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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Jan Joosten VanMeteren
Name: Jan Joosten VanMeteren
Year: 1620-1664
Place: New Netherland
Source Publication Code: 714
Primary Immigrant: VanMeteren, Jan Joosten
Annotation: Contains passenger listings mentioned in Lancour, A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 (1963), nos. 72-76, 78B, 79, 81-83, 83 note, 85, 87A, 88, 89, 98(1), 100, 102(1A), 104-106, 107A, 110-111, 111 corr., 112-114. Includ es index to ship names
Source Bibliography: BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825). Newhall, Calif.: the editor, 1978. 333p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992.
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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Macyken Hendrickson
Name: Macyken Hendrickson
Gender: female
Birth Place: Hl
Birth Year: 1625
Spouse Name: Jan Joosten Van Meteren
Spouse
Birth Place: Hl
Spouse Birth Year: 1620
Marriage State: of Hl
Number Pages: 1

Van Meter Heritage data

Born in 1624 or 1630 in Holland, her married macyke Hendrickse in 1646 at Gelderland or at Meppelen, Dreuth, Holland. Their children were all born at Gelderland as Van Meternour ancestor was Joost Jansen, born in 1656-- he married Sara Dubois i t Kingston on 12 Dec 1682, had nine children and died at Salem County, NJ on 13 June 1706. Jan , his wife and five children arrived in the ship Fox at New Netherland on 12 April 1662. He came from Thielerwardt, a fortified town in Gelderland , Holland, and his wife from Meppelen, Peovince of Drenth, where they were married and where their children were born. The family name was derived from Mereren, a town in Holland.

Upon the death of Joost Adrienceson of Bostwick, Long Island, about 1685. Jan Joosten Van Meteren was appointed administrator, tutor of decendent's choldren and arbitrator in proceedings regarding the sale of some land in Hurley, which had bee n sold to Derick Schepmoes by Adrience during his lifetime.

JanJoosten VanMeteren, with his family. settled at Willtwyck during the summer of 1662, but he is not noted in the activities of the community until 7 June 1663 when the Indians raided the settlement and carried off women and children into capti vity. Amoung the prisoners were Jan's wife and two of hid children. Joost Janse beiong one of them. He is not named in Captain Krieger's journal of the rescue expedition, but it is elsewhere stated that due to his three months association wit h the Indians at the time of his captivity, Joost Janse had knowledge of their habits, trails, plans and war feuds with other tribes. and was so impressed with a desire for their adventurous life.

Han Joosren's name appears on the list of inhabirants who subscribed to the Otah of Allegiance, due to a change in the sovereignty of the country, between the 21st and 26th of Oct 1664. After this date frequent notices of him occur upon the rec ords of Kingston. as a farmer, and as a man of growing importance in civil and religious matters.

Joost Hanse was elected an Elder of the Church in 1667. During the trouble in Wiltwyck during that year, caused by the offensiveness of the soldiers of the English garrison, he with three other citizens acted as mediators in the dispute and wer e able to conciliate the ingabitants, thus priventing violence to lives and property.

The firs instance of his purchase of land appears in a record which reads " JanJoosten had from Governor Lovelace a deed for a lot, dated 20 March 1671, in Marbletown and of 11 OCT 1671 received conformation of his 30 acre lot in Marbletown.

He was selected on 6 Jan 1673 as one of the four magistrates of Hurley and Marbletown to supervise the merging of the village of Nieuw Dorp into those of Hurly and Marbletown under the English rule.

Nlt withstanding the change of government Jan was continued in that civil office until the return of Dutch supremacy in 1675, when Governor Colve reappointed him to serve another term.

He was name Justice of Peace for Esopus, and was present at the Court of Assizes in NY from 4 to 6 Oct 1682.

Maeyken, wife of Jan Joosten, was named as a bemeficiary in the Will of Evardt Pary date 26 Mar 1685(Ulster County Probate Records).

Jan Joosten VanMeteren obtained land grants in the Province of east Nj through a period extending from 1689 to the year of his death. 1706 2E. In company with his son-in-law, Jan Hamel, who had married his daughter Geertje Crom in 1682, Jan Joo sten appeared in East Jersey where they jointly bought on 18 Oct 1695 from Governor Hunlocke, the deputy Governor, of Wingerworth, Burlington County, a plantation of 500 acres on the Deleware river. Lassa Point was about 23 miles northeast of P hiladelphia.

Jan Joosten next appears as an individual purchaser of certain land in Somerset County,NJ, deed passing title from Governor Andrew Hamilton and Agnes, his wife, under date of 13 Sept 1700 to Jan Joosten of Marbletown, Ny,jeoman, lying contiguou s on the South branch of the Raritan River near the present Somerville, NJ to three other parcels also granted. As a whole the plantation aggregated 1835 acres.

His Will filed with inventory of his personal property in Burlington County Surrogate's Office, dated 13 June 1706, was written in Dutch. His wife was to retqain full possesion of the estate during her lifetime, then it was to be divided, sonJo ost 1/2; Joost and Gysbert to have land at Marbletown, Joost to have 1/2 and then the other 1/2 to be devided between them; Geertie to have land at Wassemaker's; children of deceased daughter Lysbeth to have their portion in money from the othe r children of Jan the testator(Ulster County Probate Record).


Arrival in New Amsterdam
31 August 1662 , New Amsterdam/Ulster County, NY

Little is known of the residences of the Van Meterens in Holland. One sketch has been obtained which refers to the "Huise Van Meteren" situate in the Heerlykleid Meters, in Gelsermelsen...it was a stately structure, and the home, for many year s and generations, of one of the branches of Van Metre family, and subsequently of others.This manson stood in a beautiful park of magnifient trees, some of which were of great height and dimensions. The house was rebuilt in 1768-9, but it has a t last served its day; It was sold in dec. 1906 and has since been torn down. (Chap.1 Van Matre ancestry,by Vincent M. Van Matre)

Jan Joosten Van Meteren and his wife Maycke(n) Hendricks(en) arrived in New Amsterdam on the ship D'Vox(fox) August 31, 1662. The ships log decribes him as "Jan Joosten, from Tielderweert, wife and five children, 15,12,9,6,1-1/2 years old."

