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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Franklin Wantland: Birth: 20 May 1847 in Millwood, Knox Co., Ohio. Death: 1 Jul 1897 in Streator, La Salle Co., Illinois

  2. George Burr Wantland: Birth: 2 Jun 1850 in Millwood, Knox Co., Ohio. Death: 21 Jun 1926 in Sheridan, La Salle Co., Illinois

  3. French Wantland: Birth: 1 Aug 1852 in Millwood, Knox Co., Ohio. Death: 20 Aug 1872 in Morgan Co., Indiana

  4. William Paige Wantland: Birth: 10 Dec 1854 in Mount Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio. Death: 5 Feb 1910 in Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona

  5. David Disbro Wantland: Birth: 5 Dec 1858 in Millwood, Knox Co., Ohio. Death: 20 Nov 1930 in Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois

  6. Simpson Grant Wantland: Birth: 14 Jan 1865 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana. Death: 11 Feb 1944 in Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri

  7. Greeley Wantland: Birth: 31 Aug 1867 in Putnam Co., Indiana. Death: 20 Sep 1868 in Morgan Co., Indiana

  8. Hosmer Vorhees Wantland: Birth: 19 Nov 1869 in Eminence, Morgan Co., Indiana. Death: 27 Aug 1926 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska


Sources
1. Title:   Wantland, Clarence H., my grandfather
2. Title:   Family Bible Wantland, Joseph A. and Miriam Shaw
3. Title:   Death Certificate, Illinois, Fayette Co., Otego Twp. (extract of record)
4. Title:   Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre 1916, Illinois State Archives Online
Page:   Vol 1/p103

Notes
a. Note:   er, found in the family bible.
  Gensler cemetery is south of Brownstown, west of Luster Chapel church on farm of Cyril Slaughter, Vandalia Twp. (1975); Joseph has no grave marker, buried near Lewellyn Morton (half brother of Disbro's wife Josephine), Rachel Woosley (Disbro's mother-in-law), Fannie Woolsey (Disbro's sister-in-law), Clara Wantland (Disbro's dau),
  Fayette Facts, vol 17, p3, p53. Gensler Cemetery, Vandalia Twp.
 Our records show the marker of Lewellyn Morton: he is buried between Rachel Morton Woolsey, b 1842 died 22 Feb 1883 and Fannie Woolsey, infant, date of birth and death unknown. To the south of the Infant's burial, is that of Clara Wantland, b 2 Oct 1885, d 18 Apr 1887. In the next row to the West, one grave over (south) from that of Clara Wantland is that of Joseph A. Wantland, b 10 Mar 1819, d 27 Feb 1887. His death record incorrectly lists his place of burial as Haley Burial Ground.
  Joseph was the administrator for his mother-in-laws' (Nancy Shaw) estate, replacing Samuel Davis.
  1850 Census, Joseph Wantling (sic), 26, farmer; wife Miriam, 20; Franklin, 3; living in Union Twp., Millwood, Knox Co., Ohio, (film M432_700, p412, 30 Sep):
 Note: They are living next door to Miriam's parents, William and Nancy Shaw
  1860 Census: Joseph Wantlin (sic), 36, farmer, $1000 real estate, $100 personal estate; wife Muriamma, 32; Franklin, 13; Burr, 9; French, 6; Page, 5; Disbraugh, 1; living in Union Twp., Knox Co., Ohio (film M653_994, p4, 1 Jun)
  The Peoples guide: a business, political and religious directory, Morgan Co., Ind, Ashland Twp. p177:
 Wantland Jos., farmer, 2 m SW (2 miles southwest) Emminence. Born in Ohio 1811; settled in MC 1862, Rep., Methodist
  1870 Census: Joseph Wantling (sic), 54, farmer; wife Miriam, 41; Franklin, 23, farmer; Burr, 20, farm laborer, French, 18, farm laborer; Page, 16, farm laborer; Disbro, 12; Grant, 5; Hosmer, 6/12, born Nov; living in Ashland Twp., Post Office-Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana (film M539_346, p330, 10 Aug):
  1880 Census: Joseph Wantland, 57, farmer, parents born Maryland; wife Miriam, 50, parents born Maryland, Paige, 25, school teacher; Grant, 15, assisting on farm; Hosmar, 10; living in Spring Point Twp., Cumberland Co., Illinois (film T9_0184, p558D)
  See in this database a John Wesley Wantland, b. Oct 1830 in Ohio who married Elizabeth Cullison in Coshocton Co.
 See in this database Harriet Wantland, b. Dec 1825 in Ohio, who married Ephriam Cullison in Coshocton Co.
 Tom Cullison on Rootsweb gives a John Wantland, father of the John cited, who also had a dau Harriet.
 Joseph's parents are John and Harriet. Are the above John and Harriet, siblings to my Joseph?
  Bluff City is an unincorporated area abt 4 miles east of Vandalia.
Note:   Alternately Joseph's birth is given as 10 Mar 1818, written on the back of a piece of newspap

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