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Ancestors of Nellie Pearl Kunkel

Generation No. 3

      4. Jr. Michael Kunkel, born September 21, 1816 in Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., PA; died May 07, 1886 in Bluffton, Wells Co., IN. He was the son of 8. Michael Kunkel Sr. and 9. Anna Catherine Sentz. He married 5. Julia Mason June 20, 1839 in Sandusky Twp, Richland Co., OH.

      5. Julia Mason, born Abt. 1816 in Ohio; died 1847 in Crawford Co., OH.

Notes for Jr. Michael Kunkel:
The Index of the Ohio 1835 Tax Duplicate, by Gerald M. Petty, shows
Michael Kunkle as owning property in Sandusky Township, Richland
County, Ohio. Michael Kunkel married Julia Mason in Richland County
and their four children were born there. The marriage is recorded in
Vol. 3, page 262.
After Julia's death in 1847 at the age of about 30, Michael married
Mary A. Kleinknight and almost immediately, in the Spring of 1849 and
in the company of John M. Kleinknight, his father-in-law, travelled to
Wells County, Indiana in search of land. Both then returned to
Crawford County, Ohio, where they liquidated their debts and disposed
of their various interests.
With his wife and family, Michael returned to the wilds of Indiana
where, in Adams County near Decatur, he had purchased 80 acres of land
that he cleared and reduced to cultivation. The land was purchased
from Thomas P. Wilkin of Wells County for $235. It consisted of the
West half of the North-East quarter of Section 12 in Township 27,
North of Range 12 East in the district of lands subject to sale at
Fort Wayne. The deed (Book D, page 470) was dated 10 August 1850 and
recorded the same date.(Note: This is in Wells County) Two years later
he sold his place and the family removed to Lancaster Township of
Wells County, an area that was new and but little developed. There he
had acquired a tract of 120 acres in section 12, Lancaster Township,
Wells County. Having doubt as to where the local road would eventually
be built, he constructed his house as he thought in the most suitable
place, which accounts for its ultimate distance from the highway. (The
farm is now located about one mile south of Tocsin).
Michael Kunkle was a practical farmer in that section. He worked
hard, cleared a good farm and, while not becoming wealthy, he provided
well for his family and succeeded in accumulating a sufficiency of
this world's goods to place him in very comfortable circumstances. He
lived on the place where he originally settled until about 1883, when
he removed to Bluffton in order to give his children the advantages of
the higher schools there.

More About Jr. Michael Kunkel:
Burial: Abt. May 10, 1886, Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

Notes for Julia Mason:
A review of the 1830 US Census for Orange Township, Richland County,
Ohio, indicates that her father might have been Martin or Jacob. Both
families had a daughter in the 15-20 year age bracket at the time of
the census. [M19, roll 139, page 104.) Crawford Co. marriages shows a
Chrostopher, John and Joel marrying in 1846-1850. They may be her
brothers, except she married Michael in Richland Co.

Children of Michael Kunkel and Julia Mason are:

		i.		Sophia Kunkel, born 1840 in Crawford Co., OH; died February 15, 1879 in Adams Co., IN; married John Wisner October 10, 1867 in Wells Co., IN; born 1834 in Pennsylvania.
		ii.		Louisa Kunkel, born Abt. 1841 in Crawford Co., OH; died September 20, 1854 in Adams Co., IN.
		iii.		Samuel Kunkel, born December 27, 1843 in Crawford Co., OH; died August 30, 1935 in Bluffton, Wells Co., IN; married Elizabeth Blue October 08, 1868 in Wells Co., IN; born August 10, 1844 in Wells Co., IN; died December 20, 1894 in Bluffton, Wells Co., IN.

Notes for Samuel Kunkel:
The history of Wells County, Indiana, describes the involvement of
Samuel as follows: "In 1869, Samuel Kunkle purchased a tract of land
upon which the town of Tocsin is now located. He and his wife began
domestic life in a small log cabin built in the woods, which was
afterward cleared and cultivated by Mr. Kunkle. Here they remained
until 1881, when they removed to Missouri; but the building of the
Chicago and Atlantic Railroad opened a good thoroughfare from east to
west, and his brother-in-law, Michael Blue, insisted that he should
return and lay out a town upon his land, it being quite a favorable
location. After their return, Mr Blue surveyed a forty-acre tract into
lots in the Spring of 1882, and the first business house was erected
the same season. The favorable location has given the town a growth
that is truly surprising, and large shipments of wood, heading bolts
and grain are made. The town is destined to become a fine trading
point, and now has a population of about 200. The residences are neat
and substantial, and everything presents a neat and thrifty
appearance. Little did Mr. Kunkle think , while clearing the heavy
timber from his land, that a railroad and a thriving village would
soon cover the most of his land, and he become the proprietor of a
village. A fine residence, two stories in height, marks the site of
the old log cabin in which this worthy couple began their married
life. Samuel became the first Postmaster of Tocsin and acted in that
position until January 1886.

More About Samuel Kunkel:
Burial: Abt. September 02, 1935, Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

More About Elizabeth Blue:
Burial: Abt. December 24, 1894, Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

iv.

Calvin Kunkel, born February 01, 1846 in Crawford Co., OH; died November 19, 1922 in Wells Co., IN; married Sarah A. Plummer March 05, 1868 in Wells Co., IN.

6. John Plummer, born 1802 in Summerhill Twp, PA; died January 17, 1894 in Jefferson Twp, Wells Co., IN. He was the son of 12. Plummer. He married 7. Lydia Neidlinger Abt. 1835 in Stark Co., OH.

