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TO 

MY  FATHER 

ACHILLES   J.  VAWTER 

THE  MEMORY  OF 

WHOSE  WISDOM  AND  GENTLENESS 

HAS  EVER 

BEEN  A  SOURCE  OF 

COMFORT  AND  STRENGTH 

THIS  VOLUME 

IS  AFFECTIONATELY 

DEDICATED 


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Achilles  J.  Vawter 


THE 


VAWTER    FAMILY 

IN  AMERICA 


WITH 

THE   ALLIED 

FAMILIES   OF 

BRANHAM 

CRAWFORD 

WISE 

LEWIS 

STRIBLING 

GLOVER 

MONCRIEF 

BY 

GRACE  VAWTER  BICKNELL 


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INDIANAPOLIS 

THE  HOLLENBECK  PRESS 

1905 


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Copyright  1905 
By  Grace  Vawter  Bicknell 


LIBRARY  etOONQRCM 
Ont  CoDy  RecrWM 

JAN   22  1906 

Copyrlffrt  Entry 
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A   PERSONAL   WORD 

My  father  had  some  old  records  in  his  possession  which  came 
to  him  from  his  father.  These  were  yellow  with  age  and  falling 
to  pieces.  In  another  generation  they  would  probably  have  been 
lost.  In  looking  these  records  over  the  thought  came  to  me: 
"How  can  these  be  saved?"  It  was  then  that  the  present  history 
was  begun,  with  no  hope  or  prospect  of  pecuniary  reward,  but 
with  the  desire  of  preserving  to  our  children  the  records  of  their 
fathers. 

In  a  work  of  this  character  must  necessarily  occur  many 
omissions  and  inaccuracies,  for  which  indulgence  is  asked.  It 
will  be  observed  that  more  space  and  fuller  details  are  given  in 
regard  to  certain  persons  than  to  others.  This  is  due  chiefly  to 
a  desire  to  bring  into  prominence  some  of  those  strong  men  whose 
characteristics  have  given  direction  and  distinctiveness  to  suc- 
ceeding generations  of  the  family.  It  is  due  in  part  also  to  the 
fact  that  some  of  the  pioneers  took  pleasure  in  writing  their  ex- 
periences in  diaries  or  in  publishing  reminiscences  in  the  local 
newspapers  of  their  day,  and  these  records  have  been  in  part 
preserved  and  freely  drawn  upon  in  this  history.  These  diaries 
and  recollections  are  doubly  valuable  because  they  not  only  re- 
veal the  character  of  the  men  who  wrote  them,  but  they  also  con- 
vey a  vivid  picture  of  the  manner  of  life  and  customs  and  hard- 
ships of  the  people  among  whom  they  lived. 

Of  those  now  living  some  wrote  freely  in  answer  to  inquiries, 
taking  great  interest  in  the  progress  of  the  history;  others  sent 
the  briefest  facts.  Where  lines  have  not  been  followed  out  it 
is  because  knowledge  concerning  them  could  not  be  obtained,  but 


VI 


A    PERSONAL   WORD 


all  branches  have  been  given  as  fully  as  the  available  information 
made  possible.  Five  years  have  been  spent  in  correspondence  with 
the  representatives  of  the  various  branches  wherever  a  trace  of 
them  could  be  obtained.  Visits  have  been  made  to  the  older  mem- 
bers of  the  family,,  national  and  state  archives  have  been  searched, 
and  information  has  been  gathered  from  every  possible  source. 

The  first  impetus  to  this  work,  aside  from  the  papers  left  by  my 
father,  was  given  me  by  Edwin  J.  Vawter,  of  Ocean  Park,  Cali- 
fornia, who  had  been  carefully  gathering  and  preserving  informa- 
tion for  years.  The  discovery  of  the  coat  of  arms  in  that  branch 
of  the  Valletort  family  from  which  we  are  directly  descended  is 
due  to  Miss  Emma  Vawter,  of  Santa  Monica,  California.  The 
first  trace  of  the  family  of  Richard  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon,  was 
found  after  great  effort  by  Charles  P.  Vawter,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky.  Milton  Vawter,  of  North  Madison,  Indiana,  who  is 
an  authority  on  the  family  history,  has  given  much  valuable  in- 
formation. 

So  many  others  have  been  actively  helpful  in  the  collection  of 
this  great  body  of  material  from  every  part  of  the  country  that 
I  despair  of  expressing  to  them  individually  my  gratitude  and 
appreciation.  But  I  am  consoled  in  this  omission  by  the  certainty 
that  every  one  of  them  will  feel  amply  repaid  by  the  knowledge 
that  he  or  she  has  contributed  to  the  completeness  and  accuracy  of 

this  record. 

The  Vawter  family  of  the  early  days  was  of  a  deeply  religious 
nature.  The  members  in  Virginia  were  Episcopalians.  Jesse  and 
Philemon  united  with  the  Baptist  Church.  Jesse  himself  and  a 
number  of  his  descendants  have  been  Baptist  ministers.  Philemon 
was  also  a  Baptist  minister.  Beverly,  a  son  of  Philemon,  became 
a  Christian  minister  and  in  his  line  are  many  ministers  of  the 
same  denomination. 

David,  the  father  of  Jesse  and  Philemon,  was  a  soldier  in  the 


A    PERSONA lNv'ORD 


Vll 


Revolutionary  War.  Jesse  also  enlisted  and  served  a  few  months. 
Some  reports,  not  fully  authenticated,  state  that  Philemon  en- 
listed, but  his  extreme  youth  at  that  time  lends  color  to  doubt 
upon  this  point.  Many  of  the  descendants  of  Jesse  and  Philemon 
served  in  the  Civil  War,  the  descendants  of  Jesse  being  entirely 
on  the  Union  side,  and  of  those  of  Philemon  some  were  in  the 
Union  and  some  members  of  the  Confederate  Army.  The  family 
was  generally  strongly  opposed  to  slavery,  but  a  few  were  slave- 
holders. 

The  Vawters  have  not,  as  a  rule,  been  prominent  in  public  life, 
though  se\-eral  of  them  have  been  influential  members  of  the  In- 
diana legislature. 

The  descendants  of  Jesse  Vawter  number  one  thousand  five 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  direct  and  five  hundred  and  thirty-five 
related  by  marriage  into  the  direct  line.  The  descendants  of  Phile- 
mon number  one  thousand  sixty-six  direct  and  three  hundred 
and  fifty  related  by  marriage  into  the  direct  line.    The  number  of 
children  of  Jesse  and  Philemon  were  eighteen ;  grandchildren,  one 
hundred  and  forty-three ;  great-grandchildren,  five  hundred  and 
sixty-nine ;  great-great-grandchildren,  one  thousand  one  hundred 
and  sixty-three;  great-great-great-grandchildren  to  this  date,  six 
hundred  and  ninety-three.     The  total  number  named  in  this  rec- 
ord, including  the  families  of  Edward  and  Russell  Vawter,  which 
are  not  at  all  complete,  are  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
eighty-two  direct  and  nine  hundred  and  forty  by  marriage  into 
the  direct  line,  making  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty- 
two  in  all. 

Fresh  from  a  close  and  extended  study  of  the  history  of  this 
family,  the  conviction  is  strong  within  me  that  it  tells  the  simple 
story  of  sturdy  courage,  honest  living,  citizenship  unpretentious, 
yet  shrinking  not  from  the  citizen's  responsibilities ;  the  story  of 
very  human  endurance,  not  without  faults,   but  measuring  up 


viii  A    PERSONAL   WORD 

fully  to  the  hope  expressed  by  one  of  the  living  members  of  the 
family,  who,  with  the  wisdom  of  almost  four-score  years,  wrote : 

"You  are  putting  great  labor  on  that  tree.  It  must  be  large, 
with  many  branches  heavy  with  fruitage.  But  how  about  the 
fruit?  Would  all  pass  inspection  as  first  or  second,  or  even  third 
class?  In  so  large  a  tree,  so  old  and  of  such  wide-spreading 
branches,  there  must  be  some  knotty,  some  bad  at  core,  some 
worm-eaten.    Let  us  be  glad  if  in  the  main  it  is  marketable." 

Grace  Vawter  Bicknell. 

Chicago,  May  i,  1905. 


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ABBREVIATIONS 

b.=born 

d.=dead 

d.  s.=died  single  ♦ 

m.:=married 

Name  in  parenthesis  indicates  maiden  name,  except 
in  index,  where  it  indicates  name  of  father 


VALLETORT 
The  Name  from  Which  Vawter  was  Derived 


NAME 

In  the  seventeenth  century,  about  the  year  1685,  three  brothers 
came  from  England,  probably  from  near  Plymouth,  to  Virginia. 
These  men  were  John,  Bartholomew  and  Angus  Vawter.  Some 
members  of  the  family  think  that  the  name  has  come  from  the 
French  name  Vautier  or  Vautie.  While  this  name  sounds  or 
rather  looks  more  like  Vawter,  it  is  probable  that  our  name  has 
come  from  the  French  name  Valletort,  which  is  pronounced 
Va-ye-tor. 

In  the  "Virginia  Cousins,"  by  C.  Brown  Goode,  p.  460.  we  find 
tlie  following : 

"The  barony  of  Harberton,  granted  to  the  family  of  de  Val- 
letort in  the  time  of  King  Henry  I,  became  extinct  about  1307. 
The  name  has  since  become  known  as  Vaulter."  (It  is  also  given 
in  English  records  as  Vaw^ter. ) 

From  1 100-1300,  the  line  of  descent  in  the  Valletort  family,  as 
given  in  the  "Virginia  Cousins,"  is  as  follows  : 

1.  Reginald  de  Valletort,  Lord  of  Harberton. 

2.  Roger  de  Valletort.  living  in  1108. 

3.  Ralphe  de  Valletort,  living  in  1168. 

4.  Joel  de  Valletort.  of  Tawton,  married  Emma,  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Botreaux. 

5.  Sir  Philip  de  Valletort,  living  in  1230. 

6.  Sir  John  de  Valletort,  -living  in  1250. 

Lord  Harberton,  the  first  Valletort  of  whom  we  have  a  record, 
lived  in  England  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.  The  name  began  to 
change  in  spelling  about  1300  and,  in  1637,  we  have  a  record  in 
Plymouth,  England,  which  gives  the  name  as  Vaw^ter  and  shows 
that  the  name  had  been  Valletort.  It  seems  that  at  that  time  the 
name  was  sometimes  written  Vawter  and  sometimes  Vaulter. 

When  the  Vawter  brothers  first  came  to  Virginia,  the  name 


2  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

was  usually  written  Vawlter  or  Vaulter  (see  reminiscences  of  Col. 
John  Vawter,  p.  24.  The  1  was  afterwards  dropped  and  the 
name  was  variously  written  as  Vauter,  Vauters  (see  revolution- 
ary war  record  of  David  Vauters,  p.  8),  Vaughter  (see  mar- 
riage license  granted  Jesse  Vawter,  foot  note,  p.  11),  and  Vawter. 
The  descendants  of  John,  Bartholomew  and  Angus  Vawter  now, 
we  believe,  uniformly  spell  the  name  V-a-w-t-e-r. 

In  a  book,  entitled  "The  Plymouth  Armada  Heroes,"  by  Mary 
W.  S.  Hawkins,  is  this  account : 

"In  1544,  William  Hawkins  purchased  the  Manor  of  Sutton 
Valletort  or  Vawter  of  Sir  Hugh  Pollard  for  (1000)  one  thou- 
sand marks." 

In  the  genealogical  table  of  the  Hawkins  family,  same  book, 
the  above  William  Hawkins  is  designated  as  the  Lord  of  the 
Manor  of  Valletort.  It  appears,  p.  162,  that  the  manor  was  sold 
in  the  year  1637-8  by  the  grandson  of  Sir  John  to  the  city  of 
Plymouth.  In  the  records  (Received  Accounts),  there  appears 
this :  "Item :  for  a  present  given  Mr.  Risdon  to  procure  out  of 
his  hands  such  writings  as  concerned  Vauter's  Fee,  lately  bought 
by  the  town  of  Mr.  John  Hawkyns,  and  a  man  and  two  horses 
two  journeys  to  fetch  said  writings." 

"It  is  easy  to  see,"  said  General  Hawkins  of  Indianapolis,  In- 
diana, "how  Valletort  could  be  corrupted  into  Vauter  or  Vawter. 
The  double  1  being  mouille  and  the  final  t  not  pronounced.  As  it 
recjuired  two  horses  two  journeys  to  carry  the  load  of  records 
pertaining  to  the  property,  it  is  probable  that  they  go  back  very 
far  and  contain  valuable  Valletort  (Vawter)  history." 

The  coat  of  arms  which  belonged  to  this  branch  of  the  Valle- 
tort or  Vawter  family  is  described  in  the  "Virginia  Cousins"  as 
follows : 

"Arms :  Gules  three  bends,  argent,  on  a  border  sable,  ten 
plates,  or :  or  three  bends  gules  within  a  border  sable,  bezanty." 

In  an  article  in  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica  on  "Plymouth"  we 
find  the  following  paragraph :  "In  Domesday,  Sutton  Manor  oc- 
curs as  Sutone  and  afterwards,  it  was  divided  into  the  town  of 
Sutton  Prior,  the  hamlet  of  Sutton  Valletort  and  the  tithing  of 
Sutton  Ralphe — a  part  of  it  having  been  granted  to  the  Norman 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  3 

family  of  Valletort,  while  the  greater  part  belonged  to  the  priory 
of  Plymouth." 

Judging  from  the  evidence  before  us.  our  ancestors  were  of 
Norman  origin  and  came  to  this  country  from  near  Plymouth, 
England,  about  the  year  1685. 


EARLY  VAWTERS  IN  AMERICA 


(1665).    I.    /o/?;;,  Bartholomew,  Angus. 

(1691).    2.    John,  son  of  John/   married  a  Beverly   (prob- 
ably). 

Children:     Bartholomew,    Angus,    Richard, 
Beverly,  David,  Margaret,  Winifred. 

(1718).    3.    Beverly,  son  of  John,'  married . 

Children:      Beverly,     a     daughter,     Alpha, 
Nancy,  Anne. 
(1720).    3.    David,  son  of  John,-  married  Mary  Rucker. 

Children:  Jesse,  Philemon,  William,  Wini- 
fred, Margaret,  Mary. 
(1755)-    4-    J^sse,  son  of  David, ^  married  Elizabeth  Watts, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Barnett)  Watts. 
Children :    John,  William,  James,   Frances, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Julia,  Achilles,  Ann. 
(1762).    4.    Philemon,  son  of  David, ^  married  Anne  Vawter, 
daughter  of  Beverly. 

Children :   Richard,  Elliott,  Frances,  Nancy, 
Jesse,  Beverly,  Lucy,  Elizabeth,  David. 

2.  Edzvard,  son  of  John,  Bartholomew  or  Angus  (it 

is  not  certain  which ) . 

Children  :    William  and  others. 

3.  William,  son  of  Edward,"  married  Anne  Ballard. 

Children  :   William  and  others. 
(1765).    4.    William,    son    of    William,^    married    Margaret 
Henderson. 

Children  :  Elizabeth,  John  Henderson,  Anne, 
Jean,  Mary,  Elliott,  James. 

*The  dates  of  birth  of  John,'  John,^  and  Beverly'  Vawter,  given  above,  are 
approximate  dates  only. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  5 

(1800).    5.    /o/iw  H^^icf^^ow,  son  of  William,*  married  Clara 
S.  Peck. 

Children :  John  William,  Elizabeth  Mary, 
Margaret  Anne,  Louis  Addison,  James 
Elliott,  Charles  E.,  Allen  Henderson,  Ma- 
tilda Ellen,  Sarah  Josephine,  Joseph  Sny- 
der, Clara  Virginia,  Henry  Alexander, 
George  W. 


THE  EARLY  VAWTERS 


This  record  begins  with  John/^  Bartholomew  and  Angus  Vaw- 
ter,  who  came  to  Virginia  from  England  (probably  from  near 
Plymouth)  about  the  year  1685.   We  are  descended  from  John. 

Nothing  is  known  of  the  first  John,  except  that  he  had  children 
and  one  of  them  was  named  John.  Of  this  second  John,  we  find 
in  an  old  Virginia  record  (a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  William  and 
Mary  Quarterly,  vol.  5,  p.  90)  that,  in  1737,  John  Vawter  was 
appointed  administrator  of  the  estate  of  James  Jamieson  of  Essex 
county,  Virginia.  There  was  also  an  Edward  in  the  second  gen- 
eration, but  it  is  not  certain  whether  he  was  the  son  of  John,  Bar- 
tholomew or  Angus. 

John,  the  second,  was  married,  probably  to  a  Beverly.  The 
Beverlys  were  famous  in  the  early  times  in  Virginia.  Robert 
Beverly  wrote  a  history  of  Virginia  in  1705,  which  was  published 
in  England  in  1722.  It  is  a  very  rare  and  valuable  work  now, 
one  of  the  original  copies  in  the  Newberry  Library  at  Chicago 
being  valued  at  many  hundreds  of  dollars.  Robert  Beverly  lived 
in  Essex  county,  Virginia.  There  are  also  other  noted  Beverlys 
who  are  mentioned  in  histories  of  Virginia.  There  are  sketches 
of  the  Beverly  family  in  the  book  "Lee  of  Virginia,"  by  Edmund 
Jennings  Lee,  and  in  the  bound  volumes  of  the  William  and  Mary 
Quarterly  of  Virginia. 

The  probability  of  the  wife  of  the  second  John  having  been  a 
Beverly  comes  from  the  fact  that  one  of  her  sons  was  named 
Beverly,  and  it  was  then,  as  now,  a  common  thing  for  a  son  to 
be  given  the  family  name  of  his  mother.  The  name  Beverly  runs 
through  all  branches  of  the  family  and  this  seems  to  have  been 
its  first  appearance. 

*In  the  Virginia  Historical  Magazine,  vol.  7,  p.  300,  is  a  copy  of  an  old  Vir- 
ginia record  which  gives  the  date  of  inventory  or  probate  of  will  of  Bartholo- 
mew Vawter  in  Essex  county,  in  1717,  which  shows  that  Bartholomew,  the  first, 
died  in  1717.     In  a  list  of  things  appraised  is  a  "parcel  of  old  books  at  15s." 


/ 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  7 

The  children  of  John,  the  second,  were :  Bartholomew,  Angus, 
Richard,  Beverly,  David  (born  in  1720) ,  Margaret  and  Winifred. 

Beverly,  son  of  John  second,  married . 

Children : 

1.  Beverly,  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

2.    ,  who  married  Mr.  Hill. 

*3.    Alpha,  who  married  Robert  Shelton.    Their  children 
were :    Smedley,  who  married  his  cousin,  Melinda  White. 

4.  Nancy,  who  married  a  Wilhite.  Children  were: 
Nancy,  Melinda,  Ely,  Elliott,  Anne.  Nancy  married,  second,  a 
Mr.  Hawkins. 

5.  Anne,  who  married  her  cousin  Philemon  Vawter. 
David,  son  of  John,  the  second,  was  married  to  Mary  Rucker 

in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia.  It  is  believed  by  some  of  the 
family  that  the  wife  of  David  Vawter  was  Mary  Beverly  and  not 
Mary  Rucker.  Our  authority  for  believing  the  name  to  be  Rucker 
is  that  John  Vawter,  a  grandson  of  David  and  Mary,  in  an  ac- 
count of  his  life,  said  that  the  maiden  name  of  his  grandmother 
was  Mary  Rucker  and  that,  after  the  death  of  David  Vawter,  she 
married  a  Rentfrow  (see  p.  25).  The  name  of  Beverly  seems  to 
have  come  into  the  family  back  of  David,  as  one  of  David's 
brothers  was  named  Beverly. 

Little  is  known  of  David  Vawter,  except  that  he  was  born  in 
1720;  was  an  Episcopalian;  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War; 
lived  in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia,  and  had  six  children.  That 
David  Vawter  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War  is  shown  by  the 
following,  which  was  copied  from  the  Virginia  Magazine  of  His- 
tory and  Biography  (1893- 1894). 

"A  Muster  Roll  of  Captain  Ambrose  Madison's  Company  of 
Foot  in  the  Regiment  of  Volunteer  Guards  at  the  Barracks  in 
Albemarle  county,  where  Francis  Taylor,  Esq.,  is  Commander  to 
June  I,  1779. 

"Privates. 
■  "David  Vawter,  enlisted  January  17,  1779.    Discharged  June 

I-  I779-" 

David  Vawter  lived  in  Culpeper  county  and  enlisted  in  Albe- 

*In  Culpeper  county  records  the  date  of  this  marriage  is  given  as  1790. 


8  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

marie  county,  which  is  the  adjoining  county.   Culpeper  county  at 
that  time  inckided  what  is  now  known  as  Madison  andrJOrange- 
counties.  It  was  in  the  part  now  called  Orange  county  that  David 
Vawter  lived. 

A  communication  received  from  the  Military  Secretary  of  the 
War  Department  at  Washington  says :  "The  name  David  Vawter, 
nor  the  name  Jesse  Vawter  has  been  found  on  the  rolls  in  this 
office.  It  is  shown  by  the  records,  however,  that  one  David  Vau- 
fers  served  as  a  private  in  Captain  John  Camp's  Company  in  the 
First  Virginia  State  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  George 
Gibson.  He  enlisted  March  i,  1777,  to  serve  three  years,  and  his 
name  last  appears  on  the  company  muster  roll  for  February,  1778. 
The  date  of  his  separation  from  the  service  is  not  stated." 

There  is  no  doubt  but  this  is  the  same  David  Vawter,  as  many 
of  the  Vawters  at  that  time  spelled  the  name  V-a-u-t-e-r.  Even 
if  the  name  had  been  given  as  V-a-w-t-e-r,  it  might  have  easily 
been  written  down  as  V-a-u-t-e-r-s.  The  name  is  often  called 
Vauters  to  this  day,  by  those  who  do  not  know  the  spelling. 

The  time  of  the  second  enlistment  (which  was  mentioned  first) 
does  not  at  all  overlap  the  time  of  the  first,  and  both  together  do 
not  quite  fill  out  the  time  for  which  the  first  enlistment  was  made. 

The  children  of  David  and  Mary  (Rucker)  Vawter  were: 
Jesse,  Philemon,  William,  Winifred,  Margaret  and  Mary. 

The  descendants  of  Jesse  and  Philemon  will  be  given  later. 

William  Vawter,  son  of  David,  was  married  and  had  a  son, 
Lewis,  who  lived  in  North  Carolina.  It  is  not  known  where  Wil- 
liam Vawter  lived.  It  may  have  been  that  he  came  to  Kentucky 
later  than  Jesse  and  Philemon.  In  the  records  of  Fayette  county 
are  found  these  items  : 

"ist.  William  Vawter  and  Mary,  his  wife,  sold  a  tract  (169 
acres)  of  land  in  Jessamine  county,  Kentucky,  in  1803. 

"2d.  William  Vawter  and  his  wife,  Mary,  sold  five  hundred 
acres  in  Campbell  county,  Kentucky,  in  1805. 

"3d.    William  Vawter  and  his  wife,  Mary,  sold  1000  acres  in 

*W.  G.  Stanard,  the  Corresponding  Secretary  and  Librarian  of  the  Virginia 
Historical  Society  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  will,  for  a  consideration,  give  a  cer- 
tified statement  of  the  record  of  David  Vawter. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  Q 

Gallatin  county,  Kentucky,  in  1809.  They  lived  at  that  time  in 
Woodford  county,  Kentucky." 

Philemon  Vawter  lived  in  Woodford  county,  Kentucky,  and 
Elliott  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon,  lived  at  one  time  in  Gallatin 
county,  Kentucky.  This  William  Vawter,  if  not  a  brother  of  Jesse 
and  Philemon,  must  have  been  closely  related. 

A  daughter  of  David  Vawter  married  Achilles  Stapp.  Their 
children  were  Ely,  Milton,  Nancy  and  Mary,  all  of  whom  married 
Branhams.  Achilles  Stapp  and  family  lived  near  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky. 


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JESSE  VAWTER 

Jesse  Vawter  was  born  in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia,  December 
I,  1755.  His  parents  were  Episcopalians  and  he  was  sprinkled  in 
infancy  and  his  name  enrolled  on  the  church  record.  He  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Watts,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Sallie 
(Barnett)  Watts,  on  March  29,  1781.  Elizabeth  Watts  was  born 
December  30,  1762.  Nine  children  were  born  to  them:  John, 
William,  James,  Frances,  Mary,  Sarah,  Julia,  Achilles  and  Ann. 

Jesse  Vawter  was,  in  his  early  manhood,  apprenticed  by  his 
father  to  a  mechanic ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
for  a  short  period;  was  baptized  in  a  Baptist  Church  (Rapidan) 
in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia,  October,  1774. 

About  the  year  1782  Jesse  Vawter,  with  his  wife  and  infant 
son  John,  moved  from  Virginia  to  the  Holston  river  country, 
which  is  near  where  the  three  states,  Virginia,  North  Carolina 
and  Tennessee,  now  join.  Their  twin  sons,  William  and  James, 
were  born  there.  In  1785  Jesse,  with  his  wife  and  four  children, 
returned  to  Virginia  for  a  visit.  They  left  William,  one  of  the 
twins,  there,  with  his  maternal  grandparents.  In  1787  Jesse 
visited  Kentucky  and  decided  to  move  there.  He  and  his  wife, 
with  the  infant  Sarah,  went  for  a  farewell  visit  to  Virginia  in 

1789,  and  in  1790  the  family  removed  to  Kentucky.  On  the  way 
they  passed  the  Crab  Orchard  country,  old  Milford  Court  House, 
stopping  over  night  with  Joseph  Delaney,  where  Richmond,  Ken- 
tucky, now  is,  crossing  the  Kentucky  river,  passing  through  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky,  and  arriving  at  Achilles  Stapp's  September  22, 

1790.  Jesse  Vawter  leased  a  farm  from  Hugh  Shannon  for  five 
years  from  the  fall  of  1790.  In  1795  he  moved  to  Scott  county, 
Kentucky,  and  settled  on  his  own  farm  on  the  north  side  of  the 
North  Elkhorn  river,  three  or  four  miles  from  the  forks  of  the 

Note. — In  Culpeper  county  records  is  the  following :  "Jesse  Vaughter 
married  to  Elizabeth  Watts,  March  29,  1781." 


12  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

two  Elkhorns  and  seven  miles  from  Frankfort,  In  1796  Frank- 
lin county  was  formed,  and  his  house  was  then  in  Franklin  county. 
(A  fuller  account  of  this  part  of  Jesse  Vawter's  life  will  be  found 
in  the  "Reminiscences"  of  his  son  John.) 

In  1806  Jesse  Vawter  lost  his  land  through  a  defective  title. 
That  same  year  he  moved  to  Indiana  and  located  on  a  hill  over- 
looking Madison,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Michigan  Hill 
Road.  He  called  his  home  and  farm  Mount  Glad,  because  he  was 
glad  there  to  rest  from  his  wanderings  and  hoped  to  spend  his 
days  in  peace.  Madison  was  a  very  small  settlement  at  that  time. 
The  Vawter  family  is  inseparably  connected  with  its  early  history 
and  with  the  history  of  the  Baptist  denomination  in  Indiana. 

Jesse  Vawter  began  to  preach  in  about  the  year  1800.  He  was 
ordained  in  1805.  In  1807  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  in  Jefferson  county,  which,  at  that  time,  was 
called  the  Coffee  Creek  Baptist  Church.  This  church  was  organ- 
ized at  Mount  Glad.  At  its  constitution  there  were  but  fifteen 
members,  and  these  were  all  of  them  connected  with  the  four 
families  who  had  come  together  from  Kentucky  in  the  fall  of 
the  year  before.  These  four  families  were  the  Vawters,  the 
Underwoods,  the  Edwards  and  the  Jacksons.  In  1808  these 
members  built  a  meeting-house  of  logs  on  the  hill  east  of  the 
Michigan  road  near  the  present  site  of  Fairmount  Cemetery. 
When  Jesse  Vawter  learned  of  a  new  settlement  being  formed, 
he  visited  it  and  held  religious  meetings.  As  the  country  devel- 
oped his  preaching  tours  were  enlarged,  covering  great  portions 
of  the  counties  of  Jefferson,  Ripley,  Switzerland,  Jennings  and 
Clark.  In  some  cases  these  settlements  were  reached  by  traveling 
from  twenty  to  forty  miles  through  the  wilderness,  much  of  the 
way  being  marked  only  by  blazed  trees  and  broken-down  under- 
brush. 

In  181 2  the  Coffee  Creek  Church  built  a  new  frame  meeting- 
house on  the  North  Madison  hill,  now  west  of  the  railroad,  and, 
with  that  change  of  location,  also  changed  its  name,  afterwards 
being  called  the  Mount  Pleasant  Baptist  Church.  This  church 
was  again  moved  and  became  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Madi- 
son.   From  its  first  formation  until  1831  Jesse  Vawter  was  al- 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  I3 

most  its  only  pastor,  Jacob  Cox  and  William  Vawter  and  Reuben 
Morey  serving  some  of  the  time  during  the  later  years. 

In  the  minutes  of  the  Madison  Association  for  1838,  we  read: 
"Jesse  Vawter  was  preeminently  useful  in  the  ministry  and  did 
much  to  advance  the  Messiah's  kingdom  here  on  earth,  especially 
among  the  Baptist  churches  from  their  first  organization  in  In- 
diana, but  more  particularly  in  the  bounds  of  what  was  and  is 
known  as  the  Silver  Creek,  Coffee  Creek,  Loughery,  Flat  Rock 
and  Madison  Associations.  He  was  without  doubt  one  of  the 
most  pious  men  of  his  day,  and,  as  a  doctrinal,  practical  and  ex- 
perimental preacher,  his  qualifications  and  ability  for  evangelical 
preaching  was  far  above  mediocrity,  and  as  a  peace-maker  he  was, 
perhaps,  without  his  equal  in  the  congregations  of  which  he  was 
a  member." 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jesse,  died  September  10,  1830.  Afterwards 
Jesse  lived  with  his  daughter,  Polly  Branham,  for  a  while,  and 
with  another  daughter,  Ann  Moncrief,  for  a  part  of  the  time. 
He  died  March  20,  1838,  in  his  eighty-third  year. 

Jesse  Vawter  was  a  quiet,  thrifty,  brown-eyed,  peace-loving 
man.  His  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Frances  (Vawter)  King,  of 
North  Vernon,  Indiana,  in  speaking  of  him  said :  "Grandfather 
was  of  a  gentle  nature.  Every  one  loved  him.  He  used  to  ride 
down  horseback  from  Madison  to  see  us.  We  would  run  to  meet 
him,  and  he  would  say,  'There  come  my  chickens.'  He  had  lost 
the  sight  of  one  eye  in  an  accident.  We  used  to  slip  up  on  his 
blind  side  and  kiss  him.  and  he  would  always  jump  as  though  we 
had  surprised  him  greatly.   He  never  was  impatient  with  us." 

Mrs.  Nancy  (Moncrief)  Amsden,  of  Madison,  Indiana,  an- 
other granddaughter,  said :  "I  can  remember  grandfather  well 
and  I  love  his  very  name.  He  lived  at  my  father's  for  some  time 
before  he  died." 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jesse,  was  a  woman  of  strong  character,  and 
her  grandchildren  stood  somewhat  in  awe  of  her.  She  was  an 
excellent  housekeeper.  Her  great  cleanliness  was  a  matter  for 
joking  among  her  neighbors.  They  said  that  she  never  could 
endures  flies — that  she  chased  them  out  of  her  house  and  down  to 
the  Ohio  river.    In  speaking  of  her  fondness  for  scrubbing,  they 


14  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

declared  that  they  believed  she  scrubbed  even  the  stumps  in  her 
yard. 

JESSE  VAWTER's  story,  AS  TOLD  BY  HIMSELF, 

May  5,  1835. 

I,  Jesse  Vawter,  being  in  my  eightieth  year,  do  this  day  begin 
to  write  a  journal  of  my  life.  I  was  born  December,  the  first  day, 
1755,  in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia.  I  was  sent  to  school  in  my 
eighth  year.  About  this  time  my  father  moved  into  Orange 
county,  and  I  worked  on  a  farm  for  about  ten  years.  I  was  the 
oldest  child  of  six,  and  had  by  nature  a  mechanical  turn  of  mind. 
I  did  some  coopering,  and  made  me  a  lathe  and  did  some  turning ; 
I  also  made  some  wheels  with  a  millwright.  In  1774  my  father 
hired  me  to  a  house  carpenter  and  joiner.  In  1775  my  father  set 
me  at  liberty  to  act  for  myself.  At  this  time  there  was  a  great 
call  for  flax  wheels.  I  joined  my  Uncle  Oppill.  We  prepared  our 
timber,  built  us  a  shop  with  two  rooms,  chimney  in  one  and  stove 
in  the  other.  Each  of  us  had  a  lathe  made  and  mended  wheels 
until  in  November,  i  yjy,  when  I  drove  a  team  and  moved  a  family 
out  to  Holston,  three  hundred  miles,  where  I  attended  a  farm 
with  two  negro  men  for  Joseph  Early. 

In  December,  1778,  I  went  back  to  Virginia,  and  followed 
house  carpenter's  and  joiner's  work  until  November,  1779,  when 
I  drove  a  team  for  Uncle  I.  Coper,  when  I  had  three  uncles  and 
a  brother  all  in  a  company  moving  to  Holston.  We  unloaded  our 
wagons  the  second  day  of  December,  1779.  I  had  bought  of  Jo- 
seph Early  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  on  which  my  brother 
Philemon  and  Jonathan  Underwood  settled  at  that  time.  In  the 
next  year,  1780,  I  labored  on  a  saw  and  grist  mill  for  old  Mr. 
Key  wood.  In  December  I  went  back  to  Virginia,  and  in  1781  was 
married,  March  twenty-ninth  day,  and  in  June  was  drafted  for 
two  months'  tour.  I  got  back  to  my  wife's  father's  late  in  August, 
and  was  three  months  sick.  My  wife  has  told  me  that  they  sat 
up  with  me  forty  nights  and  thought  every  one  might  be  the  last. 

The  next  winter  and  spring  I  made  myself  a  light  wagon  and 
had  it  ironed  nicely.    In  January,  1782,  our  son  John  was  born. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 5 

In  the  latter  part  of  April  I  geared  three  horses  and  loaded  our 
little  property  and  set  out  for  Holston,  three  hundred  miles,  and 
unloaded  the  17th  of  May  on  my  own  premises,  and  raised  a 
tolerable  crop  of  corn  that  year. 

In  the  fall  of  1783  I  went  to  old  Virginia  with  my  wagon  and 
moved  Aunt  Underwood  to  Holston.  In  1785  I,  with  my  wife 
and  children,  went  again  to  Virginia  on  a  visit,  and  was  gone 
from  the  13th  day  of  September  to  the  24th  of  November.  I 
had  built  me  a  shop,  and  followed  making  and  mending  wagons, 
and  other  work,  as  also  attending  to  my  farm  until  1790.  In 
December,  1787,  I  went  to  Kentucky  on  a  visit  to  see  my  friends, 
and  in  1790  I  sold  my  land  and  moved  to  Kentucky,  and  landed 
there  in  September,  1790.  In  1789  my  wife  and  myself,  with 
Sally  our  baby,  went  on  horseback  to  old  Virginia  on  a  visit 
to  bid  our  friends  a  final  farewell,  as  we  expected  to  move  to 
Kentucky  the  next  year.  We  unloaded  our  horses  at  Brother 
Stapp's,  September  22d.  I  took  a  lease  on  Mr.  Shannon's  land 
for  five  years,  put  up  a  log  cabin  and  moved  into  it  in  November, 
1790.  August  13,  1 79 1,  I  left  home  and  went  to  Holston  to  aid 
my  Brother  Philemon  to  move  to  Kentucky,  and  got  home 
again  September  20. 

August  7,  1793,  I  left  my  home  and  went  to  Virginia  to  aid 
father  Watts  in  moving  to  Kentucky,  and  got  home  again  the 
1 8th  day  of  November,  1793.  In  1795  I  moved  to  the  north 
fork  of  Elkhorn,  three  miles  above  the  forks,  and  we  lived  there 
until  September  6.  1806,  when  we  moved  over  the  Ohio  to 
Indiana.  During  our  residence  in  Kentucky  I  made  looms,  made 
and  mended  wagons,  made  and  mended  wheels,  reels,  and  did 
other  mechanical  work,  but  never  neglected  my  farm.  And  also, 
while  I  kept  house  in  Indiana,  I  had  a  shop  and  did  do  almost 
all  kinds  of  mechanical  work,  yet  never  neglected  my  farm.  I 
have  observed  on  a  minute-book  that  I  had  earned  in  my  shop 
$344,  and  that  I  had  received  for  marriages  $151.  In  1830  v/e 
broke  up  housekeeping,  and  on  September  tenth  my  wife  died, 
and  I  have  made  my  home  with  Polly  Branham,  but  am  a  great 
deal  of  my  time  absent.  Since  the  death  of  my  wife  I  have  not 
confined  mvself  to  labor,  but  have  done  some  little  jobs,  and  have 


1 6  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

received  about   forty  dollars   for  marriages.     Julia  Wise  died 
May  lo,  1834. 

September,    1835,   I  attended  at  Loughery  Association,   and 
came  home  sick,  and  am  yet  quite  feeble  this  first  of  December. 


A  LATER  STATEMENT  BY  JESSE  VAWTER 

At  the  request  of  one  of  my  friends  I  now  sit  down  to  record 
some  of  the  occurrences  of  my  past  life. 

I,  Jesse  Vawter,  was  born  December  i,  1755.  My  parents 
were  David  and  Mary  Vawter,  members  of  the  Episcopalian 
Church.  I  was  sprinkled  in  infancy  and  received  as  a  member 
of  that  church,  and  could  read  my  Bible  in  my  eighth  year,  and 
was  brought  up  to  farming,  but  had  by  nature  a  mechanical  turn 
of  mind. 

At  ten  years  of  age  I  had  serious  thoughts  of  religion  and 
heard  a  parson  preach  from  these  words :  "Who  among  us 
shall  dwell  with  devouring  fire,  who  among  us  shall  dwell  with 
everlasting  burnings?"  Isaiah  xxxiii:i4.  That  subject  made 
a  deep  impression  on  my  mind,  although  I  understood  nothing 
more  than  a  local  fire.  About  this  time  I  committed  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  which  I  would  repeat  when  I  would  lie  down  at  night 
and  in  the  morning,  in  order  to  get  religion,  but  finally  concluded 
that  I  would  live  moral  and  sober  until  I  married  and  then  I 
would  get  religion,  concluding  that  religion  did  not  suit  young 
people  and  when  I  was  settled  in  the  world  it  would  be  easy  to 
obtain  it. 

As  stated  above,  my  mind  inclined  to  mechanical  labor.  In 
1774,  in  my  nineteenth  year,  my  father  consented  to  hire  me  to 
a  house  carpenter  and  joiner.  In  the  course  of  that  year  our 
work  led  us  twenty  miles  from  my  father's,  and  in  the  bounds 
of  Baptist  preaching.  Perhaps  in  the  month  of  May  I  went  to 
the  first  meeting.  The  preacher  was  Thomas  Amnions ;  his  text 
was  Job  X  :i5  :  "If  I  be  wicked  woe  unto  me,  but  if  I  be  righteous 
yet  will  I  not  lift  up  my  head."  These  words  came  home  to  my 
heart  with  such  light  and  power  that  they  made  me  tremble.    I 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1/ 

had  never  felt  the  hke  before.  I  strove  to  be  composed  and  not 
let  any  person  know  I  was  affected,  but  all  in  vain,  the  tears 
would  run.  I  did  not  think  I  was  as  wicked  as  some,  but  thought 
I  was  not  altogether  right — that  there  was  some  little  wrong 
about  me,  and  now  I  thought  the  Lord  had  called  on  me  to  repent 
and  seek  Him,  which  I  was  determined  to  do.  I  thought  by 
praying,  reading  and  reforming  that  I  should  soon  atone  for  my 
past  sins  and  bring  God  under  obligations  to  me  (alas!  poor 
blind  man) . 

Instead  of  that,  I  discovered  the  corruption  of  my  nature 
and  the  deceit  of  my  heart,  and  that  all  my  efforts  had  been 
selfish  and,  of  course,  sinful,  and  that  God  says,  "Son,  give  me 
thy  heart,"  which  I  had  not  done.  I  now  did  believe  that  God 
had  called  me,  and  if  I  had  sought  Him  through  Jesus  Christ, 
I  might  have  obtained  mercy;  but  now  it  appeared  to  me  as  if 
all  hope  was  gone  forever.  I  yet  would  try  to  pray,  but  thought 
my  prayers  only  added  to  my  guilt.  I  concluded  God  was  angry 
with  me,  that  his  law  condemned  me,  and  it  was  in  vain  to  ask 
His  mercy,  for  I  thought  my  case  was  finally  fixed  forever.  Yet 
my  heart  would  pray  for  mercy  if  it  could  be  bestowed  according 
to  the  divine  government,  for  I  did  believe  God  was  right  and 
His  law  was  right,  and  if  I  was  condemned  forever  it  would  be 
right,  too.  I  concluded  justice  would  not  suffer  me  to  live  on  the 
earth  when  right  appeared.  I  thought  I  should  be  in  eternity  be- 
fore morning,  and  in  the  morning  that  justice  would  terminate 
my  life  before  night. 

One  clear  morning  in  July,  1774,  I  thought  I  would  retire 
and  try  to  pray  once  more  before  I  died.  When  I  got  to  the  place 
I  thought  I  dare  not  ask  for  mercy,  yet  my  heart  seemed  to 
crave  mercy,  but  I  could  not  see  how  God  could  have  mercy 
on  me  consistent  with  His  divine  perfection.  Finally  I  con- 
cluded my  fate  was  fixed  to  go  down  to  ruin  forever,  and  I  rose 
up  to  go  to  my  work.  As  I  arose  a  reconciliation  took  place 
in  my  mind — the  will  of  the  Lord  be  done.  With  this  recon- 
ciliation I  had  a  view  of  Jesus  and  His  righteousness.  I  thought 
all  nature  shone  with  His  glory.  I  could  now  see  how  God  could 
have  mercy  upon  poor  sinners  and  be  just  and  justify  him  that 


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believed  in  Jesus.  I  did  believe  He  had  lived  and  died  for  sin- 
ners and  rose  again  for  their  justification,  and  that  I  was  one  of 
those  poor  sinners  that  He  came  to  seek  and  save.  My  soul  was 
filled  with  love.  I  thought  I  could  tell  to  my  companions  how 
good  God  was,  and  they  would  feel  as  I  did,  but  they  under- 
stood not  what  I  told  them.  In  the  month  of  October  our  work 
led  us  into  the  bounds  of  another  Baptist  church,  to  which  I 
offered  myself  and  was  received  and  baptized.  The  first  Satur- 
day meeting  I  ever  attended  I  thought  was  the  prettiest  sight 
I  ever  saw.  The  church  was  called  Rapidan,  in  Culpeper  county, 
Virginia,  but  now  Madison  county. 

I  thought  I  would  work  as  much  as  would  keep  myself  in 
clothes  and  spend  my  time  in  going  to  meeting  and  be  with  the 
preachers ;  which  I  did  for  some  years.  I  would  sing  and  pray 
and  close  meetings  for  the  preachers.  In  1780  I  began  to  think 
it  was  best  for  young  persons  to  marry,  and  on  the  29th  day  of 
March,  1781,  I  was  married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Watts,  of  Culpeper  county,  Virginia.  In  January,  1782, 
the  8th  day,  our  first  son,  John,  was  born,  and  in  May  we  moved 
to  Holston,  where  we  lived  eight  years,  and  had  two  sons  and 
three  daughters  born,  and  joined  a  Baptist  church,  whose  monthly 
meetings  were  twenty  miles  off.  The  preacher  would  come  to 
my  house  and  have  meeting  in  our  neighborhood.  Having  lost 
all  hope  of  a  Baptist  church  near  us,  we  moved  to  Kentucky  in 
1790,  where  we  joined  the  Great  Crossing  Church  in  Scott 
county,  and  lived  there  five  years.  While  there  I  appeared  to  be 
a  silent  member.  In  1795  we  moved  down  on  the  north  fork 
of  the  Elkhorn  and  moved  our  membership  to  Melonal's  Run, 
where  I  was  more  active. 

In  1799  a  revival  of  religion  broke  out  on  the  Ohio,  and  in 
1800  it  appeared  to  spread  over  the  whole  state.  A  number  of 
my  neighbors  and  four  of  my  children  had  obtained  hope  in 
Jesus,  which  led  us  to  form  ourselves  into  a  church  and  build  us 
a  house.  About  this  time  my  mind  got  exercised  about  preach- 
ing, which  soon  led  to  my  ordination. 

Here  Vv^e  lived  five  or  six  years  in  great  harmony,  until  I  lost 
my  place.    In  1806  we  moved  to  Indiana.   It  may  be  proper  here 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I9 

for  me  to  state  the  difference  in  my  mind  as  respects  preaching. 
I  thought  that  preachers  were  a  grade  higher  than  common  mem- 
bers and  that  it  would  be  wicked  in  me  to  think  of  preaching,  but 
to  sing,  and  to  pray,  and  to  exhort  was  the  privilege  of  every 
member,  and  also  to  tell  how  good  the  Lord  was,  which  I  did  do 
for  many  years,  with  delight  to  myself  and  some  others.  When 
my  mind  took  a  turn  for  preaching  it  was  the  greatest  trial  I  had 
ever  met  with,  for  I  thought  no  man  ought  to  preach  but  such  as 
the  Lord  called  to  that  work,  and  I  could  not  believe  that  I  was 
called  to  preach,  and  to  run  before  I  was  sent  would  be  wicked, 
and  to  refuse  to  do  what  the  Lord  enjoined  on  me  would  be 
wicked.  It  appeared  like  death  to  go  forward  and  death  to  be 
silent. 

About  this  time  I  heard  two  brethren  preach;  the  first  was 
from  the  words  of  Jeptha :  "I  have  opened  my  mouth  to  the 
Lord  and  I  can  not  go  back."  The  other  was :  "Woe  to  him  that 
striveth  with  his  Maker."  I  had  opened  my  mouth  to  the  Lord 
and  was  unwilling  to  go  back;  and  I  thought  I  would  rather  die 
than  to  strive  against  the  Lord.  Finally,  I  concluded  to  submit 
my  case  to  my  brethren,  for  they  all  appeared  to  encourage  me 
to  go  forward ;  and  to  this  day  I  am  made  to  wonder  how  it  is 
that  my  brethren  do  invite  me  onward.  But  I  do  believe  the 
best  evidence  that  a  man  can  have  that  it  is  his  duty  to  preach 
is  the  voice  of  his  brethren,  for  no  man  is  a  proper  judge  of  him- 
self; he  will  judge  too  high  or  too  low  of  his  own  performances. 

I  have  this  day  entered  my  eightieth  year.  I  have  been  a 
citizen  of  four  states,  was  born  in  Virginia,  lived  there  twenty- 
five  years;  then  moved  into  the  edge  of  North  Carolina,  and 
lived  there  ten  years ;  and  then  moved  into  Kentucky  and  lived 
there  sixteen  years,  and  in  1806  moved  into  Indiana.  I  have 
been  a  member  of  eight  churches,  and  have  in  general  sat  under 
the  same  doctrine  that  I  first  believed,  which  was  the  total  de- 
pravity of  human  nature;  the  divine  character  and  sonship  of 
Jesus  Christ ;  salvation  alone  by  free  and  sovereign  grace,  effect- 
ual calling,  justification  by  the  righteousness  of  Jesus  Christ  im- 
puted, and  the  final  perseverance  of  the  saints ;  and  that  the 
atonement  made  by  Jesus  Christ  is  general  in  its  nature,  but 


20  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

special  in  its  application,  and  that  the  change  that  takes  place  in 
the  sinner  is  by  the  spirit  of  God  illuminating  the  eyes  of  the  un- 
derstanding so  as  to  discover  the  purity  of  God's  laws  and  the 
nature  of  sin,  and  the  way  of  life  and  salvation  by  Jesus  Christ, 
and  where  this  faith  is  found  it  will  produce  a  corresponding  con- 
versation and  deportment.  I  believe  also  in  the  overruling  grace 
of  God  and  the  freedom  of  the  will,  and  that  God  will  judge  the 
world  by  that  man  whom  He  hath  ordained,  and  that  there  will 
be  a  resurrection  of  all  in  that  day. 

I  have  been  at  the  constitution  of  twelve  churches,  and  have 
aided  at  the  ordination  of  eight  ministers ;  have  baptized  persons 
in  eighteen  churches;  the  highest  number  at  any  one  time  was 
1 8,  and  the  greatest  number  in  any  one  church  was  127.  I  have 
been  at  the  formation  of  three  associations,  and  have  served  as 
moderator  twenty-three  years  in  succession ;  and  have  solemnized 
perhaps  little  short  of  two  hundred  marriages.  In  the  year  1834 
I  attended  three  associations.  In  the  year  1835  I  attended  three 
associations  and  have  baptized  three  persons  this  year.  In  1836 
I  was  at  Coffee  Creek  Association,  but  was  very  feeble.  In  1837 
I  was  at  Madison  Association,  and  was  very  feeble. 

Jesse  Vawter  died  March  20,  1838,  eighty-three  years  old. 

JESSE    VAWTER's    will. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen. 

I,  Jesse  Vawter,  of  Jefferson  county  and  state  of  Indiana,  do 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Item  :  My  will  and  desire  is  that  whatever  may  remain  of  mine 
at  my  death  shall  be  equally  divided  among  my  children,  to  wit : 
John,  William,  James,  Fanny,  Polly,  Sally,  Julia,  Achilles  and 
Ann. 

Item :  I  appoint  and  ordain  my  two  sons,  John  and  William, 
to  be  the  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Written  with  my  own  hand  this  13th  day  of  April,  1832. 

Jesse  Vawter. 

Acknowledged  in  presence  of  Thos.  T.  Stribling,  M.  M.  Burns, 
Elias  Stapp. 


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Codicil  to  what  I  have  already  written. 

1.  My  will  is  there  shall  be  no  court  to  prove  my  will. 

2.  That  M.  Wise  shall  receive  the  same  as  if  his  wife  were 
still  living. 

3.  My  will  is  that  those  indebted  to  me  shall  not  be  pressed 
for  money  under  one  year,  and  that  without  interest. 

4.  My  wish  is  that  my  executors  shall  make  ample  satisfac- 
tion to  those  of  my  friends  who  shall  wait  on  me  in  my  last  hour. 

Written  under  an  impression  that  I  shall  die  soon,  this  27th 
day  of  December,  1837.  Jesse  Vawter. 

Thomas  T.  Stribling. 
M.  M.  Burns. 
Elias  Stapp. 

Codicil  attested  before  assigned. 


OLD  people's  meeting. 

"On  Wednesday,  April  2,  1862,  all  the  living  children  of  Jesse 
Vawter,  deceased  (it  being  the  birthday  of  William  and  James 
Vawter,  each  being  that  day  seventy-nine  years  old),  by  invita- 
tion of  these  two  brothers,  met  at  the  house  of  Williamson  D. 
Vawter,  the  son  of  William  Vawter,  in  the  town  of  Vernon,  and 
partook  of  an  excellent  dinner  prepared  by  W.  D.  Vawter  and 
wife.  On  this  occasion  the  children  were  John  Vawter,  in  the 
eighty-first  year  of  his  age;  Wm.  Vawter  and  Francis,  his  wife; 
James  Vawter  and  Sally,  his  wife;  the  widow,  Sally  V.  Stribling; 
Abner  Moncrief  and  Ann  V.,  his  wife;  the  widow.  Patsy  Vaw- 
ter, wife  of  Achilles  Vawter,  who  died  after  the  meeting  was 
agreed  to  be  holden  in  his  own  town.  The  only  one  of  the  liv- 
ing adopted  children  absent  was  Matthew  Wise,  who  was  unable 
by  disease  and  age  to  attend.  All  of  these  people  were  among  the 
first  white  inhabitants  in  and  near  where  the  city  of  Madison  now 
is,  while  it  was  yet  a  heavy  forest.  The  entire  number  present 
now  are,  and  nearly  all  were  at  that  early  day,  members  of  the 
Baptist  denomination. 


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"On  coming  together,  John  Vawter,  after  an  exchange  of  sal- 
utations and  inquiries  about  absent  friends,  and  recounting  old 
times  and  hard  times,  old  age  and  its  infirmities,  proposed,  as  a 
sentiment  and  as  a  rule  of  action  for  each,  this  language  of  the 
poet:  'Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue,'  etc.  All  seemed 
to  harmonize  in  the  sentiment  and,  after  singing  the  hymn  twice, 
we  were  invited  to  the  dinner-table,  and  after  dinner  were  in- 
vited by  Smith  Vawter  to  take  tea  with  him.  All  parties  agree- 
ing to  do  so,  we  repaired  to  his  residence  and  partook  of  an  ex- 
cellent supper.  After  this  social  interview  the  company  sepa- 
rated, perhaps  never  all  to  meet  in  time  again.  A  list  of  the  age 
of  each  was  made  out  by  W.  D.  Vawter  and  the  number  of  chil- 
dren and  grandchildren  of  each.  Wm.  Vawter  and  wife  have  of 
children,  grandchildren  and  great  grandchildren,  sixty  or  sev- 
enty." 

The  above  was  written  for  the  Vernon  Banner,  April  4,  1862, 
by  John  Vawter,  who  was  then  living  at  Morgantown,  Ind. 


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v\ 


John  Vawter 


William  and  Frances  Vawter 


James  Vawter  Achilles  Vawter 

The  Sons  of  Jesse  Vawter 


JOHN  VAWTER 

John  Vawter,  the  son  of  Jesse  and  EHzabeth  (Watts)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Orange  (now  Madison)  county,  Virginia,  January 
8,  1782.  He  was  married  four  times,  the  first  time  to  Polly 
Smith  on  December  17,  1805.  Polly  Smith  was  born  December 
30,  1781 ;  died  July  19,  1825.  Their  children  were  Smith,  Jane 
and  Emily.  After  the  death  of  Polly  S.  Vawter  John  Vawter 
married  Jane  Smith,  a  sister  of  Polly.  She  died  October  4,  1826, 
leaving  no  children.  Then  John  Vawter  married  Ruth  Minton, 
who  was  born  in  January,  181 7,  and  had  three  children,  Marion, 
Mary  and  Allan.  Ruth  (Minton)  Vawter  died  September  2, 
1850,  and  John  Vawter  married,  October  17,  1850,  Mrs.  Martha 
Pearce,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Emma,  who  was  born  May 
II,  1854,  and  killed  by  falling  lumber  November  13,  1859.  Mrs. 
Martha  (McGannon)  Pearce  Vawter  was  born  March  8,  1822; 
died  January  21,  1892. 

"John  Vawter  was  licensed  as  a  Baptist  preacher  in  1804,  and 
removed  from  Kentucky  to  Madison,  Indiana,  in  1807.  He  was 
the  first  magistrate  of  Madison,  and  was  soon  afterwards  elected 
sheriff  of  Jefferson  and  Clark  counties,  and  in  1810  was  appointed 
U.  S.  Marshal  for  the  state.  He  served  as  frontier  ranger  dur- 
ing the  Indian  campaign  of  1811-13;  was  elected  colonel  of 
militia  of  Jennings  county  in  1817;  founded  Vernon,  the  county 
seat  of  Jennings  county;  laid  out  Vernon  and  gave  every  third 
lot  to  the  town.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Vernon 
from  1821-48,  a  member  of  the  legislature  from  183 1-5,  and  in 
1836  of  the  senate,  where  he  was  instrumental  in  securing  the 
adoption  of  a  policy  of  internal  improvement  by  the  state.  He 
removed  to  Morgan  county  in  1848,  founded  Morgantown  and 


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presented  a  brick  church  to  the  Baptist  congregation  of  that  place. 
He  died  August  17,  1862." 

The  following  is  an  account  of  the  early  life  of  John  Vawter, 
written  by  himself.    He  says  : 

^  "I  now  am  an  old  man  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  my  age.  I 
was  born  January  8,  1782.  My  father  was  Elder  Jesse  Vawter. 
My  mother's  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Watts.  My  parents, 
poor,  frugal,  honest  and  industrious,  were  both  born  in  Culpeper 
or  Orange  county,  Virginia;  Jesse,  on  the  first  day  of  December, 
1755 ;  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  on  the  30th  of  December,  1762.  They 
were  married  on  the  29th  of  March,  1781,  and  lived  to  see  all  of 
their  children,  nine  in  number,  grown  and  married.  The  eldest 
was  myself,  John.  The  others  were:  William  and  James 
(twins),  Fanny,  Mary,  Sally,  Julia,  Achilles  and  Ann.  I  was 
born  in  Culpeper  or  Orange  county,  Virginia.  It  is  now  Madison 
county.  William,  James,  Fanny,  Sally  and  Mary  were  born  in 
North  Carolina,  now  Sullivan  county,  Tennessee,  called  the  state 
of  Franklin  at  that  time.  Julia,  Achilles  and  Ann  were  born  in 
Kentucky. 

"On  my  father's  side  we  are  descended  from  Saxon  families. 
Toward  the  close  of  the  sixteenth  century  three  brothers,  John, 
Bartholomew  and  Angus,  came  from  England  to  the  colony  of 
Virginia.  The  three  brothers  originally  spelled  their  name 
V-a-w-1-t-e-r,  but  for  some  unknown  reason  dropped  the  T  after 
coming  to  Virginia,  and  to  this  day  the  entire  family  of  the  three 
brothers  and  their  numerous  descendants  all  spell  their  name 
V-a-w-t-e-r. 

"My  great,  great  grandfather's  name  was  John,  and  that  was 
also  the  name  of  my  great  grandfather,  who  had  four  sons,  Bar- 
tholomew, Angus,  Richard  and  David,*  and  two  daughters, 
whose  names  were  Winifred  and  Margaret.  David  was  my 
grandfather.  David  had  three  sons,  Jesse,  Philemon  and  William, 
and  three  daughters,  Winifred,  Margaret  and  Mary.  Jesse  was 
my  father. 

"Jesse  in  his  youthful  days  was  naturally  a  mechanic,  and  his 

*Mr.  Vawter  has  evidently  forgotten  to  mention  Beverly  here,  who  was  one 
of  the  children  of  John.^ 


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father,  David,  consented  to  his  learning  a  trade.  While  working 
as  an  apprentice  in  1774  or  '75,  and  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  (of  which  he  was  afterwards  a  soldier),  he  heard  of  certain 
traveling  preachers  in  Virginia.  He  attended  one  of  the  appoint- 
ments at  which  Thomas  Ammons  was  the  preacher.  His  text 
was  in  the  book  of  Job,  tenth  chapter  and  fifteenth  verse :  'If  I 
be  wicked,  woe  unto  me,'  etc.  This  sermon,  under  the  influence 
of  God's  Holy  Spirit,  opened  the  door  of  hope  in  the  sure  mercies 
of  God's  dear  Son.  He  was  soon  afterwards  united  with  the 
Baptist  church  in  Culpeper  or  Orange  county,  Virginia,  and  con- 
tinued a  useful  and  exemplary  member  of  the  Baptist  order  to 
the  day  of  his  death  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  his  age.  Jesse 
was  the  first-born  of  six  children.  The  others  all  died  before  he 
did.    His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  nearly  eight  years  before  him. 

'T  do  not  remember  my  father's  mother.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Rucker.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  David  Vawter, 
she  married  a  Rentfrow  and  died  in  Kentucky. 

"Elizabeth  Vawter,  wife  of  Jesse  and  my  mother,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Watts  of  Orange  county,  Virginia. 
John  Watts  was  a  small  man,  of  English  stock.  His  wife  was  a 
Barnett,  of  fine  figure,  rather  portly  and  of  English  descent.  I 
remember  these  grandparents  well.  They  came  to  Kentucky  to 
live  in  the  year  1793.  They  both  lived  to  a  good  old  age  and 
both  died  in  Kentucky.  Grandmother  outlived  grandfather  sev- 
eral years. 

"I  can  remember  as  far  back  as  the  year  1785,  when  my  father 
and  mother,  with  four  of  their  children,  went  on  a  visit  to  Vir- 
ginia and  left  my  brother  William  with  mother's  parents,  John 
and  Sarah  Watts.  I  have  a  distinct  recollection  of  the  closing 
scenes,  of  the  weeping,  of  my  feelings  on  the  return  to  Holston, 
of  crossing  New  river,  etc. 

'T  remember  my  father's  visit  to  Kentucky  in  1787,  when  the 
new  country  was  called  by  the  name  of  Levisa  Country.  In  the 
year  1788  or  1789  my  father  went  to  Keywood  Mills  and  put  me 
on  a  sack  of  grain  on  the  back  of  a  rough-riding  horse.  Going 
down  a  steep  descent,  off  I  went  with  the  sack  on  top  of  me.  I 
carried  bruises  for  many  days  made  by  the  sharp,  hard  stones. 


26  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

"I  remember  when  my  father  and  mother  went  to  Virginia  in 
the  year  1789  on  horseback  with  Sally,  the  infant  babe.  They 
brought  brother  William  back  with  them.  William  would  say, 
'Your  Daddie'  and  'Your  Mamma.'  He  would  not  own  his 
father  and  mother  until  compelled  to  do  so. 

"I  remember  being  sent  by  my  mother  in  company  with  my 
brother  William  to  bring  home  the  cows.  We  got  lost  and  trav- 
eled many  miles  and  crossed  to  Keywood  Mills,  and  then  we 
knew  the  way  home.  We  abandoned  the  cows,  thinking  that 
they  didn't  intend  to  go  home,  and  yet  they  went  directly  there. 

"I  have  a  distinct  recollection  of  the  winding  up  of  matters  in 
the  Holston  country  and  of  the  family  moving  to  Kentucky  in 
1790.  My  father  was  thrown  from  his  horse  with  his  rifle  into 
Beaver  creek  on  the  first  day's  travel.  We  waited  at  Bean's 
Station  for  additional  immigrants  to  meet  and  increase  the  safety 
of  the  company  in  their  march  through  the  wilderness.  They  did 
not  come.  While  at  the  station  we  were  greatly  alarmed  one 
night  by  some  cow-drivers  throwing  a  bundle  of  cane  on  the  fire. 
It  made  a  great  noise  while  burning.  We  decided  to  move  on 
though  few  in  number.  I  remember  that  a  raven  for  several  days 
advanced  ahead  of  us,  alighting  on  the  trees  and  keeping  up  a 
continual  squawking;  of  crossing  the  Clinch  river;  the  turning 
out  of  the  horses  to  graze ;  the  men  going  across  the  river  to  fish ; 
that  I  was  swamped  in  attempting  to  go  to  them  and  came  near 
being  drowned;  of  father's  horse,  with  a  leather  sack  of  shop 
tools  on  his  back,  trying  a  near  way  to  get  up  a  steep  bank  and 
falling  back  with  the  sack  of  tools  into  the  valley  below. 

"I  remember  well  seeing  many  bones  of  individuals  who  had 
been  killed  by  the  Indians  and  their  bodies  buried  so  close  to  the 
surface  that  the  wolves  had  dragged  them  out;  of  the  Indian 
blinds,  behind  which  they  concealed  themselves.  These  were 
made  of  bushes  stuck  in  the  ground.  At  the  time  we  saw  them 
the  bushes  were  dry.  I  remember  riding  on  one  of  the  pack  horses 
and  carrying  a  large  basket  of  provisions  for  many  days  to  ac- 
commodate those  who  were  hungry  between  meals ;  also  of  sister 
Fanny  falling  off  of  the  animal  on  which  mother  rode;  of  the 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  ly 

horse  treading  on  her  leg  and  bending  it  so  much  that,  at  first, 
it  was  thought  to  be  broken,  but  it  proved  otherwise. 

"On  the  day's  travel  before  reaching  Crab  Orchard,  Uncle 
Achilles  Stapp  was  so  exhausted  that  he  sat  down  at  the  root  of 
a  tree,  determined  to  remain  there  alone,  saying  that  if  the  Indians 
came,  come  they  must,  he  could  not  and  would  not  go  any  farther. 
Presently,  along  came  Molly  Jackson,  a  cousin  to  my  father,  and 
gave  the  tired  man  a  bottle  of  whisky.  He  drank,  and  it  so  re- 
vived him  that  he  traveled  on  with  the  rest.  That  night  the  most 
of  the  company  reached  Crab  Orchard.  All  except  mother  lay 
down  as  if  all  danger  was  over.  She  armed  herself  with  a  small 
ax  and  kept  watch,  but  in  the  morning  all  were  safe.  The  next 
day  we  passed  the  old  Mil  ford  Court  House.  At  night  we  reached 
Joseph  Delaney's,  where  Richmond  now  is,  in  Madison  county, 
Kentucky.  The  next  day  was  rainy.  We  crossed  the  Kentucky 
river.  One  of  the  pack  horses  lay  down  in  the  river  with  mother's 
feather  beds.  We  passed  through  Lexington  that  same  day  and 
arrived,  all  tired  out,  at  Achilles  Stapp's  about  sundown  on  the 
22d  of  September,  1790. 

"In  the  fall  of  1790  father  took  a  lease  of  Mr.  Shannon  for 
five  years.  I  remember  the  cabin  and  other  buildings  put  up  on 
the  place;  of  making  ten  pounds  of  sugar  there  on  New  Year's 
day  in  1791  ;  of  four  polecats  finding  their  way  to  father's  meat 
barrel  in  a  rail  pen ;  of  father's  determining  to  make  them  leave 
the  barrel,  and  how  they  punished  him  for  driving  them  out  by 
spoiling  his  meat.  I  also  remember  when  a  weasel  caught  a  hen. 
Brother  William  picked  up  the  hen,  and  the  weasel  let  go  the  hen 
and  buried  its  teeth  in  William's  thumb. 

"The  first  school  I  was  sent  to  was  kept  by  a  man  named  Henry 
Jenkins.  No  books  were  then  used  in  the  school  except  Del- 
worth's  spelling-book,  a  common  primer  and  the  New  Testament. 
At  that  time  it  was  customary  to  turn  the  teacher  out  a  little  be- 
fore Christmas  until  after  New  Year's.  It  was  a  time  of  great 
frolic  and  fun  among  the  scholars.  It  was  all  right,  too,  with  the 
parents.  The  school  was  continued  about  six  months.  The  second 
school  teacher  in  the  same  place  was  Benjamin  Quinn.  Father 
sent  William  and  James  to  Benjamin  Quinn  and  sent  me  to  make 


28  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Up  their  lost  time.  Although  I  was  not  a  regular  scholar  Quinn 
called  me  up  and  whipped  me  until  he  drew  blood  for  cutting  off 
his  hogs'  tails,  as  he  said.  The  charge  was  wholly  untrue,  and 
I  determined  that  when  I  became  a  man  I  would  punish  Quinn  by- 
whipping  him,  but  on  arriving  at  manhood  I  thought  better  of  it. 

"I  have  a  lively  recollection  of  the  first  money  I  ever  owned. 
A  traveling  man  came  to  the  school  while  I  was  there  and  in- 
quired the  way  to  a  neighbor's.  It  being  play  time,  I  went  with 
the  man  and  showed  him  the  way,  for  which  he  gave  me  six  and 
one-fourth  cents.  The  older  boys  got  around  me  and  gave  me  an 
old  written  copy-book,  a  few  sheets  of  paper  and  a  ball  for  my 
money.  On  going  home,  elated  with  my  treasures  and  good  for- 
tune, father  threw  away  the  ball,  and  the  paper  was  worthless. 
The  next  money  I  received  was  for  a  hand-rake  I  made  for  Mr. 
Joshua  Stapp.  He  gave  me  six  and  one- fourth  cents  for  the  rake. 
I  took  care  not  to  purchase  old  copy-books,  paper  and  balls  with 
the  money,  but  laid  it  away  until  friend  Stapp  employed  me  to 
do  a  second  job  of  work,  for  which  he  gave  me  twelve  and  one- 
half  cents,  called  nine  pence.  The  next  piece  of  money  owned  by 
me  I  found  in  the  hay  loft  of  an  old  horse  mill.  It  was  customary 
in  those  days  to  cut  up  the  money  and  make,  if  possible,  nine 
nine-pence  pieces  out  of  a  dollar,  or  five  quarters.  Nearly  all  the 
silver  change  was  thus  cut  up  for  many  years. 

"About  that  time  my  father  sent  me  to  help  a  man  in  taking 
corn  on  horseback  to  a  merchant  in  Georgetown.  The  man 
thought  that  he  must  treat  all  the  boys  to  what  they  could  drink 
for  their  services.  The  w^eather  was  cold  and  the  argument  was, 
'Drink  and  get  warm.'  I  yielded  and  felt  myself  quite  a  man. 
I  lost  all  fear  and  shame  and  could  talk  with  any  one  and  every 
one. 

"The  next  summer  my  father  set  me  to  plowing  with  Grand- 
father Watts's  black  horse.  The  flies  were  bad,  and  the  horse 
would  sweep  his  tail  continually  over  the  lines  to  drive  off  the 
flies.  In  order  to  remedy  the  evil  I  cut  all  the  hair  off  the  horse's 
tail  and  then  denied  it.  This  is  the  first  time  I  recollect  doing 
wrong  and  denying  it.   This  was  in  the  year  1 794. 

"In  the  year  1795  father  moved  from  his  Shannon  lease  in 


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Scott  county  on  to  the  land  he  had  purchased  on  the  north  side 
of  the  North  Elkhorn,  some  three  or  four  miles  from  his  first 
settlement,  three  miles  from  the  two  forks  of  the  Elkhorns  and 
seven  miles  from  Frankfort.  This  was  the  second  settlement  made 
in  the  woods  by  father  after  coming  to  Kentucky,  and  each  time 
the  commencement  was  in  Woodford  county.  In  the  winter  of 
1 790- 1 79 1,  Scott  county  was  formed  out  of  a  part  of  Woodford 
county,  and  that  time  father  was  in  Scott  county.  In  like  manner, 
in  1795-96,  Franklin  county  was  formed  from  Woodford  county, 
and  father's  new  residence  was  in  the  county  of  Franklin.  The 
Indians  did  considerable  mischief  near  these  settlements  in  steal- 
ing horses  and  in  killing  several  people. 

"In  the  year  1 795-1 796  peace  was  made  on  our  northern  fron- 
tier. 

'Tn  the  year  1796  seven  of  father's  family  were  all  taken  down 
with  the  genuine  shaking  ague  and  fever.  I  was  attacked  in  the 
month  of  August  and  did  not  recover  for  about  sixteen  months. 
For  one  month  I  had  two  shakes  a  day.  Father  and  sister  Mary 
were  the  only  ones  who  escaped  the  disease." 

At  this  point  the  story  was  cut  short  by  the  death  of  the  writer, 
who  was  then  eighty.  An  article  was  found,  however,  at  North 
Madison,  Indiana,  in  an  old  scrap-book  belonging  to  Mrs.  Sarah 
Stribling,  which  was  written  by  Col.  Vawter  and  published  in 
the  Madison  Courier  in  the  year  1850.  This  article,  which  fol- 
lows, carries  on  the  story  with  a  break  of  only  a  few  years. 

"Father,  with  six  or  eight  other  Kentuckians  from  Franklin 
and  Scott  counties,  visited  what  was  then  called  the  new  purchase 
at  a  very  early  date.  A  part  journeyed  by  land  and  a  part  by 
water.  The  land  party  crossed  the  Ohio  river  at  Port  William, 
the  others  descending  the  Kentucky  and  Ohio  rivers  in  a  pirogue 
to  a  point  opposite  Milton.  The  pirogue  answered  the  double 
purpose  of  carrying  forward  the  provisions  of  the  company 
and  enabling  the  men  to  pass  from  one  bank  to  the  other,  swim- 
ming their  horses  alongside.  The  company  made  their  head- 
quarters in  the  river  bottom  in  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  city 
limits  of  Madison.  In  the  day  the  company  divided  into  two 
parties,  exploring  the  adjacent  highlands  to  the  head  of  Crooked 


30  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

creek  and  the  neighboring  lands  of  Clifty.  They  met  at  night  and 
reported  their  discoveries.  To  Crooked  creek  they  gave  the  name 
of  Mill  creek;  to  Clifty,  Hard  Scrabble;  but  subsequently,  on 
learning  the  name  of  each  stream,  the  red  man's  name  prevailed 
with  the  settlers. 

"At  that  time,  December,  1805,  Elder  Jesse  Vawter  selected 
for  his  residence  the  spot  where  Judge  S.  C.  Stevens  now  resides 
on  the  hill.  He  returned  home  and  made  every  arrangement  for 
taking  possession  of  his  new  home  early  in  the  spring  of  1806. 
He,  with  others,  made  the  first  settlement  in  and  about  Madison. 
Nearly  all  the  settlements  made  in  that  year  and  the  two  or  three 
succeeding  years  were  made  on  the  highlands.  Among  the  first 
settlers  in  the  county  were  Elder  Jesse  Vawter,  James  Under- 
wood, Joshua  Jackson,  Colby  Underwood  and  James  Edwards, 
all  of  the  Baptist  denomination.  East  of  Crooked  creek  were  Col. 
John  Ryker,  Paul  Froman,  Ralph  Griffin,  Joseph  Lane  and  others, 
the  last  two  families  being  Baptists.  West  and  southwest  were 
Col.  Samuel  Smock,  James  Arbuckle,  Michael  and  Felix  Monroe, 
Isaiah  Blankinship,  Amos  Chitwood  and  others.  The  first  corn 
was  raised  in  Jefferson  county  in  the  year  1806,  most  of  it  being 
planted  as  late  as  June.  The  first  preaching  in  the  early  settle- 
ments within  the  bounds  of  Jefferson  and  Switzerland  counties 
was  by  Baptist  ministers.  Elder  Jesse  Vawter,  John  Taylor,  Phil- 
emon Vawter  and  John  Reese  were  early  settlers  and  the  only 
resident  ministers  at  that  time  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  the 
city  of  Madison.  From  the  year  1805,  their  first  visit,  until  1810, 
the  Baptist  was  the  only  organized  church  in  the  limits  of  what 
is  now  Jefferson  and  Switzerland  counties.  In  March,  1807,  at 
the  home  of  Jesse  Vawter,  a  Baptist  church  was  organized  called 
Crooked  Creek  Church,  afterwards  Mount  Pleasant  Church. 

"The  first  settlement  made  in  the  river  bottom  near  Madison 
was  by  William  and  John  Hall  in  1806  or  1807,  a  little  above 
Isom  Ross's  tanyard  (purchased  by  Jonathan  Lyon  in  1808). 
The  second  was  made  by  John  H.  Wagoner  on  the  high  bank 
a  little  west  of  Main  street,  in  Madison.  Wagoner  unloaded  his 
boat  on  the  loth  day  of  May,  1808,  and  immediately  commenced 
building  a  house  to  live  in.    The  third  person  who  settled  in  the 


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limits  of  the  present  city  was  Robert  M.  Trotter,  afterwards  a 
justice  of  the  peace;  the  fourth  was  Joshua  Wilkinson,  a  single 
man;  the  fifth  was  Joseph  Strickland,  afterwards  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  with  Strickland  came  a  man  by  the  name  of  Schofield 
and  perhaps  others  not  recollected.  Next  came  John  Booth, 
the  first  innkeeper ;  then  John  Sering,  Samuel  Burnet  ( second  inn- 
keeper) ;  then  Charles  Easton  with  a  number  of  others,  which 
brings  us  down  to  the  time  of  the  first  sale  of  lots  in  Madison  in 
February,  1811.  During  all  the  above  time,  all  the  preaching  for 
twenty  to  thirty-five  miles  up  and  down  the  river  and  through 
the  county  was  of  the  Baptist  order.  The  first  sermon  ever  de- 
livered within  the  chartered  limits  of  Madison  was  by  Elder  Jesse 
Vawter,  among  the  cottonwoods  on  the  river  beach,  a  little  above 
the  stone  mill.  The  text  was  the  first  verse,  first  chapter  of  John's 
Gospel.  It  was  a  funeral  occasion,  the  death  of  widow  Slack. 
Mrs.  Jonathan  Lyon,  mother  of  Philemon  Vawter,  closed  the 
service.  This  was  the  first  death  and  funeral  preached  within  the 
vicinity  of  Madison. 

"After  the  land  sales  in  May,  1808,  and  the  sale  of  lots  in 
Madison  in  181 1,  the  town  and  the  country  commenced  fill- 
ing up  pretty  rapidly  with  settlers.  The  first  man  who 
preached  in  Madison,  other  than  Baptist,  was  of  the  name  of 
Hawkins,  a  hell  reductioner,  who  afterwards  became  a  convert 
to  Baptist  belief.  Some  time  after  the  establishment  of  courts  in 
Madison,  and  during  the  sitting  of  the  court,  Elijah  Sparks,  an 
attorney-at-law  and  Methodist  minister,  and  Jesse  L.  Holman, 
a  Baptist  exhorter,  both  of  Dearborn  county,  during  the  court 
week,  preached  for  the  people  at  the  house  of  Philemon  Vawter, 
near  the  Crooked  creek  graveyard.  This  was  the  first  Methodist 
preaching  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Madison.  After  public 
buildings  were  erected  in  Madison,  Col.  Brown,  a  Methodist 
preacher,  preached  in  Madison  and  another  by  the  name  of 
Frame;  and  so  did  old  Dr.  Fiske.  About  this  time,  if  I  mistake 
not.  Dr.  Oglesby  commenced  preaching  in  Madison,  also  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Strange,  also  Squire  Strother  (of  Kentucky)  and 
Amos  Chitwood.  In  the  year  of  1812  or  1813,  not  earlier,  a  Meth- 
odist meeting-house  was  built  in  Madison,  and  from  that  time 


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Methodism  began  to  take  root  and  grow  in  the  country.  About 
this  time  Elder  Wilham  Robinson,  a  Presbyterian  preacher, 
moved  into  Madison  and  commenced  preaching,  and  soon  organ- 
ized a  church  of  his  order.  He  was  succeeded  by  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Searl.  So  much  for  the  early  religious  denominations 
about  and  in  Madison. 

"I  was  the  jfirst  justice  of  the  peace  within  the  vicinity  of  Madi- 
son while  it  was  in  Clark  county.  My  commission  bears  the  date 
the  1 6th  of  July,  1808.  The  first  judges  for  Jefferson  county  were 
Gen.  William  McFarland,  president  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,  and  Samuel  Smock  and  William  Colton,  his  associates. 
The  first  clerk  and  recorder  was  Col.  John  Paul ;  second  clerk, 
Richard  C.  Talbot.  First  sheriff,  John  Vawter,  commissioned 
such  the  14th  of  December,  1810,  retired  from  the  office  by  virtue 
of  a  commission  dated  29th  of  July,  181 3,  as  United  States 
marshal  for  Indiana  Territory.  The  second  sheriff  was  James 
Vawter  ( I  am  not  certain  but  Basil  Bentley  v/as  second  sheriff  in 
Jefferson  county,  but  very  soon  retired  from  office).  The  third 
sheriff,  Thomas  T.  Stribling.  The  first  court  ever  held  in  Jeffer- 
son county  was  held  in  a  log  cabin  owned  by  John  H.  Wagoner, 
in  February,  181 1.  The  sale  of  the  first  lots  in  Madison  (old 
town)  was  in  the  same  month;  the  first  proprietors.  Col.  John 
Paul,  Lewis  Davis  and  Jonathan  Lyon ;  the  first  addition  west, 
surveyed  by  me  for  Col.  John  Paul.  The  first  court  house,  called 
the  Buckeye  House,  was  built  in  1811.  It  was  built  by  myself 
for  the  proprietors.  The  first  jail  was  a  square  log  house,  builder's 
name  not  now  recollected;  first  public  house  was  kept  by  John 
Booth ;  second,  by  Samuel  Burnet;  third  by  Major  Henry  Ristine. 
The  first  store  was  owned  by  John  Sering  &  Co. ;  a  drug  store 
was  started  about  the  same  time  by  Dr.  Drake  &  Co. ;  the  third 
store  was  opened  by  S.  C.  Stevens ;  fourth  by  myself;  fifth  by  J.  & 
N.  Hunt;  sixth  by  McCabe  &  Co.;  seventh  by  Mr.  Clarkston; 
eighth  by  John  Mclntire.  The  first  physician  was  of  the  name  of 
Fiske ;  second  James  Hicks ;  third  John  Howes ;  fourth  David  H. 
Maxwell.  The  first  attorney-general,  Alex.  A.  Meek ;  the  second, 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Oulds ;  third,  Gen.  William  Hendricks.  The 


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first  dray  ever  used  in  Madison  was  owned  by  Simeon  Reynolds, 
and  managed  by  his  most  excellent  son,  William  L.  Reynolds. 

"I  was  personally  acquainted  with  the  first  proprietors  of  the 
town.  A  more  excellent  or  upright  good  man  than  Col.  Paul  was 
hard  to  be  found.  He  was  one  of  Gen.  Roger  Clark's  bold,  ad- 
venturous soldiers,  who  aided  in  the  capture  of  Kaskaskia  and 
Vincennes.  He  was  elected  one  of  the  representatives  from  Clark 
county  in  the  year  1810.  This  was  previous  to  the  formation  of 
Jefferson  county,  and  Col.  Paul  then  resided  at  Madison.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  members  for  Jefferson  county  who  formed  the 
present  constitution  of  Indiana.  I  was  crier  of  the  first  sale  of 
lots  in  Madison,  but  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  surveying  or 
laying  out  of  the  same.  Laid  out  the  first  addition  west  of  Broad- 
way for  Col.  Paul  in  the  winter  of  18 14  and  181 5.  Had  nothing 
to  do  with  any  addition  to  the  town. 

"My  second  visit  to  Indiana  was  in  May,  1806.  I  came  in  a 
pirogue  and  landed  a  little  above  the  stone  mill  opposite  Milton, 
visited  the  highlands  east  and  west  of  Crooked  creek,  continued 
at  my  father's  half-faced  shanty  until  near  the  middle  of  June  in 
order  to  assist  him  in  getting  his  corn  planted ;  returned  in  the 
same  craft  with  my  mother  and  other  relatives  to  Frankfort,  Ken- 
tucky. In  September,  1806,  my  father  moved  his  family  from 
Kentucky  to  Mount  Glad,  the  place  where  Judge  S.  C.  Stevens 
now  resides.  In  December,  1806,  I  made  my  third  visit  to  Indiana 
in  company  with  John  Branham,  a  brother-in-law,  and  James 
Vawter.  We  aided  in  driving  my  father's  cattle  and  fattened  and 
stock  hogs  from  his  Kentucky  residence  to  his  new  home  in  what 
was  then  a  wilderness.  At  this  time  I  made  a  selection  of  a  place 
to  move  myself  and  family  to  in  the  coming  spring.  It  was  the 
identical  spot  where  the  depot  and  machine  shops  of  the  railroad 
company  are  now  upon  the  hill.  In  March,  1807,  I  arrived  with 
my  family,  wife,  and  one  child,  at  my  original  selected  site  in  the 
woods.  In  1808  I  built  a  house  nearly  opposite  Godman's  pork- 
house  on  the  hill  and  resided  there  until  18 12.  In  this  year  I  pur- 
chased property  in  Madison  and  moved  to  it.  The  property  pur- 
chased by  me  was  two  lots  on  Main  Cross  street,  east  of  Polley 
and  Butler's  iron  store  and  west  of  Mulberry  street.    In  18 14  I 


34  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

sold  both  lots  to  Mr.  David  McCkire.  In  the  winter  of  1815  I 
purchased  of  Col.  John  Paul  the  corner  now  owned  by  George 
M.  Phelps,  and  built  a  large  frame  house  (large  for  the  size  of  the 
houses  in  Madison).  Had  the  water  conveyed  by  pipes,  in  con- 
nection with  Col.  Paul,  from  the  hill  at  Hite's  tanyard  to  the  same, 
expecting  to  live  and  end  my  days  there.  In  the  same  year  I  sold 
it  also  to  David  McClure,  moved  to  Vernon  in  November,  181 5, 
and  continued  to  reside  there  until  November,  1849,  with  my 
family.  Since  November,  1849,  have  resided  in  Morgantown, 
Morgan  county,  Indiana.  John  Vawter. 

"April  13,  1850." 

Perhaps  the  personality  of  John  Vawter  can  best  be  realized 
by  giving  some  stories  that  are  told  of  him  by  his  neighbors  and 
friends  and  by  giving  something  of  his  life  in  Vernon.  He  had 
a  wide  acquaintance,  traveled  around  a  great  deal  for  those  days 
and  kept  in  touch  with  all  his  relatives.  A  number  of  these  stories 
were  taken  from  an  article  by  Caroline  Pabody  Frost,  which  was 
published  in  the  Vernon  Journal,  and  the  rest  were  told  by  other 
friends. 

"Col.  John  Vawter  was  United  States  surveyor  for  a  portion 
of  the  Northwest  Territory.  He  came  to  the  place  where  Vernon 
now  stands  in  181 3.  He  was  greatly  struck  with  the  beauty  of 
the  country  and  determined  to  make  it  his  future  home.  He  plat- 
ted the  town  in  181 5  and  moved  there  the  same  year.  At  this 
time  there  was  but  one  white  family  in  Jennings  county.  In  this 
wilderness  Col.  Vawter  left  his  young  wife  and  little  children 
while  he  went  upon  his  surveying  tours,  giving  strict  injunctions 
that  no  Indians  be  allowed  to  enter  the  house  or  get  any  liquor. 
One  day  soon  after  Col.  Vawter  left  home  two  Indians  came  to 
the  door,  and  pushing  in  without  leave,  demanded  'fire-water.' 
Mrs.  Vawter  told  them  that  she  had  none  for  them,  and  to  ap- 
pease their  anger  brought  out  some  ribbon.  They  were  delighted 
with  the  gift  of  a  yard  or  two  apiece  of  orange  colored  ribbon. 
Smith  Vawter,  the  small  son  of  Col.  Vawter,  was  sitting  in  the 
chimney  corner  watching  the  savages  with  absorbing  interest, 
when  one  of  them  suddenly  sprang  to  his  feet  with  a  blood  cur- 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  35 

dling  war-whoop  and,  swinging  his  tomahawk  high  in  the  air, 
stood  with  it  poised  over  the  boy's  head  for  what  seemed  an  age 
to  the  boy,  who  thought  his  time  had  come,  but  who  looked  the 
savage  calmly  in  the  eye.  The  Indian  dropped  the  tomahawk  and 
sat  down,  saying  that  he  was  a  brave  boy  and  would  make  a  'heap 
good  Indian.'  The  Indians  then  ransacked  the  cabin  for  liquor 
and,  finding  a  treasured  bottle  of  peach  brandy,  each  took  a  drink, 
and,  generously  leaving  the  bottle,  departed." 

"In  the  year  1816  three  houses  were  built  in  Vernon,  and  little 
clearings  with  cabins  in  the  center  began  to  dot  the  surrounding 
wilderness.  The  first  school  house  was  built  by  Col.  Vawter  on 
the  'Commons'  near  where  the  railroad  bridge  now  stands.  In  its 
one  room  Mrs.  Lard  (Vernon's  first  teacher)  cooked,  slept  and 
taught.  The  older  pupils  read  in  the  English  Reader,  the  younger 
ones  in  the  spelling-book,  which  they  were  required  to  spell  nearly 
through,  both  off  and  on  the  book,  before  beginning  on  'In 
Adam's  fall.  We  sinned  all'  and  'Young  Obidias,  David  and  Jo- 
sias,  All  were  pious.'  Each  one  did  sums  on  his  slate.  The  Murray 
Grammar  and  parsing  finished  the  list." 

"The  first  church  (the  Baptist)  was  organized  in  Vernon  in 

18 16,  and  John  Vawter  was  one  of  its  seven  members. 

"The  first  board  of  commissioners  met  in  Vernon,  March  5, 

1817.  John  Vawter  was  appointed  clerk  and  also  'to  act  as  agent 
for  the  transaction  of  all  such  duties  as  are  required  by  an  act  of 
the  late  territorial  legislature  for  fixing  the  seats  of  justice  in  all 
new  counties  that  may  be  set  off.'  Ordered  at  the  same  meeting 
'that  John  Vawter  have  the  use  of  the  public  grounds  to  sow  a 
crop  of  oats,  he  to  sow  the  same  with  timothy  or  blue  grass.' 

"On  April  i,  181 7,  the  board  ordered  the  report  of  the  com- 
missioner for  fixing  the  county  seat  be  recorded  as  soon  as  the 
recorder's  office  be  established,  John  Vawter  and  David  McClure 
having  offered  to  the  commissioners  various  lots  of  land  and 
sums  of  money  'on  condition  of  the  seat  of  justice  being  estab- 
lished on  the  public  grounds  in  the  town  of  Vernon.'  The  land 
consisted  of  seventy  town  lots,  besides  the  public  ground;  two 
acres  of  land  for  a  burying-ground ;  three  lots  of  an  acre  each  for 
places  of  religious  worship,  school-houses,   etc.,  all  in  suitable 


36  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

places;  a  donation  of  land  on  the  north  and  south  of  town.  The 
land  east  of  said  town,  and  west  of  the  creek,  was  ever  to  remain 
'open  and  common  to  the  inhabitants  of  said  town  and  county.' 

''In  the  year  181 8,  John  Vawter,  treasurer  of  the  county,  pro- 
duced his  vouchers  showing  he  had  received  and  paid  out  $265.50. 

"At  the  meeting  of  the  board  December,  1822,  appears  the 
first  mention  of  the  'Jennings  County  Seminary.' 

"Col.  Vawter,  trustee,  reports  a  long  list  of  fines  paid  to  him 
by  justices  of  the  peace.  The  following  fines  were  imposed  on 
divers  persons  by  sundry  justices:  Profane  swearing,  $4.00;  as- 
sault, $0.01;  fighting,  $0.50;  Sabbath  breaking,  $1.00;  profane 
swearing,  $1.00;  assault,  $0.50;  selling  liquor  without  license, 
$2.00." 

"The  first  newspaper,  The  Vernon  Visitor,  was  owned  and  ed- 
ited by  John  Vawter  and  printed  by  Richard  Randall.  The  outfit 
of  this  paper  consisted  of  a  meager  supply  of  type  and  one  of  the 
old-fashioned  Washington  hand-presses,  it  being  necessary,  in 
order  to  print  the  paper,  for  a  boy  to  roll  the  type  with  a  large 
brayer  at  every  impression.  The  first  account  of  payments  and 
receipts  in  this  printing  office  is  dated  March  i,  1840. 


ACCOUNT. 

Paid  for. 

Fire  wood $1   50 

Two  reams  paper 20  00 

Pai^er 25 

Door  lock I   50 

Ball  of  twine 38 

Books,  this  kind 93 

Postage 16 

Four  cjuires  paper 20  00 

Candles 75 

Freight  on  paper 37 

For   blanks i   00 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  37 

Received  from. 

Noah  Noble,  for  paper $i  50 

Wm.  Browning',  for  paper i  50 

David  Heller,  for  paper i  50 

Benj.  Hobbs.  for  paper i  50 

Benj.  Hobbs,  horse  bills 2  50 

T.  L.  House,  horse  bills 2  00 

Samuel  Wilder,  paper 75 

Wm.  Cory,  bills 2  00 

Cash.  jNIcMenard,  blanks 2  00 

Wm.  Griffith,  news i  50 

Granville  Griffith,  news i  50 

Wm.  D.  Vawter.  paper 75 

E.  P.  Smalley 75 

D.  T.  Whitney,  hand  bills i  50 

Alex.  Adams,  three  papers i  50 

John   ^^^alker,    Wm.    R.    Walker,    H. 
Tripp  and  Baxter  Butler,  subscriptions 

paid  in  rent 3  00 

Amos  Knapp,  paid  in  potatoes i  50 

Lewis  P.  Grinstead,  paper i  50 

Here  the  account  ends  without  saying  how  long  a  period  of  time 
it  covers.   The  paper  was  sold  early  in  the  forties  to  Amos  Frost. 

"Col.  Vawter  and  Dr.  Pabody  were  among  the  early  legislators 
for  the  new  state  of  Indiana.  They  both  served  for  several  con- 
secutive terms,  the  former  in  the  senate,  the  latter  in  the  house. 
They  made  the  journey  to  the  capital  on  horseback,  carrying 
their  wardrobes  in  their  saddle-bags.  These  two  legislators  were 
Whigs  and  advocates  of  'internal  improvement,'  which  was  the 
'bone  of  contention'  between  the  two  parties. 

"Col.  Vawter  was  a  zealous  advocate  and  untiring  worker  for 
the  construction  of  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  Railroad,  much 
to  the  disgust  of  some  of  his  neighbors,  who  saw  in  the  building 
of  that  road  only  ruin  to  the  country.  Steam  cars,  they  said, 
would  do  away  entirely  with  hauling,  deprive  the  workingman  of 


38  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

work  and  wages,  horses  would  lose  their  value,  frightful  accidents 
would  occur  from  the  frightening  of  cattle  and  horses  by  the 
locomotive,  and  lastly,  there  would  not  be  enough  produce  be- 
tween Madison  and  Indianapolis  to  load  one  train  of  cars.  The 
wordy  war  was  long  and  loud.  When  the  surveyors  appeared  in 
Vernon  and  proceeded  to  run  their  line  through  Col.  Vawter's 
front  hall,  the  rejoicing  of  his  opponents  was  great;  but  he, 
stanch  to  his  principles,  told  them  to  go  ahead,  he  would  get  his 
house  out  of  the  way,  and  so  he  did.  He  moved  it  across  the 
street  (where  it  now  forms  part  of  the  house  near  the  railroad 
bridge)  and  he  saw  his  garden  and  orchard  covered  by  the  em- 
bankment without  a  murmur. 

"During  the  building  of  the  road  occurred  the  'Irish  riot,'  the 
most  exciting  episode  in  Vernon  history  excepting  perhaps  the 
'Morgan  raid.'  The  Irish  laborers  belonged  to  two  clans,  the 
Corkonians  and  the  Fardowns,  which  were  constantly  on  the 
warpath.  The  latter  outnumbered  the  former  and  made  an  effort 
to  have  the  Corkonians  discharged  by  the  contractors." 

There  are  many  anecdotes  told  of  John  Vawter  while  he  lived 
in  Vernon  and  in  Morgantown.  He  was  a  minister,  but  in  those 
days  a  minister  was  compelled  to  make  a  living  in  other  ways 
than  by  preaching,  as  he  did  not  receive  compensation  for  his 
services.  As  a  minister  Col.  Vawter  was  able  to  indulge  his  love 
for  match-making  and,  as  Taylor  Vawter  said,  "He  just  loved  to 
marry  people  for  fun." 

Caroline  Pabody  Frost  said  that  it  was  expected  that  matri- 
mony was  the  impending  fate  of  any  one  who  worked  for  Col. 
John  Vawter.  'Tn  one  instance  a  bashful  young  man  employed 
in  his  printing  office  was  invited  over  to  take  Christmas  dinner 
with  him.  He  was  duly  admonished  on  his  arrival  to  clean  his 
feet  on  the  door  mat,  and  at  the  table  to  eat  all  that  he  took  on 
his  plate.  When  dinner  was  over  he  was  taken  into  the  parlor. 
Col.  Vawter  left  the  room,  but  presently  returned,  bringing  with 
him  the  buxom  lass  who  had  cooked  the  dinner.  A  chair  was 
drawn  up  beside  the  young  man  and  she  was  seated  upon  it. 
'There,'  said  Col.  Vawter,  as  he  left  the  room,  'I  have  done  my 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  39 

part,  now  you  do  yours.'  What  followed  did  not  then  transpire, 
but  this  time  it  was  not  a  wedding." 

It  was  said  that  Col.  Vawter  had  a  great  deal  to  do  with  the 
marriage  of  Williamson  D.  Vawter  and  his  first  wife,  Mary 
Tighlman  Crowder.  Neither  one  of  the  young  people  was  of  age, 
and  the  father  of  Williamson  was  very  much  opposed  to  the  mar- 
riage on  that  account.  Col.  Vawter  persuaded  the  young  woman 
to  go  on  a  visit  to  a  friend  in  an  adjoining  county  and  stay  there 
a  sufficient  time  until  the  license  could  be  procured.  Then  he 
furnished  Williamson,  who  was  working  for  him  at  that  time, 
with  a  horse  and  money  to  go  to  the  place  where  she  was  and 
get  married. 

"When  Col.  John  Vawter  was  a  widower  for  the  second  time 
his  son  Smith  was  going  to  see  a  girl  by  the  name  of  Minton. 
His  father  said  to  him :  'Now,  Smith,  I  want  you  to  stop  going 
to  the  Minton  house.'  Smith,  like  the  good  son  he  was,  stopped 
going,  thinking  his  father  had  some  objection  to  the  family.  The 
first  thing  Smith  knew  his  father  was  about  to  be  married  to  Ruth 
Minton  himself.  The  day  the  wedding  took  place  Smith  climbed 
one  of  the  tallest  trees  in  his  father's  front  yard,  and  as  the  wed- 
ding procession  was  returning  from  the  church  and  Col.  Vawter 
and  his  bride  were  passing  under  the  tree  where  Smith  was  con- 
cealed, Smith  sang  out,  'O,  good  Lord,  what  have  I  done,  I've 
married  the  father  instead  of  the  son !' 

"Col.  Vawter  was  married  four  times  himself  and  his  son  Smith 
five  times.  It  is  told  that  at  the  funeral  of  Smith  Vawter's  third 
wife  there  were  a  number  of  ministers  who  talked  in  an  affecting 
manner,  and  then  Col.  Vawter  arose.  He  said :  'My  son,  we  all 
sympathize  deeply  with  you  in  your  affliction.  You  are  just  bury- 
ing your  third  beloved  companion  while  I  am  living  with  my 
third.  When  my  second  wife  was  dying  I  said  to  her :  "Oh,  my 
dear,  what  shall  I  do?"  She  replied:  "John,  the  Lord  will  pro- 
vide." I  say  the  same  to  you,  my  dear  son  Smith.  The  Lord  will 
provide  for  you.' 

"WTien  Col.  John  Vawter  was  in  search  of  a  fourth  wife  he 
went  one  day  to  the  door  of  the  house  where  Mrs.  Martha  Pearce 
lived.    She  asked  him  to  come  in.    'No,  no,  Sister  Pearce,'  said 


40  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

he,  'I  am  just  on  a  little  matter  of  business.  I  am  going  to  Madi- 
son to-day  and  will  be  back  to-morrow.  I  want  to  know  if  you 
will  marry  me.  I  will  stop  for  your  reply  when  I  return.  Good 
day,  Sister  Pearce.'* 

"When  Smith  Vawter,  the  son  of  John  Vawter,  wished  to  join 
the  church  and  was  being  questioned  by  the  ministers  in  regard 
to  his  belief,  he  said :  'I  believe  in  Christ,  but  further  than  that 
I  can  not  go.'  One  of  the  ministers  said :  'Then,  my  son,  I  can 
not  baptize  you.'   Col.  John  Vawter  said :   'Well,  I  will  then,  my 

son,'  and  he  did. 

"Col.  Vawter  was  very  particular  about  what  he  ate  and  the 
manner  in  which  it  was  prepared.  While  out  on  a  preaching  tour 
he  and  a  number  of  others  went  to  a  house  for  dinner.  As  soon 
as  they  were  invited  out  to  dinner,  he  said  to  the  hostess :  'Have 
you  any  corn  bread?'  'No,'  replied  she,  'no  corn  bread  to-day.' 
'Well,  friends,  we  will  go  back  into  the  parlor  and  wait  until 
Sister  Jones  makes  her  corn  bread.'    She  made  it." 

Another  thing  of  which  Col.  Vawter  was  very  fond  was  coffee. 
He  always  carried  his  favorite  kind  around  with  him  and  would 
ask  the  lady  of  the  house  to  make  him  a  cup.  The  one  who  made 
the  coffee  exactly  right  stood  very  high  in  his  favor. 

Col.  Vawter  was  also  very  particular  about  his  person.  He  had 
a  clean  shave  every  morning  and  bathed  his  feet  every  night  be- 
fore going  to  bed. 

"Chief  among  the  peculiarities  of  Col.  Vawter  was  an  intense 
antipathy  to  dogs  and  to  tobacco.  If  a  friend  called  at  his  home, 
who  had  unfortunately  allowed  his  dog  to  follow  him,  he  was  left 
standing  at  the  door  with  outstretched  hand  while  his  host  gave 
chase  to  the  dog  and  securely  fastened  it  without  the  gate.  He 
sometimes  descended  from  the  lofty  pulpit  in  the  old  Baptist 
Church,  in  the  midst  of  his  sermon,  in  pursuit  of  an  unlucky 
canine  that  had  chanced  to  wander  in.   He  would  chase  it  around 

*This  fourth  marriage  took  place  soon  after  the  death  of  the  third  wife. 
When  John  T.  Vawter,  a  grandson,  was  written  to  for  the  purpose  of  finding 
whether  the  dates  were  correct  or  not,  he  replied:  "There  is  no  mistake.  I  went 
with  the  Colonel,  my  grandfather,  when  he  asked  Mrs.  Pearce  to  marry  him, 
and  they  were  married  in  five  or  six  days  thereafter. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  41 

and  out  the  door,  then  would  mount  the  steps  and  go  on  preaching 
as  if  that  were  part  of  his  program. 

"At  the  Association  once  in  Vernon,  Col.  Vawter,  who  was 
very  hospitable,  said  :  'Now  I  have  a  new  house  out  here  and  I 
want  you  all  to  come  to  my  house  for  dinner.  I  will  entertain 
you  every  one  and  you  are  welcome,  but  I  don't  want  any  one 
to  bring  dogs  or  to  spit  on  my  clean  floors.'  " 

Wm.  H.  McCoy,  of  Franklin,  used  to  live  in  Vernon  and  knew 
Col.  Vawter  there.  He  told  this  anecdote:  "Col.  Vawter  was 
opposed  to  collections  for  missions.  He  didn't  believe  in  missions. 
At  the  Association,  which  met  in  Vernon,  there  was  present  Mr. 
Crabb,  who  was  the  state  collector  for  missions.  On  Saturday 
before  the  Sunday  service  some  of  the  ministers  wanted  to  vote 
that  a  collection  for  missions  should  be  taken  up.  'No,  no,'  said 
Col.  Vawter,  'I  will  leave  if  you  do.'  The  matter  was  dropped. 
The  next  day  there  were  a  number  of  ministers  on  the  platform 
to  speak.  Col.  Vawter  was  always  the  man  to  take  a  nap  just 
whenever  and  wherever  he  wanted  to.  While  one  of  the  ministers 
was  speaking  Col.  Vawter  dropped  off  behind  the  platform,  lay 
down  on  a  log  and  went  to  sleep.  Mr.  Crabb  observed  this.'  He 
spoke  next,  cut  his  remarks  short  and  asked  that  a  collection  be 
taken  for  missions,  and  it  was.  When  the  minutes  of  the  Associa- 
tion were  read,  the  secretary  said :  'and  a  collection  for  missions 
was  taken.'  'Hold  on,'  said  Col.  Vawter,  'no  such  thing!'  'Yes, 
said  the  others,  the  collection  was  taken  while  you  were  asleep  ' 
'What  next?'  said  Col.  Vawter." 

General  Breckinridge  of  Minnesota,  talking  to  Williamson 
Vawter,  told  this  anecdote  about  Col.  John  Vawter,  whom  he 
knew.  He  said :  "Vernon  was  famous  in  the  early  history  of  the 
country  for  its  courts.  There  was  at  North  Vernon  at  that  time 
a  well-known  Irish  lawyer.  Col.  Vawter  was  subpoenaed  on  two 
cases  being  tried  by  this  lawyer.  He  was  a  witness  on  the  side 
the  lawyer  wished  to  win  in  one  case  and  a  witness  on  the  side 
the  lawyer  did  not  wish  to  win  in  the  other  case.  The  lawyer,  in 
summing  up  the  first  case,  said :  'And  who  is  this  Col.  John  Vaw- 
ter? He  is  the  marshal  of  the  Territory  of  Indiana,  founder  of 
Vernon  and  defender  of  the  oppressed.'    In   summing  up  the 


42  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

second  case,  he  said :  'Who  is  this  old  John  Vawter  ?  He  is  the 
hirehng  of  the  United  States  Government,  the  nabob  of  Vernon 
and  a  secrater  of  nagers.'  " 

"A  Hoosier  was  travehng  in  Michigan,  and,  while  stopping  at 
a  hotel,  incidentally  revealed  the  fact  that  he  originally  lived  in 
southern  Indiana.  The  landlord  quickly  inquired  of  his  guest 
whether  or  not  he  knew  Col.  John  Vawter.  of  Vernon,  to  which 
question  the  boarder  replied  in  the  affirmative.  'Then  I  must  tell 
you  my  first  impression  of  Col.  Vawter,'  said  the  landlord.  Tn 
an  early  day,  before  the  railroad  was  built,  I  was  traveling  from 
Madison  to  Vernon,  and,  nearing  the  town  of  Vernon,  I  saw  a 
surveyor  and  his  chain  carrier,  working  near  the  road.  I  inquired 
for  a  place  in  Vernon  where  I  could  stop  for  the  night  and  have 
my  horse  stabled  and  fed.  The  surveyor  at  once  kindly  told  me 
where  the  boarding-house  was  located,  and  said  that  a  man  there 
would  take  care  of  my  horse.  At  supper  time  the  surveyor  and 
his  gang  came  in  and  I  soon  learned  that  the  man  with  the  com- 
pass was  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel.  After  supper  I  asked  direc- 
tions to  a  store.  The  landlord  said  that  he  would  walk  up  town 
with  me.  Upon  arriving  at  the  store  I  found  a  general  stock  of 
goods,  and  then  learned  that  my  escort  was  owner  and  proprietor 
of  the  establishment.  While  I  was  puzzling  my  brain  as  to  how 
one  man  could  attend  to  so  many  different  vocations.  Colonel 
Vawter  asked  me  if  I  would  like  to  go  to  church.  I  went,  and 
you  may  imagine  my  utter  astonishment  on  reaching  the  church 
to  see  the  man  I  had  already  thought  overburdened  with  business 
walk  into  the  pulpit  and  preach  a  most  able  sermon.  That  night 
I  walked  home  with  a  surveyor,  landlord,  merchant  and  minis- 
ter, but  Col.  John  Vawter  was  the  only  man  with  me.'  " 

A  copy  of  the  inscription  on  the  tombstone  of  John  Vawter  at 
Morgantown,  Ind.,  follows.'  It  was  composed  by  John  Vawter 
himself: 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  43 

With  all  his  Titles. 

Here  lies  the  remains  of 

ELDER  JOHN  VAWTER. 

Born  in  old  Virginia — 

Jan.  8. — 1782; 

Died  Aug.  17,  1862; 

The  effort  of  his  long  life  as  a 
Christian  was  to  nourish  and  build  up 
The  true  Christian  Church  on  the 
Original  Apostolic  foundation. 

As  a  statesman  he  was  a  progressive 
Conservative,  believing  The  state 
Legislature  held  the  great  material 
Interest  of  the  body  politic  in  its 
Hands;  that  the  prosperity  of  the  State 
In  education,  agriculture,  internal 
Improvements,  mechanical  arts,  finance 
And  commerce  could  be  advanced  by 
Judicious,  or  retarded  and  crypted 
By  unwise  Legislation. — 

LETTERS   WRITTEN   BY  JOHN   VAWTER  TO   HIS   BROTHER, 
WILLIAM   VAWTER. 

Vernon,  25  October,  1828. 
Brother  William — I  send  you  by  your  son  $2.56  cts.,  the 
amount  of  your  hauling  (by  Taylor  Vawter).  I  heard  news 
when  in  that  was  to  me  unexpected  and  unpleasant.  It  was 
that  you  were  disposed  to  absent  yourself  from  meeting  and  had 
done  so  in  one  case ;  that  you  had  said  that  some  of  your  friends 
were  your  enemies.  If  this  be  true,  you  are  in  a  state  of  mind 
that  is  far  from  enviable;  you  are,  in  short,  childish  and  wrong 


44  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

and  do  not  know  it.  My  dear  brother,  it  is  too  hard.  Let  me 
pray  you  not  to  reproach  your  friends  by  thinking  or  saying  they 
are  enemies,  and  above  all,  not  to  lessen  that  favorable  station  you 
hold  in  the  good  opinions  of  your  brethren  wherever  you  are 
known.  It  is  much  easier  to  lose  a  good  name  than  to  gain  it. 
You  have  been  laboring  for  your's  upwards  of  twenty-five  years, 
and  now  do  not  destroy  it  by  any  improper  course,  such  as  you 
may  rest  assured  you  will  do  by  absenting  yourself  from  meeting. 

I  would  advise  you  to  ever  lie  at  the  feet  of  your  brethren  as 
the  proper  place.  I  have  done  so  for  years,  otherwise  I  would 
have  been  expelled  from  society  long  ago,  for  many  only  wished 
me  so  to  act  that  they  might  have  wherewith  to  charge  me.  I 
now  enjoy  much  comfort  with  my  brethren,  and  so  may  you 
should  you  not  want  to  be  chief.  You  must  not  ask  others  to 
look  through  your  eyes,  and  you  must  remember  that  the  Re- 
deemer did  not  refuse  to  eat  with  publicans  and  sinners,  yea, 
with  one  who  denied  Him,  yes,  with' one  who  betrayed  Him.  All 
this  is  a  lesson  to  proud  you  and  me  to  do  likewise.  We  are  not 
to  judge  hearts,  and  be  assured  we  have  nothing  to  boast  of  our- 
selves. I  have  never  seen  the  time  when  I  could  not  meet  with 
such  as  could  meet  with  me,  poor  me,  and  could  always  partake 
of  the  supper  with  all  who  could  with  me. 

Let  me  pray  you  now,  as  a  brother  who  truly  loves  and  has 
admired  your  prudent.  Christian  conduct  heretofore,  to  stop, 
pause  and  think  what  injury  you  are  doing  yourself,  how  you 
are  detracting  from  your  own  good  name  and  sinking  your  family 
connections  by  neglecting  your  solemn  church  covenant.  My 
brother,  you  must  fall  at  the  feet  of  your  brethren  and  there  re- 
main. I  speak  freely,  because  I  believe  you  delight  in  honesty 
and  plain  dealing,  and  let  no  word  I  say  break  in  on  that  good 
understanding  that  has  so  long  subsisted  between  us. 

Respectfully,  your  brother, 

John  Vawter. 

MORGANTOWN,  INDIANA,  3d  Octobcr,   1 858. 

Brother  William  Vawter — On  Saturday  morning  I  left 
home  for  the  purpose  of  coming  to  see  you  and  family.   On  arriv- 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  45 

ing  at  Vernon  heard  you  had  been  able  to  go  about,  then  went  on 
to  Madison,  intending  to  visit  you  on  Monday.  On  reaching 
Vernon  again  found  you  had  been  able  to  visit  your  daughter, 
Frances,  and  finding  I  could  save  a  day,  took  the  freight  train  and 
went  on  to  Indianapolis.  Returned  home  last  evening.  While 
about,  visited  Hickman  Branham,  Newton  Vawter,  Brother 
Jenkins,  his  mother  being  there,  and  Brother  James  (who  sends 
you  this  minute),  Brother  Abner  Moncrief  and  Brother  Wise. 
Attended  meeting  on  Sunday  at  Harbert's  Creek  in  company  with 
Brother  James  Vawter  and  our  only  two  living  sisters.  Four 
out  of  the  six  of  us  now  living  were  together  at  one  time,  and 
that  where  father,  mother  and  one  sister  were  buried — a  thing 
I  never  expect  to  occur  again  in  my  lifetime. 

I  heard  Brother  Henderson  preach  a  sermon  which  affected 
my  whole  internal  man.  Oh!  it  was  a  soul-stirring  sermon, 
worthy  of  being  admired  by  all  God's  dear  children.  I  do  not 
suppose  I  ever  will  forget  it.  Brother  Thomas  Hill  was  there. 
We  dined  together  at  Moncrief  s,  suppered,  lodged  and  break- 
fasted together  at  Matthew  Wise's. 

We  are  all  well,  and  so  are  my  children,  who  are  here.  Jane 
Storey  and  her  Emma  are  here  for  to-day,  by  whom  I  send  you 
this  letter  and  minute. 

Affectionately  yours, 

John  Vawter. 

MoRGANTOWN,  INDIANA,  2d  February,  1859. 
Brother  William  Vawter — Your  letter  of  the  31st  Jan- 
uary, 1859,  came  to  hand  to-day,  for  which  accept  my  thanks. 
I  only  got  home  on  Monday  evening  from  my  visit  and  meetings. 
I  have  been  for  four  days  and  five  nights  off  with  a  bad  cold, 
mostly  located  in  my  head.  It  did  seem  as  if  my  eyes  and  nose  had 
the  consumption  and  would  waste  my  whole  life  away  by  con- 
stant running.  Cold  brought  on  by  walking  from  Shelbyville, 
some  twelve  or  fourteen  miles,  after  2  o'clock,  to  Brother 
Hurst's  by  7  o'clock.  I  had  to  walk,  as  the  Rushville  railroad 
cars  failed  that  day  to  make  a  trip.  I  went  to  see  my  cousin,  Sally 
Hurst.     She  is  suffering  very  much  with  a  cough  and  cold ;  looks 


46  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

very  poor.   I  very  much  doubt  whether  I  will  ever  see  her  again. 
Old  Brother  Hurst  is  as  well  as  when  I  saw  him  in  May  last  to 
,  all  appearances, 

I  do  not  recollect  whether  I  wrote  you  that  I  did  receive  a 
letter  from  Jephtha  Vawter  not  long  since.  He  wrote  me  fully 
about  himself,  family  and  children,  brothers,  sisters  and  father. 
We  do  commonly  write  each  other  about  twice  a  year.  It  does 
me  good  to  hear  from  him  and  his  friends.  They  were  all  in 
common  good  health  when  he  wrote  me. 

I  am  sorry  you  did  not  write  me  about  Brother  Allen  Park's 
daughter,  I  am  anxious  to  hear  from  her,  Hope  she  will  do 
well.  We  are  generally  well  here,  Hope  these  lines  will  find  you 
and  all  the  friends  well  or  improving  at  least. 

Believe  us  as  ever  your  friends,  yours, 

John  Vawter. 

MORGANTOWN,    INDIANA,    1 2th   JuUC,    1 862. 

Elder  William  Vawter  :  Dear  Brother — Yours  of  the 
8th  instant  at  hand  to-day,  for  which  you  have  my  sincere  thanks. 
We  are  glad  that  you  have  it  in  contemplation  to  visit  us,  and 
hope  that  health  and  everything  else  will  favor  your  effort  to 
come  at  the  time  named  in  your  letter,  say  the  20th  of  this  month, 
I  do  expect  to  leave  here  to-morrow  in  order  to  attend  meeting 
at  Amity  on  Saturday  and  Sunday  next,  it  being  their  regular 
meeting  days.  From  Amity  I  will  go  to  Indianapolis,  if  my 
health  permits,  so  as  to  be  at  the  convention  on  Wednesday,  the 
i8th  of  the  month,  I  may  leave  Indianapolis  for  home  on 
Wednesday  evening  or  Thursday  morning,  so  as  to  come  home 
on  Thursday  the  19th  of  this  month,  but  my  every  movement  de- 
pends on  my  health. 

Since  I  saw  you  I  have  visited  Franklin,  Indianapolis,  Sharps- 
ville  (saw  your  granddaughter),  Vernon,  Columbus  and  Rush 
county.  Saw  my  old  cousin,  Sally  Hurst,  She  is  greatly  afflicted 
with  rheumatism.  Old  Brother  Hurst  is  suffering,  as  I  am,  with 
continual  pain  in  the  head.  Emmons,  his  son,  is  afflicted  with  a 
bad  disease  of  the  throat,  bronchitis  I  do  suppose.  Daniel  Web- 
ster Pearce  came  home  from  Franklin  two  or  three  days  since. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  47 

down  with  chills  and  fever.  Our  last  news  from  Thomas  Allen 
Pearce  he  was  well  and  near  Corinth  in  Mississippi.  He  says 
all  our  boys  that  went  from  here  with  him  are  well.  I  do  not 
know  where  the  Story  boys  are  now.  The  last  accounts  they 
were  in  Missouri.  It  is  said  that  our  boys  that  went  from  here 
and  wintered  on  the  Potomac  (a  part  of  them)  failed  to  stand 
up  to  the  work  at  Winchester  in  the  late  retreat  under  Banks. 
Banks  deserves  great  credit  for  having  managed  his  retreat  so 
well. 

Will  you  write  us  if  anything  intervenes  to  prevent  your  com- 
ing?   Friends  here  all  well. 

I  am,  as  ever,  your  friend  and  brother, 

John  Vawter. 


I. 


JOHN  VAWTER5 

(Jesse*,  Davids  John'S  Johni) 

(1782-1862) 

m.  ist 

POLLY  SMITH 

(1781-1825) 


Children" 


I.  Smith  Vawterm. 
ist  Jane  Terrell 


ad  Elizabeth 
Smith 


3d  Spicy  Car- 
roll 


Grandchildren'' 

(i)  JohnT.  Vaw- 

ter  m. 
Jane  V.  Storey 
(2)  Hickman  N., 

d.  s. 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren' 

Clara  (adopted)  ra. 
Lafayette  Pence 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 

^  Lafayette  Vawter 


r  (3)  Samuel  m. 
J  Maria  Bright 

I    (4)  Mary  Jane,  d.s. 


(5)  Edwin,  d.  s. 

(6)  Emily  m. 

Dr.  Beechly 


C  Irene  m. 

George  Banta 

Mary  J.  m, 
Isaac  N.  Smith 

Charles  B.  m. 

Mrs.  Leila 

Hunter 

Jennie  m. 
John  Jenkins 


4th  Huldah 

Kendricks 


5th  Mrs.  Sarah 
G.  Maynard 


(7)  Sarah  m. 

Elijah  Read 

(8)  Ezra,  d.  s. 

[^  (9)  George,  d.  s. 

f  (10)  Smith  K.  m. 
Mary  Brown 

(11)  Hattie  Lilly, 

d.s. 

(12)  Carrie  m. 
George  Rowan 


'  Virginia  m. 

Wm.  Reamer 
Alice,  d.  s. 
Smith  H.  m. 
Daisy  Belle  m. 

Pearly  Sprague 
Bert  m. 

Alice  Richcrick 

Edna 

John 

(^  Louise 


Vawter 


Maria,  d. 
Clara,  d. 
Frank 

Milton  V. 
No  Children 

Carrie 
Virginia 
Vawter,  d. 

Roscoe 
Virginia 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


49 


2.  Jane  Vawter 

(1809-1864) 

m. 

Thos.  J.Storey 

(1796-1878) 


(i)  John  V.  Storey 
m.  1st 
Mary  J.  Storey 

2d 

Mrs.  A.  Moore 

(2)  Emily,  d.  s. 

(3)  Mary  ra. 
John  T.  Vawter 

(4)  Smith  Wm.  m. 
ist 

Martha  Wise 

2d 

Lena  Carlisle 

(5)  David,  d.  s. 

(6)  Thomas  Henry 
m. 
Titia  Sharp 


'  Martha  Jane  m. 
J.  L.  Smith 

Wm.  David,  d.  s. 

Ezra 
I   Cora  V. 
j   Frank,  d.  s. 
L  Charles 

I   No  children 

(  Clara  (adopted)  m. 
/       Lafayette  Pence 

Kate  m. 
Lincoln  Dixon 

Blanche 
Smith  Wm.,  Jr. 


r  Cora  Edith  m. 
Shaw 

Walter 

Alma 

Elmer 

Roy 
,  Emma 


(7)  James  Mar- 
shall m. 
Lucia  Barnum 


(8)  Riley  Clark  m. 
Rose  Schaefer 

(9)  George  W.  m. 
ist 
Hepsiejohnson 

2d 

Alice  Stone- 
brook 

(10)  Emma  Julia 
m. 

Daniel  Latti- 
more 


Lafayette  Vawter 

Esther  Claire 
Donald  Storey 
L  Dorothy 


I 


r 

-{   No  children 

L 

'  Guy 

Grace  m. 
Thos.  Larkins 

John  T.  m. 
Meta  Mella 

Oscar  Sears 
^  Infant,  d. 

Thos.  Andrew  m. 
Olive  Hamilton 

r 

■{  Smith  William 

I 

' John  V. 

Ralph  G.,d. 

Mabel  Emma 
.  Frances  C. 

Mabel  V. (adopted) 

m. 
Willis  Bradley 

Speare 


Storey 
Elizabeth 


Margaret  H. 


50 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


3.  EmilyVawter 

(1814-1877) 

m. 

Allan  Campbell 

(1808-1881) 


f  (i)  Mary,  d.  8. 

(2)  Smith  Vawter 
m. 
Carrie  S.  Davis 


John  m. 
Margaret  Coan 

Emily  D.  m. 

Edward  F.  Wol- 
fart 
James  Burt,  s. 
Sarah  Scott  m. 

Geo.  B.  Baker 

Vernon  Otterman 


(3)  Solon  B.  m. 

Carolyn  Otter-    - 
man 


Mary 


Carrie  Margaret 


Janice  Findus 
Hazel 

Joseph  Allan 
Garnette  Carolyn 
Glenn  Solon 
Kemper  Bramwell 
^  Gladys 


(4)  JohnD.  m.  j  Several  children 


JOHN  VAWTER 

m.  2d 

JANE  SMITH 

(No  children) 

JOHN  VAWTER 

m.  3d 
RUTH  MINTON 

(1817-1850) 


4.  Marion  Vawter 

(1830-1880) 

m. 

Rebecca  Mahafy 

(1832 ) 


(i)  Charles  Minton 
ra. 
ist 

Carrie  Tim- 
mons 


Fred  Allan  ra. 
Stella  Crichlow 


2d  \  Eva  May,  d. 

Alice  Campbell  /  Maud 


(2)  Wm.  Riley  m. 
Emma  Ketcham 

(3)  Mary  E.  m. 
Richard  Dun- 
ning 


(4)  Jesse  Segal  m 
Ella  Brown 


i 


No  children 

Carrie,  d. 
Earl  Raymond 
Tillie  Allan 
Luella,  d. 

George 
Grace 


15 


Charles  Desmond 
esse 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


5t 


5,  Mary  A.  Vawter 

(1836-1897) 

m. 

George  Obenshain 


(i)  Martha  Jane  m. 
Joseph  L.  Fes- 
ler 

(2)  John  W.,  d.  s. 

(3)  Smith,  d.  s. 

(4)  Emma  V.  m. 
John  W.  Hilton 

(5)  Carrie,  d.  s. 

(6)  Frank  Allan  m. 
Berda  M.Ream 

(7)  Ruth  m. 
Spencer  H. 

Wood 


Carrie  A.  m. 

Emerson  Wood 
Timothy  C.  ra. 

Lulu  Coleman 
Susie  C. 
Jennie  A.,  d.  s. 

Fred  E. 


James  Leon 
Esther,  d. 


(I) 


Frank  Day  m. 
Laura  E.  Smart 


6.  Allan  Vawter 

(1833-1874) 

m. 

Catherine  Hickey 

(1837-1895) 


(2)  Ida  Ruth,  d.  s. 


i  (3) 


(4) 


Elmer  m. 
Margaret  Saw- 
yer 


Lillian  Lincoln 
m. 

Thos.  Lafay- 
ette Smith 


i  Harold  H. 

I 

Clarence  Allan  m. 

Jennie  Moore 
John  Elmer 
Francis  Bertram 
Willie  Belle 
Ella  Mae 
Horace  Raymond 
Nellie  Bly 
Catherine 
I  Alice  Pearl 

Ralph  Emerson 
Raymond 
Mary  Ruth 
Frank 
Dewey 

Martha  Clarice 
Paul  Leon 


Thomas  Allan 


(5) 


Cora  m. 
Whitfield 
Yeager 


"I   No  children 


JOHN  VAWTER 

m.  4th. 


7.  Emma,  d.  s. 


MRS.  MARTHA  PEARCE 
(1822-1892) 


52  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Smith  Vawter 

Smith  Vawter,  the  son  of  John  and  Polly  (Smith)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  November  3,  1806.  His 
father  was  born  in  Orange  county,  Virginia,  and  his  mother  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania.  His  father's  family  moved  to  Indiana 
Territory  in  1807,  making  the  first  encampment  near  where  the 
railroad  roundhouse  now  stands  in  North  Madison.  Smith 
Vawter  lived  in  Madison  for  eight  years  and  then  moved  with 
his  father  to  Vernon.  He  rose  from  ensign  to  the  command  of 
the  Twenty-first  Regiment  Indiana  Militia;  was  elected  sheriff 
in  1834;  county  commissioner  in  1848,  and  again  in  1856;  was  a 
representative  in  the  lower  house  of  the  Indiana  legislature  from 
Jennings  county  in  the  sessions  of  1848  and  1856;  was  the  joint 
representative  from  Jennings  and  Scott  counties  in  the  session 
of  1878-9;  was  the  joint  representative  from  Jefferson  and  Jen- 
nings counties  in  the  session  of  1879-80.  He  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Agricultural  Fund  (Purdue  University)  for  five 
years;  was  a  merchant  and  a  farmer  for  more  than  forty  years, 
and  for  the  last  years  of  his  life  was  credited  with  occupying  his 
time  principally  with  paying  security  debts  for  his  friends.  He 
also  gave  much  to  charity.  (Almost  all  of  the  above  was  taken 
from  Biographical  Sketches  of  Members  of  the  Indiana  State 
Government  of  1879-80.) 

Col.  Smith  Vawter  was  a  peculiar  character,  as  was  his  father 
before  him,  but  all  the  more  interesting  on  that  account.  Lewis 
Wagner,  of  Vernon,  who  knew  Smith  Vawter  well  and  married 
one  of  his  cousins,  said :  "The  older  Vawters  were  all  peculiar 
people  and  very  stubborn,  but  good,  honest  people — people  one 
could  depend  on." 

"Smith  Vawter  was  a  pork  packer,  a  dry  goods  merchant,  had 
a  woolen  mill  and  also  a  flouring  mill.  He  used  to  slaughter  hogs 
which  ran  wild  in  the  woods  about  Vernon,  put  them  on  a  flat- 
boat  and  take  them  to  New  Orleans  and  trade  for  molasses  and 
other  groceries.     It  took  weeks  and  weeks  to  go  to  New  Orleans 


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53 


then.  Afterwards  Colonel  Vawter  owned  a  steamboat.  He  was 
exceedingly  fond  of  corn  bread,  and  on  one  trip  to  New  Orleans 
the  bread  gave  out.  Smith  Vawter  stopped  the  boat  and  went 
off  in  the  woods  to  see  if  he  couldn't  find  some  corn  bread  at  a 
near-by  house.  He  was  gone  so  long  that  the  men  grew  uneasy 
and  went  to  look  for  him.  They  found  him  sitting  in  front  of  a 
cabin  waiting  for  a  darky  to  bake  some  bread.  Four  hours  of 
time  for  every  one  on  the  steamboat  was  lost  while  Colonel  Vaw- 
ter secured  his  corn  bread.  It  was  said  that  when  he  went  to 
the  legislature  at  Indianapolis  he  always  took  his  corn  bread 
with  him." 

Smith  Vawter  was  very  independent.  He  did  not  like  to  be 
under  obligations  to  any  one.  He  never  would  accept  a  railroad 
pass.  He  never  sought  office  for  himself,  but  liked  to  be  con- 
sulted about  plans  for  others.  During  the  Civil  War  he  spent 
much  of  his  money  and  time  in  helping  the  wives  and  children 
of  those  who  went  to  the  front. 

When  Col.  Smith  Vawter  lived  on  the  farm  across  the  creek 
from  Vernon  he  was  at  one  time  sick.  He  wanted  some  medi- 
cine. He  asked  some  one  to  go  and  get  it  for  him.  The  creek 
was  very  high  and  the  one  asked  said  it  wouldn't  be  safe  to  try 
to  cross  it.  That  made  Colonel  Vawter  angry,  and  he  got  up, 
went  to  the  barn,  mounted  his  old  mouse-colored  horse,  swam  the 
creek  and  got  his  own  medicine. 

When  Richard  Stott  had  a  tannery  not  far  from  the  farm  of 
Smith  Vawter  his  hogs  kept  coming  over  on  Mr.  Vawter's  farm 
and  annoying  him.  His  darky  said  :  "Wat  you-all  gwyin'  do  wid 
dose  hogs?"  "Shoot  'em,  shoot  'em,  shoot  'em!"  said  Colonel 
Vawter,  "I'll  pay  for  them."  The  darky  did  shoot  them,  and 
Smith  Vawter  paid  for  them  without  a  word. 

"When  Colonel  Vawter  was  in  Indianapolis  attending  the 
sessions  of  the  legislature  he  was  walking  along  near  the  Circle 
late  at  night.  A  man  stepped  up  very  close  to  him  and  said: 
'Could  you  tell  me  the  time?'  Colonel  Vawter  thought  the  man 
mtended  to  steal  his  watch.  He  stepped  back  toward  the  lamp- 
post, raised  his  cane,  which  was  very  heavy,  and  said:   'Yes.  sir; 


54  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

it  is  time  both  you  and  I  were  in  bed.'   The  man  seemed  to  agree 
with  him,  for  he  was  not  slow  about  moving  on." 

Smith  Vawter  was  married  five  times  and  had  twelve  children. 
He  was  married  first,  April  21,  1829,  to  Jane  Terrell.  Their 
children  were  John  Terrell  Vawter  and  Hickman  N.  Vawter. 
Jane  (Terrell)  Vawter  was  born  January  15,  1811;  died  Sep- 
tember 29,  1834. 

(i)  John  Terrell  Vawter,  son  of  Smith  and  Jane  (Terrell) 
Vawter,  was  born  January  15,  1830,  in  Vernon,  Indiana.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  employed  as  a  salesman  in  his  father's 
store  of  general  merchandise  at  $16  per  month,  he  to  board  him- 
self. When  nineteen  years  old  his  salary  was  raised  to  $20  per 
month.  He  remained  in  his  father's  employ  until  August,  1851, 
when,  with  S.  W.  Storey  (his  wife's  brother),  he  opened  a  drug 
store  in  Franklin.  Mr.  Storey  only  remained  until  the  follow- 
ing February,  John  T.  Vawter  continuing  the  business  for  about 
sixteen  years,  then  selling  a  part  interest  to  Mr.  Ephraim  Jefifry. 
In  1869  John  T.  Vawter  sold  his  interest  in  the  drug  store  to  Mr. 
McCoy,  and  with  George  F.  Harriott  built  and  operated  a  large 
pork-house  in  Franklin.  After  two  years  they  took  Messrs.  Bran- 
agan  and  Featheringill  into  the  firm.  In  1876  the  business  was 
discontinued,  John  T.  Vawter  going  to  his  farm  at  Vawter  Park, 
in  Northern  Indiana.  From  the  year  1859  he  was  in  the  Indiana 
Farmers'  Bank  for  some  time,  and  afterwards,  for  twenty  years, 
in  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Franklin.  On  the  expiration  of 
the  charter  he,  with  others,  organized  the  Franklin  Bank.  In 
1884  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Franklin  Bank  and  accepted 
the  position  for  three  years  only  and  on  condition  that  he  be  given 
the  privilege  of  converting  it  into  a  national  bank,  which  was 
done  in  May,  1885.  He  is  the  largest  stockholder  in  said  Frank- 
lin National  Bank  and  also  one  of  the  directors. 

John  T.  Vawter  'once  kept  seven  sets  of  books  at  the  same  time 
in  Franklin.  He  was  a  good  penman,  quick  in  figures  and  not 
given  to  making  mistakes.  His  father  was  the  same,  and  the 
Terrells,  on  his  mother's  side,  were  experts,  Gen.  W.  H.  H.  Ter- 
rell perhaps  the  best. 

John  T.  Vawter  was  married  in  1850  to  his  cousin  Mary  Story, 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  55 

who  was  born  April  21,  1831.  They  had  no  children  of  their 
own,  but  in  the  year  1862  they  took  a  little  girl  whose  mother 
was  dead,  and  later  on  adopted  her.  Smith  Vawter,  the  father 
of  John,  thought  a  great  deal  of  the  father  and  mother  of  the 
child  and  wished  his  son  to  take  her.  The  child  was  known  as 
Clara  Vawter.  She  attended  Franklin  High  School,  then  Butler 
College,  at  Irvington,  and  finally,  in  1880,  the  Female  College  at 
Oxford,  Ohio.  She  was  married  December  22,  1881,  to  Lafayette 
Pence,  and  died  in  Denver,  Colorado,  December  17,  1885.  Her 
husband,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Columbus,  Indiana,  was  at 
the  time  of  her  death  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  of  Colo- 
rado, and  since  her  death  has  been  a  member  of  congress.  Clara 
Vawter  Pence  left  only  one  living  child,  Lafayette  Vawter  Pence, 
who  was  born  March  14,  1884,  and  who  is  now  pursuing  his 
studies  in  Ilion,  New  York. 

John  T.  Vawter  has  been  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  Vernon,  and  now  in  Franklin,  for  about  sixty  years.  His 
wife  died  March  4,  1900.  If  living  she  would  have  been  a  mem- 
ber for  about  the  same  length  of  time.  His  daughter,  Clara, 
united  with  the  Church  of  Christ  when  fourteen  years  of  age. 

(2)  Hickman  N.,  son  of  Smith  and  Jane  (Terrell)  Vawter, 
was  born  July  9,  1832.  He  was  graduated  at  Hanover  at  about 
sixteen  or  seventeen  years  of  age.  He  was  of  a  very  daring  dis- 
position and  something  of  a  rover.  His  father  was  remonstrating 
with  him  one  day  because  he  did  not  stay  in  the  same  place,  and 
said :  "My  son,  you  know  the  rolling  stone  gathers  no  moss." 
"No,"  replied  the  son,  "nor  does  the  setting  hen  grow  fat." 

Lewis  Wagner,  of  Vernon,  who  knew  Hickman  well,  said  that 
he  was  very  brilliant  anl  also  very  proud.  He  wrote  a  paper 
called  the  "Man  About  Town"  and  printed  it.  Once  a  month  it 
was  tacked  up  on  the  trees  and  public  buildings.  The  people  were 
very  curious  about  it,  but  for  many  months  were  unable  to  find 
out  who  did  it. 

One  evening  Hickman  asked  a  young  woman  of  Vernon  to 
allow  him  to  take  her  home  from  church.  She  refused.  He  was 
very  much  astonished  and  said  over  and  over  to  Lewis  Wagner : 
"Well,   now,   what   do  you  think  of  that?    A   harnessmaker's 


56  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

daughter  refuses  to  walk  home  with  Col.  Smith  Vawter's  son." 
Hickman  Vawter  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years. 

Smith  Vaivter's  second  wife  was  his  cousin,  Elizabeth  Smith. 
They  were  married  January  8,  1835.  Elizabeth  S.  Vawter  was 
born  in  1806  and  died  February  2,  1839.  Their  children  were 
Samuel  and  Mary  Jane. 

(3)  Samuel  Logan,  son  of  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Vawter,  was 
born  January  20,  1836,  at  Vernon,  Indiana.  When  quite  a  boy 
he  clerked  in  the  drug  store  of  his  brother,  John  T.  Vawter,  in 
Franklin,  Indiana.  A  few  years  later,  he  bought  a  drug  store  at 
Martinsville,  Indiana.  In  the  year  1859  he  went  to  St.  Anthony, 
Minnesota,  where  he  owned  a  drug  store.  In  a  few  years  he  and 
his  partner  moved  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  where  they  started 
the  first  wholesale  drug  house  in  the  northwest.  Samuel  Vawter 
was  married  December  16,  1856,  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  to  Maria 
L.  Bright,  who  was  born  at  Franklin,  March  18,  1837.  Their 
children  were  Irene,  Mary  and  Charles.  Samuel  Vawter  died  Jan- 
uary 15,  1868. 

a.  Irene  E.  Vawter,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Maria  B.  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Martinsville,  Indiana,  September  24,  1857.  She 
was  married  October  17,  1878,  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  to  George 
Caldwell  Banta.  Mr.  Banta  was  born  at  Hopewell,  Indiana,  and 
has  lived  there  all  of  his  life,  except  ten  years  which  were  spent 
in  Franklin  in  the  drug  business.  The  children  of  George  and 
Irene  Banta  were : 

(a)  Maria,  born  February  8,  1880;  died  July  11,  1880,  at 
Franklin,  Indiana. 

(b)  Clara  Vawter,  born  September  13,  1881 ;  died  February 
23,  1903,  at  Hopewell.  Indiana. 

(c)  Frank  Caldwell,  born  December  8,  1883,  at  Franklin,  In- 
diana.  Is  attending  Purdue  University  at  Lafayette,  Indiana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Banta  are  living  at  Hopewell,  Indiana. 
Their  postoffice  is  Franklin,  Indiana. 

h.  Mary  J.,  second  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Maria  Bright 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Martinsville,  Indiana,  April  25,  1859,  mar- 
ried June  29,  1897,  to  Isaac  Newton  Smith.   They  have  one  son, 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  57 

Milton  Vawter  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Springville,  Utah,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1899. 

Mr.  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Lewistown,  Indiana,  January  i6, 
1859,  is  principal  of  the  New  Jersey  Academy,  Logan,  Utah.  The 
school  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Home  Mission  Board  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 

c.  Charles  Bright  Vawter,  son  of  Samuel  and  Maria  B.  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  April  29,  1862.  He 
was  married  April  18,  1888,  to  Mrs.  Leila  Hunter  Holman,  who 
was  born  October  20.  1855.  No  children.  Leila  H.  Vawter  died 
June  7,  1 90 1. 

Charles  Bright  Vawter  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Duncan  & 
Vawter,  hardware  dealers  of  Franklin.  Indiana. 

(4)  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Vawter, 
was  born  August  14,  1837,  and  died  February  6,  1861. 

Smith  Vawter's  third  wife  was  Spicy  Carroll,  to  whom  he  was 
married  January  28,  1840.  Their  children  were  Edwin,  Emily, 
Sarah,  Ezra  and  George.  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1817,  and  died  July  30,  1848. 

(5)  Edwin,  son  of  Smith  and  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter,  was 
born  January  19,  1841 ;  died  in  1854. 

(6)  Emily,  daughter  of  Smith  and  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter. 
was  born  March  24,  1842.  She  was  married  to  Dr.  Beechly  of 
Bridgeport,  Indiana.  Their  children  were  Jennie  and  an  infant 
who  died  at  birth.  Jennie  was  married  to  John  Jenkins  of  Lin- 
coln, Nebraska,  and  lived  at  Danville,  Illinois.  There  were  three 
children  born  to  John  and  Jennie  Jenkins :  Carrie,  born  in  1889,, 
Virginia,  born  in  1892  and  a  boy,  Vawter,  who  died  at  about  two 
years  of  age.  John  and  Jennie  Jenkins  are  both  dead.  The  two 
children  are  living  at  Danville,  Illinois. 

(7)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Smith  and  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter, 
was  born  September  18,  1843;  married  May  31,  1864,  to  Elijah 
T.  Read,  who  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  December  24,  1841. 
They  live  in  Oswego,  Kansas,  where  Mr.  Read  has  been  until 
recently  engaged  in  the  hardware  business.    Children : 

a.  Virginia,  born  April  26,  1865  ;  married  November  11,  1885, 
in  Oswego,  Kansas,  to  William  Stewart  Reamer,  who  was  born 


58  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

March  4,  i860.  They  live  in  Oswego,  Kansas.  Their  children  are 
Roscoe  Read,  born  August  10,  1891,  and  Virginia  Katherine, 
born  May  30,  1894. 

b.  Alice,  born  December  28,  1867;  died  October  23,  1869. 

c.  Smith  H.,  born  September  23,  1869,  and  married  in  Lacon, 
Illinois,  June  6,  1900,  to  Mabel  Adams.  Lives  at  3046  Walnut 
street,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

d.  Daisy  Belle,  born  April  23,  1872;  married  October  11, 
1896,  in  Oswego,  Kansas,  to  Pearly  J.  Sprague.  No  children. 
They  live  in  Gashland,  Missouri. 

e.  Bert,  born  December  9,  1874;  married  September  24,  1902, 
to  Alice  Richcrick.   Lives  in  Sparks,  Oklahoma. 

(8)  Ezra,  son  of  Smith  and  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter,  was 
born  July  9,  1845,  and  died  in  1846. 

(9)  George,  the  son  of  Smith  and  Spicy  (Carroll)  Vawter, 
was  born  July  18,  1847,  and  died  in  1848. 

Smith  Vazvter  married,  fourth,  December  24,  1848,  Huldah 
Kendricks,  who  was  born  November  13,  1826;  died  March  31, 
1859.   Their  children  were  Smith  K.  and  Hattie  Lilly. 

(10)  Smith  K.,  son  of  Smith  and  Huldah  (Kendricks)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  October  11,  1849;  married  to  Mary  A.  Brown  in 
1873.  Their  children  were:  a.  Edna,  born  July  20,  1876;  b.  John 
T.,  born  September  20,  1878;  c.  Louise,  born  April  5,  1883. 

Smith  K.  Vawter  lived  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  but  for  some  years 
before  his  death  lived  at  Vawter  Park,  Indiana,  where  he  died 
in  his  fifty-second  year.  Mrs.  Smith  Vawter  and  her  children  live 
at  Vernon  in  the  winter  and  at  Vawter  Park  in  the  summer. 
Edna,  the  elder  daughter,  has  been  teaching  in  Vernon.  John  T. 
is  preparing  himself  at  Champaign,  Illinois,  to  be  an  architect. 
He  also  studied  at  Purdue. 

(11)  Hattie  Lilly,  daughter  of  Smith  and  Huldah  (Ken- 
dricks) Vawter,  died  in  childhood. 

Huldah  (Kendricks)  Vawter  was  born  November  13,  1826, 
and  died  March  31,  1859. 

Smith  Vazvter  married  fifth,  December  1859,  Mrs.  Sarah  Grif- 
fith Maynard,  who  was  born  at  Steubenville,  Ohio,  December  29, 
181 7;  died  September  7,  1892.   They  had  one  child,  Carrie,  who 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  59 

married  George  Rowan  and  has  one  son,  Vawter  Rowan.  Mrs. 
Rowan  lives  with  her  half-sister,  Mrs.  Maggie  Hutchings,  of 
Kokomo,  Indiana. 

Smith  Vazvter  died  in  Vernon,  April  lo,  1882. 


Jane  (Vawter)  Storey 

Jane,  daughter  of  John  and  Polly  (Smith)  Vawter,  was  born 
July  17.  1809,  in  Kentucky,  and  was  married  June  25,  1825,  to 
Thomas  J.  Storey,  the  son  of  John  Storey.  John  Storey  was  of 
Irish  parentage.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and 
also  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  had  a  large  family  of  children,  many 
of  them  sons,  and  all  of  these  were  soldiers  at  one  time  or  an- 
other. Thomas  J.  Storey,  his  son,  was  in  the  War  of  181 2.  He 
enlisted  at  Georgetown.  Kentucky,  in  a  volunteer  company  com- 
manded by  Captain  Metcalf,  and  at  once  went  into  active  military 
service.  He  was  in  the  battle  fought  near  the  foot  of  the  rapids 
of  the  Maumee  river,  in  which  Colonel  Dudley,  commanding,  was 
overpowered  by  the  combined  British  and  Indian  forces  under 
Procter  and  Tecumseh.  Out  of  a  regiment  of  nearly  one  thou- 
sand as  brave  men  as  ever  marched  from  Kentucky  less  than  one 
hundred  and  fifty  made  good  their  retreat  to  a  place  of  safety 
by  a  column  charge  through  the  lines  of  the  enemy.  All  the  rest 
were  scalped,  tomahawked,  butchered  and  burned  by  the  Indians. 
Subsequent  to  this  Mr.  Storey  was  in  the  battles  and  sorties  in- 
cident to  the  siege  of  Fort  Meigs  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  in 
the  Northwest  he  was  honorably  discharged. 

After  the  return  of  Thomas  Storey  from  the  War  of  181 2,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Span,  Vv'ho  lived  only  a  year,  dying  at  the 
birth  of  a  daughter,  who  lived  to  be  three  years  old.  Thomas 
Storey  then  settled  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  about  the  year  1820,  as 
a  house  builder.  There  he  met  Jane  Vawter,  with  whom  he  fell 
in  love.  It  was  soon  after  the  death  of  her  mother,  and  the  pro- 
posal of  the  young  widower  was  met  with  a  decided  refusal,  as 
the  loving  daughter  was  "going  to  stay  with  father  and  care  for 


6o  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

and  comfort  him  forever,"  It  was  not  long,  however,  until  the 
father  sought  comfort  elsewhere,  and  Jane,  meeting  her  quondam 
lover  after  the  announcement  of  her  father's  coming  marriage, 
whispered  rather  sadly:  "Mr.  Storey,  if  you  have  not  changed 
your  mind,  I — I  have  mine."  Her  extreme  modesty  and  shy  re- 
serve made  these  words  seem  so  out  of  keeping  with  her  character 
that  they  have  been  remembered.  Their  marriage  was  a  happy 
one  and  their  lives,  looked  back  upon,  seem  uneventful.  They 
lived  for  their  children  and  tried  to  teach  them  to  love  God  and 
their  country.  Three  of  the  boys  were  in  the  army  of  the  North, 
and  any  soldier  in  need  of  a  home  was  always  made  welcome  at 
Thomas  Storey's.  The  mother's  dying  words  were  a  prayer  for 
country  and  children.  Jane  ( Vawter)  Storey  died  March  8,  1864. 

Thomas  Storey  was  married,  third,  to  Miss  Louisa  Hall  of 
Madison,  Indiana,  in  1867.  She  is  now  living  in  Vernon.  Mr. 
Storey  died  July  16,  1878,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years,  an  old 
man,  still  full  of  interest  in  all  current  events. 

Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter)  Storey  had  ten  children  :  John, 
Emily,  Mary,  Smith  William,  David,  Thomas  Henry,  James 
Marshall,  Riley  Clark,  George  W.  and  Emma  Julia. 

(i)  John  Vawter  Storey,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vaw- 
ter) Storey,  was  born  December  17,  1826,  and  was  married 
March  15,  1846,  in  Vernon,  at  the  home  of  Col.  John  Vawter, 
his  grandfather,  to  his  cousin  Mary  Jane  Storey,  of  Warsaw, 
Kentucky.  Mary  Jane  Storey,  his  wife,  was  born  in  Mount  Ster- 
ling, Kentucky,  December  29,  1824,  and  died  September  2^,  1891. 
They  had  six  children  :  Martha  Jane,  William  David,  Ezra,  Cora 
v.,  Frank  and  Charles. 

a.  Martha  Jane,  daughter  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Jane  Storey, 
was  born  August  31,  1847,  and  was  married  to  J.  L.  Smith,  of 
Richmond,  Indiana,  December  13,  1870.  Children:  Cora  Edith, 
born  September  10,  1871  ;  married  to  Mr.  Shaw  of  Richmond, 
Indiana,  June  26,  1894;  Walter  G.,  born  December  26,  1872; 
died  January  8,  1893;  Alma,  born  October  7,  1874;  Elmer,  born 
June  22,  1880;  Roy,  born  June  21,  1882;  Emma,  born  February 
II,  1880. 


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b.  William  David,  son  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Storey,  was  born 
June  31,  1849,  ^^^  died  February  27,  1900. 

c.  Ezra,  son  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Storey,  was  born  October 
8,  1853. 

d.  Cora  V.,  daughter  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Storey,  born 
August  15,  1855. 

e.  Frank,  son  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Storey,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 13,  1856,  and  died  January  11,  1896. 

/.  Charles,  son  of  John  V.  and  Mary  Storey,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 16,  1859. 

John  V.  Storey  was  married,  second,  to  Mrs.  Addie  Moore  of 
Bartholomew,  Indiana,  November  28,  1874.  Mr.  Storey  began 
his  business  career  as  a  druggist.  Is  now  retired.  He  and  his  wife 
live  at  Columbus,  Indiana. 

(2)  Emily  Vawter  Storey,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane 
(Vawter)  Storey,  was  born  December  12,  1828,  and  died  July 
20,  1842. 

(3)  Mary  Vawter  Storey,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane 
(Vawter)  Storey,  was  born  April  21,  1831 ;  married  in  1850  to 
John  T.  Vawter;  died  March  21,  1900.   No  children. 

(4)  Smith  William,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter) 
Storey,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  December  23,  1833.  While 
a  mere  youth,  he  made  the  overland  trip  to  the  Pacific,  driving 
an  ox  wagon,  and  for  several  years  endured  the  hardships  and 
dangers  of  a  frontiersman  and  miner  in  California  and  Oregon. 
Returning  to  Vernon,  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  in  which 
he  continued  until  his  death.  S.  William  Storey  was  an  elder  in 
the  Vernon  Presbyterian  Church ;  was  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day-school for  twenty-five  years ;  was  an  organizer  and  promoter 
of  the  first  bank  in  Vernon;  was  a  director,  and  from  1895  until 
his  death  was  president  of  the  First  National  Bank.  He  was  mar- 
ried May  17,  i860,  to  Martha  E.  Wise,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
Copeland,  the  son  of  Matthew  and  Julia  (Vawter)  Wise.  There 
was  one  daughter,  Kate,  who  was  born  October  8,  1861,  and  mar- 
ried October  16,  1884,  to  Lincoln  Dixon.  Mr.  Dixon  was  bom 
February  9,  i860,  and  is  an  attorney-at-law  of  North  Vernon, 
Indiana,  and  has  recently  been  elected  to  congress. 


62  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children  of  Lincoln  and  Kate  (Storey)  Dixon  :  Esther  Claire, 
born  December  i6,  1887;  Donald  Storey,  born  October  6,  1890; 
Dorothy,  born  April  3,  1900. 

Martha  W.  Storey,  the  wife  of  S.  William  Storey,  died  August 
28,  1889.  She  was  a  woman  of  great  loveliness  of  character,  and 
is  remembered  with  the  sincerest  affection  by  her  many  friends. 

S.  William  Storey  was  married,  second,  to  Lena  Carlisle,  De- 
cember II,  1890.  Lena  Carlisle  was  born  June  10,  1864.  Chil- 
dren: Blanche,  born  September  14,  1891,  and  S.  William,  Jr., 
born  December  2^,  1893. 

S.  William  Storey  died  October  7,  1903. 

(5)  David,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter)  Storey,  was 
born  June  2^,  1836,  and  died  December  5,  1842. 

(6)  Thomas  Henry  Storey,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane 
(Vawter)  Storey,  was  born  July  18,  1838,  and  was  married  to 
Titia  Sharp  in  Kansas  in  1881.  No  children.  Thomas  H.  Storey 
had  a  stroke  of  paralysis  during  the  last  year  of  the  Civil  War  and 
was  discharged  on  account  of  it,  never  entirely  recovering  from 
the  effects.  He  was  totally  blind  for  eight  years  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  January  23,  1890.     His  widow  is  living. 

(7)  James  Marshall,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter) 
Storey,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Lidiana,  October  17,  1840.  During 
the  Civil  War  he  was  mustered  into  service  as  a  private  of  Com- 
pany H,  Twenty-sixth  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  August  3, 
1861 ;  was  made  sergeant  of  company  June  2^,  1862;  lieutenant, 
July  20,  1863;  captain,  June  19,  1865.  He  was  aide-de-camp  to 
Brigadier  General  Vandiver  from  July  25,  1863  to  October  14, 
1863;  served  under  Gen.  Fremont,  in  his  campaign  in  Missouri 
in  1862,  after  the  rebel  Gen.  Price  was  wounded  in  the  forehead 
at  the  battle  of  Prairie  Grove,  Arkansas,  December  7,  1862;  was 
in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg;  the  taking  of  Brownsville,  Texas,  in 
the  latter  part  of  1863  ;  the  siege  of  Spanish  Fort  from  investment 
to  capitulation  April  9,  1865;  the  taking  of  Montgomery,  Ala- 
bama, April  25,  1865.  He  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Vicks- 
burg, Mississippi,  January  15,  1866.  After  the  war  J.  M.  Storey 
went  into  the  hardware  business  in  Indianapolis,  afterwards  going 
to  Franklin,  Indiana,  where  he  owns  the  "Up-Town  House." 


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J.  Marshall  Storey  was  married  April  21,  1864,  to  Lucia  Bar- 
num,  who  was  born  April  23,  1843. 
Children : 

a.    Guy,  born  February  12,  1867. 

h.  Grace,  born  September  22,  1869 ;  married  April  29.  1896, 
to  Thomas  Larkins,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  One 
child,  Storey,  born  April  29,  1897. 

c.  John  T.,  born  September  22,  1872;  married  March  13, 

1902,  to  Meta  Mella,  born  1879.  One  child,  Elizabeth, 
born  November  23,  1903. 

d.  Oscar  Sears,  born  February  12,  1880. 

e.  Infant,  born  and  died  in  1886. 

(8)  Riley  Clark  Storey,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter) 
Storey,  was  born  December  18,  1842,  in  Vernon,  Indiana.  As  a 
lad  he  was  a  book-lover  and  of  a  studious  disposition.  It  is  said 
that  he  left  home  at  one  time  to  follow  a  favorite  teacher  to  In- 
dianapolis, where  he  sold  papers  in  order  to  pay  his  tuition  and 
other  expenses.  He  was  in  college  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  when 
the  war  broke  out.  He  enlisted  in  the  Eighteenth  Indiana  Volun- 
teers. The  forced  marches,  exposure  to  rain  and  snow  and  sleep- 
ing on  the  wet  ground  were  too  severe  for  him.  He  was  honor- 
ably discharged  January  17,  1863,  a  sick  man.  and  suffered  during 
the  rest  of  his  life  from  rheumatism  and  kindred  troubles.  After 
his  discharge  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  and  grad- 
uated from  that  institution  with  the  famous  class  of  '69.  While 
in  the  university  he,  with  others,  organized  the  local  chapter  of 
the  Phi  Delta  Theta  fraternity.  After  graduating,  he  entered  a 
law  school  in  Indianapolis,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
LL.  B.  later. 

Riley  C.  Storey  was  married  March  30,  1874,  to  Rose  Mar- 
garet Shaefer,  who  was  born  August  8,  1857,  in  Patriot,  Indiana. 
At  the  time  of  his  marriage  Riley  Storey  was  in  the  United  States 
revenue  service  and  had  some  serious  experiences  with  various 
offenders  of  the  law.  Afterwards  he  was  for  six  years  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Cowley  county,  Kansas.  After  a  number 
of  changes,  he  was  principal  of  the  public  schools  of  Golden  Hill, 
Nevada,  for  eight  years.    He  was  then  principal  of  schools  in 


64  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Gilroy,  California,  for  two  years.  His  health  failing,  he  joined 
his  son  in  1899,  who  was  a  teacher  in  Stanford  University.  He 
died  on  the  seventeenth  of  September,  1902. 

a.  Thomas  Andrew  Storey,  son  of  Riley  Clark  and  Rose 
(Shaefer)  Storey,  was  born  January  29,  1875;  married  June  26, 
1899,  to  Parnie  Olive  Hamilton,  who  was  born  in  the  San  Joa- 
quin Valley,  California,  August  21,  1874. 

Thomas  Andrew  Storey  is  a  teacher  in  Leland  Stanford  Uni- 
versity. He  is  now  on  leave  of  absence  and  will  spend  a  year  in 
Boston,  completing  the  work  required  for  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  in 
the  Harvard  Medical  School.  He  will  then  return  to  Stanford 
University. 

(a)  Margaret  Hamilton  Storey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Andrew 
and  Parnie  (Hamilton)  Storey,  was  born  July  31,  1900. 

(9)  George  W.  Storey,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Jane  (Vawter) 
Storey,  was  born  July  6,  1845  !  married  in  1867  to  Hepsie  John- 
son. A  son.  Smith  William  Storey,  was  born  in  1869,  and  is  now 
living  in  Kansas. 

George  W.  Storey  married,  second,  Alice  Stonebrook,  August 
30,  1893.   Alice  Stonebrook  was  born  March  9,  1863. 
Children : 

a.  John  v.,  born  July  31,  1894. 

b.  Ralph  G.,  born  March  23.  1897;  died  May  12,  1898. 

c.  Mabel  Emma,  born  October  14,  1898. 

d.  Frances  C,  born  May  2,  1903. 

George  W.  Storey  began  life  as  a  druggist,  then  went  south 
as  a  planter,  and  is  now  a  farmer  living  at  Jelloway,  Ohio. 

(10)  Emma  Julia,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Vawter) 
Storey,  was  born  May  2,  1848,  in  Vernon,  Indiana;  married 
March  19,  1867,  to  Daniel  Lattimore.  One  child,  Mabel  Vawter 
Lattimore,  was  born  April  25,  1876,  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  mar- 
ried March  28,  1904,  to  Willis  Bradley  Speare. 

Daniel  E.  Lattimore  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  February 
2^,  1846.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Presbyterian  minister.  Has  been 
a  clerk  in  the  surgeon  general's  office  in  the  War  Department  for 
thirty-four  years.  Lives  at  1529  Corcoran  street,  Washington, 
D.  C. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Emily  (Vawter)  Campbell 

Emily  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  and  Polly  Smith  Vawter, 
was  born  May  i6,  1814;  married  to  Allan  Campbell  in  1829;  died 
July  8,  1877. 

Allan  Campbell  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  a  few 
miles  from  Frankfort,  January  31,  1808,  and  in  the  winter  of 
1 8 16- 1 7,  with  his  father,  moved  to  Jennings  county,  Indiana. 
Allan  Campbell  was  a  farmer  and  lived  for  many  years  on  his 
farm  near  Vernon,  Indiana.  He  died  in  Maryville,  Missouri,  May 
15,  1 88 1.  There  were  four  children  :  Mary,  Smith  Vawter,  Solon 
B.  and  John  D. 

( 1 )  Mary,  died  in  youth. 

(2)  Smith  Vaw^ter  Campbell,  son  of  Allan  and  Emily  Vawter 
Campbell,  was  born  on  the  farm  near  Vernon,  Jennings  county, 
Indiana,  August  26,  1832.  He  attended  school  at  Ann  Arbor, 
Michigan,  graduating  in  medicine  in  the  early  fifties,  and  settled 
for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Lebanon,  Indiana.  Here  he 
was  married  to  Carrie  Steele  Davis,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  P. 
Davis,  in  1854.  Soon  afterward  he  moved  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
where  he  entered  into  active  practice.  When  the  war  broke  out 
he  offered  his  services;  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Twenty-third  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  four  years 
and  six  months.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  moved  to  Adel, 
Iowa,  and,  in  1878,  to  Maryville,  Missouri,  and  practiced  medi- 
cine. He  died  in  1902. 

Carrie  Davis  Campbell  was  born  May  13,  1836,  in  Boone 
county,  Indiana;  died  July  2,  1895. 

The  children  of  Smith  Vawter  and  Carrie  Davis  Campbell 
were :  John,  Emily,  James  Burt  and  Sarah  Scott. 

a.  John  S.,  son  of  Smith  V.  and  Carrie  D.  Campbell,  was 
born  March  17,  1863,  and  was  married  in  May,  1886,  to  Margaret 
Coan,  who  was  born  in  Westport  (now  Kansas  City),  Missouri, 
in  May,  1863.  They  have  one  child,  Mary,  who  was  born  August, 
1888. 


66  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

John  Campbell  is  general  solicitor  for  the  Smith-McChord- 
Townsend  Wholesale  Dry  Goods  Company  and  lives  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri. 

b.  Emily  D.,  daughter  of  Smith  V.  and  Carrie  D.  Campbell, 
was  born  in  Adel,  Iowa,  February  20,  1866,  and  was  married  to 
Edward  F.  Wolfert,  October  30,  1890.  Edward  F.  Wolfert  was 
born  in  Burlington,  Iowa,  March  21,  i860.  He  is  a  carriage 
manufacturer  of  Maryville,  Missouri. 

c.  James  Burt,  son  of  Smith  V.  and  Carrie  D.  Campbell,  was 
born  November  17,  1867,  in  Adel,  Iowa.  He  is  unmarried  and 
living  in  Maryville,  Missouri.  Has  business  interests  in  Alaska 
and  in  the  west, 

d.  Sarah  Scott,  daughter  of  Smith  V.  and  Carrie  D.  Campbell, 
was  born  in  Adel,  Iowa,  October  25,  1872,  and  was  married  on 
October  12,  1892,  to  George  B.  Baker,  who  was  born  in  Mary- 
ville, Missouri,  February  19,  1870.  They  have  one  child,  Carrie 
Margaret,  born  June  21,  1896.  George  B.  Baker  is  engaged  in 
the  banking  business  in  Maryville,  Missouri. 

(3)  Solon  B.  Campbell,  son  of  Allan  and  Emily  Vawter 
Campbell,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  November  29,  1839; 
married  in  DeSoto,  Iowa,  February  25,  1874,  to  Carolyn  Otter- 
man,  who  was  born  in  Thorntown,  Indiana. 

Solon  B.  Campbell  was  a  druggist  and  a  physician,  practicing 
for  twenty-five  years  in  Adel,  Iowa.  He  enlisted  during  the  Civil 
War  in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  Regiment. 
Was  discharged  on  account  of  ill  health.  Died  in  Adel,  Iowa, 
July  31,  1893. 

Children  of  Solon  B.  and  Carolyn  Otterman  Campbell : 

a.  Vernon  Campbell,  born  March  30,  1875 ;  married  to  Janice 
Findus,  January  24,  1903,  in  San  Francisco.  They  live  in  Los 
Angeles,  California.  Vernon  Campbell  is  in  the  olive  business. 
He  is  secretary,  manager  and  treasurer  of  a  large  olive  canning 
factory  located  in  Los  Angeles.  The  company  cans  ripe  olives 
and  makes  olive  oil,  having  made  twenty-five  thousand  gallons 
of  oil  last  year. 

b.  Hazel  Campbell,  born  October  4,  1876. 

c.  Joseph  Allan  Campbell,  born  January  14,  1878, 


THE    VAVVTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  0/ 

d.  Garnette  Carolyn,  born  July  i,  1879. 

e.  Glenn  Solon,  born  July  i,  1879;  died  in  February,  1880. 
/.    Kemper  Bramwell  Campbell,  born  July  5,  1881. 

g.    Gladys  Campbell,  born  July  11,  1886. 

Joseph  and  Kemper  Campbell  are  operating  a  vegetable  can- 
nery in  Moneta,  California. 

Mrs.  Campbell  and  all  of  the  children  except  Vernon,  live  in 
Moneta,  California,  ten  miles  from  Los  Angeles. 

(4)  John  D.,  son  of  Allan  and  Emily  Vawter  Campbell,  was 
born  in  Vernon,  Indiana;  died  in  Georgia,  where  he  had  gone 
for  his  health.     He  left  a  wife  and  a  number  of  children. 


4 
Marion  Vawter 

Marion  Vawter,  son  of  John  and  Ruth  (Minton)  Vawter,  was 
born  November  30,  1830,  at  Vernon.  Indiana.  When  about 
eighteen  or  twenty  years  of  age  he,  with  his  father,  his  brother 
and  sister,  moved  to  Morgantown,  Indiana.  His  early  employ- 
ment was  as  roadmaster  of  the  Franklin  and  Martinsville  Rail- 
road. He  moved,  with  his  family,  to  Indianapolis  in  i860,  and 
w^as  employed  in  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  Railroad  machine 
shops  for  four  or  five  years,  having  charge  of  the  shops  the  last 
two  years.  In  1865  the  road  was  consolidated  with  the  Jefferson- 
ville  Railroad,  and  Marion  Vawter  then  secured  a  position  in  the 
Eagle  machine  shops  for  a  short  time,  then  with  D.  Root  &  Co., 
foundry  and  machine  shops,  where  he  was  employed  several 
years.  He  resigned  from  this  position,  and  with  Benjamin  J. 
Smith,  former  master  mechanic  of  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis 
Railroad,  started  a  machine  and  repair  shop  at  Spencer,  Indiana. 
This  venture  did  not  prove  a  success,  and  he  returned  to  D.  Root 
&  Co.,  and  afterwards  to  the  Sinker,  Davis  &  Co.  machine  shops, 
where  he  was  employed  until  his  death  in  1880. 

Marion  Vawter  was  married  January  28,  1851,  at  Morgan- 
town,  Indiana,  to  Rebecca  Mahafy,  who  was  born  March  6,  1832, 
in  Maryville,  Ohio,  and  is  now  living  at  Lafayette,  Indiana.  Their 


68  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

children  were:    (i)   Charles  Minton;   (2)   William  Riley;   (3) 
Mary  Emily,  and  (4)  Jesse  Segal. 

(i)  Charles  Minton  Vawter,  son  of  Marion  and  Rebecca 
(Mahafy)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Morgantown,  Indiana,  February 
28,  1853.  Charles  Vawter  probably  is  acquainted  with  more  of 
the  Vawter  relatives  than  any  other  one  in  the  whole  connection. 
He  has  been  greatly  interested  in  the  history  of  the  Vawter  fam- 
ily, and  to  him  is  due  the  preservation  of  much  of  the  history  of 
his  grandfather  which  has  been  given  in  this  account. 

A  short  sketch  of  Charles  M.  Vawter,  taken  from  a  letter  writ- 
ten by  himself,  is  here  reproduced. 

"I,  Charles  Minton  Vawter,  moved  from  Morgantown,  In- 
diana, with  my  father,  to  Indianapolis,  in  i860,  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there  until  1865  or  1866.  I  then  secured  employ- 
ment with  my  uncle,  John  Allan  Vawter,  on  his  huckster  wagon, 
which  ran  between  Indianapolis  and  Morgantown.  While  with 
my  uncle  I  formed  the  acquaintance  of  one  Mr.  Bently,  a  tin 
pedler,  who  secured  me  the  job  of  running  a  wagon  for  J.  J. 
Smith  &  Co.,  108  South  Delaware  street,  Indianapolis.  The  com- 
pany was  running  twenty  wagons.  This  was  the  first  good  job 
for  me,  and  paid  $26.00  a  month  and  expenses. 

"On  October  2  I  started  out  with  my  tin  wagon  and  ran  it 
until  1872.  On  June  9  of  1872  I  went  to  Lafayette  and  ran  a 
wagon  for  Robert  Manning  &  Co.  until  November  22  of  the  same 
year.  On  this  date  I  secured  a  position  as  brakeman  on  the  Louis- 
ville, New  Albany  and  Chicago  Railway,  making  my  first  trip  to 
Bloomington,  Indiana.  In  1874  I  was  promoted  to  train  baggage- 
master.  In  December,  1876,  I  was  promoted  to  a  freight  con- 
ductor. In  1879  I  had  an  accident  which  caused  me  to  lose  my 
position.  I  then  started  a  restaurant  in  Michigan  City  and  ran  it 
until  I  lost  what  little  money  I  had.  I  then  went  back  on  the 
Louisville,  New  Albany  and  Chicago  road.  Soon  after,  my  wife's 
health  failing,  I  resigned  and  took  care  of  her  until  her  death. 
In  March  of  that  year  I  secured  a  position  as  freight  conductor 
on  the  Wabash  Railroad,  between  Moberly,  Missouri,  and  St. 
Louis.  My  mother  and  son  Fred,  aged  six,  were  with  me  while 
there.    I  left  the  Wabash   January  i,  1884,  and  returned  to  the 


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Louisville,  New  Albany  and  Chicago  as  local  freight  conductor. 
In  March,  1886,  I  lost  my  position,  owing  to  a  change  of  officers. 
From  March  to  August  I  was  in  the  produce  business  at  Bloom- 
ington,  Indiana,  having  moved  there  from  Lafayette.  In  July  I 
called  on  Mr.  Bent  at  Cincinnati,  who  employed  me  as  local 
freight  conductor,  running  between  Seymour,  Indiana,  and 
Cincinnati.  I  then  moved  from  Bloomington  to  Seymour.  In 
1888  I  was  promoted  to  extra  passenger  conductor,  and  in  Sep- 
tember, 1889,  to  a  regular  passenger  train  between  Louisville 
and  North  Vernon.  I  then  moved  to  New  Albany.  In  1897  I 
began  running  between  Louisville  and  Cincinnati,  moving  to 
Home  City,  Ohio.  At  present  I  am  running  between  Cincinnati 
and  St.  Louis." 

Charles  M.  Vawter  was  married  September  23,  1875,  to  Carrie 
J.  Timmons,  a  daughter  of  Allan  Timmons.  She  was  born  in 
Hamburg.  Germany.   They  had  one  son,  Fred  Allan. 

Carrie  Timmons  Vawter  died  January  5,  1883. 

Charles  M.  Vawter  was  married  at  Gosport,  Indiana,  August 
II,  1884,  to  Alice  Campbell,  who  was  born  July  29,  1859,  in  ^[t. 
Tabor,  Indiana.  Children:  Eva  May,  still-born,  August  21,  1885, 
and  Maud,  born  June  i,  1888,  at  Seymour,  Indiana. 

Charles  M.  Vawter's  address  is  Home  City,  Ohio. 

a.  Frederick  Allan  Vawter,  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Carrie 
(Timmons)  Vaw^ter,  was  born  February  16,  1878;  married  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1898,  to  Stella  Crichlow,  who  was  born  in  1881.  They 
have  two  children,  Charles  Desmond,  born  November  9,  1897, 
and  Jesse,  born  August,  1899. 

Frederick  Allan  Vawter  is  manager  of  the  Vawter  Hay  and 
Grain  Co.,  Indianapolis.    Lives  at  2709  Bellefontaine  street. 

(2)  William  Riley,  son  of  Marion  and  Rebecca  (Mahafy) 
Vawter,  was  born  September  9,  1855,  and  was  married  in  August, 
1879,  to  Emma  Ketcham,  in  Glenwood,  Missouri.  There  were 
no  children. 

William  Vawter  was  employed  on  the  railroad  as  brakeman 
and  freight  conductor,  and  was  killed  at  Parsons,  Kansas,  March 
18,  1 88 1.  His  widow,  now  Mrs.  Emma  Case,  is  living  at  Glen- 
wood, Missouri. 


JO  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(3)  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Marion  and  Rebecca  (Mahafy) 
Vawter,  was  born  October  23,  1857,  and  was  married  to  Richard 
Dunning  in  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  May  29,  1878. 

Richard  Dunning  was  born  March  29,  1848,  in  Covington, 
Ohio. 

Children:   Carrie,  still-born,  June  18,  1879,  in  Indianapolis. 

Earl  Raymond,  born  June  22,  1880,  in  Indianapolis. 

Tilh'e  Allan,  born  July  6,  1886,  in  Chicago. 

Luella,  born  September  i,  1896,  in  Chicago;  died  November 

5.  1897- 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunning  and  children  live  at  6342  Champlain 

avenue,  Chicago. 

(4)  Jesse,  son  of  Marion  and  Rebecca  (Mahafy)  Vawter, 
was  born  August  27,  1859,  at  Morgantown,  Indiana.  He  was 
married  in  June,  1886,  to  Ella  Brown  in  Stinesville,  Indiana.  Ella 
Brown  was  born  September  12,  1862.  Their  children  were 
George,  born  January  14,  1887,  and  Grace,  born  February  18, 

1889. 

Jesse  was  freight  conductor  and  was  killed  while  running  on 
the  Belt  Line  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Jesse  Vawter's  widow  married  Albert  Nail  and  lives  at  Mid- 
land, Indiana. 


Mary   (Vawter)   Obenshain 

Mary  Ann  Vawter,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Minton) 
Vawter,  was  born  March  6,  1836,  in  Vernon,  Indiana.  She  moved 
to  Morgantown  with  her  father  at  the  age  of  about  twelve  or 
thirteen  years.  Here  she  was  married  to  George  Obenshain  Jan- 
uary 28,  1 85 1.  She  united  with  the  Missionary  Baptist  Church 
of  Morgantown  February  i,  1856;  died  April  24,  1897. 

George  Obenshain  was  born  April  4,  1822,  in  Botetourt  county, 
Virginia.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  grocery  merchants  of  Mor- 
gantown, Indiana,  for  many  years.  He  has  now  sold  out  his 
business  and  retired  to  private  life. 

The  children  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Obenshain  were 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  7I 

Martha  Jane,  John  W.,  Smith,  Emma  V.,  Carrie  M.,  Frank  A. 
and  Ruth  M. 

(i)  Martha  Jane,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter) 
Obenshain,  was  born  May  19,  1852,  at  Morgantovvn,  Indiana,  and 
was  married  August  9,  1 871,  to  Joseph  L.  Fesler,  who  was  born 
April  23,  1850,  in  Morgantown.  Mr.  Fesler  is  a  farmer  living 
near  Morgantown.    Their  children  : 

a.  Carrie  A.,  born  October  23,  1872,  at  Morgantown,  In- 
diana; married  May  19,  1897,  to  Emerson  M.  Wood,  who  was 
bom  January  10,  1877,  in  Bedford,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Wood  is 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Morgantown  Truth. 

b.  Timothy  C,  born  March  28,  1875,  in  Morgantown;  mar- 
ried there  on  December  27,  1899,  to  Lulu  Coleman,  born  May  21, 
1882.  Children:  James  Leon,  born  June  28,  1900,  and  Esther, 
born  January  10,  1902;  died  May  30,  1903.  Timothy  C.  Fesler 
is  postmaster  in  Morgantown,  Indiana. 

c.  Susie  C.  Fesler  was  born  August  16,  1880,  in  Morgantown. 

d.  Jennie  A.  was  born  July  2,  1884,  in  Morgantown;  died 
April  22,  1 89 1. 

(2)  John  W.,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Obenshain, 
died  when  a  child. 

(3)  Smith,  son  of  George  and  Mary  Obenshain,  died  when  a 
child. 

(4)  Emma  V.,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter) 
Obenshain,  was  born  July  10,  i860;  married  April  2,  1880,  at 
Morgantown  to  John  W.  Hilton,  who  was  born  March  27,  i860, 
at  Morgantown,  and  died  December  17,  1899,  at  Sullivan,  In- 
diana. One  child,  Fred  E.,  was  born  November  9,  1883,  at  Mar- 
tinsville. He  lives  at  Paris,  Illinois,  with  his  mother.  He  is  now 
taking  a  course  in  electric  engineering  at  Champaign,  Illinois. 

(5)  Carrie  M.,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter) 
Obenshain,  died  when  a  child. 

(6)  Frank  Allan,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Oben- 
shain, was  born  December  13,  1868,  at  Morgantown,  and  was 
married  November  4,  1895,  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  to  Berda  M. 
Ream,  who  was  born  August  31,   1874,  at  Nineveh,  Indiana. 


72  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Frank  Obenshain  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but  at  present  is  rural 
mail  carrier.   Lives  at  Morgantown,  Indiana. 

(7)  Ruth  M.  Obenshain,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary 
(Vawter)  Obenshain,  was  born  August  i8,  1873,  at  Morgan- 
town;  married  July  6,  1902,  to  Spencer  H.  Wood,  who  was  born 
November  7,  1880,  at  Sligo,  Kentucky.  Their  child,  Harold  H., 
was  born  July  i,  1903. 

Spencer  H.  Wood  is  a  brother  to  Emerson  Wood.  He  is  a 
printer  by  trade,  but  at  present  is  collector  for  the  Metropolitan 
Insurance  Company.   Lives  in  Franklin,  Indiana. 


Allan  Vawter 

Allan  Vawter,  son  of  John  and  Ruth  (Minton)  Vawter,  was 
born  May  9,  1833,  at  Vernon,  Indiana.  He  was  married  Novem- 
ber 20,  1853,  at  Morgantown,  Indiana,  to  Catherine  Hickey  of 
Morgantown,  who  was  born  at  Elizabethtown,  Carter  county, 
Tennessee,  near  Knoxville,  October  10,  1837. 

Allan  Vawter  was  a  merchant  and  a  trader.  He  drove  from 
Indianapolis  to  Morgantown,  Indiana,  and  bought  poultry,  eggs, 
butter,  tallow,  etc.,  and  gave  in  exchange  merchandise.  He  was 
well  known  all  along  the  route,  and  was  familiarly  called  "Al" 
Vawter.  He  had  a  branch  store  at  Smith's  Valley,  Indiana,  and 
a  general  store  at  Glenn's  Valley,  Indiana.  He  was  of  a  genial 
and  social  disposition  and  had  a  host  of  friends.  Charles  M. 
Vawter  and  two  brothers  and  one  sister  made  their  home  with 
him  for  some  time.  John  Allan  Vawter  died  May  30,  1874,  at 
Glenn's  Valley,  Indiana,  and  was  buried  at  Morgantown. 

Catherine  Hickey  Vawter,  wife  of  Allan,  was  left  a  widow 
with  five  children  dependent  upon  her  for  support,  the  youngest 
being  but  six  months  old  at  the  time  of  the  father's  death.  Mrs. 
Vawter  had  charge  of  the  general  store  and  the  postoffice  at 
Glenn's  Valley,  Indiana.  She  died  at  her  father's  home  in  Mor- 
gantown, Indiana,  May  28,  1895,  from  injuries  received  in  a  run- 
away accident. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  73 

The  children  of  Allan  and  Catherine  (Hickey)  Vawter  were 
Frank  Day,  Ida  Ruth,  Elmer  Mayo,  Lillian  Lincoln,  Grace  Min- 
ton  and  Cora  Allan. 

(i)  Frank  Day  Vawter,  son  of  Allan  and  Catherine  Hickey 
Vawter,  was  born  at  Morgantown,  Indiana.  February  6,  1856; 
married  April  19,  1877,  to  Laura  E.  Smart,  who  was  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  i860. 

Their  children : 

a.  Clarence  Allan,  born  March  28,  1878;  married  August 

5,  1901,  at  Vincennes,  Indiana,  to  Jennie  Moore.   His 
wife  died  June  20,  1902,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years. 

b.  John  Elmer,  born  June  20,  1879. 

c.  Frances  Bertram,  born  February  19,  1881. 

d.  Willie  Belle,  born  November  8,  1882. 

e.  Ella  Mae,  born  October  i,  1884. 

/.    Horace  Raymond,  born  March  15,  1886. 

g.    Nellie  Bly,  born  January  2^,  1888. 

h.    Catherine,  born  December  8,  1890. 

i.    Alice  Pearl,  born  November  27,  1892. 
Frank  Day  Vawter  died  near  Vincennes,  Indiana,  January  17, 
1900.  aged  forty-four  years.    The  family  lives  at  Valley  Mills, 
Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  i. 

(2)  Ida  Ruth  Vawter,  daughter  of  Allan  and  Catherine 
(Hickey)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Morgantown,  Indiana,  May  i, 
1858,  and  died  at  Glenn's  Valley,  August  25,  1897. 

(3)  Elmer  Mayo  Vawter,  son  of  Allan  and  Catherine 
(Hickey)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Morgantown  August  25,  1861; 
married  at  Smith's  Valley,  Indiana,  February  24,  1889,  to  Mar- 
garet Alice  Sawyer,  born  in  1869. 

Children : 

a.  Ralph  Emerson,  born  December  12,  1889. 

b.  Raymond,  born  July  15,  1891. 

c.  Mary  Ruth,  born  December  5,  1892. 

d.  Frank,  born  April  8,  1895. 

e.  Dewey,  born  April  23,  1898. 

/.      Martha  Clarice,  born  December  28,  1899. 
g.     Paul  Leon,  born  March  6,  1903. 


74  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Elmer  Mayo  Vawter  lives  near  Mt.  Pleasant  cemetery  in  John- 
son county,  Indiana,  and  is  sexton  of  same.  His  postoffice  address 
is  Greenwood,  Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  17. 

(4)  Lillian  Lincoln  Vawter,  daughter  of  Allan  and  Catherine 
(Hickey)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  April  10, 
1866;  married  at  Indianapolis,  July  24,  1899,  to  Thomas  Lafay- 
ett  Smith.  They  have  one  son,  Thomas  Allan  Smith,  who  was 
born  near  Farmington,  Kentucky,  January  24,  1902. 

Thomas  Lafayette  Smith  is  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  living 
near  Mayfield,  Kentucky,  R.  F.  D.  No.  i. 

(5)  Cora  Allan  Vawter,  daughter  of  Allan  and  Catherine 
(Hickey)  Vawter,  was  born  October  11,  1873,  and  was  married 
at  Glenn's  Valley,  Indiana,  November  18,  1891,  to  Whitfield 
Yeager.  They  have  no  children.  Live  at  1204  Pleasant  street, 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


11 

WILLIAM    VAWTER 

William  Vawter,  the  son  of  Jesse,  was  born  April  2,  1783,  in 
the  Holston  country,  near  where  North  Carolina,  East  Tennessee 
and  Virginia  now  join.  Because  of  the  hardships  to  be  endured 
in  the  new  country,  and  because  he  was  a  twin,  the  parents  of 
William  Vawter  left  him  in  Virginia  with  his  maternal  grand- 
parents when  they  were  there  on  a  visit.  He  was  about  two  years 
old  at  the  time  and  he  remained  with  his  grandfather  and  grand- 
mother Watts  until  seven  years  of  age. 

William  Vawter  himself,  in  writing  of  this  period  of  his  life, 
says : 

"In  the  fall  of  1790  my  father  and  mother  moved  to  Kentucky 
and  there  I  was  brought  up.  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  my  age  I 
was  struck  under  conviction  for  my  sins,  and  I  labored  very  hard 
in  my  own  way  to  bring  God  under  obligation  to  save  me  for  my 
works,  but,  instead  of  getting  any  nearer  heaven,  I  seemed  to  get 
farther  ofif,  and  I  continued  so  for  months.  At  last  I  concluded 
that  there  was  no  mercy  for  me,  that  I  was  a  reprobate,  and  it 
increased  my  trouble.  I  could  not  see  any  way  that  God  could 
save  such  a  sinner  as  I  was  unless  He  changed,  and  I  did  not  wish 
Him  to  change  to  save  me.  His  law  said :  The  soul  that  sins,  it 
shall  die.'  I  looked  for  death  from  day  to  day,  so  you  see  my 
trouble  was  great. 

"Late  in  November,  1800,  I  retired  to  condole  over  my  lost 
condition,  for  I  had  concluded  that  there  was  no  mercy  for  me, 
as  I  had  tried  every  way  I  could  think  of  to  humble  myself  so 
as  to  bring  God  under  obligation  to  save  me  from  a  burning  hell, 
and  He  seemed  to  be  angry  with  me  all  the  time.  I  could  not  see 
how  He  could  save  such  a  sinner  as  I  was,  and  yet  I  wanted  to 
be  saved  if  it  could  be  done  on  the  principles  of  justice.    Then, 


76  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

all  of  a  sudden,  it  came  into  my  mind :  The  will  of  the  Lord  be 
done,'  and  as  soon  as  I  gave  myself  up  the  trouble  was  all  gone, 
and  all  creation  seemed  to  be  praising  God.  I  felt  like  I  had  been 
asleep  all  my  life  before.  This  happiness  did  not  last  long.  I  had 
not  gotten  what  I  was  in  search  of.  I  could  not  get  it.  I  know 
there  was  a  great  change  in  my  feelings  about  that  time,  but  that 
was  not  religion. 

"In  about  a  month  after  I  went  to  the  church  to  see  if  they 
could  tell  me  how  to  get  religion,  and  to  my  great  surprise  they 
received  me  as  a  fit  subject  for  baptism.  I  could  not  receive  my- 
self, but  I  studied  on  it  for  a  month  and  then  yielded  to  the  judg- 
ment of  the  church  and  was  baptized  by  old  Father  Hickman  in 
North  Elkhorn.  He  was  the  pastor  of  the  church  called  McCon- 
nel's  Run  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky.  After  this  there  was  a 
church  constitution  in  father's  house  called  North  Fork.  I  re- 
mained in  that  church  for  about  five  years  until  father  lost  his 
land  because  of  a  defective  title.  We  built  us  a  frame  meeting- 
house. 

"My  father  now  made  up  his  mind  to  locate  in  Indiana  Terri- 
tory, and  I  agreed  to  assist  him  in  making  a  settlement.  We 
moved  to  Mount  Glad,  near  Madison,  Indiana,  in  1806.  In  1807 
there  was  a  Baptist  Church  constitution  in  father's  house  called 
Crooked  Creek,  afterwards  changed  to  Mount  Pleasant.  On  the 
first  day  of  January,  1809,  I  married  Frances  Vawter,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Philemon  (the  brother  of  Jesse)  and  Anna  Vawter,  and  in 
1829  we  moved  to  Jennings  county  and  joined  the  Vernon 
Church.  In  1835  there  was  a  new  constitution  called  Zoar,  where 
my  membership  is  at  this  time.  I  have  been  in  three  constitutions 
and  belonged  to  five  Baptist  churches.  In  the  last  named  church 
I  was  set  apart  by  fasting,  prayer  and  the  imposition  of  hands  to 
administer  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel." 

William  Vawter  was  of  a  retiring  nature.  Although  firm  in 
his  notions  of  men  and  public  policy,  he  never  engaged  actively 
in  politics  and  was  no  office  seeker.  In  Jefferson  county,  on  some 
few  occasions,  he  accepted  office  in  the  civil  department,  and 
during  the  Indian  troubles  of  181 1  and  18 12  he  was  a  captain  of 
the  militia,  but  on  the  return  of  peace  he  resigned  the  office.   From 


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THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  "J-J 

his  ordination  William  Vawter  devoted  all  the  time  he  could  spare 
from  domestic  affairs  and  farm  duties  to  preaching  and  the  build- 
ing up  of  the  churches.  He  never  received  money  as  compensation 
for  his  labors,  and  his  house  was  ever  open  to  the  entertainment 
of  strangers,  friends  and  brethren. 

For  six  years  before  his  death  William  Vawter  lived  with  his 
daughter.  Frances  V.  King,  and  his  wife,  Frances,  lived  there 
for  one  year  longer.  William  died  on  Friday  morning,  July  17, 
1868,  aged  eighty-five  years,  three  months  and  fifteen  days.  The 
funeral  sermon  was  preached  on  the  Saturday  following  his  death 
to  a  iarge  congregation  of  friends  and  relatives  by  Elder  Thomas 
Hill  from  these  words :  "And  I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven  say- 
ing unto  me :  Write,  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord 
from  henceforth.  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from 
their  labors;  and  their  works  do  follow  them."    (Rev.  14 :  13.) 

Frances  Vawter,  wife  of  William,  was  born  August  11,  1787, 
and  died  October  26,  1869.  They  were  both  buried  at  the  Vawter 
cemetery,  three  and  a  half  miles  from  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 
Philemon  and  Anna,  the  father  and  mother  of  Frances,  were  also 
buried  there.  Jesse  and  Elizabeth,  the  father  and  mother  of  Wil- 
liam Vawter,  were  buried  at  Harbert's  Creek,  near  Madison. 

William  Vawter  left  six  sons  and  three  daughters,  one  daugh- 
ter, Maria  Burns,  having  died  many  years  before. 

Frances  V.  King,  the  daughter  of  William  Vawter,  gave  in 
substance  the  following : 

"When  father  first  came  to  Indiana  he  tended  his  father's  farm, 
living  in  a  log  house  on  the  hill.  He  first  went  to  housekeeping 
m  the  bottom  near  Madison,  Indiana,  afterwards  owning  a  farm 
at  Mt.  Pleasant.  He  had  two  places  in  Madison,  and  wished  to 
move  there,  but  mother  was  opposed  to  living  in  town  with  her 
boys,  and  so  they  continued  to  live  at  Mt.  Pleasant  until  they 
moved  to  Jennings  county  in  1829,  where  Uncle  John  and  Uncle 
Achilles  Vawter  had  already  gone.  Father  traded  his  farm  at 
Mt.  Pleasant  to  a  man  by  the  name  of  George  for  land  near 
Vernon.  Here  our  family  lived  for  many  years.  The  old  house 
IS  still  standing.  It  is  situated  on  the  bank  of  the  Muscatatack, 
about  three  and  a  half  miles  out  from  North  Vernon.   The  house 


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THE   VAWTER   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 


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not  exactly  accurate  in  dimensions,  perhaps,  will  yet  serve  to  give 
a  general  idea  of  the  plan  of  the  house: 


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"Father  afterwards  entered  two  hundred  or  more  acres  near 
the  home  place.  He  preached  many  years,  receiving  no  compen- 
sation therefor,  but  depending  on  the  farm  for  the  living.  He  was 
much  interested  in  education,  and  gave  money  to  the  founding 
of  Franklin  College.  Mother  was  a  great  reader.  She  liked  to 
read  novels,  and  when  she  grew  so  deaf  that  she  could  not  under- 
stand the  conversation  of  those  around  her,  her  reading  was  a 
great  comfort  to  her.   She  always  took  a  number  of  papers." 

Harrison  Burns,  a  grandson  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter, 


Homestead  of  William  Vawter 
Near  Vernon,  Indiana 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  79 

lived  at  his  grandfather's  house  for  some  time  after  the  death  of 
his  mother.    In  recalHng  old  times,  he  said : 

"Grandmother  had  an  old  horse  named  Fanny  which  was  kept 
especially  for  her  use.  Grandfather's  horse  was  named  Farmer. 
I  used  to  be  sent  to  town  to  mail  a  letter  to  the  boys  at  college 
or  to  get  one.  Uncle  Achilles  Vawter  was  postmaster  at  Vernon 
then.  It  cost  five  cents  to  send  a  letter.  There  were  no  stamps. 
The  letter  could  be  paid  for  in  advance  or  paid  for  by  the  one 
who  received  it.  When  a  letter  was  sent  to  the  boys,  grandfather 
always  sent  five  cents  along  to  pay  for  it.  When  he  sent  for  a 
letter  from  the  boys,  he  also  had  to  pay  for  that,  as  they  were  on 
short  allowance. 

"As  the  children  grew  up  and  married,  a  number  of  them  lo- 
cated near  the  old  place.  These  were  Jesse  Vawter,  John  T.  Stott, 
who  married  Elizabeth  Vawter,  George  King,  who  married 
Frances  Vawter,  and  Ormand  Feagler,  who  married  Mary  Vaw- 
ter. Before  his  death  grandfather  gave  forty  acres  of  land  or 
equal  value  to  each  child,  and  at  his  death  left  $153  to  each. 
Probably  not  more  than  $100  in  money  was  handled  by  any  one 
of  those  families  at  that  time  in  the  course  of  the  year.  They 
raised  all  of  their  meat  and  vegetables  and  fruits  and  took  butter 
and  eggs  to  town  and  traded  for  sugar,  coffee  and  other  groceries. 
From  the  wool  of  the  sheep  the  women  spun  the  yarn  and  then 
they  wove  the  cloth  and  made  all  of  the  clothing  except,  perhaps, 
a  greatcoat  for  grandfather  or  a  best  dress  for  grandmother.  It 
was  very  seldom  that  a  new  article  of  furniture  was  bought. 

"At  first  the  cooking  was  all  done  by  the  fireplace,  and  later  a 
kitchen  stove  was  bought.  They  all  lived  well.  At  George 
King's  there  was  always  an  abundant  table  and  a  hearty  welcome. 
George  King  had  a  buckwheat  field  and  a  sugar  camp,  and  when 
the  time  came  for  buckwheat  cakes  there  were  great  heaps  of  them 
baked  on  a  griddle  at  the  fireplace,  and  syrup  there  was  in  plenty. 
At  John  Stott's  they  often  entertained  great  numbers  of  guests. 
The  church  was  near  their  house,  and  the  association  met  at  that 
church,  and  sometimes  they  would  have  as  many  as  seventy-five 
people  to  dinner.    They  would  set  the  tables  out  in  the  yard. 

"There   was   an   old   orchard   extending   from   grandfather's 


80  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

house  to  the  graveyard,  and  not  far  from  the  house  were  two 
springs  from  which  all  the  water  for  the  house  was  carried.  The 
farms  were  located  in  reference  to  springs,  and  even  towns  were 
sometimes  so  located.  Probably  when  the  Vawter  brothers  came 
to  Jennings  county  they  did  not  push  on  still  farther  where  they 
could  find  yet  better  land  because  of  the  Indians.  At  that  time 
there  were  a  great  many  of  them.  The  militia  was  organized  for 
protection  in  every  district.  Grandfather  was  a  captain  of  the 
militia,  and  John  Vawter  was  a  colonel.  Neither  of  them  saw 
any  active  service." 

In  an  old  memorandum  book  of  William  Vawter's  the  follow- 
ing items  were  found : 

May  7,  1849,  we  went  to  Vernon  and  got  a  tight-air  stove  and 
paid  $11.05  towards  it. 

June  13,  paid  $7  more. 

August  29,  paid  $4  more. 

October  17,  paid  $17  more. 

December  15.  paid  $13  more. 

February  7,  1850,  squared  the  books  at  W.  D.  Vawter  &  Co. 
and  we  are  even.  William  Vawter. 

(Cost  of  that  stove  was  more  than  $52.05,  as  it  is  not  known 

how  much  the  last  payment  amounted  to.) 

*     *     * 

Anna  Vawter,  my  wife's  mother,  went  to  Madison  on  Satur- 
day, June  2,  1839,  and  in  the  evening  went  to  Mr.  Vale's  and  fell 
into  his  cellar  and  got  crippled  so  she  was  not  able  to  help  her- 
self for  more  than  six  years.  We  made  out  to  get  her  home,  and 
she  lived  until  July  21,  1845,  then  died  at  her  daughter's,  Nancy 
Lewis's.  Nancy  died  April  2,  1855.  Anna's  son  David  died 
seven  days  before  his  mother  did. 

William  Vawter. 

^  ^  ^ 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Maxa  and  Maria  Burns,  was  sent  here  the 
2 1  St  day  of  October,  1846,  and  Ruth  brought  her.  Maria  Burns, 
her  mother,  departed  this  life  December  7,  1846,  after  a  pro- 
tracted illness  of  six  months.  She  was  brought  here  on  the  9th 
and  buried  on  my  burying  ground.  Uncle  John  Vawter  preached 
her  funeral.  William  Vawter. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  8l 

In  addition  to  what  Maria  received  in  her  lifetime,  and  wliat 
the  children  have  had  since  her  death,  I  have  left  the  children  one 
hundred  dollars,  to  be  divided  as  set  out  in  my  will  made  March 

the  24th,  1852.  William  Vawter. 

*     *     * 

Elizabeth  and  John  Stott  have  received  in  sundries  to  aid  them 
to  keep  house  one  hundred  and  two  dollars. 

March  25,  1835,  gave  John  and  Elizabeth  as  above  eight 
dollars  more. 

November  22,  1847,  gave  John  and  Elizabeth  Stott  sixty  dol- 
lars in  landed  property. 

February  8,  1851,  gave  John  and  Elizabeth  Stott  forty  acres 
of  land  at  $200.00  (two  hundred  dollars).  As  an  interest  on  the 
same  they  are  to  pay  twelve  dollars  per  year  as  long  as  my  wife 
and  I  live  and  no  longer. 

April,  1858.  I  have  stopped  the  interest. 

William  Vawter. 

^  5{^  ^ 

John  T.  Vawter  married  Pamelia  Dwyer  May  10,  1835.    They 
set  out  for  Iowa  Territory  September  3,  1839. 
Received  in  a  horse  and  saddle,  $40.00. 
April,  1835,  gave  $55.00. 
August  18.  1835,  gave  $15.00. 

William  Vawter. 

>f.  Vf.  "^ 

Williamson  D.,  by  consent,  left  his  parents  three  and  a  half 
years  before  he  was  twenty-one  and  is  charged  with  his  time, 
'forty  dollars  per  year,  $140.00.      He  married   Mary  Crowder 
July  15,  1834.  William  Vawter. 

=H  ^  5H 

Jesse  R.  Vawter  was  married  to  Sarah  Parks  May  4,  1837. 
Received  in  time  and  horse,  $1 10.00. 

Wife  joined  the  church  and  was  baptized  December  24,  1838. 
December  7,  1846,  gave  Jesse  Vawter  in  land  sixty  dollars. 
March  25,  1852,  I  set  off  to  Jesse  R.  Vawter  his  portion  of  my 
■estate  out  of  the  land  I  sold  to  him. 

William  Vawter. 


82  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

James  received  from  me  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars. 
June  29,  1847,  received  sixty  dollars. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

Frances  v^as  married  to  George  King  May  14,  1840. 
Frances  has  received  of  her  parents  one  bed,  one  bedstead,  one 
flax  wheel,  one  saddle  and  twenty  acres  of  land,  $1 10.00. 

Greorge  and  Frances  King  have  received  sixty  dollars  in  the 

way  of  land  this  November  22,  1847. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

Achilles  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  at  Zoar,  Jennings 
county,  the  fourth  Saturday  in  August,  1842,  and  was  baptized 
the  following  Lord's  day. 

September  23,  1844,  Achilles  entered  Franklin  College  as  a 
student. 

Achilles  has  received  of  me  since  that  time  $184.35. 

Achilles,  my  son,  constitutes  one  of  the  faculty  in  Franklin 
College  this  October  30,  1848. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

Ida,  the  daughter  of  A.  J.  and  M.  E.  Vawter,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1856,  and  the  mother  departed  this  life  on  the  6th,  and 
on  the  8th  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  father.  She  died  at  La- 
fayette, Indiana.     Ida  died  ,  — . 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

Philemon  went  to  college  October  6,  1847.  He  was  married 
to  Rebecca  Hunter  November  25,  1858. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     >ii 

Polly  L.  was  married  to  Ormond  Frederick  Feagler  September 
24,  1843,  and  commenced  housekeeping  November  29,  and  has, 
in  bed  and  other  articles,  to  the  amount  of  $85.00. 

September  31,  1846,  to  one  horse,  $25.00. 

October  the  9th,  1848,  I  gave  Ormond  and  Polly  a  cupboard 
and  a  bureau,  price  $20.00. 


I 


I 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  83 

July  3,  1850.  one  cow  and  a  note  on  M.  Page,  $13.00. 

March  24,  1852,  I  deeded  to  Polly  L.,  my  daughter,  forty  acres 
of  land,  which  will  be  her  full  portion  of  my  estate. 

The  above  named  deed  is  in  my  hands  and  in  lieu  thereof  she 
is  to  have  two  hundred  dollars  at  my  death  or  pleasure. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

Polly  has  received  the  amount  as  above. 

William  Vawter. 

*  *     * 

The  following  is  a  memorandum  of  the  money  received  from 
and  paid  out  for  the  Vernon  church  by  William  Vawter : 

In  1832  received  $1.07.  Paid  for  minutes  and  superintend- 
ing the  printing,  82  cents,  and  for  wine  25  cents. 

August  meeting,  1833,  received  $2.28.  September  16,  paid 
for  printing  association  minutes,  $1.00;  April  19,  1834,  paid  for 
one  quart  of  wine,  75  cents;  September  15,  paid  for  the  printing 
of  association  minutes  and  the  superintending  of  the  minutes,  93 
cents ;  paid  for  wine  37^  cents.  Received  of  Deacon  Stott  $1.25 
handed  to  him  by  the  Vernon  Church  at  their  August  meeting  in 
1834.  May  16  paid  for  wine  43^  cents.  Total  amount  of  money 
received,  $4.60.  Total  amount  expended,  $4.56/4-  Balance  due 
the  church,  3^  cents. 

ZoAR  Church,  Jennings  County,  Indiana. 
To  all  Whom  it  may  Concern: 

Know  ye  that  we,  the  undersigned,  being  called  by  the  afore- 
said church,  together  with  the  sister  churches,  to  examine  into 
the  propriety  of  setting  apart  Brother  William  Vawter  to  the 
administration  of  ordinances,  unanimously  agreed  that  he  be  set 
apart  by  fasting  and  prayer  and  the  laying  on  of  hands  and  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship,  to  the  administration  of  ordinances  in 
the  House  of  God  wherever  God,  in  His  providence,  may  cast 
his  lot. 


84  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Done  at  Zoar  Church  at  the  business  meeting  on  the  fourth 

Saturday  in  July,  1839. 

John  Bush, 

William  T.  Stott, 

Caleb  Moncrief, 

Attested  by  Elders. 

John  Stott,  Clerk. 

William  Vawter  made  three  wills.  The  first  of  these  was 
made  March  16,  1835,  and  is  as  follows: 

In  the  name  of  Almighty  God,  Amen. 

I,  William  Vawter,  the  writer  of  the  foregoing,  being  in  my 
proper  mind  and  in  good  health  and  yet  knowing  not  when  I  may 
die,  as  all  life  is  uncertain,  wish  that  my  children  should  have  an 
equal  part  in  the  distribution  of  my  property.  I  think  proper, 
therefore,  to  set  forth  under  each  name  the  amount  each  one  has 
received  and  what  remains  to  be  divided  as  they  become  of  age. 

When  all  my  debts  are  paid  there  will  be  on  hand  after  my 
death  $300.00  (three  hundred  dollars)  in  cash  and  the  remain- 
der of  lot  No.  41  west,  in  first  addition  to  Madison,  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana ;  also  thirty  acres  of  land  in  the  south  end  of  the 
west  half  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  section  twenty-six  of  town 
seven  north,  and  range  eight  east,  of  the  lands  sold  at  Jefferson- 
ville  and  lying  on  the  south  side  of  the  north  fork  of  the  Mus- 
catatack  river;  also  ten  acres  adjoining  and  lying  in  the  southeast 
corner  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  twenty-six  of  town 
seven  north,  range  eight  east,  of  the  land  sold  at  Jeffersonville. 

It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  the  remainder  of  my  estate  be  for 
the  benefit  of  my  widow  for  her  comfort  and  support  during  her 
lifetime  and  that  of  the  children  who  are  under  age  and  remain 
with  her.  After  her  death,  and  wdien  the  youngest  child  becomes 
of  age,  I  wish  an  equal  distribution  of  what  remains  of  my 
property  to  be  made  among  my  ten  children. 

My  estate  left  for  the  use  of  my  widow  and  the  children  under 
age  consists  of  the  following  property,  viz. :  The  tract  of  land  I 
now  live  on,  consisting  of  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land, 
with  the  farm,  dwelling-house,  outhouses,  household  and  kitchen 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  85 

furniture,  barn,  grain,  horses,  cattle,  hogs,  sheep,  farming  tools 
and  all  tools  of  every  description  indoors  and  outdoors,  and  all 
my  books,  etc. 

I  do  hereby  ordain  my  wife,  Frances,  to  be  my  sole  executrix 
of  this  my  will  and  to  transact  all  business  as  amply  and  as  fully 
as  I  myself,  if  living,  could  do,  without  bond  or  security. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-five, 
March  the  sixteenth. 

William  Vawter.     [Seal.] 


(Will  No.  2.) 

In  the  name  of  Almighty  God,  Amen. 

I,  William  Vawter,  of  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  do  hereby 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  It  is  my  will 
and  desire  that  my  wife,  Frances  Vawter,  enjoy  and  possess  all 
and  every  part  of  my  estate,  both  personal  and  real,  during  her 
natural  life.  The  whole  is  hereby  placed  in  her  hands  to  manage 
and  control  as  fully  and  as  perfectly  in  every  respect  as  I  myself, 
if  living,  could  do;  and  that  without  being  under  any  obligation 
to  give  bond  or  security  for  the  faithful  management  of  the  same, 
any  law  or  usage  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  should  any  of  my  estate  remain 
undisposed  of  and  unused  at  the  death  of  my  wife  that  the  same 
be  equally  divided  amongst  all  my  legal  heirs,  so  as  to  make  each 
and  every  heir  equal,  taking  into  consideration  the  advances  al- 
ready made  to  most  or  all  of  them,  as  will  appear  in  my  memor- 
andum book.  Should  my  son,  John  T.  Vawter,  and  his  children 
remain  as  now  with  a  combination  or  community  of  individuals 
in  the  west,  on  the  death  of  my  wife,  then  and  in  that  case  I  give 
and  bequeath  his  portion  to  the  Franklin  Baptist  College  in 
Indiana. 

Although  I  am  now  in  my  sixty-seventh  year,  sick  and  very 
weak,  yet  my  mind  is  as  clear  and  perfect  as  usual. 


86  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this 
13th  day  of  March,  1849. 
In  the  presence  of  William  Vawter.     [Seal.] 

John  Vawter. 
Rachel  C.  Crawford. 

This  will  is  null  and  void. 

William  Vawter. 


LAST  WILL  OF  WILLIAM  VAWTER. 

Be  it  remembered  that  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  1869,  in 
vacation  of  the  Jennings  Court  of  Commont  Pleas,  the  last  will 
and  testament  of  William  Vawter  was  duly  proven  and  admitted 
to  probate  in  the  clerk's  office  of  said  court,  which  will  and  the 
proof  thereof  is  in  the  words  and  figures  following,  to  wit : 

"I,  William  Vawter,  now  in  my  sixty-ninth  year  since  the 
second  of  April  last,  and  knowing,  according  to  nature,  that  I 
must  soon  go  to  the  spirit  world,  and  being  desirous  of  disposing 
of  my  estate  which  the  Lord  has  blessed  me  with,  make  my  last 
will,  revoking  all  others. 

"ist.  I  recommend  my  spirit  to  God  who  gave  it  and  my 
body  to  be  interred  in  mother  earth  in  a  manner  corresponding 
with  my  estate. 

"2d.  I  direct  that  all  my  just  debts  be  paid  as  soon  as  there  is 
money  to  pay  them. 

"3d.  I  bequeath  to  Maria  Burns'  children  one  hundred  dol- 
lars ;  the  four  boys  five  dollars  each ;  the  two  oldest  girls,  fifteen 
dollars  each,  and  Sarah  Jane  fifty  dollars. 

"4th.  I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  wife,  Frances  Vawter,  all  my 
real  and  personal  estate  during  her  natural  life,  and  further,  I  do 
not  design  that  the  one  hundred  dollars  bequeathed  to  Maria's 
children  shall  be  paid  until  after  the  death  of  my  wife,  unless  she 
is  disposed  to  pay  it  or  any  part  thereof. 

"5th.  I  have  given  to  Elizabeth  Stott,  Jesse  R.  Vawter  and 
Polly  Feagler  their  shares  heretofore.  After  the  death  of  my 
wife  I  bequeath  and  will  all  my  real  and  personal  estate  after 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  ^7 

the  payment  of  the  above  legacies  unto  John  T.  Vawter,  William- 
son D.  Vawter,  James  Vawter,  Achilles  Vawter,  Frances  King 
and  Philemon  Vawter,  to  be  equally  divided. 

"6th.  I  appoint  Williamson  and  James  Vawter  my  executors. 

"In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  24th 
day  of  March,  A.  D.,  1852.  William  Vawter. 

"Signed,  sealed  and  acknowledged  in  the  presence  of  those  who 
have  signed  their  names  as  witnesses  and  by  the  testator's  request 
and  in  his  presence.  James  H.  Vawter. 

"Achilles  Vawter. 

"H.  T.  Vawter. 

"By  request  of  the  testator  I  certify  that  this  is  still  his  will  this 
June  25,  1859.  W.  T.  Stott,  Jr." 


CODICIL  TO   MY  LAST  WILL. 

This  is  the  closing  up  of  my  earthly  matters,  that  is  to  say,  at 
the  death  of  myself  and  wife. 

I  give  to  my  oldest  sons,  John  T.  and  Williamson  D.,  four 
hundred  dollars  in  government  bonds,  two  hundred  to  each.  The 
one  hundred  dollars  set  apart  in  my  will  for  Maria  Burns'  chil- 
dren, I  wish  carried  out. 

The  remainder  of  my  estate,  after  the  death  of  myself  and  wife 
and  the  payment  of  all  debts,  is  to  be  equally  divided  between  my 
three  youngest  sons,  James,  Achilles  and  Philemon,  and  my 
daughter,  Frances  Ann  King. 

This  can  be  done  without  going  to  the  expense  of  proving  and 
recording  my  will.  William  Vawter. 

April  27,  1868. 

State  of  Indiana, 
Jennings  County,  ss  : 

Court  of  Common  Pleas,  FebruaryTerm,  1871. 

Matters  of  the  Estate  of  Elder  William  Vawter,  deceased. 

The  undersigned,  executor  of  said  estate  of  William  Vawter, 


bL 


88  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

deceased,  begs  leave  to  report  to  the  court  aforesaid,  the  follow- 
ing final  settlement  of  account  with  said  estate : 

I  am  chargeable  with  the  following  assets  of  the  said  estate : 

July  17,  1868.     To  bonds $500.00 

November  16,  1868.     Cash  of  James  Hill  on  judgment 

against  Chronister  and  Eckstein 537-^5 

July  17,  1868.     Personal  effects  of  said  estate 95 -OO 

January  8,  1869.     Interest  on  bonds 20.00 

April  8,  1869.     Interest  of  Cook,  Stott  &  Co 7.25 

June  21,  1869.     Cash  on  judgment 200.00 

June  26,  1869.     Cash  on  judgment 100.00 

July  3,  1869.     Interest  on  bond 20.25 

January  5,  1870.     Interest  on  bond 17-25 

January  15,  1870.     Cash  on  judgment 150.00 

May  26,  1870.     Premium  on  bonds 39-00 

June  25,  1870.     Cash  on  judgment 1 14.10 

Total $1,800.70 

I  claim  credit  for  the  following,  as  per  vouchers  filed  herewith : 

By  attorney  fees  for  collections,  Voucher  i $26.85 

Account  of  Cook,  Stott  &  Co.,  Voucher  2 21.90 

Funeral  expenses,  Voucher  3 30.00 

Physician's  services.  Voucher  4 24.00 

Board  and  attendance,  Voucher  5 188.00 

Board  and  attendance  for  wife,  Voucher  6 98.00 

Taxes,  Voucher  7 13-87 

Account  Cook,  Stott  &  Co.,  Voucher  8 7.18 

Account  W.  D.  Vawter  &  Co.,  Voucher  9 5.62 

Account  Frances  A.  King,  Voucher  10 130-25 

Funeral  expenses  of  Frances  Vawter,  Voucher  11 25.00 

Physician's  services,  Voucher  12 14.00 

Legacy  to  Sarah  Burns,  Voucher  13 50.00 

Legacy  to  Lizzie  A.  Bailey,  Voucher  14 i5-00 

Legacy  to  Mary  Burns,  Voucher  15 i5-00 

Legacy  to  James  Burns,  Voucher  16 5.00 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  89 

Legacies    to    David,    Harrison    and    William    Burns, 

Voucher  17 $15.00 

Internal  revenue  tax.  Voucher  18 11.26 

Distributive  share  to  P.  C  .Vawter,  Voucher  19 I53-I5 

Distributive  share  to  A.  J.  Vawter,  Voucher  20 1 53-15 

Distributive  share  to  James  Vawter,  Voucher  21 I53-I5 

Distributive  share  to  John  T.  Vawter,  Voucher  22.  .  .  .  153.15 

Distributive  share  to  Frances  A.  King,  Voucher  23.  .  .  153.15 

Distributive  share  to  W.  D.  Vawter,  Voucher  24 153-15 

Attorney's  fees  for  collections.  Voucher  25 28.00 

Monuments  for  dead.  Voucher  26 125.00 

Taxes,  Voucher  27 10.98 

Clerk's  fees,  Voucher  28 6.25 

Expense   of  stamps  and   of   distribution,   making   re- 
ports,  etc 15-64 

Total   $1,800.70 

All  of  which  contains  a  full  statement  of  all  of  the  estate  of  the 
decedent  for  which  I  am  chargeable  with  the  credits  to  which  I 
am  entitled. 

Williamson  D.  Vawter,  Executor. 

Frances  Vawter,  the  wife  of  William,  was  a  daughter  of  Phile- 
mon Vawter,  who  was  the  brother  of  William's  father,  Jesse. 
For  an  account  of  Philemon  and  Anne  see  page  256. 

Children  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter  were  Maria,  Eliza- 
beth, John  Taylor,  Williamson  D.,  Jesse,  James,  Frances  Ann, 
Achilles,  Mary  L.  and  Philemon. 


II. 


WILLIAM   VAWTER5 

(Jesse*,  David^,  John^,  John^) 

(1783-1868) 


m. 


FRANCES  VAWTER 

(1787-1870) 


Children® 

Grandchildren'' 

G.  Grandchil- 

G. G.  Grandchil 

dren* 

DRHN» 

'  (i)  Jesse  V.,d.  s. 

Anna  Gertrude 

(2)  James  m.              -^ 

Joseph  Lee 

Nancy  Smith 

Charles  F. 
'  William  Conduit 

(3)  William  V.  m. 

Charles  W.,  d. 

Sarah  Black 

Maggie  Myrtle  m. 
Marsh  R.Whitson 

No  children 

(4)  Harrison  m. 
ist  Constance 
Smydth 

Margaret,  d. 
1  Lee 

2d  Julia 

Tomlinson 

Byron  Elliot,  d. 

3d  Mrs.  Georgia 

'  Ida  m. 

Minnick 

Oswald  Patzold 

(5)  Livingston  S., 

Grace,  d. 

d.  s. 

Danforth,  d. 
Nellie,  d. 

(6)  David  V.  m. 

Edith 

Eudora  Dan-  - 

Edna  m. 

forth 

.     Wm.McElvaine 

« 

Maria  Vawter  m. 
Maxa  Burns 

(7)  Mary  F.  m. 

Dallas    New-  - 
land 

'  George  Ballard 

James  Edwin  m. 
Elsie  Cox 

Jesse  Guy,  d. 

Robert  Nelson 
'  Ralph  Guy 

'  Cora  Alice 

^  Jennie  May  m. 
Jesse  L.Rossman 

Elvie  Elizabeth 
Arnold  Jay 
Eva  Grace 
Nellie  Viola 

Henry  Ward  m         < 

Gladys 

Clara  Summers      ' 

Gerald 

(8)  Elizabeth  m. 
Henry  Bayley 

• 

Arthur  Loring  m. 

Melinda  Larason 
Frank  Wade 
Bertha  Alice 
Edith  de  Fluria 
Minnie  Agnes 
Howard  Glenn 
t.  Willard  Marion 

(9)  Sarah  J.  m.          , 
Geo.  B. 
^                Loomis          1 

Grace  B. 
George  D.,  d. 

i^ 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


91 


2.  Elizabeth  Vaw- 
ter  m. 
John  Stott 


(i)  Vawter,  d.  s. 

(2)  Martha  E.  m. 
Maxa  Moncrief 


(3) 


William  T.  m. 
Arabella  R. 
Tracy 


(4)  Mary  F. 

(5)  Jennie  M.  m. 
James  N. 

Chaille 


Jennie,  d.  s. 
Caleb,  d.  s. 
Emma  m. 
Robert  D.  Trick 

Wilfred  T. 
Grace  E.  m. 
Clark  R.  Parker 
^   Edith  R.  m. 

Fred  G.  Kenny 
Cyril  H.,d. 
[  Roscoe  G. 

I   Bertha  Eliza- 
j       beth.d. 


No  children 


Cyril  Rodney 


(1)  Edward  m. 

I  St 

Barbara  Kro- 
her 


I 


George  Adam  m. 
I       Kate  A.  Luty 


f  Frank  Wesley  m. 
2"^  I       Emma  Graupne 

Catherine  GunH   William  m. 


f  Edgar  Frederick 
I   Frank  Edward 
Wilbur  Luty 
Bertha  May 
Clifford  George 

Freda  Mildred 
EdnalCatherine 


-1 


(2) 


nerman 


William  m. 
Matilda  F. 
McKinnon 


3.  John  T.  Vawter 
m. 
ist 
Pamelia  Dwver 


(3) 


(4)  Katherine  m. 
Geo.  Vanosdol 


L 


Mary  V.  Straugh- 
ter 


Emil 


Frances  m. 
Jno.  G.  Burck- 
hardt 


f  Colonel  m. 

Ida  Rahe 

Williams. 

L  Pamelia,  d. 

'  Sarah  Ann  m.  [^ 

Henry  W.  Boeck-  -j   Enid  Beth 
ley  [ 

John  Frederick,  m. 

Minnie  Baker 
Lulu  Christman,d. 
Margaret  Pamelia 
Mary  Elizabeth 
George 
Mamie 


Mary  Catherine  m. 
Joseph  Brooks 

Emeline  m. 

Geo.  W.  Baltzer 
James  Monroe  m. 

Mollie  Pence 
Frances  Ann  m. 

Albert  C.  Staggs 
Scott  m. 

Elizabeth  Gibbs 
Sarah  Hotchkiss 

m. 
W.  R.  Perrigo 

Mattie  Belle  m. 
W.  W.  Wilcox 
Wm.  Weaver 
Cora  Lee 
Lulu  Ludica 
L  Isaac  Morton 


Artemus 
Gerald 
[  Aurora 

Pearl 
Harry 


Floyd 

Bertha  Winifred 

Wm.  Gilbert 
Laurence 


92 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


John  Taylor  Vaw- 
ter 

( Continued) 


(5)  Mary,  d.  s 

(6)  Michael  m. 
Rebecca 


(7)  Louisa  m. 
Thomas 

Tanksley 

(8)  JohnT.  m. 
Ida  Spring- 
steen 


f  Charles  Vawter 
Samuel,  d. 
Minnie,  d. 
Albert  m. 

ChristenaWesaw 
Thomas  Oliver 
James  Mitton 
Henry  Franklin 

Charles  William  m. 
Daisy  Tolle 


m.  2d  Mrs.  N.  S. 
Philliper 


(9)  Albert  C.  m. 
Frances 
Churchwell 


Vernon  Day 
Arthur  Lee 
Annie  Gladys 
I  Mary  Ruth 


Williamson  D. 
Vawter  m.  ist. 
Mary  T.  Crow- 
der 


(I) 


Mary  Ellen,  m. 
Ward  Leavitt 


(2)  May,  m 

S.  S.  Harwood 

(3)  Jane  Cravens 

(4)  Aramantha,  m. 
Septimius 

Vater 

is)  Williams,  m. 
Sarah  McClas- 
key 

(6)  Edwin  J.  m.  ist 
Laura  Dixon 
2d  Mrs.Isabelle 
Nelson 


Charles  Dunn,d. 
Florence  Mary 

No  children 


f  Williamson  Dunn 
m.  Grace  Barker 
Thos.  Eugene  d. 
t  Agnes  Eugenie 

Mary  Charlotte  m. 
John  R.  Moore 

Edwin  J.,  Jr.  m. 
Bessie  Channel 


Marjorie  Dixon 


m.  2d 
Charlotte  A. 

Knowlton 


(7)  Emma  Knowl- 

ton 

(8)  Charles 

Knowlton  d. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


93 


5.  Jesse  R.  Vaw- 
ter  m. 
Sarah  Parks 


(i)  Margaret  6.  m. 
Lewis  Wagner 


(2)  Elizabeths,  ra. 
Thos.  Clarkson 


'  Jesse  R.,  d. 
Ethel  m. 
Martin  A.  Shep- 
herd 

Albert  V. 

Clara  Belle  m. 

William  Pool 

Emma  Alice  m. 

Willard  Whit- 
comb. 

Elvin  Grant 

Thos.  Osborn 

Jesse  F. 

Edith  Idella  m. 

.  Bertha  May  m. 


Amelia  Frances  m. 
H.  L.  Holton 


I  Ralph 


(3) 


Wm.  Allan  m. 
Angelina  E. 
Cheever 


(4)  Smith  W.  m. 
Lucinda  John- 
son 


Clara  Adaline  m. 
Bowen  C.  Heath 


'  Sarah  Rebecca 
Cora  Luvinia  m. 
Wm.  Henry 
Brown 

James  Oscar 
Wilbert  Carl } 

Alt        ,    T  r  t^ 

Albert  Jesse  \ 
L  Otis  Estis 


Margaret  J.  m. 
Wm.F.  Philliber 


Annie  J. 
Lelia  May 
Clyde  E. 
Adda 
Meta 
Elizabeth 

William  A. 
Sarah  A. 
Ray 

James  H. 
Ruth 
Fern 
Bowen  C. 


Wilbur  Fee 


(5)  John  S.  m. 

Elizabeth  Grin-  i 
stead 


Everett  E.  m. 
Mahala  Sanders 

Clyde  Elmer,  d.  s. 

Maud  Ellen  m. 
Wm.  F.  Moody 

Pearl  E.,d.s. 

Nona  Elma 

Benjamin  Irvin  m.    (  „  „ 

ut  A-    I   iir     J     a  }  Emery  B. 
Hattie  J.  Woodruff  < 


r  otto,  d. 
Orvill  L. 
Oral  Floyd 
Ira  Grace,  d. 
Clara  B.,d. 
Perry  H.,d. 
Raymond  L. 
Mary  E. 

Ira  E.,  d. 
John  I. 
Alma  B. 
Homer  W.,  d. 

IraM.,d. 
Velma  E. 
Mabel,  d, 
L  Silvia  V. 


iJl 


94 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Jesse  R.  Vawter 
(Continued) 


Olive  May  m. 

J.  W.  Snell,  d. 

Fanny  Bell,  d.  s. 

LewEmmerson  m. 
Dana  Norris 

Esther 

"  Frank 

Myrtle 

Ella  Grace  m. 

Olive 

A.J.Taylor 

Charles 

Mabel 

(6)  Sarah  Frances 

Deny 

m.Thos.  F. 

.  Harold 

Grinstead 

Claud  Ellsworth, 

d.  s. 
Bertha  Edith 
Ada  Jane  ra. 

T.  F.  VanHorn 
Ora  Idella  m. 

C.  H.  Hockmuth 
Jesse  Edward 
Myrtle  Blanche, 

d.  s. 
Carl  James,  d,  s. 
Vila  Gail 
Emma  Ethel 

'  Edward  J.,  d.  s. 

Alvaretta  m. 

Arthur  E. 

John  A.  Shinold 

Matilda  A. 

Indiana  R.m. 

1  Vance 

Moses  M.  Miller 

'  Irvin 

(7)  James  G.  m. 

Margaret  Ross  ' 

Mary  Jane  m. 
Irvin  R.  Crum 

Omer  Walton 
Lucy  A. 
Lewis  Clyde 
Grace  G. 
Sarah  Frances,  d. 

1  Flora  M. 
'  Jamie  A. 

.Ruth 

^ 

(8)  Elvira  Ann  m. 

'Lila,  d. 

Charles  H. 

Augusta 

Carey 

^  Vivian 

'  Bertha  A.  m. 

[  Ezra  William 

Joseph  W.  Gray 

Ernest  T.,d.  s. 

(9)  JessePhilemon 

Clarence  M. 

m.  Minerva  A.    - 

Benjamin  F. 

Ross 

Jesse  Pearl  m. 

Minerva  May 

Corydon  Laswell 

Millie  Myree 

Velmal. 

.  Flossie  Myrtle 

'  Nellie  M.m. 

(  Opal 

(lo)  AramanthaM.  . 

Otho  G.  Wright 

Robert  W. 

m.  lames  West 

Sarah  Ethel 
.  Charles  William 

I 

THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


95 


r 


6.  lames  Vawter 
m.  Minerva  L. 
Bromley 


(i)  Sherman  m. 
Emma  May,d. 


Edward  W.,  d. 
Minerva  E.,  d. 
Everett  F. 
Nellie 
Henry  J. 


7.  Frances  Vawter 
m. 
George  King 


(i)  Almira  m. 
Wm.  Holsclaw 


Ezra  m. 
Mattie  Deer 


Eva  Jennie  m. 
Edwin  Carson 


Fannie  A.  m. 
Smith  V.  Wil- 
liams 


William  E.  m. 
Zella  Wagner 

Sarah  Grace  m. 

Oscar  Beeman 
Mary  Belle,  d 
Jacob  Harrison  m. 
l^  Bertha  Alice 


Jessie 
Alma 
Smith 
Blanche  Vernon 

Hazel  Lavone 
Ethel  Grace 
Lizzie,  d. 
L  Edwinnie 

*"  Almira  Corinne 
Lois  Mildred 
Virgil  Elvin 
Helene 

fRuth 

4  Hubert 
l^  Gladys 

5  Wilbur  Elvin 
)  Clyde 


(2)  Ezra,  d.  s. 

(3)  William  V.  m. 

Caroline  Van-     ]  No  children 
dever 


(4)  George  Elvin 
m.  MinnieTate 


L  (5)  Alzora,  d.  s. 
8.    Achilles  Vawter  / 

™-  ist  )   (i)  Ida  Maria,  d.  s. 

Maria  Dunham   ' 


Lulu  Ellis 
Edna  Hazel 


'  (2)  William  Arthur   f  Cora  Catherine 
m.  Alice  R.         ]   William  Arthur 
Hadley  [^  George  Hadley 


2d 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 
A.  Baker 

3rd 

Charlotte  S. 
Hobart 


(3)  Frank  M.  m. 
Clara  Miller 


(4)  Grace  m. 
Ernest  P. 
Bicknell 


r  Harry  Miller 
-{   Jessie  Mae 
(^  Helen  Miller 

Ernestine,  d. 
Charlotte,  d. 
Grace  Constance 
[  Alberta 


i 


96 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


9.  Mary  L.  Vaw- 
ter  rn.  Ormand 
Feagler. 


C  (i)  Marie  Cor- 
delia, d. 


(2)  James  William 
m.  Mary  King 


(3) 
(4) 


(5) 


Bessie 

Philemon  Ed- 
win, d. 

Vawterjohnm. 
Helen  Gardner 


(6)  Charles  Alfred 


(7) 


(8)  RoenaKate, 

d.  s. 


Emma  May  m. 
McArthur 
Smartz. 


Fannie  Fern,  d. 
Rose  Bonnell 

-{   Grace  Cordelia,  m. 
Robert  King 

(^  Charles  Alfred 


Fred  Willard,  d. 
Florence  Edith,  d. 
Merlin  Duncan,  d. 
Marie 


Everett  Marion 
Wilhelmina  Har- 
riet,d. 
Mary  Elizabeth 
Margaret  Fay 
Katie  Frances 
Robert  George 
Bessie  Ruth 


'  Mildred  Rose 
Robert  Feagler 
Russel  Aubrey 
Helen  Grace 


(10)  Philemon 
Vawter  ra. 
Sylvia  Hunter 


r  (I) 


(2) 


Everett  Bates 
m.  Helen  E. 

Read 
William  Hun- 
ter 


Wallace  Read 


Maria  (Vawter)  Burns 


Maria  Vawter,  daughter  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter,  was 
born  in  Jefferson  county,  near  Madison,  Indiana,  December 
16,  1809.  She  lived  there  on  the  farm  until  December  16,  1826, 
when  she  was  married  to  Maxa  M.  Burns.  They  lived  in  Vernon 
for  a  year  or  two,  then  her  mother-in-law  died  and  they  went  to 
Wirt  to  keep  house  for  her  father-in-law's  family.  Maria  ( Vaw- 
ter) Burns  was  a  devoted  Christian,  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  from  early  womanhood,  and  was  respected  and  loved  by 
both  relatives  and  friends.  She  died  December  7,  1846,  at  the  age 
of  thirty-seven  years. 

Maxa  Moncrief  Burns  was  the  son  of  James  Burns,  one  of  the 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  9/ 

early  settlers  of  Jefferson  county,  and  was  the  brother  of  Miles 
and  Taulman  Burns.  He  was  born  April  27,  1808;  died  March 
17.  1890.  James  Burns,  the  father  of  Maxa,  was  born  in  Louden 
county,  Virginia,  September  28,  1786;  died  December  29,  1875. 
(More  of  the  Burns  family  will  be  found  in  the  chapter  on  "Cus- 
toms.") 

David  Burns,  one  of  the  children  of  Maxa  and  Maria  Burns, 
gives  his  remembrance  of  the  breaking  up  of  the  family  after  the 
death  of  his  mother,  as  follows : 

"My  mother  died  at  Wirt.  Indiana,  where  we  then  lived. 
Sallie,  together  with  Harry,  had  been  living  at  grandfather's  for 
about  two  months.  My  mother's  remains  were  taken  to  the  old 
farm  for  burial.  It  was  my  first  ride  so  far  as  I  have  any  recol- 
lection. I  think  we  must  have  left  Mary  and  Lizzie  out  there  at 
the  time,  as  I  do  not  remember  their  being  at  the  old  home  after 
the  funeral.  Mary  went  to  live  with  Aunt  Frank,  and  Lizzie  with 
Aunt  Lizzie.  My  father,  James,  Will,  and  myself  returned  home. 
We  kept  house  until  sometime  during  the  next  summer.  Will 
did  the  housework;  James  worked  in  the  sawmill  which  my  fa- 
ther owned,  running  the  engine,  young  as  he  was.  The  next 
summer  we  visited  at  grandfather's  again  and  Aunt  Polly  asked 
for  me  and  I  was  left  with  her.  My  father  afterwards  sold  the 
mill  at  Wirt  and  bought  another  one  at  Dupont.  Will  then  made 
his  home  with  Dr.  Butler  of  Dupont,  looking  after  his  horses,  do- 
ing chores  and  attending  school.  After  about  two  years  my 
father  married  and  we  were  all  taken  home  to  Dupont,  except 
Sallie,  who  remained  with  grandfather  and  grandmother  until 
nearly  the  time  of  their  death.  My  brother  James  did  not  live 
with  us  at  Dupont.  I  think  he  must  have  remained  with  the  old 
sawmill  at  Wirt,  which  was  then  owned  by  an  uncle  of  ours. 
James  stuck  to  sawmills  all  his  life,  and  never  seemed  happy  when 
away  from  one.     In  1855  we  moved  to  Sharps ville." 

Of  the  move  to  Sharpsville.  Harrison  Burns,  another  son,  said : 

"Some  friends  from  Dupont  had  gone  to  Sharpsville  to  live, 
and  my  father  and  I  concluded  to  go  and  see  the  country.  We 
rode  to  Martinsville,  walked  to  Mooresville,  then  to  Plainfield 
and  on  to  Indianapolis,  which  had  then,  in  the  year  1854,  about 


98  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

twelve  thousand  inhabitants.  We  went  on  from  there  to  Sharps- 
ville  and  then  returned  to  Dupont.  When  we  moved  to  Sharps- 
ville  in  the  spring  of  1855  I  rode  through  on  horseback.  There 
wasn't  a  sign  of  a  road  within  fifteen  miles  of  Sharpsville.  I 
sometimes  went  in  the  woods,  which  were  very  swampy,  and 
sometimes  on  the  railroad.  All  that  spring  two  horses  couldn't 
haul  the  wagons  through  the  streets  because  of  the  mud.  Nearly 
every  one  in  the  town  had  chills  and  fever.  There  were  two  doc- 
tors. Both  were  sick  and  lay  in  bed  and  dosed  out  quinine  to 
those  who  were  able  to  come  for  it." 

The  children  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter)  Burns  were  Jesse 
v.,  James,  William  V.,  Harrison,  Livingston  S.,  David  V.,  Mary 
F.,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  J. 

(i)  Jesse  v.,  son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter)  Burns,  was 
born  June  9,  1830;  died  March  12,  1831. 

(2)  James,  son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter)  Burns,  was 
born  November  15,  1831  ;  married  October  18,  1859,  to  Nancy 
Smith,  who  was  born  August  17,  1843. 

James  Burns  was  an  engineer.  He  always  seemed  infatuated 
with  sawmills,  and  roved  around  the  country  from  one  sawmill 
to  another.    He  died  near  Little  Rock,  Arkansas  in  March,  1903- 

The  children  of  James  and  Nancy  (Smith)  Burns: 

a.  Anna  Gertrude,  born  August  18,  1864. 

b.  Joseph  Lee,  born  July  21,  1870. 

c.  Charles  F.,  born  March  7,  1883. 

Mrs.  James  Burns  and  family  live  at  Greenwood,  Indiana. 

(3)  William  V.  Burns,  son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter) 
Burns,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  December  19, 
1833 ;  married  at  Mooresville,  Indiana,  March  28,  1854,  to  Sarah 
W.  Black;  died  August  11,  1885. 

William  V.  Burns  was  said  to  have  possessed  a  most  remark- 
able memory.  He  could  recite  the  whole  New  Testament  through 
and  could  repeat  the  contents  of  a  law  book  from  beginning  to 
end.  His  profession  was  that  of  a  lawyer.  He  went  into  the  army 
in  1862,  serving  in  the  Seventy-Ninth  Indiana  Regiment  as  judge 
advocate,  and  when  mustered  out  he  held  the  rank  of  captain. 

Sarah   (Black)    Burns,  the  daughter  of  W.  M.  and  Frances 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  99 

Black,  was  born  November  13,  1836.    Lives  at  340  West  Henry- 
street,  West  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

The  children  of  Wilham  V.  and  Sarah  (Black)  Burns  were 
William  Conduit,  Charles  W.  and  Maggie  Myrtle. 

a.  William  Conduit  Burns  was  born  March  23,  1855  ;  married 
to  Mary  M.  Coleman  March  21,  1878.  Lives  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana.    No  children. 

b.  Charles  W.  Burns  was  born  January  6,  1857;  died  in  1858. 

c.  Maggie  Myrtle  Burns  was  born  August  29,  1859;  married 
to  Marsh  R.  Whitson  December  18,  1883.  No  children.  Lives 
at  908  Elizabeth  street.  Ft.  Worth,  Texas. 

(4)  Harrison  Burns, son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  ( Vawter)  Burns, 
was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  December  11,  1836;  mar- 
ried March  22,  1870,  to  Mary  Constance  Smydth,  the  daughter 
of  William  C.  and  Constance  Smydth,  who  was  born  July  18, 
1847  i^  Bloomfield,  Indiana,  and  died  September  24,  1882. 

Children  of  Harrison  and  Mary  (Smydth)  Burns  were  Mar- 
garet Burns,  who  was  born  and  died  March  14,  1871,  and  Lee 
Burns,  who  was  born  April  19,  1872,  in  Bloomfield,  Indiana. 

Harrison  Burns  was  married,  second,  to  Julia  E.  Tomlinson. 
One  child,  Byron  Elliot,  died  in  infancy. 

Harrison  Burns  was  married,  third,  to  Mrs.  Georgia  S.  Min- 
nick,  July  3,  1891. 

Harrison  Burns  went  to  live  at  his  grandfather's  near  North 
Vernon,  Indiana,  shortly  before  the  death  of  his  mother,  and 
remained  there  until  his  father  married  again.  He  then  went 
home  to  Dupont,  Indiana  in  1849.  He  and  his  father  built  four 
houses  in  Dupont  in  the  year  1853,  and  then  went  down  by  boat 
into  Louisiana,  where  they  built  a  house  for  a  planter,  which  took 
them  five  or  six  months,  as  the  lumber  was  all  prepared  by  hand. 
In  1855  his  father  moved  to  Sharps ville,  and  soon  after  that  Har- 
rison Burns  went  to  Martinsville  as  a  carpenter.  The  next  year 
he  was  a  cabin-boy  on  a  river  boat  running  from  Cincinnati  to 
New  Orleans.  In  1857  he  went  into  his  brother  William's  law 
office  in  Martinsville.  He  practiced  law  in  Bloomfield,  Indiana, 
for  fourteen  years.  He  was  elected  judge  of  the  Common  Pleas 
Court  of  Indiana,  Ninth  District,  for  two  terms,  beginning  his 


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first  term  of  office  in  1868.  In  1876  he  was  appointed  by  Gov. 
Hendricks  as  judge  of  the  Marion  Superior  Court.  He  is  the  au- 
thor of  a  number  of  law  books,  of  which  Burns'  Indiana  Digest 
and  Burns'  Indiana  Statutes  are  the  most  widely  known.  Lives 
in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Lee  Burns,  the  son  of  Harrison  Burns,  attended  the  Indianapo- 
lis High  School  and  did  some  special  work  at  Butler  University. 
He  has  been  associated  with  the  Bobbs-Merrill  Company  of  In- 
dianapolis in  various  capacities  since  1885.  During  the  earlier 
years  of  his  employment  he  attended  school  a  portion  of  his  time. 
He  was  a  member  of  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
Eighth  Regiment  of  Indiana  Infantry  during  the  Spanish-Amer- 
ican War.  Is  now  employed  in  the  publication  department  of  the 
Bobbs-Merrill  Company. 

(5)  Livingston  S.  Burns,  son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter) 
Burns,  was  born  June  30,  1839;  died  March  3,  1843. 

(6)  David  Vawter  Burns,  son  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vawter) 
Burns,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  June  18,  1841 ; 
married  November  29,  1869,  to  Eudora  Danforth  (the  daughter 
of  Albert  Joseph  and  Matilda  Haven  Sewell  Danforth) ,  who  was 
born  March  16,  1849,  in  Newtown,  Indiana. 

David  Burns  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  Twenty-Sixth  Regiment  Indiana  Volunteers.  He  served 
during  the  war,  being  twice  wounded  and  at  one  time  a  captive. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  he  entered  the  Indiana  State  Univer- 
sity. In  1866  he  began  the  study  of  law  and  was  graduated  two 
years  later  from  the  Indianapolis  Law  School,  and  practiced  his 
profession  in  Indianapolis.  In  1870  he  was  elected  district  at- 
torney, and  in  1878  was  elected  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Marion  county,  Indiana.  In  1887,  on  account  of  failing  health, 
he  went  to  Denver,  Colorado,  to  live.  In  the  fall  of  1891  he  was 
elected  judge  of  the  district  court,  and  remained  on  the  bench 
until  1894.  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Franklin  Col- 
lege in  1897,  and  the  appointment  of  referee  of  bankruptcy  in 
1902.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  has  given 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  lOI 

largely  both  of  effort  and  money  for  its  support.   Lives  at  2247 
Marion  street,  Denver,  Colorado. 

The  children  of  David  V,  and  Eudora  (Danforth)  Burns: 

a.  Ida  Burns,  born  in  Indianapolis  October  25,  1870;  married 
June  2y,  1893,  to  Oswald  Alfred  Patzold,  who  was  born  August 
2,  1870,  in  Covington,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Patzold  is  now  superin- 
tendent of  the  Glenrock  Coal  Company  and  lives  in  Glenrock, 
Wyoming. 

b.  Grace  Burns  was  born  January  8,  1872  ;  died  July  25,  1872. 

c.  Danforth  Burns  was  born  August  19,  1873 ;  died  September 
6,  1878. 

d.  Nellie  Burns  was  born  February  28,  1875;  died  June  28, 

1875- 

e.  Edith  Burns  was  born  July  8,   1877,  in  Indianapolis.    Is 

living  with  her  parents  in  Denver,  Colorado. 

/.  Edna  Burns  was  born  August  29,  1881,  in  Indianapolis; 
married  to  William  McElvaine  Sites,  September  17,  1903,  in 
Denver,  Colorado.  William  Sites  was  born  in  Columbus,  Ohio, 
November  16,  1877.  Lives  in  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma,  and  is 
superintendent  of  the  gas  department  of  the  Oklahoma  Gas  and 
Electric  Company. 

(7)  Mary  F.  Burns,  daughter  of  Maxa  M.  and  Maria  (Vaw- 
ter)  Burns,  was  born  at  Wirt,  Indiana,  April  2,  1843;  married 
April  27,  1872,  to  Dallas  Newland,  who  was  born  January  13, 
1844. 

Mary  F.  Burns  was  about  three  years  of  age  when  her  mother 
died.  She  went  to  her  grandfather  Vawter's  for  a  while  and  then 
stayed  with  her  Aunt  Frances  King  for  some  time.  When  her 
father  was  married  again  she  went  with  him  to  Dupont,  Indiana. 
She  was  living  in  Indianapolis  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  to 
Dallas  Newland. 

Dallas  Newland's  parents  lived  in  Cumberland,  Indiana.  He 
was  a  teacher  of  music  in  the  Institution  for  the  Blind  at  In- 
dianapolis at  the  time  of  his  marriage.  He  died  November  21, 
1889. 


102  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

•  Children  of  Dallas  and  Mary  F.  Newland  : 

a.  George  Ballard,  born  January  26,  1873;  disappeared  while 
working  in  Chicago. 

b.  James  Edwin,  born  May  10,  1875 ;  married  May  28,  1897, 
to  Elsie  Cox,  who  was  born  November  21,  1878.  Their  children 
are  Robert  Nelson,  born  January  14,  1898,  and  Ralph  Guy,  born 
January  13,  1902. 

c.  Jesse  Guy,  born  March  29,  1880;  died  January  19,  1902. 
Mrs.  Newland  and  son  Edwin  and  family  live  in  Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

(8)  Elizabeth  A.,  daughter  of  Maxa  M.  and'Maria  (Vawter) 
Burns,  was  born  in  Wirt,  Indiana,  September  27,  1844;  married 
March  22,  1868,  to  Henry  L.  Bayley,  who  was  born  July  21, 
1828;, died  January  22,  1896. 

Elizabeth  (Burns)  Bayley  lived  at  Wirt,  Indiana,  until  the 
death  of  her  mother,  then  lived  with  her  aunt,  Lizzie  Stott,  until 
her  father  married  again.  She  was  married  at  Sharpsville  to  Mr. 
Bayley.  They  moved  from  Sharpsville  to  Metamora,  Michigan, 
and  from  there  to  Battle  Creek.  Mrs.  Bayley  and  her  children 
are  all  living  in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  except  the  oldest  son, 
Henry  W.  Bayley,  who  lives  in  Metamora. 

Children  of  Henry  L.  and  Elizabeth  (Burns)  Bayley: 

a.  Jennie  May  Bayley,  born  November  13,  1868,  in  Sharps- 
ville, Indiana;  married  August  30,  1885,  to  Jesse  L.  Rossman. 
Children:  Cora  Alice,  born  May  8,  1888;  Elvie  Elizabeth,  born 
September  10,  1889;  Arnold  Jay,  born  December  15,  1891 ;  Eva 
Grace,  born  May  6,  1894;  Nellie  Viola,  born  June  29,  1902. 

b.  Henry  Ward  Bayley,  born  April  30,  1870,  in  Kokomo, 
Indiana;  married  February  28,  1895,  to  Clara  Summers.  Chil- 
dren: Gladys,  born  March  27,  1897,  and  Gerald,  born  August 
17,  1898. 

c.  Arthur  Loring  Bayley,  born  June  21,  1872,  in  Sharpsville, 
Indiana;  married  August  28,  1900,  to  Melinda  G.  Lamson. 

d.  Frank  Wade  Bayley,  born  November  16,  1874,  in  Sharps- 
ville, Indiana. 

e.  Bertha  Alice  Bayley,  born  September  26,  1876;  died  July 
3I'  1877. 


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103 


/.    Edith  de  Fltiria  Bay  ley,  born  December  6,  1879,  in  Sharps- 
ville,  Indiana. 

g.    Minnie  Agnes  Bayley,  born  September  26,  1882,  in  Sharps- 
ville,  Indiana. 

]i.    Howard  Glenn  Bayley,  born  June  11,  1885,  in  Metamora, 

Michigan. 

/.    Willard  Marion  Bayley,  born  July  25,  1887,  in  Metamora, 
Michigan. 

(9)    Sarah  Jane  Burns,  daughter  of  Maxa  and  Maria  (Vaw- 
ter)  Burns,  was  born  in  Wirt,  Indiana,  June  19,  1846.    She  was 
taken  to  her  grandfather  and  grandmother  Vawter  when  but  four 
months  old,  her  mother  being  very  ill  at  the  time,  and  dying  two 
months  later.    She  lived  with  her  grandparents  until  eighteen 
years  of  age.   When  thirteen  years  old  she  had  brain  fever.  When 
fourteen  years  of  age  she  had  rheumatism,  not  being  able  to 
walk  a  step  for  six  months,  and  then  using  crutches  for  three 
years.    She  then  had  cerebro-spinal  meningitis,  which  resulted  in 
total  loss  of  sight,  but  in  almost  a  cure  of  the  rheumatism.    She 
entered  the  Institution  for  the  Blind,  taking  up  her  studies  where 
she  left  off,  and  graduating  from  there  in  three  years,  teaching 
reading,  arithmetic  and  geography  for  one  year  in  one  of  the 
grades.   After  all  this  time  she  still  held  to  a  cheerful  confidence 
that  she  would  see  again.    It  was  some  time  after  the  paralysis 
of  the  eyelids  was  overcome  and  the  eyeballs  (which  were  turned 
backward)  had  been  turned  into  their  natural  position  by  a  skill- 
ful doctor  before  she  began  to  see,  but  gradually  the  sight  was 
restored. 

About  1 87 1  Sallie  Burns  was  employed  as  governess  and 
teacher  in  an  orphanage  on  Capital  avenue,  Indianapolis.  She 
was  there  for  five  years  and  while  there  took  charge  of  a  boy, 
Frank  B.  George,  and  supported  and  educated  him.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  then  Franklin  College  for  one  year.  Is  now 
married  and  lives  in  Detroit.  In  1876  Sallie  Burns  became  matron 
of  the  Colored  Orphans'  Home,  served  there  five  years,  and  was 
then  appointed  church  missionary  for  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Indianapolis.  She  was  engaged  in  this  work  for  two  years  and 
was  then  married,  on  December  31,  1883,  to  George  B.  Loomis, 


104  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Mr.  Loomis,  by  a  former  marriage,  had  two  children,  Fred  and 
Mary.  Fred  was  afterwards  married  to  Louise  Wegmann  and 
lives  in  IndianapoHs.  Mary  was  married  to  Henry  Rogers  and 
and  died,  leaving  two  children.  Mr.  Loomis  died  November  27, 
1887.  Five  years  after  his  death  Sallie  (Burns)  Loomis  again 
took  up  church  missionary  work  and  has  been  engaged  in  some 
sort  of  regular  church  work  ever  since.  She  and  her  daughter 
Grace  live  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

George  B.  Loomis,  the  son  of  George  and  Esther  Brace 
Loomis,  was  born  in  Bennington,  New  York,  May  10,  1833.  He 
early  showed  musical  ability  and  was  sent  to  New  York  City  to 
be  instructed  by  Lowell  Mason.  He  taught  music  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  then  came  to  Worcester,  Ohio,  and  in  1864  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  music  in  the  public  schools  of  In- 
dianapolis, which  position  he  held  for  seventeen  years.  During 
this  time  he  published  a  series  of  music  books  which  were  used 
in  the  Indianapolis  schools  for  years  and  are  still  in  use  in  many 
cities  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Loomis  was  a  deacon  in  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Indianapolis. 

Children  of  George  and  Sallie  B.  Loomis :  Grace  B.,  born 
March  25,  1885,  in  Indianapolis,  and  George  D.,  born  August  8, 
1886;  died  July  17,  1887. 

Grace  B.  Loomis  is  now  attending  Franklin  College. 


Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Stott  '    . 

Elizabeth  Vawter,  daughter  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter, 
was  born  September  17,  181 1,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  near 
Madison,  and  while  she  was  yet  a  young  girl  united  with  the 
Mt.  Pleasant  Baptist  Church.  Her  father  moved  to  Jennings 
county,  Indiana,  when  she  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age.  She 
was  married  to  John  Stott  about  four  years  later.  She  was  of  a 
quiet,  unassuming  nature,  but  yet  decided  in  her  opinions.  One 
of  her  children,  in  talking  of  her,  said :  "When  mother  spoke  we 
always  knew  she  meant  what  she  said  and  we  did  what  she  re- 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  105 

quired.  Father  was  a  preacher,  and  in  those  days  preachers  re- 
ceived no  remuneration  for  their  services,  but  gave  time  and 
effort  freely,  making  their  living  on  their  farms  or  in  other  busi- 
ness. The  time  given  to  traveling  about  preaching  v^as  just  so 
much  time  taken  away  from  the  work  by  which  the  family  lived ; 
so  the  wives  of  preachers  had  more  to  contend  with  than  other 
women.  My  mother  was  often  worried  in  the  early  years  of 
father's  preaching  because  of  the  time  spent  away  from  the  farm, 
but  later  grew  reconciled  and  became  the  most  patient  person  I 
ever  saw.  Every  one  was  attracted  by  her  sweet,  lovable  disposi- 
tion. Her  Christian  influence  on  her  own  family  was  most 
marked.  She  and  father  labore'd  and  prayed  for  the  conversion 
of  their  children,  and  lived  to  see  them  all,  except  Vawter,  who 
died  in  infancy,  members  of  the  Zoar  Baptist  Church.  Mother 
was  confined  to  her  bed  for  a  year  before  her  death.  She  died  in 
Franklin,  Johnson  county,  Indiana,  November  17,  1893,  ^S^^ 
eighty-two  years." 

John  Stott  was  born  March  14,  181 1,  in  Woodford  county, 
Kentucky.  His  parents  moved  to  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  in 
181 6.  He  worked  on  a  farm  until  he  was  seventeen  or  eighteen 
years  old,  when  he  went  to  Vernon  to  learn  the  tanner's  trade 
with  his  uncle.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Vawter  April  7, 
1 83 1,  and  they  went  to  housekeeping  in  Vernon.  In  a  short  time 
they  moved  out  on  a  farm  near  William  Vawter's,  the  father  of 
Elizabeth.  Here  John  Stott  divided  his  time  between  farming 
and  tanning.  He  began  preaching  about  1848.  Most  of  his  time 
was  given  to  local  churches,  and  he  did  great  good  in  strengthen- 
ing weak  churches.  He  united  with  the  Vernon  Church  in  1828. 
John  Stott  and  his  wife  lived  on  the  same  farm  for  fifty  years. 
They  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  there  in  1881.  Four  years 
afterward  they  moved  to  the  Hopewell  neighborhood  near  Frank- 
lin, Indiana,  in  order  to  be  near  their  son.  Here  John  Stott  died 
December  29,  1887,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 

Children  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Stott  were  Vawter, 
Martha  E.,  William  T.,  Mary  F.  and  Maria  Jane, 

( I )    Vawter  Stott,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Stott, 
was  born  May  7,  1832;  died  March  12,  1835. 


I06  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(2)  Martha  E.  Stott,  daughter  of  John  and  EHzabeth  (Vaw- 
ter)  Stott,  was  born  April  18,  1834,  on  the  old  farm  near  Vernon, 
Indiana.  She  united  with  the  Zoar  Baptist  Church  in  1850,  and 
was  baptized  by  the  Rev.  James  B.  Swincher.  She  lived  at  home 
until  nineteen  years  of  age,  when  she  was  married,  November  3, 
1853,  to  Maxa  Moncrief,  near  Vernon,  Indiana. 

Maxa  Moncrief  was  born  July  11,  1832,  in  Jennings  county, 
Indiana.  His  occupation  was  farming.  He  united  with  the  Con- 
cord Baptist  Church  in  1850.  Has  lived  in  Franklin,  Indiana, 
since  1879. 

Children  of  Maxa  and  Martha  (Stott)  Moncrief: 

a.  Jennie  Moncrief,  born  April  19,  1855  ;  died  March  i,  1870. 

b.  Caleb  Moncrief,  born  April  2,  1858;  died  October  17,  1859. 

c.  Emma  Moncrief  was  born  July  31,  i860,  near  Vernon,  In- 
diana. She  united  with  the  North  Vernon  Baptist  Church  in 
1874;  was  married  July  24,  1895,  to  Robert  D.  Trick,  who  was 
born  November  28,  i860,  in  South  Wales.  Emma  Moncrief 
Trick  died  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  March  31,  1902. 

(3)  William  T.  Stott,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Stott,  was  born  near  Vernon,  Indiana,  May  22,  1836.  He  went 
to  the  district  schools,  and  in  1854  attended  an  academy  in  De- 
catur county,  Indiana.  He  united  with  the  Zoar  Baptist  Church 
in  his  seventeenth  year ;  began  attending  Franklin  College  in  the 
winter  of  1856-57,  and  was  graduated  in  186 1.  In  July,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  the  Eighteenth  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry  and  was 
in  the  service  until  the  close  of  1864.  Was  for  two  years  a  private 
and  for  the  remainder  of  the  time  captain  of  Company  "I."  He 
was  in  fifteen  battles,  being  commander  of  the  regiment  in  the 
last  battle,  which  was  at  Cedar  Creek,  Virginia.  In  September, 
1865,  William  T.  Stott  began  a  course  of  study  in  the  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  and  graduated  there  in  May, 
1868.  He  was  married  to  Arabella  R.  Tracy  May  21,  1868;  was 
pastor  in  Columbus,  Indiana,  1868  to  1869;  in  1869  was  called 
to  the  acting  presidency  of  Franklin  College ;  was  acting  president 
a  year  and  a  half  and  professor  of  sciences  for  about  a  year  and 
a  half.  He  was  elected  president  of  the  college  in  1872,  and  has 
been  president  for  thirty-two  years.    W.  T.  Stott  has  been  hon- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I07 

ored  with  several  offices,  such  as  president  of  the  Indiana  Baptist 
Convention,  member  of  the  board  of  visitors  for  the  Home  for 
Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Orphans,  member  of  the  state  board  of 
education,  member  of  the  board  of  the  Indiana  Soldiers'  Home, 
and  has  been  associate  editor  of  the  Baptist  Outlook  for  some 
time.  In  1894  he  visited  Europe  and  Palestine.  Lives  in  Franklin, 
Indiana. 

Arabella  (Tracy)  Stott,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Storrs  Tracy 
and  Mary  (Pierce)  Tracy,  was  born  in  Tunbridge,  Vermont, 
February  12,  1843.  Her  father  moved  to  Rochester,  New  York, 
when  she  was  a  child,  and  she  was  educated  there. 

Children  of  William  T.  and  Arabella  (Tracy)  Stott:  Wilfred 
T.,  Grace  E.,  Edith  R.,  Cyril  H.  and  Roscoe  G. 

a.  Wilfred  T.  Stott,  son  of  William  T,  and  Arabella  (Tracy) 
Stott,  was  born  in  Columbus,  Indiana,  March  5,  1869,  and  grad- 
uated at  Franklin  College  in  1891.  He  was  employed  as  a  re- 
porter by  the  Indianapolis  papers  for  some  time,  then  owned  a 
paper  in  Columbus,  Indiana.  While  there,  he  raised  a  volunteer 
company  of  which  he  was  the  captain.  This  company  was  in 
Governor  Durbin's  regiment  in  the  Spanish  War.  Wilfred  T. 
Stott  was  for  a  number  of  years  on  the  staff  of  the  Chicago 
Tribune.  He  is  now  assistant  editor  of  Service,  a  Baptist  Union 
magazine  published  in  Chicago. 

h.  Grace  E.  Stott,  daughter  of  William  T.  and  Arabella 
(Tracy)  Stott,  was  born  November  29,  1871,  in  Franklin,  In- 
diana. She  graduated  at  Franklin  College  in  1894.  She  was  col- 
lege librarian  until  1899.  Was  married  June  15,  1899,  to  Rev. 
Clark  R.  Parker. 

Clark  R.  Parker  was  born  November  29,  1873,  in  East  Trum- 
bull, Ohio.  He  graduated  at  Franklin  College  in  the  class  of 
1898  and  then  went  to  the  Boston  Conservatory  for  instruction 
in  music.  He  taught  music  in  Franklin  College  one  year,  then 
taught  school  in  the  Muncie  high  school  for  two  years,  then  re- 
turned to  Franklin  as  principal  of  the  high  school.  In  October, 
1904,  he  became  pastor  of  the  La  Porte  Baptist  Church. 

Clark  R.  and  Grace  (Stott)  Parker  have  one  child,  Cyril  Rod- 
ney, who  was  born  in  Muncie,  Indiana,  Alay  4,  1901. 


I08  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

c.  Edith  R.  Stott,  daughter  of  WilHam  T.  and  Arabella 
(Tracy)  Stott,  was  born  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  January  i,  1875. 
She  attended  Franklin  College.  She  was  married  to  Rev.  Fred 
Glendower  Kenny,  October  29,  1903. 

Fred  Glendower  Kenny  was  born  in  1868  at  Le  Roy,  New 
York.   Is  pastor  of  the  Tipton,  Indiana,  Baptist  Church. 

d.  Cyril  H.  Stott,  son  of  William  T.  and  Arabella  (Tracy) 
Stott,  was  born  November  8,  1877;  died  October  23,  1884. 

c.  Roscoe  G.  Stott,  son  of  William  T.  and  Arabella  (Tracy) 
Stott,  was  born  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  October  29,  1880.  He  grad- 
uated at  Franklin  College  in  1904,  and  is  now  in  the  University 
of  Chicago. 

(4)  Mary  F.  Stott,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  ( Vawter) 
Stott,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  May  17,  1840.  She, 
like  her  mother,  is  of  a  retiring  nature.  She  was  much  afflicted 
as  a  child,  so  seldom  left  home.  When  she  was  fifteen  years  of 
age  her  mother  fell  from  a  horse  breaking  her  wrist  and  bruising 
herself.  After  that  the  care  of  the  house  fell  on  Mary.  Jennie 
and  Mary  were  both  teachers  in  the  Sunday-school  for  years  while 
they  lived  in  the  old  home.  They  united  with  the  church  in  1854, 
and  were  baptized  by  their  father  in  the  creek  down  by  their 
grandfather's  place.  Mary  came  to  Franklin  in  September,  1885, 
and  is  living  there  now  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Moncrief. 

(5)  Jennie  M.  Stott  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
March  9,  1842.  She  was  always  of  a  cheerful  disposition  and  a 
good  student.  She  began  teaching  when  seventeen  years  old  and 
taught  for  several  years.  She  was  in  college  one  year,  but  owing 
to  sickness  at  home  was  compelled  to  return  there.  Afterwards 
she  taught  a  private  school  in  Franklin,  Indiana.  She  was  married 
to  James  N.  Chaille  June  23,  1881.  In  August,  1882,  a  daughter. 
Bertha  Elizabeth,  was  born,  who  lived  for  four  years.  Her  hus- 
band died  in  fifteen  weeks  after  the  death  of  the  little  girl.  Jennie 
S.  Chaille  then  came  back  home  to  Franklin,  where  she  remained 
until  her  death,  June  7,  1894. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  lOQ 


John  Taylor  Vawter 

John  Taylor  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter,  was 
born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  August  20,  181 3,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Pamelia  Dwyer  May  10,  1835.  He  and  his  wife  and  child, 
Edward,  went  to  Iowa  in  the  general  land  rush  in  1839,  when 
the  government  opened  the  land  of  that  territory  to  the  public. 
The  land  was  then  in  the  hands  of  rangers — men  who  pastured 
their  stock  upon  the  lands  but  who  did  not  own  them.  These 
rangers  naturally  objected  to  the  incoming  settlers,  and  even  after 
these  settlers  had  entered  their  claims  and  were  living  upon  them 
the  rangers  tried  to  drive  them  away  by  persecution.  John  T. 
Vawter  was  arrested  once  for  arson  and  four  times  for  perjury 
upon  statements  sworn  to  by  the  rangers.  Although  he  proved 
himself  innocent  every  time  he  spent  all  he  had  in  defending 
himself. 

About  this  time  there  came  to  Iowa  a  German  preacher,  who 
preached  in  both  the  German  and  English  languages  and  who  in- 
terested Mr.  Vawter  more  than  any  one  he  had  ever  heard.  The 
minister  was  one  of  a  German  community  in  Ohio.  Later,  John 
T.  Vawter  went  sixty  miles  to  hear  another  one  of  these  preach- 
ers. This  second  minister  told  him  of  a  German  colony  which 
was  being  organized  in  Shelby  county,  Missouri,  and  said  that 
Mr.  Vawter  could  become  a  member  if  he  so  desired.  Mr.  Vawter 
was  very  much  pleased  with  the  idea  and  went  with  his  family 
to  Missouri  and  united  with  the  colony.  At  that  time  he  had  four 
children.  These  children  learned  to  speak  German  long  before 
their  father  did,  and  he  said  they  would  often  come  to  him  and 
ask  questions  that  he  could  not  make  out.  Their  first  education 
was  entirely  in  German.  There  were  only  two  American  families 
in  the  colony.  Mr.  Vawter  lived  in  the  colony  for  about  eighteen 
years,  and  says  he  remembers  it  as  one  of  the  happiest  periods  of 
his  life. 

When  the  colony  was  first  organized  at  Bethel,  Missouri,  the 
members  lived  in  tents,  and  there  were  many  more  in  the  town 


m 


no  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

then,  in  1845,  than  there  are  at  the  present  time.  Each  family 
Hved  in  its  own  house  as  soon  as  the  houses  could  be  built.  Such 
improvements  were  made  about  the  place  as  were  deemed  neces- 
sary by  the  elders  and  Mr.  Kyle,  who  was  the  head.  One  of  the 
directors  came  around  each  morning  and  said :  "You  go  here, 
you  work  there,  you  plant,  you  plow,"  and  so  on.  The  women 
did  the  lighter  kinds  of  work  in  the  field,  the  girls  and  women 
also  working  in  the  glove  factory  and  the  woolen  mill.  The  men 
worked  on  the  farms,  in  the  tannery,  the  distillery  and  at  herding. 
There  was  a  superintendent  for  each  department — the  farm,  the 
factory,  and  so  on.  These  superintendents  were  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  elders.  The  people  were  allowed  provisions  and  cloth- 
ing according  to  the  number  in  the  family,  and  the  supply  was 
abundant.  Whisky  was  furnished  also,  but  there  was  no  drunken- 
ness in  the  colony.    No  money  was  allowed  to  the  members. 

At  first  the  colony  was  very  poor,  but  it  grew  prosperous  as 
the  years  passed,  and  the  people  lived  better  and  had  more  time 
for  amusements.  At  Elim,  a  short  distance  from  Bethel,  was  the 
residence  of  Mr.  Kyle,  the  leader.  At  this  place  was  a  great  pa- 
vilion and  concert  hall.  Here  the  people  had  two  great  festivals 
a  year — the  May  Festival  and  the  Harvest  Festival.  At  both  of 
these  they  had  an  abundance  of  good  things  to  eat  and  music  and 
dancing.  At  Hebrun,  one  mile  northv/est  of  Bethel,  was  the 
colony  cemetery. 

Mr.  Kyle,  who  was  a  minister  and  also  the  head  of  the  colony, 
was  a  very  remarkable  man.  He  possessed  a  powerful  person- 
ality and  a  wonderful  control  over  the  people.  He  ruled  the 
colony  in  a  manner  which  seemed  to  be  for  the  best  good  of  all. 
The  people  no  more  thought  of  questioning  his  authority  than 
they  would  that  of  their  Creator.  Even  the  young  people  had  to 
ask  his  consent  when  they  thought  of  getting  married. 

John  T.  Vawter,  while  a  member  of  the  colony,  at  first  lived 
in  the  town.  He  was  a  herder,  and  after  a  while  moved  out  in 
the  country,  as  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  attend  to  his  herd- 
ing at  a  greater  distance  from  the  town.  He  took  up  a  claim  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and  the  colony  improved  it.  The 
first  house  they  built  for  him  was  by  the  side  of  the  creek.   While 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  III 

in  this  house  the  family  constantly  had  the  chills  and  fever.  The 
colony  then  built  a  house  for  them  on  the  hill,  and  after  living 
there  a  while  the  chills  left  them.  Mr.  Vawter's  father  and  mother 
visited  him  while  in  the  colony. 

Before  the  colony  was  disbanded  a  number  of  the  members 
went  to  Oregon,  among  them  Edward  Vawter,  the  son  of  John 
T.  Vawter.  Mr  Kyle,  the  head  of  the  colony,  afterwards  went 
to  Oregon  to  bury  his  son  who  had  died  there,  and  as  the  members 
were  not  doing  well  he  remained  to  take  charge  of  the  Oregon 
branch.  He  retained  control  of  the  Missouri  branch,  but  appoint- 
ed Andrew  Giese  as  manager.  Andrew  Giese  was  in  turn  fol- 
lowed by  Jacob  Miller.  Under  these  changes  in  leadership  the 
colonists  became  dissatisfied. 

About  this  time  John  T.  Vawter  went  for  a  visit  to  his  relatives 
in  Indiana,  and  when  he  returned  to  Missouri  decided  to  sever 
his  connection  with  the  colony.  Although  he  had  nothing  when 
he  went  into  the  colony,  when  he  left  it  he  had  his  farm,  which 
he  had  pre-empted,  his  house  and  barn  and  the  stock  upon  the 
farm,  and  had  in  the  meantime  brought  up  a  large  family ;  so  that 
his  experience  had  not  been  a  bad  thing  for  him  financially.  On 
this  farm  were  born  his  other  three  children  by  his  first  wife. 
Here  his  first  wife  died  December  i6,  1861.  Here  he  was  mar- 
ried, second,  to  Mrs.  N.  S.  Philliper,  July  12,  1866,  and  here  his 
youngest  child,  Albert,  was  born.  Soon  after  Mr.  Vawter  with- 
drew the  colony  was  disbanded. 

John  T.  Vawter  and  his  wife  are  now  living  in  Bethel,  Mis- 
souri.  He  is  ninety-two  years  old. 

Children  of  John  T.  and  Pamelia  (Dwyer)  Vawter  were  Ed- 
ward, William,  Frances,  Katherine,  Michael,  Louisa  and  John 
T.,  Jr. 

(i)  Edward  Vawter,  son  of  John  T.  and  Pamelia  (Dwyer) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  November  21, 
1838;  married  in  Portland,  Oregon,  February  12,  1865,  to 
Barbara  Kroher,  who  was  born  September  30,  1838,  in  Bavaria, 
Germany,  and  died  July  3,  1866. 

Edward  Vawter's  first  education  was  in  German  in  the  colony. 
Both  his  children  and  grandchildren  speak  the  German  language 


112  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

as  well  as  the  English.  In  1863  he,  with  a  number  of  others  from 
the  colony,  went  to  Oregon.  He  drove  an  ox-team  across  the 
plains,  landing  at  Portland,  Oregon,  October  6,  1863,  and  was 
engaged  in  cutting  cord-wood,  making  rails,  etc.,  until  he  married 
the  first  time,  when  he  went  to  farming,  and  has  followed  that 
occupation  since. 

Edward  Vawter  was  married  the  second  time  to  Catherine 
Gunnerman,  December  7,  1871.  She  was  born  in  Hesse-Cassel, 
Germany,  February  8,  1842.  They  are  now  living  in  Bates  City, 
Missouri. 

Children  of  Edward  and  Barbara  (Kroher)  Vawter: 

a.  George  Adam  Vawter  was  born  in  Aurora,  Marion  county, 
Oregon,  June  10,  1866;  married  in  Bethel,  Shelby  county,  Mis- 
souri, September  30,  1888,  to  Katy  A.  Luty,  who  was  born  in 
Bethel,  Missouri,  May  18,  1864.       Children: 

Edgar  Frederick  Vawter,  born  in  Bethel,  Missouri,  March  10, 
1890. 

Frank  Edward  Vawter,  born  January  7,  1892;  died  February 
18,  1892. 

Wilbur  Luty  Vawter,  born  May  19,  1893. 

Bertha  May  Vawter,  still-born,  January  9,  1896. 

Clifford  George  Vawter,  born  January  6,  1900. 

George  A.  Vawter  went  from  Bethel,  Missouri,  to  Newport, 
Washington,  in  1901.  He  is  in  the  real  estate  business  and  is  also 
a  dealer  in  wood. 

Children  of  Edward  and  Catherine  (Gunnerman)  Vawter: 

a.  Frank  Wesley  Vawter  was  born  June  13,  1873;  married 
April  2y,  1898,  to  Emma  Graupner,  who  was  born  December  7, 
1876.  Children:  Freda  Mildred,  born  July  27,  1899,  and  Edna 
Catherine,  born  September  18,  1901. 

Frank  W.  Vawter  is  living  in  Newport,  Washington. 

b.  William  Alfred  Vawter,  son  of  Edward  and  Catherine 
(Gunnerman)  Vawter,  was  born  February  13,  1876;  married 
June  12,  1 90 1,  to  Mary  Virginia  Straughter,  who  was  born  De- 
cember 5,  1875.  No  children.  They  live  in  San  Dimas,  Cali- 
fornia. 

(2)    William  Vawter,  son  of  John  Taylor  and  Pamelia  (Dwy- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  II3 

er)  Vawter,  was  born  near  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  September  20, 
1840.  He  enlisted  from  Shelby  county,  Missouri,  in  April,  1863, 
to  serve  three  years  or  during-  the  war.  He  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  as  a  private  of  Cap- 
tain James  M.  Collier's  Company  "G,"  Eleventh  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, Missouri  Volunteers,  Colonel  William  D.  Wood  command- 
ing. This  regiment  took  part  in  the  action  at  Spring  Town, 
from  where  it  marched  to  Jacksonport  and  participated  in  that 
fight,  April  26,  1864.  In  May  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Du- 
vall's  Bluflf,  Arkansas,  and  during  its  stay  there  took  part  in  the 
engagements  at  Ashley's  and  Jones'  Stations,  Augusta,  Searcy, 
Dardanelle  and  Morristown,  and  marched  over  ten  thousand  miles 
in  expeditions,  raids  and  scouts.  In  November,  1864,  the  regi- 
ment was  ordered  to  Brownsville,  Arkansas,  and  attached  to  the 
Second  Brigade,  Cavalry  Division,  Seventh  Army  Corps;  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1865,  was  ordered  to  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  remaining 
there  until  May;  thence  to  New  Orleans,  en  route  for  the  Rio 
Grande.  On  arriving  at  New  Orleans  in  July  the  order  was  coun- 
termanded and  the  regiment  ordered  to  Benton  Barracks,  Mis- 
souri. It  was  mustered  out  of  service  July  27,  1865,  at  Greenville, 
Louisiana,  thence  moved  to  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
and  received  final  pay  and  discharge  August  11,  1865. 

William  Vawter,  in  the  spring  of  1865,  was  confined  in  the 
hospital  at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  owing  to  illness,  and  when  he 
returned  to  St.  Louis  found  that  his  company  had  been  disbanded. 
He  received  an  honorable  discharge  at  St.  Louis  on  the  nth  of 
August,  1865,  by  reason  of  the  close  of  war.  He  was  married 
April  5,  1866,  at  Shelbyville,  Missouri,  to  Matilda  F.  McKinnon 
Christman,  who  was  born  November  14,  1843,  ^^  St.  Louis 
county,  Missouri.  She  was  married  first  to  William  Christman, 
who  was  one  of  the  Union  soldiers  massacred  by  the  Quantrell 
band  of  outlaws  in  the  battle  of  Centralia,  Missouri. 

William  Vawter's  eyes  were  injured  during  the  war  and  he 
was  mustered  out  almost  blind.  Several  years  after  the  war  he 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Ivanhoe,  Missouri ;  sold 
out  his  business  there  in  1885,  and  with  his  family  moved  to 
Meade  county,  Kansas,  where  he  took  a  homestead  of  one  hun- 


114  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

dred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  but  the  hot  winds  and  grasshoppers 
in  the  summer  and  the  bhzzards  in  the  winter  soon  drove  the 
family  away.  They  moved  to  Polk  county,  Missouri,  where  Wil- 
liam bought  a  farm.  Selling  this  farm,  he  moved  to  Bullion, 
Adair  county,  Missouri.  Shortly  after  this,  in  1893,  his  eyes 
began  to  grow  worse,  and  in  a  short  time  he  became  blind  and 
has  been  so  ever  since.  He  lives  with  his  son  William  in  Brashear, 
Missouri. 

Children : 

a.  Colonel  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Matilda  Vawter, 
was  born  January  26,  1867.  He  was  married  June  7,  1896,  to 
Ida  Rahe  at  Bullion,  Adair  county,  Missouri,  and  has  one  son, 
Emil,  who  was  born  October  14,  1898.  Colonel  Vawter  is  a  black- 
smith and  wagon-maker,  living  at  Brashear,  Missouri. 

h.  William  Scott  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Matilda  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  March  28,  1873,  in  Shelby  county,  Missouri.  He 
came  to  Brashear,  Missouri,  in  1893,  ^'■^'^^  ^s  an  attorney  of  that 
place  and  a  member  of  board  of  trustees  of  the  town.  He  was 
elected  for  four  consecutive  times  Worshipful  Master  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Lodge.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  has  held  the  highest  of- 
fices in  that  lodge.  He  recently  received  his  commission  as  district 
deputy  grand  master  of  the  Odd  Fellows  for  District  No.  59. 
William  S.  Vaw-ter  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics.  He  is, 
moreover,  a  great  student  of  ancient  history,  and  it  is  said  that 
there  are  few  men  in  Missouri  so  well  informed  as  he  on  that 
subject. 

c.  Pamelia,  daughter  of  William  and  Matilda  Vawter,  died 
in  infancy. 

Matilda  Vawter,  wife  of  William,  died  April  16,  1899. 

(3)  Frances  Vav/ter,  daughter  of  John  T.  and  Pamelia 
(Dwyer)  Vawter,  was  born  January  3,  1843,  in  Iowa,  near  Cedar 
Rapids,  and  was  two  years  of  age  when  her  father  united  with 
the  German  colony  in  Missouri.  She  lived  in  Bethel,  Missouri, 
for  ten  years  when  her  father  moved  his  family  out  on  a  farm 
near  there.  She  was  sixteen  years  old  when  her  mother  died,  and 
she  then  took  charge  of  the  house  until  her  father  married  again ; 
then  went  to  Shelby ville,  Missouri,  and  lived  with  a  family  by 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN"    AMERICA  II 5 

the  name  of  Carley  until  she  was  married.  Was  married  Decem- 
ber 18,  1870,  to  John  George  Burckhardt. 

John  G.  Burckhardt  was  born  in  Wiirttemberg,  Germany,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1842.  When  twelve  years  of  age  he  came  to  this 
country  with  his  parents  and  settled  in  Glen  Cove,  Rhode  Island. 
In  May,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  G,  Fourth 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry;  was  discharged  May,  1863,  as 
sergeant;  shipped  November,  1864,  in  the  United  States  navy; 
discharged  October,  1865,  from  the  United  States  ship  Anemone 
at  the  New  York  navy  yard.  After  that  he  lived  with  his  parents 
at  Allentown,  Pennsylvania,  and  worked  in  a  rolling  mill.  In 
1869  he  came  to  Shelby ville,  Missouri,  and  there  was  married 
to  Frances  Vawter.  Mr.  Burckhardt  has  a  large  farm  near  Bethel, 
Missouri.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  fine  stock,  particularly 
thoroughbred  shorthorn  cattle  and  draft  horses  and  sheep.  He 
is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repubhc, 
a  school  director,  a  deacon  in  the  Presbyterian  Churchy  and  is  one 
of  the  prominent  farmers  who  has  been  chosen  by  the  government 
to  send  in  regular  monthly  reports  of  the  weather  conditions  and 
the  crops.    Ivanhoe  Stock  Farm,  Bethel,  Missouri. 

Children  of  John  G.  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Burckhardt: 

a.  Sarah  Ann  Burckhardt,  born  February  28,  1873;  married 
October  17,  1896,  to  Henry  W.  Boeckley.  They  live  near  Bethel, 
Missouri,  and  have  one  child,  Enid  Beth,  who  was  born  May  12, 
1902. 

b.  John  Frederick  Burckhardt  was  born  February  14,  1875 ; 
married  April  19,  1903,  to  Minnie  Baker,  who  was  born  October 
3,  1880,  in  Ohio.   They  live  near  Bethel,  Missouri. 

c.  Lulu  Christina  Burckhardt  was  born  June  i,  1876;  died 
February  i,  1898. 

d.  Margaret  Pamelia  Burckhardt,  born  May  27,  1878. 

e.  Mary  Elizabeth  Burckhardt  was  born  September  27,  1879. 
/.    George  Burckhardt  was  born  January  12,  1882. 

g.    Mamie  Burckhardt  was  born  May  4,  1884. 

(4)  Katherine  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  Taylor  and  Pamelia 
(Dwyer)  Vawter,  was  born  near  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  February  i, 
1845  y  moved  with  her  parents  when  still  an  infant  to  the  German 


Il6  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

colony  at  Bethel,  Missouri,  remaining  in  the  town  until  ten  years 
of  age.  Her  father  then  moved  out  on  a  farm  near  Bethel.  Here 
she  lived,  with  the  exception  of  three  years  spent  in  the  town, 
until  she  was  married,  March,  29,  1866,  to  George  Vanosdol. 

George  Vanosdol  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1840.  In  1856  he  moved  to  Shelby  county.  Missouri, 
assisting  his  father  there  in  farming.  He  served  in  the  army,  re- 
turning to  Shelby  county,  Missouri,  in  1865.  He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  the  most  of  his  life.  Is  now  living  near 
Plevna,  Missouri. 

Children  of  George  and  Katherine  Vanosdol : 

a.  Mary  Catherine,  born  October  13,  1866;  married  April  9, 
1 89 1,  to  Joseph  Brooks,  who  is  a  lumber  manufacturer  living  at 
Bonner's  Ferry,  Idaho.  Children :  Artemus,  born  December  30, 
1893;  Gerald,  born  August  25,  1894,  and  Aurora,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1896. 

h.  Emiline  Vanosdol  was  born  August  i,  1868;  married 
March  7,  1889,  to  George  W.  Baltzer,  who  is  a  farmer  and  trader 
living  at  Epworth,  Missouri.  Children:  Pearl,  born  January  17, 
1890,  and  Harry,  born  October  26,  1891. 

c.  James  Monroe  Vanosdol  was  born  March  9,  1870;  mar- 
ried October  20,  1894,  to  Mollie  Pence.  James  M.  Vanosdol  is  a 
farmer  and  trader  living  near  Epworth,  Missouri.     No  children. 

d.  Frances  Ann  Vanosdol  was  born  February  28,  1872;  mar- 
ried February  i,  1893,  to  Albert  Campbell  Staggs;  died  April 
16,  1893. 

e.  Scott  Vanosdol  was  born  February  10,  1874;  married  April 
23,  1892,  to  Elizabeth  Gibbs.  He  is  a  farmer  and  trader  living 
near  Epworth,  Missouri.     No  children. 

/.  Sarah  Hotchkiss  Vanosdol  was  born  May  4,  1876;  mar- 
ried July  19,  1897,  to  W.  R.  Perrigo.  They  live  in  Naples, 
Idaho.    They  have  two  children,  Floyd  and  Bertha  Winifred. 

g.  Mattie  Belle  Vanosdol  was  born  November  23,  1878;  mar- 
ried November  3,  1895,  to  W.  W.  Wilcox,  who  is  a  farmer  and 
trader  living  near  Shelbyville,  Missouri.  Children  :  William  Gil- 
bert, born  November  26,  1896,  and  Laurence,  born  October  30, 
1900. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  11/ 

h.  William  Weaver  Vanosdol  was  born  December  ii,  1880. 
Lives  in  Rush  Center,  Kansas. 

/.     Cora  Lee  Vanosdol  was  born  April  11,  1883. 

j.    Lulu  Ludica  Vanosdol  was  born  July  9,  1886. 

k.    Isaac  Morton  Vanosdol  was  born  February  7,  1889. 

(5)  Mary  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  Taylor  and  Pamelia 
(Dwyer)  Vawter,  was  born  October  9,  1847 ;  died  April  21,  1858. 

(6)  Michael    Vawter,    son    of    John    Taylor    and    Pamelia 

(Dwyer)  Vawter,  was  born  April  6,  1851 ;  married  Rebecca 

in  Lexington,  Missouri.     No  children. 

(7)  Louisa  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  Taylor  and  Pamelia 
(Dwyer)  Vawter, was  born  November  17,  1853,  in  Shelby  county, 
Missouri;  married  in  Knox  county,  Missouri,  June  15,  1874,  to 
Thomas  Tanksley,  who  was  born  in  Hancock  county,  Illinois, 
March  i,  1855.  They  live  at  Fern  Hill,  Washington.  Chil- 
dren of  Thomas  and  Louisa  (Vawter)  Tanksley: 

a.  Charles  Wesley  Tanksley,  born  September  11,  1875,  in 
Shelby  county,  Missouri. 

h.  Samuel  Tanksley,  born  in  Schuyler  county,  Illinois,  June 
18,  1877;  died  September  11,  1878. 

c.  Minnie  Tanksley,  born  in  Illinois  January  22,  1879;  died 
March  22,  1884. 

d.  Albert  Tanksley,  born  in  Illinois  March  11,  1881 ;  mar- 
ried August  23,  1900,  to  Christena  S.  Wesaw,  of  Lake  View, 
Washington. 

c.    Thomas  Oliver  Tanksley,  born  in  Illinois  April  19,  1883. 

/.  James  Mitton  Tanksley,  born  in  Lafayette  county,  Mis- 
souri, September  21,  1888. 

g.  Henry  Franklin  Tanksley,  born  in  Lafayette  county,  Mis- 
souri, August  25,  1891. 

(8)  John  T.  Vawter,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Taylor  and  Pamelia 
(Dwyer)  Vawter,  was  born  near  Bethel,  Missouri,  December  11, 
1855,  married  at  Kirby,  Missouri,  December  12,  1875,  to  Ida 
E.  Springsteen,  who  was  born  August  22,  1858,  in  New  York 
City. 

Children :  Charles  William  Vawter,  who  was  born  near  Kir- 
by, Missouri,  February  2,  1877;  married  December  7,  1900,  to 


Il8  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Daisy  Tolle,  who  was  born  near  Bethel,  Missouri,  in  1877. 
Charles  William  Vawter  died  November  27,  1891. 

John  T.  Vawter,  Jr.,  has  worked  at  teaming  and  farming  for 
the  most  of  his  life.   Lives  now  in  Bethel.  Missouri. 

(9)  Albert  C.  Vawter.  son  of  John  T.  Vawter  and  his  second 
wife,  was  born  near  Bethel,  Missouri.  July  7.  1869;  married, 
near  Shelbyville,  Missouri,  July  26,  1891.  to  Frances  Josephine 
Churchwell,  who  was  born  near  Emden,  Missouri.  July  27,  1870. 

Children : 

a.     Francis  Marion,  born  April  2,  1893. 

h.     Vernon  Day,  born  August  4,  1894. 

c.  Arthur  Lee,  born  September  20,  1895. 

d.  Annie  Gladys,  born  May  9,  1897. 

e.  Mary  Ruth,  born  July  14,  1900. 

Albert  C.  Vawter  is  a  lumber  grader  living  at  Newport,  Wash- 
ington. 


Williamson  Dunn  Vawter 

Williamson  Dunn  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Frances  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  August  28,  181 5,  at  Mt.  Glad,  near  Madison, 
Indiana.  His  father  moved  to  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  when 
he  was  about  twelve  years  of  age.  He  attended  the  country 
schools,  his  first  text  books  being  a  spelling  book  and  the 
New  Testament,  then  the  American  First  Class  Book.  Among  his 
teachers  was  Mrs.  Lard,  a  noted  teacher  in  the  early  days  of 
Indiana.  Williamson's  father  proposed  to  make  a  farmer  of  his 
son,  but  the  boy  had  no  liking  for  that  vocation  and  left  his 
father's  home  soon  after  reaching  the  age  of  twelve  years.  He 
went  to  Kentucky  to  a  cousin  by  the  name  of  Stapp,  with  whom 
he  stayed  for  a  time.  Afterwards  he  went  to  live  with  his  uncle, 
Colonel  John  Vawter,  for  whom  he  had  a  great  affection.  John 
Vawter  wanted  to  make  a  business  man  of  Williamson.  The 
first  work  of  the  boy  was  driving  an  ox-team  between  Vernon  and 
Madison,  carrying  merchandise  for  his  uncle's  store,  which  was 
located  in  Vernon  and  was  the  great  emporium  for  a  vast  region 


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119 


of  country.  This  work,  which  was  full  of  adventure  and  danger, 
the  roads  being  bad  and  the  woods  affording  lurking  places  for 
occasional  savages,  just  suited  the  daring  spirit  of  the  boy.  Later 
he  became  a  clerk  in  the  mercantile  house  of  his  uncle,  and  then  a 
partner  in  the  same  store  with  his  cousin,  Smith  Vawter.  Wil- 
liamson and  Smith  Vawter  carried  on  business  together  in  the 
same  brick  building  at  the  old  Vawter  corner  in  Vernon  for 
forty  years.  Williamson  Vawter  was  the  junior  partner.  He 
was  also  postmaster  of  Vernon  for  a  number  of  years,  a  leader 
in  temperance  work  and  treasurer  and  custodian  of  the  Bible 
depository  of  the  Jennings  county  branch  of  the  American  Bible 
Society  from  its  organization  until  he  moved  to  California.  He 
did  not  despise  the  day  of  small  things,  but  was  ever  ready  to 
assist  in  any  measure  for  the  good  of  the  community.  He  took 
a  lively  interest  in  municipal  politics ;  was  a  whig  during  the  life 
of  that  party  and  a  member  of  the  republican  party  from  its 
birth ;  was  an  abolitionist  in  principle ;  voted  for  General  William 
Henry  Harrison  for  president  of  the  United  States  and  also  voted 
for  Benjamin  Harrison  in  1888. 

Williamson  D.  Vawter  and  family  went  from  Vernon,  Indiana, 
to  Los  Angeles  county,  California,  in  1875,  W.  D.  Vawter  being 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  "Indiana  Colony."  This 
colony  bought  land  where  Pasadena  now  stands.  The  climate 
of  Santa  Monica,  however,  seemed  to  offer  superior  attractions, 
and  there  Williamson  Vawter  and  sons  bought  property  and  en- 
gaged in  business,  partaking  actively  in  every  measure  for  the 
good  of  the  town.  W.  D.  Vawter  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
first  church  organized  and  built  in  Santa  Monica — the  Presby- 
terian Church.  The  first  street  railway  in  Santa  Monica  was 
built,  owned  and  operated  by  Williamson  Vawter  and  his  two 
sons,  W.  S.  and  E.  J.  Vawter.  The  First  National  Bank  of 
Santa  Monica  was  organized  by  himself  and  sons,  and  the 
largest  brick  block  there  was  built  by  same.  W.  D.  Vawter  was 
president  of  the  bank  at  one  time,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
still  engaged  in  that  business. 

Williamson  D.  Vawter  was  married  July  15,  1834.  to  Mary 
Charlotte  Tilghman  Crowder,  who  was  born  May  12,  181 7,  and 


120  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

died  September  22,  1851,  and  was  buried  in  the  Vernon  cemetery. 
The  children  of  WilHamson  D.  and  Mary  Charlotte  Tilghman 
(Crowder)  Vawter  were  Mary  Ellen,  May,  Jane  Cravens,  Ara- 
mantha  Charlotte,  William  Smith  and  Edwin  James. 

Williamson  D.  Vawter  was  married,  second,  November  10, 
1852,  to  Charlotte  Augusta  Knowlton,  who  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts,  July  31,  1819,  and  died  in  Santa  Monica, 
California,  December  27,  1893.  Children  of  Williamson  and 
Charlotte  (Knowlton)  Vawter  were  Emma  Knowlton  and 
Charles  Knowlton. 

Williamson  D.  Vawter  died  in  Santa  Monica,  California,  July 
10,  1894. 

Children : 

( 1 )  Mary  Ellen  Vawter,  daughter  of  Williamson  D.  and 
Mary  (Crowder)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  October 
23,  1836.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  she  began  teaching,  but  after 
teaching  two  years  at  May  Hill  and  Deer  Creek  her  eyesight 
failed  and  she  was  compelled  to  remain  a  year  in  a  dark  room. 
When  twenty-three  years  of  age  she  was  married  to  Ward 
Leavitt,  of  Chautauqua,  New  York.  Children :  Charles  Dunn, 
born  February  16,  1862;  died  October  2,  1862;  Florence  May, 
born  August  3,  1865. 

In  the  spring  of  1875  M^-  ^^^  Mrs.  Leavitt  and  daughter  went 
to  Los  Angeles  county,  California,  with  the  family  of  E.  J.  Vaw- 
ter. They  were  stockholders  in  the  Indiana  Colony.  After  a 
few  months'  sojourn  at  Pasadena  and  Los  Angeles,  they  came  to 
Santa  Monica.  In  1880  they  went  back  to  Pasadena,  and  after 
seven  years  of  orange  ranch  life  there  they  returned  to  Santa 
Monica,  where  Mr.  Leavitt  died,  October  23,  1896. 

(2)  May  Vawter,  daughter  of  Williamson  and  Mary  (Crow- 
der) Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  March 
4,  1838.  She  was  educated  in  the  Vernon  schools.  She  stood 
well  in  her  classes  and  had  a  fair  musical  education ;  taught  school 
in  Lafayette,  Indiana,  with  her  uncle,  A.  J.  Vawter,  who  was  at 
that  time  superintendent  of  the  Lafayette  schools ;  traveled 
through  the  southern  and  eastern  states  and  Canada  and  came 
to  the  Pacific  coast  with  her  father's  family  in  1875.     She  was 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  121 

married  in  the  spring  of  1876  by  Rev.  Dr.  Condit,  to  Switzer 
Soutter  Harwood,  M.  D.,  at  her  father's  home  in  Santa  Monica, 
California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harwood  lived  in  San  Pablo,  Cali- 
fornia, then  in  San  Francisco,  going  afterwards  to  Yreka,  Sis- 
kiyou county,  the  extreme  northern  portion  of  California.  They 
then  went  to  Sydney,  Australia,  to  live.  May  V.  Harwood  making 
the  voyage  to  and  from  there  several  times.  She  died  in  Sydney, 
Australia,  March  i,  1884.  May  (Vawter)  Harwood  was  self- 
reliant,  active,  daring  and  adventurous  from  her  childhood.  She 
united  with  the  Vernon  Presbyterian  Church  and  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa 
Monica,  California. 

Dr.  Switzer  Soutter  Harwood  was  born  in  London,  England. 
He  went  with  his  parents  to  Sydney,  Australia,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  short  time,  returning  to  England  to  complete  his 
education.  He  came  to  San  Francisco  in  1875,  and  in  that  same 
year  to  southern  California.  In  Santa  Monica  he  met  and  mar- 
ried May  Vawter.    There  were  no  children. 

(3)  Jane  Cravens  Vawter,  daughter  of  Williamson  D.  and 
Mary  (Crowder)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  April 
17,  1840.  The  name  Cravens  was  given  in  honor  of  a  political 
friend  of  her  father.  She  was  interested  in  political  and  national 
questions  from  childhood  and  became  a  stanch  abolitionist  at  ten 
years  of  age.  She  received  her  education,  for  the  most  part,  in 
the  private  and  public  schools  of  Vernon,  and  afterwards  contin- 
ued her  studies  under  the  direction  of  the  family  physician.  Dr. 
J.  C.  Burt,  following  the  course  of  study  laid  out  in  the  catalogue 
of  Hanover  College.  She  then  took  special  courses  of  reading  for 
several  years.  At  twenty  years  of  age  she  taught  for  several 
months  in  the  public  schools  of  Indianapolis,  and  again  at  twenty- 
two.  She  was  a  teacher  of  the  higher  English  and  algebra,  besides 
other  branches.  She  united  with  the  Vernon  Presbyterian  Church 
April  17,  1864;  was  the  projector  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
first  Sunday-school  in  Santa  Monica,  California.  The  school  was 
organized  and  carried  on  for  some  weeks  in  the  W.  D.  Vawter 
homestead.  Jennie  Vawter  was  a  charter  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Santa  Monica ;  served  for  a  time  as  Sun- 


122  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

day-school  superintendent,  and  later  took  charge  of  a  class  of 
boys  and  girls,  thirty  in  number,  taking  them  from  ten  years  of 
age  until  they  were  men  and  women.  She  was  one  of  two  solicit- 
ors who  collected  funds  for  the  erection  of  the  beautiful  building 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  now  in  use  in  Santa  Monica,  Cali- 
fornia, a  building  made  possible  by  the  generosity  and  sympathy 
of  her  father  and  mother,  with  their  family.  She  and  her  sister 
Emma  live  together  in  the  old  homestead  in  Santa  Monica. 

(4)  Aramantha  Charlotte  Vawter,  daughter  of  Williamson 
D.  and  Mary  (Crowder)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana, 
September  25,  1841.  She  was  educated  in  the  Jennings  Academy 
in  Vernon  and  in  the  Female  College  at  Oxford,  Ohio.  She  com- 
menced to  teach  school  when  not  quite  seventeen  years  old  in 
Scipio,  Indiana,  afterward  taking  a  school  in  the  country  at  a 
place  called  the  "Forks  of  Graham."  After  this  she  resumed  her 
studies,  and  later  taught  for  a  time  in  Lafayette,  Columbus  and 
Vernon,  Indiana.  She  was  married  October  16,  1866,  at  her  fa- 
ther's home  in  Vernon,  to  Septimius  Vater  of  Lafayette,  Indiana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vater  are  members  of  the  oldest  literary  society 
in  Lafayette  (the  Parlor  Club),  and  are  the  members  of  the 
longest  standing  in  it.  Mrs.  Vater  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mon- 
day Club — a.  woman's  organization.  She  is  a  Presbyterian  in  re- 
ligious belief  and  was  for  many  years  president  of  the  Woman's 
Missionary  Society  of  the  church  and  also  held  the  office  of 
president  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  the  Crawfordsville  Pres- 
bytery for  several  years.  During  the  last  year  she  was  ordained 
a  deaconess  in  hej  own  church.  Is  a  member  of  the  Woman's 
Auxiliary  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  was 
the  first  president  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union 
in  Lafayette. 

Septimius  Vater  was  born  August  20,  1844,  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  His  father,  Thomas  Vater,  was  from  the  vicinity  of  Liver- 
pool, England.  He  married  Eleanor  Palmer  of  London,  and  they 
came  to  America  with  their  two  children.  Mrs.  Vater,  then  a 
widow,  came  to  Indianapolis  with  her  family  in  1852.  Septimius 
Vater  received  his  education  there  and  learned  the  printers'  trade 
and  also  telegraphy.   In  the  fall  of  1863  he  returned  to  Cincinnati 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 23 

and  worked  in  the  office  of  the  Times  for  more  than  a  year.  In 
October,  1864,  he  went  to  Lafayette,  Indiana,  and  became  busi- 
ness manager  of  the  Courier.  In  January,  1869,  Mr.  Vater 
bought  the  Lafayette  Journal  in  partnership  with  Benjamin  B. 
Barron,  who  died  about  a  year  and  a  half  afterward.  Mr.  Vater 
then  conducted  the  paper  alone  until  1882,  when  he  sold  it  and 
spent  a  year  or  more  in  California  with  his  family.  In  March, 
1885,  Mr.  Vater  purchased  the  Evening  Call.  This  paper  he  pub- 
lished for  over  ten  years,  when  he  sold  out.  In  1898  he  bought 
stock  and  went  into  Perrin's  National  Bank  as  an  officer.  When 
that  bank  consolidated  with  the  Merchant  National  he  became 
treasurer  of  the  Lafayette  Loan  and  Trust  Company. 
Children  of  Septimius  and  Aramantha  (Vawter)  Vater: 

a.  Williamson  Dunn  Vater  was  born  May  17,  1868.  He  was 
educated  at  Princeton  Seminary.  He  was  married  November  29, 
1899,  to  Grace  Barker  of  Logansport,  Indiana,  who  was  born 
April  16,  1873.  Williamson  Vater  is  a  Presbyterian  minister, 
preaching  in  Oxford,  Indiana. 

b.  Thomas  Eugene  Vater  was  born  April  5,  "1871  ;  died  July 
15,  1871. 

c.  Agnes  Eugenie  Vater  was  born  June  29,  1872.  She  is  an 
active  member  of  the  young  ladies'  literary  society  of  Lafayette, 
Indiana ;  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  primary  department  of  the  Sabbath-school ;  has 
traveled  abroad  and  in  her  own  country. 

(5)  William  Smith  Vawter,  son  of  Williamson  and  Mary 
(Crowder)  Vawter,  was  born  near  Vernon,  Jennings  county, 
Indiana,  April  i,  1845.  ^^  passed  through  the  various  grades 
of  the  school  in  Vernon  and  graduated  in  a  commercial  college 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Returning  to  Vernon,  was  deputy  county 
clerk  for  about  a  year,  when  he  became  editor  and  proprietor  of 
the  Vernon  Banner,  which  he  continued  to  run  successfully  for 
two  ^ears.  In  1875  h^'  with  his  father  and  brother,  moved  to 
California,  and  they  were  among  those  who  helped  in  the  first 
building  up  of  the  town  of  Santa  Monica,  on  the  shores  of  the 
Pacific  ocean,  twenty  miles  from  Los  Angeles.  Here  William 
Vawter  took  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  community.    When  the 


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public  school  was  started  he  became  one  of  the  trustees,  serving 
three  years.  When  the  village  became  a  city  he  was  elected  a 
trustee  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four  years.  He,  together 
w^ith  his  father  and  brother,  organized  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Santa  Monica  and  built  the  street-car  line  from  Santa  Monica 
to  the  Soldiers'  Home.  William  S.  Vawter  has  always  been  a 
republican  in  politics  and  an  earnest  worker  in  his  party.  When 
Benjamin  Harrison  was  the  chief  executive  of  the  nation  W.  S. 
Vawter  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  postmaster  of  Santa 
Monica,  which  position  he  held  until  the  election  of  Mr.  Cleve- 
land, when  he  tendered  his  resignation. 

William  S.  Vawter  was  married  in  1868  to  Sarah  McClaskey, 
daughter  of  Judge  Isaac  McClaskey  of  Jackson  county,  Indiana. 
Sarah  (McClaskey)  Vawter  was  born  August  20,  1852,  at  Salem, 
Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  A  son,  born  January  15,  1875  ;  died  at  birth. 

b.  Mary  Charlotte  Vawter  was  born  July  29,  1871.  She  at- 
tended school  at  the  Western  College,  Oxford,  Ohio,  and  after- 
wards graduated  in  Hanna  College  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 
She  was  married  June  2,  1891.  to  John  Rigdon  Moore,  who  was 
born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  October  2.  1863.  John  R.  Moore  is 
the  son  of  John  Francis  and  Bettie  (Rigdon)  Moore,  and  the 
grandson  of  William  Moore,  one  of  the  oldest  residents  of  Wash- 
ington City.  He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  in  Washing- 
ton and  at  Emerson  Institute.  Is  connected  with  a  bank  in  Los 
Angeles,  California. 

(6)  Edwin  James  Vawter,  son  of  Williamson  D.  and  Mary 
(Crowder)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Jennings  county,  In- 
diana, November  26,  1848.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
private  schools  of  Vernon.  He  early  showed  a  decided  tendency 
for  business  and  made  his  first  venture  as  a  newspaper  man  on 
the  Vernon  Banner.  He  was  soon  taken  into  partnership  with  his 
father,  W.  D.  Vawter,  in  general  merchandise,  at  the  old  "Vawter 
Corner"  in  Vernon.  The  firm  name  was  W.  D.  and  E.  J.  Vawter. 
On  the  removal  of  the  W.  D.  Vawter  family  to  California  in 
1875  the  partnership  between  father  and  son  continued.    E.  J. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I25 

Vawter  was  a  stockholder  and  pioneer  in  the  "Indiana  Colony," 
which  located  where  Pasadena,  California,  is  now.  The  Vawter 
families  afterwards  settled  in  Santa  Monica,  Los  Angeles  county, 
California,  and,  the  business  expanding  by  the  addition  of  lumber 
yards,  barley  and  planing  mills,  W.  S.  Vawter  also  became  a 
partner. 

E.  J.  Vawter  then  organized  a  company  to  carry  on  real  estate 
transactions,  banking,  railroading,  etc.  He,  with  his  father  and 
brother,  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Monica  in 
1888,  and  he  was  elected  cashier.  During  this  time  they  incorpo- 
rated, built  and  operated  the  first  street  railway  in  Santa  Monica, 
afterwards  selling  their  road  to  the  Los  Angeles  and  Pacific  Elec- 
tric Railway  Company.  The  First  National  Bank  of  Santa  Mon- 
ica was  sold  in  1893  to  Senator  Jones  of  Nevada,  and  was  soon 
after  disorganized,  a  state  institution  taking  its  place. 

Together  with  his  father  and  brother  E.  J.  Vawter  then  organ- 
ized a  commercial  company  and  also  a  state  bank,  called  "The 
Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Monica,"  W.  S.  Vawter  being  elected 
president.  W.  D.  Vawter  dying  in  the  summer  of  1894,  W.  S. 
Vawter  withdrew  from  the  company,  and  E.  J.  Vawter  succeeded 
to  the  presidency  of  the  bank  and  was  the  controller  of  the  com- 
mercial company's  affairs.  Having  brought  the  interests  of  the 
Vawter  families  to  a  condition  where  he  could  close  out  the  bank- 
ing business  without  too  great  a  sacrifice,  he  took  that  step  in 
1899.  He  remains  the  president  and  manager  of  the  commercial 
company,  which  represents  the  properties  left  himself  and  four 
sisters  by  the  will  of  their  father.  He  is  now  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Ocean  Park,  California. 

E.  J.  Vawter  is  also  engaged  in  floriculture,  making  a  specialty 
of  the  cultivation  of  the  carnation  and  the  violet  for  the  market. 
His  carnation  field  is  said  to  be  the  largest  flower  garden  in  the 
world.  From  twelve  to  twenty  thousand  blooms  are  cut  from  it 
daily.  The  Vawter  carnation  fields  are  considered  one  of  the 
wonders  of  California,  and  are  visited  by  people  from  all  parts 
of  the  world. 

In  politics  E.  J.  Vawter  is  a  republican.  He  cast  his  first  presi- 
dential vote  for  Grant  in  1872;  was  a  member  of  the  town  council 


126  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

of  Vernon,  Indiana,  for  two  years ;  was  twice  a  delegate  to  state, 
once  to  congressional,  and  many  times  to  county  conventions 
while  in  Indiana.  In  California  he  was  three  times  state  delegate 
and  often  was  delegate  to  county  conventions ;  was  for  six  years  a 
member  of  the  city  council  of  Santa  Monica,  and  for  six  years  a 
member  of  the  school  board.  He  united  with  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Santa  Monica,  California,  March  8,  1896. 

Edwin  J.  Vawter  was  married  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  May  25, 
1870,  to  Laura  Dixon  by  Rev.  Washington  Malick.  Laura 
(Dixon)  Vawter,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  M.  and  Belinda  (Fos- 
ter) Dixon,  of  Vernon,  was  born  May  20,  1851 ;  died  March  i, 
1886.   There  was  one  child,  Edwin  J.  Vawter,  Jr. 

Edwin  J.  Vawter  was  married,  second,  September  18,  1888, 
to  Mrs.  Isabelle  L.  Nelson,  daughter  of  William  and  Rose 
(Ward)  Cummings,  who  was  born  November  7,  1857.  There 
are  no  children  of  the  second  marriage,  but  Mr.  Vawter  and  wife 
are  rearing  two  little  girls,  Charlotte  and  Ida  Belle  Baird,  whose 
parents  are  both  dead. 

a.  Edwin  James  Vawter,  Jr.,  son  of  Edwin  J.  and  Laura 
(Dixon)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon.  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
June  10,  1 87 1.  He  was  taken  by  his  father  and  mother  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1875.  After  the  death  of  his  mother  in  1886  he  went 
to  his  grandfather's  to  live.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  entered 
Purdue  University  at  Lafayette,  Indiana,  where  he  remained  one 
year.  In  1888  he  entered  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley. 
He  was  taken  with  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever  during  the  Christ- 
mas holidays  and  was  unable  to  return  to  school  that  year.  In 
1889  he  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Santa 
Monica,  California.  After  this  bank  was  sold  to  Senator  Jones 
he  remained  with  the  new  bank  which  was  soon  organized  until 
it  was  in  complete  running  order ;  was  paying  teller  during  the 
panic  of  1893.  On  the  organization  of  the  Commercial  Bank  of 
Santa  Monica  in  1894  he  accepted  a  place  in  that  bank,  and  within 
a  year  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  cashier.  Politically  he  is 
a  republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
organized  a  company  of  the  "Uniform  Rank"  at  Santa  Monica, 
which  he  served  as  captain  for  two  years,  resigning  to  accept  a 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 27 

position  as  adjutant  of  First  Battalion,  Third  Regiment;  is  also 
a  Mason.  He  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  boyhood 
and  has  served  as  a  trustee  for  several  years.  In  1898  he  went 
on  a  voyage  to  Honolulu,  where  he  remained  four  months.  On 
his  return,  he  became  cashier  in  the  Main  Street  Savings  Bank 
of  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  now  is  cashier  in  the  United 
States  National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

Edwin  J.  Vawter,  Jr.,  was  married  March  8,  1899,  to  Bessie 
M.  Channell,  daughter  of  Sewell  and  Ellen  Channell,  who  was 
born  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  January  29,  1874.  Her  father 
moved  to  Piedmont,  a  suburb  of  San  Francisco,  and  later  to  Los 
Angeles,  California.  She  received  her  education  in  Kansas  and 
in  Canada,  completing  her  course  at  Snell  Seminary,  Oakland, 
California,  in  1892. 

Children : 

a.  A  son,  born  and  died  July  4,  1901. 

b.  Marjorie  Dixon  Vawter,  daughter  of  Edwin  J.  and  Bessie 
(Channell)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  March 
12,  1903. 

(7)  Emma  Knowlton  Vawter,  daughter  of  Williamson  D. 
and  Charlotte  (Knowlton)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana, 
August  21,  1853.  She  received  her  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Vernon,  Indiana,  and  in  the  Western  Seminary  and  College 
at  Oxford,  Ohio,  where  she  graduated  in  1873.  She  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1875  with  her  father's  family.  She  is  an  excellent  mu- 
sician, has  taught  the  piano  to  some  extent,  and  has  been  organist 
in  the  church  during  her  life  in  Santa  Monica.  She  lives  with 
her  sister  Jennie  in  the  old  home  place  in  Santa  Monica. 

(8)  Charles  Knowlton  Vawter,  son  of  Williamson  D.  and 
Charlotte  (Knowlton)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana, 
September  7,  1855.  He  was  delicate  from  birth,  having  a  spinal 
difficulty.  He  was  fond  of  music  and  books,  especially  of  poetry. 
When  still  a  lad  he  would  listen  for  hours  to  the  reading  of 
Shakespeare  and  Dante.  He  came  with  his  father's  family  to 
California  in  1875.  His  spinal  trouble  increased,  causing  loss  of 
sight,  which  became  complete  two  years  before  his  death.    He 


128  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

died  September  29,  1879,  and  was  buried  in  the  Santa  Monica 
cemetery. 


Jesse  R.  Vawter 

Jesse  R.  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter,  was 
born  July  11,  181 7,  in  Jefferson  county,  near  Madison,  Indiana. 
He  gives  the  following  account  of  his  life  in  a  record  book  in 
which  he  kept  very  carefully  the  dates  of  births,  marriages  and 
deaths  in  the  families  of  his  children : 

"I  was  married  May  4,  1837.  to  Sarah  Parks,  who  was  born 
August  31,  1822.  We  first  went  to  housekeeping  on  my  father- 
in-law's  place  on  Gray's  Branch,  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  where 
we  lived  about  three  years.  Then  I  built  a  double  cabin  on  my 
own  land  on  Fish  creek,  where  I  lived  nearly  two  years,  and  then 
moved  on  father's  place.  After  I  sold  my  land  on  Fish  creek  fa- 
ther gave  me  five  acres  of  land  and  I  bought  forty  acres  of  him 
at  another  place,  where  I  lived  for  five  years.  I  then  traded  with 
father  and  got  a  small  farm  on  the  creek  one  mile  below  his  home. 
I  stayed  there  sixteen  years,  when  I  lost  my  health,  traded  my  farm 
for  town  property,  and  moved  to  North  Vernon  in  the  spring  of 
1867.  I  lived  there  one  year  and  then  gave  my  town  property  to 
my  son,  William  A.  Vawter,  for  the  support  of  myself  and  wife. 
This  property  he  put  into  a  farm  in  Campbell  township,  Jennings 
county,  Indiana.  In  the  spring  of  1868  I  moved  with  him  on  the 
farm  and  lived  in  the  same  house  with  him  until  I  built  a  small 
hewed  log  house  on  the  same  farm,  where  I  now  live,  this  23d 
day  of  November,  1875." 

William  A.  Vawter  (the  son)  afterwards  moved  to  Kansas, 
and  as  Jesse  Vawter  and  wife  did  not  wish  to  go  so  far  away,  they 
went  to  live  with  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Mattie  West,  who  cared 
for  her  father  for  ten  years  before  his  death,  and  with  whom  the 
mother  is  now  living.  Jesse  Vawter  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church  for  sixty-six  years.  He  died  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  May  13, 
1900. 

The  children  of  Jesse  R.  and  Sarah   (Parks)   Vawter  were: 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 29 

Margaret  B.,  Elizabeth  S..  William  A.,  Smith  W.,  John  S.,  Sarah 
Frances,  James  George,  Elvira  Ann,  Jesse  Philemon,  Aramantha 
Maria  and  Ida  Olive. 

( 1 )  Margaret  B.  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
(Parks)  Vawter,  was  born  October  21,  1838;  married  August  16, 
1866,  to  Lewis  Wagner,  a  farmer  of  Vernon,  Indiana,  who  was 
born  June  18,  1832,  and  who  died  January  29,  1904. 

Children : 

a.  Jesse  R.  Wagner,  born  June  21,  1867;  died  June  21,  1867. 

b.  Ethel  Wagner,  born  January  i,  1871 ;  married  June  18, 
1890,  to  Martin  A.  Shepherd.  They  have  one  child,  Ralph,  who 
was  born  September  16.  1895. 

Martin  A.  Shepherd  was  born  January  12,  1863.  He  is  a  book- 
keeper for  the  Union  Selling  Company,  in  the  Majestic  Building, 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

(2)  Elizabeth  S.  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
(Parks)  Vawter,  was  born  November  30,  1840;  married  March 
6,  1856,  to  Thomas  Clarkson,  who  was  born  September  29,  1832. 

Children : 

a.  Albert  V.  Clarkson,  born  April  25,  i860;  died  May  31, 
i860. 

b.  Clara  Belle  Clarkson,  born  July  30,  1861 ;  married  April 
8.  1884,  to  William  Pool. 

c.  Emma  Alice  Clarkson,  born  November  17,  1862;  married 
June  17,  1 88 1,  to  Willard  Whitcomb.    Elwood,  Indiana. 

(/.  Elvin  Grant  Clarkson,  born  July  16,  1864;  died  May  26, 
1865. 

e.  Thomas  Osborn  Clarkson,  born  December  2,  1866.  Lives 
in  Butlerville,  Indiana. 

/.  Jesse  F.  Clarkson.  born  August  15,  1870.  Lives  in  Vernon, 
Indiana. 

g.  Edith  Idella  Clarkson,  born  February  4,  1874;  married 
.   Lives  in  Elwood,  Indiana. 

Bertha  May  Clarkson.  born  December  31,  1878;  married . 

Elwood,  Indiana. 

(3)  William  xAllan  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Parks) 
Vawter,  was  born  July  13,   1842;  married  at  Brewersville,  In- 


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diana,  March  28,  1861,  to  Angelina  E.  Cheever,  who  was  born 
in  Brewersville,  Indiana,  July  24,  1842. 

William  A.  Vawter  enlisted  during  the  Civil  War  in  Company 
E,  Eighty-Second  Regiment  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  August 
13,  1862,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Was  never 
wounded  or  sick,  although  he  took  part  in  many  battles,  among 
them  were  those  at  Perryville,  Kentucky ;  Stone  River,  Tennessee ; 
Tullahoma,  Tennessee;  Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Mis- 
sionary Ridge,  Buzzard's  Roost.  Kennesaw  Mountain,  Resaca, 
Peach  Tree  Creek,  Atlanta,  and  many  other  minor  engagements. 
William  Vawter  is  a  farmer  living  in  Edna,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  Amelia  Frances  Vawter  was  born  near  North  Vernon,  Jen- 
nings county,  Indiana,  March  19,  1862 ;  married  to  H.  L.  Holton, 
who  was  born  in  Bethel,  Ripley  county,  Indiana,  April  22,  1858. 
He  is  a  farmer,  and,  with  his  family,  lives  in  Canada  townships 
Labette  county,  Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)  Annie  J.  Holton,  born  March  15,  1882. 

(b)  Lelia  May  Holton,  born  August  23,  1883. 

(c)  Clyde  E.  Holton,  born  July  26,  1886;  died  August  21, 
1902, 

(d)  Adda  Holton,  born  March  29,  1888. 

(e)  Meta  A.  Holton,  born  March  11,  1890;  died  May  20, 
1890. 

(f)  Elizabeth  Holton,  born  June  2,  1892. 

b.  Clara  Adaline  Vawter  Avas  born  near  North  Vernon,  Jen- 
nings county,  Indiana,  August  19,  1865;  married  to  Bowen  C. 
Heath,  who  was  born  at  Butlerville,  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
September  22,  1864.  He  is  a  farmer.  They  live  near  Edna,  La- 
bette county,  Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)  William  A.  Heath,  born  July  28,  1889. 

(b)  Sarah  A.  Heath,  born  August  10,  1891. 

(c)  Ray  Heath,  born  May  12.  1894. 

(d)  James  H.  Heath,  born  February  27,  1896;  died  April  12, 
1896. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I3I 

(e)  Ruth  Heath,  born  March  30,  1897. 

(f)  Fern  Heath,  born  October  9,  1899. 

(g)  Bowen  C.  Heath,  born  November  26,  1901. 

(4)  Smith  W.  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Parks)  Vaw- 
ter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  March  27,  1844;  mar- 
ried near  Greensburg,  Indiana,  March  26,  1871,  to  Lucinda  John- 
son, who  was  born  in  Montgomery  county,  Indiana,  February  18, 

1845- 

Smith  W.  Vawter  is  engaged  in  agriculture  and  horticuhure. 

He  is  a  Baptist  and  a  repubHcan  of  long  standing.   He  offered  his 
services  three  times  during  the  Civil  War,  but  was  refused  be- 
cause he  did  not  meet  the  physical  requirements.    He  lives  in 
Springdale,  Arkansas. 
Children : 

a.  Sarah  Rebecca  Vawter,  born  January  21,  1872. 

b.  Cora  Luvinia  Vawter,  born  June  20,  1874;  married  March 
20,  1895,  to  William  Henry  Brown,  who  was  born  September 
14,  1847,  in  Union  county,  Indiana.  They  have  one  child,  Wilbur 
Fee  Brown.    Live  at  Lowell,  Benton  county,  Arkansas. 

c.  James  Oscar,  born  June  i,  1881 ;  died  August  16,  1881. 
d.    Wilbert  Carl,  born  November  11,  1883;  died  De- 
cember 5,  1883. 

Twins  -i  e.  Albert  Jesse,  born  November  11,  1883.  Is  a  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Hammond  &  Vawter,  Tailor- 
ing, Cherryvale,  Kansas. 

/.    Otis  Estis,  born  November  16,  1889. 

(5)  John  S.  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Parks)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  April  2,  1847;  married 
at  North  Vernon,  Indiana,  May  3,  1868,  to  Elizabeth  Grinstead, 
the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  Grinstead,  who  was  born 
in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  October  7,  1843. 

John  S.  Vawter  is  a  farmer.   Lives  at  Keota,  Missouri. 

Children  of  John  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Grinstead)  Vawter: 

a.    Margaret  J.  Vawter,  born  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana,  April 

7,   1869;  married  February  24,   1889,  to  William  F.  Philliber. 

They  live  in  Neosho,  Newton  county,  Missouri. 


132  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children  of  William  and  Margaret  ( Vawter)  Philliber : 

(a)  Otto  Philliber,  born  November  20,  1889;  died  December 
2,  1889. 

(b)  Orvill  L.  Philliber,  born  May  3,  1891. 

(c)  Oral  Floyd  Philliber,  born  January  27,  1894. 

(d)  Ira  Grace  Philliber,  born  April  4,  1895;  died  August  19, 
1899. 

(e)  Clara  B.  Philliber,  born  July  3,  1897;  died  July  17,  1898. 

(f)  Perry  H.  Philliber,  born  November  3,  1898 ;  died  Novem- 
ber 5,  1899. 

(g)  Raymond  L.  Philliber,  born  June  10,  1901. 
(h)     Mary  E.  Philliber,  born  October  12,  1902. 

b.  Everett  E.  Vawter  v^as  born  in  Queensville,  Indiana,  May 
17,  1872;  married  to  Mahala  A.  Sanders,  October  31,  1895. 
They  live  in  Keota,  Macon  county,  Missouri. 

Children  of  Everett  E.  and  Mahala  (Sanders)  Vawter: 

(a)  Ira  E.  Vawter,  who  was  born  March  17,  1897,  and  died 
August  13,  1897. 

(b)  John  I.  Vawter,  born  January  10,  1898. 

(c)  Alma  B.  Vawter,  born  February  7,  1900. 

(d)  Homer  W.  Vawter,  born  August  22,  1902;  died  March 
16,  1903. 

c.  Clyde  Elmer  Vawter,  born  at  Floris,  Davis  county,  Iowa, 
March  18,  1874;  died  February  27,  1875. 

d.  Maud  Ellen  Vawter  was  born  at  Floris,  Davis  county, 
Iowa,  November  20,  1875;  married  September  15,  1895,  to  Wil- 
liam F.  Moodey.   They  live  at  Clarence,  Shelby  county,  Missouri. 

Children  of  William  F.  and  Maud  (Vawter)  Moodey: 

(a)  Ira  M.  Moodey,  born  May  27,  1896;  died  July  27,  1896. 

(b)  Velma  E.  Moodey  was  born  October  11,  1897. 

(c)  Mabel  Moodey  was  born  May  10,  1902;  died  March  17, 
1903. 

(d)  Silvia  V.  Moodey,  born  June  22,  1904. 

e.  Pearl  E.  Vawter  was  born  October  13,  1877,  in  Floris, 
Iowa;  died  July  31,  1879. 

/.    Nona  Elma  Vawter  was  born  January  22,  1880. 

g.    Benjamin    Irvin   Vawter  was   born   at   Holmes'    Station, 


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133 


Boone  county,  Indiana.  October  17,  1882;  married  November  18, 
1902,  to  Hattie  J.  Woodruff.  One  child,  Emery  B.  Vawter,  was 
born  December  22,  1903.    They  live  in  Keota,  Missouri. 

h.    John  Blaine  Vawter,  born  October,  1884.    Lives  in  Keota, 

Missouri. 

i.    Alva  Elroy,  born  May  31,  1889.   Lives  in  Keota,  Missouri. 

(6)  Sarah  Frances  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
(Parks)  Vawter,  was  born  May  25,  1849,  near  North  Vernon, 
Indiana;  married  February  7,  1867,  to  Thomas  F.  Grinstead,  who 
was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  November  25,  1839,  and 
died  February  15,  1900,  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa.   Was  a  mail  carrier. 

Children : 

a.  Olive  May  Grinstead,  born  January  21,  1868;  married 
August  21,  1885,  to  J.  W.  Snell;  died  March  15,  1888. 

h.  Fanny  Bell  Grinstead,  born  May  16,  1869;  died  February 
9,  1870. 

c.  Lew  Emmerson  Grinstead,  born  March  9,  1871 ;  married 
September  30,  1901.  to  Dana  Norris.  Is  a  painter  and  paper 
hanger.  Lives  in  Huron,  South  Dakota.  One  child,  Esther,  was 
born  July  11,  1902. 

d.  Ella  Grace  Grinstead,  born  September  13,  1872;  married 
August  25,  1889,  to  A.  J.  Taylor.  They  live  in  Ottumwa,  Iowa. 
Their  children  are  Frank,  Myrtle,  Olive,  Charles.  Mabel,  Deny 
and  Harold. 

e.  Claud  Ellsworth  Grinstead,  born  September  18,  1874;  died 
September  26,  1875. 

/.     Bertha  Edith  Grinstead,  born  January  28,  1877. 

g.  Ada  Jane  Grinstead,  born  September  24,  1878;  married 
December  28,  1898,  to  T.  F.  VanHorn.  They  live  in  Bloomfield, 
Iowa. 

h.  Ora  Idella  Grinstead,  born  April  14,  1880 ;  married  July  23, 
1904,  to  C.  H.  Hockmuth,  who  is  engaged  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness.   They  live  at  417  East  Sixth  street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

i.  Jesse  Edward  Grinstead,  born  November  18,  188 1.  Is  a 
farmer,  living  in  Mechanicsville,  Iowa. 

y.  Myrtle  Blanche  Grinstead,  born  February  18,  1883;  died 
October  i,  1884. 


134  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

k.  Carl  James  Grinstead,  born  November  27,  1885;  died 
March  5,  1888. 

/.     Vila  Gail  Grinstead,  born  January  29,  1888. 

m.     Emma  Ethel  Grinstead,  born  April  25,  1890. 

Mrs,  Sarah  (Vawter)  Grinstead  lives  at  845  West  Seventh 
street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

(7)  James  G.  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Parks)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  September  4,  1851,  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana; 
married  May  19,  1870,  to  Margaret  Ross,  who  was  born  July 
16,  1 85 1.   They  live  in  Queens ville,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Edward  J.  Vawter,  born  June  12,  1871 ;  died  February  6, 

1875- 

b.  Alvaretta  Bernice  Vawter,  born  September  9,  1873 !  rn^r- 

ried  February  7,  1895,  to  John  A.  Shinold.  Their  children  are 
Arthur  E.,  born  March  21,  1896,  and  Matilda  A.,  born  April  12, 
1898. 

c.  Indiana  Rose  Vawter.  born  April  13,  1877;  married  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1897,  to  Moses  M.  Miller.  Their  children  are  Vance, 
born  November  8,  1898,  and  Irvin  C,  born  February  15,  1900. 

d.  Mary  Jane  Vawter,  born  July  23,  1879;  married  August 
20,  1899,  to  Irvin  R.  Crum.  Their  children  are  Flora  M.,  born 
June  23,  1900,  and  Jamie  A.,  born  May  29,  1902. 

e.  Omer  Walton,  born  June  28,  1881. 
/.    Lucy  A.,  born  September  i,  1883. 
g.    Lewis  Clyde,  born  May  6,  1886. 

h.    Grace  G.,  born  July  12,  1888. 

i.  Sarah  Frances,  born  May  28,  1890;  died  September  14, 
1891. 

;'.    Ruth,  born  April  6,  1893. 

(8)  Elvira  Ann  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
(Parks)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1853;  married  February  i,  1883,  to  Charles  H.  Carey, 
who  was  born  July  29,  1850. 

Children :    Lila,  who  died  in  childhood,  Augusta  and  Vivian. 
Live  at  (Riverside)  3351  Mississippi  avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

(9)  Jesse  Philemon  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  (Parks) 


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135 


Vawter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  August  i,  1855; 
married  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  October  31,  1874,  to  Minerva  A. 
Ross,  who  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  14,  1846. 

J.  Philemon  Vawter  is  a  farmer  living  near  Milam,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Bertha  A.  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
August  30,  1875  ;  married  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  August  6,  1898, 
to  Joseph  W.  Gray,  who  was  born  in  Bartholomew  county,  In- 
diana, October  27,  1874.  They  have  one  son,  Ezra  William,  who 
was  born  in  Bartholomew  county,  Indiana,  July  12,  1899.  They 
now  live  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

b.  Ernest  T.  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
July  2y,  1877;  died  September  14,  1879, 

c.  Clarence  M.  Vawter  was  born  in  Davis  county,  Iowa, 
March  2,  1879.  He  is  preparing  to  be  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Is  a  student  at  Moore's  Hill  College,  Moore's 
Hill,  Indiana. 

d.  Benjamin  F.  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
July  26,  1880.   Lives  at  Milam,  Indiana. 

e.  Jesse  Pearl  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
May  4,  1882;  married  at  Versailles,  Indiana,  June  20,  1901,  to 
Corydon  Laswell,  who  was  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana, 
March  28,  1868,  and  is  a  farmer  living  near  Versailles,  Indiana. 

Children :  Minerva  May,  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana,  April 
3,  1902,  and  Millie  Myree,  born  June  23,  1904. 

/.  Velma  I.  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana. 
June  28,  1884. 

g.  Flossie  Myrtle  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  In- 
diana, January  24,  1888. 

(10)  Aramantha  M.  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah 
(Parks)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  June  9, 
1858;  married  February  i,  1876,  to  James  West,  who  was  born 
March  23.  1853;  died  February  7,  1891. 

Children : 

a.  Nellie  May  West,  born  December  6,  1876 ;  married  January 
8,  1898,  to  Otho  G.  Wright,  who  was  born  November  16,  1867. 
They  have  two  children:    Opal,  born  in  1898,  and  Robert  W., 


136  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

born  in  1902.  They  live  in  Lafayette,  Indiana,  where  O.  G. 
Wright  is  superintendent  of  bridge  erection  of  the  Lafayette  En- 
gineering Company. 

b.  Sarah  Ethel  West,  born  January  18,  1882. 

c.  Charles  William,  born  July  23,  1887. 

Mrs.  Mattie  West  lives  in  Vernon,  Indiana.  She  has  supported 
her  children  since  the  death  of  her  husband  in  1891,  and  took 
care  of  her  father  for  ten  years  before  his  death.  Her  mother 
still  lives  with  her. 


James  Vawter 

James  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter,  was  born 
October  5,  1819,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  near  Madison.  His 
father  moved  to  Jennings  county  when  James  was  ten  years  of 
age,  and  his  youth  and  early  manhood  were  spent  in  the  old  home 
on  the  Muscatatack.  He  was  never  very  strong,  therefore  he 
was  not  expected  to  do  much  manual  labor.  He  attended  the 
best  schools  there  were  at  that  time  until  he  met  with  an  acci- 
dent which  deprived  him  of  school  privileges.  After  he  had  re- 
gained his  health  he  went  to  Morgantown,  Indiana,  and  clerked 
in  a  store  for  his  uncle,  John  Vawter,  for  two  or  three  years. 
From  there  he  went  to  Lafayette  and  was  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods 
store  for  several  years.  Afterwards  he  went  into  business  for 
himself  in  Oxford,  Indiana,  accumulating  a  small  fortune  in 
merchandise  and  land  speculation.  He  was  married  at  Oxford 
to  Minerva  L.  Bromley,  who  was  born  September  26,  1837.  Was 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  from  early  manhood.  Was 
troubled  with  heart  disease,  and  spent  the  winter  of  1870  in 
Holly  Springs,  Mississippi,  on  account  of  his  health.  He  died 
February  14,  1872,  of  pneumonia.  His  wife  died  October  24, 
1872. 

(i)  Sherman  Vawter,  the  only  child  of  James  and  Minerva 
Bromley  Vawter,  was  born  January  9,  1865,  in  Oxford,  Benton 
county,  Indiana.  After  the  death  of  his  father  and  mother  his 
mother's  brother,  John  E.  Morgan,  was  appointed  his  guardian. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  137 

The  child  lived  in  Oxford  for  about  a  year  after  his  father's 
death,  and  then  went  to  live  with  his  aunt,  Sarah  Pearce,  in  War- 
ren county,  Indiana.  In  the  winter  months  he  attended  the 
country  school,  and  in  the  spring  and  fall  the  town  schools.  He 
worked  after  he  was  grown  for  about  eight  years  on  the  farm 
and  then  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Pine  Village.  He 
was  married  July  3,  1888,  to  Emma  J.  May,  who  was  born  De- 
cember I,  1 871.  They  lived  in  Pine  Village  for  awhile  after  his 
marriage  and  then  moved  on  a  farm.  In  1893  he,  with  his 
family,  went  to  California,  locating  in  Bakersfield.  His  wife 
died  of  typhoid  fever  December  13,  1901,  and  was  buried  in 
Woodlawn  Cemetery  at  Santa  Monica,  California.  Sherman 
Vawter  now  lives  in  Santa  Monica. 

Children  of  Sherman  and  Emma  (May)  Vawter: 

a.  Edward  W.  Vawter,  born  October  12,  1890;  died  Decem- 
ber 26,  1890. 

b.  Minerva  E.  Vawter,  born  June   17,   1892;  died  October 
8,  1892. 

c.  Everett  F.  Vawter,  born  September  8,  1893.     Lives  with 
his  father  in  Santa  Monica,  California. 

d.  Nellie  Vawter,  born  July  i,  1896.     Lives  with  her  cousin, 
Mrs.  Leavitt,  of  Santa  Monica. 

e.  Henry  J.  Vawter,  born  October  19,  1898.    Lives  with  W. 
S.  Vawter  and  wife,  of  Santa  Monica,  California. 


Frances  (Vawter)  King 

Frances  Vawter,  daughter  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter, 
was  born  June  7,  1821 ;  married  May  14,  1840,  to  George  King,' 
who  was  born  May  10,  1814,  and  died  September  3,  1858. 

Something  of  the  life  of  Frances  (Vawter)  King  is  best  given 
in  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  by  her  to  her  niece: 

"My  life  has  been  a  very  uneventful  one.  I  was  born  in  Jef- 
ferson county,  Indiana,  near  Madison.  Father  moved  his  family 
to  Jennings  county  in  October.  1827,  and  settled  on  the  bank's 


138  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

of  the  Muscatatack,  three  miles  north  of  the  town  of  Vernon.  My 
childhood  and  young  womanhood  were  spent  on  the  farm.  I 
was  married  to  George  King  in  1840,  and  in  1841  we  settled  on 
the  hill  in  sight  of  my  old  home.  Here  the  sweetest  and  saddest 
scenes  of  my  life  have  been  passed.  Here  my  children  were 
born,  and  from  here  two  of  them  have  gone  to  a  better  land. 
The  other  three  are  living  earnest,  faithful  Christian  lives.  My 
husband  was  born  in  Ohio.  He  came  to  Jennings  county  when 
quite  young  to  build  a  mill.  He  was  a  carpenter  as  well  as  a 
farmer.  He  passed  into  the  better  land  in  1858,  and  I  have  had 
a  long  and  lonely  road  to  travel  ever  since,  and  yet  I  am  not 
alone.  My  children  are  kind,  and  I  have  a  host  of  friends,  but  I 
miss  the  companionship  of  a  dear  husband,  and  long  to  meet  the 
dear  ones  on  the  other  shore. 

"I  joined  the  Baptist  Church  in  my  eighteenth  year.  After 
studying  the  Bible  and  the  principles  of  the  Christian  Church  I 
became  convinced  that  that  teaching  was  according  to  what 
Christ  and  the  Apostles  taught,  and  changed  my  membership  to 
that  church,  and  I  hope  through  Christ  to  pass  from  that  into  the 
everlasting  Kingdom." 

For  six  years  before  the  death  of  Anna  Vawter,  Frances  Vaw- 
ter,  her  granddaughter,  cared  for  her,  and  after  the  marriage  of 
Frances  she  took  care  of  her  father  and  mother  for  about  six 
years  before  their  death.  When  her  sister  Maria  died  she  cared 
for  one  of  her  children  some  time,  and  when  the  wife  of  her 
brother  Achilles  died  she  took  his  baby  and  kept  her  for  a  year. 
She  is  now  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Holsclaw,  in  the  house 
where  she  went  to  housekeeping  when  she  was  first  married. 

Children  of  George  and  Frances  (Vawter)  King  were  Almira, 
Ezra,  William  V.,  George  Elvin  and  Alzora. 

(i)  Almira  King,  daughter  of  George  and  Frances  (Vaw- 
ter) King,  was  born  April  10,  1842 ;  married  to  William  T.  Hols- 
claw January  2,  1862.  William  T.  Holsclaw  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky December  3,  1835.  ^^  ^  farmer,  living  near  North  Vernon, 
Indiana. 

Children  of  William  T.  and  Almira  (King)  Holsclaw: 

a.     Ezra  Benjamin  Holsclaw,  born  November  6,  1863;  mar- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I39 

ried  December  31,  1885,  to  Mattie  Deer,  who  died  August  2"], 

1895. 

Children  of  Ezra  and  Mattie  (Deer)  Holsclaw  :  Jessie,  born 
October  12,  1886;  Ahna,  born  July  21,  1888;  Smith  V.,  born 
October  i,  1892,  and  Blanche  Vernon,  born  March  22,  1894. 

Ezra  Holsclaw  is  a  farmer  living  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

h.  Eva  Jennie  Holsclaw,  born  March  11,  1866;  married  No- 
vember 26,  1891,  to  Edwin  Carson,  who  was  born  July  30,  1864. 

Children:  Hazel  Lavone,  born  September  21,  1892;  Ethel 
Grace,  born  September  20,  1894;  Lizzie,  born  December  27, 
1898;  died  February  8,  1899,  ^"^  Edwinnie,  born  June  13,  1903. 

Edwin  Carson  and  family  live  on  the  Greensburg  road  west 
of  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

c.  Fannie  A.  Holsclaw,  born  February  22,  1869;  married 
May,  1 89 1,  to  Smith  V.  Vv'^illiams,  who  was  born  December  10, 
1863. 

Children:  Almira  Corinne,  born  June  21,  1892;  Lois  Mildred, 
born  June  4,  1894;  Virgil  Elvin,  born  September  3,  1897,  and 
Helene,  born  March  22,  1900. 

Smith  V.  Williams  is  a  florist  of  Bedford,  Indiana. 

d.  William  E.  Holsclaw,  born  March  29,  1871 ;  married  to 
Zella  Wagner  in  1894. 

Children  :  Ruth,  born  August  5,  1895  ;  Hubert,  born  December 
3,  1897,  and  Gladys,  born  November  15,  1900. 

William  E.  Holsclaw  is  in  the  grocery  business  in  Franklin, 
Indiana. 

c.  Sarah  Grace  Holsclaw,  born  January  31,  1875;  married 
December  20,  1899,  to  Oscar  Beeman,  who  was  born  in  Jennings 
county  March  17,  1869. 

Children:  Wilbur  Elvin,  born  December  4,  1901,  and  Clyde, 
born  July  5,  1904. 

Oscar  Beeman  is  a  farmer  living  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

/.  Mary  Belle  Holsclaw,  born  November  13,  1876;  died 
May,  1877. 

g.     Jacob  Harrison  Holsclaw,  born  August  5,  1878;  married 

June  22,  1904,  to .    Lives  on  the  home  farm  near  North 

Vernon,  Indiana. 


I40  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

h.  Bertha  Alice  Holsclaw,  born  December  13,  1882.  Lives 
with  her  parents  on  the  old  home  place. 

(2)  Ezra  D.  King,  son  of  George  and  Frances  (Vawter) 
King,  born  September  29,  1845;  died  May  16,  1854. 

(3)  William  Vawter  King,  son  of  George  and  Frances 
(Vawter)  King,  was  born  September  28,  1848;  married  June 
19,  1879,  to  Caroline  Vandever,  who  was  born  July  5,  1850. 

William  V.  King  was  born  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana.  He 
taught  school  in  Jennings  county  for  four  or  five  years.  Was 
married  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  the 
grain  and  coal  business. 

(4)  George  Elvin  King,  son  of  George  and  Frances  (Vaw- 
ter) King,  was  born  May  29,  1855,  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana; 
married  September  7,  1881,  to  Minnie  Tate.  Elvin  King  attend- 
ed school  in  the  country  and  graduated  from  the  North  Vernon 
High  School  in  1879.  He  clerked  in  Vernon  for  a  while  and 
then  went  to  Seymour,  Indiana,  where  he  was  in  the  wall-paper 
business.  He  went  from  Seymour  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  in  1890, 
and  engaged  in  the  same  business,  traveling  most  of  the  time. 
Lives  at  1500  Q  street,  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Minnie  (Tate)  King,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Minerva 
(Jayne)  Tate,  of  North  Vernon.  Indiana,  was  born  October  28, 
1856.  After  moving  to  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  she  became  a  member 
of  the  Woman's  Club  and  of  the  Art  Association  of  Lincoln. 
She  was  a  woman  of  wide  reading  and  fine  culture.  Was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  Church.     She  died  September  25,  1904. 

Children  of  George  Elvin  and  Minnie  (Tate)  King: 

a.  Lula  Ellis  King  was  born  June  25,  1882.  She  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Lincoln  High  School  in  the  class  of  1899,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  University  of  Nebraska  June,  1904,  and  was 
elected  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

h.  Edna  Hazel  King  was  born  February  18,  1884.  She 
graduated  from  the  Lincoln  High  School  in  the  class  of  1901. 
Is  attending  the  University  of  Nebraska  and  is  a  kindergarten 
teacher  in  the  Lincoln  public  schools. 

(5)  Alzora  King,  son  of  George  and  Frances  (Vawter) 
King,  was  born  December  22,  1858;  died  January  7,  1859. 


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8 

Achilles  J.  Vawter 

Achilles  J.  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Frances  Vawter,  was 
born  near  Madison  Indiana,  September  12,  1823.  When  he 
was  about  six  years  of  age  his  father  moved  to  Jennings  county, 
Indiana,  and  settled  on  the  north  fork  of  the  Muscatatack,  three 
and  a  half  miles  from  Vernon,  Indiana.  After  coming  there  the 
children  were  deprived  to  a  great  extent  of  the  benefit  of  schools, 
and  the  parents  of  Achilles  taught  him  to  read  at  home.  When 
the  schools  were  established  they  were  limited  to  three  or  four 
months  in  the  winter.  Achilles  Vawter  had  in  some  way  become 
possessed  of  a  desire  for  a  better  education,  and  in  September  of 
the  year  1844  he  left  home  with  ten  dollars  in  his  pocket  to  at- 
tend school  at  Franklin  College,  which  was  then  called  "The 
Indiana  Baptist  Manual  Labor  Institute."  The  cars  were  running 
only  as  far  as  Columbus,  and  from  there  he  went  on  foot  to 
Franklin.  He  boarded  with  Elder  J.  Reece  (who  was  at  that 
time  a  student  in  the  college)  for  seventy-five  cents  a  week  and 
spent  all  the  time  he  could  spare  from  his  studies  in  chopping 
wood  at  twenty-five  cents  a  cord  for  Professor  Brand.  By  this 
means  he  was  enabled  to  continue  in  school  for  one  session.  He 
then  returned  home  and  spent  his  vacation  in  labor,  earning 
enough,  together  with  $17.00  given  him  by  his  father,  to  carry 
him  through  another  session,  which  made  one  year  of  study.  He 
then  had  to  leave  school  for  a  while  in  order  to  raise  enough 
means  to  continue.  He  spent  two  and  a  half  months  as  a  clerk  in 
the  store  of  his  uncle  in  Morgantown,  Indiana,  after  which  he 
taught  one  quarter's  school  in  the  same  place.  He  then  returned 
to  Franklin  and  spent  one  session,  then  taught  another  quarter's 
school  and  then  went  back  to  Franklin,  and  so  on. 

President  Chandler  and  wife  became  warm  friends  of  Achilles 
Vawter,  and  through  the  recommendation  of  the  president  he 
was  appointed  in  the  summer  of  1849  principal  of  the  preparatory 
department  of  the  college.  He  held  this  position  for  one  year, 
then  entered  school  again.     In  1850  he  went  to  Shelby ville  to 


142  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

take  charge  of  the  schools  there.  He  was  married  July  25,  1850, 
to  Maria  Dunham,  who  was  born  April  20,  1827.  They  had 
one  child,  Ida,  who  was  born  February  4,  1856;  died  October  9, 
1856.    Maria  Dunham  Vawter  died  February  6,  1856. 

In  1855  Achilles  Vawter  was  traveling  for  a  School  Book 
Company,  and  in  that  business  he  touched  Lafayette  and  came 
in  contact  with  the  trustees  of  the  public  schools.  He  found 
them  in  need  of  a  superintendent,  and  he  was  engaged.  Both  he 
and  his  brother  Philemon  went  to  Lafayette  in  1855,  and  both 
remained  in  connection  with  the  schools  until  1858.  It  was  in 
Lafayette  that  Achilles  Vawter  was  married,  November  16,  1856, 
to  Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Baker,  who  had  been  before  mar- 
ried to  William  Baker,  and  who  had  two  sons,  Edgar  and  Albert 
Baker,  at  the  time  of  her  second  marriage. 

In  1858  Achilles  Vawter  engaged  to  take  charge  of  an  academy 
to  be  opened  three  miles  south  of  Ladoga,  Montgomery  county, 
Indiana.  Just  before  the  beginning  of  the  school  the  building 
burned.  The  next  year  he  was  back  in  Lafayette  in  charge  of  a 
girls'  school,  which  did  not  run  more  than  two  years.  He  was 
then  chosen  superintendent  of  the  public  schools  again,  which 
position  he  held  until  he  was  elected  county  surveyor  in  1862. 
He  was  re-elected  in  1864.  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  died  October  14, 
1864,  and  in  the  spring  of  1865  he  resigned  the  office  of  county 
surveyor. 

In  1866  Achilles  Vawter  went  to  Indianapolis  and  was  there 
married,  on  May  i,  to  Charlotte  S.  Hobart.  He  opened  a  law 
office  in  partnership  with  a  nephew  of  his  who  was  a  lawyer. 
This  business  failed,  and  in  1867  Achilles  Vawter  and  his  wife 
moved  to  Ladoga,  Indiana,  and  took  charge  of  the  Baptist  Sem- 
inary. He  was  at  the  head  of  that  school  for  five  years.  In  1873 
he  returned  to  Indianapolis,  where  he  engaged  for  a  time  in 
teaching;  was  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Indiana  Farmer  for 
a  while,  and  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  board  of  agriculture 
for  several  years.  In  1877,  his  health  failing,  he  went  to  Ken- 
tucky. He  and  his  wife  had  charge  of  an  academy  at  Pleasant 
Grove,  near  Springfield,  Kentucky,  for  three  years.  Then  he 
taught  one  year  in  the  village  of  Texas  and  two  years  in  Spring- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I43 

field,  where  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Covington  Institute.  At  this 
place  he  was  stricken  while  in  the  school  room  with  paralysis. 
After  this  he  was  never  able  for  further  duty.  When  he  had  re- 
covered sufficiently  he  returned  to  Indianapolis,  where  he  spent 
the  most  of  his  time  until  his  death,  which  occurred  January  13, 
1886. 

Achilles  Vawter  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  in  1842,  and 
at  one  time  expected  to  be  a  minister,  as  his  father  and  grand- 
father had  been  before  him,  but  he  gave  this  up  and  devoted  his 
life  principally  to  teaching. 

Elijah  Sherrill,  a  well-known  man  in  Indiana,  was  a  pupil  of 
Achilles  Vawter,  and  in  writing  of  him  said :  "The  years  dur- 
ing which  Professor  Vawter  was  at  the  head  of  the  Baptist  Sem- 
inary in  Ladoga,  Indiana,  where  I  was  a  pupil,  were  fraught  with 
unceasing  care  and  toil,  with  meagre  compensation,  but  the  re- 
sult of  the  work  done  can  never  be  estimated.  Much  of  what  the 
writer  is  to-day  he  owes  to  this  man.  Very  many  others  can  say 
the  same.  The  old  days  at  Ladoga  can  never  be  forgotten  by 
many  dear  boys  and  girls  (men  and  women  now)  who  received 
their  first  training  and  inspiration  from  him.  To  us  all  he  was 
far  more  than  a  teacher.  He  was  father,  friend  and  benefactor. 
He  was  an  educator  of  ability.  He  was  instrumental  in  organ- 
izing the  Indiana  State  Teachers'  Association,  and  his  influence 
was  felt  in  more  ways  than  one  in  educational  work." 

Achilles  Vawter  was  a  student  all  his  life.  He  treasured  his 
books  as  he  did  his  friends,  and  they  were  to  him  constant  com- 
panions. He  was  possessed  of  knowledge  on  a  great  variety  of 
subjects,  and  because  of  his  wide  reading  he  seemed  as  familiar 
with  other  countries  and  their  histories  as  though  he  had  traveled 
extensively.  He  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  a  man  who,  with 
his  love  of  study  and  research,  could  have  accomplished  far  more 
in  the  world  if  he  had  not  been  ground  down  by  force  of  cir- 
cumstances. 

Elizabeth  Baker  Vawter  Vv'as  born  August  11,  1829,  in  New 
Carlisle,  Clark  county,  Ohio.  Her  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth 
A.  Richardson  (or  Richeson,  as  it  was  called  by  some  of  the 
family).    She  was  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Lavina  (Corey) 


144  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Richardson  and  had  two  sisters  and  one  brother.  The  sisters 
were  JuHa  Richardson  Larkin,  who  Hved  in  ArHngton,  Ilhnois, 
and  Elenor  Richardson  Armstrong,  who  hved  in  Lafayette,  In- 
diana. Her  brother  Daniel  hved  in  Rhodes,  Iowa.  Her  father 
and  mother  died  in  Ohio  of  cholera.  Ehzabeth  Richardson  was 
living  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Armstrong,  in  Lafayette,  Indiana, 
when  she  was  married  to  William  Baker,  a  painter  and  chair- 
maker.  Mr.  Baker  died,  and  Elizabeth  Baker  was  married,  sec- 
ond, to  Achilles  J.  Vawter.  She  died  in  Lafayette,  Indiana, 
October  14,  1864. 

Charlotte  (Hobart)  Vawter,  the  third  wife  of  Achilles  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  October  26,  1825.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  Hobart  and  Naomi  (Thompson)  Hobart. 
Charlotte  Hobart  was  related  to  Abraham  Lincoln.  During  the 
Civil  War  a  discussion  was  started  and  direct  charges  made  that 
Thomas  Lincoln,  the  father  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  Nancy 
Hanks  w^ere  never  legally  married,  and  this  report  was  success- 
fully proved  false  by  Charlotte  Vawter,  and  her  labors  in  this 
matter  have  been  fully  appreciated  by  such  modern  students  of 
Lincoln's  life  as  Ida  M.  Tarbell  and  Carolyn  Hanks  Hitchcock. 

Charlotte  Vawter  was  a  teacher  for  many  years  before  her 
marriage  with  Achilles  Vawter,  and  after  her  marriage  she 
assisted  her  husband  in  the  work  of  the  schools  wherever  he  was 
engaged.  She  now  lives  on  the  old  place  where  she  was  born 
seventy-nine  years  ago,  near  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

The  children  of  Achilles  and  Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Vawter 
were  William  Arthur,  Frank  May  and  Grace. 

( I )  William  A.  Vawter,  son  of  Achilles  and  Elizabeth 
(Richardson)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Lafayette,  Indiana,  May  22, 
1858.  He  left  school  at  fourteen  years  of  age  and  became  an 
apprentice  in  the  composing-room  of  the  printing  house  of 
Wright,  Baker  &  Co..  of  Indianapolis,  the  Baker  of  the  company 
being  a  half-brother  of  William  Vawter.  In  1880  and  1881  he 
was  the  foreman  of  the  composing-room.  He  was  married  Sep- 
tember 24,  1 88 1,  to  Alice  R.  Hadley.  Late  in  1881  he  vrent  into 
the  general  merchandising  business,  first  at  Plainfield,  Indiana, 
and  afterwards  at  Danville,  Indiana.    At  the  end  of  five  years  he 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I45 

sold  out  his  business,  and,  joining  with  his  half-brothers,  Edgar 
and  Albert  Baker,  and  his  brother,  Frank  Vawter,  embarked  in 
the  general  printing  business  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Baker  &  Vawter  Co.  In  1888  the  company  was  reor- 
ganized and  incorporated  under  the  name  of  Baker- Vawter  Co., 
and  the  character  of  the  business  changed  from  general  printing 
to  the  devising,  manufacturing  and  introducing  of  improved 
business  systems.  William  Vawter  withdrew  from  the  Baker- 
Vawter  Company  in  about  1890  and  organized  a  company  called 
the  Hadley- Vawter  Company.  The  old  Baker- Vawter  Company 
then  took  the  name  of  the  Baker  Ofifice  Supply  Company.  The 
Hadley- Vawter  Company  proved  a  success,  but  after  the  death 
of  Albert  Baker  in  1892,  it  was  consolidated  with  the  Baker  Of- 
fice Supply  Company  taking  the  old  firm  name  of  the  Baker- Vaw- 
ter Company.  From  a  small  beginning  in  1888  the  business 
has  grown  to  be  the  largest  company  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 
From  one  small  manufacturing  plant  and  one  salesman  in  1888 
the  company  now  has  four  large  manufacturing  plants  in  differ- 
ent sections  of  the  country  and  a  corps  of  about  one  hundred 
salesmen  and  professional  accountants. 

William  Vawter  originated  and  patented,  and  his  company  in- 
troduced, the  now  generally  used  loose-leaf  ledgers.  The  Baker- 
Vawter  Company  has  been  the  cause  of  a  wonderful  change  in 
the  business  world  through  the  introduction  of  improved  methods 
of  accounting  and  handling  business  along  loose-leaf  lines.  The 
general  offices  of  the  company  are  in  the  Tribune  Building, 
Chicago.  The  eastern  offices  are  at  350  Broadway,  New  York 
City.  Of  the  Baker  brothers  who  were  in  the  company,  Albert 
died  in  1892,  and  Edgar  sold  his  interest  in  1895.  William 
Vawter  is  the  president  and  general  manager  of  the  company  and 
its  largest  stockholder.     Lives  in  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Alice  R.  (Hadley)  Vawter,  the  daughter  of  Harlan  and  Re- 
becca (Oursler)  Hadley,  was  born  near  Plainfield,  Indiana,  luly 
5,  1858. 

Children  of  William  A.  and  Alice  (Hadley)  Vawter: 

a.  Cora  Catherine  Vawter  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Indiana, 
December  25,  1882.     She  graduated  at  Kemper  Hall,  Kenosha, 


146  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Wisconsin.  After  a  year  at  home  studying  music  and  German, 
she  spent  a  year  in  Germany  and  other  countries  of  Europe  in 
study  and  travel.  The  following  year  she  took  a  trip  around  the 
world. 

b.  William  Arthur  Vawter,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Danville,  In- 
diana, May  5,  1884.  He  completed  the  college  preparatory  course 
at  the  Northwestern  University  preparatory  school  at  Evanston, 
Illinois.  He  then  entered  Cornell  University  at  Ithaca,  New 
York,  where  he  graduated  in  June,  1905.  He  expects  to  engage 
in  business  with  his  father. 

c.  George  Hadley  Vawter  Vv'as  born  in  Danville,  Indiana, 
February  25,  1886.  Is  now  attending  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Preparatory  School  at  Evanston,  Illinois. 

(2)  Frank  M.  Vawter,  son  of  Achilles  and  Elizabeth  (Rich- 
ardson) Vawter,  was  born  in  Lafayette,  Indiana,  August  22, 
i860.  He  went  to  work  when  about  fourteen  years  of  age  in 
the  printing  house  of  Wright,  Baker  &  Co.,  in  Indianapolis,  In- 
diana, When  he  was  seventeen  years  old  he  spent  a  year  in 
study  in  Kentucky  at  Pleasant  Grove,  where  his  father  was  at 
that  time  teaching  school.  He  then  returned  to  Indiana  and 
again  worked  for  the  Baker-Randolph  Company  (as  it  was  then)  , 
the  Baker  of  the  company  being  his  half-brother.  Frank  Vawter 
afterwards  spent  three  years  working  on  a  paper  in  Kokomo, 
Indiana,  and  then  returned  to  Indianapolis.  He  went  to  Chicago 
in  1886  and  became  a  member  of  the  Baker  &  Vawter  Co.,  which 
was  organized  at  that  time.  There  were  four  members  of  the 
company,  the  other  three  being  Edgar  and  Albert  Baker,  his  half- 
brothers,  and  his  brother,  William  Vawter,  Frank  Vawter  re- 
mained in  Chicago  for  about  two  years,  then  sold  out  his  interest 
and  returned  to  Indianapolis,  where  he  remained  until  January, 
1889.  He  was  married  October  10,  1888.  to  Clara  Smith  Miller. 
He  was  engaged  in  the  printing  business  in  Kokomo,  Indiana,  for 
a  short  time  in  the  year  1889,  moved  to  Chicago  and  was  em- 
ployed one  year  by  the  Baker  &  Vawter  Company ;  was  engaged 
in  the  newspaper  business  at  Big  Rapids,  Michigan,  for  about 
one  year,  returning  to  Chicago  July,  1892,  and  entering  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Hadley- Vawter  Company,  which  was  afterwards  con- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I47 

solidated  with  the  Baker  Office  Supply  Company  as  the  Baker- 
Vawter  Co.  He  has  remained  with  the  Baker- Vawter  Company 
ever  since,  acting,  at  the  present  time,  in  the  capacity  of  secretary 
of  the  company  and  general  superintendent  of  its  various  manu- 
facturing plants.  He  lived  in  Kokomo  from  1897  to  1902,  in 
Morgan  Park,  a  suburb  of  Chicago  until  1905,  and  now  resides 
in  Benton  Harbor,  Michigan,  where  the  company  has  its  largest 
factory. 

Clara  (Miller)  Vawter,  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Margaret 
(Nelson)  Miller,  of  Ladoga,  was  born  near  Ladoga  November 
5,  1861. 

Children  of  Frank  M.  and  Clara  (Miller)  Vawter: 

a.  Harry  Miller  Vawter,  born  in  Ladoga,  Indiana,  September 
4,  1889.  Is  attending  school  in  the  preparatory  department  of 
the  Chicago  University  at  Morgan  Park,  Illinois. 

b.  Jessie  Mae  Vawter,  born  in  Ladoga,  Indiana,  September 


25' 


1891. 


c.  Helen  Miller  Vawter,  born  in  Ladoga,  Indiana,  September 
9,  1894. 

(3)  Grace,  daughter  of  Achilles  and  Elizabeth  (Richardson) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Lafayette,  Indiana,  April  20,  1864.  She 
graduated  at  the  Indianapolis  High  School  and  at  the  Normal 
School  and  taught  in  Indianapolis  for  one  and  one-half  years. 
She  was  then  elected  secretary  of  the  superintendent  of  the  In- 
dianapolis public  schools,  which  position  she  held  for  two  years, 
until  her  marriage  to  Ernest  P.  Bicknell. 

Ernest  P.  Bicknell  was  born  near  Bicknell,  Knox  county.  Indi- 
ana, February  23,  1862.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of  Indi- 
ana in  1887,  that  same  year  taking  a  position  as  reporter  on  the 
Indianapolis  News.  He  remained  with  the  Nczvs  until  1893, 
when  he  bought  the  Gas  City  Journal.  Six  months  later  he  was 
elected  secretary  of  the  board  of  state  charities  of  Indiana.  In 
five  years  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  Bureau  of  Charities  of  Chicago,  which  place  he 
still  occupies,  644  Unity  Building,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Ernest  P.  Bicknell  was  married,  first,  December  25,  1886,  to 
Cora  Scott,  of  Freelandville,  Indiana,  who  was  born  November 


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148  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

17,  1864,  and  died  January  i,  1888,  leaving  a  child,  Clarence 
Scott,  who  was  born  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  December  2^], 
1887. 

Ernest  P.  Bicknell  was  married,  second,  January  2,  1891,  to 
Grace  Vawter. 

Children  of  Ernest  P.  and  Grace  (Vawter)  Bicknell: 

a.  Ernestine,  born  in  Indianapolis  October  29,  1893;  died 
March  26,  1894. 

h.  Charlotte,  born  in  Indianapolis  December  29,  1895;  died 
in  Chicago,  November  15,  1904. 

c.  Grace  Constance,  born  May  17,  1897,  in  Indianapolis. 

d.  Alberta,  born  March  29,  1899,  in  Chicago. 


Mary  (Vawter)  Feagler 

Mary  Litchfield  Vawter,  daughter  of  William  and  Frances 
Vawter,  was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  December  7,  1825. 
Her  father  moved  to  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  when  she  was 
four  years  of  age,  and  the  most  of  her  life  was  spent  in  Jennings ' 
county.  She  united  with  the  Zoar  Baptist  Church  in  early  life 
and  was  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday-school  of  the  North  Vernon 
Baptist  Church  for  many  years.  She  was  married  to  Ormand 
Frederick  Feagler  September  24,  1843.  She  died  in  North 
Vernon,  Indiana,  September  i,  1897. 

Ormand  Frederick  Feagler  was  born  May  4,  1819,  in  Butler 
county,  Ohio,  and  died  August  2^,  1876.     He  was  a  farmer. 

The  children  of  Ormand  and  Mary  (Polly)  Feagler  were 
Marie  Cordelia,  James  William,  Bessie.  Philemon  Edwin,  Vawter 
John,  Charles  Alfred,  Emma  May  and  Roena  Kate. 

(i)      Marie  Cordelia  Feagler,  born  June  30,  1844;  died  March 

7.  1851- 

(2)  James  William  Feagler  was  born  March  22,  1846;  mar- 
ried March  30,  1871,  to  Mary  Frances  King,  who  was  born 
September  26,  1853,  and  died  March  29,  1879. 

Children  of  James,  William  and  Mary  (King)  Feagler: 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I49 

a.  Fannie  Fern  Feagler,  born  February  20,  1872 ;  died  March 
3»  1872. 

h.     Rose  Bonnell,  born  February  19,  1873. 

c.  Grace  Cordelia  Feagler,  daughter  of  James  William  and 
Mary  (King)  Feagler,  was  born  October  21,  1874;  married 
July  20,  1 89 1,  to  Robert  W.  King,  who  was  born  January  27, 
1853.  Grace  (Feagler)  King  died  at  Dyersburg,  Tennessee,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1901.  Children:  Mildred  Rose,  born  October  17, 
1892;  Robert  Feagler,  born  June  25,  1894;  Russell  Aubrey,  born 
June  25,  1895,  and  Helen  Grace,  born  December  20,  1897. 

d.  Charles  Alfred  Feagler,  born  February  24,  1877. 

(3)  Bessie  Feagler  was  born  October  31,  1848.  She  was  en- 
gaged in  the  millinery  business  in  North  Vernon  for  many  years. 
Is  now  living  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Smartz,  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 

(4)  Philemon  Edwin  Feagler  was  born  July  24,  1850;  died 
September  29,  185 1. 

(5)  Vawter  John  Feagler  was  born  July  22,  1852;  married 
May  5,  1880,  to  Helen  Roseberry  Gardner,  who  was  born  August 
7,  i860,  and  died  January  20,  1897.  Vawter  Feagler  lives  near 
North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

Children  of  Vawter  John  and  Helen  (Gardner)  Feagler: 
a. -^  Fred  Willard  Feagler,  born  February  8,  1881 ;  died  May 
22,  1904. 

h.  Florence  Edith  Feagler,  born  January  7,  1885;  died  Sep- 
tember 13,  1885. 

c.  Merlin  Duncan  Feagler,  born  November  2,  1891 ;  died 
January  20,  1892. 

d.  Marie  Feagler,  born  October  27,  1895. 

(6)  Charles  Alfred  Feagler  was  born  June  19,  1854;  died 
July  3,  1858. 

(7)  Emma  May  Feagler  was  born  July  12,  1863,  near  North 
Vernon,  Indiana;  married  August  13,  1889,  to  MacArthur 
Smartz. 

MacArthur  Smartz  w^as  born  February  18,  1868,  in  Chilicothe, 
Ohio.  He  is  engaged  in  the  railroad  business  and  lives  with  his 
family  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


150  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children  of  MacArthur  and  May  (Feagler)  Smartz: 
a.     Everett  Marion  Smartz,  born  January  2y,  1892. 
h.     Wilhelmina  Harriet  Smartz,  born  April   12,   1893;  died 
June  20,  1894. 

c.  Mary  Elizabeth  Smartz,  born  August  4,  1894. 

d.  Margaret  Fay  Smartz,  born  March  9,  1896. 
c.     Katie  Frances  Smartz.  born  May  31,  1897. 
/.     Robert  George  Smartz,  born  June  27,  1900. 
g.     Bessie  Ruth  Smartz,  born  May  22,  1904. 

(8)  Roena  Kate  Feagler,  born  August  25,  1865;  died  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1876. 

10 

Philemon  C.  Vawter 

Philemon  Vawter,  youngest  child  of  William  and  Frances 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  November  7,  1830. 

A  short  sketch  of  his  life,  as  given  in  a  letter,  is  here  repro- 
duced : 

"I  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  November  7,  1830, 
and  lived  there  for  the  first  twenty-five  years  of  my  life.  My 
first  schooling  was  in  the  primitive  log  houses  of  the  times, 
located  in  the  woods  at  some  point  to  best  accommodate  the 
sparsely  settled  district.  The  first  of  these  which  I  attended  was 
lighted  by  horizontally  long  windows  or  openings,  closed  part  of 
the  time  with  greased  paper.  The  heating  apparatus  was  a 
broad  back  wall  built  of  stone  with  a  smoke  stack  through  the 
roof  built  of  sticks  and  mud.  The  fuel  was  such  as  could  be 
gathered  from  the  surrounding  timber — logs  ten  to  fifteen  feet 
long  piled  against  the  back  wall  with  limbs  and  chunks.  These 
school  facilities  not  being  considered  quite  sufficient,  when  I 
was  between  seventeen  and  twenty-five  years  of  age  I  attended 
school  for  four  or  five  years  at  Franklin  College.  While  at 
Franklin  I  worked  at  anything  I  could  get  to  do — cleaned  stables, 
milked  cows,  worked  on  the  road,  chopped  and  saw^ed  wood, 
acted  as  janitor  at  church,  was  morning  bellringer  to  awaken  the 
students  in  college,  dressed  poorly  and  boarded  myself  a  good 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  151 

share  of  the  time,  living  on  mush  and  molasses  with  a  little  butter 
and  bread.  Later  on,  Professor  Hougham  took  a  friendly  in- 
terest in  me,  gave  me  lessons  in  land  surveying  and  made  me  his 
deputy,  so  that  the  last  two  years  of  my  college  life  I  did  not  have 
to  follow  the  vocations  specified  above. 

"I  came  to  Lafayette  and  was  engaged  in  the  public  schools 
here  for  a  few  years.  Then  I  went  back  to  the  home  farm  for 
two  or  three  years.  While  there  I  was  married,  November  25, 
1858,  to  Sylvia  Hunter.  After  that  I  spent  a  year  teaching  at 
Sardinia,  Decatur  county,  Indiana,  then  a  year  in  a  store  at 
Scipio,  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  where  my  health  failed  and  I 
had  to  give  up  business  for  awhile  and  get  out  of  doors.  This 
brought  me  back  to  Lafayette  in  the  autumn  of  1862,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1863  we  located  here,  and  have  lived  here  continuously 
ever  since.  Of  these  years  I  have  been  connected  with  the  coun- 
ty surveyor's  office  about  twenty-five — eighteen  as  surveyor  and 
seven  as  deputy  surveyor.  For  five  years  I  was  city  engineer  of 
Lafayette,  and  now  am  town  engineer  of  West  Lafayette.  I 
think  within  those  years  I  have  surveyed  more  lands  and  lots, 
laid  out  more  highways  and  free  gravel  roads,  run  more  tile 
drains  and  ditch  lines,  than  any  man  living  or  who  has  lived  in 
this  county." 

Sylvia  (Hunter)  Vawter  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indi- 
ana, May  I,  1839.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rhoda 
A.  (Conger)  Hunter. 

Philemon  Vawter  and  wife  have  been  members  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church  in  West  Lafayette  for  many  years,  and  are  now  con- 
nected with  the  Lafayette  Church.  They  have  two  children, 
Everett  and  William,  and  have  reared  a  child.  Belle  Godman. 

(i)  Everett  Bates  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon  and  Sylvia 
(Hunter)  Vawter,  was  born  at  the  home  of  his  grandfather  in 
Jennings  county,  Indiana,  August  2;^,  1859.  With  his  parents 
he  moved  to  Lafayette,  Indiana.  May  i,  1863.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  attending  the  same  during  the 
winter  until  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  assisted  his  father  in  the 
practice  of  surveying  and  civil  engineering  when  not  otherwise 
engaged.     During  the  summers  of  1874,  5,  6  and  7  he  worked 


152  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

on  a  farm,  and  farmed  on  his  own  account  during  the  summer  of 
1879.  In  the  fall  of  1879  he  entered  the  employ  of  Murphy  & 
Comstock,  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  summer  of  1882,  then  joined  his  father  in  his 
engineering  work.  During  the  greater  part  of  1882  and  1884 
he  was  engaged  in  the  building  of  county  gravel  roads  as  con- 
tractor. In  the  fall  of  1884  he  was  elected  surveyor  of  Tippe- 
canoe county  on  the  republican  ticket,  holding  the  office  for  three 
successive  terms  of  two  years  each,  having  charge  of  large  drain- 
age systems  and  the  building  of  the  Main  Street  bridge,  Lafayette, 
Indiana,  during  the  last  term.  In  the  spring  of  1891  he  assisted 
in  the  organization  of  the  Lafayette  Bridge  Company,  being 
actively  engaged  with  said  company  in  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  railway  and  highway  bridges  until  the  plant  and  good  will  of 
the  concern  were  sold  and  merged  into  the  American  Bridge 
Company,  May  i,  1900. 

Everett  Vawter  was  married  May  3,  1893,  to  Helen  Read,  of 
West  Lafayette,  Indiana.  During  the  years  1893  to  1900  he  held 
the  position  of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  bridge  company. 
Has  been  active  in  the  management  of  the  West  Lafayette  Water 
Company  since  its  organization  in  1894.  In  the  fall  of  1900  he 
went  to  Denver,  Colorado,  to  join  his  wife,  who  had  gone  there 
for  her  health.  From  1900  until  the  fall  of  1903  he  lived  in  Den- 
ver and  traveled  through  South  Dakota,  Colorado,  New  Mexico, 
Arizona  and  old  Mexico  as  sales  agent  for  the  American  Bridge 
Company.  In  the  fall  of  1903  he,  with  his  family,  returned  to 
Lafayette.  There  he  joined  his  old  business  associates  in  the 
management  of  the  Lafayette  Engineering  Company,  engaged  in 
the  building  of  concrete  and  steel  structures,  and  at  the  present 
time  he  is  serving  the  company  as  president. 

Helen  Eugenie  (Read)  Vawter  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware. Her  father  was  James  Suggett  Read,  and  her  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Frances  M.  Reed. 

Everett  B.  and  Helen  (Read)  Vawter  have  one  child,  Wallace 
Read,  who  was  born  in  Denver,  Colorado,  October  19,  1902. 

(2)  William  Hunter  Vawter,  the  second  son  of  Philemon 
and  Sylvia  Hunter  Vawter,  was  born  June  18,  1868,  in  Lafayette, 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 53 

Indiana.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  took  the  pharmacy 
course  in  Purdue  University.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  in  June,  1888,  as  analytical 
chemist  and  remained  there  until  July,  1891,  when  he  went  into 
the  drug  business  in  Lafayette  on  his  own  account.  He  sold  out 
his  drug  business  in  1903,  and  is  at  present  interested  in  the 
Lafayette  Stove  Foundry  Company,  holding  the  office  of  secre- 
tary and  treasurer. 

Belle  Godman  (known  as  Belle  Vawter)  was  born  at  Lafayette, 
September  21,  1874;  married  October  3,  1900,  to  Jesse  Judson 
Billingsly.     They  live  in  Benton,  Wisconsin. 

Children : 

Philemon  Vawter,  born  July  14,  1902,  died  1902. 

Nellie  Hymer,  born  August  5,  1903. 


III. 


JAMES  VAWTER 


Children* 


I.  John  Watts  m. 
Louesa  Bachman' 


John' 

John" 

David^ 

Jesse* 

James  Vawter^ 

(1783-1872)  m. 
Sarah  Watts 

(1796-1879) 


2.  Jesse Holmanm. 
Martha  E.  Pyle 


Grandchildren'    G.  Grandchildren* 
(i)  Emma  S.  m.       |  Mary  Louesa,  d. 
Judson  Williams  )  Maud,  d. 


3.  Frances 
(1822-23) 


r 

Howell 

(2)  Charles  D.  m.      | 

Elizabeth 

ist   Emma          "| 

Charles  Hart 

Thomas            [ 

Minnie 

2d  Julia  David- 

son 

(3)JohnS.  m.           jone  child 
Mary  Singer        '■ 

(4)  Elizabeth  L.m.  ^  Emma  A. 

Charles  Sheets   \  Narcissa  F. 

'  Alfred  Buell 

Vernon  Monroe 
(5)  James  A.  m.        i   ^^^^.^  ^,5^^ 

Clara  Monroe          p^^^^  Raymond 
^  James  Alois 

'  Jesse  Beryl,  d. 

May,  d. 

(6)  Alfred  T.  m. 
Minnie  Vawter 

Chester  Ernest 

Robert  Alfred 

(7)  Frances  Helen, 
d.s. 

Walter  Bachman 
L  Ruth  Leotia 

(I)  Edgar  (1844-47) 

(2)  Mary  F.  m.          5  George  Holman 
Wm.Benefiel      '■ 

(3)  Ella 

(4)  John  C. 

(1850-67) 

(5)  James  R.  m. 

Angeline  Brace 

(6)  Newton  0. 

(1854-81) 

(7)  Henry  C.  m.       \  Ray 

Ida  Britton         (  Mabel 

(8)  Wm.  E.,s. 

i9)  Elmer  H. 

(1862-63) 

(10)  Thomas,  m. 

Frances  Patton 

f  Edna,  d. 
(II)  Roe  m.                J   Ei^g^ 

Tillie  Nix             [  ^^^^. 

f  Jesse  Beryl,  d. 

1   May,  d. 

(12)  Minnie,  m. 

'   Chester  Ernest 

Alfred  Vawter 

'    Robert  Alfred 

Waiter  Bachman 

Ruth  Leotia 

THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


155 


James  Vawter' 

(Continued) 


4.  Johnson  S.  ( 

(1824-79) m.  Diana  \    (')  Sarah,  d. 
Moncriefi  1826-92)   I  (2)  James,  d. 


(i)  James  Hiram, 
(1852-74) 

(2)  Sarah  Elton  m. 
James  Hardy 

(3)  Willis  Isaiah  m. 
Mary  Mclntyre 

(4)  Spencer  Coin 

(1857-72) 

(5)  Johnson  Smith 

(1858-66) 


Olive  S. 
Bessie  M. 
Wilbur  Willis 
James  Hardy 
George  Williams 


5.  Wra.C.  (1827-82) 
m.  Sydney  Olive 
Willis  (1829-96) 


6.  Milton  S.  m. 
ist   Aureana 
Vawter 

2d  Sue  G.  Sebree 
7.  James  S.  m. 
ist   Mary  Cowell 

2d   Pheba  Almei- 
da Rollins 


8.  Newton  Wilbur 
m.  1st  Lucretia 

Branham 

2d  Maria  Foster 
3d   Armilda  Hol- 
lister 

9.  Fanny  S. 

(1835-76) 

10.  Susan  E. 

(1838-57) 


II.  Thomas  S.  m. 
Annie  LeGill 


(6)  AliceEupheme 
m.  Theo.  H. 

Rokobrant 

(7)  Robert,  d. 

(8)  Theodosia  Er- 

nest m.  Geo. 
L.  Williams 

(9)  Wm.  Cornett 

(1866-1903) 
I  (10)  Colfax,  d. 

f  (I)  Frank  C.  m. 

Lillian  Lepper 


Myrtle  Olive 
George  Carl 


Rhoyden 
Nadyne 


j    (2)  Jennie  F. 

(  (3)  Bert  Watts,  d. 

[  (I)  AdaV. 

I   (2)  Effie  A.  m. 
I  Geo.  S.  Kerr 


(i)  Henry  J.  m. 
Josie  Willin 

(2)  Wm.   Camp- 
bell, unm. 


f  Stanley 

■{    Arleigh  Robert 

I  Rees  Vawter 

C  Harry  m. 

Lillie  M.  Hibbs 
(Dorothy  Louise)' 
Emma 


(3) 


Fanny  Alice  m.  { 

1st  John  W.        I 

Deupree 

2d  Howard  Lee 


Alva  Wm. 


(4)  Robert  Newton 
m.  Josie  Quinn 


(i)  Milton  m. 
Laura  Shaddy 

(2)  Edward,  d. 

(3)  Brainard 


Fanny  Jane 


f  Florence  May 

Hazel 

Edwin 
I   Macie  Marie 
I  Annie  Laurie 


156  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

III 

JAMES  VAWTER 

James  Vawter,  the  son  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  Vawter,  was 
born  April  2,  1783,  near  the  Holston  river  in  North  Carolina, 
now  East  Tennessee.  He  was  the  twin  brother  of  William.  In 
1806  the  family  came  to  the  territory  of  Indiana  and  settled  at 
Fairmount,  clearing  the  farm  where  Mrs.  J.  S.  Weyer  afterwards 
resided,  near  the  tanyard,  and  which  Jesse  Vawter  called  Mt. 
Glad.  James  Vawter  afterwards  settled  at  Mount  Pleasant,  now 
North  Madison,  and  then  at  his  farm  at  Pressbnrg,  one  mile  out 
from  North  Madison.  In  181 6  he  was  married  to  his  cousin, 
Sarah  B.,  the  daughter  of  Judge  Watts.  Sarah  Watts  was  born 
October  26,  1796. 

James  Vawter  was  not  an  active  politician,  but  always  voted, 
and  was  a  zealous  supporter  of  the  laws  of  the  land.  He  was 
candid  and  frank  in  his  expression  of  his  conviction  of  right 
and  wrong,  faithful  and  earnest  as  a  Christian  and  prompt  and 
liberal  as  a  church  member.  He  was  a  warm  advocate  of  Frank- 
lin College  and  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  funds.  He  died  Jan- 
uary 12,  1872,  in  his  ninety-first  year,  surviving  his  twin  brother 
five  years.  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter  died  at  the  residence  of  her 
son  Milton  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  her  age. 

James  Vawter  had  his  eccentricities,  as  had  all  of  the  older 
Vawters,  and  as  have  many  of  their  descendants  to-day.  It  is 
told  of  him  that  whenever  he  brought  anything  home  and  didn't 
know  where  to  put  it  that  he  built  a  shed  for  it — that  he  finally 
had  about  five  acres  on  his  place  covered  with  sheds.  James 
Vawter  lived  on  the  top  of  the  hill.  William  Rice  had  a  mill  a 
short  distance  above  and  off  the  road  which  ran  at  the  foot  of  the 
hill.  He  wanted  the  road  to  come  by  his  mill  and  not  by  William 
Stribling's,  so  he  built  a  fence  across  the  road  to  force  people  to 
go  around  by  his  mill.  At  that  time  Pressburg  consisted  of  only 
a  few  houses  and,  in  its  best  days,  perhaps  a  mill  or  two.  The 
houses  were  not  very  close  together  and  were  all  farm  houses. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 57 

James  Vawter's  house  was  right  in  Pressburg,  and  yet  was  in 
the  country. 

WilHam  Brazelton,  a  poet  of  Jefferson  county,  wrote  these 
verses : 

"Of  all  the  spots  here  in  the  world 
For  honor  and  renown 
I  own  in  Pressburg  is  unfurled 
The  beauty  of  a  town. 

"If  much  you  travel  through  that  town 
Take  care  your  feet  and  head 
Or  you  will  find  you'll  be  crushed  down 
Beneath  some  tottering  shed. 

"  Sheds,  yes,  propped  and  pottered  up, 
Without  the  form  of  walls, 
Tottering,  reeling  to  and  fro, 
Hit  one  prop  and  fifty  falls. 

"The  king  of  sheds  lives  on  a  hill 
As  happy  as  a  toad. 
The  king  of  trouble  owns  a  mill, 
And  stops  the  public  road." 

It  is  also  told  of  James  Vawter  that  he  could  not  resist  the 
temptation  to  hang  a  gate  wherever  he  saw  two  trees  located  con- 
veniently for  the  purpose,  and  that  one  would  often  see  gates  out 
in  a  field  with  no  fence  near.  The  truth  of  this  can  not  be 
vouched  for. 

One  thing  is  certain,  however,  and  that  is,  that  "Uncle  Jimmy," 
as  he  was  called,  had  a  den.  It  was  something  after  the  style 
of  the  dens  men  affect  these  days,  only  not  so  luxurious.  It  was 
a  very  small  room,  built  on  to  one  end  of  the  porch.  Whenever 
"Uncle  Jimmy"  couldn't  be  found  he  was  nearly  sure  to  be  in 
that  den.  The  room  is  left  just  as  it  was  when  it  was  the  com- 
fort of  "Uncle  Jimmy."  In  it  is  a  small  bed  or  cot  of  some  kind. 
Around  two  sides  are  shelves  with  jars  or  bottles  containing  many 
different  kinds  of  seeds.  Across  one  end  is  a  row  of  nails.  On 
the  nails  are  hung  strips  of  wood  which  were  cut  just  the  right 
size  to  hold  a  column  of  newspaper  clippings.  In  the  end  of 
each  piece  of  wood  was  a  hole  so  the  strip  might  hang  on  one  of 
the  nails.     This  was  the  way  "Uncle  Jimmy"  kept  his  scrap 


158  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

book,  and  to  his  den  he  often  came  to  be  quiet  and  read  when  the 
house  was  full  of  company. 

"Uncle  Jimmy"  wore  a  white  fur  plug  hat  summer  and  winter, 
so  one  of  his  nephews  said,  and  he  presented  a  striking  appear- 
ance in  that  hat  and  his  great  long  coat. 

This  anecdote  is  also  told  of  James  Vawter :  There  was  a 
woman  in  the  church  who  was  very  aggressive.  She  got  up  in 
meeting  and,  after  talking  a  long  time,  urged  every  one  to  get 
up  and  do  likewise.  When  she  sat  down  "Uncle  Jimmy"  got  up 
and  said :  "Some  need  urgin'  for'ard  and  some  need  holdin' 
back."    Then  he  sat  down  without  another  word. 

"Uncle  Jimmy"  once  brought  home  a  wagon-load  of  brick  to 
be  used  for  some  building  purpose.  He  went  into  town  again, 
and  when  he  returned  the  second  time  he  found  the  bricks  all 
tumbled  down  and  half  of  them  broken  in  pieces.  "Boys,"  said 
he,  "what  does  this  mean?"  His  grandchildren  said:  "Why, 
grandpa,  you  see  it  was  this  way.  We  were  playing  war  and  we 
put  a  lot  of  bricks  on  one  side  for  Union  soldiers  and  a  lot  of 
bricks  on  the  other  side  for  Rebels,  and  the  Union  men  whipped 
the  Rebels  all  to  pieces,  and  that  is  how  the  bricks  got  broken." 
"All  right,  boys,"  said  "Uncle  Jimmy,"  "if  the  Rebels  got 
whipped  that  is  all  right." 

James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter  had  eleven  children:  John 
Watts,  Jesse  Holman,  Frances,  Johnson  S.,  William  C,  Milton 
S.,  James  S.,  Newton  W.,  Fanny  S.,  Susan  E.,  and  Thomas  S. 


John  Watts  Vawter 

John  Watts  Vawter,  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts) 
Vawter,  was  born  November  15,  181 7,  and  was  married  by  Rev, 
E.  Holt,  February  13,  1851,  to  Louesa  Bachman,  who  was  born 
in  Madison,  Indiana,  December  16,  1829,  and  died  July  4,  1887, 
John  Watts  Vawter  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  milling 
business,  and  at  one  time  had  plank-road  contracts  on  the  Michi- 
gan Road.    He  was  also  merchant  at  Scipio  and  Columbus,  Indi- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 59 

ana.  He  followed  boating  for  a  few  years,  first  with  flatboats 
loaded  with  provisions  for  the  lower  country,  then  was  connected 
with  the  steamboat  trade.  In  1847  ^e  bought  the  "John  Dren- 
nen,"  which  ran  between  Madison  and  Cincinnati  as  a  packet. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  "Clara 
Dunning,"  which  ran  between  Louisville  and  Cincinnati.  Then 
he  became  owner  of  the  steamer  "David  White,"  running  be- 
tween Louisville,  St.  Louis  and  New  Orleans,  and  for  a  time  was 
captain.  He  had  sold  one-fourth  interest  before  the  boat  ex- 
ploded on  the  lower  Mississippi,  but  he  suffered  a  heavy  loss. 
John  Watts  Vawter  afterwards  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits. 
For  two  years  before  his  death  he  was  near  Baton  Rouge,  Louisi- 
ana, managing  a  large  cotton  plantation  and  sawmill.  His  wife 
was  the  daughter  of  Alois  Bachman.  John  Watts  Vawter  died 
September  25,  1875,  i"  the  fifty-eighth  year  of  his  age. 

The  children  of  John  Watts  and  Louesa  (Bachman)  Vawter 
were  Emma  S.,  Charles  D.,  John  S.,  Elizabeth  L.,  James  A., 
Alfred  and  Frances  Helen. 

(i)  Emma  S.  Vawter.  daughter  of  John  and  Louesa  (Bach- 
man) Vawter,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Lidiana,  February 
23,  1852;  married  March  30,  1881,  at  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
to  Judson  Williams,  who  was  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana, 
September  27,  1842.  Judson  Williams  is  a  horticulturist,  1331 
Palmer  street,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Louesa  Williams,  born  in  Ottawa,  Kansas,  February 
21,  1883;  died  in  Fallbrook,  San  Diego  county,  California, 
October  13.  1890. 

b.  Maud  Williams,  born  in  Ottawa,  Kansas.  January  24, 
1886;  died  in  Fallbrook,  San  Diego  county,  California.  October 
15,  1890. 

(2)  Charles  D.  Vawter,  son  of  John  Watts  and  Louesa 
(Bachman)  Vawter.  was  born  May  24,  1854;  married  in 
Laurel  Hill.  Louisiana,  June  4,  1877,  to  Emma  K.  Thomas,  who 
was  born  in  Winnsborough,  Louisiana,  January  21,  1858;  died 
in  North  Madison,  Indiana.  April  30.  1893.       Children: 

a.     Clarence  Howell  Vawter,  born  December  3,  1878. 


l60  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

b.  Elizabeth  Louise  Vawter,  born  October  7,  1884. 

c.  Charles  Hart  Vawter,  born  June  13,  1886. 

d.  Minnie  E.  Vawter,  born  August  27,  1891. 

Charles  D.  Vawter  married,  second,  November  5,  1893,  Julia 
Davidson,  who  was  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana,  July  i, 
1859.  No  children.  812  South  Eighth  street,  Tacoma,  Wash- 
ington. 

(3)  John  S.  Vawter,  son  of  John  Watts  and  Louesa  (Bach- 
man)  Vawter,  was  born  November  9,  1856;  married  Mary- 
Singer  and  had  one  child.  Lives  in  Soldiers'  Home  in  Indiana. 

(4)  Elizabeth  L.  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  Watts  and 
Louesa  (Bachman)  Vawter,  was  born  June  12,  1859;  married, 
March  20,  1889,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  to  Charles  F. 
Sheets.    Lives  at  455  East  Third  street,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Children : 

a.  Emma  A.  Sheets,  born  June  19,  1890,  in  Jefferson  county, 
Indiana. 

b.  Narcissa  F.  P.  Sheets,  born  February  28,  1896,  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana. 

(5)  James  Alois  Bachman  Vawter,  son  of  John  Watts  and 
Louesa  (Bachman)  Vawter,  was  born  March  16,  1862.  near 
North  Madison,  Indiana;  married  March  19,  1891,  at  Sedan, 
Kansas,  to  Clara  Catherine  Monroe,  who  was  born  August  25, 
1873,  near  Peru,  Kansas. 

James  Alois  Vawter  is  telegraph  operator  and  railway  station 
agent  at  Heron,  Montana. 

Children  of  James  A.  and  Clara  (Monroe)  Vawter: 

a.  Alfred  Buell  Vawter,  born  June  30,  1892,  at  Arlington, 
Washington. 

b.  Vernon  Monroe  Vawter,  born  July  13,  1895,  at  Heppner 
Junction,  Oregon. 

c.  Bessie  Alice  Vawter,  born  January  30,  1897,  at  Heppner 
Junction,  Oregon. 

d.  Frank  Raymond  Vawter,  born  January  13.  1899,  near 
North  Yakima,  Washington. 

c.  James  Alois  Vawter,  born  November  3,  1901,  near  North 
Yakima,  Washington. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  l6l 

(6)  Alfred  T.  Vawter,  son  of  John  Watts  and  Loiiesa  (Bach- 
man)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  October  i, 
1864;  married  May  9,  1889,  to  Minnie  L.  Vawter,  the  daughter 
of  Jesse  Holman  Vawter.  Minnie  Vawter  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana,  February  19,  1867. 

Alfred  T.  Vawter  is  in  the  life  insurance  business,  2216  Bird 
street,  Boyle  Heights,  Los  Angeles,  California. 
Children : 

a.  Jesse  Beryl  Watts  Vawter,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, August  28,  1890;  died  January  10,  1891. 

b.  May  Vawter,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  May  10, 
1892;  died  July  2y,  1892. 

c.  Chester  Ernest  Vawter,  born  in  Vanderburgh  county,  In- 
diana, May  7,  1895. 

d.  Robert  Alfred  Vawter,  born  in  Vanderburgh  county,  In- 
diana, October  19,  1897. 

e.  Walter  Bachman  Vawter,  born  in  Vanderburgh  county, 
Indiana,  July  2,  1900. 

f.  Ruth  Leotia  Vawter,  born  in  Carmi,  Illinois,  December  12, 
1902. 

(7)  Frances  Helen  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  Watts  and 
Louesa  (Bachman)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, August  20,  1867;  died  July  3,  1877. 


2 

Jesse  Holman  Vawter 

Jesse  Holman  Vawter,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  March  6,  1820.  He 
was  married,  February  25,  1843,  to  Martha  E.  Pyle,  who  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  August  9,  1826;  died  at  North  Madison, 
Indiana,  March  7,  1878.  Holman  Vawter  was  a  merchant,  also 
a  steamboat  and  stationary  engineer.  He  lived  in  Indiana  all  of 
his  life  except  a  short  time  in  Illinois.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Home  Guards  during  the  Civil  War.   Was  a  member  of  the  Bap- 


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l62  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

tist  Church.    For  many  years  before  his  death  he  was  afflicted 
with  cancer.    He  died  August  30,  1898. 

The  children  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vawter 
were  Edgar,  Mary,  John,  Ella,  Newton,  James,  William,  Elmore 
and  Henry. 

( 1 )  Edgar,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vawter, 
was  born  May  25,  1844;  died  April  23,  1847. 

(2)  Mary  F.,  daughter  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  November  9,  1846;  married  November  4, 
1868,  to  William  H.  Benefiel ;  died  September  21,  1898. 

Children  of  William  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Benefiel:  George 
Holman,  who  was  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana,  and  two  others 
who  died  in  infancy. 

(3)  Ella,  daughter  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  September  9,  1848.  Lives  in  Los  Angeles, 
California,  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Alfred  Vawter. 

(4)  John  C,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  August  27,  1850;  died  April  28,  1867. 

(5)  James  R.,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  October  9,  1852;  married  Angeline  Brace.  Is  a 
farmer,  living  in  Beverly,  Lincoln  county,  Kansas. 

(6)  Newton  O.,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  August  7,  1854;  died  November  11,  1881. 

(7)  Henry  C,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Rexville,  Indiana,  May  11,  1857;  married 
June  2,  1883,  to  Ida  Britton.  They  have  two  children,  Ray  and 
Mabel.  Henry  C.  Vawter  is  a  farmer,  living  near  Waldron, 
Shelby  county,  Indiana. 

(8)  William  E.,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana,  October  5,  i860. 
Is  unmarried.   Lives  in  Dixon,  Illinois. 

(9)  Elmer  H.,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  April  22,  1862;  died  March  13,  1863. 

( 10)  Thomas,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Rexville,  Indiana,  May  22,  1864;  married 
Frances  Patton  September   17,    1889.    They  have  no  children. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  163 

Thomas  Vawter  is  a  railroad  fireman  and  engineer,  living  at  529 
South  Workman  street,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

(11)  Roe  M.,  son  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Rexville,  Indiana;  married  Tillie  Nix  April  3, 
1896.  They  have  had  three  children:  Edna,  born  April  3,  1898; 
died  March  18,  1899,  Elmer,  born  June  9.  1900,  and  Naomi,  born 
August  19,  1902. 

Roe  Vawter  is  in  the  employ  of  the  railroad  and  lives  in  New 
Albany,  Indiana. 

