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THE MARSH FAMILY OF PATOKA, INDIANA

From the Early 1800s to the Middle 1950s

Compiled By Douglas A Ford

June 2011

Mary and Virgil Marsh

Joe, Gladys, Louise, Bess, LaVerne, Clara, and Walter (Bernice not pictured)

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Introduction

My father passed away three years ago leaving me with a stack of photo albums my mother hadassembled back in the mid 1950s. Among them were a few photographs of her brothers, sisters,and parents. Rather than let them go to waste, I decided to find out the history behind the Marshfamily of Patoka, Indiana and include the photos. The result is this book.

Some people like to see a complete family tree which includes all persons born up to the date ofpublication, but that could take years and would entail contacting many distant cousins I haven’tseen or heard from in over fifty years as well as locating many I never even knew existed. Sorry, Iwon’t do that. My goal here is to simply document the ancestors of the Marsh family down to thechildren of Virgil and Mary Marsh and be done with it. The cutoff date I used for births was themiddle 1950s. Anyone born after then is not listed.

It is possible some of the information given here is inaccurate or just plain wrong. That is unavoidablepartly because old memories tend to fade and partly because some of my sources even disagreedwith each other. I have tried to cull what information I felt was most accurate. Other errors couldsimply be typos I have missed during proofreading.

Doug Ford June 2011

Notes

In 1921, a fire destroyed much of the U.S. Census data for the year 1890 depriving us of the ability topiece together a continuous record through the years 1880 to 1900. For this reason, the whereaboutsof some people could not be ascertained during that time.

All photographs, if included, have been placed at the end of this book. Photos of people were pulledfrom the albums mentioned earlier but all headstone photographs were taken by me in the summerand fall of 2010. Source [Dixi] provided pictures of the John Murphy family and the one showingNancy Jane (Stephens) Marsh/Melton sitting in her rocking chair.

Acknowledgements

I could not have done this research without the tremendous assistance of the the Gibson County(Indiana) Clerk’s office and the Genalogy Department at the Princeton Public Library for marriagesand divorces. I would especially like to thank Ms Vicki Page of the Gibson County Board of Healthfor her invaluable help not only in researching all births and deaths recorded in Gibson County butalso for her ability to translate some of the florid or indecipherable handwritings in the records. Allother research was performed over the internet via www.ancestry.com and a few other websites.

Contents

I Beginnings 1

1 The First Marshes 3

1.1 Hugh Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2 Charles Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3 Ross Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.4 Joseph H Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.5 Webster Marsh, et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.6 The Pennsylvania Marshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.7 Joseph M and Charles R Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.8 Hannah Merilla (Marsh) Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.9 Louisa Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Mary Altha Hicks 9

2.1 Lois Trowbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.2 “William” Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.3 The Hicks and the Bryants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.5 Loose Ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

II Lineages 13

3 The Hugh Marsh Family 15

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iv CONTENTS

4 The Joseph M Marsh Lineage 17

5 The Charles Ross Marsh Lineage 39

6 The Hannah Merilla Marsh Lineage 45

7 The Louisa Marsh Lineage 49

III Briant, Hicks, Stacy, and Trowbridge 51

8 The Briant/Bryant Lineage 53

9 The Hicks Lineage 61

10 The Stacy/Trowbridge Lineage 67

IV Other Families Researched 71

11 Littleton Falkenborough 73

12 Ross Marsh 75

13 Richard Melton 77

14 John J Metcalf 81

15 Hugh Murphy 83

16 Elijah Stephens 87

V Appendices 89

A Sources 91

B References 93

CONTENTS v

C Unfinished Research 95

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Part I

Beginnings

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Chapter 1

The First Marshes

The earliest record of a Marsh presence in Indiana seems to be a Nov 03, 1817 marriage between oneJoseph Marsh and a Mary Ann Brent in Switzerland County. In 1830, we begin to see more Marshnames. For example, there was a Ross Marsh in Ohio County, a Charles and Webster Marsh inSwitzerland County, and in nearby Dearborn County lived David, George, Harrison, and Uriah (orZechariah) Marsh. All we can glean from the early census records are just the names of the headsof household—other family members were simply tallied by age group and sex. It wasn’t until 1850that the census began collecting names, ages, and places of birth of all persons in each household.(Relationships to the head of household and places of birth of each person’s parents were added in1880.) Thus, we cannot pinpoint for certain who was the progenitor of the Marsh family of Patokauntil we get to the year 1850. That is when we begin our story.

1.1 Hugh Marsh

Hugh Marsh was born in southeastern Indiana around the year 1821. When we first meet Hugh, heis already married with two children. The 1850 census for Pleasant Township, Switzerland Countyshows Hugh at age 28 living with one Mary Ann age 26 (whom we take to be his wife—maiden nameunknown), two young boys Joseph age 6 and Charles age 4, and a boarder Joseph H Marsh age 53.The census states that all were born in Indiana except for Joseph H who was born in Pennsylvania.We could assume Joseph H was Hugh’s father, but we have no actual evidence as yet. We also cannottell if this is the same Joseph Marsh we saw getting married to Mary Ann Brent or a different one.

Moving on to the 1860 census, we discover Hugh, Mary Ann, and the two boys—now listed as JosephM and Charles R—have relocated to Union Township in Perry County. Hugh and Mary Ann alsohave a new five-year-old daughter Hannah M. Joseph H Marsh is not listed implying he may havepassed away.

In April 1861, the Civil War begins and Joseph and Charles soon leave home to enlist. Around thesame time, Hugh must have lost Mary Ann because we see him taking on a second wife not longafter. The bride’s name was Mary Jane Falkenborough and the marriage took place in Perry Countyon Jan 25, 1862. This was Mary Jane’s second marriage as well because her previous husband was

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Littleton S Falkenborough (Perry County, Oct 24, 1850). It is from this first marriage record thatwe learn Mary Jane’s maiden name was Riddle. Within less than a year, Mary Jane presented Hughwith a daughter Louisa.

At the end of the Civil War (1865), Joseph and Charles return home to a new beginning but wewill talk about them later. By 1870, Hugh and his family relocated again, this time to Pike County,Lockhart Township. There we find Hugh listed as age 51, Mary Jane age 45, Hannah age 15, andLouisa age 8. (The census transcriber read Louisa’s age as 9, but I read the double squiggle as an 8which makes more sense.)

In 1880, Hugh is alone again and living with his now married daughter Hannah Whitney and herfamily in Marion Township, Pike County. Hannah’s full name was Hannah Merilla Marsh and shemarried James H Whitney1 on Aug 02, 1872. The census also shows Hannah and James as havinga son Hugh Whitney age 3. New data fields added to the census that year tell us Hugh’s father wasborn in Pennsylvania and his mother in Connecticut.

The Whitneys must have moved not long after the 1880 census because we next find Hugh Marshgiving marriage yet another try, this time in Gibson County on Jul 23, 1885. His third wife wasSarah A Vanover, born 1846 in Scott County. This was Sarah’s third marriage as well. I find thismarriage interesting because the record (Gibson County Book 6, page 588) gives Hugh’s age as 64years and Sarah’s age as only 39. According to the application, Sarah’s maiden name seems to havebeen Farmer. She listed Jerry as her father and Polly Allen as her mother. But the best thing aboutthis marriage is that Hugh listed his parent’s names as well. Hugh tells us his father was CharlesMarsh and his mother’s maiden name was Turner. Now we know Joseph H Marsh was not Hugh’sfather after all but maybe just an uncle. This is the last record I can find for Hugh Marsh.

1.2 Charles Marsh

Now that we know Charles Marsh was Hugh’s father, it would be nice to learn all we can about himas well. We know Charles was born in Pennsylvania and we have seen someone with the same nameliving in Switzerland County in 1830. Turning to the 1850 census for Aurora Township, DearbornCounty, Indiana we find a Charles Marsh, age 54, from Pennsylvania living with Elizabeth Johnson,age 39, Joseph P Turner, age 6, and Elizabeth Turner, age 15. If this is our Charles, then hewas born around 1796, just about one year ahead of Joseph H Marsh. The fact that he has twochildren living with him having the same last name as Hugh’s mother is strong evidence indeed.(Since it seems to be common practice to name one’s children after relatives, could we then supposethat Charles’s wife’s unknown first name may have been Elizabeth?) The next step was to try todetermine exactly where in Pennsylvania Charles was born. The only way to do that was to searchthe early census data for all of Pennsylvania looking for common Marsh names. As it so happened,names like Joseph, Charles, and Hannah Marsh all showed up in only one location which was PineGrove Township in Warren County in the northwestern part of the state.

1The marriage record gives his name as James L Whitney.

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1.3 Ross Marsh

Did Charles have any children other than Hugh? We don’t know for certain, but I suspect thatthe Ross Marsh we saw living in Ohio County was a brother to Hugh Marsh. Census data tells usRoss Marsh was born in Pennsylvania around 1816 which would make him five or six years olderthan Hugh. Like Hugh, Ross also had three children, two boys and a girl, and they all had thesame first names as Hugh’s, only the middle initials differed. In Ross’s family, Charles was olderthan Joseph whereas in Hugh’s family, Joseph was older than Charles. Both daughters were namedHannah. Hugh later named his second daughter Louisa which happens to be the middle name ofRoss’s daughter Hannah. In 1850, Ross and Hugh lived not more than twenty miles apart from eachother, one in Ohio County and the other in neighboring Switzerland County. Also, Ross had livingwith him a 13-year old boy named James Turner. But the clue I like best is the fact that Hugh gavehis second son the full name of Charles Ross Marsh, probably to honor both father and brother.

1.4 Joseph H Marsh

It also would not be a stretch to conclude that Joseph H and Charles Marsh were themselvesbrothers making Joseph H uncle to both Hugh and Ross. After all, both Hugh and Ross had eachnamed one of their sons Joseph. On the other hand, one could argue that Joseph H was Ross’sfather instead of Charles, but I think the fact that Joseph H was living with Hugh instead of Rossin 1850 disproves that.

Then there is the question of where was Joseph H before 1850. He is not listed as head of householdin either of the 1830 or 1840 censuses for Indiana. He could have been living with Charles duringthat time, but counts by age group seem to argue against that theory. What we do find is a JosephH Marsh listed in Warren County, Pennsylvania in 1830 with a wife 20-29 years old, a daughter age5-9, another daughter less than 5, and a son, also less than 5 years old. Could this be him? We haveno way of telling. The ages seem to be right, though.

1.5 Webster Marsh, et al.

What about the other Marshes? The 1850 census shows Webster Marsh living in the next housedown the road from Hugh Marsh, but it tells us Webster came from New Jersey, not Pennsylvania.He could have been a cousin or simply a neighbor who happened to have the same last name.Complicating matters was another Webster Marsh living in neighboring Jefferson County. The 1860census shows this Webster Marsh age 65 as coming from Pennsylvania, has a wife Jane 30 years hisjunior, and a son Oliver age 4. Now this Webster could have been a brother to Charles and Joseph.

The rest of the Marshes (David, George, Harrison, and Uriah/Zechariah) came from Ohio or Ken-tucky and seem to have no connection at all. Since their names never appeared in any recordsleading to the Marshes of Patoka, I have made no attempt to trace their lineages.


1.6 The Pennsylvania Marshes

Just for the record, here are the Marsh names I found living in Warren County, Pennsylvania: In1810, there were Hugh and John Marsh; in 1820, there were Benjamin and John Marsh; in 1830,there were Hannah, Hiram, John (two of them), Joseph, Joseph H, Ross, Thomas, and WilliamMarsh; and in 1840, there were Charles, Grant, John, Joseph (two of them), Ross, Thomas, andWilliam Marsh.

1.7 Joseph M and Charles R Marsh

We now turn our attention to the two sons of Hugh Marsh. Joseph and Charles must have been veryclose because in 1861 both of them headed off to Calhoun, Kentucky together to join the Civil War.There is some discrepancy about the enrollment date because one set of records gives May 11, 1861and another set gives Nov 05, 1861.2 However, both sets do agree that the brothers mustered onDec 13, 1861 into Company L of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for a three-yearhitch to fight on the side of the Union. After the three years were up, the two brothers re-enlistedon Jan 26, 1864 and mustered in on Feb 05, 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee for another three years.Finally, both records agree that the two brothers mustered out on Jul 15, 1865, at Lexington, NorthCarolina. In the Civil War records, Joseph is listed simply as Joseph M Marsh but his brother islisted under his full name Charles Ross Marsh. (It is possible the ‘M’ in Joseph M may have stoodfor ‘Marion’ because that name was given to another Joseph Marsh later. See page 27.)

After returning home, the two brothers settled in Pike County, Indiana near their father. Joseph wasthe first to get married. On Aug 24, 1869, Joseph M Marsh married Nancy Jane Stephens and in1870, depending on how one interprets the census, the two were either living with her parents and twosisters or by themselves at the same location. Charles meanwhile had found residence with the Sonecouple next door. The Stephens family consisted of the father Elijah Stephens, the mother SarahStephens (nee Sally Jones), and nine children with Nancy Jane being the third youngest. The olderchildren had already moved out leaving behind just the two youngest daughters Charlotte Lydiaand Rachael B, ages 19 and 12. It apparently didn’t take long for young Charlotte to be smittenwith Joseph’s brother because just two years later on Sept 25, 1872, Charlotte Lydia Stephens andCharles Ross Marsh tied the knot.

By 1880, the two Marsh families had moved one more time and finally settled in Gibson County ina small town called Patoka which lies alongside a river of the same name just a few miles north ofPrinceton, the county seat. The name Patoka itself comes from a local indian word meaning “logon the bottom”. It is here in Patoka that we start to see some name changes. The name Stephenschanges into Stevens and Charlotte begins to go by the name Lotta but soon settles on Lydia C.

1.8 Hannah Merilla (Marsh) Whitney

It could not have been long after Joseph and Charles moved to Gibson County that the Whitneyfamily followed suit. We have already seen Hugh Marsh getting married there in 1885 and the 1900

2It could be that the earlier date was when notices were sent out for volunteers.

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census shows the Whitneys already living in Princeton. The Whitney family looks like an interestingone to follow, but we will not do that here. Instead, I will simply give a brief summary. After arrivingin Princeton, Hannah Merilla shortened her name to Rilla, had a daughter named Melvilla whom thecensus lists as Villa, lost her husband James, and saw her young son Hugh Whitney join the Army.Skipping ahead to 1920, we find Rilla living in Kansas with her daughter Villa Clark, Villa’s husbandCurtis Clyde Clark, and his daughter Mildred Mae Clark.3 Finally, in 1930, Rilla disappears andMelvilla (back to her full name) is widowed and living in Texas with Mildred’s family, the Moutrays.

What happened between 1900 and 1920 is unknown. I did find a 1910 census showing a VillaWhitney from Indiana, age 26 and single, serving as a waitress at a hotel in Bartlesville, Oklahomabut I have not bothered to check out that lead. How she got there is anyone’s guess.

That leaves us with Hannah’s son Hugh Whitney. Hugh seems to have distinguished himself while inthe military. Records show he was a sergeant in the Engineering Corps (Company D, 56th Engineers)during the first World War and was rewarded with a burial at Arlington National Cemetery (Section34, site 4481) when he died in 1957. The official record states that SFC Hugh Whitney fromPrinceton, Indiana was born on Apr 14, 1877, died on Feb 12, 1957, and interred on Feb 19, 1957.I have not inquired any further into his military record.

