Isaiah Jones
b. 16 January 1775, Guilford County, North Carolina, to Isaac and Elizabeth (Cox) Jones
d. about 1846, Iowa
m. about 1795
Martha East
b. February 1777, North Carolina
d. 8 September 1858, Iowa
Children with Martha East:
Isaiah resided in three Indiana counties: Marion, Hendricks, and Morgan. He left Indiana for Iowa about 1847.
Submitted by:
Barbara Mullendore Calvert
Caldwell NJ
Harlan C Jones
b. 6 March 1814, Alabama, to George and Narcissa (Harris) Jones
d. 12 April 1870, South Cedar Township, Jackson County, Kansas
m. 11 May 1837, Clinton County, Ohio
Ruth Hannah Zell
b. 3 March 1816, Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia
d. 19 April 1893, South Cedar Township, Jackson County, Kansas
Children with Ruth Hannah Zell:
Harlan Jones resided in Clinton and Warren counties of Ohio, before moving to Parke County, Indiana, about 1844. In 1855, he moved by ox team from Parke County, Indiana, to Oak Mills, Cedar Township, Jackson County, Kansas.
Although born in Alabama, Harlan Jones was a strong Free State man. He was eventually driven from Oak Mills by pro-slavery border ruffians who took him prisoner. One night when his captors fell drunk around a campfire, he escaped and fled to Missouri. Returning later, he settled near Winchester, Kansas. But when border ruffians jumped his claim there, he purchased a claim in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Swindled out of his Leavenworth claim, Harlan moved to Jackson County, Kansas, where he secured another tract of land, built a log cabin, and settled his family. He went from there to Atchison County, to learn the trade of stone mason, returned, and erected many of the early stone and brick buildings in northeastern Kansas.
Submitted by:
Betty Seprodi
Terre Haute IN
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:
Thomas emigrated from Morgan County, Indiana, to Union Township, Cumberland County, Illinois, in 1863/64.
Submitted by:
Lester Wayne Grissom
Kansas IL
James W Cross
b. 1820, Ohio or Indiana
d. after 1875, possibly Osborne County, Kansas
m. 2 April 1837, Marion County, Indiana
Sarah “Sally” Jones
b. 24 March 1814, possibly in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Isaiah and Martha (East) Jones
d. 1887, Kansas
Children with Sarah Jones:
James and Sally lived in Marion County, Indiana, and emigrated from there to Keokuk, Iowa, about 1845-1847.
Submitted by:
Barbara Mullendore Calvert
Caldwell NJ
Allen Pickney Chaplin
b. 9 December 1867, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Rolanda P. and Clarissa (Logan) Chaplin
d. 22 May 1938, Cowley County, Kansas
m/1. 22 December 1890, Bolton Township, Cowley County, Kansas
Minnie Lillie Vickery
b. 16 April 1868, Doniphan County, Kansas, to Ira Marion and George Ann (Young) Vickery
d. 11 October 1928, Anderson County, Kansas
m/2. 24 August 1931
Helen Smith Barnett
Children with Minnie Lillie Vickery:
Allen Chaplin left Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1878.
Submitted by:
Carol Chaplin Milbourn
Roanoke VA
John H Bowers
b. 28 October 1829, Pennsylvania, to David (?) and Catherine (Grimes?) Bowers
d. about 1913, Sedgwick County, Kansas
m. 1 August 1853, Pennsylvania
Mary Elizabeth Burthruff/Rotroff
b. 9 October 1831, Pennsylvania, to George and Ellenor (Appenzeller) Ruthruff
d. about 1926, Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Children with Mary Elizabeth Burthruff/Rotroff:
John immigrated to Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1854. He emigrated from Indiana to Dodge
City, Ford County, Kansas, in 1882. Eleanor (Appenzeller) Ruthruff wrote many letters to her daughter Mary (Ruthruff) Bowers in Kansas. They tell of the early life and people of North Judson, Indiana, from about 1889-1901.
Submitted by:
Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS
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