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Descendants of John H. Magner, Sr.

 Submitted by: Jshawmich@aol.com  (Jim Shaw)

 Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN H.4 MAGNER, SR.  (EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1762 in Pennsylvania, and died 1823 in Nicholas County, Kentucky.  He married MARGARET.  She was born 1767 in Pennsylvania, and died in Fugit Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

 

Notes for JOHN H. MAGNER, SR.:

Served in the Pennsylvania Rangers for the Frontier under Captain John Walls Company, 2nd battalion, 6th class. John Walls was killed and John Magner became a member of William Barr's Company. Rendezvous September 15, 1782.

Patented land in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 400 acres.

He was a trustee at the Meeting House located on Mingo Creek, December 15, 1787.

John moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky.

       

Children of JOHN MAGNER and MARGARET are:

2.                i.       WILLIAM H.5 MAGNER, b. August 22, 1788, Pennsylvania or Paris, Kentucky; d. January 22, 1856, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.

3.               ii.       JOHN H. MAGNER, JR., b. 1795, Kentucky; d. 1845.

4.              iii.       EDWARD MAGNER, b. July 04, 1798, Paris, Boubon County, Kentucky; d. September 14, 1865, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana.

5.              iv.       ZELEK MAGNER, b. 1804

                  v.       JAMES MAGNER, d. 1837

                 vi.       ELEANOR MAGNER

                vii.       SALLY MAGNER

               viii.       MARY ANN MAGNER

                  ix.       EMILY MAGNER

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  WILLIAM H.5 MAGNER (JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born August 22, 1788 in Pennsylvania or Paris, Kentucky, and died January 22, 1856 in Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.  He married MARY COLLINS October 23, 1808 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.  She was born January 16, 1784 in Bourbon County, Kentucky??, and died September 18, 1850 in Orange County, Indiana.

 

Notes for WILLIAM H. MAGNER:

Birth place was near Paris, Kentucky?, also birth shown as Pennsylvania

in 1833 or 1834 moved family from Bourbon County, Kentucky to Orange County, Indiana and settled near Orleans on Lost River

 

More About WILLIAM H. MAGNER:

Burial: Family Graveyard on the homestead, Orange County, Indiana

 

More About MARY COLLINS:

Burial: Family Graveyard on the homestead, Orange County, Indiana

 

More About WILLIAM MAGNER and MARY COLLINS:

Marriage: October 23, 1808, Bourbon County, Kentucky

       

Children of WILLIAM MAGNER and MARY COLLINS are:

                   i.       CELIA6 MAGNER.

                  ii.       HENRY B. MAGNER, d. 1833, Washington

6.              iii.       JOHN ADDISON MAGNER, b. November 28, 1808, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. November 11, 1879, Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois

7.              iv.       JOSIAH MILTON MAGNER, b. 1811; d. June 13, 1854, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana.

8.               v.       HANNAH MAGNER, b. September 26, 1822, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky; d. August 31, 1865.

                 vi.       SARAH MAGNER, b. 1825

                vii.       WILLIAM HARVEY MAGNER, b. 1829; d. 1865

9.            viii.       MARY ELLEN MAGNER, b. March 12, 1829; d. May 18, 1856

 

3.  JOHN H.5 MAGNER, JR. (JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1795 in Kentucky, and died 1845.  He married SARAH CULVER August 30, 1814.  

 

Notes for JOHN H. MAGNER, JR.:

the first of the Magner's to move to Indiana

 

Children of JOHN MAGNER and SARAH CULVER are:

                   i.       JOHN H.6 MAGNER III

                  ii.       JAMES H. MAGNER

                 iii.       OREN MAGNER

 

4.  EDWARD5 MAGNER (JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born July 04, 1798 in Paris, Boubon County, Kentucky, and died September 14, 1865 in Orleans, Orange County, Indiana.  He married JANE BROWN September 20, 1824 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.  She was born October 17, 1796 in South Carolina, and died May 11, 1877 in Kentucky or Indiana?.

 

Children of EDWARD MAGNER and JANE BROWN are:

                   i.       ARCHIBALD B.6 MAGNER, b. July 22, 1822; d. February 11, 1844

                  ii.       JOHN L. MAGNER, b. March 21, 1824; d. December 17, 1840

10.            iii.       MARY JANE MAGNER, b. May 14, 1826; d. April 22, 1860

11.            iv.       ANGLINE MAGNER, b. July 09, 1828; d. January 18, 1854

12.             v.       WILLIAM HENRY MAGNER, b. March 09, 1831, Boubon County, Kentucky; d. September 14, 1914.

13.            vi.       JAMES M. MAGNER, b. January 07, 1835, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana; d. November 07, 1882

14.           vii.       LANVILLE MILTON MAGNER, b. February 11, 1838, Orange County, Indiana; d. August 22, 1908.

