Submitted by: Lou Moore, 4380 Nova Ct., Bloomington, IN 47404

Tobe grew up in Perry Township. When he was 25 years old he married 15-year-old Ida C. McGee, the daughter of George W. and Laura (Butcher) McGee, on Christmas day, 1892. They had two children together: Laura who was born on October 10, 1894; and Flora Belle on October 22, 1895. In 1897, Ida came down with typhoid fever and died after a brief illness.

In 1901, at the age of 34, Tobe took a second bride, 19-year-old Della Anderson, the daughter of F. and R. (Stephens) Anderson. They had a son, Henry, born on January 26, 1903.

The family seemed to prosper financially. By 1909 Tobe was part owner of the Adams and Snoddy ice business on the west side of the square. He also owned a sawmill and several other tracts of land.

In 1911, he began to feud with Martha, a matriarch of the McFarland family, over the property rights of some land in the Paynetown area. Martha had a brother named Harvey, a rather obnoxious fellow who was not well liked.

One day late that spring, Harvey let his horses into a graveyard to graze. That was a perfect excuse for Tobe and some of his friends to whitecap Harvey by stripping him of his clothes and whipping him severely. A few days later, prodded by Martha, Harvey came into town and charged Toby and seven others with breaking the law.

The men were tried jointly a few months later, and that trial ended in a hung jury. It was then decided that the men should be tried separately. Tobe's case was the first to be heard. Six days later he was convicted of whitecapping. One other man, Silas Adams, was also convicted. Both were sentenced to serve from two to fourteen years in prison.

Tobe came home from prison in 1915 just in time to be sued for a divorce by his wife. About two months later, on December 8, Flora Belle died of TB. While the case was being appealed to a higher court, Tobe and Silas remained active in the community. Laura, Tobe's oldest daughter, married Henry J. Evans in 1912; Flora Belle married Frank Guy in January, 1913. A few days before Flora Belle was married, Tobe received word that the higher court supported the lower court's decision. So, just two days after the wedding, Tobe and Silas met at Bloomington's Monon station to board the train that would take them to Michigan City. They were joined there by many well wishers.

A young divorcee, Ida L. Norris, helped him to take his mind off his troubles. Ida was the daughter of Tillman and Susan (East) May. She married Tobe in Bloomington on March 10, 1917. She was 27; he was 49. Ida had a son, Robert, by her previous marriage and together with Tobe she had three more children: Earl Leon born 1918, Theresa born 1920, and Dortha in 1923.

Early in 1928, Toby's health began to fail as a result of heart trouble. He died on April 27 of that year at the home of his daughter, Laura. He is buried at Clear Creek Cemetary south of Bloomington.

George married Sarah Ann Fry on May 5, 1856, in the town of Bloomington, Indiana. A Methodist Minister named, E.P. Shields conducted the ceremony. George's last name was misspelled Peate on his marriage certificate. In the 1860 census, they are listed as living next door to Abagos, in Salt Creek, and they have two children, Emma Threa, born Feb. 17, 1857 and Louisa Jane, born June 15, 1858.

On October 4, 1858, at the age of 23, George made an application to become a U.S. citizen. In 1862, he enrolled in the 27th Indiana Volunteers, Co. G., and on March 5, the same day, he was mustered in but put in Co. A. This took place in Indianapolis. He signed up to serve 3 years or the duration of the war. By this time, George had another child, a son John William born May 20, 1861.

While in the line of duty on Feb. 1, 1864 at Tullahoma, TN, George was with a detail covering up an officers sink which was surrounded by brush. While engaged in the performance of this duty a limb of a tree penetrated his right ear to the depth of about 2 inches, from the effect of which he lost the hearing of said ear and suffered constant pain. He was treated at the Regimental Hospital at Tullahoma for a time after this accident. He may have been sent home from there as another son William T. Sherman was born in November, 1864. George was discharged from the army on April 6, 1865 at Goldsboro, N.C.

A third daughter, Christina, was born in 1865. Another son, James Calvin was born on Feb. 8, 1868. Sometime before the birth of my Great Grandfather, Robert Edward Lee, Sept. 7, 1870, the family moved to Franklin, in Clinton Co., as this is where he was born. George W. was born January 26, 1873, Charles T. circa 1876, Mary J. circa 1878, and Jesse R. Jan. 2, 1881.

George evidently supported his family as a farmer during this approximately 20 year period. He is listed as a farmer on the census lists.

George and his family lived in Clinton Co. for a time in the 1880's, but did come back to Monroe Co. In 1882, from Clinton Co., he made a Declaration for an Invalid Pension. In 1903 Sarah made a Declaration for a Widow's Pension while she was living in Payne, in Monroe Co.

From Nov. 4, 1882, until Oct. 8, 1897, George was still filling out Government forms. Did he ever receive his pension? He died on Feb. 28, 1903 in Bloomington, Indiana. Sarah received $8 for 7 or 8 months. She died in January, 1904.

George worked as a farmer after his discharge to feed, clothe, and shelter his large family. It is a testimony to me of his character, that he did not apply for his Government Pension until almost 20 years after. I'm sure he did his best for his family until ill health and advancing age made it necessary to appeal for some financial aid.

Sarah was approximately 63 years old when she filed a Declaration for Widow's Pension on the 12th of March, 1903. Her husband had died on February 28. She was a resident of the Village of Payne, Monroe Co., Bloomington, Indiana. Sarah couldn't write her name as she made a mark on a paper that stated she was broken down in health, not able to do any labor, suppported by a married son, not named, and charity. She owned no stocks, bonds, or investments. She had no education or learning, and no occupation other than housekeeper. The sum total of her property amounted to $75 worth of old worn out household goods, some old garden tools, and a couple of cows. Witnesses of the paper where, Jesse F. Webb and A.J. Lamkins. Her attorney was C.R. Worrall of Bloomington.

There is some confusion as to Sarah's age from the dates found. In death records it says she died at 65, in January 1904. There was also some confusion over the spelling of the name Pate as Peate on the Marriage Certificate. Additional papers had to be sent attesting to people knowing her and George. These affidavits were signed by a Myrtle Cruse and an Edmond Allgood. William Baxter also signed a paper saying he had known George and Sarah since childhood. This was stretching the truth a little as George only came to America in his 20's!!

Sarah died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, which she had had for about 2 years.

Katherine married Francis E. Matthews, one of nine children born to William N. and Adeline H. (Johnson) Matthews. William was the son of John and Mary (Drake) Matthews who developed the Matthews and Son Stone Quarry, later known as the Bybee Stone Company, in Monroe County, Indiana.

On October 23, 1937, Katherine died at her home in Bloomington, Indiana. In her will, she left furs, silver, and diamonds to her sister, Florence (Smale) Gunn, of Bloomington, and her neices and nephews, her sister's children. A brother, C. W., living in Hot Springs, Arkansas, also survived her. Katherine was buried in Bedford, Indiana.

Early the following year, Irvin S. Matthew was appointed as Frank's guardian because Frank was of unsound mind. Frank apparently died in 1947 as his will, written in 1930, was executed in October of that year. The beneficiaries of his estate was his brothers and sisters identified as: W. Carrie Matthews, Irvin S. Matthews, Walter N. Matthews, Mable Leonard, Cora Harris, Pansy Barnett and Mayme Matthews.

Elizabeth sometimes walked, sometimes rode horseback as they came through the Cumberland Gap and on to Monroe Co. One prized possession she brought with her was a commercially decorated tin box sold as a container for baked goods. It now held her wedding dress. Probably somewhere also was some of the reed stemmed clay bowled pipes she smoked.

Accompanying them were a daughter, Jane (1827-1848) and two sons, Andrew Jackson (1828-1910) and George L. (1830-1894). Her second daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born the 15th of August 1832. Andrew later moved westward and spent his adult life in Kansas.

On the 12th of November 1833, Elizabeth witnessed one of the most spectacular celestial shows of recorded history. The Great North American Meteor Shower has been listed as one of the most outstanding displays of meteors recorded and was a part of the 33 year cycle of Leonid meteors. Her awe of that sky was completely over-shadowed by her fears. She never forgot a 300 yard walk to a hillside spring at John's insistence that she bring him a fresh drink of water as he lay sick with a fever.

In February of 1848, her eldest child died. Jane was buried in the family cemetery located a few yards above the family home. May the 3rd, John died a few days after being injured in an accident near Star City, Pulaski Co., In. He was on his way to establish a home in Starke Co. when the four horse team he was driving became frightened and backed the wagon over the side of a bridge. He was crushed by a heavy chest containing tools used with his skills as a cabinet maker. During his last days he was cared for by a man named Comfort Stewart, who along with his neighbors would there-after call that place Dead Man's Hollow. John was buried in a little cemetery nearby. Seven days later the Land Office at Winamac, In. issued to him Certificate No. 16,576 for 160 acres of land in Starke Co., In. just a few miles distant.

In 1834 their son John Alexander (1834-1904) was born and in 1836 another daughter Sarah Ann (1836-1856). Sarah and her younger brother Austin (1839-1863) are buried in the Turner Cemetery. He died of diptheria while one of his brothers was home on furlough. That brother left the service then to help his mother farm their land. James, the youngest son (1841-1911) is buried in the Civil War Veterans' circle in Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, In. Elizabeth died in 1890 and was buried in the Turner Cemetery...Buried in the wedding dress she had so cherished throughout her life.

How I wish I could (at least nearly) fit in my wedding suit.

Submitted by: Austin Lee Ridge (Great-grandson), of Bloomington, Ind.

William's family were Scottish Presbyterians and thus subject to religious persecution in both Scotland and Ireland. His parents moved from Scotland to Ireland between 1811 and 1823. The persecution (and/or poverty) continued in Ireland. Also the 'Great Potato Famine' or starving time for poor Irish was occurring at this time. Some of their children moved from Ireland to America, probably in the late 1840's. Their son, William emigrated to the U.S. in 1847 from Ireland via New York City and settled in Monroe County, Indiana. Their son, James emigrated to the U.S. in 1841 settling first in Philadelphia and then moving to Monroe County in 1860. Then in 1850 William and the rest of his family left Ireland for America. The Immigration records show William, Ester, Sarah, Samuel and Mary-Anne arriving in New York City from Liverpool, England on the Ivenhoe on 13 May, 1850.

William also followed his sons to Monroe County, Indiana. In the 1850 census taken 15 August, 1850 he, Ester and four of their children (Sarah, Samuel, Ester and David) are enumerated with their son, Hugh. William and Ester remained in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana for the rest of their lives. William was a farmer and lived near where the Monroe County Airport is now. William bought his land in Section 16 of Van Buren Township on 26 December, 1850 and sold it 26 October, 1872.

