The Virginia Settlement
 or The Four Mile 
Church of the Brethren

 

        By Rev. Merle C. Rummel

 

Allen    Brown    Crawford    Cunningham    Gaby    McCarty

 


 

                             ALLEN

A1

JOHN ALLEN               1/m

b. 1/19/1801  Rockbridge Co. VA

d. 7/23/1886  Union Co. IN

bur: Lybrook Cemetery

                         2/m              Martha Elliot

                                          b. 12/30/1800           VA

                                          d. 10/20/1890  Union Co. IN

                                          bur: Lybrook Cemetery

                                          d. 9 days before Meg

blacksmith: shop on Boston Pike, north end of Nine Mile road

1833 ‑Darke Co. OH

1835 ‑Union Co. IN

ch:

       Joseph  (1826‑         m. c1848, Nancy

       William  (1827‑1900)   m.        Martha Pentecost

       Margaret  (1830‑1890)  nm

       Sarah A  (1838‑1892)   nm

M3116  Mary  (1839‑1900)      m. 1864, Daniel Moss        Union Co. IN

       John M (1840‑          m. 1876, Martha Lybrook (L1447) Wichita KS

       James  (1841‑          m.       Jenny Conley       Union Co. IN

       Hugh  (1843‑           m. 1881, Mary A Bowman      Hagerstown, IN

       Rebecca (1845‑1873)   died of nosebleed


                             BROWN

B2

WILLIAM BROWN             m.              Sarah Guffy

b.             VA                         b. 1757       Arbemarle Co. VA

d. 1847                                   d. 11/5/1860  Union Co. IN

bur: Sims Cemetery, Union Co. IN          bur: Sims Cemetery

                                          f. Henry Guffy

1805 ‑Franklin Co. IN, first land grant, Union Co. Center twp

     ‑to Harmony Twp

ch:

B21  William                m. 1809, Eve Kingery        Union Co. IN

     Nancy  (1781‑          m.       Michael Taylor     Union Co. IN

B23  Henry  (1793‑1848)     m. 1820, Susanna Witter     Union Co. IN

W13  Mary  (1794‑1857)      m. 1820, Samuel Witter      Preble Co. OH

R43  Letitia  (1795‑1832)   m. 1817, Jacob Ridenour     Cincinnati, OH

 

 

B21

WILLIAM BROWN             m. 11/3/1809    Eva Kingery             (K1C)

b.                VA                      b. 1791

                                          d. 1871

 

f. William Brown                          f. Jacob Kingery

m. Sarah Guffy                            m. Franky

                          m. Preble Co. OH

lived Union Co. IN, Harmony twp; 1 mile north of Fairfield

Eva possibly called "Polly"

ch:

     Jacob  (1810‑

     Henry  (1812‑

B213 William  (1813‑1896) m. 1837, Amy Hatfield         LaBette Co. KS

     Merab  (1815‑1872)   m.            Librens?

     Malinda  (1817‑

     Francis  (1819‑1857) m.       Lydia Hughes

     Calperna (1820‑

     Fanny  (1827‑        m.       Joe McCann           LaBette Co. KS

     Richard (1829‑       m.       Rachel Maze

     Benjamin  (1832‑

     Josiah  (1834‑

     Isaac  (1836‑1837)

     Samuel  (1838‑

 

 

B23

HENRY BROWN               m. 1818         Susannah Witter         (W17)

b. 1/11/1792         VA                   b. 1795           PA

d. 1848      Union Co. IN                 d. 1878  Preble Co. OH

bur: Keffer Cemetery                      bur: Keffer Cemetery

f. William Brown                          f. Christopher Witter

m. Sarah Guffy                            m. Mary Ulrey

lived Union Co. IN, Union twp; NE corner Velocipede and Stone Roads

     about 2 mile south of Keffer Cemetery

ch:

      Jeptha  (1820‑1895)   nm

      George  (1822‑1873)  1/m 1849, Harriet Tucker     Portland, OR

                           2/m       Matilda Rose  (see W183)

