Langdon W. Church

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Langdon W. 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	~6 Dec 1835	Greenfield, IN
Marriage	9 Mar 1859	Shelby Co., IN	To Jane J. Logan
Military	25 Feb - 8 Jun 1865		Company K, 149th IN Infantry
Death	5 Mar 1892	at home in Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN
Burial		Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Children

(children with Jane J. Logan)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Anna L. Church	F	~1862	IN
Louella Church	F	~1864	IN
Lizzie Church	F	~1869	IN	William Majors
Marion Harvey Church	M	23 Sep 1873	Vigo Co., IN	Addie May Joslin	died ~10 Oct 1948 in IN

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Centre Twp., Hancock Co., IN	1840, 1850
Terre haute, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN	1860, 1880

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
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 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.
4	1870 United States Federal Census currently missing
5	1880 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, Enumeration district 200, page 7, dated 4 Jun 1880. Lines 2-3: George D. Church, 34, and his wife Martha, 35. George is a farmer. George was born in IN, his parents in NH. Martha was born in TN, her father in SC, and her mother in GA. Next door is the family of George's brother, Langdon: Lines 4-10: Langdon Church, 44, and his wife Jane Church, 44, living with four children, daughter Anna L. Church, 18, daughter Louella Church, 16, daughter Lizzie Church, 11, and son Marion Church, 6. Also present is Langdon's widowed mother, Lucy W. Church, 73. Langdon is a house carpenter. Langdon was born in IN, his parents both in NH. Jane and her parents were born in VT. The kids were all born in IN. Next door is the house of Langdon's brother (see above).
6	1900 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, Enumeration district 135, page 30, dated 29 Jun 1900. Lines 74-76: John Hurley, 38, born Aug 1861, married 5 years to Eunice A. Hurley, 37, born Sep 1862. They have not had any children. Also present is Eunice's mother, Jane J. Church, 65, born Nov 1834, widow. She has born 7 children and three are still living. John was born in IN and his parents were born in Ireland. Eunice and her father were born in IN, her mother in VT. Jane and her parents were born in VT. John is a farm laborer.
7	Church family bible records contain birth, marriage, and death dates and locations for numerous members of the Church family. Relevant to this page, Langdon W. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 6 Dec 1835 and died at home in Sugar Creek, IN, on 5 Mar 1892 at age 56. He married Jane Logan in 9 Mar 1859 in Shelly Co., IN.
8	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 has an entry for Landon W. Church marrying Jane J. Loggan on 9 Mar 1859 in Shelby Co., IN.
9	Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Langdon W. Church, reads "LANGDON W. CHURCH, OUR FATHER, Where immortal spirits reign, There we shall meet again."
10	Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Jane J. Church, born 23(28?) Nov 1834, died 18(13? 19?) Feb 1910. The side of the stone is engraved with "MOTHER."
11	Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, includes a record for Jane J. Church, died 19 Feb 1910 at the age of 75 in W. Terre haute, Vigo Co., IN.
12	Civil War Draft Registration Records for Indiana's 7th Congressional District, Vol. 1/3, A-K, pg. 198, dated Jun 1863, lists Langton W. Church, 27, of [[Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, a white married farmer born in IN.
13	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.
14	Terre Haute, IN, City Directory, 1908, lists Chester R. Church, carpenter, residing on National Ave.; Frank Church, carpenter, residing on 8th; Harry Church, laborer, residing on Paris Ave.; Jane Church, widow of Langdon W. Church, residing on National Ave.; and Marion H. Church, laborer, residing on Leon.
15	Civil War Pension Index record for Langdon W. Church indicates that his widow is Jane J. Church. He served in Company K, 149th IN Infantry. He filed for pension on 12 Feb 1886 as an invalid, application number 5-61913 and certificate number 449995. She filed for pension as a widow from IN on 13 May 1892, application number 5-49966, certificate number 420210.
16	U.S.Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (database from the National Park Service, film number M540 roll 13) includes a record for Langdon W. Church. He fought for the Union in Company K, 149th Regiment, IN Infantry. His rank in and out was private.
17	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 has a record for Lizzie Church marrying William Majors on 27 Sep 1888 in Vigo Co., IN.

Source Notes

• It seems likely that the Jane J. Church in [6] is widow of Langdon W. Church, but only her name currently connects them. She is listed as a "mother-in-law" in the 1900 census, presumably of the head of household, which would make her Eunice A. Hurley's mother. The age of Eunice in 1900 suggests that she is either Anna L. or Louella Church, neither of which are close matches for name. The missing obit for Amie Eunice Hurley may shed some light on this.

Research

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
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: Any information regarding Langdon's involvement in the Civil War Most of the information we know about Marion Harvey Church

• Did a manual search through all 52 pages of the Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN 1870 Census records and found no trace of this family of Churchs. Page 21 has the Warren/Julia family, page 22 has both the Erastus/Lucy and Oscar/Martha families. Page 24 has Chester Church living with the "Abraham Shuts?" family. That's it for Church names. This family is in Sugar Creek in 1860 and 1880. Seitz's document indicates that Langdon served in the Civil War in 1865, and ended up in Nashville; perhaps the family was down there for a bit?

• There is an obit for an "Amie Eunice Hurley" in the 24 Jul 1940 issue of Terre Haute Tribune. This could be the connection between the 1900 Eunice A. Hurley and one of Langdon/Jane's children seen in 1880 (most likely either Anna L. or Louella). Local copies available at the Vigo County Public Library.