Does anyone have any idea of how I can find information on a marriage between a John (?) DAVIS and (?) MacCORMACK or MacCORMICK, in late 1700s or early 1800s, possibly in Pennsylvania, New York, or New England? I know this is sketchy - it's also MY brick wall. They were parents of Marguerite (?) DAVIS who married my gggrandfather, Milton Brookins. He was born in Pennsylvania and moved as,as boy, with his father, Dr. Cyrus Brookins, to Ohio, first to Richwood and then to Millfield/Athens. ANY help would be greatly appreciated, Cookie, in Florida < [email protected] >

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=656 Surname: ------------------------- Is SHEPHERD, Josiah (1819 OH - 1888) related in any way to SHEPHERD, Thomas (1800 Eng - 1850 OH)??? Are they uncle/nephew, cousins, siblings????? We are at a loss for information about Josiah, other than his marriage to Rachel EDDY (1840 OH - 1906) and their children: 1. Margaret Jane Shepherd 1860-1938 2. George M. Shepherd 1862-1932 3. John W. Shepherd 1864-1951 4. Josiah Shepherd 1866- 5. Aretus Shepherd 1872-1937 6. Jacob Lewis Shepherd 1873- 7. Nora Shepherd 1877-1944 SHEPHERD, Thomas (1800 Eng - 1850 OH) m. Mary LAZENBY (1797 Eng - 1863 OH) 1. William Shepherd 1827-1888 2. Thomas Shepherd 1832-1915

Taken From The Russell County Register Jamestown , Kentucky June 8, 2000 Icy Beals Icy Beals, 106, of Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Jamestown died Friday, June 2, 2000 at the Russell County Hospital. She was born in Brown County, Indiana February 14, 1894 to the late Susie Kerrick Johnson and the late Eddie Calvin Johnson. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Beals and her first husband Walter Hinshaw, two sons Walter Hinshaw and Lawrence Hinshaw; one daughter Ruby L. Jones; one grandson Lawrence Jones; one great-granddaughter Mary K. Jones; three sisters; and one brother. She is survived by five grandchildren Jerry Kay Collins of Marshall, Illinois; Karen Niece, of Seelyville, Indiana; Michael Jones of Campbellsville, Kentucky; James Jones of Springfield, Virginia and Richard Hinshaw of Columbus, Indiana; one daughter-in-law Agnes Hinshaw of Russell Springs; and a host of great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, June 5, 2000, 1:00 p.m., at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Merrill officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Bernard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. -- http://www.geocities.com/mamafrost/index.html A.n.d.e.r.s.o.n-B.o.w.l.e.s-B.u.n.c.h-B.l.a.c.k C.o.l.y.e.r-D.e.S.p.a.i.n-F.e.r.r.y-F.r.o.s.t G.r.a.h.a.m-B.u.r.t.o.n-J.a.s.p.e.r-H.u.c.k.a.b.y M.c.C.u.b.b.i.n.s -N.e.a.t-P.a.i.n.t.e.r-R.i.c.h.m.o.n.d R.e.x.r.o.a.t-B.o.l.e.n-Q.u.i.n.n-W.a.r.d-W.a.l.k.e.r W.r.i.g.h.t My biggest brick wall DANIEL FERRY -B-1836 Clairborne County Tenn D-1904-Russell County, Ky married to 1886-White county , Tenn REBECCA WRIGHT-b-abt. 1850 D-1933-Russell County, Ky Who were their parents? mailto:[email protected]

David, According to the Robert Martyr Parsley Family Study No. 172 published by the Brown Co. Genealogy Society, Mary Prosser (b: ca 1849, IN; d: Jan. 7, 1926 Bridgeport, IN) was probably the daugther of James Prosser and Margaret Jane Kelly. Mary married Robert Martyr Parsely, b: ca 1840, IN on April 2, 1866 in Brown Co., Bk.2 -267. Although I don't know anything about a Prosser/Shannon connection, the study records that she had a 11 year old daugther, Mary Ann in the 1860 hamblen twp. census. I have Brown Co. GRAY (Robert Gray, Sr.) and PARSLEY (Robert Martyr Parsley) ancestors. Good Luck, Rusty In a message dated 6/5/2000 7:22:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 14:47:43 -0700 From: "David E. Shannon" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: James related to Mary PROSSER ? Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=655 Surname: PROSSER, SHANNON, GRAY ------------------------- Is James PROSSER related to Mary A. PROSSER who married William SHANNON in Brown County, 1841? William may be the older half-brother of my g2-grandfather, Robert SHANNON, who married Sarah Susan GRAY in Brown County, 1846. They may both be sons of Samuel SHANNON, whose second wife was Margaret __?__. I would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this PROSSER family. >>

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=655 Surname: PROSSER, SHANNON, GRAY ------------------------- Is James PROSSER related to Mary A. PROSSER who married William SHANNON in Brown County, 1841? William may be the older half-brother of my g2-grandfather, Robert SHANNON, who married Sarah Susan GRAY in Brown County, 1846. They may both be sons of Samuel SHANNON, whose second wife was Margaret __?__. I would like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this PROSSER family.

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=654 Surname: Mason, Mason ------------------------- MASON, William M., 1815-1880. Resided in Nashville, Brown County 1840 until death in 1880. Wife: Lucy Jane Clark. Children: Emily F., Julia Ann, Volney P., Edwin, Nancy J., James M., Martha L., William and Hugh. Any relatives out there to share info? Particularly interested in Volney Patterson, my great-grandfather.

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=653 Surname: Wise, Fox, Brown ------------------------- Looking into the possibility that Mary E. Wise daughter of Matthew Wise and Katherine Brown is my GGgrandmother. They were from Brown Co. My GGgrandfather was Linas Fox. He married a Mary E. Wise in 1866 in Wayne Co. There were Wises, Foxes and Browns in both counties and Linas' uncle married a Brown, just grasping at possibilities!! Does anyone know of Mary E. Wise of Brown Co.? Thanks

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=652 Surname: Fox, Wise, Brown, Porter, Benbow, Venable ------------------------- Joseph Fox married Harriet Porter in Brown CO. 1/1/1854, Samuel Fox married Malinda?? (according to 1850 census, she was born abt. 1820 in KY) and Isaac Fox married Delila Newkirk in Brown Co. on 3/30/1841.

Posted on: Brown County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Brown?read=651 Surname: CONDON, CURRY, HAMBLEN ------------------------- David Hamblen Curry b. 27 Jun 1851 Hamblen Twp, Brown Co, IN to parents Elias Washington Curry & Lucinda Hamblen. David Married Minora (Nora) Lodena Condon b. 3 May 1856 Belmont Co, OH.her parents were Alexander Condon and Silena Bailey Children of this marriage: Effie Clair, Myrtle Leona, Henry Edgar, Lee Omer, Mary Belle.

We just got home from Nashville, IN. WOW!!!!!!!!!! My husband loved it so much that we looked for a house!!! We hope to move there within the next month! Anyway, I found the graves of my Gr-gr-gr Uncle Joseph G. GRIFFITT his wife and one of their children. What I didn't know was that he was a Doctor just like his father Arnold S. GRIFFITT who was born in Morgan Co. Joseph married Henrietta BROWN on 11 NOV 1888. He was born in 1869 and died in 1899. Henrietta was born in 1870 and died in 1950. Their daughter Ina was born in 1890 and died in 1904. They are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Nashville. I also found marriage information on Arnold who after the death of his first wife married Emma TAGGART in Brown Co. on 22 JUN 1876. Now if I can only find where they are buried!!!!! If you are thinking of visiting Brown Co. GO FOR IT! It is beautiful and well worth the trip! Tracy Duncan Volunteer of Random Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=19 Surname: Hopper, Ogden, Crays, Taggart, Sipe ------------------------- Obituary, (Reeve, Helen) Brown County, Indiana, Obituaries, Vol. I, (dated May 19, 1938): "Mrs. Estella Hopper, wife of Mart Hopper, died in the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis last Thursday, May 12, following an illness of several weeks of pneumonia. Mrs. Hopper was born May 11, 1874. After uniting in marriage with Mr. Hopper, the couple made their home and reared their family in Nashville, living in the property that is now owned by the Nashville-Brown County Library. The Hopper family was one of the most prominent families of the town and county. They moved to Indianapolis about the year 1918, where they have since made their home. Besides the husband, Mrs. Hopper is survived by the following children: Rex Hopper, Austin, Texas; Frank H. Hopper, Boston, Mass; Myron Hopper, St. Louis; Ira William Hopper, San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Etta Ogden, Wooster, Ohio; and Mrs. Iris Crays, Rockville, Indiana. She is also survived by one brother, Ira Taggart, of Tampa, Florida, and ten grandchildren. Private funeral services were held last Saturday at the Montgomery Funeral Home in Indianapolis with Rev. William F. Rothenburger of the Third Christian Church officiating. Interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Hopper was a very active member of the Third Christian Church." Estella, born in Nashville, was the daughter of Franklin P. Taggart and Martha Ellen Sipe. She was married 9-5-1895 and had 8 children.

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=17 Surname: Hopper, Ogden, Jones, David, Taggart, Bond, Grays, Walker, Kelley, Adams, Woods ------------------------- Obituary, (Reeve, Helen) Brown County, Indiana, Obituaries, Vol. I, (paper dated April 3, 1947): "Martin J. Hopper, formerly of Nashville, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Etta Ogden, at Quincy, Ill., last Saturday, after an illness of several months. He was seventy-three years of age and a twin brother of Mrs. James M. Jones and an uncle of Mrs. Leila David, both of Nashville. 'Mart', as he was known by his many friends here, was born in Nashville. When a young man he united with the Christian church and was active in social and religious work throughout his life. His wife, before their marriage, was Miss Estella Taggart, and she and Mr. Hopper were both musicians, as were other members of their family. He at one time was the instructor of the Nashville band. As a young man he was much interested in sports and for a number of years was a leading out-fielder in the old Brown County Hustlers. For several years Mr. Hopper was a clerk in the general store of his father-in-law, Frank P. Taggart, in the building now occupied by The Miller Pharmacy. During his business career here, with his friendly disposition, he enjoyed the high esteem of all our citizens. Following the death of Mr. Taggart, he operated the store under his own name for several years before he took stock in and became a salesman for an Indianapolis wholesale firm. He and his family moved to Indianapolis thirty-one years ago. A few years ago Mr. Hopper retired from business and for five years lived with his son, Rex Hopper, who was a professor in the university at Austin, Texas. Rex now resides in New York. Mrs. Estella Hopper died at the family home in Indianapolis several years ago. A daughter, Mrs. Glen Bond, wife of a former Nashville boy, also died at her Indianapolis home several years ago. Surviving are four sons, Rex D. Hopper and Myron T. Hopper, both of New York, and Frank M. Hopper and Ira W. Hopper, both of Indianapolis, and two daughters, Mrs. Etta Ogden, Quincy, Ill., and Mrs. Iris M. Grays, Indianapolis. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in the Montgomery Mortuary in Indianapolis at 2 o'clock. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. Among those attending the funeral were Mrs. Leatha Walker, Miss Eudora Kelley, Mrs. Leila David and Paul Adams, also Mrs. Ralph Woods of Morgantown." Martin was born 1-31-1874 and died in March of 1947. He was the son of William Marmaduke and Nancy A. Morse Hopper.

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=16 Surname: Morse, Franklin, Swindler, Sturgeon, Bales, Teagardin, Franklin, Judah, Beck, Dunn, Barrick, Whaley, Harmon, McDaniel, Rogers, Seward, Hopper, Mifford ------------------------- Obituary, The Brown County Democrat - "Mrs. Martha Ann Morse, formerly of this county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Franklin, in Bloomington, early Wednesday morning [2-27-1935]. For many years she resided a few miles west of Nashville and was the widow of Henry Morse, a Civil War veteran, who died several years ago. Mrs. Morse was eighty-four years of age. Surviving are two children, O.P. Morse, Minonk, Ill., and Mrs. Sam Franklin, Bloomington; three sisters, Mrs. Monroe Swindler, Monroe County, Mrs. E.J. Sturgeon, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mary E. Bales, of Carmen, Oklahoma, and three grandchildren, Ruth Franklin, Mrs. T.W. Teagardin and Edwin Franklin. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m., by Rev. K.D. Vandeventer, former pastor of the Nashville M.E. Church. Burial will be in the Needmore Cemetery. Pall-bearers will be Alva Judah, G.M. Beck, Felix A. Dunn, Curt Barrick, Forrest Whaley and Will Harmon. Honorary pall-bearers are L.C. McDaniel, Marion Rogers, Fred Seward, Mart Hopper and Estes Mifford, all of whom except Seward and Mifford, formerly lived in Brown County. The casket will not be opened at Needmore." (March 1, 1935)

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=15 Surname: Morse, Kellar, Franklin ------------------------- Obituary, THE BROWN COUNTY DEMOCRAT, April 8, 1915: "Henry Morse, died Saturday, at his home in Bloomington at age 68. He was a former resident of the Jackson Creek area, west of Nashville. He was a Civil War Vet., serving in the 145th Ind. Vol. Inf. His brother, Justus Morse, who died a year ago, was also a Civil War Veteran. Surv. Mr. Morse are his wife, a son, Dr. P. Morse of Dundee, Ill., a dau., Mrs. Samson Franklin, Blmgtn. Burial was in Needmore Cemetery in Brown County." Henry was the son of Hiram C. and Mary Ann Kellar Morse, both of Noble County, Ohio. Henry was born in Ohio in 1847 and died in April of 1915. Two sons, Purley and Orvil died in infancy and are buried with their parents in Needmore Cemetery, Brown Co., IN.

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=13 Surname: Siscoe, Morse, Henry, Clark ------------------------- Obituary, (Helen Reeve) BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA OBITUARIES, VOL. 2, (Oct. 22, 1975): "Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 14, for Bessie Morse, 83, who died in the Bloomington Hospitality House the preceding day. She was born on August 27, 1892, in Brown County to Samuel J. and Etta May (Clark) Siscoe. Mrs. Morse is survived by two brothers, Henry Siscoe of Bloomington and Lewis Siscoe of Indianapolis; one sister, Ethel Henry of Indianapolis; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband, Leroy Morse, preceded her in death. Orville Frame presided over the services, and burial was at Needmore Cemetery."

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=11 Surname: Morse, Mitchell, McDaniel, Siscoe, Clark ------------------------- Obituary: The Brown County Democrat - "Ray Morse, 81, a native of Brown County, died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Morgan County hospital in Martinsville from uremic poisoning. Mr. Morse had lived in Monroe County most of his life up until nine years ago when he moved to the farm near Monrovia where he was living at the time of his death. Survivors include the wife, Bessie; two daughters, Mrs. R.W. Mitchell and Miss Bertha Morse, both of Indianapolis; one son, Robert E. Morse of Kingman, Arizona; two brothers, Verne Morse, of Bloomington, and Thurman Morse, of Portland, Oregon; a sister, Mrs. Ethel McDaniel, of Bloomington; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services are being held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the Greene and Harrell Funeral Home in Bloomington. Burial will be in the Needmore Cemetery [Brown Co.]." (May 29, 1947) The children were from a previous marriage to Rachel Ellen (d. 1-3-1941 in Indianapolis, IN) that ended in divorce in Brown Co. The second wife was Bessie Siscoe, daughter of Samuel James Siscoe and Etta May Clark.

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=9 Surname: Morse, Siscoe, McDaniel, Wantland, Ives ------------------------- Obituary, The Brown County Democrat, August 11, 1938: "Mrs. Catherine J. Morse, 93, former Brown County citizen, died at her home in Bloomington, Sunday at 12:45 p.m. Mrs. Morse had enjoyed good health until about ten days ago, since which time her condition gradually grew worse. Complications of old age were given as the cause of death. Justice Morse, Civil War veteran and husband of Mrs. Morse, preceded her in death 30 years ago. Prior to his death they lived Needmore. Mrs. Morse was a member of the Needmore Methodist Church and a member of the Bloomington Relief Corps. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. J.R. McDaniel and Mrs. L.D. McDaniel of Bloomington; three sons, Roy and Vern Morse, both of Bloomington, and Truman Morse of Portland, Oregon; one brother, Willard Siscoe, of Lorain, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Wantland of Bloomington and Mrs. R.W. Ives of Tickwilla (Tukwila?), Washington. There are also a number of nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Dr. C. Howard Taylor, pastor of the First Methodist Church had charge of the funeral services which were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the First Christian Church in Bloomington. Interment was in Needmore cemetery." She was born 1-9-1845 in Brown Co and died 8-7-1938.

Posted on: Brown County, IN Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/BrownObits?read=8 Surname: Morse, Kellar, Siscoe ------------------------- Obituary from BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA, OBITUARIES, 1914-1984 (Reeve, Helen): "Justus Morse Dead---Justus Morse, for many years a resident of this county, residing about 6 miles west of Nashville, died at his home in Bloomington from a sudden heart attack. He was 67 years of age and a Civil War veteran, having enlisted in the 47th Ind. Regiment. He was a member of the M.E. church. He was survived by his widow and five children. Funeral was held at Needmore in charge of Rev. Brown of Georgetown. Item of Feb. 24, 1910." He was the son of Hiram C. Morse and Mary Ann Kellar of Noble Co., OH. He was born 2-18-1842 and died 2-17-1910. Justus married Catharine J. Siscoe, 10-11-1864. Their children were Edman Leroy (Ray), Verne, Thurman, Eudora Inez and Ethel.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D8D1E0B0F976E1D035F115B9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can anybody answer this question? Sarah Clevenger --------------D8D1E0B0F976E1D035F115B9 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: (qmail 5322 invoked from network); 23 May 2000 18:52:44 -0000 Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com (205.188.157.35) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 23 May 2000 18:52:44 -0000 Received: from [email protected] by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.9.) id 6.84.5a58283 (4050) for <[email protected]>; Tue, 23 May 2000 14:52:39 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:52:39 EDT Subject: Re: PING To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 104 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Just wondered if this Ping family could be connected to my ggggrandmother Elizabeth Ping who lived in Missouri and Illinois around 1820 until 1860. This 2 yr old could not have been my ggggrandmother as her husband Richard Hargis died in 1848 and she died prior to 1860 leaving several children. --------------D8D1E0B0F976E1D035F115B9--

Another family living in Van Buren Twp that has an illegible surname is listed below. The surname MIGHT have the letters C???re Caleb 60 DE Jane 50 OH Ann 12 OH Lott 9 OH Jacob 5 IN Emma 5 IN George 14 OH Do these people look familiar to any one? Any help appreciated Sarah Clevenger