Malinda Langford1

b. May 1860
Family
Father*Isaac Lankford1 b. 1834
Mother*Martha Ellen Vandeventer1 b. 1841
Birth*May 1860Malinda Langford was born about May 1860 in Kentucky.1 
(Granddaughter) Census US 18607 June 1860Malinda was enumerated with her parents and sister on the 1860 census taken on 7 June 1860 in the household of her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Langford, in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. Malinda was one month old.1 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 14; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Mary Langford1

b. 1858
Family
Father*Isaac Lankford1 b. 1834
Mother*Martha Ellen Vandeventer1 b. 1841
Birth*1858Mary Langford was born about 1858 in Kentucky.1 
(Granddaughter) Census US 18607 June 1860Mary was enumerated with her parents and sister on the 1860 census taken on 7 June 1860 in the household of her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Langford, in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. Mary was 2 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 14; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Mary E. Langford1

b. March 1870
Family
Father*Benjamin T. Lankford1 b. 7 Feb 1845
Mother*Emily Murphy1 b. 1850, d. 28 Oct 1877
Birth*March 1870Mary E. Langford was born in March 1870 in Kentucky.1 
(Granddaughter) Census US 18701 August 1870Mary E. was enumerated with her parents on the 1870 census taken on 1 August 1870 in the household of her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Langford, in Nations Precinct, Spencer County, Kentucky. Mary was three months old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Pages: 148B and 149A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Mary E. Langford1

b. June 1896, d. before 1898
Family
Father*John W. Langford1 b. 8 May 1861, d. 30 Jan 1947
Mother*Lena Van Arnsdale1 b. Jul 1873, d. 10 Nov 1918
Birth*June 1896Mary E. Langford was born about June 1896 in Kentucky.1 
Death*before 1898She died while still a baby before 1898, the year her parents named a second daughter Mary.1 
(Daughter) Census US 19001 June 1900Mary E. was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Palmer, Anderson County, Kentucky. She was 3 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John W. and Lena Langford, Year: 1900; Census Place: Palmer, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 506; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240506. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Mary L. Langford1

b. 1898
Family
Father*John W. Langford1 b. 8 May 1861, d. 30 Jan 1947
Mother*Lena Van Arnsdale1 b. Jul 1873, d. 10 Nov 1918
Birth*1898Mary L. Langford was born about 1898 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 191016 April 1910Mary L. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 16 April 1910 in the household of her parents in Birdie, Anderson County, Kentucky. She was 12 years old, able to read and write, and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lena R. and John W. Langford, Year: 1910; Census Place: Birdie, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_462; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374475. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

Porter Langford1

b. 25 December 1886, d. 20 November 1944
Family
Father*John W. Langford1 b. 8 May 1861, d. 30 Jan 1947
Mother*Paralee Whitehouse1 b. 1866
Birth*25 December 1886Porter Langford was born in 25 December 1886 in Anderson County, Kentucky.2,1 
(Son) DeathHis mother probably died in her early 20s, and not long after Porter's birth.1,3,2 
(Son) Marriage30 October 1891His father married a second time, when Porter was about 4 years old, to Lena Van Arnsdale on 30 October 1891.3 
(Son) Census US 19001 June 1900Porter was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in the household of his father and stepmother in Palmer, Anderson County, Kentucky. He was 13 years old and able to read and write.4 
Death*20 November 1944He died on 20 November 1944 in General Hospital, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 57.1 

Citations

  1. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Porter Langford on 20 November 1944 in the General Hospital at Louisville, Jefferson, County, Kentucky, USA, age 60 years, 10 months, 25 days, married to Nora B. Langford, guard at the Frankfort Distillery, born on 25 December 1884 in Anderson County, Kentucky, USA, to John Will Langford and Paralee Whitehouse, citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John W. and Lena Langford, Year: 1900; Census Place: Palmer, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 506; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240506, reporting Porter's date of birth as December 1886. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 October 1891 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of John Will Langford and Lena "Vanarsdale", citing FHL Film# 000482494. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John W. and Lena Langford, Year: 1900; Census Place: Palmer, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 506; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240506.

Rachel E. Langford1

b. 1866
Family
Father*Larkin R. Lankford1 b. 19 May 1839, d. 1 Jul 1895
Mother*Susan F. __?__2,3 b. 23 Feb 1846, d. 2 Aug 1866
Birth*1866Rachel E. Langford was born about 1866 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 188017 June 1880Rachel E. was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 17 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Mount Eden, Spencer County, Kentucky. She was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin and Margaret E. Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Mount Eden, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 442; Page: 486A; Enumeration District: 177. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan F. Langford, Memorial# 39587663. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 8 October 1867 at the home of J. O'Sullivan in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Larkin R Langford and Margaret Ellen OSullivan, with Stephen Langford and William Cotton as witnesses, married by Henry Sparrow, license issued the same day in Spencer County, citing FHL Film# 000482642. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.

Rebecca Langford1

b. 1852
Family
Father*Jackson Lankford1 b. 1822
Mother*Emily Jane Cotton1 b. 29 May 1825, d. 16 Jul 1876
(Daughter) Name SpellingsAround the middle of the 1850s, the spelling of the Lankford surname began to also be spelled Langford.2,3,4,5,6 
Birth*1852Rebecca Langford was born about 1852 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 186020 August 1860Rebecca was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 20 August 1860 in the household of her parents in District 1, Chaplin Post Office, Nelson County, Kentucky. She was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18701 September 1870Rebecca was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 1 September 1870 in the household of her parents in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky. She was 17 years old and at home.7 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jack and Emily Langford, (their surname recorded as "Langsford" by the census taker), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: M653_389; Page: 236; Family History Library Film: 803389. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 18 January 1843 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Jackson Lankford and Jane Cotton, citing FHL Film# 000482501. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Page: 208D; Enumeration District: 206. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Emily Jane “Emely” (Cotton) Langford, Memorial# 124328968. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S2288] Anderson County (Kentucky) Clerk of the County Court, Deeds, 1827-1901. Microfilm of originals in the county courthouse at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Includes a general index, first by grantor then by grantee. Names are arranged by first letter of surname and then by year and date and there is some overlap of dates in the record books: deed dated 11 November 1850 and registered on 13 November 1851 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioner in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part regarding land originally purchased by Larkin Langford, Sr., situated part in Shelby County and part in Franklin County, on 3 March 1822 from George W. Kinney, Deed Book G, 1847-1851, pages 577-578, Film# 259301, Digital# 8192345, image# 785 of 817; on 11 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1827-1901 (Anderson County, Kentucky).
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 149438990.
  7. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jackson and Jane "Langsford", Year: 1870; Census Place: Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_491; Page: 118B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Richard Langford1

b. 6 January 1861, d. 7 November 1918
Family
Father*Richard Lankford1 b. 11 Sep 1817, d. 13 Feb 1876
Mother*Elizabeth Brewer1 b. 8 Jan 1829, d. 20 Mar 1878
Birth*6 January 1861Richard Langford was born about 6 January 1861 in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois.1 
(Son) Census US 187023 June 1870Richard was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 23 June 1870 in the household of his parents in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois. He was 10 years old.2 
(Son) Death13 February 1876Richard was 15 years old when his father died of tuberculosis on 13 February 1876 at age 583 
(Son) Death20 March 1878 and his mother died two years later, also of tuberculosis, on 20 March 1878 at age 49.4,3 
(Brother) Census US 18802 June 1880After the deaths of both of Richard's parents, the four minor Langford children were split up to live with various relatives in Bureau County. Richard and his brother Ellsworth were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 2 June 1880 in the household of their married brother and his wife, Rosey and Jackson Lankford, in Greenville, Bureau County, Illinois. Richard was 19 years old and Ellsworth was age 17, and both had attended school within the census year. Their youngest brother, Willie, and youngest sister, Ethel, were both in Walnut, Bureau County. Willie, who was 15 years old, was enumerated in 1880 with the children's maternal grandparents, Mary and Richard Brewer, and Ethel, who was 7 years old, was with a married sister and her husband, Eliza and John Charles Wolfe.5 
Marriage*1882He married first Melissa Meek, daughter of William Meek and Elizabeth Sample, in 1882.6,1 
(Husband) Death1888Richard became a widower when Melissa (Meek) Langford died in 1888 at about age 21.6 
Marriage*3 August 1894He married second, as her second husband, Maude Millsap, daughter of John Millsap and Lavica E. Vann, on 3 August 1894 in Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa.7,1 
Death*7 November 1918He died on 7 November 1918 in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, at age 57.1 
Burial*He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling.1 

Family 1

 Melissa Meek b. 1867, d. 1888

Family 2

 Maude Millsap b. 1872

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 185238377. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Richard and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Walnut, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 518A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 119684366.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Brewer) Langford, Memorial# 119684411.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. and Rosey Lankford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Greenville, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: 177; Page: 112C; Enumeration District: 010. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Melissa (Meek) Langford, Memorial# 129351178.
  7. [S1700] Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1949, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 3 August 1894 in Clinton, Iowa, of Maude Millsap of Clinton, Iowa, her 2nd marriage, age 22, born in Wyoming, Iowa, daughter of John Millsap and "Levina" Vann, married Richard Langford of Walnut, Illinois, livery, his 2nd marriage, age 33, born in Walnut, Illinois, son of Richard Langford and Elizabeth Brewer, married on 3 August 1894 in Clinton, Iowa, USA, referencing Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa, Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1949.

Samuel Langford1

b. April 1877, d. 17 June 1877
Family
Father*Benjamin T. Lankford1 b. 7 Feb 1845
Mother*Emily Murphy1 b. 1850, d. 28 Oct 1877
Birth*April 1877Samuel Langford was born near the end of April 1877 in Spencer County, Kentucky,1 
Death*17 June 1877 and died there of brain fever on 17 June 1877 at the age of seven weeks.1 

Citations

  1. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Samuel Langford, age 7 weeks, of brain fever on 17 June 1877 in Spencer County, Kentucky, born in Spencer County to Benjamin T. and Nancy E. Langford, both born in Spencer County, citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965.

