My great-grandparents Eri and Mary Marshall celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in September 1949. These September 20 and 21 articles are from the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier.
I believe that this photo of Eri and Mary Marshall was taken in 1938.
“The Lafayette Journal contains the following account of the celebration of the Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Rawles, at that city, which will be read with interest by the many friends of Mrs. Rawles of this place, as they are her husband’s parents: “The tide of the drifts swiftly and eventfully along, bearing man from infancy to old age ere he is aware. Scarcely ever do we chronicle so eventful a day in life’s history as was last Thursday to the Rawles family, being the 50th anniversary of wedded life for John and Matildia Rawles, the infair for their son Joseph and a Thanksgiving dinner all in one…”
Marcellus Rawles was an older brother of my great-grandmother Mary Rawles Morehouse. They both lived outside Lafayette, Indiana. Marcellus served in the Civil War, enlisting in 1862. Marcellus applied for a Civil War pension, as did his wife Sarah when Marcellus died in 1914. His death certificate is included in his pension file.
rawles marcellus civil war pension file
My great-great grandfather John Rawles died April 27, 1889 in Tippecanoe County Indiana. Here is the nine page inventory and final settlement of his estate.
Here is a portion of The Tomahawk yearbook for Bob Scifres’ senior year at Battle Ground High School in Indiana. He graduated on April 27, 1934, only a month or so after the house that his family had been renting burned to the ground. The suit that he had already bought for graduation was burned in the fire, so his teachers go together a collection to buy him another one. He was sixteen years old.
Page 13: Bob’s senior photo and activities
Page 15: Senior class history
Page 16: Senior class prophecy (written by Bob)
Page 18: Senior class will
Page 26: Freshman class photo with Bob’s sister Ethel
Page 20: Senior epitaphs
Page 37: Senior class play
Page 51: School year calendar of events
The seniors graduating in 1934 from Battle Ground were: Walter J. Churchill, Edith J. Dettmann, Roy R. Davies, John F. Garrott, Hilda Mae Downing, Robert H. Haan, N. Charles Hartman, Dorothy B. Horn, Richard C. Helmkamp, Vincent C. Holloway, Doris J. Horn, William H. Hurst, Albert G. Klaiber, Florence I. Lamb, John E. Klepinger, Francis A. Loy, Honna L. Smith, James E. Martin, Raymond V. Miller, Mildred A. Starrett, Chester C. Miller, Robert E. Scifres, Mary E. Whiteside, William Van Schepen, R. Harold Mikels, Rita I. Robinson, Ethel Mae Thompson, and E. Catherine Downing.
George W. and Juliette Brockway are my 3rd great-grandparents, and the grandparents of Mary Brockway Marshall. Mary’s father Marcus died in 1882, and her mother Margaret married John Straughan about a year later in 1883. When George and Juliette sold their property in Boone County, Indiana to move near Lafayette, Mary, who was twelve years old at the time, moved with them.
“G.W. Brockway and family moved to their new home hear Lafayette last week. He was on of the “old timers” in this section. He was an active Whig before the war and continued an ardent and active Republican. He has secured a comfortable home, and is prepared to spend his remaining days in comfort and peace.” Lebanon Patriot, Thursday March 8, 1883, p. 3.
Less than a year after they moved to Lafayette someone broke into their house and robbed them.
“Geo. Brockway, living near Lafayette, but formerly of this county, was robbed one night last week of $700 worth of notes and a small amount of money. There is no clue to the bold theft.” Lebanon Patriot, August 14, 1884, p. 1.
“Tramps chloroformed George W. Brockway, five miles northwest of Lafayette, and robbed him of over $200 in money and notes. Mr. Brockway saw them, but was kept quiet by threats.” North Manchester Journal, Wabash County, Ind., Thursday August 14, 1884.
“Thieves visited the farm-house of George W. Brockway, some miles south of Lafayette, a few nights ago, and robbed him of $24 in cash and notes to the value of about $900. From the difficulty experienced in awakening Brockway he and his family think he had been chloroformed.” Osgood Ripley County Journal, Aug 14, 1884, p. 1.
I’ve found numerous other newspapers in Indiana that carried one of the above stories of the robbery, but I haven’t yet seen any follow-up articles. I wonder if the robber/robbers were ever caught, or if any of the money or notes were found and returned to George.
