This is a compilation of information from printed and individual sources. I have made no attempt to verify the information received from individual sources. All sources are listed at the end of the chapter. Jim
(3)JOSEPH (AFN: 8RLK-5W)(K4DT-SN)
born September 20, 1638 Greenwich (or June 20, 1635 at Watertown MA.) (or September 20, 1635) (if the birth date of 1635 is correct, then Joseph would the second born of Jeffrey's children) and died between June 9 and July 24, 1699, (Greenwich) (Horseneck); probably buried at Stamford. He may have been a farmer and was a Puritan (Congregationalist); was one of the original patentees named in the patent granted to the Town of Greenwich by the General Assembly May 1665. Joseph was an influential citizen of Greenwich; in 1672 he is recorded as one of the 27 proprietors and in 1688 as one of the 52 landowners. The frequent land transactions in which he was involved are indicative of increasing prosperity, which is further verified by the tax rate of 1697, his assessment at that time being second in the town. He married November (September) 20, 1657 in Stamford, Ruth Knapp (AFN: 8S9K-8K) {daughter of Nicholas and Eleanor (maiden name unk) Knapp} born January 6, 1640/1 Watertown, Mass., and died c1702 Stamford (Greenwich?) CT [Ruth’s date of death is in question - according to a reference she sold her property rights to her son, Joshua, in 1711.][There are those who also contend that she remarried after Joseph's death.]; 1681-82 Joseph was a representative to the General Court. There is conflicting information on where they resided after they married; in Stamford and/or Greenwich; it is said that they moved to Stamford 1699. All of their children were either born in Greenwich or Stamford. [Jim - Their children are not in sequence by birth; there is conflicting information as to birth dates.] Born to them were:
(3.1) JOHN FERRIS (AFN: 8RLK-GG) born c1658 Stamford (Greenwich?) and died c1741 Greenwich; married April 13 (December 13), 1695 at Stamford (LDS says they married at Norwalk) (December 13, 1695 at Greenwich as per Greenwich Vital Records, Volume LR1, page 447), his cousin (?), Abigail Hait (Haight/Hoyt)(Hoight) (*) of Norwalk born February 2 (19?), 1675 Norwalk and died date unk probably at Greenwich [dau of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Knapp) Hoyt] [Zerubbabel’s father was Walter whose father was Simon, supposedly.]; married by Captain Umstead (Olmsted). They resided in Greenwich and possibly, Stamford. John was a Congregationalist. Born to them, probably at Greenwich, were:
(3.1.1) JOHN FERRIS, JR., (AFN: 8RKF-ZD) (Captain) born c1695/96 (April 25, 1696) Greenwich [Jim-since his parents were married in April, 1695, 1696 is probably the correct year of birth.] and died there 1766; commissioned Lieutenant of the Stanwich Militia Company 1738 and Captain 1742; served in the King George’s War 1744-1748; also Justice of the Peace and often called ‘Esquire’; married February 27, 1722/23 at Greenwich, Sarah/Mariah Mead (AFN: 8RKD-3R) [daughter of Benjamin (1666-1746) and Sarah (Waterbury) (1677-1700) Mead] born June 3, 1702 Greenwich and died there September 13, 1778 [Sarah’s brother, Benjamin, married Martha Ferris (3.5.5)] ; married by Rev. Sacet; 1729 Sarah was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, which John joined in 1733. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1) JOHN FERRIS (8RLL-MG) born November 7, 1723 Greenwich and died c1787 Stanwich CT; married c1746 Hannah Mead born c1725 [dau of Elisha Mead - sister of Joshua and Moses]. Circa 1759 they were living in Phillips Patent, Westchester County, but they were in Dutchess County when their son Enoch born in 1762. Two years later the family moved back to Stanwich Parish, Greenwich where in 1770/1, John and Hannah were among the first to be baptized in the Baptist Church in Greenwich. They moved again, because in 1777 they were living in Canaan Township, then part of Albany County NY. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.1) AMY FERRIS born c1745-48 and died c1838 at age 93; married 1st a Mr. Stephens; resided in Columbia Township OH; and born them was:
(3.1.1.1.1.1) JOHN STEPHENS (REV.) who resided in Columbia Township, Hamilton Co OH in 1820; a Baptist minister and died in Kentucky not far from the river above Columbia.
Amy married 2d before 1789, Jonah Reynolds; with her second husband and children, they were in the first party of settlers of Columbia Township and charter members of the Baptist Church there.
(3.1.1.1.2) PHEBE FERRIS born November 23, 1751 and died February 5, 1811 Northeast, Dutchess, NY; married February 6, 1777 Rev. Simon Dakin [son of Rev. Simon & Rebecca (Perry) Dakin] born September 16, 1757 Northeast, Dutchess, NY and died there July 12, 1830. After Phebe’s death, Simon married c1815 Martha Moore (c1768-1825). Simon was a farmer at Spencer’s Corners in Northeast and served in the Rev. War. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.1) SARAH DAKIN born November 16, 1777 and died August 12, 1788
(3.1.1.1.2.2) ELEAZER KING DAKIN (Ebenezer) born August 12, 1779 Northeast NY and died January 12, 1809. He married Clarissa Keeler and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.2.1) THEODORE DAKIN married Dorothea Staples and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.2.1.1) FRANK DAKIN born December 16, 1843 Nyack NY
(3.1.1.1.2.2.2) MYRON DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.3) SALLY ANN DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.4) HELEN DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.5) GEORGE DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.6) WILLIAM DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.7) EBENEZER KING DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.8) CAROLINE DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.2.9) FRANK AUSTIN DAKIN married Marie {maiden name unk} and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.2.9.1) CHESTER FRANCIS DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.3) HERSHEY DAKIN born February 10, 1781 Northeast NY; married Polly S. Rudd and they had 5 children.
(3.1.1.1.2.4) JAMES DAKIN born January 12, 1783 Northeast NY and died January 20, 1819 New Orleans LA; married June 2, 1805 in Dutchess County NY, Lucy Harrison [dau of Benjamin & Anne (Carter) Harrison] born c1726. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1) JAMES HARRISON DAKIN born August 24, 1806 Northeast NY and died May 10, 1852 Baton Rouge LA; married 1829 Joanna Belcher Collard born November 18, 1796 Norwich CT. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.1) JULIA A. DAKIN (twin) born October 6, 1833 NYC and died June 25, 1842 New Orleans LA
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.2) MARY CAROLINE DAKIN (twin) born October 6, 1833 NYC
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.3) CHARLES HARRISON DAKIN (1834-) married Julia Granville Chase born in January 1841 New Jersey NY (?). Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.3.1) MARY ELLEN HARRISON DAKIN born September 23, 1869 New Orleans LA; married December 29, 1886 in New Orleans, John Gilbert Lowe born in May 1862 MS
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.3.2) LEON DAKIN born in October 1878 New Orleans LA
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.3.3) FRANK DAKIN born in May 1882 New Orleans LA
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.3.4) FLORENCE DAKIN born in March 1887 New Orleans LA
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.4) JULIUS DAKIN (1842-)
(3.1.1.1.2.4.1.5) CHARLES JAMES DAKIN (1844-)
(3.1.1.1.2.4.2) CHARLES DAKIN born c1708-18 Dutchess County NY
(3.1.1.1.2.5) RUTH DAKIN born September 8, 1784 Northeast NY and died January 10, 1852; married Ethan Lord (1775-) and they had 4 children, 1 of which was:
(3.1.1.1.2.5.1) OLIVA LORD born 1815 and died December 2, 1824
(3.1.1.1.2.6) HOMER DAKIN born January 10, 1786 Northeast NY and died February 14, 1855, Boardman OH; married October 21, 1811 Susan Crane [dau of Stephen & Hannah (Baldwin) Crane] born December 8, 1793 and died March 29, 1863; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1) HARRIETTE ANN DAKIN born September 19, 1816 Ellsworth OH (Dutchess Co NY) and died there February 24, 1892; married October 8, 1834 at Boardman OH, Moses Spaulding [son of Philo & Amanda (Bingham) Spaulding] born December 21, 1811 Norfolk CT and died August 17, 1901 Sharon PA; and born to them were (unusual 1st child born 5y after marriage):
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1) CAROLINE SPAULDING (Caroline Eliza) born December 11, 1839 Ellsworth OH; married December 25, 1861 Martin Martin Kibler; resided Cleveland OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.1) ALICE MAY KIBLER born May 11, 1863 OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.2) HATTI MARIE KIBLER born August 6, 1864 OH and died 1904; married July 4, 1888 Samuel Weaver
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.3) MIRIAM JERUSHA KIBLER born February 22, 1866 OH; married John William Helsel and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.3.1) LUCY MAUD HELSEL born April 4, 1890 Deerfield OH; married December 20, 1911 in Ravena OH, Franklin Grover Burkey born July 26, 1886 Berlin Center OH; and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.4) FRED B KILBER born October 9, 1873 OH and died there October 22, 1873
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.1.5) IRVIN MARTIN KIBLER born July 28, 1874 OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.2) EMILY A SPAULDING born February 18, 1842 Ellsworth OH and died October 16, 1916 Lima OH; married September 25, 1862 Henry William Newton born September 26, 1840 Boardman OH and died March 18, 1903; resided Woodworth OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.2.1) WILLIAM TIMOTHY NEWTON born February 10, 1868
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.2.2) MARY ROWENA NEWTON born October 5, 1869
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.2.3) FRANCES ADELAIDE NEWTON born July 30, 1871
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.2.4) GRACE CORA NEWTON born March 13, 1873
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.3) SUSAN J SPAULDING born June 24, 1848 Ellsworth OH; married October 2, 1869 Mark Owens; resided Colebrook OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.4) CHARLOTTE A SPAULDING born March 29, 1850 Ellsworth OH; married December 25, 1887 David Jeremiah; resided Sharon PA
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.5) HORACE WILLIAM SPAULDING born November 27, 1852 Ellsworth, Mahoning, OH; farmer; married December 30, 1875 Eliza J Clay born March 5, 1855 and died December 8, 1942 Ellsworth; resided Ellsworth OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.5.1) LOTTIE BERTHA SPAULDING born September 24, 1876
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.5.2) LULU MAUD SPAULDING born October 26, 1879
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.5.3) INA CLAY SPAULDING born November 3, 1888
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6) ELLA HILL SPAULDING born October 2, 1854 Ellsworth OH and died October 28, 1937 Port Townsend, Jefferson, WA; married February 2, 1870 in Port Townsend, Daniel/David Howell Stutler born October 9, 1848 Berlin Center OH and died October 20, 1927; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1) FLORA BELLE STUTLER born September 19, 1871 Ellsworth OH; married 1st September 19, 1888 George Austin Taylor born May 24, 1864 and died December 28, 1903 Victoria, B.C.; married 2d August 16, 1909 in Port Townsend WA, George W Thomas born December 28, 1857 Port Townsend and died there April 10, 1939; and born to her and George were 6 kids, 5 of which were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1.1) BERTRAND CHARLES TAYLOR born October 31, 1891 New Albany OH; married December 4, 1919 Francella Gertrude Woolaver and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1.2) AUBREY DANIEL TAYLOR born December 3, 1893 Ellsworth OH; married July 3, 1917 in Port Townsend, Jefferson, WA Nellie Ethelyn Lumsden born May 2, 1899 Junction WA; and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1.3) HUBERT FRANKLIN TAYLOR born December 10, 1895 Ellsworth OH; a locomotive fireman; married April 24, 1915 in Seattle WA, Etta Currier and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1.4) HELEN ELLA TAYLOR born May 25, 1898 Leland WA; married September 19, 1916 in Port Townsend, Steven Peter Coyne born June 20, 1883 Battle Creek MI; and they had a child
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.1.5) VIVIAN ORA TAYLOR born August 12, 1900 Leland WA; married John Vaughn
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.2) GERTRUDE E STUTLER born December 5, 1873 Berlin Center OH; married May 16, 1906 in Port Townsend, Bryson Paul Everett born December 3, 1870 and died March 14, 1927 McKeesport PA; offspring
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.3) CHARLES FRANKLIN STUTLER born January 2, 1876 Berlin Center OH and died October 3, 1903 Port Townsend, Jefferson, WA; married May 1, 1897 Florence Smith born May 25, 1879 Latrobe PA and died June 6, 1921 New Castle PA; offspring
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.4) EFFIE E STUTLER born June 3, 1879 Tipton IA
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.5) D FRANKLIN STUTLER born October 5, 1881 Tipton IA; married May 28, 1907 Mamie A Ruehle born June 13, 1886
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.6) LILLIAN IDA STUTLER born December 20, 1883 Tipton IA; married Hugh McIntyre Delanty; offspring
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.7) CAROLINE RACHEL STUTLER born October 6, 1886 New Albany OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.8) NELLIE M STUTLER born February 25, 1889 New Albany OH; married c1915 Murray Young (c1885-); offspring
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.6.9) RUTH VERNA STUTLER born March 10, 1892 New Albany OH and died March 11, 1916
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.7) IDA D SPAULDING born September 11, 1857 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.8) MARY S SPAULDING born February 15, 1861
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.9) JULIA D SPAULDING born October 20, 1844 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.1.10) HOMER SPAULDING born May 2, 1846 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.2) CAROLINE DAKIN born December 25, 1818 Northeast, Dutchess, NY and died March 26, 1873; married June 8, 1853 John K. Stout born July 27, 1807 in Green Township, Adams Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.2.1) HOMER B. STOUT (c1855-) married Mollie Manker born December 31, 1855 and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.2.1.1) EVA STOUT born March 25, 1880
(3.1.1.1.2.6.2.2) HENRY STOUT (c1857-)
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3) ALBERT DAKIN born October 22, 1822 Northeast NY and died February 25, 1901 Ellsworth OH; married 1st November 13, 1850 in Ellsworth, Jerusha Webb born May 16, 1825 and died March 14, 1860 Ellsworth; 2d May 2, 1861 in Canfield OH, Amelia Towe born June 7, 1830 Kingstown, England and died April 3, 1917 Ellsworth. Born to him and Jerusha were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.1) ELVA A. DAKIN born June 14, 1851 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.2) ELLIS LOWELL DAKIN born August 20, 1853 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.3) WILLIAM LOUIS DAKIN born March 29, 1857 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.4) CHARLES ALBERT DAKIN born March 27, 1859
Born to Albert and his 2d wife, Amelia, were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.5) EMMA JERUSHA DAKIN born January 30, 1864 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.6) NELLIE J. DAKIN (twin) born April 23, 1866 Ellsworth OH and died there May 10, 1912
(3.1.1.1.2.6.3.7) NETTIE ANN DAKIN (twin) born April 23, 1866 Ellsworth OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.4) STEPHEN CRANE DAKIN born September 3, 1824 Northeast NY and died August 28, 1865 Brooklyn NY; married Adeliza Jane Porteous [dau of William & Mary (Stevenson) Porteous] born October 10, 1832 Montreal, Quebec and died July 3, 1898 Westmount, Quebec. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.4.1) FRANK ALEXANDER DAKIN born April 13, 1858 Ellsworth OH and died July 3, 1898 Westmount, Quebec – mother and son died on same day?
(3.1.1.1.2.6.4.2) MARY SUSAN ALICE DAKIN born January 4, 1860 Brooklyn NY and died July 13, 1878 Montreal, Quebec.
(3.1.1.1.2.6.4.3) FLORENCE AMELIA DAKIN born November 26, 1863 Brooklyn NY and died July 22, 1938 Calument, Quebec.
(3.1.1.1.2.6.5) LAURA SHERMAN DAKIN born September 6, 1826 Northeast NY and died August 9, 1860; married November 28, 1850 Fowler Bryan and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.5.1) FLORENCE BRYAN born November 2, 1851 and died June 18, 1933; married August 2, 1880 William Crouch
(3.1.1.1.2.6.6) HORACE EDWIN DAKIN born January 1, 1831 Northeast NY and died December 23, 1904; married April 23, 1857 Elizabeth Tibbetts [dau of George B. & Tacy (Kellogg) Tibbetts] born May 19, 1833 and died December 2, 1868. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.6.1) CHARLES DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.6.6.2) MARY DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7) HENRY MARTIN DAKIN born September 6, 1835 Boardman OH and died November 1, 1916 San Pedro CA; married August 16, 1861 in Cleveland OH, Harriet E. Stevens born September 15, 1840 Cleveland OH and died October 18, 1917 Riverside CA. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7.1) CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH DAKIN born August 1, 1862 Cleveland OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7.2) GEORGE WILLIAM DAKIN born January 1, 1864 Cleveland OH
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7.3) EDWARD NILES DAKIN born November 14, 1866 Cleveland OH and died September 28, 1880
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7.4) HARRY EDGAR DAKIN born May 10, 1873 Cleveland OH and died there July 14, 1874
(3.1.1.1.2.6.7.5) WILLIAM STEPHEN DAKIN born September 17, 1875 Cleveland OH
(3.1.1.1.2.7) DAVID DAKIN born October 7, 1788 Northeast NY and died February 26, 1847 Pine Plains NY; married September 14, 1806 Ora Waldo and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1) JANE ELIZA DAKIN born September 14, 1807 and died in Poughkeepsie NY; married September 16, 1835 in Pine Plains NY, Abraham Dibble (1796-) [son of Isaiah & Jerusha (Hedges) Dibble] and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.1) FRED DIBBLE born February 18, 1841 Pine Plains NY; married December 4, 1867 Cornwall-on-Hudson NY, Ellen C. Bloomer and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.1.1) JENNIE BLOOMER DIBBLE
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.1.2) ROBERT DIBBLE
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.2) JULIA H. DIBBLE born January 19, 1844 Pine Plains NY; married November 19, 1868 in Lithgow NY, John A. Fitch [son of John & Clarissa (Sayer) Fitch] born November 1, 1827 Lithgow and died there March 2, 1904. Born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.2.1) JOHN DIBBLE FITCH born September 3, 1872 Lithgow NY and died there May 20, 1922; married June 29, 1912 in Lithgow, Sarah Swift born c1875 Chatham NY
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.3) FRANK DIBBLE born October 23, 1846 Pine Plains NY; married November 13, 1872 in Stanford NY, Phoebe Conklin [dau of Mulford & Mary Elizabeth (Husted) Conklin] born April 22, 1851 Pine Plains NY and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.3.1) CORA MAE DIBBLE born August 31, 1873 Pine Plains NY
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.4) KATE DIBBLE born July 1, 1848 Pine Plains NY; married June 12, 1872 in Lithgow, Samuel Hunting and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.4.1) HENRIETTA WALDO HUNTING born April 24, 1873 Poughkeepsie NY and died there November 26, 1937
(3.1.1.1.2.7.1.4.2) HARRY DIBBLE HUNTING born October 7, 1877 Poughkeepsie NY and died there January 23, 1878
(3.1.1.1.2.7.2) DEBORAH CLARK DAKIN born September 25, 1811 Pine Plains NY and died April 2, 1880 Poughkeepsie NY; married July 25, 1833 Emott Woodin born February 4, 1809 and died April 24, 1887 Poughkeepsie NY. Born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.2.1) WILLIAM RIPLEY WOODIN born June 26, 1839
(3.1.1.1.2.7.3) DAVID WALDO DAKIN born June 29, 1813 Pine Plains NY and died January 12, 1871; married August 24, 1849 in Cherry Valley NY, Claista Jane Walton [dau of John & Hannah (Stoddard) Walton] born April 27, 1827 Cherry Valley and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.3.1) WILLIAM RIPLEY DAKIN born September 29, 1850 Alleghand City PA and died July 4, 1894
(3.1.1.1.2.7.3.2) MARY IDA DAKIN born November 3, 1855 Lakeville CT and died October 5, 1903
(3.1.1.1.2.7.3.3) CLARA MARIA DAKIN born October 30, 1866 Lakeville CT and died February 5, 1906; married April 3, 1901 James Ford Orton
(3.1.1.1.2.7.4) WILLIAM RIPLEY DAKIN born November 19, 1815 Pine Plains NY and died November 2, 1846; married c1845 Sally Ann Churchill (1829-1888) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.2.7.4.1) JULIA FRANCES DAKIN born January 29, 1846
(3.1.1.1.2.7.5) JULIA HARRISON DAKIN born March 25, 1818 Pine Plains NY
(3.1.1.1.2.7.6) HENRY BOSTWICK DAKIN born June 10, 1822 and died November 22, 1825
(3.1.1.1.2.8) HANNAH DAKIN born September 7, 1790 Northeast NY and died February 26, 1842; married Julius Ramsey.
(3.1.1.1.2.9) TALMAI DAKIN born February 24, 1794 Northeast NY and died February 9, 1835 Sharon CT; married September 14, 1817 Clarissa H. Yerrington born November 16, 1797 and died January 23, 1835; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.9.1) SPENCER DAKIN born December 9, 1818 and died January 8, 1853 Millerton NY
(3.1.1.1.2.9.2) MARY ANN DAKIN born December 22, 1820 and died July 5, 1908; married William Knibloe
(3.1.1.1.2.9.3) LUCY DAKIN born March 29, 1822; married 1st Franklin Dumbar; 2d Hiram Vanness
(3.1.1.1.2.9.4) SALLY DAKIN born October 9, 1827 and died 1866; married Edward Silver
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5) HIRAM DAKIN born July 6, 1830 and died September 21, 1874 Greenport NY; married Mary C. Rivers [dau of Jacob] born March 7, 1833 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.1) NEWMAN LORD DAKIN born June 4, 1855 Banford CT; married December 27, 1877 in Nassau County NY, Mary H. Welch [dau of George & Elizabeth (Tremper) Welch] born April 17, 1856 in Nassau County and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.1.1) MINNIE DAKIN born October 18, 1789 Valatie NY
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.1.2) FRANK DAKIN born November 11, 1882 Greenport NY
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.1.3) ROY DAKIN born February 16, 1887 Hudson NY and died in October 1916 Schenectady NY; married June 1, 1912 Spencertown NY, Katherine E. Steuerwald born October 28, 1882 Harlemville NY
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.1.4) MARGARET L. DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.2) ELIZABETH DAKIN born 1859 Clavarack NY and died October 23, 1899 Rondout NY; married Robert H. Cooper
(3.1.1.1.2.9.5.3) ELLA DAKIN
(3.1.1.1.2.9.6) WILLIAM DAKIN born August 15, 1832; married Alice Nickerson
(3.1.1.1.2.9.7) CLARISSA DAKIN born January 13, 1835; married 1st Sylvester Derby; 2d George Ford
(3.1.1.1.2.10) PHEBE DAKIN born July 1, 1798 Northeast, Dutchess, NY and died February 18, 1861 Ithaca NY; married 1813 in Northeast, Herman Stoddard [son of Samuel & Martha (Moore) Stoddard] born October 13, 1786 Salisbury CT and died December 11, 1837 Hudson NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.10.1) SAMUEL STODDARD born September 27, 1814 Danby NY and died September 21, 1891 Ithaca, Tompkins, NY; married September 26, 1839 Ann Cecilia Hutchinson born November 2, 1821; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.10.1.1) SILAS EDWARD STODDARD born July 26, 1842 and died July 9, 1846
(3.1.1.1.2.10.1.2) MARY ELIZABETH STODDARD born December 2, 1845 and died July 3, 1854
(3.1.1.1.2.10.1.3) WILLIAM WISNER STODDARD born September 20, 1851 NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.1.4) CLARENCE HUTCHINSON STODDARD born August 23, 1855 NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2) EDWARD STODDARD born October 2, 1816 Danby NY; married 1st September 2, 1841 Christina Maria Health born July 4, 1824 and died August 15, 1842 Hudson NY; married 2d June 1, 1847 Anna Eliza Schuyler born November 24, 1829 Ithaca NY; and born to him and Anna were:
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.1) HERMAN GILLEY STODDARD born July 6, 1848 Ithaca NY; married November 5, 1868 Mary Van Vleck and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.1.1) HARRY VAN RENSSELAER STODDARD born September 13, 1870 Ithaca NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.1.2) HERRIT HERMAN STODDARD born April 13, 1872 Candor NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.2) ADA MCCLAIN STODDARD born February 23, 1851 Ithaca NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.3) ALBERT RUGGLES STODDARD born December 20, 1852 Ithaca NY and died there December 21, 1854
(3.1.1.1.2.10.2.4) EDWARD SCHUYLER STODDARD born March 22, 1865 Ithaca NY
(3.1.1.1.2.10.3) EVELINE STODDARD born February 3, 1824 Hudson NY; married October 1847 at Ithaca, David R Curran
(3.1.1.1.2.10.4) MARTHA STODDARD born April 1825 Hudson NY and died April 1830
(3.1.1.1.3) HANNAH FERRIS born c1748 and died July 5, 1818 Carmel NY; married Abraham Hill born c1747 and died May 11, 1817 Carmel, Putnam County NY; both buried there, presumably at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church Burying Ground; farmer; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.1) AMY HILL born May 16, 1769
(3.1.1.1.3.2) ELIZABETH HILL born April 24, 1771
(3.1.1.1.3.3) FERRIS HILL born July 8, 1774 NY and died September 21, 1863 Lewis Corners, Oswego, NY; married Mary Barstow born April/May 9, 1722 NY and died August 22, 1854 Granby, Oswego, NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.1) SAMUEL HILL born January 20, 1795 and died April 24, 1874
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2) HARSEY HILL born December 11, 1797 Patterson, Putnam, NY and died February 10, 1855 Wayne NY; married Mary Rogers [dau of Amos & Betsy] born c1810 and died c1865; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.1) HARMON W. HILL born March 8, 1821 Putnam Co NY and died July 13, 1899 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.2) HANSEL S. HILL
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.3) MARY JANE HILL
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.4) HANNAH COATES HILL
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.5) FERRIS HILL
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.6) HARSEY HILL, JR., born April 17, 1831 and died December 23, 1831
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.7) ELIZABETH ANN HILL born March 3, 1832 and died April 7, 1921
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8) RICHARD L. HILL born December 25, 1832 Wayne NY and died April 25, 1902 Corning NY; married March 16, 1863 in Corning NY, Julia Havens [dau of William Pomeroy & Sabrina (Tracey) Havens] born June 26, 1840 Dresden NY and died August 30, 1930 Corning NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1) RICHARD L. HILL II born April 2, 1864 Corning NY and died June 30, 1947; married Emily Knox White born June 3, 1864 Knoxville PA and died January 6, 1941 Corning NY; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1) RICHARD L. HILL III born May 19, 1894 Corning NY and died there November 11, 1955; married December 5, 1916 in Corning, Ella Mae McIlwain [dau of Warren Seymour & Nelly Lorene (Pierce) McIlwain] born August 7, 1899 Leolyn PA and died 1972 Geneva NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.1) NETTY LORENE HILL born November 24, 1920 Corning NY and died there
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2) RICHARD L. HILL IV born January 23, 1925 Corning NY; married September 23, 1944 in Corning, Mary Catherine Flynn [dau of Michael Aloysius & Mildred (Tomb) Flynn] born April 26, 1926 Corning and died there August 8, 1992; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.1) MICHAEL RICHARD HILL born March 6, 1946 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.2) BRIAN JOSEPH HILL born February 26, 1947 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.3) FRANCIS XAVIER HILL born March 6, 1951 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.4) PAULA MARIE HILL born September 5, 1952 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.5) PATRICIA ANN HILL born March 23, 1954 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.6) RICHARD L. HILL V born November 27, 1956 Corning NY; employed as a Senior Engineering Technician, Dresser-Rand Company, 1978- present (2000), Painted Post NY; married September 4, 1982 in Savona NY, Robin Claire Barkley [dau of Clinton Dewaine & Donna (Polmanteer) Barkley] born November 14, 1958 Urbana NY. Richard is the provider of the information for this ‘twig’ of the Tree - thanks, Richard! Resides in Savona NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.6.1) RICHARD L. HILL VI born May 21, 1976 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.6.2) EMILY BETH HILL born April 29, 1984 Urbana NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.6.3) EVAN BARKLEY HILL born October 13, 1988 Urbana NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.7) CHRISTOPHER JOHN HILL born February 22, 1958 Corning NY; and born to him were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.7.1) JON LEE HILL born April 14, 1980 Goldsboro NC
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.7.2) TODD CHRISTIAN HILL born March 23, 1990 Goldsboro NC
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.8) THOMAS FLYNN HILL born April 27, 1959 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.9) KATHERINE MARY HILL born October 25, 1961 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.10) VINCENT GERARD HILL born September 25, 1963 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.1.1.3) PAUL FRANK HILL born May 4, 1928 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.2) ALICE MAY HILL born September 1, 1865 Corning NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.3) WILLIAM FERRIS HILL born March 14, 1867 Corning NY and died 1940
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.4) JOSEPH A. HILL born March 14, 1870 Corning NY and died c1931
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.5) AMOS W.HILL born October 10, 1878 Corning NY and died there March 15, 1887
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.8.6) HELEN MARTHA HILL born June 16, 1878 Corning NY and died April 8, 1968
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.9) AMOS W.HILL born November 20, 1837 Wayne, Steuben, NY and died September 20, 1920 Tyrone, Schuyler, NY; married Mary Sunderlin born June 6, 1846 and died January 1, 1899 Tyrone NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.9.1) BLANCHE HILL
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.9.2) LELA HILL born c1873 and died 1930 Penn Yan, Yates, NY; married in Penn Yan, Nelson A Darmouth born 1866 and died October 24, 1944 Tyrone NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.9.3) EMMA L HILL born June 13, 1877
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.10) GEORGE HILL born December 6, 1839 Wayne, Steuben, NY and died December 5, 1907 Tyrone, Schuyler, NY; married Martha Crosby [dau of Selah Fay & Fanny (Wortman) Crosby] born March 7, 1841 and died October 26, 1893; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.10.1) GEORGIA I HILL born January 7, 1867 and died August 6, 1892; married a Mr Hungate
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.10.2) H LAVERNE HILL born 1869 and died March 8, 1940 Tyrone NY; married Myrtle Ballard (1878-1956); offspring
(3.1.1.1.3.3.2.10.3) SARA F HILL born June 22, 1873 and died March 22, 1887 Wayne NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.3) ABRAHAM HILL born October 13, 1798 and died December 23, 1883
(3.1.1.1.3.3.4) ENOCH HILL born August 4, 1800 and died July 28, 1867
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5) ASEPH KING HILL (Asaph) born September 22, 1802 Washington Co NY and died November 7, 1883 Scriba NY; married 1st Maria Briggs born March 29, 1807 Easton, Washington, NY and died March 21, 1871; married 2d Sarah E Clark born c1811 NY and died after 1880; and born to him and Maria were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.1) GEORGE HILL born c1829 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.2) HANNAH E HILL born c1834 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3) JOHN HENRY HILL born c1836 NY and died after 1880; married Lydia Margaret Roberts and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.1) MARIA SOPHIA HILL married Franklin Crouch and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.1.1) LYDIA JANE CROUCH
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2) STEPHEN FRANCIS HILL born May 13, 1844 NY (or 1845) and died May 29, 1907 Volney NY (or May 2, 1907 Minetto NY); married Mary Elizabeth Lamb born October 13, 1850 NY (1852, c1855) and died after 1930; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1) MINNIE ADELE HILL born January 7, 1871 Volney NY (or April 1873 NY) and died January 19, 1932 Minetto NY; married Walter Worden Perry born January 21, 1867 (or 1867 Fulton NY or April 10, 1867 Minetto NY or January 1871) and died December 29, 1947 Oswego NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.1)MARY AMANDA PERRY born March 14, 1891 Minetto NY and died July 1929; married John Edmond Kennedy born 1890 Granby NY and died July 1969; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.1.1) MARGARET LOUISE KENNEDY married 1st Calvin Hall; married 2d James Herbert born November 3, 1914 and died February 6, 1979
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.1.2) KATHLEEN VIRGINIA KENNEDY born February 11, 1918 and died 1988; married William Edward Laurin
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.1.3) MARTHA ADELE KENNEDY married Paul Dowling
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.2) HARRIET LOUISE PERRY born October 9, 1893 Minetto, Oswego, NY and died October 26, 1971 New Haven CT; graduate of Oswego State Normal School, Oswego; taught in the Greenwich school system for 25y; nurse; married Harold William Setley born May 9, 1896 Easton PA and died November 11, 1960 Coral Gables FL; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.2.1) HAROLD WILLIAM SETLEY Jr born February 16, 1917 Greenwich CT and died March 4, 1986 Ft Lauderdale FL; married Charlotte Kathryn Gray born January 3, 1918 Stamford CT and died September 16, 1988 Plantation FL - - info provide by David & Judith (Setley) Wright – thanks folks!!!
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.1.2.2) MARY JANE SETLEY born December 11, 1923 Minetto NY and died August 21, 1992 Stamford CT; married Bernard Aaron Murphy
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2) ELLA MAY HILL born May 19, 1872 NY and died May 24, 1927; married William S Dumas; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2.1) LEON ROSSLYN DUMAS born June 10, 1892?; married Nina Harding
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2.2) FRANK EDWIN DUMAS born August 3, 1897
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2.3) ROBERT ARNOLD DUMAS born December 13, 1900; married Gertrude Danio
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2.4) CHARLES FRANCIS DUMAS born July 13, 1906; married Viola Haresign
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.2.5) HAZEL ELIZABETH DUMAS married Joseph Anesko
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.3) FRANK HILL born February 7, 1874 and died after 1909; married Lois Richards; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.3.1) KIRKLAND FRANCIS HILL born September 7, 1904?
