Decedent Name | Book & Page | Date of Will | Date Filed | Executor | Heirs/Relatives Mentioned in Will | Comments |
Bailey, Seth | B 108-109 | Feb. 9, 1869 | March 20, 1869 | Hiram Hervey | sons Grover S., Abner, Chancy A. and Azeriah S.; daughters Olive L. Jerman, Salley E. Hammond, Julett Hervey, Hester M. Reed, Jane S. Cook, Catharine F. Devinia and Phebe C. Cusick; Grove B. Cusick, son of daughter Phebe | |
Baker, Samuel | B 412-414 | July 16, 1879 | Dec. 16, 1879 | not stated | son Samuel P.; daughters Belinda, Maggie, Susannah and Emma Jane; Maggie Ritchie, daughter of daughter Belinda | |
Banks, Jane | B 535-536 | Feb. 26, 1883 | Jan. 28, 1884 | Isaac B. Arnold | children | |
Barber, Mary A. | B 383 | April 12, 1878 | Feb. 24, 1879 | Daniel M. Barber | son Daniel M. | |
Barkus, Henry | A 31-33 | April 4, 1849 | May 2, 1849 | Richard Corbaley and John Parks | widow Anna; sons Bartlett V., Alfred; Mary Ann Cruzan; Rhoda, Daniel and Lydia Barkus | |
Barringer, Andrew | B 298-299 | Nov. 17, 1876 | Dec. 18, 1876 | David Clingerman | son David; daughter Mary Mooney | |
Barth, Mary B. | C 465-467 | Sept. 1, 1894 | Feb. 13, 1896 | Anna Fox | brother John A. Barth; sisters Louisa H. Barth and Caroline Schaub; nieces Dora Fox (Fuschs) and Anna Fox; Elizabeth Fisher; Catherine Youtman | |
Bartholomew, Noah | C 111-112 | May 13, 1886; undated | March 8, 1890 | not stated | widow; daughter Lucy | will and codicil |
Bashford, Sarah A. | B 270-272 | March 3, 1876 | March 14, 1876 | Jacob Beyler | daughter Amanda Imus; Elon and Harmon Imus, children of daughter Amanda Imus | |
Bearss, Ephraim | B 455-460 | Dec. 28, 1878; March 26, 1881 | May 27, 1881 | Daniel R. Bearss | widow Rebecca; son Daniel R.; daughters Esther Johnson and Cyntha Hills; Frank Bearss, son of son William; daughter-in-law Rhoda A. | will and codicil |
Beattie, James | A 8-10 | Oct. 16, 1839 | Nov. 12, 1839 | John Gibson and Robert T. Beattie | sons Robert T. and Samuel; daughter Eliza Cunningham; father William; mother Elizabeth; son of Robert T. Beattie | |
Bechtol, Abraham P. | C 23-24 | Oct. 28, 1887 | May 19, 1888 | not stated | son Samuel; daughter Elizabeth; grandchildren Carrie A., William and Ervard Bechtol | |
Beeber, Sarah M. | B 453-454 | Feb. 19, 1881 | March 19, 1881 | James M. Beeber | widower James M.; daughters Mary Elizabeth and Clara Favell Beeber | |
Beiler, Rebecca | C 457-459 | Oct. 5, 1889 | Dec. 30, 1895 | John R. Detrich | sons Jacob and John; daughters Anna Seiler (wife of Chris) and Elizabeth Weis (wife of Henry); Edward Zimmer, son of deceased daughter Sarah Zimmer (and widower George) | |
Belangee, John | B 28-29 | June 20, 1861 | Jan. 24, 1866 | not stated | widow Emily J.; son Enoch; daughters Charlotte Kidwell, Sophia Loveless, Maria Elliott and Phebe Cutshaw | |
Bender, Andrew | C 271-273 | June 24, 1884 | May 27, 1892 | not stated | widow Martha; sons Joseph, Adam, Andrew and William; daughters Mary Eva, Helena and Magdalena; heirs of son Lorentz; Ft. Wayne diocese | |
