John Janney (1816 - 1868)

Born 31 Aug 1816 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Lewis) Janney — married 26 Jan 1839 in Delaware County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1868 at age 52 in Delaware County, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Janney was born on 1 Sep 1816 ^[1] or 31 Aug 1816 in Ohio, the son of Amos and Sarah (Ellis) Janney. ^{[2] [3]}

He married Nancy Lewis on 24 Jan 1839 in Delaware County, Indiana. ^{[4] [2]} They had three children: ^[2]

1. Sarah Jane Janney (b. 12 Jan 1840 in Indiana, m. 20 Oct 1859 Moses Robertson)
2. George Lewis Janney (b. 16 Aug 1841 in Indiana, m. 1 Jun 1865 Lavina McCreery)
3. Joseph Franklin Janney (b. 21 Jun 1844 in Indiana, m. 6 Aug 1865 Hannah Jane Montgomery, d. 10 Apr 1878)

In 1850 he was 33 years old and living with his wife Nancy and three children in Washington, Delaware, Indiana, United States. ^[5]

In 1860 he was 43 years old and living in Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States with his wife Nancy, sons George and Joseph, and 8 year old Hannah Hazlebaker. ^[6]

He died on 24 Sep 1868 at the age of 52 years and 24 days, and was buried at Prairie Grove Cemetery in Delaware County, Indiana. ^[3]

Research notes

• Resolve conflict in birth dates

Sources

1. ↑ Turner Alan & Christie Ann Russell, Descendants of Thomas Janney https://web.archive.org/web/20120223171218/http://www.cartar.com/families/janney/janney_family.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Burgess, Jane Farrell, Genealogy of the Janney family in America, 1990, Rockville, MD, pp 102-103 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofjanne00burg/page/102/mode/2up
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 October 2020), memorial page for John Janney (1817–24 Sep 1863), Find a Grave Memorial no. 80512109, citing Prairie Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Gone Gravin ? (contributor 47532541) .
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXTV-2LZ : 8 December 2017), John Janney and Nancy Lewis, 24 Jan 1839; citing Delaware, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476615.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVL-LNK : 4 April 2020), John Janney, Washington, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing family 674, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NG-BQ4 : 19 March 2020), John Janney, 1860.

See also:

• 1840 census, Delaware County, Indiana Pg. 285 Note: NS023083 Source Media Type: Electronic