Maycken married Jan Joosten ca. 1659. She sailed with her 4 children and Jan Joosten son Joost Jansen Van Meteren only 1-1/2 years old to the New World. They arrived in Amsterdam then settled in Ulster county New York November 1664. Kingston, Ul ster county where they were admitted to the Wiltwyck (Kingston) Dutch Church.

Kingston is about 75 miles from New York city, on the west side of the Hudson River and was named ESOPUS until about 1661 when governor Peter Stuyvesant changed the name to Wiltwyck, from the Dutch words"wilt" meaning wild and "wyck" meaning a w ild retreat or refuge. The English took over New Netherland(New York state) from the dutch in 1664 and in 1669, English names were given to Ulster county villages-two new villages, Hurley and Marbleton were named and Kingston was the name offici ally given to the one formerly called Esopus or Wiltwyck.

On June 7, 1663 a large number of indians of the Esopus tribe began entering Wiltwyck, set fire to the buildings and took women and children prisoners. Twelve men, four women and two children were killed, with ten women and children taken prison ers. Among those captured were the wife and three children of Louis DuBois. Other records show Maycken (wife of Jan Joost) and two of thier children were taken captive. The prisoners were rescued by a militay force authorized by governor Stuyves ant. (BIO 72,pg50-58)

In 1996, the DuBois Family Association in New Paltz received a letter from an L.R. Russell who stated that through his reserch he had located the Indian Fort where the DuBois family had been held hostage.

This information was taken from Van Matre Family by Vincent M. Van Matre 8 April 1912 - 13 Oct 2008


Dutch settlements in America
1624 , Hudson river

This was taken from Steven Butlers website on the Van Meter Family.

Even our French ancestors were a part of this early colonization effort, living among the Dutch both in Europe and America. You may recall from your history lessons in high school or college that in 1609, on behalf of his employers, the Duth tndia Company, an English explorer named Henry Hudson went looking for a "Northwest Passage" across North America. It was hoped that such a waterway, if it existed, would allow easier access to the Orient. Instead, Hudson discovered the rive r that has borne his name ever since. Aboard his tiny ship, the Half Moon, he sailed up the river until it narrowed into a creek, making it abundantly clear that this was no route to the Far East.

In 1624, as a follow-up to Hudson's earlier discovery, the newly-formed Dutch West India Company established three settlements in North America: One at Fort Orange (where Albany now stands), on the Hudson River; and two sites on the Connecticu t and Delaware rivers. The next year, they brought slaves from Africa, to sell to the colonists who lived in what was then called New Netherlands. The year after that, for 60 guilders worth of trinkets (about $24), Manhattan Island was purchase d from a group of Indians who actually had no right to sell it. A settlement called New Amsterdam was afterward established at the southern tip of the island. The first governor of New Netherlands was Peter Minuit, who administered the colony du ring its first six years. The settlement's most famous governor, however, was the peg-legged Peter Stuyvesant, a strict member of the Dutch Reform Church who ruled from 1647 to 1664 with an iron hand and displayed very little tolerance of the co lony's diverse religious groups, particularly the Jews. This did not stop them from coming however and one group that seems to have thrived in New Netherlands were the French Huguenots (Protestants) or Walloons, some of whom had earlier fled t o Holland to escape religious persecution in their homeland. Some of our ancestors, as it turns out, were among them.


Up the Hudson Jan Joosten Van Meteren
Arrival 1662

Taken from Steven Butlers Website on "The Van Meter Family"

Ms. Rogers tells us that the Van Meteren family arrived at New Amsterdam (later re-named New York) on either April 12 or September 12, 1662, aboard the ship Vos (Dutch for "Fox"). Except for the date of arrival, which is given as August 31, 1662 , a book of ships' passenger lists for this period confirms most of this information. We also learn that the captain of D'Vos (its correct name) was Jacob Jansz H?aeuys and that in addition to the Van Meteren family, there were at least forty-eigh t other people on board what was surely, by today's standards, a tiny vessel. Most were adults and all were either from France, the Netherlands, or parts of what is now Germany. In addition to the Van Meterens, there were only five other familie s, one of which lacked a father. Including the Van Meteren children, there were seventeen young people aboard under the age of eighteen. At least two of the men were farm-hands. There was also a mason, two carpenters, and a baker. Unfortunately , only a few of the passenger's occupations were revealed and Jan Joosten Van Meteren was not one of these.

When the family of Jan Joosten Van Meteren (the "en" was later dropped from the surname) arrived in 1662, New Netherlands boasted a population of nearly ten thousand people, fifteen hundred of whom lived in New Amsterdam.

Instead of settling in New Amsterdam, the Van Meteren family continued up the Hudson River, where they took up residence in or near the village of Wildwyck. Thanks to early court records, we know that they and their belongings were carried up th e Hudson River in a yacht belonging to the Governor-General, Petrus or Pieter Stuyvesant (who later successfully sued Jan Joosten for non-payment of his family's fare). This place is now the town of Kingston, in Ulster County, New York. Abou t a mile from Wildwyck, there was a second town, then called Nieuw Dorp, later Hurley. These settlements, both of which were protected by tall, wooden palisades or stockades were on the very edge of the Catskill Mountains, in what was then a hea vily-wooded wilderness inhabited only by wild animals and tribes of Native Americans, many of whom were hostile. Several Huguenot (French Protestant) or Walloon families also lived in the area. Among them were the family of Louis and Catherine D u Bois, who had a young daughter named Sarah. I am descended from this family as well.

One modern-day writer, describing the citizens of Wildyck in the town's earliest days of settlement, has left us with a not very flattering view of the way our Dutch ancestors lived:

Most of them could neither read nor write. They were a wild, uncouth, rough, and most of the time, a drunken crowd. They lived in small log huts, thatched with straw. They wore rough clothes, and in the winter dressed in skins. They were a, God, nor the Devil. They were laying deep the foundation of the Empire State.