Samuel O. Langford1

b. 11 September 1880, d. 6 November 1897
Family
Father*John G. Lankford1 b. 1844, d. 1897
Mother*Mary E. Thomas1 b. 5 Oct 1854, d. 18 Jun 1933
Birth*11 September 1880Samuel O. Langford was born on 11 September 1880 in Nelson County, Kentucky.1 
(Son) Illness2 April 1897Samuel's father, John Langford of Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, a married man with three children, was taken to Macomb, McDonough County, in handcuffs last Friday and adjudged insane before Judge Wheat. He was then taken to the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. He had been violent at times, and had received a kick on the head from a horse a number of years before, which was suspected to be the cause of his insanity. For the past seventeen years, he had also been subject to epileptic fits.2,3 
(Son) Death1897His father died in 1897 at about age 53.4 
Death*6 November 1897He died on 6 November 1897 in Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, at age 17. His obituary read in part: Samuel O. Langford, youngest son of Mrs. Mary E. Langford, was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, September 11th, 1880, died in this city, November 6th, 1897, aged 17 years 1 month and 25 days. A large audience was present (at the funeral services) to show their sympathy to Mrs. Langford in her double bereavement, and included a prayer that God would comfort the bereaved mother and strengthen the brothers who mourn his untimely death1,4 
Burial* and was buried in Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel O. Langford, Memorial# 225014681. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2356] John Langford of Blandinsville, Illinois 1897 Epilepsy and Mental Illness, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Quill, (La Harpe, Illinois), Thursday, 8 April 1897, page 1, "Neighborhood News", John Langford, of Blandinsville, was adjudged insane last week and taken to Jacksonville. He is a married man with three children. He has been violent at times and was handcuffed when taken to Macomb. He received a kick on the head from a horse a number of years ago, which is supposed to be the cause of his insanity. He has also been a sufferer from epilepsy for some years. Hereinafter cited as John Langford of Blandinsville, Illinois 1897 Epilepsy and Mental Illness.
  3. [S2356] John Langford of Blandinsville, Illinois 1897 Epilepsy and Mental Illness, online at www.newspapers.com, The Quill, (La Harpe, Illinois), Thursday, 8 April 1897, page 4, "News from Blandinsville", John Langford was taken to Macomb Friday and adjudged insane before Judge Wheat. He has been subject to epileptic fits for the past seventeen years.
  4. [S2357] Illinois State Archives, McDonough County Probate Case Files Index (1833-1925), online at https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/…, probate for the estate of John G. Langford in 1897 in McDonough County, Illinois, Mary Langford, Administrator/Executor, referencing File# 10640. Hereinafter cited as Illinois State Archives, McDonough County Probate Case Files Index (1833-1925).

Sarah Langford1

b. 10 October 1856, d. 22 January 1936
Family
Father*John Lankford1,2 b. 15 May 1836, d. 9 Apr 1910
Mother*Susan Ann Coghill1,2 b. 28 Mar 1840, d. 20 Jun 1919
Birth*10 October 1856Sarah Langford was born on 10 October 1856 in Spencer County, Kentucky.1,2,3 
Name VariationHer full name was Sarah Jane Langford.4 
Name VariationShe was also called Jane.2 
(Granddaughter) Census US 18607 June 1860Sarah was enumerated with her parents and brother on the 1860 census taken on 7 June 1860 in the household of her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Langford, in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. Sarah was 3 years old.1 
(Elder Daughter) Divorce1868Her parents separated, and likely divorced about 1868 when Sarah was about 11 years old. Her mother married a second time in 1869 and her father remarried in 1873. Sarah and her two brothers were enumerated with their paternal grandparents in 1870, and her baby sister, Eliza, was with her mother and new stepfather, Daniel Sutton, that year. In 1880, Eliza Annie and her older brother, John W., were both with their mother and stepfather. In the censuses, the Lankford/Langford children were enumerated with their stepfather's surname Sutton, and in other records their surnames were spelled Lankford or Langford.5,6,7,8,9 
(Granddaughter) Census US 18701 August 1870Sarah J. was enumerated with her siblings on the 1870 census taken on 1 August 1870 in the household of her paternal grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Langford, in Nations Precinct, Spencer County, Kentucky. Sarah was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year.8 
Marriage*29 November 1883She married Thomas S. Spalding, son of John S. Spalding and Susan E. Jacobs, on 29 November 1883 in Spencer County, Kentucky. Their marriage license had been issued on 26 November 1883, and they were married by Adolphus S. Mountjoy, Minister of the Gospel, at the house of Jacob Snider with Jacob Snider and Gus Miller signing as witnesses.10,11 
Name Spellings*A variation of the spelling of the Spalding surname found in our research was Spaulding.12,2,3,13,11 
Census US 1930*17 April 1930Sarah and Thomas S. Spalding were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 17 April 1930 on Guist Creek Road, Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky. Thomas was 71 years of age and a general farmer working on his own account, and Sarah was 72 years of age and did not work outside the home. Neither of them was able to read or write. Thomas was reported to have been age 25, and Sarah age 26 when they married, and they owned their farm.14 
(Wife) Death8 May 1934Sarah became a widow when Thomas S. Spaulding died from lobar pneumonia on 8 May 1934 at age 75.13,11 
Death*22 January 1936She died on 22 January 1936 in Taylorsville, Spencer County, at age 79.13,3 

Family

 Thomas S. Spalding b. 10 Mar 1859, d. 8 May 1934

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 14; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Jane Spaulding on 22 January 1936 in Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, age 79, 3 months, 12 days, widow of Thomas Spaulding, born on 10 October 1856 in Spencer County to John Langford and Susan "Cogwell", both born in Kentucky, informant Thomas Sutton, Taylorsville, burial in Little Mount citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah Jane ("Landford") Spaulding, Memorial# 52798644. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Langford, Memorial# 110813054.
  5. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 28 October 1869 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Daniel Sutton and Susan Lankford, citing FHL Film# 000482494. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  6. [S1508] Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of John Langford and Sarah Nevada Shepherd on 31 December 1873 in Montgomery County, Iowa, citing FHL Film# 1481674. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.
  7. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel and Susan Sutton, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Page: 157A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Pages: 148B and 149A.
  9. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel and Susan Sutton, Year: 1880; Census Place: Marion, Lawrence, Indiana; Roll: 292; Page: 429C; Enumeration District: 005. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 29 November 1883 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Sarah J. Langford and Thomas Spalding, citing FHL Film# 000482644.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas S. Spaulding, Memorial# 52798610.
  12. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas S. and Sarah J. Spalding, Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Mount, Spencer, Kentucky; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2340511, Thomas's year of birth was estimated as 1859. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death from lobar pneumonia of Thomas S. Spaulding on 8 May 1934 in Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, age 77, farmer, married to Sara Jane Spaulding, born on 10 March 1857 in Spencer County to John Spaulding and Susan Jacobs, both born in Shelby County, Kentucky, informant Gus Nation of rural Taylorsville, Spencer County, burial in Little Mount, citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
  14. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas S. and Sarah J. Spalding, Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Mount, Spencer, Kentucky; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2340511.

Sarah Jane Langford1

b. 4 March 1847, d. 1937
Family
Father*Richard Lankford1,2 b. 11 Sep 1817, d. 13 Feb 1876
Mother*Elizabeth Brewer1,3 b. 8 Jan 1829, d. 20 Mar 1878
Birth*4 March 1847Sarah Jane Langford was born on 4 March 1847 in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois.1 
Marriage*12 March 1868She married Porter C. McDonald, son of Thomas H. McDonald and Martha Jane Perkins, on 12 March 1868.4,1 
Census US 1870*25 July 1870Sarah J. and Porter C. McDonald were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 25 July 1870 in Greenville, Bureau County, Illinois. Porter was 26 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $1,200 and a personal estate valued at $450, and Sarah Jane was 23 years of age and keeping house. The couple's baby son, George, was one year old. Also enumerated with the family in 1870 was Jesse Perkins, who was 16 years old.5 
(Daughter) Death13 February 1876Sarah was 28 years of age and already married when her father died of tuberculosis on 13 February 1876 at age 582 
(Daughter) Death20 March 1878 and her mother died two years later, also of tuberculosis, on 20 March 1878 at age 49.3,2 
(Wife) Death8 April 1914Sarah Jane (Langford) became a widow when Porter C. McDonald died on 8 April 1914.4 
Death*1937She died in 1937 in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois, at about age 901 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Bureau County.1,4 

Family

 Porter C. McDonald b. 16 Mar 1843, d. 8 Apr 1914
Child 1.George McDonald6 b. 1869

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah Jane (Langford) McDonald, Memorial# 95427465. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 119684366.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Brewer) Langford, Memorial# 119684411.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Porter C. “P. C.” McDonald, Memorial# 74736099.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Porter and Sarah J. McDonald, Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenville, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 286A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George McDonald, Memorial# 162599278.

Sarah R. Langford1

b. 1858
Family
Father*Stephen M. Lankford1 b. 1815, d. 26 Jan 1886
Mother*Locky Osburn1 b. 19 Aug 1835, d. 1916
Birth*1858Sarah R. Langford was born about 1858 in Kentucky.1 
Relationship Note*Sarah and her brother, William, were probably twins.1,2,3 
Name-SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the LANGFORD surname found in our research was Lankford.2 
(Daughter) Census US 18606 June 1860Sarah was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 6 June 1860 in the household of her parents in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. She and William were 2 years old.3 
(Daughter) Census US 187025 August 1870Sarah R. was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 25 August 1870 in the household of her parents in District 5, Lawrenceburg Post Office, Anderson County, Kentucky. She and William were 11 years old.4 
(Daughter) Census US 18802 June 1880Sarah R. was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 2 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Goodnight, Anderson County, Kentucky. She was 22 years of age.1,5 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Stephen and Locky Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Goodnight, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Page: 355C; Enumeration District: 006. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of S. and Locky Lankford, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_444; Page: 293B, reporting her age as 3 years on the 1870 census. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Stephen and Lockhart Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 12; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of S. and Locky Lankford, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_444; Page: 293B.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John M. and Eliza Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Goodnight, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Page: 355C; Enumeration District: 006.

Stonewall J. Langford1

b. 1864
Family
Father*Jackson Lankford1 b. 1822
Mother*Emily Jane Cotton1 b. 29 May 1825, d. 16 Jul 1876
(Son) Name SpellingsAround the middle of the 1850s, the spelling of the Lankford surname began to also be spelled Langford.2,3,4,5,6 
Birth*1864Stonewall J. Langford was born about 1864 in Kentucky.1 
Name VariationHis full name was Stonewall Jackson Langford.3,1 
Name VariationHe was called Jackson.3 
(Son) Census US 18701 September 1870Stonewall J. was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 1 September 1870 in the household of his parents in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky. He was 6 years old.1 
(Son) Census US 18804 June 1880He was enumerated as Jackson on the 1880 census taken on 4 June 1880 in the household of his widowed father in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky. He was 16 years old and worked as a laborer.3 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jackson and Jane "Langsford", Year: 1870; Census Place: Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_491; Page: 118B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 18 January 1843 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Jackson Lankford and Jane Cotton, citing FHL Film# 000482501. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Page: 208D; Enumeration District: 206. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Emily Jane “Emely” (Cotton) Langford, Memorial# 124328968. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S2288] Anderson County (Kentucky) Clerk of the County Court, Deeds, 1827-1901. Microfilm of originals in the county courthouse at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Includes a general index, first by grantor then by grantee. Names are arranged by first letter of surname and then by year and date and there is some overlap of dates in the record books: deed dated 11 November 1850 and registered on 13 November 1851 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioner in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part regarding land originally purchased by Larkin Langford, Sr., situated part in Shelby County and part in Franklin County, on 3 March 1822 from George W. Kinney, Deed Book G, 1847-1851, pages 577-578, Film# 259301, Digital# 8192345, image# 785 of 817; on 11 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1827-1901 (Anderson County, Kentucky).
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 149438990.

