Revision as of 07:17, 6 November 2022

• Lawrenceville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1917-1992 (TW-N) 1992-2022+
  • St. Francisville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1949-1992

Correspondents

• Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan +1917+ (1884-1957)
• Ralph Ernest Buchanan +1923-1959+ (1883-1959)
• Harley Ernest Adams +1927-1929 (1882-1929)
• Ernest Buchanan +1944-1973+
• Clement Buchanan +1949+; +1966-1999+
• Warner Buchanan +1951+; +1966-1985+
• Thomas VanHolstyn +1962-1971
• Joe Sanford +1973+
• Edward F. Dear +1985+
• Ralph E. Buchanan +1985-2005+
• Chuck Hendricks +2005+

Families

Adams family

• Dr. John Quincy Adams (b. 1831 Perry Co., KY - d. 1904 Hopkins, Nodaway, MO). Wife: Mary Ann Summers Adams (b. 1832 TN) 1860 @ Hadley, Lawrence, IL. Dr. Adams was a general physician.
  • John Calvin Adams (b. 1853 Hadley, Lawrence, IL - d. 1934 Potosi, Washington, MO). Wife: Laura Belle Payne Adams (b. 1858 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1931 Lawrenceville, IL), daughter of David Paine (b. 1826 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1871 Lawrenceville, IL) & Elizabeth Lowery Paine (1827-1894 Lawrence Co., IL).
    • • When John was 6 years old, in 1860, he resided in Hadley, Lawrence, IL with the Kingsbury family: Harley Kingsbury, Jr. (b. 1831 OH - d. 1864 Atlanta, GA) & Harriet E. Shirley Kingsbury-Berkshire (b. 1834 Orangeville, IN - d. 1917 Denver, CO). Harley was a son of Robert Wesley Kingsbury, Sr. (b. 1808 Sharon, Windsor, VT - d. 1870 Friendsville, Wabash, IL) & Rhoda Lucy Castle Kingsbury (b. 1806 VT - d. 1846 Mount Carmel, Wabash, IL). Harriet was a daughter of Henry Shirley (b. 1779 Rockingham Co., VA - d. 1847 Orangeville, IN) & Catherine Wyman Shirley (b. 1790 N.C. - d. 1872 Orangeville, IN). Catherine Shirley lived in 1850 with the William Young Christy family in Lawrence Co., IL.
        • Harley Kingsbury was killed in the Civil War, he earned the rank of 1st Lt., while serving with Co. K, 64th Illinois Union Infantry, and is presumably the namesake for John Calvin Adams' son Harley Ernest Adams.
    • Harley Ernest Adams +1927-1929 (1882-1929 Lawrence Co., IL). Harley was self-employed in the 1910's as a sheet metal washer. 1st wife (1904 @ : Melinda Celeste "Leslie" Sechrest Adams (b. 1882 IL - d. 1908 Lawrence Co., IL). 2nd wife (1913 @ Lawrence Co., IL): Ruth R. Whitson Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1884 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1974 Noblesville, IN), daughter of Charles P. Whitson (b. 1854 Alma, Marion, IL - d. 1937 Pontiac, Livingston, IL) & Elizabeth Jane Tucker Whitson (b. 1863 La Clede, Fayette, IL - d. 1922 Alma, IL).
      • Ernestine Etheal Adams Goldschmidt-Mills (b. 1905 Lawrence Co., IL - d. 1993 Orange Co., CA). 1st husband: Alfred Gustav Goldschmidt, Jr. (b. 1906 IA - d. 1986 Ventura Co., CA), son of Alfred Gustav Goldschmidt, Sr. (b. 1868 Davenport, Scott, IA - d. 1936 San Pedro, L.A., CA) & Anna I. Bremer Goldschmidt (b. 1867 Tholpe, Pommem, Germany - d. 1931 Davenport, IA). 2nd husband: Moffitt Rush Mills (b. 1902 Petty, Lawrence, IL - d. 1970 Santa Paula, Ventura, CA), son of Allen Moffit Mills (b. 1866 Roscoe, Coshocton, OH - d. 1942 Petty, IL) & Annie Della Mushrush Mills (b. 1867 Southwest, Crawford, IL - d. 1943 Petty, IL).
      • Paul L. Adams (b. 1907 Lawrenceville, IL). In 1930, Paul was employed as a plumber in Wichita, KS while lodging with his paternal aunt Grace Enola Kinkaid Frost (b. 1888 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1963 Wichita, KS) and her husband Bert Frost (b. 1885 Obi, Alleghany, N.Y. - d. 1956 Wichita, KS), who founded the Frost (oil) Drilling Co., based in Wichita. The Frosts were members of Plymouth Congregational.
      • Malcom Keith Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1916 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1999 Noblesville, Hamilton, IN). Retired courier & maintenance worker (25 years) for Wainwright Bank in Noblesville. Wife (1937 @ Bridgeport, IL; div. +1950): Hazel Garnett Dorney Adams-Gadau (b. 1919 Friendsville, Wabash, IL - d. 2015 Sumner, Lawrence, IL)
      • Marion Eugene Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1919 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 2014 Noblesville, IN). WWII Army vet. Truck driver @ Caca City Mill & Elevator (36 yrs.) & Builders Concrete (19 yrs). In Marion's latter years, he was in fellowship with an independent Christian assembly (unlikely PB) known as Refuge Christian Church.
        • Wife (1939 @ Henderson, KY): Sara Ruth Bass Adams (b. 1918 Bridgeport, Lawrence, IL - d. 2004 Noblesville, IN), daughter of Edward T Bass (b. 1870 Olive, Lukin, Lawrence, IL - d. 1950 Bridgeport, IL) & Sarah Ann Jones Bass (b. 1875 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1964 Bridgeport, IL). Marion's wife Ruth was a cook at Fall Creek Elementary School, and at the Sandwich Inn of Noblesville, then owned a restaurant known as "Ruth's" in downtown Noblesville in the 1950's, then employed as a nurse for 15 years for Best Lock of Indianapolis, where she retired. Children: Marian Marshaleen Adams Phillips (Alexandria, IN), Donna Kay Adams Cecil (Sheridan, IN), Helen Adams Kitterman (Noblesville, IN) & Danny Joe Adams (Noblesville, IN).

