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- Box 00091
Deceased or Ward(s) Oldham, Mary M.
Status mnr heir
Administrator/Executor/Gdn Odell, Isaac
Status gdn
Settled 1871
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Mary M. Totten 1857-1942 shares a stone with husband John J. Totten 1853-1927:
Mary Matilda (Oldham) Totten was a granddaughter of Rev. Byrum Harrell and his first wife Sally Oldham Pertle, early pioneers to Shelby County, Indiana through his daughter Matilda (Mrs. Joseph O. Oldham). A biography of Elijah Ensminger states that Mary, who is the wife of John J. Totten, resided in Brandywine township, where most of the family resided near Fairland. When her father, Joseph Oldham, died in 1865, Mary Matilda was about 7 or 8 years old. On the Shelby County Indiana rootsweb board, there is a reference to her guardianship in the Estate Papers section: 00091 Oldham, Mary M. minor heir Odell, Isaac guardian 1871. The estate was administered by her uncle, Henderson H. Harrell: 00080 Oldham, Joses dec'd Harrell, Henderson H. adm 1869.
This family is also listed on the 1920 Brandywine Twp. Census:
142-145 TOTTEN John head M W 66 Md IN VA IN Farmer
Mary wife F W 62 Md IN KY IN
They were the parents of Frank Sutton Totten July 21, 1888 -April 06, 1957 who married Madelyn Lena Huber.
Family links:
Children:
Frank Sutton Totten (1888 - 1957)*
Spouse:
John Jackson Totten (1853 - 1927)
Note: Mary shares a stone with John T. Totten. They are buried near other family members.
Burial:
Fairland Cemetery
Fairland
Shelby County
Indiana, USA
Plot: Row 23, Section 1
The Shelbyville, Indiana, Daily Democrat
Tuesday, May 29, 1894
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OLDHAM'S MILL.
Wheat is heading out very uneven.
J. W. Harrell1 lost a fine heifer last week from the effects of wet clover.
James Ricketts and wife, of Brady, spent the day at J. E. Rinehart's Sunday.
T. B. Carey2 has the contract of painting the Fairview church. Good for you, Bent.
Mrs. Marie Totten3 and her little son Frankie, of Indianapolis, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Elijah Ensminger.
Mr. and Mrs. Rafe Alexander are the parents of a fine boy, but unfortunately the little fellow is minus a hand. Perhaps he may make his way through life better than some who have two hands.
Thomas Fisher, an aged resident of Moral township, died at his residence last Sunday morning, and was buried Tuesday in the graveyard on the farm belonging to Cyrenius Bishop. The services were held at East Union church, conducted by R
Mrs. Nancy Hankins4, accompanied by her little children, were at Poland's school house the other night at church. On returning home, and just in front of the school house, they ran over a large rock in the road overturning the carria
y no one was hurt.
Some neighbors of Thomas Means one night last week thought they would clean up his corn field, so they rolled the cumbersome articles and carried straw and tried to burn them, but they would not burn. Then they discovered that instg clods.
BUFFALO BILL.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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Notes from Mary Harrell Sesniak
1 Judge (given name, not title) William Wick Harrell, son of Byrum & Sally (Hubble) Harrell. In 1894, he was married to wife #3, Lettie May Jenkins (#1 Lodema Ann Drake, #2 Josephine E J Day.) JW & Lettie/Lottie are listed in a City Directory living in Greenfield in 1891, but he still owned land in Brandywine Twp.
2 Thomas Benton Carey who first married Susan F Reed April 05, 1868 and then married Margaret Ensley c. 1893.
3 Mary Matilda Oldham was the daughter of Joseph O. and Matilda (Harrell) Oldham; she was the wife of John Jackson Totten. Her sister was Clarinda Lenie Oldham, wife of Elijah Ensminger and the daughter of Joseph O. and Matilda (Harrell) Oldham.
4 Nancy M Wright was the wife of Lewis C Hankins; they were married on February 12, 1880.
1860 Federal Census Brandywine Twp., Shelby County, Pg 703 Joses Oldham 36
Matilda Oldham 30
Clarinda Oldham 16
Sidney A Oldham 14
Granville Oldham 10
John Q Oldham 6
Mary M Oldham 3
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