Andrew Shorb1

b. 20 September 1809
Family
Birth*20 September 1809Andrew Shorb was born on 20 September 1809 in Pennsylvania.2,3 
Marriage*He married Mary Phillips.1 

Family

 Mary Phillips b. 18 Feb 1813
Children 1.Henry J. Shorb+3 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
 2.Sarah Jane Shorb+1 b. 23 Apr 1844, d. 19 Jun 1915

Citations

  1. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah J Stickler, age 69, born on 23 April 1844 in Elkhart, Indiana, daughter of Andrew Shorb and Mary Phillips, and John Woodcock, age 69, born on 8 November 1844 in Canada, son of Isaac Woodcock and Nancy Seaves, married on 26 April 1913 in Indiana, United States, married by , citing page 99 and referencing FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Andrew Shorb, Memorial# 70969877. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Mary Shorb, (their surnames transcribed as "Show" by Ancestry, although their children's surnames were transcribed correctly), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 181; Pages: 493a-493b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Andrew Gasper Shorb1

b. 26 June 1878
Family
Relationship8th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*26 June 1878Andrew Gasper Shorb was born on 26 June 1878 in Whitley County, Indiana.1 
(Son) Census US 188015 June 1880He was enumerated as Andy on the 1880 census taken on 15 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. He was one year old.2,3,4 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Andrew Gasper Shorb, Memorial# 87176779. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, (their surname transcribed as "Short" by Ancestry), Year: 1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 515d; Enumeration District: 100. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Caroline Churchill, (her name recorded as "Coraline" by the census taker), and her daughter, Eliza Jane, as boarders at the Poor House, Year: 1880; Census Place: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 430c; Enumeration District: 095.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Audrey Odella (Shorb) Turner, Memorial# 29458524.

Audrey Odella Shorb1

b. 23 April 1871, d. 27 March 1956
Family
Relationship8th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1,2 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1,2 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*23 April 1871Audrey Odella Shorb was born on 23 April 1871 in Indiana.1,3,2 
Name VariationShe was usually called Odell.4 
(Daughter) Census US 188015 June 1880She was enumerated as Ellen on the 1880 census taken on 15 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. She was 9 years old.3,5,1 
Marriage*24 November 1890She married Frank Helsper, son of Albert J. Helsper and Wilhmene Kaimer, in 24 November 1890 in Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana.4,6,7 
Census US 1900*26 June 1900Odell and Frank Helsper were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 26 June 1900 in Richland, Whitley County, Indiana. Frank was 31 years of age and a farmer working on his own account, and Odell was 28 years of age. They had been married for 10 years, owned their farm with a mortgage, and were both able to read, write and speak English. Odell was reported to have given birth to five children, with only two living. However, three children, all appearing to be the couple's biological children, were enumerated with them in 1900. Flora and Josie were ages 9 and 6 years, respectively, and had both attended school for seven months of the census year; the youngest, Alta, was 5 years old. Two farm laborers were also enumerated with the Helsper family in 1900. William Smalley was 29 years of age, and able to read, write and speak English. The second was their nephew, Floyd G. Meadows, the son of Odell's deceased sister, Mary (Shorb) Meadows, and her husband, Andrew J. Meadows. Floyd was 17 years old, and able to read, write and speak English. His brother, Ira Meadows, who was 19 years old, was enumerated in Allen County, Indiana, in the household of Benson and Gertrude Oliver. Ira was also working as a farm laborer. The boys' father, Andrew J. Meadows, a brick mason, was enumerated that year in Delaware County, Indiana with his second wife, Nellie, and their three children, May, Charlene and Lester.4 
(Wife) Death17 July 1908Odell became a widow when Franklin Homer Helsper died at Logansport State Hospital, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, on 17 July 1908 at age 39. Long Cliff, which has also been known as Longcliff Hospital, is now known as Logansport State Hospital. It is, and was at the time of Frank's death, northern Indiana's hospital for the insane.8,9 
(Mother-in-Law) Census US 191021 April 1910Odell Helsper was enumerated with her two younger daughters on the 1910 census taken on 21 April 1910 in the household of her eldest daughter and son-in-law, Flora M. and Vernon V. Goble, in Thorncreek, Whitley County, Indiana. Odell was 37 years of age, a widow, and had given birth to five children, three of whom were living. Her son-in-law, Vernon, was 27 years of age and a general farmer and employer, and her daughter, Flora, was 19 years old. They had been married for 2 years, rented their farm, and Flora had given birth to one child, Merrill B., who was one year old. Odell's daughter, Josie, was 17 years old and worked as a servant for a private family, and Alta was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year. Also enumerated in the Goble's household was Wyland Zumbrun, who was 18 years old and worked for wages as a farm laborer. Everyone in the household was able to read and write.10 
Marriage*14 September 1910She married second, as his first wife, David H. Turner, son of Thomas Kemerly Turner and Caroline K. Huston, on 14 September 1910 in Baker City, Baker County, Oregon.11 
(Wife) Death21 January 1947Odella became a widow for the second time when David Hamlin Turner died at age 83 on 21 January 1947 at the home of Odella's daughter, Josephine (Helsper) Bennett, in Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon.12,13 
Death*27 March 1956She died on 27 March 1956 in Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon, at age 841,2 
Burial* and was buried with her second husband in the IOOF Cemetery, Estacada.1 

Family 1

 Frank Helsper b. Mar 1869, d. 17 Jul 1908
Children 1.Flora Mabel Helsper+6 b. 7 Oct 1891
 2.Josephine Helsper4 b. 18 Aug 1893
 3.Alta Helsper4,14 b. 16 Jan 1895

Family 2

 David H. Turner b. 29 Oct 1863, d. 21 Jan 1947

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Audrey Odella (Shorb) Turner, Memorial# 29458524. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2550] Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Odell Audra Turner, age 84, born on 23 April 1871 in Indiana, died on 27 March 1956 in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, USA, daughter of Henry Shorb and Martha Heaton, citing Certificate# 3931, referencing Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, (their surname transcribed as "Short" by Ancestry), Year: 1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 515d; Enumeration District: 100. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Frank and Odell Helsper, Year: 1900; Census Place: Richland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 414; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0116. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Caroline Churchill, (her name recorded as "Coraline" by the census taker), and her daughter, Eliza Jane, as boarders at the Poor House, Year: 1880; Census Place: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 430c; Enumeration District: 095.
  6. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Flora Mabel Helsper of Richland Township, Whitley County, age 16, born on 7 October 1891 in Whitley County, Indiana, daughter of Franklin Homer Helsper and Audrey Odella Shorb, and Verne V Goble of Richland Township, Whitley County, age 24, born on 24 October 1882 in Whitley County, Indiana, son of Samuel B. Goble and Sarah Elizabeth Lehman, married on 22 October 1907 in Indiana, United States, citing page 89 and referencing FHL Film# 001710716. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  7. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Frank Helsper of Columbia City, born in Whitley County, Indiana, son of Albert Helsper and Minnie Kaimer, and Odella Shorb of South Whitley (her name transcribed as "Rhoda Short" by Ancestry), born in South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana, daughter of Henry "Short" and Mattie Heaton, married on 24 November 1890 in Columbia City, Indiana, United States.
  8. [S2625] Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, death of F. H. Helsper, age 39 Years, on 17 July 1908 at Long Cliff, referencing County Health Office, Logansport. The source of this record is the book H-18 on page 11 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920.
  9. [S2626] Longcliff Hospital; Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane and now known as Logansport State Hospital, online at http://incass-inmiami.org/cass/photos/longcliff.html. Hereinafter cited as Longcliff Hospital; Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane and now known as Logansport State Hospital.
  10. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Vernon V. and Flora M. Goble, Year: 1910; Census Place: Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: T624_389; Page: 3a; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1374402. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S2143] Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 14 September 1910 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, USA, of David H Turner of Baker City, farmer, age 46, born about 1864 in Indiana, married Odella "Helspher" of Baker City, housekeeper, age 39, born about 1871 in Indiana, her 2nd marriage, referencing Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910, 1946-1966, File# 31668. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, David H. Turner, Memorial# 29458495.
  13. [S2627] Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1949, online at www.ancestry.com, death of David Hamlin Turner, age 83, machinist, on 21 January 1947 in Estacada Rt 2 Box 119, Clackamas, Oregon, USA, his usual residence in Herford, Malheur County, Oregon, husband of Audrey Odella Turner, born on 29 October 1863 in Richmond, Indiana, son of Thomas K. Turner and Carolina Huston, citing Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, County Birth and Death Records, 1855-1962, Box# 2, Local Registrar's# 1. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1949.
  14. [S2492] Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1924, online at www.ancestry.com, delayed birth registration for Alta Martha Helsper, born on 16 January 1895 in South Whitely, Whitely, Indiana, USA, daughter of Homer Franklin Helsper and Audrey Odell Shorb, citing Certificate# 46390, referencing Oregon State Archives; Salem, OR, USA; Oregon, Birth Records, 1842-1902, 1917. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1924.

George G. Shorb1

b. 1863, d. 6 February 1871
Family
Relationship8th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*1863George G. Shorb was born about 1863 in Indiana1,2 
Death*6 February 1871 and died on 6 February 1871 at the age of 8 years, 4 months and 22 days.1 
Burial*He was buried in Plot U-10-17 of South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, George G Shorb, Memorial# 95330668. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M593_373; Page: 341A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Harriet Shorb1

b. 1867, d. 2 January 1872
Family
Relationship8th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*1867Harriet Shorb was born about 1867 in Indiana1,2 
Death*2 January 1872 and died on 2 January 1872 at the age of 4 years and 26 days.2 
Burial*She was buried as Hatty Bell Shorb with her brother, George, in Plot U-10-16 of South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana.2 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M593_373; Page: 341A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Hatty Bell Shorb, Memorial# 95330694. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Henry J. Shorb1

b. 1832, d. 22 December 1894
Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Andrew Shorb2 b. 20 Sep 1809
Mother*Mary Phillips2 b. 18 Feb 1813
Birth*1832Henry J. Shorb was born about 1832 in Ohio.3,4 
Relationship Note*Henry J. Shorb and Sarah Jane Shorb were siblings, born about 12 years apart.2 
Marriage*23 April 1858He married, as her first husband, Martha Ann Heaton, daughter of Joseph Gilman Heaton and Anna Mosher, on 23 April 1858 in Indiana.1,3 
Census US 1870*18 June 1870Martha and Henry Shorb were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 18 June 1870 in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. Henry was 38 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $2,400 and a personal estate valued at $600, and Martha was 29 years of age and keeping house. Their three children were enumerated with them in 1870. Mary and George were ages 10 and 7 years, respectively, and had both attended school within the census year; and baby Harriet was two years old.4 
Census US 1880*15 June 1880Martha and Henry Shorb were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 15 June 1880 in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. Henry was 47 years of age and a farmer, and Martha was 40 years of age and keeping house. Three of their children and a niece were enumerated with them in 1880. Their daughter, Mary, was recorded as Mollie, and was 20 years old; daughter Audrey Odella, who was recorded as Ellen, was 9 years old; and their son Andy was one year old. Their niece, Louisa Churchill, a daughter of Martha's sister, Caroline (Heaton) Churchill, and her deceased husband, Lawrence Churchill, was also enumerated with the Shorb family in 1880. Louisa was 19 years old and her widowed mother and younger sister, Eliza Jane, were enumerated as boarders at a Poor House in Columbia, Whitley County.5,6,7 
Death*22 December 1894He died on 22 December 1894 at the age of 62 years, 5 months and 25 days3 
Burial* and was buried in Section U, Row 9, Plot 4, of South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Whitley County, Indiana.3 

Family

 Martha Ann Heaton b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Children 1.Mary Shorb+4 b. 1860, d. Sep 1882
 2.George G. Shorb8 b. 1863, d. 6 Feb 1871
 3.Harriet Shorb4 b. 1867, d. 2 Jan 1872
 4.Audrey Odella Shorb+7,9 b. 23 Apr 1871, d. 27 Mar 1956
 5.Andrew Gasper Shorb10 b. 26 Jun 1878
 6.Laura Marie Shorb+11 b. 1884

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Martha Ann (Heaton) Flickinger, Memorial# 136714902. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Mary Shorb, (their surnames transcribed as "Show" by Ancestry, although their children's surnames were transcribed correctly), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 181; Pages: 493a-493b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Henry J Shorb, Memorial# 103271306.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M593_373; Page: 341A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, (their surname transcribed as "Short" by Ancestry), Year: 1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 515d; Enumeration District: 100. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Caroline Churchill, (her name recorded as "Coraline" by the census taker), and her daughter, Eliza Jane, as boarders at the Poor House, Year: 1880; Census Place: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 430c; Enumeration District: 095.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Audrey Odella (Shorb) Turner, Memorial# 29458524.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George G Shorb, Memorial# 95330668.
  9. [S2550] Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Odell Audra Turner, age 84, born on 23 April 1871 in Indiana, died on 27 March 1956 in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, USA, daughter of Henry Shorb and Martha Heaton, citing Certificate# 3931, referencing Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Andrew Gasper Shorb, Memorial# 87176779.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Laura M. Prugh, Memorial# 33444737.

Laura Marie Shorb1,2

b. 1884
Family
Relationship8th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*1884Laura Marie Shorb was born about 1884 in Indiana.1,3 
Marriage18 December 1900She married Raymond A. Prugh, son of John W. Prugh and Emily Croy, for the first time on 18 December 1900 in Indiana.4 
(Aunt) Injury17 March 1908Her nephew, Floyd G. Meadows, who was a brakeman with the Pennsylvania Railroad company, was seriously injured when he fell beneath moving cars at Wanatah, LaPorte County, Indiana, on Monday, 17 March 1908, and had his legs so badly crushed that both were amputated, one at the ankle and the other at the knee.5,6,7 
(Aunt) Death20 March 1908Floyd died as a result of his injuries on 20 March 1908 in St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, at age 25.5,8,9 
(Aunt) Accident Fort Wayne newspapers published the story of Floyd's tragic accident and subsequent death. On Wednesday, March 18, 1908, The Fort Wayne Sentinel wrote that the incident occurred the day before, on Tuesday, explaining that:

Meadows was a member of Conductor C. E. Barker's crew and was enroute with an extra freight train to Chicago, and that the train had taken the coal dock siding at Wanatah. While it was at a standstill, Meadows attempted to get upon a rapidly moving west-bound freight train to ride from the rear end of his train to the engine. He missed his hold on the grab irons and fell with his feet across the rail and several cars passed over his legs. His fellow trainmen carried him to the station and placed him on a passenger train to the city. The ambulance met the train at the depot, and Meadows was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where the mangled portions of his legs were amputated by the company's surgeon. Flagman Ferguson of Conductor Barker's crew and a Wanatah physician accompanied the injured man to Fort Wayne and gave him all the aid possible en route. At 2 o'clock this afternoon a telephone message from the hospital said that Mr. Meadows was conscious, but suffering greatly and the result of his injuries were doubtful.

The article described Floyd as about twenty-five years old, unmarried, and since he entered railroad work had made his home at the boarding house of Mrs. William Rost at 440 Masterson Avenue. He began working for the Pennsylvania company May 16, 1907, and in his application for a position stated that his mother was dead, his father a resident of Marion, that he had a brother, Ira Meadows, residing on a farm in Cleveland township, Whitley County, and an aunt, Mrs. Laura Prugh, residing at South Whitley. Mrs. Prugh was in the city yesterday and called at the boarding house of her nephew, but he was out and she did not see him. The paper reported that she had since returned to the city and "is at his bedside now", that the brother had been notified and was expected to arrive there that afternoon, but that the father had not been located by 2 o’clock, and that "he is a brick mason and does not have any permanent place of residence".

A brief note published the following day in the same newspaper, reported that Floyd was "getting along finely at St. Joseph's hospital and there is no reason to doubt his recovery". It also stated that his aunt, Mrs. Prugh, of South Whitley had returned home.

News of his death was published on Friday, March 20, 1908 by The Fort Wayne News, stating that he had died at St. Joseph's hospital at 3 o'clock that morning as a result of his injuries. The newspaper reported that Floyd was twenty-five years of age and one of the most popular men in the employ of the company, that he was unmarried and had lived with his grandmother since infancy at South Whitely, that he was survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Martha Flickinger, father "Andrew Flickinger" (an error: his father was Andrew J. Meadows), one brother, Ira Meadows, who was not named, and four half-sisters, and that his burial would be at South Whitley.7,6,5 
Census US 1910*25 April 1910Laura and Ray Prugh were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 25 April 1910 in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. Ray was 32 years of age and worked as a general farmer and employer, and Laura was 26 years of age. They had been married for 10 years, owned their farm with a mortgage, and Laura had given birth to two children, both of whom were living and enumerated with their parents. Paul was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year; and Phyllis was one month old. Laura's mother, Martha Ann (Heaton) Shorb Flickinger, was also enumerated in the Prugh household in 1910. She was a widow, 69 years of age, and had given birth to six children, three of whom were living. The three adults in the household were all able to read and write. The Prugh family lived very near the household of Laura's nephew, Ira Meadows, son of Laura's deceased sister, Mary (Shorb) Meadows, and grandson of Martha Ann (Heaton) Shorb Flickinger. Ira's household was the last household on his census page, and the Prugh family was the first household on the next census page.3 
Marriage*15 October 1913She married Raymond A. Prugh, son of John W. Prugh and Emily Croy, for the second time on 15 October 1913 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan.2 

Family

 Raymond A. Prugh b. 15 Jun 1878
Children 1.Paul Prugh3 b. 1902
 2.Phyllis Prugh3 b. 1910

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Laura M. Prugh, Memorial# 33444737. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2090] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Laura Marie Prugh of Columbia City, Indiana, age 28, housework, born in Indiana, parents Henry Shorb and "Nartha" Heaton, married Raymond Albert Prugh of Columbia City, Indiana, age 35, farming, born in Indiana, parents John Prugh and Emily Croy, married on 15 October 1913 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA, each had been married one time before, record# 8150, citing Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, MI, USA, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Film# 114, "1913 Gogebic-1913 Leelanau". Hereinafter cited as Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ray and Laura Prugh, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: T624_389; Page: 7a; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374402. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Laura M Shorb and Raymond A Prugh on 18 December 1900 in Indiana, United States, citing page 185 and referencing FHL Film# 001710725. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  5. [S2622] Floyd Meadows Dies (1908) Brakeman Who Was Injured at Wanatah Succumbs; Was a Popular Young Man and Resided at South Whitley, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Fort Wayne News (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Friday, 20 March 1908, Page 2, reporting that Floyd Meadows, the Pennsylvania brakeman who fell beneath his train at Wanatah on Monday last and whose legs were crushed, necessitating amputation, which was performed at St. Joseph's hospital, died at that institution at 3 o'clock this morning as a result of his injuries; the deceased was twenty-five years of age and one of the most popular men in the employ of the company; he was unmarried and lived with his grandmother since infancy at South Whitely; survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Martha Flickinger, father Andrew Flickinger (error: Andrew Meadows) one brother and four half-sisters; burial at South Whitley. Hereinafter cited as Floyd Meadows Dies (1908) Brakeman Who Was Injured at Wanatah Succumbs.
  6. [S2623] Floyd G. Meadows 1908 Train Accident Recovery Report, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Thursday, 19 March 1908, Page 9, reporting that Floyd G. Meadows, the Pennsylvania brakeman who lost both feet in an accident at Wanatah Tuesday night, is getting along finely at St. Joseph's hospital and there is no reason to doubt his recovery; his aunt, Mrs. Prugh, of South Whitley has returned home. Hereinafter cited as Floyd G. Meadows 1908 Train Accident Recovery Report.
  7. [S2624] F. G. Meadows: Brakeman Maimed at Wanatah (1908 ) Falls Under Train and Both Legs are Crushed, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Wednesday, March 18, 1908, Page 11, reporting that Floyd G. Meadows, a brakeman in the employ of the Pennsylvania, fell beneath moving cars at Wanatah at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and had his legs so badly crushed that both were amputated, one at the ankle and the other at the knee; Meadows was a member of Conductor C. E. Barker's crew and was enroute with an extra freight train to Chicago; the train had taken the coal dock siding at Wanatah and while it was at a standstill Meadows attempted to get upon a rapidly moving west-bound freight train to ride from the rear end of his train to the engine; he missed his hold on the grab irons and fell with his feet across the rail and several cars passed over his limbs; his pitiable plight was immediately discovered by his fellow trainmen and Meadows was picked up, taken to the station and placed upon passenger train No. 9 and brought to the city; the ambulance met the train at the depot, and he was taken to St. Joseph's hospital, where the mangled portions of his legs were amputated by the company's surgeon; a Wanatah physician accompanied the injured man to Fort Wayne and gave him all the aid possible en route; Flagman Ferguson, of Conductor Barker's crew also accompanied Meadow's to the city; at 2 o'clock this afternoon a telephone message from the hospital said that Mr. Meadows was conscious, but suffering greatly and the result of his injuries were doubtful; Floyd Meadows is about twenty-five years old, is unmarried and since he entered railroad work has made his home with Mrs. William Rost at 440 Masterson Avenue; he began working for the Pennsylvania company May 16, 1907, and in his application for a position he stated that his mother was dead; his father a resident of Marion, and that he had a brother, Ira Meadows, residing on a farm in Cleveland township, Whitley County, and an aunt, Mrs. Laura Prugh, residing at South Whitley; Mrs. Prugh was in the city yesterday and called at the boarding house of her nephew, but he was out and she did not see him; she has since returned to the city and is at his bedside now; the brother has been notified and will arrive here this afternoon, but the father has not been located at 2 o’clock; he is a brick mason and does not have any permanent place of residence. Hereinafter cited as F. G. Meadows: Brakeman Maimed at Wanatah (1908 ).
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Floyd G. Meadows, Memorial# 33349322.
  9. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 20 March 1908 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA, of Floyd Meadows, age 25 years, 7 months, 11 days, Single, Railroad Brakeman, born 10 August 1882 in Indiana to Andrew Meadows and Mollie Shorb, both born in Indiana, cause of death crushing accident (RR) causing loss of both legs, informant Ira Meadows, South Whitley, Indiana, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1908; Roll: 01. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.

Mary Shorb1

b. 1860, d. September 1882
Family
Relationship8th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Henry J. Shorb1 b. 1832, d. 22 Dec 1894
Mother*Martha Ann Heaton1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
Birth*1860Mary Shorb was born about 1860 in Indiana.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 188015 June 1880She was enumerated as Mollie on the 1880 census taken on 15 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Cleveland, Whitley County, Indiana. She was 20 years old.2,3,4 
Marriage*31 July 1880She married, as his first wife, Andrew J. Meadows, son of Elias Meadows and Martha Johnson, on 31 July 1880 in Whitley County, Indiana.5,6 
Death*September 1882She died in her early 20s, during or shortly after the birth of her second child.7 
(Deceased) Grandchild An Indiana newspaper, reporting the death of Mary's son, Floyd Meadows, on 20 March 1908, stated that Floyd, whose mother died during or shortly after his birth, had been raised by his grandmother, Martha Flickinger, since infancy. Our research indicates that Mary's other son, Floyd's brother, Ira Meadows, who was seventeen months older than Floyd and also a baby when Mary (Shorb) Meadows, died, was likely also raised by their maternal grandmother, Martha Ann (Heaton) Shorb Flickinger.7 

Family

 Andrew J. Meadows b. 30 Sep 1855, d. 23 Feb 1927
Children 1.Ira Meadows+8 b. 7 Mar 1881, d. 28 Dec 1947
 2.Floyd G. Meadows9,7,10 b. 10 Aug 1882, d. 20 Mar 1908

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M593_373; Page: 341A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Martha Shorb, (their surname transcribed as "Short" by Ancestry), Year: 1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 515d; Enumeration District: 100. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Caroline Churchill, (her name recorded as "Coraline" by the census taker), and her daughter, Eliza Jane, as boarders at the Poor House, Year: 1880; Census Place: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 324; Page: 430c; Enumeration District: 095.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Audrey Odella (Shorb) Turner, Memorial# 29458524. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Mary Shorb and Andrew J Meadows on 31 July 1880 in Indiana, United States, citing page 297 and referencing FHL Film# 001710721. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  6. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Mary "Sherb" and Andrew J Meadows on 31 July 1880 in Whitley County, Indiana, United States, citing page 27 and referencing FHL Film# 001710719.
  7. [S2622] Floyd Meadows Dies (1908) Brakeman Who Was Injured at Wanatah Succumbs; Was a Popular Young Man and Resided at South Whitley, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Fort Wayne News (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Friday, 20 March 1908, Page 2, reporting that Floyd Meadows, the Pennsylvania brakeman who fell beneath his train at Wanatah on Monday last and whose legs were crushed, necessitating amputation, which was performed at St. Joseph's hospital, died at that institution at 3 o'clock this morning as a result of his injuries; the deceased was twenty-five years of age and one of the most popular men in the employ of the company; he was unmarried and lived with his grandmother since infancy at South Whitely; survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Martha Flickinger, father Andrew Flickinger (error: Andrew Meadows) one brother and four half-sisters; burial at South Whitley. Hereinafter cited as Floyd Meadows Dies (1908) Brakeman Who Was Injured at Wanatah Succumbs.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ira Meadows, Memorial# 31730053.
  9. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Frank and Odell Helsper, Year: 1900; Census Place: Richland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 414; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0116. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 20 March 1908 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA, of Floyd Meadows, age 25 years, 7 months, 11 days, Single, Railroad Brakeman, born 10 August 1882 in Indiana to Andrew Meadows and Mollie Shorb, both born in Indiana, cause of death crushing accident (RR) causing loss of both legs, informant Ira Meadows, South Whitley, Indiana, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1908; Roll: 01. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.

Sarah Jane Shorb1

b. 23 April 1844, d. 19 June 1915
Family
Father*Andrew Shorb2 b. 20 Sep 1809
Mother*Mary Phillips2 b. 18 Feb 1813
Birth*23 April 1844Sarah Jane Shorb was born on 23 April 1844 in Indiana.1,3 
Relationship Note*Sarah Jane Shorb and Henry J. Shorb were siblings, born about 12 years apart.4 
Marriage*12 October 1863She married first Henry Stickler, son of Jacob Stickler and Catherine George, on 12 October 1863 in Indiana.1,5,6 
(Wife) Death28 June 1908Sarah became a widow when Henry Stickler died on 28 June 1908 at age 70.5 
Marriage*26 April 1913She married second, as his second wife, John Woodcock, son of Isaac Woodcock and Nancy Seaves, on 26 April 1913 in Indiana.2 
Death*19 June 1915She died on 19 June 1915 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, at age 711,3 
Burial* and was buried with her first husband and their children in Section V, Block S, Lot 49. We note that Sarah Jane had two Find a Grave Memorials.3,1,5 

Family 1

 Henry Stickler b. 19 Apr 1838, d. 28 Jun 1908
Child 1.Rena Stickler+1 b. 20 Jul 1867, d. 31 Mar 1929

Family 2

 John Woodcock b. 8 Nov 1844, d. 24 Jun 1915

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah Jane (Shorb) Woodcock, Memorial# 133653054. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah J Stickler, age 69, born on 23 April 1844 in Elkhart, Indiana, daughter of Andrew Shorb and Mary Phillips, and John Woodcock, age 69, born on 8 November 1844 in Canada, son of Isaac Woodcock and Nancy Seaves, married on 26 April 1913 in Indiana, United States, married by , citing page 99 and referencing FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah Jane Stickler, Memorial# 189712534.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Mary Shorb, (their surnames transcribed as "Show" by Ancestry, although their children's surnames were transcribed correctly), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Whitley, Indiana; Roll: 181; Pages: 493a-493b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Henry Stickler, Memorial# 17790666.
  6. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Henry Stickler and Sarah Jane Shorb, (transcribed as "Strosle" by Ancestry), on 12 October 1863 in Indiana, United States, citing page 175 and referencing FHL Film# 001710720.

Wiley G. Shores1

Family
Marriage*15 October 1872He married Susan G. Lewis, daughter of Fielding Jefferson Lewis and Mary E. Laughlin, on 15 October 1872 in Marion County, Illinois.1,2 

Family

 Susan G. Lewis b. 1855

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary E. (Laughlin) Lewis, Memorial# 19684068. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Wiley G. Shores and Susan G. Lewis (transcribed "Servis") on 15 October 1872 in Marion County, referencing FHL film# 001010515. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.

Hetty Short1

b. 1813
Family
Birth*1813Hetty Short was born about 1813 in Indiana.1 
Marriage*8 January 1833She married William Craig on 8 January 1833 in Franklin County, Indiana.2,1,3 
(Mother-in-Law) Census US 187019 August 1870Hetty was enumerated with her son Hugh, on the 1870 census taken on 19 August 1870 in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Emeline and Charles Dixon, in Liberty, Wabash County, Indiana. Hetty was 66 years of age and Huey was age 16 and unable to read or write.4 
(Mother-in-Law) Census US 188023 June 1880Hetty Craig was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 23 June 1880 in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Emeline and Charles Dickson, in Liberty, Wabash County, Indiana. Hettie was 64 years of age, a widow, unable to read or write, and at home.5,6,7 

Family

 William Craig b. 1812
Children 1.Emeline Craig+1,3 b. 1854
 2.Hugh Craig3 b. 1856

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Hetty Craig, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Orange, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 264b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William Craig and Hetty Short on 8 January 1833 in Franklin County, Indiana, referencing FHL Film# 476730, ID# 67. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Hetty Craig, (recorded as Wm and Hetty by the census taker and their given names transcribed as W. and Netty by Ancestry), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Pleasant, Grant, Indiana; Roll: M653_261; Pages: 170-171; Family History Library Film: 803261. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Chas and Emeline Dixon, Year: 1870; Census Place: Liberty, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: M593_367; Page: 114B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles and Emeline Dickson, Year: 1880; Census Place: Liberty, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 315; Page: 325a; Enumeration District: 187. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joel F. and Lavina Hale, Year: 1880; Census Place: Liberty, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 315; Page: 325a; Enumeration District: 187.
  7. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles A. Hale, Year: 1880; Census Place: Liberty, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 315; Page: 325a; Enumeration District: 187.

Sarah J. Shoulz1,2

b. 1860
Family
Birth*1860Sarah J. Shoulz was born about 1860 in Indiana.3 
Marriage*20 February 1877She married, as his first wife, James H. Wilson on 20 February 1877 in Delaware County, Indiana.1,2 
Census US 1880*9 June 1880Sarah J. and James H. Wilson were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 9 June 1880 in Peoria, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana. James was 24 years of age and worked in a Tile Factory, and Sarah was 20 years old and keeping house. Their son, James, had been born in August and was seven months old.3 

Family

 James H. Wilson b. May 1855
Children 1.Ervin J. Wilson+4,1,2,5 b. 12 Aug 1879, d. 1 Jan 1956
 2.Alfred Wilson4,1,2,5 b. Feb 1882

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, James H. Wilson, Memorial# 82334894. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of James H Wilson and Sarah J Shoulz on 20 February 1877 in Indiana, United States, citing page 525 and referencing FHL Film# 002069289. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James H. and Sarah J. Wilson, Year: 1880; Census Place: Peoria, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 299; Page: 596a; Enumeration District: 123. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James H. and Adeline F. Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jackson, Howard, Indiana; Roll: 377; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0067. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 4 August 1890 in Miami County, of Janes H Wilson and Adaline F Ramsey, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Miami County; index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Volume Original Record Located County Clerk’s Office, Peru; Book: C 8; Page: 415. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.

