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Isaac McCoy

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Isaac McCoy
b. 13 June 1784, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to William H. and Elizabeth (Rice) McCoy
d. 21 June 1846, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

m. 6 October 1803, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Christiana Polk
b. 12 November 1784, Nelson County, Kentucky, to Charles and Delilah (Tyler) Polk
d. 6 August 1850, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Children with Christiana Polk:
• Mahala (1804-1818)
• Rice (1807-1833)
• Josephus (1808-1831)
• Delilah (1809-1844) married Johnston Lykins
• John Calvin (1811-1889) married (1) Virginia Chick, (2) Elizabeth Woodson
• Elizabeth (1813-1822)
• Sarah (1815-1835) married (1) Thomas Jefferson Givens, (2) Thomas Gilens
• Christiana (1817-1837) married William Ward
• Nancy Judson (1819-1850)
• Eleanor (1821-1839) married Husband Dononue
• Maria Staunton (1823-1824)
• Isaac (1825-1849) married Martha Stone
• Charles Rice (1827-1831)
• infant (1831)

The family moved to near Sellersburg, Clark County, in the Indiana Territory in 1804. Later, they moved to Vincennes, Knox County, where Isaac was a spinning wheel maker and a jailer. In 1805, they moved back to Clark County, where he was licensed as a Baptist minister. Isaac served at Mariah Creek Church in Knox County, starting in October 1810. In 1818, he established an Indian mission north of Terre Haute near Montezuma on Raccoon Creek in Parke County. In 1820 he went to Fort Wayne in Allen County to establish a church for Indians; Christiana had a school that taught spinning and weaving. In 1828, Isaac was appointed a member of the commission to arrange the removal of Indians to reservations in Kansas. He and two sons moved to the Kansas City, Missouri area. In 1843, Isaac returned to Indiana where he was appointed Secretary and General Agent for the Indiana Mission Association of Louisville, Kentucky.

Isaac wrote a book on the white man’s attempt to Christianize the Indians in 1840. A memorial book Early Indian Missions by W.N. Wyeth tells of the lives and mission work of Rev. and Mrs. McCoy. Many of his writings are in the Isaac McCoy Collection of the Kansas Historical Society. The towns of Niles and Grand Rapids, Michigan were originally McCoy Indian Missions.

Submitted by:
Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL
E-mail: christie@cartar.com

Peter S. Hunter

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Peter S. Hunter
b. 2 February 1855, Indiana, to Aaron N.B. and Cynthia A. (Ramsey-Lawrence) Hunter
d. 9 March 1929, Ponca City, Oklahoma

m. 9 August 1874, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Nancy E. Davison
b. 6 November 1856, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, to Richard and Eveline (Applegate) Davison
d. 27 January 1926, Ponca City, Oklahoma

Children with Nancy E. Davison:
• infant son (b. 1875)
• Willis Reece (1876-1932) married Suda Agness Baker
• Charles Edward (1879-1889)
• James Monroe (1880-1955) married (1) Ruth Stone, (2) Flora Jacobs, (3) Stella Renfro
• Ida May (1882-1952) married James M. Griffen
• Cora V. (1884-1886)
• Clara Edith (1887-1963) married Joseph P. Hogan
• Harry Ellsworth (1889-1908)
• Iva Myrtle (1892-1969) married (1) Jesse Barnes, (2) Charles Kulp
• Howard Anderson (1902-1964) married (1) Pearl Williams, (2) Ida I. Nickles

Submitted by:
Robert S. Hunter
Connersville IN

James Monroe Hunter

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James Monroe Hunter
b. 16 January 1880, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, to Peter and Nancy E. (Davison) Hunter
d. 25 May 1955, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m/1. before 1900
Ruth Stone

m/2.
Flora Jacobs
b. October 1876, Evanville, Darke County, Ohio, to Will and Molly (Files) Jacobs
d. 12 December 1915, Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado

m/3.
Stella Renfro

Children with Ruth Stone:
• Minnie (b. bef. 1907)
• Pete (b. bef. 1907)

Children with Flora Jacobs:
• Francis Marion (1907-1968) married Ola Keeler
• Dorothy (b. 1913) married Steve Nottingham

James had left Indiana sometime prior to 1907 as his daughter Francis by his second wife was born in Oklahoma.

Submitted by:
Kay Roberts
Wichita KS

Charles Ernest Stone

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Charles Ernest Stone
b. 6 January 1880, Harrison Township, Daviess County, Indiana, to William G. and Mary E. (Thomas) Stone
d. 11 November 1979, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana

m. 3 April 1926, Roundup, Montana
Lucile Helen Horton
b. 18 April 1904, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri
d. 18 December 1977, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana

Children with Lucile Helen Horton:

  • John Youngblood
  • Charles Willis
  • Richard Ernest
  • Gary Lee
  • Carole Ann

Charles emigrated from Indiana in 1910 to Hobson, Judith Basin County, Montana.

Submitted by:
John Youngblood Stone
Canby OR

Marion Claude Harshner

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Marion Claude Harshner
b. 1873, Etna Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to James Oscar and Harriet E. (Bell) Harshner
d. California

m.
Edna Pearl Stone

Children with Edna Pearl Stone:

  • Harold
  • Juanita
  • third child, name unknown

Marion emigrated from Indiana to Alameda County, California, about 1898. Claude’s wife died at age 25, leaving him with three small children. He later remarried.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN

Chester Garfield Harshner

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Chester Garfield Harshner
b. 17 November 1879, Etna Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, to James Oscar and Harriet E. (Bell) Harshner
d. 12 February 1966, Sacramento, California

m.
Grace Stone

Children with Grace Stone:

  • Chester, Jr.
  • James Nelson
  • Mary
  • Robert

Chester emigrated from Kosciusko County, Indiana, to Alameda County, California, about 1898. Chet retired in 1950 after 28 years employment by the Sacramento County Schools.

Submitted by:
Valerie J. Boggs
Pierceton IN