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Reeves Washington Riggins

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Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, Virginia or North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois

m. 31 August 1834, Union County, Indiana
Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813, near Richmond, Wayne or Union County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary (Lewis) White
d. 25 January 1895, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Perlina White:

Reeves immigrated to Union County, Indiana, from North Carolina before 1834. He moved to Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, between 1843 and 1847.

Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA

Dailey Cooper Ray

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Dailey Cooper Ray
b. 18 February 1877, Shawswick, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Thomas Todd and Susan (Kern) Ray
d. 19 March 1966, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

m. 20 March 1912, Oneida County, Idaho
Martha “Mattie” Lewis
b. 13 May 1890, Oneida County, Idaho
d. 8 November 1965, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Children with Martha Lewis:

  • Daniel (b. 1908)
  • Jesse (b. 1913)
  • George (b. 1914)
  • Kathryn (b. 1918) married [–?–] Hyde
  • Robert (b. 1919)
  • Margaret (b. 1923) married [–?–] Pendola

D. C. was the eighth child in his family and the second to emigrate to the West from Indiana. After graduating from Louisville Medical College, he opened a practice in 1902 in Malad City, Idaho. In 1920, he moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where he practiced for many years. He served three terms in the Idaho State Legislature and was president of the Idaho Medical Society.

Dr. Ray was proud to be an old-fashioned country doctor. In the severe Idaho winters, he had to reach his patients by bob-sled. He delivered many babies in country homes and performed emergency operations on the kitchen tables. Three of the children followed their father into the health care field: Jesse and George were physicians, and Robert was a pharmacist.

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Ruth Ray Edwards
Cincinnati OH

Laura Phillips

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Laura Phillips
b. 9 September 1879, Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Thomas Walter and Alice Ann (Coker) Phillips
d. 24 August 1956, Salem, Polk County, Oregon

m/1. 30 September 1899, Sullivan County, Indiana
Joseph Davison

m/2. 12 December 1901, Lyford, Parke County, Indiana
Preston Calvert Bugher
b. 4 July 1871, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, to Daniel P. and Mercy Monba (Lewis) Bugher
d. 21 August 1911, Salem, Marion County, Oregon

m/3. 1 December 1915, Salem, Marion County, Oregon
J. M. Martin

Children with Preston Calvert Bugher:

  • Hazel (1902-1986) married Marion Charles Andresen
  • Walter C. (b. 1908) married Pearl M. Patterson

Laura resided in Sullivan and Parke counties, Indiana. She emigrated from Indiana in 1907 to Keltner, Texas County, Oklahoma, and then, moved about 1909 to Salem, Marion County, Oregon.

Both her first and third marriages were dissolved.

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Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

Bennett Newcum

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Bennett Newcum
b. 1791, South Carolina or Kentucky, to William and Elizabeth (Haggard) Newcum/Newcomb
d. 20 March 1872, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri

m. 26 January 1811, Garrard, Kentucky
Elizabeth Lewis

Children with Elizabeth Lewis:

  • Lewis
  • William
  • John
  • Samuel
  • Elizabeth
  • Emily
  • Bennett
  • Mary Comfort

Bennett immigrated to Indiana 1823/1825 from Hardin County, Kentucky. He then emigrated from Knox County, Indiana, to Fredericktown, Madison County, Missoui, by 1840.

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Betty Rolwing Darnell
Mt. Washington KY

Thomas Jefferson Murphy

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Thomas Jefferson Murphy
b. 15 October 1814, Jennings County, Indiana, to Daniel and Nancy (Baker) Murphy
d. 10 February 1922, Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas

m/1. 29 January 1863, Jennings County, Indiana
Mary Jane Lewis
b. 15 March 1848, Jennings County, Indiana, to Timothy B. and Mahala (Lett) Lewis
d. by January 1877, Jennings County, Indiana

m/2. 21 January 1877, Jennings County, Indiana
Mary Delanzo Carpenter
b. about 1859, to Watis and Anna (Graston) Carpenter
d. 18 March 1896, near Stockdale, Riley County, Kansas

m/3. 29 April 1899, Riley County, Kansas
Saphronia (Carpenter) Allison
b. 12 September 1855, to Watis and Anna (Graston) Carpenter

Children with Mary Jane Lewis:

  • Elnora (1864-1870)
  • Cora (b. 1867)
  • Minetta E. (b. 1870) married John S. Carpenter
  • Timothy Thomas (1871-1933) married Katie May Dobson
  • Nancy Mae (1873-1885)
  • Samuel Hall (1875-1942) married Ida Adelia Brundige

Children with Mary Delanzo Carpenter:

  • [–?–] (1878-1878)
  • Louella (b. 1879) married Warren W. Maloney
  • Ida Belle (1881-1954) married John S. Thomson
  • James Leland (1884-1973) married Lucinda Marietta Johnson
  • Frances A. (1887-11974) married Ace Applebee
  • Mabel Pearl (1888-1972) married Charles Anderson Trotter
  • Homer C. (1889-1967) married Ada M. Deckert
  • Howard (b. 1892) married Pearl [–?–]
  • Henry F. (1894-1970)
  • [–?–] (1896-1896)

Saphronia (Carpenter) Allison was Mary Delanzo Carpenter’s sister.