His will is located on pages 25/26 of Will Book IV, 1873-1890 Monroe County, Indiana. The Will was probated in February, 1874. Based upon this Will and some additional information William and Ester (Hemphill) Semple's children were James, William J, Hugh, Samuel, David and possibly Robert as well as Sarah Reed, Ester Hetty Neely and Mary Anne Campbell. I have not been able to determine where he is buried.

William and Ester's children were all born in Ireland.

On November 5, 1865, James married Margaret L. Payne. Together they had seven children: Samuel, 1866; John Francis, 1868; James Madison, 1870; Daniel W., 1871; Charles Robert, 1873; Sarah A., 1876; and Cora I., 1878.

The two youngest children, Sarah and Cora, died within a year or two of their birth, in 1877 and 1880, respectively. Margaret also died in 1880. Her cause of death was consumption.

Raising five young boys was no easy job. Consequently, James married again just a few months later in 1881. His new bride was Catherine Bower, the widow of Dominic Bower.

By the time of his second marriage, James was already caring for Samuel, his elderly father. Several civil suits that were brought to court by Samuel against James and, later, by Catherine against Samuel's estate, suggest that this living arrangement was not without problems.

Samuel, James' oldest son, died in 1890. Catherine in 1895. By 1896 three of the boys, John Francis, Daniel and Charles were living in Illinois. James, Jr. eventually ended up in Bloomfield, Indiana. At the time the census was taken in 1900, James was living alone.

In 1909 James applied for a military pension as a veteran of the Civil War. That pension was denied in 1910 because the information that James provided about his military experience could not be confirmed. And, following the denial, James moved to Illinois to join his sons.

He died there on March 5, 1922. His body was returned to Bloomington, and he was buried in the Shields Cemetery beside his wife and three of his children.

Jesse and Elizabeth Tate settled in Salt Creek Township where their first child John W. Tate was born in 1851. Shortly after their son's birth, Jesse and his family, along with other family members, including Jesse's brother, Garrison Tate, migrated to Cumberland County, Illinois. Archibald Cary Tate, older brother of Jesse and Garrison, had migrated to Cumberland County some years earlier. Jesse purchased 80 acres for $100 at a federal land sale in Cumberland County in 1851 and began farming.

When the Civil War started Jesse enlisted as a private in the Union Army with the 97th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. At the time of his enlistment, Jesse was 34 years old and had three children. He served with the 97th Regiment for almost three years, seeing action at the Battle of Post Arkansas, Vicksburg, and Jackson, Mississippi. In 1863, while serving with the occupational forces in the Teche Country of southern Louisiana, Jesse suffered from a severe case of sunstroke. Jesse was able to return to duty after a convalescence back home in Illinois, but the sunstroke was to play a role in his untimely death a few years later. Jesse was discharged from the Union Army in July, 1865 in Galveston, Texas.

While Jesse was away in the army, his father had died in Indiana. After his discharge, Jesse returned to Illinois and moved his family back to Monroe County, Indiana. There Jesse bought 40 acres of land in the northeast corner of Indian Creek Township, where he lived with his family and his widowed mother, Susanna. Jesse also purchased Lot #6 in the town of Smithville, Indiana.

On March 9, 1873, Jesse made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide by hanging. The next morning, on March 10, he remarked to his family that he was going out to feed the animals. He was found dead in the kitchen, hanging by the neck. The newspaper account of the incident stated Jesse had been "laboring under temporary insanity." His widow later indicated that sunstroke suffered while on military duty played a role in his death. Jesse was buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery near Smithville, In.

Jesse's widow, Elizabeth, remarried in 1885 to Elijah J. Morgan. She remained in Monroe County until her death in 1920.

The children of Jesse Tate and Elizabeth Brookshire:

1. John W. Tate, born 1851 in Monroe Co., Indiana. Married Nancy Catherine Ballenger (1853 - 1937) in 1874. John died at the age of 31 and is buried in the South Union Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

2. James Buchanan Tate, born 1858 in Cumberland Co., Il. Married Sarah Cracraft (1856 - 1941) in 1882 in Monroe Co., In. James died at the age of 31 and is buried in the Chapel Hill Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

3. William H. Tate, born 1860 in Cumberland Co., Il. William died without issue at the age of 76 in the Knights of Pythias Retirement Home in Lafayette, In. and is buried in the South Union Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

James's parents had migrated to Illinois in 1854. When James was four, his father enlisted in the Union Army and went away to fight in the Civil War. After the war, Jesse returned from the service and moved his wife and his three sons back to Monroe County, Indiana. In 1870, James was living with his parents and his older brother John W. Tate (1851-1882) and younger brother William H. Tate (1860-1937) in Perry Township of Monroe County, In. In 1871, James's father purchased forty acres in northeastern Indian Creek Township. It was at this homestead where James, at the age of 14, witnessed his father's suicide by hanging in the family kitchen. His father, Jesse, had been laboring for some time from mental illness, a condition James's mother claimed was contracted from injuries during the Civil War.

James was a school teacher, a fact documented in the 1880 Monroe Co. census. It is unknown where in Monroe County James taught school, but on New Years Day in 1882 James married Sarah Cracraft (1856-1941), the daughter of fellow school teacher John T. Cracraft (1826-1887) of Polk Township. Sarah and James set up housekeeping and had five children in their first seven years of marriage.

In 1889, at the age of 31, James contracted a case of peritonitis. This disease, which is an inflammation of the stomach lining, caused James a severe bowel obstruction. Today, peritonitis is a relatively minor malady, cured with a regimen of antibiotics, but in 1889 medical options to cure the disease were limited. James was attended at home by as many as three physicians at a time. The doctors tried a procedure involving a mechanical pump attached to a hose that was inserted rectally into James. The procedure failed when it apparently punctured internal organs. James floundered for two days then died. He was buried in the Chapel Hill Cemetery in Monroe Co.

The children of James Buchanan Tate and Sarah Cracraft:

1. Millie Jane Tate, born in 1882 in Monroe Co., In. Never married, had one child, Lawrence Tate (1902-1987). Millie died in 1957 and is buried in the Chapel Hill Cemetery.

2. Mary Elizabeth Tate was born in 1884 in Monroe Co., In. She married Henry Bascom East (1880-1953) and had six children. Mary died in 1965.

3. Pauline Tate was born in 1885 in Monroe Co., In. She married Arthur Prince (1882-1945) and had twelve children. Pauline died in 1961 and is buried in the Chapel Hill Cemetery.

4. Edgar (Jockey) Tate was born in 1887 in Monroe Co., In. He married first to Flora A. Kinser (1893-1921). They had eight children. After Flora's death he married widow Lona Baxter Clark (1898-1967). They had five children.

5. Lillie Alice Tate was born in 1889 in Monroe Co., In. She married John William Clark in 1909. No issue. Lillie died in 1957 and is buried in the Mt. Ebal Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

John and Susannah had four more children after settling in Indiana, making the total number of children eight. Remarkably, all eight children survived to adulthood.

John and Susannah lived in Perry Township in a hall-and-parlor log cabin, built by John’s own hands, for the remainder of their lives. The hall-and-parlor house was very common among early pioneers and very popular in colonial Virginia. The hall-and-parlor floor plan is believed to have roots in medieval England. Although the hall-and-parlor house varied slightly in configuration from pioneer to pioneer, John’s house was typical. It was rectangular, with two rooms and two stories. It was side gabled with a chimney at one of the gable ends. John had built his hall-and-parlor to last. It is still standing as a residence on John’s original property, now owned by the Tatum family.

John recorded his name with the Old Settlers organization of Monroe County at the court house in Bloomington on September 17, 1858. John registered his age as 65, place of birth Virginia, and his settling year in Monroe County as 1822. John wrote his will six days later stating he was “...sick and in bad health of body...” John died at his farm on September 6, 1864 and was buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery near Smithville, In. John’s legacy included 27 grandchildren, three named John. After his death, Susannah moved into the household of her son Jesse Tate. She died on January 17, 1878, her 84th birthday. She is buried next to John in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery.

The children of John Tate and Susannah Cary:

1. Sarah Tate was born in Tennessee in 1815. She married Bartlett Woodward in about 1831. They had nine children. Sarah remarried in 1872 in Monroe Co. to Adam Wampler. Sarah died in 1899 in Bloomington, In.

2. Archibald Cary Tate was born in Tennessee in 1817. He married Rebecca James in Monroe Co., In in 1837. He and Rebecca and their two children migrated to Illinois in about 1845. Archibald died in Illinois in 1904 and is buried near Lerna, Illinois in Coles Co.

3. Dianema Tate was born in Tennessee in 1819. She married Granville Stepp in Monroe Co., In in April, 1844. Dianema died six days before her 25th birthday, after only three months of marriage. She is buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

4. Martha (Patsy) Tate was born in Tennessee in 1821. She married Seth Tatum (1821-1892) in 1863 in Monroe Co., In. No issue. Martha Tate Tatum assumed the original John Tate property. Martha died in 1902 and is buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

5. Sophronia Tate was born in Indiana in 1823. She married Anderson Nelson in 1840 in Monroe Co., In. They had one child. She remarried to Willis Rogers in Monroe Co., In in 1848 and lived in Brown Co., In. They had at least one child. Sophronia died in 1865 and is buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

6. Jesse Tate was born in Indiana in 1828. He married Elizabeth Brookshire in 1846 in Monroe Co., In. They had three sons. Jesse served in the Union Army with the 97th Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War. Jesse died in Monroe Co., In in 1873.

7. John Jackson Tate was born in Indiana in 1829. He married Eliza ? sometime before 1860. He purportedly died in 1871 or 1872.

8. Garrison Tate was born in Indiana in 1831. He married Janet Adams (1820-1875) in Monroe Co., In. They had seven children. Garrison and family migrated to Cumberland Co., Illinois in about 1854. After his first wife’s death, Garrison remarried to widow Elizabeth Myers McCartney in Coles Co., Il. They had three children. Garrison died in 1901 and is buried in Indian Cemetery in Coles Co., Illinois.

In 1894, William married Mary Conway in Monroe Co., In. Mary indicated at the time of the marriage that she was a widow from Owen Co., In. William set up housekeeping with Mary and her two daughters, Pearl Conway and Jessie Conway, in Indian Creek Township of Monroe Co., In. Sometime in 1901 it was discovered that Mary’s first husband was still alive. That year William filed to have his marriage to Mary “declared void by judicial decree” due to bigamy. A newspaper account of the event indicated this was the first case of its kind in Monroe County. The court found in William’s favor and he and Mary separated forever in September, 1901.

William married a second time to a woman named Mahalia. He never had children. William was a member of the South Union Church in Monroe County and a member of the Knights of Pythias, a popular non-denominational fraternal society in Monroe County that emphasized high moral standards and performed charitable work. William spent his last years in a Knights of Pythias retirement home in Lafayette, Indiana where he died in 1937. He was buried in the South Union Cemetery in Monroe County and the local Knights of Pythias gave the ritualistic service of the lodge at the cemetery.

At the time of their marriage, Calvin was significantly older than his bride. The marriage certificate listed Calvin’s age as 35, but other evidence indicates he was actually 39. Alice listed her age on the marriage certificate as 17, but she was actually 16. Calvin and Alice had nine children, eight surviving to adulthood. They lived in Salt Creek Township in Monroe County where Calvin earned a living farming and selling firewood. A newspaper article written about Calvin at the time of his death described him as "eccentric." A portrait photograph taken in his later life showed him to be a broad shouldered man with a stern visage, shoulder length hair, and a full mustache and beard.

In November 1910, while collecting a load of firewood in his mule-driven log wagon, one of the mules kicked Calvin in the head above his left eye. He was taken unconscious to his home in Salt Creek Township and laid out on the kitchen table where he was attended by three physicians from Bloomington. The mule kick, though, had crushed his skull in two places and Calvin succumbed to the wounds two days later. Calvin was buried in the Knightridge Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

Calvin’s widow continued to live on the family farm after his death. Alice never remarried but did have one more child. Alice died in 1941 at the age of 73 and is buried near Calvin in the Knightridge Cemetery.

The children of Calvin Baxter and Alice B. Meadows:

1. Dorothy M. (Dottie) Baxter (1885-1945), married Tilden Stephens. She had nine children and lived in Monroe Co., In.

2. Claudie E. Baxter (1886- 1967), married Theodore Poore. She had four children and lived in Iowa. She is buried in Batavia, Illinois.

3. John C. Baxter (1889- ?), married Addie N. Wilson. He had seven children. John C. was a member of the regular Army and later in life lived in Chicago, Illinois where he was a police officer.

4. Ester (Bessie) Baxter (1891- ?), married Edgar W. Tapp. She had one child and lived in Iowa. She died when her buggy was hit by a train near Indianapolis, In sometime after 1910.

5. William Treadway (Willie) Baxter (1896- 1969), married Nellie Hesler, married second to Towey Thomas. Willie was helping his father with the firewood in 1910 when the mule kicked Calvin. Willie, although only 14, had the task of delivering his unconscious father to the house. Willie had four children and lived until his death in Morningsun, Iowa.

6. Lona Baxter (1898 - 1967), married first to Andrew Clark, and after his death, to Edgar Tate. Lona had eight children and lived in Monroe Co., In. She died in 1967 and is buried in the Knightridge Cemetery.

7. Lota Baxter (1898-1898) was the twin sister of Lona Baxter. Lota lived only nine days.

8. James Orville (Pete) Baxter (1901- 1971), married Opal Faye Hays. He had three children. Pete died in Indianapolis, Indiana.

9. Pauline Baxter (1903- 1971), married first Ray Richardson, second to Harley Johnson, third to Preston Payne, fourth to Richard Davis. She had four children and lived in Bloomington, Indiana.

John Scott was born sometime between 1768 and 1775 in Berkeley Co., Va (now West Virginia). He migrated in 1794 to Mason Co., Ky, settling over 398 acres along the North Fork of the Licking River in what is today Fleming Co., Ky. In 1815 John and his wife, Mary Locke, moved north to the Indiana Territory, settling in Jackson County. Shortly after Indiana attained statehood in December, 1816, but before Monroe County formed in 1818, John and his family moved to Monroe County, where he purchased 160 acres in Clear Creek Township. His land was described as "very rolling with a big ravine." John also purchased lots in the city of Bloomington in April, 1818.

John Scott was one of the earliest settlers of Monroe County. When the new county government formed, John was selected to its first grand jury, in addition to being appointed "viewer" of the first county road construction project.

John Scott died in 1827 in Monroe County. His will was administered by fellow Monroe County pioneer Col. John Ketchum, who settled in Monroe County in 1811. John’s widow moved to Carroll Co., In sometime between 1830 and 1840.

The children of John Scott:

1. Samuel Scott (1792-1870), married Rebecca Tabor. Samuel moved to Morgan Co., In in 1821. He died in Edgar Co., Illinois in 1870.

2. David Scott (1795- 1849), married Holly Skinner. David lived in Jackson Co., Iowa.

3. Moses Scott (1801- ?), married Hannah Chambers. Moses was the first of John Scott’s children born in Kentucky.

4. Rosanna Scott (1804- ?), married first to Joseph Lewis, second to Soloman Grave. Rosanna lived for a time near Martinsville, In.

5. Lewis Scott (1809- ?), married Martha ?.

6. John Wesley Scott (1810- ?), married Rebecca Johnston. John Wesley Scott lived in Brown Co., In.

7. Thomas Scott (1813- ?), married Betsey (Patsey) Ann Vails. John Scott’s land was conveyed to Thomas in a deed filed in Monroe Co., In in 1846.

8. Isaiah Scott (1814- ?), married Adaline ?.

9. Sarah Scott (1815- ?), married Barton Quin. Sarah was the first of John Scott’s children born after he arrived in the Indiana Territory. She was born in Jackson County.

10. Rebecca Scott married Alexander Sears in Monroe Co., In in about 1820. She and her family migrated to Carroll Co., In by 1828, and to Wisconsin by 1848. Rebecca died in 1871 and is buried in Richland Co., Wi.

11. Aaron Scott married Elizabeth ?.

12. Nancy Scott.

Bartlett Woodward had married Pricilla Donnally in Bourban Co., Ky in 1793. Bartlett and Pricilla started their family in Estill County, Ky. There Bartlett served as Estill County’s justice of the peace, sheriff, and commissioner. He and his family migrated to the Indiana Territory in 1815, first living in Washington County, In, then, in about 1818, they moved on to Monroe County. Shortly after settling, Bartlett used the public service experience he obtained in Kentucky to help establish the local government of Monroe County. Bartlett Woodward died in Monroe County in 1821. The children born to Bartlett and Pricilla Woodward are: Joel, Bartlett, Silas, Patsey, James, Francis (Fanny), Henry, Nancy, and Polly.

Bartlett Woodward, the son of the first Monroe County Commissioner of the same name, married Sarah Tate in Monroe County in about 1831. Bartlett made four land purchases in Salt Creek Township in 1839 and 1840. All of that land today is under Lake Monroe. Bartlett prepared a will in October, 1846 and it was probated the following month. In his will he requested his Salt Creek land be sold and a small farm be purchased for his wife and children. The residue of money was to be used for the support of his family and the education of his children.

Bartlett’s death in 1846 left Sarah Tate Woodward a 30-year-old widow with nine children, the youngest born posthumously. Sarah, per the provisions of her husband’s will, sold the Salt Creek Township land and bought a farm near her father, John Tate, on Rayletown Road in Perry Township. Sarah was a member of the Smithville Christian Church. She died in 1899 at the home of her daughter, Susanna Snoddy, in Bloomington, In.

1. Parthena Woodward, born in 1832. She married Charles Wilson (C.W.) Brookshire in 1852 in Monroe County. C. W. and Parthena migrated to Cumberland Co., Illinois in about 1854, but returned to Monroe County after less than two years in Illinois. Parthena died in 1912 in Monroe Co., In.

2. John Woodward, born in 1834. John died sometime before 1899.

3. Susanna Woodward, born in 1835. Susanna married Alexander Adams in 1856. After his death in 1857, Susanna remarried to William H. Snoddy. Susanna died in 1912 and is buried in the Clear Creek Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

4. Bartlett Woodward, born in 1836. He married Nancy C. Perry in Monroe Co. in 1861. In 1880 Bartlett and family were living in Macon Co., Illinois. Bartlett apparently died sometime between 1899 and 1911.

5. Chesley Woodward, born in 1837. He married a woman named Mary. In 1880 he was living in Macon Co., Illinois. He later moved to Matoon, Illinois. He died during a visit to his family in Monroe County in 1911.

6. Priscilla Woodward, born in 1839. She married Jacob Shull of Indianapolis, In.

7. Henry Woodward, born in 1841. He migrated to Texas when he was a young man. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Henry died in 1917 in Mason Co., Tx.

8. Sarah E. Woodward, born in 1845. She married John W. Shelton in Monroe Co., In in 1869.

9. Sophronia Woodward, born in 1847. Sophronia married James F. Christy in 1891. She lived for a while in Indianapolis. In 1911, she and her husband were living in Monroe Co., In.

William R. Chandler was born in December, 1831 in Monroe County. His father, also William R. Chandler, had migrated to the Indiana Territory with his parents, William R. and Sally Chandler from Randolph Co., NC in 1815. The family settled first in Washington Co., In, then on to Monroe County sometime before 1830. William R. Chandler, the younger, married first to Malinda Pauley in 1852, then second to Nancy Jane Scott in 1857. He had six children, the youngest less than 5 months old, when he enlisted in the Union Army.

The 145th Regiment mustered in February 1865 in Indianapolis, then moved to Dalton, Ga. by the end of that month. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomatox just a month and a half later. Other than a couple of minor skirmishes in northwestern Georgia, where no 145th Regiment men were casualties, the primary action for the 145th was railroad guard duty throughout Georgia. William’s actions with the Regiment are not documented but it is reported he suffered from heart disease and rheumatism at Camp Carrington in Indianapolis.

After the war, William returned to Monroe County where he joined the Grand Army of the Republic, the society of honorably discharged Civil War veterans who fought for the North. William married two more times, to Susan Robinson in 1877, then to Stella Phillips in 1893. William died in 1915 at the home of his son Samuel Chandler in Bloomington, Indiana and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

1. Isaac A. Chandler was born in 1853. He married a woman named Louisa. In 1880, he and his wife were living in Brown Co., In. Isaac died sometime before 1915.

2. Josephine Chandler was born in 1858.

3. James M. Chandler was born in 1859. He married Laura Jane Lucas in Monroe Co., In in 1884, then second to Mary A. Terrell Chandler, the divorced wife of his first cousin, in 1887. James married a third time to a woman named Eliz Jane. James died in 1918 in Monroe County and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

4. Lucy Ann Chandler was born in 1861. She married first to William David Butcher in 1877, second to Civil War veteran Josua Pryor in 1894. Lucy died in 1948 in Unionville, Indiana.

5. Lizzie Chandler was born in 1864.

6. Allen H. Chandler was born in 1864. He married Indiana Chandler, the daughter of his first cousin, in 1894. Allen died in 1936.

7. Amanda Chandler was born in 1867. She married John Vaught in 1886 in Monroe Co., In.

8. Lorena Chandler was born in 1868. She married John Warren Wampler on Christmas Eve, 1890 in Monroe Co., In. She could play the French harp and the accordian. She died in 1905 after a bout with tuberculosis and is buried in the Paynetown Cemetery in Monroe County.

