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92. JESSE T----, b. April 21, 1834; m. Isabella Nelson.

93. MINERVA, b. Feb. 19, 1837; d. unm. June 9, 1851.

94. JOSEPH C----, b. Oct. 16, 1839; m. Mary E. Hurley.

95. PHOEBE, b. Nov. 22, 1842; m. Wm. C. Cramer.

RACHEL VANDEVER, (25), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 9, 1809; married John Carnahan at Chillicothe, Jan. 4, 1830; died near Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1850; John Carnahan was born Feb. 26, 1807; d. ----. She had seven children:

96. ELIZABETH C., b. Dec. 5, 1830; d. Aug. 30, 1831.

97. MARY WILSON, b. July 11. 1832; m. Oscar Mott.

98. JOSHUA VANDEVER, b. Oct. 30, 1834; m. Sarah Ward Dec. 24, 1856; d. in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1857, sine prole.

99. JENNIE, b. Dec. 4, 1836; m. E. M. Deuchar.

100. JOHN JACKSON, b. April 28, 1840; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1862.

101. WILL ALLEN, b. Aug. 29, 1842; was living at Eagle Pass, Texas.

102. CATHERINE STEPHENS, b. Mar. 28, 1846; d. July 21, 1865, unm.

JOSHUA VANDEVER, (26), son of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born on Walnut Creek in Ross County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1812; married Susanna Burton May 31, 1837; she died Dec. 10, 1856; he died at Gettysburg, Darke County Ohio. ----; his eight children were:

103. ISAIAH WHITE, b. May 8, 1838; m. Lydia A. Martin.

104. SARAH ELLEN, b. Jan. 28, 1840; m. James B. Bell.

105. MARY CATHERINE, b. Jan. 18, 1842; m. J. O. Fuller.

106. MALISSA ALRIRLY, b. Oct. 16, 1844; d. 1847.

107. NANCY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 29, 1846; lives unm. in Elkhart, Ind.

108. BASIL BURTON, b. May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea (?).

109. SHADRACH BURTON, b. July 4, 1853; m. Lucy B. Collins.

110. REBECCA ANN, b. March 25, 1855; d. Oct. 16, 1856.

SILAS McCLISH, (27), son of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born in Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1804; accompanied his parents to Putnam County, of which he was the first judge, which position he held for over twenty years, and "was quite wealthy"; was married by James Lenox, Esq., Jan. 2, 1823, to Nancy Mellinger, daughter of David Mellinger, of Shelby County, Ohio; there were seven children:

111. LYDIA, b. Jan. 24, 1824; m. Daniel Ridenour.

112. THOMAS, b. Dec. 11, 1825; m. Susanna Curtis.

113. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1829; m. 3ts.; d. ----.

114. WILLIAM, b. April 24, 1823; m. Mary E. Wagoner.

115. HANNAH ELIZA, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Samuel Holt.

116. SARAH, b. Feb. 8, 1838; m. John Wilser.

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