James Wilhelm

1817 - 1892  (75 years)

• Name	James Wilhelm
  Born	30 May 1817	Hardin Co., Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Butler, Miami, Indiana   [2]
  	Federal Census - Butler, Miami, Indiana
  Census	1860	Butler, Miami, Indiana   [3]
  	Federal Census - Butler, Miami, Indiana
  Census	1870	Peru, Miami, Indiana   [4]
  	Federal Census - Peru Ward 2, Miami, Indiana
  Census	1880	Peru, Miami, Indiana   [5]
  	Federal Census - Peru, Miami, Indiana
  _UID	C6CE79D6F41A1C4FBC4D46C53D6368C94189
  Died	16 Dec 1892	Starke Co., Indiana   [1, 6]
  Buried	Abt 16 Dec 1892	Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, Starke, Indiana   [6]
  Person ID	I13069	Lechthaler/Powell Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Martin "Willheloms" Wilhelm,   b. 29 Feb 1792, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Nov 1855, Fulton Co., Indiana  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Rachel Bradley,   b. Abt 1795, Madison Co., Kentucky ,   d. From 14 Jul 1860 to 15 Aug 1870, Richland, Fulton, Indiana  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1816	Hardin Co., Kentucky   [7]
  _UID	CF7B4065D94F92429A26DDAB73725597041F
  Family ID	F3571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy White,   d. Bef 28 Oct 1850, Miami Co., Indiana
  Married	1841	Miami Co., Indiana   [8]
  _UID	4B8635EA6F2BF943BA2DC7C0C7690177DCB9
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F4931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Samantha,   b. Abt 1826, Ohio ,   d. 26 Feb 1890, Peru, Miami, Indiana  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	Bef 28 Oct 1850	Miami Co., Indiana   [2]
  _UID	4A93CE46389E1E42AA9477E064291A399CF5
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F4932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth location could be either Barren Co. or Hardin Co., Kentucky. Tax records show his father in Barren Co. from 1812 to 1815 and Hardin Co. from 1819 to 1828. Exactly where he was from 1816-1818 is not know. I picked Hardin Co. assuming he had left Barren Co. and just not yet have settled in Hardin Co. yet. Birth year varies per source c1850 b abt 1818 c1860 b abt 1815 c1870 b abt 1818 c1880 b abt 1816 I chose to use 1818 --- "History of Miami Co. IN" pg 117 has him marrying Nancy White in 1841. My take is it might be true since a 7 year old child Mary White shows up with James in c1850, 17 year of Sarah J. White in c1860. This infers to me some kind of connection to the White family. Maybe Nancy's sister? I added a marriage to Nancy White with her dying sometime before the 1850 census was enumerated on 28 Oct 1850. --- I had James marrying Samantha bef 28 Oct 1850 in Miami Co. Marriage location as assumption on my part. Many have Samantha's surname as Hartlerode. Besides a Charlotte Hartlerode living with James and Samantha in c1870 I could not other evidence this being Samantha's surname. It might be true, but more proof required as far as I'm concerned. The following article was noted. It's possible the Samantha Hartlerode who married 6 Mar 1877 was named after Samantha, the wife of James Wilhelm. Peru Republican Newspaper March 23, 1877 Page 3 H. P. Loveland stole a march on his friends and was married without their knowledge, on the 6th inst., to Samantha Hartlerode, of Xenia. The marriage took place at the residence of Mrs. Jas. Wilhelm in this city, Rev. W. L. Huffman performing the ceremony. The wedded pair re­mained all night at Mr. Willielm's and next morning returned to their home at Xenia, where we hope they will be happy and prosperous. --- I assumed he died sometime after the 1880 census was enumerated 28 Jun 1880 in the same location as the 1880 census. ---

  
  

• Sources

  [S1558] Family information from Tammy McCoige Miller. See 9/16/22 email. Item 1: His headstone says James Willhelm, died December 16, 1892, aged 75 years, 7 months, 16 days. Item 2: Starke County, IN Probate Record: James Wilhelm, Case #249- Jefferson Wilhelm, administrator - Date of Letter is listed as December 16, 1891. Note: - Jefferson is unusual given name. James did have a brother Jefferson that did live until 1899. So I am assuming the estate notice is for our James Wilhelm. - Estate notice year conflicts with tombstone year (letters of admin 1891, tombstone 1892) - Birth date based on age at 1891 death about 30 May 1816 - Birth date based on age at 1892 death about 30 May 1817. I went with death on 30 May 1817 in Starke Co. [S38] 1850 Federal Census. Enumerated 28 Oct 1850. Source Citation Year: 1850; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 160; Page: 198b [S17] 1860 Federal Census. Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: M653_281; Page: 102; Family History Library Film: 803281 [S9] 1870 Federal Census. Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Peru Ward 2, Miami, Indiana; Roll: M593_343; Page: 184A [S8] 1880 Federal Census. Enumerated 28 Jun 1880 Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Peru, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 298; Page: 518C; Enumeration District: 119 [S210] Find a Grave web site, www.findagrave.com. James Wilhelm at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146149109 [S1186] Kentucky County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61372. Name: Rachel Bradley Gender: Female Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1816 Marriage Place: Hardin, Kentucky, USA Spouse: Martin Willhelm Film Number: 000390788 As of 11/13/18 image at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61372/TH-1971-28929-2712-85?pid=901716329&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D61372%26h%3D901716329%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D7667&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true [S1554] History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Arthur L. Bodurtha, ( Lewis Pub, Chicago, 1914), https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu., page 117. He was born in 1841, and the same year the first marriage in the township was solemnized, when Nancy White became the wife of James Wilhelm. Joel Davis, Joseph Votaw and Job Morris erected the first frame dwell-