Daviess County family index

Families of Daviess County, Indiana, from the County Histories

372 people from the county histories of Daviess County, Indiana: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present; with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. ; together with an extended history of the colonial days of (1886). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Daviess County index, A to Z (372)

Abraham

  • George D. Abraham (b. 1844, Columbiana County); child of Daniel Abraham and Eliza (Ransom) Abraham

Adams

  • John C. Adams (b. 1850); child of J. P. Adams and Frances (Ivey) Adams

Allen

Allison

  • John A. Allison (b. 1838, Washington Township); child of Joseph Allison and Mary (Ragsdale) Allison
  • Joseph C. Allison; child of Joseph Allison and Mary (Ragsdale) Allison

Alsop

  • George R. Alsop; child of Dr. William S. Alsop and Lavinia H. (Amiss) Alsop; married Jennie Mc

Alton

  • John Alton (b. 1799); child of John Alton and Catharine (Adams) Alton
  • Daniel E. Alton (b. 1844); child of Benjamin Alton and Mary J. (Walker) Alton

Antibus

Arford

Badollet

Bailey

  • Thomas S. Bailey (b. 1848); child of James Bailey and Caroline (Treadway) Bailey

Bair

Baird

  • Joseph Baird; child of Thomas Baird and Jane (Johnson) Baird

Baker

Baldwin

Banta

Barber

  • Adin Barber (b. 1805); child of Lemuel Barber and Judith (Barnes) Barber
  • Nelson Barber (b. 1833, Daviess County); child of Adin Barber and Aliza (Houts) Barber

Barr

Barrows

Bartlett

  • Thomas Bartlett (b. 1835, Johnson County); child of William Bartlett and Mary Ginger. Mrs. Bartlett

Bartley

Barton

Beckett

  • William Beckett (Bourbon County); child of Samuel Beckett and Mary (Thornley) Beckett

Bedell

  • William B. Bedell (b. 1856, Knox County); child of Clayborn Bedell and Mary (Smith) Bedell

Bell

Billheimer

Billings

  • Jesse Billings (b. 1831, Lawrence County); child of William Billings and Mary (Davis) Billings

Blann

Bond

Boone

  • William H. Boone (b. 1847, Montgomery County); child of Isaac Boone and Mary (Holderman) Boone; married Frances V. Malcom

Bowen

Boyd

Brandon

Brett

Brewer

Bruce

Bunting

Burrell

  • John W. Burrell (b. 1829, Tuscarawas County); child of Richard T. Burrell and Margaret (Canestrick) Burrell

Burton

  • Jesse W. Burton (b. 1828, Garrard County); child of Robert A. Burton and Sarah (Williams) Burton

Busse

Campbell

Carrico

  • George H. Carrico (b. 1827, Daviess County); child of George G. Carrico and Elizabeth (Cissell) Carrico

Casey

Cassell

  • Jacob W. Cassell (b. 1840, Madison County); child of Jacob Cassell and Eleanor (Allen) Cassell

Catt

Chambers

Chapman

Chesnut

Chomel

Clark

  • John W. Clark (b. 1832); child of John W. Clark and Catherine Clark
  • Henry C. Clark (b. 1845, Daviess County); child of John W. Clark and Catharine Clark; married Mary A. Robinson
  • Jacob W. Clark; child of John W. Clark and Catherine Clark; married Lucinda J. Gillespie
  • John Clark; child of William Clark and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Clark

Clinton

Cobb

Colbert

  • Jesse B. Colbert (b. 1822); child of Tolliver Colbert and Sarah (Miller) Colbert
  • A. D. Colbert (b. 1837, Daviess County); child of L. D. Colbert and Jane (Birch) Colbert

Coleman

Conley

Crane

Croix

Crooke

Crow

Cullop

Cunningham

Curran

Curry

  • James H. Curry (b. 1821, Knox County); child of Andrew Curry and Rebecca (Price) Curry
  • James Z. Curry (b. 1848, Dubois County); child of Thomas Curry and Catharine (Barren) Curry

Dagley

Dalton

Dewolf

Disser

  • Michael Disser (b. 1826); child of Michael Disser and Catherine (Ansteatt) Disser