Mabel Shoup1

Family
Marriage*She married Chester High.1 

Family

 Chester High
Child 1.Nelda Marcene High1 b. 25 Mar 1925

Citations

  1. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Bert G Frank Jr. of Highland Park, Michigan, age 23, tool maker, born on 27 March 1923 in Columbus, Ohio, son of Bert G. Frank Sr. and Harriet Kroninger, and Nelda Marcene High of Columbus, Ohio, age 21, sales lady, born on 23 May 1925 in New Washington, Ohio, daughter of Chester High and Mabel Shoup, married on 27 October 1946 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 001862242. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.

Clarence Vinton Shove

b. 25 August 1837, d. 10 January 1918
Family
RelationshipsGrandson of John Bolton
4th great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Samuel Shove1 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Elizabeth Everett Bolton b. 30 May 1806, d. 21 Jan 1864
Birth*25 August 1837Clarence Vinton Shove was born on 25 August 1837 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. 
(Son) Residence1847About the year of 1847, Clarence Vinton Shove moved with his parents to Pope Creek, Knox County, Illinois, where his father Samuel continued to work a small piece of land and kept a stock of goods, enjoying the variety to be found in running a country store. Their two youngest children were with them in Pope Creek, and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth Brown, age 21, had married Lucien Conger in 1845 and lived in Galesburg. Samuel's daughter, Nancy, had died in 1844 and his daughter, Hannah, had possibly already married Gershom Redway before her family moved from Providence. The whereabouts of the four older boys, all old enough to be on their own, William Shove at age 33, Josiah Shove at 23, James Brown, also 23 and George Brown at 19, remains a mystery to this researcher. William and Josiah Shove were still living in 1874, but James and George Brown have not yet been found.2 
(Son) Residence1849Around 1849, Clarence Vinton Shove moved with his parents, Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove from Mount Hope to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.1 
(Son) Census US 185024 September 1850Clarence Vinton Shove appeared on the 1850 census taken on 24 September 1850 in the household of his parents Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Samuel's occupation was recorded as Merchant. The household was made up of Samuel, age 63, Elizabeth, 43, son Clarence Vinton, 13, and daughter, Louisa, age 9.3 
(Brother) Census US 18607 June 1860Clarence Shove appeared on the 1860 census taken on 7 June 1860 in the household of his half-brother, George W. Brown and his wife Eleanor (Kenyon) Brown, in Mount Hope, McLean County, Illinois. Clarence was helping George with the farm's labor. George and Eleanor had four young sons also living with them in the household. Cassius was 7, Harold 5, Frank 4, and Lucien 2. The next family enumerated on the census was the household of James Brown, Clarence's and George's older brother, and members of Eleanor's kenyon family also lived nearby.4 
Marriage*9 August 1865He married Sarah Amelia Spicer, daughter of Reuben Hull Spicer and Sophia Whitehead, on 9 August 1865.5 
Census US 1870*14 July 1870Clarence V. and Sarah A. Shove appeared on the 1870 census taken on 14 July 1870 in Greene, Mercer County, Illinois. Their son, George, was 4 years old.6 
Occupation*Clarence was a farmer.6 
Residence*1874Clarence Vinton Shove lived in 1874 at Viola, Mercer County, Illinois.2 
Census US 1880*4 June 1880Clarence V. and Sarah A. Shove appeared on the 1880 census taken on 4 June 1880 in Viola, Mercer County, Illinois. Their two sons, George 13, and Marius 7, resided with their parents.7 
OccupationClarence was a merchant of grocery and dry goods.7 
Death*10 January 1918 Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross reported that her grandmother, Louisa Agnes (Shove) Conger told her that her brother Clarence had died on January 10, 1918.1 

Family

 Sarah Amelia Spicer b. 14 May 1838, d. 1906
Children 1.George Spicer Shove b. 1866, d. 1890
 2.Marius Bolton Shove b. 1872, d. 1953

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, roll M432_113, page 354, image 54. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of G.W. Brown, Mount Hope, McLean County, Illinois; Roll: M653_204; Page: 14; Image: 15. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S663] Information on the Spicer family posted on RootsWeb WorldConnect by Linda Joyce Neely, online at www.rootsweb.com. Authored by Annette Patrick-Hall and published as an MHTML web file on 28 Jul 1998 at www.GenealogyForum.com. Imported on 7 Nov 1999 by Linda Joyce Neely who posted the information on her RootsWeb WorldConnect Project named "All". Viewed and downloaded on 5 Jan 2010 from information updated on 13 Aug 2009. Warning: The WorldConnect Project has been found to provide "clues" that may lead to both reliable and unreliable information. For this particular database, no original sources for the content were cited, nor were any sources given by the original compiler. Although the information was obtained from a questionable source, much of it appears to be in line with information already obtained and believed to be accurate. For that reason, portions of the Neely database found on the website have been included in this collection. Information provided, unless additional proof has been offered, has not yet been verified and cannot be guaranteed. Hereinafter cited as Spicer Family information posted by Linda Joyce Neely.
  6. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence "B" and Sarah A Shove, Greene, Mercer County, Illinois; Roll: 593_260; Page: 197; Image: 395. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence... and Sarah Shove, Viola, Mercer County, Illinois; Roll: T9_236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 287.2000; Enumeration District: 175; Image: 0360. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Elizabeth Shove1

Family
Marriage*She married John Mills Jr.1 

Family

 John Mills Jr.
Child 1.Susanna Mills1 b. 1675, d. 1754

Citations

  1. [S869] Marcus Taft Jones, Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history: descendants of William and Margery Hayward of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1648; earlier of Weymouth. Microfilm of typescript at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, Rhode Island. Hayward genealogy 1648-1690: pages 1-13; FHL Film# 22344, Item 2, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history.

George Shove1

b. 1634, d. 21 April 1687
Family
Birth*1634George Shove was born in 1634 in England.2,1 
Marriage*12 July 1664George Shove married first Hopestill Newman of Rehoboth on 12 July 1664 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).3,4 
(Husband) Death7 March 1673/74George became a widower when Hopestill Shove died on 7 March 1673/74.5 
Death*21 April 1687He died on 21 April 1687 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony), just four months after his third marriage.5 

Family

 Hopestill Newman d. 7 Mar 1673/74
Child 1.Nathaniel Shove+1,6 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  2. [S291] Benjamin Jay Shove, The Family Shove, origin England and early New England, Tables of Descent : a genealogical narrative dedicated to all descendants of the Reverend George Shove, third pastor of Taunton, Massachusetts (New York, New York: Ferris Printing Company, 1941), chapter "Rev. Edward Shove, Jr., Gent. - 1606-1638", pages 24-29. Hereinafter cited as The Family Shove.
  3. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths, Taunton, Volume 2, page 348, her surname spelled "Newman". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  4. [S1193] Edgar H. Reed, "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton Mass.", compiled from the Taunton Proprietors' Records, New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 16, pages 324-328 and Volume 17, pages 34-37 and pages 232-236 (October 1862 and January 1863): Volume 17, page 236, his name spelled "Goarg" and her surname spelled "Numan". Hereinafter cited as "Taunton Marriages, Births and Deaths."
  5. [S292] From the Proprietors' Records. Communicated by Edgar H. Reed of Taunton, "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 16, page 326, (Oct 1862): page 326. Hereinafter cited as "Shove Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton."
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton Births, Volume 1, page 387. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

George Spicer Shove

b. 1866, d. 1890
Family
RelationshipsGreat-grandson of John Bolton
5th great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Clarence Vinton Shove b. 25 Aug 1837, d. 10 Jan 1918
Mother*Sarah Amelia Spicer1 b. 14 May 1838, d. 1906
Birth*1866George Spicer Shove was born in 1866 in Illinois.1 
(Son) Census US 187014 July 1870George S. Shove appeared on the 1870 census taken on 14 July 1870 in the household of his parents, Clarence and Sarah A. Shove, in Greene, Mercer County, Illinois. George was 4 years old.1 
(Son) Census US 18804 June 1880George Spicer Shove, who was 13, and his brother Marius, 7, appeared on the 1880 census taken on 4 June 1880 in the household of their parents, Clarence V. and Sarah A. Shove in Viola, Mercer County, Illinois.2  
Death*1890He died in 1890. 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence "B" and Sarah A Shove, Greene, Mercer County, Illinois; Roll: 593_260; Page: 197; Image: 395. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence... and Sarah Shove, Viola, Mercer County, Illinois; Roll: T9_236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 287.2000; Enumeration District: 175; Image: 0360. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Hannah Shove1

b. 8 April 1751
Family
Father*Nathaniel Shove1 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778
Mother*Hannah Baxter1
Birth*8 April 1751Hannah Shove was born on 8 April 1751.2 
Marriage*9 September 1779She married Micajah Chase on 9 September 1779.2 

Family

 Micajah Chase

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  2. [S290] Contributed by John Carroll Chase of Derry NH as compiled for him by George Walter Chamberlain M.S. of Malden MA, "Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Massachusetts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 88, pages 7-32, (January 1934): page 17. Hereinafter cited as "William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass."

Hannah Baxter Shove

b. 1818
Family
Father*Samuel Shove1 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Lydia Buffum1 b. 17 Oct 1787, d. 8 Sep 1833
Birth*1818Hannah Baxter Shove was born in 1818 in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island.2 
Birth1819Hannah Baxter Shove was born in 1819. 
(Daughter) Residencebetween 1820 and 1825About the year 1820, Samuel Shove and Lydia (Buffum) Shove purchased what, in 1874, had become known as the "Ephraim Coe farm" in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island. Hannah Baxter Shove lived there with her parents until 1825 when they moved to Providence.2 
(Daughter) Residencebetween 1825 and 1840Hannah Baxter Shove moved with her parents in between 1825 and 1840 to Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, where the family lived for the next sixteen years. Where Lydia died in 1835 and the rest of the family continued to live for the next six years. Most of their sixteen years in Providence, they lived in a double brick house on Benefit Street between College and Waterman streets, and Samuel was a charming host to all who visited, extending his hospitalities largely to visiting members of the Society of Friends and his many business associates. All who came under his roof were welcomed heartily and entertained liberally.

In Providence, Samuel was very active within the community. He was one of the first directors of the Globe Bank, organized in 1831, with William Sprague as President, and John R. Bartlett as cashier, and also for some years was a director in the American Insurance Company.

In politics, Samuel was an active and devoted member of the Whig Party, which was formed in 1832 to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favored a program of modernization and economic development.

The Party's name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of the 1770s who fought for independence, and the Whig Party included among its members such national political personalities as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their greatest leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also counted four war heroes among its ranks, including Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Its Illinois leader was Abraham Lincoln.

In its 26-year existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates elected President of the United States -- Harrison and Taylor -- and saw both of them die in office. Four months after succeeding Harrison, Whig President John Tyler was expelled from the Party, and Millard Fillmore, Taylor's Vice President, was the last Whig to hold the nation's highest office.

The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Deep fissures in the membership on this question led the party to run Winfield Scott over its own incumbent President Fillmore in the presidential election of 1852. The Whig Party never elected another President. Its leaders quit politics (as Lincoln did temporarily) or changed parties. By 1856 the Party had ceased operations and the voter base defected in a variety of different directions. Samuel, in Illinois, followed Lincoln, and gave his hearty allegiance to the Republican Party at its first formation. He retained an intelligent interest in, and supported its activities, up to the last moment of his life. He believed strongly in the value of homeland business and "made in the USA" merchandise, and throughout his entire career lost no opportunity to defend that principle whenever and wherever he found the opportunity.

He had a clear head and sound judgment and never failed to give good counsel to all who sought it of him. His son, Josiah, wrote that Samuel Shove "led a very active life mentally and physically, and his ruling aim seemed to be to do whatsoever came to his hand with all his might, deeming all honest work honorable, and only scorning to eat the bread of idleness or of dishonesty."2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 18301 June 1830Hannah was probably enumerated on the 1 June 1830 census in the household of her father in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.4 
Marriage*She married Gershom M. Redway.2 
Residence*1874Hannah Baxter Shove lived in 1874 at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.2 

Family

 Gershom M. Redway

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  3. [S253] The Whig Party (United States), online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States), downloaded 22 Dec 2006. Hereinafter cited as Whig Party (United States).
  4. [S16] 1830 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Providence East Side of River, Providence County, Rhode Island, roll 168, page 19. Hereinafter cited as 1830 United States Federal Census.

Josiah Shove

b. 8 October 1824
Family
Father*Samuel Shove1 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Lydia Buffum1 b. 17 Oct 1787, d. 8 Sep 1833
Birth*8 October 1824Josiah Shove was born on 8 October 1824.2 
(Son) Residencebetween 1825 and 1840Josiah Shove moved with his parents in between 1825 and 1840 to Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, where the family lived for the next sixteen years. Where Lydia died in 1835 and the rest of the family continued to live for the next six years. Most of their sixteen years in Providence, they lived in a double brick house on Benefit Street between College and Waterman streets, and Samuel was a charming host to all who visited, extending his hospitalities largely to visiting members of the Society of Friends and his many business associates. All who came under his roof were welcomed heartily and entertained liberally.

In Providence, Samuel was very active within the community. He was one of the first directors of the Globe Bank, organized in 1831, with William Sprague as President, and John R. Bartlett as cashier, and also for some years was a director in the American Insurance Company.

In politics, Samuel was an active and devoted member of the Whig Party, which was formed in 1832 to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favored a program of modernization and economic development.

The Party's name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of the 1770s who fought for independence, and the Whig Party included among its members such national political personalities as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their greatest leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also counted four war heroes among its ranks, including Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Its Illinois leader was Abraham Lincoln.

In its 26-year existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates elected President of the United States -- Harrison and Taylor -- and saw both of them die in office. Four months after succeeding Harrison, Whig President John Tyler was expelled from the Party, and Millard Fillmore, Taylor's Vice President, was the last Whig to hold the nation's highest office.

The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Deep fissures in the membership on this question led the party to run Winfield Scott over its own incumbent President Fillmore in the presidential election of 1852. The Whig Party never elected another President. Its leaders quit politics (as Lincoln did temporarily) or changed parties. By 1856 the Party had ceased operations and the voter base defected in a variety of different directions. Samuel, in Illinois, followed Lincoln, and gave his hearty allegiance to the Republican Party at its first formation. He retained an intelligent interest in, and supported its activities, up to the last moment of his life. He believed strongly in the value of homeland business and "made in the USA" merchandise, and throughout his entire career lost no opportunity to defend that principle whenever and wherever he found the opportunity.

He had a clear head and sound judgment and never failed to give good counsel to all who sought it of him. His son, Josiah, wrote that Samuel Shove "led a very active life mentally and physically, and his ruling aim seemed to be to do whatsoever came to his hand with all his might, deeming all honest work honorable, and only scorning to eat the bread of idleness or of dishonesty."2,3 
(Son) Census US 18301 June 1830Josiah was probably enumerated on the 1 June 1830 census in the household of his father in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.4 
Residence*1874Josiah Shove lived in 1874 at New York City, New York County, New York.2 

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  3. [S253] The Whig Party (United States), online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States), downloaded 22 Dec 2006. Hereinafter cited as Whig Party (United States).
  4. [S16] 1830 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Providence East Side of River, Providence County, Rhode Island, roll 168, page 19. Hereinafter cited as 1830 United States Federal Census.

Josiah Shove1

b. 18 April 1756
Family
Father*Nathaniel Shove1 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778
Mother*Hannah Baxter1
Birth*18 April 1756Josiah Shove was born on 18 April 1756, and reported in the records of Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), with the notation that the information was obtained from his gravestone, so he may not have actually been born in Uxbridge.2 
Occupation*1778His occupation was recorded as a blacksmith of Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress), in 1778.2 
Marriage*23 September 1778He married first Joanna Dow, daughter of Samuel Dow and Marcy __?__, on 23 September 1778 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress), their intention of marriage recorded on 20 Aug 1778 in Amesbury, also in Essex County. She was the mother of all nine of his children.1,2 
MarriageHe married second Avis Sisson.1 
MarriageJosiah Shove married third Sarah Wilbur.1,3 

Family

 Joanna Dow b. 14 Nov 1755, d. 10 May 1796
Child 1.Samuel Shove+4,3 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  2. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  3. [S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."
  4. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).

Louisa Agnes Shove1,2

b. 24 June 1841, d. circa 1943
Family
Louisa Agnes (Shove) Conger
RelationshipsGranddaughter of John Bolton
4th great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Samuel Shove2,3 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Elizabeth Everett Bolton2,1 b. 30 May 1806, d. 21 Jan 1864
Birth*24 June 1841Louisa Agnes Shove was born on 24 June 1841 near Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois.4,3 
(Daughter) Residence1847About the year of 1847, Louisa Agnes Shove moved with her parents to Pope Creek, Knox County, Illinois, where her father Samuel continued to work a small piece of land and kept a stock of goods, enjoying the variety to be found in running a country store. Their two youngest children were with them in Pope Creek, and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth Brown, age 21, had married Lucien Conger in 1845 and lived in Galesburg. Samuel's daughter, Nancy, had died in 1844 and his daughter, Hannah, had possibly already married Gershom Redway before her family moved from Providence. The whereabouts of the four older boys, all old enough to be on their own, William Shove at age 33, Josiah Shove at 23, James Brown, also 23 and George Brown at 19, remains a mystery to this researcher. William and Josiah Shove were still living in 1874, but James and George Brown have not yet been found.5 
(Daughter) Residence1849Around 1849, Louisa Agnes Shove moved with her parents, Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove from Mount Hope to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.2 
(Daughter) Underground Railroadcirca 1850One night the Shove's young daughter, Louisa, was awakened in the night in her upstairs bedroom in their Galesburg, Illinois house. She told her grandchildren, years later, of going sleepily downstairs as a nine-year-old would, and opening the door on a room filled with people -- her parents, some neighbors and some black strangers. She was hushed back to bed. And for a long time, she did not know whether it was dream or memory. When she was older, she realized that her parents' home had been a station on the Underground Railway.

In the 1850s the Underground Railroad existed in every State from Maine to Iowa, but mainly in Ohio and Illinois. It functioned without formal organization, officers, rules or maps. It was altogether spontaneous. The slaves fled across the border, appealed for help, found it, sent back word; others found the way, and soon scores of men were helping them, how many no one knows. Galesburg was the most important station in Illinois. The galleries of its Old First Church afforded hiding places for slaves. There were houses in the village and farms on the prairie whose occupants, like the Shoves, were ready to receive fugitives at any hour of the night. Each group worked in ignorance of the size of the movement or its ramifications. All they knew were the stations nearest and the men who went to and fro. There were no records, no statistics. The less they knew the better when it came to testifying in court. Passwords were arranged between those dealing with each other. The routes were frequently changed. It was the simplest organization imaginable and in its simplicity lay its success.6,7 
(Daughter) Census US 185024 September 1850Louisa Agnes Shove appeared on the 1850 census taken on 24 September 1850 in the household of her parents Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Samuel's occupation was recorded as Merchant. The household was made up of Samuel, age 63, Elizabeth, 43, son Clarence Vinton, 13, and daughter, Louisa, age 9.8 
(Daughter) Residence13 December 1853In 1853 the family moved to Mercer County and Louisa's father, by Warrant, purchased federal land on 13 December 1853 in Mercer County, Illinois. The land, consisting of 40 acres, was located in Section Number 32, Township 14N, Range 2W of the 4th Principal Meridian of the County of Mercer, and had the legal description SESE.2,9 
(Daughter) Residencebetween 1854 and 1864Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove made several moves between 1854 and 1864 and their actual pattern of relocation has not yet been determined accurately. Their daughter, Louisa Agnes Shove moved with her parents Samuel, on a journey he made to New England in 1853, contracted an infection of his eyes which resulted within a year or two in a total loss of sight in one eye, and such impaired vision of the remaining one, he became no longer able to continue the work of his business. He was a much-disciplined man however, with a very strong work ethic, and continued to make himself as useful as he possibly could. In 1857, following the loss of his sight, he and Elizabeth removed to Oneida, Knox County, Illinois.5 
Marriage*2 May 1866She married, as his second wife, Crayton Hall Conger, son of Uzziah Conger and Hannah West, on 2 May 1866 in Henry County, Illinois.2,1,10,11
Census US 1870*9 July 1870Louisa and Crayton Hall Conger were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 July 1870 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Crayton was 44 and worked as a Lumber Dealer. His real estate was valued at $15,000 and his personal estate at $20,000. Louisa was 29 and was keeping house. Crayton's three children from his first marriage, Arthur at 19, Irene at 16 and Lillie, at 14, lived with the couple whose first child, Alice, had just been born the day before and was not enumerated. Irene and Lillie were both at school and Arthur, who had attended school within the last year, was working as a bookkeeper. Emily Anderson, age 19 and born in Sweden, also lived with the family as a domestic servant.