1.9 Louisa Marsh

Louisa was a hard one to track. She dropped off the radar after the 1870 census but popped up ina marriage record in Gibson County under the name Anna Lockhart at age 55. The marriage datewas Oct 17, 1916. From there, I was able to backtrack to a previous marriage on Jul 29, 1882.

3It is believed Mildred was Curtis Clark’s daughter from a previous marriage.

Chapter 2

Mary Altha Hicks

After all of the other Marsh children had grown up, married, and moved on, the only ones whostayed behind in Patoka were Virgil and Walter, both sons of Joseph and Nancy Marsh. Walter’swife Eliza Belle, came from the local Booker family and can easily be traced back into Pike County.This leaves us with Virgil’s wife, Mary Altha Hicks, as the one mystery left.

Mary Hicks first appears in the 1900 census in Patoka all by herself living with one Margret L Cooperand her two sons, Felix and Herbert Milburn. Mary is listed as a boarder and housekeeper at the ageof 19. The census gives her birth date as May 1881 but later censuses and her death record indicateshe was born in 1883. If 1883 was the true year, then Mary would have been only 17 instead of 19when she married Virgil later that August. Virgil was 23.

Mary always claimed she was born in Kentucky somewhere in the vicinity of Bowling Green, possiblyButler County. Her death record listed her father as William Hicks and her mother as FrancesBryant. Checking the records, I found several William Hicks in Kentucky but none in the greaterBowling Green area. The same was true for Frances Bryant—with one exception: A personal familytree on www.ancestry.com (see [Hump]) gave a Henry W Hicks being married to a Frances EBryant in Ohio County which is one county to the north of Butler County. Could Henry’s middlename have been William? I contacted [Hump] and he said he didn’t know, but he did give me someinformation about the Hicks and Bryants who once lived in the area. More on that later.

2.1 Lois Trowbridge

The biggest clue that helped to identify Frances Bryant was the knowledge that LaVerne (Marsh)Ford, one of Virgil and Mary’s daughters, always referred to a woman living in Logan, Iowa as “AuntLois” (Aunt Lois Trowbridge). This aunt Lois had a son Wilbur living in California. Could thisLois have been Mary Hicks’ sister?

Starting with the 1930 census for Logan, Iowa, we find a Claude E and Lois S Trowbridge listedwith four children, among them a son Wilbur. Sparing the details, I will simply say that by workingbackwards, we discover Lois’ parents to be Winfield A and Frances E Stacy. Note the middle initial‘E’ on Frances. Winfield was originally from Hocking County, Ohio. The 1925 Iowa census for Logan

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tells us Lois’ mother’s maiden name was Frances Bryant. Now we are getting somewhere.

Frances E (Bryant) Stacy was born February 1857 (1900 census) somewhere in Kentucky, migratedto Nebraska where she married Winfield Stacy in 1892, had a son in 1893, moved to Logan, Iowa by1895, and had two more children. Their second child was daughter Lois S Stacy who grew up tobecome Lois Trowbridge. The 1900 census states Frances had given birth to a total of seven childrenwith only four still living. Of the four still living, only three were in Logan, Iowa. Could the fourthone have been Mary Hicks in Patoka? If so, then Mary Hicks and Lois Trowbridge were half-sisters,not full sisters as first thought.

We now return to our search for William Hicks. Was his name William or was it Henry as [Hump]reports. We have one clue left we haven’t used yet which is Mary Hicks’ middle name of Altha. Ifwe can find a Hicks or Bryant family that has that name somewhere in its lineage, we might be ontosomething.

2.2 “William” Hicks

Surprisingly, there exists a marriage record from Ohio County, Kentucky dated Oct 25, 1858 unitingone Brice J Hicks with an Altha J Briant. Wow! We not only have a marriage between a Hicks anda Bryant, but we also have the name Altha! According to the 1870 census, Brice and Altha didn’thave any children named William but they did have one Harvey W Hicks, age 9 and one ThomasHicks, age 7.

In 1860, Brice and Altha were living in Ohio County, Kentucky but by 1870, they had moved toSaline County, Missouri. Apparently, they didn’t like living out west because in 1880, we find themback in Kentucky. To confuse matters, the 1880 census listed everyone by their initials only exceptfor Thomas. He was listed as Wm T Hicks at age 17. Aha, they did have a William after all.

Turning to the 1900 census for Daviess County, Kentucky, we find William T Hicks married to oneLaura Hicks. William’s birth date was Feb, 1864 and he and Laura were married in 1883. Thiscannot be the right William Hicks.

What about his older brother, Harvey? Source [Hump] said Harvey Hicks had also been known asHarold Hicks, but the name used most often was Henry Hicks. It is this Henry Hicks that [Hump]said married Frances E Bryant. He added they were married on Mar 11, 1882 which is a little overone year before Mary Hicks was born (May 29, 1883). It looks like we have found Mary’s parents.

2.3 The Hicks and the Bryants

Now to the rest of the information [Hump] gave me. We start off with two brothers, Asa andWilliam Briant, sons of Thomas Briant from Virginia. Asa was born in 1800 and William in 1807.They married first cousins, Eleanor Bennett and Lucretia Bennett. Asa and Eleanor had fivechildren, among them a son William Jefferson Briant. William and Lucretia meanwhile had fourchildren, among them a daughter Altha Jane Briant.1 When the children grew up, William Jefferson

1Source [Hump] said the name Altha was common among the Bennetts.

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Briant married a woman named Nancy Jane Petty and Altha Jane Briant married a man namedBrice J Hicks. With me so far?

Brice and Altha Hicks had nine children with Henry Hicks being the second. William Jeffersonand Nancy Jane Briant, meanwhile, had five children, the first was a daughter they named FrancesE Bryant (note the change in spelling). It was these two children who eventually got married onMar 11, 1882. In other words, Mary Hicks’ parents were second cousins to each other.

Source [Hump] added he thinks Henry Hicks died young of typhoid fever but couldn’t give adate. He knows several of the Hicks family members were buried in Patterson Cemetery near Bedanot far from Hartford, Kentucky, but doesn’t know if Henry is buried there. I found a website(www.findagrave.com) that lists the names of people buried at Patterson Cemetery but HenryHicks was not among them. His father Brice and uncle Daniel are buried there, though.

2.4 Additional Information

While searching for more clues, I stumbled upon another website where a person by the name of JoeTaylor (see [Tayl]) had transcribed some old newspaper articles from Ohio County, Kentucky. Oneentry I found rather humorous. It was from the Hartford-Herald newspaper for Wednesday June6, 1883. It stated “Son born to HENRY HICKS of Beaver Dam on MAY 29th”. That was Mary’sbirth date.

Asa and William Briant had another brother Horatio T Briant. He was born in Virginia butmoved his whole family to Gibson County, Indiana to live. He and several of his family are buriedin Montgomery Cemetery just south of Oakland City. This means Mary Hicks would have hadrelatives in Gibson County she could visit or live with. For a rather comprehensive genealogy onthe Briant/Bryant families, see source [CCBr].

2.5 Loose Ends

There is little doubt that Henry Hicks and Frances E Bryant were the parents of Mary Hicks andthat Mary was born in the vicinity of Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky. That newspaper articleitself is almost as good as an actual birth record if it does refer to Mary. We are however still leftwith a few unanswered questions:

• When and where did Henry Hicks die? He is not buried in Patterson Cemetery with his father.

• If Henry and Frances had more than one child, what happened to the others?

• Why did the newspaper article say a “boy” was born to Henry Hicks? Was Mary one of twins?

• What induced Frances to hightail it off to Nebraska leaving Mary behind? Did Henry’s deathhave anything to do with it, or did he go with her?

• When and where did Frances meet Winfield Stacy? Was it in Nebraska or had they knowneach other before?

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• Was Mary raised by relatives in Ohio County, Kentucky, by cousins in Gibson County, Indiana,or by Frances in Nebraska prior to her marriage to Winfield Stacy?

• I recently heard a rumor that Mary Hicks was kidnapped as a child. Is this true and did it haveanything to do with Frances moving west or is it just a rumor and a red herring? (The factthat LaVerne Ford knew Aunt Lois in Logan, Iowa implies an amicable relationship betweenLois and Mary Marsh.)

I end my research on the Marsh family of Patoka at this point because this project has taken muchmore of my time than I had planned on spending and I have many more questions than I have timefor. Since I feel I have already achieved my objective of documenting the ancestry of the Marshfamily, I leave these questions for someone else to answer.

Part II

Lineages

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Chapter 3

The Hugh Marsh Family

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Lineage 1

Hugh Marsh (M)

• Born about 1821 in Indiana, either Ohio or Switzerland County• Died after 1885, location unknownon Parents were Charles Marsh from Pennsylvania and (Elizabeth?) Turner from Connecticut

Hugh had three wives during his lifetime, his last one being twenty-five years his junior. Hugh andfamily started out in Switzerland County, Indiana in 1850, moved to Perry County by 1860, to PikeCounty by 1870, and into Gibson County around or just after 1880.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Mary Ann (–) (1840–1841?)• Born about 1824• Died between 1860–1861, Perry Co., IN

Children:

1. (M) Joseph M Marsh Page 17• Born about 1842, Ohio or Switzerland Co., IN• Died 15 Dec 1895, Gibson Co., IN. Married Nancy Jane Stephens, 24 Aug 1869

2. (M) Charles Ross Marsh Page 39• Born 06 Feb 1846, Ohio or Switzerland Co., IN• Died 20 Feb 1915, Gibson Co., IN. Married Charlotte Lydia Stephens, 25 Sept 1872

3. (F) Hannah Merilla “Rilla” Marsh Page 45• Born Sept 1855, Perry Co., IN• Died after 1920, Cowley Co., KS?. Married James H Whitney, 02 Aug 1872

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Mary Jane (Riddle) Falkenborough, 25 Jan 1862, Perry Co., IN [Book 3:30]• Born 1823–1825• Died or separated before 1880

Children:

4. (F) Louisa Anna Marsh Page 49• Born Oct 1862, Perry Co.?, IN• Died. Married William Lockhart, 29 Jul 1882. Married Roswell J Stone, 17 Oct 1916

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Sarah A (Farmer) Vanover, 23 Jul 1885, Gibson Co., IN [Book 6:588]• Born 1846, Scott Co., IN• Died

Children: None

Common naming conventions suggest that Hugh’s mother’s (Charles Marsh’s wife’s) first name couldhave been Elizabeth.

There is a weak clue hinting at the possibility that Hugh’s first wife’s (Mary Ann’s) maiden namemight have been Tinker (see Appendix C).

Mary Jane Riddle’s first marriage was to Littleton S Falkenborough, 24 Oct 1850, Perry CountyBook [1:535]. Source [Coon] says Mary Jane’s parents were John Riddle and Mary Baker fromCrawford County, Indiana. He also says Mary Jane died on 02 Jul 1914 in Perry County but doesnot have Hugh Marsh listed as a husband. It is probable he is mixing up two different Mary Janes asthe 1880 census says Hugh was widowed. (There was another Mary Jane Riddle in Warrick Countyborn in 1830 to Thomas and Hulda Riddle. This may be the one [Coon] is referring to.)

Sarah Farmer’s parents were Jerry Farmer and Polly Allen. This was her third marriage as well.Outside of simply Vanover, the names of her first two husbands are unknown.

Chapter 4

The Joseph M Marsh Lineage

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Lineage 1.1

Joseph M Marsh (M)

• Born about 1842 in Ohio or Switzerland Co., Indiana• Died 15 Dec 1895, Gibson Co., Indianae Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Indianaon Parents were Hugh and Mary Ann Marsh

Joseph, along with his brother Charles, served in the Civil War 1861–1865 in Company L of the 3rdCavalry Reg., Kentucky, fighting for the Union. After his death, Joseph was awarded the militaryheadstone (actually a bronze plaque) available to Civil War veterans.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy Jane Stephens, 24 Aug 1869, Pike Co. [Book 5:233] From page 88• Born 26 Nov 1848, Warrick Co., IN• Died 16 Jun 1935, Gibson Co., IN [Patoka H22:61]e Buried with Joseph at Oak Hill Cemetery, Patoka

Children:

1. (F) Della May Marsh Page 19• Born 12 Jun 1871, Pike Co., IN• Died 05 Feb 1938, either Allen Co. or Gibson Co., IN. Married John Patrick Murphy, 09 Sept 1897

2. (M) Charles R Marsh Page 20• Born Mar 1873, Pike Co., IN• Died after 1920. Married Sarah L (Flynn) Oliphant, 07 Sept 1897

3. (F) Clara Marsh• Born 1875, Indiana

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• Died after 1880◦ Clara’s name appears only in the 1880 census. No other information found.

4. (M) Virgil W Marsh Page 21• Born 02 Nov 1876, Gibson Co., IN• Died 14 Jan 1955, Gibson Co., IN. Married Mary Altha Hicks, 12 Aug 1900 (See Chapter 2)

5. (F) Eda Marsh• Born 04 Feb 1880, Indiana• Died 10 Mar 1884, Gibson Co., IN (4 yrs, 1 mo old)e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Patoka◦ (Curious: Eda is buried a good distance away from the other Marshes.)

6. (M) Leroy “Roy” Marsh Page 22• Born 02 Apr 1883, Gibson Co., IN• Died 14 Dec 1914 (probably Gibson Co.). Married Delta Mae Isaac, 05 Dec 1903

7. (M) Walter Marsh Page 23• Born 03 Sep 1889, Gibson Co., IN• Died 23 Dec 1978, Danville, IL. Married Eliza Belle Booker, 08 Feb 1918

⇒ After Joseph died, Nancy Jane remarried:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married John A Melton, 07 Sept 1907, Posey Co. [Book C14:151] From page 78• Born 08 Dec 1845, probably Dubois Co., IN• Died 16 Jul 1917, Gibson Co. [Hazleton H22:49]

Children: None

John Melton’s parents were Richard Melton and Salome McGlothlin (married 06 Mar 1834 in PerryCounty, Indiana). This was John’s second marriage as well. He was previously married to Sarah EMetcalf and had four children by 1900. Sarah was one of twins born in 1849 to John Metcalf andNancy Jane Skelton in Warrick County (Pigeon Township). The other twin, Mary J, apparentlydidn’t live beyond her first few years. Sarah died in Posey County on 05 Jul 1906 [Book H4:54].

John Melton (sometimes mistranscribed as Milton) is listed as being buried at Oak Hill Cemetery inPatoka but no headstone or marker can be found. It is more likely John was actually buried alongsideSarah somewhere in Posey County. John and Sarah’s last-known (1900) residence together was inPoint Township. Sarah had a younger brother Elvis M Medcalf (with a “d”) living in Mt. Vernon,Indiana.

It seems likely Nancy Jane and Sarah Metcalf knew each other and were old friends because both ofthem lived in the same area of Pike County from 1860 to 1870 and may even have attended schooltogether since they were both of the same age. Moreover, they both got married within six monthsof each other, Sarah Metcalf and John Melton on 14 Mar 1869 (Pike Co. [Book 5:211]).

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Identifying the correct John Melton was tedious because there were at least three other ones in thearea:(1) John H and Sarah A (Parker) Melton near Oakland City but he died before 1880.(2) John W and Mattie E (Tichenor) Melton married in Gibson Co. on 30 Dec 1891.(3) John and Sarrah Melton in Dubois County, Cass Twp in 1880, but ages are wrong.