Another writer had this to say about the Dutch women:

The costume of the wife of a typical settler usually consisted of a single garment, reaching from neck to ankles. In the summer time she went bareheaded and barefooted. She was rough, coarse, ignorant, uncultivated. She helped her husband tg, to plant his grain, and to gather his crops. If the Indians appeared in her husband's absence, she grasped the rifle, gathered her children about her, and with a dauntless courage defended them even unto death. This may not be a roman tic presentation of the forefathers and foremothers of the State, but it bears the mark of truth and shows us a stalwart race strong to hold their own in the struggle for existence and the establishment of a permanent community.

Whether the Van Meteren family were like those Dutch settler described in the preceding paragraphs is left for us to guess. We do know that Jan Joosten was not illiterate. (Court records show that he purchased some books from the estate of a dec eased neighbor.) We also know that he and his family had only a few months to become accustomed to their new surroundings when a terrible thing happened. In her article, Ms. Rogers describes it:

[On] the 7th of June 1663, ?the Minnisink Indians made an attack on the village [of Wildwyck] and its vicinity raiding and burning the settlement of Hurley and Kingston and carrying away women and children in captivity. Among the latter weddren, Jooste Jans being one of them as well as Catherine du Bois, the wife of Louis du Bois, and their daughter Sarah; whom Jooste Jans Van Meteren later married. These were taken to the fastnesses of the Catskill Mountains and remaine d in captivity for months, but were rescued on the eve of torture by du Bois and Captain Martin Kreiger's company of Manhattan soldiers; the trainband finally rounded up the Indians and defeated them on September 3, 1663. In connection with thi s tragic experience the following statement is quoted: "About ten weeks after the capture of the women and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their own escape from pursuit by burning some of their victims and the ones selected were Cathe rine du Bois, and her baby Sara. A cubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child placed thereon; when the Indians were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fir e and gave her respite while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and before she had finished the last one her husband and the Dutch soldiers from New Amsterdam arrived and surrounded the savages, killed and captured some, an d otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon them, and released the prisoners."

The psalm that Catherine Du Bois allegedly sang as the Indians prepared to burn her and her child to death goes like this, in part:

By the rivers of Babylon, there we captives sat down, yes, we wept when we earnestly remembered Zion the city of our God imprinted on our hearts.

On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon we hung our harps.

For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying: Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

I shudder to think how close Catherine came to being killed on that hot summer day more than three hundred years ago. If she had, of course, none of us would be here today to read this story and to remember her.

Two things should be pointed out regarding the above story. First, Sarah Du Bois was not among the captives. She was not born until the following year (1664). An official account of the event shows that Catharine Du Bois was abducted with her tw o youngest sons only. Also, we cannot be sure about the accuracy of the story regarding Catherine's singing. There is probably some truth to it but in all likelihood, it is one of those stories that grow embellished with each telling. Another ve rsion of the story has all the captives singing the psalm, not just Catherine.

On September 8, 1664, four English warships belonging to James, the Duke of York, brother of the recently-restored King Charles II of England, sailed into the harbor of New Amsterdam and took the city without firing a shot. By September 25, th e English reached the Esopus and a small contingent of soldiers were left there to guard the settlers against Indian attacks. Thus our Dutch and French Huguenot ancestors suddenly found themselves under English rule. Apparently, the change of go vernments had little effect on their daily lives. The Dutch and French people of the Hudson River Valley were left, more or less, to follow the same customs and traditions that they always had followed. The only noteworthy changes made by the En glish were to rename the colony "New York" and to require its adult male inhabitants to pledge their fealty to the new rulers. Wildwyck was eventually re-named Kingston. Although there seems to have been little or no resistance to the new rulers , the people of Wildwyck/Kingston did not always get along very well with the English soldiers who garrisoned their town. In February 1667 there was a brief "mutiny" against the English troops at Wildwyck/Kingston but fortunately, cooler heads p revailed and the incident was soon forgotten.

In October 1664, Jan Joosten Van Meteren was one of the inhabitants of Ulster County who signed an oath of allegiance to the English crown. From this time forward, he appears to have done well for himself and his family, becoming a landowner an d a man of standing in his community. In 1666, he was elected a schepen, or commissary, of the local magistrate's court, Wildwyck's one and only local governing body.

On September 18, 1669, at a special court held in the Esopus "by vertue of a Commission from his Honor the Governour to Regulate the Affayres of that Village and the Villages adjacent," Jan Joosten petitioned "about the exchange of a Lott" but " it lyeing not properly before" the court, "it was thrown out." A few days later, however, he was granted one of three lots that were "vacant by the death of the persons to whom they were promised." Jan Joosten, along with other residents of Hurl ey, later "remitted" some of their land (Jan Joosten gave up 8 acres), to "the Inhabitants of Marbletown, there being not land enough to?satisfy them according to the Grants given them by the Authority of the Governour."

On "Easter Eve," 1669, "John Joeston" of Marbletown, "Husbandman" (i.e, farmer) received the following land grant:

Whereas John Joeston of Marbletown Husbandman hath putt in his Clayme or Pretence to two parcells of Land containing fourty foure Acres and 150 Rod, by vertue of a Bill of Sale formerly granted to him from Thom. Hall and Nicholas Valett det could not be produc'd by reason 'twas then (as hee alledged) in the Office of Records at New Yorke; The Commissioners have therefore upon serious and mature deliberation thought fitt to lay out the quantity of Land aforesaid upon the se cond great piece adjoyning to the Bounds of Hurley.

In 1670, Jan Joosten (and possibly also his son Jooste Jans) served as one of eight ordinary militiaman from Marbletown, in the company commanded by Captain Henry Pawling. On April 5th, they, along with soldiers from Hurley (including Jan Jooste n's brother-in-law, Anthony Crispel) were ordered to rendezvous at Marbleton, for the purpose of having "all the Lawes relateing to Military Affaires?read before them." Afterward, they "Marched?with Flying Colours to the Towne of Hurley, and the re?[were] dismissed."

On April 8th of that same year, it was ordered by commissioners appointed by the royal governor "that Jon Joesten and his Son shall be recommended to the Governour for the Grant of 2 Lotts of Land lyeing upon the 3rd great styck - No. 23. 24."

