Erastus Warren Church

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Erastus Warren Church is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Carolyn R. Church Son of Erastus Church and Lucy H. Whitten

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1834	Rochester, Orange Co., VT
Marriage	14 Jan 1855	Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN	To Julia H. Barnard
Death	27 Aug 1877	West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN
Burial	28 Aug 1877	Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Children

(children with Julia H. Barnard)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Laura Church	F	~1855	IN
Henry Church	M	~1857	IN
John W. Church	M	~1860	IN
Uzziel B. Church	M	~1863	IN	Minerva Davis
Ellen Church	F	~1866	IN
Arminta Church	F	~1869	IN
Maggie J. Church	F	23 Aug 1873	Vigo Co., IN
Herman Church	M	~1874	IN

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Orange, Orange Co., VT	birth-????
Centre Twp., Hancock Co., IN	<1840 - 1854
Terre Haute, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN	1854 - death

Sources

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1	1840 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., Indiana, page 5. Census is not dated. entry #18 from top: Family headed by Samuel Church: 3 males <5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 30-40, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 70-80. Samuel is 74 and Elizabeth 70 in 1840. This is Samuel Church living with his wife and two families of his children and grandchildren. Erastus Church is 32 and Caroline Church 8 and the four oldest sons of Erastus and Lucy are 7, 5, 3, and 1 in 1840. These all agree with persons in the above list. Lucy Whitten should be 32 also and this is not in agreement.
2	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.
3	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, 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.
4	1870 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, page 21. Census dated 8 Jul 1870. Lines 32-40: Warren Church, 35, living with his wife Julia Church and six children: daughter Laura Church, 14, son Henry Church, 12, son John Church, 10, son Uz Church, 7, daughter Ellen Church, 4, and daughter Arminta Church, 1. Also present is a domestic servant Harriet Bonner, 25. Warren is a farmer. He was born in VT. Julia was born in NY. All of the children were born in IN. Harriet was born in KY. The next house (on the following page of the census) is that of Warren's father, Erastus Church.
5	1880 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, district 200, page 9. Census dated 7 Jun 1880. Lines 5-14: Julia B. Church, 47, widow, living with eight children: daughter Laura Church, 24, son Harry Church, 22, son John W. Church, 20, son Uziel B. Church, 17, daughter Ellen Church, 13, daughter Minnie Church, 11, daughter Maggie Church, 8, and son Herman Church, 6. Also present is Julia's sister, Hattie Barnard, 37. Harry and John are farm laborers. Hattie is suffering from cerebral/spinal fever and is listed as disabled. Julia was born in NY, as was her mother. Her father was born in England. The children were all born in IN. Hattie was born in KY.
6	Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Erastus W. Church, 1834-1877, and Julia B. Church, 1833-1899.
7	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has a record for Warren E. Church marrying Julia Barnard on 14 Jan 1855 in Vigo Co., IN.
8	County Land Ownership Map for Vigo Co., IN, 1895. Two parcels of land approximately 60.3 acres in extent are marked as belonging to Julia B. Church.
9	U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, for IN, 7th Congressional District, volume 1/3, Class 1, A-K lines 8-9 list Oscar L. Church, 23, of Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IL, single, farmer, born in IN, had former military service "15 Mar(?) 52(?) Ind Vol" The remarks indicate "Discharged from hurt in breast." The next line is for E. W. Church, 29, married, farmer, born in VT. No prior military service. The list is dated Jun 1863.
10	Church family bible records contain birth, marriage, and death dates and locations for numerous members of the Church family. Relevant to this page, Erastus Warren Church was born at Rochester, VT, on 18 Mar 1834 and died 27 Aug 1877 at age 43. He married Julia H. Barnard on 14 Jan 1854 at Terre Haute, IN. Maggie J. Church was born in Vigo Co., IN, on 23 Aug 1873.
11	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has a record for Uzziel B. Church being married on 7 Sep 1884 to Minerva I. Davis in Vigo Co., IN.
12	Terre Haute, IN, City Directory, 1890, lists Chester R. Church, carpenter, living in 35, Macksville; Harry E. Church, farmer, living at 7, Macksville; Julia C. Church (wid Warren), farmer, Macksville; Langdon W. Church, farmer, Macksville; Uzziel B. Church, farmer, Macksville.
13	Marriage License for Warren Church and Julia Barnard. Their marriage license was issued on 13 Jan 1855, they were married on 14 Jan 1855, and the license was filed on 23 Jan 1855.
14	Obituary for Uzziel Church in the 2 Jan 1942 issue of the Terre Haute Tribune. He was 78 years old, indicating a birth year of ~1864. This is believed to be Erastus Warren Church's son Uzziel. This researcher does not have a copy of the actual obit yet, but its existence is alluded to by the Vigo Co. Public Library's website.
15	Obituary for Warren Church from the Terre Haute Daily Express. He was born in Vermont in 1832. When he was "quite young," his parents moved the family to Greenfield, IN. In 1854, they moved to Sugar Creek, IN, and live there still. He was married in Sugar Creek.

Source Notes

• [4] The "Harriet Bonner" listed in the 1870 census is very likely to be Julia's sister, Harriet Barnard. She appears again in the 1880 census, though with the nickname "Hattie," and is explicitly noted as Julia's sister. Similarly, the "Harriet Agustus" listed in 1860 is also probably the same person. They're all born in KY, the ages line up, and the names are quite similar.
• There are conflicting dates of birth for Erastus Warren Church from a variety of sources. If all data were taken as exact, then [2] gives a birth date range of 10 Sep 1832 - 9 Sep 1833. [3] gives a range of 13 Jun 1835 - 12 Jun 1836. [4] gives a range of 9 July 1835 - 8 July 1835. [9] gives a range of June 1833 - Jun 1834. [10] gives an exact date of 18 Mar 1834. [15] gives a range of 1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1932. Of these, only [10] gives an exact date, and other information in [10] has proven to be reliable. The date in [10] fits with the range for [9]; the rest of the ranges are nearby but do not include 18 Mar 1834.

Research

• There is an 1874 land ownership map for Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN showing entries for E. Church and E.W. Church (as well as Joshua and J.P. Hubbard): [1]

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R1	Personal Research of Laurence Seitz. Mr. Seitz has prepared an in-depth document describing the descendants of Samuel Church and Elizabeth Stickney. While most data in this document are thoroughly sourced, a few items--particularly those relating to Samuel and Elizabeth--are referenced to public trees found on Ancestry.com. We do not consider Ancestry.com trees to be a reliable source of good data, so anything found here that is only referenced to this source should be considered conjectural at best. Because Mr. Seitz has done such a good job of referencing his sources, we have been able to duplicate many of those sources above. Current items on this page only found in the Seitz document: That the EWC's birthplace was Orange, Orange Co. That Julia's middle initial was H	N/A

• I spoke with the Rochester, VT, clerk's office (Joanne McDonnell) and she indicated that they have no records at all for Erastus Church, Lucy Whitten, Caroline/Carolyn Church, or Erastus W. Church. The only Church birth records they have are from the 1900s. She suggested that I try neighboring towns such as Hancock and Ripton.