Source [Dixi] tells me that her mother had once met Nancy Jane and discovered that Nancy smokeda corn cob pipe which was something her mother had never seen before.

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Della May Marsh (F)

• Born 12 Jun 1871, Pike County, Indiana• Died 05 Feb 1938, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H43:17] (but see below)e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka as Della May Murphyon Della was the first child of Joseph M Marsh and Nancy Jane Stephens

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married John Patrick Murphy, 09 Sept 1897, Gibson Co., IN From page 83

Books [9:283] and [H2:27]• Born 17 Mar 1865, Gibson Co., IN• Died 06 Dec 1940, Gibson Co., INe Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery with Della May

Children:

1. (F) Mary Marjorie Murphy Page 24• Born 04 Jun 1898, Gibson Co., IN• Died 21 Apr 1977, Milwaukee, WI. Married Roy Grant Suddarth, 16 Jun 1917. Married David Wilson

2. (M) Ralph Edward Murphy Page 25• Born 20 Mar 1901, Gibson Co., IN• Died 01 Jul 1971, Elkhart, IN. Married Ruth Altone Ohse, 31 Dec 1924

3. (M) John Hugh Murphy Page 25• Born 11 Mar 1907, Gibson Co., IN• Died 03 Aug 1944 near St. Lo, France during World War II. Married Evelyn Mae Mock, 20 Jul 1931

John Patrick Murphy was a son of Hugh and Ann Murphy (nee Lattersee) from Ireland. John’suncle, also named John Murphy, worked at the Patoka distillery in 1880. They were all residents ofPatoka.


Sometime before 1918, the family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana possibly to be near some of John’srelatives since Fort Wayne seems to have been home to a lot of Irish immigrants named Murphy.For some reason though, Ralph stayed behind in Patoka and was living with his grandmother NancyJane Melton in 1920.

John and Della found employment in Fort Wayne at the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth,John as a fireman at the power plant and Della as a cook.

Source [Dixi] says John and Della moved back to Patoka around 1935–1936. Later, while visitingson Ralph and his wife Ruth in Fort Wayne in 1937, Della fell, broke her hip, and spent some time inthe St. Joseph Hospital. She never walked after that and died four months later from complications.Since Ralph was listed as the informant on her Gibson County death record, it seems probable thatDella actually died in Fort Wayne even though her death record lists White River Township, GibsonCounty as the place of death. Her residence, Patoka, is in White River Township.

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Charles R Marsh (M)

• Born Mar 1873 in Pike County, Indiana• Died after 1920on Second child of Joseph M Marsh and Nancy Jane Stephens

Little can be deduced about this Charles Marsh. He married a 20-year-old woman who already hadone son and all three headed west. In 1900, they were living in Cowley County, Kansas. In 1910,they were found in Danville, Illinois where Charles was working for the railroad as a boilermakerhelper. In 1920, they were in St. Francois County, Missouri where Charles was back to being afarmer. No record of them was found for 1930.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Sarah L (Flynn) Oliphant, 07 Sep 1897, Gibson Co. Books [9:281] and [H2:27]• Born Sept 1877, IL• Died

Children: None

⇒ Sarah brought with her one son from her previous marriage:

0. (M) James Edgard Oliphant, stepson• Born Aug 1895, IN

Sarah Flynn’s first husband (James Oliphant’s father) was born in Missouri. Sarah’s parents wereW Flynn (Indiana) and S Jeffries (Illinois). Nothing else is known about the Oliphants except thatthere were a few living in Patoka.

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Virgil W Marsh (M)

• Born 02 Nov 1876, Gibson Co., IN• Died 14 Jan 1955, Gibson Co., IN [Book 47:227]e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Indianaon Virgil was the fifth child of Joseph M Marsh and Nancy Jane Stephens

Virgil was a lifelong resident of Patoka. He started out as a farm laborer but ended up as aboilermaker at the Southern Railroad shop in Princeton. One or two sources give Virgil’s middleinitial as “P” but most give it as “W”.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Mary Altha Hicks, 12 Aug 1900, Knox Co. [Book H46:28] From page 67• Born 29 May 1883, Ohio County, Kentucky• Died 22 Jun 1957, Gibson Co. [Princeton 6:212]e Mary is buried alongside Virgil at Oak Hill Cemetery

Children:

1. (F) Bessie Mae Marsh Page 26• Born 29 Jun 1901, Gibson Co., IN• Died 04 Oct 1984, Marion Co., IN. Married George Leonard Cox, about 1928

2. (M) Joseph Marsh Page 27• Born 28 Apr 1903, Gibson Co., IN• Died Aug 1973, Wendell, ID. Married Bessie Marie Gentry, 19 Oct 1926 to 15 Feb 1936. Married Alta Ruth Campbell, 06 Nov 1936

3. (F) Frances Ellen Marsh• Born 17 Nov 1904, Gibson Co., IN [Book H10:36]• Died after 1910 of malariae Supposedly buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka (see note)

4. (M) Willard Henry Marsh• Born about 1906 (no record in Gibson Co.)• Died 07 Jan 1913, possibly of malariae Supposedly buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka (see note)

5. (F) Clara B Marsh Page 28• Born 16 Jan 1908, Gibson Co., IN• Died 05 Oct 1969, Vanderburgh Co., IN. Married James Oscar Garman, somewhere between 1931–1941

6. (F) Della Louisa “Louise D” Marsh • Born 24 Sep 1909, Gibson Co., IN• Died 15 May 1978, Vanderburgh Co., IN?. Married (–) Lee, (date, location, duration unknown)

7. (M) Glenn Jackson Marsh• Born 09 Mar 1912, Gibson Co., IN [Book CH28:49]


• Died 21 Nov 1928, Gibson Co., IN [Book H22:56]e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka

8. (F) Gladys Elnora Marsh Page 29• Born 04 Sep 1914, Gibson Co., IN• Died 11 Mar 2006, Marion Co., IN. Married Victor M Porter, 31 Mar 1934

9. (F) Alice LaVerne Marsh • Born 19 Apr 1916, Gibson Co., IN• Died 23 Jan 1981, Marion Co., IN. Married Perley Arizona Ford, 18 Dec 1936

10. (F) Altha Bernice “Benny” Marsh Page 31• Born 17 May 1921, Gibson Co., IN• Died 26 Jan 2004, Vanderburgh Co., IN. Married Boris G “Bob” Doubiago, (date unknown)

11. (M) Walter Virgil Marsh Page 32• Born 21 Jun 1923, Gibson Co., IN• Died 06 Mar 1984, Opelika, AL. Married Marjorie H Lominack, 15 Jun 1944

Mary Hicks’ death record lists her parents as William Hicks and Frances Bryant but investigationsstrongly indicate her father actually went by the name Henry Hicks. That would mean Mary wasborn in Ohio County, Kentucky in or near the town of Beaver Dam not far from Hartford. See hernot quite complete story in Chapter 2.

Frances and Willard Marsh are supposed to have been buried at Oak Hill Cemetery but no headstoneor marker have been located. Since Oak Hill Cemetery does have several small eroded, unreadableheadstones, it is probable two of these belong to Frances and Willard.

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Leroy “Roy” Marsh (M)

• Born 02 Apr 1883, Gibson Co., IN [Book H1:48]• Died 14 Dec 1914e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Indianaon Leroy was the sixth child born to Joseph M Marsh and Nancy Jane Stephens

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Delta Mae Isaac, 05 Dec 1903, Gibson Co. [Book 10:569]• Born about 1887 in Indiana, probably Pike Co.• Died after 1942, prob. Danville, Illinois

Children:

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1. (M) Robert Elza Lee Marsh Page 35• Born 07 Mar 1905, Gibson Co., IN• Died 02 Jun 1986, Danville, IL. Married Katherine Cecilia Lonbom, 1926–1927

2. (F) Zelma Marsh Page 36• Born 18 Feb 1907, Gibson Co., IN• Died. Married (–) King

3. (F) Florence Irene Marsh Page 36• Born 15 Aug 1909, Patoka, IN• Died 26 Dec 2008, Danville, IL. Married Joseph Weibaut. Married James E Hodges

4. (F) Edith Marsh Page 36• Born Feb 1916, Illinois• Died. Married (–) Toops

Delta’s parents were Robert Isaac and Lucinda Jane Woods. In 1900, Robert Isaac and LucindaJane moved to Bellmont in Wabash County, Illinois (just west of Mt. Carmel).

The first three children were born in Patoka but the fourth was born in Illinois meaning Delta andthe children probably moved to Danville, Illinois around the time Leroy died. The dates present aproblem, however. The 1920 census clearly shows Delta and the children living in Danville, Illinoiswith her divorced (or widowed) uncle George Woods. The census was taken in January and itexplicitly states Edith was 3 and 11/12 years old which puts her birth around Feb 1916, but Leroy’sheadstone says he died on 14 Dec 1914. Something is amiss. Note also that Leroy was buried inOak Hill Cemetery by himself.

There is no record of Delta remarrying. The last record found carrying her name was the 1942city directory for Danville, Illinois. Delta is most likely buried in Danville, Illinois with her otherrelatives.

The marriage information for Florence Irene Marsh (Aunt Polly) was obtained from her obituaryfound on the www.ancestry.com website. It was published in the Danville, Illinois Commercial-News, Dec. 27, 2008. Married names for sisters Zelma and Edith were listed as well, so I haveincluded them above.

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Walter Marsh (M)

• Born 03 Sep 1889, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H3:22]• Died 23 Dec 1978, Danville, Illinois


e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Indiana next to his wife Belleon Walter was the last of seven children born to Joseph M Marsh and Nancy Jane Stephens

In 1930, Walter and Belle were living in Terre Haute where Walter performed signal maintenancefor the railroad. During World War Two, They were living in Indianapolis with Walter working forRCA. After the war, they moved back to Patoka.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Eliza Belle Booker, 08 Feb 1918, Gibson Co. Books [14:32] and [H9:21]• Born 21 Nov 1890, Gibson Co., IN• Died 13 Apr 1975, Gibson Co., IN [Book 9:6]e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, IN

Children: None known

Eliza Belle’s parents were Daniel Booker from Spurgeon in southern Pike County and Mary FrancesTruckey who was from either Gibson or Pike County. Daniel Booker and Frances Truckey weremarried in Gibson County on 24 Dec 1889 ([Book 7:508]). Mary Frances died before 1900.

Eliza Belle’s grandfather was Isam Booker and two of her uncles were James and Bilman (or Tilman)Booker. It seems she had an aunt also named Eliza B Booker.

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Mary Marjorie Murphy (F)

• Born 04 Jun 1898, Gibson County, Indiana• Died 21 Apr 1977, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cert. No. 202089e Probably buried in Milwaukeeon Marjorie was a daughter of John Patrick and Della May (Marsh) Murphy

Little is known about Mary Murphy. She is listed in the 1900 census as Margery M Murphy. Shewas born in Patoka but moved to Fort Wayne sometime around 1917. She married her first husbandRoy in Fort Wayne but whether she met him there or knew him from southern Indiana is unknown.Marjorie and Roy moved to near Ann Arbor, Michigan sometime between 1926 and 1930. AfterMarjorie and Roy were divorced, she married David Wilson (Source [Dixi]). Marjorie and Davidthen moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they lived out the rest of their lives.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Roy Grant Suddarth, 16 Jun 1917, Allen Co. IN [Book 45:410]

Separated (date, location unknown)• Born 19 Aug 1890, Cannelton, Perry Co., IN• Died Aug 1967, Muskogee County, OK

Children: Yes

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• Born (date, location unknown)• Died 1964?

Children: Unknown

Roy Suddarth’s first wife was Ethel Weatherholt (married 23 Feb 1914 in Perry County [Book 12:253]).It seems Ethel may have died during childbirth because in 1917, Roy listed himself as being widowedwith child on his World War One registration card dated 05 Jun 1917. He was living in Fort Wayneat the time working as a painter at the Indiana School. Two weeks later, he and Marjorie weremarried making Marjorie an immediate stepmother.

No one seems to have any background on David Wilson, Marjorie’s second husband. The bestinformation I can find is a death record of one David A Wilson who died in Milwaukee, Wisconsinon 01 Nov 1964 at age 51. His Wisconsin death certificate number is 033502. Only a check of thisrecord will provide us with an answer.

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Ralph Edward Murphy (M)

• Born 20 Mar 1901, Gibson County, Indiana• Died 01 Jul 1971, Elkhart, Indianae Buried at Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indianaon Ralph was the second child of John Murphy and Della May Marsh

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Ruth Altone Ohse, 31 Dec 1924, Allen Co., IN• Born 30 Apr 1903, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN• Died 13 Dec 1962, Kendallville, Noble Co., INe Buried at Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Children: Yes

Ruth’s parents were Henry Ohse (b: 1878) and Ida Reynolds (b: 1882).Ralph was listed as a shipping clerk when he married Ruth Ohse.

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John Hugh Murphy (M)

• Born 11 Mar 1907, Gibson County, Indiana• Died 03 Aug 1944 near St. Lo, France during World War IIe Buried 1948 at Violett Cemetery near Goshen, Indianaon John was the third child of John P and Della May (Marsh) Murphy


After attending barber school in Fort Wayne, John set up shop in South Whitley and there he methis future wife Evelyn Mae. John and Evelyn moved to Goshen, Indiana in 1937. After one childwas born in 1942, they moved to Mishawaka. When World War Two came along, John enlistedon 10 Sep 1943 as a private. He was sent overseas to France right after D-Day to work as a medicreplacement. He was killed during the early stages of the Normandy campaign near Torigni Sur Vire(close to St. Lo) and was buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery at Marigny, France. After the warwas over, his body was brought back to the States and reburied at Violett Cemetery near Goshen,Indiana in 1948.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Evelyn Mae Mock, 20 Jul 1931, Wells Co., IN• Born 27 Jan 1909, Kosciusko Co., IN• Died 29 Sep 2001, Kosciusko Co., INe Buried at Violett Cemetery near Goshen, Indiana

Children: Yes

Evelyn Mock’s parents were Lester and Pearl Mock who lived on a farm in the vicinity of LakeWawasee near Syracuse, Indiana. (All information provided by source [Dixi].)

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Bessie Mae Marsh (F)

• Born 29 Jun 1901, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H8:24]• Died 04 Oct 1984, Marion County, Indianae Buried at Washington Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indianaon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Bess went to Indianapolis, Indiana to study nursing and while there, met a young ambulance driver,Leonard Cox. She got her start working for the Indianapolis Board of Health while Leonard drovefor the city of Indianapolis. After a period of grieving for the unexpected loss of Leonard in 1950,Bess eventually resumed her nursing career.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married George Leonard Cox, about 1928, Indianapolis, IN• Born 23 Jan 1899, Elwood, Madison Co., IN• Died 26 Oct 1950, Indianapolis, IN, 51 years old, heart attacke Buried at Washington Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

Children:

1. (F) Nancy Jane Cox Page 33• Born 13 Dec 1943, Indianapolis, IN. Married Bobby K Scott, 24 Sep 1967

Leonard’s parents were Charles Cox, a grocer originally from New York, and Magnolia Fleming, a

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Hoosier. Elwood is a small town a little northwest of Anderson, Indiana. Leonard was privilegedenough to be an ambulance driver for the Indianapolis 500 racetrack during the 1940s. He also wasdeputy county coroner.

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Joseph Marsh (M)

• Born 28 Apr 1903, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H9:32]• Died 14 Aug 1973, Wendell, Idahoon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Joseph’s middle name is not recorded but was probably Marion (see below). This suggests that themiddle name of his grandfather Joseph M Marsh may also have been Marion.

Joe was a controversial character because he married a local girl, had two children (the first bornprematurely), was divorced, married a girl from Princeton, and moved to Perry, Missouri, southwestof Hannibal. There, he set up a photography studio. Later, Joe and his family moved to Wendell,Idaho to live permanently. In Wendell, Joe ran not only a photography studio but also a rock shop(Ice Caves Jewelry) where he would collect rocks in the desert and cut, grind, and polish them tomake jewelry and souvenirs to sell. At least that was in the 1950s.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Bessie Marie Gentry, 19 Oct 1926, Gibson Co. [Book 17:555]

Separated 15 Feb 1936, Knox Co. Superior Ct. [Book 13:201]• Born 02 May 1908, Gibson Co. Books [H12:28] and [CH28:9]• Died 30 Aug 2002, Marion Co. IN

Children:

1. (M) Joseph Marion Marsh Jr• Born 30 Oct 1927, Gibson Co., IN• Died 20 Dec 1927, Gibson Co. [Book H-41:67] (1 month, 20 days old)e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, IN

2. (F) Maribelle Marsh Page 33• Born 10 Oct 1929, Gibson Co., IN• Died 20 Oct 2002, Marion Co., IN. Married Gene Paul Bohannon, 04 Feb 1951, Marion Co., IN

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Alta Ruth Campbell, 06 Nov 1936, Indiana• Born 02 Sep 1913, Gibson Co., IN• Died 17 Apr 1971, Wendell, ID (auto accident)

Children:

3. (M) Joseph “Joey” Marsh Jr• Born 13 Apr 1938, Pike Co., IN (but see note)


• Died 01 Dec 1981, Pocatello, ID. Married Patricia June Peterson, 30 Jun 1961, Jerome, ID

Marie Gentry’s parents were Walter and Anna (Stiehl) Gentry of Patoka. Marie was born in theBaldwin Heights area of Princeton (south side). Her father was proprietor of a brickyard. Themarriage record for Joe and Marie was hard to find. It was not indexed under Joseph Marsh butonly under Bessie Marie Gentry. Marie was the one who filed for divorce and was granted custodyof their daughter Maribelle. Marie and Maribelle then moved to Indianapolis to live.

Marie’s second husband was Charles V Stuart (1909–1960). During the 1950s, Marie ran the StuartRestaurant in Indianapolis on North Pennsylvania Street just up from the National Guard Armory.After Charles Stuart died, Marie married Aldus D Wilson (1905–1985).

Marie (Gentry) Wilson is buried at Walnut Hill Cemetery near Fort Branch, Indiana with her secondhusband Charles Stuart. The headstone reads Wilson–Stuart. Marie’s parents are also buried atWalnut Hill. The Gentry family genealogy can be found in [Skel].

Alta’s parents were Joseph Edgar and Etta Jane (Grubb) Campbell of Princeton, Indiana. (Thanksto [Camp] and [DanL] for knowing Alta’s full name, parents, birth, and marriage dates.)

Alta was killed in an auto accident. The newspaper account says Joe, Alta, Joe Jr, and Joe Jr’s wifewere riding along when their vehicle struck a parked car six miles south of Gooding. On a relatednote, I believe both Joe and Joe Jr died in their own auto accidents as well but cannot re-locate thesources any more to verify this.

One source says Joe Jr was born in Pike County, Indiana but others say Perry, Missouri (RallsCounty) where Joe and Alta lived for a few years after leaving Indiana. Joe Jr’s middle name wasMarion. He graduated from Idaho State University in 1960 with a degree in accounting. His wifewas born in 1943 and they had one daughter in 1962.

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Clara B Marsh (F)

• Born 16 Jan 1908, Gibson Co. IN Books [H12:19] and [H22:1]• Died 05 Oct 1969, Vanderburgh Co., INe Buried at the Centenary Methodist Church cemetery in Inglefield, Vanderburgh Countyon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Very little is known about Clara except that she first trained as a nurse along with her sister Bessin Indianapolis but ended up running a dog kennel (Inglehill Kennels) with her husband Oscar inInglefield, a small town north of Evansville near Darmstadt. She became known nationwide for herexpertise as a dog trainer.

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Children: None

Oscar’s parents were Joseph Henry Garman and Effie Belle Hartley. Oscar was a barber and hadbeen married twice before. His first wife was Martha E Fletcher (married about 1918) and his secondwife was Flossie Prescott (married about 1929). Oscar married Clara sometime after 1930 but before1942 when he filled out his World War Two registration slip. (Thanks to [Baar] for information onOscar’s first two wives.)

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Della Louisa “Louise D” Marsh (F)

• Born 24 Sep 1909, Gibson Co., IN [Book H22:3]• Died 15 May 1978, either Vanderburgh or Gibson Co., INe Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Patoka under the name Louise Marsh Leeon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Like Bess, Louise was a nurse. In the 1950s, Louise worked in Kokomo, Indiana. Around 1960,she moved to Inglefield to live next door to her sister Clara Garman and found work at DeaconessHospital in Evansville. She stayed in the Evansville area the rest of her life.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married (–) Lee (date, location, duration unknown)

Separated (date, location unknown)• Born (unknown)• Died (unknown)


Unlike Joseph Marsh, Louise was a secretive one. No one ever talked about her marriage. It musthave been brief because she was already separated by the 1950s. The fact that she retained hermarried name hints at the possibility she had children, but no one ever mentioned it.

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Gladys Elnora Marsh (F)

• Born 04 Sep 1914, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H14:33]• Died 11 Mar 2006, Beech Grove (Marion County), Indianae Buried at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, Indianaon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh


Gladys was the perkiest of the eleven children born to Virgil and Mary. It is not known for sure,but Gladys may have studied nursing like her sisters before she met her husband Victor. After shewas married, Gladys worked at H. P. Wasson’s Department Store in downtown Indianapolis for along time.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Victor M Porter, 31 Mar 1934, Gibson Co., IN [Book 20:565]• Born 15 or 27 Aug 1910, Marion Co., IN• Died 23 Sep 2004, Beech Grove (Marion Co.), INe Buried at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, IN

Children:

1. (M) Leonard Lee Porter Page 34• Born 16 Mar 1935, Marion Co., IN• Died 30 Sep 1998, Marion Co., IN. Married Julie E Strain

Victor Porter’s parents were John E and Mary E (Surface) Porter of Indianapolis. Victor was a tooland die maker at RCA in Indianapolis.

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Alice LaVerne Marsh (F)

• Born 19 Apr 1916, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H14:84]• Died 23 Jan 1981, Marion County, Indiana [Local #00621]e Buried at Shiloh Cemetery, Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana as A LaVerne Fordon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Following her sisters, LaVerne took up nurses training in Vincennes and Indianapolis. Althoughher future husband Perley was from Gibson County near Mt. Olympus, LaVerne actually met himin Indianapolis at a dance arranged between her nursing school and his pharmacy college. Oncemarried, LaVerne settled down to being just a housewife except for the rare attempt at running adry goods store, being a manicurist, or receptionist at a veterinary clinic. LaVerne loved her dogs,so much so that she took up the hobby of raising show dogs, especially poodles. She also loved tocook, sew, garden, and tend to her flower beds.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Perley Arizona Ford, 18 Dec 1936, Hancock Co., IN• Born 27 Jan 1915, Maricopa Co., AZ• Died 10 Feb 2008, Bloomington, Monroe Co., INe Buried at Shiloh Cemetery, Gibson County next to LaVerne

Children:

1. (F) Marcia Ann Ford Page 34• Born 07 Nov 1938, Marion Co., IN

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• Died 31 Jul 2010, Marion Co., IN. Married Darold Hugh Moyer, 10 Jun 1960

2. (M) Douglas A Ford• Born 1941, Marion Co., IN• Died

Perley’s parents, Arthur L and Bessie Pearl (Hope) Ford, are also buried at Shiloh just to his south.Although born in Arizona, Perley grew up on the John Robinson Ford farmstead in Gibson Countyand attended school at Mt. Olympus. After graduating in 1932, he moved to Indianapolis wherehis father lived and attended pharmacy college. Perley became a registered pharmacist and ran hisown drugstore in partnership with his father until the mid 1960s when Arthur retired. Perley thenwent to work for Hooks, Revco, and finally, CVS. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and loved tobowl. Perley retired in 1980.

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Altha Bernice “Benny” Marsh (F)

• Born 17 May 1921, Gibson County, Indiana [Book 16:17]• Died 26 Jan 2004, Vanderburgh County, Indianae Buried at Centenary Church Cemetery, Inglefield, with husband Borison Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

In the 1950s, Benny and her family lived on Long Island, New York in or near Copiague, not farfrom New York City. Then around 1960, the family moved back to Indiana into a house in Inglefielddown the street from Clara and Louise. Bob Doubiago found work at Whirlpool. Bernice laterbecame co-owner of an antique store in Newburgh, just east of Evansville.

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Children:

1. (M) Alexander Doubiago• Born 17 Dec 1944?• Died

2. (M) Mark Doubiago• Born 09 Oct 1956?• Died

3. (M) Victor Doubiago• Born 26 Oct 1957?• Died


Boris Doubiago immigrated into the U.S. possibly via Alaska in the 1930s or 1940s. He had beenmarried once before and had a son George (b: 1937) by his first wife.

The headstone for Bernice sports an alternate spelling: “Berniece”.

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Walter Virgil Marsh (M)

• Born 21 Jun 1923, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H22:17]• Died 06 Mar 1984, Opelika, Lee County, Alabamaon Parents were Virgil and Mary (Hicks) Marsh

Walter Virgil was the last of the Virgil and Mary Marsh children. He is recorded as enlisting in theArmy in Evansville for World War II on 18 Jan 1943 into the “Branch Immaterial”–Warrant Officers,USA as a private. (Was there such a branch or should the title have been “Branch Materiel”?) Whenhe enlisted, his occupation was sales clerk. It may have been his tour of duty that placed him inAlabama where he met his future wife Marjorie because one year later they were married in LeeCounty. After the war, Walter took up residence in Opelika permanently and became a game warden.His obituary says he had worked for the Opelika Police Department for 30 years. I presume he isburied in Alabama.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Marjorie H Lominack, 15 Jun 1944, Lee Co., AL• Born (date unsure–see note)• Died (date unknown–see note)

Children:

1. (F) Bobby Wieder Marsh (see note)• Born 1943 or 1945?• Died

2. (M) Kennison Marsh• Born 11 Feb 1948• Died

3. (M) Glenn Marsh• Born 12 Jan 1951• Died

Data on Marjorie has been difficult to track down. The marriage date does seem secure since thedate is listed under both Marjorie H Lominack and Walter V Marsh in Lee County, Alabama. Thelistings gave two reference numbers, 36 and 17648, possibly Book and Certificate numbers.

I did find a Social Security Death Index on www.ancestry.com for one Marjorie Marsh in Alabamawith the dates “Born 01 May 1927, died Nov 1978”. The birth date is certainly reasonable but the

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death date is before Walter’s and Walt’s obituary says he was survived by his wife and children. Ialso heard that Marjorie remarried after Walter died, but I have no information on that.

A deceased cousin of mine had done some Marsh genealogy back in the early 1960s and her husbandsent me a copy of one page containing the following:“Marjarie Elizabeth (Hanners) Marsh, born Lee County, Ala. on 25 Feb 1919.Children: 1.) Bobby Weida Lominack (Marjarie’s first child by her first husband who died), bornNewberry County, So. Carolina on 06 Nov 1943.”I have a picture of Marge and her baby dated 1945 (see photo section) which implies something iswrong with the above dates.

However, I also found the following on www.ancestry.com: There was a Marjorie E Hanners bornaround 1919 to Bascomb and Lela/Lula Hanners. In 1920, they lived in Grahams Store, Lee County,Alabama and in 1930, it was in Floyds Mill, Lee County. Marjorie E Hanners was married in LeeCo., Ala. on Jan 1939, no spouse name or book information given.

At the same time, there did exist a Lominack family in Newberry County, South Carolina and therewas a Robert G Lominack who died in Alabama on 20 Apr 1943 at the age of 29, so it is possibleMarge really had been married before, but the dates still don’t add up unless the picture was takenaround the same time Walt and Marge were married and was misdated.

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Nancy Jane Cox (F)

• Born 13 Dec 1943, Indianapolis, Indiana• Diedon Parents were Leonard and Bess (Marsh) Cox of Indianapolis

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Bobby K Scott, 24 Sep 1967• Born 11 Apr 1941, Ballard Co., KY• Died

Children: Yes

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Maribelle Marsh (F)

• Born 10 Oct 1929, Gibson County, Indiana• Died 20 Oct 2002, Marion County, Indianaon Parents were Joseph and Marie (Gentry) Marsh of Patoka, Indiana

After her mother’s divorce, Maribelle and her mother moved to Indianapolis to live.


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Gene Paul Bohannon, 04 Feb 1951, Marion Co., IN• Born 13 Oct 1927, Indianapolis, IN• Died

Children: Yes

Paul Bohannon’s parents were Verlin E and Ada Lee Bohannon. In the 1940s, they ran a smallbusiness in Indianapolis selling cars.

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Leonard Lee Porter (M)

• Born 16 Mar 1935, Marion County, Indiana• Died 30 Sep 1998, Marion County, Indianae Buried at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, Indiana in the U.S. Veterans sectionon Parents were Victor and Gladys (Marsh) Porter of Beech Grove, Indiana

Leonard Lee was the pride of Gladys and Victor. By profession, Leonard Lee was a chemist at EliLilly and Co. in Indianapolis. When he was a youth, he was active in the Boy Scouts. Later hetrained as a helicopter pilot and eventually achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. Healso was active in the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Julie E Strain (no date)• Born 16 Oct 1941• Died

Children: Yes

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Marcia Ann Ford (F)

• Born 07 Nov 1938, Indianapolis, Indiana• Died 31 Jul 2010, Indianapolis, Indianae Marcia is buried next to her husband at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolison Parents were Perley and LaVerne (Marsh) Ford of Indianapolis, Indiana

After high school, Marcia attended Milligan College near Johnson City, Tennessee. She got her firstwork experience as a comptometer operator at the Hygrade Meat Packing plant in Indianapolis.Marcia was primarily a housewife and mother until the 1970s when her kids were old enough toallow her to attend IUPUI in Indianapolis to obtain her BS degree in Geology. She later found workas an actuarial assistant in Indianapolis then in Bloomington, Indiana. After about eight or nine

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years of suffering, Marcia finally succumbed to the ravages incurred from multiple myeloma andbone marrow diseases.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Darold Hugh Moyer, 10 Jun 1960, Greenwood, IN• Born 14 Sep 1935• Died 15 Aug 1988e Buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

Children: Yes

Darold Moyer was a photoengraver (platemaker) for the Indianapolis Star newspaper before he wasstricken with cancer. He was the son of Hugh E and Ruby Moyer of Indianapolis.

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Robert Elza Lee Marsh (M)

• Born 07 Mar 1905, Gibson County, Indiana [Book H10:45]• Died 02 Jun 1986, Danville, Illinoison Parents were Leroy and Delta (Isaac) Marsh

Robert Marsh was born in Gibson County but grew up in Danville, Illinois. He worked for a toolmanufacturing company in 1930. Later, he was listed as a car repairman.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Katherine Cecilia Lonbom, about 1927• Born 04 Aug 1908, Chicago, IL• Died 27 Jan 1942, Danville, IL

Children:

1. (M) Robert Marsh• Born about 1928, Illinois• Died

2. (F) Joan M Marsh• Born about 1929, Illinois• Died

Katherine’s parents were Axel Hjalmar Lonbom and Anna Soneson from Sweden (thanks to [Jodi]for information).

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Zelma Marsh (F)

• Born 18 Feb 1907, Gibson Co., IN Books [H11:43] and [Princeton 3:6]on Zelma was the second child of Leroy and Delta (Isaac) Marsh

Zelma worked in laundry at the Veteran’s Administration Facility.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married (–) King• Born• Died

Children: Not researched

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Florence Irene Marsh (F)

• Born 15 Aug 1909, Patoka, Indiana• Died 26 Dec 2008, Danville, Illinoison Florence was the third child of Leroy and Delta (Isaac) Marsh

Florence worked in the laundry business. She is listed as having worked for Hicks Laundry and DryCleaning in Danville.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Joseph Weibaut• Born• Died


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married James E Hodges• Born• Died


The obituary for Florence Irene Marsh was published in the Danville, Illinois Commercial-News,Dec 27, 2008, and is viewable on www.ancestry.com.

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Edith Marsh (F)

• Born Feb 1916• Died

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on Edith was the fourth child of Leroy and Delta (Isaac) Marsh

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married (–) Toops• Born• Died


Chapter 5

The Charles Ross Marsh Lineage

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Charles Ross Marsh (M)

• Born 06 Feb 1846, Ohio/Switzerland Co., Indiana• Died 20 Feb 1915, Gibson Co., Indianae Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Indianaon Parents were Hugh and Mary Ann Marsh

Charles Ross and Joseph both served in the Civil War 1861–1865 in Company L of the 3rd CavalryReg., Kentucky, fighting for the Union. Like Joseph, Charles also received the military headstone(bronze plaque), but his says “Confederate States Army” whereas Joseph’s says “Civil War”. (Itseems standard headstones were no longer issued after 1903.) Also, the birth date of 16 Feb 1846on the plaque is the date the book entry was made, not the actual birth date.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Charlotte Lydia Stephens, 25 Sept 1872, From page 88

Dubois Co. [Book 2:655]• Born 02 Apr 1851, Warrick Co., IN• Died 22 Mar 1891, Gibson Co., IN [Book H32:28]e Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka as Lydia C Marsh

Children:

1. (F) Samantha Marsh Page 40• Born Mar 1877• Died. Married John E Nelson, 23 Dec 1899

2. (M) Otto Marsh Page 41• Born 03 Nov 1879• Died after 1942

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. Married Bertha Emma (Fish) Byrd, 06 Jan 1917

3. (F) Alzada “Sada” Marsh Page 42• Born Apr 1882• Died. Married Asa Fields, 14 Jun 1903

4. (F) Nannie Marsh Page 43• Born Sept 1888• Died after 1930, Poplar Bluff, MO. Married Lewis Middleton, 13 Oct 1905

5. (F) Cecil Marsh Page 43• Born 17 Mar 1891, Indiana• Died 22 Jun 1906, Gibson Co., IN

Charlotte Lydia died of eclampsia five days after Cecil was born.

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Samantha “Mattie” Marsh (F)

• Born Mar 1877• Diedon Parents were Charles Ross and Lydia (Stephens) Marsh

Like Hugh’s daughter Louisa, Samantha also disappeared from the record only to surface undera different name. The information given here was found under the name “Mattie Marsh” and isassumed to apply to Samantha.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married John E Nelson, 23 Dec 1899, Gibson Co. Books [10:29] and [H3:12]• Born Nov 1874, Illinois• Died

Children:

1. (M) Myrel or Myrl Marsh (listed as stepson to John)• Born Apr 1897, Indiana• Died

2. (F) Eva A Nelson• Born about 1904, Indiana• Died

3. (M) Samuel O Nelson• Born about 1906, Indiana• Died

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4. (M) Charles Nelson• Born about 1913, Missouri• Died

5. (F) Lurvaye Nelson• Born about 1920, Missouri• Died

The only clue I have linking Samantha to Mattie is marriage supplement [H3:12] which lists Mattieas age 23 and her father as Chas. This is a little weak, however. An actual inspection of the marriagerecord or supplement should provide a more definitive answer (see Appendix C).

Son Myrel is listed in the 1900 census as Myrel Marsh, a stepson of John Nelson but in the 1920census, he is listed as Myrl Nelson.

In 1920 and 1930, John and Mattie were found in Poplar Bluff (Butler County), Missouri.

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Otto Marsh (M)

• Born 03 Nov 1879, Indiana• Died after 1942on Otto Marsh was the second child of Charles Ross and Lydia (Stephens) Marsh

Otto didn’t get married until he was 38 years old. He and his wife Bertha lived in Vincennes,Indiana.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Bertha Emma (Fish) Byrd, 06 Jan 1917, Knox Co. [Book C27:449]• Born Dec 1879• Died sometime between 1930 and 1941

Children:

0. (M) Jerauld Byrd, stepson from Bertha’s previous marriage• Born about 1905• Died

1. (M) Charles Maxin Marsh• Born about 1914• Died

2. (F) Helen L Marsh• Born 17 Jun 1917, Knox Co. [Book CH21:277]• Died

Better sit down for this one because it took a while to piece this story together.


The cast of players are:1) Bertha Emma Fish – b: Dec 1879. Daughter of Isaac and Sarah Jane (Davis) Fish.2) Horace Greely Wilhite – b: Jun 1873. Son of Joseph and Mary “Molly” (Coker) Wilhite.3) George Byrd – b: 1876. Son of Samuel and Rebecca (Goldman or Golden) Byrd.Bertha was from the Decker area of southern Knox County and the men from Patoka.

Story: Bertha E Fish marries Horace G Wilhite in Gibson County on 13 Jul 1896 (Books [9:149]and [H2:10]). Bertha lists “Davis” as her mother’s maiden name. They had two children neither ofwhich lived to 1900 when the census was taken. The census indicates they were still married at thetime but were living separately. I presume a divorce had been in progress because within a year,Bertha married George Byrd on 03 Apr 1901 under the name “Emma B Fish” and gave her mother’sname as “Lewis” (Knox Co. Books [C15:412] and [H46:37]).

George and Bertha—er, I mean George and Emma—had one son, Jerauld (later Gerald) Byrd about1905. By 1910, they were divorced with Bertha/Emma having custody of Jerauld. The 1910 censusshows Bertha as having had a total of five children with only one living.

Along comes Otto Marsh. The 1930 census says Otto first got married when he was 38 and thathe was 50 years old in 1930. That means Otto and Bertha must have married around 1917–1918.According to the 1920 and 1930 censuses, Otto and Bertha produced two children, son CharlesMaxin around 1914 (ages 6 and 15) and daughter Helen in 1918 (ages 2 and 12). I could not finda marriage record under the name Otto Marsh, but I DID find one in Knox County for “Arthur”Marsh and Emma B “Bird” for the date 06 Jan 1917 (Book [C27:449]). I am assuming this is Otto’smarriage record.

In 1942, Otto Marsh filled out a World War II registration card indicating he was living with HelenL Marsh in Vincennes which implies Bertha had died by then and Helen was still single.

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Alzada “Sada” Marsh (F)

• Born Apr 1882• Diedon Parents were Charles Ross and Charlotte Lydia (Stephens) Marsh

Alzada was another one hard to track because of a change in names. Her marriage record lists heras Sada Marsh.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Asa Fields, 14 Jun 1903, Gibson Co. Books [10:495] and [H4:27]• Born 30 Mar 1875, Illinois• Died

Children: Unknown

Asa Fields’ parents were William and Sarah (Baker) Fields of Vincennes, Indiana. In 1900 (beforethe marriage), Asa was living with his older sister Mary J and her husband William Homer in

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Evansville.

There was a later marriage record for Asa Fields to one Emma Howard in Vanderburgh County on18 Jul 1918 (Book [70:252]). Emma Howard’s birth date was 11 Mar 1880.

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Nannie Marsh (F)

• Born Sept 1888• Died after 1930, Poplar Bluff, Missourion Parents were Charles Ross and Charlotte Lydia (Stephens) Marsh

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Lewis Middleton, 13 Oct 1905, Gibson Co. Books [11:242] and [H5:18]• Born 01 Apr 1884, Illinois• Died Oct 1963, Missouri

Children:

1. (F) Eva Mae Middleton• Born 1909, Indiana• Died. Married C D Farron, 03 Apr 1926, Poplar Bluff, MO

2. (M) Cecil Harold Middleton• Born 1913, Indiana• Died. Married Ruth C Jewell, 11 Feb 1933, Butler Co., MO

Lewis Middleton’s parents were William Middleton and Amanda Ross. Nannie’s father, CharlesRoss Marsh, was living with Nannie and Lewis in Gibson County in 1910. By then, Nannie hadalready had three children of which only one, Eva, was living. Three years later, Nannie had a sonCecil.

After Charles died, Nannie and family moved to Butler County, Missouri near Poplar Bluff whichis where her sister Samantha had moved to. Lewis signed the marriage applications for both of hischildren using the name “Louie”.

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Lineage 1.2.5

Cecil Marsh (F)

• Born 17 Mar 1891, Indiana• Died 20 Jun 1906, Gibson Co. [Book H38:25] (15 yrs, 3 mos, 3 dys)on Parents were Charles Ross and Charlotte Lydia (Stephens) Marsh


Cecil’s death record states she was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery on 22 June but no separate headstoneor marker can be located. She may have been buried next to her mother Lydia and her informationcarved onto Lydia’s obelisk. If so, that information has eroded away.

Chapter 6

The Hannah Merilla MarshLineage

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Lineage 1.3

Hannah Merilla “Rilla” Marsh (F)

• Born Sept 1855, Perry Co., IN• Died after 1920, Cowley Co., KS?on Hannah was the third child and first daughter of Hugh and Mary Ann Marsh

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married James H Whitney, 02 Aug 1872, Pike Co. [Book 5:487]• Born 1853 Kentucky• Died before 1900

Children:

1. (M) Hugh Whitney Page 46• Born 14 Apr 1877, Pike Co., IN• Died 12 Feb 1957, Gibson Co., INe Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

2. (F) Melvilla “Villa” Whitney Page 46• Born 06 Aug 1883, Indiana• Died 21 Dec 1979, Abilene, Texas. Married Curtis Clyde Clark after 1910 (location unknown)

Source [Grey] indicates James Whitney’s parents were John Whitney and Catherine Sharer ofKentucky and his grandparents were Lovit P Whitney and Mariam Huggens.

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Hannah’s marriage record gives James’ middle initial as ‘L’ but the 1880 census and [Grey] havethe letter ‘H’.

In 1900, Rilla was already widowed. She is listed as having had four children of which only two wereliving. In 1920, Rilla was living with Melvilla and her family in Cowley County, Kansas.

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Hugh Whitney (M)

• Born 14 Apr 1877, Pike County, Indiana• Died 12 Feb 1957, Gibson County, Indianae Buried 19 Feb 1957 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VAon Hugh was the first child of James and Hanna Merilla (Marsh) Whitney

Hugh first enlisted in the U.S. Army on 18 Jun 1898 for the Spanish-American War but was out by23 Nov 1898. He re-enlisted on 04 Jan 1899. The 1900 census shows him assigned to the Fort MonroeHeavy Artillery unit. Records show he re-enlisted on 10 Mar 1902 and again on 25 Apr 1904. Heattained the rank of sergeant first class in Company D, 56th Engineers during the first World War.

When Hugh died, he was given a military burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.His plot is in Section 34, site 4481. It is believed Hugh never married.

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Lineage 1.3.2

Melvilla “Villa” Whitney (F)

• Born 06 Aug 1883, Indiana• Died 21 Dec 1979, Abilene, Texason Villa was the second child of Hanna Merilla Marsh and James Whitney

Some of the information given here was obtained from source [Grey].

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Curtis Clyde Clark, after 1910• Born 23 Feb 1880, Blackford Co., Indiana• Died 13 May 1929, Callahan Co. TX

Children:

0. (F) Mildred Mae Clark, stepdaughter?• Born 21 Apr 1906, Indiana• Died 11 Feb 1989, Texas. Married Waldo W Moutray, 1927

Curtis Clark’s mother was Sarah E (Ratliff?).

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There is a 1910 census showing a Villa Whitney from Indiana, age 26, single, working as a waitressat a hotel in Bartlesville Oklahoma. If this is our Villa, then Mildred M Clark must have been CurtisClark’s daughter from a previous marriage. In 1920, Villa’s mother Rilla was widowed and livingwith Curtis and Villa in Cowley County, Kansas. Curtis Clark was a driller on the oil fields, so hemust have traveled a good amount. In 1930, Melvilla was widowed and living with Mildred and herfamily in Baird City, Callahan County, Texas. Rilla Whitney was no longer listed.

Waldo Moutray was an oil well contractor. His parents were Eugene Moutray and Maud Burns ofGarfield County, Oklahoma.

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Chapter 7

The Louisa Marsh Lineage

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Lineage 1.4

Louisa Anna Marsh (F)

• Born Oct 1862, Perry or Pike County, IN• Died (date unknown)on Louisa’s parents were Hugh Marsh and Mary Jane Riddle

WARNING: The information given here is tentative subject to confirmation someday (see AppendixC).

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married William Lockhart, 29 Jul 1882, Pike Co. [Book 7:180]• Born Jan 1847• Died

Children:

1. (M) William Lockhart Jr• Born Feb 1884• Died. Married Rachael L Colgate, 23 Dec 1905, Gibson Co. [Book 11:279]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Roswell J Stone, 17 Oct 1916, Gibson Co. Books [13:428] and [H8:135]• Born Apr 1837• Died

Children: None

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for Roswell Stone ([H8:135]) which listed the bride as Anna Marsh, Hugh her father, Mary Riddleher mother, and 55 her age. The primary record gave her name as Anna Lockhart which allowedme to backtrack and locate a previous husband, William Lockhart.

William Lockhart’s parents were Levi and Martha (Shradley) Lockhart from Lockhart Township,Pike County.

Roswell Stone’s parents were James B Stone and Rowena Wilder from Dubois County. Roswell hadbeen married once before to a Luticia McReynolds (01 Nov 1866, Pike County [Book 5:12]).

I also found a record for a marriage between an Anna Lockhart and a Thomas Norrick on 13 Jul 1911(Gibson Co. Book [12:345]), but I have no evidence this is the same Anna Lockhart. Thomas’ firstwife was Emaline Spraggins. They were married on 13 Apr 1889 in Pike Co. (Book [8:256]).

Part III

Briant, Hicks, Stacy, andTrowbridge

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Chapter 8

The Briant/Bryant Lineage

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Lineage B1

Thomas Briant (M)

• Born Mar 1771, Virginia• Died about 1840, Ohio Co., Kentucky

Thomas moved from Virginia (the Old Dominion) to Kentucky around 1804–1808. He had a brotherWilliam who died in Warrick County, Indiana.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Burras or Burris• Born 1775• Died 1820?

