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Descendants of John Conway - June 24, 2003

100. ROBERT E.⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 17 Apr 1841 in Knox Co, IL, and died Aft. 1886 in (lived in Kenesaw, NE 1886). He married DARTHULA ALLEN 28 Nov 1862 in (may have also had child: Forrest Ground?); md. Knox Co, IL ²². She was born Abt. 1840 in Virginia, and died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT E. GROUND:
Enumerated on 1870 Census Indian Township, Knox County, IL p. 16, line 15 with wife and two children, Robert E. age 5 and Jenny, age 1.

Children of ROBERT GROUND and DARTHULA ALLEN are:

ROBERT EMMET⁶ GROUND, b. Abt. 1865, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. ANNA ALDRICH, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT EMMET GROUND:
Rosemary Filyaw has this child recorded as "Emmet Allen Ground."

ii.

JENNIE GROUND, b. Abt. 1869, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. ELBERT NORTON, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

101. RHODA MATILDA⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 06 Sep 1843 in Knox Co, IL, and died Aft. 1878 in Visited Texas about 1878. She married MARTIN W. ALLEN Unknown. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARTIN W. ALLEN:
Rosemary Filyaw has the first two children born about 1865 (twins).

Children of RHODA GROUND and MARTIN ALLEN are:

235.	i.	ORLIE⁶ ALLEN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
236.	ii.	ERNEST ALLEN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iii.	SARAH ALLEN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, died an infant.

102. MALINDA ANN⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 03 Sep 1847 in Knox Co, IL, and died 21 Feb 1909 in Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS. She married JAMES NEWTON HARSHBERGER 25 Dec 1870 in Abingdon, Knox Co, IL by Rev. James Butler ²³, son of SAMUEL HARSHBERGER and CYNTHIA COMBS. He was born 15 Jun 1848 in Fulton Co, IL, and died 11 Oct 1910 in Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS.

Notes for JAMES NEWTON HARSHBERGER:
James N. Harshburger attended Hedding College.

He, wife and children are found on 1870 Census at Cedar Township, Knox, County, Illinois, page 17, line 2.

Children of MALINDA GROUND and JAMES HARSHBERGER are:

237.	i.	MAUD M.⁶ HARSHBERGER, b. 15 Jul 1873; d. Unknown.
238.	ii.	ETHEL HARSHBERGER, b. 28 Feb 1875; d. Unknown.
239.	iii.	GUY GROUND HARSHBERGER, b. 23 Apr 1877, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; d. 24 Apr 1904, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS.
	iv.	AVA HARSHBERGER, b. 13 Aug 1882, Knox Co, IL; d. 06 Feb 1889, Knox Co, IL.

Notes for AVA HARSHBERGER:
Jane Edson shows a birth of "abt. 1886" for Ava. Her age in years and months may be on her headstone. I do not have a photo of it.

	v.	LESTER HARSHBERGER, b. 30 Nov 1885; d. Unknown, did not marry; died in November, what year?.
240.	vi.	AUDREY HARSHBERGER, b. 12 Mar 1890, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; d. Unknown.
	vii.	SON HARSHBERGER, b. Bet. 1870 - 1890, Knox Co, IL; d. Bet. 1870 - 1890, Infant; Knox Co, IL.

103. WILLIAM HARRISON⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 11 Sep 1849 in Knox Co, IL, and died Apr 1929 in Res. Nebraska 1886. He married SARAH CATHERINE LEWIS 06 Dec 1876 in Knox Co, IL, daughter of JOHN LEWIS and ... She was born 09 Oct 1859 in "Kate" b. near Creston, Iowa, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON GROUND:
In Vol. 1, #1 Ground/Grounds Family Association, dated April 1984, there is a photo reproduced of this family, parents and 10 children. No identification was included for the children, but the parents' photos have been added to this record.

Children of WILLIAM GROUND and SARAH LEWIS are:

241.	i.	MINNIE LAURILLA⁶ GROUND, b. 01 Aug 1878, (or Annie?) b. Iowa; d. Unknown.
242.	ii.	GEORGE ARDA GROUND, b. 24 Mar 1880, Iowa; d. Bef. 1989, Baldwin Park, CA; bd Inglewood Park Cem, Los Angeles Co, CA; Lot 149 Oak Plot.
243.	iii.	WILLIAM ELMER GROUND, b. 10 Feb 1882, Iowa; d. 23 Apr 1962.
244.	iv.	MABEL GROUND, b. 27 Aug 1884, Nebraska; d. Unknown, Res. Ft. Worth, TX several years.
245.	v.	LEWIS HENRY GROUND, b. 03 Sep 1886, Nebraska; d. Unknown.
246.	vi.	LAWRENCE ARTHUR GROUND, b. 30 Mar 1889, Nebraska; d. Bef. 1987, VFCG a widow in Oct 1987.
247.	vii.	LESTER LEIGH GROUND, b. 03 Aug 1891, Nebraska; d. 21 Dec 1989, Juniata, Adams Co, NE.
	viii.	VIOLA FAY GROUND, b. 08 Sep 1893, Nebraska; d. Aft. 1993, Res Bakersfield, CA Jul 1990; died shortly after age 1000; m. OSCAR HARRIS, 14 Apr 1923, divorced 22 Aug 1927; no children; b. 07 Dec 1894; d. Unknown.

