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David Litson

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David Litson
birth: August 22, 1837 in Jefferson County, Indiana to John and Ann Litson
death: November 11, 1916 in Crescent, Logan County, Oklahoma
burial: Oak View Cemetery, Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma

marriage: April 3, 1858 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Barbara Ellen Landon
birth: May 30, 1838 in Jefferson County, Indiana to William Landon and Elizabeth Riggle
death: November 27, 1920 in Englewood, Clark County, Kansas
burial: Oak View Cemetery, Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma

Children of Barbara Ellen Landon and David Litson:

  • Cecilia Adaline Litson about 1859 – 1883. She married John Howell and possibly married a Mr. Roseberry.
  • William Landon Litson 1865 – 1928. He married Mary Powell. After she died, he married Etta Holcombe.
  • John Charles Litson 1867 – 1947. He married Mary Jane Graybeal.
  • Sarah Ann Litson 1870 – 1955. She married Stonewall Jackson Cole.
  • George Washington Litson 1872 – 1944. He married Anna Louisa Knecht.
  • Unknown boy (1910 census and David’s obituary)
  • Unknown girl (1910 census and David’s obituary)
  • Unknown girl (1910 census and David’s obituary)

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana 1837-1881

Ancestor also lived in:

St. Clair and Bates counties, Missouri 1881-1883
Cowley County, Kansas 1884-1891
Sumner County, Kansas 1891-1893
Indian Territory 1894
Miami County, Kansas 1895-1900
Polk County, Arkansas 1901-1910
Lovell, Logan County, Oklahoma 1910-1916

Other Information:

possibly served Civil War as part of militia from Jefferson County, IN

Submitted by:
Cherry Roegner
Email: cherryroegner@gmail.com

David Zener

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David Zener
birth: May 16, 1797 in Virginia to Mathias Zener and Garringer
death: January 5, 1877
burial: Paris, Jennings County, Indiana, burial Gaddy-Wykoff Cemetery, Paris, Jennings County, Indiana

marriage: May 5, 1818 in Hardinsburg, Breckenridge County, Kentucky
Phoebe Baker
birth: July 31, 1807 in Hagerstown, Maryland to Nicholas Baker and Barbara Miller
death:
burial: 1858 West Virginia

Children of Phoebe Baker and David Zener:

  • Elizabeth Zener, November 22, 1819-July 14, 1865 spouse, Lot V. Search
  • Magdalena Zener, November 1, 1821-April 16, 1905, never married
  • Lydia Zener, October 2, 1823-March 14, 1924, 3 spouses Robert Dixon, Robert Bain, John M. McJimsey.
  • Sarah Zener, April 8, 1826-April 30, 1894, Charles (Rodney) Kendall Lard/Laird (changed his name)
  • Catherine Servilla Zener, February 13, 1828-December 19, 1909, spouse George Troutman Foster.
  • Harriet Agnes Zener, February 7, 1830-September 2, 1900, spouse Joseph Ayers.
  • Mathias Zener, January 12, 1831- September 22, 1890, spouse Frances Unknown.
  • Malinda Zener, January 20, 1834-April 21, 1894, spouse Francis Marion Landon.
  • Henry M. Zener, January 6, 1836-November 26, 1903, never married.
  • David G. Zener, December 8, 1837-February 18, 1907, spouse Zerilda Gaddy.
  • Benjamin F. Zener, October 29, 1839-July 29, 1869, never married

Ancestor here lived in:

Jefferson County, Indiana

Additional information about person:
His Father was Mathias Zener a Hessian Solder in the Revolutionary War who was captured at the Battle of Yorktown and remained in America after the war. He married a German/American woman in Virginia after the war and died in Clark County Indiana in 1815.

By 1812 he was in Kentucky as he fought in the War of 1812 with the Kentucky Militia, married in 1818 in Breckenridge County, Kentucky – War of 1812 Bounty Land in Jefferson County, Indiana, all children born there.

During the Civil War, David Zener was one of those who opposed slavery and would purchase no products produced in the south – the family raised sheep and even imported silk worms and planted Mulberry Trees to feed them so they could weave all their own clothing. The name Zener is spelled various ways the most common being Zener or Zenor but those were not the only ones.

Submitted by:
Sheila Kell
Email: kfurballkell@aol.com