1. George Shedd
2. Joseph A Dugdale
3. Ruth Dugdale
4. Eber Crane
5. Samuel I. Howe (There is a Quaker, Emaline Howe, that was married to
James Pickard)
6. Charlotte Howe
7. Elwood Osborn – He and his family
charter members of Salem Monthly Meeting. In 1845 he was disowned for
being out of unity and non–attendance. In 1847 he gave an offering
(presented a letter of apology and came back to Salem Monthly Meeting).
8. Lydia Osborn - Lydia was disowned
for joining another society in 1845. She was received back as a member,
at her request in 1848.
9. John Wheeler
10. Jesse Holmes
11. Sarah P. Holmes
12. Ashur Woolman - Asher received by
request in 1844 as was his wife. In 1850 Asher and family get East Grove
Monthly Meeting and in 1858 they are received back at Salem Monthly
Meeting per certificate from New Garden Meeting.
13. Margaret Woolman
14. Asa Turner
15. James A Shedd
16. Caroline C. Shedd
17. Borden Stanton (Ruth, John and Susanna Stanton were charter members)
18. Enoch Beard – He and his family
were charter members of Salem Monthly Meeting. The family is also found
in Cedar Creek records, with Enoch bringing a certificate from Cedar
Creek to marry at Salem meeting in 1857. In 1858 his new wife and
children get Cedar Creek Meeting.
19. Mary Pickering - There is a Mary
Pickering who came from Duck Creek, Indiana Meeting to Salem in 1841. I
believe she was the wife of John H Pickering. He is not to be confused
with Jonathan H. Per Quaker records John and Jonathan were born two
years apart to Jacob and Rachel Pickering. Mary died 1-10-1887, age 78
yrs 11mo 18dys. Mary is stated to be the daughter of William and Susanna
Pickering.
20. Peter Hobson
- Peter is the son of Joseph and Mary Gibbs
Hobson. Peter came to Salem Monthly Meeting in 1839 with a certificate
from White Lick Meeting in Indiana. He married Rachel Gibson. His
brother George married Tamar Gibson. Mary and Tamar were twin daughters
of Monthelian and Sarah Embree Gibson. Mary and Tamar’s brother Isaac
Gibson married Anna Hiatt and the Gibson house is one of the houses
believed to be one of the Underground Railroad Stations in Salem.
Peter’s brother George Hobson has ties to
Cedar Creek. Peter was disowned for disunity in 1879. His wife may be
the Rachel and family that went to Plainfield Meeting in Indiana in
1875. Rachel came back in 1883.
21. Mary E. Cooper? ( A Mary Cooper rocf Elk MM Ohio on 4-18-1855)
22. Joseph Frazier – He and his family
were charter members of Salem Monthly Meeting. In 1844 he and his family
were disowned for joining separatists. In 1869 they came back at their
request and then take a certificate to Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting.
23. Mahlon Tomlinson - He was a
druggist in Salem and was received by request in 1873 and was disowned
in 1877.
24. Margaret Crosbie Tomlinson - She
was the sister of John M. Crosbie of the Cedar Creek Meeting. In 1879
she joined the un-programmed meeting in Salem. John M. Crosbie had been
part of the Underground Railroad in Indiana, before he moved to Iowa.
25. William Hockett? Most
Hocketts in area Quakers. May be the
William Hockett son of Stephen and Margaret of Cedar Creek.
26. George N. Power 27. Matilda Power
27. J. Lewelling? Not sure who he is. He may
be Jehu Lewelling son of Henry Lewelling Henderson’s brother who stayed
in Indiana but Jehu came to East Grove in 1851 and his mother in 1852.
John Lewelling, brother of Henderson, was in California in 1875.
28. Wm. R. Cole
29. Charles Davis ? (There was a
Charles Davis a member until 1875 when he goes to Kansas.) 30. Nathan H.
Bond (Received on certificate 8-31-1839 from New Garden, Indiana meeting
dated 1-19-1839)
31. Henry W. Joy - He and his family
were charter members of Salem Monthly Meeting. His wife Margaret was the
daughter of Gideon and Ann Frazier. He is found on the 1842
apportionment list for Cedar Creek. His parents Reuben and Rachel Joy
joined separatist meeting. Sister Rachel Fisher went on the wagon train
trip in 1847 with Henderson Lewelling to Oregon.
32. James
Comer - James son of Stephen and Mary
Comer married Tamer E. Hobson daughter of Monthelian and Sarah Gibson in
1867. James died 10-12-1898 aged 94. Tamar was first married to George
Hobson. (See list of owners of the Lewelling House.)
33. Rebekah Benedict - (There was a
Rebecca Benedict who came from Canada West to Salem 2-13-1850.)
34. Amos W. McMillen
- In 1872 Amos and children were received on certificate from Chestnut
Hill Meeting. He died 3-14-1890 aged 84 yrs 8mo and 9 days and buried in
Salem South Cemetery. (Owned Henderson Lewelling’s house at one time.)
35. Mary A. Henderson. Probably Duvall Henderson’s wife who was a Mary
Ann Garretson, daughter of Isaac and Alice Garretson. Duvall owned the
Henderson Hotel in Salem. She died in 1887.
36. Isaac Mills ? (There was an Isaac and Jane who came from Cherry
Grove Meeting in Indiana in 1843 and they move to Kemma, Nebraska in
1891)
37. C. Pyle
38. A. M. Tuttle
39. Rachel Maxwell Kellum - She was the
wife of Nathum Kellum who is called a conductor of the Underground
Railroad and a member of Salem Monthly Meeting. In 1850 Nathan was
disowned for striking another in anger and received back by request in
Sept. 1852 and shortly thereafter married. Rachel is the daughter of
Jacob Maxwell and a member of Salem meeting.