 

5.  ZELEK5 MAGNER (JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1804.  He married MARGARET.  She was born 1805.

       

Children of ZELEK MAGNER and MARGARET are:

15.              i.       ANDREW J.6 MAGNER, b. 1832; d. 1902.

                  ii.       EMILY MAGNER, b. 1834, Kentucky

                 iii.       JOSEPH H. MAGNER, b. 1836, Indiana; m. CAROLINE SHELLEDY, October 21, 1856, Edgar County, Illinois

 

Marriage Notes for JOSEPH MAGNER and CAROLINE SHELLEDY:

Illinois Marriage Records Volume B/Page 14 License Record SA 3002

 

16.            iv.       CAPTAIN JOHN MATTHEW MAGNER, b. 1839, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana

                  v.       DAVID N. MAGNER, b. 1844, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana

                 vi.       HARRIET MAGNER, b. 1847, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

6.  JOHN ADDISON6 MAGNER (WILLIAM H.5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born November 28, 1808 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, and died November 11, 1879 in Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois.  He married (1) SARAH C. CAMPBELL 1834, daughter of ROBERT CAMPBELL and MARY KEY (noted in the diary of William Campbell Magner as being a relation to Francis Scott Key, “The Star Spangled Banner”).  She was born November 02, 1816 in Kentucky, and died July 28, 1859 in Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois.  He married (2) WIFE 2 TODD 1855 in Charleston, Coles, Illinois

 

Notes for JOHN ADDISON MAGNER:

Moved to Coles County, Illinois in 1855 may have known Abraham Lincoln

 

More About JOHN ADDISON MAGNER:

Burial: Arcola, Douglas, Illinois

 

More About SARAH C. CAMPBELL:

Fact 1: Christened/Kentucky

 

Children of JOHN MAGNER and SARAH CAMPBELL are:

                   i.       SUSAN ELIZA7 MAGNER, b. April 04, 1836; d. March 02, 1855, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; m. W. B. McCORD, February 1853, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.

17.             ii.       WILLIAM CAMPBELL MAGNER, b. October 21, 1837, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana; d. April 03, 1920, Morris, Grundy County, Illinois.

18.            iii.       SOPHIA JOSEPHINE MAGNER, b. April 06, 1840; d. February 08, 1910, Arcola, Douglas, Illinois.

19.            iv.       REBECCA ANN MAGNER, b. February 14, 1843

20.             v.       SAMUEL HARVEY MAGNER, b. August 27, 1844; d. 1915, Arcola, Douglas, Illinois.

                 vi.       JOSEPH TAYLOR MAGNER, b. January 10, 1847; d. May 31, 1890, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

21.           vii.       ROBERT HART MAGNER, b. February 01, 1849; d. November 05, 1895, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois.

22.          viii.       MARY FRANCES MAGNER, b. December 10, 1851; d. Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

                  ix.       HOWARD KNOX MAGNER, b. 1859, Arcola, Douglas, Illinois; d. February 22, 1900, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois.

       

Children of JOHN MAGNER and WIFE2 TODD are:

                   x.       MAGGIE LINCOLN7 MAGNER, b. 1866; d. November 1880

                  xi.       BLANCHE MAGNER, m. ROBERTSON

 

7.  JOSIAH MILTON6 MAGNER (WILLIAM H.5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1811, and died June 13, 1854 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana.  He married JANE CHISHAM.  She was born 1809.

 

Notes for JOSIAH MILTON MAGNER:

MC 704 #86 1840 census

 

More About JOSIAH MILTON MAGNER:

Burial: Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana

       

Children of JOSIAH MAGNER and JANE CHISHAM are:

                   i.       MARTHA A.7 MAGNER, b. 1833

                  ii.       BENJAMIN F. MAGNER, b. 1840

                 iii.       MARY E. MAGNER, b. 1840

                 iv.       SARAH MAGNER, b. 1847

 

8.  HANNAH6 MAGNER (WILLIAM H.5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born September 26, 1822 in Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, and died August 31, 1865.  She married LOUIS B. WILSON 1846, son of NATHANIEL WILSON and ANNIE BAKER.  He was born April 28, 1822 in Paoli, Orange, Indiana.

 

More About HANNAH MAGNER:

Burial: Family Graveyard on Homestead, Orange, Indiana

 

More About LOUIS WILSON and HANNAH MAGNER:

Marriage: 1846

       

Children of HANNAH MAGNER and LOUIS WILSON are:

                   i.       SARAH7 WILSON, b. February 17, 1849; d. September 20, 1872

                  ii.       ANNA WILSON, b. August 17, 1851; d. August 26, 1873

                 iii.       JOSEPH WILSON, b. December 01, 1855; d. December 21, 1876

                 iv.       DAUGHTER3 WILSON, b. June 24, 1858; d. May 27, 1873

                  v.       JAMES A. WILSON

 

9.  MARY ELLEN6 MAGNER (WILLIAM H.5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born March 12, 1829, and died May 18, 1856.  She married HAMILTON TAGGART 1853.  He was born July 05, 1825 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, and died February 10, 1905.

 

More About MARY ELLEN MAGNER:

Burial: Family Graveyard on Homestead, Orange, Indiana

 

Child of MARY MAGNER and HAMILTON TAGGART is:

                   i.       EMMA PARKER7 TAGGART, m. D. P. EASLEY

 

10.  MARY JANE6 MAGNER (EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born May 14, 1826, and died April 22, 1860.  She married JOHN A. TAGGART March 18, 1847.  He was born 1826 in Ireland.

 

Children of MARY MAGNER and JOHN TAGGART are:

                   i.       EMILY7 TAGGART

                  ii.       WILLIAM TAGGART

                 iii.       SAMUEL TAGGART

 

11.  ANGLINE6 MAGNER (EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born July 09, 1828, and died January 18, 1854.  She married JOHN HUDLESON January 01, 1846. 

 

Child of ANGLINE MAGNER and JOHN HUDLESON is:

                   i.       ARCHIBALD7 HUDLESON.

 

12.  WILLIAM HENRY6 MAGNER (EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born March 09, 1831 in Boubon County, Kentucky, and died September 14, 1914.  He married MARGARET TAGGART 1850, daughter of JOHN TAGGART and ELIZABETH HAMILTON.  She was born in Coleraine, Antrim, Ireland.

 

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY MAGNER:

Corporal in the Indiana Infantry during the Civil War; was captured August 1, 1864 in Clinton, Georgia; spent time in the Andersonville Prison.

 

Children of WILLIAM MAGNER and MARGARET TAGGART are:

23.              i.       ANNA JANE7 MAGNER, b. October 04, 1851; d. February 18, 1934

                  ii.       EDWARD B. MAGNER, b. August 01, 1853; d. December 16, 1865

                 iii.       CHARLES WILLIAM MAGNER, b. October 01, 1855; d. October 04, 1901

24.            iv.       JAMES H. MAGNER, b. February 04, 1858; d. November 18, 1937

25.             v.       RUTH ELIZABETH MAGNER, b. July 19, 1860; d. January 02, 1948

26.            vi.       HARRY ELSWORTH MAGNER, b. August 09, 1862; d. June 15, 1930

27.           vii.       GRANT LANVILLE MAGNER, b. February 18, 1865; d. August 17, 1950

               viii.       MARGARET ELLEN MAGNER, b. November 03, 1867; d. May 16, 1951

                  ix.       CLARA ETTA MAGNER, b. September 09, 1870; d. June 10, 1963

28.              x.       JERUEL LEONARD MAGNER, SR., b. October 06, 1873; d. May 10, 1951

 

13.  JAMES M.6 MAGNER (EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born January 07, 1835 in Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, and died November 07, 1882.  He married HANNAH A..  She was born 1840, and died 1907.

       

Child of JAMES MAGNER and HANNAH A. is:

                   i.       BILLIE THORNTON7 MAGNER

 

14.  LANVILLE MILTON6 MAGNER (EDWARD5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born February 11, 1838 in Orange County, Indiana, and died August 22, 1908.  He married ANNA MARY TAGGART December 22, 1859.  She was born October 14, 1838.

 

Children of LANVILLE MAGNER and ANNA TAGGART are:

                   i.       LAURA G.7 MAGNER, d. January 04, 1861

                  ii.       HENRY MAGNER, b. 1866; d. 1873

                 iii.       MARY E. MAGNER, d. December 19, 1882

                 iv.       M.G. MAGNER, b. 1862; d. September 08, 1864

29.             v.       JOHN MAGNER

                 vi.       MINNIE MAGNER, b. August 24, 1868; m. HERSH RAMBO

30.           vii.       SAMUEL MAGNER, b. March 31, 1871

31.          viii.       CORA LUELLA MAGNER, b. December 30, 1874

32.             ix.       LELIA MAGGIE MAGNER, b. January 25, 1878

 

15.  ANDREW J.6 MAGNER (ZELEK5, JOHN H.4, EDWARD3, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1832, and died 1902.  He married HELEN J. SHERRIFF September 03, 1856 in Edgar County, Illinois.  She was born 1832.

 

Notes for ANDREW J. MAGNER:

Andrew was a Bookseller in Paris, Illinois

 

Marriage Notes for ANDREW MAGNER and HELEN SHERRIFF:

Illinois Marriage Records Volume B/Page 13 License Number SA 2974

 

Children of ANDREW MAGNER and HELEN SHERRIFF are:

                   i.       F