A Family Line from Virginia That Migrated to Kentucky and Then Indiana
“Grishaw” is apparently a derived name from another name – probably Grimshaw or, possibly, Grischau or Grischow (German names). Most of the earliest records for Isaac Spice Grimshaw apparently find him in Virginia. These records indicate that he had the name “Grishaw” from the time of his arrival in America or his birth in Virginia – it was not a mistake of a census taker, for example. Isaac married “Lettuce” (probably Leticia, Letitia or Lettrice) in Virginia, and the couple had seven children – Susan, Priscilla, Elizabeth, William, Hannah, Isaac and Martha. Most, if not all, of the family migrated to Kentucky, and many subsequently moved to Indiana.
Most records found on the internet indicate that Isaac Grimshaw was born in Virginia, but one website indicates that he was born in Scotland. If this record is accurate it is much more likely that his family was originally the Lancastrian “Grimshaw” than of German origins:
70. Isaac Spice GRISHAW was born about 1755 in Scotland. He died 18 May 1835 in Pulaski Co. Kentucky. Isaac Spice GRISHAW married Lettrice GRISHAW.
71. Lettrice GRISHAW was born about 1774 in Viginia. She died about 1840 in Campbell Co. Virginia.
In addition, internet search indicates that “Grimshaw” had been shortened to “Grishaw” in at least one census in Yorkshire. Isaac Grishaw’s family line is included on the “Grimshaw Origins” website in the likelihood that it was originally a Grimshaw family line.
Thanks go to Bryce Stevens for providing the information on this webpage. The GEDCOM and Rich Text Files that he provided indicate thorough and well documented research. Bryce has also developed a very nice website; the link to Isaac Spice and Lettuce Grishaw on it is shown below:
Thanks also go to Laura Mitchell for providing information and a photo of one of Isaac and Lettuce Grishaw’s descendants, Matilda (Grishaw) Fish as well as a number of grave photos.
Description of Isaac Spice and Letitia Grimshaw from Finda-A-Grave
An Interesting biography of Isaac and Letitia Grimshaw appears on a description of the grave of their son, Isaac Grimshaw, Sr on Find-A-Grave. It is shown below, and the grave appears further down on this webpage.
Isaac Grishaw, Sr Birth: Apr. 6, 1789, Campbell County, Virginia, USA Death: Jul. 16, 1851 Correct, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Isaac Grishaw Sr. (1789-1851) is the 7th known child of Isaac Spice Grishaw (1755-1835) and Letticia Grishaw (1753-1840). Isaac Spice Grishaw is believed to have been born in Scotland (actually may have been Virginia) and migrated to Virginia where in 1773 he married Letticia Unkonwn (born in Virginia). Isaac and Letticia migrated westward through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Pulaski co., Kentucky along the Buck Creek in the northwest part of the county btw 1815-1820. It is believed Isaac Spice Grishaw and his wife, Letticia, are buried on the land that was their farm, but the burial sites have not been located. Two of their children ( Isaac Grishaw Sr, and Hannah Grishaw Acton (1785-1826) (wife of Aaron Acton (1795-1847)) migrated to Ripley co., Indiana between 1815-1820. Isaac Grishaw Sr and his sister, Hannah Grishaw Acton (with her husband Aaron) settled in Shelby twp., Ripley co., Indiana. Aaron Acton and Hannah Grishaw Acton are believed to have been buried on their farm, however, the actual site has not been determined. What was once Aaron and Hannah’s farmland is now part of the Jefferson Proving Grounds in Jefferson co., Indiana.
Family links: Spouses: Mary Ann Copeland Grishaw (1787 – 1863) Polly Ann Grishaw (____ – 1863)* Children: Isaac Grishaw (1822 – 1852)* Mary Ann Grishaw (1826 – 1853)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Grishaw Family Cemetery Ripley County, Indiana, USA Created by: Tim Hardwick Record added: Nov 08, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 138451189
Bryce Stevens has provided a GEDCOM file that was used to derive the following summary descendant chart. Additional detail on the descendants is provided at the end of this webpage.
Isaac Spice Grishaw (About 1750 – Before 18 May 1835) & Lettuce (_____) Grishaw’ (SeeNotes – )
|—|—Sallie E. Grishaw (About 1816 – ) & Jonathan Needham (About 1814 – )
|—|—Perry Grishaw (About 1818 – )
|—|—Madison Grishaw (About 1819 – ) & America Ann Rutledge (About 1820 – )
|—|—|—Matilda A. Grishaw (4 Feb 1842 – 21 Oct 1928 ) & Francis Asbury Fish (About 1860 – ) [Author’s Note: birthdate corrected from “aft 1860” with information from Laura Mitchell, November 2005]
Addition of Information on Matilda (Grishaw) Fish by Laura Mitchell
Laura Mitchell has contributed valuable information and a picture of one of Isaac and Lettuce Grimshaw’s descendants. The information and picture are shown below.
October 22, 2005
I am a descendant of Matilda A. Grishaw, daughter of Madison Grishaw and America Ann Rutledge.
Your pages are extensive, but in the list of Madison and America’s children you have Matilda as born the last, 1860 I think it said.
Actually, she was the first child (at least known).Her birth date was February 4, 1842 and she died Oct. 21, 1928. Her spouse was the Rev. Francis Asbury Fish.
Unfortunately, the date on her tombstone for death is slightly off.How do these things happen?The date of birth on the tombstone I have to hope is correct. In the 1900 census she says she was born in February 1842, and there was a birth story in a newspaper for her 83rd birthday that seems to bear out that date.Here is that story:
Tipton Daily Tribune Thursday, Feb. 5, 1925 p. 5
ATTENDS MOTHERS BIRTHDAY
D.S. Fish and Wife at Middletown Wednesday for Enjoyable Event
Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. D.S. Fish were at Middletown and attended the celebration held at the home of Mrs. J.E. Moore in honor of the 83rd birthday of Mrs. Matilda Fish, mother of Mrs. Moore and D.S. Fish and widow of the late Rev. F.A. Fish.
Mrs. Fish is in excellent health for one of her years and moves about freely. She takes great pride in a flock of chickens she is raising and devotes much of her time to them, only two days this winter delegating them to some other member of the household.Mrs. Fish has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. J.E. Moore in Middletown for some time.She also has a son A. B. Fish in Middletown with whom she spends a portion of her time.
A big birthday dinner was served at the Moore home and Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, the latter a daughter who resides in Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. D.S. Fish of Tipton, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. [should say A.B.] Fish of Middletown were present.One other son, George of Bunker Hill, is in poor health and was unable to be present at this enjoyable event.
Mrs. Matilda Fish’s husband was one of the early preachers of the county. Her maiden name was Grishaw and her mother’s name was America Grishaw who resided in Sharpsville many years, and who owned a farm which adjoined the north edge of Sharpsville.
Mrs. Fish greatly enjoyed the day with her children and they in turn were pleased to be with the mother and find her in such good health despite her advanced years.
A.E. Moore=Annie Ellen Fish, Mrs. John E. Moore
D.S. Fish =David Smith Fish
A.B. Fish = Alonzo Brown Fish, sometimes called “Lon”
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins = Lusetta Malinda Fish Perkins and Omer Perkins
Here is her obituary:
Tipton Daily Tribune, p. 2, Oct. 22, 1928 (Monday) – Died Sunday Oct. 21, 1928
MATILDA FISH DEAD
Pioneer Resident of Sharpsville Community Died at Middletown
Mrs. Matilda A. Fish, mother of D.S. Fish of this city and a pioneer of the Sharpsville community, died Sunday night, at 11:30 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John E. Moore in Middletown, where she had made her home for the past eighteen years after the death of her husband, Rev. F. A. Fish, former pastor of the North Indiana Methodist conference.
She had been in very poor health for some time but only for a week was she critically ill. Her death was not unexpected.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:00 o’clock at the Sharpsville Methodist church and burial will be in the Sharpsville cemetery.
Mrs. Fish is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Moore at Middletown and Mrs. O.M. Perkins at Indianapolis and three sons, A. B. Fish of Middletown, George Fish of Bunker Hill and D. S. Fish of this city.D.S. Fish at this time is in Martinsville taking treatment and he was advised of his mother’s death Monday morning.
The deceased was a member of the Grishaw family at Sharpsville and leaves several relatives and many friends in that community where she resided for many years.
The newspaper date was supplied by a researcher in Tipton County .Matilda apparently died in Henry County, Indiana.
Laura Mitchell
Terre Haute, IN
Photos of Matilda (Grishaw) Fish and her husband, Francis Asbury Fish, are shown below. Thanks to Laura Mitchell for providing these excellent pictures.
Gravesite of Isaac Grishaw, Sr, Son of Isaac and Letitia Grimshaw
Shown below is the grave of Isaac Grishaw, Sr, whose descendancy from Isaac Spice and Letitia Grimshaw is described above. The photos are o Find-A-Grave and show the original headstone followed by a version with the lettering highlighted. A photo of the gravesite is shown below the headstone pictures.
Laura provided the photos below, which are taken in Sharpston Cemetery, Sharpston, Indiana.
America Grishaw, wife of Madison Grishaw
George W Grishaw
John W Grishaw 1889
John W Grishaw 1892
Madison Grishaw
Milley J Grishaw
Rhoda R Grishaw
Sarah E Grishaw
Sarah Frances Grishaw McKay
Walter & Luella Grishaw
Washington Grishaw in the middle of the stone. Died Jan. 26, 1865 51y 9d. To the left is his first wife: ” Martha Grishaw, Wife of W. Grishaw, Died Nov. 3, 1852, aged 39y 6m 14d”. to the right is Washington Grishaw’s second wife: Rachel Grishaw, Died May 18, 1893 Aged 78y 1m 8d”.
Descendant Report for Isaac Spice and Lettuce Grimshaw
Bryce Stevens also provided a copy of the descendant report for Isaac and Lettuce Grimshaw, which is shown below.
Generation 1
Descendants of Isaac Spice Grishaw
Generation No. 1
1. ISAAC SPICE1 GRISHAW1,2 was born Abt. 1750, and died Bef. 18 May 1835 in Pulaski County, Kentucky3. He married LETTUCE (_____) GRISHAW’4. She was born Bet. 1750 – 1760.
Notes for ISAAC SPICE GRISHAW:
Found in the 1810 census of Campbell County, Virginia. Two Campbell County deeds have been located by researcher Mark Cook:
Virginia deeds, page 10:
Page 43. May 5, 1785 from William Harris of C, to Isaac Sprice Grishow of C, for 100 £, one certain tract of land of 450 acres of land in C on the West Branches of the main fork of Falling river, and bounded by Jones, Tanner, Powel, Lane. The land was patented to the said William Harris. Signed – William Harris. Wit – none. Recorded May 5, 1785.
Virginia deeds, page 76:
Page 505. Sep 2, 1790 from Isaac Spice Grishow of C, to Thomas Jones of C, for 30 £, one certain tract of land of about 100 acres in C on both sides of a west branch of Falling River, and bounded by Jones, Tanner. Signed – Isaac S Grishow. Wit – none. Recorded Sep 2, 1790.
Isaac owned 200 acres, “more or less,” which he deeded to John Ratakin for $600 on 23 September 1819, along Bucks Creek, near Barney’s Fork, in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Will of Isaac Grishaw:
This the twenty third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and twenty eight,
In the name of God, Amen, — Being Well in body and of good and perfect memory — thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to recollection, the uncertain estate of this transitory life, and that all Flesh must yield unto Death, when it shall please God to call me, do make and constitute ordain and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in the manner and form following, revoking annulling by these presents & every Testament and Testaments, will & wills heretofore by me made and declare either by word or writing and this to be taken for my last Will & Testament & no other, — First, I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God my Saviour, and my body to be buried is my Will to exempt twelve yards square on the land I now reside on, the place I have marked off, I prefer such place to be buried on. And now to dispose of my temporal estate — I do ordain give and dispose of the same in the manner and form following, towit,
I lend to my beloved wife Lettuce Grishaw the third of my whole estate, during her natural life after my Just Debts are paid I will that my negro Woman Jude have her freedom after my death, and my wife’s death, and provided my Negro Woman should have children, heretore, I Will that they should be free also. Now after my wife’s death, I Will and bequeath Susan Rattican one Dollar of my estate — Also I will and bequeath Martha Davidson one dollar of my estate. Also I Will and bequeath William Grishaw One dollar. Also I Will & bequeath Prissilla Acton One dollar. Also I Will & bequeath to Hannah Acton one dollar. Also I Will & bequeath Elizabeth Glass one Dollar. Also, I Will & bequeath Isaac Grishaw on Dollar & the residue of my estate I will and bequeath unto Elizabeth Ratakin & the following grand children, towit, Isaac Acton Lettice Acton & Isaac Grishaw Jun, Jesse Glass, Lettice Asbury Grishaw to be equally divided between them. Also I appoint James Dunn my Executor to the Within named Will.
Isaac Grishaw (seal)
Test
William Williams
Allen Dunn
John Waddle (his mark)
David Estice (his mark)
Shipten Estice (his mark)
More About ISAAC SPICE GRISHAW:
Will written: 23 February 1828, Pulaski County, KY, Will Book 3, page 231
Children of ISAAC GRISHAW and LETTUCE GRISHAW’ are:
2. i. SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1776.
ii. PRISCILLA GRISHAW4, b. Abt. 1780; m. AARON ACTON, 03 October 1814, Garrard County, Kentucky5; b. Abt. 1760.
Notes for PRISCILLA GRISHAW:
Priscilla was Aaron’s second wife. Birth and marriage dates are very rough estimates, as much to keep the chronology straightened out in my database as anything. Research shared by Mark Cook; primary research done by his great-aunt, from original will and other primary sources.
More About AARON ACTON and PRISCILLA GRISHAW:
Marriage:Â 03 October 1814, Garrard County, Kentucky5
iii. ELIZABETH GRISHAW6, b. Abt. 1780; m. VINCENT GLASS6, 26 October 1809, Campbell County, Virginia7; b. Abt. 1780.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH GRISHAW and VINCENT GLASS:
Bond 26 October 1809. Consent by Isaac Grishaw, father of the bride. Vincent Glass and William Moore, bondsmen; Mathanial Tanner, witness. Recorded 26 October 1809 by Obadiah Edge.
More About VINCENT GLASS and ELIZABETH GRISHAW:
Marriage:Â 26 October 1809, Campbell County, Virginia7
iv. WILLIAM GRISHAW8, b. Abt. 1780; m. JEMIMA FINCH8, February 1797, Campbell County, Virginia9; b. Abt. 1780.
More About WILLIAM GRISHAW and JEMIMA FINCH:
Marriage:Â February 1797, Campbell County, Virginia9
v. HANNAH GRISHAW10, b. Abt. 1785; m. AARON ACTON, 15 October 1816, Garrard County, Kentucky11; b. Abt. 1785.
Notes for AARON ACTON:
Birth-date and date of father’s marriage are purely speculative, to provide a rough time frame. See notes under Priscilla Grishaw.
More About AARON ACTON and HANNAH GRISHAW:
Marriage:Â 15 October 1816, Garrard County, Kentucky11
3. vi. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. 06 April 1789; d. Indiana.
vii. MARTHA SPICER GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1790, Virginia12; m. ABNER DAVISON; b. Abt. 1785, Virginia; d. 1837.
Generation 2
Generation No. 2
2. SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW (ISAAC SPICE1)13 was born Abt. 1776. She married JOHN RATEKIN13 17 September 1796 in Campbell County, Virginia13,14,15, son of PATRICK RATTEKIN and RACHEL BEST. He was born Abt. 1775.
Notes for JOHN RATEKIN:
Estimated year of birth based on marriage date.
State of Kentucky Garrard County 23 day of September 1819. to all to whom it may concern know it that on the 24th of October in the year 1818 Issac Grishaw of the State above and County of Pulaski and John Ratekin of said State and County of Garrard in consequence of a joint purchase of land made of them from James Kitchens of the State above and of the county of Pulaski for a tract of land lying in Pulaski County containing 200 acres more or less said land lying on a branch of Buck Creek Barney Branch and known by the place that Issac Grishaw now lives the above Issac Grishaw and John Ratekin since for diverse good causes wishes to give up his part of the aforesaid land unto the said Grishaw these are therefore to show that from hence forth the John Ratekin relinquishes all pretense to any claim to the above land on proviso never the less that the said Issac do in the name and stead of the said John pay unto said Kitchens the amount of money that said John Ratekin was bound for and it shall be considered the duty of Issac Grinshaw to return the obligation or receipt in full for them and against the said John from any part of the payment of said notes and in consideration of the performance of the above the said John Ratekin shall and hereby doth quit all manners of claims to the said premises for himself and heirs against other claiming for or by me or my heirs in witness whereof we have set our hands and seal the day aforesaid.
Solomon Spawn Issac Grashaw
Aaron Acton John Ratekin
State of Kentucky Garrard County towit. I Benjamin Letchen clerk of the County Court in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the amended Article of agreement between Issac Grishaw and John Ratekin was this day proven before me in my office to be the act and deed of the said Grishaw and Ratekin by oath of Solomon Spawn and Aaron Acton two subscribing witness thereto given in my hand at my office in Lancaster this 27th February 1823.
Benjamin Letchen clk.
More About JOHN RATEKIN:
Aka (Facts Pg): Also Ratekin, Rattekin.
Marriage Notes for SUSAN GRISHAW and JOHN RATEKIN:
Bond, 17 September 1796; recorded 21 September 1796 by Menoah Lesley. John Ratekin and Isaac S. Grishaw, bondsmen. Bride listed as Susan Spisa Greshaw.
More About JOHN RATEKIN and SUSAN GRISHAW:
Bondsman: John Ratekin & Isaac S. Grishaw
Marriage: 17 September 1796, Campbell County, Virginia16,17,18
Children of SUSAN GRISHAW and JOHN RATEKIN are:
4. i. NANCY3 RADICAN, b. 12 February 1802, Virginia; d. 29 April 1870, Ripley County, Indiana.
5. ii. MARTHA (PATSY) RADICAN, b. 24 December 1804, Virginia; d. 18 March 1885, Ripley County, Indiana.
iii. PATRICK RATEKIN19, b. 10 August 1805, Virginia20,21,22,23; d. 26 February 1880, Ripley County, Indiana24; m. CYNTHIA YOUNG, 13 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana25; b. 15 February 1815, Indiana26,27,28; d. 11 October 1893, Ripley County, Indiana28.
More About PATRICK RATEKIN:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
More About PATRICK RATEKIN and CYNTHIA YOUNG:
Marriage: 13 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana29
6. iv. ISAAC RATEKIN, b. 27 January 1808, Virginia; d. 24 September 1881, Ripley County, Indiana.
v. ELIZABETH RADICAN30, b. Abt. 1811; m. MITCHELL SERING30, 23 June 1831, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1810.
More About MITCHELL SERING and ELIZABETH RADICAN:
Marriage: 23 June 1831, Jefferson County, Indiana
3. ISAAC2 GRISHAW (ISAAC SPICE1) was born 06 April 178931, and died in Indiana31. He married POLLY ANN COPLAND 24 October 1808. She was born Abt. 1790.
Notes for ISAAC GRISHAW:
Grishaw Heirs to Akers:
This indenture made this 24th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty six between Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth Radikin and Isaac Grishaw Jun. and Squire Robinson who was the husband of Lettittia Asberry Grishaw and who is the guardian of her heirs acting for them of the County of Ripley and State of Indiana who are the legal heirs mentioned in the will of Issac Grishaw Dec. – of the first part and George W. Akers of the county of Campbell and State of Virginia of the second part witness that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the Sum of twenty one dollars lawful money of the United States to them in hand well truly and by the said party of the second part the receipt thereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and bye their presents do grant the party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever their interest in a certain tract of land lying and being in the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky belonging to the above named Issac Grishaw Dec. at the time of his death and willed by the said Issac Grishaw Dec. to the following persons to wit Elizabeth Ratikin, Isaac Acton, Lettittia Acton, Issac Grishaw Jr., Jesse Glass, Lettittia Asberry Grishaw. The above Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth Ratikin and Isaac Grishaw Jun. do sell and convey all our rights and titles in the will of said Isaac Grishaw Dec. to the said George W. Akers and all of the estate rights title interest claims and demand of them the said party of the first part of in and to the said premises and every part there of together with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise apportioning and the rents issue and property there of to have and to hold the premises hereby bargained and sold or meant or intended so to be with the appurtenance to the only proper use and behalf of the said party of the second part his heirs assigns forever to the party of the first part his for themselves and assign that they are the true and lawful owners of the premises hereby granted and have good right full power lawful authority to sell and convey the same from whence and for affore said and further that they the said party of the first part their being executors and administrators will warrant forever defend their afore said right to said premises with their appurtenances and every part and parcel there of unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all persons lawfully claiming or claim by from or under them as any of them.
In witness where fore the said party of the first part have here onto set their hands and seal this day and year first above written sealed and delivered in presence of
Mitchell D. Young
Elizabeth + Young (her mark)
Isaac Grishaw Jr.
Frances + Grishaw (her mark)
Squire Robinson
State of Indiana
Ripley County
Before us Calvin Westover and Isaac Miles two Justices of the Peace within and for said County this day personally appeared Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife and Issac Grishaw Jr. Francis his wife and Squire Roberson the above grantors who being personally known to us to such and severity acknowledges his signing sealing and delivering of the above Indentures to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes there in mentioned and use having made known the the wives of the said Mitchell D. Young and Isaac Grishaw Jr. the full contents and purports of said above deed they severally acknowledged to us in a private examination separately and apart from and without hearing their said husband that they executed said above deed of their own free will and accord and without an coercion or compulsion from their said husbands in testimony where of we have unto set our hands and seals of office on the twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Calvin Westover
Isaac Miles
Justice of the Peace
More About ISAAC GRISHAW and POLLY COPLAND:
Marriage: 24 October 1808
Children of ISAAC GRISHAW and POLLY COPLAND are:
7. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 GRISHAW, b. 17 January 1814, Kentucky; d. 26 January 1865, Tipton County, Indiana.
ii. LETTEE A. GRISHAW31, b. Abt. 1816; m. SQUIRE ROBINSON, 18 February 1834, Ripley County, Indiana32; b. Abt. 1814.
Marriage Notes for LETTEE GRISHAW and SQUIRE ROBINSON:
“Grashaw” in the marriage record.
More About SQUIRE ROBINSON and LETTEE GRISHAW:
Marriage: 18 February 1834, Ripley County, Indiana32
iii. SALLIE E. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1816; m. JONATHAN NEEDHAM, 26 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana33; b. Abt. 1814.
Marriage Notes for SALLIE GRISHAW and JONATHAN NEEDHAM:
Sally Grashaw in the marriage record. License and marriage, 26 June 1834. Filed 27 June 1834. Performed by Mshach Hyatt. David P. Shook, County Clerk.
More About JONATHAN NEEDHAM and SALLIE GRISHAW:
Marriage: 26 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana33
iv. PERRY GRISHAW34, b. Abt. 1818.
8. v. MADISON GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1819, Kentucky.
vi. MONROE GRISHAW34, b. Abt. 1820.
vii. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1822; m. FRANCE BONHER, 29 March 1842, Ripley County, Indiana35; b. Abt. 1824.
Marriage Notes for ISAAC GRISHAW and FRANCE BONHER:
“Grashaw” and “Booher” in marriage record.
More About ISAAC GRISHAW and FRANCE BONHER:
Marriage: 29 March 1842, Ripley County, Indiana35
9. viii. JOHN WESLEY GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1824, Ripley County, Indiana.
ix. MARY ANN GRISHAW36, b. Abt. 1827.
x. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1830, Indiana37; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON HOLMAN; b. Abt. 1821, Indiana37.
Generation 3
Generation No. 3
4. NANCY3 RADICAN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 12 February 1802 in Virginia38,39, and died 29 April 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana40. She married WILLIAM WOOLEY 23 June 1829 in Ripley County, Indiana41,42,43, son of DANIEL WOOLEY and NANCY HYATT. He was born 1805 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky44,45, and died 11 February 1898 in Ripley County, Indiana46.
More About NANCY RADICAN:
Burial: Holman Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for WILLIAM WOOLEY:
William was farming at the time of the 1860 census, in Otter Creek Township. His real property was valued at $1000, and his personal property at $200.
More About WILLIAM WOOLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana46
Marriage Notes for NANCY RADICAN and WILLIAM WOOLEY:
James Wooley, J. P., performed the marriage. Filed 10 July 1829.
More About WILLIAM WOOLEY and NANCY RADICAN:
License: 23 June 1829, Ripley County, Indiana47
Marriage: 23 June 1829, Ripley County, Indiana48,49,50
Children of NANCY RADICAN and WILLIAM WOOLEY are:
10. i. MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY, b. 15 August 1830, Ripley County, Indiana; d. Abt. October 1896, Ripley County, Indiana.
11. ii. ELIZABETH ANN WOOLEY, b. 03 December 1832, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 28 July 1897, Ripley County, Indiana.
12. iii. JAMES W. WOOLEY, b. 16 March 1834, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 08 February 1905, Marion County, Illinois.
13. iv. CARY ALLEN WOOLEY, b. 24 April 1836, Ripley County, Indiana.
14. v. RACHEL ALICE WOOLEY, b. 28 June 1839, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 05 January 1913, Ripley County, Indiana.
15. vi. ISAAC WOOLEY, b. 27 April 1842, Ripley County, Indiana.
16. vii. CYNTHIA ANN WOOLEY, b. 19 June 1844, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 1886.
5. MARTHA (PATSY)3 RADICAN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 24 December 1804 in Virginia51,52,53, and died 18 March 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana53. She married ELIAS REYNOLDS 05 June 1834 in Ripley County, Indiana54. He was born 23 October 1799 in Maryland55,56,57, and died 25 September 1868 in Ripley County, Indiana57.
More About MARTHA (PATSY) RADICAN:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for ELIAS REYNOLDS:
Elias was listed as a framer in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Ripley County, with real estate valued at $800 in 1850, and at $2000 in 1860. The family was in Shelby Township, 1850; Otter Creek Township in 1860.
More About ELIAS REYNOLDS:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
Marriage Notes for MARTHA RADICAN and ELIAS REYNOLDS:
License and marriage, 5 June 1834. Filed 6 June 1834. Performed by Mishach Hyatt, L. D. Methodist E. P. Church. David P. Shook, County Clerk.
More About ELIAS REYNOLDS and MARTHA RADICAN:
Marriage: 05 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana58
Children of MARTHA RADICAN and ELIAS REYNOLDS are:
17. i. GEORGE4 REYNOLDS, b. 13 March 1835, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 29 January 1885, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. JOHN REYNOLDS, b. Abt. 183759,60.
6. ISAAC3 RATEKIN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 27 January 1808 in Virginia61,62, and died 24 September 1881 in Ripley County, Indiana63. He married SARAH HYATT 15 October 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana64, daughter of WILLIAM HYATT and SARAH COPELAND. She was born 27 November 1823 in Kentucky65,66,67, and died 05 January 1894 in Ripley County, Indiana67,68.
Notes for SARAH HYATT:
The Tanglewood Cemetery has Sarah’s stone reading 27 Nov 1828 to 5 Jan 1894. The marriage certificate says 15 October 1839… I have trouble believing that she married at age 13. Something has got to be off here…
More About ISAAC RATEKIN and SARAH HYATT:
Marriage: 15 October 1839, Ripley County, Indiana69
Children of ISAAC RATEKIN and SARAH HYATT are:
18. i. ELIZABETH4 RATEKIN, b. 1849, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. JONATHAN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 184270.
iii. MARY ELLEN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 184370,71.
iv. WILLIAM THOMAS RATEKIN, b. 184672,73,74.
v. NANCY J. RATEKIN, b. Abt. 185275,76; m. WILLIAM J. SMOCK, 15 February 1877, Ripley County, Indiana77; b. Abt. 1850.
Marriage Notes for NANCY RATEKIN and WILLIAM SMOCK:
License and marriage both 15 February 1877. Filed 28 March 1877. Wm. Evans, Pastor, M. E. Church.
More About WILLIAM SMOCK and NANCY RATEKIN:
Marriage: 15 February 1877, Ripley County, Indiana77
vi. SARAH A. RATEKIN, b. Abt. 185578,79.
Notes for SARAH A. RATEKIN:
Possibly the Sarah M. Rattekin who married John Prewitt, Ripley County (Marriage Records, Volume 9, page 571, license, marriage and filing all 18 September 1879, by Stephen Chandler, Justice of the Peace)
vii. ISAAC L. RATEKIN, b. 18 December 1858, Ripley County, Indiana80,81,82; d. 26 February 1880, Ripley County, Indiana83,84.
More About ISAAC L. RATEKIN:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
viii. ABRAHAM LINCOLN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 186185.
7. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 17 January 1814 in Kentucky86,87, and died 26 January 1865 in Tipton County, Indiana88. He married (1) MARTHA HOLMAN 22 September 1836 in Ripley County, Indiana89. She was born 19 April 181290, and died 03 November 185290. He married (2) RACHEL BOWLSBY 29 September 185791. She was born 09 April 1815 in New Jersey92, and died 18 May 1893 in Tipton County, Indiana.
Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON GRISHAW:
In the 1860 census, Washington reported Real Property valued at $6500, and Personal Property worht $1000. He appears in this census with Rachel, indicating that Martha Holman had died before. As no marriage record is found in the Indiana State records prior to 1850, I am speculating that they married sometime afterward. For the same reason, I am speculating that Jesse L. Grishaw is a son by Martha rather than by Rachel.
More About GEORGE GRISHAW and MARTHA HOLMAN:
Marriage: 22 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana93
More About GEORGE GRISHAW and RACHEL BOWLSBY:
Marriage: 29 September 185794
Children of GEORGE GRISHAW and MARTHA HOLMAN are:
19. i. WILLIAM MONROE4 GRISHAW, b. 22 June 1839, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 26 April 1894, Tipton County, Indiana.
ii. JESSE L. GRISHAW, b. 05 July 184695,96; d. 09 August 190196; m. FRANCES D. FRANKLIN, 02 December 186996; b. 184896; d. 193996.
More About JESSE GRISHAW and FRANCES FRANKLIN:
Marriage: 02 December 186996
iii. JAMES PERRY GRISHAW, b. 06 August 183796; d. 16 July 185296.
iv. POLY ANN GRISHAW, b. 04 March 184396; m. PERRY J. NAYLOR, 18 November 186096; b. Abt. 1840.
More About PERRY NAYLOR and POLY GRISHAW:
Marriage: 18 November 186096
v. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. 09 April 184496; d. 03 September 184996.
vi. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GRISHAW, b. 03 January 184996; d. 05 September 185296.
8. MADISON3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born Abt. 1819 in Kentucky97. He married AMERICA ANN RUTLEDGE 16 October 1840 in Ripley County, Indiana98. She was born Abt. 1820 in Kentucky99.
Notes for MADISON GRISHAW:
In the 1860 census, Madison gives his occupation as farming, with real property worth $2500, and personal property worth $1000.
More About MADISON GRISHAW and AMERICA RUTLEDGE:
Marriage: 16 October 1840, Ripley County, Indiana100
Children of MADISON GRISHAW and AMERICA RUTLEDGE are:
i. JOHN4 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1844, Indiana101.
ii. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1845, Indiana101.
iii. RUTH J. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1848, Indiana101.
iv. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana101.
v. SARAH C. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1855, Indiana101.
vi. MARY A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1858, Indiana101.
vii. MATILDA A. GRISHAW102, b. Aft. 1860; m. FRANCES ASBURY FISH; b. Abt. 1860.
Matilda A. Grishaw (4 Feb 1842 – 21 Oct 1928) & Francis Asbury Fish (About 1860 – ) [Author’s Note: birthdate for Matilda A. Grishaw corrected from “aft 1860” with information from Laura Mitchell, November 2005]
9. JOHN WESLEY3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born Abt. 1824 in Ripley County, Indiana103,104. He married MILLIE JANE HAWTHORNE 15 April 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana105. She was born 29 June 1829 in Ripley County, Indiana106,107.
More About JOHN GRISHAW and MILLIE HAWTHORNE:
Marriage: 15 April 1849, Ripley County, Indiana108
Children of JOHN GRISHAW and MILLIE HAWTHORNE are:
i. SARAH F.4 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1850, Indiana109.
ii. MARY M. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana109.
iii. POLLY A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana109.
iv. MARTHA JANE GRISHAW, b. 1858, Tipton County, Indiana109,110; m. WILLIAM EMORY RICHARDS, 1882, Tipton County, Indiana110; b. 1854, Johnson County, Indiana110.
More About WILLIAM RICHARDS and MARTHA GRISHAW:
Marriage: 1882, Tipton County, Indiana110
v. JOHN WESLEY GRISHAW, b. Aft. 1860.
Generation 4
Generation No. 4
10. MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 15 August 1830 in Ripley County, Indiana111, and died Abt. October 1896 in Ripley County, Indiana112. She married CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW 03 June 1848 in Ripley County, Indiana113,114, son of JOSEPH SHAW and REBECCA OWEN. He was born 27 October 1826 in Bracken County, Kentucky115, and died 08 March 1898 in Ripley County, Indiana116.
Notes for CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW:
Served in the Civil War as a private, Company G, 123rd regiment, Indiana Volunteers, at Ohio County, Indiana, 24 February 1864. Mustered in at Indianapolis, 12 March 1864, for a term of three years, though he served only one and a half years, to the war’s end. He mustered out at Lexington, North Carolina, 5 August 1865. Service papers describe Catlett (frequently misspelled as Callet) as 5’9″ tall, with dark hair, dark eyes, and dark complexion.
He was reported at roll calls several times as a deserter or straggler, showing up later with the excuse of hospitalization at Greensburg, Indiana, for unspecified illnesses. His health never was very good, and in 1880 he made application for a pension as an invalid veteran. On the application he states that he contracted lung disease during service, which left him with chest pains and a chronic cough; that while at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, on 23 July 1864, he contracted dropsy; that while at Wise’s Fork, North Carolina, on 10 March 1865, he contracted rheumatism from marching hard during the day and sleeping on the ground; and that he suffers from heart disease brought on from the Battle of Wise’s Fork, 9 March 1865, which disease causes him to sometimes “fall over as if dead,” and so remain for several hours. I do not know whether he obtained the pension; it is remarkable that he could pinpoint the day that these chronic ailments set in.
After the war he returned to his small farm, located just over a mile west of Versailles, Indiana, and remained there until his death. His wife, Martha, made the family’s clothing, spinning wool into thread on her wheel, then weaving the heavy thread into cloth on her shuttle loom. She died a few years before he did, at which time his oldest daughter, Lucy, and her family moved in to care for him and eventually take over the farm.
George Miller, husband of C T & Martha’s granddaughter Martha Hager, appears to have been C. T.’s legal guardian. A receipt from John L. White’s Dry Goods store, dated November 4, 1896, and signed by W. W. Connelly, reads “Rec’d of Geo Miller Guard. of C T Shaw for Funeral Expenses. Thirty Seven (37 00/100) dollars in full of account.” Two years later, Will W. Connelly, Undertaker, wrote a receipt reading “Versailles Ind. Sept 15th 1898 Received of George Miller Guardian of the Estate C T Shaw Thirty nine dollars in full payment of Burial Expenses of C T Shaw Deceased”.
An Editor’s Affadavit for the Osgood “Journal” states that a notice of the estate sale, to be held 20 August 1898, was posted at the courthouse door, and was published 4 weeks successively, beginning 14 July 1898.
In the 1860 census, Catlett is listed as a farmer with personal property valued at $100.00, and with no real estate. Nancy Hiatt Wooley was living with the family at the time of the 1850 census.
More About CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW:
Burial: Holman Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana117
Marriage Notes for MARTHA WOOLEY and CATLETT SHAW:
Gatchell, in “The Wooley Saga,” lists children Edward and Elizabeth, but not Joseph, with this family. The 1870 census needs to be checked.
James Vanosdoll, J. P., performed the marriage.
More About CATLETT SHAW and MARTHA WOOLEY:
License: 31 May 1848, Ripley County, Indiana118
Marriage: 03 June 1848, Ripley County, Indiana118,119
Children of MARTHA WOOLEY and CATLETT SHAW are:
20. i. LUCY JANE5 SHAW, b. 08 May 1849, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 17 June 1906, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. GEORGE F. SHAW, b. Abt. 1851, Ripley County, Indiana120,121.
iii. JOHN H SHAW, b. Abt. 1854, Ripley County, Indiana122,123.
Notes for JOHN H SHAW:
John lost a leg from about the knee down. He lived on the farm with Lucy Jane and Nicholas E Hammon. The leg was buried along the back edge of the house garden. My grandmother, Rissa Hammon Henderson, told me that sometimes when nothing else would alleviate the phantom pains he suffered, they would dig up the leg and re-wrap it or adjust its position, which would satisfy him for a time.
iv. RACHEL E SHAW, b. Abt. 1856, Ripley County, Indiana123,124.
v. JOSEPH E SHAW, b. Abt. 1861, Ripley County, Indiana125.
11. ELIZABETH ANN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 03 December 1832 in Ripley County, Indiana126, and died 28 July 1897 in Ripley County, Indiana127. She married WILLIAM KELLY 16 September 1851 in Ripley County, Indiana128. He was born 01 January 1826129, and died 12 January 1881 in Ripley County, Indiana130.
More About ELIZABETH ANN WOOLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana130
More About WILLIAM KELLY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana130
More About WILLIAM KELLY and ELIZABETH WOOLEY:
Marriage: 16 September 1851, Ripley County, Indiana131
Children of ELIZABETH WOOLEY and WILLIAM KELLY are:
i. JAMES WILLIAM5 KELLY, b. Aft. 1851.
ii. NANCY ELIZABETH KELLY, b. Aft. 1851; m. FLAVIS ROSS.
iii. RACHEL ELLEN KELLY, b. Aft. 1851; m. MARION MONROE.
iv. JESSE KELLY, b. Aft. 1851, Ripley County, Indiana; m. CINDA MOORE.
v. CYNTHA KELLY, b. Aft. 1851.
12. JAMES W.4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 16 March 1834 in Ripley County, Indiana132,133, and died 08 February 1905 in Marion County, Illinois134. He married (1) MARY EMELINE SUITS 08 June 1854 in Ripley County, Indiana134,135. She was born 22 August 1833 in Indiana136,137, and died 12 January 1881138. He married (2) ELIZABETH MARICLE138 01 January 1882139.
More About JAMES WOOLEY and MARY SUITS:
Marriage: 08 June 1854, Ripley County, Indiana140,141
More About JAMES WOOLEY and ELIZABETH MARICLE:
Marriage: 01 January 1882142
Children of JAMES WOOLEY and MARY SUITS are:
i. FANNIE THOMPSON5 WOOLEY, b. 04 June 1855, Ripley County, Indiana143,144; d. 03 November 1881145; m. GEORGE ROBERT SUDDATH146,147.
21. ii. JOHN WILLIAM WOOLEY, b. 16 April 1857, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 14 October 1918.
22. iii. HARRISON OSBORN WOOLEY, b. 30 April 1859, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 04 April 1939, Marion County, Illinois.
iv. CYNTHIA ANN WOOLEY, b. 15 June 1862, Ripley County, Indiana148,149; d. 01 August 1862, Ripley County, Indiana149.
v. CHARLES WASHINGTON WOOLEY, b. 15 June 1862150,151.
vi. JAMES GRANT WOOLEY, b. 03 May 1864, Ripley County, Indiana152,153; d. 17 September 1864153.
23. vii. ALLEN MARION WOOLEY, b. 03 October 1865, Marion County, Illinois; d. 01 March 1925.
24. viii. ROBERT FRANKLIN WOOLEY, b. 23 February 1868, Marion County, Illinois; d. 01 June 1951.
25. ix. ISAAC NEWTON WOOLEY, b. 28 December 1870, Marion County, Illinois; d. 28 August 1958.
x. HENRY LAFAYETTE WOOLEY, b. 11 December 1873, Marion County, Illinois154,155; d. 07 March 1896155.
xi. MARY NANCY WOOLEY, b. 10 May 1876, Marion County, Illinois156,157; d. 06 October 1876157.
13. CARY ALLEN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 24 April 1836 in Ripley County, Indiana158,159. He married SARAH LOUISE LAWS 20 March 1866 in Ripley County, Indiana160. She was born 1846, and died 1926.
More About CARY ALLEN WOOLEY:
Occupation: Jeweler in Flora, Carroll County, Indiana
More About CARY WOOLEY and SARAH LAWS:
Marriage: 20 March 1866, Ripley County, Indiana160
Children of CARY WOOLEY and SARAH LAWS are:
i. RHODA ALICE5 WOOLEY, b. 03 January 1867, Ripley County, Indiana161; m. MADISON PETERSON; b. 1863; d. 1931.
More About RHODA ALICE WOOLEY:
Miscellaneous: No children
ii. CHARITY E WOOLEY, b. 17 September 1874, Howard County, Indiana161; d. 1952; m. GEORGE LANGSTON; b. 1862; d. 1926.
More About CHARITY E WOOLEY:
Miscellaneous: No children
26. iii. TONY L WOOLEY, b. 19 November 1876, Carroll County, Indiana; d. 1948.
iv. ELMER OTTO WOOLEY, b. 15 September 1883, Carroll County, Indiana.
Notes for ELMER OTTO WOOLEY:
Unmarried. Professor of German Language at Indiana University. My first investigations of the Wooley family were based on his work. His research appears to have been more scholarly than many of his contemporary writers, who assembled family histories with only recall and circumstantial evidence.
Elmer donated his collection of Civil War correspondence written primarily by Carey A. Wooley to the Manuscript Department of the Lilly Library at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Wooley, Shaw and Rattekin cousins are mentioned in these letters.
14. RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 28 June 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana162,163,164, and died 05 January 1913 in Ripley County, Indiana165. She married SAMUEL T PARKER 02 November 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana, son of ELI PARKER and LUNA SHEDD. He was born 15 September 1844 in Ripley County, Indiana165, and died 06 July 1918 in Ripley County, Indiana165.
More About RACHEL ALICE WOOLEY:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About SAMUEL T PARKER:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Military 1: Civil War; 22nd Regiment, Company E166
More About SAMUEL PARKER and RACHEL WOOLEY:
Marriage: 02 November 1870, Ripley County, Indiana
Children of RACHEL WOOLEY and SAMUEL PARKER are:
27. i. FLORENCE MIRANDA5 PARKER, b. 06 October 1871, Ripley County, Indiana.
28. ii. LADASKA FLORELLA PARKER, b. 30 April 1874, Ripley County, Indiana.
29. iii. LAWRENCE ALONSO PARKER, b. 28 January 1878, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 28 August 1915, Ripley County, Indiana.
30. iv. STELLA VELARA PARKER, b. 28 October 1880, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 1957, Ripley County, Indiana.
15. ISAAC4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 27 April 1842 in Ripley County, Indiana167,168. He married MARY CRAIL WADE 06 June 1867 in Ripley County, Indiana169. She was born Abt. 1849 in Mississippi, and died 31 October 1912.
More About ISAAC WOOLEY and MARY WADE:
Marriage: 06 June 1867, Ripley County, Indiana169
Children of ISAAC WOOLEY and MARY WADE are:
i. ALBERT GRANT5 WOOLEY, b. October 1869.
ii. LULU MAY WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. WARD HAVENS.
iii. SARAH EMELINE WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. (1) JOHN ASHBA; m. (2) WILL LAWRENCE.
iv. ROSA BELLE WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. ROLLIE HODSON.