7. Lydia Neidlinger, born July 29, 1817 in Mahantango Twp., Schuylkill Co; died August 16, 1882 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN. She was the daughter of 14. Peter Neidlinger and 15. Catherine ---.

Notes for John Plummer:
John Plummer's death record indicates he died a widower at age 92 and
that he was born in Pennsylvania.
John PLUMMER was born in Pennsylvania in about 1805. Census records
indicate that he probably was the son of a John PLUMMER living in
Summerhill Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. In about 1835, he
and Lydia settled in Ohio, probably in Stark County as their son
George's Civil War discharge record indicates he was born there in
1837. They then moved further West as the 1850 census lists their
residence as District 127, Worthington Township, Richland County,
Ohio. The 1850 census shows that Lydia's parents were living a short
distance away, with the name spelled as "Neatlinger." The Plummer
children were all born in Ohio.
Sometime in the 1850's the family then moved to Jefferson Township,
Wells County, Indiana. From the deed records of Wells County, it
appears that John rented property until he became established in the
county. In 1860, when John was 60 years of age, the value of his
personal estate was listed as $150.00 and Lydia was noted as a person
over 20 who could neither read nor write.
On December 21, 1863, he purchased (Deed Book M, page 637), from
Jacob and Elizabeth Geary, 80 acres about six miles NE of Bluffton.
The property was described as the East half of the NW quarter of
Section 7, Township 27 N of Range 13 East. Section 7 is the land to
the SE at the intersection of 500N and 600E. The Court House records
(Deed Book T, page 84) in Bluffton show that "John Plummer and Leydia
Plummer his wife, Sarah Kunkle and Calvin Kunkle, Nancy J. Plummer and
Mary E. Plummer" sold 25 acres of their property to George W. Plummer
for $250. The date of the deed was April 7, 1868, and involved the
South end of the East half of the NW quarter of Section 7, Township 27
North, Range 13 East.
John was buried in a custom-made coffin measuring 6ft. 3-inches. The
wooden coffin cost $42, and with his robe of $7, his burial expenses
at the McBride Funeral Home in Bluffton totalled $52.

More About John Plummer:
Birth2 (conflicting): April 17, 1810, Cambria, PA
Burial: January 19, 1894, Ossian, Wells Co., IN

Notes for Lydia Neidlinger:
The Stark County marriage records show a John and a Reuben Neidlinger
marriyng their wives in Stark County in 1847 and 1850.
Lydia's death record, filed in the vital records of the Fort Wayne
Department of Public Health, confirm her parents as "Peter and Cath.
NEIDLINGGER (sic)."

More About Lydia Neidlinger:
Burial: Abt. August 19, 1882, Ossian, Wells Co., IN

Children of John Plummer and Lydia Neidlinger are:

George Washington Plummer, born October 23, 1837 in Stark Co., OH; died October 13, 1918 in Tocsin, Wells Co., IN; married Henrietta Dare Trullender December 18, 1866 in Lancaster Twp., Wells Co., IN; born August 25, 1849 in Wells Co., IN; died March 12, 1933 in Tocsin, Wells Co., IN.

Notes for George Washington Plummer:
George's obituary in the Bluffton newspaper notes him as a highly
respected pioneer resident of Lancaster Township. He had been in poor
health for some time and his death was due to diabetes. His obituary
indicates that he was a resident of Wells County for 70 years, coming
to Indiana, from Ohio, with his parents in 1848 at the age of 11.
However, the 1850 census indicates that the family was still in
Richland County, Ohio. After his marriage, he settled on a farm and
was one of the successful tillers of the soil and commanded the
respect of his neighbors as an honest and hard worker.
During the Civil War, he enlisted, on August 20, 1862, in Captain
Peter Studabaker's Regiment of the 101st Indiana Volunteers, Company
G. He was discharged on June 13, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. At
that time he was an Artificer in Captain Charles E. McAlester's
Company, First Regiment of USVV Engineers. His discharge certificate
notes him as five feet ten inches high, dark complexion, dark eyes,
brown hair and by occupation a carpenter when enrolled.

More About George Washington Plummer:
Burial: October 14, 1918, Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

Notes for Henrietta Dare Trullender:
Mrs. Plummer was a member of the Christian Union Church.

More About Henrietta Dare Trullender:
Burial: March 15, 1933, Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

ii.

Julia A. Plummer, born 1840 in Stark Co., OH; died Bef. 1863.

Notes for Julia A. Plummer:
Julia is not mentioned in the transaction of family property in 1863,
although all the other family members are named. Accordingly, it is
assumed that she was dead at that time.

3	iii.	Sarah A. Plummer, born August 19, 1842 in Stark Co., OH; died November 10, 1914 in Wells Co., IN; married Calvin Kunkel March 05, 1868 in Wells Co., IN.
	iv.	Nancy J. Plummer, born 1844 in Richland Co., OH; died Bef. November 10, 1914.
	v.	Mary E. Plummer, born 1848 in Richland Co., OH; died Aft. 1918; married Nelson Hezekiah Trenary October 08, 1868 in Wells Co., IN; born 1845 in Wells Co., IN.

Notes for Mary E. Plummer:
On October 28, 1838, Mary's grandfather-in-law, Richard Trenary,
received a land patent for the west half of the NE quarter (80 acres)
in Section 18, Jefferson Township.

More About Mary E. Plummer:
Resided: 1918, Montpelier, Blackford Co., IN

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