Susan M. Langford1

b. 1873
Family
Father*Larkin R. Lankford1 b. 19 May 1839, d. 1 Jul 1895
Mother*Margaret Ellen O'Sullivan1 b. 1 Feb 1852, d. 13 Apr 1893
Birth*1873Susan M. Langford was born about 1873 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 188017 June 1880Susan M. was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 17 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Mount Eden, Spencer County, Kentucky. She was 7 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin and Margaret E. Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Mount Eden, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 442; Page: 486A; Enumeration District: 177. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Tilda Langford1

b. 1906
Family
Father*John W. Langford1 b. 8 May 1861, d. 30 Jan 1947
Mother*Lena Van Arnsdale1 b. Jul 1873, d. 10 Nov 1918
Birth*1906Tilda Langford was born about 1906 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 191016 April 1910Tilda was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 16 April 1910 in the household of her parents in Birdie, Anderson County, Kentucky. She was 4 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lena R. and John W. Langford, Year: 1910; Census Place: Birdie, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_462; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374475. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

William Langford1

b. 21 March 1865, d. 1965
Family
Father*Richard Lankford1,2 b. 11 Sep 1817, d. 13 Feb 1876
Mother*Elizabeth Brewer1,3 b. 8 Jan 1829, d. 20 Mar 1878
Birth*21 March 1865William Langford was born on 21 March 1865 in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois.1 
Name VariationHe was called Willie.1 
(Son) Census US 187023 June 1870Willie was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 23 June 1870 in the household of his parents in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois. He was 5 years old.4 
(Son) Death13 February 1876Willie was 10 years old when his father died of tuberculosis on 13 February 1876 at age 582 
(Son) Death20 March 1878 and his mother died two years later, also of tuberculosis, on 20 March 1878 at age 49.3,2 
(Grandson) Census US 188021 June 1880After the deaths of both of Willie's parents, the four minor Langford children were split up to live with various relatives in Bureau County. Willie was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in the household of his maternal grandparents, Mary and Richard Brewer, in Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois. Willie was 15 years old and had attended school within the census year, and he also worked as a farm laborer. Willie's brothers, Richard and Ellsworth, ages 19 and 17 years, respectively, had both attended school within the census year and were enumerated with the family of their married brother and his wife, Rosa and Jackson Langford. The brothers' youngest sister, Ethel, who was 7 years old, was with a married sister and her husband, Eliza and John Charles Wolfe.5 
Marriage*He married Olive B. Meek, daughter of William Meek and Elizabeth Sample.6,1 
(Husband) Death8 June 1903William became a widower with two young children when Olive B. (Meek) Langford died on 8 June 1903 at age 30.6 
Death*1965He died in 1965 at about age 1001 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Lot 277, Grave #2255 of Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois.1,6 

Family

 Olive B. Meek b. 24 Jan 1873, d. 8 Jun 1903

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William “Willie” Langford, Memorial# 129335379. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Langford, Memorial# 119684366.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Brewer) Langford, Memorial# 119684411.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Richard and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Walnut, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 518A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Richard and Mary Brewer, Year: 1880; Census Place: Walnut, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: 177; Page: 336C; Enumeration District: 025. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Olive B. (Meek) Langford, Memorial# 99350519.

William L. Langford1

b. 4 February 1858, d. 1 November 1887
Family
Father*Stephen M. Lankford1 b. 1815, d. 26 Jan 1886
Mother*Locky Osburn1 b. 19 Aug 1835, d. 1916
Birth*4 February 1858William L. Langford was born on 4 February 1858 in Kentucky.1,2 
Relationship Note*William and his sister, Sarah, were probably twins.1,3,4 
Name-SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the LANGFORD surname found in our research was Lankford.3 
(Son) Census US 18606 June 1860William was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 6 June 1860 in the household of his parents in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. He and Sarah were 2 years old.4 
(Son) Census US 187025 August 1870William L. was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 25 August 1870 in the household of his parents in District 5, Lawrenceburg Post Office, Anderson County, Kentucky. He and Sarah were 11 years old.5 
(Son) Census US 18802 June 1880William L. was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 2 June 1880 in the household of his parents in Goodnight, Anderson County, Kentucky. He was 22 years of age and worked as a farmer.1,6 
Death*1 November 1887He died on 1 November 1887 at age 292 
Burial* and was buried in Valley Cemetery, Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky.2 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Stephen and Locky Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Goodnight, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Page: 355C; Enumeration District: 006. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William L. Langford, Memorial# 39587716. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of S. and Locky Lankford, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_444; Page: 293B, reporting her age as 3 years on the 1870 census. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Stephen and Lockhart Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 12; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of S. and Locky Lankford, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_444; Page: 293B.
  6. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John M. and Eliza Langford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Goodnight, Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 401; Page: 355C; Enumeration District: 006.

Elizabeth Langlois1

b. 1813, d. 8 December 1858
Family
Father*Pierre Langlois Sr.1 b. 1770, d. 1834
Mother*Moaque1
(Daughter) Biographical Info The Langlois family in Indiana was descended from Pierre Langlois Sr., a prominent French fur trader who married a Miami woman named Moaque, which was also spelled Moquah. Because of their strong tribal ties, their alignment with tribal leadership, and their standing as landholders, the family played an essential role in early 19th-century regional diplomacy. Following the Treaty of 1840, the United States government forced the Miami people out of their Indiana homelands to reservations further west. However, on May 1, 1850, the U.S. Congress passed a special joint resolution granting formal exemptions from this forced removal to specific individuals and their families who were residing in Indiana. Kinooseensa, whose English name was Peter Langlois, and his sister, Elizabeth Langlois, were explicitly named in this legislation. Their legal exemption allowed them and their descendants to remain in Indiana and eventually become integrated as U.S. citizens.1,2,3 
Birth*1813Elizabeth Langlois was born about 1813.4 
Marriage*1828She married, as her first husband, John Allen in 1828.5,4 
(Miami Leader) Indian Removal Act Copied in part, with minor changes, from the "Myaamia, A Living History: Myaamia Removal:

"Following the arrival of Europeans, the Miami were disrupted by waves of disease, war, and relocation. Beginning in 1795, the Miami were forced to sign treaties giving up ever-increasing amounts of their precious homeland to the government of the United States. By the 1830s, the Miami had only about 500,000 acres, which was surrounded by land controlled by the State of Indiana. Land speculators and settlers wanted this land too.

"In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The goal of this act was to force all tribes to move west of the Mississippi. Throughout the 1830s, many tribes suffered their own version of the “Trail of Tears” most commonly associated with the Cherokee Nation’s forced removal in 1838. Throughout this period, the Miami resisted giving up their reservation in Indiana."6 
Children* They had two children together.5,4 
(Wife) Death8 January 1842Elizabeth became a widow when John Allen died on 8 January 1842 at age 48.5 
(Miami Leader) Miami Removalbetween 1838 and 1845 In the Miami treaty of 1838, the Miami National Council had agreed, for the first time, to consider the possibility of a future Indian Removal, and also contained, for the family of Chief John B. Richardville, the first Exemption from Removal. The Miami treaty of 1840 provided for two additional families, those of Chief Francis Godfroy and Chief Meshingomesia, to continue to receive their share of the annuities at Fort Wayne, Indiana, essentially exempting those families also from Removal. And, on 3 March 1845, the family of Frances Slocum was exempted from Removal by a joint resolution of Congress. By 1845, most Miami National Council leaders who owned reservation land but were not exempted, also sought legal remedy to avoid Removal and protect their homes. They wrote to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, petitioned Congress, and hired Dr. Graham Fitch to lobby for them in Congress.

Using his Indian name, Toohpia, Principal Chief Francis Toohpia LaFontaine and other Miami leaders went to Washington themselves to discuss exemptions. Their letter following the visit showed them taking a new tactic to avoid Removal for Miami landowners, reflecting the reasons for the exemption of the Godfroy family and citing Indiana state law as the impediment to their Removal.

“Certain individuals of our nation, who are not permitted by treaty or by law of Congress to remain in Indiana and draw their annuities there, hold individual reservations of land by treaty, which they have improved, and upon which they are now living, and have paid taxes. A law of the State of Indiana forbids them making private sale of these lands, declaring all contracts with our people null and void. If such of our people emigrate, their farms will be ruined or sold for taxes, and their personal property, stock, etc., sacrificed. Will not our great father permit such of our people to remain upon their lands, and draw their annuities in Indiana, in the same manner as is specified in a similar permission, by treaty and by law of Congress, to a few other of our people? Such permission to be extended to those land owners (not now having it) until the legal inability to sell their lands is removed, or the U.S. buys them….”

They pointed out the hypocrisy that the federal government could force them from their homes on lands they owned as private property, a most sacred American tradition, while at the same time, the state of Indiana refused to allow them to legally sell their property. If they were removed, Miami leaders and their families would likely be swindled out of their lands, if their property was not outright stolen from them.

Dr. Graham Fitch, as a lobbyist for the National Council, sent a list to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of the Miami who owned reservation land and wished to stay in Indiana. The list of petitioners included additional members of the family of Chief John B. Richardville, whose name was recorded as Pinšiwa ‘Wild Cat', and also the families of Misihkwa, Mahkateehsipana 'Cotesipin', Mihtekwahkia 'Coesse', Amehkoonsa 'Seek', Meehkwaahkonanka 'Benjamin', Meesancihkwa, Šowaapinamwa 'Antoine Revarre' and Waapimaankwa 'White Loon', and the heirs of Sha-co-mo and Chief Majenica. The men on this list were all prominent Miami leaders.1,2,3 
(Miami Leader) Miami Removal6 October 1846The Miami's forced emigration to the Kansas Territory began on 6 October 1846 and, among those with Miami Indian blood, the only individuals who were permitted to remain in the Wabash country and not be removed to Kansas, were those who were specifically Exempted from Removal: the Meshingomesia Band, plus descendants of Chief Richardville and Francis Godfroy, the Slocum Family and Chief LaFontaine, his wife and their children. Everyone else was "on Removal". It would be winter before their grueling one-month journey brought them to their destination. In order to share their experiences as best we know how, we've copied, without changes, the description of their journey from the "Myaamia, A Living History: Myaamia Removal" source:

"On October 6th, 1846, hundreds of Myaamia were loaded onto three canal boats in Peru, Indiana – a place they called Iihkipihsinonki. Iihkipihsinonki translates to “straight place”. It was named because of the straight course of the Wabash River in that spot. From Iihkipihsinonki the canal boats were pulled along the Wabash-Erie Canal and followed the Wabash north to Ft. Wayne.

"The forced exodus began in earnest the next day, when more Myaamia were forcibly loaded onto canal boats in Ft. Wayne, known to the Myaamia as Kiihkayonki. Kiihkayonki was the original site of their largest village and was called “that Glorious Gate” by the Myaamia leader Mihšihkinaahkwa. That day the forced exodus began.

"On October 7th, Kiihkayonki became the gateway of the removal from Myaamionki. From Kiihkayonki, the five canal boats were pulled to the Miami-Erie canal and began a four-day journey south to Cincinnati, OH. On their way south the Myaamia passed numerous sites of great historical and cultural importance. They passed the site of Fort Defiance, the military bastion from which Anthony Wayne launched his final invasion into Myaamionki in 1794. They also passed Pinkwaawilenionki (Pickawillany) a prominent Myaamia village site in the mid-eighteenth century. Much of the Miami-Erie canal followed the course of the Ahsenisiipi (the Great Miami River); a river that originally was a major route of travel to their hunting grounds along the Ohio River and to their relatives who also called that beautiful place home.

