Erastus Church
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| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
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| Birth | 9 Jan 1808 | Orange, Orange Co., VT | ||
| Marriage | 4 May 1828 | Rochester, VT | To Lucy H. Whitten | |
| Death | 3? Sep 1877 | West Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN | ||
| Burial |
Immediate family in my direct ancestry
Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7
+-- Samuel Church
| (1766-1844)
+-- Erastus Church --+
| (1808-1877) |
Carolyn R. Church --+ +-- Elizabeth Stickney
(1831-????) | (1770-1860)
+-- Lucy H. Whitten
(1807-????)
Sources:
Children
(children with Lucy H. Whitten)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn R. Church | F | 19 Nov 1831 | Rochester, VT | Jefferson S. Murphy | direct line | |
| Erastus Warren Church | M | 18 Mar 1834 | Rochester, VT | Julia H. Barnard | ||
| Langdon W. Church | M | 6 Dec 1835 | Greenfield, IN | Jane J. Logan | ||
| Uzziel B. Church | M | 23 Dec 1837 | Greenfield, IN | Pheba A. Overman | ||
| Oscar L. Church | M | 9 Nov 1839 | Greenfield, IN | Martha E. Bennett | ||
| Melville A. Church | M | 11 Aug 1840 | Greenfield, IN | Malinda A. Watson | ||
| Arminta Livinna Church | F | 24 Nov 1842 | Greenfield, IN | Alexander McCulloch | ||
| Chester R. Church | M | 9 Dec 1844 | Greenfield, IN | Louisa Hodgers McIlroy | Civil War veteran. | |
| George D. Church | M | 28 May 1846 | Greenfield, IN | Martha Cole | ||
| Lucy Ann Church | F | 15 Mar 1848 | Greenfield, IN | Daniel H. McGaughey | ||
| Orange W. Church | M | 29 Sep 1850 | Greenfield, IN | Martha A. Clark | ||
| Elizabeth Rebecca Church | F | 21 Sep 1852 | Greenfield, IN | -never married- | died young (age 12) |
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange, Orange Co., VT | birth-1834 | [R1] | |
| Harison Co., IN | 1834 | [R1] | |
| Center Twp., Hancock Co., IN | 9 Sep 1850 | ||
| Terre Haute, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN | 12 Jun 1860 |
Photo Gallery
Sources
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| 1 | 1840 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., Indiana, page 5. Census is not dated. entry #18 from top: Family headed by Samuel Church: 3 males <5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 30-40, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 70-80. Samuel is 74 and Elizabeth 70 in 1840. This is Samuel Church living with his wife and two families of his children and grandchildren. Erastus Church is 32 and Caroline Church 8 and the four oldest sons of Erastus and Lucy are 7, 5, 3, and 1 in 1840. These all agree with persons in the above list. Lucy Whitten should be 32 also and this is not in agreement. |
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| 2 | 1850 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., Indiana, page 5 and 6. Census dated 9 Sept 1850. Lines 32-42 (page 5) and 1-2 (page 6): Erastus Church, 42, farmer, $1500 real property; Lucy, 42; Warren, 17, farmer, Caroline, 19; Langdon, 15; Uzziel, 13; Oscar, 11; Melville, 9; Arminta, 7; Chester, 5; George, 3; Lucy Ann, 2; Elizabeth Church, 76. All children attended school. Erastus, Lucy,Warren and Caroline b. Vermont, Elizabeth b. New Hampshire, all others b. Indiana. |
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| 3 | 1860 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, page 11. Census dated 12 Jun 1860. There are three adjacent houses with members of the Church family represented here. In the center is the family of Erastus Church, and on either side of him are the families of two of his sons, Langdon Church and Erastus Warren Church. Lines 14-15: Langdon Church, 25, and his wife Jane, 26. They are both carpenters. Langdon was born in Indiana, Jane in Vermont |
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| 4 | 1870 United States Federal Census, Vigo County, Sugar Creek, IN, Page 22 lines 1-10, lists Erastus Church, 62, living with Lucy Church, 57, Geo Church, 24, Lucy A. Church, 22, Orange Church, 20, Caroline Murphy, 38, Marion Murphy, 13, Willie Murphy, 10, Oscar Church, 30, and Martha Church, 22. Oscar and Martha are listed as being a separate family but living in the same dwelling; they were married the previous November. Geo, Lucy A., Orange, Marion, and Oscar were born in Indiana. Erastus, Lucy, and Caroline were born in Vermont. Willie was born in Illinois. No one had parents of foreign birth. Marion and Willie were in school. Everyone is either a farmer or a house keeper, except for Caroline who is a seamstress. The previous house in the census (on the previous page of the census) is that belonging to Erastus' son, Erastus Warren Church. |  |
| 5 | 1880 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, Enumeration district 200, page 7, dated 4 Jun 1880. Lines 2-3: George D. Church, 34, and his wife Martha, 35. George is a farmer. George was born in IN, his parents in NH. Martha was born in TN, her father in SC, and her mother in GA. Next door is the family of George's brother, Langdon: |
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| 6 | Church family bible records contain birth, marriage, and death dates and locations for numerous members of the Church family. Relevant to this page, Erastus Church was born in Orange Co., VT, on 9 Jan 1808 and died 3? Sept 1877 at the age of 71. Lucy H. Whitten was born in Sullivan Co., NH, on 6 Oct 1807. They were married at Rochester, VT, on 4 May 1828. Samuel Church died at Greenfield, IN, on 10 Oct 1844. Elizabeth Church died at Terre Haute, IN on 30 Dec 1860. Carolyn R. Church was born at Rochester, VT, on 19 Nov 1831. She married Jefferson S. Murphy on 31 Oct 1855 in Terre Haute, IN. Erastus Warren Church was born at Rochester, VT, on 18 Mar 1834 and died 27 Aug 1877 at age 43. He married Julia A. Barnard on 14 Jan 1854 at Terre Haute, IN. Langdon W. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 6 Dec 1835 and died at home in Sugar Creek, IN, on 5 Mar 1892 at age 56. He married Jane Logan in 9 Mar 1859 in Shelly Co., IN. Uzziel B. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 23 Dec 1837. He was married to Pheba Overman at Perry, Ralls Co., MO, on 24 Mar 1867. Oscar L. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 9 Nov 1839 and died 24 Nov 1882 at age 43. Melville A. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 11 Aug 1840 and died at home in Kirksville, MO, on 3 Han 1892 at age 50. Arminta L. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 24 Nov 1842. She married Alexander McCulloch on 14 Jun 1863. Chester R. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 9 Dec 1844. He married Louisa H. McIlroy on 7 Apr 1875 at Maxville, IN. George D. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 28 May 1846. Lucy Ann Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 15 Mar 1848. Orange W. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 29 Sep 1850. Elizabeth R. Church was born at Greenfield, IN, on 21 Sep and 1852 and died 20 Mar 1865 at the age of 12. |     |
| 7 | Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Erastus W. Church, 1834-1877, and Julia B. Church, 1833-1899. |  |
| 8 | Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, which indicates Oscar L. Church, born 9 Nov 1839, died 21(?) Nov 1882, aged ?? years, 15(?) days. |  |
| 9 | Gravestone at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN, for Chester R. Church, 1844-1926, and his wife Louisa Church, 1846-1919. On the top of the gravestone is written CHURCH and beneath that "CO K 149 IND" |  |
| 10 | Gravestone at Bethesda Cemetery, Vigo Co., IN, for Langdon W. Church, reads "LANGDON W. CHURCH, OUR FATHER, Where immortal spirits reign, There we shall meet again." |  |
| 11 | Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has a record for Warren E. Church marrying Julia Barnard on 14 Jan 1855 in Vigo Co., IN. | |
| 12 | Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, has a record for W. B. Church, born 23 Dec 1837 in Greenfield, IN, died at the age of 78 on 13 Oct 1916 in Auburn, Clark Co., IL. Be was buried on 16 Oct 1916 in Auburn. He was a farmer. His father was Erastus Church, born in VT, and his mother was Lucy Whitten, born in VT. FHL film number 1530532. | |
| 13 | Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, has a record which indicates that U. B. Church and Phebe A. Overman were married on 24 Mar 1867 in Ralls Co., MO. |  |
| 14 | American Civil War Soliders has a listing for Uzziel B. Church of Vigo Co., IN enlisting in the Union Army as a Private in Company D, 11th Infanty Regiment of Indiana on 21 Apr 1861. He mustered out of the same company on 4 Aug 1861 at Indianapolis, IN. | |
| 15 | American Civil War Soliders has a listing for Uzzill B. Church of Terra Haute, IN enlisting in the Union Army as a Private in Company I, 16th Infanty Regiment of Indiana on 17 Aug 1862. He was promoted to Full Sergeant. He mustered out on 30 Jun 1865 at New Orleans, LA. | |
| 16 | Obituary for Uzziel B. Church from the 14 Oct 1916 edition of the Terre Haute Tribune. It indicates that Uzziel was born in Greenfield, IN on 23 Dec 1837 and died at his home near Auburn [IN or IL? not stated] on 13 Oct 1916. At the age of 17 he moved with his father's family to Terre Haute, IN. He was a Union soldier during the Civil War, enlisting with the 11th IN Infantry at the outbreak of the war and again with the 16th IN Infantry until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. After the war, he moved to New London, MO, and lived there for 9 years. He married Phebe Overman in Perry, MO, on 24 Mar 1867. Together, they had 8 children--2 boys, 6 girls. One son, Will Church, died 20 years prior to Uzziel's death. Still living are his wife and seven children, Frank Church of Terre Haute, Maggie Smittkamp of Marshall, Mattie Barlow of St. Louis, MO, Etta Shaffner of Martinsville, Cora Church, Goldie Brosman of Marinsville, and Mary Husted of Casey. He had 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren at the time of his death. Funeral was Monday, 16 Oct 1916 at the Auburn church. | Original available from Vigo Co. Public Library |
| 17 | U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, for IN, 7th Congressional District, volume 1/3, Class 1, A-K lines 8-9 list Oscar L. Church, 23, of Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IL, single, farmer, born in IN, had former military service "15 Mar(?) 52(?) Ind Vol" The remarks indicate "Discharged from hurt in breast." The next line is for E. W. Church, 29, married, farmer, born in VT. No prior military service. The list is dated Jun 1863. |  |
| 18 | Gravestone for Erastus Church, Lucy H. Whitten, and Elizabeth Stickney at Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, IN. This is a four-sided monument with engravings for Erastus, Lucy, and Elizabeth on three of the sides. The engraving for Erastus Church indicates that he died on 3 Sep 1877 at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 24 days. This implies a calculated birth date of 10 Jan 1806. The engraving for Elizabeth Stickney indicates that she died on 30 Dec 1860 at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 3 days. This implies a calculated birth date of 27 Nov 1770. The engraving for Lucy H. Whitten has not yet been seen by this researcher. |   |
Research
- There is an obituary for "Warren Church" which I believe to be Erastus' son Erastus Warren Church which states that Warren was born in VT in 1832, moved when he was "quite young" to Greenfield, IN, with his parents, who then relocated again in 1854 to Sugar Creek, IN.
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| R1 | Personal Research of Laurence Seitz. Mr. Seitz has prepared an in-depth document describing the descendants of Samuel Church and Elizabeth Stickney. While most data in this document are thoroughly sourced, a few items--particularly those relating to Samuel and Elizabeth--are referenced to public trees found on Ancestry.com. We do not consider Ancestry.com trees to be a reliable source of good data, so anything found here that is only referenced to this source should be considered conjectural at best. Because Mr. Seitz has done such a good job of referencing his sources, we have been able to duplicate many of those sources above. | N/A
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| R2 | Obituary for Uzziel B. Church (d. 1916) on page 2 of the Oct 14 "TRIB" available at Vigo County Public Library. Another for Uzziel Church (d. 1942, age 78) on page 2 of the Jan 2 "TRIB" (not Erastus' son Uzziel (birth year too late, but could be a Uzziel Jr...). Available by mail or in person. Should get copies for possible family info. http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/obituaries | N/A
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| R3 | 1830 United States Federal Census, Panton Twp., Addison Co., Vermont, page 1. Census is not dated. Entry #4 from bottom: Family headed by Erastus Church: 2 males <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 females 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40. Our Erastus would be 22 at this time and Lucy would be 23 and they wouldn't have had any kids yet. They would have been married for 2 years. So if this is them, there's a bunch of kids that aren't theirs as well as a couple of older people. Possible but unlikely. |
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- I called the Orange town clerk's office and asked them for birth records for the family name Church, but the oldest one they had in their archives was from 1819 (for a William Church).
- I spoke with the Rochester, VT, clerk's office (Joanne McDonnell) and she indicated that they have no records at all for Erastus Church, Lucy Whitten, Caroline/Carolyn Church, or Erastus W. Church. The only Church birth records they have are from the 1900s. She suggested that I try neighboring towns such as Hancock and Ripton.