Notes for VIOLA FAY GROUND:
Viola Ground graduated Hastings Business College as a bookeeper. She had no children.

Notes for OSCAR HARRIS:
George Arda Ground says Oscar died 14 Apr 1923, but that he and Viola Faye were divorced in 1928; other sources say they were divorced in 1927, both dates are after supposed death date.

248.	ix.	JOHN WESLEY GROUND, b. 12 Sep 1895, Juniata, Adams Co, NE; d. 24 Jan 1989, Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island, NE; bd Parkview Cemetery.
249.	x.	FRANK COLONEY GROUND, b. 03 Apr 1898, Nebraska; d. Aft. 1983.
250.	xi.	CHARLES RALPH GROUND, b. 31 Jan 1901, Nebraska; d. Aft. 1983.

104. DRUSILLA J.⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 17 Feb 1852 in Knox Co, IL, and died 1923 in Knox Co, IL. She married JOHN JONES 21 Mar 1878 in Knox Co, IL ²⁴. He was born 1822, and died 1910 in Knox Co, IL.

Child of DRUSILLA GROUND and JOHN JONES is:

ARDA⁶ JONES, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

105. JOHN HENRY⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 02 Aug 1854 in twin to Martha L. b. Knox Co, IL, and died Unknown in Res Nebraska 1886. He married HANNAH NELSON 02 Jul 1883 in Knox Co, IL ²⁵. She was born 09 Feb 1854 in Sweden, and died Unknown.

Children of JOHN GROUND and HANNAH NELSON are:

251.	i.		EARL HENRY⁶ GROUND, b. 31 May 1884; d. 22 Aug 1964, Hopkins Co, KY.
252.	ii.		CARL JAMES GROUND, b. 03 Jun 1893; d. Unknown.

106. MARTHA L.⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 02 Aug 1854 in Twin to John Henry b. Knox Co, IL, and died 23 Mar 1909 in Knox Co, IL. She married WILLIAM S. ALLEN 1880. He was born 16 Aug 1849, and died 03 Jul 1938 in Knox Co, IL.

Children of MARTHA GROUND and WILLIAM ALLEN are:

253.	i.		CARL⁶ ALLEN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	ii.		MERLE ALLEN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. THEODORE WHITE, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

107. JAMES EDWARD⁵ GROUND (HENRY⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹)²⁶ was born 26 Nov 1858 in Knox Co, IL, and died Aft. 1934 in Abingdon, Knox Co, IL ²⁷. He married MINNIE ALTHENIA COWPER 05 Mar 1884 in Knox Co, IL ²⁸, daughter of JAMES COWPER and CASSANDRA DAWDY. She was born 25 May 1861 in Galena, WI, and died Abt. 1946 in Abingdon, Knox Co, IL.

Notes for JAMES EDWARD GROUND:
Portrait & Biographical Album, Knox County, Illinois, 1886

James E. Ground owned land in Section 6 of Indian Point Township, and was termed "enterprising and successful."

Born in Knox County 26 Nov 1858, the son of Henry and Eliza (Boydston) Ground, both natives of Kentucky. Henry Ground was born 20 May 1804 and died 30 Mar 1881.

Additional information on the descendents of this family obtained from Donald Thomas (thomashouse@worldnet.att.net) in April 1998. He descends from this couple through Anna Ground and Jacob Hoover.

In June 1998, Donald Thomas reports that he has visited Abingdon and spoken to the caretaker of Abingdon City Cemetery. He learned that James E. and Minnie Ground were buried here, but have no headstones. It was not learned from the records whether stones ever existed, but he "confirmed death dates and fact they are buried there."

Children of JAMES GROUND and MINNIE COWPER are:

254.	i.	CLAUDE CHESTER⁶ GROUND, b. 10 Feb 1885, Knox Co, IL; d. 1917, Knox Co, IL.
255.	ii.	ANNA ELIZABETH GROUND, b. 16 Dec 1889, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; d. 28 Sep 1926, Pattonsburg, Davies Co, MO.
	iii.	JAMES FOREST GROUND, b. Abt. 1893, "Forrest"; d. Aft. 1934, Res Long Beach, CA 1934; m. ELVA CROW, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

108. WILLIAM BUTLER⁵ GROUND (EDWARD⁴, RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 06 Jan 1836 in Warren Co, IL, and died 05 Jul 1880 in Columbia Co, Washington Territory; d of pleurisy. He married SARAH JANE JONES 23 Mar 1864 in Polk Co, OR, daughter of ELIJAH JONES and SUSAN POPE. She was born 12 Jan 1849 in Illinois; parents b. KY, and died 22 Sep 1888 in d of spinal meningitis.

Notes for WILLIAM BUTLER GROUND:
William Butler Ground writes 26 Dec 1853 to his uncle in Illinois. He and his family have recently arrived in Oregon. He reports enjoying the best health in his life, and it is healthy country (although 4 children died in the vicinity of the "hooping cough" and two from the "flux" brought by emigrants.

He said that the day before Christmas had been the coldest day so far, but "would not be counted a cold day in Illinois." The grass, he says is green all the time, and the stock are out eating their fill.

(In January, however, the picture changed...Edward Ground wrote to Illinois that the snow fell and covered up the grass that the stock could not eat and everything was so high they could not afford to buy necessary supplies.)

His father got a claim within a mile of Uncle Ira's and a quarter of Uncle Lides.

He gives prices: Mares $1.50 to $2.00; cows .65 to $1; pork $20 per hundred; wheat $2 a bushel; chicken 75 cents each; eggs 50 cents a dozen; butter 50 cents a pound, potatoes 50 cents a bushel. Potatoes had gone down from $1 a bushel.

His mother encloses "the leaf of a fir tree."

William Butler Ground found employment for a time with a survey crew and traveled extensively in Oregon on horseback. He met and married Sarah Jane Jones, daughter of Elijah and Susan Pope Jones, April 3, 1864 in Monmouth, Oregon.

In 1876, William Butler Ground and Sarah Jane followed her parents to Asotin, Washington. Their son, Edward J. Ground, was born on the steamboat "The Occident" on either the Willamett or Columbia rivers ont he way to Asotin County, Washington. William settled in the Cloverland country which is not too far from Anatone. The 1880 census states that William is sick with pleurisy, and his brother, Robert Ground, is also listed. Robert never married, and was known as a kindly soul, so he had come to help his brother and his family in their time of need. William B. Ground died some time after June in 1880, and is buried in the Lake Cemetery near the Cloverland Road. He left his wife, age 31 years, with seven children age 13 and under, and another child expected in September.

(Note that the first two children listed have resulted in some confusion. Both are said to have nicknames "Lizzie" and each is recorded as marrying (in two different sources) the same man, Robert G. Fanning. Because birth dates are specific, it was thought that these were indeed two different daughters. But lacking evidence that both married the same man, the husband in question is recorded here with the original wife, Elizabeth Frances.

Children of WILLIAM GROUND and SARAH JONES are:

	i.	ELIZABETH FRANCES⁶ GROUND, b. 18 May 1865, "Lizzie" b. Monmouth, Polk Co, OR; d. 02 Jul 1871, Polk Co, OR; m. ROBERT GLEDHILL FANNING, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown, res Clarkston WA 1951.
	ii.	ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE GROUND, b. 24 Nov 1867, "Lizzie" b. Monmouth, Polk Co, OR; d. 08 Aug 1925, Lewiston, ID.
	iii.	MARY AUGUSTA GROUND, b. 02 Oct 1869, Jackson Co, OR; d. 22 Dec 1907, Clarkston, WA; m. ROSS HARGATT, Unknown; b. Unknown, or Hargelt; d. Unknown.
256.	iv.	SUSAN PINCKNEY GROUND, b. 19 Apr 1872, "Suzie: b. Buena Vista, Polk Co, OR; d. 26 Dec 1936, Pomeroy, Garfield Co, WA.
	v.	FRANK JONES GROUND, b. 07 Jun 1874, "Frankie" b. Polk Co, OR; d. Aft. 1900, Living in Asotin Co, WA age 35 in 1900; unmarried.
257.	vi.	EDWARD JONES GROUND, b. 17 May 1876, on steamboat from Portland to Lewiston, ID; d. 09 Mar 1951, Clarkston, WA.
	vii.	ELIJAH LEROY GROUND, b. 26 Jun 1878, Cloverland, WA; d. Aft. 1951, res Clarkston, WA in 1951.

Notes for ELIJAH LEROY GROUND:
Elijah Ground apparently did not marry. He was listed at age 2 in both his parent's household and that of Christopher F. Eunik in Asotin County. He and brother, Edward, worked for the forest service as packers running a pack train.

viii.

WILLIAM BUTLER GROUND, JR., b. 08 Sep 1880, Cloverland, WA; d. 26 Mar 1960, VA Hospital, Spokane, WA; m. EDNA .., Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM BUTLER GROUND, JR.:
William Butler Ground, Jr. lived most of his life in Pomeroy, Garfield County, Oregon, and worked for the county road department for 9 years, then as deputy sheriff for 3 years and then served as sheriff for 12 years before he died of cancer.

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