CONTINUATION OF PART 2 OF 9 CHILDREN OF JOHN B. FRAVEL JR. & SOPHIA FRAVEL (Cousins) ---------------------------- 4. MARY SOPHIA FRAVEL Born: 10 September 1853, La Porte County, Indiana Died: 28 September 1921, La Porte County, Indiana Burial: Unknown Married Three Times ----- 1860 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte Township, La Porte County Enumerated 26 June 1880 Page 108 Lines 34-40, HH 918/868 John B. Fravel 46/Male/Merchant/--$6000/SC Sophia Fravel 40/Female/$1000/VA Theophilus Fravel 16/Male/AttendedSchool/IN George Fravel 11/Male/AttendedSchool/IN John L. Fravel 9/Male/AttendedSchool/IN {John Louis Fravel} MARY S. FRAVEL 6/Female/AttendedSchool/IN {Mary Sophia Fravel} Mary Duloy 47/Female/Ireland ----- 1870 Federal Census: La Porte Township, La Porte County Enumerated Date Not Stated Page 161A Lines 24-27, HH 793/868 John B. Fravel 55/Male/White/LifeInsuranceAgent/$4500-$600/NC Sophie E. Fravel 50/Male/White/KeepingHouse/VA Louie Fravel 19/Male/White/TelegraphOperator/IN {John Louis Fravel} MARY S. FRAVEL 16/Female/White/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN ----- M/1: BLANCHARD W. HOCKETT Born: About 1846, Grant County, Indiana, s/o of Joseph & Emaline Hockett Died: 20 April 1892, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana Burial: IOOF Cemetery, Marion, Grant County, Indiana Served in Civil War as a musician in Company F, 139th Indiana Infantry His wife Mary applied for a pension in 1892 One child born to this union: Mary Blanche Hockett Born: 7 January 1881, Grant County, Indiana Died: 22 January 1881, Grant County, Indiana ----- 1850 Federal Census: Indiana Centre Township, Grant Count Enumerated 28 September 1850 Page 266B Lines 23-26, HH 875/889 Joseph Hocket 25/Male/Farmer/$1000/IN Emaline Hocket 24/Female/IN BLANCHARD W. HOCKET 3/Male/IN {Future husband of Mary Sophia Fravel} Albert M. Hocket 7mos/Male/IN ----- 1860 Federal Census: Indiana Franklin Township, Grant County Enumerated 6 July 1860 page 103/337 Lines 33-37, HH 679/679 Samuel Burrier 30/Male/Farmer/$3000-$700/OH Mary Burrier 22/Female/IN Arthur Burrier 3/Male/IN James Burrier 1/Male/IN BLANCHARD HOCKETT 14/Male/AttendedSchool/IN ----- La Porte County Indiana Marriages Mary S. Fravel to Clanchard W. Hockett {Blanchard} 30 October 1877 ----- 1880 Federal Census: Indiana Marion, ED 180, Grant County Enumerated 5 June 1880 Page 637C Lines 14-16, HH 88/105 Blanchettt Hockett White/Male/34/Married/Daguerriar/IN/IN/IN Mary Hockett White/Female/26/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/NC/VA {Mary Sophia Fravel} Nettie Lloyd White/Female/18/DomesticHouseHelp/IN/Wales/OH NOTE: Blanchard Hockett's occupation in this census was misspelled and should be Daguerre which was a type of photo processing called Daguerreotype associated with silver and mercury used in tin type photos and other images. He was probably working for Hartsook Photography in Marion, Indiana where he learned the process as he later bought the business and then died. My guess is that he probably died as the results of mercury poisoning. ----- Wayne County Indiana Deaths Book H-21, Page 35 WPA Blanche W. Hockett Died: 20 April 1892 Place of Death: Richmond Age 46, Male, White ----- M/2: Waldo A. Williams LDS - Wisconsin Marriages 1836 - 1930 Married: 10 February 1896, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Bride: Mary Hockett Born: La Porte County, Indiana Daughter of John B. Fravel & Sophia E. Fravel Groom: Waldo A. Williams Born: Freeport, Illinois Son of Fitzalen B. Williams & Carrie C. Olterhout ---- 1900 Federal Census: Indiana Center Township, ED 46, La Porte County Enumerated 18 June 1900 Page 70A, Sheet 14 Lines 26-33, HH 1210/350/356 Michigan Avenue Clarinda Buchtel Head/W/F/June1849/51/Wd/5children5living/Rents Home/KeepingBoardingHouse/IN/OH/OH Ada M. Wadsworth Dau/W/F/Nov1870/29/Md3yrs//NoChildren/Teacher/IN/IN/IN Dudley L. Wadsworth SonInLaw/W/M/Dec1871/28/EditorArgus/IN/IN/Michigan Hellen M. Buchtel Dau/F/W/F/Aug1878/21/Single/KindergartenTeacher/Colo/IN/IN MOLLIE F.WILLIAMS {Mary Sophia Fravel} Boarder/W/F/Sept1854/45/Wd/NoChildren/SalesladyMillenery/IN/SC/VA Nancy Hosmer Boarder/W/F/Sept1824/75/Wd/8children5living/OH/OH/OH Annetta Hosmer Boarder/W/F/May1861/39/Single/SchoolTeacher/IN/PA/OH Lou E. Hosmer Boarder W/F/May1865/35/Single/SchoolTeacher/IN/PA/OH ---- M/3: Judge William B. Biddle, widower of Caroline Virginia Fravel {d/o Abraham & Sophia Fravel} La Porte County Indiana Marriages Volume II William B. Biddle to Mary F. Williams {Her third marriage} Married: 19 July 1904 ---- JUDGE WILLIAM B. BIDDLE {See post for Caroline Virginia Fravel} Born: December 1831, Bourbon County, Kentucky Died: 28 May 1914, La Porte County, Indiana ----- 1910 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte City, Center Township, Ed 87, La Porte County Enumerated 21 April 1910 Page 96A, Sheet 7 Lines 14-15, HH 1304/139/164 Indiana Avenue William B. Biddle Head/M/W/79/MdTwice/Md5yrs/Attorney/OwnsMtgHm/KY/KY/KY Mary Biddle Wife/Female/White/56/MdThreeTimes/1child1living/IN/SC/SC ----- 1920 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte, Ward 3, ED 123, La Porte County Enumerated 12 January 1920 Page 125A, Sheet 3 Line 35, HH 48/56 County Home, Emma Taylor, Manager Mary Biddle Inmate/Female/White/66/Widowed/IN/Unknown/Unknown ------------------------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong