The Thelen and Margraf Family Tree - Individuals born before 1920

Francis MENDENHALL & Mary "Polly" ALBERTSON

Husband: Francis MENDENHALL (1)
   Born: 19 NOV 1790               in Springfield, Guilford Co., North Carolina (2)
Married: 17 MAR 1816               in Wayne Co., Indiana (33)
   Died: 23 SEP 1865               in Huntington, Huntington Co.,  Indiana (3)
 Father: Moses MENDENHALL
 Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" THOMAS
Spouses: Mary TAYLOR
   Wife: Mary "Polly" ALBERTSON (5)
   Born: 02 NOV 1799 (6)
   Died: 28 MAR 1864               in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana (9)
 Father: Samuel ALBERTSON
 Mother: Elisabeth TATLOCK
Spouses:
Children
01  (F): Arrena MENDENHALL (11)
   Born: 10 OCT 1817               in Indiana (12)
   Died: after 1850
Spouses: Jesse BEACH; >>>
02  (F): Linsey MENDENHALL (13)
   Born: 26 JUL 1819 (14)
   Died: 26 JUN 1879 (15)
Spouses: >>>
03  (M): Henry MENDENHALL (16)
   Born: 09 AUG 1821 (17)
   Died:
Spouses: 
04  (F): Caroline MENDENHALL (18)
   Born: 09 SEP 1826 (19)
   Died: 28 JAN 1901               in Andrews, Huntington Co., Indiana (20)
Spouses: >>>
05  (F): Mary Ann MENDENHALL (21)
   Born: 09 SEP 1826               in Indiana (22)
   Died:
Spouses: Charles TAYLOR
06  (M): Joshua M. MENDENHALL (23 24 25)
   Born: 09 JUL 1829               in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana (26 27)
   Died: 27 FEB 1907               in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana (28 29)
Spouses: Elizabeth YAUGHAR
07  (F): Mahala MENDENHALL (30)
   Born: 14 JUL 1834               in Indiana (31)
   Died: 17 SEP 1912               in Republic, Kansas (32)
Spouses: >>>

Additional Information

Francis MENDENHALL:
Buried: Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana 4
Census: 1850, District 52, Huntington Co., Indiana

Notes:
Francis and his family were mentioned in the 1850 census for District 52, Huntington Co., Indiana.
It mentioned Francis was 60 years old, occupation was a farmer, was born in North Carolina he could not read or write. It said the value of his property was $300.

Also mentioned:
Mary, age 59, born in North Carolina
Mahala, age 16, born in Indiana
Charles Taylor, age 22, occupation farmer, born in indiana, could not read or write
Mary A. Taylor, age 24, born in Indiana
Tamen?, age 2, born in Indiana
Francis H., age 1 month, born in Indiana

From the family notes of Kurt Otto Shelle, Jr.:

After his fathers' death, Francis apparently moved to Piney Grove Montly Meeting, Marlborough County, South Carolina together with his mother, Grandfather Mendenhall, maternal Grandparents, John and Molly Clark Thomas, and his siblings. This was about January 3, 1807. By December or January of 1808 he was back at the Springfield Monthly Meeting. On January 6, 1810 Francis was disowned by the Springfield Monthly Meeting for marrying "out of the unity", or marrying a non-Quaker. I can find no record of this marriage. However, there was a Mary Albertson who was also a member of the Springfield Monthly Meeting who had been disowned on December 2, 1809. From the references we have it appears she quit the Quakers. The Quakers did not believe in public marriages, only church weddings. A public (civil) marriage was grounds for being disowned. It appears that if the marriage in 1810 was to Mary Albertson it was done without the benefit of a civil ceremony or the Quakers.

We don't know when Francis came to Wayne County, Indiana. His oldest child, Asenath was born on October 15, 1813. His grandparents, John and Molly Clark Thomas, came to Wayne County, Indiana in September 1813. It is possible they came together. In any event, Francis and mary were married in a civil ceremony in Wayne County, Indiana on March 17, 1816. Why a second wedding, if indeed it was one, is not clear.

We don't know when Francis moved to Huntington County, Indiana, but it had to be some period of time prior to 1849. He may have homesteaded and those records are not kept in the county courthouse. The only real estate transaction we found involving Francis stated that Silas Mendenhall conveyed to Francis Menedenhall via warranty deed on June 13, 1833 for the sum of $200 30 acres in Section 29, Township 26, Range 9. Deed recorded March 4, 1854 in book J page 124. He may have purchased this prperty on a "land contract" and didn't pay off the balance until 1853. This land was in Jefferson Township near the village of Mt. Etna.

Francis and Mary were still farming this land in 1860 per the census. We found no record of their deaths in Huntington County. Either their deaths were not recroded (not uncommon at that time) or they spent their last years elsewhere, possibly with one of the children (not Joshua


Mary "Polly" ALBERTSON:
Born: 12 OCT 1785, North Carolina 7
Born: 22 SEP 1791, North Carolina 8
Buried: Purviance Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington Co., IN 10
Census: 1850, District 52, Huntington Co., Indiana

Marriage Notes
According to the family notes of Kurt Schelle, Jr:
The March 17, 1816 wedding was a civil ceremony. There could be an earlier marriage in North or South Carolina. Francis was disowned by the Quakers in 1811 for "Marrying out of the Unity".

Marriage Records of Wayne Co., Indiana, show that Francis Mendenhall and Polly Albertson received a marriage license on March 17, 1816.

Footnotes

  1. Research of Raymond L. Maris at raymond@maris.net [786].
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Family Records of Kurt Otto Schelle, Jr. [253].
  6. The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930, Vol 1, Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph Co., NC) [962], pg. 697.
  7. Research of Raymond L. Maris at raymond@maris.net [786].
  8. Unknown [990].
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  9. Research of Raymond L. Maris at raymond@maris.net [786].
  10. Unknown [990].
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  11. Research of Linda E. at Linniecakes2@aol.com [745].
  12. Ibid.
    Census Record from 1850 says she was 33 years old.
  13. Unknown [990].
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  14. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  15. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  16. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  17. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  18. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  19. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  20. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  21. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  22. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  23. 1880 St. Joseph County, Indiana Census [35], Portage 373.
  24. St. Joseph County Historical Society Search Engine (South Bend, Indiana) [888], Wills Index #0325.
  25. Research of Cecil Burdette Cunday Sr. [644].
  26. St. Joseph County Historical Society Search Engine (South Bend, Indiana) [888], Wills Index #0325.
  27. Research of Raymond L. Maris at raymond@maris.net [786].
  28. Index to Death Records St. Joseph County, Indiana [347], H-21 107.
  29. St. Joseph County Historical Society Search Engine (South Bend, Indiana) [888], Wills Index #0325.
  30. Unknown [990].
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  31. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  32. Ibid.
    Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999.
  33. Research of Raymond L. Maris at raymond@maris.net [786].

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