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JOHN ODLE8 BOOTS (MARTIN A.7, HANS ADAM6 STIEFFEL, HANS MELCHIOR5, CHRISTOPH4 STIEFEL, JACOB3, HANß2, OTTO1) was born 1809 in Ross Co., OH, and died Dec 12, 1851 in Somerset, Wabash Co., IN1. He married CATHERINE CONNER1 Oct 23, 1836 in Grant Co., IN1. She was born Jul 09, 1821 in Wayne Co., IN1, and died Jul 14, 1895 in Knox, IN1.

 

Notes for JOHN ODLE BOOTS:

  • "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by Clyde S. Boots, p. 596;

  • "Descendants of Hans Adam Stieffel" by Sherrin Winn Rooney [2001]: died ‘in Somerset, IN’ [Wabash Co.] (12 Dec 1851);

  • Marriage records from Grant Co., IN Bk. C, p. 23;

  • 6 children [3 sons, 3 dau.: 2 sons, Wm. & Caleb Sanford "go west"];

  • Marion, IN Library Genealogical Records;

  • local news columnist W. H. McGrew, "Heavilin Family Records Trace Early History of The Community" [n.d.];

  • 1850 Miami Co., IN census (page 193A; lines 6-14): age 41; farmer; real estate value $1000; born in Indiana;

  • Affidavit by Martin Boots, son of William Boots and grandson of Martin A. Boots, made in 1913 (quoted variously, inter al. by Rose D. Marsh, columnist for a Marion newspaper [n.d.]: "John O. Boots and wife Catherine — both deceased and left surviving them sons and a daughter to-wit.: Mary Boots married Joshua Prettyman; William and Sanford Boots emigrated to the West and no address or if living";

  • "Descendants of John Odel Boots" by Judi Stucky [2000 A.D.]: ‘probate Feb 1855, Miami Co., IN’;

  • ‘corrections’ [J. Stucky: 2-XII-2000]: ‘will probated Feb 1851 in Miami Co.;

  • Somerset is in Wabash Co., IN (the original death venue proposed)’

More About JOHN ODLE BOOTS:

  • Occupation: farmer1

  • Religion: ?Methodist Episcopal1

Notes for CATHERINE CONNER:

  • "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by Clyde S. Boots, p. 596;

  • Marion, IN Library Genealogical Records;

  • local news columnist W. H. McGrew, "Heavilin Family Records Trace Early History of The Community" [n.d.];

  • 1850 Miami Co., IN census (page 193A; lines 6-14): age 39; born in Ohio;

  • 1860 Starke Co., IN census at Knox: age 38, born ‘IN’;

  • Affidavit by Martin Boots, son of William Boots and grandson of Martin A. Boots, made in 1913 (quoted variously, inter al. by Rose D. Marsh, columnist for a Marion newspaper [n.d.]: "John O. Boots and wife Catherine — both deceased and left surviving them sons and a daughter to-wit.: Mary Boots married Joshua Prettyman; William and Sanford Boots emigrated to the West and no address or if living"

  • J. O. Boots & Catherine Connor Group Chart (Gerald Boots & Sarahmay Griffis);

  • Obituary, "Starke ounty Democrat" [Thurs., 18-VII-1895]: ‘died Sunday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Prettyman, west of town, after a prolonged illness, at the age of 74 years.";

  • Per local genealogical society informant, she is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, IN:

  • Judi Stucky e-mail to L. Ellingham [4-XI-2000]: ‘Catherine Conner was a sister of Wm. Nelson Conner’;

  • "Descendants of John Odel Boots" by Judi Stucky [2000 A.D.];

  • ‘corrections’ [J. Stucky: 2-XII-2000]: ‘Miami Co., IN’ marriage; ‘Wingate was listed in 1870 census but not later;

  • 1880 Catherine is in Miami Co., IN alone. [Judy Stucky] suspects Wingate buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, where his 1st wife & daughter are buried. (Knox, IN)’

