16. Francis Mendenhall was born on 19 Nov 1790 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina. He died on 23 September 1865 in Huntington,Huntington Co.,Indiana. He was buried in Huntington,Indiana. He married Mary Polly "Taylor" Albertson about 1809 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina. [Parents]
Sources of information:
1. Personal Knowledge of Marie Louise Augusta Jurgens
2. Film # 1254309; 1880 Census, Portage Township, St. Joseph, Indiana; page 54, Supervisor District # 5, Enumeration District # 16
3. International Genealogical Index
4. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw, Volume 1, Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, Copyright 1936, page 861, "page 6."
5. Huntington County Marriage Records, 1837-1883, Vol. 1; 971271-B25h
6. Elizabeth Youghar Tradition
7. Research of Howard Mendenhall.
8. 1850 Census of Indiana; Film 58038, pt. 18, page. 84.
9. John's line through his son John, and through Mordecai's Sons, Mordecai and Moses, known as the Mordecai line, as compiled by Edward Mendenhall, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and continued by T. A. Mendenhall, 1912.
10. Records and information great granddaughter.
11. 1860 Census, Jefferson Township, Huntington County, Film 803,267, pg. 143.
12. William Mendenhall Genealogy, 1778-1853; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1016937, item 15.
13. Research of Kurt Otto Shelle, Jr.Source 4: "Francis dis mout," translation: January 6, 1810, Francis Mendenhall disowned for marrying out of unity"; Vol. 1, pages 509, 518, 861 says that Francis was born on 19 Nov 1790, Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina. On 6 January 1810 he was disowned for marriage out of unity. His wife, Mary Thomas was of another faith. Received a certificate from Piney Grove Monthly Meeting dated 19 Dec. 1807. Francis Mendenhall is not listed in the 1820 census of Indiana."
Source 6: Story of Francis Mendenhall. When my mother, Mary Walters Mendenhall interviewed Elizabeth Youghar in about 1920, Elizabeth was close to 90 years old. Elizabeth told Mary that her husband Joshua's father's name was Francis Mendenhall, and his mother's name was Mary Thomas. They lived in Huntington, Indiana, and they were from North Carolina. When I was a young girl my mother took me to the genealogical library. I was looking in the archives in the book of Mendenhall family. The one Francis I could find was the son of Moses Mendenhall and Betty Thomas. Then in 1974 I found in the 1860 census that Francis Mendenhall and Mary were living in Jefferson Township, Huntington, Indiana. In the property Deed book 1835-1855 Francis Mendenhall bought property from Luidzo Mendenhall in 1853 in Huntington County.
Source 8: Francis was 60 years old, occupation was a farmer, was born in North Carolina he could not read or write. It said the value of his property was $300; Mary, age 59, born in North Carolina; Mahala, age 16, born in Indiana; Charles Taylor, age 22, occupation farmer, born in indiana, could not read or write; Mary A. Taylor, age 24, born in Indiana; Tamen?, age 2, born in Indiana; Francis H., age 1 month, born in Indiana.
Source 12: "Francis Mendenhall and wife Mary are living in Jefferson Township, Huntington County. He is 69 years old. She is 68 years old. They are from North Carolina."
Source 13: After his fathers' death, Francis apparently moved to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting, Marlborough County, South Carolina together with his mother, Grandfather Mendenhall, maternal Grandparents, John and Molly Clark Thomas, and his siblings. This was about January 3, 1807. By December or January of 1808 he was back at the Springfield Monthly Meeting. On January 6, 1810 Francis was disowned by the Springfield Monthly Meeting for marrying "out of the unity", or marrying a non-Quaker. I can find no record of this marriage. However, there was a Mary Albertson who was also a member of the Springfield Monthly Meeting who had been disowned on December 2, 1809. From the references we have it appears she quit the Quakers. The Quakers did not believe in public marriages, only church weddings. A public (civil) marriage was grounds for being disowned. It appears that if the marriage in 1810 was to Mary Albertson it was done without the benefit of a civil ceremony or the Quakers. We don't know when Francis came to Wayne County, Indiana. His oldest child, Asenath was born on October 15, 1813. His grandparents, John and Molly Clark Thomas, came to Wayne County, Indiana in September 1813. It is possible they came together. In any event, Francis and Mary were married in a civil ceremony in Wayne County, Indiana on March 17, 1816. Why a second wedding, if indeed it was one, is not clear. We don't know when Francis moved to Huntington County, Indiana, but it had to be some period of time prior to 1849. He may have homesteaded and those records are not kept in the county courthouse. The only real estate transaction we found involving Francis stated that Silas Mendenhall conveyed to Francis Mendenhall via warranty deed on June 13,1833 for the sum of $200 30 acres in Section 29, Township 26, Range 9. Deed recorded March 4, 1854 in book J page 124. He may have purchased this property on a "land contract" and didn't pay off the balance until 1853. This land was in Jefferson Township near the village of Mt. Etna. Francis and Mary were still farming this land in 1860 per the census. We found no record of their deaths in Huntington County. Either their deaths were not recorded (not uncommon at that time) or they spent their last years elsewhere, possibly with one of the children (not Joshua).