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.3.2) LYNN LEROY HILL born April 1, 1909
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.4) THERESA M HILL born November 26, 1875 NY and died after 1942; married Charles Davis Bothwell born c1871 NY and died after 1930; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.4.1) LESTER J BOTHWELL born July 21, 1909 and died July 30, 1909
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.4.2) JAMES ALTHOUSE born c1917 NY and died after 1930
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.2.5) ASA KING HILL born February 9, 1880 NY and died after 1907; married Matilda Jane Perry
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.3.3) THEODA M HILL born c1848 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.4) HENRIETTA HILL born c1838 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.5) MARTHA HILL born c1841 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.5.6) HARRIETT A HILL born c1843 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.6) JOHN FERRIS HILL born September 5, 1804 and died November 27, 1861 Lewis Corners, Oswego, NY; married Hannah {maiden name unk} born January 16, 1807 and died March 5, 1862 Lewis Corners; resided in Roxbury, Delaware, NY for a while; and born to them were (all 3 kids buried Dimmick Cemetery, Middletown NY):
(3.1.1.1.3.3.6.1) JOHN B HILL died June 6, 1847
(3.1.1.1.3.3.6.2) ZALMON HILL born October 17, 1833 and died January 21, 1855 Roxbury NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.6.3) ANGELINE HILL born 1839 and died September 14, 1840 Roxbury NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.7) EPPENETUS HILL born November 24, 1806 NY and died February 9, 1882; married Lois {maiden name unk}; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.3.3.7.1) GERMAN HILL born c1838 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.7.2) MARY A HILL born c1844 NY
(3.1.1.1.3.3.8) ALANSON HILL born November 21, 1808
(3.1.1.1.3.3.9) ORRIN HILL born March 12, 1811
(3.1.1.1.3.3.10) MYRON HILL born March 4, 1814
(3.1.1.1.3.3.11) HANNAH ELIZA HILL born April 13, 1817
(3.1.1.1.3.4) AMY HILL born May 16, 1769
(3.1.1.1.3.5) ELIZABETH HILL born April 24, 1771
(3.1.1.1.3.6) ANNIE HILL born July 10, 1779 Carmel, Putnam, NY
(3.1.1.1.3.7) SAMUEL HILL born October 2, 1781
(3.1.1.1.4) JOHN FERRIS, JR. born c1757 and died September 23, 1800 at age 43y; originally buried on the Ferris Family Farm in Sycamore Township; moved to Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH 1931; DAR marker for Rev. War Veteran. [He is referred to as Senior on cemetery records.] This John must have been the John Ferris, Jr., (?) in the Albany Co militia in the Revolution, as his father was the only other known John Ferris in that county at that time; also served in the Indian warfare in Ohio, where he was on the payroll of Captain Richard Greaton’s Company, First Sub-Legion of the United States Army, for a little over two months in 1793. John’s cousin Ezra stated that John was a Lieutenant of the first military company organized in that area and served under General Anthony Wayne in his campaign, which ended in 1795. John and his wife are said to have moved directly to Columbia, although they may have landed on the Kentucky shore first until cabins were built in the new settlement at the mouth of the Little Miami River in 1789. They were charter members of the Baptist Church at Columbia in 1790, but were dismissed in 1792, probably to the church at Duck Creek. Family tradition has him leaving Albany, NY and sailing down the Hudson to join the party migrating to Ohio. John and his wife were buried in the cemetery on the original Ferris farm in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, OH, but about 1931 their remains were removed to the Mount Carmel Cemetery in the same township. John married Betsy (Elizabeth) Denton [dau of Solomon and Lydia (Husted) Denton.] who died March 2, 1814 at age 55y; buried at Sycamore Township Cemetery. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1) SARAH FERRIS born c1777 probably in Albany Co NY and died January 15, 1815, age 37y; married 1796 Nicolas Johnston, a native of Dumfries, Scotland, born 1764 and died December 24, 1821; both buried Carpenters Run Pioneer Cemetery, Plainville, Hamilton, OH; photo of tombstone; and born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1) WILLIAM JOHNSTON (1809-1869) married 1830 Margaret Fenton Karr (1810-1899) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1) SARAH JOHNSTON born February 20, 1833 Hamilton Co OH and died September 9, 1893 Branch Hill, Clermont, OH; married February 12, 1854 Samuel N. Price [son of Peter Smith Price] born May 18, 1821 Sharonville, Hamilton, OH and died April 29, 1887 Branch Hill, Clermont, OH; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, Miamiville, Clermont, OH; he is listed as a carpenter in the 1860 and 1870 census; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.1) MARGARET PRICE (Maggie) born December 1857 IL and died in/after 1930 where she is listed as living as a lodger in Miami Township, Clermont Co, OH
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.2) EMMA A PRICE born November 1859
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3) IRWIN NATHANIEL SHEPARD PRICE (N.S.) (Noah) born 1861 OH and died before 1930; buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery OH there are several Mt Pleasant Cemeteries in OH, but there is one in Clermont Co, right one?); married c1883 Anna J Wendt [dau of Heinrich & Louisa (Weichert) Wendt] born June 6, 1854 Campbell Co KY and died January 11, 1937 Clermont Co OH; buried there Evergreen Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.1) IRWIN PRICE born April 1884 OH; married Florence Madden born 1884 IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.1.1) FANNIE MAY PRICE born c1902 Cincinnati OH
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2) CLARENCE NEVEL PRICE born July 17, 1885 KY and died February 10, 1938 Clermont Co OH; buried there Evergreen Cemetery; photographer; also worked as a clerk in the railroad ticket office; married 1st 1908 Henrietta Smith (Noni) (Etta) [dau of Eugene & Henrietta (Nehring) Smith] born December 1, 1890 Toledo OH and died November 12, 1956 Pasadena CA; buried Forest Lawn Memorial Hill Cemetery, Burbank CA – divorced; she was Court Reporter for the Superior Court in Tiffin OH 1928-44; also Court Reporter for the Juvenile Court in Los Angeles; married 2d 1915 Anna{maiden name unk} (1898-); and born to him and Henrietta were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1) HELEN LOUISE PRICE (Photo) born May 5, 1909 Madisonville OH and died August 27, 1994 Fort Lauderdale FL; buried Fairmont Cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca, OH (Photo); married 1st January 8, 1929 in Philadelphia PA, Frank John Gentile (Frank DuMont- stage name) [son of Gaitano & Jennieve (Mozzacchio) Gentile] born December 7,. 1903 Philadelphia and died April 22, 1975 Atlantic City NJ; buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Mays Landing NJ – both in vaudeville as part of the Martha Kaye Review - divorced 1935 and took back her maiden name; married 2d December 31, 1943 Oren A Heyman born August 9, 1900 and died May 1984 Tiffin OH; buried with Helen; and born to her and Frank was:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1.1) JOHN FRANKLYN PRICE (John Franklyn Gentile) (Photo) born February 29, 1932 Tiffin OH; after graduating from Tiffin Columbian High School OH, he moved to Glendale CA to live with his grandmother; attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where he received a B.A. in Geology; drafted into the Army 1954 and served in Germany; upon his discharge from the Army he did post-graduate work in geology; 1959-63 work private industry in California; 1963-1995 federal civil service with the Library of Congress; married July 11, 1959 in Hollywood CA, Marjorie Mae Kaup [dau of Alphonse & Alma (Meister) Kaup] born February 19, 1939 West Point NE; John has provided the info for this twig AND has read the entire Ferris Tree, seeking and finding errors – thanks John; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1) KERI LISA PRICE (1960-) graduated from Bowie Senior High School, Bowie MD; B.A. in history from Frostburg State College, Frostburg MD; worked at the Library of Congress and received Master’s Degree in Library Science, U of Maryland
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.2) TAMI ALISON PRICE born July 14, 1962 Hawthorne CA; B.A. in Education from Salisbury State College, Salisbury MD; worked at the Library of Congress before becoming a Prince George County MD Police Officer; married August 6, 1988 in Bowie MD, Robert Liberati Jr born December 30, 1961; he is a Captain with the Prince George Co Police, Assistant Commander at the District I, Hyattsville Station; and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.3) SCOTT CAMERON PRICE (1964-) (Photo) graduated from Bowie Senior High School, Bowie MD; received a B.A. in Business from Bowie State College, Bowie MD; Army Vet; married October 21, 2006 at Nags Head SC, Trisha Brady
Born to Helen and her 2d husband, Oren, was:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.1.2) J-ANNA SUE HEYMAN born April 21, 1945 Tiffin OH; married 1st Walter Lawrence; 2d Jimmy Hoffman – no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.2.2) DOROTHY PRICE born May 22, 1911 Madisonville OH and died April 10, 1993 Central Point OR; married 1st Edward Butler; 2d 1949 in Glendale CA, Frank Van Horn (1910-1985); and Dorothy and Frank adopted 2 boys – Dorothy and Frank are both buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burbank CA
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.3) ROY L PRICE born June 1888 KY; married c1907 Florence {maiden name unk}; apparently they divorced or Florence died, as Roy had remarried in 1920, May {maiden name unk}; and born to him and Florence was:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.3.1) UNK PRICE (1908-) died young
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.4) ALICE L PRICE born July 24, 1892 OH and died February 1985 Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH; married 1914 Jacob J Bernhardt born November 19, 1886 and died May 1978 Cincinnati; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.4.1) CHESTER BERNHARDT born July 18, 1918 and died April 6, 1999 Maysville KY
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.3.4.2) ALICE L BERHARDT (1921-)
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4) IRA EDGAR PRICE (Rev) born June 4, 1863 Clermont Co OH and died there April 19, 1924; married c1889 Luella Stemler [dau of Charles] born November 1863 Newport, Campbell, KY and died after September 1900; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.1) FRANK MCCLOUD PRICE (1889-1890)
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.2) JOSEPHINE PRICE (Josie) born July 28, 1891 and died February 4, 1978 Berkeley CA; married c1918 Harvey Lewis Morton (c1897-); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.2.1) HARVEY LEWIS MORTON JR (c1920-) married a Miss Edland
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.2.2) WILLIAM MORTON (c1924-) married Mary Burnham (c1925-)
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.3) ALVION JOHNSTON PRICE born August 12, 1893 and died September 9, 1970; married Janet Parson
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.4) LLEWELLAH STEMLER PRICE born October 22, 1895 OH and died May 29, 1979 Marin Co CA (resided Novato, Marin Co); married September 22, 1916 Maynard Robert Buckles born April 28, 1883 IN and died August 26, 1978 CA (not listed in California Death Records); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.4.1) ROBERT E BUCKLES born c1917 IN
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.4.2) BETTY JOSEPHINE BUCKLES born January 12, 1921 NM; married 1st July 12, 1942 Thorp Byrd Walker born May 9, 1919 and died June 41, 196*; married 2d 1969 Herman L. Coplen born July 16, 1915. In 1977, Betty resided in Novato CA. Born to Betty and Thorp was:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.4.4.2.1) SUSAN CLAIR WALKER married James H. Edwards, Jr
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.5) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PRICE born August 1867
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.6) EVALINE PRICE (Eva) born April 1872; married c1908 John C Troyanek born 1881 Germany; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.1.6.1) DOROTHY TROYANEK born after 1910
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.2) DAVID L. JOHNSTON born in May 1836 and died June 28, 1836; married Juliana T. Edwards
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.3) AUGUSTUS JOHNSTON born in 1841 and died August 26, 1841
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.4) NANCY JOHNSTON born in 1846 and died September 17, 1847
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.5) PHEBE JOHNSTON born in 1847 and died June 7, 1849
(3.1.1.1.4.1.1.6) HARVEY K. JOHNSTON
(3.1.1.1.4.2) JOHN FERRIS born December 5, 1781 Albany Co NY and died September 30, 1855/35?; buried at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH [see note and photographs at end of this chapter relative to this cemetery]; married 1st c1803 Elizabeth Thompson born March 11, 1785 NJ and died 1824; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery; married 2d February 1, 1825 Margaret Emmons who died 1826 probably from childbirth complications; buried at Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery; married 3d 1827 Elizabeth Cosbey [dau of Samuel, Sr. & Margaret] (1803-1856) (tombstone photo). Born to John and his 1st wife Elizabeth, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1) ENOCH FERRIS born March 22, 1804 and died April 9, 1842; married December 2, 1830 Lydia Hosbrook (Hasbrook) [dau of Daniel & Eunice (Torbet) Hasbrook] born June 9, 1809 and died May 20, 1845/47; both buried at Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.1) MARY JANE FERRIS born November 19, 1832 and died February 17, 1866; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.2) DANIEL FERRIS born December 29, 1834 and died March 6, 1874; married October 3, 1862 Irene Johnston born January 1, 1846; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.2.1) BENTON FERRIS born November 3, 1863 and died October 6, 1867
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.2.2) LYDIA FERRIS born August 31, 1867 and died June 4, 1890
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.2.3) IRA FERRIS born May 9, 1869 and died January 25, 1914
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.3) ELIZABETH FERRIS born December 20, 1836 and died March 22, 1898; married December 6, 1859 Moses K. Fatout born November 28, 1836
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.4) JOHN ENOCH FERRIS born June 20, 1839 and died September 5, 1873; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5) EUNICE FERRIS born June 6, 1842 and died December 5, 1899; married November 3, 1870 Simpson Alexander Frazier (1846-1918); Simpson was educated at Butler University; a lawyer and public official, Centralia IL. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.1) EDITH FRAZIER born July 31, 1871 Centralia IL; married March 8, 1899 Charles Edward Hudson born October 23, 1866 Pine Bluff AR and died November 29, 1926; Charles was a 1887 graduate of the US Naval Academy; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.1.1) HARVEY CRAWFORD HUDSON (1904-1906)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.1.2) GENEVIEVE EUNICE HUDSON born July 9, 1906; graduated Mt. Holyoke College 1928
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.1.3) CHARLES EDWARD HUDSON, JR., born April 19, 1908; graduate of A&M College 1930
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.2) ALLEGRA FRAZIER born September 16, 1874; Radcliffe, A.B., 1905; Columbia, A.M., 1919; U of London, England; Professor of English at U of Arizona
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3) GENEVIEVE FRAZIER (1877-1967) married June 19, 1896, William Schuyler Perrine (1862-1940) [son of George Hanson Perrine]. He was educated at the old U of Chicago and Boston U.; president of Illinois State Horticulture Society; member of advisory board for the U of Illinois. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.1) SCHUYLER ALDEN PERRINE born August 16, 1897; married Vera Irene Joy
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.2) DAVID BATES PERRINE born October 22, 1899; married Fanny French
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.3) GEORGE HOSBROOK PERRINE (George Hanson) born April 23, 1905 Centralia IL; U of Illinois, A.M., 1928; Ph.D., 1935; taught French and German at Columbia and U of Illinois; radio lecturer; resided at Centralia IL and Clinton NY; married 1st August 10, 1927 Mary Carolyn Hale born November 14, 1906 Bloomfield IL; and 2d in 1942 Rosemary Lawler (1906-); and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.3.1) BEATRICE PERRINE born June 24, 1929 Champaign IL
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4) CAROLYN MAYNARD PERRINE (1911-1996) married Thanksgiving Day 1935 in Centralia IL, Vadime Vadime Netchvolodoff (1910-1998). He born in Imperial Russia and immigrated to the US in 1917, after the collapse of Imperial Russia, with his father Vadime Platon Netchvolodoff (who died February 13, 1972 at 87y in St. Louis) and his mother, Blanche who was actually a member of French aristocracy. The Netchvolodoff family was part of the Russian aristocracy. Vadime went to Cornell (Class of ’32) (Phi Kappa Tau) (ME) where he met Carolyn. He was the Vice President of Valley Steel Products Division, Valley Industries, and consulting engineer. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1) ALEXANDER VADIME NETCHVOLODOFF (Photo) born September 7, 1936 St Louis MO; married January 28, 1961 in St Louis, Carol Beulah Shilkett. He is Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Cox Enterprises; chief administrator in the Office of Missouri Attorney General 1968-1976; chief of staff to Sen. Danforth (MO) 1976-91; Member of Board of Trustees of The Media Institute; Board Member of the College of Preachers; former senior Warden of St. Alban’s, Washington, D.C. There are numerous ‘Net hits regarding his testimonies before congressional committees. Carol is an expert bridge player. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.1) NICHOLAS ALEXANDER NETCHVOLODOFF born October 16, 1961 St Louis MO; married May 3, 1997 in Washington, D.C., Catherine Ellen Livingston; he has an A.B. in Mathematical Economics from Brown and a Masters in Professional Accounting from the U. of Hartford; Vice President and Product Manager of Research, Precursor Group. Nick has provided this updated info on this interesting “twig” of the Ferris Tree – thanks Nick! He has also provided the following interesting information regarding the naming of children: “Russian children traditionally have middle names that refer to their fathers. A father’s first name becomes the child’s middle name. My grandfather’s name was Vadime Vadime (my great-grandfather was Vadime Platon, hence the double Vadime Vadime.) My father’s name is Alexander Vadime. My name is Nicholas Alexander. My son is Peter Nicholas. My authentic Russian name would be Nicolas Alexandrovich. It translates Nicholas, son of Alexander. My son would be Peter Nicolaiovich had we kept to strict tradition. It may seem somewhat exotic but is also common in Western Europe where Johnsons, Petersons, and Carlsons are products of the same concept. Russian girls middle names have slightly different endings. A daughter of Alexander is Alexandrovna.” Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.1.1) PETER NICHOLAS NETCHVOLODOFF born July 13, 1999 Washington, D.C (3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.1.2) LUCY SARAH NETCHVOLODOFF born September 9, 2002 Washington, D.C
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.2) CAROLINE ALEXANDRA NETCHVOLODOFF born April 23, 1963 St. Louis MO; married February 2, 1991 William Dudley McCall; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.2.1) NICHOLAS COOPER MCCALL born January 15, 1993 New York City
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.2.2) PETER NETCHVOLODOFF MCCALL (twin) born June 24, 1994 New York City
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.2.3) ALEXANDER ADAMS MCCALL (twin) born June 24, 1994 New York City
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.1.2.4) HENRY DAVID MCCALL born August 17, 1999 Atlanta GA
(3.1.1.1.4.2.1.5.3.4.2) CATHERINE VADIME NETCHVOLODOFF, M.D., (Photo) born February 2, 1946 St. Louis MO; a gastroenterologist in Little Rock AR; numerous references on the ‘Net to her medical papers
(3.1.1.1.4.2.2) ANNA FERRIS born December 22, 1805; [Pure speculation - there was an Anna Ferris married, March 5, 1857, in Tuscarawas County OH, William Feller; probably not the same one.]
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3) AARON FERRIS born October 14, 1807 OH; married 1830 in Clermont Co OH, Julia Ann Anderson born c1813 NJ; 1850-60 finds them in Salem Township, Warren Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.1) JERUSHA FERRIS born c1835 OH and died before 1880; married 1860 in Warren Co OH, James Harvey Clinton [son of Archibald & Sarah]; 1850-1880 James was living in Salem Township, Warren Co OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.1.1) ELLIS CLINTON – his father was living with in 1880
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2) MARTHA J FERRIS born March 1837 OH and died between 1900-10 IN; married July 7, 1859 in Warren Co OH, George Carson [son of John & Martha (Simonton) Carson] born September 8, 1834 OH and died April 19, 1872 Warren Co OH; buried there Crosson Cemetery (Photo); 1900 resided Center Township, Jennings Co IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.1) MARION CARSON born December 1862 OH; married c1903 Maud S {maiden name unk}; 1910-1930 resided Center Township, Jennings Co IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.1.1) MARGARET CARSON
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.1.2) NADINE M CARSON born March 12, 1908 IN and died July 16, 1989; married 1935 in Jennings Co IN, George Amos Grinstead born March 24, 1900 Jennings Co IN and died there May 16, 1960
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.1.3) MARTHA CARSON
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2) EDWIN CARSON born July 30, 1867 OH; resided Jackson, Jackson, IN 1930; married November 26, 1891 in Jennings Co IN, Jennie Eva Holsclaw [dau of William T & Almira (King) Holsclaw] born March 1866 Jennings Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2.1) HAZEL LAVONNE CARSON born September 21, 1892 IN
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2.2) ETHEL GRACE CARSON born September 20, 1894 IN and died April 5, 1988 Seymour IN
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2.3) LIZZIE CARSON born December 28, 1898 IN and died February 6, 1900
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2.4) EDWINA JUNE CARSON born June 13, 1903 IN and died June 21, 1990; married July 19, 1957 Louis R Geyer
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.2.5) HELEN JEANNETTE CARSON born August 15, 1907 Jackson Co IN and died June 2, 2003 Goshen, Elkhart, IN; married January 23, 1932 in Salem IN, Charles Alan Linke [son of Thomas Frank & Cora M (Coffey) Linke] born September 2, 1904 Clifford, Barthololmew, IN and died November 2, 1979 Seymour, Jackson, IN; both buried there Riverview Cemetery (Photo); and they had 3 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.3) EMELINE FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.4) DAVID FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.5) MOSES S FERRIS born c1846 OH; 1880 Campbell, Jennings, IN; 1900 Decatur Co IN; constable; married Mary Elizabeth {maiden name unk}; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.5.1) URA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.5.2) STELLA FERRIS born February 1877 IN
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.5.3) LESTER FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.5.4) EMMETT FERRIS born June 1882 IN
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.6) MARY ELIZABETH FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.3.7) ALVA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.4) NANCY FERRIS born October 25, 1809 and died July 25, 1838 [Jim - pure speculation - there was a Nancy Ferris who married a Hardy H. Ferris, January 23, 1834 in Orange County IN.]
(3.1.1.1.4.2.5) RHODA FERRIS born June 15, 1811
(3.1.1.1.4.2.6) ALFRED FERRIS born April 4, 1814 [Jim - pure speculation - there was an Alfred Ferris who married, April 11, 1839 in Shelby County IN, Polly Ann Smallwood.]
(3.1.1.1.4.2.7) CYNTHEANA FERRIS born April 9, 1816
(3.1.1.1.4.2.8) NANCY O. (C.?) FERRIS born May 25, 1818
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9) DAVID T. FERRIS born September 9, 1820; married Mary E. Cregar and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.1) ABNER FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.2) JOHN FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.3) ANNA MARIA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.4) CLARA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.5) EDGAR FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.6) EVA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.7) REBECCA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.8) RHODA MAY FERRIS born September 9, 1866; married March 6, 1884 William Rosecrants born January 27, 1863; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.8.1) MAY FLORENCE ROSENCRANTS married George Sedgwick; no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.9) DAVID T. FERRIS, JR. married, lady’s name unk, but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.9.1) AMELIA FERRIS (twin)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.9.9.2) LOUISE FERRIS (twin)
Born to John and his second wife, Margaret was:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.10) JOHN FERRIS born December 17, 1825 and died in infancy
Born to John and his third wife, Elizabeth were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.11) MARGARET COSBEY FERRIS born March 20, 1828/29 and died 1899; born Margaretta; married 1st 1854 Harrison B. Hall; 2d 1864 Peter Service
(3.1.1.1.4.2.12) ELIZABETH FERRIS born February 14, 1830 and died 1899; married 1st 1859 John Peter Klein (Cline) Sr. (1818-1867); 2d 1868 John Betchen
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13) JOHN C. FERRIS [JOHN FERRIS III] born December 15, 1832 and died March 5, 1908; married November 3, 1859 Angelina FERRIS (3.1.1.6.5.11). Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.1) WILLIAM EZRA FERRIS born July 28, 1860 and died February 1944; married June 7, 1883, widow Sarah (Varbar/Yarbary) Service [widow of James F. Service] born October 8, 1863 (October 18, 1858) and died 1946. Sarah brought with her to his marriage, a son, George Walter Service. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.1.1) CLARENCE FERRIS born October 25, 1884 and died October 3, 1886; buried Sycamore Townshipment Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.1.2) ELIZABETH FERRIS born March 20, 1887 and died 1967; married July 10, 1912 Daniel P. Miller born February 26, 1884 and died June 25, 1965
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2) ALISON ELLSWORTH FERRIS born April 12/15, 1862 and died September 3, 1948; married June 20, 1888 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ann Hetzler [dau of Wesley] born June 25, 1869 and died April 8, 1949. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.1) CLYDE WESLEY FERRIS born August 2, 1889 and died July 3, 1890
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.2) NINA MAY FERRIS born July 18, 1891 and died April 18, 1923; married Claude Garbey
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.3) CASSELL HOWARD FERRIS born September 29, 1894; married April 9, 1917 Anna Feimer
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.4) LAWRENCE ELLSWORTH FERRIS born July 4, 1897; married June 2, 1919 Marie Elizabeth Bick born April 24, 1897 and died February 22, 1945
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5) IRA ELLIS FERRIS born October 7, 1899 and died 1986; married May 24, 1919 Edna Mabel Perry born May 19, 1901; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1) IRA HERBERT FERRIS (1921-) married 1941 Nancy Fabian; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1.1) CHARLOTTE ELLEN FERRIS (1942-) married Thomas F. Kilcoyne and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1.1.1) MICHELE KILCOYNE (1971-)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1.1.2) JOHN KILCOYNE (1972-)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1.2) STEVEN IRA FERRIS (1949-) married Patricia Roth and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.1.2.1) STEVEN FERRIS (1981-)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.5.2) KENNETH FERRIS (1927-)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.6) MABEL ELIZABETH FERRIS born June 17, 1903 and died May 17, 1947; married October 3, 1923 Charles Wagner born February 13, 1903; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.6.1) DOROTHY VIRGINIA WAGNER born February 14, 1924
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.6.2) CHARLES ROBERT WAGNER born February 4, 1926
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.2.7) DORA HENRIETTA FERRIS born July 25, 1906 and died September 23, 1908
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.3) JOHN STEVENS FERRIS (Johnie) born August 3, 1864 and died August 9, 1875; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.4) GEORGE ELLIS (ELIS) FERRIS born August 31, 1868 and died 1939; unmarried; buried Sycamore Townshipment Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH (tombstone photo)
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.5) ELIZA JANE FERRIS born December 19, 1870/1 and died August 17, 1875
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.6) CHARLES BENTLEY FERRIS (Little Charlie) born June 6, 1875 and died November 7, 1878; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.2.13.7) FLORA MAGNOLIA FERRIS born November 15, 1872, Munice IN (adopted).
(3.1.1.1.4.2.14) ELEANOR C. FERRIS born January 3, 1835 and died 1837
(3.1.1.1.4.2.15) JANE B. FERRIS born October 10, 1841 and died as an infant
(3.1.1.1.4.3) SUSANNAH FERRIS born c1778, NY - in the 1850 census she was listed as 72 years old; married Benajah Ayers [son of Richard & Mary (Miller) Ayers] born May 30, 1774 and died October 30, 1848 Miami Co OH; aged 74 years 5 months; buried Garbry Cemetery, Springcreek Township. Susannah and Benajah’s parents were pioneer settlers of Blue Ash, Syramore Township, Hamilton Co OH. Benajah and Susannah along with their family members moved to Springcreek Township, Miami County OH in 1831 buying 159 acres. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1) DARIUS AYERS born April 15, 1800 Hamilton Co OH and died December 2, 1839 Miami Co OH; married August 26, 1824 in Hamilton Co OH, Orpah Rosebrough born October 13, 1804 KY and died February 19, 1892 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.1) RICHARD FERRIS AYERS born May 18, 1825 Hamilton Co OH and died April 30, 1882 Chestnut IL; Sheriff of Logan County IL and Supervisor of Aetna Township
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.2) MARY AYERS born May 18, 1827 Hamilton Co OH and died July 17, 1855 Miami Co OH; married October 21, 1847 in Miami Co OH, Joseph C. Webster
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.3) ALFRED AYERS born January 25, 1829 Hamilton Co OH; resided in DeWitt County IL; farmer
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.4) JOHN ROSEBROUGH AYERS born March 13, 1831 Miami Co OH and died March 7, 1912 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL; Civil War Veteran served with Company E., 106th Illinois Volunteers for 3 years. Note: 106th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Lincoln IL and mustered in September 18, 1862 (his residence was Salt Creek) - regiment assigned provost duty at Jackson TN and as railroad guard along Mobile & Ohio R.R. until March, 1863; repulse of Forest’s attack on Jackson December 20, 1862; moved to Bolivar TN March 1863; thence to Vicksburg MS, May 31st; Siege of Vicksburg MS, June 9 - July 4; ordered to Helena AR, July 29; thence to Clarendon AR Augsut 13th and to Duvall’s Bluff, August 22d; Steele’s Expedition against Little Rock AR, September 1-10; Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock, September 10; duty there until October 26; pursuit of Marmaduke’s forces October 26 - November 1; duty at Little Rock, Duvall’s Bluff, Hot Springs, Lewisburg, St. Charles, Dardanelles and Brownsville AR until July, 1865; mustered out July 12 and discharged at Springfield IL, July 24, 1865 as a Corporal. He married February 5, 1871 Mrs. Eliza (Clark) Shupe [dau of Rev. Richard W. Clark] born November 9, 1841 McDonough Co IL and died March 5, 1882 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL; both buried Mt Pulaski Cemetery, Mt Pulaski, Logan, IL; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.4.1) LENA ADELE AYERS born April 6, 1873 Mt Pulaski, Logan, IL and died February 7, 1932; married in Logan Co Frank Benjamin Synder [son of Charles & Caroline (Vendevender) Snyder] born November 29, 1871 IL and died January 30, 1938; both buried Mt Pulaski Cemetery, Mt Pulaski, Logan, IL; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.4.1.1) WILLARD AYERS SNYDER born January 5, 1898 Logan Co IL and died November 21, 1967; buried Mt Pulaski Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5) SUSAN AYERS born November 30, 1832 Piqua, Miami, OH and died August 6, 1907 Olympia WA; married December 27, 1855 in Mt Pulsaki IL, Thomas Stout Clark (related to sister-in-law?) [son of David Ward & Hannah (Stout) Clark] born February 13, 1832 Springfield IL and died October 13, 1917 Olympia WA; both buried Masonic Cemetery, (Tumwater) Turnwater, Thurston, WA; apparented moved from IL to NE between 1868-71; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.1) HENRY CLARK born 1855 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.2) CLARENCE WELLINGTON CLARK born November 19, 1856 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3) THEDA ELLEN CLARK born June 7, 1858 Mt Pulsaki, Logan, IL and died December 1, 1947 Zenith, King, WA; married September 24, 1876 in Polk NE, Edward Morrison McClintic [son of Nathaniel & Eliza Bolinda (Sloan) McClinticborn September 13, 1853 Stephenson IL and died December 21, 1939 Olympia WA; both buried Masonic Memorial Cemetery, Turnwater, Thruston, WA; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.1) WINNIE MAY MCCLINTIC born June 24, 1877 Rock Springs, Sweetwater, WY
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.2) MYRTLE MCCLINTIC born January 12, 1879 Clarks Station, Merrick, NE and died in Lehi, Utah, UT; buried Fairview Cemetery, Clarks, Merrick, NE
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.3) CLARENE MAUD MCCLINTIC born July 18, 1886 Lehi Junction, Utah, UT and died September 28, 1942 Olympia WA; married November 20, 1904 in Vancouver WA, John Stokes [son of Samuel Thomas & Sarah Elizabeth (Dunagin) Stokes] born December 6, 1871 Avoca, Benton, AR and died May 14, 1945 Orting, Pierce, WA; both buried Masonic Memorial Park, Turnwater WA; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.3.1) RAY STOKES born April 23, 1906 Vancouver, Clark, WA and died June 28, 1957 Oakland, Alameda, CA; married Edna Drewry (Neo) born December 21, 1907 Olympia WA and died July 7, 1994 Tenino WA; both buried Masonic Memorial Park, Turnwater WA; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.3.1.1) WARREN EDWARD STOKES born May 8, 1932 Olympia WA and died there January 7, 1971
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.3.2) THEDA ELIZABETH STOKES born April 1, 1908 Olympia WA and died there January 22, 1969; married June 1, 1932 Everett Lee Holmes born September 29, 1901 Olympia WA and January 22, 1969 Yakima WA; both buried Masonic Memorial Park, Turnwater WA; and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.3.4) CARRIE VIOLA MCCLINTIC born June 4, 1888 Evanston, Uinta, WY; married 1908 Leroy Rea French born 1848 Evanston WY and died September 15, 1911 Vancouver WA; buried Masonic Cemetery, Olympia WA; and they had a child
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.4) LENA CLARK born 1859 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.5) MARTHA LESLINE CLARK born August 8, 1860 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.6) LYMAN R CLARK born August 8, 1860 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.7) ROBERT JASON CLARK born April 7, 1866 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.8) REBECCA FLORENCE CLARK born June 2, 1868 Logan Co IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.9) MERTIS KATE CLARK born June 23, 1871 Polk NE
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.5.10) DARIAS WARD CLARK born September 27, 1873 Polk NE
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.6) JAMES AYERS born November 15, 1834 Miami County OH and died January 10, 1904 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL; married 1883 Christina C. (Warner) Webster [dau of Henry I. & Margaret (Becker) Warner] born in Schoharie Co NY
(3.1.1.1.4.3.1.7) REBECCA AYERS born March 5, 1840 Miami Co OH and died August 24, 1884 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, IL; married J. H. Dement
(3.1.1.1.4.3.2) JOHN F. AYERS born c1801 Hamilton Co OH and died July 1849 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH at age 48y; death due to cholera
(3.1.1.1.4.3.3) HANNAH AYERS born 1804 Hamilton Co OH and died June 1883 Mt. Pulaski, Logan Co IL; married William Rosebrough born November 11, 1799 KY and died March 28, 1876 at 76y - related to his sister-in-law? Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.3.1) BENAJAH AYERS ROSEBROUGH born April 16, 1832 Champaign Co OH and died Mason County IL; married Maria Tomlin born August 27, 1837 and died March 4, 1873; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.3.1.1) CORA ELLEN ROSENBROUGH born November 17, 1866 and died June 25, 1913; married George Drake Coon born 1857 and died August 22, 1926 at 69y; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.3.1.1.1) MARY ELLEN COON born 1904 Clinton MO; married 1925 in Columbia MO, Fred McClaskey; 1958 they resided in LaGrange IL
(3.1.1.1.4.3.4) SEMANTHA AYERS died after 1879; married November 4, 1831 in Miami Co OH, Henry Line who died March 2, 1879; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.4.1) ELIZABETH LINE
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5) SQUIRE LITTLE AYERS born August 21, 1810 Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH and died September 13, 1849 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH; married 1st November 6, 1833 in Hamilton Co OH, Jane Goldtrap [dau of John & Ann (Voorhees) Goldtrap] born November 14, 1812 Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH and died November 17, 1838 Miami Co OH; married 2d April 22, 1841 in Miami Co OH, Rebecca Dill born November 18, 1820 and died August 5, 1841; and married 3d June 25, 1843 in Miami Co OH, Elsy Ann (Manning) Drake born July 23, 1821 and died after September 1855; and born to Squire and Jane were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.1) MARY ANN AYERS born September 10, 1834 Miami Co OH and died September 21, 1835
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.2) RACHEL OLGER ANN AYERS born May 20, 1836 Miami Co OH and died 1907 Milford, Hamilton, OH (?); married December 30, 1857 in Hamilton Co OH, Christopher C. Clark who died after 1907; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.2.1) GENIAH COVALT CLARK born 1871 and died at less than one year of age
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.3) JOHN GOLDTRAP AYERS born August 24, 1838 and died September 16, 1839 Born to Squire and his third wife, Elsy Ann, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.4) PHOEBE AYERS (Phoebe A) born November 17, 1844 and died December 1919; married January 5, 1865 in Brown Township, Miami Co OH, William M Lane [son of Issac & Sabina (McKnight) Lane] born October 14, 1841 Fletcher OH and died there April 27, 1919
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.5) MANNING AYERS born April 28, 1847 and died September 4, 1848
(3.1.1.1.4.3.5.6) ORPHAH AYERS born August 1, 1849
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6) PHOEBE AYERS born March 4, 1813 Hamilton Co OH and died March 24, 1899 Miami Co OH; buried Rapier Chapel Cemetery, Miami OH; married September 26, 1833 in Miami Co OH, Samuel Winans [son of John & Mary (Woodruff) Winans] born November 21, 1805 (Rahway) Elizabethtown NJ and died February 29, 1872. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.1) ELIZABETH WINANS born 1834 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died the same year
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.2) JOHN C. WINANS born August 14, 1835 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died October 14, 1859; never married
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.3) DARIUS WINANS born May 14, 1838 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died January 12, 1839
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4) DRUCILLA WINANS born April 8, 1843 Miami Co OH and died January 26, 1926 Piqua, Miami, OH; married November 14, 1861 Willliam R. Gearhart [son of Daniel & Mary (Beatty) Gearhart] born September 8, 1836 and died July 11, 1864 Fort Ethan Allen VA of typhoid fever while serving with Company K., 147th Ohio Infantry - Civil War. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1) ELIZA LENORA GEARHART ‘Node’ born November 8, 1862 Miami Co OH and died February 1944 Piqua, Miami, OH; married October 11, 1881 in Miami Co, Edmond Hamilton Cox born August 31, 1860 Miami Co and died January 31, 1953 Piqua, Miami, OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1) ETHEL COX born August 10, 1892 Piqua, Miami, OH and died there June 1, 1976; married June 9, 1912 in Piqua, James Dulies Finfrock [son of Henry Ellsworth & Alpharetta (Plessinger) Finfrock] born July 26, 1889 Piqua and died there June 20, 1960; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1) MILDRED MAY FINFROCK born May 25, 1913 Piqua, Miami, OH and died April 30, 1922 Sidney, Shelby, OH; married June 16, 1935 in Richmond IN, Jesse W. Elliott [son of Clarence W. & Alice (English) Elliott] born December 17, 1912 Sidney OH and died June 21, 1979 Drake Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1) JANE ANN ELLIOTT born July 2, 1936 Sidney, Shelby, OH; married October 20, 1956 at Milton FL, Frederick Hige Evans [son of Harold A. & Norma Matilda (Wizenhafer) Evans] born August 11, 1933; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.1) DAVID MICHAEL EVANS born October 15, 1957; married September 20, 1981 Nancy Ruth Hamilton born December 13, 1958 - divorced 1986; married 2d Bobbi Kelly - divorced 1989; and born to David and Nancy were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.1.1) JULIE ANN EVANS born November 19, 1981
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.1.2) MICHAEL ELLIOTT EVANS born September 21, 1983
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.1.3) BRIAN JAY EVANS born December 2, 1985
Born to David and his second wife, Bobbi, was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.1.4) CASEY MIRAGE EVANS born December 1, 1986