Buchanan families

• Clarence Buchanan & Phebe Irwin Buchanan
  • Ralph Ernest Buchanan +1923-1959 (b. 1883 Denison Twp., Lawrence, IL - d. 1959 Lawrenceville, Lawrence, IL); Wife: Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan +1917-1957 (b. 1884 East St. Louis, St. Clair, IL - d. 1957 St. Francisville, IL), daughter of Milan Beckwith and Minnie Putnam Beckwith. Her siblings included Forest Beckwith (East St. Louis, IL) & Mrs. Guy Stelle (Fort Worth, TX. Paul Geveden (KY) officiated her memorial service in 1957.
    • Ernest Buchanan +1944-1973+
    • Clement Buchanan 1949+; +1966-1999+
    • Warner Buchanan +1951+; +1966-1985+
    • Rowland Buchanan
    • Ura Vernon Buchanan Dear +1917-1994 (b. 1912 Lawrence Co., IN - d. 1994 U.M. Village, Vincennes, IN). Robert Thonney officiated her memorial. Husband: Edward Frank Dear +1985-1986 (b. 1900 Wimborne, East Dorset, Eng. - d. 1986 Lawrenceville, IL). No children. See Dear family.
    • Mrs. Boyce Hayhoe
      • 1957 @ Toronto, ON
      • 1959 @ Pine Grove, ON
    • Eunice Buchanan Klassen; Husband: Otto Klassen (d. Aberdeen, ID)
    • Fannie Buchanan Turton - (d. Tremont, IL ?); Husband: John Turton.
    • Martha Buchanan Wilson - (d. Denver, CO ?); Husband: Stanley Wilson.

• Ralph E. Buchanan +1999+
• Arthur Buchanan +1999-2021
• Daniel Buchanan +2005+
• Greg Buchanan +2010-present
• Ted Buchanan +2010-present
• Sam Buchanan +2010-present

Dear family

Ancestry

• John James Dear (b. 1870 South Stoneham, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1951 Hamilton, ON)
  • Charles Dear (b. 1844 Droxford, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1893 Hampshire, Eng.)
    • John Dear (b. 1807 Wickham, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1889 Hampshire, Eng.)
    • Mary Ann Harwood Dear (b. 1806 Droxford, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1888 Hampshire, Eng.)
  • Helen Bradshaw Dear (b. 1846 Southampton, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1932 Wimborne, Dorset, Eng.)
    • James Bradshaw (b. 1808 London, Eng.; m. 1838 @ All Hallow London Wall, Eng.)
    • Elizabeth Redhead Waite Bradshaw (b. 1817 London, Eng. - d. 1854 Hampshire, Eng.)

• Charlotte Willis Barnes Dear (b. 1873 Wimborne, Dorset, Eng. - d. 1956 Hamilton, ON)
  • John Charles Barnes (1847-1917 Wimborne, Dorset, Eng.). Employed 1911 as a house decorator.
  • Edna Wallis Willis Barnes (b. 1853 Dorchester, Dorset, Eng. - d. 1937 Blandford, Dorset, Eng.).
    • Edward Willis (1824-1808 Wimborne, Dorset, Eng.). Baptized by Congregational minister Samuel Spink. Employed 1881 as a grocer & brewer.
      • John Willis. Carpenter.
      • Elizabeth Willis-Bartlett (b. 1790 All Cannings, Wiltshire, Eng.)
    • Charlotte Hole Willis (b. 1817 Farnham, Surrey, Eng. - d. 1898 Dorset, Eng.)
      • William Hole (b. 1788 Frensham, Surrey, Eng. - d. 1866 Farnham, Surrey, Eng.)
      • Mary Fairmaner Hole (b. 1778 Farnham, Eng.; m. 1813 @ Feltham, London, Eng.; d. 1821 Farnham, Eng.)

John James Dear (Edward Dear's father) had several siblings:

• William Dear (b. 1869 Hound, Hampshire, Eng.)
• Frank Dear (b. 1872 Hound, Eng.)
• Mary Elizabeth Dear Greening (b. 1876 Hound, Eng.)
• Selina Susannah Dear Cole (b. 1877 Hound, Eng.
• Charles Frederick Dear (b. 1880 Hound, Eng.)

Edward & Ura Dear

• Edward Frank Dear +1985-1986 (b. 1900 Wimborne, East Dorset, Eng. - d. 1986 Lawrenceville, IL), son of John James Dear (b. 1870 South Stoneham, Hampshire, Eng. - d. 1951 Hamilton, ON) & Charlotte Willis Barnes Dear (b. 1873 Wimborne, Dorset, Eng. - d. 1956 Hamilton, ON)
• Ura Vernon Buchanan Dear +1917-1994 (b. 1912 Lawrence Co., IN - d. 1994 U.M. Village, Vincennes, IN), daughter of Ralph Ernest Buchanan (1883-1959) & Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan (1884-1957). Robert Thonney officiated her memorial. No children. See Buchanan family.