Donham

  • Ira Donham (b. 1784); child of William Donham and Sarah (Arthur) Donham

Donnolly

Downey

Doyle

Dubois

Duesterberg

Dunn

  • Eli H. Dunn; child of Joseph Dunn and Mary (Hawkins) Dunn

Durant

Eastham

Ebner

  • John Ebner (b. 1817); child of George Ebner and Kathrina Ebner

Edwards

Emison

  • Scott Emison (b. 1855, Washington Township); child of James M. Emison

Eobinson

Eskridge

Evans

Fanning

Field

  • George Field (b. 1828, Wabash County); child of George Field

Fox

  • John P. Fox (b. 1831); child of David Fox and Jane Wampler. Mrs. Fox
  • Stephen Fox; child of Peter Fox and Mary (Steffey) Fox

Franklin

  • John F. Franklin (b. 1823); child of Christopher Franklin and Elizabeth Franklin

Garten

  • William Garten (b. 1822, Lawrence County); child of Zacharias Garten and Peggy Dicks. Mrs. Garten

Ghee

  • Milton P. Ghee (b. 1822); child of Chester H. Ghee and Freedom (Pomeroy) Ghee

Gill

Glendening

Graham

Hall

  • Frederick Hall (b. 1850, Madison County); child of Henry Hall and Anna A. (Harting) Hall
  • George Hall (b. 1852, Madison County); child of Henry Hall and Anna A. (Harting) Hall

Hannah

Hannaman

Hardy

Harris

  • Josiah C. Harris (b. 1826, Sullivan County); child of James Harris and Nancy (Johnson) Harris
  • George Harris (b. 1834); child of Thomas Harris and Elizabeth (Cope) Harris
  • Francis M. Harris (b. 1836, Clermont County); child of Boales Harris and Elizabeth J. (Thompson) Harris; married Kate M. Shaw

Hastings

Haughton

Hawkins

Haynes

Hays

Heberd

  • William Heberd (b. 1827); child of William J. Heberd and Charlotte (Burtch) Heberd

Hedrick

Heinbaugh

Henderson

Hensley

  • J. H. Hensley (b. 1857, Owen County); child of John Hensley and Nancy (Steele) Hensley

Hershey

Hilburn

  • Thomas J. Hilburn (b. 1851, Green County); child of J. S. Hilburn and Catharine McClure. Mrs. Hilburn

Hill

Hindman

  • John M. Hindman (b. 1846); child of Jacob Hindman and Elizabeth Wesner. Mrs. Hindman

Hixon

  • Orion B. Hixon (b. 1833); child of James P. Hixon and Laura A. (Beckett) Hixon

Hobbs

Hoffman

Hogshead

Hollingsworth

Holman

  • Henry Holman; child of Henry Holman and Mary (Taeigler) Holman

Hopkins

  • Ezekiel Hopkins (b. 1823, Daviess County); child of John Hopkins and Julia (Skelly) Hopkins

Hornaday

Horrall

  • P. A. Horrall (b. 1827, Daviess County); child of Coleman C. Horrall and Lucinda (Lett) Horrall
  • Albion Horrall (b. 1854); married Mamie Harris

House

  • Ellis House (b. 1845, Knox County); child of Samuel House and Julia (Boyd) House
  • Samuel House; child of Burket House and Eliza (Fairhurst) House

Hubbard

Hurd

  • J. C. Hurd (b. 1849, Knox County); child of J. C. Hurd and Harriet (Townsend) Hurd

Hyatt

Isaacs

Jackson

Jacobs

Jepson

  • Nathan H. Jepson (b. 1835, Belmont County); child of John Jepson and Hannah (Hunt) Jepson

Johnson

Johnston

  • N. D. Johnston (b. 1782); child of Insley D. Johnston and Sarah (Pearson) Johnston

Jones

  • John Jones (b. 1809)
  • William Jones (b. 1824, Reeve Township)
  • William W. Jones (b. 1832, Daviess County); child of Joseph Jones and Hannah (Johnson) Jones
  • Thomas E. Jones (b. 1833, Monroe County); child of Jameson Jones and Martha Norris. Mrs. Jones
  • Joseph Jones (b. 1837, Daviess County); child of John Jones and Rachael (Harrall) Jones

Kackley

  • James E. Kackley (b. 1849, Scott County); child of Elias Kackley and Lucy (Burke) Kackley

Kapps

  • Anton Kapps (b. 1831); child of John Kapps and Kathrina (Hartnagel) Kapps

Karns

  • Harris Karns (Knox County); child of Henry Karns and Elizabeth (Stalk) Karns

Keith

Kelso

Kendall

Kennedy

Keplinger

Kessinger

Ketcham

Ketchum

  • Solomon Ketchum (b. 1812, Knox County); child of William Ketchum and Nancy Moore. Mrs. Ketchum