More About CATHERINE CONNER:

  • Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, IN1

  • Occupation: housewife1

More About JOHN BOOTS and CATHERINE CONNER:

  • Marriage: Oct 23, 1836, Grant Co., IN1

 

Children of JOHN BOOTS and CATHERINE CONNER are:

          i. MARY BOOTS1, b. Sep 03, 1838, Grant Co., IN1; d. Feb 25, 1924, Knox, IN1; m. JOSHUA BURTON PRETTYMAN1, Mar 19, 1857, Starke Co., IN1; b. Sep 02, 1837, Sussex Co., DE1; d. Jan 14, 1926, Knox, IN1.

           

          ii. WILLIAM NELSON BOOTS1, b. Sep 24, 1840, Grant Co., IN1; d. Aug 21, 1910, Monmouth, OR; m. SARAH SMITH1, Feb 28, 1860, Grant Co., IN1; b. Abt. 1844, IN; d. Aft. 1871, ?Monmouth, OR.

           

          iii. CALEB SANFORD BOOTS1, b. Aug 31, 1842, Grant Co., IN1; d. Dec 01, 1921, Broken Bow, NE; m. (1) SARAH ADELINE ("SALLIE") PRETTYMAN1, Aug 03, 1865, Knox, IN1; b. Apr 02, 1849, Knox, IN1; d. Oct 29, 1935, Broken Bow (Custer Co.) NE1; m. (2) SARAH ADELINE PRETTYMAN, Dec 03, 1865, Knox, IN; b. Apr 02, 1849, Knox, IN; d. Oct 29, 1935, Broken Bow, NE.

           

          iv. ALMIRA BOOTS1, b. Abt. 1845, IN1; d. Aft. 1850, Starke Co., IN1.

              Notes for ALMIRA BOOTS:

                  "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425]

                      by Clyde S. Boots, p. 596;

                  1850 Miami Co., IN census (page 193A; lines 6-14): age 5; born in

                      Indiana;

                  1860 Grant Co., IN census (Pleasant township), page 148: brother

                      William Boots — age 19; farm laborer; with Rebecca, 16; born in

                      Indiana, possibly his wife — possibly too, his sister, Almira, in the

                  1850 Miami County census;

                  "Descendants of John Odel Boots" by Judi Stucky [2000 A.D.]:

                      ‘burial, Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, IN’

              More About ALMIRA BOOTS:

                  Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, IN1

           

          v. ANDREW BOOTS1, b. Abt. 1847, IN1; d. Dec 24, 1851, IN1.

              Notes for ANDREW BOOTS:

                  "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425]

                      by Clyde S. Boots, p. 596;

                  1850 Miami Co., IN census (page 193A; lines 6-14): age 3; born in

                      Indiana; possibly dead: does not appear with his mother and her

                      new family in the 1860 Starke County, IN, census, though he would

                      be only 13, and his younger sister, Charity, age 11, does appear;

                  "Descendants of John Odel Boots" by Judi Stucky [2000 A.D.]: dates

           

          vi. CHARITY BOOTS1, b. Abt. 1849, IN1; d. Aft. 1924, ?Shelby Co., IA1; m. ALVIN ELLIS1, Mar 04, 1866, Starke Co., IN1; b. Unknown, ?IN1; d. Unknown, ?IN1.

           

          vii. LEWIS BOOTS1, b. 1850, IN1; d. 1850, IN1.

              Notes for LEWIS BOOTS:

                  "Descendants of John Odel Boots" by Judi Stucky [2000 A.D.];

                      ‘corrections’ [J. Stucky: 2-XII-2000]: ‘died aged 4 months’;

                  Barbara Carpenter notes (handwritten comments on a Martin Boots

                  Descendants Report by L. Ellingham, 2000 A.D.): ‘someone years

                      ago gave me info. Lewis d. age 7? I think it was Clyde S. Boots

           

           

Endnotes

1. Lewis Ellingham < >, Date of Import: Oct 23, 2004.

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