(12)  Minnie,  daughter  of  Jesse  Holman  and  Martha  (Pyle) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  February  19, 
1867;  married  her  cousin  Alfred,  the  son  of  John  Watts  Vawter, 
in  1889.    (See  record  of  Alfred  Vawter.) 


3 

Frances  Vawter 

Frances,  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  born 
February  i,  1822;  died  July  23,  1823. 


Johnson  S.  Vawter 

Johnson  S.,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  May  25,  1824.  He  was  married  to  Diana  Moncrief  in  1854; 
died  December  6,  1879. 

Johnson  S.  Vawter  was  a  farmer.  He  was  also  a  carpenter  and 
had  a  sawmill  before  he  began  farming. 

Diana  (Moncrief)  Vawter  was  born  January  23,  1826;  died 
August  13,  1892. 

The  children  of  Johnson  S.  and  Diana  (Moncrief)  Vawter 
were  Sarah,  who  died  when  a  child,  and  James  C,  who  died  when 
about  grown. 

Johnson  S.  Vawter  and  his  wife  lived  at  Rexville,  Indiana. 


164  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

5 
William  C.  Vawter 

William  C,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  in  the  old  homestead  near  North  Madison,  Indiana,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1827.  When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed 
to  a  tailor,  and,  at  the  end  of  his  time,  began  business  for  himself 
in  North  Madison.  There  he  continued  in  business  until  1851, 
when  he  moved  to  Jennings  county.  Here  he  was  married,  No- 
vember II,  1 85 1,  to  Sydney  Olive  Willis,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1829,  in  Maryland,  and  died  September  5,  1896. 

William  Vawter  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  until 
1866,  when  he  removed  to  Madison  and  was  with  Cobb,  Stribling 
&  Company.  He  was  also  in  the  woolen  mill  business  at  Elletts- 
ville  and  afterwards  at  Madison.  In  1868  he  began  traveling  for 
Schofield  &  Sons,  and  was  with  them  the  most  of  the  time  until 
his  death  of  apoplexy  on  April  23,  1882.  One  of  the  proprietors 
of  Schofield  &  Sons  said  after  his  death :  "We  have  no  hope  of 
filling  his  place  satisfactorily.  He  was  so  true,  so  honest  and  so 
successful." 

William  C.  and  Sydney  Olive  Vawter  had  ten  children :  James 
Hiram,  Sarah  Elton,  Willis  Isaiah,  Spencer  Coin.  Johnson  Smith, 
Alice  Eupheme,  Robert,  Theodosia  Ernest,  William  Cornett  and 
Colfax. 

(i)  James  Hiram,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis) 
Vawter,  was  born  September  18,  1852,  at  Scipio,  Indiana,  and 
died  July  11,  1874,  in  Laconia,  Arkansas.  He  was  a  merchant 
and  was  unmarried. 

(2)  Sarah  Elton,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Wil- 
lis) Vawter,  was  born  October  5,  1854,  at  Scipio,  Indiana,  and 
was  married,  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana,  October  5,  1891,  to 
Captain  James  H.  Hardy.   They  have  no  children. 

Captain  Hardy  was  born  in  Canada  February  22,  1832.  He 
lived  in  Covington,  Indiana,  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business.  Has  been  retired  for  the  last 
fifteen  years  and  is  living  on  a  farm  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 6$ 

(3)  Willis  Isaiah,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis) 
Vawter,  was  born  at  Scipio,  Indiana,  October  5,  1854,  and  was 
married  May  18,  1884,  to  Mary  Mclntyre,  who  was  born  in 
Madison,  Indiana,  July  16,  i860.   Their  children  are: 

a.  Olive  S.,  born  December  2,  1885,  in  North  Madison,  In- 
diana. 

b.  Bessie  M..  born  January  16,  1888,  in  North  Madison.  In- 
diana. 

c  Wilbur  Willis,  born  November  16,  1889,  in  North  Madi- 
son, Indiana. 

d.  James  Hardy,  born  August  12,  1892,  near  North  Madison, 
Indiana. 

e.  George  Williams,  born  May  22,  1895,  near  North  Madison, 
Indiana. 

Willis  Vawter  and  family  live  on  a  farm  near  Mooresville, 
Morgan  county,  Indiana. 

(4)  Spencer  Coin,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis) 
Vawter,  was  born  at  Scipio.  Indiana,  January  12,  1857,  and  died 
at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  March  6,  1872. 

(5)  Johnson  Smith,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Scipio,  Indiana,  December  31,  1858,  and 
died  there  April  13,  1866. 

(6)  Alice  Eupheme,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  Sydney 
(Willis)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Scipio.  Indiana,  March  14,  1861, 
and  was  married  October  13,  1881,  to  Theodore  Henry  Roko- 
brant,  who  was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  July  31,  1859.  They 
have  two  children :  Myrtle  Olive,  born  November  2y,  1882,  in 
Madison,  Indiana,  and  George  Carl,  who  was  born  November  2y, 
1889,  in  Madison,  Indiana. 

T.  H.  Rokobrant  is  traveling  agent  for  Central  Electric  Supply 
Company,  Chicago.    Lives  at  703  Main  street,  Coshocton,  Ohio. 

(7)  Robert,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis)  Vawter, 
died  at  birth. 

(8)  Theodosia  Ernest,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  Sydney 
(Willis)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Scipio,  Indiana,  June  25,  1863,  and 
was  married  September  17,  1884,  to  George  L.  Williams,  who 


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1 66  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

was  born  in  Dupont,  Indiana,  September  4,  1861.   They  have  no 
children. 

George  L.  WilHams  is  the  agent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  at  Jeffersonville,  Indiana. 

(9)  William  Cornett,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis) 
Vawter,  was  born  at  Madison,  Indiana,  December  5,  1866,  and 
died  in  Whatcom,  Washington,  February  4,  1903.  He  was  in 
the  lumber  business  and  was  unmarried. 

( 10)  Colfax,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sydney  (Willis)  Vawter, 
was  born  and  died  December  13,  1868. 


Milton  S.  Vawter 

Milton  S.  Vawter,  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  February  17,  1829,  near  North  Madison,  Indiana. 
An  account  of  the  early  part  of  his  life  is  best  given  in  his  own 
words.    He  says : 

"I  worked  on  a  farm  until  I  was  sixteen  years  old,  then  at 
plastering  until  my  twenty-first  year.  I  then  clerked  in  a  store  in 
Bartholomew  county,  Indiana.  At  the  end  of  a  year  I  took  full 
charge  of  the  stock  and  continued  the  business  at  Taylorville  for 
one-half  the  net  profit.  The  country  was  new,  and  chills  and 
fever  so  prevalent  that  in  the  fall  of  1850  I  sold  out  and  returned 
to  Jefferson  county,  w  here  I  was  engaged  on  the  plank  road  which 
was  being  built  by  my  brother  John.  In  the  spring  of  1851  I 
located  at  Elizabethtown  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business, 
and  in  1852  also  attended  to  the  railroad  station  in  connection 
with  my  business.  In  February,  1855,  I  sold  out  to  G.  W.  Bran- 
ham  and  went  south  and  engaged  with  my  brother,  John  W. 
Vawter,  in  building  plank  roads  in  Louisiana.  In  the  fall  of  1856 
I  was  engaged  by  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  attend  to  the  business  at  Amity,  which  I  did  in  connection 
with  a  stock  of  dry  goods  and  groceries.  In  the  fall  of  1858  I 
went  to  Martinsville  and  continued  there  until  spring,  receiving 
and  shipping  grain  until  the  old  road  was  abandoned ;  then  I  en- 


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gaged  to  superintend  a  merchant  mill  until  the  fall  of  1859.  In 
the  spring  of  i860  I  opened  a  dry  goods  and  notion  store  at 
Madison,  Indiana.  When  the  war  came  on  I  offered  my  services 
in  Captain  James  Bachman's  company  and  was  refused.  From 
the  years  1855  to  1859  I  spent  three  months  of  each  year  away 
from  my  other  business  in  buying  hogs  for  Madison  pork  houses. 
In  the  year  1863  I  began  to  work  on  the  river,  filling  various  posi- 
tions from  watchman  to  captain,  having  an  interest  in  the  boats 
on  which  I  was  employed.  I  sometimes  filled  the  place  of  watch- 
man and  clerk  at  the  same  time  while  running  up  the  Tennessee 
and  Cumberland  rivers.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865,  I  was 
on  the  steamer  "David  White"  in  the  Louisville  and  New  Orleans 
trade.  In  1867  I  left  the  river  to  look  after  my  affairs  on  land," 
and  have  ever  since  been  engaged  in  merchandising  and  farming. 
I  am  living  on  the  land  which  my  father  entered  in  1825  and 
which  I  purchased  of  my  brother  in  1867." 

Milton  Vawter  is  now  seventy-five  years  of  age  and  is  living 
in  the  house  where  he  was  born.  The  house  is  still  in  very  good 
condition.  Besides  the  old  home  place,  there  are  a  number  of 
small  dwellings  on  the  farm  which  are  rented.  In  a  little  shed 
near  his  home  Milton  Vawter  has  a  small  store,  with  groceries 
and  notions.  Here  flour,  bacon,  sugar  and  the  small  necessities 
which  may  be  needed  by  the  farm  people  are  kept,  and  the  tenants 
are  supplied  with  what  they  wish,  paying  a  little  at  a  time  as  they 
choose.  Mr.  Vawter  is  not  confined  at  home  at  all  by  this  little 
store.  He  is  always  ready  to  take  friends  or  relatives  around  to 
see  the  country  or  other  relatives.  The  store  is  more  in  the  order 
of  a  supply  house,  and  people  probably  only  come  in  the  evenings 
or  mornings. 

Milton  Vawter  is  known,  too,  far  and  near  for  his  interest  in 
and  knowledge  of  the  family.  He  has  furnished  many  people  with 
copies  of  old  times  records,  and  has  been  a  very  great  help  in  the 
collecting  of  material  for  this  history. 

Milton  Vawter  was  married  to  Aureana  L.  Vawter,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Pascal  Vawter,  December  28,  1865.  Aureana  L.  Vawter 
was  born  January  i,   1843,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana.    Her 


l68  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

parents  moved  to  Roman  county,  Kentucky,  in  1856  and  to  Adair 
county,  Ohio,  in  1863. 

The  children  of  Milton  and  Aureana  Vawter  were  Frank  C, 
Jennie  and  Bert  Watts. 

(i)  Frank  C,  son  of  Milton  and  Aureana  Vawter,  was  born 
September  4,  1867,  and  was  married  May  2,  1894,  to  Lillian 
Lepper,  who  was  born  March  14,  1867.  Their  children  are  Rhoy- 
den,  born  January  16,  1895,  and  Nadyne,  born  November  7, 
1897.  Frank  C.  Vawter  is  clerk  of  a  boat  which  runs  between 
Madison  and  Cincinnati,  and  lives  in  Madison,  Indiana, 

(2)  Jennie,  daughter  of  Milton  and  Aureana  Vawter,  was 
born  April  8,  1870,  and  is  living  with  her  father. 

(3)  Bert  Watts,  son  of  Milton  and  Aureana  Vawter,  was  born 
July  25,  1872,  and  died  September  4,  1872. 

Aureana,  wife  of  Milton  Vawter,  died  October  31,  1872. 

Milton  S.  Vawter  was  married  November  16,  1876,  to  Sue  G. 
Sebree,  of  Rising  Sun,  Indiana,  who  was  born  February  13,  1843, 
in  Gallatin  county,  Kentucky. 

7 

James  S.  Vawter 

James  S.  Vawter,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter, 
born  May  9,  1831 ;  married,  by  Elder  John  Stott,  June  19,  1856, 
to  Mary  Cowell,  who  died  in  1857,  leaving  no  children. 

James  S.  Vawter  married,  second,  Pheba  Almeida  Rollins  in 
January,  1864,  and  had  two  children. 

James  S.  Vawter  lived  most  of  his  life  in  Jefferson  and  Johnson 
counties,  Indiana.  He  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for 
many  years,  and  was  postmaster  for  several  years.  He  was  an 
ordained  Baptist  minister,  but  did  not  preach  regularly.  He  was 
always  a  great  worker  in  the  church  and  Sunday-school,  of  which, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  he  had  been  superintendent  for  twelve 
years.  He  wrote  a  great  deal  for  the  papers.  He  died  August  5, 
1881.    Pheba  Almeida  Vawter  died  July  13,  1887. 

The  children  of  James  S.  and  Pheba  Almeida  Vawter  were : 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 69 

(i)  Ada  v.,  born  December  23,  1864,  in  Amity,  Indiana; 
died  May  30,  1901.   Unmarried. 

(2)  Effie  A.,  born  August  10,  1872,  in  North  Madison,  In- 
diana; married  September  5.  1893.  to  George  S.  Kerr,  who  was 
born  in  Owen  county,  Indiana,  October  14,  1852.  Their  children 
are  Stanley  I.  L.,  born  January  10,  1895;  Arleigh  Robert,  born 
February  16,  1897,  and  Rees  Vawter,  born  August  5,  1899. 

George  Kerr  is  a  dealer  in  real  estate,  living  at  Bozeman,  Mon- 
tana. 

8 

Newton  W.  Vawter 

Newton  Wilbur  Vawter,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts) 
Vawter,  was  born  April  13,  1833,  near  North  Madison,  Indiana. 
He  was  married  in  1853  to  Lucretia  Branham,  a  granddaughter 
of  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham.  Lucretia  (Branham)  Vawter 
died  in  1854,  leaving  no  children, 

Newton  Vawter  was  married  the  second  time  on  October  26, 
1856,  to  Maria  B.  Foster,  another  granddaughter  of  Frances 
(Vawter)  Branham.  They  had  four  children.  Maria  (Foster) 
Vawter  died  August  2,  1896. 

Newton  Wilbur  Vawter  was  married,  third,  to  Armilda  A. 
Hollister,  January  13,  1901. 

Newton  W.  Vawter  has  lived  in  Indiana  all  of  his  life  with  the 
exception  of  one  year  spent  in  Missouri  superintending  a  plank 
road  running  from  Iron  Mountain  to  St.  Genevieve.  Has  lived 
all  of  his  life  in  Jefferson  county,  except  nine  years.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  merchandising,  steamboating  five  years,  and  was  a 
locomotive  engineer  for  twenty-five  years.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army  May,  1862.  He  was  orderly  sergeant  in  Company 
D,  Fifty-Fourth  Regiment,  Volunteer  Infantry.  Was  promoted 
to  sergeant-major  of  said  regiment  and  was  mustered  out  when 
the  time  expired  at  Indianapolis.  Has  been  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church  for  forty-five  years.  Lives  at  North  Madison, 
Indiana. 

The  children  of  Newton  W.  Vawter  and  Maria  (Foster)  Vaw- 


170  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

ter  were  Henry  J.,  Will  Campbell,  Fanny  Alice  and  Robert 
Newton. 

(i)  Henry  J.,  son  of  Newton  and  Maria  (Foster)  Vawter, 
was  born  September  19,  1857;  married  September  16,  1880,  to 
Josie  Willin.  They  have  two  children,  Harry,  born  June  6,  1881, 
and  Emma,  born  June  28,  1883. 

Henry  Vawter  was  a  railroad  conductor  until  he  met  with  an 
accident  and  lost  part  of  his  foot.  He  is  now  a  rural  route  mail 
carrier.  Lives  at  Rockport,  Indiana.  His  son  Harry  was  married 
September  20,  1903,  to  Lillie  M.  Hibbs.  They  live  in  Clifton 
Heights,  Cincinnati.  Their  child,  Dorothy  Louise,  was  born  May 
30,  1904. 

(2)  Will  Campbell,  son  of  Newton  W.  and  Maria  (Foster) 
Vawter,  was  born  September  7,  i860.  He  is  unmarried  and  lives 
in  Evansville,  Indiana.    Lawyer. 

(3)  Fanny  Alice,  daughter  of  Newton  W.  and  Maria  (Fos- 
ter) Vawter,  was  born  July  14,  1866;  married  September  19, 
1889,  to  John  W.  Deupree.  They  had  one  child,  Alva  Will,  born 
February  20,  1891. 

John  W.  Deupree  died  April  15,  1895. 

Fanny  Alice  Deupree  married,  second,  Howard  Lee  on  April 
25,   1901.    They  have  one  child,  Fanny  Jane,  born  October  5, 

1902. 

Howard  Lee  is  a  contractor  living  in  Columbus,  Indiana. 

(4)  Robert  Newton,  son  of  Newton  Wilbur  and  Maria  (Fos- 
ter) Vawter,  was  born  July  23,  1877;  married  August  23,  1900, 
to  Josie  Quinn ;  died  May  i.  1901. 


Fanny  S.  Vawter 

Fanny  S.,  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  September  27,  1835;  died  April  20,  1876.    Unmarried. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  171 

10 

Susan  E.  Vawter 

Susan  E.,  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  Alarch  3.  1838;  died  February  11.  1857.    Unmarried. 

II 
Thomas  S.  Vawter 

Thomas  S.,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  May  3,  1840;  married  November  6.  1866,  at  Madison,  In- 
diana, to  Annie  LeGill,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  but  came  to  this 
country  when  a  small  child. 

Thomas  S.  Vawter  was  born  near  North  Madison,  Indiana. 
He  has  lived  in  Rexville,  Indiana,  for  thirty-seven  years.  Is  a 
pension  attorney.  Served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  the  first 
time  in  the  Fifty-Fourth  Indiana,  second  time  in  the  Sixty- 
Seventh  Indiana,  and  also  in  the  Twenty- Fourth  Indiana. 

Children  of  Thomas  S.  and  Annie  (LeGill)  Vawter:  Milton 
M.,  Edward  and  Brainard. 

(i)  Milton,  son  of  Thomas  S.  and  Annie  (LeGill)  Vawter, 
was  born  September  5,  1868;  married  September  11,  1892,  to 
Laura  Shaddy.   They  have  five  children  : 

a.  Florence  May,  born  January  12,  1893. 

b.  Hazel,  born  November  16,  1896. 

c.  Edwin,  born  November  5,  1898. 

d.  Macie  Marie,  born  January  i,  1901. 
c.    Annie  Laurie,  born  October  26,  1903. 

Milton  Vawter  is  a  barber,  living  at  Rexville,  Indiana. 

(2)  Edward,  the  son  of  Thomas  S.  and  Annie  (LeGill) 
Vawter  was  born  May  22,  1872,  and  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
six  months. 

(3)  Brainard  Le  Vawter,  the  son  of  Thomas  S.  and  Annie 
(LeGill)  Vawter,  was  born  September  29.  1874.  He  attended 
school  and  graduated  at  the  Terre  Haute  Normal.  Is  now  prin- 
cipal of  the  High  School  at  Osgood,  Indiana. 


IV. 

FRANCES  VAWTER5 

(Jesse*,  David^,  John^,  Johni) 

(1785-1853) 

m. 

JOHN  BRANHAM 

(1777-1S34) 


Children® 


I.  Jesse  V.  m. 
Mary  Butler 


Grandchildren' 


(i)  Zerelda,  d. 
(2)  J.  Foster,  d. 


(3)  William  m. 
Martha  La- 
Masters 


(4)  Louisa  m. 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren" 


Scott  m. 
Julia  McDowell 


John  m. 

Mary  Kareger 


Mary  rn. 
Joseph  Gordon 

William  m. 
Mary  Davis 

Edward  m. 
Kate  Faulkner 


Ida  m. 
Wilbur  Grindell 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren" 

I   Nellie  m.,  two  ch. 
Edith  m.,  one  ch. 
I   Jennie 
J   Etta 
1   Stella 
I   Flora 
I   Hazel 
I   Grace 

Edward 

Ida 

J   Lillian 

1   Sadie 

William 
(^  George 


Mary 


Seven  children 


li 


esse 
Robert 


William 
George 
Saphronia 
Claude 
Three  others 


Alice,  d. 
Wm.  Fitch  m. 
Josephine  Camp- ^   William  Lou 
bell 

Mary  L.  m. 


■n 


MonroeGuUet     ]       Joseph  Whitte-      "!    Arthur  Monroe 
more  L 


Edward  m. 
Grace  Sherman 


Elberta  Louise 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


^72> 


I.  Jesse  V. 

(Continued)   '\^ 


(5)  Jesse  V.  m. 
Mary  L.  Stark 


r  (i)  Geo.  W.  tn. 

Sarah  Huckle- 
berry 


Uriah  m. 
Alcey  Davis 


(2)  Elizabeth  Jane 
m. 
Florence  O'Con- 
ner 


(3)  Matilda  m. 
John  Brooks 


(4)  Davis  m. 
Louisiana 
Compton 


Hiram  S.  m. 
Jessie  Greenleaf 

Alice  m. 
Wm.  R.Burns 


Delaney  E.  m. 
Nellie  I.  Hand 


Louisa  m. 
Peter  Rodange 

Thos.  F.  m. 
May  Galvin 

Uriah 
Maria 
[^  Several  others 

Solan  B.  m. 
Elsie  J.  Davis 


Clara  Alice  m. 
Benjamin  Mc- 
New 


Mary  Frances  m. 
Wm.  Fleming 

Chester  C,  d. 
Hickman  D.,  unm. 
Wilber  S.,  unm. 
Florence  Jane,  d. 


Nora  Ellen  ra. 
Clarence  Wilson 

,  William  A.,  unm. 

Orlando  Parks  m. 
Carruthers 

Alcey  m. 
Scott  Branham 


Joseph  m. 
Elizabeth  Brumit 


Charles  Greenleaf 
Harold  Delaney 

Hiram  D. 
William  Douglas 

Alice  Irene 
Donald 
Thomas  Leon 
Cecil  Hunter 

Marguerite  Louise 


Roger  Vawter 


Oral  Ami,  d. 
Jesse  Branham 
Orlando  Parks,  d. 
Lenora  Etha 

}  Oscar 
I   Etta  N. 
-    Norma  E. 

Wilber  E. 

Zuma  F. 

No  children 


Bertha 
Omer 
Leslie  C. 
Christel 
Mabel 

Daisy  m.,  one  ch. 


Frank,  d, 

r  Elmer  C.  m. 
Ira  E.  Downey 
(Edna  Marie) 
Lester  E. 
IraE. 
Russell  C. 
Roscoe  R. 


Ji 


174 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Uriah  Branham 
(Continued) 


(4)  Davis  Branham 
(Continued) 


(5)  Mary  A.  m. 
Samuel  Brown 


Elizabeth  J. 
Ida  P.,  d. 


d. 


Davis  S.  m. 
Ida  Belle  Cooper 


Florence  E.,  d. 

Annie  Laurie  m. 
Wm.  Waters 


Spencer  Vance 
Alta  Irene 
Bertha  Lulu 
James  Ernest 
Ethel  Pearl 
Mabel  Clare 
Davis  Bishop 
^  John  Albert 


Addie  Belle  m. 
Sam'l  H.  Pickett 

Mattie  C.  m. 
David  N.  Pickett 

Eva  May  m. 
Henry  D.  Neel 

Jud  J. m. 

Jessie  M.  Bruce 
Maud  F.  m. 

Allen  Williams 

Ida 
Morton  m. 

AramintaMcEl- 
roy,  d. 
Emma  A.  m. 

Waldo  Robinson 

Jennie  ra. 
Geo.  Stellhorn 

Cora  m. 
Jesse  Everson 

William  H.  m. 
Rose  E.  Walrick 

Ezra  Foster  m. 
Viola  Smith 


r  Dunward 
-i   Arley 
I  Virgil 

{  Hazel 
I  Glen 


j  Ine 


(6)  Frances  m. 

James  A.  Wal-  -{ 
den 


Charles  Fremont 
m. 
Emma  Harper 


Estel 


Ethel 

Lenore 
Howard 

Mary  Freda 

I   Clarence 
(-John 
I  Harry 

Ada,  m. 
Bertha  m. 
Seaman 
Noble 
Bonnie 
Homer 
Carl 
Mauree 
Lillian 


-{ 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


175 


2.  Uriah  Branham 

(Continued)  ' 


(6)  Frances  Wal- 
den 
{Continued) 


(7)  James  N.  in. 
Carrie 


L  (8)  Danville,  d. 


Wm.  Orval,  unm. 

Annie  Ellen  m. 
Wm.  A.  Jenkins 

Uriah  Branham,  d. 

James  Richey  m. 
Elizabeth  Baker 


Lulie  May  m. 
Everett  R.  Bo- 
hall 
Fanny,  d. 
Hazel  Etta 
Georgia  A. 


Elizabeth  Etta  m. 
Rev.  W.  G.  Mc- 
Colley 


Mary  Alice  m. 
Leslie  Good 


I  Susie 
I  Alice 
-j   William 

Leslie,  d. 
(^  Dorothy 

James,  d. 

Carrie 

I   William 

I  Walter 

Lillian,  d. 

Maggie 

Jessie 

Edgar 

Donnel 

Nora 


Jessie  Lulie  m. 
Frank  Marshall 

Ida  May  m.  (  Arthur 

JamesK.  Atwood  )  Walden 
Otis  Morton,  unm. 
.  Orion  Noble,  d. 

McKnight 
Vera 


r  (1)  Jonathan  m. 

Isabelle  Green 


3.  Mary  m. 

Jared  Foster 


Radie  m. 
Mandeville  Bain 

Mary  M.  m. 
1st  Ansley  F. 
Jones 

2d  Rev.  C.  L. 
Smith 


Wm.  J.  m. 
Sadie  Brock 


Mattie  M.  m. 
A.  C. Jones 


Jennie 
Harry 
L  Mary 

r 

-!   Olive 

I 

j  Grayce 

f  Radie 
I    Audrey 
I   Harold 
l^  Leland 

r  Melnotte  B. 
M.  Pearle 
N.  Augusta 

I   Royal  C. 

I   Isabelle  A. 

I   A.  Foster 

I  Gladys  O. 
Gayle  A. 


LJi 


176 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


(i)  Johnathan Fos- 
ter 
( Continued) 


3.  Mary  Foster 

(Continued) 


(4)  Maria  B.  m. 
Newton  W. 
Vawter 


(2)  Jane  S.  m. 
Granville  P. 

Campbell  (both 
dead) 

(3)  Watts,  d. 


John  A. m. 
Annie  Powell 


Lucy  B.  m. 
Alfred  Soward 


Gladys  m. 
O.  A.Cook 


Henry  J.  m. 
Josie  Wiliin 

\Vm.  Campbell, 
unm. 

Fanny  Alice  m. 
1st  John  Deu- 
pree 


Raymond 
Arthur 
Leslie 
Gayle 

C  Gladys 
-{  Ross 
[  Winnie 


f  Harry  m. 
J       Lillie  M.  Hibbs 
]  (Dorothy  L.) 

I   Emma 


Alva  William 


2d  Howard  Lee      \  Fanny  Jane 

Robert  Newton  m. 
Josie  Quinn,  d. 


4.  Danville,  m. 


No  children 


5.  Elizabeth  m. 
Daniel  Davis 


(1)  John 

(2)  Daniel 

(3)  James 

I    (4)  Edward 

I    (5)  Several  others 

r  (i)  Lucretia  A.  m.   f 

Newton  W.         i   No  children 
Vawter  L 

r  Ardys,  d. 
(2)  Henry  Clay  m.   ]   ^^^^ 

Caroline  Bate-    ^    Hal  Howard 

l  Harrye  Boynton 


6.  Geo.  W.  m. 
ist  Elizabeth 
Branham 


man 


(3)  John  Clark  m. 
Kate  Bromley 


L 


John  Warner 

Bromley  E.  m. 
Elenor  Wilton 

Edith  Kate  ra. 

John  M.  Covert 

Jessie,  d. 
Ruby  Alice  m. 
Gordon  B.  At- 
wood 


Donald 


John  Stanley 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


177 


6  Geo.W.Branham  ^ 
{Continued) 


(4)  David  Hick- 

man, d. 

(5)  \Vm.  Cum- 

mings  m. 
Mary  E.Gilbert 


r  Gilbert  C. 

I    Elizabeth  H.  m. 
"I       John  H.  Wagner 
David  C.  m. 
Vera  Miller 


Mary  Elizabeth 


2d  Mrs.  Mary 
A.  Wilson 


7.  James  m. 
1st  Nancy 
Owens 


2d  Eveline 
Adams 


(6)  Emma  C.  m. 
Joseph  W,  San- 
born 


(6) 


Larose  m. 
Susan  A.  Hal 
bert 


(7)  Ida 

(8)  C.  A. 

(9)  SmithVawter.d. 


r  Fred  Roi 

I   Perita 

J   Brown 

1   Thor  Warren 

Isaac  Basil 
[  Joseph  Warren 


(7)  Geo.  Chandler     f 
m. 

ist.  Margaret 
Comer 

2d.  Dicy  A. 
Green 

r  (i)  David  Owens, d. 

(2)  Martha  Jane  m. 

Daly,  d. 

(3)  Marietta  m. 

George  Bick- 
ford,  d. 

(4)  James  Harvey, 

d.  unm. 

(5)  John  Edward, 

d.  unm. 


-1  Stella 


Joseph  Cary 


["  Nelle  B.  m. 

I       Byron  H.  Coffey  ' 

James  H.  m. 
Rose  Strother,  d 

Arthur  E. 
I   Eva  May,  d. 

Edward  L. 
(^  Bertha  B. 


Thatcher  Howe 
Josephine 
Cecil  Louise 
Jule  Hubert 


178 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


8.  JohnT.,d. 


9.  Jane  V.  m. 
Jared  Foster 


(i)  Frances, d. 
(2)  Sarah  m. 

ist  Geo.  Bald- 
win 

2d  Davidson 
Rea 


(3)  Lucy  m. 

Henry  Corne- 
lius 


(4)  Geo.  R.,  d. 

(5)  Mariema  m. 
Lucebra  W. 

Marsh 


Jacob 

Kennedy  F. 

^  Harry  B.  m. 

Lillian  Augusta  m. 
A.  L.  Brougher;  d. 


Maud  Mary  m. 
Chas.  Ham 

Grace  Alice 
Rade  and  Royal 
(Royal,  d.) 
,  Ernest,  d. 

Sarah 

Lettie  m. 
-       Orr 

Rade  rn. 
(^      Nelson 


Ernest 
Marjorie 


^  Clarence 
Grace 
Lora 
Eugene 


IV 

FRANCES   (VAWTER)   BRANHAM 

Frances,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  Vawter, 
was  born  February  26,  1785;  married  to  John  Branham,  the 
brother  of  Linsfield  Branham,  who  married  her  sister  Mary.  John 
Branham  was  born  February  27,  1777,  and  died  March  20,  1834. 
Frances  (Vawter)  Branham  died  at  Ehzabethtown,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1853. 

John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham  had  nine  children: 
Jesse,  Uriah,  Mary,  Danville,  Elizabeth.  George  W.,  James,  John 
T.  and  Jane  V. 


Jesse  V.  Branham 

Jesse  V.  Branham,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Bran- 
ham, was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1803;  married  to  Mary  Butler  in 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I79 

Jennings  county,  Indiana,  in  1822;  died  in  1893,  at  Litchfield, 
Minnesota.    Was  a  farmer. 

Mary  (Butler)  Branham  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1805;  died 
in  July,  1885,  in  Litchfield,  Minnesota. 

Children  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  (Butler)  Branham  were  Ze- 
relda,  J.  Foster,  William,  Louisa,  Jesse,  Mary,  Sarah  and  Ezra. 

( 1 )  Zerelda,  daughter  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  Branham,  was 
born  in  1824;  died  in  1850. 

(2)  J.  Foster,  son  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  Branham,  was  born 
in  1826;  died  in  1840. 

(3)  William,  son  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  Branham,  was  born 
in  1828;  married  Martha  LaMasters  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  in 
1850.   Is  a  retired  farmer,  living  in  Litchfield,  Minnesota. 

Martha    (LaMasters)    Branham  was  born  in   1827;  died  in 

1893. 

Children  of  William  and  Martha  Branham :  Scott,  John, 
Mary,  William,  Edward  and  Ida. 

a.  Scott,  son  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  born  in 
1851;  married  Julia  McDowell  in  1879.  Is  a  farmer,  living  at 
Hector,  Minnesota. 

Children  are  Nellie,  born  in  1880,  who  is  married  and  has  two 
children.  Lives  at  Warehouse,  Minnesota;  Edith,  born  in  1882; 
married  and  has  one  child.  Lives  at  Hector,  Minnesota;  Jennie, 
born  in  1884;  Etta,  born  in  1886;  Stella,  born  in  1888;  Flora, 
born  in  1890;  Hazel,  born  in  1893,  and  Grace,  born  in  1896. 

h.  John,  son  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  born  in 
1853;  married  Mary  Kareger  in  1875.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near 
Hubbard,  Minnesota.  Children  are  Edward,  Ida,  Lillian,  Sadie, 
William  and  George. 

c.  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  born 
in  1855  ;  married  to  Joseph  Gordon  in  1877 ;  died  in  1899,  leaving 
one  child,  Mary. 

d.  William,  son  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  born 
in  1859;  married  Mary  Davis.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near  Wrens- 
hall,  Minnesota.    Has  seven  children. 

e.  Edward,  son  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  bom 


l80  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

in  1857;  married  Kate  Faulkner  in  1882.   Is  a  farmer,  living  near 
Hubbard,  Minnesota.    Has  two  children,  Jesse  and  Robert. 

/.  Ida,  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Branham,  was  born 
in  1864;  married  Wilbur  Grindell,  who  is  a  farmer  living  near 
Corvusco,  Meeker  county,  Minnesota.  They  have  seven  children, 
William,  George,  Sophronia,  Claude  and  three  others. 

(4)  Louisa,  daughter  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  (Butler)  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  November  4,  1831 ;  married 
May  2,  1850,  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  to  Monroe  Gullett,  who  was 
born  October  15,  1824,  in  Kentucky,  and  died  July  15,  1887. 

Mrs.  Louisa  Gullett  lives  in  Clearwater,  Minnesota,  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Whittemore. 

Children  of  Monroe  and  Louisa  (Branham)  Gullett: 

a.  Alice  Gullett,  born  July  21,  1852,  in  Franklin,  Indiana; 
died  August  11,  1852. 

b.  William  Fitch  Gullett,  born  April  24,  1854,  in  Franklin, 
Indiana;  married  December  26,  1894,  to  Josephine  Campbell. 
Children :    William  Lou. 

Fitch  Gullett  is  a  motorman,  living  in  St.  Cloud,  Minnesota. 

c.  Mary  L.  Gullett  was  born  October  30,  i860,  in  Franklin, 
Indiana;  married  January  8,  1895,  to  Joseph  Whittemore,  a 
banker  of  Clearwater,  Minnesota.  One  child,  Arthur  Monroe, 
was  born  February  16,  1899. 

d.  Edward  B.  Gullett  was  born  in  Clearwater,  Minnesota,  July 
23,  1869;  married  January  8,  1895,  to  Grace  Sherman.  Is  the 
proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Hutchinson,  Minnesota.  One  child,  El- 
berta  Louise,  was  born  October  8,  1897. 

(5)  Jesse  v.,  son  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  (Butler)  Branham, 
was  born  in  Vernon,  Indiana,  July  8,  1834;  married  February  6, 
1855,  at  Henryville,  Indiana,  to  Mary  L.  Stark,  who  was  born 
May  14,  1833,  at  Charlestown,  Indiana. 

Jesse  V.  Branham  is  now  manager  of  the  Keeley  Institute  in 
Fargo,  North  Dakota. 

Children  of  Jesse  V.  and  Mary  (Stark)  Branham: 
a.    Hiram  S.  Branham,  born  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  January  30, 
1856;  married  December  27,  1882,  to  Jessie  Greenleaf  of  Litch- 
field, Minnesota;  died  in  1891. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  l8l 

Children :  Charles  Greenleaf  Branham  and  Harold  Delaney 
Branham. 

b.  Alice  Branham,  daughter  of  Jesse  Vawter  and  Mary 
(Stark)  Branham,  was  born  in  Meeker  county,  Minnesota,  No- 
vember 4,  1858;  married  to  William  R.  Burns,  of  Toronto,  Can- 
ada, March  11,  1885.  William  R.  Burns  is  manager  of  the  Keeley 
Institute  in  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Children  :  Hiram  D.  Burns,  born  March  20,  1889,  and  William 
Douglas  Burns,  born  May  18,  1893. 

c.  Delaney  E.  Branham,  son  of  Jesse  Vawter  and  Mary 
(Stark)  Branham,  was  born  May  13,  1861,  in  Meeker  county, 
Minnesota;  married  September  25,  1884,  to  Nettie  I.  Hand,  of 
Potsdam,  New  York.  Is  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Minneapo- 
lis, Minnesota. 

Children  :  Alice  Irene,  Donald,  Thomas  Leon  and  Cecil  Hunter. 

d.  Louisa  Branham,  daughter  of  Jesse  Vawter  and  Mary 
(Stark)  Branham,  was  born  at  Forest  City,  Minnesota,  August 
5,  1866;  married  June  26,  1893,  at  Litchfield,  Minnesota,  to  Peter 
Rodange,  of  Litchfield.  Peter  Rodange  was  born  at  Cascade, 
Iowa,  February  i,  1868.  They  have  one  child.  Marguerite  Louise 
Rodange,  born  June  22,  1894. 

Peter  Rodange  is  assistant  cashier  of  bank  at  Litchfield,  Min- 
nesota. 

e.  Thomas  F.  Branham,  son  of  Jesse  Vawter  and  Mary 
(Stark)  Branham,  was  born  August  8,  1869,  in  Meeker  county, 
Minnesota;  married  June,  1898,  to  May  Galvin,  of  West  Liberty, 
Iowa.  Is  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 
They  have  one  child,  Roger  Vawter  Branham. 


Uriah  Branham 


Uriah  Branham,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Bran- 
ham, was  born  February  i,  1805;  married  December  28,  1826, 
to  Alcey  Davis,  who  was  bom  September  22,  1807,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1865. 


l82  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Uriah  Branham  was  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  at  times  was 
engaged  in  the  running  of  a  sawmill.  He  lived  near  Vernon, 
Indiana.  He  and  his  brother  James  had  taken  a  contract  to  build 
a  plank  road  from  Genevieve,  Missouri,  to  the  Iron  Mountains. 
Uriah  Branham  went  west  and  had  been  from  home  less  than  a 
week  when  he  was  taken  sick  with  cholera,  and  died  on  the  Mis- 
sissippi river  August  22,  1851. 

Children  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Branham:  George  W., 
Elizabeth  J..  Matilda,  Davis,  Mary  A.,  Frances,  James  N.  and 
Danville. 

(i)  George  W.,  son  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Branham, 
was  born  December  21,  1827;  married  to  Sarah  Huckleberry  at 
Vernon,  Indiana.  He  afterwards  moved  to  St.  Genevieve,  Mis- 
souri. Both  he  and  his  wife  have  been  dead  many  years.  Their 
children  were  Uriah,  Maria  and  several  others.  Their  location  is 
not  known. 

(2)  Elizabeth  Jane,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis) 
Branham,  was  born  August  25,  1829;  married  February  18,  1851 
at  Franklin,  Indiana,  to  Florence  O'Conner;  died  December  5, 
1891. 

Florence  O'Conner  was  born  February  24,  1825,  in  Ohio,  and 
died  September  3,  1899. 

Children  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  (Branham)  O'Conner: 

a.  Solon  B.  O'Conner,  son  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  (Bran- 
ham) O'Conner,  was  born  at  Zenus,  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
December  8,  1852;  married  near  Zenus  December  19,  1876,  to 
Elsie  Jane  Davis,  who  was  born  in  Elizabethtown,  Indiana,  April 
6,  1853,  and  died  June  21,  1890. 

Children  of  Solon  B.  and  Elsie  (Davis)  O'Conner:  Oral  Ami, 
born  October  i,  1877,  ^^^^  November  22,  1887;  Jesse  Branham, 
born  October  4,  1879;  Orlando  Parks,  born  January  22,  1883, 
died  November  22,  1887,  and  Lenora  Etha,  born  April  22,  1884. 

Solon  B.  O'Conner  lives  near  Holton,  Indiana. 

b.  Clara  Alice,  daughter  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Conner, 
was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  29,  1854;  married  in 
Jennings  county,  Indiana,  May  6,  1875,  to  Benjamin  McNew, 
who  was  born  in  Ripley  county,  Indiana,  December  14,  1850. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 83 

Children:  Oscar  was  born  February  19,  1876;  Etta  N.  was 
born  March  3,  1879;  Norma  E.  was  born  August  25,  1887;  Wil- 
ber  E.,  born  March  18,  1893.  ^^^  Zuma  F.,  born  December  4, 
1894. 

c.  Mary  Frances,  daughter  of  Florence  and  Ehzabeth  (Bran- 
ham)  O'Conner,  was  born  near  Zenus,  Indiana,  March  9,  1856; 
married  to  WilHam  Fleming,  who  was  born  near  Hopewell,  In- 
diana, May  31,  1858.  No  children.  William  Fleming  is  a  real 
estate  agent,  living  at  Greensburg,  Indiana. 

d.  Chester  C,  son  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  (Branham) 
O'Conner,  was  born  January  3,  1858;  died  February  25,  1873. 

e.  Hickman  D.,  son  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Conner, 
was  born  November  24,  1859.  Is  unmarried.  Lives  at  2603 
Brookside  avenue,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

/,  Wilber  S.,  son  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Conner,  was 
born  February  2,  1862.    Lives  in  Indianapolis.    Unmarried. 

g.  Florence  Jane,  daughter  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Con- 
ner, was  born  April  15,  1864;  died  December  15,  1866. 

h.  Norah  Ellen,  daughter  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Con- 
ner, was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  29,  1867;  mar- 
ried February  2,  1887,  to  Clarence  Wilson,  who  was  born  in 
Ohio  county,  Indiana,  October  3,  1866.  Clarence  Wilson  is  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  runs  a  dairy.  Lives  at  Holton,  Indiana. 

Children:  Bertha,  born  February  13,  1888;  Omer,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1889;  Leslie  C,  born  May  15,  1893;  Christel,  born 
June  14,  1897,  and  Mabel,  born  August  4,  1899. 

/.  William  A.,  son  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth  O'Conner,  was 
born  May  18,  1872.   Lives  in  Indianapolis.    Unmarried. 

(3)  Matilda,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  December  14,  1831;  married  to  John  Brooks; 
died  November  28,  1852.  They  lived  in  Elizabethtown,  Indiana. 
They  had  one  child,  Orlando  Parks  Brooks. 

Orlando  Parks  Brooks  married  a  Carruthers  and  had  one  child, 
Daisy,  who  was  married  and  has  a  child. 

(4)  Davis,  the  son  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Branham, 
was  born  August  22,  1833,  at  Vernon,  Indiana;  married  Janu- 
ary 4,  1855,  at  Elizabethtown,  Indiana,  to  Louisiana  Compton, 


184  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

who  was  born  August  30,  1837,  at  Paris,  Jennings  county,  In- 
diana, and  died  February  5,  1899. 

Davis  and  Louisiana  C.  Branham  had  twelve  children :  Alcey, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth  J.,  Ida  P.,  Davis  S.,  Florence  E.,  Annie  Laurie, 
Addie  Bell,  Mattie  C,  Eva  May,  Jud  J.,  and  Maud  F. 

a.  Alcey  Branham  was  born  October  9,  1855;  married  to 
Scott  Branham  July  4,  1873.  Alcey  Branham  died  May  4,  1876, 
leaving  one  child,  Frank,  who  has  since  died. 

b.  Joseph  Branham  was  born  February  4,  1858;  married  to 
Elizabeth  Brumit  December  i,  1881.  Elizabeth  Brumit  was  born 
July  20,  1859. 

Joseph  Branham  died  April  19,  1895. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Brumit)  Branham: 

(a)  Elmer  C.  Branham,  born  November  2t,,  1882;  married 
May  8,  1901,  to  Ira  E.  Downey,  who  was  born  October  9,  1881. 
They  have  one  child,  Edna  Marie,  born  January  22,  1902. 

(b)  Lester  E.  Branham,  born  May  17,  1884. 

(c)  Ira  E.  Branham,  born  June  1 1,  1886. 

(d)  Russell  C.  Branham,  born  December  16,  1888. 

(e)  Roscoe  R.  Branham,  born  March  5,  1891. 

The  widow  of  Joseph  Branham  is  now  Mrs.  Jennie  Fads.  She 
lives  at  Osgood,  Indiana. 

c.  Elizabeth  J.  Branham  was  born  April  24,  1859,  died  April 
2,  1873. 

d.  Ida  P.  Branham  was  born  October  11,  i860;  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  1861. 

e.  Davis  S.  Branham  was  born  June  24,  1862;  married  Oc- 
tober 22,  1884,  to  Ida  Belle  Cooper,  who  was  born  October  24, 
1868.    They  live  at  Gillett,  Arkansas. 

Children:  Spencer  Vance,  born  April  24,  1886;  Alta  Irene, 
born  April  23,  1888;  Bertha  Lulu,  born  April  6,  1890;  James 
Ernest,  born  May  10,  1892;  Ethel  Pearl,  born  November  13, 
1894;  Mabel  Clare,  born  October  19,  1896;  Davis  Bishop,  born 
July  14,  1899,  and  John  Albert,  born  January  23,  1902. 

/.  Florence  E.  Branham  was  born  July  3,  1867;  died  March 
29,  1868. 

g.     Annie  Laurie  Branham  was  born  March  10,   1869;  mar- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  1 85 

ried  to  William  Waters  on  August  28,  1892.  They  live  in  Du- 
pont,  Indiana.  Have  three  children  living,  Dunward,  Arley  and 
Virgil,  and  one  child  dead. 

h.  Addie  Bell  Branham  was  born  December  21,  1870;  mar- 
ried Samuel  H.  Pickett  June  18,  1890.  They  live  near  Holton, 
Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  2.  They  have  two  children :  Hazel,  born 
July  20,  1 89 1,  and  Glen,  born  July  20,  1895. 

/.  Mattie  C.  Branham  was  born  March  26,  1872;  married 
David  N.  Pickett  September  3,  1890;  died  January  11,  1892. 

7.  Eva  May  Branham,  born  March  10,  1875;  married  Janu- 
ary I,  1899,  to  Henry  D.  Neel,  who  was  born  July  16,  1874. 
They  live  in  Gas  City,  Indiana.  Have  one  child,  Inez  May,  born 
December  8,  1899. 

k.  Jud  J.  Branham  was  born  June  26,  1876;  married  Jessie 
M.  Bruce  May  5,  1901.  They  live  at  Greensburg,  Indiana.  Have 
one  child,  Estel. 

/.  Maud  F.  Branham  was  born  June  i,  1879;  married  to  Al- 
len Williams  February  25,  1901.  They  live  near  Shelby ville, 
Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  2. 

(5)  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Bran- 
ham, w^as  born  in  1835;  married  in  1854  to  Samuel  Brown,  who 
was  born  in  1830.  Mary  A.  Brown  lives  at  919  North  East 
street,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Children :  ; 

a.  Ida,  born  December  14,  1854.    Lives  in  Indianapolis. 

b.  Morton,  born  May  17,  1859;  married  Araminta  McElroy. 
Lived  in  Kansas,  but  is  now  dead.    No  children. 

c.  Emma  A.,  born  November  28,  i860;  married  Waldo 
Robinson  in  1895.  Waldo  Robinson  is  dead.  His  wife  lives  in 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

d.  Jennie,  born  August  9,  1862;  married  George  Stellhorn  in 
1887.  They  have  one  child,  Ethel.  Live  at  306  North  Noble 
street,  Indianapolis. 

e.  Cora,  born  October  28,  1867;  married  Jesse  Everson  in 
1890.  They  have  two  children,  Lenore,  born  in  1892,  and  How- 
ard, born  in  1896. 

/.     William  H.,  born  August  25,  1871 ;  married  Rose  E.  Wal- 


l86  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

rick  in  Indianapolis  about    1897.    They  have  one  child,   Mary 
Freda,  born  in  1899. 

(6)  Frances,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  May  8,  1837;  married  to  James  A.  Walden, 
April  4,  1854;  died  February  22,  1899. 

James  A.  Walden  was  born  near  LaGrange,  Oldham  county, 
Kentucky,  July  15,  1830;  died  February  8,  1899.  He  was  a  car- 
penter and  lived  in  Franklin,  Indiana.  There  were  twelve  chil- 
dren, ten  of  whom  are  living.  They  are:  Ezra  Foster,  Charles 
Fremont,  William  Orval,  Jennie  Ellen,  Uriah,  James  R.,  Eliza- 
beth Etta.  Mary  Alice,  Jessie  Lulie,  Ida  May,  Otis  Morton  and 
Orion  Noble. 

a.  Ezra  Foster  Walden  was  born  January  2,  1855;  married 
to  Viola  Smith,  of  Illinois,  March,  1879.  Children:  Clarence. 
John  and  Harry.  Ezra  Walden  is  a  carpenter.  Lives  in  Franklin, 
Indiana. 

b.  Charles  Fremont  Walden  was  born  August  18,  1856;  mar- 
ried to  Emma  Harper,  of  Illinois,  in  1877.  They  have  eight 
children :  Ada,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  Illinois ;  Bertha,  who 
married  a  Seaman  and  lives  in  Lafayette,  Indiana;  Noble,  who 
is  a  telegraph  operator  in  Indianapolis  at  the  Vandalia  yards; 
Bonnie.  Homer.  Carl,  Mauree  and  Lillian,  who  live  with  their 
parents  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

c.  William  Orval  Walden  was  born  October  19,  1858.  Is  liv- 
ing at  1 201  Pratt  street,  Indianapolis. 

d.  Annie  Ellen  Walden  was  born  October  26,  i860;  married 
to  William  A.  Jenkins  October  16,  1879.  Children:  Lulie  May, 
who  married  Everett  R.  Bohall,  of  Franklin,  Indiana;  Fanny, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years ;  Hazel,  Etta  and  Georgia  A., 
who  live  in  Franklin,  Indiana. 

e.  Uriah  Branham  Walden  was  born  January  9,  1862;  died 
July  4.  1894. 

/.  James  Richey  Walden  was  born  December  27.  1864;  mar- 
ried to  Elizabeth  Baker  in  1888.  Children:  Susie.  Alice,  Wil- 
liam. Leslie,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Dorothy.  They  live  at  718 
North  Holmes  avenue,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  187 

g.  Elizabeth  Etta  Walden  was  born  November  2.  1867;  mar- 
ried to  Rev.  W.  G.  McColley  in  1888.  Children:  James,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  two  years,  Carrie,  William  and  Walter.  They 
live  in  Pontiac,  Illinois. 

h.  Mary  Alice  Walden  was  born  October  22,  1869;  married 
to  Leslie  Good  in  1886.  Children:  Lillian  (dead),  Maggie,  Jes- 
sie, Edgar,  Donnel  and  Nora.   Live  near  Sheridan,  Indiana. 

i.  Jessie  Lulie  Walden  was  born  December  31,  1871,  and  was 
married  to  Frank  Marshall,  November,  1899.  They  live  at  1103 
Eugene  street,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

7.  Ida  May  Walden  was  born  February  28,  1874;  married  to 
James  K.  Atwood  November  i,  1896.  Children:  One  who  died, 
Arthur  and  Walden.   Live  at  1201  Pratt  street,  Indianapolis. 

k.  Otis  Morton  Walden  was  born  February  12,  1877.  Lives 
at  Indianapolis. 

/.  Orion  Noble  Walden,  twin  brother  of  Otis,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1877;  died  August  2^,  1894. 

(7)  James  N.,  son  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Branham, 
was  born  September  17,  1839.  He  was  killed  in  1896  in  a  rail- 
road wreck.  He  left  a  wife,  Carrie,  and  two  daughters.  One  of 
the  daughters  is  Mrs.  McKnight,  who  lives  at  1523  Deloss  street, 
Indianapolis,  and  the  other.  Vera  Branham,  lives  with  her  mother 
at  507  Madison  avenue,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

(8)  Danville,  son  of  Uriah  and  Alcey  (Davis)  Branham, 
was  born  July  9,  1845;  died  November  7,  1863. 


Mary  (Branham)  Foster 

Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Frances  ( Vawter)  Branham,  was 
born  October  31,  1806;  married  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  in  1824,  to 
Jared  Foster;  died  December  24,  1835. 

Mary  B.  Foster  was  a  tall,  slender  woman,  fair,  blue-eyed, 
very  mild  and  pleasant  in  disposition,  an  earnest  Christian  and  a 
most  devoted  mother.    She  died  of  consumption. 

Jared  Foster  was  born  in  Genesee  county,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 25,   1805.    Came  from  there  to  Indiana  with  his  widowed 


l88  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

mother  when  a  boy  and,  as  was  the  custom  at  that  time,  was 
bound  to  J.  B.  New,  cabinetmaker  at  Vernon,  Indiana.  He  served 
J.  B.  New  until  nineteen  years  of  age,  then  bought  the  remaining 
two  years  of  his  time  and  went  into  business  for  himself.  He 
was  a  cabinetmaker  for  ten  years,  then  went  into  the  millwright 
business.  He  moved  from  Indiana  to  Jefferson  county,  Illinois, 
in  1 86 1,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  figured 
some  in  politics  during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  and  for  four 
years  held  the  ofiice  of  county  judge  in  Jefferson  county,  Illinois. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  preacher  in  the  Christian  Church.  Died 
in  Jefferson  county,  Illinois,  in  1892. 

Jared  and  Mary  (Branham)  Foster  had  seven  children,  only 
one  of  whom,  Jonathan  Foster,  is  now  living.  Others  of  the  chil- 
dren were  Jane  S.,  Watts  and  Maria  B. 

(i)  Jonathan,  son  of  Jared  and  Mary  (Branham)  Foster, 
was  born  in  1826;  married  March,  1846,  to  Isabelle  Green,  who 
died  in  August,  1899. 

Jonathan  Foster  lives  at  Aurora,  Hamilton  county,  Nebraska. 
Carpenter. 

The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  Foster  were  Radie, 
Mary  M.,  William  J.,  Mattie  M.,  John  A.,  Lucy  B.  and  Gladys. 

a.  Radie  Foster,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green) 
Foster,  was  born  in  1846;  married  in  May,  1867,  to  Mandeville 
Bain.  Their  children:  Jennie,  born  in  1868;  Harry,  born  in 
1 87 1,  and  Mary,  born  in  1874.  Mrs.  Radie  (Foster)  Bain  lives 
at  2517  Gale  street,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

b.  Mary  M.,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green) 
Foster,  was  born  May  2,  1849;  married,  first,  to  Ansley  F. 
Jones  in  April,  1871,  and  had  one  child,  Olive,  who  was  born 
in  1874.  Mary  (Foster)  Jones  was  married,  second,  to  Rev.  C. 
L.  Smith,  and  had  one  child,  Grayce,  who  was  born  in  1881. 
Live  at  Aurora,  Nebraska. 

c.  William  J.,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green)  Foster, 
was  born  August  20,  1852;  married  in  the  fall  of  1880  to  Sadie 
Brock.  Their  children  are:  Radie,  born  in  1881 ;  Audrey,  born 
in  1886;  Harold,  born  in  1891,  and  Leland,  born  in  1899.  Live  at 
Giltner,  Nebraska. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  189 

d.  Mattie  M.,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green) 
Foster,  was  born  September  8,  1854;  married  January  14,  1876, 
to  A.  C.  Jones,  who  was  born  January  10,  1844.  Mr.  Jones  is 
in  the  saddlery,  harness  and  machinery  business  in  Opdyke, 
IlHnois. 

The  children  of  A.  C.  and  Mattie  (Foster)  Jones  are  Melnotte 
B.,  born  November  28,  1876;  M.  Pearle,  born  May  29,  1878; 
N.  Augusta,  born  July  9,  1880;  Royal  C,  born  October  19,  1881 ; 
Isabelle  A.,  born  September  23,  1887;  A.  Foster,  born  November 
23,  1892;  Gladys  O.,  and  Gayle  A.,  born  February  8,  1894. 

c.  John  A.  Foster,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green) 
Foster,  was  born  July  6,  1857;  married  in  the  fall  of  1882  to 
Annie  Powell.  Their  children  are:  Raymond,  born  in  1883; 
Arthur,  born  in  1885;  Leslie,  born  in  1887,  and  Gayle,  born  in 
1895.     Live  in  Glenville,  Nebraska. 

/.  Lucy  B.  Foster,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle 
(Green)  Foster,  was  born  June  8,  1862;  married  in  December, 
1882,  to  Alfred  Soward.  Their  children  are:  Gladys,  born  in 
1883;  Ross,  born  in  1885,  and  Winnie,  born  in  1887.  Alfred 
Soward  is  a  miner,  living  in  Placerville,  Idaho. 

g.  Gladys  Foster,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Isabelle  (Green) 
Foster,  was  born  February  12,  1867;  married  in  the  spring  of 
1897  to  O.  A.  Cook,  a  contractor  and  builder,  living  in  Giltner, 
Nebraska. 

(2)  Jane  S.  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Mary  (Bran- 
ham)  Foster,  was  married  to  Granville  P.  Campbell.  They  had 
no  children  and  both  are  now  dead. 

(3)  Watts,  the  son  of  Jared  and  Mary  Foster,  died  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years. 

(4)  Maria  B.  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Mary  Foster, 
was  married  to  Newton  W.  Vawter.  (See  record  of  Newton 
Vawter. ) 


Danville  Branham 

Danville,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)   Branham,  was 
born  March  18,  1809.  He  lived  in  North  Madison,  Indiana.     He 


ipO  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

was  a  millwright,  but  during  the  later  years  of  his  life  was  a 
railroad  contractor.  He  had  no  children  of  his  own,  but  reared 
Maria  Foster,  the  daughter  of  Jared  and  Mary  Foster,  who  after- 
wards married  Newton  Vawter. 


Elizabeth  (Branham)  Davis 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham, 
was  born  March  4,  181 1 ;  married  Daniel  Davis.  Children  :  John, 
Daniel,  James,  Edward  and  several  daughters,  none  of  whom 
are  now  living.  A  niece,  Amanda  Sanders,  is  living  in  West 
Shoals,  Indiana. 

Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Davis,  during  the  thirties,  joined  the 
Mormons  at  Nauvoo,  Illinois.  Some  years  later  they  returned 
to  Indiana.  Elizabeth  died  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Edward,  in 
Missouri.     Daniel  Davis  died  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana. 

6 

George  W.  Branham 

George  W.,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham,  was 
born  December  8.  1812,  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky. 

A  portion  of  a  sketch  of  his  life  given  in  a  Kansas  City  paper 
is  here  reproduced. 

"Major  George  W.  Branham  was  always  an  energetic  and  en- 
terprising man  and  always  took  part  in  the  public  movements  of 
the  community  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a  contractor  in  1846 
and  1847  o^  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  railroad,  the  first 
railroad  constructed  west  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains.  He  was 
at  the  same  time  a  contractor  on  the  Wabash  Canal  in  Indiana. 
Both  of  these  undertakings  were  being  completed  by  the  state, 
which,  owing  to  the  panic  of  1847,  failed  to  carry  out  its  agree- 
ments. This  caused  Major  Branham  great  loss.  With  that 
sterling  honesty  for  which  he  was  always  distinguished  Mr.  Bran- 
ham refused  to  take  advantage  of  the  facilities  then  existing  for 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I9I 

effecting  settlements  with  his  creditors.  He  went  to  work  and 
raised  the  money  and  paid  his  creditors  in  full. 

"The  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  found  him  engaged  in  the 
management  of  a  large  woolen  mill  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  of 
which  he  w^s  the  owner.  This  mill  was  mysteriously  burned,  the 
fire  being  believed  to  have  been  of  incendiary  origin,  because  of 
his  intense  loyalty.  By  this  fire  he  lost  about  $85,000.  At  that 
time  he  was  also  engaged  in  the  banking  business  at  Franklin 
and  Jeffersonville,  being  president  of  the  branch  located  at  Frank- 
lin, while  Hon.  Hugh  McCulloch  was  president  of  the  Ft.  Wayne 
branch.  This  made  them  both  directors  of  the  state  bank  and 
brought  them  into  such  association  that  a  warm  personal  attach- 
ment ensued  and  lasted  through  life.  Several  times  during  the 
administration  of  Mr.  McCulloch  as  secretary  of  the  treasury, 
Major  Branham  was  invited  to  Washington  to  consider  with  him 
intricate  financial  problems.  He  organized  the  National  Bank  of 
Franklin  soon  after  the  passage  of  the  national  bank  law,  and 
that  was  the  second  bank  organized  under  it. 

"In  1865  Major  Branham  went  to  Memphis  with  the  idea  of 
organizing  a  national  bank  there,  but  finding  it  an  unpromising 
place  at  that  time,  went  up  the  river  and,  after  looking  over  the 
Missouri  towns,  he  located  in  Kansas  City,  predicting  that  it 
would  become  a  great  commercial  center.  Here  he  organized  a 
First  National  Bank  in  1866,  which  in  after  years  became  a  great 
factor  in  the  development  of  Kansas  City.  He  was  afterwards  a 
miller,  a  grain  merchant,  and  for  a  number  of  years  a  prominent 
and  influential  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  a  member  of 
the  first  board  of  directors. 

"In  1875  Major  Branham  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Kansas 
City  and  removed  to  a  farm  in  Linn  county,  where  he  died 
August  I,  1885.  He  left  behind  him  written  instructions  concern- 
ing his  funeral,  in  which  he  desired  that  there  should  be  no  re- 
ligious ceremony ;  therefore  a  paper  written  by  himself,  and  bear- 
ing date  of  the  day  of  his  death,  was  read  at  the  grave  by  Major 
Warner,  a  friend  of  Major  Branham  and  his  family." 

George  W.  Branham  was  married  the  first  time  to  his  cousin, 
Elizabeth  Branham,  May  16,  1832.    Elizabeth  Branham  was  born 


192  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

May  2,  1814,  and  died  May  16.  1846.  Their  children  were 
Lucretia  A.,  Henry  Clay,  John  Clark,  David  Hickman  and  Will 
Cummings. 

( 1 )  Lucretia  A.  Branham,  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth Branham,  was  born  May  28,  1834;  married  in  1853  to 
Newton  Vawter,  son  of  James  Vawter;  died  July  21,  1854.  No 
children. 

(2)  Henry  Clay  Branham,  son  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth 
Branham,  was  born  June  i,  1836;  married  November  12,  1859, 
to  Caroline  A.  Bateman;  died  December  18,  1880.  Wife  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  April  30,  1840.  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Bran- 
ham lives  at  1194  Upper  Third  street,  Evansville,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Ardys,  born  October  15,  i860;  died  July  3,  1884. 

b.  Mary,  born  October  18,  1862.  Is  a  bookkeeper  in  Evans- 
ville. 

c.  Hal  Harwood,  born  November  29,  1871.  Is  a  broker,  liv- 
ing in  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

d.  Harrye  Boynton,  born  January  23,  1880. 

Henry  C.  Branham  was  engaged  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  railroad  work.  He  was  superintendent  at  the  time  of  his 
death  of  the  unfinished  Air  Line  railroad  between  Louisville  and 
Evansville,  with  ofifices  in  Evansville. 

(3)  John  Clark  Branham,  son  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth 
Branham,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  August  3,  1839;  mar- 
ried at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  January  17,  1872,  to  Kate  Brom- 
ley, who  was  born  in  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  January  31,  1854.  He 
died  July  18,  1897,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Illinois,  where  he  had  been  a 
foreman  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railway  for  a  number  of 
years. 

Children  of  John  Clark  and  Kate  (Bromley)   Branham: 

a.  John  Warner,  born  at  Kansas  City  October  27,  1872. 

b.  Bromley  E.,  born  at  Fountain  Grove,  Missouri,  May  31, 
1875;  married  at  New  Albany,  Indiana,  August  6,  1899,  to 
Elenor  Wilton.     Their  son,  Donald,  was  born  July  12,  1900. 

c.  Edith  Kate  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  March  19, 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I93 

1879;  married  at  Howell,  Indiana,  September  12,  1899,  to  John 
M.  Covert.    Their  son,  John  Stanley,  was  born  February  6,  1902. 

d.  Jessie,  born  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Illinois,  October  14,  1882; 
died  November  18,  1882. 

e.  Ruby  Alice  was  born  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Illinois,  July  27, 
1884;  married  May  23,  1904,  at  Evansville,  Indiana,  to  Gordon 
B.  At  wood. 

(4)  David  Hickman,  son  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  April  4,  1841  ;  died  July  28,  1843. 

(5)  Will  Cummings,  son  of  George  W.  and  Elizabeth  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  at  Elizabethtown,  Indiana,  March  30,  1843;  mar- 
ried December  25,  1866,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Gilbert,  who  was 
born  at  Columbus,  Indiana.  October  7,  1844. 

William  C.  Branham  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Kan- 
sas City.    He  died  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  March  29,  1894. 

Children  of  William  C.  and  Mary  (Gilbert)  Branham  : 

a.  Gilbert  C.  Branham  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  July  14, 
1868.    Lives  in  Kansas  City. 

h.  Elizabeth  Hoolbrook  Branham  was  born  in  Kansas  City, 
February  17,  1873;  married  August  15,  1901,  to  John  H.  Wag- 
ner.   One  child,  Mary  Elizabeth,  was  born  October  13,  1902. 

c.  David  C.  Branham  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
November  10,  1877;  married  September  24,  1902,  to  Vera  Miller. 
Lives  in  Kansas  City. 

George  W.  Branham  was  married,  second,  December  28,  1847, 
to  Mrs.  Mary  Adams  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Boston  Corners, 
Erie  county.  New  York,  October  5,  181 8. 

Their  children  were : 

(i)  Emma  Cary  Branham,  born  August  29,  1852,  at  Frank- 
lin, Indiana;  married  November  16,  1871,  to  Joseph  Warren 
Sanborn  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  Mr.  Sanborn  is  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business.  They  had  five  children,  Fred  Roi,  Perita 
Brown,  Thor  Warren,  Isaac  Basil  and  Joseph  Warren,  Jr.  They 
live  at  3010  East  Tenth  street,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

(2)  George  Chandler  Branham  was  born  February  14,  i860, 
at   Franklin,    Indiana;   married   to   Margaret   Susan   Comer   at 


194  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Meadville,  Missouri,  October  5,  1880.  They  had  one  child, 
Stella,  born  September  22,  1881,  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Margaret  (Comer)  Branham  died  April  2,  1882. 

George  Chandler  Branham  was  married,  second,  to  Dicy  A. 
Green,  June  20,  1889,  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri.  They  had  one 
child,  Joseph  Gary,  born  December  19,  1890,  at  Merriam,  Kansas. 

George  Chandler  Branham  died  May  3,  1895,  at  Kansas  City, 
Missouri.  His  two  children  are  living  with  his  mother,  Mrs. 
Mary  Branham,  at  Merriam,  Johnson  county,  Kansas. 


James  Branham 

James  Branham,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Bran- 
ham, was  born  July  14,  181 5  ;  married  to  Nancy  Owens,  January 
30,  1834. 

James  Branham  was  a  contractor  on  the  Iron  Mountain  Plank 
Road  in  1852.  He  was  in  the  milling  business  in  the  early  fifties 
in  Greensburg,  Indiana.  From  there  he  moved  to  Vernon  about 
1858,  and  took  contracts  there  for  a  few  years,  building  the 
court-house  about  i860.  After  that  he  went  with  D.  C.  Branham 
into  railroad  construction,  he  being  master  bridge  carpenter.  He 
was  on  the  Martinsville  and  Fairland  road,  the  Rushville  and 
Connersville  road,  and,  up  to  within  two  years  of  his  death,  with 
the  Indianapolis  and  Vincennes  road.  He  moved  from  Vernon 
to  Spencer  in  1869.     Died  December  25,  1872. 

Nancy  (Owens)  Branham  was  born  December  26,  181 2;  died 
August  2^,  1847. 

Children  of  James  and  Nancy  (Owens)  Branham: 

(i)  David  Owens  Branham  was  born  November  11,  1834; 
died  March  12,  1841. 

(2)  Martha  Jane,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Owens) 

Branham,  was  born  October  i,  1836;  married  Daly;  died 

December  31,  1863. 

(3)  Marietta  Branham  was  born  October  15,  1839;  mar- 
ried George  Bickford ;  died  January  21,  1867. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I95 

(4)  James  Harvey  Branham  was  born  May  lo,  1843;  ^'^^^ 
November  3.  1875.     Umnarried. 

(5)  John  Edward  Branham  was  born  March  9,  1846;  killed 
in  battle  August  30,  1862. 

James  Branham  was  married,  second,  to  Eveline  Adams,  De- 
cember 4.  1847.  Eveline  Adams,  daughter  of  Alexander  and 
Hannah  Adams,  was  born  December  11.  1825;  died  September 

24,  1867. 

Children  of  James  and  Eveline  (Adams)  Branham: 

(i)     Larose  Branham,  born  August    18,    1852;   married  to 

Susan  A.  Halbert,  December  15,  1872.     Susan  A.  Halbert  was 

born  in  Spencer,  Indiana,  September  19,  1854. 

Children  of  Larose  and  Susan  (Halbert)  Branham: 

a.  Nelle  B.  Branham,  born  September  26,  1873;  married 
January  10,  1894,  to  Byron  Howe  Coffey,  who  was  born  at  Spen- 
cer, Indiana.  January  29,  1866.  Mr.  Coffey  is  a  grocer,  living 
at  901  Eugene  street.  North  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Children:  Thatcher  Howe  Coffey,  born  February  7,  1895; 
Josephine,  born  March  22,  1896;  Cecil  Louise,  born  November 

25,  1897;  J"-^!^  Hubert,  born  December  25,  1899.     All  born  at 
Spencer,  Indiana. 

b.  James  H.  Branham,  born  September  29,  1875;  married 
to  Rose  Strother;  died  October  17,  1898.     No  children. 

c.  Arthur  E.  Branham,  born  October  24,  1877.  Is  a  stenog- 
rapher and  bookkeeper,  living  at  501  East  Fourteenth  street, 
Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

d.  Eva  May  Branham  was  born  December  17,  1883;  died 
November  6,  1884. 

e.  Edward  L.  Branham  was  born  November  13,  1885.  Lives 
with  his  parents  in  Spencer. 

/.     Bertha  B.  Branham  was  born  October  28,  1892. 

(2)  Ida  Branham,  daughter  of  James  and  Eveline  Branham 
was  born  May  3,  1854. 

(3)  C.  A.  Branham,  son  of  James  and  Eveline  Branham,  was 
born  April  20.  1857.  Lives  at  838  Thirteenth  street,  Denver, 
Colorado. 


196  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(4)      Smith   Vawter   Branham,    son   of   James   and    Eveline 
Branham,  was  born  March  25,  1859.    Died. 


8 

John  T.  Branham 

John  T.,  son  of  John  and  Frances   (Vawter)   Branham,  was 
born  August  16,  1819;  died  in  childhood. 


Jane  (Branham)  Foster 

Jane  V.  Branham,  daughter  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter) 
Branham,  was  born  May  16,  1820.  She  was  married  to  Jared 
Foster  in  1837.  She  was  tall  and  slender,  with  dark  eyes  and 
hair.     She  died  March  10,  1845,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years. 

The  children  of  Jared  and  Jane  V.  Foster  were  Frances,  Sarah, 
Lucy,  George  Riley  and  Mariema. 

( 1 )  Frances  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Jane  V.  Foster, 
was  born  in  1838,  and  died  in  infancy. 

(2)  Sarah  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Jane  V.  Foster, 
was  born  January  10,  1839;  married  April  5,  1855,  to  George 
Baldwin,  who  died  March  11,  i860. 

Jacob  Baldwin,  son  of  George  and  Sarah  (Foster)  Baldwin, 
was  born  January  15,  1856. 

Sarah  (Foster)  Baldwin  married  Davidson  Rea,  March  11, 
1864.  They  had  one  child.  Kennedy  F.  Rea,  born  December  10, 
1868.  Sarah  F.  Baldwin  Rea  died  February  14,  1880.  Kennedy 
F.  Rea  lives  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

(3)  Lucy  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Jane  (Branham) 
Foster,  was  born  January  13,  1841 ;  married  to  Henry  Cornelius, 
September,  i860,  in  Jefferson  county,  Illinois.  Henry  Cornelius 
was  born  in  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  July  26,  1838. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  I97 

Children : 

a.  Harry  B.,  born  July  19,  1863;  married  August  26,  1886, 
and  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business.  He  has  two  children,  Ernest  and  Marjorie. 

b.  Lillian  Augusta,  born  September  6,  1864;  married  April 
12,  1885,  to  A.  L.  Brougher;  died  April  30,  1886. 

c.  Maud  Mary,  born  October  i,  1866;  married  November  16, 
1884,  to  Charles  Ham,  a  farmer,  near  Opdyke,  Illinois.  They 
have  four  children,  Clarence,  Grace,  Lora  and  Eugene. 

d.  Grace  AHce,  born  July  9,  1873. 

e.  Rade  and  Royal  (twins),  born  March  19,  1875.  Royal 
died. 

/.     Ernest,  born  February  8,  1877;  died  in  May,  1877. 
Henry  B.  Cornelius  and  family  live  in  Opdyke,  Illinois. 

(4)  George  R.  Foster,  son  of  Jared  and  Jane  V.  Foster,  was 
born  January  7,  1844;  died  in  infancy. 

(5)  Mariema  Foster,  daughter  of  Jared  and  Jane  V.  Foster, 
was  born  March  7,  1845;  married  March  18,  1868,  to  Lucebra 
W.  Marsh,  who  was  born  in  Reddington,  Indiana,  February  15, 
1846,  and  was  shot  by  a  burglar  who  entered  the  house  on  New 
Years  night,  1892. 

Children  of  Lucebra  W.  and  Mariema  Marsh : 

a.  Sarah  Marsh,  born  April  12,  1869,  at  Reddington,  In- 
diana.   Is  a  teacher,  living  in  Seymour,  Indiana. 

b.  Lettie  Marsh-Orr,  born  April  29,  1872,  at  Reddington, 
Indiana.    Is  a  nurse,  living  at  Seymour,  Indiana. 

c.  Rade  Marsh  Nelson,  born  December  24,  1875,  at  Red- 
dington, Indiana.  Is  a  stenographer,  living  at  Columbus,  Indiana. 

Mrs.  Mariema  (Foster)  Marsh  lives  at  Seymour,  Indiana. 


V. 


MARY  VAWTER5 

(Jesse^,  Davids,  John^,  Johni) 

(1787-1846) 

m, 

LINSFIELD  BRANHAM 
(1784-1825) 


Children* 
I.  Granville,  d.  s. 


Grandchildren' 


2.  Julia  Ann  m. 
Henry  Webb 


3.  Benjamin  m. 
Letitia  Kidd 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren^ 

r  IdaM.,d.s. 

Edwin  P.  m. 
Mary  E.  Hilton 


(i)  Jesse  m. 

Sarah  Brougher  ' 


Vida  X.  ra. 
Edward 
McCauley 

Beulah  J.  m. 
LutherF.Vaughn  ■!   Joseph  Webb 
Wm.  Russell 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 


r  Wilbur  Hilton 

\    Mary  B. 

(^  Jesse  Lamar 

Frank  D.,  d.  s. 
Pearle 

r  Sarah  Agnes 
I   Eugene  Morris 


(2)  Ruth  m.  / 
Augustus  )  Leila 

Vaught  ' 

(3)  Mary  E.,  d.  s. 

(4)  Howard,  d.  s. 

(5)  Benjamin,  s. 

(6)  Mary  m.  f  Julia  m. 
Jasper  Tripp  1       C.  L.  Hobart 

1^  Frank 


Jesse 


(7)  William  m. 
Elsie  Matthews 


No  children 


Levon  B. 
Roy  H. 
■    Winifred  E. 
Arthur,  d. 
Nelle 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


199 


4.    David  m. 

Cynthia  Wat- 
son 


f  (I)  Wm.  Allan,  d.s. 
(2)  Saphronia,  d.  s. 


(3)  Mary  A.  m. 
Samuel  Cobb 


(4)  Oscar,  d.  s. 

(5)  Geo.  F.  m. 
Adaline 

Nichols 


(6)  Edwin  m. 

Mary  K.  Bram-  -{ 
well 


L  (7)  William,  d.  s. 


f  Cynthia  m. 
E.  D.  Porter 


Geo.  O.  m. 
Minnie  Beaker 

Pearl,  d. 
John  M.  m. 
Minnie  Cotton 

Samuel  H.  m. 
l^     Edith  Fedder 


Edwin  m. 
Lotta  Hunter 

David  C.  m. 
Emma  Frieders 
dorf 


Edward 
Charles 
[^  Marion 

[  Lulu,  d. 
-;   Hazel 
l^  Geo.  O.,  Jr. 


5  John 


Malcomb 


Raymond 

Harold 
I  Samuel  H.,  Jr. 
[  Baby 


Sarah  Adaline 


■I 


Nannie  E.  m. 
Edward  T.  Wood 


Katherine  E. 
Edwin 

Mary  Cynisea 
Virginia  Branham 


Wm.  Hickman 
m.  ist 

Melinda  Wat- 
son 


'  (i)  Helen  Louisa, 
d.s. 
(2)  Nannie,  d.  s. 
-    (3)  William,  d.  s. 

(4)  Emmam.  (  Harry,  d.  s. 

James  R.  Ryan  f  Robert,  d.  s. 

(i)  William,  d.  s. 

(2)  Ida  m.  (   ^.      .  .,  , 

Tia    J  c   nr  ,t    ]   No  children 
Ufford  S.  Wolf    I 


2d 


(3)  Leila  m. 

W.  E.  Telford 


No  children 


(4)  Charles  H.  m.     I   ,..  ,  . 

T  ,    -,  J   Hickman,  d. 

Ida  Newsome      1   ^.      ,     »r 
Charles  N. 

•2d  ,  ^ 

LiviaJaneStow      (5)  David  McClure  C 

m.  ■{   No  children 

Nettie  Springer  ^ 

r  Mary  Ufford 

(6)  Edward  F.  m.         ^^j^^  Lee 
Daisy  Lee  |  ^^^^^ 

(7)  Lynn  C.  m. 
Jessie  Ryker       |  Elizabeth 

(8)  Minnie,  d.  s. 


200 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Elizabeth  m. 
Geo.  W.  Bran- 
ham 


(i)  Lucretia  A.  m. 

Newton  W. 

Vawter 

(2)  Henry  Clay  ra. 
Caroline  Bate- 


(3)  John  Clark  m. 
Kate  Bromley 


(4)  David  Hick- 

man, d.  s. 

(5)  William  Cum- 
mings  m. 
Mary  E.  Gil- 
bert 


No  children 

Ardys,  d.  s. 

Mary 

Hal  Howard 

Harrye  Boynton 


John  Warner 
Bromley  E.  m.  , 

Elenor  Wilton       \  Donald 

Edith  Kate  m. 
John  M.  Covert     |  John  Stanley 

Jessie,  d.  s. 
Ruby  Alice  m. 
Gordon  B. 
Atwood 


C  Gilbert  C. 

Elizabeth  H.  m. 

John  H.  Wagner 
David  C.  m. 

Vera  Miller 


]   Mary  Elizabeth 


7.  McClure  m. 
ist 

Louisa  J. 
Hutchins 


2d 

Mrs.  Frances 
Watson 


(i)  Mary  Ellen  m.    , 

ist  Albert  W.     \  No  children 
Moore 

^^  \  No  children 

Frank  Costigan  ' 

(2)  Wm.  Jennings    { 


m.  Kate  Owens 


Ernest 


(3)  Juliette  m. 


^ 


f  Marian 
!   Kate  m. 


r 


8.  Mary  Louisa,  m. 
Edward  J.  Rob- 
inson 


r  Mary 
-;   Florence 
[  William 


Thos. Calloway   j       Joe  Curtis  Dixon 

,  ,  c  iu  I  Myrtle  Helen 

(i)  Samantha,  s. 

(2)  Albert,  s. 
(3  &  4)  d.  in  in- 
fancy 

(5)  Fred  m. 
Cora 

(6)  Lolla,  s. 

(i)  Anna  Cornelia 
m.  Hamilton 

Stapp 

(2)  Mary  Rebecca, 

d.s. 

(3)  Wm.  Hickman, 

d.s. 

(4)  Julia  Elizabeth 
m.  Archer  H.      5  Helen  Mary 

Crane  ^ 

(5)  Mary  Louisa, 

d.  s. 

(6)  Edward  Lins- 

field, d.  s. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


20 1 


8.  Mary  Robinson 
{Continued) 


(7)  Carrie  Bran-        ("  Margaret  Robinson 
ham  m,  Geo.  S.^    Helen 
Long 


1 


i^  Ceo.  S. 


(8)  Emma  Nettie 

/  \    Air     J  i^j        J    f  Mary  .Anna 

(9)  Alfred  Edward       -c-     ,     •  ,   ^ ,        , 

-1   Freoerick  Edward 

[  Anna  Julia 


9.  Nancy  m. 

Solon  C.  Bram- 

well 


(10)  Walter  Scott 
d.  s. 


(1)  Edgar  m. 
Adelia  Fran- 
cisco 


(2)  MaryKath- 
erine  m. 
Edwin  Bran- 
ham 


'  Geo.  F.  m 
Mary  Reilly 

William  S.  m. 
Lillian  Farns- 
worth 


I 


Harry  L.  m. 
Lillie  Robinson 


f  David  C.  m. 

Emma  Frieders- 
dorf 


I    Nannie  E.  m. 

L      Edward  T.Wood 


Edna 
Louise 

Annasdale 
Bessie 

\   Dorothy 

Katherine  E. 
Edwin 

Mary  Cynisea 
Virginia  Branham 


10.  Joseph  Warren   r 

m.  Friscilla        J   ^^'^  "'■  i 

j Van  Trees  ^ 


O'Laughley 


Two  children 


I 


V 


MARY  (VAWTER)  BRANHAM 


Mary  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  Vawter,  was 
born  in  Virginia,  May  17,  1787;  married  June  11,  1807,  to  Lins- 
field  Branham;  died  May  12,  1846. 

Linsfield  Branham  w^as  born  March  21,  1784;  died  September 
10,  1825.  He  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Madison,  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana.  He  was  active  in  getting  up  a  petition  for  a 
road  and  was  appointed  overseer  with  instructions  to  collect  and 
keep  up  roads  as  early  as  February,  181 1.  He  was  also  appointed 
one  of  the  appraisers  of  real  and  personal  property.  In  the  year 
1 81 8  he  bought  of  Stapp  and  Branham  his  home  near  North 
Madison. 

Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Branham  had  ten  children: 
Granville,  Julia  Ann,  Benjamin,  David  Cummings,  William  Hick- 
man, Elizabeth,  McClure,  Mary  Louisa,  Nancy  and  Joseph 
Warren. 


202  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Granville  Branham 


Granville,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Branham,  was 
born  June  lo,  1808;  died  unmarried. 


Julia  (Branham)  Webb 

Julia  Ann  Branham,  daughter  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter) 
Branham,  was  born  July  2,  1809;  married  March  21,  1830,  to 
Henry  Webb,  who  was  born  in  New  Jersey  in  1792,  and  died 
November  2,  1868.    He  was  a  merchant. 

Julia  (Branham)  Webb  died  September  11,  1882,  in  Elizabeth- 
town,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(i)  Jesse,  son  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham)  Webb,  was 
born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana,  January  9,  1831 ;  married  in 
Franklin.  Indiana,  September  11,  1855.  to  Sarah  Brougher,  who 
was  born  in  Brewersville,  Indiana,  June  12,  1828.  Jesse  Webb 
was  a  carpenter.     He  died  November  2,  1862. 

Children : 

a.  Ida  M.  Webb,  born  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  September  2, 
1856;  died  June  25,  1858. 

b.  Edwin  P.  Webb,  born  in  Brewersville,  Indiana,  April  15, 
1858;  married  October  25,  1887,  to  Mary  Etta  Hilton.  Children  : 
Wilbur  Hilton,  born  January  16,  1889;  Mary  B.,  born  December 
22,  1 89 1,  and  Jesse  Lamar,  born  June  27,  1893.  Ewin  P.  Webb 
lives  in  Marshall,  Texas. 

c.  Vida  X.  Webb,  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana,  March  9, 
i860;  married  June  27,  1878,  to  Edward  J.  McCauley.  Children  : 
Frank  D.,  born  May  17,  1879;  drowned  June  20,  1891 ;  Pearle, 
born  October  10,  1881.  Vida  X.  Webb  is  in  the  Insane  Hospital 
at  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  203 

d.  Beulah  J.  Webb  was  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
March  28,  1862;  married  to  Luther  Felix  Vaughn  October  31, 
1894.  Children:  Sarah  Agnes,  born  October  30,  1895;  Eugene 
Morris,  born  January  10,  1897;  Joseph  Webb,  born  August  28, 
1899;  WilHam  Russell,  born  April  7,  1901,  and  Jesse,  born  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1903. 

(2)  Ruth,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham)  Webb, 
was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  October  3,  1834;  married  March 
II,  1869,  to  Augustus  Vaught,  who  was  born  February  14,  1821, 
in  Kentucky.  One  child,  Leila  Vaught,  was  born  at  Elizabeth- 
town,  Indiana,  November  2,  1870. 

Augustus  Vaught  is  an  undertaker  and  furniture  dealer,  living 
at  Martinsville,  Indiana. 

(3)  Mary  E.  Webb,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham) 
Webb,  was  born  in  1837,  and  died  in  1840. 

(4)  Howard  Webb,  son  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham) 
Webb,  was  born  in  1839,  and  died  in  1840. 

(5)  Benjamin  Webb,  son  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham) 
Webb,  was  born  March  17,  1841.  Lives  at  the  Soldiers'  Home. 
Unmarried. 

(6)  Mary  Webb,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham) 
Webb,  was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  June  17,  1847;  married 
in  Madison,  Indiana,  October  29,  1868,  to  Jasper  Tripp,  who  was 
born  in  Patriot,  Indiana,  April  19,  1839,  ^"^  died  May  19,  1895. 
Jasper  Tripp  was  United  States  ganger. 

Children : 

a.  Julia  S.  Tripp,  daughter  of  Jasper  and  Mary  (Webb) 
Tripp,  was  born  October  i,  1869;  married  August  25,  1902,  to 
C.  L.  Hobart,  who  is  a  printer.  No  children.  They  live  in  To- 
peka,  Kansas. 

h.  Frank  C.  Tripp,  son  of  Jasper  and  Mary  (Webb)  Tripp, 
was  born  October  9,  1874.  Is  a  bookkeeper,  living  in  Topeka, 
Kansas. 

(7)  William  Webb,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Julia  (Branham) 
Webb,  was  born  at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  October  3,  1849; 
married  at  Martinsville,  Indiana,  December  19,  1873,  to  Elsie 
Matthews,  who  was  born  near  Vernon,  Indiana,  August  7,  1851. 


204  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children : 

a.  Levon  B.  Webb,  born  September  y,  1874. 

b.  Roy  H.  Webb,  born  March  5,  1877. 

c.  Winifred  E.  Webb,  born  June  6,  1879. 

d.  Arthur  Webb,  born  September  18,  1882;  died  February  i, 
1900. 

c.    Nelle  Webb,  born  May  21,  1887. 

Wilham  Webb  owns  a  bakery  at  Martinsville,  Indiana.  His 
children  are  all  living  at  home  except  Roy,  who  lives  in  Indianap- 
olis, Indiana. 

3 
Benjamin  Branham 

Benjamin,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Branham,  was 
born  December  3,  1810;  married  February  28,  1834,  to  Letitia 
Kidd;  died  at  Rodney,  Mississippi,  April  9,  1842. 


4 
David  Branham 

David  Branham,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  Branham,  was  born 
August  29,  1812;  married  October  17,  1833,  to  Cynthia  A,  Wat- 
son; died  in  1877. 

Cynthia  (Watson)  Branham  was  born  at  Mt.  Sterling,  Ken- 
tucky, in  1820;  died  1903. 

In  an  article  published  after  the  death  of  David  Branham,  oc- 
curred this  paragraph : 

"David  Branham  was  for  more  than  fifty  years  identified, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  with  all  that  was  of  public  interest  in 
Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  during  this  entire  period  there  was 
no  act  of  his  that  was  not  dictated  by  sentiments  of  highest  in- 
tegrity and  purest  patriotism.  While  he  was  a  man  of  positive 
views  and  strong  convictions,  firmly  devoted  to  his  political  sen- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  205 

timents  and  party,  his  strong  sense  of  justice  held  them  in  such 
just  equihbrium  as  to  command  for  him  the  confidence  and  re- 
spect, not  only  of  the  leaders,  but  of  the  people  of  all  parties." 

Governor  Morton  wrote  a  letter  to  his  private  secretary,  W.  H. 
H.  Terrell,  just  after  he  had  started  to  Europe,  and  in  it  said : 
"I  am  personally  thankful  for  the  able  and  efficient  support  David 
Branham  has  given  me  through  my  whole  administration  and  the 
service  he  has  rendered  the  state.  It  was  Branham  who  gave  the 
backbone  to  the  movement  in  the  legislature  of  1863  which  re- 
sulted in  the  defeat  of  all  their  revolutionary  schemes  and  saved 
the  state  from  the  horrors  of  civil  war.  I  have  always  intended 
to  declare  this  to  the  world  in  some  form  and  still  do,  if  I  am 
spared  to  return.  It  was  the  high  stand  he  took  and  the  bulldog 
resolution  with  which  he  hung  on  to  it  that  brought  the  others 
round  to  the  policy  that  would  save  the  state  (that  was  the  break- 
ing up  of  the  legislature).  His  services  have  never  been  recog- 
nized by  the  government  or  the  people  as  they  should  have  been. 
I  have  always  intended  to  do  him  justice.  Say  to  him  that  I 
cherish  kind,  grateful  recollections  of  his  personal  and  political 
services." 

Mrs.  Mary  Cobb,  a  daughter  of  David  Branham,  says :  "This 
letter  was  dated  November  19,  1865.  W.  H.  H.  Terrell  was  a 
nephew  of  my  mother.  I  distinctly  remember  my  father  bringing 
the  members  who  'bolted'  with  him  to  our  house  at  Madison.  He 
was  superintendent  of  the  Madison  Railroad,  and  brought  them 
in  his  private  car." 

Children  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Watson)  Branham  were 
William  Allan,  Sophronia,  Mary  A.,  Oscar,  Edwin  and  William. 

(i)     William  Allan  Branham  was  born  in  1834;  died  in  1847. 

(2)  Sophronia  Branham  was  born  in  North  Madison,  In- 
diana, in  1837;  died  in  1887.   Unmarried. 

(3)  Mary  A.  Branham,  daughter  of  David  and  Cynthia 
(Watson)  Branham,  was  born  at  North  Madison.  Indiana,  in 
1839;  married  in  i860  to  Samuel  Cobb,  who  was  born  in  Paris, 
Indiana,  in  1836,  and  died  in  1899. 

Children : 

a.    Cynthia  Cobb,  born  in  Madison.  Indiana,  in  i860;  married 


206  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

in  Indianapolis  in  1882,  to  Dr.  E.  D.  Porter.  Lives  in  Indianapo- 
lis. Children:  Edward,  born  in  1887;  Charles,  born  in  1890,  and 
Marion,  born  in  1893. 

b.  George  O.  Cobb,  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  in  1862;  mar- 
ried in  1884  to  Minnie  Beeker,  who  was  born  in  1867.  George 
O.  Cobb  is  an  ice  manufacturer,  living  in  Matoon,  Illinois. 

Children:  Lulu,  born  in  1884;  died  in  1899;  Hazel,  born  in 
1886,  and  George  O.,  Jr.,  born  in  1888. 

c.  Pearl  Cobb,  born  in  1870;  died  in  187 1. 

d.  John  M.  Cobb,  born  in  Spencer,  Indiana,  in  1868;  married 
in  1 89 1  to  Minnie  Cotton,  who  was  born  in  Indianapolis  in  1869. 
One  child,  John  Malcomb,  was  born  in  Indianapolis  in  1892. 

John  M.  Cobb  is  district  sales  agent  for  the  National  Cash 
Register  Company.   Lives  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

e.  Samuel  H.  Cobb  was  born  in  1874;  married  in  1894  to 
Edith  Fedder,  who  was  born  in  Bloomington,  Indiana.  Their 
children  are  Raymond,  born  in  1895;  Harold,  born  in  1898; 
Samuel  H.,  Jr.,  born  in  1900,  and  a  baby,  born  in  1903. 

Samuel  H.  Cobb  is  assistant  manager  and  bookkeeper  Amer- 
ican Press  Association.   Lives  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

(4)  Oscar,  son  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Watson)  Branham, 
was  born  in  1842,  and  died  in  the  army  in  1862. 

(5)  George  F.  Branham,  son  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Wat- 
son) Branham,  was  born  February  26,  1844;  married  April  9, 
1869,  to  Adaline  Nichols,  who  was  born  September  12,  1846. 
George  F.  Branham  died  in  Indianapolis,  May  9,  1896. 

Children : 

a.  Edwin  Branham,  born  September  28,  1871  ;  married  De- 
cember 12,  1894,  to  Lotta  Hunter,  who  was  born  December  13, 
1874.  They  have  one  child,  Sarah  Adaline.  They  live  in  In- 
dianapolis. 

(6)  Edwin  Branham,  son  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Watson) 
Branham,  was  born  January,  1846;  married  to  his  cousin,  Mary 
Katherine  Bramwell,  who  was  born  May  29,  1844.  Edwin  Bran- 
ham lived  only  a  few  years  after  the  war.  He  was  a  prisoner  in 
Andersonville  until  Sherman's  "March  to  the  Sea."  He  never 
recovered  from  his  terrible  experience  in  prison. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  20/ 

Children  of  Edwin  and  Mary  (Bramwell)  Branham  were 
David  and  Nannie. 

a.  David  C.  Branham,  son  of  Edwin  and  Mary  B.  Branham, 
was  born  July  30,  1867 ;  married  August  9,  1896,  to  Emma  Frie- 
dersdorf.  Lives  in  Cairo,  Illinois.  Children:  Katherine  E.,  born 
October  17,  1897,  and  Edwin,  born  January  27,  1903. 

b.  Nannie  E.  Branham,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Mary  B. 
Branham,  was  born  February  9,  1870;  married  June  19,  1897, 
to  Edward  Thurston  Wood,  who  was  born  December  25,  1855. 
Children  :  Mary  Cynisea,  born  June  26,  1898,  and  Virginia  Bran- 
ham, born  March  19,  1902.  They  live  at  6023  Vernon  avenue, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

(7)  William  Branham,  son  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Watson) 
Branham,  was  born  in  1848;  died  in  1868. 

5 
William  Hickman  Branham 

William  Hickman  Branham,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vaw- 
ter)  Branham,  was  born  March  28,  1814;  married  January  19, 
1835,  to  Melinda  Watson,  who  was  born  October  11,  1819,  and 
died  August  16,  1846. 

William  Hickman  Branham  was,  with  his  brother,  David  C. 
Branham,  in  the  making  and  selling  of  lumber  until  the  railroad 
was  built,  when  he  worked  for  the  state.  The  old  Indianapolis 
and  Madison  Railroad  belonged  to  the  state.  David  C.  Branham 
was  superintendent  for  a  number  of  years  on  the  Indianapolis  and 
Madison  Road,  at  that  time  called  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis 
Road.  After  the  road  fell  into  the  hands  of  a  company  Hickman 
Branham  was  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  grain  for  a  while, 
and  then  went  back  to  the  railroad.  He  was  also  engaged  for 
several  years  in  operating  a  hotel  which  he  and  his  brother  David 
had  built.   William  Hickman  Branham  died  February  4,  1867. 

Children  of  William  Hickman  and  Melinda  (Watson)  Bran- 
ham : 

( I )    Helen  Louisa,  died  in  infancy. 


208  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(2)  Nannie,  died  in  infancy. 

(3)  William,  died  in  infancy. 

(4)  Emma  Branham,  born  in  1841  ;  married  in  1861  to  James 
R.  Ryan,  who  was  born  in  1833.  He  was  engaged  in  the  whole- 
sale commission  business  in  Indianapolis.  Their  children  :  Harry, 
born  in  1862 ;  died  in  1898,  unmarried,  and  Robert,  born  in  1872 ; 
died  in  1901. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ryan  live  at  522  North  New  Jersey  street,  In- 
dianapolis. 

William  Hickman  Branham  was  married,  second,  to  Livia  Jane 
Stow  March  28,  1850.  Livia  (Stow)  Branham  was  born  Decem- 
ber 13,  1827;  died  October  24,  1903. 

Children  of  William  H.  and  Livia  (Stow)  Branham: 

(i)  William  Branham,  son  of  William  H.  and  Livia  (Stow) 
Branham,  born  June  20,  185 1 ;  died  May  28,  1852. 

(2)  Ida  Branham,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Livia  (Stow) 
Branham,  born  March  5,  1853;  married  November  21,  1872,  to 
Ufford  S.  Wolf.  Ufford  S.  Wolf  was  a  farmer,  then  was  in  com- 
mission business  with  J.  R.  Ryan  in  Indianapolis.  Is  now  retired 
from  business.    No  children. 

(3)  Leila  Branham,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Livia 
(Stow)  Branham,  was  born  March  15,  1855;  married  January 
I,  1879,  to  W.  E.  Telford,  who  has  since  died.  No  children. 
Mrs.  Telford  is  a  school  teacher  and  also  teaches  music.  Lives 
at  North  Madison,  Indiana. 

(4)  Charles  H.  Branham,  son  of  William  H.  and  Livia 
(Stow)  Branham,  was  born  September  23,  1857;  married  June 
28,  1888,  to  Ida  Newsome. 

Charles  H.  Branham  is  employed  by  the  Pennsylvania  Lines  as 
yardmaster  and  foreman  of  the  shops  at  North  Madison,  Indiana. 

Children:  Minnie,  born  November  22,  1889;  Hickman,  born 
January  30,  1897,  died  March  7,  1899;  Charles  N.,  born  January 
24,  1899.' 

(5)  David  McClure  Branham,  son  of  William  H.  and  Livia 
(Stow)  Branham,  was  born  January  5,  i860;  married  May  10, 
1883,  to  Nettie  A.  Springer.  No  children.  David  Branham  is  a 
dealer  in  general  merchandise,  living  in  Elizabethtown,  Indiana. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  209 

(6)  Edward  F.  Branham,  son  of  William  H.  and  Livia 
(Stow)  Branham.  was  born  January  8,  1862;  married  November 
7,  1895,  to  Daisy  Lee,  who  was  born  September  27,  1867.  Ed- 
ward Branham  is  a  traveling-  salesman  for  the  American  Agricul- 
tural Chemical  Company.   Lives  at  North  Madison,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Ufford,  born  November  8,  1896;  died  July  i.  1903. 

b.  Helen  Lee,  born  August  7,  1899. 

c.  Baby,  born  June  23,  1904. 

(7)  Lynn  C.  Branham,  son  of  William  H.  and  Livia  (Stow) 
Branham,  was  born  May  17,  1864;  married  June  25,  1895,  to 
Jessie  Ryker.   One  child,  Elizabeth,  born  June  28,  1897. 

Lynn  C.  Branham  is  employed  by  the  Cleveland,  Columbus, 
Cincinnati  &  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  as  locomotive  fireman. 
Lives  at  Bright  wood,  Indiana. 

(8)  Minnie  Branham,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Livia 
(Stow)  Branham,  was  born  December  6,  1866;  died  December 
4,  1884. 


Elizabeth  Branham 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Bran- 
ham, was  born  May  2,  1816;  married  May  22,  1832,  to  George 
W.  Branham,  son  of  John  and  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham;  died 
May  14,  1846. 

For  an  account  of  George  W.  Branham  and  the  children  of 
Elizabeth,  see  the  record  of  George  W.  Branham  in  chapter  con- 
taining family  of  Frances  (Vawter)  Branham. 


7 
McClure  Branham 

McClure,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Branham,  was 
born  December  4,    181 7,  at  North  Madison,  Indiana;  married 


210  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

February,  1839,  to  Louisa  J.  Hutchins;  died  April  20,  1869. 
Louisa  J.  Hutchins  was  born  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  November  4, 
1823;  died  at  Elizabethtown,  January  20,  1845. 

Children : 

(i)  Mary  Ellen,  daughter  of  McClure  and  Louisa  (Hutch- 
ins) Branham,  was  born  December  19,  1840;  married  Albert  W. 
Moore  of  Logansport,  Indiana,  who  was  born  in  Sandy  Hill, 
New  York,  June  6,  1828;  died  at  Indianapolis,  March  13,  1876. 
Mary  E.  Moore  married,  second,  Frank  Costigan,  who  was  born 
at  Madison,  Indiana,  April  4,  1838.  Frank  Costigan  is  traveling 
agent  for  Canton,  Ohio,  Bridge  Company.  No  children.  Live  at 
36  Hubbard  Block,  Indianapolis. 

(2)  William  Jennings  Branham,  son  of  McClure  and  Louisa 
(Hutchins)  Branham,  was  born  in  Elizabethtown,  Indiana,  June 
15,  1842;  married  May,  1867,  to  Kate  Owens  at  North  Madison, 
Indiana.  They  have  one  child,  Ernest,  who  was  born  October, 
1868,  and  who  is  employed  by  L.  S.  Ayres  &  Co.  of  Indianapolis. 
Jennings  Branham  and  family  live  at  31  South  Arsenal  avenue, 
Indianapolis. 

(3)  Juliette  Branham,  daughter  of  McClure  and  Louisa 
(Hutchins)  Branham,  was  born  December  15,  1843;  married 
Thomas  Calloway. 

Children : 

a.  Marian,  born  April  16,  1870. 

b.  Kate,  born  December  11,  1874;  married  May  16,  1898,  to 
Joe  Curtis  Dixon,  who  was  born  July  20,  1874.  Live  in  In- 
dianapolis. 

c.  Myrtle  Helen,  born  in  1879. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Calloway  live  at  Springfield,  Missouri. 

McClure  Branham  married,  second,  Mrs.  Frances  Mefford 
Watson  at  Madison,  Indiana,  July  5,  1846.  Mrs.  Branham  lives 
at  Columbus,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(i)  Samantha  Branham,  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
May  17,  1847.    Unmarried. 

(2)    Albert,  born  May  19,  1853.    Unmarried. 

(3  and  4)     Two,  who  died  in  infancy. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  211 

(5)  Fred,  born  in  North  Madison.  Indiana.  May  20.  1856; 
married  Cora .   Lives  in  Columbus,  Indiana. 

(6)  Lolla.  born  in  North  Madison,  Indiana.  March  17,  i860. 
McClure  Branham  was  engaged  in  the  railroad  business,  and 

lived  at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  the  greater  part  of  his  life. 

8 
Mary  (Branham)  Robinson 

Mary  Louisa,  daughter  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vavvter)  Bran- 
ham, was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  October  18,  1819; 
married  to  Edward  Jones  Robinson  April  9,  1840;  died  at  Bed- 
ford, Indiana,  January  24,  1892. 

Edward  J.  Robinson  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1 81 7.  He  moved  with  his  father's  family  to  Steuben ville, 
Ohio,  when  a  boy.  He  went  to  Mobile.  Alabama,  when  a  young 
man,  and  from  there  to  Madison,  Indiana,  where  he  was  married. 
He  and  his  wife  moved  from  Madison  to  Greensburg,  Indiana, 
where  the  first  child.  Anna  Cornelia,  was  born.  Returning  to 
Madison,  Edward  Robinson  engaged  in  the  mercantile  and  rail- 
road business  until  the  Civil  War  broke  out.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Fifty- Fourth  Indiana ;  was  adjutant  at  Camp  Morton  at  In- 
dianapolis, and  afterward  colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-Seventh  Regiment.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Madi- 
son; removed  to  Indianapolis  in  1869,  and  to  Bedford,  Indiana, 
in  1 88 1.    He  died  at  Bedford  June  26,  1896. 

Children  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Branham)   Robinson: 

(i)  Anna  Cornelia  Robinson  was  born  July  25.  1842;  mar- 
ried Hamilton  Stapp.  Lives  in  Yoakune,  Texas.  Children : 
Alary,  Florence  and  William. 

(2)  Mary  Rebecca  Robinson  was  born  March  27,  1844;  died 
April  2,  1844,  at  Greensburg,  Decatur  county,  Indiana. 

(3)  William  Hickman  Robinson  was  born  August  5.  1845; 
died  in  Madison.  Indiana,  July  5,  1868. 

(4)  Julia  Elizabeth  Robinson  was  born  December  17,  1846; 
married   at   Indianapolis,    September   25,    1878,    to   Archer   H. 


Ui 


212  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Crane,  who  was  born  in  Onondaga,  New  York,  March  31,  1821,, 
and  died  in  Hudson,  Michigan,  June  5,  1892. 

Children :  Helen  Mary  Crane,  born  in  Hudson,  Michigan, 
May  12,  1883. 

Mrs.  Juha  R.  Crane  lives  at  Champaign,  Illinois. 

(5)  Mary  Louisa  Robinson  was  born  February  5,  1849;  died 
at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  July  19,  1850. 

(6)  Edward  Linsfield  Robinson,  born  February  14,  1850; 
died  at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  September  19,  1850. 

(7)  Carrie  Branham  Robinson  was  born  September  30, 
1854;  married  at  Bedford.  Indiana,  June  6,  1889,  to  George  S. 
Long,  who  was  born  at  Clermont,  Marion  county,  Indiana,  De- 
cember 3,  1853.  George  S.  Long  is  with  the  Weyerhauser  Tim- 
ber Co.,  in  Tacoma,  Washington. 

Children:  Margaret  Robinson  Long,  born  March  15,  1891, 
at  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin;  Helen  Long,  born  October  30,  1893, 
at  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin;  George  S.  Long,  Jr.,  born  October  30, 
1895,  at  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin. 

(8)  Emma  Nettie  Robinson,  born  June  28,  1856.  Lives  with 
Mrs.  Long  in  Tacoma,  Washington. 

(9)  Alfred  Edward  Robinson,  born  November  12,  1859; 
married.  His  family  is  living  in  East  St.  Louis.  Children :  Mary 
Anna,  born  February  15,  1891  ;  Frederick  Edward,  born  Jan- 
uary, 1893,  and  Anna  Julia,  born  January,  1895. 

(10)  Walter  Scott  Robinson,  born  July  8,  1861 ;  died  at 
Madison,  Indiana,  October  15,  1869. 


Nancy  (Branham)  Bramwell 

Nancy,  daughter  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Branham,. 
was  born  April  9,  1820;  married  April  9,  1840,  to  Solon  C. 
Bramwell;  died  February  6,  1845. 

Solon  C.  Bramwell  was  born  in  181 5  in  Jennings  county,  In- 
diana; died  at  Kansas  City  in  1899.  He  was  the  first  agent  of 
the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  Railroad  Company  at  Madison,. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  213 

Indiana.  Was  engaged  in  steamboating  on  the  Ohio  and  Mis- 
sissippi rivers  for  many  years.  Was  successful  in  business  in 
Cincinnati  for  a  time,  and  was  prominent  in  the  early  years  of 
Kansas  City,  where  he  was  well  known  as  an  honest  man  and  a 
good  citizen,  and  where  his  second  wife  now  resides. 

Children  :   Edgar  and  Mary  Katherine. 

(i)  Edgar,  son  of  Solon  C.  and  Nancy  Bramwell,  was  born 
at  Elizabethtown,  Indiana,  August  19,  1842;  married  near  Madi- 
son, Indiana,  September  3,  1865,  to  Adelia  Francisco,  daughter 
of  William  Warren  Francisco,  who  was  born  at  Paris,  Indiana, 
February  28,  1842. 

Edgar  Bramwell  is  law  agent  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville 
Railroad  Company  at  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Children  of  Edgar  and  Adelia  (Francisco)  Bramwell: 

a.  George  F.  Bramwell,  born  October  20,  1866,  at  Franklin, 
Indiana ;  married  to  Mary  Reilly  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  March, 
1890.    Children:   Edna,  born  in  1898,  and  Louise,  born  in  1902. 

George  F.  Bramwell  is  a  machinist  in  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

b.  William  S.  Bramwell,  son  of  Edgar  and  Adelia  (Fran- 
cisco) Bramwell,  was  born  April  27,,  1868,  at  Franklin,  Indiana; 
married  to  Lillian  Farnsworth  of  Earlington,  Kentucky,  Decem- 
ber, 1889.  Children:  Annasdale,  born  in  1894,  and  Bessie  May, 
born  in  1902. 

William  S.  Bramwell  is  a  conductor  on  the  Louisville  &  Nash- 
ville Railroad.   Lives  in  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

c.  Harry  L.  Bramwell,  son  of  Edgar  and  Adelia  (Francisco) 
Bramwell,  was  born  at  Madison,  Indiana,  April  20,  1878;  mar- 
ried Lillie  Robinson  of  Earlington,  Kentucky,  June,  1900.  One 
child,  Dorothy,  born  in  1902. 

Harry  L.  Bramwell  is  a  conductor  for  the  Louisville  &  Nash- 
ville Railroad.   Lives  at  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

(2)  Mary  Katherine,  daughter  of  Solon  C.  and  Nancy  Bram- 
well, was  born  May  29,  1844;  married  to  her  cousin,  Edwin 
Branham,  the  son  of  David  Branham.  For  the  record  of  this 
family  see  record  of  Edwin  Branham. 


214  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

lO 

Joseph  Warren  Branham 

Joseph  Warren,  son  of  Linsfield  and  Mary  (Vawter)  Bran- 
ham,  was  born  June  2,  1824;  married  January  27,  1848,  to  Pris- 
cilla  O'Laughley. 

Children :  Mary,  who  married  a  VanTrees,  had  two  children, 
and  was  living  in  Iowa. 


VI. 

SARAH  VAWTER5 
(Jesse*,  Davids,  John2,  Johni) 

(1789-1871) 

m. 

THOS.  STRIBLING 
(1784-1857) 


Children" 


Grandchildren' 


I.  Frances  m.  J 

James  Edwards  1 


r  (I)  William  T.  m. 
Zerelda  Mal- 
comb 


2.  Elizabeth  m. 
Nathaniel  Fer- 
gason 


(i)  Sallie  Ann  m. 
F.F.Mitchell 


(2)  Mary  B.  m. 
1st 
George  Neblett 


2d 

Stephen  Fores- 
ter 

(3)  Nancy  S.  m. 
1st  John  Clark 
2d  Thos.  Reeves 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren" 

Flavius  m. 
Mollie  B.  Dick- 
son 

John  Malcomb  m. 
Alice  Epps 

HettieJ. 

Mattie  Robinson 

m. 
M.  J.  Bowman 

Uriah  Calvin,  d. 
Wra.  Thomas,  d. 

Lucy  A.  E.  m. 
T.  L. Jackson 

Nannie  Cornelia 

m. 
J.  M.  C.  Young 

J.  M.m. 
ist 

Bettie  Oliver 
2d 

Mattie  Mabry 

Jennie  m. 
Eugene  S.Tatom 

Esrom  Bold 
George  Monroe 
Alen  Fowler 

John  Ann  m. 
W.  W.  Mays.d. 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 

f  Mary  Zerelda 
Edgar  Flavius 
Gus  Malcomb 


1 


f  William  Thomas 
■j  Frank 
L  Charles 


Milo 


'  Myrtle,  d. 
Chatie  Luciel 
Eva,  d. 
Mary  Lee,  d. 

Edna 

Mary,  d. 
Nannie  Lillian 

Cecilia 
Kate  Eugene 
Barteels 


2l6 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


3.  Pleasant  m. 
Zerelda  Emer- 
ine  Dahoney 


(i)  Emerine  rn. 
Allen  T.  Cor- 
bitt 


(2);jesse  Vawter 
m. 

Susan  Yar- 
brough 


Wyley  Welch 
Weldon  Plant 
Flora  Elton 
Jessie  Allen  2 
Nancy's 
Sadie  Pauline 

Curte  C. 
Nellie 
Samuel,  d. 
Ford  G. 

Gladys,  d. 
Bessie  Rewbine 


Jesse  Vawter  m. 
Ada  Plant 


Nellie  m. 
A.  C.  Stitt 


Reuben  E.  m. 
Bessie  Plant 

Eddie  Smith,  d. 
Annie  Mary,  d. 
Alvin  Hawkins, 
unm. 

Pleasant  Stribling 

m. 
Rena  McCreary 
Emma  Nannie  m. 

W.  A.  Duncan 
Hessie,  d. 


Wm.  Morehead  m.  (  Harry  Leo 
Emma  Stephens    )  Thos.  Tibbett 

Lutie  Lavele  m.         f 
Joseph  F.  Ander-  -{   Ora 

SOD  1^ 


Emma 


Lydia  Zerelda 

m. 
Wm.  H.  McCauley 

John  Malcomb  m. 
Mrs.  Sallie  Box 


I   Mary  L. 
1   Marje 

(  Frederi 

/  John 


ck  Slaton 


r 


Mattie  Lillian 

•°-  i  H 

Geo.  W.  Waggoner   (^ 
Sallie  Ann 


Jesse  Aline 
arold  Coke 


(3)  Almeda  m. 
John  Malcomb 


Infant,  d. 

^  Ethel 

Myrtle 

John  L. 

Lulu  m. 

Henry  E 

H.  E.  Warren 

Max  H. 

David  L. 

Guy  M. 

Ella 

Ella  m. 

R.  E.  Fowlkes 

John  Levin 

Ronald 

m. 
Mattie  Estelle 
Plant 

Edith 
Mary 

THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


217 


(3)  Almeda  Mal- 
comb 
iCo7iiinued) 


(4)  Mary,  d. 


Pleasant 


{Continued) 


(6)  Sarah  m. 

Virgil  A.  Bar- 
nett 


(7)  Annie  Russell, 
d. 
Charles  More- 
head  m. 
Susan  Jackson 


Howard  Ford  m. 
Flora  Elton 


I  Gertrude 
-]  Robert  F. 
L  Dixie 


Samuel  Guy  m.         /  ""bert  A. 
EthelA.Fowlkes  !  J°hn  Lilbern 
L  HattieC. 


Mattie  Robinson       f 
m. 


Bessie 

Wm.  Walter  White  i   Robert  Malcomb 


< 


<  Josie  Lytell  m. 
W.  T.  Anderson 


(5)  Lydia  Hester 
m. 

John  O.  San- 
ford 


Guy 

Lillian  Hester 
Hugh  Leiper 
Gertrude 
Bertie  Clair 
Aliene 
William  S. 
Paul  Chester 


EffieS.  m.  r  ,    ,        ., 

J   Judson  M. 

,.,,„,  I   Sadie  Hester 

Junius  M.  Palmer   t 

2d 

J.  M.C.Young 
Gussie,  d. 
Nannie  M.  m. 

Geo.  L.  Harrison 


j  Karl 
1   Mai 


Bertie  E.  m. 
Charles  F.  Neg- 
)ey 

Charles  Vawter 
Jessie  Eldon,  m. 
Edgar  Taylor 
.  Junius  Palmer 

Stella  A.  m  /  ^^'P^  Barnett,  d. 

Charles G.  Plant   1   ^^x  Malcomb 
L  Kathleen 

AllieMaym.  f  Alma 

G.  C.  Morrisett      \   Virgil,  d. 

L  Gladys  Marguerite 
Charles  Byron  m. 
Mary  E.  Thomp- 
son 
KateG.  m. 
W.  Stirling  Jack- 
son 
[  Walter  Jackson 


f 


Ernest  Gilderoy 


2l8 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


4.  Wm.  L.  m. 
Sarah  Taulman 


{'•■ 


io  children 


5.  Ann  m. 

Josiah  Chaille 


William  H 

Grace 

Mollie  m. 

Odia 

R.  M.  Corbitt 

Bessie 
Bates 
L  Desmukes 

(i)  Sarah  Jane  m. 

Matthew  A.  m.           ' 

Gertrude 

Henry  Miller 

Nora  Brown 

Elphia 
Clayborn 
Sarah 
^  Jesse 

Elese 
Murvel 

r  Edgar 
(2)  Elizabeth  m.        |    Alonzo 
Dr.  A.W.Dick-  ->    AUie 
son  son 

I  daughter 


M.  A.,d. 
Elmore  J. 
W.  W. 
J.  H.  m. 
Susan  Tate 


(3)  Newton  T.  m. 
L.  J.  Dickson 


(4)  John  E.,  d. 


(5)  Wm.  Hickman 
m. 

Carrie  Christ- 
man 


(6)  Joanna  m. 
1st 
James  Curtis 


2d 

Wm.  B.  War- 
ren 


D.  D.  m. 
F.  A.  Posey 

Maud  m. 
Robert  Owen 

Zulah  m. 

Robert  L.  Har- 
per 
Josiah  F.  m. 

Minnie  V.  Hall 
William  H.,  d. 
J.  Howard,  d. 
Floyd 
Loyd 

Lillian,  d. 


Mary  Addie,  d. 
John  Edward  m. 

Nannie  Byrne 
Paul  Frederick 

m. 
Myrtle  Robinson 
Newton  Homer 
Chris  Duncan 
Annie  Gertrude 
Wyly  Brown 


Vivian 
Elmer  V. 
Tibit 

Louise 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


2iy 


6.  Newton  W.  m. 
Elizabeth 
Taulman 


(i)  Margaret  m. 
J.  M.  Gray 


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harles  P. 


7.  Amanda  m. 
John  Rossen 

8.  Milton  S.  ID. 
Nancy  Mon- 

crief 

9.  Silas  m. 
Sarah  A.  Keith 


(i)  John  m. 
(2)  Josephine  m. 
Childers 


No  children 


No  children 


10.  Uriah  m.  ( 

Hester  A.  Cobb  \  ^°  children 


(i)  Uriah  m. 
Ella  M.  Lam- 
bertson 


II.  Sarah  m. 
James  Chaille 


J2.  Infant,  d. 


13-  Artemecia  m. 
Michael  Wolf 


(2)  Thos.  D.,  d. 

(3)  Jesse  V.  m. 
Alice  Neal 


(4)  Josiah  M.,  d. 

(5)  William  T.,  d. 

(6)  John  Cm. 

Mollie  F.  Ab- 
sher 

(7)  Sarah  Jane  m. 
James  Morgan 


(i)  Elizabeth  m. 
Milton 
Wooden 


(2)  Sarah  Frances, 

d. 

(3)  Nancy  Hester, 

d. 

(4)  Thos.  Elmer 
m. 

Lilly  M.  Harsh 

(5)  Walter  M.  m. 
Minnie  Corner 


Emerson  Wayland 
May  Corinne,  d. 
Harold  L. 

Grace 
Ernest 

Jessie  Katrine 
Raymond 
.  Ruth  Jane 


Oren 
Freda 


Minnie  O. 
Perry  M. 
Fannie  B. 
Wm.D. 
Arthur  E. 
Walter  B. 


Harry  E. 
Martha  E. 


220  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

VI 

SARAH   (VAWTER)  STRIBLING 

Sarah  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  EHzabeth  (Watts)  Vaw- 
ter.  was  born  June  i,  1789;  married  December  i,  1806,  to 
Thomas  T.  Stribhng,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ann  (Tibbetts) 
Stribhng,  and  died  July  29,  1871. 

The  StribHngs  went  from  Virginia  to  Kentucky,  and  then  to 
Madison,  Indiana,  in  1809.  Thomas  Stribhng  went  to  Indiana 
in  181 1.  He  had  a  farm  of  about  two  hundred  acres  near  Press- 
burg,  Indiana.  He  was  a  mechanic  as  weh  as  a  farmer,  and  put 
up  the  first  steam  mill  in  Indiana.  This  was  near  Pressburg, 
which  is  a  mile  out  of  North  Madison.  Thomas  Stribhng  bought 
a  large  body  of  land  (4,500  acres)  on  Duck  river,  Humphreys 
county,  Tennessee,  and  gave  to  a  number  of  his  children  good 
farms  there.  In  November,  1853,  Thomas  Stribhng  and  several 
of  his  children — Pleasant,  Uriah,  Silas,  Betty  Furgason  and  hus- 
band, Ann  Chaille,  a  widow,  and  Artemecia  Wolf  and  her  hus- 
band— went  to  Tennessee.  Silas  and  Uriah  remained  there  about 
eight  or  ten  years  and  then  returned  to  Indiana.  Artemecia  Wolf 
and  her  husband  did  not  stay  long.  At  the  time  the  Stribling 
family  went  to  Tennessee,  land  sold  from  three  dollars  to  five 
dollars  per  acre.  The  same  land  now  sells  from  fifty  dollars  to 
one  hundred  dollars  per  acre.  The  hills  there  contain  iron  and 
vast  quantities  of  hematite.  Thomas  Stribling  was  born  Decem- 
ber 4,  1784,  and  died  March  21,  1857,  at  his  home  at  Honey 
Point,  five  miles  from  the  mouth  of  Duck  river,  Tennessee. 

Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling  had  thirteen  children: 
Frances,  Elizabeth,  Pleasant,  William  L.,  Ann,  Newton  W., 
Amanda,  Milton  S.,  Silas  S.,  Uriah  B.,  Sarah,  an  infant  son  who 
died,  and  Artemecia. 

I 

Frances  (Stribling)  Edwards 

Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Stribling,  was  born 
November  16,  1807;  married  February  13,  1827,  to  James  Ed- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  221 

wards.  Frances  died  August  26,  1828.  James  and  Frances 
(Stribling)  Edwards,  had  one  child,  WilHam  T. 

( I )  WilHam  T.  Edwards,  son  of  James  and  Frances  ( Strib- 
ling) Edwards,  was  born  December  27,  1827;  married  August 
2,  1849,  to  Zerelda  Malcomb,  who  was  born  November  25,  1829, 
and  died  January  13,  1874.  William  T.  Edwards  died  June  6, 
1886. 

The  children  of  William  T.  and  Zerelda  (Malcomb)  Edwards 
were  Flavins  J.,  John  Malcomb,  Hettie  J.  and  Mattie  Robinson. 

a.  Flavins  J.  Edwards  was  born  at  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
August  28,  1856;  married  March  19,  1879,  to  Mollie  B.  Dickson. 
Their  children  are  Mary  Zerelda,  born  May  31,  1881  ;  Edgar 
Flavins,  born  October  3,  1885,  and  Gus  Malcomb,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1897.  Flavins  Edwards  and  family  live  at  Newbern,  Dyer 
county,  Tennessee. 

b.  John  Malcomb  Edwards,  son  of  William  T.  and  Zerelda 
(Malcomb)  Edwards,  was  born  at  North  Madison,  Indiana,  Jan- 
uary 27,  i860;  married  Alice  Epps.  Has  three  children:  Wil- 
liam Thomas,  Frank  and  Charles.  Lives  at  Obion,  Obion  county, 
Tennessee. 

c.  Hettie  J.  Edwards,  daughter  of  William  T.  and  Zerelda 
(Malcomb)  Edwards,  was  born  July  8,  1864,  and  is  now  living 
at  Madison,  Indiana. 

d.  Mattie  Robison  Edwards,  daughter  of  William  T.  and 
Zerelda  (Malcomb)  Edwards,  was  born  at  North  Madison,  In- 
diana, December  26,  1870;  married  Prof.  M.  J.  Bowman  and  has 
one  child,  Milo.    Lives  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Both  Hetty  and  Mattie  Edwards  lived  for  many  years  after 
the  death  of  their  mother  with  their  uncle,  Uriah  Stribling,  in 
Madison,  Indiana. 


Elizabeth  (Stribling)  Fergason 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling, 
was  born  August  22,  1809;  married  at  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
October  4,  1837,  to  Nathaniel  Fergason,  the  son  of  William  and 


2.2,2,  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Hannah  Fergason.  Nathaniel  Fergason  was  born  February  ii, 
1816,  in  Decatur  county,  Indiana.    Was  a  farmer. 

Elizabeth  (Stribling)   Fergason  died  February  15,  1885. 

The  children  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  ( Stribling)  Fergason 
were  Sallie  Ann,  Mary  and  Nancy. 

(i)  Sallie  Ann  Fergason,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Stribling)  Fergason,  was  born  November  26,  1839;  mar- 
ried to  F.  F.  Mitchell  in  1855,  who  was  born  in  1833.  Their 
children  were  Uriah  Calvin,  born  December  30,  1859;  died  June 
30,  1880,  and  William  Thomas,  born  September  13,  1861 ;  died 
September  9,  1863. 

(2)  Mary  B.  Fergason,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Stribling)  Fergason,  was  born  May  8,  1843;  married  in  1859 
to  George  Neblett,  who  was  born  in  1837.    Their  children  were: 

a.  Lucy  A.  E.,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Fergason) 
Neblett,  was  born  February  i,  1863;  married  to  T.  L.  Jackson, 
who  was  born  September  24,  1852.  No  children.  They  live  in 
Johnsonville,  Tennessee. 

h.  Nannie  Cornelia,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Ferga- 
son) Neblett,  was  born  February  3,  1865;  married  to  J.  M.  C. 
Young,  January  11,  1882.  J.  M.  C.  Young  was  born  December 
25,  1856.  Their  children:  Myrtle  B.,  born  January  9,  1883; 
died  September  13,  1902;  Chatie  Luciel,  born  January  2,  1887; 
Eva,  born  July  12,  1889;  died  September  26,  1889;  Mary  Lee, 
born  October  22,  1891,  died  April  29,  1892. 

Nannie  (Neblett)  Young  died  April  22,  1892. 

Chatie  Young  lives  at  Plant,  Tennessee. 

c.  J.  M.  Neblett,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Fergason)  Neb- 
lett, was  born  June  12,  1864;  married  December  21,  1890,  to 
Bettie  Oliver.     One  child,  Edna,  was  born  in  1892. 

Bettie  (Oliver)  Neblett  died  January  15,  1893. 

J.  M.  Neblett  was  married  to  Mattie  Mabry  March  31,  1897. 
They  live  in  Union  City,  Tennessee.  Their  children :  Mary, 
born  in  1898,  died  June  22,  1904,  and  Nannie  Lillian,  born  in 
1 901. 

d.  Jennie  Neblett,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Ferga- 
son)   Neblett,   was  born  in   1869;  married   May   19,    1889,   to 


THE    VAVVTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  223 

Eugene  S.  Tatom,  who  was  born  in  1865.  Their  children  are 
CeceHa,  born  in  1890;  Kate  Eugene,  born  in  1891,  and  Barteels, 
born  in  1896.     They  live  in  Shawnee,  Oklahoma  Territory. 

(2)  Mary  (Fergason)  Neblett  was  married  the  second  time 
to  Stephen  Forester  in  January,  1882.     Their  children  were: 

a.  Esrom  Boid  Forester,  born  October  26,  1882.  Lives  in 
Union  City,  Tennessee. 

b.  George  Monroe  Forester,  born  April  20,  1884.  Lives  in 
Polk,  Tennessee. 

c.  Alen  Fowler  Forester,  born  March  22,  1886.  Lives  in 
Union  City,  Tennessee. 

Mary  F.  (Neblett)  Forester  died  July  30,  1896. 

(3)  Nancy  S.  Fergason,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Stribling)  Fergason,  was  born  May  11,  1845,  i^  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana;  married  October  17,  1866,  to  Thomas  B. 
Reeves,  who  was  born  near  Paint  Rock,  Tennessee,  March  4, 
1846,  and  died  March  23,  1905,  in  Newbern,  Tennessee.  Mrs. 
Reeves  had  a  daughter,  John  Ann,  by  her  former  husband,  John 
E.  Clark,  who  was  born  March  i,  1865;  married  W.  W.  Mays 
and  died  March  14,  1881.  Mrs.  Reeves  lives  in  Union  City,  Ten- 
nessee. 

3 

Pleasant  Stribling 

Pleasant,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling,  was 
born  May  5,  181 1,  near  Madison,  Indiana,  and  lived  in  Ken- 
tucky near  Frankfort  until  1853,  when  he,  with  his  father  and 
several  brothers  and  sisters,  moved  to  Tennessee,  where  he  re- 
mained. He  was  married  November  2'/,  1834,  to  Zerelda 
Emerine  Dehoney,  who  was  born  September  16,  181 6.  Pleasant 
Stribling  died  August  23,  1885. 

The  children  of  Pleasant  and  Zerelda  (Dehoney)  Stribling 
were  Emerine,  Jesse,  Almeda,  Mary,  Lydia  Hester,  Sarah,  Annie 
Russell  and  Charles  Morehead. 

( I )  Emerine  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  January 
31,  1836;  married  January  22,  i860,  to  Allen  T.  Corbitt,  who 


224  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

was  born  in  Davidson  county,  Tennessee,  in  May,    1817,  and 
died  March  7,  1880.     He  was  a  farmer. 

