Family Group Record for William Jelf *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Bonnie Medford Email Address: freeatlast62@gmail.com ================================================================================ Husband: William JELF ================================================================================ Born: Nov 29, 1819 - Kentucky Died: May 24, 1904 - Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois Buried: - Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholomew County, Indiana Father: Thomas JELF (1789-Abt 1824) Mother: Jane (Jincy) SPALDING (1795-1830) Marriage: Sep 1, 1840 Place: Jennings County, Indiana ================================================================================ Wife: Isabella VANWYE ================================================================================ Born: May 4, 1823 - Indiana Died: Mar 4, 1891 - Indiana Buried: - Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholomew County, Indiana Father: John VANWYE (Abt 1798-1863) Mother: Mary LATTIMORE (1804-1863) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M John T. JELF Born: 1843 - Indiana Died: Feb 21, 1891 - Hamilton County, Tennessee Buried: Feb 22, 1891 - Forest Hills Cemetery Hamilton County, Tennessee Spouse: Caroline (Carrie) ENGART (1840-1912) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Isaac JELF Born: Jan 4, 1846 - Indiana Died: Jun 24, 1898 - Pana, Christian County, Illinois Buried: Jun 26, 1898 - Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois Spouse: Martha (Mattie) Elizabeth PHILLIPS (1857-1898) Marr. Date: Sep 7, 1882 - Virden, Macoupin County, Illinois -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M Calvin JELF Born: Jan 10, 1848 - Dupont, Jefferson County, Indiana Died: Jan 20, 1929 - East Nelson, Moultrie County, Illinois Buried: Jan 1929 - International Organization Of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mcleansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois Spouse: Jane PARR (1848-1924) Marr. Date: May 5, 1875 - Spencer County, Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Martha A. JELF Born: Apr 11, 1850 - Indiana Died: Jun 19, 1919 - Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma Buried: - Marlow Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma Spouse: Thomas P. REVILLE (1846-1929) Marr. Date: Oct 11, 1893 - Bartholomew County, Indiana Spouse: Solomon Thomas FOGLE (1844-Aft 1900) Marr. Date: Oct 26, 1873 - Bartholomew County, Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 M William Samuel JELF Born: Oct 1853 - Indiana Died: Jan 6, 1917 - Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana Spouse: Mary E. DEAN ( -Bef 1888) Marr. Date: Mar 23, 1875 - Bartholomew County, Indiana Spouse: Clara Ann HECK (1867-Aft 1917) Marr. Date: Bet 1888 and 1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M Walter O. JELF Born: Nov 1854 - Indiana Died: Aft 1920 Spouse: Rebecca Jane BICKEL (1860-Aft 1920) Marr. Date: Sep 6, 1881 - Carrol County, Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 F Isabelle JELF Born: Apr 24, 1857 - Indiana Died: Jul 5, 1904 - Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana Buried: - Forest Hills Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana Spouse: D. Henry (Heinrich) FRITZ (1839-1919) Marr. Date: Nov 6, 1888 - Shelby County, Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 M James JELF Born: May 11, 1860 - Indiana Died: Mar 23, 1922 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Buried: Mar 28, 1922 - Concordia County, Texas Spouse: Maud CRABLE ANDERSON (Abt 1881- ) Marr. Date: Nov 16, 1903 - Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ William Jelf was about five years old when his father, Thomas Jelf, died circa 1823-24. Between January 1829 and June 1830 William moved to Jennings County, Indiana with his mother, Jane. Shortly after moving to Jennings County Jane died. Probate and guardianship records place William in Jennings County until 1837. In 1840 he married Isabel Vanuy in Jennings