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William “Riley” Murray

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William “Riley” Murray
b. 27 April 1873, Rosedale, Parke County, Indiana, to Joseph and Mahala (Montgomery) Murray
d. 17 October 1959, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota

m. 3 July 1893, Rosedale, Parke County, Indiana
Elizabeth Ellen Bryant
b. 24 June 1875, Vigo County, Indiana, to William Cleaster and Julia Louise (Grindle) Bryant
d. 16 July 1946, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota

Children with Elizabeth Ellen Bryant:

  • Raymond (1894-1894)
  • Grace Ellen (1895-1963) married (1) William Epperson, (2) Forrest E. Cox, (3) S. Alvin
  • Ethel Gladys (1897-1987) married Willard D. Greenleaf
  • Stella (1899-1901)
  • Mary May (1901-1989) married (1) Georg Frison, (2) Claude Allen
  • William Anthony (1903-1995) married Ann Mary Johnson
  • Harry Cleaster (1905-1984) married Myrtle Kline
  • Lee Harvey (1907-1987) married Lillian Standahl
  • Julia Esther (1913-1984) married (1) Walter Horne, (2) Felix Ochose, (3) Arnold Huddleston, (4) Walter Shaver

While in Indiana, Riley worked as a checker in the coal mines. He would take the metal “checks” or brass tags off of each man’s cart of coal as he weighed it and credited the man with the coal he had dug.

In 1914, at the urging of Elizabeth’s brother Bill, the family moved to Devils Lake, North Dakota. Riley worked for Bill, who maintained a coal and feed business, for the first year. In the spring of 1915, Riley went into farming. In 1923, he rented two farms of 500 acres each, with rights to 200 acres of Dry Lake. He used horses and employed quite a few men during the year, especially during harvest time.

The Murray home was noted for its hospitality and was a neighborhood gathering place on Sundays. There would be games of baseball, horseshoe pitching, and other activities with Elizabeth serving hundred of doughnuts and beverages.

In the fall of 1943, the farm machinery was sold at auction, and Riley and Elizabeth retired in Devils Lake. The farm was rented to son Bill Murray. Daughter, Ethel Greenleaf, continued to live in Devils Lake, but the rest of the family spread out from Michigan to Washington states.

Submitted by:
Jennifer Cruse
Terre Haute IN
E-mail: jencruse@msn.com

Milton Carrington

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Milton Carrington
b. 30 June 1810, Kentucky, to Thomas and Elizabeth (Caywood) Carrington
d. 27 December 1865, Iroquois County, Illinois

m. 25 July 1832, Kentucky
Elizabeth Johnson
b. 10 June 1814
d. 2 September 1845, Hendricks County, Indiana

Children with Elizabeth Johnson:

  • Johoda (b. 1833) married William McVey
  • Thomas (1835-1864)
  • Nancy (1838-1926) married Uriah Z. Keath
  • Edmond Hamilton (1841-1910) married Sarah Elizabeth Keath
  • Elizabeth (b. 1843) married Jacob E. Deegans

Milton’s daughter Johoda was born in Kentucky but the family had moved to Indiana before the birth of their second child, William. They did not move on to Illinois until after the birth of their last daughter, Elizabeth in 1843.

Submitted by:
Ann Carrington
Fort Lupton CO
E-mail: ann.carrington@mindspring.com

Edmond Hamilton Carrington

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Edmond Hamilton Carrington
b. 3 July 1841, Hendricks County, Indiana, to Milton and Elizabeth (Johnson) Carrington
d. 4 January 1910, Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois

m. 25 August 1865, Ash Grove, Shelby County, Illinois
Sarah Elizabeth Keath
b. 4 November 1846, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana to Joseph M. and Irena (Elrod) Keath
d. 25 April 1898, Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois

Children with Sarah Elizabeth Keath:

  • James Thomas ((1866-1893)
  • Nora Bell (1868-1896) married Charles Alvin Fanning
  • Martha Abigail (1870-1899) married Oscar Riley Musser
  • Joseph Milton (1873-1956) married (1) Anna Payton, (2) Donna Maude McClain
  • William Edmond “Frank” (1877-1944) married Mary E. (Anna?) Leef
  • Sarah Irene “Rena” (1881-1982) married William Bennet Morgan
  • Stella Elrod (1884-1948)
  • Weaver Ernest (1892-1977) married Signe Marie Olson

Edmond’s parents were married in Kentucky where they both originated. In 1850 and 1860, they were living in Putnam County, Indiana but in 1841, they lived in Hendricks County, Indiana.