Children  of  Allen  and  Emerine  Z.  Corbitt : 

a.  Jesse  Vawter  Corbitt,  born  December  10,  1861 ;  married 
April  15,  1885,  to  Ada  Plant.  They  have  six  children:  Wyley 
Welch,  born  February  22,  1886;  Weldon  Plant,  born  July  29, 
1888;  Flora  Elton,  born  July  15,  1890;  Jessie  Allen,  born  April 
4,  1892;  Nancy,  born  May  25,  1894;  Sadie  Pauline,  born  March 
14,  1896.  They  live  in  Big  Bottom,  Humphreys  county,  Ten- 
nessee. 

b.  Nellie  Corbitt  was  born  November  28,  1863;  married  to 
A.  C.  Stitt  February  16,  1887.  Their  children:  Curte  C.  Stitt, 
born  March  16,  1888;  Nellie  Stitt,  born  December  i,  1893; 
Samuel  Stitt,  born  March  i,  1895,  died  October  22,  1895,  and 
Ford  G.  Stitt,  born  February  24,  1896.  They  live  in  Box,  Ten- 
nessee. 

c.  Ruben  E.  Corbitt  was  born  October  17,  1865;  married 
April  5,  1896,  to  Bessie  Gertrude  Plant.  Their  children  :  Gladys, 
born  January  24,  1897,  died  September  22,  1899,  and  Bessie 
Rewbine,  born  August  31,  1900.  They  live  in  Big  Bottom, 
Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

d.  Eddie  Smith  Corbitt  was  born  March  24,  1868,  and  died 
August  I,  1872. 

c.  Annie  Mary  Corbitt  was  born  March  5,  1870;  died  July 
26,  1871. 

/.  Alvin  Hawkins  was  born  October  22,  1872.  Lives  in  Big 
Bottom,  Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

g.  Pleasant  Stribling  Corbitt  was  born  December  14,  1874; 
married  to  Rena  McCreary  September  8,  1901.  They  have  one 
child,  Emma,  born  January  31,  1903.  They  live  in  Big  Bottom, 
Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

h.  Emma  Nannie  Corbitt  was  born  January  15,  1877;  mar- 
ried to  W.  A,  Duncan  December  25,  1901.  They  live  in  Big 
Bottom,  Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

i.  Hessie  Corbitt  was  born  January  23,  1879;  died  May  7, 
1880. 

(2)      Jesse  Vawter   Stribling,   son  of  Pleasant  and   Zerelda 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  225 

(Dehoney)  Stribling,  was  born  April  8,  1838;  married  to  Susan 
Yarbrough  November  25,  1863,  who  was  born  April  26,  1848, 
and  died  December  26,  1896.  Jesse  V.  Stribling  lives  in  Plant, 
Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

Children  of  Jesse  V.  and  Susan  Y.  Stribling : 

a.  William  Morehead  Stribling  was  born  January  18,  1865 ; 
married  to  Emma  Stephens,  of  Waverly,  Tennessee,  December 
20,  1896.  They  live  in  Plant,  Tennessee.  Their  children: 
Harry  Leo,  born  September  13,  1897,  '^"d  Thomas  Tibbett,  born 
July  6,  1899. 

b.  Lutie  Lavele  Stribling,  born  May  3,  1867;  married  Joseph 
F.  Anderson  June  21,  1885.  They  live  at  Shaws,  Mississippi. 
They  have  one  child,  Ora,  who  was  born  November  4,  1886. 

c.  Lydia  Zerelda  Stribling,  born  January  21,  1870;  married 
William  H.  McCauley  October  22,  1890.  They  live  at  McEwen, 
Tennessee.  Have  two  children :  Mary  L.,  born  February  27, 
1892,  and  Marge,  born  August  29,  1899. 

d.  John  Malcomb  Stribling,  born  August  2,  1872;  married 
to  Mrs.  Sallie  Box,  July  9,  1898.  They  live  at  Waverly,  Ten- 
nessee. Have  two  children :  Frederick  Slaton,  born  April  23, 
1900,  and  John,  born  October  27,  1902. 

e.  Mattie  Lillian  Stribling,  born  May  14,  1875;  married 
George  W.  Waggoner  December  15,  1897.  They  live  at  Plant, 
Tennessee.  Have  two  children:  Jesse  Aline,  born  August  17, 
1898,  and  Harold  Coke,  born  April  22,  1900. 

/.  Sallie  Ann  Stribling,  born  May  i,  1878.  Lives  at  Plant, 
Tennessee. 

g.     Infant,  died  at  age  of  two  weeks. 

(3)  Almeda  Stribling,  daughter  of  Pleasant  and  Zerelda 
(Dehoney)  Stribling,  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  May 
8,  1840;  married  November  25,  i860,  to  John  Malcomb.  who 
was  born  at  Paris,  Indiana,  October  31,  1834.  They  live  in 
Union  City,  Tennessee.  John  Malcomb  learned  the  saddler's 
trade  under  Uriah  B.  Stribling  at  Paris,  Indiana.  Afterward 
came  to  Tennessee  and  engaged  in  farming.      Their  children : 

a.  Lulu  Malcomb  was  born  November  30.  1861 ;  married 
January  28,   1882,  to  H.  E.  Warren,  who  was  born  at  Plant, 


226  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Tennessee,  November  i,  1851.  Their  children  are:  Ethel,  born 
December  21,  1882;  Myrtle,  born  February  14,  1885;  John  L., 
born  April  19.  1886;  Henry  E.,  born  January  3,  1888;  Max  H., 
born  February  7,  1889;  David  L.,  born  December  6,  1890;  Guy 
M.,  born  August  22.  1892,  and  Ella,  born  February  12,  1895. 

h.  Ella  Malcomb  was  born  in  Plant,  Tennessee,  March  19, 
1864;  married  to  R.  E.  Fowlkes,  December  19,  1883.  R.  E. 
Fowlkes  w^as  born  December  16,  1863.  Is  cashier  of  the  bank 
at  Seymour,  Texas. 

c.  John  Levin  Malcomb,  Jr.,  born  November  13,  1867;  mar- 
ried to  Mattie  Estelle  Plant.  Is  a  farmer  living  at  Plant,  Ten- 
nessee. The  children  of  John  and  Mattie  ( Plant)  Malcomb  are  : 
Ronald,  born  July  24,  1897;  Edith,  born  April  3,  1900,  and 
Mary,  born  October  28,  1902. 

d.  Howard  Ford  Malcomb,  born  March  11,  1870;  married 
Flora  Elton,  of  Plant,  Tennessee,  February  11,  1892.  Howard 
Malcomb  is  a  farmer  living  at  Box,  Tennessee.  The  children  of 
Howard  Ford  and  Flora  (Elton)  Malcomb  are:  Gertrude,  born 
March  18,  1895;  Robert  F.,  born  May  11,  1899,  and  Dixie,  born 
July  13,  1902. 

e.  Samuel  Guy  Malcomb  was  born  December  7,  1871 ;  mar- 
ried January  26,  1896,  to  Ethel  A.  Fowlkes,  who  was  born 
October  8,  1879.  Samuel  G.  Malcomb  is  a  farmer,  living  at 
Plant,  Humphreys  county,  Tennessee. 

The  children  of  Samuel  G.  and  Ethel  ( Fowlkes)  Malcomb  are : 
Hubert  A.,  born  July  16,  1898;  John  Lilbern,  born  March  13, 
1 90 1,  and  Hattie  C,  born  February  12,  1904. 

/.  Mattie  Robinson  Malcomb  was  born  July  21,  1878;  mar- 
ried December  21,  1898,  to  William  Walter  White,  who  was 
born  August  i,  1873.  William  Walter  White  is  a  farmer,  liv- 
ing at  Union  City,  Tennessee. 

The  children  of  William  Walter  and  Mattie  (Malcomb)  White 
are:  Bessie,  born  September  18,  1899,  and  Robert  Malcomb, 
born  September  19,  1902. 

(4)  Mary,  daughter  of  Pleasant  and  Zerelda  (Dehoney) 
Stribling,  was  born  October  17,  1842;  died  November  26,  1882. 
Unmarried. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  22/ 

(5)  Lydia  Hester,  daughter  of  Pleasant  and  Zerelda  (De- 
honey)  Stribhng,  was  born  October  6.  1847,  near  Frankfort, 
Kentucky;  married  October  17,  1865,  to  John  O.  Sanford,  who 
was  born  at  Galena.  Illinois,  August  23.  1838.  John  O.  Sanford 
is  in  the  livery  business  at  Dickson,  Tennessee. 

Children : 

a.  Josie  Lytell  Sanford  was  born  July  15,  1866;  married 
February  15,  1887,  to  W.  T.  Anderson,  who  is  in  the  wholesale 
feed  business  in  Nashville.  Tennessee.  They  have  eight  children  : 
Guy,  born  April  i,  1888;  Lillian  Hester,  born  June  26,  1890; 
Hugh  Leiper.  born  February  29.  1892;  Gertrude,  born  March  12, 
1894;  Bertie  Clair,  born  February  29,  1896;  Allene,  born  Jan- 
uary, 1898;  William  S.,  born  January  19,  1900,  and  Paul  Chester, 
born  November  4,  1901. 

h.  Ellie  S.  Sanford  was  born  January  8,  1869;  married  June 
20,  1888.  to  Junius  M.  Palmer,  who  was  in  the  mill  business,  also 
dry  goods  business,  and  owned  a  steamboat  and  a  farm  near 
Johnsonville,  Tennessee. 

The  children  of  Junius  and  Ellie  (Sanford)  Palmer  were  Jud- 
son  M..  born  March  18,  1889,  and  Sadie  Hester,  born  July  27, 
1891. 

Junius  Palmer  died  January  27,  1893. 

Ellie  (Sanford)  Palmer  married  J.  M.  C.  Young  November  2, 
1898.  He  is  a  stock  trader  and  farmer.  They  live  at  Dickson, 
Tennessee. 

c.  Gussie  Sanford  was  born  August  11,  1871,  and  died  June 
27,  1876. 

d.  Nannie  M.  Sanford  was  born  October  15,  1873;  married 
George  L.  Harrison  in  1895.  He  is  a  corn  dealer  at  Box,  Ten- 
nessee. 

e.  Bertie  Edward  Sanford,  born  August  10,  1876,  married 
Charles  F.  Negley,  June  25,  1898.  Charles  F.  Negley  owns  a 
barber  shop. 

The  children  are  Karl,  born  December  11,  1899,  and  Mai,  born 
September  23,  1901. 

/.  Charles  Vawter  Sanford,  born  August  15,  1879.  Is  in 
business  with  his  father  at  Dickson,  Tennessee. 


228  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

g.  Jessie  Eldon  San  ford,  born  April  2,  1883;  married  Edgar 
Taylor,  November  17,  1902.  Edgar  Taylor  is  employed  in  a 
store  at  Crockett  Mills,  Tennessee. 

h.  Junius  Palmer  Sanford,  born  December  10,  1886,  is  in 
school  at  Dickson,  Tennessee. 

(6)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Pleasant  and  Zerelda  (Dehoney) 
Stribling,  was  born  October  16,  1849;  married  July  20,  1873,  to 
Virgil  A.  Barnett;  died  August  5,  1883. 

Children : 

a.  Stella  A.  Barnett,  born  March  29,  1874;  married  to  Charles 
G.  Plant  March  18.  1895.  Children:  Ralph  Barnett,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1896,  died  June  19,  1898;  Rex  Malcomb,  born  June 
30,  1898;  Kathleen,  born  November  i,  1902.  Live  at  Plant, 
Tennessee. 

b.  Allie  May  Barnett,  born  February  6,  1876;  married  No- 
vember 23,  1895,  to  G.  C.  Morrisett.  Children:  Alma,  born 
October  6,  1896;  Virgil,  born  January  26,  1902,  died  February 
14,  1902;  Gladys  Marguerite,  born  April  20,  1903.  Live  at  Pol- 
lard, Arkansas. 

c.  Charles  Byron  Barnett,  born  June  22,  1878;  married 
October  8,  1902,  to  Mary  E.  Thompson.  Lives  at  Jonesboro, 
Arkansas. 

d.  Kate  G.  Barnett,  born  September  15,  1880;  married  March 
3,  1904.  to  W.  Stirling  Jackson.     Lives  at  Jonesboro,  Arkansas. 

e.  Walter  Jackson  Barnett,  born  September  23,  1882. 
Virgil    A.    Barnett    married,    second,    September    21,    1884, 

Mrs.  Clella  A.  Wheat,  who  was  born  August  25,  1859,  in  Scott 
county,  Indiana. 

Virgil  A.  Barnett  was  born  March  6,  1853,  in  Coxburg,  Ten- 
nessee. He  is  a  justice  of  peace  and  general  collector.  Lives  at 
Jonesboro,  Arkansas. 

(7)  Annie  Russell  Stribling,  daughter  of  Pleasant  and  Zer- 
elda (Dehoney)  Stribling,  was  born  June  19,  1852,  and  died 
April  21,  1856. 

(8)  Charles  Morehead  Stribling,  son  of  Pleasant  and  Zer- 
elda (Dehoney)  Stribling,  was  born  in  Humphreys  county,  Ten- 
nessee, September  7,  1857;  married  September  2y,  1882,  to  Susan 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  229 

M.  Jackson,  who  was  born  near  Waverly,  Tennessee,  February 
28,  1861.  C.  M.  Stribling  is  a  farmer  and  is  connected  with  a 
telephone  company.  He  and  his  wife  Hve  near  Plant,  Tennessee. 
They  have  one  son,  Ernest  Gilderoy,  who  is  now  taking  a  course 
in  civil  and  electrical  engineering  at  the  University  of  Tennessee. 


4 
William  L.  Stribling 

William  Livingston  Stribling,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vaw- 
ter)  Stribling,  was  born  in  Jefiferson  county,  Indiana,  March  26, 
1813;  married  Sarah  R.  Taulman  August  4,  1835;  died  Decem- 
ber 8,  1852.    No  children. 

William  Stribling  started  in  the  milling  business  and  then  was 
a  merchant.  His  wife  is  still  living  near  North  Madison,  Indiana, 
being  now  over  ninety  years  of  age.  It  was  from  her  scrap-book 
that  much  valuable  information  was  obtained  for  this  history. 


Ann  (Stribling)  Chaille 

Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Stribling,  was  born 
March  18,  1815;  married  Josiah  Chaille  May  8.  1839;  died 
October  10,  1890.  Josiah  Chaille  died  in  1853  ^"  Kentucky.  He 
was  a  brother  to  James  Chaille,  who  married  Sarah  Stribling,  the 
sister  of  Ann. 

Children  of  Josiah  and  Ann  Chaille : 

(i)  Sarah  Jane  Chaille  was  born  in  Kentucky  March  16, 
1840;  married  June  27,  1861,  to  Henry  Miller;  died  April  18, 
1895.  Henry  Miller  was  born  in  Humphreys  county,  Tennessee, 
and  died  in  Dickson  August  9,  1903,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  livery  business. 

Children  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Chaille)  Miller:  Mollie,  Mat- 
thew A.,  Elphia,  Clayborn,  Sarah  and  Jesse. 

a.     Mollie  Miller  was  born  May  19,  1864;  married  to  R.  M. 


230  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Corbitt  July  16,  1884.  Children:  William  H.,  Grace,  Odia, 
Bessie,  Bates  and  Desmukes.  Mrs.  Corbitt  is  a  widow,  living 
in  Dickson,  Tennessee. 

b.  Matthew  A.  Miller  was  born  August  16,  1870;  married 
October  2,  1895,  to  Nora  Brown.  Their  children:  Gertrude, 
Elese  and  Murvel.  Matthew  Miller  is  in  the  livery  business  in 
Dickson,  Tennessee. 

c.  Elphia  Miller  was  born  December  17,  1876. 

d.  Clayborn  Miller  was  born  June  11,  1879. 
c.     Sarah  Miller  was  born  in  1884. 

/.     Jesse  Miller  was  born  September  9,  1886. 
Elphia.   Clayborn,   Sarah  and  Jesse  keep  house  in  Dickson, 
Tennessee. 

(2)  Elizabeth  Chaille  was  born  October  3,  1842,  in  Indiana; 
married  Dr.  A.  W.  Dickson,  October  5,  1864.  Now  living  in 
Austin,  Texas,  with  her  son,  A.  K.  Dickson.  Children  of  A.  W. 
and  Elizabeth  Dickson  are  Edgar,  Alonzo.  Allie  and  one  son 
and  one  daughter  in  Texas. 

(3)  Newton  T.  Chaille  was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana, 
April  22,  1845;  married  in  Humphreys  county,  Tennessee, 
October,  1865,  to  L.  J.  Dickson,  who  was  born  in  Graves  county, 
Kentucky,  February,  1847.  Newton  T.  Chaille  is  a  retired 
farmer,  living  in  Jonesboro,  Arkansas. 

Children  of  Newton  T.  and  L.  J.  Chaille : 

a.  M.  A,  Chaille,  born  September  18,  1866;  died  August  24, 
1868. 

b.  Elmore  J.  Chaille,  born  February  13,  1869. 

c.  W.  W.  Chaille,  born  April  29,  1871. 

d.  J.  H.  Chaille,  born  December  12,  1873;  married  March 
31,  1904,  to  Susie  Tate. 

e.  D.  D.  Chaille  was  born  February  17,  1876;  married  Jan- 
uary, 1895,  to  F.  A.  Posey.  Children:  Vivian,  born  August  29, 
1897;  Elmer  V.,  born  January  5,  1900;  Tibit,  born  February  6, 
1903.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chaille  live  in  Caruthersville,  Missouri. 

/.  Maud  Chaille  was  born  July  23,  1878;  married  to  Robert 
Owen,  March,  1899.   Children:  Louise,  born  September  6,  1902. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  23 1 

Robert  Owen  is  fireman  in  the  electric-light  plant  in  Jonesboro, 
Arkansas. 

(4)  John  E.  Chaille  was  born  October  23,  1847.  He  joined 
the  union  army  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  He  was  taken 
prisoner,  was  exchanged,  but  while  on  his  way  home  on  a  fur- 
lough he  was  taken  sick  and  died  in  a  hospital  in  1864. 

(5)  William  Hickman  Chaille  was  born  in  Paris,  Kentucky, 
February  13,  1850;  married  to  Carrie  Kate  Christman  at  Pa- 
ducah,  Kentucky,  April  19,  1871.  Carrie  Christman  was  born  at 
Paducah,  Kentucky,  November  6,  1853. 

William  Chaille  moved  to  Texas  with  his  family  in  1879,  and 
resided  in  Anderson  county,  Corsicana,  Dallas  and  Abilene  until 
January,  1895,  when  he  moved  to  Florida.  He  and  his  son 
Josiah  are  now  proprietors  of  "The  Racket  Store"  in  Miami, 
Florida. 

Children  of  William  H.  and  Carrie  (Christman)  Chaille: 

a.  Zulah,  born  March  2,  1872,  in  Tennessee;  married  Robert 
L.  Harper.    Lives  in  Miami,  Florida. 

b.  Josiah  F..  born  in  Tennessee.  August  6.  1874;  married 
Minnie  V.  Hall,  June  3,  1903.     Lives  in  Miami,  Florida. 

c.  William  H.,  born  March  2^,  1876;  died  April  24,  1877. 
in  Tennessee. 

d.  J.  Howard,  born  August  24,  1877,  in  Tennessee;  died  in 
Ocala,  Florida,  May  19,  1900. 

e.  and  /.  Floyd  and  Loyd  (twin  boys),  born  in  Anderson 
county,  Texas,  February  29,  1880.    Live  at  Miami,  Florida. 

(6)  Joanna  Chaille  was  born  in  Paris,  Kentucky.  June  2, 
1852;  married  December  5,  1867.  to  James  Curtis,  who  died 
October  10.  1868.  One  child,  Lillian  Curtis,  was  born  March  2, 
1869,  and  died  November  15,  1893. 

Joanna  (Chaille)  Curtis  married,  second.  January  i,  1874, 
William  Brown  Warren,  who  was  born  April  11,  1850.  in  Hick- 
man county,  Tennessee.  Is  now  chief  engineer  on  a  St.  Louis 
steamboat.    Lives  at  Plant,  Tennessee. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Addie,  born  November  17,  1874;  died  December  5, 
1879. 


232  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

b.  John  Edward,  born  September  25.  1877;  married  Decem- 
ber 28,  1898,  to  Nannie  Byrne.     Is  a  railroad  man. 

c.  Paul  Frederic,  born  May  19,  1881  ;  married  December  24, 
1903,  to  Myrtle  Robinson.  Is  a  farmer  living  in  Hickman,  Ken- 
tucky. 

d.  Newton  Homer,  born  December  8,  1883. 

e.  Chris.  Duncan,  born  December  22,  1886. 
/.     Annie  Gertrude,  born  June  29,  1889. 

g.  Wyly  Brown,  born  January  9,  1892;  died  November  27, 
1895. 


Newton  W,  Stribling 

Newton  W.  Stribling,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Stribling,  was 
born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  July  2,  181 7;  married  Decem- 
ber 2y,  1840,  to  Elizabeth  Taulman,  who  was  born  in  Hamilton 
county,  Ohio,  August  21,  1825.  Newton  Stribling  died  August 
2,  1844.  There  was  one  child,  Margaret  T.,  who  was  born 
October  2,  1843  >  married  December  14,  1862,  to  J.  M.  Gray,  who 
was  born  January  18,  1836.  J.  M.  and  Margaret  Gray  had  one 
child,  Charles  P.  Gray,  who  was  born  July  10,  1865. 

Elizabeth  (Taulman)  Stribling  was  married  the  second  time 
to  James  Losey.  There  were  two  children  (twins),  Sarah  R.  S. 
and  William  L.  S.  Losey,  born  June  16,  1850. 

Elizabeth  Stribling  Losey  died  March  11,  1853. 


7 
Amanda  (Stribling)   Rossen 

Amanda,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling, 
was  born  July  16,  1819;  married  March  6,  1842,  to  John  Rossen; 
died  July  16,  1845. 

There  were  two  children,  John,  who  married,  and  Josephine, 
who  married  a  Childers. 


t 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  233 

8 

Milton  S.  Stribling 

Milton  S.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribhng,  was 
born  May  20,  1821  ;  married  Nancy  Moncrief,  December  24, 
1843;  died  March  10,  1863.    No  children. 


9 

Silas  Stribling 

Silas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling,  was  born 
September  7,  1823;  married  Sarah  A.  Keith,  December  28,  1845, 
in  Paris  Crossing,  Indiana.  He  learned  the  tanning  business,  then 
for  twenty  years  repaired  watches  and  clocks,  and  for  a  while 
took  pictures,  keeping  the  farm  going  all  the  time.  He  wrote 
much  poetry  which  was  greatly  appreciated  by  his  friends  and 
neighbors.  His  wife,  Sarah  Keith,  was  the  daughter  of  James 
and  Lucy  Keith.  The  Keiths  originally  came  from  Carolina  to 
Kentucky,  and  then  James  came  to  Indiana. 

Although  they  had  no  children  of  their  own,  Silas  Stribling 
and  his  wife  reared  Lydia  Congdon,  Silas  Congdon,  Lottie  Yau- 
ger.  who  married  G.  W.  Dodd,  and  Floyd  Hillerman,  and  they 
kept  for  several  years,  Roy  Smith  and  James  Keith. 

Silas  Stribling  and  wife  live  at  Paris  Crossing,  Indiana. 


10 
Uriah  Stribling 

Uriah,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling,  was 
born  April  19,  1825;  married  Hester  Ann  Cobb  October  15. 
1845;  cli^cl  April,  1901.  No  children.  Uriah  and  Hester  Stribling 
reared  two  nieces,  Hetty  and  Mattie  Edwards. 

Uriah  Stribling  first  went  into  the  harness  and  saddle  business 


234  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

in  Paris  Crossing,  Indiana ;  then  married  and  went  to  North 
Madison.  .He  moved  to  Tennessee  in  1853,  but  returned  to  Madi- 
son, Indiana,  in  about  eight  years.  There,  on  the  old  homestead, 
he  opened  a  nursery;  then  traded  that  for  a  foundry,  in  which 
business  he  continued  for  thirty  years.  His  wife  was  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Maria  Cobb. 

II 

Sarah  (Stribling)  Chaille 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  StribHng. 
WIS  born  March  21,  1827;  married  January  23.  1848.  to  James 
N.  Chaille,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  June  28.  1827,  and  died 
in  Daviess  county,  Indiana,  September  3,  1886. 

Sarah  (Stribling)  Chaille  died  October  18,  1880. 

Children  of  James  N.  and  Sarah  (Stribling)  Chaille: 

( 1 )  Uriah  Milton  Chaille  was  born  in  Frankfort,  Kentucky, 
December  19,  1848;  married  to  Ella  May  Lambertson  of  Frank- 
lin, Indiana,  December  22,  1874.  Ella  May  Lambertson,  the 
daup-hter  of  Colonel  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Lambertson,  was  born 

o 

July  3,  1854.  Her  mother  was  a  sister  of  the  late  General 
Thomas  Jefferson  Morgan. 

Uriah  M.  Chaille,  after  leaving  college,  was  a  teacher  for  some 
time.  Has  been  in  the  newspaper  business  since  1881.  Was  for 
many  years  editor  and  owner  of  the  Baptist  Outlook,  published 
in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

The  children  of  Uriah  M.  and  Ella  L.  Chaille : 

a.  Emerson  Wayland  Chaille  was  born  in  Johnson  county, 
Indiana,  November  27,  1876.  He  is  in  business  with  the  Stafford 
Engraving  Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

b.  May  Corinne  Chaille  was  born  January  11,  1886;  died 
August  22,  1890. 

c.  Harold  Lambertson  Chaille  was  born  September  15,  1890. 

(2)  Thomas  D.  Chaille,  born  in  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1850;  died  November  28,  1850. 

(3)  Jesse  V.  Chaille  was  born  in  Decatur  county,  Indiana, 
September  9,  1851  ;  married  to  Alice  Neal,  August,  1879.     They 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  235 

have  five  children :   Grace,  Ernest,  Jessie  Katrine,  Raymond  and 
Rnth  Jane. 

Jesse  V.  Chaille  has  a  flour  mill  at  Otwell,  Indiana. 

(4)  Josiah  M.  Chaille,  born  November  20,  1854;  died  Jan- 
uary 28,  1855. 

(5)  William  T.  Chaille,  born  November  19,  1856;  died  March 
5,  1865. 

(6)  John  C.  Chaille,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  Jan- 
uary 6,  1867.  Is  an  attorney-at-la\v,  with  office  at  Otwell,  In- 
diana, and  doing  business  in  Pike  and  adjoining  counties.  He 
was  married  June  6,  1892,  to  Mollie  F.  Absher,  of  Harrisonville, 
Missouri,  who  was  bo'^n  November  12,  1867. 

They  have  two  children:  Oren,  born  August  19,  1893,  and 
Freda,  born  December  16,  1898. 

(7)  Sarah  Jane  Chaille  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
September  5,  1868;  married  to  James  Morgan,  a  theological 
seminary  student  in  the  University  of  Chicago,  June,  1893.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Morgan  went  as  missionaries  to  India.  Mr.  Morgan 
died  in  April,  1895.  Mrs.  Morgan  is  now  a  missionary  in  Hen- 
zada,  Burma,  where  she  has  been  since  October,  1898. 


12 

Infant  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Stribling  was  born 
March  22,  1830;  died  the  next  day. 


i3 
Artemecia  (Stribling)  Wolf 

Artemecia,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Vawter)  Strib- 
ling, was  born  December  29,  1831  ;  married  June  17,  1849,  ^0 
Michael  Wolf;  died  in  Paducah,  Kentucky,  March  21,  1901. 

Michael  Wolf  was  born  in  Harrison  county,  West  Virginia, 
September  25,  1827.  He  came  to  Indiana  in  March,  1849,  and 
was  married  in  that  same  year.    With  the  exception  of  two  years 


236  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

he  was  in  the  railroad  service  from  1850  to  1891.  He  was  the 
oldest  conductor  in  the  state  of  Indiana  when  he  retired  in  1883. 
He  afterwards  took  charge  of  the  grading  and  construction  of 
the  Indianapolis  and  Vincennes  Road  and  remained  with  this 
road  until  1891.   Died  August  19,  1897. 

Children  of  Michael  and  Artemecia  (Stribling)  Wolf: 

(i)  Elizabeth  Wolf  was  born  September  18,  1853;  married 
September  8,  1867,  to  Milton  H.  Wooden,  who  was  born  at 
Madison,  Indiana.   Live  at  Madison,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Minnie  O.,  born  June  4,  1868;  Perry  M.,  born  December 
25,  1869;  Fannie  B.,  born  December  8,  1871 ;  William  D.,  born 
May  2,  1874;  Arthur  E.,  born  December  10,  1879;  Walter  B., 
born  July  30,  1882. 

(2)  Sarah  Frances  Wolf  was  born  April  9,  1853,  and  died 
November  2"/,  1871. 

(3)  Nancy  Hester  Wolf  was  born  December  18,  1855;  died 
April  15,  1857. 

(4)  Thomas  Elmer  Wolf,  born  March  9,  1861  ;  married  to 
Lilly  M.  Harsh,  December  29,  1891.  No  children.  Thomas  E. 
Wolf  is  a  railroad  man,  living  at  Spencer,  Indiana. 

(5)  Walter  M.  Wolf  was  born  August  3,  1863;  married 
October  18,  1882,  to  Minnie  Corner.  Walter  Wolf  is  a  railroad 
man,  living  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Children:  Harry  E.,  born  December  21,  1887,  and  Martha 
E.,  born  January  19,  1902. 


Children" 


I.  Copeland  m. 
Huldah  Hall 


VII. 

JULIA  (VAWTER)  WISEs 

(Jesse-*,  David3,  John2,  Johni) 

(1791-1834) 

m. 

MATTHEW  WISE 

( 1 788-1874) 

Grandchildren'         G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 

'  Carrie 

Frank,  m. 
(i)  Julia  m. 

Orrin  Marshall  i     l^o^^' d- s. 
Lnarles 


Infant,  d. 

Virginia,  m. 
B.  T.Millican 


(2)  Lucretia  m. 
W.T.  Hunter 


(3)  Martha  E.  m. 
S.  W.  Storey 

(4)  Edgar  D.,  s. 


(5)  Helen  Ruth  m. 
Sam'l  E.  Pal- 
mer 


(6)  Virginia,  d. 

(7)  Florence  ra. 
E.  B.  Tidd 

(8)  MackB.,  s. 


(9)  Sarah  Belle  ra. 
Jno.  E.  Martin 

(10)  Jennie  m.  ist 
Charles  E. 

Hunter 

2d 

Frederick 
Kingsley 


f  James  Vincent 
I    Elizabeth,  m. 
■\       Evans 
I   Nannie,  m. 
L      Smith 


I 


Kate,  m. 
Lincoln  Dixon 


f  Thomas 

Samuel  E.,  d. 

Smith 

Wm.  D. 

May 
^  Laura 


Gertrude,  m. 

Chaffin 
Edith 

f  David  Alex. 
Esther  Storey 
Lucy  Neal 

^  Helen  Ruth 


j  Eva  Jean 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 


Frank 
Nellie 


Nadine 
Jean 
,  Mary 


['  Esther  Claire 
■{   Donald  Storey 
^  Dorothy 


238  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

2.  Elizabeth  m.  f  ^'^  J^^^« 

Ephraim  Rogers  i    ^^^  Matthew 
Others 


3.  Mary  m. 


(  (i)  Charles 

(2)  Jasper 

(3)  Edward 


Taulman  Burns  ^   ^^'>  ^^''^ 

(5)  Julia  m.  Smith 


(6)  Ellen 
,  (7)  Susan 


4.  Prudence,  d.  s. 


(i)  Prudence,  s. 
5.  Patsy  m. 


William  Kessick  <   j3)  Mollie,  m 
(4)  Julia,  m. 


(2)  Matthew,  d. 
(5)  Emma,  m. 


VII 
JULIA  (VAWTER)  WISE 

Julia,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
born  November  20,  1791;  married  February  16,  181 5,  to  Mat- 
thew Wise,  who  was  born  May  28,  1788,  and  died  in  1874.  Julia 
Wise  died  May  10,  1834. 

The  children  were :  Copeland,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Prudence  and 
Patsy. 

I 

Copeland  Wise 

Copeland  Wise,  son  of  Matthew  and  Julia  Wise,  was  born 
March  28,  181 6,  in  the  vicinity  of  Madison,  Indiana,  where  he 
was  engaged  for  many  years  in  the  livery,  ice  and  transfer  busi- 
ness. He  was  married  to  Huldah  Hall,  who  was  born  March  24, 
1 81 8.    Copeland  Wise  died  August  8,  1892. 

Children  were  Julia,  Lucretia,  Martha  E.,  Edgar  D.,  Helen 
Ruth,  Virginia,  Florence,  Mack  B.,  Belle  and  Jennie. 

( I )  Julia,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was  born 
April  23,  1836;  married  June  25,  1857,  to  Orrin  Marshall,  who 
was  born  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  February  21,  1827.  They  live 
near  Madison,  Indiana. 


THE    VAVVTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  f>39 

Children : 

a.  Carrie,  born  March  25,  1858. 

b.  Frank,  son  of  Orrin  and  Juha  Marshall,  was  born  October 
9,  1859;  married  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  His  wife  died  August  29, 
1896.  His  two  children.  Frank,  twelve  years  of  age,  and  Nellie, 
aged  eight,  are  living  with  their  grandmother,  Mrs.  Marshall. 
Frank  Marshall  is  boiler  inspector  for  the  Hartford  Co.,  at  Cin- 
cinnati. 

c.  George  Marshall  was  born  February  13,  1862;  died  un- 
married October  11,  1887. 

d.  Charles  Marshall  was  born  January  10,  1865.  Lives  with 
father. 

e.  Infant  Marshall,  born  and  died  in  1867. 

/.  Virginia  Marshall,  born  October  29,  1868;  married  B.  T. 
Millican  in  Madison,  Indiana.  Mr.  Millican  is  a  printer  by  trade. 
Their  children  are  Nadine,  Jean  and  Mary. 

(2)  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was 
born  November  9,  1838;  married  to  W.  T.  Hunter  August  20, 
1868.   Lives  at  204  Woodbine  avenue,  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

Children  :  James  Vincent,  Elizabeth  Hunter  Evans  and  Nan- 
nie Hunter  Smith. 

(3)  Martha  E.,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was 
born  February  6,  1841 ;  married  May  20,  i860,  to  S.  W.  Storey; 
died  August  28,  1889.  One  child,  Mrs.  Kate  Storey  Dixon,  lives 
at  North  Vernon,  Indiana.    (See  record  of  S.  William  Storey.) 

(4)  Edgar  D.  Wise,  born  April  3,  1843.    Address  unknown. 

(5)  Helen  Ruth,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise, 
was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  November  7,  1845;  married  June 
4,  1872,  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  to  Samuel  Elliott  Palmer,  who 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  23,  1843.  Live  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota. 

Children : 

a.  Thomas  Palmer,  born  February  24,  1873;  died  December 
14,  1890. 

b.  Samuel  E.  Palmer,  Jr.,  born  November  30,  1875  ;  died  De- 
cember 2,  1877. 


240  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

c.  Smith  Palmer,  born  November  25,  1877.  Lives  in  Fargo, 
North  Dakota. 

d.  WilHam  D.  Palmer,  born  January  i,  1880.  Lives  in  Den- 
ver, Colorado. 

e.  May  Palmer,  born  April  i,  1882. 

/.    Laura  Palmer,  born  May  22,  1886. 

(6)  Virginia,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was 
born  October  3,  1848;  died  October  8,  1850. 

(7)  Florence,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was 
born  December  24,  1850;  married  E.  B.  Tidd  January  8.  1874. 

Children  are  Gertrude  Tidd  Chaffin,  Hotel  Metropole,  Chi- 
cago, and  Edith  Tidd  of  Detroit.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tidd  live  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

(8)  Mack  B.,  son  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was  born 
February  7,  1853.   Lives  in  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

(9)  Sarah  Belle,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise, 
was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  April  5,  1858;  married  in  Horse- 
shoe, Colorado,  September  7,  1881,  to  John  Edwin  Martin,  who 
was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  January  12,  1848.  They 
live  at  239  West  Ellsworth  street,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Children : 

a.  David  Alexander  Martin,  born  in  Horseshoe,  Colorado, 
December  22,  1882. 

b.  Esther  Storey  Martin,  born  in  Horseshoe,  Colorado,  May 
I,  1885. 

c.  Lucy  Neal  Martin,  born  in  Como,  Colorado,  September  21, 
1888. 

d.  Helen  Ruth  Martin,  born  in  Como,  Colorado,  December 
7.  1891. 

(10)  Jennie,  daughter  of  Copeland  and  Huldah  Wise,  was 
born  March  17,  i860;  married  to  Charles  E.  Hunter  October  28, 
1885.  One  child,  Eva  Jean  Hunter,  was  born  to  them. 

Jennie  Wise  Hunter  was  married,  second,  to  Frederick  Kings- 
ley,  February,  1902.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kingsley  live  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  24I 


Elizabeth   (Wise)   Rogers 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Matthew  and  JuHa  (Vawter)  Wise, 
was  born  September  15,  18 18;  married  Ephraim  Rogers.  They 
lived  at  Wirt,  Indiana. 

A  son,  Jesse,  hved  in  Covington,  Kentucky,  or  Indianapohs, 
Indiana,  but  could  not  be  found.  A  son,  Matthew,  was  a  fireman, 
and  lived  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  but  could  not  be  found. 


Mary  (Wise)  Burns 

Mary,  daughter  of  Matthew  and  Julia  (Vawter)  Wise,  was 
born  September  2,  1821 ;  married  Taulman  Burns.  Mack  Burns, 
a  son,  did  live  in  Covington,  Kentucky,  but  could  not  be  found. 
Mrs.  Mary  Burns  did  live  with  one  of  her  children  in  Walnut 
Hills,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  but  a  letter  sent  to  her  there  was  returned. 
The  names  of  her  children  were :  Charles,  died ;  Jasper,  Edward, 
who  did  live  in  Cincinnati ;  Mack,  Julia,  who  married  a  Smith ; 
Ellen  and  Susan. 

4 
Patsy  (Wise)   Kessick 

Patsy,  daughter  of  Matthew  and  Julia  (Vawter)  Wise,  was 
born  January  17,  1824;  married  at  Wirt,  Indiana,  to  William 
Kessick.  Their  children  were :  Prudence,  who  lives  near  Madi- 
son, Indiana;  Matthew,  who  died  young;  Mollie,  Julia  and 
Emma. 

5 

Prudence  Wise 

Prudence,  daughter  of  Matthew  and  Julia  (Vawter)  Wise, 
was  born  February  6,  1826;  died  unmarried  July  17,  1892. 


VIII. 

ACHILLES    VAWTER5 

(Jesse*,  David^,  John'^,  Johni) 

(1794-1S63) 

m. 

MARTHA  SMITH 
(179S-         ) 


Children^ 


1.  Julia  m. 
Bramwell 

2.  Wm.  Jennings, 

d.s. 

3.  Polly  m. 
Thrallkill 

4.  David  m. 
Eliza  M.  Todd 


Grandchildren' 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren" 


5.  Henry  m. 
ist 
Jane  Leach 


r  Sev 


era)  children 
(all  dead) 


No  children 

(i)  Carrie  m. 

James  C.  Nor- 
ris 

(i)  Charles  m. 
RosellaM.Mil- 
ligan 

(2)  Martha 

Eleanor,  d. 

(3)  Frank  ra. 
Sallie  Kyle 


(4)  Ida  m. 

Willis  Mitchel 


(5)  Kathryn  m. 
James  Kyle 

(6)  Wm.  L.  m. 
Anne  Shepherd 

(7)  Anna,  d. 


(  Mabel  Vawter 

J    Helen  Louise 
Philip  Endicott 
Frederick  De  Witt 


-    Bertha  M.,d. 


/  James 

\  Frank 

r  Walter 

I  Charles 

1  Hazel  m. 
I       Edward  King 

I  Marjorie 

I  Ralph  V. 


Elbert 


2d 

Mrs.  Mary  Nod- 
ler 


(8)  Clyde 


THE    V'AWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


243 


6.  James  rn. 
1st 
Eliza  Goodhue 

2d 


7.  Catherine  m. 
Hiram  Read 


8.  Jane,  s. 


(    (1)  Lillian 
(    (2)  Edgar, 


.  d. 
d. 


Nancy  Johnson      J 


(3)  George  m. 

(i)  Pleasant,  d. 

(2)  Marcellus,  d. 

(3)  James  m. 
Eliza  Veasay 

(4)  Samuel,  d. 

(5)  Achilles,  d. 

(6)  Fabricius  m. 
Sallie  Ander- 
son 

(7)  Clark  B.  m. 

(8)  Mattie,  d. 

(9)  William  m. 
Lottie  Doutch 


(  Son 

[^  Daughte 


\'irginia  m. 
Sherman  Luken- 

bill 
(two  boys) 


Edgar,  d. 
Joseph 


Two  sons 


{° 


ne  child 


VIII 


ACHILLES  VAWTER 


Achilles  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  Vawter, 
was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  February  21,  1794.  He  was 
married  August  14,  1814,  to  Martha  Smith,  who  was  born  April 
13.  1798. 

Achilles  Vaw^ter  was  tavern  keeper  and  postmaster  at  Vernon. 
Indiana,  and  was  also  a  Master  Mason. 

The  follow'ing  notice  appeared  in  the  Vernon  Banner  of  March 
2"/,  1862: 

"Died  in  Vernon,  on  the  i8th  instant.  Hon.  Achilles  Vaw^ter. 
The  deceased  came  to  Vernon  in  the  year  18 17,  and  has  con- 
tributed largely  to  the  improvement  of  our  village  and  the  pro- 
motion of  religious  and  educational  associations.  The  citizens  of 
our  county  recognizing  his  merits  have  bestowed  upon  him  many 
official  trusts,  and  especially  the  important  office  of  judge  of  the 
probate  court,  which  he  discharged  with  fidelity  and  approbation 
of  the  public.    His  illness  and  sufferings,  although  protracted, 


244  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

were  sustained  with  patience  and  fortitude.  His  remains  were 
followed  to  the  grave  by  the  members  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  other  sympathizing  friends." 

Children  of  Achilles  and  Martha  (Smith)  Vawter  were:  JuHa, 
William  Jennings,  Polly  Ann,  David,  Henry  L.,  James,  Catherine 
and  Jane. 


Julia  (Vawter)  Bramwell 

Julia,  daughter  of  Achilles  and  Martha  Vawter,  was  born 
February  4,  181 7;  married  a  Bramwell,  and  died  in  Vernon, 
Indiana,  leaving  several  children,  who  also  died.  Her  husband 
went  to  Oregon. 


Polly  (Vawter)  Thrallkill 

Polly,  daughter  of  Achilles  and  Martha  (Smith)  Vawter,  was 
born  January  22,  1819;  married  a  Thrallkill.  Both  she  and  her 
husband  died  soon  after  their  marriage  and  were  buried  at  Ver- 
non.   They  left  no  children. 


William  Jennings  Vawter 

William  Jennings,  son  of  Achilles  and  Martha  Vawter,  was 
born  November  3.  1820;  died  May  9,  1846.    Unmarried. 


David  Vawter 

David,  son  of  Achilles  and  Martha  (Smith)  Vawter,  was  born 
in  1824;  married  in  1854  to  Eliza  M.  Todd;  died  May  24,  1884. 
He  was  a  merchant. 

One  child,  Carrie,  was  born  in  1856;  married  in  1883  to  James 
C.  Norris,  who  was  born  in  1853. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  245 

Children:  Mabel  Vawter,  born  January  lo,  1884;  Helen 
Louise,  born  January  8,  1889;  Philip  Endicott,  born  in  1894, 
died  in  1894;  Frederick  DeWitt,  born  April  11,  1897. 

Mr.  Norris  is  in  the  wholesale  millinery  business,  and  lives  in 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

David  Yawter  and  family  lived  in  Franklin,  Indiana.  The  wife 
of  David  Vawter  now  lives  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Norris. 

5 
Henry  Vav^ter 

Henry,  son  of  Achilles  and  Martha  (Smith)  Vawter,  was  born 
in  Vernon,  Indiana,  August  22,  1826;  married  to  Jane  Leach 
April  17,  1848. 

Henry  Vawter  lived  in  Vernon  all  of  his  life  except  a  few- 
months  spent  in  Franklin.  He  was  an  express  messenger  for 
tW'enty-five  years.  Was  city  marshal  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Was  a  great  lover  of  children,  and  was  esteemed  by  all. 

The  children  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Leach)  Vawter  w^ere: 
Charles,  Eleanor,  Frank,  Ida,  Kathryn,  William  and  Anna. 

( 1 )  Charles  H.  Vawter  was  born  February  28,  1849 ;  married 
September  24,  1874,  to  Rosella  M.  Milligan.  They  had  one  child, 
Bertha  M.,  who  died  wdien  about  a  year  old.  Charles  Vawter  was 
telegraph  operator  and  agent  at  Sumner,  Illinois,  and  was  killed 
on  the  railroad  August  16,  1875. 

(2)  Martha  Eleanor  Vawter  was  born  May  21,  1852;  died 
April  16,  1859. 

(3)  Frank  A.  Vawter  was  born  December  29,  1854;  married 
to  Sallie  Kyle  July  3,  1883;  died  June  10,  1889.  He  was  a  tele- 
graph operator  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

The  children  of  Frank  A.  and  Sallie  (Kyle)  Vawter  were: 
James,  who  was  born  June  3,  1884,  and  Frank,  born  September 
II,  1886. 

Sallie  (Kyle)  Vawter  was  married,  second,  to  J.  H.  Davis, 
and  is  living  in  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

{4)  Ida  M.  Vawter  was  born  December  8,  1857;  married 
January  20,  1881,  to  Willis  M.  Mitchell,  who  was  born  Septem- 


246  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

ber  16,  1850,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  Mr.  Mitchell  has  been 
station  baggage-master  for  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  in 
North  Vernon,  Indiana,  for  the  past  eighteen  years. 

The  children  of  Willis  M.  and  Ida  Vawter  Mitchell  are:  Wal- 
ter, born  November  11,  1881 ;  Charles,  born  August  23.  1883; 
Hazel  May,  born  August  26,  1885,  and  Marjorie.  born  August 
30,  1900. 

Hazel  May  Mitchell  was  married  April  6,  1904,  to  Edward 
King,  who  was  born  in  Madison  county,  Indiana,  August  23, 
1879.  He  is  a  glass  worker  by  trade. 

(5)  Kathryn  Vawter  was  born  March  10,  1862;  married  July 
28,  1888,  to  James  Kyle,  of  North  Vernon,  Indiana.  James  Kyle 
is  a  railroad  employe.  They  have  one  child,  Ralph  V.,  who  was 
born  August  30,  1890. 

(6)  W^illiam  L.,  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  Vawter,  was  born 
July  II,  1865;  married  January  14,  1888,  to  Anne  E.  Shepard, 
William  is  a  train  dispatcher,  living  in  Osawatomie,  Kansas. 
There  is  one  child,  Elbert,  who  was  born  November  28,  1888. 

(7)  Anna  Vawter,  still-born,  March  5.  1869. 

Jane  (Leach)  Vawter,  wife  of  Henry,  was  born  December  29, 
1829,  in  Pittsburg,  and  died  May  5,  1872. 

Henry  Vawter  was  married,  second,  September  12,  1876,  to 
Mrs.  Mary  Nodler.  There  was  one  child,  Clyde,  who  was  born 
July  7,  1877. 

Henry  Vawter  died  February  3,  1892. 

Mary  Vawter,  his  wife,  died  January,  1898. 


6 

James  Vawter 

James,  son  of  Achilles  and  Martha  (  Smith)  Vawter,  was  born 
in  Vernon,  Indiana ;  married,  first,  Eliza  Goodhue.  There  were 
two  children,  Lillian  and  Edgar,  both  of  whom  are  dead. 

James  Vawter  married,  second,  Nancy  Johnson.  They  had 
one  son,  George,  who  did  live  in  Kansas,  and  who  had  one  son 
and  one  daughter. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  247 


Catherine  (Vawter)  Read 

Catherine,  daughter  of  AchiUes  and  Martha  (Smith)  Vawter, 
was  born  at  Vernon,  Indiana.  November  17,  1828;  married  by 
WilHam  T.  Stott  to  Hiram  Read,  March  22,  1843,  and  died  No- 
vember II,  1878.  Hiram  T.  Read  was  a  brother  to  James  Read. 
He  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  February  14,  1824; 
died  April  20,  1900. 

Children : 

( 1 )  Pleasant  Read,  born  August  29,  1845  -  ^^^^  the  same  day. 

(2)  Marcellus  Read,  born  July  12,  1846;  died  July  25,  1846. 

(3)  James  H.  Read  was  born  July  24,  1847;  married  Eliza 
Veasay.  They  had  one  child,  Virginia,  who  married  Sherman 
Lukenbill  and  lived  at  New  Albany,  Indiana. 

Sherman  and  Virginia  (Read)  Lukenbill  have  two  boys — one 
named  Kenneth. 

(4)  Samuel  T.  Read,  born  March  7,  1850;  died  October  18. 
1864. 

(5)  Achilles  V.  Read,  born  January  3,  1853;  died  November 
23,  1864. 

(6)  Fabricius  M.  Read  was  born  November  13,  1854;  mar- 
ried September  24,  1885,  in  New  Albany,  Indiana,  to  Sallie  D. 
Anderson,  by  Rev.  George  W.  Fansler.  Sallie  D.  Anderson  was 
born  September  12,  1865,  in  Troy,  Indiana.  F.  M.  Read  is  a 
salesman,  living  at  143 1  South  street,  Lafayette,  Indiana. 

The  children  of  Fabricius  and  Sallie  (Anderson)  Read:  Ed- 
gar Fabricius,  born  January  2,  1888;  died  May  13,  1889,  and  Jo- 
seph S.  W.,  born  March  28,  1891. 

(7)  Clark  B.  Read  has  a  former  wife  and  two  sons  living 
somewhere  in  Indian  Territory.  Clark  B.  himself  is  married 
again  and  lives  at  312  Elm  street,  Dallas,  Texas. 

(8)  Mattie  Read  was  born  August  6,  1859;  died  May  25, 
1881. 

(9)  William  Read  married  Lottie  Doutch  and  has  one  child. 
Lives  at  East  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico. 


IX. 


ANN  (VAWTER)  MONCRIEF 


Children* 


John» 
John' 
David^ 
Jesse* 

Ann  Vawter^ 
(1797-1887) 
m. 

Abner  Moncrief 
(1797-1873) 


2.  Jesse,  d.  s. 


3.  Julia  m. 


Rossen 


4.  William  m. 
ist   Cynthia 
Montgomery 


2d    Rebecca 
Wilson 


5.  Nancy  Richie  m. 
Caleb  Amsden 


Grandchil- 
dren' 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren" 


1,  Elizabeth  m. 
Morgan  Heflin 


\  Lillie  m.  Kincart 

(i)  Abner  m. ■{  -^  ., 

^  '  (  Four  others. 

(2)  Julia  Ann  ra.        f  Scott 

ist Spriggs  \  Riley 


2d    Shawnacy 


(3)  Wm.  Jasper  m. 


(4)  Mary  J.,  d.  s. 

(5)  Sarah  E.  m. 
Mullis 

(6)  John  Caleb 

(i)  Richard,  d.  s. 
(2)  Catherine  m. 
ist  Roberts 

2d 


Lilly 
Wilford 
■{    Effie 
Charles 
Jasper 


I  Sev 


eral  children- 


{ 


Two  children 


f  (i)  Benjamin  J.  m.  i    No  children 


[^  (2)  Charles  E.  m. 

C    (3)  Annie  Evelyn, 

(   (4)  Wm.  Robert 

f  (i)    Sarah  A.  m. 

Walter  Ritchie 


(2)  Jesse  V.  m. 
Ida  Thompson 


(3)  William  m. 
Sophie  Dean 


Arthur 

Ruth 

Everett 

Charles 

Esther 

Mabel 

Fred 

Annie 

Robert 
I    Nellie 

Charles 
I    Baby 

r  Hayworth 
J    Daisy 
1    Agnes 
l^  Gertrude 


M 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


249 


Ann  Moncrief 

(Continued)  ] 


5.  Nancy  Amsden 
( Contimied) 


6.  Sarah  m. 

Willis  D.  Ward  ^ 


Agnes  Wilbur, 

d.  s. 

Mary  Frances  m. 
Robert  Torbet 


Annie  Maria  m. 
Richard  D. 
Kittle 


f  Leila 
;    Howard 
I    Ruth 
I  Baby 

f  Eva,  d. 

IraMontgom-     ^    ^''''" 
ery  I    Carrie,  d. 

L  Mantie 


(4)  Abner  m. 
Josephine  • 


(i)  Emma  m. 


(2)  John  m.  fMaym. 

ist  JosieWalk-  ^       —Carnegie 
up  Charles,  d. 

I  Everett,  d. 


2d 


(3)  Charles  E.  m. 
Clara  B.  Irwin 


i 


(  A  daughter,  d. 
1^  Two  sons 

f'  Josephine  E. 
Raymond  L. 


(I) 


Grace  Anna,  m. 
ist   Henry 

Hinchman 
2d    Samuel 

Johnson 


No  children 


Mary  Ferris 
I  Katherine  A. 


Lucy 


IX 


ANN   (VAWTER)   MONCRIEF 

Ann  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  (Watts)  Vaw- 
ter,  was  born  in  Frankhn  county,  Kentucky,  September  27,  1797; 
married  January  27,  1820,  to  Abner  Moncrief.  and  died  April  8, 
1887,  at  the  house  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Amsden,  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana. 

Abner  Moncrief  was  born  August  2:^,  1797.  in  Nicholas 
county,  Kentucky,  came  to  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  in  1808. 
Was  a  farmer.  Was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Wirt,  In- 
diana, for  many  years.    He  died  at  Pressburg,  Indiana.  June  28, 

The  children  of  Abner  and  Ann  (Vawter)  Moncrief  were: 
Elizabeth,  Jesse  V.,  Julia.  William,  Nancy  Richie.  Sarah,  Agnes 
Wilbur,  Mary  Frances  and  Ann  Maria. 


250  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Elizabeth  (Moncrief)  Heflin 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  (Vawter)  Moncrief, 
was  born  December  13,  1820;  married  April  17,  1838,  to  Morgan 
Heflin,  and  died  near  Wirt,  Indiana,  February  16,  1854.  Morgan 
Heflin  was  born  November  15,  181 5. 

Children  of  Morgan  and  Elizabeth  (Moncrief)  Heflin: 
(i)    Abner  Heflin,  born  June  11,   1839;  died  July  9,   1891. 
Five  of  Abner  Heflin's  children  live  at  Strawn,  Coffey  county, 
Kansas.     One   child,    Lillie   Kincart,    lives   at   Fairfield,    Weigo 
county,  Kansas. 

(2)  Julia  Ann  Heflin  was  born  July  19,  1841  ;  married 

Spriggs  and  had  two  boys,  Scott  and  Riley. 

Julia  Spriggs  married,  second,  Shawnacy  and  lived  in 

Garnet,  Kansas.    She  died  there  February  7,  1889. 

(3)  William  Jasper  Heflin  v/as  born  April  28,  1843,  and  died 
about  1892.  Had  five  children — Lilly,  Wilford,  Effie,  Charles 
and  Jasper. 

(4)  Mary  Jane  Heflin,  born  May  19,  1845;  died  December 
23,  1864. 

(5)  Sarah  E.  Heflin,  born  May  16,  1850;  married Mul- 

lis.     Lives   in    Missouri,    Alton    county,    Oregon.     Has    several 
children : 

(6)  John  Caleb  Heflin  was  born  May  7,  1852.  Lives  at 
Missouri,  Alton  county,  Oregon. 

Morgan  Heflin  married,  second,  Jane  .    He  died  March 

23,  1896,  near  luka,  Marion  county,  Illinois.    His  wife  lives  at 
luka. 


Jesse  Moncrief 

Jesse,  son  of  Abner  and  Ann  (Vawter)   Moncrief,  was  born 
February  21,  1823;  died  in  December,  1824. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  25 1 

3 

Julia  (Moncrief)  Rossen 

Julia,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  Moncrief,  was  born  January 
17,  1825 ;  married  a  Rossen  and  had  two  children — Richard,  who 
died  unmarried,  and  Catherine,  who  married  a  Roberts  the  first 
time  and  had  two  children.    Is  married  a  second  time. 

Julia  (Moncrief)  Rossen  died  March  20.  1864. 


William  Moncrief 

William,  son  of  Abner  and  Ann  (Vawter)  Moncrief,  was  born 
near  Madison,  Indiana,  May  31,  1827;  married  Cynthia  Mont- 
gomery, February  23,  i860.  William  Moncrief  was  a  farmer  the 
greater  part  of  his  life.    He  died  August  21,  1901. 

Cynthia  Montgomery  Moncrief  was  born  February  23,  i860, 
and  died  September  6,  1880. 

Children  of  William  and  Cynthia  (Montgomery)  Moncrief: 

( 1 )  Benjamin  J.  Moncrief  is  married  and  lives  at  Nevada, 
Missouri,  R.  F.  D.  No.  6.    No  children. 

(2)  Charles  E.  Moncrief  is  married  and  has  three  children — 
Daisy,  Earl  and  Ray.  Address :  Nevada,  Missouri,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  6. 

William  Moncrief  was  married,  second,  to  Rebecca  Wilson, 
who  was  born  in  Garrettsville,  Ohio.  Their  children :  Annie 
Evelyn,  born  July  4,  1882;  died  July  14,  1883,  and  William 
Robert,  born  September  22,  1884.  Nevada,  Missouri,  R.  R. 
No.  6. 

5 
Nancy   (Moncrief)  Amsden 

Nancy  Richie,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  Moncrief,  was  born 
November  14,  1829,  near  Wirt,  Indiana;  married  July  i,  1852, 


252  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

to  Caleb  Amsden,  who  was  born  July  29,  18 16,  in  Madison 
county,  New  York.   Live  near  Madison,  Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  5. 

Children : 

(i)  Sarah  A.  Amsden,  born  May  16,  1853;  married  Walter 
Ritchie,  who  owns  a  saw  mill  near  Madison,  Indiana.  Their  chil- 
dren are  Arthur,  Ruth,  Everett,  Charles  and  Esther. 

(2)  Jesse  V.  Amsden,  born  August  20,  1855;  married  Ida 
Thompson.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near  Rantoul,  Illinois.  Children : 
Mabel,  Fred,  Annie,  Robert,  Nellie,  Charles  and  Baby. 

(3)  William  M.  Amsden,  born  July  28,  1857:  married  Sophie 
Dean.  Is  a  lawyer,  living  at  Marion,  Indiana.  Children :  Hay- 
worth,  Daisy,  who  died,  Agnes  and  Gertrude. 

(4)  Abner  Amsden  was  born  February  28,    1859;  married 

Josephine in  Minnesota.    Mail  carrier  on  rural  route,  living 

at  Rochester,  Minnesota.  Children :  Leila,  How^ard,  Ruth  and 
Baby. 

6 
Sarah  (Moncrief)  Ward 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  Moncrief,  was  born  in 
July,  1833,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana;  married  to  Willis  D. 
Ward  at  Wirt,  Indiana,  February  11,  1853,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hill. 

Willis  Ward  was  born  in  Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  September 
2,  1831,  and  died  at  Madison,  Indiana,  May  12,  1891. 

The  children  of  Willis  D.  and  Sarah  (Moncrief)  Ward  were 
Emma,  John  and  Charles. 

( I )  Emma  Ward  was  born  at  Neil's  Creek,  Indiana,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1853:  married  at  Wirt,  Indiana,  September  2,  1874,  to 
Ira  Montgomery  by  Rev.  W.  Y.  Monroe. 

Ira  Montgomery  was  born  near  Shelbyville,  Indiana,  January 
26,  1849. 

Children  of  Ira  and  Emma  Montgomery : 

a.  Eva,  born  September  9,  1875;  died  November  28,  1895. 

b.  Alvin,  born  March  7,  1877.  Is  a  bookkeeper  in  Madison, 
Indiana. 

c.  Carrie,  born  May  13,  1879;  died  January  2,  1901. 

d.  Mantie,  born  October  5,  1884. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  253 

(2)  John  Ward  was  married  to  Josie  Walkup.  They  lived 
at  Gas  City,  Indiana,  and  had  three  children :  May,  who  married 
a  Carnegie  and  lives  at  804  Wilson  avenue,  Chicago;  Charlie, 
who  died  unmarried,  and  Everett,  who  died  when  a  child. 

John  Ward  married  second  time  and  had  three  children.  The 
oldest  child,  a  daughter,  died.  Two  boys,  one  about  thirteen  years 
old  and  one  about  three,  are  living. 

John  Ward  now  lives  in  Chicago. 

(3)  Charles  E.  Ward  was  born  March  26,  1862,  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana;  married  Clara  B.  Irwin,  September  2,  1886. 
Clara  B.  Irwin  was  born  September  26,  1868,  in  Clinton  county, 
Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  Josephine  E.  Ward,  born  March  16,  1887,  in  Clinton 
county,  Indiana. 

b.  Raymond  L.  Ward,  born  June  20,  1888,  in  Clinton  county, 
Indiana. 

c.  Mary  Ferris  Ward,  born  December  6,  1893,  ^^  Marion 
county,  Indiana. 

d.  Katherine  A.  Ward,  born  August  5,  1900,  in  Marion 
county,  Indiana. 

Charles  E.  Ward  and  family  live  at  2042  Highland  place, 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

7 
Agnes  Moncrief 

Agnes  Wilbur,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  Moncrief  was  born 
July  22,  1835;  died  April  17,  1881. 

8 

Mary  (Moncrief)  Torbet 

Mary  Frances,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  Moncrief,  was 
born  November  14,  1837:  married  in  1866  to  Robert  Torbet,  who 


254  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

was  born  April  24,  1831,  and  died  June  8,  1893.  They  had  one 
child,  Grace  Anna. 

Grace  Anna  was  born  in  1867;  married  May  27,  1886.  to 
Henry  Hinchman.  They  had  one  child,  Lucy,  who  was  born  in 
1888. 

Henry  Hinchman  died  May  6,  1892. 

Grace  (Torbet)  Hinchman  married  the  second  time  on  Janu- 
ary 7,  1900,  to  Samuel  Johnson.   She  died  July  28,  1902. 

Mrs.  Mary  Torbet  and  granddaughter  live  in  Vernon,  Indiana. 


9 
Annie  (Moncrief)  Kittle 

Annie  Maria,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Ann  (Vawter)  Mon- 
crief, was  born  May  i,  1841 ;  married  in  Madison,  Indiana,  July 
16,  1 871,  to  Richard  D.  Kittle,  who  was  born  December  5,  1837. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kittle  lived  six  years  in  Iowa,  then  went  to  Barton 
county,  Kansas,  where  they  took  a  claim  October  i,  1877,  and 
lived  on  the  place  until  May  i,  1904,  when  they  moved  to  Hois- 
ington,  Kansas. 


PHILEMON  VAWTER 


CHILDREN    AND    GRANDCHILDREN 


I.  Richard  m.  Sarah  Snelling 


II.  Elliot  m.  Anna  Gray 


III.  Frances  m   William  Vawter 


IV.  Nancy  m.  Alexander  Lewis 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


PHILEMON    VAWTER 


Philemon  Vawter,  son  of  David  and  Mary  (Riicker)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Ciilpeper  county,  Virginia,  October  16,  1762.  His 
wife,  Anna  Vawter  (her  name  being  given  in  her  father's  old 
records  as  iVnne) ,  was  born  in  Ciilpeper  county,  Virginia,  No- 
vember 14,  1758.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Beverly  Vawter,  who 
was  the  brother  of  David.  They  were  married  about  1779.  Soon 
after  their  marriage  they  crossed  the  mountains  to  what  is  now 
eastern  Tennessee.  In  1792  they  emigrated  to  Kentucky  and 
settled  in  Woodford  county,  near  Versailles.  Although  they  were 
brought  up  in  the  Episcopal  Church  they  now  united  with  the 
Baptist  Church.  In  1795  they  moved  to  a  new  home  on  the  bank 
of  the  Ohio  river  in  Boone  county,  Kentucky.  They  afterwards 
moved  from  Boone  county,  Kentucky,  to  Trimble  county,  oppo- 
site Madison,  Indiana.  Philemon  Vawter  and  family  moved  to 
Indiana  in  the  year  1808,  and  entered  or  bought  eighty  acres  of 
land  where  Spring  Dale  cemetery  now  is  in  Madison,  Indiana. 
Philemon  Vawter  helped  build  the  first  house  in  Madison.  His 
own  house,  which  was  a  two-story  log-house,  was  located  about 
one  mile  back  from  the  Ohio  river. 

Philemon  Vawter  was  a  farmer,  a  chair-maker,  a  maker  of 
spinning  wheels  and  a  Baptist  minister.  He  died  April  15,  1814, 
and  was  buried  near  Madison,  Indiana,  but  the  body  was  after- 
wards removed  to  the  Vawter  cemetery,  near  the  home  of 
William  Vawter,  about  three  miles  from  Vernon,  Indiana. 

Anna  Vawter,  the  wife  of  Philemon,  lived  with  her  daughter 
Frances  for  the  greater  part  of  her  time  after  she  gave  up  her 
home.  Frances  (Vawter)  King,  a  granddaughter  of  Anna  Vaw- 
ter, tells  the  following : 

"Grandmother  lived  with  father  and  mother  for  a  long  time. 
Father  had  been  promising  grandmother  to  take  her  on  a  visit 
to  Madison.  I  went  with  them.  We  went  to  visit  at  Mrs.  Vail's. 
It  happened  during  the  first  day  that  we  were  there,  that  grand- 
mother was  left  alone  in  the  sitting-room.  She  started  to  go  out 
of  the  room,  made  a  m.istake,  went  out  of  the  wrong  door  and 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  257 

fell  into  the  cellar.  She  was  found  there  a  few  minutes  after- 
wards. At  first  she  was  thought  to  be  dead,  but  was  soon  revived. 
No  bones  were  broken,  though  she  was  badly  bruised.  She  would 
have  recovered  entirely  had  it  not  been  that,  in  her  anxiety  to 
wait  upon  herself,  she  arose  from  her  bed  and,  in  so  doing, 
slipped,  fell  and  broke  her  hip  bone.  From  this  injury  she  never 
recovered. 

''We  stayed  a  number  of  weeks  at  Mrs.  Vail's  and  were  at 
great  expense,  as  we  paid  Mrs.  Vail  twenty-five  dollars  per  week. 
Grandmother  was  very  anxious  to  be  taken  back  home.  I  wrote 
to  father,  urging  him  to  send  Uncle  John  for  us.  Uncle  John 
came,  got  a  wagon,  put  springs  in  it  and  a  bed  on  them,  and 
grandmother  on  the  bed.  She  was  taken  in  this  way  to  the  train. 
Father  was  at  Vernon  with  a  wagon,  the  bed  of  which  had  been 
filled  with  switches  to  make  it  springy,  and  then  a  bed  had  been 
laid  on  top  of  that.  Grandmother  was  not  hurt  at  all  by  the 
move.  She  said  she  believed  it  did  her  good.  Grandmother  lay 
in  this  helpless  condition  for  six  years  before  her  death.  I  took 
care  of  her  during  the  most  of  that  time.  It  seemed  that  no  one 
else  pleased  her  as  well.  I  slept  on  a  little  bed  by  her  side  and 
awoke  at  her  lightest  whisper." 

Anna  Vawter  died  July  21,  1845,  and  was  buried  in  the  Vaw- 
ter  cemetery  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

Children  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter  were :  Richard,  El- 
liott, Frances,  Jesse,  Beverly,  Lucy,  Nancy,  Elizabeth  and  David. 


I. 

RICHARD  VAWTER5 

(Philemon^,  David^,  John^,  Johni) 

(1780-1S47) 

m. 

SARAH  SNELLING 

(1781-1851) 


Children* 

1.  Jesse,  d. 

2.  Annie  m. 
James  Smith 

3.  Nancy  m. 
John  Smith 

4.  John  S.  m. 
Emily  Cooprider 


Grandchildren' 


Two  daughters 

Sarah  Ann 
Melita  Frances 

Esther  Annie  m. 
George  Gregg 


George  H.,  d. 
Richard  Perry,  d. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  d. 


Amanda  Frances 
m. 

Edward  J.  Hol- 
land 

Margaret  M.,  d. 
Martin  V.  m. 
5.  Elizabeth  m.  Marry  Harris,  d. 

Edward  Harris  1    Rebecca  Harris,  d. 
Thomas  Perry,  d. 


Paulina  Katherine 
m. 

Andrea  Giovan- 
noli 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren^ 


*.  ij 


f  George  Vawter,  d. 
Naomi  m. 
Martin  Thompson 
James  Madison 

Richard  Lilly  m. 
Emma  J.  Rogers 

Capitola  Elizabeth 

m. 

L.  C.  Holland 
Kate  m. 

B.  F.  Daniels 
James  Edward,  d. 

Roberta  m. 
Braxton  Beacham 

Daniel  Christie,  d. 
Benjamin  Bowl- 
ing, d. 

Harry  m. 
Carrie  Kinnaird 

Mary  Elizabeth  m. 
Leonard  Tingle 

Olive  Margaret 
Annie  Mosley 
Agnes  Price,  d. 
Louise  Katherine 


Frank  Vawter 


Francis  Arthur 

Clara 

Roberta 


Norma 
Braxton  B. 
Roberta 


Harry,  d. 
Charles  Leonard 
Robert  Kinnaird 

Harry  Giovannoli 
Leonard  G. 
Elizabeth  Vawter 


THE    VAVVTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


259 


5.  Elizabeth  Harris 
( Continued) 


6.  Frances  Alpha 

m. 
Joseph  Mosley 

7.  Melita  m. 
Sanford  McDan- 

iels 

8.  Jannette,  d. 


9.  Amanda  m. 
Geo.  W.  Vaughn 


Ellen,  d. 
Edward,  d. 
Charles,  d. 
Mary  Louise,  d. 

Annie  m. 
Daniel  Sheehan 


Annie 


James 


10.  Milton,  d. 


2d 


Mary  Elizabeth,  d. 
Joseph  Daniel 
Mary  Frances  m. 
Harry  Albert 
Kendal 
John  Edward 
Annie  Agnes 
Eugene  Andrew 
George  Curry 
Martin  Thomas,  d. 


Amanda  Frances       | 


1st  George  Ack- 
man 


Richard  m. 
ist  Elizabeth 

Robertson 


2d  Hannah 

Kipfer 


Anna,  d. 


Shig  I  g.. 


Richard 
Katie 


Elizabeth  m. 
James  Eichel- 
berger 
Manles  E. 
Allen  K. 
Ollie  M. 
George  W. 
Roger  F. 

Metta  L. 
Raymond 
Stanley  Edison 
Lesley  Ellsworth 


RICHARD    VAWTER 


Richard  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,  was 
born,  probably,  in  Culpeper  county,  Virginia,  September  19, 
1780.  His  parents  came  to  Kentucky  from  what  is  now  eastern 
Tennessee  in  1792.  They  settled  in  Woodford  county,  near 
Versailles. 

Richard  Vawter  lived  in  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He  \\'as  a 
wheelwright,  an  elder  in  the  Christian  Church,  a  large  land-owner 


26o 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


and  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He  was  married  July  25,  1802,  to 
Sarah  Snelling,  of  Fredericksburg,  Virginia.  Richard  Vawter 
was  thrown  from  his  buggy  by  a  frightened  horse  and  fell  over 
a  ledge  of  rocks  on  Main  street,  Lexington,  Kentucky,  and  died 
in  1847,  ^  f^w  days  after  his  fall. 

Sarah  Snelling  Vawter  was  born  June  22,  1781,  and  died  about 
1 85 1.  She  belonged  to  the  well-known  Snelling  family  of  Vir- 
ginia, her  father  and  two  brothers  being  in  the  Revolutionary 
War. 

A  granddaughter  of  Richard  Vawter,  Miss  Annie  Mosley,  who 
is  now  living  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  said :  "I  remember  hearing 
grandmother  talk  of  grandfather  having  invented  a  machine  for 
crushing  rock  for  the  turnpikes  and  what  a  great  saving  it  would 
be.  When  it  was  brought  before  the  public,  however,  it  was 
thought  it  would  throw  many  men  out  of  work  who  made  their 
living  crushing  rock,  and  so  it  was  set  aside.  Grandfather  was  a 
dear  old  man.  I  could  almost  paint  his  picture  from  memory. 
One  of  Amanda's  children  and  I  lived  with  grandmother  until 
her  death,  as  we  were  both  orphans.  I  remember  grandmother 
telling  me  of  a  young  daughter,  not  more  than  fifteen  years  of 
age,  who  had  died.  For  many  years  grandmother  didn't  know 
where  her  son  John  was.  He  left  home  when  very  young.  There 
were  only  two  daughters  living  at  the  time  of  grandmother's 
death — Anne  and  Elizabeth.  The  old  homestead  was  then  broken 
up  and  the  family  Bible  was  taken  by  Anne  to  Laurenceburg, 
Kentucky.  Grandmother's  memory  has  been  to  me  the  sweetest 
thing  in  life.    It  is  as  dear  as  the  day  she  left  me." 

Richard  Vawter  at  one  time  owned  a  large  tract  of  land,  a 
great  deal  of  which  was  lost  by  payment  of  security  debts. 

In  the  records  of  Fayette  county,  Kentucky,  it  appears  that 
Richard  Vawter,  of  Scott  county,  Kentucky,  bought  a  lot  in 
Lexington,  Kentucky,  on  Water  street,  in  1814,  another  in  1820, 
and  another  in   182 1. 

It  also  appears  that  John  B.  Payne,  as  commissioner  of 
Fayette  county,  sold  a  tract  of  land  lying  on  Water  street  in 
Lexington,  Kentucky,  to  settle  the  estate  of  Richard  Vawter,  in 
1858. 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  261 

The  heirs  of  Richard  Vawter,  as  shown  by  the  above  settle- 
ment, were  Edward  Harris  and  Elizabeth  Harris,  James  Smith 
and  Ann  Smith,  James  McDaniel,  John  Smith  and  Sarah  Smith, 
Esther  Vawter,  single ;  Ann  Mosley,  granddaughter,  and  Richard 
and  Fanny  Vaughn,  grandchildren. 

The  last  of  the  recorded  transactions  of  Richard  Vawter  was 
in  1846. 

Children  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter: 

I 

Jesse  Vawter 

Jesse,  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter,  was  born 
May  I,  1803,  probably  died  in  infancy. 


Anne  (Vawter)  Smith 

Anne,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter^ 
was  born  May  i,  1804;  married  James  Smith,  a  widower  with 
two  sons.  She  had  two  daughters.  They  lived  in  Laurenceburg, 
Kentucky. 

3 

Nancy  (Vawter)  Smith 

Nancy,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter, 
was  born  March  10,  1806;  married  May  18,  1826,  to  John  Smith; 
died  October  10,  1838. 

Children:  Sarah  Ann  Smith,  born  May  12,  1827,  Melita 
Frances  Smith,  born  February  26,  1829. 

4 
John  S.  Vawter 

John  S.,  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter,  went 
away  from  home  when  very  young.  He  was  born  in  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  May  24,  1808;  married  September  27,  1832,  to  Emily 
Cooprider,  who  was  born  November  14,  181 2,  in  Indiana.   John 


262  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

S.  Vawter  was  a  Christian  minister.  He  lived  at  Thorntown, 
Indiana,  and  also  at  Indianapolis.  He  died  at  Azalia,  Bartholo- 
mew county,  Indiana,  of  consumption,  January  20,  1843.  He 
left  one  child,  Esther  Annie.  His  wife  afterwards  married  a 
Cope  and  lived  near  Madison,  Indiana. 

(i)  Esther  Annie  Vawter  was  born  April  23,  1837;  married 
May  24,  i860,  to  George  Gregg,  an  editor,  who  was  born  in 
May,  1838,  and  died  suddenly  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1871. 
Mrs.  Gregg  lives  in  Danville,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.  George  Vawter  Gregg,  born  May  21,  1861;  died  Septem- 
ber 12,  1878. 

h.  Naomi  Gregg,  born  June  7,  1863 ;  married  Martin  Thomp- 
son and  lives  near  Danville,  Indiana.  They  have  one  child,  Frank 
Vawter  Thompson,  who  was  born  March  6,  1902. 

c.  James  Madison  Gregg  was  born  June  7,  1865.  Lives  in 
Danville,  Indiana. 

5 
Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Harris 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter, 
was  born  September  10,  1810,  married  May  i,  1828,  to  Edward 
Harris,  a  shoemaker,  at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  Elizabeth  Har- 
ris died  at  Lexington,  Kentucky,  April  6,  1867.  Edward  Harris 
was  born  in  New  York  state  March  25,  1807;  died  at  Danville, 
Kentucky,  April  4,  1883. 

Children : 

(i)  George  H.  Harris  was  born  July  7,  1829;  died  July  7, 
1829. 

(2)  Richard  Perry  Harris,  born  October  9,  1830;  died  Au- 
gust 25,  1832. 

(3)  Sarah  Elizabeth  Harris,  born  July  3,  1833;  died  Octo- 
ber 14,  1837. 

(4)  Amanda  Frances  Harris  was  born  in  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, April  30,  1835;  married  April  30,  1857,  to  Edward  J. 
Holland,  who  was  born  in  Lexington,  Kentucky,  January  12, 
1835.     E.  J.  Holland  is  a  wagon-maker  living  in  Orlando,  Flor- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  263 

ida.     Amanda    (Harris)    Holland    died    in    Orlando,    Florida, 
March  30,  1891. 
Children : 

a.  Richard  Lilly  Holland  was  born  January  28,  1858;  mar- 
ried May  21,  1887,  to  Emma  J.  Rogers.  R.  L.  Holland  is  a 
carriage  manufacturer  living  in  Orlando,  Florida.  He  has  three 
children  :    Francis  Arthur,  Clara  and  Roberta. 

b.  Capitola  Elizabeth  Holland  was  born  March  9,  i860;  mar- 
ried her  cousin,  L.  C.  Holland,  a  wagon-maker.  They  live  in 
Cartersburg,  Illinois. 

c.  Kate  Holland  was  born  August  11,  1863;  married  in 
1884  to  B.  F.  Daniels,  who  died.  Mrs.  Daniels  lives  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

d.  James  Edward  Holland  was  born  May  17,  1865.  He  was 
a  blacksmith,  but  is  now  dead. 

e.  Roberta  Holland  was  born  January  25,  1867;  married 
June  26,  1887,  to  Braxton  Beacham.  They  have  three  children: 
Norma,  Braxton  B.  and  Roberta.    They  live  in  Orlando,  Florida. 

/.  Daniel  Christie  Holland  was  born  December  26,  1872. 
He  was  a  barber,  but  is  now  dead, 

g.  Benjamin  Bowling  Holland  was  born  January  26,  1874; 
dead. 

(5)  Margaret  M.  Harris,  born  January  3,  1836;  died  March 
24,  . 

(6)  Martin  V.  Harris  was  born  November  27,  1837.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Army;  was  a  prisoner  at  Anderson- 
ville.  After  the  war  he  moved  to  Cass  county,  Illinois,  where  he 
married  his  cousin,  Mary  L.  Harris,  April  18,  i860.  He  died 
at  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  November  i,  1898, 
leaving  no  children. 

(7)  Rebecca  Harris,  born  December  20,  1841 ;  died  June 
16,  1852. 

(8)  Thomas  Perry  Harris,  born  May  19,  1843;  died  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1857. 

(9)  Paulina  Katherine  Harris  was  born  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, January  13,  1845,  married  June  22,  1865,  at  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  to  Andrea  Giovannoli,  a  merchant,  and  died  in  Dan- 


264  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

ville,  Kentucky,  October  21,  1892.  Andrea  Giovannoli  was  born 
at  Lucca,  Italy,  January  13,  1834;  died  April  16,  1893.  He  was 
a  soldier  under  Garibaldi  and  was  wounded  at  Solferino, 

Children : 

a.  Harry  Giovannoli  was  born  at  Lexington,  Kentucky,  April 
10,  1866;  became  a  printer's  apprentice  at  Danville,  Kentucky, 
April  I,  1878;  was  made  local  editor  of  the  Tri-Weekly  Kentucky 
Advocate,  at  Danville,  in  1891,  and  in  1895  was  employed  as  as- 
sociate editor  and  manager  of  the  same  newspaper,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  until  April  i,  1901,  when  he  accepted  the  position  of 
private  secretary  to  the  Hon.  John  W.  Yerkes.  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Revenue.  Harry  Giovannoli  married  October  5,  1898, 
Carrie  Kinnaird,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  H.  and  Mary  (Mar- 
tin) Kinnaird.  Rev.  Robert  H.  Kinnaird  was  a  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  South,  and  was  a  son  of  Mr.  James  Kin- 
naird, a  merchant,  at  Danville,  Kentucky,  who  was  a  native  of 
Scotland.  Mary  (Martin)  Kinnaird  was  a  daughter  of  Hon. 
Joshua  Lanier  Martin,  Governor  of  Alabama.  Carrie  Kinnaird 
was  born  at  Fort  Smith,  Arkansas,  May  4,  1873. 

Children  of  Harry  and  Carrie  (Kinnaird)  Giovannoli: 

(a)  Harry,  born  September  11,  1899;  died  December  12, 
1899. 

(b)  Charles  Leonard,  born  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
November  30,  190 1. 

(c)  Robert  Kinnaird,  born  at  Washington,  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, March  13,  1904. 

h.  Mary  Elizabeth  Giovannoli  was  born  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, May  7,  1868;  married  to  Leonard  Tingle,  at  Danville, 
Kentucky,  November  11,  1891.  Leonard  Tingle,  head  clerk  for 
J.  D.  Purcell,  Lexington,  Kentucky,  was  born  at  Lexington, 
March  i,  1866,  a  son  of  William  and  Amanda  Tingle,  who  were 
married  May  12,  1853.  The  children  of  Leonard  and  Mary 
(Giovannoli)  Tingle  are : 

(a)  Harry  Giovannoli  Tingle,  born  November  29,  1892, 

(b)  Leonard  G.  Tingle,  born  August  28,  1896. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Vawter  Tingle,  born  March  24,  1905. 

c.     Olive  Margaret  Giovannoli,  was  born  at  Paris,  Kentucky,. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  265 

November  5,    1869.    She  is  now  assistant  supervisor  of  Girls' 
Kentucky  School  for  the  Deaf,  Danville,  Kentucky. 

d.  Annie  Mosley  Giovannoli  was  born  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, July  12,  1 87 1.  Employed  at  the  Bureau  of  Engraving  and 
Printing,  Washington,  District  of  Columbia. 

e.  Agnes  Price  Giovannoli,  born  at  Lexington,  Kentucky, 
June  12,  1874;  died  November  21,  1874. 

/.  Louise  Katharine  Giovannoli,  born  June  17,  1876,  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky.    Lives  with  her  brother. 

(10)  Ellen  Harris,  born  May  11,  1847;  ^^^^  March  9,  1852. 

(11)  Edward  Harris,  Jr.,  born  June  24,  1849;  died  July  27, 
1849. 

(12)  Charles  Harris,  born  September  10,  1850;  died  Sep- 
tember 10.  1850. 

(13)  Mary  Louise  Harris,  born  June  20,  1852;  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1854. 

(14)  Annie  Harris  was  born  February  3,  1855,  at  Lexing- 
ton, Kentucky;  married  September  17,  1871,  to  Daniel  Sheehan; 
died  August  11,  1902,  in  Owingsville,  Kentucky. 

Daniel  Sheehan  was  born  in  County  of  Cork,  Ireland,  Septem- 
bei;  3,  1844;  crossed  the  Atlantic  when  nine  years  old;  began 
learning  the  saddle  and  harness  business  at  twelve;  owned  a 
saddle  and  harness  establishment  in  Danville,  Kentucky;  made  a. 
saddle  called  the  "Kentucky  Spring  Seat,"  which  became  well 
known  in  many  states;  lost  his  entire  stock  in  a  fire  at  Danville, 
Kentucky,  about  1873;  died  in  Owingsville,  Kentucky,  October 
16,  1904. 

Children  of  Daniel  and  Annie  (Harris)  Sheehan:  "•: 

a.  Mary  Elizabeth  Sheehan,  born  and  died  July  21,  1872,  at 
Danville,  Kentucky. 

h.  Joseph  Daniel  Sheehan,  born  December  14,  1873,  at  Dan- 
ville, Kentucky.  Is  a  paper-hanger  and  house  and  buggy  painter. 
Lives  at  Owingsville,  Kentucky. 

c.  Mary  Frances  Sheehan,  born  December  o.  1875,  at  Dan- 
ville, Kentucky;  married  February  21,  1900,  to  Harry  Albert 
Kendall;  divorced  in  1902.  Mrs.  Kendall  lives  at  Owingsville 
with  her  brothers. 


266  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

d.  John  Edward  Sheehan,  born  May  15,  1878,  at  George- 
town, Kentucky.    Is  a  printer  living  at  Owingsville,  Kentucky. 

e.  Annie  Agnes  Sheehan,  born  April  21,  1881,  at  George- 
town, Kentucky.    Lives  at  Owingsville,  Kentucky,  with  brothers. 

/.  Eugene  Andrew  Sheehan,  born  February  22,  1884,  at 
Owingsville.  Kentucky. 

g.  George  Curry  Sheehan,  born  April  22,  1886,  at  Owings- 
ville, Kentucky. 

h.  Martin  Thomas  Sheehan,  born  and  died  April  18,  1887, 
at  Owingsville,  Kentucky. 

6 

Frances  (Vawter)  Mosley 

Frances  Alpha,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling) 
Vawter,  was  born  February  13,  1813;  married  October  30,  1831, 
to  Joseph  Mosley,  of  Manchester,  England,  a  man  much  older 
than  herself.  She  died  August  16,  1835,  leaving  a  daughter, 
Annie,  who  was  born  in  April,  1833.  After  the  death  of  her 
mother,  the  child  lived  with  her  grandparents,  Richard  and  Sarah 
Vawter.  Joseph  Mosley  went  to  South  America  and  died  there 
in  1845.  Miss  Annie  Mosley  was  for  many  years  supervisor  of 
the  female  wards  of  the  insane  asylum  at  Lexington,  Kentucky. 
She  is  now  living  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

7 
Melita  (Vawter)  Sanford 

Melita,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter, 
was  born  April  16,  1815;  married  August  2,  1832,  to  Sanford 
McDaniels;  died  in  childbirth,  April  25,  1844.  Miss  Mosley 
said :  "I  have  often  heard  grandmother  speak  of  her  and  what 
a  beautiful  woman  she  was.  Her  father  named  her  for  the  island 
on  which  the  Apostle  Paul  was  cast.  She  lived  next  to  grand- 
father's home.  After  her  death  her  husband  went  to  Illinois. 
She  left  one  child,  James." 

8 
Jannette  Vawter 
Jannette,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vawter, 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  267 

was  born  June   13,    1818;  probably  died  at  about  the  age  of 
fifteen  years. 

.9 
Amanda  (Vawter)  Vaughn 

Amanda  Vawter,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (SnelHng) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Lexington,  Kentucky,  August  8,  1820;  mar- 
ried July  15,  1837,  to  George  W.  Vaughn;  died  October  25,  1842. 

Children : 

( 1 )  Amanda  Frances  Vaughn,  after  the  death  of  her  mother, 
lived  with  her  grandparents,  Richard  and  Sarah  Vawter.  She 
was  married,  first,  to  George  Ackman,  and  had  one  child,  Anna, 
who  died.  Amanda  married,  second,  Mr.  Shig,  and  had  two 
children,  Richard  and  Katie. 

(2)  Richard  Vawter  Vaughn  was  born  January  2,  1840; 
married,  first,  December  29,  1859,  to  Elizabeth  Robertson. 

Children : 

a.  Elizabeth,  married  James  W.  Eichelberger  and  lives  in 
Covington,  Kentucky. 

h.     Manles  E.,  lives  in  Covington,  Kentucky. 

c.  Allen  K.,  lives  in  Covington,  Kentucky. 

d.  Ollie  M.,  lives  in  Covington,  Kentucky. 
c.     George  W..  lives  in  Newport,  Kentucky. 
/.     Roger  F.,  lives  in  East  St.  Louis. 

Richard  Vaughn  married,  second,  August  8,  1893,  Hannah 
Kipfer,  who  was  born  May  10,  1865.  They  live  in  Lexington, 
Kentucky. 

Children : 

a.     Metta  L.,  born  June  9,  1894,  in  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

h.     Raymond,  born  April  20,  1898,  at  Portsmouth,  Ohio. 

c.  Stanley  Edison,  born  May  12,  1901,  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky. 

d.  Lesley  Ellsworth,  born  October  16,  1904. 

10 

Milton  Vawter 

Milton  Vawter,  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Snelling)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  April  20,  1822;  probably  died  in  infancy. 


11. 

ELLIOTT  VAWTER5 

(Philemon'^,  David ^,  John 2,  John^) 

(1782-1863) 

ANNA  GRAY 

(1783-1856) 


Children'* 
I.  Frances,  d.  s. 


Grandchildren^ 


,  Presley  Vawter 
ID.  ist.  Elenor 
Floyd 


2d. 

Margaret  Mc- 
Adams 


(I)  Elizabeth  A. 
m. 
Jefferson  Fruit 


(2)  Nancy  E.  m.         , 
Spencer Goodson 


(3)  John  E.  m. 
Kittie  Radway 

(4)  Ophelia  G.  m.      ( 
L  Hunter   ( 


James  R. 


(5)  Charles  A.  m.  \ 
Eva  G.  Saylor  j 

(6)  Margaret  Lu-  [ 
ella  m.  Samuel  •{ 

Welch  I 


G.  Grandchil- 

DREN» 


Mary  Eleanor  m. 
J.  M.  Doubt 

Nancy  Emily  m. 
Abram  Isaacs 

Edmund  Presley 
m.  Sallie  Mo- 
croft 

Logan  Brown  m. 
Jessie  Morrison 

Walter  Elliott  m. 
Ellen  Grossman 

Ellen  m. 
Augustus  Haw- 
ley 
Addie 
Alice 
Hattie 
Orson 
Thomas 
Harry 

No  children 

OUieM. 
Mary  E. 

Ethel 

Cornelius  L. 
John  Earl 

Frank  J. 
Nellie  F. 
Charles  V. 
Margaret  R. 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren'' 


No  children 

Thomas  Edmond 
Alfred  Abram 
Walter  Fruit 

Rhoda  Elizabeth 

Allen  Jefferson 
Bessie 

Julian  Elliott 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


269 


3d. 

Sarah  Hamil 
ton 


3.  JephthaD.Vaw- 
ter  m. 
ist. 

Sarah  M.  Fos- 
ter 


r  (7) 
M 


Philips,  m.  { 

innieL.Bevans  / 


Blanche  B. 
George  B. 


(8)  Sarah  Belle  m. 
Robert  H.  Welch 


'  Clarence  V. 

Mary  E. 
-    Grace  B. 

Robert  G. 
,  William  O. 


(9)  Presley  G.  m. 
Emily  Gambill 

(10)  William  W., 
d.  s. 


r  (i)  John  Washing- 
ton m. 
ist.  Louise 
Chestnut 


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2d.  I 

Martha  Hess      "j 


r  Rufus  L. 
Ruth  E. 
Fern  G. 
Fane  F. 
Raymond  G. 

Samuel  Dudley  m. 
Minnie  Harris 

Wm.  David  m. 
Ivie  McCullough 

Florence  Maria  m. 
William  Routh 


-  Eliza  Jane 

r  Jephtha  Levi  m. 
Edith  Henning 


Fred  Clay  m. 
[      Annie  Brigham 


3d. 
Ser 


Serepta  Hamil-  )  No  child 
ton  ( 


ran 


'  BethenaEUen  m. 
Joseph  Robinson 

(2)  Benjamin  F.  ra.       Amy  Catherine  m. 
Mary  E.  Bright      -{       Parker  Perry 


(3)  Mary  Ann 

Elizabeth,  d.  s. 


r 


Charles  Henry  m. 
Katherine  Ecker 


Olive  lona  m. 


No  children 


Myrtle  Lowell 
GoldieCall 

Evan  V. 
Clifford 


Jessie 

Walter  Fred 
Wayne 


(Arthur 
Earl 
Leonard 
Several  others 

(  Wayland 
1  Junia 

Laura 
Francis 
Helen 
Bertha 
L  Baby 


(4)  Henry  Clay  m. 
3t.  Sarah  La- 
vina  Davies 


Clarence  Smith 
Annie,  d. 

.  ..  c       t  T  r   Clarence,  d, 

1st.  Sarah  La-     J   ., 
.„„o  r^o.„„„      ^    Lucy.d. 

Sarah  Lavina 
Lewis  Henry  m. 
Ada  E.  Wilson 


2d. 

Lizzie  R.Davis  \  No  children 


270 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


(5) 


Lucinda  Caro- 
line m.  C.  Wal- 
ter Hinman 


Jephtha  D. 
Vawter 

( Continued) 


Henry  Vawter 


Mary  Ellen  m. 
William  Gillan 


(6)  Louisa  Ellen 
m.  Jesse  McColm 

(7)Nancy  Tandy,d. 

(8)  Martha Celestia 
m.  ist.  Alexan- 
der Waltmire 

2d.  Richard 
Simpson 


(9)  James  Elliott 
m.  Mary  E. 
Huxtable 

(10)  Sarah  Jane, d.s.    (^ 


Augusta  Orissa  m. 

James  Gillan 
Nina  Jane 
Eva  May 
Richard  Franklin 

m.  Mary  Leonard 


George  Elmer 
Viola  Olivia 


Ernest  Everett  ra. 

Dora  Dazell 
Otis  Vernon, d. 

Josephine  Ellen 
Vernon  Oak 

Anna  Belle,  d. 
Sarah  Ellen  m. 

F.  A.  Newman 
George  William 
Leonard  Franklin 
Stella  May,  d. 
Leslie  Wayne 


Walter  Leigh 
Nina  May 
Charles  Ross 
Mable  Augusta 
Harry  Laurence 
Laura  Maud 
Lewis  Elbert 
Ruth  Caroline 
Richard  Hugh 
Nellie  Margaret 

Edna  May 
Walter  Hinman 
Margaret 


Infant,  d. 
Harold  Anson 


Nina  Modised 

Jephtha  Dudley,  d. 
(II) ^Harriet  E.  m.  ^    j^j^^  ^1^^^,^ 

I  Elsie  May 
(^  Carl  Owen 
C  Effie  May  m. 


Lewis  A.  Mead 


m.  2d.  Louisa 
K.  Miller 

4.  Dudley  Vawter, 
d.s. 


(12)  Sabrina  K.  m. 
M.  Franklin 
Stout 

(13)  Wm.  Jephtha 
m.  ist.  Lydia 
Yarrington 

2d.  Mary  E. 
Zane 

(14)  Clarence 


i 


Lewis  G.  Stahl 
Herbert  Oscar  m. 

Katharine  D. 

Roberts 
Laura  Mabel 

Arlen  O. 
Ice  Reta,  d. 

Alfred  Z. 
Veva  J. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


271 


5.  Sabrina  Vawter 
m.  Lewis  Tutt 


(1)  Charles  L.,  d., 
m.  Mary  Duke 

(2)  George  W.,  d. 

(3)  John  Presley, 

d.,  m. 
Mariah  Donley 

(4)  David  Vawter, 

d. 


(5)  James  Elliott 
m. 

Margaret 
Powell 


(6)  Sarah  Cather- 
ine m. 
Wm.  Henry 
Garden 


Alice,  d. 
James,  d. 
Myra,  d. 

James  Leonard  m. 
Emily  West 

Ben  Floyd  m. 
Florence  West 

Annie  Hope,  d. 

Alice  m. 
George  Gish 


James  Lewis  m. 
Rebecca  Guthrie 


Mary  Ellen  m. 
John  Kirk 

John  Henry  m. 
Netta  Binkley 


May  m. 

ist. 

Samuel  Henson 


Lawrence  Wm. 


{ 


Laura  Gish 
Jacob  Gish 


f  Corinne 
I    Earl 
■{    Hansel 
I    Hebren 
(^  Marguerite 


Gertrude 
Loto 
James 
Ruth 


2d. 

Watson  Rice 


Ida  EUonia  m. 
Quint  Conger 


Azilee  m. 
George  Watson 


Wille  m. 
Jesse  Binkley 

Rollie  m. 
Sallie  Brown 

Jesse  m. 
Mary  Hawkins 
^  Clarence  Alpheus 


f  William  Henry 
I    Ollie  James 
H    Crawford 
I    Sarah 
L  Allen 

Lena 
Guy 
Beulah 
Vera 

r  Etwell 
I    Vernon 
Sallie  May 


I 

L  George 


Virgil 
Harry 
Annie  Ree 

Grace 
Lee 

Clara  May 


I 


272 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Sabrina  V.  Tutt 
{Continued) 


(7)  Henry  Day  m. 
Mary  A.  Wood 


f  Lena  S. 
Frank  M. 
Carrie  L. 
John  L. 
Arthur  C. 
George  D. 
Otis  Floyd 
Horace  Russell 
Mamie  A. 
Henry  M. 


(8)  Virginia  m. 
ist. 
Andrew  J. 

VVhitaker 

2d. 

William  Stew- 
art 

(9)  Mary  Ellen,  d., 
m. Hodge 

(10)  Benjamin  F. 
m. Farmer 


1 


Mary  Whitaker  m. 
Ford 


(11)  Meredith  D. 
m.  Virg-Jnia  E.  < 
Wood 


(12)  Wyatt,  d. 

(13)  Thomas,  d. 

(14)  Jephtha,  d. 
(i5)Jephtha  )  twins, 
(16)  Jesse    )     d. 


William  Dudley 
Delia  May 
Neppie  Virginia 
Mary  Alice 
Annie  Azilee 
Tripsley  Dudley 
Lorene 
Corene 


Birdie  May,  d. 

James  E.  m. 
Lockey  Gambreal 

Ida  Bell 
Robert  L. 
Oscar  Elliott 
Tommie  Elizabeth 
m.  Walter  E. 
Maynor 
Benjamin  Lee 
I   John  Henry 


Eugene  Noval 


(i)  Jephtha  Burn- 
ley, d. 

(2)  Henry  Clay  m. 
ist. 
Mary  Brann 


6.  Lucinda  Vawter 
m, 
JohnW.  Holmes 


2d. 

Nancy  I.Jones 


Nancy  C,  d. 
Riley  L.,  d. 


Mary  L.  m. 
Wm.  L.  Oliver 


i 


Martha  F.,  d. 
John  P. 

Ira  E.  m. 
Wayland  Adams 


r  Mabel 

Henry 

Adolphus 

Ira 
^  Wendell 


j    Alton 


Mckindree 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


VZ 


2d. 


6.  Lucinda  V. 
Holmes 
{Continued) 


Nancy  Holmes 
(ContirMed) 


Lucinda,  d. 
Henry  C.  m. 

Tassie  B.  Moore 
William  E. 
Nellie  I. 
Charles  H. 


(3)  John  Elliott  m. 
1st. 

Mary  Pitman 
2d. 
Laura  Hopkins 


3d. 

Margaret  Alex-  < 
ander 


4th. 

Mrs.  E.  J.  Pur- 
year 


(4)  Nancy  Kather- 
ine  m. 
ist. 

Wm.  M.  Mitch- 
ell 


2d. 

John  M. 
Walker 


William  H.  m. 
Laura  Jones 

Olivia  M.  m. 

Wm.  Waggoner 
Lottie  B. 
Lether  C. 

Millie  A. 
Mary  L. 


James  D. 


Henry  P.  m. 
1st.  Sarah  Ander- 
son 

2d.  Mattie  Ander- 
son 

Eddie  Lee,  d. 

Wm.  Allie  m. 
Lucille  Wheat 


Mattie  Lou  m. 
Frank  Luther 


Mollie  Belle,  d. 

Dommie  Pearl  m. 

Jack  McAllister 

John  Leroy,  d. 

Myrtle  Mckindree 
m. 
^  Wm.  W.  Freeman 


Albert  Dudley 


Lance  D. 

Mary  Elizabeth 
Charles 


Wm.  Mckindree 
Herbert  Scott,  d. 

Henry  Hamilton 
Marie 
Robert  Alton 

Nannie  Aleen 
Myrtie  May 
Lorine 
Minnie  Lee 

Shirley 

Raymond 

Horace 

Mitchell 

Myrtie  Bernice 

Anice 

Charley  Lucille 

Gladys  Love 
J    Wm.  Macon 
I    Arnica  Lee 
L  Mattie  Aleen 

(  Willie  Pipkin 
■J   Thelma 


274 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Lucinda  V. 
Holmes 
(Continued) 


(5)  Presley  Dud- 
ley m. 
Josephine 
Freeman 


John  Gray  Vaw- 
ter  m.  Eliza- 
beth Stewart 


Catherine  E. 
Vawter  m. 
Spottswood  K. 
Smith 


(6)  Lucinda  C.  m. 
James  T.  Amos 


(7)  George  W.,  d. 

(i)  Cornelius  L. 

(2)  Jane,  d. 

(3)  Alexander 

Stewart,  d. 

(4)  Elliott  Gray,  d. 

(5)  John  Gray  m. 
Mary  L.  Helper 


(6) 


William  B.,  d. 
Lula  E.  m. 

W.  J.  Pritchard 
Henry  B. 
Annie  m. 

Samuel  Redden 
Dudley 

Lula  E.  m. 

W.  A.  Barker 
Margaret  B.  m. 

VV.  P.  TuUis 

Eliza  M.  m. 

J.  J.  Greer 
William  A.  m. 

Clara  Gallaher 
Perry  H. 
Cora  M. 
Lenna  P. 


\  Elizi 
(   Lilli 


zabeth  Helper 
an  Gray 


AnnaElizabeth 
m.  Myron  E. 
Barnes 


^  (7)  Benjamin  S. 

(i)  Eliza  B.  m. 
JohnW.  Hobson 

(2)  Martha  A.  m. 
J.W.Williamson 

(3)  John  V.  m. 
Catherine  P. 

Oakes 


(4)  Burnley  Duke 
m.  Moilie 

McLaughlin 

(5)  Spottswood  G. 
m.  Beulah 

Belle  Grant 

(6)  L.  E.,  d.  s. 

(7)  Moilie  W.  ra. 
R.  H.  Moody 


Kenneth  B. 

Ladie  Hobson 
Seven  children 

No  children 

Ada  Burnley  m. 

Wm.  H.  Sims 
George  Keland 
Mattie  Emmett 
Mary  Catherine,  d. 
Vivian  Minor  m. 

Alice  Lane 
Richard  Ricks 
Basil  Duke,  d. 

Mattie  W.  m. 

J.D.  Clark 
James  S.  m. 

Edna  Russell 
Moilie  C.  m. 
Annie  Gray,  d. 
Daniel  C. 


Wm.  Rudy 
Harry  Lee,  d. 

Jessie 
Freeman 


Leroy  A. 
Lola  B. 

Mildred  J. 


Richard  Raymond 
Hugh  Graeme 


Elliott  Minor 
Charles  S. 
Son  (unnamed) 


Annie  Gray 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


2/5 


9.  Nancy  Vawter 
m.  James  Gatlin 


(i)  Virginia  m. 
ist. 
Geo.  V.  Allen 


2d. 

J.  West  Jones 

(2)  Sarah  S.  m. 
1st. 
Geo.W.  Carrell 

2d. 

Chas.  Amback 


(3)  Kate  L.  m. 

H.  T.  Fitzhugh  i    Harry  F 


(4)  Nancy  E.  m. 
DwightR.  Bat- 

tey 

(5)  Sina  E.  m. 
Aaron  Pickard 


Clarence  H. 
Faye  Pearl 
Mack  A. 
Carrell  C. 

Blanche  A.  in. 

Virgil  L.  Snyder 
Alvin  G. 


(   An 
(   Gr: 


na  Fern 
race  Myrtle 


Ross 

(6)  JephthaD.  m.  Lake  E.,  d. 

MattieDunn       i    ^^^^""^ 
Faye 

Charles 


'  Horace  Dwight  m. 
Margarette 
Caldwell 

Grace  Margarette 
ro. 
Jacob  N.  Kanoff    i 


Frank  Gatlin  m. 
Alice  M.  Bratton 

Charles  J.  m. 
Zella  M.  Newton 

Robert  Rush  m. 
Bertha  Harvey 

Ralph  J.  m,  Mae 
Marian  Crafts 

.  George  V. 

I    Harry  A. 

Myrtle  m. 

John  C.  Pierce 
Lake  E. 
^  Genevieve  Hope 

Roy  W.  m. 

Hattie  South 
Edgar  J. 
Gordon  D. 


Gertrude  Alice 

Eythel  Fern 
Hazel  Hester 
Geo.  William 
Harold  F. 
J.  Wilson 
John  Homer 

Myrtle  Grace 
George  William 
Frank  Bratton 

Georgia  Grace 


Grace  Margarette 


{    Elin 
(   Mari 


or  Shirley 
arian 


Hallie 


(  Waldo 
I   Floyd! 


276 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


9.  Nancy  (Vawter) 
Gatlin 

(Continued) 


f  Ray  R. 
(7)  MargaretM.m.    I    James  D. 
Morton  R.  Gib-  ,|    Fred  A. 
bens  Laura  lone 

I    Vawter  Morton 


(8)  Mary  C.  m. 
John  A.  Cole- 
man 


(9)  Emma  J.  m. 
ist.  Frank  B. 
George 

2d.  Everett 
De  Garm 


•1 


Clayton  Carrell  m. 

Catherine  L. 
Cross 
Dwight  Leonidas, 

d. 
Shirley  Vawter 

Ollie  Vawter 
Max  B. 


James  Ralph 


II 


ELLIOTT    VAWTER 

Elliott  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,  was  born 
July  5,  1782;  married  October  11,  1804,  to  Anna  Gray,  who  was 
born  April  3,  1783,  and  died  July  26,  1856.  Elliott  Vawter  died 
March  28,  1863.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  Spring  Creek, 
in  Todd  county,  Kentucky. 

Children :  Frances,  Presley,  Jephtha  D.,  Dudley,  Sabrina,  Lu- 
cinda,  John  Gray,  Catherine  E.  and  Nancy. 


Frances  Vawter. 

Frances,  daughter  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray)   Vawter,  was 
born  July  26,  1805  ;  died  young. 


Presley  Vawter. 


Presley,  son  of  Elliott  and  Anna   (Gray)   Vawter,  was  born 
June  21,  1807,  in  Gallatin  county,  Kentucky;  married,  first,  in 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  2"]^ 

Todd  county,  Kentucky,  October  4,  1831,  to  Elenor  Floyd,  who 
was  born  November  11,  1812,  and  died  in  Bond  county,  Illinois, 
June  5,  1844. 

Children : 

(i)  Elizabeth  A.,  daughter  of  Presley  and  Elenor  (Floyd) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  October  25,  1832; 
married  December  21,  1853,  to  Jefferson  Fruit,  who  was  born 
near  Edwardsville,  Illinois,  March  30,  1821,  and  died  at  his  home 
at  Fruit  Station,  Illinois,  February  25,  1891.  Elizabeth  (Vaw- 
ter)  Fruit  died  July  27,  1872. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Eleanor  Fruit  was  born  November  30,  1854,  near 
Edwardsville,  Illinois,  at  Fruit  Station;  married  August  17, 
1875,  to  Jefferson  Michael  Doubt,  a  farmer  living  near  Have- 
lock,  Nebraska.    They  have  no  children. 

h.  Nancy  Emily  Fruit  Avas  born  at  Fruit  Station,  Illinois, 
March  29,  1856;  married  November  12,  1878,  to  Abram  Isaacs, 
a  farmer,  who  was  born  in  Macoupin  county,  Illinois,  October  4, 
1 85 1.    They  live  near  Gillespie,  Illinois. 

Children : 

(a)  Thomas  Edmund  Isaacs,  born  August  18,  1880. 

(b)  Alfred  Abram  Isaacs,  born  April  22,  1884. 

(c)  Walter  Fruit  Isaacs,  born  July  15,  1886. 

c.  Edmund  Presley  Fruit  was  born  at  Fruit  Station,  Illinois, 
April  13,  1858;  married  November  15,  1880,  to  Sallie  Mocroft, 
who  was  born  in  Henry  county,  Illinois,  December  27,  1858. 
Edmund  P.  Fruit  is  a  farmer  living  near  Waverly,  Nebraska. 

One  child,  Rhoda  Elizabeth  Fruit,  was  born  December  19, 
1883. 

d.  Logan  Brown  Fruit  was  born  at  Fruit  Station,  Illinois, 
March  29,  i860;  married  April  4,  1888,  to  Jessie  Morrison,  who 
was  born  near  Edwardsville,  Illinois,  March  18,  1858.  Logan 
Fruit  is  a  salesman  in  a  grocery  and  lives  in  Decatur,  Illinois. 

Children : 

(a)  Allen  Jefferson  Fruit,  born  at  Fruit  Station  January  22, 
1891. 

(b)  Bessie  Fruit,  born  at  Fruit  Station  December  13,  1893. 


2/8  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

e.  Walter  Elliott  Fruit  was  born  at  Fruit  Station,  Illinois, 
November  9,  1862;  married  June  28,  1893,  to  Ellen  Elizabeth 
Grossman,  of  Edwardsville,  Illinois.  Walter  E.  Fruit  is  a  phy- 
sician and  surgeon,  making  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  children. 
He  lives  at  4647  Indiana  Avenue,  Chicago,  Illinois.  One  child, 
Julian  Elliott,  was  born  April  28,  1899,  in  Chicago. 

(2)  Nancy  E.,  daughter  of  Presley  G.  and  Elenor  (Floyd) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  April  11,  1834;  mar- 
ried Spencer  M.  Goodson.  They  live  on  a  farm  near  Greenville, 
Illinois. 

Children :  Ellen,  married  Augustus  Hawley,  and  lives  near 
Greenville,  Illinois;  Addie,  Alice,  Hattie,  Orson,  Thomas  and 
Harry,  all  of  whom  are  married. 

(3)  John  E.,  son  of  Presley  G.  and  Elenor  (Floyd)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  February  19,  1838;  married 
at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  June  26,  1882,  to  Kittie  C  Radway,  who 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  22,  i860;  lives  at  San 
Francisco,  California.  He  is  a  traveling  salesman  for  the  Ozo- 
moru  Chemical  Company  of  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Presley  G.  Vawter  was  married,  second,  to  Margaret  Y.  Mc- 
Adams,  April  11,  1849.  Margaret  (McAdams)  Vawter  was 
born  March  8,  1818;  died  June  4,  1863,  in  Bond  county,  Illinois. 

Children  of  Presley  G.  and  Margaret  (McAdams)  Vawter 
were  Ophelia  G.,  Charles  A.,  and  Margaret  Luella. 

(i)  Ophelia  G.,  daughter  of  Presley  G.  and  Margaret  (Mc- 
Adams) Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  December 
22,  1852;  married  September  4,  1873,  to  James  R.  Hunter,  lives 
at  Winfield,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  Ollie  M.  Hunter,  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  June  13, 
1876. 

b.  Mary  E.  Hunter,  born  in  Crawford  county,  Kansas,  April 
14,  1887. 

(2)  Charles  A.,  son  of  Presley  G.  and  Margaret  (McAdams) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  April  21,  1858;  mar- 
ried to  Eva  G.  Saylor  at  Newton,  Kansas,  July  8,  1886;  acci- 
dentally killed  at  Denver,  Colorado.     Eva  (Saylor)  Vawter  was 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  2/9 

born  in  Jackson,   Ohio,   May  23,    1863.      She  Hves  in   Denver, 
Colorado. 
Children : 

a.  Ethel  Vawter,  born  in  Newton,  Kansas,  August  i,  1887. 

b.  Cornelius  L.  Vawter,  born  in  Pueblo,  Colorado,  November 
19,  1892. 

c.  John  Earl  Vawter,  born  in  Denver,  Colorado,  April  7, 
1897. 

(3)  Margaret  Luella,  daughter  of  Presley  G.  and  Margaret 
(McAdams)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  June 
22,  1862;  married  near  McCune,  Kansas,  September  16,  1886, 
to  Samuel  Welch ;  lives  at  McCune,  Kansas.  Samuel  Welch,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Mary  M.  Welch,  was  born  in  Plain  view,  Mac- 
coupin  county,  Illinois,  February  10,  1856.  Is  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business. 

Children : 

a.  Frank  J.  Welch,  born  in  Crawford  county,  Kansas,  No- 
vember 4,  1887. 

b.  Nellie  F.  Welch,  born  in  Cherokee  county,  Kansas,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1897. 

c.  Charles  V.  Welch,  born  at  Edna,  Kansas,  September  8, 
1901. 

d.  Margaret  R.  Welch,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  April  16, 
1904. 

Presley  G.  Vawter  was  married,  third,  to  Sarah  E.  Hamilton. 
March  2,  1864.  Sarah  E.  Hamilton  was  born  October  14,  1831, 
in  Tennessee;  lives  with  her  daughter  in  Edna,  Kansas. 

Presley  G.  Vawter  died  of  heart  failure  at  his  home  near  Mc- 
Cune, Kansas,  January  28,  1889. 

Children  of  Presley  G.  and  Sarah  (Hamilton)  Vawter  were 
Philip  S.,  Sarah  Belle,  Presley  G.  and  William  W. 

(i)  Philip  S.,  son  of  Presley  G.  and  Sarah  (Hamilton) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  November  3,  1865 : 
married  at  McCune,  Kansas,  November  12,  1893.  to  Minrtie 
L.  Bevans,  who  was  born  at  Marietta,  Fulton  county,  Illinois. 

Philip  S.  Vawter  is  engaged  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business. 


28o  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children : 

a.  Blanche  B.  Vawter,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  August  i, 
1895. 

b.  George  B.  Vawter,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  December 
30,  19CX). 

(2)  Sarah  Belle,  daughter  of  Presley  G.  and  Sarah  (Hamil- 
ton) Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  January  2, 
1869;  married  June  3,  1891,  at  McCune,  Kansas,  to  Robert  H. 
Welch;  lives  at  Edna,  Kansas. 

Robert  H.  Welch  is  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business. 
Children : 

a.  Clarence  V.  Welch,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  April  30, 
1892. 

h.     Mary  E.  Welch,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  July  6,  1894. 

c.  Grace  B.  Welch,  born  at  McCune,  Kansas,  November  10, 
1896. 

(I.     Robert  G.  Welch,  born  at  Edna,  Kansas,  April  23,  1900. 
e.     William  O.  Welch,  born  at  Edna,  Kansas,  April  6,  1904. 

(3)  Presley  G.,  son  of  Presley  G.  and  Sarah  (Hamilton) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  June  7,  1870;  married 
Emily  V.  Gambill,  March  14,  1894;  lives  on  a  farm  near  McCune, 
Kansas.  His  wife  was  born  in  Robinson  county,  Tennessee,  Jan- 
uary 6,  1873. 

Children : 

a.  Rufus  L.  Vawter,  born  near  McCune,  Kansas,  February 
II,  1895. 

b.  Ruth  E.  Vawter,  born  near  McCune,  Kansas,  April  i, 
1896. 

c.  Fern  G.  Vawter,  born  near  McCune,  Kansas,  February  2, 
1898. 

d.  Fane  F.  Vawter,  born  near  McCune,  Kansas,  September 
13,  1900. 

c.  Raymond  G.  Vawter,  born  near  McCune,  Kansas,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1903. 

(4)  William  W.,  son  of  Presley  G.  and  Sarah  (Hamilton) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  July  4,  1875;  died 
in  McCune,  Kansas,  November  26,  1891. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  281 


Jephtha  D.  Vawter 

Jephtha  D.,  son  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray)  Vawter,  was  born 
July  18,  1809,  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  and  lived  there  until 
1846  or  1847,  when  he  moved  to  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  on  a 
farm  in  the  Mackanaw  valley.  He  remained  there  until  the 
spring  of  1868,  when  he  moved  to  Shawnee  county,  Kansas,  and 
settled  on  Wakarusa  Creek,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising  until  1892.  He  then  retired  from  business  and 
moved  to  Topeka,  Kansas,  where  he  died  October  13,  1894.  At 
his  death  Jephtha  Vawter  gave  to  each  of  his  eleven  children  three 
hundred  acres  of  land  or  the  equivalent  thereof.  He  was  kind 
to  the  poor  and  always  helpful  where  there  were  energy  and  need. 

Jephtha  Vawter  was  married,  first,  June  14,  1832,  to  Sarah 
Modised  Foster,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Foster,  who 
was  born  June  9,  181 5,  and  died  December  18,  1883.  The  chil- 
dren of  Jephtha  and  Sarah  (Foster)  Vawter  were  John  Washing- 
ton, Benjamin  F.,  Mary  Ann,  Henry  Clay,  Lucinda  Caroline, 
Louise  Ellen,  Nancy  Tandy,  Martha  Celestia,  James  Elliott, 
Sarah  Jane,  Harriet  Elizabeth,  Sabrina  Katherine  and  William 
Jephtha. 

Jephtha  Vawter  was  married,  second,  July  25,  1884,  to  Louisa 
K.  Miller,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Rebecca  Miller,  wdio  was  born 
December  13,  1850,  at  Absecon,  New  Jersey.  They  had  one 
child,  Clarence  Dudley,  who  was  born  September  30,  1885. 
The  widow  of  Jephtha  Vawter  has  since  married  a  Mr.  Mills, 
and  is  now  living  in  Manhattan,  Kansas,  where  her  son  is  at- 
tending college.     Their  home  is  in  Topeka,  Kansas. 

Children  of  Jephtha  and  Sarah  (Foster)  Vawter: 

(i)  John  Washington  Vawter,  son  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah 
(Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  July  5,  1833;  married,  first,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1857,  to  Louisa  Chestnut,  who  was  born  February  7, 
1834,  and  died  February  18,  1867.  Their  children  were  Samuel 
Dudley,  William  David,  Florence  Maria  and  Eliza  Jane. 


282  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

John  Washington  Vawter  was  married,  second,  March  19, 
1868,  to  Martha  Ellen  Hess,  who  died  September  30,  1873.  Their 
children  were  Jephtha  Levi,  Fred  Clay. 

John  Washington  Vawter  was  married,  third,  February  21, 
1876,  to  Sarepta  Hamilton.  No  children.  Mr.  Vawter  is  a  re- 
tired farmer,  living  in  Ulysses,  Nebraska. 

Children : 

a.  Samuel  Dudley,  son  of  John  Washington  and  Louisa 
(Chestnut)  Vawter,  was  born  November  7,  1858.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Eureka  College  in  the  class  of  '85  and  for  about  seven 
years  served  as  pastor  in  the  Christian  Church.  During  the 
sessions  of  1892- 1894  he  taught  mathematics  in  the  Christian 
University  at  Canton,  Missouri,  and  for  two  years  thereafter  in 
Eureka  College,  Eureka,  Illinois.  On  account  of  poor  health  he 
retired  to  a  farm,  where  he  now  lives  at  Saunemin,  Illinois,  and 
preaches  occasionally. 

Samuel  D.  Vawter  was  married  January  27,  1887,  to  Minnie 
M.  Harris,  who  was  born  on  the  farm  where  they  now  live.  They 
have  no  children. 

h.  William  David,  son  of  John  W.  and  Louisa  (Chestnut) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  January  17,  1862 ; 
married  September  i,  1883,  to  Ivie  K.  McCullough,  who  was 
born  in  McLean  county,  Illinois,  April  6,  1865.  David  Vawter 
is  employed  in  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  shops  in  To- 
peka,  Kansas,  as  car  repairer. 

Children  of  William  David  and  Ivie  (McCullough)   Vawter: 

(a)  Myrtle  Lowell,  born  February  2y,  1887. 

(b)  Goldie  Call,  born  August  22,  1890. 

c.  Florence  Maria,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Louisa  (Chest- 
nut) Vawter,  was  born  near  Tremont,  Illinois,  April  5,  1864; 
married  January  2,  1894,  to  William  Routh,  a  farmer,  who  was 
born  in  Warren  county,  Illinois,  March  26,  1861.  They  live  in 
Ulysses,  Nebraska. 

Children : 

(a)  Evan  V.  Routh,  born  August  31,  1902. 

(b)  Clifford  Routh,  born  November  6,  1904. 

d.  Eliza  Jane,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Louisa  (Chestnut) 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  283 

Vawter,  was  born  January  i6.  1867.  Is  a  nurse  in  the  Clarkson 
Hospital,  Omaha.  Nebraska. 

e.  Jephtha  Levi,  son  of  John  W.  and  Martha  (Hess)  Vawter, 
was  born  December  16.  1869;  married  February  25,  1892.  to 
Edith  Henning,  who  was  born  December  8,  1870,  in  Yates  town- 
ship, McLean  county.  Ilhnois.  J.  L.  Vawter  is  a  farmer,  living 
near  Lexington.  Illinois. 

Children : 

(a)  Jessie  Vawter.  born  April  25,  1893,  in  Yates  township, 
McLean  count}^,  Illinois. 

/.  Fred  Clay,  son  of  John  W.  and  Martha  (Hess)  Vawter, 
was  born  March  22.  1872;  married  Annie  Brigham ;  is  a  farmer 
living  near  Ulysses,  Nebraska. 

Children  :    Walter  Fred  and  Wayne. 

(2)  Benjamin  Franklin  Vawter,  son  of  Jephtha  D.  and 
Sarah  (Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  February  10,  1835;  married 
September  29,  1856,  to  Mary  E.  Bright.  Is  a  retired  farmer  liv- 
ing in  Wakarusa,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  Bethena  Ellen,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Bright) 
Vawter,  v.-as  born  December  16,  1857;  married  Joseph  Robinson, 
Auburn,  Kansas. 

Children :     Arthur,  Earl.  Leonard  and  several  others. 

h.  Amy  Catherine,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Bright)  Vawter,  was  born  August  15,  1859;  married  Parker 
Perry,  a  farmer  and  stock  trader  of  Wakarusa,  Kansas. 

Children  :     Wayland  and  Junia. 

c.  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  ]\Iary  (Bright) 
Vawter,  born  October  28,  1861  ;  married  Katherine  Ecker, 
Wakarusa,  Kansas.    Farmer. 

Children :  Laura,  Francis,  Helen,  Bertha  and  baby. 

(3)  Mary  Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah 
(Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  May  13,   1836;  died  September  5, 

185 1. 

(4)  Henry  Clay  Vawter,  son  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Fos- 
ter) Vawter,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  April  4,  1838; 
married  in  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  September  7,  1865,  to  Sarah 


284  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Lavina  Davies,  who  was  born  November  20,  1840,  in  Tazewell 
county.  Illinois,  and  died  November  27,  1885. 

Children : 

o.  Olive  lona,  daughter  of  Henry  Clay  and  Sarah  L.  Vawter, 
was  born  June  30,  1866 ;  married  November  24,  1887,  to  Clarence 
Smith,  a  farmer  and  stock  trader. 

b.  Annie,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  and  Sarah  (Davies)  Vaw- 
ter, born  February  5,  1868;  died  August  16,  1868. 

c.  Clarence,  son  of  Henry  C.  and  Sarah  (Davies)  Vawter, 
born  July  8,  1869;  died  August  5,  1870. 

d.  Lucy,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  and  Sarah  (Davies)  Vawter, 
born  July  16,  1871  ;  died  July  29,  1871. 

e.  Sarah  Lavina,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  and  Sarah  (Davies) 
Vawter,  was  born  September  29.  1875. 

/.  Lewis  Henry,  son  of  Henry  C.  and  Sarah  (Davies)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  October  12,  1877;  married  November  18,  1903,  to 
Ada  Elizabeth  Wilson.  Lewis  H.  Vawter  is  a  farmer. 

Henry  Clay  Vawter  married,  second,  Lizzie  R.  Davis,  on 
September  7,    1887.    Lizzie    (Davis)    Vawter  died  August  22, 

1897. 

Henry  C.  Vawter  is  a  farmer,  living  in  Tremont,  Illinois. 

(5)  Lucinda  Caroline  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and 
Sarah  (Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  May  17,  1839;  married  Febru- 
ary 29,  i860,  to  Charles  Walter  Hinman.  a  farmer,  who  was 
born  August  18,  1829,  and  died  May  5,  1899. 

Children : 

a.  Henry  Vawter  Hinman,  born  December  9,  i860;  died 
June  4,  1 87 1. 

b.  Mary  Ellen  Hinman.  born  January  25,  1863;  married  to 
William  Gillan,  February  i,  1882.  They  have  ten  children; 
Walter  Leigh.  Nina  May.  Charles  Ross,  Mabel  Augusta,  Harry 
Laurence,  Laura  Maud,  Lewis  Elbert,  Ruth  Caroline,  Richard 
Hugh  and  Nellie  Margaret. 

William  Gillan  is  a  farmer,  living  in  Mackinaw.  Illinois. 

c.  Augusta  Orissa  Hinman  was  born  February  13,  1866; 
married  to  James  Gillan,  February  21,  1894.    Children:     Edna 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  285 

May,  born  January  24,  1896;  Walter  Hinman,  born  July  25, 
1900;  Margaret,  born  October  7.  1903. 

James  Gillan  is  a  drayman  of  Mackinaw,  Illinois. 

d.  Nina  Jane  Hinman,  born  February  15,  1869;  died  August 
21,  1877. 

c.  Eva  May  Hinman,  born  June  10,  187 1.  Is  a  teacher  of 
languages  in  the  college  in  Bluff  ton,  Ohio. 

/.  Richard  Franklin  Hinman,  born  November  10,  1874;  mar- 
ried September  26,  1899,  to  Mary  Leonard,  youngest  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Leonard.  Is  a  lawyer  of  Tremont,  Illi- 
nois. 

Mrs.  L.  C.  Hinman  lives  in  Mackinaw,  Tazewell  county,  Illi- 
nois. 

(6)  Louisa  Ellen,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Foster) 
Vawter,  was  born  December  19,  1840;  married  to  W.  Jesse  Mc- 
Colm, August  16,  1 87 1.  Mr.  McColm  is  a  farmer,  living  in 
Bucklin.  Ford  county,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  George  Elmer  McColm,  born  October  19,  1872. 

b.  Viola  Olivia  McColm,  born  March  23,  1875. 

(7)  Nancy  Tandy,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Fos- 
ter) Vawter,  was  born  March  10,  1843  ;  died  October  i,  1846. 

(8)  Martha  Celestia  Vawter,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and 
Sarah  (Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky, 
October  10,  1844;  married  December  26,  1869,  to  Alexander 
Waltmire  at  Waveland,  Shawnee  county,  Kansas,  by  Rev.  A.  J. 
Hopkins.  Alexander  Waltmire  was  born  near  Antioch,  Taze- 
well county,  Illinois,  and  died  October  21,  1873. 

Children : 

a.  Ernest  Everett  Waltmire,  born  February  16,  1871,  at 
Waveland,  Illinois;  married  April  18,  1901,  to  Dora  Dazell. 
They  live  in  Kansas  City.    No  children. 

h.  Otis  Vernon  Waltmire,  born  February  25,  1873,  near 
Auburn,  Shawnee  county,  Kansas;  died  February  15,  1880,  near 
Tremont,  Tazew^ell  county,  Illinois. 

Martha  (Vawter)  Waltmire  w^as  married,  second,  to  Richard 
J.  Simpson  at  Waveland,  Shawnee  county,  Kansas,  March  28, 


286 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


1 88 1,  by  Rev.  George  Frank  Walker.  Richard  J.  Simpson  was 
born  November  26,  1839,  in  Kent  county,  Delaware.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  receiving  three  honorable  discharges. 
He  was  enrolled  November  22,  1862,  to  serve  nine  months  in 
Company  H,  Sixth  Regiment,  Delaware  Volunteer  Infantry ;  en- 
rolled second,  July  13,  1864,  to  serve  thirty  days  in  Company  I, 
Seventh  Regiment,  Delaware  Infantry;  enrolled  third,  in  Com- 
pany E,  Ninth  Regiment,  Delaware  Infantry,  September  7,  1864, 
to  serve  one  hundred  days.  He  has  never  asked  for  nor  wanted  a 
pension.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near  Carbondale,  Missouri. 
Children : 

a.  Josephine  Ellen  Simpson,  born  in  Fountain,  Osage  county, 
Kansas,  January  9,  1882. 

b.  Vernon  Oak  Simpson,  born  in  Fountain,  Kansas,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1885. 

(9)  James  Elliott,  son  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Foster) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  February  21,  1847;  married 
February  17,  1874,  at  Tremont,  Illinois,  to  Mary  E.  Huxtable, 
who  was  born  at  Deer  Creek,  Illinois,  February  26,  1855. 

James  E.  Vawter  died  at  Fountain,  Kansas,  June  6,  1899. 

Children : 

a.  Anna  Belle,  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  June  28,  1879;  died  September  28,  1879. 

b.  Sarah  Ellen,  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  March  11,  1881  ;  married  August  16,  1899,  to 
F.  A.  Newman  in  Topeka,  Kansas.  Children :  An  infant,  bom 
August  15,  1900;  died  September  7,  1900,  and  Harold  Anson 
Newman,  who  was  born  September  19,  1901. 

c.  George  William,  son  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  October  21,  1885. 

d.  Leonard  Franklin,  son  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  December  31,  1889. 

e.  Stella  May,  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  June  16,  1887;  died  November  i,  1890. 

/.  Leslie  Wayne,  son  of  James  E.  and  Mary  (Huxtable) 
Vawter,  was  born  August  4,  1894. 

Mrs.  Mary  Vawter  and  family  live  near  Carbondale,  Kansas. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  287 

( 10)  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Foster) 
Vawter,  born  August  15,  1849;  died  March  11,  1865. 

(11)  Harriet  Ehzabeth,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah 
(Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  near  Tremont,  Ilhnois,  July  20, 
185 1  ;  married  June  14,  1881,  to  Lewis  A.  Mead,  who  was  born 
March  4,  185 1,  in  Ithaca,  New  York. 

