Leah Lydia (Banta) Van Nuys (1774 - 1857)

Born 12 Sep 1774 in Conewago, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Van Nuys — married 22 May 1793 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1857 at age 82 in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Melona Gallagher [send private message]

Space: Low_Dutch_Settlements_in_Kentucky

Biography

Leah (Banta) Van Nuys was part of the Low Dutch Settlements in Kentucky, 1780-1810

Various spellings seen of surname. Headstone shows spelling as Vannice.

Presbyterian , husband was a farmer, had 14 surviving children. Seven of the fourteen children moved to Iowa long before the Civil War, with Henry locating to Benton County near Vinton and the others to Des Moines County North of Burlington.

As stated in the 'History of Yellow Springs and Huron Townships in Des Moines County" the following: 'In 1842 and earlier there came five brothers to this region and made their home there. They were Abraham, Cornelius, Albert, Thomas and William Van Nice. They settled close together and their sister, Mrs. Mary Bandy, who also settled here in 1838, but the homes of two, Abraham & Thomas were just over the line of Benton Township. Thomas died soon after he came leaving two sons, Henry and Samuel. Abraham, although living in Benton Township, contributed his share to the prosperity of our townships.'

In reading this history we find that the Van Nice's and Bandy's were very prominent among the early settlers od Des Moines County. John and Mrs. Bandy and daughter Rachel, Cornelius and Susan Dickerson Van Nice were five of the eleven charter members of the New School Presbyterian Church, organized at Kossuth, Sept 12, 1840. And all these six families helped to found the Yellow Springs College which was a very important institution in the region before the war.

Sources

• Van Nice Family History 1661-1979, or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys. A Record of the Family of Isaac Van Nuys (or Vannice) of Harrodsburg, Kentucky son of Issac Van Nuys of Millstone

• William Robert Wolf, Jr., Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5500, Date of Import: May 9, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: May 18, 1999 note: has name Leah Banta.

• Stephen John Fontenot, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #3087, Date of Import: May 26, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Jul 3, 1999 note: has name Leah Banta.

• Find A Grave memorial ID 79598348

• A Genealogy of The Quick Family in America (1625-1942) 317 years, by Arthur Craig Quick by Quick, Arthur Craig, b. 1864.