"On October 11th, they reached the growing metropolis of Cincinnati, Ohio. In Cincinnati, the Myaamia were moved to the steamship Colorado, and on October 12th the ship began its journey west on the Kaanseenseepiiwi (Ohio River). While on route to the Mississippi River an infant passed away. After eight days of travel on the Colorado, they arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. The Myaamia were unloaded at Bloody Island, which lay in the middle of the Mississippi River. This location placed the group near the traditional village sites of their Inoka (Illinois) relatives and as such it was a place they knew well. However it was also at the western edge of Myaamionki. To the west lay the traditional homelands of groups that had formerly been their enemies; to their parents’ generation those western lands had been a dangerous place. Yet, the Americans told them these lands in the west were to be their new homes. Upon arriving at Bloody Island an elderly member of the group passed away. The elder and the infant that had passed earlier in the journey were buried on or near the Island according to Myaamia tribal traditions.

"On October 23rd, the Myaamia were loaded onto the steamship Clermont No. 2 and were taken north on the Mississippi River to its confluence with the Missouri River. From this point, they followed the Missouri River west to Kanza Landing, which today lies on the Missouri side of Kansas City. For the first time in their journey, these forced migrants were outside their traditional homelands. After a month of journeying, these Myaamia had moved from the forested bottomlands of the Wabash River Valley to the edge of the great American prairielands of the west. It was a very different landscape, and winter had set in.

"On November 1st, three hundred and twenty five Myaamia were unloaded at Kanza Landing. The next day they traveled the final fifty miles of their journey to Osage River sub-agency in the Unorganized Territory (Kansas). They arrived at Sugar Creek on Nov. 5th, of 1846. It was winter on the plains and the people were forced to sleep in government issued tents and eat government rations until they could build more permanent structures.

"After only just arriving in Kansas the Myaamia were told they had to move again. Kansas was becoming a state and hoped to move American Indians south to Oklahoma to open up land for settlers. In 1873, a small group of Myaamia traveled 150 miles south to what is today Miami, Oklahoma completing the final leg of a journey that began back in Indiana twenty-seven years earlier."6,7,8 
(Return to Indiana) Miami Removal Following the 1846 forced Miami Removal to Kansas, several Miami families quietly made their way back to their homelands in Indiana.1,2,3 
(Exempted in 1850) Miami Removal1850 In 1850, the U.S. Congress granted official removal exemptions to the additional members of the family of Miami Chief John B. Richardville, whose name was recorded as Pinšiwa ‘Wild Cat', and also the families of Waapimaankwa 'White Loon', Šowaapinamwa 'Antoine Revarre', Mihtekwahkia 'Coesse', Misihkwa, Oonseentia 'John Osandiah', Mahkateehsipana 'Cotesipin', Amehkoonsa 'Seek', Mahkateemaankwa, Amehkoonsihkwa 'wife of Benjamin', Kinooseensa 'Peter Langlois' and Elizabeth Langlois, identifying them as specific Miami tribal leaders, community members, individuals, families, and their descendants who had returned to Indiana after the forced removals. With this action, Congress formally legalized their returns, allowing them to remain in Indiana permanently.

The names of Sha-co-mo, Chief Majenica and Meesancihkwa, or Chief Little Turtle, whose family members had also requested exemptions from Removal, were not included, nor was any mention of their heirs.1,2,3 
Marriage*13 September 1855She married second, as his first wife, Anthony Headson on 13 September 1855 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.9,4 
Children* They had no children together.4,9 
Death*8 December 1858She died on 8 December 1858 at about age 454 
Burial* and was buried in Section 3, lot 257, of Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.4 
(American Indian) Indian Names Getting the Native American Indian names in our project "right" has been a struggle for us because we have often seen the same person's name spelled in several different ways. This was, at first, both frustrating and stressful to those of us who strive for accuracy in the presentation of our research. When we learned that the Miami Indians, who feature prominently in our project, had no written language before their associations with the French and English who kept records by writing them down, we began to understand. It’s all very human. Not every person speaks their words in the same way, and each listener may hear the same words differently. So, it’s not surprising that, phonetically, when names were spoken, they would be written down as each individual listener heard them.10,11,12,13,14,15,16 

Family 1

 John Allen b. 1794, d. 8 Jan 1842

Family 2

 Anthony Headson b. 10 Jul 1834

Citations

  1. [S3054] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…, article published by Diane Hunter on July 2, 2021, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi- Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  2. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…, with additional information from a linked Google Spreadsheet, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  3. [S3056] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi, a blog serving as a space for Myaamia ‘Miami’ people to connect, reflect, and share. Our primary goal is to provide a platform for conversations about our community, places, ecological observations, and shared pasts. It also serves as a resource for educational opportunities that support a deeper understanding of Myaamia culture, language, and identity. Aacimohtatiiyaankwi is collaboratively authored by a dedicated team from the Myaamia Center at Miami University, the Cultural Resources Office of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and guests from the Myaamia community. Through regular posts, we share insights, stories, research, and observations that reflect the ongoing efforts to support Myaamia knowledge; online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Langlois) Headson, Memorial# 62066596. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Allen, Memorial# 18317243.
  6. [S2788] Telling Our Story: A Living History of the Myaamia, online at https://teachmyaamiahistory.org/, Myaamia Removal, https://teachmyaamiahistory.org/contents/section5/readings/…. Hereinafter cited as Telling Our Story: A Living History of the Myaamia.
  7. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919), Volume I, Chapter III, Indian Chiefs and Treaties, pages 28-51. Hereinafter cited as History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Chief Francis Topeah Lafontaine, Memorial# 42524370, which includes historical information contributed by various sources and authors.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Anthony Headson, Memorial# 10342957.
  10. [S2698] Prepared by the United States Department of the Interior for Indian Affairs and dated 12 July 1990, "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.", in response to a petition submitted to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs for Federal acknowledgment that this group exists as an Indian Tribe; downloaded record number MNI-V001-D004, (file name 066_pf-2.pdf) from the Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs website (https://www.bia.gov) in October 2024. Hereinafter cited as "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc."
  11. [S2695] Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895, online at https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_miamiannuities.php; the website offers a Search capability and notes that the images were taken from microfilm, and that some years are out of order. The records include the following, although we've discovered they are more mixed up than we expected: Annuity Payroll, (reported to be the1854 cover only, although the handwritten pages that follow appear to us to be from 1854); Annuity Payroll, 1882; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889 (continued); Annuity Payroll, 1891; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Land Division, Francis Godfroy; and 1881 Census of Miami Indians in Indiana and Elsewhere. Hereinafter cited as Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895.
  12. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…
  13. [S2690] S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Place of publication not identified: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1907). Hereinafter cited as History of Whitley County, Indiana.
  14. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  15. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Manchester, Indiana: Otho Winger, c1935). Hereinafter cited as The Last of The Miamis.
  16. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc., downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Chicago, Illinois: John Morris, Printer, 1884). Hereinafter cited as History of Wabash County, Indiana.

Peter Langlois Jr.1

b. 1796, d. 16 October 1871
Family
Father*Pierre Langlois Sr.1 b. 1770, d. 1834
Mother*Moaque1
(Son) Biographical Info The Langlois family in Indiana was descended from Pierre Langlois Sr., a prominent French fur trader who married a Miami woman named Moaque, which was also spelled Moquah. Because of their strong tribal ties, their alignment with tribal leadership, and their standing as landholders, the family played an essential role in early 19th-century regional diplomacy. Following the Treaty of 1840, the United States government forced the Miami people out of their Indiana homelands to reservations further west. However, on May 1, 1850, the U.S. Congress passed a special joint resolution granting formal exemptions from this forced removal to specific individuals and their families who were residing in Indiana. Kinooseensa, whose English name was Peter Langlois, and his sister, Elizabeth Langlois, were explicitly named in this legislation. Their legal exemption allowed them and their descendants to remain in Indiana and eventually become integrated as U.S. citizens.1,2,3 
Birth*1796Peter Langlois Jr. was born about 1796 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.4 
Name VariationHis Indian name was Kinooseensa.1 
Name VariationHis name was recorded as Kinooseensa 'Peter Langlois' when his family and the family of his sister, Elizabeth, were granted exemptions from Removal by the U.S. Congress in 1850.1 
(Miami Leader) Indian Removal Act Copied in part, with minor changes, from the "Myaamia, A Living History: Myaamia Removal:

"Following the arrival of Europeans, the Miami were disrupted by waves of disease, war, and relocation. Beginning in 1795, the Miami were forced to sign treaties giving up ever-increasing amounts of their precious homeland to the government of the United States. By the 1830s, the Miami had only about 500,000 acres, which was surrounded by land controlled by the State of Indiana. Land speculators and settlers wanted this land too.

"In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The goal of this act was to force all tribes to move west of the Mississippi. Throughout the 1830s, many tribes suffered their own version of the “Trail of Tears” most commonly associated with the Cherokee Nation’s forced removal in 1838. Throughout this period, the Miami resisted giving up their reservation in Indiana."5 
Marriage*21 February 1831He married, as his first wife, Elizabeth Plummer on 21 February 1831 in Cass County, Indiana.4,6 
Children* They had four children together.6,4 
(Husband) Death1840Peter became a widower when Elizabeth (Plummer) Langlois died, possibly about 1840.6 
Marriage*24 September 1843He married, as his second wife, Susan Hill on 24 September 1843 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.7,4 
(Miami Leader) Miami Removalbetween 1838 and 1845 In the Miami treaty of 1838, the Miami National Council had agreed, for the first time, to consider the possibility of a future Indian Removal, and also contained, for the family of Chief John B. Richardville, the first Exemption from Removal. The Miami treaty of 1840 provided for two additional families, those of Chief Francis Godfroy and Chief Meshingomesia, to continue to receive their share of the annuities at Fort Wayne, Indiana, essentially exempting those families also from Removal. And, on 3 March 1845, the family of Frances Slocum was exempted from Removal by a joint resolution of Congress. By 1845, most Miami National Council leaders who owned reservation land but were not exempted, also sought legal remedy to avoid Removal and protect their homes. They wrote to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, petitioned Congress, and hired Dr. Graham Fitch to lobby for them in Congress.

Using his Indian name, Toohpia, Principal Chief Francis Toohpia LaFontaine and other Miami leaders went to Washington themselves to discuss exemptions. Their letter following the visit showed them taking a new tactic to avoid Removal for Miami landowners, reflecting the reasons for the exemption of the Godfroy family and citing Indiana state law as the impediment to their Removal.

“Certain individuals of our nation, who are not permitted by treaty or by law of Congress to remain in Indiana and draw their annuities there, hold individual reservations of land by treaty, which they have improved, and upon which they are now living, and have paid taxes. A law of the State of Indiana forbids them making private sale of these lands, declaring all contracts with our people null and void. If such of our people emigrate, their farms will be ruined or sold for taxes, and their personal property, stock, etc., sacrificed. Will not our great father permit such of our people to remain upon their lands, and draw their annuities in Indiana, in the same manner as is specified in a similar permission, by treaty and by law of Congress, to a few other of our people? Such permission to be extended to those land owners (not now having it) until the legal inability to sell their lands is removed, or the U.S. buys them….”

