Sources

1. "#1."
From Death Certificate
2. "#2."
Picture of Stone, Personal knowledge Marlowe Meyers
3. "#3."
Obit Carlyle Union Banner 2/1/1968
4. "#37."
Marriage License Vanderburgh County Philip Rausch and Maria Schmittle Feb 14/1860
5. "#35."
1880 Census (Indiana)
6. "#36."
Also Thomas and Frederick rausch
7. "#14."
Obit Belleville Advocate May 20, 1892
8. "#15."
Belleville City directory 1884
9. "#16."
Baptismal Records, St. Louis, MO
10. "#4."
Baptismal Record
11. "#39."
281 320-2132
12. "#12."
Research from Bill Roege
13. "#5."
Parents are John Heinrich Niemeyer and Elisabeth Raeuber (R"auber) immigrated 1835 to America.
14. "#11."
Civil Registration, Ladbergen, German 1810-1814
15. "#8."
Marriage Record
16. "#13."
Chruch Records, Ladbergen, Germany
17. "#6."
A. Wayne Gerteisen, 5117 Hogue Road, Evansville, Indiana 47712 Williard Library 5 generation chart 1984 812 426-1304
18. "#7."
Personal Knowledge Joyce Niemeier Witte
19. "#9."
Census Records reported by Debbie Thomas, 3468 Proud Eagle Dr., El Paso, Texas 79936
20. "#10."
1860 Census Ohio Township, Warrick County, Indiana
21. "#52."
1860 Census Warrick county, Owen twp.
22. "#42."
Info from Kenneth Hodge Khodge@gdi.net
23. "#54."
Anna Christina Elisabein Brinkmeier nee Storck from Ladbergen, Germany widow and day labourer, born on the 2nd of June 1775 and daughter A. Christina elisabein born on the 15th of May 1807 emigrated in 1845 to Northern America
24. "#70."
25. "#107."
Ladbergen, Germany Marriage Records
26. "#106."
Jim Clausin (JMClausin@aol.com) Corrected data given by pjclaus@aol.com John Clausing
27. "#144."
Personal Interview with Albert Mealey 1/21/96
28. "#17."
Application for admission to Illinois soldier and sailors home Quincy, IL
29. "#18."
Belleville Newspaper
30. "#19."
City Directory Belleville, 1877
31. "#20."
Obit Belleville Advocate
32. "#21."
Canadian National Arcives
33. "#33."
Missouri Census 1850
34. "#34."
Vasquez Family Association, Judy Brown
35. "#24."
Application for Marriage, Lebanon, IL
36. "#25."
Inscription on Tombstone
37. "#172."
Belleville Newspaper 1/8/1856
38. "#23."
1860 Census St. Clair County, Illinois Page 572 2059
39. "#26."
Belleville Weekly Advocate Obit
40. "#28."
List of Items sold at probate auction.
41. "#171."
Per William Levanti
42. "#27."
She reports Amos moved to Georgia about 1809. Note marriage to Porter reported from Cherokee County, GA
43. "#29."
From William Levannti
44. "#84."
1797 excused from paying further poll taxes in Washington County, Tennesse because he was 50 years old.
45. "#131."
Info gathered from various letters written circa 1890
46. "#30."
Rev John Allen, Huntsville, Alabama whose mother was a descdent write that "The Hodges were of English parentage, but in coming to America, were ship-wrecked and landed on the northern coast of ireland, Killdale where they remained for a number of years before coming to America.
47. "#31."
Family Bible, in possession of Jack Klyne Keller until his death.
48. "#32."
Carolyn Smotherman, Box 130, College Grove, TN 37046
49. "#174."
Consent to marriage of Benito Vasquez (Benito Basquez). and Julie Papin. November 27, 1774 Old Cathedral Records in the MO Historial Society, #395.
50. "#67."
Marriage Record, Mississippi
51. Linda L. Young, "Descendants of Stephen Schmittler," 1/4//2003, lindagen@sigecom.net.
52. "1850 Census Posey County, Indiana - Robinson Twp - Roll 166 - Book Page 257 House 1023."
53. "#173."
Church of Holly Innocents now St. Paul's Episcopal Church
54. "City Directory."
1 TYPE Vital Record
Blacksmith living at 827 Brooklyn in a boarding house
55. "#40."
1870 Census Warrick County, Ohio Twp, Indiana
56. "#41."
1850 Tenn Census
57. "#44."
1870 Census Warrick county, Ohio Twp, Indiana
58. "#53."
1850 Census Pigeon Township, Warrick County, Indiana Page 362-362
59. "#43."
1880 Warrick County, Ohio Twp Census
60. "#45."
1880 Census Pike County, Monroe Township, Indiana
61. "#46."
1850 Census Monroe Twp, Pike County, Indiana
62. "Indiana Census 1860."
1 TYPE Census 1 SUBM Michael Lance
63. "#48."
1860 Census Monroe Township, Pike County, Indiana Page 112
64. "#49."
Will Lance, John August 24, 1872.
65. "#50."
1860 Census Warrick county, Anderson Twp
66. "#51."
Census 1860 Indiana Pike County, Monroe Township
67. "#92."
LDS records roll 582654
68. "#91."
Index to Passenger Lists Arriving in Baltimore (LDS 417,229) Ship Louise arriving June 3 1841 with a H. W. Auf Der Haar, Ladbergen to New Bremen, Age 30, C.H. Brinkmeier farmer, age 66, wife Elizabeth age 60 or 66
69. "#56."
Marthe F. Beauregard, La Pop, Vol 1 p. 179
70. "#55."
Applied for lot for Horse mill with Louis Deshetres, Indian Interpreter. Lt 1: Fo 2
71. "#60."
Tanquay dictionaire Vol 4
72. "#68."
LDS Records Ann Cadwell, P.O.Box 1501, Belen, NM 87002
73. "#58."
1870 Census tenn
74. "#61."
History of Southeast Missouri.
75. "#62."
Father Loiselle, Parish Records Trois Rieveries , Montreal Catholic Parish Records
76. "#63."
LDS Records Recorders Certificate 00025-0795 RNJJRO
77. "#64."
LDS Records 1761061
78. "#66."
mentions his parents.
79. "#65."
LDS records Batch 5025557 63 Source 1553811
80. "#94."
1860 Census, St. Clair County, Il Page 463 1292
81. "#69."
1860 St. Cliar County Il Census, Page 464 1296
82. "#74."
Information from R. Meyer
83. "#118."
Tombstone
84. "#71."
The Keller Family by K. J. Keller
85. "#119."
1 TYPE Book 1 PERI Franklin County Historical Review Summer 1980 1 VOL XI 1 PAGE 76
Info from David T. Green. John Keller, Thomas Crawford and John Dawdy are elected Messengers from their church Bethel to the Elk River Association of the Primitive Baptist Church for the year 1817.
86. "#72."
Obit Huerfano Hearld
87. "#73."
The Heritage of Rutherford & Burke County North Carolina, Volume I, 1984
88. "#75."
Wife, Margaret, Sons: Hugh Charles, John, and Joseph. John and Joseph are under age. Son Joseph to have land on Silver Creek. Daughters: Elizabeth McKinnie and Hannah Crisman to have 5 pounds each.
89. "#82."
DAR record national No. 5475
90. "#77 Obits at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcrosby/burials/mcd.htm.Ó
Info from Chuck Gerdau
91. "#76."
Historical Sketches of North Carolina by John Hill Wheeler, 1964 P 249
92. "#78."
Historic families of Kentucky, 116 pages on McDowell's
93. "#86."
Application for pension, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions: December 10, th 1833 Allowed.
94. "#79."
Family Bible in posession of Hal Prestridge
95. "#80."
Birth and Death Info from Hal Prestridge, San Antonio, Tx. AmunRE1@aol.com
96. "#81."
From ChuckG522
97. "#156."
Will probated 1781. Margaret parks (Note: Although it is not specifically so stated, this was probably Hugh Parks Wife) John Parks, who is to have 2/3 rds of the plantation. John McDowell, who is to have a plantation. Four Grandsons: James Bird, John McDowell, James McDowell, hugh McDowell. Remainder of estate to be divided among Margaret Parks, Hugh Parks, John Parks, and John McDowell.
98. "#83."
Per Chuck Gerdau 1655 N. McFarland Blvd. #186, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
99. "#85."
Chuck Gerdau, 1665 N. McFarland Blvd, Apt 186, Tuscaloosa, Al 35406
100. "#108."
Wheeler's reminisces, Burke County
101. "#87."
Judy Lehman
102. "#95."
Raymond Park Fouts, Marriages of Bertie County, NC 1762--1868 (Baltimore, MA Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982 p63
103. "#96."
Roy E. Givson, 4517 Coffee Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76117
104. "#88."
Greenlee Families by Ralph Stevvins Greenlee Published 1908
105. "#98."
Dar Record
106. "#99."
Roster of Tennessee Society of DAR
107. "#89."
DAR Patriot Index
108. "Family History, John Edgar McElrath 1844-1907."
1 TYPE Letter
109. "#105."
Group Sheet: Betsy Pittman, Route 3, Box 64 Valdese, NC 28690. Dec 15, 1990
110. "#93."
Birth Records, Ladbergen, Germany
111. "#110."
A History of Rockbridge County, Family Sketches and Biographical paragraphs. PG 255.
112. "#111."
The History of Rockbridge County, Virginia
113. "#102."
From Hal Prestridge
114. "#100."
Information from Evans.
115. "#170."
116. "#112."
John Griffith; B. c 1744 d c. 1809 ; m. Anne Mucklerath; pvt NC.
117. "#101."
McDowells, Irwins and Connections General John Hugh McDowell
118. "#103."
Dar Records, Centennial Edition of the DAR Patriot Index
119. "#104."
Nation Cyclipedia of American Biography, Vol II, Page 173
120. "#109."
Will filed Burke County, NC
121. "#138."
Captain William William's Company 7th Orange Militia No. 20 Elijah Green.
122. "#113."
Diana L. Dunn, 3303 Hampstead Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32225, 904-642-2562 FAmily Group Sheet
123. "#114."
Carl Bert Albert, Encel A. Chaffin, Leonard B. Chaffin, Olive Chaffin Peterson
124. "#115."
Violet 1689 from Olive from Mary Kay.
125. "#116."
North Glen, CO 80233
126. "#117."
Descendants of Matthias Chitwood, Compiled by I. O. Chitwood Copyright 1986 by Helen Chitwood.
127. "#127."
HolmHogs@aol.com
128. "#120."
Susan Brown, 353 Clairemont Dr, El Paso, TX 79912-5348
129. "#126."
Dar Record W840
130. "#121."
Family Group Sheet: Carol Myers, 905 Flying Eagle Place, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919
131. "#175."
Marriage and Death Notices from Asheville, NC Newspapers 1840-1870
132. "#123."
Geneaology of Cloyd, Basye pp 67 and 70
133. "#176."
John McDowell, by gift deed gave sundry cattle July 25, 1771
134. "Wooley Family History," Charles Ober.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
charles02@aol.com
135. "#125."
Nancy Wortman
136. Family Group Record from Cay Jones 335 Bondair Rd., Higden, AR 72067
137. "1880 Census," Fairview, Labette Co., Kansas.
138. sleaneaus@westga.edu.
Buried in the Old Cemetery in Danville, KY
139. "#129."
1 TYPE Will
140. "#128."
1 TYPE Book 1 PERI A History of Rockbridge County, VA Page 263
141. "Haupt Family Origins Web Site," Ray Haupt.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message 1 DATE 12/14/00 1 LOCA www.geocities.com:80/heartland/lake/3234/Haupt.htm
142. "#177."
The Patriots at King's Mountain" By Bobby Gilmer Moss, copyright 1990.
143. "#143."
From Ginger Duggan
144. "#132."
Bible Record
145. "#133," Ken Gray.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
Indianapolis, Indiana 46224
146. "#134," Aura Bogado (aura@mear.net).
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
Delayed Certificate of Birth Social Security Number 563-12-2917
147. "#135."
Jo Clift, 508 Marquis, Centralia, IL 62801 Confirmed from Census, Marriage, and Cemetery records.
148. "#136."
David Jacobs djacobs@utmeml.utmem.edu
149. "#169," Charmaine Ernst.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
150. Theresa Phelps, "theresa_phelps2002@yahoo.com."
151. "#139."
Sharon Neem, 102027.2764.compuserve.com
152. "#140."
Observer and Reporter newspaper April 27, 1836 on page 151.
153. "#142," Kim Jones.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message 1 CNTC angelwalk@mindspring.com
154. "#178."
Marriage Bond, Dar Record
155. "#145."
1 TYPE Interview
156. "#146."
Info from Rachel Buzmeyer
157. "#147."
family Bible and Civil War pension/ Steve Speelman.
158. "#148."
Sources: Land deed record of Bedford Co., Pa.
159. "#149."
Extract from Letter of Mr. E. G. Hodge of Decatur written in April 1887 to George Hodge, of Normal, IL
160. "#150."
2.21, 1905
161. "#151."
Extracts from Letter of E. G. Hodge, of Normal Ill, circa 1887.
162. "#152."
Letter written to Mrs J. F. McNAught in 1906 by William H. Eaton of Berwick, IL
163. "#153."
Reference G 4strings on AOL
164. Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical.
Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical, (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).
165. "#154."
Letter from Robert Hodge, Chatfield, Texas 1883 he was 75 years old
166. "#155."
Letter from Jonathan P. Patterfield Someset KY July 13, 1905
167. "Eagan Family Bible," Brett D. Weems.
910 Registry Drive
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
168. From Nancy Jane Meador Umpress born 9.6.1948 in Clinton, Illinois, daughter of John William Meador and Mildred Isabel Hoff
169. "#167," Beau.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
Web pages on McClatchy's
170. Patcher42@yahoo.com, Page 57 Page 370.
171. billk@eecs.ku.edu.
SS Death Index
172. "#157."
Slayback Journal 1844-1848 St. Louis Historical Society
173. "#158."
Canyon Country, CA
174. "#159."
A. W. Adams, The Change Lightening Dr., Thomas Bullard
175. "1880 Indiana Census, Gibson County, Columbia Township."
1 TYPE Census 1 PLAC Willard Library, Evansville Indiana 1 DATV 2/2/1998
176. "#162."
1860 Census
177. "#163."
From LeMasterK@aol.com
178. "1880 Indiana Census, Gibson County, Columbia Township."
1 TYPE Census 1 PLAC Willard Library, Evansville Indiana 1 DATV 2/2/1998 3 TEXT Jun 18, 1880, Ed 106, P 24.
179. "#165."
RMH12@aol.com
180. "#166."
Elsie Fox, 812 342-3027
181. George Werzners Family Bible via Arthur Schmittler.
182. "#168," Ruth Schales.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message
183. "#22."
Merchant Seaman Card
184. "#57."
Obit
185. "#59."
1860 Census Tenn
186. "#97."
IGI LDS Church
187. "#122."
Daniel Boone, April 1 1775
188. "#130."
Recipient Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts
189. "#137," Anne-Carter Mchaffey.
1 TYPE E-Mail Message 1 DATE 11/13/99
190. Racquel Orenick, "lady_shark27@yahoo.com."
lady_shark27@yahoo.com
191. "#161."
1860 Census Warrick County, Owen Township Page 430
192. Heather Allen, ladybugkisses4u@yahoo.com.
193. Sandi Wright (Nee Johnston), wright@primary.net, www.sandiwright.com.

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