On March 30, 1671 Jan Joosten purchased 30 acres of land (one lot) in Marbletown, receiving a deed from Governor Lovelace. On October 11th of that same year, he received a deed of confirmation from the Governor, for either the same lot or an add itional lot.

Two years later, on October 6, 1673, Jan Joosten was elected one of four magistrates from Hurley and Marbletown. His father-in-law, Louis Du Bois, or his brother-in-law Louis Jr., was also selected for one of these posts. Their job was "to super vise the merging of the village of Nieu-Drop into those of Hurley and Marbletown." The other magistrates, Ms. Rogers tells us, were Jan Broerson, our French Huguenot ancestor Louis Du Bois, and Roelof Hendricksen. She also reports that "notwiths tanding the change of government, Jan was continued in that civil office until the return of Dutch supremacy, in 1675, when Governor Colve reappointed him to serve for another term." He was afterward appointed a justice-of-the-peace for Esopus a nd in early October 1682 "was present at the Court of Azzizes in New York."

Eventually, the English regained their hold on the Dutch settlements in America. When that happened, Rogers writes, "the inhabitants were again required to swear allegiance to their new overlords, so it is recorded that Jan Joosten once more per formed this act of fealty 1st September 1689."

Rogers tells us that by the time the English returned to power, Jan Joosten Van Meteren had increased his land holdings in Ulster County, "the Wassamaker's land, for instance, and possibly other parcels," and at this point embarked upon a phas e in his life whereby he became "a patroon, or landed proprietor" in what is now the state of New Jersey.

In 1695, Jan Joosten Van Meteren, together with his son-in-law Jan Hamel (who had married Jan's daughter Geertje), purchased 500 acres of land in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was located at Lassa Point on the Delaware River, opposite the tow n of Burlington. Five years later, on his own, Jans Joosten Van Meteren obtained four parcels of land in Somerset County from Governor Andrew Hamilton, whom he personally visited on September 13, 1700 at Perth (present-day Piscataway) to receiv e his grant. This property was located "on the South Branch of the Raritan River." In all, his plantation totaled 1,835 acres. In her article, Ms. Rogers tells us that it "consisted of broad and fertile meadows on the Raritan; and the locality w as already partially seated by groups of Dutch and Scotch people from the Kill-Van-Kull and Perth, with a few French from Staten Island, who had come into this region about fifteen or twenty years before." It appears, she concludes, that these w ere "the extent of his purchases."

The first will of Jans Jooste Van Meteren, dated December 16, 1681, named his wife Macyke as his primary heir, with their property, following her decease, to go to their children. Jooste Jans, being the eldest son, was to have the largest shar e of his parent's estate, including three-fourths of the land at Marbletown, New York. Gysbert would have the remaining one-quarter. Daughter Geertje was to have the property at Wassamker's land. The children of Lysbeth, who was already dead b y this time, were to receive gifts of money. For some unknown reason, daughter Cathrin is not mentioned at all. Ms. Rogers speculates it was because she was married and had already "received her portion and so disappears from consideration in th e distribution of his property."

An inventory of the estate of Jan Joosten Van Meteren, dated June 13, 1706, can be found in the archives of the State of New Jersey. It tells us only that when he died he had a little more than ?U1235 worth of personal property, including six Negr o slaves - a man, a woman, and four children, all worth ?U1145.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jan married Maryken Hendricksen in 1646. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jan married Macyke Hendricksen in 1646 in Holland. Macyke (daughter of Hendricks (Hendr and Anne Jan Jans) was born in 1624 in Mappelen, Dreuth, Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Hendrick Mollenauer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joost married Sarah Du Bois on 12 Dec 1682 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. Sarah (daughter of Louis (Lowys) Du Bois (Dubois) and Cathrine (Catherine) Blanchan (Blansh) was born on 14 Sep 1662 in Of Somerset County, NJ; was christened on 14 Sep 1664 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY; died in 1726 in Salem, Salem County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Jan Hamel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Sarah Bodine in 1705 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margaret Mollenauer in 1710 in Somerville, Somerset County, NJ. Margaret (daughter of Art Mollenbaur) was born about 1687 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1745 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebekka married Cornelius Elting on 3 Sep 1704 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isaac married Annetji Wyncoop in 1693 in Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kathlene Hendrickse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Annetjie Wyncoop. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hendrix married Rebecca Dubois on 7 Mar 1741 in Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary La Fettre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rebecca married Solomon Hedges in 1735 in Frederick, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice Scholl. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Elsje Scholl in 1736 in Raritan Church, , Somerville, Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Alice School in 1739 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Elizabeth Van Metre
Name: Elizabeth Van Metre
Spouse: Thomas Shepherd
Parents: John Van Metre, Margaret Mollenauer
Birth Place: Somerset, NJ
Birth Date: 1715
Marriage Date: 1733
Death Place: Sherperdstown, VA
Death Date: 1792

Elizabeth married Thomas Shepherd about 1733 in Monacacy, Frederick, Virginia. Thomas (son of William Shepherd and Sarah, son of William Shepherd and Sarah) was born in 1705; died in 1776 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Eva Pyle in 1736 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eve. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eve Pyle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Pyle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachael married John Lessige in 1736 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Leforge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Ruth Hedges in 1742 in VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married (2) Martha Roberts in 1762 in Nr. Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Roberts Wheeler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Letitia Stroude (Strode) on 30 Aug 1741 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Robert Pewesey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Pusey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Rachel Teaque about 1752 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rachel Teague. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Thomas Thornburg in 1751-1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Elizabeth Shepherd
Name: Elizabeth Shepherd
Spouse: Elizabeth Shepherd
Parents: Thomas Shepherd, Elizabeth Van Metre
Birth Place: Frederick, Meckelenburg, VA
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1738
Marriage Date: 3 May 1762
Death Place: Shepherdstown, WV
Death Date: 1788

