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William Francis Bigwood

WILLIAM FRANCIS BIGWOOD
b. 27 March 1853, Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, to James Henry and Eliza A. (Young) Bigwood
d. 14 January 1906, Earlham, Madison County, Iowa

m. 31 March 1875, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
Rachel Gertrude Nichols
b. 11 February 1856, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana or Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, to Thomas and Jane (Brown) Nichols
d. 22 June 1910, Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Rachel Gertrude Nichols:

Effie Jane (1876-1961) married Frank R. Libby
Zena Eliza (1878-1945)
Marjorie Frances “Madge” (1881-1963) married (1) Joseph Ficklin, (2) Doc Woolfrom
James Thomas (1884-1886)
Maggie May (1887-1931) married Henry Little
Ellis Nichols (1891-1909)
Maryanna Elizabeth (1897-1980) married Lyman Lyle Libby

It is unknown when William came to Indiana, but they moved from Parke County between 1900 and 1905. William was a stonemason. He was a member of the Silliman Lodge #66 and Knights of Pythias. He and his brother John were in White’s Band, which played for the laying of the cornerstone of the courthouse. Rachel Bigwood and daughters were admitted into membership at the Earlham Monthly Meeting in 1905. The Nichols family was Quaker.

Submitted by:
Robert J. Libby
Iowa City IA

George C Pence

George C Pence
b. 20 November 1791, to Philip Pence
d. 15 June 1866, Hardin County, Iowa

m/1. 20 January 1812, Fayette County, Ohio
Sarah Windle
b. 18 November 1795, Shenandoah County, Virginia, to Peter and Rachel (Wolfe) Windle
d. 18 August 1854, Smith Township, Whitley County, Indiana

m/2. Iowa
Caroline Reese Danger
b. 17 September 1814
d. 5 October 1903, Hardin County, Iowa

Children with Sarah Windle:

Henry (1813-1892) married (1) Eliza Gradeless, (2) Mary Young
Eliza (1816-1883) married James H. Roussear
Abraham (1818-1897) married (1) Nancy Bucklew, (2) Sarah Hyre Humbarger
John (1823-1894) married (1) Sarah Strain, (2) Mary Jane Hazen
Absalom G. (1824-1875) married Clarissa Van Houten
Catherine (1827-1889) married Mickael K. Zorger
Willis F. (1828-1864) married (1) Mary Waugh, (2) Mary Burney
Elizabeth (1828-1864) married John Van Houten
Joseph (1831-1916) married (1) Susan Waugh, (2) Alice Henny
Jesse (1833-1843)
infant

The family came to Whitley County, Indiana, from Fayette, Ohio, in 1836. George moved to Iowa in 1856.

There were no children from his second marriage.

Submitted by:
Kay Hilliard
Columbia City IN

Allen Pickney Chaplin

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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:

Dora (1891–1976) married (1) David Rayner Gillespie, (2) Charles P. Morgan
Vernon Wiley (1892–1986) married Lydia DeMott
William Cullen (1894–1916)
infant (1897)
Charles Stedman (1899–1975) married Hazel Fern Smith
Georgia Clarisa (1902–1951) married Ray Peters
Ella Mariam (1904–1978) married (1) Jack Curtis, (2) Bill Havens
Byron Atherton (1908–1953) married Ruby Jones

Allen Chaplin left Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1878.

Submitted by:
Carol Chaplin Milbourn
Roanoke VA