Kidwell

Kimmons

  • Joseph Kimmons (b. 1813); child of Peter Kimmons and Eliza (Purcell) Kimmons

Knowland

  • Robert W. Knowland (b. 1827, Greene County); child of William Knowland and Mary (Tencher) Knowland; married Mary Timms

Laakman

Lamb

  • James Lamb (b. 1838); child of Edward Lamb and Catherine (Bradley) Lamb; married Anis Gilley

Lamport

Lane

  • Samuel Lane (b. 1810); child of Daniel Lane and Sarah (Purcell) Lane
  • Adolph S. Lane (b. 1842); child of George Lane and Caroline (Ernsting) Lane; married Hannah Brocksmith
  • Allan K. Lane (b. 1843, Washington County)
  • Isaac P. Lane (Lawrence County); child of Danforth Lane and Mary (Fail) Lane

Lasswell

  • John J. Lasswell (b. 1831, Rockcastle County); child of John Lasswell and Margaret Brock. Mrs. Lasswell

Laughlin

Lavelle

Lett

  • Hamilton Lett (b. 1823); child of James Lett and Nancy (Veal) Lett

Littell

Loten

Mabes

  • John Mabes (b. 1834, Westmoreland County); child of Christian Mabes and Mary Mabes

Mahan

Mail

  • Isaac Mail (b. 1855, Knox County); child of John Mail and Margaret (Holmes) Mail; married Mattie Eeel
  • John F. Mail (b. 1860); child of John Mail and Margaret (Holmes) Mail
  • John Mail; child of Isaac Mail and Julia (Springer) Mail

Mantle

  • John R. Mantle (b. 1815); child of Edmund Mantle and Dorothy (Richardson) Mantle

Markee

  • William A. Markee (b. 1857, Sullivan County); child of Isaac N. Markee and Mary A. (Pirtle) Markee

Martin

  • James P. Martin (Brook County); child of William Martin and Edie (Parker) Martin
  • James S. Martin (Knox County); child of William D. Martin and Bachel (Threlkeld) Martin

Mathesie

Mattingly

Mccord

Mcdonald

Mcdowell

Mcginnis

Mcgowen

Mckee

Medcalf

Miller

Morehead

Morgan

  • John D. Morgan (b. 1858); child of Abel T. Morgan and Rispha (Sutten) Morgan

Murphy

Myers

Neal

  • John T. Neal (b. 1857, Lawrence County); child of Francis Neal and Lucinda M. (Staugner) Neal
  • Alfred Neal; child of Emri Neal and Elizabeth (Weaver) Neal

Neeriemer

Neptune

Niblack

Nicholson

Norris

Nugent

  • Martin Nugent (b. 1831, Parke County); child of Charles Nugent and Mary Nugent

Odell

  • Caleb E. Odell (b. 1848, Daviess County); child of Emsley Odell and Sarah A. (Scott) Odell

Ostendorf

Otterman

Overton

  • Rezia Overton (b. 1850, Daviess County); child of Moses Overton and Susan (Fletcher) Overton

Padgett

  • Charles Padgett (b. 1851, Daviess County); child of William B. Padgett and Minerva J. (Seals) Padgett; married Carrie M. Spees

Palmer

Parker

  • James F. Parker (b. 1819); child of Thornton Parker and Elizabeth (Sheets) Parker

Pearce

  • John Pearce (b. 1836, Sullivan County); child of R. W. Pearce and V. (Haddan) Pearce

Pennington

  • William H. Pennington (b. 1855, Knox County June); child of William Pennington and Eebecca Eobinson Pennington

Perkins

Pershing

  • Elijah S. Pershing (b. 1849); child of George C. Pershing and Susan Winklepleck. Mrs. Pershing

Phillippe

Pickle

Piety

  • William D. Piety (Breckenridge County); child of Thomas Piety and Mary (Duncan) Piety

Polk

Porter

Potter

Price

  • James Price; child of John Price and Jane (Hobbs) Price

Purcell

Purdy

Ramsdell

Ransbury

Rayhill

  • Alexander Rayhill (b. 1837, Washington County); child of John Rayhill and Elizabeth (Cathcart) Rayhill

