Isaiah Wright
b. about 1791, North Carolina, to Richard and Nancy (Morgan) Wright
d. 9 July 1877, Champaign County, Illinois
m. probably Rowan County, North Carolina
Polly Eliza [–?–]
b. about 1797
d. 3 January 1852, Champaign County, Illinois
Children with Polly Eliza [–?–]:
Submitted by:
Judith L. Weber
Greenfield IA
Elizabeth Jane Smitha
b. 1 April 1830, possibly Shelby County, Kentucky, to Fielding and Catherine Smitha
d. 12 February 1903, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri
m. about 1845, possibly Anderson County, Kentucky
Charles F. Kennedy
b. 5 January 1820, Kentucky
d. 27 November 1898, Adair County, Missouri
Children with Charles F. Kennedy:
Jane, her husband Charles, and some of their children are buried in Llwellyn Cemetery near Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. Although Jane’s tombstone reads Jane E. and she was known as Jane, the 1880 Missouri census lists her as Elizabeth J. Her letters home to her widowed mother’s Hendricks County, Indiana, residence, related many of the facts concerning Jane and her family. These letters are in the possession of the contributor.
Submitted by:
Mary Jane Shackelford Kaiser
Fort Wayne IN
William Dolph Murphy
b. 25 March 1834, Dearborn County, Indiana, to Peter Liam and Drusilla (Dolph/Dewolf) Murphy
d. 26 January 1882, Central City, Putnam County, Missouri
m. 3 November 1854, Spencer County, Indiana
Sarah Ellen Brown
b. 3 December 18336, Spencer County, Indiana, to James Abbott and Sarah (Masterson) Brown
d. 7 February 1895, Putnam County, Missouri
Children with Sarah Ellen Brown:
William emigrated in 1866 from Indiana to Central City, Putnam County, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Betty Murphy Mabee
San Diego CA
Andrew J Murphy
b. 8 May 1841, Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, to Samuel and Matilda (Smith) Murphy
d. 3 February 1825, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
m. 24 September 1866, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Lydia Ann Pleakenstrauffer
b. 16 April 1846, Shilo, Decatur County, Indiana, to H. and Mary (Smith) Pleakenstrauffer
Children with Lydia Ann Pleakenstrauffer:
Prior to her marriage, Lydia Ann is said to have lived in an orphanage.
According to his Civil War records, Andrew and Lydia were married by Samuel K. Ross at Cincinnati, but the records were destroyed when a courthouse burned. Andrew was an octoroon whose grandfather, according to census records, was a “free mulatto”.
Andrew J. Murphy enlisted in the Union Army at Indianapolis on 18 August 1864 and served in a colored unit. After discharge he settled in Fairland Township, Shelby County, Indiana. In 1880 he emigrated with his family from Hymera, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Submitted by:
Rolene Kiesling
Groveland CA
George W. Knight
b. April 1863, Indiana, to William H. and Drusilla (Baird) Knight
m. 14 February 1885, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Mary “Molly” Morgan
b. May 1864
Children with Mary “Molly” Morgan:
George W. and Molly Knight resided in Indianapolis, Marion County, and Richmond,
Wayne County, Indiana, and emigrated from Indiana about 1914 to Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Submitted by:
Eugene F. Gray
East Lansing MI
Leslie George Knight
b. 2 February 1886, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to George and Mary (Morgan) Knight
m. 25 January 1912, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Elizabeth Burr
b. 11 July 1883, Huntington County, Indiana
d. 27 June 1951, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Children with Elizabeth Burr:
Leslie lived in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. He emigrated from Indiana in 1912 to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Submitted by:
Eugene F. Gray
East Lansing MI
Richard Hendrickson
b. 1810, Kentucky
d. 25 February 1896, Redfield, Bourbon County, Kansas
m/1. 15 August 1831, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Margaret McKibbon
b. 1813, Ohio
d. 12 April 1849, Newcastle Township, Fulton County, Indiana
m/2. 1850
Sarah Jane Crew/Cruz
Children with Margaret McKibbon:
Richard emigrated from German Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, in 1853.
All of Richard and Margaret’s sons volunteered and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Richard, Jr. and James died in the war. George, the only son to have children, fathered eight children before he died at age 33 in 1878 of war-related injuries and illness.
Sarah Jane Crew/Cruz, Richard’s second wife, was a widow with a son, William.
In 1865 Richard and Jane, his second wife, moved from Iowa to Kansas, where he farmed
and operated a gristmill. They lived long and healthy lives until they died within hours of each other in 1896. Around 1878, the spelling of the family name was changed to Hendrixson for reasons unknown.
Submitted by:
Paula G. Vierra
Eagan MN
Spencer Barnett Dickerson
b. 27 December 1832, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnett) Dickerson
d. 12 July 1921, Galt, Grundy County, Missouri
m. 7 April 1853, Brown County, Indiana
Clarinda Moriah Sturgeon
b. 11 March 1834, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Morgan) Sturgeon
d. 18 April 1917, Galt, Grundy County, Missouri
Children with Clarinda Moriah Sturgeon:
Spencer resided in these Indiana counties: Brown, Lake, and Marion. He emigrated from Indiana in 1865 to Wintersville, Sullivan County, Missouri.
Submitted by:
Karen Dickerson Hillson
Belton MO
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
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