16. CYNTHIA ANN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 19 June 1844 in Ripley County, Indiana170,171, and died 1886. She married PETER PARKER Abt. 1867. He was born Abt. 1847 in Ripley County, Indiana172, and died 24 June 1909.
More About PETER PARKER and CYNTHIA WOOLEY:
Marriage: Abt. 1867
Children of CYNTHIA WOOLEY and PETER PARKER are:
i. OLIVER MORTON5 PARKER, b. 21 May 1868.
ii. SILAS P PARKER, b. Aft. 1870.
iii. CLARENCE EDGAR PARKER, b. Aft. 1870.
17. GEORGE4 REYNOLDS (MARTHA (PATSY)3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 13 March 1835 in Ripley County, Indiana173,174,175, and died 29 January 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana175. He married DICEY A. E. CONLEY 10 February 1858 in Ripley County, Indiana176. She was born 05 February 1842 in Indiana177,178, and died 08 April 1911 in Ripley County, Indiana178.
Notes for GEORGE REYNOLDS:
Living with his parents and brother John in the 1860 census, George was also a head of household, with real estate valued at $1500 and $200 personal property.
More About GEORGE REYNOLDS:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About DICEY A. E. CONLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About GEORGE REYNOLDS and DICEY CONLEY:
Marriage: 10 February 1858, Ripley County, Indiana179
Child of GEORGE REYNOLDS and DICEY CONLEY is:
i. ELIAS5 REYNOLDS, b. 1859180.
18. ELIZABETH4 RATEKIN (ISAAC3, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana181. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON WOOLEY 28 March 1867 in Ripley County, Indiana182, son of CAREY WOOLEY and EUPHEMIA DERRINGER. He was born Abt. 1846 in Ripley County, Indiana183.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH RATEKIN and GEORGE WOOLEY:
Ratiken on the record. License and marriage both 28 March 1867. Filed 10 April 1867. Marriage performed by Jacob W. Gossett.
More About GEORGE WOOLEY and ELIZABETH RATEKIN:
Marriage: 28 March 1867, Ripley County, Indiana184
Child of ELIZABETH RATEKIN and GEORGE WOOLEY is:
i. LAURA5 WOOLEY, b. Abt. 1868185.
19. WILLIAM MONROE4 GRISHAW (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 22 June 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana186, and died 26 April 1894 in Tipton County, Indiana186,187. He married AMERICA MINAH SHOOK 24 December 1863 in Ripley County, Indiana188,189, daughter of LORENZO SHOOK and MARIAH LUDWICK. She was born 04 May 1840 in Ripley County, Indiana190,191, and died 31 December 1927 in Tipton County, Indiana192.
More About WILLIAM GRISHAW and AMERICA SHOOK:
Marriage: 24 December 1863, Ripley County, Indiana192,193
Children of WILLIAM GRISHAW and AMERICA SHOOK are:
i. INFANT5 GRISHAW, b. 12 February 1865194.
ii. ORA BELL GRISHAW, b. 22 April 1868194; d. 03 December 1903, Tipton County, Indiana194.
iii. IRA GRANT GRISHAW, b. 22 February 1868, Tipton County, Indiana194; d. 05 February 1890, Tipton County, Indiana194.
iv. JAMES BYRON GRISHAW, b. 16 November 1869, Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana194; d. 15 July 1963195; m. GRACE CAMPBELL, 07 April 1894195; b. 01 October 1870195; d. 08 May 1921195.
More About JAMES GRISHAW and GRACE CAMPBELL:
Marriage: 07 April 1894195
v. CHARLES LORENZO GRISHAW, b. 09 September 1871, Tipton County, Indiana196; d. 06 October 1932, Tipton County, Indiana196,197; m. ESTELLA M HOLMES, 03 April 1895, Tipton County, Indiana198; b. 1874198; d. 1944198.
More About CHARLES GRISHAW and ESTELLA HOLMES:
Marriage: 03 April 1895, Tipton County, Indiana198
31. vi. HARRY EVERT GRISHAW, b. 29 May 1873, Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana; d. 1944, Tipton County, Indiana.
Generation 5
Generation No. 5
20. LUCY JANE5 SHAW (MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 08 May 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana199, and died 17 June 1906 in Ripley County, Indiana199. She married (1) NIM MYER HAGER 17 March 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana200. He was born Abt. 1845. She married (2) NICHOLAS EBENEEZER HAMMON 10 March 1880 in Ripley County, Indiana201,202, son of JOHN HAMMON and CATHARINE SUTTON. He was born 31 October 1850 in Sedgwick County, Kansas203,204,205, and died 05 July 1920 in Ripley County, Indiana206.
Notes for NIM MYER HAGER:
Lucy awoke one morning and found that Nim was gone. He was never seen nor heard of again.
I long suspected that “Nim” might have been a mis-reading of the abbreviation Wm, but the marriage record is very clearly Nim. Short, perhaps, for Nimrod?
More About NIM HAGER and LUCY SHAW:
Marriage: 17 March 1870, Ripley County, Indiana207
Notes for NICHOLAS EBENEEZER HAMMON:
ANGRY BULL ATTACKED NICH.
OLAS HAMMON INFLICTING IN-
JURIES CAUSING HIS DEATH
Our community was severely shocked Monday when it was learned that Mr. Nicholas Hammon, who resided with his son J. Elbridge Hammon and family, two miles west of town, had succumbed to injuries received Saturday when attacked by an angry bull.
Saturday morning Mr. Hammon was taking a four-year-old polled bull from one inclosure to another on the old Hammon farm adjoining the Stockinger farm on which they live. The animal suddenly attacked Mr. Hammon without a moments warning. Mr. Hammon was kinocked on to a mowing machine his head striking something sharp. A deep gash was cut in the back of his head that required several stitches to sew it up. The animal came at Mr. Hammon again while he lay on the ground and butted him in the left side, breaking his ribs and injuring his heart and left lung. Mr. John Brady, a neighbor, succeeded in beating the bull off Mr. Hammon before it had an opportunity to but him more than the one time.
Mr. Hammon was at once taken to his son’s residence only a couple of hundred yards away and medical aid was summoned. Everything was done for him that was possible but his advanced age and lack of vitality were against him in a fight for life, and at five o’clock Monday afternoon death relieved him of his suffering.
Mr. Hammon was in his seventieth year, having been born in Switzerland county on October 31, 1850. His wife preceded him in death by four-teen years. Besides his son Elbridge J. Hammon he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Rissa Henderson, wife of Dallas G. Henderson, postmaster at Holton, and by a step-son and step-daughter, namely, Mr. Hager, of Osgood, and Mrs. George Miller, of Holton.
Mr. Hammon was a faithful member of the Versailles K. of P. Lodge and the Knights assisted Rev. Bannister with the funeral service, which occurred at 2 o’clock this (Wednesday) afternoon at the Tanglewood church. Interment was in the Tanglewood cemetery.
Mr. Hammon was a man that was respected by everyone who knew him and the bereaved ones have the sympathy of all in their loss.
–Versailles (Indiana) News, July, 1920
Marriage Notes for LUCY SHAW and NICHOLAS HAMMON:
After their marriage, Nick and Lucy lived for a time in Carroll County, Indiana, where Lucy’s uncle, Cary Allen Wooley resided. They returned to Ripley County, and following the death of Lucy’s mother, took over the Shaw farm, caring for Cat Shaw until his death.
The marriage was performed in the home of C. T. Shaw, Lucy’s father, by Stephen Chandler, Justice of the Peace.
More About NICHOLAS HAMMON and LUCY SHAW:
Marriage: 10 March 1880, Ripley County, Indiana208,209
Children of LUCY SHAW and NIM HAGER are:
i. MARTHA ISADORA6 HAGER, b. Abt. 1871210; m. GEORGE MILLER.
ii. WILLIAM M HAGER, b. Abt. 1873210.
Children of LUCY SHAW and NICHOLAS HAMMON are:
iii. RUFUS OLE6 HAMMON, b. 29 October 1880, Ripley County, Indiana211; d. 17 March 1901, Ripley County, Indiana211.
Notes for RUFUS OLE HAMMON:
Rufus was a strong, gentle young man when he was killed. He was still living at home, and working at a sawmill west of the farm. A horse was responsible for his death, having crushed him in its stall, causing internal injuries. By the time the extent of the damage was realized, blood poisoning had forced him to bed with fever, chills and delirium, and treatment was of no consequence.
iv. MERTON ALVA HAMMON, b. 30 August 1882, Ripley County, Indiana211; d. 11 November 1884, Ripley County, Indiana211.
Notes for MERTON ALVA HAMMON:
Lucy was returning to the farm, driving the buckboard and cradling Merton. As she drove into the farmyard something startled the horse, perhaps a snake. The horse bolted, overturning the buckboard and throwing Lucy and her baby to the ground. Merton’s head struck against a rock, killing him instantly.