Thomas Murphy served in Company G, 145th Indiana Regiment, during the Civil War. He and his second wife Mary Delanzo (Carpenter) Murphy emigrated from Jennings County, Indiana, to Grant Township, Riley County, Kansas, in 1865. Mary and Saphronia were sisters. Thomas Jefferson Murphy claimed 21 children.

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Kevin L. Stilley
Manhattan KS
E-mail: trlrhouseman@aol.com

Timothy B Lewis

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Timothy B Lewis
b. 1819, Steuben County, New York, to William and Sarah (Miller) Lewis
d. 20 July 1878, Grant Township, Riley County, Kansas

m. 23 April 1840, Jennings County, Indiana
Mahala or Melinda Lett

Children with Mahala/Melinda Lett:

  • Thomas M. (1845–1860)
  • Mary Jane (1848–1877) married Thomas Jefferson Murphy
  • Salina Ann (1849–1927) married John Joseph Robbins
  • Daniel Thomas (b. 1851) married Katie Mayfield
  • Rachel Esther (1859–1913) married James Doyle
  • Marion M. (b. 1861)
  • Melvin (b. 1861)
  • William Lincoln (adopted) (b. 1863) married Addie Orr

Timothy resided in three Indiana counties: Jennings, Shelby, and Rush. He moved in 1865 to Grant Township, Riley County, Kansas. Timothy Lewis was a Baptist minister at Coffee Creek Baptist Church, Jennings County, Indiana.

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Kevin L. Stilley
Manhattan KS
E-mail: trlrhouseman@aol.com

Joseph C Lewis

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Joseph C Lewis
b. 1810, Canada

m. 3 March 1833, Carroll County, Indiana
Azzuba Munn
b. 1811, Ohio, probably to David and Tabitha (Frizell) Munn
d. before 1870

Children with Azzuba Munn:

  • Mercy Monba (b. 1833) married Daniel P. Bugher
  • Augusta (b. ca. 1834)
  • Emily (b. ca. 1840) married [–?–] Anderson
  • William (b. 1842)
  • JoAnn (b. ca. 1844)
  • Miron/Morris (b. ca. 1846)
  • Samuel E. (b. ca. 1848) married Isabel Davis
  • Juliann (b. 1850)
  • David (b. ca. 1853) married Isabel David
  • Alice (b. ca. 1857) married Francis M. Barron

Joseph lived in two Indiana counties, Carroll and Parke. He emigrated from Indiana in 1833 to Michigan, and moved by 1840 to the area that became Kendall County, Illinois, in 1841.

Joseph was a cooper while living at Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois. After her husband’s death, Azzuba returned to Indiana, where she is found in Parke County in the 1870 and 1880 censuses along with some of their children.

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Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

David Vawter Lewis

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David Vawter Lewis
b. 9 November 1816, Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, to Alexander and Nancy A. (Vawter) Lewis
d. 1898, Barnard, Lincoln County, Kansas

m. 12 September 1839, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Ann Grinstead
b. 8 November 1814, Warren County, Kentucky
d. 28 February 1904, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas

Children with Ann Grinstead:

  • Bushron W.
  • Frances A.
  • Martha
  • Melvina J.
  • Alexander
  • Susan E.
  • John
  • Sarah

The family moved to Green, Wapello County, Iowa, in 1860.

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Pearl Howard Wolf
Seattle WA

Calvin Rutter Clarke

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Calvin Rutter Clarke
b. 5 May 1831, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, to Tilghman Warfield and Jane (Lewis) Clark
d. 13 May 1912, Bartlett Springs, California

m. Grass Valley, California
Isabelle Donovan Carroll, a widow

Children with Isabelle Donovan Carroll:

  • Crawford Calvin Clarke (9 July 1868–4 December 1941)

After the death of his brother-in-law, John B. Yount, at Pekin, Big Canon, El Dorado County, California, Calvin Rutter Clarke ran the trading post for his sister, Levenia Clarke Yount. He freighted the goods from Sacramento.

In 1873, Calvin Clarke opened the first hydraulic mine in the state of Tolimia, Columbia, South America for an English company. He was one of the locators of the Idaho Mine, but he sold his interest in that mine and went into the grocery business in Grass Valley.

Calvin Clarke was sheriff of Nevada County for two terms and assessor for one term. Later he was postmaster in Nevada City. He was buried in City Cemetery, Sacramento, California.

From: Sacramento Genealogical Society’s Root Cellar Preserves, Sacramento, California, vol. 16, #4 (July 1994), p. 127

John William Christy

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John William Christy
b. 10 March 1886, Hendricks County, Indiana, to Robert K. and Margaret (Moatt) Christy
d. 12 February 1924, Sadorus, Illinois

m.
Loretta “Lori” Maxwell
b. to James R. and Mary E. (Hoffman) Maxwell

Children with Loretta Maxwell:

  • Clarence
  • [–?–] married W. D. O’Neal
  • [–?–] married Clarence Bateman
  • [–?–] married Ervin Lewis
  • [–?–] married H. H. Fisher
  • Mildred
  • Harold

John moved to Clay County, Illinois, with his parents during his boyhood days.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt, from Clay County, Illinois, Roots, Fall 1993, p.49.