Searching for KIEFER surnames, all spellings. -- Sue Baker in Florida, USA mailto:sule@digital.net

Hi, I am looking for informaiton on William NEPTUNE that married Lydia BEEMAN. They lived Adams County IN. William was married first to Mary POLING Lydia BEEMAN in my direct line of BEEMAN'S Lydia BEEMAN was the daughter of Moses BEEMAN and Sarah LAYPORT William NEPTUNE died: 10 November 1846 buried in Willshire Cemetery, Willshire, Van Wert Co., OH. Lydia BEEMAN NEPTUNE died: 8 November 1855 buried in Willshire Cemetery, Willshire, Van Wert Co., OH. William and Lydia's son: James Ira NEPTUNE married #1. Lorena JACOBS #2. Isabelle (FLAGG)BARNHART James Ira NEPTUNE born: 6 FEB 1828 died: 16 March 1905 Willshire, Van Wert Co., OH. buried ther also. married Isabelle on: 8 July 1856 Adams Co. Isabelle born: 6 March 1828 died: 12 December 1919 in Willshire, Van Wert Co., Ohio buried there also I have several children listed for James Ira NEPTUNE I believe only one child for his first wife, Lorena JACOBS: this would be: Louisa NEPTUNE Children by Isabelle: J. Q. NEPTUNE was a Dentist in Decatur, Adams Co. IN. C. R. NEPTUNE Francis NEPTUBE Lovinia NEPTUNE Harry NEPTUNE Ira Curtis NEPTUNE Latelle NEPTUNE Samue Oren NEPTUNE Bessie NEPTUNE Seems the NEPTUNE family moved back and forth between Adams Co Indiana and VanWert Co Ohio. Any information on either NEPTUNE or BEEMAN will be appreciated. I will share I have on this family. Linda Ead

Lots of Adams Co lines: Joseph ROOP and Elizabeth KEMP(t) George W. Roop and Sarah HOWER Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" HOWER, daughter of Henry Hower and Mary E. COFFMAN (Mary later married Bazile HENDRICKS) John H. "Uncle Johnny" REED and Matilda SPANGLER Their son, Victor, married Mary Ellen "Ella" WILLIAMS, daughter of Jesse Williams and Alice RUCKMAN then married Alice Belle KIRKENDALL, daughter of James Kirkendall and Catherine DEWILL Lots of allied names: Thatcher, Steele, Teeple, Troutner, Sowards, Frisinger, Croningnor, Strickler, Ritter, Ruby, Thatcher, Andrew, Smith, Morrical, McLeod, Archbold, Baker, Buroker, Barnhart, and more. Any cousins out there? Margie R. Pearce genealogy: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors gymnastics: www.mnmgym.com

I haven't posted for a while, so here goes......my futile search for my Indiana ancestors. They were: Allen D. Moore - born ca 1852 in Kentucky - died in Adams County on June 4, 1915. His wife: Savannah (Smith) Moore - born ca 1852 in unknown Indiana County (probably either in Randolph, Rush or Fayette County). Married Allen Moore in Howard County, Indiana on 13 January, 1881. I have no information on where or when Savannah died, but believe it to have been either Howard or Adams County, after 1892 and probably before 1900. Jane (Mullis) Smith - Mother of Savannah. Born in North Carolina, ca 1830. Married Thomas Smith in Fayette County, Indiana on 06 April, 1848. Thomas Smith probably died in Howard County before 1880. Nancy Mullis - mother of Jane, grandmother of Savannah. Born in unknown Tennessee County ca 1810. This lady is my brick wall since I have no records at all showing who her husband was and I do not know her birth name. Edith (Moore) Fisher - daughter of Allen and Savannah Moore. Born in Howard County in May, 1890. Married Clifton L. Fisher in Adams County (Decatur) in May, 1911. Lived in Wells County in 1913 when her son was born and probably moved to Lawrence County, Illinois shortly after that. Clifton Fisher was killed in an oil field accident in 1914. It is believed that Edith returned to Wells County and was living in Bluffton when her father died in 1915. I believe she never remarried, and she died sometime before 1951.....probably in the Adams-Wells-Jay County area. Alice Moore - daughter of Allen and Savannah Moore. Born in Howard County in April, 1882. Was still living in 1915 when her father died. I have no other information on her. Walter D. Moore - son of Allen and Savannah Moore. Born in Howard County, Indiana ca 1886. Lived in Adams County, but I don't know what years. May have been married in that area prior to 1921. He died in Iowa in 1963. I have no information that indicates that Jane (Mullis) Smith and her mother, Nancy Mullis, were ever in Adams County. The last record I have of them is the 1880 Howard County census. However, I've been unable to find a death record for either one of them in that county, and knowing that the Moore's moved to Adams County and that these folks stayed pretty close to each other, there's a chance that they also moved to Adams County. Any information on these people would earn my undying gratitude. Julie

Justine, Some of my family also came from Root Twp. I am particularly interested in Elizabeth Spangler and Isaac Zimmerman. Is this Elizabeth B. Spangler who married Isaac Culler? I have three other Elizabeth Spanglers in my files (and one Eliza). As for Zimmerman, I am trying to find the children of Andrew Zimmerman and Rachel Roop/Rupe. Could Isaac be one of them? This Zimmerman family came from Huntingdon Co, PA. Margie R. Pearce genealogy: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors gymnastics: www.mnmgym.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JMiller585@aol.com> To: <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:23 PM Subject: [INADAMS-L] Whats up? > In answer to your email to sends names we are researching to the list > again. They are: Warner & Brown. Allied names are Lenhart, Gessinger, & > Rockwell. > Also, I have recently published a book entitled The Brown / Warner > Letters 1852 - 1884. The book has a two chapters consisting of letters > written from Adams County during this time period. The letters tell about > farm life in or near Root. Names of people in the book from Adams County are: > SARAH BROWN, JULIA BROWN, (married John Singleton) CAROLYN GESSINGER, JOHN > GESSINGER, NATHANIEL GESSINGER, HARVEY WARNER, CYRUS WARNER, BETSY ORCUTT, > JANE WARNER, ISAAC ZIMMERMAN, LOIS BROWN, HULDAH BROWN, EDSON BROWN, LAWSON > LENHART, PETER LENHART, SANFORD P. LENHART, RUTH VANBUSKIRK, MARY E. LENHART, > GREENBURY BAXTER, SAMANTHA A. LENHART, WM H. BROWN, ELIZABETH GOOD, ELIZABETH > SPANGLER, LETILLIA STEVENS, LAWSON C. LENHART, LUCRETIA BROWN, OTHER LENHARTS > AND THEIR SPOUSES: BREINER, MUMMA, SHIPLEY & ROBERTS. > If you want to buy the book you can contact me. If not, I will still be > happy to look up your name in the book. Names may just be listed in a > genealogy format, or the person may be mentioned in a letter. This book has > been donated to the Decatur Library. > Justine Brown Miller > > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== > > >

Does anyone have any information on Henry Railing or Jane Ault? They were my g g grandparents. Henry's first wife was Elizabeth Gessinger. My g grandfather Daniel Railing (b. Nov 10, 1874 d. 1961 Ora, IN) was Henry and Jane's only child. I am looking for Henry or Jane's parents or Henry or Elizabeth's children. Marian Clennon mjclennon@webtv.net

Hi list, I am researching my gg-grandfather, Abraham SPENCER born 1819 in Monroe, ADAMS Co Indiana and died about 1905 in Texas. I think his parents were Abraham SPENCER & wife Eva. Would love to hear from anyone with any information on the above. Thanks, Mika Granbury, TX ======Proud Rootsweb Sponsor=======

I am new to this list, so hope I am doing this correctly. If not, please let me know. I am researching the name Reed (by any spelling). Fact of the matter is, I am building a Reed (by any spelling) database where anyone researching Reeds can send in for a look-up of their "brick wall". I have 53,764 Reeds in the Database at this time, but that is not enough to do an effective look-up. So, if any of you Reed researchers are out there and would like to submit your Reed material to this Reed Database, please feel welcome. Send to Nelllogue@texoma.net (note the 3 'l's in Nelll) Thanks in advance? Nell