The Lucien Conger family also lived in Chicago Ward 5 in 1870, probably fairly near, since both families were enumerated by the same person only two days apart. In the other Conger household, Lucien was Crayton's brother and Samuel Shove and Elizabeth (Brown) Conger were Louisa's father and half-sister.12 
Great Chicago Fire8 October 1871 No one knows how the fire started in the cow barn at the rear of the Patrick O'Leary cottage at 137 DeKoven Street on Chicago's West Side. The blaze began about 9 p.m. that Sunday night, and by midnight the fire had jumped the river's south branch and by 1:30 a.m., the business district was in flames. Shortly thereafter the fire raced northward across the main river.

The waterworks were evacuated although the tower was not badly damaged and still stands. During Monday, the fire burned as far as Fullerton Avenue and rainfall, which started about midnight, helped put out the last of the flames. 300 Chicagoans were dead, 90,000 homeless, and the property loss was $200 million.

Chicago quickly rebuilt and by 1875 little evidence of the disaster remained.13 
Residence*Around the time of the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred 8 Oct 1871, Louisa and Crayton Hall Conger moved with their baby daughter to a farm near Oneida, Knox County, Illinois. Their daughter Alice's two letters contradict each other regarding the timing of the family's move. Her "c1935" source said the move was just prior to the fire and her "c1950" notes stated it was shortly after.13,14,15,5
Relocation*12 April 1878 Within a few years of moving his family to the farm in Oneida, Crayton's health began to fail. Thinking that a change in climate might help, he and Louisa moved their family to New Mexico in 1877. Their daughter, Alice, was 7 years old and wrote that she had only a dim recollection of the long journey. Son Roy was 4, Elizabeth 2, and Hazel was an infant. Crayton's older son, Arthur, and his family made the trip also. Arthur was 26, his wife Ella was 21, and their young daughter Lucy was 3.

At that time, Trinidad, Colorado was the end of the railroad line and the family made the remainder of the trip to New Mexico on the Santa Fe Trail by stagecoach. It was a tiring and dusty trip, and would have been especially so for the young children. Crayton and his son, Arthur, invested together in the purchase of what was commonly known then as a "Post Traders" store at Fort Union, Mora County, New Mexico. Crayton was appointed as the post trader and they bought the Sutler's store on 12 April 1878.16,14,15
(Wife) Death22 May 1880Louisa became a widow when Crayton Hall Conger died on 22 May 1880.14,17
Census US 1900*15 June 1900Louisa was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 15 June 1900 at 565 6th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. She was 58 years of age, a widow, and lived with three of her daughters, Elizabeth, Hazel and Emma in a house she rented. Elizabeth was 25 years of age and worked as a stenographer, Hazel was 22 and worked as a bill clerk, and Emma was 20 years of age.18 
(Participant) Family Photo19 January 1903 On 19 Jan 1903 several photos of the extended Heaton family were taken at a family gathering, probably at William and Lucy Heaton's home in Des Moines, Iowa. Multiple shots of primarily the same individuals in different groupings are spread across the country among the Heaton descendants.19
(Mother-in-Law) Census US 191015 April 1910Louisa (Shove) Conger appeared on the 1910 census taken on 15 April 1910 in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Hazel and Roy Henry Heaton, in Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas. She was 68 years of age and worked as a librarian in a library.20 
Biographical Info* Louisa enjoyed celebrating her birthday. The Des Moines, Iowa Tribune wrote quite a long article about her when she turned 100 -- with the headline "Mrs. Louisa Conger 100 YEARS OLD". The story said she was "a child of the depression" of 1841 and that she was born two years before the first telegraph line linked Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. "Mrs. Conger is enjoying the fruit of progress" and was planning to have her first airplane ride to celebrate her birthday.

In describing Louisa, the article said "her sight is failing some; she requires earphones for conversation; she uses a cane and a crutch to walk -- but her mind and memory are clear, and she hasn't lost her sense of humor."21
Death*circa 1943 Her granddaughter, Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, estimated the year of her grandmother's death as between 1942 and 1944.22 

Family

 Crayton Hall Conger b. 24 Apr 1825, d. 22 May 1880
Children 1.Alice Shove Conger+1 b. 8 Jul 1870, d. bt 1958 - 1959
 2.Roy Uzziah Conger1 b. 6 Feb 1873, d. c 1934
 3.Elizabeth May Conger+1 b. 12 Apr 1875, d. 20 Aug 1922
 4.Hazel Conger+1 b. 19 Sep 1877, d. 13 Jun 1929
 5.Emma B. Conger+1 b. 29 Jan 1880, d. 14 Dec 1911

Citations

  1. [S9] Compiled by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, transcribed from the original Conger Volumes published by Helen Maxine Cromwell in 1973, "Notes Taken From: The Conger Family of America", compiled on 10 Aug 1982 (Issaquah, Washington 98029). Hereinafter cited as "Conger Family Outline."
  2. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  3. [S9] Compiled by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, transcribed from the original Conger Volumes published by Helen Maxine Cromwell in 1973, "Conger Family Outline", noting her place of birth incorrectly as Albany, New York.
  4. [S19] Says Lincoln Not Homely - Mrs. Conger Recalls Douglas Debate - She's 95, Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa, 1936. Hereinafter cited as Des Moines Tribune, Mrs. Louisa Conger is 95.
  5. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  6. [S240] Mary Lou Skinner Ross, Thoughts While Ironing. Warning: The publication contains no chapters or page numbers. (Atlanta, Georgia: Ross, Mary Lou Skinner, 1981). Hereinafter cited as Thoughts While Ironing.
  7. [S241] Earnest Elmo Calkins, They Broke the Prairie (New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937), pages 226 - 228. Hereinafter cited as They Broke the Prairie.
  8. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, roll M432_113, page 354, image 54. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S249] Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Database of the Illinois State Archives, online at http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/…. Hereinafter cited as Illinois Public Domain Land Records.
  10. [S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."
  11. [S512] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, online at www.ilsos.gov/Genealogy/. Hereinafter cited as Illinois Marriage Index, 1763-1900.
  12. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Crayton H. Conger, Chicago Ward 5, Cook County, Illinois, roll M593_200, page 204, image 409. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S256] The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, online at http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/greatfire.html. Hereinafter cited as Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
  14. [S21] Alice Shove (Conger) Hunter, "(Autobiographical Notes of) Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1935", first of two writings obtained, (untitled with the exception of her name, undated and probably written around 1935). Hereinafter cited as "Autobiographical Notes of Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1935."
  15. [S22] Alice Shove (Conger) Hunter, "(Autobiographical Notes of) Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1950", second of two writings obtained, (undated and probably written around 1950). Hereinafter cited as "Autobiographical Notes of Alice Shove Conger-Hunter, c1950."
  16. [S258] James Ivey, "'The Best Sutler's Store in America': James E. Barrow and the Formation of Trader's Row at Fort Union, New Mexico, 1867-1891", New Mexico Historical Review volume 70, number 3, pages 299-327 (July 1995): pages 229-327. Hereinafter cited as "Trader's Row (and the Congers) at Fort Union."
  17. [S133] Maxine Crowell Leonard, The Conger Family of America, Volumes I and II (Janesville, Iowa 50647: Larry and Maxine Leonard, 1972), Volume I, page 494. Hereinafter cited as Conger Family of America.
  18. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Louisa A. Conger, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; roll: T623_453; Page 18A; Enumeration District: 71. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  19. [S1457] "Heaton Family Photograph Collection." (Old family photographs in the possession of LHB, Summerlin, Nevada, ). Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Photograph Collection."
  20. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of R. H. Heaton, 4-Wd Delhart, Dallam County, Texas; series: T624; roll: 1541; page 97; Enumeration District: 70. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  21. [S213] Mrs. Louisa Conger 100 Years Old Plans Plane Ride, Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa, 1941. Hereinafter cited as Des Moines Tribune, Louisa Conger 100 Years Old.
  22. [S1] Personal Knowledge of LHB, (e-mail address).

Lydia Shove1

Family
Father*Nathaniel Shove1 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778
Mother*Hannah Baxter1

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.

Marius Bolton Shove

b. 1872, d. 1953
Family
RelationshipsGreat-grandson of John Bolton
5th great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Clarence Vinton Shove b. 25 Aug 1837, d. 10 Jan 1918
Mother*Sarah Amelia Spicer1 b. 14 May 1838, d. 1906
Birth*1872Marius Bolton Shove was born in 1872. 
(Son) Census US 18804 June 1880Marius Bolton Shove, who was 7, and his brother George, 13, appeared on the 1880 census taken on 4 June 1880 in the household of their parents, Clarence V. and Sarah A. Shove in Viola, Mercer County, Illinois.1  
Marriage*He married Minnie E. Conquest. 
Death*1953He died in 1953. 

Family

 Minnie E. Conquest b. 1880, d. 1968

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence... and Sarah Shove, Viola, Mercer County, Illinois; Roll: T9_236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 287.2000; Enumeration District: 175; Image: 0360. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Nancy Hacker Shove

b. 1821, d. June 1844
Family
Father*Samuel Shove1 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Lydia Buffum1 b. 17 Oct 1787, d. 8 Sep 1833
Birth*1821Nancy Hacker Shove was born in 1821. 
(Daughter) Residencebetween 1825 and 1840Nancy Hacker Shove moved with her parents in between 1825 and 1840 to Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, where the family lived for the next sixteen years. Where Lydia died in 1835 and the rest of the family continued to live for the next six years. Most of their sixteen years in Providence, they lived in a double brick house on Benefit Street between College and Waterman streets, and Samuel was a charming host to all who visited, extending his hospitalities largely to visiting members of the Society of Friends and his many business associates. All who came under his roof were welcomed heartily and entertained liberally.

In Providence, Samuel was very active within the community. He was one of the first directors of the Globe Bank, organized in 1831, with William Sprague as President, and John R. Bartlett as cashier, and also for some years was a director in the American Insurance Company.

In politics, Samuel was an active and devoted member of the Whig Party, which was formed in 1832 to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favored a program of modernization and economic development.

The Party's name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of the 1770s who fought for independence, and the Whig Party included among its members such national political personalities as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their greatest leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also counted four war heroes among its ranks, including Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Its Illinois leader was Abraham Lincoln.

In its 26-year existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates elected President of the United States -- Harrison and Taylor -- and saw both of them die in office. Four months after succeeding Harrison, Whig President John Tyler was expelled from the Party, and Millard Fillmore, Taylor's Vice President, was the last Whig to hold the nation's highest office.

The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Deep fissures in the membership on this question led the party to run Winfield Scott over its own incumbent President Fillmore in the presidential election of 1852. The Whig Party never elected another President. Its leaders quit politics (as Lincoln did temporarily) or changed parties. By 1856 the Party had ceased operations and the voter base defected in a variety of different directions. Samuel, in Illinois, followed Lincoln, and gave his hearty allegiance to the Republican Party at its first formation. He retained an intelligent interest in, and supported its activities, up to the last moment of his life. He believed strongly in the value of homeland business and "made in the USA" merchandise, and throughout his entire career lost no opportunity to defend that principle whenever and wherever he found the opportunity.

He had a clear head and sound judgment and never failed to give good counsel to all who sought it of him. His son, Josiah, wrote that Samuel Shove "led a very active life mentally and physically, and his ruling aim seemed to be to do whatsoever came to his hand with all his might, deeming all honest work honorable, and only scorning to eat the bread of idleness or of dishonesty."2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 18301 June 1830Nancy was probably enumerated on the 1 June 1830 census in the household of her father in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.4 
Death*June 1844She died in June 1844.2 

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  3. [S253] The Whig Party (United States), online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States), downloaded 22 Dec 2006. Hereinafter cited as Whig Party (United States).
  4. [S16] 1830 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Providence East Side of River, Providence County, Rhode Island, roll 168, page 19. Hereinafter cited as 1830 United States Federal Census.

Nathaniel Shove1

b. 29 January 1668, d. before 1778
Family
Father*George Shove1,2 b. 1634, d. 21 Apr 1687
Mother*Hopestill Newman2 d. 7 Mar 1673/74
Birth*29 January 1668Nathaniel Shove was born on 29 January 1668 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).3,1,2 
Marriage*He married Hannah Baxter.1 
Death*before 1778He died before 1778 in Dighton, Bristol County. The 1778 marriage record of his son, Josiah, is confusing to this researcher in that it noted that either Nathaniel or his wife, Hannah, or both of them were deceased.4 

Family

 Hannah Baxter
Children 1.William Shove1
 2.Lydia Shove1
 3.Hannah Shove1 b. 8 Apr 1751
 4.Nathaniel Shove1
 5.Josiah Shove+1 b. 18 Apr 1756
 6.Yet-Mercy Shove1
 7.Squires Shove+1 b. 1 Mar 1761
 8.Thomas Shove1

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton Births, Volume 1, page 387. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S292] From the Proprietors' Records. Communicated by Edgar H. Reed of Taunton, "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 16, page 326, (Oct 1862): page 326. Hereinafter cited as "Shove Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton."
  4. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths, son Josiah's marriage, recorded in Salisbury, Essex County, noted his parents were of Dighton. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.

Nathaniel Shove1

Family
Father*Nathaniel Shove1 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778
Mother*Hannah Baxter1

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.

Samuel Shove

b. 2 February 1789, d. 11 December 1874
Family
Samuel Shove
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Josiah Shove1,2 b. 18 Apr 1756
Mother*Joanna Dow3 b. 14 Nov 1755, d. 10 May 1796
Birth*2 February 1789Samuel Shove was born on 2 February 1789 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the sixth of nine children. He was born in the part of Mendon that later became the village of Millville. His birth date is also included in the records of Uxbridge, Worcester County.4,3,1 
Name VariationSamuel's full name may have been Samuel Asa SHOVE. 
Apprenticeship*1803At the age of 14, Samuel Shove was apprenticed to his uncle, Squires Shove, of Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, a tanner and currier. Before completing his apprenticeship, however, Samuel had mastered the trade and saved enough money to purchase the remainder of his time, which he did.1,3 
Education*Samuel Shove had no formal schooling. The only education he received was gained by attendance at evening schools during his apprenticeship, and six months at a day school.3 
Occupation*between 1811 and 1815He was a reader and a thinker and very much interested in the policies of the country. In 1811 Samuel Shove believed the United States would have war with England and knew that would cause a cutting off of supplies of manufactured goods, so he went into debt and built and stocked a mill in order to manufacture satinet, an imitation satin fabric, and a popular cloth for men's wear in those days. In the first year he paid off his indebtedness and had a profit margin as well. By 1813 he lived in Union Village, Rhode Island and owned the "Old Lyman Mill" in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.3,1 
Marriage*1 July 1813Samuel Shove married first Lydia Buffum on 1 July 1813 in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. Following their marriage, they lived for a short time in Union Village, Rhode Island and in 1814, moved to Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island and lived, as reported in 1874, "where the Woonsocket Hotel is now."5,1,3,6 
Residence1815 Just about a year after moving his family to Woonsocket, in 1815, Samuel had a terrible work accident that caused the loss of his left arm. He had run the belt off the woolen picker, and was picking a loose piece of wool from the front, when the teeth caught the back of his hand and tore the flesh from his arm, injuring the bone enough to require amputation just below the elbow. The surgery was performed by a carpenter with one of his saws under the supervision of a village doctor. The awkward manner of the operation caused, upon healing, the end of the bone to be exposed for nearly an inch and to correct it, Samuel was required to journey to Boston, for the nearest surgeon. The flesh was again opened and the bone once more sawed off.3 
Residencebetween 1820 and 1825About the year 1820, Samuel purchased what, in 1874, had become known as the "Ephraim Coe farm" in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, and lived there with his family until 1825 when they moved to Providence.3 
Religion17 October 1821Samuel Shove was a Quaker and joined the Society of Friends on 17 October 1821.3 
Occupationbetween 1825 and 1837After moving to Providence, Samuel Shove was largely engaged in the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, owning or running mills in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Manchaug, Ironstone and Fall River, Massachusetts, and accumulating what was at that time considered a large fortune.3 
Residence*between 1825 and 1840Around 1825, Samuel Shove and Lydia (Buffum) Shove moved to Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, where Lydia died in 1835 and the rest of the family continued to live for the next six years. Most of their sixteen years in Providence, they lived in a double brick house on Benefit Street between College and Waterman streets, and Samuel was a charming host to all who visited, extending his hospitalities largely to visiting members of the Society of Friends and his many business associates. All who came under his roof were welcomed heartily and entertained liberally.

In Providence, Samuel was very active within the community. He was one of the first directors of the Globe Bank, organized in 1831, with William Sprague as President, and John R. Bartlett as cashier, and also for some years was a director in the American Insurance Company.

In politics, Samuel was an active and devoted member of the Whig Party, which was formed in 1832 to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favored a program of modernization and economic development.

The Party's name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of the 1770s who fought for independence, and the Whig Party included among its members such national political personalities as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their greatest leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also counted four war heroes among its ranks, including Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Its Illinois leader was Abraham Lincoln.

In its 26-year existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates elected President of the United States -- Harrison and Taylor -- and saw both of them die in office. Four months after succeeding Harrison, Whig President John Tyler was expelled from the Party, and Millard Fillmore, Taylor's Vice President, was the last Whig to hold the nation's highest office.

The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Deep fissures in the membership on this question led the party to run Winfield Scott over its own incumbent President Fillmore in the presidential election of 1852. The Whig Party never elected another President. Its leaders quit politics (as Lincoln did temporarily) or changed parties. By 1856 the Party had ceased operations and the voter base defected in a variety of different directions. Samuel, in Illinois, followed Lincoln, and gave his hearty allegiance to the Republican Party at its first formation. He retained an intelligent interest in, and supported its activities, up to the last moment of his life. He believed strongly in the value of homeland business and "made in the USA" merchandise, and throughout his entire career lost no opportunity to defend that principle whenever and wherever he found the opportunity.

He had a clear head and sound judgment and never failed to give good counsel to all who sought it of him. His son, Josiah, wrote that Samuel Shove "led a very active life mentally and physically, and his ruling aim seemed to be to do whatsoever came to his hand with all his might, deeming all honest work honorable, and only scorning to eat the bread of idleness or of dishonesty."3,7 
Census US 1830*1 June 1830Samuel Shove was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1 June 1830 census taken in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. There were seven members of the household, including one male aged 5-10 (Josiah), one male aged 15-20 (William), one male aged 40-50 (Samuel), one female aged 5-10 (Nancy), one female aged 10-15 (Hannah), one female aged 20-30 (likely a servant) and one female aged 40-50 (Lydia.)8 
Marriage7 July 1836Samuel Shove married second Elizabeth Everett (Bolton) Brown, daughter of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce, on 7 July 1836 in Trinity Episcopal Church, New York City, New York. Their marriage likely caused some concern among family and friends because she was a member of the Episcopalian Church and he was a Quaker and active member of the Society of Friends. They were married by Episcopalian Minister Henry Anthon.9,10 
Religion*Although he remained attached to his Quaker faith and general principles of the Society throughout the remainder of his life, Samuel's formal association with the Society of Friends was dissolved as a result of his marriage to Elizabeth Bolton Brown, an Episcopalian.3 
Occupationbetween 1837 and 1840Samuel Shove remained in the manufacturing business until 1840 and was very successful, having quite a few factories making different kinds of cloth. Unlike most of his friends, he weathered the financial crisis of 1837 and as a result had the opportunity to obtain unlimited credit. His not so fortunate business associates in Providence, Rhode Island, where he had lived for many years, came to him for his signature on notes so that they could get back into business again. He knew them for capable, honest men and felt sure they would repay their loans, and all was going fine until the crash of 1840. It occurred so soon after 1837 that they were not yet firmly established and went down, carrying him with them. Samuel sold everything at a sacrifice and paid off every cent of that indebtedness.1 
Relocation*1840Now without resources, in 1840, at the age of fifty-one, with a family of five still to provide for, he borrowed $1,000 from his first wife's brother, possibly William, and in the fall of 1840 began the relocation of his family to Mount Hope, McLean County, Illinois, a colony of Rhode Island and Massachusetts people. He had a small farm of sixty acres on which he lived with his family for about seven years, performing with his one arm most of the work usually done on a farm by the more fortunate possession of two.3,1 
Residence*1847About the year of 1847, Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove moved to Pope Creek, Knox County, Illinois, where Samuel continued to work a small piece of land and kept a stock of goods, enjoying the variety to be found in running a country store. Their two youngest children were with them in Pope Creek, and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth Brown, age 21, had married Lucien Conger in 1845 and lived in Galesburg. Samuel's daughter, Nancy, had died in 1844 and his daughter, Hannah, had possibly already married Gershom Redway before her family moved from Providence. The whereabouts of the four older boys, all old enough to be on their own, William Shove at age 33, Josiah Shove at 23, James Brown, also 23 and George Brown at 19, remains a mystery to this researcher. William and Josiah Shove were still living in 1874, but James and George Brown have not yet been found.3 
Residence1849In 1849, Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove moved with their family from Mount Hope to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.1 
Underground Railroad*circa 1850One night the Shove's young daughter, Louisa, was awakened in the night in her upstairs bedroom in their Galesburg, Illinois house. She told her grandchildren, years later, of going sleepily downstairs as a nine-year-old would, and opening the door on a room filled with people -- her parents, some neighbors and some black strangers. She was hushed back to bed. And for a long time, she did not know whether it was dream or memory. When she was older, she realized that her parents' home had been a station on the Underground Railway.

In the 1850s the Underground Railroad existed in every State from Maine to Iowa, but mainly in Ohio and Illinois. It functioned without formal organization, officers, rules or maps. It was altogether spontaneous. The slaves fled across the border, appealed for help, found it, sent back word; others found the way, and soon scores of men were helping them, how many no one knows. Galesburg was the most important station in Illinois. The galleries of its Old First Church afforded hiding places for slaves. There were houses in the village and farms on the prairie whose occupants, like the Shoves, were ready to receive fugitives at any hour of the night. Each group worked in ignorance of the size of the movement or its ramifications. All they knew were the stations nearest and the men who went to and fro. There were no records, no statistics. The less they knew the better when it came to testifying in court. Passwords were arranged between those dealing with each other. The routes were frequently changed. It was the simplest organization imaginable and in its simplicity lay its success.11,12 
Census US 1850*24 September 1850Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove appeared on the 1850 census taken on 24 September 1850 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Samuel's occupation was recorded as Merchant. The household was made up of Samuel, age 63, Elizabeth, 43, son Clarence Vinton, 13, and daughter, Louisa, age 9.13 
Residence13 December 1853In 1853 the family moved to Mercer County and, by Warrant, Samuel Shove purchased federal land on 13 December 1853 in Mercer County, Illinois. The land, consisting of 40 acres, was located in Section Number 32, Township 14N, Range 2W of the 4th Principal Meridian of the County of Mercer, and had the legal description SESE.1,14 
Residencebetween 1854 and 1864Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove made several shorter moves after relocating from Rhode Island to Illinois in 1840 and their actual pattern of movement was described differently by their daughter, Louisa Shove Conger, who was a very young child and with them at the time, and Josiah Shove, Samuel's grown son, who was not. Samuel, on a journey he made to New England in 1853, contracted an infection of his eyes which resulted within a year or two in a total loss of sight in one eye, and such impaired vision of the remaining one, he became no longer able to continue the work of his business. He was a much-disciplined man however, with a very strong work ethic, and continued to make himself as useful as he possibly could. In 1857, following the loss of his sight, he and Elizabeth removed to Oneida, Knox County, Illinois, where they remained until Elizabeth's death in 1864.3 
Census US 1860*8 July 1860Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Shove appeared on the 1850 census taken on 8 July 1860 in Oneida, Knox County, Illinois. Samuel was 71 and lived with his wife Elizabeth who was 51.15 
(Father-in-Law) Residence1864Following the death of Elizabeth, his second wife, Samuel Shove went to live with the family of Lucien West Conger and Elizabeth Everett Brown his stepdaughter and son-in-law in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. With the Congers he found all the loving care and diligent attention that his advancing years, combined with his helpless condition, were necessary for his comfort.3 
(Husband) Death21 January 1864Samuel became a widower for the second time when Elizabeth E. Shove died on 21 January 1864.1 
(Father-in-law) Census US 187011 June 1870Samuel Shove appeared on the 1870 census taken on 11 June 1870 in the household of Lucien West Conger and Elizabeth Conger in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Lucien was 46 and his occupation was Jeweler. The value of his real estate was recorded as $12,000 and his personal estate as $15,000. Elizabeth was 43 and keeping house. Included in the household were the couple's 14-year-old son Clarence LaForest Conger, recorded as "C. La Fay Conger", who was at school, and Edith B. Conger, believed to have been a relative and not yet identified, age 9 and born in Illinois, their newly married daughter Laura, age 17 and her husband, Alexander R. Webb, age 22, also a Jeweler, the 81-year-old Samuel Shove, Elizabeth Conger's stepfather, and a domestic, Mary Reil, born in Ireland, age 30.

The Crayton Hall Conger family also lived in Chicago Ward 5 in 1870, probably fairly near, since both families were enumerated by the same person only two days apart. In the other Conger household, Crayton was Lucien's brother and Louisa (Shove) Conger was Elizabeth's half-sister and Samuel Shove's daughter.16 
(Father-in-Law) Residence1873Samuel Shove moved with Lucien W. Conger and Elizabeth Conger in 1873 to Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, and continued to live with them until his death in 1874.1,3 
Death*11 December 1874Samuel Shove died on 11 December 1874 in Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, at age 85.3,1 
Burial*He was buried in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.3,1 

Family 1

 Lydia Buffum b. 17 Oct 1787, d. 8 Sep 1833
Children 1.William Buffum Shove1 b. Sep 1814
 2.Hannah Baxter Shove1 b. 1818
 3.Nancy Hacker Shove1 b. 1821, d. Jun 1844
 4.Josiah Shove1 b. 8 Oct 1824
 5.Thomas Shove3 b. bt Mar 1827 - Apr 1827, d. 1 Nov 1828

Family 2

 Elizabeth Everett Bolton b. 30 May 1806, d. 21 Jan 1864
Children 1.Clarence Vinton Shove+1 b. 25 Aug 1837, d. 10 Jan 1918
 2.Thomas Shove1 b. c 1839, d. c 1839
 3.Louisa Agnes Shove+1,17 b. 24 Jun 1841, d. c 1943

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."
  3. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  4. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths, Mendon town and C.R.1, from records of the First Congregational Society (Unitarian). Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  5. [S14] James N. Arnold, Rhode Island Vital records, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, first series, births, marriages, and deaths; a family register for the people, CD-ROM (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891; CD-ROM produced by CDventura, Inc., 1999), Index included in most of the 21 volumes, volume 7, page 173, Friends and Ministers, Smithfield Friends Record -- Marriages and volume 7, page 274, Friends and Ministers, Providence Friends Record -- Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850.
  6. [S11] Owen A. Perkins, Buffum Family, Volume II (Buffalo, New York: Buffum Family Association Inc., 1983), pages 23, 43 and 87. Hereinafter cited as Buffum Family.
  7. [S253] The Whig Party (United States), online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States), downloaded 22 Dec 2006. Hereinafter cited as Whig Party (United States).
  8. [S16] 1830 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Providence East Side of River, Providence County, Rhode Island, roll 168, page 19. Hereinafter cited as 1830 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S1830] Trinity Church Parish, New York, New York, New York computer printout; marriages, 1746-1861 on FHL Film# 882993. Contains information extracted from book number: 974 B2n v. 69-72, 74-79, 81-89 for the Controlled Extraction Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc. It was published by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1977 with a searchable index and transcriptions available online: marriage of Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Brown on 7 July 1836 at Trinity Episcopal Church, New York City, image# 241 of 1198 on FHL digital film# 7765064, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Trinity Church Parish, New York City, Marriages, 1746-1861.
  10. [S1831] Trinity Church Wallstreet Genealogy: Digital Churchyards & Registers, online at https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/about/archives/…, Marriage of Samuel Shove and Elizabeth E. Brown on 7 July 1836 at Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City by Minister Henry Anthon. Hereinafter cited as Trinity Church Wallstreet Genealogy: Digital Churchyards & Registers.
  11. [S240] Mary Lou Skinner Ross, Thoughts While Ironing. Warning: The publication contains no chapters or page numbers. (Atlanta, Georgia: Ross, Mary Lou Skinner, 1981). Hereinafter cited as Thoughts While Ironing.
  12. [S241] Earnest Elmo Calkins, They Broke the Prairie (New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937), pages 226 - 228. Hereinafter cited as They Broke the Prairie.
  13. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, roll M432_113, page 354, image 54. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  14. [S249] Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Database of the Illinois State Archives, online at http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/…. Hereinafter cited as Illinois Public Domain Land Records.
  15. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Shove, Ontario, Knox County, Illinois, roll M653_195, page 486, image 152. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  16. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of L.W. Conger, Chicago Ward 5, Cook County, Illinois, roll M593_200, page 165, image 332. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  17. [S9] Compiled by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, transcribed from the original Conger Volumes published by Helen Maxine Cromwell in 1973, "Notes Taken From: The Conger Family of America", compiled on 10 Aug 1982 (Issaquah, Washington 98029), noting her place of birth incorrectly as Albany, New York. Hereinafter cited as "Conger Family Outline."

Squires Shove1

b. 1 March 1761
Family
Father*Nathaniel Shove1 b. 29 Jan 1668, d. b 1778
Mother*Hannah Baxter1
Birth*1 March 1761Squires Shove was born on 1 March 1761 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), and likely recorded in Danvers, Essex County later when he moved to Danvers.2 
Occupation*Squires Shove was a Tanner and Currier at Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 
(Uncle) Apprenticeship1803At the age of 14, Samuel Shove was apprenticed to his uncle, Squires Shove, of Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, a tanner and currier. Before completing his apprenticeship, however, Samuel had mastered the trade and saved enough money to purchase the remainder of his time, which he did.3,1 

Citations

  1. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.
  2. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  3. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).

Thomas Shove

b. circa 1839, d. circa 1839
Family
RelationshipsGrandson of John Bolton
4th great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Samuel Shove1 b. 2 Feb 1789, d. 11 Dec 1874
Mother*Elizabeth Everett Bolton b. 30 May 1806, d. 21 Jan 1864
Death*circa 1839Thomas Shove died at birth circa 1839 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.1,2 

Citations

  1. [S6] Interview with Grandma Conger, Louisa Shove Conger (1840-1942), by Mary Lou Heaton Skinner Ross, sometime before Grandma Conger's death in 1942. LHB Notebook - E-Mails and Letters (Summerlin, Nevada).
  2. [S7] Obituary of Samuel Shove, submitted by his son Josiah Shove, pages 223-225, although some of the lineage information, especially of the early Shoves in America, has proved to be incorrect. (Names mixed up and at least one generation skipped.) Samuel's son Josiah likely wrote parts of the obituary from his memory of stories his father had told him. And, of course, neither of them had any first-hand information of anything before Samuel's birth in 1789. From this researcher's point of view, other sources should be considered more reliable -- especially on events and people of the 1600s and 1700s, Necrology of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, for the year 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, LHB Notebook - Books, News, & Online, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Shove Necrology - RI Society 1874.