They pointed out the hypocrisy that the federal government could force them from their homes on lands they owned as private property, a most sacred American tradition, while at the same time, the state of Indiana refused to allow them to legally sell their property. If they were removed, Miami leaders and their families would likely be swindled out of their lands, if their property was not outright stolen from them.

Dr. Graham Fitch, as a lobbyist for the National Council, sent a list to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of the Miami who owned reservation land and wished to stay in Indiana. The list of petitioners included additional members of the family of Chief John B. Richardville, whose name was recorded as Pinšiwa ‘Wild Cat', and also the families of Misihkwa, Mahkateehsipana 'Cotesipin', Mihtekwahkia 'Coesse', Amehkoonsa 'Seek', Meehkwaahkonanka 'Benjamin', Meesancihkwa, Šowaapinamwa 'Antoine Revarre' and Waapimaankwa 'White Loon', and the heirs of Sha-co-mo and Chief Majenica. The men on this list were all prominent Miami leaders.1,2,3 
(Miami Leader) Miami Removal6 October 1846The Miami's forced emigration to the Kansas Territory began on 6 October 1846 and, among those with Miami Indian blood, the only individuals who were permitted to remain in the Wabash country and not be removed to Kansas, were those who were specifically Exempted from Removal: the Meshingomesia Band, plus descendants of Chief Richardville and Francis Godfroy, the Slocum Family and Chief LaFontaine, his wife and their children. Everyone else was "on Removal". It would be winter before their grueling one-month journey brought them to their destination. In order to share their experiences as best we know how, we've copied, without changes, the description of their journey from the "Myaamia, A Living History: Myaamia Removal" source:

"On October 6th, 1846, hundreds of Myaamia were loaded onto three canal boats in Peru, Indiana – a place they called Iihkipihsinonki. Iihkipihsinonki translates to “straight place”. It was named because of the straight course of the Wabash River in that spot. From Iihkipihsinonki the canal boats were pulled along the Wabash-Erie Canal and followed the Wabash north to Ft. Wayne.

"The forced exodus began in earnest the next day, when more Myaamia were forcibly loaded onto canal boats in Ft. Wayne, known to the Myaamia as Kiihkayonki. Kiihkayonki was the original site of their largest village and was called “that Glorious Gate” by the Myaamia leader Mihšihkinaahkwa. That day the forced exodus began.

"On October 7th, Kiihkayonki became the gateway of the removal from Myaamionki. From Kiihkayonki, the five canal boats were pulled to the Miami-Erie canal and began a four-day journey south to Cincinnati, OH. On their way south the Myaamia passed numerous sites of great historical and cultural importance. They passed the site of Fort Defiance, the military bastion from which Anthony Wayne launched his final invasion into Myaamionki in 1794. They also passed Pinkwaawilenionki (Pickawillany) a prominent Myaamia village site in the mid-eighteenth century. Much of the Miami-Erie canal followed the course of the Ahsenisiipi (the Great Miami River); a river that originally was a major route of travel to their hunting grounds along the Ohio River and to their relatives who also called that beautiful place home.

"On October 11th, they reached the growing metropolis of Cincinnati, Ohio. In Cincinnati, the Myaamia were moved to the steamship Colorado, and on October 12th the ship began its journey west on the Kaanseenseepiiwi (Ohio River). While on route to the Mississippi River an infant passed away. After eight days of travel on the Colorado, they arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. The Myaamia were unloaded at Bloody Island, which lay in the middle of the Mississippi River. This location placed the group near the traditional village sites of their Inoka (Illinois) relatives and as such it was a place they knew well. However it was also at the western edge of Myaamionki. To the west lay the traditional homelands of groups that had formerly been their enemies; to their parents’ generation those western lands had been a dangerous place. Yet, the Americans told them these lands in the west were to be their new homes. Upon arriving at Bloody Island an elderly member of the group passed away. The elder and the infant that had passed earlier in the journey were buried on or near the Island according to Myaamia tribal traditions.

"On October 23rd, the Myaamia were loaded onto the steamship Clermont No. 2 and were taken north on the Mississippi River to its confluence with the Missouri River. From this point, they followed the Missouri River west to Kanza Landing, which today lies on the Missouri side of Kansas City. For the first time in their journey, these forced migrants were outside their traditional homelands. After a month of journeying, these Myaamia had moved from the forested bottomlands of the Wabash River Valley to the edge of the great American prairielands of the west. It was a very different landscape, and winter had set in.

"On November 1st, three hundred and twenty five Myaamia were unloaded at Kanza Landing. The next day they traveled the final fifty miles of their journey to Osage River sub-agency in the Unorganized Territory (Kansas). They arrived at Sugar Creek on Nov. 5th, of 1846. It was winter on the plains and the people were forced to sleep in government issued tents and eat government rations until they could build more permanent structures.

"After only just arriving in Kansas the Myaamia were told they had to move again. Kansas was becoming a state and hoped to move American Indians south to Oklahoma to open up land for settlers. In 1873, a small group of Myaamia traveled 150 miles south to what is today Miami, Oklahoma completing the final leg of a journey that began back in Indiana twenty-seven years earlier."5,8,9 
(Return to Indiana) Miami Removal Following the 1846 forced Miami Removal to Kansas, several Miami families quietly made their way back to their homelands in Indiana.1,2,3 
(Exempted in 1850) Miami Removal1850 In 1850, the U.S. Congress granted official removal exemptions to the additional members of the family of Miami Chief John B. Richardville, whose name was recorded as Pinšiwa ‘Wild Cat', and also the families of Waapimaankwa 'White Loon', Šowaapinamwa 'Antoine Revarre', Mihtekwahkia 'Coesse', Misihkwa, Oonseentia 'John Osandiah', Mahkateehsipana 'Cotesipin', Amehkoonsa 'Seek', Mahkateemaankwa, Amehkoonsihkwa 'wife of Benjamin', Kinooseensa 'Peter Langlois' and Elizabeth Langlois, identifying them as specific Miami tribal leaders, community members, individuals, families, and their descendants who had returned to Indiana after the forced removals. With this action, Congress formally legalized their returns, allowing them to remain in Indiana permanently.

The names of Sha-co-mo, Chief Majenica and Meesancihkwa, or Chief Little Turtle, whose family members had also requested exemptions from Removal, were not included, nor was any mention of their heirs.1,2,3 
Children* They had four children together.4,7 
(Husband) DeathApril 1852Peter became a widower for the second time when Susan (Hill) Langlois died in April 1852 at about age 43.7 
Marriage*8 February 1865He married, as his third wife, Miriam Freeman on 8 February 1865 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.4 
Children* They had no children together.4 
Death*16 October 1871He died on 16 October 1871 on the same farm of his birth in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, at about age 754 
Burial* and was buried Section 8, lot 17, grave #1 of Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.4 
(American Indian) Indian Names Getting the Native American Indian names in our project "right" has been a struggle for us because we have often seen the same person's name spelled in several different ways. This was, at first, both frustrating and stressful to those of us who strive for accuracy in the presentation of our research. When we learned that the Miami Indians, who feature prominently in our project, had no written language before their associations with the French and English who kept records by writing them down, we began to understand. It’s all very human. Not every person speaks their words in the same way, and each listener may hear the same words differently. So, it’s not surprising that, phonetically, when names were spoken, they would be written down as each individual listener heard them.10,11,12,13,14,15,16 

Family 1

 Elizabeth Plummer d. 1840

Family 2

 Susan Hill b. 1809, d. Apr 1852

Family 3

 Miriam Freeman

Citations

  1. [S3054] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…, article published by Diane Hunter on July 2, 2021, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi- Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  2. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…, with additional information from a linked Google Spreadsheet, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  3. [S3056] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi, a blog serving as a space for Myaamia ‘Miami’ people to connect, reflect, and share. Our primary goal is to provide a platform for conversations about our community, places, ecological observations, and shared pasts. It also serves as a resource for educational opportunities that support a deeper understanding of Myaamia culture, language, and identity. Aacimohtatiiyaankwi is collaboratively authored by a dedicated team from the Myaamia Center at Miami University, the Cultural Resources Office of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and guests from the Myaamia community. Through regular posts, we share insights, stories, research, and observations that reflect the ongoing efforts to support Myaamia knowledge; online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Peter Langlois Jr., Memorial# 13040301. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S2788] Telling Our Story: A Living History of the Myaamia, online at https://teachmyaamiahistory.org/, Myaamia Removal, https://teachmyaamiahistory.org/contents/section5/readings/…. Hereinafter cited as Telling Our Story: A Living History of the Myaamia.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Plummer) Langlois, Memorial# 140519786.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan (Hill) Langlois, Memorial# 140519772.
  8. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919), Volume I, Chapter III, Indian Chiefs and Treaties, pages 28-51. Hereinafter cited as History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Chief Francis Topeah Lafontaine, Memorial# 42524370, which includes historical information contributed by various sources and authors.
  10. [S2698] Prepared by the United States Department of the Interior for Indian Affairs and dated 12 July 1990, "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.", in response to a petition submitted to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs for Federal acknowledgment that this group exists as an Indian Tribe; downloaded record number MNI-V001-D004, (file name 066_pf-2.pdf) from the Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs website (https://www.bia.gov) in October 2024. Hereinafter cited as "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc."
  11. [S2695] Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895, online at https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_miamiannuities.php; the website offers a Search capability and notes that the images were taken from microfilm, and that some years are out of order. The records include the following, although we've discovered they are more mixed up than we expected: Annuity Payroll, (reported to be the1854 cover only, although the handwritten pages that follow appear to us to be from 1854); Annuity Payroll, 1882; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889 (continued); Annuity Payroll, 1891; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Land Division, Francis Godfroy; and 1881 Census of Miami Indians in Indiana and Elsewhere. Hereinafter cited as Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895.
  12. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…
  13. [S2690] S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Place of publication not identified: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1907). Hereinafter cited as History of Whitley County, Indiana.
  14. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  15. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Manchester, Indiana: Otho Winger, c1935). Hereinafter cited as The Last of The Miamis.
  16. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc., downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Chicago, Illinois: John Morris, Printer, 1884). Hereinafter cited as History of Wabash County, Indiana.

