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William B Sanders

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William B. Sanders
b. 31 Dec 1800, England
d. 26 Feb 1875, Switzerland County, Indiana
bur. Bovard Cemetery, Cotton Township, Switzerland County, Indiana

William B Sanders gravestone

William B Sanders gravestone

m1. England
Ann White

m2. 5 Mar 1837, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Susan Estep
b. abt 1804, Maryland
d. 23 Aug 1864, Switzerland County, Indiana
bur. Bovard Cemetery, Cotton Township, Switzerland County, Indiana
Susan m1. Johnson Moran, 4 Mar 1824, Prince George’s County, Maryland

Susan Estep and Winfield Sanders gravestone

Susan Estep and Winfield Sanders gravestone

Children of William B. Sanders and probably Ann White:

  • Richard H Sanders (cir. 1828-1856) m. Caroline Merrill
  • Violetta B. Sanders (1831-1912) m. William A. Archer

Children of William B. Sanders and Susan Estep:

  • Joshua Sanders (1838–1866), m. Elzira Matilda Ryan
  • George W. Sanders (1842–1901), m. Sarah Jane Dunning
  • Edwin Sanders (1845–1922), m. Fanny C. Moore
  • Winfield S. Sanders (1848–1864)

William’s life in England is unknown, but he did have 2 children born there. By 1834, he was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. After 1850, William, Susan, and their family lived in Cotton Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.

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Tina Lyons (genwishlist@gmail.com)
Fort Wayne, IN

Alva Alaska McConnell

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Alva Alaska McConnell
b. 26 October 1872, Monroe County, Indiana to Fletcher and Lucinda (Downey) McConnell
d. 26 October 1959, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana
bur. Walkers Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana

Alva Alaska McConnell

Alva Alaska McConnell

m/1. 26 June 1893, Lawrence County, Indiana
Edith E. Johnston
b. 14 June 1875, Monroe Countu, Indiana to Robert and Sarah A. (Bennett) Johnston
d. 16 August 1913, Monroe County, Indiana
bur. Walkers Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana

m/2.
Lurie Stipp

Children with Edith E. Johnston:

  • Eva (18941981) married James Daniel Boruff
  • Virgil E. (1897-1993) married Ruth M. Graves
  • Oliva (1902-1994) married Russell Loesch
  • Effie (1904-1998)
  • Christa L. (1911–1911)
  • Leola Ona (1912-1998) married Lester Moore

Children with Lurie Stipp:

  • Lou Ellen (b. 1919) married Mathew Kasten

Alva was born and raised in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana. In 1893, he and his first wife, Edith E. Johnston, rode his horse to Bedford, Indiana to get married. He and Edith began their life together in Indian Creek Township. Years later, after Edith had died and he had remarried to Lurie Stipp, he purchased a farm in Pleasant Run Township in Lawrence County, Indiana. That farm was eventually sold and Alva moved to Bloomington, Indiana where he died in 1959.

Submitted by:
Mobie McCammon
Bloomington, IN
E-mail: m.mccommon@comcast.net

Lester Lee Moore

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Lester Lee Moore
b. 7 Dec 1907 Bloomington, Indiana to Otis Cleveland Moore and Cantha Ann Easterday
d. 6 Mar 1981 Owen Co., Indiana
bur. Vahalla Memory Gardens Bloomington, Indiana

Lester Lee Moore

Lester Lee Moore

m. 20 Sept 1930 Monroe Co., Indiana
Ona Leola McConnell
b. 15 Mar 1912 Lawrence Co., Indiana to Alva Alaska McConnell and Edithe Johnson
d. 13 May 1998 Monroe Co., Indiana

Children with Ona Leola McConnell

  • Doris Joan Moore (1931-)

Lester grew up in Indian Creek twp, Monroe Co., Indiana and in 1939 he purchased a farm and resided there until 1976 when he moved to Bloomington. His obituary names four brothers at the time of his death, Merle Moore, of Kentucky, Melvin Moore of Martinsville, Marvin of Richmond, and Otis C. Moore of Bloomington. The obituary also named four sisters who all lived in Bloomington, Sylvia Linthicum, Vada May, Mary Hardin and Erva Hoy and Lillian Quackenbush of Lyons.

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Mobie McCammon
Bloomington, IN
E-mail: m.mccammon@comcast.net

Clarence Edward McCammon

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Clarence Edward McCammon
b. 11 December 1910, Monroe County, Indiana, to Lawrence Morton and Mary Ellen (Deckard) McCammon
d. 9 August 1989, Monroe County, Indiana
bur. Valhalla Memory Gardens, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana

Clarence Edward McCammon

Clarence Edward McCammon

m. 8 December 1933, Owen County, Indiana
Lucille Smith
b. 23 May 1913, Monroe County, Indiana, to James Ezra And Cemilda Jane (Kinsel) Smith
d. 25 September 1989, Monroe County, Indiana
bur. Valhalla Memory Gardens, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana

Children with Lucille Smith:

  • Mobie Lew (b. 1934) married Doris Joan Moore
  • Monty Gene (1937-1991) married Judith Worley

Clarence was born in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana. After marriage, he and his family continued to live in Clear Creek Township until 1947 when they purchased a small farm in Indian Creek Township. He spent most of his life working in the limestone industry and retired as a foreman for Woolery Stone Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served with the Corps of Engineers in Europe. He died in 1989, in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, and is buried there.

