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9. Mary E. Featherston - b. 1830-32 Southport, Marion Co., IN, d. ca.
1859; m. 23 Dec 1852 Marion Co., IN to Henry Osterbrink
10. Jeremiah M. "Jerry" Featherston - b. 1834 Southport. Marion Co.,
IN, d. 16 Sep 1898 Indianapolis. Marion Co.. IN, bur. Marion Co.,
IN; m.l) 13 May 1858 Marion Co., IN to Sarah Gardner; m.2) 26 Feb
1870 Morgan Co.. IN to Prudence Smith
11. Nancy Moriah Featherston - b. 1838 Southport, Marion Co., IN, d.
1870's; m. 15 Sep 1859 Marion Co., IN to Robert H. Bradley
IV Charles G. Featherston - b. 28 Mar 1815 Charlotte Co., VA, d. 21 Dec
1882 Old Augusta, Marion Co., IN, bur. Old Augusta Cem.; m.l) 6 Jun 1836
Marion Co., IN to Louisa Acres - b. IN, d. Dec 1837 Southport, Marion Co., IN,
d/o Finley Acres (Irish); m.2) 21 Aug 1838 Marion Co., IN to Narcissa W.
Eudaly - b. 1821 Gallatin Co., KY, d. 1870 Old Augusta, Marion Co., IN, bur.
Old Augusta Cem., d/o Elisha Eudaly and Margaret Elmore; m.3) 10 Nov 1870
Marion Co., IN to Eliza Jane Parker. Res. Charlotte Co., VA, Fayette Co., KY,
Hamilton & Marion Cos., IN; farmer/laborer; Christian; no military record.
Sources: Marion Co., IN Marriages; Marion Co., IN Deaths; Madison Co., IN
Deaths; Census Records; Civil War Biography; Pension file; various histories;
Boone Co., IN Marriage Rec.; Hamilton Co., IN Mar. Rec.; Boone Co. Death Rec.;
Crown Hill Cem. Rec.; Eagle Village Cem. Rec.; Patrick Henry Sullivan Museum
Records; Society of Friends Rec; Hamilton Co., IN Deaths; Mortuary Records.
Note by submitter: Charles helped build the Indiana Statehouse back in the
1840's. Most of his life was spent in farm labor. At this point, I don't
know if he ever owned a place; but, if he did, it would have been in Old
Augusta. I know that the family was very poor and had to work doggedly just
to make ends meet. My grandfather. Noble Penrose. was a sort of caretaker of
the Old Augusta Cemetery - as a pastime. This particular cemetery was in a
downtrodden community behind the Old Augusta Christian Church which has been
gone for a long time - 50 years or more.
Issue by 1st wife;
1. John W. Featherston - b. 1 Mar 1837 Southport, Marion Co.. IN, d. 22
Jun 1912 Anderson, Madison Co., IN, bur. 24 Jun 1912 Maplewood Cem.,
Madison Co., IN; m. 18 Oct 1857 Marion Co., IN to Malinda J.
Johnson. John W. served in the Civil War. Note by submitter: John
W. Featherston was raised by his grandfather, Jeremiah, in
Southport. As part of his due for serving in the Civil War, John
received enough money to buy 160 acres of land in the timber in
Brown County, Indiana upon which he built a quite formidable
mansion. He later moved to Anderson. His pension file states that
his personal property amounted to $25,000 in 1923 when his wife
died.
Issue by 2nd wife:
*2. Eliza Jane Featherston - b. 17 Nov 1839 Southport, Marion Co., IN
3. Nancy Ellen Featherston - b. 17 Nov 1839 Southport. Marion Co., IN,
d. & bur. Texas Co., OK; m. 13 Jan 1859 Hinkles Creek, Hamilton Co.,
IN to Elijah D. Bradfield
4. Jeremiah Featherston - b. 1841 Southport, Marion Co., IN; m.l) 19
Jan 1862 Marion Co., IN to Emily Norris; m.2) 12 May 1877 Hamilton
Co., IN to Laura I. De Vester
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5. Charles Featherston - b. 10 Nov 1842 Marion Co., IN d. Dec 1925
Broad Ripple, Marion Co., IN, bur. Crown Hill Cem.. Marion Co., IN;
m.l) 23 Aug 1863 Marion Co., IN to Phoebe Green; m.2) 9 Mar 1909 to
Rachel Tomlinson
6. Narcissa S. Featherston - b. 1843 Marion Co.. IN; m. 4 Nov 1860
Marion Co., IN to Chambers Johnson
7. Margaret F. Featherston - b. 1844 Marion Co., IN; m. 27 May 1866
Marion Co., IN to Joseph Campbell
8. Maria Featherston - b. 30 Apr 1845 Marion Co., IN, d. 13 Feb 1893
Noblesville. Hamilton Co., IN, bur. Hamilton Co., IN; m. 2 Apr 1862
Marion Co., IN to Samuel B. Bradfield
9. Elizabeth Featherston - b. 1850 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
10. William Featherston - b. ca. 1851 Marion Co., IN, d. infancy
11. Mary Featherston - b. ca. 1852 Marion Co., IN, d. infancy
12. Andrew Jackson Featherston - b. 1853 Marion Co., IN; m. 11 Aug 1881
Marion Co., IN to Mary Jane Starkey
13. Franklin Pierce Featherston - b. 1853 Marion Co., IN; m. 24 Dec 1874
Marion Co., IN to Elmira J. Shook
14. Lucinda Featherston - b. 22 Feb 1856 prob. Marion Co., IN, d. 13 Jan
1924, bur. Union Chapel Cem., Marion Co., IN; m. 2 Jan 1875 Boone
Co., IN to John E. Green
15. Melissa E. Featherston - b. 22 Feb 1856 prob. Marion Co., IN, d. 27
Jun 1900 Lebanon. Boone Co., IN, bur. Old Augusta Cem., Old Augusta,
Marion Co., IN; m. 7 Sep 1873 Marion Co., IN to Enoch W. Mark
V Eliza Jane Featherston - b. 17 Nov 1839 Sourthport. Marion Co., IN, d.
24 Jan 1905 Eagle Village, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem., Boone Co.,
IN; res. Southport, Indianapolis, Noblesville, Broad Ripple, Woodbank, Eagle
Village; occupation - domestic; Methodist; m.l) 11 Dec 1857 Noblesville,
Hamilton Co., IN to Christopher Columbus Green - b. 1840 ?Shelby Co.. IN, d.
ca. 1863 Broad Ripple, Marion Co., IN, bur. Marion Co.. IN; res. Broad Ripple;
Occupation: farm hand. Eliza Jane m.2) 11 Sep 1866 Marion Co., IN to George
Washington Penrose - b. 1821 Bellaire, Belmont Co., OH, d. 21 Dec 1895 Eagle
Village, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem.; res. Powhatan Pt.,
Indianapolis, Woodbank, Eagle Village; occupation - farm laborer; he m.l) ca.
1845 to Druzilla (Miller?); s/o Abraham Penrose and Mary Wilcox. Sources:
Patrick Henry Sullivan Museum records; Boone Co., IN Deaths; Boone Co., IN
Marriages; Eagle Village Cem.; Census Records; Civil War Biography; Mortuary
records; Family Tradition; Obituaries; Marion Co., IN Marriages; Marion Co.,
IN Deaths; Crown Hill Cem. Rec.; Pension record of Ammoniah (1898); Zionsville
Cem. Rec.; Society of Friends Rec. Notes by submitter: George and Jane may
have followed a number of gypsy practices. George and Jane were both brought
down into poverty by the loss of a spouse and having to care for a family as
well as numerous other hardships. For instance, in 1850 George's personal
possessions were valued at $0; 1860 $60 and 1870 back to $0. Jane bought the
house and 2 lots in Eagle Village in the mid 1870's presumably with funds from
her brothers or father or other family. At any rate, George was always sick
and had many disablements - possibly allergies since so many of the family
have died so young over the years.
cont...
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Issue by 1st husband:
1. Nancy Ellen Green - b. 23 Oct 1858 Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN, d.
6 Nov 1894 Eagle Village, Boone Co.. IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem.; m.
14 Feb 1878 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN to Frank Moore Gregory
2. James E. Green - b. Mar 1860 Broad Ripple. Marion Co., IN, d. 19—
Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, bur. Marion Co., IN; m. 11 Feb 1882
Zionsville, Boone Co.. IN to Mary Lucinda Rhoades
3. Jennie Green - b. 1862 Broad Ripple, Marion Co., IN d. 19— Indianapolis, Marion Co.. IN; m. 30 Aug 1883 Zionsville. Boone Co., IN to
James A. Lee
Issue by 2nd husband:
*4. Ruzeu Sylvanus "Silver" Penrose - b. 18 Feb 1868 Woodbank, Marion
Co., IN
5. Eliza Caturah Penrose - b. 24 Jan 1870 Woodbank, Marion Co.. IN, d.
2 Feb 1899 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem.; m. 8
Feb 1887 Marion Co., IN to Theophilus Latta Virgil
6. William S. Penrose - b. 1874 Woodbank, Marion Co., IN, d. Nov 1949
Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, bur. 2 Dec Crown Hill Cem., Marion
Co., IN; m.l) 24 Dec 1895 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN to Winona
Justice; m.2) Ann Rose
7. Sanford Ammoniah Penrose - b. 19 Nov 1877 Eagle Village, Boone Co.,
IN. d. 16 Jul 1941 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, bur. Shumaker Cem.,
Morgan Co., IN; m. 3 Jul 1917 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN to
Myrtle May Shake
8. Russia Mayme Penrose - b. 9 Jun 1879 Eagle Village, Boone Co., IN,
d. 17 Jul 1942 Eagle Village, Boone Co., IN. bur. Zionsville Cem.,
Boone Co., IN; m. 17 May 1900 Lebanon, Boone Co.. IN to George
McGhee
VI Ruzeu Sylvanus "Silver" Penrose - b. 18 Feb 1868 Woodbank, Marion Co.,
IN, d. 8 May 1945, near Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur. 13 May 1945 Eagle
Village Cem., Boone Co., IN; res. Woodbank, Eagle Village, Indianapolis,
Zionsville. also lived on the East Coast; occupation - carpenter/night
watchman/farm laborer; m.l) ca. 1896 Romania Bunnell Pratt? (she was a gypsy)-
d. 14 Mar 1916 Hagerstown/Greens Fork. Wayne Co., IN; from 1910-1916 she
travelled in a wagon with Charlie; she may have m.l) a Pratt?. Silver Penrose
m.2) 6 Jun 1898 Zionsville, Boone Co.. IN to Mary Helen Huston - b. 19 May
1872 De Graff, Logan Co., OH, d. 29 Oct 1933 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur.
Eagle Village Cem.; res. De Graff, OH. Pendleton, Anderson, Eagle Village,
Zionsville, IN; occupation - quiltmaker; Methodist; d/o Darius Huston and
Evaline M. Hardin. Sources: Marion Co. Marriages; Marion Co. Deaths; Boone
Co. Deaths; Eagle Village Cem.; Census records; Beverly (Penrose) Riley dau.
of Charles; Victor Beck (Charlie stayed with him after his mother died);
Marion Co. Births; Boone Co. Births; Boone Co. Marriages; Various Cem. Rec.;
Obituaries; Family knowledge.
Issue by 1st wife:
?1. Infant - d. 9 Jul 1896 ?Wayne Co.?
2. Charles Morgan Penrose - b. 19 May 1897 (unable to find location),
d. 3 Jan 1963 Clermont, Hendricks Co., IN, bur. Clermont Cem.; m. 16
Apr 1921 Clermont, Marion Co., IN to Marion Sylvia Smith
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Issue by 2nd wife;
3. Donald Penrose - b. 25 Jul 1899 Eagle Village, Boone Co., IN, d. 24
Jul 1960 Clermont. Hendricks Co., IN, bur. Clermont Cem., Marion
Co., IN
*4. Noble Penrose - b. 11 Dec 1901 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
5. Ruby Penrose - b. 8 Oct 1904 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. d. 1 Feb
1981 Indianapolis, Marion Co.. IN, bur. Marion Co., IN; m.l) 18 Aug
1920; m.2) Edwin Wiese
6. Arnold Penrose - b. 15 Oct 1908 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, d. 20
May 1983. Donna. Hidalgo Co.. TX, bur. Hidalgo Co., TX; m. 193-
Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN to Betty __
7. Dorothy Penrose - b. 25 Dec 1916 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, d. 11
Mar 1985 CrawfordsvilIe, Montgomery Co., IN, bur. Masonic Cem.,
Montgomery Co., IN; m.l) Sherman Fitzwater; m.2) Charles H. Knox
VII Noble Penrose - b. 11 Dec 1901 Indianapolis. Marion Co.. IN, d. 25 Mar
1981 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, bur. Lincoln Memory Gardens, Boone Co., IN;
res. Indianapolis, near Zionsville 1930-38. Zionsville 1915-1930 & 1938-1981;
occupation - Butcher; Baptist; m.l) Myrtle Irene Sullivan - b. 22 Jun 1903
Zionsville. Boone Co., IN, d. 28 Mar 1929 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur.
Eagle Village Cem., Boone Co., IN; res. Zionsville 1903-1929; occupation -
housewife; d/o F. Emery Sullivan and Elizabeth Bell. Noble Penrose m.2) 22
Oct 1930 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN to Eula Mae Shackelford.
Issue by 1st wife:
1. Leonard Morris Penrose - b. 22 Dec 1922 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN;
m.l) 23 Jul 1952 Marion Co., IN to Marge __; m.2) Carole J. __.
No children.
