PART II
THE McGLONES OF INDIANA
We found this part of the McGlone Family the most difficult to write about even though we know some-what more of the group discussed here than most of the others. Sometimes one can know "too much" but yet, "not enough." In this section, we will discuss the family of William McGlone, a brother of Owen, and also we will complete the various Indiana families that we presently know about. Again, we emphasize, we are dealing primarily with the pre-1900 era, so many of you will not be included even though we are able to identify you with your families.
There is no doubt that William settled in, or near, Terre Haute, Indiana. In addition to the original William, there came along other Williams, and our trying to place some of them with a particular family has presented some puzzles as we will point out in the sections to follow. Along with William, or soon thereafter , there came John and Joseph to Sullivan-Vigo County area of Indiana. We believe and for some reason, did not join him on his early trip to Indiana. The possiblity does exist that they may have been nephews of William, being sons of either John or Joseph of Ohio. The records from Adams County, Ohio, were destoyed by fire and we again have to speculate. We are presenting the "McGlones of Indiana" as best we can - presenting evidence for most of our work - giving some speculations which someone of you may find reason to dispute - and this we will welcome if you can show us where we are wrong.
Bob and Tom spent three pleasant visits in ad around Terre Haute, Bob once and Tom twice. We could easily see and feel the appeal of the land to a farmer - we read some books that painted a more flowery description of the area, so we won't repeat other than to say that autumn of the year is a beautiful time in Sullivan County and Vigo County, Indiana. Most McGlones we have met throughout the United States are good, happy, hard-working, friendly people - most are country folk - having very little to " boast "about except good health , pleasant homes, friendly families - and the McGlones of Indiana certainly are not different from the others We truly enjoyed the beautiful Maude of 88 years and a nice family of ROGERS, who though not McGlones, welcomed us into their home and showed us the original lands of William and the McGlone Cemetery, which now is part of their farm. In the nex few pages, we offer to you all that we could find of the McGlones of Indiana !
William McGlone
born: 1785
died: unknown
married: Mary Staggs on Febuary 16, 1805
Andrew and a brother of Owen. He probably came into Kentucky with Owen and other members of his family. He was born in 1785 in Maryland which means that his family left Philadelphia sometime after 1777 when Owen was born and perhaps began their trip to the western frontier, since he was born in Maryland which was on the way west. He married Mary (Sarah) (Polly) Staggs on February 16, 1805, in Mason County, Kentucky. He went from Kentucky into Ohio when John and James were born 1816 and then he went on into Indiana settleing in Sullivan County with his family. It is possible that he went into Indiana before marrying Mary because we believe she was from Vigo County. Again we have to theorize a bit and we feel that for some reason John and James were not with him in Indiana in 1820 because the 1820 Census shows his family consisting of two females under 10. one of which was Nancy and one female between the ages of 16 and 25 which was his wife. The Census shows the name McClone.
He and Mary were either divorced or she died, because in 1833 he married Phebe Stark in Vigo County, Indiana. Moses Carr was the minister. Phebe wa born in 1790 in Kentucky.so he probably went back to Kentucky to get her, or she and her family accompanied him and his family into Indiana. The 1840 Census of Indiana shows one male between 50-60 who was William; one female 50-60 which was Phebe; one male between 15-20 which was William of Chapter VI; one female between 15-20 which was probably Nancy; and three females between 10-15 about whom we know nothing. Again, James and John are not listed so we believe they may of been in Ohio or living elsewhere at the time of the Census. We do know he arrivedin Linton Township at an early day from Kentucky (about 1817). Several other families came with him - Frakes who was a Baptist minister, Sparks, and Carr. Phebe could of been one with them even though ther is a differnce in the spelling of the name. He was also mentioned as one who deserved mention for public service during the first years of the county's existence. He was a Petit Jurror in February 1823.
We could find nothing more about William. He probably died in Sullivan County and if he is buried on the "homeplace" we could find no trace of his grave. He may have had a wooden marer and it may of worn away, but notrace of a stone could be found in the area.
The Rodgers family who presently live on thehome site, have a Warranty Deed and we did not have time to copy it all but we will list parts of it below.
- The land was originally deeded to William McGlone by land grant dated December 1, 1817.
- There was a Warranty Deed dated May 15, 1847, to William McGlone of Clark County, Indiana.
- A deed was given to William, Jr., dated June 9, 1855
- On March 22, 1845, land was deeded to William. Jr., and his wife Margaret Jane, by William McGlone and his wife Pheby McGloan.
- Nicholas H. Ring - Adminstrator of the Estate of William, shows final settlement to Marion McGlone on June 22 1899
- Marion and Sarah E., deeded to Martha E. Kester one of six deeds to divide the estate.
- Martha McGlone Kester paid taxes on land in 1920 .
- William owned N. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 of Sec. 29, Twp. 10, N., Range 9 W. "... left no widow surviving him and left thes children - Mary J., wo married Nicholas Ring; Eliza, who married John Turner; Martha Ellen, who married Nathan Kester." This deed recorded May 16, 1922.
This information was secured from a deed held by a Mr. Phil Rodgers of Sullivan County, Indiana, on November 5, 1977.
References : 6, 13, 28, 71, 89, 125, 131, 132, 160.