Hendricks family

• Charles Grant Hendricks, Sr. (b. 1885 IL). Attorney.
• Esther Hydahl Hendricks (b. 1893 Chicago, IL; m. 1917 @ Chicago, IL; d. 1980 Berrien Co., AZ). Parents both born in Norway.
  • Charles Grant "Chuck" Hendricks, Jr. +2005+ (b. 1919 Chicago, IL - d. 2014 AZ); Lt. U.S. Navy Bomber Pilot @ WWII.
  • John Edward Hendricks (b. 1922 Chicago, IL - d. 1980 Stevensville, Berrien, MI)

Sanford family

• Joe Sanford +1973+

• William J. Sanford correspondent 1985 @ Minneapolis Meeting Room, MN
  • possibly William Jennings Sanford (b. 1897 Cairo, IL; 1910 @ St. Louis, MO; - d. 1974 Minneapolis, MN); Wife: Mary C. Costanzo Sanford (b. 1909 - d. 1969 Normandy, St. Louis, MO). Son of D. Sanford (b. 1846 IL) & Mary Sanford (b. 1872 VA).

Van Holstyn family

• Thomas VanHolstyn +1962-1971 (b. 1891 Kolham, Slochteren, Gronegen, Netherlands - d. 1971 Lawrenceville, IL). Retired painter. Paul Geveden officiated memorial. Son of Jan VanHolstijn (b. 1861 Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Neth. - d. 1903 Groningen, Neth.) & Hillegien Grasmeijer VanHolstijn (b. 1855 Foxhol, Hoogezand, Groningen, Neth. - d. 1900 Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Neth.).
• Johanna Lydia Catherine Roossinck VanHolstyn (b. 1889 Germany; emig. 1897; d. 1979 Lawrenceville, IL), daughter of John Roossinck (b. 1855 Beatherine, Germany - d. 1945 Fremont, Newaygo, MI) & Adelheid Wilhelmina "Minnie" Geyer Roossinck (b. 1860 Burgsteinfurt, Westfalen, Germany, m. 1880, emig. 1893, d. 1942 Reeman, MI)
  • Hilga VanHolstyn Buchanan +1942-2011 (b. 1917 Sheridan, Newaygo, MI - d. 2011 Lawrenceville, IL); Husband (1942): Warner Knight Buchanan +1917-2000 (b. 1915 St. Francisville, IL - d. 2000 Lawrenceville, IL).
    • Warner Daniel Buchanan - Lawrenceville, IL
    • Carolyn Gertrude Buchanan Lofft - Mt. Dora, FL
    • Susan Buchanan Councell-Rabourn - Lawrenceville, IL
    • Anne Buchanan James - Apopka, FL
  • Mary VanHolstyn Sneathen (b. 1921 Fremont, Newaygo, MI - d. 1996 San Diego Co., CA); Husband: Robert Frederick Sneathen (b. 1922 Charlevoix Co., MI - d. 2001 El Cajon, San Diego, CA), son of Guy William Sneathen (b. 1895 Charlevoix Co., MI - d. 1981 Grand Rapids, MI) & Margaret D. Kennedy Sneathen (b. 1898 Lake Co., MI - d. 1973 Luther, Lake, MI).
  • Mina VanHolstyn Buchanan (b. 1923 Reeman, Newaygo, MI - d. 2020 St. Francisville, IL). Husband: Clement Irwin Buchanan (1917-2012 Lawrence Co., IL).
    • Rebecca Jane Buchanan 1952-1953 (1952-1953 Lawrence Co., IL)
    • Rose Marie Buchanan Jacobsen 1960-1978+ (b. 1960 Vincennes, Knox, IN - d. 2020 Desert Hot Springs, Riverside, CA); Husband: William Douglas Jacobsen, son of Robert Jacobsen.
    • Arthur Elmer Buchanan 1950-2021 (b. 1950 Vincennes, IN - d. 2021 Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN). Wife: Elsa Christenson Buchanan, daughter of Wesley & Helen Christenson (Red Bluff, CA).
    • Douglas Buchanan
    • Joan Buchanan Pascoe (Perth, ON)
    • Eileen Buchanan Adkins (Tehachapi, CA)
  • Christine VanHolstyn Wilson - Denver, CO
  • Lois VanHolstyn Klassen - Aberdeen, ID
  • Walter VanHolstyn (b. 1919 Sheridan, MI - d. 2012 Plainfield Twp., Kent, MI) - Grand Rapids, MI