Submitted by:
Mobie McCammon
Bloomington, IN
E-mail: m.mccommon@comcast.net

Logan D. Mitchell

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Logan D. Mitchell
b. 4 June 1864, Heltonville, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Alexander (1832-1879) and Susannah (Norman) (1840-1917) Mitchell
d. 18 July 1944, Jackson County, Kansas

m. 14 May 1890, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas
Anna “Annie” Moore
b. 8 January 1867, Miami County, Kansas
d. 4 June 1909, Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma

Children with Anna “Annie” Moore:

  • Grace (1891-1892)
  • Frank (1892-bef. 1909)
  • Harry (1894-aft. 1910)
  • Thomas A. (1897-aft. 1944)

Logan left Indiana (the only one of his siblings to leave the Hoosier state) sometime between 1880 and 1890. He married in Jackson County, Kansas, in 1890, and his children were born there, but by 1900, they were in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, where he worked for the railroad. After his wife died in Blaine County, Oklahoma, in 1909, he returned to Jackson County, Kansas with his youngest son and moved in with a relative.

Family tradition said Logan had to leave Indiana because of a fight while playing cards. In a photo, his right arm appears to be damaged or paralyzed.

Submitted by:
Meredith Thompson
Avon IN
E-mail: mere@augustmoondesign.com

Moses Millard Ward

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Moses Millard Ward
b. 30 November 1817, Monroe County, Ohio, to Timothy and Rebecca (Matheney) Ward
d. 4 August 1893, Lakin Township, Barton County, Kansas

m. 18 August 1838, Monroe County, Ohio
Matilda Moore
b. 31 December 1819, Ohio, to Solomon and Mary Sarah (Truex) Moore
d. 25 November 1874, Van Buren, Brown County, Indiana

Children with Matilda Moore:

  • Mahlon (1839-1915) married Rebecca Downey
  • Henry Johnson (1841-1933) married (1) Susan W. Sowders, (2) Margaret Adaline Butler
  • Benjamin F. (1843-1901)
  • Mary J. (b. 1846)
  • Timothy (1849-1923) married Amanda M. Gatten
  • Rebecca A. (b. 1851)
  • Emaline (1855-1926) married (1) John Gatten, (2) George Webster King, (3) Phillip A. Moore, (4) Daniel Keller, (5) Harold R. Brown
  • Evaline (1855-1890) married Christopher Cook
  • Albert (b. 1859)

Moses immigrated to Indiana from Belmont County, Ohio, in 1847. They emigrated from Brown County, Indiana, to Barton County, Kansas, in 1878.

Emaline and Evaline were twins. Mahlon, Henry Johnson “John”, Timothy, and Emaline are all buried in Barton County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Donna R. Kuhlman
Columbus IN

William Vail

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William Vail
b. 18 December 1821, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Peter L. and Amy (Applegate) Vail
d. 10 October 1893, Albion, Nebraska

m. 7 March 1848, Franklin County, Indiana
Annabelle Moore
b. about 1829, Preble County, Ohio
d. 6 April 1903, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Annabelle Moore:

  • Walter
  • Mary Ann
  • John
  • Minerva
  • Sarah
  • Henry Clay
  • William Samuel
  • Minnie
  • Clarence
  • Albert
  • Viola

William emigrated from Franklin County, Indiana, to Shelby County, Illinois, about 1852.

Submitted by:
Phyllis Wyckoff Arnold
Effingham IL

Wilson Brewer

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WILSON BREWER
b. about 1804, Virginia or North Carolina, to Thomas and Lucretia (McHough?) Brewer
d. December 1856, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

m/1. 1826
Lucy Stanley
d. died during the birth of their son

m/2. 6 April 1837, Henry County, Indiana
Margaret Galliene Moore
b. 4 February 1816, Virginia, to Jonathan and Frances (Galliene) Moore
d. 26 March 1896, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

Children with Lucy Stanley:

  • Andrew Jackson

Children with Margaret Galliene Moore:

  • Benjamin R.
  • Sara Jane married [—?—] Bonebright
  • William
  • Walter Wilson
  • Margaret M.

Wilson came to Henry County, Indiana, in 1808 and left for Iowa in 1848, where he founded the town of Newcastle, now Webster City.

Submitted by:
Dale L. Lange
Albuquerque NM

Elva R. Bowerman

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ELVA R. BOWERMAN
b. 12 April 1852, Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to William Welling and Diadema (Lester) Bowerman
d. 7 November 1913, Willow Springs, Howell County,
Missouri

m/1. 12 July 1868, Marshall Township, Taylor County, Iowa
Charles Starky
b. about 1848, Grant County, Indiana, to John and Lydia (States) Starky
d. 20 September 1878, Conway, Taylor County, Iowa

m/2. about 1884
Arthur B. Owen
b. July 1852, Indiana

Children with Charles Starky:

  • Ida Estella (1869-1950) married Arthur Elmer Moore
  • Charles Timothy (1871-1890)
  • Harry (1873-1924)
  • Della Mea (1875-1901) married Homer O. McCready

When she was 8 years old, Elva was shown in the 1860 census living with her parents in Crawford County, Indiana. By 1868 she was in Taylor County, Iowa. She and her second husband were living in Leon, Iowa, for the 1900 census.

Submitted by:
A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Uriah Springer Bowen

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URIAH SPRINGER BOWEN
b. 10 March 1822, Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, to Absalom and Jane (Ross) Bowen
d. 23 May 1893, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

m. 16 February 1851, Boone County, Indiana
Elizabeth Moore
b. 22 July 1830, Barren County, Kentucky
d. 24 January 1916, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

Children with Elizabeth Moore:

  • Nancy
  • Newton
  • Milton
  • Wesley
  • Samuel
  • William
  • Harvey
  • Sarah
  • Lydia
  • Franklin
  • Charles
  • Charity
  • Henry

He came to Indiana about 1848 and lived in Boone County until leaving the state about 1855.

Submitted by:
Kathleen M. Kinstler
Tigard OR