The Virginia Settlement
 or The Four Mile 
Church of the Brethren

 

        By Rev. Merle C. Rummel

 

 

                             LANDIS

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HENRY LANDIS             1/m              Mary Carver

b. 11/1740     Ringoes, NJ

d. 4/c16/1825  Preble Co. OH              d. after 1788, Franklin Co. VA

bur: Landis Cemetery

f. Henry Landis                            (?Mary Garber -not Carver?)

m. Elizabeth Naas

                         2/m              Elizabeth Fishborn

                                          b. 11/6/1753

                                          d. 10/21/1843

                                          bur: Landis Cemetery

Beaver Dam Ch/lived adj. Martin Garber//1788 -Franklin Co VA

    ‑Preble Co. OH;  farm ‑Lanier Twp

ch:

      John

      Henry Jr (c1760‑1841) m.       Susannah Eikenberry    Pekin, IL

      Daniel                m.       Francis             Union Co. IN

L34   David  (    ‑1814)    m. 1800, Elizabeth Peckleshimer  Union Co.

      Isaac                 m.       Sophia

      Samuel  (1770‑1838)   m. 1797, Arsenath Garber    Preble Co. OH

      Mary  (1772‑1858)     m.       Heinrich Ikenberry Preble Co. OH

E1    Elizabeth (    ‑1824) m. 1791, Peter Eikenberry J Preble Co. OH

 

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DAVID LANDIS              m. 5/31/1800    Elizabeth Peckleshimer

                                          b. 1/10/1779

d. 3/24/1814   Wayne Co. IN               d. 6/21/1871   Union Co. IN

bur: Lybrook Cemetery                     bur: Sims Cemetery

f. Henry Landis                           f. Henry Becktalsheimer

m. Mary Carver                            2/h John Moss (M32)  m. 1818

                          m. Franklin Co. VA

1807 ‑Indiana, farm about 2 miles south of Upper Four Mile Church

estate:  "late of Turtle Cr twp, Warren Co. OH"

Will:  "want to be buried with other good Christians at Lybrooks"

Elizabeth (Peckleshimer) Moss is the "children of Elizabeth Moss"

referred to in Henry Landis' will ‑mistaken as 2nd wife of Henry!  She

moved with John Moss to the Whitewater Valley near the corner of Union,

Franklin and Fayette Cos.  The farm is inundated by the Brookville Dam.

ch:

S1B   Rebecca  (1801‑1888) 1/m 1820, David Shidler      Carroll Co. IN

                           2/m             Albaugh

W111  Catherine             m. 1826, Samuel Witter      St Joseph Co. IN

      Sarah  (1805‑         m. 1829, Jacob Moyer        Union Co. IN

      Elizabeth            1/m 1833, Thomas Ellis       Preble Co. OH

                           2/m       Samuel McWhorter

L345  Henry  (1809‑1893)    m. 1831, Catherine Johnson  Preble Co. OH

L346  Jacob  (1812‑1882)   1/m 1830, Mary Kingrey       Carroll Co. IN

                           2/m 1834, Hannah Hamilton

 

L345

HENRY LANDIS              m.              Catherine Johnson

b. 11/27/1809  Wayne Co. IN               b. 6/6/1817

d. 12/28/1893  Preble Co. OH              d. 10/9/1902

f. David Landis

m. Elizabeth Peckleshimer

lived near Fairfield, OH

ch:

     Mary  (1833‑1860)      m. 1853, Robert Marshall

     John A  (1835‑           Capt. 1st Iowa Cavalry    Oregon

     David  (1839‑1863) died of wounds ‑battle Springfield, MO

     Jacob  (1841‑1911)     m. 1875, Fanny Russell      Red Bluff, CA

     Joseph  (1844‑1936)    m. 1871, Prudence Hughes   Union Co/Chicago

     Inf dau  (b/d 1846)

     Julie Ann  (b/d 1847)

     Perry  (1848‑          m. 1881, Nora Fessler       Chicago, IL

     James H  (1851‑1860)

     Edgar  (1852‑1914)     m. 1877, Eva Harlan         California

     Franklin (1856‑1882)   m. 1880, Emma Dansel        Chicago, IL

     Charles  (1858‑1923)  1/m       May Gregg          Chicago, IL

                           2/m 1899, Ruby Gregg

 