Children:

1. (M) Samuel Bryant• Born about 1797, VA• Died. Married Annie Bennett, 28 Jun 1827, Ohio Co., KY

2. (F) Sally Bryant• Born 1798, VA• Died. Married Thomas Welch. Married Samuel Newcome, 06 Feb 1824, KY

3. (M) Asa Bryant Page 54• Born 10 Apr 1800, VA• Died 09 Sep 1857, Ohio Co., KY. Married Eleanor Bennett, 09 Nov 1830, KY

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4. (M) Horatio T Bryant Page 55• Born 01 May 1802, VA• Died 20 Sep 1867, Gibson Co., IN. Married Nancy Wallace, 22 Aug 1826, Ohio Co., KY

5. (M) William Bryant Page 57• Born 1807, VA or KY• Died after 1870, IN. Married Lucretia Bennett, 18 Dec 1832, KY

6. (M) Eli Bryant• Born 1813, Ohio Co., KY• Died. Married Susan A. (–)

7. (M) John T Bryant• Born 1818, Ohio Co. KY• Died. Married Emily Lane, 14 Aug 1845

All data on Thomas Briant compiled from sources [CCBr] and [Tayl].

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Lineage B1.3

Asa Briant (M)

• Born 10 Apr 1800, Virginia• Died 09 Sep 1857, Ohio Co., Kentucky of dysentery (see note)on Parents were Thomas Briant and (–) Burris of Virginiae Buried at Carson Cemetery, Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Eleanor Bennett, 09 Nov 1830, Ohio co. KY (Vol A, pg.108)• Born 1801 or 1809• Died about 1846

Children:

1. (M) William Jefferson Briant Page 58• Born Jan 1835, KY• Died after 1900, Butler Co., KY. Married Nancy Jane Petty, 22 Mar 1857. Married Nicy G Ferguson, 14 Jun 1871

2. (F) Sally A Briant• Born 29 Jun 1838, KY• Died 05 Jan 1870e Buried at Carson Cemetery, Hartford, KY as Sarah A Brian

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3. (F) Patsy O Briant (see note)• Born 1842, Ohio Co., KY• Died 31 Jul 1857, Ohio Co., KY, dystenterye Buried at Carson Cemetery, Hartford, KY

4. (F) Rebecca Briant• Born 1846, KY• Died

5. (F) Mary Eliza or Mary Emily Briant• Born 1848/1849, KY• Died 23 Oct 1931, Elkhart, IN

Asa and William Briant were brothers and their wives, Eleanor and Lucretia Bennett, were firstcousins.

Several sources list Asa’s death year as 1856, but the death record clearly states 1857. Note also thatPatsy Briant’s name follows Asa’s in the record indicating she died the same year. At first, the causeof death was listed as “flux”, but those entries were crossed out and replaced with “dysentery”.

On a similar note, there is a Patsy Bryant buried at Carson Cemetery, Hartford, KY with the dates“Born 15 Mar 1812 — Died 31 Jul 1856”. If her birth year was misread by the headstone carvers,then this could be our Patsy listed above (carved 1812 in place of 1842). The headstone entries canbe found on website www.findagrave.com.

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Horatio T Briant (M)

• Born 01 May 1802, VA• Died 20 Sep 1867, Oakland City, Gibson Co., INe Buried at Montgomery Cemetery, Columbia Twp, Gibson County, Indianaon Parents were Thomas Briant and (–) Burris of Virginia

Horatio T Briant was a brother of both Asa Briant and William Briant. He moved to Gibson County,Indiana in 1830 and settled down in the vicinity of Oakland City. Horatio spelled his last name“Briant” but his children spelled theirs “Bryant”.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy Wallace, 22 Aug 1826, Ohio Co. KY (Vol A, pg.60)• Born 03 Feb 1809• Died 13 Apr 1876e Buried at Montgomery Cemetery with husband Thomas

Children:

1. (M) John T Bryant• Born 1829, Ohio Co., KY• Died


2. (M) Eli D Bryant• Born 1830, Ohio Co., KY• Died 02 Dec 1897, Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS

3. (M) David L Bryant• Born 18 Oct 1831, Ohio Co., KY• Died 08 Jun 1863, Murfreesboro, TN

4. (F) Violet Jane Bryant• Born 1834, Ohio Co., KY• Died 1890, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN

5. (M) Francis E Bryant• Born 17 Jun 1836, Ohio Co., KY• Died 10 Aug 1858, Gibson Co., INe Buried at Montgomery Cemetery

6. (M) Abner McDonald Bryant• Born 01 Mar 1838, Ohio Co., KY• Died 04 Jun 1896, Falls City, OR

7. (F) Cordelia Bryant• Born 1841, Ohio Co., KY• Died

8. (M) Henry Wallace Bryant• Born 02 Jun 1842, Ohio Co., KY• Died 07 Sep 1900

9. (M) Clinton Weaver Bryant• Born 24 Jun 1845, Ohio Co., KY• Died 21 Mar 1922, Marion, Crittendon Co., KY

10. (F) Mary E Bryant• Born 06 Jun 1847, Gibson Co., IN• Died 18 Aug 1857e Buried at Montgomery Cemetery

11. (M) Preston A Bryant• Born 04 Aug 1850, Gibson Co., IN• Died 16 Dec 1910, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN

12. (M) Marion Wilson Bryant• Born 06 Feb 1853, Gibson Co., IN• Died 23 Feb 1910, Almena, KS

Many of the Briant/Bryant families are buried at the Montgomery Cemetery in eastern GibsonCounty just south of Oakland City.

All data for Horatio T Briant was compiled from sources [CCBr], [Tayl], and from headstonespublished on www.ingenweb.org/ingibson.

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William Briant (M)

• Born about 1807, Virginia or Kentucky• Died after 1870, Oakland City, Indianaon Parents were Thomas Bryant and (–) Burris of Virginia

Source [Tayl] says William died in Oakland City, Indiana but I cannot find a headstone for him inMontgomery Cemetery. It is possible he was buried back in Ohio County, Kentucky.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Lucretia Bennett, 18 Dec 1832, Ohio Co., KY (Vol A, pg.133)• Born about 1812, KY• Died

Children:

1. (M) John Wesley Bryant• Born 1834, KY• Died 31 May 1915, Gibson Co., IN (to check). Married Mary C Hand, 09 Jun 1855 (to check). Married Mary J Wetherford, 18 Apr 1867 (to check)

2. (F) Mizella/Marsella Bryant• Born about 1837, KY• Died. Married William H Hughes, 09 Apr 1837, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN

3. (F) Altha Jane Bryant• Born 1838, Ohio Co., KY• Died 26 Oct 1895, Owensboro, KY. Married Brice J Hicks, 25 Oct 1858 Page 63

4. (M) James B Bryant• Born 1840, KY• Died

5. (M) Nathan/Nathaniel Bryant• Born 1851, KY• Died. Married Margaret E Wharton, 23 Aug 1873 (to check)

6. (M) Virgil Bryant• Born 1853, KY• Died

William and Asa Bryant were brothers and their wives, Lucretia and Eleanor Bennett, were firstcousins.


William was last seen listed in the 1870 census living with his daughter Marsella and her husbandin Saline County, Missouri. They in turn were living next door to William’s other daughter AlthaJane Hicks and her family.

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Lineage B1.3.1

William Jefferson Briant (M)

• Born Jan 1835, Kentucky• Died after 1900, Butler Co., Kentuckyon Parents were Asa Briant and Eleanor Bennett of Ohio County, Kentucky

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy Jane Petty, 22 Mar 1857, Ohio Co., KY (Vol D, pg.145)• Born about 1831• Died before 1870

Children:

1. (F) Frances E Bryant Page 67• Born 28 Feb 1858, Ohio Co., KY (see note)• Died 22 Dec 1917, Logan, IA. Married Henry W Hicks, 11 Mar 1882. Married Winfield A Stacy, 1892 in Nebraska

2. (M) Major B Bryant• Born 1860• Died

3. (M) Abraham Lincoln Bryant• Born 25 Jun 1861• Died 09 Apr 1934, Butler Co., KY. Married Lizzie Langley

4. (F) Mary Jane Bryant• Born 10 Mar 1862, Ohio Co., KY• Died 07 Nov 1945, Ohio Co., KY. Married John E Daugherty, 22 Oct 1880 to 1898. Married Valentine Embry, 04 May 1903

5. (M) Garton P (Garrett S) Bryant• Born 1865, Ohio Co., KY• Died before 1898. Married Narcissus Frances Keown, 26 Dec 1886

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nicy G Ferguson, 14 Jun 1871, Ohio Co., KY (Vol R, pg.112)• Born Jun 1837, KY• Died after 1900, Butler Co., KY

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Children: None found

Nancy Jane Petty is listed as being born in England but her mother Patience Petty is listed as beingborn in Virginia.

The birth date of Frances E Bryant varies according to the source. Most censuses place it in theyear 1858, the 1900 census places it in 1857, and the Iowa cemetery record for Frances Stacy placesit in 1856.

Chapter 9

The Hicks Lineage

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Lineage H1

Daniel Hicks Sr (M)

• Born 1801, South Carolina• Died 1857

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Elizabeth (–), 1830• Born 1805• Died

Children:

1. (M) Daniel A Hicks Jr Page 62• Born Aug 1831, Jackson, TN• Died 18 Feb 1902, Ohio Co., KY. Married Nancy J Royal, 29 Dec 1853. Married Mary Ann Leisure, 19 Aug 1857

2. (M) Brice J Hicks Page 63• Born 1838, KY• Died 17 Sep 1894, Ohio Co. KY. Married Altha Jane Briant, 25 Oct 1858

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Malinda Smith, 1839• Born 23 Dec 1820, TN• Died 1891, Arkansas?

Children:

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3. (M) John J Hicks• Born 1840• Died

4. (M) Daniel A Hicks• Born 1842• Died

5. (F) Julia F Hicks• Born 1844• Died

6. (F) Elizabeth J Hicks• Born 1845• Died

7. (M) Joseph Warren Hicks• Born 1851• Died

8. (M) William Henry Hicks• Born 16 Oct 1855 or 29 Nov 1855, Ohio Co., KY• Died 23 Mar 1916, Ohio Co., KY. Married Cordelia Wedding, 1884. Married Elizabeth Jane Carter, 02 Dec 1911

In 1880, William H was living with his mother Malinda in the Bartlett area of Ohio County, Ken-tucky.

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Lineage H1.1

Daniel A Hicks Jr (M)

• Born Aug 1831, Jackson, Tennessee• Died 18 Feb 1902, Ohio County, Kentuckye Buried at Patterson Cemetery, Ohio County, Kentucky

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy J Royal, 29 Dec 1853, Ohio Co., KY• Born 1837• Died


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Mary Ann Leisure, 19 Aug 1857, Ohio Co., KY (Vol D, pg 199)• Born 05 Nov 1838• Died 21 Oct 1912, Ohio Co., KY (File 26015, Reg No. 87)e Buried at Patterson Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY

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Children:

1. (M) James Luther Hicks• Born 19 Aug 1859, Ohio Co., KY• Died 11 Nov 1925, Ohio Co., KY. Married Charity Margaret Basham, 14 May 1882 (Vol Z, pg 168)e Buried at Patterson Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY◦ Charity Hicks is buried at Patterson Cemetery also

2. (M) Oscar B Leisure, Adopted• Born 1860• Died

3. (F) Martha A Hicks• Born 1865• Died

4. (F) Fannie Daniel Hicks• Born 1868• Died 31 May 1891, Ohio Co., KY. Married William Thomas Hicks (Lineage H1.2.3), 1885

5. (M) Joseph Frank Hicks• Born 20 Sep 1874• Died Aug 1962, Indiana. Married Hallie (–)

Charity Margaret Basham, born 26 Dec 1865, died 05 Oct 1934. James and Charity had a total ofeight children.

Hallie’s birth date was May 1875. Joseph and Hallie had one son Archie B, born Oct 1897.

Living with Daniel and Mary in 1900 was grandson Willis B Hicks who was born to Fannie Danieland William Thomas Hicks. Fannie died while giving birth to Willis. William Thomas was a son ofBrice Hicks making William and Fannie first cousins. Fannie and William had one other son, SilasBlanchford Hicks, born 26 May 1886.

By 1900, Mary Ann had bore a total of six children but only two were still living. Mary Ann’s fatherwas Ruben Leisure from maryland.

In 1900, Joseph and Hallie Hicks were living on one side of Daniel while James and Charity Hickswere living on the other side.

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Lineage H1.2

Brice J Hicks (M)

• Born 1838, Kentucky• Died 17 Sep 1894, Ohio Co. Kentucky


e Buried at Patterson Cemetery in Ohio County, KY near Hartfordon Parents were Daniel Hicks Sr and Elizabeth (–)

Brice and brother Daniel Hicks both served in the 12th Kentucky Cavalry during the Civil War. Bothreceived the Civil War Headstones. Civil War headstone application says Brice died in Februaryinstead of September.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Altha Jane Briant, 25 Oct 1858, Ohio Co., KY (Vol G, pg 13) From page 57• Born about 1838, KY• Died 26 Oct 1895, Owensboro, KY

Children:

1. (M) Amos Lee Hicks• Born 14 Jul 1859, Ohio Co., KY• Died. Married Elvira Zelma Brown, 05 Jul 1883 (Vol Z, pg 600)

2. (M) Harvey/Henry W Hicks• Born 1861, Ohio Co., KY• Died middle/late 1880s?, poss. of typhoid fever. Married Frances E Bryant, 11 Mar 1882, Ohio Co., KY Page 67

3. (M) William Thomas Hicks• Born 24 Feb 1863, KY• Died Feb 1958, Muncie, IN. Married Fannie Daniel Hicks (Lineage H1.1.4), 1885. Married Laura A McCrady, 09 Apr 1896 (born Aug 1869)

4. (M) Cortes Marion Hicks• Born 1866, KY• Died. Married Jessie Davis, 09 Mar 1886

5. (F) Ella R Hicks• Born 1868, KY• Died

6. (M) Daniel Luther Hicks• Born 1871, KY• Died

7. (M) Salathiel Hicks• Born 1874, KY• Died

8. (F) O F Hicks• Born 1877, KY• Died

9. (M) Joseph C Hicks• Born 15 Nov 1879, KY

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• Died in Arkansas. Married Laura Hogner, 28 Feb 1898, Spencer Co., IN [Book 11:579]

Fannie Daniel and William Thomas Hicks were first cousins.

Brice and family were living in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1850 and 1860. They moved to SalineCounty, Missouri by 1870 then back to Ohio County, Kentucky by 1880. While in Saline County,they lived right next door to Altha’s sister Marsella and her family. Their father William Briantwas living with Marsella as well.

