Family Studies of Brown County, Indiana
Compiled by
Kenneth J. Reeve and Helen H. Reeve
Part 1 ALDER - BRIGHT
# 1 ALDER, Latimer E. m. 1808 Catharine Silcott
1. Anderson Alder 1814-1882
2. Leonidas Alder 1818-1893
# 2 ALLEN, Andrew (1811 VA-1865)
m. Elizabeth Dixon (1822 - 1865)
1. Lucinda Allen 1842-
2. Mary Jane Allen 1844-1917
3. Emily Caroline Allen 1843-1919
4. Suzanne Josephine Allen
5. Jessie Newton Allen
6. Margaret E. Allen 1856-
7. Sophia Catharine Allen 1858-1942
8. William David Allen 1860-1936
# 3 ALLENDER, Thomas (1816 OH-1901 IN)
m. Armilia Hendry (1818 OH-1906 IN)
1. Mary Jane Allender 1842-1885
2. Anna Eliza Allender 1846-1933
3. Matilda Margaret Allender 1848-1928
4. John Allender 1849-1920
5. Thomas Henry Allender 1851-1938
6. George Allender 1853-
7. Sarah Allender 1858-1941
8. Emmor Allender 1862-1916
# 4 ANTHONY, Peter (1819 Swit - 1891 IN
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m. Mary Jane Meeks (1823 VA - 1893 IN)
1. John Anthony 1843-1915
2. William Christopher Anthony 1844-1896
3. Henry Anthony 1846-1921
4. Peter Anthony 1848-1888
5. Samuel Anthony 1849-1937
6. David Anthony 1852-1870
7. Charlotte Emaline Anthony 1855-1942
8. Mary Jenette Anthony 1857-1895
9. Arena Belle Anthony 1859-1882
10. Alice D. Anthony 1863-1879
# 5 ARTIS, John (1824 MD - 1917 IN) m. 1) Mollie Crow
22 pages.
1. Elizabeth Artis -1939
2. Hulda Jane Artis 1859- m. 2) Adeline (Swain) Love
3. Henry William Artis 1866-1934
4. Thomas Eli Artis 1857-1931
5. Sarah Artis 1869-
6. Martha Ann Artis 1874-1941
7. Barbara Artis 1872-
8. George W. Artis 1873-1960
9. Homer C. Artis 1875-
10. John William Artis 1878-1948
# 6 ARWINE, John S. = James Arwine (1799 PA-) m. Mary Martin
47 pages.
1. John S. Arwine 1824-1905
2. William H. Arwine 1827-
3. Daniel Arwin 1830-1887
4. Isaac Arwine 1833-1862
5. Catharine Arwine 1836-
6. Jesse Arwine 1838-
7. Enoch S. Arwine 1840-1899
8. James Nicholas Arwine 1842-1921
9. David L. Arwine 1848-
10. Thomas A. Arwine 1848-1878
# 7 AULT, James (1837 OH - ) m. Amanda Hedrick (1848 IN - )
1. Oscar Ault 1869-1935
2. Jane Ault 1870-1953
# 8 AULT, Valentine (1750 PA - ) m. Catharine
# 9 AXSOM, Samuel (1805 NC - 1892 IN)
m. Winnie Mathews (1810 NC - 1850 IN)
1. Hezekiah Axsom 1831-1921
2. Jospeh Axsom 1836-
3. Andrew Jackson Axsom 1841-1903
4. Alexander Axsom 1846-
5. Samuel Axsom 1848-1927 m. 2) Melvina Hall
6. William David Axsom 1852-1936
7. Jesse Axsom 1852-
8. Delila Axsom 1856-
9. Delitha Axsom 1858-
10. Mary Jane Axsom 1860-
11. Catharine Axsom 1863-1951
12. Martin Axsom 1865- 1921 m. 3) Anne Hedrick
13. Sampson Axsom 1885-1944
14. Wiley Axsom 1888-1961
# 10 AYERS, Edmund & Samuel
Edmund Ayers (1810 VA - aft 1880) m. ?
1. Samuel Ayers 1830-1912
2. Sarah Ayers 1834-
3. Elizabeth Ayers 1839-1925 m. 2) Dorcas Dotson
4. George Washington Ayers 1841-1908
5. Henry Ayers 1843-1908
6. James Ayers 1845-1924
7. John Ayers 1849-1912
8. Margaret E. Ayers 1854-1924
9. William H. Ayers 1857-
10. Cyrus H. Ayers 1859-
Samuel Ayers (1838 IN - 1912 IN) m. 1) Jemimah Hatton
1. John Ayers 1859-
2. Anna Ayers 1860-
3. Henry Ayers 1864-
4. Thomas Ayers 1857-
5. William Ayers 1870-
6. Mary E. Ayers 1872-
7. Samuel Ayers, Jr. 1878-
8. Cyrus Ayers 1882- m. 2) Rebecca J. Sowders
9. Lula Ann Ayers 1885-
10. Daniel Ayers 1889-
# 11 AYNES, Gabriel (1802 VA- 1868 IN)
m. Sarah ------ (1810 TN - 1853 IN)
38 pages.