Elizabeth married William Brown on 3 May 1762 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. William (son of Thomas Brown) was born on 13 Sep 1724 in Of Mechlenburg, VA; died on 24 Jul 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Clark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Susannah Hulse in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John Feay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Samuel Buchanan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married George Mc Nabb in Oct 1771 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Eleanor Strode on 27 Dec 1780 in Berkeley County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Mary Peppers about 18 Aug 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married John Eoff on 15 Apr 1777 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married John Grove on 6 Feb 1785. John (son of Jacob Grove and Catherine Staley) was born on 2 May 1761 in York, PA; died on 8 Jul 1811 in Fayette County, German Twp., PA; was buried in Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery, Fayette County, German Twp. PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elias Parshall, Sr.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Lemuel Hall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Y

Family/Spouse: John Spark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Schreyer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: James Auld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Berkeley County now W. Va.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Information on John Grove and his descendants taken from Dee Pratt,
7285 Haas Rd. Wooster, OH 44691. (1992 address)

Family/Spouse: Anna McWilliams. Anna (daughter of John McWilliams and Ann Wilson) was born on 5 Mar 1801 in Fayette County, PA; died on 15 Aug 1878 in Rushcreek Twp., Fairfield County, OH; was buried in Jerusalem Cem., Fairfield County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moved to Ohio according to "History of Shepherd and Related
Families", by Frank Shepherd.

Family/Spouse: Mary Sprinkle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death record, Putnam County Vol.1, p. 26, died of stomach disorder. Listed as Levi Groves. States place of birth as Westmoreland County--neighboring county to Fayette County, PA. Most evidence supports Fayette County as being actual birtl . His father died in 1811, when he would have been about 13, he had several guardians appointed, lived in Baltimore, Md. with older brother John, and (possibly in W. Va.) with Shepherd Grove. Place of marriage unknown. Oldest son, John R. Gro ve gives birth place (in 1822) as Fayette Co. PA. May have lived in Columbiana County, OH (Levi B., Jr. gives his birth in 1829 as being in Columbiana County). Moved to Putnam County PA in 1833 according to Putnam County History book, listing f or 1880 Atlas, Putnam County--early pioneers under 1833 heading. 1840 Census, Putnam County Ohio, Greensburg Twp., aged between 40-50. 1850 Census, Putnam County Ohio, Greensburg Twp. (children's names taken from this census)

1870 United States Federal Census
about Levi Groves
Name: Levi Groves
Birth Year: abt 1798
Age in 1870: 72
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Sheridan
Household Members:
Name Age
John Groves 47
Mary Groves 44
David Groves 20
Orlando Groves 13
Luona Groves 9
Leroy Groves 7
Levi Groves 72

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1850 United States Federal Census
about Levi Groves
Name: Levi Groves
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio
Family Number: 59
Household Members:
Name Age
Levi Groves 53
Mary Groves 47
Levi Groves 21
Nancy Groves 19
Mary Groves 15
Stephen Groves 12
Elija Groves 5

1840 United States Federal Census
about Levi Grove
Name: Levi Grove
Township: Greensburg
County: Putnam
State: Ohio

Family/Spouse: Mary Rohrer. Mary was born about 1803 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elias Parshall, Jr.. Elias (son of Elias Parshall, Sr.) was born in 1796; died on 4 Jul 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Mary Allendar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children taken from "DUKE-SHEPHERD-VAN METRE FAMILY" by Smyth (Allen
County Public Lib., Ft. Wayne, IN) Stephen Grove was auditor of German
Twp. in 1842. Family moved to Ohio, thence Indiana. "History of
Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd say "Had no
children. Moved to Ohio, and later to Indiana."++

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Ann Elizabeth Coldron. Ann was born in German Twp., Fayette County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served as school director 1857-1862, and two terms as assessor about
1843 according to "History of Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank
Shepherd.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Lockey\Leckey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This family moved to Ohio and later to Indiana according to "History
of Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: John Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Immell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All information about children of John and Mary (Brown) Grove taken
from "History of Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd
(1858-?), Pub. in 1943. Book at Indiana State Family.

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Fred Mestrezett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Steigner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Isabella Graham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in 1907, unmarried according to "History of Shepherd and
Related Families", by Frank Shepherd.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: David Jenkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Jacob Grove. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Valinda Hennen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wilson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kelso. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Allender. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Miller, Dr.. died in IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henderson, Rev.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Left a family of girls, according to "History of Shepherd and
Related Families", by Frank Shepherd.

Family/Spouse: Sprinkle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nixon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Parshall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kelso. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Jennings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leidy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Noah Blosser in Jun 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Martha Blosser on 4 Mar 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Stephen married Lydia Keller on 18 Oct 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Hutchison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Delilia Derr on 23 Sep 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Emily married Smith McClandlish on 17 Nov 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Isaiah married Rhoda M. Alexander on 15 Nov 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaiah married Emma C. Graffis on 18 Apr 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Flora Ellen on 20 Mar 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Lillian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Biery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Byran. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bixler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gettig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on John R. Grove obtained from Beverly (Uhl) Shank, (P.
O.Box 6, Avilla, In 46710)

John married Mary Sroufe on 24 Jun 1847 in Putnam County, OH. Mary (daughter of David Sroufe and Rebecca Townsend) was born on 25 Aug 1825 in Champaign County, OH; died on 13 Jan 1892 in Putnam County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

30th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 30th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 24, 1861 under the command of Colonel Sion S. Bass.
The regiment was attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Kentucky, to November 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862.

Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6? 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6.

UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Overview:
Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City till March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

Service:
March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Fork March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.

