Selected Families and Individuals

Ira REED ¹.Ira married ² Alice J. HENDERSHOT in 1882 in Ti, Flint, Genesee, Michigan.

Spouse: Alice Haendershot

Alice J. HENDERSHOT ^{1, 2}.Alice married ³ Ira REED in 1882 in Ti, Flint, Genesee, Michigan.

They had the following children:

		M	i	John Melvin REED was born in 1892. He died in Apr 1961.
		F	ii	Florence REED.

MARY DOWDEN died before 1900.

She had the following children:

M

i

Michael A. MARKEY was born about 1836. He died on 19 Feb 1918.

Jacob FUDGE [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5, 6} about 1814 in Washington Co, VA. He died ^{7, 8} in 1893 in Brownville, Nemaha, Nebraska. He was buried in Brownville, Nemaha, Nebraska. He married ⁹ Mahala BAYLESS on 21 Feb 1856 in Marion Co., IA. He had other parents.

Other marriages:

SEAY, Rebecca Jane

After Jacob and Mahala had their one daughter, Alice Zoa Fudge 1865 in Iowa. Jacob, Mahala and Alice later moved to Brownsville, Nebraska.

Places of residence:
Washington Co., VA (1820, 1830)
Jasper Co., IA (1850-1870)
Brownville, Nemaha Co.,NE (1880-1893)
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23 June 1836. Jacob Fudge's marriage to Rebecca Jane Seay - cert. by
Alexander McEwen, Presb.
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Source: Miscellaneous Family Notes, p. 22. Rev. 02/07/92. Prepared by
Dr. John Greever.
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1840 U. S. Census - Ages fit for them to be living in Warren M. Seay
household, see:
VA, Washington Co., Unknown Twp., p. 243a, including - Jacob, 20-30 yrs.;
Rebecca, 20-30 yrs.; John T. & James Warren Fudge, und. 5 yrs.
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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #1271, Date of Import: Dec 16, 2000]

The Seay and Jacob Fudge families were living at Abingdon, VA. Heard of the rich lands west of the Mississippi River being opened up for settlement.

In the winter of 1844, instead of staring on the long tedious journey by ox cart as many were doing, they cut timber and procured luber and built a houseboat.

When all was ready, a party of fifteen started west. Included were - Grandfather & Grandmother Seay, their children: John, Warren, Jesse, Rebecca, Mary and Eliza. Polly the wife of Warren, Jesse the son of Polly and Warren, Jacob Fudge the husband of Rebecca, and a friend whose name is not known.

The family brought some money , a cow and such simple household articles as were necessary. They traveled only days, stopping at night so that the cow could feed on the abundant growth of grass along the river.

They sailed down the Holstein River into the Tennessee River. On the their trip through the Tennessee River they passed through Mussle Shoals long before Henry Ford was born and they had to get a special pilot to take them through. From the Tennessee they headed into the Ohio River to the Mississippi River. There they sold the houseboat and took passage on a steamer to Burlington, IA.

At Burlington they engaged men with ox teams to take them to Tools Point (not Monroe), Jasper Co., IA. They took homesteads north of Tools Point and began to make a home (June 1, 1844). The weather was pleasant and they lived under the stars in the woods while all hands felled trees and hewed them flat and notched them for the corners of their houses. The logs were held in place by wooden pegs. For the roof, some used coarse slough grass for thatch but most of them use clpaboards (made by splitting logs as thin as possible with a broadax).

At first the houses all had dirt floors. They had no stoves but built fireplaces and chimneys of poles and plastered them heavily inside and out with yellow clay. These fireplaces were built deep and four or five feet long so that they could burn limbs of trees and even logs twelve to eighteen inches in diameter.

Additional notes - xxxxx and Christian Fudge

Written by Vista Fudge Baker & Gail Fisher Fudge family notes.

Source - Tradition of the Fudge Family, 1888, Joseph T. Fudge
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[Note - Grandpa & Grandma Seay's names were Warren Moore & Maria (nee -
Holsapple, Jackson) Seay; their son Warren was actually named James
Warren; James Warren's wife was Mary Owen, but was called "Polly"; the
friend who came with them was Craven Owen - father of "Polly".
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Source: Mary Jo Hanon - (4/98]
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1850 U. S. Census
IA, Jasper Co., Dist. #16, p. 369
Dwelling #4, Family #4
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Jacob Fudge, 35, m, Farmer, RE val. 480, b. VA, x, x, cannot read/write.
Rebecca......, 30, f, x, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
John............, 14, m, x, x, x, b. VA, att. school, rest blank.
James........., 12, m, x, x, x, b. VA, att. school, rest blank.
Mary............, 9, f, x, x, x, b. VA, att. school, rest blank.
Ann.............., 7, f, x, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
Alvira..........., 1, f, x, x, x, b. IA, rest blank.
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Jacob Fudge married Mahala Bayless, 21 Feb 1856, Marion Co., IA
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Source: _Iowa Marriage Register, 1851-1900_. Marion County, IA, County
records in Knoxville, IA.
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1860 U. S. Census
IA, Jasper Co., Fairview Twp., p. 42
P.O. Monroe, IA, 28 June 1860, T. J. Poteet, Asst Marshall.
Dwelling #270, Family #260
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Jacob Fudge, 46, M, x, Farmer, RE 2400, Pers. prop. 877, b. VA, rest
blank.
Mahala........, 34, F, x, Domestic, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
James........., 21, M, x, Farm Laborer, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
Mary E........, 18, F, x, Domestic, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
Analiza........, 15, F, x, Domestic, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
Elvira.........., 11, F, x, x, x, x, b. IA, rest blank.
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1870 U. S. Census
IA, Jasper Co., Elk Creek Twp., p. 244b-245a
6 August 1870, G. A. Eaton, Ass't Marshall
Dwelling #83, Family #85
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p. 244b
Fudge, Jacob, 58, M, W, Farmer, RE val. 1200, Pers. prop. 830, b. VA,
rest blank.
p. 245a
.........., Mahala, 49, F, W, Keeping house, x, x, b. VA, rest blank.
.........., Alice, 5, F, W, At school, x, x, b. IA, x, x, x, x, att.
school, rest blank.
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1880 U. S. Census
NE, Nemaha Co., Brownville (City), Dist. 207, p. 144b
Main Street, House #39, Dwelling #11, Family #16
1 June 1880, S. M. Rich, Enum.
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Fudge, Jacob, W, M, 64, x, x, md., x, x, Eating house, 12, x, x, x, x, x,
x, x, x, x, b. VA, father & mother b. VA.
.........., Mahala, W, F, 53, x, Wife, x, md. x, x, Keeping house, x, x,
x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. PA.
.........., Zoa, W, F, 15, x, daughter, s, x, x, x, At home, x, x, x, x,
x, x, x, att. school, x, x, b. IA, father & mother b. VA
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Mahala BAYLESS ¹ was born about 1826 in Virginia. She married ² Jacob FUDGE on 21 Feb 1856 in Marion Co., IA.

Jacob Fudge married Mahala Bayless on Feb 21, 1856 in Marion Co., IA.
Record of this marriage may be found at the FHL under microfilm reference
number 0986183.
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Source: Family Tree Maker Family Archives, Marriage Index: Iowa,
1851-1900.
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They had the following children:

F

i

Alice Zoa FUDGE 1 was born 2 in 1865 in Iowa.

Russell Lloyd THOMAS [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 25 Jul 1924 in Williamsburg, Iowa, Iowa. He was christened ⁴ in Millersburg Methodist Church, Iowa County, Iowa. He died ^{5, 6} on 16 Aug 1997 in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California. He was buried ^{7, 8} on 23 Aug 1997 in Genoa Bluffs Cemetery, Ladora, Iowa County, Iowa. He married ⁹ Delores Julia PLIES about 27 Jan 1952.

Delores Julia PLIES ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 30 Jul 1931 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. She married ⁴ Russell Lloyd THOMAS about 27 Jan 1952.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Gary Russell THOMAS 1 was born 2 on 17 Mar 1952.
		M	ii	David Allen THOMAS 1 was born 2 on 30 Oct 1953.
		F	iii	Cynthia Dee THOMAS 1 was born 2, 3 on 21 Feb 1957.

Burritt E. BENSON ¹.Burritt married Anna MARKEY.

Anna MARKEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5} in 1869. She died ⁶ estimated 1889/1964. She married Burritt E. BENSON.

Herman C. RITCHEY ¹.Herman married Jane (Jennie) MARKEY.

Jane (Jennie) MARKEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5} on 13 Dec 1874 in Polk Co., IA. She died ^{6, 7} in Oct 1952 in Casey, Adair Co., Iowa. She was buried ⁸ in Oakwood Cemetery, Casey, Adair Co., Iowa. She married Herman C. RITCHEY.

Other marriages:

DAVIS,

DAVIS was born about 1870. He married Jane (Jennie) MARKEY.

Jane (Jennie) MARKEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5} on 13 Dec 1874 in Polk Co., IA. She died ^{6, 7} in Oct 1952 in Casey, Adair Co., Iowa. She was buried ⁸ in Oakwood Cemetery, Casey, Adair Co., Iowa. She married DAVIS.

Other marriages:

RITCHEY, Herman C.

Michael MARKEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5} in 1879. He died ⁶ in 1953. He was buried in Lincoln, Nebraska. He married Jessie MORSE.

Worked as a barber

Jessie MORSE ¹.Jessie married Michael MARKEY.

James Frederick SMITH [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ³ on 8 Jan 1876 in , Wayne, Iowa. He died ⁴ before 1919. He married ⁵ Sarah MARKEY in <1901> in <, Wayne, Iowa>.

Sarah MARKEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5, 6} on 14 Mar 1881 in <, Wayne, Iowa>. She died ^{7, 8} on 14 Jul 1960. She was buried ⁹ in Oakwood Cemetery, Casey, Adair Co., Iowa. She married ¹⁰ James Frederick SMITH in <1901> in <, Wayne, Iowa>.

Army Corp nurse during WW1

James Thomas SMITH ¹.James married ² Susan Anne FOSTER on 18 Dec 1872 in , Wayne, Iowa.

Susan Anne FOSTER ¹ was born ² on 23 Dec 1850 in , , Ireland. She died ³ in Nov 1919. She married ⁴ James Thomas SMITH on 18 Dec 1872 in , Wayne, Iowa.

They had the following children:

		M	i	George William SMITH 1 was born 2 on 21 Sep 1873 in , Wayne, Iowa. He died 3 before 25 Jul 1960.
		M	ii	James Frederick SMITH was born on 8 Jan 1876. He died before 1919.
		M	iii	Robert Emmett SMITH 1 was born 2 on 13 Sep 1877 in , Wayne, Iowa. He died 3 on 25 Jul 1960.
		F	iv	Susie SMITH 1 was born 2 on 2 Mar 1885 in , , Iowa. She died 3 before 1919.
		M	v	Charles Edward SMITH 1 was born 2 on 18 Mar 1888 in , Adair, Iowa.

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