Children  of  Lewis  A.  and  Harriet  (Vawter)  Mead: 

a.  Nina  Modised  Mead,  born  April  18,  1882. 

b.  Jephtha  Dudley  Mead,  born  January  25,  1888;  died  April 
2,  1888. 

c.  Mina  Myrtle  Mead,  born  May  15,  1889. 

d.  Elsie  May  Alead,  born  October  29,  1890. 

e.  Carl  Owen  Mead,  born  June  16,  1894. 

The  two  eldest  children  were  born  in  Waveland,  Shawnee 
county,  Kansas.  The  others  were  born  in  Osage  county,  in  a 
section  of  country  known  as  Fountain  Ridge.  The  postoffice 
was  kept  at  a  farm  house  and  was  known  as  Fountain  Postoffice. 
The  office  is  now  changed  to  Carbondale,  Kansas,  Rural  Route 
No.  I,  which  is  the  address  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mead  and  their 
children. 

(12)  Sabrina  Katherine,  daughter  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah 
(Foster)  Vawter,  was  born  April  8,  1855;  married  October  7, 
1873,  to  M.  Franklin  Stout,  a  farmer  of  Wakarusa,  Kansas. 

Children  of  M.  Franklin  and  Sabrina  (Vawter)  Stout: 

a.  Effie  May  Stout,  born  January  18,  1878;  married  October 
29,  1902,  to  Lewis  G.  Stahl,  who  was  born  June  16,  1876.  Lewis 
G.  Stahl  is  manager  of  the  Jonathan  Thomas  Lumber  Company 
at  Wakarusa,  Kansas. 

b.  Herbert  Oscar  Stout,  born  May  12,  1880;  married  Janu- 
ary 23,  1900,  to  Katherine  D.  Roberts,  who  was  born  November 
18,  1879.    Herbert  Stout  is  a  farmer, 

c.  Laura  Mabel  Stout,  born  April  20,  1883. 

( 13)  William  Jephtha,  son  of  Jephtha  D.  and  Sarah  (Foster) 
Vawter,  was  born  near  Tremont,  Tazewell  county,  Illinois,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1858.  He  lived  there  until  about  ten  years  of  age, 
when  his  father  moved  to  Shawnee  county,  Kansas,  in  the  spring 
of  1868,  buying  a  farm  on  Wakarusa  Creek.    He  has  lived  the 


288  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

greater  part  of  his  life  on  a  farm,  but  is  at  present  engaged  as 
a  carpenter  in  Topeka,  Kansas,  in  order  to  give  his  children  the 
advantage  of  the  Topeka  schools. 

William  Jephtha  Vawter  was  married  first  on  December  22, 
1882,  to  Lydia  Yarrington,  who  was  born  March  17,  1862,  in 
Shawnee  county,  Kansas,  near  Wakarusa  Station.  She  died  at 
Lamy  Junction,  New  Mexico,  December  13,  1886. 

Children  of  William  Jephtha  and  Lydia  (Yarrington)  Vawter 
\vere : 

a.  Arlen  O.  Vawter,  born  March  29,  1883.  Lives  in  Wyo- 
ming. 

h.     Ice  Reta  Vawter,  born  February  6,  1885 ;  died  October  15, 

1885. 

William  Jephtha  Vawter  married,  second,  on  March  12,  1889, 
Mary  E.  Zane,  who  was  born  May  29,  1858,  at  Farmersburg, 
Sullivan  county,  Indiana. 

Children  of  William  Jephtha  and  Mary  (Zane)  Vawter: 

a.     Alfred  Z.  Vawter,  born  September  23,  1892. 

h.     Veva  J.  Vawter,  born  October  18,  1894. 

4 
Dudley  Vawter- 

Dudley,  son  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray)  Vawter,  was  born 
May  18,  181 2;  died  young. 

5 
Sabrina  (Vawter)  Tutt 

Sabrina  Vawter,  daughter  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  January  9,  181 5; 
married  in  June,  1830,  to  Lewis  Tutt,  who  was  born  in  Halifax, 
Virginia,  in  1804,  and  died  March  4,  1874.  Sabrina  (Vawter) 
Tutt  died  August  18,  1 88 1.  '  ,^ 

Children:  ^yx^^ --^  ..aa4a(\  JAA^^^ 

( 1 )  Charles  L.  Tutt  married  Mary  Duke ;  died. 

(2)  George  Washington  Tutt,  born  March  18,  1833;  died. 

(3)  John  Presley  Tutt,  born  April  9,  1834;  married  Mariah 
Donley;  died. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  289 

(4)  David  Vawter  Tutt,  born  December  lo,  1835  ;  died. 

(5)  James  Elliott  Tutt  was  born  January  18,  1837,  in  Hali- 
fax county,  Virginia.  His  father  moved  when  he  was  a  small 
boy  to  Kentucky  and  settled  in  Todd  county,  near  his  grand- 
father, Elliott  Vawter,  and  on  the  adjoining  farm  to  Jefferson 
Davis,  who  afterward  became  president  of  the  Confederacy. 
James  Elliott  Vawter  served  in  the  Confederate  army  during 
the  entire  Civil  War,  first  under  General  Breckenridge,  and  then 
under  General  Forest.  He  was  wounded  at  Missionary  Ridge. 
He  was  married  December  26,  1864,  to  Margaret  Lucy  Powell 
of  Virginia,  who  was  born  December  30,  1843. 

Children : 

a.  Alice,  born  October  14,  1865  ;  died  January,  1866. 

b.  James,  born  and  died  April  18,  1867. 

c.  Myra,  born  June  2,  1868;  died  June  16,  1868. 

d.  James  Leonard,  born  July  30,  1870;  married  February 
7,  1904,  to  Emily  West,  who  was  born  in  1871.  J.  L.  Tutt  is  a 
painter,  living  in  Cadiz,  Kentucky. 

e.  Ben  Floyd,  born  April  9,  1876;  married  May  18,  1902,  to 
Florence  West.  They  have  one  child,  Lawrence  William,  born 
February  12,  1904.  B.  F.  Tutt  is  a  painter,  living  in  Cadiz,  Ken- 
tucky. 

/.     Annie  Hope,  born  and  died  August  18,  1881. 

(6)  Sarah  Catherine  Tutt,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Sabrina 
(Vawter)  Tutt,  was  born  at  the  old  Vawter  residence  on  Spring 
Creek  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  January  8,  1838;  married  De- 
cember 28,  1853,  to  William  Henry  Garden,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber 2,  1828,  in  Goochland  county,  Virginia.  They  live  in  View. 
Kentucky. 

Children : 

a.  Alice  Garden,  born  October  12,  1854;  married  September 
24,  1877,  to  George  M.  Gish;  died  October  19,  1892.  George 
Gish  is  a  mechanic,  living  in  Memphis,  Tennessee. 

Children : 

(a)  Laura  Gish,  born  July  6,  1878. 

(b)  Jacob  Gish,  born  July  5,  1881. 

b.  James  Lewis  Garden,  born  December  31,   1855;  married 


290  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

December  20,  1883,  to  Rebecca  Guthrie.    Is  a  farmer  living  near 
View,  Kentucky. 
Children : 

(a)  Corinne  Garden,  born  February  2;^,  1886. 

(b)  Earl  Garden,  born  June  23,  1888. 

(c)  Hansel  Garden,  born  March  15,  1892. 

(d)  Hebren  Garden,  born  March  20,  1897. 

(e)  Marguerite  Garden,  born  June  15,  1904. 

c.  Mary  Ellen  Garden,  born  June  23,  1858;  married  Novem- 
ber 28,  1878,  to  John  F.  Kirk,  manager  for  a  tobacco  house  in 
Marion,  Kentucky. 

d.  John  Henry  Garden,  born  February  12,  i860;  married 
December  28,  1882,  to  Netta  Binkley,  Is  a  farmer  living  near 
View,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Gertrude  Garden,  born  July  6,  1884. 

(b)  Loto  Garden,  born  June  23,  1887. 

(c)  James  Garden,  born  October  21,  1889. 

(d)  Ruth  Garden,  born  April  12,  1893. 

e.  May  Garden,  born  March  11,  1863;  married  September 
20,  1878,  to  Samuel  Henson. 

Children : 

(a)  Pearl  Henson,  born  August  18,  1882. 

(b)  Ed  Henson,  born  July  2t,,  1884. 

May  (Garden)  Henson  was  married,  second,  to  Watson  Rice, 
a  farmer,  living  near  Marion,  Kentucky. 
Children : 

(a)  William  Henry  Rice,  born  September  21,  1894. 

(b)  Ollie  James  Rice,  born  September  9,  1896. 

(c)  Crawford  Rice,  born  June  5,  1898. 

(d)  Sarah  Catherine  Rice,  born  August  2,  1902. 

(e)  Allen  D.  Rice,  born  August  i,  1904. 

/.  Ida  Ellonia  Garden,  born  February  3,  1866;  married  June 
II,  1884,  to  Quint  Conger,  a  live-stock  dealer  of  Kelsey,  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children : 

(a)      Lena  Conger,  born  August  31,  1885. 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  29 1 

(b)  Guy  Conger,  born  July  23.  1887. 

(c)  Beulah  Conger,  born  January  8,  1889. 

(d)  Vera  Conger,  born  May  10,  1897. 

g.  Azilee  Carden,  born  February  11,  1868;  married  February 
8,  1888,  to  George  Watson,  who  is  in  the  railroad  business  in 
Paducah,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Etwell  Watson,  born  November  28,  1888. 

(b)  Vernon  Watson,  born  February  10,  1890. 

(c)  Sallie  May  Watson,  born  May  10,  1891. 

(d)      Watson,  born  March  10,  1894. 

(e)  George  Watson,  born  July  15,  1902. 

h.     Willie  Carden,  born  October  24,  1870;  married  June  21, 
1893,  to  Jesse  Binkley,  a  farmer,  living  near  View,  Kentucky. 
Children : 

(a)  Virgil  Binkley,  born  March  29,  1894. 

(b)  Harry  Binkley,  born  December  i,  1896. 

(c)  Annie  Ree  Binkley,  born  January  2,  1903. 

i.  Rollie  Carden,  born  December  20,  1872;  married  October 
13,  1897,  to  Sallie  Brown.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near  View,  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Grace  Carden,  born  September  14,  1900. 

(b)  Lee  Carden,  born  September  6,  1902. 

j.  Jesse  Buford  Carden,  born  December  30,  1875;  married 
October  16,  1901,  to  Mary  Hawkins.  Is  a  farmer,  living  near 
View,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)      Clara  May  Carden,  born  August  18,  1902. 

k.  Clarence  Alpheus  Carden,  born  April  14,  1877.  Has  a 
hotel  at  New  Brisrhton,  Minnesota.     \  .  ;•,      'V       ,v,.        .    v  ^  - 

(7)  Henry  Day  Tutt  was  born  in  Providence,  Montgomery 
county,  Tennessee,  August  25,  1842;  married  November  10, 
1864,  to  Mary  A.  Wood,  who  was  born  in  Woodlawn,  Mont- 
gomery county,  Tennessee,  December  14,  1848.  H.  D.  Tutt  is 
a  miller,  living  at  Bumpus  Mills,  Tennessee. 


292  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children : 

a.  Lena  S.  Tutt,  born  December  24,  1865. 

b.  Frank  M.  Tutt,  born  May  2,  1869. 

c.  Carrie  L.  Tutt,  born  September  18,  1870. 

d.  John  L.  Tutt,  born  February  15,  1874. 

e.  Arthur  C.  Tutt,  born  December  20,  1876. 
/.  George  D.  Tutt,  born  January  4,  1879. 

g,     Otis  Floyd  Tutt,  born  July  15,  1881. 
h.     Horace  Russell  Tutt,  born  April  18,  1884. 
i.     Mamie  A.  Tutt,  born  March  2,  1889. 
y.     Henry  M.  Tutt,  born  June  16,  1890. 

(8)  Lucy  Annie  Virginia  Tutt  was  born  January  2,  1845, 
in  Montgomery  county,  Tennessee;  married  December  16,  1887, 
to  Andrew  Jackson  Whitaker,  a  wheelwright,  who  was  born 
March  12,  1840. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Whitaker,  born  March  27,  1862;  married  October 
7,  1880,  to  John  Wesley  Ford,  carpenter,  who  was  born  January 
2y,  1859.   Lives  in  Wickliffe,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  William  Dudley  Ford,  born  August  11,  1881. 

(b)  Delia  May  Ford,  born  September  27,,  1885. 

(c)  Neppie  Virginia  Ford,  born  April  25,  1888. 

(d)  Mary  Alice  Ford,  born  March  27,  1891. 

(e)  Annie  Asilee  Ford,  born  December  27,  1894. 

(f)  Tripsley  Dudley  Ford,  born  August  29,  1898. 

(g  and  h)     Lorene  and  Corene,  twins,  born  March  29,  1902, 
Mrs.  Virginia  (Tutt)  Whitaker  was  married,  second,  October 

26,   1864,  to  William  Stewart,  who  died  May  19,   1896.    Mrs. 

Stewart  lives  at  Wickliffe,  Ballard  county,  Kentucky. 

(9)  Mary  Ellen  Tutt  was  born  June  2;^,  1847;  married  a 
Hodge;  died. 

(10)  Benjamin  F.  Tutt,  born  May  2t,,  1849;  married  Miss 
Farmer. 

(11)  Meredith  D.  Tutt  was  born  in  Trenton,  Todd  county 
Kentucky,  July  19,  1851;  married  October  20,  1870,  to  Virginia 
Elizabeth   Wood,   who   was  born   at   Woodlawn,    Montgomery 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  293 

county,  Tennessee,  March  12,  1855.    Meredith  Tntt  is  engaged 
in  the  tobacco  business  in  Clarksville,  Tennessee. 
Children : 

a.  Birdie  May  Tutt.  born  in  Trenton,  Kentucky,  April  9, 
1872;  died  December  21,  1880. 

b.  James  E.  Tutt,  born  in  Woodlawn,  Tennessee,  February 
2y,  1874;  married  March  20,  1902,  to  Lockey  Gambreal,  who 
was  born   February   12,    1873.    They  have  one  child,   Eugene 

Noval  Tutt,  born  August  26, .   James  E.  Tutt  is  a  carpenter 

living  in  Alemphis,  Tennessee. 

c.  Ida  Bell  Tutt,  born  in  Trenton,  Kentucky,  October  11, 
1876. 

d.  Robert  L.  Tutt,  born  in  Trenton,  Kentucky,  August  28, 
1879. 

e.  Oscar  Elliott  Tutt,  born  in  Trenton,  Kentucky,  December 
8,  1881. 

/.  Tommie  Elizabeth  Tutt,  born  in  Trenton,  Kentucky,  De- 
cember 21,  1885;  married  September  18,  1902,  to  Walter  E. 
Maynor,  a  carriage  manufacturer,  who  was  born  September  6, 
1871. 

g.  Benjamin  Lee  Tutt,  born  March  3,  1889,  in  Ellston,  Ken- 
tucky. 

h.  John  Henry  Tutt,  born  June  22,  1894,  in  Ellston,  Ken- 
tucky. 

(12)  Wyatt  Tutt;  died. 

(13)  Thomas  Tutt,  born  October  26,  1855;  died. 

(14)  Jephtha  Tutt,  born  February  26,  1857;  died. 

(15  and  16)  Jephtha  Tutt  and  Jesse  Tutt,  twins,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1859. 

6 

LuciNDA  (Vawter)  Holmes 

Lucinda  Vawter,  daughter  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray) 
Vawter,  was  born  July  28,  181 7,  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky; 
married  January  i,  1843,  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  to  John 
W.  Holmes,  who  was  born  in  Maysville,  Kentucky,  December 
2y,  1 81 8,  and  died  May  7,   1894,  in  Graves  county,  Kentucky. 


294  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Liicinda  (Vawter)  Holmes  died  November  28,  1884.  They 
moved  from  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  to  Graves  county  in  1855. 

Children : 

(i)  Jephtha  Burnley  Holmes,  born  June  8,  1844;  died  Sep- 
tember 4,  1844. 

(2)  Henry  Clay  Holmes  was  born  September  9,  1845  ^^ 
Todd  county,  Kentucky;  married  October  21,  1866,  in  Graves 
county  Kentucky,  to  Mary  N.  Brann. 

Children : 

a.  Nancy  C.  Holmes,  born  July  18,  1867;  died  August  21, 
1867. 

b.  Riley  L.  Holmes,  born  November  i,  1868;  died  July  13, 
1869. 

Mary  (Brann)  Holmes,  wife  of  H.  C.  Holmes,  died  April  16, 
1869.  Henry  C.  Holmes  was  married  to  Nancy  I.  Jones  of 
Weakly  county,  Tennessee,  November  14,  1869. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  L.  Holmes  was  born  September  10,  1870;  married 
January  25,  1888,  to  William  L.  Oliver,  of  Graves  county,  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Mabel  Oliver,  born  October  27,  1888. 

(b)  Henry  Oliver,  born  February  19,  1891. 

(c)  Adolphus  Oliver,  born  March  10,  1893. 

(d)  Ira  Oliver,  born  November  13,  1896. 

(e)  Wendell  Oliver,  born  May  31,  1902. 

b.  Martha  F.  Holmes,  born  May  15,  1872;  died  April  30, 
1874. 

c.  John  P.  Holmes,  born  February  25,  1875.  Is  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Stubblefield,  Kentucky. 

d.  IraE.  Holmes,  born  April  11,  1877;  married  December 
26,  1900,  to  Wayland  Adams.  They  live  in  Graves  county,  Ken- 
tucky, and  have  one  child,  Alton  Mckindree  Adams,  who  was 
born  June  11,  1904.  gJ 

e.  Lucinda  Holmes,  born  March  31,  1879;  died  September 
25,  1897. 

/.     Henry  Cornelius  Holmes,  born  July  6,  1881 ;  married  May 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  295 

24,   1903,  to  Tassie  B.  Moore.    Is  a  farmer,  living  in  Graves 
county,  Kentucky. 

g.     William  E.  Holmes,  born  July  24.  1883. 

//.     Nellie  I.  Holmes,  born  February  5,  1886. 

/.     Charles  H.  Holmes,  born  February  16.  1888. 

(3)  John  Elliott  Holmes,  son  of  John  W.  and  Lucinda 
(Vavvter)  Holmes,  was  born  December  10,  1847;  married,  first, 
October  31,  1869,  to  Mary  E.  Pitman,  who  died  December  28, 
1871. 

John  E.  Holmes  was  married,  second,  January  5,  1873,  to 
Laura  B.  Hopkins,  who  died  April  23,  1874. 

John  E.  Holmes  was  married,  third,  September  15,  1875,  to 
Margaret  E.  Alexander,  who  died  x\pril  18,  1891. 

Children  of  John  E.  and  Margaret  (Alexander)  Holmes: 

a.  William  H.  Holmes,  born  December  6,  1876;  married 
December  22,  1902,  to  Laura  M.  Jones.  Is  a  farmer  and  stock 
raiser  of  Wingo,  Kentucky.  One  child.  Lance  D.  Holmes,  was 
born  February  20,  1903. 

b.  Olivia  M.  Holmes,  born  May  6,  1878;  married  December 
26,  1900,  to  William  W.  Waggoner,  who  is  a  farmer  and  stock 
raiser  of  Wingo,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Mary  Elizabeth  Waggoner,  born  January  27,  1902. 

(b)  Charles  Waggoner,  born  September  22,  1904. 

c.  Lottie  B.  Holmes,  born  October  22,  1881. 

d.  Lether  C.  Holmes,  born  August  21,  1886. 

e.  Millie  A.  Holmes,  born  September  15,  1888;  died  May  31, 
1889. 

/.     Mary  L.  Holmes,  born  May  29,  1890. 

John  E.  Holmes  was  married,  fourth,  October  12,  1892,  to 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Puryear.  They  live  near  Wingo,  Kentucky,  where 
Mr.  Holmes  is  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser.  They  have  one  child, 
James  D.  Holmes,  who  was  born  September  8,  1894. 

(4)  Nancy  Katherine  Holmes,  daughter  of  John  W.  and 
Lucinda  (Vawter)  Holmes,  was  born  at  Pryorsburg,  Graves 
county,  Kentucky,  November   10,   1849:  married  February   18, 


296 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


1866,  to  William  Mckindree  Mitchell,  who  was  born  in  East 
Tennessee,  October  26,  1845,  and  died  November  22,  1882. 

Children : 

a.  Henry  P.  Mitchell,  born  in  West  Tennessee,  December  13, 
1866;  married  May  9,  1890,  to  Sarah  R.  Anderson,  who  was 
born  December  7,  1870,  and  died  July  30,  1894. 

Children : 

(a)  William  Mckindree,  born  April  2,  1891. 

(b)  Herbert  Scott,  born  March  15,  1894;  died  August  23, 
1894. 

Henry  P.  Mitchell  was  married,  second,  October  14,  1898,  to 
Mattie  Anderson,  who  was  born  February  5,  1878.  They  live  in 
Ponchatoula,  Louisiana,  where  H.  P.  Mitchell  is  cashier  of  the 
Merchants'  and  Farmers'  Bank. 

Children : 

(a)  Henry  Hamilton,  born  November  14,  1899. 

(b)  Marie,  born  April  3,  1902. 

(c)  Robert  Alton,  born  August  9,  1904. 

h.  Eddie  Lee  Mitchell,  born  in  West  Tennessee,  December 
28,  1868;  died  October  16,  1869. 

c.  William  Allie  Mitchell,  born  in  West  Tennessee,  Sep- 
tember I,  1870;  married  February  17,  1897,  to  Lucille  Wheat, 
who  was  born  at  Perrysville,  Kentucky,  March  7,  1879.  W.  A. 
Mitchell  is  in  the  government  mail  service  at  Wingo,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Nannie  Aleen,  born  November  i,  1897;  died  October 
22,  1899. 

(b)  Myrtie  May,  born  April  25,  1899.' 

(c)  Lorine,  born  August  8,  1901. 

(d)  Minnie  Lee,  born  January  2,  1903. 

d.  Mattie  Lou  Mitchell,  born  in  Wingo,  Kentucky,  June  21, 
1872;  married  February  6,  1889,  to  Frank  Luther,  a  farmer,  of 
Wingo,  Kentucky,  who  was  born  May  22,  1866. 

Children : 

(a)  Shirley,  born  July  19,  1890. 

(b)  Raymond,  born  August  7,  1892. 

(c)  Horace,  born  December  20,  1894. 


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THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  297 

(d)  Mitchell,  born  March  13,  1897. 

(e)  Myrtie  Bernice,  born  May  16,  1899. 

(f)  Anice,  born  June  14,  1902. 

(g)  Charley  Lucille,  born  September  19,  1904. 

e.     Mollie  Bell  Mitchell,  born  in  Wingo,   Kentucky,   March 

10,  1875;  died  October  2,  1877. 

/.     Dommie  Pearl  Mitchell,  born  in  Wingo,  Kentucky,  July 

11,  1877;  married  November  11,  1894,  to  Jack  McAllister,  a 
farmer,  of  Wingo,  Kentucky,  who  was  born  February  i,  1870, 
in  Trigg  county,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Gladys  Love,  born  December  7,  1895. 

(b)  William  Macon,  born  March  18,  1898. 

(c)  Arnice  Lee,  born  January  28,  1901. 

(d)  Mattie  Aleen,  born  December  11,  1904. 

g.  John  Leroy  L.  Mitchell,  born  in  Wingo,  Kentucky,  March 
17,  1880;  died  October  9,  1903. 

//.  Myrtie  Mckindree  Mitchell,  born  September  5,  1882;  mar- 
ried May  23,  1900,  to  William  W.  Freeman,  who  was  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1877,  and  died  November  24,  1903.  Mrs.  Freeman  lives 
in  Ponchatoula,  Louisiana.  i 

Children : 

(a)  Willie  Pipkin,  born  November  23,  1901. 

(b)  Thelma,  born  June  28,  1903. 

Mrs.  Nancy  Katherine  (Holmes)  Mitchell  was  married,  sec- 
ond, August  24,  1884,  to  John  M.  Walker.  One  child,  Albert 
Dudley  Walker,  was  born  in  Wingo,  Kentucky,  June  3,  1885. 
Nancy  K.  Walker  died  January  17,  1897. 

(5)  Presley  Dudley  Holmes,  son  of  John  W.  and  Lucinda 
(Vawter)  Holmes,  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  De- 
cember 26,  1852.  He  went  from  Todd  county,  Kentucky  to 
Graves  county,  with  his  parents  when  about  three  years  of  age. 
He  was  married  November  19,  1873,  to  Josephine  S.  Freeman, 
who  was  born  in  Davidson  county.  Tennessee,  November  3, 
1854,  and  moved  with  her  parents  to  Graves  county  Kentucky, 
when  about  twelve  years  of  age.  Presley  D.  Holmes  is  a  farmer 
living  near  Sedalia,  Kentucky. 


298  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children : 

a.  William  B.  Holmes,  born  August  19,  1874;  died  Novem- 
ber 28.  1874. 

b.  Lula  E.  Holmes,  born  July  28,  1876;  married  July  27, 
1896,  to  W.  J.  Pritchard,  a  farmer,  of  Graves  county,  Kentucky, 
who  was  born  in  1873. 

Children : 

(a)  William  Rudy  Pritchard,  born  July  12,  1897. 

(b)  Harry  Lee  Pritchard,  born  November  25,  1902;  died 
July  13,  1903. 

c.  Henry  B.  Holmes,  born  March  17,  1879.  Lives  in  Stubble- 
field,  Kentucky. 

d.  Annie  Holmes,  born  May  10,  1881  ;  married  November 
18,  1900,  to  Samuel  Redden,  who  was  born  in  Dickson  county, 
Tennessee,  in  1874  and  is  now  a  farmer  of  Graves  county,  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Jessie  Redden,  born  March  8,  1902. 

(b)  Freeman  Redden,  born  August  15,  1904. 

e.  John  Dudley  Holmes,  born  May  20,  1887. 

(6)  Lucinda  Caroline  Holmes,  daughter  of  John  W.  and 
Lucinda  (Vawter)  Holmes,  was  born  February  29,  1856,  in 
Graves  county,  Kentucky ;  married  at  Troy,  Tennessee,  December 
30,  1872,  to  James  Thomas  Amos,  a  farmer  of  Wingo,  Ken- 
tucky, who  was  born  in  Hickman  county,  Kentucky,  May  2, 
1849.   They  live  in  Lockwood,  Missouri. 

Children  : 

a.  Lula  E.  Amos  was  born  October  3,  1874;  married  No- 
vember 16,  1892,  to  W.  A.  Barker;  died  August  17.  1896,  leav- 
ing a  son,  Leroy  A.  Barker,  who  was  born  May  5,  1896.  . 

b.  Margaret  B.  Amos  was  born  August  28,  1877;  married 
February  23,  1902,  to  W.  P.  Tullis.  They  have  one  child,  Lola 
B.  Tullis,  who  was  born  April  25,  1903. 

c.  Eliza  M.  Amos  was  born  August  9,  1880;  married  March 
17,  1 901,  to  J.  J.  Greer.  They  have  one  child,  Mildred  J.  Greer, 
who  was  born  January  9,  1902. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  299 

d.  William  A.  Amos  was  born  January  26,  1884;  married 
December  23,  1903,  to  Clara  M.  Gallaher. 

c.     Perry  H.  Amos,  born  July  28,  1887. 

/.     Cora  M.  Amos,  born  June  12.  1889. 

g.     Lenna  P.  Amos,  born  October  6,  1891. 

(7)  George  W.  Holmes,  son  of  John  W.  and  Lucinda 
(Vawter)  Holmes,  v.-as  born  July  7,  1861  ;  died  June  9,  1893. 

John  W.  Holmes  was  married,  second,  to  Susan  Brockman  in 
May,  1883. 

7 
John  Gray  Vawter 

John  Gray,  son  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray)  Vawter,"  was  born 
in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  in  1819;  married  in  Illinois,  February 
6,  185 1,  to  Elizabeth  Stewart,  who  was  born  in  Edinburg,  Scot- 
land, May  31,  1824.  John  Gray  Vawter  died  May  9,  1877.  His 
wife,  Elizabeth  S.  Vawter,  lives  in  Rockford,  Illinois. 

Children : 

(i)  Cornelius  Lansing,  son  of  John  Gray  and  Elizabeth 
Vawter,  v/as  born  in  185 1.  Lives  in  San  Francisco,  but  is  now 
in  Unga,  Alaska. 

(2)  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Gray  and  Elizabeth  Vawter,  was 
born  in  1854;  died  in  1858. 

(3)  Alexander  Stewart,  tvv'in,  born  in  1858;  died  December 
13,  1858. 

(4)  Elliott  Gray,  twin,  born  in  1858;  died  December  20, 
1858. 

(5)  John  Gray,  Jr.,  born  at  Wirterset,  Madison  county, 
Iowa,  December  3,  1859;  married  at  Fort  Benton,  Montana, 
December  3,  1883,  to  Mary  Lincoln  Helper,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Hannah  Helper,  who  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 
April  17,  1865. 

Children : 

a.  Elizabeth  Helper  Vawter,  born  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
October  28,  1885. 

b.  Lillian  Gray  Vawter,  born  at  Minot,  North  Dakota, 
August  8,  1887.      . 


300  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(6)  Anna  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Gray  and  Ehzabeth 
Vawter,  was  born  in  1864;  married  at  Rockford,  Ilhnois,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1886,  to  Myron  E.  Barnes,  a  vocahst  and  teacher  of 
music  in  Rockford,  Ilhnois.  Myron  E.  Barnes  was  born  June 
22,  1863,  at  Newberry,  New  York. 

Children : 

a.    •  Kenneth  B.  Barnes,  born  July  28,  1896. 

(7)  Benjamin  Stewart,  son  of  John  Gray  and  Elizabeth 
Vawter,  was  born  in  1865.   Lives  in  North  Seattle,  Washington. 

■    .   8 
Catherine  (Vawter)  Smith 

Catherine  E.,  daughter  of  Elliott  and  Anna  Gray  Vawter,  was 
born  in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  May  31,  1822;  married  No- 
vember 5,  1 84 1,  to  Spottswood  K.  Smith,  a  farmer,  who  was 
born  in  Spottsylvania  county,  Virginia,  December  14,  1800,  and 
died  October  9,  1894,  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky.  Catherine  (Vaw- 
ter) Smith  died  October  27,  1900,  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky. 

Children  of  Spottswood  and  Catherine  (Vawter)  Smith: 

(i)  Eliza  B.  Smith  was  born  September  29,  1842;  married 
John  W.  Hobson;  died  January  5,  1892.  Miss  Ladie  Hobson, 
of  Denton,  Texas,  is  a  daughter. 

(2)  Martha  A.  Smith  was  born  July  13,  1844;  married  Dr. 
J.  W.  Williamson.  Is  living  now  in  St.  Louis  with  her  daughter, 
Mrs.  M.  L.  Donlon. 

Children : 

a.  Althea,  died. 

b.  Eliza  Miranda  Williamson,  born  at  Olmstead  Station, 
Logan  county,  Kentucky,  October  14,  1864;  married  October  14, 
1884,  to  Joseph  I.  Graham,  who  was  born  in  Clarksville,  Ten- 
nessee, October  17,  1859.  Joseph  I.  Graham  is  engaged  in  the 
milling  business  in  Columbia,  Tennessee. 

Children : 

(a)  Robert  Lacy  Graham,  born  August  10,  1885. 

(b)  Sarah  Graham,  twin,  born  October  31,  1887. 

(c)  Althea  Graham,  twin,  born  October  31,  1887;  died  June 
27,  1889. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  3OI 

(d)  Catherine  Eliza  Graham,  born  September  13.  1891. 

(e)  Joseph  Irwin  Graham,  born  March  27,   1893. 

(f)  James  WilJiam  Graham,  born  October  16,  1894. 

(g)  Edwin  Damon  Graham,  born  February  15,  1898. 
(h)  Prince  Alphonso  Graham,  born  February  i,  1905. 

c.  Lilhan  WilHamson  married,  first,  a  Smith.  They  had  two 
children,  Archibald  and  Wanda.  She  married,  second,  Thomas 
Donlon  and  lives  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

d.  Leander  Alphonso  Williamson  was  born  at  Olmstead, 
Logan  county,  Kentucky,  September  6,  1870;  married  April  19, 
1893,  at  Evansville,  Indiana,  to  Elizabeth  Goedeke,  who  was  born 
at  Evansville,  Indiana,  January  3,  1871.  L.  A.  Williamson  is  a 
printer,  working  at  the  Detroit  Free  Press  office  in  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan. 

Children  : 

(a)  Ruth  Artensia,  born  March  23,  1895,  at  Evansville,  In- 
diana. 

(b)  James  William,  born  September  24,  1896,  at  Evansville, 
Indiana. 

(c)  Althea  Lee,  born  May  26,  1899,  at  Evansville,  Indiana. 

(d)  Frederick  Belford,  born  May  26,  1903,  at  Detroit,  Mich- 


igan. 


(e)  Dorothy  Elizabeth,  born  February  10.  1905,  at  Detroit, 
Michigan. 

e.  Mary  Duke  Williamson  was  born  in  Logan  county,  Ken- 
tucky, March  14,  1872;  married  September  2,  1889,  to  William 
Hawes  Starks,  who  was  born  near  Allensville,  Todd  county, 
Kentucky,  February  13,  1859.  W.  H.  Starks  is  inspector  for  the 
Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad  Company  at  Louisville.  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Benjamin  Earl,  born  December  11,  1890,  at  Earlington, 
Kentucky. 

(b)  Frank  William,  born  June  17,  1893,  at  Guthrie,  Ken- 
tucky. 

(c)  Myrtle  Lucile,  born  September  23,  1895,  at  Guthrie, 
Kentucky. 


?,02  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


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(d)  James  Lee,  born  September  27,  1897,  at  Guthrie,  Ken- 
tucky, 

(e)  Millicent  Laverna,  born  April  14,  1901,  at  Livingston, 
Kentucky. 

(f)  Florence  Althea,  born  May  2,  1903,  at  Livingston,  Ken- 
tucky. 

/.     Althea  Grey  Williamson,  College  Corner,  Kentucky. 

g.  Florence  Olivia  Williamson  was  born  at  Olmstead,  Ken- 
tucky, July  21,  1875;  married  at  Russellville,  Kentucky,  July  21, 
1895,  to  Exie  Felts,  a  blacksmith,  who  was  born  in  Homer,  Ken- 
tucky, February  24,  1873.    They  live  at  Oakville,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

(a)  Albert  Garland,  twin,  born  at  Homer,  Kentucky,  De- 
cember 6,  1896. 

(b)  Garnett  Elbert,  twin,  born  at  Homer,  Kentucky,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1896. 

(c)  Herbert  Guy,  born  at  Russellville,  Kentucky.  January 
6,  1900. 

(d)  Eben  Vick,  twin,  born  at  Russellville,  Kentucky,  July  19, 
1902. 

(e)  Effie  Vick,  twin,  born  at  Russellville,  Kentucky,  July  19, 
1902. 

(3)  John  V.  Smith  was  born  January  31,  1847;  married 
September  20,  1871,  to  Catherine  P.  Oakes,  of  Logan  count}^, 
Kentucky,  who  was  born  April  7,  1849.  They  live  in  Guthrie, 
Kentucky.   No  children. 

(4)  Burnley  Duke  Smith  was  born  April  7,  1849,  in  Todd 
county,  Kentucky;  married  February  22,  1871,  to  Mollie  O.  Mc- 
Laughlin, of  Caroline  county,  Virginia.   Lives  at  Cisco,  Texas. 

Children : 

a.  Ada  Burnley  Smith,  born  June  i,  1873;  married  Novem- 
ber 23,  1894,  to  William  H.  Sims,  deputy  chancery  clerk  of 
Hinds  county,  Mississippi. 

Children : 

(a)  Richard  Raymond  Sims,  born  November  30,  1895. 

(b)  Hugh  Graeme  Sims,  born  November  8.  1897. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  3O3 

b.  George  Keland  Smith,  born  January  30,  1875.  Is  a 
planter,  living  near  Cisco,  Texas. 

c.  Mattie  Emmett  Smith,  twin,  born  April  18,  1877. 

d.  Mary  Catherine  Smith,  twin,  born  April  18,  1877;  died 
September  16,  1877. 

e.  Vivian  Minor  Smith,  born  July  20,  1878;  married  July  i, 
1900,  to  Alice  Lane,  of  Bell  county,  Texas.  Is  a  railway  con- 
tractor. 

Children : 

(a)  Elliott  Minor  Smith,  born  April  14,  1901. 

(b)  Charles  S.  Smith,  born  September  8,  1902. 

(c)  A  son  (unnamed)  born  August  17,  1904. 

f.  Richard  Ricks  Smith,  born  October  19,  1880.  Is  a  planter, 
living  near  Cisco,  Texas. 

g.  Basil  Duke  Smith,  born  April  13,  1884;  died  August  21, 
1885. 

(5)  Spottswood  G.  Smith  was  born  in  Todd  county,  Ken- 
tucky, June  13,  1851;  married  October  i,  1902,  to  Beulah  Belle 
Grant,  who  was  born  September  18,  1878,  in  Montgomery 
county,  Tennessee.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  farmer,  living  near  Guthrie, 
Kentucky.    No  children. 

(6)  L.  E.  Smith  was  born  June  2/,  1853;  ^^^^^  October  20, 
1886;  unmarried. 

(7)  Mollie  W.  Smith  was  born  July  22,  1856;  married 
January  23,  1878,  to  R.  H.  Moody,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  De- 
cember 5,  1844,  and  died  Novem.ber  8,  1879.  Mrs.  R.  H.  Moody 
lives  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky. 

Children  of  R.  W.  and  Mollie  ( Smith)  Moody : 

a.  Mattie  W.  Moody  was  born  October  28,  1878;  married 
December  2t,,  1901,  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky,  to  J.  D.  Clark,  a  lum- 
berman, who  was  born  in  Alabama,  April  7,  1867.  They  reside 
in  Peoria,  Illinois. 

b.  James  S.  Moody  was  born  January  22,  1880;  married  No- 
vember 24,  1903,  to  Edna  Russell,  of  Marion,  Indiana.  They 
have  one  child,  Annie  Gray,  who  was  born  December  27,  1904. 
They  live  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 


304  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

c.  Mollie  C.  Moody  was  born  April  30,  1881.  Lives  with  her 
mother  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky, 

d.  Annie  Gray  Moody  was  born  April  8,  1884;  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1894. 

c.  Daniel  C.  Moody  was  born  December  21,  1886;  lives  with 
his  mother  in  Guthrie,  Kentucky. 

9 

Nancy  (Vawter)  Gatlin 

Nancy,  daughter  of  Elliott  and  Anna  (Gray)  Vawter,  was  born 
in  Todd  county,  Kentucky,  August  10,  1824.  She  came  to  Illi- 
nois with  her  brother,  Jephtha  Vawter,  and  his  family  in  the  win- 
ter of  1846-47.  There  she  met  James  Gatlin,  a  widower  with  two 
children.  His  first  wife  was  Virginia  Smith  and  his  two  children 
were  Eliza  and  Marion. 

Nancy  Vawter  and  James  Gatlin  were  married  September  21, 
1847.  James  Gatlin  was  born  in  Alabama,  August  5,  181 7,  and 
died  July  22,  1897,  ^^  Pleasant  Plain,  Iowa,  and  Nancy  (Vawter) 
Gatlin  died  at  Pleasant  Plain,  Iowa,  June  28,  1899. 

Children  of  James  and  Virginia  (Smith)  Gatlin: 

(i)  Eliza  J.  Gatlin  was  born  in  Illinois,  September  6,  1843; 
married  October  5,  1861,  to  John  Blickensderfer,  who  was  born 
in  Martin's  Cove,  Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1835.  They  live 
in  Gardena,  California. 

Children : 

a.  Ella  May,  born  in  Brighton,  Iowa,  October  21,  1862. 

b.  Hattie  D.,  born  in  Brighton,  Iowa,  October  24,  1866. 

c.  Kate  S.,  born  in  Brighton,  Iowa,  June,  1869. 

(2)  Francis  Marion  Gatlin  was  born  December  2^,  1844; 
married  January  22,  1873,  to  Mary  McCaulley,  who  was  born  in 
Ohio,  March  3,  1848.   They  live  in  Lebanon,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  Nellie  K.,  born  November  16,  1876;  married  December 
27,  1899,  to  Artemus  Carpenter. 

b.  John  A.,  born  November  7,  1878;  married  March  16,  1904, 
to  Nellie  Erdman. 

c.  Harry  G.,  born  September  4,  1880. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  305 

d.  Hattie,  born  December  2.  1884. 

e.  Clara  A.,  born  October  23.  1886. 
Children  of  James  and  Nancy  ( Vawter)  Gatlin  : 

( I )  Virginia  A.  Gatlin,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy 
(Vawter)  Gatlin,  was  born  in  Illinois,  September  25,  1848;  mar- 
ried March  26,  1869,  to  George  V.  Allen.  George  V.  Allen  was 
born  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  March  14,  1842,  and  died  No- 
vember 13,  1883.  He  was  interested  in  flouring  mills  and  was 
also  in  the  stock  and  grain  business.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War 
from  1862  to  1865  in  Company  A.  Twenty-fifth  Regiment  of 
Iowa  Volunteers. 

Children  of  George  V.  and  Virginia  (Gatlin)  Allen: 

a.  Horace  Dwight  Allen,  born  January  15,  1870,  at  Brighton, 
Iowa:  married  June  5,  1894,  to  Margarette  Caldwell  of  Sioux 
City,  Iowa,  who  was  born  at  Viola,  Illinois,  October  16,  1872. 
Horace  D.  Allen  is  the  general  agent  for  the  Banker's  Accident 
Insurance  Company  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  He  lives  in  Sioux- 
City,  Iowa.  One  child,  Gertrude  Alice  Allen,  was  born  September 
15,  1899,  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

b.  Grace  Margarette  Allen  was  born  November  25,  1871  : 
married  September  10,  1889,  to  Jacob  N.  Kanoff;  died  January 
II,  1902. 

Children : 

(a)  Ethel  Fern,  born  February  17,  1891. 

(b)  Hazel  Hester,  born  December  15,  1892. 

(c)  George  William,  born  August  11,  1894. 

(d)  Harold  F.,  born  July  22,  1896. 

(e)  J.  Wilson,  born  March  28,  1898. 

(f)  John  Homer,  born  January  10,  1900. 

J.  N.  Kanoff  and  children  are  living  on  a  farm  near  Lenox. 
Iowa. 

c.  Frank  Gatlin  Allen  was  born  January  8,  1875,  in  Brighton. 
Iowa;  married  May  29,  1900,  at  Burchard,  Nebraska,  to  Alice 
Myrtle  Bratton,  who  was  born  November  8,  1880,  in  Lenox, 
Iowa.   F.  G.  Allen  is  teaching  school  at  Blunt,  South  Dakota. 

Children : 

(a)      Myrtle  Grace,  born  August  12,  1901. 


306  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(b)  George  William,  born  March  8,  1903. 

(c)  Frank  Bratton,  born  January  i,  1905. 

d.  Charles  J.  Allen  was  born  at  Brighton,  Iowa,  October  23, 
1876;  married  at  Everest,  Kansas,  October  27,  1898,  to  Zella  M. 
Newton,  a  descendent  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton.  They  live  in  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where  Charles  J.  Allen  is  superintendent  of  a 
department  of  the  Nelson  Morris  Packing  Company. 

Children:  Georgia  Grace,  born  May  4,  1900,  at  Everest, 
Kansas. 

c.  Robert  Rush  Allen  was  born  January  i,  1879;  married 
May  7,  1 90 1,  to  Bertha  Harvey.  They  live  in  Creston,  Iowa, 
where  Robert  R.  Allen  owns  and  operates  a  bakery. 

Children:     Grace  Margarette,  born  March  4,  1904. 

/.  Ralph  James  Allen  was  born  January  22,  1881,  in  Lenox, 
Iowa;  married  August  17,  1904,  to  Mae  Marion  Crafts,  who  was 
born  in  Council  Blufifs,  Iowa,  May  5,  1884.  They  live  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  where  Ralph  J.  Allen,  who  is  a  registered  pharma- 
cist, has  a  position  in  a  drug  store. 

g.  George  V.  Allen,  Jr.,  was  born  December  7,  1883.  He  is 
working  for  the  Union  Pacific  Tea  Company  of  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri. 

Virginia  (Gatlin)  Allen  w^as  married  November  27,  1888,  at 
Lenox,  Iowa,  to  J.  West  Jones,  who  was  born  in  Knox  county, 
Illinois,  October  10,  1848.  They  live  at  Lenox,  Iowa.  J.  West 
Jones  is  a  live  stock  auctioneer. 

Children:  Harry  Allen  Jones  was  born  April  22,  1890,  at 
Lenox,  low^a.  He  is  now  attending  school  and  expects  to  become 
an  auctioneer. 

(2)  Sarah  S.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gat- 
lin, was  born  in  Peoria,  Illinois,  May  20,  1850;  married  Novem- 
ber 10,  1870,  to  George  Wells  Carrell,  who  was  born  in  Logan 
county,  Ohio,  near  Belief ontaine,  April  17,  1846,  and  died  August 
27,  1 89 1.  George  W.  Carrell  was  engaged  in  the  wholesale  hard- 
ware business.  He  was  the  son  of  George  Bruce  and  Censalina 
( Shirley)  Carrell,  who  were  Virginians. 

Children  of  George  W.  and  Sarah  (Gatlin)  Carrell : 

a.     Myrtle   Carrell   v/as  born   February  28,    1873,   at   Paris, 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  307 

Iowa;  married  June  21,  1893,  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  to  John  Cleve- 
land Pierce.  Mr.  Pierce  is  a  salesman  for  lubricating  oils ;  is  also 
proprietor  of  a  summer  hotel  at  Old  Orchard,  Maine.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Pierce  live  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren. 

(a)  Elinor  Shirley  Pierce,  born  April  28,  1898. 

(b)  Marian  Pierce,  born  July  10.  1904. 

b.  Lake  E.  Carrell  was  born  January  28,  1882,  at  New 
Sharon,  Iowa ;  is  a  porcelain  decorator  in  Lewiston,  Maine. 

c.  Genevieve  Hope  Carrell  was  born  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa, 
July  16,  1890;  is  a  student  in  St.  Joseph's  Academy,  Deering, 
Maine. 

Sarah  (Gatlin)  Carrell  was  married  September  30,  1902,  in 
Syracuse,  New  York,  by  Rev.  Payson  E.  Pierce,  to  Charles 
August  Amback. 

Charles  A.  Amback  was  born  March  8,  1842,  at  Grieg,  Ger- 
many. Pie  came  to  America  in  October,  1858;  is  a  woolen  manu- 
facturer at  Sabattus,  Maine. 

Mr.  Amback  was  married,  first,  in  1870,  to  Abbie  Ellen  Kim- 
ball, who  was  born  May  10,  1845,  at  Gardiner,  Maine.  They  had 
four  children : 

a.  Carrie  Adell  Amback,  born  September  8,  1871,  at  Lisbon 
Falls,  Maine;  is  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  in  Hyde  Park, 
Massachusetts. 

b.  Ina  May  Amback,  born  May  14,  1873;  is  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  at  Lisbon  Falls,  Maine. 

c.  Annie  Louise  Amback,  born  May  3,  1876,  at  Sabattus, 
Maine;  married  October  i,  1903,  to  Melvin  E.  Butler.  They  live 
in  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts,  and  have  one  child,  Charles  Mel- 
vin, who  was  born  August  10,  1904. 

d.  John  Everett  Amback,  born  December  6,  1879,  at  Sabat- 
tus, Maine ;  is  manager  of  a  clothing  house  at  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut. 

(3)  Kate  L.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gat- 
lin, was  born  in  Iowa,  May  10,  1852;  married  January  27,  1876, 
to  H.  T.  Fitzhugh,  who  was  born  in  Henry  county,  Missouri, 
May  14,   1845,  and  reared  in  Merced  county,  California.    Mr. 


308  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Fitzhugh   is   engaged   in   ranching  and   stock   raising;    lives   in 
Chromo,  Colorado. 
Children : 

a.  Roy  W.,  born  in  Nevada,  December  17,  1876;  married 
June  10,  1902,  to  Hattie  South.  They  have  one  child,  Hallie,  who 
was  born  June  9,  1903.  Roy  W.  Fitzhugh  works  for  the  railroad 
company  and  lives  in  Chama,  New  Mexico. 

b.  Edgar  J.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Nevada,  March  5,  1878. 

c.  Gordon  D.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  May  8,  1880. 

d.  Harry  F.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  March  20,  1882. 

e.  Clarence  H.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  May  30,  1884. 
/.  Faye  Pearl  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  July  21,  1886. 
g.  Mack  A.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  February  7,  1889. 
h.  Carrell  C.  Fitzhugh,  born  in  Colorado,  April  16,  1891. 

(4)  Nancy  Elliott,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter) 
Gatlin,  w^as  born  in  Iowa,  October  11,  1854;  married  October  21, 
1880,  to  Dwight  R.  Battey,  who  was  born  in  Willington,  Tolland 
county,  Connecticut,  August  21,  1853.  Mr.  Battey  is  a  farmer, 
living  in  La  Junta,  Colorado. 

Children : 

a.  Blanche  A.  Battey,  born  March  24,  1882;  married  March 
31,  1 90 1,  to  Virgil  L.  Snyder;  lives  in  Rocky  Ford,  Colorado. 

Children  are  Waldo  A.,  born  December  9,  1901,  and  Floyd  T., 
born  April  8,  1903. 

b.  Alvin  G.  Battey,  born  January  13,  1884;  lives  in  La  Junta, 
Colorado. 

(5)  Sina  E.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gat- 
lin, was  born  in  Iowa,  November  19,  1856;  married  October  4, 
1883,  to  Aaron  Pickard,  who  was  born  near  Pleasant  Plain,  Iowa, 
July  17,  1857.  Mr.  Pickard  is  a  farmer,  living  near  Pleasant 
Plain,  Iowa. 

Children : 

a.  Anna  Fern,  born  November  26,  1884,  near  Pleasant  Plain, 
Iowa. 

b.  Grace  Myrtle,  born  May  29,  1887,  near  Pleasant  Plain, 
Iowa. 

(6)  Jephtha  D.,  son  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gatlin,. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  309 

was  born  in  Iowa,  November  28,  1857;  married  January  10, 
1885,  to  Mattie  Dunn;  died  October  27,  1902.  Mrs.  Jephtha  D. 
Gatlin  and  children  live  at  Batavia,  Iowa. 

Children :  Ross,  Lake  E.,  who  died,  Wayne,  Faye  and 
Charles. 

(7)  ]\Iargaret  M.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter) 
Gatlin,  was  born  in  Iowa,  July  8,  i860;  married  October  12,  1887, 
to  Morton  R.  Gibbens.  who  was  born  at  Sextonville,  Wisconsin, 
September  7,  1865.  Mr.  Gibbens  is  a  stonemason,  living  at  Fort 
Collins,  Colorado. 

Children : 

o.     Ray  R.,  born  November  13,  1888. 

b.  James  D.,  born  May  29,  1890. 

c.  Fred  A.,  born  June  12,  1891. 

d.  Laura  lone,  born  December  19,  1896;  died  February  6, 
1898. 

e.  Vawter  Morton,  born  December  6,  1899. 

(8)  Mary  C,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gat- 
lin, was  born  in  Iowa  October  4,  1862;  married  September  15, 
1 88 1,  to  John  A.  Coleman,  who  was  born  at  Mount  Vernon, 
Iowa,  August  12,  1859.  Mr.  Coleman  is  in  the  mercantile  and 
also  the  stock  business.    Lives  at  Fort  Collins,  Colorado. 

Children : 

a.  Clayton  Carrell  Coleman,  born  June  22,  1882;  married 
June  22,  1904,  to  Catherine  L.  Cross.  They  live  in  Alford,  Colo- 
rado. 

b.  Dwight  Leonidas  Coleman,  born  April  30,  1890;  died 
December  10,  1900. 

c.  Shirley  Vawter  Coleman,  born  October  6,  1893. 

(9)  Emma  J.,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Vawter)  Gat- 
lin, was  born  in  Iowa  February  3,  1865;  married  October  4, 
1883,  to  Frank  B.  George,  who  was  born  September  13,  1862, 
and  died  October  12,  1892. 

Children : 

a.  Ollie  Vawter,  born  at  Pleasant  Plain,  Iowa,  September  13, 
1885. 

b.  Max  B.,  born  near  Rock  Creek,  Wyoming,  June  10,  1888. 


3IO  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Emma  J.  George  was  married,  second,  to  Everett  De  Garmo, 
October  28,  1896. 

Children : 

a.     James  Ralph,  born  January  13,  1898,  at  Alton,  Kansas. 

Everett  De  Garmo  and  his  wife  are  separated.  His  wife  having 
resumed  the  name  of  her  first  husband,  now  lives  with  her  chil- 
dren at  New  Windsor,  Colorado. 


Ill 

For  Frances,  daughter  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,   see 
record  of  William  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse. 

Frances  Vawter  married  her  cousin  William  Vawter. 


IV. 

JESSE  VAWTER5 

(Philemon^,  David^,  John"^,  Johni) 

(1784-1832) 

m. 

FRANCES  ANN  WATTS 


Children^ 


Grandchildren' 


I.  David Jamieson 
Vawter  m. 
ist 
Ann  Hickinson 


2d 

Elizabeth  A. 
Waters 


(i)  William  m. 
Rachel  Rob- 
inett 


(2)  Mary  tn. 

Michels 


(i)  Julia  m. 

Thomas  Riggs 


(2)  Alpheus,  d. 

(3)  Jesse,  d. 

(4)  John  Wesley 
m. 
Matilda  R. 

Johnston 

(5)  Jamieson,  d. 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren^ 

Mary  Alice,  d. 

Edwin  Jamieson 

m. 
Mazelle  Ayres 

William  Cyrus 
Cassius  Lincoln,  d. 
Philemon  Vawter, 

d. 
Jesse  Piatt 
Emma  Jane  m. 

George  Varian 
Imogene  A.  m. 

J.  C.  Griffith 

■{    Two  children 

f  George  A. 
I    John  Thomas 
■{    Richard  J. 
I    Ariel 
t  Emmet 


One  child,  d. 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 


Arthur 
Ada  Rachel 


u 


essie  Cornelia 
George  William 


3d 

Susan  B.  Conner  ^ 


(i)  Virginia  m. 

ist 

John  Nether- 
land 

2d 

Charles  A. 
Doughty 


John  Ray 
Harriet  Virginia 
Josephine 


312 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


3d 

Susan  B.  Vawter 

{Continued) 


(2)  Jamieson  m. 
ist 
Sal'iie  Snyder 


2d 

Adah  Vivion 


(3) 


2.  John  m. 

Mary  E.  Nichols 


3.  William  H.  ra. 
Mary  Ravenell 


Milton  B.  m. 
Alma  N.  Dixon 


(1)  John 

(2)  Wallace  m. 
Elizabeth  Cap- 
linger 


(3)  Mary  m. 
Harvey 
Rutherford 


(4)  Frances  m. 
Cole 

(5)  Harriet 

(6)  Milly 


(7)  Drucilla  m. 
John  Eads 


(i)  Alexander 

(2)  Prospey 

(3)  Absalom 

(4)  Mary 

(5)  Annie 

(6)  Carrie 

(7)  Jessie 


Delias. 
F.  Bruce 
Milton  Jamieson 
Wyley  R. 
William  S. 


f  Adah  Mary 
\  Lena  Virginia 


Milton  Ben,  d. 
Muriel  Ben 
Jamieson  Shepard 
Milton  Ballard 
Noah  James 
Dixon,  d. 
Joe  Philemon 


(4)  Jefferson  D.  m. 


f  Goldie  m. 
I       Otis  Perkinson 
"{    Sylvia  m. 
I       Harry  Cull 
L  Herman  Wallace 


Harry  m. 

Emma  King 
Ernest 
Howard 
Emma 
Katherine 
Roy 

John 
Mary,  d. 


Edward 

Robert 

Clifford 

Sherley 

Mary 

Arthur 

Harry 

Lena,  d. 


Pauline 


4.  Absalom  m. 
Caroline  McGill 


No  children 


5.  Adaline  m. 
William  Nichols 


No  children 


6.  Nancy  m. 

Hayden 

7.  Mary,  d.  s. 

8.  Elizabeth  m. 

Glover 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  313 

((i)  Mary  m. 
Wm.  Swiney 
(2)  Isaiah,  d. 


I   On 


e  child 


IV 
JESSE    VAWTER 

Jesse  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,  was  born 
A-ugust  16,  1784,  in  the  Holston  river  country,  which  is  near 
where  the  three  states,  Virginia,  North  CaroHna  and  Tennessee 
now  join.  He  was  married  January  29,  1807,  to  Frances  Ann 
Watts;  hved  in  Oldham  county,  Kentucky,  and  died  in  1832. 

Children :  D.  Jamieson,  John,  William  H.,  Absalom,  Adaline, 
Nancy,  Mary  and  Elizabeth. 

I 

David  Jamieson  Vawter 

David  Jamieson  Vawter,  son  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts) 
Vawter,  was  born  June  29,  1809;  married,  first,  Ann  Hickinson. 
Children  of  D.  Jamieson  and  Ann  (Hickinson)  Vawter: 
( I )  William  Vawter  was  born  in  Oldham  county,  Kentucky, 
June  II,  1831 ;  went  with  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford  and  family 
in  1 85 1  to  Oregon.  In  1852  there  was  a  great  excitement  in 
Portland,  Oregon,  and  San  Francisco  about  gold  on  Queen  Char- 
lotte's Island  and  in  Alaska.  A  company  of  sixty  men  was  or- 
ganized at  Portland,  Oregon,  among  whom  was  William  Vawter. 
They  bought  a  vessel  and  fitted  it  out  for  a  six-months'  trip. 
From  Portland  they  went  to  Queen  Charlotte's  Island  and  an- 
chored in  Gold  Harbor  and  prospected  for  a  time  without  success. 
Then  they  went  to  the  mainland,  where  they  found  little  gold  and 
the  expedition  failed.  The  Indians  appeared  to  have  gold  in 
small  quantities,  but  refused  to  tell  where  they  got  it.  William 
Vawter  was  postmaster  at  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  from  1877 
to  1 88 1.  He  resigned  and  went  to  San  Jacinto,  California  on  ac- 
count of  his  wife's  health. 


314  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

William  Vawter  was  married  in  Linn  county,  Oregon,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1855,  to  Rachel  Robinett,  who  was  born  in  Jackson 
county,  Missouri,  October  22.,  1839. 

Children : 

a.  Mary  Alice  Vawter,  born  December  29,  1856;  died  De- 
cember 19,  1 86 1. 

h.  Edwin  Jamieson  Vawter,  born  December  14,  1856;  mar- 
ried to  Mazelle  Ayres ;  has  two  children,  Arthur  and  Ada  Rachel ; 
lived  in  Glendale,  California,  but  is  now  in  Nome,  Alaska. 

c.  William  Cyrus  Vawter,  born  November  28,  1861. 

d.  Cassius  Lincoln  Vawter,  born  May  i,  1864;  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1889,  in  Mexico. 

c.  Philemon  Vawter,  born  April  26,  1867;  died  December  9, 
1870. 

/.  Jesse  Piatt,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington,  November 
17,  1869;  was  in  Alaska  from  May  until  October,  1904,  acting 
as  secretary  for  the  Midnight  Sun  Mining  and  Ditch  Company. 
He  is  now  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

g.  Emma  Jane  Vawter,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
June  16,  1873;  married  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  September 
22,  1897,  to  George  H.  Varian,  who  was  born  in  1863  in  North 
Babylon,  New  York.  George  Varian  is  in  the  poultry  business 
in  Glendale,  California. 

Children : 

(a)  Jessie  Cornelia,  born  in  Klamathon,  California,  July  10, 
1898. 

(b)  George  William,  born  at  Oakland,  California,  June  15, 
1902. 

h.  Imogene  Abigail  Vawter,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
September  14,  1875;  married  November  11,  1896,  to  John  C. 
Griffith,  who  was  born  March  3,  1871,  in  Berry,  Kentucky.  J.  C. 
Griffith  is  a  boiler-maker,  living  at  Hoisington,  Kansas.  No  chil- 
dren. 

(2)  Mary,  daughter  of  D.  Jamieson  and  Ann  (Hickinson) 
Vawter,  was  married  in  1847  to  a  man  named  Michels,  who  lived 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  315 

near  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  She  had  two  children.  In  the  year 
1854  she  was  burned  to  death  by  her  clothing  catching  on  fire. 

D.  Jamieson  Vawter  was  married,  second,  to  Elizabeth  Ann 
Waters,  who  was  born  in  Henry  county,  Kentucky,  and  died  in 
1848. 

Children  of  D.  Jamieson  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Waters)  Vaw- 
ter: 

( I )  Julia  Vawter  was  born  at  Campbellsburg,  Kentucky,  De- 
cember 2,  1838;  married  Thomas  H.  Riggs,  who  was  born  near 
Wilmington,  Dearborn  county,  Indiana,  August  i,  1836.  They 
live  'at  2308  Fourth  avenue,  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

a.  George  A,  Riggs  was  born  near  Ghent,  Carroll  county, 
Kentucky,  July  20,  1858;  married  April  23,  1891,  to  Elizabeth 
Walhouser;  died  July  24,  1904.  Their  children  : 

(a)  George  Wesley  Riggs,  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
September  17,  1892. 

(b)  Charles  Edmund  Riggs,  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
February  18,  1894. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Viola  May  Riggs,  born  in  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, December  12,  1896. 

b.  Jane  Elizabeth  Riggs  was  born  near  Ghent,  Kentucky, 
October  25,  i860;  died  June  i,  1877, 

c.  Julia  Catherine  Riggs  was  born  near  Ghent.  Kentucky, 
September  13,  1862;  died  December  2,  1868. 

d.  John  Thomas  Riggs  was  born  near  Ghent,  Kentucky,  July 
15,  1864;  married  May  7,  1890,  to  Mary  Haberstich.  who  was 
born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  July  25,  1867.  They  live  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentuckv.  Their  children  are : 

(a)  Edwin  T.  Riggs  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  De- 
cember 12,  1 89 1. 

(b)  Albert  R.  Riggs  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  June 
29,  1893. 

(c)  Flora  Lee  Riggs  was  born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  July 

9.  1895- 

(d)  Ida  May  Riggs  was  born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  Au- 
gust 15,  1897. 


3l6  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(e)  Julia  L.  Riggs  was  born  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  July  21, 
1902. 

e.  Richard  J.  Riggs  was  born  in  Aurora,  Indiana,  June  25, 
1866;  died  August  25,  1868. 

/.     Ariel  I.  Riggs  was  born  in  Aurora,  Indiana,  May  20,  1876. 

g.  Emmett  Vawter  Riggs  was  born  in  Aurora,  Indiana,  De- 
cember 4,  1880;  married  July  15,  1903,  to  Catherine  E.  Russell, 
who  was  born  on  Russell  Hill,  near  Pewee  Valley,  Oldham 
county,  Kentucky.  They  live  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  have 
one  child,  Charles  Russell  Riggs,  who  was  born  in  Louisville, 
March  22,  1905. 

(2)  Alpheus  Vawter  was  a  Confederate  under  the  command 
of  General  John  H.  Morgan,  and  was  killed  at  Mt.  Sterling, 
Kentucky. 

(3)  Jesse  Vawter  died  young. 

(4)  John  Wesley  Vawter  was  born  near  Campbellsburg, 
Kentucky,  March  10,  1844;  joined  the  Confederate  army  under 
the  noted  Kentucky  guerilla.  Colonel  George  M.  Jesse,  and  re- 
mained until  the  war  closed  in  1865.  He  was  married  at  Port 
Royal,  Kentucky,  January  7,  1868,  to  Matilda  Roberta  Johnston, 
who  was  born  near  New  Liberty,  Kentucky,  March  19,  1847. 
They  had  one  child,  which  died  in  infancy.  J.  W.  Vawter  has 
been  a  farmer,  a  buyer  and  seller  of  leaf  tobacco,  and  of  late  years 
a  lawyer.  He  lives  in  Turner's  Station,  Kentucky. 

(5)  Jamieson  died  in  infancy. 

D,  Jamieson  Vawter  was  married,  third,  October  30,  1850,  to 
Susan  B.  Conner  (daughter  of  Torrence  and  Susan  Conner), 
who  was  born  in  Trimble  county,  Kentucky,  March  19,  1834. 
D.  J.  Vawter  died  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  June  9,  1903.  His 
wife  lives  with  her  son  Jamieson. 

Children  of  D.  Jamieson  and  Susan  (Conner)  Vawter: 

(i)  Virginia  Vawter  was  born  in  Milton,  Kentucky,  March 
17,  1853;  married,  first,  to  John  A.  Netherland,  of  Trimble 
county,  Kentucky,  who  was  born  in  1848  and  died  in  September, 
1884. 

Children : 

a.     John  Ray,  born  April  23,  1875. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  317 

b.  Harriet  Virginia,  born  August  24,  1877.  Is  a  nurse,  living 
in  Chicago. 

c.  Josephine,  born  May  12,  1878. 

Virginia  (Vawter)  Netherland  was  married,  second,  March, 
1892,  to  Charles  A.  Doughty,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  April 
22,  1839. 

They,  with  their  daughter  Josephine,  live  at  Craig,  Holt 
county,  Missouri. 

(2)  Jamieson  Vawter  was  born  in  Milton,  Kentucky,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1856;  married  in  Trimble  county,  Kentucky,  Novem- 
ber 17.  1884,  to  Sallie  G.  Snyder  (daughter  of  William  and 
Delia  Snyder),  who  was  born  in  Trimble  county,  Kentucky, 
September  3,   i860;  died  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  April  21, 

1893. 

Their  children  were : 

a.  Delia  S.  Vawter,  born  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1885. 

b.  F.  Bruce  Vawter,  born  in  Arkansas  City,  December  22, 
1886. 

c.  Milton  Jamieson  Vawter,  born  in  Arkansas  City,  April  21, 
1889. 

d.  Wiley  R.  Vawter,  born  in  Carroll  county,  Kentucky,  April 
3,  1891. 

e.  William  S.  Vawter,  born  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  March 
29,  1893. 

Jamieson  Vawter  was  married,  second,  at  Paris,  Kentucky,  No- 
vember 13,  1894,  to  Adah  C.  Vivion  (daughter  of  Irvin  and 
Mary  Ann  Vivion),  who  was  born  in  Boone  county,  Missouri, 
September  4,  1870;  died  in  Columbia,  Boone  county,  Missouri, 
March  22,  1904.  Jamieson  Vawter  is  a  physician,  living  in  Ar- 
kansas City,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.  Adah  Mary  Vawter,  born  in  Arkansas  City,  October  20, 
1895. 

b.  Lena  Virginia  Vivion  Vawter,  born  in  Ponca  City,  Okla- 
homa, June  14,  1899. 

(3)  Milton  B.  Vawter  was  born  in  Milton,  Kentucky,  Sep- 


3l8  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

tember  8,  1858;  married  June  21,  1882,  in  Arkansas  City,  Kansas, 
to  Alma  N.  Nixon,  who  was  born  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  Octo- 
ber 2^,  1858.  Milton  B.  Vawter  is  a  dentist,  living  in  Arkansas 
City,  Kansas. 

Children : 

a.     Milton  Ben  Vawter,  born  and  died  August  26,  1883. 

h.  Muriel  Ben  Vawter,  born  November  i,  1884,  in  Arkansas 
City. 

c.  Jamieson  Shepard  Vawter,  born  September  23,  1886,  in 
Arkansas  City. 

d.  Milton  Ballard  Vawter,  born  October  4,  1888,  in  Arkansas 
City. 

e.  Noah  James  Dixon  Vawter,  born  July  16,  1894;  died  June 
18,  1896. 

/.  Joe  Philemon  Vawter,  born  September  3,  1898,  in  Arkan- 
sas City. 

(4)  Jefferson  Davis  Vawter,  born  May  10,  1861,  in  Milton, 
Kentucky.   Is  married  and  living  in  Natchez,  Mississippi. 

2 
John  Vawter 

John,  son  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  was  married 
to  Mary  E.  Nichols.  John  lived  in  Milton,  Kentucky. 
Children  of  John  and  Mary  (Nichols)  Vawter: 

(1)  John. 

(2)  Wallace;  married  Elizabeth  Francis  Caplinger. 
Children  of  Wallace  and  Elizabeth  (Caplinger)  Vawter: 

a.  Goldie;  married  Otis  Perkinson,  of  Trout,  Kentucky, 
They  have  one  child,  Pauline. 

h.     Sylvia ;  married  Harry  Cull,  of  Milton,  Kentucky. 
c.     Herman  Wallace. 

(3)  Mary  married  Harvey  Rutherford  and  lives  in  Madison, 
Indiana. 

Children :  Harry,  dead ;  married  Emma  King,  Ernest,  How- 
ard, Emma,  Katherine,  Roy. 

(4)  Fanny  married  Mr.  Cole.  Is  dead.  Did  live  in  Milton, 
Kentucky. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  319 

Children  :   John,  Mary,  died. 

(5)  Harriet. 

(6)  Milly. 

(7)  Driicilla  married  John  Eads.    Lives  in  Madison,  Indiana. 
Children :    Edward,  Robert,  Clifford,  Sherley,  Mary,  Arthur, 

Harry,  Lena,  died. 

3 
William  H.  Vawter 

William  H.,  son  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 

born  ,  — ;  married  Mary  Ravenell,  of  Bedford,  Kentucky. 

They  moved  from  Bedford,  Kentucky,  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where 
William  died.  His  widow  lives  in  Chicago,  at  2443  West  Ohio 
street. 

Children :  Alexander,  Prospey,  Absalom,  Mary,  Annie,  Carrie 
and  Jessie. 


Absalom  Vawter 

Absalom,  son  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  went  to 
Bardstown,  Kentucky ;  married  Caroline  McGill.  Was  in  general 
merchandise  business  in  Stevensport,  Kentucky,  in  1847.  -^^ 
children. 

5 
Adaline  (Vawter)  Nichols 

Adaline,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  mar- 
ried William  Nichols.  No  children. 


Nancy  (Vawter)  Hayden 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  mar- 


320  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

ried  a  Hayden.  They  had  two  children  :  Mary  and  Isaiah.  Isaiah 
died  young.  Mary  married  WilHam  Swiney  and  went  to  Indian 
Territory  before  the  Civil  War.    Her  mother  joined  her  there. 

7 
Mary  Vawter 

Mary,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter,  was 
never  married. 

8 

Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Glover 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Frances  (Watts)  Vawter, 
married  a  Glover  and  lived  in  Bedford,  Kentucky.  They  had 
one  child  in  1848.  They  moved  to  Missouri  soon  after  1848,  and 
their  location  is  unknown. 


V. 

BEVERLY  VAWTER5 

(Philemon*,  David^,  John2,  Johni) 

(1789-1873) 

m. 

ELIZABETH  CRAWFORD 
(1792-1866) 


r 


Children* 


Grandchildren' 


I.  Pascal  Vawterm. 
Eliza  Mavity 


(i)  Mary  Ann  m. 
Peter  T. 
Hedges 


(2)  John  Beverly 
m. 
Flora  Keith 


G.  Grandchil- 

G. G.  Grandchil 

dren* 

dren» 

Dora  A. 

Fred  A. 

Arthur 

ThaddeusA.  in. 
Mary  Atkinson 

Mary 
Herman 

Bertram 

Grace 

^  Mildred 

Ida  May  m.                [ 
Lee  Cronkhite 

Mary  E. 

Rosa  Blanche  ra, 
Hiram  Brown 

'   Earl  Radford 
Dorothy  M. 
Myrtle  M. 

1    Charles  M.  m. 
Ida  Heloy 


Alice  F.  m. 
C.  E.  Firebaugh 


Mattie  D. 
Myrtle  E.  m. 
Albert  Denger 

Minnie  F.  m. 
Bertie  Tillotson 

Keith  m. 

Cora  E.  Kiser 
Rena 


<    One  son,  d. 

Harold 

Lela 

Lee 

P.  T.  Norman 

Lois 

A  son 


(   Flora  E. 
I   L.  B.  An 


Arden 


322 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


(3)  Samantha  J.  m.    i 
Levi  M.  Hedges 


Lourena  I.  m. 
Joseph  B.  Enix 

Ashba  V.  m. 
Mary  Mildred 
Wear 

Lora  O. 
Mary  A.  m. 

Charles  Smith 
Lida  m. 

J.  S.Gill 
John  M.  m. 

Effie  A.Saunders 
William  R. 
Melinda  S. 

Charles  K.  m. 
Vietta  Kingham 

Walter  G.  m. 

Mamie  Wills 
Levi  M.  F. 


r  Frank  C.  m. 
{4)  Aureana  m.         J       Lillian  Lepper 
Milton  S.  Vaw-  i    ^^^^.^  ^ 

I  Bert  Watts,  d. 


<S   Clara  M. 
(   Elmo 

C  Effie  Grace 
J    Albion  Tourgee 
1    Mary  Mildred 
I    Eva  Luella 
i,  Ashba  Vawter,  Jr. 


Thelma  May 


ter 


I.  Pascal  Vawter      j 
{Continued} 


(5)  Alecy  m. 
Jesse  L.  Trues- 
dell 


(6)  Dotham,  d.  s. 


(7)  Charles  Pub- 
lius  m.  Susan 
Degman 


(8)  James  Mavity 
m.  ist.  Mary 
Williams 

2d. 

Lura  Sander- 


Rhoyden 
Nadyne 


Louise 


r  Aureana  m. 
John  Mullin 


Alverda  m. 
Robert  Stricklett 

SallieS. 

Quintus  V.  m. 
Flora  F.  Fearis 


Lulu  May,  d.  s. 
Charles  Richard 
m.  C.  Delia 
Morrison 

James  A.  m. 
-(       Ida  May  McCoy 

Jesse  Gertrude,  d. 
Henry  Garfield,  d. 
Ellie  Bessie,  d. 
Frank,  d. 
A  daughter,  d. 


j    John  Shea 
"1    Maud  M. 
1^  Herbert  Orin 

(  Shubert 
;    Earl  Rea 


Oleta  W. 


Velma  Crystel 


Charles  Porter 


(   Le 
I  Di 


Lena  Elsie,  d. 
ck  Mavity 


Fred  Beverly 
Marv  Lucile 


4 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


3-0 


2.  Lucinda  m. 

Thos.  Blair 

3.  Rebecca,  d.  s. 

4.  Mclinda,  d.  s. 


?'■ 


)  Elizabeth  m. 
Milton  West 


5.  Philemon  m. 
Martha 
Humphreys 


6.  James  m. 
Mary  Elder 


7.  Richard  m. 
ist. 
Maria  Lame 


2d. 
Elizabethlrwin 


8.  Cyrus  m. 

Sarah  A.Finley 


9.  Samuel  m. 

Frances  Ames 


! 


10.  John  M.  m. 
Sarah  J.  Par- 
dun 


(i)   Humphreys  m. 
Carter 

(2)  Hettie  Hawes 

ra.  Maurice 
Joyce 

(3)  Sallie  Beverly 
m.  \Vm.  H. 

Harris 

(4)  Robert  Craw- 
ford (dau.)  ra. 

\Vm.  A.Milli- 
ken 

No  children 

(i)  Jane  m. 

ist.  Charles  H. 
Wright 

2d. 

Richard  John- 
son 

(2)  Cyrus  Phile- 
mon m.  Martha 

Roush 

(3)  Joseph,  d.  s. 

(4)  Anna  m. 
Charles  E.  Ir- 
win 

(i)  Samantha,  d. 

(2)  Wm.  Ira  m. 
EttaM.  Hill 

(i)  Nannie  m. 
Winfield  Dra- 
per 

(2)  James  L.  m. 
Ethel  Ransdall 

(3)  Mollie  m. 
Herbert  Fisher 

(i)  Minnie  Bell  m. 
Alfonso  Harold 

(2)  Walter  m. 

Annie  M.  Haw- 
thorn 


Cora  B.  ra.  j   Esther 

G.  W.  Vandergrift    "(    Ethel 


Claude  Philemon 


Maurice 

Humphreys 

Edwin  Vawter 
Beverly 

Humphreys 
Hettie  Vawter 

Rhoda  Jamieson 


No  children 


No  children 


Joseph 
Vawter  Oliver 


Vernon  Hill 
Wm.  Ira,  Jr. 

No  children 


Edna 

No  children 


324  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

V 

BEVERLY    VAWTER 

Beverly,  the  son  of  Philemon  and  Anne  Vawter,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1789;  married  March  5,  1812,  Elizabeth  Crawford, 
who  was  born  March  29,  1792,  in  Jared  county,  Kentucky.  Eliza- 
beth Crawford  was  the  sister  of  James  Crawford,  who  married 
Lucy  Vawter,  a  sister  of  Beverly.  Beverly  Vawter  came  from 
Kentucky  to  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  in  181 1.  He  was  a  well- 
known  Christian  minister.  A  full  account  of  his  life  will  be  found 
in  "Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Pioneer  Preachers  of  Indiana," 
by  Madison  Evans,  A.  M.,  published  in  Philadelphia  by  J.  Challen 
&  Sons,  1398  Chestnut  street. 

Beverly  Vawter  died  April  i,  1872,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
died  January  29,  1866. 

The  children  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter 
were :  Pascal,  Lucinda.  Rebecca,  Melinda,  Philemon,  James, 
Richard,  Cyrus,  Samuel  and  John. 


Pascal  Vawter 

Pascal,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter,  was 
born  January  6,  181 3,  in  Madison,  Indiana;  married  April  i, 
1834,  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  to  Eliza  Mavitv;  died  Jan- 
uary 26,  1899. 

Eliza  (Mavity)  Vawter,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John  and 
Dorothea  Mavity,  was  born  in  Montgomery  county.  Kentucky,, 
near  Mt.  Sterling,  May  7,  181 3;  died  August  11,  1904. 

Children :  Mary  Ann,  John  Beverly,  Samantha  Jane,  Aureana, 
Alecy,  Eliza,  Dotham,  Charles  Publius  and  James  Mavity. 

( i)  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Pascal -and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  December  11,  1836,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana; 
married  March  12,  1857,  in  Rowan  county,  Kentucky,  to  Peter 
Thompson  Hedges,  who  v/as  born  January  29,  1831,  in  Fleming 
county,  Kentucky. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  325 

Children : 

a.  Thaddeus  A.  Hedges  was  born  August  22,  1859,  in  Rowan 
county,  Kentucky;  married  February  19,  1882,  to  Mary  V.  Atkin- 
son. T.  A,  Hedges  is  a  Christian  minister,  living  in  LaGrange, 
Missouri. 

Children : 

(a)  Dora  A.  Hedges,  born  September  23,  1883. 

(b)  Fred  A.,  born  June  16,  1886. 

(c)  Arthur,  born  July  3,  1888. 

(d)  Mary,  born  March  19,  1890. 

(e)  Herman,  born  December  i,  1891. 

(f)  Bertram,  born  December  i,  1893. 

(g)  Grace,  born  January  25,  1896. 
(h)      Mildred,  born  March  11,  1898. 

h.  Ida  May  Hedges  was  born  in  Vermilion  county,  Illinois, 
April  30.  1865;  married  March  19,  1891,  to  Lee  Cronkhite,  a 
farmer.  They  have  one  child,  Mary  E.,  who  was  born  October 
6,  1900.     Live  in  Medaryville,  Indiana. 

c.  Rosa  Blanche  Hedges  was  born  October  9,  1867;  married 
December  24,  1891,  to  Hiram  Brown,  a  farmer  living  in  Medary- 
ville, Indiana.    They  have  three  children. 

(a)  Earl  Radford  Brown,  born  May  29,  1893. 

(b)  Dorothy  M.  Brown,  born  February  7,  1895. 

(c)  Myrtle  M.  Brown,  born  March  7,  1897. 

d.  Charles  M.  Hedges,  born  October  25,  1869;  married  July 
26,  1896,  to  Ida  Heloy.    They  had  one  son,  who  died. 

e.  Alice  F.  Hedges  was  born  July  18,  1872;  married  Decem- 
ber II,  1892,  to  C.  E.  Firebaugh,  a  farmer  of  Medaryville,  In- 
diana.   They  have  six  children. 

(a)  Harold  Firebaugh,  born  September  22,  1893. 

(b)  Lela  Firebaugh,  born  May  4,  1895. 

(c)  Lee  Firebaugh,  born  August  16,  1897. 

(d)  P.  T.  Norman  Firebaugh,  born  January  11,  1901. 

(e)  Lois  Firebaugh,  born  January  18,  1903. 

(f)  A  son,  born  December  5,  1904. 

/.  Mattie  D.  Hedges  was  born  January  20,  1875.  She  is  a 
teacher  in  the  high  school  at  Medaryville,  Indiana. 


326  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

g.  Myrtle  E.  Hedges,  born  December  21,  1877;  married  De- 
cember 31,  1 90 1,  to  Albert  Denger,  of  Medaryville,  Indiana. 

h.  Minnie  F.  Hedges,  born  December  21,  1877;  married  De- 
cember 26,  1897,  to  Bertie  Tillotson,  a  farmer  of  Potomac,  Illi- 
nois. They  have  two  children:  Flora  E.,  born  April  10,  1899, 
and  L.  B.  Arden,  born  September  22,  1901. 

(Minnie  and  Myrtle  Hedges  were  twins.) 

(2)  John  Beverly,  son  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vaw- 
ter,  was  born  at  Madison,  Indiana,  December  19,  1839;  married 
March  3,  1870,  to  Flora  Keith,  who  was  born  in  Tyrrell  county, 
Ohio,  February  25,  1851.  John  Beverly  Vawter  was  a  member 
of  the  Fourth  Kentucky  Volunteer  Mounted  Infantry,  and  was 
captured  in  an  early  attempt  to  destroy  railroads  between  Atlanta 
and  the  sea,  and  was  held  in  the  Andersonville  prison  for  nine 
months,  or  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Ken- 
tucky University  Bible  Schools ;  was  a  Christian  minister,  and 
was  for  eighteen  years  general  secretary  of  the  Iowa  Christian 
Association.  He  wrote  a  number  of  books,  one  being  "Prison 
Life  in  Dixie."  He  died  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  January  28,  1897. 

Children  of  John  Beverly  and  Flora  (Keith)  Vawter  were: 
a.     Keith  Vawter,  born  April  22,  1872 ;  married  August,  1897, 

to  Cora  Elizabeth  Kiser,  who  was  born  in  Iowa  in  1872.     They 

live  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  Keith  Vawter  is  manager  for  the 

Redpath  Lyceum  Bureau.    No  children. 

h.     Rena  Vawter  was  born  October  20,  1874.     Lives  in  Des 

Moines,  Iowa,  where  she  is  a  demonstrator  of  domestic  science. 

(3)  Samantha  Jane,  daughter  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity) 
Vawter,  was  born  February  6,  1841  ;  married  November  10,  1857, 
to  Levi  Marion  Hedges,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  in  Fleming 
county,  Kentucky,  May  30,  1832.  Samantha  Jane  Hedges  died 
at  Fithian,  Illinois,  in  1884. 

Children  of  Levi  Marion  and  Samantha  Jane  Hedges : 
a.     Lourena  I.  Hedges  was  born  August  20,   1858;  married 
March  26,  1879.  to  Joseph  B.  Enix;  died  in  1883. 
Children : 

(a)  Clara  M.  Enix. 

(b)  Elmo  Enix. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  32/ 

b.  Ashba  V.  Hedges  was  born  in  Rockville,  Kentucky, 
August  29,  i860;  married  June  21,  1891,  at  Danville,  Illinois,  to 
Mary  Mildred  Wear,  who  was  born  at  Perryville,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember 4.  1874.  Ashba  V.  Hedges  is  principal  of  schools  at  Nor- 
catur.  Kansas. 

Children  : 

(a)  Effie  Grace  Hedges,  born  October  25.  1893. 

(b)  Albion  Tourgee  Hedges,  born  September  11,  1895. 

(c)  Mary  Mildred  Hedges,  born  August  3.  1899. 

(d)  Eva  Luella  Hedges,  born  September  25,  1901. 

(e)  Ashba  Vawter  Hedges,  Jr..  born  December  28,  1903. 

c.  Lora  O.  Hedges,  born  November  26,  1862;  died  in  1883. 
(/.     Mary  A.  Hedges,  born  August  26,  1865  ;  married  August 

22,  1886,  to  Charles  E.  Smith;  died  in  1886. 

c.  Lida  Hedges,  born  May  30,  1868;  married  May  30,  1901, 
to  J.  S.  Gill.    J.  S.  Gill  is  a  carpenter,  living  in  Topeka,  Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)      . 

(b)     . 

/.  John  M.  Hedges  was  born  May  25,  1870;  married  Novem- 
ber 28,  1895,  to  Effie  A.  Saunders,  who  was  born .    John  M. 

Hedges  is  a  railroad  carpenter,  living  at  Denison,  Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)      . 

(b)     . 

(c)     . 

(d)     . 


g.  William  R.  Hedges,  born  February  22,  1873;  died  Feb- 
ruary, 1873. 

Ji.  Melinda  S.  Hedges,  born  February  22,  1873;  died  Feb- 
ruar>',  1873. 

/.  Charles  E.  Hedges,  born  December  2y,  1876;  married  Jan- 
uary 22,  1902,  to  Vietta  Kingham,  who  was  born . 

Charles  E.  Hedges  is  a  school  teacher  living  at  North  Cedar, 
Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)     Thelma  May. 


328  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

y.  Walter  G.  Hedges,  born  at  Mimcie,  Illinois,  March  18, 
1880;  married  January  i,  1903,  to  Mamie  Wills,  who  was  born 
at  Muscotah,  Kansas,  August  9,  1883. 

Walter  G.  Hedges  is  a  railroader,  living  at  Denison,  Kansas. 

Children : 

(a)  Perpecta  Marie  Hedges,  born  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
October  16,  1903. 

k.  Levi  Marion  Hedges,  born  June  16,  1882;  is  a  carpenter 
living  at  Bear  River  City,  Utah. 

(4)  Aureana,  daughter  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vaw- 
ter,  was  born  January  i,  1843 ;  married  to  Milton  S.  Vawter,  De- 
cember 28,  1865  ;  died  October  31,  1872. 

( For  children  of  Aureana  and  Milton  S.  Vawter,  see  record 
of  Milton  S.  Vawter.) 

(5)  Alecy,  daughter  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vawter, 
wa.s  born  February  20,  1845 ;  married  February  4,  1868,  to  Jesse 
L.  Truesdell,  who  was  born  November  14,  1847,  in  Lewis  county, 
Kentucky.  Mr.  Truesdell  is  a  farmer  living  at  Cove  Dale,  Ken- 
tucky. 

Children  of  Jesse  and  Alecy  (Vawter)  Truesdell : 

a.     Aureana  Truesdell  was  born  May  13,  1869 ;  married  March 

19,  1896,  to  John  Mullen.    Mr.  Mullen  is  pastor  of  the  Church  of 

the  Disciples  in  McConnelsville,  Ohio. 
Children  of  John  and  Aureana  Mullen  are : 

(a)  Louise,  born  January  10,  1897. 

(b)  John  Shea,  born  May  15,  1900. 

(c)  Maud  M.,  born  February  2,  1902. 

(d)  Herbert  Orin,  born  August  14,  1904. 

h.  Alverda  Truesdell  was  born  October  7,  1871 ;  married 
February  24,  1898,  to  Robert  Stricklett,  a  farmer  living  near 
McKenzie,  Lewis  county,  Kentucky. 

Children  of  Robert  and  Alverda  Stricklett : 

(a)  Shubert  A.,  born  December  18,  1898. 

(b)  Earl  Rea,  born  March  23,  1903. 

c.  Sallie  S.  Truesdell  was  born  June  3,  1874. 

d.  Quintus  Vawter  Truesdell  was  born  August  7,  1879;  mar- 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  329 

ried  March  21,  1901,  to  Flora  F.  Fearis.     Is  a  farmer,  living  at 
Cove  Dale,  Kentucky. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Q.  V.  Truesdell  have  one  child,  Oleta  W.,  who 
was  born  October  7,  1902. 

(6)  Dotham,  son  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vawter,  was 
born  April  30,  1847;  died  October  29,  1869,  at  Ferris,  Kentucky. 

(7)  Charles  Publius,  son  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  May  2"/,  1840;  married  September  9,  1875,  to 
Susan  Degman.  Charles  P.  Vawter  taught  school  for  a  while  in 
Lewis  county.  Kentucky;  farmed  in  Mason  county  for  several 
years;  was  in  the  insurance  business  for  a  while,  and  is  now  in 
the  office  of  the  Produce  Shippers  Despatch  Co.,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky. 

Children  of  Charles  P.  and  Susan  (Degman)  Vawter: 

a.  Lulu  May,  born  July  26,  1876;  died  February  12,  1892. 

b.  Charles  Richard  LeRoy,  born  September  22,  1878;  mar- 
ried May  20,  1903,  to  Carolyn  Delia  Morrison,  of  Sonora,  Ken- 
tucky. C.  R.  L.  Vawter  is  pastor  of  the  South  Meridian  Street 
Church  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  He  has  one  child,  Velma 
Crystel,  born  July  29,  1904. 

c.  James  Arthur,  born  December  21.  1879;  married  October 
22,  1902,  to  Ida  May  McCoy,  of  Lexington,  Kentucky,  who  was 
born  January  5,  1881.  James  A.  Vawter  is  employed  in  the 
Louisville  &  Evansville  shops  at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He  has. 
one  child,  Charles  Porter  LeRoy,  who  was  born  April  19,  1904. 

d.  and  c.  Jessie  Gertrude  and  Henry  Garfield  (twins),  born 
in  1881  ;  died  in  1882. 

/.     Ellie  Bessie,  born  in  1883;  died  in  1884. 

g.     Frank,  born  in  1886;  died  in  infancy. 

h.     A  daughter,  born  in  1896;  died  in  infancy. 

(8)  James  Mavity,  son  of  Pascal  and  Eliza  (Mavity)  Vaw- 
ter was  born  December  21,  1852,  in  Jefferson  county.  Indiana; 
married  May  14,  1884  to  Mary  L.  Williams,  who  was  born  De- 
cember 20,  1863,  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  and  died  September  20,  1889. 

Children  of  James  Mavity  and  Mary  (Williams)  Vawter 
were : 

a.     Lena  Elsie,  born  December  5.  1885  ;  died  October  10,  1886. 


330  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

h.     Dick  Mavity,  born  December  i8,  1888. 

James  M.  Vawter  was  married,  second,  December  11,  1890,  to 
Lura  J.  Sanderson. 

Children : 

a.     Fred  Beverly,  born  December  28,  1891. 

h.     Mary  Lucile,  born  August  31,  1895. 

James  Mavity  Vawter  is  pastor  of  the  Christian  Church  at 
Jeffersonville,  Indiana. 


LuciNDA   (Vawter)   Blair 

Lucinda,  daughter  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  Vawter,  was  born 
September  30.  1814.  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana;  married  to 
Thomas  Blair,  a  farmer;  died  August  30,  1845.  They  had  one 
child,  Elizabeth  V.,  who  was  born  July  17,  1845,  ^^^  after  the 
death  of  her  mother  lived  with  her  grandparents,  Beverly  and 
Elizabeth  Vawter,  until  her  marriage  to  Milton  West,  February 
2,  1 87 1.  She  died  January  27,  1875,  leaving  one  child,  Cora. 
(See  record  of  Milton  West.)  Thomas  Blair  died  near  Ver- 
sailles, Indiana,  July,  1881. 

3 

Rebecca  Vawter 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vaw- 
ter, died  as  a  child. 

4 
Melinda  Vawter 

Melinda,  daughter  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vaw- 
ter, died  as  a  child. 

5 
Philemon  Vawter 

Philemon,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter, 
was  born  June  22,    1819,  near  Madison,  Indiana.     He  was  a 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  33 1 

Christian  minister.  He  preached  in  and  about  Madison  for  a 
while,  then  moved  to  IlHnois,  where  he  studied  and  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  law  at  Springfield.  He  was  a  successful  lawyer, 
but  concluded  to  return  to  the  ministry.  It  was  said  that  Mr. 
Lincoln  met  Mrs.  Vawter  on  the  street  in  Springfield  and  said : 
"Do  you  know  what  reason  your  husband  had  for  abandoning  the 
law?  Had  he  anything  like  financial  reverses?"  "Why,  no," 
said  Mrs.  Vawter,  "it  was  conscience  with  him ;  pure  conviction 
of  duty." 

Philemon  Vawter  preached  for  many  years  in  different  sections 
of  the  country,  and  finally  went  to  Washington  City  from  Port 
Gibson,  Mississippi.  He  was  visiting  in  Vienna,  Virginia,  near 
Washington,  and  while  there  had  a  fall  down  a  stairway  which 
resulted  in  his  death.     He  died  October  2,  1894. 

Philemon  Vawter  married  Martha  A.  Humphreys,  of  Wood- 
ford county,  Kentucky. 

Children  of  Philemon  and  Martha  (Humphreys)  Vawter: 

( 1 )  Humphreys  Vawter  married  Miss  Carter  and  went  to 
Oregon;  died  in  Denver  in  1887.  He  had  one  son,  Claude 
Philemon. 

(2)  Hettie  Hawes  Vawter  married  Maurice  Joyce,  of  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  had  one  son,  Maurice  Humphreys. 
Mrs.  Joyce  died  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  August,  1885. 

(3)  Sarah  Beverly  Vawter  married  William  H.  Harris,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  had  three  children :  Edwin  Vawter,  Bev- 
erly Humphreys  and  Llettie  Vawter.  Mrs.  Harris  lives  in  Wash- 
ington City. 

(4)  Robert  Crawford  Vawter  married  Judge  William  A. 
Milliken,  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  has  one  daughter,  Rhoda 
Jamieson.     They  live  in  Washington  City. 


James  Vawter 

James,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter,  mar- 
ried Mary  Elder;  died  February  27,  1894,  at  Bogota,  Illinois. 
He  had  no  children.  His  Vv'ife  lives  at  Wakefield,  Jasper  county, 
Illinois. 


332  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

7 

Richard  Vawter 

Richard,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter, 
was  born  September  22,  1828,  near  Madison,  Indiana;  married 
January  13,  1848,  to  Maria  Lame,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana,  August  25,  1827,  and  died  September  23,  1881. 

Children  of  Richard  and  Maria  (Lame)  Vawter: 

( 1 )  Jennie  Vawter  was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana ;  married 
April  28,  1869,  to  Dr.  Charles  H.  Wright,  who  was  born  in  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  December  22,  1839,  and  died  August  26,  1889,  in 
North  Madison,  Indiana. 

Dr.  Charles  H.  Wright  graduated  from  the  Ohio  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1870,  and  was  a  practicing  physician  and  surgeon  at  Madi- 
son. Indiana.  He  served  as  a  Union  soldier  in  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  was  wounded  and  in  the  military  hospital  for  a  while. 
After  his  recovery,  he  was  connected  with  the  medical  depart- 
ment during  the  remainder  of  his  service,  as  assistant  surgeon. 

Jennie  (Vawter)  Wright  was  married,  second,  November  6, 
1900,  to  Richard  Johnson,  who  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  Jan- 
uary 12,  1829. 

Mr.  Johnson  left  Belfast  for  New  York  in  1850;  remained  in 
New  York  City  one  year,  then  v.ent  to  Madison,  Indiana,  where 
he  has  since  been  identified  with  many  of  its  large  business  inter- 
ests.   Mr.  Johnson  is  a  banker  and  a  Presbyterian. 

(2)  Cyrus  Philemon  Vawter  was  born  February  4,  1852; 
married  in  Acton,  Indiana,  in  1878,  to  Martha  Roush;  died  April 
5,  1 88 1.    He  was  a  physician  and  lived  in  Acton,  Indiana. 

(3)  Joseph  Vawter  was  born  February  12,  1858;  died,  un- 
married, December  18,  1896. 

(4)  Anna  Vawter  was  born  January  7,  1866;  married  April 
I,  1897,  to  Charles  E.  Irwin,  who  was  born  May  4,  i860,  in  Mon- 
roe township,  Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  They  live  near  Madison, 
Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  10. 

Children : 

a.     Joseph  Irwin,  born  August  21,  1898. 

h.     Vawter  Oliver  Irwin,  born  February  25,  1905. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  333 

Richard  Vawter  was  married,  second,  October  ii,  1897,  to 
Elizabeth  A.  Irwin,  a  sister  to  the  husband  of  his  daughter  Anna. 
Ehzabeth  (Irwin)  Vawter  was  born  August  5,  1852.  No  chil- 
dren. 

Richard  Vawter  and  wife  live  on  a  farm  near  Madison,  Indiana. 


8 

Cyrus  Vawter 

Cyrus,  the  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter, 
was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  September  28,  1830;  married 
in  Linn  county,  Oregon,  December  10,  1857,  to  Sarah  A.  Finley, 
who  was  born  in  Piatt  county,  Missouri,  May  18,  1840. 

Cyrus  Vawter  went  to  Oregon  with  Philemon  Vawter  Craw- 
ford and  family  in  the  year  1851.  They  went  by  water  to  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  and  from  there  went  overland  with  an  ox  team. 
It  took  them  six  months  to  make  the  trip  from  Madison  to  the 
Willamette  Valley  in  Oregon.  Cyrus  Vawter  located  at  a  place 
then  known  as  Boston  Mills,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  large 
flouring  mills.  He  died  in  Linn  county,  Oregon,  February  11, 
1864,  and  was  buried  at  Crawfordsville,  Oregon.  His  wife  (now 
Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Ribelin)  lives  at  Halsey,  Linn  county,  Oregon. 

Children  of  Cyrus  and  Sarah  ( Finley)  Vawter : 

(i)  Samantha  Vawter,  born  October  10,  1858;  died  Novem- 
ber I,  1858. 

(2)  William  Ira  Vawter,  born  March  24,  1863;  married 
February  10,  1889,  to  Etta  M.  Hill,  who  was  born  at  Silver  City, 
Idaho,  January  23,  1869. 

W.  I.  Vawter  is  president  of  the  Jackson  County  Bank  of  Med- 
ford,  Oregon,  and  has  represented  Douglas  and  Jackson  counties 
in  the  legislature. 

Children  of  W.  I.  and  Etta  (Hill)  Vawter: 

a.  Vernon  Hill  Vawter,  born  in  Medford,  Oregon,  November 
13,  1890. 

b.  William  Ira  Vawter.  Jr.,  born  in  Medford,  Oregon,  May 
21,  1894. 


334  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

9 

Samuel  Vawter 

Samuel,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter, 
was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  December  24,  1832;  married 
October  16,  1853,  to  Frances  Ames,  who  was  born  August  7, 
1834,  near  Madison,  Indiana.  Samuel  Vawter  was  a  miller.  He 
died  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  March  15,  1884. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Frances  (Ames)  Vawter: 
(i)      Nannie  Vawter  was  born  December  17,  1856;  married 
June  19,  1878,  to  Winfield  S.  Draper,  who  was  born  March  25, 
1852,  near  Franklin,  Indiana.    Mr.  Draper  is  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness in  Franklin.     No  children. 

(2)  James  L.  Vawter  was  born  November  2^,  1864;  mar- 
ried June  25,  1902,  to  Ethel  Ransdall,  who  was  born  May  30, 
1 881,  near  Franklin,  Indiana. 

James  Vawter  is  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  New  York  wall- 
paper company,  and  lives  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

(3)  Mollie  Vawter  was  born  December  5,  1867;  married 
June  4,  1889,  to  Herbert  M.  Fisher,  who  was  born  July  2,  1867, 
in  Vinton,  Iowa.  Mr.  Fisher  is  a  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in 
meats  and  produce,  and  lives  in  Franklin,  Indiana.  One  child, 
Edna,  born  April  i,  1890. 

10 
John  M.  Vawter 

John  M.,  son  of  Beverly  and  Elizabeth  (Crawford)  Vawter, 
was  born  in  Shelby  township,  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1836;  married.  Thursday,  April  15,  1869,  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana,  to  Sarah  J.  Pardun,  daughter  of  Walter  Kanap 
and  Diana  Pardun.  Sarah  (Pardun)  Vawter  was  born  April  18, 
1847,  i^  Manchester,  Dearborn  county,  Indiana.  John  M.  Vaw- 
ter is  a  retired  merchant,  living  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  335 

Children  of  John  M.  and  Sarah  (Pardun)  Vawter : 

(i)  Minnie  Bell  Vawter  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, April  13,  1870;  married  June  14,  1894,  in  Greenwood, 
Indiana,  to  Dr.  Alfonso  R.  Harold,  who  was  born  October  27, 
1867,  near  Tonganohie,  Kansas.  Dr.  Harold  is  connected  with 
the  Physio-Medical  College  of  Indiana ;  is  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional and  State  Associations,  and  was  appointed  delegate  to  the 
American  Congress  on  Tuberculosis  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in 
April,  1905.     Dr.  Harold  and  wife  live  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

(2)  Walter  Wright  Vawter  was  born  August  11,  1875,  ^^ 
Ripley  county,  Indiana;  married  November  12,  1901,  to  Annie 
Myrtle  Hawthorn,  in  Helena,  Montana.  Annie  (Hawthorn) 
Vawter  was  born  January  7,  1879,  at  Eugene,  Iowa. 

Walter  W.  Vawter  lives  at  2725  Humboldt  avenue,  South 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  and  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 


VI. 

LUCY  VAWTER5 

(Philemon^,  David^,  John^,  Johni) 

m. 

JAMES  CRAWFORD 

(1790-1856) 


Children* 

Grandchildren' 

G.  Grandchil- 

G. G.  Grandchil 

dren" 

dren^ 

'  (i)  Beverly  v.,  d.s. 

(2)  Henry  Paschal 

'  Alice  m. 

m. 

Church 

Elizabeth  Fin- 
ley 

Phil.  V. 
>.  Richard  F. 

Virginia  E 
Arthur 
Janet  Content 

"  William  V.  m. 

J.  Spencer 

Cora  Spencer 

Margaret 
W.  Vawter,  Jr. 
Jasper  V.,  Jr. 
_  Cora  May 

Letitia  J.  m. 

Rae 

(3)  Jasper  Vincent 

L.G.  Atherton 

Leona  Crawford 

ro. 

Elizabeth  N.       ' 
Dunlap 

Maud  Maria  ra. 
Chas.  A.  Jones 

1  Francis  Vawter 

Philemon  Vaw- 
ter  Crawford 
m. 

Philemon  Vawter 
Clyde  Piatt,  d.  s. 
Gertrude 

Letitia  S.Smith 

Jasper  Garfield 
Robert  Neal 
Otheo  Glenn 
Jesse  Dunlap,  d.  s. 

'Effie  Ellen  m. 

'  Ralph 

Orin 
^  Theda 

(4)  Elvin  J.  m. 

Ed.  Fenton            ^ 

1st 

Mary  J.  Way- 
mire 

Edwin  Manifred  m. 
Margaret  C. 
Lemon 

George 

Orville  Franklin 

2d 

Elvin  John 

Alice  Adams 

Mary  Letitia  m. 

'  Alicia 

James  W.  Kim-      ^ 

Clark 

3d 

ball 

^  Duane 

Mrs.  Anna  Mills 

Elma  May  m. 
Wm.  E.  Porth 

Phil  Vawter 
^  Uleric  Zwingle 

Willma 

THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Z2>7 


Philemon  Vaw- 
ter  Crawford 
( Continued) 


(5)  Margaret  S.  m. 
ist 

William  Con- 
over 
2d 
H.  M.  Little 

(6)  UlricL.,  d.s. 

(7)  Otheo,  d.  s. 

(8)  Goodwin,  d.  s. 


(9) 


Mary  A.  ni. 
M.  A.  Dunlap 


2.  Robert  Craw- 
ford, d.  s. 


(lo)  Zilpha,  d.  s. 


(ii)  Louisa  Serrel 
m. 
T.  A.  Lewis 


(12) 


B.  Vawter  m. 
Mary  F.  Cow- 
gill 


H.  D. 

O.  M. 


)  Zilplia  m. 

I      V.  R.  Fuller 


Mabel  m. 
Park  S.  Shoff 


^  John  B.  m. 

Graciel  Tabler 
Hattie  M.  m. 

Fred  D.  Rinehart 
Lottie  Zilpha  m. 

John  A.  Shields 
George  Layton 
Wm.  Philemon 
Lou  Bessie  Ella 
Elvin  Crawford 

Arta  Bell  m. 
Wilson  B.  Sten- 
nett 
Francis  Crawford, 

d. 
Ralph  Everett 
Floyd  Lindsay 
Josie  Mary 
Oran  Wright 
Annie  Ethel 
Lila  Catherine 
Lester  Ambrose 
Eunice  Viola 
i_  Rilla  Ainslee 


f  James  Vawter 
-{   Clyde  Franklin 
!_  Lewis  Guy 


Hattie  Lauretta 
David  Gene 


Vera  Camille 
Claud  Atherton 


3.  Rebecca  Craw- 
ford m. 
Smith 


4.  Rachel  Craw- 
ford m. 
Peter  Smith 


\" 


Children 


"  (i)  A  son 


(2)  Nira  Elizabeth 
ni.  i 

James  Catch- 
ing 


(  Oliver  C. 
A  dautjhter 
J.  Reuben 
Mary  Elizabeth  m. 

1st 

Chas.  Safely 

2d 

E.  F.  Otrden 
Ben  H. 
1.  Jesse  Franklin 


Viola  Lucreta 


338 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


4.  Rachel  Smith 
(Continued) 


(3)  Thos.  Benton 
m. 

Amelia  Whit- 
ten 


(4)  James  Craw- 

ford, d.  s. 

(5)  John  Allen  m. 
Minnie  Martin 

(6)  George  Robert, 
d. 

(7)  Jesse  Vawter 
m. 

Nellie  Whitten 

(8)  Wm.  Franklin 
m. 

Emma  E. 
Thomas 


JohnH. 
Nira  E, 
Thos.  B. 
Geo.  L. 
Viola  C. 
Louisa  H. 
Alfred  W. 


Jesse  R. 


Anna  Rachel 


VI 


LUCY  (VAWTER)   CRAWFORD 

Lucy  Vawter,  daughter  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,  was 
born  in  Shelby  county,  Kentucky,  in  1792,  and  died  in  Bartholo- 
mew county,  Indiana,  about  1832.  She  was  married  in  181 2  to 
James  Maxwell  Crawford  ( son  of  James  Crawford) ,  who  was 
born  in  Jared  county,  Kentucky,  March  3,  1790,  and  died  at 
Hartsville,  Indiana,  October  13,  1856.  James  Maxwell  Crawford 
was  married,  second,  to  Mrs.  Susan  Lanning,  and  third,  to  Mrs. 
Frances  Wooden. 

Children  of  James  and  Lucy  (Vawter)  Crawford  were:  Ann, 
who  died  young,  Philemon  Vawter,  Robert,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  Rebecca,  Rachel  and  five  other  daughters  who  died 
young. 

I.  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford,  son  of  James  M.  and  Lucy 
(Vawter)  Crawford,  was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1814;  married  in  December,  1833,  to  Letitia  S.  Smith, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Margaret  Smith,  of  Smyrna  township, 
Jefferson  county,  Indiana. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  339 

Letitia  (Smith)  Crawford  was  born  August  28,  181 7;  died  in 
Crawfordsville,  Oregon,  June  13,  1896.  Philemon  Vawter  Craw- 
ford died  at  Eugene.  Oregon,  February  i.  1901. 


Life  Sketch  of  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford 
(Written  by  himself  in  1882) 

James  Crawford,  my  grandfather  on  my  father's  side,  was 
born  in  1759  and  reared  on  or  near  James  River,  Virginia,  and  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years  volunteered  in  what  was  known  as  the 
Virginia  hne  and  served  three  years  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
He  afterward — date  unknown  to  me — married  Rebecca  Ander- 
son, and  they  reared  eight  children,  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 
My  father,  James  Maxwell  Crawford,  was  the  third  son,  and  was 
born  March  3,  1790,  in  Jared  county,  Kentucky,  where  my  grand- 
father had  removed  among  the  first  settlers  of  that  region,  and 
where  they  had  many  bloody  encounters  with  the  savages,  my 
grandfather  having  a  full  share  in  the  troubles. 

But  to  hasten  the  story:  My  grandfather  again  moved,  from 
Jared  county,  Kentucky,  to  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  in  March, 
1811,  when  my  father  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  settled 
within  three  miles  of  where  the  city  of  Madison  now  stands. 

My  grandfather,  Philemon  Vawter,  was  also  born  in  Virginia, 
and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  an  orphan  boy, 
married  his  cousin  Anna  Vawter,  and  emigrated  to  Kentucky  in 
early  times  and  bore  a  full  share  in  the  Indian  troubles.  They 
reared  ten  children* — five  boys  and  five  girls — my  mother  being 
the  second  daughter.  They  moved  from  Kentucky  to  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana,  in  the  year  18 10,  and  settled  where  a  portion  of 
the  city  of  Madison  now  stands.  My  father  and  mother  were 
married  early  in  the  year  181 2,  and  reared  ten  children — eight 
girls  and  two  boys — the  oldest  a  girl,  myself  the  next.  I  was 
born  September  24,  1814. 

*Mr.  Crawfoid  is  mistaken  here,  as  Philemon  Vawter,  according  to  his  own 
record,  had  nine  children. 


340  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

This  genealogy  is  given  from  memory,  but  I  believe  correct  so 
far  as  given. 

My  grandfather  Crawford  and  family  belonged  to  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  but  renounced  their  creed  under  the  reformation 
of  Barton  W.  Stone,  my  father  being  the  only  one  who  did  not 
unite  with  the  Christian  Church.  Being  of  an  excitable  tempera- 
ment, he  finally  drifted  into  the  Methodist  Church. 

My  grandfather  Vawter  was  a  Baptist  preacher,  and  his  family 
were  all  members  of  that  order  except  my  mother  and  two  of  her 
brothers,  who  adopted  the  early  reformation  under  B.  W.  Stone. 
The  two  brothers,  Richard  and  Beverly,  became  Christian  preach- 
ers. 

When  I  advanced  far  enough  in  my  early  education  to  read, 
the  Bible  was  our  common  school  book,  and  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment I  got  my  first  lessons  in  Christianity,  and  those  early  lessons 
and  impressions  have  shaped  my  course  through  life.  At  the  age 
of  fourteen  years,  already  being  a  firm  believer,  I  concluded  that 
if  I  ever  expected  to  appear  in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  resurrec- 
tion I  must  first  appear  in  the  likeness  of  his  death ;  accordingly 
I  was  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism  and  arose  to  walk  in  newness 
of  life,  which  I  have  aimed  to  do  ever  since;  but  like  all  other  men 
I  have  had  my  share  of  trials  and  temptations.  I  was  a  member 
of  some  three  congregations  at  different  times  in  Jefferson  county, 
Indiana,  the  most  of  the  time  officiating  as  elder  or  deacon,  and 
have  acted  in  the  capacity  of  elder  for  a  time  in  Oregon. 

Having  a  desire  to  see  more  of  the  world  than  I  had  seen,  and 
becoming  favorably  impressed  with  the  descriptions  of  Oregon, 
I  sold  out  my  little  estate  in  Indiana  in  the  winter  of  1850-51,  and 
left  Madison  on  the  28th  day  of  March,  1851,  for  Oregon.  My- 
self and  family,  and  several  other  families  with  whom  we  traveled, 
came  by  water  from  Madison  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  where  we 
fitted  up  teams  and  started  overland  for  the  far  west  on  the  first 
day  of  May,  1851. 

My  family  at  that  time  consisted  of  myself,  wife  and  five  chil- 
dren— the  oldest  fourteen,  the  youngest  four  years  of  age.  We 
made  the  long  and  tedious  journey  of  twenty-two  hundred  miles 
with  an  ox  team  in  just  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  days.    When 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  341 

we  arrived  in  Oregon  we  found  the  Willamette  valley  more  than 
we  had  looked  for,  and  all  we  could  desire,  and  we  are  yet,  after 
twenty-nine  years  residence  here,  satisfied  that  there  is  no  more 
favored  spot  on  the  earth. 

The  generation  in  which  I  have  lived  is  one  that  will  form  an 
important  chapter  in  the  world's  history.  The  application  of 
steam  was  in  its  infancy  when  I  was  in  mine.  Electricity  was 
known  to  exist,  but  only  as  a  useless  principle  in  nature.  Our 
harvests  were  then  cut  with  the  simplest  hand  tools  only.  Man 
power  then  supplied  what  steam,  water  and  horse  power  now 
performs.  Monopolies  were  then  almost  unknown,  now  they 
threaten  to  rule  the  nation.  Human  slavery  then  shaped  and  con- 
trolled Southern  politics.  For  its  final  overthrow  and  the  humilia- 
tion of  its  votaries  a  gigantic  rebellion  has  been  inaugurated  and 
conquered  at  an  enormous  expense  to  the  nation  in  blood  and 
treasure.  And  yet  we  are  a  great,  free  and  prosperous  nation, 
notwithstanding  the  curse  of  a  four  years'  war  and  the  tyranny 
of  capital.  I  have  witnessed  all  this  ^luring  my  short  space  of 
time  here. 

I  enjoyed  the  morning  of  life.  I  witnessed  the  gathering  storm 
of  rebellion ;  I  have  seen  it  pass  over,  with  all  of  its  terrors,  and 
now  in  the  evening  of  life  all  is  smooth  and  calm  again.  I  have 
realized  all  I  desired  with  regard  to  African  slavery,  and  if  I 
could  realize  as  much  on  the  temperance  question  I  would  feel 
ready  to  depart  and  go  to  where  my  treasure  is  laid  up,  with  full 
assurance  of  my  reward. 

Children  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia  (Smith)  Crawford 
were  Beverly  V.,  Henry  P.,  Jasper  V.,  Elvin  ].,  Margaret  S., 
Ulric  L.,  Otheo,  Goodv.-in,  Mary  A.,  Zilpah  B.,  Lou  Serrell  and 
B.  Vawter. 

(i)  Beverly  V.,  son  of  Philemon  and  Letitia  (Smith)  Craw- 
ford, was  born  in  1835  ;  died  in  1838. 

(2)  Henry  Paschal,  son  of  Philemon  and  Letitia  Crawford, 
was  born  May  7,  1837,  near  North  Madison,  Indiana;  married  in 
1859  to  Elizabeth  Finley,  a  sister  to  the  wife  of  Cyrus  Vawter. 
Henry  Vawter  is  a   farmer,   living  at  Lapwai   Station,   Idaho. 


342  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children  are  Alice,  who  married  Mr.  Church,  Philemon  V.  and 
Richard  F. 

(3)  Jasper  Vincent,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
August  7,  1839;  married  in  Linn  county,  Oregon,  June  11,  1867, 
to  Elizabeth  N.  Dunlap,  who  was  born  in  Linn  county,  Oregon, 
January  28,  1849.  Jasper  V.  Crawford  is  pastor  of  the  Christian 
Church  at  Heppner,  Oregon. 

Children  of  Jasper  V.  and  Elizabeth  (Dunlap)  Crawford  : 

a.  William  Vawter  Crawford,  born  at  Crawfordsville,  Ore- 
gon, March  9,  1868;  married  Cora  B.  Spencer  of  Morrow  county, 
Oregon,  December  25,  1890,  at  Irving,  Oregon.  They  live  in 
Heppner,  Oregon. 

Children:  Virginia  E..  born  in  1892;  Arthur,  born  in  1893; 
Janet  Content,  born  in  1894;  J.  Spencer,  born  in  1896;  Margaret, 
born  in  1898;  W.  Vawter,  Jr.,  born  in  1900;  Jasper  V.,  Jr.,  born 
in  1901  ;  Cora  May,  born  in  1904. 

h.  Letitia  Jane  Crawford,  born  at  Crawfordsville,  Oregon, 
November  i,  1869;  married  at  Waitsburg.  Washington,  June  4, 
1 89 1,  to  Lewis  Guild  Atherton,  who  was  born  October  30,  1863, 
at  Flint,  Michigan.  They  live  in  Dayton,  Washington,  and  have 
two  children,  Rae  Margaret,  born  at  Alto,  Washington,  March 
19,  1892,  and  Leona  Crawford,  born  at  Dayton,  Washington, 
January  21,  1894.  Lewis  G.  Atherton  is  the  representative  of 
Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Company,  buying  and  selling  grain,  fire  in- 
surance, etc. 

c.  Maud  Maria  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
November  23,  1873  ;  married  to  Charles  A.  Jones  at  Walla  Walla, 
Washington,  August  17,  1891.  Their  home  is  in  Waitsburg, 
Washington.  They  have  one  child,  Francis  Vawter  Jones,  born 
in  1892.  Charles  A.  Jones  was  born  June  5,  1865,  at  Shandon, 
Butler  county,  Ohio.   He  is  a  hardware  salesman. 

d.  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washing- 
ton, April  16,  1876;  died  December  11,  1876. 

e.  Clyde  Piatt  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
November  11,  1878;  died  September  29,  1882. 

/.  Gertrude  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1880. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  343 

g.  Jasper  Garfield  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washing- 
ton, May  4,  1882. 

h.  Robert  Neal  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
March  14,  1884. 

i.  Otheo  Glenn  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg.  Washington, 
March  19.  1886. 

/.  Jesse  Dunlap  Crawford,  born  in  Waitsburg,  Washington, 
July  2,  1887;  died  November  14,  1887. 

(4)  Elvin  J.  Crawford,  son  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia 
(Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  near  Madison,  Indiana,  November 

15,  1841 ;  married,  first,  November  15,  1865,  to  Mary  J.  Way- 
mire,  who  was  born  in  Haydenhall,  Oregon,  and  died  June  11, 
1866.  He  was  married,  second,  November  16,  1866,  to  Alice  A. 
Adams,  who  was  born  in  Galesburg,  Illinois,  April  i,  1848,  and 
died  May  20,  1899.  He  was  married,  third,  to  Mrs.  Anna 
(Adams)  Mills,  who  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  No- 
vember 15,  1853. 

Elvin  J.  Crawford  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Los 
Angeles,  California,  and  lives  at  Ocean  Park,  California. 
Children  of  Elvin  J.  and  Alice  (Adams)  Crawford: 

a.  Effie  Ellen  Crawford,  born  October  14.  1872;  married 
November  7,  1891,  to  Edwin  Fenton,  who  was  born  in  1867. 

Children:  Ralph,  born  December  i.  1896;  died  January  2"/, 
1899;  Orin,  born  May  14,  1894,  and  Theda,  born  September  1. 
1900.   Live  in  Arlington.  Washington. 

b.  Edwin  Manifred  Crawford,  born  March  i.  1875;  married 
December  17,  1890,  to  Mrs.  Margaret  (Cartwright)  Lemon,  who 
was  born  May  22,  1863.    Live  in  Springfield,  Oregon. 

Children:  George,  born  August  29,  1892,  and  Orville  Frank- 
lin, born  January  8,  1896. 

c.  Elvin  John  Crawford,  born  August  7.  1877.  Lives  in  Eu- 
gene, Oregon. 

d.  Mary  Letitia  Crawford,  born  June  i.  1881  ;  married  June 

16,  1900,  to  James  Widders  Kimball,  who  was  born  October  13, 
1868.   They  live  in  Arlington,  Washington. 

Children:  Alicia,  born  April  8,  1901 ;  Clark,  born  August  16, 
1902,  and  Duane,  born  May  5,  1904. 


344  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

e.  Elina  May  Crawford,  born  May  6,  1884;  married  June  ii^ 
1 901,  to  William  Emil  Forth,  who  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois, 
October  6,  1872.   They  live  in  Seattle,  Washington. 

Children:   Willma,  born  March  11,  1902. 

/.  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford,  born  July  31,  1886.  Lives  in 
Eugene,  Oregon. 

g.  Uleric  Zwingle  Crawford,  born  November  2,  1892.  Lives 
in  Ocean  Park,  California. 

(5)  Margaret  S.,  daughter  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia 
(Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  February  7,  1843;  married  to  Wil- 
liam Conover  in  1858.  Children  were  H.  D.  Conover,  Waitsburg, 
Washington,  and  O.  M.  Conover,  of  Waitsburg. 

Margaret  Conover  married,  second,  H.  M.  Little,  of  Portland, 
Ohio. 

Children:  Zilpha  B..  born  May  24,  1853;  married  in  1869  to 
Valentine  Robert  Fuller;  died  May  2^,.  1884.  Valentine  Robert 
Fuller  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  February  14,  1847. 

Children :  Mabel,  daughter  of  Valentine  Robert  and  Zilpha 
(Little)  Fuller,  was  born  August  14,  1874;  married  in  1903  to 
Park  Stoffer  Shoff,  who  was  born  in  East  Germantown,  Wayne 
county,  Indiana,  September  26,  1882.  They  live  in  Santa  Clara, 
California.  Mr.  Shoff  is  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  tobacco  busi- 
ness. 

(6)  Ulric  L.,  son  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia  (Smith) 
Crawford,  was  born  February,  1845;  died  at  Brownsville,  Ore- 
gon, in  1867. 

(7)  Otheo,  son  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia  (Smith) 
Crawford,  was  born  in  1847;  died  in  1850. 

(8)  Goodwin,  son  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia  (Smith) 
Crawford,  was  born  in  1859;  died  in  infancy. 

(9)  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia 
(Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  in  1852;  married  to  M.  A.  Dunlap; 
lives  in  Dayton,  Washington. 

Children  of  M.  A.  and  Mary  (Crawford)  Dunlap: 
a.     John  B.  Dunlap,  born  March  3.  1875;  married  January  i, 
1903,  to  Graciel  Olivia  Tabler,  who  was  born  near  Weiser,  Idaho, 
in  1886.   They  live  near  Kahlotus,  Franklin  county,  Washington. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  345 

h.  Hattie  Mabel  Dunlap,  born  February  lo,  1877;  married 
December  18.  1902,  to  Fred  D.  Rinehart;  lives  near  x'^lto  Station, 
Columbia  county,  Washington. 

c.  Lottie  Zilpba  Dunlap.  born  April  14.  18S0;  married  De- 
cember 10.  1896,  to  John  A.  Shields;  lives  on  Snake  river,  fifteen 
miles  above  Pittsburg  Landing,  Wallowa  county,  Oregon. 

Children:  Hattie  Lauretta,  born  April  i,  1898,  and  David 
Gene,  born  April  7,  1900. 

d.  George  Layton  Dunlap,  born  April  8,  1882;  lives  near  Alto 
Station,  Washington. 

e.  William  Philemon  Dunlap,  born  November  2,  1885;  lives 
near  Alto  Station,  Washington. 

/.     Lou  Bessie  Ella  Dunlap,  born  February  19,  1890. 
g.     Elvin  Crawford  Dunlap,  born  May  15,  1897. 

( 10)  Zilpha,  daughter  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia 
(Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  near  Crawfordsville,  Oregon,  in 
1885;  died  August,  1887. 

(11)  Louisa  Serrell,  daughter  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Le- 
titia (Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  August  25,  1858,  ten  miles  east 
of  Brownsville,  Linn  county.  Oregon;  married  August  21,  1877, 
at  Crawfordsville,  Oregon,  to  Timothy  Ambrose  Lewis,  who  was 
born  twelve  miles  east  of  Brownsville,  Oregon,  August  15,  1852. 
Mr.  Lewis  is  a  grain  handler  and  makes  a  study  of  the  occult 
sciences,  especially  psychology  and  magnetic  healing. 

Children  of  Timothy  A.  and  Louisa  (Crawford)  Lewis: 
a.     Arta  Bell  Lewis,  born  December  14,  1878;  married  Jan- 
uary 20,   1902,  to  Wilson  Blaine  Stennett  in  Eugene,  Oregon. 
They  live  in  Turner,  Oregon,  where  Mr.  Stennett  is  employed  in 
a  logging  camp. 
Children : 

(a)  Vera  Camille  Stennett,  born  January  7,  1903,  at  Kelso, 
Washington. 

(b)  Claud  Atherton  Stennett,  born  March  31,  1904. 

h.  Francis  Crawford  Lewis,  born  July  10,  1880;  was  run  over 
and  killed  by  a  railroad  train  on  the  night  of  September  22,  1897, 
at  Pendleton,  Oregon.   Had  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade. 


mi. 


346  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

c.  Ralph  Everett  Lewis,  born  July  9,  1882;  lives  at  Bend, 
Crook  county,  Oregon.   Is  a  shoemaker  and  also  a  sign  painter. 

d.  Floyd  Lindsay  Lewis,  born  September  5,  1884.  Is  an  ap- 
prentice in  the  United  States  navy. 

e.  Josie  Mary  Letitia  Lewis,  born  December  13,  1886. 
/.     Oran  Wright  Lewis,  born  February  15,  1889. 

g.     Annie  Ethel  Lewis,  born  August  14,  1890. 

Ji.     Lila  Catherine  Lewis,  born  March  12,  1893. 

i.     Lester  Ambrose  Lewis,  born  August  29,  1895. 

y.     Eunice  Viola  Lewis,  born  January  27,  1898. 

k.     Rilla  Ainslee  Lewis,  born  July  7,  1900. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  live  in  Oswego,  Oregon. 

(12)  B.  Vawter,  son  of  Philemon  Vawter  and  Letitia 
(Smith)  Crawford,  was  born  near  Shedd's  Station,  Oregon, 
August  5,  1862;  married  October  13,  1889,  at  Mabel,  Oregon, 
to  Mary  F.  Cowgill,  who  was  born  in  Saunders  county,  Nebraska. 
September  17,  1873. 

Children : 

a.     James  Vawter  Crawford,  born  July  31,  1890. 

h.     Clyde  Franklin,  born  October  26,  1892. 

c.     Lewis  Guy,  born 28,  1894. 

B.  Vawter  Crawford  is  a  carpenter,  living  at  Shedd's  Station, 
Oregon. 

2.  Rebecca  Crawford,  daughter  of  James  and  Lucy  (Vaw- 
ter) Crawford,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Smith,  who  was  a 
cousin  of  Letitia  Smith,  wife  of  Philemon  Vawter  Crawford. 
They  moved  to  southern  Missouri  in  an  early  day,  living  there 
during  and  after  the  war,  but  all  trace  of  the  family  has  been  lost. 

3.  Rachel  Crawford,  daughter  of  James  and  Lucy  (Vawter) 
Crawford,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  March  4,  1822; 
married  December  5.  1850,  to  Peter  Smith,  who  was  born  April 
22,  1 810,  in  Greenbrier  county,  Virginia.  They  crossed  the  plains 
with  an  ox  team  in  185 1  in  company  with  Philemon  Vawter 
Crawford,  Cyrus  Vawter,  son  of  Beverly  and  William  Vawter, 
son  of  Jamieson  of  Milton,  Kentucky.  Peter  Smith  and  wife  lo- 
cated near  Portland,  Oregon,  and  all  of  their  children  were  born 
near  Portland. 


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347 


Peter   Smith   died  June    13.    1889.   and   Rachel    (Crawford) 
Smith  died  May  22,  1891. 
Children : 
(i)     A  son,  stillborn,  September,  1851. 

(2)  Nira  Elizabeth  Smith,  born  October  16.  1852;  married 
to  James  Catching,  December  25,  1872. 

Children : 

a.  Oliver  C.  Catching,  born  March  3,  1874;  died  November 
20,  1877. 

b.  A  daughter,  born  March  3,  1878. 

c.  J.  Reuben,  born  March  18,  1879. 

d.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  December  14,  1882;  married  Octo- 
ber 21,  1902,  to  Charles  T.  Safely,  who  died  November  11,  1902. 
She  married,  second,  Edward  F.  Ogden,  January  7,  1904,  and 
died  October  12,  1904,  leaving  a  baby  two  weeks  old,  named 
Viola  Lucreta. 

e.  Ben  H.,  born  September  17,  1889. 

/.     Jesse  Franklin,  born  February  11,  1893. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Catching  live  in  Ashland.  Oregon. 

(3)  Thomas  Benton  Smith,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Craw- 
ford) Smith,  was  born  November  17,  1854;  married  December 
25,  1887,  to  Amelia  C.  Whitten.  They  live  in  Wimer,  Jackson 
county,  Oregon.  Their  children  are:  John  H.,  Nira  E.,  Thomas 
B.,  George  L.,  Viola  C,  Louisa  H.  and  Alfred  W. 

(4)  James  Crawford,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Crawford) 
Smith,  was  born  August  17,  1856;  died  August  27,  1856. 

(5)  John  Allen,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Crawford)  Smith, 
was  born  July  18,  1857;  married  in  1896  to  Minnie  Martin. 
Lives  at  Sebastopol,  California. 

(6)  George  Robert,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Crawford) 
Smith,  Avas  born  April  16,  1859;  died  November  23,  1882. 

(7)  Jesse  Vawter,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Crawford) 
Smith,  was  born  February  10,  1861  ;  married  April  12,  1891,  to 
Nellie  M.  Whitten  and  died  December  29,  1892,  leaving  a  boy, 
Jesse  R.,  who  died  when  sixteen  months  old. 

