Daniel Weddle (1801 - 1865)

Born 12 Jul 1801 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Sullivan) Weddle — married about 1825 in Scott, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1865 at age 63 in Brown, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Daniel Weddle was born in Virginia on July 12, 1801. He was the son of Thomas Weddle and Rosamond Wallen.^[1][2] He was most likely born in Lee County, Virginia, where his father appears in the tax lists in 1799, although Thomas does not seem to appear in those tax lists after 1800.^[3] When Daniel was a boy, his family migrated south to nearby Hawkins County, Tennessee, where his father appears on the early tax lists by 1812.^[4] By 1815, his father had moved his family back across the border to Scott County, Virginia. Daniel's father appears in the tax lists there beginning in 1815 and continuing at least through 1819.^[5]

Daniel Weddle married Elizabeth Sullivan, most likely in Scott County, Virginia in about 1825. Shortly after their marriage, they migrated north to Indiana, following many related Weddle families who had begun moving from Tennessee and Virginia to Indiana in the late 1810s. The first known child of Daniel and Elizabeth Weddle was McCallen, who was born in Indiana on September 12, 1826.^[6] This young family appears in Carr township in Jackson County, Indiana, in 1830.^[7]

By 1840, Daniel's family appears in nearby Brown County, Indiana, where he lived for the rest of his life.^[8][2][9] He died on June 22, 1865, and is buried in the Bear Creek Cemetery in Trevlac, Brown County, Indiana.^[10]

Children

Children of Daniel Weddle and Elizabeth Sullivan include at least:^[2]

1. McCallan G., b. 1826
2. John D., b. abt 1831
3. James A., b. abt 1835
4. Mary Ann, b. 1838, m. Cornelius McCoy
5. Savannah E., b. 1840, m. John D. Winkler
6. Lewis Madison, b. 1842
7. Thomas J., b. 1846

Research Notes

Some researchers claim that Daniel and Elizabeth were married in Jackson County, Indiana in 1826. It is possible that they married in Indiana after migrating there from Hawkins County, Tennessee, but Elizabeth was likely born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and their marriage does not appear in the extensive available database of records of Indiana marriages before 1850. In the absence of a cited source indicating otherwise, their marriage most likely occurred in Tennessee shortly before their migration north.

Sources

1. ↑ Old Wallen Record Book brought from Tennessee to Missouri in 1850 & discovered in personal papers of Thomas J. Walden in 1951; Kenneth Walden transcriptions & images at 28; Joe E. Wallen images at 13.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1850 U.S. census, Brown County, Indiana, population schedule, Jackson township, p. 207 (stamped), dwelling 30, family 30, Daniel Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6959-VDJ : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 137.
3. ↑ Virginia Commissioner of Revenue (Lee County), "Personal Property Tax Lists, 1795-1813," images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-5JP7 : accessed 17 Sep 2020), image 121 (1799, W, March 25, Thomas Waddle); FHL microfilm 2,024,603, DGS 7,849,145.
4. ↑ Pollyanna Creedmore, comp., “Early East Tennessee Taxpayers, VIII. Hawkins County, 1809-1812,” East Tennessee Historical Society Publication No. 32 (1960), 131, Tax List taken by William Nichols 1812, Thomas Weddle; image, Ancestry.com, “Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895,” (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2883/ : accessed 17 Sep 2020), Hawkins>1809-1812>image 15.
5. ↑ Family Search, “Personal property tax lists 1815-1829,” Personal Property Tax Lists of Scott County [Virginia], 1815-1863, images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-FS81-J : accessed 27 Sep 2020), image 46 (13 Apr 1815, Thomas Weddel), image 68 (30 Mar 1816, Thomas Waddle), image 89 (1817, Thomas Widdle), image 111 (1818, Thomas Waddle), image 132 (1819, Thomas W Waddle); FHL microfilm 34,186, DGS 7,898,808.
6. ↑ Ancestry, "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011," database with images, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60716/images/44494_349998-00159 : accessed 21 Sep 2020), Certificate>1912>02>image 160, McCallan G. Weddle.
7. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, Carr township, p. 228 (stamped), Daniel Weddel, Junr; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTR-3ZG8 : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 29. Note that there are three heads of household named Daniel Weddle in Carr township in 1830. The other two are much older with large families.
8. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Brown County, Indiana, Jackson township, p. 190 (stamped), Daniel Weddle; FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-97KX : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 75.
9. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Brown County, Indiana, population schedule, Jackson township, p. 148 (penned), dwelling 1054, family 1054, Daniel Weddle; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBT-GQZ : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 246.
10. ↑ Ancestry, Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33491112 : accessed 21 Sep 2020), memorial 33491112, Daniel Weddle (1801-1865), Bear Creek Cemetery, Trevlac, Brown County, Indiana; gravestone image by Ellie Sparks.