My husband's grandmother, Rebecca Blanche Feeler Gillispie (married to Claude Willard Gillispie) was the daughter of: James Arthur Feeler b 07-29-1883 & d. 10-12-1923 and Lucy Olivia Snodgrass b. 12-16-1885 & d. 03-01-1978. James' parents were: Jackson Feeler b. 08-10-1840 in Washington Co., IN & d. 01-06-1910 and Harriet Rebecca Elder b. 1854 & d. 1941. Jackson's parents were: Thomas Ebenezer "Calvin" Feeler b. Indiana & Mary Emaline Hartley b. Indiana. Thomas' parents were: Simon Feeler & Deborah Daley as mentioned as parents of Simon (about whom the article is written). All of the unmentioned locations are for Maries County. Thank you so much for posting this information! You have given me an important link. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda K. Elmore" <mkelmore@tranquility.net> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: [MOMARIES] FEELER family, 1834 Can someone fill in who these Feeler¹s are? --------------------------------------------- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/in/washington/bios/feeler.tx t >From "History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIMON FEELER Simon Feeler resides about five miles south from Fruitland on a good estate, which his skill and industry have made a beautiful home place and which is now producing abundant returns in varied crops and fruits. Simon Feeler was born in Washington county, Indiana, on October 21, 1834, the son of Simon and Deborah (Dealey) Feeler, natives of Virginia and South Carolina, respectively. The father's father was Mikel Feeler, a native of France and an officer in the War of 1812. Our subject passed his youthful days on a farm and sought wisdom in the district schools until fifteen, then accompanied the balance of the family to Maries county, Missouri. In 1859 he took a train load of provisions to Pike's Peak and returned to Kansas. In 1861 he came thence across the plains with a train of eighteen wagons to Oregon, being troubled much with the Indians en route, and on the Owhyee river the little band of whites fought several hundreds of the savages for many weary hours but fortune so favored them that not one of their number perished. They journeyed on to Polk county and then our subject returned to the mines of eastern Oregon; in 1865 he located at Gray's Harbor, Washington, being one of the first settlers in that region. He assisted to construct the first wagon road in the Satsop river to Olympia. Where Aberdeen now stands was a favorite hunting ground for elk, bear and deer. In 1874 he went with teams through Nevada and four years later journeyed to Shasta county, California, whence in 1879, he returned to Lake count, Oregon. In 1890 he came to his cousins' home and since that date Mr. Feeler has been one of the enterprising and substantial citizens of Stevens county. On September 12, 1878, Mr. Feeler married Mrs. Martha J. McKinney, daughter of John and Amanda (Perry) McElrath, natives of South Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. Mrs. Feeler was born in Hunt county, Texas, on October 16, 1852, and seven years later came with her parents in an ox train across the plains. They settled in San Louis Obispo county, where she received her education and she remarks that in the public schools most of the scholars were Mexicans. Mrs. Feeler was first married to Joseph McKinney, who was killed in the state of Sonora, Mexico. To this union two children were born, Octavia, the wife of Rex Buck, of Cheney, and George McKinney, who died in Mexico in 1892. Her parents came to Washington and her father was drowned at Lyons Ferry on the Snake in 1879; her mother is now the wife of E. Ingle, living near Milton, Oregon. To Mr. Feeler and his first wife, four children have been born: James W. and Samuel S., of Milan, Washington; Maggie, wife of T.E. Bernard; and Mary M., wife of Frank Duke, both of Lake View, Oregon. Mr. Feeler was married the first time in Lyon county, Kansas, on March 6, 1859, to Sarah M. King, who died at Walla Walla in 1873. ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog