Research Log

September 1, 1995 - Kansas State Historical Society stacks - I was working there at the time.

History of Muskingum County, Ohio,  Columbus, OH: J.F. Everhart & Co., 1882.

p. 379 Adams Twp. Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church

The first class was organized at the house of Mordecai Edwards about the year 1830, and was composed of Mordecai Edwards and wife, John Stewart and Mary, his wife; Joseph Green and wife, William Hillen and  Cynthia, his wife; Basil Ridgeway and Mary, his wife; James Stewart Sr. and Margaret his wife and A. Ross.

The first leaders were Mordecai Edwards and James Stewart.

In 1834, Mr. Edwards, donated one acre of ground for a church site, on the northwest quarter of section twenty-two, and in 1835, a log church, twenty-six by thirty, was erected thereon.  The congregation erected a handsome frame church in 1855.

The present membership numbers eighty-four.  The leaders are William Edwards and W.H. Ruse.  The steward is William Edwards, the local preacher, Nixon Stewart . . .

p. 406 Licking Twp. Schools

Under the then new school law, the township was on April 26, 1826, divided into four school districts . . . District No. 2 . . . E Hunt, Jesse Keen, William Edwards . . . Charles Hunt.

History of Orange County, Indiana, Vol. I, Paoli, IN: Paoli Business & Professional Womans Club, 1950.

p. 21 Murders Committed by Indians

However, on the authority of Uncle Thomas Bedster of Northwest Township, who is one of the oldest men and earliest settlers now living in the county, it seems that a man named Samuel Wilson was killed in Orangeville Township on the farm now owned by William C. Shirley at a very early time.

p. 265 Biography of Louis B. Wilson

Nathaniel [Wilson] b. 1794, d. 1874 md. Annie Baker of Virginia b. 1796, d. 1834
War of 1812
brought parents to Orange Co. in 1817
md. 2) Jane Kenley 1835 had 7 kids
md. 3) Mary Hamilton

his father was Welsh, came to US as a British soldier md. Mary Britton

Nathaniel's kids:
Louis B. md. 1846 Hannah Magner b. Bourbon Co., KY 1823, came with parents 1833, d. 1864, five kids
md. 2) Lydia M. Stultz b. Sep. 3, 1834 Orange Co., IN - 5 kids: Maggie, Frederick, Louisa living . .

p. 233 Edward Cornwell, b. Jefferson Co., KY 1809 son of William and Mary F. (Swan) Cornwell natives of Virginia and Maryland.  His mother's father was a native of Virginia and her grandfather was born in France.  Family came to Orange County in 1821.  Edward married Oct. 1831 Nancy Johnson of Shelby Co., KY.  They had seven children and she died in 1880.

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September 2, 1995, Louisville, Illinois

Orchard Hill Cemetery, north edge of Louisville, west side of US 45

Joseph Brooks 1857-1926, Martha b. 1865

Mt. Zion Cemetery, Stanford Twp. NW1/4 of Sec. 26, T3N, R7E, 4 1/2 miles east of Flora, south side of US 50.

John B. Smith b. May 3, 1837, d. Jan. 30, 1875
James Smith b. Feb. 2, 1833, d. July 17, 1872

Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Illinois south edge of Flora

Joseph Smith d. March 26, 1869, age 49 years 9 months, 17 days, b. June 9, 1819.

Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, N1/2 Sec. 15, T4N, R7E

W.E. Smith b. March 7, 1823, d. July 23, 1905 = William Edward son of James & Elizabeth (Tewalt) Smith.

Clarinda, wife of W.E. b. April 17, 1827, d. March 13, 1902 = Clarinda (Benefield) Smith

Sarah Agness Smith wife of Joseph b. Aug. 5, 1830, d. Oct. 18, 1875.  Joseph son of James & Elizabeth (Tewalt) Smith, she was Sarah Davis.

Vanda L. daughter of Jacob & M. Smith b. Sept. 18, 1864, d. Oct. 25, 1865, daughter of Jacob & Margaret (Wood) Smith

Levi Henry Smith son of J. & S.A. d. September 9, 1853, aged 1 day, son of Joseph & Sarah (Davis) Smith.