I recently ran across the article “The Randels, Randles In Boone County” by Pauline Randel Walters. In the article my 3rd great-grandfather Asa Randall is said to be the son of Joseph Randel II, a Quaker, who was born May 29, 1765 in Pennsylvania and that he, Joseph II, moved with his parents Joseph and Ann Randel to Union County, South Carolina. It also states that Joseph II and his two brothers, Thomas and Moses went to Barren Co., Kentucky in 1807, pausing for a time in Franklin Co, Georgia on the way, and that Joseph II came to Montgomery Co., Indiana in 1829, where he died in Scott Township, Montgomery County on November 25, 1841.
Joseph II is said to have married twice in Union County, South Carolina, with Asa Randel, his son by his second wife, being born May 1799 in Franklin County, Georgia. The article states that Asa married twice, first to Margaret Sutton by whom he had a son William. It also says that his second wife was Sarah Daniels and that their children were: Eliza M., Margaret Emma, Nancy C., John and Elizabeth. Eliza is said to have married 1st William C. Starbuck, 2nd James Clifton. Margaret Emma is said to have married 1st Elmer Brockway (this is incorrect, she married Marcus Brockway) and 2nd John Straughan. Nancy is said to have married 1st Charles W. Coombs, and 2nd John Casein. John is said to have been born in 1839 and died in 1840, but this is unlikely as Asa and Sarah didn’t marry until November 1839. Elizabeth, is said to have married Jessie Routh. I am uncertain about Elizabeth being the daughter of Asa and Sarah as she is not found listed with the family in the 1850, 1860 or 1870 census records.
The above articles are found in: Boone, Your County Magazine, June 1982, page8 and Boone, Your County Magazine, July 1982, page 8.
Asa Randall (Randal or Randle) and Sarah Daniels are my maternal third great-grandparents. Their daughter Margaret married Marcus Brockway. Asa and Sarah were married on 12 or 13 November 1839 in Putnam County, Indiana.
This was Asa’s second marriage. His first wife Margaret had died less than five months before he married Sarah. Asa and Margaret had children, but I don’t know how many. Their last child, Ira, died August 23, 1839 at the age of 10 months. Margaret had died a few months before on June 30, 1839.
I haven’t yet found Asa and Sarah in the 1840 census, but in 1850 Asa’s age is shown as 42 and Sarah’s 30. These ages are likely incorrect, showing them as nine or so years younger than they were according to other census records, and their headstone information.
On August 23, 1850 Asa and Sarah and their family are enumerated in the 1850 U. S. Census, in Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, which is just north of Putnam County:
Asa Randall, age 42, male, farmer, value of real estate owned: 1000, born in Ga.
Sarah ” age 30, female, born in N.C., person > 20 cannot read/write
Eliza M ” age 8, female, born in Ia (Indiana)
Margaret E ” age 5, female, born in Ia
Nancy C ” age 3, female, born in Ia
In June 1860 Asa, Sarah and their daughters are enumerated in Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, P.O. Ladoga:
Asa Randel, age 61, male, farmer, value of real estate: 300, value of personal estate: 2206, born in Georgia
Sarah ” age 59, female, born in N. Carolina
Eliza M ” age 18, female, born Ind, attended school within year
Margaret E ” age 16, female, born Ind, attended school within year
Nancy C ” age 13, female, born Ind, attended school within year
In July 1870 Asa and Sarah are found living in Center Township, Boone County, Indiana, P.O. Lebanon:
Randoll Aca, age 71, male, farmer , value of real estate: 2800, value of personal estate: 600, born Georgia, male citizen>21
” Sarah, age 69, female, keeps house, born North Car
Owen? Mary, age 74, female, with family, born do(ditto)
Randoll Elmer E, age 5, male, born Indiana
My paternal great-grandparents William and Martha McCord lived in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The youngest children in this photo, their twin daughters Doris and Dorothy, were born in October of 1905, so would be about three years old if this photo was taken in 1909. January 26th, 1910 Martha gave birth to another child, who lived only until February 2nd, and on February 13th Martha also died, just a few days after her 47th birthday.
On May 10th, 1910 the remaining family, except for my grandmother Bertha who had married in 1909, was enumerated in the Wea Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Census.
McCord, William A, head, 53, widower, born Ohio, farmer, general farm, rents farm
— Elsie M, daughter, 19 none
— Ivey C, son, 17 laborer
— Walter A, son, 14 in school
— Mary F, daughter, 11 in school
— Ruby M, daughter, 7 in school
— Dorothy R, daughter, 4
— Doris R, daughter, 4
All of the children were born in Indiana, except for Elsie who was born in Kansas.