1. Reuben Aynes 1824-
2. Drury Aynes 1826-
3. Nancy J. Aynes 1827-1874
4. Rebecca Aynes 1828-1891
5. William Joseph Aynes 1831-
6. Peter Aynes 1835-1881
7. John Aynes 1837-
8. James H. Aynes 1839-1905
9. Nathan Aynes 1840-
10. Hannah J. Aynes 1845-
11. Sarah J. Aynes 1845-
# 12 BALES, Aden (1780 VA - aft 1860)
m. Sarah ----- (1814 KY - aft 1870)
1. Uriah Bales 1833-
2. Alexander Bales 1833-
3. Elizabeth Bales 1836-
4. William Bales 1833-1893
5. Robert Bales 1844-1888
# 13 BARKER, Jesse (1831 OH - 1906 IN)
m. Mary Malissa Cooper ( 1833 WV - 1910 IN)
1. Louisa J. Barker 1854-1904
2. Viola Barker 1855-1932
3. Leoma Barker 1857-1927
4. Susanna Barker 1859-1901
5. James A. Barker1861-1942
6. Casabianca Barker 1863-1930
7. Weston William Barker 1866-
8. Claresa Barker 1865-
9. Bert Barker 1871-1942
10. Clara Alice Barker 1874-1945
11. Lucy A. Barker 1876-
# 14 BARKES, George (1812 OH - 1898)
m. Delilah Stuckey (1823 OH - 1921 IN)
1. David Barkes 1844-1927
2. Joseph Barkes 1846-1873
3. Isaac N. Barkes 1854-1936
4. Hannah E. Barkes 1855-1927
5. John H. Barkes 1858-1928
# 15 BARKHIMER, Samuel (1790 VA - 1868 IN)
m. Margaret ----- (1786 - 1855 IN)
1. Mary Lenora Barkhimer
2. Elizabeth Barkhimer 1809-
3. Rosanna Barkhimer 1813-1899
4. Sarah Barkhimer 1818-
5. Henry Barkhimer 1822-
# 16 BARTHOLOMEW, Eli (1810 OH - 1891 IN)
m. Memory Ann Fuller (1813 - 1873 IN)
1. Ira Bartholomew 1833-
2. Cyrus Bartholomew 1840-1913
3. John Bartholomew
4. Augustus B. Bartholomew ?-1864
5. Permelia A. Bartholomew 1845-
6. Harriet C. Bartholomew 1847-1929
# 17 BAY, James Harvey (1840 OH - 1902)
m. Nancy Jane Spiker (1842 OH - 1913 IN)
1. Lavina Elizabeth Bay 1865-
2. Mary Savilla Bay 1866-1959
3. David Harvey Bay 1969-1950
4. Louisa Jane Bay 1871-1950
5. Joseph A. Bay 1874-
6. William John Bay 1876-
7. James Richard Bay 1877-
8. Louis S. Bay 1880-1952
# 18 BEABOUT, Israel (1815 OH - 1865 IN)
m. Mary Beal (1819 - 1849)
1. Elizabeth Alma Beabout 1839-
2. Citizen Beabout 1841-1921
3. Bethan C. Beabout 1843-1892
4. Israel Leasenton Beabout 1841- m. Lucinda ? Zerdon
5. Wilbert Beabout 1850-1906
6. Freeman Beabout 1851-1914
7. John Beabout 1854-pr 1850
8. Sarah Jane Beabout 1855-1905
9. George W. Beabout 1856-1921
10. Charles Beabout 1859-
11. Elzoura Beabout 1861-1870
12. Leander Beabout 1863-1935
13. David Beabout 1865-
# 19 BEAVER, John (1903 PA - 1879 IN)
m. 2 Leah Spayd (1818 PA -)
1. George Washington Beaver 1845-1923
2. Emanuel E. Beaver 1845-
3. Jacob Beaver 1846-1934
4. William Beaver 1849-
5. Sarah Beaver 1853-
6. Aaron Beaver 1854-
7. David Marion Beaver 1856-1899
# 20 BECK Families: Michael Beck m. Margaret Daniels
43 pages.
1. David Beck 1796-1856
2. John Beck 1805-1873
3. Michael Beck 1810-1891
# 21 BERRY, John H. (1819 PA - 1910 IN)
m. Rachel Adams (1821 PA - 1893 IN)
1. Nancy Jane Berry 1852-1921
2. John A, Berry 1853-1899
3. William Sherwood Berry 1856-
4. Daviel Webster Berry 1859-1921 1
# 22 BIRD, Henry (1804 VA -) m. 1) Unknown
1. Vardiman Bird 1829-1891
2. William Bird 1833-
3. Ambrose Bird 1834-
4. Mary Bird 1836- m. 2) Matilda Cobb
5. Hannah Bird 1839-
6. Henry Bird 1844-1917
7. Matilda Bird 1845-
8. Ralph H. Bird 1849-
# 23 BLANEY, Mathew ( 1826 - aft 1910)
m. 1) Elizabeth Nicholson (1840 OH - pr 1863 IN)
1. Joseph Clarkson Blaney 1854-1940 m. 2) Nancy J. Moore
2. Lemuel M. Blaney 1864-1938
3. Annie E. Blaney 1866-1900
4. William Ervin Blaney 1869-1944
5. Catharine E. Blaney 1872-
6. Mary M. Blaney 1874-1907
# 24 BOHALL, Joseph (1793 NY-1873 IN)
m. Sarah MILSTID (1800-1854)
1. George David Bohall 1819-1897
# 25 BRADLEY, Jeremiah m. Martha Lute (1780 PA - 1882 IN)
1. David Bradley
2. Mary Bradley 1812-1892
3. Joseph Bradley
4. Mariah Bradley 1820-
5. Levi R. Bradley 1815-
6. Susanna Bradley
# 26 BRANAMAN, Peter (1821 PA - 1865 IN) m. Elizabeth Henry
1. Caroline D. A. Branaman 1837-1907
2. Sophia Branaman 1840-1879
3. Levi Branaman 1841-
# 27 BRAND, Johnson (1819 OH/VA - 1884 IN)
m. Margaret A. Ball ( 1825 OH - 1914 IN)
1. Isaac Brand 1841-1905
2. Peter Brand 1843-1913
3. Mary Elizabeth Brand 1846-1910
4. Nancy Brand 1849-
5. Eliza Brand 1852-
# 28 BREEDLOVE, John A. (1810 KY - ) m. 1) ? Cynthia Mitchner
1. Thomas Breedlove 1834- m. 2) Orinda Followell
2. William R. Breedlove 1837 IN-
3. Albert M. Breedlove 1849 IN-
ALSO BREEDLOVE, Thomas (1815 KY - 1877 IN)
1. Prisclla Breedlove 183?-
2. Elizabeth Breedlove 1843-
3. John A. Breedlove 1845-
4. Mary E. Breedlove 1846-
5. Letitia Breedlove 1849-1887
6. Thomas Breedlove 1850-
7. Theodore Breedlove 1853-1932
8. William M. Breedlove 1855-
9. Lorenzo D. Breedlove 1854-1932
10. Lucinda Breedlove 1859-
# 29 BRIDGEWATER, John H. (1868 IN - 1941 IN)
m. Nancy Mobley ( 1871 IN - 1914 IN)
1. Marion Jeff Bridgewater 1889-
2. Charles LeRoy Bridgewater 1893-1968
3. Luteshia Jane Bridgewater 1898-1958
4. Anna G. Bridgewater 1904-1922
5. Grace Mae Bridgewater 1906-1975
6. Letha Fern Bridgewater 1909-1995
7. Ada Alice Bridgewater 1912-1986
# 30 BRIDGEWATER, Joseph (1800 IN - 1881 IN)
m. 1) Frances Fisher (1790 PA - 1856 IN)
1. Rebecca Jane Bridgewater 1824-1854
2. Levi Bridgewater 1824-1913
3. Wafford W. Bridgewater 1826-
4. Elizabeth Ann Bridgewater 1827-1864
5. Deborah Jane Bridgewater 1832-1909
6. Mary Ann Bridgewater 1834-
# 31 BRIGHT, Thornton (1805 OH - 1888 IN)
m. Mary Frail (1807 VA - 1887 IN)
1. John Femmon Bright 1825-1916
2. Curtis Bright 1828-1905
3. William Costen Bright 1830-1902
4. Jane Bright 1835-1915
5. Thornton Flemmon Bright, Jr. 1836-1864
6. Susanna Louisiana Bright 1840-1925
7. James Bright 1846-
8. Lewis Henry Bright 1847-1930