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Anderson Freeman

Anderson Freeman
b. 23 April 1847, Greene County, Indiana, to Anderson and Mahalia Freeman
d. 12 March 1932, Clay County, Illinois

m/1. about 1870
Sarah B. Willis

m/2. 27 January 1876
Mary Martin
d. 13 September 1928, Clay County, Illinois

Anderson moved with his sister Nancy Jane from Indiana to Clay County, Illinois, when he was about sixteen years old.

Children with Sarah B. Willis:

Willis T.
Nancy Jane married [–?–] Hoke

Children with Mary Martin:

D. W.
William A.
Jesse T.
Julia A. married [–?–] Rodgers
John F.
Lottie B. married [–?–] Cantrell
Mary J.

Submitted by:
Dawne Slater-Putt from Clay County, Illinois, Roots, fall 1993, p. 70

Joseph Ellsworth Bland

Joseph Ellsworth Bland
b. 24 October 1858, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, to James Jacob and Martha Jane (Monk) Bland
d. 26 October 1933, Juneau, Alaska

m. 26 September 1886, Edison, Skagit County, Washington
Margaret Virginia “Maggie” Ewing
b. 24 September 1869, Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, to William Henry and Margaret Jane (Filey) Ewing
d. 28 December 1950, Juneau, Alaska

Children with Margaret Virginia Ewing:

Gertrude Amelia (1887-1953) married Edward Shields Jewell
Emma Etta (1889-1927) married Frank Talmage Thurman
Ethel Minerva (1892-1959) married Edward Newton Pettichord
Myrtle Martha (1895-1974) married Wilbur Bernie Converse
Anna Pearl (1898-1898)
Charles William (1900-1949) married Brownie Valentine Crosby
Myrna Neona (1904-1980) married George Francis Martin
Alta Margaret (1907-1932) married Robert Orme
George Earl (1911-1967) married Brita Karina Ask

Joseph emigrated from Greene County, Indiana, to Juneau, Alaska, in 1885.

Submitted by:
Burnetta West Ooley
Seattle WA

Francis Marion Ayers and Adeline Bishop

Francis Marion Ayers
b. 10 May 1850, Wabash County, Indiana, to Barcus and Anna (Martin) Ayers
d. 31 December 1924, Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas,
m. 25 May 1871, Fulton County, Indiana

Adeline Bishop
b. 16 January 1850, Cass County, Indiana, to Stephen Manning and Caroline Amelia (Bonnel) Bishop
d. 21 March 1935, Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas

Children with Adeline Bishop:

Charles (b. 1872) married Mary E. [–?–]
Laura O. (1873-1959) married Albert Sidney Butner
Alton S. (b. 1876) married Jay Smith
Allie J. (b. 1879)
Viola (b. 1882)
Elmer M. (b. 1886)
Rosa Elmira (1888-1917) married Robert Benjamin McNett

Francis resided in Wabash, Grant and Fulton counties in Indiana. He and his family emigrated from Indiana to Harrison Township, White County, Arkansas, in 1874.

Submitted by:
Linda Wilson
Kansas City MO