2. Donald Dewey Penrose - b. 20 May 1924 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, d.
6 Jul 1985 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co.. CA. bur. 28 Jul 1985
Eagle Village Cem., Boone Co., IN. No children.
3. Mary Elizabeth Penrose - b. 23 May 1925 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN.
d. 29 Aug 1925 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem.,
Boone Co., IN
4. Max R. Penrose - b. 7 Aug 1926 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, d. 7 Aug
1929 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem.. Boone Co.
5. Juanita Penrose - b. 27 Sep 1927 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, d. 30
Jul 1930 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN, bur. Eagle Village Cem., Boone
Co.
6. John David Penrose - b. 14 Feb 1929 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN; m.l)
to J. __; m.2) to Suellen B. __; m.3) to __?. Had one child
by Suellen
Issue by 2nd wife:
7. Billie Jean Penrose - b. 2 Sep 1931 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN; m. 15
Jan 1948 Lebanon, Boone Co., IN to Charles Edward Wagner. 4 children
8. Robert Lee Penrose - b. 23 Apr 1933 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN; m.l)
21 Dec 1956 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN to Donna June Day; m.2) 17 Jan
1985 to Jerri Johnson
9. Milton Silvers Penrose - b. 29 Sep 1934 Boone Co., IN; m.l) 8 Mar
1954 Boone Co., IN to Sally Lee Greene; m.2) 22 Nov 1963 Zionsville.
IN to Norma Jean Sanders; m.3) 12 Jul 1968 Indianapolis, IN to
Frances M. (Lowe) Basham. 1 child, cont...
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*10. Mary Margaret Penrose -b. 26 Jul 1936 near Zionsville, Boone Co., IN
11. Charles Raymond Penrose - b. 12 Dec 1937 near Zionsville. Boone Co.,
IN; m.l) 15 Sep 1956 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN to Marjorie Gayle
Boggs; m.2) 22 Aug 1978 to Katherine DuPre Mabe Zawodwy. 2 children.
12. Shirley Ann Penrose - b. 8 Feb 1940 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN; m. 5
Feb 1972 Lebanon, Boone Co., IN to Charles Geder Childress. 1 child.
13. Perry Dale Penrose - b. 7 Jul 1941 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN; m. 7
May 1962 Zionsville, Boone Co., IN to Bonnie Elizabeth Grizzle.
2 children.
14. Nancy Mae Penrose-b. 23 Apr 1944 Lebanon, Boone Co., IN. No children
15. Ruby Carol Penrose - b. 8 Feb 1947 Zionsville, Boone Co.. IN; m. 10
Dec 1983 Owensburg, Greene Co., IN to Lawrence Leroy Loy. Divorced.
No children.
notes by submitter. Noble worked for 60 years at Jones Meat Market and for
having such a large family, 15 children and 1 step-child, he prospered quite
well. He retired in 1975 with well over $100,000 in the bank not counting any
other assets. From what I gather, he must have been quite thrifty with the
pocketbook! No one else in the family had very many children except for my
grandfather - he always wanted more children. When he was not working, he
enjoyed many other pastimes such as woodworking, painting, coon-hunting, fishing, traveling,
visiting relatives, gardening, tinkering, carpentry, caretaking cemeteries, raising flowers, etc. - A word on flowers, a cousin, Fred
Gresh, who lived on Main Street, won many prizes even in Chicago for his
Dahlias. Zionsville became known as Dahlia City.
VIII Mary Margaret Penrose - b. 26 Jul 1936 Zionsville, Boone Co.. IN; res.
Zionsville, near Zionsville, Indianapolis; occupation - house cleaner;
Christian/Baptist; m. 10 Aug 1957 Zionsville. Boone Co., IN to Franklin
Merriman b. 11 Oct 1935 near Trevlac, Brown Co., IN; res. Bear Creek, Brown Co.,
Indianapolis, Zionsville; occupation - clerk/driver & mechanic; Christian; s/o Clarence Merriman and Alice Hallie Josephine Fleener.
Issue:
1. Lu Ann Merriman - b. 18 Mar 1958 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN; m. 2
Sep 1978 Morgantown, Morgan Co., IN to David Dale Powell
2. Marilyn Kay Merriman - b. 12 Oct 1959 Indianapolis. Marion Co., IN;
m.l) 14 Oct 1977 to David Clarence Hand; m.2) 28 Jul 1986 Lebanon,
Boone Co., IN to Michael Tyier Bond
3. Phyllis Karen Merriman - b. 23 Jul 1963 Indianapolis. Marion Co., IN
4. Franklin Merriman, Jr. - b. 30 Jun 1970 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
submitted July 1990 by:
Franklin Merriman, Jr.