More About MERTON ALVA HAMMON:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
v. JOHN ELBRIDGE HAMMON, b. 16 August 1884, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 15 May 1978, Ripley County, Indiana; m. ERMA PRATT, 12 March 1914, Illinois; b. 08 January 1895; d. 28 May 1981, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About JOHN HAMMON and ERMA PRATT:
Marriage: 12 March 1914, Illinois
vi. RISSA EDITH HAMMON, b. 17 September 1886, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 25 March 1979, Indianapolis, Indiana; m. GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON, 15 May 1906, Ripley County, Indiana212; b. 25 February 1875, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 20 March 1941, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About RISSA EDITH HAMMON:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON:
Will names wife, Rissa E. Henderson – executrix; Children, Verna Cumberworth, Bertha Beach, Lorella Jean Henderson, Emerson Henderson. Witnesses, Sherman Ellis, Gateman Dexter. Filed 16 April 1941, Book J, page 391, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Will: 16 April 1941, Ripley County, Indiana213
Marriage Notes for RISSA HAMMON and GEORGE HENDERSON:
Dallas Henderson worked at his brother Ben’s logging camp at Henderson, Mineral County, Montana. It was on a trip home that he first saw Rissa, and arranged to be introduced to her. After a brief courtship, they married at the Tanglewood Baptist Church, in Ripley County, after which they went to Henderson, Montana. When Dallas’ parents died, they returned to Indiana to take care of the farm.
About 1911, they retruned to the Montana lumber camp, where Rissa was appointed Postmaster. When fire destroyed the camp, they went to Port Townsend, Washington, for a short time, then to Oklahoma City, where relatives of Rissa operated a greenhouse and nursery. Shortly after arriving there, however, a tornado-breeding storm passed through, which blew them right back to Ripley County, Indiana, where they assumed responsibility for the family farm. Dallas cried auctions, dealt in real estate, and was appointed Postmaster of Holton, Indiana, for a term of four years beginning 1920. His Postal commission was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, and hangs in my study.
Rissa worked various times as a bank teller in Osgood, Indiana. Dallas was appointed first general manager of the Ripley County Farm Bureau, and Rissa served as its first (unpaid) bookkeeper. She was also busy helping to unload shipments, fueling, and in every other aspect of the operation. She was very proud of the fact that her long columns of addition passed the scrutiny of all state audits with not a correction to her math-work.
Marriage performed by Reverend E. E. Connelley.
More About GEORGE HENDERSON and RISSA HAMMON:
Marriage: 15 May 1906, Ripley County, Indiana214
21. JOHN WILLIAM5 WOOLEY (JAMES W.4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 16 April 1857 in Ripley County, Indiana215,216, and died 14 October 1918217. He married EMELINE BROWN218 11 March 1877218. She was born 29 April 1860218, and died 04 April 1947218.
More About JOHN WOOLEY and EMELINE BROWN:
Marriage: 11 March 1877218
Children of JOHN WOOLEY and EMELINE BROWN are:
i. WILLIAM HARRISON6 WOOLEY, b. 09 February 1878218,219; d. 12 February 1901220,221.
ii. JAMES H WOOLEY, b. 12 February 1880222,223; d. 23 August 1882224,225.
iii. MARY MAGNOLA WOOLEY, b. 25 August 1882226,227; d. 25 August 1882228,229.
iv. SOLOMONIA WOOLEY, b. 18 October 1885230,231.
v. ELONZO R R WOOLEY, b. 22 April 1889232,233; d. 03 January 1949233.
vi. MYRTLE ANN WOOLEY, b. 27 November 1891234,235; m. OBEDIAH DEAN, August 1913236,237.
More About OBEDIAH DEAN and MYRTLE WOOLEY:
Marriage: August 1913238,239
vii. ADA FRANCIS WOOLEY, b. 11 September 1898240,241; d. 25 June 1963242,243; m. VERNIE JONES244,245.
22. HARRISON OSBORN5 WOOLEY (JAMES W.4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 30 April 1859 in Ripley County, Indiana246,247, and died 04 April 1939 in Marion County, Illinois248. He married SARAH CASANDRA HELM 20 November 1879 in Marion County, Illinois248. She was born 05 February 1861 in Marion County, Illinois248, and died 28 March 1919 in Marion County, Illinois248.
More About HARRISON WOOLEY and SARAH HELM:
Marriage: 20 November 1879, Marion County, Illinois248
Children of HARRISON WOOLEY and SARAH HELM are:
i. EDITH GERTRUDE6 WOOLEY, b. 20 September 1881, Marion County, Illinois248; d. 22 December 1966, St Clair County, East St Louis, Illinois248; m. OLIVER EUGENE NIX, 14 February 1901, Zenia, Clay County, Illinois248; b. 15 January 1874, Madison County, Illinois249; d. 01 February 1968, Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois250.
More About OLIVER NIX and EDITH WOOLEY:
Marriage: 14 February 1901, Zenia, Clay County, Illinois250
ii. REBECCA IDA WOOLEY, b. 30 August 1884250; d. 28 March 1887250.
iii. SNOWDEN ISRAEL WOOLEY, b. 04 September 1886250; d. 04 April 1948251.
iv. CLODUS ALLEN WOOLEY, b. 16 February 1889252; d. 30 December 1890252.
v. OSBORN HERBERT WOOLEY, b. 05 April 1896252; d. 08 May 1927252.
vi. RUNNIE AARON WOOLEY, b. 04 May 1899252; d. 21 February 1961252; m. GLADYS JOSEPHINE SANDERS252.
23. ALLEN MARION5 WOOLEY (JAMES W.4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 03 October 1865 in Marion County, Illinois253,254, and died 01 March 1925254. He married THEODOSIA SADDETH Abt. 1889254.
More About ALLEN WOOLEY and THEODOSIA SADDETH:
Marriage: Abt. 1889254
Children of ALLEN WOOLEY and THEODOSIA SADDETH are:
i. JACOB6 WOOLEY.
ii. MABLE W WOOLEY, b. 1891254.
iii. RACHEL B WOOLEY, b. 08 September 1893254.
24. ROBERT FRANKLIN5 WOOLEY (JAMES W.4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 23 February 1868 in Marion County, Illinois255,256, and died 01 June 1951256. He married CORA LITTRELL 02 May 1879256. She was born 02 May 1879257.
More About ROBERT WOOLEY and CORA LITTRELL:
Marriage: 02 May 1879258
Children of ROBERT WOOLEY and CORA LITTRELL are:
i. IVY M6 WOOLEY, b. 1896258.
ii. BASIL WOOLEY, b. 06 September 1898258.
25. ISAAC NEWTON5 WOOLEY (JAMES W.4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 28 December 1870 in Marion County, Illinois259,260, and died 28 August 1958260. He married STELLA MAGILL 10 April 1898260. She was born 22 January 1878260.
More About ISAAC WOOLEY and STELLA MAGILL:
Marriage: 10 April 1898260
Children of ISAAC WOOLEY and STELLA MAGILL are:
i. GEORGE W6 WOOLEY, b. 22 February 1899260; m. ESTHER _____.
ii. EZRA N WOOLEY, b. 07 February 1900260; m. MATTIE DEERING260.
iii. MAMIE WOOLEY260, m. STEWARD MORRICLE261.
iv. LOUIS R WOOLEY262, m. JESSIE WOOD262.
v. MARY J WOOLEY262, m. CHARLIE BARROGH263.
vi. LENDRA M WOOLEY264, m. EVERETT BAUMGARNER264.
vii. DOLLIE EDITH WOOLEY, b. 29 April 1912264; d. 14 March 1914264.
viii. HENRY L WOOLEY264, m. MILDRED BALL264.
26. TONY L5 WOOLEY (CARY ALLEN4, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 19 November 1876 in Carroll County, Indiana265, and died 1948. He married (1) RACHEL HOLLOWEL. She was born 1868, and died 1926. He married (2) MARTHA EIRSTON. She was born 1871, and died 1939.
Children of TONY WOOLEY and RACHEL HOLLOWEL are:
i. CARL ARTHUR6 WOOLEY, b. 1900; d. 1918.
ii. RUTH ESTHER WOOLEY, b. 1901; m. HAROLD EBBINGHAUS.
iii. JOHN HENRY WOOLEY, b. 1903; m. NORMA HERR.
iv. ANNIE ELIZABETH WOOLEY, b. 1906; m. MELVIN WALKER.
v. RALPH ALLEN WOOLEY, b. 1908; m. JUANITA TRAYLOR.
27. FLORENCE MIRANDA5 PARKER (RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 06 October 1871 in Ripley County, Indiana. She married HUGH BALLARD. He was born 1870.
Children of FLORENCE PARKER and HUGH BALLARD are:
i. SAM6 BALLARD, b. 1902; m. LYDIA FOSTER, 07 July 1926.
More About SAM BALLARD and LYDIA FOSTER:
Marriage: 07 July 1926
ii. ARLINGTON BALLARD, b. 1908, Ripley County, Indiana; m. FLORENCE ROE, 29 June 1929.
More About ARLINGTON BALLARD and FLORENCE ROE:
Marriage: 29 June 1929
iii. ZELMA BALLARD, b. 10 November 1912, Ripley County, Indiana; m. ELLSWORTH BEEMAN.
28. LADASKA FLORELLA5 PARKER (RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 30 April 1874 in Ripley County, Indiana. She married ARTHUR BARKLEY 15 January 1891.
More About ARTHUR BARKLEY and LADASKA PARKER:
Marriage: 15 January 1891
Children of LADASKA PARKER and ARTHUR BARKLEY are:
i. RACHEL6 BARKLEY.
ii. MILTON BARKLEY.
iii. ELMER BARKLEY.
iv. CORA BARKLEY, m. UNKNOWN LEAS.
v. FRANCIS BARKLEY.
vi. VELMA BARKLEY, m. WILL CARSON.
29. LAWRENCE ALONSO5 PARKER (RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 28 January 1878 in Ripley County, Indiana, and died 28 August 1915 in Ripley County, Indiana266. He married ANN RENFRO. She was born 01 November 1880.
Children of LAWRENCE PARKER and ANN RENFRO are:
i. ALICE6 PARKER.
ii. RUBY PARKER.
iii. IDA PARKER.
30. STELLA VELARA5 PARKER (RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 28 October 1880 in Ripley County, Indiana267, and died 1957 in Ripley County, Indiana268. She married SILAS M SHAW in Ripley County, Indiana, son of WESLEY SHAW and LUCINDA STEWART. He was born 22 December 1876 in Ripley County, Indiana, and died 1946 in Ripley County, Indiana268.
Notes for STELLA VELARA PARKER:
Warren G. Shaw writes, in a letter dated 5 October 2001, that “some sources have my mother’s birth year 1878 but it was 1880.” [Also note that Warren is mistakenly called Loren in some sources]
More About SILAS SHAW and STELLA PARKER:
Marriage: Ripley County, Indiana
Children of STELLA PARKER and SILAS SHAW are:
i. THEODORE ROOSEVELT6 SHAW, b. 15 November 1903, Holton, Ripley County, Indiana269; d. 09 December 1988, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana270,271; m. FLORENCE LAVONNA COOK; b. 24 March 1919271.
ii. DOROTHY SHAW.
iii. LEONARD SHAW.
iv. GILBERT D SHAW, b. 1910, Ripley County, Indiana272; d. 1944272.
v. WARREN G. SHAW, m. REIKO TOYAMA, 19 August 1947, Yokohama, Japan273; b. 21 March 1927, Japan273.
More About WARREN SHAW and REIKO TOYAMA:
Marriage: 19 August 1947, Yokohama, Japan273
vi. DORA DIMPLE SHAW.
vii. WALTER W SHAW, b. 1913, Ripley County, Indiana274; d. 1946, Ripley County, Indiana274.
Notes for WALTER W SHAW:
World War II veteran.
31. HARRY EVERT5 GRISHAW (WILLIAM MONROE4, GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 29 May 1873 in Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana275, and died 1944 in Tipton County, Indiana275. He married BERTHA GRAY 24 November 1897 in Tipton County, Indiana275. She was born 1874 in Rush County, Indiana275, and died 1954 in Tipton County, Indiana275.
More About HARRY GRISHAW and BERTHA GRAY:
Marriage: 24 November 1897, Tipton County, Indiana275
Child of HARRY GRISHAW and BERTHA GRAY is:
i. WILLIAM H6 GRISHAW275.
Endnotes
Endnotes
1. Bruce Ratekin, Ratekin: Letter dated 9 March 1998, (Dublin, Ohio), Follow-up letter, 10 March 1998.
2. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
3. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers, Research by E. Fenner, Los Angeles, California.
4. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
5. Garrard County, Kentucky Marriages, (Lancaster, Garrard Co., Kentucky).
6. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
7. Campbell County, Virginia, Records, page 40, Researched by Mark Cook.
8. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
9. Campbell County, Virginia, Records.
10. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
11. Garrard County, Kentucky Marriages, (Lancaster, Garrard Co., Kentucky).
12. Mark Cook, (letter dated 27 October 1999).
13. Bruce Ratekin, Ratekin: Letter dated 9 March 1998, (Dublin, Ohio).
14. Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, page 849, reserached by Mark Cook.
15. Campbell County, Virginia, Records, page 80.
16. Bruce Ratekin, Ratekin: Letter dated 9 March 1998, (Dublin, Ohio).
17. Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, page 849, reserached by Mark Cook.
18. Campbell County, Virginia, Records, page 80.
19. Bruce Ratekin, Ratekin: Letter dated 9 March 1998, (Dublin, Ohio).
20. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
21. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850, Shelby Township, family # 62.
22. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 989.
23. Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Indiana.
24. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers, Ripley County cemetery records.
25. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
26. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850, Shelby Township, family # 62.
27. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family #989.
28. Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Indiana.
29. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
30. Bruce Ratekin, Ratekin: Letter dated 9 March 1998, (Dublin, Ohio).
31. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
32. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
33. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, pages 395-396.
34. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
35. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
36. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
37. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Johnson Township, family # 204.
41. Ripley County History Book Committee, et al, Ripley County, Indiana, History, (Taylor Pub. Co., Dallas, TX, 1989), Has marriage as June 25.
42. Nellie Wooley Gatchell, Wooley Saga, (1990, Privately published), page 29, Gives marriage as 23 June 1829: May be date of license.
43. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, page 164.
44. Nellie Wooley Gatchell, Wooley Saga, (1990, Privately published), page 29, from research provided by Jennie Wooley Bovard and probably originally compiled by Alfred Wooley.
45. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 896.
46. Norma Herman, “Wooley Family Comments & Corrections,” 24 July 2003.
47. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, page 163.
48. Ripley County History Book Committee, et al, Ripley County, Indiana, History, (Taylor Pub. Co., Dallas, TX, 1989), Has marriage as June 25.
49. Nellie Wooley Gatchell, Wooley Saga, (1990, Privately published), page 29, Gives marriage as 23 June 1829: May be date of license.
50. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, page 164.
51. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
52. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 983.
53. Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Indiana.
54. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, pages 391-392.
55. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
56. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 983.
57. Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Indiana.
58. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 1, July 1818 – Nov 1834, pages 391-392.
59. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
60. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 986.
61. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
62. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
63. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
64. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
65. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
66. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
67. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
68. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
69. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
70. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
71. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1850.
72. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
73. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
74. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860.
75. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
76. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860.
77. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 9, Feb 1873 – Apr 1880, page 349.
78. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
79. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860.
80. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
81. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
82. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860.
83. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
84. Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
85. Bruce Ratekin, “Ratekin Family,” Working papers.
86. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
87. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 496.
88. A. Hartley, (letter dated 28 October 1999).
89. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
90. A. Hartley, (letter dated 28 October 1999).
91. A. Hartley, (letter dated 28 October 1999), Tipton County history, 1883.
92. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 496.
93. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
94. A. Hartley, (letter dated 28 October 1999), Tipton County history, 1883.
95. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 496.
96. A. Hartley, (letter dated 28 October 1999).
97. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 490.
98. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
99. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 490.
100. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
101. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 490.
102. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
103. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 486.
104. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
105. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
106. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 486.
107. Mark Cook, (letter dated 10 October 1999).
108. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records.
109. Indiana Census, Tipton County, 1860, Liberty Township, family # 486.
112. Ripley County, Indiana, Historical Society, Copy of receipt for funeral expenses dated 4 November 1896.
113. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 5, 1847 – 1853, page 67.
114. Ripley County, Indiana, Historical Society, Copy of marriage certificate.
115. Ripley County History Book Committee, et al, Ripley County, Indiana, History, (Taylor Pub. Co., Dallas, TX, 1989), 332, article by Eloise Shaw.
116. Ripley County Historical Society, Shaw, Mr. C. T., aged 72 years, died about two miles west of Versailles Ind. March 8, 1898. Burial was in the Holman Cemetery near Correct. (Source unknown).
117. Ripley County Historical Society, Copy of receipt for burial expenses. Unmarked.
118. Ripley County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Volume 5, 1847 – 1853, page 67.
119. Ripley County, Indiana, Historical Society, Copy of marriage certificate.
120. Indiana Census, Ripley County, 1860, Otter Creek Township, family # 886.
267. Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana, Birthdate on stone says 1880.
268. Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
269. Alisha Shaw Stevens, e-mail dated 26 June 2002.
270. Warren G. Shaw, Theodore’s brother Warren supplied the date of death.
271. Alisha Shaw Stevens, e-mail dated 26 June 2002.
272. Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
273. Warren G. Shaw.
274. Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.
275. Lynne Emmons, “Descendants of John Shook.”
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