      Maria  (1823‑         m. 1843, Wilson Cline       Iowa

B234  Hiram  (1827‑1886)    m. 1856, Phoebe Miller      Champaign Co. IL

      Sabina  (1829‑1883)   m. 1850, Wesley Harrison    Preble Co. OH

      Benjamin (1832‑       m. 1856, Sarah Haworth

      Mary  (1833‑1917)     m. 1871, Caleb Nutt         Union Co. IN

      Finley  (1835‑1916)   m. 1867, Rachel Bonner      Montgomery Co KS

      Everton  (1840‑1913)  m.       Emmeline Pentecost Clinton Co. OH

      Phoebe  (1841‑

      William  (1842‑

      Sarah  (1842‑

      Joseph  (1845‑

 

 

B213

WILLIAM BROWN             m. 8/31/1837    Amy Hatfield

b. 12/13/1813  Union Co. IN               b. 1/28/1815  Greene Co. OH

d. 6/18/1896   LaBette Co. KS             d. 6/20/1889  LaBette Co. KS

 

f. William Brown

m. Eva Kingery

                          m. Union Co. IN

lived Union Co. IN, Harmony twp

1877 ‑LaBette Co. KS

     lost considerable money in Financial Crash/repaid every penny

ch:

     Sarah  (1838‑1884)     m.       Henry Hollingsworth

     Malinda  (1840‑1846)

     James  (1842‑1910)     m.

     Theodore  (1843‑1928)  m.       Drucilla

     Mary  (1845‑1874)      m.       S.F. Conrad

     William H (1847‑

     Margaret (1849‑1935)   m.            Logan         Cincinnati, OH

     Abraham  (1851‑1932)   m.       Gora               Long Beach, CA

     Amy  (1854‑            m.             Masters      Muncie, IN

     Charles  (1856‑1936)   m. 1881, Emma North         Kansas City, KS

     Emma  (1860‑           m.             Stevens      ?Parsons, KS

 

B234

HIRAM BROWN              1/m 11/23/1856   Phebe Ann Miller       (M1491)

b. 2/2/1827  Union Co. IN                 b. 8/3/1838  Union Co. IN

d. 1886                                   d. 1868      Union Co. IN

 

f. Henry Brown                            f. Abraham Miller

m. Susannah Witter                        m. Susannah Lybrook

                           m. Union Co. IN

                         2/m

ch:

     Ollie  (1860‑19496)    m. 1888, Calaeb Smith

                       (raised by Leander Miller)

     Clement                                            Bushtown, IL

     William                                            Shelbyville, IL

     Lauri May (1866‑1927)  m. 1902, William Kincaid

                       (raised by Mary Nutt)

     Charles

     Nube


                             CRAWFORD

C1

WILLIAM CRAWFORD          m. 1/1789       Isabella McClure

b. 1759             VA                    b. 1769      Rockbridge Co. VA

d. 1814  Franklin Co. IN                  d. 4/2/1843  Union Co. IN

bur: Crawford Cemetery, Union Co. IN      bur: Crawford Cemetery

f. James Crawford                         f. Halbert McClure

m. Elizabeth Robertson                    m. Mary Henderson

                          m. Franklin Co. VA

Revolutionary War

1803 ‑Indiana Territory                   sis of Phebe Miller (M14)

  farm ‑2 miles south of College Corner   h‑sis of Sarah Miller (M16)

(Long John Hanna ‑4 sons of/f. Joseph Hanna)

ch:  (12)

     James                                              ?Putnam Co. IN

L15  Elizabeth              m.       Jacob Lybrook

     Mary                   m.       Samuel Hanna

     Eleanor                m.       James Hanna

     Phebe  (1796‑          m. 1819, William Hanna      Dunlapsville, IN

M161 Ann                    m.       Jacob Miller       LaPorte Co. IN

     Sarah                  m.       John Hanna

     Maria       ‑1837)     m.       John Shultz        Union Co. IN

E15  Martha  (1809‑         m.       Samuel Eikenberry  Plattsmouth, NB

C1A  Rebecca  (1810‑        m. 1827, Thomas Wolverton   Parke Co. IN

     Isabella  (1814‑

 

