| Name |
WIDUP, William Henry |
| Birth |
13 Jul 1820 |
Wayne Twp, Wayne County, Indiana, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1840 |
Jackson Twp, Wayne County, Indiana, USA [1] |
 Census |
1 Jun 1850 |
Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA [1] |
- 1850 Census: Kosciusko County IN
Widup, William H. 29 M W Farmer $800 IN
Mary 29 F OH
Henry Clay 6 M IN
Cyrus S. 4 M IN
Elizabeth J. 2 F IN
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| Census |
1 Jun 1860 |
Whitley County, Indiana, USA [1] |
- 1860 Census: Whitley County IN (ThornCreek Twp, P.O. Columbia City)
Widup, Wm. H. 39 M W Farmer $2000 $600 IN
Mary 39 F W Keeping House OH
Henry G. 16 M W IN (school in year)
Cyrus W. 14 M W IN (school in year)
Elizabeth 12 F W IN (school in year)
Horace W. 9 M W IN (school in year)
Parmenas F.7 M W IN (school in year)
Anna G. 4 F W IN
Mary A. 1 F W IN
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| Census |
1 Jun 1870 |
Whitley County, Indiana, USA [1] |
- 1870 Census: Whitley County IN (ThornCreek Twp)
Widup, Wm. 49 M W Farmer $4000 $1200 IN (eligible to vote)
Mary 50 F W Keeping House OH
Elizabeth 22 F W Teaches School IN
Horace 19 M W Works on farm IN (school in year)
Parmenas 17 M W IN (school in year)
Anna 13 F W IN (school in year)
Alice 11 F W IN (school in year)
Donaldson, Mary 19 F W School Teacher OH
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| Census |
1 Jun 1880 |
Whitley County, Indiana, USA [1] |
- 1880 Census: Whitley County IN (Thorncreek Twp) page 1
Widup, William H. W M 59 farmer IN NC NC
Mary W F 58 wife keeping house OH MD MD
Parmenas W M 26 son single farmer, teacher,school IN IN OH
Alice M W F 22 dau single keeping house, school IN IN OH
William H. Widup was the enumerator for this census district in 1880.
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| Election |
Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA [1] |
| Delegate to the Kosciusko Co Whig Convention, |
| _UID |
52448A739F09F94BB9D2FFE6D2836F08BB68 |
| Death |
3 Jan 1887 |
Whitley County, Indiana, USA [1] |
- Buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Masonic 4-13-1, Columbia City, IN. Occupation farmer, schoolteacher.
Teigan p. 35, 52
Delegate to the Kosciusko Co Whig Convention,
1840,from Jackson township
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"William H. Widup was born in Wayne County, Ind., July 13, 1820, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lancaster) Widup, who were natives of North Carolina and came to Indiana respectively in 1816 and 1810, both dying in Kosciusko County. Our subject passed his boyhood in Wayne till sixteen, and then moved with his parents to Kosciusko County, in 1836, and remained with them till of age, when he came to Whitley County, and married Miss Mary Knight, who was born in Ohio, in October, 1819, the daughter of Henry and Susanna Knight, natives of Maryland. Our subject began housekeeping in Noble County, Ind., on eighty acres of unimproved land he had purchased of his father, cleared four acres, built a hewn-log house, sold out, and purchased eighty acres of his present farm in this township, on which he moved in 1845. This farm he has cleared up, and has under cultivation sixty-five acres, with comfortable buildings. His children are seven in number, viz.: Harry C., Cyrus S., Lizzie, Horace W., Parmenas F., Cora A., and Alice M. He is highly esteemed in the community, and in 1859 was Land Appraiser in Whitley, and has served as Justice of the Peace in this township for five years."
Obituary: William H. Widup, eldest of 9 children, born near Richmond, Indiana; died January 2, 1887 in Thorncreek Township, Whitley County, Indiana, age 65 years. In October 1836 his parents settled in Kosciusko County Ind. In October 1842 he married Mary Knight of Columbia City - he was 18 years of age when he taught school his first term in Warsaw, Ind. Four of his children became prominent teachers in Whitley County, Ind. P. F. Widup, the youngest, is now principal at Coesse, Ind. He had 7 children. He is buried in Columbia Cemetery. (Columbia City Paper 1-20-1887) The family bible contains his birth, marriage, and death dates. - source Denise Widup
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| Person ID |
I42429 |
Garys-Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Jan 2009 |
| Family |
KNIGHT, Mary, b. 19 Oct 1819, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Aug 1890, Thorn Creek Twp, Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Sep 1842 |
Whitley County, Indiana, USA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. WIDUP, Henry Clay, b. 16 Jul 1843, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 1 Aug 1908, Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age 65 years) |
| | 2. WIDUP, Cyrus S., b. 31 Jan 1846, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 5 May 1919, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas (Age 73 years) |
| | 3. WIDUP, Elizabeth J., b. 4 Feb 1848, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 10 Nov 1930 (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. WIDUP, Horace Wesley, b. 31 Aug 1850, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 21 Dec 1932, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana (Age 82 years) |
| | 5. WIDUP, Parmenas Franklin, b. 10 May 1853, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 26 Dec 1927, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age 74 years) |
| | 6. WIDUP, Anna Cordelia, b. 2 Jun 1856, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 10 Jul 1932, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years) |
| | 7. WIDUP, Mary Alice, b. 26 Jun 1858, Whitley County, Indiana, USA d. 3 Sep 1939, Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F15535 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Feb 2024 |
1820 - 1887 (66 years)