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John A. Lepper

John A. Lepper
birth: 22 Aug 1808 in Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York to Jacob A. Lepper & Mary Allen
death: 11 Sep 1884 in Ossian, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

marriage: 1836 in Trumbull Co., Ohio
Louisa Sarah Fairbanks
birth: 23 Dec 1810 in Perth, Fulton, New York to Jonathan Fairbanks & Sally Carpenter
death: 12 Oct 1858 in Prospect, Wells, Indiana
burial: Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, IN 46791

Children of Louisa Sarah Fairbanks and John A. Lepper:

  • Sally Maria “Lucy” Lepper 1837-1911 wed Orson Jennings.
  • Jacob H Lepper 1838-1864.
  • Olive Lepper1840-1919 wed Ellison Covert.
  • Mary Lepper 1841-1841.
  • Thomas P Lepper 1843-1887 wed Nancy J Dick.
  • James Edward Lepper 1844-1932 wed Martha Ann Quackenbush.
  • Lydia Ann Lepper1847-1926 wed Lewis Hoopengardner.
  • William H. Lepper. 1849-1938 Minerva A. McDaniel.
  • John Marshall Lepper 1851-1928 wed Lucy Ellen Hayes.
  • Mary Louisa Lepper1853-1929 wed Seymore C. Goshorn.

Ancestor here lived in:

1848 John & Louisa moved to Wells Co., Indiana. John was a charter member of The Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church in Union Township. 1860 John wed Martha DeMoss, and had no children. John passed in 1884.

Other Information:

John A Lepper… Born in 1808 in Amsterdam, and in 1836 wed Louisa Sarah Fairbanks, and living in Trumbull Co., Ohio.

Submitted by:
Julie Morse
Email: a58winterschild55@yahoo.com

Edgar Sherman Stayton

Edgar Sherman Stayton
b. 1 February 1870, Clay Township, Morgan County, Indiana, to Thomas C. and Mary Ann (Hornaday) Stayton
d. 3 May 1948, Niles, Cayuga County, New York

m/1. 1895
Anna Victoria Lavis
b. 9 March 1873, Trilla, Cumberland County, Illinois
d. 8 March 1903, Trilla, Cumberland County, Illinois

m/2. 26 February 1908, Trilla, Cumberland County, Illinois
Allie Russell
b. 26 February 1885, Trilla, Cumberland County, Illinois, to George A. and Casander (Gilman) Russell
d. 21 February 1969, Niles, Cayuga County, New York

Children with Anna Victoria Lavis:
• Edith M. (1895-1985) married George Wilson
• Henry D. (1897-1985) married Winifred Shaffer

Children with Allie Russell:
• Clarence (1911-1004)
• Hazel (1913-1986) married David Julius
• Esther (b. 1915) married George Kappesser
• Harold (1918-1985) married Phyllis Jennings
• Kenneth (b. 1920) married Dorothy Franklin
• Donald (1923-1988) married Thelma Jayne
• Hilda (1926-1996) married Harold Jennings

Edgar moved in 1892 from Morgan County, Indiana, to Cumberland County, Illinois. About 1919, he moved to Foley, Minnesota, and in 1920 to central New York State. He is buried next to his first wife in Mattoon, Cumberland County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Chester A. Stayton
Indianapolis IN

Thomas C Grisson/Grisham/Gresham

Thomas C Grisson/Grisham/Gresham
b. 26 July 1835, Madison, Morgan County, Indiana, to Calton and Nancy (Jones) Greshom
d. 18 December 1894, Union, Cumberland County, Illinois

m. 12 August 1855, Madison, Morgan County, Indiana
Mary Hiatt
b. 28 March 1835, Morgan County, Indiana, to Joseph and Lucinda (Harper) Hiatt
d. 23 November 1899, Union Township, Cumberland County, Illinois

Children with Mary Hiatt:

  • William Wesley (1856–1934) married Dollie E. Decker
  • Alexander (1858–1879)
  • James Buchanan (1859–1938) married Mary “Mollie” Elizabeth Jennings
  • Sophrona (1861–1922) married George Martin Woodard
  • Laura A. (b. 1863) married William B. Jennings
  • Oliver Ulysses (1867–1949) married Mary Elizabeth Rodebaugh
  • Jacob Franklin (1876–1921) married Rena E. Askew

Thomas emigrated from Morgan County, Indiana, to Union Township, Cumberland County, Illinois, in 1863/64.

Submitted by:
Lester Wayne Grissom
Kansas IL