Benner, Michael | C 78-80 | Dec. 15, 1880 | July 20, 1889 | not stated | widow Hannah; sons John, Joseph and Daniel; daughters Sarah Mancer, Louise Ulery, (wife of Jesse) and Lovina ulery (wife of George); children of deceased son Samuel; Samuel, Aaron, Martin, Ellen and Hannah, children of deceased daughter Mary Asper (widow of deceased Abram) | |
Bennett, Joshua W. | B 311-313 | Jan. 30, 1872; Feb. 6, 1877 | Feb. 22, 1877 | Franklin M. Orr | widow Sarah H. | will and codicil |
Benson, Silas | B 466-468 | July 4, 1864 | June 10, 1881 | Fiana Burson | widow and second wife Fiana; son Lemuel; daughters Laura and Eura, daughters of Fiana; other children | |
Bentz, Lucy E. | B 643-644 | Jan. 1, 1885 | July 5, 1887 | Robert Railsback | stepchildren; deceased husband Jonathan P. | |
Berg, Charles | B 328-330 | May 7, 1877 | May 22, 1877 | John Whitmer | widow Catharine; son John; daughter Clarah | |
Bergener, John | C 462-464 | March 13, 1880 | Jan. 15, 1896 | not stated | widow | |
Bergener, Susan | C 463 | March 13, 1880 | not filed | not stated | widower | |
Berger, Henry | C 580-581 | Oct. 31, 1892 | April 18, 1899 | not stated | widow Sophiah; sons Henry, Jacob, George, Charles and John; daughters Catharine Walmer, Elizabeth Lasier and Matilda Berger; son-in-law August Zelmer | |
Berger, Samuel | B 630-632 | April 2, 1887 | April 12, 1887 | not stated | widow Leah; sons Daniel, William, Noah, Jonathan, Samuel and Benjamin ; daughters Catharine Thayer, Jane Whitinger, Harriet Taylor and Nancy Reynolds; Allison, Mary, Elmore, Mina and Charles, children of Lavina Crum; Lizzie, Mintia, Gertie, Eddie and "the baby", children of Mary Shoup | |
Berkey, Gertrude | C 83-84 | June 29, 1875 | Aug. 13, 1888 | not stated | son Jacob; deceased husband | |
Berkey, Joseph H. | C 235-237 | Dec. 17, 1891 | Jan. 18, 1892 | James Berkey | widow Laura E.; children Zadie M., Beaufort M., Ora S., Arvilla D., Madge S. and Fraussanna D.; James Berkey | |
Berkey, Joseph H. | C 238 | N/A | Jan. 18, 1892 | N/A | widow Laura E. | election to take under the law |
Berry, Isaac | B 662-664 | Nov. 12, 1887 | Dec. 2, 1887 | Robert W. Berry | widow; son Robert W.; other sons; daughters; granddaughter Julia A. Berry | |
Beyler, Adam | B 658-569 | March 24, 1886 | Nov. 22, 1887 | not stated | widow Elizabeth; sons Valentine and Philip; daughter Salinda Laudeman, Catharine Appel and Lizzie Zimmer | |
Biehl, Mary | C 333-334 | Oct. 13, 1891 | July 12, 1893 | not stated | son Charles; daughter Mary and Caroline Hoople | |
Bitting, Charles | B 264-266 | May 8, 1875 | Feb. 7, 1876 | Lewis, Solomon and Joshua Bitting | sons Joshua, Lewis, Solomon, Charles and Daniel; grandson Arville Bitting; daughter of son Joshua | |
Blain, Sarah | B 553-555 | March 29, 1884 | Dec. 6, 1884 | M. A. O. Packard | sons Jerry, John; daughters Phoebe Cooper, Sarah Woodrow, Emma Alleman; grandsons Clement, Gideon Blain; daughters-in-law Eva and Olive | |
Blake, James | C 427-429 | Jan. 12, 1894 | April 17, 1895 | Thomas N. Blake | widow Caroline; son Thomas N.; daughters Melissa A. Stoops and Meary T. Ritgus | |
Blake, James | C 438 | N/A | June 19, 1895 | N/A | widow Caroline | election to take under the will |
