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 - Abt 1952
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Moses STRAUGHAN was born in in Indiana (1900 Nelson Co. Census, Nancy's father) (son of John STRAUGHAN and Obedience SCOTT); died on 15 Feb 1861 in near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Notes:
Lillian's notes mention the two children of Moses and Sarah, John William and Mary. However , later in her notes she says " Moses had a Millie Straughan who married a Hill Betsy married a Cash."
When Moses first wife, Sarah King, died he left Indiana and went to Kentucky to marry her cousin, Elizabeth Wisehart. The two children stayed in Indiana and were raised by their maternal grandparents.
Moses married Catharine Elizabeth WISEHART in 1846. Catharine (daughter of Jacob WISEHART and Sarah KURTZ) was born about 1826 in near Bardslawn (?), Nelson County, KY; died on 4 Jul 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Catharine Elizabeth WISEHART was born about 1826 in near Bardslawn (?), Nelson County, KY (daughter of Jacob WISEHART and Sarah KURTZ); died on 4 Jul 1890. Notes:
She and her daughter, Nancy Ann, were both married at 18 years of age.
After Moses died she and Nancy Ann went back to live with her mother, Sarah Wisehart in Honeytown.
Nancy Ann's birth record gives her maiden name as Catharine.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | John STRAUGHAN was born on 16 Mar 1785 in Virginia (son of John STRAUGHAN and WILSON). Notes:
According to Garry Bryant, Jojn served in the War of 1812.
The family moved to Putnam county, Indiana in the mid 1830's.
Garry Bryant's research gave his mother's name as Mary Saunders. However, Lillian Younger Deats thought her maden name was WIllson.
John married Obedience SCOTT in 1808. Obedience was born in 1790 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
| 8. | John STRAUGHAN Notes:
According to Garry Bryant, John served in the Revolution under Col. Daniel Morgan, 1776-1779. He married Mary Sanders in 1783 and moved to Shelby Co. , Ky in the late 1780's.
John married WILSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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