(8)  William  Franklin,  son  of  Peter  and  Rachel  (Crawford) 
Smith,  was  born  February  5,  1863;  married  February  5,  1889,  to 


34'^  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Emma  E.  Thomas;  died  February  25,  1893,  leaving  a  daughter, 
Anna  Rachel,  born  November  23,  1890,  ,who  Hves  with  her 
mother,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Holcomb,  of  Hillsboro,  Oregon. 


Letter  from  Rachel  (Crawford)   Smith  to  William  and 
Frances  Vawter,  Written  About  1852 

Dear  Uncle  and  Aunt: 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  write  you  a  few  lines  to  acknowledge 
the  reception  of  your  letter,  which  came  last  Monday.  We  had 
heard  of  the  death  of  Cousin  Mary  and  Anna,  but  not  of  the  death 
of  Polly's  babe.  Cordelia  died  before  we  left.  I  was  struck  with 
surprise  to  hear  of  father's  marriage.  He  must  be  in  his  dotage. 
He  has  got  a  fine  woman.  What  changeable  creatures  we  all  are ! 
I  was  sorry  to  hear  of  the  house  getting  burned,  but  was  glad  to 
hear  that  Ormand's  prejudice  against  Oregon  had  frozen  to  death 
and  that  he  had  also  an  idea  of  trying  to  come  to  this  country.  I 
do  think  that  if  he  and  David  were  here  they  could  live  much 
easier  than  where  they  are.  I  think  that  I  have  as  great  a  desire 
for  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  my  relatives  as  anybody,  but  I 
would  advise  them  unless  they  can  have  a  good  supply  of  good, 
strong  clothing,  a  well-built,  light  two-horse  wagon,  and  at  the 
least  calculation,  four  hundred  dollars  when  landed  at  St.  Joe, 
not  to  undertake  the  journey,  unless  they  come  as  one  family,  or 
unless  the  prices  of  provisions  and  cattle  are  lower  than  when 
we  left.  But  Oregon  is  ever  worth  coming  to.  and  if  they  can 
not  make  up  an  outfit  next  year,  let  them  not  get  discouraged. 

An  old  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Smith's  who  could  not  live  at  all 
below  Madison,  moved  to  Missouri,  raised  his  own  team  and  pro- 
visions and  came  through  in  '47.  He  is  now  quite  wealthy ;  so 
I  would  advise,  if  they  ever  expect  to  get  able  to  come,  to  get  out 
of  that  place  and  get  to  some  good  cattle  country,  where  they 
may  soon  raise  their  own  outfit  and  may  be  able  to  come  in- 
dependently. 

What  have  you  done  with  Achilles  and  Philemon  ?  You  spoke 
of  all  the  rest  in  your  letter.     Where  is  Sarah  Jane  and  Aunt 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  349 

Nancy?  I  have  not  forgotten  one  of  them.  Mr.  Smith  says, 
consider  the  interest  of  your  sons  and  let  them  come  to  Oregon, 
where  they  can  be  of  a  great  deal  more  benefit  to  themselves  and 
to  the  community  than  where  they  are. 

I  have  not  heard  preaching  since  I  left  Madison.  They  have 
preaching  at  T.  Stott's  and  at  T.  Denny's  and  at  Portland,  but  for 
want  of  a  road  I  would  be  too  late,  as  I  would  have  to  go  so  far 
around,  I  know  of  no  Baptist  Church  nearer  than  Oregon  City. 
There,  I  have  understood,  they  have  a  band  of  musicians  (wicked 
men)  hired  to  sing  for  the  church.  If  this  be  the  case,  I  would 
like  to  know  who  expects  to  stand  accountable  for  the  lay  mem- 
bers not  doing  their  duty,  the  choir  or  their  employers? 

We  are  all  well  at  present.  Philemon  and  two  of  the  children 
have  had  the  ague,  but  they  are  well  now.  They  live  about  ten 
miles  from  us. 

We  learn  that  it  has  been  somewhat  sickly  on  the  road  this 
year,  grass  being  very  scarce,  though  vegetables  are  good. 

I  must  draw  to  a  close.  I  hope  you  will  all  remember  the  vow 
you  made  me  when  we  took  the  parting  hand.  Give  my  love  to 
all  that  wish  to  hear  from  us.    Write  soon. 

Rachel  and  Peter  Smith. 

To  William  and  Frances  Vawter. 

(The  above  letter  was  found  among  the  papers  of  William 
Vawter  after  his  death.) 


VII. 

NANCY  VAWTER5 

(Philemon, 4  David, ^  John, 2  John^) 

m. 

ALEXANDER  LEWIS 


Children* 

1.  David  m. 
Ann  Grinstead 


2.  Anna  m.  Lewis 
P.  Grinstead 


Grandchildren' 


(  Nine  chi 
)      dead  e 


Idren  (all 
except  one) 


3,  Charles  m. 
Charlotte  Parks 


4.  Martha  m. 
Elias  Conger 


(i)  Marshall 

(2)  Wm.  Wirt 

(3)  Nancy 

(1)  Arietta  m. 
W.  R.  Umen- 
setter 

{2)  Maria  L.  m. 
C.  S.  Tiffany 

(3)  Edwin  m. 

Effie  Buchanan 


G.  Grandchil- 

DREN» 


Clara  R. 
Charles  H.,  d. 
i^  Edith  A.,  d. 


C  Nin 
^   Fra 


aE. 
Francis  O. 


]  Noch 


1^  Pauline 


ildren 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren® 


VII 


NANCY  (VAWTER)  LEWIS 

Nancy  Vawter,  daughter  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vawter,  was 
born  about  1793 ;  was  married  about  1814,  to  Alexander  Lewis,  a 
widower;  died  April  2,  1855.  Their  children  were  four  in  num- 
ber :   David,  Anna,  Charles  and  Martha. 

I.  David  was  born  November  9,  1816;  was  married  about 
1839,  to  Ann  Grinstead,  a  sister  of  Lewis  P.  Grinstead.  They 
had  nine  children,  two  of  whom  were  named  Bushrod  and  Sarah 
Frances.  They  lived  in  Pinon,  Lincoln  county,  Kansas.  In  a 
letter  dated  May  2^,   1885,   from  David  Lewis  to  his  cousin 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  35 1 

John  M.  Vawter,  in  Timpson,  Texas,  David  Lewis  says :  "I  feel 
the  effects  of  age,  having  completed  my  sixty-eighth  year  on  the 
9th  of  November  last.  My  wife,  who  was  seventy  years  old  on 
the  8th  of  November,  has  been  may  faithful  companion  for  more 
than  forty-five  years.  Our  youngest  daughter,  the  youngest  of 
our  children,  died  last  summer,  and  the  next  youngest,  a  son,  who 
is  married  and  lives  in  the  neighborhood,  is  the  only  one  remain- 
ing of  our  nine  children." 

2.  Anna  Lewis  married  Lewis  P.  Grinstead,  who,  after  her 
death,  married  Rhoda  A.  Hunter.  Anna  died  about  1850,  and 
Lewis  P.  Grinstead  about  1875.  Two  of  their  sons,  Marshall 
and  William  Wirt  were  soldiers  in  the  Sixth  Indiana  Regiment  in 
the  Civil  War.  Both  are  now  dead.  Nancy,  an  only  daughter, 
is  still  living. 

3.  Charles  Lewis,  son  of  Alexander  and  Nancy  (Vawter) 
Lewis,  was  born  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  November  10,  1821 ;  mar- 
ried March  6,  1845,  to  Charlotte  Parks,  the  twin  sister  of  Sarah 
Parks,  who  married  Jesse  R.  Vawter.  Charlotte  (Parks)  Lewis 
was  born  at  Somerset,  Pulaski  county,  Kentucky,  August  31, 
1822,  and  died  September  29,  1900.  Charles  Lewis  died  Septem- 
ber I,  1865.    He  was  a  farmer  and  a  teacher. 

Children : 

( 1 )  Arietta  Lewis,  born  April  i,  1847 ;  married  W.  R.  Umen- 
setter.  They  live  near  North  Vernon,  Indiana.  Their  children 
are :    Clara  R.,  Charles  H.,  dead,  Edith  A.,  dead. 

(2)  Maria  L.  Lewis,  born  January  31,  1850;  married  C.  S. 
Tiffany,  of  North  Vernon,  Indiana. 

(3)  Edwin  Lewis,  born  April  18,  1854;  married  Effie 
Buchanan.  They  live  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana.  Their  chil- 
dren are  Nina  E.,  Francis  O.  and  Pauline. 

4.  Martha  Lewis  married  Elias  Conger,  a  deaf  mute,  a  brother 
of  Rhoda  A.  Conger.     She  died  young  and  left  no  children. 


VIII. 

ELIZABETH  VAWTERs 

(Philemon^,  David »,  John'^,  Johni) 

(1 798- 1 886) 

m. 

JAMES  GLOVER 

(1793-1856) 


Children^ 

Grandchildren' 

G.  Grandchil- 

G.  G.  Grandchil 

DREN« 

DREN" 

I.  Nancy  Glover  m. 

(i)  James  A. 

ISt 

James  Coleman 

(2)  Lucinda 
^  (3)  Thomas 

2d                                     . 

Thos.  Baxter 

(4)  David 

Ida  ra. 

'  (1)  Samuel  W.  m. 

Mclntyre;  d. 

1st 

Ira,  d. 

Mary  F.  Ball 

Samuel,  d. 
Thomas  H.,  d. 

2d                                   . 

Lottie  Staples    ■ 

Ella 
Susie 

(2)  Stephen  A.,  d. 

(3)  John  m.                1 

W.  H. 

Kate  Staples       i 

Minnie 

2.  Ann  Glover  m. 
Thomas  West 

'  T.  H. 
Elenorah  m. 
Reed;  d. 

(4)  Sarah  m. 

George  Giltner  ' 

Florence 
William  A. 
Charles  T. 
Charlotte 
Cordelia 
Mea 

(5)  Elizabeth,  d. 

^  George 

(6)  Mollie  A.  m. 

James  B. 

J.  F.  King 

)   Addie  A. 

r 


(i)  Catherine  m. 


(I)  Catherine  m. 
3.  Sarah  Glover  m.    I  ,       u  1   d  ■( 

Achilles  West       1  J^^^^b  J.  Payne 


r  Ira  William 
Myrtie  Maud 
Sarah  Alice  m.  |   Elraa  Pearl 

Wm.  McDonald    -{    Mamie  Catherine 
Clarence  R. 
George  E. 
L  Lottie  J. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


353 


3.  Sarah  G.  West 
(Continued) 


(i)  Catherine 
Payne 
(Continued) 


Edward  M.  m. 
Maggie  J.  Palmer 


(2)  James  L.  m. 
Aramantha 

Vawter 

(3)  Milton  S.  m. 
ist 

Elizabeth  Blair 
2d 

Mary  McFar- 
land 

(4)  J.  Silas  m. 
Theresia  King 

(5)  Lizzie  A.  m. 
T.  B.  Carney 


(6)  William  M.  m. 
1st 

Eva  Grinstead 
2d 

Martha  Mix 
3d 

Mrs.  Martha 
Clellen 


(7)  J.  Judson  m. 
Clara  A.  Clark 


4.  Elliott  Glover  m. 
Melita  Barnett 


(8)  Emma  E.  m. 
I.         Charles  E.Hall 

f  (i)  Maggie  m. 

Fox 

(2)  James  m. 

Tucker 

-{    (3)  Indiana  m.     . 

McKey 


(4)  William 

I    (5)  Philemon 

L  (6)  Samuel 

'5.  David  Glover  m.  (  (i)  Florence  m. 

Mary  E.  Hunter    /  Newell 


GoldieF.,d. 
Mary  Catherine 
Eva  Lena 
Frank  J. 
1^  Amy  May 


Lucinda  Eveline 
m. 
Allen  B.  Hutsell 

Nellie  May  m. 

UthoG.  Wright 
Sarah  Ethel 
Charles  William 

Cora  m.  G.  W. 
Vandergrift 

No  children 
Lillian  Rose 
Edward 

Elma  A..d. 
Charles  W.  m. 
Lala  Kuhn 

Dessie  m. 
Corwin  Bowling 

Sylvia 

Eldo  K.  m 

Grace  Millhouse 
Silas  W. 
Emma  L.,  d. 
William  H. 
Jesse  M. 
David  C. 
C.  Mable 

Anna  May  m. 

Sylvester  Adams 
Arthur  J. 
E   Roy 
Blanche  E. 


f  Alva,  d. 
J   Amy  Leo 
I   Tressa  May 
I.  Emory  Edward 

^  Opal 

^  Robert  W. 


Esther,  d. 
Ethel,  d. 


3  Margaret  Marie,  d. 
(  Charles  H. 

f  Monroe 
\    Ralph  Arvii 
l^  Guy  Cecil 

J  Mary  Jessamine 
Myron  E. 


354  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

VIII 

ELIZABETH    (VAWTER)    GLOVER 

Elizabeth  (Betsy)  Vavvter,  daughter  of  Philemon  and  Anna 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Woodford  county,  Kentucky,  March  i, 
1798;  married  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  June  24,  1813,  to 
James  Glover,  a  Baptist  minister,  who  was  born  in  West  Vir- 
ginia, August  14,  1792.  They  lived  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
until  the  death  of  James  Glover  at  Marble  Hill,  Indiana,  July 
3,  1856.  Elizabeth  Glover  died  at  Vernon,  Indiana,  August  6, 
1886. 

The  children  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter)  Glover  were: 
Nancy,  Ann,  Sarah,  Elliott  and  David. 

I 

Nancy  (Glover)  Baxter 

Nancy  Glover,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Glover,  was  born  March  12,  1814;  married,  first,  James  Coleman, 
and  after  his  death,  Thomas  Baxter.  They  lived  and  died  at 
Marble  Hill,  Indiana. 

Children  were :  James  A.  Coleman,  Lucinda  Coleman,  Thomas 
Coleman  and  David  Baxter.  All  are  dead.  There  was  one 
granddaughter,  who  went  to  Tennessee. 


Ann  (Glover)  West 

Ann  Glover,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Glover,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  May  27,  181 6; 
married  December  2,  1831,  at  Marble  Hill,  Indiana,  to  Thomas 
West,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
November  14,  1809.  Thomas  West  died  near  Otto,  Clark  county, 
Indiana,  December  2,  1888,  and  Ann,  his  wife,  died  December 
26,  1888,  at  same  place. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Ann  (Glover)  West  were  Samuel,, 
Stephen,  John,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Mollie  A. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  355 

(i)  Samuel  W.  West  was  born  March  6,  1833;  married 
November  19,  1858,  to  Mary  F.  Ball.    Their  children  were: 

a.  Ida,  born  June  3.  i860;  married  a  Mclntyre;  died  De- 
cember 22,  1883. 

b.  Ira,  born  August  i,  1862;  died  February  20,  1883. 

c.  Samuel,  born  June  16,  1864;  died  January  26,  1866. 

d.  Thomas  H.,  born  December  9,  1866;  died  June  28,  1895. 
Samuel  W.  West  was  married,  second,  to  Lottie  Staples,  who 

was  born  March  10,  1847.     They  live  at  Nabbs,  Indiana.     Mr. 
West  is  crippled  by  a  gunshot  wound  which  he  received  in  the 
arjny  and  is  unable  to  engage  in  any  regular  work. 
Children  of  Samuel  W.  and  Lottie  (Staples)  West: 

a.  Ella,  born  October  10,  1872. 

b.  Susie,  born  January  22,  1874. 

(2)  Stephen  A.  West  was  born  November  26,  1834;  died 
February  19,  1835. 

(3)  John  West  was  born  December  7,  1836 ;  married  October 
3,  1872,  to  Kate  Staples,  who  was  born  October  10,  1849.  John 
West  died  August  18,  1890. 

Children : 

a.  W.  H.  West,  born  July  9,  1873. 

b.  Minnie,  born  September  10,  1876. 

(4)  Sarah  West  was  born  March  31,  1838;  married  in  i860, 
near  Otto,  Indiana,  to  George  Giltner,  who  was  born  June  3, 
1818,  and  died  February  14,  1900.  Sarah  Giltner  died  December 
26,  1877. 

Children  of  George  and  Sarah  (West)  Giltner: 

a.  T.  H.  Giltner,  born  May  29,  1861. 

b.  Elenorah  Giltner,  born  December  31,  1862;  married  a 
Reed;  died  November  27,  1901. 

c.  Florence  Giltner,  born  August  29,  1864. 

d.  William  A.  Giltner,  born  April  17,  1866. 

e.  Charles  T.  Giltner,  born  June  18,  1868. 
/.  Charlotte  Giltner,  born  May  17.  1870. 
g.  Cordelia  Giltner,  born  June  14,  1872. 
h.  Mea  Giltner,  born  May  7,  1874. 

i.     George  Giltner,  Jr.,  born  August  21,  1876. 


356  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(5)  Elizabeth  West,  born  September  11,  1840;  died  May  26,. 
1844. 

(6)  Mollie  A.  West  was  born  May  12,  1844;  married  Octo- 
ber 17,  1872,  to  J.  F.  King,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  September 
20,  1846.     They  Hve  at  Marble  Hill,  Indiana. 

Children : 

a.     James  B.  King,  born  July  20,  1873. 

h.     Addie  A.  King,  born  February  14,  1875. 


Sarah  (Glover)  West 

Sarah  Glover,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Glover,  was  born  October  29,  181 8;  married  June  7,  1838, 
in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  to  Achilles  West,  who  was  born  in 
Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  February  29,  181 6.  They  moved  to 
Jennings  county,  Indiana,  in  i860,  where  Sarah  West  died,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1891,  and  Achilles  West  died  September  10,  1892. 

Their  children  were  Catherine,  James,  Milton  S.,  J.  Silas, 
Lizzie  A.,  William  M.,  J.  Judson,  Emma  E.,  and  Charles  J. 

(i)  Catherine  West,  daughter  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  West, 
was  born  February  4,  1841,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana;  mar- 
ried in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  by  her  grandfather,  James 
Glover,  March  13,  1856,  to  Jacob  J.  Payne,  who  was  born  in 
Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  November  20,  1831.  Catherine  West 
Payne  died  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  April  23,  1863. 

Children : 

a.  Sarah  Alice  Payne  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
December  24,  1857;  married  April  20,  1877,  to  William  E.  Mc- 
Donald, who  was  born  December  15,  1854,  and  died  January  2, 
1898,  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  Mrs.  Alice  McDonald  lives 
at  Hanover,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(a)  Ira  William  McDonald,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indi- 
ana, October  2, . 

(b)  Myrtie  Maud  McDonald,  born  in  Clark  county,  Indiana, 
February  17,  1880. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  357 

(c)  Elma  Pearl  McDonald,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indi- 
ana, January  15,  1882. 

(d)  Mamie  Catherine  McDonald,  born  in  Jefferson  county, 
Indiana,  September  13,  1885. 

(e)  Clarence  R.  McDonald,  born  in  Clark  county,  Indiana, 
May  20,  1888. 

(f)  George  E.  McDonald,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
September  5,   1891. 

(g)  Lottie  J.  McDonald,  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana, 
December  9,  1897. 

b.  Edward  Melton  Payne  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, June  10,  i860;  married  November  14,  1886.  to  Maggie 
J.  Palmer,  who  was  born  in  Trimble  county,  Kentucky,  April  14, 
1866.     Edward  Payne  is  a  farmer,  living  near  Nabbs,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(a)  Goldie  F.  Payne,  born  November  18,  1887;  died  March 
20,  1891. 

(b)  Mary  Catherine  Payne,  born  November  3,  1889. 

(c)  Eva  Lena  Payne,  born  September  29,  1891. 

(d)  Frank  J.  Payne,  born  September  29,  1893. 

(e)  Amy  May  Payne,  born  January  14,  1901.  (All  born  in 
Clark  county,  Indiana. ) 

c.  Lucinda  Eveline  Payne  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, November  4,  1862;  married  January  31,  1883,  to  Allen 
Blooford  Hutsell,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson  county, 
Indiana,  December  3,  i860.    They  live  at  Hanover,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(a)  Alva  Hutsell,  born  December  19,  1883;  died  January  4. 
1884. 

(b)  Amy  Leo  Hutsell,  born  July  16,  1885. 

(c)  Tressa  May  Hutsell,  born  December  24,  1891. 

(d)  Emory  Edward  Hutsell,  born  July  20,  1895.  (All  born 
in  Clark  county,  Indiana.) 

(2)  James  L.  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  (Glover) 
West,  was  born  March  23,  1843;  married  February  i,  1876,  to 
Aramantha  M.  Vawter;  died  February  7,  1891.  (For  children 
see  record  of  Aramantha  (Vawter)  West.) 


358  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

(3)  Milton  S.  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  (Glover) 
West,  was  born  in  Jefferson  comity,  Indiana,  April  20,  1846; 
married  February  2,  1871,  to  Elizabeth  V.  Blair,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Lucinda  (Vawter)  Blair,  who  was  born  July  17, 
1845,  and  died  January  2^,  1875. 

Children : 

a.  Cora  West  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1872;  married  December  18,  1895,  to  G.  W.  Vandergrift, 
who  was  born  May  29,  1872.  They  live  in  Anderson,  Indiana. 
Mr.  Vandergrift  is  a  fireman  and  stationary  engineer. 

Children : 

(a)  Esther  Vandergrift,  born  May  14,  1897;  died  April  29, 
1902. 

(b)  Ethel  Vandergrift,  born  February  19,  1903  ;  died  August 
II,  1903. 

Milton  S.  West  was  married,  second.  May  6,  1896,  to  Mary 
McFarland,  of  Wapakoneta,  Ohio,  who  died  November  19,  1900. 
Milton  West  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  until  the 
death  of  his  second  wife.  Since  that  time  he  has  retired  from 
business  and  is  living  with  his  daughter  in  Anderson,  Indiana. 

(4)  J.  Silas  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  (Glover)  West, 
was  born  April  18,  1850;  married  August  4,  1874,  to  Theresia 
King,  who  was  born  September  8,  1851,  in  Belleview,  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana.  They  had  one  child,  Lillian  Rose,  who  was  born 
January  23,  1876,  near  Vernon,  Indiana.  J.  Silas  West  died 
July  29,  1897,  at  Ezra,  Jennings  county,  Indiana.  Mrs.  Theresia 
West  and  daughter  live  near  Madison,  Indiana,  R.  R.  No.  5. 

(5)  Lizzie  A.  West,  daughter  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  ( Glover) 
West,  was  born  December  21,  1853;  married  T.  B.  Carney  in 
Vernon,  Indiana,  March  16,  1871  ;  died  near  Butlerville,  Indiana, 
February  26,  1877.  They  had  one  child,  Edward,  who  was  born 
April  13,  1872. 

(6)  William  M.  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  (Glover) 
West,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  April  10,  1855; 
married,  first,  March  4,  1875,  to  Eva  Grinstead,  who  was  born 
in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  November  26,  1854,  and  died  April 
I,  1886. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  359 

Children : 

a.  Elma  A.  West,  born  March,  1876;  died  May,  1881. 

b.  Charles  W.  West,  born  March  30,  1878;  married  June  19, 
1 90 1,  to  Lala  Kuhn,  who  was  born  January  20,  1880.  Charles 
W.  West  is  a  street-car  motorman,  living  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Children : 

(a)  Margaret  Marie,  born  February  19,  1902;  died  July  27, 
1902. 

(b)  Charles  H.,  born  March  10,  1905. 

c.  Dessie  West,  born  July  11,  1880;  married  November, 
1897,  to  Corwin  Bowling,  a  farmer,  living  near  Veedersburg,  In- 
diana. 

Children : 

(a)  Monroe  Bowling,  born  February,  1899. 

(b)  Ralph  Arvil  Bowling,  born  March  14,  1901. 

(c)  Guy  Cecil  Bowling,  born  October,  1903. 

d.  Sylvia  A.  West,  born  March  i,  1886.  Since  the  death  of 
her  mother  she  has  made  her  home  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  J.  Silas 
West,  who  lives  near  Madison,  Indiana. 

William  West  was  married,  second,  November,  1886,  to 
Martha  I.  Mix,  who  was  born  November  16.  1854;  died  March, 
1 89 1.     No  children. 

William  West  married,  third,  Mrs.  Martha  (Hosea)  Clellen, 
who  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Indiana,  November  15, 
1 85 1.  William  West  is  a  carpenter.  He  lives  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 

(7)  J-  Judson  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah  (Glover) 
West,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Indiana,  February  17,  1858; 
married  December  11,  1878.  to  Clara  A.  Clark,  who  was  born 
in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  26,  1859.  J.  Judson  West  is  a 
contractor  for  railroad  work,  cross  ties,  bridge  timbers,  etc.  He 
lives  in  Anderson,  Indiana. 

Children : 

o.  Eldo  R.  West,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1879;  married  September  4,  1901,  to  Grace  A.  Millhouse, 
who  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  October  28,   1883. 


360  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Eldo  R.  West  is  teaching  school.     He  lives  near  Butlerville,  In- 
diana. 

Children : 

(a)  Mary  Jessamine  West,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
July  18,  1902. 

(b)  Myron  E.  West,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  No- 
vember 30,  1903. 

b.  Silas  W.  West  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
February  27,  1882.  He  lives  in  Covington,  Ky.,  where  he  is  em- 
ployed as  foreman  of  construction  work. 

c.  Emma  L.  West  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
February  4,  1884;  died  February  17,  1884. 

d.  William  H.  West  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
March  4,  1886.  Lives  in  Foster,  Indiana,  where  he  is  employed 
by  his  father. 

c.  Jesse  M.  West  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1888. 

/.  David  C.  West  was  born  in  Fountain  county,  Indiana,  Au- 
gust 19,  1894. 

g.  C.  Mabel  West  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana, 
July  9,  1900. 

(8)  Emma  E.  West,  daughter  .  of  Achilles  and  Sarah 
(Glover)  West,  was  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  26, 
i860;  married  to  Charles  E.  Hall,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county,  Indiana,  June  20,  1847. 

Children : 

a.  Anna  May  Hall,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  June 
II,  1882;  married  February  2,  1902,  to  Sylvester  Adams,  who 
was  born  May  10,  188 1. 

b.  Arthur  J.  Hall,  born  in  Jennings  county,  Indiana,  July  26, 
1888. 

c.  E.  Roy  Hall,  born  November  16,  1894,  in  Jennings  county, 
Indiana. 

d.  Blanche  E.  Hall,  born  March  26,  1897,  in  Jennings  county, 
Indiana. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  live  in  Anderson,  Ind.,  where  Mr.  Hall  and 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  361 

son  Arthur  and  Sylvester  Adams  are  employed  by  the  American 
Steel  and  Wire  Company. 

(9)      Charles  J.  West,  son  of  Achilles  and  Sarah   (Glover) 
West,  born  August  13,  1863;  died  May  14,  1865. 


Elliott  V.  Glover 

Elliott  V.  Glover,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Glover,  was  born  July  17,  1820 ;  married  Melita  Barnett  at  Marble 
Hill,  Indiana.     Both  died  in  Madison,  Indiana. 

Children :  Maggie,  who  married  a  Fox ;  James,  who  married 
a  Tucker ;  Indiana,  who  married  a  McKey ;  William ;  Philemon ; 
Samuel.     Their  location  is  unknown. 


5 
David  T.  Glover 

David  J.  Glover,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 
Glover,  was  born  February  14,  1838;  married  September  12, 
1 86 1,  to  Mary  E.  Hunter  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana;  died  Febru- 
ary 6,  1863.  His  widow  went  west,  and  her  location  is  unknown. 
A  daughter,  Florence,  married  a  Newell.  She  was  at  Seattle,. 
Washington,  in  1900. 


IX. 

DAVID  VAWTER5 

(Philemon*,  David 3,  John'^,  Johni) 

(1800- I 845) 

m. 

LUCINDA  GLOVER 

(1805-1857) 


Children^ 


Grandchildren' 


r  (i)  Sarah  Julia  m. 
Major  D. 
Sterrett 


Alexander  Lewis 

Vawter  m. 
Martha  Weir 


2.  Amanda  M. 
Vawter  m. 
Francisco  Lewis 


^  (2)  A.  Lewis,  Jr.,  d. 

[   (I)  Henry 
(2)  Emma 
-{    (3)  Sarah 


John  M.  Vawter 

m. 
Mary  Durkee 


{4)  Mary  Ida 
(5)  Annie  L. 

(i)  Edwin  m. 
Vesta  Sears 


(2)  Thomas  M.  m. 
Nolle  Carter 


(3)  Mary  Luna  m. 
Lemuel  M. 

Vickers 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren* 

Mary  Alphene  m. 
Edward  Marshall 


Mattie  E.  m. 
Seaborn  Bell 


Robert  Alphonso 

m.  Etta  Davis 
Carrie  Belle 
l^  Davie  Lewise 


f  Sears 
■{   Ned 
(_  Eugene 


May 

Alexander  J. 
Luna  K. 
Lewis  Orin 
Octavia  J. 
Carter 
D.  Lee 
Wesson 

r  John  Francis 
I   Lucy  Octavia 
J   Mary  Elizabeth 
I   Gladys  Lee,  d. 
I   Thomas  Edwin 


G.G.  Grandchil- 
dren' 

'  Julia  Ferrel 
Hennie  De 
Esther  Lee 
Mattie  B. 

(  Donie  Dowel 
Robert  Ashby 
Andrew  L. 
Major  T. 
Junior  B. 
AUie 

Etta  Roberta 
Mead  Dowel 


l^  Wm.  Ernest 


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363 


3.  John  M.  Vawter 
(Continued) 


4.  Louisa  Vawter 
m. 
Edward  Fink 


f  Ettie  Eugenia 
(4)  George  Lewis         Walter  Lewis 
m.  J   David  Wyatt,  d. 

Ettie  Dicker-      1   Matie  Octavia 
son  I   Junie  Magnolia 

L  John  Ferris 


(5)  Frances  Louisa 

m. 
J.  R.  Noble 

(6)  Ella  Octavia  m. 
A.  S.  Victory 

I  (7)  Katie  King 

(i)  One  child,  d. 


5.  David  M. Vawter   f  (i)  Martha 

en-  ■{  Lucinda  m. 

Nancy  Raycroft     L         J.W.Cooke 


6.  Martha  Vawter 
m. 
J.C.  White 


■)   Four  ch 


ildren 


John  Vawter 
Julian  Bennett 


David  Vawter,  d. 


IX 


DAVID  VAWTER 


David  Vawter,  the  youngest  son  of  Philemon  and  Anna  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Kentucky,  January  21,  1800;  married  April  23, 
1823,  to  Lucinda  Glover,  the  sister  of  James  Glover,  who  married 
David's  sister  Elizabeth. 

David  Vawter  traded  down  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers, 
running  to  Natchez  and  New  Orleans.  In  1832  he  built  his  first 
steamboat,  the  "Bravo."  It  ran  between  Natchitoches,  Louisiana, 
on  the  Red  river,  and  Natchez  or  New  Orleans,  as  the  freight  paid 
best ;  but  gradually  Natchez  was  left  out.  He  afterwards  owned 
a  number  of  steamboats  running  on  the  Mississippi  and  as  high 
up  the  Red  river  as  they  could  go.  When  he  gave  up  the  steam- 
boat business  he  sold  his  Red  river  home  and  removed  to  Texas 
in  May,  1844,  where  he  bought  a  large  tract  of  land. 

David  Vawter  died  July  13,  1845.  Lucinda  (Glover)  Vawter 
was  born  Jyly  8,  1805,  and  died  December  20,  1857. 


364  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Alexander  Lewis  Vawter 

Alexander  Lewis  Vawter,  the  son  of  David  and  Lucinda 
(Glover)  Vawter,  was  born  January  24,  1824,  in  New  York; 
he  was  married  in  1848  to  Martha  Weir,  who  was  born  in  Mis- 
sissippi, February  14,  1827,  and  died  in  Rusk  county,  Texas,  Sep- 
tember 5,  i860. 

A.  Lewis  Vawter  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  He 
died  in  Grand  Bluff,  Texas,  January  31,  1856. 

Children  of  A.  Lewis  and  Martha  (Weir)  Vawter  were: 
Sarah  Julia  and  A.  Lewis,  Jr. 

( I )  Sarah  Julia  Vawter  was  born  in  Grand  Bluff,  Texas, 
May  26,  1850;  married  January  19,  1870,  to  Dr.  Major  Dowel 
Sterrett.  They  live  in  Beckville,  Texas.  Dr.  Sterrett  was  born 
June  27,  1840,  in  Columbiana,  Alabama. 

Children  of  Dr.  M.  D.  and  Sarah  Julia  (Vawter)  Sterrett: 

a.  Mary  Alphene  Sterrett,  born  October  27,  1870,  at  Grand 
Bluff,  Texas;  married  1891  to  Edward  Marshall,  of  Texarkana, 
Texas. 

Children : 

(a)  Julia  Ferrell  Marshall,  born  October  i,  1892. 

(b)  Hennie  De  Marshall,  born  October  16,  1896. 

(c)  Esther  Lee  Marshall,  born  August  10,  1898. 

(d)  Mattie  B.  Marshall,  born  July  24,  1902. 

b.  Mattie  E.  Sterrett,  born  February  21,  1872,  at  Grand 
Bluff,  Texas;  married  July  14,  1892,  to  Seaborn  Bell,  a  merchant 
of  Tenaha,  Texas. 

Children : 

(a)  Donie  Dowel  Bell,  born  March  13,  1893,  at  Beckville, 
Texas. 

(b)  Robert  Ashby  Bell,  born  September  30,  1895,  at  Beck- 
ville, Texas. 

(c)  Andrew  L.  Bell,  born  October  19,  1897,  at  Tenaha, 
Texas. 

(d)  Major  T.  Bell,  born  October  29,  1899,  at  Tenaha,  Texas. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  365 

(e)  Junior  B.  Bell,  born  June  27,  1901,  at  Tenaha.  Texas. 

(f)  Allie  Bell,  born  April  16,  1904,  at  Tenaha,  Texas. 

c.  Robert  Alphonzo  Sterrett  was  born  October  26.  1876,  at 
Grand  Bluff,  Texas;  married  in  1900  to  Etta  Davis,  of  Jefferson, 
Texas.  Robert  A.  Sterrett  is  a  physician,  living  at  Boxwood, 
Texas. 

Children : 

(a)  Etta  Roberta  Sterrett,  born  November  5,  1902,  at  Jef- 
ferson, Texas. 

(b)  Mead  Dowel  Sterrett,  born  June  3,,  1904,  at  Jefferson. 
Texas. 

d.  Carrie  Belle  Sterrett,  born  October  4,  1885,  at  Mahan, 
Texas.  Is  now  a  student  in  the  senior  class  of  the  Girls'  Industrial 
College  of  Art  at  Denton,  Texas. 

e.  Davie  Lewise  Sterrett,  born  February  22,  1892,  at  Beck- 
ville,  Texas. 

(2)  A.  Lewis  Vawter,  Jr.,  was  born  August  16,  1856;  died 
February  14,  1863. 


Amanda  (Vawter)  Lewis 

Amanda  Melvina  Vawter,  daughter  of  David  and  Lucinda 
(Glover)  Vawter,  was  born  February  24,  1826;  married  August 
14,  1845,  at  Grand  Bluff,  Texas,  to  Francisco  Lewis,  who  was 
born  May  5,  1822,  in  Franklin  City,  Alabama.  Francisco  Lewis 
was  a  merchant  for  the  greater  portion  of  his  life. 

Children  of  Francisco  and  Amanda  (Vawter)  Lewis: 

(i)  Henry  F.  Lewis  was  born  October  31,  1846,  at  Grand 
Bluff,  Panola  county,  Texas.  Lives  at  Shreveport,  Louisiana. 

(2)  Emma  Lewis  was  born  Octobec  15,  1848,  at  Grand  Bluff, 
Texas;  married,  first,  December  24,  1868.  to  G.  W.  Jones. 

Children : 

a.     Merril  Jones,  born  October  10,  1869, 

h.     Mary  Jones,  born  July  29,  1872. 

c.  Emma  Jones,  born  March  15,  1875. 

d.  Lizzie  Jones,  born  February  10,  1878. 


i 


366  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

e.     Mabel  Jones,  born  April  28,  1883. 

/.     Harry  Jones,  born  September  27,  1886. 

Emma  (Lewis)  Jones  was  married,  second,  October  15,  1890, 
to  J.  P.  Elder,  who  is  proprietor  of  the  East  Texas  Nursery,  Mar- 
shall, Texas. 

(3)  Sarah  E.  Lewis  was  born  January  21,  1851. 

(4)  Mary  Ida  Lewis  was  born  May  22,  1853,  at  Grand  Bluff, 
Texas;  married  March  5,  1874,  to  A.  H.  Waugh.  They  had  one 
child,  Henry  Waugh,  born  January  29,  1875. 

Ida  (Lewis)  Waugh  was  married,  second,  February,  1882, 
to  James  McCann. 

a.     James  W.  McCann,  born  August  29,  1883. 
h.     Ethel  P.  McCann,  born  January  11,  1886. 

(5)  Annie  L.  Lewis,  born  August  31,  1855. 


John  M.  Vawter 

John  M.  Vawter,  son  of  David  and  Lucinda  (Glover)  Vawter, 
was  born  March  25,  1826;  married  November  23,  1850,  to  Mary 
G.  Durkee  (daughter  of  William  L.  and  Marian  (Weir)  Durkee), 
who  was  born  August  10,  1836.  J.  M.  Vawter  and  family  lived 
at  Grand  Bluff,  Panola  county,  Texas,  for  many  years  after  his 
marriage  in  the  old  home  of  his  father,  which  was  burned  in  1865. 
While  he  lived  in  the  Bandera  Mountains,  forty  miles  west  of 
San  Antonio,  he,  for  years,  amid  drought  and  Mormon  opposi- 
tion and  persecution,  carried  on  a  Sabbath-school,  which  was  at 
times  the  only  religious  service  held  in  that  part  of  the  country. 

George  Lewis  Vawter,  a  son,  says  that  he  does  not  think  an 
account  of  their  family  would  be  complete  without  the  mention 
of  "Uncle  Allen,"  the  old  negro  slave,  who  ran  the  Grand  Bluff 
ferry  boat  for  fifteen  years  as  a  slave  and  many  years  as  a  free 
man.  On  account  of  debt,  his  father  and  mother  and  himself 
were  afraid  of  being  sold  apart,  and  so  his  mother  sent  him  to 
Lewis  Vawter  to  see  if  he  wouldn't  buy  them  for  the  David  Vaw- 
ter estate.  This  he  did,  and  thus  "Uncle  Allen,"  "Aunt  Lydie" 
and  "Uncle  Dick"  came  into  the  family.     "They  helped  in  the 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  367 

care  of  my  mother's  family,"  said  G.  L.  Vawter,  "but  it  was  in 
the  contract  of  sale  that  'Aunt  Lydie'  was  never  to  ha\'e  to  'wash 
clothes.'  " 

John  M.  Vawter  has  been  a  merchant  and  a  farmer.  He  is  now 
retired,  and  he  and  his  wife  live  in  Timpson,  Texas. 

John  M.  Vawter  and  wife  had  twelve  children.  Those  living 
are : 

( 1 )  Edwin  Vawter  was  born  at  Grand  Bluff,  Texas,  May  7, 
1855;  married  March,  1883,  to  Vesta  Sears,  who  was  born  Au- 
gust 29,  1848,  in  Marshall,  Texas.    Lives  in  Marshall,  Texas. 

Children : 

a.  Sears,  born  May  15,  1884,  in  Marshall,  Texas. 

b.  Edwin,  born  August  i,  1887,  in  Harrison  county,  Texas. 

c.  Eugene,  born  October  18,  1892,  in  Harrison  county,  Texas. 

(2)  Thomas  M.,  son  of  John  M.  and  Mary  (Durkee)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  at  Grand  Bluff,  Panola  county,  Texas,  May  8, 
1857;  married  March  13,  1881,  in  Rusk  county,  Texas,  to  Nolie 
Carter,  who  was  born  February  4,  1857.  Thomas  M.  Vawter  is 
a  farmer,  living  near  Marshall,  Texas. 

Children : 

a.  John  Thomas  Vawter  was  born  in  Rusk  county,  Texas, 
April  18,  1882.   He  is  a  railroad  fireman. 

h.  May  Vawter,  born  in  Panola,  Texas,  January  28.  1884; 
graduated  at  Baylor  College,  Belltown,  Texas,  in  June,  1905. 

c.  Alexander  J.  Vawter,  born  in  Bandera  county,  Texas,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1886.  Is  bookkeeper  for  a  newspaper  company  in 
Marshall.  Texas. 

d.  Luna  K.  Vawter,  born  in  Bandera  county,  Texas,  August 
29,  1887;  is  at  school  at  Timpson,  Texas. 

e.  Lewis  Orin  Vawter,  born  in  Bandera  county,  Texas, 
August  21,  1889. 

/.  Octavia  J.  Vawter,  born  in  Bandera  county,  Texas.  March 
29,  1891. 

g.  Carter  Vawter,  born  in  Hall  county,  Texas,  August  13, 
1893. 

h.  D.  Lee  Vawter,  born  May  23,  1900,  in  Harrison  county, 
Texas. 


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368  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

i.  Wesson  Vawter,  born  near  Marshall,  Texas,  February  13, 
1904;  died  March  13,  1904. 

(3)  Mary  Luna  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Mary 
(Durkee)  Vawter,  was  born  at  Grand  Bluff,  Panola  county, 
Texas,  July  13,  1859;  attended  the  Masonic  Female  Institute  at 
Marshall  Texas;  married  at  Grand  Bluff,  Texas,  December  12, 
1883,  to  Lemuel  M.  Vickers,  of  Hughes'  Springs,  Texas,  who 
was  born  in  Alabama,  March  4,  1851.  They  live  in  Hunt  county, 
Texas,  four  miles  south  of  Greenville. 

Children : 

a.  John  Francis  Vickers,  born  at  Hughes'  Springs,  February 
17,  1886. 

b.  Lucy  Octavia  Vickers,  born  at  Hughes'  Springs,  May  4, 
1888. 

c.  Mary  Elizabeth  Vickers,  born  at  Hughes'  Springs,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1 89 1. 

d.  Gladys  Lee  Vickers,  born  at  Hughes'  Springs,  August  3, 
1893 ;  died  at  Neola,  Hunt  county,  Texas.  November  21,  1899. 

c.  Thomas  Edwin  Vickers,  born  at  Neola,  Texas,  June  27, 
1896. 

/.  William  Ernest  Vickers,  born  at  Neola,  Texas,  November 
24,  1901. 

(4)  George  Lewis  Vawter.  son  of  John  M.  and  Mary 
(Durkee)  Vawter,  was  born  November  22.  1862.  at  Grand 
Bluff,  Panola  county,  Texas,  in  the  old  homestead  of  his  grand- 
father, David  Vawter.  He  was  married  at  Pipecreek,  Texas, 
May  25,  1892,  to  Junie  Ettie  Dickerson  (daughter  of  Wyatt  and 
Rebecca  (Poyner)  Dickerson),  who  was  born  near  Tecumseh, 
Johnson  county,  Nebraska,  March  8,  1870.  George  Lewis  Vaw- 
ter was  a  bridge  builder  by  trade,  but  while  in  California  in  1888 
his  arm  was  broken  and  he  has  since  been  unable  to  follow  the 
bridge  business.  At  Pipecreek  he  is  postmaster,  merchant, 
farmer  and  ranchman,  and  is  much  interested  in  the  question  of 
storm-water  irrigation  for  the  part  of  Texas  where  he  lives. 

Children : 

a.  Ettie  Eugenia  Vawter,  born  April  25,  1893. 

b.  Walter  Lewis  Vawter,  born  September  27,  1895. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  369 

c.  David  Wyatt  Vawter,  born  December  i,  1896 ;  died  August 
26,  1899. 

d.  Matie  Octavia  Vawter,  born  September  6,  1898. 

e.  Junie  Magnolia  Vawter,  born  September  19,  1900. 
/.     John  Ferris  Vawter,  born  March  7,  1904. 

( 5 )  Frances  Louisa  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Mary 
(Durkee)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Marshall,  Texas,  January  7, 
1867 :  married  January  20,  1890.  to  John  B.  Noble,  who  was  born 
February  7,  1863,  and  died  December  10,  1898.  Mrs.  Noble  and 
children  live  at  Timpson,  Texas. 

Children : 

a.  John  Vawter  Noble,  born  October  5,  1891. 

b.  Julian  Bennett  Noble,  born  January  30,  1896. 

(6)  Ella  Octavia  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Mary 
(Durkee)  Vawter,  was  born  May  31,  1872;  married  September 
9,  1903,  to  A.  S.  Victory,  a  log  contractor  for  a  lumber  company, 
who  was  born  February  14,  1868. 

(7)  Katie  King  Vawter,  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Mary 
(Durkee)  Vawter,  was  born  May  15,  1877. 


4 
Louisa  (Vawter)  Fink 

Louisa  Vawter,  daughter  of  David  and  Lucinda  (Glover) 
Vawter,  was  born  February  9,  1830;  married  in  1845  to  Edward 
Fink.  They  had  one  child  who  died  in  1863.  Both  Edward  Fink 
and  Louisa,  his  wife,  are  dead. 

5 
David  M.  Vawter 

David  M.  Vawter,  son  of  David  and  Lucinda  (Glover)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  January  17,  1833;  married 
July  25,  1858,  to  Nancy  Raycroft,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee, 
January  12,  1837.    David  M.  Vawter  was  a  physician. 


370  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Children : 

(i)      Martha  Lucmda    (called  "Chic"),  married  January  6, 
1897,  to  J.  W.  Cooke,  of  Pembroke.  Kentucky. 

Children : 

a.     David  Vawter  Cooke,  born  October  16,   1897;  died  De- 
cember 22,  1903.  y 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Cooke  live  at  Carthage,  Missouri,  where  al 

Mr.  Cooke  is  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank. 


Martha  (Vawter)  White 

Martha  Vawter,   daughter  of  David  and  Lucinda    (Glover)  ll 

Vawter,  was  born  September  16,  1836;  married  December,  1852, 
to  J.  C.  White.  They  lived  in  Austin,  Texas.  They  have  four 
children. 


RUSSELL  VAWTER 

(1755  ) 

m. 

MARY  SPARKS 
(1757  ) 


Children 


1.  John  Vawter 

2.  Elizabeth 

Vawter 


Grandchildren 

(i)  James  M. 
(2)  John  Russell 


r  (I)  John 

3.  Beverly  Vawter    -j   (2)  Allan 

J   ,     ,    ,  I  (3)  William 

4.  Infant,  d.  ^-^ 

5.  Nancy  Vawter 

6.  Bradford  Vawter 

[  (I)  Geo.  T.  m. 
Charlotte 

Vogler 


7.  Chadwell  Vawter 
m. 
Susan  Taylor 


G.  Grandchil- 
dren 


Joseph  Early 
Vawter  m. 
1st 
Polly  Larimore 


(2)  Pauline 

(3)  Beverly  S. 

(4)  William 

(5)  Matilda 

(6)  Sophronia 

(7)  Josiah 

(i)  Washington  R. 

(2)  Thomas  S.  m. 
Nancy 

Chapman 

(3)  Edith  P. 

(4)  Patsy  A. 


f  Geo.  W. 
John  M. 

Samuel  M.  m. 
Sarah  McShane 


Rosalie  m. 

R.  A.  Gordon 
Emma  S.  m. 

Katcliffe 


John 


f  Martha,  d. 
-{   William  M.  m. 
1^      Nancy  J.  Burk 


(5)  Joseph  M.  m. 
Mary  L. 
Furgeson 


^ 


f  Trueman  C.  ra. 

I       Myrta  Bourne 
George  Early 
Ray  Partee  m. 
Rose  Smith 

^  Anna  Mae 


G.  G.  Grandchil- 
dren 


Frank 
Fred  Mc. 
Charles  A. 
Harold  H. 
Isaac 
^  Homer  G. 


Ida  m. 
Eugene  Smith 
(Jennievee) 
Emma  E.  m. 
Charles  Baxter 
(Clara  Ermine, 

d. 
Mildred  May,d. 
Dow  Vawter) 
John  Wm.  m. 
Claudine  C. 
Fowler 
(Ara  Bertie 
Maud  Illinois 
Earl  V.) 


Clare 


372 


THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


Joseph  Early 
Vawter 
(Conlinued) 


2d 

Nancy  Smith 


(6)  Nancy  A. 


(7)  James  J.  m. 
Susan  Hol- 
landsworth 


(8) 


William 
DeWitt 


(9)  Katy  A. 

(10)  Amanda  J. 

(11)  Sallie  K. 

(i2)  Allen  Vaul 
Elizabeth 
Sinclair 

(13)  Mary  P. 

(14)  John  E. 


Joseph  T.  m. 
Bedie  Dewbre 

Allen  v.,  d. 

Mary  J.  m. 
James  Hagan 

Amanda  S.  m. 
Joseph  M. 
Sympson 

Nancy  W.,  d. 
Mintie  B.  m. 


f  William  J. 
j   DoraB. 
■i   Maude,  d. 
j   Evie  L. 
i^  Annie 


(  Ibb 
\  Vir 


aB. 

gil  Vawter 


f  Ingram 
\   Electa,  d. 
1^  Jennievee 

f  Ada  S. 
I   Dewey  S. 
Eva  A. 

e 


I 


Benjamin  Hardin  ]  Nelli 
I  Ray 
i_  Irene 


Earl 
May 


(15)  Josephus  R. 

m.  \ 

Mary  Williams 


(16)  Beverly  P.  m. 
Maria  L. 
Graves 


Julia  A.  m. 
Ansel  S.  Palraore 

Frank  B. 


Joseph  Thomas, d. 
Margaret  E.  m. 

W.  A.  Reynolds 
Walter  Alien 
Josephine  Allen  m. 

O.  L.  Settle 
Allene 

Leona,  d. 

Nancy  Adalaide  m. 
Peyton  Lacy 
Cook 

Margaret,  d. 

Leighton,  d. 

Bennie  B.  m. 
Valera  A. 
Crawford 

Minnie,  d. 

Edgar  S.  m. 
Melissa  E. 
Crawford 

Melissa  H.  m. 
Robert  John 
Briggs 

Alice,  d. 
Frederick  D. 


I   Trueman 
t  Kate 


9.  Polly  Vawter 

10.  Peachy  Vawter 

11.  Infant,  d. 


Margaret  Berneice 

[■  Frederick  Clyde 

I   Melissa  lola 

i   Clinton  Culberson 

I   Bertha 

j   Burleson  Beverly 

I   Mary 

j   Leyton  Leroy 

i.  Wm.  Peyton 

Edgar  Allen 
Lillian 
Thelma 
Clifford 


r  Violo 

\   Edgar  Crawford 

I  Addie 

C  Roberta  Beverly 
-{   Victoria  Mary 
I.  Infant,  d. 


■■  V, 

■w  ■ 


i 

I 

i 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  373 

RUSSELL  VAWTER 

Russell  Vawter  was  born  June  22,  1755,  and  lived  in  Cul- 
peper  county,  Virginia.  It  is  not  known  who  was  the  father  of 
Russell,  but  he  was  probably  a  son  of  a  brother  of  David, 
the  son  of  John.  David  Vawter  was  born  in  1720,  and  one 
of  his  sons,  Jesse,  was  born  in  the  same  year  as  Russell.  It  is 
reasonably  certain  that  they  were  closely  related,  as  they  both 
lived  in  the  same  county  in  Virginia  and  the  same  family  names 
run  through  both  families — such  names  as  Elliott  and  Beverly. 

Jesse  Vawter,  the  son  of  David,  in  his  account  of  the  journey 
westward,  speaks  of  one  Joseph  Early.  One  of  Russell  Vawter's 
children  is  named  Joseph  Early,  probably  for  this  same  man. 

Russell  Vawter  was  married  to  Mary  Sparks,  who  was  born 
September  17,  1757. 

Children : 

I  John  Vawter,  born  April  22,  1778;  lived  in  North  Caro- 
lina; had  two  sons,  James  M.  and  John  Russell.  Both  moved  to 
southern  Indiana  about  1838.  James  then  moved  to  Tipton 
county,  in  about  1848,  and  John  Russell  to  Switzerland  county. 
James  died  about  1872,  and  John  Russell  about  1843. 

II  Elizabeth  Vawter,  born  April  21,  1780. 

III  Beverly  Vawter,  born  September  22,  1782;  came  from 
Virginia  and  settled  at  Marrow  Bone,  Cumberland  county,  Ken- 
tucky; sold  out  about  1836  and  went  to  Macomb,  Illinois.  Three 
of  his  sons  were  John,  Allan  and  William.  Allan  died  November 
4,  1904. 

IV  Infant,  died. 

V  Nancy  Vawter,  born  March  19,  1786. 

VI  Bradford  Vawter,  born  July  26,  1788. 

VII  Chadwell  Vawter,  born  September  14,  1790. 

VIII  Joseph  Early  Vawter,  born  February  19,  1793. 

IX  Polly  Vawter,  born  August  20,  1796. 

X  Peachy  Vawter.  born  August  10,  1798;  died  1804. 

XI  Infant,  stillborn. 

VII     Chadwell  Vawter  married  Susan  Taylor;  after  nearly 


374  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

all  of  his  children  were  born  he  moved  to  Stokes,  now  Forsyth 
comity,  North  Carolina. 
Children : 

1.  George  T.  Vawter,  born  September  lo,  1817 ;  moved  with 
his  parents  to  North  Carolina  when  about  fifteen  years  old; 
moved  to  Indiana  in  1851 ;  married  Charlotte  C.  Vogler;  died  in 
1894.    Charlotte  (Vogler)  Vawter  died  in  1892. 

Children : 

( i)  George  W.  Vawter,  born  November,  1840.  Is  now  dead, 
but  has  a  family  living  in  Indiana. 

(2)  John  M.  Vawter,  born  January  28,  1844.  Is  dead,  but 
has  a  family  living  in  Indiana. 

(3)  Samuel  M.  Vawter,  born  in  North  Carolina,  October 
29,  1847;  married  Sarah  E.  McShane.  Has  been  living  in  Jeffer- 
sonville,  Indiana,  but  is  at  present  in  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Children : 

a.  S.  Frank,  born  April  2,  1879.   Lives  in  Tipton,  Indiana. 

b.  Fred  Mc,  born  May  19,  1880.  Lives  in  Tipton,  Indiana. 

c.  Charles  A.,  born  July  26,  1882. 

d.  Harold  H.,  born  December  i,  1884. 

e.  Isaac,  born  March  6,  1891 ;  died. 
/.     Homer  G.,  born  May  21,  1895. 

(4)  Rosalie  A.  Vawter,  born  December  3,  1849;  married 
R.  A.  Gordon.  Lives  in  Indiana. 

(5)  Emma  S.,  born  August  30,  1851  ;  married  —  Ratcliffe. 
Lives  in  Indiana. 

2.  Pauline  Vawter.  born  in  18 19. 

3.  Beverly  S..  born  in  1821 ;  moved  from  North  Carolina  to 
Illinois  in  1852;  afterward  to  Kansas. 

4.  William  Vawter,  born  in  1823;  moved  from  North  Caro- 
lina to  Illinois  in  1852  ;  died  in  1859.   Had  a  son  John. 

5.  Matilda  Vawter,  born  in  1826. 

6.  Sophronia  Vawter,  born  in  1829. 

7.  Josiah  Vawter,  born  in  1832 ;  died  in  Confederate  army. 
VIII     Joseph  Early  Vawter,  the  son  of  Russell  and   Mary 

(Sparks)    Vawter,  was  born  in  Culpeper  county,   Virginia,   in 
1793.    He  went  from  Virginia,  by  way  of  North  Carolina,  to 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  375 

Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  where  he  settled  in  about  1823,  ;ind 
where  three  of  his  children  are  living  to-day.  Joseph  Early  Vaw- 
ter  was  a  miller,  farmer  and  teacher.  He  wrote  an  almanac 
(which  was  never  published).  He  made  a  bench  which  he  carried 
to  school  for  his  pupils  to  sit  on  and  then  carried  it  home  each 
night  for  his  children  to  sit  on  at  the  table.  The  bench  is  still 
in  the  family,  and  the  old  house  stands  to-day  just  as  it  was  built 
by  Joseph  Early  Vawter.    He  died  in  1861. 

Joseph  Early  Vawter  was  married  September  15,  18 12,  to 
Polly  Larimore,  who  was  born  February  i,  1795,  and  died  No- 
vember 8,  1838. 

Children : 

1.  Washington  R.  Vawter,  born  July  29,  181 3.  Was  a  physi- 
cian. 

2.  Thomas  S.  Vawter,  born  August  17,  181 5. 

3.  Edith  P.  Vawter,  born  November  9,  181 7. 

4.  Patsy  A.  Vawter,  born  March  19,  1820. 

5.  Joseph  M.  Vawter.  born  September  8,  1822. 

6.  Nancy  A.  Vawter,  born  January  2,  1825. 

7.  James  J.  Vawter,  born  January  4,  1827. 

8.  William  D.  Vawter,  born  March  9,  1829. 

9.  Katy  A.  Vawter,  born  March  5,  1831. 

10.  Amanda  J.  Vawter,  born  April  13,  1833. 

11.  Sallie  K.  Vawter,  born  January  11,  1835. 

12.  Allen  V.  Vawter,  twin,  born  July  18,  1837. 

13.  Mary  P.  Vawter,  twin,  born  July  18,  1837. 

Joseph  Early  Vawter  married,  second,  Nancy  Smith,  who  died 
in  1878. 
Children : 

14.  John  E.  Vawter,  born  July  18,  1840. 

15.  Josephus  R.  Vawter,  born  January  9,  1842. 

16.  Beverly  P.  Vawter,  born  October  3,  1844. 


Thomas  S.  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Polly   (Lari- 
more) Vawter,  was  born  August  17,  1815;  married  Nancy  A. 


yjd  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Chapman,  who  was  born  February  9,  1820;  died  December  30, 
1873.   Thomas  S.  Vawter  died  in  1854  near  Hillsboro,  Ilhnois. 

Children : 

(i)      Martha,  who  died  in  1861. 

(2)  WilHam  M.,  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1842;  married  January  10,  1864,  to  Nancy  Jane  Burk, 
who  was  born  at  Walshville,  IlHnois,  June  12,  1846.  W.  M. 
Vawter  had  a  "bus  line  and  carried  mail  in  Hillsboro,  Illinois, 
but  is  now  retired. 

Children  of  William  and  Nancy  ( Burk)  Vawter : 

a.  Ida  M.  Vawter.  born  December  4,  1864;  married  August 
17,  1886,  to  Eugene  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Bond  county,  Illi- 
nois, October  9,  1859.  They  live  in  Hillsboro,  Illinois,  and  have 
one  child,  Jennievee  Eugenia,  born  February  3,  1888. 

h.  Emma  E.  Vawter,  born  August  22,  1867;  married  April 
26,  1887,  to  Charles  Baxter,  who  was  born  at  Walshville,  Illi- 
nois, August  II,  1861.  They  live  in  Hillsboro,  Illinois,  where 
Mr.  Baxter  deals  in  coal  and  owns  the  transfer  line. 

Children : 

(a)  Clara  Ermine,  born  July  24,  1893;  died  September  29, 

1893. 

(b)  Mildred  May,  born  August  25,   1896;  died  November 

15.  1896. 

(c)  Dow  Vawter,  born  January  16,  1898. 

c.  John  William  Vawter,  born  January  22,  1870;  married  at 
Arkansas  Pass,  Texas,  October  7,  1897,  to  Claudine  C.  Fowler, 
who  was  born  in  Smithfield,  Missouri,  January  17,  1875.  They 
live  in  Hillsboro,  Illinois,  where  J.  W.  Vawter  is  engaged  in  the 
transfer  business.  They  have  one  child,  Monroe  Fowler,  who 
was  born  December  18,  1899. 

d.  Ara  Bertie  Vawter,  born  October  17,  1872;  died. 

e.  Maud  Illinois  Vawter,  born  April  3,  1873;  died. 
/.     Earl  V.  Vawter,  born  September  24.  1879. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  3/7 


5 

Joseph  Monroe  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Polly  ( Lari- 
more)  Vawter,  was  born  September  8,  1822;  married  Mary 
Louise  Furgeson,  who  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1844.  Joseph  M. 
Vawter  was  a  farmer,  a  stock-breeder,  a  hotel-keeper ;  operated 
livery  stable,  'bus  line,  canal  boats,  and  was  commissioner  of 
Franklin  county,  Indiana,  for  six  years.  Lived  in  Brookville; 
died  in  1903. 

Children : 

(i)  Trueman  Carpenter,  born  in  1875;  married  Myrta 
Bourne  in  1897.  No  children.  Trueman  C.  Vawter  is  commer- 
cial salesman  of  vehicles,  Brookville,  Indiana. 

(2)  George  Early,  born  in  1877.  Is  a  lawyer  and  manager 
of  Central  Business  College  of  Sedalia,  Missouri. 

(3)  Ray  Partee,  born  in  1879;  married  Rose  Smith  in  1902. 
They  have  one  child,  Clare,  \yho  was  born  in  1904.  Ray  P.  Vaw- 
ter is  a  farmer,  living  near  Brookville,  Indiana. 

(4)  Anna  Mae,  born  in  1884.  Is  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Brookville,  Indiana. 


James  J.  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Polly  (Larimore) 
Vawter,  was  born  January  4,  1827;  married  Susan  Hollands- 
worth,  who  was  born  April  11,  1832,  at  Marrow  Bone,  Ken- 
tucky. J.  J.  Vawter  is  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Persimon,  Kentucky. 

Children : 

( I )  Joseph  T.  Vawter,  son  of  James  J.  and  Susan  ( Hollands- 
worth)  Vawter,  was  born  March  10,  1852;  married  Bedie  Dew- 
bre,  who  was  born  at  Marrow  Bone,  Kentucky,  J.  T.  Vawter 
lives  near  Persimon,  Kentucky,  where  he  is  engaged  in  farming. 

Children : 

a.     William  J.  Vawter,  born  October  19,  1873. 

h.     Dora  B.  Vawter,  born  November  18,  1877. 

c.     Maude  Vawter,  born  May  15,  1880;  died  August  14,  1889. 


^yS  THE    VAVVTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

d.     Evie  L.  Vawter,  born  August  25,  1883. 
c.     Annie  Vawter,  born  April  13,  1887. 

(2)  Allen  V.  Vawter,  born  April  27,  1855;  died  May  18, 
1882. 

(3)  Mary  J.  Vawter,  born  July  3,  1858;  married  James 
Hagan.   Their  children  are  Ibba  B.  and  Virgil  Vawter. 

(4)  Amanda  S.  Vawter,  born  May  8,  1862;  married  Joseph 
M.  Sympson.  Their  children  are  Ingram,  Electa,  who  died  young, 
and  Jenievee. 

(5)  Nancy  W.  Vawter,  born  June  16,  1865;  died  February 
8,  1866. 

(6)  Mintie  B.  Vawter,  born  June  4,  1867;  married  Benja- 
min G.  Hardin.  Their  children  are  Ada  S.,  Dewey  S.,  Eva  A., 
Nellie,  Ray  and  Irene. 

(7)  Julia  A.  Vawter,  born  December  23,  1871  ;  married 
Ansel  S.  Palmore.  Their  children  are  Earl.  Mae,  Trueman  and 
Kate. 

8 

William  DeWitt  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Polly  (Lari- 
more)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  in  1829; 
went  to  Macomb,  Illinois,  in  185 1,  and  to  Kansas  in  1869.  Lives 
in  Burlington,  Kansas.  Has  a  son,  Frank  B.  Vawter,  a  druggist, 
living  in  Randolph,  Kansas. 

12 

Allen  Vaul  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Polly  (Larimore) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  July  18,  1837. 
He  was  a  twin.  He  was  a  farmer,  left  Kentucky  and  moved  near 
Columbia,  Missouri,  where  he  was  killed  May  12,  1888.  He  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Sinclair,  who  was  born  in  Providence,  Mis- 
souri, in  1855  ^^'^  died  February  25,  1894. 

Children : 

( 1 )  Joseph  Thomas  Vawter,  who  died  at  about  two  years  of 
age. 

(2)  Margaret  E.  Vawter,  born  September  24,  1880;  married 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  379 

June  8,  1903,  to  W.  A.  Reynolds,  who  was  born  February  lo, 
1877.  They  Hve  in  Eldon,  Miller  county,  Missouri,  where  Mr. 
Reynolds  is  in  the  grocery  business. 

(3)  Walter  Allen  Vawter,  born  December  24.  1882,  near 
Columbia,  Missouri.  Lives  in  Lamar.  Barton  county,  Missouri. 

(4)  Josephine  Allen,  born  September  30,  1884;  near  Colum- 
bia, Missouri;  married  April  7,  1903,  to  O.  L.  Settle,  who  was 
born  October  31,  1884.  They  live  in  Lamar,  Missouri,  where 
O.  L.  Settle  has  a  meat  market. 

Children : 

a.     Margaret  Berneice  Settle,  born  February  18,  1905. 

(5)  Allene  Vawter,  born  January  30,  1889;  near  Columbia, 
Missouri.   Lives  in  Lamar,  Missouri. 


15 

Josephus  R.  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Nancy  (Smith) 
Vawter,  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky,  January  9,  1842; 
married  May  26.  1867,  to  Mary  J.  Williams,  who  was  born  April 
4,  1849,  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky.  Josephus  R.  Vawter  was 
a  farmer  and  lived  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky.  He  died  May  3, 
1882. 

Children : 

(i)      Leona  Vawter,  born  March  23,  1868;  died  May  i,  1897. 

(2)  Nancy  Adalaide  Vawter,  was  born  April  5,  1869,  in 
Monroe  county,  Kentucky;  married  January  19,  1888,  to  Peyton 
Lacy  Cook,  a  farmer,  who  was  born  in  Alabama,  April  12,  1861. 
They  live  in  Cordell,  Oklahoma  Territory. 

Children : 

a.  Frederick  Clyde  Cook,  born  December  22,  1888;  died  De- 
cember 27,  1889. 

b.  Melissa  lola  Cook,  born  January  28,  1891. 

c.  Clinton  Culberson  Cook,  born  January  29,  1893. 

d.  Bertha  Cook,  born  February  13,  1895. 

e.  Burleson  Beverly  Cook,  born  April  29,  1896. 
/.     Mary  Cook,  born  January  6,  1900. 


380  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 


X 


g.     Ley  ton  Leroy  Cook,  born  March  5,  1902. 

h.     William  Peyton  Cook,  born  September  11,  1904. 

(3)  Margaret  Vawter,  born  October  12,  1870;  died  No- 
vember, 1870. 

(4)  Leighton  Vawter,  born  July  21,  1872;  died  July.  1873. 

(5)  Bennie  B.  Vawter,  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky, 
August  21,  1874;  married  December  25,  1895,  to  Valera  A. 
Crawford,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee,  June  3,  1878.  B.  B.  Vaw- 
ter has  been  a  rural  mail  carrier,  but  is  at  present  employed  as  a 
salesman  in  a  dry-goods  store.  He  lives  in  Cordell,  Oklahoma 
Territory. 

Children : 

a.  Edgar  Allen  Vawter,  born  March  19,  1898. 

b.  Lillian,  born  June  16,  1900. 

c.  Thelma,  born  March  22,  1902;  died  June  27,  1903. 

d.  Clifford,  born  January  22,  1904. 

(6)  Minnie  Vawter  was  born  August  21,  1874;  died  Novem- 
ber 12,  1875.   Bennie  B.  and  Minnie  Vawter  were  twins. 

(7)  Edgar  S.  Vawter  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Kentucky, 
December  22,  1876;  married  October  15,  1899,  to  Melissa  E. 
Crawford,  who  was  born  February  6,  1882,  in  Johnson  county, 
Texas.  Edgar  S.  Vawter  is  a  farmer,  living  near  Rocky,  Okla- 
homa Territory. 

Children : 

a.  Violo  Vawter,  born  November  24,  1900. 

b.  Edgar  Crawford  Vawter.  born  August  10,  1902. 

c.  Addie  Vawter,  born  August  27,  1904. 

(8)  Melissa  H.  Vawter  was  born  in  Monroe  county,  Ken- 
tucky, January  4,  1879;  married  September  25,  1898,  in  Tarrant 
county,  Texas,  to  Robert  John  Briggs,  who  was  born  in  Canada, 
March  14,  1871.  They  live  in  Dalhart,  Texas,  where  Mr.  Briggs 
is  a  painter  and  paper-hanger. 

Children : 

Roberta  Beverly  Briggs,  born  June  11,  1899  in  Tarrant  county, 
Texas. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  38 1 

Victoria  Mary  Briggs,  born  September  23.  1901,  in  Tarrant 
county,  Texas. 

(9)      Infant,  born  and  died  February,  1880. 


16 

Beverly  P.  Vawter,  son  of  Joseph  Early  and  Nancy  (Smith) 
Vawter,  was  born  October  3,  1844;  married  to  Maria  L.  Graves 
at  Scottsville,  Illinois,  November  17,  1867;  lives  at  Modesto, 
Illinois. 

Maria  (Graves)  Vawter  died  March  10,  1904. 

Children : 

a.  Alice,  born  in  1878;  died  in  infancy. 

b.  Frederick  D.,  born  in  1880.  Is  a  physician  at  Gessie,  In- 
diana. 


EDWARD  VAWTER 

Edward  Vawter,  the  son  of  John,  Bartholomew  or  Angus  Vaw- 
ter  (it  is  not  certain  which),  settled  in  Essex  county,  Virginia, 
where  his  two  sons,  Edward  and  William,  were  born.  There  was 
also  a  son  Thomas. 

Edward  Vawter,  the  first,  built  a  church  in  Essex  county,  in 
1 73 1,  which  is  still  standing  and  in  use.  It  is  called  "Vauter's 
Church."  An  account  of  it  taken  from  "Old  Churches,  Ministers 
and  Families  of  Virginia,"  by  W.  Meade,  is  as  follows : 

"Upon  a  branch  of  Blackburn's  Creek  called  Church  Swamp 
stands  Vauter's  Church,  built,  as  indicated  by  a  date  inscribed 
upon  its  walls,  in  1731.  This  church  is  in  a  good  state  of  preser- 
vation. Mrs.  Lewis,  who  is  descended  from  the  Pendletons  and 
Gaines  of  Culpeper,  the  Vauters  of  Essex  and  the  Ruckers,  says : 
There  were  two  churches,  the  brick  and  the  South  Church,  which 
was  about  sixteen  miles  distant  and  four  miles  below  the  present 
site  of  the  Madison  court-house.  It  was  a  frame  building  and 
stood  on  the  land  of  Richard  Vauter.  Both  buildings  were  old  at 
the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  Episcopal 
families  around  these  churches  were  the  Ruckers,  the  Barbours, 
Beales,  Keastleys,  Lewis  and  Vauters.'  " 

William,  son  of  Edward  the  first,  was  born  May  6,  1735.  He 
was  married  to  Anne  Ballard.  He  and  his  brother  Edward  both 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  a  large  landowner  in 
Greenbrier  county,  Virginia.  He  died  March  6,  181 5.  Anne 
(Ballard)  Vawter,  his  wife,  was  born  October  23,  1733;  died 
May  24,  1814. 

William  Vawter,*  son  of  William  and  Anne  (Ballard)  Vaw- 
ter, was  born  May  26,  1765.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
and  in  the  battle  of  Yorktown.  He  secured  the  appointment  of 
government  surveyor  from  the  governor  of  Virginia ;  moved  to 
West  Virginia  in  1791,  and  married  February  12,  1795,  Margaret, 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Anne  (Givens)   Henderson,  of  Point 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  383 

Pleasant,  West  Virginia.  They  located  on  Hans  Creek,  Monroe 
county,  West  Virginia.  William  Vawter  died  November  15, 
1822.  Margaret,  his  wife,  was  born  February  12,  1771,  and  died 
September  8,  1853. 

Children  of  William  and  Margaret  (Henderson)  Vawter: 

1.  Elizabeth,'^  born  January  28,  1798;  married  Robert  Young, 
of  Monroe  county. 

2.  John  Henderson,^  born  January  23,   1800;  died  June  8, 

1877- 

3.  Anne,^  born  March  18,  1802 ;  married  Lorenzo  Dow  Cook; 

rjoved  to  Indiana. 

4.  Jean  or  Jennie,^  born  June  14,  1805;  married  Andrew 
Shanklin ;  moved  to  Indiana. 

5.  Mary  or  Polly,^  born  September  8,  1808;  married  Moses 
Kerr;  moved  to  Indiana;  died  November  23,  1887. 

6.  Elliott,^  born  March  9,  1812;  married  Julia  Pack, 

2.  John  Henderson  Vawter,  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
(Henderson)  Vawter,  was  born  in  Monroe  county.  West  Vir- 
ginia, January  23,  1800.  He  inherited  his  father's  estate  and 
continued  to  reside  there  until  his  death.  He  was  a  successful 
planter  and  a  civil  engineer  of  considerable  ability,  locating  nearly 
all  of  the  Middle  Tennessee  Railroad.  He  was  for  a  long  time 
surveyor  of  Monroe  county,  and  before  the  war  he  represented 
that  county  in  the  Virginia  Assembly  for  nearly  twenty  years. 
From  the  summer  of  1862  till  the  close  of  the  war,  he  was  a  cap- 
tain on  the  staff  of  General  John  Echols,  C.  S.  A.  He  had  four 
sons  in  the  Confederate  army.  They  were  Dr.  Louis  A.,  captain 
of  Company  C,  Sharpshooters,  Thirtieth  Virginia.  William  en- 
tered Company  D,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  Stonewall  Brigade, 
in  August,  1862;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  and 
promoted  to  commissary  department,  with  rank  of  captain. 
James  E.,  entered  Twelfth  Mississippi  Regiment  in  1861,  elected 
captain  of  Company  I  in  May,  1862;  shot  five  times  at  Frazier's 
Farm  and  died  July  2,  1862.  Charles  E.,  entered  Monroe  Guards 
in  May,  1861,  then  into  the  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  Stonewall 
Brigade;  appointed  captain  of  a  company  of  sharpshooters  in 


384  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

1862  ;  captured  and  imprisoned  in  Fort  Delaware  in  March,  1865  ; 
released  in  June,  1865. 

John  Henderson  Vawter  married,  first,  Adaline  Dunlap,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1828;  she  died  November  8,  1828,  at  the  birth  of  her 
first  child,  who  also  died  a  year  later.  June  17,  1833,  he  married, 
second,  Clara  S.  Peck,  of  Giles  county. 

Children  of  John  Henderson  and  Clara  (Peck)  Vawter: 

( 1 )  John  William,®  born  September  30,  1834;  married  Eliza- 
beth Dew  Kean. 

(2)  Elizabeth  Mary,''  born  January  2,  1836. 

(3)  Margaret  Anne,*^  born  July  i,  1837,  died  single,  1885. 

(4)  Louis  Addison,^  born  October  22,  1838;  died  January  5, 
1900. 

(5)  James  Elliott,"  born  March  i,  1840;  died  single,  1862. 

(6)  Charles  E.,**  born  June  9,  1841. 

(7)  Allen  Henderson, "^  born  January  8,  1843;  died  single. 

(8)  Matilda  Ellen,*'  born  March  16,  1844;  married  William 
Farnier. 

(9)  Sarah  Josephine,*'  born  July  10,  1847;  married  Frank 
Peck  Sweeny ;  died. 

(10)  Joseph  Snyder,"  born  July  17,  1849;  died  single,  1863. 

(11)  Clara  Virginia,"  born  August  23,  1851 ;  married  Lewis 
Peck ;  died. 

(12)  Henry  Alexander,"  born  xA.pril  23,  1853  ;  married  Nettie 
Baber. 

(13)  George  W.,"  born  April  5,  1855;  married  Eliza  L. 
Gwinn. 

(4)  Louis  Addison  Vawter  received  his  primary  education 
under  a  tutor,  later  attending  the  Union  Academy,  and  then  en- 
tering the  Emory  and  Henry  College  in  Washington  county, 
West  Virginia,  graduating  at  the  latter  institution  in  1854,  after 
which  he  studied  medicine.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  War,  he 
entered  the  Confederate  service  as  captain  of  volunteer  infantry. 
Thirtieth  Battalion;  was  taken  a  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Win- 
chester, September  19,  1864,  and  held  at  Fort  Delaware  until  in 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  385 

July,  1865,  when  he  was  set  at  hberty.  Returning  to  his  father's 
home  in  West  Virginia,  he  had  charge  of  the  plantation  there 
for  a  time.  During  the  winter  of  1867-68,  he  took  a  course  of 
lectures  at  Cincinnati  in  the  Ohio  Medical  College,  and  in  the 
latter  year  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Ballardsville, 
West  Virginia.  He  moved  to  Indiana  and  practiced  medicine  with 
R.  E.  Barnett  in  Hancock  county,  Indiana,  until  1882.  He  then 
received  an  appointment  as  physician  to  the  Round  Valley  Indian 
Agency  in  California.  He  resigned  his  position  there  in  1884  and 
went  to  Radersburg.  Montana,  where  he  remained  until  1893. 
After  that  he  practiced  his  profession  in  Boulder,  Montana.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  identified 
with  the  Democratic  party.  Louis  A.  Vawter  married,  first,  Mary 
Adair,  of  Red  Sulphur  Springs.  She  died  and  he  was  married 
January  16,  1867.  to  Emma  M.  Damson,  who  was  born  in  Alle- 
ghany county,  Virginia,  December  14,  1838. 

Children  of  Louis  and  Emma  (Damson)  Vawter: 
o.     Mary  Allen  Vaw-ter,  born  in  Virginia,  November  14,  1868; 
died  in  Greenfield,  Indiana,  January  20,  1895. 

b.  John  William  Vawter,  born  in  Virginia,  April  13,  1871. 
Is  an  illustrator  of  ability.  Is  very  well  known  through  his  illus- 
trations of  James  Whitcomb  Riley's  books. 

c.  Clara  Peck  Vawter,  born  in  Virginia,  September  25,  1873. 
Had  published  one  book,  the  Rabbit's  Ransom,  and  some  other 
short  stories  and  poems.  Was  a  fine  judge  of  literature  and 
seemed  to  have  a  brilliant  future  opening  before  her,  when  she 
died  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  October  12,  1900. 

d.  Charles  Elliott  Vawter,  born  in  Greenfield,  Indiana,  June 
4,  1882. 

(6)  Charles  Erastus  Vawter,  son  of  John  Henderson  and 
Clara  (Peck)  Vawter,  at  the  close  of  the  war  returned  to  Emory 
and  Henry  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1866.  He  then 
taught  in  Chattanooga  till  1868,  when  he  entered  the  University 
of  Virginia  for  a  special  course  in  mathematics.  In  the  same  year 
he  w^as  elected  professor  of  mathematics  at  his  alma  mater,  where 
he  taught  until  he  was  made  president  of  the   famous  Miller 


386  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Manual  Training  School  in  Albemarle  county,  in  1878.  He  mar- 
ried, July  24,  1866,  Virginia  Longley,  of  Tennessee. 

Children  of  Charles  E.  and  Virginia  (Longley)  Vawter: 
a.     Mary  Longley,  who  married  Harrison  Robertson  of  Dan- 
ville. 

h.  Josephine,  who  married  Stonewall  Tompkins,  a  member  of 
the  Miller  School  faculty. 

c.  Charles  E.,  Jr..  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Virginia 
and  professor  of  mathematics  and  physics  at  the  Virginia  Poly-  1 
technic  Institute. 

d.  Lenora  Leigh. 

e.  James  Elliot. 
/.     Virginia  Longley. 
g.     Edmund  Longley. 
For  the  above  account  of  the  descendents  of  Edward  Vawter 

credit  is  here  given  in  part  to  a  book  on  the  "Ancestry  and  De- 
scendants of  Lieutenant  John  Henderson,"  by  Joseph  Lyon  Mil- 
ler, Ashland.  Kentucky,  and  to  the  ''History  of  Montana,"  by 
Joaquin  Miller. 

Thomas  Vawter,  son  of  Edward,  the  first,  was  born  in  1750. 
He  had  a  son,  Edward,  born  in  1775.  This  son  Edward  had  a 
daughter  Elizabeth,  who  married  her  cousin  Thomas  Vawter. 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Vawter  were  the  ancestors  of  Mrs.  Egbert 
Jones,  Holly  Springs,  Mississippi. 


A 


MADISON  AND  VICINITY  A  HUNDRED  YEARS  AGO 

It  might  perhaps  be  interesting  to  know  something  of  Madi- 
son, the  conditions  of  the  surrounding  country-  and  the  cus- 
toms at  the  time  the  Vawters  first  came  to  Indiana.  The  history 
of  all  the  Vawters  descended  from  Jesse  and  many  of  those  de- 
scended from  Philemon  has,  in  the  past,  if  not  now,  been 
intimately  connected  with  the  history  of  Madison  itself.  In  a 
Madison  paper  there  appeared  many  years  ago  a  series  of  inter- 
views with  the  early  pioneers  of  Jefferson  county.  One  of  these 
is  with  James  Burns,  the  father  of  Maxa  Burns,  who  married 
]\Iaria  \^awter.    This  article  is  here  given  as  it  was  written : 


JAMES    BURNS 

"James  Burns,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  intelligent  of  our 
early  settlers,  is  living  on  Second  street,  in  the  extreme  western 
part  of  Madison.  He  is  the  father  of  ex-Mayor  Miles  S.  Burns. 
Mr.  Burns  was  born  in  Loudoun  county,  Virginia,  near  Alexan- 
dria, in  1/86.  He  moved  to  Kentucky,  traveling  in  a  wagon,  in 
the  year  1794.  Mason  and  Bracken  counties  were  his  stopping 
places  until  1806,  when,  accompanied  by  a  young  wife  he  had 
lately  married,  he  removed  again  into  Ohio.  In  December,  1806, 
Burns  entered  Fort  Washington  for  the  first  time.  The  fort  and 
surrounding  village  had  not  yet  received  its  present  name — Cin- 
cinnati. The  tract  of  land  back  from  the  river  was  called  Hob- 
son's  Choice,  the  rest,  facing  the  river.  Fort  Washington.  The 
houses  were  few  and  scattered  here  and  there  in  the  woods  and 
clearings.  Mr.  Burns  rented  a  farm  and  lived  upon  it.  He  was 
enrolled  in  the  militia  and  saw  extensive  service  against  the  Ohio 
Indians.  When  Aaron  Burr  came  west  and  fled  southward  for 
New  Orleans.  Burns  was  among  the  militia  who  kept  guard  along 
the  river  at  Cincinnati  to  intercept  and  capture  him.    The  wily 


388  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

Burr,  however,  evaded  the  authorities  and  passed  south  without 
detection.  Burns  came  to  Madison  in  1814,  the  Indians  being 
then  at  war  with  the  settlers.  James  Hartsock,  John  Burns  and 
James  Burns  together  purchased  a  boat  at  Cincinnati  in  which 
to  bring  themselves,  their  families  and  household  possessions  to 
Madison.  The  boat  w^as  about  one  hundred  feet  long  and  roofed 
over.  Three  days  were  occupied  in  floating  down  to  Madison. 
*We  landed,'  says  Mr.  Burns,  'opposite  the  big  frame  house 
that  old  John  Mclntire  put  up.  It  is  the  same  house  that  John 
Marsh  now  lives  in,  though  it  has  been  remodeled  several  times. 
Main  street  at  that  time — 18 14 — was  the  only  street  in  the  town. 
Main  Cross  was  laid  out  only  a  little  way  down  toward  Mul- 
berry. A  person  had  to  drive  around  logs  and  trees  to  go  any- 
where. The  timber  was  cut  down  to  make  a  show  but  was  not 
cut  up  or  hauled  away.  There  were  eight  or  ten  families  in  the 
town,  not  more.  The  bottom  was  almost  entirely  covered  with 
woods,  only  a  little  spot  cleared  for  houses.  Burnett's  public 
house  stood  on  Main  Cross,  close  to  where  the  old  Indiana  Bank 
is  now.  On  Main  street,  was  John  Booth's  tavern,  a  hewed  log 
house  on  the  east  side  of  Main,  below  our  court-house.  A  man 
named  Wilson  had  a  cabinet  shop  near  the  tavern.  Colonel  Paul 
lived  in  a  brick  house  near  the  river  bank,  the  only  brick  house  in 
the  town  then.  Three  or  four  lawyers  were  boarding  with  him, 
William  Hendricks,  Cristopher  Harrison,  the  government  sur- 
veyor, and  others.  Soon  after  I  came,  Harrison  was  elected  to 
congress.  This  was  before  he  was  married.  Basil  Bentley,  the 
first  sheriff  of  this  county,  also  boarded  with  Colonel  Paul.  I 
took  dinner  shortly  after  I  came  to  town  with  Colonel  Paul  and 
saw  them  all.  Old  Wagner,  Ike  Wagner's  father,  had  a  black- 
smith shop  between  Main  and  Mulberry,  on  High  street.  John 
Mclntire  kept  a  dry-goods  store  in  his  big  frame  house.  Colonel 
Paul  had  a  mill  back  and  above  the  present  burying  ground  on 
Crooked  Creek.  The  mill  was  up  and  had  just  got  to  grinding 
corn  when  I  came.  It  was  run  by  water  power.  Dawson  Black- 
more  lived  on  the  corner  of  Walnut  and  High,  in  a  one-story 
hewed  log  house.  He  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Dawson 
Blackmore,  Jr.,  was  the  first  white  male  child  born  in  Madison. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  389 

Betty  Strickland,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Strickland,  who  lived  be- 
yond Blackmore's  on  Walnut  street,  was  the  first  girl  baby  born 
about  here.  The  Vawters  w^ere  here  and  a  few  others  besides, 
when  our  party  landed. 

"  'As  we  went  up  town  from  the  boat  we  found  everybody 
sitting  around  watching  for  Indians,  afraid  to  go  out  of  the 
house  almost.  A  man  named  Jim  Moore  invited  us  to  his  house 
to  stay  a  few  days,  and  we  went.  After  taking  our  families  to 
Moore's,  Hartsock  and  myself  took  our  guns  and  went  to  Wirt, 
then  a  fort  or  blockhouse.  We  passed  the  blockhouse  at  old 
James  Edwards'  mill  on  Clifty  Creek.  When  we  got  out  to  the 
other  blockhouse  on  Harbert's  Creek  the  people  ran  out  and  closed 
the  gate,  thinking  we  were  Indians.  They  made  us  stand  off  and 
hello  a  good  deal  before  they  let  us  in.  After  the  gate  was  opened 
they  stood  staring  and  gaping  to  see  whether  we  were  all  right 
or  not.  I  examined  the  land  I  had  bought  that  day  and  the  next 
morning  we  got  horses  and  returned  to  Madison.  I  then  hired 
a  team  and  hauled  out  two  or  three  loads  of  furniture  and  things. 
Next  we  sold  the  boat  to  John  and  Jim  Cowden.  Our  three  fam- 
ilies moved  out  to  Harbert's  blockhouse  together.  The  first  night 
we  camped  by  a  big  log  on  old  Jesse  Vawter's  place.  We  slept 
on  the  ground  before  a  log  fire  near  the  blockhouse. 

"  'We  located  on  Harbert's  Creek,  on  the  site  of  the  village  of 
Wirt,  six  miles  from  Madison.  Five  families  were  living  in  the 
blockhouse  at  this  time;  our  party  adding  three  more.  William 
Harbert,  the  first  settler,  after  whom  the  creek  took  its  name,  who 
went  out  and  built  a  cabin  in  1811,  before  the  war  began,  was 
there  with  his  family.  Daniel  Hickman,  John  Brock,  Samuel 
Chasteen,  William  West  and  their  families  were  the  others.  We 
all  lived  in  the  blockhouse  and  were  in  continual  fear  of  the  In- 
dians. Every  night  we  kept  guard,  and  Judge  Dunn  passed  once 
or  twice  every  week  with  his  rangers.  The  Indians  came  in  sight 
frequently,  threatening  us.  Several  persons  that  had  wandered 
off  in  the  woods  hunting  disappeared  and  were  never  afterwards 
heard  of,  no  doubt  having  been  murdered  or  carried  away  by  the 
Indians.    The  blockhouse  stood  about  fifteen  rods  east  of  my  late 


390  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

residence  at  Wirt.    The  site  of  the  fort  is  now  a  part  of  the  farm 
of  Hiram  Francisco. 

"  'The  blockhouse  was  a  square  inclosing  about  one-half  an 
acre.  In  each  of  the  four  corners  were  log  houses  built  unusually 
strong.  The  upper  part  hung  over  on  the  outside  to  prevent  the 
Indians  climbing  up  on  the  roof,  and  all  the  sides  Vvcre  pierced 
with  port-holes.  There  were  other  houses  close  up  to  the  picket 
walls,  v/hich  served  to  strengthen  the  pickets.  The  picket  was  a 
fence  of  high,  heavy  posts  driven  into  the  ground  and  sharpened 
on  the  ends.  There  was  a  gate  on  the  north  side  of  the  fort,  and 
one  on  the  east.  Inside  the  fort  was  a  hollow  square,  all  the 
houses  being  close  up  to  the  walls.  The  families  that  lived  there 
had  built  cabins  on  their  land  when  they  first  made  the  settlement, 
all  of  them  from  a  half-mile  to  three  or  four  miles  distant  from 
Harbert's.  When  the  Indians  came  they  were  afraid  to  be  sep- 
arated so  far  from  each  other,  so  the  blockhouse  was  built.  The 
location  was  a  first  rate  one.  It  was  on  the  high  bank  just  south 
of  "the  creek.  The  land  on  the  east  and  west  sides  sloped  down  a 
little  lower  than  where  the  fort  was.  A  fine  large  spring  was  near 
the  fort,  too. 

"  'In  those  days  we  all  dressed  in  buckskin  breeches  and  hunt- 
ing shirts.  We  never  went  out  without  our  guns  ready  for  an  en- 
counter with  the  Indians  or  wild  animals.  The  woods  were  so 
full  of  game  that  the  rangers  shot  all  they  had  to  eat.  If  they 
didn't  shoot  the  game  they  had  to  go  without.  This  country  be- 
longed to  old  Captain  White-Eyes  and  his  brood.  White-Eyes 
pretended  to  be  a  big  chief  and  friendly  to  the  whites,  but  there 
was  no  dependence  in  him.  He  was  a  bold-looking  jockey,  rather 
sassy,  about  thirty  years  old  and  not  short  of  six  feet  in  height. 
He  wore  the  Indian  garb — breech  clout,  leggins  and  moccasins, 
with  a  blanket  thrown  over  his  shoulders.  His  leggins  were  of 
dark  blue  or  black  woolen  cloth,  pretty  fine,  too.  Indians  were  par- 
ticular about  cloth,  they  knew  what  was  good  and  wouldn't  buy  it 
if  it  wasn't.  His  hair  was  long  and  black  and  had  buzzard's  quills 
stuck  around  in  it.  He  always  carried  a  gun  and  a  tomahawk. 
His  tomahawk  was  made  with  a  pipe  in  the  pole.  He  was  the  big- 
srest  Indian  in  his  tribe,  the  Pottawattomies.  The  tribe  came  from 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  39 1 

out  on  the  Wabash.  There  were  well  onto  a  hundred  with  White- 
Eyes. 

"  These  Indians  had  a  camp  on  Marble  Creek,  close  to  Hillis' 
blockhouse.  It  was  in  Lancaster  township  on  Stout's  farm.  The 
camp  was  on  a  little  knoll.  All  about  it  the  bark  was  pulled  off 
the  trees  and  set  on  end  for  shelter.  Trees  were  peeled  as  high 
as  they  could  reach  and  for  a  good  bit  around,  as  they  had  about 
fifteen  wigwams.  Indians  wouldn't  go  into  a  house  and  sit  down 
in  a  chair  to  eat  from  a  table — they'd  get  down  on  their  knees 
around  the  table  and  take  things  off  the  plates  with  their  hands. 
They  mostly  ate  meat.  I've  seen  Indians  eating  meat  off  one  end 
of  a  chunk  and  a  dog  biting  and  chewing  at  the  other.  They 
thought  as  much  of  their  dogs  as  they  did  of  themselves.  In  the 
logs  and  stumps  about  the  camp  you'd  see  little  holes  hollowed 
out  where  they  put  their  corn  and  pounded  it  with  their  toma- 
hawks. They  had  a  good  many  ponies  which  they  used  in  pack- 
ing their  things  from  place  to  place.  Every  man  carried  his  rifle 
and  hunting  gear.  Old  White-Eyes  rode  generally.  The  squaws 
wrapped  a  lot  of  stuff,  sometimes  a  bushel  or  two  of  corn,  in  a 
blanket  and  swung  it  on  their  backs,  having  the  ends  tied  and 
pressing  against  their  foreheads.  The  Indians  were  accustomed 
to  come  here  to  trade  and  never  got  away  without  being  pretty 
well  melted  with  liquor.  They  always  had  a  jug. 

"  'The  Indians  were  good  marksmen.  They  shot  with  rifle  and 
bow  and  arrow.  One  time,  when  thirty  or  forty  of  White-Eyes' 
men  were  passing  through  my  place  I  coaxed  one  of  them  into 
my  stable  to  see  a  bay  mare  the  Indians  had  stolen  once.  The 
mare  hated  the  sight  of  an  Indian.  She'd  begin  to  plunge  and 
kick  the  moment  she  saw  one.  Before  he  got  fairly  in  the  stable 
the  mare  squealed  and  kicked  at  him.  The  Indian  broke  and  ran, 
saying,  "She's  no  good  horse,  no  good  horse." 

"  'Madison  was  owned  originally  by  Paul,  Burnet,  Davis  and 
Lyon.  Burnet  lived  in  Cincinnati,  Davis  some  place  in  Ohio,  and 
Lyon  at  Eagle  Hollow.  Davis  and  Burnet  came  in  after  the  first 
sale  of  lots  by  Paul  and  Lyon  in  i8i  i.  Jefferson  county  extended 
to  the  Indian  country  and  was  called  Jackson's  purchase.  The  first 
steamboat  that  passed  this  point  was  the  Robert  Fulton.     I  think 


392  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

she  passed  here  in  1815  or  1816.  The  first  boat  I  was  ever  on  was 
the  Hibernia.  I  went  to  Cincinnati  on  her  from  this  place  in 
181 7  or  1 81 8.  The  boat  was  not  running  regularly  between  any 
points. 

"  'Wirt  was  laid  out  by  Colonel  Arion.  James  Vawter  and  my- 
self. I  proposed  Wyandotte  as  the  name  of  the  place.  Colonel 
Arion  suggested  Wirt,  after  William  Wirt,  of  Virginia,  and  so 
it  got  that  name.  The  Baptists  (Iron  Jackets)  organized  a  church 
at  Wirt  in  February,  181 8.  The  meeting  was  held  in  the  log 
school-house.  The  members  were  William  West  and  wife,  Wil- 
liam Harbert  and  wife,  John  Burns  and  wife,  James  Burns  and 
wife,  Robert  Harbert,  a  single  man,  a  young  woman  named  Re- 
becca Marshall,  John  Stevens,  Wilson  Moncrief,  Abner  Mon- 
crief,  James  Harbert,  Thomas  Glover  and  Rachel  Johnson. 
Daniel  Stogsdill,  the  preacher,  was  from  Pulaski  county,  Ken- 
tucky. Church  was  held  in  the  school-house  for  nine  years.  Then 
a  little  brick  house  was  built.  The  present  church  is  almost  ex- 
actly on  the  same  site  as  the  first  one,  just  a  small  distance  east  of 
the  old  one.  The  first  baptism  recorded  by  the  church  was  in 
June,  1825.  The  first  school-house  was  built  pretty  near  the  pres- 
ent church.  It  was  started  in  1819.  The  teacher  was  a  Scotch- 
man named  Carmichael,  who  boarded  at  my  house.  The  first 
miill-dam  ever  built  on  Big  Creek  was  made  by  James  Hayes.  It 
was  in  Lancaster  township,  and  is  now  the  property  of  John  B. 
Craft.  It  was  formerly  owned  by  Horace  Byfield.  The  dam  is 
there  yet.  I  had  my  wheat  and  corn  ground  there  for  three  or 
four  years.'  " 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  Madison,  Indiana,  were  Robert 
Cotton,  one  of  the  first  officers  of  Jefferson  county,  Howard 
Watts,  a  leading  doctor,  Shadrick  Wilber,  a  merchant,  John  H. 
Wagner,  a  blacksmith,  William  Watlington,  a  farmer  and  Phile- 
mon Vawter,  who  came  to  Madison  in  1808. 

JOHN  H.  WAGONER 

"John  H.  Wagner  and  family,  consisting  of  three  sons,  Samuel, 
Lewis  and  George,  and  four  daughters,  Jane,  Betsy,  Katy  and 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  393 

Phoebe,  disembarked  from  a  flatboat  on  the  first  day  of  May, 
1808,  at  a  point  on  the  Ohio  river  where  the  town  of  Madison 
was  afterwards  located.  At  this  date  not  a  cabin  of  any  kind  was 
built  in  the  bottoms  at  this  place,  excepting-  one  which  was  built 
and  occupied  by  a  man  by  the  name  of  Booth.  This  was  in  the 
upper  portion  of  the  bottom,  where  Isom  Ross  afterward  located 
and  operated  his  tan-yard. 

"J-  H.  Wagner  came  from  Pennsylvania,  and  was  of  the  old 
German  stock  of  that  state.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and 
brought  a  portion  of  his  tools  with  him.  After  transferring  his 
tools  and  what  few  household  effects  there  were  to  the  second 
bottom,  the  camp  was  located  at  a  point  on  the  bluff  near  where 
John  T.  Schofield's  residence  now  stands — the  northwest  corner 
of  Jefferson  and  High  streets. 

"The  smoke  from  the  camp-fire  attracted  the  attention  of 
Jesse  Vawter,  who  had  landed  at  this  place  some  two  years  be- 
fore, but  had  located  on  top  of  the  hill  near  where  the  Michigan 
roads  now  runs.  When  Mr.  Vawter  saw  the  smoke  curling  up 
through  the  tree  tops  from  the  camp  in  the  bottom  below  he  at 
once  set  out  to  visit  the  camp  and  learn  who  the  new  settlers 
were.  In  those  days  neighbors  were  so  few  and  far  between  that 
it  was  a  genuine  pleasure  to  look  into  the  face  of  a  stranger,  if 
a  white  man,  whether  he  was  traveling  through  the  country  or 
seeking  a  home.  Mr.  Vawter  gave  Mr.  Wagner  and  his  family 
a  hearty  welcome,  and  when  he  saw  the  blacksmith  tools  he  was 
rejoiced  to  know  that  they  were  to  have  a  blacksmith  among  them, 
for  in  those  days  the  settlers  were  in  greater  need  of  the  handi- 
work of  this  trade  than  that  of  any  other  one  occupation.  After 
assisting  in  raising  their  tent  and  in  making  things  as  comfortable 
as  was  possible  under  the  surrounding  conditions,  Mr.  Vawter 
departed  for  his  home  on  the  hill  top.  but  not  before  giving  Mr. 
Wagner  to  understand  that  he  would  be  glad  to  assist  him  in  any 
way  he  could  in  starting  his  new  home. 

"In  a  short  time  Mr.  Wagner  had  a  log  house  built  on  the  site 
of  his  camp  and  a  blacksmith  shop  nearby.  After  a  time  his 
house  served  as  a  tavern  or  stopping  place  for  the  travelers  to 
and   from  Kentucky  and  the  settlements  back  from  the  river. 


394  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

These  two  buildings  were  the  first  erected  in  what  was  after 
wards  the  old  town  of  Madison." 


WILLIAM    WATLINGTON 

"In  the  early  part  of  the  year  1814  William  Watlington,  of 
Bridgetown,  New  Jersey,  landed  at  a  point  on  the  Ohio  River 
where  Madison  now  is.  At  that  time  it  was  an  almost  unbroken 
forest,  as  only  two  or  three  log  houses  were  to  be  found  in  the 
bottom,  the  early  settlers  having  located  on  the  hill-tops  and  high 
rolling  lands  back  from  the  river. 

"William  Watlington  entered  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
from  the  government,  five  miles  north  of  the  river  on  an  Indian 
trail  leading  from  the  river  to  Graham  Creek.  The  Graham 
Road  was  afterwards  located  along  this  trail.  During  the  sum- 
mer Mr.  Watlington  built  two  log  cabins  on  his  claim.  One  of 
the  cabins  he  fitted  up  for  himself,  the  other  being  built  for  John 
Bramwell  and  his  family,  whom  he  had  employed  to  care  for  his 
cows  and  other  property  while  he  should  be  away.  In  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  returned  to  New  Jersey,  and  the  following 
spring,  181 5,  with  his  wife  he  again  returned  to  Indiana.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  of  181 5  he  made  a  trip  by  flatboat  to  New  Or- 
leans. He  returned,  chiefly  on  foot,  and  contracted  a  fever,  dying 
shortly  after  reaching  his  home  in  Indiana,  on  October  15,  181 5." 

JOHN  SMOCK 

"John  Smock,  in  talking  of  the  early  times,  said :  Tor  a  few 
years  after  coming  to  Indiana  the  early  settlers  had  to  go  to 
Kentucky  for  provisions  or  to  Work's  mill  in  Clark  county,  near 
Charlestown.  It  was  not  long  until  Mr.  Edwards  built  a  mill  on 
Clifty  Creek,  just  above  where  the  road  now  crosses  the  creek. 

"  'The  first  fruit  trees  were  brought  to  the  neighborhood  of 
Madison  by  Samuel  Smock  and  Peter  Veneleane.  The  first 
mill  was  a  hand-mill.  The  neighbors  would  come  there  with  their 
corn  and  would  take  turns  in  grinding  it.  The  sheep  were  penned 
every  night  to  keep  them  from  the  wolves.     To  exterminate  the 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  395 

wolves  the  settlers  built  pens  to  trap  them.  The  pens  were  built 
of  logs,  generally  split  logs.  The  top  was  so  heavy  a  wolf  could 
not  raise  it.  It  was  constructed  with  a  trigger  to  which  a  piece 
of  meat  was  fastened.  The  trigger  was  attached  to  a  pole  which 
held  the  lid  or  top  of  the  pen  up.  When  the  wolf  got  into  the 
pen  and  pulled  the  meat  the  trap  fell  and  Mr.  Wolf  was  caught 
and  killed,  and  $2  received  for  his  scalp,  which  was  the  legal 
price  for  both  ears. 

"  'The  people  were  more  social  then  than  they  are  now.  The 
men  frequently  went  ten  or  twelve  miles  to  help  one  another  raise 
cabins.  The  young  women  would  go  to  visit  at  each  other's 
houses  in  numbers.  It  made  no  difference  if  it  happened  to  be 
wash-day.  They  all  helped,  and  merriment  and  work  went  on 
together. 

"  'The  grass,  generally  called  broom  sage,  is  a  native  of  North 
Carolina.  It  was  brought  to  Madison  by  a  family  by  the  name 
of  White.  They  thought  that  they  were  going  to  a  new  country 
— a  wilderness  where  they  could  get  nothing  to  sweep  with,  so 
the  woman  tied  a  few  bunches  carefully  together  and  brought 
them  along.  That  carried  the  seed  here.  The  farmers  know  to 
their  sorrow  how  it  will  spread.'  " 

ANDREW    DINWIDDIE 

"Andrew  Dinwiddle  said  that  his  father  came  to  Jefferson 
county  first  in  1807,  but,  because  the  Indians  proved  so  trouble- 
some, he  returned  to  Kentucky  at  the  end  of  a  year.  He  came 
back  to  Hanover  township  in  1809.  He  said  :  'Father  settled  one 
mile  northwest  of  Hanover.  The  settlers  in  the  vicinity  met  one 
day  and  built  a  fort  on  his  place  for  protection  against  the  Indi- 
ans. Below  this  fort  an  old  weaver  by  the  name  of  West  had 
put  up  a  small  cabin.  He  provided  a  way  of  escape  from  the 
Indians,  in  case  they  attacked  him  suddenly  at  night  or  surprised 
him  during  the  day  and  got  between  his  cabin  and  the  fort.  Un- 
derneath his  puncheon  floor  he  dug  a  hole  and  excavated  the 
earth  for  some  distance  making  a  tunnel  through  which  he  could 
crawl  to  a  bushy  place  in  the  woods  near  by.     Coming  out  of 


396  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

this  tunnel  unobserved  by  his  enemies,  an  escape  to  the  fort  would 
not  have  been  difficult. 

"  'After  the  Pigeon  Roost  massacre  we  had  no  further  trouble 
with  hostile  Indians.  The  friendly  ones,  however,  were  continu- 
ally prowling  around  doing  all  the  mischief  in  their  power.  The 
Indians  frequently  cut  across  our  land  when  out  hunting.  One 
day  a  party  of  eight  or  ten  came  along,  and  all  were  drunk  but 
one.  Old  White-Eyes  was  with  them.  They  had  not  gone  far 
before  I  heard  a  crash,  and  looking  around  I  saw  that  one  Indian 
had  fallen  off  his  horse  and  was  sprawling  on  the  ground  with 
his  five  or  six  guns  scattered  about  him.  The  sober  one  of  the 
party  spent  some  time  trying  to  get  him  mounted,  but  before  his 
task  was  accomplished  quite  a  crowd  of  spectators  had  assembled 
who  enjoyed  the  fun  very  much. 

"  'Shortly  after  this  old  White-Eyes  entered  a  house  and  found 
a  woman  making  soap.  By  threatening  her,  he  compelled  her  to 
drink  a  half-pint  of  strong  lye  and  then  left.  Her  husband  re- 
turned in  a  few  moments  and  gave  her  an  emetic  which  relieved 
her  sufferings.  Then  the  husband  gathered  together  two  or 
three  men  and  went  in  search  of  the  Indian  intending  to  kill  him, 
but  failed  to  find  him.  Shortly  afterwards,  White-Eyes  turned 
up  in  Scott  county,  to  the  terror  of  all  the  inhabitants.  Old  Doc- 
tor Hicks,  thinking  to  rid  them  of  him.  gave  him  poison  in 
whisky,  but  gave  him  too  much,  and,  instead  of  having  the  de- 
sired effect,  it  acted  as  an  emetic.  White-Eyes  did  not  appreciate 
such  hospitality  and  left  for  parts  unknown.'  " 

THOMAS    ROSEBERRY 

"Thomas  Roseberry,  of  Graham  township,  said :  'When  my 
father  built  a  double-hewed  log  house  in  1812  it  was  necessary 
to  go  as  far  as  the  Ohio  River  to  obtain  help  to  raise  it.  The  set- 
tlers were  three  days  getting  it  up  and  drank  fifteen  gallons  of 
whisky  while  at  it.  Without  the  whisky  they  could  not  have 
raised  it  at  all.  The  old  house  is  standing  yet  (about  1850),  with 
all  the  port-holes  through  which  watch  was  kept,  oftentimes  night 
and  day.     My  brothers  Thomas,  John  and  George  would  stand 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  397 

sentry  alternately.  George  was  the  youngest  and  would  say : 
"Oh,  I'm  so  tired.  I  don't  think  any  'Injuns'  will  come  to-night." 
When  the  Pigeon  Roost  massacre  occurred  the  settlers  were  ter- 
ror-stricken and  vv'ent  to  the  blockhouse  on  the  farm  of  Georee 
Campbell.  During  these  alarming  times  the  farmers  guarded  the 
women  with  guns  in  hand  while  the  cows  were  being  milked. 
Guns  were  also  carried  on  plows  while  plowing  the  ground.  Old 
White-Eyes  visited  our  folks  sometimes,  after  the  massacre,  and 
pretended  to  be  friendly.  He  always  had  an  aversion  to  white 
babies,  and  he  said  that  all  those  whose  heads  were  not  shaped 
to  suit  him  ought  to  be  tomahawked.'  " 


HIRAM    PRATHER 

"Colonel  Hiram  Prather,  of  Jennings  county,  in  speaking  of 
the  Indians,  said :  'The  Indians  were  encamped  on  the  south 
fork  of  the  Muscukutuck  Creek ;  their  camps  extending  several 
miles  up  the  creek.  They  were  under  the  direct  control  of  Cap- 
tains White-Eyes  and  Big-John.  Bill  Kilbuck  seemed  to  be  their 
chief.  He  was  half  white,  could  read  and  write,  and  was  the  son 
of  old  Kilbuck,  who  was  killed  by  Captain  Collins  near  the 
Pigeon  Roost  Settlement  the  evening  before  the  massacre.  These 
Indians  were  Delawares  and  Potawattomies.  In  the  spring  of 
1 817  they  left  their  camp  and  by  hundreds  passed  our  cabin  going 
west.  They  used  to  trade  with  our  folks,  selling  baskets,  dressed 
skins,  bead  work,  etc'  " 

JAMES    E.    LEWIS 

"James  E.  Lewis  said  :  'The  old  market-house  in  Madison  was 
built  by  setting  four  posts  with  a  fork  in  the  upper  end  and  poles 
laid  in  them.  It  was  then  covered  with  clapboards,  with  logs  to 
hold  them  on.  The  house  used  as  a  court-house  stood  where  V. 
Firth's  house  now  stands.  The  court  was  held  in  the  upper  room. 
The  stairs  w^as  on  the  outside.  The  jail  was  hard  to  beat.  It  was 
a  house  with  a  house  built  on  the  outside  so  close  that  nothing 


398  THE   VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

could  be  moved,  as  the  outside  held  everything  in  its  place.  David 
Kent  was  jailor. 

"  'It  was  hard  to  make  change  in  these  times,  as  money  was 
scarce.  The  old  Spanish  dollar  was  universally  used.  Half-dol- 
lars and  twenty-five-cent  pieces,  bits  and  tips  (twelve  and  one- 
half  and  six  and  one-quarter  cents).  Ten-cent  pieces  passed  for 
twelve  and  one-half  or  eight  for  a  dollar.  In  1831  or  1832,  when 
Mr.  Jesse  Whitehead  opened  store,  he  used  to  bring  out  a  keg 
full  of  ten  and  five  cent  pieces  and  make  change  for  any  one  want- 
ing it.  He  gave  eight  dimes  and  sixteen  five  cent  pieces  for  a 
dollar.  The  pieces  were  soon  called  Jesse  and  half  Jesse.  Before 
this  time  they  used  to  cut  the  money  to  make  change.  This  cut 
money  was  called  sharpshins. 

"  Tt  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  if  many  of  our  citizens  have  little 
learning.  In  the  early  days  many  had  to  go  to  school  two  and 
three  miles,  and  all  the  way  through  the  woods,  with  blazes  on 
the  trees  to  prevent  them  from  getting  lost.  Such  school-houses 
as  we  had !  One  log  was  left  out  to  light  the  house,  and  this  in 
cold  weather,  too,  for  we  had  to  work  in  the  summer. 

"  'Whenever  there  was  a  night  meeting  it  was  held  at  early 
candle  lighting.  At  the  appointed  time  the  heads  of  each  family 
would  take  one  or  two  candles  in  their  hands ;  some  would  bring 
lanterns.  If  many  came  the  house  would  be  well  lighted,  and  if 
few  came  they  would  have  poor  lights. 

"  'About  this  time  John  Brown  and  C.  B.  Lewis  went  down  to 
the  mouth  of  Crooked  Creek  to  fish.  A  strange-looking  craft 
soon  rounded  the  point.  They  immediately  concluded  it  was  the 
Indians,  and  they  dropped  everything  and  ran  through  the  woods 
and  into  the  town  and  reported  the  Indians  coming.  The  citizens 
went  armed  to  the  river  and  saw  the  first  steamboat  that  came  and 
landed  at  Madison, 

"  'The  country  around  Madison  was  settled  before  the  town  it- 
self. The  name  of  Madison  was  at  first  Wakefield.  Jefferson 
county  and  Scott  county  were  formed  from  Clark  county,  and 
were  one  for  some  time.  Jefferson  county  was  named  for  Jeffer- 
son, then  President,  and  Madison  was  named  for  President  Madi- 
son in  1809  or  1810. 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  399 

"  'The  town  of  Madison  was  bought  at  the  sale  at  Jefferson- 
ville,  where  the  land-office  was  located,  in  1809,  by  John  Paul, 
Jonathan  Lyon  and  Lewis  Davis,  at  $6.16  per  acre.  These  were 
the  original  proprietors  who  laid  out  the  town  and  made  the  first 
sale  of  lots  in  February,  181  o.    Colonel  John  Vawter  was  present. 

"  'The  first  newspaper  published  in  Madison  was  the  Western 
Eagle,  published  by  Seth  M.  Leavenworth  and  Wm.  Hendricks. 
Colonel  John  Vawter  told  me  that  this  paper  was  published  in  his 
kitchen. 

"  'In  1825  or  1826  David  McClure,  Sr.,  lived  in  what  was  then 
called  Dorsey's  tavern,  just  west  of  the  First  National  Bank.  He 
had  just  gotten  two  or  more  cords  of  wood  about  five  feet  long. 
This  was  the  length  in  those  days,  and  when  cut  in  two  was  the 
proper  length  for  the  fire-place.  On  Christmas  eve  the  stars  were 
bright  at  ten  o'clock,  when  Samuel  David,  Jr.,  Marsh  McClure, 
Jim  Collins  and  Napoleon  Collins  (afterwards  captain  in  the 
United  States  Navy)  and  Dick  Canby  (afterwards  General 
Canby)  took  this  wood  and  built  a  fence  across  Main  Cross  street. 
The  next  morning  the  snow  was  about  a  foot  deep,  and  David 
McClure  and  his  two  brothers  had  to  take  down  the  fence  and 
pile  up  the  wood  for  a  Christmas  morning  frolic.  I  don't  believe 
David,  Sr.,  has  ever  forgiven  me  to  this  day  for  that  morning's 
work.'  " 

"At  the  time  when  our  forefathers  first  settled  in  Madison  the 
navigation  of  the  river  was  of  the  simplest  kind.  There  were  no 
steamboats  then.  Broadhorns  could  float  down,  but  to  go  up 
stream  the  keel-boat  was  used — a  craft  something  similar  to  the 
present  canal-boat,  but  very  rude;  the  guards  were  about  a  foot 
wide  and  had  cleets  nailed  on  the  floor.  Two  or  three  men  on 
each  side  with  long  poles  would  push  it  against  the  current  with 
their  shoulders.  When  the  water  was  deep  or  rapid  the  men 
looked  as  though  they  were  all  lying  down.  Six  miles  was  con- 
sidered a  good  day's  run. 

"After  selecting  a  site,  the  first  thing  for  the  early  settler  to  do 
was  to  erect  a  log  cabin  in  which  to  live.  The  cabin  of  that  day 
was  built  as  follows:  The  logs  were  small  and  as  nearly  of  a 
size  as  possible.     Clapboards  filled  the  spaces  between  the  logs 


400  THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

and  were  held  in  place  by  wooden  pins  driven  in  auger  holes  in  the 
logs.  The  floors  were  of  heavy  puncheons  ;  the  roof  of  clapboards 
secured  by  poles  laid  across  them ;  the  hinges  and  catches  of  the 
door  were  of  wood.  In  many  of  them  not  a  nail  was  used.  The 
bedsteads  were  made  by  inserting  poles  in  auger  holes  in  the 
walls  at  the  proper  distance  for  length  and  breadth,  the  other 
ends  of  the  poles  being  secured  to  a  corner  post.  Upon  this  frame 
was  placed  a  layer  of  poles  covered  with  deer  skins,  and  over  this 
a  tick  filled  with  leaves."  Perhaps  many  of  the  women  brought 
with  them,  as  did  Elizabeth  Vawter,  their  own  feather  beds  from 
Virginia  or  Kentucky. 

"After  the  erection  of  the  cabin,  the  forest  trees  had  to  be  re- 
moved to  make  room  for  a  patch  of  corn  and  potatoes.  All  the 
neighbors  helped  each  other  in  building,  clearing  and  log  rolling. 
One  of  the  old  settlers  said  that  he  once  hired  a  man  for  three 
months  and  only  had  his  labor  four  weeks.  Two-thirds  of  the 
time  he  was  working  on  the  neighbors'  farms. 

"The  main  dependence  for  clothing,"  said  an  early  settler  of 
Jennings  county,  "was  a  flax  lint  manufactured  into  cloth  and 
worn  by  both  men  and  women.  Boots  and  shoes  were  costly  ar- 
ticles and  only  enjoyed  to  any  extent  by  the  most  favored  set- 
tlers. Moccasins  were  the  most  popular  covering  for  the  foot. 
They  were  made  principally  from  the  deer  skin  tanned  in  a 
wooden  trough.  The  skins  of  the  deer  were  also  used  for  pants. 
Hats  were  made  from  wool  and  fur  and  worn  for  many  years. 

"Wild  game  was  abundant,  especially  wild  turkeys.  One  man 
caught  twelve  in  traps  during  a  single  night.  He  said :  'We 
used  the  deer,  bear  and  turkey  for  meat.  We  had  more  meat  than 
bread,  corn-bread  and  Johnny-cake  being  all  we  got  generally. 
We  kept  a  little  white  flour  for  company,  and  were  always  glad 
when  any  came,  because  then  we  had  biscuits.  Venison  was  not 
considered  such  a  luxury  then.  A  fine  fat  buck  brought  only 
$1.50.    Corn  was  made  into  meal  by  pounding  it.' 

"Vension  hams  dried,  bear  bacon  and  coon  skins,  with  other 
peltries,  were  the  trading  stock  of  the  times  and  legal  tender  for 
ordinary  debts  and  marriage  licenses.  Our  trading  was  done  at 
Madison.     We  carried  our  flour  on  pack  horses,  making  the  trip 


THE    VAWTER    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA  40 1 

from  Vernon  to  Madison  and  back  in  three  days,  staying  one 
night  at  Grandfather  Vawter's  and  the  other  at  John  Badger's 
on  Cap  Creek.  The  first  barrel  of  salt  was  hauled  on  a  one-horse 
sled  and  sold  to  Samuel  Campbell,  Joseph  Pool  and  Mr.  Prather 
for  $22  in  silver. 

"We  sold  corn  for  twelve  and  a  half  cents  a  bushel,  oats  for 
ten  cents,  potatoes  were  ten  to  fifteen  cents  a  bushel,  pork  a  dollar 
and  a  half  to  a  dollar  seventy-five  a  barrel,  chickens  fifty  to 
seventy-five  cents  a  dozen,  turkeys  ten  to  twenty-five  cents  each, 
milch  cows  seven  dollars.  The  first  market  for  wheat  opened  at 
thirty-seven  and  a  half  cents,  and  remained  at  that  figure  for  two 
or  three  years. 

"We  paid  six  bits  a  pound  for  coffee,  which  we  only  used  on 
Sunday,  and  six  bits  a  yard  for  steam-mill  cotton  goods  for  shirts. 
Men  in  those  days  worked  from  sun  up  to  sun  down  for  three  bits 
a  day;  cleared  land  in  the  gum  woods  for  eight  dollars  an  acre; 
split  rails  for  twenty-five  cents  per  hundred,  and  reaped  wheat 
for  fifty  cents  a  day." 

"In  1828  there  wasn't  such  a  thing  known  as  a  cast  stove,  and 
there  were  no  cook  stoves  until  about  1835  or  1836.  In  1825 
there  were  no  wood  saws.  The  wood  was  chopped  with  an 
ax.  Such  things  as  matches  were  unknown  until  about  1835, 
and  then  they  were  of  the  rudest  kind.  A  vial  with  some  kind  of 
preparation  in  it  was  necessary,  and  a  stick  with  sulphur  on  the 
end,  which,  when  put  into  this  vial,  would  ignite.  At  last,  some 
man  invented  our  present  match.  At  first  one  had  to  have  a  piece 
of  sand  paper,  and  when  the  matches  were  rubbed  on  this  paper 
they  would  light.    These  were  called  'Locofoco  matches.'  " 


OTHER  VAWTERS 

Robert  Vawter,  Coin,  Page  county,  Iowa. 

Dr.  Vawter,  Wellington,  Kansas. 

L.  E.  Vawter  (son  of  Allan),  Macomb,  111. 

Dr.  G.  A.  Vawter  (son  of  Allan),  Cambridge,  Illinois. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Vawter  (son  of  Allan),  Knoxville,  Iowa. 

Captain  Tazewell  Vawter,  died  soon  after  the  Civil  War  and 
left  a  son  at  Elwood,  Indiana. 

Samuel  T.  Vawter,  Francesville,  Pulaski  county,  Indiana. 

Two  Vawter  brothers  at  Burleson,  Burleson  county,  Texas. 

Vawters  at  Jefferson  City,  Missouri. 

Miss  Sallie  Vawter,  Graffenburg,  Kentucky. 

Miss  Lida  Vawter,  Graffenburg,  Kentucky. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Denham,  Forktown,  Kentucky,  granddaughter 
of  Joseph  Early  Vawter. 

Judge  James  T.  Wilhoit,  of  Versailles,  Woodford  county, 
Kentucky,  is  a  descendant  of  Richard  Vawter,  of  Madison 
county,  Virginia,  who  was  probably  the  son  of  John  the  second 
(see  pages  6  and  7). 


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VAWTER  FAMILY 


The  name  in  parenthesis  is  the  name  of  the  father,  except  in  the  case  of  a 
married  woman,  wliere  it  is  usually  the  maiden  name. 


PAGE 

Absalom    (Jesse) 319 

Absalom  (William  H.) 319 

Achilles  (Jesse) 242,  243 

Achilles  J.   (William) 141-143 

Ada    Rachel 314 

Ada  V 169 

Adah    Mary 317 

A  ddie 380 

Albert  C 118 

Albert  Jesse 131 

Alexander    319 

Alexander  J 367 

Alexander  Lewis 364 

Alexander  Lewis,  Jr 365 

Alexander  Stewart 299 

Alfred  Bnell 160 

Alfred  T 161 

Alfred  Z 2S8 

Alice 381 

Alice   Pearl -jt, 

Allan    (Beverly) 2i7Z 

Allan   (John) 'j2 

Allen  Henderson 384 

Allen  Vaul 378 

Allen  V.   (James  J.) 378 

Allene   379 

Alma  B 132 

Alpheus 316 

Alva  Elroy 133 

Amanda  J 375 

Anna    (Henry) 246 

Anna   Belle 286 

Anna  Mae ■yj'j 

Anne  (Vawter) 7,  256,  257 

Annie  (Henry  C.) 284 

Annie  (Joseph  T.) 378 

Annie   (William  H.) 319 

Annie  Gladys 118 

Annie  Laurie 171 

Angus  6 

Ansjus   (John  II) 7 

Arthur  (Edwin  J.) 314 

Arthur  Lee 118 


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Ara  Bertie 376 

Arlen  O 288 

Aureana    (Vawter) 167,  328 

Bartholomew  "   6 

Bartholomew  (John  II) 7 

Benjamin  F 135 

Benjamin  F.   (Jephtha  D. ) 2S3 

Benjamin  Irvin    132 

Benjamin  Stewart  300 

Bennie  B 380 

Bertha  (Charles  H.) 28-, 

Bertha  M 245 

Bertha  May 112 

Bert  Watts 168 

Bessie  Alice   160 

Bessie  M 165 

Beverly    (Beverly) 7 

Beverly    (Philemon) 321-324 

Beverly   (John  II) 7  . 

Beverly    (Russell) 373 

Beverly  P 381 

Beverly  S 374 

Blanche  B 280 

Bradford    373 

Brainard 171 

Bruce   317 

Carrie   (William  H.) 319 

Carter   367 

Cassius  Lincoln 314 

Catherine    Ti 

Chadwell    yjT,,  374 

Charles    (Henry) 245 

Charles  A.   (Presley) 278 

Charles  A.  (Samuel) 374 

Charles    Bright    ^J 

Charles  D 1 59 

Charles    Desmond ''iQ 

Charles  Elliott  3^5 

Charles  Erastus 384,  385 

Charles  Erastus,  Jr 386 

Charles    Hart 160 

Charles  Henry  283 

Charles  Knowlton   127.  128 


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INDEX 


PAGE 

Charles  Minton  68,  6q 

Charles  Publius  329 

Charles  P.  L 329 

Charles  R.  L 329 

Charles  William n? 

Chester  E 161 

Clara  Peck 385 

Clare   111 

Clarence  (Henry  C.) 284 

Clarence  Allan  72) 

Clarence  Dudley 281 

Clarence  Howell   I59 

Clarence  M I35 

Claude  Philemon  2>2i^ 

Clifford 380 

Clifford  George  112 

Clyde 246 

Clyde  Elmer  132 

Colfax  166 

Colonel   114 

Cora  Catherine   145,  146 

Cornelius  L.  (Charles  A.) 279 

Cornelius  L.  (John  Gray) 299 

Cyrus   (Beverly) 2,2,2, 

Cyrus  Philemon  332 

David    (Achilles) 2,44 

David    (David) 369 

David   (John  H) 7,  8 

David  (Philemon) 362,  363 

David  Jamieson   313 

David  Wyatt    368 

D.  Lee 367 

Delia  S 317 

Dewey  72) 

Dick   Mavity 330 

Dora  B 2)77 

Dorothy  L 170 

Dotham 32Q 

Dudlev    288 

Earl  V 27(^ 

Edgar    (James) 246 

Edgar  (Jesse  Holman) 162 

Edgar  Allen   380 

Edgar  Crawford    380 

Edgar  Frederick   112 

Edgar  S 380 

Edmund  Longley 386 

Edith  P 375 

Edna    (Roe) 163 

Edna  (Smith  K.) 58 

Edna  Catherine   112 

Edward  1 382 

Edward   (Edward  I) 382 

Edward   (John  T.) in,  112 

Edward  (Thomas  S.) 171 

Edward  J 134 

Edward  W 137 

Edwin    (Edwin) 367 

Edwin  (John  M.) 367 


PAGE 

Edwin    (Milton) 171 

Edwin   (Smith) 57 

Edwin  James 124-126 

Edwin  James,  Jr 126,  127 

Edwin  Jamieson    314 

Elizabeth    (Russell) 2,72) 

Elizabeth  Helper   299 

Elizabeth  Louise   160 

Elizabeth  Mary 384 

Elbert    246 

Eliza  Jane    282,  283 

Ella  (Jesse  Holman) 162 

Ella  Mae  72, 

Ellie  Bessie  329 

Elliott    (Philemon) 268-276 

Elliott    (William) 383 

Elliott  Gray 299 

Elmer    (Roe) 163 

Elmer  H 162 

Elmer  M 72, 

Emery  B 133 

Emil 114 

Emma    (Henry) 170 

Emma    (John ) 23 

Emma  Knowlton  127 

Ernest  T 135 

Ethel   279 

Ettie  Eugenie 368 

Eugene   2)^7 

Eva  May   69 

Everett  Bates 151,  152 

Everett  E 132 

Everett  F 137 

Evie  L 378 

Ezra 58 

Fane  F 280 

Fanny  S 170 

Fern  G 280 

Florence  May 171 

Flossie  Myrtle    135 

Frances    (Elliott) 27() 

Frances    (James) 163 

Frances  (Philemon) 75-79,  310 

Frances   Helen 161 

Francis   (Charles  H.) 283 

Francis   Bertram 72 

Francis   Marion 1 18 

Frank  (Charles  P.) 329 

Frank    (Elmer) 72) 

Frank   (Frank  A.) 245 

Frank  A 245 

Frank  B 378 

Frank  C 168 

Frank  Day    72 

Frank  Edward   112 

Frank  M 146,  147 

Frank  Raymond 160 

Frank  S 374 

Frank  Wesley 112 


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Frederick  Allan  69 

Fred  Beverly 330 

Fred  Clay 283 

Fred    Mc 374 

Frederick  D 381 

Freda  Mildred   112 

George    (James) 246 

George    (Jesse  Segal) 70 

George    (Smith) 58 

George   Adam    112 

George  B 280 

George  Early   2>17 

George  Hadley 146 

George  Lewis   368 

George  T 374 

George  W.  (George  T.) 374 

George  W.  (John  H.) 384 

George  William   286 

George  Williams   165 

Goldie  Call    282 

Grace  (Jesse  Segal) 70 

Grace  G 134 

Harold  H 374 

Harriet   319 

Harry  (Henry  J.) 170 

Harry  Miller 147 

Hattie  Lilly 58 

Hazel 171 

Helen  (Charles  H.) 283 

Helen  Miller 147 

Henry   (Achilles) 245 

Henry  Alexander 384 

Henry  C.  (Jesse  Holman) 162 

Henry  Clay   283,  284 

Henry  Garfield 329 

Henry  J.   (Newton  W.) 170 

Henry  J.  (Sherman) 137 

Herman  Wallace  318 

Hickman  N 55,  56 

Homer  G 374 

Homer  W 132 

Horace  R 73 

Humphreys    331 

Ice  Reta   288 

Ida  Maria 142 

Ida  Ruth "jj, 

Ira  E 132 

Isaac   374 

James   (Achilles) 246 

James  (Beverly) 331 

James    ( Frank) 245 

James  (Jesse) 154-158 

James    (William) 136 

James  Alois 160 

James  Alois,  Jr 160 

James  Arthur  329 

James  C 163 

James  Elliott  (Charles  E.) 386 

James  Elliott    (Jephtha) 286 


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James  Elliott  (John  H.) 384 

James  G 134 

James   Hardy   165 

James  Hiram   164 

James  J Zli,  ill 

James  L 334 

James  Mavity 329 

James  M ^y7?^ 

James  Oscar  131 

James  R 162 

James  S 168 

Jamieson    317 

Jamieson  S 318 

Jane   (Achilles) 243 

Jane    (John   Gray) 299 

Jane  Cravens 121,  122 

Jannette    .266 

Jefferson  D 318 

Jephtha  D 281 

Jephtha  Levi 283 

Jennie   168 

Jesse  (David) 8,  10-21 

Jesse   (D.  Jamieson) 316 

Jesse   (Fred  A.) 69 

Jesse    (Philemon) 31 1-3 13 

Jesse    (Richard) 261 

Jesse  Beryl   161 

Jesse  Holman   161,  162 

Jesse   (Philemon) 311,  313 

Jesse  Piatt 314 

Jesse  R 128 

Jesse  Segal 70 

Jessie   (Jephtha  L.) 283 

Jessie  (William  H.) 319 

Jessie  Gertrude 329 

Jessie  Mae 147 

Joe  Philemon   318 

John  I 6 

John  II   6,  7 

John   (Beverly)    z^Z 

John    (Jesse) 23-51 

John   (Jesse)    (Philemon) 318 

John  (John) 318 

John    (Russell) yj?, 

John    (Smith) 58 

John  Beverly 326 

John  Blaine 133 

John  C 162 

John  E.  (Joseph  E.) 375 

John  E.    (Presley) 278 

John  Earl 279 

John  Elmer "JZ 

John  Ferris 369 

John  Gray  299 

John  Gray.  Jr 299 

John  Henderson 383,  384 

John  1 132 

John  M'.  (Beverly) 334 

John  iM.   (David) z(^ 


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PAGE 


John  M.  (George  T.) 374 

John  Russell   373 

John  S.    (Jesse  R.) 131 

John  S.  (John  Watts) 160 

John  S.   (Richard) 261 

John  Taylor   109-1 1 1 

John  T.   (John  Taylor) 117 

John  Terrell 54,  55 

John  Thomas   367 

John  Washington 281 

John  Watts   158,  159 

John  Wesley 316 

John  William  (John  H.) 384 

John   William    (Louis) 385 

John  William  (William  M.) 376 

Johnson  S.  (James) 163 

Johnson  Smith  165 

Joseph   (Richard) 332 

Joseph  Early 374,  375 

Joseph  M 377 

Joseph  Snyder   384 

Joseph  T 377 

Joseph  Thomas 378 

Josephus  R 379 

Josiah    374 

Junie  Magnolia 369 

Katie  King 369 

Katy  A 375 

Keith    326 

Laura    283 

Lena  Virginia 317 

Lena  Elsie  329 

Lenora   Leigh ^ . .  .386 

Leona    379 

Leonard  F 286 

Lewis  (William)   8 

Lewis  Clyde   134 

Lewis  Henry 284 

Lewis  Orin   367 

Leslie  Wayne   286 

Lillian  246 

Lillian    (Bennie) 380 

Lillian   Gray   299 

Louis  Addison   384 

Louise 58 

Lucy  (Henry  C.) 284 

Lucy  A 134 

Lucretia  (Branham) i6q,  192 

Lulu  May 329 

Luna  K 367 

'Mabel 162 

Macie  Marie  171 

Maria  (Foster) 169,  189,  190 

Marion    67 

Margaret  (David) 8 

Margaret  (Josephus)    380 

Margaret  (John  H) 7 

]Margaret  Anne   384 

Marjorie  Dixon  127 


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^lartha    376 

Martha   Clarice    73 

Martha  Eleanor 245 

Mary  (David) 8 

Mary  (Jesse) 320 

Mary  (John  T.) 117 

Mary   (Storey) 54,  61 

Mary  (William  H.) 319 

Mary   A.   E 283 

Mary  Alice   314 

Mary  Allen 385 

Mary  Jane   57 

Mary  Lucile   330 

Mary  P 375 

Mary  Ruth   (Albert) 118 

Mary  Ruth   (Elmer) 73 

Matie   Octavia    368 

Matilda  174 

Maud  (Charles  M.) 6q 

Maude  (Joseph  T.) 377 

Mpude  Illinois   376 

May   (Alfred  T.) 161 

A-Iay    (Thomas  M.) 367 

Meiinda 330 

Michael 117 

Milly   319 

Milton  (Thomas  S.)    171 

Milton  (Richard) 267 

Milton  B.    (D.  Jameson) 317,  318 

Milton    Ballard    318 

?>Iilton   Ben 31S 

Milton  Jamieson   317 

Milton  S 166,   167 

Minerva  E 137 

Minnie   E 160 

Minnie  (Jesse  Holman) 161,  163 

Minnie  (Josephus) 380 

Muriel  Ben   318 

Myrtle  Lowell    282 

Nadyne  168 

Nancy  (Russell) 373 

Nancy  A 375 

Nancy  Tandy  285 

Nancy  W 378 

Nellie    137 

Nellie  Bly   73 

Newton  0 162 

Newton  W 169,  189,  192 

Noah  James 318 

Nona  Elma  1 32 

Octavia  J 367 

Olive  S 165 

Omer  Walton  134 

Otis   Estis    131 

Pamelia    1 14 

Pascal   324 

Patsy  A 375 

Pauline   374 

Paul  Leon  73 


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PAGE 

Peachv    272, 

Pearl  E 132 

Philemon   (Beverly) 330,  331 

Philemon  (David) 8,  255-257 

Philemon  C 150,  151 

Philemon    (William) 314 

Philip  S 279 

Pollv   2,72, 

Presley  G.  (Elliott) 276-280 

Presley  G.   (Presley) 280 

Prospey    3^9 

Ralph  Emerson   72, 

Rav    162 

Ray  P 277 

Raymond    72 

Raymond  G 280 

Rebecca 330 

Rena    326 

Rhoyden  168 

Richard   (Beverly) 332 

Richard    (Philemon) 258-260 

Richard  (John  II) 7 

Robert    (William   C.) 165 

Robert  Alfred 161 

Robert  Newton 170 

Roe    163 

Rufus  L 280 

Russell    271-272 

Ruth  (James  G.) i34 

Ruth  E 280 

Ruth  Leotia 161 

Sallie   K 375 

Samantha  222 

Samuel  (Beverly) 334 

Samuel    (Smith) 56 

Samuel  Dudley 282 

Samuel  M 374 

Sophronia 374 

Sarah  (Johnson  S.) 163 

Sarah  Frances   i34 

Sarah  Jane 287 

Sarah  Lavina 284 

Sarah  Rebecca   131 

Sears   2^7 

Sherman   136,   137 

Smith    (John) 52-54 

Smith  K 58 

Smith  W 131 

Spencer  Coin 165 

Stella  May 286 

Susan  E 171 

Thelma   380 

Thomas  (Jesse  Holman) 162 

Thomas   (John   M.) 367 

Thomas  S.  (James) 171 

Thomas  S.   (Joseph  E.) 375 

Trueman  C 277 

Velma  Crystel 329 


PAliE 


Velma  1 135 

Vernon  Day 118 

Vernon  Hill t,t,^ 

Vernon  Monroe 160 

Veva  J 288 

Violo 380 

Virginia  Longley 386 

Wallace    318 

Wallace   Read 152 

Walter  Allen    379 

Walter  Bachman  161 

Walter  Fred   283 

Walter  Lewis 368 

Walter  W 335 

Washington  R 375 

Wayne    283 

Wesson 367 

Wilbert  Carl  131 

Wilbur  Lutv  112 

Wilbur  Wiflis 165 

Wiley  R 317 

William    (Chadwell) 374 

William   TD.  Jamieson) 313 

William    (David) 8 

William    (Edward   I) 382 

William    (Jesse) 75-96 

William  (John  Taylor) ..  112,  113,  114 

William  (Thomas  S.) 376 

William  (Wm.)   (Edward) 382 

William  Alfred 112 

William  Allan  129,  130 

William  Arthur 144.  I45 

William  Arthur,  Jr 146 

William  C.    (James) 164 

William  Campbell  170 

William  Cornett 166 

William  Cyrus 3^4 

William  David  282 

William  DeWitt 378 

William  E 162 

William  H 3I9 

William  Hunter  152,  I53 

William  Ira 222 

William   Ira,   Jr 222 

William  J.  (Jos.  T.) 277 

William  (Jephtha) 287,  288 

William  Jennings 244 

William  L 246 

William  Riley 69 

William   S.    (Jamieson) 317 

William  Smith  123,  124 

William  Scott  II4 

William  W 280 

Williamson  Dunn   1 18-120 

Willie   Belle    73 

Willis  Isaiah   165 

Winifred  (John  II) 7 

Winifred    (David) 8 


OTHER  THAN  VAWTER 


PAGE 

Ackman,  Anna  267 

Adams,  Alton  M 294 

Adams,  Anna    ( Hall) 360 

Adams,   Ira    (Holmes) 294 

Allen,  Charles  J 306 

Allen,  Frank  Bratton  306 

Allen,  Frank  G 305 

Allen,  George  V 306 

Allen,  George  William  306 

Allen,  Georgia  Grace  306 

Allen,  Gertrude  Alice 305 

Allen,   Grace  Margarette    306 

Allen,  Horace  D 305 

Allen,  Myrtle  Grace 305 

Allen,  Ralph  J 306 

Allen,  Robert  Rush 306 

Ambach,  Sarah   (Gatlin) 307 

Amos,  Lucinda   (Holmes) 298 

Amos,  William  A 299 

Amos,  Cora  M 299 

Amos,  Lenna  P 299 

Amos,  Perry  H 299 

Amsden,   Abner 252 

Amsden,   Agnes 252 

Amsden,  Annie 251 

Amsden,  Charles  251 

Amsden,  Daisy 252 

Amsden,   Fred    251 

Amsden,  Gertrude  252 

Amsden,  Hayworth    252 

Amsden,  Howard 252 

Amsden,  Jesse  V 251 

Amsden,  Leila 253 

Amsden,  Mabel   251 

Amsden,  Nancy  (Moncrief) 251 

Amsden,   Nellie   251 

Amsden,   Robert    251 

Amsden,  Ruth 252 

Amsden,  William 252 

Anderson,  Allene    227 

Anderson,  Bertie  Clair   227 

Anderson,  Gertrude   227 

Anderson,  Guy 227 

Anderson,  Hugh  Leiper  227 

Anderson,  Josie  (Sanford) 227 

Anderson,  Lillian  Hester  227 

Anderson,  Lutie  (Stribling) 225 

Anderson,  Ora  225 

Anderson,  Paul  Chester  227 

Anderson,  William  S 227 

Atherton,  Leona  Crawford 342 


PAGE 

Atherton,  Letitia    (Crawford)  .  . .  .342 

Atherton,  Rae  M 342 

Atwood,  Arthur 187 

Atwood,  Ida    (Walden) 187 

Atwood,  Ruby   (Branham) 193 

Atwood,  Waldon  187 

Bain,   Harry   188 

Bain,  Jennie   188 

Bain,   Mary   188 

Bain,  Radie    (Foster) 188 

Baker,  Carrie  Margaret 66 

Baker,   Sarah    (Campbell) 66 

Baldwin,  Jacob 196 

Balzer,  Emeline  (Vanosdol) 116 

Balzer,  Harry  116 

Balzer,  Pearl 116 

Banta,  Clara  56 ' 

Banta,  Frank 56 

Banta,  Irene  ( Vawter) 56 

Banta,  Maria 56 

Barker,  Leroy  A 298 

Barker,  Lula   (Amos) 298 

Barnes,  Anna   (Vawter) 300 

Barnes,  Kenneth  B 300 

Bamett,  Charles  Byron  228 

Barnett,   Sarah    (Stribling) 228 

Barnett,  Walter  Jackson 228 

Battey,  Alvin  G 308 

Battey,  Nancy  (Gatlin) 308 

Baxter,  Clara  Ermine   376 

Baxter,   David    354 

Baxter,  Dow  Vawter  376 

Baxter,  Emma  (Vawter) 376 

Baxter,  ^Mildred  May 376 

Baxter,  Nancy  (Glover) 354 

Bayley,  Arthur  Loring 102 

Bayley,  Bertha  Alice   102 

Bayley,  Edith  de  Fluria 103 

Bayley,  Elizabeth  (Burns) 102 

Bayley,  Frank  Wade   102 

Bayley,  Gerald   102 

Bayley,  Gladys  102 

Bayley,  Henry  Ward  102 

Bayley,  Floward  Glen 103 

Bayley,  Minnie  Agnes   103 

Bayley,  Willard  Marion 103 

P-eacham,  Roberta   (Holland) 263 

Beacham,  Norma 263 

Beacham,  Braxton  B 263 

Beacham,  Roberta  263 

Beechly,  Emily   (Vawter) 57 


INDEX 

i'Ac;e 

Beeman,  Qyde  139  Branham, 

Beeman,  Grace  (Holsclaw) 139  Branham, 

Beeman,  Wilbur  Elvin   139  Branham, 

Bel],  Allie 365  Branham, 

Bell,  Andrew  L 364  Branham, 

Bell,  Donie  Dowel   364  Branham, 

Bell,  Junior  B 364  Branham, 

Bell,  ]\lajor  T 364  Branham, 

Bell,  Mattie   (Sterrett) 364  Branham, 

Bell,  Robert  Ashby 364  Branham, 

Benefiel,  George  Holman   162  Branham, 

Benefiel,  Mary  (Vawter) 162  Branham, 

Bickford,   Marietta    (  Branham)  •••  I94  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Alberta  148  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Charlotte   148  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Ernestine   148  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Grace  Constance   148  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Grace   (Vawter) 147  Branham, 

Binkley,  Willie  (Garden) 291  Branham, 

Binkley,  Annie  Ree 291  Branham, 

Binkley,  Harry 291  Branham, 

Binkley,  Virgil  291  Branham, 

Blair,  Lucinda   (Vawter) 330  Branham, 

Boeckley,  Enid  Beth    115  Branham, 

Boeckley,  Sarah  (Burckhardt)  ....  115  Branham, 

Bohall,  Lulie   (Jenkins) 186  Branham, 

Bowling,  Dessie  (West) 350  Branham, 

Bowling,   Monroe    359  Branham, 

Bowling,  Ralph    350  Branham, 

Bowling,  Guy  359  Branham, 

Bowman,  Mattie   (Edwards) 221  Branham, 

Bowman,  Milo   221  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Annasdale  213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Bessie 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Dorothy 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Edgar 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Edna    21;^  Branham, 

Bramwell,  George  F 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Harry  L 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Julia  (Vawter) 244  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Louise 213  Branham, 

Bramwell,  Nancy  (Branham) 212  Branham, 

Bramwell,  William  S 213  Branham, 

Branham,  Albert   210  Branham, 

Branham,  Alcey  (Branham) 184  Branham, 

Branham,  Alice  Irene    181  Branham, 

Branham,  Alta  Irene  184  Branham, 

Branham,  Ardys    192  Branham, 

Branham,  Arthur  E I95  Branham. 

Branham,    Benjamin    204  Branham, 

Branham,  Bertha  B IQ5  Branham, 

Branham,  Bertha  Lula 184  Branham, 

Branham,  Bromley  E 192  Branham, 

Branham,  C.  A I95  Branham, 

Branham,  Cecil  Hunter 181  Branham, 

Branham,  Charles  Greenleaf 181  Branham, 

Branham,  Charles  H 208  Branham, 

Branham,  Charles  N 208  Branham, 

Branham,  Danville   (John)  ...  189.  190  Branham, 


4^7 

P.\GK 

Danville    (Uriah) 187 

David  (Linsfield) .  .204,  205 

David  C.   (Edwin) 207 

David  C  (William  C.).I93 

David  Hickman   193 

David  McClure   208 

David  Owens   194 

Davis   183,   184 

Davis  Bishop 184 

Davis  S 184 

Delaney  E 181 

Donald  (Delaney  E. )  .  . .  181 
Donald  (Bromley  E.)  .  .192 

Edith 179 

Edna  Marie    184 

Edward    (William) ....  170 

Edward  F 200 

Edward  L 195 

Edward  (John) 179 

Edwin   (David) 206 

Edwin  (David  C. ) 207 

Edwin  (George  F. ) .  . .  .2o5 

Elizabeth   209 

Eliz'bth  (Branham)  191.  2C9 

Elizabeth  J 184 

Elmer  C 184 

Ernest 2:0 

Estel    185 

Ethel  Pearl  1S4 

Etta  179 

Eva  May  105 

Flora  179 

Florence  E 184 

Frances    (Vawter)    172-178 

Frank 184 

Fred    211 

George    (John) 179 

George  Chandler.  .  193,   194 

George  F 206 

George  W.  (John)   190-192 

George  W.  (Uriah) 182 

Gilbert  C '9- 

Grace I79 

Granville   202 

Hal  Harwood 102 

Harold  Delaney 181 

Harrye  Bo3mton 192 

Hazel 179 

Helen  Lee  209 

Helen  Louisa  207 

Henry  Clay  192 

Hickman 208 

Hiram  S 180 

Ida    (James) I95 

Ida   (John) I79 

Ida  P 184 

Ira  E 184 

J.  Foster I79 

James    (John) i94 


4i8 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Branham,  James  Ernest  184 

Branham,  James  H.   (Larose) ....  195 

Branham,  James  Harvey   195 

Branham,  James  N 187 

Branham,  Jennie  179 

Branham,  Jesse  (Edward) 180 

Branham,  Jesse  V.   (Jesse) 180 

Branham.  Jesse  V.  (John) ..  .178,  179 

Branham,  Jessie 193 

Branham,  John    (William) 179 

Branham,  John  Albert 184 

Branham,  John  Clark 192 

Branham,  John  Edward  195 

Branham,  John  T 196 

Branham,  John  Warner   192 

Branham,  Joseph  (Davis) 184 

Branham,  Joseph  Cary   194 

Branham,  Joseph  Warren 214 

Branham,  Jnd  J 185 

Branham,  Katherine  E 207 

Branham,  Larose 195 

Branham,  Lester  E 184 

Branham,  Lillian  179 

Branham,  Lolla   211 

Branham,  Lynn  C 209 

Branham,  Mabel  Clare   184 

Branham,  McClure 209,  210 

Branham,  Maria 182 

Branham,  Mary  192 

Branham,  Mary   (Bramwell)   206,  213 
Branham,   Mary    ( Vawter) . .  .  198-201 

Branham,  Mary  Ufiford 209 

Branham,  Minnie  (Charles  H.)...2o8 
Branham,  Minnie   (William  Hick- 
man)     20Q 

Branham,  Nannie   208 

Branham,   Nellie    179 

Branham,   Oscar    206 

Branham,  Robert  180 

Branham,  Roger  Vawter   181 

Branham,  Roscoe  R 184 

Branham,  Russell  C 184 

Branham,  Sadie  179 

Branham,  Samantha  210 

Branham,   Sophronia    205 

Branham,  Sarah  Adaline   206 

Branham,  Scott 179.  184 

Branham,  Smith  Vawter 196 

Branham,  Spencer  Vance  184 

Branham,  Stella  (George  C.) 194 

Branham,  Stella    (Scott) 179 

Branham,  Thom>as  F 181 

Branham,  Thomas  Leon  181 

Branham,  Uriah   (George  W.)  ...  .182 

Branham,  Uriah  (John) 181,  182 

Branham,  Vera    .187 

Branham,  William  (David) 207 

Branham,  William   (Jesse  V.)....i79 


PAGE 

Branham,  William  (Hickman  (Me- 

linda))    208 

Branham,  William  (Hickman 

(Jane))   20S 

Branham,  William  (John) 179 

Branham,  William    (William) 179 

Branham,  William  Allan   205 

Branham,   William   Cummings.  . .  .  193 

Branham,  William  Hickman 207 

Branham,  William  Jennings 210 

Branham,  Zerelda  179 

Briggs,  Melissa  (Vawter) 380 

Briggs,  Roberta 380 

Briggs,  Victoria  381 

Brooks,  Artemus 116 

Brooks,  Aurora 116 

Brooks,  Daisy 183 

Brooks,  Gerald 1 16 

Brooks,  Mary  (Vanosdol) 116 

Brooks,  Matilda  (Branham) 183 

Brooks,  Orlando  Parks 183 

Brougher,  Lillian    (Cornelius)  ....  197 

Brown,  Cora  (Vawter) 131 

Brown,  Dorothy  M 325 

Brown,  Earl  Radford 325 

Brown,  Ida 185 

Brown,  Mary  (Branham) 185 

Brown,  Mary  Freda 186 

Brown,  Morton  185 

Brown,  Myrtle  M 325 

Brown,  Rosa  Blanche  (Hedges) . .  .325 

Brown,  Wilbur  Fee 131 

Brown,  William  H 185 

Burckhardt,  Frances   (Vawter), 

114,  115 

Burckhardt,  George 115 

Burckhardt,  John  Frederick 115 

Burckhardt,  Lulu  Christman 115 

Burckhardt,  Mamie 115 

Burckhardt,  Margaret  Pamelia. .  . .  115 

Burckhardt,  Mary  Elizabeth 115 

Burns,  Alice  (Branham) 181 

Burns,  Anna  Gertrude 98 

Burns,  Byron  Elliot 99 

Bums,  Charles 241 

Burns,  Charles  F 98 

Burns,  Charles  W 99 

Burns,  Danforth  loi 

Burns,  David  V 100,  lOi 

Burns,  Edith  loi 

Burns,  Edward 241 

Burns,  Ellen 241 

Burns,  Grace loi 

Burns,  Harrison 99 

Burns,  Hiram  D 180 

Burns,  James 98 

Bums,  Jasper 241 

Bums,  Jesse  V 98 


INDEX 


419 


PAGE 

Burns,  Joseph  Lee 98 

Burns,  Lee 99,  100 

Burns,  Livingston  S 100 

Bums,  Mack 241 

Burns.  Margaret 99 

Burns.  Maria  (Vawter) 96 

Burns,  Mary  Wise 241 

Burns,  Nellie loi 

Bums,  William  Conduit 99 

Burns.  William  Douglas iSi 

Burns,  William  V 98 

Burns,  Susan 241 

Calloway,  Juliette  (Branham) 210 

Calloway,  Marian 210 

Calloway,  Myrtle  Helen 210 

Campbell,  Emily  (Vawter) 65 

Campbell,  Gamette  Carolyn 67 

Campbell,  Gladys 67 

Campbell,  Glenn  Solon 67 

Campbell,  Hazel 66 

Campbell,  James  Burt 66 

Campbell,  Jane  (Foster) 189 

Campbell,  John 65 

Campbell,  John  D 67 

Campbell,  Joseph  Allan ...     66 

Campbell.  Kemper  Bramwell 67 

Campbell,  Mary  (Allan) 65 

Campbell,  Mary  (John) 65 

Campbell,  Smith  Vawter 65 

Campbell,  Solon  B 66 

Campbell,  Vernon  Otterman 66 

Garden,  Clara  May 291 

Garden,  Clarence  A 291 

Garden,  Corinne 290 

Garden,  Earl  290 

Garden,  Gertrude   290 

Garden,  Grace  201 

Garden,  Hansel  290 

Garden,  Hebren   290 

Garden,  James  290 

Garden,  James  Lewis 289 

Garden,  Jesse  291 

Garden,  John  H 290 

Garden,  Lee 291 

Garden,  Loto 290 

Garden,  Marguerite   290 

Garden,  Rollie  291 

Garden,  Ruth    290 

Garden,  Sarah  (Tutt)   289 

Carey,  Augusta  i,34 

Carey.  Elvira   (Vawter) 134 

Carey,  Lila    I34 

Carey,  Vivian  I34 

Carnegie,  May    (Ward) 252 

Carney,  Lizzie   (W^est)    358 

Carney,  Edward   358 

Carrell,  Genevieve   307 

Carrell,  Lake  E.   307 

Carson,  Edwinnie   I39 


PAGE 

Carson,  Ethel  Grace  139 

Carson,  Hazel   Lavone 139 

Carson,  Jennie   (Holsclaw) 139 

Carson,  Lizzie 139 

Catching,  Ben  H 347 

Catching,  J.  Reuben 347 

Catching,  Jesse  Franklin  347 

Catching,  Nira  (Smith) 347 

Catching,  Oliver  C 347 

Chaffin,  Gertrude  (Tidd) 240 

Chaille,  Ann    (Stribling) 229 

Chaille,  Bertha  Elizabeth 108 

Chaille,  D.  D 230 

Chaille,  Elmer  V 230 

Chaille,  Elmore  J 230 

Chaille,  Emerson  Wayland 234 

Chaille,  Emest  234 

Chaille,  Floyd   231 

Chaille,  Freda   234 

Chaille,  Grace 234 

Chaille,  Harold   L 234 

Chaille,  J.  H 230 

Chaille,  J.  Howard  231 

Chaille,  Jennie  Stott   108 

Chaille,  Jesse  V 234 

Chaille.  Jessie  Katrine 234 

Chaille,  John  C 234 

Chaille,  John  E 230 

Chaille,  Josiah  F 231 

Chaille,  Josiah  M 234 

Chaille.  Loyd 231 

Chaille,  M.  A 230 

Chaille,  May  Corinne 234 

Chaille,  Newton  T 230 

Chaille,  Oren  234 

Chaille,  Ravmond    234 

Chaille,  Ruth  Jane   234 

Chaille,  Sarah   (  Stribling) 233 

Chaille,  Thomas  D 234 

Chaille,  Tibit    230 

Chaille,  Uriah   234 

Chaille,  Vivian  230 

Chaille,  W.  W 230 

Chaille,  William  H.  (William  H.)  231 

Chaille,  William  Hickman   231 

Chaille,  William  T 234 

Childers,  Josephine  (Rossen) 232 

Church.  Alice  Crawford  342 

Clark,  Mattie    (Moody) 303 

Clarkson,  Albert  V 129 

Glarkson,  Bertha  May 129 

Clarkson,  Edith  Idella   129 

Clarkson.   Elizabeth    (  Vawter) 129 

Glarkson,  Elvin  Grant 129 

Clarkson,  Jesse  F 129 

Clarkson.  Thomas  Osborn 129 

Cobb,  George  O 206 

Cobb,  George  O.,  Jr 206 

Cobb,  Harold   206 


420 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Cobb,  Hazel  206 

Cobb,  John  M 206 

Cobb,  John  Malcomb 206 

Cobb,  Lulu  206 

Cobb,  Mary  (Branham)   205 

Cobb,  Pearl  206 

Cobb,  Raymond  206 

Cobb,  Samuel  H 206 

Cobb,  Samuel  H.,  Jr 206 

Coffey,  Cecil  Louise  195 

Coffey,  Josephine  195 

Coffey,  Jule  Hubert 195 

Coffey,  Nelle   (Branham)    195 

Coffey,  Thatcher  Howe  195 

Cole,  Fannie    (Vawter) 318 

Cole,  John  319 

Cole,  Mary  319 

Coleman,  Clayton  Carrell  309 

Coleman,  Dwight  Leonidas 309 

Coleman,  James  A 354 

Coleman,  Lucinda  354 

Coleman,  Mary  (Gatlin)    309 

Coleman,  Shirley  Vawter 309 

Coleman,  Thomas  354 

Conger,  Beulah    291 

Conger,  Guy   291 

Conger,  Ida    (Carden) 290 

Conger,  Lena    290 

Conger,  Martha  (Lewis)    35: 

Conger,  Vera    291 

Conover,  H.   D 344 

Conover,  O.  M 344 

Cook,  Anne  (Vawter) 383 

Cook,  Bertha   379 

Ccok,  Burleson 379 

Cook,  Clinton  379 

Cook,  Frederick    379 

Cook,  Gladys   (Foster) 189 

Cook,  Leyton  Leroy 380 

Cook,  Mary 379 

Cook,  Melissa  Tola  379 

Cook,  Nancy  (Vawter)  379 

Cook,  William  Peyton 380 

Cooke,  David  Vawter 369 

Cooke,  Martha  L.   (Vawter) 369 

Corbitt,  Annie  Mary 224 

Corbitt,  Alvin  Hawkins  224 

Corbitt,  Bates 229 

Corbitt,   Bessie 229 

Corbitt,  Bessie  Rewbine 224 

Corbitt,  Desmukes 229 

Corbitt,  Eddie  Smith 224 

Corbitt,  Emerine   (Stribling) 223 

Corbitt,  Emma 224 

Corbitt,  Flora  Elton 224 

Corbitt,  Gladys 224 

Corbitt,  Grace 229 

Corbitt,  Hessie  224 

Corbitt,  Jesse  Vawter 224 


PAGE 

Corbitt,  Jessie  Allen 224 

Corbitt,  Mollie   (Miller) 229 

Corbitt,  Nancy 224 

Corbitt,  Odia 229 

Corbitt,  Pleasant  Stribling 224 

Corbitt,  Reuben  E 224 

Corbitt,  Sadie  Pauline 224 

Corbitt,  Weldon  Plant 224 

Corbitt,  William  H 229 

Corbitt,  Wyley  Welch 224 

Cornelius,  Ernest  (Henry) 197 

Cornelius,  Ernest  (Harry) 197 

Cornelius,  Grace  Alice 197 

Cornelius,  Harry  B 197 

Cornelius,  Lucy  (Foster) 196 

Cornelius,  Marjorie 197 

Cornelius,  Rade 197 

Cornelius,  Royal 197 

Costigan,  Ellen  (Branham) 210 

Covert,  Edith   (Branham) 192 

Covert,  John  Stanley 193 

Crane,  Helen  Mary 212 

Crane,  Julia   (Robinson) 211 

Crawford,  Arthur 342 

Crawford,  B.  Vawter 346 

Crawford,  Beverly  V 341 

Crawford,   Clyde  Franklin 346 

Crawford,  Clyde  Piatt 342 

Crawford,  Cora  May 342 

Crawford,  Edwin  Manifred 343 

Crawford,  Elvin  J 343 

Crawford,  Elvin  J.,  Jr 343 

Crawford,  George 343 

Crawford,  Gertrude 342 

Crawford,  Goodwin 344 

Crawford,  Henry  Paschal 341 

Crawford,  J.  Spencer 342 

Crawford,  James  Vawter 346 

Crawford,  Janet  Content 342 

Crawford,  Jasper  Garfield 343 

Crawford,  Jasper  Vincent 3J.2 

Crawford,  Jasper  Vincent,  Jr 342 

Crawford,  Jesse  Dunlap 343 

Crawford,  Lewis  Guy 346 

Crawford,  Lucy  (Vawter)  .  . .  .336-338 

Crawford,  Margaret   342 

Crawford,  Orville  Franklin 343 

Crawford,  Otheo 344 

Crawford,  Otheo  Glenn 343 

Crawford,  Philemon  Vawter 

(James)    338-341 

Crawford,  Philemon  V.   (Jasper 

V.) 342 

Crawford,  Philemon  V.   (Henry).. 342 
Crawford,   Philemon  Vawter   (El- 
vin J.)   . 344 

Crawford,  Richard  F 342 

Crawford,  Robert 338 

Crawford,  Robert  Neal 343 


INDEX 


421 


PAGE 

Crawford,  Ulric  L 344 

Crawford,  Uleric  Zwingle 344 

Crawford.  Virginia  E 342 

Crawford,  William  Vawter 342 

Crawford,  William  Vawter,  Jr 342 

Crawford,  Zilpha  345 

Cronkhite.  Ida   (Hedges) 3^5 

Cronkhite,  Mary  E 325 

Crum,  Flora  M I34 

Crnm,  Jamie  A I34 

Crum.  Mary  (Vawter) 134 

Cull.  Sylvia  (Vawter) 318 

Curtis.  Lillian  231 

Daniels,  Kate    (Holland) 263 

Dalv.  Martha  (Branham) 194 

Davis,  Daniel 190 

Davis,  Edward  190 

Davis.  Elizabeth   (Branham) 190 

Davis.  James 190 

Davis,  John  190 

DeGarmo,  James  Ralph 310 

Denger.  Myrtle   (Hedges) 326 

Deupree,  Alva  William 170 

Dickson,  Allie 230 

Dickson,  Alonzo 230 

Dickson,  Edgar 230 

Dickson.  Elizabeth   (Chaille) 230 

Dixon,  Donald  Storey 62 

Dixon.  Dorothy 62 

Dixon,  Esther  Claire 62 

Dixon,  Kate  (Calloway) 210 

Dixon,  Kate  (Storey) 6r.  62 

Donlon,  Lillian   (Williamson) 301 

Doubt.  Eleanor  (Fruit) 277 

Doughtj',  Virginia  (Vawter) 317 

Draper,  Nannie  (Vawter) 334 

Duncan,   Emma   (Corbitt) 224 

Dunlap,  Elvin  Crawford 345 

Dunlap,  George  L 345 

Dunlap.  John  B 344 

Dunlap,  Lou  Bessie  Ella 345 

Dunlap,  Mary  (Crawford) 344 

Dunlap,  William  P 345 

Dunning,  Carrie 7° 

Dunning.  Earl  Raymond 70 

Dunning,  Luella  7° 

Dunning,  Mary  (Vawter) 70 

Dunning.  Tillie  Allan 70 

Eads,  Arthur 319 

Eads,  Clifford 319 

Eads.  Drucilla  (Vawter) 319 

Eads,  Edward 3^9 

Eads,  Harry 319 

Eads,  Lena 319 

Eads.  Mary   319 

Eads,  Robert 3^9 

Eads,  Sherley  31O 

Edwards,  Charles 221 

Edwards,  Edgar  Flavins 221 


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Edwards,  Flavins 221 

Edwards,  Frances  (  Stribling).220,  221 

Edwards,  Frank 221 

Edwards,  Gus  ^L^lcomb 221 

Edwards,  Hettie  J 221 

Edwards,  John  Malcomb 221 

Edwards,  ^lary  Zerelda 221 

Edwards,  William  T 221 

Edwards,  William  Thomas 221 

Eichelberger.  Elizabeth   (Vaughn)267 

Elder,  Emma  (Lewis) 366 

Enix,  Clara  M 326 

Enix,  Elmo 326 

Enix,  Lourena  (Hedges) 326 

Evans,  Elizabeth   (Hunter) 239 

Everson,  Cora  (Brown) 185 

Everson,  Howard 185 

Everson,  Lenore 185 

Farnier,  ^Matilda   (Vawter) 384 

Feagler,  Bessie  149 

Feagler,  Charles  Alfred 149 

Feagler,  Charles  A.  (James  W. )..I49 

Feagler,  Fannie  Fern 149 

Feagler,  Florence  Edith 149 

Feagler.  Fred  Willard 149 

Feagler,  James  William 148 

Feagler,  Marie i49 

Feagler,  Marie  Cordelia 148 

Feagler,  Mary   (Vawter) 148 

Feagler,  Merlin  Duncan 149 

Feagler,  Philemon  Edwin 149 

Feagler,  Roena  Kate 150 

Feagler,  Rose  Bonnel 149 

Feagler,  Vawter  John 149 

Felts,  Albert  Garland 302 

Felts.  Eben  Vick 302 

Felts,  Effie  Vick 302 

Felts,  Florence  (Williamson) 302 

Felts,  Garnett  Elbert 302 

Felts,  Herbert  Guy ,302 

Fenton,  Effie   (Crawford) 343 

Fenton,  Orin  343 

Fenton,  Ralph 343 

Fenton,  Theda 343 

Fergason.  Elizabeth   (Stribling)..  .221 

Fesler,  Esther 7i 

Fesler,  James  Leon 71 

Fesler,  Jennie  A 71 

Fesler,  Martha  (Obenshain) 71 

Fesler,  Susie  C 7i 

Fesler,  Timothy  C 71 

Fink,  Louisa   (Vawter) 369 

Firebaugh,  Alice  (Hedges) 325 

Firebaugh.  Harold 325 

Firebaugh,  Lee 325 

Firebaugh.  Lela 325 

Firebaugh,  Lois 325 

Firebaugh.  P.  T.  Norman 325 

Fisher.  Edna 334 


422 


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Fisher,  Mollie  (Vawter) 334 

Fitzhngh,  Carrell  C 308 

Fitzhugh,  Clarence  H 308 

Fitzhugh,  Edgar  J 308 

Fitzhugh,  Faye  Pearl 308 

Fitzhugh,  Gordon  D 308 

Fitzhugh,  Hallie 308 

Fitzhugh,  Harry  F 308 

Fitzhugh,  Kate    (Gatlin) 307 

Fitzhugh,  Mack  A 308 

Fitzhugh,  Roy  W 308 

Fleming,  Mary  (O'Conner) 183 

Ford,  Annie  Asilee 292 

Ford,  Corene 292 

Ford,  Delia  May 292 

Ford,  Lorene 292 

Ford,  Mary  Alice 292 

Ford,  Mary  (Whitaker) 292 

Ford,  Neppie  Virginia 292 

Ford,  Tripsley  D 292 

Ford,  William  Dudley 292 

Forester,  Alen  Fowler 223 

Forester,  Esrom  Boid 22}, 

Forester,  George  Monroe 223 

Forester,  Mary  (Fergason)..  .222,  222, 

Foster,  Arthur 189 

Foster,  Audrey 188 

Foster,  Frances 196 

Foster,  Gayle 189 

Foster,  George  R 197 

Foster,  Harold   188 

Foster.  Jane  ( Branham ) 196 

Foster,  John  A 1S9 

Foster,  Jonathan    18S 

Foster,  Leland 188 

Foster,  Leslie 189 

Foster,  Mary  (Branham) 187 

Foster,  Radie 188 

Foster,  Raymond 189 

Foster,  Watts  189 

Foster,  William  J 188 

Fowlkes,  Ella  (Malcomb) 226 

Fox,  Maggie  (Glover) 361 

Freeman,  Myrtie  (Mitchell) 297 

Freeman,  Thelma 297 

Freeman,  Willie  P 297 

Fruit,  Allen  Jefferson 277 

Fruit,  Bessie   2"/"] 

Fruit,  Edmund  Presley 2TJ 

Fruit,  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 2TJ 

Fruit,  Julian  Elliott 278 

Fruit,  Logan  Brown 277 

Fruit,  Rhoda  Elizabeth 277 

Fruit,  Walter  E 278 

Fuller,  Zilpha   (Little) 344 

Gatlin,  Charles  309 

Gatlin,  Faye 309 

Gatlin,  Jephtha  D 308 

Gatlin,  Lake  E 309 


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Gatlin,  Nancy  (Vawter) 304 

Gatlin,  Ross 309 

Gatlin,  Wayne 309 

George,  Emma  (Gatlin) 309 

George,  Max  B 309 

George,  Ollie  Vawter 309 

Gibbens,  Fred  A 309 

Gibbens,  James  D 309 

Gibbens,  Laura  lone 309 

Gibbens,  Margaret  (Gatlin) 309 

Gibbens,  Ray  R 309 

Gibbens.  Vawter  Morton 309 

Gill,  Lida  (Hedges) 327 

Gillan,  Augusta  (Hinman) 284 

Gillan,  Charles  Ross 284 

Gillan,  Edna  May 284 

Gillan,  Harrj'  Laurence 284 

Gillan,  Laura  Maud 284 

Gillan,  Lewis  Elbert 284 

Gillan,  Mabel  Augusta 284 

Gillan,  Margaret 285 

Gillan,  Mary  (Hinman) 284 

Gillan.  Nellie  Margaret 284 

Gillan,  Nina  May 284 

Gillan,  Richard  Hugh 284 

Gillan,  Ruth  Caroline 284 

Gillan,  Walter  Hinman 285 

Gillan,  Walter  Leigh 284 

Giltner,  Cordelia 355 

Giltner,  Charles  T 355 

Giltner,  Charlotte 355 

Giltner,  Elenorah 355 

Giltner,  Florence 355 

Giltner,  George 355 

Giltner,  Mea 355 

Giltner,  Sarah  (West) 355 

Giltner,  T.  H 355 

Giltner,  William  A 355 

Giovannoli,  Agnes  Price 265 

Giovannoli,  Annie  Mosley 265 

Giovannoli,  Charles  Leonard 264 

Giovannoli,  Harry   (Andrea) 264 

Giovannoli,  Harry  (Harry) 264 

Giovannoli,  Katherine  (Harris)  .  .  .263 

Giovannoli,  Louise  Katherine 265 

Giovannoli,  Olive  Mai]garet. .  .264,  265 

Giovannoli,  Robert  Kinnaird 264 

Gish,  Alice  (Garden) 289 

Gish,  Laura 289 

Gish,  Jacob 289 

Glover,  David  J 361 

Glover,  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 320 

Glover,  Elizabeth  (Vawter)..  .352-354 

Glover,  Elliott  V 361 

Glover,  James  361 

Glover,  Philemon 361 

Glover,  Samuel 361 

Glover,  William  361 

Good,  Donnel   187 


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Good,  Edgar 187 

Good,  Jessie 187 

Good,  Lillian 187 

Good,  ^laggie  187 

Good,  Mary  (Walden) 187 

Good,  Nora 187 

Goodson,  Addie 278 

Goodson,  Alice 278 

Goodson,  Harry 278 

Goodson,  Hattie 278 

Goodson,  Nancy  (Vawter) 278 

Goodson,  Orson 278 

Goodson,  Thomas 278 

Gordon,  Mary 179 

Gordon,  Mary  (Branham) 179 

Gordon,  Rosalie  (Vawter) 374 

Graham,  Eliza  M.   (Williamson) .  .300 

Graham,  Althea 300 

Graham,  Catherine  Eliza 301 

Graham,  Edwin  D 301 

Graham,  James  W 301 

Graham,  Joseph  Irwin 301 

Graham,  Prince  Alphonso 301 

Graham,  Robert  Lacy 300 

Graham,  Sarah  300 

Gray,  Bertha  (Vawter) 135 

Gray,  Charles  P 232 

Gray,  Ezra  William 135 

Gray,  Margaret  (Stribling) 232 

Greer,  Eliza   (Amos) 298 

Greer,  Mildred  J 298 

Gregg,  Esther  (Vawter) 262 

Gregg,  George  Vawter 262 

Gregg,  James  ^Madison 262 

Griffith,  Imogene  (Vawter) 314 

Grindell,  Claude 180 

Grindell,  George 180 

Grindell,  Ida  (Branham) 180 

Grindell,  Sophronia 180 

Grindell,  William 180 

Grinstead,  Anna  (Lewis) 351 

Grinstead,  Bertha  Edith 133 

Grinstead,  Carl  James 134 

Grinstead,  Claud  Ellsworth 133 

Grinstead,  Emma  Ethel 134 

Grinstead,  Esther 133 

Grinstead,  Fannie  Bell 133 

Grinstead,  Jesse  Edward 133 

Grinstead,  Lew  Emmerson 133 

Grinstead,  Marshall 351 

Grinstead,  Myrtle  Blanche 133 

Grinstead,  Nancy 351 

Grinstead,  Sarah   (Vawter) 133 

Grinstead  Vila  Gail 134 

Grinstead,  William  Wirt 351 

Gullet,  Alice 180 

Gullet,  Edward , 180 

Gullet,  Elberta  Louise 180 

Gullet,  Louisa  (Branham) 180 


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Gullet,  William  Fitch 180 

Gullet,  William  Lou 180 

Ha^an,  Ibba 378 

Hagan,  Virgil  Vawter 378 

Hagan,  Mar\'   (Vawter) 378 

Hall,  Arthur 360 

Hall,  E.  Roy 360 

Hall,  Emma   (West) 360 

Hall,  Blanche 360 

Ham,  Clarence  197 

Ham,  Eugene 197 

Ham,  Grace 197 

Ham,  Lora 197 

Ham.  Maud  (Cornelius) 197 

Hardin,  Ada  S S7i< 

Hardin,  Dewey  S 378 

Hardin,  Eva  A 378 

Hardin,  Irene  378 

Hardin,  Mintie   (Vawter) 378 

Hardin,  Nellie 378 

Hardin,  Ray 378 

Hardy,  Sarah  (Vawter) 164 

Harold,  Minnie   (Vawter) 334 

Harper,  Zulah    (Chaille) 231 

Harris,  Beverly  Humphreys 331 

Harris,  Charles 265 

Harris,  Edward  265 

Harris,  Edwin  Vawter 331 

Harris,  Elizabeth   (Vawter) 262 

Harris,  Ellen 265 

Harris,  George  H 262 

Harris,  Hettie  Vawter 331 

Harris,  Margaret  M 263 

Harris,  Martin  V 263 

Harris,  Mary  Louise 265 

Harris,  Rebecca   263 

Harris,  Richard  Perry 26:? 

Harris,  Sarah  (Vawter) 331 

Harris,  Sarah  Elizabeth 262 

Harris,  Thomas  Perry 263 

Harrison,  Nannie   (San ford) 227 

Harwood,  May  (Vawter) ...  .120,  121 

Hawkins,  Nancy  (Vawter) 7 

Hawley,  Ellen   (Goodson) 278 

Hayden,  Isaiah  319 

Hayden.  Nancy  (Vawter) 319 

Heath,  Adaline  (Vawter) 130 

Heath,  Bowen  C,  Jr 131 

Heath,  Fern 131 

Heath,  James  H 130 

Heath,  Ray 130 

Heath,  Ruth 131 

Heath,  Sarah  A 130 

Heath,  William  A 130 

Hedges,  Albion  Tourgee 327 

Hedges.  Arthur 325 

Hedges,  Ashba  V 327 

Hedges,  Ashba  V.,  Jr 327 

Hedges,  Bertram 325 


424 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Hedges,  Charles  E 2,2'1 

Hedges,  Charles  M 325 

Hedges,  Dora  A 325 

Hedges,  Effie  Grace 2)^7 

Hedges,  Eva  Luella z^l 

Hedges,  Fred  A 325 

Hedges,  Grace 325 

Hedges,  Herman  325 

Hedges,  John  M 327 

Hedges,  Levi   Marion 328 

Hedges,  Lora  O Z^l 

Hedges,  Mary  (Thaddeus) 325 

Hedges,  Mary  A.  (Vawter) 324 

Hedges,  Mary  Mildred 2,-1 

Hedges,  Mattie  D 325 

Hedges,  Melinda  S 327 

Hedges,  Mildred 325 

Hedges,  Perpecta  Marie 328 

Hedges,  Samantha   (  Vawter) 326 

Hedges,  Thaddeus  A 325 

Hedges,  Thelma  Alay 327 

Hedges,  Walter  G 328 

Hedges,  William  R ZV 

Heflin,  Abner 250 

Heflin,  Charles  250 

Heflin,  Effie 250 

Heflin,  Elizabeth  (Moncrief) 250 

Heflin,  Jasper  250 

Heflin,  John  Caleb 250 

Heflin,  Lilly 250 

Heflin,  Mary  J 250 

Heflin,  Wilford 250 

Heflin,  William  Jasper 250 

Henson,  Ed  290 

Henson,  Pearl 290 

Hilton,  Emma  (Obenshain) 71 

Hilton,  Fred  E 71 

Hinchman,  Lucy 253 

Hinman,  Eva  May 285 

Hinman,  Henry  Vawter 284 

Hinman,  Lucinda  (Vawter) 284 

Hinman,  Nina  Jane 285 

Hinman,  Richard  Franklin 285 

Hobart,  Julia  (Tripp) 203 

Hobson,  Eliza  (Smith) 300 

Hobson,  Ladie 300 

Hockmuth,  Ora  (Grinstead) 133 

Hodge,  Mary  (Tutt) 292 

Holland,  Amanda  (Harris) 262 

Holland,  Benjamin  B 263 

Holland,  Capitola  Elizabeth 263 

Holland,  Clara   263 

Holland,  Daniel  C 263 

Holland,  Francis  Arthur 263 

Holland,  James  E 263 

Holland,  Richard  L 263 

Holland,  Roberta  263 

Holmes,  Charles  H 295 

Holmes,  Dudley 298 


PAGE 

Holmes,  George  W 299 

Holmes,  Henry  B 298 

Holmes,  Henry  Clay 294 

Holmes,  Henry  Cornelius 294 

Holmes,  James  D 295 

Holmes,  Jephtha  Burnley 294 

Holmes,  John  Elliott 295 

Holmes,  John  P 294 

Holmes,  Lance  D 295 

Holmes,  Lether  C 295 

Holmes,  Lottie  B 295 

Holmes,  Lucinda   294 

Holmes,  Lucinda  (Vawter) 293 

Holmes,  Martha  F 294 

Holmes,  Mary  L 295 

Holmes,  Millie  A 295 

Holmes,  Nancy  C 294 

Holmes,  Nellie  1 295 

Holmes,  Presley  Dudley 297 

Holmes,  Riley  L 294 

Holmes,  William  E 295 

Holmes,  William  B 298 

Holmes,  William  H 295 

Holton,  Adda  130 

Holton,  Amelia  (Vawter) 130 

Holton,  Annie  J 130 

Holton,  Clyde  E 130 

Holton,  Elizabeth 130 

Holton,  Lelia  May 130 

Holton,  Meta 130 

Holsclaw,  Alma  139 

Holsclaw,  Almira  ( King) 138 

Holsclaw,  Blanche  Vernon 139 

Holsclaw,  Bertha  Alice 140 

Holsclaw,  Ezra  138,  139 

Holsclaw,  Gladys 139 

Holsclaw,  Hubert 139 

Holsclaw,  Jacob  Harrison 139 

Holsclaw,  Jessie 139 

Holsclaw,  Mary  Belle 139 

Holsclaw,  Ruth 139 

Holsclaw,  Smith 139 

Holsclaw,  William  E 139 

Hunter,  Eva  Jean 240 

Hunter,  James  Vincent 239 

Hunter,  Lucretia   (Wise) 239 

Hunter,  Mary  E 278 

Hunter,  Ollie  M 278 

Hunter,  Ophelia    (Vawter) 278 

Hutsell,  Alva 357 

Hutsell,  Amy  Leo 357 

Hutsell,  Emory  Edward 357 

Hutsell,  Eveline  (Payne) 357 

Hutsell,  Tressa  May 357 

Irwin,  Anna   (Vawter) 332 

Irwin,  Joseph 332 

Irwin,  Vawter  Oliver 2Z~ 

Isaacs,  Alfred  Abram 277 

Isaacs,  Nancy  (Fruit) 277 


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PAGE 

Isaacs,  Thomas  Edmund 277 

Isaacs,  Walter  Fruit 277 

Jackson,  Kate   (Bamett) 228 

Jackson,  Lucy  (Neblett) 222 

Jenkins,  Annie   (Walden) 186 

Jenkins,  Carrie  57 

Jenkins,  Fannie 186 

Jenkins,  Georgia  A 186 

Jenkins,  Hazel  Etta 186 

Jenkins,  Jennie   (Beechly) 57 

Jenkins,  Vawter 57 

Jenkins,  Virginia   57 

Johnson,  Grace   (Torbet) 253 

Johnson,  Jennie  (Vawter) 332 

Jones,  A.  Foster 189 

Jones,  Emma 365 

Jones,  Francis  Vawter 342 

Jones,  Gayle  A 189 

Jones,  Gladys  O 189 

Jones,  Harry 365 

Jones,  Harry  Allen 306 

Jones,  Isabelle  A 189 

Jones,  Lizzie  365 

Jones,  M.  Pearle 189 

Jones,  Mabel  365 

Jones,  Mary 365 

Jones,  Mattie  (Foster) 189 

Jones,  Maud  (Crawford) 342 

Jones,  Merril 365 

Jones,  Melnotte  B 189 

Jones,  N.  Augusta 189 

Jones,  Olive 188 

Jones,  Royal  C 189 

Jones,  Virginia  (Gatlin) 305 

Joyce,  Hettie  (Vawter) 331 

Joyce,  Maurice  Humphreys 331 

Kanoff,  Ethel  F 305 

Kanoff,  George  W 305 

Kanoff,  Grace  (Allen) 305 

Kanoff,  Harold  F 305 

Kanoff,  Hazel  Hester 305 

Kanoff,  J.  Wilson 305 

Kanoff,  John  Homer 305 

Kendall,  Mary  (Sheehan) 265 

Kenny,  Edith  (Stott) 108 

Kerr,  Arleigh  Robert 169 

Kerr,  Effie   (Vawter) 169 

Kerr,  Mary  (Vawter) 383 

Kerr,  Rees  Vawter 169 

Kerr,  Stanley 169 

Kessick,  Emma 241 

Kessick,  Julia  241 

Kessick,  Matthew 241 

Kessick,  Mollie 241 

Kessick,  Patsy  (Wise) 241 

Kessick,  Prudence 241 

Kimball,  Alicia 343 

Kimball,  Clark  343 

Kimball,  Duane 343 


I'AUE 


Kimball,  Mary  L.    (Crawford)..  .  .343 

King,  Addie  A 356 

King,  Alzora 140 

King,  Edna  Hazel 140 

King,  Ezra 140 

King,  Frances  (Vawter) 137,  138 

King,  George  Elvin 140 

King,  Grace  (Feagler) 149 

King,  Hazel   (Mitchell) 246 

King,  Helen  Grace 149 

King,  James  B 356 

King,  Lula  Ellis 140 

King,  Mildred  Rose 149 

King,  Mollie  (West) 356 

King,  Robert  Feagler 149 

King,  Russell  Aubrey 149 

King,  William  V 140 

Kincart,  Lillie  (Hefiin) 250 

Kingsley,  Jennie  (Wise) 240 

Kirk,  Mary   (Garden) 290 

Kittle,  Annie   (Moncrief) 254 

Kyle,  Katherine  (Vawter) 246 

Kyle,  Ralph  V 246 

Larkins,  Grace  (Storey) 63 

Larkins,  Storey 63 

Laswell,  Jesse  Pearl  (Vawter) ....  135 

Laswell,  Millie  Myree 135 

Laswell,  Minerva  May 135 

Lattimore,  Emma  (Storey) 64 

Leavitt,  Charles  Dunn 120 

Leavitt,  Florence  Mary 120 

Leavitt,  Ellen  (Vawter) 120 

Lee,  Fannie  (Vawter) 170 

Lee,  Fanny  Jane 170 

Lewis,  Amanda   (Vawter) 365 

Lewis,  Annie  Ethel 346 

Lewis,  Annie  L 366 

Lewis,  Charles 351 

Lewis,  David 350 

Lewis,  Edwin  351 

Lewis,  Eunice  Viola 346 

Lewis,  Floyd  Lindsay 346 

Lewis,  Francis  Crawford 345 

Lewis,  Francis  0 351 

Lewis,  Henry   365 

Lewis,  Josie  Mary 346 

Lewis,  Lester  Ambrose 346 

Lewis,  Lila  Catherine 346 

Lewis,  Louisa  (Crawford) 345 

Lewis,  Nancy  (Vawter) 350 

Lewis,  Nina  E 351 

Lewis,  Oran  Wright 346 

Lewis,  Pauline   351 

Lewis,  Ralph  Everett 346 

Lewis.  Rilla  Ainslee 346 

Lewis,  Sarah  E 366 

Little.  Margaret   (Crawford) 344 

Loomis,  George  D 104 

Loomis,  Grace  B 104 


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Loomis,  Sallie  (Bums) 103,  104 

Long,  Carrie  (Robinson) 212 

Long,  George  S.,  Jr 212 

Long,  Helen 212 

Long,  Margaret  R 212 

Lukenbill,  Kenneth   247 

Lukenbill.  Virginia   (Read) 247 

Luther,  Anice  297 

Luther,  Charley  Lucille 297 

Luther,  Horace 296 

Luther,  Mattie   (Mitchell) 296 

Luther,  Mitchell    297 

Luther,  Myrtie  Bernice 297 

Luther,  .Raymond 296 

Luther,  Shirley 296 

Malcomb,  Alnieda  (Stribling) 225 

Malcomb,  Dixie 226 

Malcomb,  Edith  226 

Malcomb,   Gertrude 226 

Malcomb,  Hattie  C 226 

Malcomb,  Howard  Ford 226 

Malcomb,  Hubert  A 226 

Malcomb,  John  Levin 226 

Malcomb,  John  Lilbern 226 

Malcomb,  Mary 226 

Malcomb,  Robert  F 226 

Malcomb,  Ronald 226 

Malcomb,  Samuel  Guy 226 

Marsh,  Mariema  (Foster) 197 

Marsh,  Sarah I97 

Marshall,  Carrie 239 

Marshall,  Charles 239 

Marshall,  Esther  Lee 364 

Marshall,  Frank 239 

Marshall,  Frank  (Frank) 239 

Marshall,  George  239 

Marshall,  Hennie  De 364 

Marshall,  Jessie  ( Walden) 187 

Marshall,  Julia  Ferrel 364 

Marshall,  Julia  (Wise) 238 

Marshall,  Mary  A.  (Sterrett) 364 

Marshall,  Mattie  B 364 

Marshall,  Nellie  239 

Martin,  Belle  (Wise) 240 

Martin,  David  Alexander 240 

Martin,  Esther  Storey 240 

Martin,  Helen  Ruth 240 

Martin,  Lucy  Neal 240 

McCann,  Ida  Lewis 366 

McCann,  Ethel  366 

McCann,  James  W 366 

McAllister,  Arnice  Lee 297 

McAllister,  Dommie    (Mitchell)..  .297 

McAllister,  Gladys  Love 297 

McAllister,  Mattie  Aleen 297 

McAllister,  William  Macon 297 

McCauley,  Frank  D 202 

McCauley,  Lydia  (Stribling) 225 

McCauley,  Marge 225 


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McCauley,  Mary  L 225 

McCauley,   Pearle   202 

McCauley,  Vida  (Webb) 202 

McColley,  Carrie  187 

McColley,  Elizabeth  (Walden).. ..  187 

McColley,  James   187 

McColley,  Walter 187 

McColley,  William   187 

McColm,  George  Elmer 285 

McColm,  Louisa  Ellen  (Vawter)..285 

McColm,  Viola  Olivia 285 

McDaniels,  James   266 

McDaniels,  Melita   (Vavvter) 266 

McDonald,  Alice  (Payne) 356 

McDonald,  Clarence  R 357 

McDonald,  Elma  Pearl 357 

McDonald,  George  E 357 

McDonald,  Ira  William 356 

McDonald,  Lottie  J 357 

McDonald,  Mamie  Catherine 357 

McDonald,  Myrtie  Maud 356 

Mclntyre,  Ida  (\Vest) 355 

McKey,  Indiana   (Glover) 361 

McNew,  Clara  Alice  (O'Conner)  .182 

McNew,  Etta  N 183 

McNew,  Norma  E 183 

McNew,  Oscar  183 

McNew,  Wilber  E 183 

McNew,  Zuma  F 183 

McKnight,  Mrs 187 

Mays,  John  Ann  (Clark) 223 

Maynor,  Tommie  E.   (Tutt) 293 

Mead,  Carl  Owen 287 

Mead,  Elsie  May 287 

Mead.  Harriet   (Vawter) 287 

Mead,  Jephtha  Dudley 287 

Mead,  Nina  Modised 287 

Mead,  Mina  Myrtle 287 

Michels,  Mary  (Vawter) 314 

Miller,  Clayborn 230 

Miller,  Elese  230 

Miller,  Elphia  230 

Miller,  Gertrude  230 

Miller,  Indiana  R.    (Vawter) 134 

Miller,   Irvin I34 

Miller,  Jesse   230 

Miller,  Matthew  A 229 

Miller,  Murvel    230 

Miller,  Sarah 230 

Miller,  Sarah  (Chaille)  229 

Miller,  Vance   134 

Millican,  Jean   239 

Millican,  Mary   239 

Millican,  Nadine    239 

Millican,  Virginia   (Marshall)   239 

Milliken,  Robert    (Vawter) 331 

Milliken,  Rhoda  Jamieson    331 

Mitchell,  Charles  245 

Mitchell,  Eddie  Lee   296 


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4^7 


PAGE 


Mitchell,  Henry  H 296 

Mitchell,  Henr>'  P 296 

Mitchell,  Herbert  S 296 

Mitchell,  Ida   (Vawter) 245 

Mitchell,  John  Leroy 297 

Mitchell,  Lorine   296 

Mitchell,  Marie 296 

Mitchell,  Marjorie  246 

Mitchell,  Alinnie  Lee 296 

IMitchell,  Mollie   Bell 297 

Mitchell,  Myrtie  May 296 

Mitchell,  Nannie   Aleen 296 

Mitchell,  Robert  A 296 

IMitchell,  Sallie    (Fergason) 222 

Mitchell,  Uriah  C 222 

Mitchell.  Walter 245 

Mitchell,  William   Allie 296 

]\Iitchell,  William  M 296 

Mitchell,  V.'illiam  T 222 

Moncrief,  Agnes  Wilbur 253 

Moncrief,  Ann    (Vawter)  .  . .  .248,  249 

IMoncrief,  Annie  Evelyn 251 

Moncrief,  Benjamin  J 251 

jMoncrief,  Caleb   106 

Moncrief,  Charles  E 251 

Moncrief,  Daisy 251 

IMoncrief,  Earl    251 

IMoncrief,  Jennie    106 

Moncrief,  Jesse 250 

Moncrief,  Martha    (Stott) 106 

IMoncrief,  Ray 251 

IMoncrief,  William 251 

Moncrief,  William   Robert 251 

Montgomerj-,  Alvin  252 

Montgomery,  Carrie   252 

Montgomery,  Emma   (Ward) 252 

Montgomery,  Eva   252 

Montgomery,  Mantie    252 

Moody,  Annie  Gray 304 

Moody,  Annie  Gray   (James) 303 

Moody,  Daniel  C ,304 

IMoody,  James  S 303 

Moody,  Mollie    (Smith) 303 

Moody,  Mollie  C 304 

Moodey,  Ira  'SI 132 

Moodey,  Mabel  132 

IMoodey,  Maud   (Vawter) 132 

Moodey,  Sivlia  V 132 

IMoodey,  Velma  E 132 

Moore,  Mary   (Vawter) 124 

Morgan,  Jane   (Chaille) 235 

Morrisett,  Allie   (Bamett) 228 

Morrisett,  Alma 228 

Morrisett,  Gladvs  Marguerite 228 

Morrisett.  Virgil    228 

IMosley,  Frances   (Vawter) 266 

Mosley,  Annie 266 

Mullen,  Aureana  (Truesdell) 328 

Mullen,  Herbert   Orin 328 

Mullen,  John  Shea 328 


Mullen,  Louise 328 

Mullen,  Maud  M 328 

Mullis,  Sarah  (Heflin)    250 

Neblett,  Edna   222 

Neblett,  J.  M 222 

Neblett,  Mary 222 

Neblett,  Nannie  Lillian 222 

Neel,  Eva    (Branham) 185 

Neel,  Inez    185 

Negley,  Bertie   (Sanford) 227 

I\  egley,  Carl    227 

Negley,  Mai 227 

Nelson,  Rade  (Marsh) 197 

Netherland,  John  Ray 316 

Netherland,  Harriet   Virginia 317 

Netherland,  Josephine   317 

Newell,   Florence    (Glover) 361 

Newland,  George  Ballard 102 

Newland,  James  Edwin 102 

Newland,  Jesse   Guy 102 

Newland,  Mary   (Bums) lOi 

Newland,  Ralph  Guy 102 

Newland,  Robert  Nelson 102 

Newman,  Harold   Anson 286 

Newman,  Sarah   (Vawter) 286 

Nichols.  Adaline  (Vawter) 319 

Noble,  Louisa   (Vawter) 369 

Noble,  John   Vawter 369 

Noble,  Julian   Bennett .369 

Norris,  Carrie    (Vawter) 244 

Norris,  Frederick  De  Witt 244 

Norris,  Helen   Louise 244 

Norris,  Mabel   Vawter 244 

Norris,  Philip   Endicott 244 

Obenshain,  Carrie   71 

Obenshain,  Frank  Allan 71 

Obenshain,  John  W 71 

Obenshain,  Mary   (Vawter) 70 

Obenshain,  Smith    71 

O'Conner,  Chester  C 183 

O'Conner,  Elizabeth   (Branham)  ..  182 

O'Conner,  Florence  Jane 183 

O'Conner,  Hickman  D 183 

O'Conner,  Jesse    Branham 182 

O'Conner,  Lenora  Etha 182 

O'Conner,  Oral  Ami 182 

O'Conner,  Orlando  Parks 182 

O'Conner,  Solon   B 182 

O'Conner,  Wilber  S 183 

O'Conner,  William  A 183 

Ogden,  Mary    (Catching) 347 

Osrden,  Viola   Lucreta 347 

Oliver,  Adolphus  294 

Oliver.  Henry   294 

Oliver,  Ira   204 

Oliver,  Mabel    204 

Oliver,  Mary   (Holmes) 204 

Oliver,  Wendell   294 

Orr,  Lettie   (Marsh) I97 

Owen,  Louise   2.30 


428 


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Owen,  Maud  (Chaille) 230 

Palmer,  Helen    (Wise) 239 

Palmer,  Judson  M 227 

Palmer,  Laura 240 

Palmer,  May 240 

Palmer,  Sadie    Hester 227 

Palmer,  Samuel  E.,  Jr 239 

Palmer,  Smith    240 

Palmer,  Thomas 239 

Palmer,  William  D 240 

Palmore,  Earl  378 

Palm.ore,  Julia  ( Vawter) 378 

Palmore,  Kate 378 

Palmore,  Mae 378 

Palmore,  Trueman    378 

Parker,  Cyril    Rodney 107 

Parker.  Grace    (  Stott ) 107 

Patzold,  Ida   (Bums) loi 

Payne,  Amy  May 357 

Payne,  Catherine  (West) 356 

Payne,  Edward  Melton 357 

Payne,  Eva  Lena 357 

Payne,  Frank  J 357 

Payne,  Goldie  F 357 

Payne,  Mary  Catherine 357 

Peck,  Clara  Virginia   (Vawter)  .  .  .384 

Pence,  Clara    (Vawter) 55 

Pence,  LaFayette   (Vawter) 55 

Perrigo,  Bertha  Winifred 116 

Perrigo,  Floyd    116 

Perrigo.  Sarah  (Vanosdol) 116 

Perry,  Amy   (Vawter) 283 

Perry,  Junia 283 

Perry.  Wayland   283 

Perkinson,  Goldie    (Vawter) 318 

Perkinson,  Pauline   318 

Philliber,  Clara  B 132 

Philliber,  Ira   Grace 132 

Philliber,  Margaret    (Vawter) 131 

Philliber,  Mary  E 132 

Philliber,  Oral   Floyd 132 

Philliber,  Orville  L 132 

Philliber,  Otto 132 

Philliber,  Perry  H 132 

Philliber,  Raymond  L 132 

Pickard,  Anna   Fern 308 

Pickard,  Grace  Myrtle 308 

Pickard,  Sina   (Gatlin) 308 

Pickett,  Addie  Belle   (Branham)..  185 

Pickett.  Glenn 185 

Pickett,  Hazel 185 

Pickett,  Mattie   (Branham) 185 

Pierce,  Elinor  Shirley 307 

Pierce,  Marian   307 

Pierce,  Myrtle  (Carrell) 306 

Plant,  Kathleen    228 

Plant,  Ralph  Barnett .228 

Plant,  Rex   Malcomb 228 

Plant,  Stella  (Barnett) 228 


PAGE 

Pool,  Clara   (  Clarkson ) 129 

Porter,  Charles 206 

Porter,  Cynthia    (Cobb) 205,  206 

Porter,  Edward   206 

Porter,  Marion  206 

Porth,  Elma  May   (Crawford)..  .  .344 

Forth,  Wilma  344 

Pritchard,  Harry  Lee 298 

Pritchard.  Lula    (Holmes) 298 

Pritchard,  William  R 298 

Ratcliffe,   Emma    (Vawter) 374 

Rea,  Kennedy  F 196 

Rea,  Sarah    (Foster) 196 

Read,  Achilles 247 

Read,  Alice   58 

Read,  Bert  58 

Read,  Catherine    (Vawter) 246 

Read,  Clark  B 247 

Read,  Edgar  F 247 

Read,  Fabricius    246 

Read,  James  H 247 

Read,  Joseph  S 247 

Read,  Marcellus  247 

Read,  Mattie  247 

Read,  Pleasant   247 

Read,  Samuel    247 

Read,  Sarah    (Vawter) 57 

Read,  Smith  H 58 

Read,  William 247 

Reamer,  Roscoe  58 

Reamer,  Virginia  K 58 

Reamer,  Virginia   (Read) 57 

Redden,  Annie  (Holmes) 298 

Redden,  Freeman 298 

Redden,  Jessie 298 

Reeves,  Nancy   (Fergason) 223 

Reynolds,  Margaret  (Vawter)  378,  379 

Rice,  Allen  290 

Rice,  Crawford 290 

Rice,  May    (Garden) 290 

Rice,  OIlie  James 290 

Rice,  Sarah   290 

Rice,  William  Henry 290 

Riggs,  Albert  R 315 

Riggs,  Ariel  1 316 

Rip-fs,  Charles   Edmund 315 

Riggs,  Charles  Russell 316 

Riggs,  Edwin  T 315 

Riggs,  Elizabeth  Viola  May 315 

Riggs,  Emmett  V 316 

Riggs,  Flora   Lee 315 

Rii?gs,  George  A 315 

Riggs,  George  W 315 

Riggs,  Ida  May 315 

Riggs,  Jane    Elizabeth 315 

Riggs,  John   Thomas 315 

Riggs,  Julia   (Vawter) 315 

Riggs,  Julia  Catherine 315 

Riggs,  Julia  L 316 


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Kiggs,  Richard  J 316 

Rinehart,  Hattie  (Dunlap) 345 

Ritchie,  Arthur 251 

Ritchie,  Charles   251 

Ritchie,  Esther 251 

Ritchie,  Everett    251 

Ritchie,  Ruth 251 

Ritchie,  Sarah   (Amsden) 251 

Roberts,  Catherine   (Rossen) 251 

Robertson,  Marj'  ( Vawter) 386 

Robinson,  Alfred  Edward 212 

Robinson,  Anna  Julia 212 

Robinson,  Arthur 283 

Robinson,  Earl   283 

Robinson,  Edward  Linsfield 212 

Robinson,  Ellen    (Vawter) 283 

Robinson,  Emma    (Brown) 185 

Robinson,  Emma   Nettie 212 

Robinson,  Frederick  Edward 212 

Robinson,  Leonard    283 

Robinson,  Mary  Anna 212 

Robinson,  Mary  Louisa 212 

Robinson,  Mary   (Branham) 211 

Robinson,  Mary    Rebecca 211 

Robinson,  Walter  Scott 212 

Robinson,  William  Hickman 211 

Rodange,  Louisa    (Branham) iSr 

Rodange,  Marguerite  Louise 181 

Rogers,  Elizabeth    (Wise) 241 

Rogers,  Jesse 241 

Rogers,  Matthew  241 

Rokobrant,  Alice  E.   (Vawter)  ....  165 

Rokobrant,  George   Carl 165 

Rokobrant,  Myrtle  Olive 165 

Rossen,  Amanda   (Stribling) 232 

Rossen,  John  22,2 

Rossen,  Julia   (Moncrief) 250 

Rossen,  Richard" 250 

Rossman,  Arnold  J 102 

Rossman,  Cora  Alice 102 

Rossman,  Elvie  Elizabeth 102 

Rossman,  Eva  Grace 102 

Rossman,  Jennie   (Bayley) 102 

Rossman,  Nellie  Viola 102 

Routh,  Clifford  282 

Routh,  Evan  B 282 

Routh,  Florence  (Vawter) 282 

Rowan,  Carrie  (Vawter) 58 

Rowan,  Vawter    59 

Rutherford,  Emma    318 

Rutherford,  Ernest   318 

Rutherford,  Harry 318 

Rutherford,  Howard 318 

Rutherford,  Katherine  318 

Rutherford,  Mary    (Vawter) 318 

Rutherford,  Roy    318 

Ryan,  Emma    (Branham) 208 

Ryan,  Harry   208 

Ryan,  Robert 208 


429 


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Sanborn,  Emma    (Branham) 193 

Sanborn,  Fred  Roi 193 

Sanborn,  Lsaac   Basil 193 

Sanborn,  Joseph    Warren 193 

Sanborn,   Perita   193 

Sanborn,  Thor  Warren 193 

Sanford,  Charles   Vawter 227 

vSanford,  Gussie   227 

Sanford,  Junius    Palmer 228 

Sanford,  Lydia  Hester  (Stribling)  226 

Seaman,  Bertha  (Waldcn) 186 

Settle,  Josephine   (Vawter) 379 

Settle,  Margaret  Berneice ^y^ 

Shanklin,  Jennie   (Vawter) 383 

Shaw,  Cora   (Smith) 60 

Shawancy,  Julia  (Heflin) 250 

Sheehan,  Annie  Agnes 266 

Sheehan,  Annie   (Harris) 265 

Sheehan,  Eugene  Andrew 266 

Sheehan,  George   Curry 266 

Sheehan,  John    Edward 266 

Sheehan,  Joseph  Daniel 265 

Sheehan,  Mary  Elizabeth 265 

Sheehan,  Martin    Thomas 266 

Sheets,  Elizabeth   (Vawter) 160 

Sheets,  Emma  A 160 

Sheets,  Narcissa  F 160 

Shelton,  Alpha   (Vawter) 7 

Snelton,  Smedley 7 

Shepherd,  Ethel  (Wagner) 129 

Shepherd,  Ralph    129 

Shields,  David  G 345 

Shields,  Hattie  Lauretta 345 

Shields,  Lottie   (Dunlap) 345 

Shig,  Amanda  (Vaughn) 267 

Shig,  Katie    267 

Shig,  Richard   267 

Shinold,  Alvaretta    (Vawter) 134 

Shinold,  Arthur  E 134 

Shinold,  Matilda  A 134 

Shoff,  Mabel    (Fuller) 344 

Simpson,  Josephine   Ellen 286 

Simpson,  Martha  C.  (Vawter)  .  . .  .285 

Simpson,  Vernon    Oak 286 

Sims,  Ada    (Smith) 302 

Sims,  Hugh  Graeme 302 

Sims,  Richard   Raymond 302 

Sites,  Edna  (Burns) loi 

Smartz,  Bessie  Ruth 150 

Smartz,  Everett   Marion 150 

Smartz,  Katie    Frances 150 

Smartz,  Margaret  Fay 1 50 

Smartz,  Mary  Elizabeth 150 

Smartz,  May    (Feagler) 149 

Smartz,  Robert   George 150 

Smartz,  Wilhelmina  H 150 

Smith,  Alfred  W 347 

Smith,  Alma  60 

Smith,  Anna  Rachel 348 


430 


INDEX 


Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 
Smith 


PAGE 

Annie    (Vawter) 261 

Archibald 301 

Basil  Duke 303 

Burnley  Duke 302 

Catherine    (Vawter) 300 

Charles   S 303 

Elliott  Minor 303 

Elmer   60 

Emma   60 

George   Keland 303 

George  L 347 

George  Robert 347 

Grayce  188 

Ida  (Vawter) 376 

James  Crawford 347 

Jennievee  376 

Jesse  R 347 

Jesse  Vawter 347 

John  Allen 347 

John  H 347 


PAGE 


John 
Julia 
L.  E. 


.302 


(Burns) 241 

303 

Lillian  (Vawter) 74 

Louisa  H 347 

Martha  Jane  (Storey) 60 

Mary  Catherine 3*^3 

Mary    (Foster) 188 

Mary   (Hedges) 327 

Mary    (Vawter) 56 

Mattie    Emmett 303 

Melita  F 261 

Milton  V 56,  57 

Nancy    (Vawter) 261 

Nannie   (Hunter) 239 

Nira  E 347 

Olive  L   (Vawter) 284 

Rachel    ( Crawford ) .  . .  346-349 

Rebecca    (Crawford) 346 

Richard  Ricks 303 

Roy    60 

Sarah  261 

Spottswood  G 303 

Thomas   Allan 74 

Thomas  Benton 347 

Thomas  B.,  Jr 347 

Viola  C 347 

Vivian  Minor 3^3 

Walter 60 

Wanda    301 

William   Franklin 347 

Snell,  Olive    (Grinstead) 133 

Snyder,  Blanche    (Battey) 308 

Snyder,  Floyd  T 308 

Snyder,  Waldo  A 308 

Soward,  Gladys    189 

Soward,  Lucy  (Foster) 189 

Soward,  Ross   189 

Soward,  Winnie  189 


Speare,  Mabel  (Lattimore) 64 

Sprague,  Daisy  Belle  (Read) 58 

Spriggs,  Riley    250 

Spriggs,  Scott  250 

Staggs,  Frances  ( Vanosdol) 116 

Stahl,  Effie   (Stout) 287 

Stapp,  Anna  C.  (Robinson) 211 

Stapp,  Ely   9 

Stapp,  Florence    211 

Stapp,  Mary    211 

Stapp,  Milton    9 

Stapp,  William   211 

Starks,  Benjamin  Earl 301 

Starks,  Florence  Althea 302 

Starks,  Frank  William 301 

Starks,  James  Lee 302 

Starks,  Mary    (Williamson) 301 

Starks,  Millicent   Laverne 302 

Starks,  Myrtle  Lucile 301 

Stellhorn,  Ethel 185 

Stellhom,  Jennie    (Brown) 185 

Stennett,  Arta    (Lewis) 345 

Stennett,  Claud  Atherton 345 

Stennett,  Vera   Camille 345 

Sterrett,  Carrie   Belle 365 

Sterrett,  Davie    Lewise 365 

Sterrett,  Etta  Roberta 365 

Sterrett,  Mead   Dowel 365 

Sterrett,  Robert  A 365 

Sterrett,  Sarah  J.   (Vawter) 364 

Stewart,  Virginia   (Tutt) 292 

Stitt,  Curte  C 224 

Stitt,  Ford  G 224 

Stitt,  Nellie  224 

Stitt,  Nellie    ( Corbitt ) 224 

Stitt,  Samuel   224 

Storey,  Blanche    62 

Storey,  Charles  61 

Storey,  Cora  V 61 

Storey,  David  62 

Storey,  Elizabeth  63 

Storey,  Emily  61 

Storey,  Ezra    61 

Storey,  Frances  C 64 

Storey,  Frank 61 

Storey,  George  W 64 

Storey,  Guy 63 

Storey,  James  Marshall 62,  63 

Storey,  Jane  (Vawter) 59,  60 

Storey,  John  T 63 

Storey,  John  V 60,  61 

Storey,  John  V.   (George  W.)....  64 

Storey,  Mabel   Emma 64 

Storey,  Margaret  H 64 

Storey,  Martha    (Wise) 61,  239 

Storey,  Oscar  Sears 63 

Storey,  Ralph  G 64 

Storey,  Riley    Clark 63,  64 

Storey,  Smith   William 61,  62 


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Storey,  Smith  William,  Jr 62 

Storey,  Smith     William      C George 

W.)    64 

Storey,  Thomas  Andrew 64 

Storey,  Thomas  Henry 62 

Storey,  William    David 61 

Stott,  Cyril  H 108 

Stott,  Elizabeth  (Vawter)    ...104,  105 

Stott.  Mary  F 108 

Stott,  Roscoe  G 108 

Stott,  Wilfred  T 107 

Stott,  William  T 106,  107 

Stott,  Vawter   105 

Stout,  Herbert   Oscar 287 

Stout,  Laura    Mabel 287 

Stout,  Sabrina    (Vawter) 287 

__Stribling,  Annie    Russell 228 

Stribling,  Charles   Morehead 228 

Stribling,  Ernest   Gilderoy 229 

Stribling,  Frederick   Slaton 225 

Stribling,  Harry  Leo 225 

Stribling,  Jesse   Vawter 224 

Stribling,  John   225 

Stribling,  John    Malcomb 225 

Stribling,  RLiry 226 

Stribling,  Milton   S 232 

Stribling,  Newton  W 232 

Stribling,  Pleasant 223 

Stribling,  Sallie  Ann 225 

Stribling,  Sarah   (Vawter)   ...215-220 

Stribling,  Silas  233 

Stribling,  Thomas   Tibbett 225 

Stribling,  Uriah   233 

Stribling,  William  L 229 

Stribling,  William  Morehead 225 

Stricklett,  Alverda    (Truesdell)  . .  .328 

Stricklett,  Earl   Rea ^^^28 

Stricklett,  Shubert    328 

Sweeny,  Sarah  J.    (Vawter) 384 

Swiney,  Mary   (Hayden) 319 

Svmpson,  Amanda    (Vawter) 378 

Svmpson,  Electa 378 

Sympson,  Ingram 378 

Sympson,  Jenievee 378 

Tanksley,  Albert    117 

Tanksley,  Charles  W 117 

Tanksley,  Henry  F 117 

Tanksley,  James  M 117 

Tanksley,  Louisa    (Vawter) 117 

Tanksley,  Minnie  117 

Tanksley,  Samuel    117 

Tanksley.  Thomas   Oliver 117 

Tatom,  Barteels    223 

Tatom,  Cecilia    223 

Tatom,  Jennie    (Neblett) 222 

Tatom,  Kate   Eugene 223 

Taylor,  Charles    133 

Taylor,  Deny 133 

Taylor,  Ella   (Grinstead) 133 


431 


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Taylor,  Frank 133 

Taylor,  Harold 133 

Taylor,  Jessie   (Sanford) 227 

Taylor,  Mabel 133 

Taylor,  Myrtle   133 

Taylor,  Olive 133 

Telford,  Leila    (Branham ) 208 

Thompson,  Naomi   (Gregg) 262 

Thompson,  Frank  Vawter   262 

Thrallkill,   Polly   (Vawter) 244 

Tidd,  Edith   240 

Tidd,  Florence    (Wise) 240 

Tiffany,  Maria    (Lewis) 351 

Tillotson,  Flora  E 326 

Tillotson,  L.  B.  Arden 326 

Tillotson,  Minnie    (Hedges) 326 

Tingle,  Elizabeth  Vawter 264 

Tingle,  Harry  Giovannoli 264 

Tingle,  Mary   (Giovannoli) 264 

Tingle.  Leonard  G 264 

Tompkins,  Josephine   (Vawter) ..  .386 

Torbet,  Mary    (Moncrief) 253 

Trick,  Emma   (Moncrief) 106 

Tripp,  Frank 203 

Tripp,  Mary   (Webb) 203 

Truesdell,  Alecy   (Vawter) 328 

Truesdell,  Oleta   329 

Truesdell,  Quintus  Vawter.  .  .328,  329 

Truesdell,  Sallie 328 

Tullis,  Margaret   (x\mos) 298 

Tullis,  Lola  B 298 

Tutt,  Alice  289 

Tutt,  Annie   Hope 289 

Tutt,  Arthur  C 292 

Tutt,  Benjamin  F 292 

Tutt,  Ben  Floyd 289 

Tutt,  Benjamin  Lee 293 

Tutt,  Birdie  May 293 

Tutt,  Carrie  L 292 

Tutt,  Charles  L 288 

Tutt.  David  Vawter 289 

Tutt,  Eugene   Noval 293 

Tutt,  Frank  M 292 

Tutt,  George  D 292 

Tutt,  George  W 288 

Tutt,  Henry  Day 291 

Tutt,  Henry  M 292 

Tutt,  Horace  R 292 

Tutt,  Ida  Bell 293 

Tutt,  James 289 

Tutt,  James  E 293 

Tutt,  James  Elliott 289 

Tutt,  James  Leonard 289 

Tutt,  Jephtha   293 

Tutt.  Jesse 293 

Tutt,  John   If 293 

Tutt,  John  L 292 

Tutt,  John  P 288 

Tutt,  Lawrence  W 289 


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Tint,  Lena  S 292 

Tutt,  Mamie  A 292 

Tutt,  Meredith  D 292 

Tutt,  Myra 289 

Tutt,  Oscar  Elliott 293 

Tutt,  Otis  Floyd 292 

Tutt,  Robert  L 293 

Tutt,  Sabrina   (Vawter) 288 

Tutt,  Thomas  293 

Tutt,  Wyatt  293 

Umensetter,  Arietta    (Lewis) 351 

LTmensetter,  Charles  H 351 

L^mensetter,  Clara  R 351 

Umensetter,  Edith  A 351 

Vandergrift,  Cora    (West) 358 

Vandergrift,  Esther    358 

Vandergrift,  Ethel  358 

Van  Horn,  Ada  (Grinstead) 133 

Vanosdol,  Cora  Lee 117 

Vanosdol,  Isaac  Morton 117 

Vanosdol,  James  Monroe 116 

Vanosdol.  Katherine    (Vawter) .  . . 

115,   116 

Vanosdol,  Lulu  Ludica 117 

Vanosdol,  Scott   116 

Vanosdol,  William  Weaver 117 

Van  Trees,  Mary  (Branham) 214 

Varian,  Emma  (Vawter) 314 

Varian,  George  William 314 

Varian,  Jessie  Cornelia 314 

Vater,  Agnes  Eugenie 123 

Vater,  Aramantha    (Vawter) 122 

Vater,  Thomas  Eugene 123 

Vater,  Williamson    Dunn 123 

Vaughn,  Amanda    (Vawter) 267 

Vaughn,  Allen  K 267 

Vaughn,  Beulah   ( Webb) 203 

Vaughn,  Eugene  Morris 203 

Vaughn,  George  W 267 

Vaughn,  Jesse  203 

Vaughn,  Joseph  Webb 203 

Vaughn,  Lesley  Ellsworth 267 

Vaughn,  Manles  E 267 

Vaughn,  Metta  L 267 

Vaughn,  Ollie  M 267 

Vaughn,  Raymond 267 

Vaughn,  Roger  F 267 

Vaughn,  Sarah  Agnes 203 

Vaughn,  Stanley  Edison 267 

Vaughn,  Richard  Vawter 267 

Vaughn,  William  Russell 203 

Vaught,  Leila  203 

Vaught,  Ruth    (Webb) 203 

Vickers,  Gladys  Lee 368 

Vickers,  John   Francis 368 

Vickers,  Lucy  Octavia 368 

Vickers,  Mary   Elizabeth 368 

Vickers,  Mary  L.    (Vawter) 368 

Vickers,  Thomas  Edwin 368 


PAGE 

Vickers,  William  Ernest 368 

Victory,  Ella  Octavia   (Vawter)  .  .369 

Waggoner,  Charles  295 

Waggoner,  Harold  Coke 225 

Waggoner,  Olivia   (Holmes) 295 

Waggoner,  Jessie  Aline 225 

Waggoner,  Mary  E 295 

Waggoner,  INIattie    (Stribling)  .  . .  .225 
Wagner,  Elizabeth   (Branham)..  ..  193 

Wagner,  Jesse  R 129 

Wagner,  Margaret  (Vawter) 129 

Wagner,  Mary  Elizabeth 193 

Walden,  Ada 186 

Walden,  Alice  186 

Walden,  Bonnie  186 

Walden,  Carl 186 

Walden,  Charles  F 186 

Walden,  Clarence 186 

Walden,  Dorothy 186 

Walden,  Ezra  F 186 

Walden,  Frances  (Branham) 186 

Walden,  Harry 186 

Walden,  Homer  186 

Walden,  James  Richey 186 

Walden,  John 186 

Walden,  Leslie 186 

Walden,  Lillian 186 

Walden,  Mauree 186 

Walden,  Noble  186 

Walden,  Orion  Noble 187 

Walden,  Otis  Morton 187 

Walden,  Susie 1S6 

Walden,  Uriah  Branham 186 

Walden,  William  186 

Walden,  William  Orval 186 

Walker,  Albert  Dudley 297 

Walker,  Nancy  Katherine 

(Holmes)   297 

Waltmire,  Ernest  Everett 285 

Waltmire,  Otis  Vernon 285 

Ward,  Charles 252 

Ward,  Charles  E 252 

Ward,  Everett 252 

Ward,  John   252 

Ward,  Josephine  E 253 

Ward,  Katherine  A 253 

Ward,  Mary  Ferris 253 

Ward,  Raymond  L 253 

Ward,  Sarah  (Moncrief ) 252 

Warren,  Annie  Gertrude 232 

Warren,  Chris.  Duncan 232 

Warren,  David  L 226 

Warren,  Ella 226 

Warren,  Ethel 225 

Warren,  Guy  M 226 

Warren,  Henry  E 226 

Warren,  Joanna   (Chaille) 231 

Warren,  John  Edward 231 

Warren,  John  L 226 


INDEX 


433 


Warren,  Lula  (Malcomb) 

Warren,  Mary  Addie 

Warren,  Max  H 

Warren,  Myrtle 

Warren,  Newton  Homer 

Warren,  Paul  Frederick 

Warren,  Wyly  Brown 

Waters,  Annie  L.  (Branham) 

Waters,  Arley 

Waters,  Dunward 

Waters,  Virgil 

Watson,  Azilee  (Garden) 

Watson,  Etwell    

Watson,  George  

Watson,  Sallie  May 

Watson,  Vernon 

Waugh,  Henry 

Webb,  Arthur 

Webb,  Benjamin 

Webb,  Edwin  P 

Webb,  Howard 

Webb,  Ida  M 

Webb,  Julia  (Branham) 

Vs'ebb,  Jesse 

Webb,  Jesse  Lamar 

Webb,  Levon  B 

Webb,  Mary  B 

Webb,  Mary  E 

Webb,  Nelle 

Webb,  Rov  H 

Webb.  Wilbur  Hilton 

Webb,  William 

Webb,  Winifred  E 

Welch,  Gharles  V 

Welch,  Glarence  V 

Welch,  Frank  J 

Welch,  Grace  B 

Welch,  Margaret  L.  ( Vawter) . . .  , 

Welch,  Margaret  R 

Welch,  Mary  E 

Welch,  Nellie  F 

Welch,  Robert  G 

Welch,  Sarah  Belle  (Vawter) 

Welch,  William  O 

West,  Ann   (Glover) 

West,  Aramantha   (Vawter) 

West,  C.  Mabel 

West,  Charles  H 

West,  Charles  J 

West,  Charles  W.  (James) 

West,  Charles  W.  (William) 

West,  David  C 

West,  Eldo  R 

West,  Elizabeth 

West,  Elizabeth  (Blair) 330, 

West,  Ella   

West,  Elma  A 

West,  Emma  L 

West,  Ira  


PAGE 

..225 
.  -231 
.  .226 
.  .226 
•  •  232 
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.  .  184 
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280 

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280 
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354 
135 
360 

359 
361 
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359 
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356 
358 
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359 
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355 


West,  James  .. 

West,  Jesse  M. 

West, 

West, 

West, 

West, 


135, 


J.  Judson 

J.  Silas 

John 

Lillian  Rose 

West,  Margaret  Marie 

West,  Mary  Jessamine 

West,  Milton  S 

West,  Minnie 

West,  Myron  E 

West,  Samuel  

West,  Samuel  W 

West.  Sarah  Ethel 

West,  Sarah  (Glover) 

West,  Silas  W 

West,  Stephen  A 

West,  Susie 

West,  Sylvia  

West,  Thomas  H 

West,  William  H.  (J.  Judson). 
West,  William 
West,  William 


H. 

M. 


Whitcomb,  Emma  (Clarkson). 

White,  Bessie 

White,  Martha   (Vawter) 

White,  Mattie  (Malcomb) 

White,  Robert  (Malcomb) 

Whitson,  Maggie  (Burns).... 

Whittemore,  Arthur  Monroe.  . 

Whittemore,  Mary  (Gullet). 

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Icox,  Laurence 

Icox,  Mattie  (Vanosdol)  .  . .  . 

Icox,  William  Gilbert 

Ihite,  Anne 

Ihite,  Elliott 

Ihite,  Ely 

Ihite,  Melinda   

ite,  Nancy 

ams,  Almira  Corinne 

ams,  Emma  (Vawter)  .  .  . . 

ams,  Fannie  (Holsclaw).. 

ams,  Helene 

ams,  Lois  Mildred 

ams,  Mary  Louesa 

ams,  Maud 

ams,  Maud   (Branham)... 

ams,  Theodosia  (Vawter). 

ams,  Virgil  Elvin 

amson.  Althea  

amson,  Althea  Grey 

amson,  Althea  Lee 

am.son,  Dorothy  E 

amson,  Frederick  B 

amson,  James  W 

amson,  Leander  A 

lliamson,  Martha   TSmith)  .  . 

lliamson,  Ruth  Artensia 

Ison,  Bertha  


I'AGE 

357 
.360 

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•355 
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434 


INDEX 


PAGE 


PAGE 


Wilson,  Cristel   183 

Wilson,  Leslie  C 183 

Wilson,  Mabel 183 

Wilson,  Nora  (O'Conner) 183 

Wilson,  Omer 183 

Wise,  Copeland 238 

Wise,  Edgar  D 239 

Wise,  Julia  ( Vawter) 2^"].  238 

Wise,  Mack  B 240 

Wise,  Prudence 241 

Wise,  Virginia 240 

Wright,  Nellie  (West) I35 

Wright,  Opal I35 

Wright,  Robert  W 135 

Wolf,  Artemecia   (Stribling) 235 

Wolf,  Harry  E 236 

Wolf,  Ida  (Branham) 208 

Wolf,  Martha  E 236 

Wolf,  Nancy  Hester 236 

Wolf,  Sarah  Frances 235 

Wolf,  Thomas  Elmer 236 

Wolf,  Walter  M 236 


Wolfert,  Emily  (Campbell) 66 

Wood,  Carrie  (Fesler) 71 

Wood,  Harold  H 72 

Wood,  Mary  Cynisea 207 

Wood,  Nannie  (Branham) 207 

Wood,  Ruth  (Obenshain) ■/2 

Wood,  Virginia  Branham 207 

Wooden,  Arthur  E 235 

Wooden,  Elizabeth   (Wolf) 235 

Wooden,  Fannie  B 235 

Wooden,  Minnie  O 235 

Wooden,  Perry  M 235 

Wooden,  Walter  B 235 

Wooden,  William  D 235 

Yeager,  Cora  ( Vawter) 74 

Young,  Chatie  Luciel 222 

Young,  Ellie  (Sanford) 227 

Young,  Elizabeth  (Vawter) 383 

Young,  J^va  222 

Young,  Mary  Lee 222 

Yonng,  Myrtle 222 

Young,  Nannie  C.  (Neblett) 222 


RELATED  TO  THE  VAWTER 
FAMILY  BY  MARRIAGE 


PAGE 

Ackman,  George 267  Bramwell 

Adams,  Wayland  294  Bramwell 

Adams,  Sylvester  360  Bramwell 

Allen,  Alice   (Bratton)  305  Bramwell 

Allen,  Bertha   (Harvey)    306  Bramwell 

Allen,  George  V 305  Branham, 

Allen,  Mae  Alarian  (Crafts) 306  Branham, 

Allen,  Margarette  (Caldwell)    ....305  Branham, 

Allen,  Zella    (Newton) 306  Branham, 

Amback,  Charles  A 307  Branham, 

Amos,  Clara    (Gallaher)    299  Branham, 

Amos,  James  T 298  Branham, 

Amsden,  Caleb   251  Branham, 

Amsden,  Ida   (Thompson)   251  Branham, 

Amsden,  Josephine   ( ) 252  Branham, 

Amsden,  Sophie   (Dean) 252  Branham, 

Anderson,  Joseph  F 225  Branham, 

-Anderson,  W.  T 227  Branham, 

Atherton,  Lewis  G 342  Branham, 

Atwood,  Gordon  B 193  Branham, 

Atwood,  James  K 187  Branham, 

Bain,  Mandeville   188  Branham, 

Baker,  George  B 66  Branham, 

Baldwin,  George 196  Branham, 

Balzer,  George  W 1 16  Branham, 

Banta,  George 56  Branham, 

Barker,  W.  A 298  Branham, 

Barnes,  Myron  E 300  Branham, 

Barnett,  Mary  (Thompson)   228  Branham, 

Bamett,  Virgil  A 228  Branham, 

Battey,  Dwight  R 308  Branham, 

Baxter,  Charles    376  Branham, 

Baxter,  Thomas  354  Branham, 

Bayley,  Clara  Summers 102  Branham, 

Bayley,  Henry 102  Branham, 

Baylev,  Melinda   (Lamson)    102  Branham, 

Beacham,  Braxton 263  Branham, 

Beechly,   57  Branham, 

Beeman,  Oscar 139  Branham, 

Bell,  Seaborn 364  Branham, 

Benefiel,  William  162  Branham, 

Bickford,  George  194  Branham, 

Bicknell,  Ernest  P 147,  148  Branham, 

Binkley,  Jesse  291  Branham, 

Blair,  Thomas 330  Branham, 

Boeckley,  Henry  W 115  Branham, 

Bohall,  Everett  R 186  Branham, 

Bowman,  M.  J 221  Branham, 

Bowling,  Corwin 359  Branham, 


PAGE 

,  Adelia   (Francisco)    ...213 
,  Lillian    (Farnsworth)    .213 

,  Lillie  (Robinson)   213 

,  Mary  (Reilly)   213 

Solon  C 212 

Adaline  (Nichols) 206 

Alcey  (Davis) 181 

Caroline  (Bateman)  .  . .  .192 

Cynthia  (Watson) 204 

Daisy  (Lee) 209 

Dicy  Green 194 

Lienor  (Wilton) 192 

Elizabeth   (Brumit) 184 

Emma    (Friedersdorf)..207 

Eveline  (Adams) 195 

Frances  Watson 210 

Ida  Belle  ( Cooper) 184 

Ida   (Newsome) 208 

Ira  E.   (Downey) 184 

Jessie  ( Bruce ) 185 

Jessie  (Greenleaf) 180 

Jessie  (Ryker) 209 

John  178 

Julia  (McDowell) 179 

Kate  (Bromley) 192 

Kate  (Faulkner) 180 

Kate   (Owens) 210 

Leiitia   (Kidd) 204 

Linsfield 201 

Livia  Jane  ( Stow ) 208 

Lotta  (Hunter) 206 

Louisa   (Hutchins) 210 

Louisiana  (Compton)..  .  183 

Margaret   (Comer) 193 

Martha   (La Masters)  .  .  .179 

Mary  (Butler) 178,  179 

Mary  (Davis) I79 

^Lary  (Gilbert) 193 

Mary   (Kareger) 179 

Mary  (Stapp) 9 

Mary   (Stark) 180 

Mary  Wilson I93 

May  (Galvin) 181 

Melinda   (Watson) 207 

Nancy  (Stapp) 9 

Nancy  ( Owens ) 194 

Nettie  (Hand) 181 

Nettie  (Springer) 208 

Priscilla  (0'Laughley)..2i4 


436 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Branham,  Rose  (Strother) 195 

Branham,  Sarah  (Huckleberry)..  .  182 

Branham,  Susan   (Halbert) 195 

Branham,  Vera   ( Miller) 193 

Briggs,  Robert  J 380 

Brooks,  John 183 

Brooks,  Joseph 116 

Brougher,  A.  L 197 

Brown,  Araminta   (McElroy) 185 

Brown,  Hiram 325 

Brown,  Rose  (Walrick) 185 

Brown,  Samuel 185 

Brown,  William  Henry 131 

Burckhardt,  John  G 115 

Burckhardt,  Minnie   (Baker) 115 

Burns,  Mary  C.  (Smydth) 99 

Burns,  Eudora  (  Danf orth ) 100 

Burns,  Georgia  Minnick 99 

Burns,  Julia  (Tomlinson) 99 

Burns,  Maxa 96,  97 

Bums,  Mary   (Coleman) 99 

Burns,  Nancy  (Smith) 98 

Bums.  Sarah  (Black) 98 

Bums,  Taulman 241 

Burns,  William  R 181 

Calloway,  Thomas 210 

Campbell,  Allan   65 

Campbell,  Carolyn  (Otterman)..  .  .   66 

Campbell.  Carrie   (Davis) 65 

Campbell,  Granville  P 189 

Campbell,  Janice  (Findus) 66 

Campbell,  Margaret  (Coan) 65 

Garden,  Mary  (Hawkins) 291 

Garden,  Netta   (Binkley) 290 

Garden,  Rebecca   (Guthrie) 290 

Garden,  Sallie  (Brown) 291 

Garden,  William  Henry 289 

Carey,  Charles  H 134 

Carnegie.   252 

Carney,  T.  B 358 

Carrell,  George  W 306 

Carson,  Edwin   139 

Catching,  James  347 

Ghafifin,  240 

Chaille,  Alice   (  Neal ) 234 

Chaille,  Carrie  (Christman) 231 

Chaille,  Ella  (Lambertson) 234 

Chaille,  F.  A.  (Posey) 230 

Chaille,  James  N 233 

Chaille,  Josiah 229 

Chaille,  L.  J.  (Dickson) 230 

Chaille,  Minnie   (Hall) 231 

Chaille,  Mollie   (Absher) 234 

Chaille,  Susan  (Tate) 230 

Ghilders,  232 

Church,  ^42 

Clark,  John  E 223 

Clark,  J.  D 303 

Clarkson,  Thom.as  129 


PAGE 

Cobb,  Edith  (Fedder) 206 

Cobb,  Minnie  (Beeker) 206 

Cobb,  Minnie  (Cotton) 206 

Cobb.  Samuel 205 

Coffey,  Byron  H 195 

Cole,  318 

Coleman,  Catherine  (Cross) 309 

Coleman,  James  354 

Coleman,  John  A 309 

Conger,  Elias 351 

Conger,  Quint 290 

Conover,  William 344 

Cook,  Lorenzo  Dow 383 

Cook,  O.  A 189 

Cook,  Peyton  Lacy 379 

Cooke,  J.  W 369 

Gorbitt,  Ada  (Plant) 224 

Gorbitt,  Allen  T 223 

Gorbitt,  Bessie  (Plant) 224 

Gorbitt,  R.  M 229 

Gorbitt,  Rena  (McCreary) 224 

Cornelius,  Henry 196 

Costigan,  Frank 210 

Covert,  John  M 193 

Crane,  Archer  H 211 

Crawford.  Alice  (Adams) 343 

Crawford,  Anna  Mills 343 

Crawford,  Cora  (Spencer) 342 

Crawford,  Elizabeth    (Dunlap).. .  .342 

Crawford,  Elizabeth   (Finley) 341 

Crawford,  Jam_es  Maxwell 338 

Crawford,  Letitia   (Smith) 338 

Crawford,  Margaret  (Gartwright)  343 

Crawford,  Mary  (Cowgill) 346 

Crawford,  Mary  J.  (Waymire) .  ...343 

Gronkhite,  Lee 325 

Grum,  Irvin  R 134 

Gull.  Harry 318 

Curtis,  James   231 

Daniels,  B.  F 263 

Daly.  194 

Davis,  Daniel    190 

De  Garmo,  Everett 310 

Denger,  Albert  326 

Deupree,  John  W 170 

Dickson,  A.  W 230 

Dixon,  Joe  Curtis 210 

Dixon,  Lincoln  61 

Donlon.  Thomas 301 

Doubt,  Jefferson 277 

Doughty,  Charles  A 317 

Draper,  Winfield  S 334 

Duncan,  W.  A 224 

Dunlap,  Graciel  (Tabler) ^aa 

Dunlap,  M.  A 344 

Dunning,  Richard  70 

Eads,  John 319 

Edwards,  Alice  (Epps) 221 

Edwards,  James 220,  221 


INDEX 


437 


PAGE 


Edwards,  MoUie  (Dickson) 221 

Edwards,  Zerelda  (Malcomb) 221 

Eichelburger,  James  W 267 

Elder,  J.  P 366 

Enix,  Joseph  B 326 

Evans,  • 239 

Everson,  Jesse 185 

Farnier,  William 384 

Feagler,  Helen   (Gardener) 149 

Feagler,  Mary  (King) 148 

Feagler,  Ormand  148 

Felts.  Exie 302 

Fenton,  Edwin  343 

Fergason,  Nathaniel   221 

Fesler,  Joseph  L 71 

Fesler,  Lula  (Coleman) 71 

Fink,  Edward  369 

Firebaugh,  C.  E 325 

Fisher,  Herbert 334 

Fitzhugh,  H.  T 307 

Fitzhugh,  Hattie  (South) 308 

Fleming,  William 183 

Ford,  John  W 292 

Forester,  Stephen 223 

Foster,  Annie  (Powell) 189 

Foster.  Isabelle  (Green) 188 

Foster,  Jared 187,  188,  196 

Foster,  Sadie  (Brock) 188 

Fowlkes,  R.  E 226 

Fox,  361 

Freeman,  William  W 297 

Fruit,  Ellen  (Grossman) 278 

Fruit,  Jefferson 277 

Fruit,  Jessie  (Morrison) 277 

Fruit,  Sallie   (Mocroft) 2^]^ 

Fuller,  V.  R 344 

Gatlin,  James 304 

Gatlin,  Mattie  Dunn 309 

George,  Frank  B 309 

Gibbens.  Morton  R 309 

Gill,  J.  S 327 

Gillan,  James 284 

Gillan,  William 284 

Giltner,  George 355 

Giovannoli,  Andrea 263,  264 

Giovannoli,  Carrie   (Kinnaird)  .  . .  .264 

Gish,  George   289 

Glover,  James 354 

Glover; (Tucker) 361 

Glover,  Mary  E.  (Hunter) 361 

Glover,  Melita  (Barnett) 361 

Glover,  320 

Good,  Leslie 187 

Goodson,  Spencer  M 278 

Gordon,  Joseph 179 

Gordon,  R.  A 374 

Graham,  Joseph 300 

Gray,  J.  M 232 

Gray,  Joseph  W 135 


PAGE 

Greer,  J.  J 298 

Gregg,  George 262 

Griffith,  J.  C 314 

Grindell,  Wilbur 180 

Grinstead,  Dana  (  Norris ) 133 

Grinstead,  Lewis  P 351 

Grinstead,  Thomas  F 133 

Gullet,  Grace  ( Sherman ) 180 

Gullet,  Josephine  (Campbell) 180 

Gullet,  Monroe 180 

Hagan,  James 378 

Hall,  Charles  E 360 

Ham,  Charles   197 

Hardin,  Benjamin  G 378 

Hardy,  James  164 

Harold,  Alfonso  R 334 

Harper,  Robert  L 231 

Harris,  Edward 262 

Harris,  Mary  (Harris) 263 

Harris,  William  H 331 

Harrison,  George  L 227 

Harwood,  S.  S 121 

Hawley,  Augustus 278 

Hayden,  319 

Heath,  Bowen  C 130 

Hedges,  Effie  (Saunders) 327 

Hedges,  Ida  (Heloy) 325 

Hedges,  Levi  M 326 

Hedges,  Mamie  (Wills) 328 

Hedges,  Mary  (Atkinson) 325 

Hedges,  Mary  Mildred  (Wear)..  ..327 

Hedges,  Peter  T 324 

Hedges,  Vietta  (Kingham) 2,2'] 

Heflin,  Morgan 250 

Henson,  Samuel 290 

Hilton,  John  W 71 

Hinchman,  Henry 253 

Hinman,  Charles  Walter 284 

Hinman,  Mary   (Leonard) 285 

Hobart,  C.  L 203 

Hobson,  John  W .300 

Hockmuth,  C.  H i33 

Hodge,  292 

Holland,  Edward 262 

Holland,  Emma  (Rogers) 263 

Holland,  L.  C 2(i:^ 

Holmes,  John  W 293 

Holmes,  Josephine  (Freeman)  ...  .297 

Holmes,  Laura  (Hopkins) 295 

Holmes,  Laura  (Jones) 295 

Holmes,  Margaret  (Alexander) ..  .295 

Holmes,  Mary  (Brann) 294 

Holmes,  Mary  (Pitman) 295 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Puryear 295 

Holmes,  Nancy  (Jones) 294 

Holmes,  Tassie  (Moore) 295 

Holsclaw,  Mattie  (Deer) 13O 

Holsclaw,  William 138 

Holsclaw,  Zclla  (Wagner) 139 


438 


INDEX 


PAGE 


Holton,  H.  L 130 

Hunter,  Charles  E 240 

Hunter,  James  R 278 

Hunter,  W.  T 239 

Hutsell,  Allen  B 357 

Irwin,  Charles 332 

Isaacs,  Abram 277 

Jackson,  T.  L 222 

Jackson,  W.  Stirling 228 

Jenkins,  John 57 

Jenkins,  William  A 186 

Johnson,  Richard 332 

Johnson,  Samuel 253 

Jones,  A.  C 189 

Jones,  Ansley  F 188 

Jones,  Charles  A 342 

Jones,  G.  W 365 

Jones,  J.  West 306 

Joyce,  Maurice  331 

Kanofif,  Jacob  N 305 

Kendall.  Harry  A 265 

Kenny,  Fred  G 108 

Kerr,  George  S 169 

Kerr,  Moses 383 

Kessick.  William   241 

Kimball,  James  W 343 

King,  Caroline  ( Vandever) 140 

King,  Edward 246 

King,  George  137,  138 

King,  J.  F 356 

King,  Minnie  (Tate) 140 

King.  Robert 149 

Kincart,  250 

Kingsley,  Frederick 240 

Kirk,  John  F 290 

Kittle,  Richard  D 254 

Kyle.  James 246 

Laswell.  Corydon 135 

Larkins,  Thomas   63 

Lattimore.  Daniel 64 

Leavitt,  Ward 120 

Lee,  Howard 170 

Lewis,  Alexander 350 

Lewis,  Ann   (Grinstead) 350 

Lewis,  Charlotte   (Parks) 351 

Lewis,  Effie  (Buchanan) 351 

Lewis,  Francisco 365 

Lewis,  Timothy  A 345 

Little,  H.  M 344 

Long,  George  S 212 

Loomis,  George  B 104 

Lukenbill,  Sherman 247 

Luther.  Frank 296 

Malcomb.  Ethel   (Fowlkes) 226 

Malcomb,  Flora  Elton 226 

Malcomb,  John 225 

Malcomb,  Mattie  (Plant) 226 

Marsh,  Lucebra  W 197 

Marshall,  Edward   364 


PAGE 

Marshall,  Frank 187 

Marshall,  Orrin 238 

Martin,  John  E 240 

Maynor,  Walter  E 293 

Mays,  W.  W 223 

McAllister,  Jack 297 

McCann,  James 366 

McCauley,  Edward  202 

McCauley,  William  H 225 

McColley,  W.  G 187 

McColm,  W.  Jesse 285 

•  McDaniels,  Sanford 266 

McDonald,  William  E 356 

Mclntyre,  355 

McKey,  361 

McNew.  Benjamin 182 

Mead.  Lewis  A 287 

Michels,  314 

Miller,  Henry  229 

Miller.  Nora  (Brown) 229,  230 

Miller,  Moses  M 134 

Millican,  B.  T 239 

Milliken,  William  A 331 

A'litchell,  F.  F 222 

Mitchell,  Mattie   (Anderson) 296 

Mitchell,  Lucille  (Wheat) 296 

Mitchell,  Sarah   (Anderson) 296 

Mitchell,  William  M 295,  296 

Mitchell,  Willis 245 

Moncrief,  Abner 249 

Moncrief,  Cvnthia   (Montgomery). 251 

Moncrief,  Maxa  106 

Moncrief,  Rebecca   (Wilson) 251 

Montgomery,  Ira  252 

Moody,  R.  H 303 

Moody,  Edna  (Russel) 303 

Moodey,  William  F 132 

Moore,  Albert  W 210 

Moore,  John  R 124 

Morgan,  James  235 

Morrisett,  G.  C 228 

Mosley,  Joseph 266 

Mullen,  John  328 

Mullis, 250 

Neblett,  Bettie  (Oliver) 222 

Neblett,  George 222 

Neblett.  Mattie  (Mabry) 222 

Neel,  Henry  D 185 

Negley,  Charles  F 227 

Nelson, 197 

Netherland,  John  A 316 

Newell, 361 

Newland,  Dallas loi 

Newland,  Elsie  (Cox) 102 

Newman,  F.  A 286 

Nichols,  William  319 

Noble,  J.  B 369 

Norris.  James  C 244 

Obenshain,  Berda  (Ream) 71 


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PAGE 

Obenshain,  George 70 

O'Conner,  Elsie  (Davis) 182 

O'Conner,  Florence 182 

Ogdcn,  Edward  F 347 

Oliver,  William  L 294 

Orr, 197 

Owen,  Robert  230 

Palmer,  Junius  M 227 

Palmer,  Samuel  E 239 

Palmore,  Ansel  F 378 

Parker,  Clark  R 107 

Patzold.  Oswald loi 

Payne,  Jacob  J 356 

Payne,  Maggie  (Palmer) 357 

Peck,  Lewis 384 

Pence,  LaFayette 55 

Perkinson,  Otis ?  18 

Perrigo,  W.  R 116 

Perry,  Parker  283 

Philliber,  William  F 131 

Pickard,  Aaron 308 

Pickett,  David  N 185 

Pickett,  Samuel  H 185 

Pierce,  John  C 307 

Plant,  Charles  G 228 

Pool,  William  129 

Forth,  William  E 344 

Porter,  E.  D 206 

Pritchard,  W.  J 298 

Ratcliffe,  374 

Rea,  Davidson 196 

Read,  Alice   (Richcreek) 58 

Read,  Mabel   (Adams) 58 

Read,  Elijah 57 

Read,  Eliza  (Veasey) 247 

Read,  Hiram  246 

Read,  Lottie  ( Doutch ) 247 

Read,  Sallie  (Anderson) 247 

Reamer,  William  S 57 

Redden,  Samuel  298 

Reeves,  Thomas  B 223 

Reynolds,  W.  A 379 

Rice,  Watson 290 

Riggs,  Catherine  (Russell) 316 

Riggs,  Elizabeth   (Walhouser)  .  . .  .315 

Riggs,   Mary   (Haberstich) 315 

Riggs,  Thomas  315 

Rinehart,  Fred  D 345 

Ritchie,  Walter 251 

Roberts,  251 

Robertson,  Harrison  386 

Robinson,  Edward  J 21  r 

Robinson,  Joseph  283 

Robinson,  Waldo 185 

Rodange,  Peter 181 

Rogers,  Ephraim   241 

Rnkobrant,  Theodore  H 165 

Rossen,  John 232 

Rossen,  250 


PAGE 

Rossman,  Jesse  L 102 

Routh,  William    282 

Rowan,  George 59 

Rutherford,  Emma   (King) 318 

Rutherford,  Harvey 318 

Ryan,  James  R 208 

Safely,  Charles  T 347 

Sanborn,  Joseph^  W 193 

Sanford,  John  O 227 

Seaman.  186 

Settle,  O.  L 379 

Shanklin,  Andrew  383 

Shaw, 60 

Shawancy,  250 

Sheets,  Charles 160 

"Sheehan,  Daniel  265 

Shepherd.  Martin  A 129 

Shields,  John  A 345 


Shig, 


267 


Shinold,  John  A 134 

Shoff,  Park  S 344 

Simpson,  Richard  J 285,  286 

Sims,  W^illiam  H 302 

Sites,  William  M loi 

Smartz,  McArthur 149 

Smith,  Alice  (Lane) 303 

Smith,  Amelia    (Whitten) 347 

Smith,  Beulah    (Grant) 303 

Smith,  C.  L 188 

Smith,  Catherine  (Oaks) 302 

Smith,  Charles  E 327 

Smith,  Clarence 284 

Smith,  Emma  (Thomas) 348 

Smith,  Eugene 376 

Smith,  Isaac  N 56,  57 

Smith,  J.  L 60 

Smith,  James 261 

Smith,  John 261 

Smith,  Minnie   (Martin) 347 

Smith.  Mollie  (McLaughlin) 302 

Smith,  Nellie  (Whitten) 347 

Smith,  Peter  346 

Smith,  Snottswood  K 300 

Smith,  Thomas  LaFayette 74 

Snell,  J.  W 133 

Snyder,  Virgil  L 308 

Soward,  Alfred 189 

Speare,  Willis  Bradley 64 

Sprague,  Perley  J 58 

Spriggs, 250 

Stas^^s.  Albert  C 116 

Stahi,  Lewis  G 287 

Stapp,  Achilles  9 

StaDp,  Hamilton 211 

Starks,  William  H 301 

Stellhorn,  George 185 

Stennett,  Wilson  B 345 

Sterrett,  M,  D 364 

Sterrett,  Etta  (Davis) 365 


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INDEX 


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Stewart,  William 292 

Stitt,  A.  C 224 

Storey,  Addie  Moore 61 

Storey,  Alice    (Stonebrook) 64 

Storey,  Hepsie  (Johnson) 64 

Storey,  Lena   (Carlisle) 62 

Storey,  Lucia  (Barnum) 63 

Storey,  Mary  (Storey) 60 

Storey,  Meta  (Mella) 63 

Storey,  Parnie  O.   (Hamilton)....   64 

Storey,  Rose  (Shaefer) 63 

Storey,  Titia  ( Sharp) 62 

Storey,  Thomas  J 59,  60 

Stott,  Arabella  R.  (Tracey) .  .106,  107 

Stott,  John 105 

Stout,  Katherine  (Roberts) 287 

Stout,  M.  Franklin 287 

Stribling,  Elizabeth   (Taulman)  .  .  .232 

Stribling,  Emma  (Stephens) 225 

Stribling,  Hester  (Cobb) 233 

Stribling,  Nancy  (Moncrief) 232 

Stribling.  Sallie  Box 225 

Stribling,  Sarah  (Keith) 233 

Stribling,  Sarah  (Taulman) 229 

Stribling,  Susan  (Jackson) 228 

Stribling,  Susan  (Yarbrough) 224 

Stribling,  Thomas  220 

Stribling,  Zerelda  (Dahoney) 223 

Stricklett,  Robert 328 

Sweeny,  Frank  P 384 

Swiney,  William 319 

Sympson,  Joseph  M 378 

Tanksley,  Christena  (Wesaw) 117 

Tanksley,  Thomas 117 

Tatom,  Eugene  S 222 

Taylor,  A.  J I33 

Taylor,  Edgar 227 

Telford,  W.  E... 208 

Thompson,  Martin 262 

Tidd,  E.  B 240 

Tiffany,  C.  S 35i 

Tillotson,  Bertie '26 

Tingle,  Leonard 264 

Tompkins,  Stonewall 386 

Torbet,  Robert   253 

Trick,  Robert  D 106 

Tripp,  Jasper 203 

Truesdell,  Flora  (Ferris) 329 

-Truesdell,  Jesse  L 328 

Tullis,  W.  P 298 

Tutt,  Emily  (West) 289 

Tutt,  Florence  (West) 289 

Tutt,  Lewis  288 

Tutt,  Lockey  (Gambreal) 293 

Tutt,  Margaret  (Powell) 289 

Tutt,  Mariah  (Donley) 288 

Tutt,  Mary  'Duke) 288 

Tutt,  Mary  (Wood; 291 

Tutt, (Farmer) 292 


Tutt,  Virginia  (Wood) 292 

Umensetter,  W.  R 351 

Vandergrift.  G.  W 358 

Van  Horn,  T.  F 133 

Vanosdol,  Elizabeth   (Gibbs) 116 

Vanosdol,  George 116 

Vanosdol,  Mollie  (Pence) 116 

Van  Trees, 214 

Varian,  George  H 314 

Vater,  Grace   (Barker) 123 

Vater,  Septimius 122,  123 

Vaughn,  Elizabeth  (Robertson)..  ..267 


Vaughn 
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Vawter 
Vawter 
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Vaw^ter, 
Vawter, 
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George  W 267 

Hannah  (Kipfer) 267 

Luther  F 203 

Augustus 203 

Ada   (Wilson) 284 

Adah  (Vivian) 317 

Adaline  (Dunlap) 384 

Alice  (Campbell) 69 

Alice  (Hadley) 145 

Alma  (Dixon) 318 

Almeida   (Rollins) 168 

Ann  (Hickinson) 313 

Anna  (Gray) 276 

Anne  (Ballard) 382 

Anne  (Shepherd) 246 

Annie  (Brigham) 283 

Annie  (Hawthorn) 335 

Annie  (LeGill) 171 

Angeline   (Brace) 162 

Angeline   (Cheever) 130 

Armilda  Hollister 169 

Barbara  (Kroher) iii 

Bedie  (Dewbre) 377 

Bessie  (Channel) 127 

Caroline   (McGill) 319 

Carrie  (Timmons) 69 

Catherine   (Gunnerman)..  112 

Catherine  (Hickey) 72 

Charlotte  ( Vogler) 374 

Charlotte  (Hobart)..  142,  144 
Charlotte  (Knowlton).. .  .120 

Clara  (Peck) 384 

Clara  (Miller) 146,  147 

Clara   (Monroe) 160 

Claudine  (Fowler) 376 

Cora  (Kiser) 326 

Daisy   (Tolle) 118 

Delia  (Morrison) 329 

Diana  (Moncrief) 163 

Edith  (Henning) 283 

Ella    (Brown) 70 

Elenor  (Floyd) 277 

Eliza  (Goodhue) 246 

Eliza  (Gwinn) 384 

Eliza  (Mavity) 324 

Eliza   (Todd) 244 

Elizabeth  Baker 142,  143 


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PAGE 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Caplinger)..  .  .318  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Crawford)..  .  .324  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Grinstead).. .  .  131  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Irwin) 333  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth  (  Kean ) 384  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Sinclair) 378  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth  (Stewart) 299  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Smith) 56  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth   (Waters) 315  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Elizabeth  (Watts) 11  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emily  (Cooprider) 261  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emily  (Gambill) 280  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emma  (Damson) 385  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emma  (Graupner) 1 12  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emma   (Ketcham  ) 69  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emma  (May) 137  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Emma  (Thomas) 159  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ethel  (Ransdall) 334  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Etta   (Hill) 333  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ettie   (Dickerson) 368  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Eva  (Savior) 278  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Flora  (Keith) 326  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Frances  (Ames) 334  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Frances  ( Fatten) 162  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Frances  (Watts) 313  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Hattie  J.   (Woodruff)  ...  .133  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Helen  (Read) 152  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Huldah  (Kendricks) 58  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ida  (Britton) 162  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ida  ]\Iay  (McCoy) 329  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ida   (Rahe) 114  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ida  (Springsteen) 117  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Isabelle  Nelson 126  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Ivie  (McCullough) 282  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Jane  (Leach) 245  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Jane  (Smith) 23  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Jane  (Terrell) 54  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Jennie  (Moore) 73  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Josephine  (Churchwell) .  .  118  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Josie  (Willin) 170  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Josie  (Quinn) 170  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Julia   (Davidson) 160  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Julia  (Pack) 383  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Kate  A.  (Luty) 112  Vawter. 

Vawter,  Katherine  (Ecker) 283  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Kittie   (Radway) 278  Vawter. 

Vawter,  Laura   (Dixon) 126  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Laura  (Shaddy) 171  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Laura  (Smart) 73  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Leila  Hunter 57  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Letitia  (Smith) 338,  339  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Lillian  (Lepper) 168  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Lillie  (Hibbs) 170  \ awter, 

Vawter,  Lizzie   (Davis) 284  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Louesa  (Bachman) .  .158,  159  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Louisa  (Chestnut) 281  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Louisa   (Miller) 281  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Lucinda   (Glover) 363  Vawter, 

Vawter,  Lucinda  (Johnson) 131  Vawter, 


441 

PAGE 

Lura   (Sanderson) 330 

Lydia   (Yarrington) 288 

Mahala  (Sanders) 132 

Margaret   (Henderson)..  .382  ■ 
Margaret  (McAdams).. .  .278 

Margaret  (Ross) 134 

Margaret  A.  (Sawyer)...  73 

Maria  (Bright) 56 

Maria  (Dunham) 142 

Maria  (Graves) 381 

]Maria  (Lame) 332 

Martha   (Hess) 282 

IMartha  (Humphreys)  . . .  .331 

Martha  Pearce 23 

Alartha  (Pyle) i6r 

]Martha  (Roush) 332 

Martha  (Smith) 243 

Martha  (Weir) 364 

Mar>'   (Adair) 385 

Alary  (Bright) 283 

Marj^  (Brown) 58 

Mar>'  (Cowell) 168 

Mary  (Crowder) 119 

Mary  (Elder) 331 

Mary   (Durkee) 366 

Mary  (Furgason) 377 

Mary  (Helper) 299 

Mary  (Huxtable) 286 

Mary  (Mclntyre) 165 

Mary  (Nichols) 318 

Marj^  Nodler 246 

Mary  (Ravenal) 319 

Mary  (Rucker) 8 

Mary  (  Singer) 160 

Mar3'  (Sparks) 373 

Marv  (Straughter) 112 

Mary  (Williams) 329 

Mary  J.  (Williams) 379 

Mary  (Zane) 288 

Matilda  (Johnston) 316 

Matilda  F.  Christman.  . .  .113 

Mazelle  (Ayrcs) 314 

Melissa  (Crawford) 380 

Minerva  (Bromley) 136 

Minerva  (Ross) 135 

]\Iinnie  (Bevans) 279 

Minnie  (Harris) 282 

Myrta  (Bourne) 377 

N.  S.  Philliper iii 

Nancy     (Raycroft) 369 

Nancy   ( Chapman  ) 375 

Nancy  (Johnson) 246 

Nancy  (  Raycroft ) 369 

Nancy  (Smith) 375 

Nettie  (Baber) 384 

Nolie  (Carter) 367 

Pamelia   (Dwyer)  .  .  .  109,  iii 

Pollv  (Larimore) 375 

Polly  (Smith) 23 


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INDEX 


PAGE 

Vawter,  Rachel  (Robinett) 314 

Vawter,  Rebecca  (Mahafy) 67 

Vawter,  Rose  (Smith) 2,77 

Vawter,  Rosella  (Milligan) 245 

Vawter,  Ruth   (Minton) 22, 

Vawter,  Sallie  (Kj'le)  Davis 245 

Vawter,  Sallie   (Snyder) 317 

Vawter,  Sarah   (Finley) 2>22) 

Vawter,  Sarah  (Davies) 283 

Vawter,  Sarah   (Foster) 281 

Vawter,  Sarah   (  Hamilton) 279 

Vawter,  Sarah  Alaynard 58 

Vawter,  Sarah  (McClaskey) 124 

Vawter,  Sarah  (McShane) 374 

Vawter,  Sarah  (Pardun) 334 

Vawter,  Sarah  (Parks ) 128 

Vawter,  Sarah   (Snelling)  .  . .  .258-260 

Vawter,  Sarah  (Watts) 156 

Vawter,  Sarepta   (Hamilton) 282 

Vawter,  Sydney  Olive  ( Willis) ...  164 

Vawter,  Spicy  (Carroll) 57 

Vawter,  Stella   (Crichlow) 69 

Vawter.  Sue  (Sebree) 168 

Vawter,  Susan   (Conner) 316 

Vawter,  Susan  (Degman) 329 

Vawter,  Susan  (Hollandsworth) .  .377 

Vawter,   Susan    (Taylor) 2,72> 

Vawter,  Sylvia  (Hunter) 151 

Vawter,  Tillie  (Nix) 163 

Vawter,  Valera  (Crawford) 380 

Vawter,  Vesta  (Sears) 367 

Vawter,  Virginia  (Longley) 386 

Vickers,  Lemuel  M 368 

Victory,  A.  S 369 

Waggoner,  George  W 225 

Waggoner,  William 295 

Wagner,  John  H 193 

Wagner,  Lewis 129 

Walden,  Elizabeth  (Baker) 186 

Walden,  Emma  ( Harper) 186 

Walden.  James  \ 186 

Walden,  Viola  ( Smith) 186 

Walker,  John  M 297 

Waltmire,  Alexander  285 

Waltmire,  Dora  (Dazell) 285 

Ward,  Clara  (Irwin) 253 

Ward,  Josie   (Walkup) 252 

Ward,  Willis  D 252 

Warren,  H.  E 225 

Warren,  Nannie  (Byrne) 231 

Warren,  Myrtle  (Robinson) 232 

Warren,  William  B 231 

Waters,  William 185 


PAGE 


Watson,  George  291 

Waugh,  A.  H 366 

Webb,  Elsie   (Matthews) 203 

Webb,  Henry 202 

Webb,  Mary  (Hilton) 202 

Webb,  Sarah  (Brougher) 202 

Welch,  Robert  H 280 

Welch.  Samuel  279 

West,  Achilles 356 

West,  Clara  (Clark) 359 

West,  Elizabeth  Blair 358 

West,    Eva    (Grinstead) 358 

West,  Grace  (Millhouse) 359 

West,  Kate  Staples 355 

West,  Lala   (Kuhn) 359 

West,  Lottie   (Staples) 355 

West,  Mary  (Ball) 355 

West,  Mary  (McFarland) 358 

West,  Martha  Clellen 359 

West,  Martha  (Mix) 359 

West,  Thomas    354 

West,   Theresia    (King) 358 

Whitaker,  Andrew  J 292 

Whitcomb  Willard 129 

White,  J.   C 370 

White,  William  Walter 226 

Whitson,  Marsh  R 99 

Whittemore,  Joseph 180 

Wilcox,  W.  W ir6 

Williams.  Allan 185 

Williams.  George  L 165,  166 

Williams,  Judson 159 

Williams,  Smith  V 139 

Williamson,  Elizabeth  (Goedeke)  .301 

Williamson,  J.  W 300 

Wilson,  Clarence  183 

Wise,  Huldah  (Hall) 238 

Wise.  Matthew  238 

Wolf,  Lilly  (Harsh) 236 

Wolf,  Michael 235 

Wolf,   Minnie    (Corner) 236 

Wolf  Ufford  S 208 

Wolfert.  Edward  F 66 

Wood,  Edward  T 207 

Wood,  Emerson  71 

Wood,  Soencer  H 72 

Wooden,  Milton 235 

Wright,  Charles  H 332 

Wright,  Otho  G 135,  136 

Yeager,  Whitfield 74 

Young,  J.  M.  C 222 

Young,  Robert   383 


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