Indiana Family Group Sheet for the Francis Marion AYERS Family *********************************************** Copyright Ruth Flack McKnight. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Ruth Flack McKnight Email address: Husband: Francis Marion AYERS Birthdate: 1840 Birthplace: Graham Twp., Jefferson, Indiana Death date: 17 Aug 1895 Place of death: Fountaintown, Shelby, Indiana Burial: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana, Fountaintown Cemetery Father: Nathaniel AYERS Sr. Mother: Cylinda Marriage date: 8 May 1861 Marriage place: Shelby County, Indiana Wife: Martha Rebecca Robinson Birthdate: 1847 Birthplace: Shelby County, Indiana Death date: 16 Jul 1890 Place of death: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Father: Isaac ROBINSON Mother: Catherine FOUNTAIN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Francis S. "Frank" AYERS Sex: M Birthdate: 1862 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: William Sherman AYERS Sex: M Birthdate: 1865/66 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 26 Feb 1891 Marriage place: Hancock County, Indiana Spouse's name: Cora A. Wallace Child No. 3: Eugene AYERS Sex: M Birthdate: 1868 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Sarah C. AYERS Sex: F Birthdate: 1869/70 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Fanny F. AYERS Sex: F Birthdate: 1873 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Harry E. Ayers Sex: M Birthdate: 1877 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 2 Mar 1904 Marriage place: Vigo County, Indiana Spouse's name: Emma Benefield Child No. 7: Lena AYERS Sex: F Birthdate: 9 May 1879 Birthplace: Van Buren Twp., Shelby, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: (1) 1870 Census, Indiana, Shelby County, VanBuren Twp., Page 357, DW #79 Fam #79 for Francis Marion w/wife Rebecca, & children Frank, Sherman & Eugene. (2) 1880 Census, Indiana, Shelby County, Van Buren Twp.,, Page 119B Francis listed as carpenter. Eugene is not on 1880. (3)Shelby County, Indiana Death Record H-21, Page 16, died age 57y, cause rheumatism of the heart for Francis Marion; (4) Shelby County, Indiana Death Records Book H-21, Page 5, age 43, died of oaralysis for Martha R; (5) Newspaper Notice - The Shelbyville Democrat, Thursday Aug 22, 1895, Page 3, Column 2, Obit for Francis M. It read F. M. Ayers, a carpenter of Fountaintown was found dead Saturday afternoon. His death is supposed to have been caused from heart trouble. (6) Van Buren Twp., Shelby County, Indiana, Fountaintown Cemetery - Marion Ayers - Military Stone, Co. E, 79th Ind. Inf., no dates (7) Newspaper Notice - The Shelbyville Democrat, 15 May 1879, A daughter born May 9th to Mr. & Mrs. F. M. Ayers of Van Buren Twp.; (8) Hancock County, Indiana Marriage Book H-3, Page 38 & Book C-8, Page 311 for William S & Cora (9) Vigo County, Indiana Marriage Book 17, Page 63 for Harry E. & Emma; (10) Marion County, Indiana Marriage Book 33, Page 468 & Book 7, Page 91. (11) The Family of Samuel & Julia Ann Roseberry by Frederick S. Deibler, Pages 44, 45 & 46 from Arduth Blue, 7988 County RD 283, Edna TX 77957