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.2) DONNA MARIE EVANS born May 12, 1959; married April 18, 1981 Robert K McLean [son of Richard & Diane] born May 18, 1962; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.2.1) ROBERT CURTIS MCLEAN born January 25, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.2.2) TYELER MARIE MCLEAN born September 2, 1986
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.2.3) JORDAN SAMANTHA MCLEAN born November 10, 1991
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.3) ROBERT JAMES EVANS born August 8, 1961; married Penny Louis Compton [dau of Gene & Louise] born February 10, 1963 - divorced 1996; married 2d June 19, 1999 Stacy Wooten born October 17, 1977; and born to Robert and Penny were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.3.1) ROBERT DAVID EVANS born November 21, 1980
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.3.2) CHRISTOPHER SHAWN EVANS born April 11, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.3.3) LONI KRISTEN EVANS born April 19, 1987
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.4) NANCY CAROL EVANS born July 1, 1964; married October 15, 1988 Mason Stanton Dunn [son of Walter H. & Gennevee (Gardner) Dunn] born August 15, 1967; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.4.1) GARRETT STANTON DUNN born June 29, 1989
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.4.2) WADE HUNTER DUNN born January 8, 1992
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.4.3) AUSTIN TYLER DUNN born July 15, 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.5) SUE ANN EVANS born April 18, 1967; married August 31, 1986 Vincent Salvator Mazzurco [son of Joseph & Mary] born November 1959; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.5.1) VINCENT SALVATORE MAZZURCO born July 23, 1989
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.5.2) GIOVANNI MICHAEL MAZZURCO born April 14, 1991
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.5.3) JULIANO DAVID MAZZURCO born April 12, 1994
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.1.5.4) NICHOLAS ALEXANDER MAZZURCO born September 22, 1995
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2) SIBYL LOIS ELLIOTT born June 14, 1938 Sidney, Shelby, OH and died December 3, 1973 Dayton OH; married 1st June 30, 1955 John Fedor, Jr. [son of John & Mae (Whelan) Fedor] born April 10, 1937 - divorced; married 2d Kenneth England; and born to Sibyl and John were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.1) JOHN JESSE FEDOR born January 4, 1956
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.2) CLARICE IRENE FEDOR ‘Clarkie’ born September 13, 1958; married July 1, 1984 John Paul Lambert born January 23, 1952 – divorced; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.2.1) SIBYL STACY LAMBERT born September 15, 1989
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.3) LORI ANN FEDOR born June 24, 1964; married June 22, 1984 David Jay Ringland born December 23, 1958; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.3.1) PAUL DAVID RAY RINGLAND born August 24, 1985
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.1.2.3.2) SHAUGHN PATRICK RAY RINGLAND born October 5, 1987
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2) LUCILE VIRGINIA FINFROCK born October 30, 1914 Piqua, Miami, OH; married August 30, 1935 in Piqua, Joseph Edward Meyer [son of August Edward & Louisa (Frenzer) Meyer] born February 8, 1913 Sidney, Shelby, OH and died September 22, 1985 St. Marys, Auglaize, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1) JOSEPH EDWARD MEYER, JR., ‘Butch’ born July 4, 1938 Middletown, Butler, OH; married August 15, 1959 in Sidney OH, Judith Lee Neese [dau of Cyril Russell & Jennie Francene (Baker) Neese] born January 30, 1939 Sidney OH. Joe is the provider of the information for this ‘twig’ - thanks, Joe. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.1) JULIE KATHLEEN MEYER born March 17, 1960; married August 27, 1983 John Kishler born July 9, 1955 - divorced 1997; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.1.1) TRISHA BETH (KISHLER) born March 6, 1977 and adopted by John in 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.1.2) JESSICA NICOLE KISHLER born March 30, 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.2) NICHOLAS JAMES MEYER born December 21, 1961; married 1st December 27, 1980 Denise Bebee - divorced; married 2d October 12, 1985 Mary Helen Coldiron born September 25, 1967 - divorced; married 3d October 21, 1989 Christine (Huffman) Ziegler born December 19, 1961 - divorced - Nicholas adopted Christine’s daughter from her previous marriage; Rachel Briann Meyer born November 1, 1988; married 4th April 25, 1998 Tamara Lynn (Tullis) Stewart born May 15, 1971; and born to Nicholas and Mary were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.2.1) BRITTNEY LEE MEYER born April 21, 1986
Born to Nicholas and his third wife, Christine, was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.2.2) NICHOLAS JAMES MEYER II born November 2, 1990
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.3) LAURIE MARIE MEYER born January 22, 1963; married 1st October 28, 1989 Jeffrey Keckler - divorced; married 2d in 1992 Michael Amato born September 12, 1957 – divorced; and born to Lauri and Michael were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.3.1) SARA MICHELE AMATO born April 22, 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.3.2) LUCAS MICHAEL AMATO born July 5, 1996
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.4) ELIZABETH ELLEN MEYER born January 4, 1964; married July 2, 1983 Daniel Ray Noneman [son of Charles Norbert & Carl Rae (Heymann) Noneman] born January 13, 1962; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.4.1) DUSTIN ANDREW NONEMAN born November 22, 1983
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.1.4.2) ERICA LYNN NONEMAN born September 7, 1988
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.2) MICHAEL JAMES MEYER born February 10, 1941 Middletown, Butler, OH; married June 21, 1969 in New Bremen, Auglaize, OH, Drusilla Adeline Luedeke [dau of Arnold August & Norma Rose (Heinfield) Luedeke] born May 27, 1948 Celina, Mercer, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.2.1) KRISTINA NORMA MEYER born February 20, 1971; married October 10, 1998 Jeffrey Lee Kuck [son of Darrell Lee & Mary E. (Hoelscher) Kuck] born December 7, 1966; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.2.1.1) JEREMY MICHAEL KUCK born September 23, 1999
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.2.2) JENNIFER J. LUCILE MEYER born June 24, 1976 St. Marys, Auglaize, OH; married September 5, 1998 Michael Frederick Lance born March 30, 1976
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.2.3) CARRIE ROSINA MEYER born April 28, 1981 St. Marys, Auglaize, OH
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.2.3) THOMAS AUGUST MEYER born February 10, 1941 Middletown, Butler, OH; a member of the religious congregation of The Society of the Divine Savior
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.3) DORIS ELINOR FINFROCK born August 16, 1916 Piqua, Miami, OH and died October 21, 1989 Dayton, Montgomery, OH; married January 18, 1941 in Piqua, John Starling Baker [son of Nicholas & Marie Antoinette (Moore) Baker] born February 21, 1914 Champaign Co OH and died August 17, 1989 Sidney, Shelby, OH; no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4) HENRIETTA HELEN FINFROCK born January 27, 1918 Piqua, Miami, OH; married December 21, 1940 in Georgetown KY, Murray Alexander Young [son of George K. & Mary Beatrice (Fox) Young] born May 26, 1906 Ft Recovery, Mercer, OH and died April 26, 1970 Hamilton, Butler, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.1) GEORGE HENRY YOUNG born December 21, 1942 and died October 29, 1944
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.2) MURRAY ALEXANDER YOUNG, Jr., born March 14, 1945; married April 2, 1966 Nelda Layne Harris [dau of Sam S. & F. Eunice (McCord) Harris] born June 14, 1942; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.2.1) KELLI ALEXANDRIA YOUNG born March 6, 1970; married October 22, 1988 Shelby Runnels and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.2.1.1) SHELBY ALEXANDRIA RUNNELS born May 17, 1991
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.3) WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG born August 23, 1946 - unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.4) DAVID JAMES YOUNG born November 10, 1950 - unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.5) LISA MARIE YOUNG born July 4, 1952; married October 22, 1969 Ronald Lee Mondello [son of Charles & Helen Marie (Dill) Mondello] born September 12, 1950; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.5.1) ANTHONY LEE MONDELLO born May 17, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.4.5.2) SEAN MICHAEL MONDELLO born January 25, 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.5) SIBYL IRENE FINFROCK born January 9, 1921 Piqua, Miami, OH and died April 5, 1922 Miami Co OH; married June 16, 1948 in Piqua, John Frederick Yeager [son of Philip & Nellie (DeHaven) Yeager] born October 28, 1925 Sidney, Shelby, OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.5.1) JOHN PHILIP YEAGER born April 13, 1950; married 1978 Wendy Peters – divorced; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.5.1.1) UKIAH MARIE YEAGER born May 14, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.1.1.6) This twig has been deleted at the family’s request
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2) JENNIE LORETTA GEARHART ‘Etta’ born August 6, 1964 Miami Co OH and died there December 17, 1921; married September 19, 1888 in Miami Co, Charles Elmer DeWeese [son of Lewis Saban & Mahala (Webb) DeWeese] born January 1, 1865 Casstown, Lost Creek Township, Miami Co OH and died February 17, 1933 Piqua, Miami, OH. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.1) WILBUR GEARHART DEWEESE born August 23, 1889 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH and died there February 3, 1916 - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2) FREDERIC LLOYD DEWEESE born July 16, 1898 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH and died January 15, 1986 Piqua, Miami, OH; married June 2, 1921 in Miami Co, Lulu Caroline Free [dau of Clinton Daniel & Maggie (Sayers) Free] born September 23, 1897 Lost Creek Township, Miami Co OH and died May 5, 1983 Piqua, Miami, OH. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.1) INFANT DEWEESE born January 7, 1925 and died the next day
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2) MARGARET JEANETTE DEWEESE born October 16, 1927 Miami Co OH; married August 6, 1948 in Miami Co OH, Howard Leroy Coffing born April 24, 1924 Miami Co OH and died there August 18, 1998; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.1) NANCY JOANNE COFFING born June 1, 1951; married September 6, 1975 Woodford Gregory Rowland born August 7, 1952 – divorced; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.1.1) JENNIFER ERIN ROWLAND born February 26, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.1.2) ELIZABETH ANN ROWLAND born May 29, 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.2) LARRY DEAN COFFING born April 1, 1953; married March 19, 1980 Barbara Ann DeMange born July 6, 1955; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.2.1) JONATHAN RYAN COFFING born October 12, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.2.2) STEPHANIE MICHELLE COFFING born April 1, 1985
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.2.3) DAVID LEROY COFFING born July 14, 1958; married 1st June 6, 1981 Robin Sue Carey born November 21, 1959 - divorced; married 2d June 18, 1999 at Bardstown KY, Carla Diane (Ferry) Vaughn [dau of E.B. & Edna]
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.3) MAURICE DEWEESE born and died November 15, 1930
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.4) MYRON DEWEESE born November 15, 1930 and died the next day
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.5) PAUL LLOYD DEWEESE born April 30, 1933 Miami Co OH; married March 19, 1955 in Covington, Miami, OH, Mary Louise Mutzner [dau of Charles & Ruth (Bodenmiller) Mutzner] born 1933; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.5.1) ELLEN KAY DEWEESE born March 31, 1957; married May 17, 1987 John W. Knudsen, Jr [son of John W. & Katherine (Enz) Knudsen]
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.5.2) DOUGLAS LLOYD DEWEESE born March 27, 1958; married June 17, 1978 Linda Suzann Keiser [dau of Robert B. & Beverly (Agenbroad) Keiser] and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.5.2.1) KEVIN DOUGLAS DEWEESE born September 16, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.5.2.2) BRADLEY ROBERT DEWEESE born May 8, 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6) DONALD DUANE DEWEESE born September 18, 1934 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH; married September 18, 1960 in Wayne Township, Ashtabula Co OH, Kay Eileen Littler [dau of Marion Ralph & Mildred Lena (Noxon) Littler] born October 3, 1937 Colebrook Township, Ashtabula Co OH; and brn to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.1) KENNETH ALAN DEWEESE born March 26, 1962; married August 26, 1995 Marsha Ann Roeth [dau of Melvyn & Marilyn (Smith) Roeth] born June 29, 1968. Ken has provided corrected info on this twig – thanks, Ken!!! Born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.1.1) JUSTIN GRANT DEWEESE born April 7, 1999
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2) DONNA KAY DEWEESE born January 19, 1964; married September 28, 1991 Kenneth John Szymanski [son of Stanley S. & Jean (Dennett) Szymanski] born May 29, 1966; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.1) SKYLER JOSEPH SZYMANSKI born July 22, 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.2) NATHAN DONALD SZYMANSKI born December 2, 1996
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.3) BENJAMIN JOHN SZYMANSKI born August 29, 1999
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.4) BETHANY ANN DEWEESE born July 16, 1965; married December 7, 1991 Mark Wayne Metcalf [son of Roger & Kathleen (Robinson) Metcalf] born March 7, 1962; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.4.1) TYLER DALE METCALF born May 20, 1995
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.4.2.2.6.2.4.2) SYDNEY MARIE METCALF born October 13, 1997
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.5) JAMES WINANS born November 27, 1844 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died there December 24, 1844
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.6.) MARY C. WINANS born April 22, 1849 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died there November 26, 1855
(3.1.1.1.4.3.6.7) JASON WINANS born January 3, 1853 (Hamilton) Miami Co OH and died there November 5, 1879; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.3.7) BETSEY S. AYERS born 1814 Hamilton Co OH and died January 20, 1840 Springcreek Township, Miami Co OH; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.3.8) RHODA AYERS born June 26, 1820 Hamilton Co OH and died November 3, 1827 Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.4) BETSEY or ELIZABETH FERRIS born July (August) 28, 1788 and died September 10, 1834; buried Pioneer Cemetery, Columbia Township, Hamilton Co OH; married March 5, 1806, as his 2d wife, Hezekiah Stites [son of Benjamin & Rachel Walden Mills (Kitchell) Stites] born August 31, 1761 Scotch Plains NJ and died December 8, 1842, Bath Township, Franklin Co IN, age 81 years 3 months 25 days; from his stone marker, a pioneer of the West who landed in Columbia, Hamilton Co OH 1788. In previous times he ventured forth to subdue the forest and till the earth. Revolutionary Service – Sergeant in New Jersey Line; [Hezekiah’s first wife was Deborah FERRIS (5.1.3.4.1) See her for their offspring.]. Born to Elizabeth and Hezekiah were:
(3.1.1.1.4.4.1) BENJAMIN STITES (1808-)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.2) ATHAN F. STITES (Ethan) born October 17, 1810; buried Columbus Baptist Cemetery (Pioneer Cemetery, Columbia Township), Hamilton Co OH; married November 29, 1835 Mary/Catherine Hart who died August 31, 1877 at age 65y 3m 28d; buried with husband. Born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.1.4.4.2.1) MARY C. STITES born September 9, 1836 and died January 11, 1863 at age 26y 4m 2d; buried at Columbus Baptist Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH (Pioneer)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.3) JOHN NEWTON STITES (1812-) - is this the John Newton Stites, of Springfield IN, who married, name unk, and had Martin Van Buren Stites born January 29, 1837
(3.1.1.1.4.4.4) RACHEL STITES (1814-)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.5) DEBORAH STITES (1817-)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.6) GEORGE WASHINGTON STITES (1818-) married Abigail Cory Stites [dau of John Gano & Martha (Cory) Stites] born December 17, 1820 OH and died September 19, 1902 Spencer Co IN
(3.1.1.1.4.4.7) RHODA STITES (1820-)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.8) ELIZABETH STITES died March 11, 1822 at age 4m 10d; buried Columbus Baptist Cemetery ‘Pioneer’ in Hamilton Co OH [this Elizabeth is not listed by Chaplain Ferris]
(3.1.1.1.4.4.9) SUSAN STITES (Susanna) (1822-)
(3.1.1.1.4.4.10) PRISCILLA STITES died March 3, 1825 at age 11m 16d; buried Columbus Baptist Cemetery ‘Pioneer’ in Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.4.11) BETSEY STITES born 1827 and probably died young
(3.1.1.1.4.4.12) ELIZABETH STITES died March 18, 1838; buried at the Pioneer Cemetery.
(3.1.1.1.4.4.13) FREEMAN MILLER STITES (1830-)
(3.1.1.1.4.5) PHEBE FERRIS married William Terry
(3.1.1.1.4.6) RACHEL FERRIS born May 10, 1794 (1791) New Jersey and died May 30, 1844 Champaign Co OH; married April 16, 1818 William Riker [son of Frederick] born November 15, 1787 Lancaqster Co PA and died July 1, 1869 St Paris, Champaign, OH; they lived near present Norwood OH until 1830, when they moved north. Much of this information has come from David L Paal and his site on //familytreemaker.genealogy.com, thanks, David!; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1) SARAH CATHERINE RIKER born February 15, 1819 Hamilton Co OH and died July 13, 1885 (Adams) Champaign Co OH; married October 13, 1842 in Champaign Co, Allen Pence [son of Isaac and Sarah Catharine (Wiant) Pence] born January 29, 1820 Champaign Co OH and died there October 29, 1895; both buried Spring Grove Cemetery, St. Paris, Champaign, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.1) MARY MELVIN PENCE born 1843 Champaign Co OH and died 1915 St Paris OH; married 1869 in Champaign Co, James Dasney Wiant, of Virginia; both buried at Mt. Moriah Methodist Cemetery, White Hall, Albemarle, VA (Photo); and born to them were [may have also been daughters]:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.1.1) ERNEST ALLEN WIANT born VA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.1.2) EDJEL JOHN WIANT born VA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.1.3) PENCE OLIVER WIANT born VA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.2) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PENCE born July 17, 1845 Champaign Co OH and died July 9, 1920 Jackson, Jackson, OH; married June 12, 867 Josephine R Hill born June 12, 1848 Conover, Miami, OH and died June 20, 1928 Champaign Co OH; both buried Spring Grove Cemetery, St. Paris OH; lived in Jackson Township, Champaign Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.2.1) GEORGIA PENCE born May 13, 1870 Jackson, Jackson, OH and died October 22, 1951 St Paris, Champaign, OH; married George Cox (1865-); and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.2.1.1) AUDREY GEORGIA COX born November 24, 1892 Miami Co OH and killed January 10, 1960 in a train accident near Cleveland OH, where she was buried; accountant
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.2.2) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PENCE JR born and died November 30, 1872 Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.2.3) BLANCE E PENCE born January 24, 1875 Champaign Co OH and died there October 1957; married 1927 Robert Stockton (1886-1964); both buried Spring Grove Cemetery, St. Paris OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3) GEORGE W. PENCE born January 1848 Champaign Co OH and died there January 26, 1935; married March 1, 1874 in Champaign Co, Minerva C Lung born December 1853 Champaign Co and died there August 13, 1934; lived in Jackson Township, Champaign Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3.1) CORY LEE PENCE born July 1874 Champaign Co OH and died June 14, 1959 Springfield, Clark, OH; married January 7, 1896 in Champaign Co OH, Jane Irene Dove Ward born January 26, 1876 Champaign Co and died there May 20, 1935; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3.1.1) GRACE LUCILLE PENCE, R. N., born November 13, 1896 Jackson, Jackson, OH and died June 6, 1967 Champaign Co OH; of Columbus OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3.1.2) HAROLD WARD PENCE born July 18, 1898 Champaign Co OH and died there August 3, 1973
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3.2) OTTIE N PENCE born May 1876 Champaign Co OH; married Ira E Hance (1875-); lived Englewood OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.3.2.1) GEORGETTE HANCE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.4) JOHN WINFIELD SCOTT PENCE born March 1850 and died 1918 PA; married September 17, 1874 in Champaign Co Lilliam Margaret Grafton born 1853 Champaign Co; later lived in Charlottesville VA; in Maryland and in Dayton OH. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.4.1) ALLEN WOODS PENCE born 1876; lived in Detroit MI.
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.4.2) HELEN RIKER PENCE (1878-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.4.3) EDWARD HARRISON PENCE born August 1879; lived in Chicago IL
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.5) ELNORA CLAIR PENCE born December 23, 1852 Champaign Co OH and died there October 12, 1910; married May 24, 1882 in Champaign Co, as his 2d wife, Thomas Price Kite born November 1846 Champaign Co and died there September 23, 1911; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.5.1) BESSIE I KITE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.6) ELIZABETH ATHENS PENCE born 1854; married in December 1876, James C. Martin; lived in Dayton OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.6.1) MARY MILDRED MARTIN married William F. Carter; lived in Charlottesville VA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.6.2) GRETCHEN MARTIN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.6.3) RODNEY MARTIN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.7) AMANDA RIKER PENCE born May 24, 1857 St Pais, Champaign, OH and died January 9, 1926 Columbus OH; married July 1, 1896 in St Paris, George Lear Smith born March 11, 1847 Doylestown PA and died August 20, 1916 Champaign Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.7.1) ALLEN SWAIN SMITH born May 1897 St Paris OH and died 1906
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.7.2) CARROLL LEAR SMITH born 1900 St Paris OH and died May 7, 1963 Champaign Co OH; married in 1925 V. Louise Smith born 1900 and died March 16, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8) CHARLOTTE MARION PENCE (Lottie) born November 1858 Champaign Co OH and died there August 14, 1935; married October 25, 1882 at Champaign Co OH, Wilson Marion Baker born February 27, 1846 and died May 26, 1924 Champaign Co; both buried Spring Grove Cemetery, St. Paris OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1) WENDELL H. BAKER born July 1883 Champaign Co OH and died December 30, 1966 Bellefontaine OH; buried Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana OH; married 1st October 26, 1916 in Urbana OH, Bessie Virginia Swimley (1887-)-divorced; and married 2d Marie Decker; and born to Wendell and Besse was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.1) VIRGINIA SWIMLEY BAKER died c1981; married John Saxbe
Born to Wendell and his second wife, Marie, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.2) ELAINE BAKER born April 19, 1922; married August 26, 1944 Robert F. Kern born June 2, 1923; in 1983, they lived in Urbana OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.2.1) GREGORY ALLAN KERN born November 9, 1950; married January 7, 1975 Wendy Sue Koch born August 10, 1951; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.2.1.1) BRENDAN ROBERT KERN born December 14, 1981
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.2.2) THEODORE ROBERT KERN born May 6, 1958; married September 11, 1982 Wendy Lee Cherry
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.2.3) ROBERTA ELAINE KERN born April 25, 1960; married December 31, 1982 Robert Andrew Arnold born February 2, 1961
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3) ALLAN BAKER born December 27, 1923 and died September 15, 1945; married Eileen Scott; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1) ALLAN DOUGLAS BAKER born October 11, 1945; married June 10, 1967 Sharon Storts born August 13, 1944; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1.1) DOUGLAS BAKER born April 29, 1968
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1.2) DEBORAH BAKER born November 27, 1969
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1.3) JOSEPH BAKER born December 26, 1976
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1.4) JANICE BAKER born September 9, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.6.1.8.1.3.1.5) KEITH BAKER born November 30, 1981
(3.1.1.1.4.6.2) CATHERINE RIKER born February 5, 1821 OH and died September 20, 1900 Champaign Co OH; married April 30, 1840 Peter Groves
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3) ELIZABETH RIKER born September 10, 1822 Champaign Co OH and died there January 8, 1854; married October 20, 1842 William Daniel Pence born September 21, 1816 Champaign Co OH and died there January 10, 1900; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1) AMY RIKER PENCE (Photographs) born August 7, 1843 two miles east of Millerstown, Champaign, OH and died there December 9, 1917 on the farm where she lived for more than 50 years; buried at the Rosedale Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign Co, with her husband. Amy was a devoted member of the Carysville Christian Church, which she joined in 1876. Amy married June 9, 1864 in Champaign Co, Lewis C. (L. C.) Clem born December 16, 1838 Champaign Co and January 14, 1922 Lima, Allen, OH. L. C. taught school for fifteen years in Johnson and Adams Townships; he was also the Township Treasurer for Adams Township, 1877-97; he owned 20 acres in Johnson Township, along Licklider Road and State Route 235; 140 acres in Adams Township. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1) WILLIAM ELSWORTH CLEM (Photograph) born March 12, 1865 Champaign Co OH and died there December 18, 1920; buried at Rosedale Cemetery; an active member of the Carysville Christian Church; married December 31, 1887 in Champaign Co, Emma Elenora Bodey born June 1867 Champaign Co and died there March 31, 1903; buried with her husband; resided Rosewood OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.1) GROVER ELWOOD CLEM born April 15, 1888 Champaign Co OH and died June 1, 1968 Rocky Ford, Otero, CO, where he had made his home since 1914; buried there Hillcrest Cemetery; a Veteran of WWI, member of First Christian Church and Knights of Pythias; married 1st Edith Marie [maiden name unk] born September 15, 1897 and died June 24, 1962 Rocky Ford; married 2d Edna Scott
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.2) ERMA JANETTA CLEM born March 7, 1890 Champaign Co OH and died June 22, 1933 Ohio; married August 18, 1911 in Champaign Co, Charles Jackson born August 18, 1884 Ohio and died February 24, 1942 Shelby Co OH; both buried Cedar Point Cemetery, Pasco, Shelby, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.2.1) BUELAH PAULINE JACKSON born June 3, 1912
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.2.2) CHARLES JACKSON, JR., born June 5, 1917
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3) HAZEL GRACE CLEM born November 14, 1892 Spring Hills, Champaign, OH and died there June 1, 1978; married November 15 in Champaign Co, Alba Runkle who died July 19, 1948 Columbus OH, at the age of 59y; both buried at Rosedale Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.1) JAMES ORVAL (ORVILLE) RUNKLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.2) EMERSON RUNKLE married Gladys {maiden name unk}; resided in Thackery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3) MELVIN RUNKLE born January 27, 1917 Champaign Co OH and died April 1978 Ohio; resided near Conover; married Myrtle Neeld and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.1) MILDRED RUNKLE married Charles Cook
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.2) MARILYN RUNKLE married Okey Lawson
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.3) MARGARET RUNKLE married Donald Leiss
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.4) MOLLY RUNKLE married Curtis Gibson
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.5) MELVIN RUNKLE JR
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.6) MARTIN D. RUNKLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.7) MICHAEL RUNKLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.3.8) MAX T. RUNKLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.4) EMMA RUNKLE married Henry Meeker; resided in St. Paris; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.4.1) EMMA LOU MEEKER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.4.2) CHARLOTTE MEEKER married a Mr. Long
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.4.3) SHIRLEY MEEKER married a Mr. Hild
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.4.4) LINDA MEEKER married a Mr. Piper
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.5) EDITH RUNKLE born January 10, 1911 Athens Co OH and died May 1977 Ohio; buried Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana OH; married Norman Morris; resided near Urbana; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.5.1) CAROLYN MORRIS married Thomas Circle
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.5.2) NANCY MORRIS married a Mr. Levering
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.5.3) ROBERT L. MORRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.6) MARY GRACE RUNKLE married Harrison Howard; resided in Springfield
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.3.7) ALBY C. RUNKLE, JR
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.4) ICY MAE CLEM born February 16, 1895 Rosewood, Champaign, OH and died July 13, 1970 Fostoria OH; buried at the Riverview Cemetery; resided in Port Clinton OH for 44y; married April 21, 1915 in Champaign Co, Clifford Stephenson; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.4.1) MAX STEPHENSON graduated from Port Clinton High School; served in the US Navy for 2 ½y; a member of the Rotary; married Helen K. Polley and they had 3 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5) SUSIE PAULINE CLEM born January 21, 1898 Champaign Co OH and died June 1, 1972 at the Urbana Care Center, Bellefontaine; buried at Highland Memory Gardens; married 1st January 22, 1916 in Champaign Co, Harry Vane Williams (Photograph), a farmer, born December 12, 1891 Champaign Co and died March 3, 1986 Urbana OH – divorced; married 2d November 19, 1957 Frederick Paul Kauffman born December 7, 1898 Ohio and died June 9, 1970 Bellefontaine OH. Harry was employed for many years with the Troyer Lynn Funeral Home in West Liberty OH and was later self-employed as a carpenter and cabinetmaker; a lifetime member of Bellefontaine Eagles Lodge 2166. Susie married 2d Frederick Paul Kauffman born December 7, 1898 in Ohio and died June 9, 1970 Bellefontaine OH; a carpenter and WWII Veteran; member of the Masonic Madriver Lodge # 161 of West Liberty; and born to Susie and Harry were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1) CARL CLEM WILLIAMS (Photograph) born November 3, 1916 Urbana, Champaign, OH and died April 24, 1997 San Antonio TX; buried there in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (Photos). Carl graduated from West Liberty High School 1935; a meat cutter in Lakeview until he was drafted into the Army June 25, 1941; served during WWII with the 90th Infantry Division as First Sergeant of Company C, 358th Infantry Regiment; he also participated in the Normandy invasion, landing at Utah Beach on June 8, 1944; served in five major battle campaigns including the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Life Cluster for heroic action, Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Combat Infantry Badge; discharged from the Army October 1945 and went back to meat cutting in Springfield. However, he reenlisted in the Army, December 1948 and served until August 1968 when he retired with the rank of Command Sergeant Major. Carl then served in Civil Service for the Department of Defense, 1968-1977. Upon retiring from Civil Service in 1977, he and Maxine moved from Topeka KS to San Antonio TX; married 1st Fay Anderson and 2d Hannelore Dzuik and 3d Mary Maxine Moore; and born to Carl and Hannelore were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1.1) LINDA JEAN WILLIAMS born September 21, 1953; an executive with SPRINT in Kansas City; resides Prairie Village KS; married Larry McGurn and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1.1.1) MAUREEN MCGURN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1.2) PATRICIA ANN WILLIAMS born November 21, 1958; a CPA in Kansas; resides Salina KS; married Kevin Steele and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1.2.1) RUSSELL STEELE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.1.2.2) PHILLIP STEELE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2) CLIFFORD MARSHALL WILLIAMS (‘Kick’) (‘Ike’) (Photograph) born January 13, 1919 Champaign Co OH and died August 9, 1991 West Liberty OH; buried at Fairview Cemetery; a carpenter; a WWII Veteran. On October 23, 1945, from Munich, Germany, ‘Kick’ wrote his parents: “Dear Folks, Received your letter of October 6th, very glad to hear from you and to hear that Carl has finally made it home. Maybe it won’t be too long before all of us boys will be back again. George should be home most anytime now, but I don’t think I will make it before sometime in December. I don’t know about Stubby, I wonder how he stands for points. I guess he will be getting out before long though. The days and weeks are long for me now, since I have nothing to do except sit around and wait to come home. If I wanted to work I could make a good rating now, but I told them I hadn’t worked since the day the war was over and I didn’t expect to start now. So I don’t do anything. Ask Carl if he wasn’t stationed here somewhere near Munich? I’m sure he was here in S. Germany. Ask him if he was ever to the Dachau concentration camp. I am stationed about a mile down the road from there. You have probably read and heard a lot about the camp. And maybe its hard to believe, but after you once see how they murdered all the people and still see some of the bodies they are digging up, there’s not much question about it. There was supposed to have been 3000 prisoners killed by medical experiments and 5000 Jews died from hanging, gas, and firing squads. I expect Carl has told you about it. Have you been having squirrel to eat? It will soon be time for rabbits and bird too. I hope I can make it home in time to do a little hunting, but don’t believe I will. We have hunting trips down here, mostly for deer, there’s lots of them over here, but their only about 1/3 as big as those in the States. I haven’t been on any of the trips yet. Well heres hoping that you are all well. And that I can see you by Xmas at least. Bye Bye Love to All, Kick.” Clifford married October 12, 1939 at Greenup KY, Joan McClain born August 1, 1923 Champaign Co OH. In 1955, Clifford operated a sand pit on his farm near Russells Point in Logans County OH and in the process of quarry operations, uncovered 80-90 skeletons of Indians. The site was visited by archaeologists from the Ohio Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Society and a group of students from Ohio State University. The following was prepared by Clifford’s children [they all put their heads together, but Nancy wrote it] and was read at his funeral by Nancy: “Special Memories of Dad, August 13, 1991: We have many memories of Dad. We went through hard times and good times, but it’s the good times we choose to remember and share. He had a lot of different names, Ike, Ikey, Kick, Cliff, Uncle Ike, Dad, Grandpa, PaPa, PaPa Ike - most people called him Ike. We called him Dad. Life was difficult for him. He was hard to know - to really know. He was an artisan - a talented finish carpenter. He expressed himself in his work. Many homes in Logan and Champaign counties are more beautiful because of his creative ability with wood. When he was no longer able to work he continued to create items of wood for his family. We will always have the beautiful nativity mangers, the shelves, the banks, the picture frames, the doll cradle, the stools. He was disappointed when his hands grew too numb to continue his work. His favorite times were family gatherings. We will always remember that no one could fix the Christmas ham or even slice it, but Dad; that he had the final say on the Christmas tree and had to put the lights on, and it amazed us that a man who couldn’t cook could make such jummy peanut brittle at Christmas. He enjoyed nature and taught us about clouds and bugs, turtles and trees, and gardening. Glads were his favorite flower. He was a strong swimmer and we remember the swim rides on his back way out to the stump, to what we thought was the middle of Indian Lake. We remember watching him chop a hole in the pond ice before we could venture out on it and then build a fire to keep us warm. He came closest to being himself when he was with his grandchildren and entertained them with his tall tales about two snakes that swallowed each other and how he used to tie cats together by their tails and hang them over the clothes line. He had a sense of humor and a quick wit and was merciless in using it on us. He didn’t like to lose. Anyone who ever played a game of euchre, pinochle or canasta with him knows he didn’t like to lose. In fact, he would keep a game going, trying every possible way to win and usually did win against the odds. Even when he lost, he made you think he had won. True to character, he didn’t like losing this summer’s battle with health. He fought hard and with Mom’s help kept going, trying every possible way to win as he had done so often before. He did win, because this time winning meant coming home to Mom and us, his chair, and the breeze on the front porch”. Born to Clifford and Joan were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1) BARBARA SUE WILLIAMS (Photograph) born February 17, 1940 Bellafontaine OH; taught pre-school for many years in Fort Wayne; married James Garold Mast born September 21, 1930 Logan County OH; Jim graduated from Ohio State U with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and works for Magnavox, Fort Wayne; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.1) MARCIA ANN MAST born July 8, 1960 Fort Wayne IN; graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University where she received a B. S. Degree in Nursing; on the staff of the intensive care unit at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne; married August 14, 1982 Matthew Lynn Day born in Fort Wayne; Matthew is a graduate of Indiana U; an industrial photographer for Magnavox; reside Fort Wayne; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.1.1) MELANIE ELISABETH DAY born April 22, 1989 Fort Wayne IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.1.2) MICHAEL ANTHONY DAY born February 22, 1992 Fort Wayne IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.2) LAURA LYNN MAST born July 23, 1963 Ypsilanti MI; a graduate of Harding High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Purdue U, where she majored in horticulture business management; was employed at Kare-Free Florist, Sycamore IL; married June 1, 1985 Philip Laine Devillez born Evansville IN; Philip is a graduate of Reitz High School, Evansville and has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Purdue U; he worked for Lifaco Company, Kirkland IL; reside in Pine Village IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.2.1) JASON KEITH DEVILLEZ born December 30, 1987 DeKalb IL
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.2.2) ANNA EILEEN DEVILLEZ born May 9, 1990 DeKalb IL
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.2.3) NATHAN PHILIP DEVILLEZ born September 6, 1994 West Lafayette IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.3) JENNIFER SUE MAST born July 15, 1965 Fort Wayne IN; graduated from Purdue with a B.S. in Medical Technology; married June 4, 1988 in Fort Wayne, Scott Goeglein born there; Scott has a B. S. in Chemistry and they live in South Bend IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.3.1) ZACHARY JAMES GOEGLEIN born September 28, 1991 South Bend IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.1.3.2) DEREK SCOTT GOEGLEIN born January 29, 1994 South Bend IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.2) NANCY JEAN WILLIAMS (Photograph) born July 1, 1942 Bellefontaine OH; graduated with a B. S., Nursing, from Ohio State U and a Masters from the U of Dayton; Superintendent of Ohio Hi-Point Joint Vocational School District; married David Paul Knight born February 23, 1943 Logan Co OH; David graduated from Ohio State with a B.S. in Business; is an executive with NAVISTAR in Springfield OH; reside outside of DeGraff OH and also raise beef cattle; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.2.1) BRIAN PAUL KNIGHT born April 8, 1969 Springfield OH; a member of the National Honor Society in High School; attended Columbus Technical School, Columbus OH; married Stephanie Barber born February 1, 1971 Ohio
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.2.2) KEVIN PAUL KNIGHT born November 3, 1971 Springfield OH; a hurdler on the Riverside High School track team, Bellefontaine; graduated from Ohio State U with a B. S., Agriculture
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.2.3) KELLY JEAN KNIGHT born January 19, 1975 Springfield OH; was highlighted as the Senior of the Month, Riverside High School, November 1992; was judged the winner of the Quincy VFW Auxiliary’s Voice of Democracy speech contest; attended Ohio State University
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.3) KAREN JANE WILLIAMS (Photograph) born March 20, 1949 Bellefontaine OH; graduated from Bluffton with a B.A. in English and from Wright State U with a Masters in Education; teaches at Benjamin Logan Junior High School; married Ross ‘Jud’ Warren Nelson, Jr., born December 21, 1945 Bellefontaine; a Viet Nam Veteran and self-employed as a builder, specializing in Timber Frame Homes; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.3.1) JONELL LEE NELSON born June 2, 1985 Bellefontaine
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.3.2) ROSS CHRISTOPHER NELSON born August 7, 1987 Bellefontaine
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.2.4) CLINTON MAX WILLIAMS (Photograph) born June 8, 1951 Bellefontaine OH; the provider of this ‘twig’ of information on Rachel and William Riker - thanks Clint. Clint lives in Washington, D. C., and works at George Washington University in the Academic Scheduling office. He is the author of Some Ancestors and Descendants of Harry Vane Williams and Susie Pauline Clem, from which all of this information has been extracted. His three loves are: genealogy, square dancing and collecting antique Halloween decorations.