I have found it difficult to keep track of where my 4th great-grandfather Levi Jennings and his family lived in Ohio. Part of the problem has been from the changing of county boundaries during the time Levi was living there. To make it easier to understand I compiled a list of references that I have found to Levi, his father David and his brother Henry in various sources. I also have put together a map showing some of the counties where Levi lived in Southwestern Ohio, and their dates of formation.
History of Hamilton County, Ohio … compiled by Henry A. Ford …, 1881.
P. 349: “Mr. Robert Clarke in his useful pamphlet on Losantiville, has added the following names of subsequent but still early colonists at Columbia: … David Jennings, Henry Jennings, Levi Jennings, …”
p. 355: “Mr. Dunlevy supplies the following interesting facts: The law then required every able-bodied man attending meetings for worship to carry his firearms with him, prepared to defend the inhabitants, as well as those at the meeting, from an attack of the Indians.… On another occasion … during this and the next year two members of the church, Francis Griffin and David Jennings, were killed by the savages. …
Pioneer Biography. Sketches of the Lives of some of the Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio, by James McBride, Vol. I, 1869,
P. 11: “Among the first settlers of Columbia were, Benjamin Stites, the original proprietor, … David Jennings and his sons Levi and Henry, …”
A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio, …Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O. 1882
P. 46: On Thursday, 20th June, 1805, the amounts allowed against the county were: William Squire, Jacob Bell, and Thomas Pounds, for their services as viewers of the road from Smith & St. Clair’s mill on Four-mile, in St. Clair Township, to Nathaniel Bell’s, on Elk creek, each, $4; … September 2, 1805 meeting of the Board of Commissioners, the amounts allowed were as follows: Robert Lytle, … Abel Bell and Thomas Dillon for two days’ services as grand jurors at the Court of Common Pleas, August term, 1805, each, $1.50
P. 49: “January 5, 1807, the following amounts were allowed: James Dunn, associate judge, $16.50 … Nathaniel Bell, collecting and paying over the State taxes in Wayne Township, $2.95; …Levi Jennings, viewer, $3.40; Jacob Bell, viewer, $3.40: …”
History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, S.B. Nelson & CO., Publishers, 1894, Vol. I.
p. 33: “The persons composing this adventurous troop were not numerous. … During the next two years, the original party was strongly reinforced. The names of some of these later settlers were James H. Bailey, … David, Henry, and Levi Jennings, …”
p.55: “It will be appropriate here to give a complete list of the names of the first settlers of Columbia; James H. Bailey, … David Jennings, Henry Jennings, Levi Jennings, …”
Indiana Historical Society Publications, Vol. I, No. IX, 1897.
“The Early Settlement of the Miami Country”, Dr. Ezra Ferris, 1897
P.353-356: Letter XL: Mr. Hibben – “The citizens of the Miami country did not realize that exemption from difficulties and dangers on account of Indian depredations at as early a period as they had anticipated; after the victory of the 20th of August (1794), several persons were killed and other damage accrued in the course of the fall and winter; but it was generally believed that it was the acts of marauding parties, who were out from home and did not know of the truce that had been agreed upon between the hostile parties. The first person killed by the Indians about Columbia after the battle, that I recollect of, was David Gennings. …. Yours with much respect, E. F., Published Feb. 20, 1852
History of Kentucky, Vol. 2, by Lewis Collins and Richard Collins, 1874, Frankfort, KY, Kentucky Historical Society, 1966
p.434,The First Settlement near Covington was on Nov. 18, 1788, at Columbia, on the north side of the Ohio, not far below the mouth of the Little Miami river — where Capt. Benj. Stites had made a purchase of 10,000 acres of land from John Cleves Symmes….
p.435 … Judge Wm. Goforth- … arrived at Miami (as his register or journal calls Columbia) on Jan. 18, 1790. Prior to this, during 1789, the following persons, many of them with their families, settled there (it is probable some of them were original settlers and should be named above, in Nov., 1788): Capt. John Stites Gano (one of the founders of Covington, in 1815), …, David Jennings and his sons Henry Jennings and Levi Jennings,..
The History of Montgomery County, Ohio: …Illustrated; Chicago, W.H. Beers & Co., 1882
P. 319 – Chapter VIII, War of 1812
P. 329 – “Capt. Steele’s Dayton Company, with others, was ordered to St. Mary’s; Capt. Steele was placed in command of the post … The following is a copy of the pay-roll of the company, and from it it will be seen that a detachment must have been away on scouting duty, as there are only fifty-two names here: Capt. James Steele, … Henry Jennings, …
Book 2:
P. 82 – Wayne Township. By Henry Cuppy.
P. 83 – “” At a meeting of Trustees of Wayne Township at the house of James Black, April 14, 1814, the following appointments were made: Trustees – John Holderman, George Hayney, Levi Jennings.” … From that date up to the present time, the following named have served in the various township offices: Trustees – … Levi Jennings, …Henry Jennings … “
P. 84. “Among the early settlers of the township, the following-named located prior to the year 1810: …Henry Jennings, … Levi Jennings …”
P.91: “As evidence of the economical manner in which the finances of the township were managed, we quote from the record a settlement that was made by those in authority on the 5th of March, 1820:
To. John Shafer Jr Constable for advertising Election of township officers . .$ 1 00
Levi Jennings services overseer of Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00”
http://www.angelfire.com/my/crosleyconnect/master3.html, 2003
HAMILTON CO. OHIO
1794 David JENNINGS, Henry JENNINGS, Levi JENNINGS & Sarah (widow) JENNINGS in Gano & Stanley Account Book
1796 Ross CROSLEY’s name was found in Hamilton Co., Ohio deed records regarding the Duck Creek Baptist Church, along with the following names; John Cleves SYMMES, Jonas BOWMAN, Benjamin STITES, Esq. Sarah JENNINGS, widow; Levi JENNINGS and wife , Elizabeth JENNINGS (they signed as wits) & Ross CROSLEY.
1797 Ross FROM ELDER, DANIEL CLARK’S JOURNAL Pioneer Baptist Preacher, Warren County, Ohio:
Miami Baptist Association of Ohio
The Miami Baptist Association was the first institution of the kind established in the
State of Ohio. On the 4th of November, 1797, the following members, viz.: James SUTTON, Daniel CLARK, John MASON, John SMITH, Moses HUTCHINGS, John BEEZLEY, Abner GARRARD, Ebenezer OSBORN, David DAVIS, Wm. MILNER, Ross CROSLEY, Hercules TURNER, Chas. REYNOLDS, Samuel BALVILLE, John BUCKLES, Bambo HARRIS, John MCGRUE, Levi JENNINGS, Henry TUCKER, Wm. BURT, Morris OSBORN, Jonathan GARRARD, Peter SMITH, Elijah STITES, Isaac FERRIS, Nathaniel GARRARD, Thos. SHIELDS, Francis DUNLEVY and Thos. WADE met in conference at Columbia and proceeded to business as follows: Brother John SMITH chooses moderator and Brother David SNODGRASS Clerk.
1801 David JENNINGS, Holly JENNINGS & Henry JENNINGS members of the Columbia Baptist Church
Pioneer Ohio Newspapers 1793-1810,, Karen Mauer Green, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA ( Karen Green has also published Pioneer Ohio Newspapers 1802-1818 which I haven’t yet seen.)
Freeman’s Journal, Vol. 1 no 28 Sat. 24 Dec. 1796
Levi Jennings, living on duck creek in Columbia Twp, found a cow. Page 27.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Vol. 1 Wed. 29 Jan.1800 No. 36
John S. Gano and William Stanley have land for sale and mention Rev. Kemper, Widow Stevens in Kentucky, Levi Jennings, and Spencer, Gano, Crane & Co. Page 42.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, 43 Vol.1 Wed. 5 Feb. 1800 No. 37
Henry Jennings, living on duck creek, found some stray heifers. Page ?
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Vol. 1 Wed. 25 June 1800 No. 51
Henry Jennings reports that he found several sheep. Page 47.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Vol. II Wed. 3 June 1801 No. 100
John S. Gano, of Cincinnati, has land for sale on Sycamore Creek adjoining Mr. Snyder and near Mr. Terwilleger’s. He also has land for sale six miles above Deerfield on Little Miami near Levi Jennings. Page 62.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, May 1799-Dec.1810
No. 25, Vol. IV, Wed 19 Jan.1803, whole No. 181
Henry Jenning, living on Duck creek on the road from Cincinnati to Deerfield and from Columbia to White’s Station, six miles from Cincinnati, has land for sale. Apply to John Reily in Cincinnati. Page 87.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, No.11 Vol. V Wed. 12 Oct 1803 whole No. 219
A list of letters left at the post office in Cincinnati includes …Henry Jennings on Duck creek… Page 99.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, No. 23 Vol. V Wed. 4 Jan 1804 whole No. 231
A list of letters at the post office in Cincinnati includes … Henry Jennings... Page 101.
The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Vol.1 Sat. 15 Sept. 1810 No. 2
An article regarding Indian affairs mentions Gov Harrison, Mr. Barron, Gen Gibson, Lieutenant Jennings, Tecumseh. Page 174. (likely not Henry or Levi Jennings)
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