Ishmael Conner

1768 - 1820 or 30
North Carolina - Indiana

Much of this information comes from a Rootsweb Family Tree posted by Riley Lamkin.
Ishmael himself came from North Carolina, through Kentucky, to southern Indiana.
Most of his children left for Texas in the mid 1840s.


      1768 born - Sampson Co, NC
      1799 Dec 25 m Elizabeth Betsy Dunn (1780 - 1862) - Hardin Co, Ky
                  one online listing - and the database at Ancestry - says the marriage was in Warren Co, KY
      1800 Feb 25 - son Jesse Dunn born - Hardin Co, Ky
      1801 - daughter Levisey born
      1808 - son Joseph Wright born
      1810 Apr 10 - son Henry F born - Knox Co, Ind
      1811 Apr 13 - daughter Elizabeth born
      1815 March 30 - son Abraham Fulton born
      1820 Jan 10 - son William Dunn born
      1820 Indiana Spencer 54 - Ishmael Conner 320101 10110 03
              3m, 1f under 10 b 1810-20        William 1820, 2 unk males, Elizabeth 1815
              2m 10-16 b 1804-10                  Joseph 1808, Henry 1810
              1m, 1f 16-26 b 1794-1804         Jesse b 1800, Levisey 1801
              1f 26-45 b 1775 - 1794              Elizabeth b 1780
              1m over 45 b bef 1775               Ishmael b 1768
      1820 died - Warrick Co, Ind - but there is this:
      1830 Indiana Spencer Carter 320 (161a)
              Ishmael 02110001 2110101
                  2f under 5 (1825-30)       Unknown - grandchildren?
                  2m, 1f 5-10 (1820-25)      William D 1820
                  1m, 1f 10-15 (1815-20)    Abraham F 1815
                  1m 15-20 (1810-15)         Henry F 1810
                  1f 20-30 (1800-10)          ?Elizabeth 1811, Levisey 1801
                  1f 40-50                            Elizabeth 50
                  1m 50-60                          Ishmael 62
     1860 Indiana Warrick 869 Boonville -
           1187 - 1206 Margaret Hudson 57 seamstress Ky
                             Elizabeth Conner 80 SC
          1187 - 1207 Mariah Bulivant 24 Ind
                             Hannah Conner 18 Ind
    Old Boonville Cem
        Conner, Elizabeth — - 10 July 1862 82y (1780)

Children of Ishmael Conner and Elizabeth Dunn

Jesse Dunn 1800 -
      1800 Feb 25 - born Hardin Co, Ky
      1821 June 26 m Elender Lincoln (1797-1860)
             Jesse Conner - Elender Lincoln - 26 June 1821
                      Indiana State Library Database - Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - Spencer Co

There were a lot of Lincolns in southern Indiana at this time. Abraham lived in Spencer Co for 14 years from 1816-1830 - his mother and sister are buried there.  As far as I can tell, neither Ellender nor Austin (below) were close relatives to Abraham, but they could very well have been cousins of some degree.

      1822 Feb 22 - daughter Disey born (d 1850 - m Bennett Comstock)
                    Connor, Disey - Comstock, Bennett - 23 Jan 1840 Perry County Marriages website

      1850 Indiana Perry Clark p. 346a
         Bennet Comstock? 37 Ky /Disey 31 / Malvina 9 / Virana 7 / Margaret E 4 / Sarah 1 all Ind
             p. 426b Wilson Conner 17 Ind
                          Enos Comstock 41 Ky idiot

      1824 Sep 24 - daughter Louvica born Spencer Co (d 1904 - m Nelson W Main)
                    Connor, Lovisa - Main, Nelson - 30 Jul 1846 Perry County Marriages website
                     (two of the Perry County Conners also married Mains - Terrance m Mariah in 1814; John m Anna in 1818)
      1827 - son Davis Lincoln born (d 1863 - m Maria L Prentis)

                   1860 Indiana Perry Anderson (Don Juan) 1082
                    Davis Conner 33 Ind / Maria 34 VA / Martin 9 Ind / James 8 / Jesse 6 / John 4 /
                         William 2 / Maria 4/12