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JACOB LANDIS             1/m 1830         Mary Kingery            (K195)

b. 4/28/1812   Wayne Co. IN               b. 1810    Franklin Co. IN

d. 12/8/1882   Carroll Co. IN             d. 1832

bur: Moss Cemetery

f. David Landis                           f. Samuel Kingery

m. Elizabeth Peckleshimer                 m. Sarah Hickman

                                          1 ch: died inf

 

                         2/m 1/23/1834    Hannah Hamilton

                                          b. 1/23/1816          NY

                                          d. 9/3/1876   Carroll Co. IN

                                          bur: Moss Cemetery

                                      ?sis of Elder Hiel Hamilton (K196)

ch:

     Daniel M (1834‑1906)  1/m       Elizabeth Eikenberry  Carroll Co

                           2/m 1876, Lydia Hamilton

     Lydia M  (1836‑        m. c1857, Benjamin Butler     Henry Co. IN

     Elizabeth (1838‑

     Henry  (1840‑                                        Flora, IN

     Nancy  (1842‑

     William  (1844‑                                      Illinois

     Hiel H  (1847‑                                       Carroll Co. IN

     David  (1849‑1926)     m. 1872, Hannah E. Eikenberry Carroll Co. IA

     Ira    (1851‑                                        No Dakota

     Emily  (1859‑          m. 1882, Amos R Woods         Indianapolis

 

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HENRY LANDIS              m.              Susannah Eikenberry

b. 9/15/1760  Frederic Co. MD

d. 10/4/1834  Union Co. OH

bur: Fosher Cemetery

lived Preble Co. OH, Lanier twp;  Sec 33 W 1/2

1815 ‑land in Union Co. IN from Daniel Landis 

          (NE corner of 5 Points, 2 mile south of Boston, IN)

(research from Ralph Hall, Batavia, IL)

died in home of daughter, Elizabeth

ch:

L3x1 Christopher (1770‑1884) 1/m 1799, Elizabeth Robinson

         (?)                 2/m 1829, Rebecca Thornburg

L3x2 Magdalene (1771‑1851) 1/m       John Hinkle  (Rev)

                           2/m       Jacob Garst

F11  Elizabeth (1783‑1833)  m. 1804, John Fosher        Putnam Co. IN

L3x4 Anna                   m. 1803, James Hicks        Virginia

     Mary                   m.             Beilman      Virginia

 

 

L3x1

CHRISTIAN LANDIS         1/m 5/3/1799    Elizabeth Robinson

b. 1770

d. 1884  Putnam Co IN                    d.          Putnam Co

                          m. Bedford Co. VA

 

                         2/m 11/18/1829

                                         Rebecca Thornburg

ch:

     Christian   (1800‑>1832)  m.   Harriat Vaught

     Matilda     (1802‑<1870)  m.   Christian Deardorff       OR

     John        (1804‑1878)   m.   ?Sally Bartlett           IA

     Felix       (1806‑1877)   m.   Lame Guillam              IL

     Rebecca     (1808‑        m.   Ashale Thornburg

     Samuel      (1810‑1872)   m.   Lucretia Phipps           IA

     Pamela      (1812‑       1/m   Nichol Garst              IA

                              2/m   George Phipps

     Daniel      (1815‑1860)   m.   Abby Fulk

     Elizabeth   (1817‑1893)   m.   Henry Hicks

     Henry       (1819‑        m.   Nancy Trout

 

 

L3x2

MAGDALENE LANDIS         1/m              John Hinkle (Rev)

b. 9/16/1771  PA

d. 4/4/1851   VA                          d. 12/2/1803

                                          f. Jacob Hinkle

                                          m. Barbara Teter

                          2/m             Jacob Garst

ch:  (6 ch Hinkle/3ch Garst)

     Christian Hinkle

     Esther Hinkle               m.     John Bartlett

     Benj. Hinkle                m.     Sarah (Shaver) Vinyard

 

L3x3

ANNA LANDIS               m. 10/1/1803    James Hicks

d.  (101 yr)                              d. 3/12/1873  Hardy Co IA

                                          f. Jesse Hicks

ch:  2