Erastus Church

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1808	Orange, Orange Co., VT
Marriage			To Lucy Whitten
Death	1878	West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 5           Generation 6            Generation 7

                                         +-- Samuel Church
                                         |   (1766-1844)
                    +-- Erastus Church --+
                    |   (~1808-1878)     |
Carolyn R. Church --+                    +-- Elizabeth Stickney
(1832-????)         |                        (????-????)
                    +-- Lucy Whitten
                        (~1808-????)

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Children

(children with Lucy Whitten)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Carolyn R. Church	F	1832	VT		direct line
Erastus Warren Church	M	1834	Orange, Orange Co., VT	Julia H. Barnard	died 1877 in West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN
Langdon W. Church	M	~1835	IN	Jane J. Logan
Uzziel B. Church	M	23 Dec 1837	IN		died 13 Oct 1916 in Vigo Co., IN
Oscar L. Church	M	9 Nov 1839	IN		died 21 Nov 1882 in Vigo Co., IN. Buried at Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute,Vigo Co., IN
Melville Church	M	~1841	IN
Arminta Livinna Church	F	1842	IN	Alexander Mcculloch on 19 Jun 1863 in IN
Chester R. Church	M	1844	IN	Louisa Hodgers on 7 Apr 1875 in West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN	Civil War veteran. Died 1 Jul 1926 in IN. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Co., IN
George D. Church	M	~1847	IN	Martha (unknown)
Lucy Ann Church	F	~1848	IN
Orange W. Church	F	~1851	IN		died 10 Apr 1935 in IN
Rebecca Church	F	~1853	IN

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Orange, Orange Co., VT	birth-1834
Harison Co., IN	1834
Center Twp., Hancock Co., IN	9 Sep 1850
Terre Haute, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN	12 Jun 1860

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. Lines 14-15: Langdon Church, 25, and his wife Jane, 26. They are both carpenters. Langdon was born in Indiana, Jane in Vermont. Next door, lines 16-27, is Erastus Church, 52, living with his wife Lucy, 52; Uzziel Church, 23; Oscar Church, 20; Melville 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. Next door, lines 28-32: Warren Church, 24; July(?), 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. The houses on either side of Erastus' are those of his sons, Langdon Church and Erastus Warren Church.
4	1870 United States Federal Census, Vigo County, Sugar Creek, IN, Page 22 lines 1-10, lists Erastus Church, 62, living with Lucy Church, 57, Geo Church, 24, Lucy A. Church, 22, Orange Church, 20, Caroline Murphy, 38, Marion Murphy, 13, Willie Murphy, 10, Oscar Church, 30, and Martha Church, 22. Oscar and Martha are listed as being a separate family but living in the same dwelling; they were married the previous November. Geo, Lucy A., Orange, Marion, and Oscar were born in Indiana. Erastus, Lucy, and Caroline were born in Vermont. Willie was born in Illinois. No one had parents of foreign birth. Marion and Willie were in school. Everyone is either a farmer or a house keeper, except for Caroline who is a seamstress.
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	Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Erastus W. Church, 1834-1877, and Julia B. Church, 1833-1899.
7	Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, which indicates Oscar L. Church, born 9 Nov 1839, died 21(?) Nov 1882, aged ?? years, 15(?) days.
8	Gravestone at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN, for Chester R. Church, 1844-1926, and his wife Louisa Church, 1846-1919. On the top of the gravestone is written CHURCH and beneath that "CO K 149 IND"
9	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has a record for Warren E. Church marrying Julia Barnard on 14 Jan 1855 in Vigo Co., IN.
10	Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, has a record for W. B. Church, born 23 Dec 1837 in Greenfield, IN, died at the age of 78 on 13 Oct 1916 in Auburn, Clark Co., IL. Be was buried on 16 Oct 1916 in Auburn. He was a farmer. His father was Erastus Church, born in VT, and his mother was Lucy Whitten, born in VT. FHL film number 1530532.
11	Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, has a record which indicates that U. B. Church and Phebe A. Overman were married on 24 Mar 1867 in Ralls Co., MO.
12	American Civil War Soliders has a listing for Uzziel B. Church of Vigo Co., IN enlisting in the Union Army as a Private in Company D, 11th Infanty Regiment of Indiana on 21 Apr 1861. He mustered out of the same company on 4 Aug 1861 at Indianapolis, IN.
13	Obituary for Uzziel B. Church from the 14 Oct 1916 edition of the Terre Haute Tribune. It indicates that Uzziel was born in Greenfield, IN on 23 Dec 1837 and died at his home near Auburn [IN or IL? not stated] on 13 Oct 1916. At the age of 17 he moved with his father's family to Terre Haute, IN. He was a Union soldier during the Civil War, enlisting with the 11th IN Infantry at the outbreak of the war and again with the 16th IN Infantry until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. After the war, he moved to New London, MO, and lived there for 9 years. He married Phebe Overman in Perry, MO, on 24 Mar 1867. Together, they had 8 children--2 boys, 6 girls. One son, Will Church, died 20 years prior to Uzziel's death. Still living are his wife and seven children, Frank Church of Terre Haute, Maggie Smittkamp of Marshall, Mattie Barlow of St. Louis, MO, Etta Shaffner of Martinsville, Cora Church, Goldie Brosman of Marinsville, and Mary Husted of Casey. He had 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren at the time of his death. Funeral was Monday, 16 Oct 1916 at the Auburn church.	Original available from Vigo Co. Public Library

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.	N/A
R2	Obituary for Uzziel B. Church (d. 1916) on page 2 of the Oct 14 "TRIB" available at Vigo County Public Library. Another for Uzziel Church (d. 1942, age 78) on page 2 of the Jan 2 "TRIB" (not Erastus' son Uzziel (birth year too late, but could be a Uzziel Jr...). Another for Chester R. Church (d. 1926, age 81) on page 2 of the Jul 2 "TRIB". Available by mail or in person. Should get copies for possible family info. http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/obituaries	N/A
R3	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. Did he re-marry?