      1829 Feb 12 - daughter Sarah Jane born (d 1866 - m Jacob Barger)
                    Connor, Jane - Barger, Jacob - 1 Mar 1849 - Perry County Marriages website
      1830 Indiana Spencer Carter 320 (161a)
              Jesse D 11001 211001
                     1m, 2f under 5           Unknown male, Unknown female, Sarah Jane 1
                     1m, 1f 5-10                Unknown male, Louvica 6
                     1f 10-15                     ?Disey 8
                     1m 20-30                   Jesse 30
                     1f 30-40                     Elender 33
      1832 Mar 17 - daughter Gabriella born (d 1874 - m Francis M Posey, William Wheatley)
      1833 - son Wilson born (another source says born 1826)
      1835 May 1 - daughter Elizabeth born (d 1918 - m George W Osborne, Samuel B Jeffers - another source says she married (2) Davis Lincoln)
      1837 Nov 38 - daughter Mary Elender born - m Philip Hartwell Smith)
      1840 Indiana Perry 211
              Jesse Connor 011001 131001
      1843 - son Peter A born (m Martha)               
      1850 Indiana Perry Anderson p. 358
               218 - Ellender 52 Tn / Davis 23 Ind / Marie 24 Va/ Gobrida (Gabriela?) 18 Ind / Elender 12
                        I don't know why Ellender is alone in 1850 - nor where young Peter is
      1853 Oct 6 - died
               
              1860 Texas Hopkins Tarrant 177
                    465 - PA Conner 22 Ind works on farm / Martha 19 Tx
                    next to Sarah Click 45 farmer TN . . .
                            Connor Cemetery, Hopkins Tx
                            (Rootsweb Archives file by June E Tuck and Deborah Tuck Young)
                            Conner, Martha - b. 22 Nov. 1840, d. 28 June 1872, w/o P. A. Conner

Levisey
      1801 - born
      18xx m Austin Lincoln (1795-1827)
      1820 Indiana Spencer 88 (same page as Ishmael)
                   Austin Lincoln 200010 10200 01
      1821 Jan 26 - son James Lincoln born
      1823 - son Henry born
      1834 July - died
                 1850 Texas Hopkins Dist 8 p. 157
                 315-315 Julies McFall 48 tanner KY / Elizabeth 40 Ind
                       Vivin D Tucker 17 m tanner Ind
                       Nancy E 16 / Levina 13 / Amanda 8 / Margrett 7 / Augustus 5
                       Henry Lincoln 25

Joseph Wright
      1808 born
      1826 m Lucinda Wakefield (1808 - 1863)
            Wright Conner - Lucinda Wakefield - 12 Oct 1826
                    Indiana State Library Database - Indiana Marriages Through 1850 (Spencer County)
      1828 son William Dunn b (d 1938 sic! - m Nancy Fyke)
      1830 Indiana Spencer Carter 320 (161a)
                  Right 10001 001010
                 1m under 5      William D 2
                 1f 10-15           Unknown f
                 1m, 1f 20-30    Joseph & Lucinda 22
      1833 - daughter Margaret born (d 1861 - m Abraham (Colonel) Harris)
      1838 - son John W born
      1840 Indiana Warrick
               Conner, Joseph 101001//01001 (30-40)
      184x - moved to Missouri
      1843 - son Joseph W born Missouri
      184x - moved to Texas
      1845 son Jesse R born Texas (m Mattie Nance)
      1850 Texas Navarro Ellis 91
                3-3 Joseph W Conner 42 m farmer Ind / Lucinda 43 Ky / Margaret 17 ind / Jno W 12 Ind /
                           Joseph W 7 Mo / Jesse R 5 Tx // Thomas White 29 farmer Mo
                4-4 William D Conner 22 Ind / Nancy 21 TN / AH 2/12 Tx

Henry F
      1810 Apr 10 born - Knox Co Ind
      1833 m Sophronia Nealy (1813 - 1834 Jan 28)
             Conner, Henry m Sophrona Nealy - 21 March 1833 - William Chapman, JP
                     Warrick County Marriage Book B, p. 17
      1834 Jan 28 - daughter Sophronia born (d 1918 - m Daniel B Jordan)
      1834 Jan 28 - wife Sophronia died
      1835 March 1 m Elizabeth Hutson (1816 - 1851) m Spencer Co
                    (Indiana State Library Database - Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - Spencer Co)
      1837 March 9 - daughter Mary Lucinda born (d 1899)
      1838 June 24 - son Presley Arnold born (d 1924 - m Martha Click, Kitty Sims)
      1839 Nov 27 - son Festus Osborne born (d 1890 - m Emily Unknown, Amanda Elliot Irons)
      1840 Warrick
               Conner, Henry 200001 // 11001 (30-40)
      ~1841 - son Ishmael born and died
      1842 Aug 25 - son Charles born (d bef 1850)
      1843 Sep 1 - daughter Nancy born (m Thomas J Ross)
      1845 Apr 25 - son William M born
      1846 Nov 9 - son Henry Lincoln born (d 1888 - m Jale Martha Cate)
      1848 Nov 6 - daughter Anna Mariah born (d 1897 - m George McCauley)
      1848 - went to Texas
      1850 Texas Hopkins Dist 8 - 163
              Henry F Conner 40 farmer Ind
                     Elizabeth 34 / Saprona 16 / Mary L 13 / Presley 12 / Festus 12 / Nancy 7 / William 5
                     Henry D 2 / Mariah 2 - all b. Ind
            (Next to Zadok Martin 30 Tn / Eleanor 38 SC / Thomas 16 Tn / James 13 / William H 11 / Mary 7 /
                   John 6 / Green 5 all TN / William 4 LA / America I 2 Tx
             other side of Henry - Andrew Martin 34 . . .)
      1851 Jan 18 - wife Elizabeth Hutson died
      1853 Jan 25 - daughter Martha Eleanor born
      18xx - m Mary C Miller (b 1839)
      1857 Oct 1 - son Joseph Martin born (d 1935 - m Harriet Lavina Tucker)
      1859 - daughter Elizabeth B born (m John Hendrix)
      1860 Texas Hopkins Beat Six (Tarrant) 184
                 HF Conner 50 farmer Ind / Mary 21 KY
                      Festus 20 Ind farm laborer / Nancy 17 sewing / William 15 farm laborer / Henry L 14
                      Ann N 12 / Martin 7 TX / Joseph 2 / Elizabeth 1
      1862 - son John H born (m Alverda E Johnson)
      1863 June 18 - died
              Conner/Connor Cemetery - Hopkins Co, Tx
              (Rootsweb Archives file by June E Tuck and Deborah Tuck Young)
              Conner, H. F. - b. 10 Apr. 1810, d. June 1863
              Conner, Elizabeth, b. 11 Jan. 1816, d. 18 Jan. 1871, w/o H. F. Conner
              Conner, Ishmall - no dates, s/o H. F. & Elizabeth Conner.
              Conner, H. L. "Dink" - 1844 - 1888
              Conner, Jale - 1846 - 1897 (wife of Henry L)

1870 Texas Hopkins Pct 1
Conner, Festus G 30 farmer Ind
      Harry C 3 Tx / Ann M KH 24 Ind / Martha E 16 school
      William 25 Ind
?1870 Texas Hopkins Pct 1 55 next to Festus
Conner Amaldo 32 mw farmer Ind
      Martha 29 TN / Rufus 4 Tx / Sarah E 1
      Smith, George 60 house carpenter KY
from the Connor Cemetery Rootsweb file:
Conner, Festus O. - b. 27 Nov. 1839, d. 4 July. 1890 (Obituary - Festus O. Conner, born Nov. 27, 1839, died July 4, 1890. He had been afflicted with consumption about nine years. During all this time he had been gradually growing weaker. He, with his family, attended the picnic last Monday at Old Tarrant where neighbors met in social reunion and to beautify the last resting place of loved ones. Festus Conner was no ordinary man. When quite young, he enlisted in Maxey^Òs Regiment of Texas Infantry where he distinguished himself as one of the coolest and bravest soldiers of that famous regiment. He was made color-bearer, a post of greatest danger. At Nashville his flag was twice shot into and more than forty bullets penetrated the folds of the flag. Still the heroic bearer kept it waving defiantly amidst the smoke of battle, the screams of shot and shell, and the groans of the dying, and when night closed the bloody scene, his flag, though torn and shattered, was not dishonored. He carried with him to his grave the scars of war. In time of war, he was a hero. In time of peace, he as a model citizen, a Christain gentleman, a fond husband, an indulgent father. He leaves a wife and children.)
      Conner, Emily - b. 9 Mar. 1842, d. 5 Nov. 1869, w/o F. O. Conner
      Conner, Frank O. - b. 23 Feb. 1878, d. 18 Mar. 1878, s/o F. O. & A. E. Conner

Elizabeth
      1811 Apr 13 - born
      1830 Indiana Carter Spencer 163
              McFall, Julius 00101 0001
      1830 Dec 20 - daughter Louisa born (d 1908 - m Joslin Hopkins)
      1834 May 11 - daughter Mary E born (d 1915 - m James H Davis)
      1837 May 5 - daughter Lavina born (d 1898 - m Joseph Schrode)
      1838 Feb 1 - daughter Amanda born (d 1902 - m Nathaniel C Pendelton)
      1839 m Julius Augustus Caesar McFall (1901 - 1883)
              Elizabeth Conner - Julius McFall - 13 Aug 1839
                  (Indiana State Library Database - Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - Spencer Co)
                 I don’t know what to do about the dates - perhaps someone - me? - made a typo somewhere?
      1840 Indiana Perry 211
             McFall, Julius 000001 22001
      1842 Feb 1 - daughter Margaret (Peggy) born (d 1918 - m Ralph Callan Smith)
      1844 Oct 25 - son Augustus Major born (d 1927 - m Mary Theodore Hargrave, Sarah W Dillingham)
      1850 Texas Hopkins Dist 8 p. 157
                 315-315 Julies McFall 48 tanner KY / Elizabeth 40 Ind
                       Vivin D Tucker 17 m tanner Ind
                       Nancy E 16 / Levina 13 / Amanda 8 / Margrett 7 / Augustus 5
                       Henry Lincoln 25
                   next to James Hartgroves 61 farmer NC / Hannah 66 Vt
      1860 Texas Hopkins Beat 2 (Sulphur Bluff) 148
             600 - Julius McFall 53 farmer Ky / Elizabeth 44 Ind / Margaret 18 sewing Ind /
                 Augustus 16 lab. Ind // Mary Davis 26 seamstress Ind / Wilber J 7 Tx / James T 1 Tx
      1870 Texas Hopkins Precinct 2 (Sulphur Bluff) 91
              McFall, Julius 60 farmer Ky / Elizabeth 58 Ind / Augustus 26 works on farm Ind
      1883 Dec 10 - husband Julius died - buried Connor Cemetery, Hopkins, TX
      1905 March 11 - died - buried Connor Cemetery, Hopkins, TX

Abraham Fulton
      1815 March 30 born
      1834 Sept 17 - m Cynthia/Sintha Hudson (1814 - aft 1858)
              (Indiana State Library Database - Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - Spencer Co)
                 Sintha probably the d. of Arnold Hudson, s/o Daniel Hudson probable brother to Isaac Hudson, Rev War vet, Warrick Co
      1835 May 2 - daughter Nancy born (d 1840)
      1836 July 7 - son William Wesley born
      1838 Dec - son Newton Jasper born (d 1923 - m Janetta Moore)
      1840 Nov 11 - son Milton Ellis born (d 1862)
      1840 Warrick
              Conner, Abram F 20001//00001 (20-30)
      1843 Oct 2 - daughter Louisa Elizabeth / Lavica born (d 1871 - m Harvey Click)
      1845 Feb 17 - son Joseph W born (d 1909 - m Susan E Hopkins)
                   Connor, J. W. - b. 17 Feb. 1845, d. 16 Dec. 1909
      1847 - son Absolom B born (m Priscilla Evaline Smith)
      1849 June - son Julius Augustus born (m Mary P Hinman)
      1850 census - not found
      1853 - son Vivian Daniel born (m Mary Burnett)
      1856 Oct 19 - child CM born
                 Conner, Cynthia M. - b. 19 Oct. 1856, d. 31 Jan. 1858 (Conner Cem - Texas)
      1858 - daughter Emily E born (m WS Gregg)
      1860 Texas, Hopkins, Tarrant 183a
              551 - AF Conner 45 farmer 2500 1375 Ind
                       Cyntha 45 / Newton 21 labor on farm / Milton 19 labor on farm / Lavica 17 serving /
                       Joseph 15 labor on farm / Absolum 13 - all Ind / Julius 11 Tx / Vivin 7 Tx / Emily 3 Tx
                       Arnold Hudson 68 m labor on farm - - 100 NC
      1870 Texas Hopkins Pct 2 Sulphur Bluff 82
              Conner Abraham 55 farmer Ind
                  Cyntha 55 KH Ind / Daniel 17 Tx works on farm / Emily 11 school
              Lively, James 21 physician Ark // Hamilton, Margaret 47 NC
                 1870 Texas Hopkins Pct 1 57
                     Conner Absolum 23 farmer Ind / Evaline 21 Tx / George 4 / Luther 1 / Julius S 21 Tx
                         Smith, Laura? 67 lives with family
      1880 Texas Hopkins 197c
              Abram F Conner 65 In Ky Ky / Cynthia 65 Ky Ga NC / Emily E 21 Tx
              Sidney A Stewart f other 10 Tx
              Edward Hudson nephew 26 Ind In NC farm lab
              Laura E Hudson niece 22 In Ky In
              Frank Burnett other 20 Tn Tn Tn farm laborer
      1887 Jul 10 - died
              Conner/Connor Cemetery - Hopkins Co, Tx
              (Rootsweb Archives file by June E Tuck and Deborah Tuck Young)
              Conner, infant of Abe and Cynthia Conner - first burial in the Conner Cemetery (Unmarked grave)
              Connor, Abraham F. - b. 30 Mar. 1815, d. 10 Jly. 1887
              Connor, Cynthia - b. 7 Sept. 1814, d. ___, w/o Abraham Connor
              Conner, George W. - b. 19 Nov. 1866, d. 30 Ap. 1885, child of A. B. & Eva Conner
              Conner, Mattie Lee - b. 24 Feb. 1884, d. 10 Jly. 1885, d/o A. B. & Eva Conner

William Dunn
      1820 Jan 10 born
      1839 - m Sally Ann Miller (1818-1854)
              Connor, William Miller, Sarah Ann 20 Oct 1839 - Perry County Marriages website
      1840 Indiana Perry 211
              Connor, William 00001 00001
      1840 Nov 25 - daughter Hannah born (d 1915 - m Francis Asbury Shrode)
      1842 Dec 1 - son Peter born (d bef 1930)
      1845 March 15 - son Henry born (m Rebecca Jane Winters)
      1848 Feb 5 - daughter Elizabeth born
      1850 Indiana Perry Troy p. 361b -
           William Conner 30 lab Ind / Sally Ann 30 Ky / Hannah 10 / Peter 8 / Henry 4 / Elizabeth 2 - all Ind
      1850 Sep 27 - son William D born
      1854 May 27 - wife Sally died
      18xx - m Annie Unknown (~1820 - )
      1863 March 30 - daughter Ellen Watson born (d 1928 - m John Christopher Williams)
      1865 Apr 27 - son Ishmael Dennis born (d 1886)
      18xx - m Frances Caroline Phillips (1845-1920)
      1868 Oct 8 - daughter Mollie A born (d 1891 - m RL Kirkbride)
      1870 Texas Hopkins Pct 1 Bright Star 35
              Conner William 50 farmer Ind
                 Frances 26 KH LA / Ellen W 7 LA / Ishmael 5 TX / Millie A 2 TX
      1871 March 2 - son John Abraham born (d 1931 - m Nellie Burnley Oliver)
      1873 Nov 15 - daughter Jessie May born (d 1958 - m Robert Henry Hilburn)
      1876 Apr 11 - daughter Annie Lee born (d 1950 - m Quincy Howard Shrode)
      1878 Nov 25 - son Walter Elvis born (d 1956 - m Laura Beulah Raspberry)
      1880 Texas Hopkins 129a
              William D Conner 65 farmer Ind Ire Ire
                  Frances 35 La Pa Pa
                  Ellen W 16 / Ishmial D 15 LA / Mollie R 11 La / John A 7 Tx / Jessey M 6 Tx / Anna W 4 Tx / Walter E 1 Tx
      1881 Feb 1 - son Augustus Hopkins born (d 1951 - m Mary Myrtle Harris)
      1885 Dec 3 - daughter Lucy L born (d 1910 - m Jim J Lancaster)
      1887 Feb 22 - daughter Cora or Clora Graham born (d 1913 - m Ernest Eureka Lancaster)
      1895 Apr 13 - died
              Conner/Connor Cemetery - Hopkins Co, Tx
                 (Rootsweb Archives file by June E Tuck and Deborah Tuck Young)
              Connor, William D. - b. 10 Jan. 1820, d. 13 Apr. 1895

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