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Jersey County Biographies

Please send a short history or biography of your early Jersey County ancestor. This can be taken from an old County History book or you can compose a short history yourself. This history should include an ancestor who was in Jersey County before 1870. Please include the source, if from a County history, your name, email address and send to: Click here for email address. Thanks!

Biographies are to be used as a research tool and not to be taken as correct. One should always document the information contained therein!

Click on biographies submitted to date. Other surnames mentioned are shown.

ALLEN, Daniel, BOWERS; BROWN; CRULL; EVANS; GLASS; HARRIFORD; HILL; JAMES; MAINS; MARGESON; SCOGGINS; SHIRLEY; WITT; WRIGHT

BANFIELD, William Henry, CRANDALL; GUESS; HAYES, submitted to USGenWeb Archives

BARTLETT, William, CONRAD; CROCKETT; STURDEVANT added March 2002

BROKAW, Cornelia, GORLINE; TURNER. Bible Record

CARPENTER, James, VANMETER. added December 2008

CATT, William, BRADFORD; BAKER. Letter. added October 2002

CHOWNING, Richard, HIGGINS; KANE; KELLY; LOYD; MORRIS; MYERS; REDDISH; SPENCER

CONKLIN/CONKLING, CORY, KELLER, KNAPP, MARSH, ROSS, VINCENT, VINSON, WILLIAMS added June 2008

CORNELIUS, Holt Stimpson, added November 2004

CORY, ZOPHAR, BATES, COREY, CONVERSE, COWAN, HODGES, LANDON, MARSHALL, MORFOOT, MYRICK, RUSSELL.

COWEN family, Balfour, Llewellyn and Norrenden Cowen added May 2003

CRULL,David, BENNETT, COLLINS, CRAMER, DANIELS, FOLSON, HUGHES, KELLY, KIM, LOTZ, MARGESON, MYERS, SIMPSON, SMITH

DANIELS, Thomas, ALLEN; HALE; HARRIFORD; HOPE; SMART

EVERTS, Andrew, BONNEY, CORY, DAY, HARTWELL

FRENCH, Josiah, ADAMS, Dolly added May 2005

FULKERSON, Lt. Col. William H. See Jersey County Photo Album page.

GILLHAM, William LOFTON; McDOW

HUTCHINSON, Rebecca HANSEL, BARNUM, DODSON, HANSEL, McKINLEY, NORRIS

LANDON, Charles, ALEXANDER, CHAPMAN, CONVERSE, COWAN, EVERTS, TUTRALL, WORKMAN, WYATT

LANDON, William D. CORY, COWAN, GRANT, HARRISON, LINCOLN

NORRIS, Sarah HANSEL, BONNELL, CASEY, COOPER, COPE, CORBETT, D'ARCY, DODSON, EVANS, GRIMES, GUERNSEY, HILLS, HUTCHINSON, KNAPP, LOWE, SHAFF, SNEDEKER, SNELL, SUNDERLAND, WATTS

MILFORD, Thomas S. Submitted to GenConnect at Rootsweb, surnames MILFORD, CHAPPLE, CHAPPELL, HATTON, GREEEN, SWEARINGEN, MCCORMAK, BENNETT, DIAMOND

SLATEN, James R., WHITCOMB; WEST; submitted to USGenWeb Archives

SMITH, Levi, DELONG

SNEDEKER, Orville A. DALZELL added December 2004

SNELL, Guy A., LANDON, VOORHEES

SPENCER, John Longstreth, ARNOLD, BARROW, BRUCE, CAMAC, COE, DEAN, DEY, LONGSTRETH, LOVEGROVE, LUSE, MC REYNOLDS, PARSELL, PITTMAN, POST, PYKE, SMALLEY, TANTUM added August 1999

RIEHL, E. A., added November 2004

SPRINGMAN, George Sr., SEEBACHER

SUNDERLAND, Charles, HUTCHINSON, TRESLER

WEDDING, Hon. Benjamin, JOHNSON; LINCOLN; TAYLOR

WEDDING, Thomas, CRULL; CLAY; GRANT; LINCOLN; NOEL; REID

WEST, Ira M., SANDRIDGE; WILLIAMSON; submitted to USGenWeb Archives

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