George Thomas Young

M, ID# 17805
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2003

Family: Margaret Catherine Burroughs

Citations

  1. [S898] Larry B. Young, electronic mail to inboone-l, 10 Sep 2001 (citing unidentified newspaper clipping, Crawfordsville, Ind., 3 Nov 1960, in grandmother's scrapbook) (naming George Young as her father).

Margaret Catherine Burroughs

F, ID# 17806
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2003

Family: George Thomas Young

Citations

  1. [S898] Larry B. Young, electronic mail to inboone-l, 10 Sep 2001 (citing unidentified newspaper clipping, Crawfordsville, Ind., 3 Nov 1960, in grandmother's scrapbook) (naming Katherine Burroughs as her mother).

_____ _____

F, ID# 17807
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2003

Family: Peter Hipes

Jesse Flippen

M, ID# 17809
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: Mildred Robertson

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Mildred Flippen as her sister).
  2. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Jesse Flippen as her father).

Mildred Robertson

F, ID# 17810
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: Jesse Flippen

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Jesse Robertson as her father).
  2. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Mildred Flippen as her sister).
  3. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Mildred Robertson as her mother).

Jesse Robertson

M, ID# 17811, d. 1824
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: _____ _____

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001.
  2. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Jesse Robertson as her father).

_____ _____

F, ID# 17812
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: Jesse Robertson d. 1824

Elizabeth G. ('Betsy') Flippen

F, ID# 17813
  • Last Edited: 27 Aug 2004

Family: Robert A. Duffer

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Mildred Flippen as her sister).
  2. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (not giving the date or place).
  3. [S980] Era W. Stinson and Elizabeth Sue Spurlock, comps., Sumner County, Tennessee Marriages, 1839-1875 (Bowling Green, Ky.: n.pub., 1985), p. 38.

Martha Flippen

F, ID# 17814
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: Squire Brown

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (naming Mildred Flippen as her sister).
  2. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001.

Squire Brown

M, ID# 17815
  • Last Edited: 25 Dec 2003

Family: Martha Flippen

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001.

Robert A. Duffer

M, ID# 17816
  • Last Edited: 27 Aug 2004

Family: Elizabeth G. ('Betsy') Flippen

Citations

  1. [S903] Kathy Wilcox, electronic mail to tnsumner-l, 3 Sep 2001, (not giving the date or place).
  2. [S980] Era W. Stinson and Elizabeth Sue Spurlock, comps., Sumner County, Tennessee Marriages, 1839-1875 (Bowling Green, Ky.: n.pub., 1985), p. 38.

Berry Benson Tyner

M, ID# 17817, b. 22 February 1882, d. 6 November 1953

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his tombstone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 14 Jul 2015

Family: Rosietta ('Rose') Clark b. 15 Sep 1884, d. 17 Feb 1967

Citations

  1. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Thomas Callaway ['TC'] Tyner as his father).
  2. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Lucy Lavonia Fortson as his mother).
  3. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Berry B. Tyner, memorial no. 111923938, viewed on 14 Jul 2015 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Berry B. Tyner, memorial no. 111923938, viewed on 14 Jul 2015.
  6. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Berry Benson Tyner as her father).

Rosietta ('Rose') Clark

F, ID# 17818, b. 15 September 1884, d. 17 February 1967

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of her tombstone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 14 Jul 2015

Family: Berry Benson Tyner b. 22 Feb 1882, d. 6 Nov 1953

Citations

  1. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Rosie Etta Clark Tyner, memorial no. 111923950, viewed on 14 Jul 2015.
  3. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Rosietta ['Rose'] Clark as her mother).

Ida Mae Tyner

F, ID# 17819, b. 2 June 1905, d. 7 November 1982
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Family: Golden Columbus Presley b. 1 Apr 1906, d. Aug 1975

Citations

  1. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Berry Benson Tyner as her father).
  2. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Rosietta ['Rose'] Clark as her mother).
  3. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.

Corine Tyner

F, ID# 17821, b. September 1908, d. 28 September 1913
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Berry Benson Tyner as her father).
  2. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Rosietta ['Rose'] Clark as her mother).
  3. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.

Thelma Lourette ('Louetta') Tyner

F, ID# 17822, b. 19 May 1913, d. 3 January 1997
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Berry Benson Tyner as her father).
  2. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003, (naming Rosietta ['Rose'] Clark as her mother).
  3. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.
  4. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Lula, Ga. when she died).

Henry L. Whelchel

M, ID# 17827, b. 5 July 1919, d. 29 August 1990
  • Birth*: He was born on 5 July 1919.1
  • Death*: He died on 29 August 1990 at age 71.2
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Gainesville, Ga. when he died).

Golden Columbus Presley

M, ID# 17828, b. 1 April 1906, d. August 1975
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Family: Ida Mae Tyner b. 2 Jun 1905, d. 7 Nov 1982

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003.
  2. [S904] Dennis Ward, electronic mail to tyner-l, 20 Dec 2003.
  3. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Gainesville, Ga. when he died).

Rufus Alvis Heard

M, ID# 17831, b. 29 August 1919, d. 20 March 1997
  • Birth*: He was born on 29 August 1919.1
  • Death*: He died on 20 March 1997 at age 77.2
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Flowery Branch, Ga. when he died).

Ransom Vancleave

M, ID# 17832, b. 27 December 1838, d. 13 March 1923
  • Note*: He was a member of Indian Creek Baptist Church the last forty-five years of his life. His survivors included twenty-seven grandchildren, forty-four great-grandchildren, and twelve of his thirteen children.3
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: Sarah Zerface d. c 1907

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Jonathan VanCleave as his father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Elizabeth _____ as his mother).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above.
  4. [S905] Obituary of Evelyn VanCleave Airhart, online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (citing Crawfordsville Journal Review, Crawfordsville, Ind., 24 Jul 1957), (giving her name as Sarah Surface and not giving the date).
  5. [S909] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 16 Mar 1923), (stating that he died at his home in New Market, Indiana at 11:00 p.m. on 13 Mar 1923).
  6. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S909] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 16 Mar 1923, above.
  8. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Ransom VanCleave as her father).
  9. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Ransom VanCleave as his father).
  10. [S1143] Philip M. Coons, M.D., electronic mail to e-mail address, 4 Jul 2007, (citing Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 9 Apr 1936, p. 2, obituary of William M. VanCleave) (naming Ramsom VanCleave as his father).
  11. [S1132] Karen Zach, electronic mail to inmontgo-l, 27 Jan 2007, (attributing information to obituary of George R. Vancleave, Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 14 Nov 1930) (naming Ransom Vancleave as his father).
  12. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 28 Dec 1928), (naming Ransom Vancleave as his father).
  13. [S905] Obituary of Evelyn VanCleave Airhart, above, (naming Ransom Vancleave as her father).

Sarah Zerface

F, ID# 17833, d. circa 1907
  • Note*: One source gives her name as Sarah Surface.3
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: Ransom Vancleave b. 27 Dec 1838, d. 13 Mar 1923

Citations

  1. [S905] Obituary of Evelyn VanCleave Airhart, online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (citing Crawfordsville Journal Review, Crawfordsville, Ind., 24 Jul 1957), (giving her name as Sarah Surface and not giving the date).
  2. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 28 Dec 1928), (stating that his mother died about twenty-one years ago).
  3. [S905] Obituary of Evelyn VanCleave Airhart, above.
  4. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Sarah Zerface as her mother).
  5. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as his mother).
  6. [S1132] Karen Zach, electronic mail to inmontgo-l, 27 Jan 2007, (attributing information to obituary of George R. Vancleave, Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 14 Nov 1930) (naming Sarah Vancleave as his mother).
  7. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, above, (naming Sarah _____ as his mother).
  8. [S905] Obituary of Evelyn VanCleave Airhart, above, (naming Sarah Surface Vancleave as her mother).

Tenia Caroline ('Callie') Ray

F, ID# 17834, b. 27 November 1865, d. 28 July 1929

Callie Ray Airhart's tombstone, Pisgah Cemetery, Beckville, Ind., courtesy of Marc Doty.

Additional Resources

• Her memorial on Find A Grave, which includes a photo of her grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 27 Sep 2011

Family: Voorhees J. Airhart b. 29 Dec 1862, d. 3 Apr 1943

Citations

  1. [S984] Marilyn S. Walker, comp., Boone County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-1930 (n.p..: n. pub., 1996), p. 3, citing book 26, p. 10 (naming John Ray as her father).
  2. [S984] Marilyn S. Walker, comp., Boone County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-1930 (n.p..: n. pub., 1996), p. 3, citing book 26, p. 10.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Callie Airhart, memorial no. 36977738, viewed on 25 Sep 2011 (giving the year but no other information).
  4. [S906] Obituary of Voorhees J. Airhart, online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (citing Crawfordsville Journal & Review, Crawfordsville, Ind., 5 Apr 1943).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Callie Airhart, memorial no. 36977738, viewed on 25 Sep 2011.

_____ Whorley

M, ID# 17835
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2003

Family: Rodelphia E. Airhart

Citations

  1. [S906] Obituary of Voorhees J. Airhart, online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (citing Crawfordsville Journal & Review, Crawfordsville, Ind., 5 Apr 1943), (naming Mrs. Rodelphia Whorley as a surviving sister of Voorhees J. Airhart).

Jonathan Winter

M, ID# 17836, b. 28 March 1849
  • Note*: He was a farmer near Darlington, Indiana. "He had the advantages of the common school education and one term of scientific instruction at the Darlington Academy. He now [1881] manages the farm and is acknowledged to be a thoroughly scientific agriculturist. He is a member of the Methodist Church and a member of the Detective Association. He enjoys the conversation of posted men, has quite a taste for reading and has gratified it to a considerable extent. His political faith is republican."3
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago, Ill.: Beers, 1881), p. 245, (naming Jesse Winter as his father).
  2. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above, (naming Mary Airhart as his mother).
  3. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above.

Sarah Winter

F, ID# 17837
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Henry Manker

Citations

  1. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago, Ill.: Beers, 1881), p. 245, (naming Jesse Winter as her father).
  2. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above, (naming Mary Airhart as her mother).
  3. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above.

Henry Manker

M, ID# 17838
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Sarah Winter

Citations

  1. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago, Ill.: Beers, 1881), p. 245.

Mary E. Winter

F, ID# 17839
  • Note*: She was living in Wills County, Iowa in 1881.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Cyrus Woody

Citations

  1. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago, Ill.: Beers, 1881), p. 245, (naming Jesse Winter as her father).
  2. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above, (naming Mary Airhart as her mother).
  3. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, above.

Cyrus Woody

M, ID# 17840
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Mary E. Winter

Citations

  1. [S908] Biography of Jonathan Winter, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago, Ill.: Beers, 1881), p. 245.

Jonathan Vancleave

M, ID# 17841
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Elizabeth _____

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Jonathan VanCleave as his father).

Elizabeth _____

F, ID# 17842
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Family: Jonathan Vancleave

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Elizabeth _____ as his mother).

William M. Vancleave

M, ID# 17843, b. circa 1860, d. 8 April 1936
  • Note*: He lived in Montgomery County, Indiana until he moved to Oklahoma when he was about sixty-one years old. He was a farmer and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church and was living in Vinita, Oklahoma when he died of pneumonia after ten days' illness. Survivors included a daughter, two sons, four sisters, and three brothers.5
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: Josephine Hardee d. c 1926

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as his father).
  2. [S1143] Philip M. Coons, M.D., electronic mail to e-mail address, 4 Jul 2007, (citing Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 9 Apr 1936, p. 2, obituary of William M. VanCleave) (naming Ramsom VanCleave as his father).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as his mother).
  4. [S1143] Philip M. Coons, M.D., electronic mail to e-mail address, 4 Jul 2007, (citing Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 9 Apr 1936, p. 2, obituary of William M. VanCleave) (stating that he died on 8 Apr 1936 at age seventy-six; not giving the place of birth but stating that he lived in Montgomery County, Indiana "all the earlier part of his life" until he moved to Oklahoma).
  5. [S1143] Philip M. Coons, M.D., electronic mail to e-mail address, 4 Jul 2007, (citing Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 9 Apr 1936, p. 2, obituary of William M. VanCleave).

George R. Vancleave

M, ID# 17844, b. 15 October 1861, d. 13 November 1930
  • Last Edited: 27 Jan 2007

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as his father).
  2. [S1132] Karen Zach, electronic mail to inmontgo-l, 27 Jan 2007, (attributing information to obituary of George R. Vancleave, Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 14 Nov 1930) (naming Ransom Vancleave as his father).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as his mother).
  4. [S1132] Karen Zach, electronic mail to inmontgo-l, 27 Jan 2007, (attributing information to obituary of George R. Vancleave, Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 14 Nov 1930) (naming Sarah Vancleave as his mother).
  5. [S1132] Karen Zach, electronic mail to inmontgo-l, 27 Jan 2007, (attributing information to obituary of George R. Vancleave, Crawfordsville [Ind.] Journal Review, 14 Nov 1930).

Ellen Vancleave

F, ID# 17845
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: S. C. Davis

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as her father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as her mother).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above.

Ada Vancleave

F, ID# 17846
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as her father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as her mother).

Dr. Charles Vancleave

M, ID# 17847
  • Note*: He had died by 1923.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as his father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as his mother).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above.

Betty Vancleave

F, ID# 17848
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: _____ Hardee

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as her father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as her mother).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above.

Amanda Vancleave

F, ID# 17849
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2007

Family: Shelby Hicks

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as her father).
  2. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as her mother).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above.

Samuel Wilson Vancleave

M, ID# 17850, b. 3 April 1872, d. 18 December 1928
  • Birth*: He was born on 3 April 1872.5
  • Marriage*: He married Pearl James on 25 December 1898.5
  • Death*: He died on 18 December 1928 at age 56.5
  • Obituary*: "Samuel Wilson Vancleave, son of Ransom and Sarah Vancleave, was born April 3, 1872 and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bion Myers on the 18th of Dec. 1928 at the age of 56 years, 8 months and 15 days. He went to the marriage alter with Miss Pearl James on Christmas Day 1898 and they plighted together their lives in a solemn vow to share lifes duties together which vow they kept inviolate for almost 30 years, sharing mutually the joys and the sorrows incident to, and upon, the pilgrimage of the children of men. To them were born two children, Mrs. Gladys Myers and Lowell Vancleave. Deceased spent a considerable part of his life on the farm, but his last years were in the employ of the Crawfordsville Casket Co. With his own hands he built the casket in which he now is resting in the last long sleep the beauty and perfection of which, attest his skill. In this as in everything else that he did he expressed his belief, that when one has done his bet, he has not done too well. He had been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Freedom for a number of years, and had shown by a well directed life, by pious and Godly conversation that his profession of Christianity was sincere; the fruit of which he leaves to the comfort of others. He had membership in the Waveland Camp of Modern Woodman. He was an honest man, a truthful man, an industrious man, in all of his relations with his fellow men he showed the genuineness of his motives and purposes. He was one of a family of 13 children one of which Dr. Charley Vancleave, preceded him in death. His father died about 6 years ago, and his mother 21. He leaves a good, kind and loving wife, two children, 3 grandchildren, 6 brothers, 5 sisters and of relatives and friends a great many."5
  • Note*: He "spent a considerable part of his life on the farm, but his last years were in the employ of the Crawfordsville [Ind.] Casket Co. With his own hands he built the casket in which he now is resting in the last long sleep the beauty and perfection of which, attest his skill. In this as in everything else that he did he expressed his belief, that when one has done his [best], he has not done too well. He had been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Freedom for a number of years . . . . He had membership in the Waveland Camp of Modern Woodman. He was an honest man, a truthful man, an industrious man, in all of his relations with his fellow men he showed the genuineness of his motives and purposes." His survivors included his wife, two children, three grandchildren, six brothers, and five sisters.5
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2023

Family: Pearl James

Citations

  1. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 30 Mar 1923), (naming Ransom VanCleave as his father).
  2. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo, viewed on 27 Dec 2003 (citing Waveland [Ind.] Independent, 28 Dec 1928), (naming Ransom Vancleave as his father).
  3. [S910] Obituary of Ransom VanCleave, 30 Mar 1923, above, (naming Sarah Zerface as his mother).
  4. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, above, (naming Sarah _____ as his mother).
  5. [S911] Obituary of Samuel Wilson VanCleave, above.