Charles Wesley VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 16 Jun 1826 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, OH. He died in Apr 1860 in Macon Co, IL. He married Rachel Neal on 22 Mar 1849 in Monticello, Piatt Co, IL, by the JP.
Other marriages:Harshbarger Bender, Mary Ann
He was a farmer but later became a Methodist minister.
Residences & events:
1847 Piatt Co, IL. Charles, being the oldest child when his father died, assumed the responsibility of the family, carrying through with his parents' plan to move the family to IL. Unfortunately, their mother died the next year and the family had to be split among friends
and relatives. Charles and his new bride kept the two youngest boys, Daniel and Joseph.1850 Sangamon Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles is listed in the census. There was a Mary Ann Van Gundy as head of the house in the Okaw River Twp of the same county.
1850 Monticello Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles bought the first PO Box. That box is now in the Monticello museum.
4/16/1851 & 5/29/1851 He bought two parcels of land, a total of 80 acres, on the high ridge 2 miles north of Monticello. His residence at the time was listed as unknown.
That same year he was licensed by the Methodist Church, Bloomington Dist, to preach and appointed to the Middletown Mission. Some of the places he preached were Dresden; Chillicothe, OH; Paris, MO; Attica, Warren Co, IN; and finally Harristown, IL, near Decatur.
He died suddenly of apoplexy.
Rachel Neal was born on 19 Apr 1826 in OH. She died on 12 May 1853 in Monticello, Piatt Co, IL. She was buried in Old Monticello Cem, Monticello, Piatt Co, IL. She married Charles Wesley VAN GUNDY on 22 Mar 1849 in Monticello, Piatt Co, IL, by the JP.
Rachel was probably a sister to John who married Amelia Van Gundy, brother and sister married brother and sister.
She left only 2 children when she died.
She is buried with her mother-in-law, no sign of Charles there.
They had the following children:
M i William VAN GUNDY was born in 1850. He died in infancy. F ii Martha Ellen "Mattie" VAN GUNDY was born about 1851. M iii John Neal VAN GUNDY was born in 1852. He died on 11 Dec 1919.
Charles Wesley VAN GUNDY [Parents] was born on 16 Jun 1826 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, OH. He died in Apr 1860 in Macon Co, IL. He married Mary Ann Harshbarger Bender on 20 Mar 1854 in Piatt Co, IL.
Other marriages:Neal, Rachel
He was a farmer but later became a Methodist minister.
Residences & events:
1847 Piatt Co, IL. Charles, being the oldest child when his father died, assumed the responsibility of the family, carrying through with his parents' plan to move the family to IL. Unfortunately, their mother died the next year and the family had to be split among friends
and relatives. Charles and his new bride kept the two youngest boys, Daniel and Joseph.1850 Sangamon Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles is listed in the census. There was a Mary Ann Van Gundy as head of the house in the Okaw River Twp of the same county.
1850 Monticello Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles bought the first PO Box. That box is now in the Monticello museum.
4/16/1851 & 5/29/1851 He bought two parcels of land, a total of 80 acres, on the high ridge 2 miles north of Monticello. His residence at the time was listed as unknown.
That same year he was licensed by the Methodist Church, Bloomington Dist, to preach and appointed to the Middletown Mission. Some of the places he preached were Dresden; Chillicothe, OH; Paris, MO; Attica, Warren Co, IN; and finally Harristown, IL, near Decatur.
He died suddenly of apoplexy.
Mary Ann Harshbarger Bender.Mary married Charles Wesley VAN GUNDY on 20 Mar 1854 in Piatt Co, IL.
Mary Ann was a widow.
They had the following children:
F i Julia Alice VAN GUNDY was born on 15 Oct 1857. She died in 1936. M ii James A VAN GUNDY died before 1915. F iii Effie VAN GUNDY died before 1915. F iv Nancy VAN GUNDY died before 1915. M v William VAN GUNDY.
Samuel WISSLER [Parents] was born on 12 Aug 1799 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He married Margaret Bunn on 18 Jan 1825 in Pickaway Co, OH.
Other marriages:Wiltz, Nancy
Residences:
1830 Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, OH. In the census, he was 30-40 and had living at his house, 2 males under 5, 1 female under 5, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 30-40. Next door was older brother, Henry. On the other side was his widowed sister, Barbara Welty. Other brothers lived down the road: George, 4 doors down, John was 6 doors down, and
brother-in-law, Daniel Van Gundy lived 8 doors down.
Margaret Bunn was born in 1797 in VA. She died in 1875. She married Samuel WISSLER on 18 Jan 1825 in Pickaway Co, OH.
They had the following children:
Heinrich Wissler [Parents] was born in 1690 in Langnau, Berne, Switzerland. He died in 1755 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He married Anna (Wissler) about 1725 in Langnau, Berne, Switzerland.
The family name has several variants, Wisler/Whisler/Wissler/Whistler, and even within the same immediate family, brothers have chosen to be different from brothers. However, nearly all are related regardless of the spelling. Do you suppose there is a Whisler's mother somewhere in the family?
Heinrich is our immigrant ancestor, coming to America between 1727 and 1730 but not much else is known about him at this time because of the early date of his arrival, before good records were kept. Since Langnau is in the same canton just north of the area in Switzerland where the Van Gundy family lived, and since both families appear in America about the same time, there is a strong possibility they were friends and sailed for the new world together.
Residences & events:
1727 Langnau, Berne, Switzerland. At least one child was born before they left the old country and possibly others, they may have even left children behind. If Heinrich's birthdate is correct as posted, he would have been 37 when their first child was born, an unlikely event for those days.
1730 Lancaster Co, PA, was their address when another child was born.
1737 Philadelphia, PA, was the date and place of entry to America per the passenger arrival lists. Perhaps he had been back home for a visit as he arrived here alone at this time.
1750 Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He was listed on the tax records for his property there, his name was Whisler on the same list in 1751.
5/7/1754 He signed his name as "Heinrich Wister" in German on a contract for deed between Christian Graff and Henrich Miller, his involvement not noted.
He died intestate and his name was Henry in the Will & Intestate Book.
Anna (Wissler) was born about 1705 in Switzerland. She died before 1806 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. She married Heinrich Wissler about 1725 in Langnau, Berne, Switzerland.
In 1757 Anna, and son, Henry, were the only Wislers living in Donegal Twp according to the tax list where she was listed as a widow. The taxes due on her property was 7s. 6d. On the same tax list were relatives the in-laws, such as Seegrists and Brennemans.
Anna's approximate birth date was calculated by using the birth dates
of her children, who were born over at least a 22 year period.Her estate settlement was in 1806.
They had the following children:
F i Anna Wissler was born on 9 Dec 1727. She died on 29 Mar 1793. M ii Christian Wissler was born about 1730. He died in 1795. F iii Elizabeth Wissler was born about 1732. She died in 1816 in Lancaster Co, PA, by Rev Henry Matthews.
Apparently she never married, her name was still Wissler at death.M iv John Wissler was born about 1734. M v Jacob Wissler was born on 25 Jul 1738. He died on 17 Dec 1797. M vi Benjamin Wissler was born in 1740. He died in 1805. M vii Henry W Sr Wissler was born in 1749. He died in 1832.
Michael Seegrist was born about 1710. He died on 12 Aug 1797 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He married Magdalena Hiestand.
Residences & events:
1751 Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He was taxed 7s for his property according to the county tax list. In the same twp was his son-in-law, Hermon Long.
His will was proved 4/15/1800 and named his wife and children: John, Michael, Jacob, Ann, wife of Henry Wissler, and Barbara, wife of Herman Long. Executors were Michael Baughman and Martin Greider.
Magdalena Hiestand died about 1824. She married Michael Seegrist.
She died intestate with the estate being settled in 1824.
They had the following children:
M i Jacob Seegrist died in 1807 in Lancaster Co, PA, by Rev Henry Matthews.
Residences & events:
1751 Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He was taxed 10s 6d for his property there.
1756 Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. By tax time, he had either moved or the twp bounderies had shifted.F ii Ann Seegrist was born in 1753. She died in 1811. F iii Barbara Seegrist died after 1797. M iv John Seegrist died in 1823 in Lancaster Co, PA, by Rev Henry Matthews. M v Michael Seegrist was born on 12 Jun 1762. He died in 1836.
Benjamin Davee [Parents] was born in 1809 in OH. He died after 1885. He married Nancy E Paul about 1857.
Other marriages:Shorde, Amanda\Maud
(Davee), Chaney
Benjamin was a minister for the Christian church.
Residences & events:
1830 Morgan Co, IN. No township was listed by the census taker for Benjamin. His household consisted of 1 male (himself) and 2 females. Next door was brother Jonathan while their father was a neighbor.
1849 Shelby Co, IN, was his residence when daughter, Jane, married.
1850 IL. Van Buren Twp, Shelby Co, IN was still his residence by census time.
1855 Cumberland Co, IL. In the state census, there were in his household: 2 males under 10, 4 males 10-20, 2 males 20-30, and 1 male 40-55, 1 female 10-20, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 40-50. Son, Zach, lived next door and brother, Jonathan lived farther down. 2 doors down the other way was Jacob Parker, future in-laws of daughter, Malinda.
1860 Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL. Still at the same address, the census taker recorded him as a Christian minister with property = $6150/300 and had a Manerva Crimpking, 9, living with the family. possibly a step-daughter? Son, Zach, still lived nearby.
1870 Same address. He was 60 years old with a 30 year old wife and 5 children under 10 according to the census.
In the 1910 census, Malinda's parents were both both in IN.
He officiated at the 3rd marriage of daugher, Malinda, that year.
Nancy E Paul was born in 1828 in IN. She married Benjamin Davee about 1857.
They had the following children:
F i Manda Davee was born in 1858 in IL. She died before 1870.
She was not with the family in 1870 according to the census.F ii Martha M Davee was born on 2 Dec 1860. She died on 24 Jul 1929. M iii Gabriel Benjamin Davee was born in 1862. F iv Sarah Elizabeth Davee was born on 19 Jan 1864. She died on 3 Oct 1953. M v Joseph A Davee was born in 1866. F vi Rosilla Davee was born in Jun 1870.
Nothing more is known about Rosilla.
Benjamin Davee [Parents] was born in 1809 in OH. He died after 1885. He married Chaney (Davee).
Other marriages:Shorde, Amanda\Maud
Paul, Nancy E
Benjamin was a minister for the Christian church.
Residences & events:
1830 Morgan Co, IN. No township was listed by the census taker for Benjamin. His household consisted of 1 male (himself) and 2 females. Next door was brother Jonathan while their father was a neighbor.
1849 Shelby Co, IN, was his residence when daughter, Jane, married.
1850 IL. Van Buren Twp, Shelby Co, IN was still his residence by census time.
1855 Cumberland Co, IL. In the state census, there were in his household: 2 males under 10, 4 males 10-20, 2 males 20-30, and 1 male 40-55, 1 female 10-20, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 40-50. Son, Zach, lived next door and brother, Jonathan lived farther down. 2 doors down the other way was Jacob Parker, future in-laws of daughter, Malinda.
1860 Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL. Still at the same address, the census taker recorded him as a Christian minister with property = $6150/300 and had a Manerva Crimpking, 9, living with the family. possibly a step-daughter? Son, Zach, still lived nearby.
1870 Same address. He was 60 years old with a 30 year old wife and 5 children under 10 according to the census.
In the 1910 census, Malinda's parents were both both in IN.
He officiated at the 3rd marriage of daugher, Malinda, that year.
Chaney (Davee).Chaney married Benjamin Davee.
Zachariah Davee was born about 1785 in OH. He died after 1853 in CA. He married Janette (Davee) in 1804 in OH.
Other marriages:Roberts, Elizabeth
(Davee), Sarah
Residences:
Licking Co, OH where he married Elizabeth
1816 Green Twp, Orange Co, IN. Beginning the move west, he bought some land and opened a grist mill.
1830 Morgan Co, IN. The census that year said he and his wife had 7 children. It was there at Stott's Creek Settlement on the White River that he owned and operated a mill.
1848 He served as administrator of Harvey Brewer's estate.
Johnson Twp, Clark Co, IL. He again set up a mill, this time on the North Fork river.
1850 Petersburg, Menard Co, IL. The census taker found him there as a wagon maker with wife Sarah and son Isaac.
Abt 1853 MO
1860 CA Cache Creek, Yolo Co The census at that time said he and Sarah lived alone and he was millwright.
is believed to be the place he died although no death records have been found yet.
Janette (Davee) was born about 1785. She died about 1810. She married Zachariah Davee in 1804 in OH.
They had the following children:
M i Jonathan Davee was born about 1805. F ii Rebecca Davee was born about 1807. M iii Benjamin Davee was born in 1809. He died after 1885. M iv Joseph Davee was born on 27 Sep 1810. He died on 7 Sep 1892.
Jonathan Grubaugh.Jonathan married Catherine "Katy" Wissler.
Catherine "Katy" Wissler [Parents] was born on 1 Mar 1806 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. She married Jonathan Grubaugh.
Other marriages:Worline, Jesse Isaac
Jesse Isaac Worline.Jesse married Catherine "Katy" Wissler on 20 Nov 1824 in Pickaway Co, OH.
Catherine "Katy" Wissler [Parents] was born on 1 Mar 1806 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. She married Jesse Isaac Worline on 20 Nov 1824 in Pickaway Co, OH.
Other marriages:Grubaugh, Jonathan