Bland, Arthur | C 379-381 | Feb. 1, 1892 | April 25, 1894 | James Biggs and Samuel Keller | widow Lucinda; James and Allen Bland and their three sisters, one possibly named Deniza, children of deceased brother James; Edward, Wesley and James Bland, sons of deceased brother Robert; Charles, Jane, Kitty and Lu Bland, children of brother Alexander (and wife Elizabeth); J. W. Hutchinson and Mrs. Stone, children of deceased sister Ellen Hutchinson; niece Ellen Keller (wife of Samuel); James and Stephen Biggs and Sarah Clark, siblings of wife Lucinda; | |
Bondurant, Martha | B 37-38 | June 14, 1861 | March 27, 1866 | Hercules A. Bondurant | sons Edward J., Noah S. and Hercules A.; daughter Mary Ann Wise; child of daughter Elizabeth Copeland; two children of deceased son Samuel C.; two children of Thomas Bondurant | |
Borton, Amos O. | B 275-277 | May 17, 1876 | June 12, 1876 | Mary C. Borton | widow Mary C.; sons Fred S., Chester C. and T. Ernest; Louisa A. Borton | |
Bowman, Daniel | B 653-654 | Aug. 7, 1886 | Oct. 26. 1887 | not stated | widow Lucinda; son Hiram F.; daughters Alice Matchett, (wife of James H.) and Florence Shakes (wife of Calvin M.) | |
Boyce, George W. | B 566-568 | Jan. 30, 1885 | March 30, 1885 | David Boyde | widow Mary A.; sons David, Elias, Asher V. and Marion; daughter Elmira Nichols | |
Boyd, Jennie C. | B 628-629 | March 19, 1887 | March 31, 1887 | not stated | stepdaughter Laura E. Boyd | |
Boyd, Mary | B 309-311 | Sept. 28, 1874 | Feb. 20, 1877 | Stephen Ross and William H. H. Hower | brothers Stephen, Daniel H. and Lemmon M. Ross; sister Ann E. Reed | |
Boyer, Philip | A 206 | not stated | Oct. 13, 1869 | not stated | widow Karolina | |
Brakel, Minnie | C 582-583 | Feb. 18, 1897 | May 3, 1899 | not stated | son Lewis R. "Dick"; daughters Mary Scott and Cornelia Brakel | |
Brewer, Henry | B 120-121 | May 4, 1869 | June 26, 1869 | not stated | widow Sarah Elizabeth; son Harrison C.; daughters Catharine J. and Flora A. | |
Brewer, Solomon | B 81-82 | June 24, 1867 | Nov. 28, 1867 | James Brooks and Josiah Brewer | daughters Sally Jane, Mary P., Margaret Ann and Harriet Sophia | |
Briggs, Mary Ann | C 413-414 | April 16, 1894 | Dec. 8, 1894 | L. M. Lauer | brother J. T. Crippen | |
Brown, Charles | B 198-200 | Aug. 15, 1872 | Sept. 11, 1872 | William Railsback | widow Lucy; son Sylvennus; daughters Melissa Railsback (wife of William), Matilda Schultz, Salla Deemer, Keziah Newhouse, Lucy Hand; Charles E., Mary and Frances Newhouse, children of deceased daughter Lucetta Newhouse | |
Brown, Daniel | A 188-191 | Dec. 30, 1858 | Feb. 22, 1861 | Thomas L. Brown and James Moore | son Thomas L.; daughters Martha Jane and Sally Hunt Brown; grandsons William Wallace Brown, John Brown Moore and Willie Dexter Moore; granddaughters Clara May Brown and Mary Lucy Moore | |
Brown, Hugh A. | C 32-33 | Nov. 21, 1887 | July 16, 1888 | Anne L. Brown and Charles H. Reeve | widow Anne L.; children of former wife: son Charles S. and daughter Mary, living with their mother; mother Mary E. | |
Brown, James M. | B 293-295 | Sept. 26, 1876 | Nov. 21, 1876 | Christena Brown and James O. Parks | widow Christena; sons John, James and Franklin; daughters Mary Ellen, Clara Emma, Christena, Sara Etta and Ida Poella Brown | |
Brown, John | B 79-80 | not stated | Nov. 5, 1867 | not stated | widow Matilda | |
Brown, Mary E. | C 460-461 | Dec. 28, 1895 | Jan. 7, 1896 | Charles W. Crum | daughter Ruth C.; Nancy Reynolds | |
Brown, Sally H. | B 1-2 | June 8, 1863 | Jan. 9, 1864 | Martha Jane Brown | sister Martha Jane Brown; William Wallace Brown and Clara May Brown, children of deceased brother William Brown; Amanda Rauk, sister-in-law of Stephen White; deceased father Daniel Brown | |
Brownlee, Hugh | C 561-562 | Sept. 2, 1891 | Nov. 17, 1898 | Mary Brownlee | widow Mary | |
Bryant, Lavina | C 168-169 | Dec. 9, 1890 | Jan. 15, 1891 | John J. Bryant | widower John J.; grandson John A. Kizer; Cesesta J. Watt; deceased daughter Mary; another deceased daughter | |
Buck, Chester | B 176-179 | March 10, 1862; Dec. 15, 1864 | Feb. 26, 1872 | Ira Buck | widow Sarah; son Chester Coval Buck; daughters Mary Castleman, Juliet Wood, Wealthy A. Kinney, Martha Royce, Eliza Strobeck, Sarah Hinckley and Cornelia Johnson; brother Ira Buck | will and codicil |
Bunnell, Stephen | B 363-364 | July 12, 1875 | Jan. 31, 1878 | Stephen M. Bishop and William H. Bunnell | sons William H., Carey J., James F. and George B.; daughters Caroline A. Bishop and Margaret A. Porter; children of daughter Jane E. Bishop; Florinda and children of daughter Harriet Houslen | |
Burch, George W. | C 165-167 | Dec. 8, 1887 | Feb. 7, 1888 | Mary M. Burch | widow Mary M.; First Bapt. Church, Warsaw | |
Burch, Henry B. | B 611-612 | July 17, 1886 | Nov. 22, 1886 | Susan Burch | widow Susan; sons William and George W.; daughter Evaline Iden | |
Burch, William | C 7-9 | Dec. 25, 1886 | Jan. 17, 1888 | Lucina Burch | widow Lucina; mother Susan | |
Burden, Joseph | C 368-369 | Jan. 2, 1894 | Jan. 20, 1894 | Levi Artz | widow Mary S.; son Joseph E.; daughters Alice C. Sigriest and Eva E. Burden | |
Burden, Joseph | C 370 | N/A | Jan. 31, 1894 | N/A | widow Mary Susan | election to take under the law |
Burgener, Peter | C 65-77 | undated; Oct. 26, 1885 | April 20, 1889 | not stated | widow; son John; daughter Elizabeth; other children; Mission Soc. of Evan. Assoc, Cleveland | will and codicil, both written in German |
Burkholder, Lydia | C 231-232 | April 19, 1886 | Nov. 20, 1891 | Moses Burkholder | widower; Jacob and Barbara Hersberger, children of Abraham Hersberger; Sarah Christner; Mary Troyer (wife of John); Barbara Troyer (wife of Samuel); Mary Troyer (wife of Jerry); Moses Burkholder, trustee for Amish Church Society | |
Burnside, John | C 436-437 | May 9, 1895 | June 13, 1895 | James McKesson | widow Nancy; son Elam; William and Joseph Burnside; Eliza Sheatsly; Lucinda and Abigil Akins; Annie McKesson; Dora Nisely; Cora Lemert | |
Busenburg, David | B 337-338 | May 24, 1875 | June 18, 1877 | Peter Busenburg and Simeon Blue | widow; son Peter; other children | |
Butler, Eliza Jane | C 482 | May 21, 1892 | Aug. 7, 1896 | not stated | widower Isaac; sons Benjamine B., Thomas J. and John C.; daughters Margaret Phillips, Sally Kane, Elizabeth Shaw and Carry Butler | |
Butler, Isaac | C 481 | May 21, 1892 | Aug. 7, 1896 | not stated | widow Eliza Jane; sons Benjame B., Thomas J. and John C.; daughters Margaret Phillips, Sally Kane and Elizabeth Shaw | |