County. William was not found in the 1850 census records for Jennings County or Bartholomew County, Indiana. In 1860 he was living in Bartholomew County with Isabel and their children. William enlisted in the 19th Indiana Infantry July 1861. He fought at Manassas, Bull Run and Antietam and then resigned December 1862. William was listed on the 1870 and 1880 census for Bartholomew County. March 1891 Isabell died. August 1891 William applied for a Civil War Pension. The 1900 Shelby County, Indiana census has William living in the household of his daughter, Isabel Jelf Fritz. William remained with his daughter until his death May 24, 1904. He was buried at Haw Creek Cemetery in Bartholomew County, Indiana, the same cemetery where Isabell was buried. Jennings Co, Indiana Marriages: Book 3, page 142 Check 1850 Jefferson County, Indiana Census - Calvin Jelf was born 1848 in Jefferson County - the John VanWye family is listed on the 1850 Jefferson County census. Jennings County was formed from Jefferson County. August 21, 1860 Census: Elizabethtown, Hancock, Bartholomew Co, Indiana Wm Jelf, age 38, Blacksmith, 200, KY Isabella Jelf, age 38, IN John T. Jelf, age 17 IN Isaac Jelf, age 14 IN Calvin Jelf, age 12, IN Martha A. Jelf, age 10 IN Wm S. Jelf, age 8, IN Walter O, Jelf, age 5, IN Isabella Jelf, age 3, IN James Jelf, age 1/10, IN William Jelf Regiment Name: 19 Indiana Infantry, Side: Union, Company: H Soldier's Rank_In: Sergt, Soldier's Rank_Out: 1st Lieutenant Film Number: M540 roll 38 Civil War Info: William Jelf Residence: Edinburg, Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant 1st Class on 29 July 1861 in Company H, 19th Infantry Regiment Indiana. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 07 April 1862 effective 07 April 1862 - Resigned Company H, 19th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 01 December 1862 July 25, 1870 Census, Haw Creek, Bartholomew Co, Indiana Jelf, William, age 50, Farm Laborer, $100, Kentucky Jelf Isaac, age 25, Farm Laborer, Indiana Jelf, Wm S., age 17, Farm Laborer, Indiana Jelf, Martha A, age 20, Indiana Jelf, Walter, age 15, Indiana Jelf, Isabella, age 13, Indiana James, age 10, Indiana (Where is Isabel?) 1880 Census Place Hope, Bartholomew, Indiana William JELF Self M Male W 60 KY Hack Driver KY KY Iisabele JELF Wife M Female W 57 IN Keeping House PA NC Isaac JELF Son S Male W 35 IN Carpenter KY IN Walter JELF Son S Male W 25 IN Works On Farm KY IN James JELF Son S Male W 20 IN Works On Farm KY IN Rebecca Banks, other, Widow, Female W 48, NC Susan Pifer, dau, Widow, Female W 24, IN William Banks, Bro-in-Law, single, Male w, 39 IN (What was Rebecca's relationship to the Jelf family? Was Rebecca the sister of Isabelle? William only had one sister, Jane. Rebecca Banks was a widow - William Banks, brother-in-law, was probably the brother of Rebecca's husband. Susan (Banks) Pifer was the daughter of Rebecca.) William Jelf - Co "H" - 19th Indiana Infantry - Enlisted as 1st Sgt - Discharged as 1st Lt Applied for pension Aug 8, 1884 - Application No 519653 - Certificate No 318941 State filed: Indiana Isabel Vanuy Jelf died March 4, 1891. Civil War Pension Index: William Jelf Images Online #: 1270 State Filed: Indiana - Co. H 19th Ind. Inf. Comments: Invalid - Filed 8 Aug 1891 Application #: 519653 Certificate #: 318941 Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Appealed Pension and by United States Dept of the Interior 1895 Page 412 William Jelf, who was a first lieutenant of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana, Volunteers, testifies that after a forced march from Kalorama Heights to..... ....and after an exhaustive special examination there is nothing to show that said hernia was incurred as alleged or otherwise in line of duty in the service. The contention of the appeal in the case is that the affidavits of George E. Finney and William Jelf, in connection with the record..... William is listed with his daughter Isabella Jelf Fritz on the 1900 Shelby Co, Ind Federal Census. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana Friday, December 18, 1903 Indiana Pensions Washington, Dec. 17 - Pensions have been granted to the following Indianians: ....William Jelf $30...... Shelby County Board of Health - Certificate of Death - Shelbyville, Indiana: This certifies that according to the records of the Shelby County Department of Health that Willaim Jelf of Shelbyville, Indiana died on May 24, 1904 at Shelbyville, Indiana. Sex: Male - Color: White - Age in Years: 84 This cause of death given was Cerebral Hemmorhage and was certified by Frank Campbell, MD. The place of burial or removal was Bartholomew Co, IN on May 26, 1904 by Edwards & Hageman of Shelbyville, Indiana William Jelf, age - 84 yrs. 5 mos. 27days, widower, birthplace - Kentucky, father - Thomas Jelf-VA, mother - Jane Spaulding - VA The Shelbyville Republican - Friday, May 27th, 1904, Page 6 Death of Will Jelf William Jelf died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Fritz, at 1:15 o'clock, Tuesday morning, May 24th as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 84 years 5 months 27 days. The deceased leaves four sons namely, Calvin, Will S., Walter C. and James; also two daughters Mrs. Henry Fritz and Mrs. Martha Reveille. The funeral will be from the home of Mrs. Fritz at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Interment in the Haugh Creed Cemetery in Bartholomew County in charge of Edwards and Hageman. Buried: Haw Creek Cemetery Bartholmew Co, IN Hawcreek Township is located in northern Bartholomew county, with Shelby County at its northern boundary, and Decatur County to the east. Haw Creek Township communities include: Hartsville, Hope, Old St. Louis and Rugby. Calvin Jelf's death certificate states that his father, William, was born in Dupont, Indiana and his mother, Isabel Van Wye was born in Jennings County, Indiana Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about William Jelf Name: William Jelf Date: May 24, 1904 Location: Shelbyville Age: 84 yr Gender: Male Race: W Source Location: City Health Office, Shelbyville Source Notes: The source of this record is the book CH-6 on page 4 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. Bartholomew County, Indiana Archives JELF, WILLIAM HAWCREEK CEMETERY - PAGE 8 SOLDIER JELF, WILLIAM MISC. HAWCREEK TWP. . ================================================================================ General Notes (Wife) ================================================================================ Isabella Vanwy, the daughter of John Vanwy and Mary Lattimore, was born in Indiana in 1823. She was most likely named after her grandmother, Isabella Carson Vanwye. She married William Jelf in Jennings County, Indiana at the age of seventeen. Isabella had eight known children in eleven years. Isabella had twenty-seven known grandchildren over a period of twenty-seven years. Twenty were born before her death, two twin girls were born the month that she died, and five that she did not know. When she died in 1891 at the age of sixty-seven, Isabella and William had been married for fifty years. She was buried in Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholmew County, Indiana. Jennings County, Indiana Court Records Page 145 Recd of Mitchell and James Lattimore our shares of the Fifty dollars the amount of the Legacy left to our mother Mary Vanwy formerly Mary Lattimore now deceased in the will of her father John Lattimore late of the county of Jennings Indiana deceased recd this 8 day of February 1866 William Jelf, Isabella Jelf Rachel Vanwy James H. Coats, Francis J. Coats John C. Vanwy HAW CREEK BARTHOLOMEW HAW CREEK TWP SEC 20 SEE ALSO OLD CEMETERY IN HAW CREEK TOWNSHIP Isabel Van Wy - Calvin Jelf death certificate. William, Walter and Martha stated that their mother was born in Pennsylvania on census records. This would indicate that Isabelle had a connection to Pennsylvania. Possibly they remembered family stories and thought their mother was born in Pennsylvania. Bartholomew County, Indiana Archives JELF, ISABELLA HAWCREEK CEMETERY - PAGE 8