Edmond was a farmer most of his life. After his wife died, he moved to Onarga, Illinois, and became a janitor at the Grand Prairie Seminary there. His wife was a native of Indiana but died in Woodland, Illinois in 1898. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He joined Company B, 43th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in Bainbridge.

Submitted by:
Ann Carrington
Fort Lupton CO
E-mail: ann.carrington@mindspring.com

Sarah Elizabeth Keath

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Sarah Elizabeth Keath
b. 4 November 1846, near Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Joseph M. and Irena (Elrod) Keath
d. 25 April 1898, Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois

m. 25 August 1865, Ash Grove, Shelby County, Illinois
Edmond Hamilton Carrington
b. 3 July 1841, Hendricks County, Indiana, to Milton and Elizabeth (Johnson) Carrington
d. 4 January 1910, Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois

Children with Edmond Hamilton Carrington:

  • James Thomas (1866-1893)
  • Nora Bell (1868-1896) married Charles Alvin Fanning
  • Martha Abigail (1870-1899) married Oscar Riley Musser
  • Joseph Milton (1873-1956) married (1) Anna Payton, (2) Donna Maude McClain
  • William Edmond “Frank” (1877-1944) married Mary E./Anna Leef
  • Sarah Irene “Rena” (1881-1982) married William Bennet Morgan
  • Stella Elrod (1884-1948)
  • Weaver Ernest (1892-1977) married Signe Marie Olson

Sarah’s father, a Methodist minister, was born in Kentucky. His second wife, Sarah’s mother, was born in North Carolina. He later married for a third time and moved to Illinois. While Sarah is thought to have met her husband in Indiana, they were married in Illinois after he returned from the Civil War.

Submitted by:
Ann Carrington
Fort Lupton CO
E-mail: ann.carrington@mindspring.com

Ralph Lon Wagener

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Ralph Lon Wagener
b. 1 February 1917, Decatur County, Indiana, to Jeremiah and Bertha May (Davis) Wagener
d. 21 October 1993, Wildwood, Sumter County, Florida

m/1. 26 November 1943, Joplin, Missouri
Margaret Susan Foster
b. 15 May 1922, Decatur County, Indiana to Robert Carl and Margaret Ellen (Johnson) Foster
d. 27 April 1992, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana

m/2. about 1952
Mary Melton

m/3. 17 January 1966, Kissimmee, Florida
Doris Aline Williams
b. 7 January 1934

Children with Margaret Susan Foster:

  • Lonny Gene (b. 1945) married Shari Annette Taylor
  • Jerry Robert (b. 1947) married Jane Ellen Collins

Ralph left Indiana sometime after 1945.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Augustus Bulleit/Boillett

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Augustus Bulleit/Boillett
b. between 1803-1805, Alsace-Lorraine, France
d. after 1860, probably Louisiana

m. 29 April 1841, Harrison County, Indiana
Marie Julia Dulieu
b. 11 May 1820, Belgium, to Thiery and Marie Josephe (Alexandre) Dulieu
d. 31 October 1887, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana

Children with Marie Julia Dulieu:

  • John Joseph (1844-1926) married Harriet Kiestler
  • Victor Henry (1848-1916) married Mahala Johnson
  • Mary Josephine (1849-bet. 1890/1900) married Anthony Daniel Kannapel
  • Amiel L. (1851-bet. 1910/1920) married Mary S. Fogel
  • Paul Constantine (1854-1926) married Sarah Jane “Jennie” Marsh
  • Rolalie (died in infancy)
  • Jule (died in infancy)
  • Augustus (died in infancy)
  • Frederick Alexander (died in infancy)

Augustus arrived in Indiana between 1836 and 1841. He was naturalized in 1841. Both the 1850 and the 1860 census list him in Harrison County, Indiana. He started a grocery in Lanesville, Harrison County, Indiana, but lost that business. He later opened a saw mill in Webster Township in Harrison County. Tradition says he died in a duel in Louisiana after delivering a load of lumber there.

