My MAYNARDs were native Brits who moved to first Dearborn Co., then to Ripley
Co., then to Decatur Co., IN. The first, the paterfamilias, William, and his
wife Sarah KEMP, were married in Bodiam, Sussex Co., England ca 1828 and
emigrated to the US in 1852.
Their eldest surviving son, William, and his wife, Martha CLOUT, and 5
children arrived 4 July, 1860.
Their first born child in the US, George W. Maynard, married Anneta Jane
HARDING, of Salt Creek Twp., Decatur Co., Nettie the daughter of Elizabeth
Hard
This may be of interest to some members of the list.
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:11:46 -0500
From: Sue Prifogle Otte
Organization: Rushville Public Library
Subject: Book o' Death 1823-56
Hi, Folks!
I've had lots of questions about this Rush Co death book 1823-56.
It's from the Probate books for those years. Someone has gone through
and picked out the names & death dates. It's only 17 pages so it would
be really easy for me to copy for someone & mail it off, etc... for the
fee of copyi
There's an extraordinarily rich set of genealogical web pages on the
Arnolds and other families of Decatur and Shelby Counties at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/i/o/Rochelle-Riordan/index.html
Families covered in the Descendants of Elisha Arnold pages include Ballard,
Barnes, Brown, Crisler, Cure, Deiwert, Hayes, Lantz, LeMasters, McDaniel,
Madison, Palmerton, Parker, Powell, Walton. Several of these intersect
with the Arnolds more than once. There is also a separate genealogy of the
Descendants
My goodness, a message on Decatur County, Indiana, one of my prime research
sites.
I have the HARDINGs of Decatur Co. When I get the chance, I'll list all of
them, but to begin with, John HARDING, Jr. son of John HARDIN [sic] Sr and his
wife Mary of Augusta Co., VA, was born 1790.
He moved to Bracken Co., KY at a young age. I have some of his memoirs (Lewis
Harding's history of Decatur Co.) of the horrific travel.
He moved with his last wife, Susan ABRAHAM, daughter of Benj.and Mary Abraham
(first cousi
I've received the following message from
I have miles of reference work for Decatur, Lawrence, and Franklin
Counties, Indiana. I have researched many families in these counties:
Reddington,
Redington, Montgomery, Gray, Geiger, Haines, O'Hara, Pemberton, Elder. If
there's any thing I can do to lend a hand fly me a line........ Marion
Frances Van Tiger
Dr J A Ballard
Graduate School, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Tel +61 2 62