouse, b. 1831, d. 1878, m. Elizabeth Reel
  • Nancy Jane Shouse, b 1834, d. 1904

Children of Elijah Shouse and Cassandra Holt:

  • (Reverend) Joseph W. Shouse, b. 1839, d. 1907, m. Ellen Elizabeth Holt
  • Hannah Maria Shouse, b. 1842, d. 1907, m. David Franklin Welton
  • Alfred Shouse, b 1847, d. 1916, m. Mary Jane Young
  • Willis E. Shouse, b. 1849, d. 1917, m. Martha Ellen Robinson
  • Christopher Columbus Shouse, b. 1852, d. 1872

Elijah Shouse Lived In:

  • Franklin County, Kentucky
  • Knox County, Indiana

Other Information:

Elijah Shouse owned a drug store in Monroe City, Knox, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Dee Schlesser
Email: mama.dee@twc.com

Lucien Andrew Foote

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Lucien Andrew Foote
b. 16 December 1824, Batavia City, Clermont County, Ohio, to Andrew and Jane (Tweed) Foote
d. 30 November 1910, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin

m/1. 3 December 1851
Susan Grier Sunderland
b. 23 April 1833, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, to John and Elizabeth (Page) Sunderland
d. 1 April 1858, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana

m/2. 9 May 1860, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Ann Amelia Holt
b. 19 February 1832, Harper’s Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia
d. 18 November 1916, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Children with Susan Grier Sunderland:

  • Caroline Esther (1853-1932) married Walter Hiram Curtis
  • Eliza (1855-1915)
  • Ella Louise (1857-1922)

Children with Ann Amelia Holt:

  • Mary Florence (1861-1886) married [–?–] Kimball

Lucien came with his parents and siblings from Cincinnati in April 1833 via steamboat to the rapids below Vincennes, than by land to Rockville, Parke County, Indiana. Their household goods came by keelboat to Montezuma.

Besides being a Forty-Niner and purveyor of supplies in California, he had a bookstore, was Auditor of Parke County, Indiana, was Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Indiana, and Councilman in Crawfordsville, Indiana for three terms. He served on the school board at Crawfordsville for six years, served in the Civil War and became Grand High Priest of Masonic Grand Chapter of Indiana.

Submitted by:
Grace C. Eells
West Allis WI
E-mail: gracedickeells@highstream.net