Submitted by:
Lana Sutherland
Lebanon TN
E-mail: predsfan60@charter.net

Anna Laura Conner

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ANNA LAURA CONNER
b. 11 April 1861, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, to George Frederick and Elizabeth (Hazelrigg) Conner
d. 17 May 1912, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

m. 1885, Laurel, Franklin County, Indiana
John Betson Johnson
d. 4 April 1925, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

Children with John Betson Johnson:

  • Lucas Conner (b. 1886) married Rachel Roberts Alexander
  • George Conner (1888-1917)
  • John Conner (b. 1894)
  • Richard Conner (b. 1896) married Etta Shaw

Anna lived in Noblesville, Hamilton County, and Laurel, Franklin County, before leaving Indiana around 1887.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

William Holeman Clements

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WILLIAM HOLEMAN CLEMENTS
b. 17 July 1828, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County,
Kentucky, to Phillip and Mary (Hiland) Clements
d. 5 February 1889, Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas

m. 24 September 1846, Boone County, Indiana
Elizabeth Brown
b. 4 August 1829, Indiana
d. 3 September 1906, Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Brown:

  • Milly Catherine married [–?–] Hutchings
  • Lafayette
  • Wesley Eugene
  • Mary Eliza married [–?–] Shirley
  • Philip Hathaway
  • Sarah Ellen married [–?–] Franklin
  • Laurenda Jane married [–?–] Hardendorf
  • Nancy Ann married [–?–] Johnson
  • Della Alice married [–?–] Ford
  • Letha Wilburn

William left Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky about 1834 and came to Indiana. He resided in Harrison Township, Boone County, until 1878 when he emigrated and moved west to Kansas, remaining there until his death.

Submitted by:
Donna Doyle
Fountain Valley CA

Henry Kelley Woodson

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Henry Kelley Woodson
b. 16 November 1831, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
d. 15 May 1920, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas

m. 3 March 1853, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Elvina Johnson
b. 8 November 1833, Attica, Warren County, Indiana
d. 5 March 1920, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas

Children with Elvina Johnson:

  • [–?–]

The couple stopped several years in Illinois before moving on to Kansas, where their only son was born. Both Henry and Elvina were given federal pensions for service during the Civil War from Indiana.

Submitted by:
Carla Kelley White
Tonkawa OK

Jacob Carver

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JACOB CARVER
b. 11 April 1807, Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio, to Michael and Anna (Lennon) Carver
d. 7 May 1897, Clarksburg, Bourbon County, Kansas

m. 3 January 1830, Miami County, Ohio
Eleanor Derr
b. 1 February 1812, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Eleanor (Vanderbilt)
Derr/Dahr
d. 26 April 1892, Clarksburg, Bourbon County, Kansas

Children with Eleanor Derr:

  • Aaron (1830-1830)
  • James (1832-1909) married (1) Margaret Ann Reece, (2) Mary Jane Smith
  • Michael (1836-1916) married Matilda Eleanor Neeley
  • Joseph (1838-1914) married (1) Elizabeth Jane Elwood, (2) Marietta Curtis
  • Henry Rowe (1840-1892) married Elizabeth Jane Griffith
  • Nancy Catherine (1846-1900) married (1) Henry Pemberton, (2) John S. Barnhill
  • John Arthur (1852-1918) married (1) Elizabeth P. Johnson, (2) Catherine Ann Bloom
  • Barbra Elizabeth “Lizzie” (1855-bef. 1882) married Edward Hampton Greening

In 1841, the family came to Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, Indiana. They left in 1868.

Submitted by:
Marjorie Meagher
San Jose CA