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- 1). SOURCE: PEGGY CLARK OF IOWA; peggy.clark@mchsi.com
Received per Internet E-mail on 27 January 2006
Book: "History Of Tippecanoe County", page 414
Library in La Fayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
"JAMES REDINBO, one of the old and respected pioneers of TippecanoeCounty, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, January 22, 1813, a son ofAdam and Sarah (Shankland) Redinbo. His parents were born in theState of Pennsylvania, but reared and married in Ohio, where theylived until death. They had a family of six children -- James,Elizabeth, Lucy, Sarah, Charlotte and John. Charlotte, who was thewife of Erastus Myers of La Fayette, is deceased. James Redinbo, thesubject of this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native State, andthere he learned the carpenter's trade which he followed for aboutthirty years. He was married at the age of twenty-three years inHamilton County, Ohio, to Miss Julia Ann Prichard, who was a native ofButler County, Ohio. In 1839 he removed with his family to TippecanoeCounty, Indiana, locating in Perry Township, and in 1856, he settledon the farm in the same township, which he has since occupied with theexception of seven years. Mrs. Redinbo died in 1856, and August 22,1857, Mr. Redinbo was again married, to Miss Mary Collins, a native ofButler County, Ohio, and a daughter of Richard and Sarah (Russell) Collins, and to this union the following children were born -- Sarah,wife of John Smith, of La Fayette; Fremont, residing on the home farmof his parents; and Lincoln, Laura and Manson, also at home. By hisfirst marriage Mr. Redinbo has two children -- Robert, and Martha,wife of Mr. Binn, both living in Howard County, Indiana. In 1870 Mr.Redinbo engaged in the milling business at Monitor with FritzBrothers, with whom he was associated seven years, when he returned tohis farm. This land when he first settled on it in 1856 was almostentirely unimproved, and to-day his farm consists of 106 acres ofchoice land, well improved, and under a fine state of cultivation,with good dwelling and substantial farm buildings. Politically, Mr.Redinbo was first a Whig, and later supported Fremont, Lincoln, Grant (first term), then Greely, Tilden, Hancock and Cleveland. He has filled the office of Justice of the peace eight years, and was noted for his wise and just decisions. He is a member of the Masonicfraternity, an organization in which he takes an active interest."[Transcribed 27 January 2006, SLJuhl]
2). Source: Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana,Indianapolis, Indiana; B.F. Bowen & Co., 1909, 1375 pages. PEGGYCLARK OF IOWA; peggy.clark@mchsi.com
"The Redinbo's were originally Pennsylvanians who migrated to Ohiowhen that state was still young, engaged in farming and finally endedtheir days in the Buckeye commonwealth. Adam and Sarah (Shankland)Redinbo, who were the pioneers and founders of the family in the west,had six children, whose descendants are found in various portions ofthe West. James was the eldest. Elizabeth, the second child, diedmany years ago. Lucy is a resident of Delphos, Ohio. Sarah lives inNewport, Kentucky. Charlotte, who married M.E. Meyers, is dead, andJohn, the youngest, is a citizen of Delphos, Ohio. James grew up inOhio, learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for thirty years. when twenty-three years old he married Julia Ann Prichard, of ButlerCounty, Ohio, came to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1837, and boughtone hundred and sixty acres of land in Perry Township in 1856. It was wild, heavily timbered and practically unimproved, the only buildingsbeing a decayed log cabin and broken-down stable. His first wife died in 1856 and on August 22nd of the following year he married Mary,daughter of Richard and Sarah (Russell) Collins, of Butler County,Ohio. The two children by the first union were Robert and Martha.the former served in the cavalry three years, and after the war livedin Tippecanoe County, where he died in 1893. The daugher married Daniel Beens, of Webster County, Missouri. James Redinbo's childrenby his second marriage were fine in number. Sarah, the eldest,married John Smith, of Lafayette, and has five children. Edgar,Albert, Clarence, Harry and Elden. the second of James Redinbo's lastchildren was John C.F.; the third was Lincoln, who married MinnieBirn, now deceased, and died in 1899. Laura, the fourth child,married John Davis, of Tippecanoe County. Manson, the youngest,married Jessie Birm, and is a farmer in Webster County, Missouri. In1870 James Redinbo engaged in the milling business at Monitor,Indiana, with Fritz Brothers, and continued in this line for sevenyears. After he obtained his farm he built the house and barnhimself, being an expert carpenter, and made many other improvementson the place. He was active in politics, first as a Whig, and thenRepublican, but later as a Democrat, beginning with the support ofGreeley, but the only office he held was that of justice of the peace,in which he served eight years. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Dayton, Indiana, and took much interest in fraternity affairs. He and his second wife, who died in 1892, were members of theUniversalist Church, and at one time he was quite prominent andinfluential in the county. Being born January 22, 1813 and dying inOctober, 1896, it will be seen that he had reached the venerable ageof eighty-three." [Transcribed 31 January 2006, SLJuhl, Compiler]
James Redinbo was the both grandfather and great grandfather of Helen Redinbo Jones. Her mother, Martha Redinbo m.) Daniel Delay Binns was the daughter of James Redinbo and Julia Ann Prichard. After Julia died James married Mary Collins and they had a son, Manson, making Manson and Martha 1/2 siblings. Manson married his 1/2 sisters' daughter, Jessie Mary Binns, making her Jessie May Redinbo, Manson and Jessie were the parents of Helen and Curtis Redinbo. To further the confusion. Ray Harley Jones was a brother to Margaret McCorkle Jones, Margaret married Edward Henry Sutton and their daughter, Alta Belle Sutton married Curtis Redinbo, son of Manson and Jessie Redinbo.
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