Arminta Livinna Church

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Arminta Livinna Church is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Carolyn R. Church Daughter of Erastus Church and Lucy H. Whitten

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	24 Nov 1842	Greenfield, IN
Marriage	19 Jun 1863	IN	Alexander McCulloch
Death
Burial

Children

(children with Alexander McCulloch) (note that Alexander had 4 children through a previous marriage, Robert, Sarah, Emily, and Martha)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Marion Henry McCulloch	M	~1865	NE
Arminta L. McCulloch	F	~1868	NE
John W. McCulloch	M	~1870	NE
Lily Eleanor McCulloch	F	~1872	NE
Edward McCulloch	M	~1875	NE
Lucy Amy McCulloch	F	~1877	NE
Warren Erastus McCulloch	M	~1877	NE

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Centre Twp., Hancock Co., IN	1850
Terre Haute, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN	1860

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., Indiana, page 5 and 6. Census dated 9 Sept 1850. Lines 32-42 (page 5) and 1-2 (page 6): Erastus Church, 42, farmer, $1500 real property; Lucy, 42; Warren, 17, farmer, Caroline, 19; Langdon, 15; Uzziel, 13; Oscar, 11; Melville, 9; Arminta, 7; Chester, 5; George, 3; Lucy Ann, 2; Elizabeth Church, 76. All children attended school. Erastus, Lucy,Warren and Caroline b. Vermont, Elizabeth b. New Hampshire, all others b. Indiana.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, page 11. Census dated 12 Jun 1860. There are three adjacent houses with members of the Church family represented here. In the center is the family of Erastus Church, and on either side of him are the families of two of his sons, Langdon Church and Erastus Warren Church. Lines 14-15: Langdon Church, 25, and his wife Jane Church, 26. They are both carpenters. Langdon was born in Indiana, Jane in Vermont Lines 16-27, is Erastus Church, 52, living with his wife Lucy, 52; Uzziel Church, 23; Oscar Church, 20; Melville A. Church, 19; Arminta Church, 17; Chester Church, 15; George Church, 14; Ann Church, 12; Orange Church, 9; Rebecca Church, 7; and Elizabeth Church, 89. Erastus, Lucy, Uzzeil, Oscar, Mellvile, Arminta, and Chester all work on the farm. Erastus was born in Vermont, Elizabeth and Lucy in New Hampshire, all others in Indiana. Lines 28-32: Warren Church, 24; July Church, 25; Laura Church, 5; Harriet Augustus, 16; and Henry Church, 3. Warren and July work on the farm, Harriet is a domestic. Warren was born in VT, July in NY, Harriet in KY, Laura and Henry in IN.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Spring Creek, Johnson Co., NE, dated 17 Jun 1870. Page 1, lines 37-40 and Page 2, lines 1-2: Alex. McColock, 37, farmer; living with his wife, Arminta McColock, 26, keeping house; his son Robert McColock, 15; his daughter Emily McColock, 11; his daughter Martha McColock, 9, and their son Marion McColock, 5. Everyone was born in IN except Marion, who was born in NE.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, Spring Creek, Johnson Co., NE, district 305, page 5, dated 18 Jun 1880. Lines 22-31: Alexander McCullock, 48, living with his wife Arminta McCullock, 38, his daughter Martha McCullock, 18, their son Marion McCullock, 15, their daughter Minnie McCullock, 12, their son John McCullock, 10, their daughter Lillie McCullock, 7, their son Edward McCullock, 5, their son Warren Erastus McCullock, 2, and their daughter Amy McCullock, 2. Alexander is a farmer, born in IN and his parents were born in TN. Arminta was born in IN, her parents in VT. Martha was born in IN, all of the other children were born in NE.
5	1885 Nebraska State Census dated 8 Jun 1885 has an entry for Areminta McCullock, born 1842 in IN, living in Spring Creek Precinct, Johnson Co., NE.
6	1900 United States Federal Census, Lansing, Arapahoe Co., CO, district 143, pg. 3, dated 4 Jun 1900. Lines 19-20: Arminda McCulloch, 54, born Nov 1845 in IN, widow, born 7 children all of whom are still living, parents born in VT, living with her son Edward McCulloch, 25, born May 1875 in NE, parents born in IN, farmer.
7	1910 United States Federal Census, Lansing, Yuma Co., CO, district 297, pg. 7, dated 14 May 1910. Lines 34-40: Lilly E. Allen, 37, widow, born 7 children 5 of whom are still living, living with her daughter Violet H. Allen, 17, son Ray C. Allen, 14, son Clarion L. Allen, 9, daughter Velma V. Allen, 7, son Orville E. Allen, 4, and her mother Arminta L. McCulloch, 67, widow, born 7 children all of whom still live. Lilly was born in NE, her parents in IN. Violet, Ray, and Clarion were born in CO. Velma and Orville were born in KS. The children's father was born in IA. Arminta was born in IA, her parents in VT.
8	Church family bible records contain birth, marriage, and death dates and locations for numerous members of the Church family. Relevant to this page, Arminta Livinna Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 24 Nov 1842. She married Alexander McCulloch on 14 Jun 1863.
9	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, has a record for Arminta Livinna Church, born 1842 in IN, marrying Alexander McCulloch, born 1833 in IN. They were married in 1863 in IN.
10	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has a record for Armenta E Church marrying Alexander McCulloch on 14 Jun 1863 in Vigo Co., IN. The original record is located at the County Clerk's office.
11	Gravestone at Lansing Valley Cemetery, Yuma Co., CO. Stone reads, "A. McCulloch. Wife Armita buried at Armel. Alexander died at 61 years 4 months 27 days."	photo not available at findagrave.com
12	Gravestone at Armel Cemetery, Yuma Co., CO, for 'Arminta "Minnie" McCulloch Carlson'. Indicates a birth year of 1868 and a death year of 1948. (?)	photo not available at findagrave.com
13	Marriage License for Arminta E. Church and Alexander McCulloch. Their license was obtained on 13 Jun 1863, they were married on 14 Jun 1863, and the license was filed on 19 Jun 1863.

Research

When I first saw the 1870 census entry here, I thought it must be wrong since the children were so old and it was quite a distance from Terre Haute. However, I stumbled across this tree on ancestry.com: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21790383/person/1150926716 where it became clear that Alexander McCulloch had had a previous marriage with children who were showing up in 1870. Also, Alexander and Arminta eventually had a child named "Warren Erastus McCulloch" which is an obvious homage to members of Arminta's family, so I stuck with it. I haven't dug out enough sources from that tree yet to demonstrate that their son Warren's middle name is Erastus, so I need to do that since that is the clincher here.