C!A

REBECCA CRAWFORD          m. 3/1/1827     Thomas Wolverton

b. 12/6/1810  Franklin Co. IN             b. 1794            PA

                                          d. 1848  Parke Co. IN

f. William Crawford

m. Isabella McClure

1820 ‑Parke Co. IN, Union Twp

ch:

     John  (1832‑

     Eleanor  (1838‑

     William  (1841‑

     James  (1842‑          m. 1869, Nancy Brubeck

     Elizabeth (1848‑


CUNNINGHAM

C2

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM        m.              Elizabeth Zolman

b. 1770                                   b. 1/6/1785

d. 1840                                   d. 3/16/1881

bur: Lybrook Cemetery                     bur: Lybrook Cemetery

 

farm; Nine Mile road, Landis/Shiedler farm

farm ‑Preble Co. OH, Dixon twp  (1870‑ Elizabeth living there)

ch:

     Thomas  (1821‑1860)    m.       Sarah           LaPorte/Union Co

L143 Elizabeth (1823‑1894)  m. 1837, William Lybrook    Preble Co. OH    

L151 Jane  (11825‑1893)     m. 1844, Baltzer Lybrook    Union Co. IN

     Henry  (1828‑

     James

     Alexander  (1832‑      m. 1860, Rebecca

     Madison  (1834‑1880

     Margaret


                             GABY

C5

JOHN GABY                                 Hannah

b. c1781                                  b. c1779

d. c1835   Fayette Co. IN                 d. c1845

 

not brother of Susannah Gaby Fiant

ca 1813 ‑lived Union Co. line, west of Brownsville

moved to Fayette Co. with Fiants

Hannah lived with Susannah after death of John

1820 Census shows 1 son, 7 dau

ch:  (known)

C52  Susannah (1802‑1883)   m. 1825, Richard Strong MD  Fayette Co. IN

     Lydia  (c1804‑         m. 1821, David Stevenson

     Rachel (c1808‑         m. 1829, Henry Hubbard

 

C52

SUSANNAH GABY             m. 9/25/1825    Richard Strong

b. 7/9/1802                               b. 6/15/1790

d. 11/19/1883  Fayette Co. IN             d. 2/15/1848  Fayette Co. IN

bur: Strong Cemetery on family farm       bur: Strong Cemetery

f. John Gaby

m. Hannah

Richard was medical doctor

lived Fayette Co. IN, Waterloo twp, east of Fiants

ch:

     Lydia

     Delila                 m. 1844, Jacob Price

     Wilson  (1830‑1886)    m. c1853 Eliza Fiant (B91)  Brownsville, IN

     Rachel  (1833‑         m. 1859, Charles H. Hamilton

     Melinda (1833‑

     John  (1836‑

     Catherine  (1837‑

     Henrietta  (1840‑1852)

     Henry  (1841‑

     Susan  (1842‑

     Elizabeth (1845‑

     Nancy  (1848‑


                             McCARTY

M4

JOSEPH McCARTY            m.              Mary Surface

b. 8/1810         OH                      b. 1816          OH

d. 1877     Hamilton Co. IN               d.          Hamilton Co. IN

bur: Church of the Brethren, Arcadia, IN  bur: Arcadia, IN

f. ?Enoch J. McCarty

m. Elizabeth Williams

stepfather: Samuel Kingery  (K19)

minister/Four Mile

     lived south of Upper Four Mile Church, on west side of Nine Mile rd

1850 ‑Old Stoney Creek Church, Hamilton Co. IN

     farm, Arcadia: 1 mile north, 6 miles west

     water grist mill

had 12 children, raised 3 orphans

ch:  (known ‑1850 Census, Union Co. IN, Harrison twp)

     Elizabeth  (1836‑

     Rachel  (1838‑

     Mary  (1840‑

     Sarah  (1842‑

     John  (1845‑

     Susannah  (1848‑