Pierre Langlois Sr.1

b. 1770, d. 1834
Family
Biographical Info* The Langlois family in Indiana was descended from Pierre Langlois Sr., a prominent French fur trader who married a Miami woman named Moaque, which was also spelled Moquah. Because of their strong tribal ties, their alignment with tribal leadership, and their standing as landholders, the family played an essential role in early 19th-century regional diplomacy. Following the Treaty of 1840, the United States government forced the Miami people out of their Indiana homelands to reservations further west. However, on May 1, 1850, the U.S. Congress passed a special joint resolution granting formal exemptions from this forced removal to specific individuals and their families who were residing in Indiana. Kinooseensa, whose English name was Peter Langlois, and his sister, Elizabeth Langlois, were explicitly named in this legislation. Their legal exemption allowed them and their descendants to remain in Indiana and eventually become integrated as U.S. citizens.1,2,3 
Birth*1770Pierre Langlois Sr. was born about 1770.4 
Marriage*He married, as his first wife, Moaque. He was a French fur trader and she was a full-blooded Miami woman.1,5 
Death*1834He died about 18344 
Burial* and was buried in Ninth Street Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.4 
(American Indian) Indian Names Getting the Native American Indian names in our project "right" has been a struggle for us because we have often seen the same person's name spelled in several different ways. This was, at first, both frustrating and stressful to those of us who strive for accuracy in the presentation of our research. When we learned that the Miami Indians, who feature prominently in our project, had no written language before their associations with the French and English who kept records by writing them down, we began to understand. It’s all very human. Not every person speaks their words in the same way, and each listener may hear the same words differently. So, it’s not surprising that, phonetically, when names were spoken, they would be written down as each individual listener heard them.6,7,8,9,10,11,12 

Family

 Moaque
Children 1.Peter Langlois Jr.1 b. 1796, d. 16 Oct 1871
 2.Elizabeth Langlois1 b. 1813, d. 8 Dec 1858

Citations

  1. [S3054] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…, article published by Diane Hunter on July 2, 2021, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/07/02/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi- Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  2. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…, with additional information from a linked Google Spreadsheet, https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…. Hereinafter cited as Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal.
  3. [S3056] Aacimohtaatiiyankwi, a blog serving as a space for Myaamia ‘Miami’ people to connect, reflect, and share. Our primary goal is to provide a platform for conversations about our community, places, ecological observations, and shared pasts. It also serves as a resource for educational opportunities that support a deeper understanding of Myaamia culture, language, and identity. Aacimohtatiiyaankwi is collaboratively authored by a dedicated team from the Myaamia Center at Miami University, the Cultural Resources Office of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and guests from the Myaamia community. Through regular posts, we share insights, stories, research, and observations that reflect the ongoing efforts to support Myaamia knowledge; online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org. Hereinafter cited as Aacimohtaatiiyankwi.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Peter Langlois, Memorial# 41207521. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Peter Langlois Jr., Memorial# 13040301.
  6. [S2698] Prepared by the United States Department of the Interior for Indian Affairs and dated 12 July 1990, "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc.", in response to a petition submitted to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs for Federal acknowledgment that this group exists as an Indian Tribe; downloaded record number MNI-V001-D004, (file name 066_pf-2.pdf) from the Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs website (https://www.bia.gov) in October 2024. Hereinafter cited as "Summary Under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, Inc."
  7. [S2695] Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895, online at https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_miamiannuities.php; the website offers a Search capability and notes that the images were taken from microfilm, and that some years are out of order. The records include the following, although we've discovered they are more mixed up than we expected: Annuity Payroll, (reported to be the1854 cover only, although the handwritten pages that follow appear to us to be from 1854); Annuity Payroll, 1882; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Annuity Payroll, Eel River Tribe, 1889 (continued); Annuity Payroll, 1891; Annuity Payroll, 1895; Land Division, Francis Godfroy; and 1881 Census of Miami Indians in Indiana and Elsewhere. Hereinafter cited as Annuities and Census of the Miami Indians, 1854 - 1895.
  8. [S2694] Aacimotaatiiyankwi - Myaamia Exempt From Removal, online at https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/2021/10/28/…
  9. [S2690] S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Place of publication not identified: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1907). Hereinafter cited as History of Whitley County, Indiana.
  10. [S2675] Authur L. Bodurtha, History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, in 2 volumes, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919). Hereinafter cited as History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
  11. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Manchester, Indiana: Otho Winger, c1935). Hereinafter cited as The Last of The Miamis.
  12. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc., downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Chicago, Illinois: John Morris, Printer, 1884). Hereinafter cited as History of Wabash County, Indiana.

Andrew Jackson Lankford1

b. 26 April 1836, d. 29 July 1888
Family
Father*John M. Lankford1 b. 16 Jul 1801, d. 15 Apr 1873
Mother*Elizabeth Maxfield1 b. 1812, d. b 15 Nov 1875
Birth*26 April 1836Andrew Jackson Lankford was born on 26 April 1836 in Kentucky.2,1 
Name-SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the LANKFORD surname found in our research was Langford.3 
Name VariationHe was called Jackson.1 
Name VariationHe often used only his initials, and his name was recorded as A. J. Lankford or A. J. Langford.3 
(Son) Census US 18509 October 1850He was enumerated as Jackson on the 1850 census taken on 9 October 1850 in the household of his parents in Anderson County, Kentucky. He was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 
(Bride's Brother) Marriage Bond24 October 1855A marriage bond and license was issued to Wade H. Morgan and A. J. Langford in Anderson County, Kentucky, on 24 October 1855 in the amount of $100, the condition of the obligation being the intended marriage shortly to be solemnized between Wade H. Morgan and A. J. Langford's sister, Miss Mary Ann Lankford.3 
Marriage*30 October 1870He married Pamelia Jane Calvert on 30 October 1870 in Nelson County, Kentucky.4,2 
(Administrator) Probate15 November 1875A. J. was appointed Administrator for his mother's estate on 15 November 1875 in Anderson County, Kentucky.5 
Death*29 July 1888He died on 29 July 1888 at age 522 
Burial* and was buried as Dr. Andrew Jackson "A.J." Langford in Row 11 of Chaplin Fork Baptist Cemetery, Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.2 

Family

 Pamelia Jane Calvert b. 27 Feb 1841, d. 8 Dec 1899

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John and Eliza Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Anderson, Kentucky; Roll: 190; Page: 231b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Dr Andrew Jackson “A.J.” Langford, Memorial# 98011393. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage bond and license issued in the amount of $100 on 24 October 1855 in Anderson County, Kentucky, USA, to Wade H. Morgan and A. J. Langford, the condition of the obligation being the marriage shortly to be had and solemnized between Wade H. Morgan and Miss Mary A. Langford, age 22, consent for her marriage being given by written oath of A. J. Langford, one of the attesting witnesses, with proof of his handwriting, citing FHL Film# 001550673. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Pamelia Jane “Amelia” (Calvert) Langford, Memorial# 98011340.
  5. [S2230] Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, online at www.ancestry.com, estate of Eliza Langford opened for probate on 15 November 1875 in Anderson County, Kentucky, USA, her son A. J. Langford appointed Administrator, referencing image# 96 of 1777. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989.

Arrena Lankford1,2

b. 1850
Family
Father*Walker Lankford1,2,3 b. 1801, d. 1859
Mother*Catherine Hawhee1,2,4 b. 1820
Birth*1850Arrena Lankford was born in 1850 in Dubois County, Indiana.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 185015 August 1850Arrena was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 15 August 1850 in the household of her parents in Hall, Dubois County, Indiana. She was six months old.5,6,7 
(Stepdaughter) Census US 186028 July 1860Arrena was enumerated with the surname ENLOW on the 1860 census taken on 28 July 1860 in the household of her mother and stepfather in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. She was 11 years old.8 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKGG-XYB. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  3. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9MBC-X5J
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  5. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Benjamin and Mary Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  7. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a.
  8. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of H. H. and Catherine Enlow, Year: 1860; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Benjamin T. Lankford1

b. 1800, d. 13 July 1890
Family
Father*Larkin Lankford2,1 b. 1773, d. 1845
Mother*Rachel Tucker3,1 b. 1777
(Brother) Brick Wall The birthdates, and even an accurate birth order, for the brothers LANKFORD, Larkin, Benjamin, Isaac, Edmund, Walker, John, Stephen, Richard and Jackson, remain questions to us. On the 1810 census, their parents had six sons, two born before the date of the 1800 census and four born between 1800 and 1810; and on the 1820 census, the family included nine sons, three born between 1797, the year their parents married, and 1804, two born between 1805 and 1810, and four born between 1810 and 1820. There was also a probable daughter, born between1810 and 1820, on the 1820 census.

The children's mother was recorded as over 45 years of age on the 1820 census, and would have been nearing the end of her child-bearing years. The age of her youngest son, Jackson, was consistently recorded, within one year, on the 1850 through 1880 censuses, estimating his year of birth between 1822 and 1823, which means he would not have been born in time to be included on the 1820 census. Many of her younger sons, according to the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses, reported being born in or about 1800. While twins are possible, we hesitate to jump to that conclusion without some evidence to support it. We know nothing about the family’s daughter or daughters, and only the 1810 Franklin County, Kentucky census has given us enough confidence to conclude that the parent's' first six children were sons.

So, bottom line, because we can't be sure of the brothers' years of birth, we've hit a Brick Wall when we try to decide the order of their births. Using the limited and inconsistent information obtained in our research, we've chosen to provide an arbitrary birth order we feel certain needs to be corrected. If you have information to help us resolve this issue, please contact us and let us know.4,5 
(Son) Name SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the Lankford surname found in our research was Lankford.6 
Birth*1800Benjamin T. Lankford was born about 1800 in Franklin County, Kentucky.7,8 
(Son) Land Records14 January 1822Benjamin T. Lankford was one of the witnesses to the deed dated 14 January 1822 recording the purchase of 600 acres of land, part in Franklin County, Kentucky, and part in Shelby County, Kentucky, from George W. Kinney, by Benjamin's father, Larkin Lankford. Our transcription of the deed follows:

This indenture made the 14th day of January 1822 between George W. Kinney of Shelby County, State of Kentucky of the one part and Larkin Lankford of the County of Franklin and State aforesaid of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Kinney for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained and sold and doth by these presents grant, bargain and sell unto the said Larkin Lankford, his heirs and assigns, all that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being a part in the County of Franklin and part in the County of Shelby and on the waters of Crooked Creek, containing six hundred acres being part of a 9,000 acre tract patented to Levi Hollingsworth and bounded as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a white oak, hickory and sugar tree in Phillips line also Northeast corner to Thomas Harris, thence with Phillips’s line N 5½ degrees E 220 poles to the bank of Crooked Creek cornering at a shellbark hickory, thence down the Creek with its meanders N 44 degrees W 36 poles, hence North 7 degrees East 67 poles to two sugar trees and buckeye at the mouth of a drain, thence S 75 degrees W 36 poles to a cherry, dogwood, and hornbeam sapling, thence S 55 degrees W, crossing the Creek at 80 poles, 126 poles to a stake in a field, thence N 84½ degrees West 248 poles to a maple, sugar tree and beech, thence South 5½ West 220 poles to two beeches and maple on the bank of Mitchell’s run, thence South 84½ degrees East 404 poles to the beginning, together with all and singular the premises thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining.

To have and to hold the land hereby conveyed, with is appurtenances, unto the said Langford his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Kinney for himself, his heirs and assigns, the aforesaid tract of land and premises with the said Langford his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person claiming by through or under him the said Kinney doth and will from defend by these presents.