Birth date calculated from death record information 73 y, 10 mo, 19 da. Elkhart County Death Record Bk. H-14, p. 27. Cause of death Valv. disof heart and locomator ataxia. Occupation Barber. PENSION RECORD FOR CIVIL WAR: Civil War Veteran. wesion for service as a private in Co. K 30th Regiment and County E 129th Regt. Indiana Vol. Infantry. (Certificate no. 336,978) Died Jan 31 1916, cause of death apoplexy (cerebral hemorage), had been nursed by relatives. Total bill for fune ral $110, $50 to be paid by county.
5/25 Casket $27.50 rough box 2.50 embalming 5.00 undertaking ser. 10.00 hearse 5.00
Total 50.00 Cerificate of disability states he enlisted at Fort Wayne, IN on the 24th day of Sep. 1861, to serve 3 years, he was born in Columbiana County Oh. He is 32 years of age, five feet, nine and one half inches high, dark com yrown? hair, occupation farmer. Discharged 19th June 1862 at Louisville, Ky, on account of "his having chronic Bronchitis and Lumbago, and has done no duty for 8 months." He was a member of Lieut. McGuire's Company. Re-enlisted County E , 129th Regt. Ind. Inf. Jan. 1 1864, at Kendallville, IN and was discharged at Charlotte, North Carolina, Aug. 29, 1865. County E. 129th Regt. Indiana Inf. enrolled Jan 1, 1864 to Aug 29, 1865. Age 35 years, 5 ft. 10 inches, dark complexion, haz el eyes, dark hair, born Columbiana County Oh, farmer. Held the rank of Pvt, Sgt. and Pvt. Rolls show present: Aug. 31, 1864, in Hospital Marietta, GA Oct. 31, 1864, In hospital at Jefferson County IN Dec. 31, 1864 in hospital
Aug. 17, 1864 to ? Diarrhoea
Aug 30 to Oct 1, 1864 Quotid int. fever, furloughed
Oct 1, 1864, ret'd Dec. 1 , 1864 Dec 1 to 5, 1864, spinal disease Dec. 6, 1864 to Jan 21, 1865 Lumgabo, ret'd to duty. 1850 census listed with father Levi, Sr.--age 21, Farmer, born in OH No 1860 census found 1870 Elkhart, Orpenter--40, born in OH 1880 Elkhart County, Olive twp., Wakarusa, Barber--age 53, Born in OH, father born inPA, mother born in PA















































































































































































30th Regiment Infantry History

Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 24, 1861. Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of t he Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland , to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 186 5. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.

SERVICE.--Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corin th, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky Octo ber 1-22. Near Clay Village October 4. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19. Reconnaissance to Lavergne Nov ember 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Duty at Whiteside, Ty ner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-Septembe r 3. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpki n Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's S tation, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2- 6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 20-November 3. Consolidated to a battalion of 7 companies October 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin Novembe r 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville until June. Moved t o New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas July, and duty at various points until November. Mustered out November 25, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 274 Enlisted men by disease. Total 412.





























































































































129th Regiment Infantry

Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City until March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Ar my Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 186 5, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville Ma y 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noy es Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station Se ptember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nash ville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-Apri l 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of John ston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.


Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about Levi B. Groves Name: Levi B. Groves Date: 7 Apr 1903 Location: Wakarusa Age: 73 yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: County Health Office, County Health Office Goshen Source Notes: The source of this recor d is the book H-20 on page 3 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.


Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Spouse Name: Permelia J. Swartz Marriage Date: 20 May 1866 Marriage County: Elkhart Source Title 1: Elkhart County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1 850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Gos Book: 2 OS Page: 472


1900 United States Federal Census about Levi B Grove Name: Levi B Grove [Lewis B Grove] Home in 1900: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 71 Birth Date: May 1829 Birthplace: Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Bir thplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Permelia J Marriage Year: 1866 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 34 Residence : Wakarusa Town, Elkhart, Indiana Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on pag e Household Members: Name Age Levi B Grove 71 Permelia J Grove 63 John Swartz 43 Vera Fields 10


1880 United States Federal Census about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1827 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Permilla Father's b irthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Barber Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: Name Age Levi B. Grove 53 Permilla Grove 43 Albert Swartz 24 Charity D. Grove 13 Hattie B. Grove 10 Charles B. Grove 8 Tete Leroy Grove 6


Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Death Place: Ohio Spouse: Nancy Murphy Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1852 Newspaper: Kalida Venture, Kalida, Ohio Newspaper Date: 18 Jun 1852 News paper Page: p. 3, col. 2 Newspaper Repository: Putnam County District Library; Putnam County District Library Notes: 1852 Entry - Marriage Announcement Library Link: 726848


American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Elkhart County, Indiana Enlistment Date: 24 Sep 1861 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 September 1861. Enlisted in Compan y K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Sep 1861. Discharged from Company K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 Jun 1862. Sources: 76


American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Wakarusa, Indiana Enlistment Date: 16 Jan 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 16 January 1864. Enlisted in Company E, 12 9th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 16 Jan 1864. Mustered Out Company E, 129th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 29 Aug 1865 at Charlotte, NC. Sources: 76


1850 United States Federal Census about Levi Groves Name: Levi Groves Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio Family Number: 59 Household Members: Name Ag e Levi Groves 53 Mary Groves 47 Levi Groves 21 Nancy Groves 19 Mary Groves 15 Stephen Groves 12 Elija Groves 5

From Wakarusa Tribune
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Early Wakarusa Barber's Photo Found
Descendants of Levi Grove came across these photos recently and shared them with the Tribune. The photo below shows Levi Grove sitting in a chair in front of his barbershop in Wakarusa.
The shop was located on the East side of North Elkhart Street. North of the Bank. While there is no sign, a striped Barber's Pole call be seen out in front of the shop.-
The family picture at left shows Levi & his wife Permilla in the front row, and in the back row their children (1-r) Leroy ("Tete"), Della, Hattie, and Charlie ("Charl'') Grove. The Picture is presumably taken at the side of the Barbershop tto have served as the family home.
Levi Grove was a Veteran of the Civil War, and first set up shop as a "Barber & Hairstylist" in Wakarusa in 1873. He passed away in 1902.
Thanks to Larry De Langhe for sharing these photos. He can be reached via e-mail at "ledel@kconline.com" for anyone who would like to have further information. or has information they would like to share concerning his ancestors.

Levi married Nancy Murphy on 10 Jun 1852 in Greensburg Twp., Putnam County, OH. Nancy (daughter of David Murphey and Susan Wing) was born on 13 Oct 1832 in Putnam County, OH; died on 20 Dec 1865 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Pletcher Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Permilia Pitts on 20 May 1866 in Elkhart County, IN. Permilia (daughter of John Pitts and Elizabeth) was born on 1 May 1837 in Locke Twp., Elkhart County, IN; died on 28 Jul 1916 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on NANCY JANE GROVE
Researched and written by Georgia Haines

Nancy Jane Grove?UAs birth location of Piqua, Ohio is not currently verified by official records, but rather is from information passed down through the family. Some censuses give her birthplace as Pennsylvania. In 1840 her father, Levi Grove, i s living in Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. In his household are listed the following:

Age less than five: 1 male (Probably Stephen, about age 2)

Ages five to ten: 1 male (Probably Levi, Jr. 2 females (Nancy would be 9 and Mary 5)

Ages ten to fifteen: 1 male and 1 female (Both unknown, however the male may be George Grove who appears in the 1850 census for Putnam County with wife Susannah, both age 23, and a son, John, age 6 months. Putnam county marriage records show Ge orge Grove married to Susan Eger April 5, 1848.)

Ages fifteen to twenty: 1 male (Probably John, about age 18)

Ages thirty to forty: 1 female (Probably Mary, age 37)

Ages forty to fifty: 1 male (Probably Levi, age 43)

This census gives only the name for the head of the household. The connections listed above are based on information in subsequent censuses.

Nancy is listed living with her parents, Levi and Mary Grove(s), two brothers and two sisters in the 1850 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio. This census report states her age as 19 and that she was born in Ohio. It also menti ons that she had been in school during the past year.

The 1860 census for Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Ohio, where she and her husband were then residing, reports that she was born in Pennsylvania. The 1860 census taker also reported that she could not read or write, and reported her age a s 27 which would have put her birth date at 1833 instead of 1831 which is the date in her obituary and on her gravestone.

The following is a quote from a letter written by Clela (One of Nancy Jane?UAs granddaughters) at age 83 to daughter, Georgia, on March 1, 1986 in which she related some recollections of her grandparents. This is unedited and copied as Clela wrot e it, except she used the hand written + symbol in place of the word "and".

"My grandma and grandpa Lammond I do remember they both died when I was 10 years old. My Mother used to take Carl and I and sometimes Arthur and go on a train to see them. They lived in Lawton Mi. My grandma couldn?UAt walk and grandpa used to c arry her from one room to another or out on the porch. One day my grandpa took me and grandma for a ride in a buggy. I was afraid of the horse. They had to get the buggy close to the porch, so as to get grandma into it. I guess I thought th e horse was going to climb onto the porch. Another thing I remember about her was that she sat in a chair by a window and smoked a pipe. It was a little clay pipe. My grandpa didn?UAt smoke. She used tobacco out of a little cloth bag. That?UA s one thing my grand or great grandchildren won?UAt remember me by."

Nancy married Cortland S. Lammond on 30 Sep 1852 in Putnam County Ohio. Cortland was born on 12 Aug 1831 in New York State; died on 6 Sep 1913 in Lawton, Michigan; was buried on 9 Sep 1913 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Mary married William C. CoffillPutnam County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Stephen Grove is obtained from Ansel and Mildred
Grove, of Defiance, OH (1992 address). He is the grandson of Stephen,
son of Levi Grove.

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Unmarried according to "Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank
Shepherd.

Notes:

Unmarried according to "History of Shepherd and Related Families",
by Frank Shepherd.

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Melangthan J. Crow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: George W. Hess. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aaron Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hettie Higgenbotham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Jeffreys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Coonley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leona married Horace Cornell Lemaster on 11 Feb 1882 in Putnam County, OH. Horace was born on 16 Apr 1861 in Putnam County, OH; died on 20 Dec 1910 in Putnam County, OH; was buried in Asa Varner Cem., Putnam County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Death Record Elkhart County Book 18, p. 34, died of cardio-vascular
Description by youngest daughter Mildred (Grove) Myers: He was a
fireman, worked at the sawmill, feedmill, and greenhouse, they were
run by steam. He was a nice old guy, played fiddle at square dances,
and the organ at church.
1880 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp., age 26, born in OH.
1900 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp., age 47, born in OH.
1910 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp.,age 56, born in OH,
father and mother born in OH, fireman at lumbermill.


1910 United States Federal Census
about David C Grove
Name: David C Grove
Age in 1910: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Ohio
Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
Spouse's name: Lydia C
Home in 1910: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
David C Grove 56
Lydia C Grove 52
Ray O Grove 10
Clyde E Grove 15
Martha E Grove 11
Mildred H Grove 5


1900 United States Federal Census
about David Grove
Name: David Grove
Home in 1900: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
Age: 47
Birth Date: May 1853
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Spouse's name: Lydia
Marriage Year: 1877
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 23
Residence : Wakarusa Town, Elkhart, Indiana
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
David Grove 47
Lydia Grove 41
Frank Grove 13
Ray Grove 11
Clyde Grove 5
Martha Grove 1
Myrtle Lefvre 21
Beulah Lefvre 1


1880 United States Federal Census
about David Grove
Name: David Grove
Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Lydia C.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Carpenter
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:
Household Members:
Name Age
David Grove 26
Lydia C. Grove 22
Myrtle L. B. Grove 1

1870 United States Federal Census
about David Groves
Name: David Groves
Birth Year: abt 1853
Age in 1870: 17
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Union, Elkhart, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: New Paris
Household Members:
Name Age
David Miller 53
Rachel Miller 53
Julia A Miller 17
Rachel Miller 15
Louisa Miller 13
Melinda Miller 11
David Groves 17

David married Lydia Catherine Pletcher on 31 May 1877 in Elkhart County, IN. Lydia (daughter of Jacob Pletcher, Jr. and Cyrene Dormeyer) was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 5 Sep 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Record Elkhart County Bk. 5, p. 77 Information taken from
Samuel Holdeman Family book

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Mary married William B. Holdeman on 22 Nov 1877 in Elkhart County, IN. William died on 4 Sep 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Marriage record in Elkhart County Record Book: Barbara A. Kronk
Bk. 5, p. 504 Julia L. Baylor Bk. 26, p. 80 Information on
children taken from Phyllis Hartman, grand-daughter of George
Grove--from family records.