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3) HELEN ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (Photograph) born December 20, 1920 Eris OH; married Herbert Don ‘Stubby’ McClain, Sr., born March 14, 1918 West Liberty OH and died June 2, 1997 at his home in West Liberty OH [brother of Joan McClain Williams above]; a WWII Navy Veteran; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.1) HERBERT DON MCCLAIN, JR., born November 19, 1940 Logan Co OH; ‘Sonny’ is also a genealogist and owns Salt Creek Cattle Company in Quaker City OH; also a wood worker; married Linda Hogan born Logan Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.1.1) MICHAEL MCCLAIN born May 20, 1961 Ohio; married Carla Cochran and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.1.1.1) ZACHARY MCCLAIN (1985-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.1.1.2) MATTHEW MCCLAIN (1991-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.1.2) ANGELA MCCLAIN born 1963 Ohio; married Kirk Wells
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2) MARGARET LOU MCCLAIN born November 17, 1942 Logan Co OH; married Terry VanBuskirk and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.1) DIANA LYNN VANBUSKIRK (1963-) married Steve Pettay and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.1.1) KELTON LEE PETTAY (1992-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.1.2) KYLE RAY PETTAY (1992-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.2) CHERI VANBUSKIRK (1965-) married John Rose and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.2.1) KYLEIGH ROSE (1989-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.2.2) BRANDON ROSE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.3.2.3) GREGORY VANBUSKIRK (1971-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4) MARY KATHRYN WILLIAMS born February 4, 1923 Logan Co OH; married 1st George Smith born January 23, 1913 Dayton OH and died November 15, 1978 Logan Co; married 2d Roland Halker; and born to Mary and George were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1) JACK ELDON SMITH born January 12, 1942 Bellefontaine OH; married Nikki Minor and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.1) JODI SMITH married a Mr. Oakley and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.1.1) DUSTIN OAKLEY
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.1.2) DANIEL OAKLEY
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.2) KACI SMITH married a Mr. Wright and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.2.1) KATIE WRIGHT
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.1.2.2) CODY WRIGHT
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.2) ROBERT JAY SMITH born November 20, 1947 Bellefontaine OH; married Candace Chamberlain and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.2.1) ROBIN SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.2.2) RHONDA SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.2.3) CHRISTIE SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.2.4) JAY SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.3) SARA JANE SMITH born December 13, 1949 Bellefontaine OH; married Lewis Tracey; Lewis is involved with the Indian Lake Fish and Game Association and releasing ring-necked pheasants at various sites; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.3.1) JONATHAN TRACEY
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.4.3.2) JOSEPH TRACEY
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5) LUCY MAY WILLIAMS (Photograph) born February 22, 1925 Logan Co OH; married June 29, 1942 Earl Earick born December 7, 1919 Bellefontaine OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.1) MAX CARLTON EARICK born October 14, 1942 Bellefontaine OH; married Marilyn Sue Tillman and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.1.1) SCOTT A. EARICK born March 22, 1962; served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal, home ported in Norfolk VA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.1.2) STEPHEN EARICK born November 23, 1964
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.1.3) MAX EARICK born January 12, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.2) CHARLES ROLAND EARICK born September 24, 1944 Bellefontaine OH; in the Army and took his Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood MO and had a tour of duty in Germany; 1991 became President, Citizens Federal Savings and Loan, Bellefontaine OH; member of the Kiwanis; married Choyce Jenkins and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.2.1) LESLI C. EARICK born December 12, 1969; graduated from Bellefontaine High School 1988; 1991 while a senior at Ohio State U, Lesli was honored by The Ohio State University College of Business with her selection as a 1991 Pace Setter and as a member of the scholastic honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma; finance major
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.2.2) LEAH EARICK born July 10, 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.3) SUSAN DIANE EARICK born March 17, 1946 Bellefontaine OH; married 1st Fred Slabach who died December 1971; married 2d William Tinsley, Jr; and born to Susan and Fred was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.3.1) KELLY SLABACH born August 5, 1964; married Michael Smith and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.3.1.1) NICHOLAS SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.3.1.2) COURTNEY SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.3.1.3) CONNER M. SMITH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.4) STEVEN EUGENE EARICK born July 28, 1947 Bellefontaine OH; married 1st Shirley Davis; married 2d Vickie Fairchild – divorced; and born to Steven and Shirley was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.4.1) BRIAN EARICK born September 5, 1970
Adopted by Steve; children of his second wife, Vickie, were (for info only):
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.4.2) HEATHER EARICK born March 26, 1969; attending medical school in New Mexico
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.4.3) HOLLI EARICK born March 5, 1971; a flight attendant
Born to Steven and his second wife, Vickie, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.5.4.4) HAYLEY EARICK born May 3, 1975
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6) DELPHA LOUISE WILLIAMS born February 17, 1927 Logan Co OH; both Delpha and her husband are graduates of Lakeview High School; married February 18, 1946 Paul Minnich who was a dairy farmer on Nine Mile Road, southwest of West Liberty; he farmed approximately 1,000 acres in Champaign Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.1) JOYCE ANN MINNICH born November 5, 1948 Bellefontaine OH; graduate of Graham High School and attended Miami University; a member of the Display Advertising Department of the Bellefontaine Examiner; active in school, community and church affairs; past president of the Northeastern Elementary School and Bellefontaine Middle School Parent-Teacher Organizations; president of the Rake and Hoe Garden Club; member of the Downtown Beautification Committee and past administrative board secretary at the First Methodist Church; married 1st Jack Makemson; married 2d Kenneth Yoder who was the President, Mid-West Racquetball Distributing, Inc; reside on a Champaign Co farm near West Liberty; and born to Joyce and Jack was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.1.1) SCOTT CHRISTOPHER MAKEMSOM, M. D., graduated from Bellefontaine High School, 1987; magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University, May 17, 1991, with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry; and graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; did his residency in OB-GYN in Cincinnati
Born to Joyce and her second husband, Kenneth, was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.1.2) JUSTIN YODER student at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.2) DARRELL BENSON MINNICH born March 28, 1951 Bellefontaine OH; ‘Ben’ graduated from Ohio State with a B.S. in agriculture 1973; married Cecilia Lokai born April 20, 1952 Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.3) RANDALL PAUL MINNICH born August 21, 1956 Bellefontaine OH; after graduating from high school, Randy was an auto mechanic and sold insurance, before making woodworking a career; married Lori Jo Shearer and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.3.1) ANDREA ELIZABETH MINNICH born December 24, 1986
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.6.3.2) JOSHUA P. MINNICH born July 23, 1990
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7) JENNIE PAULINE WILLIAMS born August 21, 1929 Logan Co OH; married Paul Evilsizor [Jim - interesting name - of German origins] who died March 18, 1997 Hortonville WI; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1) KENNETH PAUL EVILSIZOR born January 21, 1947; married Sandra Herron and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.1) CHRISTIE EVILSIZOR married Jeff Coyle and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.1.1) JARROD COYLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.1.2) JUSTIN COYLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.1.3) JORDAN COYLE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.2) JEANNE EVILSIZOR married Ki Kim and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.2.1) ALLISON KIM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.1.3) JARROD EVILSIZOR (1973-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.2) JEANNE EVILSIZOR born May 2, 1949; married Steven Scholzen and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.2.1) BRIAN SCHOLZEN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.2.2) JILL SCHOLZEN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3) DONNA EVILSIZOR born April 26, 1951; married 1st David Danielson; married 2d Thomas Ferg; and born to Donna and David were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3.1) ERIC DANIELSON
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3.2) MELISSA DANIELSON
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3.3) JAMIE DANIELSON
Born to Donna and her second husband, Thomas, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3.4) JENNIFER FERG (1985-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.3.5) JEFFREY FERG (1985-)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.4) DIANE EVILSIZOR born September 6, 1954; married Borchardt and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.4.1) BENJAMIN BORCHARDT
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.4.2) LUCAS BORCHARDT
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.4.3) ANDREW BORCHARDT
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.7.5) JEFFREY EVILSIZOR born April 28, 1962; married Sherri Hanson
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8) JOAN WILLIAMS born January 15, 1932 Logan Co OH; married George Milton Lones, Sr., and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.1) KATHRYN LOUISE LONES born December 20, 1949 Bellefontaine OH; married Ronald Johnson and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.1.1) JEFFREY R. JOHNSON
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.1.2) SHANE JOHNSON
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.2) PATRICIA JOAN LONES born February 3, 1952 Bellefontaine OH; married Edwin Whitmore and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.2.1) ERIKA LEANN WHITMORE married Shawn Roberts
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.2.2) DANA LYNN WHITMORE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.3) GEORGI ANN LONES born November 1953 Bellefontaine OH; married 1st Archie Van Wilpe; married 2d Don Wisen; Georgi and Don operate Blackbeard Sailing Charters, at Destin Harbor FL; and born to Georgi and Archie were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.3.1) JASON L. G. WISEN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.3.2) LESLIE WISEN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.4) JACQULYN SUE LONES born April 6, 1956 Bellefontaine OH; married Harroll Castle
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.8.5) GEORGE MILTON LONES, JR., born October 3, 1958 Bellefontaine OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9) SUSIE JEAN WILLIAMS born February 15, 1934 Logan County OH; married Ross Hamburger who died February 24, 1998 Lima OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.1) ROBERT R. HAMBURGER born July 6, 1953 Hampton VA and died August 17, 1986 Lakeview OH; buried Walnut Hills Cemetery near New Hampshire; employed at Airstream Corporation; married October 7, 1978 Fatina I. Cavender and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.1.1) STEPHANIE MARIE HAMBURGER stillborn July 26, 1979
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.1.2) ROBERT E. HAMBURGER born May 30, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.1.3) WILLIAM P. HAMBURGER born June 27, 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.2) PAMELA HAMBURGER born March 25, 1955 Bellefontaine OH; married Steve Stiles and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.2.1) SCOTT ALAN STILES born March 9, 1976
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.2.2) KYLIE NICOLE STILES born October 14, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.2.3) MELISSA SUE STILES born June 14, 1981
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.3) JOEL LEE HAMBURGER born September 4, 1956 Bellefontaine OH; married Robin Chasteen and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.3.1) CHRISTY LEE HAMBURGER born July 1, 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.3.2) THOMAS ROSS HAMBURGER born May 18, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.3.3) JESSE JOE HAMBURGER born January 11, 1981
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.4) MICHAEL EDWARD HAMBURGER born August 28, 1959 Bellefontaine OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.5) DEBBIE HAMBURGER born August 9, 1962 Bellefontaine OH; married James Alspaugh and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.5.1) AMANDA SUE ALSPAUGH born July 2, 1987
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.5.2) JAMES MERRIT ALSPAUGH born July 29, 1990
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.5.9.6) DENNIS PAUL HAMBURGER born December 3, 1963 Bellefontaine OH and died August 30, 1980 in a fire at his rural Auglaize Co OH home; buried at Walnut Hill Cemetery; he was a Waynesfield-Goshen High School freshman
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6) FOREST FOSTER CLEM born November 7, 1900 Champaign Co OH and died October 18, 1966 Logan Co OH; married 1st December 13, 1924 in Champaign Co, Alice Gillespie; 2d February 26, 1928 in Champaign Co, Anna May ‘Annie’ Wilkinson; and born to Forest and Alice were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6.1) JUANITA CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6.2) LEROY CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6.3) HAROLD CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6.4) GROVER CLEM
Born to Forest and his second wife, Annie, was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.1.6.5) ROBERT CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.2) IRA FREEMAN CLEM (Photograph) born 1868 Champaign Co OH and died Allen Co OH, date unk; resided Lima OH; married Rosabell Pears and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.2.1) ROBERT CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.2.2) DONNA CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3) JOSEPH A. CLEM (Photograph) born January 6, 1869 Champaign Co OH and died 1955 Shelby Co OH; resided Sidney OH; married September 19, 1892/3 in Champaign Co, Pearl R. Hensler born May 9, 1896 Champaign Co and died April 28, 1950 Shelby Co OH; both buried Rosedale Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.1) CECIL VERL CLEM born October 20, 1894 Champaign Co OH and died there March 22, 1895; buried Rosedale Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.2) LUCILLE CLEM born November 21, 1896; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3) HELEN CLEM born June 5, 1902 Ohio and died there February 10, 1960; married George Bouguot; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.1) JO ANN BOUQUOT born September 10, 1926; married Stanley Wishniowski and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.1.1) EVELYN WISHNIOWSKI born August 16, 1948; married Robert Janos and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.1.1.1) KELLY LYNN JANOS born October 11, 1975
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.2) MARY LOU BOUQUOT born November 7, 1927; married Joseph P. Martin
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.3) FRANCIS JEAN BOUQUOT born August 27, 1929 and died January 2, 1957; married William Custenborder and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.3.1) DOUGLAS CUSTENBORDER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.3.2) CAROL CUSTENBORDER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.3.3.4) DONALD C. BOUQUOT born April 3, 1937
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4) EMMA REBECCA CLEM (Photograph) born April 7, 1871 Champaign Co OH and died there June 2, 1949; married September 22, 1889 Charles Mahan born February 2, 1868 Champaign Co and died January 24, 1930 Franklin Co OH; resided in Rosewood OH; both buried Rosedale Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1) WALLACE CLEM MAHAN born April 27, 1890 Champaign Co OH and died there October 31, 1930; married December 8, 1910 Estella Emily Chambers [dau of John Manlove & Elizabeth Katherine (Russell) Chambers] born October 31, 1891 Champaign Co and died there February 1, 1973; buried Rosedale Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1) RUTH OMA MAHAN born October 7, 1911 Johnson Township, Champaign Co OH; married 1933 in Kentucky, Deward R. Bails born March 3, 1905 WVA and died August 31, 1957 Champaign Co OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1.1) RICHARD RAY BAILS born July 12, 1937 Champaign Co OH; married February 8, 1959 Harlene Leasure - divorced 1969; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1.1.1) TONY BAILS born January 13, 1960 Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1.1.2) KELLY SCOTT BAILS born March 14, 1961 Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1.1.3) MICHAEL TODD BAILS born March 13, 1962 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.1.1.4) KIMBERLY SUE BAILS born August 12, 1964 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.2) EDWARD R. MAHAN born January 24, 1913 and died January 29, 1913; buried Rosedale Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3) RALPH BUNCE MAHAN born July 15, 1914; married September 7, 1938 Marguertie Poorman and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.1) KAREN ARLEEN MAHAN born January 24, 1943 Champaign Co OH; married March 3, 1967 Neil Stevens born December 23, 1943 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.1.1) AMANDA KAY STEVENS born October 22, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.1.2) SARA STEVENS born September 8, 1982
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.2) GERALD LEE MAHAN born July 12, 1945 Champaign Co; married May 20, 1967 Judith Barnard and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.2.1) JEFFERY DAVID MAHAN born August 24, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.2.2) JAMES MAHAN born March 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.2.3) JASON BARNARD MAHAN born August 11, 1977
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.3) CAROL ANN MAHAN born April 27, 1949 Champaign Co; married August 26, 1972 John R. Shank and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.3.3.1) JOHN MYLES SHANK born October 2, 1977 Dayton OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.4) DOROTHY MAE MAHAN born and died June 18, 1916 Johnson Township; buried Rosedale Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5) AMY FRANCES MAHAN born October 4, 1917 Johnson Township, Champaign Co OH; married October 5, 1935 in Champaign Co, Charles Samuel Hamilton born February 23, 1911 Champaign Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.1) BARBARA ELLEN HAMILTON born March 17, 1937 Champaign Co; married December 28, 1956 Daryl Henderson born April 25, 1937 Dayton OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.1.1) DARYL EUGENE HENDERSON born October 11, 1957 Germany
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.1.2) JAMES LEE HENDERSON born August 30, 1960 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.1.3) NADEEN KAY HENDERSON born March 12, 1965 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.2) JUDITH ANN HAMILTON born August 14, 1938 Champaign Co; married October 15, 1960 Charles E. Calloway, Jr., born October 3, 1935 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.2.1) CHARLES BRIAN CALLOWAY born August 28, 1960
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.2.2) AMY MARIE CALLOWAY born June 29, 1964; married
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.3) SAMUEL LJOE HAMILTON born July 25, 1949 Champaign Co; married Shauna McKee born July 7, 1949 Portsmouth OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.3.1) JASON SAMUEL HAMILTON born November 17, 1974 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.5.3.2) CASEY HAMILTON born November-December 1982 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6) THURMAN KEITH MAHAN born May 7, 1919 Johnson Township, Champaign Co OH and died November 28, 1978 Ethel WA; cremated and ashes spread on Paradise Mountain, Mt. Ranier WA; married 1st June 25, 1941 in Shelby Co OH, Maxine Adele Russell born January 3, 1923 - they divorced 1974; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.1) RONALD LEE MAHAN born July 13, 1942 Champaign Co; married September 7, 1943 Roberta ‘Birdie’ Ann Huston born November 20, 1942 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.1.1) JEFFERY ALLEN MAHAN born June 17, 1964
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.1.2) HEATH ERIC MAHAN born July 15, 1971 Franklin Co OH and died August 20, 1974 Washington; buried Houston Cemetery, Houston, Shelby, OH (Photo)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.1.3) KRISTEN NICOLE MAHAN born January 30, 1973 Franklin Co OH and died there February 17, 1973; buried Houston Cemetery, Houston OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.2) MICHAEL KEITH MAHAN born February 15, 1947 Shelby Co OH; married August 27, 1968 Shelby Co, Cynthia Sue Cotterman born August 23, 1949 Shelby Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.2.1) JENNIFER MICHELLE MAHAN born April 10, 1977 Shelby Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.2.2) STACY LYNN MAHAN born June 24, 1977 Shelby Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.3) CONNIE SUE MAHAN born February 7, 1949 in Shelby Co; married September 23, 1967 Timothy Michael Colbert born October 1946; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.6.3.1) TRENA LYNN COLBERT born May 2, 1968 Franklin Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7) HERBERT C. MAHAN born October 13, 1921 Champaign Co OH; married January 26, 1946 in Shelby Co, Mary Carolyn Bartel born March 5, 1921 Shelby Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7.1) DENISE KAY MAHAN born December 5, 1946 Miami Co OH; married 1st June 27, 1964 in Champaign Co, Danny Carl Adrian - divorced November 16, 1968; married 2d May 15, 1975 in Brevard Co FL Ernest Eugene Moore born March 18, 1938 Lake Providence LA
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7.2) TIM C. MAHAN born March 20, 1950 Miami Co OH; married August 30, 1969 in Champaign Co, Bernice Marie Clark born March 23, 1950 Champaign Co
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7.3) MARK B. MAHAN born March 6, 1954 Miami Co OH; married February 26, 1977 Champaign Co, Susan Elaine Pence born May 7, 1958; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7.3.1) JENNIFER MARIE MAHAN born July 22, 1980 Miami Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.7.3.2) DUSTIN PATRICK MAHAN born August 7, 1981 Miami Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8) WILMA ROSE MAHAN born June 18, 1924 Johnson Township, Champaign Co OH; married December 8, 1943 in Champaign Co, William Robert Allebach - they reside in Hollywood FL; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.1) WILLIAM ROBERT ALLEBACH born August 20, 1944 Champaign Co; married twice, names unk, but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.1.1) ROBERTO ALLEBACH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.1.2) WILLIAM JOHN ALLEBACH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.2) JENNIE SUE ALLEBACH born September 20, 1946 OH; married Robert L. Norman and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.2.1) CASSANDRA NORMAN ‘Cindy’
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.3) BUDDY RAY ALLEBACH born April 3, 1951 OH; married Michelle Luppanicci of Hollywood FL and a daughter born to them in 1973
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.4) RICKY LEE ALLEBACH born July 24, 1953 OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.5) JOHN EUGENE ALLEBACH born May 15, 1956 OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.1.8.6) MELINDA KAY ALLEBACH born July 8, 1961 Logan Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2) HARLEY JASON MAHAN born March 22, 1894 Johnson Township, Champaign Co OH and died December 6, 1970 Champaign Co; married December 14, 1916 Ola Faye Bodey born Champaign Co and died July 20, 1954; both buried at Rosedale Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.1) CECIL RAY MAHAN born September 9, 1917; married March 10, 1950 Eleanor Ward and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.1.1) MICHAEL MAHAN born August 1, 1951 Champaign Co; married August 6, 1972 Toby Bair
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.1.2) STEPHEN H. MAHAN born December 12, 1952 Champaign Co; married June 14, 1975 at Lehigh Acres FL, Janet E. McCrary
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.2) ROGER JASON MAHAN born September 16, 1922 Champaign Co OH; married April 25, 1943 at Champaign Co, Marcella Massie born April 7, 1922 Clark Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.2.1) SHERYL LEE MAHAN born December 3, 1945 Champaign Co; married November 24, 1967 Jerry Lee born May 26, 1945
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.2.2) DAVID MAHAN born November 4, 1948 Champaign Co; married February 11, 1967 in Champaign Co, Marjorie E. Berry born July 1, 1948 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.2.2.1) JAMIE MAHAN born September 5, 1968
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.2.2.2) KRISTY MAHAN born August 25, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3) BETTY JEAN MAHAN born October 21, 1927 Champaign Co; married September 18, 1948 Champaign Co, Max Warren Moore born December 22, 1925 Shelby Co OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.1) REBECCA LYNN MOORE born June 14, 1949; married June 13, 1971 Kenneth J. Lehman and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.1.1) KURT JEASON LEHMAN born August 14, 1972
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.1.2) KERRIE JO LEHMAN born November 2, 1973
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.2) RANDALL WARREN MOORE born July 27, 1952
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.3) ROBIN JO MOORE born March 31, 1956; married March 20, 1976 Robert E. Turner
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.2.3.4) KYM WAYNE MOORE born September 25, 1959
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3) EDITH FAYE MAHAN born March 25, 1896 and died February 25, 1982; buried Rosedale Cemetery, Champaign Co OH; married June 9, 1919 Henry Rowland Evans born February 5, 1894 and died January 3, 1986; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1) HERMAN CLAY EVANS born October 31, 1920 Champaign Co OH; married April 13, 1941 Helen Hines born May 7, 1921 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.1) FREDERICK DEAN EVANS born February 22, 1942; married Jeanne Zook and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.1.1) GAY LYNN EVANS born April 26, 1967
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.1.2) BRANDON WARREN EVANS born February 18, 1970
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.2) DONALD CLAY EVANS born May 25, 1947 and died May 6, 1953; buried Rosedale Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.3) SUE ANN EVANS born April 15, 1952; married August 21, 1971 Thomas Eugene Geuy born December 18, 1947; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.3.1) MICHELLE RENEE GEUY born February 24, 1976
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.4) ROBERT RAY EVANS born May 2, 1955; married January 14, 1983 Rebecca Martin Batdorf
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.1.5) NANCY JOANNE EVANS born March 26, 1958
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2) PHYLLIS ANN EVANS born September 25, 1924; married August 31, 1952 Roger Alan Bollinger born January 31, 1926; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.1) ROGER ALAN BOLLINGER born January 26, 1954; married Jane Hannah and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.1.1) MARK ALAN BOLLINGER born July 21, 1984
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.1.2) MATTHEW AARON BOLLINGER born August 16, 1987
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.2) DAVID DEAN BOLLINGER born December 17, 1956; married Theresa Becker and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.2.1) KYLE ROBERT BOLLINGER born March 6, 1991
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.4.3.2.3) THOMAS J. BOLLINGER born October 3, 1959
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.5) EMMETT E. CLEM (Photograph) born September 15, 1873 Champaign Co OH and died Allen Co OH, date unk; resided Lima OH; married Edna Black; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.5.1) PAULINE CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.5.2) WALTER CLEM
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.5.3) MARTHA CLEM born September 5, 1914
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.1.6) OMA CLEM (Photograph) born February 21, 1885 Champaign Co OH and died February 10, 1977 Toledo OH; resided Millerstown OH; married Claude Neal
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.2) IRA A. PENCE born 1844 Champaign Co OH and died there 1864
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.3) JASPER PENCE born April 1851 Champaign Co OH and died there 1929; married Louisa Jane Apple born 1851 Champaign Co and died there 1940; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.3.1) CHARLES R. PENCE born August 27, 1873 Champaign Co OH and died there March 1948; married Mattie M. Fisher
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.3.2) LAURA MAY PENCE born November 1, 1877 Champaign Co OH; married George Franklin Barger
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.3.3) CORY NEWTON PENCE born January 16, 1885 Champaign Co OH and died there May 1935; married Mary Anna Barger
(3.1.1.1.4.6.3.3.4) SARAH ELIZABETH PENCE born June 27, 1886 Champaign Co OH; married John Merle Bascore
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4) AMY R RIKER born October 22, 1824 OH and died April 14, 1905 Champaign Co OH; married February 3, 1852 in Champaign Co, John McMorran born October 5, 1815 and died June 21, 1889; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris, Champaign, OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1) MARY MCMORRAN born January 12, 1853 and died November 20, 1939; married 1st William Henry Jones born October 30, 1845 and died April 22, 1888; married 2d George Shidler; and born to Mary and William were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.1) CAREY JONES (Cary)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.2) ANNA JONES born September 3, 1875 St Paris OH and died July 31, 1959 Columbus, Franklin, OH; owner of the community’s leading millinery store; married September 17, 1902 in St Paris, Lloyd Eugene Brown (Gene) [son of Andrew & Sarah (Jackson) Brown] born October 11, 1873 St Paris and died August 11, 1951 Columbus OH; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris, Champaign, OH; prepared himself for teaching, but did not follow that vocation, instead taking a position as a clerk in a grocery store and drug store in St Paris until 1901; he was publisher of the weekly newspaper, the St Paris News-Dispatch; he and Walter Wiant bought it in 1909 and Gene became the sole owner in 1920 then sold it in 1933; he was the first president of the St Paris Library when it opened in 1936 and remained in that office for 14y; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.2.1) GENEVIEVE ARCEVILLE BROWN born May 22, 1905 St Paris OH and died July 10, 1993 Richmond VA; married January 1, 1930 in Sharon PA, Frank Heald Ross born April 17, 1901 Bartlett OH and died January 17, 1984 Richmond; 1983 resided Richmond VA; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.2.1.1) EDGAR ALLEN ROSS
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.3) GARNARD JONES married Mary [maiden name unk] - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.4) ELIZABETH JONES (Aunt Lib) married Frank Zea - no offspring
Born to Mary and her second husband, George, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.5) NAOMI SHIDLER married a Mr. Beltz; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.5.1) MARY BELTZ married John McGee, whose father lived in Cherokee KS; 1983 resided Portland OR; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.5.1.1) NANCY MCGEE
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.1.5.2) MARILYN BELTZ
3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2) ELIZA MCMORRAN (Eliza Alice) born July 30, 1855 and died August 1, 1926 St. Paris OH; married June 3, 1878 at St Paris, Flavious Josephus Gearhart [son of Wesley Cutler & Mahala (Loudenback) Gearhart] born November 7, 1854 OH and died July 4, 1888 Champaign Co OH; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1) J. MACK GEARHART born August 2, 1879 St. Paris OH and died January 19, 1927 Piqua OH; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris; married 1st April 7, 1910 in Champaign Co OH, Grace E Apple - no offspring; married 2d Caroline (Carrie) Detrick and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1) HELENDENE ADELLA GEARHART born July 6, 1915 Miami Co OH and died November 1969 Piqua OH; married 1st George Usserman and 2d Wilbur Baker; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris OH; and born to Helendene and George were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.1) GEORGE EDWARD USSERMAN born October 9, 1937 Piqua OH; married June 9, 1962 at the Catholic Church, Troy OH, Barbara Louise Thompson born April 13, 1943; 1983 resided Troy OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.1.1) EDWARD JOSEPH USSERMAN born June 7, 1963
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.1.2) RICHARD GEORGE USSERMAN born September 7, 1965
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.1.3) DAVID WILLIAM USSERMAN born June 8, 1967
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.2) CAROLYN LOUISE USSERMAN ‘Sue’ born February 10, 1939 Piqua OH; married January 13, 1968 Edgar Howard Mills, Jr., born June 24, 1944; 1983 resided at Piqua; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.2.1) TONY LEE MILLS born June 26, 1968
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.3) JAMES MAC USSERMAN born January 20, 1943 Piqua OH; married 1st October 22, 1966 at Piqua, Becky Ann Brubaker - no offspring; married 2d December 4, 1970 Connie Sue Evans born April 8, 1950; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.3.1) CHRISTOPHER ALLEN USSERMAN born May 30, 1971
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.3.2) THOMAS ALLEN USSERMAN born March 16, 1973
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.3.3) JULIE ANN USSERMAN born April 9, 1975
Born to Helendene and her second husband, Wilbur, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.4) ROSALYN BAKER born October 19, 1946; married November 12, 1971 Zane Rae Krug born August 5, 1935; this was apparently Zane’s second marriage and he brought to the marriage a son, Timothy
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.5) RAYMOND DALE BAKER born February 26, 1950; married June 15, 1968 Nancy Arthur born July 12, 1950; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.5.1) ROBIN DEAN BAKER born April 14, 1972
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.5.2) TERESA DAWN BAKER born October 9, 1975
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.6) BECKY ANN BAKER born June 8, 1952; married November 1973 Robert Eugene Millet born October 1, 1948; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.6.1) JACKLYN MARIE MILLET stillborn 1975
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.6.2) ROBERT EUGENE MILLET, JR., born November 18, 1978
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.7) JUDITH KAY BAKER born October 11, 1954; married July 1972 Von Monroe Cantrell; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.7.1) ERIC WAYNE CANTRELL born January 13, 1973
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.7.2) MELISSA KAY CANTRELL (twin) born February 10, 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.7.3) MICHELLE GAY CANTRELL (twin) born February 10, 1974
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.1.1.8) MARY JO BAKER born October 27, 1959 Piqua OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.2) ESTA GEARHART born February 13, 1881 St. Paris OH and died February 12, 1969 Latham Nursing Home, Bellefontaine OH; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris; married October 14, 1914 Clifford Kenton Showers [son of John & Catherine (Pence) Showers] born January 14, 1883 Jackson Township, Champaign Co OH and died July 9, 1957 Champaign Co; buried Evergreen Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.2.1) SARAH MARTHA SHOWERS born May 24, 1918 Mad River Township, Champaign Co OH; married September 20, 1947 at the Urbana Methodist Church, Delmar Wesley Hesselgesser [son of Chester Phillip & Retta Mae] born August 12, 1920 Concord Township, Champaign Co; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.2.1.1) JOHN EARL HESSELGESSER born June 14, 1953 at the Mercy Memorial Hospital, Urbana OH; married March 17, 1983 at Xenia OH, Sandra Gail Fraley born August 6, 1956; 1983 resided Xenia OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.2.1.2) MARK KENTON HESSELGESSER born May 29, 1956 at Mercy Memorial Hospital, Urbana OH; 1983 resided Dayton OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.2.2) KENTON GEARHART SHOWERS born June 12, 1921 and died June 25, 1926 Columbus OH; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.3) ALTON GEARHART (Flavious Alton) born June 1, 1882 St. Paris OH and died October 14, 1932 Champaign Co; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris; not married
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4) ERNEST GEARHART (Earnest S) born December 4, 1883 St. Paris OH and died November 20, 1965 Champaign Co OH; buried at Evergreen Cemetery; married 1st December 9, 1908 Odie/Ota Apple; married 2d February 3, 1928 Mary Jane Coe born January 9, 1896 Edgar Co IL and died April 30, 1975; and born to Ernest and Odie were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.1) FRANCES GEARHART (Frances M) lived 6 months
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.2) MARGARET GEARHART (Margaret E) born 1911; married a Mr. Helvie; no offspring
Born to Ernest and his second wife, Mary Jane, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.3) INFANT SON (stillborn) born 1929
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.4) MARY CATHERINE GEARHART born December 4, 1925; married 1st Clarence Randolph born June 23, 1934; married 2d January 26, 1980 Thomas E. Diehl; 1983 resided Lake Luzerne NY; and born to Mary and Clarence were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.4.1) LISA KENTON RANDOLPH born April 29, 1961
(3.1.1.1.4.6.4.2.4.4.2) PAUL SHELDON RANDOLPH born November 14, 1963
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5) JOHN FERRIS RIKER (Photographs) born October 1, 1828 Hamilton Co OH and died April 7, 1909 St Paris, Champaign, OH; Civil War Vet, Captain in Company E, 113th Ohio Infantry Regiment mustering in November 20, 1862 for 2 years, discharged because of physical indisposition; the first mayor of St. Paris OH in 1858 at the time of the incorporation of town, again elected to that office in 1892; Gold Rush participant along with his brothers and others, made the trip by wagon train returning in 1854 after an absence of about two years; his connection with the Church dates frolm 1851, when he united with the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church; later he was one of the founders of the Saint Paris Baptist Church, with which he was actively idenfitied until his death; aside from his Church relations, he has been intimately associated with Sunday School work, holding at different times the positions of teacher and superintendent; married November 30, 1854 in St. Paris, Eliza Ann Lickliter/Lichlider/Licklider born October 21, 1832 Shenandoah Valley VA and January 29, 1931 St Paris; buried Evergreen Cemetery; she taught a Sunday School class for about 80y, having attended at one time for 10y without missing a Sunday; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1) FREEMAN ELWOOD RIKER (Photo) born February 11, 1857 St. Paris OH and died April 1, 1940 Indianapolis IN; blacksmith by trade in St Paris in Henry Saylor’s carriage shop; 1881 with partner Will Walborn, started sign painting and carriage repair business; volunteer fireman; Republican county committeeman; strong Baptists in their church; liked to smoke cigars; co-owner of the Walborn-Riker Co; see www.walbornriker.com; married October 8, 1882 in Piqua OH, Mary Jane Dann (Minnie) [dau of Jonathan & Sarah (Jones) Dann] born August 30, 1958 Sidney OH (New Haven CT) and died 1931; buried Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis; she attended Denison U in Granville OH; came to St. Paris to teach in thehigh school and there they met; she was the only woman of her generation in the St Paris who possessed a college degree; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.1) JAY DANN RIKER born July 1883 St Paris OH; buried March 6, 1930 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis IN
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.2) LEAH GERTRUDE RIKER born June 1885 St Paris OH and died 1915
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.3) FLORENCE EMMA RIKER born December 1, 1886 St Paris OH and died there February 16, 1887; buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4) BENJAMIN HARRISON RIKER (Ben) (Photos) born January 1889 St Paris OH and died 1962 Indianapolis IN; graduated Ohio State U 1911; taught English at Shawnee OK High School for a year, then was advertising writer for Prest-O-Lite Corp of Indianapolis 1912-19; WWI Vet; married Alice Lenox (1881-1967); he was author of Pony Wagon Town 1948, a book about his life with his father in the 1890s, and his father’s pony wagon factory; entered the book retail business as owner of a store in Des Moines IA; 1926 became manager of the J G Sheehan bookstore in Detroit MI and in 1932 went to Ayres where he was manager of the book department retiring in 1954; chairman of the publications committee of the Indiana Historical Society; also a longtime member of the publications committee of the Indianapolis Art Association; active member of the Indianapolis Literary Club for 25y, serving as its president 1947-48; both buried Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4.1) WILLIAM HARRISON RIKER JR (Bill) (Photo) born September 22, 1920 Des Moines IA and died June 26, 1993 Rochester NY; married 1943 Mary Elizabeth Lewis born June 30, 1920 and died March 14, 2002; both buried Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis IN
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS National Academy of Sciences
William Harrison Riker
September 22, 1920 - June 26, 1993
By Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and Kenneth Shepsle
"WILLIAM RIKER WAS A visionary scholar, institution builder, and intellect who developed methods for applying athematical reasoning to the study of politics. By introducing the precepts of game theory and social choice theory to political science he constructed a theoretical base for political analysis. This theoretical foundation, which he called "positive political theory," proved crucial in the development of political theories based on axiomatic logic and amenable to predictive tests and experimental, historical, and statistical verification. Through his research, writing, and teaching he transformed important parts of political studies from civics and wisdom to science. Positive political theory now is a mainstream approach to political science. In no small measure this is because of Riker's research. It is also a consequence of his superb teaching--he trained and influenced many students and colleagues who, in turn, helped spread the approach to universities beyond his intellectual home at the University of Rochester."