The deed was signed and sealed by George W. Kinney, witnessed by Benjamin T. Langford and Hiram Corn, and registered on 3 March 1822 in the office of the Shelby County Court.9 
Marriage*26 July 1827He married Netty Williams on 26 July 1827 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana.10,1 
(Husband) Death1833Benjamin became a widower when Netty Williams died in 1833 at about age 26.10 
(Grantor) Land Records11 November 1850From a deed dated 11 November 1850 in Anderson County, Kentucky, we learned that, after the death of their father, Larkin Langford Sr., Walker Langford, Benjamin Langford, Larkin Langford, Edmond Langford, Richard Langford, Jackson Langford, Stephen Langford and Isaac Langford, all brothers of John Langford, had agreed to sell their shares in a tract of land they had all inherited from their father's estate to John. We suspect from reading the deed, that the brothers were slow in making their commitments to John legal. John filed suit against his brothers for title to the land he had purchased from them, and won his case. What follows is our transcription of the deed confirming the sale of the land to John:

This indenture made and entered into this 11th day of November 1850 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioners in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the pursuit, pleadings and exhibits in the Suit in Chancery in the Anderson Circuit Court wherein the said John Langford is Complainant and the parties of the first part are the Defendants, and for and in consideration of their title names filed in said cause and the amounts therein set forth, have bargained, sold, released and conveyed, and by these presents do bargain, sell, release and convey all their right title and interest unto the party of the second part, in a certain tract of land lying on the waters of Crooked Creek in the county of Anderson, formerly in the counties of Shelby and Franklin and bounded as follows:

Beginning at a white oak, hickory and sugar tree in Phillips line also N E corner to Thomas Harris, thence with Phillips’s line N 5½ degrees E 220 poles to the bank of Crooked Creek cornering at a shellbark hickory, thence down the Creek with its meanders N 44 degrees W 36 poles, hence North 7 degrees East 67 poles to two sugar trees and buckeye at the mouth of a drain, thence S 75 degrees W 36 poles to a cherry, dogwood, and hornbeam, thence S 55 degrees W, crossing the Creek at 80 poles, 126 poles to a stake in a field, thence N 84½ degrees West 248 poles to a maple, sugar tree and beech, thence South 5½ West 220 poles to two beeches and maple on the bank of Mitchell’s run, thence South 84½ degrees East 404 poles to the beginning, containing six hundred acres, it being the tract of land on which Larkin Langford Sr. died, and the same he purchased by deed from one George W. Kinney, which deed is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Shelby County Court.

To have and to hold the interest hereby conveyed unto the said John Langford, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said W. S. Hickman conveying as Commissioner and in no other capacity whatever.

Whereof the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the date above set forth, and the document was signed with the signatures and seals of Walker Langford, Benjamin Langford, Larkin Langford, Edmond Langford, Richard Langford, Jackson Langford, Isaac Langford, and by William S. Hickman, Master Commissioner.

The deed was certified and recorded by the Clerk of the Court in Anderson County, Kentucky on 13 November 1851.

(We note that the name of Stephen Langford, although a party to the deed, was not listed as a signer on the transcription of the deed filmed at the courthouse.)6 
Death*13 July 1890He died on 13 July 1890 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana, at about age 90.1 

Family

 Netty Williams b. 1807, d. 1833
Children 1.Matilda Lankford11,1 b. 1829
 2.Sarah Jane Lankford1,12 b. 1832, d. 1858

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8PV-KPW. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZD8-Y1J
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  4. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin Lankford, Year: 1810; Census Place: Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 140; Image: 00154; Family History Library Film: 0181351. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin Lankford, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Franklin, Kentucky; Page: 140; NARA Roll: M33_22; Image: 109. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2288] Anderson County (Kentucky) Clerk of the County Court, Deeds, 1827-1901. Microfilm of originals in the county courthouse at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Includes a general index, first by grantor then by grantee. Names are arranged by first letter of surname and then by year and date and there is some overlap of dates in the record books: deed dated 11 November 1850 and registered on 13 November 1851 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioner in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part regarding land originally purchased by Larkin Langford, Sr., situated part in Shelby County and part in Franklin County, on 3 March 1822 from George W. Kinney, Deed Book G, 1847-1851, pages 577-578, Film# 259301, Digital# 8192345, image# 785 of 817; on 11 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1827-1901 (Anderson County, Kentucky).
  7. [S2556] Shelby County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court, Deeds (Shelby County, Kentucky), 1792-1903. Microfilm of originals at the Shelby County Courthouse in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Includes general and individual indexes. General indexes are arranged by first letter of the surname and then by date. Some index entries give the date but no book or page numbers. The date is the filing date and not necessarily the date of the action. Some volumes do not have an individual index.: deed dated 14 January 1822 and registered on 3 March 1822, Deed Book S, 1820-1823, page 289, Film# 259235, Digital# 7900563, image# 415 of 526, and we note that Benjamin would, or should, have been 21 years of age when he signed the deed as a witness, suggesting he was born about 1800 or in very early January 1801; on 31 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Shelby County, Kentucky Deeds, 1792-1903.
  8. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8PV-KPW, reporting Benjamin's birth in about 1803.
  9. [S2556] Shelby County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court, Shelby County, Kentucky Deeds, 1792-1903: deed dated 14 January 1822 and registered on 3 March 1822, Deed Book S, 1820-1823, page 289, Film# 259235, Digital# 7900563, image# 415 of 526; on 31 microfilm reels.
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Benjamin T. Lankford1

b. 7 February 1845
Family
Father*Isaac Lankford1 b. 1800, d. b 1880
Mother*Elizabeth Hornbeck1 b. bt 1804 - 1805, d. a 1870
Birth*7 February 1845Benjamin T. Lankford was born on 7 February 1845 in Kentucky.1,2 
Name-SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the LANKFORD surname found in our research was Langford.3,2 
Name VariationHis full name was Benjamin Thomas Langford.2 
Name VariationHe was called Thomas.3 
Name VariationHe was called Ben.4 
(Son) Census US 185022 August 1850Benjamin T. was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 22 August 1850 in the household of his parents in District 1, Spencer County, Kentucky. He was 5 years old.1 
(Son) Census US 18607 June 1860Benjamin was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 7 June 1860 in the household of his parents in District 1, Taylorsville Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. He was 16 years old, had attended school within the census year, and also worked as a sewer.5 
Marriage*25 January 1869He married Emily Murphy, daughter of Samuel Murphy and Lucinda House, on 25 January 1869 in Spencer County, Kentucky.3 
(Married Son) Census US 18701 August 1870Ben was enumerated with his wife and daughter on the 1870 census taken on 1 August 1870 in the household of his parents in Nations Precinct, Spencer County, Kentucky. He was 24 years of age and worked on the family farm with his father. His wife, Emily, was 20 years old and helped her mother-in-law with the house, and their baby daughter, Mary E., was three months old.6 
(Husband) Death28 October 1877Benjamin became a widower when Emily (Murphy) Langford died of dysentery on 28 October 1877 at about age 25, four months after the birth of their son, Samuel.7 

Family

 Emily Murphy b. 1850, d. 28 Oct 1877
Children 1.Mary E. Langford6 b. Mar 1870
 2.Samuel Langford8 b. Apr 1877, d. 17 Jun 1877

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 219; Page: 85b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Thomas Langford, Memorial# 17486877. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 25 January 1869 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Thomas Langford and Emily Murphy, in the presence of Hardin Cook and Isaac Langford, citing FHL Film# 000482642. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Page: 149A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M653_395; Page: 14; Family History Library Film: 803395. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Pages: 148B and 149A.
  7. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Nancy E. Langford, age 25, married, of flux (dysentery) on 28 October 1877 in Spencer County, Kentucky, born in Spencer County to Samuel Murphy, born in Anderson County, Kentucky, and Lucinda Murphy, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965.
  8. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Samuel Langford, age 7 weeks, of brain fever on 17 June 1877 in Spencer County, Kentucky, born in Spencer County to Benjamin T. and Nancy E. Langford, both born in Spencer County, citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Catharine Lankford1

b. 1855
Family
Father*Edmund Lankford1 b. 1800, d. 1883
Mother*Nancy Tucker1 b. 1804
Birth*1855Catharine Lankford was born about 1855 in Indiana.1 
(Daughter) Census US 186028 July 1860Catharine was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 28 July 1860 in the household of her parents in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. She was 5 years old.2 
(Sister-in-Law) Census US 188025 June 1880Catharine was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 24 and 25 June 1880 in the household of her brother-in-law, James C. Highfill, and his wife Lucinda, in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. Catherine was 24 years of age and her health was recorded as "has fits". Several related members of the Highfill and Lankford extended families were recorded on that same census page in 1880. Nancy and Edmund Lankford, Catharine's parents, were enumerated in the first household above Lucinda and James C. Highfill, and Catherine's oldest sister and brother-in-law, Rachel and Henry Highfill, who was James C. Highfill's half-brother, were enumerated in the next household above Catharine and Rachel's parents. Enumerated in the first household below that of James and Lucinda, was the family of Elisha J. Highfill, James's brother and Henry's half-brother, and enumerated in the first household at the top of the same census page, Sarah E. (Belcher Hollen) Lankford, widow of Rachel and Catharine's deceased brother, Larkin Lankford, was enumerated with her children in the household of her mother and stepfather, Minerva and Marcum Hollen.3,4,5,6,7 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmund and Nancy Lankford, (his name transcribed as Edward by Ancestry), Year: 1860; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmond and Nancy Lankford, (his given name transcribed as "Edward" by Ancestry), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James C. and Lucinda Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmund and Nancy Lankford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Rachel Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  6. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisha J. and Mary J. Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  7. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Marcum and Minerva Hollen, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.

Edmund Lankford1

b. 1800, d. 1883
Family
Father*Larkin Lankford1,3 b. 1773, d. 1845
Mother*Rachel Tucker1,2 b. 1777
(Brother) Brick Wall The birthdates, and even an accurate birth order, for the brothers LANKFORD, Larkin, Benjamin, Isaac, Edmund, Walker, John, Stephen, Richard and Jackson, remain questions to us. On the 1810 census, their parents had six sons, two born before the date of the 1800 census and four born between 1800 and 1810; and on the 1820 census, the family included nine sons, three born between 1797, the year their parents married, and 1804, two born between 1805 and 1810, and four born between 1810 and 1820. There was also a probable daughter, born between1810 and 1820, on the 1820 census.

The children's mother was recorded as over 45 years of age on the 1820 census, and would have been nearing the end of her child-bearing years. The age of her youngest son, Jackson, was consistently recorded, within one year, on the 1850 through 1880 censuses, estimating his year of birth between 1822 and 1823, which means he would not have been born in time to be included on the 1820 census. Many of her younger sons, according to the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses, reported being born in or about 1800. While twins are possible, we hesitate to jump to that conclusion without some evidence to support it. We know nothing about the family’s daughter or daughters, and only the 1810 Franklin County, Kentucky census has given us enough confidence to conclude that the parent's' first six children were sons.

So, bottom line, because we can't be sure of the brothers' years of birth, we've hit a Brick Wall when we try to decide the order of their births. Using the limited and inconsistent information obtained in our research, we've chosen to provide an arbitrary birth order we feel certain needs to be corrected. If you have information to help us resolve this issue, please contact us and let us know.4,5 
(Son) Name SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the Lankford surname found in our research was Lankford.6 
Birth*1800Edmund Lankford was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, probably about 1800.7,8,9 
Marriage*17 February 1826He married Nancy Tucker, daughter of William Tucker and Mary Hale, on 17 February 1826 in Crawford County, Indiana. Edmond and Nancy were 1st cousins.10,1 
(Grantor) Land Records11 November 1850From a deed dated 11 November 1850 in Anderson County, Kentucky, we learned that, after the death of their father, Larkin Langford Sr., Walker Langford, Benjamin Langford, Larkin Langford, Edmond Langford, Richard Langford, Jackson Langford, Stephen Langford and Isaac Langford, all brothers of John Langford, had agreed to sell their shares in a tract of land they had all inherited from their father's estate to John. We suspect from reading the deed, that the brothers were slow in making their commitments to John legal. John filed suit against his brothers for title to the land he had purchased from them, and won his case. What follows is our transcription of the deed confirming the sale of the land to John:

This indenture made and entered into this 11th day of November 1850 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioners in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the pursuit, pleadings and exhibits in the Suit in Chancery in the Anderson Circuit Court wherein the said John Langford is Complainant and the parties of the first part are the Defendants, and for and in consideration of their title names filed in said cause and the amounts therein set forth, have bargained, sold, released and conveyed, and by these presents do bargain, sell, release and convey all their right title and interest unto the party of the second part, in a certain tract of land lying on the waters of Crooked Creek in the county of Anderson, formerly in the counties of Shelby and Franklin and bounded as follows:

Beginning at a white oak, hickory and sugar tree in Phillips line also N E corner to Thomas Harris, thence with Phillips’s line N 5½ degrees E 220 poles to the bank of Crooked Creek cornering at a shellbark hickory, thence down the Creek with its meanders N 44 degrees W 36 poles, hence North 7 degrees East 67 poles to two sugar trees and buckeye at the mouth of a drain, thence S 75 degrees W 36 poles to a cherry, dogwood, and hornbeam, thence S 55 degrees W, crossing the Creek at 80 poles, 126 poles to a stake in a field, thence N 84½ degrees West 248 poles to a maple, sugar tree and beech, thence South 5½ West 220 poles to two beeches and maple on the bank of Mitchell’s run, thence South 84½ degrees East 404 poles to the beginning, containing six hundred acres, it being the tract of land on which Larkin Langford Sr. died, and the same he purchased by deed from one George W. Kinney, which deed is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Shelby County Court.

To have and to hold the interest hereby conveyed unto the said John Langford, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said W. S. Hickman conveying as Commissioner and in no other capacity whatever.

Whereof the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the date above set forth, and the document was signed with the signatures and seals of Walker Langford, Benjamin Langford, Larkin Langford, Edmond Langford, Richard Langford, Jackson Langford, Isaac Langford, and by William S. Hickman, Master Commissioner.

The deed was certified and recorded by the Clerk of the Court in Anderson County, Kentucky on 13 November 1851.

(We note that the name of Stephen Langford, although a party to the deed, was not listed as a signer on the transcription of the deed filmed at the courthouse.)6 
(Son) Relationship NoteNancy Tucker was Rachel Tucker's niece because Rachel Tucker and Larkin Lankford were Edmund Lankford's parents, and Rachel Tucker's brother, William Tucker, was the father of Nancy Tucker, who was Edmund Lankford's wife, and William Tucker was also Edmund's uncle.10,2,3,1,11 
Census US 1860*28 July 1860Nancy and Edmund Lankford were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 28 July 1860 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. Edmond was 60 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $1,000 and a personal estate valued at $263, and Nancy was 50 years of age. Neither was able to read or write. Seven of their children were enumerated with them in 1860. Mary A. was 23 years of age and recorded as "idiotic"; Larkin, Henry and Nancy were ages 17, 15 and 13 years, respectively; and Eliza, James and Catherine were ages 10, 8 and 5 years, respectively. In the first household before theirs on the same census page, Catherine (Hawhee) King Lankford Enlow, the widow of Edmond's brother, Walker Lankford, was enumerated with her third husband, Henry H. Enlow, and seven children. Catherine and Henry had both been widowed twice, and the children were a combination of the children from their previous marriages. Three of Catherine's daughters were Edmond's biological nieces, and one of her sons was Edmond's biological nephew.12 
Census US 1880*25 June 1880Nancy and Edmund Lankford were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 24 and 25 June 1880 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. Edmund was 83 years of age and farming, and Nancy was 71 years of age and keeping house. The health for both of them was recorded as well. Enumerated on the same census page were several households of their extended family members, and the page before lists an Enlow family. The immediate household before theirs on the same census page was that of their eldest daughter, Rachel, and her husband, Henry Highfill, and in the immediate household after Edmund and Nancy, their youngest daughter, Catharine, was enumerated as a sister-in-law in the household of Lucinda and James C. Highfill. James was a half-brother to Henry Highfill, whose wife Rachel was Catherine's oldest sister. The next household on the page was that of Elisha J. Highfill, who was a brother of James and a half-brother of Henry. At the top of the same census page, Sarah E. (Belcher Hollen) Lankford, widow of Edmund and Nancy's deceased son, Larkin Lankford, was enumerated with her children in the household of her mother and stepfather, Minerva and Marcum Hollen.13,14,15,16,17 
Death*1883He died in 1883 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana, at about age 86.1 

Family

 Nancy Tucker b. 1804
Children 1.Rachel Lankford18,1 b. 12 Feb 1827, d. 11 Jul 1896
 2.William Lankford19 b. 1835
 3.Mary Ann Lankford19 b. 1837
 4.Elizabeth Lankford19 b. 1839
 5.Larkin Lankford19 b. 1841, d. 1878
 6.Henry Lankford19 b. 1843
 7.Nancy Lankford19 b. 1847
 8.Eliza Lankford19 b. Mar 1850
 9.James Henry Lankford+20,21,1 b. 9 Oct 1852, d. 2 Dec 1918
 10.Catharine Lankford20 b. 1855

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZKS-Y56. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
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  4. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin Lankford, Year: 1810; Census Place: Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 140; Image: 00154; Family History Library Film: 0181351. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Larkin Lankford, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Franklin, Kentucky; Page: 140; NARA Roll: M33_22; Image: 109. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2288] Anderson County (Kentucky) Clerk of the County Court, Deeds, 1827-1901. Microfilm of originals in the county courthouse at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Includes a general index, first by grantor then by grantee. Names are arranged by first letter of surname and then by year and date and there is some overlap of dates in the record books: deed dated 11 November 1850 and registered on 13 November 1851 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioner in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part regarding land originally purchased by Larkin Langford, Sr., situated part in Shelby County and part in Franklin County, on 3 March 1822 from George W. Kinney, Deed Book G, 1847-1851, pages 577-578, Film# 259301, Digital# 8192345, image# 785 of 817; on 11 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1827-1901 (Anderson County, Kentucky).
  7. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmond and Nancy Lankford, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 139; Page: 16a, reporting Edmond's age as 49, and estimating his year of birth as 1801. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmond and Nancy Lankford, (his given name transcribed as "Edward" by Ancestry), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250, reporting Edmond's age as 60, and estimating his year of birth as 1800. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmond and Nancy Lankford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M593_306; Page: 81A, reporting Edmond's age as 79, and estimating his year of birth as 1791. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
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  13. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmund and Nancy Lankford, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  14. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Rachel Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  15. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James C. and Lucinda Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  16. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisha J. and Mary J. Highfill, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
  17. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Marcum and Minerva Hollen, Year: 1880; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 028.
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Eliza Lankford1

b. March 1850
Family
Father*Edmund Lankford1 b. 1800, d. 1883
Mother*Nancy Tucker1 b. 1804
Birth*March 1850Eliza Lankford was born about March 1850 in Crawford County, Indiana.1 
(Daughter) Census US 186028 July 1860Eliza was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 28 July 1860 in the household of her parents in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. She was 10 years old.2 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmon and Nancy Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: 139; Page: 16a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Edmond and Nancy Lankford, (his given name transcribed as "Edward" by Ancestry), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Eliza Annie Lankford1

b. January 1867
Family
Father*John Lankford1 b. 15 May 1836, d. 9 Apr 1910
Mother*Susan Ann Coghill1 b. 28 Mar 1840, d. 20 Jun 1919
Birth*January 1867Eliza Annie Lankford was born about January 1867 in Kentucky.2,3 
(Younger Daughter) Divorce1868Her parents separated, and likely divorced about 1868 when Eliza was still an infant. Her mother married a second time in 1869 and her father remarried in 1873. Eliza was enumerated with her mother and new stepfather, Daniel Sutton, on the 1870 census, and her three older siblings were enumerated with their paternal grandparents that year. In 1880, Eliza Annie and her older brother, John W., were both with their mother and stepfather. In the censuses, the Lankford/Langford children were enumerated with their stepfather's surname Sutton, and in other records their surnames were spelled Lankford or Langford.4,5,2,6,7 
Name VariationAfter her mother's second marriage, she began to be recorded, using his surname, as Eliza Annie Sutton.2 
(Stepdaughter) Census US 18709 August 1870Eliza was enumerated as Eliza Sutton on the 1870 census taken on 9 August 1870 in the household of her mother and stepfather in Nations Precinct, Mount Eden Post Office, Spencer County, Kentucky. She was 3 years old.2 
(Stepdaughter) Census US 188029 June 1880She was enumerated as Eliza A. Sutton on the 1880 census taken on 29 June 1880 in the household of her mother and stepfather, Daniel Sutton, in Marion, Lawrence County, Indiana. Eliza was identified as her stepfather's daughter, and was 13 years old.7 
Marriage*31 December 1890She married, as his fifth wife, Daniel M. Ashby on 31 December 1890 in Spencer County, Kentucky.8,9 
Census US 1900*6 June 1900Eliza A. and Daniel M. Ashby were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 6 June 1900 in Mount Eden, Spencer County, Kentucky. Daniel was 60 years of age and a farmer working on his own account, and Eliza was 34 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 10 years and Eliza not given birth to any children. Eliza's widowed mother, Susie A. Sutton, was enumerated with them in 1900. She was recorded as 63 years of age and had given birth to twelve children, nine of whom were living. Everyone in the household was able to read and write.3 
(Wife) Death18 September 1908Eliza became a widow when Daniel M. Ashby died on 18 September 1908 at age 70.9 

Family

 Daniel M. Ashby b. 2 May 1838, d. 18 Sep 1908

Citations

  1. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 31 December 1890 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Eliza Annie Lankford and Daniel M Ashby, citing FHL Film# 000482645. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel and Susan Sutton, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Page: 157A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel M. and Eliza A. Ashby, Year: 1900; Census Place: Mount Eden, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 551; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1240551. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 28 October 1869 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Daniel Sutton and Susan Lankford, citing FHL Film# 000482494.
  5. [S1508] Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of John Langford and Sarah Nevada Shepherd on 31 December 1873 in Montgomery County, Iowa, citing FHL Film# 1481674. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.
  6. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac and Elizabeth Langford, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nations Precinct, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: M593_499; Pages: 148B and 149A.
  7. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel and Susan Sutton, Year: 1880; Census Place: Marion, Lawrence, Indiana; Roll: 292; Page: 429C; Enumeration District: 005. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1739] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 31 December 1890 in Spencer County, Kentucky, USA, of Eliza Annie Lankford and Daniel M. Ashby, citing FHL Film# 000482645.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Daniel M. Ashby, Memorial# 124327534. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.