George married Barbara Ann Kronk on 17 Feb 1881 in Elkhart County, IN. Barbara was born on 10 Apr 1861 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 28 Apr 1915 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Julia L. Baylor on 4 Oct 1916 in Elkhart County, IN. Julia was born on 16 Jun 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about Ida and Tobias Holdeman from John Holdeman book.

Family/Spouse: Tobias Holdeman. Tobias died on 19 Oct 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on family and children taken from grandson of Lilly
(Grove) Sheets, A. C. Sheets, 603 S. Spruce St., Villa Grove, IL 61956
(1992 address).

Nancy married Joseph Asa Sheets on 30 Sep 1888. Joseph was born on 30 Sep 1855 in Putnam County, OH; died on 2 Oct 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Record Elkhart County Book 6, p. 397

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Charity married William H. Kline on 26 Jul 1884 in Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Record, Elkhart County IN 7-70

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Harriett married George A. Fields on 26 Jun 1886 in Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage record, Elkhart County, IN 10-71 Death record, Elkhart County,
IN H 18-90

Charles married Matilda E. Netero on 2 Apr 1895 in Elkhart County, IN. Matilda was born in 1874; died on 7 Oct 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Record Elkhart County Book 11, p. 299

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Leonard married Cora Leeper on 10 Nov 1898 in Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Elizabeth Baxter about 1890. Elizabeth was born in 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

written by Georgia Haines

Samantha Harriet Lammond is believed to have been born in Saint Marys, Ohio in what is now Auglaize County. Her family, the family of Cortland and Nancy Lammond are named as residents of Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Buckeye Post Office i n the 1860 Ohio Census. The last name is not reproduced clearly, but it looks as though the spelling is Lemons, or possibly Lemond. Cortland is listed with an age of 29 and Nancy is listed with an age of 27. (Our family records show both of th em having been born the same year.) Three of their children, Levi, age 7, Samantha, age 3, and Alvaro, age 3 months, are also listed. It gives Cortland's occupation as that of "farmhand", and Nancy is indicated as not being able to read or wri te. It states that Cortland was born in New York and Nancy in Pennsylvania. According to some family sources, Nancy Jane was born in Piqua, Ohio.

Samantha was known as "Mattie" to her family and friends. A letter written by her to her husband, which was postmarked from Lawton, Mich. on Aug 11, 1886 is on file with her great granddaughter, Pamela Reddin Luttig and great great granddaughte r, Amber Luttig. She wrote the letter in print because her husband could not read script. It is addressed in her pretty longhand script to John H Williams, then in Leslie, Michigan. She, with her two small boys, Guy and Harry, and daughter, Add ie, then age nine, were visiting the Lammond family in Lawton. The letter does not give information that tells where she and John and the family were living at that time, but it may have been Hillsdale. He very likely was just working in Lesli e as there is no record of them having lived there. They traveled by train in those days. Here is her letter in its entirety as she wrote it. There are no periods in it, and it is printed in all capital letters except for the letter "i" and a n occasional "l". The only editing done on it is double spacing where it appears that a new sentence is starting. The 3 (3 dollars) was written like a script E.

Samantha's Letter to John:

"DEAR HUSBAND WE GOT HERE YESTERDAY AT NOON i FOUND COYS ALL RiTE
iT COSTE ME 50 CENTS FOR HACK IViNE NEW ME AS SOON AS SHE SEE ME WE
HAD AGOOD TiME THEY WANT US TO STOP WHEN WE COME BACK i CAN STARTE
HERE AT NOON AND GET HOME AT 5'OCLOCK WEARE HAViNG ANiCE TiME GUY
AND HARRY DRiVE THE HORSE AND HAVE A BIG TIME WE HAVE ALL THE BiG
YELLOW PEACHES WE CAN EAT THEY HAVE SHiPED all OF THARE EARLY
PEACHES THAT iS RiPE NOW THEM THAT HAS THEM GET 3 DOLLARS ABUSHEL FOR
THEM i Will COME HOME AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE MONEY YOU Will HAFT TO
SEND ME MONEY ENOGH TO GET ADDiE APAiR OF SHUES THE SOLE COME OF OF
ONE OF THEM AT JCKSON THEY WANT LASTE HER TO GET HOME SHE iS TO
PROUD TO GO BAREFOOTED SO GOODBYE FROM YOUR WiFE MATTi"

Another item of interest is a poem written (in longhand) about her baby that died at about age one, entitled "In Memory of Little Ray Williams". Pamela Reddin Luttig also has the original of this. The following is an unedited copy. Her poem:

In Memory of Little Ray Williams

How sad was the day
When our dear little Ray,
Was taken away,
Up in heaven to stay.

Oh, if he only could have said
How he suffered in his bed.
With upraised eyes and little head
Looking around the room and bed.

The hour of five had past
How plain we saw it was his last.

How pretty still he looked that hour.
And we done all that was in our power
To save our darling through that hour.
But Oh there was a greater power.

Some research notes:
1860 Census--Living in Putnam County, Greensburg Twp. OH with parents.
1870 Census--Living in Elkart County, Olive Twp Wakurusa, IN, age 12, with parents.
1880 census--Elkart Co, IN-- not found,husband John is listed with his parents.
1900 Census--at 147 Spring St., Hillsdale, MI with John, Harry, Arthur, and Carl

Samantha married John Henry Williams on 27 Nov 1875 in Elkhart County, Indiana. John was born on 30 Sep 1855 in Ohio; died on 7 Mar 1937 in Portland, MI; was buried in 1937 in Portland Cemetery, Portland, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Daniel Smeltzer on 26 Jan 1879 in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. Daniel was born on 28 Nov 1857 in Indiana; died on 14 May 1939 in Elkhart County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY
o Death site
Buried Oak Grove Cem, Lawton, MI
Stephen, a midget as an adult, lived with his parents until the death
of his father in Sept of 1913. He then lived with his sister, Ida Mae
Smeltzer in Wakarusa, IN until his deathabout 5 months after his
father's death. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Lawton, MI
beside his parents. Funeral held at the home of his brother, Levi.

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY
Died as an infant

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY