Re: Benjamin Morningstar
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Benjamin Morningstar
Marilyn 8/01/01
The following is likely the family of your Benjamin...They left Ohio
moved to Illinois then Polk Co. Iowa...
Also see my reply dated this date...It includes census information...
Bob Johnson
1879 History Adams County Indiana, Pages 658-659
MORNINGSTAR FAMILY
On August 24, 1728, the ship Mortonhouse arrived at Philadelphia, having sailed June 15.Eighty Palatines, with their families, about two hundred and five persons, were recorded on the list.Johannes Morgenstern, and his wife and two children were among them.
These pioneers, of German orgin, conversed in the German language and their descendents continued to use their German name Morgenstern for several generations.Gradually, they assumed the anglicized form "Morningstar".
Johannes located in York County Pennsylvania, near the present area of Hanover, where he died in 1756.His son, Philip (1718-1798) was married to Marie Eva, daughter of John George and Catherine Kuntz.The Kuntz family came from Germany to America in 1732on the ship Pennsyvania.Mr. Kuntz gave the land for the first Luthern Church in the settlement around Hanover.
Philip and Marie were the parents of ten children, all recorded in the records of St. Mathews Luthern Church at Hanover.Their eldest child, John, resided in Mt. Pleasant Township, York County, where he
and Catherine had five children; Philip, Adam, Elizabeth, John, and George.
George (1771-1850) the youngest child of John and Catherine, came to Ohio about 1803, locating in
Beaver Creek township of Greene County.George served in the War of 1812 with Captain Jacob Shingledecker's Company for six months.In the year 1832, George and his family moved to Greenville
Township, Darke County, Ohio, where he died in 1850.George and Mary were parents of eleven children, four of whom came to Adams County, Indiana.
(1)John (1800-1845) married Barbara Brinker and they resided in Blue Creek Township, section thirty-one, where he died.He also owned land in Wabash Township.After being widowed, Barbara married Samuel Brandenberg.
(2) Samuel(1810-1884) an early settler and farmer in Blue Creek Township, owning land in section
thirty-one and thirty-two.He played the violin for many of the country dances held in homes in that
area.Samuel was the father of twelve children by three wives.He first married Jane Only, then in 1841,
he married Sarah Johnson, and in 1883, married Camillia Brown.His children were:Mary Jane
who married Jacob Rubert; George; James; Ester who married Allen Ross and John Rupert;George;
Samuel; Nancy who married Georg Rupert; Hennrietta who married John Rupert;Josephine who married
Amos Avery; Benjamin who married Josehine Sunday; Molly who married Almon Schaffer; and Dennis.
(3) Jacob (1813-1911) married Catherine Abnet and shortly after their marriage they located in Recovery
Township of Mercer County, Ohio.His children were Lewis, Henry, Jacob, Sarah, Wolf, Mary, Snider,
and David.
(4) George Jr. (1815-1892)(Actually John George) was married in Adams County in 1837 to Ellen (1815-1909), the daughter of James W. and Margaret Rian.the Rian family lived in Wabash Township, section one, from 1837 to 1840.George resided on eighty acres on section two of Wabash Township, and eventually moved back to Ohio, where he remained until his move to Polk County, Iowa.His childrenwere David, Mary Ann, James, Thomas, Margaret Brown, Benjamin, John, Levi, and Edward. (Note by Bob Johnson: My grandmother Sarah M. not listed... born in 1847).Mary Ann was the only child of Georg e and Ellen to remain in Adams County.In 1857 she married Covey Galloway.The Galloway
children were Melvina Lawson, James R., Cora Meyers, Luella Aumiller-Hartman, Mattie Riffle-Householder, and Benjamin Franklin.Afetr being widowed in 1875, Mary Ann was marriedin 1882
to William Clymers. (History by Eileen Davis Dawson)
(Children NOT listed are: Levi (1811- ) who married Elizabeth Grimes; William Henry (1819- ) who married Elizabeth Wagoner)
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