Samuel Church - Revision history

Mouser: /* Research */ Added note about actual position of land purchase

2014-06-14T02:56:37Z

‎Research: Added note about actual position of land purchase

Mouser: /* Research */ Replaced duplicate obit with the transcribed letter

2014-06-13T22:12:35Z

‎Research: Replaced duplicate obit with the transcribed letter

Mouser: /* Research */ typo

2014-06-13T03:04:39Z

‎Research: typo

Mouser: /* Research */ Added Orinda's obit.

2014-06-13T03:04:16Z

‎Research: Added Orinda's obit.

Mouser: /* Sources */ Removed Orinda's obit, putting it into research.

2014-06-13T03:03:28Z

‎Sources: Removed Orinda's obit, putting it into research.

Mouser: /* Sources */ Added Orinda's obit

2014-06-13T00:00:37Z

‎Sources: Added Orinda's obit

Mouser: /* Children */ Added additional children

2014-06-12T23:39:15Z

‎Children: Added additional children

Mouser: /* Research */ removed duplicate source

2014-06-12T21:02:43Z

‎Research: removed duplicate source

Mouser: /* Possible Children */ added Uzziel H. to the possible siblings list.

2014-06-12T03:24:31Z

‎Possible Children: added Uzziel H. to the possible siblings list.

Mouser: /* Research */ Added notes about Pearson's thoughts on Uzziel H.

2014-06-12T03:23:22Z

‎Research: Added notes about Pearson's thoughts on Uzziel H.

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 ! '''R5'''
-| '''BLM Land Grant Certificate''' for [[Samuel Church]] of Wayne Co., IN, indicating that he now owns 70.53 acres in the "East half of the North West quarter of section seven in Township Fifteen North of Range Seven, East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Indianapolis Indiana." The certificate is dated 15 Oct 1835.
+| '''BLM Land Grant Certificate''' for [[Samuel Church]] of Wayne Co., IN, indicating that he now owns 70.53 acres in the "East half of the North West quarter of section seven in Township Fifteen North of Range Seven, East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Indianapolis Indiana." [NB: This is immediately SW of Greenfield, IN.]  The certificate is dated 15 Oct 1835.
 | [[Image:BLM-land-grant-samuel-church.jpg|50px|center]]

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-| '''Obituary''' for [[Orinda H. Church]], born in Orange Co., VT, in 1804, to father Samuel Church and mother Elizabeth Church.  Moved to IN in 1825 to become a school teacher in Liberty, Union Co., IN.  Moved to West Liberty, Henry Co., IN, in 1835.  Moved to Knightstown, IN, in ~1836, and lived there until her death.  Also lived in Greenfield and Cumberland, IN, at some point, where she worked in the mercantile business.  Died 30 Aug 1884, funeral was at the M.E. Church, Knightstown, IN, 1 Sep 1884.
+| '''Transcribed letter''' dated 13 Jul 1845 from [[Rebecca Church|Rebecca B. Dawson]] to her brother (unnamed) and sister [[Livinia Church]] regarding the death of Rebecca's husband, George. There is someone named Orinda present at the time of George's death, but it is not explicitly stated that she is Rebecca and Livinia's sister. The letter was used as part of the justification for the descendancy chain in the SAR application for Fred Dawson.  Questions have been raised about the validity of that source, and the original of this letter has not been found yet, so there are lingering doubts about this letter as well.
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 | '''Obituary''' for [[Orinda H. Church]], born in Orange Co., VT, in 1804, to father Samuel Church and mother Elizabeth Church.  Moved to IN in 1825 to become a school teacher in Liberty, Union Co., IN.  Moved to West Liberty, Henry Co., IN, in 1835.  Moved to Knightstown, IN, in ~1836, and lived there until her death.  Also lived in Greenfield and Cumberland, IN, at some point, where she worked in the mercantile business.  Died 30 Aug 1884, funeral was at the M.E. Church, Knightstown, IN, 1 Sep 1884.

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		+	! '''7'''
		+	\| '''Obituary''' for [[Orinda H. Church]], born in Orange Co., VT, in 1804, to father Samuel Church and mother Elizabeth Church. Moved to IN in 1825 to become a school teacher in Liberty, Union Co., IN. Moved to West Liberty, Henry Co., IN, in 1835. Moved to Knightstown, IN, in ~1836, and lived there until her death. Also lived in Greenfield and Cumberland, IN, at some point, where she worked in the mercantile business. Died 30 Aug 1884, funeral was at the M.E. Church, Knightstown, IN, 1 Sep 1884.
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		+	The assertion is that Orinda was a sibling of [[Erastus Church]]. The connections are the parents names, the birth location, and the timing of moving to IN from VT. Samuel, Elizabeth, and children are said in [3] to have moved from Orange Co., VT, to Brooksville [sic, there is no Brooksville. Probably Brookville], IN, in 1827. Orinda is said to have moved to IN in 1825 to begin teaching in Liberty, IN, which is about 15 miles away from Brooksville. These two moves from VT to IN are likely one and the same. The [[Church Family History by Chester R. Church]] mentions that the daughters of Samuel Church, when they came to IN, took up their father's profession of teaching, so Orinda's life as a schoolteacher fits this as well.
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		+	Based on this text, the link between Orinda and Samuel Church seems very strong. Some researchers have raised questions about the validity of this text, however, as this version was typed by a man using it as justification for his Sons of the American Revolution application. The original obituary is being sought. If this transcription proves to be accurate, the case for Orinda being a sibling of Erastus Church is good.
		+	\| [[Image:Orinda-Obit-full.jpg\|50px\|center]] Click for full transcript.
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 | '''Gravestone''' for [[Erastus Church]], [[Lucy H. Whitten]], and [[Elizabeth Stickney]] at Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, IN. This is a four-sided monument with engravings for Erastus, Lucy, and Elizabeth on three of the sides. The engraving for [[Erastus Church]] indicates that he died on 3 Sep 1877 at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 24 days.  This implies a calculated birth date of 10 Jan 1806.  The engraving for [[Elizabeth Stickney]] indicates that she died on 30 Dec 1860 at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 3 days.  This implies a calculated birth date of 27 Nov 1770.  The engraving for [[Lucy H. Whitten]] has not yet been seen by this researcher.
 | [[Image:Gravestone-erastus-church.jpg|50px|center]][[Image:Gravestone-elizabeth-stickney.jpg|50px|center]]
 |}

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 =Children=
-(children with Elizabeth Stickny)
+(children with [[Elizabeth Stickney]])
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
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-| [[Erastus Church]] || M || 9 Jan 1808 || Orange Co., VT || [[Lucy H. Whitten]] || direct line || <sup class="reference">[4] [5]</sup>
+| [[Uzziel H. Church]] || M || 25 Dec 1797 ||  || 1. [[Mary Ann Bennett]], 2. [[Mary Ann Hager]] ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || M ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+| [[Rebecca Church]] || F || ~1801 ||  || 1. [[George Dawson]], 2. [[John Vanmeter]] ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || M ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+| [[Orinda H. Church]] || F || 1804 || Orange Co., VT || never married ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || M ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+| [[Erastus Church]] || M || 9 Jan 1808 || Orange Co., VT || [[Lucy H. Whitten]] || direct line || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+| [[Livinia S. Church]] || F || ~1816 || VT || [[Osea Gephart]] ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
+|  || M ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference"></sup>
-|-
-|  || F ||  ||  ||  || birth order unknown || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
 |}

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 ! '''R8'''
 | '''Personal research''' of Thomas Pearson who believes that Livinia and Orinda are sisters of Erastus Church and that there is a brother named [[Uzziel H. Church]].   Uzziel is buried in Knightstown in the same family plot as Orinda.
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 * [[Orinda H. Church]]
 * [[Rebecca Church]]  -- only reference is the SAR application which has numerous sourcing problems.
-The ages in the 1830 census for Samuel Church support the existence of these there ladies plus Samuel and Elizabeth.
+* [[Uzziel H. Church]]
 === Census Trolling ===

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 | '''U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900''' includes a record for [[Samuel Church]] born 1767 in VT and [[Elizabeth Stickney]] born 1769 being married in IN.   Note that this record found on ancestry.com is listed as being sourced from family group sheets and this is likely just someone else's research.   Not to be trusted.  The idea that they were married in IN seems questionable; this could just be registering themselves as previously married with some IN clerk.  Who knows.
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