Reeve

Richey

Ridgway

Right

Ritter

Ritterskamp

Robinson

  • Reuben Robinson (b. 1844); child of Elijah G. Robinson and Lucretia (Sanford) Robinson; married Catherine Ax
  • Hamlet Robinson (b. 1846); child of Elijah Robinson and Lucretia (Sanford) Robinson
  • Richard Robinson (Knox County); child of Abner Robinson; married Francis Stevenson

Rodarmel

Ruggless

Samoniel

  • Frederick Samoniel (b. 1811, Floyd County); child of Frank J. Samoniel and Margaret Samoniel; married Bridget Quinn

Sause

  • Michael Sause (b. 1826); child of James Sause and Ellen (Stokes) Sause

Scales

  • Thomas Scales (b. 1814); child of Thomas Scales and Winnie (Hammond) Scales

Schmidt

  • Joseph Schmidt (b. 1841); child of Frank Schmidt and Josepha (Grenn) Schmidt

Scott

  • William T. Scott (b. 1792); child of Archibald Scott and Catherine (Purcell) Scott
  • Samuel J. Scott (Daviess County); child of Thomas J. Scott and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Scott

Scrogin

Scudder

Seneff

Shanks

  • William Shanks (b. 1827); child of John Shanks and Sarah (Jordan) Shanks; married Catherine Graham

Shepard

Shively

Simon

  • Anton Simon (b. 1848); child of Peter Simon and Barbara (Risch) Simon

Simonson

Simpson

Slawson

  • M. B. Slawson (b. 1821, Lawrence County); child of Jesse Slawson and Rachel (Reeves) Slawson

Small

  • Isaac Small (b. 1822); child of John Small and Anna (Frederick) Small

Smiley

Smith

  • Webster Smith (b. 1803)
  • Hubbard M. Smith (b. 1820); child of Willis R. Smith and Elizabeth (Taylor) Smith
  • Sylvester Smith (b. 1823, Daviess County); child of James Smith and Martha (Mattingly) Smith
  • Daniel J. Smith (b. 1829, Lawrence County); child of Henry Smith and Delphia Clinton. Mrs. Smith
  • John V. Smith (b. 1831, Lawrence County); child of Samuel Collins. Mrs. Smith

Smoot

  • C. J. Smoot (b. 1831, Washington Township); child of William P. Smoot and Elizabeth (Jett) Smoot
  • Warner G. Smoot; child of William P. Smoot and Elizabeth (Jett) Smoot

Snyder

  • Jesse R. Snyder (b. 1838, Knox County); child of James R. Snyder and Rebecca (Sampson) Snyder

Soeder

Soloman

  • David Soloman; child of Henry Soloman and Mary Soloman; married Sarah Carnahan

Spalding

Sparks

Spencer

  • John H. Spencer (b. 1860); child of William M. Spencer and Elizabeth (Jones) Spencer

Spiegel

Stalcup

  • Amos K. Stalcup (b. 1794); child of Stephen Stalcup and Sarah Ann (Smock) Stalcup

Steen

Stephenson

  • Stephen Stephenson (b. 1829, Hamilton County); child of Peter Stephenson and Jane (Crabbs) Stephenson; married Sarah Edwards

Stipe

Stoelting

Stucky

Taylor

Tevebaugh

Thomas

Thompson

Threlkeld

  • William M. Threlkeld (b. 1847); child of Moses Threlkeld and Malinda (Johnson) Threlkeld; married Alice Robinson

Todd

  • Elijah Todd; child of Nathan Todd and Esther V. (Hooks) Todd

Turner

Vankirk

Veale

  • Anderson Veale (b. 1831); child of James C. Veale and Eleanor (Aikman) Veale; married May J. Allen

Vest

Wade

Waller

Ward

Watson

  • L. L. Watson (b. 1809); child of Lewis L. Watson and Lydia (Fellows) Watson; married Carrie Keyes

Watt

Weaver

Weinstein

  • G. Weinstein (b. 1827); child of L. Weinstein and Hannah Weinstein

Wetzel

Willeford

Willey

  • Joseph Willey (b. 1834, Hamilton County); child of Charles Willey and Tilitha (Stephenson) Willey

Williams

Willis

  • William Willis (b. 1810, Smith County); child of Clark Willis and Nancy J. (Simpson) Willis

Willoughby

Wilson

Winklepleck

Winters

  • Henry F. Winters (b. 1851); child of John Winters and Catharine Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Winters

Young

Zinkan

  • Michael Zinkan (b. 1842); child of Philip Zinkan and Ann Barbara Zinkan

Zinkans

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