Another Cat Day! Knox County Observations

 The new kittens were taken in to the vet today for spaying and neutering. They're going to be cranking for a few days with meds and such!

My paternal families ended up in Knox County, Indiana. The earliest arrivals show up on the 1807 tax list. Knox County covered more territory back then. Other families arrived between 1810 and 1850 from neighboring counties [or old Knox Co.] vThe last arrival was much later - between 1910 and 1915. So there's a ton of work to do in one location. All I have to do is find the time to make the trip!😏

Adoptions delay posts & a Goodman update

I have a good excuse for not posting over the last four days. We adopted two 8 month old kittens Thursday night. Callie and Camden are from the same litter. Callie looks to have a lot of Siamese in her. Camden will have issues with superstitious types - he's a black little guy. Time has been consumed with taking turns sitting in the room hoping to get the kittens used to us. Callie is opening up, but Camden prefers hiding under the bed.

Back to the Goodman clan.

Carl Goodman [25] appeared in the 1850 Knox County, Indiana household of William Goodman [40] and wife Lucinda [23]. Other sources [1860 census, Find A Grave] suggest an 1806 birth for William, making him 44 in 1850 and 19 years older than Carl. 

Lucinda [Lawson] turns out to be William's second wife whom he married in 1844. Thus, Carl, William and George [both 14] and Elizabeth Goodman Frakes [20] were all from William's first marriage to - you guessed it - an unknown first wife!

William haied from Kentucky, so may have married there. Indiana is also a possibility. The digging continues.

"Convenient Research" on Both Sides of the Family

 Researching my birth family comes with some advantages. On both sides Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky are common residences on both sides. Scottish ancestry is common to both sides of the family.

What really makes it convenient is that my maternal line has a limited number of families to research. My grandparents were first cousins. That narrows the number of families to research.

The majority of the families in my paternal line settled in Knox Co., Indiana. Although they originated in other states or countries, they primarily ended up in one location. [I just need to get down to Vincennes and research all of those families!]

When I was researching my adopted family, things didn't come together until the early 1900s when the Pralls, McHughs, Faucetts, Crails and Cawbys started arriving in Indianapolis.

Carl Goodman & Jane Colegrove

 I haven't had much luck with tracking information on Carl Goodman and Jane Colegrove.. Both families ended up in Knox Co., Indiana toward the midle of the 19th century. They had a son, John L., born in 1854. John was living with his Colegrove grandparents in 1860. The Colegrove Family in America only mentions that Carl and Jane wre married.

Yesterday a breakthrough on Family Search!  Indiana Marriages 1811-1929: 31 July 1851, Knox Co., IN - Jane Colegrove married CARROLL Goodman. Carroll is close to Carl. This should be the correct couple. Place, time frame and surnames are a match.

My guess is that Jane either died during childbirth or before the 1860 enumeration. Carl either died before 1860 or remarried and left John with his grandparents. I need to dig deeper now that I have more info!

 

The George Line: Which Brother is the Direct Ancestor?

 While conducting my paternal George line research, I have come across two possible fathers for Samuel Wilson George: Alexander Gordon Young [AYG] George and his brother Robert Moody George.

Solid documentation is scarce. However, I feel that there are clues that point to one brother over the other.

Samuel Wilson George was born in 1821 in Kentucky.

Robert Moody George was married in 1822. Could he have fathered a son before the marriage? Yes.

In 1850, Albert, a son of AYG was living with Wilson George's family. Could Albert have been living with a cousin rather than a brother? Entirely possible.

Wilson and Albert married Robinson sisters. Of course, cousins could have married sisters.

On the other side:

AGY George and Betsy May wer married in 1819. This precedes Wilson's birth, so is a better fit. 

According to May family research, one of the sons of AGY George and Betsy May was named Wilse. Wilse is likely a nickname for Wilson.

It is very likely that Albert was Wilson's brother rather than his cousin.

My working theory is that Wilson is the son of Alexander Gordon Yong George rather than his brother Robert Moody George

Possible Incorrect Information: Hiram Boyles

 Well, sometimes a record looks like it fits and doesn't. Such appears to be the case with Hiram Boyles.

A Civil War death record for a Hiram Boyles has been added to my tree and numerous others, but it is not the death record for the Hiram Boyles who served with the 82nd Indiana.

The record references a Hiram Boyles who served with the 70th Indiana and died at Resaca, GA in May 1864.

My Hiram didn't mister in until September 1864 and died at Savannah, GA in early 1865. Indiana State Archives online record for Hiram gives the "final date" as 15 January 1865, so he had died by that date.

Sorry folks, sloppy research. Best to start from scratch, I guess. I've written the IN Archives for Hiram's record and will update when I received additional info.

My Hoosier Civil War Ancestors: James Clark & Thomas Arbuckle

 I am combining my final two ancestors in one post. The stories of James Clark and Thomas Arbuckle would be linked in the next generation.

Clark was mustered in on 5 August 1862 in Company B 69th Indiana Infantry. The 69th was sent west. Less than a year inti his enlistment, James H. Clark contracted pneumonia which developed into phthisis pulmonalis [pulmonary consumption]. He was admitted to the field hospital at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, MO. James died there on 22 June 1863.

James' wife, Ann [Graham] applied for a widow's pension, but the pension was transferred to daughter Lucy Jane Clark after Ann remarried.

Arbuckle enlisted on 28 December 1863 in Company E 13th Indiana Cavalry. Like Clark, Arbuckle was assigned duty in the west. Due to conditions in the field, Thomas fell victim to chronic diarrhea. He died at the hospital in New Orleans and was buried in Chalamet National Cemetery.

Thomas M. Arbuckle left a widow, Sarah [Akers] and five children. 

Son James Crawford Arbuckle married on 10 August 1879 Lucy Jane Clark.