THE EARLY YEARS
"Bill, as he was known to his friends, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 22, 1920. He was the much-cherished only son of Ben and Alice Riker. Ben, after whom Bill would later name one of his own sons, owned a bookstore in Des Moines. The father's love of books was shared with his son, who was taught to read at the age of three. Bill's ability to learn, precociously revealed, continued with him until his last breath. In a pre-Depression depression in Iowa the Riker family bookstore failed in 1925. Facing hard times, the family moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, and then on to Detroit. Bill's favorite recollection from his Michigan years was that he was given an air rifle for perfect attendance at Baptist Sunday School. The family's fortunes improved following a move to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1932. There Ben Riker established a fine bookstore at L. S. Ayres, the well-known and innovative Indianapolis department store. Presaging his son's later prominence and intellectual rigor, Ben Riker himself became a highly influential book dealer. When John Bartlow Martin, a well-known journalist, later speechwriter for Adlai Stevenson, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and George McGovern, and
ambassador to the Dominican Republic, wrote a personal history of Indiana, Alfred Knopf, Sr., consulted Ben Riker for advice on the book's merits. Bill's father disliked the manuscript, noting that Martin allowed his judgment to be influenced by his "political, social, and economic prejudices." He went on to note that "Most literate Hoosiers--who are the only ones who buy books and in whom I am chiefly interested--will not accept the book as a true picture of Indiana. . . ." (http://www.indianahistory.org/pub/traces/jbmart.html). The father's passion for even-handed objectivity seems to have been inherited by his son. Just such dispassionate even-handedness and analytic objectivity were the driving passions of Bill Riker's intellectual life. Following graduation from Shortridge High School in 1938, Bill went to DePauw University, from which he graduated in 1942. Bill worked for RCA following his graduation. There he learned to understand something about how complex organizations function, a subject that continued to fascinate him during his years as a Ph.D. student at Harvard (1944-48), where he wrote a dissertation on the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Bill married Mary Elizabeth Lewis (M. E.) in 1943, a loving union that lasted for 50 years until Bill's death. M. E. and Bill had four children: two daughters and two sons. One son, Ben, died tragically in an automobile accident in the summer of 1973 while returning with friends from a vacation in Hudson's Bay. This tragedy made even stronger the deep ties of affection that made and make the Riker family such a wonderful group of people. Bill's merits in no small part are due to the support and encouragement he had at home. That encouragement was tempered as well by M. E.'s ability to keep Bill's feet firmly rooted to the ground. On one occasion, for instance, one of us (B.B.dM.) vividly recalls sitting in the Riker living room as Bill explained that he had kept track of his score in over 250,000 games of Solitaire because he was interested in whether randomness really existed. M. E. quickly pointed out that Bill was too cheap to replace the deck of cards (this was before computer Solitaire), so that the cards stuck together when he shuffled, facilitating patterns across games. Alas, he had to admit it was true. During his years at Harvard, Bill established himself as an independent-minded, innovative intellect. Richard L. Park, a classmate at Harvard, recalled that the other graduate students thought Bill both brilliant and extremely odd. Indeed, he was odd. At a time when other political scientists were absorbed with descriptive case studies Bill was struggling with how to study politics more analytically. He was searching for a method that would serve as the platform upon which to build a science of politics. That method was to begin to take shape in his mind a few years later. Following completion of his doctorate in 1948 Bill became an assistant professor at Lawrence University (then Lawrence College) in Appleton, Wisconsin. He remained at Lawrence until 1962, having risen to the rank of professor. Bill maintained close ties with friends at Lawrence and sustained a deep affection for the opportunity Lawrence gave him to explore his ideas about politics. Lawrence University returned the admiration and affection, awarding Riker an honorary doctorate in 1975. While at Lawrence, Bill studied a 1954 paper by L. S. Shapely and Martin Shubik in which they developed a mathematical argument for what they called a "power index." The power index offered a mathematical formula expressing a legislator's power as a function of his ability to swing decisions by turning a losing coalition into a winning coalition. It exemplified a new vein of literature that addressed political processes in the language of mathematics, including the work of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, Duncan Black, Kenneth Arrow, and Anthony Downs. Riker rapidly introduced this work into his curriculum at Lawrence and used it as the basis for his new science of politics. He had the vision to see how these strands of research, derived mostly from economics but ironically with little impact in that discipline at the time, could be put to powerful use in building a science of politics. The remainder of his professional life was devoted to developing this science through research, teaching, and institution building."
BUILDING A POSITIVE THEORY OF POLITICS
"In the mid-1950s Riker adopted and built upon a significant array of approaches to the study of political phenomena, including methodological individualism, an emphasis on micro-foundations, game theory, spatial models, axiomatic set-theoretic treatments of rational action, and generalized Condorcet results, questioning the validity of processes for collective decision making. Between 1957 and 1959 Riker wrote three formal papers that indicated his initial steps toward his eventual theoretical synthesis. Two papers drew on Shapely and Shubik's formulation of the power index and a third paper set about determining whether Arrow's Possibility Theorem, which predicted that n-person voting procedures for more than two outcomes should demonstrate an inherent instability, pertained to actual voting practices (1957, 1958, 1959). Whereas these papers were mathematical and attempted to draw generalized conclusions by combining theoretical deduction with empirical tests, they did not as yet put together the pieces that would later characterize positive political theory. Notably, even though Riker was engaging in experiments in coalition formation using a game-theoretic structure, neither game theory nor an explicit "rational action" model was relevant to these early papers. Riker also wrote two papers published in philosophy journals before the close of the decade. These papers discuss the importance of carefully circumscribing the events defining a scientific study and the need to base science on "descriptive generalizations" (1957, 1958). In these articles Riker challenged the standard view in political science that promoted the study of the idiosyncratic details of rare and influential events. This challenge to the case study method and to so-called thick description remains at the core of methodological debates today. By 1959, when he was selected as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Riker had a clear and explicit vision of the theoretical approach he was to pioneer. In his application to the Center he wrote, "I describe the field in which I expect to be working at the Center as 'formal, positive, political theory.'" He elaborates, "By Formal, I mean the expression of the theory in algebraic rather than verbal symbols. By positive, I mean the expression of descriptive rather than normative propositions." This document is telling of Riker's own sense of intellectual development, and his reflective and unabashed program for political science. He states, I visualize the growth in political science of a body of theory somewhat similar to . . . the neoclassical theory of value in economics. It seems to be that a number of propositions from the mathematical theory of games can perhaps be woven into a theory of politics. Hence, my main interest at present is attempting to use game theory for the construction of political theory. Riker spent the 1960-61 academic year at the Center. In this fertile year away from the responsibilities of teaching he wrote The Theory of Political Coalitions (1962), which served as a transforming study in political science. In The Theory of Political Coalitions, Riker deduced the size principle, introducing the idea of minimal winning coalitions in the study of electoral and legislative politics as an alternative to the view of vote maximization expressed in Downs (1957). The size principle states that in n-person, zerosum games, where side-payments are permitted, where players are rational, and where they have perfect information, only minimum winning coalitions occur. Downs argued that politicians are primarily office seekers rather than policy makers or allocators of resources. As such, they maximize electoral support and, therefore, forge coalitions as large as possible. Riker's decision makers make authoritative allocation decisions and so seek to minimize the number of claimants on the distribution of resources. A vast literature on coalition formation and government stability has grown out of the debate between Riker and Downs. The Downsian model indicates that on unidimensional issues and in winner-take-all elections, politicians adopt (usually centrist) policy positions in order to maximize their vote share. Downs's politicians care only about winning office. They do not concern themselves with the policy or private goods concessions they must make to others in order to win. Riker, in contrast, argued that maximizing votes is costly. Voters are attracted to a candidate by promises about personal benefits. Candidates have preferences of their own about the distribution of scarce resources in the form of private goods to their backers and leftover resources for their own use. To attract votes, politicians must pay a cost by sacrificing some personal interests or granting private side-payments to prospective supporters in an effort to avoid alienating potential voters. Riker argued that rational politicians, motivated primarily by a desire to control resources, seek to attract just enough votes to win and no more, subject to variation above minimal winning size only because of uncertainty about the preferences of voters or their loyalty. By forming minimal winning coalitions politicians make as few concessions as possible, while still controlling sufficient support to maintain governmental authority and pass legislation. Riker's theory of political behavior marked a sharp departure from standard political science views and an equally sharp departure from views
standard in economics. Political scientists at the time frequently wrote normative treatises on governance or attributed political decisions to psychological forces and attitudinal factors. For economists concerned with exchange in the marketplace collective outcomes were seen as a fairly mechanical adding machine equating supply and demand, with neither the marginal buyer nor marginal seller able to influence the market price. Riker drew a fundamental distinction between collective outcomes in economics and in politics. He saw collective outcomes in politics as the product of conscious strategic processes. This is a crucial distinction because the rational actor in political arenas intentionally calculates how to achieve aims in a strategic environment with other strategically acting agents, making game theory the central analytic tool for modeling political processes. When The Theory of Political Coalitions was published, the book created a significant stir precisely because Riker not only exhorted the discipline to become more scientific, but because he showed how to do it. As one reviewer noted, "Although Riker's particular approach is not the answer to all of the discipline's woes, he has certainly succeeded in challenging us by example. Those who would accept the challenge had better come prepared with a well sharpened kit of tools. For, either to emulate or attack, nothing less will suffice" (Fagen 1963, pp. 446-47). Riker was the first political scientist, and indeed the first non-RAND theoretician, to recognize the potential of game theory to understand political interactions. It was Riker who bestowed upon game theory the promise of a new life after RAND defense strategists concluded the theory was of little merit for studying warfare and after economists rejected the hopes and promises of von Neumann and Morgenstern. A later generation of economists grasped its promise for grounding a new mathematics of the market, launching the "non-cooperative revolution" in economics."
THE ROCHESTER TRANSFORMATION: INSTITUTION BUILDING
"The year 1962 marked a major turning point in Bill's life and in the future of political science. Not only was The Theory of Political Coalitions published, but the Riker family moved to Rochester, New York, where Bill became chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester. The University of Rochester hired Riker with the understanding that he would have the resources and freedom to build a program modeled after his intellectual vision. Rochester was true to its word, forging a loyalty to the university on Bill's part that was the stuff of legend. Whenever a colleague was tempted by an offer elsewhere, Bill, as department chair from 1962 to 1977, simply could not imagine how anyone could prefer to be anywhere else. Apparently he was right. Hardly anyone left. The cold, long winters of Rochester were no problem given the lively, intellectually stimulating, entertaining, and engaging informal daily exchanges between faculty and graduate students--all treated and feeling absolutely as equals--over bag lunches. Immediately upon his arrival in Rochester, Riker set about outlining a strategy for building the Rochester political science department. His strategy emphasized both behavioral methods and positive theory. The result was 14 new courses and seminars, an entirely new curriculum unlike those found anywhere else at the time. The new Ph.D. requirements stressed quantification and formal analysis. He shifted the emphasis common in other programs from the literature to his focus on developing the tools necessary to do rigorous research into the theoretical properties and empirical laws of politics. The effort succeeded. One decade later, the unranked department Bill inherited was ranked fourteenth in the country, despite never having a faculty larger than 13 during those years (Roose and Andersen, 1970). Another decade later, the department, still small by comparison with its competitors, was ranked among the top 10 and placed its students at the most prestigious universities, in the meantime helping to build sister centers of positive political theory at such institutions as Caltech, Washington University, and Carnegie-Mellon. Riker's efforts on behalf of positive political theory extended beyond the confines of his home department at the University of Rochester. He maintained an active publication record, contributing so many articles to the flagship journal of political science, the American Political Science Review, that its editor wrote to him, "There is some danger of turning this journal into the 'William H. Riker Review." Among the more distinguished was a paper on power (1964), several on experimental methods (1967, 1970)--the latter with his student William Zavoina--and his seminal and controversial theory of the calculus of voting with another of his students Peter Ordeshook (1968). In addition to his major contributions of original research during this period Riker sought to further establish his method through co-authorship with Peter Ordeshook of a textbook that elucidated the parameters of positive political theory. This text, entitled An Introduction to Positive Political Theory (1973), was aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, and was an important step in defining positive political theory for a widespread audience. It introduced the assumption of rationality and the formal account of preference orderings, and it demonstrated the positive approach to political science through its application to such political problems as political participation, voting and majority rule, public goods, public policy, and electoral competition. The text also contained discussions on formal theory and deductive results from formal theory including n-person and two-person game theory, the power index, and the size principle. Riker did not limit his efforts to the development of positive political theory at Rochester or to the impact of his own research. Together with other like-minded scholars, Bill formed a community that fostered the rise of rational choice theory as a cross-disciplinary phenomenon. In the early 1960s a meeting of minds occurred, resulting in the founding of the Public Choice Society. Researchers active in these early meetings included subsequent Nobelists Herbert Simon (economics and public administration), John Harsanyi (game theory), and James Buchanan (public finance), as well as Gordon Tullock (public finance), Mancur Olson (economics), John Rawls (philosophy), James Coleman (sociology), and of course, William Riker. The Public Choice Society is noteworthy for helping to generate the critical mass required to establish the rational choice approach as an academy-wide method of inquiry. In founding the society, members ensured that their newly wrought discipline would benefit from an active network of similar-minded intellects. To further this end, the society held annual meetings and initiated an enduring journal, Public Choice."
RECOGNITION
"Riker personally met with career successes and external honors that established his intellectual legacy and served as community recognition of the significant role he played in remaking political science. In 1974 Riker was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences and thus was among the first political scientists to be inducted into this community. Soon other Rochesterians were in his midst, including Fenno, Shepsle, McKelvey, and Fiorina, as well as "fellow travelers" like John Ferejohn. Riker was elected to the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences in 1975 and in 1983 was chosen to serve as president of the American Political Science Association. Additionally, he was honored, as mentioned earlier, by Lawrence University with an honorary degree. DePauw University, his undergraduate school, likewise honored him in 1979, as did the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 1986. In 1977 Upsala University in Sweden chose Bill for an honorary doctorate as part of the university's five-hundredth-anniversary celebration. Bill also was the recipient of numerous distinguished fellowships and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1983, National Science Foundation grants from 1967 to 1973 and again for 1985-87. He was the Fairchild fellow at Caltech in 1973-74, a visiting professor at Washington University in 1983-84, and the recipient of three teaching awards: one at Lawrence (in 1962) and two at Rochester (in 1988 for undergraduate teaching and in 1991 for graduate teaching). After leaving the department chairmanship, Bill went on to serve as dean of graduate studies at Rochester from 1978 to 1983 and continued to teach an overload even after becoming professor emeritus."
RESEARCH IN THE LATER YEARS
"At the time Bill became president of the American Political Science Association, his research interests were drawn to the role political institutions and political campaigns play in shaping outcomes. His seminal work, Liberalism Against Populism (1982), laid out a fresh and controversial theory of democracy. In it Bill used strategic logic to challenge the idea that democracy leads to especially good and representative public policy, suggesting instead that it had little advantage over other forms of governance on that dimension. Democracy's great advantage lay in the ease with which one could throw the rascals out. This naturally led him to inquire into what politicians do to avoid such a result. A series of papers followed exploring democracy, two-party competition, and the nature of representative government. In 1984 he focused the attention of the discipline on these issues in his article "The Heresthetics of Constitution Making." Here, coining the term "heresthetics" to refer to the manipulation of the structure of issues for political advantage, Bill undertook research that occupied the remainder of his life. He built a theory of how politicians use issues and linkages across issues for strategic advantage. This led him to inquire into how and why campaigns matter. An easily accessible first approximation of an answer was provided in his book The Art of Political Manipulation (1986). His final treatments of issue formation and the rhetoric of campaigning were the centerpieces of his last two books. The first, an edited volume entitled Agenda Formation (1993), was published only days before Riker died. The collection of essays examined how agenda control, political institutions, and political structure induce equilibria to avert chaos in public policy. In his last book, the posthumously published The Strategy of Rhetoric (1996), Riker brought together his concern for heresthetic maneuvering with his concern for political persuasion. He examined the campaign to ratify the U.S. Constitution, using innovative statistical techniques to test his new theory of political persuasion. Most rational choice scholarship takes the institutional structure in which preferences are aggregated as a given in the model. Riker, however, drew attention to the significance of the proactive role of politicians in structuring the environment in which preferences are coordinated into a collective outcome. Thus, Riker contrasted heresthetics with rhetoric. Whereas rhetoric involves persuasion, heresthetics involves strategic manipulation of the setting in which political outcomes are reached; it is in essence a strategy of rhetoric. The Strategy of Rhetoric is a monumental work. It provides an entirely new way to think about strategic uses of rhetoric and campaigning that is defining there search agendas of scholars across the various sub-specialties of political science."
THE MAN
"William Riker's intellectual accomplishments were prodigious. He served as an academic exemplar for anyone who knew him. He was a brilliant and highly productive scholar. He was a dedicated and committed teacher of undergraduates and graduate students. He was a remarkable administrator and institution builder. But above all, he was an astounding human being. We cannot end without speaking of the man beyond the scholar. We have mentioned Bill's loyalty to Rochester and his abiding affection for Lawrence. Bill remained in touch with virtually every Ph.D. student with whom he had worked. He regularly purchased stock through a former student who became a broker. He traveled the world to assist his students in building programs wherever they were. On his seventieth birthday, the political science department at Rochester threw a party and two-thirds of the students who had ever received a Ph.D. from the department came to participate in the celebration. They came at their own expense from places as far away as India, Korea, and Europe. Bill Riker inspired such devotion because he himself was so devoted. As an individual his multidimensional creativity was apparent and permeated well beyond his specialization in the social sciences. He had a photographic memory, recalling precise details from newspaper articles from his childhood or specific paragraphs in books he had read 50 years earlier. His creativity, however, extended beyond this remarkable ability. A simple example illustrates the point. Everyone is familiar with the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Bill, bored with hearing the song on his car radio (he eventually decided he didn't need a radio in his car), but never one to turn away from an analytical or interpretive puzzle, thought about the song, solved the gift-giving algorithm, and discovered that 364 gifts are given, one for each day of the year, except Christmas day, which presumably already had the gift of Christ. An easy enough problem, but only someone of distinct creativity in everything would think to question the meaning of this seemingly trivial song. Consider this second illustration, developed more fully in Riker's The Art of Political Manipulation. Bill had always regarded C. P. Snow's The Masters as one of the great political novels (ranking it second only to Robert Graves's I, Claudius). Nominally, it is a story about the campaign and election of an Oxbridge college master, a contest pitting a humanist against a scientist and thus a vehicle freighted with that very same symbolism and ideological clash found in any national campaign between Tory and Labour or Democrat and Republican. Most readers assume that Eliot, a relatively junior tutor in the college--as much observer as participant in the unfolding political drama and the disinterested narrator of the tale--is the voice of Snow himself. One of the more senior residents of the college, Chrystal (all are identified only by surnames), is the personification of the political insider and most important of all is pivotal to the outcome; he will make the next master according to how he ultimately decides. In the final scene each elector in the college rises, first announcing his own full name and then declaring for whom he supports with his vote. Chrystal rises and declares himself Charles Percy Chrystal. Or, as Riker notes, C. P. Chrystal--a small play on the author's own name, C. P. Snow. It is Chrystal, not Eliot, who is the voice of the author! Snow, whether consciously or not, fancies himself the insider, the pivot, the maker and breaker of leaders, not the mere observer and narrator. The novel is a truly exciting story of political intrigue; that in itself is sufficient unto the day for most of us interested in politics. Bill Riker went deeper than most of us with the insight that behind the drama of politics is introspection, calculation, personal ambition, even hubris. This may not be powerful literary criticism, but it is first-rate political intuition. It is the product of an uncommon mind. Bill's skills as an administrator included the great subtlety with which he managed his department. Bill often dropped into the offices of his colleagues to chat, frequently taking them for walks in parkland owned by the University of Rochester (the trustees' garden). Naturally, assistant professors were especially flattered by the attention, even more so when, as it happened with one of us (B.B.dM.), it resulted in a jointly written article. Years later, when that former assistant professor became department chair, he asked Bill what the chair does. Bill replied that the chair drops in causally on junior faculty, chats with them, takes them out occasionally, and that way knows whether they are on a good path toward tenure. The chair helps steer junior colleagues so that they do the best they can. That is, even in the most informal moments part of him was thinking about how to help others succeed. On his deathbed, Bill Riker continued his devotion to helping others. Hospitalized, knowing that his death was imminent, he asked a colleague to let a student know that he had read her paper and thought it was excellent.
Remarkably, he apologized that he was unable to give her written comments. At 10 p.m. on the night he died in a hospice, Bill, extremely weak and barely audible, reminded one of us (B.B.dM.) of advancements and honors he desired for a former student and long-time colleague at Rochester. He died a few hours later. His last three days, when he knew he would not survive the weekend, were lived with as much grace and generosity of spirit as any of us could hope for in a lifetime. Bill Riker was a once-in-a-century man."
And born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4.1.1) KATHERINE RIKER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4.1.2) WILLIAM RIKER JR
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4.1.3) MARY RIKER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.4.1.4) BEN RIKER (-1972)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.5) HELEN MARIE RIKER born December 18, 1892 St Paris OH and died June 28, 1980 Indianapolis IN; buried there Crown Hill Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.1.6) MARY JEANETTE RIKER born October 7, 1894 St Paris OH and died April 2, 1981 Indianpolis IN; buried there Crown Hill Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.2) CARRIE BELL RIKER (Photo) born October 21, 1860 St Paris OH and died there February 3, 1949; married December 9, 1885 in St. Paris, Frank B Frazier born March 24, 1857 and died November 26, 1912; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St. Paris OH; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.2.1) LUCILLE FRAZIER (Photo) born December 9, 1886 St Paris OH and died August 4, 1959 Dayton OH - unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3) MARY RIKER (Emma) (Photographs) born October 29, 1868 St. Paris OH and died February 11, 1930 Columbus OH; married October 6, 1889 in St Paris, Charles B Brown [son of Levi & Mariah (Miller) Brown] born October 8, 1864 St Paris and died there September 15, 1926; buried there Evergreen Cemetery; he worked as a blacksmith in the Walborn-Riker Co, it is said that every wheel and axle first passed through Charley Brown’s forge before it became a finished pony wagon cart; these carts sold all over the world and single-handedly put St. Paris OH on the map back in the late 1800s; he was for many years a member of the St Paris Knights of Pythias Lodge #344; spent several years in road construction; engaged in grocery business with his brother-in-law; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.1) RACHEL RUTH BROWN born August 20, 1893 St Paris OH and died August 24, 1952 Columbus OH; married June 2, 1917 in St Paris, Wilbur Henry Whiston born August 5, 1892 Sistersville WVA and died February 6, 1965 Columbus OH; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.1.1) JEAN WHISTON born March 25, 1918 and died June 10, 1918
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.1.2) RICHARD RIKER WHISTON born March 4, 1920; married Martha Maria Wolfe and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.1.3) DONALD HERDMAN WHISTON born January 24, 1924 Columbus OH and died October 9, 2000 South Bend IN; married Doris Ellen Stahl (Pat) and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.2) HERBERT FERRIS BROWN born August 23, 1897 Piqua OH and died April 19, 1969 St Paris; degree from Ohio State U; a dentist in St. Paris; a bee-keeper; active in Boy Scouts; charter member of the Lion’s Club and American Legion; was a Private First Class working in the Evacuation Hospital in France, WWI; married May 4, 1920 in St Paris, Kathleen Kite [dau of Franklin & Daisy (Cutler) Kite] born July 19, 1897 Mad River Township, Champaign Co OH and died March 22, 1988 Covington OH; both buried Evergreen Cemetery, St Paris; she was a member of the St Paris Methodist Church, the St Paris Antique Study Club, and a lifetime member of the Diamond Chapter #84, Order of the Easter Star and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.5.3.2.1) ROBERT MYRON BROWN (Bob) born March 4, 1922; married Jeanne L Carnes
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6) AARON D. RIKER (Photos) born July 19, 1830 OH and died July 25, 1914; Civil War Vet; who mustered in October 11, 1861, as a Private, in Company E, 66th Ohio Infantry Regiment for a 3y term; January 1, 1863 he was promoted to Sergeant; April 12, 1865 promoted to Lieutenant; mustered out July 15, 1865 near Louisville KY; after the war ran a successful lumber business and was postmaster of St. Paris; married 1st October 17, 1854 in Champaign Co OH, Clara Henderson who died c1867; married 2d Catherine Williams [dau of William & Mary] born February 1, 1836 Champaign Co OH and died April 11, 1885 St Paris OH [The marriages may be reversed.]; and born to Aaron and Catherine were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.1) CLARA RIKER born August 8, 1855 OH; married a Mr. Henderson (October 17, 1878 in St Paris, William Anderson born DeGraff OH) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.1.1) PAUL HENDERSON
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.2) ORA RIKER (Orie M) born May 5/7, 1860 MO and died September 11, 1904; married a Miss Magovern
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.3) ESTELLA RIKER born September 20, 1862 St. Paris OH; married a Mr. Fromme and they lived in California; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.3.1) RUDOLPH FROMME
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.3.2) NOLA FROMME
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.3.3) FRED FROMME
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.4) ELIZABETH RIKER (Lizzie) born August 5, 1867/68 St. Paris OH and died July 18, 1940; married John Snapp [son of Daniel & Julia (Burger) Snapp] born March 27, 1869 and died June 30, 1956; and they lived near St. Marys OH; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.4.1) EDGAR SNAPP married Emma Heyst and they had a child
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.4.2) HAZEL SNAPP married William Geiger and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.4.3) PAULINE SNAPP married Paul Bolick and they had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.4.6.6.5) WILLIE RIKER born February 7, 1869 and died February 25, 1869; buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Champaign Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.6.7) SOLOMON RIKER born October 14, 1832 OH and died November 7, 1907; married 1st Delinda {maiden name unk} born c1837 and died c1877 (August 17, 1851 in Champaign Co, Barbara Maggert); married 2d April 8, 1877 Sarah Belle Overton who died February 27, 1899; and born to Solomon and presumably, Sarah, were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.7.1) FRANK RIKER born St. Paris OH and lived in California; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.6.7.2) ELVIRA RIKER (twin) born St. Paris OH; married a Mr. Hussy
(3.1.1.1.4.6.7.3) UNKNOWN RIKER (twin)
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8) WILLIAM J. RIKER born October 7, 1835 Champaign Co OH and died February 16, 1873/5 Champaign Co OH (Hartford, Lyon, KS); served as a Private, Company G., 66th Infantry (OH?) for three years during the Civil War; a carpenter by trade; married Susanna Custenborder and in 1870, they moved to Kansas where he took up a government claim near Hartford, Coffee Co KS; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.1) NELSON P. RIKER was a resident of Elevation, Shawnee Co KS; a farmer; married
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.2) AMY V. RIKER married L. K. Apple and lived in Hartford, Lyon Co KS
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.3) CHARLES RIKER (Charles A or Charles H) born 1866 Logan Co OH; connected with Riker and Ferris Families, early settlers of Ohio near Cincinnati; 1879 he returned to Ohio, from Kansas, and lived with relatives for 3y; got his education and then returned to Kansas; 1889 moved to Shawnee Co KS; 1902 purchased the Old Antrim Homestead 4 miles west of Elmont; 1906 came to Topeka and bought 10 acres; married 1888 Effie D. ‘Delle’ Long [dau of Dr. Long of Coffee Co KS]; both Charles and Delle died in Topeka
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.4) ANN BELL RIKER died at an early age
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.5) RACHEL RIKER
(3.1.1.1.4.6.8.6) MAUD RIKER died in infancy
(3.1.1.1.4.7) SOLOMON FERRIS (AFN: 14F8-9S8) born March 16, 1796 Blue Ash, Hamilton, OH and died December 18, 1867, 71y, 9m, 2d; married July 9, 1818 in Hamilton Co, Mary Stites (5.3.4.1.3). Solomon is described as one of the earliest and most successful settlers of Hamilton Co OH; both buried at the Sycamore Township Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH [photograph of cemetery]; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.1) DEBORAH FERRIS (1819-1881) married January 7, 1841 John L. Hosbrook [son of Daniel & Eunice (Bates) - Daniel was Hamilton Co OH Surveyor and member of State Legislature] born November 15, 1817 Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH (5th born of 10); a brother of Lydia, Enoch’s wife above; early learned the principles of hard labor, at the same time receiving a liberal education at the common schools; afterwards improving himself by reading and teaching; age of 18 he began life as a carpenter, and remained at that occupation for about one year; then became a surveyor, and at the same time superintending his farm and taking contracts for building; elected Hamiliton Co Surveyor 1842 and held that office for 6 years and he was also county engineer for several terms; for many years connected officially with the School Board, and has always been actively interested in educational matters; a Democrat; a prominent member of the Methodist Church, having united with it when quite young; manner was quick and resolute; in private life, he was pleasant and affable, winning many friends; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.1.1) DANEIL S. HOSBROOK born 1844 near Madeira OH; studied at College Hill; married 1867 Viola M. Karr [dau of Harvey]; he served in the capacity of Hamilton Co surveyor and county engineer 1873-1879; employed as an engineer by the St. Bernard & Reading Corp
(3.1.1.1.4.7.1.2) J. ASAPH HOSBROOK born 1850 near Madeira OH; educated at Delaware OH; married 1871 Alice A. Fowler [dau of Leonard]; moved 1872 to Indianapolis, where he served as assistant county engineer for several years; 1878 he returned to Medeira, to accept a position as a special engineer for the county; also was the engineer for the village of Madisonville and was a member of Medeira board of education
(3.1.1.1.4.7.1.3) MARY HOSBROOK was an artist; won a medal at the Cincinnati School of Design; also the organist for the Methodist Episopal Church at Madeira
(3.1.1.1.4.7.2) ELIZABETH FERRIS died March 1, 1822 age 1y 1m and 13d; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.7.3) HEZEKIAH FERRIS (1822-1892) married Martha Black
(3.1.1.1.4.7.4) ISAIAH FERRIS (1825-1872) married Harriet Logan
(3.1.1.1.4.7.5) JOHN FERRIS (1827-1905) married Elizabeth Gregory
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6) BENJAMIN FERRIS (1829-1898) married Mary Esther Jones [dau of Jonathan C & Nancy (Cochran) Jones] born c1834 Sycamore Township, Hamilton Co OH; 1860 census finds them in Ford Co IL; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6.1) ALBANUS LEMUEL FERRIS born June 4, 1857 IL and died December 27, 1932 Paxton, Ford, IL; married 1st Kate Evans and 2d Flora Viola Fatout
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6.2) SKILMAN ALGER DOUGLAS FERRIS married Nellie Davies and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6.2.1) RICHARD FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6.2.2) LORENA FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.7.6.3) ALLEN FERRIS born Sept 1859 IL
(3.1.1.1.4.7.7) RACHEL FERRIS (1831-1915) married Skilman Alger; she is buried at the Sycamore Township Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.7.1) MARY SOPHIA ALGER born June 6, 1867; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.7.7.2) CHARLES ALGER born January 4, 1869; married Eva Conklin
(3.1.1.1.4.7.8) JOHN WILLIAM FERRIS born 1834; married Sarah Gregory [related to Elizabeth?]
