Ruelma Row
Ruelma
Row born 1818 Chilocothe, Ohio died
Sept. 17, 1885 in Dayton,
Tippecanoe County, Indiana. We
do not know who her parents are
but
on the back of her picture is
written granddaughter of Chief
Joseph
Brant
of the Mohawk Indians. Her
father was a scout for Mad Anthony
Wayne
at the Battle of Falling
Timbers. The first record we
have of her
in Tippecanoe County is her marriage
record May 5, 1842; she married
Ingham Starkey. They lived in
Wyandott and in the Dayton
Area.
She had three children: Harriet
Starkey (married Daniel Cole), John
Starkey
(died in Civil War) and Mary
Elizabeth (married Dave
Clark).
Ingham
died Dec. 24, 1853 and was buried in
Dayton Cemetery. She
remarried Peter
Barnhart around 1860.
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