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Samuel Miles

Samuel Miles
birth: 17 March 1796 in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky to Enos Miles and Anna Buchanan
death: 9 June 1876 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

marriage: 9 December 1824 in Parke, Indiana
Hannah Ghormley
birth: 23 March 1802 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania to James Isaac Ghormley and Elizabeth Cunningham
death: 18 August 1858 in Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana
burial: Bowling Green Cemetery, Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Children of Hannah Ghormley and Samuel Miles:

  • Jesse Miles 1825-?
  • Ann Miles 1826-1891 m. Lewis Rice
  • James Ghormley Miles 1827-1898 m. Susanna Wade
  • Enos C Miles 1829-1911 m. Caroline Baylis Osborn
  • Mary Ann Miles 1830-1900 m1 James Harvey McCoskey m2 Elijah Lindsey Ferguson m3 Hiram Braddy
  • Jane Miles 1831-1862 m. William Kelly Houston
  • William Hickson Miles 1833-1908 m. Melissa Moss
  • Henry Harrison Brown Miles 1835-1904 m. Parintha Clemons
  • Samuel Thompson Laverty Miles 1835-1904 m. Lucinda Buell

Ancestor here lived in:

  • 9 Dec 1824-1827, Parke, Indiana
  • 1829-1830 Vigo, Indiana
  • 1831-June 1876 Bowling Green, Washington Twp, Clay, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in: 

17 March 1796, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky

Other Information:

Farmer

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

Abraham Hill

Abraham Hill
b. 1807, Scott County, Kentucky, to James and Mary (Cope) Hill
d. after 1880

m/1. 29 March 1826, Jefferson County, Indiana
Caroline Houston
d. before June 1828

m/2. 5 June 1828, Jefferson County, Indiana
Nancy Lame
b. 1804, Scott County, Kentucky, to Joseph and Mary (Bates) Lame
d. 1845, Louisa County, Iowa

m/3. 2 September 1847, Louisa County, Iowa
Cynthia Gregory
b. 1829, Indiana

Children with Nancy Lame:
• Martha (b. 1831)
• James (b. 1834)
• Jessie (b. 1836)
• Rebecca (b. 1837)
• Margaret (b. 1840)

Children with Cynthia Gregory:
• Laurinda (b. 1849)
• Byron Gregory (1850-1850)
• George W. (b. 1853)
• Secelia A. (b. 1857)
• Samuel H.C. (b. 1859)

Abraham lived in Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, between 1829 and 1844.

Submitted by:
J. Ralph Lindgren
Bethlehem PA
E-mail: jrl3@lehigh.edu

Robert Roy Hovious

Robert Roy Hovious
b. 11 June 1883, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, to Thomas and Sarah (Houston) Hovious
d. 19 January 1942, Danvers, Illinois

m. 1902, Monroe County, Indiana
Bessie Iona Hobbs
b. 30 June 1885, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana
d. 29 September 1951, Peoria, Illinois

Children with Bessie Iona Hobbs:

  • Mary
  • Roy Robert
  • Thelma
  • Gladys
  • Juanita
  • Richard
  • Phillip
  • Betty
  • DelMarch

Robert emigrated from Monroe County, Indiana, to Illinois in 1909.

Submitted by:
Betty Hollowell
Ft. Lauderdale FL