In 1854 ca two years after being married they move their membership to
East Grove and in 1896 Rachel and her daughter Alma were received on
certificate back to Salem from Chestnut Hill. Nathan came with his
parents Samuel and Ann in the fall of 1839 from New Garden Monthly
Meeting, Indiana. Rachel came with her parents in 1840 from Salem
Monthly Meeting in Indiana. 40. R. Wilson
41. J. B. Vernon
42. George Merritt
43. Joseph D Hoag – Lived in the East
Grove area. In 1857 was received on certificate from East Grove via New
Garden to Salem Meeting. In 1866 he gets Spring Creek meeting in Iowa.
He was from Vermont.
44. F. W. Willey
45. Lott Holmes
46. Ann L. Raley, wife of Samuel
Coppock. She came to Cedar County Iowa in 1850 with minor children Levi
and Maria B from Salem Monthly Meeting in Ohio. (Her husband being
deceased.) The Salem, Iowa Quaker records also show that Edwin L. son of
Ann L. came from Upper Springfield Meeting in Ohio in 1850. Lydia and
Joseph, children of Ann L., rocf from New Garden Meeting in Ohio in
1850. No record of Barclay is found in the Salem records. On page 695
Vol. IV Salem Monthly Meeting in Ohio 1853 Barclay, minor get Red Cedar,
Iowa. Red Cedar later became Springdale in Cedar County and there were
routes of the Underground Railroad there. Edwin was captured at Harpers
Ferry and was hanged on 16 December 1859. Barclay escaped, but
subsequently was killed fighting in the Civil War. Both had participated
in the raid at Harper’s Ferry. Interesting to note that their mother was
at this gathering in 1875. She had married Joseph Raley in 1853.
Salem Monthly Meeting (church) created Red Cedar Monthly Meeting
(church) in 1853 so the family may not have actually lived in Salem,
just their church records before 1853 keep with Salem Meetings. Children
of Samuel Coppock and Ann Lynch listed on page 943, Vol. IV, Upper
Springfield Meeting and are: Levi born 1832. 2,25; Maria 1833, 10,31;
Edwin 1835, 6, 30; Lydia 1836, 12, 5 and Barclay 1839, 1,4. Joseph is
not listed. Samuel was born 1803, 11,29 and died 1841, 11,8 and is
buried at Springfield Meeting in Ohio.
Springdale Meeting records in Iowa page 57, VIII
Coppock
11-9-1853 Barclay (a minor), rocf Salem Meeting in Ohio 8-8-1854 Levi
complained of for attending balls and dances.
10-10-1855 Levi dis for dancing.
Maria B. Charter Member
5-10-1853 Maria B and Thos Elwood Tabor dmi
8-10-1853 Maria E and Thos Elwood Tabor dmist and are ltm 10-5 1853
Maria E and Thos Elwood Tabor are reported married.
5-6-1857 Barclay complained of for striking a man in anger.
3-7-1860 Barclay, dis for bearing arms.
1-7-1857 Edwin complained of for attending a dance.
5-6-1857 Edwin, dis for attending a dance.
4-11-1860 Joseph dis for bearing arms.
These records add Joseph L. Coppock born 12-9-1840 and died 9-5-1865.
Springdale Meeting records in Iowa page 165, volume VIII
Raley
Joseph and Ann charter members in 1853
Joseph born 1-18-1791 and died 4-1-1878 buried Springdale, Iowa. and
wife Ann L born 7-25-1804 died ? 1885 , buried Springdale, Iowa. Maria
Tabor died before 1867. So Ann lost four children in less than ten
years.
From The Iowan June-July 1956 by Curt Harnack "page 47 "…The first Iowan
to be killed in the conflict that was later to develop into the Civil
War was Edwin Coppoc of Springdale. Edwin’s Quaker mother apprehensively
watched her two sons depart for Harper’s Ferry. 'I believe you are going
with old Brown,’ She said. 'When you get the halters around your necks
will you think of me?’
Later when her prophecy came true, Edwin Coppoc wrote just before his
execution 'Thank God the principles in which we are engaged will not die
with me and my brave comrades. By the taking of my life … Virginia is
but hastening on the glorious day when the slaves will rejoice in their
freedom' "
Interesting notes
James Comer married Tamar Ann Hobson in 1867
She returns to Salem from Cedar Creek in 1865 where she and her husband
George and family went in 1860. No husband is listed with her when she
returns. If you remember from list of owners of the Lewelling property
that Tamar and her husband George Hobson had sold to Amos Kimberly the
property in 1854.
Peter Hobson in the above list is the son of
Joseph and Mary Hobson disf du (disowned for disunity- probably went to
un-programmed meeting) on 8-2-1879.
Samuel son of Joseph and Mary married Rachel
Comer and Sarah Jane Hobson d/o Peter Hobson married Samuel Comer.
There is a good likelihood that the Hobson’s
that lived in the Lewelling house were involved with the Underground
Railroad. Could the Hobson family have rent the house before they
purchased it in 1853 and carry on the work of the Underground Railroad
Henderson Lewelling had been involved with? Henderson Lewelling left in
1847 and his brother John in 1853.
From the above list you see that over one
third of those listed as conductors and stockholders had ties to the
Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends. I did not check to see who else was
from the Salem, Iowa area.
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