9. Hattie Jane Chandler was born in 1870. She married Charles F. Cummings in 1894 in Monroe Co., In. She was a member of the Unionville Church of Christ. Hattie died in 1941 at her home in Bloomington and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

10. Samuel V. Chandler was born in 1872. He married Emma F. Gross in 1896, then second to Martha Deckard Southern in 1900, both in Monroe Co., In. Samuel died in 1946 in Bloomington, In and is buried in the Knightridge Cemetery.

11. Moses Chandler was born in 1874. He married Nancy Shaw in 1903. He lived in Lawrence County, In. Moses died in 1952.

12. Martha Chandler was born in 1875.

13. Birdie Chandler was born in 1893.

14. William R. Chandler was born in 1894.

15. Goldie May Chandler was born in 1899. Goldie died in 1919 in Monroe Co., In.

Adam was christened in 1811 in the St. Paul Lutheran Church near the present day town of Rural Retreat, Va. Adam's grandfather, Hans Michael, had been a founding elder of the church in 1776, and Adam's father, Christopher Wampler, was a signer of the "Order of Agreement" document that officially organized the church in 1798. The Wamplers, though, were not Lutherans. They were members of the Reformed congregation, which shared the same church facility with the Lutheran congregation. Two congregations sharing the same facility was the custom in some German-speaking communities in the colonies. The Reformed congregation, also known as the German Reformed Church or the Presbyterians, had its roots in the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Europe, and followed the teachings of John Calvin. Calvin's followers in France were called Huguenots, and followers in England were known as Puritans.

Adam Wampler migrated to Monroe County, Indiana sometime between 1826 and 1833. He traveled from Wythe County with his older brother Michael (1798-1852) and Michael's wife Elizabeth Copenhaver Wampler (b. 1803). The German community of Wythe County, Va was the origin of many Monroe County families, including the Deckards, Kinsers, Vaughts, Hillenburgs, Stangers, Philippis and many others, in addition to the Wamplers. The first Wampler recorded in Monroe County is Henry Wampler, Adam's first cousin, once removed, who appears in Monroe County before Indiana achieved statehood, and who was instrumental in the development of many early Monroe County businesses, including the salt works in Salt Creek Township.

Adam married Sarah See in Monroe County in 1833. They were settled in Salt Creek Township by 1840. Sarah See (1816-1872) is the daughter of Joseph See and Nancy Beatty of Kentucky. Sarah had moved to Monroe County with her parents between 1824 and 1830 from Montgomery County, Ky. Sarah's grandfather, John See, had moved to Kentucky in 1786 after serving in the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

The Joseph See family moved from Monroe County to Missouri in 1849. Adam and Sarah moved with them, appearing in the Carroll County, Missouri federal census of 1850. Adam and Sarah returned shortly to Monroe County, as they also appear in the Monroe County, Indiana federal census of 1850. Joseph See remained in Missouri until his death in 1852. Several of Joseph's children migrated from Missouri to San Luis Obisbo County, California, where many See descendants live today.

Sarah See Wampler died in Monroe County in July, 1872. She was buried in the Allen Cemetery. Later that year, in December, Adam, at the age of 61, remarried to Sarah Woodward. Adam and Sarah entered into a prenuptial agreement, probably to placate Adam's children who stood to lose their inheritance if his new wife outlived their father.

Adam prepared his will in June, 1876 and it was probated two months later. The prenuptial agreement, which was intended to ensure a smooth transition of Adam's property, became the foundation of 12-years of law suits between Sarah Woodward and Adam's heirs. Sarah contended the prenuptial agreement between her and her late husband had promised her a tract of land as a "life estate", which included Adam's home in Salt Creek Township. In exchange, Sarah promised she would not claim any other part of Adam's estate. But, after Adam's death, the widow claimed the heirs gave her a property of lesser value than that agreed to in the prenuptial. She filed suit against the estate and the heirs to rectify the wrong. A jury found in her favor.

The heirs immediately appealed and the original decision was overturned. Sarah countered with another suit stating that since the provisions of the prenuptial didn't apply, she wished to exercise her rights as a widow and receive the widow's portion of the estate. The series of legal actions delayed the probate action of the estate for years, requiring special court actions so the executor could obtain funds from the estate to pay land taxes and care for Adam's children who were still minors. Sarah ultimately received a $500 widow's payment and the final report of Adam's estate was filed by the executor in 1884.

The children of Adam Wampler and Sarah See:

1. Elizabeth Wampler, born in 1835. She married Troyles Mize in 1852 in Monroe Co., In. In 1877, Elizabeth and Troyles settled as "intruders" in the Cherokee Nation of the Indian Territory (today Oklahoma). Elizabeth died in 1911 and is buried in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.

2. Nancy Ann Wampler, born in 1838. She married Henry Thompson (Tompsey) Jacobs in 1857 in Monroe Co., In. She lived in Salt Creek Township of Monroe Co., In near the home of her father, Adam Wampler.

3. Joseph Wampler, born in 1839. He married Cynthia Jane Smith (1838-1895) in 1861 in Monroe Co., In. Joseph was a veteran of the Civil War, serving with the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was a member of the G.A.R. Joseph remarried to Texas Viditoe in 1896. Joseph died in 1909 and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

4. Sarah Wampler, born in 1840. She married Civil War veteran Andrew Jackson Vaught in 1863 in Monroe Co., In. She died sometime after 1900 and is buried in Mitchell, In.

5. Mary Ann Wampler, born in 1844. She married Adam Deckard in 1866 in Monroe Co., In.

6. Delcina Wampler, born in 1847. She married Willis Vaughn in 1878 in Monroe Co., In. She remarried in 1894 to Henry Thompson (Tompsey) Jacobs, the widowed husband of her older sister Nancy Ann Wampler.

7. Isaac Jackson Wampler, born in 1850. Some information indicates he was born in Missouri during Adam's two-year stay there with the See family between 1849 and 1850. Isaac married Mary E. Knight. He died in 1901 and is buried in the Allen Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

8. Adam E. Wampler, born in 1851. He married Mary Ann Burch in 1874 in Monroe Co., In. He remarried to Mary Bowles in Greene Co., In. Adam is buried in the Dog Island Cemetery.

9. Paris Gorman Wampler, born in 1860. He married Barbara J. Baugh in 1879 in Monroe Co., In.

10. Emma Wampler died young.

11. William Wampler died young.

John was the eldest of William and Sarah Meadows’ thirteen children. He and five of his brothers served in the Civil War. John served with the 59th Indiana Infantry. He was wounded in the hip by a musket ball at Vicksburg in 1863. His younger brother, Jacob Meadows (b. 1838), served with the 31st Indiana Infantry. Jacob was killed at the Battle of Stone River in Tennessee on the last day of 1862. James (b. 1840) and David (b. 1842) Meadows served with the 93rd Indiana Infantry. James died while in the service in Indianapolis, In in Jan., 1864. David died while with his unit in Canaba, Alabama in Sep., 1864. William M. Meadows (b. 1844) served with the 16th Indiana Infantry. He was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Richmond, Ky in Aug., 1862. The following year, William was captured by the Confederates in Louisiana and served a year in a prisoner-of-war camp in Tyler, Texas. The youngest of the Meadows boys to serve in the Civil War was Albert Meadows (b. 1846) who served with the 148th Indiana Infantry.

After the war, John and his family lived in Clear Creek Twp of Monroe County. Although they lived in Monroe County, their nearest post office was in Guthrie, Indiana, across the line in Lawrence County. John died sometime between 1900 and 1910 and is buried in the Meadows Cemetery in Lawrence County.

The children of John (Cubby) Meadows and Mary Jane Keith (1836-1923):

1. Francis M. Meadows (b. 1857).

2. James Meadows (b. 1859).

3. Mary J. Meadows (b. 1862).

4. Nancy Meadows (b. 1866), married John Henry Stewart in 1881.

5. Alice B. Meadows (b. 1868) in Monroe Co., In., married Calvin Baxter (1845-1910) in 1885 in Monroe County. Alice died in 1941 and is buried in the Knightridge Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

6. Minacotea (Minnie) Meadows (b. 1873).

7. Chris C. Meadows (b. 1876), married Gertie A. Fielder in 1900. Chris lived in Monroe Co., In.

8. Roda Meadows (b. 1879).

9. Betty Meadows (b. 1881), married Abram Flipse in 1902 in Monroe Co., In.

“This August the 7-1841 Monroe County In Where as Anderson Nelson has stated that it was me and my family that parted him and my daughter Siffrony I now let the people no that it was not for on the first day of March the said Nelson haled his property a way and left her and for considerable time before him and his sisters was a busing her and in the preasants of two men that she a greed to live with and go with him any where if he would use her well and he saw he would not and took her plunder a way and if he says any thing else he is liar (signed) John Tate”.

Anderson Nelson died sometime before 1848. The 24 year-old widow Sophronia Nelson then married 17 year-old Willis Rogers in Monroe County, In. Sophronia and Willis lived in Brown County, In where Sophronia died in 1865. She is buried near her parents in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Smithville, In.

The children of Sophronia Tate Nelson Rogers:

1. Nancy Jane Nelson, born in 1841. Nancy was raised in her grandparent’s household and in 1850 she was listed as Nancy Tate. She remained in her grandparent’s home even after Sophronia remarried to Willis Rogers. As a result, Nancy was the only grandchild mentioned in John Tate’s will. John willed half of Sophronia’s inheritance to Nancy.

2. James M. Rogers, born in 1849. James married a woman named Mary Ann and lived in Brown County, Indiana. Sometime before 1900, James and family moved to Polk Township of Monroe Co., In where he was a member of the Yellowstone Church. James remarried two times after his marriage to Mary Ann, first to Nancy C. Raub, and subsequently to Kate Hall. He was a widower when he died in 1919. James is buried in the Hughes Cemetery in Monroe Co., In.

In 1863 Martha married widower Seth Tatum three days before her 42nd birthday. Seth Tatum was born on August 25, 1821 in North Carolina. His wife, Belinda Lowe Tatum, died in 1862, leaving Seth with seven young children. Martha became the step-mother of Seth's seven children. She kept the memory of their mother alive but many of Seth's younger children knew only Martha as their mother. Seth and Martha had no children of their own.

In 1864, Martha's father died. Seth and Martha eventually took over John Tate's farm and it became known as the Tatum farm. Seth and Martha and their family were living on the farm when Seth died in 1892. He was buried in the Lowe Cemetery in Monroe Co., In. Martha inherited $5000 from her husband per the provisions of Seth's will in 1892.

Martha died in 1902, three days after her 81st birthday. She was buried in the Tate family section of the Knights of Pythias Cemetery near Smithville, In. The original Tate farm has remained in the Tatum family to the present day.

Stepchildren of Martha "Patsy" Tate Tatum -- all born between 1845 and 1859 in Monroe Co., In to Seth Tatum and Belinda Lowe Tatum:

1. Thomas Tatum
2. Mary Tatum
3. William Tatum
4. Lewis Tatum
5. Jane Tatum
6. Martin Tatum
7. John Elington Tatum