Hi Everyone, We've had some new members join the list in the past few weeks. How about another round to let everyone know what surnames or other information you're looking for. Any interesting stories in your research? I've been looking for many years for the path my g-g-grandfather John Singleton took to get from Pennsylvania to Adams Co. I knew that he was in York Co. PA in the 1860 census, and discovered a couple of years ago that he was last in that county in 1864 according to the tax records there. He appeared in Adams Co. on the 1877 tax records and 1880 census, but I could never located him in between. I had even started going through the 1870 Ohio census, county by county, in the hopes of finding him in that year. As it turns out, an index to the 1870 Ohio census has just come out and sure enough I found him...in Union Co., northwest of Columbus, probably about the last place I would have checked. Sometimes things just fall into place. What's up with you? Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

In answer to your email to sends names we are researching to the list again. They are: Warner & Brown. Allied names are Lenhart, Gessinger, & Rockwell. Also, I have recently published a book entitled The Brown / Warner Letters 1852 - 1884. The book has a two chapters consisting of letters written from Adams County during this time period. The letters tell about farm life in or near Root. Names of people in the book from Adams County are: SARAH BROWN, JULIA BROWN, (married John Singleton) CAROLYN GESSINGER, JOHN GESSINGER, NATHANIEL GESSINGER, HARVEY WARNER, CYRUS WARNER, BETSY ORCUTT, JANE WARNER, ISAAC ZIMMERMAN, LOIS BROWN, HULDAH BROWN, EDSON BROWN, LAWSON LENHART, PETER LENHART, SANFORD P. LENHART, RUTH VANBUSKIRK, MARY E. LENHART, GREENBURY BAXTER, SAMANTHA A. LENHART, WM H. BROWN, ELIZABETH GOOD, ELIZABETH SPANGLER, LETILLIA STEVENS, LAWSON C. LENHART, LUCRETIA BROWN, OTHER LENHARTS AND THEIR SPOUSES: BREINER, MUMMA, SHIPLEY & ROBERTS. If you want to buy the book you can contact me. If not, I will still be happy to look up your name in the book. Names may just be listed in a genealogy format, or the person may be mentioned in a letter. This book has been donated to the Decatur Library. Justine Brown Miller

Hi everyone, I've added three new GenConnect boards to the Adams Co. web page...Bible Records, Biographies and Pension Records. Feel free to add the appropriate material to the boards yourself. They work exactly like the Query board many of you have used, except that I've added logos to make them easier to find. Please be sure to post queries ONLY to the query board. The other boards (wills, obits, bible records, bios, deeds and pensions) are only for posting information you wish to share, along with the appropriate surnames. All those boards will be searchable. Be sure, too, that anything you post is free of copyright restrictions. Have fun and good hunting! Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

Hi Listers! Want to find others interested in any SOVINEs/SAUVAINs in Adams, Allen, Wells Cos (or elsewhere) interested in researching the names/families in the U.S. and back to their origins in Switzerland. Please let me hear from you! :-) Best, BarBara

Lynn I just got back tonight from a research trip to Indiana. Wells, Adams, Jay, and Allen Counties. I spoke with the registrar in Jay county. She said that this is a common problem and that the registrars had a meeting on it two night ago. She said that what happens is that many times the person may have died in one county but the doctor who certified the death had his office in another county and just filed the death in the county were his office was. She also stated that the doctors also had the option of filing the death with the county or with the state office and many times just filed the state and didn't bother with the county filing. I have run across the same thing and found the persons death record in another county. Hope this helps. David Michigan

Just a note to thank all of you for helping find the correct birth date and death dates of my grand parents. Many of you had suggestions as a result I have the correct information and I will be receiving the orbits from the paper soon Lynn lbsewell@multipro.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 6:20 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #60

--part1_3fb190ad.24ae0774_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a quick thought on this, the cemetary probably has written records on the death , including date and place of death, and mortuary. Haven't gotten a lot of info this way. Mary McFeely --part1_3fb190ad.24ae0774_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.4]) by air-yd03.mail.aol.com (v59.54) with SMTP; Thu, 01 Jul 1999 18:11:43 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (vx) with SMTP; Thu, 01 Jul 1999 18:11:37 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA28259; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <001401bec40d$d2ff05a0$b7810d0c@multipro.com> From: "Bill & Lynn" <lbsewell@multipro.com> Old-To: <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> References: <199907012122.OAA00764@bl-14.rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:05:07 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Subject: [INADAMS-L] Re: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #59 Resent-Message-ID: <6ujmxB.A.84G.Vd-e3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/433 X-Loop: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com I have a question about the death records in Adams Co. I have written from my grandfather and grandmothers death certificates in Adams Co, IN. Jesse Hugh Steele died 4-24-1948 and Niffie Blance Steele dd 4-24-1948. In both cases, they ( the heath dept) could not find the death certificates and returned my checks. Both are buried in Decatur Cem. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get actual death date proof. The tombstonse only give the years. Lynn lbsewell@multipro.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 4:22 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #59 ==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== --part1_3fb190ad.24ae0774_boundary--

I did a search of the 1998 Adams County Death Record compilation - Steele, Niffie Blanche (Mrs. Jesse H.) nee Cowan b: 1867/09/15 res: Decatur, Ind. d: 1959/07/05 place of d: Decatur Funeral home: Zwick Cem: Maplewood/Decatur source: z08p100 write to Bill Zwick, Zwick Funeral Home, 520 N. 2nd St., Decatur, IN 46733 Steele, Jesse H. b: 1863/03/26 res: Pleasant Mills, Adams Co. d: 1946/04/28 place of d: Pleasant Mills, Adams Co. Cem: Mt. Tabor, St. Marys Twp., Adams Co. source: z04p107 Write to Zwicks at address above. Note that Jesse Steele is not (or was not originally) buried in the Maplewood Cem. Have a good day! ===================================================== Adam J. Barrone Fort Wayne, IN http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~barraj01/ ===================================================== Coordinator OMII Genealogical Association http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~barraj01/omii/ ===================================================== On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Bill & Lynn wrote: > I have a question about the death records in Adams Co. I have written from > my grandfather and grandmothers death certificates in Adams Co, IN. Jesse > Hugh Steele died 4-24-1948 and Niffie Blance Steele dd 4-24-1948. In both > cases, they ( the heath dept) could not find the death certificates and > returned my checks. Both are buried in Decatur Cem. Does anyone have any > suggestions as to how I can get actual death date proof. The tombstonse > only give the years. > Lynn > lbsewell@multipro.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 4:22 PM > Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #59 > > > > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== > >

Is it possible that you have an incorrect date? Richard is also possibly correct...they died in another county and were buried at Decatur Cemetery. Have you tried researching the obits in the Decatur Daily Democrat? The Decatur Public Library has a cardfile index to the paper and someone could check there (thank you Dick Heller for that project). There are names of some researchers who will perform searches like that on the Adams Co. web page. If you can find an obit, that will give you a lot of the information you need. Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

Is it possible either or both died in a hospital in a different county, such as Allen (Fort Wayne) or Wells? Richard Scheimann

I have a question about the death records in Adams Co. I have written from my grandfather and grandmothers death certificates in Adams Co, IN. Jesse Hugh Steele died 4-24-1948 and Niffie Blance Steele dd 4-24-1948. In both cases, they ( the heath dept) could not find the death certificates and returned my checks. Both are buried in Decatur Cem. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get actual death date proof. The tombstonse only give the years. Lynn lbsewell@multipro.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 4:22 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #59

Researching: ISAAC R. GRAY, ARTIE M. PHILLPOTT FOUNTAIN COUNTY, INDIANA My grandfather and grandmother.... married in 1900 any one have access to marriage records 1848-1920? thanks Edith Gray