(3.1.1.1.4.7.9) ANDREW JACKSON FERRIS born 1838 Hamilton County OH; 6' 1" tall with a florid complexion, black eyes and hair; a farmer; enlisted [for which he received a bounty of $25.], at age 24y, Cincinnati, September 4, 1862 and served with Company A., 4th Ohio Volunteer Calvary Regiment, Civil War; promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1862 and joined his company, October 23d at Lebanon KY, in the field; promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, January 1, 1863; killed-in-action near Lovejoy Station GA, August 20, 1864
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10) SOLOMON FERRIS, JR., born July 14, 1843 and died November 21, 1919; married September 1, 1864 Sarah Jane Karr born October 12, 1841 and died May 28, 1918; both buried at Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH (headstone photos). Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1) ANDREW JACKSON FERRIS born August 16, 1865 and died 1936; married twice; 1st lady’s name unk [probably Essie born February 26, 1866 and died August 19, 1893; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH]; 2d marriage in 1896 Nettie Blair born June 12, 1865 and died 1940 [dau of William and Clarissa (Addison) Blair]; and born to Andrew and his first wife were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.1) JAMES S. FERRIS [possibly - (1889-1920)] [photograph of tombstone]
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.2) ESTEL FERRIS
Born to Andrew and Nettie were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.3) EDYTHE FERRIS born January 1898; married Walter Blaney - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.4) CLARISSA FERRIS born October 29, 1899; married Earl Holwadel and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.4.1) DOUGLAS HOLWADEL (1931-) married Eleanor Sampson
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.4.2) KENT HOLWADEL (1932-) married Marlene Meyer
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.4.3) JANE HOLWADEL (1938-) married Richard Heiser
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.5) WILLIAM FERRIS born September 17, 1904; married lady’s name unk but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.5.1) THOMAS FERRIS (twin)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.1.5.2) RICHARD FERRIS (twin)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.2) BENJAMIN RIKER FERRIS (1867-1936) married Alice Miller
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.3) MARTHA FERRIS (1868-1875) buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4) WARREN K. FERRIS (1869-1939) married Margaret Strohmenger; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.1) EARAL FERRIS died in his 20's
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.2) MILES FERRIS married Edith Parrot
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.3) EDNA FERRIS (1897-1987) married Howard Gardner
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.4) LILLIAN FERRIS born 1899; married 1924 Allen Smethurst
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.5) HAROLD FERRIS “Bud” (1902-) married Alice Gunderson
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.6) MARGUERITE FERRIS (twin) (1903-) married 1st Ernest Davis and 2d Mr. Stover
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.7) MARJORIE FERRIS (twin) (1903-) married Howard Van Pelt
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.8) MARY LOUISE FERRIS died 1987; married Monroe Lumley
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.4.9) EVELYN SMITH FERRIS died 1988
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.5) PERRY S. FERRIS (1871-1932) died California; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.6) FRANK FENTON FERRIS, M.D. born December 22, 1872 Blue Ash OH and died 1972; WWI Vet served overseas August 22, 1918 to July 19, 1919 (Photo)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.7) STANLEY FERRIS born August 2, 1874 and died August 13, 1874; buried Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8) WILLIAM BEAN FERRIS born December 7, 1875 and died 1969; married February 21, 1901 Bertha Moran born February 9, 1884; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.1) WILBERT MORAN FERRIS (1903-1973)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.2) DOROTHY LEE FERRIS, M.D., born 1905; a former member of the Blue Ash Presbyterian Church, served for 35y (1936-71) as a medical missionary to Frances Newton Hospital in Firozpur, India; when she arrived there were 50 beds and 20 nurses; when she left she had expanded the hospital to include 300 beds, 17 doctors and 160 students in the well-established School of Nursing.
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.3) FRANK FENTON FERRIS II born 1907; a lawyer and the first Mayor of Blue Ash OH - “His vision and dedication to community planning helped make Blue Ash one of Hamilton County’s premier communities; served as mayor from 1955-57 and then from 1960-65. He also served on the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission from 1956-86”. The Frank F. Ferris Award is presented annually by the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission to a public or private business, group, municipality or township in Hamilton County for a project that demonstrates planning excellence and civic, economic, aesthetic or environmental significance. He married Caroline Elizabeth Taylor (1908-1993). Caroline attended the Cincinnati Art Academy and the Conservatory of Music; she was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, 1929. She was a board member of the Blue Ash Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony women’s committee, Blue Ash Historical Society and the Cystic Fibrosis Society; an elder and choir member at Blue Ash Presbyterian Church; and a member of the YMCA Board. She was honored, in 1988, during Cincinnati’s Bicentennial celebration for her volunteer work. At age 58, she obtained her pilot’s licence and became a member of the International 99. Born to them were (birth order unknown):
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.3.1) CAROLINE FERRIS married a Mr. Michaels - resided Sharonville 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.3.2) ANN FERRIS married a Mr. Staley - resided Atlanta GA 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.3.3) JANE FERRIS married a Mr. Weislogel -resided Worthington OH 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.3.4) FRANK FENTON FERRIS III resided Maineville 1993
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.4) LADELL HUMBERT FERRIS (1909-1989) married Ruth Clark
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.5) CHARLOTTE GORMAN FERRIS (1911-)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.6) VERNON STITES FERRIS (1913-1936)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.7) HOLTON KARR FERRIS (1914-) married Mary Grace Price
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.8) PHILIP MARTIN FERRIS born July 21, 1916; married Bea Meacham
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.9) PAUL CECIL FERRIS (1918-) married Rose Marie Roberts; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.9.1) WILLIAM DOUGLAS FERRIS born July 13, 1964 Georgetown OH; graduated from Georgetown High School 1982 with highest honors in Vo-Ag; an over-the-road trucker 1986-96; 1996 accepted a management position with Miller Transfer and Rigging Co, Cincinnati; 1999 became Cincinnati Machinery Terminal Manager, Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Co; raises, trains, and sells coonhounds; also operates Poorboys’ Tractor Services; married 1st 1985 Tammy Kay Mormom; married 2d April 1994 Anniebelle Sipes Maness, of Dyes AR; married 3d June 2000 Dorothy May Fithen Lange, of Georgetown OH; Doug has provided this updated info – thanks Doug!; and born to Doug and Tammy was:
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.9.1.1) NICHOLE RENEE FERRIS born February 20, 1987; graduated Lebanon High School, Lebanon OH 2005; attending Tusculm College, Greenville TN on a soccer scholarship
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.9.2) STEVE PAUL FERRIS
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.10) LOIS ANN FERRIS (1920-) married Frank Rose
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.8.11) JOHN PERKINS FERRIS (1928-) married Patricia Morris
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.9) MARY A. FERRIS (1877-1968)
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.10) THOMAS C. FERRIS (1879-1956) moved to Montana
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.11) BEULAH J. FERRIS (1881-1958) married Frank Armstrong of Madeira
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.12) LOUISA C. FERRIS (1883-1926) married John Schneider, a farmer
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.13) ERNEST FERRIS (1887-1964) moved to Lebanon OH
(3.1.1.1.4.7.10.14) INFANT CHILD based on stone at Sycamore Township Memorial Cemetery, Hamilton Co OH (tombstone photo)
(3.1.1.1.5) ENOCH FERRIS (Rev.) born May 10, 1762 Poundridge, Dutchess, NY and died October 6, 1830. When Enoch was two years old, his family moved back to Stanwich CT and later to Canaan, which was then Albany County but is now Columbia County NY. While in Canaan, Enoch joined the Baptist Church in the adjoining town of New Lebanon, and there he was married and his first two children were born. Between 1784-87, the family moved back to Dutchess County, to the town of Southeast, which was then included in Frederickstown. Here in 1787, Enoch was ordained as a Baptist minister. He preached at Salem and Phillipstown in Westchester Co until he was called to Nassau, Rensselaer County. He was sent in 1816, by the Baptist’s Missionary Society, to Oswego Co. NY and while living in Mexico and Richland he ministered a large part of the county. As the pioneers whom he served as pastor were very poor and the stipend paid by the Society very small for such a large circuit, he labored in great poverty much of the time. The First Baptist Church of Palermo in Oswego County NY was organized in 1817 with Elder Enoch Ferris as the pastor. He became the first pastor the Baptist Church of South Richland October 11, 1817 and officiated in that capacity during a number of years. In 1828, he was the pastor of the First Baptist Church at Richland, Oswego County NY. In 1826, Enoch inherited $1500.00 from his uncle, the Rev. Ebenezer Ferris, however, Enoch chose to continue his missionary labors in spite of increasing infirmities, making his last trip into the southern part of the county in August and preaching his last sermon about three weeks before his death in October. The little real estate he owned, he transferred to his sons Ebezener and Enoch M., shortly before his death. He married, November 2/9, 1780, Rebecca Reynolds born April 6, 1765 and died December 11, 1841.
REV. ENOCH FERRIS, BAPTIST MISSIONARY TO OSWEGO COUNTY
By g-g-g-granddaughter Esther Rancier
The first official record of the Jeffery Ferris family has been found in the Colonial Records at Boston, MA 6 May 1635. By 1642 Jeffery and his wife Mary had a son James Ferris born 1642/43 in Stamford, CT. The Ferris family was one of the founders of Stamford.
Jeffery’s son Joseph, born 20 September 1635, became a founding settler of Greenwich, CT. He married Ruth Knapp, daughter of Nicholas and Elinor Knapp. Joseph’s oldest son was John born ca. 1658 in Greenwich. John married Abigail Hoyt/Haight 13 December 1695 in Norwalk, CT. John’s oldest son was another John, born 25 April 1696 at Greenwich. This John married Sarah Mead. Their oldest son was yet another John, born 7 November 1723 at Greenwich.
This 6th generation John Ferris married Hannah Mead, daughter of Elisha Mead. John and his wife were two of the earliest converts to the Baptist Church of Greenwich. The earlier family members worshipped at the Second Congregational Church at Greenwich where the family records still exist.
John6 moved from Greenwich into New York State first to Albany County which at that time encompassed a huge area. John probably lived for a time somewhere in what is now Rensselaer County. By 1762 John and Hannah were living in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., NY. Enoch, the youngest child, born there 10 May 1762.
About 1764 they returned to Stanwich Parish, Greenwich. By 1777 they returned to the Hudson River Valley at Canaan, NY which at that time was part of Albany County. Now Canaan is in Columbia County. Just down the Flat Brook Road in Canaan was New Lebanon, NY where Enoch joined the church. On 9 November 1780 he married Rebecca Reynolds there.
Rebecca was probably the daughter of Moses Reynolds who was on the Tax List of Canaan in 1779 living a couple of houses away from John Ferris and John Ferris, Jr. Moses, like the Ferrises, came from Stanwich Parish in Greenwich. He was baptized into the Baptist faith in 1770. By 6 November 1773 the Baptists had organized their church which included Moses Reynolds, Rebecca Reynolds, John Ferris and Hannah Ferris. It is believed that this same Moses lived in 1790 at Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY.
Between 1784 and 1787 Enoch and Rebecca removed to Dutchess Co. at Southeast which at that time was part of Fredericksontown. In 1787 Enoch was ordained a Baptist minister. He preached at Salem and Phillipstown in Westchester Co. until he was called to Nassau, Rensselear Co. before 1800. In 1800 he was listed as living at Stephentown, several doors away from Moses Reynolds.
Very little is known about the events of Enoch’s life while he was in Rensselaer Co., but some documents remain. On 18 August 1801 Enoch and Cabot Brown each leased part of the farm of James McWade and Jacob Crandall at Stephentown. Enoch was named executor of Marcus Dimond’s will which was written 4 May 1803 at Stephentown. Nicolas Husted had Enoch witness his will written 29 August 1814 at Nassau.
In 1816 Ferris was sent by the Baptist Missionary Society to Oswego Co., NY. He lived both in Mexico and Richland. He was a supply pastor at various new Baptist churches which were being established as the population grew. So tiny were the first congregations that they didn’t always hold services every Sunday. Enoch would alternate where he gave his sermons. Sometimes he shared the pulpit with another pastor. Church buildings were not yet erected, so many preachings took place in private homes. The worshippers probably preferred the homes as they were likely to be heated. It was not the custom to warm a formal church. Colonial Christians believed that one could not have fire in a house of worship. Oswego County had long, hard, cold winters because of the wind whipped snow off Lake Ontario. At some point stoves were installed in churches, but this occurred long after Enoch’s day.
On 7 October 1817 the Baptist Church of South Richland was organized. Enoch Ferris became the first pastor on 11 October 1817. He stayed a number of years, until about 1828. All these services took place in private homes.
In the same fall of 1817 Enoch and others ministered to a small band as the Baptist Church of Fulton. But the group failed to grow so the church became the First Baptist Church of Palermo since most of the congregants lived there. Again these sermons were in intimate settings of private residences.
After 1821 Enoch became the second pastor of the Colosse Baptist Church. In 1828 he was pastor at the First Baptist Church at Richland. He was one of the delegates who helped to found this church on 17 May 1828 in a meeting held at the courthouse in Pulaski, NY.
Very little is known of his theology beyond his beliefs in standard Baptist dogma which differ most markedly from other Protestant religious groups in their views on baptism. Baptists never baptize infants. In order to receive the sacrament of baptism, a person must voluntarily choose this rite. Normally only persons over 14 are baptized.
Enoch did also believe in temperance which today is strongly practiced by Baptists. In Enoch’s time temperance was not widely practiced. Early Americans consumed vast amounts of beer. Even children drank some. Public drunkenness was common. Churches rarely spoke from the pulpit on the subject so widely was drunken behavior accepted.
On 20 June 1829 110 members of Enoch’s flock, “Voted unanimously that this church do hereby resolved that each and every member refrain from the use of ardent spirits in any case except as medicine.”
Historian Crisfield Johnson called the Reverend “of unimpeachable character.” John Churchill, another Oswego County writer, noted, “Rev. Enoch Ferris, an old fashioned preacher of Richland.”
Because of the Rev. Enoch’s many years as pastor of the Baptist church at South Richland, he was well known to the Holmes family who pioneered the area. In the long memoir about this family published 1900-1902 by Rev. Jesse H. Jones there are these comments: “The church was founded in 1817 with five members, but the names can not be learned. Probably John Holmes was one. The church was gathered by the labors of Elder Enoch Ferris, then a missionary in the county. Elder Jesseniah Holmes joined that same year. Elder Ferris joined in 1819, and together they supplied the church.”
wrote, “I became a resident of South Richland in 1824 when I united with that church by letter from Whitesboro. The church was small, consisting mostly of elderly people. I think I was the youngest member. Rev. Enoch Ferris, the father of my husband, E. M. Ferris, was the pastor. I never heard of them having a previous pastor. As he was a former missionary for that county, it seems natural to suppose that he was the one who assisted in forming the church….
“I can mention some of the early members, but can not tell whether they were the first, though I think they were. They were Rev. Enoch Ferris, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth; Deacon Bangs, Deacon Bump and their wives; John Homes, clerk; Mrs. (Roxy) Dewey and Mrs. Hiel Richards later.”
Being a pastor kept Rev. Enoch in poverty. His only land record in Oswego Co. happened in 1819. Enoch and his son, Silvester took a mortgage of $245 on the west half of small lot 3 in Parish. On 8 November 1820 Enoch and Silvester paid $264.67 principal plus interest to the holder of the mortgage, Simon Adams. The men failed to register this payment,
a common event. Silvester was requested by the court to do so on 18 July 1836 to clear title on the land for Joseph Bloomfield.
In 1825/26 a relative, Rev. Ebenezer Ferris died. He left his nephew Enoch $1500 which was sufficient to cover his needs until he died.
As Enoch became increasingly infirm he chose to continue preaching in the southern part of the state. In August 1830 he left Oswego Co. His last sermon was three weeks before his death on 6 October 1830. Author Harriet Scofield believed he owned land in Orange Co., NY which went to sons Ebenezer and Enoch M. before his death. Enoch and Rebecca were buried in the Willis Cemetery at Richland.
Enoch and Rebecca’s children were:
1. Marilda b. 26 July 1781; m. (1) 9 November 1797 James E. Lockwood who d. 1812; (2) Stephen Congdon who d. ca.1829; d. 12 December 1859.
2. Silvester/Sylvester b. 18 November 1784 Canaan, NY; m. 5 September 1807 Rhoda King who d. 1 August 1857; d. 10 August 1869 in Versailes, IN.
3. Samantha b. 16 March 1788 Southeast, NY; m. 16 September 1808 Alanson Ingham; d. 1 June 1844 in Mexico.
4. Elizabeth Wilcox/West b. 5 October 1792; d. 2 August 1864. Unmar.
5. Ebenezer b. 1 December 1794; m. Susan Gardner; d. 26 November 1849 in Mexico. He was buried at Willis Cemetery, Richland.
6. Rebecca b. 20 June 1799; m. 13 November 1828 at Greenwich, CT. Job Kelsey Belding; d. 3 April 1875 in Mexico. Both are buried in Willis Cemetery, Richland.
7. Enoch Mead b. 16 May 1801; m. (1) 19 May 1833 Mary Ann Nye
who d. 25 April 1838; (2) 5 September 1839 Catherine Burgett who d. 17 April 1840; (3) 24 January 1842 Elizabeth Douglass; d. 4 October 1882.
8. Nancy Melvina b. 21 May 1806; m. 1822 in Richland Joel Wilson Nye 1802-1870; d. 7 May 1885.
According to the probate file of Ebenezer Ferris dated 2 February
1850 his heirs were Susan Ferris, widow; brother Enoch M. Ferris; sister Elizabeth Ferris of Richland; sister Rebecca Belding, wife of Job K. Belding of Richland; sister Marilda Congdon of Scriba, NY; sister Nancy M. Nye, wife of Joel Wilson Nye of Stockbridge, Madison Co., NY; brother Silvester Ferris of Delaware Township, Riley Co., IN; the children of sister Samantha Ingham, deceased, viz. Ruth Sibley, wife of Comfort Sibley of Palermo, NY and Samuel Ingham of Oswego. Ebenezer’s wife and brother Enoch M. were executors.
Marilda and James Lockwood, son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Smith) Lockwood had at least 5 children: Ambrose K., Marilla, Daniel H., Sylvan F., Alanson I., and possibly Sylvester(?). They lived in Scriba, NY. Stephen Congdon, Marilda’s second husband died before 20 Ooctober 1829 as an application for Letters of Administration was filed then with the Oswego Co. Surrogate Court. In the 1850 census Marilda lived with Sylvester Lockwood, his wife Angeline and five children.
Rev. Silvester Ferris and Rhoda King had 7 children. Rhoda died 1 August 1857. Daughters Samantha Ferris married GeorgeWood; Laura Betsey Ferris married Benjamin King; Lydia Louise Ferris married Asa Cook; Susannah Rebecca Ferris married Lyman F. Smith; Diantha McIvina Ferris married David Ellis; and Jane Melicent Ferris married William L.H. Given. Son Edwin Palmer Ferris wed Sibyl Foster Stevens.
Samantha and Alanson Ingham had two children: Ruth and Samuel. Alanson was the son of Joseph and Mehitabel (Brown) Ingham of Durham, CT. Ruth born 1809. She married Comfort Sibley, son of Abner, but by 1850 he was deceased. They lived in Palermo, NY. According to the 1850 census their children were Charlotte 21; Elvira 18; Lucretia 17; Charles 15; Samuel 13; James 10; and Jane 6. Also in the household was Abner 77. These Sibley youths were some of the grandchildren of Rev. Enoch.
Rebecca Ferris and Job K. Belding resided in Richland. They had four children but only two had heirs. Martha A. Belding married Hiram Norton and resided in Albion, NY. Elvira Van Dressen Belding married Charles Henry Davis and lived in Mexico, NY.
Joel Wilson Nye, born 29 January 1802 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, son of Bonum Nye and Anna Recard of Plymouth, MA, married in 1834 Nancy Melvina Ferris in Oswego Co. They had two children: Sophia Payne Nye and Enoch Randolph Nye. Enoch R. born 17 May 1834 in Mexico. Sophia born 1836/37 in Attica, Wyoming Co., NY.
Although persons named Ferris remained in Oswego County, they were not descendants of Rev. Enoch. The last one bearing the family name was Enoch Mead Ferris. A house painter, he was financially more secure than his father. Nonetheless he took a mortgage on 9 February 1844 from Charles S. Webb on lot #122 in Richland. Enoch M. agreed to pay Webb $180 plus interest annually. This mortgage was cancelled 27 December 1844.
By his first wife, Mary Ann Nye he had a son, Enoch born 4 April 1838. This child died after 1850 for no more is recorded about him.
By 1850 Enoch M. lived in Mexico with his wife, Elizabeth, worshipping at the First Baptist Church of Mexico. Enoch M. often held church meetings in his home. He was a great friend of the Charles Herring Davis, Samuel C. J. Greene, Mrs. Abby Morton, Hiram Norton and their families. His great niece, May (Davis) Greene often wrote about him and his wife in her diary.
On September 2, 1882 his great niece put in her diary, “Pa [Charles H. Davis] called at Uncle Enoch’s this morning. Thinks he is pretty badly off. Will not live very long at the most.”
Through September the diary recorded various family members going to assist Uncle Enoch and Aunt Eliza. Enoch M. died 4 October 1882 in Mexico.
His niece recorded, “Uncle Enoch died Wednesday night about 10 o’clock. The funeral is today [October 6] at 2…. Papa Greene [Samuel C.J.] came over after us. Uncle H’s [Hiram Norton] people were all there, but Cora, Alice, Charlie & Clarence [Norton children]. Nora [Davis] did not go over to the burying ground. Pa [Charles H. Davis] carried Virgil Douglass and his daughter. Aunt Eliza [Ferris], Mother Greene [Lucena (Smith) Greene], Lula [Davis] rode with Lyme [Lyman Beecher Smith] and came back with Dear Theodore [Greene].” [The reference to the burying ground likely meant the Mexico Village Cemetery.]
Elizabeth, his third wife, lived to 24 September 1902 into her 100th year. She was much beloved, the oldest member of the church when she died which seemed to mark a fitting end for Rev. Enoch’s personal mission in life.
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Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.1) MARILDA FERRIS born July 26, 1781 Canaan, Albany, NY and died December 11/12, 1850/54/59; married 1st November 9, 1797 at Lebanon NY, Captain James K. Lockwood (4.5.3.1.7) who died 1812; married 2d James Congdon and they resided at Scriba NY; see Mr. Lockwood for their offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.2) SILVESTER FERRIS (Rev.) (Sylvester) born November 18, 1784 Canaan, Columbia, NY and died August 10, 1869 Versailles, IN; ordained 1844 Baptist minister; wrote several letters, which provided background information for Ms. Scofield’s research on this branch of the Ferris family; married September 5, 1807 Rhoda King born 1789 NY and died August 1, 1857 [dau of Herman and Susanna King]. The family moved to Chillocothe OH 1835 and the following year, they moved to Hogan Hill, Dearborn Co IN and resided there until 1846 when they moved to Delaware Township, Ripley Co and located about 7 miles from the county seat; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.1) SAMANTHA FERRIS married George Wood
(3.1.1.1.5.2.2) LAURA BETSEY FERRIS married Benjamin Harvey (Benjamin King)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3) LYDIA LOUISE FERRIS born c1812 NY; married February 17, 1839 in Dearborn Co IN, Asa C Cook [son of Hezekiah & Sarah (Whitney) Cook] born c1809 ME; shoemaker 1850; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.1) THOMAS SUMNER COOK born c1840 OH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.2) JOHN COOK born c1841 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.3) JANE COOK born c1843 IN – wonder if she died young
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.4) SARAH JANE COOK born September 25, 1843 Dearborn Co IN and died September 23, 1916 LaHarpe, Allen, KS
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.5) SYLVESTER COOK born c1846 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.6) SANFORD COOK born c1854 IL
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.7) MELVINA L COOK born c1857 IL; married January 13, 1877 in LaSalle Co IL, John William Neer born c1852 MD; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.3.7.1) DAISY NEER born c1879 NE
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4) SUSANNAH REBECCA FERRIS born 1815 NY and died September 18, 1869 IL; married as his 2d wife, July 1, 1847 in Dearborn Co, Indiana, Lyman T. Smith born January 11, 1801 Vermont and died September 18, 1869 Illinois; buried at the Old Stonington Cemetery, Stonington in Christian Co IL; Mr. Smith’s first wife was Sarah Hinds and they had 7 children born in Indiana; his 3d wife was Lucinda Hume whom he married July 14, 1859; Lyman owned several parcels of land in Dearborn Co IN; about 1830 he erected and operated a sawmill on North Hogan Creek in Manchester Township. He and Susannah were early members of the Old School Baptist society, which was organized about 1848 in Manchester Township. Lymon was one of the early masters of the first schoolhouse in the area; and born to Susannah and Lyman were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.1) HAMIT A. SMITH (1849-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2) HARVEY DOUGLAS SMITH born July 26, 1851 Dearborn Co IN and died October 14, 1920 of heart trouble at Madison, Greenwood, KS; buried there at the Blakely Cemetery; a farmer; married November 30, 1873 at Taylorville, Christian Co, IL Josephine Huffman born October 10, 1850 Wheeling WVA and died October 8, 1929 at the home of her daughter in Madison KS; buried with her husband; 1870 both Harvey and Josephine lived near Stonington IL; Harvey lived with James Schyler, a farmer and helped him on the farm; Josephine lived on a farm with the Peabodys, as a servant. They lived in Illinois until their children were in their early teens; then they moved to Edgerton KS, near Kansas City in the spring of 1881. Harvey worked in Kansas City; they moved to Matfield Green KS and later to a farm east of Madison KS. In 1895, Harvey was a farmer with a farm valued at $2,000; had 240 acres all under fence; farmed 80 acres while the other 160 acres was in pasture. Harvey was called ‘Mad Dog Smith’ because a dog had bitten part of his ear off. Josephine’s life was one of great endeavor and physical exertion. For years she, her husband and children lived on a piece of school land, 18 miles northwest of Madison in Chase County. This land was raw prairie and not the best for agricultural purposes, but it was a homestead, a cover from the torrid heat of mid-summer and a protection from the bleak, raw, wind-swept prairie of winter. She had all the attributes of her German ancestry, God-fearing, carrying the highest regard for honor and womanly virtue. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1) ASA WILLIAM SMITH born January 6, 1875 Taylorville IL and died October 30, 1946 at his home in Wichita KS; buried at Matfield Green Cemetery, Matfield Green, Chase KS; married 1st Louise {maiden name unk} who presumably died prior to 1910, as in 1910, he married 2d Clara Belle Drury (Barrett)(Dilley) born November 17, 1872 Louisville KY and died 1963. She moved to the Matfield Green Community in 1889 and married, Dr. A. E. Barrett in 1896, who died in 1902; she married, second, Charles Dilley in 1906. Clara always had a longing to write poetry; she wrote for a trade paper for three years; wrote skits for weddings, births, flower gardens and various activities. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.1) HERBERT I. SMITH (1911-) was a car repair man; married Crystal Swift born in 1917 and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.1.1) ROBERT SMITH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.1.2) VERNON SMITH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.1.3) DARREL H. SMITH (1946-1991) born to Darrel and his unk wife was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.1.3.1) VANCE NOLT SMITH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.1.2) CECIL E. SMITH (1915-) was a U. S. Army Vet; played the guitar at the Douglas Avenue Assembly of God in Wichita; married Junita Nelson and they had two daughters
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2) IDA MAE SMITH born September 28, 1876 Stonington, Christian, IL and died May 30, 1961 Emporia, Lyon, KS; buried at Blakely Cemetery, Madison KS; a Jehovah Witness and would go door-to-door selling books and records; married 1st February 6, 1896 at Madison KS, Rufus H. Ronk born in 1871 and died June 10, 1921 at the state hospital, Norman OK; married 2d Theodore ‘Dee’ Grooms (1866-1949). After Rufus and Ida were married, they lived northeast of Madison KS in a community called Lena Valley; in 1897 they moved to a farm three miles west of Cushing, Payne County OK where Rufus grew cotton on the farm; the oil boom came in the late 1900-1910 era and replaced the cotton fields. In 1908, Rufus moved his family back to Madison KS. He was committed to the Central State Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman OK, September 6, 1913 as insane and discharged October 29, 1914. Rufus was re-committed to the hospital in Norman, October 19, 1917 and was a patient there until his death. Born to Ida and Rufus were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.1) JOSEPH RONK (1896-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2) BERNICE ALOICE RONK (Photographs) born November 16, 1897 Shell Rock Township, Greenwood Co, Madison KS and died June 4, 1965; married March 24, 1915 at McPherson KS Virgil Robert Armstrong born March 8, 1899 five miles east of Matfield Green KS and died 1986; shortly after their wedding, they moved to a farm near Sioux City IA where they farmed for several years. By May 1919 they were living in Pisgah IA where they lived until 1925, when they next moved to the Madison area, where Virgil worked and lived in various leases. Virgil started working, part-time, as a roust-a-bout, and then in 1932 was hired by the Phillips Petroleum Company in the engineering department, from which he retired in 1957. Virgil had only completed the 4th grade, so the daily reports he had to make every morning were beyond him, even though he was a smart person; so he provided the numbers to Bernice who completed the daily reports for him. It was custom for everyone to gather at the Armstrong house for Sunday dinner. In 1942, Bernice and Virgil bought a farm near Lebo KS for their retirement years. It had an old house built in the 1800s and they spent many weekends remodeling the house. After Bernice’s death, Virgil couldn’t live on the farm they had shared for so many years, so he sold it and bought another five miles west of Emporia KS, where he lived for the rest of his life, except for the last 6-7 months he was in the nursing home. Virgil married Ruth Wiggins (Cannon) who had attended school with Bernice and had been friends with them for years. Born to Bernice and Virgil were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.1) LAWRENCE RUFUS ARMSTRONG born December 21, 1915 Madison KS and died February 22, 1984 Center Hill FL; buried at Cheyenne WY; married 1st March 6, 1936 at Madison KS, Fern Finicle; married 2d November 5, 1947 Marie Antoinette ‘Anette’ Caron (Flood) born June 8, 1911 and died in Arizona; lived on a farm in Wellington CO; after he retired as a bus driver for the Greyhound Bus Company, they bought a place in Florida; they would spend the summers in Colorado and the winters in Florida
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.2) OPAL ROSETTA ARMSTRONG born June 29, 1917 Wichita KS and died August 13, 1985 Cornelia GA; buried at the Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia, Sedgwick, KS; married 1st February 14, 1936 at Emporia KS, Ross Robinson born September 28, 1914 Hartford KS; married 2d December 1958 Paul Bailey; Paul worked for the FAA; they lived in Goodland KS, Lincoln NE and Des Moines, IA where Paul retired; Paul died July 5, 1983 Des Moines; buried with Opal. After Paul’s death, Opal moved to Cornelia to be near her son
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.3) VIRGIE BERENICE ARMSTRONG born July 14, 1919 Pisgah, Harrison, IA and died January 30, 1921; buried at the Little Sioux Cemetery, Little Sioux IA
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4) DORIS BLANCE ARMSTRONG born March 12, 1921 Pisgah IA; by the time Doris was in the third grade, her family had moved to Madison KS; married 1st March 29, 1939 at Emporia KS, Curtis St. Clair Abbey born July 24, 1912 Stone County MO and died 1992; they lived with his parents until they bought a farm near Lebo KS in 1939; around 1945, they moved to an 80 acre hilly farm north of Birkett KS; in 1947, Curtis bought a farm two and a half miles west of Burlington KS, which was good bottom land for farming. Doris divorced Curtis in 1958 and she lived in Emporia until she married, in 1959, Ivan Thompson; after this marriage, they lived in Lebo and Doria attended beauty school in Topeka. After she completed the school, she opened a beauty salon in Waverly KS. On January 1, 1964, Ivan was killed in an auto accident and Doris had her ankles crushed; she was unable to work for over a year, so she sold her salon. She married Willis Baker and they lived in Emporia, Olpe and Hartford. Doris moved to Wichita, 1974. Born to Doris and Curtis was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4.1) BRENDA KATHLEEN ABBEY (Photograph) born June 1, 1940 Lebo, Keywest Township, Coffey Co KS; married July 10, 1959 in Emporia KS, Thomas Ray Robertson born August 25, 1940 Oxford, Sumner, KS (they presently reside in Wichita, Kansas); Tom is employed with Raytheon Aircraft; Brenda is an antique dealer and is involved in e-bay auction on the Internet. [Brenda is the source of much of this information on Susannah Ferris/Lyman Smith - Thanks, Brenda.] Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4.1.1) VICKY LYNN ROBERTSON (Photograph) born August 29, 1966, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS; married 1st August 24, 1985 at Wichita KS, Michael Shawn Cobal - divorced 1986; married 2d June 20, 1998 in Excelsior Springs MO, Steven Eugene Creason born October 16, 1956 Excelsior Springs; and born to Vicky and Michael was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4.1.1.1) CARISSA ROSE COBAL born January 26, 1986 Wichita, Sedgwick, KS and died there March 2, 1986
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4.1.2) MICHAEL RAY ROBERTSON (Photograph) born July 26, 1968 Wichita, Sedgwick, KS; married 1st September 8, 1995 in Aloran, Phillipines, Emilyn Serino Perocho born March 22, 1973 Banisilon, Phillipines - divorced 1997; married 2d February 14, 1998 in Wichita KS, Doris Alicia Guevara born January 8, 1974 Honduras - divorced 1999
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.4.1.3) LISA KATHLEEN ROBERTSON (Photograph) born June 26, 1972 Wichita, Sedgwick, KS; married February 20, 1993 at Wichita, Ernest Charles Hall born January 3, 1970 Lackland AFB TX
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.5) VIRGINIA MABEL ARMSTRONG born February 26, 1923 Pisgah, Harrison, IA and died October 1970 Cheyenne WY as a result of a fall down a flight of stairs and spinal cord severage; ‘Ginny’ married Elwood Short and they lived near Burlington KS and then north to Hamilton KS in an oil field housing development; they divorced and Virginia moved to Pueblo CO around the mid-1950s; she married in the 1960s, Philip ‘Bill’ Foster and lived in Cheyenne WY, where they had enough land to keep their horses
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.6) BERTHA DOREEN ARMSTRONG born September 29, 1924; her first two husbands were Dan Long and Harry Porter. When Bertha was dating Dan Long, her sister Ginny was married to Elwood Short. They would make jokes about the names Short and Long; that was the Long and Short of it. Bertha married, third, Mickey Milford VanNatta in Wichita KS; in the mid-1950s, she left Mickey and moved to California, where she married Joe Radic and they lived in Torrance. In 1993, Bertha came back to Emporia KS and lived with Marilyn for a year; then she moved to Oregon to live with her daughter there
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.7) LOUISE JOANNA ARMSTRONG born December 1, 1926 Madison KS; after she graduated from high school, she went to work at Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka KS; she met there and married August 17, 1946 Donald Neal Ryan born December 29, 1924 Finlayson, Pine, MN; 1951 they were living near Burlington KS and returned to Minnesota by 1956; Don was a prison guard and also taught the prisoners cabinet and woodworking; after Don retired, they moved to Arizona
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.8) LYRA LORRINE ARMSTRONG born March 25, 1928; married 1st John Swanson and they lived in the Madison and Emporia KS areas – divorced; married 2d Fred Nigles
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.9) WILBERT NORMAN ARMSTRONG born July 26, 1930 Madison KS and died 1931 at the age of 9m, Emporia KS; accidently smothered under bed clothing
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.10) MARY LOU ARMSTRONG (twin) born April 8, 1932 Emporia KS and died of whooping cough April 19, 1931 Madison KS; buried there at Blakely Cemetery
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.11) MARILYN RUTH ARMSTRONG (twin) born April 8, 1932 Emporia KS; married March 3, 1947 in Madison KS, Lawrence Norman Ray born February 1, 1932 Madison KS; they bought a farm southwest of Emporia where they raised horses. Norman died of a heart attack March 23, 1980 in Emporia; buried at the Blakely Cemetery, Madison. Marilyn sold the farm to her son and bought a house in Emporia. Like many of her sisters, Marilyn was an artist and could draw and paint.
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.12) ROBERT DON ARMSTRONG born May 11, 1933 near Madison KS; ‘Sonny’ played football in high school and graduated from Madison High School; married May 20, 1951 at Madison, Joy Colleen Carol born May 11, 1933 Missouri; Joy’s father was a minister of The Assembly of God Church and she did much work for the church and played the piano for services every Sunday. While her boys were small she gave piano lessons in her home. She retired from Kock Industries as a bookkeeper. After their marriage, Sonny worked for a packing plant south of Emporia KS. In 1954, he joined the Army and was in the Signal Corps; stationed in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and California. In 1956, Sonny joined the Kansas Highway Patrol Department and worked his way up through the ranks to a Captain. He was stationed in several towns and retired in May 1987 as a Captain and Commander of the Kansas Turnpike. He then worked for the Kansas Lottery until 1992. Joy died of Cancer, November 12, 1993 in Wichita; buried there, at the Resthaven Cemetery. Sonny married, second, July 1, 1994, in Wichita, Marrylee Reihm Duggins born February 18, 1941.
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.13) DONNA RAE ARMSTRONG born October 29, 1935 Emporia KS; like the rest of her sisters, Donna attended a country school until she reach high school; married 1st April 17, 1952 at Madison, Max Kimberlin born January 25, 1926; Max worked with his father in the trucking business, hauling oil field supplies; Donna married 2d December 17, 1969 Verland O’Neal born February 17, 1934; they lived in Emporia, Amerius, Wellsville and Cottonwood Falls KS. Donna also inherited the artist talent and took drawing, painting and flower arranging lessons.
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.2.14) LINDA KAY ARMSTRONG born December 4, 1939 Emporia KS; her 1st husband was Raymond Ormsby and they lived in the Emporia area; married 2d Dick Loomis and they lived near Grainsville MO; Linda is a Nurse in a hospital in Missouri
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.3) MINA BEATRICE RONK (1900-1987) married Richard Grooms born February 7, 1893 Elmo MO and died 1960 at the Winter Veterans Hospital in Topeka KS; Dick was a WWI veteran having served in the European Theater; he worked on the railroad; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.3.1) MARVIN GROOMS (1922-) served in the Air Force and was stationed in Montgomery AL in 1960
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.3.2) WILMA GROOMS (1924-) married Allen Covington
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.3.3) DELORES GROOMS (1928-) married Paul Lane
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.3.4) ILA GROOMS (1931-) married Harold Lamoureux
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.4) PRESTON RONK (1902-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.5) RENA MAY RONK (1904-1905)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6) HENRY EDWIN RONK (1906-1939) married Lyria Edna Hoopel. He worked for the Sauder Oil Company in Madison KS. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6.1) RAYMOND HENRY RONK (1929-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6.2) AUDREY LEE RONK (1930-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6.3) BARBARA ANNE RONK (1932-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6.4) NORMA CARROL RONK (1934-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.6.5) HAROLD EUGENE RONK (1937-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.7) ELSIE IRENE RONK born 1922 [her father was a patient in the mental hospital in Norman OK from 1917 until his death in 1921.] and died September 24, 1988 Texas; 1976 they moved to Emeral Bay TX and supposed returned to Dallas later because of Bill’s health; married June 19, 1937 Texas, William K. (C.) Wheelis and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.7.1) PATRICIA WHEELIS ‘Pat ‘Tish’ born October 29, 1938 Texas; artist; 1986 lived in Dallas; married Curt Kochon and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.7.1.1) CURT KOCHON born June 13, 1963; 1986 worked for E-Systems in Dallas and was unmarried
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.7.1.2) CHRISTY KOCHON born June 22, 1967; 1986 she was a sophomore at Tulane U., at New Orleans
Born to Ida Mae Smith and her second husband, T.D. Grooms were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.8) LULA MAY GROOMS (1915-) married Bert Miller (1917-1989); Bert worked for Phillips 66 and was transferred to Oklahoma where he walked the pipelines; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.8.1) DARLENE MILLER (1936-) married Carl Galloway
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.8.2) PAM MILLER (1938-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.8.3) TED MILLER (1947-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.8.4) DANA LYNN MILLER (1953-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.9) BEULAH FAY GROOMS (1915-1993) married Russel E. Fann (1911-1990); Russ graduated from Burlington High School, Burlington KS 1930; he would load hay for 25 cents a ton and maybe make $3-4. When he played at dances, he made $1.00-1.50 per dance; he and Bert Miller would play in bands and Lula and Beulah loved to dance. Russ sold cookware and many other items during the depression to make money; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.9.1) BONITA LYNNE FANN (1931-) married a Mr. Jackson and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.9.1.1) JO JACKSON
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.2.9.2) LARRY FANN (1940-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3) EVA EMILY SMITH born August 3, 1878 Stonington IL and died March 21, 1956; buried at Blakely Cemetery, Madison KS; married June 8, 1898 at Eureka, Greenwood, KS Loton Lowell Culver (1874-1953); they lived on a farm west of Madison KS for most of their lives; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1) HARVEY EDWIN CULVER (1899-1987) (died at Olathe KS) married 1st lady’s name unk who died 1926; married 2d Marie Fitch (1911-); Harvey retired as a superintendent for Robert K. Butcher Oil Company; he was a member of the United Methodist Church in Madison KS and a 25-year member of the Masonic Lodge there. He lived most of his life around Madison, moving to Olathe in 1981. Born to Harvey and his first wife was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.1) OPAL LAVONNE CULVER (1926-1927)
Born to Harvey and his second wife, Marie, were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.2) MAURICE EDWIN CULVER (Rev.) (1931-) married Lois Henry (1931-); 1987 resided Roseland Park; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.2.1) BRADFORD ERWIN CULVER (1957-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.2.2) STEPHEN MAURICE CULVER (1964?-) married 1984 Collette Bender (1962-) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.2.2.1) VICTORIA ROSE CULVER (1988-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.2.3) JOY ELAINE CULVER (1962-) married Dan Rochia (1960-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3) MARGARET ANN CULVER (1933-) married 1953 Donald Tannahill (1931-) - divorced; resided Olathe 1987; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.1) RAYMOND VERNON TANNAHILL (1954-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.2) KATHLEEN MARIE TANNAHILL (1956-) married Kirk Alan Johnson (1957-); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.2.1) KYLE ALAN JOHNSON (1983-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.2.2) KATIE ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1987-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.3) CYNTHIA JEAN TANNAHILL (1959-) married Bradney Mawhiney (1958-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.3.1) ALLISON ANN MAWHINEY
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.3.2) AMANDA MARIE MAWHINEY (1986-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.3.3) MATTHEW ALAN MAWHINEY (1987-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.3.4) JULIE CHRISTINE TANNAHILL
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.4) JANET KAY CULVER (1947-) married William Allen Wikle (1947-); resided Shawnee KS 1987; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.4.1) DOUGLASS WIKLE (1978-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.1.4.2) SUZANNE KATHLEEN WIKLE (1981-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2) CLARENCE EVERETT CULVER (1901-1983) ‘Cotton’ married Erma Wescott (1902-1981); lived most of his life in Madison KS; a formerly employee of Cities Service Oil Company; retired in the early 1960's and moved to Emporia 1968; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1) HAROLD LEON CULVER (1931-) resided Chanute KS 1981; married Majorie Sauder and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.1) RICKY DEAN CULVER (1953-) married Twila Ball (1956-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.1.1) JENNIFER CULVER (1978-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.1.2) JULIE CULVER (1981-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.1.3) JOHANNA CULVER (1986-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.2) TERRY CULVER (1956-) married Raymond Leo Davis (1954-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.2.1) ANGELA DAVIS (1981-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.2.1.2.2) AARON DAVIS (1984-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3) HOWARD DOUGLAS CULVER (1904-1968) married Hazel Sanders (1911-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.1) RONALD DEAN CULVER (1941-) married Lenna {maiden name unk} (1940-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.1.1) BRADLEY CULVER (1966-) married Kelli McGee (1966-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.1.2) BRENTLEY CULVER (1966-) married Danielle Bernard (1965-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.2) DONALD CULVER (1943-) married Glenda (1945-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.2.1) KARA LU CULVER (1966-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.3.2.2) KRISTI CULVER
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4) HORANCE WILLIAM CULVER (1904-1971) ‘Fuz’ married Anna May Coffman (1910-); lived in the Madison KS area until 1942, when he was transferred to Lueders TX; he worked for the T. K. Simmons Oil Company; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.1) ROBERT CULVER (1938-) married Johnna {maiden name unk} (1940-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.1.1) JEANETTE ANN CULVER (1964-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.1.2) CAROLYN LEE CULVER (1971-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.2) ROSE MARIE CULVER (1939-) married Richard Bennett (1939-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.2.1) BRENTON LEWIS BENNETT (1963-) married Jennifer Thurman
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.2.2) BRANDON WAYNE BENNETT (1965-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.2.3) MARGANNA MARIE BENNETT (1970-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.3) WILLIAM CULVER (1945-) married 1967 Stephany Dow and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.3.1) WILLIAM CURT CULVER (1969-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.4.3.2) CHARLES WADE CULVER (1972-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5) MABEL IRENE CULVER (1907-) married Chester Nichol (1911-1982) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1) CHESTER E. NICHOL (1935-) married Nancy Simms (1935-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.1) ROBERTA SUE NICHOL (1957-) married Ricky Joe Lutjen (1957-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.1.1) JENNIFER SUE LUTJEN (1978-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.1.2) ALISSA JO LUTJEN (1983-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.1.3) KRISTY ANN LUTJEN (1986-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.2) ROBIN LYNN NICHOL (1957-) married Randal Dean Shaffer (1958-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.2.1) ROXANNE LYNN SHAFFER (1981-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.2.2) RANDALL ROSS SHAFFER (1987-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.3) CAROLYN ELLEN NICHOL (1964-) married Jon Mark Fullerton (1960-) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.1.3.1) CATHLEEN ELLEN FULLERTON (1986-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.2) DAVID LEE NICHOL (1940-) married Betty Farmer (1943-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.2.1) DAVID LEE NICHOL JR, (1963-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.2.2) KEVIN SCOTT NICHOL (1966-) married Jennifer (1968-) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.2.2.1) ASHELY BETH NICHOL (1986-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.3) DIANE DEE NICHOL (1940-) married Vernon Odell Hall (1937-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.3.1) CONNIE SUE HALL (1968-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.3.2) DALE CHRISTOPHER HALL (1972-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.4) LARRY DALE NICHOL (1943-) married Cathy Bailey (1947-) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.5.4.1) LAURA NICHOL (1977-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.6) ROLLA MELVIN CULVER born March 13, 1910; married February 13, 1954 Doris Garrett born September 23, 1907
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.7) FLOYD DWIGHT CULVER born 1919 and died November 21, 1994; married 1944 Mildred Opal Gull; 1943 he was in the Army and stationed in the Medical Detachment at Camp Ellis IL; a field supervisor for Phillips Petroleum Company; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.7.1) ALAN DALE CULVER (1945-) resided Klamath Falls OR 1994
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.7.2) KEITH LYNN CULVER (1947-) resided Houston TX 1994
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.7.3) PAUL EDWIN CULVER (1949-) married Sheila Ruth Sipple (1947-); resided Arvada CO 1994
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.2.3.7.4) RITA SUE CULVER married David Christian Young (1962-); resided Loveland CO 1994
(3.1.1.1.5.2.4.3) LAURA SMITH (1854-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5) DIANTHA MELVINA FERRIS (Melvine) born c1820 NY and died before 1870: married as his 2d wife, September 16, 1841 in Dearborn Co IN David Ellis [son of John & Abigail (Silvester) Ellis] born March 10, 1808 ME; he also had 6 kids with his 1st wife; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.1) RHODA ELLIS born c1844 IN; married February 18, 1863 in Dearborn Co IN Amor W Rumsey [son of John & Rosanna (Bruce) Rumsey] born c1840 IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.1.1) AMANDA RUMSEY
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.1.2) HORTICE RUMSEY
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.1.3) FRANK RUMSEY
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.2) ALVIRA ELLIS born c1846 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.3) CAROLINE S ELLIS born May 12, 1848 IN and died December 16, 1879; married December 25, 1867 in Dearborn Co IN, Isaac Sylvester Platt [son of Richard & Emiline (Clark) Platt] born September 28, 1845 Dearborn Co IN and died April 29, 1927 Johnson Co NE; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.3.1) ELDON PLATT
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.4) WILLIAM ELLIS born c1852 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.5) IDA M ELLIS born c1854 IN; married December 29, 1875 in Dearborn Co IN, George E Givan (3.1.1.1.5.2.6.4); her 1st cousin; see him for offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.6) LUELLA ELLIS born c1857 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.7) HENRY SAWDEN ELLIS born c1859 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.5.8) HOLT ELLIS born c1861 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6) JANE MELICENT FERRIS died July 20, 1862; a devoted Christian and an earnest worker in the church, having united with it before her marriage; married October 19, 1843 in Dearborn Co IN, William L.H.Givan [son of Joshua & Henrieta (Davis) Givan] born April 22, 1820 in Maryland. William grew to manhood under the austere influences of a pioneer life, a true helper of his father in his arduous labors, obtaining but a limited education in the rude schoolhouse of that day. William continued as a resident on his father’s first purchase, where he erected good buildings and improvements, constituting a pleasant home. He, like his father before him, was an active member and supporter of the Baptist Church, becoming a member in 1842. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1) CORNELIA JANE GIVAN born November 21, 1844 IN and died June 20, 1920; married April 11, 1867 in IN, Martin V Bruce born February 18, 1841 Hogan Township, Dearborn Co IN and died February 17, 1923 Indianapolis IN; buried Mount Sinai Cemetery (there are 3 cemeteries by this name in IN, don’t know which one is/they are buried in); farmer; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.1) EUGENE ELLIOT BRUCE born 1869 IN; 1900 resided Washington Township, Adams Co IN, farmer; 1920 police officer, lived Indianapolis; married Christina Amdor [dau of Edward R & Sarah Frances (Cochran) Amdor] born May 1876 IA; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.1.1) ROLLA BRUCE born October 6, 1895 IA and died July 1978
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.1.2) GLADYS M BRUCE born October 15, 1901 MN and died September 30, 1994; married John Gainey
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.2) JENNIE L BRUCE born September 1873 IN; married Tilden Smith and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.2.1) THELMA SMITH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.2.2) RALPH SMITH
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.3) ARTHUR MELVILLE BRUCE born 1878 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.4) ALMA LAURA BRUCE born 1885 IN and died February 15, 1915; married George Morris; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.4.1) RUTH MORRIS
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.1.4.2) WARREN MORRIS
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.2) LAURA C GIVAN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.3) HEMAN GIVAN (Herman K) born July 1850
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.4) GEORGE E GIVAN born June 1852 IN; married December 29, 1875 in Dearborn Co IN, Ida M Ellis (3.1.1.1.5.2.5.5); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.4.1) MALVINA M GIVAN born November 1876 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.4.2) INDIANA J GIVAN born c1877 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.5) RHODA H GIVAN born November 16, 1854 and died June 19, 1885 Adams Co IA; buried Quincy Cemetery (South); married December 24, 1873 in Dearborn Co IN, as his 1st wife, Franklin Pierce Amdor [son of Johann Bernhart Nikolaus & Sophronia (Manley) Amdor] born c1850 IN and died March 28, 1926 Garfield Co MT; physician; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.5.1) WILLIAM FRANKLIN AMDOR born April 12, 1875 Adams Co IN and died May 10, 1951 Los Angeles Co CA
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.6) CONNELLY S GIVAN (c1857-)
(3.1.1.1.5.2.6.7) SABRINA GIVAN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.7) EDWIN PALMER FERRIS born July 13, 1829 Little Falls, Herkimer, NY; came with his parents and family to Ripley County IN where he helped his father clear a small farm, and during the winter attended the common schools. At about the time he became of age be went to the county seat to attend the county seminary, but in a short time was promoted to be one of the teachers; afterward attended a Commercial College and received a diploma therefrom; also began attending Franklin College where he remained until 1854; during the same year he was elected County Surveyor of Ripley County, serving two years; married December 31, 1854 in Versailles, Sibyl Foster Stevens [dau of Jefferson & Harriet F (Hill) Stevens] born February 22, 1833 OH. After his term as Surveyor had expired and while working on the farm he spent all his spare time studying law; began the practice thereof in 1858 in partnership with Hon. A. C. Downey, of Rising Sun, locating his office at Versailles; soon secured a good practice; 1862 he was elected representative in the State Legislature; 1878 he moved from Versailles to Shelbyville where he resided. He and Sibyl were members of the Presbyterian Church and politically he was a Democrat. As a lawyer, he was a hard student and faithful to his client; a fluent, fair argumentative speaker, never digressing from his case for the sake of oratorical display. He always discouraged a multiplicity of suits, advising many clients to a private settlement of their cases instead of resorting to the law, thereby often losing a prospective fee. He was one of the most charitable lawyers to opposing witnesses, covering with the mantle of charity, contradictions in their testimony, which makes a friend of one who might otherwise be an enemy. His long professional experience and practice before the Supreme Court made him familiar with decisions of that tribunal of justice, which generally helped him in his every day practice. Moved to Shelbyville and was referred to as Judge; and born to them were 8 kids; 2 of which were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.7.1) CARRIE S FERRIS born April 22, 1861 and died April 27, 1865; buried Cliff Hill Cemetery, Ripley Co IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.7.2) BERTIE FERRIS died August 21, 1871 age 10m 22d; buried Cliff Hill Cemetery, Ripley Co IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8) SARAH ANN FERRIS - not listed in all sources – born c1826 NY and died December 2, 1891 Holman IN; married Rufus Rice [son of Rufus & Mary (Silvester) Rice] born November 22, 1825 ME and died December 13, 1900; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.1) CHARLES RICE born c1848 IN; married Eliza {mnu} born c1858 IN; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.1.1) EDITH M RICE born c1875 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.1.2) HATTIE RICE born c1877 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.1.3) JOHN R RICE born c1879 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.2) FLORENCE RICE born c1857 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.2.8.3) GEORGE RICE born c1860 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.3) SAMANTHA FERRIS born March 16, 1788 Southeast, Dutchess, NY and died June 1, 1844 Mexico NY; married September 16, 1808 Alanson Ingham [son of Joseph and Mehitable (Brown) Ingham of Durham CT] born January 15, 1785 Richmond, Berkshire, MA and died July 20, 1873 MI; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1) RUTH INGHAM born July 16, 1809 Little Falls, Herkimer, NY and died December 5, 1893 Anderson, Shasta, CA; married February 11, 1827 in South Richland, Oswego, NY Comfort Sibley born June 21, 1801 Saratoga Springs NY and died July 8, 1867 Woodland, Yolo, CA [son of Abner and Sarah (Smith) Sibley]; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.1) CHARLES SIBLEY (1827-1829)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2) CHARLOTTE SIBLEY (1829-1920) married C. P. Sprague (1823-1908); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.1) FRANK SPRAGUE (1861-1930)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.2) ELLEN SPRAGUE (1867-1915)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3) FRED SPRAGUE (1869-1963) married Julie Granice and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.1) SIBYL SPRAGUE (1906-1975) married N. Couzins (1905-); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.1.1) BETTY JEAN COUZINS (1928-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.1.2) PATRICIA COUZINES (1930-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.2) EVERETT SPRAGUE (1905-) married lady’s name unk but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.2.1) PRISCILLA SPRAGUE (1932-1935)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.2.2) ALLEN SPRAGUE (1935-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.2.3) BRUCE SPRAGUE (1936-1971)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.2.3.2.4) CAROL SPRAGUE (1938-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.3) ELVIRA SIBLEY (1832-c1852)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.4) LUCRETIA SIBLEY (1833-1860)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.5) CHARLES S. SIBLEY (1835-1863)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6) SAMUEL INGHAM SIBLEY (1837-1909) married Wilhelmina Barr (1851-1912); and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.1) CHARLES C. SIBLEY (1871-1953) married Ida Gald (1880-1968) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.1.1) CORYDON SIBLEY (1906-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.1.2) NADINE SIBLEY (1909-1975)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.1.3) CHARLES G. SIBLEY (1917-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.2) MARK H. SIBLEY (1874-1958) married Justina Toews (1891-) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.2.1) KATHLEEN SIBLEY (1909-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.2.2) MILDRED SIBLEY (1910-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.2.3) ROBERT D. SIBLEY (1911-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.2.4) EUGENE N. SIBLEY (1923-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.3) RUTH SIBLEY (1880-1958) married Roy Carter (1877-1957) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.3.1) LENNARD CARTER (1911-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.6.4) ANNA SIBLEY (c1890-1954) married B. T. White
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7) JAMES FERRIS SIBLEY (1839-1922) married Susan Giddings (1846-1939) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.1) NELLIE SIBLEY (1867-1954) married Frank Bacon and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.1.1) MARIE BACON (c1900-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.2) ELMER SIBLEY (1871-1854) married Mamie Kirkpatrick (1879-1970) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.2.1) STANLEY E. SIBLEY (Elmer?) (1905-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.2.2) MARY ANITA SIBLEY (1918-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.7.3) ROY SIBLEY married Grace Turner
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8) JANE SIBLEY (1843-1865) (Jennie) married John Copeland Weston (1834-1921) and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1) EUGENE WESTON (1861-1964) married Margaret Fegan (1859-1943) and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.1) JOHN CHARLES WESTON (1887-c1958) married lady’s name unk but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.1.1) JOHN CHARLES WESTON, JR., (1924-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.1.2) PHILIP H. WESTON (1932-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.2) RUTH WESTON (1890-1979)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.3) JOSEPH WESTON (1893-1963) married lady’s name unk but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.3.1) JOSEPH SIBLEY WESTON (1919-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.3.2) ROBERT WESTON (1920-1975)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.3.3) LOIS WESTON (1922-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.4) EUGENE WESTON (1896-1969) married lady’s name unk but born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.4.1) EUGENE WESTON III (1924-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.4.2) RUSSELL S. WESTON (1928-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.1.8.1.4.3) JANE E. WESTON (1934-)
(3.1.1.1.5.3.2) ELVIRA INGHAM
(3.1.1.1.5.3.3) SAMUEL INGHAM resided Oswego NY
(3.1.1.1.5.4) ELIZABETH WEST FERRIS (Elizabeth Wilcox Ferris) born October 8, 1792 and died August 2, 1864 Mexico NY; at one time resided Richland NY; unmarried
(3.1.1.1.5.5) EBENEZER FERRIS born December 1, 1794 and died (d.s.p.) November 26, 1849 Mexico NY; buried Willis Cemetery, Richland, Oswego, NY (Photo); married Susan Gardner - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6) REBECCA FERRIS born June 20/24, 1799 and died April 3, 1875 Mexico NY; married November 13, 1828 Job Kelsy Belding [son of Job & Martha (Dean) Belding] born November 24, 1795 and died March 19, 1872; both buried Willis Cemetery, Richland; at one time they resided Richland and Canaan NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1) MARTHA A. BELDING born April 1, 1830 and died August 2, 1916; married May 22, 1850 as his 2d wife, Hiram Norton; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1) M. CORNELIA NORTON born April 15, 1851; married August 11, 1880 D. A. Richardson; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1.1) LEATA BELLE RICHARDSON born May 15, 1882 and died November 1969
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1.2) PERCY LYNN RICHARDSON born August 19, 1886 and died January 1887
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1.3) NORTON DELOS RICHARDSON born January 13, 1888 and died October 19, 1968
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1.4) CORA MAY RICHARDSON born June 10, 1889 and died December 28, 1889
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.1.5) TRACY CLINTON RICHARDSON born June 27, 1893
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.2) MARY S. NORTON born May 3, 1853 and died April 1890; married July 3, 1873 Lyman Beecher Smith [son of Isaac T. & Annis (Frost) Smith] born June 15, 1845 Peekskill NY and died February 15, 1902 Richland NY; after Mary's death, he married her sister, Julia; no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.3) CLARENCE H. NORTON born February 10, 1855 and died August 25, 1928; married June 17, 1885 Alice Halsey; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.3.1) CLARENCE GLEN NORTON born May 10, 1886 and died August 1, 1887
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.3.2) EARL HALSEY NORTON born May 31, 1891 and died January 1894
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.3.3) MARIAN ALICE NORTON born September 17, 1897
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.4) CORA E. NORTON born April 3, 1857 and died September 1930; married November 26, 1896 Ichabod Allen; no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.5) ALICE F. NORTON born May 6, 1859 and died January 17, 1911; married July 1, 1897 H. E. Jackson; no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.6) JULIA E. NORTON born August 26, 1863 Albion NY and died May 12, 1947; married July 1, 1891 Lyman Beecher Smith [her brother-in-law]; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.6.1) CLARENCE LYMAN SMITH born May 5, 1892
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.6.2) ELTON FERRIS SMITH born September 27, 1893 and died October 19, 1952
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.6.3) DEWITT FROST SMITH born February 14, 1896
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.7) CHARLES B. NORTON born December 7, 1866 and died April 7, 1941 Altmar NY; a farmer, but also served as assessor of Albion NY; married May 1, 1902 Nettie A. Jackson; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.7.1) HAROLD JACKSON NORTON born April 21, 1903 and died October 5, 1978 Pulaski NY; married Myrtle M. Morrison and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.7.1.1) CHARLES H. NORTON born August 26, 1942 - resides in Syracuse NY - and has two kids.
(3.1.1.1.5.6.1.7.2) ELSIE IRENE NORTON born June 2, 1906; married John Stetcher Peay originally from Richmond VA - they had 3 kids
(3.1.1.1.5.6.2) EBENESER FERRIS BELDING born April 1, 1832 and died July 21, 1836
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3) ELVIRA VAN DRESSEN BELDING born November 25, 1835 and died September 7, 1886 Mexico NY; married October 5, 1857, as his1st wife, Charles Henry Davis [son of William Augustus & Lucy (Sampson) Davis] born November 20, 1831; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.1) LEONORA ALTHEA (NORA) DAVIS born June 18, 1860 Mexico NY and died March 25, 1931; married 1st September 4, 1888 M. F. Sayles - no offspring; married 2d October 25, 1893 Percy Weeden Lyons - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2) MAY THERESA DAVIS born March 14, 1863 and died April 1914; married February 7, 1883 Theodore Ray Greene born March 21, 1858 and died December 9, 1941 Syracuse NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.1) HENRY RAY GREENE born November 29, 1883 Mexico NY and died January 1, 1962 Lansing MI; married 1st Lena Belle Auringer - no offspring; married 2d Gertrude A. Hess - no offspring; Henry worked for Sears & Roebuck in Lansing.
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2) CLARENCE DAVIS GREENE born July 27, 1885 Mexico NY; married Rose Fogg Vincent born May 16, 1876 Pulaski NY and died May 30, 1965; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.1) LEATA ISABELLE GREENE (1909-1912)
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2) GLENN NEWELL GREENE (GREEN) born February 21, 1911; married 1st Leah Hulburt; 2d December 23, 1941 Beth Cross born January 1, 1914; 3d Mary T. McDonald; and married 4th Carol Dutton; after years of residence in New York State he retired to Tarpon Springs FL; Glenn dropped the final ‘e’ on the name; and born to Glenn and Leah was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.1) LEATA GREEN born February 1, 1931; married Elmer Holmes and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.1.1) CHRISTOPHER HOLMES born March 21, 1958
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.1.2) GERALDINE HOLMES born June 17, 1959
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.1.3) RUSTY HOLMES born March 6, 1961
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.1.4) INFANT DAUGHTER deceased
Born to Glenn and his second wife, Beth, were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.2) RICHARD GREEN born June 22, 1943; married 1st 1964 Elizabeth Erwin; married 2d April 28, 1973 Mary Lynch; and born to Richard and Elizabeth were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.2.1) BRIAN GREEN born June 2, 1965
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.2.2) ANDREW GREEN born July 15, 1968
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.2.3) KIMBERLY GREEN born August 15, 1970
Born to Richard and his second wife, Mary, was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.2.4) SHANNON GREEN born September 22, 1976
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.3) DAVID GREEN born February 14, 1945; married December 7, 1969 Barbara Hammond and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.3.1) CYNTHIA GREEN born December 12, 1970
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.3.2) CATHY GREEN born July 14, 1973
Born to Glenn and his third wife, Mary, were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.4) LINDA GREEN born August 29, 1954; married Patrick Covich and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.4.1) KELLY JEAN COVICH born November 23, 1974; married with children
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.4.2) TRACY LYNN COVICH born December 9, 1976; married with children
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.4.3) PATRICIA J. COVICH born September 30, 1978; married with children
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.4.4) RANDY COVICH
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.5) ROSE MARIE GREEN born February 22, 1958; married 1st John Bell; 2d a Mr. Nolan; and born to Rose and John was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.5.1) MICHAEL G. BELL born November 30, 1974
Born to Rose and her second husband, Mr. Nolan, was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.2.5.2) WILLIAM NOLAN born in September 1978
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3) GEORGIANNA MAY (DOLLY) GREENE born March 1913; married four times: 1st May 5, 1933 Harold Bellinger; 2d October 19, 1957 Harrison Coager; 3d Ralph Lasher born December 29, 1907 and died July 25, 1970; and 4th Charles Winblad born July 16, 1914 and died January, 1998; and born to Dolly and Harold was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1) GORDEN S. BELLINGER born December 25, 1933; married 1st June 10, 1955 Patricia Price; married 2d Audrey Younger; married 3d Mary Ann Albricht; and born to Gorden and Patricia were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.1) GORDEN S. BELLINGER, JR., born July 11, 1956; married Mary Beth Hollingsworth born January 15, 1958
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.2) CHERYL L. BELLINGER (twin) born May 22, 1958; married Ronald Parsons born October 11, 1958; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.2.1) HEATHER J. PARSONS born July 1, 1978
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.3) GARY BELLINGER (twin) born May 22, 1958 and died in November 1958
Born to Gorden and his second wife, Audrey, were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.4) EARL A. BELLINGER born February 14, 1960
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.5) JAMES A. BELLINGER born March 10, 1961
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.6) KEITH A. BELLINGER born May 12, 1962
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.7) LYLE BELLINGER born December 19, 1963
Born to Gorden and his third wife, Mary Ann, was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.2.3.1.8) STEPHANIE BELLINGER born January 20, 1968
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.3) GLEN GREENE born May 28, 1897 Mexico NY and died August 1, 1901; scalded by hot water after falling into a laundry tub
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.4) HELEN MAY GREENE born February 9, 1901 Mexico NY; married June 10, 1930 Almond Rancier [son of Seth & Esther (Watson) Rancier] born August 2, 1886 Bradford PA and died April 27, 1948; buried in the Village of Mexico Centry, Mexico NY; Almond was a jeweler; this family also lived in Lowville NY and Tampa FL; and born to them was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.4.1) ESTHER MAY RANCIER born February 19, 1935 Oswego NY; a librarian by profession and has provided the information for this ‘twig’ - thanks Esther!; resides Carson CA
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5) FLORENCE ELVIRA GREENE born July 19, 1903 and died 1964; married September 1923 in Syracuse NY, George Conrad Roulstin of Syracuse NY, born November 24, 1902 and died 1961; he worked for Solvay Process; last address was in Marcellus NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1) SHIRLEY MAY ROULSTIN born August 20, 1924 and died May 18, 1965; married Donald E. Camp and they lived in East Syracuse NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1.1) DONNA CAMP born December 10, 1946; married November 8, 1969 Donald Neill - divorced - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1.2) KENNETH BRUCE CAMP born October 28, 1948; Air Force Vet; married Ru Velva and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1.2.1) VALERIA DEANN CAMP born January 11, 1973
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1.2.2) SHANNON CAMP
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.1.2.3) MALE CHILD CAMP
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.2) GEORGE LOREN ROULSTIN born April 7, 1927; married 1st Joan Monroe of Central Square NY; married 2d Jeannie Sterling; and born to George and Joan was:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.2.1) GEORGE THOMAS ROULSTIN born 1948 Syracuse NY
Born to George and his second wife, Jeannie, were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.2.2) STERLING ROULSTIN (1959-)
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.2.3) ROGER ROULSTIN
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3) RHEA HELEN ROULSTIN born November 9, 1932 Syracuse NY; married Perry Loomis, Jr., born October 10, 1930 Marcellus NY; lived in Syracuse NY, Daytona Beach FL and Exton PA; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.1) GREGORY MARK LOOMIS born June 30, 1958 Syracuse NY
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.2) PAMELA SUE LOOMIS born August 8, 1959 Syracuse NY
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.3) JEFFERY SCOTT LOOMIS born August 6, 1962 Syracuse NY
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.4) STEVEN PATRICK LOOMIS born March 17, 1964 Daytona Beach FL
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.5) JULIE ANN LOOMIS born April 14, 1967 West Chester PA
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.2.5.3.6) DEBRA LYNN LOOMIS born December 17, 1968 West Chester PA
(3.1.1.1.5.6.3.3) LULU REBECCA DAVIS born October 13, 1865 and died April 14, 1934 Syracuse NY; married 1st May 31, 1899 Alfred G. Burlingham - no offspring; married 2d March 14, 1914 John Litzendorf - no offspring
(3.1.1.1.5.6.4) SAMANTHA CATHERINE BELDING born December 16, 1837 and died December 27, 1898; married January 6, 1879 Lewis Samson
(3.1.1.1.5.7) ENOCH MEAD FERRIS, Deacon, born March 16, 1801 Rensselear Co NY and died October 4, 1881/83 Mexico NY; married 1st May 19, 1833/35 Mary Ann Nye who died April 25, 1838; married 2d September 5, 1839 Catherine Burgett who died April 17, 1840; buried South Richland Cemetery, Pulaski, Oswego, NY (Cemetery Photo); and married 3d January 24, 1842 Elizabeth Douglass born August 23, 1803 Westmoreland NY and died September 24, 1902. In her 97th year, Elizabeth wrote: “I became a resident of South Richland (Oswego County NY) in 1824, when I united with that church by letter from Whitesboro. The church was small, consisting mostly of elderly people. I think I was the youngest member, Rev. Enoch Ferris, the father of my husband, E.M. Ferris, was the pastor. I never heard of their having any previous pastor. As he was a former missionary for that county, it seems natural to suppose that he was the one who assisted in forming the church. I was a member of the church several years before my brother Colonel John Douglass, was converted and united with it. I can mention some of the early members, but cannot tell whether they were the first, though I think likely they were. They were Rev. Enoch Ferris, his wife and daughter Elizabeth; Deacon Bangs, Deacon Bumpus, and their wives; John Holmes, clerk; Mrs. (Roxy) Dewey; and Mrs. Hiel Richards later.” Elizabeth was gifted and educated, a successful teacher in her maiden years.