Chapter 10

The Stacy/Trowbridge Lineage

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Lineage B1.3.1.1

Frances E Bryant (F)

• Born 23 Feb 1856/1858, Ohio County, Kentucky• Died 22 Dec 1917, Logan, Iowa (Harrison County)e Frances is buried in Logan, Iowa with her second husband, Winfield Stacyon Parents were William Jefferson Bryant and Nancy Jane Petty

Frances’ birth year is uncertain. Most censuses place it in 1858, the 1900 census gives it as 1857,but her cemetery record gives it as 1856. The latter year 1858 is probably correct considering herparents were married in Mar 1857.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Henry W Hicks, 11 Mar 1882, Ohio Co., KY (Vol Z, pg.114) From page 64• Born about 1861, Kentucky• Died Mid to late 1880s?, possibly of typhoid fever

Children:

1. (F) Mary Altha Hicks• Born 29 May 1883, Ohio Co., KY• Died 22 Jun 1957, Gibson Co., IN. Married Virgil W Marsh, 12 Aug 1900 Page 21

⇒ For some unknown reason, Frances moved to Nebraska and remarried:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Winfield A Stacy in 1892 in Nebraska• Born 22 Jan 1849/1850, Hocking Co., OH• Died 13 Apr 1916, Logan, IAe Buried in Logan Cemetery in Logan, IA

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Children:

2. (M) Nathan Jackson Stacy• Born Jul 1893, Nebraska• Died

3. (F) Lois S Stacy Page 68• Born Mar 1896, Logan, IA• Died. Married Claude E Trowbridge, late 1917

4. (M) Francis Marion Stacy• Born Jun 1899, Logan, IA• Died

Frances E Bryant and her first husband, Henry W Hicks, were second cousins.

Article in Ohio County, Kentucky Hartford/Herald newspaper for Jun 06, 1883 states “Son born toHENRY HICKS of Beaver Dam on MAY 29th” (transcribed by source [Tayl]). Interesting twist onMary’s birth.

Winfield Stacy was born in Ohio to Samuel J and Sophia Stacy. By 1880, Winfield and his youngerbrother, Eugene, had moved to the town of Ord in Valley County, Nebraska to be with their cousinArthur Stacy.

Winfield died in 1916 because of an accident. He had been sexton at the Logan Cemetery for sixteenyears when he was injured by a “runaway” at the cemetery (The Hospers Tribune newspaper, nodate).

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Lineage B1.3.1.1.3

Lois S Stacy (F)

• Born Mar 1896, Logan, Harrison Co., IA• Diedon Parents were Winfield Stacy and Frances E (Bryant) Hicks

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Claude E Trowbridge, late 1917• Born 19 Oct 1894 in Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois• Died

Children:

1. (M) Wilbur W Trowbridge• Born 1918, Logan, IA• Died. Married Sarah (–)

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2. (M) Duane Trowbridge• Born 1920, Logan, IA• Died

3. (F) Phillis Trowbridge• Born 1922, Logan, IA• Died

4. (F) A Arlene Trowbridge• Born Oct 1925, Logan, IA• Died

Claude’s parents were Wilbur (b: Apr 1857, IL) and Anna P (b: Nov 1857, KY) Trowbridge. Theywere married in 1885.

Claude Trowbridge was working for the Illinois Central Railroad in Logan, Iowa as a section handwhen he met Lois. Logan is about 25 miles north of Council Bluffs.

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Part IV

Other Families Researched

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Chapter 11

Littleton Falkenborough

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Littleton S Falkenborough (M)

• Born about 1824 in Indiana• Died before 1861

Parents were James and Barbry (Barbara) Falkenborough of Perry Co., Indiana.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Catherine Beard, 08 Feb 1845, Perry Co., IN• Born 1820• Died Jul 1850 of consumption

Children:

1. (M) Samuel Falkenbury (sic)• Born 1846, Perry Co., IN• Died

2. (F) Maria E Falkenbury (sic)• Born 1848, Perry Co., IN• Died. Married James A Rennie, 19 Nov 1865, Perry Co., IN [Book 3:285]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Mary Jane Riddle, 24 Oct 1850, Perry Co., IN [Book 1:535] To page 16

• Born about 1825

Children: None determined.

Don’t confuse this Littleton Falkenborough with another Littleton Falkenborough, born 1842, whohad a wife named Nancy J. Both Littletons were from Oil Township, Perry County.

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Chapter 12

Ross Marsh

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Ross Marsh (M)

• Born about 1816 in Pennsylvania• Died after 1880 in Indiana

Ross lived all his adult life in Cass Township, Ohio County, Indiana.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Sarah Ann (Shipman?), no date• Born about 1826, Ohio• Died about 1850

Children:

1. (M) Charles Marsh• Born Jul-Sep 1841, IN• Died

2. (M) Joseph P Marsh• Born Jan-May 1844, IN• Died

3. (F) Hannah Louisa Marsh• Born 1847, IN• Died

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Margaret McCloskey, 22 May 1851, Ohio Co., IN• Born about 1819, IN• Died after 1880

Children:

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4. (M) Anderson Marsh• Born 1850• Died

5. (F) Georgiana Marsh• Born 1852• Died

6. (F) Mary Marsh• Born 1858• Died

7. (F) Margaret Marsh• Born 1860• Died

The 1870 census also lists daughter Drusilla Marsh born 1848, but her name does not appear in the1850 or 1860 censuses.

Also living with Ross Marsh in 1850 was a 13-year old boy named James Turner. Since Turnerwas the maiden name of Hugh Marsh’s mother, this suggests Ross and Hugh Marsh were related,possibly brothers.

Ross also had a William Evemont (1823) family living with him. Could William’s wife HannahEvemont (1829) have been a sister to Ross and by extension to Hugh Marsh as well?

Chapter 13

Richard Melton

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Richard Melton (M)

• Born 08 Sep 1811• Died 22 Aug 1863

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Salome McGlothlin, 21 Apr 1834• Born 1816• Died

Children:

1. (F) Mary Ann Melton• Born 1835• Died 1835

2. (F) Sarah Melton• Born 1838• Died

3. (M) Daniel Melton• Born 1840• Died. Married Elizabeth Moore?, 1867?

4. (M) Charles Melton• Born 1841• Died

5. (M) Richard Melton• Born 1843• Died

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6. (M) John A Melton Page 78, 18• Born 08 Dec 1845, probably Dubois Co., IN• Died 16 Jul 1917, Gibson Co. [Hazleton H22:49]

7. (M) George W Melton• Born 1847• Died

8. (M) James Melton• Born 1850• Died

9. (F) Mary Melton• Born 1853• Died

10. (F) Margaret Melton• Born 1857• Died

11. (M) H Richard Melton• Born 1859• Died

1850: Patoka Twp., Dubois Co.1860: Patoka Twp., Dubois Co.1870: Patoka Twp., Dubois Co.

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John A Melton (M)

• Born 08 Dec 1845, Dubois County, IN• Died 16 Jul 1917, Gibson County [Hazleton H22:49]on John’s parents were Richard and Salome (McGlothlin) Meltone Probably buried somewhere in Posey County with his first wife Sarah

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Sarah E Metcalf, 14 Mar 1869, Pike Co. [Book 5:211] From page 81• Born Jul 1849, Warrick Co., IN• Died 05 Jul 1906, Posey Co. [Book H4:54]on Sarah Metcalf’s parents were John J Metcalf and Nancy Jane Skelton

Children:

1. (F) Anna Melton• Born Dec 1875• Died

2. (M) Charles Melton• Born Aug 1878• Died

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3. (F) Flora Melton• Born Nov 1880• Died

4. (M) Thomas Melton• Born Oct 1884• Died

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy Jane Marsh, 07 Sept 1907, Posey Co. [Book C14:151] Page 18• Born 26 Nov 1848, Warrick Co., IN• Died 16 Jun 1935, Gibson Co., INe Buried with first husband Joseph Marsh at Oak Hill Cemetery, Patoka

Children: None

1850: Patoka Twp., Dubois Co.1860: Patoka Twp., Dubois Co.1870: Lockhart Twp., Pike Co.

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Chapter 14

John J Metcalf

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John J Metcalf (M)

• Born 1817 Indiana• Died before 1870

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Nancy Jane Skelton• Born 1826 Indiana• Died

Children:

1. (M) George W Metcalf• Born 1846• Died

2. (F) Sarah E Metcalf, twins Page 78• Born 1849, Warrick Co., IN• Died 05 Jul 1906, Posey Co. [Book H4:54]. Married John A Melton, 14 Mar 1869, Pike Co.

3. (F) Mary J Metcalf, twins• Born 1849, Warrick Co., IN• Died possibly not long after

4. (F) Pauline (Perlina) Metcalf• Born 18 Jan 1851, Warrick Co.?, IN• Died 31 Mar 1939. Married Elijah Cox

5. (M) Joel T Metcalf• Born 1853, Pike Co.?, IN• Died

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6. (M) Thomas J Metcalf• Born 1855, Pike Co.?, IN• Died

7. (M) William R Metcalf• Born 1858, Pike Co., IN• Died

8. (M) Elvis M (Evert) Medcalf• Born 1861, Indiana• Died. Married Anna I Hutchinson, 17 Jan 1894, Posey Co.. Married Sarah Jane Timberlake, 22 Apr 1903, Spencer Co.

9. (F) Martha Metcalf• Born 1867, Indiana• Died

1850: Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co.1860: Lockhart Twp., Pike Co.In 1860, the Metcalf family was living next door to Elizabeth McGlothlin and not far away fromwhere Nancy Jane Stephens lived. (McGlothlin was John Melton’s mother’s maiden name.)1870: Carter Twp., Spencer Co., Nancy Metcalf was widowed.1880: Carter Twp., Spencer Co.

Chapter 15

Hugh Murphy

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Hugh Murphy (M), the elder• Born about 1830, Ireland• Died 06 Mar 1879, Gibson County, Indianae Buried at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Haubstadt, Johnson Twp, Gibson Co., Indiana

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Ann Lattersee, 15 Apr 1858, Floyd Co., IN [Book 5:19]• Born Jun 1834, Ireland• Died 23 Apr 1920, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN [Book H22:51]e Buried at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Haubstadt, with Hugh Murphy◦ Ann immigrated to the United States in 1854 and was naturalized in 1860

Children:

1. (F) Mary Murphy• Born 1860, Kentucky• Died after 1930. Married George W Slater, 22 Sep 1887, Gibson Co. [Book 7:233]

2. (F) Catherine “Kate” Murphy• Born 1862, Kentucky• Died after 1880

3. (M) John Patrick Murphy• Born 17 Mar 1865, Gibson Co., IN• Died 06 Dec 1940, Gibson Co., IN. Married Della May Marsh, 09 Sept 1897 Page 19

4. (M) Hugh Murphy Page 84• Born Jul 1867, Indiana• Died after 1930. Married Lucy J (–), about 1907

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5. (M) James Murphy• Born Apr 1869, Indiana• Diede Buried at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery near parents◦ Still single in 1920

6. (M) Frank Murphy• Born Nov 1871, Indiana• Died. Married Lizzie (Landers) Hasse, 1929◦ Frank married late in life at age 57

7. (M) Thomas Murphy• Born Feb 1873, Indiana• Died◦ Still single in 1930

8. (M) Charles Murphy• Born 1877, Indiana• Died 29 Jan 1890, 14 yrs old, Gibson Co., IN [Book H32:21]

Hugh Murphy’s headstone reads “Father Hugh Murphy”, Ann’s headstone reads “Mother Ann Mur-phy”, and a third headstone reads “Brother James Murphy”, but no dates are given. Apparently oneof the above children placed these three headstones, but who and when? (The identical headstoneslook rather recent.)

The 1880 census says Ann had a brother-in-law living with her named John Murphy, age 36, workingat the Patoka distillery. This is probably the same John Murphy who was buried at Saints Peter andPaul Cemetery along with Hugh, Ann, and James. His headstone gives a birth date of 16 Nov 1842and a death date of 15 Aug 1923.

Hugh and Ann were married in Floyd County, Indiana which is across the Ohio River from Louisvillewhere there would have been doctors and good medical facilities. That might explain why the firsttwo children were born in Kentucky.

In 1900, Ann was listed as having had ten children of which only seven were still living.

Lizzie Landers was born in Feb 1882. Her first marriage was to John Hasse on 07 Oct 1900 (GibsonCo. Book [10:145]). They had nine children together before she married Frank Murphy.

Thomas, still single, and his widowed sister Mary Slater were living together in Patoka in 1930.

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Hugh Murphy (M), the younger• Born Jul 1867, Indiana• Diedon Hugh’s parents were Hugh Murphy (the elder) and Ann Lattersee

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Lucy J (–), about 1907• Born• Died

Children:

1. (F) Anna M Murphy• Born around Aug 1908, Indiana• Died

2. (F) Mary Catherine Murphy• Born around Jan 1910, Indiana• Died

3. (M) Charles E Murphy• Born 1912, Indiana• Died

4. (M) Lester V Murphy• Born about Jul 1915, Indiana• Died

5. (M) Franklin Murphy• Born 1921, Indiana• Died

6. (M) Otis H Murphy• Born 1924, Indiana• Died

7. (F) Mildred Murphy• Born 1926, Indiana• Died

8. (M) Floyd Murphy• Born 1928, Indiana• Died

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Chapter 16

Elijah Stephens

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Elijah Stephens (M)

• Born 02 Feb 1810, Kentucky• Died 11 Apr 1876, Pike Co., Indianaon Parents were Richard Stephens and Maria Hinman

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Married Sarah “Sally” Jones, 17 Feb 1832, Warrick Co., IN• Born 1814• Died 1896, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN

Children:

1. (M) John D Stephens• Born 1833• Died

2. (F) Mariah (Mary Ann) Stephens• Born Feb 1837• Died. Married Robert O Baum, 08 Mar 1855, Spencer Co. [Book 3:449]

3. (M) Levi B Stephens• Born 1838?• Died during Civil War, 16 May 1863, Vicksburg, MS

4. (F) Martha Stephens• Born 1840• Died

5. (M) Jonathan Stephens• Born 1843• Died 21 Mar 1868 (from Civil War headstone)e Buried somewhere near Pikeville, Pike Co., IN

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6. (M) Ephraim Stephens• Born 15 Nov 1845• Died 03 Sep 1923, Gibson Co.. Married Nancy Jane Milburn, no date. Married Sarah J Turpin, 08 Oct 1906, Gibson Co.

7. (F) Nancy Jane Stephens• Born 26 Nov 1848, Warrick Co., IN• Died 16 Jun 1935, Gibson Co., IN. Married Joseph M Marsh, 24 Aug 1869 Page 17. Married John A Melton, 07 Sept 1907

8. (F) Charlotte Lydia Stephens• Born 02 Apr 1851, Warrick Co., IN• Died 22 Mar 1891, Gibson Co., IN. Married Charles Ross Marsh, 25 Sept 1872 Page 39

9. (F) Rachael E Stephens• Born 1856• Died. Married Leonard Evans, 17 Dec 1874, Pike Co. [Book 6:81]

Part V

Appendices

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Appendix A

Sources

The following sources were valid as of Spring 2011:

[Baar] www.ancestry.com -- Baar Family Tree, owner dbaar1.

[Camp] www.ancestry.com -- WK Campbell Family Tree, owner campsoup.

[Coon] www.ancestry.com -- Scott, Maciver, Coon, et al. Family Tree, ownerrobertmcoon.

[DanL] www.ancestry.com -- My Childrens Ancestors, etc. Family Tree, ownerDanLESr.

[Dixi] Personal correspondence with Dixie Barringer, daughter of John Hugh Murphy.

[Gayl] www.ancestry.com -- Smith Family Tree, owner gayle686.

[Grey] www.ancestry.com -- Smith Family Tree, owner greybeartree.

[Jodi] www.ancestry.com -- Steelman Family Tree, owner jodiewil.

[Skel] “The Gentry Family” by Dianna Skelton, Princeton, IN (1997), Princeton Public Library,Genealogy Department.

These sources have information on the Hicks and Bryant Families:

[CCBr] “Descendants of Thomas Briant”, webpage by Connie C Bryant via weblink found onhttp://ingenweb.org/ingibson/ under “Contributed Family Research”.

[Jfix] www.ancestry.com -- Danita S Morrison Family Tree, owner jfixler52.

[Hump] www.ancestry.com -- MyOwnTree Family Tree, owner Thomas W Humphrey.

[Lind] www.ancestry.com -- Linda Upper Rousseau Family Tree, owner lindaupper44 1.

[Pade] www.ancestry.com -- Paden/Peden Family History. . . , owner Donald Paden.Paden has his own website www.padenfamily.org.

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[Para] www.ancestry.com -- Musgrove-Lowe Family Tree, owner paralegal58.

[RoyH] www.ancestry.com -- Amyx Family Tree, owner royhoward1959.

[Tayl] www.rootsweb.com -- Ohio County Kentucky Lines 2011, owner taylorvcj43.

Appendix B

References

Birth and Death Records:Gibson County Board of Health800 South Prince StreetPrinceton, IN 47670http://gibsoncountyhealth.com/

Marriage/Divorce Records:Gibson County ClerkCourt House101 N MainPrinceton, IN 47670

For older marriage records and family genealogies:Princeton Public LibraryGenealogy Department124 S. Hart StreetPrinceton, IN 47670

Research websites:www.ancestry.com

www.genealogy.com

www.findagrave.com

www.ingenweb.org/ingibson ← Gibson County headstone pictures can be found herewww.kygenweb.net

www.rootsweb.com

www.usgarchives.org

www.usgenweb.org

and others.

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Appendix C

Unfinished Research

The following items were found on www.ancestry.com. The actual records need to be examinedto determine spouses name, parents names, and so on to confirm or refute the descriptions orconclusions given in this paper.

• Gibson Co. marriage record [6:588], Sarah A Vanover, 23 Jul 1885.Would like more information on Sarah Vanover and Hugh Marsh.

• Gibson Co. marriage supplement [H4:1], Hannah Marsh, 01 Nov 1900, age 46.Father: Hugh. Mother: Polly Tinker. Estimated birth year: 1854. No spouse name given.Could this be Hannah Merilla Marsh? If so, why is she using her maiden name? Could PollyTinker be another name for Hugh’s first wife Mary Ann or is this a different Hugh Marsh?

• Gibson Co. marriage record [10:29] and Supplement [H3:12], Mattie Marsh to John Nelson,23 Dec 1899. Estimated birth year for Mattie: 1876. Father: Chas. Could this be SamanthaMarsh? The 1900 census gives her birth date as Mar 1877.

• Gibson County marriages for Anna Marsh. Are these all for the same person and was thatperson Louisa Marsh or are these for different people?

a. Marriage record [7:180], Annie Marsh to William Lockhart, 29 Jul 1882.

b. Marriage record [13:428], Anna Lockhart to Roswell J Stone, 17 Oct 1916.

c. Marriage supplement [H8:135], Anna Marsh, 17 Oct 1916.

d. Marriage record [12:345] and Supplement [H7:5], Anna Lockhart to Thomas Norrick,13 Jul 1911. (Thomas Norrick seems to have had a previous spouse, Emaline Spraggins,Pike County Book [8:256], dated 13 Apr 1889.)

• Gibson County marriage record [11:279], William Lockhart to Rachael L Colgate, 23 Dec 1905.Is this the same or a different William Lockhart?

Curious, confusing, or just interesting records not researched.

• Marriage: William Hicks to Elizabeth Armstrong on 29 Jan 1846, Gibson County [Book B:PartI, #1948].

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• Marriage: Charles W Marsh to Mary A Reed on 04 May 1871, Gibson County [Book 4:198].

• Marriage: Charles Marsh to Nellie Braxton, no date. Vanderburgh County [Book 11:336].

• Who was Sarah Marsh in the following? [1] is her own wedding while [2] and [3] are for hersons.

1. Marriage: Sarah J Marsh to John B Fisher on 18 Feb 1864, Gibson County [Book 3:27].

2. Marriage: Wm F Fisher, age 30, on 25 Oct 1906, Gibson County [Supplement H5:31].Father: John B Fisher. Mother: Jennie Marsh.

3. Marriage: Henry M Fisher, age 34, on 04 Apr 1912, Gibson County [Supplement H7:13].Father: John B Fisher. Mother: Jennie S Marsh.

Other unanswered questions:

• Louise D Marsh married someone named Lee. When and where did this occur? Who was heand did they have any children? Any reason for a divorce?

Index

(–), Elizabeth, 61(–), Hallie, 63(–), Lucy J, 83, 85(–), Mary Ann, 15(Shipman?), Sarah Ann, 75Basham, Charity Margaret, 63Baum, Robert O, 87Bennett, Eleanor, 10, 53, 54Bennett, Lucretia, 10, 54, 57Bohannon, Gene Paul, 27, 34Bohannon, Maribelle, 33Bohannon, Paul, 27, 34Booker, Eliza Belle, 9, 18, 24Brent, Mary Ann, 3Briant, Altha Jane, 10, 61, 64Briant, Altha J, 10Briant, Asa, 10, 54Briant, Horatio T, 11, 55Briant, Thomas, 53Briant, William Jefferson, 10, 54, 58Briant, William, 10, 57Briant, see also BryantBrown, Elvira Zelma, 64Bryant, Abraham Lincoln, 58Bryant, Asa, 53Bryant, Frances E, 9–11, 58, 64, 67Bryant, Garton P (Garrett S), 58Bryant, Horatio T, 54Bryant, Major B, 58Bryant, Mary Jane, 58Bryant, William, 54Bryant, see also BriantByrd, Bertha Emma, 40, 41Byrd, Emma B, see Byrd, Bertha EmmaByrd, Jerauld, 41Campbell, Alta Ruth, 21, 27Carter, Elizabeth Jane, 62Clark, Curtis Clyde, 7, 45, 46Clark, Mildred Mae, 7, 46

Clark, Villa, 7, 46Colgate, Rachael L, 49Cox, Bessie Mae, 26Cox, George Leonard, 21, 26Cox, Nancy Jane, 26, 33Daugherty, John E, 58Davis, Jessie, 64Doubiago, Alexander, 31Doubiago, Bernice, 31Doubiago, Bob, 22, 31Doubiago, Boris G, 22, 31Doubiago, Mark, 31Doubiago, Victor, 31Embry, Valentine, 58Evans, Leonard, 88Falkenborough, Littleton S, 4, 73Falkenborough, Mary Jane, 3, 16Farmer, Sarah A, 4, 16Farron, C D, 43Ferguson, Nicy G, 54, 58Fields, Asa, 40, 42Fields, Sada, 42Fish, Bertha Emma, 40, 41Flynn, Sarah L, 17, 20Ford, Douglas A, 31Ford, LaVerne, 9, 30Ford, Marcia Ann, 30, 34Ford, Perley Arizona, 22, 30Garman, Clara B, 28Garman, James Oscar, 21, 28Gentry, Bessie Marie, 21, 27Gentry, Marie B, 27Hand, Mary C, 57Hicks, Amos Lee, 64Hicks, Brice J, 10, 11, 57, 61, 63Hicks, Cortes Marion, 64Hicks, Daniel A Jr, 61, 62Hicks, Daniel A, 62Hicks, Daniel Luther, 64

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Hicks, Daniel Sr, 61Hicks, Elizabeth J, 62Hicks, Ella R, 64Hicks, Fannie Daniel, 63, 64Hicks, Frances E, 67Hicks, Harold, see Hicks, HenryHicks, Harvey W, 10, 64Hicks, Henry W, 9, 58, 64, 67Hicks, John J, 62Hicks, Joseph C, 64Hicks, Joseph Frank, 63Hicks, Joseph Warren, 62Hicks, Julia F, 62Hicks, Martha A, 63Hicks, Mary Altha, 9, 18, 21, 67Hicks, O F, 64Hicks, Salathiel, 64Hicks, William Henry, 62Hicks, William Thomas, 63, 64Hicks, William T, 10Hicks, William, 9Hodges, Florence Irene, 36Hodges, James E, 23, 36Hogner, Laura, 65Isaac, Delta Mae, 18, 22Jewell, Ruth C, 43Johnson, Elizabeth, 4Jones, Sally, 87Jones, Sarah “Sally”, 6Jones, Sarah, 87Keown, Narcissus Frances, 58King, (–), 23King, Zelma, 36Langley, Lizzie, 58Lattersee, Ann, 83Lee, (–), 21, 29Lee, Louise D, 29Leisure, Mary Ann, 61, 62Leisure, Oscar B, 63Lockhart, Anna, 7, 49Lockhart, William Jr, 49Lockhart, William, 16, 49Lominack, Marjorie H, 22, 32Lonbom, Katherine Cecilia, 23, 35Marsh, Alice LaVerne, 22, 30Marsh, Alta Ruth, 27Marsh, Altha Bernice, 22, 31Marsh, Alzada, 40, 42

Marsh, Anderson, 76Marsh, Benny, 22, 31Marsh, Bertha E, 41Marsh, Bessie Mae, 21, 26Marsh, Bobby Wieder, 32Marsh, Cecil, 40, 43Marsh, Charles Maxin, 41Marsh, Charles Ross, 3, 6, 15, 39, 88Marsh, Charles R, 17, 20Marsh, Charles, 3–5, 75Marsh, Clara B, 21, 28Marsh, Clara, 17Marsh, Della Louisa, 21, 29Marsh, Della May, 17, 19, 83Marsh, Drusilla, 76Marsh, Eda, 18Marsh, Edith, 23, 36Marsh, Florence Irene, 23, 36Marsh, Frances Ellen, 21Marsh, Georgiana, 76Marsh, Gladys Elnora, 22, 29Marsh, Glenn Jackson, 21Marsh, Glenn, 32Marsh, Hannah Louisa, 75Marsh, Hannah Merilla, 3, 4, 15, 45Marsh, Helen L, 41Marsh, Hugh, 3, 15Marsh, Joan M, 35Marsh, Joey, 27Marsh, Joseph H, 3, 5Marsh, Joseph Jr, 27Marsh, Joseph Marion Jr, 27Marsh, Joseph M, 3, 6, 15, 17, 88Marsh, Joseph P, 75Marsh, Joseph, 3, 21, 27Marsh, Kennison, 32Marsh, LaVerne, 9, 22, 30Marsh, Leroy, 18, 22Marsh, Lotta, see Marsh, Lydia CMarsh, Louisa Anna, 4, 7, 16, 49Marsh, Louise D, 21, 29Marsh, Lydia C, 6, 39Marsh, Margaret, 76Marsh, Maribelle, 27, 33Marsh, Marie B, 27Marsh, Marjorie H, 32Marsh, Mary Altha, 21Marsh, Mary Ann, 3

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Marsh, Mary Jane, 16Marsh, Mary, 76Marsh, Mattie, 40Marsh, Myrl, 40Marsh, Nancy Jane, 79Marsh, Nannie, 40, 43Marsh, Otto, 39, 41Marsh, Rilla, 15, 45Marsh, Robert Elza Lee, 23, 35Marsh, Robert, 35Marsh, Ross, 3, 5, 75Marsh, Roy, 18, 22Marsh, Sada, 40, 42Marsh, Samantha, 39, 40Marsh, Virgil W, 18, 21, 67Marsh, Virgil, 9Marsh, Walter Virgil, 22, 32Marsh, Walter, 9, 18, 23Marsh, Webster, 3Marsh, Willard Henry, 21Marsh, Zelma, 23, 36McCloskey, Margaret, 75McCrady, Laura A, 64Medcalf, see MetcalfMelton, John A, 18, 81, 88Metcalf, Sarah E, 18, 81Middleton, Cecil Harold, 43Middleton, Eva Mae, 43Middleton, Lewis, 40, 43Middleton, Nannie, 43Milburn, Nancy Jane, 88Mock, Evelyn Mae, 19, 26Moutray, Mildred M, 7Moutray, Waldo W, 46Moyer, Darold Hugh, 31, 35Moyer, Marcia Ann, 34Murphy, Anna M, 85Murphy, Catherine, 83Murphy, Charles E, 85Murphy, Charles, 84Murphy, Della May, 19Murphy, Floyd, 85Murphy, Franklin, 85Murphy, Frank, 84Murphy, Hugh, 83, 84Murphy, James, 84Murphy, John Hugh, 19, 25Murphy, John Patrick, 17, 19, 83

Murphy, Kate, 83Murphy, Lester V, 85Murphy, Mary Catherine, 85Murphy, Mary Marjorie, 19, 24Murphy, Mary, 83Murphy, Mildred, 85Murphy, Otis H, 85Murphy, Ralph Edward, 19, 25Murphy, Thomas, 84Nelson, Charles, 41Nelson, Eva A, 40Nelson, John E, 39, 40Nelson, Lurvaye, 41Nelson, Mattie, 40Nelson, Myrl, 40Nelson, Samuel O, 40Ohse, Ruth Altone, 19, 25Oliphant, James Edgard, 20Oliphant, Sarah L, 17, 20Peterson, Patricia June, 28Petty, Nancy Jane, 11, 54, 58Porter, Gladys Elnora, 29Porter, Julie E, 34Porter, Leonard Lee, 30, 34Porter, Victor M, 22, 30Riddle, Mary Jane, 3, 16, 73Royal, Nancy J, 61, 62Scott, Bobby K, 26, 33Scott, Nancy Jane, 33Smith, Malinda, 61Stacy, Frances E (Bryant), 10, 67Stacy, Francis Marion, 68Stacy, Lois S, 9, 10, 68Stacy, Nathan Jackson, 68Stacy, Winfield A, 9, 58, 67Stephens, Charlotte Lydia, 6, 15, 39, 88Stephens, Elijah, 6, 87Stephens, Ephraim, 88Stephens, John D, 87Stephens, Jonathan, 87Stephens, Levi B, 87Stephens, Mariah (Mary Ann), 87Stephens, Martha, 87Stephens, Nancy Jane, 6, 15, 17, 88Stephens, Rachael E, 88Stephens, Sarah, 6Stevens, see StephensStone, Anna, 49

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Stone, Roswell J, 16, 49Strain, Julie E, 30, 34Stuart, Marie B, 28Suddarth, Roy Grant, 19, 24Toops, (–), 23Toops, Edith, 36Trowbridge, A Arlene, 69Trowbridge, Claude E, 9, 68Trowbridge, Duane, 69Trowbridge, Lois S, 9, 68Trowbridge, Phillis, 69Trowbridge, Wilbur W, 68Turner, Elizabeth, 4Turner, James, 76Turner, Joseph P, 4Turpin, Sarah J, 88Vanover, Sarah A, 4, 16Wallace, Nancy, 55Wedding, Cordelia, 62Weibaut, Florence (Marsh), 36Weibaut, Joseph, 23, 36Wetherford, Mary J, 57Wharton, Margaret E, 57Whitney, Hugh, 4, 7, 45, 46Whitney, James H, 4, 15, 45Whitney, Melvilla, 45, 46Whitney, Rilla, 4, 7, 45Whitney, Villa, 7, 45, 46Wilhite, Bertha E, 41Wilson, David, 19, 24Wilson, Marie B, 28

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