17. Mary Polly "Taylor" Albertson was born on 22 September 1791 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina. She died on 28 Mar 1864 in Huntington,Huntington Co.,Indiana. She was buried in Purviance Cemetery, Huntington, Indiana. [Parents]
Sources of information:
1. Personal Knowledge of Marie Louise Augusta Jurgens
2. Film # 1254309; 1880 Census, Portage Township, St. Joseph, Indiana; page 54, Supervisor District # 5, Enumeration District # 16
3. Huntington County Marriage Records, 1837-1883, Vol. 1; 971271-B25h
4. Research of Howard Mendenhall.
5. Elizabeth Youghar Tradition
6. 1860 Census, Jefferson Township, Huntington County, Film 803,267, pg. 143.
7. Family Records of Kurt Otto Schelle, Jr.Source 5: surname: Thomas
They had the following children:
F 1. Lindsey Mendenhall was born about 1819 in Indiana.
M 2. Joshua M. Mendenhall was born on 9 Jul 1829. He died on 27 Feb 1907.
F 3. Mahala Mendenhall was born about 1834.
18. Jacob Youghar.Jacob married Asenieth Mosslander.
Sources of information:
1. Huntington County Marriage Records, 1837-1883, Vol. 1; 971271-B25h
2. Research of Howard Mendenhall.
19. Asenieth Mosslander was born on 8 Oct 1811 in Cape May Co.,New Jersey. She died on 28 Jan 1899 in Highland Township,Harvey Co.,Kansas. [Parents]
Sources of information:
1. Huntington County Marriage Records, 1837-1883, Vol. 1; 971271-B25h
2. Research of Howard Mendenhall.Source 1: Father's last name spelled Yaughar
Source 2: Obituary of Mrs. Acenith Yaughgar, The Weekly Kansan, Newton, February 2,1899: "Death of a Centenarian: Mrs. Acenith Yaughgar died at the home of her son in Walton last week. The remains were shipped to Andrews, Indiana today. The son Wm, accompanied them. She was 105 years and three months old. The cause of her death was old age and grip. Mrs. Yaughger came to this county eighteen months ago to visit her son and never returned. She has been a visitor to the county seat many times and made the trip with less inconvenience that many who were years younger than she."They had the following child:
F 1. Elizabeth Youghar was born on 25 Mar 1831. She died on 19 Dec 1921.
20. Solomon Mummay was born in 1800 or 1814 in Germany. He died in 1850 in Union county Ohio. He married Elisabeth Wagner in Aug 1830 in Home of Peter Wagner.
Sources of Information:
1. 1880 Census, Mill Creek, Union, Ohio
2. Ancestral File Number: M4R1-SK
3. Correspondence with granddaughter in law of Peter Mummy.Source 1: Name inferred as John or H.
21. Elisabeth Wagner was born about 1815.
Sources of Information:
1. 1880 Census, Mill Creek, Union, Ohio
2. Ancestral File
3. Correspondence with granddaughter in law of Peter Mummy.They had the following children:
F 1. Catharine Mummey was born about 1831 in Franklin county, Ohio.
M 2. John Huling Mummay was born about 1833 in Franklin county, Ohio.
M 3. Isaac Mummay was born 20 Jul 1834 in Milcreek, Union, Ohio. He died 29 Apr 1909 in Marysville, Union, Ohio. He was buried 1 May 1909 in Oakdale Cemetery in Marysville, Union, Ohio.
M 4. Peter Mummy was born in 12 Dec 1837 in Union county, Ohio.
M 5. Jacob Mummay was born about 1841.
F 6. Mary (Elisabeth) Mummay was born about 1844.
M 7. Daniel Mummay was born about 1847.
F 8. Betsey Mummay was born about 1849.
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