(3.1.1.1.5.8) NANCY MELICENT FERRIS (Nancy Melvina) born May 21, 1806 Stephentown, Rensselear, NY and died May 7, 1885 New London CT; married in 1832/34 at Richland (Oswego County) NY, as his second wife, Rev. Joel Wilson Nye [son of Bonum & Anna (Recard) Nye] born January 29, 1802 Eaton, Madison, NY and died February 19, 1858(1870), Hawleyville IA. Joel graduated from Hamilton College and was ordained a minister in the Baptist Church; he preached at Lawrenceville IN, until 1855, when he went to Peoria IL and later to Hawleyville IA. At one time, they resided at Stockbridge NY. He bought 3 kids from his first marriage with him. Born to Nancy and Joel were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1) ENOCH RANDOLPH NYE born May 17, 1834 Mexico, Oswego, NY and died 1907 Twin Bridges, Madison, MT; [LDS has a different date and place of birth.] married September 1, 1855 in Groveland, Tazewell, IL Didamia Lucinda Davidson [dau of Squire R. Davidson] born 1838 NY and died in Madison Co MT. He served as a Private in Company H, 77th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. After the War, they moved to Arkansas, Iowa and finally settled in Twin Bridges MT, where prior to the arrival of the Great Northern Railroad, he hauled freight using several wagons and a six-horse jerk-line team. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.1) JOEL E. NYE born 1857 IL
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.2) WILL FERRIS NYE born July 21, 1860 Minonk, Woodford, IL and died June 1916 Montana; married August 13, 1894 in Minonk, Amy Louisa Page born July 25, 1874 MN and died November 3, 1959 Lake Co MT; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.2.1) HARRY R. NYE born January 19, 1898 Pagerville MT and died December 2, 1979 Twin Bridges, Madison, MT; married name unk
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.2.2) GRACE LILLIAN NYE born June 3, 1902 MT and died February 20, 1998 Alder, Madison, MT; married after 1930 in MT, Claud A. Butts born May 9, 1892 and died February 28, 1980 Gallatin Co MT
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.3) JENNIE ROSALIE NYE born 1863 Minonk, Woodford, IL and died 1950
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.4) JAMES MILTON NYE born July 20, 1866 Minonk, Woodford, IL and died November 231, 1948 Portland OR; married Katherine Comfort born August 24, 1872 Onionta NY and died January 28, 1966 Beaverhead Co MT; and they had 4 kids, 3 of which were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.4.1) LYNN MILTON NYE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.4.2) JAMES WATROUS NYE born May 12, 1900 Beaverhead Co MT and died there February 2, 1970
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.4.3) PHILIP EARL NYE born May 12, 1906 Beaverhead Co MT and died March 1976 Santa Clara CA
(3.1.1.1.5.8.1.5) HARRY E. NYE born 1869 IA and died 1958; married in Iowa, Ida {maiden name unk} born 1872 IN
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2) SOPHIA PAYNE NYE (Nancy Sophia Payne Nye) born in 1836/37/38 Attica, Wyoming, NY and died February 1874 Chicago IL; married January 12, 1861 in Livingston Co IL, Christopher Columbia Pogue [son of Loudy J. [Pollock] & Rebecca (Kirby) Pogue] born 1825 Jefferson, Greene, PA and died December 24, 1871, Fairbury IL. Christopher enlisted February 10, 1863 at Peoria IL in Company C., 14th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, CivilWar; declared missing-in-action August 3, 1864 at Mulberry River GA; he was captured that date at Sunshine Hill and sent to Andersonville Prison where he remained until he was paroled at Jacksonville FL, April 28, 1865; and was discharged August 11, 1865 as a Private. He died a few short years later, due to complications of that confinement. After he died, Sophia left the children with her sister-in-law, Phoebe India (Pogue) Evans, and went to Chicago to work. She got ill and died there. The Evans’ kept the children to raise with their own and eventually ended up in Nebraska. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.1) FRANK POGUE born May 18, 1862 Fairbury, Livingston County IL and died November 23, 1930, NV; married c1892/93 in Omaha NE, Cora Louise born 1871 IL; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.1.1) HELEN E. POGUE born September 17, 1893 NE and died June 17, 1977 Laguna Hills, Orange, CA
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.1.2) DOROTHY POGUE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2) JENNIE REBECCA POGUE ‘Jane” born March 31, 1864 Fairbury, Livingston, IL and died August 3, 1954, Hutchinson, Reno County KS; services at First Nazarene Church; buried Osborne Cemetery KS; married, June 22, 1889 at Tecumseh, Johnson County NE, George William McReynolds [son of George Isiac & Miranda Adeline (Scott) McReynolds] born September 19, 1862, Last Chance IA and died July 11, 1936, near Laton (Woodston), Rooks County KS; buried Osborne Cemetery. They settled in Osborne County KS. George was a contract thresher, alfalfa huller and corn sheller and covered a large territory. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1) ESTA ADALINE MCREYNOLDS born October 2, 1889 Tecumseh NE and died August 26, 1973, Springfield, Lane, OR; buried Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton, OR; taught school for 6 years in Kansas (one job was September 4, 1911 to March 29, 1912 at Riverside School, Osborne Co KS, 34 students.); moved to OR 1912 and taught school 2 years at Danebo School in northwest Eugene. She was the only one of her large family to leave Kansas and seek adventure and work elsewhere; married October 14, 1914 at Bloomington, Osborne, KS, Arthur Julius Bier [son of John M. & Sophia (Forstner) Bier] born November 25, 1880 Salem OR and died October 5, 1970 Springfield OR; buried with Esta; they lived for 20 years Corvallis OR; they lived 9 years Wolf Creek, south of Crow, where they had a mink and fox farm; they then moved to Springfield where they lived for 28 years. Esta was an active member of many organizations: Juanita Rebeka Lodge; Royal Neighbors of America; Helmetta Temple Pythia Sisters; Oregon Lewis & Clark DAR; Martha Bamford Tent Daughters of Union Veterans; and WRC of Eugene; member of Ebbert Memorial Methodist Church of Springfield; and born to them was an only child:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1) BLANCHE LOUISE BIER born August 15, 1915 Corvallis, Benton, OR and died March 1, 1974 Eugene, Lane, OR; buried there Sunset Hills Cemetery; married September 16, 1937 at Eugene, Raymond Louis Sears [son of Samuel Edward & Petronella Erma (Symons) Sears] born March 18, 1916 Grass Valley CA and died September 28, 1998 Eugene OR; gravestone at Sunset Hills Cemetery, but ashes spread at Unity Lake OR. After Blanche’s death, Raymond remarried in 1977. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.1) JERRY DALE SEARS born March 26, 1939 Corvallis OR; married January 4, 1960 at Reno NV, Janice McElroy
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.2) DONNA RAE SEARS born May 7, 1940 Corvallis, Benton, OR; married February 5, 1966 at Eugene OR, Barry E. Chernick [son of Jacob Lawrence & Beatrice (Schulman) Chernick] born March 31, 1939 NYC; reside in Bellevue WA, the same house for nearly 30 years. Donna belongs to the Church of LDS and is active in genealogy. Barry is first generation American in his Jewish family. When he retired from Boeing after 30+ years, he was a Manager of Flight Testing there; he has a Masters degree in Engineering. Barry is a bike rider, marathon runner and an environmentalist. [Jim - Donna has provided the information for this ‘twig’ - Thanks, Donna.] Born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.2.1) ALLEN BENJAMIN CHERNICK born June 10, 1966 Seattle WA
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.2.2) BRYAN ARTHUR CHERNICK born July 3, 1967 Seattle WA; married September 23, 1995 at Portland OR Lori Lin Bulletset
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.2.3) DARREN ROBERT CHERNICK born June 26, 1969 Seattle WA; married August 20, 1995 at Mercer Island WA, Meredith Ann Rosenfeld
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.1.1.3) DAVID LEROY SEARS born May 27, 1943 Eugene OR; married June 28, 1965 at Salt Lake City UT, Linda Lucile Best
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.2) BERTHA MCREYNOLDS born March 1, 1891 Mt. Clare, Nuckolls, NE and died March 7, 1963 KS
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.3) NELLIE ANGELINE MCREYNOLDS born March 13, 1893 Mt. Clare NE and died November 2, 1986 KS
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.4) LOTTIE MAY MCREYNOLDS born October 6, 1894 Mt. Clare NE and died August 1990 Boise ID; buried in MO; married April 15, 1912 Osborne Co KS, Raymond Burdett Dey born September 29, 1886 Alton, Osborne, KS and died September 28, 1962 Oak Grove, Jackson, MO; and they had 8 kids
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.5) HARLAN BENJAMIN MCREYNOLDS born August 25, 1896 Mt. Clare NE and died July 7, 1958 Plainville, Rooks, KS; married May 24, 1916 Osborne Co KS, Effie Lamm born January 8, 1898 Alton, Osborne, KS and died July 11, 1982 Pleasant Plains, Rooks, KS; and they had 4 kids, 1 of which was:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.5.1) EMERY LEROY MCREYNOLDS born November 22, 1920 Rooks Co KS and died June 26, 1971 Oklahoma City OK; married a Miss Wiman
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6) HARRY AMERICUS MCREYNOLDS born March 5, 1898 Mt. Clare NE and died April 7, 1958, Wilson, Ellsworth, KS; married, June 28, 1922 at Covert, Osborne, KS Guela Louise Westphall born January 14, 1904 Osborne Co KS and died October 8, 1987 Salina KS; and they 10 kids, 5 of which were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6.1) CARL EUGENE MCREYNOLDS born December 20, 1924 Osborne Co KS and died December 17, 1930 KS
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6.2) VELDA MARIE MCREYNOLDS born April 13, 1926 Osborne Co KS and died March 31, 1987 El Dorado, Butler, KS; married a Mr. Brooks
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6.3) BETTY LEE MCREYNOLDS born October 2, 1927 Russell, Russell, KS and died November 25, 1987 Great Bend, Barton, KS; married a Mr. Duryee
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6.4) HARRY MCREYNOLDS, JR born and died November 2, 1931 Wilson, Ellsworth, KS
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.6.5) RALPH WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS born December 20, 1936 Wilson, Ellsworth, KS and died March 20, 1938 KS
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.7) JESSE JENNINGS MCREYNOLDS born February 12, 1900 Mt. Clare NE and died June 8, 1989, Osborne, Osborne, KS; married June 7, 1922 at Covert KS, Goldie Viola Swander born June 2, 1902 Osborne Co KS and died there October 19, 1999; both buried there Osborne Cemetery (Photo); and they had 4 kids
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.8) CORA BELL MCREYNOLDS born March 16, 1902 Portis, Osborne, NE and died there November 19, 1902
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.9) ALFRED CLINTON MCREYNOLDS born December 9, 1903 Osborne, Osborne KS and died there August 30, 1988; buried Osborne Cemetery; married August 25, 1927 at Smith Center KS, Bessie Asenath Porter born December 10, 1907 Bloomington, Osborne, KS and died July 24, 1994 Osborne KS;
and they had 6 kids, 2 of which were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.9.1) PORTER CLINTON MCREYNOLDS born August 19, 1928 Natoma, Osborne, KS and died November 29, 1956 Hutchinson, Reno, KS; married a Miss Ganoung
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.9.2) CHESTER WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS born June 13, 1932 Natoma, Osborne, KS and died there January 26, 1999; buried there; married June 30, 1957 Frieda Jane Albrett born January 10, 1934 Hays, Ellis, KS and died March 8, 1995
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.10) FLOYD LEROY MCREYNOLDS born August 2, 1906 Bloomington, Osborne County KS and died August 9, 1966, Hutchinson, Reno, KS; buried there Eastside Cemetery (Photo); married December 18, 1932 at Hutchinson, Loma Bertha Wimmer born March 31, 1909 Liberal, Seward, KS and died November 20, 1971 Hutchinson KS; buried with Floyd; and they had 7 kids, 1 of which was:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.10.1) MARGARET MAY MCREYNOLDS born December 6, 1933 Osborne Co KS and died December 16, 1969 Hutchinson KS; buried there; married May 27, 1956 in Juarez, Mexico, Herbert Dale French born May 27, 1927 KS and died May 1982
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.2.11) ELMER DALE MCREYNOLDS born March 29, 1910 Bloomington KS and died August 25, 1994 Brunswick GA; buried Hutchinson KS; married 1st June 5, 1932 at Hutchinson, Alberta Wimmer born March 29, 1910 and died December 14, 1970 Hutchinson KS; married 2d Miss Pick; and married 3d Rhea Stevenson which was annulled. Elmer and Alberta had 2 kids
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3) MARY DE ETTA POGUE born September 8, 1867, Fairbury, Livingston, IL and died 1952 Springfield OR; [Some family members give her birth date as December 25, 1866 and death date as August 8, 1944.] married 1st, 1887 at Baker OR, Decatur/Dick Blakeney – divorced; married 2d a Mr. Smith. Born to her and Dick were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.1) DICK ORVILLE BLAKENEY born Baker, Baker, OR
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.2) EMMA DE ETTA BLAKENEY born Baker, Baker OR; married Mr. Hunsaker
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.3) JESSIE WILLIAMS BLAKENEY born Baker, Baker, OR
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.4) HAZEL BETH BLAKENEY married (Mr. Snook) Robert Melvin Hicks born January 23, 1888 Spring Hill IA and died January 23, 1976 Fallon NV; and they had a child
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.5) WILLIAM BRYAN BLAKENEY born Baker, Baker, OR
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.3.6) FLORENCE MAY BLAKENEY born Baker, Baker, OR; married Mr. Bliss
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4) KATHERINE PHOEBA POGUE (Kate) born March 30, 1869/70 Fairbury, Livingston County IL and died January 20, 1917 Cook NE; married January 21, 1887 in Cook Section, Johnson Co, NE Henry J. Carmine [son of George W. & Abigail (Kays) Carmine] born June 12, 1861 Galva, Henry, IL and died April 16, 1935 Tecumseh NE; buried there Grandview Cemetery; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.1) LEROY CARMINE born January 17, 1905 Johnson Co NE and died November 1961 NE; married Alma {maiden name unk} born December 30, 1908 NE and died April 1981 Tecumseh NE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.2) ORVILLE CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.3) WESLEY KAYS CARMINE born November 15, 1890 Tecumseh, Johnson, NE and died April 7, 1967 Elk Creek, Johnson, NE; married January 21, 1915 in Tecumseh, Lennorah Jane Cody
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.4) DEAN CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.5) NELLIE CARMINE born March 16, 1900 and died February 27, 1920(?) Burlington; married September 19, 1920 Ralph F. Schmidt
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.6) MELL CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.7) MCKINLEY CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.8) PARK C. CARMINE born July 31, 1896 and died March 26, 1968
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.9) JOHN CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.10) MILDREN CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.11) LUCILLE CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.4.12) DEWEY CARMINE
(3.1.1.1.5.8.2.5) STEPHEN POGUE born 1869 Livingston Co IL
(3.1.1.1.6) MARY FERRIS born April 5, 1756 [Ms. Scofield does not list Mary, but she is listed in another source - will leave here for now.] [This Mary has the same birth date as Mary (3.4.5.1.1), dau of John, which is where she probably belongs – will still leave here pending…..]
(3.1.1.2) JOSIAH FERRIS (8RLL-NM) born July 12, 1725/26 Greenwich and died probably in New York January 14, 1802(?)(December 16, 1764?); an apple farmer and in his younger days, he followed a seafaring life; he was a Captain of a vessel for many years. Landowner; said to have accumulated a considerable estate; married 1st July 7, 1752 Abigail, widow of Jeremiah Ferris (?3.6.1?)), died December 16, 1760; married 2d November 3, 1762 Mary Peck (3.10.6.7). Born to Josiah and Abigail were:
(3.1.1.2.1) OLIVER FERRIS born November 22, 1753 Greenwich and died August 17, 1825 Tarrytown, Westchester, NY; buried there with his wife in the Sleepy Hollow Churchyard Cemetery; served in the Revolution as Captain of the Third Company, Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Militia, Colonel Waterbury commanding, from May to December 1775 in the Canadian Campaign, under Montgomery; and again, in 1776-77 in the Ninth Regiment. In 1778 he was Quartermaster under Colonel Mead and the following year was appointed by Major General Putnam as Commander of the vessel Wakeman and the whaler Ranger. In 1781 and 1782, he was a Lieutenant of the Coast Guards. In 1802, he moved from CT to NY and purchased the Van Tassel estate, then known as Wolfert's Roost, later renamed 'Sunnyside' by Washington Irving, to whom Benson Ferris sold it in 1835. Here Irving was to write his humorous stories concerning the Dutch of the Hudson River valley. Today the house and estate are not only a literary shrine but also a historic site. Oliver married February 10, 1778 Abigail Lockwood (4.2.7.1.2); married by Rev. Burrit. Abigail applied for and received Oliver's pension (W16254) in 1837. Born to Oliver and Abigail were:
(3.1.1.2.1.1) SARAH FERRIS born July (June) 8, 1779 Greenwich (Woofer Roosts, Westchester, NY) and died October 27, 1855 Stamford; married 1st April 2, 1803 Joseph Smith Scofield born September 14, 1779 Stamford; 2d (November 28, 1813) January 2, 1814 at Greenwich, Aaron Close (1780-1815). Aaron was the widower of Sarah's sister Elizabeth. [Aaron was the 13th child born to Solomon and Prewy (Peck) Close.] Born to Sarah and Joseph were:
(3.1.1.2.1.1.1) ALEXANDER SCOFIELD born January 8, 1804 Stamford CT
(3.1.1.2.1.1.2) UNKNOWN SCOFIELD
(3.1.1.2.1.2) ELIZABETH FERRIS born February 1/6, 1781 Greenwich and died there February 12/28, 1812; buried Tomac Avenue Cemetery, Old Greenwich; married as his 1st wife c1802 Aaron Close (1780-1815) (DAR #33650,Helen J. Whiting Graham). After Elizabeth's death, Aaron married her sister Sarah. Born to Elizabeth and Aaron were:
(3.1.1.2.1.2.1) ELIZABETH F. CLOSE born c1803 and died June 23, 1885; married Isaac M. LeForgy/Furgy born March 29, 1796 and died September 7, 1867
(3.1.1.2.1.2.2) OLIVER FERRIS CLOSE (c1805-)
(3.1.1.2.1.2.3) ELIZA CLOSE (c1807-)
(3.1.1.2.1.3) ABIGAIL FERRIS born February 24, 1785 and died January 6, 1854; buried Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow NY; married June 27, 1803 Daniel Dutcher [son of William & Catrina (Conklin) Dutcher] born September 15, 1785 Irvington NY and died December 25, 1861. Born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.3.1) NELLY DUTCHER born September 26, 1804
(3.1.1.2.1.3.2) CHARLOTTE DUTCHER born December 17, 1806; married 1823 Hiram Adams
(3.1.1.2.1.3.3) DANIEL BENSON DUTCHER born April 20, 1809
(3.1.1.2.1.3.4) OLIVER FERRIS DUTCHER born April 20, 1809; married Mary P. Warner
(3.1.1.2.1.3.5) WILLIAM DUTCHER born November 10, 1813
(3.1.1.2.1.3.6) ABIGAIL DUTCHER born January 30, 1816
(3.1.1.2.1.3.7) MARTHA LOCKWOOD DUTCHER born August 12, 1818
(3.1.1.2.1.3.8) MARY FERRIS DUTCHER born August 14, 1822
(3.1.1.2.1.3.9) ABSOLOM DUTCHER born April 15, 1824
(3.1.1.2.1.4) MARTHA LOCKWOOD FERRIS born October 27, 1785/6 Greenwich and died May 4, 1835 Tarrytown NY; buried Old Dutch Burying Ground, Sleepy Hollow NY; tombstone reads: “Afflictions sore I oft times bore; Physicians were in vain; Till death did cease & God did please To ease me of my pain”; married November 11, 1807 John Jewell, Jr. [son of John & Elizabeth (Lawrence) Jewell] born February 2/3, 1785 and died May 28, 1851 Tarrytown; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1) THOMAS LAWRENCE JEWELL born April 25, 1809 and died September 28, 1879 Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, NY; married Margaret {maiden name unk} born August 11, 1810 and born to them was:
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1) GEORGE ARTHUR JEWELL born January 22, 1833 Irvington, Westchester, NY and died March 13, 1901 Stamford CT; married Sarah Anne Westerfield and born to them was:
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1) THOMAS LAWRENCE JEWELL born March 6, 1859 Yonkers, Westchester, NY; married Gertrude Amelia Crane born March 27, 1860 Brooklyn NY and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.1) FREDERICK ETHELBERT JEWELL born May 11, 1881 White Plains, Westchester, NY; married Mary Hayte
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.2) SARAH ELIZABETH JEWELL born March 16, 1882 White Plains, Westchester, NY; married 1st Thomas Jordan; 2d Frederick G. Cockroft; and 3d Joseph Newcombe
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.3) THOMAS LAWRENCE JEWELL born June 21, 1883 White Plains, Westchester, NY; married Margaret Prentice
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.4) AMY LOUISE JEWELL born May 21, 1886 Stamford CT; married Charles McDevett
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.5) RAYMOND ASLAN JEWELL born May 26, 1887 Stamford CT; married Isabell Prentice
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.6) STEPHEN SQUIRE JEWELL born August 17, 1889; married Florence Hannah Candlish and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.6.1) WILLIAM EDGAR JEWELL born March 30, 1915 Talcottville, Tolland, CT and died June 21, 1994 Carbondale, Lackawanna, PA; married and had 1 child
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.7) BERTHA MAY JEWELL born December 3, 1890 Stamford CT; married Thomas Corbett
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.8) GERTRUDE JEWELL born September 28, 1893 Stamford CT; married 1st before 1909 Nathaniel Tipton; 2d Lafayette Calvert born April 9, 1891 Hayes Center, Hayes, NV
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.9) GEORGE ARTHUR JEWELL born September 29, 1894 Stamford CT; married Gladys Lowsberry
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.10) ADA GRACE JEWELL born October 30, 1895 Stamford CT; married Howard Brush Haviland
(3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.11) DAUGHTER JEWELL born c1896 Stamford CT; married Claude or Don Corbett
(3.1.1.2.1.4.2) ABIGAIL LOCKWOOD JEWELL (1811-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.3) WILLIAM JEWELL (1813-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.4) OLIVER FERRIS JEWELL (1815-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.5) ELIZABETH JANE JEWELL (1817-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.6) JOHN JEWELL (1819-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.7) BENSON FERRIS JEWELL (1821-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.8) AARON JEWELL born December 28, 1822 Irvington NY and died October 11, 1904 East Orange NJ; married Louisa Baldwin who died July 12, 1906 East Orange NJ; and born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.2.1.4.8.1) ELLEN JEWELL born December 1842 and died January 14, 1930 East Orange NJ; married Henry W. Culberson, Jr., born December 26, 1840 East Orange NJ and died there March 21, 1917; and born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.2.1.4.8.1.1) MARTHA LINCOLN CULBERSON born March 4, 1867 East Orange NJ and died there November 12, 1956; married November 17, 1887 Charles Burt Clark [son of Charles Walter and Sarah Robbin (Burt) Clark] born December 16, 1864 Westfield MA and died September 25, 1935 East Orange NJ; and born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.2.1.4.8.1.1.1) ESTELLE CLARK born July 9, 1896 East Orange NJ and died December 24, 1973 Hartford CT; married May 8, 1918 Arthur N. Eagles, Jr., born July 25, 1894 Madison NJ and died November 6, 1984 Hartford CT; and born to them was (and probably others):
(3.1.1.2.1.4.8.1.1.1) STEWART EAGLES
(3.1.1.2.1.4.9) GEORGE JEWELL (1824-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.10) MARTHA JEWELL (1827-)
(3.1.1.2.1.4.11) MARY A. JEWELL (1829-) married Ezra Whiting
(3.1.1.2.1.5) LETTY FERRIS (Lettia) (Arletta) (Letta) born April 16, 1792 Greenwich and died July 18, 1883 age 91y 3m 2d; married 1808/9 Daniel Ackerman [son of David & Mary (Stockholm) Ackerman] born March 4, 1787 and died January 18, 1869 age 81y 10m 22d; both buried in Rifton Burial Ground, Esopus, Ulster, NY; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.5.1) DAVID A. ACKERMAN born May 24, 1809 Phillipsburg NY and died June 1, 1883; buried Teerpenning Family Ground, Esopus, Ulster, NY; married 1830 Elizabeth Jane Perrine (Eliza, Elvina) [dau of James W. & Catherine (Freer) Perrine] born September 14, 1812 Ulster Co NY and died January 5, 1880; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.5.1.1) CATHARINE M. ACKERMAN born September 24, 1831 and died June 11, 1833 Esopus, Ulster, NY; buried there Teerpenning Cemetery
(3.1.1.2.1.5.1.2) DANIEL BENSON ACKERMAN born January 15, 1835 Esopus NY
(3.1.1.2.1.5.1.3) AMANDA JANE ACKERMAN born September 1836 and died August 27, 1837; buried Terpenning Cemetery, Ulster Park NY
(3.1.1.2.1.5.1.4) JMEC PERRINE ACKERMAN born July 20, 1838 Ulster Park NY
(3.1.1.2.1.5.2) SARAH ELIZABETH ACKERMAN (1816-1897) (Photo) married October 20, 1832 Samuel S. Le Fever and born to them was (may be more):
(3.1.1.2.1.5.2.1) ALETTA LE FEVER born Rosendale NY and married Moses S. Hobson; her DAR # is 66417
(3.1.1.2.1.5.2.2) MARTHA LE FEVER born Rosendale NY; married Charles N. Schermerhorn; her DAR # is 66418
(3.1.1.2.1.5.2.3) BENSON D. LE FEVER (1849-1886) married 1871 Jane Bedford (1854-1883) and born to them was (may be more):
(3.1.1.2.1.5.2.3.1) CORA ESTER LE FEVER born Rosendale NY and married Oscar Leight Harrington; her DAR# is 156686
(3.1.1.2.1.5.3) OLIVER ACKERMAN born 1817 and died January 18, 1862 age 44y 2m 2d; and married Jane DeGroff (1818-1901) (cemetery records say Jane A Decker born September 27, 1816 and died April 6, 1900); both buried Teerpenning Family Ground, Esopus, Ulster, NY; and born to them was (may be more):
(3.1.1.2.1.5.3.1) JESSE ACKERMAN (1849-1907) married 1873 Mary A. Faulkner (1853-) and born to them was (may be more):
(3.1.1.2.1.5.3.1.1) JENNIE M. ACKERMAN born Ulster County NY
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4) MARTHA JANE ACKERMAN born March 27, 1823 and died August 22, 1901 Lloyd NY; married July 8, 1843 in New Paltz NY, George D. Freer [son of Hugo & Jane (Deyo) Freer] born December 12, 1821 (1820) New Paltz NY and died there April 6, 1902; and born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.1) SARAH ELIZABETH FREER married Noah Wolven and born to them was (may be more):
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.1.1) ELLA WOLVEN born Ulster County NY and married a Mr. England; Ella's DAR# is 67754
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.2) CATHARINE J. FREER born New Paltz NY and married Norman A. Burr; Catharine's DAR# is 87413
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.3) IRA FREER born September 23, 1847 New Paltz NY and died there April 11, 1900; married Katherine B. {maiden name unk} and born to them was:
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.3.1) MARTHA K. FREER born 1881 New Paltz NY and died before 1927 Canton OH; married 1900 in Canton, Williard Palmer and born to them was:
(3.1.1.2.1.5.4.3.1.1) KATHLEEN LOUISE PALMER born 1912 Canton OH and died there 1936; married 1932 in Canton, Victor Carlyle Huckles born 1911 Canton and born to them were 2 kids
(3.1.1.2.1.6) BENSON FERRIS born March 21, 1794 Greenwich and died July 11, 1882 Tarrytown NY; married January 23, 1822 Maria Acker born February 27, 1797 and died March 14, 1881; 1879 Mr. Benson Ferris became president of the Tarrytown National Bank; ancestors of Mr. Ferris were an old New England family who settled in Greenwich, Conn; his grandfather, Oliver Ferris, was an officer in the Revolution, and served under General Montgomery in the invasion of Canada and was present in 1775, at the siege and capture of St. Johns. At the time he was quartermaster of his regiment, with the rank of lieutenant, but was afterwards promoted to a captaincy. In the spring of 1802 Oliver Ferris removed from Greenwich to Westchester County, and purchased from Major Jacob Van Tassel the farm on the banks of the Hudson which, through the genius of Washington Irving, has become famous as "Wolfert's Roost." Oliver Ferris married Abigail, daughter of Joha Lockwood, of Greenwich, Conn. Their children were Elizabeth, wife of Aaron Close; Abigail, wife of Daniel Dutcher; Martha, wife of John Jewell; Letty, wife of Daniel Ackerman; Sarah, wife of Smith Scofield; Benson; and Mary, wife of Jacob Storms. Benson Ferris born March 21, 1794, and came with his father from his native town in Connecticut. He early acquired the rudiments of a good English education, and was for some years under the tuition of the Rev. Thomas Gibson Smith, pastor of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Under him he commenced the study of Latin, in which he became proficient, and was especially fond of Virgil, to whose writings he frequently referred. On January 23, 1822, he married Maria (February 27, 1797‑March 14, 1881), daughter of Captain Abraham Acker (a lineal descendant of Wolfert Acker, the founder of Wolfert's Roost), and continued to live at the old homestead, "Wolfert's Roost," until 1835, when he sold the house and land adjoining to Washington Irving, who has given it an immortal fame. See www.hvnet.com/houses/sunnyside/index.htm He then built a new house on the west side of Broadway, a little north of Sunnyside Lane. In 1856 he sold this place and removed to Tarrytown, where he died July 11, 1882. During his life he held nearly all the offices of the town of Greenburgh, and was for twenty years a justice of the peace, and in this office used all the weight of his influence to prevent rather than to promote litigation. He was a prominent member of the Old Dutch Church and of the Second Reformed Church, in which he was an elder for many years. He was universally esteemed in the community as a man of exemplary Christian life and distinguished usefulness. Mr. Ferris left four children ‑ William A., Benson, Jemima and Oliver. Of these children, Benson (3.1.1.2.1.6.2), the second son, and the subject of this sketch, born at the old homestead, July 16, 1825. His early education was obtained at the old school‑house, a relic of the olden time, which stood on the road running east from Sunnyside Lane to the Saw‑Mill River, about one hundred yards east of Broadway. He afterwards attended the Tarrytown Institute, which was then under the able care of Professor William G. Weston, A.M. After leaving this institution he was assistant for two years at the Paulding Institute, of which Professor Weston was also principal, and was for some time teacher in the old school‑house, which he first attended. He then started a store at Irvington, which was the first one opened at that place, then known as "Dearman". In 1856 he removed to Tarrytown, which has since been his home, and three years later become engaged in the hardware business, in which he continued till 1861. He has been, during the whole of his business life, closely connected with the public affairs of the town and county. While living at Irvington he was a member of the board of education, and has held the same position at Tarrytown. In 1866 William H. Robertson, then county judge, appointed him school commissioner for the second District of Westchester County. In 1879 he was elected a trustee of the village of Tarrytown. In 1865 he was elected trustee of the Westchester County Savings‑Bank, and has held the offices of secretary, vice‑president and president, in which last position he still remains. He was one of the originators of the Tarrytown National Bank, and has been a director since its organization. In 1855 he was one of sixteen who organized the Republican Party in Westchester County, and was appointed, in 1858, one of the executive committee of the party, at a county convention presided over by Horace Greeley, who was his friend and confidant. This position he held for many years. Mr. Ferris married, in 1875, Mrs. Mary P. Dutcher, of Providence, R.I. In 1879 he was elected a trustee of the village of Tarrytown. There are few men who have been more actively employed in promoting the public and social interests of Tarrytown. He was one of the original incorporators of the Young Men's Lyceum, in 1869, and has served as one of its directors until the present time. He became a director of the Tarrytown and Irvington Union Gas‑Light Company in 1864, and has been secretary, vice‑president, and president. He is a member of the Westchester Historical Society. In 1861 a committee was appointed by the citizens of Tarrytown to assist the families of soldiers who had volunteered for the war. Of this committee Mr. Ferris was an active member, and many thousands of dollars were raised and distributed under this direction and that of his associates.
Additional information on Sleepy Hollow and Wolfert's Roost from the History of Westchester County. Later on this seat of empire of the wizard sachem came into the possession of Wolfert Acker, one of the privy counselors of Peter Stuyvesant. Afterwards it became the keep or stronghold of Jacob Van Tassel, a valiant Dutchman of old stock of Van Tassels, who abound in Westchester County. It was in his time, during the Revolutionary War, a rallying place for the patriots of Tarrytown, Petticoat Lane and Sleepy Hollow, who formed a brotherhood for mutual defense and safety. Jacob was a leader in all-daring enterprises, and, as Mr. Irving says, was ready to take a part in any scout or scrimmage by land or water. The portentous bang of his great goose gun carried terror to the heart of the marauding foe. Up to the time of the Revolution the place had formed a part of the old Manor of Philipsburgh, and was occupied by Jacob Van Tassel as a tenant under his feudal lord, Frederick Philipse, but when the latter went over to the King the land was forfeited to the State, and on December 6, 1785, the place was conveyed to Jacob in fee‑simple by the Commissioners of Forfeitures. The following is a copy of the original deed, now the property of Benson Ferris, Esq., president of the Westchester County Savings Bank:
THIS INDENTURE made the Sixth Day of December in the Tenth Year of the Independence of the State of New York, and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty‑Five, between Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt, Esquires, Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Southern District of said State, appointed in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled An Act for the Speedy Sale of the confiscated and forfeited Estates within this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned, pass the Twelfth Day of May, One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty‑four, of the one Part, and Jacob Van Tassel, of the County of West Chester, Farmer, of the other part, WITNESSETH, That the said Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt Commissioners as aforesaid, by Virtue of the Power and authority to them in and by the said Act granted; and for and in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred Pounds, Lawful money of the said State, to them in hand paid by the said Jacob Van Tassel, the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, Enfeoffed and confirmed, and by these Presents DO Grant, Bargain, Sell, Enfeoff, and confirm unto the said Jacob Van Tassel and to his Heirs and Assigns, ALL that equal half part of the same is now in the possession of the said Jacob Vantassel, of That certain Farm of land situate, lying and being in the Manor of Philipsburgh and County of West Chester BOUNDED Northerly by Land now or late in the possession of Glode Requa, Easterly by land now or late in the possession of Cornelius Van Tassel, Southerly by Land now or late in the possession of Abraham Acker, and westerly by Hudson River, CONTAINING One hundred and eighty‑five Acres More of less, FORFEITED to the people of the said State by the Attainder of Frederick Phillips, late of the said County, Esquire; And all and singular, the Estate, Right, Title and Interest, whether in Possession, Reversion, or Remainder of, in or to the said Premises, which, in Consequence of any Conviction or Attainder is become forfeited, or attached to, or vested in the People of the said State, TO HAVE and TO HOLD all and singular the said Premises hereby Granted, Bargained, Sold, Enfeoffed and Confirmed, with the Appurtenances, unto the said Jacob Van Tassel and to his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper Use, Benefit and Behoof of the said Jacob Van Tassel and his Heirs and Assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Date and Year first above written.
Sealed and Delivered ISAAC STOUTENBURGH (seal)
in the Presence of us,
ISAAC STOUTENBURGH, Junr. PH V CORTLANDT (Seal)
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The place remained in Jacob Van Tassel's possession until March 31, 1802, when it was conveyed by deed, together with another parcel of land near by, to Oliver Ferris of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the whole containing one hundred and fifty acres of land, for the sum of five thousand dollars. Oliver Ferris was the father of the Benson Ferris, at one time clerk of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, who assisted the dominie by reading the Scriptures and giving out the hymns in public worship, and who afterwards was for many years an honored elder in the Second Reformed Church of Tarrytown.
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Born to them were:
(3.1.1.2.1.6.1) WILLIAM DUTCHER AKER FERRIS born January 22, 1823
(3.1.1.2.1.6.2) BENSON FERRIS, JR. (1825-1899) (subject of above paper with photograph); married widow Mary P. Dutcher in 1875 [her maiden name unk]
(3.1.1.2.1.6.3) JEMIMA AKER FERRIS born May 26, 1828
(3.1.1.2.1.6.4) OLIVER FERRIS was baptized September 15, 1832 and died 1902; President, Tarrytown National Bank
(3.1.1.2.1.7) MARY FERRIS born August 24, 1802 Greenburgh NY (?); married Captain Jacob Storms and born to them was:
(3.1.1.2.1.7.1) ABIGAIL MARY STORMS born September 2, 1825 and died March 3, 1847 NY; married December 29, 1842 in Tarrytown NY at her parents’ house, Captain George Comb See born August 24, 1818 NYC and died November 12, 1873 St Louis MO; buried Ottumwa IA; he was a mason and architect; after Abigail’s death, George married twice and had offspring from each marriage; and born to Abigail and George were:
(3.1.1.2.1.7.1.1) JOHN JACOB SEE born October 23, 1843 Tarrytown NY and died April 28, 1934 Sautelle CA; brick contractor and builder; married 1st April 7, 1868 Ellen Grace Hill born in Brooklyn NY and died March 28, 1924 Skagit City WA; married 2d September 18, 1918 Ida May Wing born July 9, 1880 and died September 6, 1934 Los Angeles CA; and born to him and Ellen were: